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TRUE LOVE.
There are furrows on thy brow, wife.
Thy hair is thin and grey,
And the light that once was in thine eje
Hath sorrow stolen away.
Thou art no longer fair, wife.
The ruse hath left thy cheek,
And thy once firm and graceful form
Is wasted now and weak.
But thy heart is just as warm, wife.
As when we first were wed;
As when thy merry eye was bright,
And thy smooth cheek was red.
Ah ! that is long ago. wife.
We thought not then of care;
We th w n were spendthrifts of our joy—
We now have none to spare!
Well, well dost thou remember, wife,
The little child we laid.
The three years darling, fair and pure.
Beneath the yew tree’s shade;
The worth from life was gone, wife,
We said with foolish tongue, —
But we’ve blessed since then the Chastener,
Who took that child so young !
There was Jol n, thy boast end pride, wife,
U ho lived to manhood’s prime—
Would God I could have died fur him*
Who died before his time !
—There is Jane, thy second self, wife,
w A thing of sin and shame, —
ur poorest neighbors pity us,
When they but hear her name.
Vet she’s thy child and mine, wife,
1 nursed heron my knee.
And the evil, woeful waysshe took,
Were never taught by thee.
We were proud of her fair face, wife,
And I have tamely stood.
And not avenge i her downfall
lu her betrayer’s blood.
I had such evil thoughts, wife',
1 cursed him to his face !
But lie was rich and 1 was poor,
The rich know no disgrace. !
The srallows would have had me, wife,
—For that I did not care !
The only thing that saved his life
Were thoughts of thy despair.
There’s something in thy face, wife,
That calms my maddened brain;
Thy furrowed brow-, thy hollow eye,
Thy looks of patient pain;
Thy lips that never smile, wife;
Thy bloodless cheeks and wan;
Thy form w hich once was beautiful.
Whose beauty now is gone.
Ob. these they tell such tales, wife.
They fill my eyes w ith tears.
We have borne so much together
Through these long thirty years.
That I will meekly bear, wife.
What God appointed] here;
Kov add to thy o’erflnving cup
Another bitter tear!
Let the betrayer live, wife;
Be this our only prayer.
That grief ra >y send our prodigal
Back to the Father’s care !
—Give me thy faithful hand, wife—
Oh Ood. who rcigoVt above.
We bless thee in our misery.
For one sure solace—love !
[.F/’Ctu the New Orleans Delta, 28th ult. ]
Later from Mexico.
The Mexican Generals—The Defence of
the Capital — Guerrillas—The Ameri
can Army—Santa Anna—Withdrawal
of his Resignation—The Clergy , d*c. i
We have* received our Mexican papers
from the 80th of May to the sth of June,
inclusive. They contain little of moment,
but as almost every thing from that coun
try is at present read w ith interst, vve
shall give a brief synopsis of their con
tents.
The Mexican Generals.—Gen. Aris
ta was apprehended on the evening of the
29ih of May, and was immediately serif,
under escort, towards Acapulco. The !
reason for this arrest is unknown. Gen. !
Almente was still in prison, and had been
removed from St. Jago Tlalteloco to the
city of Guadalupe. He was at first ac
cused of conspiring against the person of
Santa Anna, and afterwards accused, in
someof the public journals, of treason
but a correspondent of the Republican© j
suggests that the sole motive for his irn- j
piisonment is, that he is too great a fi iend
to his country to suit the purposes of those
in power. Gen. Ampudia having refus
ed to proceed to Cuernavaca, as ordered,
was sent thither under escort.
The Defence of the Capital.—On
the Ist of June all the natives of the Uni
ted States were ordered to leave the city
of Mexico, for the Slates of Jalisco or
Morelia, or they would be dealt with ac
cording to the law of nations. Generals
Gutierez, Goana, Martinez and Palomi
no are entrusted with the command of
the lines of defence of the city. Bodies
of the National Guard are said to be on
their way and constantly arriving from
ihe adjoining Slates, and it is believed
that from seventeen to twenty thousand
troops will be concentrated for the pro
tection of the city.
