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Irigues are from foreign slates. This pro
clamation, it is thought, haa'been publish*
ed to disabuse the people of ibt nation that
he is favorable to tnc project for placing a
Frost He A". V. Journal tf Comment. i Sutlej, until they thought fit deliberately
Later fra an Europe. to withdraw, six or seven days after the
We are indebted to Capt. Griswold, of; boU,e - They retained the command of
v v , the Packet ship Northumberland, foi Lon- i one fortified bridge, i.nd on Hu 1M of
foreign prince at the head of the state.— Jon papers of the 8th tilt., being three and January a party of the enemy, which had
There isa great deal of r If-glonficalioit ; a haff days later Ilian before received. ‘
m t ie document. We have extracted from : The principal news of interest
Hall that indicate tnc policy of Paredes • - - r • *
towards the United States.—»$ar. Geo.
Convtpomlenee of Ike .V. O. Pir.iyi»ir.
Front the Antsy of Cr-cupatloc.
Camp, North Bank of the Bio Grande. I
Texas, March 20, I34G. J
From rtf .V. O. Pkat/une,9tk tot.
i ,ri,al of the Xew Y.rk—t* Itr irons
.he I'! *' Army on the *Mo Crowdo-
Tuc .VInnirc.to of Prc.ld.~wt-Paredes.
Vlerthe publication of the Picayune
reiterday morning, the ^
York arrived, bringing two da.s »i«news
from Gen. Tavlot’e army. M c karn from
an extra of the Galveston News, issued on
Z afternoon of .he 4th ^-ihaMh. ».
lot 'uoatL. M. Hitchcock, Capt. WngUt,
^&^rhe'aii5At «^n OSSS***™''*'*'"*
the nrriva? of the Army of Occupation, in 'fXl tu ( ’ Uc breeze, ,f rm | y p| an .cd 1 r '- ,nforce » ,e "'»-
I'rotil of Met ant ms ,l,c Mcxu-an 1 ‘£ cc i on the t'.mk of the Rio Grande, opposite to
laics to the movements of the contending
forces in India after the great Imttles of.
Dec. 18lh, 21sl and 22nd. The views cx-
pressed in a laic number of this paper,-as
to the equivocal character of the “victory”
gained in llioso battles by the British uUipt
appear to be fully sustained. The home
been operating eighty tnilea further up the
river, crossed it again, and took up another
intrenched position, near Loodinnab.
On the following days they made some
further advances and intrenched thenisclvc
near a nulla. Sir H. Smith moved his
ALBANY PATRlOTs
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, ISM.
FrmntkePentUeota Democrat,
Important Nows.
The U. S. brig Porpoise Lieut. Com.
Wm. £. Hunt, arrived yesterday after
noon, in 18 days from Santiago, Ivy which
arrivnl we have received news of a highly
important character fn>in the “Army of
Occupation.” "*■
Gen. Taylor hail arrived within ten
miles of Cape Isabel, where an outpost of
brigade up the Sutlej,driving the enemy 150 Mexican was established, who on
before him until the SUt, in the morning, hearing of the npproaeh of Gen. T„ *et. , , ilh _ ... -
when he came upon one of Hie .fortified fit> vil | n J‘ 0 , Clip( . D„he|.<< onsist* ““‘"j"* "“V ™ bbK **
positions of tlie enemy, which fired grope ■ 17 t 7, on bouses) and retreated enterpr “ i, « propnMws deserve great credit for
:t,„. nii\i,n>T,: I he ltriii.h trooos. ,n 8 01 ,r,,nl V."*.r u »msi S| anti o irrairu . k_. ,i...
Lanath.
Tbs new Steuner “ Fust,” will be bunched cm
Thursday, (33d) insL, from Gage's boat yard,am-
half mile above Albany. She is built expressly for
navigating the Flint River, in low water. She baa
twelve feet floor, eighteen fret beam, and eighty
feet keel. It is .opposed die will draw about eigb.
