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Much the most important intelligence by this arrival is contained in the following, from the Flag of the 18th: Another Massacre.— Intelligence was received on Saturday last, confirmed since b} letters from Cerralvo to the 9th inst., that a scouting I party of twenty-seven Texans* commanded by Capt. Baylor, ordered out by Col. Abbott, com mandant at Cerralvo, to scour the country be tween that post and Monterey, had fallen in with a large body of Mexicans, and all been Itilled but three. Gur letters inform us that Capt. Baylor left Cerralvo on the 6th inst. and following out his instructions, visited several ranchos in the neighborhood of where the recent attacks had been made upon the trains. At two ol these ranchos goods and property captured from the trains were found secreted in the houses, and the guilt of a participation in these robberies being clearly proven against the Mexican resi dents, the property was retaken, the dwellings of the guilty burned and several known des perate characters killed. With three prisoners which he had captured, Capt. Baylor was re turningto the main road, when he found him self surrounded by a large force of Mexicans, Stated at three hundred, undoubtedly the same force which had attacked the trains previous ly. He was completely hemmed in, and the Mexicans charged upon his small band, killing ' many of them the first discharge of fire arms. Three of the party effected their escape by crawling into the chaparral, and got into Cer ralvo dreadfully lacerated with thorns. When they last saw Capt. Baylor he was wounded and" unhorsed, but still fighting, and only three of his men were in their saddles. They think it impossible that any more could have escap ed, and do not believe that the Mexicans made any prisoners. Two days had elapsed since ! they got back to Cerralvo, and nothing had , been heard of any of the rest of the party. In [ the dwelling of one of the Mexicans mado prisoner by Capt. Baylor, (so the men who es caped report,) were found two letters from the chief alcalde of Cerralvo to Canales, inform ing him in whose possession he had placed cer tain goods captured from the trains, which he (Canales) had empowered him to dispose of in ■ Cerralvo, and also giving him to understand that if he stood in need of anils, horses or men, he had but to make his wishes known and they would be attended to. These letters were in Capt. B.’s possession when attacked, and have been recovered by the Mexicans. In conse quence of the report made to Col. Abbott, he has had the alcalde and several other influen tial Mexicans arrested. After confirming the above, a officer in the Massachusetts regiment writes from Cerralvo to a friend in this city, under date of the Bth August: “The two last trains up were attacked, and thirty or forty pack mules cut off from each. A train left here yesterday for Monterey, and we have positive information that some 400 Mexicans are lying on the road to cut them off. Things at this post are in rather a state of ex citement : hardly a day passes without some person being murdered on the road, and we He here, knowing that the enemy is in large force in our immediate vicinity, without the means of acting except on the defensive. We have no mounted force on the post, nor the means of mounting a single man of our own, •hould an extreme ease of necessity require it. It ia much to be desired that the Government will soon clearly see the great folly of placing troops along this line, with their hands tied, to be made a laughing-stock of by an enemy so contemptible as the Mexicans. I do not know when w-e shall move on, but if at all, I think somewhere about the Ist of September.” The Flag has become satisfied that all inten tions of an advance towards San Luis by the column of Gen. Taylor has been abandoned. The Flag condemns this course, considering it an essential step on our part to occupy San Luis Potosi,aud open communications from that city to Mexico. Gen. Marshall and Major Churchill passed up the Rio Grande on the 17th inst., on their way to join Gen. Taylor. Here is a paragraph from the Flag of the 14th that may interest some of our cotempo raries—“a respectable Delaware Indian” par ticularly : Mr, S. Fischer from Matamoros, authorizes a statement in the New Orleans National that Col. Davenport, commanding here, had read an order to the troops on parade, that Gen. Scott had entered the city of Mexico with the loss of 300 men. We must tell the National that Col. D. never read, or caused to be read, any such order, or ever had any confidence in the various reports of Gen. Scott being in the city of Mexico. The steamer Major Brown, which it will be recollected, ascended the Rio Grande on an ex ploring expedition, about a year ago, and got os high up as Laredo, where she has since been detainc I, has at length effected a descent, and reached Matamoros on the 11th inst., as we learn from the Flag. The Brown is a superi or light w-aterboat, and has sustained no inju ry on her long trip. Two Mexicans were killed the other day in j Matamoros by the foul air of a well which they were cleaning out. The Flag of the 14th, gives the following details of brutal