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' r v From the Washington Union.
Sffie national Democratic Coavcn-
tiou.
"We understand the democratic mem
bers of Congress fell some delicacy in
meddling, in the slightest degree, with
the National Convention. But when they
found themselves appealed to upon the
From the Washington Union. | Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
Washington is full of rumors about Washington - , Junuary i J4
peace. Bui we cannot understand that 1 The prevailing opinion here is, that the
any official accounts have been received I President has acted wisely- ns well as
to 'tastily these sangunc calculations..
The only thing which we have heard
of any authentic! character, is a letter from
n distinguished officer, who writes from
lime and place of its meeting by various Vera Cruz, on the 31 inst., to a member
meetings of the people, and when they of Congress, reporting the arrival ol the
found the State convention of Georgia in
voking their interposition, they could not
reconcile it to themselves to abstain al
together from expressing some opinion
upon the question. They accordingly | ‘ We have no confirmation of these re-
tael and conlerred together; nod the re- ports from official sources; thongl
courier from the capital with rumors a
bout negotiation, and the opinion ot die
commandcr-in-chiefthat we should have
pence at no distant day.
suit is now laid before our readers—be
ipg a respeclful recommendation, to the
democrats of the Union to meet, as of old,
according the usages of their parly, at
the usual place and time ol meeting. In
should not he surprised if Mr. Trist, .with
out any instructions or authority, was re-
constitutionally, in withholding the in
structions given to Sir. Slidell ;—con
stitutionally, because he is necessarily die
sole judge whether the papers should he
promulgated or not; and wisely, because
their promulgation at litis time, would
prejudice future negotiations. If the war
is ever to he concluded, it must he by
negotiation'; conquest is a conclusion that
the President does not avowedly seek ;,
and a conclusion by treaty is, still, openly Captain
rtbahle by Mr. Buchan- i from Ve
From the Nets Orleans Picayune, 29A ult.
Late and Important from Mexico.
TWO WEEKS LATER FROM THE CITT OF
MEXICO ANE TEN DAYS LATER FROM
QUERETARO.
Safety of Colontl IVilher's command—/tu
mors of Peace—Capture of Generali Va
lencia and Torrrjou and other Mexican
OJjiccrc—Attempt at Insurrection in the j Cr We
m „ m rCamparrhon oS tlio, Flint
ALBANY PATRIOT miUgcc Rivers—3 .nproveuteau a®*
We publish in another column a comm 0 , **
amn^.
fretn J. E. Butts, Esq., giving the quantity;
'..IT nta f„i I in the Oeroulgee river at Macon, by actmi.. ***
cr A Lecture wilt be delivered at the Odd Tel- | , L . “'“nsn,.
tVEDIESDAV, FEBSUJABr O, 18S8.
- , ,, „ p„_ Intent, made immediately after the mca,,,— ^
low 6 Hall this evening, by IIenp.y Morgan, fcjsq. . _ **“**8**^
* ... . .. " , the Flint river at Danville, of which we »nL.V
The public are invited to attend. i . . we PuUll.
1 i an account in our naner of the 19th »u
i indebted to the Hon. A. Iverson for j seen by this that the quantity of water
'city'qf Mexico--Skirmish "between the J a copy of the President’s annual Message, with the j the Flint at Danville, forty miles above iwj
t> 7.'<ittWi/»t WntM)*/// ihntit! firrnmnnnvinnr documents. i is nearly three times greater than the
declared to he probi - v , , . . , . , .
an. If ilic publication of the papers will jlhe ^Oili instant. By her we have t wee.
disclose the views of persons v ho have received our letters and files from the city j ^ Wq , w
ceiving proposals from the Mexican com-j Bren, or may be relied on as instruments oj Mexico to the 13th instant, and from
missioTiers. j of peace, it must greatly prejudice any j ^ era Cruz to the
We might have peace indeed—and future negotiation. Indeed, it is not for most important fen
Hangers and Gucrrilas—Supposed death j accompanying documents.
of Padre Jaranta—Peru y Pena again j ~
President, See. See. \ O’ Wo publish the
The United Stales steamship Edith, Savannah and Albany End Bond and the law for, ^ ^ ^ made and thefilctd(
n CuUiard, arrived last evening>* improvement of Flint rtver. Other te. affect-: ^ ^
era Cruz, which place she left on j ing this part, of the State mil he published next i|£nt]v
, , plied by the Ocinuigcc at Macon, or in
week the Charter for the ' a „ ... ,. c , . propm.
