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these two Governments they prefer; 1 looked op to the old General as a good and
the safe and happy one, founded by our a brave man since tfiey were children.
From the Richmond Whig.
A WAR or CONQU
fat tiers, and transmitted in all its purity
to us, having for its object the preserva
tion of freedom, which it attempted to.
secure by a system of checks and bal-
If there were no oilier objection lo a __
war of amplest on the part of ibese ance3i r ' cognized and established by
Stoics, tho immense power winch war, , 1]0 constilnl ' , olli or t i 1( . splendid and ar-
□nder any circumstances confers upon bit 0a8t w! , ich n0 ‘ T , for the first
be President, according to the Locofo-1 ti lia3 ljeftn boUiy aV0 wed to bo in
co reading of the Constitution, should , operalion . \if e cannol doabt ,i )e
bo amply sufficient to render it odious vir|QC J. oaf c( , antrymcn so far> a3
n the eyes or every Republican. The be)icTe that they wiIl besitate Ion „_
mteotof those powers may be cleaHv They have before' them too many, and
f-athered from the calract Mr- tootbtalexa&plesofiheevilswhichfol-
has.J. Ingcrsol!’. speech, published ;, ow in , be trafn or conquest; they see
by as last week, in which be asserted, tIlc , hree powers of Europe,
r - , • y | ; »•«* Mirec principal powers of Entope,
hut as soon as war was declared, the: at ^ engagcd in | be
1 resident wn, os absolute in nil matters | njQjtdi^jtrogj and destructive wars,
relating to it, as Tamerlane oi_Napn-• for „„ M £ r cbjiecl lhan , he acqD ; s „; on
Icon, the Czar of Russia or the Sublime : of lcrri They see France annually
Porte Lest wc be accused of mitsia- ! whitening the desert saeds of Africa
ting the substance, of his remarks on ; wilh ,he hones ■ of lens of thousands of
this head, wc publish his very words.
He said then,«lhai when the Congress
bad given the President tbc war-making
power, that power was a* great a* the pow
er of the Autocrat of all the Russia*, of the
Sultan Mahmoud, or of Napolct>n,U the
utmost culmination of his authority ; and tha t
it was a great mistake to suppose that there
vw, in that respect, any difference between
the sovereignty of the European Despot,
of the President , oj the United
And again: •* The Autocrat of all the
Russia*—the Sultan Mahmnuir-hace no
more, sovereign power than that which was
now in Jull exercise for waging the tear
with Mexico
Now adroit tbnt the President of the
United Stales bos, in fa»*.t, nil these
enormous powers—admit that, when
once at .war, like Napoleon, or Mah
moud, dr Nicholas, he is no longer res
ponsible to any but God nlnne—admit
too, that at bis pleasure, he may say the
country is at war, and no man dare
dispute it—can any man longer pretend
that this government is n Republic?
Is it not to all iptents and purposes the
government of a single individual? Is
not James K. Polk, at this moment, the
autocrat of all these Stales, just ns de
cidedly as Nicholas is autocrat of all
the Russias? To say that the war ma
king power is not lodged in his hands
is U» trifle with the public understanding.
Ho-can order his troops to inarch where
be may wish them—liecan compel them
to commit any acL of aggression lie may
think proper—becan evenorderthem to
assail the enemy, before they shall have
given any provocation—and then if they
resist, he can call it tear, and call on
Congress for men and money. It is
vain to say that Congress, before de
claring a state of war to exist, would
first enquird into the circumstances, and
if it found the original act unjustifiably
aggressive would refuse to recognize it.
The doctrine of Locd-Focoism is en
tirely different: It holds that any en
quiry into the President’s motives or
nis acts, though in them is to be found
the true origin of the war, is nothing
less thhn treason I
By such a system has Mr. Polk sue
cecacd in erecting, out of the shattered
constitution, a stupendous despotism,
while he is deluding the ears of his fol
lowers with the syren cries of “ Democ
racy” and •« equality'!*’ He has stolen
alike from the people, jind the Congress’,
every privelege lo-which they were en
titled either ns a birth-right or by the
grant of the Constitution. He may
make war when be pleases, and no man
dare say nay! When lie is at war,
none dare question his authority. He
is as absolute, according to Mr. Ingersoll,
as Mahmoud or Napoleon, and be may
push his lust of conquest lo any extreme,
without either let or hindrance on the
part of Congress or people.
The form of our government, essen
tially altered as it is in the eyes- of the
Dcmoqratic rulers, is far better adapted
now for the purposes of conquest, than
it was when the constitution still exist
ed, and formed the rule of all political
action. The sinews of government, to
use a phrase of Blackslone, are knit in
to one hand, nnd of course are morn ef
fective for action than when dispersed.
