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i.aJcr iVoui firra < iij-*..
The steamer James L. Day, Captain ;
Wool, arrived yesterday Rom Vma
Cru/.. u/VtTampiyp ant * life Lrazos. * !|( J
Dav left Vera Ouzon ilte 25th nit., and j
touched at Tampico on the 27th and Bra- i
z, is on the 28lh.
From Vera Cruz she brought over
Midshipman Stewart, and eleven wound
< d private's from the hospitals of that city:
From Tampico she brought over seven
discharged quartermaster’s men. From j
the Brazos came over on iter Brig. Gen.
Titos. M a rr.hail. Lieut. W. L. A ken, aid
t) Gen. Marshall, and the following offi
cers of the Ist llegiment Kentucky Cav
alry: Capts. Shawhan, Beard and Wood,
tuff; Lieuls. Van I look, Brown, Kiin
iirongh. Lumford, Harlan, W itheis an !
Merry-held; and Surgeons La flirt and
Blanton, with 125 privates of the same
j egimen t.
The steamec Fashion arrive! at Vera
Cruz on the 2 I ill and the -Sew Orleans on
ine 25th ult.
By this arrival we have no later pa
pers or letters from \ era Ciuz or the
arttiv of (Hon. Scott. i here had been no
news received from Jalapa subsequent to
the departure of the Palmetto. Such
nows as we have by this arrival from the
city of Mexico and Santa Anna reaches
us byway of Tampico and Will be found
in another column.
Very Late from the C ity of Mexico.
By the way of Tampico we are placed
in possession of a fi eof LI Republicano
from the city of Mexico down to an:l in
cluding the 19th of May—eleven days
later than our previous advices.
The election of President for Mexico
was to have taken place on the 15th of
■ flay. As the election was made by the
Legislatures of the different States, it is
even vet quite 100 soon to know the re- ;
suit, which is likely to disappoint all ex
pectations. In the State of Mexico, An
i Trias, the Governor of Chihuahua,
received the vote. Upon the first ballot
Trias received 9 votes; Gen. Alvarez 7;
Gen. Almonte 2; and Honor D. Melchor
Ocampo 1. Upon proceeding toelcct be
#lween Trias and Alvarez, the former re
ceived 10 votes and the latter 0.
In the State of Queretaro there was a
lip between Senor Almonte and Senor D.
J. Joaquin Herrera. Lots wore cast bo
lween the two and the chances favored
Senor Herrera, who thus secured the vole
of that State.
The State of Puebla gave its vote to
Senor. D. Melchor Ocampo. The par
ticulars of the voting was not given.—
S line time will elapse before we shall
have the result of the election.
The Republicano of The 19;h denounces
that Gen. Santa Anna had left she com
inand of the Army of the East to assume
the duties of President of the Republic. —
He was to make his entry into the capi- |
tal the evening of the 19th. He had is
sued a manifesto to the nation, but we re
gret that wq have no copy cf it. It was
to be published in El Republicano of the
20lh, which is a day later than we have
received.
We have two letters from the valorous
general, giving an account of his milita
ry operations. The first is dated May
9th, and in it be tells the Secretary of
War that since his arrival at Orizava he
had been organizing guerrilla parties,
both infantry and cavalry, in the vicini
ty of Orizava, of Cordova and Vera Cruz;
that he had collected the scattered re
mains of Ids Cerro Gordo forces; im
proved the brigade from Oajaca, under
Gen. Leon; reinforced and remounted a
cavalry force, which fie had stationed at
Bah Andres; and lastly, fitted for service j
seven pieces of aitillery, which are at |
Orizava and Cordova. The result of all
these labors is, according to him, that
guerilla parties arc already at work be
tween Jalapa and Vera Cruz; three bat
talions, organized with 1170 fjcu of those
7 0 ”
dispersed at Cairo Gordo; more than 200
horses collected; a quantity of infantry i
equipments prepared; and finally 4500
men, with seven pieces of artillery, put |
in movement, who would enter Puebla on
the 12th May
lie tells the Secretary that lie had left (
in command in the t terra caliente Col. j
Cenobio; in the district of Cordova, D.
