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The Muscogee Democrat,
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Vol. 111.
From the Pledge and Standard.
WHAT A PAIR OF ANDIRONS COST.
BY PETEK PIPER, JR.
Peter, said my uncle, knocking the ashes from
his pipe and laying it on the corner of the man
telpiece, and then fixing his eyes on the andi
• roes, Peter, those andirons cost me one thousand
dollars.
Dear me ! exclaimed my aunt.
Oh, Father! cried the girls.
Impossible ! said I.
True, yes, every word true. One thousand,
did I say ? yes —two thousand—full two thousand
dollars.
Well, well, said my aunt, folding up her knit
ting for the night, I should like to know what
you are about.
My uncle bent forward and planted his hands
firmly on his parted knees, and with a deliberate
air, which showed that he had no doubt of being
able to prove his assertion, he began :
Well—you see, a good many years ago, we
had a pair of common old iron andirons. Your
cousin Lctty said one day, Father, don’t you
think those old andirons are getting too shabby ?
Shabby or not, I thought they would hold tiie
wood up as nicely as if they were gold. So I
paid no attention to Letty. 1 was afraid she was
growing proud. Soon after that, Peter, contin
ued my uncle, turning to me. vour aunt took it
U]>—
There it goes, interrupted my aunt, you can’t
get along without dragging ine in.
Your aunt took it up, Peter, and she said our
neighbors could afford brass andirons, and were
no better off than we were. And she said Let.
ty and her sister Jane were just getting old
enough to see company, and the stingy looking
old andirons might hurt their market. I knew
that w omen would have their own way, and there j
was no use in objecting, ami so I got the andi
rons. The price of them was four dollars and a j
half—
Ah ! that is more like it, cried my aunt. I
thought you said two thousand !
Four dollars and a half. Well, the first night
after we got them as we all sat by the warm ;
fire, talking over the matter, Letty called my at
tention to the hearth, the stones of which were
cracked ami uneven. The hearth was entirely
out of keeping with new andirons and 1 thought
I might as well have it replaced first as last.
The next day, a mason was sent for to examine
it. He came in my absence, and when I re- 5
turned home, your aunt and cousins all beset me
at once, to have a marble slab. The mason j
had convinced them the hearth would not look
decent without a marble slab, and they put their
heads together—
La me ! exclaimed my aunt, there was no put
ting any of our heads together about it. The
hearth was a real worn out old thing not fit for
a pig pen.
The put their heads together, Peter, as I was
saying, and continued till I got a marble hearth,
which cost me twenty dollars at least. Then I
thought I was done with expenses but I thought
wrong. Pretty soon, I began to hear sly hints
thrown out about the brick work round the fire
place not corresponding with the hearth. I stood
out for a month or two against your aunt and the
girls, but they at length got the better of me, and
I was forced to have marble instead of brick.
And then the old wooden mantelpiece was so
out of character that it was necessary to have a
marble one. The cost of all th.s, w r as nearly
one hundred dollars. And now that the spirit
of improvement had got a start, there was no
stopping place. The new marble mantel put to j
shame the old white-washed walls, and they 1
must be papered. The wood work had to be
painted, of course, and to prepare it for paint, .
sundry repairs were necessary. While this was
going on, your aunt and the girls appeared to be !
quite satisfied, and when it was done, they had
no idea the old parlor could be made to look so
spruce. But there was only a short respite, j
The old rag carpet began to raise a great dust,
and I found tltfff would be no peace—
Now my dear ! said the old lady, with a pleas-;
ant smile, accompanied with a partial rotation of
the head—
Now Father ! exclaimed the girls.
Till I got anew carpet. So the new carpet
was got. That again shamed the old furniture
and it had to be turned out, and replaced with
new. Now Peter, count up, my lad—twenty
dollars for the hearth, and one hundred for the
mantel, and thirty for repairs. What does that
make ?
One hundred and fifty, uncle.
Well, fifty for paper and paint—
Two hundred.
Then fifty for a carpet, and one huncred and
fifty for furniture—
Three hundred and fifty.
