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[From the A. O. u ' ] ""
Mexico’s Friends i:i the I'nited states. j
After all 11«a.L has been said ami vv iu
ten in justification of the present .Mexican
war, there are still a large number ci pei -
sons in the United Stales, wo will not say j
a party, who stubbornly persi t in con
demning she war as entirely unjustifiable, i
The entire history of Mexican aggres
sions, the injuries and insults which we
have borne from them for years, while
carrying on a lawful commerce with
them, under the guaranty of a treaty of
“amity, commerce, and navigation’ —a
treaty which the Mexicans made use of
to draw large numbers cf our unfortunate
and honest citizens into their territories
that they night plunder them of their*
property. Their repealed violation of
treaties, their shameful excuses and de
cays in the performance of their promise -,
ell these, w it!) a certain class of men in
tltts country, avail nothing, and are de
clared to bo no justification whatever of
the present war. They even deny in into
the whole cf the above charges against
Mexico, and insanely declare the present
war without a solitary justification.
For ‘the present we shall only name
two of the leading journals in the United
States who are engaged in tin's mad op
position to the present war— ihe National
Intelligencer and *he Boston Allas, two
ot the most able id powerful journals in
our countrv, journals for winch w’o have
always entertained the highest respect,
but which since the commencement cf the
present war,have absolutely run mad and
disgraced themselves by the weak, trifling,
and wo may say, insane course which
they have pursued.
These journals, for the purpose of sus
taining the position which they have as
sumed, that of defending Mexico, have
denied the plainest and best established
facts, both in reference to the immediate
cause of the war. and the conduct of the
Mexicans in their intercourse with us
.previous to the war. Strange as it may
appear to all acquainted with the plain
and undeniable facts, the Boston’Allas,
of the 15th instant, positively denies that
the entire amount of the just claims of the
United States against Mexico is as much
as SBOO,OOOI The same journal denies
that Mexico lias been guilty of the amount
ofinpiry with which we charge her.—
“We believe,” says the Atlas, “that
Mexico has received u thousand fold
deeper injuries from us tiian we have ever
received from her! ’ The Allas devotes
a long article of more than a column to
the defence of Mexico, anti if it had been
written by the editor of El Republicano
himself it could not have been more tho
roughly Mexican in its character.
The talent and ability of the Atlas is
undoubted; but when, in the face of the
most undeniable facts, facts that have be
come a portion of the permanent history
of the limes, we see that journal thus de
fending live Mexican nation, it is difficult
to believe that some lamentable insanity
has not seized upon it. After years of
the most patient endurance of Mexican
insults and injuries, even to our dis
grace—after enduring the unlawful seiz
ure, by Mexico, of our property, the vio
lation of the personal liberty of our citi
zens. the repeated insults of our flag in
Mexican poits, and injuries that no other
nation lias ever quietly endured before,
W'e are told by the editors cf the Boston
Atlas, that the United States have injured
Mexico “a thousand fold” more tiian she
has injured the United States, and that
W’e have no ju&l cause fur war!
The National Intelligencer, too, is en
gaged in the same abominable defence
of the perfidious Mexicans, and there are
many other journals, of less calibre, how
ever, in the country, employed in the
same unholy cause. Mexico has, in so
ber truth, more powerful defenders of her
cause here, in oar very midst, than in Mexi
co itself! for there are no advocates of
her cause, in Mexico, as able as the
above mentioned journals. We would
advise the editors of the National Intelli
gencer and Boston Atlas, to pack up their
types, and take ship for Mexico as fast as
possible. Mexico is at the present mo- '
ment in great want of help, and we think
we are fully warranted in presuming
that they would hail the advent of such
able editors and defenders as a most ex- i
traordinary if not miraculous god send. ’
They would only have to change their
titles to El Allas, and El Gacefero, and |
the Mexicans would he animated with
new courage. The Mexican clergy i
would strip their churches to pay them
for their services, and shed their last |
blood to defend them. The editors, too, :
would doubtless breath more freely than
they do here, and gain in the defence of ,
their beloved Mexicans both much gold
ansl glory. We might than bo certain,
too, that' the war would never end, so
long at least as their brother Mexicans
could defend a foot of ground for them to
write on; for if their powerful support at
this distance tends so much to prolong the
war, how much more powerful would it
be were EJ Atlas and El Gacetero in ac
• live operation on Mexican soil, and in the
very midst of the Mexican people?
