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I FROM THI BALTIMORE PATRIOT J — lih in On war in ras GENUINE whig spirit. We Whin of Tennessee ara fighting « WH^fctAw. nnwie. Theyar« alsocontesting, with anflineh t«e*l. the canvas* for member* of Congress ami i SlMo LegMeture. Whalovor may halide— ™ Briber rictOry or dafest overtako u* at a party J^folhiu Smlti—ilia Whig* of Tennessee have evine- *W a spirit in the canvass which demand* the high- • sit praise from their brethren ol die Union.—I’m- ' •nnal ambition—private dissension—contest* fur ''•Woe—Itnvo brokon down the party in Virginia, , *ind Mcrlfired tome ortho best and noblest Whigs: f WHthere, n* dvbry wltoro else, defeat but pttrilios H, and prep ires it for the next conloat nml the vie. Wry. In rannusset', however, ovory tiling is gi\- eogp to principle,and the Whig parly go into (lie jHw Hell with an unbrnkon front. In this wo k at union and harmony, tt noblo ex- nplo has just benn set by Gov. James C. Jones, t (tad been nominated by u Whig Convention, for dress, in the 7th Congressional district, and c tome hesitntion, had accepted the nomination, i district it strongly Whig, und no inuu of the Opposite party could hopo for success. Gov, Jones erfos About to enter upon the contest, when Mr. Gantry, (a Whig) announced himself us a candi date, but pledging himself to roliro if u Lncofoco was brought out, Mr. Gentry thought there might ha a contest hetweon two Whigs without endanger ing the harmony of the party. Not so, thought Gov. Jones. No sooner did lie learn that Air. Gentry was in tho field, and thut tho Locofncos Mere anticipating much evil to the Whig cause from "this division, than at once Ito determined to disap. point thorn, by retiring from the contest. A seal in Congress, won at the expenco of the harmony of the party, had no charms for him.— The success of the great cause was the only pur. pose he had at heart, nnd to secure it no individual sacrifice lie could make was too great. We liavo now before us his patriotic letter, retiring from the contest. After stating tho circumstances under which lie consumed to become a candidate, he con. eludes as follows :— “One word as to ttty future course touching this matter: 1 am now, and ever have been, a Whig from principle. If 1 know mysolf I prefer the suc cess of Whig principles to the elevation of any in dividual. I Imve never been very solicitous to ob tain office,nnd whenever 1 Imve sought it,it has been in obedience to the wishes of tile great body of tho pirty with which I am identified, and to whose prin ciples I ant ardently attached. When culled to vindicate these principles, whether I have done it with fidelity or not, I leave others to determine. I have seen and tasted enough of the pleasures and toils—the sweets and billerp of public station, to have chastened my young ambition, and to satisfy me that office is not essential to my comfort or hap piness. I have never sought office at the hazard of whig principles,or the harmony of friends; I regard the success of these principles, & tho union and har mony of the parly of infinitely more importance than the elevation of any individual. I have fought and sufTered too long and loo much with this party —have had too muny-cvidoncos of its kind regard, now to be the means of endangering its success, or producing confusion or discord in its ranks. Cherishing theso feelings—preferring the peace and harmony of the party to tiny hopes or wishes I may have for a seal in Congress, 1 do, without a moment’s hesitation, or a single regret so far a^s I am personally concerned, retire from the canvass. I ought not, cannot, will not, have a contest with any Whig for this place ; my feelings, my obliga tions to tho parly, all forbid it. Whenever it shall be necessary to enlist recruits to meet the enemies of these principles, I shall not hesitate, I never have hesitated, to enlist as a private and do battle in whatever place may be assigned me. But to make war on my friends is wlmt l never have done, it is a work for which I have neither the Itead nor heart. Tendering Ve my friends, who have manifested much solicitude for all that affects my political for tunes, my heartfelt thanks for their kindness, I would in conclusion exhort them (as 1 hope I shall) to took beyond the promotion of any individual to tho final success nnd triumph of our principles.—. Union and harmony for the sake of our principles, and for the honor of Tennessee. Under this ban ner let us rally and conquer, i am ready, as a pri vate, to fight under tho lead of any Whig, und if Co). Gentry is tho standard bearer in this Congres sional District, I shall tint hesitate to rally under that hannor, and do battle in that great and g’ori- ous cause. Respectfully your obt. servant, JAMES C. JONES. May 3d, 1845. Extraordinary Sporting Statement.—Tito fol lowing anecdote is given on the authority of “At^ old sportsman,” on whoso voracity wo can rely :— A game keeper to a nobleman in an adjoining county, being shooting upon his employer’s estate, on the second of September last, fiusltcd a covey ol partridges, a brace of which separated from the other* and fled in a direct line fora large fish.pond by the side of which was a foot.road leading to the mansion. Tho keeper having killed a sufficient supply of tiic''larder, was returning when one of his dogs made u slant! by the side of the pool, and on the keeper’s approaching, the braco of strayed birds rose, and attempted to cross the pool, hut tho keeper shot one of them, which was immediately taken, while fluttering on the water, by a large pike. This circumstance did not much surprise him ns lie well knew tho voracious propensities of the fish. But on the morrow, as ho wns again passing this large sheet of water, tho same dog made what is termed n dead set at the edge of it, nnd kept look ing steadily at a fow rushes'.hut grow in the wator about two yards from land. Not seeing anything in the water, tho keeper was surprised at his dog standing, and tried to send him in, hut without cflbel when presently lie saw a large pike, about four tuvkoa Imncntlt the surface, which lie slue, when the dog dnsltod in nnd brought it to land. In re. turning home the keeper perceived an unusual full ness in the holly of the fish, and, taking it into the kitchen, requested the cook to cut it open, when to his grent surprise, hn found the bird of his yester- day's killing, which sufficiently accounted for his dog standing when lie got to leeward of the fish, as nodoubthewas setting the bird, which lie must have scented from tho respiration of the fish. The above is one of the many wonderful circumstances which frequently occur to the observation of sports- a.