There’s that clock, too, and the blinds—fifty
more—
Four hundred dollars exactly.
My aunt and cousins winked at each other,
and looked steadily in my uncle’s face, as if to
say ‘ you have not made out your case after all.’
Now, continued my uncle, so much for this
one room. No sooner was the room finished,
than complaints came from all quarters about
the dining room and entry. Long before this I
had surrendered at discretion, and handed in my
submission. The dining room cost us two hun
dred dollars, and the entry two more. What is
that, Peter ?
Eight hundred, uncle.
Then there was the chambers—at least four
hundred more, to make them rhyme with those
down stairs.
Twelve hundred.
The outside of the house then had to he re
paired and painted of course. Add two hundred
for that.
Fourteen hundred.
Then a piazza in front. That cost two hun
dead.
Sixteen hundred.
Here, aunt began to yawn, Letty to poke tho \
MUSCOGEE DEMOCRAT,
fire, and Jane to twirl over the leaves of a book.
Anew carriage came next. That cost two
hundred dollars. •
Then there was a lawn to be laid out, and
neatly fenced—a servant to be hired—parties to
be given occasionally—bonnets and dresses at
! double the former cost, and a hundred other little
expenses in keeping with the new order of
things. And all this grew out of those very and
irons. Y’es, Peter, I was entirely within bounds
whm l said it was two thousand dollars.
The opposition was silenced. My aunt im
mediately rose and guessed it was bed time. I
was left alone with my uncle, who was not in
| dined to drop the subject. He was a persever
: ing man, and never gave up what he undertook
till he had done the work thoroughly. So lie
brought out his books and accounts, and set
! about making an exact estimate of expenses,
i He kept me up till after midnight before he got
: through. His conclusion was that the pair of
: andirons had cost him twenty-four hundred and
fifty dollars.
Warm-hearted responses to warm-heart
ed donations. —The Irish papers received
here by the last steamer, contain numerous and
earnest expressions of gratitude to this country
for the active manifestations of simputhy to
words unhappy Ireland, which it may gratify
some of our readers to see. The Dublin Free
; man's Journal of April 3d thus breaks out into
j expressions of thnnkiullness :
“In America there is no overflowing of lip j
charity, and lack ofthat which is real—no liu- j
inanity mongering, no plentitude off sympathetic j
words, and poverty of sympathetic action—no j
wallowing in proscriptive slander—no recourse |
to billingsgate abuse of Ireland and the Irish,
after the fashion of many parties in England— !
no churlish, mean, money lending, politico
economic spirit to guide and to disgrace its pro- ;
gress. No! the conduct of America stands in
bright and glorious condition. In the day of
our desolation we have found them the readiest
hands—aye ! and the most bountiest—stretched
to our aid, from the mouth of the St. Laurence
to the month of the Mississippi, without the
flourish of the pharisee, or the cold-blooded,
calculation of tire legist.
Honor, then, to America. In it the cause oft
humanity needs no spur from shame, hypocrisy j
or “state policy.” In lior bosom we knew that!
our exiles found a refuge where they were safe \
from exterminating landlords and class legisla-!
tion—where the motto for all was “live and let
live !” and not—“live ye, the many—or die— |
for the few—the unpriviledged.” But never, j
much as our hearts yeaned towards America as j
the asylum of our castout thousands, never, we j
say, great as was our experience of the generos-1
ity with which our countrymen were received
on its shores, were we prepared for the suspri
sing acts of humanity and benevolence towards
this stricken nation, which mail after mail ena
bles us to record, and to bless.
We write with hearts of overflowing grati
tude and love—gratitude and love not springing }
so much from the sense of benefits received, as j
from a respect for the manner in which they
have been rendered. In the efforts that are
made by America to succor and save us, wc
view the promises of that sure and Christian
friendship which ought to keep pace with the
progress of civilization: but which pseudo
statesman never cultivate between nations, un
less for ail occasion—as if the interests of man
kind were nor indentified with amity.’
