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The Trophic. ol the War.
Among the most interesting relics ob
tained in the battle of the Slh and Jib, are
the standards of the different companies
and regiment*. We spent a half Iwur in
examing these pomps and circumstances
of war, with the greatest interest. We
found eighteen in all, seventeen ol winch
are of tri-colored woolen or baize cloths,
ornamented with the appropriate letters
and symbols, Titov were mounted on
stalls ilurpcneil wiin iron, and wore not
only ornamental, but dangerous as offen
sive weapons. But the llug of the most
absorbing interest, is that lettered
BATT ALLOX
GUAltD COSTA
BE TAMPICO.
This magnificent and tornjbig, apart
from its associations, is remarkable for its
nppcarancc and the materials of which
it is formed. It is of large size—its field
of tri-colorod silk, green, while and red.
In the centre is'cmbniidercd the Mexeian
coal of arms, more beautiful titan we con
ceived any modern Penelope hail power
One of the latest anti most wonderful
exhibition* of the power of the Electro
Telegraph, is shown in ibe regulation and
running of clocks* placed far opart from
each-other. •' It js staled in a foreign jour
nal, that “a clock has' been, so arranged
in Edinburgh, by its connection with the
magnetic wires, that the oscillations ofits
pendulum mark llie hours on a dial plate
in Glasgow,. and upon another in Edin
burgh, at one and the'same moment. So
periect.is its operation, that ihe-electrical
current passes from one city to the other
Tnrill
•The Washington Union of theSdbsl.
says —It is with greatful hearts that we
announce to the country the passage-of
the revenue tariff' bill in 1 the House of
Representatives by a vote of 114 foj, to
95 against the bill—being a mujorif; rm
vote* in favor of the measure wufch,£CDn»
ting the Speaker, who can only gpv^be
casting .vote, and three democrats-'wfip
bad not paired off', unavoidably absent,:
swells die actual majority to 98 vote*.-
The vote was not sectional.-' The North,
the South, the East, ant] the West par
ent ted Slates n<
The St. Louis Republican says—Or
ders have been issued from the War De
partment for the immediate organization,
mounting and equipment of this new
regiment, as authorised by a recent act of
Congress, and which is to compose a pan
of the regular army of the United States.
We learn that, in the absence of Col.
Smith, who is on duty in the army under
Gen. Taylor, and of Lieut. Col. Fremont,
engaged in the expedition to the Rocky
Mountains and California, orders have
been .issued to Major Burdridge to pro
ceed at once in the recruiting and organi
zation of-'the regiment. Mnj. B. is in
structed to-establish bis bead quarters at
Newport, Ky. He will then assign re
cruiting stations throughout the country
Portable bUMstai.
An embryo Franklin waa parading the
streets on Saturday last with a smalt but
powerful magnetic machine under hia arm
in full operation. After inviting several
persona to hold it a moment, he finally per
suaded a darkee to lay hold of the very
very nice looking brass handle* w hile he
went beck a few doors on an errand. Un-
susipcious Sambo grasped the machine
other clocks are also to lie placed in the | in its favor from Ohio, Tennesee Iudi-
intermediate stations of Linlithgow and ana, and Louisiana. Let this fact teach
Fulkitk, to be regulated by the one in j moderation to the protectionists. The
Edinburgh. It is proposed, ns soon us .great, the glorious, and the growing West,
nil the railroad lines are- supplied with .is for free trade.—Tlmt vnst region from
telegraphic wire* along their whole ex-! which two new States, Wisconsin and I-
j ... r _ , teat, to establish the general regulator in'own, are emerging, and whose entire
to do, even if her delicate fingers were j Grecnwhicb, which will mark a uniform j representation under the census of 1850,
over skilful at the work. The Mexican j t j, nt . upon several stations upon evciy | will at the present ratio, reach 100 tneqi-
CSgic, with its outsircchcil wings, fuirly. rail-road in the whole kingdom. In this ■ tiers, is almost unanimous .for free trade,
lov before us, each rustic of the flag on j manner, the whole country will know the j The voice of the farmers, the voice qfthc
Which it rested, causing the prismatic, exact Greenwhicli lime, and thus will lie j great agricultural valley ol'tlie Mississippi,
colors of atmosphere to play over the obviated all 'the present danger arising | calls loudly for free trade. On the same
brilliant floss silk ueedle-wurk as brilliant- |' r ,j m disagreement in watches, and the , side will lie the four additional new States
sad catastrophes they have not unfre- from Texas, slaveholding and non-slave
3 uenlly occasioned, by mistakes in the
eparturo of trains."