Thomas Marin, who commanded at Al
varado when Com. Conner attacked it;
Huatuxco, Gen. Hernandez; and in
Orizava, Gen. Teran. He announces
that he himself was on his march to Pue
bla, compelled to that course by lus ex- j
treme destitution. He lias only had
•$25,000 to do all lie has done, and thinks
he could easily have ten or twelve thou
sand* men under arms, if the Govern
ment would give him means.
From the Army cf Gen. Taylor.
By the steamer James L. Day, Capt. ;
Wood, we have accounts trom the Brazos
to the 27ih ult., and a later mail from the
army of Gen. Taylor.
Col. Jeff. Dhvis’ regiment of Ist Mis
■v sßsippi Rifles, and the 2d Kentucky In
fantry under ihe command of Major Fry,
it *
1 were at the Brazos on the 2Sth, and to sail
ou the following d. y for this poit. The
Kentuckians ba-e with them the remains
of Col. McKee, Lieut, Col. Clay, Capt.
Willis and Lieut. Powell of their regi
ment, and also those of Capt. George
Lincoln, all of whom fell gloriously at
Buena Visia. Both regiments, Mississippi
and Kentucky, were in fine health.
Ir? conversation wiln Lieut. Akcn, of
the 2d Kentucky Foot, we learn that a
most deplorable duel occurred at China
aboul the 2Lt uh., between two lieuten
ants in the Virginia regiment. The news
was taken to Comargo by Mr. Dowd, beef
contractor at China,and was fully credit
ed by all at Comargo. According to this
report, the two lieutenants —one of whom
was named Mahan, the name of the
other not being recollected fought with
muskets loaded with balls and buckshot,
and both parlies were killed. Most sin
cerely do we lope there may be some
exaggeration in the statement, but Lieut,
j Aken leaves but little room for hope. He
| fullv believes it, and it was generally
credited at Comargo.
In the first letter of our correspondent
1 below fears are again expressed as to the
fate of Col. Doniphan, and even Capt
Pike. We publish the letter as wristen,
j but are most happy to learn from Lieut,
j Aken, that subsequent to the date of our
correspondent’s letter news was received
of Col. Doniphan’s advance towai ds Sal
til to. He had gone back to Chihuahua,
and there again taken up his line of march
for Saltillo. Lieut. Aken left Saltillo on
the 15th ult. Before Ids departure he
learned from Gen, Wool himself that Col.
Doniphan was no doubt at Parras, and in
a day or two would be in.
Sam McGuffin, the brother of James,
was expected at Saltillo on the 10th nil.
with his w ife. They were on ilietr way
from Chihuahua. J is. McGofTm, at the
last account bom him, was still a puson
* er at Durango.
[ From the N. O. Della,'2d iust .]
Later from the Brazos.
By the arrival of the schr. Sovereign,
Cant. Peterson, we are in receipt of lute
dates from the Brazos. A friend at the
mouth writes us: “No mail from above for
several days. The Rio Grande, 1 pre
sume, is not navigable,” We have num
bers of the Matamoros Flag to the 20th
lut., from which we make the following
| extracts:
[From the Matamoros Flag, May 22.]
/?v»—\ gentleman recently from
Monterey, informs us that the three com
panies of mounted 'Texans, which w e re-
I ported as heiiiu ordered back from Corn
, argo bv Col. Belknap, to their stations ou
the eastern frontier of 'Texas, refused to
| obey the order, and proceeded on to Gen.
Taylor’s headquarters, where they were
received into service, and assigned to duty
conjointly with Maj. Chevallie’s com- !
maud. The 'Texas mounted force now (
in the field, is upwards of 000, and we
understand that it is the intention of Gen.
Taylor that they shall not remain inac
live.’ A detachment already been,
or soon will be, ordered ou ranging ser
vice, as far down as Victoria and San
Fernando. They may be looked for in
our vicinity ere long, and woe be to Cara
bajal, if-be bides their coming.