— Wo, r "" foreester Citron, Singular Tradition.—Among tho Seminole In dians there is a singular tradition, regarding the white man’s origin and superiority. They soy that when the Great Spirit made the earth, he also made tlireo men. all of whom were fair complexion, cd ; ami tlwt, after making them, Ito led them to the margin of u small lake and bade litem leap therein and wush. Ono immediately obeyed, and came from tho wator purer and fairer than before ; the second hesitated u moment, during which time, ilia water agitated by the first, had becoino slightly mudded, and when ho had bathed ho came up copper.colored ; the third did not leap in till the water hccamo black with mud, and lie came out with its own color. Thun the Groat Spirit laid boforo them three packages of bark, and bade them choose, and out of pity for his misfortune in culor, gave the black man the first choice. Mo took hold of osclt of the packages and having felt tho weight chose the heaviest; the copper-colored ono then chose the second heaviest, leaving the white man tho lightast. When the packages worn opuned, tho first was found to con tain spades, hues and all the implement* of labor; the second enwrapped bunting, and fulling nnd warlike- apparatus; tho third gave to the white man, pens, ink endpaper—tho origins of the mind —llto opens of mutual mental improvement—the social link of humanity—tho foundation ol the white man’s superiority,—• * 1**0* THI MACOH KRSSBMOKR ] ........ It Is amusing to witness th* writhings and ago nine of tho Democratic press** und writers, nl their MixUioveraorVf ly feel that they have bctrnyeu their country—deceived tho people, and unless they can be made blind to their-lniquity, a verdict of con demnation is upon them. They well remember how they squendorod the public mousy when in power—how they run Iho State in debt—chartered banks that broke and ruined the country; how they run tho Penitentiary in debt—how they used ;lte Central Bunk for party purposes, spent its inunev, ruined its credit, lent to tlte rich, and surd the poor; Itow they increased the taxes upon the people, and made the widow nnd orpltnn, tho lull trer and help less, furnish tho money for their extravagance.— Those Democrats well remember theso things,and they fear that the people will remoiiihm them ; they Ituvo therefore begun, like tho prollignto hoy tlinl find spout all lie had, und was about nsking his fu. lltor for more—yet keeping the pustout ol view— “hosing every body for their fuults, hut thanking God, he teas not like other men. Tho history of their administration, is ono which is written in blood and sorrow. The four last yours in which they swayed tho sceptre over Geor. gia, w as a season of greater gloom, of deeper en- guish—which gave birth to more sorrowing hearts, witnessed more bankrupted fathers, more broken hopes, and ponnyless children, titan any period of thirty years before Itad known. The government wns managed for the benefit of the tick, nnd to make as I ltd Ue Whig daator. They had beo« ihrnwiy iaio fits by D*maerutia quackery, and in their paroxysms they cried aloud for It*Ip I Doctor Crawtord eemeio ■thvdf' rcHet—ddimhltm 1 NfPiti their diseases, and now llto the poor, poor indeed. The laboring people forgotten, and the Democrats strived to sei were ... see Itow they could swell the treasuries of the licit, nt the expense of their hard earnings. The laboring men and # those in limited circunistunces, were over* whelmed and .pressed down. Many applied to the Central Bank for relief, hut were refuspd ; while rich moneyed capitalists got what they wanted.— Bunks and moneyed corporations could get dis. counts from the Central Bank—but fow farmers nnd mechanics were accommodated in comparison with litoso who asked. Anti how were these treated 1 Why, in Viio first place, they were required to make notes payable at twelve months, with good endors. era,pay the interest in advance, take Central Bank °ills at dollar lor dollar, arid then by their necessi. lies, were forced to sell them from 20 to 40 per cent, discount, and afterwards to pay those saino notes in good money. The people of Georgia lost hundred of thousands of dollars by the advantage thus taken of them, by the democratic Central Bank. The note shavers, usurers, nnd moneyed men, grow fat out of this operation, while tho la borer wasted away in poverty and rags. The Dem- oernts, in tiie very face of the law, made the Celt, tral Bank a great usury shop, where they loaned their bills for lawful interest at par value, when two dollars of them would scarcely make tho valtto of one silver dollar. And now they ask tho people to put them in power that they may go at their old tricks again. I hero is not an usurer in Georgia, whoever showed less humanity to his debtors titan the Dem ocrats havo done to the debtors of the Central Bank. Not content to skin and sltavo in the loan, they mercilessly sued the laboring debtors to the Bank, right or wrong. And so vindictive wore they, in their bloody pursuit after the men to