Guerrillas. —Accounts are published,
from all quarters,of the formation ofgucr- .
rilla bands, but little is said of their per
formances, and we are led to suspect that
the records of the newspapers are rather
an evidence of what the editors hope than
of what their countrymen do. In San
Luis Potosi they have published a sort of
guerrilla code, providing for the raising
of the forces and their operations—all de
serters from the army, fugitives from jus- *
lice, convicts for offences not capital,and
vagabonds, and criminals4inapprehended,
of all kinds, are all invited to join and
make war, as to them may seem good, a
gainst the invaders, capturing property,
taking prisoners, or killing, as “ciicurn
slances may require,” all who come in
their way. The only authenticated feat
of guerrilla prowess, published in the pa.
— —rmm, t .l ~ • 11 'ml. '■ trmf ' i —I ■ i I
pers before us, is the attack on Col. Sour,
which is thus described in a letter from
Orizava : “They write me from Huatus-
CO that a guerrilla assaulted the diligence
from Vera Cruz, corning to Jalapa, with
nine Americans, whom, having pul to the
kuile, they relieved of some interesting
communications, which were sent to the
Government.” There is, it is true, an
other story of the guerrillas under Jarau
ta having, on the 3Jih of May, captured
80 wagons, 30 horses, and killed ‘2OO \ an
kees, between \ e r a Cruz and Antigua,
but this we suppose to he the Mexican his
tory of the attac k on Col. Mclntosh.
The American Army.— The Mexicans
have, “certain information'’ liiat Gen.
Scon con not expect reinforcements to a
greater extent than 2000 men, and money
lo the amount of 8200,000, and “nothing
■ more;” theie'ore think it doubtful w beth
erhe will march to the Capital, and talk
loudly in that city of marching out to
fyjop; him. “Tnere are hut 6*loo nun,
say they, “from Vera Cruz to Puebla,
who lord it over a population of a million
of inhabitants which the two States con
tain. It can he believed only because it
is seen.” Among the intercepted des
patches was a letter from Col. Hunt to
Cant. Hetzeld, from which the enemy
draws great consolation. The Colonel
gives the Captain some information rela
live to the money in his hands, from which
it appears that our wor.hy Quartermaster
was under a temporary embarrassment;
this is construed by the enlightened edi
j tors of Mexico, into an evidence cT the
want of means, on our part, any longer
io carry on the war, and they, therefore,
exhort their fellow-citizens to renewed j
exertion and continued constancy, assured
that in the end they must triumph.
Santa Anna. —We have noticed, here
tofore, the resignation of Gen. Santa
Anna, and the fact that he was siill at
the head of the Government; the matter
is cleared up by the following withdraw- j
1 a I of his resignation:
Mexico, June 2, 1847.
1 To Jirir Excellencies, the Secretaries
of the Sovereign Congress.
Excellent Sirs. — When 1 resolved to ;
offer my formal resignation of the su !
preme command of the Republic, my j
mind was strongly actuated by the rea
sons which 1 laid before the august Con
gress, and by others not less powerful,
which it appeared to me prudent to con
ceal. Eve;y moment confirms me in the
solidity and propriety of all of them, and ,
I have wailed several days the decision |
of ihe legislative authority, sustaining not
only the evils consequent upon a position
immeasurably complicated, hul those i
which flow from the state of expectation 1
and anxiety into which the public is I
thrown, and which produces at each mo- j
merit, new changes in the political scene. ■
{ asked that my resignation might be ta- ;
ken into immediate consideration, and
that even in pei rnanent session, the per
son mirrht he designated who should sue- j
ceed me, and this request was not sug
gested by the desire lo leave speedily the |
difficult situation in which I found my- i
self, hut because it could not be conceal- i
ed that any delay whatever would main- ■
tain die public agitation, and draw after ;
: it occurrences w hich would alter the con- 1
\
I dilion of things.