outrages committed by men in the uniform of American cavalry soldiers. About 2 o’clock in the night of the 12th inst. a party of twelve Americans, mounted, arm ed and equipped as our volunteer cavalry, rode into the rancho of Solicena. about eight leagues distant from this city, the inhabitants of which arc in daily intercourse with us, and under the pretence of searching for arms, entered the dwellings and perpetrated outrages of every imaginable kind. The men were abused and forced to flee from their houses, the women insulted, their jewelry and trinkets taken from them, and every dwelling robbed of what money could be found. One Mexican, who has made a report to the board of alcaldes ot this city, states his loss at over .sls0 —money that he had received from the sale of "wood to steamboats. Several other ranchos were visited by this party during the same night,but the inhabitants were forewarned of their approach, and fled to the -woods with everything valuable they pos sessed—few of them have yet ventured to re turn. From the rancho of Guadeloupe, only I three leagues from here,, the inhabitants ha\c I likewise fled and deem it unsafe V) return un i til some protection is afforued tnem. .. i V few days previous to these occurrences, a I similar body of men, conducted by two. Mexi- . cans, visited the rancho of La Jarita, and pert j p e trated like and even worse crimes'._ Fears pi still more serious consequences to themselves, i should they report the offenders to the com- j mandant here, induced the Mexicans to bear their wrongs in silence —hence the reason so many days have elapsed without any mention being made of it. Col. Davenport has been informed of these ! outrages, and is using proper measures to fer ret out the offenders. When ascertained, it is to be hoped a punishment clue to their crimes will be inflicted upon them. The coward j scoundrels, who could so disgrace the name of ! American soldier, as to insult, abuse, ill treat and rob unarmed men and helpless women, will prove poltroons in battle, and bring dis- j grace upon the company to which they are at | tached. The sooner the “Rogues March” an nounces their dismissal from the service, the . i better it will be for their companions in arms ! and the country, whose name they dishonor. Some of the jewelry stolen from the ran chos, vee are informed, has been disposed of in this city. This may lead to a conviction of the ! offenders. The following extracts are made from the Flag of the 11th. , From Monterey . — Trains A Hacked. -—Mr. Cool ridge of the Massachusetts regiment,and several j other gentlemen,direct from Monterey, who left ; there on the Ist inst., and arrived here On j Monday last, furnish us with the following ■ particulars of the operations of the guerrillas on j the Monterey road: On the 30th July, an express mail wagon for Monterey, with an escort of seven men, under Lieut. Reynolds, was attacked ten miles from Marin, by about sixty Mexicans. The mail i driver succeded in passing the ambuscade and i putting his horses to their speed, reached in i safety, the encampment of a train which was coming down from Monterey. The escort were scattered by the assault, and two of the number are missing, supposed to have been killed. The next day after this attack, a merchant’s , train, composed of sixty mules and several wagons, under a small escort of citizens, was attacked at Punta Aguda, by a large fore of Mexicans, and the entire train captured. The assault was so sudden and overpowering, that no resistance could be offered. The first inti mation of an attack was given by a discharge of fire-arms from the thicket on each side of the road, and an immediate charge of cavalry !on the train. The number of the attacking party ceuld not be correctly ascertained, but it was supposed to be from 106 to 150. Immediate flight was the only chahce of escape, and all who could sought safety in the thickets, and afterwards to reach the rancho of Papagallas, where, fortunately a train from Monterey, es corted by thirty dragoons, had just arrived and encamped for the night. Those who had es caped from the attack on the train, gained the side of the mountain during the night, from i whence they discerned the American encamp | ment at Papagallos, and all but one of the es cort got into the encampment before morning. The Mexican muleteers and all the merchan dise, amounting in value to some twelve or fifteen thousand dollars, fell into the hands of j the Mexicans. Only one American was known i to be killed, though several were missing. The downward train broke up their encampment at Papagallas in the morning and came on to Cerralvo without molestation. In passing the ; spot whre the attack had been made the evening j previous, no vestige of the property had been left. The body of the wagoner was found a short distance from the road and buried. Can ales commands the robbers who have proved so ; successful in their forays of late, i At Cerralvo a large government train was met, proceeding to Monterey, and the dragoons who had just come down with the train from that place, -were added to its escort and -would i return. Departure of a Train. —A train of 125 empty i wagons despatched yesterday forCamargo, es