tion of S to 3. W e are gratified that these a ^
,, ktoonstna
capable of being tirade ’
;ablc for steamboats at all season
j that the opinions of our boat captains hat u
had some fain last week, since which verified—that this river furnishes a larger v 0 l B
, . ... rni - we have had clear, cold weather, with some ice.— ; of water during the dry seasons than the Oi '
date ot Failing, ihe i „ , . . .
o d . mure of the intelligence ; A fi ? e tlme for cnrln g P ork ~ ■ “e tes that thlobZZZm ■
taking this course, they do not pretend to j suc |, j s theoph.ion of our most enlighten- j the House to say, mid no one lias a right J l>y tins arrival relates to the rumors of WIij „ Sati0!ia , convention—Change of looge rock arc tll0 vc 1^™,',^"°”’^
dictate lo their fellow-citizens, but most e d officers—if Congress were promptly to to say, that negotiations,—though perhaps j peace nmlan attempted insurrection in. in tfcc i»ositso» of t8:e Georgia | . . 5 ’ t \.. . netes8 *iji,
respectfully recommend the former course ! j ls dut\', and vote the necessary sup- informal—are not on foot at this moment.! die city of Mexico. ^ | * Whigs, j tw% 1 , are
of the democratic national convention t° j plies to nrospculc the war with alipossi-j Thc*re is much conversation here *as to I Colonel Withers enmmanu, about j The Whi^ members of Congress together
' ' ’ - ~ • - l - ,:1 L.« number of influential member* of that party-—r tnese circ,^
the adoption of their republican brethren, j (>]e vigor. But every day’s delay i
The. following is the official account of ses the danger. And we buzzard
the proceedings of the meeting of ihe re
publicans of both houses on Monday
night:
PEStOCRATIC IfATIOiYAL CONT-
VEUfTIOBf.
Meeting of the Democratic Senators and
Members,
At a meeting of the democratic senators
and members of the House of Represen
tatives, held in the Senate Chamber of the
United States, on the evening of the 24th
of January, 1S43.
(Jen. Sam Houston, senator from Tex
as, was called to the chair; an
Mr. Richard Brodehead,
lie House
,* mcrea-
danger. And we huzzard noth
ing in saying that it is the opposition
which prolongs this war. They ate re
sponsible for it ; and we shall hold them
amenable to their country for a prolonga
tion of the war. Mr. Ashman's amend
ment, as soon as it roaches Mexico, will
turn the heads ol their leaders, and defeat
‘t™* I The Whig members of Congress together with j * ra «“ !nte ««**> ^ »he 0
the decision ofllte Supreme Court in favor ! wliiclt our last advices tell some anxiety i a , n , lmber of inflocnth i racm bers of that party bo P^manent. Under these
of Mrs. General Gaines. The decision ' on the public mind, arrived m salely at | have , ]e|d a caicns jn Washington City, and have ; " hat 13 our <!ul J' and our intcres ” It is tfe,
cleeides ihe question. Mis. Gaines is to ; Real del Monte. „! resolved to hold a National Convention, the time ar “ use oarEei ™s, put onr own shoulder, „
lake possession, under the inanilalo ol ihe i A delaenmrnt under Colonel Wynknop ; , . . mt;• or rtnllvnuts wheel and go to work like men. fotpnhii,.
Court, of four-fifths of tint proper, v ot her , capture,I General Valent iaatttl his nid.jf* I'lacennt yet determined. T ht. effletna 1 P»U , be anJ gomc cfficic , u ]ln
Oil her—amounting to at least eight mil- ' Colonel Arrisla at hacienda of tlteformer, | >f~‘ <**«' »» ™ G ™ 1 TayW. He has ^ anJ , abor (o ^
I* ° Teniiaeo on thel«t instanl Co! IVvtl- inlways declared he woulu not he the candidate of a . . ' the improve.
llo '* s - lepijaeo, on me ist msi.ini. ^o.vvjn 1 . ... : v . ment of the river next summer. Let tU
The Senate is not in session to-dnv.— ! koop was in pursuit ol Jarar.ta and Rea at ■ party. Should he be nominated by a V lug Na-, t , |orisil;(T a taJ . of t( , n « u »
The House Inis heen engaged on private ihe lime. These escaped him a few hours,tional Convention he would be a Whig candidate!^ m “ (ffi recommendcd ' g *" <1
tills; and, for three hours, very animated,! only. Gen. Valencia and Col. A rrista | and nothing else. But they have do thought of, ^ and ^ d eae3t G, «l
doing to their country. We have a hun
dred evidences of this lact ; anil the fol-
lo-xing from the Pemisylvunian adds only
one more to the ltnmher :
Correspond* me rf the Pemm/cmtitm.
