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THE CONSTIT UTI ON A LIST. JAMES CARD N ER > 'JR- TtK M S * T , 00 Daily, per Tri-Weekly, per annum, (' If paid in advance, *’ r ° on w ►***kly. p?r annum, “ j Jf paid in advance 2 3 ° To Clutw?, remilliu" $lO in advance. 1 T> C COPIES are peril, This will put our weekly pa per in the reach of new BuKscnbere al TWO DOLLARS A YEA I*. $y- Subscribers who will pay up arrearages, and send four new subscribers, w ith the money can gf»t the paper al $2,00. jO“A'l new subscriptions must he paid in advance. 'O"Postage must be paid on ail Communications and Letters of business. [Frotnlhe N. O. Be e, 4 lh inst. ] Later from Mexico. The United Stales Steamer Fashion, Capt. Ivy, arrived here yesterday, having left Vera Cruz on Sunday, the 30th ult. She brought the following passengers. ' Lieut. llih Regiment U. S. Army —Lieut. W. Murray, 2d Regiment i Pennsylvania Volunteers; Lieut. Kane and Fellnagle of the Ist do; Mr. James Johnson, Quarter Master 2d Regiment, Mr. Woods and 40 discharged Volun teers. The United Stales Ship New Orleans, Capt, Wright, was to leave Vera Cruz on the 31st uit., for this port with the mail on board. She will probably arrive by the morning. Oil the 31st ult. saw the steamship Mary Kingsland, hence for \ era Cruz. ! tinder a press of canvas and steam. A U. S. brig, name unknown, sailed from | Vera Cruz bound to this port on the 27ih ; nil. for repairs. On the 2d inst. 40 miles S. W. of the S. W. Pass, saw a 11. S. brig, supposed to be the one from \ era Cruz. We learn, verbally, that Santa Anita at the latest accounts was believed to he at Rio Frio, fortifying that and aiming to defend it with a force, differently estimated, at from two to ten thousand men. In his usual braggart vein, he boasts that no North American shall cross that barrier save over his dead body, it is not certain when Gen. Scott reached Puebla, or whether the army had ad vanced beyond that town, as the destruc tion of the diligence had interrupted com munication between Jalapa and Vera Cruz, and consequently put a stop to the transmission of authentic intelligence. The Fashion brought two Vera Cruz papers; one of the 26th and the other of the 29 h ult. we have been kindly per mitted to examine them. The rainy season was ushered in at Vera Cruz by copious showers during the mornings of the 27th and 28lh, which had lowered the temperature and greatly re freshed the inhabitants. We were informed yesterday, says the i Eagle of the 29th, that six Mexicans com ing in from Santa Fe, were attacked and robbed by their own countrymen. This is the natural result of the atrocious guerilla warfare now attempting to be waged. The fate of the diligence between Vera Cruz and Jalapa is now positively ascer tained. It left the first named city on the 22J ult., and carried no passengers. When it had proceeded about two miles the other side of Puente Nacional, it was stopped, robbed and destroyed, by being broken up and burned. The driver and postillion were both released and per mitted to go on to Jalapa. The vehicle that ourrhl to have arrived at Vera Cruz C* on the 24th, stopped when the driver reached the spot where the other was robbed, and returned to Jalapa. Another Massacre. —From iuforma lion received at Vera Cruz, there is liillc doubt that Col. Sowers, and five soldier* have fallen victims to Mexican cruelty. That officer left Vera Cruz on Sunday, the 23rd ult., with an escort consisting of five men and lieutanant McDonnell, o' Capt. Wheal’s Company. They at rived in safety at Santa Fe,and lodged there dn i ring the night. Finding that Capt. W. had left, and learning that he could not be more that 30 miles in advance, they determined to. push on for Jalapa, with an addition of two more men. Nothing had been heard of them for several days, and their fate was involved in the deep est mystery. On the 2Sth, a gentleman arrived at Vera Cruz, from whom the Editor of the Eagle learned that he had seen at a poi*t tw o miles beyond Puente Nacional, the ruins of a diligence, and underneath a human body stripped of its clothing, and horribly mutilated. Near him lay another body likewise naked and mangled in the same shocking manner, j The gentleman added that five more bo. i dies had been thrown among the Chap- | paral. The number killed, with the sup position that one escaped, corresponds so j entirely vviih the force that accompanied ( Col. Sowers, as to leave no jjoubt that he I end his companions were massacred by guerilleros. Some of the Mexicans who were recent ly captured in Vera Cruz, with arms and ammunition, have bfien tried. Five were acquitted, and four convicted and sentenced to work in chains, during four months and a half, on the streets and thoroughfares of the town. The remain der were to be tried on the 3 Ist inst. Commodore Perry arrived at Vera Cmz on the 24th ult., from his expedition along the Mexican coast, fie reached Laguna on the 10th, and the next day ran up the National Fiag in the town.