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Harney wil to afctoto w-vai v!Out *(Vl —I'AOOgU €•# l4ft<* wXT u!i B.< Mev*‘> n ocvstry (Hit st* ttW’ |*''(i"sitt ’ Vir list our craf, roaJy <•-* aiiAfk uh tht*e wfiee ffcc atrk x* waAft *{>* i *k‘ city, 1 nkiniU r.<\ t ke *oar to k*-r u tli< ti- cokniol lt*i o tatutfal Ofi’iX. tir n i%tui lit A ihwe r CMlkectri i 4 lew <J Th prftfla feii # b<l nipltt. wlihk <ooci-aoffi <t*e and *vUaTgr urf u*Miy tawfiftf, 1 * <n n - \t* u ±\i , t:*4 Hp'd io r of th* j!v Uie l<iir ibis n *1*4114; tnit I wo Iml< a<i and tii<n wUb * avenge of ui.*tut otf* fUdl t a - .iaut * Thev fi e •( our met *ll iy lor.g, u :ih 'i*43n t*d fotmJ *fi, o 1 Uiotriy <u- y Uv<* dioc u o harm yU Nuht 4*rs to lenta iu C 4, UaakeJft .*f snA, oh ic ing veiy di*o to o< oue <d ibe m n and cutting Juwn n lent jol- The uuJivuJad IhCM s#lu’c\S t-|riitig up •huU i* t lT am oftlh uckJ aa > not wry c inj*Uimn u'V to uu l\te unwvkome tit**#.cngcr. lu* Pi.cc.til coaupftny arc v*t woik D.iv b< f.rr Vciteidiy they were etjtoned at the cemelry, nltnut 800 yard* irum ilia ci y wU. vco .<h< ila Ittl witltiu liiu yards ol ihem, ve y clue, but ii and them n harm. Cant. Vinton, wi h Ins company am! a company *T the \ !i Infantry, ta stationed jnelty close 10 the city, in kind id timukilo, near the hcacti. He tia* tn-en there four o< five ta ti and hik received m ie ehcll, i.rurid altoi and tickets than wju'd freight a email size (.leambwal. I.ieuts. Van Vliot and Kodfiers, ivlui re-ide in that d*t gh’lal chateau, have given me a pressing imitation 10 lake up my abode there during the bwintu dmeut. Tnrce nr i.*ur ot ou mor tar* will probably be planted theie, llie ‘•Chateau dc l.unvilu’ will probably he quad uplcd, and I shall have an opportunity to study the various sounds of shell, solid shot and rockets of different mz*‘s. i’lie truth is, nine and ry*’ espeuence has given evoy body here a tolera bly good idea ol these things. I suppose you have ti t*i all s rt* of j ibilees over the glorj. ous ol Cen. Tsylur over Sanu Anna Well, it you had been luce ycalerd y yuU would have thought bv the noise that a Ur lie patriomm bad been nnporud into M x co first, lion. IScoit mdered a congraul Uory address to be read to our troops, intoumug them ut old Zich.try’s gUvious rele hrstum of the buth da of **;be Father of his C. uu cy.” lim. Worth then niunagtd to have coneil intelligence ol the bat tle conveyed into the city, with the intimation that we should fire salutes of joy. Yesterday, about noon, our ships of war begin to thunder into the cars ol the besieged enemy what our troops had done with Anna s army, and to comcv to tilt no an idea ol the fate ih *t a w aits them here. ‘‘Huong!” Hold on an instant—let’s see which way that big dinm r pot comes! “Wlni 22!' —there it co.i.e* ending oer huh ing directly fr my devoted bead! —there it comes, closer, closer ! iij.v i tills do an, down ! which way cun a fellow dodge!—down it coinos into the mid with a h< iy, dead sound, about hail a mile oil, and now it explodes with a noise equal to the report of a 6 pounder, ami the air is filled with Band, bullets and fragments ol the liugu shell. Ii is difficult to tell wheie a shell w ill strike when it cornre in a line to wards you ; ami as they have tliiown a number of their din ner put* (13-mch shell-) Lr beyond us, as well as in'o the line*, n behoov.sone to pay si Irtle attention to the repmu ol heavy mortar*., und hrow b;m-tlf down when the shells fall near him. You can form no idea of any description I ran give you of the ludicrous sceuea that have been wmus td on shore life duting the last few da)a. The nonher cangt.l two or thiee hund'cd acaoien on aho e. They had nothing to do ai.d no place in particular to go to. They had been working in the water, and a 1 icll their sht>ca on boa-d tin- stop, s • that all weie baicfootcd. You ha c seen childien let out of school after being shut up all i.iy in the old-f lehioned country day prisons; their antics woo and bear no comparison to the shines cutup by our s.nlors. The counliy around heie is covered with diminutive do k*ys —the ugliest, fuunict looking crca tuies ini tginahle. iln se docile, innocent looking anumls struck JuckT fancy, or.d . ffuded Inin i. finite amusement.— You cou!d nt walk tin r d> on ihe beach without inciting h tad .r, with a big quid in his cheek ami a quiet grin on III* wraihern bcuten fce, pulling with all Ins might at the hem! (fa donkey which in Ms turn had planted itself firmly upon its oul.-lietched forelegs. Finding that neither pulling nor coaxing nor heating would ill it a movnuen , Jack would very philosophically tla p the stubborn creature in Ins arms and convey him onward. Hay bes re yeste'day I saw four sailors, each clasping the h g of a donkey, which was nosed above their heads, and upon the back if wh cti was quietly sealed an o/J halt with fdd and arms, liul 1 must cut abort my description as the “mail’’ is IF. H. i*. . The steamer New Oileaus arrived fiom Tampico Hal evening, with some SOU horses, which will in some de gree make up for the lu*s of dragoons and bit e y horse*.— Cion. Je sup 1$ ou boa.d the New Oileans, From Hit Mobiic Herald 5c Tribune. Mobii r., A chi 1. 3, 12 p m The ateamer Mobile,from New Orlcnun, w hit h arrived unout nil hour ogo, reports mat the mail bout Creole is aground • We, therelore, |>utditdi the loilowiug lor our eaeti in exchang es. We are imhbted tolhe ulficers ol the Mobile lor the Del ta from which we extract it: from Vora ITir/. COMMKNCEMF.NT OF THE BOMBARDMENT! By the arrival of the U. S. trnnspnrt achr. Louiainna. Copt. Sow a ids, from Vera Cruz, luet evening, we are in poftaesaiun of the luteal news from the fleet. The Louisiana led .Sacri fices on the 2Ulhj during the passage she enc ountered a se vere norther, w hich lasted five clu vs, nut ow ing to her excellent qualities a a hi a bout, and lh>- hkill of her commander, ah* wasb tabled to weathei it. keeping on her course. Captain S brought despan lies to Col. Hunt. The day before lie leit, the air win filled wiili bomb shelf* mid 10l ot every riosciiption, il.scharged from ihe guns ol tin* canile ui the fleet. Many of them passed over Ids vessel ash* lav at anchor, though moat ol tneoi !• 11 short of any of the vessels, doing no damage One Hliell exploded in the air, a short distance Iroui w In re ihe Louisiana lay, acalteiing its contents ill every direction—some portions of w’hicli, he believes, fell on auothei vessel in n dira.rt line w iiii him. but doiug her 110 injury. The shell at the time it exploded, appeared to be übutit ms high as the mast head. Ciipt. Hownrda siystlint our army opened its batteries on the city early on the morning ol die stOih: tlie firing was re turned’ Iro ml he. town, and that from the castle quickened, and he could hear it without intermission till out thirty miles at sea. The culminating smoke from the guns—the trequent flashes of light that preceded each discharge—and the loud and booming reveiberalions of the cannon, as it traversed over the surging waters of die Gull, he represents as a scene at once sublime and awe-inspiring. Up to the time the Louisiana left, the fleet had not opentd its fires ou the caslle ; and although the firing en our linea w as kept up without cessation, from die time ol die investment ot tbecity,yel it did but little injury, owing to the natural bul warks winch our men find in the sand hills, and the artificial defences winch they have thrown up. 6ome slight skirmishes continued to take place, ami u stray Mexican would he now and again in id prisoner. We have but little doubt that, be fore now, the star-spangled banner lYmt* from the battlement* of the tar famed t aatle of San Jusude l lua.