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®Jrc line tiem Imiira. A.G. MURRAY, VOLUME IX. $!)? lineriran Union. PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY MORNING, by A. ft. MUmmAY. Broad Street, Went end the New Brick Range, (up-staire.) T E RM 8 : Tw( D*ltn *• * ><• Artvaßee or Three XMlawweitfc* sades ill oonths. No tobtoriptioa*ta ken for ls* than one year, onlew prid In i end no paper will be tUeeatonwd *UI arrearages ere paid, exsspla* the option of the pwUiskars. iOVCamEHKNTt r.MMiaaoulT insertedat ONE DOLLAR per square or CTrHuTefHonTnd FIFTY CENTSforeMb.e q>i*3dfc io itiuuAiice: A *|ii*re in the unioi, 1* the space ,}f tort li ie* in * Jrtll type, containing, as it does,one hun- sentwithout specifying the numberof insertions loiired, will be continued until ordered out end charred for oooordingly. , . . S i*riifs( tics under regular oxecutionsend mortgage fi rs. on reul estate, must be published .todays $2,00 Carso ini property under mortgage fi. fas. • innst be published 60 day 5,......... •■••••••• * 22 Citations forlottersof Administration SO, days,.... 2,75 Tax Collector’s sales, : 60 days, 5,00 Notice to Debtor* and Crealtor*, 40 “ 3,00 Sales of personal property ofestates, 10 “ S,(H) Soles of Land or Negroes “ 40“ 1,50 Applications for leave to sell Land or Negroes must be published weekly for 2 months, 5,00 Notice for Letters lHsinissory by Executors or Administrators, monthly for 6 months, d.oO By Guardians, weekly for 40 days, 4.50 Estrays, 2 week . 1 ~>o Orders of Court of Ordinary to make title to Land, ac companied by a oopy of the bond or agreement, must be published 3 months. MISCELLANEOUS. THE GRANARY. A Tale that Every Person Will Read. BY A. C. THOMAS. Jonathan Homespun having purchased an ex tensive farm, and provided himself with every thing requisite to prosperous husbandry, pro posed to furnish subscribers witli one quart of wheat weekly, for one year, at the'low price of two dollars and fifty cents, if paid after six weeks. The facilities offered by government for the transportation of wheat to every section of the Union and the adjacent provinces, such as must prove satisfactory to every subscriber; and the proprietor of the Granary assures all who may p i-i onize him, that he will exert himself to sup ply an article of the best quality. N. B. Agents will li allowed a generous per centage. Ad ’ dress (post paid) Proprietor of the Granary, Hopewell. Such was the prospectus issued by my friend, Mr. Homespun. Feeling a lively interest in bis welfare, I visited bis farm, although it was a long journey from my borne, and was pleased to find everything in a nice order, lie informed me that he had contracted a large debt, in the purchase of the premises, stock, and implements of husbandry but lie had no doubt of his ability to discharge every obligation in a few years; He also stated that lie hail received many hundred subscribers, anil that in four or five weeks he would commence the delivery ot the wheat ac cording to his proposals. Tile scheme appeared plausable. and my friend \va so confident of success that I had not the slightest doubt of his prosperity. I entered my name its a subscriber and when I left him lie was preparing many quart sacks. Every week, for the space of two years. I re ceived my quart of wheat, and concluded from its excellent quality and prompt delivery, that everything was prosperous with Jonathan Home spun and his farm. So I gave myself no con cern about my indebtedness to him —“for,” said I, “to a farmer so extensively patronized as he is, the small pittance of two years’ arrearages Would be but a drop in the bucket.” It is true, there was occasionally printed on the sacks a general notice to delinquents —but I never sus pected that this was intended for his friends. The notice, however, became more frequent, and having leisure, I concluded I would visit nvy friend, the proprietor of the Granary. lie greeted me cordially—but I saw there had been trouble. He was evidently worn with toil and anxiety—-and in the conversation of the evening he entered into particulars. “ Here I have been laboring day and night al most years —and am more in debt now than when I began. My creditors are pressing for payment —I am conscious of my inability to meet the demands, and I can perceive no results hut bankru|>tcy and ruin.” M But you have a large list of subscribers,” said I. ** Yes, a very large list,” was the reply, “ but too many of them are like you.” “ Pardon me,” said ray friend in a melancholy tone—“ Pardon me, for oppression will make even a wise man mad. You have had a quart of wheat weekly for two years—l have a large list of the