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THE ENQUIRER.
umni TMCMtamition »k>«-
COLUMBUS—GEORGIA:
WlDNtSDAT MOEinNO.BBPT. W, 104*
For OoogreM, 2d District,
WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD.
Apwwt.
gr Tlw mtanin.4. oandhlalM for Cmjmm in
fe M OoKflwAmi) Dinner, herebjr l|rH ttotin
all nbjinrinne to voters on taco lint of the non-payment
at Tuaa, at fe approaching aleeUon—and they re-
fam that rhoir frionda in tha aaaarat counties in the
DtMita bo governed by this agreement.
ALFRED IVERSON,
AegSMSM. Wll. H- C (AWKORD.
another present.
Tkk * Ike kind of thing tea like- none of your
M^Meoa. nsiarmloaaaeil teoeabao for ue, giv
r^«jXTora-;,lcumd,.- Ml . K .n,
9$ |mb of t-acon ; and here it *». Vvli'w*: »*)<•
cooMfrom? It ia a present from Messrs. Mom-
fe Du**, and is decidedly lh« finest specimen <•
fko ml Tennessee that ever crosacd the Cumlwr
ItMl. Il is said that lhare are about tmnty thouaanrl
jminrfr of tho same sort at their extensive proviriot
•tore, the troth of which we shall make H our buai-
r in a few days. Look out for us.
THE PROaPKC'l
A man that regards as ho ought the peace and
hooor of his country, hat but little, at the present
tiae, to cheer his spirits or awaken the better feel
ings of ho|« within him. Tho history of the pres
ent administration is enough to diagost the patriot,
end make tbs true friends of regulated liberty
tremble for the fate of constitutional government
Want of candor, double dealing, mysterious reaerve,
bombastic threats,arul cringing back-out-iam, have
in turn, aod at very short turns too, marked the
wretched policy of our rulers. The President came
into power flushed with an unexpected triumph,
and eiovated far above every position for which na-
lure designed him, he seemed to imagine himself
the world's universal ruler. Under this vain be
lief, nothing was too monstrous for his dating en
terprise. Is there a barren strip or disputed territo-
ry in some cold corner of the earth, where a Nor
wegian bear could scarcely live, lie stamps his fool
end claims it to tho utmost vergo arid limit. Let
war come, if it will, with all iu calamities. What
carat ba, the wild and reckless fury of the country
PLNNbV LVaMIA.
The interests of this goad old State appear at this
time to be In tbe especial keeping of eftry politician
and every editor in the Union. The government
organ al Waehiogt wi is, and has batn since the ad*
jouromentof Congress, laboring with fatherly con*
eern In osnvince the world that the people, who
Were so shamelessly and grossly imposed upon in
the canvass for the presidency, care nothing about
it, and will bo exlri rmly pleased at another oppor
tunity of being bamboozled again ; whilst the dem
ocratic candidates for Congress, such as Qiarlea J.
ingtrmll and others,are making promises that if
the act of the late session i« not suflicimtly protec
tive, it shall be amended forthwith and made so.
This amendment, however, only looks to the ; .ter-
eataof Pennsylvania. It seems to us that this second
attempt iu practice a fraud on the citizen* of that
Slate is, if any thing can he, a little more contempt-
tide than the first outrage.
.Statesmen, engaged in nutMing or re-modelfi.g
a great financial system, aru aupp >s-d to ho govern
ed by some principles either theoretically or prncti-
will back me, and right orjvmng, we go the whole Cfc,, y correct Their legislation should he based on
THE RIO ORANDK
Wo hive no news, special or general, public or |
privets, from this river with ite loud souimIiu, name, j
rimee our last publication. The mailt are vastly ir- ,
regular, end so ere our correspondents, a ml bet wet n 1
them, we ere *s dry ee e powde- barrel. Wen
not, however, complain on our own account. On
reed era went news, end if it does not abort ly conn
WO wifi order the boya home end close the war—f/ ,
tea can
THE BRIDGE DIFFICULTY BUTTLED,
ft gives us pieeiure to state that (hie veiatinus ,
sod injurious difficulty haa been at lest amicably |
settled. The county Court of Iluaecll baa ordered
tbs gale on the west aide of the river to be removed, j
•ad our City Council, meeting them in e spirit
hberelity, has ordained that til agricultural, horn 1
tsitu al, and such like productions, bo permitted t*
pass free of toll. This arrangement,of tbe apeci. I
details of which we ere not particularly Informed,
wtl! d ubtiesa restore the ancient good feeling thn'
subsisted between neighbor*, and benefit (asenti. fly
(ha citizens on both aide* of tho river. Wo are re
joiced at the settlement, end trust that nothing may
hereafter transpire to mar the peace ao happily ro
eloved.
WHO TAKES THE STOCK T
Il will be remembered that skit Batumi* y is
the day designated by the corporator* as the time
for opening books of subscription to the Itail Koad
from this city to BarneaviUe. Tho Book* will lie
opened al Columbus, TaWmllon, TUomaaton, Mn
con aod Savannah,end subscriptions received for
Ian days, unless the stock is aoonor taken up. Ev
ery thing conspires to convince us (list those who
feel M interest in this work must take hold and go
ahead with it at the present time. There can !*r no
delay but what will be dangerous to the final suc
cess of the undertaking and seriously detrimental
to the future pro»|>crity of Columbus. We are to
bo out off, isolated, and turned adrift, for the purpose
of siding the nabobs ofe staler Staio who for years
have naoomsd to control tbs legislation of Georgia
in reference to her internal improvement*. Charles
ton and her dependants are straining every nerve
(•render subservient to their interest all the public
improvements of this Btale, end our legislature is
branded with the charge of illiborality, bccauso its
members were independent enough to prevent it. i
We wage nu war with the people of Augusta, J
Atlanta, Montgomery, or any where else, but we
would suggest to those who ere immediately inter
ested in connecting the roads that touch these points,
that thar# is a link yet wanting that may never be
supplied by legislative authority, il there is not a
more liberal spirit manifested towards our own ren-
port- We saw the feeling that pervaded the last
legislature, we witnessed then the determination
that a majority felt to do justice to other (Kirtiona of
tho State, and not suffer the monopolising power of
Charleston and ila dependants to control any lon
ger He independent action. Are we understood by
our coteinporaries of the Constitutionalist anti
Montgomery Journal! If not, we now more dio
tinctly avow that we ol Columbus, and elaowhere on ,
tbe route, ere determined to build the Rotul to
BarneaviUe, asking no favors of the upper combina
tion, aud granting llient none when it comes (u
fksfr turn. We may allude to tliia subject again, j
hereafter.
TUB ELECTION.