^ There were, when the Louisiana left, two French sloops-of war, tw o Spanish eloops-of-w nr, and au Euglish sloop-of War and schooner, lying inside of Bacrificios island. The Spanish Hoops-wf-war had a large number of passengers on board, ihe greater part of them females, who were anximialv awailiug the result of the fight. It wax suspected, however, that these pas senders were citizens of Vera Cruz, who shrewdly suspected that the castle ami town would not he able to hold out agsiust tha Americans, ami very wisely got out of harm’s way. CorretvondfHCf oj the and ii/y Delta. Army of Invksi mzst, Viiu Chuz.) March 19—-Sundown. ) EJ$. D/ki-Our fatigue parties, making the entrenchment*, have been discovered ly tire Mexican* from town, uiid I hey have o |>*iied a heavy and rapid fire on them. A report came into camp,a short time since, that 15 men had been killed by the explosion of a shell. I inquired ut heud-quurter*, but ao leport lias Lein made there of it, nor can I trace it tunny authentic source, and Consequently place no reliance upon ft. There are 1300 men from Gen. Woith’s brigade oil fatigue, ami il w ill indeed be miraculous if they should nil escape the fire of ihe enemy, which, whil* I am writing, is reverberating through the air in quick succession- ‘ To-morrow, or the day, ihe mortar batlniea will bs (dallied. and the fire will ho ret urned upon the town arid cattle, t *stn to be altogether probable that eventually the garri ton will betaken bv storm, but not until breaches are made with tl** l heavy trtdlery. There is an opinion pfevl*nt among the officers in camp, tfiat n storm of the citadel would save lift,but I presume lien. £cott is the feat j ide of that,and no oas pieteoda to know w hat hi# view's are. Yours, * MUSTANG. l.ATrn raott thy. Bnifoa —The l T S. itcnmt-hlr* Tele pe<|\ at N. Orleans hrtnga a 1 vies* from the Ur-7 ‘ to ih2fth. Gen Taylor had removed his camp from Buna Vi*M to Agua Nuava, and canaa iiU*ll*g‘ uca t>sd been received that, ( Li.- Wdi; .I.*. >i *’wh2 I ‘ r? *1 - :--J AeJ fjm.j u. A hUtt ,! le i| t**i C*:rr ---i gK.', Mawidi l*f, says ; *H 4a•i* i 9 just nnc with e per*l"main flirect ! frovr. ytv Kr.r”- v—-^Ida sif*?rvtt!ian t i asi ku- ■pekied -osi ‘Me .•,-‘ .. tier.. TayWr ; **•* ivutnwni e:o i.*> i-st *tki lo U-. ..'!*• v ♦ Id: i. fMunion cwraly, aeq fewr piece* f artJJorv, und >h Aknuerc-y with wfboist ;rfc bj 4itak iQt Qe i. S k.rx.wktt ■- ahi* Ride af tOw moiiAtnin , ►*<! enid >o h-i-y f,tUK ‘•roms—oavafiryeml mfnrtTiy- Gej. i Hjlwawnh* r*J i i .1 - itramtHsf M-j like Ms rides, ik; f* sit 1?0 miles 1 st;r n.• i i*. a- i j TqporC siu s, ou laM ’/ eww’ xntffl cna,Tay- I >• c ui. !#is Lnfc. band w* . w iihin - tv five or filteeti iinaw of ito* >?(■*<• >.i T*ayU->r rwcifftltee .Ifw* *ne io their n4>-. IHc Whqtped S.mwa Annum, t*;-ttrher Ride of tire m m KiH' - , cud irw he bus come te cloar Out this bottom IhciW Tr'. tCe4eMg , a ecgsmmn of n4otrorfl hal lrf. sn eeswaka x MutazaeruK, aod alltlte tl*r*c •rieu - btdhitvm oavWml so Agwa JVitrva. wlteiuie Gwucsft! T* l#i - Srr.-iw ♦ pnooecMl ta Saa Ijooxh I'otuei. A H f trad rrwed along tiie flis Gnwle, and ell wns*k i*vy in five wten*h*teFsdepartment to fcvrsvaeil nop pV:-‘c csuh e. tranefnax the a.hliiioauJ force jutetKk’d lor Gw. Tailor. —Satatumk Ittjmblxcax si>n AY.v*'* VVar.HKx 1 nr.-Ir wcr-nie* to L>* n difficult r \tn te \u ai'.efiatsi <le |ir**wet icfcr *v>slot//s of lie* Mc-xicxm (flCftcral, win brntti M Raving conquend obi *• Hougfi end CVne rejjwel at tWe lUaroe rcjisee/nts Siioi ee Imving Tcfacwedta Matdtaala, vk'W he wm gcjliiT agin* his rcatirted tiv.op*; while tlie i 'amargo corres jivniditA << tiv Ttewyune. w liiinc usi llve 1 9jli tilt., enys: •* \ lAie< was rccffvcd im Moattcrcy from a commercial Ixiiire re 55* Loie- < have < mivtawM \vitil a gentleman who snw Mtdrc*d the letter, tiwd state* that Gen. Santa Arum was in Sen fain-, that Arista and Pare.iea* fiiettds find declared HgwiMit Slants Aims and procliumed Henera Prenblent. If this tie tiai*. ‘m the poet hcaiitifulU cx|uvas<-* it/ Mexico in •cwnfm-r wi wwrec* coni* undc/J.” Ow >V* contrary, Mr. Kendall, of die snrne paper, w riung frmn he <Vi*ip near Vera <*rtir, says : “i Inve h repot t, direct from \ er* Our. by one of tla foreign veeneG which I believe. Its** rand that he revolution against Gomez Fniias iu the in nf Mexico i* making head-wn \, and it in lliought be w ill he put dawn. Tne con hi ion now in, *• .Santa Anna and the clergi,” and it t* reported that the priests have nlrea.lv sent him ofo as an curucst of their de terminal ion to ?upj>c it Imn.*’ Dihcfcl V>.?rsßAvck. —A* fsr iiack asthpl9ih Inst., we puhlibhed Santa Anna’s relation of the assassination of twen ty* ii Mexicans—peaceable citizens of A'uaN T oev.i—f*y A merica n troops nt ihe Oji de A gua dr <’at sit a. S inf a Anna made the statement on the authority of Gn Andrade, who ■ meriti ned tlint besides the twenty-six asms* uatid, aiftoen were taken prisoners W e did not doubt that there was ex aggeration in Andralc’s report and we so stated W e grieve to y tfiat we fear our doubts were unf lUttded, and that Gen. Andrade's statement was minutely true. VVe copy fioin ! the la-st St. Louis Republican the following extract from the lettei of their correspondent, written on the 13th of February f oni Apua Nueva. ‘l'hc details are horrible. It is impossi ble to eiruso the conduct nf ur volunteers or any plea of re’slia ion. and it in wrong to roiuni the fait* of the case If it be true, as bar been alleged, that any portion of the Ar kansas volunteers faltered iu the action of the 23d ult., it must have been those eng geil in thi* ma-s.cre : (’imp or riiK Aumt at Aoua Nckvi, Ms tiro, } February 13, 1817. 3 Borne most unfortunate event* have transpired in our col umn lately, which will arouse the vengeance of the ‘pisanos* in this country against our tioop*, and will furnish the disaf fed (I at home with new food for vituperation against the war. Occasional murders of our men have been perpetrated ever since we have been in the country —all killed by the las so. The Arkansas r gimenl of horse, from their having been employed as scouts and occupy ing the outposts, have been pirtii ularly exposed to this gorilla warfare, and have lost lour or five of then men. The day before yesterday it whs reported tint one of their number ld been killed by the Mexicans, os he had been missing from the camp since the day before, when he went out to look for bis horse. Bearch was made for the body, and it vv.n found about a thousand yards from <>ur camp, with a laxso around the neck, and tied to a ptickly pear, having lucn dragged some three hundred yards upon the fsco through the clnppirral It presented a fumble aiuht; the name of the young man was Colquitt, n nephew of the Senator. The Aiknnsas men vowed vengeance deep and sure. Yesterday morning a number of them, some thirty perhaps, went out to the foot of the mountain, two unles off to an army t which is washed in tho sido of the mountain, to which the **pisanna” of A gua Nueva had fled upon our approach, and soon commenced an indiscriminate ind bloody masaicre of the poor creatures who had just fled to the mountains and fas'nesses for security. A number of our regiment being out of camp, I proposed to Col. Bisse! to mount our horses auii ‘iile to ths scene of carnage, where I knew, from the dnk insinuations of the night before, that