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[From our Correspondent.]
OFFICE OF THE PICA! LNE-EXTRA )
New Ori.Ea.ns, June 7—l- -«• >
LITER I'llo3l All VICO.
Arrival ol the S.*ea»n>bip yev Oilcans.
The steamship New Orleans, Captain
Wright, has arrived from Ve»a Cruz,
having left there on the Ist inst. She
touched on the 4ifi at tne orazos, Cin -
trary to the rumors and the general aj)
prehensions, the New Oileans lias made
a prosperous voyage.
Gen. Shields is doing well, we are
most happv to hear, aud was shoilly ex
pected at Vera Cruz.
Gen. Scott left Jalapa on the 23 1 nit.
for Puebla, at the head of nearly 6000
tioops. Mr, Kendall’s letters have tint
yet come to band, having hern intrusted
to private conveyance. We have, how.
ever, the following brief note from him ;
Puebla, Mexico, May 29, ISI7.
The division of (Jen. Twiggs entered
this city to day, all well. There were
rumors in the morning that Gens. Busta
mente and Leon were advancing to at
tack Gen. Scott with an immense force,
hut so far we have heard nothing con
firming the reports. Almost every one
thinks that the Americans are to have
another grand battle, but where no one
can divine.
The diligencia does not run between
this and the chy of Mexico, and so far I
have found it impossible to lay hands upon
any papers.
No one as yet knows what Gen. Scott’s
intentions are as regards his future move
ments, yet email as his force is many
think he will advance upon the. capital.—
We shall know in a day or two.
G. W. g.
The news from the city of Mexico by
this arrival is most important. Our in
telligent correspondent from Vera Cruz
has furnished us with the annexed ex
tract'- from letters wriifen at Mexico, and
from the best sources of information. The
resignation ol Santa Anna is an impor
o i
lant event in the history of the war:
Extract from a letter dated—
City or Mexico, May 29, ISI7.
♦ * * * From here i have noth
ing worthy of notice to communicate ex
cept that Santa Anna yesterday resigned
the presidency, but it H not known yet
xv bet her Congress will admit of it- He
was induced to take that course from the ;
opposition he meets in his views of carry- ;
ing on the defence of the city, and from
some defamatory writings which appear
cd in the public papers against his past
conduct. It is generally expected that
the Americans will be here about the
15lh of next month; and, considering the
state of things in the capital, 1 may say
that they will meet with but slight re.-is
tance on the part of this Government.
Through the same channel \vc htve
received the following biief exit act from
r -1
another letter of the same dale :
Last week Santa Anna commenced
fortifying Guadalupe, Perion, and Miji
catzingo, near the suburbs of the city;
but unusual disapprobation was the re
*ult, and hence his reason for offering his
resignation. It is supposed it will be ac
cepted, and that Herrera will receive the
nomination. There are only about 3U03
troops in the city.
We have an exciting rumor from Pue
bla, mentioned in letters from Vera Cruz,
that the citizens of Puebla .had risen upon
Gen. Worth, and cut off six or seven
hundred of his men. The rumor was in
every man’s month at Vera Cruz and
much credence given to it. We are hap
py to say that our correspondent in Vera
Gruz puts little faith in the rumors.
[Sptcicl Correspondence of Lis Piayuns. j
Vera Cruz, -May 23, 1847.
Gentlemen —After several days of anx
iety and suspense, occasioned by the cap
ture of the diligence by a band of guer
rillas, and the well known dangerous
state of the road, another train has ar
rived at last from Jalapa bringing us
news frtn¥* -r-fre army anti the events thut
have occurred on the road during the !a>t
six days, the most important of which is
the murder of Col. S>wers and seven out
of his escort of eight dragoons, and Lieut.
McDonald, of the Rifle Regiment.
Col. S. arrived here about a week ago
with the despatches from Washington to
Gen. Scott. He left this city ia.-u Satur. i
day for Jalapa, and was murdered three !
miles beyond the National bridge. From
oil appearances the party mu<t have been j
in ambush very near the road and bv a
well directed volley brought them all to !
the ground at once, without giving them
the slightest opportunity tor resistance.—
Thus it is again that despatches, probably
of no little importance, have fallen into
the hands t {the enemy, and perhaps nay
Le used to good purpose against us. Lite
bodies of three of the party were found
near the road.partially covered with sand,
and the others had been dragged into the
chaparral. An American hor.se was
found shot near the place whore the {tar
ty was assassinated.