corted by Capt. Butler’s company of 3d dra goons. This train will receive freight at Camar go and proceed to Monterey, and it is under stood, will make up sufficient transportation for Gen. Taylor’s intended march. The quar termaster’s department here has displayed much energy in getting up this train, and ia i certainly deserving great cfedit for the speed ; with which it has been prepared and good ; training of teams, w hich, from being unbroke mules but a week or ten days ago, have been put into harness and made to work admirably. Capt. Butler’s company of dragoons made a magnificent display, and their carriage and horsemanship speaks well for Capt. Butler’s drill and discipline. Later from Texas. By the steamer Yacht, Capt. Crane, we have papers from Galveston to the 21st inst. The papers of the country generally repre sent the in-coming cotton crop as large and fine. Some complaint is made of the worm in certain quarters, but little importance is attached to it. The latest number of the Civilian copies from 1 the Victoria Advocate the following,at the same time indicating doubts of the authenticity of the intelligence contained in it: We learn, from a friend recently from San Antonio, in whose statements the utmost reli ance may be placed, that on the 28th of July Col. Hays returned from the pursuit of a body of Liban Indians who had been committing de predations upon the frontier. A fight took place on the Leon, one of the head waters of the Nueces river, in w-hich six of the Lipans ; were killed. A Mexican girl, about fourteen years old, and a boy about ten, w r ho had been ; prisoners among the Indians, w-ere brought in. The girl was first taken at Laredo, about a year since. She was afterwards released and sent home by the people of San Antonio. She has been a second time taken, and is now a second ' time released by them. Col. Hays also took a number of horses and mules, which are said to have been stolen from th ; Americans. Our in formant gathered the above information from the members of the comp my. He did not talk with Col. Hays. He left San Antonio on the evening of the 24th, via Corpus Christi. Twenty five miles above San Patricio he passed a large body of Indians, which he supposed to be Ca manches, encamped on t ie Nueces. He thinks they numbered about one hundred and fifty,and had three hundred head of horses in their pos session. They came from the Rio Grande re gion, and crossing the Nueces at their encamp ment, were travelling north. Our informant also states that on the day before he left San Antanio an express arrived there bearing despatches to Colonel Hays from Major Neighbors, Indian agent. The express stated that the Camanchcs had be come hostile and had ordered all persons who were surveying lands to leave that part of the country. The express also states that five sur veyors, under Mr. Robert Hays, a brother -of i Col. Hays, who were missing, had been cer tainly killed. It was also rumored at the agency that Mr. Hudson, of Bastrop, with twenty-five men, who were out surveying o n the San Saba, had been killed or taken prisoners, [ From Vie Neiv Orleans Picayune, 25th inst .] Intercepted Correspondence. M e have before us the Boletin dc las Noti ces of the 6th and Bth of August. This, it will be recollected, is a little Mexican paper published at Jala pa. In the number of the 6th we find, under the head of “Intercepted Correspondence,” what purports to be “part of ; a private correspondence from the Cabinet at I Yv>diingtou to Gen. Scott.” We : lieve the letter to be genuine, though linkU 1 we have not detected the Mexicans in off pretended letters from the at i Washington for genuine pnes. The reader Will bear in mind that ijt has undergone two ! translations, grid without, further .ado we ah- J i hex it as it purports to have been given in th^ ; Repr,blicano, No. 178—the date is omitted : J • “Our position has become difficult, and the discount suffer on the drafts drawn against the commissary general of, the armies, fit Or - leans, renders our situation still more critical, ' as X dare not risk to exchange these d.af.s against others on - I “A new loan cannot be realized, nor would it be advisable. Could we entertain any hope of success with the wrong turn the elections | have taken ? Without that iudispensible re course could we raise the troops of the line you demand? The States ot the Lnion iear an accumulation of paper, and her banks 1 would become bankrupt under an agglomera tion of notes. How can we hope to venture upon further engagements in new enlistments of volunteers ? Besides, general, the men i whose term has expired have been much dis ! satisfied, and it is communicated like electric gas to the new recruits, and the information ! received at this Department is anything but [ flattering. Will the States raise the ten thou sand men you demand ? I doubt it much, and ! I fear that you will remain in the centre of Mexico, which you represent as densely popu lated and formidable, in a state oi inactivity, which has also been very unexpectedly the fate of Gen. Taylor. To your foresight and skill (I am sorry to say so) is confided our fate.” [The next sentence is obscure though short. It seems to intimate that the general