I anxiously wished, that whoever |
might succeed me, might soon take rny
place, because 1 knew that the invading
army could not immediately move upon
i the Capital, and that the new head of
, ifie State would have the lime andoppor-
I lunilv*lo devise his measures, and pre
pare himself in the manner which should
seem to him most suitable. Now, it is
known that the forces of the enemy are
about lo move, and (hat they may do so
at any moment, and we may suffer at the
| same lime an invasion of the Capital and
a change of Government; a state of af
fairs certainly dangerous, and which
I may, perhaps, decide the fate of the war.
: Tne news of my separation frrni the su
preme command has been, as I know, the
cause which induced this resolution.—
This is an important occurrence, and one
which requires from me a resolution
j prompt and efficient, to contribute to the
| salvation of the Capital.
During the time since I gave in my
| resignation, I have received singular to
kens ofihe confidence o( all classes, and
of persons the most influential in society,
all have besought me not to persist in my
intention. I see in them a determined
purpose to force me to remain, founded on
the necessity of preserving the present
state of tilings w ithout innovation, in order
not lo endanger the fate of this populous
city, and of the nation. The excitement
has been very general, and even the troops
of the garrison, and the most numerous
portion of the people have been constant
in their insinuations and their prayers.
1 know certainly, that the occason of my
resignation has caused great excitement
in all minds; enemies who cea-e not to
spy out the moments for producing discord
and making revolutionary movements,
avail themselves of everything, and en.
deavor, by their machinations, lo force an
outbreak; men of good faith, who have
seen the disbanded partisans of peace
spreading their seductions to propagate
the persuasion that 1 ought not to continue
in power, are excited and active; and I
behold on all sides the terrible symptoms
of a revolutionary movement. All this
is the necessary effect ofihe delay which
this matter has met with, and which has
involved me in grave and complicated
• responsibilities.
1 see, then, the enemy profiting by these
circumstances, ready to fall upon us. I
see, in addition, the agitation increasing
on all sides, and I do not desire that any
one should inculpate me in case ofan un
fortunate event, attributing the persist a nee
7 J? »
in rny determination to a cirminal egoism.
Never shall it be said that, for a point of
honor, or of pride, ill understood, I perfer-
■U-HJMiWJJ-g-j'annimi nnw h » w
red my personal welfare*to my country.
I am about then, to make a new sacrifice,
exceedingly costly, that of my pride, and,
I have resolved to withdraw, and do effec
tively withdraw, my resignation of the
23th of last month, and I desire that from
this moment it shall be field as having
never been presented. The hour of dit- ,
ficulty will pass, and I, firm in my deter- i
ruination to abandon power, will do it
without hesitation or change,in conformity
to the constitutional law. And perhaps I
may be able, in withdrawing from this
post, to offer a new service to my country, j
or mv design may be useless, as by that ;
time 1 may have given my life as a last
holocaust to mv fellovv-cilizens.
Will your Excellencies have the good
ness to present this note to the Sovereign
Congress, receiving the protestations of
my high cons deration.
ANTONIO LOFEZ DESANTA ANNA.
But though the general continues in
power, he lias no enviable situation; he
has abandoned his old friends, and taken
up the puros or Farias party, and there !
were strong symptoms three days after j
he had been ‘‘forced” to withdraw his
resignation by the popular wish, that the
populace would deprive him of power,
i without the formality of a sccoue volun
; tarv renunciation.
The Clergy. —There is no doubt that
the clergy ot Mexico, not withstanding the
attempts that are made in this country to
enlist them in the war, by misrepresenting
the intentions of our government, are de
cidedly in favor of peace. A letter from
Perote complains bitterly of the indiffer
ence which they every wlieie manifest to
j the invasion. And in ElßepubJicaao of the
4th of June, is a long and rather hitter
| article upon the conduct of the priesthood,
1 and the editor takes occasion to be par
j ticularly severe on the A rchbishopof Pue
| bla, whom he accuses of visting (Jen. j
! Worth protecting his troops, and treating j
i theenemiesof his country as his friends.