‘l’lie Dublin Nation of April 3, says :
“While English statesmen are devising daily
plans for the increase and protection of pauper
ism in this long royal and long suffering prov
ince of Ireland, American statesmen, regarding
this country as, even in its wreck, worth being
saved, are accumulating their voluntary tributes
for the relief of our necessities. While the
chief journals of the English capital are daily
teeming with invectives against our people,
high and low American journal, from Houston !
down to Eastport, arc reviving reminiscences of
Irish merit, in order to hasten the kindly inter
ference of their country in behalf of ours.—
W hile tho popular divines v of England can see
in pestilence and famine only judgements from
an angered Deity, smiting Ireland on both
cheeks for her idolatry, the favorite preacher of
America perceived but an opportunity for the
exercise of active charity.
“This nation’s position resembles that of a j
man in the gospel who went down from Jcrusa- i
lem to Jericho. America is our Samaritan.—
YVhen our wounds are bound up, and we are
able to go our destined way, we will know to
whom our gratitude is due. “A certain Lev
ite” shall also be remembered.
“ Out of this famine will come many results
one of the greatest of which may lie, if we de
sire it, the establishment of “cordial understan
ding” between us and the United States of
America. America needs friends in Europe,
and our relations have always been of a friend
ly kind ; hut from this year forth no Irishman
will willingly pull a trigger against her.”
Mammoth Wire Rope. —A correspondent
of the Atmospheric Railway Gazette in a com
munication to the editor, remarks :
“As your valuable journal is one of the great
est mediums of the industrial arts, 1 beg to com
municate an extraordinary production of the art
of rope making. Thursday, on passing the cel
ebratod Galvanized Iron and Wire Rope Works
of Mr. Andrew Smith, Millwall, Poplar, I wit
nessed the shipment of a wire rope, which the
manager of the works informed me was no less
than 3,G00 yards long, 3 inches circumference,
and weighed 7 tons, 15 cwt. and ordered lor an
inclined plane in Lancashire,betwocn Blackburn
and Bolton. This, is no doubt, the largest wire
AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER.
u AS LITTLE GOVERNMENT AS POSSIBLE J THAT LITTLE EMANATING FRffll AND CONTROLLED BY TIIE PEOPLE, AND UNIFORM IN ITS APPLICATION TO ALL.”
COLUMBUS, Georgia*.Thursday Evening, May 27, SS47.
rope ever yet made ; and I was informed, than
it it was only commenced last Monday,
that the wire was in bars of iron not more that
ten days before. What will Russia say to
this?”
PHILOSOPHY OF LAW.
Law—is like lire, and those who meddle
with it may chance to “burn their fingers.>L
Law—is like a pocket with a hole in it; and
those who therein lisk their money, arc very
like to lose “it.
Law—is like a lancet, dangerous in the
hands of the ignorant: doubtful, even in the
hands of an adept.
Law—is like a sieve, you may see through it;
will be considerable reduced, before you can
get through it.
Law—is like prussic acid ; a dangerous rem
edy, and the smallest dose of it is generally suf
ficient.
Law—is like justice, even as a copper gilt is
like gold, and the comparative worth of the two
is about tiie same.
Law—is like an eel-trap, very easy to get in
to, but very difficult to get out of.
Law—is like a razor, which requires a
“strong back,” keenness, and an excellent tern-
P p r.
Law—is like a window of stained glass, giv
j ing its own peculiar tint and hue, to the bright
rays of truth, which shine through it.
Letter from Father Matthew.— The
Rev. Theobald Matthew, in a letter published
I *n the Albany Journal, expresses his resolu
tions to visit the United States next summer,
j He says, “The magnificent humanity evinced
j by our beloved brethren in the States, for the
j suffering Irish, has inspired every heart in the
island with ardent gratitude. We shall ever
regard America as our deliverer in the hour of
bitter calamity.”
A governess, advertising for a situation says,
“she is perfect mistress of her own tongue,
Mirtes
, From the N. O. Della, 18th May.
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
ADVANCE OF CUN. SCOTT ON THE CAPITAL.
By the arrival at an early bom- due mowing
of the fine steamer Fashion, Capt. Ivy, 41 days
from Vera Cruz via Tampico, we are in receipt
i of late and interesting intelligence from Mexico.