The President may do any act which
the Queen of England in council can
do. Ho may order seizures at sea of
vessels belonging to any power, at
E acc with us, nud as soon as he shall
ve alleged that they, and not we com
mitted the first act of aggression, every
body is estopped to dispute his word,
or to enquire even into the actual state
of the case. He may speak the truth
or lie may be guilty of uttering a false
hood ! It makes no difference
It js very curious that all these hard
thuigs about him were never beard of
until just before this election. Wc can’t
believe ibem, because we can’t forget
how proad of him and his doings all the
people of Georgia always .have been un
til now, when the Democrats are trying
to make him out a fool and a rascal, and
militia officers try to Iaogb at bis Bard
battles in Florida. The talking candi-
fDomcstic Nctus.
THE GRAVE WHERE SLEEP BOTH SIRE AND SON i
An •’or true Tale •( die Yellow Fever.
How mysterious is that invisible chain,
forged by nature, which in bonds of the
purest and strongest affection, binds pa
rent to child and child to parent! Dis
tance cannot sever it • time cannot de
stroy its tension: with death only do its
„ links dissolve their connection. Of all the
date, as you callbiro, Mr. Towns, lias’ot ! streams through which the social affec-
been stumping it here. I reckon he'll; ,Mm# ®° w » parental love is the one which ,u_ » «*, '
6„d the stumps too shore.,,, "" I o^Amonio. nnd oh Cboruhns-
ever, arc hot truisms and without tor- j “ to ? <lvaot ; e
Iher indulgence in them we shall pro-! ?“ Tacubaya. This was done by send-
cccd t. narrate a recent instance in '“S.tbeir troops along the thickets and
Mexican Account* of tjfee Battles
OF CONTRERAS AND CHURUBUSCO.
The following account of the late glo
rious achievements of our army near
the city of Mexico, written by a Mexican,
was puplishcd in the form of ah extra
by the Tampico Sentinel:
Huejutla, 26th August, 1847
To a highly respectable citizen of
Tampico :
My esteemed friend—\ have learned the
following from letters to the 21st, receirr
ed from Mexico. At dawn on the 19ih,
her brave soldiers, for no other object
than the reduction of a few barbarians,
who never did her any harm, and who
before she appeared as an enemy, knew
not her existence as a nation. They sec
England moistening the fertile plains of
India with.the blood'-of her unoffending
inhabitants, whose great crime is the
richness ot their lands, and the tempta
tion it offers to avarice. They see the
same power murdering the helpless Chi-
nccse by myriads, for no better reason
than that they'do not wish to sacrifice
their independence to foreigners whom
they have occn taught to abhor, and whom
their own conduct has made appear to
them in the most odious of all possible
lights. They see Russia, already pos
sessing a territory,compared with which,
in extent, the empire of Rome, at the pe
riod of its greatest extension, was but as
a point upon the map of the world, sa
crificing thousands of* Jives, every year,
for the purpose of robbing a few daring
mountaineers of the independence which
they inherited from their fathers, and
winch they regard as far more valuable
than life itself. When our people see
nil this, and reflect upon the waste of
life nnd treasure with which it is done—
when they remember, likewise, that they
who arc engaged in this crusade against
the rigbts of man, are Kings, Queens,and
Czars, they will hesitate before they
will consent to follow such revolting ex
amples. Even supposing the conquest
effected, it must be.kept up at the point
of the sword. The whole theory of our
Government will have been revolutioniz
ed,and like the ancient despotisms of Eu
rope, we shall be found holding provin
ces, in times of dead peace, by means of
a standing army, often more dangerous
to the citizen than to the enemy. For
it is impossible do suppose,, that nine mil
lions of people will ever submit lo our
domination, unless it is continually en
forced by the presence of an overwhelm
ing military power. What justice what
equality, what law is to be expected under
such a system, the history of the British
Doininionin India, will sufficiently show.
The very, warmest apologists for the
atrocities committed by Clive and War
ren Hastings,; found their defence on the
very fact that the government was one
of the sword, and pad not its basis in
the affections of the people. If such
were the faqt among the Hindoos, who had
been for.centuries subjected to the rule
of a'succcssion of conquerors, what can
be expected of the Spanish tacc, always
jealous of foreigners—always distinguish
ed above .other nations of Europe for the
turbulence; ns well as exclusiveness of
their disposition—always preferring the
worst government of their own institilu-
tion, to the best that could be imposed on
them by the stranger? It will not be diffi
cult to see that our President is carving out
for us war, domestic feuds, and internal
long even in Cherokee. He is all talk
and no cider, that is a fact; fot 1 can’t
find out what he ever did, except that
“ dodging*' that you make such fun of.
Old Withlacoochee wouldn't dodge bul
lets much less votes, and that dodging
business of Towns is going lo hurt him
a heap, I tell you. Down in my neigh
borhood we are a going to give a.long
pull and a strong pull for Clinch and
Taylor, and if we can get them both in,
narrate a recent instance in
which the force of parental love anti filial
affection has been sadly but strikingly
illustrated.
