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To A X»aiy just Married.
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I hear thou i't ventured fairly*—
I'hnurh yoiiitv iu \ ear> »i may iu>t be
Thy bark »s launched too earls .
L.u'h \M'h of mine to Ileus eu is sent
That on the stofim water
Thxni'lt prove a wit© obedient
As thou hast been a daughter
it' every wish of mine were bliss,
If every hope were p'eusurc.
Thou would'*! with hin\ find happiness,
Vnd he in thee a treasure ;
For even wish and hope of mine,
Andeverx thought and feeling,
Is tor the weal of thee and thine
As true as tuy revealing.
Be prudent in thy thought of dress,
Be sparing in thy parties;
Where Fashion riots in excess.
Oh', nothing there of heart is.
And can its palling sweets compare
W ith love of faithful bosom ?
Then of the fatal tree beware.
There is poison m its blossom.
Bear, and forbear, for much thou’lt find
In married life to tease ye,
And should thy husband seem unkind,
Averse to smile or please ye,
Think that amid the cares oflife
His troubles fret and tease him;
Then smile as it becomes a wife,
And labor well to cheer him.
Aye, auswe r him with loving xvord,
Be each tone kindly spoken,
For sometimes is the holy chord
By angry jarring broken.
Then curb thy temper in its rage.
And fretful be thou never—
For broken once a fearful change
Frowns over both forever.
Upon tby neck light bang the chain,
For hymen now hath bound ye,
O'er thee and thine may pleasure reign,
And smiling friends surround thee.
Then fare ye well, and may each time
. The sun smiles, find ye wiser ;
Pray kindly take the well-meant rhyme
•_ Os thy sincere adviser.
’ fTr.w- Orleans, May 21, 184 i:
{From the IV. O. Picajnne, 14 th mtf.j
Further Mexican Accounts.
Otii &ccoiints from the city of Mexico come
to us piece-meal. Mr. Kendall's letters and
some papers transmitted by him give the lat
-cat intelligence ; but there were, intervals in
thevnarrative which from time to time we find
the means to fill up. The accounts received
nt Havana by the Great Western which left
Vera Cruz on the Ist inst., furnish a little
information, and we derive some more from
the Boletin de las Noticing of Jalapa, received
by the New Oilcans. From these we pro
ceed to construct an intelligible statement of
affairs.
The reader will bear in mind that Mr. Bu
chanan’s recent letter was submitted by Santa
Anna to Congress. On the 13th July a com
mittee reported on the subject; and recom
mended that the despatch should fee returned
to Santa Anna. Congress by a decisive vote
sustained their report, which we translated
and published a. few cays since. We new
learn from the correspondence of the Diario
~>le la Marina that on the Ibth of July the
Foreign Secretary transmitted a new commu
nication to Congress. The point of it was
briefly stated by Mr. Kendall in one of his
late letters, but it is so important that wc give
the fuller version of it from the Diario.
The Secretary tells Congress that if that
bady is unwilling to assume the responsibility
of answering Mr. Buchanan’s despatch, neither
is Santa Anna desirous of taking it upon his
shoulders. He says in the first place that
there is a doubt as to one construction of the
law, and that this should be cleared up. The
Government did not consult Congress to know
whether the executive could take the initia
tive in negotiations —there was no doubt about
that; but the executive desired to know
whether Congress wished him to entertain the
overtures proffered. The dignity of the na
tion required that some reply should be given
to Mir. Buchanan’s letter ; it was the business
of the executive to make that reply, but he
desired to make such a reply as should ex
press the views of Congress. It was more ur
gent upon Congress to express their views,
as, by the law of the 20th of April last, it was
expressly declared that peace should not be
made with the United States- The Govern
ment is thus placed in a position where it can
not act. These points the Secretary dwells
upon at length- He then goes on to say that
the executive is not ignorant of the wishes of
the nation, nor can the nation be in doubt as
to those of the executive : That even in the
moment of his defeat (alluding to Cerro Gor
do) Santa Anna’s sole thought was how to
save the eapitol, and that iu the course of a
single mouth, as if by enchantment, he had
aroused public spirit and raised forces suffi
cient for its defence. But, continues the re
port,that is not the questiou;the question is,shall
the executive listen, or not, to the American
representative. Nor can the question be evaded
by saying that Congress is not an advisory
bodv, for it has been continually acting in that
capacity since it terminated its labors of amend
ing the constitution. To this the Secretary
adds ; “Some may say to themselves, ‘what
the Government wants is that we should re
lieve it from its embarrassments.’ True, gen
tlemen, that is precisely the case. The govern
ment knows what its powers are, and as to
them it has no occasion to consult Congress.