We have no time for comment. We return our
| thanks to the officers of the Fashion for the
| prompt delivery of our correspondence.
[Correspondence of the Daily Delta.]
Jalapa, Mexico, May 3d, 1847.
Eds. Della : This morning a train will leave
here for Vera Cruz, and it will doubtless be the
last one that will go down for some time. The
recent attack on Bell’s train of wagons, will show
that the guerrilla system has been commenced
! and the heavy force of four or five hundred men,
who are ordered to escort the train down, argues
pretty conclusively that our folks fear to trust
them now with the usual escort. It may not be
so much this as the fact that on the return of the
train more than half a million of specie will be
sent up.
In Gen. Scott’s orders of advance, (a copy of
which I send you,) you will find that the long
cherished principle of mine—to live oft” the ene
my—is about to be realized.
On Tuesday, Gen. Quitman’s brigade will
leave here ; on Wednesday, Col. Campbell’s,
(late Pillow’s); on Thursday, Col. Riley’s; and
on Friday, Gen. Smith’s and the last. These
commands, moving within 24 hours of each oth
er, will so continue until they reach Puebla, at
which place they will doubtless rest a day or two
before entering the city of Mexico.
The enemy have evacuated Puebla. Not a
soldier is to be tbund on this side of that place,
and very few between there and Mexico. Bravo
left Puebla and marched to the city with its gar
rison ; and Canalizo was also moving in with a
few disaffected troops.
If the clergy and wealthy men of Mexico have
anything to say, they will not suffer the city to
be attacked.
Santa Anna is still in the mountains, and
afraid to go home. He has about 3000 men
with him, and M ill either go to M'ork upon the
trains, or else try and make his way to the capi
tal—in this latter he will probably be opposed by
several prominent men, and one mail here ar
gues that the first fight “to come oft ” will be be
tween Santa Anna and his own people.
In advancing into the interior, Gen. Scott be
lieves that he can subsist his army mostly from |
the enemy. He is led to this opinion by men of i
intelligence, whom lie has employed to travel j
over tiie country. In six weeks or two months
the new crop will be in, and there will be no j
scarcity, if economy is used, of either forage,
breadstufls, or meat. He has prudently with
held all intimation of this to the natives, fearing
they would hide or destroy their productions ; but
informing you of this, at the distance you arc
from the seat of war, it is of no consequence, as j
wc will likely be in Mexico ere your paper con
taining it will reach the country.
The Mexicans are becoming quite troublesome
about Jalapa, as well as on the road. A party
of them showed themselves on the mountain a
few days ago, near to our volunteer camp, made
a charge down the mountain side, killed one man
and wounded several others.
Dr. Kingsbury started for Y’era Cruz on Thurs
day, with four pack-nmlcs and several Mexicans,
and when he reached Encerro he was bound by
his men, robbed, and cut severely in twenty pla
ces. The wrethes were more disposed to tor
ture than to kill him. One of his feet was cut
under the bottom to the bone, and when ho was
found—yesterday—tho worms wore at work.
Col. Ilaskell, (2d Tennessee,) as you will also
seo by tho orders, is left to garrison the town, in
connection with other command."-
10 o'clock, A. M. —The difficulty with the
train on the road lias rather changed the order
of things. I have just heard that Gen. Twiggs
will not leave here for ten days. In the mean
time Gen. Scott and staff will go up to Perote,
and additional defences will be bestowed on the
Castle, uncer the immediate eye of the Com
mander-in-Chief.
Y'cstcrday evening and last night it rained in
torrents, and our poor tentless volunteers were
forced to stand and take it. I would not be sur
prised if the rains had set in.
Yours, Chaparral.
Jalapa, May 6, 1847 — 4 p. jr.
I have written you tM r o short letters to-day, but
as a particular friend of mine is on the point of
leaving, I will set you down the substance of the
two.
Last night, a man M’ho had been sent from
this army on a secret mission returned, having
left the city of Mexico on the 2d. lie reports
2000 soldiers in the city of Mexico, and none
this side, save a company of Lancers, who have
been detailed to keep the barracks in Puebla
neat and clean until our troops arrive there.