— Capt. G. A. Magruder was appointed Governor of Laguna. As the possession of Laguna cuts off water communication with the interior of Tohasco, it is deemed important to keep it securely. The Eagle says that suspicions are afloat of a design on the part of some etths Mexicans at Vera Cruz, to foment insubordination and create a revolt against the American authority. It warns them that rimv arc known aid watched, and that the first overt act will he severely punished. [Correspondence of the A. O. Delta. I Jalapa, Mexico, May 26, 184/. Jv/s. Della —A tram leave' tins morning for Vera Cruz, w ith a number of dis * charged soldiers, both regulars and vnlti.i --i leers. [ seize the opportunity to drop you a f ew inies. which may perhaps possess some little* interest. (Jen. Twiggs’ divisnn of regulars left da te pa on Saturday and Sunday for Puebla, a targe train accompanying. The troops which remain to ganison this? place, are the Ist Ar tillery, 2 i Pennsylvania, and three compa nies of the Ist Pennsylvania regiments —the balance of the latter being ordered back from Perote. The military government, of the ( Tv. under Col. Childs, is perhaps tlie nio-l rigid ever enforced. During the day and night, sentinels are posted at lhe corner of every street, with instructions to permit no snld.er to pas- certain bounds. At night, all who are found out alter 8 o’* lock, are thrust into the guard-house. With the present I weak strength of the garrison, it is unques tionably necessary to be cautions; but there are limits to ail things, and Col. Childs should entertain some little respect for the rights of those who have left their families and homes to sustain their country in tier present posi tion with Mexico. The hospitals are now filled to overflow ing, near.y 800 souls being enclosed within its walls ! 1 have nothing of interest from Puebla or .Mexico—rumors are plenty, but all need confirmation. The diligencewhich left hereon Friday j noon last tor Vera Ciuz, containing nine i passengers'. (Americans.) besides the driver ! and postilion, was found by li'.e one which I followed on Monday. 27 miles distant, broken I to pieces, and ail hands murdered and j plundered. The last diligence immediately ! returned to Jalapa with its passengers, when the painful intelligence spread rapidly throughout the city, causing much conversa tion and excitement. I understand' ’he un fortunate men, who have thus met so untime i ly an end, were possessed of considerable ! money, some of which was entrusted them to cairy home by soldiers who had been paid off. On Sunday evening, two men attached to Co. “II.” Ist Artillery, was attacked by sev eral Mexicans upon the outskirts of the town, and one of them Bradley, nearly killed. He received three frightful gashes upon the head, : penetrating the Skull, and one upon the left 1 arm, laying hire the bone. He was picked I up by one of the sentinels and taken to the i hospital, where his wounds w ere dressed by i Dr. Newton. They were inflicted by a I sword, which Bradley succeeded in captu ring. His situation is beyond ilia hops of re covery. A new company of Tenncssea Mounted Riflemen arrived on Monday afternoon from Vera Cruz. They were over ]OO strong,and a finer looking body of men I have seldom seen. They are tlie boys “to tell." Many of the Illinois boys, wounded at the battle of Cerro Gordo, return home with (lie train. They deserve a cordial reception at the i hands of the people of Orleans. Deaths in General flospilaf Jalapa , Mrxi j cn, from the 'ZOih to the 'Kith May. — Way 20— j John Bom-, 16. C. Vot. May 21 Privates Wilson, Ist Penn, reg.; Madison, 4th Artil lery; Spencer. Rifle reg.; A. Moseley, fc>. C. reg. May 22—J. W. Bound, tS. C. reg ; McFarland, do. May 23 —Leveridge Se vens, 2.1 Art ; Sloan, l>t Art. May 24 Aver Claim, (Swede,) teamster; Bentz, 3d Inf.; Green Hirris, S. C. reg.; Roborl Mitch ell, Rifle reg; Charles Lytle, 2d Penn. reg. Joseph L. Stance!, S. C. reg.; Oden, dm; Sergt. D. Thompson} Ist Art. May 25 Dukes, S. C. reg. P. S. There are