The other Mexican journals in the Uni- \ ■
ted States vvill excuse us for not mention- |
ing their names; but vve can assure thorn
that Los Mexicanos duly appreciate their
services, and will never lay down their
arms so long as such powerful advocates
defend them,
[From the N. O. Courier, 20th till. j
Out at last! Genera! Taylor i i favor of a j
strict Construction ol ihe Couslitut.on !
We copy Ihe following from this morn I
irv's Bulletin : What a Buena Vista our
whio brethren would have if the General
was elected President of the United
i States.
[From the Bulletin.l
West Eaton Rouge, May 15, 13IT.
I Wk. L. 1 lodoe, Esq. :
Dear Sir —l send you. annexed, an ;
extract of a letter, which I have recently
j received from Generallor; anil as i
shadows forth the feelings and . views ol
the Genera!,'’on the subject of tie next
presidency,’in a manner which ct ido no
violence to the feelings ofany one,l have
determined to have published that portion
of if, which relates to a subject in which
his name has been very generally asso
ciated throughout the country fir some
time past, ido so, with more readiness,
because it is eminently calculated to give
a proper insight into the real character
of eminent men. Please let it have a
* 1 * 1
; place in your coiumns.
Yours, very sincerely and respectfully.
! not say that I would not serve, if die good
people of the country were to require me
to do so, however much it is opposed to
my wishes, for 1 am willing to say, that
I have no aspirations for the situation. —
{ Mv greatest, perhaps only wish has been
to bring, or aid in bringing this war to o
: speedv and honorable close. It has evei
been, and still is, my anxious wish tha’
some one of the most experienced, talent
ed, and virtuous statesmen of the coun
try, should be chosen to that high place
at the next election. lam satisfied that,
if our friends still do their duty, such a
i citizen may be elected.
“I must, however, bo allowed to say,
that I have not the vanity to consider my
self qualified for so high and responsible
a station, and whilst we have far more
eminent and deserving names before the
country, I should prefer to stand aside, if
one of them could be raised to the first
office in the gift of a free people.
“I go for the country, the whole coun
try —and it is my ardent and sincere wish
to see the individual placed at the head
of the nation, who, by a strict observance
of the constitution -(be ho whom he may)
can make us most prosperous at home, as
well as most respected abroad.”
Well said old Zack! “I go for the
i country —the whole country V* 'Phis is
a true American Democratic sentiment,
worthy of Washington or Jackson; hut
it will find no favor with the abolitionists
who compose the mass of the wing party
in the middle and northern States—it is
i directly opposite to the sentiments a thou
stud time expressed by John Q. Adams.
Giddings, Grcely, other
chiefs and leaders of the whl<^artv.
But further,sa vs old Rough and Ready,
i I want to see a man at the heady of the
; nation, “who by a STRICT OBSER-
I VANCE of the constitution (be ho who
; he may) can make us most prosperous at
home, as well as most respected abroad. 5 '
What would become, under General
Taylor’s views, of the whig doctrine that
the constitution may be so construed as to
authorize Congress to do whatever it may
deem conducive to the general welfare?
It was under this construction that Con
gress passed the alien and sedition laws,
j the act to incorporate a national bank;
j acts to construct works of fanciful im
provement in tl e body of a state, even
against the consent of such State. Old
Rough and Ready declares that he wants
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the president of’the United Slates, (be be
who lie may) to steer his conduct of
public affairs by a STRICT OBSER
VANCE of the constitution—consequent
ly he justly stamps all implied powers
under his feet — and what but implied
j powers gave Congress authority to create
a national bank, to make internal im
provements, to divide the money arising
from sales of the public lands among the
several States —and to adopt several other
important and favorite measures of our
whig brethren?