A gentleman from the city of Mexico,
who was one of the American prisoners
captured by Urrea between Cornargo and
Monterey, came down with the tram,
having been liberated by the English
Minister, he having claimed Biitish pro
tection. He reports all ti.e American of
ficers an i pi Loners on parole.
A wagon master bv (lie name of Par
leer an 1 a quartermaster’s clerk by the
name of Latnrop, both captured on the
road from Cornargo to Monterey, and who
we;e supposed to have been killed, were
in pri.-on in Mexico.
The diligence, tfie capture of which
lias caused so much excitement, it ap
pears, was robbed on its way from this
place to Jalapa, It is said that no one
was injuied but that the vehicle was
partially destroyed and plundered of
I every tiling it contained.
Gen. Snields was doing well and may
be expected he re on bis way home in the
‘ course often days.
Strong suspicious were entertained at
Jalapa of an attempt to retake the (dace,
but Col. Childs i> always wideawake for
any tiling of that kind, and will do them
up brown if t e attempt is made.
Sumo .Mexicans also came down yes
terday from J.dapu,having been robbed on
the-ruad of every thing they had of value;
but the highwaymen shewed their gener
i ostty and kindness to the unfortunates af
j terwards, by returning them twenty five
: cuts each to pay their expenses to this
; place.
'Lite force of the rancheros. robbers,
etc., on the road, C estimated al 500 men,
disposed of as follows 300 men near the
road and 100 on each side ot it, ranging
at a sutficenl distance to prevent small
j parties from taking the bypaths,
j Gen. Scott left Jalapa for Puebla on
the 23d inst., at the head of about 6,000
| men.
i cannot hear of any later news than
what has been forwarded to you, from
Gen. Worth’s column al Pnebia.
'[’lie train which came down was es
corted by about sixtv men, mostly dis
chargedsoldiers and some of the wounded
at Cerro Gordo, in charge of Capr. Whi
ling. They saw frequently on the route
men on the heights, and in the distance
: men on the look out.
As tor local news I have none to give
yon, Tiie rainy season has, it is thought,
1 fully commenced, as we have iiada sam
ple of it tin ring the last three davs.
1 have seen a private letter from Jalapa,
; which states that Col. Lawrence, bearer
I of despatches, and one of his escort, were
killed on the road, but no doubt the writer
was mistaken in the murder of Col Sow
ers.
We regret to sax' that Maj. R Ham
mond, Paymaster U. S. Army, died on
hoard the New O leans at <ea on the 2d
inst., on his passage from \ era Crnz.
The following is a list passengers on
the New Os leans.
Passengers from, Vera Cruz. — Capt.
G. W, Lawman, Major Ferguson, Capt.
Davidson, Major RMI and son, Lieut.
M u rray, C ants. W hiring and Fatten,
Lieuls. Danna and Fussel, D.-. Cass,
Lieut. Col. Kinney, Lieut. T. Wright and
; 127 men.
j Passengers from B~azos Santiago. —
Lieut, CoT. J. B. Weller, Maj »r L. Gid
dings, Adji, J. F. Harri'on, Surgeon E
K. Chamberlin, Ass’t Surgeon A. E.
I jighaway, Capt. Stevens, Quartermaster
Tytfe, Capts. Karstrorn, llorme I ,Ramsey,
Hamilton, Brady, Long, Miller, White,
Kearnley, Vandevener, May, A. May,
Moore, Alien, Miller, Beagler, Hengers
way, Wilson, Fox, Wood and Read,
; Lieuts. Motte, Kline, Bliss, Kidd, Pittev,
Maloney, Moore. Packman, Shervir, O
; Brin, Culoreie, Viskar, McCarty, Block,
Keller, Ilhect, Kohlesser, Snead, Linsey,
Longlcy, B >y!e, Hall, Kendle, Howard,
! Potter, Robinson and Morton, Col. Mor
-7 7
gan, Major Morrison, G*m, Cazeneau,
j CuL G- N. Morgan and 550 men.
Later from the Army of Gen. Taylor.
