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THE MEXICAN WAR. from the AVuj Orleans Delta, Extra, ilk inti. Further Particulars of ihc iitliiiii. ‘>t Vera ( nr/.. 2 - iii Mim u. 1817. Editor! Delta-The >e merdmgly cul.i uJ ilw <l,y. exceedingly w*rn. which h ex.itcd llie apj.relienwon* of •nine in reUtimi to >■’ IW"’ Icier ; liul I tn.'ide diligent in quiry long the ret! le line, in relation to the health ul the army, and And ill l it was nevei lu*ncr. At 10 o'clock to diy, a while flag was sent into the city. The bearer of it conveyed a meaeage from M*j. c *' n Scoll, addresst J to Gov. Morale#, commander and the Mexican iorccs. This message was n formal lunmmni to surrender the city ul Vera Cruz and the l aslle of San Jun de l lioa. without a report to any further defu.-e, >i* the General in Chief of the American forces tl. Hired to avoid any further bloodshed. lon. Morale* re jilted in a veiv dignified tone and style of language, in substance, that he was ve.y ?oriy to he the muse of un necessary bloodshed and loss ui I h\ out that he had a high tnJ important duty to perform, involving the honor ol his ar my and the inltre-ls ot his country, an.l, that he would not t>uirender until he had exhausted every nv ans ol defence. The Mexicans, during the forenoon, s t hre to several buildings, and cleared away the masks to some batteries they had not hitherto exposed, notwithstanding tin y have kept up n constant fl ing on our entrenchments during the princes ut preparation, from the LVtlc, Fort Santiago, aod a bastion front in the rear of the city. The confercn es between tlie beligerent forces having con clude.l ut 2 o’clock, at 1 the American battery, consisting of only 7 mortars, commenced the brmbird merit of the < ity. The shells flew int j the place after the few flr.,t li cs. and cx nloded with as much precision as could have been desired.—- The city from one end to the other. * >on became fnveloprd in a cloud of smoke—the vivid anti lurid fla-hea ol the artil lery, from their rity batteries breaking through it at brief in tervals, and report afici report followed each other in .pmk succes.-ion, until after the du?k of evening bad pushed, when they comparatively l eased. The round shot and shed t< II heavy and fa-t at the entrenchments behind whuh our batter ies were planted. L misiana and Kentucky wne ieprt Merited in the first flre upon die city, by a volunteer company t orn each ol those Slates. The former by (’ pt 15 inch ao s F <o nix company, acting with 5h Infautiy—the latter by 1 *pt. William*’ company, acting with fl h Infantry. The Nat v —A* su mas Com. Perry p rceivrd the land forces engaged, lie ordeied Capt. Tntnall, with what is called the “Musquito Fleet,” consisting of the tteamers >pi t, an i Vixen, and five gun boats, viz: U i for, iioriita, Pampico Falcon, and Petrel, to attack. Capt I ‘at null inq lired 91 what point he should engage, Corn. Pcriy very eoph i ieally re plied :“W herever you ran do the most xecution, ?.*. Ac cordingly the little ll ot look position under a point ol land konwn as the ‘Lime Kiln,’ abHit ami e bom the city ; wh rr they were protected f orn a p not blank th t of the t as le.— As soon bn th* y g't th ir portion in line lh y opened a fbe of round shot ami shell ala rapid rate, and threw tocm * hand somely” into the town and Fort Santiago. The castle soon paid its lespecla to f’apt. i’ctnuM. and the powerful engines of havoc and destruction weie now in lull blast from everv quarter, hurling their dreadful and deadly missiles into each other’s ranks in rapid succes-ion which they ke|t up until da k, when the Mexican bvtcis compara tively ccasid, and tiro ‘-Mosquito Fleet ’ also h lJ uWlor the night. At 8 o’clock the party that were in the benches were re lieved by another de ail. The troops who returned f.oin ihu entrenchmen's were litciul’y covered w;th smoke and dust, and so much disfigured that they c u'd not be recognised 1 x cept by their voi.es Shi ll after shell exploded in their midst and shot after shot threw barrels of eriith from the embank ments over thiir heads as they lay in the trenches. Their escape seems ! * have been mira ulous, indeed, and every per eon issurp'v - t that at h ast one-half of their number was no: slain. M a nc 11 21. A ,icr sprung up this morning, which has been blow ir ausly ail day, Ailing the air, and coveting every b dy ’ sand. The M xicari batteries have been quiet, with the option of a few shots about mid night, when they opi tied .. sharp flre for a short time. Our m irtars have nut ceas- and during the night, but continued to p ur into the cry a con at ant stream ol lire. At one time. I saw ns many as ?ix shells in tlie air, the whole of which explod and in the city, about the same time, with a terrific. and deadly ilfct. Just as daylight was apj roichi g, Capt. Tstnall’a Muq*i to Fleet Wiight and anchor, and under cover of a moon some wbit clouded, approached within 690 yaids of the (.’as le.— As soon as they had got their respective pos turns, they opin ed a broadside from lire Fieet, winch was susweied liy th Castle with great sniiit, both round shot and shell, (’apt. T. continued the engagement for about lull'an heur, although the signal from the Commodore's ship, calling him oil, had been hoisted for some time ; but, I Hupfioae, was not seen, on account of a cloud of smoko which hung around the shipping This attack of Capt. T. on the Castle is considered one o( the mot dating feats that has been attempted since the com mencement of hostilities About 200 volunteers and sailors were attach and to each piece of ordnance, which was by them convey ed over sand liUlh and hollows half knee deep in sand, and through a la goon about 2 feet deep and 75 yards wide, with a soft bottom They were dll placed in position, about thee miles from w here they landed, Juring night. Ti.e sailors and volunteers woik t’d admirably together. During the early part of list evening,the town was lighted up by a buildmg on fire, w hu h was ignited by the bomb shells It was impossible to till what buih'iqg it was, hut it wan sup posej to be the Barrack*. As soon a* tlie fi c was discover ed from our mortar battery, l was muih gntifi and to observe the cessati nos our fire—for norAiths'anding we were en deevou'ing to and stroy their town, or compel them to surren der it, with their other strong holds and fortification*, Mil humanity would seem to require that a temporary cessation I of hontili ips should take p’ace under such circunislacea.— War is terrible in its most modified form; but the besieging of a city like Vera Cruz, when we know that we are halter ing down the houses over some fellow creatures’ heads, bu: cannot tell whether we are destroy ing the soldiers—our real antagonists—or tlie women and child en And then to w itness ihe burning houses lighting up th* church spire and domes of the prominent buildings, with th- families mov. j tng about on the tops of the houses in tlie u most consterna tion and apparent despair, cannot do otherwise than excite a feeling of commiseration. Col. lUnNiih Unxnoox Fight -Informst/m then was received in camp this morning that a body of Mexican? were hanging on <*ur rear, intending to force the line, if possible, and make their way into the city with a number ol cattle.— Col. Harney, with one hundred and twenty dragoons, was ordered out in search of them, and repoit his observations.