To come to the point—Does or can any
one doubt, after perusing the foregoing
epistle from General Taylor, that if chief
magistrate of the Union, he would, like
! his valued friend General Jackson, put
the presidential veto upon a bill to create
a national Bank? A thousand dollars to
a dime lie would do it. The advocates
of a national bank never pretended that
Congress derived authority to create sue!)
a:t institution from a plain and strict in
terpretation of the constitution—they have
1 ever admitted that the power to do so was
implied and constructive. Certain, it is
| no such power is given by the constilu-
I tion, and equally certain that the conven
tion who framed the constitution positive
i ly refused to cloth Congress with power
| to establish a bank or to create a corpora
tion of any kind. It is the doctrine of
| Jefferson, Jackson and the whole Demo
cracy that Congress possess no such povv.
; er—and such is the doctrine of Zachary
i Taylor. The nomination of General
Taylor has made a sad - bodge-podge of
j the whig concerns.
[From the Federal Unionist Inst.]
This annunciation is found at the mast
head of the Southern Recorder;
FOR PRESIDENT.
Cieu. Zachary Taylor.
It is accompanied also, with the de
claration, “He is the candidate of the
Whig party, by the acclamation of the
people.” How, vve respectfully ask,
what evidence have the vvhigs that he is
T-yymanaaMKfaracr: ‘ imtfiCTCTO
one of ihem—that ha is the advocate of
any of the principles, concerning which
they have prated so liberally? All lliev
know concerning him, is, that rumor af
firms, that noon some occasion, he de
clared, that if he had voted at the last pre
sidential election, he would have cast his
vote for Mr. Clay. But, rumor has also
affirmed, that even this declaration was
qualified by the remark, that this prr-
Terence was based solely upon personal
considerations. On the other hand, it is
h “fixed fact,” that lie actually did vote
for General Jackson, that he sustained .
his administration, and zealously advo-T
cated his measures. Has not rumor too
affirmed, that his son-in-law, Gen. Jaffar- j
son Davis, and his own son, have openly I
declared, that he even has been, and still ;
• is, an uncompromising opponent of a pro
tective tariff, and of a national bank; in ;
short, t'fat he is a Democrat of the Heifer
<on and Jackson school. With all these
| facts before them, how is it then, thet ;
1 Gen. Tavlor is the candidate of the ;
• whig parts ? fl ) they think so little of
their principles that they tire willing to
sacrifice them all upon toe altar of their i
ambition? Is their love for Cenmr so ,
strong, that they have lost all affect j
for Rome? Have the triumphs of Gen.
Taylor, in the war that they regard as |
unjust, inhuman, and infamous, been so
glorious, that he must he rewarded, even
at the sacrifice of those great measures,
upon, which in them estimation, depend
th.* welfare and glory of the country; ■
Or, can it he, that the whig party have j
suddenly become enamored with demo
cratio principles, and are preparing to
adandon protective tariffs, banks and all
the federal heresies which for the last
few years they have so zeal ously sus
ained ?
The proposition by the whig party of
Georgia, to adopt Gen. laylor as their
candidate for the Presidency, is in .per
feel keeping with the policy they have
heretofore purposed. If any proof were
required to establish the position, that
they have no principles, or if they have,
\ that they care not a fig for them, it can
be found in this recent movement. They
have net the slighest evidence that this
new idol cf their affections, would sus
tain a single measure with which they
! arc identified. Notwithstanding this.
’ with a “generous confidence” and an eye
single to the spoils, they rally around his
standard. They have been against a
tariff and for it, for and against a bank,
for an i against annexation, indeed they
I have boxed the political compass. And
j what is’ the position they have now as
j sumed? With the bitterest denunciations
1 au 8 with the most unyielding preseve
ranee they have opposed the war with
Mexico, and now forsooth, because one of
its generals has covered himselfand his
country with .glory, they are striving to
identify themselves with him, and upon
his Uiumphs ride info power. Was there
ever a party in this or any other country,
j whose career has marked with such
I unblushing effrontry, with such disgrace,
j ful duplicity, and with suer. enure
• abandonment of the slightest devotion to
principle or regard for consistency ■
Yet with all this, they call themselves
the conservatives, and would have the
world believe that truth, and virtue, and
decency and patriotism can be found only
in their ranks.