This man of ours was imprisoned four days in
the city; but returned here M’ith a passport from
the Minister of YVar. lie says there will be no J
fighting at or this side of Mexico.
Four regiments of twelve months’ volunteers !
started to-day for New Orleans ; three others
will follow suit to-morrow.
The command of Gen. Quitman will leave
here in the direction of Puebla to-morrow. He
will leave a regiment of New Yorkers at Perote,
in the Castle, and joining with Gen. Worth,
proceed on to Puebla, to which point, in ten or
twelve days, Gen. Scott will repair with his head
quarters ; and then the road is not long to those
Halls wc have heard so much of.
Santa Anna’s whereabouts is still unknown to
us, and it is reported to be the same to the folks
about Puebla. Chaparral.
Vera Glitz, May Bth, Ga. m., 1817.
Eds. Della : I have just come in from Jalapa,
(which place 1 left at 1, P. M., on the 7th) and
find the Fashion with steam up, ready to leave
for New Orleans, so I must be brief in what I
have to say.
Yesterday morning Gen. Quitman left Jalapa
with all the volunteers, excepting the Ist Penn
sylvanians, for Puebla. Gen. Scott will leave I
on Tuesday for the same place, and after his ar- j
rlfal, if not otherwise ordered, lie will march in-1
-to Mexico.
This “marching into Mexico” you may think
strange language, but one of our own men came
from that place on the 2d inst., and lie says “ we
M-on’t do nothing else.”
Gen. Anaya is now the Acting President oft
Mexico.
One of the followers of the army, Gallagher,
started from Jalapa, for this place, about seven
days ago, and when he reached Paso de Avaja,
Mas surrounded by a company of Lancers and
taken prisoner. He was escorted to Orizaba,
M'here Santa Anna Mas. Gallagher speaks
Spanish well, and by some means got off. He
says that Santa Anna has about 4000 men with
him, and that the number M'as daily increasing.
Santa Anna says openly that he intends to op
pose thq-j,dvunce of our troops upon Puebla, but
it is welTknown that his object is to prey upon
our rear, lie is aware that a train will leave
here to-day, taking nearly a million dollars to
Jalapa, and lie is determined to make ail effort
to capture it. For this purpose, he has men sta
tioned upon every height overlooking the road
to give notice of its approach. But he will have
warn work if he gets this train. In addition to
the strong guard that accompanied it down, 1
passed yesterday on the road near Encerro, the
3d, 7th and 2d Infantry, with mounted howitzers,
all under the command of Col. Rriley. They
will reach Puenta Nacional to-night, and to
morrow night will be at San Juan del Rio, where
they Mill likely meet the train. Besides this, I
Gen. Scott has so arranged the marching of the !
discharged volunteers, that one regiment will en-1
camp at the same place M’ith the train every j
night.
Gen. Patterson will be in here in the course i
of tM’o hours, on bis way home, and all the 12-
months volunteers will be in during the next four
days.
An Illinoisian Mas shot from the road-side
yesterday, and his leg broken.
Chaparral.
Vera Cruz, May 8, 1847.
Eds. Della: The steamer Fashion arrived
here on the 7th, making a very qnick passage
from the Crescent city. We had a very pleas
ant trip and fine accommodations. The boat is
well arranged for the service she is in, and
Capt. Ivy, her commander, is just the man to
command her, and no person knows better than
him how to make every body on board comfort
able, and render a voyage at sea as agreeable
as circumstances M ill admit. We touched at the
Brazos and Tampico, and landed the horses we
had on board in fine order and good condition at
the former place.
The citizens at Tampico are very apprehen
sive of an attack on that place from a roving
banditti, under the command of Capt. Paulino,
M'ho has rendered himself as notorious, from his
many acts of daring and atrocity, as the great
Col. Canales. However, the troops garrisoning
the place appear to look very light upon his
threats and demonstrations, and are reailv anx
ious he should attempt to carry out his designs.
They are confident he will not make a second
attempt.