ly, as if it had been the plumage of the
bird itself. Some fair Mexican damsel’s
bright eyes must have grown weary un
der their long dark lashes, in thus defi
nitely counterfeiting nature, l’orhups jl
was the work of cloistered nuns, it is
so elalmratc—some holy sisterhood, who
by ascetic life, have long attenuated fin
gers, and thus made more nimble, than
those possessed by the “world’s gazers”
of their sex. The members of a whole
convenent, probably, have said their tua-
From the JV. O Picayune Extra, July 6.
Late From the Army.
Tito steamship Alabama, Capt. Win-
ALBANY PATRIOT.
WEDNESDAY, XCLT 15,
“Philo” and the “Ntascogee h—
cnt."
The proceeding* of the Democratic Mini,
held n few week* since in Baker end *sae uV.
a pyinl of lime not perceptible, since: licipated in the adoption of the measure,
the two clocks never vary perceptibly, j The largest vote for the bill was from ihe
When the pendulum in Edinburgh moves; West. Six of the Western States—
to the right, the magnetized rod in Glas- namely, Alabama, Mississippi, Miso'uri,
glow moves in the same diiection, and Michigan, llinois, and Texas, being unan- „ .. 0 _
both teturn together to the left. Two ! imous for the measure, with majorities-to the other officers. The recruits will,
* " from lime to time, lie sent in detnehments
to Jefferson Barracks near this pluce,
where tho regiment is to be organized
and furnished with horses and the neces
sary equipments. The enlistment,organ
ization and equipment, will be pushed
forward with all possible despatch, so as
to have the regiment ready for service at
the earliest practicable period.
The Wounded.
The Newark Advertiser publishes the
following extract of .a letter from hue of
the wounded soldier* in the recent battles
on the Ilio Grande.
“ We have good attendants, good diet,
good beds, and above nil, good surgeons.
_ . .. counties, were ordered to be published in the “ AL
with a paw of paws Inal might have held w r.tnot" sod the “Colombo* Tin-- Z
back a locomotive, but at the instant of! „ . . _ *"“• Tk*
contact he gave a twist of tho face, looked j" Mas<:o S” Democrat, m noticing fee
at Ilia palsied hands and said : “ Look-a-; ‘"kject, complained in rather discourteous terms, sf
here young man, its iny ’pinion you is de the disconrtesy of thoss meetings in not requeatias
debil or his fust child, and dem shiny lings I the publication of their proceeding* in thaZj.
dare your horns.” And arotd the laugh-n.— .... . .. _
ter of the bystandera, Sambo walked off; - he terms this
awfully shocked at holding the devil by the ^. . 1Dflueace °* * oroe cert * in individusi fnxa
horns.—AT. Y. Sun.
To th* Editor of the Union.
One of the British journals which is most
scurrilous in attacking tho United Stales,
particularly on the subject of the annexa
tion of Texas, and our supposed views on
other parts of North America, is the “Uni
ted Service Journal. It is pleasant to con
trast its editorial remarks upon this subject
with those relating to tho British Empire
in India. Look fur instance, at the num
ber for the present month, (June, 1846,)
from which (pp. 296, 297) 1 make the fol
lowing extracts:
“Maintaining as we have always done,
the opinion, that to round in the territory of
die, arrived this morning from Brazos Oregon upon the Pacific, and inviting tlie
holding, the new State north of Iowa anil
west of Wisconsin and Iowa—all, all... „
will lie agricultural, and all for free trade, j ® rs - Hawkins and Roberts are, probably
And Oregon now secured, and ready for 1 * " r * 1 1
peaceful settlement and emigration:—Or
egon to form nt least four new Stales—
two of the best and kindest surgeons in
tlie United States service. Our wounds
are dressed twice a day. I am under the
care of Dr. Roberts, and while he is dress-
Santiago, having sailed thence on the 3d 'commerce of Asia and South America—; iu g my wound he contrives to draw my
inst. We may say at once that she brings o re gn n pre-eminently agricultural nnd attention from what he is doing. He has
no news ofinterett from the Army. The
Mexican force are supposed to ha enn-
Uns and theuTiy turns" wrought upon that I eentreled in the vicinity of Monterey un-
banner, which they fondly hoped was des-' Her the immediate commant) of Parades.