— He discovered them about two thousand in numb r, entrench ed at a bridge and support and by two pieces of artillery, three miles horn (Jen. Patterson’* he .and purer*. Col. llirney •tarled on his return, intending to p t-pare properly and at tack them the next morning. But the gallant old S'klier knowing that delays are dangarou*. culd nqt bear the idea of leaving the enemy afiei buying come in sight ot them, with out having a brush. Accordingly, he re-umeJ to the place, took a position where ho could watch their movements, and keep his men *curc fioin the enemy*• fire. Ihe Mexicans commenc’ and filing al him, and threw a |ierfect shower of balls all around him, but with >ut injury. Col. Harney thou des patched a messenger to camp lor a small reinforcement, and some artillery to bieuk the b eastworks. Ho was reinforced from (Jen. Patterson’s Division, by Cieut. Jud J, with two pieces of artillery, about 60 Dragoons, and amounted, and su companies ot the I .-t and 2J Tennessee Volunteers, un lei tire command ol Col. Hakell, accompanied by (ien. Patterson in person, although he d.d not take the command f oiu Col. Jlarnoy, but merely panicapated us any other individual who was engaged. Cot. liarm y then formed the Tennesseeans on hie right, his Dragoons on the lift, an ) advanced slowly, to draw thu fire ot the Mexicans, until Lieut. Judd got his artillery in such | osii.pn as he desired. The mossmewi surcenjed admirably : Lisut. Ju Id got his ground within 150 yards 01 the Mexican*, and commenced firing—they attempted to return it, but as soon es s slight breach wi* nude in the parapet, Col. II irney ordered a charge, which was aiuweied by a yell from the dragoons and retires* seeans. Col. Haskell. Capt. Cheatham and Capt. Foster wets the first men to bap over the breastwork, and, as a ns* val oilier*! isms ked. who witnessed the whole affair, the bal ance went over so much like “ a thousand of brick” that there was no telling who Wa first or last. A* might hate been • ipectcd, the .Mexicans were unabh? to stand a charge from •* the boys who stood die firs of the Black Fort at Monterey.” A few of the incumbrance# ware soon thrown out of the way. and Col. Harney, with his Dragoons, leaped the breastwork and gava chase. He haJ not proceeded moic than •m b before ho found the enemy formed in Ims to receive him.— Ha loanwdiaU’iy ployed, and from the head of the hue or dered a charge. V\ ham be approached wuhin about 20 yauls of the emmy’e line they gave him a fire from lhair aide-arms, hut over-shot. Then came the test of stiergth and skill—the ; Diagoon, with sword in hand, met the confiding Lancer, with pointed lance, ready to leceiva him. The contest was hut fi/r , e short time. In many instances lancet war# twisted from w lh#ir cb robed hold ; Ids Mexicans were unsaddled and dnv- , t-n hafier-hkeiter in every direction,sod pursued by iht Drag r oonfi in dwartimcn's. Col. Harney and several of bis officer* met thru ipr n in t n*l* ron.bjt, but tionaV tb<ut iccrivad ‘•♦t-injMjy'except Diit. Nd, Adjutant of the U giment ’ who w>s w.<unJrd seva rdy in two place-* f oni h nugna ninitty m attempting to rapture a Menem ‘ , ‘ h vad of k>! rig him la lull run be uveiiook. the g Mexican, and placing hia sword in front ol him coininanded him to surren- j d* r, where.upon the Mexican drove t• i- 4 lance into h’s nu.g luminous adversary. A* the Lieutenant wheeled lain horse to despatch him, another M xicancha ged up ami struck him j with lance. However, severely wounded as he was, in twro places, he conquered one ol his fire*, and a Corporal came up ,n time to “seitle accounts ’ with the other. In this tllsir Col. Harney had four wounded and one kill ed. Lieut. Judd had one killed ; and the Tennesseeans had Messrs. Fox, Long, Woodly, and one other of Capt. Me* Cown’s company, whose name I could not ssceitain, wound ed. Mr. Young, a Texan Hunger, wh was acting a* guide, was also wound and sliuhily. Nineteen Mexicans were found dead ut Hit; bridge behind the breastwork. C I Harney kill ed 50 and wounded ab ut the same number. Ti.e Mexican force near 2.000 ; Col. Harney’s about 600. To-day a white flag was sent in, asking, on behalf of the people, 10 l ow them to leave the city, with their tamilic* and persona who were nuking no resistance. 1 could not learn wlut was the precise nature ot the reply, but they did not eet what they desired—they hud waited a little 100 long.— (ii-n. Scott was not the person to be caught by u luseol thi* kind. March 20. 1817. Last night (<iv. Morales wns s’rongly importuiied by tlie iuhahiiaiiis, wtio are said to be *ull .ring severely, to sunen* 1 der the town hut he wus nute and would not listen to their appeals, lie declared lie would not surrender the gar ri-on and works until every nun was buried underneath the * ruins, and not one stone left on top of anothci. Thereupon a meet ng ol the N* ional (Juard* was held, and (<>v. Morales was depo-ed, and (Jen. Landero j laced in command. Our hatt. ru s worked last night, on I up to 9 o’clock thi-* ! morning, with apparotit increased vigor, when a flag of truce wiis received by (Jen. Scott, with a pruUur on the part ol (be Mexicans to treat fir a surrender. Accordingly. 0 commis sion on our part was appointed, consisting ol (Jens. Worth and Pillow, Col. Tolled, and Capt. Aolu It, of the navy, who met the Mexican rommivston at the Lime Kiln, on the* right 1 of our mortar battery, ah .ut one mile distant, and they con tinued in session during the day. The brig Porpoise, about 10 miles at S'a, was thrown 011 her beam-e nds, and compelled to throw ovurlmd her b: guns. About U 0 vessels were driven ashore opposite H.icnfacios, ol which the Eliza S. Lepper wus got ofl‘ by the boats of the Princeton. During the whoV day amidst the .prevalence of the storm, ihe com rnu-ionern we 10 endeavoring to settle the terms ol treaty. They adjourned at night, and gave the Mexicans un til 6 o’clock of the 27th, to accept or n j et. The enemy was ; evidently in a bid position and trying to get the beat tcriiiN possible. But. fieri. Scott. I think I may safely say. repre* j anting the in ousts nfour country, and ho'd ng, ob it weie the honor of our country in his grasp, will accede to no prop ’ ositioii hut such a one, in general term 4, a 4 he may advance, j lie would prtfere whij ping lerma out of them, inch by inch, i if necessary, than to yield the interests of the nation, or hon or of our flag. Our banner must bo planted upon the w.l •if the city and castle of Han Juan do Libia, in honor und re sped by the world al large. March 27, 1847. ‘ This morning the Mexicans did not accede to the terms of die commissioners, and ordeis were given to ti.o again al ‘J o’clock. However, about that hour the enemy solic led an ; other meeting of ‘he commissioners. A general urpre-sion pervades the camp to-day, that the Mexicans are treating only lor lire purpose of repairing breach es and fixing up their destroyed for till a u-ns ; hut our engi ’ uoi rs and ordnance offn eis have riot been behind them in tins 1 ’ respect. During the day. we have been placing our guru in . belter position, supplying the magazine with ammunition, j and providing the army with scal.ng ladders and their apj ui- j it nances, ready to scale the walls, and pas* the breaches, if necessary to take the city by storm. The terms, however, wore agreed upon, anu submitted for rjtifi ation. March 28, 1817. Com. Perry was preparing to find another battery of 10 1 guns from the Ohio, but the necessity was obviated by the ratification by both pailics ofThe s ipuuiions agreed upon by the Commissioners. The Mexicans su rendered the city of Von Crt.2 and castle •fSaii Juan do Udoj, and the armament and munitions ol war. together with their sinaK arms, i’he officers retained heir side arms, and the whole surrendered ns prisoners of war, • rid are allowed to retire into the country on their parole, (ien. fScott furnishing them four days’ ration*. At t> o'clock, Gon. Worth’s and Gen. Pillows* Brigade form ed übout 300 yards