is the main, reliance of the hopes of the Govern ment to extricate it from its present position.] “Employ well the resources which you are go l ing to receive, and those which we shall furnish you hereafter, fomenting the desirable revolu tion which you announced to us, which is to open for us the gates of Mexico and to put an end to the false position in which the Union finds itself. If the revolution should not be I as far advanced as you expected by the 4th of June, you will have tact enough to obtain an armistice, amusing these people with proposi tions for peace and neutralizing in the mean time the movements of those guerrillas that so much annoy you. Do you give us any hope, [From the N. O. Delta, 2ith last.] The Battle of Hie Frio. "We think it not improbable, that this long expected engagement, which is to decide at least the issue between the military power of the two countries, occurred on or about the 15th of this month. If our opinion be justi fied by the event, we shall not hear the result of the battle, until the last of the month. Everything seems to indicate that a moment ous and decisive contest has taken place. The Mexicans were unanimous in their determina tion to cast the hazard of their die, upon the J issue of one last, united and vigorous effort in : defence of their capital. They will make no treaty until they have inspired their enemies with respect, by a manly resistance. If ever a people had a motive to fight—if ever men were so situated and circumstanced, as to make fighting an unavoidable necessity, and anything short of the most determined courage, a shame and reproach —the Mexicans are that people. Not only honor, but sound policy, dictates this manly resistance. A gen erous foe could never refuse liberal terms to a brave enemy. Thus prompted, and favored by great advan tages of position, the Mexicans will no doubt make Rio Frio, or some other difficult point of the road, the scene of the last trial of strength ; , between the two countries. Santa Anna will j now be able to assemble 20,000 good soldiers, i ! with forty or fifty cannon, a prodigious force, 1 | to operate under the cover of rocky heights, ' masked batteries, inaccessible retreats, elevat i ed points, and other advantages, which his de fensive attitude will enable him to secure. But w hat can such a force and such advah ; tages avail against twefve thousand of such men as compose the armies of this Republic— men full of all manly qualities—indomitable in endurance, inexhaustible in resources, in- j vincible in courage—men who know no such j words as “fail” and “defeat”—men led on by officers, who would have done honor to the j age of chivalry — men, not mere machines and j mercenaries, but possessing intelligence, skill, sagacity—each of whom can play the com- ' mandcr and officer, when the emergency re- 1 quires it, and each of whom is prepared to yield | up his heart’s blood in defence of the honor of our noble flag, and iu support of the rights ! and dignity of our pow erful Republic. Yucatan, Guatemala, &c, I Insurrection in Ên — Murder of the Whites hij the Indians — Coa/itio iof Guatemala with Mexico —Attack on the Travis —Reported Defeat of the ; Americans. The Patria of yesterday morning, has very important news from Yucatan, concerning a projected insurrection of the Indians, and mas sacre of the white population* It appears that a Chief of the tribe ofChichi mula, near Valladolid, named Manuel Antonio Ay, ordered an Indian in his confidence, to ! ; notify the.chie s of the various tribes, who | were concerned in the conspiracy, to be pre- | pared to take part in the insurrection on the 15th of the present month. The Indian, how ever, immediately disclosed the whole plan to i the Governor of Valladolid, Don Jose Eulqjio i Rosado. Senor Rosado commanded him to notify all the tribes which the chief had de signated, and afterwards to present him with i the names of those who would take part in I the insurrection. By this means, the Gover nor became possessed of the names of the con- ; spirators.and proceeded to arrest and punish the guilty, the first being the chief Antonio Ay. As soon as the conspirators heard of the { ' death of this chief, some of the tribes hastened the movement, assassinating all the whites 1 and colored inhabitants, reserving only the | women. The prompt measures taken to re press the insurrection, seem to have been ef fectual. One of the principal means which the Gov- | I eminent has taken to avert the evils which threaten that unhappy country, has been to ■ prohibit the sale of escopetas and all other kinds of arms. The Patria says that El Siglo publishes two proclamations, one of the President, and an other of two Generals of Divisions of the State of Honduras, in Guatemala, calling the atten | tion of the Central Americans to the condition of Mexico, that they may render assistance to , their unfortunate neighbors. A letter in the Patria, gives a -detailed ac count of an attack upon the train which left ; Vera Cruz under the command of Maj. Daily. The celebrated Father Jarauta, at the head of I 400 guerrilleros, having united his forces with those of two other leaders, attacked the train, j and succeeded in stopping its progress