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raise ui.d march a .Mexican army of fiiy i
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From If* A'diaial ]nl*Vi:
lion. XVatldr TUazn?•.<».•* vmcr.
The following Letter, ns the reader will
nnee peiceive, is from t!.«* *ame gentleman from
tvlioso pen rvo puhlUiro.l Iwo Lclttrrs rlur- regular army will
jug the late winter with l!«e initial signature . |Jje p llS | S> am | ,| iat army must bo supported
-X” and who has addrd i«» tlw • obligation .-«.muwhere, and we have no we for it any where
conferred npon u. in rn.Uing ibU paper lire else. Tlx t. a, to tiro third and last: depnra-
modinn, of hi. communieurion. .o,U.
by giving Ihc sanction of hi* proper name to J , weU . c yearx f Jfut an annual average of one
the letter before us. Having occupied for sev- j of dollars. A fair mercantile profit on
ornl years, with advantage to himself and ere- jthnt of ten per cent, would l-e 8100;000 —
riit lo hi. country, .he ardu.ro. and re.pon.ihle j Th«*« >•'.{?«*• B “i
.... . r I IT ■. 1 . I WO lose that I. With a line of frontier of five
po.il.on of Minister of lire Unrierl Stole. ,n ] l.un.lror] mile... does any one doubt that ten
Moxico, lie possesses rurh knowledge and in-1 |j, e aa j OUn t Q f merchandise would be car-
formation of the character and qualities of i r ; e d „„ across that line as by regular im porta-
that country and its pe<qdo s qualify him, and pun, and by the very same process by which it
..pnoso that Mexico will ever assail that*
: ? The la t rally has been a spasmodic ef-' ' v ° perceive an efloi
• n-oduced by. the invasion of their coun- L° Crt * oc, ‘» t( > induce t .. , . k;.t.ftirt.vrnai in aumumi. »>.£.>...* — r P- -
i, Y a» the most timid bird will defend its nest;. Taylor will not consent to let his name boused 1 Domestic ludustry, . of this country,' mvn’s breast 1 What slave of faction, who has
Juki be noll.ing ta. than impossible to j l« the Pu-ridency. Thu is not true.' We ' it. importance.«' * h « human «,□!. can look upon the grave ef this
■ '*'*'■ r *bous- ’ speak advisedly when we say, thut in a recent; almost every othe l years young soldier, and upon his father’s desolate
:u t’>w> n i letter, after r., .v Mr ' tnrhriae recently developed. ISM a tew }«■»*>* - v b , ’ r
crut Taylor. I -c 7 tlm steadv nroaress I What enemy, however relentless, bot must
. effort, on the part of the j It is gratifying to this'braLu of our! sympathise with Mr. Cloy, in this unutterable
ice the belief that General * and prosperous conditi in 1 affliction, in this stairering blow upon an old
a bo used \ Domestic ludustry, which bids tair to rtva.
toThe Rio Grande. There will then j lettcr * ol *ter naming Mr. Clay, Mr. Criitbn- ' torprise recebtly deveMped. -
more bloodshed, no pE ->'- a °d other distinguished■ Whigs whom he I since, we were almost wholly p -
' would much prefer seeing in the Presidential Foreign centres f«« this article m its various
chair, he proceeds to say, that he has always: forms, for rail roads, nails, ar \u>n,
been a soldier—always the servant of the peo- shoes, &c. &c; but the skill an en eii p
»_ .. . i..i... i...-wlo<l ihi* state of things,
drawn chiefly
Hy and
ohnost required of bin
lure, to spread his \
iu the present conjii
i before bis fe’.low-c
Greexvim.i
GentlemenI n the n: i ir
lislicd in your paper 1 o«V
out some of ihu difficulti-
presented in a further pro?
invasion, and in the cone
suggested what l regarded
C.mducting the war with no
results—-the occupation l>
posts of such portions of il
ry as U is our purpose to ret
and still think.that every c
icy, of honor, and of lion
this line to the Rio Grand
that out of our own count
bunnl could ho organized ii
which would not instantly
title to the country 1h*iwp
the Rio Grande, and, tlicref.
even take that, but certainly in
« propose
)mz 1
It is the
of a
, 1S47.
•ere pub a „J every
to point j fiuence upon
>uld bej should do s>
1 the
introduce it by way of Vera
our power at once to put an end
nnecessary and deplorable war,
iideration which should have iu-
iiiuorable men demands that
ored to discharge the duties of every station in j and
briefly
* only plan of
« ..f favorable
«>e of military
Uhen thought
••ration of pol-
ivoiild restrict
ilo not believe
impartial tri-
rivilized Woi l.i
I our claim of
u Nueces and
. I would not
I ofland be-
.. more of the “'old man’s*’ refusing to serve j this country by fi
the people in any station they may call upon meantime we are pleased
him to fill.
A friend in Washington, who is well advis
ed of what takes place, informs us that there
is in the War Department a letter from Gen.