whom they had loaned their depreciated bills nt pur value, that Gov. Crawford was elected, and when their time of service wns within a day or two of expiring, they put out for collection thousands upon thousands of dollars of tho notes of the Bank—to give fees to their Democratic lawyers, to tax the people with costs, and lo expose them to their mortification and injury of being sued. Gov. Crawford happened by the merest accident, lo hear of this act of per. secution, slept in and arrested it, and gave notice to the debtors that they might renew in a given time. A groat number of them seized this oiler of escape fretrt the vindictive persecutions ol tho Democrats, and t-enowod tlieir notes. Many hud gotten into the hands of Altornies, nnd they could not ho recalled, and sovoral of the debtor*, from embarrassment, could not renew ; but to all the privilege, and it was a humane one, was extended, and the fault was with the debtor if lie did not re new. What an interesting sight it must liavo been to havo seen u pile of fifty thousand dollars in notes for an ex-Governor, und twenty thousand for a dc. leated candidate for Congress, and tun thousand here, and fivo thousand there ; fees to be given to party favorites, who had worked and been defeated. It was sport lo these men thus to he fattened out of the labor of the people—but it was death to the debtor, whose blood was sucked by tho avarice of the Democrats, and who were punished by thorn bocuuse tlte people had not continued them in power. But, Mr. Editor, it was an interesting sight, to see Governor Crawford stopping in and frustrating the malevolent and vindictive objects of these Democrats, and extending relief, where they had intended to send oppression ! The sheriffs and lawyers growled, but many an honest hearted debt, or wns made glad. And during the last session of tho Legislature, when Gov. Crawford and his friends wore doing all in tlieir power lo redeem the character of the Central Bank, and to make its bills at par value, and thereby to restore lo the peo. plo who yet held the bills, a part of what they had lost, by giving tlieir notes for them, dollar for do!. Inr, when they wore below par—as well ns to re lievo the whole people of the Slate, by proposing to 1 er [0 t | 10 other, reduce tlieir taxes, tho Democratic party, rose up I er* masse, and attempted to frustrate the effort.— 1 Mr They knew that if the Central Bank hills got to pur nothing would he lost in paying premium-on funds for interest and other governmental expenses—that consequently, less money would bo required from taxation, and therefore the taxes would he reduced, und the Whigs get the credit of it. Titii was too bitter a pill to be swallowed by the democrats; they therefore fought it at every point, hut were defeat ed. The bill passed resuming specie payments at tho Treasury, Central Bank bill* have gone up to pm-, and ’the country has been blessed. The Dem ocrats will never forgive Gov. Crawford nor his friends for this measure ; they abuse it in tlieir pa pers and in their private conversations, and the tea. son is obvious. They seek to govern tlte people by the secret and hidden influences of money; thoy did ir by the aid of the Central Bank—that they havo lost; and tltey now arc attempting it by ob- ses, and now llto Ipitlyq Irom fils, und is sound nml Itonltky. Let lllfc quack* trjj their hand aguiit, and fits will ttgititi fuMuw. There is out matter mure Which I will mention, nnd that is tlta mortification which is privately felt by the Democratic leaders, but which they dttro nut avow, that tlte last Legialnturo did not increase the tuxes. Gov. McDonald stud, in his message, that the Slate would receive such tind such fund.-, front litis and other sources, into tlte trousury Tlte Leg. isluturu found nut that Itu was mistaken, and many democrats urged in donate, that us the Whigs'had the puwer, they were hound to furnish tho treasury with money, und this could not be done, there being a deficiency, but by an increase of the taxes—and no matt hm u Democrat in llmt Legislature, did speak rtf raising them. But tho Whigs s»|d no; we Will cut down our own pay, and save there ; wo will save every whore, nnd thus go through tho year without putting any more taxes mi the people; uud so it lias turned nut. Gov. Crawford, by prudent management, ims not only supported the govern ment. paid all its expensos, paid up all the debt* the Democrats had made and loll unpaid, paid tint interest uf tho public debt, and #50,000 of princi. pnl, and hud a sinull ballaiice on hand ul the und of the your! Ilad the Democrats been in power, they would havo increased the taxes 25 percent, last Legisla ture, and as much llto next, under tlte pretence of paying for taking the State census, nnd would not imve paid one cent of the public debt. Governor Crawford tins nlready paid, since he enme into of fice, 3100,000 of the public debt. The Democrats wero in power two years after the passuge of tho luw requiring $50,000 to be paid annually to thus debt, and never paid one dollar. Gov. Crawfordl Ims promptly complied with tho law, nnd mndo the payments stated. The Democrats said that they were getting readv to pay this money ; they want: those lo ruie who arc ready to pny, und who do it. Tho Democratic party, if in power in the next Legislature, will again increase tho taxes 25 per cent., to squander nnd lose. They spent in ont year $30,000 us a contingent fund. Guv. Craw ford, in the same time, spent only $2,000; thus showing the difference between Whig nnd Demo cratic economy. This increase of taxes will be economy about sullicient to make up the contingent fund for tlieir Governor: Well may tho Democratic presses, in view of all'- these facts, trcinhlo at the prospect before them.