blood was running frctly. We hatened out a* rapidly as possible, but owing lo the thick chapparrals the work of death was over before we reached the horrible scene, and its perpe. ti slurs were returning to camp, glutted with revenge. The tyrannous and ldoody act is done , I he most arch deed of piteous massacre, That e’er yet our land was guilty of, has hern consummated almost within sight of five thousand -oldiers. professing to ho Christians, and belonging to one of the most cniightened and civilized nations of the globe. Let us no longer complain of Mexican barbarity poor, degraded ‘ priest-ridden” a* she is. No act of inhuman cruelty, per petrated by her most desperate robbers, can excel ihe work of yesterday, committed by our soldiery. God knows how many of the unarmed peasantry have been sacrificed to atone (he blood of poor Colquitt. The Arkansas regiment say not lew than thirty hue been killed. I think, however, that at feast twenty of them have been sent to their eternal iet-1. No earthly power now exists to punish the perpetrators of ibis horrid outrage. Congees*, in its wisdom, ha* refused to sanction executions in the field for murdt rs committed here, and all that can be done is to send the perpetrators bat k with disgrace. I’hc army condemns (he bloody deed, and hut through the agency of (’apt. Cofly, of our regiment, who tal lied hi* men sr.d stepped between the victims and their exe cutioners, seventeen others would certainly have been kilb and. who were brought by him into camp. Had the Arkansas m*n. in the first flow of their excited feelings, shot down 0 Mexican or two in retaliation for their murdered comrade, 1 could pardon though not justify it : the wholesale slaughter 1 fear, will bring reproach upon the whole volunteer force. It was hut the act of ti few reckless desperadoes, who care neither for God, man or themselves. CEN. TAVEOR’S ARMY. The M nahirrgton Union has ihe following article teepect mg tlie force, which make up Gen. Taylor's nrmv : In our ar’icle in Thursday night'a * Union,” under the head of ‘ The forces under tlie command of (Sen. Taylor,” the number of troops, and their distribution, a. derived Irom the War Office, were accurately stated; but lcl it might he supposed by any one that the General hurl under I is imme diate command a greater force than wan actually the case, it may l>e proper to rlite in more vprciHc terms the number of troops, which it IS supposed, were with General Tnvlor, at and mar Maltdlo, We understand, at ll.e War office, that the force at and in ihe position near Saltillo, was about five thousand nine bundled, of which a little upwards us five thousand may Ire counted aa rfictire and this is llte w hole am -unt of which could have been hr night into the field to oppose Gen. Santa Anna at any point between Monterey ■nd A.nia Nueva, unices a cord! et took place very near Motile.ev ;in wh-ch case, part nf Ihe (rnopa there stationed (aonte twelve or thirteen hundred) would, no doubt, be roade available* We may add, of the force at SallHlo, thc-e are four com panic, of Uniierl S ati-a artillery, well equipped, with eigh teen guna, anj four companies of dr igooua—making, in ail, shout en hundred and fifty regular., who, for prowess ami .kill in battle, we believe would be unsurpassed lit any ser vice in tlie world. Slinubl Col, Morgan have succeeded in making his way f/oin Cetralvo to Monterey, which we eincerelv trut may be the case.) he would carry into Gen. Taylor's camp a rem torceinent of from 400 to fjl)0 volunteers. We understand that five regiments, via : from South Car olina, North Carolina, Virginia, Mas.iehuaetts and Miaaia a ppi—railed oat by the orders of November for nine regi menu, were to be placed it the command of Gvn. Taylor. We repeat, these would nominally amount to 4,536 troopsi but, making cvciy allowance for death#, sickness, and other deductions, they may In- estimated at i 000 cKcclives. With the exception of the Mrs echuaetta regiment, which vailed a - fortnight ago, thee regiments must have arrived at the Brag us, and on their destination up the river, nr to their poets. The other f .ur ifgnnenta ate with Gen. Bcolt. Os Ihe ten regiments lo he raised under the last trn regi ment law of February, and which are sent olfhy suites and seventies as fast as they are recruited, it ta eipeeled that at leaet 3 0641 would he at the Bragoa, or ner that destination, by Ihe end of March, and 3 000 by the miJdle of April.— I heae will be av-nt on from llte RioUronde to Monterey, un der the ihoeretionny direction of Gen. Csdwallader, in small numbers an J >n Mteh munner aa he may consider vale and egpedient. The lust tgcruMi will b - placed at poata on the f ver, to take the place of thoas who have been longer in the a rvt'e, aud who are now al those poata, but will first be dc pan bed to Gen. Taylor, In $ wo*d, no elertioni arc spared by the War Department to send rtp.fuiecmenli to Gen. Taylor. Oitbrs have gone on to Gan. Brooke at New Orleans, to urgan gv. according to the laws, aa many ga 4 (MX) troops from Eouir-tana. Aud if Grit. 8,-ott can vpgre any of hta troopa, after taking tha castle, he will probably tend 1 and tarhmentlo tUe r. ilf end etreng'li ming of Gen. Taylor, Tr Cu*)*ii Uin piTioM.—T;pi. Tomer, who sr riied in New York with deepatebes from C'ol, glcventon* i reg.rr-ert n C*‘f.<r<*is seme lima ego,"*)• r<vei*s .< du r* from ’ j the War LVpa tm"irt to rerr u it t sufficient conq meot of ! me* to rtuko that regiment kikhmi w -aive •ehftu-ouid. As so da t* :he recruits use Tsiaofi he will fftacesrl wrib ifcctt lo j Caiifnrtsia. ! befucni Hie War B* pat fim ui find Gfn. Taylor* lluDltinTim. OccdSatizx, C'ujtip Star iJ'jutx.i'ty, Nov. 8 1846. 3 Kir:—lo reply to oa much of the cotwtimca*ion of tire Ho end ary Wa\flsted Octsfirr 13, as xelstea the reasoos which imbieerj the convtiatree, resut ic.g id (he csfaiMatatinn i Mrmve e-v, I have ik* kon-ic to aobostt tl fdbiwing fewaarks: J Ihe c<vr*vix<osx tw® dvitinct fsiitr. F*rf, (lw 1 (ermir *um gTavihd tt*e Metsein adny l retire with these arms I Ac. Secomltj/, th* twnpnrary ceaaation of hoMilities for the term of eight week a. I shx'l remark on these in order. ’ Vic torce with which I marched on Mooter y was limited bv cause* beyond my control Coahoii’ C 000 men. %V itfi this force, as every military man nitut admit who h seen the ground, it was entirely impossible to invent Monterey a chas e-1 ly as to prevent the cscajja of the garrison. Although the main communication wiih ihe interior wo in our possession, yet one rou'e waaOften to the Mextrans throughout the ope ration*. and coul 1 not he closed, as were also oilier minor I tracks and passe* through tin mountains. Had we, therefore, i insisted on more rigorous terms than those granted, the re -ult w .uld have been the escape of the body of the Mexican | force, with the destruction of its artifleiy and magazines, our only advantage being the capture of a few prisoners ol w ar at the expense of valuable lives and much damage to the city.