■ drawn.till on lire Wfe £«* .»[
• r fi cfcni difpl**) of martini
,herivc. ) mnvmgag which
undo of salutation was fly rcctpraca.ed
mkindhyasi.mbi soiimii-.il "f trumpets
anil drums
ended
two armies
](io Grnndi
tired
moraine
covered
pou nil
pointing
.Mi the American army mov
eampmenl four miles below. I bis step,
NlVJ the news, was doubtless taken by
(icn Taylor in order to avoid every appear*
an.'J of anv disposition to commit aggress
or niton the west bank of Hie river, and
i,tain strictly the defensive character
The mo.-t reliable slatc-
Mctamorns, In the American “Army of
Occupation of Texas,” and around it were
gathered lienrts as true as ever bent in the
breast of any men. As it gave its hi ami-
fill folds to the winds,no bravado, or shouts, ;„f (| 1C ft' ot jg<.
,.f his operations. The most rename tene
ments represent Hie regular army in Me'n-t
ultras to consist of 2 bid soldiers and o', ft I
ranchcros. The Mexican citizens of the
Uio Grande arc said lobe quite disaffected
towards llieir own Government, and se
cretly friendly to the American cause.
* mid directing litem to burn H.cir houses.
But two or ihreo families rcir.nin. Their
bools were nit on the oih.-r side, while
crowds of people lined tho opposite hank,
mid companies of mounted men nnd fool
were seen marching in different directions
through.the city nnd its skirls, lichiud
their fences nearest the bunk, we could dis
cover pieces of artillery*. The Mexicans
flag was Dying from ihreo points—Gen.
Mejia’s quarters, tile barracks of Hoppers
and Miners, nnd the Artillery barracks.—
When our ling went up it wfis followed by
Hie British and French Dags; hut we look-
10.1, had been received by Hav re, anno,ml ' hro « n f'vn their arms, and to have m of the Wc "Newell repaid'by the omarn.
cine the commencement rf the Oregon de Dcd, leaving the Luropeans to hear the distant. Through Ihr exertions ol the a T u >eputroe-
IkiiI in Hio Senate. Nothing had oc- brant of the battle. Her Majesty’s 43d Dragoons nmler Gen. Tiiyl-.r. n portion of »»» *“f h they wUl mm fiun our «W»a*«o*
currcd up toll,at date, tochnne? the unfa- and31st were engaged, and arc said to the village was saved frum the flames. : the pubbe generally,
vornblcimprewiun, caused by the passage |» a *« ™Jf e " d 1 . ol«\fl»nrle<l. nllh....gh we plueo cminecUcat Election.
runuir, that when , -rh e « lunu thus far show there will be no elcc*
W'dtUire
»l»g»9,den 1 .
the Honw of
tG, democrat. 96,
Enquirer
State. The
hundred gun.
upon tho receipt of the nows of the democratic
victory.
Jeaving Bombay. . , I It is evident from tho tenure of the nhove
The British nrmy ndvnncing ngoinit tlm . t . , ■
Sikhs, amounts to no less.Iran 43,UHl men, l :newf \ ,h "* ' l, ‘* Mex.vm.s regnt.l the ...I-
with a large train of artillery. The sea- j v«nc»' of out troops as hostile, and we
son from the 1st of Fcbrunry to the tiegin-1should not he surprised tf they were to
penrnnee of weakness became evident, but
it was more severe towards the close of
business, u minor then being current that
a message from the Queen would be receiv
ed by'tho House cf Commons to-night on
tlic.suhjoet of America. * *
Loxdo.n, March 5.—At present, hoih the
statesmen nnd the journalists of the United
Slates lake credit for their moderation, in
being prepared for n compromise on the
basis of the 49:h parallel; and so definite
a form lias the matter taken, that on the
2d till, the following resolution was intro
duced in the House of Representatives by-
Mr. Dargnn :
“That the lines separating the British borhood, nnd pitched a camp ca the left
provinces of Canada from the Tinned States bank> in grind, territory.
ing of April is the most favorable pnrt of
the year for military operations in India.—
Of the 42,-1811 men who will probably cross
the Sutlej at this campaign, there are at
present oitlv 1,350 men of Btiropcnn cnvul-
ry, and G.750 of Kuropcnn infantry.