Taylor, dated the day before the battle of
• ucti.au s „„ Bueua Vista, in which he reviews the wholecan-
•Jim MUonoT" honor never j duct of the administrate towards him, in a way
I required the war The honor of this conn-! which must have caused no little excitementat
; try requires a war with Mexico ! No now oT <•». Whitt. H
mal iiiteresf justifies its lurlheT pioaeeuti
and whisper another word «»t Whig un-
faithfulness to the cause of country \
Mr. Clay painted in vivid colors all the con
sequences of Texan'anncxatimi; lie predicted
war; lie foretold, with a prophet’s burning
tongue, the disunion which brooded like a
gloomy cloud in the fiture. Yet, when the
evil came, he forgot party ; lie forgot the man
who had triumphed over him: lib foigot nil
save that his country was in petU ; that ebun-
Europe, j try for which every pulse in his manly heart
olit, and the de- i has heat from his childhood to hoary ago.
stcoutinue for a long j With all the patriarch’s faith and devotion, he
hear ’ time, will. prevent any diminution of price in j offered Ins son, tho pride and joy of his declin-
prosent supplies
which he has found himself It would be af- j from our ovvu resources. -
fectation he adds, to talk of declining the Pres-1 politically tins is a great triumph ot American
iilency if offered to him; and that in whatever ! genius, and distributes millions ot dollars an-
station it may please his countrymen hereafter Dually,to our own people,
to place him, he can only promise that ashore- i . Pig iron, at the present prices
tofore, he will endeavor to do his duty and ! cannot be imported to pay
meet their, reasonable expectations. j raand at borne, which
This is ai it should be; and we hopt
upon a feeble, vanquished, hut gallant enemy, not mduce the Secretary of War to tunmi. a
(fltxiou, 4 iiave bee.. n.,.l nlway, will i.e .he . MJ for pubi.c,.,,,.. From .he foM.
xchievcme..., -f .Are.*., .he afomt of vielory ;- f lts ««•*• f"'":,t.ed by r.ureorre.p.mdeer,
yond it. There are other
would induce me to reject
sition of territory, even if
us; and that is, that slavoi v
any States l/eyond the Rio Cl
stricted or not bv Con ere
Slavery is forever prohibited
^derations which Her but
y furthers
»»l unaccompanied with the sobbings of . \ l would prove... .
f and the agony of many a stricken and | j ust now, and the
;eu heart. Who that lias a heart does not
it beat in deep sympathy with the illustri-
palrhit *»f Ash'and lor the loss of bis gal-
ond heroic son ?
enihle is the responsibility of those who
i it iu their power to stop the further effu-
of blood and who do it not. I wiU not
iy that they incut all the moral guilt of mur
•. whether re-1
1 legislation,
by law
Very
inly declare that, in like circum-
, I should feel that I did. f
uly, your friend, &c.
. WADDY THOMPSON.
iiigN for (be Sake of the
hie than legislative i
epealed; slavery ]
W,
.refifabl,
nd d.
»07. with th
» the Do-
nppnv
> the Presidential electioi
more fixed and iinebnng<
enactments, for they may h
there will ho worse than ni
I have never suggested,
of, the expedition to Vera
tof collecting duties there after it is in our pos- |
session. Tho cost of the expedition and of It has always been the fate of the Whig par-
keeping up a sufficient garrison will he twenty I *)'• •" f a *l * n i* 8 great objects, not so much from
times as much as the amount received from du I 'he strength of its opponents, ns from dissen-
ties; to say nothing ofthc enormous waste of] 'i“" s oxisting within its own ranks, which hav6
human life. Whon I learned that the collection j pnralyzed its power, an«! given the victory to
of duties at Vera Cruz was a favorite plan of the j »J*« ii»fiu»««ly smaller but better drilled hand of
Administration, I suggested
petition; in the
bsetve the activ
ity here in developing the resources of miner
al districts, by the creation of fumaces, rolling
mills, &c., and perhaps no business of this
country may be said to be in a mote prosper
ous and steady condition at this time.
\Ve clipped the above paragraphs from the
Baltimore Patriot some time since, for the pur
pose of calling the attention of tho citizens of
Georgia to the impmtanceofthe branch of busi
ness of which it treats. The line of Rail-Road
extending from the Atlantic to the interior, has
opened^ direct daily communication, not only
with a rich and > productive provision region,
■y rich treat to tho people j but stretches.into tho very heart of a country
gan could not do a more j abounding in.undeveloped mineral wealth.—
ptabie service than to lay it before the ] Not ouly upper Georgia, but East-Tenncssee
country. Better, far better for the administia-
tinn, that they should give this letter voluntari
ly to the public, than wait to have ir forced
from them by Congress.—N: Y- Coil. Sf-jEn/}.
Will the editor of the
Union enlighten us on this subject? Will he
luce the Secretary of War to furnish a
Opinions Abroad o( American Liberality. ,
The English papers by the Cambria abouud
with evidences of gratified feeling for tho liber- 1
al contributions made on this side of the Atlan
tic in relief of the suffering classes in the British
Islands. The Dublin “ Nation” of the 3d in
stant thus expresses itself: i
" It is an axiom of the closest observers of
human nature, that conferring benefits
_ 'Ct to see our brethren of the Whig
.in various parts of tlie State, uncon-; object endears that object tn the benefactot;
' * fif” ‘ ' ' ” ' ‘ domestic life adopted children
i, upon the altar of patiiotistu
sacrificial knife has descended, and the blood
of a new victim crimsons the shrines of war.