apart .opposite each other, and the Alexi -1 rant marched out, Mucked their arm?, and marched oil*. Our troops then moved in column into the city m 2 o'clock,planted ; the .Stdr Spangled Banner en the walls, w here but a short time ’ previous lud waved that of 11 vain and conceited foe. The ! >tnra and Stripe? went up first on Fort Santiago, then on Fort Conception and then on the Castle and oilier places. Fjcli ; Hug in it went up received the national salute, which was an swe.red by the Squadron—the yards of the vessels were uiaun el und our colon* bailed w ith three beers. Com. I*rry wcih present in rtm Musquito Fleet under Cupt. rmiiinll at tlie evacuation and surrender. The Mexicans variously estimated their loss at from 500 to 1,000 killed and wounded, but ail agree that the loss among the I soldiery is comparatively small, and the destruction among the ■ women und children is very gre.it. Among tin ir killed is Gen. Felix Valdez, nn officer of some celebiity. Our loss in the Army and Navy is about 25 killed and about 40 wounded, hut many of them slightly. Among our killed are two officers ol . the armv and one of ihe navy. Captains Alburns and Vinton ol the army, and Midshipman Slmhrirk of the iinvy. Lieut Colonel Dickinson, Lieuts. Neil and Baldwin, 1 am happy to stale, are recovering very fast, and the wounded gen erally are doing well. At the timr of the surrender, the Mexicans had but two day? ammunition and three days suh-i-iteiice, which accounts for ih ir generally withholding their fire during the night. During the bombardment, our army have thrown the follow ing number and size of shot: Army Battery. 3.000 ten inch shells, 00 lbs. each. 500 round shot, 25 lbs. each. , 200 eight-inch how itzer shell*. t3 it*o. each. Hen I‘aUirmon' • Atfry Battery. 1,000 Paixhun shot, 68 lbs. each. 800 round shot, 32 lbs. each. Munquito F/ict , Capt. Tat nail. 1,20 ft shot ami shell, averaging 62 lbs. each. Making in all 6,700 shot and shell, weighing 4'<3.60fl lbs. The destruction in ihe city is most awful—one half of it is destroyed. House# are blown to piece# and furniture scatter ed in every direction—the sheet* loin up, und the strongest buildings seriously damaged. Gen. Scott has certainly achieved a great, glorious, and dl roost bloodless victory over nn enemy in a po-dimn that was considered impregnable. Throughout the whole utTaii he pre served the inoNi perfect equilibrium of teinj or and the clmrac teri-tic coolness and courage ot a great General ami noble nldier, and w hile, from the necessities of demanding from the enemy hi? own terms, he has tempered the vigor ol the circum- Kiuncesot humanity—the best evideuc# of a brave and compe tent officer. Gen. tluitnun’ 4 Brigade is to take tip it 4 line of march for Alvarado 011 the 30il, and Gen. Twiggs will move in column 1 on the National Bridge, 30 mites from \ era Cruz, where, it is expected, soma reristi nee will be made. The I’linrelon left on the evening ot the 29ih,and was salu ted by the Castle of San Juan de I I lot us she passed out.— She made the trip in 3 days and 10 hours. MORE LETTERS FROM SANTA ANNA. The schooner I one Stnr. Gap!. Minor, arrived Yesterday from l lie mouth of the Rio Gran do, having suited the 2.'th tilt., one day alter the Telegraph. We have n* ievieri* by thin arri vul. but w• are indebted to Capt. Minor for a copy of the Mat nmoroa Flag of the 24th. Unite ilie moat interssting mutter contained in flie Flag: are two letters from Santa Anna, translated by the Flag (with ofh cr letters we have before >een) from papers of Vic tot itt tie Ta nmulipa*. Wo lay them at once beloro our render*. They liow how complete was the iliacnmlitnrc of Santa Anna and how terrible hie !h*c*. He repeats the old story, notoiiouslv unit lie, that we had nine thousund men uimJ twenty six pieces of at tillerv in the anion. To Urn. Don Cirrinco Ynsqurz. Am ? a Mvku, Feb. 25, 1847. My F< teemed Friend —The haute with win It 1 sent offlhe lust express to the Government hitideted me fioin writing to von the news (H the deeds of arms. We have foonht for two w liole day a. The enemy awaited us at a point culled the Nar rows. I lie battle of the 23d was particularly bloinly on both sides, hut it was impossible to take the principal position of th* enemy, which in another The rmopvlie, although we drove him Iron* five positior. am) took two honoris and three puns. The blood rut in tonents, and it is inl ulated that both armies fcM till. N OI lour llio.Mtml men m Killed and wounded. Oil ha>onet charges resulted in the rieat|pof hundreds, hut the en emy coull not lie completely routed on Mrcsuijl of t4ie strong position he occupied. We'gnve him to nude .-stand that the Mexican soldier can light bravely, breast to breast,and with out being detained neither by strength of position, nor by brp keftiHiss of ground, nor by hunger and thirst, which he suffered withdier.de resigns non. *1 ho strength of the cncury was 9000 men and twenty-si* po res of artillery \\ c have to lament the dear It of C 01. Barfs, Eiattl. Cel. An onus, and the commanders of battalion and so undrons, l.u van do, Hioa, I*etii, beside#oilier officers. Gen. l.diithnrriinn.Col. Brito, i'ol. Korha. Gen. Angel Guzman, I.ieut. Col*. Gallnzo, Monterdeoea. Andrade, Jieoteicul, Ouijaito, Baeave, Ouate, and other chiefs amt olhrera wounded. 1 lost my horse by a gunshot in one of the fust c harges. We nr* destitute of necessniie* for the wounded, and 1 therefore barge you to send on immediately the provision* in vour place, so that they may meet the ennv,'which has done its duty and saved the honor of the national arms. God and Liberty! SANTA ANNA. To his Fxeefteney />. Ramon Mamie. Aova Ni i Y 4, IVb. 2f, 1817. Afy Dear Friend— The hurry in who h I wrote my Inst let ter prevented me from sending you a copy of my despat. h In the Government, and the general order issued to* the troops on the field of battle 1 now send it, arvl suppose the triumph of our arms lias hern celebrated in your town Ti e want of sup plies, together with the dysenn ry, which broke out in the at i *’ compelled me to In ten to the opinions nl ti e general and chief* af ih” atimv end regulate inv oj tutu ns arrntditigU ‘I hey unanimously ticprmiuid that the army ought to lull ’ luck on the p/ml* wh"; •s 1 nF'l b 1 • •.,r j *. . j n roi, 4CO/ way of Ce.drui, Vftoegas and alte-; bnala, where ! can n'bo-pitnl for the wminded. w ho amount to more thou 400, and also for ihe wcks afiei which 1 ; w ill return and seek the enemy, provid’ and ihe Government tur nislM‘B the necessary •• I have infurtm ‘l the Govern ment to fids effect under the present dale. I here take ccn i sion to stale, as all the world should know it, that the treason I of a native Mexicun prevent’ and me from gaining u complete ( viclorv over our invader?. A soldier from the regiment ot cu- . lasaiers, a native of Saltillo, deserted trout LucuYnacioti and informed Gen. \VOOI -l 1 v uppiouch. G*n. Wool precipitate ly struck his camp, abandoning a part of hit* train and sou e provisions, and occupied the impregnable position of Angos tura, which il wus irntjoi-sible to reduce notwithstanding Ihe great advantage gained by “Us troops, who took five ol their positions, three stands of color** ufid a* many piece? ol artillery. God mtul Liberty ! S\NTA ANN \- W e find little further intelligence in the Flag. The compa nies of Capt. Webster a r id Captuin Felt, the Massachusetts regiment, lud arrived nt Matumoms; the former wus siationed in the I'lnzti, the other M FOll Parades. In < apt. Webster’s company not u man was on the sick li-t, and ho lost not a man on Ihe voyagu. The Flag speuks warmly ot the appearauce of the men. The two Edgecombe companies r f North Carolina volunteers loft M a tarn or os for Carnurgo on the 29tli ult., w here they would await t\ui arrival of the rest of the regiment. Three companies of the Virginia regiment went up the river ptftt Mntitmoro* on the 21st to Ctmsrgo. A difficulty occurred in ('omb** s hilliard room in Matamoros ‘on the I“1I1 ult., between II C. Bela Uese nod Mr. Mulligan, wlien the former was instantly shot through tlie heud. There i? not u word in tlie Flag later from Camaigoor from Gcii. Tu> lor. JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. JTIACO.