It knows, too, its duties ; but notwithstanding
that Congress and the inhabitants of the capi
■ tal, the nation and the whole world are wit
nesses of the manner in which he has dis
charged those duties,,yet the chief of the exe
cutive is the object of the most absurd sup
position on the part of some of his country
men and even of public functionaries. This
has extended so far that the cry for war has
been raised and an effort made to inspire dis
. trust of the Generel, the President,” &c. &c.
In conclusion, the Secretary says that the
Government is prepared for the war, and to
push it forward to the extent of is means ‘
that it is confident of a triumphant defence of the
capital, but that the future. God only can de
<._it‘erminG. The Executive insists that Congress
• *'should make- an express declaration whether it
is the’will of the nation that the Government
shall not listen to any kind of proposition
made on the part of the United States.
So far as known at Havana, Congress had
made no reply to this, nor had they acted upon
im 11 ibiui ■rniiiMM 1 iqi 11 —ii ■uirarMMMMaw—
it ttt (Ul. The Bahtin at Juiapu, of yd Au
gust. lay* that they have men the.,</«•/
(i-.thtrrno to the bint day of July, nj Uu ytrc
puhlish one article front it, not specifying the
i aato of it, but wo may presume it to bo very
Into. The article is important, as showing the
views o! the Government. It is a professed
; rrsumt of a series of articles, the. conclusions I
of \\ 1 kix'h are hut a reiteration of the views of |
thx' Secretary. The official editor holds that
war is not the normal state* of nations; that in
the due course of time pence must be con
cluded on some basis between the United States
and Mexico; but that in his opinion this can
never be done until Mexican arms have been 1
victorious, mul ho expressly counsels that 1
when they have won u victory they should ;
then tender the olive branch—never before.— I
But the President, for his own protection, de
sires an expression of the will of the nation as
to listening to American overtures. Congress
cun alone express that will; the President pro
mises to abide by it. His duties are two fold
—as a soldier and n civil magistrate. If (’en
gross and the nation wish war, and nothing
j but war, as a soldier ho will obey, and every
! thing is prepart'd for defence. If they wish
him to listen to the Americans, as the first
magistrate of the nation he is prepared to hear
j the expression of their will and to heed it.—
1 Let Congress, as the representatives of the
i people, declare their wishes; he is determined
j to comply with thcm> whatever they may be.
j But Congress is obstinately silent; no quorum
| can be obtained, for which the official editor
; lashes the delinquent members. He concludes:
: “The Government feels and knows its duties,
} and while those whose province it is, do not
I mark o fit any other ro.ursp to be pursued, the
; Executive will follow that which leads to glo-
I ry and the national .vindication.” ...
The inference would seem to be very obvi
ous from all we have given, that Bapta Anna is
extremely solicitous'to have .the whole pow
er x>f peace or war placed in his hands, and es
pecially that Congress should repeal the law
declaring it treason to talk of peace. . Me is so
urgent on this head that wc do not m under fit
the suspicions entertained by his countrymen
about his intentions. They believe, many of
them, that he is at heart in Favor of peace.—
Hence the letter in La Patria .the other day,
and the rumor of the appointment of commis
sioners a few weeks ago, and the revival of
such a rumor by our correspondent writing
from Vera Cruz on the 7th inst. , The BoUtin
de In Noticias censures the government journal
for talking so much about the possibility of
peace. It insists that it has a bud effect upon
the army and the nation. • _
In this connection we may mention that
Congress and Santa Anna are at variance upon
another point. The papers represent that Con
gress is strongly in favor of the removal of the
seat of government; Santa Anna is violently
opposed to it. From Santa Anna’s obstinacy
upon, this point, some infer that he is schem
ing to make the fate of the capital the crisis of
the war. Should it fall, they believe he will
insist upon a peace. Should he make a suc
cessful defence, Gen. Soott’s army would be
overwhelmed in all probability.
The Mexicans entertain great hopes of de
stroying this army. The Boletin says it is un
derstood that a division of the Mexican army
is to be withdrawn from the capital to operate
in the State of Vera Cruz, to cut our commu
nications off completely. Three thousand men
it says can easily be spared, and their presence
would give unbounded confidence to the guer
rilla parties. Upon the slightest reverse to
Gen. Scott, the whole country in his rear
would swartri with armed hien. It is grateful
to feel as we do, an undoubting conviction
that no such reverse can happen to our arms.
According to the Boletin, extensive prepara
tions were milking in the villages of the State
to harrass the train which left Vera Cruz on
the Gth iuit. They have great hopes of as
sembling force enough to overpower it.
[ From the N. O. Della, l Uh
Frdm Monterey.
Wc received the following letter yesterday
from our Monterey correspondent. It contains,
we believe, the latest information from that
quarter.
Contemplated March of Gen. Taylor on San Luis
Potosi —Departure of Paymaster Butler The
Massachusetts Regiment—State of the Weather.