— The consideration of humidity was present to my mind du ring ihe conference which led to the convention, ami out weighed in my ju Igerneut ihe and rubtful ad 'unlades to be gain ed by a resumption of the attack upon the town. This con clusion has been fully confirmed by an inspection of the ene my’s position and mein* since the surrender. It was di-cov ored that hi* principal mag.iz ne, containing an immense a mount rs powder, was in tfie Cathedral, completely exposed to our shells from two direction*. The explosion of this mast of powder, which must have ultimately resulted from a con tinuance of the bombardment, would have been infinitely dis astrous involving the destruction not only of Mexican troops, but of non-combaUuts and even our own people hud we pres sed (he attack. in regard to the temporary cessation of hostilities, the fact that we arc not at th s moment, within eleven day* of the ter mination of the period fixed by ihe convention, prepared h move forward in force, is a sulfh'ient explanation of the mill ta'y reasons whirh dictated this suspension of arms. Ii par alyz'd the enemy during a period, when from the want of necc6nary means, we could not possibly move. I desire dis tinctly to Mate, and calf the attention of the authorities to the fact, that with all diligence in breaking mules and se t ng up w igons, tin fi st wagons in addition to our original t am f urn j Coipu* Ghriitti, (and but 125 in number ) reached my head pi liter* on the same day wiili the 8-cietary*s communica tion us October 13, xiz : the 2d inatnnt. At the date of the suriend r of Monterey, our force had not more than ten days 1 ration*, and even ihtu, with all our endesvo r s, we h ve not more than twnty-fi e. The taek ot fighting and beating th< enemy ih among the leat thffiruti that we encounter : the ! great question ot supplies m rcHaaiily ronttol* all the opera tion* hi a country like tin*. At the date of the conven tion I could not, of course, have foreseen that the department would direct an iinpoiti-nt detachment from my command without consulting me. or without Waiting the remit fit the main operation under my orders. I have touched the prominent military point* involved iu j the considerations which weighed with the commissioners in framing, and with myself in approving, the ft-rticle* of the con ( vent ion. In the conference with Gen. Ampudia, l whs ds , tmcily told by him that he hail invited it to spare Hie further effusion of blood, and Irecauae Gen. Santa Amu hail declared tumself favorable to peace. I knew that our government hod made propositions lo ihnt of Mexico to negotiate, ami I deem ed that the change of government in that country since my la*t instructions, fu'ly warranted me in entertaining consider ution* of policy. My grand motive in moving forward with very limited supplies, had been to increase the inducement* •f the Mexican government to negotiate lor peace. W hatev er may he the actual views or disposition of the Mexican ru lers or of fieri. Kant* Anna, it is nut unknown to ihe govern ment that i had the very best reasons for believing the sla'e ment of Gen. Ampudia lo be true. It whs my opin on at the time of the convention, and it has not been ilung'd, that the liberal treatment of ihe Mexican army, and the suspension ol arms, would exact no .e but a favorable influence in our be half. The result of the entire operation has been to throw the Mexican army back more than three hundud miles to the city dKm l.uis Potosi, au ‘ to open the cou-ntry to us as far as we choose to penetrate It, up tu the *ume point. It has bean my purpose in ihia com imi men nun not so much to defend the convention bom the censure which I deeply re gret to find implied in the Secretary's letter, as to show that it was not adopted without cogent moons, mol of which oc cui of themselves to the mind* of all w ho are acquainted with the condition of things here. To that end I beg that it may be laid b> fore the General-in-chief and 8 crettry of War. 1 am, sii, very respectfully, your ob’t ser’t, Z. TAYLOR, Major General U. 8. Army, Comd’g. The Adjutant Uem.ral of the Army, Washington, D. C. GEN. TAYI.OR'S UE.-PATGIiES.—Tb ailminMe I style and character of G. ii ITtlou's letters to the War D - give evid- nee of a sterling worth and wi.-d on which cannot fail to impress profoundly Ihe general nmd of the ( country. A correspondent, wl ose just appreciation of things i impart• value to his obsrtvutions, points out the striking re semblance In tween the characteristics of TaiLon's letters to the Department and those of Wamu.xitox, on military af fuirs, during the Revolutionary war. “There is,” he lemarks “the same wisdom and clearness of views, convey and in lan guage that leaves no doubt. Look at the contrast in these respects in the Secretary’s part of the correspondence ; every thing is hypothetical and undecided, while the manly straight forward, W usbinton simplicity and perspicuity of the noble old General reflect discredit and ihame on the iuuec.sne re plies of Mr. Ma.cy.” How just ihe discrimination ! The soldierly dignity of tho old hero is al o a notable trait quite in keep ng with the fr nk simplicity ol hi* nature. The Secretary has been made to i appreciate thin by the rebuke, severe in its propriety, wit!) which Gen. Taylor reprehended the interference of the De partment in the matter us giving direct orders to Gen Fitter son. The fust despatch from G. n. Taylor announcing the event* of May last on the Rio Grande were regaidtd, both at home mdabroul, as m-dils of brevity, clearness and modesty.— l 11, letters recently published ah *w the military genius of a great commander, in the breadth and perspecuily of lit* view*. \ the cahn solidity of his judgment, ami ll>e concentrated force of his language, wheie Ihe vary words, and no others, best 1 adapted to give Ins m amng in the most clear and impressive manner, tftfu) to fall of their own accord into then proper puce*. The publication of the correspondence in the I’oixm ha* some oni sion* which it is very important to have supplied. For example, it is very desirable to see Gen Taylor** answer to the requisition which look freon him the main body of bis , regulars; it is further desirable to know precisely what assu rance* were given him of reinforcements when he was so j sorely weakened ; and it is especially and suable to know whether or not Ihe plan of campaign, as tixcd by the Govern ment, required Gen Taylor to advance upon Kan Luis while Gan. Scon was to move upon the city ol Mexico horn Vaia Cruz.— Halt. American. ,, - - - DOMESTIC. from ihe N. O. Picayune. r.KEAT PUBLIC MEETING. Victory ol Uurn)i V,~ia aii<l(.rn. Taylor. A rjr l.rgr mil rnlhu.ia.tic mi-C.ing w.i hrid .1 die Cum mi-ici.l Eicli.nge Iu cuminemur.lr ibe victory of Burn, Vie la. We .bait nut attempt adrtadeil report of the proceed trig, other than the oll'n nl a-count bet iw. Tha demand, upon apace ate ton urgent lo allow it, an I it would tie unpoa.iMe lo embody the apini which animated the meeting in . bare i record of lie trau.aeliooe. * Col, Peyton introduced the several .peahen to the meet-’ ing in a iiio.t Irlintoua manner. Col. Caviling .0 fvrvt a mong them and •< eagerly Imirned to. Ilia reinarka were elegantly conceived and embodied. Alter a vary brief per- | ■rond introduction, he >puke ut the fitne.i of rninmrncing 1 hero in Nrw Orb ana upon ground con-eciatrd by one us tha gieite.t achievement, in uur history—a movement to commemorate this later achievement, worthy to Ire it. paral lel. The alluvion to the hero us the plaina of Chalrnerte wav rapturoiivljr received, and H 0 aa.ocialion of hta n.nua with that of Zachary Taylor, who m like ctrcuimlancea had ahuwn himai ls. ajii ally great drew down ihundoia of applauae, ilv a poke of the magnitude of the preaunt war, ho vsat •file upon which it had been carried on and I. no* prosecut ed. he tllualiated these |romta from history, and having Clearly unfolded Ilia idea of 111 va.tnma and grandeur, he proceed'(l to draw from our vurceaa practical leaaorn of in-] •tilßt unj and, Ural, the (juration wav now grilled that