Washington, Jtinuary 19.
It is a startling Inet, well known to ma
ny of those who accompanied our triuin
of Representatives, from Pennsylvania, ■ j in , nnn y to the eitv <tf Mexico, that
appointed secretary. I titnonn the array of curious documents
Mr. Sevier, of Aikansns, front the joint j u \ IK: p were Brought to light, on examin-
commiltee appointed at a ptevious incet-j ,| )e ori |,i V es of the government, there
ing, reported the. follow ing resolution ; „“ rP f„u n .], neatly hound together, all the
Jleso/cal, That it ho respecllully re-1 f p,, P( hes that have heen made ill
any immediate hopes ol pac ificalion. It j I ^
is impossible lo cah uliJle ihe mischiefs and in one or two cases, t loqueui speeches j were released on parole. !! nominating him—he «ut» hw a rai-*c a fund of about S^ooo
which this wanton and factious opposition were matin for or against giving a small; Colonels Torrejon, Minon, and Gaund j very convenient for them to use his name and popu- .. i aw cntirelv ui**-” * ”^ oar *
pension to a poor woman,—the step- 1 ! were shortly afterwards captured at A nia-; hrit t0 carrylhc cleetions last fall, but they do not 1 n . rvccp,ion: | bIe fo ^ cou^
mother and dependent of .he gallant and j zaia, near Puehla, by Dominguez-Cap- j want ,, jm for P rcsi a ent . \v e have always believed '' ' 'f
lamented Mnj. Brown - , who fell in com-! tarn ol the Mexican spy company ... the mig]oaderg made use of ^ TayWfi „ 11I110 ‘ ® " T"* 1
maud of Ihe fort hearing Ins name, op-j service ffi llte United Status. , 0 deceive the people until they could effect certain it contribute 1 "'° lhe
posite Matamoros, at the beginning ol the! Gen. Cadxvalader’s command consist- * * ... ..... , a may contribute.
present war. I ing ofllte 4th Artillery, Oth, 8llt, and 11th ol ’J ret3 - whcn "*J would drop him I,ho a lot Do we want a safe aud easy river commtttfaa,
Wit! Uiero he W Jris Kaltoril Cm- ‘ I'danlry, left the city of Mexico on the 3d j P olato ° 11,0 result will show that we were right uh the Gulf of j; exico? It is within oor
Itc.ltos.a! ' / ®“ i ; J r.-tv.. I J rn, I THorp iv!» rt hnim rnaH ih»» Drfitnriuls of several of the , - _ M , ut V*Mr.
afioaf
instant, for Toluca. The troops were in | Those who have read the editorials of several of the : Do wc want a!s0 a Railroad •communication
The Whigs are in great Irouhle on litis ! fmo spirits at ihe prospect of active ser-, leading Whig journals for a few weeks back will the Atlantic markets or with the interior! ft,
question. We notice in this Slate a <li- ! vice once more. They had reached Ler- j seo that they are trying to prepare the minds of proper improvement of the river will almost ins t „
vision of opinion atnonu their presses as ' mn at the last accounts, without molesta- their readers for a change of position. They scarce- sudt.a connection and place ns among the an
to lltc expediency ol such a measure.— ! tion. I ly mention tlio name of Gen'l Taylor, and if they du j ;or( j ln pomt o commcrciai advantages,at t(
The two whig presses in this city arej Ou the 4th instant, Major TaUiaferro j j t j s t0 s i, ow that he cannot be elected by what they ; proXJtionV" F °* R ° 801 ^ agncult,nl
strongly in favor of hohling a Convontion. j arrived in Mexico from Real del Monte i ca jj “spontaneous combustion.” This favorite We suggest that a meeting of citizens be heMu
our ih umcravi ic IrioncU | c on g lc53 of the United States sinre • They are Clay Whig papers. The South- 1 with a detachment of the 9th Infantry
Union, lo holJ the propos-j jj lf! Wrtr commenced. Those passages | crn “{tecorder is opposed to it—thinks it 1 and twenty dragoons, in charge of one
h, r the purpose j n u is t rrim , r Lal.le for bitter animo?ty lo- j unnrcessiir}*, and considers the “sjwinta-1 hundred and fifty thousand dollarsin silver j
iistion*’ prim iple tlie. (rue one i>nrs—a part of the assessment levied up- i ^ \
pt some system of further action.