When the Iasi call for volunteers was
made oo Indiana, Edgar Derwin was the
we will have things put right according j first to enrol his name among the ac-
to my notion. I have writ you a much f live upholders of his country’s standard,
longer letter than I thought I would, but! He was a daring, intrepid, athletic youth,
I found I had more to say than I thought j kowing no fear; a patriot by intuition, cn-
wben I began. You can put it in your | flowed with all man's most ennobling feel-
paper if yotl think it is worth it. tn<rs. tbnnah mnnlifwvl’i iliposhnlil Im Imrl
A GEORGIA FARMER.
Lowndes County, Sept. 17th, 1847.
THC POSITION OF A TRUE S0L0IER.
Messrs. Editors:—I do not know when
in an election, for years, Ihave breathed
so freely, nnd felt so buoyant with hope
for ray country. I have a chance to vote
for a candidate for Governor and for
President, who both belonged to the
same regiment, and fought side by side
together for their country. Gen. Clinch
was the senior officer of Gen. Taylor in
the same regiment who crowned them
selves with glory during the late war
with Great Britain, and who have more
recently crowned themselves with the
aflections and gratitude of their country
Clinch and Tnylor are names, which
at their very mention fill the heart with joy
and gratitude. Both have nobly served
ings, though manhood’s threshold he had
not yet crossed. His father, fast verging
towards life’s.winter, beard his purpose
with silent approval, for in truth, be felt
a secret satisfactory pride at the patri
otism so promptly evinced by his son.—
Not so his mother. She looked to him
as the prop of her declining years, and
a presentiment audibly whispered to her
that he was aboa^ to leave her never to
return. She interposed no obstacle to
bis resolve, though the tears that cours
ed down her farrowed cheeks as she em
braced and blessed him when leaving,
too plainly told bow acutely painful to
her was theseperation. • * • *
Young Derwin had got no further than
Malamoros with his regiment, when he
was seized with a severe fit of sickness.
Being unable to proceed he was placed
in the hospital. His regiment marched
on. The captain of the company to
I which young Derwin belonged lost no
their country—and both will be honored ; t j me in informing his father oThis illness,
by that country. I have seen them both | telling him at the same time he need en-
jn thewilds ot Florida, and whenever I tertain no apprehensions for his life as
t - bis recovery might be pronounced cer-
hear their names, the sound awakens the
recollection of those emotions which
spring from an acquaintance with their
deeds of noble and disinterested generos
ity and friendship. It may be a weak
ness in man—the callous and hard-heart
ed politician may sneer at it and call it
childish—but for my life, I cannot help
loving and reverencing the man who,
when I have been far from wife, from
children and from friends—in an ene
my’s country, half starved, half sick,
lonely and sad—when I was v/here the
whole world has seemed la care noth
in" for me, (and where was there ever a
soldier who ever felt differently —has
come to me and treated me with all
the affection and kindness of a brother.
I tell, you, Mr. Editor^ you may think as
little of all this as you please, but the
soldier’s friend is never forgot by the
soldier. Whoever has tried a soldier’s
life, knows something of toil and pain—
and when lie has found a friend to sooth
both, 'memory may fade, disease may
C rostrate him, life maybe a curse—but
:t him turn back to the scene of bis sor
rows and griefs—let him but remember
his kind-hearted old General, who has
stood by him in six troubles, and would
not leave him in the seventh—let him
think of his friend in time of trouble,
and earth knows no pleasure half sogreat,
as that which is awakened by the reflec
tion, that he now can reward that dis
interested friendship.
, Now, sirs, that is just my condition.
dissentions, ofetemal duration ; that he Here are two old friends-in-need—one I
can vote for President, and the other
for Governor. Friends at home may
or is it false.
wbatev-
No man must even ask is this ■ true
If the nation, whose
commerce has been thus assailed,
should resist, why \vc. ore. nt war, at
once, and then the more than'dictatorial
powers of the. President come into full
operation. Whenever he may covet .a
piece ofterritory belonging to one of our * r son
neighbors, he may pursue a similar pol- _
Icy. He may maiclt bis forces into it,
and upon their meeting with resistance,
may say, as be -did in the case of
Mexico, we aro at war, and forthwith
there is an end to all complaint or cn-
^ Tliaj such a power in the hands of a
President, is far; more effective for ag
gression and conquest, than the old dis
tribution of powers allowed by the con
stitution, wc presume there is.no one
who will deny. Republics, as long as
they arc worthy of the name, arc not
adapted to wars of conquest, and the
pepuring to shut the doors of peace
for.an indefinite period, upon even the*
hopes of this nation—and that in the
end, liberty must give way to the sword,
and happines3bid adieu to our shores for
ever.
From (be Savannah Republican.
Messrs. Editors:—I don’t know when
I have been more pleased than the other
day, when I saw in the papers that Gen.