By the steamship New Orleans we
have later dates from the Rio Grande
and the army of Gen. Taylor. The letter
of our correspondent below announces the
arrival of a portion of Col. Doniphan’s
command at Saltillo, after a sharp en
counter with a body of hostile Indians.
We have a copy of the >ros
Flag of the 2d inst. The individual
found murdered below Reynosa, as be-
I fore mentioned by ns, turns out to have
been a private in Captain Paul’s compa
j ny of Massachusetts volunteers. A com
: pany ot Massachusetts men, under Capt.
Walsh, escorting a train to Cornargo,
passed the spot a few davs since, and
identified and buried the body. Capt. W.
demanded <>t some Mexicans residing near
I the scene of murder to pioduce the mur
derers nr lie would burn down their ran
oho'-. The threat had the dcsi red t {Feet,
| and three incorrigible scoundrels weie
banded over to him—one of whom was
killed in endeavoring to make hi* escape,
and the other two are imprisoned at
Reynosa. The clothes of the murdered
mm were upon the Mexican who was
j killed.
I From the Flag we learn that Lieut.
| C »i. Abbott, with four companies of Mas
sachnsetts volunteers escorting a wagon
j train and a number of artillery horses,
i look up the line of march for Cereal vo on
| Saturday, the 29;h ult. Col W right, with
the remaining six companies, was to pro
ceed by boat to Cornargo, thence to Mon
terey, us soon as transportation could be
had.
The troops remaining ?t Meta morns
after the departure of the Massachusetts
Regiment " ill be three companies of ,the
3 1 Dragoon'-- Hpgan’s, Cutler’s and
Merrick’s. These dragoon companies are
nut yet furnished with horses, and it is
uncertain when lliev will he mounted
probably (says the Flair) not until they
are colled into active service, without af
fording an opportunity to drill.
We copy the following from the Flag:
, Murder.—A Mexican, Joseph Marie
Lara, a carpenter by trade, who has a
shop near the lower end of Commercial
street, was found about ten o clock on
Saturday ia?>t 1\ mg dead on the floor ot his
house, flaying been stabbed in the breast.
■ It has not yet been ascertained by whose
hands he was killed- His wife represents
> that she left him in the house in conver
i sation with a volunteer, and when she ro
turned he was found as described. Cir.
i cumstances tend to a belief that she com
: milled or instigated the murder herself,
i | and we understand that she has been im
; ; prisoned uniil'the matter can undergo in
-5 vestigation.
f i Col. Curtis, of the Ohio Regiment, has
1 received the appointment of Assistant
- Adjutant General to Gen. Wool.
The Saltillo Picket Guard of the 17th
ult. gives the following extract from the
[ commuoicati mi from the Wai Department
acknowledging the receipt ot the news
• , of the Rattle of Rnena V ista:
i : The victory achieved a! Buena Vista.
; while it adds new glory to our arms and
furnishes new proof of the vah r and brave
i : daring of our officers and soldiers, will
j excite admiration and call forth the gra
titude of the nation.
The single fact that five thousand of
. our troops, nearly all volunteers who, |
yielding to the impulse of patriotism, had |
rallied to the country’s standard for a ;
temporary service, wei;o brought into |
conflict with an armv of twenty thousand, j
» I * i 1
. mostly veteran soldiers, and not only j
r withstood and repulsed the assaults of |
this numerous host, led by their rno>l ex- |
; perienced general, but in a protracted
i batde oftwo days won a glorious victory, |
Ii is tVemost indubitable evidence of ihe ■
consummate skill and gallant conduct of j
i our of lice rs and the devoted heroism of the
troops under their command. It will |
| ever be a proud distinction to have been
in the memorable battle of Buena 1 ista. \
The genera! joy which the intelligence
| of the success of our arms has spread
i through the laud is mingled with regret
, that it has been obtained at so great j
a price—that so many heroic men have j
fallen in that sanguinary conflict—they I
died in the intrepid d scharge of a patrio- ;
tic duly and will be honored and lament- ,
ed hv a grateful nation.
