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[From the N. O. Delta ,21lh all.]
From tlic Isio tirmulc*
We received yesterday, bv liie steamship
Telegraph, the Matamoros Flag of the IBdi
.inst.fand the Monterey Pioneer of the 12th.
We give from them such extracts as we
deem of interest to our readers. Gen. Tay
lor i 3 still at the Walnut Springs, lie does
not comiemplaie leaving there loi some lime
no t until he is fully reinforced to cross the
country, attack, and, with the certainty of
success, take San Luis Polosi, We should
not be surprised to hear of the forces under
(Jen. Scott reveling in the “Halls of the
Montezurnas” without the cooperation of
Gen. Taylor.
From the Monterey Pioneer, of the 12th,
we learn that a fire broke out there on the
9th insl., m the Market-house of the city.—
The wood work of the building was consum
ed. The tire communicated to the Mexican
prison, which was also considerably injured.
A number of concealed arms were discov
ered, consisting of muskets, hand grenades,
fuses, rockets, Sic.
A rumor was current at Monterey that
Gen. Urrea has returned to that neighbor
hood, with four pieces of artillery, and was
then somewhere between Comargo and
Marin. We believe there was no founda
tion in fact for the rumor.
The rank and file of the Ist Ohio Regi
ment have taken measures to present Maj.
L. Giddings with a sword, to cost SSOO, as
a token of their respect and thanks.
The 2d Regiment of Mississippi Volun
teers have arrived at Monterey. They are
all armed with rides.
Robert White, of Gapt. Bullens company
Louisville Legion, lost Ins band by the ex
j plosion of one of the rockets, found during
V ihe.fire on the morningof the 9th
inst.
The editor of (he Matamoros Flag has re
cently paid a flying or rather a steamboat
visit to Comargo. Speaking of it he says:
A happier looking people than the Mexi
cans on the Rio Grande we never saw, and
many of them are becoming enriched by sup
plying the steamboats with wood, which is
easily obtained, and for which they receive
S 3 50 per cord,
Comargo we found all life and bustle—
apparently more business doing there than
here, and merchants looking with confidence
to a brighter prospect ahead. Considerable
Blocks of merchants’ goods were being sent
forward to Monterey, Saltillo, and towns
along the line protected by our troops, and
the trade between our merchants and the
Mexicans bids fair to open again with new
life and activity.
In our paper of Sat urday morning we al
luded to the following assassination. The
Matamoros Flag, from which we copy, gives
more fully the particulars. It says:
A private in one of the companies of the 2 J
Mississippi Regiment, named Carson, form
erly a member of the Mississippi Legislature,
who had lagged behind the regiment on the
march up, between Carnargo and Mier, was
waylaid by two Mexicans and inhumanly
butchered. His mutilated body was discov- 1
ered in the chaparral a few feet from the road,
by Capt. Jack Everitt and Mr. John Hays, i
who were journeying up to Mier—the warm
blood was yet trickling from him, which in
duced them to think his assassins were still
near; and they commenced a search in the
thicket and came in sight of the two .Mexi
cans, not more than two hundred yards from
where the murdered man lay. Chase was
given, and they were soon overtaken, and
their guilt sufficiently proved by their ulood
stained hands and garments, and the proper
ty of the murdered man found upon their per
sons. The first impulse was to kill them
upon the spot, but reflection induced their be
ing taken forward and turned over to Col.
Davis, who, with his regiment was not many
miles in advance.
The assassins, we learn, were shot.
Shameful. —Persons recently arrived from ;
Monterey inform us that, in coming down,
they beheld strewn along the roadside, where
had been massacred the teamsters who fell j
into tlrs hands of Urrea’s assassins in the at- i
tack on the wagon train, the decayed and mu- ,
tilated remains of upwards of fifty of these i
unfortunate men. Where they fell, there
dill they are suffered to remain—their flesh
made the food of vultures and wolves, and
their bones scattered about by these beasts
tnd birds of prey. Train after train lias pass- |
cd them by, with no more notice than a pass 1
ing commentary upon their sad fate—none*
have stepped forth to give them burial. Hu
manity sickens at man’s indifference toman.