The Jirei Monday in October is just at band. No j
ncilement has been created, no bugle bla»> blown ,
to arouse the feelings of the people, or luiolcad their
judgments. Every thing has been calm end every *
body left to their choice of e representative. Such
has been tbe case of tbe Whig party and Whig
free* of this district. Our candidate is well known j
and duly appreciated by tbe whole constituency, j
end nothing we could now say would raise him an j
inch higher in public eatimation. Tho little flings,
at bis well earned popularity by Ilia opponents, will j
nodi, ee they ought, upon the beads of their an- 1
there. The man who like WILLIAM II. I
CRAWFORD has stood unharmed before the I
whole perk of the oppoeitioa artillery in times past, -
will scarcely be damaged now by the pop guns and
bird abot of the stripling*. Wo have received let
ters from various quartet* indicative of the deep
•tilled popular fading which i« bearing him steadily |
•award and upward. We were satisfied before, 1
b* these evidences ere doubly confirmatory of the
fart that hie election is among the things termed
*' certain"
FARMER’S MEETING.
(ET The FARMtaa of Harris county will meet at
Hamilton, oe the first Tuesday in October, for the pur
pee* of organising a* AoatcuLtuHat. Association-
Lel every farmer be present, ready and prepared to
offer any end every suggestion that may be calculated J
^0 promote tbe common cause. When the plan of (
operations shall have boen agreed upon let every one ;
•l + taka bold upon It aod share the honor of pro- :
motif the agricultural hooor of Harris even above
the ekvoted positioa she eecopiea among her sister
OOOltitT of Georgia to intelligence, morality and pat-
taolaem. Wo feel delighted at every improvement in
agrieallure and manufactures in tbi» State, for they
are not only so much added to its permanent wealth
•ad prosperity but ere calculated to quiet aud settle
derrn the reailtar aod roaming dispositions of our
pgpplf xbe discontented man des'ues to be moving.
Eel he almost always finds that when he breaks up
sad leaves a place where he is doiug well, that he
bee cause to regret it. Good eed evil are inseparably
a II ^ experience of ell men, end be who
lU.h.M ..il U Ml* to «li«kt wh*r* •*"« ofer
nu R*||R* |fe, TbM fe «• b. cooieiileJ with (hi.
jaKh, iAnua-lo< railliou. of U>. h.nu r.c.
•hU ta fefef.l ta . .ilk. of our umponl com
few plwTI— non ud tyrara -|»ih«r fe train.
mt feta fe* yci pn.n .mi non-kouM.—Initil.
■y fe cE« «*■•> Im frora yaw promoo—
fe momoi poo forra.n of fe hud, work of your
ommfertfeE k.im h.P -*■- f.« WoU of buinra.
. __ u*** mod raimuiu. to fe wiud-
,fe hnk uun'i talura. mi fen of Mfki.,
Imeolaavf Meeelf* which borrow their ee-
ekammeoeftwm lb* dieuace of the view. Thee we
ebail bo oeenniTif sod bappy end el) visionary tbeo-
aim and tWeuriate will be banished the lead
or non*. But the sober sertee of the people was '
not to be (bus trifled with. The modern Itero is ar
rested in his mad career, (he peace of the country,
in spite of hi* efforts, is secured, and he compelled
••allow hia braggadocio aod be a reasonable mao.
History, if it ever condescends to notico this tre
mendous exploit, will mark it as a gigantic effort al
executive diplomacy. As the vulgar saying is, it
was nothing clap.
Close betide, and probably u lilllo ahead of the
Oregon oolornonotity, will stand the masterly man
agement of the Mexican misunderstanding. Here
w*a a acrapo of the President's own seeking, a snug
little fight in the which he might show his lineal
descent from the veritable Old Hickory, and vindi
cate his claim In a kind of juniorship in the illustri-
uui family. It was adopted at a national war, the
patriotism of the land was appealed to,and answer
ed as it always will on such occasions. The army
was to have marchrd long ago and been reveling in
the street! »f Mexico. Taylor could beat the ene
my across the Uio Urande, but had no mean* of
pursuing them; the volunteers flocked in thousands
to the east of war,and have been kept (hero in the
miasma of tho pestilential aivamp* for month after
month, without the means of transportation tomove
them onward. The teal of tbe soldiery is destroy
ed, the health of (ho volunteers impaired, the treas
ury of the nation exhausted and liki ly to he so for
many long years to come—and why 1 Simply be
cause the high quarters about Washington went
blind fold into thr war, and having no lulent to con
duct it, eijMcted il measureahly to conduct ileelf.
The President, in short, instead ofslnmling as the
head of the nation in a national conflict, haa played
the part of a poor political trickster,* run-aground,
desperate, partisan adventurer. The interest which
the country felt in the war line const quenily de
creased, until the universal cry is, if our friends were
•I home end out of the ncm|h*, the thing might rook
along its own way. What has so changed the
quick heat of the public pulke—vvhnt has so emm
disgusted tho country with the contest] Every
man knows ilia' it is alone udrihulahtn to its wretch
ed mismanagement
Wlist, then, is the prospect before u*1 Tho
President must either brg o' peace from Hants An
na, buy ono from soim body else, or continue the
war which his conduct has already rendereil un
popular and disgusting to a largo majority of the
whole nation Either alternative is had enough.
Tho debt already incurred no inun now living will
evor eeo paid off,especially if tlm money is tu be
r*i»cd under the revenue laws of the last session ot
Congress. How long is this state of things tocon-
linue, and when may we luqie to see the enrl I The
President has discerned by this time, certuinly, that
he is at best a very inferior warrior, that he has got
into a *<'rn|H»frum which he cannot honoruhly ex
tricate himself, and that the country is loginning to
eNlimalo his conduct and performances generally at
their projtcr value. What, then, will lie do ] No
body cau even guess, from what he asserts, what he
will do. lie made us believe that he would have
the whole ot Oregon or none, and yet took liulf; lie
aflirmr d, time and again, that ho would never offer
terms of |ieace to Mexico, unless she bogged the
boon, and yet ho did so; lie mads the Pennsylva
nians believe ho was friendly to their great manu
facturing interests, and yet encouraged their de
struction, and what dependence can be placed on
Ilia sav sol Our only hope is,that he will hear the
muttering* uf that thunder which bus wuked up
the drowsy thought* of the despot and fool-hardy in
every country, and yielding to hi* fears, make an
effort to settle tho difficulty. If tho popular con
demnation does not drive him to close the war, we
have no idea when he will be aide to conquer a
peace.
The prospect, then, is a gloomy one. War, un
necessary, mismanaged war, is upon us; wuste and
extravagance, in all their disgusting forms, go hand
in hand with every movement; debt, heavy, unpro
vided for, increasing debt, marks every branch of
tile public service, and mu*! ultimately oppress every
member of the social compact. To the wretched
war measures of (lie President and his ministers,
may bo added the no less ruinous peace policy of
tho Administistion. A system of revenue which
had for years filled the treasury and animated the
industry, which had aroused the independent spirit
and fashioned the national character nf the coun
try, haa been exchanged for one purposely designed
and asowodly intended to foster the interests of for
eign countries and enable the serfs of Europe l
undersell our citixens in our own markets. U rider
such a ayatem, what can we bops for beyond a
scanty revenue ; and what can result from its prac
tical - pemtion but pecuniary loss to a large portion
of our countrymen, depression of lb. wages of la
bor, and submission to foreign influence and Euro-
|tf.«n commercial domination. These arc not pic
ture* drawn by partisans to gain a little power, they
are stern realities, naked truths, which stauJ out in
bold relief, to warn,iustruct and arouse the people
We ere no panic makers. All tve ask is a calm,
cool, unprejudiced investigelion of the matters and
things around us. W itb the decision of tbe peoplo
we shall be content.