Lind Federal District of
phrase they copied from some of the blue light papers the Market IIouso at 11
! of the North, and transferred it to Georgia. Henry nox L *° * :i ‘ vC dies
theme of all their eulogies; he is
again the great embodiment of Wing principles.
Some who have believed that the Whigs were once
in earnest in their support cf Gen’l Tayloi r now ask
the Whigs.
k, A. M. on Satnrdn
nto consideration,^
\Y£tig
Tiic sentences quoted below, arc taken fmm tkt
Montgomery (Ala.) Journal, a whig paper thatk!.
vocates the claims of General Taylor for thePrwi-
rommendtd to
throughout the I
tjd National Convention
of nominating ci.ncli.kite* f.-r IVwi.Icnt i wn „, 8 Preside,,1. an.! evincing ihe i I)e „„ 3 coml.tts
and Vice Brest,lent ot lito Untied States,: Rlro „^,.* t sytoptems ofttympathy with ilie 1 j„ ||„. appruael.iug I’esidential election, on lltc State
at the usun! ttme .....I place, to w, : on ,; )f , s ol - n , ir ,,„ mrio ,, eonnlry, were cnrc-iTIm lailel is a T.tvlor Whig paper. It Mexico.
the 4lh Monday oi May next, a. Balt.- , r]i , a? allor.le.l stth-1 tll ,,| perltt.j.s whig principles are The ruxor prevailed in the city'of
morc- _ . . ijeet n.tiiUTao many a-Mexican orator in not strong en.iut>h to carry its candidate,! Mexico that the Mexican Commissioners j wllat ,las preJucecl this change nm,
Sir. 1 .tompson, ol .Mississippi, moved pj. against lite justice of our hut that the personal pooularily ol Gen- i had ofiered a plan of peace—based upon ] Many Whigs no doubt were honest in their support fl ‘' nc 31j
to strive out a ittnori , w ttc t motion, j ca(ls( ,. Copious marginal tittles, com- ,. r ,l Taylor, military qlorv, and the pop- Mr. Trist’* (imposition* at Tacubaya—[jof “ Old Rough anil Ready,” hut they wore nut in \.e i!u not urge the name of Mr. Clay
0 aS * V C i . C : menting with great acrimony of feeling ■ ulrir love for heroes will eke out the de-; which luul been sent on to Washington the secret; those who work the wires for the party ^vf*m P ' cr<l * r ® ai “p n3 * fir*'t we belieii
out the" i'iIi’Monday '"of Mav.'and’ in leu i Xln'i’a w-’r'1“HotT’antUtf 1 '!™ f ‘ C '“'" Cy ; * , rU " ' vUi * . c |!>’- The .lemrtnre from the ultimatum j had no such intention. Mr. Clay himself knew it comes'q and ir^rsua'ded'Sdo “o'hy fct
the 4th ol July ; which tnotioo, after some ! ’f = . v j . . .’jf'fl n"' 1 n " ,,ncc - . as ,l '" wl,l « c '“ ,l , l, , laU: j"" 1 ,,fl ; -rC ‘ l r'cSnanan^n r'^lT' - ? ^ i boW msn!, 8 0 11,6 VVWg n arl -'— ho knew ' vhcrc portunities oflricnds, would do it against hnwh.
discussion, w as also decided in ihe nega- ’ L.. , - „!JL",t! ””l? . c,! t»g I , ”V. < . y ’ lle 1 a for S30,000,000 for the lemlorv | their strength lay-lie know that the old Federalists and best judg
live.