\, ci:o. Till USDAY, APRIL 15, 1847. COTTO.V MARKET. Sales have been made during the week, generally, at our hist quotations—say 0 to 10J r ents, up to the receipt of the foreign news yesterday, which wu? one week luler. ‘I his shows a de cline, according to the New York papers, of about a fourth ol a penny. No sales have since been made here, and holders a>c unwilling to recede from former prices. \\ edo m l think that more than 10 cents could now be obtlined for the best rpiiil ; itic s. The Jot: Rf vl, and MessenoiiK. —In entering upon tbeir duties ns conduct >rs of tin* Journal and Messenger, tie pres ent Editors deem it unnecessary to do more than say that it is llicir intention to make it a firm, independent, respectable and useful paper. Though in one sense, it is n new enterprise, in another it must ho regarded in n very different light. Both the papers now united, have hern long and favorably known 10 the people us Gcoigia—havcjbeen undisguised in their polit ical principles, and have been edited and conducted by gei.tle | men ofability and character. For nearly forty yearg the Juttr aal lias been before the rending public of the SitJte, and lias ’ been sustained with great liberality bv the people generally, aml particularly by the Whig and old Htate Bights Bar'y. For a full quarter of a century. the Mtaaengtr has been do voted to the interests of Mucoii and of the Slute at large—dur ing all of w hich lime, its control and general management de volved upon Mr. Bose, and for about 17 ye ars its Editorial Department was conducted by I. G. Seymour, Esq., a courte ous, able and popular political writer. In defence of .South ern right?, and Southern institutions—in the support of sound political principles, and of the great men and measures of the country, the Journal und Meatenger have been constant, 1?n ----| ceasing co-laborers. Their union, it is now fohdly hoped, may not detract from the strength of either. If they could live and , prosper in a state of generous rivalry, it i 4 evident that united, | they must have u patronage, that will give the new paper no ordinary position, it shall he our purpose, if possible, to maintain ihat position ummpaireJ,and to deserve a liberal sup port from the public. O* Our especial thanks are due to gentlemen of the genemlly, W the very flattering terms in which they have been pleased to notice tlie union of the “Journal At Messenger,” and our connection with the Editorial department. If untiling in dustry, and unweurieil perseverance can make the paper worthy of their continued esteem,und 1110 liberal patronage of the pub lic, wc shall not despair of success. The present number has been hurriedly gotten up, Mr. Chapman having reached hi? post only a few hours before the paper was put to press.— Hereafter we will endeavor to give a greater variety of news and a larger amo ml of reading matter; though our readers must be patient until the arrival of the new mate rials, now on their way from New York, when we will have more spate and can do ample justice to both our advertising and reading patrons. Editorial Change. —We perceive by the lust number of the (reorqiti Telegraph, that O. If. Prince, Esq., lias disposed of his interest in the establishment to S. J. Ray, Esq., by whom the Telegraph will hereafter be owned and edited. Mr Prince has abandoned the quill for the sword, and we. wish him abundant success in (lie pursuit of more substantial hon ors than are to be won in the chair editorial.. Mr. Bay, his successor, is well known a? a courteous gentleman, und a poin ted and pithy writer. Though not hitherto announced as one of the editors of the Telegraph, it is generally understood,that the readers of that paper arc indebted to him for many of the able articles which have nj prated iu its columns. They will he pleased to learn that under the new proprietorship, the Tele graph id to he enlarged und materially improved in its mechan ical appearance. Wo ini st cordially welcome Mr. Bay in his new relation, and trust that we shall alwuys bo found ready to extend to him all the com testes due to a friend engaged in a kindred pursuit. The Marine A Fire Insurance Ba'k. —We take pleas ure in calling attention to the semi-annual statement of the Marine ft Tire lniurartec Bank of Savannah, an Agency of which exists in this city. It will he seen that the specie on hand, cash balances, and notes and checks of other Banks amount to about $450,000, while the entire circulation i? only $319,143. This we think, effectually proves that the individu als who last winter swindled the bill holders of the Marine Bank, by circulating reports injurious to its solvency, knew what they were about, i.nil that the notes were then, a? now, as good ns those of any other institution in the*country. Ii i? most apparent that the Bank has been cautiously and ably managed. We say this not for tLe purpose of disparaging other similar institutions in the State. Georgians after suffer ing long and severely under the evils of a miserable currency, may at last congratulate themselves that they possess as sol vent and hr well managed monied institutions 88 any other State in the Lniou. The If T.t'MrN \Tio.\.— Our city,on Thursday night Inst, was brilliantly illuminated in honor of the triumph of our aims in Mexico. J lie series of splendid victories achieved by the An lion's 1 Zero, Gen Tati.ok, and the reduction of the City and Gaulle of Veru Crux, by the combined forces of Scott and Ferny, called forth this demonstration of rejoicing Falntes were fired at sunrise, meridian and sunJoWn. The public buildings and Hotels, ntnl a large number of our private edifi ce* shone with resplendent light. The Military were out in full feather, there was a torch light procession, the hells rung u merry peal, the boya fired crackers uud rocket*, ami sported with their fire halls; every throat gave utterance to the gener al Joy that pervaded all classes; and even the gentler sex en livened and honored the scene with their presence. For some hours .Mulberry street whs thronged with gav and joyous pe destrians, and presented the apprarauco of a crowded street of one of our densely populated cities. Although the whole affair was an impromptu one, and hut little lime afforded for arrangement*! the display was alike creditable to the good taste and patriotism of our citizen*. ’I he transparencies, emhlemi and mottoes, wore ingenious and appropriate, and evinced the enthusiastic feeling that exists with the people for the hero of the war—oM -Rough and Ready.** # South-wester if Raiihoid Count who* Major Joel Crawford, Dr. John Hill, Gen. Joint !lill, Geo. B Wardlaw, I.*q , John H. Jones, l£sij., Col.