What ate all other adversities to this?—
When Henry Clay was defeated in a Presi
dential election, he asked, he needed no sym
pathy. A mind conscious of right, and strong
in its integrity of purpose, cot^kl look calmly
upon the storm of popular displeasure upheld
by an inspiring confidence that the clouds of
excited passion must soon pass away, leaving
the clear sunshine of Truth to exhibit his hon
esty to the world. But now, in this terrible
bereavement, words of consolation are but a
mockery to this tortured s-»ul. In that religion
of which he has become an hmrthlo ■ disciple,
ami which teaches its faithhil votniy lo bow in
unquestioning obedience to the Divio
and regard the tomb as but the portal to im
mortality, he will seek and find the only med
icine for a bleeding and broken heart.
the spirit of the youthful Hero !—
THURSDAY JIORNING, MAY 6, 1S47.
ajrot, tor SoutSrtif US 61b.
New York—Mason & Tuttle and E. W Cask.
Philadelphia—E. \V. Carr.
Gwinnett Cou.tty—Jno R. Alexander, E?q.
Forsyth County—W*. A Lewis, F^q.
Elbert Count/— M. A. Arnold, Esq.
Hall County—W. J Peetles, Esq.
Acraria, henna County—A. B. Mooney.
Walton C»crtt.--R. R. Ransom, Esq. ,1? :
OCT See Mr. Hillyer’i* advertisement in this paper.
School Rooks.
Through the hands of Mr. Richards, we received
from ihe Publishes, Mcesra. Sorirr*. Ball, of Phila
delphia, •' Dr. Improved Edition of Chambers*
Educational Course,* g series ef raJcaWe School
Book?*adapted t.> nse in ronmmo ^h-hoels or private
instruclion. There are in the series 12 volumes,
II, j embracing the rudiments o! every branch of useful
and ornamental learning.
From the same publishers we hove also received
Pictorial Histories of the United States, England,
France,and Greece, by S. G. Goodrich, better known
as “ Peter Parley.”
From the partial e.\a ini nation of their contents
which we have been enabled to make, we would earn
estly recommend these books to the attention of pa
rents aiul teachers—believing »* we do, that they
will be found highly usctul.
msly giving •* ai<l and conifoi
nocracy, by prematurely anticipating the ac-. ibe dearest. And, at this hour, America, like
nhe great ^Whig pnity, with reference j the Grecian daughter, feeds from the warm bo-
1843“ i som ot her youth, the aged, and alas! shackled
nation, to which her infancy owed protection
object which I
the estnb
than one member of th
of accomplishing the
thousht were preferabl.
First, that hv which Gen. Jackson checkmat
ed South Cnrolinia nullifi.
lishment y>f n floating ms
nen-of. war in front of Vera
sufficient • for this purpose,
right to blockade, we have
that blockade provided the j
, operate equally
ies, that Ahoy a
Th
•nld lw nil
If we liav * the
the right to relax
nmlitions enforced
int. Such a mea
sure would not he objected tojiy
ior it would bo favorable to the commerce of all.
J Secondly, by tho establishment of custom-
Onuses at Tampico and Matamores. and the
blockade of oilier ports on the Gulf. The
distance from Tampico is the same ns that fmm
Vera Cruz to Mexico, and Tampico is much
nearer to all the wealthy infernal «lepnrtments
where fiireign merchanrlise is consumed. Shut
ting up Vera Cruz hv blockade will throw
commerce into Tampico, ns damming up r
branch of n cieek throws nil the water into the
Other channel. We had possession of Tampi
co, and it ia a much more healthy aud eligible
position.
I do not think that any consideiable amount
will be realized by this mea-ure. One thing
is altogether cettain, that merchandise landed
at Vera Cruz will not pass into the int<
any considerable extent, without the
vance of tho Government of Mexico. There
is but one road from Vera Ciuz to the city of
■ Mexico, and, for much the larger part of the
route, no other practicable pass way. The road
Is cut thimigh and over lofty and rugged
..mountains, rough and often precipitous ground
on hoth aides, covered with the countless
' ties of the prickly pear, in literally impasr alde.
There are military stations all along the route,
- and two large cities and innny^ small towns to
pass through. One of these, Puebla, where it
may almost be said that all the manufactories
of Mexico are concent! ated. Is it to he ex
pected that meichandise can bo transported
on ibis route without being seized and
' forfeited. If this he true, how ridiculously
.' absurd is the idea which has been suggested of
imposing duties bn the sixty articles the impor
tation of which has always Inren prohibited by
the Mexican tariff, to suppose that they will
relax their prohibitory system for us, when no
exigency of tfieir own has ever induced them
relatives to follow them across tho Atlantic,
something enormous. One bank alone at Liver
pool has received four hundred and thirteen
separate orders for money, paid by parties in
New York to be transferred to parties in Ire
land, in sums running from £\ to <£24, the
whole amounting to d?L.d66 18s., and the aver-
... . . . age, consequently, being <£3,15s. 6d. An Sm-
brilliant victories, by j men se number of oiders have passed through
f the friends of Scott, ; ol j, er Liverpool banks, and through the
—— ” American merchants of that port.