lined to lead gloriously the arras of their | The American army appear tq be ou the r
country in every light. Alas! for the for-1 P°"'t «'f taking up rheir march to penetrate j |, a(nat Mississippi, Florida, Texas, Jilin-! “P™ seperate bunks, nlmut two nnd n
tunes of war. " ~ jasfaras Monterey. inis, Missouri, Michigan anil Arkansas, j half feet high. Wc have a pillow, two
That flag, in ihobaulc of die Pulo Alto,! We have received our full eorrespon-I (,bsent on the final vote.) Attinjority for (dean sheets and as many bluukctsns we
was torn by our ennnon shot, and now! tlence by this arrival, and will lay il Ijc- the votes of the following Statc^’ftt'W Trtr: want.” . _
- r - . . *■ * I C. «... I - —II t— — .1— lU n . . ... . * J 3 |».1.‘0 , V-I • * —
commercial—she, loo. will come nailer thus dressed it two or three times without
the glorious banner of free trade. m y feeling it. At breakfast wc gel a
The following States, ten in number, howl of good beef soup; supper ns break-
were unanimous'in favor of the bill, i f ast We get gooil soli bread. Our beds
New Hampshire, South Carolina, Ala-! are bed sack tilled with straw, placed
bears upon its folds the shattered shreds
thus rudely made; nt the Rcscca dc la
Palma, it waved over the bravest troops,
and floated in the wind as long as its reg
iment lusted lie fore the terrible fire of our
arias. When all was lost, its bearer tore
it from its staff', and fled to save it from
the stain of capture. Such, however,
was not to be its fortune. The brave
man was met by one of our own troops,
and hand to hand they fought for the
prize,—the Mexican nerved by every
feeling of patriotism, the American by
every sentiment of a soldiers ambition.
The brave standard-bearer hit the dust,
and tlie precious ol jeet of his care became
an object of idle curiosity in the hands of
his enemy. May it ever be respected a-
tnong our people, as the otdy evidence
existing of the once bravo “Battalion dc
Tampico." These Trophies are in charge
of Col. M. M. Payne, and will he by him
carried to Washington.—.V. O. Tropic
From the Aw Orleans Picayune.
British Abolition Illustrated/
We copy from the Morning Herald—a
paper published in Kingston, Ja., of the
20lh May last, the following article, which
illustrates the value of British sympathy
for the “poor African." Wc" believe
England is the only Christian nation W’liich
carries on the slave-trade through the in
strumentality of public vessels of war:
•• By advices received by tlie last pact
cl we learn dial the Cygnet, one of her
Majesty’s 6hipa, hud captured 1067 Afri
cans, who had been scat to St. Heleua.
One hundred and twenty-eight of them
have Iiccii forwarded to this island, and
S ’jht hundred and one remained nt St.
elcna, disposal lc among the different
colonies. In the uncertainty as to what
number of vessels may have proceeded
to St. Helena for these |icople, on liehalf
of tho other colonies, the propriety of
tending on more than one vessel for
Jamaica was much doubted, though it
teems Mr. Burge, our agent, was in favor
of tending more. It is stated that ho had
succeeded in procuring one vessel, and
that it was probable he would bave ar.oth-
cr placed at his disposal.”
Can there be a more miserable and
melancholy revelation than is here made?
The British Government have their ships
of war upon the African coast to suppress,
avowedly, the slave-trade. Thousands
of " poor Africans” are captured from the
pirates who have kidnapped them in their
Own country, or bought them ol their
princes. This i» done .in the name oi
humanity! But what follows? These
very negroes are taken from tho depots
created by British cruizors to ibe British
West Indies, and are there subjected to
tu galling a servitude as that designed for
\hcra by the traders from whom they were
rescued. Whilst the London proas is
tinging tbe praises of the officers who cap-
tored these slaves, the authorities in the
West India Islands are struggling for more
than their respective shares of the booty,
with the veraci<iusne*s ofa pike. Mean
while England is endeavoring to gel op
an excitement amongst the nations, that
in the name of phylamhropy she may en
joy » monopoly of the slave-trade herself.