Clinch my candidate fot Governor, and
Gen. Taylor,my candidate for President,
served together in the same regiment
during the old war. I shall vote for
both of them certain, (or 1 have not for
gotten old Withlacoochee’s battles in
Florida, and don’t agree with.the new-
fangletl notion of the Democrats, that a
soldier ought to be satisfied when he gets
his pay, and ought not to expect any
thanks' for fighting for his country, I
read in the paper, that the Editor said
that be thought, that when a soldier got
his pay, he and the Govomment, were
quits, and may be the soldier had some
the advantage—hot I reckon if be had
told some of the revolutionary soldiers
so; or some of the boys that were in the
Florida fights, or down in Mexico, they’d
be as road as hornets. Why its making
hired servants.out of the brave men that,
go to fight the battles of their country.
If we dpn’t reward the men that go lo
fight for us, except with money, (and lit
tle of it at that,) volunteering would be
a poor business, and I don’t see any dif
ference between the officers and the pri
vates ; both ought to goon the same foot
ing, what is fair for one is fair for- the
other.
They say Clinch was Licnt. Col. in the
same regiment'Where old Zack was Ma
jor—they served the. country together,
scowl and frown—but let life and health
last, and I shall vote for Duncan L. Clinch
for Governor, and Zachary Taylor.for
President.—Journal Messenger.
BP* We are in favorof General Zach
ary Taylor for the next Presidency!
says the Illinois Journal. The best in
terests of the people seem to us, most
tain. 'This assurance notwithstanding,
that letter, when it reached the quiet
western home of the sick young soldier,
proved lo his fond parents a missive sur
charged with sorrow. The first btirst
of grief over, old Derwin, prompted by
the quick instincts of parental affection,
concluded that duty to his child, lying
ou a sick bed in a foreign country—per
haps in a grave made by strange hands,
required more of him than unavailing
tears. He brushed them away and ere
the early rays of the next morning’s sun
gilded the roof of his humble log cabin,
ne departed, to seek in Mexico the son
he so much loved—to succor him if alive
and if dead, to transport his corpse
where it would mingle with its native clay
—where he and his stricken wile might
‘n death lay beside it.
He speeded on without inpediment
till be reached this city, and while here,
waiting for a conveyance down to the
Brazos it pleased Providence to afflict
him with the yellow fever. From the
boarding house where he was staying,
he was sent to the Charity Hospital,
which he entered on the Wednesday of
last week. His «* case” was a severe
one: it unsettled his reason. All the
imaginings of his fevered brain had re
ference to bis son. Atone time he wit
nessed him in battle doing deeds of migh
ty daring, and he cheered him on. At
another time, he saw him manacled cap
tive, in a prison-dungeon, and he would
offer a large sum for his ransom. Agaiu,
he would callon the Mexicans not to dese
crate bis grave!
Skilful medical aid, and the watchful
nursing of the Sisters of Charity carried
him through the most violent stage of the
disease; if they did not snatch him Jrom
death’s door, they at least prevented him
from stepping over it. Thus, he was, his
reason restored, himself lingering on the
confines of eternity as it were, when,
ravines between Hnlpam and that town.
Valencia was not taken unawares ; who,
yoo will recollect, was in charge of that
post, aud was timely advised by his ex
plorers of the advance of the enemy,
and therefore received them with a ter
rible file of artillery and musketry: when
the enemy found they were discovered,
they took the direction of the heights,
where pur batteries were placed, sus-
tainingan active fire from their infantry,
aided by some artillery shots,^with the
object of succeeding in getting up; but
every time they attempted it, they were
checked and disordered by our troops,
and immediately threatened to charge
with the bayonet, which was never done.
They therefore retreated four times to
the ravine, where they kept their reserve
and whence they returned organized
and reinforced. The day was spent in
this manner.* It is calculated the ene
my lost in their attempts more than one
thousand men. Valencia repeatedly
asked for assistance, or to call the atten
tion of the enemy that he might flank
them, but he was always answered in
the negative. Notwithstanding, at 3 P.
M. one of our divisions was seen flank
ing the enemy, with 5000 infantry, 2000
cavalry, and 6 field-pieces, commanded
by Gen. Santa Anna. This so intimi
dated Scott, that lie showed by his man
oeuvres a disposition to retreat, but when
he saw that said division had remained
as simple spectators, he returned to the
charge until the close of the day. In
the early part of the night, Gen. Santa
Anna marched to Churubusco, and the
enemy, who knew this movement, sent
the greater part of their force to the rear
of Valencia’s, and as thi3 General had
no information of the withdrawal of Gen.
Santa Anna, slackened his vigilance
that quarter, and at dawn of the 20th,
he found himself hemmed in by the en
emy who, reinforced with 2000 men,
charged along the ravine with such fury,
that they were not intimidated at oursol-
diers charging them with the bayunet;
on the contrary, when our troops ad
vanced, theirs fell upon the artillery, of
which they possessed thamselves, along
with the ammunition trains, &c., disper
sing 5000 who remained. It appears
our loss in this .action amounted to 400
killed, and more than 1000 prisoners.