Toe Flag ot the 2Ulh ult., records the
following:
Steamboat Disasters. —The steam
i er Lama. Capt. Ferguson, on the upwaul >
| trip to Comargo, collapsed a flue on ba- j
i iurday last, in consequence of which she |
1 is detained a few miles below Royun-a.
t X > one was injured, and a new boiler
I having been p:ocmed, Capt, Ferguson
expects to have her in trim again in a few j
| days. The Lama was under Government j
charter and freighted with army stores. |
I'ne steamer Gazelle, al>o under Gov
ernment charte r , bound up the river with
i stores, sunk on Monday List about sixty I
i miles above here. Boat a total 10-s, the I
1 current having broken her up and swept 1
off cabin and hull.
The Sabine, Capt. Slerrit, freighted i
with private rneicbandise —ber fli'st trip |
up the river—struck a snag on 1 tie-day
last, about thirty miles below Reynoso,
and was run into shallow water where
she sunk. The principal part ot ber
carm) was saved without injury, and the
I boat, it is said, will soon again be afloat.
The steamer Big Ilatcbee, lies high
and dry between here and the mouth of
the tiver, having grounded during the
late ii>e and the river receded from her.
A ri-eof four feel will pul her again in
her element.
At the election of officers in the Mas
I saebu-etts regiment, Lieut. Col. Wright
| was chosen colonel; Major Abbott, lieu
| tenant colonel; and Capt. Webster chosen
; inaj°r.
j Special Correspondence of the Picayune.]
Saltillo, Mexico day 17. 1d47.
A long, tedious, eight days’ fever hav
ing partially left me, I am able to write
you again with some little idea of what
I am doing, and to furni-h >ou with
a few items of news. I mentioned that
a squadron of dragoons had gone out in
pursuit of the party ot Indians who had
committed the lecen'outrage,but itapoears
I was mistaken, and that their mission
was pacific and meiely intended to en
deavor to get back from cur excellent
friends, the Cornanches, some American
horses and mules which had accidental! v
found their way into their possesion. Ji s
lice, however, swift and terrible retriba
tive justice, lias overtaken them, spoil
laden as thev were, and half the number
have been sent to over take their victims.
Lieut. Col. Mitchell and a portion of
the advance of Col. Doniphan’s command
j arrived here yesterday morning from
! Parras, having arrived at camp the day
before. This morning, before breakfast,
a number of men came in and announc
ed lha* on Friday la-t, a detachment of
Col. Doniphan’s regiment, under com
mand of Capt. Reed, con-istingof fifteen
men, and acconrq anied hv Don Manuel
Ibarra, a very wealthy citizen of Parras,
who owns an exten-ive vineyard, set out
for the Rancho del Poco, about thirty
■ miles from Parras, after the Indians.—
He furnished them all with fresh ho’-es
and they made a rapid march to del Po
co. At the rancho they w’ere joined by
a party of some twenty men, an advance
of Cot. Doniphan’s main command, and
before long the Indians came up. The
conflict was quite desperate, for the Indi
ans fought like devils. Capt. Reed was
wounded in the chin snd shoulder hv ar
rows and several horses were killed. On
tluG side of the Indians the slaughter
was more deadly. The all-powerful rifle
cau-ed seventeen bold warriors to “bite
the dust,” and the rest fled, leaving most
of their plunder and the greater portion
of their women and children. We also
captured about 2000 head of horses and
i mules which they had stolen. Don Man
uel,who is spoken of as being as brave as !
he is generous and hospitable, fought des- ;
perately. Most of the Indians were Lip- I
pansand not Coma nclies, it is sail. \ou
will hardly believe that after this gene- j
rosity on the pun of our troops, in ridding
an enemy’s country of a marauding par
ty, some of tlie ungrateful Mexicans at
Parras were detected in the act ot steal- j
ing some of the horses belonging to the :
command !
The whale of Col. Doniphan’s com
mand will be here in a few days, and af
ter remaining a while to recruit their men
and horses will proceed down towards the
mouth of the river. Tlmy have now
been in the service eleven months, and
when thev reach here will have marched
two thousand tight hundred miles from I
Fort Leavenworth. Mo., their place of ,
rendezvous. J hey have been constantly i
on the match for eight months, and have j
been without tents since last fall; nor
have they drawn a single dollar of pay
since thev have been iu the service. We
ai! look forward heie to the prospect of a
speedy movement upon San Luis with
confidence, and daily expect the arrival
of fresh troops from below. It is thought
that the Parras route will he selected, and
it is represented to he a most delight
ful one. A train is about starting ofl'and
I have not time to wiite more. It is the
| 2d Oiiio iegimerit that goes to-day. They
! are now entering the town.