THE GULF SQUADRON.
When the Mexican war broke nut, and the
armed vessels of the United Slates were ordered to
the Gulf, we thought long ere this that every port
on the coast would haw Itcen taken, and every fort
and castle blown to atoms. The navy we knew in
former limes had won for itself imperishable renown,
and |00ved the right arm of tbe national defence;
the stare and stripes, those glorious emble
views dsrnonslrsted by experience as sound, or
on such as reasonably spprar so, from the fact that
they are aniagonistictl to measures at war with the
interest of the country. If tbe late Tariff was pass
ed and imp sed on tho |ienp|e because its principles
were sanctioned by past experience, how does it
hoppen that Pennsylvania, or any other State, sees
in advance its ruinous tendency, and why do her
public men have to promise its repeal, in advance,so
far as she is concerned, in order to s«cure their pla
ces 7 If the principles of tho Tariff are wrong,
they are wrung in reference to the whole country.
The arm that strikesdowii the giant power of the
Key-stone Slate, deals its crushing hi >ws with more
certain destruction on the feebler sisters of the con
federacy. The policy that subjects her capital and
lalior to the princely wealth ami pau|H*r labor of Eu-
rope, sacrifices the independence and struggling in
dustry of the whole nation to the same contmling
influence. There is no difference, and there can lie
none.
How happens if, then, that intimations are thrown
t amounting to something like promises, that if
/ > etinnylcania is not sati’-fied, that as to Iter the law
shall be amended, and more protection given 1 Do
those who make such promises really intend to fulfil
them, by adopting as to her the proteetive principle,
or is it done to allay the turbulence of popular dis
content, and soothe the angry feelings engendered
by the original wrong 7 There is something dis-
honest in either alternative. It mny lie true that
lliiiemphatic Vuiec of condemnation, uttered in the
first moment of her betrayal and disappointment,
was well calculated to ularm the false friends that
had assisted at her naertfiep, hut it is no l« ss true,
that our wronged aud esa»peratcd «ister must trike
the common fate of the country and bear iier por
tion of the general degrad i I n v he might h-ve
been,and U" I • ibl wmdireiv I ■ Is in klnmi
she Irusli d, uiLii into *vi n • . i -.i.hf bad breath
ed the hrcalli of public life, mid into whose keeping
•he placed her interests and her honor, have doubt
less joined to sacrifice both, yet the sacrifice ha»
been made, and the promise now to make Iter an
exception t • her sisters is but paltering in a double
s«nae, is but adding insult *n injury.
It is thought, however, and with much reason,
hat these promises are made by way of sueiog for
peace and pluyifg lur pokver. Iu ibis view, noth
ing can be morn politically dishonest. The new
Tariff is either good or bad, right or wrong. I f bud
m I'eui^yivania, as before remarked, it is bad every
where else; if wrong uml oppressive there, its inju
ry and injustice to the whole country iiiuhI lie up-
parent. Why, then, tulk of altering it to suit her
views, and hers only 7 Delaware might raise her
little voice in one uunnimoiis complaint, end what
democrat in the Union would heed it 7 li> r two
or three votes in tho presidential elections are as
dust in tho balance, her injuries none would «io p
low enough to notice; bu. lot the Empire or Key
stone speak witli their of ihuu ' -r, and politi
cians begin to wake up and calculate tbn probable
loss, promises arc suddenly extorted, power -Vain-
oil, and the promises again broken. The lesson,
however, which Pennsylvania has received, it is
thought will be of profit net only lo h« r, b..t to t'n
country gen. rally.
ORN. BENJAMIN CLEVELAND.
Tho Soulhern HVtrV minuunres the name* f this
old and well tried public servant ns a candidate fin
Congress in live tttb district. Gen. C. is a man of
sound sense, clear, practical judgment, and great
moral and political worth. Strongly resembling in
his public conduct the sterner virtues of our ances
tors, lie bus served his country for many Years with
zeal, with faithfulness and uriiui|»eaclied integrity
We speak of him ns we know him.
NEW ORGAN.
A letter from Washington to the Kryatonc, one
of tho leading democratic papers in Philadelphia,
stairs that Mr. Hitchie is uhorlly to give place to
a new government organ. We are sorry for this
in as much as we doubt whether another man in
tho Union can so completely bespatter and dis
grace tho administration by fulsome flattery as the
said old rreruns. We vote that he stay's where
hois.
DRILLING GLASS.
It is said that h.bs nny lie drilled in glaNS of any
thickne»a by making the point of thedriil wet with
•puts of tui|>entine This is worth trying, and
the discovery may be of use.
The lion. Samukl A. Pout, Ex Governor and
formerly Senator in Congress from Connecticut,
died at his residence in Chesbcrc, on the 15th inst.
! He waathe mover of tho celebrated ' Pool’s Reso
lutions,' which gave rise some years ago to the ablest
debate that was ever witnessed in the Senate of the
United Slates. It wat during this debate that
llaync and Webster measured swords on the pow
ers of the State and Pcderal governments.
TV The Uon. John t*. Kennedy, the late distil -
guished member of Congress from Baltimore, is
engaged in writing the life of William Whit.
Such a work by a uuuof Mr Kennedy’s acknowl
edged Ultra y ability would be highly acceptable to
the American public. Mr. Wirt m all that con-
•litutc a gentleman and a scholar, an orator and a
lawyer, might be regarded «s a model worthy ot
imitation and difficult lo excel. His life faithfully
wrritten would be a treasure to the Y.rnng, and aspi
ring of the legal profession, anJ highly profitable
to all classes and professions.
FROM A CORRESPONDENT
Portland, (Me.) Sept. 19th, 184b.
Qe*Utma/-~l kndw net tbs' I shall be able lo give
you a single item of news,or eught el*#- of the least
possible inierssi, from- this Eastern qoartsr of ibe
worll; but as I know something of the diBculty of
satisfying tbe vorseioos maw of your numerous rea
ders during the dog-days, tbeir weekly cravings re-
cognixing bo change of weather, I will, at tbe risk of
beiog tedious, drop you a few lines to help out some
vacant corner.
I have been for several weeks past, for the mtit
part, spending my time in the beautiful little ciry of
Portland. This ciry contains about 17,000 inhabitants,
end possesses one of the best (if nut tbe very best) har
bors upon our entire coast, being very e*«y of a^cesr,
and perfectly safe for vessels when on=e within »»•
limits. Casco Bay, which forms the harbor. U one of
the in >*t beautiful sheets of water I ever beheld, ar.d
is ssid by ihose who have visited boih, to equal, or
even excel, in point of picturesque beauty, (be ter*
famed Bay of Naples. Il is beautifully interspersed
with almost innumerable Elands covered with ver*
dure, presenting a very pleasing prospect to the eye
of the beholder.