It was rumored at Matamoros that the
Massachusetts Volunteers were about to be
relieved by the 2d Ohio Regiment, and that
the former would start for Monterey in two
weeks.
Henry Aldrich was arrested at Palo Alto
an the 17th ult., by order of Col. Cushing, j
charged with having murderously assaulted
ft Mexican named Serbantes. He was taken
to tlie guard-house, where he awaits his trial.
Serbantes is in the Hospital.
Fiendish Murder. —Father Ray, says the j
Flag, so long and favorably known as a Chap- j
lain in the array, was recently killed by a j
party of Lancers on the road between Ca
margo and Monterey. What ignorance, com- j
bined with fanaticism will do, may be judged
by the butchering of this faithful old minister j
of peace. True to his div ine calling, he for- 1
ftook friends and home to make easy the
couch of the dying soldier—he came with
design of harm to neither Mexican or Ame
ricas, and was arrested in his divine vocation
by those who choose the same mode of wor
ehippingJthe Almighty. Strange infatuation I
The Ist Mississippi Regiment (“Gen. Tay
lor 1 * Own, 11 as it is sij’led,) forms what may
be considered bis body guard, and are with
him at the VValcut Springs, near Monterey.
In and around Monterey are ilie Kentucky
Cavalry, 2d aud 3d Ohio Regiments, 3d In
<liana, six companies of Virginians, and a few
companies of Texan Rangers. Six compa
nies of Virginians are occupying China aud
Cadareyta, which places are being fortified.
'A* 2d Ohio Regiment is by this
time, on its way lo Carnargo, its term of ser- 1
vice is nearly up, and the buys are homeward j
bound. Five companies of Kentucky Caval
ry were in a few days ago, but
were to return to Monterey as an escort to a
train. This regiment has, also, but a brief
time to remain in service, and will soon be j
returning.
* 1
[From the A, O. Della, 28 ih, inst.~\
From Texas.
The steamer Florida, Capt. Butler, ar- j
rived yesterday from Texas, She brings !
j Galve.ston papers to the 21st. The fol- :
J lowing is the only item of news we find, ;
it is in relation to the new German colony.
Nlw Braunfels, Comal Co., March 25. j
“Baron von Meusebach lias made a j
very important expedition to the Llano j
! and San Saha rivers, accompanied with
j Maj. Neighbors and others, whence they
j had arrived within the last few days. This
! expedition resulted in having ma le peace- 1
ful relations with the Camanche Indians, i
thereby enabling the German Emigration ;
Company to proceed colonizing that part j
of the country, and already some survey- j
ors have commenced to survey the lands, j
'['he .settlement al Fredericksburg, on the !
Pieclernales, is successfully progressing;
there are already several stores, and the
; Camanche Indians and ether tribes have I
: frequently visited ihe town for the purpose
i of trading. The people have enjoyed
i perfect tranquility, and no acts of hostility
have yet been committed by the Indians.
; Here there is much more industry dis
| played this season than in former ones
j towards the cultivation of the ground—a
i favorable omen. Everywhere around
! are to be seen enclosed and well ploughed
j fields; and we want only some rains lo
! give assurance of a return for our labors,
| and to cheer us again with the verdancy
of spring. The season is extremely late,
and rain is much needed, there having
been scarcely a shower for several
; months.
“W. 11, Meriwether, a most enterprising
gentleman from Virgina, with a large
force of negroes, has- settled upon a fine
piece of land, upon the admired stream
of the ‘Comal Springs/ and has already
made extensive improvements. lie has '
cultivated a field of wheat, which is ,
already above the ground, and promises, j
so far, complete success. lie is now con
i structing mills upon the Comal, and will .
shortly have asavv-mill and grist mill in ;
operation. •
‘The settlements around are numerous
and increasing rapidly; say, on the Cibolo, ,
Santa Clare, York’s Creek and Gauda
loupe, where but a year ago none were
1 to be found.
Arrival of the Sarah Sands.