From San Louis. —A letter was shown i
us yesterday, dated fith i n si ., a I San Luis,
written by a wounded Mexican officer
there (formerly a citizen of this citv) to a
friend here, which gives a truly distres
sing account of the destitution prevailing
there among the sick and wounded in
hospital.—The hospitals are crowded,
and the poor soldiers are actually dviog
by scores of starvation and neglect. The !
country adjacent to San Luis was corn- !
pletely stripped of all its produce to feed j
the army 0f30,00 men which Santa Anna 1
kept up there for months prior to the bat
tle of Buena Vista, and now even the
citizens of the place are suffering for want
of the common necessaries of life.— The
Mexican government makes no provision
whatever for the wounded soldiery, and
they are to bo seen dragging their man
gled limbs along the streets, and begging,
alas too often in vain, for bread. 'The j
troops have all left—leaving not so much
as a regiment to garrison the city.
[From the Mitamoros Ft tiff. May 26.]
From Monterey.
Cant. Cummings, w ho left that city on
the 18th inst., and arrived here on Mon
day evening last, informs us that the Ist
Mississippi regiment, Col. Jefferson Da
vis, left ou the 1 Till, and are now at the
depot 15 miles below Comargo, awaiting i
transportation to the mouth. The 2d
Kentucky infantry took up the line of
1 march for Comargo on the 18th, and ar
rived at Micron the 22d. The Ist Ohi-
I cans, recently arrived from Saltillo, were
to follow on The 19th; and the Ist Indian i
ans, under Col. Drake, would follow on
the 20th. F'ifteen hundred pack-mules j
were met near Cerralvo, with supplies for
the arrnv.
* •
i Gen. Cushing has received orders to
repair, forthwith,to Gen. Taylor, at Mon
terey. Although the General's leg lacks
some three weeks more of rest to permit
his removal without pain and great in
j convenience, yet he avows his determina
tion to leave Matamoros in a few days.
; The Massachusetts regiment accompa
nies him.
An election is ordered in the Massa
chusetts regiment by Brig. Gen. Cadwal
lader, to supply the vacant colonelcy in
the regiment, occasioned by the promotion
of Brig. Gen. Cushing.
1 ®
Major Cass, with a detachment of the
i fid Dragoons, arrived in our city on Mon
j day last. The destination of a portion of
j the regiment has been changed—a baftal
! ion of five companies, under command of
j Lieut. Col. Thos, P, Moore, being order
ed to join Ge'n. Scott; the remainder of
the regiment, with their Colonel. (Goa.
E. G. W. Butler,of La.,) will join Gen.
Taylor.
The l>t Mississippi regiment is expect*,
ed here hourly on the steamhoaf Rough
and Ready. This is what may be term
ed a “crack” regiment, and nobly has it
demeaned itself while in Mexico. It was
peculiarly fortunate in selecting such a
man as Jefferson Davis to command it.
prom the concurrent testi nony of all
I whom we have h< ard speak of him, wo
should judge he could infuse courage in
to the bosom of a coward, and self-respect
and [ ride into the breast of the most auan
! dotted.
,
Mr. Parish, hearer of despatches from
Washington to Gen. Taylor, arrived in
ourcitv vestenhiv moating, and imine- ‘
diateiv proceeded up the river to Comar
' no, rn route for Monterey.
« t , .
Krw Hospital. While on a flying visit ;
to the Brazos, last week, we crossed over
to Point Isabel, and were n t only sur( r;s
ed, but pleased, at finding a Hospital
there, nearlv in a.state of completion. —
When finished.the building will not suffer,
in comparison, with but few of a like
character in the United States. It is not
oulv capacious, hut in the design and
structure the comfojl of the invalid has
been carefully studied, lu dimensions it j
measures 18S feet by 68, encirc ed by a i
12 foot gallery. SiiuaU-d on the most j
elevated spot in the town, the diseased j
soldier, as the salubrious sea breeze cools
and braces his fevered system, will re
flect that his Government lias not been !
unmindful of his comfort and life—and j
j the reflection, by operating as a cordial
i to his dejected spirits, cannot fail to hasten
his restoration to Ids wonted health and
: strong!h. The necessity of such tftbnild
ing, was conceived in the benevolent
i min 1 of our Quartermaster, Capt. Webb.