It b toO custom of the United Stalescnii-
fcrtl When they captured a slaver, to
tflteUfo^ubor Africans” u> their borne
and give them their liberty. When they
•US captured by British Crnizera, tbcjr
destination u only changed.- Instead of
ken to Cuba; ibey ore Sent to
i 'Honduras, British Guiana ot
t colony. We doubt if
i” baWmuch choice as
i.is sore,.. r .
foie our renders all in good season. We
annex the following as of most immedi
ate interest:
Point Isabel, July 3d, 1S10.
Editors Picayune:
Gentlemen—I left Matamoras last
evening, and started from Gen. Smith's
camp, on this side of the Rio Grande, at
9 o’clock, with n volunteer officer, to ride
across the prairie. I saw “Old Rough
and Ready” just before leaving, lie
was riding out hunting for newspapers.
The old gentleman hardly ever is seen
attended by any uf his officers or men in
his rides, Gut goes "poking about,” ns 1
heard a volunteer remark the other day,
‘just like other folks." Gen. Smith wus
to begin-Vo remove his camp lo-tluy some
IS or 16 miles up tho river on the Mexicon
side. The General looks remnrkjtbly
well nnd is in fine spirits. The mnsqui-
toes showed themselves in nuntliers for
the first time at head-quarters last even
ing. The volunteer camp was perlecily
shrouded by smoke, raised by the men to
keep oil'tlie intruders. A rumor obtains
iu camp that a portion of the Louisiana
volunteers are soon to he disbanded, and,
though they have been assured that such
will not probably be the ease, they an*
quite uneasy about it—a Jew because they
want to go home and fear the rumor is not
well founded, but most of them liecause
they desire to stay ami "see the thing
out.*’ "When can we move? Can we
ever get a fight out.,of them?" are the
tlie hill: the above ten Slates, nnd ill- 0 ad
dition Maine,(the star of tlie East unani
mous save one.)Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia, Louisiannu, (unanimous ■ save
one, unreduced by sugar and molasses.)
Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee,—in all eigh
teen Stales for tlie bill; New York equal
ly divided. Six States were unanimous
against the bill, and a majority in three
mure against it—in all, nine Slates.
The New York Herald of the 2nd in
stant, says:
“There never has hern so mneh.activ
ity in our several navy yards ns at this
moment, where there are between three
ami four thousand mechanics and
laborers most actively engaged in
putting things In rights". These move
ments we had supposed, would cease af
ter the settlement of the Oregon question ;
but the saute secret energy and activity
continues now that existed for some time
previous to tho profitable arrangement to
us of that question. Mr. Benton asserted
i THE WARRIOR.—This is a boat
running.between this city anil Mobile, iu
the mail service, under the command of
Mr. Tift, formerly of the James L. Day.
Since the Warrior has been running, tlie
mail has come to hand at an early hour in
the morning, for which wc are, and nil
our editors should be, profoundly great fill.
We take the liberty of assuring travel
ers that they cannot find n boat upon
which their material comforts will he
more sedulously attended to than upon the
Warrior, so long as Mr. Tilt is in cbin-
tnnnJ. The bout lcavs to-day upon tile
nirival of the cars at half past 2 o’clock.
Those who would spend tho 4th July a-
greeably may well nvnil themselves of
this bout.—N. O. Picayune.
questions constantly pul to |icrsons com
ing from Gen. Tuylnr’a quarter*.
That a large portion of the .army- will
soon move towards Monterey can no lon
ger be doubled, as boats enough of fight
draught have arrived tu warrant Gen.
Taylor in taking possession of the rountry
the mouth of the river and that place.