I fn the article the Bishop is represented as i
| a man of great influence in the Church, 1
j as a severe disciplinarian, and a firm sup- j
1 porter of the Catholic Supremacy, lie
j may, in fact, be looked upon as in some
j sort, the head of the Mexican Ctiurch— ;
: and his conduct may be regarded as in- 1
' dicative of the feelings with which the j
i educated clergy, and all enlightened men I
i not immediately connected with the par- |
I ties of the Capital, regard the war.— j
Their wishes, and their country’s inter- j
I ests, point to peace.
The War.
Since the last accounts from (General
! Scott, ho has been reinforced at Puebla,
j by at least three thousand men. Gen. J
i Cadwalluder, with his command of eigh- |
| teen hundred, has joined him ere this; and
Gen. IMlow left Vera Cruz a tew days j
afterwards with one thousand strong. —
! Tnese additions will swell Gen. Scott’s
| army to at least ten thousand men, of all i
1 arms. With this force, this bold an en- ■
ergetic commander will push on iunne- |
j diately tofhe city of Mexico. The evacu- I
at ion'of Jalapa, and the adoption of a
| new base and line of operations, wilUave .
j ScotPs army from lhe t heavy drain he iias
i heretofore experienced for details to pro- j
i led the rear of his operations. This new
! line will shorten, by one half, the distance
j between the army and its depot. Ir, j
| moreover, offers a better mad for mil it a- j
ry operations, being freer from defiles, |
ambuscades, chaparral, ams other faciii- |
ties for the operations of the guerrilla |
bands, which already begin to infest our
present road.
In the mean time, whilst Gen. Scott is
advancing on the Capital, the new levies,
i which must be continually pouring into
1 Vera Cruz or Tuxpan, will be sent for
ward to keep open the road, and protect
the trains. Whilst we subscribe to the
view taken by ihe President and the War |
Department, that Gen. Scoil’s claim to I
the first troops which can be raised, arc j
of the most imperious and pressing na
lure —that his situation is one of greater
emergency than that of Gen. lay lor—
yet, we trust that the Government will
bestir itself to give that brave old Gener
al such a force as will enable him to go
on and complete a career, which has pio
gressed thus far with so much glory to
the country, and so much honyr to the :
heroic Commander who led our armies.
The drama of this war will be unfin
ished, the picture incomplete, the epic
will never round off with finish and beau
ty, until the tattered, war-worn, hut un
conquered banner, which waved so gal
lantly at Palo Alto, Resaca, at Monterey
and Buena Vista, shall float in triumph
from the loftiest pinnacle of the fair city
of the Aztecs.
Magnetic Telegraph.
We are gratified in being ab'o to state,
that through the exertions of our Chamber
of Commerce and R. R- Cuyler, Esq., an ar
rangement has been made with Mr. Haley,
proprietor ot “ The Washington City and New |
Orleans Magnetic Telegraph,” to place Sav- ,
annah on the main line of the same. The j
route determined on by Mr. Haley, is from
Augusta, via M idville, (Ninety Mile Station,) I
to {Savannah, thence on the line of the Cen- j
leal Rail Road to Macon, ami thence by the
shortest route, to Columbus.
The {Savannah Chamber of Commerce
guaranteed the subscription of* $15,000 to
the line, which secured it to Savannah. We
understand that Elam Alexander, E-q , pro
posed to subscribe tbe entire amount on his
own account, to secure the direct fine via
Savannah and Macon. And the subscribers
to the slock in Savannah, appreciating his
laudable public spirit, relinquished to him
two-thirds of the amount. Mr. Alexander
thus becomes individually, a stockholder In
the line to the amount of ten thousand dol
lars. We congratulate our fellow citizens
on thus being placed on an equal footing
with their neighbors.
To Mr. Alexander, for the public spirit he
has displayed, we are sure the citizens will
not fail to accord the meed of praise to which
he is so justly entitled. We are gratified
also in being informed that the Directors of
the Central Rail Rohd & Bar king Company,
of the Marine Bank, and of the Planters’
Bank, tendered their aid in a most liberal
manner to the accomplishment of this desira
ble object.