The city of Portland was, prior to 1833, a place of
very considerable wealth, aud carried on an eater
sive irade with the West Indies. About that lime
however, the memorable land fever broke out in tbi
Slate,and rngeJ in this city with unparalleled vi<
lence. People berime dissatisfied wnb the slow am
sure gitins of legitimate operation#, sod were desirou
of jumping to s fortune in • day. Many were em
bled to do this upon paper, an I apparently iirimens
. fortunes *ere realised by the simple purcliaie an
sale of tracts of wild land. It was for sll too world
likeilie murut multicaulit humbug in your section
ly mortao. For a time all went on swimmingly,
every body whs deemed to be getting rich, until ill
Iasi came the revulsion. Speculators found that tbe
*' promises to p^y” they held were worth nothing
more than so much waste paper, aud the t.rue they
had spent, end the money invested in the ennp-
bubble sffs.r was blown to ilie wiiich. The conse
quence was a complete Miignaiiuii in trade -properly
of all kinds wi« reduced to a most ruinously low
standard, and the business prospects of toe city rc«
ceived a shock from which they have hardly to this
day recovered.
Portland has a direct communication by Railroad
with Boston, ■ distance of 11A miles, and the gigantic
project has been formed, mid tho work already com
inclined, of building a Railroad from hence lo Mon
treal, ■ distance of about 3J0 miles. Hliould they
prove successful in completing this enormous undei-
taking, and judging fi nm present appearances there
is uo good reason to doubt that they will, the benefit*
to be derived therefrom are almost incalculable. Tbe
public spirit of the people of Portland is worthy of
winuletiun upon the pail of your otixens, iu the car
rying out the plan for the construction of a Railroad
to connect with the .Macon road, or some other one by
which you could open a communi-Mlton w.th the scs
coin, the people o! tins city alone having subscribed
to the amount of 9700,000. Could your citixens
but bo inoculated with a small portion of the public
spirit which pervades those down east Yankees your
projected Railroad would soon Im completed.
The eleciin.i lor G >rernor, iiiembeis of Congress,
Ac... tnkes place here on the ltth of the present timulb,
1 mu uushle to ipeak with certainty of the prybsh>
reaulte, though judging from the poat, there ia every
reason lu suppose the locos w ; ll have il pretty much
their own way. Some dissatisfaction ts felt ami ex*
pressed ai tbe locofuco nomination for Governor,but
whether the feeling • siitHciemly ntrnng to prevent
hia election, is extremely doubtful. The several can
didates are in the field, and the frienJa of esdi seeru
to be warming up •* right smartly.”
The j.*»- has been the warmest t*uminer here th-t
hi* been experienced for ninny years.and the hut-
bandtnnn has been abuiid.imly rewarded for h'« tods,
the crops uf ulmust nil kinds being, as 1 am Informed,
unu.u.lly l.r*«. Your, truly, ICT
The above was penned on ihe morning of the tub,
with the thermometer at 00 and upwards. Today,
(the 10th.) at the seme hour, the thermometer stand*
nl suiiieilung less than ftO — a difiVreuc* of foilp d>-
now uf muie inters*! than all the Mexican new*
pul together. Aod bow can hi* intentions be ar
rived at 7 He wax beyond doubt permitted to pas*
the blockade and return home for some purpose.—
What was (bat purpose! He bolds out la his
communication to Gen, Snlna some bints nl con
tinued hostilities, talk* of “ winning laurels on Ihe
banks of t|ts Sabine," fee., fee., but whet does all
tbiaamjont to 7 nothing, literally nothing. Our
opinion is that Santa Anna will shortly settle the
difficulty, or lie ho* made a considerable judy of
James K. Polk fe Co. Wc think il may be
either way very easy.
ARRIVAL OF T1IK PRIZE SHIP
The Hamburg brig Naiade, taken off Vera Oru* by
('apt. Ingraham, of tile S»tners, for endetving to vio
late the blockade, ertired et New Orleans on the
l?ih inst. says the Picayune of l*tli in charge of
Lieu». B. Berry tn.nn. late of rhe U 8. brig n? war
Trux'ou. An officer of the U. ft. Court was det
patched on hoard that evening end placed seals upon
the hatc.ie*. Ac. The captcin of the brig and four of
hie crew came to Nfew Orleans in the vessel *.»d we.e
permitted to go on shore. We learn that the capt«>
has employed Mr. Rosel'inaim behalf of the owner
of t»H» brig. Her cargo ia principally linens, and
worth fully $80,000. The ve*sel is but five year* o J
and e«»od for her class, but not a particularly fast Sail
er. The captain maintains that lie never had any in
tention of running the blockade, but that after he had
been warned off end proceeded on liis way to Ha vena
lie found it necessary to put back for water, and de
termined to a*k permission to enter for that purpose
ot the commander of the squadron, when he was
boarded sod made a prise of.
Lieut B. give* the edi:ors of the Picayune an ac
count of the lot* of the Truxton and his extraordina
ry efforts to aave himself aod companions from falling
otothe hands of the Mexicans. Lieut. B was four
•lays ii a amall boat nfter he left the Truxton. before
lie reached any vessel of the squadran, and nil aufler
e.l severely for the want of water and provision*, ol
which their supply was totally inadequate, consisting
of nothing more than a few biscuit and a small nitan
tity of spirits—but they were all animated with the
hope of bringing succor lo their comrades and p-e
venting them from becoming prisoners of war. Lieut
B. confesses (lint lie was sadly disappointed on re
turning to toe brig to find her abandoned. It ia sup
posed that C'npt. Carpei*ter had deepaired of §urc<»-
and had to throw himself on the mercy of the aarn»-
treacherous acnuudrils that piloted him into the ditii
c.-ity.
COMMERCE OF NEW ORLEANS.
We had only room (a*ys the Picayune of the 13th )
to anuounce ttie publication yesterday, of Cook, Young
A Co’s valuable "Annual Statement.” The Courier
ioes some justice to the laborious compilation, *nd
we copy from it a portion of an article setting forth
tho merit of the work.
The various tables are a treasure to one who is
bmd of commercial statistics, and loan American who
takes pride in die solid prosperity end rapidly increas
ing resources of his country, they are highly interest
tng as well ee edifying. One of these tables gives the
quantity and value oi the principal articles received
• mm the interior during the year ending August 3lst
1046:—
The whole value ia $?7 19J 464
dame last year.... 97,199.1 Y2
yrm t
enty
SANTA ANNA—MEXICO.
Wc give below the address of ibis incompre-
hens tile tyrant "n his arrival at Vera Cruz. It i*
so net rung of a s|>eei‘h in Ua way, but in wliat way
Wi . .infiis that we do in t exactly kn.nv. The
A’ O Dili • pnking -f if sav*:
" it is purely ftanio Anna iah—much sound, much
fury a.id much of iiotliit g. lie is an . I ;it at t* <
things i lir«t. nt flinging dust in the ey
IS. the
irknlih
t Ol nil
dl'.lgl'
lln.,e who have usurped
keel right or recogn.xet
enigma ; let those solve
ill soltsi
re in this *d tress.