[ From ihe N. C. Delta, 2Sth vti.]
The ! -ft Xewj) from VSexico -Gtm ra J
Scotl'4 Advance*
The advance of cur army to Puebla takes us
a little by surprise. From the previous ac
conn's we were led to think that Gen. Scott
had changed Ids designs after the departure
of the ok! volunteers, and would remain in
Jalapa, with bis vanguard at Perote. But it
appears our first opinion, that he would push
on-without waiting for reinforcements, is the j
most correct. Gen. Worth has entered the j
large town of Puebla, and received the cour- |
tesies of the High D.gnitanes of the Church j
—the most potential authorities in Mexico. I
Santa Anna,'in the meantime, abandoning his j
position at Orizaba, has pushed ahead of j
Worth, with his usual promptitude and rapidi
ty, on the road from Puebla to Mexico. We 1
thought that his object would be to harass !
the rear of Gen. Hcott, to cut off his com
munications, and capture his trams \v:ih
guerr Ila parties. But it is rumored, and the
lone of the Mexican papers gives color to the
report, that his reputation and political in- 1
fluence in the capital require looking after. ;
Besides, an election for ttie Presidency, and
the formation of a new 7 administration, are to ’
take place, and Santa Anna has, no doubt,
some ambition to take part in these important
affairs. |
It is said he has 10,000 men with him, and i
will make another stand at a formidable point j
in the road—at Rio Frio. This is one of the ;
most dangerous and difficult passes which j
our army will have to m ike. The road, for
for some distance beyond Puebla, is excellent, .
but near Cordova it reaches the mountains, :
and passed through deep, narrow defiles and |
over steep and nigged heights. The country
is wild looking’ thinly wooded with oaks and
pines, and rendered very rough and uneven .
by rocks of lava and porphyry. Near Tes- |
melucos, a little village or hacienda, the road ,
begins to wind along the side of the mountain, j
in many places being cut through solid rocks.
Here the road is commanded by the heights j
of Popocatapell, which, if occupied by a
strong battery, would render the passage of
an army over this steep,rugged, and exposed
ascent, a task of very great danger and dif
ficulty. But. even when the heights are
passsed, the perils and obstacles of the posi
tion are not entirely surmounts; for the road
descends into a deep narrow dell, where a j
small and brave force might operate with :
great effect upon a large army accompanied |
by long trains and parks of artillery. This
doll is traversed by the Rio Frio (Cold River,)
where our brave soldiers may assuage their
thirst after the labors of this difficult passage.
The Rio Frio is the only point on the road,
between Puebla and Mexico, which is likely
to give our army any trouble. It is midway j
between the two cities; when it is passed, the |
road to the capital is smooth and delightful, |
well watered and well shaded. In some places !
it passe»for miles between parallel canals and :
rows of Lombardy poplars. 1
If Santa Anna makes his stand at Rto Frio
with an adequate artillery force and complete
batteries, our army will have to fight perhaps
the most serious, bloody, and destructive bat
tle which has yet been fought. There will
be no want of men in this thickly settled
part of the country to back Santa Anna in
this last stand which the Mexicans will have j
an opportunity of making. There will be 1
some difficulty, however, in arming all who
may present themselves, and in furnishing
the works with good cannon. But we pre
sume that the commissioners appointed in i
Mexico, with Almonte at their head, to super
intend the defences of the capital, have pro
, babiy selected the Rio Frio as the only avail- j
P able point of defence against an army ap
-1 preaching the capital, and have probably re
moved thither the cannon intended for the
1 defence of the city. The account of another
battle, therefore may be expected in a few
days. Os tlie result we have no fears—nur j
only apprehension is, (hat another glorious j
victory will be purchased at a greattacrifice
! of valuable lives.