— Thousands of oppressed men, once their support ers, crushed by their heartless policy, with beggar ed wives nnd children, will go lo the polls in Octo ber next, to stamp the mark of c.otidcmiiUtiou upon, tlieir conduct, by casting tlieir votes against them. FORSYTH. Propositions. Pile Washington Union gives to the public the subjoined information concerning llto propositions heretofore made by llto Govern ment of the United States lo that of Great Britain, for tho adjustment of tltu Western boundary dis pute— The proposition first made by tiic United States wns, that llto 49lh parallel of latitude, which Imii been adopted us the dividing line betwecen tlieir territories nnd those of Great Britain, from the vicinity of the Lake of tlte Woods lo the Rocky Mountains, should be continued westward ns far ns the possessions uf the two Nations extended in tliut direction—thus offering to resign their right to what Iny further North. This being rejected, it was agreed llml us neither party claimed a perfect title to any portion of the country the whole should bo left free nnd open to the people of both for leu years. Within those ten years, tho title of Spain to all North of the 42d parallel was suri'endered to the United States ; nnd Russia enguged to make no settlements South of the latitude of54 degrees *.J minutes. The American Government, thereupon proposer! an « 6 e«...v.„ l 7 Grout Britain should rnako no settlements South uf tlte 51st par. allel, and Ijte United States should make mine: North of llmt line, substituting uftcrwnrd thu 40th parallel for the 51st ; uud then, in 1824. came the first definite proposition from Great Bri tain fora partition of the territory. Tlte line ofi' separation was to run along (tic 49i!i parallel fruits the Rocky Mountains to u large branch of tlte Co lumbia, down which, nnd down the main stream, ir. was lo ho continued to the sea. Grent Britain tvos lo have all North and West of this line, except that tTie United Stutes should possess a snail de tached territory in the angle formed belvann the- Pacific shore and the Southern side of the St rail off Fucu, comprising one harbor for small vessels on, tlte ocean, and one for large vessels on tie Strait. Upon tills tho negotiation ended. In 1820. the United Stales, for the first time, proposed the 49llt parallel, as the dofinitivi line of boundary, from the Rocky Mountains lofhe.upom Pacific; to which the British replied by repealing; tlieir proposition nbove stated. Neither partv- would yield more ; and so, lifter formally with drawing their respective ofTers, by witicl each de clared that it was in no wise lo bo considered bound thereafter, tltey renewed tho agreement, lo leave- the country open to the people of both, Air an in definite period ; subject, however, to in termina ted alter a year's notice of such intentim by eiilt- Timt agreement still sibsists. mining the influence of moneyed men ; therefore i plantation, report thut Fort Hill has L e moneyed affairs of tho cu ' 1,vat,on ‘'urty or tarty years. They tlieir policy is, to keep the Slate deranged, llmt moneyed men mny make prof its thereof—and ns they feed the brokers, so shall tho brokers help litem. This is fun for the poli ticians, but it is deatli to tlte people. No party was over more desperate in resisting a measure, than the Democrats in opposing the re sumption of specie payments. While the Democrats munngod the Central Bank tho brokers made mare money than nt any funner period of their lives. Tltey bought its bills nt 40 to 50 per cent, discount, invested them in bonds, and drew eight per cent, interest on them—thus realizing sixteen per cent, interest on the invest, ment. This was a golden harvest for moneyed men, but who does not recollect how ilia people suffered? We shall liavo just such limes again, should the Democrats get into power. Tito Democratic office-seekers are longing for n return of such times, but, tho people, like a burnt child, having felt tlte fire, knmvhow to dread it,— They are perfectly satisfied to let things remain as they are ; they say, very wisely, “let well enough alone.’ 1 They remember tho fable of thu woll man who took Iho medicine—“ he toas welt—took modi• tine—and here l am." They were once well, took Democratic medicine, and liked lo Imve been no mure; thoy aro now well again, uud they are re. solved to lake no more such physic. The Demo, crats are grout doctors for the people—they under stand how to euro all their maladies—hut llto peoplo h '"st let thorn throw thorn into fils, and then,tltey ui. —lonfils!'' Such was thCu condition in 1843, wlton they -A Calhoun's Farm.—Air. Cailtoui. like Air.. Clay and Air. Webster, is fond of agriculural iifo ; and, when not engaged inprofessional duties, Ito occupies himself on his estate at F>rt Hill.— About forty cultivated acres surround hs mansion —nnd other sections of Itis grounds ate occupied with cotton, corn, peas, and various oiler crops,— Helms drained his grounds, and introduced rotation of crops—according lo Iho report of o Coinmiuset who visited it—with an unexampled dsgreo of suc cess. Tito stock of Itis farm consuls of Irigs. horses, and cattle of good blood, nnd in excellent condition. His negro bouse is a spacious stones building 200 feet long, divided into s|*cinus and comfortable apartments. In all parts o’,his cstati* lie Ims blended the useful und ornumcitul, intro ducing admirable tillage with horticqtural |«>U» nnd henutv. Tho Agricultural Committee who epmincd this beott under was a ve ry heavy crop of corn upon it, and a l.fgo number of pea-vines, and the conclusion wus hat. by tlte care boslowed upon it, its production was unlimited. In llto uplands of tho farm, tlte Comrtitlejo found cotton growing abundnntly upon Inni which hud not been a great wltilo in cullivathp. We ure glad to learn that Air. Calhoun is so gcod n farm"--, nnd that his labors are well rewarded*—N. Ye Ex, MKTIIODMT CONVENTION Tees.lay, May tlwt Silt, the following resolutions