The resolution submitted by Mr. Scvi-1 j, nm , , lnnr ; n( .i„i,.,| ' rlnnns iti„n of . ""'re-V‘"! ; ‘ r "Lv“'. .j r„... „„ : JP nr, - v -
er was then t
On motiun . . ,, lnll io me ciieiuy. m sibul, u His aceeptauco would he lanlamoutit lo .Mexico, arc suffering — -
' as evi.ler" ( r ,„„ , l,« diaiac- ; su l (3cr to , hose terms. From a hasty glance at our Mexican ! Mr- w,1,thro !> as Speaker-after this admission they Hon °. A r. C.ay, mm behove the great
r-ntliusiasm among papers, of which we have a lull file, we ! c,innot deny that they are completely under i hhntoTr t "•'* ? Ul0 " gl '
that ail the dcmoerilic rdiio-s he re-"" J 1 "P” - Hie wing presses Siiiviorliiig General Ta\° - can find nolhing more thaR is contained j cc > ltr °l °f their brethren at t-l-.e North. Mr. Clay if | 10 coll i d
-"•I-'- il-i . • ‘‘ ” is advocated in the letters of our correspondents. j was well aware of this, and ho determined to act. candidate—not that their conCdriiec in his ahilin,
>rds, he isle. We exlracl the following paragraph accordingly. In his Lexington speech therefore fidelity or patriotism has been shaken, fur one
Richard Brogue VO, eretarv. 1 J ’ ‘ •’ : no useil lo luimting Hie people and thus from the World, of Gutulalaxara, under : his great object was to conciliate the Abolitionists 1 °«w, l,ut they
ccordingly came out t "' 1 ' var
tented with this he '; :0 f ra! '
rate in greater harmony. The whig eon- - "‘' ll i15 ;iil 1 >U tensions u> lnilemnity lor i „,. r )„,!,] ,,,, ( l,,. ,,,,p,d , r enihusiasm than Deeeinher. 1S-17, it is said, that news had t]ia curgc !lll( ]^ 0 i, r;i a-li Lr 0 --- co-e-r 5 He then il:e reason he ,
vention presented a very difli-rent spec- i '’owardiy and miseriilily nbandoned.; .„ 1V i, (r m „ n amona tlirm who.aspires reached Mazatlan that 509 raneheros of . " ., pro-.ni. o... co„i..ry. .c t...a
ing redection lor | ( , p,,hiical oilier. 1/ pul to 1 lie vote of California had attacked the Americans j ° UC ' C *? scr- ' -
in;, but the fiiet ihe .wings who they would prefi-r to be | who were in possession of Ln Paz and!° 1,0
... ! was throughout evident, from the i
llxsohed. That the proceedings of tins . |er „ r lhc remarks appended to these ,n- Tint there is
meeting be signed ny ihe ofiieers ; and , ore5t||Ig r< . lu iiu=o<-ties of American apos- llle w i, ig s , r ' s
i lacy to Amnican rights, that an impres-! | or j s verv apparent.
proposed to be surrendered lo the United |0f t!le North and thc Abo i: t ; oniats controlled the “ U f knnw tliatun c.Tort is making by politicals
. , , . . Ipnrtv. This the Whigs of tlio South acknowledged tblS 3tam P lo .L'ceive Mr. Clay as to public ops
learn that trie four reel-| , , .. . ... , -T (ion, and to force him again to the fid
ompaniert Gen. Butler to ! ' v!,cn ,hcy dcclarc<1 !,!at ,l ' vould hav0 bccn fotal ,0 yet to know that iliey have succeeded
bring much from sickness, j ,he " hi S s nf tl,e SoBtl * t0 !iave rofl,- ' cd to vute for »*»»• „ f? dn "c do not advocate il
to the field; but
their
the re-ncmint
lie
speclfully rrque. teiMo the ,$ion hail gnineil upon the Mexican min<l, j f or availabilv. In other words, ho is to We extract lhc following paragraph j accordingly. In his Lexi
1 than, as soon as Mr. Folk s aflministlation , | )e llS( . ( j j f) | JUfrJ { M j^ t| ie people and thus 'from the World, of Guadalaxara, under ; bis great object was to con
Our accounts from t
arc of the most Hattr-rir
Never did a democratic
tiarmonv.
had passed
.State of Ohio ^’called, our dcailv-bo
lescription. j basely s«rrcn«lcri*d, at;
Inim lo ilit* cootrv al.c.i
»^lit adv
ctitisl their dal
taclc.
ption. j
■on volition sc pc- .