so many stories about the diligence affair, that it is d.fficult to ar rive al the correct one. I believe I have given the most creditable statement current, it comes from the right quarter. CERRO GORDO. Return of Volunteers. During the past week, we had the pleas me of seeing and shaking hands with Major Williams, Capt. Davis, Adj. Mervev, and other officers and soldiers of i lie Georgia Regiment. On Sunday morning, Lient. CM. Redd, Capt. Cal houn. Capt Jones, Lieut. Anderson, and some fifteen or twenty others of their res pective commands arrived from Mont gomery, and were greeted by their fellow citizens in a manner that spoke to the hearts of the returning soldiers. The Regiment having been mustered out of service at New Orleans, and finally dis charged, the officers and men have made their wav home in small parties and in single file, so that we are unable to know when they arrive, or who comes. Gladly would we mention the names of all of’that valiant Regiment who have stood and sur- O O vived the arduous service to which they have been subjected, and returned again to their friends and home. They are all, however, welcome, thrice welcome, back. Whilst noticing the return of our gal j Jant volunteers, we beg leave to mention, 1 we trust with becoming pride, that onr i fellow citizen, Captain J. S. Calhoun, and : Capt. Allison Nelson, of Atlanta, Ga., ) have made a tender oftheir services tolhe | President of the U. S. during the war, and iicive pledged themselves, within sixty days, to raise a Regiment of 1,000 mount ed men, for the Mexican service. Both of these men volunteered at the first call of the government, and served at the head of their respective companies, through t ie 12 months* campaign, from which they have been but a few days discharged. Again they tender their services, and from their experience, patriotism, and former honorable positions in the army, are en titled to the confidence of the Executive. We sincerely hope that an opportunity will he granted them further to merit the confidence of the counlry.r-r— Columbus Enquirer, Qlh inst. Return of the Cobb Volunteers, Nine members of the above company have I arrived uj Marietta—Messrs. McDonald, Dunwody, Manahan, Burroughs, Mahaffy, Winters. Reed, Appling, and Phillips. The remainder of the company are looked for in every train, —Marietta Advocate , 3 th inst. [ Frcm the N. O. Courier.] If eve mi e under the Mexican Tariff. We learn that tin? whole amount received at Vera Cruz, for duties urrer Ihe new tariff, is about 3 JO,OOO dollars, Badness whs ex tremely dull there, as well as at Tampico, and complaints against the tariff were loud and general, exceptarnong the foreign houses! Thus far. it has worked very badly, both as to trade and revenue. The foregoing is copied from the Bulletin of veslerday morning. 11 the statement be true, it discloses the very important and gratifying fact that the amount of duties collected un der the new tariff, at the single port of Vera Cruz, is S3CO.OUO. We are not informed how long the tariff had been in operation; but it could not have been more than two months, for the place has been in our posses sion only since the beginning if April: a hm mg that the sum of $300,000 was col lected in two months, this is at the rale of one million eight hundred thousand dollars a year—a very comfortable pile of money, which is considerably more than the revenue collected at the New Orleans Custom-house. One hundred and fifty thousand dollars a month, at the single port of Vera Cruz ! This, we believe, ts beyond the expectations formed by Mr. Walker while he was elabo rating his well adjusted tariff, fur the great variety of goods wnicU were required for the consumption of Lite Mexican people, li the amount of duties collected at ad the other American Custom-houses in Mexico eqtia I hat which ims been collected at \ era Cruz, we shall have the sum of three mi ho ist six hundred thousand dollars a year— lrom which su'nru.tt, for expenses of collection, $600,000. winch is double the true amount ol th se expenses—-the remainder is three mil lions—which is the interest on a loan of titty millions ot dollars, at (3 per cent interest; and consequently, more than sufiu i»mt to pay the interest on all loans negociated, or to be ne gocialed. by our government to meet the ex p uses of the u a-. We perceive in the morning papers that MdZatlan. Sm Bias, and Acapulco, enemy’s ports on the western coast ot Mexico, were on the point of being seized by our naval forces. Air. Walkers