' Some skirmishing took place near tho
Sikh bridge of boats on the 13th, 14th, and
lath of January, without any remarkable
effect. Ot, the 15th the Sikhs came over
the river at Phitlloor, plundered the neigh
make an uilempltti repel litem.
ed iu vain for the (lag of our Consul—he,
l’ROCLAMA 11U.N no doubt, had some good rensott for its ab-
OiMuiaM Pared ■ tj .lmll-. ? a, President SCMCC-
'adinterim rf the fteptsblic oj .Mexico, to Gen. Worth was ordered by Gen. Tay-..,
«t« inhabitant!—itsued on the 21i! tilt. lortocioss the river with despatches lor shou.il bo extended due \\ csl to the coast
In (tic critical and solemn situation in! Gen. Mejia nnd our Couse!. He went buutlt of 1-laser s River, and thence thro
which the nation is placed—perhaps on with his staff to the ferry. Some little de- '| ,c .* cl * ,re of the Straits of Fuca to the
the point of a war with the Untied Slates lay occurred before any response was made;! ‘. nc, ** c Ocean, giving to the United States
of America. : <■ r .i,_ e. - ' ,l- “
most unjust
has any
lovv'clttzettJ the situation In which we find : none but our chief in command. Gen. W. j promise he ctVecteil. The concession' that | mem, with a prospect of its speedy adop*
ourselves—the dangers and the sacrifices haring been ordered 10 deliver hisilespatch- it involves would give up the whole of Ad- nct . ou |, a j been had on the Orc-
to which wc arc expired—in order to main- es in person, returned with them, nnd there,, tuirallv lulc, with the cxcclicni harl«or of i uuc-tion
lain, with valor, with enthusiasm and de- I believe, all communication has ceased. I Puget’s Sound, Bullfinch Harbor, the forts I = 1 ' ° . , . , ,
cisioti, those rights which, being identified While there, Gen de la Vega remarked j Koolanic, Okanagan, Kasquallv, and Van-j Cotton continue!, firm, with good sales,
with the existence of nations, must be de- to Gcncrni Worth, that “while the Ante- confer, and the whole navigation cf the -Vtiru/ Prepni-aticns.—Tna c.xtiaonliti.-iry
fended to Hie utmost, and with au energy ticans held their present posit ion with re-j Columbia, over and above a vast geogra- activity which prevails in the dock yards,
| spect to Melamorns, hi. General could not! phical area of territory. It would also di- in overhauling nnd bringing firwtird frig-
Thc last account, from England, extract, frum
wbicli wo give in another column, aro extremely
warlike. Judging from tho tone of the preri, tho
From I nratan. British Government i. about to throw of the tui.k.
Tile Mexican SrlmonlT Aparecttla nr- and reveal iu real intention, toward. thU conatrv
nvt-d nt New Orleim. on the 3d. The T!icreno !onger nny nccc ,, ily for Fro r Cf , ioM
Picayune anya : “litre arrival put. }«•>;- frie „j, |lip an4 The time hn, at hn-.h arri-
oml nil doubt the ir.trntuins of the print-t- . . ...
... - . . , -.1 ,, vea when her plan, aro matured, her preraratienj
pal citizens of the peninsula. Tin- old 1
Governor Barbadian.. I.tltl arrived at ^ufHc-cn.lyauvanceuia sumcent amount Of.pccioM
Campencliy from Merida. The over- ” oral eapl ' al « cu ”' lUted «»«cti»
lures made by the administration of Gen.; for kcrusual barbarities, .nd we expect uolhingle*,
Paredes, in order to secure the fidelity ofl dmn war, the sroret which she and her combined
the Depaitment to the Central Govern- j ,00 ^* can give n>. The opening drama will be a
tnent, had lieenentirely ineflectual. Gen. j terrible one for us, hut its close will leave ourchil.