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: THI RSDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, !■;:
o“\Ve publish in another column, anarli
; cle from the New O.leans Mercury, a neutral j
print, to which we would call the attention
of our readers—and particularly some whig |
editors in this section of country. There is |
much truth in the remarks of the editors of
! ike .Mercury, and by placing the “La,” it is
, applicable to a number of whig papers other ,
than the National Intelligencer and Boston ;
Atlas. The odium attached to the .Hartford |
Convention and As members,we tilin' v shou’d
be a bcaconlight to them.
The Georgia Regiment.
The correspondent of the Columbus Bn- !
i quirer, writing from New Orleans, under date I
of the 2Tih ult. savs—
“We arrived hero last evening, and ascer
tained that all of our regiment was here, ex-
I cent the Augusta Blues and Macon Guards,
and they are momently expected. Captain
i Jones, who has received orders to do so, is
mastering ns out of service as rapidly as pos
! Sible. Some of us will be detained here five
or six days, as the Paymaster cannot possi- ;
b!y get through with us sooner. There are ’
i near 4,000 troops to be paid off.
‘■The troops generally are well. I regret ;
to add that that excellent officer, ('apt. Dill,
is not in good health. He is quite feeble, j
but yet sufficiently stron ; to continue his
j » o
journey home.”
Movements of the President,
Mr. Polk, accompanied by fiis lady, the i
Hon. John Y. of the Navy,
| Col. J. Knox Walker, Private Secretary to
the President, Lieut. Matthew F. Maury, of
the (J. b>. Navy, ar'J several members of
I Judge Mason’s family, left Washington on
Friday morning last, in the U. S. mail steam
j cr Pmvhaltan, Capt. Rogers, en route for
Chapel 11 1 11, N. C. The flags of the mail
j boat were displayed on the occasion, and the
President was everywhere noticed with marks
i of respect. On his arrival at Richmond he
j was welcomed by the Mayor on behalf of the
i ckizens, and was in Other respects very hand
i somely received—a respectable number of
! the military being out on the occasion. The
j Enquirer says that lie and his party were in
the city about two hours, and were highly
, gratified at their kind and cordial reception,
TAe President’s salute was fired by the Fa
i yette ArNllery, commanded by Capt. Ellis.
and appropriate airs were performed by the
( Grays’ and Blues’ bands, on the terrace in ;
j front of the Capitol,
There is a medical gentleman, at present
j lecturing in New York citv, who contends
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that the brain is more nor ies« than j
i a magnetic battery, and that the nerves a. r e
the means by which the magnetic fluid is
conducted to ail parts of the system.
Interest on Treasury Notes.
| The following letter from .Mr G.llet, Ke
: gister of the Treasury, settles the question i
as to the payment of interest on Treasury
; Notes:—
Treasury Department, )
Register’s Office, May 18, 1847. \
The interest on six per rent Trea«firy
I Notes, issued under the act. of the 28th of j
January last, which run two years, will be
paid semi-annually, on the fir-f days of July
and January; but if is not likely that anv in
terest less than an entire half year will be
I paid on such notes, so that the first payment
j of interest will probably be on the first dav
| of January, 1848. This point, however, is
not finally decided.
I am. sir. very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
R. H. GILLET.
The “Mount Vernon Cotton Manufactur
j ing Company” are about to erect their build-
I ings in Alexandria without delav, with ac
cormnodalions for 100 looms and 3000 spin- '
j d'es. The Alexandria Gazette says that the |
Factory will consume about 1500 pounds of j
1 Cotton per day in the manufacture of heavy |
I sheetings.
A Handsome Donation.
|
The Washington Bankers, Messrs. Corco- !
ran &, Riggs, have transmitted to the Chair
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I man of the Irish Relief Committee at New
York, five thousand dollars, “with which to
purchase food, and ship for distribution in
the way to effect the greatest good to the
greatest number of the suffering poor.”
The Great Newspaper.
The London Times, of April 22d, came
out with a double supplement full of adver- |
: tisements,making that issue contain the enor- I
mous number of 2062 advertisements, the
mere want of “Situations” by those out of
employ bringing 297 advertisements, and oc
cupying five or six columns. The circula
tion of the Times is said to be 25,000 per day
' —a noble revenue.
Imports at New \ ork.