One word more. We think we see in this
arrangement, the beginning of belter days
for {Savannah; and ltie public spirit once
| aroused, the means will not be wanting to
i accomplish any reasonable undertaking like
ly to promote tier interests.
A better evidence could not be given of the j
value of such an organizition as our Cham- j
her of Commerce, than the securing of the |
1 inestimable advantages of the Magnetic Tele- i
grapli through is agency. — Savannah Repub
lican, Isi rust.
AUGUSTA, GEO..
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1647.
FOR GOVERNOR,
HON. 0. W. TOWNS.
OF TALBOT.
Georgia Deniocatic Convention.
The Charleston Mercury, of the 3d instant, j
speaking of the recent Democratic Conven- i
tion held at Milledgeville* says—“We briefly i
alluded in our last to the action of this body.
Since then we have been favored with an
extra from the Office of tile Milledgedle |
Union, containing the proceedings in detail, j
We annex the resolutions, and v»Tiile we do ;
not concur in all their propositions, we can- j
not withhold the expression of our gratitica
tion at the bold and unequivocal stand as
sumed on tiie great and absorbing question
of the South. Side by side with Alabama, |
Mississippi and South Carolina, Georgia has |
planted herself on the Virginia
and has resolved that her Democracy “will !
give their support to no candidate for the j
I Presidency of ihe United States who does not !
| unconditionally, clearly and unequivocally, 1
declare his opposition to the Principled and
I Provisions of the VVilmot Proviso.”
j The N. Y. Journal of Commerce of the
! -29th u't. says—“ PhePresideut reached New
, Haven about II o’clock yesterday morning,
) j ii the steamer Hero, Capt, Peck. He was
I received at the landing bv the city authori
! ties, several companies of troops, and a raval
; cade of citizens, by whom he was escorted
| to the State House, and thence to tbe quarters
; which had been assigned him. Meanwhile
! the bells were all ringing, and on his arrival
at the Slate House the artillery added their
noisv salutations. Tne whole affiir passed
i off pleasantly, though the heat of the day |
was excessive. It was an agreeable sight to
| see a Whig Mayor, (died in the wool) Hen
j ry Peck, E>q., holding an umbrella over the
Loco Foco President, not only as they rode I
j together in a barouche, accompanied by Mr.
; ingersoll and another genleman, but also as
I he stood upon the platform of the State
j House step. The President was expected
i to proceed to Hartford yesterda y afternoon?” j
[CTCharles Davis, Junior Editor of the *
j Savannah Republican, has retired from that
paper, in consequence of ill heahh. Tue pa- j
per will hereafter be conducted by Messrs, j
Locke &, Winter. We cannot part with
friend Davis, without wishing him a speedy
return of health.
_I , „
Georgia Wheat.
The Savannah Georgian of the Ist instant,
says—“We have on our office table a sample :
of wheat grown in Monroe county, in this
Stale, and shipped by Daniel Saiidford, E q.,
of Forsyth, to Jeremiah Clark, E-q., mer
chant of this city.
••The lot was received and sold on the 28 : h
u!t. (June) to a mercantile house in this city
to he shipped to Boston.
“Our farmers in the grain growing coun
try of Georgia may feel encouraged to bear
the heal and burden of the day when they I
find a demand lor their products from Massa
chusetts, Maryland and other States.
“The specimen before us is a superior ar
ticle.”
The Crops.
In Alabama.—A gentleman of Mobile,
in a letter to the editor of this paper, dated j
Clinton, Greene county, Ala., June 23d, thus
speaks of the crops: “So far as I have seen,
the cotton crop is not ‘promising by any
means. lam fully satisfied this county can
not make an average crop, no matter how la- | (
vorable the balance of the season may be®
The corn crop is very good.”
The Sumter couniy Whig, of 22d says:
“The chances thus far are that the next crop
of cotton will be a short one. We ba"e al
ready stated that such was the case in this
great cotton-growing region, and advices
from other parts corroborate our previous im- |
pression that unless very favorable circum- j
stances combine to produce a speedy and ef
fectual change in the crop, which is still
young, the present prices will be fully main
tained by the deficiency of the ensuing sea
son. ”
In Mississippi. The Natchez Courier
says: “The recent showers of rain have had
a very genial influence upon the crops. From
friends in this and adjoining counties,
we learn that the crops of corn and cotton
look exceedingly promising, and, it the
worms, and no other unforeseen calamity,
comes to dash to the ground and wither the
now well formed hopes of the planter, that
good crops may be expected.”