The largest train that Ims ever traversed the
soil of Mexico leaves here this morning. It will
take with it specie for two Paymasters—ono of
them, I learn, has in charge $400,000; how
much the other has lam not aware. Santa An
na, I learn, was seen at a place called Orizaba,
about 00 or 70 miles from here, live days ago.
He is ap'prised of the intended departure of the
train, and has expressed his intention to attack
it, somowhero on the road, with about 8000
troops ; and atlcr ho captures it, to muko a do
scent upon this place, with th intention es t H kirg
possession of the, city, destroy ing t tiie public
stores, and then leaving the Amejfcans to the
mercy of the Mexican people. I,klo not think
there is any doubt of Santa been
seen at the place spoken oft and expressing his
intentions as 1 have stated; althougp a Spanish,
gentleman stated to me this morniiijjfthat he Mas
ot opinion, from information lie had'reueived, that
Santa Anna Mas making hisif oyiirds Tam
pico. So convinced are’ the mimfry that Sbffie
demonstration will be made upon the train, that
an escort of 1500 men, supported by Artillery,
will be sent in charge of it. If Santa Anna does
really feel disposed to do something valiant with
his 3000 brave men, lie had bettor attack some
thing beside this train. American soldiers do
not believe in losing their dimes.
There is a doubt whether (fen. Scott will ad
vance beyond Puebla until lie receives further
reinforcements. I go up M’ith the train this
morning, and you may expect to hear from me at
Jalapa, Puebla, and Perote. I will divide my
time between those places.
Gen. Patterson arrived this morning, and is on
his way to New Orleans.
There is a large roving banditti between this
city and Jalapa, and it seems as if nothing can
get them out except a few companies of Rangers.
Capt. Walker is looked for daily, and I am in
hopes they will let him try his hand on them
when he arrives. He, I think, could soon rid
the road of them. At present they are murder
ing and committing the most unprecedented bar
barities, even in Indian warfare.
Capt. Grayson, Commissary; Maj. Burns ami
Maj. Leonard, Paymasters; Capt. Webster,
Quartermaster, and many other officers, at pre
sent detached, leave here this morning with the
train.
I learn since writing the above that Gen. ‘
Scott will probably make but a short stay at Pu
ebla, and that all communications will be cut off
between this place.
The system of police established by the neM’
Council is such as will render this place healthy,
I hope; and the fact that 450 men have been*
discharged from the General Hospital within the
past few days, is a proof that the health of the
place is not as bad as people wiurt to make it
out. Y'ours, J Mustang.
From the N. O. Picayune.
FROM THE CITY OF MEXICO.
By the May ol Tampico m-c are placed in pos
session of our files from the cily -o*’ Mp*ioo <Wwn
to the 28th of April—s days later than the pa
pers we had previously received, although letters
of the 30tli had previously reached here.
We look first for news from Santa Anna, and
we find him engaged, M’ith the utmost diligence,
at Orizaba, raising troops. He shows, as the
letters well say, incredible energy in repairing
the losses he has sustained, and ere this, is, no
doubt at the head of an army very considerable
in numbers, however inferior in discipline. He
is, moreover, according to the papers, grar*.
ing permits to guerrilla bands. Being straight,
cned for funds, he is said to have imposed upon
Orizaba a loan of $16,000. We give extracts
of the first letter we have seen of Santa Anna
since his defeat at Cerro Gordo. It Mas written
on the 22d day of Apri? from Orizaba :
Head-Quarters, Com.-in-Chief, (
April 22, 1847. )
The loss of men which we suffered in so une
qual a combat (Cerro Gordo) I am unable to
learn; because surrounded by the soldiers of
Scott, I found myself unexpectedly in immediate
danger, and I barely saved myself with six of my
aids who remained at the moment by my side”.
1 passed the night at the hacienda of tusamapa,
and learning there that the enemy was continu
ing his march upon Jalapa, I resolved to move ;
on to this city, M'here 1 arrived yesterday eve- j
ning.