The amount of goods imported and enter
-1 cd at tiie Custom House at New York, ex
clusive of those *ent to the warehouse, and
the amount of duties paid during the week
ending on the 28th ult., compared with the
same period last year, were as follows;
184 G. 1871. Increase, j
rreg> 122,261 283,063 166,640 1
Specie and bullion, 17t,<39 171,mJ j
Dutiable, 533,027 1,903.252 1,014.911 I
Cash received, 192,311 J 52,36/ I'JU.mG
Coal aud Steamships.
The lines of steamships already formed be
tween New York and Europe, will comprise
some thirty vessels of the first class. It is
estimated that these steamships will con
sume, in their outward voyages the enor
mous quantity of 1 13.000 tons per annum.
Jlail Storm.
The Athens Aanncrot the Ist inst. says; Those
destructive visitants have recently prevailed
throuhg almost every section of Georgia. 1 hey
have in many places heat down t lie growing crops
of corn and cotton to the extent rendering it ne
cessary to plough up and replant. Whilst we
have in this vicinity escaped these ministers of de
i vastation, we have been admonished by tile un
usual coldness of the atmosphere, during the
months of April and May, of their prevalence—so
true is the old adage, when we have unusua’ly
j cold days in the spring and summer, that ; there
! lias been hail somewhere.” AVe had many
I gloomy accounts of the crops in the adjacent
counties, previous to the lute copious and refresh,
ing rains.
I • ,
| “bince, however, the farmer’s hopes and pros-
I poets liaye revived, and we now hear ol’at least
i an average yield of wheat and oats. The effect
i , .
of dry weather during the spring, has very gener
i ally, we think, been mistaken. It is an advan
' tage—as vve had abundant evidence in the crop
before last, when many farmers before harvest
i thought they would not reap the amount of seed
j sown, hut notwithstanding gathered abundant
j crops. Corn is yet subject to its greatest contin
gency about earing time, but now looks protnis
ing. The cotton crop in this section, we incline
to think, must be short, from the uncommon back
wardness of the reason, unless it should be com
pensated by a mild and late fall running far into
the winter season.”
The Penn Family.
i The following notice appears in the obiln
i ary of the London Morning Chronicle, of the ■
30th ult:—“On the 29th inst , at the house of
her son-in-law, the Earl of Ranfurley, No.
40 Berkley square, the Hon. Sophia .Marga
ret Stuart, grand daughter of the celebrated
\Villiain Penn, founder and proprietor of
Pennsylvania, and widow of the Hon. and
Rev. W. Stuart, D. D,, late Lord Primate of
all Ireland, in the 83rd year of her age.”
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The Mlllerit.es are flourishing still, in Cin
cinnati, Ohio. They have lately buit a ;
church on Seventh-street,West of the Mound,
< on the “Barr Estate.” It is an unpretending
i wooden edifice, of goodly capacity, and arch
ed ceiling, which will ere long echo the
warning cries of the corning crash. S: range
as it may appear to many, some very able
men of that city have espoused the doctrines
of Millerism.
It appears from a report recently made by
i a committee of the Horticultural Society of
Cincinnati, that upwards of four thousand
bushels of strawberries were sold in the pub
i lie markets of that city in twenty-two days
j last season—nearly two hundred bushels per
i dav. The large quantities left at hotels.
boarding-hodses, dwellings, &c. are not in
| eluded in the committee’s report.
,17r. Tatlitt and Slic ItSclSfO-.liSt Conference.
The Methodist Conference, in the Allen street
j Church, New York, has, for Several da', s been
1 engaged in trying the Rev. J. C. Greene, of the
1 to n
| Cenctery church, on several charges ofmal-ad -
* ministration and moral dereliction in his clerical
ipbtercourae with the Rev. J. N. IMafhlt, such as
I disobeying the advice ofthe Bishop, and acting
I against ike Board of Trustees; having received
Mr. Maffiti the Cenetary Church, without
) a disciplinary corticate; fraternizing with Mr.