same kind of patrons scattered here and there over a thousand miles. If they would pay me the several trifles they owe me, I should tie directly freed from embarrassment and go on my way rejoicing. But they reason as you rea soned—and among you, lam brought to the door f poverty and ruin,” I feK the whole force of the rebuke, and prompt ly paying arrearages at the increased price named in the prospectus, aed efcojnyear in advance, I shortly bade adieu to the and wronged wbkTtldS SLEZZ *"ws*. T .... “Til see that one and go five following which we clip from the Spirit of the Timm , is not from the pen of the author of “The Arkansas Gentleman,” we lose our guess; D ■■ , being in the West, and short of cash could not tell where to get the necessary Wilmot Proviso for internal improvement, but finding a widow who had shot one husband dead, and wounded several others, he conclu ded to marry her in order to get a boarding bouse. Shortly after the yellow garlands of Hymen were foded, D came in one night slightly muggy, as the Choctaw poets express it, and found his new spouse awaiting his arrival. She pitched into D. like a thousand of brick, and spread herself like a fan-tail pigeon, drawing a single-barrelled pistol upon D., who, instead of travelling, pulled out a revolver, and remarked, as gently as the sigh of an Jfolian harp: Mrs. D., I see that one (hkVand go five bet ter.” * ■ - A Beene from Real Life—Woman’s Love. We saw last evening an apt illustration of the affection of woman. A poor inebriate wretch in the afternoon bad been taken to the calaboose. His conduct on the street, and after lie was placed in the cell, was of such a violent character that it became necessary to handcuff him. The de mon of rum had possession of his soul, and he gave vent to his ravings in curses so profane as to shock the senses of bis fellow prisoners, one of whom in the same cell, at his own solicitation, was placed in a separate apartment. A woman appeared at the grating, and in her hands she had a rude tray, upon which was placed some slices of bread fresh from the hearth-stone, and other little delicacies for her erring husband.— She stood at the bar gazing intensely into the thick gloom where her manacled companion wildly raved. Her voice was low and soft, and as she called his name its utterance was as plain tive as the melodv of a fond and crushed spirit. The tears streamed from her eyes, and there, in the dark prison house, the abode of the most wretched and depraved, the tones of her voice found their way into that wicked man’s heart, and he knelt in .sorrow and in silence before the voting and injured wife, while li is heart found relief in tears such only as man can weep. — Thcugkthe iron still bound bis wrists, bo placed bis hands with their heavy insignia of degrada tion, confidingly and affectionately upon the brow of his fair companion and exclaimed, “ Ka ty, I will be a better man.” There upon a rude seat she bad spread the humble meal which she had prepared with her own hands, and after he had finished, site rose to depart, bidding him lie calm and resigned for her sake, with the assu rance that she would bring a friend to go on his bond, and that she would return and take him home. And she left him, a strong man, with his head drooping upon his breast, a veey cow ard humiliated before the weak and tender be ing whose presence and affections had stilled tli— passions of his soul. True to the instincts of her love and promise, she did return with one who went on his bond for his appearance next morning, and with his hand clasped in that of his loving wife, she led him away a penitent, and we trust, a better man. There were those who laughed as that pale, meek woman-bore off her erring husband, but she heeded thorn not, and her self-sacrificing heart knew or cared for nothing in its holy and heaven born instincts, but, to preserve and protect him whom she loved with all the devotion of a wife and woman. — St. Louis Republican. *..• A CIRKOYMAN VOTIN' ION OF the Nkwsv.wkh Press.