J. E. D.
I We hone our correspondent’s aniicipa
| lions in regard to the speedy arrival of a
; force sufficient to admit of an advance
| upon San Luis will he realized. Eds. „
■ arar; a i m wcj -mm wa 1 w>
| AUGUSTA. GEO..
SI Nl) AY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1847
Jj* e trait list u> notice lac ariiv it ot Lieut,
j Leonidas Walton, of the Kenesaw Rangers, son
! of Robert Walton, Esq. of this city, who rcach
| eil here on Wednesday last, from Mexico, via |
New Orleans. We are pleased to Wt leome him |
to his native city, and to the circle ot his friends. ;
The Sons of Temperance.
j The celebration of our approaching nation
al Anniversary in this city by this honorah e
j * ...
Order, will be one of the most interesting tnci
! dents w hich can signalize the occasion. Fmm 1
that august day,dates the political regenera- j
i lion of mankind. The Declaration of Independ- j
ence placed the American people in the van- |
f guard of that great movement which isdestm- !
ed to redeem the human race Irorn political
j thr.ddorn—to place their rights upon the firm
haMs of republican liberty, guarantied by !
written constitntions, and modeled upon the ;
principle, as sublime as it is simple and self !
! evident —that governments are made for lhe i
I benefit of the governed. But self evident as
j is this political axiom, its practical enforce- !
meat is of very modern date. Os still more (
1 recent origin is another reform, the germs of
1 which.only are yet apparent, which aims at
j a moral emancipation, from a thraldom more !
! degrading, more destructive of the best in
! terests of community, and the happiness of j
! mankind than the yoke of political despotism. ;
'The thraldom we allude to is that of the |
drunkard’s cup, which engulphs in its poi- I
soiious vortex, all that is honorable, rcspccta- |
b!e and manly in (he character of the en- !
slaved victim. The reform we allude to is |
that of the Sons of Temperance, a philan
thropic institution, established on principles ;
which add to its social influences upon its j
members, the solemnities of an almost reli- i
gious sanction. It is of more recent origin
than the temperance reform, commenced hy
temperance societies. But we consider it so
far superior to all the well meaning devices
of temperance advocates which preceeded it
—its efficiency has been so clearly demon
strated—*o conspicuously displayed in its
short career, that we are disposed to identify
the Reform and the Order of the Sons of
Temperance as one and inseperable. Tem
perance societies have been useful and will
continue to be. But their efforts have 100
often been without concert, arid their exist
ence transitory and uncertain. But the Sons
of Temperance are a permanent Order. 'They
will continue to exist, and to extend their
power, their influence and their practical
benevolence until our whole nation will feel
its ennobling effects, and exhibit its practical
benefits in the elevation of tho national char
acter.
The Sons of Temperance are now a highly
honorable and useful body of men, compris
ing many of our best citizens and have oar
warmest respect and good wishes.
New York Election for Judge*.
The Democrats have carried all before them in
the city of New York by large majorities. The
courts will be constituted as follows, (all Demo
crats )
Judges of the Supreme Court--- John W. Ed
monds, Samuel Jones, Elisha P. ilurlbut, and
Henry P. Edwards.
Judges of the Superior Court-— Thomas J. Oak
ley, Aaron Vanderpool, and Lewis H. Samlford,
Judges of Common Pleas— Michael UI shoe f
fer, Daniel P. Ingraham, and Charles P. Daly.
District Attorney— John McKeon.
For Appeal Judges, as far as the returns have
been received, there is cv<-ry prospect of the De
mocratic nominees bating been elected,
*‘Fire in Ihj Rear!”
The Richmond Enquirer says—Many of the
Whig journals “make no bums” in attacking
Gen. Scott fur his prociamati-n. A hey all repre..
sent him as an automaton obsequious y nq eating
what was dictated for him at Wathmgten and
as avowing in the most solemn form, sentiments
which be knew to be false. The L >weli Couri
er ( Whig) ridicules the proclamaiion as “bum
ling” and “stuff” written in a “miserable style, 3
‘■snt akiug and dishonest, 33 “not true,” and charg
es that if Gen. S. wiote thus to Americans he
would be “booted into silence. 33 And all this be
cause- Gen. S Las taken the side of his own
I country and given the Mexicans most sound and
seasonable advice in the language of truth ! The
Whigs once clamored against the administration
f.»r trying to injure Gen. S. hy keeping him away
j f.om the army, from a jealousy of his Presiden
tial asj irations. Now, we presume, they would
I delight to see the gallant General re-called, be
j cause he avows tho sentiment that his country is
I in the right !