The. road we came over last night I
mean the wagon road between Point Isa
bel and 5Iatamoras—is still impassable
for loaded wagons, and it is a wonder to
me how a light wagon can be dragged
over it, From tho over to the Palo Alto,
some nine miles, there is not, ultogetlicr,
half a mile of head road. Tbe mud is
generally a foot deep—and in some places
two or three feet deep—nnd there is at
least four miles of water, in many places
Imrdly fordable for horses. The gen
tleman who accompanied me down cap
tured a gar-fish on "six mile prairie,” be
tween thclmtlle fields theolher day, near
ly threo feet long. I passed over the
same place four or five times when it
was perfectly dry with no appearance ol
having ever been overflowed. At the
Resaca de la Palma where, as you will
observe on the map, a road passes be
tween the ponds, there is now but one
pond, nnd that is deep enough anywhere
for a respectable sized steamboat to pats
through it. The Palo Alto battle field is
two-thirds coverrred with water.
A Mexican prisoner of war, Lt. Ruix,
whose arrest 1 mentioned sometime ago,
will go out to New Orleans in the Alaba
ma. You will recollect that be was
caught in Matamoras in the act of trying
to gather recruits from among tbecilisenr
aiia tlie convalescent of the wounded sol
diery. A Mexicito also goes out in chains,
accused of being one of the murderers of
the Rogers family.; Jam not lawyer en
ough to know exactly how be will be tri
ed, or before what tribunal, bat he has
■o ugly phi* to bring before it jnry>r
Mr*. Page, wife t>flh£ Capt;' Pi
Oalvanie Enjlnc.
IVc extract from the Scientific American,
the following u*ofiil invention, which \\ill
no doubt conic into immediate use, and its
utility he appreciated.
The Galvanic Engine complete isenclo-
.T 7".i , V” sc< * in a neatly finished, polished and orna-
hat the 49th parolcl was the fighting; mented mahogany trunk, twofect in length
line for us, aim on that line government j by one in brcadih, and not so heavy hut
evidently intended to "drive, stakes,, that a person may conveniently carry it hy
hut what the move now is, is more than one hand. Il is kept in constant readiness
has l>crn allowed to see the light. Some-! f>> r action, with no oilier attention than two
thing isevidemly in the wind. The piob-!work once in two days; nnd by the
ability is, if we mstake not, that the Pres-1 s,m P‘ c nct of turning a key, or depressing
itlent will make good his assertion in his 1 ;l S|,rm "’, ,n:iclimu w, ‘ 6 IV ? » * ,r "-
t , , _ , <Jy, constant power, euiinl io llie labor ofn
message, that "no European pwL,,,,, crank, and Efficient to drive a
would be permitted to interfere with the, i al |, e> sma || circular saw, grindstone print-
pnhlical affairs of llus continent.” J ing press, bits, drills, tic., or propel a light
, .■ or- t jhoitl on the water; and the entire expense
IP hat does a mean f—It it anr.aghsh; of maintaining will not vary much from ten
flea to back un Mediation?—Via learn cents per day. These engines will be fur-
I'rom Captain Pilsbury, of the lingJamt-s j nished for $100 each and warranted to
Cuskic, that on the night of tho. 24Ui of beep in repair, or be repaired gratis, for one
May, in latitude 4S 10, Ion! 9 -40-, he,A car -
passed a fleet of eight ships v»f- war nnd! TtaOeBerafe
three steam frigates, all under short can- Tlie follow in
mice Sivura ir gates, u i unuer siiott can- j Thc f 0 l| 0W i n g is ,ltc complete list of np-
vass and standing to the westward. In: poinlinvnis made in pursuance of thc late
consequence of the darkness of the night,' Acts of Congress:
he could not ascertain to what nation they | Gen. Taylor, Mnj. Gen. of the Regular
belonged. This fleet'.may have been the Army.
experimental squadtron of England on a . Col. Twiggs, Brigadier General of thc
-- --- t—. 1 --- ■ - . • Regular Army.
Col. Kearney, Brigadier General of thc
Regular Army.
Col. Butler, of Ky., Major General of
Volunteers.
cruize, hut is strongly suspected to be cl
liter a French or English fleet, oh its way
to the Gulf of Mexico. „ Time will tell.—
NVte Yoti Herald. ■ *
The Trials of tbe Rcrolntioa.