Monterey, July 27th, 1847.
Eds . Delta —You have no doubt considered
me a very inattentive correspondent of late.
The lack of any thing new or important here,
is the only apology 1 can offer for my seeming
neglect.
A move tc San Luis PoUm has finally been
decided on. All the departments connected with
Gen. Taylor’s column, are actively engaged in
preparing for the march. The Ist September
is the time fixed Upon for the forward move
ment. The forces under Gen. Taylor would
seem, in my opinion, to be totally inadequate
for such an undertaking, but the old Hero, has,
to use his favorite classic quotation, determined
on the matter nolus wins.
Maj J. B. Butler, Paymaster'll. S. A., who
has been stationed here since February last,
will leave us in a few days, for Pittsburg, Pa.,
to enter upon the duties -of his new appoint
ment—that of Paymaster and Military Store
keeper at that place. Maj. B. has seen hard
service, and has performed the arduous duties
of his office since his arrival here, with the
greatest promptitude, and I may safely add, to
the universal satisfaction of the army, and all
those who had occasion to come in contact with
him fc in his official capacity; and the know
ledge of bis anticipated departure elicits but
one feeling here —that of universal regret. His
departure will be particularly regrettted, and
justly so by the junior and inexperienced pay
masters, and the Volunteer arm of the service
generally. He was particularly attentive and
accommodating, on all occasions, to the Vol
unteer officers, giving them every information
relative to the payment of their regiments,
which, though apparently a small matter, can
only be fully appreciated by inexperienced
officers who have ever come in contact with
some of the paymasters of the martinet school
school.
Some good jokes are told of the doings of a
portion of the Massachusetts Regiment, station
ed here. That corps has assumed the title of
the “Literary Regiment,” and why I cannot
imagine, as the only proof that has ever been
given of their literary attainments, is the im
mense amount of mail matter received by them
in the shape of newspapers, religious tracts,
&c. A non-commissioned officer of this regi
ment, after the arrival of the last mail from the
States, received his packages from the post
office, and repaired to his tent to peruse them.
In a few minutes afterwards, he was running
back to the post office, in a state of terrible
excitement, as if bitten by a tarantula. The
crowd of loungers around the office gave way
at his approach, and our literary hero entered,
exclaiming, “Postmaster, where the h—l is the
balance of my correspondence.- I have x-eceiv
ed but seventeen newspapers and nine letters,
and by G —d, sir, I ought, by this time, to have
received letters from half the girls in the Bay
State.” If “half the girls in the Bay State”
could see this literary and musical Adonis
sitting crosslegged, of an evening, on the Plaza,
dumking pulgue and playing on a ricketty ac
cordion, for the amusement of the Mexican
lazaroni, his female correspondents would be
few and far between.
I shall stall for Saltillo to-morrow, from which
place I will write you how matters and things
stand in that region.
Ihe weather here is as hot as blazes, and
prehaps a little hotter—no ice. and thermometer
96 in the shade. Yours.
i
(From the Columbus Times, 17 Ih inst j
. q .Voila! La Difference.
;1 Ihq difference betwixt the fabular “my Ox
: nd your Hull” ,is singularly exemplified by
Whit. Editors ip the present campaign. Our
“sen mpard” t ccandidate, at the last election was
made the butt of Whig wit arid vulgarity with
-1 out stint, modesty or decency —and that low
; cst of all demagogueisni,: which seeks to make
i a man unpopular with the people, on account
oft he polish of his maririers, the reftnementof
his tastes, and the gentlemanly nature of Ills
habits, was put in full practice ggainst Mr. Mc-
Alister. Now, it was a retributive justice, to
j remind these conscientious gentlemen of this
' little political pecadillo, when their present !
' candidate has stepped into the local shoes, of
our then candidate. It was making them
i swallow their own hot water, and bleeding
them, a-la-Dr. Sangrado, with their own choice i
lancet, just to refresh their memories, with
some of the reminiscences of the McAllister
I campaign. Hut the dear delicate creatures
I nerves were not prepared for it, and w hile hot
water and copious blood-letting were a pleas
ant pastime, when administered to Mr. Mc-
Allister, it is shockingly vulgar when it comes ;
j “betwixt the wind and the nobilily” of Gen.
I). L. Clinch, the Hero of Withlacoochec —the
resident of Camden county, away down on
the seaboard, and —greatest of all titles —the
| Whig candidate.