wire submitted by thu Ruv. J. Epfl*Jwy*—■ Resolved, That ti’eutmn’iliou m: nppo?ntotI>> , be to tuke into cinndderntion the condi’iou ol our icliind* and college*, uud recommend tltu best method of improving them. Resolved, l iist a committco lie appointed lo be called the commit 1(1) on finance, whuse duty shall be to consider thu best method of securing a‘just portion of llto book concern and chartered fund, und recommend the best finunciai system for our future operation. Both the rcsoluti ns pussed. On tlio resolution'stifDr*. Fierce and Sinitli, Mr L. Campbell and G. F. Fierce spoke. They were separatist*. We limy infer how fur thoy go from the following extract from Mr. Pierce’s speech : Now, in view of all these considerations, the great nnd vilul question before the convention was whether they would remain under tho jurisdiction of the general conference, und thus bereave the negroes of the South, un ler our influence, of the hope of’ the gospel, or dissolve their connection with it. and relieve the Southern portion of the church from nil further apprehensions ott llto sub. jeet. Tlte prospect itself of such a consummation had gone very far towards allaying the fever of public excitement nnd inspiring confidence in tho Methodist ministry ; so muc-< so, tlmt in Alabama open doors were presented to our missionaries on every side. Ho had no prej tdico against the North, but whether there be pence or war as to princi ples uf llto government, powers of tlte episcopacy, and the like, lie cuuld never stand by and see the spiritual prospects of tho negro in the South pot in jeopardy. He longed to sco the day when Metho. distn, precious and blessed, should in the Southern country rise in the majesty of her strength nnd the tenderness of Iter love, nnd move abroad, untram melled nnd free, in Iter God-liku work of blessing and saving the souls of men, of all conditions nnd in ull circumstances of human life. He besought the convention to interpose no let or barrier to Iter progress, but give free scope to her energies, that in Itcrerrends oflovo and compassion, site might go to the bedside of the dying negro nnd point his fad. ing eye to the briglitning glories of the cross and the immortality beyond. Even now the fields are white to the harvest, and men, with strong arms and heavy scythes, were gatheringsouls into the garner above. He wished the report of tho committee was ready to ho presented litis very day, that llto intelligence might go out to master nnd slave in tlte length of the land that the Southern minister were freed from the trammels of a dominnnt majority, nnd that suspicionless they should be welcomed into a thous and plantations. Ho had heard of doors being left open. For h.s purl Ito wan ed but ono door open, that which Wesley hud left open, viz: the only- condition require! of those who desire admission into these societies—a desire "lo be saved from their sins.” He would have tho convention very careful Itow they entered into entangling alliances with those from whom, as Wesley said upon anoth er occasion,--God hud so stangely set them free." The hand of Providence is broadly seen in tlte whole mailer. The North had tsken tlieir ground; wc Imve taken ours, nnd cannot und will not aban. don it. Re-union, then, is impossible. We have no overtures to make. It is due to the church, to ourselves, to the country, ilint wo stand upon our rights ; nnd, until the North comes back to tlte scripture ground, lie, for one, would sny separation AND INDEPENDENCE NOW AND FOREVER." In the Southern Methodist Episcopal Convention at Louisville, on the 17th, tlte resolution from tho Committee for a separate organization under the title of the “Methodist Episcopal Church South,” was adopted by a vote of 94 to 3. The second resolution reported by the Committee was adopted uuuiiimously. It is as follows— Resolved, That wliiln we cannot abandon compromise the principles of action, upon which we proceed to a separate organization in tlte South nevertheless, cherishing a sincere desrte to main tain Christian union and fraternal intercourse with the church North, wc shall always !>o ready, kind ly and respectfully, lo entertain and duly nnd care, fully consider any proposition or plan, having for its object the union of the two grent bodies in the North and South, whether suclt proposed union bo jurisdictional or connccliotial- The Convention has list located the Book Con- cei n, ns was stnled a few days ago ; hut have left it to the first meeting of the General Conference, which is to be hold at i’etorsburg, Virginia, ir, Mav next. The Missionary Socioty lias been located in Louisville.—Rail. Amer. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. Wo condemc from llto Lnuisvillo Journal the proceedings of ibis body on Monday, from which i will be soen that it has adjourned sine die alter a si'Siion of sixteen days, having accomplished the object for winch it assembled. Air, Green of Tcn».,chuirnmn of the Book coni niitteo, made n lengthy repot-', concluding with res elutions, directing that the editor or editors of the South Western Christian Advocate, with A. L. P. Green, F. E. Pitts, and J. W. Manner, be appoint ed a committee to lie called the publishing commit, lee, whose duly it shall be to compile and publish a work or book, which shall ho called “The History of llie Organization of the Methodist Episcopal Chuicli, South,” which shall contain a full account of the acts and doings of the lute general confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in tiie enses of tho Rev. Juntos Osgood Andrew, D. D.. one uf tho bishops of llto Alctbodist E. Church, uud Rev. F. A. Harding, of tlte Baltimore conference, together with tlte speeches in the above mentioned cases, besides various oilier matters touching the proceedings of this andllto late general conferences is relation thereto. Dr. Wm. Capers