TWO DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE,
The steamer tsurah Sands, Capt. Thompson,
arrived last evening from Liverpool, whence
she sailed on tlie 6ih insf She bering 45 cabin
passengers, 123 second cabin do., and a con
siderable amount of specie.
The news is of no great importance. The
grain and cotton markets remained as by last
advices.
Ur. Murphy, the Roman Catholic Bishop
of Cork, died on the Ist inst. He owned a j
library of 200,000 volumes.
I The London Observer of Sunday, the 4:h
inst., states that the returns of the Quarter’s |
Revenue (winch were to be made up the j
: previous night) will show a considerable in
crease under the heads of Custom and Excise; ,
an improvement under the head ot tramps, :
■ and an undiminished Revenue Irom the Pro
: perty and Income Tax,
Ireland. —Emigration from all parts of
1 the country proceeds at a rapid pace. The
Quays ot of Dublin resemble the bailing
place of an Eastern caravan. Crowds ot
emigrants, with their separate allotments
of luggage, stud every availaule spot.
Rear-Admiral Pigot, in command on the
| Cork station, has written lolbe Cork Harbor
I Board to the effect that the Lords ot the
' Treasury have received a communication
i from the U. IS. government declaring its in
tention lo despatch a sloop of war lo Ireland
with a cargo of provisions, supplied by Boston
and the State ot Massachusetts.
The Cork Constitution gives a dismal ac- |
count of the devastations committed by lever;
the victims to the contagion tilling the grave
yards to overflowing.
Printing by the Electric Telegraph.—
; We were invited on Satuiday to a private
: view of Mr, Brett’s system of printing by the
1 electric telegraph. The mode ol operation
j is very simple, consisting merely of a row of
| keys similar to those of a piano forte,
t marked with the letters of the alphabet, at
1 oneextrem.ty of the line, and at the other a
printing machine which a slight electric
power is sufficient to regulate, and which, *
without limit ot distance, prints the letter at
the same instant that the corresponding key
| is pressed dow n.
i Spain.—Queen Isabella has at length
emancipated herself by dismissing the Min
istry which enslaved her. At Die head of
the Ministry is M. Pacheco.
Emigration.— Upwards of GOOD German
emigrants have, within the last fortnight,
, passed through Cologne, on their way to
Bremen, Havre and Antwerp, where they
will take their departure lor America. The
J greater part of them seemed to bo rather well
off. The town of Menden was lately so full
of emigrants that it resembled the camp of a
wandering tribe; the streets were literally
crammed with baggage, and the people wail
ing lor the steamers, it is calculated that
i 120,009 Germans will emigrate tiiis year.
__
By .llagncik Telegraph.
[Correspondence of the Jiullimore Sun.]
i\ew Vork, April 30, 5 P. M.
The news by the steamer Sarah Sands
: was not fully digested until noon to-day, and
j consequently but few operations have taken
! place.
'Plie feeling in the flour market was not
fully developed. There was a sale of 500
barrels Genesee brands, on the spot, at §7 75;
some few- light sales were made under these
figures on Thursday afternoon. Southern
flour was dull at $7 50, with rather a down
ward tendency.
Corn continues firm, with moderate sale.
There have been sales of about 20,000 bushels
Western and Southern yellow at 94 a 97
cents per bushel. There were also sales of
while and mixed at 92 a 93 cents per bushel.
Since the receipt of the news cotton has
been rather dull and inactive, and the ten
dency was rather downwards.
Sterling exchanges are steady. L j
Philadelphia, April 20, 6 P. M.
The news by the steamer has caused hold-
I ers of breadstuffs to be more firm.
I learn from Pittsburg that Frederick Rei
del, who was to have been executed to day
for murder, committed suicide last nigbt ;
i in prison. He first severed the artery of his j
l left arm with the a sharp nail, and then hung 1
! himself with a rope made of h>s bed cloths.
| He left a letter stating bis determination to
| commit suicide, and avowing his innocence, i
The two men who murded an inoffensive
! black man on Wednesday, in this city, are
i said to have been arre.-ted. F.
AUGUSTA. GEO..
TU ESDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 18-17.