Puredes had nflered to confirm the trrnt- ! dren in posse.-sion of a country as free and indojen-
ics nf 1313, entered into while Santa An- ] dent as it descended to us.
na was in power, hut u|>on ccrtiiin contli- j The peace loving, among whom wc claw our.
lions, to Wliirli the Yueatecos could not j sokes, will ask if there is no alternative * Ye-,
for a moment listen. Wc may henceforth t ii Cre ^ ^ nc alteraativi
regard Y'ucnlnn ns entirely independent
nf till control liy the Governmcn of Mex
ico.
Lake Superior Capper .linn.
Weliave been favored with mi extract
from the monthly retutn of ibe agent nf
the United Slates, dated Fort Wilkins
March 4. 1840, as foil .was “Herewith J, n(5cien ,pretext”would ho'found’(hr’w^ Thera
enclosed nre Jimiiiirv nnd February re-j- . n ,, . .
J _ , - . ■>. is not a man in LoBjrcss who woul.I vott? to com*
turn* l.»r Iojisc Ao. 2, L:ike SMitMTinr Coi»-> .. ^ . 4 . .
n . . 1 , 1 promise tlie Oregon qucFlion fontli cf 49'*, at least
i>rr Lompanv, i*( > brunry niurnsol lrns«-, . , , .. .
No. 3. Pittsburg and Boston Copper llnr- 1 , '• 0, '’ ne ,pecch lmi bw '“ rai<!e b >' eitb " wh, S " r
U.r Mining Company. The favoral.le ' Uc,nocn,t ’ , ‘ hlch h^ notraidonntimateda.muc 1 ,.
can pnrchMO peace by
tl:e surrender of our territory as far soutli as the Co*
luinbia River, or if tre will abandon our territorial
rights and let ti.ings remain, with our knot!*
edge of the truth of the British boas-t, that they have
the ** control of the country, the Torts and tiie Indi
an*,” v.*e may have peace for the present, unless
Mrxicn should require assistance, in which case, a
evils wlticli can tiuppcii, aud that it is an and our Generals arc “the devil on fils.” ! rather than take the c.Vances of foregoing u j j n (j rt ,„ oU ;IS ,| leV j lovv nrc< |p j| lc a mcr-
attribute of civilization to avoid it, disas- And now you nodottblvvillnsk—*1.there j comparatively insignifiuttt acquisition^ of' t i C an« mt-nn any ihinp, they menn to dis"
rCpcl ' urce * Brc «»i' l,c •**» underwood growth' which lire two houses ol the Legislature, tnclt.n-' ril j„ thisolistml nnd flngitiou,
wlten all tncans^ol compromise unti coned-, extend, about four mile, from i Ins along the ; clioly ludeed would he tho prospect before J COIt . -el, ho stale is hound to u nit to be nt-
iatiuu have failed.
road as wc approached Melamorns. Should ■ us,
The Republic of Mexico—despoiled of. Ainpudia arrive with his force, lie may
the rich nnd extensive leriitory of Texas,, give us a ball but our gallant fellows will
which nlwns belonged to it, by' the direct not he outdone in courtesy,
acts of the supreme authority of a neighbor-1 The land here is splend'td, nnd in appear
ing Republic—after discovering her designs i ance like the Mississippi bottoms. The
to seize some other of our adjoining or fron- color of the river water is like that of the
tier possessions, has been forced to protest, | Mississippi, nnd perfectly fresh,
luis protested, nnd does still solemnly pro- i Your truly,
lest, that, she does not acknowledge the I _ . *~
.t ,e wili n de? S nd 0n »" ,C -°Jt "c Unv.*ffiT Jv^Ti.c account,
terh^ and a-rre Llv ^ -V” ,n¥,,de,1 i which have been received of the ,.r..ggle
tmesis or new advm- con “ now going on between the monarchical
Tjle right to declare war ag.iinsi the U-
Biled States is not vested in u.-, and the il
lustrious Congress of the nruioii will as
soon as they have met, take into consider-
sttontlic necessary stejis required in the
conflict which awaits us, and which was
in no manner provoked by this magnaniin-
otM anil forbearing nation. As, however,
,nc *" l ' mc » ,hc United States might
!"*". a . ,l, dden attack on our maritime
boundaries or on those adjoining Texas, it
"I* 1 Why force,
and when the invaders shall have made the
commencement, the immense rcsponsibili-
I?-i, efi V,n ® < la , lurbc d tlie peaceoj the world
will fall upon them. I shall be still more
explicit, which it is important I should be.