-B. 11. Robinson* And Cel. J. W. Outlive, nre mentioned in the Fort Gaines Yuhhttetr, as suitable persons to represent Early county in the .South west cm Railroad Convention, which is expected to meet in Ameri cas, Sumter county,m the 28th inst. These arc all good men —men ol intelligence, foresight and public apitit—into whose hands the important interest* of tl.eir country may he safely committed. We trust that other counties may act with prompt neps, and that a full attendance of Dclegutes tuny be secured. The Groigin lerximrnf. M e regrot that a portion of the Georgia Regiment wer# not I permitted to be participant* of the glorie* and triumphs that attended the bombardment and capitulation of Vera Crttr. It ws too hard, after all their toll and sacrifices, and Ido* of pre vious chances, to he within ear shot of the thunder of the rati- 1 non, nod pci Imp* within sight of ihe Stirling scene, and yi, by inexorable fste, not allowed to hike a Imnd in ih glorious work. We can mjagine ho# their gallant spirits chafed under the galling disappointment. We rejoice to learn from the annexed article, that they wer spared the dreadful fate, to w hick they were expored, and that they were landed •tfvJy osbure, after their esposuro to an sir • :t and even more treacherous i!.n the Vlexican (. A letter fro n Ce.it. C rihoun, and ited at Vera Cuiz, March 1 22d,states that the vessel convey ing the Companies of Capt*. 1 Shelton, Turner. Bird and Calhoun, was out fioin ! utopico twenty days, a run usually made iu eighteen hours. Capt. C . I remarks: “The vovnge was a most tempestuous one—n norther or n ‘ deud oalm prevailing all the time. We were most inhumanly l crowded, not having the room said to he allotted to the \ h tons , of the slave-trade, to wit, six feet hv eighteen inches each. Tor the last five dn> a we suffered much for the want of water : I and at on® time our aittiation was exceedingly critical—and | hv many reguided us desperate, lint we are here, thanks to a | kind Providence. Although we were the first of the Georgia 1 Regiment etnharked, mo were the last to reach this point.” Gin. Taylor, —We copy from th® Savannah Republican some views in regird to General Taylor and the Presidency, which are very promptly and handsomely responded to in a cor responding article taken from tho Milledgeville Recorder.— Both of these productions are but responses to the popular voice, which has already proclaimed the old lieroa candidate foi the first office iu the gift of the American people. The | movement is not the result of political management or trick ery—it is no emanation from a Congressional or party caucus— it is an evidence of tho spontaneous uprisings of the people in fuvorof one who has proved himself one of the ablest Captains of tho uje. and whose clear, correct judgment, and whose re markable endowments, have won for him an admiration une qualled iu this country since the days of Washington. \\ Idle we retpet that this movement has been mude during the con nection of General Taylor with the army, or the continuance of the existing war, we must how to tho w ishes of the Ameri can people, who on this, as on several former occasions, have re.-edved to tuke the selection of their Chief Magistrate out of the hands of profes.-ionul politicians, and to give the highest evidence of their capacity for self-government. While, there fore, we rejoice that Gen. Taylor will he no party candidate, and feci assured that his administration will he strictly of the Washingtonian, Jeffersonian and Madisonian cast —while vve believe that he will be the President of the country, and not of any pat tit ular clique, vve rejoice that he is a \\ iiig in princi ple, and that with him there will he no proscription for opin ions’ sake. In the. Cabinet, as in the field, he will gather around him men of ability men true to the constitution and the laws. Ono view expressed in the article from the ltepub Uc.au cannot fail to arrest the attention of the Southern reader. It is plain that the Northern w ing of tho Democracy bus re solved to make slavery a question in the approaching Presiden tial canvass. Avery largo majority of them are undisguised ly in favor of raising a sectional issue in regard to the conquer ed territory in the south-west. .'Should they do so, and the nominees he mere politicians or civilians, the anti-slavery i Democrats must triumph, because they would have the sympu- j ihv, if not the co-operation, of a large portion of the Northern Whigs. Not so, however, in regard to General Tuy lor. lie’ will get the undivided support of the Northern and We stern \\ bigs, as well ns of a portion of the Democrats, and he is the only Southern man who could curry a single {State north of Mason & Dixon’s line. W ill not the Southern people then, rally upon him as one man? To whom else could they look, iu the present fearful crisis of our national ulfuirs ? With such a man us Executive, we would hive nothing to fear from the I question of territory. His mild, conciliatory, firm, but nation al policy, would result in ft compromise alike honorable to nil parlies and beneficial to the nation. Under such circumstan ces, we feel that we are but representing fairly the views and feelings of the people of nil parties, when we express the preference of this press for Old Rough and Ready for the next Presidency. Tin: Mecklenburg Volunteers. —lt will he recollected that the .Met klenburg Volunteers seceded from th® North Car olina Regiment, because the Legislature gave to Gov. Graham . thq appointment of Field Officers. The company, then num bering about one hundred, seemed almost resolved to march to Mrxi< oon their own hook. At the latest dates, according to tii* “Charlotte Journal?’ they numbered about thirty nil told, i Like .Mr. Benton’s “ Fifty four Forties” the Journal thinks this is becoming— “ Small by degrees and beautifully less.” IT* Quite a hail storm occurred al Conaventure, near Sa vannah, on Monday evening last. EP Some of the. Democratic presses having discovered the astonishing popularity of “Old Rough and Ready,” seem re solved to clainijiim as a Democrat. The w iser course, however, is that pursued by some of the Virginia Democrats,who declare that it is wholly immaterial whether he is a Whig or Democrat —that he is the nation’s hero—the nation*® benefactor, and they will honor him accordingly. (LX* Wo are pleased to learn that the Contractors for carry ing the Mail upon the Wilmington and Rafoigh Rail road for the next four years are to receive a somewhat increased com pensation, and trust that their performances may improve ac- i cordingly. A WORD IN SEASON.—The creature comforts can be found to , perfection, to-day at 11 o’clock, at Judouin's, in the most attractive 1 of all possible forms. A fat Green Turtle will be served up in soup, 1 in a st) Ic that none hut the Frenchman undo bland*. As Mrs. Jolly used to }—•' 44 Ee in time % ’* 44 8 ein time .” Mr. Webster. —We beg leave to remind the citizens of Macon and the surrounding country, that this distingui.-heil cili/.en, accompanied by his family, will puss through Georgia in the course of a few weeks, on his way to New Orleans. We have been permitted to peruse a letter from him to a friend, in which he announces the object ot his visit to he merely to fa miliarize himself with our institutions and out system of agri culture. Political motives he can huv® none, as the question of the next Presidency has already been definitively settled in 1 the popubti mind, and that high distinction has virtually been conferred upon one who has won a national lame in another and bloodier field. .Mr. Webster, however, belongs also to the nation. His fame hs a jurist, orator, and statesman,hive added to the reputation of our country abroad, and entitle him to high honors from the win le people, without distinction of party. — We trust therefoie, that Macon will not be found less public spirited than Charleston, Suvurnmli and other cities south of Mason and Dixon’s line. Lnfc niid lin port 21 it I from ITT^xiro. The New Orleans papers w hich came to hand yesterday, 1 contain the important intelligence that Santa Anna had left the Army at Sau l.uis I'otowi on the