tariil will be estao lished in those places, and we should not be surprised to hear quite as large an amount of duties were collec ed in them as in Vert Cruz and oilier ports on this side ot the conti nent. The ports named are chiefly those through which the trade with the Phillipine J-lands is conducted, without taking into ac count the other islands in the Pacific, the coast of India and China —and.the continent of America, north and south of Mexico. —- This trade in former years was very conside nble, and under the liberal system of Mr. Walker,and in the absence of ali those vexa tions and restrictions by which importers have been annoyed in the Mexican custom houses, the trade will probably be revived, and become more important than ever. Here we see the reason or the whig oppo se ion to Mr. W aiker’s tariff. it has leaked out from the Bulletin, unawares. That tariff, according to the statement of the Bul letin, yields a verv large revenue to the Gov ernment —and it will increase at an augment ing ratio the longer the system pievails in Mexico under the control atuj management ol Mr. Waker, who is the wisest, ablest and mo.-t successful officer that ever presided over the treasury department. But the Bulletin tells ns—“thus far the tariff iias worked badly both for trade and revenue.” No doubt the traders, foreign and native, in Mexico Would mucii preler that grinds could be imported without paying any dit!? at. all, to the moderate and equitable tariff ol Mr. Walker. The people ot Mexico would be very glad to procure the articles which they are in the habit of consuming, without duties, as long as their own Gove, n ment is not the loser. But is there any good reason why seaports captured by our arms in Mexico, as well as the adjacent territory, should he more favored than our own coun try? We conquer these towns, and defray the expenses of guarding and preserving them from the incursions ot native robbers and pi rates, and the Camanche Indians, so much dreaded by the Mex cans, and we are expect ed to render their inhabitants much more happy in (he exemption of burdens than the people of our own country. If our comman ders called upon (hern for direct contribu tions in money, it would be no morel! an what is done bv commanders of foreign ar mies when they enter cities and countries which they have subdued. Jl is not surpris ing that the traders re.-iding in the ports of Mexico should grumble at the operation of the new tariff, reasonable and moderate as hs provisions are. They thought they could carry on business in ali the ports captured form the enemy as it was carried on at Ma tarnoros when it first leil into our hands— pist bring their goods from the United States or from any other part of the world and sell them at the prices which prevailed in the good old times of Mexican restriction and prohibition—bring in their cargoes without paying duties, and without examination fur ther t ran to discover whether there was any thing introduced for the aid ot the public enemy. What glorious times our worthy traders and skippers would have, if trade with Vera Cruz, Tampico, and the other Mexican ports could Le carried on after this fashion ! There is much grumbling among these people at the measure of placing the people ot the Mexican ports on something like an equal footing with the people of the United States in respect to the payment of duties on importations. But the tariff for Mexico is not so burdensome as that now in force in the United States. The. duties exacted of the Mex cans are more uniform, and lower than those ot our own tariff of 1840. Thedulies are paid in cash, iq Mexico—so they are in the United States—and merchandize import ed in foreign vessels, pays the same duties as if imported in American vessels—that is, there is no discriminating duty in Mexico ;and we believe there are very few in this coun try. The importation of no article is pro hibited in Mexico, except it be intended and fitted to sustain the enemy’s forces by sea or land. In nothing do we find that the Mexi can traders have any good reason to com plain of the tariff. But the other assertion of the Bulletin,that Mr. Walker's tariff “works badly for reve nue,” is utterly refuted by the Bulletin itself; for in the same paragraph which makes this statement about its “working badly,” we are informed that the tariff produced $300,000 in less than two months. This is about twice as much as was anticipated from it, and is the product of the first few weeks that elapsed after