“ The tribute tee are most hound to ackmJtcledge
is the magnificent public subscriptions made in the
United Statu. The greater part of this, we
are given to understand, is contributed by Irish-
; but, as a whole, wo rejoice to see ‘
well aware of this fact
e ever on tbe watch
;o slight differences
pinion which will arise—their attacks are
e not so much upon our main body, as in
ing off our stragglers—and such skillful.
i hcros are they, that they Iiave “ lassoed”
drawn over to their side, many who now
re conspicuously in their ranks.
Divide aud conquer” is their maxim; and
following it. up, they are now endeavoring to
sow dissensions and jealousies in our midst, in
order that they may profit by them.
Thu plan of the campaign, however, is dif
ferent in the North and South; the Washing
ton Un>o!t and its allies attempt to neutralize
the effect of T.v
exciting the j«al-
and plaster him with praise as strenuously
formerly with abuse; but that line of tactics
will not answer for out Southern latitude. So
tbe operation here is, to play upon the sensi
bilities of tho staunch friends of He.vrit Clay.
Hence some of the fuglemen, with a trick
ery as shallow and transparent as it will be fu
tile, have commenced shedding their crocodile
tears over the imaginary insult offered to tho
great Statesman, whom it has been the work
of their lives to denounce aud slander.
That our Whig friends ma. not stumble in
to this pit, so artfully prepared, is the object of] t L e ^ r
■Ills editorial; aud though we would not pre- [ same .”Th 0 7
some to dictate to brethren of the press in ' ‘ “
this Slate, many of whom are far more capable
of giving than receiving advice from us, we yet'
cannot refrain from earnestly entreating them to
reflect well upon the bearing of every step
they take—to disregard taunts intended only to
provoke imprudent pledges and declarations—
and while clinging, with unswerving faith to
the great principles which have distinguished
the Whig party, not to allow their attachment
for particular men lo cause them to peril the
success of those principles, upon tho firm e«-tab
lishment of which wo believe the future hon
or and prosperity of this republic to depend.
Wo have been induced to pen these remarks,
from noticing the uso which has been made by
the Democratic prints, of articles in Whig pa
pers commendatory of Mr. Clay ; and more
pniticularly of the vciy touching and eloquent
tribute in last week’s Chronicle fy Sentinel, to
the gray halted veteran who should find in the
love of his country men, a solace for the loss of
and support. Never, indeed, did the world be
hold a finer spectacle.
“ America needs friends in Europe, and our
relations have always been of a friendly kind ;
but from this year forth no Irishman will rcilling-
ly draw a trigger against her”
The London Times, of the 25th ult, says:—
“ The most affecting class of contributor are
they of the humbler classes, who ace sending
from this island, from tho colonies, and from the
United States, to the relief of their own private
friends. The number of small sums transmit-
and North-Alabama, abound in coal and iroi:
ore of a-quality not surpassed. In East-Ten
uessee, there have been established several fur
naces from which pigiion is shipped down the
Tennessee and the Ohio to be manufactured ] His country will embalm li
and then returned for consumption. Why | ten his dust with her sorrowing teai
should this be the case I | will write upon his monument, with
East Tennessee and Georgia have not only j bling but proud and grateful hand. “
the meterial, but water power in abundance, \ a soldier’s death: he sleeps in a v
and there is no reason why they should not bo 1 grave.”—[Richmond Republican.
enabled to make money by forges, rolling mills,!
slitting mills, &c., as well as the good people of j Thr Brave Kentuckian who fell at Due- j « inr „ ,, . 7 „ „
tho iron city. If the latter can afford to pay all Nv Vista.— The Frankfoi t Cemetery Compa- !° AT- B) h , , ^ >0 *^ C ° *
tho costs and charges of transporting the metal I1V have coveyed to the Slate, o beautiful end , Amc * l ™ n placed in pos»
East leimessee, a distance ot nearly j c f eva ted spot near the centre of their wild to- j the P au,f ' ( ] intelligence that the yenmjrand gmvvm
'ho • r.iamic grounds, as a burying place fin the il- j Griffin, in this State, Ims been visited by ar:
ah'- lustrines dead of Kentucky. Than this beau- 1 hunitons fire. We imverecn n«> estimate of the lo>
r ,s j tiful spot, we know of none more suitable, as j of property, but the destruction has been very exter
' al ] the last resting place (or Kentucky’s honored j sive. The office of tire Whig, we an? sorry to lean
sons, who fell so nobly battling for their coun- ! was seriously injured by a ratherbrrsty and pr
try, on the bloody field of Buena Vista ! I tate removal of the printing materials. There
The Cemetery is situated on a high and com-1 no lues of life or limb, but it is reported that * >
manding eminence, about three hundred feel j man named Utimer was considerably injnrcd
2,000 miles, and yet realize a profit upc
ally t operation, it is plain that we of the South might
"■ at. least make a living business of it. Labour is
as cheap (nay, cheaper) in our mountains as at
Pittsburg ; so also is coal, while provisions can
be had at about two-thiids tho cost. We have
every thing except tho capital and the enterprise
to use it. The people of the mountains have
notthe capital, but they have the enterprise.— | above the levei of t’he plai
ipi-
ted by successful emigrants to enable their Irish | have, if
Those of the coast and the middle districts have