Nth of March, and pro ceeded at once to the city ol Mexico. In his address to his soldiers,on the occasion, he declares that his purpose is to put tn end to the Civil wur then raging at the Capi'ol—that lie lias ordered three Brigades, two ol Infantry and one of Cavalry, to the defence of the Department of Vera Cruz—that he will se cure whatever is necessiry to consummate the great work of carry ing oft the war, ami will again he pieseut on the Held in the hour of danger. The Picayune learns fidtn the Mexican papers “that From San Luis to the city of Mexico Sant tJAnnu’s progress was triumphal. He continually met delegations from Congress sent out to propitiate him. Addresses horn the dis- I Jersnt States were presented to him on hiN mute, lie ariivcd in he immediate vicinity of the capitol on the 26tb. On tin* I 23d he took the oath of office ns President of the Itcpuhlic at the city of Guadalupe de Hidalgo. The afternoon of the fol lowing day he entered the city of Mexico with greut pomp and solemnity. A To Drum was sung in the metropolitan chn i h, where lie received the felicitations of the authorities and corporations and avowed his intention of asking from Con ere-* an amnesty for all political •‘fences committed since 1821.” His inatigtW’nl address, a copy of which, we find fn the Pic ayune ai.d which we regrrt we cannot find room for thin week, is brief. After ulluding to the internal disturbance* of the nation, w hich he (furloses lie has left a Victorian* f') army to quell, he affirms that his object iu accepting the Presidency (a post so re pugnant to his is to facilitate the prosecution of the war—secure a final victory and re-establish an early internal andexlern.il pence. The general tone of the address we re gard as pacific*; especially when compared witjli Santa Anna’s former proclamations touching the war. It concludes as fol lows : —“Ai n Mexican and a soldier, I aspire to no other title 1 than that of a goodcuisen, and in speaking of me that it should be said that I always lured my cqmitry—that 1 reived it with /•cal, and that 1 sacrificed niyaell for its good.” Stii.i. I.atfm.—Keudul of the Piytyv tie, writing from Vera (Vuz on (lie 4ili seat states “that the last reports fiom the cop , ftol indicate that the dissensions are not yet terminated. Ban ta AUfta is said to have allied himsi ls with the paity of Farias, add tube determined to support the war at the expense of the Church.” A Guadalajara paper publishes ths term* offered by that 1 Government for peace bv Atoclia. The prineipnl one was w> brief, fifteen millions to he paid Mexico lor tho line of 26 deg. fioin the Gulf to the Pacific, and the United Stairs todeimind 1 tin expend sos the war. ‘J’hese exp.maaa ate etiiinat.’d at j thirteen millions, making a total of twenty-eight mil lions for | the territory north of 26 degrees. Battik of Pasta Fk.—The new* of the defeat of 2000 Mexicans by three hundred Americans, under Col. Price,rear Santa Fe. is ronfiimrd. At the first fire the Americans kilted thirty Mexicans, when the remainder fled to the mountains, w.h. is i hey will in all probability, die of mammon, as all provisions had been destroyed and thrir residence* Uid waste in consequence of the maesacre of Gov. Brent and the Ameri can citizens. From \ era Crux.--'There have been arnviDat Ne .vOi ‘ leans from V era Cruz to th® evening of the 4th mat. Nothing ‘ hud been heard from the expedition aguim l Alvarado, which j look its departure on the 31st. It consisted ol Quitman s Brigade, including, of course, the Geoigiu Regiment, which proceeded by land, and the Mosquito Fleet, uniter Capt. ‘I ntt nall. It was rumored, however, that the place would offer no resistance gad news of course to tho Georgia boys, who hove traversed nearly the whole of Mexico in sea-ch of a fight, and whose term of service has ntflriv expired. Gen. Tw iggs had proceeded to take possession of the “National Bridge, n strong position on the road to Mexico, and which was said to he de fended by several pieces of artillery and a small Mexican force. Gen. Worth was acting Governor of Vera Cruz, but wus ex pected to join his command in a few days. ‘! he following ! memoranda from Mr. llaile,one ol the Lditois ol the Picayune, I cotituim* the substance of tho intelligence : There were 106 pieces of artillery in position around the 1 city, and as many mure dismounted, many of the latter useless. 1 lie enemy luiddownaho.it 1000 slum! ol amis, and 1000 more were found in the city, Having nothing of the swords, lances, and very lurge stores of t-heII, solid shot and powder. The gicul castle is gurrivoned by the billowing companies: Capt. Anderson's, Capt. Taylor’s, and Lieut. Van Vlat's,ol the 3d Artillerv,under ttic command of Col Belton. It has IGO guns iimur.le.il, several ol them OH-pounders. It in a regular kos- . turned work, with u dcmi-lune and covered way on the sea side. A vast quantity of ammunition was found in the work. I he Me xicut.s left their national pets behind iu the castle, und our troops suflered much annoyance from them last night ; 1 allude, of course, to ileus und other vermin. Santiago Fort, that spiteful Ii * tic place which played so warmly upon our entrenchments, is a beautiful woi k, w itli nine | guns in l-uihette. most of them fine English pieces. In fact, most of their best ordnance is of English manufacture, though they have some fine pieces made in the United States. Gen. Scott unbred 10,000 laiious to he issued lo the suffer ing poor of Vent Cruz, and it was on affecting scene to witness the crowd ot half-fumirin and creatures as they gathered timidly around to receive tlu ir respective Glares. These rations will, as Mexicans usually eat, last 5000 people at lea*t lour dnv s, ’ but it is piobahle dial not more than 1000 will partake of the l revisions. The city and castle werp exhausted ol prov ision*. It is a characteristic; of Mexican® lliut they never lay iu stores, hut live from bund to month. Battle cf Saco \mf.nto —The N. O. Pic nyunc of tin* 10th inst., coi tains the Mexican account of the ha til® of Sacramen to, fought for the possession of the city of Chihuahua. It look place on the 28th of February,between 1 GOO Mexicans and 000 Americans, tinder command, we presume, of Col. Doniphan, and resulted in the complete route of the former, with from 80 to 100 men killed. The whole of the force according to the I Mexican General fled t o the mountains and refused to rally. At the latest accounts he was striving to raise a force to resist the march of Col. Doniphan upon Durango, which he said must ulso full utiles® extraordinary effort® were made lo resist the inv nding force. Later from Kcmopx.—By th York wltiefa came U* bund yesterday, we have Liverpool dates to the 21st ult , showing a decline of Id. per pound on u|| kinds of cotton Purchases in uplands at fijd could not he made to any extent. The totnlsalesof the week had been 16,-150 hales, 2. GOO of which w ere for export. The Corn trade was firm for w heat. Indian ’ Corn had declined l (o2shillings per quarter, with numerous buyers and good demand. Importation® were abundant and the exports to Ireland considerable. The ilcinld contains no political intelligence whatever. Tiif. Central Railroad. —The effort to chance the in debtedness of this Company into 8 per cent, stock.it appears, will he entirely successful. On Monday Inst the hooks were opened, and the sum of SI3O,O(’D of the stock was taken in the course of ihe day. {Should the G'ompnny thus he enabled to (Cancel its bonds, the general stock must at once improve, as ilte business of the Road will justify tfie Board in declaring a | dividend of from 4 so 5 per cent. GEN. TAYLOR AND THE PRESIDENCY. The result of the battle of Buena Vistn has given rise to a Very general expression of feeling, which could scarcely he previously repressed, in favor of Gen. Taylor ns the next I President ol the United States. We scarcely open a paper ■ from the Northern States, which does not indicate in the most unmistakable terms, the tendency, nay, the determination of the popular mind. Some papers announce him ns the candid ate, “subject to the decision of a National Whig Convention” —others again seem to think that the formality of a convcn- 1 lion, or even of a party nomination, may he dispensed with, and that the Old Hero, the “second Father of His Country,” will he carried by acclamation to the Presidential Chair.