; while stationed at the Brazos, and its con
■ si ruction superintended by Cap). O’Don- i
nell, who has thus far discharged the du- ;
ty in a manner worthy of commendation. ,
[ Correspondence of the A . O. Delhi.]
BirrnA Vista, May lA, 18 17.
‘Eds. Delta. — We expect Lieut. Col.
I Mitcliell here to day, with the advance of
j Col. Doniphan’s command, consisting of j
I Capt. Pike’s party of Arkansas cavalry
1 and a detachment of Missouri volunteers
| under Capt. Reid, in all 100 men. Thcv
j were at Parras, (100 miles distant.) on !
the lllhinst. Col. Doniphan is now at or 1
! near Parras, with about 000 mounted ,
men and 10 pieces of artillery. lie is |
expected here in litree days. C >l. Mitch- j
ell, in passing through the State of Du
rango, took possession of a small fort,
called Pattia, in whiefi he found one cap
, tain, 21 privates and 40 stands of arms,
i The Colonel released them on parole, and
; gave tile poor devils arms enough to pro
, tec* themselves against their particular
friends, the Camanches. At Mayeme lie
found 12b muskets and 8b lances The
troops, 120 in number, fled on his ap
• proach. G. 11. 1 .
[Prom the Ruteigh Register, June I.]
Ken ption of the Piesideut.
The reception of the President of the i
United States in this city, on Saturday i
last, was of the most gratify and cred- :
bleita kind—gratifying to the feelings of !
the President himself, on his return to the I
early scenes of his Collegiate Ha vs, to
his old friends, and to the community at
larg ,on the visit of the Chief Magistrate
of the Union to the metropolis of his na
tive State —and creditable to the charac
ter of the people of the “Old North,” al
ways celebrated for their loyalty to, and
j respect for, the laws and constituted Au
-1 thorite sos the Nation. The city was
j thronged with strangers, who, with our
1 Citv Council, and citizens generally,
united (p a laudable emulation to do hon
or to the first official Dignitary of tiie Re
public.
Nor was his reception here , the only
place where marked manifestations of
respect were shown him. From the time |
he readied the confines of our Siale, un- {
til his arrival in this city, every where,-
he was received most cordially by our •
citizens, and tendered the hospitalities of
our generous old Commonwealth. Ihe
President and Suite, consisting oT his
family, the Hon. John Y. Mason, Sec re- |
tary of the Navy, Col. Walker, [his pii
vate Secretary,] and Lieut. Maury, of
the Navy, arrived at Gaston on the morn
; ing of the 291 h, about 3 o’clock, w here
they were allowed to retire a few hours
! for rest and repose. Between 5 and 6
j o’clock, A. M. the President was wailed
upon by the Committee appointed by the
Counties of Warren, Granville and
Franklin, to receive him on his entrance
upon the borders of our State, when John
D. Hawkins, F.sq., addressed hint on be. j
half of the Committee anti the Counties
I which they represented, and welcomed ,
him and his Suite to the kindness and
hospitality of the people of North Caroli
na. We have heard President Polk’s re
j ply spoken of as being most appropriate
; and in excellent taste.
After the party had breakfasted, they
took the cars en route for this city. At ,
most of the depots, there were considera- j
ble crowds of citizens to receive and wel
come them. At Franklin, they were met I
bv a Committee of 13 from this city, and
addressed by D. K. Macßae, Esq., to
which the President made an appropriate j
response. On the whole route, we learn, j
every thing was conducted in the most
j spirited and tasteful manner, becoming
1 the citizens of our good old State, who |
! had met to do honor to the first President 1
which had been given to the Nation of
her native born sons.