before it reached the National Bridge, at a place call ed Puente Chica, (Little Bridge.) Maj. Dal ly finding the guerrillas in possession of the heights, formed his command into six columns, and endeavored to dislodge them. The at- i tempt failed, and the Americans were repnls- j ed with severe loss, the ground being covered with the dead and wounded. The rout would 1 have been complete, if Father Jarauta, who was stationed some distance in the rear, could have come up in time to share in the opera- | tions; but before his arrival, the Americans succeeded in effecting their retreat. On ac- j ; count of the failure of their ammunition the j guerrilleros abandoned the heights, which | i“LVJnei.iagjagaaf^w^— [ were occupied on the morning of the by the Americans, who immediately entered into i negotiations for a surrender, having already lost many wagons and 250 men leaving no more than 400 effective combatants. In another part of his letter, the correspon dent of the Patria affirms that he had just re- I ceived information of the surrender of the L\ ankees.. * Ina letter from Tampico, dated the 17th inst., it is stated that Gen. Scott left Puebla with 12,000 men and 45 pieces of artillery. — The same letter asserts that at the last accounts G eh. Urrea was at Tula, where he was ordered to remain. - At a place called Chncoy, distant 20 leagues from Tula, were also two advanced corps iff Mexicans, one commanded by Lieut. [ Prom the N. O. Delia, 2,o th inst.} t Guatemala. The demonstration of one of the States Os Central America, referred to by us yesterday, is a serious move, which demands the prohipt and judicious action of our Government.— Since the failure of Mr. Stephens’ embassy; who, unfortunately arrived in the country iii the midst of the fierce and sanguinary revolu tion between the centralists and federalits, and the insurrection of Carrera against both, par ties, and could not, therefore, determine to which power he should present his credentials, ■ we have had no diplomatic intercourse with the States of Centred America. This has been an error, an unwise omission on our part. — The government of these States for the last eight or ten years, considering the bad exam ple set down by their nearest neighbor, has exhibited extraordinary stability and efficien cy. Carrera, though a young, unlettered, in experienced, wild Indian, has in an incredibly short time prepared himself for the judicious and successful administration of the undis : guised Dictatorship which he wields over these ' States. He is truly a wonderful man, whose career seems more like the wild creation of a poet or romancer than the sober reality of his tory. A few years ago he was a wild Indian, us uutamcable and bloodthirsty as the cougar ■ j which lurks in his native forests. Possessed of great agility, personal strength, fortitude, courage and perseverance, he soon became a prominent leader of the small bands of Indian robbers which infest the country. Aroused by a deep personal injury inflicted by one of the officers of the liberalists, and by a knowledge of the wrongs and oppression ex ercised over the aboriginal race by the foreign ers and their descendants, Carrera was ena bled to assemble around his banner of “green leaves’, a large force of Indians, who, armed ’ with a few old guns, their primeval bows and arrows, and the terrible machete, a long sharp knife, kept the whole country in a continual state of alarm. Taking' advantage of the dis putes between the centralists and federalists, he fell indiscriminately upon both parties. In vain the whites attacked and defeated him in every direction. His fortitude, perseverance and resources were inexhaustible. Wounded ! more than nine times, driven to the mountains ; and forests, and hunted, like a wild beast, he ( would still maintain himself, and as soon as his enemies returned to the towns, would re -1 appear at the head of a large force and march immediately upon the large city of Guatemala. He succeeded at last in capturing this town, occupied it with his wild and naked Indians, and so terrified the inhabitants that they agreed to consent to any terms to get rid of him.— His terms were the payment of the small sum of $14,000, which would be a fortune to him self and his poor Indian followers. For him self, personally, he demanded a few segars, and a full-laced cocked hat, and general’s uniform. These terms were joyously acceded to, and Carrera retired to his native jungle. But here : he did not remain quiet. A cunning and de ■ signing priest, who perceived his good quali j t.es and the uses to which they could be ap plied, prompted him to take advantage of the disordered condition of the country, and to as sume the government himself* He adopted the suggestion, marched his Indian rabble again into Guatemala} defeated Morazan and his par ty, and succeeded in putting down all opposi tion and installed himself as Dictator of the States of Central America. But the greatest of all victories was that ; which he achieved Over his savage passions * and ignorance. He employed tutors to teach him to read and write, and the rudiments of education, and in a very short time supplied i himself with the necessary knowledge to con i duct the brdinary duties of government. He j is said now to be a good scholar and an excel lent ruler. Though, at times, the natu ral ferocity of the Indian will leak out, and | prompt him to deeds of violence and blood, he is reputed to be by no means habitually cruel, domineering or self-willed. 