Moxtco never ha, committed, nor will she
commit a single aggression ngninst tho
people or Government of the Untied States
,n ^ r,C m’L but lf ,. an! ''iack should bo
made, tt will be repelled toihc fullest ex-
Si"** |K !' ve,: ? and wi,l > all the energy
eharacler, 1--cause resistance is no-
Ijon* * ** • c r ig> 11 self.prescrva-
t J! ,e j princ j p,c * of administration arc
fortitude and constancy in sustaining the
tattofl against foreign attacks on its rights,
rrvffi- 1"" ( ' OI “ ll ">tion, union nnd
reciprocal confidence between the Gov
Menacing ns present appearances are,
however, vve have still a hope that the j
■ con.
j tarkei,
Mr. Hoik has already in.trerlcd the- A-
nicrirnn Mini- er in London to ask for an
good sense nnd good feeling of the nmre|™£™- ^ ^
sober minded of the tint,on—nnd tliey-are f , " J,i, own c. nscienco might l.nve
Tew. "«r ore they idle at this mertlon, ^i'given it to him ^hisown htnguagr hn.pt.l.
r val i. SS S*- t Al«r^ Ur r 0 r ln ,,s upon the defensive , ni.1 nlthongli Hie I bad cow* yoked to ilrnvv their loads, in-
^carance'which'is cx'uosin'v'thiun m Hui' ,ennin:,, ' 0, ‘” f , * l< ' ’OU'eniio.i of 1827 by strad of oxi n. In ail, wc have had forty
sneers of the ihoughllcssan^lht: designing, I ** J'P *"?*** Mli ’
■Viiwn/i/1840./><). ..... -. ; . .... . ....
’‘Pound, of cop|ier punluced la sUte tbv u« or I < *“ nC Wllh ’ he anJ tth:ch **» -IT"—
eaU\ or to lie »ent from tho mineral district 30,993 ; c ' ,in £ cr,s;s nemandp, it may be the incnn* «I avert-
“Pounds dug on the tract, as m ken from tho i ing it; or, in a diflurent event, it would give us a
mine of which the above is a part, the residue J greater certainty of suecew. Those who, under
containing al*o some silver • • - - 311.000 ’ t jj 0 pre^nt aspect of nfEiirs, object to such prepara-
II Union. ' . . , ...
. v i t;on on account of the expenso which rouit neces>s-
ITminratloii to Orcftoa. ! rily attend it, are in our judgment, f:ili4?oconomi»tfi,
Tlie Wnnliingion Uuion stiVH:—Wc nre j saving pence anJ sacrificing pounds.
permitted to make nil extract from n Inter, — —
written by Gen. C. Van Horn, u distinguish- . ** ow will She Compromise* net now!
ed citi/.eli of north IHitiO:*, dnled March; Many of the public prestos and scvcralmcro-
23, 1846: ; ben» of Congress have frequently asserted that
“ Uo had several teams pass here yes- jthe Orepm question coqM ea.ily be ret.led br
terdny on llieir uny to Oregon. They J: , , « ...