Now, if there is any sort of justice that
| the world applauds, and that the hearts of
| mankind will responsively beat to, it is that
j even-handed retributive justice, meted out to
i the guilty in the same scale and measure
I which he himself, uses. If we therefore, mea
sure Gen. Clinch in their “half bushel mea
sure,” and it only turns out a peck and a half,
who is to blame? We Democrats arc very
obliging people, we arc as willing to take a
l joke, as any body, but we don’t understand
: this one-sided way the Whigs claim, of run
: ning foul of our most w'orthy candidates with
their rude Demogogical rigs, and becoming so
pesky and delicate when a vulgar “how-wid”
Democrat returns “tit for tat.” We say then,
i if it was a political sin two years ago, for
Matthew' Hall McAllister to be a gentleman—
to five on the seaboard—to drink his good
wine—to, Wear .English broadcloth and line
Irish linen, (a proposition ice utterly denied then
and deny now) why, then (fen. Clinch of the
| county of .Camden, is obnoxious to all the
j same “swelled head” crimes, at this present
J speaking, and . should be weighed and found
wanting in the same scales that kicked the
1 j beam with McAllister.; iThis is rio test of our
! invention. .We should have scorned to have
: originated it. ft is Whig doings Wt is their
l “half bushel”; we say, measure Clinch in it,
■ arid then, if you please, throw in his talents,
‘ qualifications and statesmanlike acts, and if
r he makes over a peck and a half, we’ll give
r it Up. .<■ • , n <; .
■ | But, “may-be, ’ the Whigs did'at use Me
s | Allister in this way, two years ago. Their
L ; types have better memories than they have;
■ i Here is a paragraph from a “leading Journal”
‘j of the Whig party of the State: , ~. n)
“But the greatest objection is to the man—
a greater aristocrat never lived. He never
• had any sympathetic feelings for the people.
’ He belongs to that class in Savannah known
* as “Swell-heads,” who think the up-country
people no better than brutes; and is he the
man to he honored with the Gubernatorial
: Chair? Why it will kill him to live as far back
in the woods as Milledgeville. He never will
1 stand the “up country crackers.” If you will
move the State House to Savannah and fur
nish him with wines of the different brands,
he will make a jolly Governor, but if you put
him at Milledgeville, and give him “bald-face,”
he cant stand it; his aristocratic blood will cur
dle and he will be a dead man iu loas than six
months.”
But, not in prose only, but in the language
of the muse, did delicate Whigery, hunt down
a gentleman candidate, and seek to make his
refinement and polish, ridiculous in the eyes
of the people.
The following is from the “Southern Re
corder” of September, 181-3;
“The hat he wore
Had corners four.
And slouched about his cars—
No strops had on
His breeches brown,
And sunburnt he appears.”
“He sat behind,
Two horses blind
Perhaps no search 1 made—*
Both sore and lame—
Uis giq the stone,
I thought he’d corn to trade.”
We don’t wonder that the Whig editors
writhe under these reminders. They are too
pat, not to hurt. But aye do marvel at the
saintly audacity that affects to be horrified at
the use made by Democrats of these Whig
missiles, drawn from the campaign of 1845.
We must confess to a malicious satisfaction
in recalling these facts to the Whig fraternity.
We viewed their course then, as illiberal and
unmanly in political warfare, as it was humili
ating as a tribute to popular intelligence.—
And it is with a keen relish that we arev ena
bled, (without adopting their tactics) to offer
back the “poisoned chalice to their own lips.”
Well may they say with the Trojan Hero—
lufandum, jubes, Regina, renovarc, delorcm.
[ From the Federal Union, j
Col. Towns and the Cherokees.
From the up country we receive the most
cheering intelligence of the cordiality with
w hich Col. Towns’ nomination has been receiv
ed, and of the enthusiasm in his behalf, which
pervades the ranks of the democracy of that
region. They have not forgotten the zeal, a
bility and firmness with which he sustained
their rights and defended their character on
the floor of Congress, Avhcn both were assail
ed by that fanaticism which a morbid sympa
~ thy for the “poor Indians,” had engendered.