A Correspondent of the “Spirit of the
Times,” among the iocidents ot the war
in Carolina says:
It is a fuel, not generally knnwn, but
nevertheless true, that at the Eutaw, one
of the many in which the Legion (Leo’s)
distinguished itself, that there yrdth hun
dreds of (he soldiers of the Afnerfo^n, Ar
my perfectly naked.. ‘At the battlp of ihe
Eutaw Springs,’ Greene writes in>pne of
his letters, “hundreds of my men werte,ae na
ked at they were born. 1 ” Judge Johnson in
his life of Greene says—‘Posterity will
scarcely believe that the liarc loinsbf ma
ny brave men who carried death into the
enemy’s tanks, at the Eutaw, were galled
by their catoudi boges, while a,.Ibid of
rag or a tuft ol mots protected the shoul
der from sustaining the same injury from
tbe musket.” General Greene says in his
letters to)beSecretaryof^War: we have
three hundred men .without anils, and
more than one thousand *o naked that they
can be pnton dutyoaly in cases qfa des
perate nature. Our difficulties -are .so
numerous,andour warns so pressing, that
I have not a moment's relief from the
most painful anxieties,
banassments than it is,
to llie world. Let it «u .
a part of the United States,
row escape. I have been. ,ecca
ihe Reid, without taking off my
what a noble and uuflincl
most those men of the Revolution have
been made/’ Asia ■ ,f..i ham Y e'jub
•::.*dvf* >wl •: at—
Gen. Patterson of Penn., Major General
of Volunteers.
Gen. Pillow, of Tcnn. Brig. General of
Volunteers.
Gen. Shields, of Tcnn., Brig. General of
Volunteers.
Gen. Lane, of Indiana, Brig. General
of Volunteers.
Gen. Marshall, (nolT. F.) of Ky., Brig.
General of Volunteers.
Gen. Quitman, of Miss., Brigadier Gen
eral of Volunteers.
Gen. Hamer, of Ohio, Brig. General of
Volunteers.
Great Experiment in Steam.—An experi
mental steamer is now building at the nian-
ufactory of Beds, Harlan & Hollingsworth,
Wilmington, Del., for a gentleman of Al
bany, NT Y., who expects to accomplish
with it a speed of twenty -live miles an hour!
The steamer is to be of immense length
compared' with her beam, and will have
great power applied to propel her wheels.
Her projector confidently contemplate* that
she wiU-make the passage between New
York and Albany in five hours.—PAii. JV.
American.
-The Philadelphia U. S. Gazette of the
,, . . M inst. says: “ We are informed that the
1 hart moreem- President will, in a few days, send a men
" '■* sage to Congress, recommending the Issue
pfXetierof Marqoe Commission*. .Tbie
« done <n consequence of a- latter received
ntlis in ’tiy the'Department from tbe U. 8. Consul
TXitSMleJmimia.sliidiit was stated
thatagaagof Buccaneers was afloat un-
iPW«nal der the Mexloan flag, on tho seas in that
vicinity, and had recently overhauled a
British vessel."
Columbus.
In our paper of the 17th olL, “ Philo,” one of o*,
citizens, and s member of the Baker county Meet,
ing, replied, denying any improper influence or in.
terfcrence in tho meetings alluded to or say intro.
tionslsrant of courtesy to the Democrat Ho men.
Uone tlie “political excentricity” and “doubtful
position” of the Democrat as s probable reason for
its having been forgotten, Sic.
We bate before os th* Mnscogee Democrat of
the Sd inst, containing an answer to “ Philo," de
nying all his propositions, and also s rejoinder by
“Philo” re-*sserting them.
The Editor of thc Democrat suggest*, and wearo
me (i|>iuiuiip uiui iu Tvunil rn me icrmury ui j
our Indintt empire wo ought to hold the contincc d of tbe fact, Uist no good
Indus (Rio Grande?) as our frontier line in
all its course, we must confess that we did
not feel satisfied with the first treaty of
peace, which to our apprehension did not
give us ns much as the nature of the case
required—‘indemnity for thc past, and se
curity for the futinc ;’ and it would have
left ihe government of the Panjuab to fall
into thc same state of anarchy which was
the original cause of the war. • • •
This treaty fell to tho ground, nnd a new
one was indispensable.” [Because the con
quered prince could not; with his whole
treasury, pav the stipulated indemnity.]—
"Lord HarJingc was thus placed in a di
lemma, from which he has clevcrlv '
“controversies of this nature”—they m too fre
quently the root of bitterness sod thc blight of con
cord—they neither benefit those engaged in them
nor interest the general reader. We llie re tore hope
that both parties will be satisfied with our determ
ination not to publish the controversy.