At 4 o’clock, P. M. the “Ringgold Ar
lillerists,” the “Cossacks” and the “Wake \
Cavalry” paraded in the Capitol Square, j
and after going through several evolu- !
tions, proceeded to the Depot, accompa
nied by an immense concourse of our
citizens, countrymen and strangers. At
about half past 2 o’clock, P. M. the shrill
whistle of the engine announced tho ap
proach of tire cars, when the military and
citizens formed double columns, in open
order; at the head of which, on the arri
val of the President and suite, ho was
received bv \V m. Dallas Haywood, F.-q.,
Intendant of Police, and welcomed io
our beautiful and hospitable City of Oaks.
We were not near enough to hear the re
imn ks of the I.itendant or the reply of the
President, but have beard them spoken of
j bv those who were fortunate enough to
get a nearer proximity, as being highly
appropriate and interesting. The dis
j linguished visitors were then conducted
down the column, which received them at
a “present arms,” to the stately coaches
and four, in wailing for them, when they
were escorted up Halifax street, around
the Capitol Square, into Wilmington st.,
dow n which they proceeded to Newbern
street, thence into Fayetteville street, and
up to the Capitol Square, and thence to
l> the quarters prepared for them at the
Eagle Hotel, under the management of
t ie courteous Proprietor, Col. Edward
Y ai hrough. All along, during the pro
cession, the distinguished guests were sa
luted by our ladies with the waving of
| ’kerchiefs, &c., which were duly ac
knowledged and reciprocated by polite
bows, bland smiles, and cheerful and
gratified countenances. On the arrival
of tlie President, and w bile the procession
was moving, a saiute ot 30 guns was
fired.
1 On the arrival of the procession at the
Hotel, the President was addressed by
Prof. Green, in behalfof the Faculty and
Students of our University, the Alma
Mater of President Polk, and w hose semi
centennial Commencement the object of
I his visit vvas to attend. The dense throng
! of the spectators prevented us from hear.
I ing hut little of this addiess; but from the
| learned qualifications, good judgment and
I exquisite taste for such occasions, of Prof.
Green, we feel assured that it was just
what it should have been, reflecting c e lit
upon the head and heart of the speaker,
ami worthy the ancient and renowned seat
of learning of which lie was the befitting
representative. The President’s response
was in the highest degree appropriate,
gratifying and praiseworthy, and was
delivered in a style ot earnestness and
pleasuie, which gave assurance that the
expressions of the lips were the true re
presentatives of the feelings of a happy
and grateful heart. —The recurrence of
the President to the many delightful and
happy days spent in our city, when re
lieved from the labors of collegiate duties,
he attended upon the deliberations of our
General Assembly, &c., and the happi
ness it afforded him to return again to
these delightful scenes, and to his native
Stale, was most happily expressed, and
awakened in the breast of tho North
! Carolinian pleasure in hailing the Fresi-
Rent of the Union as a fellow-citizen of
the same old member of the Confederacy.
As w e presume his remarks, with those of
Prof. Green, and all others deliveeed on
this interesting occasion, will bo puhlish-
I rd, we will not anticipate either by at
tempting an analysis.
At the conclusion of these interesting
ceremonies, Colonel John H. Manly,
Chief Marshal of the day, announced to
the large throng assembled, that the Presi
dent and suite would attend in tho Senate
Chamber in the Capitol, at halt past
eirrht o’clock, to receive the attention and
civilities of their fellow.citizens. After
which, the company dispersed, highly
gratified, doubtless, with the animating
incidents of the day •
The magnificent affair at night, may,
without disparagement to the excellent
ami praise-worth arrangementsofthe day,
be said to have been the most brilliant of
the cortege of preparations to do honor
to the Nation’s Chief Magistrate. The
Southern front ofCapitol Square and Fay
i etteville street, were most beautifully and
; tastefully illuminated with variously co
| lored lights, while some of the houses on
1 the street were also handsomely illumi
nated. At about the appointed hour, the
President, attended by the Secretary of
the Navy, and suite appeared in the Sen
ale Chamber, where they were introduced
by the Intendani, and other members of
the Committee of Reception, to the ladies
and gentlemen, as they' advanced and
gave the hand of welcome to the distin
guished visitors. Almost eveiy one, we
believe, of the large audience, availed
themselves of this opportunity of being in
troduced to these Official Representatives
of the Federal Government, and an hour
or two were spent in these delightful
courtesies.