and Wm. M. Westman were appointed to address a circular letter, in tho form of a pastorial address, to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, said letter to form a portion of tho contemplated work. The report of the committee on organization wus taken up and adopted. A resolution wus unanimously adopted request ing Bishops Soule and Andrew to unite with nnd May die in our vnrf ttll.wjth oi house of ‘ atelyvyo lie upon us mutually id f it, nml Dually may we bu gathered to tho njleaven. Affection, fellow laborer. JAMES O ANDREW. Tbc following resolutions were adopted unani mously, viz. Resolved, That should tiny portion of an unnual conference, on the lino uf separation, not represent, ted in this convention, udliero In tlte pluu of separ ation ailoptud lit tlte late general conference, and elect delegates lo the general conference of tiie church in 1840, upon the basis uf representation udopted by this convention, they shall be accredit, od ns members of the general conference. Resolved, Tlmt a committee of three be appoint ed whuse.dttiy it shall be to prepnro and report to the general conference of 1840, a revised copy of the present discipline, with such change* us are necessary to confirm it lo the origination of llto Methodist E. Church, south. Dr. W. Capers, W. M. Wightman end G. F. Pierce were appointed said committee. G. F. Pierce presented a further report from the committee on education, which was read and adop ted. W. Cnpers presented and read tho pastoral ad dress, which was rend, adopted, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions were adopted tendering the thanks of the convention to tho citizens of Louisville for their kind hospitality—to the churches and pastors of that city, who invited the members to their pul pits—to Bishops Souloand Andrew for the ability displayed in presiding over the the convention—and to Rov. T. O. Summers nnd Rev. T. N. Ralston, llto secretaries, for tiie faithful discharge of thtyr duties. T. N; Ralston offered the following, which was adopted : Resolved, That in the judgmont of this conven. lion, those societies and stations on the border with in the limits of conferences represented in this convention be constructively understood as adher ing to the South unless they see proper to take ac tion on the subject, and in all such cases we consid er the pnslor of the station or society as the proper person to preside in the meeting. Dr. Smith offered the following, which was adop ted. Resolved. That the pastoral address be printed, and tliut such border charges or societies as may fuel tltcmselues called upon to make on election be. tween the Northern and Southern divisions of the church, be and they are hereby respectfully request ed to have the pastoral address of the convention read before the society, or the several societies of the charge, before voting on the subject. After prayer by Rev. John Early, the members of the convention joined in singing that beautiful and appropriate hymn— “Our souls by love together knit," &c. Tho convention then udjourned sine die, with the benediction by Biship Soule, the most hallowed and delightful feeling universally prevailing. Fine Cotton.—Hiudoostan has been noted for its cotton fabrics, which are wove in .'lie most sim ple manner. The spinning is dona by hand by women,who earn nbout three furlhinss a day ; and the loom in use in India is n simple" construction, erected out of doors, under the shade of a tree.— Concerning the fineness of Indian fabrics, many surprising stories have buon told, it is said tbat an Emperor who fiout-isbed at the ponimeiiceincot of tho last century, on peiccivitigyiir* daughter ar rayed in a seini-trattsparcnl tissue, reproached Iter with its indoconcy. She defended hutself by as. suring him dial Iter robe wus u rap/ed nine times around Iter body. A Persian arnbissadorv oil Itis return (rout India, presented his kinpwitli a cocoa out, which cutiininud a muslin turbu; thirty yard* long, nnd which, when oxpanded in |l,o air, could hardly lie felt. Sonte ol their bruSijtvebi of mus lin tnny bo drawn through a wodd**> ring. Tito cotton manufacture has not yet arriip! at any thing like this perfection with uu, oud gobnbly never will. Work of tjiis character is iirtaiuly more for ornament than use ; tad yet if Binteresting to know lo what degree of fineness qtion may be .—Lowell Journal i , spun. become rcgularand constitutional bishops of the Alctbodist Epitcopul Church, South, upm, tbc ba. sis of separation adopted by llto lute general conference- To litis resolution, the bishops responded. Louisville, May 19th, 1845. Dear Brethren:—In answer to the enquiry of the committee. I would sihio that, I feel myself hound, in guod faith, to carry out the official plan of cpiscopul visitation us settled upon bv the bishops in New.York, and published in the official papers of the church, till the session of the first general conference of the Methodist E. Church, South; from which time it would bo necessary that llto plan should be so changed as to be accommodated to the jurisdiction of tlte two distinct general conferences. When suclt general conference shall be hold, I shall feel myself fully authorised, by the “plan of separation" adopted by tlte general conference of said church, to exercise tho functions of tiie episco pal office within the jurisdiction of said gonerai conference. 