The Remains of Heroes.
'Fhe schooner Gen. Patterson, which
arrived yesterday Irom Brazos Santiago,
brought home the honored remains of Col.
McKee, Lieut. Col. Clay, Caj>ts. Willis
and Lincoln, Lieut. Powell, Agj’t Vaug
han, ami private 11. Trotter, all of whom
fell at Buena Vista nobly stemming the
tide of bat le. The names of some of
these have been made immortal hy their
| deeds on that eventful field, and we hope,
nay, ue are sure their remains will not
| he allowed to pass through our c ity, in
j their transit to a last resting place, w ithoul
the resj cc due to heroism and devotion to
c untry h ing paid to them. —iV. O. P'ca-
Hunc, Glidnst.
Far the Brazos and Vera Cruz.
The James L. Day, which sailed last
evening, had on hoard the following pas
sengers: Col. E. G. W. Butler, BJ Dra
goon.-'; Ll J. V. S. Ilaviland, Adjutant;
Lieut. Charles Ko Izminski, Adjutant;
Lieut. Joah Wilkinson, 10:h lutautry;
Lieut. Wtstcoti, 21 Infantry; Cant. Les
lie Chase. A. Q, M.; Capt. R D Ghol
s >n, A. C. S.; Asst. Surgeon J. Felix;
Maj. Gwinn, Oili Infantry; Limits. Hen
drickson, Williamson and O'Sullivan of
the Bi Infantry; Mis. Bundle, Mr. Burns,
and 330 men of the Bd and 6:h Infantry
under Ma j. G w inn.
The Galveston left «i‘h 150 horses and j
100 men for Veia Cruz B. F. Whiner
and W. S. Waterman went as passen
gers.
The U- S. steamboat Gen. Hamer will
leave on Monday for Brazos and the Rio
G rande.— lb.
From the Rio Grande.
We learn f om Dr. Holland, a passen
ger on one of the vessels from Braz >s
I Santiago, which arrived last evening, that
Col. Jack Hays, w ith his regiment of j
Texas Rangers, was at Balo Alto, ready ;
to march for Gen. Taylor’s headquarters. '
They ate said to be a remarkably fine |
body of men.
i Our informant on trie way down from j
Gen. Taylor’s camp, met Col. Croghan,
Inspector General us the Army, on the
way up to join Gen. Baylor, escorted hy
Mustang G.ey and his company of Tex- |
ans.
Col. Doniphan was understood to be |
| still at Parras.
We understand that Dr. Beard, son of
Major J. A. Beard, has been appointed
surgeon of the U- S. hospital at Serralvo.
The parting scene between the Missis
sippi Regiment and Gen. Taylor, we are
told, was a fleet'ng in the extreme. As
the men marched by him to return to their
homes, overpowered with a recollection
of the high deeds which had endeared
them to him, and, with their demonslra
tions of respect and a flection, he attempt
ed in vain to address them. With tears
i streaming dow n his furrowed cheeks, all
i he could say w as, "Go on hoys—go on
I can’t speak.”— lb.
Sevetal gentlemen, we understand,
have refused tocont<ihu>e tothe reception
j of the Ist Mississippi Regiment, unless
the reception should be extended to all
| the volunteers arriving from the seal of
i war, and in that case a number of gentle
men! have expressed their w illingness to
give 8100 each. The committee ap
pointed to prepare for the reception of the j
Mississippians have felt themselves oh- '
| liged to refuse the.-e oilers, as the object j
fur which they were appointed was sue- |
cial, and were they to receive money for i
a genera! reception they would transcend j
their powers.— lb.
The Mobile Herald says that Co
I roner Higgins of that city held an inquest
■ the morning of Thursday last, on board
the steamer Oregon, upon I lie body ol
Harwell Richardson, a volunteer soldier,
who died suddenly on hoard said boat, on
her passage from New Orleans to this
i place, on Wednesday night, the 2d inst.