— The Rev. Mr. Bacon, in a Sermon on Sunday evening, at the Church of the Messiah, Philadclphinypronouneed the newspaper as sec ond to tlio Bible in a representative government ’ ns a moral force. With its twenty-five millions ■ of papers issued annually,-it penetrates every house and reac hes every reader. If the prea- h j er with his hundred hearers, has a commanding influence for good upon his congregation, mould ing their morals and enlightening their under standings, how much greater must be the inffii enee and responsibility of the press, which talks daily to its fifty or an hundred thousand readers? It is a good sign to see the preacher recogn -ing the importance of the secular press, and taking liberal views of its usefulness, and the purposes which it subserves in promoting the great work of civilization, and of human rights and happi ness. The following remarks from the sermon are appropriate and just: The newspaper, quite as much as our public schools, is in America the great orator of a na tion of thinkers and debaters. The American editor aims not at the choice diction of an essay ist, and pays iittle attention to mere abstractions and vain theories. He writes as if he would give the greatest quantity of thoughts in the briefest space. He excels in paragraphs which are like the sharp shooting of riflemen; his heavy artillery he reserves for occasional editorials, but he seldom plies the cannon where a bullet w ill do the work. But, as a characteristic of our ■people, he is evfer ready to lay aside his editorial matter to make room for news. He knows men and not deeds. Ilis language possesses a clear and concise utterance. Every writer and public speaker might find a model of style in the pro ductions of the American editor. The pulpit must first labor to effect an im provement in the character of the religious press. The religious newspapers were far behind the secular press, iu breadth of views and compre hensiveness and liberality of action, and. he might venture to say in religion itself. They take most of their news from the daily press, and even tlieif reports of religious meetings— while it is not unfrequent for them to turn around and charge the reporters with irreligion. The religious press is too often narrow-minded—it does not seem to understand its true policy and duties; and the violence and animosity that per vades its columns are even worse than that of political editors on the eve of an election. Our Doctor’s Opinion. —An experienced physician of the old school, acknowledged to us just now, that thirty years of practice had served to convince him that the general health of Chris tendom would be for better at the present time if there was not a drug or a doctor in the world. We lifted our spectacles, and looked at him un der the bows in astonishment, more than half suspecting a joke—foe the doctor is something f ‘But I'm in earnest sir,’ cried musumiUk friend, slappfigpbur knse—rather harder,Nve thought, than he would haws slapped his own. ‘To be sure ; no doubt of it,’ we answered, hitching our chair a little further off. “Only give us your reason for coming to such a conclu sion.’ The doctor hitched his chair towards us as we retreated and opened his band for another em phatic slap. We at the same time cunningly de vised a defence against his manual arguments, by hanging one leg over the other, and balanc ing our empty tumbler —we had been drinking weak lemonade —on the projecting knee. _ ‘lt is plain and simple —perfectly so,’ cried the doctor. ‘ln the first place, nine tenths of what we call confirmed invalids, have been brought to that hopeless state, from small beginning*, through eating drugs. The patient world’—the doctor was sometimes guilty of a poor pun — ‘sits stiff and naffer* as to poison it with our pro sorptions. Suffers ns, do I say T cried the doc • • Prove all things I ksli test thnt which Is fw4.”-Pm GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1854. tor, menacing us with a slap, but desisting at the sight of the tumbler. ‘lt compels us P hit ting the table instead—for the doctor could not talk without hitting something from time to time. ‘lt is not satisfied, if we don’t feed it plen tifully with minerals, roots and herbs. If I should say to the young lady lain about to viait this af ternoon, ‘You don’t want any medicine, my dear friend; not a grain. Only be careful of your di et, keep your head cool and your feet warm, take a bath, and walk around the common before sundown,’ —do you think she would like it 1 Not she! Instead of ordering the bath, she would or der another physician within an hour !’ So saying, the doctor hit us a rousing slap on our left sholdcr, which we had neglected to for tify and afterwards rubbed bis strong hands with immense satisfaction. By way of precaution against another such assault, we carelessly took up his knotty cane, shouldered it, and requested him to proceed. ‘But the principal harm done by physicians, and drugs is this:—people know that they exist, and put—alas for the credulity of weak man—un liounded confidence in our most uncertain of arts If no such thing as a medical remedy was known, men would lie careful how they abuse nature - They would study ber laws and shrink from in curring the sure penalties of transgression. They would avoid tea, coffee, alcohol, tobacco, and all such destroyers of nerve and digestion. They would learn to shun the dead a r of close rooms, and the poisoned air of crowded rooms; they would abandon a thousand evil practices which they know injure the constitution ; and live more purely and simple. But now if any pleas ant sin tempts your pleasure seeker, he eats the apple, although he knows it came direct from the devil, relying upon us to dissipate its effects. You know that your hot suppers and the precious bottle you keep hid in your closet,’ —we protested against the bottle but the doctor went on, —‘and even your business habits, undermine your health; but you imagine rccklesly, because there exist pos sible remedies for indigestion, fevers and the gout. •Now,’ said the doctor, growing enthusiastic and making the table furniture rattle with his powerful fist, ‘a thirty years’ practice has taught me that there is but one true remedy for disease. This is nature herself. Give her a chance in season and she will cure the worst cases. Throw physic to the dogs—l sav,’ said the doctor, low ering his voice, ‘not professionally, but privately and confidentially—throw physic to the dogs, I say ; eat wholesome food, at proper times and in proper quantities ; avoid this fever of pleasure; be cheerful, pity your debt*, and keep a dear con science; drink cold water, and bathe in cold wa ter every day ; live in the sunshine, and breathe the fresh air from the hills; go to bed early and g'-t up early ; love your tieighW and re ■ speet vonr neighbor’s wife; shout for jov, and j sing, and play with children every chance you | can get; do these simple things,’ cried the doe- I tor. ‘and you will have health. Never mind money, and pretty luxuries, and selfish pleasures —they are nothing in comparison with the hap piness. the luxury, the glory and delight of health. But —’ the doctor’s tone and manner changed from the enthusiastic to the professional —‘if.’ said he stringing our button hole on his fore finger, and drawing ns towards him, ‘if you ibuse nature—as I know you will, in snite of all 1 sav; if you will have medicine —as I know you will when you fall sick; and if you then would see a kind, jolly, blunt, sensible, indulgent, hon est old doctor, why,’ said he, knocking the tum bler off our knee, and giving us a tremendous slap, ‘I am your man! But as a friend let me advise you to employ no doctor; therefore, don’t go to being sick ; therefore.’ added the doctor, slapping our hack as we bent down to pick up the tumbler, ‘let nature have her way —’ ‘And beware,’ we added, as soon as we could speak—‘beware how you suffer heavy hands to beat the breath out of'our body in moments of enthusiasm.’ The doctor laughed and bade us good morn ing ; whereupon we sat down and wrote out our conversation. [True Flag. The Washington Monument.— We learn (says the Washington Globe.) that the work men engaged in the erection of this noble struc ture commenced laying the first stone in the sea son only a few days ago, the usual inclemency of the weather having prevented operations. The height of the column is at present one hundred and fifty-two feet. Owing to the smallness of the force employed —there being but thirty men, including masons and stone-cutters —and the want of funds, the work does not progress so rapidly as it ought. Last year but twenty-six feet was added to the height of the monument, and this year will be added probably not more than thirty or thirty-five feet. At such a rate ten years at least will be required to complete its erection. The height oftbeobelisk, when finished, will be five hundred feet; and it will be fifty-five feet square at the base, and thirty-three foet square at the tcp. The wall is of the most substantial character, being fifteen feet in thickness at the base, and gradually decreasing to a thickness off four feet at the summit. At the present eleva tion, the thickness of the well is about twelve foet three innhns - The monument will be lighted by get from pipes attached to the winding iron staircase that wul amend to the top. It, nut yet known pnfefbly be afongemais of glass, bearing upon n some patriotic device. . i The number of stones contributed by erent States, associations, Ac., up to the prcsßlrt time, is al>out a hundred and ninety, of which there are seventy in the obelisk. The *e are arrang ed in a conspicuous and systematic manner, and will be visible to the visitor, who, as he ascends the staircase can examine them at bis leisure. All the States, we believe, hare now contributed blocks. The stones, mortar, &C-, are raised to their place by means of an engine below and derricks