£s"Tbe dust was laid yesterday by a rain which
| was still falling when our paper went to press. ;
j We presume it has heeu general. It was much ;
j needed by the crops.
| ttrWe are indebted to Harper &- Broth
j ers, through Mr. Richards, for the following
’ new books :
Russell’s Juvenile Speaker.
Alice Harden; by Joseph Alden, D. D.
The Rose of Persia, a novel, 2 vuls., by
Sam. Spriug.
o*We are much pleased at the opportunr
ty of introducing to public attention the very
attractive lectures of Hr, Boynton, to be de
livered This and To-Morrow Evening.—
They are upon subjects of the highest inter
est, and have been ot late the world’s won
der from the great practical results which
j have been accomplished by the Magnetic
Telegraph.
For the manner in which Dr. Boynton
! illustrates and adorns the subjects of his lec-
I
1 lures, we publish the following cards from \
' gentlemen of high distint ion. We have, in
addition seen numerous letters from distin
guished sources, using language of warm
, encomium of these lectures. They have
nftide quite a sensation in other cities and
| have been numerously attended.
Dr. B >yn ton’s Lectures. —l have great
I pleasure in testifying in favor of Dr. Boyn
: ton’s Lectures on Magnetism, Magnetro- ;
Electricity and their applications. I have
lately listened to his course in this place
| and unhesitatingly rank him by the side of
J the most popular and instructive Lecturer 1 |
| have ever heard on these subjects; he is cer- i
| tainly not surpassed, in my estimation, by
| the best teachers in the Loudon Polytechnic j
1 _ . . J i
Institutions.
CHARLES UPIIAM SHEPARD,
1 Prof, of Chemistry in Med. Col. of So. Ca.
I Charleston, S. C., April 13. 1817.
!
CHARLESTON, April 13, 1847.
We gladly subscribe to the above well de
j served enlogy of Prof. Shepard, and bear the (
j most unequivocal testimony to the ability >
and success of Dr. Boynton as a Lecturer. j
; In fluency, facility and felicity of expres- ;
| sion—in the uniform flow of language at
j once precise, clear harmonious and agreeable
: —in The intelligent selection and most inge
| nious adaptation of experiments—and in j
graceful and unfailing manipulation, he is 1
! entitled to rank with the highest order of I
Lecturers in any department of Practical |
Philosophy.
We earnestly hope, for the benefit of our
fellow-citizens, as well as fur our own high
entertainment and instruction,tlial Dr. Boyn
ton may be induced to repeat his excellent j
and interesting Course before be leaves us. ;
J. Bachman. D. D. S. 11. Dickson, M. D. !
S. Gilman, 1). D. Wm. Hume. M.D.
P. N. Lynch, D D. F. M. Robertson. M.
H. R. Frost, M. D. D.
F. Y. Porciier, M. D. A G. Mackey, M. D.
o*We sincerely hope that the views of
our able correspondent “Publius,” as regards
j the position of the Northern democracy on
! the Wilmot proviso, may prove prophetic.
; To that party have the democrats of the
! South been accustomed to look with firm re
i liance, for co-operation and sympathy in
j maintaining intact enr constitutional rights,
i The Southern whigs 100, though they will |
! not confess it, have exhibited a palpable feel
j jn 2T of security for those rights while know
; ing that so powerful a parly as the democra
i cy of tiie North stood manfully np to resist j
| the mischievous designs of the abolitionists, i
| It is but recently they have exhibited an j
alarm, and the Wilmot Proviso has fur- |
nished the occasion of it. It is the intro- j
i auction of that porten'ous question in Con- j
! gress, and the support that it Has received j
' from the Northern democrats, which have for j
| the first time seriously alarmed them. Un
til then, they were wholly undisturbed by
j the evident sympathy existing between the
j Northern whigs and the abolitionists. These
! had been seen to harmonize ami to combine
—to inarch hand in hand to the ballot box, \
in all local elections, and to unite in emu- j
ious exertion to defeat their common ene- j
mies, the democrats—at home and in Con- |
gress. Yet the whigs of the South stood ;
undismayed. Why? Because they knew
i that while the democrats of the North stood
{ firm to their principles, the South was in no
1 danger. Therefore, the Southern whigs in
Congress proclaimed to iher constituents
that all was bade them be of good
cheer. But the moment a portion—a large
portion of the Northern democracy showed
themselves recreant to their acknowledged
principles, and united un this Wilmot Pro
i-iso with the entire body of the Northern
whigs and abolitionists, then the alarm is
given. Then they taunt and jeer the South
ern democrats about “ their Northern allies''’ —
then they proclaim that these are as unrelia
ble as Northern whigs and abolitionists, in a
crisis like this—that they are as unsound on
the question of slavery. So great was the
panic among them, tint to stave offthe issu« ,
we find Judge Berrien in the Senate, and
Mr. Stephens in the House, offering resolu
tions disclaiming all intention on the part of
our government to annex Mexican territory
as indemnification for the expenses of the
war. This panic is produced by the unex
pected position of the Northern democrats on
lliis question.