The deceased was from Bulloch county,
: Ga., and was on his return home from
i Mexico, in bad health, and after eating
an unusually hearty dinner, retired to his
bed and was found dead therein on lie
morning of the Bd inst. Verdict in ac
cotdance with these facts.— lb.
[ prom (hr Washington Union.]
Divorce ot Bank and Slate.
The following statement shows the amount
: of funds on deposit* to the credit of the 1 rea
surer of llie United States, and subject to his
draft on the 24th ult., and also liie places of
depnsite:
Assistant treasurer, Bojton. Mass. $1,0.*i0,-136 37
11. \V. Rogers, depositary. Buffalo,N. Y. 41
A.-sistaiit treasurer. New York 2 613, 5S SI
A-b slant treasurer, Philadelphia,Pa. l,J(jl.‘Cc2 -15
Treasury United States, Washington, D. C. ‘a1i9,471 29
W.il.Marriott,depositary,Baltimore, iUd. 131,597 4U
Thomas Nelsonaheposilary,Richmond.
M V Jones,depositary, W iimin*. tmi, N. C. 97 41
Assistant treasurer, Charleston,S.C. 314,605 95
W.B.Bulloch, depositary, Savannah, Ga. 613 57
J. E.Saunders depositary, Mobile, Alu. 15,614 06
A: ristuul tranEurer New Urleuus La. 92,7-6 25
J. Thomas, depositary, Na.-ltvi le.Teun. 3,548 21
Assistant treasurer,St. Louis, Mo. 1C0,6.9 82
P. Colli s, depositary, Cincinnati. O. 366 ! b
J. Kearsli y, Depostiur.v, D in it, Mich. 1 38
I Dver. depositary. Cliicaeo, 111 7a.975 16
D. G. Bright, depositary, Jefferson'il t.la. 23,499 00
L. R. Lincoln,d«-po»ilar> , Little K<«-k, Ark. 2.192 15
.Mint of the United Slates. Philadelphia,Pa. 661 7-s 05
Bi auch mint ol the United states, Clin, lotto,
N.C, 32,000 00
Branch rnintofilie UaitedStates, Dahlonega,
Ga. t 20.859 00
Breach mint of the Uui'.cd Statss, New Or
leans, La. 70,421 95
6,5c5 638 92
Add transfers not yet credited 2dl 171 57
Nett amount subject to draft $7,0c6,510 53
• it will he .-men by 'he above 6ia t ineni”
(khv» Hip New York Evening Post) “that the
divorce of bank and Slate is complete. There
are no depositee ot tiie United s,'tatpti in any
bank in the country which are subject to the
draft of the Treasurer. Some sums yet re
main in the banks, for which drafts have
been issued, but the money ban not, it ap
pears, been as yet taken out. Never was the
treasury of the United States in a more im
pregnable position. It is beyond the reach
of all those influences which banks and bank
ers use, in order to make a profit. And wo
may well say, never were the United f ta es
so independent as on this day.
‘•With seven millions of money in her frea
I sury—her stoc ks above par in any market of
| the country—at the same time carrying on,
i with a tender of peace, a most triumphant
war with one nation, and furnishing loud i,,
j stay the famine that is wasting other nation*
I —her own citizens contented, prosperous,
j and happy, she presents a spectacle mure
I splendid and glorious than any that has. ever
I yet been witnessed upon earth. If these are
i the fruits of the principles we profess, no
! sacrifice can be too great to preserve them,
j and no estimation can duly appreciate our
• indebtedness to those who secured to ns there
principles. We may, indeed, say, without
hoisting, that ours is, truly the hind of free
dom.”
Duties Received at the Custom House,
New Orleans.
First quarter oftlie year 1"'46 : : : : : 93
First qiidi ter of the year 1’47 ; ; ; ; : 51*2,490 22
Increase under the system of low duties $155,T40 29
Our whig brethren prophesied that the a t
of Ibdfi would cause a dreadful deficit in the
treasury. Mr. Webster, with his usual ac
curacy of calculation, predicted that the art
would not ran-e more than fourteen million-,
while the expenses of the war were half a
million a day, or one hundred and eighty-two
and a halt millions a year! It is now redu
ced to a certainty that the receipts into the
treasury from customs alone during the cur
rent financial year, will exceed thirty mil
lions.