The whig emi-j vvrU as ;iU Vrvyrn*-
pro sent c< I a very diflorenl spec-1J”**^ ^ ,v *' ;Jr dly ami
Weller, the gallant soldier and a* ' ^ * dn S:u * ,|:
title
ah! be insidionslv saddle uikhi :h<
will, a wiiig adrninisir.itior.
ot j Mr. Cl.iy is really the most popular
r conquered, jis j,, ,j Jt . whig ranks. Ho has a siron-
mdemnity h>r j„,. r on ( |„r
'*lj nbandoned. Is.ii lf . r t>mr
• of the 17lh of December. We shall and the old Fede
1 ourselves of the first moments of: Hut-footed again.*?
leisure to re-peruse our Files. ! t ;, 0 Wjhnot Fro\
In a letter from Tepic, dated l!ie 11th
December, 1S-17 V it is said, that news had
readied Mazatlan that 500 raneheros of
die Mexic
ieo; not (
are iimviliing again to force the jil*
rso to a contest which is hojrl(
, in the name of common son#e,
os of the people” prefer Mr. Clay ior
ble orator, is our <
didale fo
!an American to indulg
Ford, a very inferior speaker and politi- j 13 nevertheless incontrovertible, il
cian, is the whig candidate. We under- misinterpretaii.in of public sentime
Stand* from thc most re.-pcciahlc authority i ,s ^ ,e distinguishing trait ol
that not a doubt exists in Ohio, about oilrj vv h*g spee«-hes on the su! ject ol tlie yv
the
dl
Fresident, Mr. Cl
the former would <
ver the latter. It the question is referred j can vessels had left Maz.ular. to render i him,” or any one whom the Northern wing of the
... . . ? j to a Natioiihl Conventi«.n, the probability i assistance, and this occurrence would parly shall choose to nominate. We eee thc effects
electing the governor aud the electors tor j 'ndiiced those who control public o- ■ j s Giat it would be decided in favor of Mr.' prolong the blockade of San Blaz. j of Mr. Clay's policy and presence in Washington tlie l )CO V ]
President. pinion in Mexico to j imp at i-on.-lusniiis: Q1 ;IV . TT»R li :l r th.-it this will he tlio re- j . r ~~ , ! in tlie conduct of the Whig party in Congress. 0 If n
OurprospcdS for the pre- identinl elec- as lalul to themselves as tliry are likely to j Pll jf causes the 'Faylnr Whigs to oppose I. T»ie following resolutions were ndopted : caa bdieve lhe aa5Crt 1 one " of t!icms e, vcs ' and *
tion are bright and eheeriug. Carry Ohio i prove tmulilcsonre to tis. J he same dis-;,j, e I it *|tlirȣj a'convention. They think. "3 r l ^ ,e Democrats of the Stli District Con-
and Georgia, (and we have this Jay re-j S[‘ a ^*hd game is slid carried on, with no j . IM( | Vf .,y correctly, that no candidate no-
tue reason he ramict be elected ? It is these ss
great masses of the people which elects every Pres
ident, and if they arc in favor of Air. Clay,
not see how (its chance can be hopeless. If th*
hicli controls tlie machinery
Since that he has been the
r General Taylor, Ban Jose, had defeated them and set lire j Uvcril ° ° r l5ie Mdng.s of the North, and M it will be ,
t two voles to oi*i(i o- In those places. On the 2d three Amen- ! '“ icidi ‘ I and fa:al for Sm'lhcrn Whigs to oppose ' S rcat mafFrs 01 »'* r™!* are for him, who
- -* * • .... cart n can be against him * n ' x *- : - ** - x -’" i k '
hug with which those w
i Tejjnesscr, and we shall, in all pro- j , ^ ! Clav could not he.' “ * * ‘ : ; “ Herniad. That while we cherish thc j t,,!s woaW not suit Mr * cw f* l:lctics - In Lcx *
ility,elect -our Pregiilent. Mr. l’olk j 0.1 Sunday nhdit lu‘t' two m-oro t-mers 1 As matters „o,v slnnd, il is quite a nos- fc *I M!C ‘ f,,r «*.o institutions of llie , *ngton speech he 1«J declared that the IWdent
lied only 7 votes lo fleet him, without! f lotri IVrson C.mn'.v C. of.be names of, sil'lf lliinu that G, ueral Tavlor will run 1 nc ami Would on all oe.e-as.on>, . had acted unconstitutionally in commencing the
vote ol the Umpire State; and wc Thomas P. Trotte'r and Ri.-har.l Bolton | : 'S mi iiidepeiideiilenii.li.lulr.* 'J’lie Whiqs J'neournge lhe spirit of liherly, and would j war. In due time Mr. Ashman of XarMchusetts
■icd Georgia, luit not Tennessee. We W ere murdered iti Randolph C. Gu. near will hold a GW-entiim arid nominate \f r. l,Hri,,r lrec Ulmra * 0,10 ot ll,e most gener- | brought forward a resolution declaring the same
n’s Store, by uvo cf their own ne- Ckty. The Demoemis will hold „ Con- i ,,HS ennoldnifj manifest,ilions, still we \ thing, and “it would have been fatal again for
The particulars, as vo.nmuima i vention aud nominate either Gen. Gass— W " M . mr bmr 1 " Titian thc. domestic in- ; Southern Whigs to have voted against it,” though
ceived the most 11 il!