Crops in North Carolina.
The Wilmington Chronicle says that farmers
“thereabouts” report that the “stand” of Corn is (
very good, although the plant is backward in |
consequence of the coldness of the Spring and
eaily Summer. The sweet potato vines have (
put out well, and have a thrifty appearance. On
the whole, the prospect with our agricultural
friends of that part ol the State is cheering.
The Crops.
The Montgomery (Ala.) Flag of the 29ih
nit. says—“ The cotton crops in this neigh
borhood are very backward and not very
promising. There has been too much rain,
particularly in the Prairie lands, while the
coolness of the season which up to this time
has been unusual, has not tended to further
their growth. The plant is smail. and unless
the rest of the summer should be more favor
able to its growth, and it be exempted entire
ly from the ravages of tin? caterpillar, this
year’s crop cannot be heavy. The crops of
corn, on the contrary, generally present a
most luxuriant appearance, and promise a
most abundant gathering.”
The Newark Daily Advertiser says, that
! Mr. Alex'. Dickerson, of that city”, lias recent
ly patented a mode of melting iron ore and
producing bloomed iron which, in the judg
ment of men well informed on the subject, is
an improvement of the greatest importance,
not only to manufacturers but to society at
large. Mr. D.’s improvement consists in
combining with a closed forge fi r e, a tight
chamber, with an opening at the top So till in
the charge of fuel and ore. The value and
importance of this simple invention (remarks
the Advertiser) will be readily apprehended
when we sav, as we do on the most reliable
.
! authority, that it saves half the coal and half
; the time required! by the old method, and at
I the same time makes a better article—equal
to tlie best Russia or Swedes Iron.
These statements are vouched for by Col.
Joseph Jackson, one of the oldest iron mas
! ters in the Union, and by Seth Boyden, Esq ,
a machinist and inventor, whose opinions on
I these subjects, the Advertiser remarks, have
j the weight and authority of demondrations.
According to a law of Pennsylvania, the
1 volunteers of that Stale have a right to vote
i _
for Governor, though they are in Mexico—
; and the Picayune says”ihey mean to exercise
| it. Nine-tenths of them whom we saw here
are democrats. A goodly portion of those
| brave and patriotic men are from Berks
: county.”
Rail Road.
We learn, says the Savannah Georgian,
that tiie Surveying Parly has reached within
sixteen miles of Columbus, and found an ex
cellent route for a road from Macon to that
| city.
The length will be about ninety miles.
Facts in a Nut-shell.
Texas was annexed before iMr. Polk was
inaugurated as President.
Ii was his sworn duty to protect Texas, as
much as any other Stale.
Mexico commenced an invasion of Texas,
for the avowed object of conquering it.
Had he refused such protection, he would
have been guilty of subornation, of perjury,
and justly liable to impeachment.
The Mexicans commenced the war by an
invasion of Texas.
The Americans are bringing it to a close.
Hereafter* American rights will be re
specied by Mexico. Heretofore they have |
been most foully trampled upon.
These assertions are all true, and present
the mailer in as few words as possible.
A Definition ofllie Democratic Principle.
In a recent debate m the Legislature of
Connecticut, some of the whig members hav
mor alluded to Gov. Cleveland’s political life,
0 1
brought him to the floor, (he being at member
of the House) and in the course of his reply,
he gave the following definition of the cle
mocratic principle:
“'] he gentleman, sir, has also been pfeased
to allude to my politics. Very good, lam !
proud of my party —the old democratic parlv ,
that has ever stood fast by i s principh e, and
the rights of our country. Y#s sir, I am
proud of this party. I 1 never swerves from j
duty—never abandons the cause of the coun
try,hut answers to its call whenever and
wherever there is danger. It has always been
so. It is so now. Tne Democratic pari\!