It is proper here to notice two^sentiments c>pres
sed in the concluding part of the snide from tbe
Democrat, to which we have alluded, which relate
not to pertoru but to principles, and which seem to
us to ho inconsistent with each other. In the first
the Editor claims a “ deep devotion to thc princi-
li eed ° f Draoc ™ e y-” 1° Ule revoad, speaking of
himself. By acting on the principle of di- i U,e ,10, " inee of * Convention, he says, “IVe ran
wife el imptra, lie lias split thc l’linjunh into | even suppose s case where tlie deration r.f a Whig
two parts—the hills and thc della of the [candiUalr might be justly deemed not only hjr, bet
two rivers. We have given the terms else-' salutary to the best interests tjthe country.”
where, which arc strong inarksof the spirit 1 ^ „„„
” r she case which we presume thc Editor supposes,
is one io which s corrupt Dcn^patic Convention
tptrtl
of moderation that has actuated our author
ity*. The treaty is more hostile to any
views wo may have, on ultimate possession
of tho country, than the original one; for
with the view of once having the Indus ns
our boundary, we ought to have made the
S rcponderancc of power rest with Dhulecp
ingli, as the other gentleman and his de
scendants will prove more troublesome cus
tomers.
“ ll'c had our territory inruded without the
shadow of a pretext ; a rust numlei of lives
sacrificed, an enormous expense incurred, onc-
fourth of which will not Dc covered by the
indemnity : place these together, nnd let
us ask, will n whole century furnish so
good u pretext for taking possession of the
whole cotintr” ourselves?—a measure we
are as sure will evcntuallv occur os that thc
existence our empire will continue.
“It is perfectly idle to talk about abju
ring ambitions views, nnd the danger 'of
extending the Indian provinces; this pro
gress is in the natural course ol crchls; it
may bo delayed for twenty or thirty years,
hut must infallibly arrive at Inst. The
present state of affairs in tlie Pnnjunb nnd
Cashmere can continue but a short period.
“ Wc have always expressed a dislike ot
thc temporary expedients resorted to in the
East, by protected states and suhsidnry Iron*
lies, which are endless causes of dispute.—
Independent of offensive and defensive con
siderations, these stairs, whether they arc
called protected, subsidized, or tributary,
nil equally stand in the way of the general
improvement of India ; which requires one
powerful ami homogeneous government to
advance the counlry iu the march of im
provement anti civilization.”
Thc italics in the nliove ext reels are mine.
When thc “United Service Journal” talks
again about Texas and California, I think
wc may answer: mutato nomine, de te fab-
ula narralur. M.
Correspondence of Ihe Charleston Alews.
Tlscrc Mill Is nope.
New York, June 21, 1846.
I see hv Ihe English papers that Mr.
Duffy, of the “ Nation,” the powerful or
gan of “Young Ireland,” is to be tried for
sedition. The Nation, despairing of repeal
by peaceable means has for several months
been nt work, earnestly impressing upon
thc Irish people that those
“ Who would bo free, themselves must striko the
blow.”
Very lately a aeries of articles hare been
published, showing Irishmen the sympathy
which has always existed between their
country nnd America, and pointing to the
approaching war on the Oregon question,
as the proper opportunity for Ireland to
achieve her own liberty, and to humble her
oppressor. This opportunity will not come,
and grant will be the despair of young Ire
land. This forlorn liopo has left them with
the settlement of that vexed question.—
The only hope of Ireland is France ; and a
war between France and England does not
seem now either improbable or distant.—
When Louis Philippe dice, and Guizot re
signs, there will come Joinville and Thiers.
Wlml then? Why, ns I read Ihe picture,
"Down with the Tyrant of the Seas;
Vengeance for St. Helena I” We shall see.