At a little past 10 o’clock, the Prcsi
dent and the company repaired to the
Captlol green, to witness the magnificent
display of Fire Works, gotten up under
the efficient management of our tasty and
spirited young townsman, W. H. Tucker,
i h was realty a grand affair—rockets
whizzed, fiery serpents hissed and flew in
every direction, revolvers burst and sent
their fiery balls up high in the air, and
changing and variegated wheels of fire
turned, emitting myriads of stars, which
fell in graceful profusion around the feet
1 of the admiring throng who were present
| to witness these ingeniously devised per
formances. The hilarity of the evening
was closed by the ascension of a large
balloon, which mounted in gallant style
Ether’s fluctuating element, and wended
his way majestically in the direction of
the Federal City. To Senor George’s
inimitable Band, which accompanied the
President, from Richmond, we are great
ly indebted, both in the day and night, for
j the harmony of sounds which they dis
_._r~■ » - * r »
! coursed so sweetly, to the throng of en
raptured listeners.
Thus ended one of the greatest gala days 1
which our City has witnessed for a longtime j
all seeming to be happy and to enjoy them
selves on the interesting occasion. The
President and Suite must have been highly ;
gratified at the spirited and cordial reception
winch they received, and all pleased that our j
citizens behaved so like themseUe>. in " ' i*
com ng the Chief Magistrate ol the L mon to
our rural little City.
Too much praise con not be awarded to
Chief Marshal Manly, Assistant Marshals
Cooke, Marriott and Jordon, for their active
and successful efforts in preserving order,
and conducting the arduous duties ot the day. j
Nut anincideutoccurred,during the hilarity ol ;
1 the occasion, in tin's City; but we learn that a j
man. by the name nl Dancy, was killed m* i
I slantaneonsly at Franklinton, just as a part- (
ing salute was being given to the President, i
i On Monday morning, at 9 o the i
President, accomponied bv the several Loin- (
mittees, left for Chapel Hill.
AUGUSTA. GEO..
TUESDAY WORKING, JUNE 8, 1847.
UrThe Proceedings of Council on the 5 h
inst., have been rceived, and will appear in
our next, j
jpp’We yesterday received from the clerk of
Council, a copy of the revised Ordinances of
i the City of Augusta, just issued from the
press of Mr. James McAtfrty. It is a pamph
j let of 104 pages, and got up in good style.
[lj’The Hibernia brought out specie to the
| amount £189,100, or about $900,000.
0«v a>iplomalic Rclaiinns with K«nir
; Well informed persons, lately arrived from
: Europe, confidently report that the Pope has
i determined upon opening diplomatic relations
i with our government.
The I .egislaturc was organized at Concord |
on Wednesday, by the election of democratic j
i officers—the lowest majority being 13.
The Presidents Vis t to New Vork.
W e find in the New York Sun (a neutral J
paper) of the 3d inst., the following just com* j
pliment to the President and his Cabinet.
That the editor says is the opinion of a large 1
majority of the people of this country. —
What the present administration is a work
ing, one all begin to feel, for they have every
| day an evidence of it in the able manner in 1
j which the afftirs of the country, and our dif
ficulties with Mexico, are conducted, 'i hey .
do the work, and leave a few disconsolate ■
j whig editors todo the talking, with
in themselves that the people ot this Country
have intelligence enough to discern, and in- ;
dependence enough to award justice to faith- j
ful public servants. But to the extract. The
editor of the Sun says—
“ Between the loth and 20:h of the present
month, James K. Polk, President of the I to
ted States, will honor onr city with a visit.