1 am, my dear brethren, yours, very affec'ion- ately. JOSHUA SOULE. Louisvillr, May, 1845. Dear Brethren :—l decidedly approvo tho course which the convention hus token in establishing the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, believing, as I do, most sincerely that it will tend, under God’s blessing, lo the wider spread and more efficient propagation of the gospel of the grace of God. 1 ‘ ill aoeept the invitation of the convention, to net ns [FROM TUB N. O. PICAYUNE, MAY20 ] LATER FROM MEXICO, via HAVANA. The brig “Titi," arrived yesterday morning from Havana, which place she left on the 10th inst. By litis vessel wo have received Havana files lo the day of Iter departure. Tlte only news of impor- fatico brought by the “Titi” relates to Mexican af fairs. The British steamer, Thames, arrived nl Havana on the 6lh, from Very Cruz, having left the Mexican port on the 1st in3t. The intelligence brought by her is eight days later from Vera Ciuz and nine days later irom the city of Mexico. The papers we have seen assert that the Executive of Texas bus re-openod negotiations will* Mexico in regard to the recognition of the independence of tlte furincr Slate. It would appear from these ad vices that President Jones, with the help ol tlte Eug. lislt and French embassees, bus got the Mexican Government to entertain tho negotiation, upon the understanding that Annexation should not take place. The following message, sent to Cungress on the 21st ult.,explains the views of the Govern ment in regard to the Texas proposition. There is little or no room to doubt that the English Minister hns performed the part of go-botween in the transncl’on, as neither of the contracting powers have diplomatic relations with the oth er. Scnnr Cuevas’s message is to this effect t Gentlemen—The affairs of Texus being of suclt deep importance as to cluim the first con. sideralionof the Congress and Executive, the Gov- ernnunl cannot, without assuming a special res- ponsibilility, defer tiie resolution that must be ta. ken to bring them to an issue compatible with tho honor and interest of tho Republic. The Government having assembled a considerable bo dy of troops upon that frontier, and employed ull it* resources lo accomplish tho proposed end, and having considered of these usked of tiie legisiutivo bodies, sees no other course to pursue than to car ry out tho plan proposed to sustain tho Republic in all llto dignity duo to its honor nnd good name. Circumstances havo transpired which render it both necessary ultd proper to enter upon negotia tions tliut will prevent the annexation of Texas to the United Slutos, ar suclt an event would inevitubly load to a war with '.be American Republic—for Aioxico would not agree to annexation—however deplorable suclt a conflict might be. Texas has taken tiie initiative in proposing a settlement, und his Excellency, the President ad interim, well un derstanding its importance und tho necessity of taking a resolution in relation to it, i9 also pursuud. ed that the Executive cannot proccod in the mat. ter without being first authorized to do so by the Chambers; that in llto case before him he should not exercise tlte powers conferred by tlte Constitu tion for conducting negotiations with foreign pow ers. The Government—always faithful to its duty, and desirous of submitting its acts to free discus sion, and considering tliat national questions should be disposed of with patriotic spirit und a conscien tiousness superior to ussaults and abovo prejudices of every charactct—cannot decline the proffered negotiation without, in his opinion, violating his duty by deciding so dolicule u question before sub mitting it lo Congress. Ifite could make an ar rangement honorublu in itself, and suclt as would satisfy the naltottul honor, ho would submit it with great pleasure to Cungress; and if such could not be achieved, llto same Government which is so de sirous of a place conformable to the dignity of the Republic, would bo tiie first to decide in favor ol a war, which would bo more just after ull efforts to avert it Itad failed. Tlte preliminary propositions of Texas nro of a character honorable and lair towards tbo Republic, and the Government, without deciding upon them, had no doubt about accepting them as the initiative to the arrangement sought by Texus. Not to have accepted it. would Ituvo been lo establish the an- ncxAiion of Texas to flic United Stales, ami Con gress will perceive that a stop so ill-advised would have been a terrible charge to the present Admin istration. To refuse lo hoar proposals uf pesce that may lead to a satisfactory result would bsv« been ait extreme measure tlte least profitable lo the Republic, however it might at first flatter a justly irritated patriotism ; but this ia not what the natiou expecta from ita Supreme Gi which ia obliged to foresee and woigh of n long and costly wur, and lo i as long as its honor can be maintained, present case , . ,, „ -wmStnoi, .. end of ll.ts message ; but it Is made uron * 1 "! deliberation, and from sil frdenf dcriro^ B,, l prosperity of tbo Republic, t.nd •hit „ 'M lion tlmt if war should i-nsue niter D, *-l effi;ri Id preserve peace it will e d in"),^*'*’71 L r .v»v,, w |IVULII It 1 1,1 15 U III |||(I |»| »| the national nrtns, nnd in accordance wlii. ^fl iiswt ir.<* 1 . DULIS. I justice ns regard* thus* wlioprovnkel""" puWi «l Therefore, Ifi* Excellency, .he Preside, _ President I nm. in iimnsierinl council,end with t| lc udvioe of bis Cabinet, Ims directed nte t„ I for ^otir deliberation tiie following resolution . 111 .,*n. gs O * 1 1 ho Government is authorized to ‘ , propositions mn e by T. xa-. nnd to proceed ll l! formation of a treaty that it deems Itonomki.! ? I „ ... , , ^ ... duemii honorable in .l I Republic ; to be laid before CongroMs for | million and approbation.” | With tlio highest consideration. LUls g. CUEVAS. God and LmEnTy ! Mexico, April 21st, 1845. \Frvm the N. O. Picayune, May 21. | STILL LATER FROM AIEXICO. Tlte Mexican scltr. Relampagos. Captain T.Lt. undo, arrived here yesterday l.um Ven n which place she left on the 10th inst. She i, , to havo been charlered by the Mexican fins!*" mem for the |iur|mse of bringing despntcheM!?"' Consul nt this city. A Mr. Frederick Johnsum..'