till. Ur-public ta competent to wage an aiigree.ive foreign war with 1 rueecu ; secondly, wc wetv taught hjr ft to eitimtta rtghrlj VSe soldier, tn.l 1> SespUa the cant cry of the I dicker of •* standing army” in th>* Republic , sad, ieetijT. we w tvught, ff wo oeeded •she lesson, the el <sur brave. KvMkget* sad pttrietse citizen soldiery. ISacfc idea wii Kkiltußy te<toc©d scm] JiajfJily ifluet-r.ivd Then folio w •‘<l • dterriwin ibiitg eutngy of Gen. ley far, Vy pointing oai the -distinctive traits of a great captain by 4iim. Tto asoiciatas of Gen. Taylor i fcts recent eactecies were w#rwly fpmemkwil, mod an eloquent uito\e ©esdered 10 the rnemuiy of ihoac who fell Cut we ate icmittded that we have not rpwe fit even a sketch of tto.ceoorka wade by (tie different gentlemen who ♦•poke. We can ool) refer to the officii! proceeding*, pre mtsins that the spirit which animated the rut* Hug was one of enthusiastic admiration of Gen. Taylor, and the man <eite nlWjui'KiJ t* hi* forecast, hi* vast fifinne©*, t*a■* cfcar courage m i lofty paUio.issn was hiibd with answering shout* by : thousands. THE PROCEEDINGS, A meeting of the citizens f New Orlean*. called in honor of the victory gamed by Gen. Taylor arid his gallant army i Hueua Vista, wa* held lust evening at the New Commercial Exchange. The being called to order by Col. Haile Peyton, the following gentlemen presided over its de liberation a : President— A. D. Cbobavay, Mayor, r.ce Presidents. Col. .Maunskl U'aiTf, (Jen John E. I.uvii, Recorder (tiaoia, Col. J. G. Bkyck, Recorder H.ildwiv, (Jen. Horatio Davis, Recorder &uzksb4L’, Hon P. W. Faiibaii, liicK.VAHn Maiiiont E*q., (Jen. Wit. Dbßctn, HiTki Cos RET, If E-q.. Wm. FufcHkT, Esq.. Col. Haile Pktton. Secretaries. —Cutiidebt Bullitt, J. H. Enters, and S. P. Fa RUB. The f -flowing gentlemen then appe ired and successive! v addressed the meeting : Col. Cushing, of Massachusetts, the lion. Mr. Johnson. Attorney General of Penn-ylv,nii, the Hon. Wm. ('out Johnson, of Maryland, Col Anderson, ot Tennessee, and Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania. The chair appoint* and the following gentlemen a committee to draftwesolutions expressive of (lie sense of the meeting : Vlessrs. W. E Moise, A. C. Hollitt, P. K. Wagner, R. T. Hunter, Col. Porter tmd C. C. Claiborne. The committee, after having r tired a few n.omen?*, pre sented the following resolutions, which were enthusias ically adopted by the meeting : 1. Unsolved. ‘That the late brilliant achievement of our ar my at the battle of Ruena \ ista, fighting as it did against such fearful odds, a fiords to* the world another proof of what American vah r, directed by American skill, can accomplish. The deeds of noble daring performed there by officeis and men will till a blight page in the nation’s history, and will be turned to with pride and exultation as long as its records shall endue. 2. Resolved , That Gen. Z. Taylor, the commander of our forces at lluena Vista, by hie sagacity, his skill, bisenterprize mid dauntless firmness in the conduct of the Mexican wa r , and especially bv his heroic valor an l strategy in his latern gagemerit with Santa Anna,has won for himself a name that entitles him to the greaiest captains of this or any other age. 3. Resolvedol' hat we tender to (Jen. Taylor, Its o dicers and men, our thanks for their victories, and our assurances that we shall be ever ready to accoid to each arid all of them appropriate honors and leward* for their services to the Re public. 4. Resolved , That while we mourn over the loss of our gallant fellow-countrymen who fell on the 22d am) 23J of Feb ruary, we look back upon their fate with mingled feelings of sorrow ami pride—they have gone, but they are not dead— they will live forever in the niemoty and affection of the na tion, and wc sca cely know whether to offer Uu ir families and friends our condolence or congratulations. Tub Pennsylvania Volunteer*.— All the companies enlisted under the Pen Regiment hill in this State, under the command of Col. Ramsey, have received orders to concentrate upon Pittsburg with all d< spateb. In a week from this, thirty companies fionv the Keystone State, iriespective of the verv numerous recruits who have joined other companies before the last requisition, will be either actively engaged in, or mov ing towards the s* at of war. The new companies will pro ceed to PitUhurg in two detachments : the fust under the com mand of Captain Butler, the second under Capt. Uiddio. There are now nine companies in our State, and the tenth is perhaps ready. They consist of Capt. Roller's Dragoons; the Voitiguers of Captains Riddle und Bernard, and the In fantry Companies of Copts. By berg and Waddell, of our city, Capts. Irvin of Eewistowr., Moore of Chsmhershurg. and Carr of Carlisle. Two other Companies from the western part of the State are in readiness, we believe, but do not know their localities.— Vhila. iV, American r sgi Prom the New York Herald. THE CORN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES— ITS PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE CONOION. The greatest anxiety exists in this market relative to the 1 resumption of navigation on our lake®, rivers, and canals. 1 The season is very backward, and the cold weather holds on j longer than usual. East year the Hudson river was open on the 13lh March \ it is still closed (April Ist) in the vicinity of Albany, und from the appearance of the weather, there is S no immediate probability of its opening. Lfctt year naviga tion on the canals of this State was resumed on the 15th A pril, and on the upper lakes on the 4th April. We regret to learn from the canal board that the canals this year will not he opened until towards the dose of the month. Und* r existing circumstances this is peculiarly unfortunate. Our stock of breadstuff* in this market is exceedingly limited, so much so that a day or two of unfavorable weather has a material influence upon pr/ces, and there ia every prospect of the supply becoming reduced to the smalle-t quantity before the general avenue of teceipts is in operation. Had there been vessels enough in this port to have taken away the bread g:ufl’> offering for shipment, we should have been completely cleaned out, but firtunately for the home consumption, ves sel* have all through the season been scarce, and the slock has been pretty well sustained. The resumption of navigation upon the channels of com munication with the section of the countiy bordering on our great western lakes, is a matter of vast importance, not only to the consumers in this country on the seaboard, hut to the whole of Europe, as the quantity of produce of every de*crip lion, which has for the past five months been accumulating at the difisrcnl points, is immense, and mu*t, up >n its arrival in the minkets, have a tendency to depress j rices. The influx of breadstuff* from the interior must greatly ex ceed the deflux, as the difficulty which has heretofore been experienced in relation to vessels and freights cannot he ol viated. There is not a sufieient number of vessels in exig ence unemployed to carry forward supplies as rapidly as they will be required on the other ►ide, oi to the extent they will be pressing forward from this side. There is not the slightest doubt but we shall have an abundance to meet every de mand from abroad, no matter what may be the amount. The last crop of has, as yet, hardly been touched, particular ly that of corn. The aggregate exportation of this grain from till* countiy to Europe since ihe Ist of January last, s