! Maffllt, and allowing him to occupy his pulpit.
and various other acts, " Lieli were deemed irn
i prudent and disrespectful to toe church. Ihe
following resolution, after a sous? delmte, a as, at
leiig’h, adopted.
| “Brother Greene having been gadfV ot mal
administration and imprudence; and of some de
gree of moral dereliction in the matter of brother
Mafiitt and the affairs of the Cenetai v Church ,
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should be suspended from the exercises of all his
ministerial functions until the next session ofthis
Conference.”
Mr. Greene was then called in, and the verdict |
ofthe Conference read to him, when he declared j
his intention of appealing to the General Confer
ence.
I'diiing a Newspaper.
The intelligent editor of the “National In
: telligencor,” in speaking of the manner in
which editors have to work to render their
papers popular—alter stating the duties of the ;
| writing editor—says;
| “But what is the labor, the toil of such a
man, who displays his‘leaded matter,’ever so
largely, to that imposed on the judicious, well I
; informed editor, who exercises his vocation
! with an hourly consciousness of its respon
sibilities and its duties, and devotes himself •
to the conduct of his paper with the same
care and assiduity that a sensible lawyer
bestows upon a suit, or a humane physician
upon a patient, without regard to show or dis
play! Indeed, the mere writ ing part, of editing
a paper is but a small portion of the work.
I The care, the time employed in selecting, is
j far more important—and the tact of a good
editor is better shown by his selections than
| by any thing else; —and that, we all know,
| is half the battle.—But as we have said, an
’ editor ought to be estimated and his labors
understood and appreciated, by the general ,
conduct of his paper, its tone, its temper, its
uniform consistent course, its principle*, its
aim, its manliness, its dignity, its prosperity.
To preserve these as they should be preserv-*
ed, is enough to occupy fully the time and at
tention ofany man. If to this be added the
general supervision of the newspaper estab
lishment, whice most editors have to encoun
ter, the wonder is, how they can find lime
or room ‘to write at all!”
O* At a meeting of the members of tho
Richmond B.ir, convened at the City Hull,
Wednesday morning, June 2nd, 1547, for the
purpose of paying a testimonial of respect to
tiie memory of the late Judge John Schley;
on motion of Co!. W. T. Could, the lion.
John \V. Wilde was called to to the chair
and William R. Me Laws, Esq., requested to
act as Secretary. C. ’.Gould t (Tered the fol
lowing Resolutions, prefacing them with a
few eulogistic remarks.
Resolved, Th:it the memheieofthe Barsincerc-
Iv lament the dispensation of Pro idenee, hv
which their esteemed brother, the Hon. John
Schlcv, has been suddenly vemoved from life and
usefulness.
Resolved . That thedomestic and social virtues,
ami long judicial career ot Judge iSchlev, romicr
jl liis death a severe loss, not only to his family and
friends, but to the public at large, and call for
this expression of respect from las professional
brethren.
Resolved, That as a token of regard for his
memory, and regret for his loss, the members of
this Bar will wear the usual badge of mourning,
iffr thirty days.
Resolved. That these proceedings be puMi bed
in the city papers, and that the Chairman forward
a copv to the fa indy of our deceased brother, an !
that at the commencement of the ensuing term of
the Superior Court of this county, Ins Honor the
Judge, be requested to order them entered on the
minutes.
Which being seconded, were unanimously
adopted.
j On motion the mooting adjourned.
JOHN W. WILDE, Chairman,
William 11. McLaws, Secretary.
s,mtrr from Sanl-.i Fe—Frilicvsl iitntr of thr
(01111(17 —Anutlicr Ki-ruliitiou I’rcpar-
Ing.
\\ e have live days later news from Santa
Fe. The news was brought to St. L-nns 1 n
die 22d nit., by Mr. J. Mclvnight, a trad r
from Santa Fe. lie represents the country
to he in a most critical state, and that a re
volution was daily anticipated. The execu
i tions which had taken place, had caused a
great sensation, particularly at Puebla.
An Indian express nad been received at
Vegas, Irom Taos, for a large body of men to
hold themselves in readiness to inarch there.
It was tiie general opinion that another
and speedy ellbrl would be made by the Mex
icans to revolutionize the country from Ame
rican sway.