On the afternoon of the 19th Gen.
clearly and unequivocally, to demand a 1 * 00 , 1 noon 0D Uaadaj, an amaciated
his elevation to that high office. In youth was carried into the same ward
such a place, we do not want a -mere
party tool, who, having no will of his
own, is driven hither and thither by the
breath of demagogues. We want a
man, who can stand as firm as a rock
at the post of duty, undaunted by dan
ger and unsubdued by opposition.—
Such a man we have in the Hero of Bu
ena Vista. We do not want a mere
creature of vanity, who whatever may
be hi3 professions, will be sure to lean
to the one party or to the other, just in
proportion to the amount of flattery it
may pour upon him. We want a man
who can rise superior to all such influ
ences, and such a man we certainly
possess in. General Zachary Taylor.
The deeds of Gen. Taylor, performed
under the most trying circumstances,
clearly show.him to be such a man.-—
When his little army was surrounded
by fearful odds, and its entire destruc
tion seemed to be inevitable, every
American heart sunk at the contempla
tion of the awful crisis except his own.
And when, through incredible deeds of
valor, victory was made to perch upon
our standard, every brain was intoxica
ted with the glory ourarms had achieved
except that of the great hero under
whom it was won. It is not for the
brilliancy of his military achievements,
but for this intrinsic moral grandeur of
the man, that we wish to see him Pres
ident of the United States. It is, we
earnestly hope and believe, reserved for
his mighty arm*-to bring back, the polit
ical affairs of the couutry to the immac
ulate purity of the days of Washington.
. BP* When our army reached Tacu
baya, the old Texan prisoners, who
were with it, stood near a monument,
which had been erected to Santa Anna
in honor of his having built the fine road
^ ^ from the. Capital to Tacubaya by the
r t k j*t get the p^ple tu be-j hands and labor of the said Texan pris-
againsi wars upon light and frivolous heve it; they know him to well for that.(oners, and in the twinkling of an eye,
pretexts, or whit ire far more danger- All the abuse the papers have set afloat* the monument was scattered to the four
ou , wars of ambition and conquest. about Gen. Clinch wont hurt the old winds of heaven, for the stones of it
It is for the people to say which of man a mite. The people have always • were literally crushed to atoms!
passion for such has often proved their I ant i the two men are mightily alike—that
ruin. Those who originally establish !»«the fact. Both bftlienr a re Rough and
them are generally more eager to sc- J Ready patriots—more good at fighting
cure their own liberty and happinesstlian j than talking—and both shall ■ have my^
to crush the freedom ol others. Patrick, votc if I am alive and kicking, when the'
Henry, when the present constitution election time comes on.
was under consideration,, said he did ( Some of my neighbors were in Florida
not want a splendid Government. What • with the old General. They know him,
he wished lor, was one which would en-! and they know that the string of his latch
sure the happiness of the citizen. For! was never pulled in, hut the poor hun-
thnt, or similar reasons, doubtless, the ‘ gry soldier was always welcome to the
power of declaring war was confined , best be had. 1 As to the talk about his
by the constitution to Congress, the fra- ' charging the Government, and making
rners believing, no doubt, that they had it pay for what be gave away ofhir
effectually secured the country thereby accord, y
and placed in the bed beside him. His
glazed eyes gazed on the young amaciat
ed patient with intense anxiety. He
trembingly looked and looked till it
might be said that he had well nigh
looked his life away. He sprang from
his bed ; with a convulsive grasp, he
clutched the small paper label which the
Porter had just placed at the bed’s head
of the recently arrived young patient,
opeuing it ip his tremulous band he read—
“ Edgar Derwin, Jun’r., Indiana.”
** My SokP* he said, and'no more did
he say, for as he ottered the phrase he
fell aud expired. Young Derwin, who
on account of his sickness had been dis
charged, was oh his return home, when
he, too, was jaken by the epidemic, and
hence the painfully singular coincidence
ol this meciiog between father and son,
and its tragic termination. He soon,
though not immediately, recognized his
father. The scene was to much for bis
already shattered constitution, before
the bell of the.Cathedral tolled twelve
that night be was acorpse. They now,
though not attheir homestead in Indiana,
sleep where the mournful cypress and
the death-burthened north wind chant
the lasUrequiem o’er the stranger's grave.
—Y. Q. -Delta.
“How do you like the bustle apd con
fusion of Boston ?” asked the shopkeep
er as Mrs. Partington stood by the
counter. “ It gives me confusion to see
* folks didn’t
’em” said the old lady;
do so when I was a girl; and besides,
what an awful sight of bran and cotton
it takes, to. say nothing of their awk
wardness when they get slipped on one
side—” “ I mean,” broke in the shop
keeper, “ the bustle and confasion of
the streets.” “ Oh !” said Mrs. P*.
“that is quite another thingP*- and im
mediately left the store..