When did it ever shrink from rallying for the
country —when did it ever fail to throw its
mighty weight and its controlling influence
upon the side of our country’s rights?
When? Never! no, never!
“I am proud ol the party, sir, which has
so nobly directed the destm.es of this great
nation through trying scenes, as well as in
the days of peace and prosperity. It has met
dangers boldly, and has overcome them. It
is this party that has won a proud name for
our nation, and made it great and prosperous.
It is this parly that has moulded out free in- I
solutions into their present admirable form, !
startling the old world with its blessed re
forms—its equlizalion of laws and privileges,
it is the pany of progress, pursuing the right,
and with the blessing ol Heaven, securing j
that right. Its province is to bless mankind
—to make them happier—to cast off their j
burthens—to equalize their privileges—to i
develops tiie resources of the land and unfel- ;
ter the mind—to protect the rights of all—
yes, sir, to sustain the cause of L'berly, and i
maintain tiie great principles of this Free
Government, the Representatives of Liberty.
1 am proud of this party.
“Contrast it, if you please, with the old
Federal party, now sailing under false colors,
and with the false nama of Wing— now, as
ever, federal to the core. —Compare them, if
you please. What have been the services of !
these two parties in the cause of our country?
How do they appear side by side? The one !
always in the front rank of freedom and re
form, whilst the other, with its back turned
upon the honor and rights of our country, is
striving to retard and embarrass. The leder
a! pacty has ever been in the wrong, ever
against its country. Time has proved it io
be so. With its narrow policy—its selfish
schemes—its harsh principles—its disregard
for the honor and the rights of the nation, it
has stood out before the world opposed to the
democratic progress and. democratic reform,
opposed, 100, sir—and here is the withering
curse that rests upon this same Federal party
—'o the efforts of the Democracy to maintain
our sacred rights upon the field?
“Witness their course in the present just
war with Mexico; their black-hearted treache
ry under the cloak of hypocrisy—denouncing
I the present war as wicked and infamous, and
praising the leading men who conduct if, for
i party purposes merely! Reflect upon their
1 conduct in the last war—in 1812—and con
j Irasf, ii with their conduct now. Yes, sir,
and contrast it too with the unwavering firm-
I ness and patriotism of she democratic party
: during all this period. What a contrast! re
flecting honor upon the one party, and shame
upon the other! lam proud of my party —
prouder still, sir, when I think for a moment
i of Hie contrast between it and the federal
parly. And where is the democrat who is no ?”
The Poor 'lnn’s Gift. _
! The Dublin Freeman, in speaking of the
I .argo of the barque Express, one of the ships
of tiie Relief Committee, says that in it was
found a roll of leather. A gentleman asked
tiie history of so singular a shipment. We
copy from the Freeman:
“ Thai'' said Captain Saunders, “was put
on board bv a poor cobbler. He works at a
stall near the wharf in New York where rny
ship lay receiving her cargo. The day before
i I sailed, he came alongside and hailed me.—
•Is tiiis,’ s »id he, ‘the ship that is faking in
provisions for the starving Iris! ?» ‘Yes,’
said I, ‘this is the ship.’ ‘Well,* said he. ‘I
i guess 1 have something to send. 1 lia’n’t
miv money, and I ha’n’t any provisions to
spare from my wife and eight children; but I
mean to do something. So there,’ said he,
i heaving in a r 11 of leather, ‘that will help to
! make shoes for the poor fellows.’” How
i the Society of Friends mean to d spose of it
we have not learned.
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\F 'um the Washington Union, 23th u't. [
Despatches from the Army.