..u of the 1/ ftistei
For. although, he i
gs winch tin* n ilion
ihe pwities on wl
aked, he di.liuetly
Increase
Of these articles.c.
be ng l.05'.J.6J3 bales—valued
$33.7 Ifl 256.
i 186 650 liogahci
$1'J 994.342
he chief—the quantity
at 33 dollars per bale,
the estimated quantity
la, valued at $55 per
lihd., $10,265,750
Next, pork in bids ..36?) 601 bhls at $3. .$2,956
Pork in bulk, I'.740.759 lbs at-I eta 399030
Flour, 837,9(1.5 ub|s at it 50 3.770 932
Tobacco leaf 57.896 lihds. at $15 il,605.399
do strips, 1.5 000 lihd* si $100 1,500 OCU
do. chewing, kegs and has..3040... ... 36.480
do. bales, 1105 2.769
The** are the principal articles Then there ia In-
in sacks, valued «t $1.341.036— in the ear.
VIS 143. Lead valued at near 82.000.000. Molmtses,
9 000 000 gallon*. Wheat valued at $807,572.
During the last year the number of ships, barks.
brigs and achra. entered, was 2.085
Steamboats 2.770
This vslusble document is printed on a handsome
broadside sliee* We cannot see how any tnan engn
g'-d iii trade '-an dispense with it. To merchants it
oilier American |Hirts, ns well as in Europe, we pre
aume. it will not be regarded as of ihe Inst import
ig for a l'»nj( tone, that
ncreasmg v
l Yrmn
and striking a view <■! ihe greatness
altli ami power of ihe United States
e.iks
the republic » ithoul j
So— - •••
fill;
i my exile,
eit g that it %
i f Yo
all ha
generous
d no longer be uulii
ill an eci o ol the noli
mi other department’
It were nuposiiible Ibr me mu to watch wnh solioitud
the cxliuniliee that have been cinwdiug un our uufoi
tun,ue country— i could not but feel nil absorbing ir
teresttn the progies* of the national conflict in wine
she i« engaged. Your conduct, brethren hi arms, In
been noble—patriotic. Ry declaring
plan of Guadalajara you have render
s-rvice to die nation L * ~
i. nor auff*r ;
de of oulivioi
joy which 1 leei. my friends, in finding
ore among you. is unbounded ; and wl.e
l do. wuti the strongest feelings ol enth
lumry.my 1 Vince’t Otaro....’
Kirfod A Gentry.
uportai
get yo
j forgui
i the New Orleans Picayune.]
FROM ftANTA FE.
We learn from die St. Louis Republican of the 3d
inst, that private ieitera, rec.e v«d by Mr. Colbu
from Santa Fe. slate that Armiju had left that plac
some any foi goou. One letter asys : " lie lias ei
dent y rent .1 in very great une.it. nest liuce lie fit
'earned that die American auuy was approaching
Santa Ke with hostile inUntioiis ; mid n iw, [*uppt «e
is determined to make good Ins flight, while everv
thing ia favorable." Another cotfespoiulent of the
Republican, at Independence, f-jrmshes .. j>sp«
with an intercoling statistical account of the Sants !•
trade this yeer. lie says :
The trade this year, owing iti a greit part tu the
closing ol the ports on the seaboard has been very
mucti increased over that of any hirttie: one, and hat
been con iuc.u-d mainly by both Ameriiao and Meai
can adventurers. Their names, the amount of thru
goods, their value, the number of package*, of wag
•mi m, I carriages, and of men end servants etnuioy
ed, sie about as follows: —
Raphael Armijo ^ Rt»idene*. tr<*yot.t
Gov. Armijo > Santa Fe aud vicinity... 26
Jua.Anufio >
t'onuelly A Glasgow Chihuahua
S.imuel li Owens Independence
M. K. Harmony New York city
Samuel M <g flirt Lmti-vdle, Ky
Hodman A H <riiey....... Baltimore
Woods A Sanford Boone county
S-domou Houck " ••
Alexander Ferguson Philadelphia
Webb A Donne Si. Lo
Hranliuiii A McCouslaud .. Plate county
Cornelius Davy Independence
Albert Speyer* New York city.,..
Pen Sambrano Chihuahua
Wm. MeKiiighV.V.V!.’.* .’ftt. Louii.’
E Leitzendorffer A Bro.. ••
Ed. Hoffman Baltimore
Ainbrosio,ArinijoAChavia.Sautn Fe
J.O Armiju. •• *
M.irimma Erriaara....... "
laiisfnction i* unbounded
Hid virtue, I hurried to join
lihlc f..r me to do soand 1
Belyi.
with .
•s It ««• p<i
e for the pn
t out Ihe t«
Aigue.
j_V Mr. Goiuu, the celt lirated temperance lectu-
country’• unity and power, had floated in peace and | rev, who has been i> dl for t.'tnc week* in Vir
war over every ace, and it was but reasonable lo
suppose that in a foreign conflict ila well earned
reputation would be sustained. Nothing of ila
glory, (o be sure, haa been lost, but what has it ac
complished 7 In the outset the castle at Vera Cruz
was threatened with iflltanl demolition by the
puissant President and his Lie Secretary, v-1 mm lh
•a mouth Its* rolled away, and there stand* the
squadron doing nothing and likely lo do nothing.
W* mention the** things merely to show how
stupidly ignorant our rulers were with regard to
every thing connected with this war. The vessels
wars to storm tbs cities on the coast, and the army
wna to march by the first of August down to the
eapitol of Mexico nod conquer a peace in the palace
of the rulsra. Whnl a felling off there haa been t
Not n sing 1$ town on the cosat haa bsso taken, the
•ray of Goo. Taylor is y*» on the Rio Grande, and
the Prssidsot is attempting lo purchase s peace from
. Of body that will stature to sell H lo him.
gima, we are glad to ace haa ao far recovered a* to
be able to travel. Mr. G. haa dune much g ><x! in
hia vocation, and will, we trust, live yet many years
to lift hia voice againat an evil that w«l! nigh proved
hia own ruin.
The whole population in the entire region drained
by the Mississippi did not, according to the flrst cen
sus (1790) exceed 200.000 According to that of 1600.
it had increased, in rousd numbers, to 5b0,l'00. In
1610 it had increased in like numbers, u* 1.370.000.
in i820, to 2.560.000; in 1*30. to 4 100 000( til 1*40 to
0,3*0.000; and in 1*46. to H 990.000. estimated accor-
ding to the ratio of increase between the census of
1030 aud 1*40.
The New York importers five indmationa of
•a intention to resist the construction which Secretary
Walker gives the warehousing act. Tbe Scctttan
will not allow goods already under bond and ia pub
lic stoves, should they sow be caponed and debenture
paid thereon, to ho re entered si s lower rets nf du
ty. It ia osthns*ed that this decision of (Us Secretary
will save tbe Treasury $1,500,000. ao extensive were
tbs preparations of the importers to export goods end
re water them under the operation of the new tariff.
vation of the Republic'
ruin, and raising it from the ir, mminioua position to
which it tins been reduced by treason and imbecility.