During the Congress of 1837 .and 8, and of
1838 and 9, he was constantly at his post, and
his efforts in effecting the removal of the Indi
ans, w'ere in their efficiency, second to those of
none of his colleagues- It would afford us
pleasure, could we find room, to lay before our
readers, some of the speeches which he then
delivered. For the present, we must content
ourselves with the following extract from a
very able effort in defence of Georgia, deliver
on the 23d of May, 1838:
“Now then, Mr. Chairman, how docs the
question stand? Yon have made a treaty with
the Cherokees by which you haye extinguish- j
ed their titles to the lands in Georgia. In this
you have redeemed at last your compact of
1802. Here then the question is settled. If
• Georgia is satisfied with the manner and mode
you have thought proper to discharge your ob
’ ligation to her, it does not become this Gov
ernment to object. We hold you to the com
pact with us; we hold you to the compact Avith
the Indians, which is the fulfilment of your
obligation to Georgia, And never will that
State, nor will I as one of her representatives,
consent to any modification or alteration of its
terms. To the letter I will go, and on that I
S stand or fall. Yes, Mr. Chairman, Georgia re
mained quiet, confiding in the justice of this
Government for more than the fourth of a cen
tury. She looked vrtth regret and mortifica
tion at the shameful neglect of her rights.—
: She saw and felt that repeated opportunities
•were offered when this Government could
j have extinguished the Indian title to the lands
within her borders. In 1808, in 1814, and in
1817, and in 1819, at which times treaties were
made with the Crocks and Cherokees, it was
in the power of this Government to have qui
eted the Indian titles to the lands in Georgia. [
But, sir, the policy of the Government was to
purchase the Indian title west of our bounda
ry. In Mississippi and Alabama the Indian ti
tle was first to be extinguished. What was
hie effect of this policy: To concentrate in
Georgia, and on her frontier, the whole Indi
an population of the mighty tribes of Creeks
and Cherokees. And, sir, as you narrowed
down her territory, in the same proportion did
thi* Government increase her difficulty in dis
charging her obligations to Georgia. This con
sequence should have been foreseen, and strict
ly guarded against. Yet it was the pleasure
to the Federal rulers, notwithstanding the re
! peated memorials and protests of Georgia, ob
stinately-to persist in the course of policy, the
direct tendency of tHiich was to fasten upon
the territory of Georgia, throughout all time,
an Indian population —a population that this
I Government was under the highest moral ob
ligation, as well as by express stipulation, to
j remove with the least possible delay, and at
| her own expense. Well, Mr. Chairman, after
| waiting from 1802 to 1829, with no earnest cf
; fort having boon made to discharge the obli
i gation of this Government to Georgia, a state
of things had actually taken place in the
Cherokee country which would no longer ad
mit of delay on the part of that State. It
was most manifest that Georgia had to look to
herself for the preservation of order and good
; neighborhood, for the maintainance of her
i political rights: and the enforcement of her
! own laws. Remonstrance and petition has
failed; arguments, reason and justice, urged
1 with the eloquence of candor by the constitu
ted authorities of Georgia, by her legislative
bodies, were no longer regarded with favor by
their Government. And the alternative was
presented to my State, cither of beholding for
| the first time in the history of this Govern
ment, the right of a sovereign State over the
: jurisdiction and soil within her own limits—a
right for which she, in common with the origi
nal thirteen States, fought for and won in our
Revolutionary struggle, and which she believ
ed and felt was guarantied to her by the Con
i stitution—prostrated under foot by a code of
Indian laws; or otherwise to assume the re
sponsibility that honor and patriotism demand
ed, of vindicating her laws and free institu
tions from violence at home or aggression from
anj’ other quarter. Sir, she did take her stand;
and I behold in her attitude that undying and
unconquerable spirit—the love of liberty—
which is the patriot’s best hope that our free
institutions may yet be preserved.”
Augusta, (Georgia.
Saturday' morning, aug. 21.
FOR GOVERNOR
HON, 0. W. TOWNS.
OF TALBOT.
Democratic Nominations for Senators.
4th Dist.—Camden and Wayne—Elias Fort.
sth Dist.—Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T. Hilliard.
7th o Tattnall and Bulloch—John A. Mattox
Bth “ Striven and BlTangham—W. J. Lawton.
9th “ Burke and Emanuel—VV r . F. C Morris.
12th “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. it. R E YNOLD9.
! 13th Baker and Early—Dr.. Wm. j. Johnson.
j 14th “ Randolph Stewart—VVilli am Nelson.
17th ‘ Macon afid Houston—John A. Hunter
| 29th “ TWiggs iihd Bibjhp- W. W. Wiooins.
; 25th “ Jones ahe! Tig ham—James M. Gray
, 26th “ Munroe and Pike—Col. Ai-len Cochran
I 28th “ Merrtwether and Coweta^—o«i. Warner
1 31st “ Fayette and Henry—Luther. J. Glen,v:
32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J C. Waters,
, 38fh “ Clark and Jackson—Samcfi .Bailey'*
1 39th “ Gwinnett and DeKalh—Jas. P. Simmons
i 40th “ Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin.
I 41st “ Cobk ftn.i Choratte VVM. II HonT.
, 43d “ Habersham and Rabun—Edw’d Coffee.
, 44th “ Lumpkin and Union—Elihu S. Barclay
Solars and Tobacco.
| The lovers of the weed, will find at the store
, of E. 11. Bezant, a bountiful supply, just rc
; ceived. Ho presented us yesterday with a
! sample of his “Regalia de los Cazadores,” “Ri
| flos,” “Regalia de Principe,” “Regalia de
Washington,” “Gastello Esculapis,” large and
small “Plantations,” large “La Nonna,” “Pal
metto,” “San Nicholas” and “Regalia Caba
! nas,” all of which are very fine.