above, the latter have attached to them bells, which serve as signals to apprize the engineer of the safe arrival from terra firms of some impor tant body essential to the progress of the work. As an instance of the facility with which dif ferent articles are hoisted we would mention, that the Massachusetts Mode, weighing four tons, was lifted to a height of one hundred and four feet, swung round and set is its place in five minutes from the time it left the ground Alexander Hamilton on the Powers of the Government. It has often been intimated by politicians not familiar with the early history of the country, that Gen. Alexander Hamilton was an advo cate of a strong Government, and favored the idea of a President for life. 1 his imputation is occasionally repeated with an air of confidence which gives its credence with the multitude. — But the charge was controverted in a positive planner more than fifty years ago by the distin fuished statesman himself. A letter to Timothy ‘ickering, first published in 1812, is of sufficient interest to be reproduced at this time. We ex tract it from a late nutnberof the National In telligencer : New York, Septcmtar 10, 1803. My Dear Sir —l will make no a|iology for my delay in answering your inquiry some time since made, because I could offer none which would satisfy myself. I pray you only to believe that it proceeded from anything rather than want of respect or regard. I shall now comply witli your request. The highest-toned propositions which I made in the Convention were for a President. Senate, and Judges during good behavior ; a House of Representatives for three years. Though I would have enlarged the legislative jiower of the Gen<-r ----al Government, yet I never contemplated the abolition of the State Governments ; but, on the contrary, they were in some particulars, constitu ent parts of my plan. This plan was in my conception, conformable with the strict theory of a Government purely republican ; the essential criteira of which are, that the principal organs of the executive and legislative departments lie elected by the peo ple, and hold the offices by a respectable and temporary or defeasible nature. A vote was taken on the proposition respect ing the ex cutive. Five States were in favor of it, among these Virginia; and though, from the manner of voting by delegations, individuals! were not distinguished, it was morally certain, j from the known situation of die Virginia mem- ’ hers, (six in number, two of them. Mason and! Randolph, professing popular doctrines), that; Malison must have concurred in the vote of I Virginia. Thus, if I sinned against republican ism, Mr. Madison is not less guilty. I may truly, then, say that I never proposed cither a President or Senate for life; and that I neither recommended nor meditated the annihilation of the State Governments. And 1 may add that, in a course of the dismis sion.-in the Convention, neither the proposition thrown out for debate, nor even those voted in the earlier stages of deliberation, were consider ed as evidence of a definite opinion in the propo ser or voter. It aj>|f-ared to l>e in some sort understood that, with a view to free investiga tion, experienced propositions might be made,! which were to be received merely as suggestions for consideration. Accordingly, it is a fact that 1 my final opinion was against an Executive du ring good behaviour, on account of the increased danger to the public tranquility incident to the election of a magistrate of his degree of perma nency. In (lie plan of a constitution which II drew up while the convention was silting, and which I communicated to Mr. Madison about! the close of it, perhaps a day or two after, the office of President has no longer duration than for three years. This plan was predicted upon these bases : 1. That the political principles of the people of this country would endure nothing but a Republican Government 2. That in the actual situation of the country, it was itself right and proper that the Republican theory should have a full and fair trial. 