the place fell into the hands <>f the Americans, immediately after the block ade was raised, and long before any vessels could be cleared at foreign ports for V era Cruz, with a view to a new slate of things. Three hundred thousand dollars in less than two months at the single port of Vera Cruz ! Well now (as Justice Shallow says) who can wonder that some of our pudding headed fellow-citizens should complain of Mr. Walker’s tariff, and declare that if “worked badly both for trade and revenue?” ~ AU6USTA, GEO.. THURSDAY MORNING. JUNK 10, ISI7. Shower Baths. Those in want of a good Shower Bath, are referred to the advertisement of Mr. Russell, in this day's paper. Revenue Coder the Mexican Tariff. One of the most auspicious signs of peace we think may be discovered in the larg»> rev enues we are realizing from the tariff of du ties enforced by our government upon Mexi co. We refer tiie reader to ihe article on this subject which we copy from the New Orleans Courier. It pourtrays a very satis factory operation of the system. It must have the effect of creating a peace party in Mexico; for we cannot conceive that even so bellicose a people as the Mexicans look upon fighting as such a luxury that they will will ingly continue to furnish us the money to accommodate them on that score. On the other hand, there is not a doubt that the war will find still more favor with our people if they are relieved from the apprehension that it will e-mail upon us an enormous national debt. We certainly think that Mr. Secreta ry Walker’s tariff scheme is a weapon of warfare almost as potent as flying artillery and Mississippi rifles. We are much dis posed to exclaim—“a little more grape,’’and if military governors were placed in their c ties Sml over their provinces by the com mander of our forces, wi’h orders to impose direct taxes upon them in the shape of mili tary contributions, it would still more effec tually open (heir eyes to the great blessing of peace. Leaving out of view how danger ous a pastime is glorious war, with ail “its quality, pride, pomp and circumstance” the Mexicans would discover it to be too expen sive an amusement. It would then become a universal wish among the property holders of the country that peace should be restored and our troops withdrawn from their soil. Hitherto, tiie war has been a positive bless ing to seme, and a very great benefit to large numbers of Mexicans. Our armies have disbursed money lavishly among thorn—pay ing high prices for all they consume, and en hancing the value of property of all kinds wherever detachments of our troops have been stationed. To them, war—a war of invasion, is a blessing instead of a scourge. Those also who hold property which has been in no way benefited by the war, but which under a rigid system of exactions would be compelled toconiribute, though they now indulge in a cheap style of patriotism by loud and fierce imprecations of the hated 1 m Americans, ali tiie while however contribut ing nothing towards their extermination, would soon learn to moderate (heir tones to a more practical key. They would discover that while furious tirades against their inva ders whom their own perfidy, blind folly and obstinacy brought into their country, look very well on paper, they do not “abale the nuisance,” or furnish the coin to pay the taxes. They will soon conclude that the only sensible plan of getting rid of the in vaders and the taxes would be to make a treaty of peace. There are very many among the lowest and most vicious orders—outlaws—bandits and ranc heros whose trade is war—and rob bery, who thrive most in the midst of confu sion and disaster, and who, plundering alike friend and foe, would look upon the return of peace as a comparative misfortune. So too, a host of politicians and army officers, com missaries and contractors, who in that coun try where honesty in public office is so rare a virtue, if it be not wholly obsolete, make fortunes by bribery, peculation and fraud—- these would willingly prolong the war. But their influence, though potent, could not re sist the weighty necessities which would force the substantial interests of the country into peace. It is undoubtedly true that one great obsta cle to peace is the belief among tiie Mexi cans that the whig party of this country is opposed to the war—opposed to its prosecu tion—opposed to the exact : on of indemnity from Mexico for its expenses, and in favor of an unconditional withdrawal of our forces, and that if it will prolong resistance until