the. capital, and it remains to be seen whether
they are deficient in enterprise. The results
.which have followed tho only effort that has
been made in the Cherokee country, to establish
this branch of manufactures, are certainly cal
culated to encourage other capitalists in msking ^
similar investments. The extensive w irks of i j >row () f t j |ti c jjq*
Messrs Cooper &: Stroups, * ~
•Inch the cap-
itol is built; and overlooks the Kentucky river,
winds around the base of the bluff, and beauti
fully encircles the capitol of the State. It is
forever consecrated and set apart as a place to
bury the dead. The remains of Daniel Boone
and his wife are interred here,at a point overlook
ing the deep valley, and immediaiely on the
sive wnks ot | ^ow of the cliff*. What place is there more
Cass county, j suitable to deposit the remains of those who
correctly informed, yielded i have
tucky
» nnhlv sustained the high name of Ken-
id Kentucky chivalry, than that which
act that they are now making ; contains the ashes of the first pioneer of “the tbgre was but one Whi;
arrangements for an enlarge-; ,l„ r k and Woody ground.'’ McKee, Clav. in the last Congre;
enormous profits, and we infer that
case from the fact that they
very extensive arrangements lor an enlarge-: ( j nrk and ,, lootIy gro , 1IM |» * McKee, Clay,
merit of their business. 1 lie demand for i** 0 ' 1 j Vaughn, Willis, and many of their noble sol-
and the manufactured articles is already much . ( j 5ers> wero c Uj zen .s of the same Common-
beyond tlio capacity of the company to supply.| , se . lWl _ T<>ge i her , t | ie , sV ,rf their blood for
This demand.must be doubled if notquadrupied ' their country, and their chivalry has contributed
it^a few ye?r», especially When tbe compo-: <tlo {. igh „f their native State. A
tittou has reached a point which will reduce the , »rateful people will express their gratitude, bv
th,t of »r.o imported article. That j erec tiug a monument to their memory. Let
doubt and, j them sleep together in the land of their birth,
heavy | on a S p 0 t dedicated for that purpose, that those
re at a j w | JO ma y
moral of the press.
Virginia F.IcciioK.
We had hoped to have been aide to present ©\ir
readers with full retunis from Virginia this week—
but we find we shall be unable to do so, as they
come in very slowly. So far as heard Horn, the in
telligence i* quite cheering to the Whigs. Five
Whigs have been elected to Congress^
is rumored that the Whig candidate m tlMl^****
District has succeeded. It will be r
i the \
The
more pledge of that mutual respect and ( l * la ' Georgia produce
affbetior. which in spite of many trials and hind- v i 8 ' ons as 'l' e whole of N
price below that of the i
such will be t
that the manufacturers will still reali:
profits, is eaqually certain. Inch
loss to conceive why it is that our State has not
already surpassed even New England in manu
factures. Glancing-nt the census of ISiO, we
iy
v En
, ...jw binds the two countries. The • ^ following comparative staterr
British Empire ami the Union are front one i doutt astonisli somo of tlmso win, h
common stock. Their language, their inter- ^ ,e ? ia Git of looking to Massachu
ests, their literature, and, to a great extent,, seat 'd* wealth and p<
i, their laws, and religion, are the 'p 0 p U ja t ^* n
Indain Com
logeihc
will i
Legislature, so far as heard from, i
To give some idea of the defectin
in Virginia, may be mentioned tin
nine conntie* of the 12th District heard from, the
Wh ig gain has been 1,181 votes!!!
The delegation to Congress, so far, stands as fol
lows :
Whigs■—John M. Bolts, (gain,) Wm. L. (jnggin,
fter us, may know M where rest 1 (8 B, " n >) W T m. B. Preston (gain) Thos. S. Flournoy,
Let them rest together in \ (g*' n ) S. Pendleton—5.
Locofticos.—-ArchilKild Atkinson, George C. Drom-
goole, Thos. S. Bocock, Thos. II. Cayley, R. T. I..
Beale, James McDowell, Henry Bcdinger, Wm. G.
lighty d«
omnion grave,' and let the monument which
iks their resting place, tell the story of their
I!—Pran!forif Commonwealth.
cits
I the
i the world j
to doit 1 - If the Government of Mexico sane- W* gallant son, the prep of his old age.
lions 'the reception of gocvls upon which wet Heartily as \ve join the Chronicle in its er-
have received duties, it aln.uld admonish us to j P res don of admiration for Mr. Clay, we yet
hesitate to adopt a measure sol agreeable , to j }* ,^ ue candor to state that we do not con-
- them. Mexico would only do this from press-
' jog and absolute necessity. If such necessity
should exist* wu--should cuttainly derive more
benefit from it in coercing a peace than the
small amount received from duties would be
wo'tth, to us. The comparatively low rate of
- duties which it is proposed to charge would
•* leave foreign merchandise subject to another
Mexican tariff of equal or even greater amount,
and tho aggregate of the two would be still a
lower tariff than tho Mexicans are accustomed
to. r They would^derivo as much money from
the measure as we should, and one dollar is
worth more to them than ten is to us. I have
little doubt that this will turn but another one
of those blunders of which the Administratii
has made-so many—resulting, " 1 L - ,: —
cur in his re nomination for the Presidency at
this t;,or iw much on W.own nccunl, »» .,n to bi ioadcqimei> gi™
that of the party of which he is one of the * * ■ • • *
V , VB gfearest ornaments; tor the voice of the whole
duties would be pc^'pl®'^has already pn»claimed in accents which
' cannot he mistaken, that the next President of
the Unlrd, Stales shall be Zachary Taylor.
