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rHK CONSTITUTIONALIST. J \ M L S OAK ONER, JR. terns. l'*«b A » V i)0 Li*v V\ «mpMv . |»«vf .f» (>0 j It J'au 1 , m MtlrAuoi' ...................... A (Ht ! AN 4l> . *muitu 4 tMI It VH s».K*lU'*>... ........... &0 I.» v i«lv. 1 OI'H'S *»v- "«*nt This will |tKlMir \\ orki\ J*u m itwh iy*i'!s ,»t isfxv «t TNNO OOl.lt vus V n t: vu, H ■• Suts>. i it‘or-< \x lu* w til |»a> »|* tilTvarusjrs, ami I t.Mf n.-xx .u'<\rnWr»,with the iiioucv, cun j;vt Nhr papvr at C.' tt' t f Vll «x'xv »ul*s»'rip'lifsn« W paid in md x simy. J paid on kll o ommumo at ions < and letter* of hu>iues.<. To A X»aiy just Married. To X| RS j. * Gn matnmotix s ftrVlx' se.i , 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 ■ihiiii■■■■■■!mi ■■ iii leMßaasrseaanaßsnßßHnaaß 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.”