that party goes into power, they will yet get rid of us on their own terms —on terms that will glorify them, and disgrace us. They have good reason for believing all this, be cause these views have been substantially avowed in the American Congress, and are daily advocated by the whig press. But a vigorous policy of taxation enforced by our government, with the display of double our present quantity of troops among them, would soon dispel the illusion. We have always believed since the beginning of hostilities, that Mexico should be compelled to pay tiie expenses of the war, and that while there is a dollar of property in that country susceptible of tax ilion, our own citi zens should he exempt. We are not among those Don Quixotes who advocate a vigor ous prosecution of the war, yet would relieve Mexico of all present or apprehended loss by saying to her, hat in hand, “Do not be dis tressed gentlemen Mexicanoes, we are fight ing only for glory. We will bear our own expenses and pay liberally for ail we take. You shall lose nothing by the war no matter how long it may b$ continued.” Vet this is the coarse advocated by the whigs as a party in this section of country. The Philadelphia Ledger makes the following an..ounconirnt, which will be read with pleasure by our countrymen : “Instructions have in fact born issued to Com. Perry, directing him. in the event of Mtdsnip manogers being hanged as a spy, as was threat.- | cned, in defiance ot all law, to hang La \ ega to the yard-arm of one ol liis Irigatis, within lull 1 view of the city of Vera Cruz. Suc h a course, j howov’i r severe; would be perfectly justifiable un der the circumstances.' We are pleased to see the Government at last taking a proper stand on this subject. The N. O. Delta, in commenting on this order, • which it hails with great satisfaction. makes some j verv severe strictures npon that mistaken leniency ! which induced the release ot so many Mexican j oiHcers and soldiers on parole, while meritorious ! officers of our army and navy are languishing in . prison. The following is a portion of its re mark? : 1 it will be held a sickly of magnanimity that which throws away opportunities ot rt-scu- I mg from lo.itasome and pestilent jaiis American soldiers who surrendered upon terms of lionora- I hie capitulation, and vvnose uet»nli. nis an in fraction of the most solemn engag* meats known to the mditarv code. Experience has shown that the Mexicans are a* callous l>< the impulses ol gratitude as Santa Anna is to the requireim n s ot honor. On the field of battle tiny make it a I merit to assassinate and rub the wounded, and in their negetiat ons after to despise the obligations of truth. Mercy to such has been rewaided by cruelly to our own people; tenderness has he* n requ ted by cold contempt; and liberty improved to impugn the statements of tho victims ot their perlb lv- Since this war b gan our soldiers have suffered more in victory than the Mexicans have from defeat. At the battle of Buena Vista the enemy rode down and plundered our wi undid, whilst our soldiers succored and saved theirs. The bodies of Cols. McKee and fltnlin, and Clay and others, were found pierced with many wounds, received alter they were disabled, and stripped even to the skin. The captivity of Mexi- ! can prisoners has been made pleasant by indul- I gcnotes, whilst American prisoners nave been dealt with as felons.” That White llatl Not long since, there was a certain White Flat, travelling then oumD, given to the edi tor who published the biggest whapj>er. We believe it was first given to the editor of the New York Tribune, but the last we heard of : it was in the hands of the editor of the Charleston Mercury. What lias become of it? If the editor of the Mercury still has possession of if, we think it time to send it to the editor of the Alexandria Gazette, who | publishes the following, purporting to be I written by a correspondent at China, Mexico: I have been sick but one or two days, and that was from sleeping in the rain all night, i on our march from Comargo to this place. We scarcely ever pitched a tent, all ha rids ; preferred to bivouac, the nigh*' usually ho- 1 ing pleasant, and no dew. On the night | above alluded to, wo had selected a most beautiful spot on a little ridge out of the dust i of the Camp,an I protected by thick chaparral. To be sure it was covered with stones about i the size of a walnut, which to sleep on don t i inconvenience you in the least. After tat.no ; I wrapped myself up in my overcoat, took