It will be seen by the letter of our Wash-
correspondcnt, that it is reported Mr Buc
hanan has been nominated for the vacant
seal on tlie Supreme Bench. This with
draws him from the arena of politics. We
do not doubt he will make a belter Judge
than a politician. His translation |o the
Supreme CouH leave* the office of Secreta
ry of Slate vacant, and in filling it, rumor
•ays there will he a general reorganization
of the Cabinet. There is a report in Wash
ington that Mr. Calhoun, who eeemed to
be but lately so much in disfavor with the
President’s party, will be oflered the post
of Secretary of State, which he held tinder
Mr. Tyler.—Balt. Patriot.
Ninety train* of car* Iravo Boston ev
ery day for twenty-five different station*,—
about one every ten minutes forsixteen and
a half hour* each dqy-Sunday excepted,
ofeoutse* . ■ • •’•!/ *>
«<H»Jd!
should nominate a corrupt and unprincipled candi.
date; but is such s case supposable, in this or
any oilier Congressional District in tbe State t
We think not. We have full confidence that the
Democratic Convention which is to meet at Amen*
cus on the 4th Monday in this month will select s
suitable Reprercntstive of our principles, equal laws
and equal rights, and lie ho whom he may, let ss
unite to hear him triumphantly through the cno>
test.
Knowledge is power.
Education.
Though we have lately written but little vpon
this great subject of thc age, it ha* not been for*
want of* disposition to promote the cause. We
have thought proper to let it rest whilst the exciting
accounts ot the war were engrossing the attention
of the people. That excitement being in a degree
passed, wc shall occasionally recur to thc subject of
Education, for tlie purpose not only of impressing
its necessity upon tlie minds of our readers, but wills
a view of producing some decided and beneficial ac
tion. Next week wo shall publish tho remarks of
Qen, A. II. Brisbane, delivered before the Sunday
Schools of this place, on the occasion of their Adui*
versary celebration of Ihn 4th inst, which w* litre
procured from him, and which will servo as a proper
preface to a series of short articles on thc subject if
Education, which he has premised us. Gen. Bris
bane has devoted much time and study to tbe sub
ject of general Education; and his known ability, in
tegrity and fervor in any cause which be undertakes,
is a sufficient guaranty that tbe forthcoming articles
will be interesting and instructive.
Goa Scott's Opinion,
“I wish I had time to do justice to fay
recollections of the President’s excellent
sense, military comprehension, patience,
nnd courtesies in these interviews.”
Thc Augusta Chronicle Si Sentinel copies this
passage from one of Gen. Scott’s letters ter tbs
Secretary of War, and says,—“The remarks tff
Gen. Scott, (perhaps an unmeaning compliment)
establishes nothing, and we think the friends of Mr.
Polk must he hard run to point to that ss evident#
of his capacity and ability
Tbe insinuation that Gen. Scrtt deliberately pelt*
ned a falsehood when be wrote tbe shore extract,
shows to what length* the blind prejudices of eo*M
men wilt carry them to compass (heir ends. Could
are suspect with the Chronicle and Sentinel, that
Gen. Scott was capable of perpetrating an “ un
meaning compliment” for the purpose of conciliat
ing power, instead of landing him, we would de
nounce him as morally dishonest.
But if Gen. Scott expressed lus honest convic
tion, then according to the Chronicle Si 8entinel, it
establishes nothing, nnd the friends of Mr. Nk
mast be hard ran to point to that, as evidence of Ms
rapacity and ability”—we think so too—particular
ly when Gen. Scott’s veracity is doubted by U*
friends. But wo do not rely npootbe evidence of
Gen. Scott nione to prove the cnpockj and ability
of Mr. Polk. It has been mentioned merely as so
ofiket to the slanders of tbe Whig friends of Gin.
Scott against the President.
We point with the jnst pride of American citizrai
to hit personal character, to hie communications I*
Congress, and above mil, to his sets, as evidencr K*
strong to be resisted by an impartial mind of N
eminent qualifications far the station which hOtt"
We would net depreciate the services of Gam
Scott, nor would we do injustice to sort her to de
fend him in a hod cause.
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