strong proof of the ptcdominance of repub-
lican opinions in ihuJ"'® 0 ’.”*" j?' 1 *" would bo mifileicntly disastrous to both of'
midst of the fluct tations of '^«««*» them, but America lias even more interest
“ —*• ~—- '»>
nrchicul aide, line seen til to issue a decree oveblaxd maii
dividing the country, by tlie 49th paralei. But it
appears they have been reclaming without llieir
llioiifrlille«s and llie de«i"nin«r I noiIC < no (atatil OCHt, Vet Hie i-!Ppu»»uun wiun? |ni*s unr, mm iiity icu us iiium: an- . host The English papers brought over by Ui®
who charge them with exhibiting, not ona i i, ^! c « ,p ‘ 1 bv'hat notice, and the menn. on tlie rontl. They were from Ohio, Mich-! U.t arrival, declare, that such a proportion U uot
the while flag, but the while feather, l.ul|' vl, ‘ c . l ' n,n > r hc . '"ke.i to carry that dwp^t-
which entitles them to the gratitude of air ;l, . on l,n ° cff<-ei,.mny hereafter furnish an.- j try to the Cotambia river, with the free navigation
wlin Imve Il.» h*.i nfibeir P“ crcond .ofsiiepicion, of rcuioustranee, | of Oregon, anti the extension of American * .
i-i? L-f i ,| in I '-ri' ■ randfitmlly of luistilitics.” llnv.-ovcr it,they nil give men C „U , of that stream. \\ nat will tho compremucr. do
and llieir kind nt lienrl. The ^nn-enuen-1 and I find every man of them resolute, nnd now ? .They have declared that oar boundary muit
and their kind at heart. The consequen-1
ces nf a war lietwcin Hie two countries j
prohibiting the discussion of the question
by the public journal*. The effect of eucli
discussion vva* evidently dreaded by the
monarchists. -
Tho Courier dee Elate Unit, usually very
well informed about Moxirun affairs, and
professing to speak in Ibis instance upon
the moat reliable authority, states another
fact upon the subject still more significant.
According to that journal, the different
sections of the republican party in Mexico
had, at the latest dales, resolved to ttnito
against tlie common dnnger, and had tak
en measures to invite Santa Ana to return
to Mexico, and nssume the position of cliiof
of the republican party. Their overture
had been favorably received by the exiled
President. He had stipulated.that, in case
of his return, he w-otiltl submit io the peo
ple the election of a new president of the re
public, nnd retire himself to private life.—
The Courier professes to bare «cen a con
fidential letter ofSnnln Ana’* companion
inexile, Signor Rejoin,inwhicli the grounds
of the exdietalor’s conversion to republican-
eramenland the pconlc' TranmiiViv in l”he i '*"* nrC ,* Cl f2 r,1 ‘*. un , d Uf »' 1 nceril >; 1 . war ' ,,l y
interior, and resDcraf,£,i\ i qu, ‘ ,y - , "- : ‘ ssc rie<l. Rejoin has also published a
no Menaces excem a ,***,. r<K l u,rm8 1 pauuihlel explaining the reasons which
WforW’cSof^ Wl " C,,tlrC ”r, C " **4 Santn Ann, andV.mrelf a. minister, to
tKLS” ,be .f ff'- approve the decree* of the 29th of Novcm-
dtStaSav de^'nfoa P * n \* 1 >hc 8d of December, 1844, to dis-
support is nr jtr a!ui i1 wo * n tha Congress, restrain the IHiertyof
8u weme Arbitratre ^r S Stj! , , 1,10 i this press, and to assume dictatorial power.
siWl raK,? lo U ^. e . “! *n.e F purpose of three strong measures Re-
•WuraofhL^'^TtlmSit «“ W?* 01 " , l ,e °f: Ue
Hoaol hU glory.