We presume ft was D. Webster’s predic
tions and calculations 1 Ji.it prompted Colonel
Crossman to solicit I lie .Municipal Councils
tu pay his tavern bills in New Orleans, to
the tune of five hundred dollars u day,—AVlo
: Orleans Courier, June 5.
The Texan lianger.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati
j Signal, diaus a contrast between the
! European mounted soldier* and iheTexan
Hanger, in which an interesting descrip
tion of the latter is given.
The Texan Ranger, when Iks* mount,
j ed, rides a horse hied in Texas, from
; American stock, combining stlength and
i speed with capability of enduring tho
climate. He uses the Mexican saddle,
• raised before, the skin of some wild ani-
I mal thrown over it, and attached to it
some twenty’or thiity thongs of leather,
by which he lies upon it the different ar
ticles he requires for camp use—for but
two or three pack mules are allowed a
comj any, and a man must carry all his
personal baggage himself. [le carries a
' line of braided leather about thirty five
| feet in length, called a *• luretlo /’ and a
| line oflhesame length, made of twi-ted
: horsehair, called a "cabaras” The lat
ter, when laid upon tho ground in a cir
cle, prevents the approach of snakes nr
reptiles; as these on coming in coi tact
‘ with tho protruding hair on i s surface,
i will glide off in another direction. It is
: thus laid where the precaution is necessa*
I ry, the space within its surface carefully
i looked over—and the Ranger mav then
rest in comparative secniity. The lareflo
j and cabaros together make a length of
| 70 feet—which, with one end attached
| to the horse, even without tho other’s be
■ ing fastened to the ground, will disincline
him f rom feeding to ugi eat distu nee aw; v.
In the morning he will be found not far
llier than half a mile—seldom more than
two hundred yards.
The Ranger prefers buckskin panta.
loons, as these alone can withstand the
chapparal; he wears a hunting shirt and
cap of the skin of some wild animal,
which, in the tange of the regiment w ill
assume every vatiely of shape. £I is rifle
carries about sixty or seventy to the
pound, and is very long and heavy, lie
j carries also, a knife - home made, and
1 with a wooden handle—those made from
i a file are preferred. Latterly has been
j added to his arms a revolving pistol. Mis
I bullet pouch hangs on his right side with
| his powder horn. The strap that suspends
| these is broadened over the left shoulder,
or has a small pad attached to it to relieve
the wear and pressure of a rifle barrel.
; Every man is a practical shot, and it is
j said that at San Antonio once, when Mays
| w ished to impress the Cornanches w ith the
j capacity of Ids men, man after man rode
| round a hat at full speed, at a distance of
twenty yards, shooting into it five bullets
in succession from his revolving pistol,
fins seems incredible, but comes from
several eve-w it nesses.
The Texan Ranger is a picked man ,
hut picked by a far differei t rule from
that which determines who shall be a
Horse Guard, for the Ranker, one may
say, picked himself. Me left the older
States, not because, as is too often sup
po ed, he was broken down in reputation
or bankrupt, but because his piide pre
vented him from living in the inferiorpo
siiion reduced circum-fances would have
compelled, or from natural love of a wild
and independent life. Me is genial and
| hospital—riot quarrelesome—and of tlie
1 most reckless and undaunted courage.—
Me yields obedience because be knows
discipline is necessary to the effective
ness of the corps; but he considers his
commanding officer but a man like bim
sell.and when off duty is as familiar with
him as with any private. I speak lu re
of ihe Western Rangers. (Mays’ band.)
“SONS OF TEMPERANCE.”
celebration of the anniversary
OK AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
&3rThe Augusta Division, No. 7, of ike “Son*
of Temperance” contemplate celebrating tho
approaching Anniversary of American Inde
pendence. on tfoiday A/tornoon, the sth of July
nest. An address suited to the occasion, will bo
delivered by Brother Lucl ex Lataste, and other
exercises will take place, which will be hereafter
announced.
Marion Division of Hamburg, Nmety-SixDi
vision,of Graniteville, S. C., and all other Divis
ions of the Sons of Temperance in this State and
South Carolina, the Washington Total Abet:-