J He also presented us with a sample of his
Peach Leaf Aromatic and Gen. Taylor brand
Tobacco, which looks good. The lovers of the
weed will always find a bountiful and well
selected supply at his store on Broad-street.
Tennessee.
MEMBERS OF CONGIIESS FuECTCD.
District.
1. Andrew Johnson, Bern, rc-clected,
2. Wm. M. Cocke, Whig, “
3. John H. Crozier, Whig, “
4. 11. L. W. Hill, Bern.
5. George W. Jones, Bern., re-elected.
7. Meredith T. Gentry, Whig, “
8. Washington Barrow, “
9. Lorenzo B. Chase, Bern., rc-clcctcd.
11. Wm. T. Haskell, Whig.
- Thus far, no change. Two districts to be
heard from, both of which in the last Congress*
l 0
were represented by Democrats.
P. S. A telegraphic despatch to the Phila
delphia North American announces the elec
of Gordon, Bern, in the 6th district, leaving
! only the 10th or Memphis district yet to be
ascertained. Last year Democratic,
New Cotton.
The Montgomery (Ala.) Flag and Adver
tiser, of the 17th instant, says—“A bale of
cotton from the plantation of Col. Isaac W.
Hayne, was sold by Lea & Norton, yesterday,
for 111 cents.”
Michigan State Debt
The Louisville Journal announces that funds
to pay the interest on the State debt of Mich
igan have been secured and are now on hand,
and that on the first of January next, Michi
gan will redeem her credit iu Bill, being then
no longer under the fear of my Lord Talmer
ston and the British Parliament,
Imports at New York.
The amount of goods imported and entered
at the Custom House at New York, exclusive
of those sent to the warehouse, and the amount
of duties paid during the week ending on the
13th inst., compared with the same period last
year, were as follows;
1846. 1847, Increase,
Free goods, 45,249 152,867 107,218
Dutiable goods, 1,048,323 3,793,971 2,145,448
Total merchandise, $1,093,772 $3,940,838 $2,253,060
Specie, 16,027 100,465 84,4:18
Totals, $1,799,799 $4,047,393 $2,337,504
Cash received, $171,610 40 980,193 50 514,583 04
Boston Custom House.
• The new Custom House of Boston, which
was commenced in 1837, has just been com
pleted at a cost of $1,064,158, and was opened
for business on Tuesday week.
i An erroneous impression having been |
formed in relation to the recent unfortunate i
t
difficulty in New Orleans between Orrcn Byrd
and Mr. Edwards, from the statement publish
ed in the New Orleans papers, we have been
requested to publish the following extract of a
letter received in this city.
“NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 14, 1847.
“My Dear Sir :—With unfeigned and deep
1 sorrow, I undertake the task of communica
ting to vou the violent death of vour son, Or- j
I y
ron Byrd, who was shot down in Camp-street
! of our citv, on Thursday evening, about 5 o’- 1
i °
i clock. The perpetrator of tins outrage was j
Mr. C. Edwards, a young lawyer of our city,
with whom my poor young friend had a diffi- j
culty for nearly two years, caused by the ;
base ingratitude of Edwards to your son, who
had been a true friend to him. During the
early part of the present year, the feud was
extremely violent between them, and through
the intervention of friends the affair was left
to arbitration, each party binding himself on
Wonor , undjtr their several signatures, to abide
by the decision of their respective friends.
Your son named me to act for him, and Ed
wards was represented by a worthy gentleman
of our city, Mr. C* H. Lee. After a full, fair
j and impartial investigation, the matter was ar
ranged much to the credit of your son. and
| consequently to the great disadvantage of Ed
wards, who (although bound by honor to let
; the affair drop) has continually reverted to the
old trouble, and denounced your soli and his
friends on all occasions; during which time
your son acted very cooly and with more cir
cumspection than could have been anticipated, j
but he kncw r that his position was good and
that Edwards was not believed, and he al- ;
so knew* that Edwards was a coward, as ho
; would not accept a challenge from him. Thus 1
| this unfortunate affair continued until the fa
tal day of his death. On the morning of
Thursday, Edwards had repeated his harsh
: language under aggravated circumstances, and I
1 had boasted he had purchased a revolver to
• be prepared for contingencies, when unfortu
-1 nately Orreu met him after dinner, and ap- ,
| proached him saying, ‘So Mr. Edwards you !