Mexico’^ WES
Mexico, Cist Mareh. W4&
frncrc wc liavc insertedftn«.vU- n ii
a^ve procU uation, ihe P^riS^ r °.l
—■TOCS on fool to change the
It j govermnent-v-says that his <
sirelltwe all been to maintain
republican form--fl*d bints .that tlicse In-
Mexican force against Texas. Tbe Mex
ican Congress gave only a lukewarm sup
port, he says, lo that ■ movement, and was
therefore dissolved. Tbe return of Santa
Ana to Mexico does not, however, ill tbe
iitdgioeffkiof H»® Counter, indieato further
warlike movements on the pnrt of Mexico.
To us*wo niu^ confeep, the whole account
seems lo warn *o,?ie confirmatioB.
| IFosMagto* Union.
OVER!.AND .MAIL.
The Overland Mail from India arrived
on the Gilt, bringing advices from Bombay
to Hie 3d of February, about a month later
than before received. The substance of
the news is contained in the annexed ex
tracts:—
London, March G.—The intelligence
front the seal of war in the Fast is far from
satisfactory. Without giving credit to ev
ery rumor afloat in India, we must still
confess that each successive mail only in
creases our anxiety, bringing as il docs
fresh proofs of the extraordinary want of
wisdom which tins characterised all the
proceedings of our Indian Government.
The result of the battles fought on the
18th, the 21st nnd 22d of December is of
a purely negative character. The Sikhs
were effectually prevented by the bravery
of Hio Britisli iroops from advancing upon
the territories of the protected States, or
from opening a campaign in' British Indio.
They .were repulsed with loss; but they
were bv no means routed.
Sir Henry Hurdinge and Sir Hugh
Gough were totally unprovided- with the
means of following up the success they had
gained by driving the enemy nt the point
of the bavouet from his entrenched camp.
They had, on the contrary, to «usiamlfrej>
attacks in the position they had so bravely
won j and when these were repulsed, tlie
enemy retired without confusion, since he
was enabled lo rally and encamp his for
ces between Hie field of batUe and the
river.
With a powerful nnd victorious army in
From Ike .Y; O. Pica font.
Later from Texas.
All the force, late under the command
of Gen. Aristn, nt Montciy, and now under
the orders of Gen. Ln Vega, about l,8i)0
strong, have arrived nt Maimnoros, ami il
is said will mnrcli forthwith for the Salt
Lake* and the Sal Colorado, lo arrest the
inarch of Gen. Taylor upon the Rio Gran
de. Gen. Cnnnlt s, of Connrco, with his
regiment, nearly 1*11)1' strong, lias received
orders lo form the advance of our fotces. to
watch the movements of your army, and is
now occupying a position in a direct line
between Comnrgo nnd Corpus Christ), n-
bout 32 leagues from the former place, at
the northwestern extremity of lltc great
Snlt 1 tilra tinti A ivmtirliri— I Iia run nt In
fully deicminejl to protect himself in his j not go one inch below 49. This hu been four
own way, if hi* country abandons him >n j timr. ofibred, anti four time, refused by Brituo.
hi* new home, .*’Dd drives liutf to tins niter- . , . . — ....
. V.‘ . ...ill , 'Wdl the most strenuous advocate of the Bntuh
native. Not n man will ever consent to 1
be a British subject.”
their front and a broad river in their rear,
that • position would have been extremely
critical, but the Sikh generals acted upon
the conviction that until large reinforce
ments came up, no attempt would be made
Snlt Lake. Gen. Ainpudia—the gentle
man who boiled Semmnnttl’s head—is
within two days march of us, with 3,500
men, mostly cavalry. We know very lit
tle of what is going on in the interior.as
Gen. Paredes has stooped the transmission
of all newspapers as aangcrout.
Plaguetof Modem Egmt.—‘Filth, mos
quitoes of the most dreadful sort, vermon of
every kind, women so ugly that fortunately
for Europeans, their faces aro concealed
by a black cloth veil, in which two eye
holes are cut—stench intolerable—houses
uninhabitable.