and believing him to be both a great, a good,
and an Honest man, we acquiesce in the justice
and the propriety of the decision.—^r. Rep.
Massachusetts
737,699
1,009,192 bnsh
17S,I57 “
113,221 head.
282,574 “
of Massachusetts
Georgi;
691.392
20,905,122 bi
449.623
1,457,575 head.
de which t
dwin (lie United States.
lie Savannah Republican fur
wing interesting summary in
•ads in the U. S.< fr<
ntly appea:
Brown,—8
881,111
«en. TsjtorN Politics.
The ‘'National Intelligencer,” a Journal of well
known caution in its statements, after referring to
the Railroad | Get that three-fourths of the prominent men in
: the army are Whigs, uses the following language in
the j regard to the two commanding Generals:
OW I ’ “It is still more 4 generally known, indeed it is
i»>w : known nimersally^thal Gen. Scott, the Chief in
command of the Army, and Gen. Tay lor, who lias di.—
**"*’-**■»*'“' , - greatly, are both Whigs, in all
similar, while they am' politically distinct.— | Wheat
Happily they are now discovering tho interest • Swine
they severally possess in one another’s peaco Neat Cattle
and prosperity. We will confess to a passing] The Riv
sensation of wounded pride when we hear of j ice one third of the year, and she has not a par-
ir ownfollow subjects becoming objects of J tide of coal within her limits, and yet she has
publican benevolence, and onr social sores - grown enormously wealthy from* manufactures
being exposed in the cities of New England, j and her mechanic interest. She hi
But if wo are unable to rescue Ireland from | third as many neat cattle as G
the grasp of famine, as confessedly we are, it j the products of her tanneries
does not become us to reseat the assistance of i are found in every village and cross-road store
generous kinsman and /riend. Whoever is , in the Southern States and pay her nearly as
to blame, most tree it is that Ireland does not much as the whole cotton c.op of this Stale - ; arc . t j own „ finishod> | « However well the Editor, may be convinced that
prosper in-our hands. ■ We must, therefore,. It_is not onongh to say that our destiny is thalao- 67 m iles respectively thoueh hnth have 1 Gcn - T *S ]or dues "» l «>■ himsella Whig,
i , i . t ^ 1 to Ftp pollpil ait n*n am ctioftml .I. . — i.L:.
It appears tiiat there are 149 Railroads in
th** United States, measuring 5,392 miles r
finished and in use. There are 30 more r
being constructed, 2,857 miles, and 12 m
measuring 715, which have been commenced I tinguished himself t
and abandoned. Amongthese last there are 484i j t * ie,r opinions and sentiments.’
as less than imc . *." J r ’. tl,e Hiwdssee j The - N. Y. Journal of Commeree” havi.ig ei-
or-ia. and yet , ,xa,l "' I “ l '\ H mchiiicd here, tnoiigh a strong pressed its conviction that Cen. Taylor does not call
‘ofttoiinfin’shcdl Roads!"T,414 miS are in I lliTpi^u'Ul'h^T ^ 80 0,hcrs >
Illinois, mostly State works. To the unfiinish- i the 11,,ladel P a,a U- S. Gazette” rejoin* with the
ed Roads should also be added the Erie and , foI,ow,n g “ sockdolager:”
submit to be commisseiated and helped in our i ofa merely agricultural people. If such wen
task.” | the case, we should struggle even against on
The following resolution was adopted unan* i destiny; because no purely agricultural pcopl
imously, amid loud cheers, at a great public j have ever yet been truly independant and per
meeting, held in City Lecture Room, in Fins- [ mcncnfly prosperous. They arc subject
e satisfied that within forty days,
ct .i si ailed much further. ~ ] to be railed j--.y ~-jn,
The longest Hoed in the United States own- |
pany is llint from bavan-. ea y; I tell yon,and yon mry tell them il ynii choose,
lies; the next is tne Balti-1 J am a Whig; and i!’ they have any doubt about it af-
n.y
buiy. City of London, on the 24th Match, 1847.