condition of the re|
then Tejmessce, and
babil
wanted
the
carried
cannot despair of New York. No! with
discretion and firmness, we can carry
that State ; but even if we should lose it,
yet with Ohio, or Georgia, or Tennessee,
we may carry lhe President, with the aid
of the new electoral votes of Texas, Iowa
and perhaps Wisconsin. At all events,
let the whigs shuffle lire cards as they
will, we shall, with proper energy and
spirit, defy all their efforts, all their arls,
•nil their coalit ions and casts of character;
nnd we shall triumpharilly elect the nom
inee of the democratic convention.
State Printer,
What Wc said some days ago about the
the impracticability and unmanageabilily
of a majority of tu-o proved literally true
on Monday. The Whigs, who were so
unfortunate ns to have this majority, dis
covered that it was a sort of a Nessitm shirt
affair, and one of them remarked that
s of lire | likelihood of its alialeii,
party,) and
shall, in all pro-1 , Awful Tr
1 bv lh<* wbig* i
A l least tl
ibl not !
think that Mr.
. - ..lion of Massachusetts. When did vou mn »* Wl ‘* mcmbe ” fro, “ thc Sot
■ ever hear of Whigs in Massachusetts : ' vcnt ‘° ' Vasl " , ‘= tim C|, T ' V1 . ,h a !irnl *tcrmlnati
talkinu like this. : to stand by their country and support the w:
Hesolt'td, That while \ve cherish lhc j ^ ,!s Uo: *^ Rct su,t ^' r * stay’s tactics. In his Lex
is the kind of bum-
editors wish todeceivt
They know very well that “the gw*
f the people” are not in favor of Mr. Clay-
has been demonstrated three times already, and
oy want further proof, it can be demonstrated
n. It is for that very reason, that they ffiov
^reat masses of the people are agaiwi him,tl«t
? whig editors consider his chance hopeless-
Tra-il!? tSie Will?*.
?'*er was a political party more clcsely bwd
difiiculties and perplexities than the pro- 8 ?® 1
Let us enumerate some of their dr
, and fulfil
, . . .. , , ~ a , — - —1« the principle of the
I t ijnamnjjty prevailed, however. Not foregoing resolutions.”
j r , . - , , die slightest evidence of dissension upon ! ——
the tes and papers of the deceased, and | ,|, e objects 0 f the meeting was percept i- • Reslgnalion ot Senator Colqirtl.
bridge into a creek, when the murderers
proceeded to secure the money and burn
hereafter he should always feel safer in a j 1,a ' ? et " n ,lru l, ie bloody matrass, put j hie throughout the evening. About ‘ten 1 The Milledgeviile Federal Union of the
minority than in a majority of two. After °. . 1 ecaro a and Horses in the • ffiousand persons visited the hall or par- lsl instant, says:—WeiearnthatonSat-
electing Mr. Soule l.y*a majority of seven d'fccuon ° f Marion (3. taking the 1 tioipated in th - ~ P i - • - -■ ■ ■ ■ •
by a majority
votes the Whig Legislature proceeded to
elect as their Public Printer—whom do
you imagine, reader ? why, no other than
that staunch, veteran, unflinching and un
failing Democrat, Peter K. Wagner—the
man who has written harder, stronger,
with them. The discovery of the murder
was made on Sunday morning, from the
fire having communicated to the woods,
at the scene of the tragedy, which drew
the attention oftlie neighbors lo the spot,
_ _ when, after a short search, the mangled
sharper and deeper things against Whigs j *'°dics of the murdered men were found,
and Wbiggery than any man in these U- as ” e " >re slated. I ursuit was imrnedi-
nUedTSlates. Without reference lo par-j al f - T 131 e * l he negroes were over-
tvism, we are gratified at the election *oflJ. cn 1,1 Marion C. and brought to Lump-
Col. Wagner, because he is a staunch old | k ‘ n » u her . e an exammai.on was had and
member or the craft, and a truer patriot, ihfse pnrticularsehcled by the confession
who would fight and wrjle for his country ! ofl ' ,c ff'** 3 ! J h .ey "ere to he taken
lotho very last pulsation of III* benit! ,< J R an,,ol P|? county, lp await the penalty