Such it Sir Robert Wilson’s description
of the comforts of Egypt. Again, at page
67 of his work, we find the following ac
count, which is in' nowise exaggerated:
‘All language is insufficient to give a just
idea of (lie misery of an Egyptian village;
but those who have been in Ireland may
but suppose the degree, when an Irish hut
is described as a palace in comparison to
an Arab’s stye—for it can be called by no
other name.’
We leern verbally from Captain Gattnncl,
of the ship John Cadmus, wlticli arrived
yrsierdny from Montevideo via Pernambu
co, having left the funner place on the 25th
of Jnnuarv, that Lucnns Avrcs was still
lilockndrii by the English and Ftencii fleets.
Ou the Sfitli of January the Monicridcnn
forces had taken Mnldunndo, n small towa
about Gl) miles below Montevideo. The
English anil French had sent down forces
to itssit' in retaining possession of the place,
but were loo late, ns Gen. Otibe had reta
ken it the following day.
Oribe had full possession of the country
around Montevideo, with fortifications a-
round the city, so as to have full command
of it. The United Stales brig Bninbridgc
had sailed for Buenos Ayres on the 23a.
In port, for Rio de Janeiro, bark Chalcedo-
nin, brigs Russian and Chippola. Provis
ions were in good demand ; freights low.
At Pernambuco sugars were scarce,
freights dull; abundance of provisions in
the market. On the 25th ol March the
tohm.bin frigate wasinport^bound lo the j to a*, Colombia
claim, advise that the offer be again made, alter it
baa been (bar time, rejected, mod the hut time with
insult ? Will they wait for the coming of snotbrr
steamer, to find out what England is doing before
they act? From every source of information, pub
lic or private, they may bear nrhat Eogbod »<•“»*•
She is preparing for war; arming on cverj wfc.
continually sending out more troops and muoilioas
of war to Canada and Novascotia, whilst her poli
ticians are cuotinoaily asserting that we have not
the means of carrying on war. - We bare no money
they say, and oar credit it so low that wc cannot
borrow any; and above all, they rely upon the op
position in tbe Senate lo prevent a war, by distract
ing the councels and paraliaing the eftrtsoftbo
government. Will they justify all these predic
tions ? WiU they stiff refupe to place the coaotiy
in a state of defence? Will they Mill continue to
embarrass tbe Executive, after they find out that
England will not accept the 49th parallel t Will
they, for the sake of appeasing England, be willing
j to go still lower end yield ap the whole country
La Plata in n few days. The Congress
frigate had sailed for the Pacific.
“How is it,” an id one little Mire to an-
ether, “that John’s never afraid, and I »«P
“Because he’s got a Raman nose, and fori*
The Grffin Whig pf the 10th instant,
says:—We hnveneen informed by. Mr.
Campbell, one of the Engineers on the
Ibe Road, that tlie track belweel Ibis place
and Macon will be readtr for the cars by
the first of June, when they will riy regu
larly between the two places. Tnc cob-
tractors on the line between this find At
lanta, are rapidly laying down the super
structure, and by the flral. of September,
the communication bet wean Savannah and
Othcaloga will be complete. The
by the British to complete their discomfi-jeafe ; don’t your remember Itow we read Itoard and mountnin Regions of Georgia
wrt. . . ; ' ; . l hal, *ba» always been said that a Roman will then be connected by n continuous lrnc
, Not a roan was .driven back across-the i knows—no danger.” I of Railroad. - * unugusuuc
Tbe last news fibre England is much less satis-
factory than any we have received pnvioedy^—
Tbe teae of the British preos is much ssose arro
gant; this baa an doubt been prodoced by the wata
of energy and decision in the Senate oftheUaitri .
States, b is frequently asserted in Jhe Eegifoh
newspapers that certaia iaflas trial Sens lota wB
prevent the President from enforcing the awasare*
recommended jo his message. - They rely with **
much confidence on the assistance cf eome ef ear
Senators, as did Philip' of Daeedia, en the s^
rend srith interest..