It appears that the enemy, improving his tri
umph and the astonishment in which he finds
the people ; designs to march upon the capital;
but 1 am taking measures to organize here a re
spectable force in addition to that at present un
der the command ofD. Antonio Leon, and I can
assure the President Substitute that with some
aid from the neighboring States or the Supreme
Government itself, I shall be able to harrass the
rear guard ot the enemy with effect until his de
struction is achieved. I have already despatch,
ed orders to Gen. Canalizo, that he protect with
his cavalry the fortress of Perote, and to Gen.
Gaona that he place it in the best state of de
fence until I can relieve him.
1 cannot omit to express to your Excellency
my astonishment at the apathy and selfishness of
our citizens in the present critical circumstances;
and 1 now deem it necessary, to save the coun
try, that the Supreme Powers ofthe nation should
dictate severe and effective measures to enforce
compliance on the part of every one with those
duties which society and the laws impose upon
him. It this is not done—if the nation does not
rise r.n masse to defend its most sacred rights,
unjustly and barbarously trampled upon, inthmy
and scorn, with the loss of our nationality, will
be the results. For my part 1 shall spare no
sacrifice in behalf of the country; my lile and
my blood, my repose and my fortune are entirely
consecrated to it. Santa Anna.
“Each step in the march of Gen. Scott to.
wards the capitul is chronicled, and the excesses
of our troops are denounced in unmeasured terms.
We have looked for some account of these ex
cesses, and save that one woman is said to have
been abused, nothing very grave appears against
the volunteers, even on Mexican report. They
were very keen in pursuit of Santa Anna, and
put his rich friend Garcia to some personal in
convenience to make him reveal Santa Anna’s
lurking-place.”
“ Tlu; Legislature of Puebla adjourned, after
having conferred extraordinary powers upon their
Governor, Senor Inzunza. Many bands of guer
rillns have been formed in that State. All the
regular troops appear to have left this city as
early as the 23d or tilth.”
“ Congress having conferred very ample pow.
ors upon the President Substitute to provide for
the existing emergency in the affairs of the coun.
, -•> - V -—C
Book & Job Printing Office.
i Andrews & Griswold,
corner of Randolph and Broad streets, (up-ttair ~
I’LII.V and PRINTING,
such as mi Heads, Post Bills, Handbills, Crrcvlan,
Cards, Pamphlets, Checks, Bills if laiding, Bills
of Exchange, Minutes, and Blardts of eoery
description,
exocntej in Uic nentrst iTe of ilie Arrfifl rnriutiacot.reO
Inks, nr in gold, siiver and Bronze, •
ST at the very lowest rates. _CE
! try, was occupying itself with the discussion of
. constitutional questions. The President shows
a good deal more of apathy than is acceptable to
the Editors ot El Rcpvfjlicarto. They appeal to
him to arouse himself and call forth the energies
of the nation to meet the crisis. They denounce
as cowardly and infamous any course rather than
war and-a long war. .Those wtip jyft suspected
of more peaceable views ate jirfounetft in no
measured term*.” “ * ~ 3^
11 oluca the casting of cannon was imme
diately to be commenced, the prelates of San
Francisco and La Mercede having offered the
belis necessary for the construction of cannon.”
“In a paper of the 27th we read that a party
of Americans under one Kirkcr has inarched
upon the gold mine of Guadalupe y Calvo, but
. preparations were making for resistance.”
l). Miguel Orbe, the curate of Huauchinango
is raising a company of guerrillas aud upon the
following terms:
IIuACCHIN-AN’r.o, April 23, 1847.
He who subscribes to this, pledges himself to
the five following articles :
Ist. To die defending and avenging Our Lady
of Guadalupe, and the Catholic, Apostolic, Ro
man religion which he professes.
2d. lo defend the integiity and independence
of his nation.
3d. To pursue with death the Anglo Ameri
cans, their followers, defenders or Allies, whoev
• er they may be.
4th. 1 o adjure and detest the personal party
or whoever have destroyed their cot ntry.
sth. To respect all legitimate authority, what
ever it may be, in everything not repugnant to
the preceding articles.
lhese five articles shall be the fundamental
rule of their guerrilla, and shall bo denominated
Lu Insurgents Guaclalupana.