1 Altogether, he is one of the most remarka ble men which this continent has ever pro duced, and should the States of Central Arne j rica be induced to intermeddle iu the contest between Mexico and the United States, he will, no doubt, play a conspicuous part in the stirring events of the future history oi this war. Our government, we repeat, has been remiss 1 in failing to keep up friendly diplomatic rela tions with these States. Their commercial importance, as well as their political position, make it proper that such intercourse should 1 j be kept up. . This territory includes the best ; j ports on the pacific and the Gulf of,Mexico. — Its products are valuable and its foreign trade I considerable. England, always desirous of se curing a foothold on this continent, has a co lony on the G ulf of Mexico, extending some hundred of miles, and embracing the best por tion of the coast, where mahogany and log wood grow in great luxuriance, and where there are several fine ports. Belize is a pros perous town, settled by English and mulat toes, and governed by a Governor appointed by the Queen of England, and a Council, part jly appointed and partly elected. The object of England in obtaining the long slip of land along the Bay of Honduras, was to render the people of the interior States dependent upon English favor for ports and markets for their produce intended for exportation. There is no doubt this arrangement has been so far suc cessful as to give the English great influence in the affairs of the people of the interior States. How far this influence has been, can or will be used to our prejudice, it is notpos- : sible to say, but we think if English policy has | ! been carried out in Honduras, with the same ‘ vigor of hostility to our institutions which i marks all its designs and arrangements in re ference to this continent, it will not be difli- i cult to trace this movement of the State of I Honduras to its true source and cause. To j oppose these intrigues of the English, to de -1 tect and frustrate these designs against our | | country, it behooves our government speedily to repair the fault and supply the omission which we have but just now discovered, and send a diplomatic agent to the States of Guate mala with full authority to treat with such government or governments as exist de facto in that large and important territory. [ From the New Orleans Delta, 25th inst.] Central America. Address of the President of Honduras, calling on the States of Central America to aid the Mexi cans, in their contest with the United States. AVe are indebted to our obliging contempo rary of La Patria, for a copy of this important document, which we translate for the benefit j of our readers : PROCLAMATION. ; The President of the State of Honduras to the \ Central Americans. Compatriots! Fortune now rules the des- ; tinies of Mexico, and menaces her sons with desolation and extermination. The North Americans have destroyed the interesting pop ulation of Vera Cruz—have possessed them j selves of their effects, and are now marching upon the capital. They are our brethren; their dangers are ours, and their fate awaits us. We should ! not maintain neutrality, if we can in any man ner aid them in their honorable struggle. The entire world should know that the Ilon- I durenos are ready to fulfil their duties, of whatever nature they may be. I will sustain in the State an honorable j peace, at all hazards; but I will not do it with the sacrifice of Hondurenian honor, for a dis i graced people are fit but to bear chains, and to ' suffer with humility the threats and the inju j lies which the stronger impose. I address myself to-day to the Governments of the Republic, making these observations in : order that’; if it shall be deemed expedient, we ' may, if it is possible, afford aid, or at least ; manifest our favorable disposition to their I cause and to liberty. 1 i ■ Divisions and internal fetids. have nlined our I Mexicail brothers. Eight millions of inhabi tants, of whom that nation is composed, have beeii unable lb defend themselves dgainst a handful of men, who have seized upon their ' territory and their r property, and annulled ' their rights. . What may be the fate of the L Central Americans if we continue divided r The Ilondurehians always appear extraor ; dinarily great; they adopted the most effectual : means to secure their independence; but noth ’ ing has been sufficient to estrange them; re ; spcct to the Government and submission to law, they consider as their power, their glory, and their honor. What happiness does he experience, who ! rules the destinies of a people adoriied bv these virtues. JUAN UNDO. Comayagua, June Ist, 1847. 