The cause which we ate about lo espouse is a just
one--aye, a just one. It exacts from the devoted
sons of the Mexican nation, great and heroic sacrifices.
Never, perhaps, before have we brandished on.
swords in a cause more noble. True, everything ia
.destroyed, but we, with the proper spirit, and anted
by the Mexican people, can a very thing recreate. Let
us then to our duty, and labor incessantly till we raise
the Republic Iromthe abject position in which et this
moment, it finds itself on account of the infamous con
duct of those against whom v.<u have raised the cry of
indignation—who. without legal right or recognized
mission, usurped ihe national power.
Finally, we will, by our joint efforts, contribute to
fix nl once the destinies of the nation.
Soldiers of the Republic 1 a proud and a noble sen
timent animated me when the happiness was mine to
lead you to the hnitle Held against the foreign enem es
of our country. With iVcl.ugs -unilar I appear acain
ut this moment, to defend the sacred rights of nation
ality. We will cause our insulted eaglea to rise vie
tnrious in the midst of the combat; the nation shall be
tenfo'd vindicated for the numerous outrages she hna
sustained, und we shall exact for her that respect
which of right she merits In tlii* enterprise, brother
soldu--s, the glory that await* us is immense! Be
then as you have always been—breve, subordmaie.
patient. And,doubt il not, the mission which 1'iovi-
deuce has assigned us, w-e will consummate with thi
h.ippicst success.
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.
Heroic Vera Crus,16th Aug., 1*46.
Fro.n lliia production nothing can Ik* grthcrcd of
Santa Anna’s intentions towards this country;
and still in every department that lias raised hia think it
standard anJ pronounced in hia favor, war to the
knife with »he United State* haa b'en the rallying
cry anJ the response. Santa Anna c *nna into
power, however, with no restrains except such u»
are sr(f imposed, and will doubtless leave hioisclt
free enough to do just about what he pleases in re
ference to the war. If, then, he haa returned home
at the suggta.ion of our government in order to aid
in accomplishing a peace, and ia horn ally disposed
to Jo ao, he will doubllrst have it in hit power to
make good hie part of the bargain
Paredes is still in prison, and has petitioned to ke
sent into foreign exile. Bravo, the Vice-President
under Paredes ia treated with great respect, and
petui Ce l to go al large.
Gen. Salas was at the last accounts still exerci
sing supreme authority, with a cabinet formed of
ALn mte, Rejon, Farias and Pacheo. H« bad
•ailed a Congress which ia to assemble in Decem
ber. lo the mean tune the government is to be
admtuutcti d under lbs constitution of Ibffi
Tho eouree that Santa Anna may pnrsua ia just
A Valdez..
tales A Forres.
* Marianna Beni
[ Independence and Chi
huahua 19
J. W. Magoffin..
Win. Magoffin '.Kentucky
H. Balemio Clnliunhuii 1
ftalvadore Armijo Santa Fe 2
Welk A Blum.ter N. York and Missouri.. 5
Cohiurn St. Lout* 4
Goldotein A Brother Independence 4
Mayer A Kauffman *• 3
Owen* A Cunu ffc....... St Louis 2
Miller -....Arrow Rock t
* 351
Thu* making the wagon* in tiuml er.rompletc. 351.
Together w ith these there were nbout twelve smiller
wagons, called kitchen waguns. and about forty eight
or fifty carriages, ftotn common to those of the very
finest kind imported. The men employed to take
charge of them will avernge about two to each wag
on. thus making from 750 to 800 men who have gone
out. The moat of these good* were bated up, and thr
number of bales, so far a* 1 ran ascertain, ia 9.5*8
These, if averaged at from $95 to $100 per bale,
which ia ab ut their value, will amount to $932,000
or $9.’0.000; and perhaps the whole i-i round num
bers might »jfely be extended to a million of dollars
In connect it c with this, a* far a* ran possibly be
known from our custom-house officers %nd others, of
the amount of merchandise stated above, there ron
•itted of debenture goods 1187 packages—value, as
stated in invoices, about $92,700; also 25*6 package*
not valued, but which, from the character of the goods
they cautuined, might be set down very properly at
$75 per package, making $19.1 :'50—ami in all, of
goods subject to drawback. #286,t>u0.
We nre scarcely able, at this juncture of affairs, lo
tell what must be the result of so manpyovde going in-
the Mexican country by tbe present route. Many
sstble for them all to be sold—others
different opinion. The amount ia certainly
unusually large, and perhaps not demanded in the
present, or in any emergency. Had nothing interve
ned, and all things progressed ns rapidly aa appear
ances in iicated, we might reasonably have concluded
that the amount above staled, though very large,
would have been much increased, and perhaps doub
led or tt elded in a very few years; but as u ia.we
have no assurance that the trade ran go on uninterrupt
edly for some time yet to come. American ingenuity
end New England industry and perseverance may
work wonders in that unknown land, if we take po*
session of the country ; but it needs time for us to
get a proper foothold on their plains and an entrance
into their mines ; yet it must and will come,and that
nt no distant day
A map of Hie State of Fennay Ivenie, wrought in
lace—in which the towns, counties, rivers, Ac. ere all
distinctly shown, each county being worked in a style
of lace different from those adjoining—may be seen
at the Female Institute of Mr Burns, in Baltimore
This unique piece of female ingenuity is ihe work ol
oue of the ladies of the institute, and contains 55 dif
lerent kinds of lace work.
The Anti-Renter* ol Now Yolk Mem dis
posed to keep the field, and hava called 9
convention to nominate candidates fot Gov
•rnor aod Lieut. Governor.
Dr The New York TVibunc says that the Cal- ] IF tern tbe N. O. Picayune uf Kept, 1&.)
fernia Regiment, so long encamped on Governor’s : LATER FROM MEXICO.
Island, New York, are about to be off at last. : We learn ky our private correspondence **
Well, joy go with them, and ths President too, for fr oni Penaacola that the U. 8. steamer Prince-
aught ws celt. ,on arr,,re< * ,here Friday, the 11th inst.. \
- -- __ j in four and a half days from Vera Cru*. \
ICorreepoadeoce of the N.O. Bee, of Sept. 14.] < Lieut. Purviance, of the flag ship Cumber-
MATANoaos, Sept. 1st. 1846. j l»»d- «»me passenger on the Princeton, be-
GaftTLEMRO:—Our town has been so free |n J? *h« be?rei of important despatches from
from excitoment for a week past, that ooth* j Mexico for the Government at Washington,
ing bus transpired worthy ol sending tu you. • These despatches were understood to bo re-
The weather has been somewhat versatile, j plies from ihe Mexican Government to tho
but still the place is healthy, at least so far as °*eritires of *h® 8#rreiary of State which
the tesidonts are concerned. There are ) Washington on the 27th of Jtiiy. Lieut
about 300 tick soldiers hero, aod a number j Purviance was immediately landed from the
have died, hut their diseases were not cun- Princeton and proceeded on his jouroey to
irucied in Matamoros, but in the different Washington.
encampments up and down the river. With 1
in two d-iys no less than l&O sick have come 1
lip from lii.nia. Those who are fan.'*. ,r
with a southern climate aland the earnpnign
well; it is the umcclim.ited Ohio, lndtaua.