— There is evidently an uprising of the masses which will he perfectly irresistible, and which, as iu 1840, w ill defeat nil the schemes and machinations of tin* wire-pullers,and the spoils 1 , men of all parties. There will be a complete dissolution of old party ties and party associations, and the struggle will he to see who shall be foremost in doing honor to the man who, by his wisdom in council, nnd courage in the field, has added new and undving lustre to the American arms and American name. It has often been charged that “Republics are un grateful.” The experience of this country has proved that such is not the fact, particularly w hero the service rendered lins been distinctly of n national character, and more especial -1 !v, of a kind that is apparent to the mosses. In this respect J militaiy men have the advantage, because their exploits me of ; n caste so palpable a® to strike with peculiar force upon the popular vision. It was so in the case of Gen. Washington— it was so in the case of Gen. Harrison —it was particularly so in the case of Gen. J ackson, who, notwithstanding all hi® weaknesses and fault®, was carried triumphantly into the Pres idential chair, was honored through 1 ife and is respected and revered after death. VVc acknowledge that the disasters which ! followed hi® Administration, have prejudiced a large and re spectable class of citizens against chieftain candidates for the Presidency. They urge, and with much plausibility, that statesmen alone ure fitted for the arduous, responsible Rial j complex duties of the station—that tr lining i&ns necessary for ‘ I ihc cabinet ns for the fir Id, and that the tent, and not the w hit® j house, is the proper shelter for the sword nnd the cpuulette. We grant the full force of their argument, so far as it is sus tained by the case of Gen. Jackson, but we beg leave to re mind them that Washington and Harrison were also milita- j ry chieftains, and that the objection is against the man and not against the profession. Both Washington and Harrison ! were tillers of the soil, ns well a® military men. So also is the lipto of liuena Vista. Besides, he possesses® traits of | character which scarcely belong to the present race—he is a man ol stern and sturdy simplicity of thought and feeling and manner, lie belongs, a® u i;otemporary has well said, to the “old gignntic race of men,” who characterized the earlier days of the Republic, and who were supposed to have become al most extinct. He is modest, retiring, unobtrusive. The onlv experience which he has had w ith the met® politicians of tho nation has served hut todisgust him w ith the miserable tricke ry and time serving policy of administrations, such as those of Pot.K and Till HHe would he the choice,ret of a party, or of a clique, or of u caucus, hut, of the nation. Hew ould he car ried into place upon the full tide of pufriotic feeling, and there fore would he free to lal or only for the general good. His first purpose would he to drive out nil the tricksteis, the drm r.gogues, the scoundrels und blockheads who have managed to worm themselves into favor.and w ho are fattening upon the spoils. He would retain the honest and the competent in their | places, would call faithful intelligent men into his councils, and restore the ancient purity and simplicity of tho Govern ment. Such we believe to he the inevitable tendency ofthings —such the unwavering determination of the omnipotent popu lar will of the country. Though we regret that circumstances should have prematurely developed it at a time when General Tavi.or is in active set vice and in ihe sac e of the enemy, still I we are not prepared to say that it is not all for the best, and designed by so AII-wise Providence to unite mid harmonise 1 and strengthen the nation. We ha v been oil the eve of a ter tibia crisis, threatened with local and sectional issus of an alarming character. It is not strange that, at this very mo -1 ment when the enemies of the Union are striving to bring the people of the North to the conclusion that they will sustain no Southern man for the Presidency, a man should suddenly ap pear whose qualifications of head and heart should fore© from thorn a spontaneous, instantaneous, unanimous nomination for that high and responsible station. Gen. Tavloic cannot, there fore he either a party or a tcctionnf t andidate. The only op position which he wdl encounter will ha from the cabals of! tho W hile House and the friends of those aspirants for the Presidency, wild have eaeli ih turn been advising, controlling and miring .Mr. Polk’s Adihioistrsfion. Wkioht and Casa and JU.NTofr, it appears, are already attempting to form a coa lition between the Northern and W estern Democrats und the anti-slavery men, which is alluded to by the United State* Gattlie in the following significant language: j “Os course, the party in power feel alarmed; of course, fail | mg to put down the General, they will trv to put down the [people, stino the voire of n majority by insinuations about slavery and ami-shivery. When anti-slavery people take u man from a slave-holding Hlale. th** South need not fear * hen a man is nominated for his qualification of head aid heart, no one need fear, unless if ho llioao who deepisu qualifi cation* ol both head and heart, and go lor the man that can win pwwtr by dteiviiif the people, and try to maintain it l, v destroying tho peoplu's i.efeiidum.” ’ - J Huch is the Universal language of the Northern Whig.— I hey seem to feel that in Ihe moderation, the goodness, the greatness, the puri y and patriotism ol Tati tin, they can trust um implicitly their rights, as they could in the hands of Waait inoTon hiic!f.‘-&</r. HrpvbUcon* We agree with the SUvjnnth Rej übtu an and other*, \\ x M therijns of the tunc® are umaUlnkeaUle m teferenoe u> li t! 9 Taylor and the next PtesideirL We believe he i® even i)al the candidate of the people ; perhaps mure *o than etiy tiu j eve; was before. We believe that his election will be by ac ] clamation, and irrelative of party or patty nomination*.—l Who that opens his eyes to the popular embosiasm at th t very name of Old Rough und Ready, of all parties and of j|’ j rti-es and sexes, run shut them to the fact which such entile • siasm foreshadows. He must be blind who and ica not perceive, that if the old hero live® he will in 1 818 indeed he the csto* 1 mander in chief of the Army and Navy t*o, and this hy ,h e l acclamation of Whig® and Democrats, of the men, women! and children, of the Stales from Maine to Tcxis. We ] the man who may he brought out to oppose him-he will j in a mote woful plight at the termination of the race, u> ai| j Gen. Harrison left the sage of Kinderhonk. Such bring in our view the real state of public opinion i r „. j public determination, it might seem quite useless to ext ( . n J our enquiries into the qualifications ol Old Rough and U< 4 : for the station lie t® destined to occupy Qualified or not, .] will be President; and politician® or the press, or party U g; .