period of about three months, does not exceed live millions bushels, which is hardly a tenth part of the surplus on hand previous to the I**l harvest. According to (he estimate made by the commissiorrei of patents, the crop of Indian corn in ihe United Mate* in 1846. was about 460,000 000 bushels; this, with the surplus of the previous year, would swell the aggregate supply on hand in the f .ll of 1946. to at least 500,000.000 bu*h< Is. It would be safe lo calculate upon a consumption in this country of at lea*i 350.000,000 bui-hels, which would leave a margin for exportation of 150,000 000 bushels fur the year ending in the fall of 1847. Os our supply erf wheat we can spare a fifth part of the crop, which, in 1946, according to the above au tho ity, was about 125,000,000 bushels. This would be e qua! to 6,000.000 barrels of flour. Os this wc have exported, Mines the Ist of September |st, full 1,000,000 barrels, leaving a ballunce of about 4,000,000 )d to go forward, in Ihe event of its being wanted. It will be aeen by the above regulations, that we have • surplueof breadstuff* is this country greater than the greatest estimated deficiency hi the harvest of Great Britiun, The best authorities in England calculate upon a deficiency equal to sixteen millions of quarters ufgratn, equal to about 145, 000.000 American bushels. Suppose one half of this deficien cy should tie required bom this country, we shall still have 30.000.000 bushel* of wheat and corn lo supply the demand from other sources. The quantity of breadstuff* chipped from this country lo the United Kingdom, from September Ist, 1816, to March 27, 1847, according to the most official returns, was as an- i tiesed Shipments of Breadstuff* form the United States to Great ; Britain and Ireland. Flour • • • bds. 1,258.876 V\ heat • • • bus. 1,273,882 Horn Meal bids. 248 852 Corn -• • bus. 6,231 640 Rye ... . but. 2,686 Outs -- - bus. 111,000 Barley, bushels 130 071. Os (he Corn exported, 2,939.416 busheles were shipped from Ain* potU These shipments ire but a drop in the buck et compand with what we have on band desutUal fur the same marker, \\ hi ii we look'it (he Urge number of ve*els, which have talwn required to carry forward the quantity of breadstuff* ex ported within the peat eis months, it will l* seen thft a tuf ilcicnt number canndt'be obtained lo transport from this’ country ono qaefter part of the surplus we shall have. Ip there Jure bi cuuu* s tuallfv for rrrwuf coniidr ru ion w hat we ’ are lu dj with the Hood of foot! which w?|i soon b- ptffirfr.j in upon us from every section of the country, ids out opin ion. in view of these circumstances, that prices, eat tin* hk3s if the Xt( antic, mutt come down. Ail the combi nit tow tw r speculators caw perfed,cnwoief susttiM turm. ( hetlMrqf be ceve.aed u ihewttwi tdc, tie difficulties e}Wrefcod here iu tending forward saj'pEe*. muet keep price* tap (•* lh high est paint in Europe. E ast 1 vui a Cotton.—A London coitesp.mileirt of the National IntelligrTicer says; ••There ho* Germ su rnterrcstiwg discuasi n in the **Econo mist'” loicly. respecting ‘he East !odi* cotton. Tin* qu“fit’rtn, “Gin India *up,4y (he f notify of cotton w anted £*• Ecrghsh manufactures V 1 is answered in the affirmative. That it can le produced m sufficient quantity * *h*o confidently essert ed ; but the question upon which the whole subject depends, viz; ‘Can it be supplied s remunerative price h an swered very decidedly in the negative. The reasons why u cannot are stated to to: thvt il cannot be obtained suffcicnt- Ilf clean at such price; the burden of a very heavy land tax, and the waul of gitod roads from the intviior to the shipping I ports.” The question respecting supplies of Cotton from the E:st Indies.it issaiJ, will lie discussed u Partiameui in a few days when new light will bn thrown on the subject. Thu result of the experiments made some years ago to test the pract c*- hilitv of naturalising American cotton in India was repre ented as being not very eatirfactory. The statements, however, on that point were rather contradictory. The consumption of cotton in Great Britain Gsaid to have increased four hundred per cent since 1821. ‘This vast grow th of demand naturally renders the R itish Government anx ious as lo Ihe sources of supply. COTTON IN INDIA. At the last annual meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, the subjpet of the cultivation of Colton in RmVb India was taken under consideration. It wh* staled that the sttpplv of Cotton in England derived from India in 1836 w as 219 000 hags, and in 1845 it was only 155 000 ; while the supply from the United Stales in the same years was 764, 707 hags, and 1,550,000, showing a decrease in the supply from India, and an increase in that from this country. Mr. , Amitnge, the Mayor of Manchester, attributed the failure in India to the abuse of patronage in that quarter, and the in crease in the Uni ed States to the self-reliance of our planters. [Chas. Eve. News. We copy the following very beautiful and very just tribute to the Sage of Ashland, from the Augusta Constitutionalist.— We fear, however, the subject of it has been heretofore so much villified by the j ress of the Constitutionalist's party, ; that so far ns its party friends are concerned, even the Consti tutionalist would find it hard lo convince them of the justness ! of its compliments to the grent man of whom it speaks. It I constitutes a portion of an editorial by the Constitutionalist, in relation to those who fell at Buena V'ista.— So. Recorder. , There was another, whose very name awakens a thrill of ; emotion and enthusiasm, from one end of the Union to the other. Fhe name of Henry Clay is a spell that has charmed into admiration millions oi’ A met it an hearts. It is identified with nil the great events in our country’s history for the last forty years—it has shone bright among the brightest in the gnl laxy of greiit names—und it has shown on uuditiimed liv dis honor—unsuspected of want of devotion to his roun try. Men have differed from his opinions, but no generous min i ever doubted that Ins ardent nature was imbued wiih the soul of patriotism. Hi* voice has open rung like a clarion through our land, in his country’s cause, when foreign aggres sionculled for rebuke. It roused up the chivalry of her .sous, und prepared the. heart* of the people for war, when insult and outrage were perpetrated upon our flag. That voice, still rich and musical as when it charmed n listening Senate and crowd ed galleries, has been recently heard to regret, that nge had so far enfeebled his arm ns to prevent its being raised in this war against Mexico, “ to the rerongs of his country. Many have been the offerings that lie has laid upon the altar sf his country—Hie lost is that of his son. Parental influence might!, possibly, had it been exerted, deterred him. Rut such w-ere not the lessons taught beneath the rural shades ot Ash land. Col. Clay inherited a spirit eager for his country’s ser vice, and worthy hie illustrious sire. He was among the first of the gallant band that went forth from the great valley, to obev their country’s call, and was alas! among the first to seal his patriotism with his life’s blood. Green he the turf over the graves of the fallen heroes of that well Anight field, and loug be their memories cherished by a grateful people. Magnanimity —The Editor of ihe Charleston Mercury, with most becoming magnanimity, thus speaks of Gen. Tay lor’* despatches, announcing the fact of the victory of Buena Vista : t would'hardly be supposed, from their brevity and sim plicity, that they are ihe chronicles of an achievement as bril liant ns any that grace* the annul* of modern warfare, and in which the desperate bravery of the troops was not more con spicuous than the skill and generalship of llirtir commander. Rut Taylor reservee his heroics for action ‘and his deed* praise him.