The chief a’ende and others at Vegas, who
j were peacefully disposed,were trying to pre-
I vent such a movement, but it is evident that
j nothing can effect it except (lie presence ot
a strong force to overawe them.
i The Camauclie Indians are very trouble
some, and have announced their intention to
attack every party.
The party of a Mr. Crown, a Saida F *
Utader, who left tho settlements not long ago,
was attacked at the crossing of the Arkan
sas, their horses and mules taken, with about
half of their merchandize. — Baltimore Sun.
Lieut. Ihintr' -
lie who took Alvarado—arrived in New York
! on Thursday night—and at the American Hotel,
| where he stopped, met with an enthusiastic recep
| tion from both ladies ar d gentlemen. Though late
j at night, the ladies came down from tlu-ir, rooms
hae a shower of angels.
The Race-
The r*onfe c t h Uwet n Rucy \e tl and Crry
Ragle, the two crack ponies of Alabama ani
Georgia, took place on baturday last. Tho race
w,is a single dash of a uiie, and was won by
Grey Eagle in 2 niinnfes 22 seconds, with appa
rent ease. The nags arc both of the small order,
measuring at a guess, about two and a halfcubits
in height, with length and breadth to match.
From the fact llm* 1 ucy was known to pos<e«s
speed and bottom, end bad, in a previous trial,
beaten her competitor, sac waslrcelv backed I"-
the citi7.en of Alabama, where she is owned, and
by many of the Georgians. The original s:ak>
was a t iousaml'-didies a side-—and the by bet
ting was of an amount to create excitement, and
i considerably affect the po< ke I nerve. As fro
j quently luqipenscn such occasions, the knowing
1 ones were Sadly at fault—the favorite was beaten
! and tiie grey mare proved to be the better horse
I We have no space for the particulars.— Colt m-
Inis Rnquircr , Ist inst.
l?r. Franklin’* First Newspaper.
We like to see the cralt flourish, have
great pleasure in acknowledging an‘-Lx.
change, ’’ in which merit and capability
are discoverable. We yesterday recei' - -
i ed a visiter in Do form of the “Pennsyl
| vania Gazetted’ published hy one Bcnja
! min Franklin, the same individual, we
believe who was once examined before a
committee of the British Parliament, and
gave answers perfectly satisfactory— to
himself. The typography is not so good
as it mignt be, for the types lock like an
* army at the close of a long march—ralh
i er in a straggling condition, and the im
. pression they have left 7s not of the neat
cst. The sheet has merit of the right
sort, and we shall be glad lo receive
“copies” frequently,
'To speak plainly, we bare neon favor
ed with no less fban a perfect facsimJ*
of the very first number of the Pennsvl
| vania Gazelle', edited by Dr. Franklin
; the date filing Sept. 25th 172f>. 'Phis D
a oreat and so well executed,
even to the color of the “pot” sized sheet,
that it would deceive oven the critics, ft
has Dr. Franklin’s address, in which he
apologies for not continuing the printing,
jin his small vehicle,of Charnhets Del ion
ary, which had been commenced by h : s
predecessor, tie says, in excuse, that
I the references, from one year to anoth
er, would he sometimes ten years apart
This sac similar of a very scarce f?-nd
1 remarkable paper has hern prepared iof
i No. 2of “American llistorial andLilera
: ry Curiosities,” edited J. Jay Smith, and
i J no. F. Watson, about lobe published.
: The same number will contain, also, a
; copy of the original of Lord Cornwallis’
Surrender at Yorktown, signed by him
self, and many other very remarkable
original documents.— U. S. Gazelle.
f From the Charleston, Evening News ]
Repent and Pray before you .Sleep.
AN EASTERN PARABLE.
“Every human being in his passage
through life is accompanied by two angel®,
one forever on his right hand, other for.
ever on his left. Thus they stand, watch
ful and observant, to know what is in
' his heart, whatever passes his lips, and
whatever proceeds in action.
“When the man does any good deed,
the angel on the right hand makes record
of it, and immediately folds and seals it.
It is sealed up forever, and can never b*»