An exchange paper quotes from Paul’s
writings, “owe no man anything,” and
then adds, “we fear some of our sub
scribers never read Paul’s Epistles.
Rangel left Mexico with a Brigade of
3,000 men and orders to .reinforce Val
encia or attack the enemy in the direc
tion the former might think proper; but
the road, he received instructions
from Gen. Santa Anna to temain in San
Angel until farther orders. As Valen
cia was posted on the hills and farms of
Contreras, he knew nothing of this force.
The remnants of this Geueral’s forces
pursued by the the enemy joined Ran-
'el’s, who as soon as he knew of the
lefeat, counter-marched to the Citadel
In this affair wc lost 20 pieces, most of
them of heavy calibre, all the train of
ammunition, &c., that came from San
Luis, and above all, the name of mili
tary men, which until now, we had well
or badly borne. Gen. Scott immedi
ately marched on San Antonio and be
fore mid-day, he was molesting our
troops, with the artillery he took at Con
treras, which united with his own and
with the whole main body of his array!
emboldened by a triumph, which in my
opinion, they had not even dreamt of,
routed ours in a moment, but so shame
fully, that at the first fire they took the
farm with all the ammunition, park and
artillery, which is said they spiked, and
from that very place they went to at
tack Churubusco. Here the attack was
very brisk on both sides, both parties
losing many men. On our part we
have lost Battalions, Independena, and
Bravo ofNational Guard, scarcely 400
have been rallied of 1300 formingNo.il,
the 4th light infantry was destroyed and
nearly all of the company or Legion of
Saint Patrick, Che few that remain
ed were the polko, i. e. the Victoria Bat-
tall ion, who were to retreat. The ene
my therefore took possession of the post
at 5 P. M. after having obtained 4 vic
tories. These they have, in spite of
the unskilfulness of otir Generals, pur
chased at a very high price, because it
is said their dead amounted to more
than 3000. Notwithstanding this, they
advanced a3 far as the farm of Portales,
distant one and a half leagues from
Mexico, where they fortified themselves,
believing they would be attacked on
the 21st. This was not the case, be
cause that day was employed in going
in and out of the gates and in talking a
great deal. On the afternoon of the
21st, there were quartered at the Pal
ace the Battalions of Gen. Morelia, the
remnants of the 4th light infantry, Victo
ria and the grenadiers of the Supreme
^Powers, ana many ammunition wagons
and some artillery, of which we had too
much left in the direction of Cbapulte-
pec. It was said a charge on the ene
my was expected this night. However
this is, Gen. Santa Anna moved for. an
many bf both. The Capital was in the
greatest consternation. By next post
% will tell you whatever else may f’fcur.
Farewell from yonr affecuonaU^ineiKt*
The following - communication has
been maile to me from Mexico under
date 21st: . , ,'
Mu Dear friend—l am in the blackest
of humors; lam overpowered by the
most profound melancholy ; the whole
has gone to the devil. The Yankees,
the hateful Yankees, have triumphed
because our inefficient General cannot
even command four soldiers. Generals
Valencia and Santa Anna have been
rented successfully at the stone-quarry
of San Angel and at the Churubusco,
bridge, and Scott with his army occupies
the hacienda of Portales, distant five
miles from here. That gang of miscre
ants would have occupied (he 'capital
to-day, but General Santa Anna, in or
der, as it is reported, to prevent such ig
nominy to the nation as to have the hate
ful flag of the stars waving over the
Palace of the Montezumas, has decided
on hearing the proposals for peace from
the Ik S. Commissioner, as a prelimi
nary, to-morrow they will discuss the
terms of an armistice. The Commis
sioners on the part of our Government
are Gens. Mora y Viltamil and Quijano.
Malediction and eternal hatred to the
perversed who have usurped the title of
“ Leaders of the Nation, only to head
revolutions for their own aggrandize
ment, and demoralize all classes of so
ciety. A treaty of peace appears to me
inevitable, and in the most shameful
(conditions?) to us ; for, without an ar
my or public spirit which has been dead
ened by civil dissentions, and in the face
of the treasonable selfishness shown
bv the authorities of some of the States,
what advantages is it possible to obtain
from a proud enemy who is conscious
of his power? I will notenntinue dis
cussing this point,because I feel my soul
is burning with despair. Poor country !
She has been buried in the mire by
those of her sons that she has most dis
tinguished.
To a respectable gentleman in Pueb
la Vieja.
humbug.
The Patriayesterday issued an extra,
announcing to the public, on the credit
of its Tampico correspondent, that
peace would most certainly be the re
sult of the negotiations between Mr.
Trist and the Mexican Commissioners.
The terms of the treaty are stated to
be, that the United States shall, kes^
tore to Mexico the Californias, and
alt other Mexican territory and ports
now occupied by the American forces,
and that the United States shall forever
retain Texas, With the Rio Grande as
its western boundary, including the city
of Mata mores. We look upon the
whole affair as a humbug too transpa
rent to impose upou the most credulous.