* ,r “And at the very moment that he and hi* brave compatriots were thus iwimortaliziny ‘hem* elves, and ennobling their conn- I try, plans were on foot to supersede him, by the appointment ! |ot an ambitious politician, as Lieutenant General! From what • an ocean of obloquy and indignation have the Administration ; been pesxcrved by ihe fruHtentirm of that attempt, and how i much do they owe to those who preserved them from it!” From the Home Journal. R-knton is a earicatu’e likenea* of Louis Phißppe—-the | same rotundity, the sjrne pear-shaped head, and about the same stature. ‘The physical expression nf hi* f.ice predomi nate*. His lower feature* ate drilled into imperturbable au avi y, while the eye, that nndnljablc talc-tclh r, iwinklvs of inward klvnes* as a burning hvmp-'wult dues oi oil. He i* a laborious builder up of himself—acting by §y ;hgisfic forecast, never by impulses. He is pompously polite and never abroad without “Executive” manners. He has made up hi* niind that oratory, il not a national weakness, is an un-Presidential accomplishment, and lie ileiiveis himself in the Benute with a subdued voice, like a deciding upon a cause which j the other Senators had only argued. He wears art amp!, blue cloak, and a broad brimmed hit w th a ctown, and live*, moves, tnd has hi* being, m a faith in himself which will 1 remove mountain* of iredulitv. Though r. presenting a Btate two (iioucand miles off, he resides regularly at Wa*h ing!un, drawing a haiid*ome income from his allowance of j mileage, and | a ing rate and brief visits to bis constituency, I whose votes he has retained for in ue than twenty years—sii unaccountable exception to the aiiu-coiiscrvuive rotation of the country’s gifts of office. Mr. Calhoun lives in his mind and puts a son of bathing dfess value on his body. There is at. nipu.ary looking tuck away of Ins beard und hair, as if they would prese*entlv be better combed in another place—mouth and eyes kept clear only for a brief life-swim in the ocean < f politics. He is tali, hollowchcsted, and emaciated, and both fa. e and figure are 1 concave, with the student's bend forward. He smiles easily when spok. n to —indeed with rather a simple facility—though, tn lunger Conversation, he givvs Ins eye lo the speak r, barely in recognition of an idea —with a most “Vs tnim sop ‘ with drawal fiom talkativeness. Y\ hen speaking m ttic Benate he is a veiy startling looking man. His ekin lies sallow and looe on tho hold fiame of hi* fare ofl fiom rather a low forehead with the semicircular radiation | of (lie smoke from a wheel of iirewu’ k* yuat come to a stand 1 still—the profu*e in i se* of white beaid in his throat cat. h the eye like the smoulder of a tire under hta chin—and hi* eyes, bright as coal*, move with jumps, us if he ihooght in electric leaps from one idea to another. He dresses careles*- ly, walks the street absent-mindedly, und ia treated with the mod marked personal leaped and mvoiunlaiy and. iTeience, by tns brother Senators and the diplomatist* of Washington. He is a great man—probably an ambitious one—but in the Senate, a few d*ys since, he indignantly d.*ni. and the cbuge ot “making tracks'’ lor the Fres.dency, Thai high horse has been so “promiscuously” ruldcn of late, that.* would doubtless look twice at the stirrups before taking the saddle with its associations. Mr. Wcstcott, one of (Ee Senators from Plot ids, expressed a desire in his recent *jeech that the Pie>ide<il and hi* Cain- ; net might be tumbled into the Potomac. The Benator ha* s nee explained himself. He doesn’t wu*h that Ihe Adminis tration should be drowned but mmely that it shall be well i washed. We fear, however, that after this washing opera tion the Potomac might lie in as bad a condition as Coiendgr represents the River Rhine lo he below the city of Cologne, “The River Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash the city of Cologne ; But say, ye nympha, what power divine Shall henceforth wash the River Rhine!” Habits or Louis I’m Lire*. —The Gazette Medicals , published in Paris, speaking of Louis Phi.jppe, King of France, asys: ••He rises at 5 in the morning, at sll seasons ; work# in his csbinet. while fresh and clear, and therefore with eaae— breakfasts simply-—then take* a long walk, which promote? a mild and salutary reaction toward the akin ; at dinner, has constantly half a fowl dressed with rite, and for his drink takes only pure water, about which his Majesty ie very par ticular. At the end nf his uveal he lake* hwtf a glass of old Bordeaux wine. Htr sleeps on a single matresa, laid on • camp bedstead, but never f.#r more ih*n six hours. Huch is the sober and austere hie of our io a e cign, and wi*h such • regimen men may live long. It is known that Louia Phil ippe has tome medical opinions of his own. His remedies, however, are most innocent, arnTflave (he sanction of on; tf 0 f j the greatest practitioners by whom our art ia honoff'i. Like Bj.lenhtin, in fact, the King may carry the ,| # c f hj g raupeutica! apparatus in the head of huic'mj. The Uncut and opium are his great temedies.” * A mm Daninl Aikrn In Weifnril,CnnmUW*#. u f.-r wr.-k -I.K-r. -nr,l rut) vrarn. Hr lul l during hi* life can.’ Irirtrd Rovcn mm r1„r..,, nml ImilSTO frnnd-ctiildrrn undgml- ! gfund-children—376 hoy# and 200 girls. * 6i:Oft6lA MUSSENttEIt. £a.si<fl®go THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1847. COTTOX MAUI&KT. The mnfket ducing the peat week has been quirk. Ihe ccipte larger thaw during no nio of the previous weeks, b ul i sales stall light, idantcr* preferring to store rather tba sell We fiud au occasion * alter our last we.*k’ fig ?.**, Bi aluiriH stock or-cur it>n-, * Ihe fullauißg the uinitUilj SMUcsuciit oi ihe receipt*, kliiptuebM und Slock oi l ouou, at Mucoii,<la. VV..<vku.t receipts f Colt oil, Mac, h, IM7, 1,131 Muiou he Western K. K, •* ** 6*7—2,811 WurrHouae rrcHpts, previously, 7V,-40 AJ.iCou i*. WtSl.rw Itr. 44 95,40! 98,2*7 Stork on hand Ist September, IB4A, 3,059—101^14 Skipprtt in M irk, 1847, “,D'o l>o. previously, 84,012—91.042 Stock on hand lit April, 1847, 0 The time and labor rousutned in effecting a removal of th* Journal Office from Midedgeville, which required our person al supervision, must be our apology for nil defu ieccies in our present niimbei. For the earn* reason, amt the trouble re | quired in revising and consolidating our subscription lima, our distant subscribers must be indulgent, should they receive their papers a little behind time. Unavoidable engugriu* nil have detained the Editor, S. T. Chatman, Esq., in Savannah, but lie expects to be at lus post next weak, when wc ehnll hope lo merit nn.f retain the good opinion of the patrons of tiio Journ it and Aletsenger. THE “ALRANV COURIER” BTILE SURVIVES. After several weeks ..f doubt and uncertainty, os to the (,\\* °* *i ,e *’ Albany Courier,” we are happy to have ii iu our pow er to say, that its existence will be prolonged. Afler tiling as we thought in \uTi, to find someone who would come'for* ward, and tuke the responsibility from nnr .