Mr. Jones preposed, and Mr. Harrold second
ed the resolution:
1 hat overpowered with heartfelt gratitude
at the prompt, decisive, and energetic benevo
lence of the people bfthe United States of Amer-
their spontaneous: and unsolicited ahl-
vicissitude of the seasons ol seed time and har
vest, and when nature grows fickle and refuses ,
to repay their toil with abundance, they Iiave j
not the means wherewith to purchase. *H>o
case of unhappy Ireland is one from which ive
ought to draw a useful lesson. Diveisity of j
labour is the true secret of pr
that from Savan-,
:o Macon, 190.^ miles; the next is the Balti- i I am a Whig; and if they have any doubt about itaf-
d Ohio Railroad, and the third on the ter that, tell them lama Clay Whig.”
ie Georgia Rond from Augusta to At-! -U . >:* '•
Jong.^ The shortest one of all, | U* We learn by the Richmond Whig ofthc 1st
iu Y\ oicester, (Mass.) only a ! inst., thattlie lion. G. C. Dromgoole, lately re-elect-
the poor peasantry of Iceland, we feel Language 'sparsely populated countries.—Sa,
to be inadequate to glflp nxpreaaion to our gra- |
titude to that noble and indfcpcmlent people: j Hnz?* roc Polk !—Every
i little i
r mile long.!
Pie first'Railroad <
s the Quincy, 4 miles long, finished i
s the Mauch Chunk Road ii
, 9 miles long, Ii
aving» track but 3
gauge of the Erie
at his residence in Brunswick County, on the 28th
nit. This will cause a racancy in the delegation,
which will be filled by a new election- . .
Golden* Memento.—Mr, C. Alexander, pro
prietor of the Daily Chronicle, Philadelphia,
has caused to be printed tn gold, with an em
bossed border, ‘‘General Taylor’s letter of
. condolence to Henry Clay, on his recent dis-
l believe, Ltressing bereavement.” The Chronicle says
from the want of accurate information as to . truly of this letter—” It is worthy of preserva-
tbe character of tbe Mexican people, the situa-i tion; and. will long be held in remembrance
lion and circumstances of the country, and a j by the friends of the distinguished
j statesman to
tttude.to that noble and indfeniml-nt people: xlnz?A foe Folk !—£*very time our army n , • R r _ i u u.
betokening, as jt does, to the nations of* riie^r achieves a victory, the Washington Union says I 11 . “ 8 ® *®' Bt ’ Charleston and Hamburg,
earth, whether afflicted by distress caused byj “ the efforts of the^Administration will know tor i 2 n< i® Atlantic-ano C>t. Lawrence Road 5
providential calamities or internalimnoliry, that I relaxation^-l” ‘ This is rich ! Taylor has fought [ e ^.. ... . , P „ _ _*
there is a great and magnanimous people on' all his battles burdened by the want of prompt IJ‘ ,e h, ." heSl W™? of i rat l cV f, , Road -
otir globe;.ever ready with. hope, succor and co-operation on the part of the Government, 1.^ , eet 1,1 19 ,,n l j*u Springfield and
consolation,' in the hour of need, calling forth and Scott took Vera Cruz before bis battering | Albany, where it cresses the Green Mountain
the overjoyed thanks of this meeting, the lasting cannon ha«l a\\ arrived:* —.North'American? j 0 ialM '. I bat from -Cleveland, Ohio, to the
gratitude,of Ireland, and the admiration of the v*«C© are. reminded l>y this pithy paragraph to] T ,a ’ rie9 ‘ ” a *» a grade of 2b4 teet to the mile.
° ZXZJT . ~ . * -r ® r. | 1 here are 19 Roads with inclined planes,
! requiring stationary Engines, and on'the Por-
j toge Road, over the Alleghany Mountains in.
Up to the eve of the bailie of Buena Vista, ! U, ? ro aic tcn ^incdplancs in a
Gen. Taylor had not received a Letter from . * ,
, lf ; » hl,r ® are 14 tunnels on 12 different Roads,
)v v 1 >l>e longest being on the Long Island Road un-
u.T's ; Jer Atlantic street ill Hrookljn, which is more
I Ihe ! 1| "” 1 "rile in length. There is a tanaei
ir.irki i 000 l n,, s ,hr, : , . , i; h ^id ruck on the Harla-
which has
world.”- state some facts, which wo presume are not lei
In the coarse of.a debate in the British ,ieWl ' ban will be surprising to our readers,
House of Commons Lord John Russell took wcrc 1
occasion, to say e ; •*. , . . ...
“I wish to avail myself of this opportunity Gen. Taylor had not received a Letter fr«*n
state that I have observed witli great pleas- 11,0 ' var Dc P’ lr 1 " r " : " t subsequent to the 22,1 ol
5 and satisfaction the magnificent subscrip October; and the first (arid Wu think only
ns that have been raised in the United States whwmation he then had of Get*
of America for the relief of tho destitute poor i a PP oint J n ® 1 ' 1 >**. Meziej.
in this country and itr‘Ireland. I think it - is I :eUcr of Gen. Gcott himself from N,
not imDronei in this House, for me. a Rrm«h :-*» n der. date of 2oth of November, v
notimpropei in this House, for me, a British ;
subject, to state that I am extremely gratified
find that the United States have not forgotten
ertions to collect lar;
relief of the existing d
of money foi
weeks befote the Public.