He comes with a view to witness the g : gan- |
tic improvements and grmvili of onr metro- j
1 polis; to inspect the condition of the Navy !
i Yard, onr harbor defences, and to enjoy for j
i a few days the hospitality of the first city in ;
the Union. After the incessant care and
toil through which he has passed since his j
accession to the highest and most responsi
ble office in the gift of any people, it is just j
that he should seek some relaxation; and the
Country will honor him as he passes through
her farm fields, villages and cities, with as 1
bright a wreath as ever hound a patriot’s ;
brow. In calling the attention of our citi
zens to the fact of this visit, we stand in no
partizan attitude nr light. Our journal, in
i dependent of parties nr cliques,consults only
truth, justice, and the highest good of the
greatest number—giving its approval or con- i
I damnation of men and measures according to 1
; their actual merits and deserts. We know I
no party or policy except the American peo
ple and their interests; ant! it is in view of
his being one of this people, and having de- :
voted his best energies to those interests, that
we feel called upon to ask our citizens, one
and all, that tiie President may meet a re
ception here worthy the man, his office, and
i that confidence of the American people which
I elected him to it. If there has been one ac*-
I ministration more marked than others for its
labor, devotion and self-sacrifice, it is the
| present. When another generation supplies
; the place of this, and the record of its acts is j
I cleared from the dust of partizan clamor and .
conflict, history will point to the administra
tion of James K. Polk as tho stormiest and
yet grandest in the chain of.our history, W e
believe no other Piesideut and Cabinet in J
the same time ever wrought out the same
! work. Idleness has had no corner in the
departments; but, early and late, consulting
j the country at every step, the President and
1 his Cabinet have toiled, often in the (ace of
| cliques of both parties, of the wildest and bit
terest kind, until at length they have the
proud satisfaction of seeing the Union freed
from one danger that menaced it and tri
umphant over another—we mean the Oregon
question and the Mexican war. The first,
has been happily settled to our advantage ;
and honor; the second, forced upon us in de
fence of a sovereign State, by the firmness
and decision of the President and his coun
cil, and with the approbation of tiie country,
is brought near to its close; and, though it
has cost us blood and treasure, it has saved
us honor, and shed a lustre upon-the Ameri
can name which no time can shadow. Mea
suring it by its relations and accomplish
ments, the administration of James K, Polk
stands the most brilliant in our history. It
has strengthened our peace relations with
every nation in the world save Mexico; and
by its energy in prosecuting the Mexican
war, and the efficiency, heroism and endur
ance it has combined for that struggle, short
as was (lie time and unprepared as the coun
try stood, has resulted in a series of victories
; as unparalleled in the annals of war as they
i have been astonishing to the world. When
was there ever such a task set and accom
j plislied in twelve months by one man moving
iat rlie head of a nation? Onr history and
those of other Empires furnish no parallel.
In twelve months an army raised, piovided,
( marched thousands of miles, and after bat
tling with the fiercest odds, planting the stars
and stripes over 650,000 square miles of
Mexican country, to the joy of the better part
i often million ol oppressed Mexican people
i For this toil, devotion, and glory achieved,
i which is to bear mightier fruits for the fu
ture, we ask that the President on visiting
onr city may receive a full welcome from tho
grateful American heart, lie comes to us
from the South, the generous .South, which
has just been receiving a distinguished states
man of the North with open arms, ami let it
not he said we lack the courtesy and enthu
siasm due to the most illustrious servant of
the country. Our Common Council should
prepare to receive him as his high office ami
exalted services deserve. Our citizens should
j come out en masse and hail him with a cheer
that shall invigorate his heart and reward
him in part fur his sacrifice and toil. Let
the fairest rose wreaths he gathered,the gay
est banners unfurled, and every suitable-pre
paration made to demonstrate that in honor
ing those who faithfully serve ns we know
no parties nor creeds. And on every banner
let it be written ‘“From the Atlantic to the
Pacific, North America should belong lu the
Anglo Saxons.”