The idea that the United States would
restore all that it has acquired without
any indemnity, reserving only that of
which it was before in full possession,
is too ridiculous to obtain credit for a
moment. One fact which convinces us
of the falsity of the statement is, that
the letter containing the momentous in
telligence is dated August 29th, while
by the way of Vera Cruz we have news
from the capital to the same day, men
tioning nothing of the treaty which it
has been reserved for the penetration of
the Patria’s correspondent to discover.
The editors of that sheet should have
altered the date of the letter if they
wished it to obtain credence.-^—
16th inst.
it was, which produced the sickness;
and in addition to this we learn that a gen
tleman who sat next to a young lady was
slightly affected, though he did not par
take of thecustard, but she did,andatter-
wards playfully put her spoon in his
cup, and in that way he got a very small
quantity of it in his mouth. The bride
we understand was very sick, but the
groom escaped as he was somewhat in
disposed before supper was served, and
ate but little. All who were sick were
very thirsty, as we understand, and were
constantly calling forwater. Thatlooks
like arsenic. - ;
Wc allude to this unfortunate affair
only as a matter of news, and with no
wish to wound the feelings of any. The
family , at whose house the wedding took
place, is respectable and above suspi
cion ; indeed the guests, as well as the
family, belong to the best circles in the
Country. The wretch who could delib
erately poison an assemblage of people
on so happy an occasion, for the purpose
of making sure of his victim, deserves
jo be consumeyd in a furnace “seven
times heated.” We hope the guilty
creature will be bunted out,nnd brought
to condign punishment.
Wc are glad to learn that. James G. ’
Edwards, Esq., the respected Commo
ner from Greene, who was at the wed
ding, and among those who were struck
down with violent sickness, is now con
valescent, and will, in all probability,- ' '■
entirely recover.—Raleigh (N. C.) Stan-'
dard, 15//* inst.
THE SOUTHERN WHIU.
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 23.
VOH PRESIDENT, IN 1S48,
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR,
FOB GOVERNOR. . *
Gen. DUNCAN L. CLINCH.
For the State Senate—38th District.
WJI. W. CLAYTON, Esq.
For County Representatives.
Y. L. G. HARRIS find FRANCIS JACKSON.
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.
A Woman Murdered, and afterwards
Burned to Ashes by her Step-Daughter.—
An aged lady named Mary Morrison,
wife of Samuel Morrison, residing in
Mifflin town-ship, Pa., about three miles
from McKeesport, was murdered ou the
3d instant, and afterwards burned to
ashes by her step-daughter. The facts
says the Pittsburg Telegraph, as far as
we have been able to learn, are these :
On Friday morning Mr. Morrison
started to the city with produce for the
market, leaving his wife and daughter
at home. The daughter is a simple
woman about thirty-five years of age,
rather a simple creature, and considered
by the neighbors as tnsane. Mrs. Mor
rison has from childhood been subject
to spasmodic spells. On the afternoon
in question she was taken with one of
these spells, and being on the floor under
the influence of the fit, her step-daogb-
ter, Sarah Morrison, beat heron the head
with a fire shovel until, it is supposed,
she kijled hert and then threw her into
the fire and kept piling on the fuel until
she burned her almost to ashes, there
not being bones enough to fill a quart
measure.
The step-daughter, after consumma
ting the horrible and tragic act of burn
ing the mother, carefully scrubbed the
floor to obliterate the traces of blood,
and made her escape to the woods. She
was pursued and arrested : she confess
ed the atrocious murder, and assigned
as her reasons for doing so, that “her
father, step-mother and herself could
not agree, and she thought the best thing
she could do was to burp her up.’* She#
also confessed the manner in which she
consummated the act.
03-It having been determined by the Committee
of Arrangements appointed at the late Whig meet-
Athens, upon consultation with the members
of the party from different parts of the District, that
it will be expedient to change the place of holding
the contemplated Barbecue to be given on Satur
day, the 2d October—notice is hereby given that
the meeting of the Whigs, and the Barbecue, will
be had at the Court House in Buncombe District in
Clark county, instead of at the house of Smith Al
exander, as heretofore published.
GEN. CLINCH AND THE FLORIDIANS,
ii Flortaa lncnds wonder that the Whigs of
Georgia are so ignorant of very many of die gifoanC
deeds of old Withlacoochee. Gentlemen, you ant
error! Why, sirs, his gallant deeds have been
borne upon the breeze from the sea-board to the
mountain; and while his traducers are busy with
friends arc consoled by the thought,
that in addition to his high qualifications—fiis no
ble-hearted generosity And deeds of high-souled pa?«
triotism, bps opened his road to the highest office in
the gift of our State! If wc had forgotten his gal
lant deeds, why our volunteer. Clinch companies—
our Clinch Fire Companies—our Clinch Hotels ?