: are still using my name.’ Edwards stepped |
I back, placing his hand in his coat pocket for }
j the purpose of drawing his weapon; on see- i
ing which, Orrcn struck him with a light cane i
I (bamboo) across the face, Edwards still retreat
■ ing until he drew and fired, the ball taking es- |
! feet, but still Orren following him lashing him i
j° . °
■ with his cane—the other kept retreating and |
| firing, and the third shot entering, passed into
; the luugs and killed him instantly. As he
: fell into the arms of his friend, Col. J. B. Wal- j
{ ton, he exclaimed he was a “dead man;” these
were the only words he used. A great ex- j
citemeut exists here. The former troubles of !
V < •
your son have been raked up, and although he |
was the assailed {tarty iu both duels, there are :
always a sufficient number of cur dqgs who
will bark over a gallant and brave man. He ;
died as he had lived, as brave as a lion. He
had his faults, (and where is the man without
them,) but his high toned, chivalrous bear
ing—his prcfuSe and noble generosity —and his
warm arid confiding disposition, endeared him
to a large end respeettible number of friends, who
followed him to his last home with hearts
i
overflowing with deep sorrow and extreme re- |
S ret ’” ,- ,-v s^ -v-~ v >
The Yellow Fever.
The New Orleans Picayune, of the IJtli in
stant, says—“ The reports which wc daily pub
lish keep our readers apprised cf the triera?
Icnce of the epidemic. \Ve have little to add
to these reports. The mortality which has i
marked the progress of the disease we honest
. ]y believe is to be attributed, more than is }
usually the case bi our epidemics, to a want
of proper attendance. Many have suffered
from the disease who were friendless; who
sought no aid or could obtain none until it
was too late. Henceforth we apprehend less
I mortality on this account, as private societies J
arc now- fully aroused to the discharge of their
benevolent duties, and the municipal author!- I
I ties have taken efficacious measures to extend
i relief to the indigent and needy.
| “In private practice we learn that, although
I there are many cases, they are almost uniform
|lyof a mild type. Os the deaths "which oc
! cur in private practice, several to our know
j ledge arc attributed solely to gross imprudence |
I after the patient had been pronounced conva
lescent. This fact cannot too strongly be borne
• in mind. It is pitiable to hear of such cases
as w r e have done, but it suggests at once the
easy remedy to prevent a relapse—unceasing
watchfulness and prudence during convales
cence.”
Steamer Philadelphia.
The steamer Philadelphia, which left New
York on Sunday morning, carried a very large
mail, nearly 20,000 letters and newspapers.
She had thirty-nine passengers. The cargo of
the Philadelphia is composed principally of
: cocoa and whalebone.
The Late Freshet
The Winyah Observer says that the late
freshet was not as destructive to the rice crop |
as was apprehended, although considerable
damage has been done. Those who suffered
most are those w'ho planted highest up the Pee
Bee river. John H. Tucker, John 11. AUston,
Francis M, Weston, Jr., and John 11. Read, Jr.,
; are the principal looscrs. The crops on the
j Santee were not covered, and the damage if any
is very trivial. The rainy aveather still con
tinues, but theAvater in all the rivers is subsid
ing. The crops of corn and rice and peas are
good. It is conjectured that three thousand
tierces may coA'er the loss of rice in the neigh
borhood of Georgetown.
Breadstuff s.
The quantity of breadstuff's exported from
the United States to Great Britain, from the
Ist of September to the latest dates, nearest
the 10th instant, Avas as annexed :
Wheat Flour, barrels—..,. 2,992,319
Corn Meal ..... .... 826,536
Wheat, bushels 3,464,400
Indian Corn 15,800,917
KA r e 84,333
Oats 436,884
Barley 308,324
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Important Development of Crime.'
A man named Reuben Maddcx was recently
tried at Eaton, Preble county, Ohio, on a
| char 3 e of arson. In the course of the trial the
j followin 3 disclosures were made by a witness,
I "who turned State’s evidence: “There is a
| mammoth company of pick-pockets, thieves,
| rob bcrs, and even murderers, bv the name of
the ‘Royal Band,’ or ‘Boston Sons,’ that have
their headquarters at Pittsburg, p a . \t Law
renceburg, la., they have another resort, for
] the convenience of the ‘Sons,’ and one at Ea
j ton—a small branch, yet organized under a
regular captain, who enjoys the noted soubri
quet of ‘Captain Kidd.’ This gang had laid
their plans for burning the houses and other
property of the citizens, and of robbing, and
even murdering, some business men in the
town.”
Fire in Portland.
On the 14th, a tire broke out in Portland in
the twine factory and dwelling house of Mr.
Foyes, on Free street, and thence extended to
fifteen or more houses on Cotton street, the
majority of which, with their contents, were
destroyed before tho flames could be extinguish
ed.
Mr. Wilson, tho Artist.
The Charleston Patriot, of the 18th instant,
says—“We yesterday afternoon visited the
atelier of Mr. Wilson, the accomplished artist,
who has been engaged by tho State of Geor
gia to copy Tanderlyn’s painting of Gen.