31 Jie Mystery.
The correspondent of ihe Baltimore Sim
j says, there can be no mistake that upon the
i 'Eariff"question (Jen. Taylor agrees with the
; Stales' Eights men; “as there are letters in
town positively declaring that Gen. Taylor
is in favor of the Tariff’ of 1846. On this
account, a certain reserve is practiced among
j the influential gentlemen of the opposition,
j who have not yet resigned themselves to
the incontrovertible fact so happily set forth
I in the old adage, that ‘hall a loaf is belter
i than no bread,”
(Sail ."Storm
i We learn from theJAlexandra Gazette that
1 on Tuesday afternoon last, a heavy fall of
bail occurred, boih in Virginia and Maryland,
; but a few miles from Alexandria considerable
| damage whs done to tbe growing crops of
wheat and rye. and the fruit trees suffered
materially. The size of the hail-stones was
remarkably largo, and such a storm has not
been witnessed in that section of the cuun ry
fur many years.
The Tallahassee Journal of the Ist in
j staid, says—We were this morning shown \
j Cotton blossom, the first which we have seen
j this season. It grew on the plantation of T.
11. Helton, E<q., of this vicinity,
j - —■—-
i [KxlrucA of a letter received lit Charleston ]
“FULTON. (Sumter District,) S. C.,Junc
3. —So Tar as 1 have heard, there has been
a general destruction of the Colton crop in
j the middle districts of the State. The seed
either rots in the ground while generating, or
dies in a few days after coming np. Nothing
can restore the stand, and no kind of seasons
can make good crops. The red land has been
‘ most exempt from the casualty.
[ “Since writing the above, the Cotton crops
are still more desperately gloomy. Many
. large fields, I understand among my neigh -
j burs.have not a solitary living stalk inthern. I
| is unprecedented in the experience of any
planter among ns.”
Tin News tuul Uu* Unrki-l*.
The Baltimore Sun of the Ith inst. says--- 1 Ihe
news by steamer Hibernia has had the effect ot
bringing our market for breadstuff's to a staiid^
I the asking price of every description having ad
| vanced far beyond the highest point of the sea
| s ,)n. Howard street and Susquehanna flour was
held at S'lo, whilst holders of corn and wheat
seemed to be undecided as to how high they
should go. Through some accident, our dis
patch of the news did not reach us as early as i
should have done, and the private advices ro
ceived were of such a contradictory character
that they only served to further unsettle the mar
ket. Indeed, we have never witnessed such a
season of excitement in our commercial commu
nity as prevailed throughout the day. It will be
seen by our telegraphic despatch from New \ork
i that the excitement in that city was equally as
great, and that great activity prevailed. The
sales of some descriptions were very large, ami
the advance unprecedented,
i 11 P. S.—Since the above was in type we learn
that some small sales ot Howard street flour were
; made in the Baltimore market at §lO per barrel. 1
Movements of Troops.
j The Savannah Republican of sth inst.
savs—“Company C. 13tli Regiment,arrived
| in this city by the Central Rail-Road last
night, and proceeded on to Charleston in the
steamer Gen. Clinch, where transportation
| is to be provided for them to the Brazos,
whence they proceed to join General Taylor.
The officers of the Company are Capi. W.
Ector, Ist Lieut. D. L. Clinch, 2d Lieut.
John C. Mahghan, Jr., Brevet 2d Lieut. 1).
G. Wilds. Lieut. Clinch remains in the
Slate fur the purpose of recuiting men for the
Regiment.
“We understand the Company consists of
100 rank and file, and that they are as fine a
body of men as have yet left for the seat of war.
Most of them are native Georgians, and have
enlisted more from patriotic spirit than for
the want of employment.”
Paymasters’ Department"
The New Orleans Della of the 2d instant,
says—“ The business in the Paymasters’ De
partment, in this city, under the immediate
control of Col. Lamed, is conducted with the