His name has been used every where in Geoigia to
bring popularity. No,even the Floridians are not
better acquainted with the old heroe’s military life,
than the sons of Georgia. Ilis name is now dwelt
upon with reverence by every Georgian that fol
lowed him and shared his hardships in the Florida
campaign; and base ingratitude' indeed would it be,
if forgotten by them. But no, it is not only that
he is still remembered by sons, who served with
him, but the feeling which he inspires is caught by
gray-headed sires.
But to a little incident in the fife of the old Gen
eral, which is recurred to by some friend in Florida,
and to which our attention has been directed by the
editor of the Tallahassee Sentinel. It is a just re
buke to the editor of the Southern Banner, who has
been very industrious in perpetrating and endorsing
slanders upon Gen. Clinch, as the following ex
tract from that paper will show:
Gen. Clinch u
by*
linch uses a weapon, which is thought
be more powerful than any other, vuc;
hall face whiskey/’ Yes, Sir! The -Great Hero
of Withlacoochee! The Magnus Appollo of South
ern Financiers! distributes “ ball-face” by the half
pint, to obtain votes!”
The above extract is only equalled hy the font
aspersion of the St Mary's Bank fraud. If we wero,
to judge from the assaults made upon. Gen. Clinch
by the Banner, we might readily conclude that he
had been selected for a candidate for Governor from
the State Prison, or some other den of iniquity !—
But hear our Tallahassee friend
Gen. Clinch.—In the pending contest for Gov
ernor of Georgia, I am less surprised At the re
morseless party malice which don the heels of this
virtuous and distinguished man, than the apparent
ignorance of his Georgia friends of interesting inci
dents in his life, which, when known, arewSi cal
culated to elevate him in the estimation of an en
lightened community.
It seems to be at length known that, soon after
the late war with England, Col. Clinch, with a de
tachment of his regiment, fell upon a band of des
perate brigands and out-laws, at their rendezvous
on the Apalachicola River, in the Spanish Provinca
of Florida, killed two or three hundred and dis
persed the band—but it does not seem to be known
that the enterprise was attended with other perils
than the shot of thec temy: that General Clinch
UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR.
We understand that considerable ex
citement exists in Greene County, in
this state, growing out of a Wedding
Party which was given some two or three
weeks since. There were, it seems
about thirty persons at the wedding,
twenty-six of whom were seized with
... ~... u . cu voilentsicknesssoonafter; andonegen- mtocc Wllatllerreside „ t .
armistice, the terms of which will have'• tleman, Henry B. Holmes, Esq., and; The Athens Banner and correspondent, u
been discussed on the. 22d: as a prelimi- two negroes, have died. The de~* k * /W:u *
— ° — - jyf r . Holmes is deeply regretted
was a
IIKUI SUUI Ul IUC v. sciujr . Uirtl VICUL.JU V.linen
acted under a hint from the War Department; that
the responsibility he assumed was of a delicate and
serious nature; that the Fort taken and dimnntlfd t
being in the territory of a neutral, public notice of
the gallant achievement was forbidden by reasons
of state policy, although highly approved and com
mended hy Col. Monroe, who soon after received
the conqueror at his own residence as an invited
guest, and during the time Col. Clinch was domes
ticated in his family, treated him with the most
flattering respect and kindness, such as hisTrank
would not have entitled him to, nor his nrevioua
[unintancc with the President.
nary to thi3, Gen. Santa Anna offered
to listen to proposals of peace from the
U. S. Commissioners. In order to ar-
among the killed are Generals Torrejon,
Rontera, Mexia, and Col Perdigon, and
among the prisoners Bravo, Gorostiza,
Rincon, Guzman, and Parodi and Cap
tains Tabera and Chosa, and Major Cora;
but there is no doubt there is a great
, . . .. nr the lact tnat tae
npoTMV re „ re . ieu . he friends of Gen. Clinch rest his claims sorely on the
Loirnes IS a ee piy regreucij, ne ^ of withlacoochee, are mistaken,
useful "Citizen and a most excellent i j no thi n g now a days of a little interlude in
- | the martial drama of that period, which was always
Physicians, we learn differ as lo the a welcome topic among the friends of Col- Clinch, of
—if.M. snrlrlRn and dangerous sick* koth sexes, particularly lie softer On hi. njy
range the armistice Generals Mora y •
VillamU andQuijano. So far, we know cam. of ibis sadden and dangerous sick-
ness, some altribnting It to vegetable of Georgia to Rcpmental Head Quarters
‘~ ? **' * * • * - “ hjpdt
opinion at all- Those, it IS escort, ne reacnea Aiapana, uuwuig, at time,
poison, others to arsenic, and others haz- near the mouth of Flint River, attended by a i
arding no opinion at all. Those, it is escort, he reached Alapaha, flowing, at that 1
said, who did notpartakeof the custard h“n 3 ^ S
escaped, clearly leaving the inference ming f rom 8 hore to shore. Thenffair in band ad-
that it contained the igredient, whatever mined of no delay or detention; the passage of the