*' passenger in.tho" Relampagos, i~od'tbZh|^ 1 the bearer of rltnimiidi.o* the bearer of despatches ft ont ihe British MiSsT in Mexico either to the U. S. Government English Minister at Washington. Owing i 0 |b£ facts, and a certain Mystery tn tho movement irintr nvur Km » t I this vessel, her bringing over but a singlo of papers and no lelters/or the post office, Tr * obtained general currency in this city, shortly m!!! her arrival, ilia: Mexico had actually declared™* I against the United State*. The nrobnhii:Z!“ all ngninst the credibility of this report, as m* I lampagos left Vera Cruz on the 10th, and censW I udvices of tiie fact would have reached the Unhid I States before this time, had a declaration of „ been made before that date. A portion of the UaM ted States Gulf Squadron, consisting of the frj m , I Potomac, the sloop of war Falmouth, nnd the biiw I Lawrence and Somers have been anchored n |J,'| Verda, immediately off Vera Cruz, for somo weeks I and we should have heard from them cte now |,.i L war been decided upon anterior to the sailinuof n.I Relampagos, b it is understood that the authority askod of Cta. grass by the Mexican Executive, to treat with as in the spirit of Senor Cuevas’s-communicnio, which we published yesterduy in full, has bees' granted, nml there appears to be no doubt that tbs recognition of the independence of Texas IsimT tied matter, upon condition that she declines to be annexed to the United Stntcs. Repor s slate that Santa Anna has been ork to bo liberated. It hug been months since «• via. lured the opinion, upon what we considered cood authority,thut the fallen Dictator would conwlS' scathless from the perils that menaced him. Rumors of Revolutions in various portions of lh» Mexican empire are rife—upon what authority «t cannot speak—ono of these implicate Californitis an insurrectionary movement. Upon a more reliable authority than mere rumor we may state that His Excellency Juan de Dios Cl itnna passed through Vera Cruz about the first of tlio month, upon a mission, ns was said, from tha Government of Mexico to that of the United Shim. Phis circumstance, taken in connection with tbo negotiation then pending with Texas and the so. crecy with which the object of bis mission wu kept from the public, cuused no little commotion ia tlmt city. One of rhe journals, apparently mors favorable to war than peace, in remarking upon this mission, exclaims “Everything, it appears, has been confided to diplomacy—the hands of slrimgtn are thrust into this business.—How shall we llqui. date?—What will become of the country!—Tin storm is raging over our heads—the ihundorre- verberates abovo us!" We have been permitted to publish an extract from a letter written at Vora Cruz, on the 8lh day of May, the puiportof which took us so complete, ly aback that were it not for the respectable source from which it comes, one would pay littlo heed te it indeed. The letter is from an individual whose word might challenge tlte belief of every mar.ii tho country—not to say of tho Government itself#- nnd yet the announcement we make upon ilsa thorily will startle all of our readors. G’lte extract is in these words—we transcribe them literally: “Elliott and the lexnn Commissioners areaboat leaving this [Vera Cruz] in an English frigate for Galveston, with tiie treuty acknowledging ibeinds- pendence of Texus. But they little dream oftheir reception. Those people [the Mexicans]thisklist the acknowledgement of Texan independence fill prevent Annexation, and thereby they will get clear of declaring war, as they Imd threotoned.- Tney swear, however, that if Texas prelim An nexation to acknowledgment, tltey "ill declare war.” What will astonish tho Atnerk... people in this extract, is the intelligence that Etliutt is in Vera Cruz, and that tlio President of Texas liasaecrei- ly sent commissioners to Mexico under thepstros- age uf England, lo treat for recognition upon the basis alluded to in Sonor Cucvu’s letter to Cong* rcss. Can theso tilings bo possible 1 Csp it " that Cupt. Elliott who left Galveston with I avowed purpose of going to Charleston,S. C.,l sneaked off to Mexico to get a sly ad vauiago iolht negotiation which the people will bn file should CW- ry sceptre in Europo bo raised in menace otef thorn ? Can it be true that President Jours, info* circumstances which now surround hint, hoilfo* tlio temerity to despatch secret i. r < i ts lo Mexico te form n treaty in which the people of Texai *r*W»: bo sacrificed ? Wo have seen somUchdlU aod double-dealing in ibis wltolo nffnir, nod so much official menducity in regard to the p ses of men unfortunutely in high places at ao l ■nentousa crisis, that we nro prepared to balk**! that some of tlte actors in the busv scene befor“ are capable of doing any thing however low, asserting any thing hotvovor false ; but w* cou that tt.ese two little items in a letter front source excited our amazement. Yet hers l words before us, in black and white, and sig an honorable and well known name; and oosf the British vessels (the Eurydice) cuinpoato armed express kept up between Galveston*" ra Cruz was at Sacrificios,—nit anchorage i to Voru Cruz, ready to translate Minister, 1 missionsrs nnd Treaty to Galveston, some or tho conspirators against the pt may repont them when too Into of tlieir pert in this miserable and corrupt proceeding. Besides the American squadron and the dico, the two French vessels heretofore r"*‘ as being at Vera Cruz were yet in tlte ha the offing. Both of ihe war steamers ihB of war, and several amaller armed vo ing to Mexico were in port. Indigo and Madder,—Among the ) duct which we have seen recon.n ’ lion of Ihe Southern pliitler* sre those of Indigo sad/' “ importance to the m offering in itself, lo i mg reward for* f farsstly If tlte Government bod iuIso as soon as the law oogresa of lb* United know what Ita eoqffuct't Vtief 3 «*« ooeuftito soperintoodants of the Methodist Epic- It* firmnsssid MH "Pf •seixd .