1 The Undersigned, Generals of Division, to the Army of Honduras. Companions ! Notorious is the anguish of Mexico, and evident is our obligation to co ‘ onerate in the defence of that country. Her sons are our brothers, and the cause which 1 they sustain is also ours, that of liberty against conquest. In compliance with a sacred duty, the pro clamation addressed by the President to the Central Americans, was yesterday published, and we wish to express our deference and our desire to co-operate at any time that he may call upon us to aid our neighbor. Forgotten forever are all those ideas which could divide us. Our interests and our pas sions are second to our country. Her triumph is our glory and our honor. She demands our union, and that suffices to cause us to cordial ly offer it. Union and liberty is our motto I Eternal opprobrium to him who would promote and assist dissensions and conquests. F. FERRERA, , SANTOS GUARDIOLA, Comayagua, June 2, 1847, 51 u3tro i (X $ oeor g i a . FOR GOVERNOR HON. G. W. TOWNS, OF tALBOT. Democratic Nominations for Senators. 4th Dist.—Camden and Wayne—Elias Fort. sth Dist.—Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T. Hilliard. 7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch—John A. Mattox Bth “ Scriven and Effingham—W. J. Lawtojt; 9th “ Burke and Emanuel—W. S. C Morris. 12th “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. H. Rev molds. 13th “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson. 14th “ Randolph and Stewart—William Nelson. 17th “ Macon and Houston—Johm A. Hunter. 90th “ Twjggfc and Bibb—W. W. Wicoins. 25th “ Jones and Putnam—James M. Geav 26th “ Munroe and Pike—Col. Allen Cochran. 28th “ Merriwether and Coweta— Ore. Warner. 31st “ Fayette and Henry—Luther J. Glenn. 32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters. 38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailee. 39th “ Owiunett and DeKalb—Jas. P. Simmons. 40th “ Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin. 41st u Cobb and Cherokee—Wm. H. Hunt. 43d ,l Habersham and Rabun—Eow’n Coffee. 44th “ Lumpkin and Union—Elihu S. Ba •aviom re members of the Democratic Party j of Richmond county, are requested to meet at the tity Hall, in this city, This After 7ioani at 4 o'clock, for the purpose of making arrangements to invite the Hon. GEORGE | W. TOWNS to meet his fclldw-citizens of this and the adjoining counties* previous to the first Monday in October, at a point to b e selected in this County, Democratic Meeting's. Wc hope the democrats of Richmond will be out in strong force to the meeting called for this afternoon at the City Hall. We would remind those who may find it ! convenient to attend the meetings appointed for this week in the up country, that, to-mor row’ the Ist, Col. Towns will be at Marietta— on Friday the 3d at Stone Mountain, and on Saturday the 4th at Lawrenceville, at all of which places it is expected he will address his fellow-citizens. The Telegraph. We learn that the ground between this city j and the Central Rail Road is staked off, and | that a contract has been made for the posts. I As soon as a sufficient force can be obtained it will not be long before every thing will be ready for the wire. The Bank of St. Marys Fraud. We find the following comments in the Sa vannah Republican of the 28th inst., which de serve a few words in reply: The Constitut onalist and Gen. Clinch. —The Constitutionalist is out again upon the St. Mary’s Bank business, in a very personal and bitter attack upon the mental capacity of Gen. Clinch, giving him the hard alternative of be ing regarded either as a knave or a fool. It distinctly charges upon him the commission of “a fraud,” but acquits him of all responsi bility upon the ground of his having been a mere “cat’s paw” in the hands of others; thus holding him up as a man incompetent, through mental weakness, to fill the Gubernatorial chair. We must confess our great surprise, both at the tone and temper of this assault, es pecially after the grave rebuke administered to the Pioneer but a few weeks since, from the same quarter, for a far less serious assault upon gentleman. The Editor of the Constitutionalist would do well to read over his own just and sensible comment upon the impropriety and bad policy of substituting abuse for argument, and sarcasm in the place of proof —for the people of Georgia will hardly consent to brand a gray haired public servant, whose unblemish ed honor throughout a long life has been equal ly his own boast and theirs, with the delibe rate commission of “a fraud,” even as a “cat’s paw,” without some more conclusive I evidence of the fact than the mere “ipse dixit” j of the Editor of the Constitutionalist or the | Federal Union. i We have hitherto abstained from saying much upon this subject, not doubting that the charge would fall to the ground of itself, and regarding the clear and convincing letter of Mr. Preston as all sufficient for the purpose of vindication with any unprejudiced mind. We feel convinced that all such imputations, nn sustained by proof, must be powerless to de , stroy the good name of such an old and horn ored citizen of our State as Duncan L. Clinch. The Republican may think it adroit to charge us with being “bitter”— with displaying an ? improper tone a?id temper —with substituting abuse for argument, and sarcasm for proof, with ! making an assault upon General Clinch, in rc \ ference to the evasion of the charter of the Bank , of St. Marys