Whether this alarm bo well founded, is
the subject of discussiuii with ‘•Publius, 55
and lie takes the position that it is wholly
uncalled for. We repeal that we hope his
views may prove prophetic. W'eaie loth to
believe that the democrats, whose political
principles and rule of conduct have hitherto
boen in accordance with a strict construction
of the Federal Compact, w ill swerve from the
republican faith—should yield to a fanatical
folly,and resolve to interpolate a new feature
into that compact. It is clear tiiat die con
stitution furnishes no ground for the distinc
tion sought to be drawn through our national
domain, dividing-it into slave and free terri
tory. There is no clause in it, upon which
even lalitudinous construction can operate. I
'The Missouri compromise (a most unfortu
nate compromise we fear it may prove to the
South) made the distinction. But it is 100
evident tiiat an intense dc&ire to confine sla
very within its present territorial limits, pre
vails in the ranks of all parties at the North.
It is equally evident tiiat a portion of the
democrats have determined to unite with the
unanimous whigs and abolitionists to effect
that object. “Publius” thinks that it w ill be
a small portion, insufficient for the purpose.
He relies upon the main body of the demo
crats to defeat it. We confess that our con
fidence is not so strong. The passage of the
Wilmot proviso through the lower House of
Congress two distinct times, most of the
Northern democrats voting for it, is an im
pressive warning. It is not to their const i
lutional scruples that we look for safety.
It is not to their sense of moral obligation
that we look. The vote was in contraven
tion of both. The spirit of the Missouri 1
compromise should have forbid it. But lfie j
South has been taught the folly of relying j
upon the North to regard such obligations. ;
She grossly violated in 1842, the tariff com
promise, afier she had enjoyed all the bene
fi s to be derived from it; disregarded it the
I moment it became no longer beneficial to her
to regard it. So she has equally exhibited a
\ determination to disregard the Missouri coin*
1 promise. She is in hot haste to manifest
tiis determination. She lias not the decern i
cy to wait till the new territory becomes
ours, but greedily appropriates it all to her
self in advance. The South ie scornfully
told that she is unworthy to have any part
; 0 f —(he South is so told, v. ho?e b'oed and
treasure have so largely contributed to win
| these fair and broad lands. We confess that
} the resolutions of seven of the non-slavehold
ing State legislatures approving and adopt,
ing the principles of the Wilmot proviso look
very l.ttle like a due regard to the rights of
the South, and the compromises of the con
i stitution. We find many democratic mem
| bors uniting with the whigs and abolitionists
in these votes.
On the other hand, we have not seen in
1 any sing'e instance, a leading press, or a
leading politician at the North taking the bold
stand that the South is equally entitled with
| the North to occupy and enjoy national terri
j lory acquired by conquest or purchase, and
i to carry her institutions into them. Until
some such proof of justice and fairness is
given, we shall look nearer home for the
protection of Southern rights. The North—
the entire North is in favor of territorial ac
quisition. The opposition to the policy is
' feeble there, as it is in the Sou’h. But ther-*
is no party at the North in favor of an equal
divisi >n. Even the sterling democrats oi
New Hampshire have not so avowed them
selves. We repeat therefore, that we look
nearer home for the vindication of our rights.
