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Wm CONSTITUTIONALISM JAMES GARDNER, JR. t c. u :i s . Daily, per annum, Tn-vVeekiy, per annum, *’ lU If paid in advance, ** Weekly, per annum, f-' If paid in advance, 2 50 To Club*, reminder S'.O in advance. I Tv L COPIES are -cut. 1 iiis will put uur weekly j ;t --per in ilie reach of new sul-i.-c fibers al TWO DOLLARS A YE VK. Cir Subscribers who will pay up arrearages, and send four new subscribers, with the money can get the paper al $2,00. V-T All new subscriptions must be paid in advance. {0“ Postage must he paid on all Cumuiuuicatk ns *ud Let’ersuf business. [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:-