of which he has been guilty. The Republican does not fairly present us to its read ers. We are bitter against the fraud. We are | disposed to be lenient to General Clinch. We ; acquit him in our opinion of having knowingly J and deliberately committed it. We believe him to have been a mere cats-paw in the hands of • sharper wilted and unscrupulous men. Let • the Republican reply to our piece, and show if ! it can, First, There was no fraud committed. Second, If committed, General Clinch did • not commit it, nor allow himself to be made lise of in the transaction. The letter of Mr. Preston proves neither of these facts; The facts before the public are First, The Charter of the Bank of St. Marys required $50,000 of its capital to be paid in ik , gold And silvfr coin before it could go into operation: Second, General Clinch gave his promissory note for SI,OOO of the Capital Stock, instead of paying it in gold and silver: ! Third, The Bank went into Operation in violation of the requisitions of the Charter, the gold and silver not having been paid in on. General Clinch’s stock for which the rlotc wds , S iven * , Fourth, General Clinch was made Presi dent of the Bank, and makes returns under oath to the Legislature that $50,000 had been | paid in pursuant to the requisitions of the j Charter. Fifth, General Clinch was sued by the Bank on this note in the Superior Court of Camden, and his Attorney pleads in his de fence that, the note was given to enable the Bank to comply with the requisitions of its Charter, and that General Clinch is not bound to pay the note because he did not get value received for it —first, that there was a total fail ure of consideration —second, that there was a partial failure of consideration. These arc the facts. Docs the Republican deny them, or any of them? It does not. It cannot. They are established facts. Mr. Preston’s letter docs not deny or attempt to deny them or any of them. How then can the Republican use the following language, and expect to be believed? “We have hitherto abstained from saying much upon this subject,- not doubting that the charge would fall to the ground of itself, and re garding the clear and convincing letter of Mr. Preston as all sujficiekt for the purjwse of vin dication icith (tns Unprejudiced mind.” The facts charged are not denied. How then can the charge fall to to the gromid? In conclusion we put two plain questions to the Republican, and we challenge a reply to them from that print. We put then! to each and all of the whig papers of Georgia--to cadi and all of the friends of General Clinch—to General Clinch himself, and challenge a reply ' Ist. Did Mr. Preston assert the truth when he asserted in his Pleas that his client General Clinch gave the note sued on for Capital Stock in the Bank of St. Marys, to unable it to com ply with the requisitions of its Charter. 2nd. Is not the giving such a note for such a purpose forbidden by the conditions on which the Charter was given? Let the Republican, or any one else who is willing to be the champion of General Clinch answer these two questions, unless they are afraid of the disctd&ion. Mysterious. The N. O. Picayune of the 24th inst. says— Wc have received by the steamship Fanny, a letter from our Vera Couz correspondent dated the 13th inst., in which he says that an ex traordinary express was despatched that raorn | ing at 4 o’clock by the English consul to over take Gen. Scott. Our correspondent presumes that something very important must have been despatched, for the regular English courier, the best express-man in the world* was expecting to go up the following day upon the arrival, then expected, of the English steamer. Con jecture was busy as to the nature of the des patch. One can hardly avoid connecting the purpose of the messenger with the anticipated arrival of Paredes. Having just learned that the army of Gen. Scott had commenced its march, it might have been the design of the British consul to delay it by some means to give time to Paredes to go up. This would show a more intimate connection of the English government with the return of Paredes than we have a right to charge upon grounds at all equivocal. But what could have been the ne cessity for despatching a special courier on the 13th (of which we have no doubt) when the regular courier was to leave the following day* Every thing indicating British complicity with the return of Paredes should be investigated. For the Seat of War. Major Gen. Patterson left Philadelphia, for the seat of war, on Wednesday, in the after noon boat for Baltimore, accompanied by his aids, Lieut. Colonel Abercrombie and Lieut Williams. The Pennsylvanian says; “He will assume command of his division in Mexico, which, it will be recollected, he was deprived of on the disbanding of the seven re giments of volunteers by Gen. Scott, alter the battle of Cerro Gordo.” Til iUion theTr cs sul T • . It is estimated that the amount of specie m the New York and Boston Sub-Treasuries is not less than $5,500,000. New York Money Market. The New York Tribune says—“ There « rather more freedom in the Honey the demand for payment at the Custom House having materially declined. The Ban *> ar* discounting first class paper freely.