This information, it,is proper to say, is n
derived by us from any source in this city, n
Navy, but
from any officer ot the army or Ni
entitled ta confidence.—Nat. Int.
reliance for this information upon persons in j whom it is addressed. * Old Zachary,* good
everyway unworthy of confidence. My ob-1 soldier as he has proved himself, and suiround-
ject in writing to you waspriucipally to correct • ed as ho is by a blaze of glory, in consequence
ihe misapprehension, that I had advised this > of the chivalrous and gallant deeds which have
expedition ... Venn Cruz. Allow me m say a follnwed in such close .uccessinn the actions uf t|]e ; r c , immmi „ ri in n „ a that , oc;i , a ,’ ot] by
word on another branch of the subject. his brave troops, does not neglect to do merited C i ia iirah!c feefinsr tlidv are makin'r f, rP1 » J
Every bfuly is tired of this war, and anxious j honor to the noble souls who fell, while lead- .? . ' r ° ~
fur peace; not so much for a treaty of peace as ing their warriors to victory and imperishable
for actual peace: not a treaty <.f peace and | fame. The letter is a perfect gem; there is
actual war, but actual j»eace. with or without a j not a sentence in it that has not its proper and
treaty. The plan which I have heretofore sug- j appropriate meaning—and it contains not one
wasted (and 1 only claim the credit of being j word that should be blotted but. It would do --tmjj-vt - --
the first to indicate it) will, beyond all doubt, credit to the pen and heart of the greatest and some time ago, is going the rounds of the Eng- j especially exhibited iu taking from him all his _. _„ w viiuib
this peace. What are thr evils of 1 liest soldier or philanthropist of ancieut or mo ' lish and Irish papers, and the editors thereof are ; regular troops;—in attempting to compel him time back they tiled to make out ihe-insult'was
warl Carnage, expenditure of money, and der» times.” | applauding it in the warmest manner. This ! to rtjnain inactive;—in censuring hiscnpitu-|tliew..rkofonlyMessrs.ThompsoiiamlFick-
tbe deprivation of Mexican commerce. With With his characteristic liberality, Mr. Alex- appreciation *>f Mr. Clay does not exactly tally ' latips at. Monterey ;—and last of all, in moving i lin, bn* ** * “ '
;«line o^p«»sts gar
The Nashcillc Union declares that Gcn. Tay-
J.ir is indebted for the distinction he has acqvir-
r. Clay's speech, cd ty the favor of the administration, in giving
delivered at New Orleans in behalf ol Ireland hi mopport unity to acquire tl.” This favor
Road, near New York. On the Reading
Road there are three tunnels, 860, ljGOO, and
1,933 teet long. This Road, though only 93
miles long, cost $10,338,530. *
Not to be found—\Ve have been carefully
examining our Lucpfoco papers for several
days past to see what they could have to say in
deleiu c; of the attack of their party in the last
upon ihf r - : - r -—- >••»* a •
Not a word can
fill even an ul|p-ii
Congress upon the Tair fame of “Gen. Taylor.
\..t a . fj 0( ^ They studiously
to the subject. Some
penditure„uf m ^ ^ "EaiizfS ' - - -
lexicon commerce. With With Ids characteristic liberality, Mr. Alex- appreciation *>f Mr. Clay does not exactly tally' latipa at Monterey ;—and last of all, tt» inovingl lin, .but since the production of the record, with
oiled with fifteen or tvven- arwler has caused several hundred copies Of ■ with thatofftur Irisli naturalized citizens, who - heat an and earth to rwff/wiicfhim by the appoint- j one hundred and ten Lotofoco cotes recorded ir,
lOUtfind men, (ami our regular army num-! this letter to be printed for gratuitous distribtt-! voted against him almost en masse at the last! meri of a Lieutenant General. Strong claims i it* favor, they are 'decidedly “ mum.” 4/ex-
~ *■ •' ” ’ - ~‘ 1 " *** '* *■ ** i Presidential election. ' ‘
tweuty-five thousand) does any one mao I tion among the friends of Mr. Clay.
j thee;, to the gratitude of Gcn, Taylo
i Gazette.
O'The citizens of Richmond tendered to Mr.
Webster a public dinner in that city, which took place
the 29th nit. The Whig describes it as quite a.
spirited affair. Mr. Webster war expected at Carles-
ton to-day. .
Celebration in New Yoik.—The’ authorities of
New York have fixed upon Friday, the 7th of May,
for celebrating the American victories achieved in
Mexico. The Herald says, that.in the evening the
various public buildings in the l4rk;tvill' be Hlftmina-
ted, oh w hich occasion it is expected that ntrieis than
11,050 lights will be used.
Letter erom Father Mat
bald Matthew*, in a letter puUisheiFTn - the Albany
Journal, expresses his resolntioii to t vi6it*meUnited
States next summer. He says. “The magnificent hu
manity evinced by our beloved breth ft
for the suflering Irish, has inspired every heart in this
island with ardent gratitude. We shall ever regard
America as our deliverer in the hour of bitter ca
lamity.”
Robbery or the Dead Letter Office.—A singu
lar robbery has recently been committed in the Dead
Letter Office at Washington, sundry dead letters hav-
ving been stolen by one of the watchmen named Ped-
droid, who has been in consequence committed to-jail.
(Er A woman died in the neighborhood of London
on the 9 th of March, in consequence of the application
of the newly discovered process of inhaling the vapor
of ether. A coroner’s inquest decided that this was
the cause of her death.
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