3. That to such a trial it was essen tial that the Government should be so constructed as togiveitalltheenergy and the stability recou cilablc with the principles of that theory. These were the genuine sentiments of my heart, and upon them I then acted. I sincerely hope that it may not hereafter be discovered that, through want of sufficient atten tion to the last idea, the experiment of Republi can Government even in this country, has not been as complete, as satisfactory, and as decisive as could be wished. Very truly, dear sir, your friend and servant, A. HAMILTON. Timothy Pickering, Esq. Playing ok the Jackass. —On board the Steamer Indiana, in one of her trips down the Mississippi, were a large narober of good-natur ed passengers. They were seeking to while away the honra, according to their several no tions of pleasure, and would have got on very well but for one annoyance. There happened to be on board a Hoosier from the Wabash, who was going, down to “Orleans,” and be had pro*, ruled himself with an old violin, fancying that he could fiddle as well as the best man, and plantinghlttßdf where he could attract notion, scraped away. The fellow coakfat Addle My more than a setting ben. isAtbr torribte wohe J? q --L -A L* /-li*-* - A awinroea dis ienow psM**g*?i nnwwT* a Frenchman, off very Aritorta mir aad fine musical ear, was especially annoyed. He fluttered, fidgetted and swore at fete *%■■<•*’Ad dle. The passengers tried various expedient* to rid themselves off the Booster aad Ms Addle, fcl d— d please.* i Apt a big Kentuckian sprang Ifroos ik hCImA “I reckon I’ll fix him,” placed bin •IT near the amateur fiddler and oosaaseaead Maying with all bis might. The iffTtu|[gfilwmii iii 11 was beyond description. “Old ftgfttnck” brayed so loud that he drowned the screeching of the fiddle, and amid the shouts of the passengers, the discotnfitted Hoosier re treated below, leaving the victory of the une qual contest with the Kentuckian and his sin- Slar impromtu imitati m, of Balaam’s friend. e delight Os the Frehchtnan knew no bounds— quiet was restored forthe day. Dnringtbe night the Kentuckian left the boat. The next morn ing after breakfast the passengers were startled by the discordant sound of their old tormentor; Hoosier had discovered that the coast was clear, and was bound to revenge himself on the pas sengers. Load and worse than ever screamed the fiddle. The Frenchman, just seated to read his paper, on the first sound looked anxiously around, shrugged his shoulders and then shout ed, ‘Ware is he! rare is kef Qoeeck—qoeeck, Man Dieuf Van n Monsieur Ken tuck, de man vet play on the jackass” From the Missouri lirpublican, StUais. May 27. j | LATER FROM HEW MEXICO. Full Details of the Different Battles with the \ Indians — Military Operations of (Jen. Gar- \ land. The mail from Santa Fe arrived last night, i bringing us very important news from New Mexico. The following letter from our well in formed corresjiondent at Independence is very interesting: Independence, May 20, 1854. The Santa Fe mail arrived here to-day —as I telegraphed to you —bring* little additional news from the former mouth, other than the details v*F j the Indian buttles. From the official reports, j as you will see in the Strata Fe papers, there j were killed of Lieut. DuSldson’s command 22 men, and 27 wounded. For this, as well as oilier deeds of theirs. Gen. Garland, aided by the civil authorities, is determined to destroy, or in the language of Kit Carson, wi/teotitlWl* Isold ofjicarilla Apache*. Acting Gov. Messcrvy ha* issued his proclamation, threatening those who aid or assist these Indians with all the nmii.sli ment he is authorized inflict. Col. C<a>kc has recovered some of the pro|iertv lost l>v the 1 ni- j ted States troops in their former battles, and, at last accounts was in close pursuit of the retreat ing savages. A failure here will prove disastrous j to the Americans and Mexieaus throughout New Mexico, ns well as those who cross the plains to : Oregon or California. In fact, the emigrants have been threatened already and before the season is over we may hear of many depreda tions, if not loss of life. ; The returning mail party were nt one time entirely in the power of a hand of Cheyenne-a, and if the conductor and his men had not show ed some bravery, their lives would have paid the forfeit, and it would have been attributed to some of the hostile tribes. Near Cedar-Spring, at noon-time the mules were just turned loose, (not i an Indian or anything els® in sight,) and they had j ; commenced staking them out when as quick as ■ thought, ami before the party could get to the ! stage for their guns, (their pistols they had.) the , mules were swept off from before their eyes, and j j had not a gun been levelled at the Chief j no doubt they would never have been returned. . This act urged him to cry out that lie was a j friend. They then were very hungry, and want-1 ed all the provisions, dec. This was refused un til the mules were brought back. The Indians even after this were very insolent, and would not suffer the party to move until they pleased to let them go, taking off the bridles as fast as the ! men put them on. Every day discloses more; . and more of their treachery, and unless punish | merit, even to