(Signed) Miguel Orbe.
Letters had been received in the capital from
San Luis Potosi, announcing that the Governor
of the State had promulgated a decree that everv
citizen should take up arms, and that the enthu
siasm to defend themselves was very great.
There were about 4000 troops of the army of the
North then in the city. Gen. Taylor, they sup
posed, was to remove upon them from Saltillo
about the first of May.
Letters have been received in the city of Mex
ico announcing that on the sth of April 500
American troops lctl Chihuahua with 14 pieces
of artillery and 30 wagons for Parral, a town
I about “AO latguw bw.il,, <. u the road both to Du
rango or to Parras. The Mexicans say the ob
ject ot the expedition was to break up the State
| Government established at Parral since the fall
|ot Chihuahua. The moment their advance was
| heard the seat of Government was again removed
;to a place called Guadalupe y Calvo. General
j Heiedia, with the remains of his torces, also
! commenced a retreat further south, but had onh/
| commenced it when he learned that the Ameri
cans had again returned to Chihuahua after hav-
I ing marched south some 20 odd leagues. This
j retrograde movement is said to have been occa
| stoned by news received from New Mexico un
j propitious to American arms, and also to news
j tl iat Gen. Taylor had withdrawn from Saltillo.
Editorial Correspondence of the Picayune.
Jala pa, May 11, 1847.
“Intelligent Spaniards here, men who have
ample means of information, tell me that matters
| at the city of Mexico are daily getting worse and
j worse—all is anarchy and confusion. It cannot
I well l)U otherwise. Confidence is all gone,
hope has vanished, and in their place poverty
and despair reign supreme. The only chance
left of opposing the Americans, is to raise a
frenzy or enthusiasm—call it which you will—
similar to that planted in the early revolutionists
by Hidalgo, and it is to be doubted whether there
is even virtue enough left in the country to bring
about such a consummation.”
Gen. Quitman’s appointment as Major Gen
eral meets with the full approval of the army*
1 he wound of Gen. Shields, which every one at
first thought would prove mortal beyond doubt,
continues to improve, and the hopes of his recov
ery are stronger than ever.
From the N. O. Delta, 20th ins/.
LATEST FROM MATAMORAS.
Ry the arrival ot the sclir. Alcyona, from lira,
zos St. Jago, yesterday, which place she left on
the 11th inst., we have the Matamoros Flag of
the Bth of May, from which we copy the follow
ing items:
An express (or Gen. Taylor, from Gen. Scott;
passed through Matamoros on the 6th inst.
Upwards of 1400 troops are now collected at
the Camp of Instruction, near Palo Alto.
Gen. Cushing met with an accident of a very
serious nature on the evening of the 6th inst.
Accompanied by a lady, he was taking a walk
through the streets after nightfall, and in going
out oi'tlie Plaza at the Southeast corner, where
the street is fortified so as to leave only a foot--
path not exceeding two feet wide, for egress, ho
placed his foot upon a loose brick which gave
way and precipitated him into the ditch, breaking:
the hone of his left leg, just above the ancle. He
was taken to his quarters immediately and Dtv
MePhail called to his assistance, from whose
surgical skid expectations are created that’ the
broken bones may be speedily healed.
An investigation has been had in Matamoros,
under the direction ot Col. Davenport, into the
circumstances attending the death of 11. C. D.
Larose, who was shot in a billiard-room, about
two months ago, by William Mulligan, who has
since been incarcerated in a prison. The re
sult ot the investigation proved that Mr. Mulligan
was impelled to the act in order to preserve his
own life from the violence of Larose, who threat
ened it by making repeated thrusts at him with
a sword-cane, lie was honorably acquitted
and set at liberty.
The Mexican Wounded at Buena Vis.
ta. —The Flag has seen a late number of the
Zacatono, published in the great city of Zac-’
cas, Mexico, which contains letters r * r
the Mexican loss at Buena Vi*”
Don Manuel Icajsa, a *•
*rmy. to that pan-
ft 0.21.