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—mmmmmrn «m i * T -« i* m wrrm »• ' ’w i i.j-mw u" h■■ m)"— THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. JAMES GARDNER, JR. T E 11 31 S . Daily, per annum, $3 00 Tri-Weekly, per annum, 0 00 If paid in advance, 5 00 Weekly, per annum, 3 00 If paid in advance, 2 To Clubs, remitting $lO in advance. FIVE COPIES are sent. This will put our weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. Subscribers who will pay up arrearages, and send four new subscribers, with the money can get the paper at $2.00. ifOr \ II new subscriptions must be paid in advance. Postage must be paid on all Communications 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. ——■—■— \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-