the best of them, is soon adminis tered. we shall hear of more trouble in every | quarter. j To small parties going out or coming in. pro | tection must bo afforded, but not such pro I tection as was furnished the mail that went into Mexico month before last—three or four men on jaded horses and some footmen. The mail par ty coming in could not get an escort; it was asked for, but none could be had. I would not trouble you with this statement of facts only i that this partial disclosure of that which we have j every week or two, may eventually lie the means of doing more good to those who are compelled by necessity or otherwise to cross the plains west of u*. They must learn to take care of themselves by travelling in greater numbers or else expect to be cut down without a moment’s warning, for Government does not, or cannot render them any aid.*—Yours, Ac., in haste. From the Santa Fo Gazette, of April 15, we make these extracts: , THE rrollT AT UtENEOUtLLA BETWEEN. TOE JtCA RII.TA APACUES AND THE UNITED STATES DRAG OONS. Through the kindness of Gen. Garland, atid Assist Adi. Gen. Niche’s, we have been permit ted to read the official report of the firfht at Cie deguilla, between the Apaches and the Uuited States dragoons, and we now have the pleasure to place au account of the same before our read ers. After the between Lieut. Bell aud Robe’s party, tbe Indians crossed the mountains, and showed themselves on the road between Taos and Santa Fe. Oh the the 29th ull., Maj. Blake, commanding at Cantonmeul Burg wine, ordered Lieut, John W. Davidson, with sixty men of companies “ F.” and “ l,” fir** reg iment of United States dragoons to make a scout in search of the enemy. He left the can tonment (lie same evening, and was accompa nied by Assistant Surgeon D. L Magruder.—• The next morning Dent D., with his command, came upon a party of Apaches, supposed to num ber some two hundred warriors, at the foot of the north slope of the mountains, and not far from the email Mexican village of Cicnegmlln. When the troops appeared in sight the Indians immediately raised tne war-whoop, and manifest ed a disposition to make an attack. Tbe camp of the Apaches waxsttaated upon • moeotain ridge, and in a position naturally an/I AaJftjusts a/>/maa f 1 laxtAmii •wooz *oa flnßCwi oi cce. Loeuw usvKpoa saw iLrt an sedon could not be avaUM, and htefroiCslith the yggfc m£k balance of hisMMiMwi, 8 strong, he made an of tQ| Indians. The up the ridge, and carried the Apaches, who were forced to retreat They rallied, how ever, almost immediately, and attacked tbe troops at close quarters, with great desperation; they were several times repulsed, and upon each occa sion, seven in all, rallied agaiii to the charge, in every instance exhibiting the utmost determina tion and bravery. The troops maintained this unequal contest for nearly three hoars, when they were forced to give way and retreat, which they succeeded in doing, and reached Taos the same afternoon, with their wounded. Tbe loee on the part of the troops was very se vere. The official report shows twenty-two kill ed upon the field, twenty-three wounded, some of them badly; and upwards of forty-five horses killed and lost in the action. Os the Indians it is not known how many were killed, but Lieut. Davidson t iiteks they must have lost at least fifty or sixty. On the arrival of tha troops at Taos, Major Blake immediately started for the scene of notion to bring ia the deed bodies, and took with him twenty soldiers, all he COnM moaat ■< few Mexicans and Americans, and a small pOftf 0 1 Puebla Indian*. They succeeded is lewfeshmf the dead bodies of those kilted, which they too* This is one of the severest battles that ever l took place between the American troops and the Indians, and our lorn was much greater ia pro jiortiun to the number* engaged. The Apaches fought with a bravery almost unprecedented, ana we are convinced that nothing hot die stubborn bravery of Col. Davidson atid his men, saved tha command from entire destruction.