N. O. Delta. 1 ■ ’ ol the law for their awful crime.
Pickles and vinegar should never bb
kept in earthenware dishes. Stoneware
or wood vessels are best.
During the past year the amount of
Breadstuff* exported from the United
States, was upwards of $53,000,000!
ticipated in the proceedings. The great unlay, thc 22d ult., the resignation of
demonstration proved conclusively that
but one opinion prevails among the people
of this cily upon the war question, and
ihe policy to be pursued with Mexico.—
N. Y. Sun.
Walter T. Colquitt, was received at the
Executive Departments His letter of res
history for tlio sake cf maki
dent.
f Mr. Clay Presi-
Witr MocJiag isa IVew York.
The New York Globe gives an account of a most
enthusiastic meeting of the democracy of New-York,
at which Gen. Sam. Houston, the hero of San Ja
cinto, Maj. McCullough, of the Texan Rangers,
ignation was written on the 12th January, Senator Foote, of Mississippi, and many other dis-
vav in Flnrifln. nn#l tinguished strangers were present. Rcsolutionf
while on his way to Florida, and mailed
on that day at Shell Creek Post Office,
Muscogee county. By some accident, it
did not tench its destination until the 22d
The two companies of Mississippi Vol
unteers, under Captains Stewart and Ca- L
rey, sailed last evening for Tampico. On 1 ftf, i,„ rp " t ”‘* T’ i u, ° "“ lg pn
their arrival there the battalion will he Viroinin. C„m.e„.fnn - ,fo nF‘“1,1?’ I ,dent -P a y !:
f “spontaneous combustion;” nobody but old Zs^
would do. Then, after plying him with letters,Aid
finding him rather xir.tractahlo, and not being
to demonstrate liis attachment to the principles i
modern whiggery, these ardent enpportw. ***
made themselves hoarse in shouting bis p■**
have deserted him one by ope, until now I" ^
scarcely a corporal's guard of sincere suppo' 1,s
among the leading men of the Whig parly- ^
have concluded to rid themselves of him by ac
tional Convention, to avoid the prospect of an t dl *’
■o.iiposed of five companies—an election
will then he held fora Lieutenant-Colonel,
and a Stafrappointed. The Battalion of
Illinois Volunteers, now at Tampico will
be relieved by the Mississippi Battalion,
and will proceed to join the head-quarters
oftlie regiment,at the main aimy under
General Scott.—Alew Orleans Delta, 23d-
ins/ant. •
Virginia. Consequently no commission and rcqairin „
has been issued to fill tlie vacancy - . ‘ °
Population of Wisconsin.—The Mihvtnt- foe future,
kce Sentinel gives the official returns of Ihe
were adopted sustaining the cause of our country,
urging its vigorous prosecution to an honorable
peace—censuring Mr. Clay nnd a portion of the \ Tjdcr
They have not been ahlo to. “fee:
a due tribute of respect to our army, j ' >od ' > Tt » or l0 convince the people that he l° s ^
as a condition of peace, “territorial ln evsr f rcs P Dct nf' 1 }' end (ailhfully perform 61
indemnity for the past, and ample guarantees for- dilt ' ?3 ns President rf ‘the United States. ^
*’ *' *' The Globe says, - The question on ' Vhie ****** i# th<? Uo " so
r .l b. r . pupuiuuun i — s qr’ »vr, up u-om tha y —r~.
{bps meat the present time, lhc Scnti- I patriotic assembly, and in that earnest aonroval P y . , ® 8 “ 1 * s * fo a J' are upemtmg upon »
pel thinks, is about 210,000, -v v n ^W* rov w-» • capital which will yield them* juHtawI w
7 lINxw Cm- syoKfi, I of condemnation .from m ituultcd