The entire South must stand united on this
i question, and demand of the confederate
States of tiie Union that herself and her in
stitutions to be treated as their equals in
every particular of social and moral worth
political privileges. From considera
| tions independent of and above all party
view’s, w’e regret so w idea diversity between
the opinions of Southern whigs and demo
crats in reference to the war. and Ihe rcsulls
that are to accrue from it. For these con
siderations, we have regretted to see such
rancorous and bitter hostility to the present
administration prevailing among Southern
whigs, and which their party presses foment
with such untiring and unscrupulous zeal.
That administration is eminently Southern
in its views, its policy and its sympathies—
as much so at least as is compatible with a
due sense of constitutional obligation. It is
in fact Southern, because if has regard to a
strict and literal construction of that instru
ment. This is the great safeguard of the
South. Upon all questions of territorial ac
quisition, the present administration will be
with the SiMh—with it because the consti
tution, justice and right are with the South.
The time is surely approaching when whigs
and democrats at th«r South must unite
against a common enemy. In that Union
alone will be safety and strength. That
enemy is anti-slavery fanaticism, and jit
numbers among its subjects at the North de
mocrats as well as whigs. With them the
question of slavery is as declared by Mr. C.
J. Ingersoll in debate, not a matter of rea
soning, but a sentiment. On this point the
last Southern Quarterly Review, in an arti
cle entitled ‘Tiie Wilmot Proviso, 55 makes the
following remarks.
With them, Campbell’s “Pleasures of
Hope 55 and Mongomery'jj “West Indian, 55
are substituted for the Federalist and the
Constitution. Sentiment makes the law and
the right. Although obtaining more benefits
from negro-slavery, through the agency ot the
General Government, than the South itself,
lliis only quickens their lender sentiment;
for it gives them the luxurious ottoman on
which they lounge, in the golden light of
silken curtains, to read and tell ot the fancied
horrors ot slavery. At prcsen’, no Cloud ot
fear dims the rays of this sentiment, with its
glorious prospect of emancipation through
out the broad and tortile South. Put her
down in Congress; hem her in, in the terri
tones, and “kindle the fires of liberty so hot
around her, that the shackles shall melt, and
drop from her slaves.” There ks no fear ot
themselves —but instead of making millions
happy, they may only bring to millions mis
ery and slaughter. There is no fear ot the
South. “You submitted to tli£ repeal ul the
31st Rule,” said Mr. Rathbun, from New
York, in the late debate, “and you will sub
mit again.” So far from fearing, they revile
aud (aunt the South, wnilsl they trample on
her rights. Her people are oppressors, imbe
ciles and cowards—her religion, hypocrisy —
her institutions, a curse. So in wrapt secur
ity, Northern sentiment stretches its arm
over the government of the United Slates,
1 and commands our inferiority and subm.s- i
sum.
If the South succeed in obtaining her
rights, it will be bv presenting an unbroken
front. It will be by showing to the Union
that she relies upon herself—she plants her- !
self upon the constitution —that she knows
her rights under that instrument, ‘‘and know
ing, dare maintain them,” that the Union is
only valuable to her as respecting and pro
tecting those rights —and that it cannot be
preserved one single day after a deliberate 1
violation of those rights by the adoption of
such a principle as (he H ilmol P aviso. '
The Union cannot and ought nut to survive ,
such a violation.
We copy from the National Intelligencer
the following letter, which is a sufficient re
ply to the gross misstatements recently pub
lished in the Delta, and extensively copied,
in regard to Mr. Atocha. It turns out, after !
; all, that he was simply bearer of despatches !
I from this government, and acted in nodiplo
j matic capacity whatever.
I Gentlemen: My attention was attracted
by an article published in the National
I Intelligencer of the 23d instant, copied
I from the New Orleans Delta, entitled
| ‘-The Aloclia and Yucatan Follies.” 1
! beg leave to be allowed a few remarks
I upon its contents concerning Mr. Atocha.