Kentucky, fee., woo suffer Iron) the heat ol
the sun aud fevers, which owe their origin to
tbs same.
All lear of an insurrection seems at an end
here, aod the timidity of those who spent
many sleepless nighta in anxious expectation
of heating their trump in the streets, hits
worn away, ar.d they sleep now as soundly
as if they were in a walled city of their own
country, lo fact, since tbe news of the pro
auocumento io the Capitol, the citizens here
teemed disposed tu treat us with much more
respect.
An increase of trade with the interior has
given a little more hie lo mercantile opera
tion*, and the goods and wires o/ our own
people are disposed ol to much advantage.—
Home day# as many 160 traders will come in
at once brtoging from the interior, wool, hides,
sugar, fee., which they di-pose of; some
times for nionry and soinetimea for good*.
1 taw a couple of the natives fight a duel
yesterday with long knives. After sometime
•pent in warding ofl'each others blows, the
smaller one of the two shoved his weapon
into the breast of his antagonir, near the
heart and he cannot survive it.
From C'amargo there is little news save
that which all anticipated. The steady ad
vance ol the Army for Monterey—the pro*
b.iblr* entrance into the place by the advauce
guard under Wurth.
THE CORPQRAL.
Th»* Piinceton had scarcely set Lieut. Pur-
rnwe ashore before she received on board
Lieut. Hunter, of the navy. He proceeds
a' once on the Pnnct tnn to Chagre»., bear
ing despatches from the Gnrernm* nt to Cum
mudore Sinai. According to our corres|ion-
dent, the purport ol the»e despatches it to
untermand those so rer»*nily tern forward
from New Yotk by Commodore NuhnEon,
in the steam sclir. Vixen. Lieut. Hunter
Im# order* to proceed until he overtakes the
former. 1'he Conimoilnre*s despatches ate
•tt|ir>n*ed to breathe " war to the knife"
against Mexico, but those of Hunter, “peaca
to this bosom*'—so writes our corespondent.
The Princeton proceeded with *11 upeed ;o
i y in a supply of coal, aod would have
PensHcoU un 8 >turd;iy !.«»t, the 12'b inst.
The Princeton bring* word that the squad
ron has seized a vessel Ijoiu ihe noirii of
Europe, which attempted to violate the b ock*
ade, and sent her a prise into this port.—
When she that attempted lo enter Vera Cruz,
•ite wns warned off by one of the ahi|ts ol iho
squadron, and appeared to comply with tbo
intimation given her. Twenty-lour houis
after site reappeared and attempted to nm
ihe blockade, but was cut off and seized by
the Hornets, Capt. Graham. This time she
sought to aroid the penalty of her offet ce hy
the pretest that the was short of water; but.
upon bring searohed, she was found tu h<,vw
a supply sufficient for twelve days. A | nzc
crew was at once put on board under com
mand of Lieut. Berryman, and ths ve»*t)
sent to this port. The crew of tho prize
were placed on bourd the Princeton and seol
to Penaai ola. The cargo thus seized is v$ry
valuable, and estimated at $80,000.
Matamoro*, Sept. 3J, 1846. As the Princeton left Vera Cruz, she sn-
Geotlomen,—1 learned the particulars last countered tha attain achoonsr Spitfire, oflT
evening, of a most unfortunate and disgrace- , ” e P° rl ' w,l “ Commodore Perry oo board
lul row which occurred at the encampment As this was on the 6th mat., aod the Spit firs
nppoditc tiurita, on the evening of the 31*1 , ! ro1 ? ^* ew * or ^ 00 evening of Iho
tilt , between two companies of Georgians. ^9*h ult., her voyage has proved her to be a
vhicli an Indiana regiment look v *^3 r "n« sailer. I>ul let us come to matters
pan. P u " ,| ) r M«*•<:»•••
For four oi five day. pi.viuu. lu I lie nrm al Ucn. Sanu Annul, «ai.f to liare reached
of ihe bom which »»• lo lake ihe UcorsiH ] ,he cll r of Mekico, bm he ha not eoieied
regiment, «i difficulty coinmrnrrd between | upon thf diicli»i;e of the lunctioDi
two or three members of the Jasper Greens ; j °‘ * re,, deril* Gen. Sola# still remained al
a large number of the members which Jh* 5 head of nlf.itrs, surrounded by the fol-
Irish—and the Kensas Rangers. A member Cabtnet: Gem Almonte, Minuter of
of the latter company called f'hnrlesFerrilly | Seoor Rejon, Minister ol Foreign Al-
a d—d Irish sod of a b—h,and a fight ensued. | „*• „ no f Homes r ari.is, ol r inances, and
in which several of both companies took part. \ ® enor Pacheco ol Justice nnd Public Instruc-
The ringleader were iheu arrealed and put i 6 ,v * 'h'* organization of tho
under a guard until the atramcr Corvel
came along to take tho regiment to Camar-
gn. They were then released and ordered
on the boat, but before getting on board, a
fight roiitmcnced between them. They were
separated, taken on I lie boat and the two
companies placed opposite each other, with a
rope run between them lo keep them separate.
In a lew minute* however, they got at it
again, and this lime all the Irish of tile Greers
took part with Ferrilly, and the whole ol the
Rangers with tite opposite party. Knives,
ptatola and guns were freely used, and at the
first discharge, an Inshrnan, Jno. Whalen,
was shot through the heart, nnd six or seven
others wounded. The disturbance was here
for the moment checked, but the arrival of
the Indiana regiment set it in motion. Col.
Baker, late a member of Congress, insisted
Cabinet upon the authority ol Lieut. Pur-
viance, to whose courtesy we are indebted for
other information.
Gen. Hantu Anna is represented by our
correspondent to be busily engaged in tho
organization of affairs nt the capital, which
he fouod in the utmost confusion. He acts*
however, through his agent*, professing in
entertain msupeinble objection* lo ussutniog
the presidency without some formal provision
for such purpose bylaw ora new constitu
tion. A Congress tins been summoned for
the fits-l of Drcembei, but by what authority
we do not leant. All the variuus pronuncia-
rncnlot had, however, declaied fora Congress
early iu December. Speculations were in
dulged iu in the squadron a* to the tenor of
the teply of the Mexican Government to Mr.
Buchanan's despatch, but they nniount to
nothing more than idle conjee i i«s. The
that he was the oldest officer about, and de , %t
mantled the charge of the boat and the men, I J T ,n con 'J cr> ®' , ® n » ►>> Bar if iho
and accordingly marched his men on hoard ! withdraw tin t .oops from
and 1 >e Mexican territory and again order tbo
nd is 10 t*'‘te from Vera Cruz, they will
Cam asSf * ,,, lo of peace !