Despatches were received on Saturday
nig In by the War Office horn General
j Scott’s camp. Several of the so'd.e s
were sick in the hospitals of Vera Cm/,,
Jala pa, Peroie, and Puebla; but, wj:h the
reinforcements that were cn route from
Vera Cruz, he would probably have
troops sufficient by Ihe 22d to march Io
the capital, perhaps with »ut any serous
opp stint’. ITe had ordered all our troopt
to evacuate Jalapa, in order to sliengtheu
his active army. The last accouU's by
;tie s'eamer James L. Day a<e from Vera
Cruz to the evening of the 1 G.h instant,
which state that General Scoft had ad
vanced to llio Frio, whore a despatch is
said to have met him wi h a proposition
tor peace. If this last report be true,
it is probable that be will remain at FLo
Frio, and not forthwith march to the
capitol, but, according to the intimation
J in bis own despatches, wait till about tire
22d, both to give himself tiie opportunity
of receiving reinforcement's, and to allow
the .Mexicans more lime to negotiate with
the better grace.
Among the papers that were received
on Saturday from General Sc' It, is flic*
following interesting Drier from Gen.
Worth, w hich we lav before our read >rs:
11EAD4UAK I’EKS, Puebla, VI jy 15, 1817.
Sir; I nave Hie honor to report, lor in
formation of ihe general in chief, that the
force under my command, including the
j brigade of Major General Quitman, took
military position of this city at 10 o’clock
| today. Halting yesterday :l Amos'qie,
to await the junction of General Quitman,
: (‘or which purpose! had shonened the
marches of the leading brigade* the two
previous diys ) I found rm position sod
j dently menaced, at S o’clock, am., by a
large body of cavalry. This force ap
proached somewhat stealthily by a road
on our right unknown to ns. A rapid
examination, as it unma-ked itself, e
- as was supposed some 2 (KM),
(nil from accurate information obtained
here, 3,000 cavalry of the line, unsuppor
! ed either by infantry or artillery, and
I moving a mile on our right and towards
tire rear, led to the conclusion that it was
I a fiise to attract attention in that quarter,
j whr e the real attack was to be looked for
on the high road in front, or a movement
j on GHhi. Quitman, who might have bred
supposed theu-tral day’snmrch ift the rear.
It was presently reported that a heavy
I column was actually 6‘pproachtng on the
| main road. Thus it beta oh
while directing a portion of the so ce
aga list the visible n.e ny, to guard our
large train, reserve am nuhition, &
par ked m tire squae, again t the invisih e.-
Toe 2 1 artillery, w it!i a seel on ol Dun
can’s battery,mid r tiie brigade co uni u -
Col. Garland, the fiih infantry under
Major Bonneville, w ith Stepioe’s battery,
was promptly moved, and so directed as
to lake ihe enemy in flank. The head of
his column having now reached a point
opposite the centre of the town, and dis-
I unt about half a mile, the batteries soon
: opened a rapid and eff’eivefire. After
! some twenty five rounds, the entire co
lumn broke without at erupting a charge
or firing a sh >l, and hast ly fled up the
sides of the convenient hills. Only cue
; company of infantry (of tire Glh) was en*
I aided, from distance, to deliver its fire.—
| Tne broken column was seen to reuni e
| and resume its march in the direction of
i Gen. Quitman’s approach. 'Tiie 2d ar.
! tillery and Bth infantry, with two sec
tions of the light batteries, was put in its
track, when the enemy again swerved to
the ief’i, and disappeared in the hills.—
Two miles distant Gen. Quitman was met
| by the last named detachment. Ho hud
already dLcovered lire enemy, of whose
proximity iho firing had admonished
him, and promptly taken his order of hat
j tie. 'Fhe discomfited enemy readied Pile
| Ida late night, and evacuated the place
at 4 in the morning. We took some pris
oners, and found a few dead. Tne ene
my acknowledge a loss of 89 killed and
wounded. Gen. Santa Anna conducted
the enterprise. Unclosed, maiked A, is
a copy of a communication addressed, ou
tlie 1*21h,-K> the civil authorities of Puebla.
Again, marked C, on the 14Hi, with re
ply to the latter, marked D: also copy of
circular, dated 9th, addressed to comman
ders of corps, to regulate their conduct in
certain contingencies on the rnaich. It
is understood the force-which retired Horn
this city the day before yesterday, and to
day, Is io lake post at PuctUe del Tesma-