I The answer to said article, made in this
i morning’s Intelligencer, has fully ex- J
I plained Mr. Atocba’s position with regard
to the despatches entrusted to his care by
our Government. It remains therefore to
bring the other statements to a proper
standard of truth, and it is merely with a
view to vindicate truth that 1 request you
to give publication to these few lines.
Mr. At rcha’s position in New Orleans
from 1830 to 1838, during which lapse of
time I had a daily intercourse with him,
was the position of an honest and indus
trious citizen, engaged in the brokerage
business, which has been the foundation
of respectability to so rnanv of our most
aristocra'ical furnilits. Co mected by
marriage, in 1833, with one of the mos!
respectable families of Louisiana, Mr.
Atocha has always commanded, by bis
private conduct and his capacity for mer
cantile pursuits, the esteem and respect
of his fellow.citigens. Me was never “an
bumble member of the night-watch in the
First Municipality;” and I anj confident
that all those who have known Mr, Atocha
will look upon the story, as it ought to he
viewed, as a ridiculous fabrication and a
perfect humbug. Should even this state
merit be true, under the blessings of our
republican institutions we daily witness
s rnilar eleva’ions, and very often from
ranks of society still less conspicous than
the one occupied by an honorable guard
ian of the public peace and safety.
I am not prompted by personal motives
■n making this exposition of facts,my social
nosition and independence of character
Macing me entirely above such consider
ation. I have received no favor from Mr.
Atocha. nor do I expect or wish for any
from him or any oilier person.
A. DC VADRISCOURT.
Beer's Temperance Hole?,
Washington, April 24, 1847.
I>rath of Gen. Dromgoole.
The Baltimore Patriot of the 30th ult. says.
“We learn by telegraph from Washington,
that Gen. Dromgoole, member elect to Con
gress from the Second District of Virginia,
died at his residence yesterday, after several
weeks of severe illness.”
Large Clearance*.
There were cleared from New Orleans on
the 26th u1t.—8796 bales Colton, 3941 sacks
Wheat, 13,960 sacks Corn, and 41,155 bids
Flour, nearly the whole of which is for France
and England. The latter item is “hard to
/ beat” as the work of a single day.
The Weather.
A correspondent writting from one of
the middle Districts, gives the following
account of the weather:
Our planters are beginning to grumble
about the dry weather. They are threat
ened with a drought, and those who have
not enjoyed the pleasure of seeing their
Cotton and Potatoes coming out of the
ground, begin to apprehend that, without
an early rain, they will hardly show
themselves. Another consequence of the
dry weather is the rapid spread of fires.
Carelessness, and the barbarous habit
still continued in spite of penalty and
philosophy, of burning the woods, has
caused the most extensive conflagrations
in some of the middle districts, destroying
the vegetable matter, and consuming and
threatening fences. The crops are left
to themselves in numerous quarters, the
hands being all employed in “fighting the
fire.” —Charleston Patriot,
[for the constitutionalist ]
Mr. Editor—Absence from home, and in
disposition have prevented me, until now,
from calling your attention to a tew errors in
my communication as published in the Con
stitutionalist of the lOih ult. In speaking of
the administration of Mr. Polk, I am made to
say, “It has given fervor and life, &c.,” it
should read “It has given form and lile to
the doctrine of free trade.” Again, I find
this sentence, “Mr. Calhoun and his Slate
have been kept aloof from the democratic par
ty, in its party action, over since his breach
with General Jackson.” The word “been”
should be omitted. This sentence also oc
curs in the printed number, “Mr. Calhoun
bus opposed the measures of Mr, Polk to
wards Mexico—measures demanded by tho
relations between the countries aud opposed
by the democratic party.” This latter op
posed should read approved. If I did not so
write, I certainly so intended, for these mea
sures have had the cordial approval and sup
port of the great democratic party, 'flies®
errors may have been my own, for the com
munication was hastily written and I pre
served no copy.
One word in regard to the Wilmot proviso,
and the manner in which its advocates should
ibe treated. 1 have no hesitation in saying
they do not come up to my standard of de
mucracy, and so far as they maintain the
principles of the proviso they have departed
from the democratic faith. 1 remarked that
“the great standard principle of the demo
-1 cratic party is an adherence to the letter and
spirit of the constitution; that, they (the par
tv) regard the constitution as the same un
varying charter—not fluctuating with exp«-
I diency or changing with popular caprice.”