The plan has been suggested by the Mexi-
xchaiigitiff Commander Carpeuder,
line, and us a dernier resort, the words ready, !" ,,,eiru * 10 "* ,u » Gen. La \ ega. Wo
ni.tiin brfore ihe word fire, ilir ! , f* r " ol 11 * or< J, n,ore 01 ,l,e c'^uniwaocc.
A new impetus was given to the broil, and
Baker wa# shot through the neck,
dattgeiouslv if uot mortally wounded.
McMahon r reived n srv** rM cut across tbe
mouth. Home officer then drew up men in , -"• ■* **• ; - —*
'i. of the rruxion, lul Gen. 1.
arm, were give
men yielded, and suffered themselves to be
arretted. After the affair was over, ten or
fifteen of the Kensas Rangers, and a 'arge
number nf others were found Io he wounded-
The boat on which this disgraceful sceneoc |
of the surrender of the Commander and
f that ill fated vessel.
Mntamoios. a few dais Sli ce demanded from
rite Alcalde at S.m Fernando, several horses
and men fot the purpose of sending off court
eis. but he was infniined that the people has
declared for a new Government, ami that lie
would not do it. Subsequently, he w as driv
en off to another place, where tin* same late
awaited him, and I think he will have tu
navel a long distance before lie finds a Pare
des village. Canales sent down for horses,
and when hi* men were told that tltev could
not be had, force of arms was resorted to, but
the parly w as defeated and all made prisoners.
A more thorough revolution in public opin
ion haa seldom taken place than in this sec
tion of country.
There is nothing whatever from the army
worth speaking of. All the volunteers, ex
cept the Indisna regiments have gone above.
The city of Matamoros ia destitute ofex
c itement, und things go on as smooth as in a
Yankee village. With the exception of a
fight between two .Mexicans, there haa not to Mexico. In the preface adverted to abovt,
been even a row heic for the last ten days — ( we stale that it it possible Santa Anna may
The Mexicans are becoming daily more re
conciled to our presence—particularly since
(lie pronunciumenlo— and a great deal of that
cut-throat look has left them. Yours.
THE CORPORAL.
Late from Mazcky's Family .'—It is
at tied here hy some doeharged drivers who
reached this place Right befoie last, on the
Winona, that General Toulmin. Quarter-
matter at Mobile, on Saturday last, met the
commander of tlie Georgia Mule Regiment
at Blakely, and brought the whole concern
to a halt. No more tnules are needed on the
Bio Grande! Ho uine-teotbt of the pur
chase money of those 800 is lost to the Gov
ernment. Persons here speak of going down
to speculate in mules. Hurra for Polk.
Matey, and the Georgia Mule Regimeot.
[Ala. Journal of 15ih.
GuNrowDKR ire the Wind.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Baltimore Pa
triot intimate* that Mr. Secretary Bancroft is
threatened with a challenge—that *'the mo
ment Mr. B. resigns Ins Secretaryship for
the mission to England, llierw is a gentleman
in that city who ia pledged to settle a matter
with him in relation •« a personal insult ot
iiffinnt, which he allege* he has received at
the hand* of Mi Bancroft. Il is understood
the gentleman will follow him to Boston.—
The gentleman was formerly a clerk in tbe
Nsty Department.”
The proprietors of the two uew steamers
built id New York—the Oregon aod tho At-
laulic—ha*e agreed ton grand rac<*, wh ch if
to come off on the 3d September, for $10 000-
The boats will take.no passengers, so if there
ia a blow up, only the ••interested*' will be
killed.—[N O Delta.
(From ilie N. U. Deb* uf 8*|U. I6tb.]
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
, A h iter (saysthe Couriet of last evening)
ctirred, arrived here Inst evening, having on h Ht D ccn received by a highly respectable
board the companies in question, nnd from commercial house iu this ciiy, from Vera
one of whom I obtained the information I Croz, dated Sept. 6. which states that tha
send you. Cliaa, p ernlly and John Makm Mexican Executive has rejected tlie over-
il.c MPalruilei. in rhf Uratn.-wnre in iron. , ure , of oul o„„, nnieo , flir ,
oi) the boat, and (lie former, il not both, will ^ OI| ,| |e gm^.d that die subject ot peace tan-
probably be shot. i not be Heated ol by the Kxteuiive wnhui.1
Every little village from here to Tampico, j (Be sanction of Congiesa, aod that the Cun-
lias declaied for Santa Anna, and Matamnr great will not be m session till the month of
ns is in favor of him loo, but the presence of December.
of tite American forces ptevents the people . ml# J he „ f |0m 4ht gamt uuret ,h al
from assembling to make a formal pronun j lhe Mexican troop# at San Luis Potosi have
namenlo. Jesus Cardt nas. hue prelect been ordered oot to march towaids Monterey.
»•«...».ra. j s MU iMierrsiing qursiion* lobe solvtd
hy future advices from Mexico, whether this
rejection ol the overtures of our Govern
ment was approved by Santa Anna, and
whether, in (act, he wn* at the moment pre
siding over the Government.
We believe the proposal of our Govern
ment involved no suspension of hostilities
till the conclusion and ratification of a treaty—
aud this may have been the motive ol the
.Mexican Government lor tejeciing the offer.
The rejection, hunt vrr, is ol no consequence,
and indicate* no sign of the future course of
the .Mexican Government, unless it was sanc
tioned by Santa Anna, who is probably at tho
bead of (he Government.
Mexico.—Sioce we wrote the preface to
the extract we make from tbe Havaoi cor
respondent of the New York Tribune, we
received the Courier of yesterday, from
which we transcribe a paragraph io relation
bteak any peace-pledge he may have made lo
our Goverumeut. If the language of the
letter which we publish ftooi the Courier be
founded oo fact, then has he already evsded
the pledge which, whether active or implied,
he undoubtedly must have given. The move
ments of tire Government on the receipt of
the despatches oow un tbeir way to them,
will beat prefigure the loos of their contents.
fN. O. Delta, of 16th.
Thisd District.—J. L. F. Cottrell, Esq.,
—tbe mao has oamn enough, Heaven knows,
for a plain Democrat!—has been nominated
in Mr. Yancey's District, by the Democratic
Convention. Ue is one of the pets, aa we
Itarn, ol the Calhoun portion of (be Loco
fuco party, in the District, and is a man of
that sort of talent which is displayed io
speeches of interminable length. We sup
pose that the Hunkers will be content, as
usual, to enact the part of “beasts of bur
den" in this election. Where is Geordis
Gayle ?—[Ala. Journal.
The Collector at Baltimore receotlv scot
over $40,000 m coio to the Treasury at Wash
ington—the flrst installment under the new
law. Five or six clerkr and messengers were
eii'plnved all day and into the ni x'. «.ounting
it. We ahail nred a jolly lot i officers when
the act gets fully into operation—if it ever
does.—[Charleston Evening News.
A gentleman asked a wag the other day ths
reason why so manv of the tall gentlemen
were old bachelor* i Tho reply was, that
they were obliged lo Its cornerwise in bed to
keep their feet in, aod a wife would b$ io tho
way.