Jackson, in the possession of the City Coun
cil of Charleston. Mr. Wilson has made con
siderable progress in this labor and is already
bcgiri.ni.rlg in his copy to show the command
which he has over his art. We also noticed
several portraits in the room, executed by Mr.
Wilson, whose style of painting in this depart
ment is worthy of all admiration. In the co
loring of flesh, in the disposition of light and
shade and in giving a life-like expression to
tho countenance, we have never seen Mr. Wil
son’s superior. Among , other portraits wc
noticed that of Charles Fraser, Esq., of this
city, which is beautifully and successfully ta
! ken. Wc cannot pay a higher compliment to
; Mr. Wilson than to say, that the subject of
this admirable portrait, himself an accomplish
ed artist, has, wo understand, expressed a high
opinion of the painting. Mr. Wilson, we un
derstand, will make this city his permanent
j winter residence hereafter.. We advise our
1 friends who desire to have their features per
| petu ited on canvass, to call upon Mr. Wilson,
' at the Pavilion, and give him a few sittings.
We .assure them that they will see the ‘hu
j man face divine’, so m looking out from his
1 easel with life-like expression that not every
| artist finds it easy to effect.”
Gold Mining 1 .
A handsome business is doing in the Vau
cluse mint. Orange co., Va., the most exten
sive gold mine now in operation in the United
States, the capital of which is to be raised
| $-500,000* divided into 10,000 shares of SSO
I each. Large subscriptions have been made
in Washington, and among them extensive
ones for English houses.
Curious Will:
The following is art extract from tho will of
a gentleman of Philadelphia, lately deceased.
His wife, children and mother-in-law had
! conspired together to ruin his reputation.
| “Whereas, my daughter refused me a night’s
| lodging in her house when I had no place of
abode, J therefore leave her one cent, and to
her hen-pecked husband, half a cent, as a man
who allows his wife to insult her father in bis
presenqp, is no man. To my other children I
rocommend a perasual of the fifth command
ment. Jo my mother-in-law I bequeath six
cents, provided she buys. therewith, a halter to
hang herself for having swindled the Elect out
of a gold watch she wears, under a pretence of
benevolence and Christian conduct and beha
vior;” ** •>*-/« «*■*
. t: Dead. , t (
Marvin Hale, Esq., proprietor arid editor of
the Elizabethtown Journal His death was
| caused by lock-jaw, resulting frcfrrf the injury
which he received a few days since <M tire
I railroad. £
Departure of the French Steamer.
j We copy the following from the New York
. Herald of Monday rooming :
| This elegant steamer left her dock yesterday
! morning at a quarter to 9 o’clock, after having
run up at the foretop the American flag with
two tri-color flags the emblem of her natiors
'rirc departure, which had been announced for
8 o’clock, was delayed three quarters of an
hour by a slight accident to one of her cables.
After having slowly proceeded down the
East river to the Battery, which was crowded
with numerous spectators to see her, she fired
a parting salute of four guns to the empire
city, and then headed under full steam to the
Quarantine, where, after a short stoppage, she
to sea. She passed tho narrows at half
past 11 o’clock.
£ Correspondence of the liaitbfiore Pat not.']
By Telegraph. _
New- \oux, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2 P. M.
j Dreadful Disaster at Sea —Immense Loss of
Life. —We have the distressing intelligence
here to-day, brought by the arrival of a vessel
just in port, that the ship Iduha, which left
Hamburg for New York, with tiro hundred
and six passengers on hoard, foundered at sea
on her way over,and one hundred and seventy-two
of the passengers went down to a watery grave.
The comrAander of the vessel. Capt. Mobery,
was also lost. Those who escaped were picked
up at sea by a vessel that fortunately come to
their assistance in time. They were clinging
to the wreck in a condition of dreadful suffer
ing.
[Our despatch giving the account of this Uis
tressing calamity does not specify the latitude
and longitude n which the Iduna was when
she foundered.]
; TLe the Pennsylvania Canal
for the month of July amounted to $182,812,
or $37,507 more than during the month of Ju
ly, 1846. * Since November 30, or in eight
months, they have amounted to $1,019,551 88,
or $307,076 more than the eight months from
November 30, 1845, to July -31, 1846. Pdfs*
bury Gazette.
Felicity of Description. —The New Orleans
Delta speaks of a “juvenile Teuton, witn a
head that looked like a chestnut burin autumn,
i and a name that sounded like the noise made
I when a bucket of slops is dashed against a
| stone wall.”
In a 'J* 1 ’
kins explained the meaning of the word ‘-dra
per”—“one of those gentlemen, who rub tiietr
hands, and ask the ladies if they want anything
1 else.”