{ The compromises of the constitution are em
braced within its spirit. As by mutual con
cessions that noblest work of man was
clot bed with authoritative power, so by mn
i tual concessions must it be preserved aud
I maintained. II the Missouri compromise
line will not do, let another be adopted, but
i that having been once assented to there will
j be less difficulty in maintaining it. Jam not
for denouncing the Northern democracy as a
body for the folly of the Wilmot proviso.
The great body of the democratic party of
the North are with the South on this subject.
How nobly has that glorious old State, New
Hampshire, deported herself in rejecting the
alliance of the abolitionists. She has tum
bled the notorious Hale overboard, and no
( Southern man could stand up more boldly or
speak more independently for Southern right*
than did the hardy democrats of the Granits
State in celebrating their late victories. The
people of the North love the Union—their
interest, if nothing else, attaches them to it.
Let an inviolable adherence to the harmoniz
ing compromises of the constitution be ther*
I made a test of true democracy and depend
■ on it, selfish combinations for ambitious ob
jects will be utterly demolished. Instead of
denouncing the democrats of the North, as a
body, for the wickedness or folly of a few,
who would count popularity at the expense
of principle, let the constituency be enlight
ened, and the temporizers w ill fall before the
i force and power of truth. Let it be known
that there is a difference between the advf •
cacy of slavery in the abstract, and the ad
vocacy of the right of those States and peo
ple where slavery exists, and depend on it,
however much they may undermine the in
* J
i stitution, they will maintain the rights of
! the States and people. The disaffected de*
rnocrats of Finns ylvania, were afraid *f the
power of the manufacturers on the tariff'
question. They could not meet it. A few
were bold enough however, to disregard tbs
effect on themselves and firmly maintained
the doctrine of free trade. The cnnsoquenco
is, tlmt the subject has been discussed there,
the public mind has been illuminated, the
errors of the protectionists exposed, and free
trade principles are taking a firm hold on the
affections of the people. The liberty loving
people of Pennsylvania will be thoroughly
free trade in their principles; and the true
democracy of the North, however much they
may disapprove of the institution of slavery,
will regard as sacred, the constitutional
rights of those where it exists, as well at
the compromises of the constitution, which
, will leave open its progress to the unsettled
Territory of the Union. The democratic
motto should be “The Constitution, the spirit
ot the Coustilution r and the compromises of
the Constitution.” PUBLIUS.
Fire.
A fire occurred on {Saturday night last be
tween the hours of 10 and 11 o’clock, among
a quantity of cotton, piled up several tier
I deep, under an open shed, situate on the
southern side of Central wharf. The watch
man on the w harf, who was attracted to the
i spot by the smell of smoke, gave the alarm,
and the timely arrival of several of our en
gine companies, soon arrested the progress
of the fire. This attempt to set fire was
• doubiless the act of an incendiary.— Charles•
ton Courier, 3d itist.
Virginia .Election*.
The State has nearly all been heard from,
and exhibits the following results:
Five whig members of Congress, ma king
a clear gain of lour.
In the Legislature, the losses and gains to
the whigs are as follows:
Whig gains. —Louisa, 1; Dindvviddle, I;
Gloucester, 1; Elizabeth City &, Warwick, 1;
Buckingham, I; Greenbrier, 1; Franklin, 2;
Fauquier, 1; Henry, 1; Montgomery, 1; Floyd,
1; Monroe, 1; Giles and Mercer, 1; Patrick,
1; Braxton and Lewis, I—l 6.
Whig losses. —Caroline, Senator, I; Cul
peper, I, Charlotte, 1; Accomac, 2; Morgan,
1; Harrison,! —7,
Showing a nett whig gain of 9 in the Le
gislature, or a difference of 18 votes on joint
ballot, the democratic majority last year be
ing 22, In the House, thus far, the whig*
have a majority of 8 votes.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ELECTED.
Democrats. —A. Atkinson G. C. Drws*