a j big stone for a pillow, and laid down, and you may be sure was soon asleep. The rain pat- | feting on mv face awoke me. I covered my : head and turned over, thinking it would soon hold up, 1 was next awakened by finding myself rolled down the hill, the rain having i absolutely washed mo from my sleeping place, and was fast taking me info St. Juan. \<>u may think this is all romance, but it is true, i did not think it prudent to sleep out that, night, hut took shelter in a wagon, i Ttie rain, however, drove him out, and he re- I treated underneath, perching himself on a I barrel. Every man in the camp was soon j upon h : s feet, for sleeping was out of the j question. You would hear a man wading I about in the wa?er, cry out (in imitation of the steamboat-men) “three toot large, stop her.” Another “n • bottom ” sung out you “don’t sav there is no bottom. Well [ pie -hedge you my wo-id the thing's out now certain.” Large Cotton. The MilledgeviiJe Federal Union of Bth insl. s;vys —We were handed,on Thursday last, by our ; friend, Col. Huguenin, some dozeji stalks of cot ton from his plantation in Sumter, tho smallest i one in the bundle, we should say was, at least, j twenty fourinchesin height--a fair sample if his j crop. Will some of our friends in tins section j send us a specimen of their cotton 1 ? The Mobile Register of sth mst., speaking of the cotton crop in tiiat State, say s—“ The unfa vorable weather referred to in our review of the -22 J ult., as allccting injuriously the growing cot ton plant, has finally given place to a hut sun, which has arrested the destructive action of the worms an I other insects. The injury done lias been considerable, ar»d cannot he recovered, but with favorable weather and a freedom from the i ravages of the worms, perhaps a fair average crop may be expected, l ire plant, however, is liable to so many accidents, and exposed to so many contingencies, that it is impossible at this early period to form any satisfactory opinion as to what it promises.” Appointment by the President. Btxlney F. McDonald, (son of Ex-Guvernor McDonald,) we are pleased to see, 1 is been ap pointed second Lieut, in the third Regiment of U. S. Artillery. Mr. McDonald, it will be recollected, held a stalTappointment in the Georgia Regiment, and was wounded at the seige of Vera Cruz. The ser\ ice which he has seen, during the last twi Ive months, will he 3 good introduction to that Vet eran Regiment. We wish him eminent success, in the new theatre upon which he has,cnlered. Military. The N. Orleans Delta of 4ih iost. says —Du- ring the last two weeks, nearly 5000 men have embarked from this port for Vera Cruz. The principal portion of these belonged to the ten new regiments. The ships Russia and South port sailed on Tuesday night last, with 600 men belonging to the 15th Infantry, under the com mand of Col. Howard. The steamer Edith left on Thursday night last, with 170 men of the 11th Infantry, under Capts. Carey and Guthrie. The James L. Day will leave to-morrow eveidng with 550 men, under Major Gwinn. Co!. But ler, ot the 3d Dragoons, is amongst the pas?en gers on the Day. The Galveston hast been char tered by the Guartermaster’s department to take troops for Vera Cruz, of which about GCO still, remain at Carrollton. The steamer Trumbull is expected to leave to-morrow evening for the Bra zos. Her freight will consist mostly of Govcrn -1 ment store*. fV Preparations were making in New Or leans by the citizens, to give a warm reception to the Ist .Mississippi Regiment, under the command of Col. Davis, daily expected to arrive. A Circular from the Pension Office at Washington announces, that “no soldier dis charged before the expiration of his term of enlistment, on his own application, and for his special benefit, is entitled to land or scrip under the 9 h section of the act of the 1 llh Feb. 1847.” Iliot at Carlisle, P, nil. A desperate riot occurred at Carlisle, Penn f on Thursday last, occasioned bv the attempt made by the < olored population to rescue three slaves (a man, a woman and a little child) who had been arrested as fugitives. The excitement was immense. Stones and clubj were used and several persons were severely injured. The result was, that the woman and girl escaped, while the man was secured and taken to Maryland. Extract of the letter of an American ffier chant in London, dated May 18. Corn was sold at 72s 6J and 73 was re* fustd since ch «nge.