- The tPeops had greatly the disadvantage. The Indians an* leeted their own position ott M raggid Tn~nntatn ridge, and the dragoons had to charge tip a steep slope to reach them. Tbe latter were encaan’ be red with their horses, which it reoOired aamfo a fourth part of tbe cofnmand to tax* dtl Off J . and the valley in which the troops were at tha time they commenced (he attack, is SO filled with largo boulder* as to render tbe movement of horse* almost impossible. We are sorry to learn that Lieut Davidson and Dr. Magruder were both slightly wounded. Since the figlit at Cieneguilla, tbe Indians have retreated to the west side of Rio del Nort% 1 and are now hotly pursued by Col. Cook% with nearly 2UO dragoon* and riflemen, and a ate company of citizens and I‘uebla Indiana, taote the command of Mr. James A. Quinn, of Tam* The troops are on their trail, which leads among the mountains to the north, and as thn In dian* are encumbered with their women and children, ami are reported in low spiriti, we think there is Rome chance of their being onto taken. Ucn. Garland has taken the most prompt Md vigorous means to bring the war to n Speedy and successful termination. A large nnmhte of troops under the command of gallant and OOpn rienced officers, have been ordered to the noteh, : and are now in rapid pursuit of the enemy. We : cannot conclude this article without signifying i our approbation of the gallant conduct of Lteßti 1 Davidson and Dr. Magruder,and towbosebotee i ry ami good conduct i> justly attributed the anil ] retreat of the survivors of the command. If bre i vet* were everearned, they were earned ea this occasion. ANOTHER THE APACUES —SATTUI Off AOCA CALIENTX CREEK. Major Nichols, Assistant Adjutant Genemt, has kindly placed in our hands the official report of Lieut. Colonel Crooke, of his fight with too Apaches, at Agna Culicnte Greek, Saturday, Ate j 7th iitst. The report was brought in by a dtete ; oon who b-ft the camp the same evening of tM battle, and arrived ill Santa Fc Wednesday the Ittrh inst. ; Lieut. Colonel Cooke, with nearly 200 teOn, bad been following the trail of the Apaebee for some days, on the west side of the Rio del Horte, now and then obtaining information of feeoa— From (>jo Calieitte, where lnet beard from, ha marched in a northwest direction, until tlw 4* ternoon of the Bth inst., when be earn* in fedM of the enemy’s camp. It waa almost a MMprtNt a* he got very Hear them before be waa dieeew ered. They Lad only time to send off their tee men and children and part of their bafgge hte fore the lroo| were down npon them. They immediately took poet ill fc very rtwfcff and almost inacc-ossabie mountain positxm; |tt the troops bravely charged them, drove thrta from it. nnd pursued them for about fc telle fcoi a half, fording a very difficult stream, pteteifcff over a very broken country and keeping np a running fight. All the lodges and camp Ofdp ages, a large quantity of provision*, aad Oteoy of the horses or the enemy foil into the ltetete of tho troops; and they also left behind • ■*- her of the arms nnd equipments lately Upland at Cieneguilla, which were recovered by Colafcsl Cooke. Six dead Indians Were found aa fete field, but it is not known whether they snsteiaad anv further lose. Os thetroope tele Baa tlto ! killed—private Casey,company O FWrt tfogg non*, and one man of the Second Artillery a*e erely wounded. The <hs off the fight the tmapfc marched through snow two feet dtop, aad tHNte also snowing some of the tiOtei Major Cbarleton, with a rei nforcetoefct,jeiaed Col. Cooke, about an hohr after the bfctffa, im| will unite with him in the (tether yteaafe rffirt enemy. Froth the crippled Coedittefc eftfre fte emy’s resources. We have every reaeen tobfcApto they will again be overtaken and brought hfcer general engagement, Which We hop! wfll Wig the war to a close. ■ ■ -** “ Tttr. Pat Notihko*.—Another new evAgjgfc been established in New York, .- > illation of “The Pay Nothings.” The tehilipP 1 qualifications are that tbs candidate for britettfete shall owe every body end pfcf tefclip.^ They hold their conclaveare there being no building in tbe city huge to contain them. Unfortunately for ua, we hats tefcdfc-4tef|--:^p^ : - quaintance of a number of these Frying Pan3.—A sioria Ms: I!TM IF on thffiret •hgJj January, 1854, tv the OoM States be broken up and sold for aid itete,3fep that no more be manufactured beneefertfe fete ever. Frying i* tho ratal unwbvleeatefc tef Ml modes of coofeiug. Everything cooked Jbgflßfe method is saturated with fat or butter, tough, covered with empyreans eel, as unfit as possible for the human stocsedfei JgirT dyspeptic should ever eat anything fried, oaf one should ever-do so who would avoid heMfe ing a dyspeptic. Let jour food ha MtereF roasted, or tooiled, or baked oiH WjfttMT but fried. Frying meat ia tha wont ftttfWd mode of eookiog; deetroyiag whatever gnl qualities it may pwete > and exMgtea*fc|ttHte badness. And au this come* off lnfcieg fftghtep pans, spiders, and other cut boo ahouktetetete for making food aawholmdtete. Good {M& beware of the frying pas. beware of tha set which it scorches; and beware of the mate. Oad fish, and eggs, which it renders mufti for feoff and difficult of digs* fi pa, that toot due IfclgAfc - long ia <he foadj-^ffidiifi'^lteHiiil^ NUMBER 28