-boulders, we vi.vd ed M icon for the purpose of forming some alliance w Inch might be profitable lo all parlies interested. A *ori of condihunnl arrangement w as effected with ’he “ Messenger,” w hich would have taken place, bud nothing intervened to the contrary. Up. on our return, ive succeeded iu disposing of our office, upon reasonable terms, and ns ihe arrangement proponed w iih the “ Messenger” was of the nature of a donation on our part, w felt at liberty to do letter if we could, and if w e mistake not, so expressed ourself at th© ti:nc of mukitig the arrangement pro posed. We regret very much that hii apparent misunder standing has taken plate, and that the announce n ent hns been made by ihe Editors of the “ Messenger” so prematurely. lo taking leave of the patrons of the “ Courier,” w* tender ; them our warmest thanks for the many favors tendered us, <lu ring our eonnection with I in; Editorial department, and usk a continuance of like favors to those into whose hands we have placed it. To our brethren of the quill, we also most cordial ly tender a parting hand, and with i*. our tost wishes for iln ir success, happiness and prosperity. The time has paused when ihe path of an Editor is strewn with flowers of ease; on th© contrary, toil, unceasing toil, is his daily lot, and not unfre quently,-abuse In* only reward. We are authorised to say, that the “ Courier ’ will appear next week in its usual dross, and he conducted with increased energy, tire “ Messenger to tho contrary notwithstanding. The above article from the Albany Courier , is published in justice to myself and all concerned. Mr. Wheaton, the Edi tor of the Of/rter, called on me in Macon, nml afler several conversations, in which he stated that he hod resolved to dis continue that paper, he proposed that some plan be devised, by which th© subscription list and adveitisir.g putroirjg© le transferred to the Messeuccr , or the “ Journal Messenger which was about to go into operation. 1 informed him that it was entirely unnecessary for me to pur- hose the mateiialaof his ofliee, us we had a large supply already, but wou4d iik to obtain the patronage on some reasonable terms, and asked him to make a proposition, and I would than inform him if 1 could accept it. He did make a proposition, whicli I did not ask 1 him to vary in any manner, hut accepted it. 1 did not under tftnud him to n.ake any reservation or contingency in the runt ter—and thought the agreement was positive ami unequivocal, f felt myself bound to carry it out by all the obligations that exist between man and man. both legal und moral, and have carried out my pmt ot the eon treat, with no more haste, or more “ prematurely than I agreed to, or than w* necessary to prs tect him from it s obligations to his patrons. W hile he was present, it was proposed that a number of his paper he procur ed, and the advertisements marked for insertion iu the Ales sen ger,as published-Inst week, but we couid not find one. I!a agreed to send a marked copy, together with his subscription list, immediately on Uisreturn to Albany. Understanding from him that the last number of bis paper would be iosned on Satur day, the 27th, and knowing that unless his legal advertisainems j appeared iu the Messenger of the following week, the rales under them would be invalid, i obtained u copy of the *•Couri er” and transferred them, presuming that the marked paper and subscription list might have been mis-sent in the mails.— For the same reason-, # was announced, on my authority, in the Card published bv Mr. Chapman and myself, that the trans fer had been made. I never remember having a more dirtied and positive understanding whh any one in my lit*. 1 did not reduce it to- writing, because i had the utmost confidence in Mr. Wheaton’s stability of purpose, and bis reliability,and considered it as binding on me , as if it bad been attested with the formalities of law. As lo the consideration in tto bargain, which he announces **"was of the nature of a donation,” I would say—-it is true, there was no direct pecuniary consideration to he paid from myself to- lihii ; but 4 was to release him from those he had in curred to others (hi* patrons.) It seernu, that on finding out that he could do better thoug hts mind, but failed to apprise me of it. 1- am worry fur it; not that I regarded the arrangement from the outset us of much importance, but because it has placed both of us, and particu larly Mr. Wheaton, in an awkward predicament before llm public. I am happy that he has done better with hi* properly, and trust th .t the new proprietors may find it a more profita ble investment than their predecessor represented it to he. 8. ROSE- Another Appeal lo South-Wrsicrn Georgia. We must again f-rshen the memories of our South-Wst ern friends, so as to keep them owake lo a subject which ia of tbs most listing consequence to their interest. It wonUl be a work of presuiiqrti<m. at this late day. to retort fr> any argument to convince them of tto expediency, nay, we will say, of th© absolute nccessi'y of having nu egress for their products by a speedy and cheap communication wi b the Atlsntic porta. The world at large, and pa itcularly Great R uiain, which is the Urgent consumer of our B*uih ern staple, ore devising every posuble nu-eus to increase tho cnlture of Cotton in their own extended colonies, and thus lessen their dependence upon us. Then again, the cultiva tion of the article every year is increasing in a disproportion ate ratio wnli the consumption. There are mill ons of acres in the South- Western States, which is as yet virgin sut I. and admirably adapted to the cultivation of Cotton; to aay noth ing of the teeming Und* of Texas, which produce the weed mo.l luxuitou-ly. and with but little labor. These consideration* should influence the planters of our own But© in all then future operations, for tbe fact is incontrovertible, and every year it will be more sensibly realized, that to en sure a successful compeiiliun with the cotton g>owmg Stale* Bouih and West of us, the Georgia planter, must reduce niiterislly the chargrs which are incident to his emp, before it is placed on shtp-boatd. We have no hesitation in s ly ing, end it is susceptible of demonstration, tint the arcumu tated profits xon si quent upon ail munnon of ihe cost of transpoiution of the cotton crops ofßouih Wueisru Georgia to the Atlantic, would, rn a few years pay for the building the road. Tto aqs of improvement is progressive. In ev ery Btate in the Union, there is a generous ervultt or* pre vailing in all the interior cities and towns looblsni e-sy sc ce*s to th© coast. The trtnepoitaliou by rivers and csnuJ* is too lardy, to satisfy the impulsive and go s head disposi tion of ihe age ; and although Georgia sustains hersc 1 * p foU j. ly in the toce of improvements.—(here i* © tection of State,—the Cotton region, emphatically sprakins been entirely neglecteJ. This ought not so to ue, tAur eiouth-We.tetn Ciieiul. mud Im uu ,r ‘ . . . .... . . r • O Jing. Ttiwe r. *• nougn di.iia.riJ lo Irnd ■ hrli-- _ .... .-"I h.ndi *nt| ■ ba.rtr coouriation of all mieir ... , ..ted, (lie nidda urt>i*>(aSii>n can b# cam ) an apai iii } cflVtltd, In oidar lu ntaki- a (lari, lo re bnd inform,lion, nd lo ,i(ie ,t full and eor- of ilia artaol, mailer, tha •U(,a.tmn bn bean m,do, (bat , convention to be compuaisi oi data^.tea, (jUe Itr,or tho number th batirr) fom all ilia countia., tijiousli which the road ia to be run. .houltl lie held et Amm idue. oil (ho-llh ‘Wi-dncadly of the jjre.i-nt month. Siviimali and Macon will be fully i mil we truat ihi-y will Iki mrl by full deh-galiona from lliv the cnunii.a iff Hie inlt-rior. Wc aalt of the Albany jMjirr., thfjf v!uaf’!(i