«—V V. Jour. Cum. [From the .Veto York Journal of Commerce ] Commerce cl’ the Port ol New York. Tue follow ing statement, showing Ida commerce of this port for the month of May, compared with that of the corresponding month last year, is derived from the Custom house books. Imports in Miiv. IS It. i n i| iy. IPiC. FiTf tiooili, j-’. .IS 15S $1,300,751 Dutiable, S.rii 8 -Jill 4,160.3(H) Specie, 1,326,(97 27,286 $7,033,711 $■>.466,337 Increase, $2,445,37i. I’.x PORTS. Ju May, 1847. In .May, 1818. Domestic ludze. $3,673. 93 $3,539,0(6 Foreign articles dutiable, 330 .GO 208,563 “ •• not “• 37.711 8..,.-50 Specie, I 5',0U0 gilt ,0 * 1 $1,153,661 $3,.1!,.j49 Increase, $l,O-15. 1 15. Duties Received. May, PIT, $1,463.706 63 Mu\,l6lC, $1 '277/2*17.43 4 ujos .pi cv. 6 633,6) 3.-.3 6,716 076.53 $ 175,537 33 $6,033,305.37 Increase, $153,331.35. The imports and exports for five months i commencing with the Ist of January lact, are us follows : Imports. 1617. 1846. January, $6,068,399 $5,341,513 February, 7,409,667 4,719.091 March, 8,177,H1 9,613,494 April, 13,73 i,.)3G 6,443,615 May, 7,933,71 1 5,486,337 . * $43,313,014 $31,733,2,3 Increase, $11,550,702. Extorts. 1847. 1846. January, $3,192 106 |3.132.6ii6 February, 3 Ib'.OeO 1,972,545 .March, * • 4.1 16,f96 1.9 9 596 April, 3.933,67 J 2,636,760 May, 4,159,6.1 3.114,. 49 $ 16,900,849 $11,918 076 Incrcas". §5,952*771, Tim iinpons were made up of dutiable goods, free goods, and specie, in the follow ing proportions : Dutiable. 1617. I l 'l6. January, $5,499,662 f! 613.6 4 February, 5.-69.387 4,175,95- March, 6,060 7 4(1 6,657,793 April, 6 439.439 4,105,393 May, 5,856,-61 4.. 60,300 $3 J ,657,505 $25 944,323 Free. Specie. 1P47. I*lo. 1547. 1816. Jan. $178,4 13 $"78,905 $90.871 $21.720 Feb,; 265.138 471.380 1,23 ft,. 22 96.7,9 March, 7 <7,937 1.092 176 1.339,458 63,22. April, 1,987.033 2.223 576 3.397,064 U'6,544 May, 736,753 *1.300,751 1.326:697 *27 266 $1,378,294 $5,473,370 $'.379,3(5 §314,560 Aggregate i or the Fiv,; Months. 1847. 1846. Dutiable,** $31,957,505 $35,9(4 532 Free, 4 27e,i.:>4 v> 475.570 Specie, 7,379,215 311 589 Total, sl3, 13,0.' I $31,732 253 Duties rece'ved. 8.175,527.93 8. 523.305.97 Increase ofilutiuble goods iu 1817, $5.713.1.-3 Decrease of free l o als, 1,496,(• ".*> I net ease of specie. 7,061.655 luciease of duties received, 153 221.95 Besides which, lliere is a considerable amount of duties yet to be received from goods warehoused. IS » if. appears that they who predicted a decrease of revenue under 1 llie new Tariff, must be set down as fair*; ' prophet?. The increase of exports is 952,771; and ! the value, §18,900,849. This, lor a period of five im mils, is hllogetber unprecedented. New York is not ruined yet. ttanla Ann:*** Pav*. The whigs papers are every u [ ere copy ing from some lying whig journal, w hat that call Santa Annas Pass into Mexico, signed by the President. It is a lm*e forgery—and every democrat should so denounce it. The instructions given bv O J the President, and to which he refern d in Ins lust message, constitute the only act of his upon this subject, and this ho ha? avowed and triumphantly defended before the American people. When he beheld a military dictator and a monarchist in the person ot Paredes, elevated to power solely on the ground of war against the United States and (he ' conquest of Texas, what plainer dictate of prudence and policy than to admit the rival (Santa Anna) whom Paredes had j just expelled, and thereby weaken tho 1 Mexicans by their intestine divisions?— Besides the result which has already happened, of breaking up the alifanco, then forming, between Paredes and one j or more European Powers, for the pur-. 1 pose of checking the power of the United •States on this continent, and which re | suit lias already vindicated this step of the I president,what earthly hope had the Presi dentof peace from ihe man (Paredes) who having driven Santa Anna out of Mexi co by his military prowess and bis credit with the people, and overthrow the Gov ernment of Herrera because it was sus pected of being friendly to peace and tho surrender of Texas? No change could, under such circumstances, be possildy for the worse, and although Santa Anna has met us in % two pitched batlles, and been defeated shamefully in both, what reason have we to believe that Paredes might not have met us in leii and possi bly have been victorious in some of them, especially if he should have been hacked luf his Europehn Allies, which the Presi dent had every reason to believe from the best authority, he was then attempting to draw to his assistance? Let whig insani