| era. if so disposed, would find it altogether an abortive lt| H J i to attempt to turn ‘be mighty tide which is bearing the oij J General toward® the ‘Vliite House. But nevertheless, in this case. there is every thing togruji fy tho most considerate and prudent. Gcneiul Jsyloris||l extraordinary man eveiy way. With his wom'eiful ( IBcicp .l ry ns a soldier, he unites a mode at ion, a modesty ,* merit and forecast, a directness and energy of character, |,| well us n simplicity and excellence of writing, which, hanj traded the admiration of Europe as well as Ins own count r fl With all, hi® simplicity of character and personal imWl and his straightforward and independent temperament# J devoted patriotism, would render him, in our opinion, amu J el of a teal Republican President. VVe throw out these remark® us the reflection of the „i a l ou sentiment of the people, which we must he blind nut 1 ; perceive, and which wo would he faithless lo our duly Wtl l we not to notice. Such being, as we believe, the iei| 811 ,l of the public mind, we think u g'e.it deal of trouble mQ y L l saved in the mean time ly party hacks und placemen, * in utter hopelessness of jostling old Rough and Ready J.y , . paily machinery ib*y cun get up. will now have time we hope they wi!l improve.) fortuihitig their laboia homtitj promotion of self to the promotion of the good of the euuui-,1 So may il le !— Southern Recorder. COMMUNICATED. At a large nnd respectable meeting of the citizens,beld u I j the City Hull, convened lor the purpose ol making Hum I monstrution of feeling, und the general euthusiusm of our I pie, oil the receipt ol the lute news from Aloxico, JAUb i, ;\i®Bi:r, Eb(j. whs called to the Chair,und Ali. McLaughi * j 1 requested to act ita {Secretary. The Chairman briefly exj.| Ul ,:d die ohj< ct of the meeting, when Mr. J. H. R. Washingt , ! offered the following Resolutions, seconded by l>i. Uolim, c , 4 supported hy A. fi>. \N ingfili.d, Esq. und l npt. Samuoi, ol iVlilledgeville, who being called lor,responded und putnolicully, wheu Hie resolution® weio pulsed uu*ri uiouslv. * ‘• Resolved , That we hail with enthusiasm the recent ti ( |; n;) of victory Irvin our armies in Mexico. That the battles of G.l lo Alio, Re.-ecu de Iu I’aluin, Monterey, and Buena Vista,coJ ’ prise a series of victories ot increasing splendor, which, wiuil they enlighten the old World on the subject ol our nuiim.jl prowess, illuminate the puili to glory, and leveul to our a. .l ration and applause the living embodiment of a hand ot iiuoql unsurpassed by Hie most glowing cieatioiis of romance. I That, in connection with this series, wo also rejoice atuj early reduction ol the Cuv and G’astjo ol ‘em Cruz 1iv.,1 (combined und masterly movements of our forces undercu I maud of Sc.tt und i’tKKV, nuines already identified u J some ot the most stirring events of the past, and inscribed M brilliant characters oil Hie roll ol Fame. Thut we congratulate the Army ami the Country on iheproJ peel ol an early and auspicious termination ol Hie Mtxicul War, as indicated by Hie recent triumphs ol our aims. And finally,that vve muke this public demonstration oltlianks to our whole Army, for their patience under hardships andp ! vutions iii u foreign clime, und their constancy and cotiiAgr .u all their engagements witli the enemy.. Amt to the Officersn command, especially to the war-worn veteran, the /Valium Hero,lien. Zachary Taylor, so long exposed, and wu;„ tornily triumphant, we offer our love, our gratitude, our uu speukubie adiniiation, and all that a geueipus people cun giw, m retain lor such vast services and so much glory, achieied lor themselves and our common country. {Supplementary Resolution: t R, solved, Thai we will Hus evening celebrate the liinnipln of our arms in Mexico, ami for the purpose ol giving directum and harmony to the proceedings, the Chairman appoint a mm mittec of fourteen, to arrange Hie plan ol the celebration, lu U curried out under the superintendence of Geo. M. L.ouAN,L>q. Marshal lor the occasion. The following gentlemen compose the Com nit tee : J. 11. K. Washington, Dr. R. Collins, Si Lanier, Wtß.fi. Johnston, Jerry Cowles, Win. Gunn, C. A. Elis.J. ILUtwar, t\ ii 1 it-. Hughe*, Thurston R. B 100 mi, E. Bond, Amos BeuUa, ! Dr. G, McDonald, J no. VV. Babcock. Tire meeting then adjourned. J “lES A. NISBET, Chairman A. R. McLaughlin, Secretary. correspondence of the journal and messenger MILLEDGEVILLK, ABRIL 14, lb,: Gentlemen —On Thursday fnM a meeting of our citizen* called, for the purpose pf manifesting then giutiiude andj-rjl inconsequence of the recent triumph® ol American valti-B Gen. Stanford was culled to the chair, and a series of m| ,-- I pi iuie and very complimentary resolutions picaetiled and p- I ed. A salute of one hundred guns was liied on the ltlthus.l several ol the larger buildings in the central part of ihecl were handsomely lilumineted, ami a torch-light Jed greatly to the interest and display of the occasion. Since the above mentioned manifestation® of joy and pittri-l , oti.sm, nothing of loeul importance has occurred to distuib lut I usually dull course of tiling® in the metropolis. To the deliberate and and skilful arrungemculs of Gen. Sort 1 in the investment of Vera Cruz, aided by the eminent military 1 ami scientific attainments displayed by our West Point men a in the execution of these arrangements, are to be attributed 1 ttie almost “ bloodless achievement” of taking this Mejicau ] Gibralter. For thirteen day s the besieging army, twelve th > j smd in number, sustained a lire from three hundred cannon— J always more or lea within range of them—with a loss ol J 65 men in killed and wounded- Cau history produce itsjtr- ] allel? But lias -t not often struck you that men are more ensi’y v : inoio warmly attracted by natural qualifications, or BrovuUn-1 iin I gilts, than hv those attainments which onlv labor und im plication can inquire, The man of science and art may cun- Imand our mlmirnlion and respect —but the man happily tu i dowed by Nature, kindles our self love into homage, ttuu “ We grapple hitn lo our soul® with hooks of steel.” The on can touch the mind, the other ran reach the bran the one can start into m< lion the eiratic mac hinery of thoudr, | the other can touch the secret spring® ol ilia heart, and, I” • | *iihtle law of svtiipa'iiy electrify millions in a moment The** things stand “ in erring reason’sapite.” The work® of Natun l are the works ol God : all mankind haven heart-felt vinru tion for those vvpiks of which the) feel themselves to be a | < ■ lion; und whenever they perceive the mysterious jmpieaa f ; | ilie linger of the Omnipotent, there and then v ill nrsu the ail* j j pervading impulse to worship. I have been drawn into this train of reflections by ,f|,e exist* j ing evidences ol spontrtjieoos ajid tmivcfsa! pnpnl.'/ity vvrb which Gan. Taylor has inspired hi? countrymen. Ilk’ utiros’- • led uehi*venentH, following inquic’: succession, nnd crowned ! hv the splendid, hut hard earned, victory at Buena \ isin—li lucid correspondence with the Department at Warinnpirn : his sterling abilities, so suddenly yet fully developed—his n • j e*t and unpretending career—have nil fl.*.sited upon our triui® I with the magic quirk ness of shilling scenes in liin peihirnuu'"'l 1 of an ahsoibing melo-dranm. and point him out, nf .villi tlrf I fiiiger of Destiny, as the man for hie time and *r * try. (Convictions such ns these, ®*em to have seized upditN mind® and hearts of men of all classes and parti* ®. Fort j that class of men whose ruling patsion'seeks if® gratification j mere parly triumph and ascendency, seem impressed will “ 1 i overwhelming necessity to “assume u virtue, if they hive it lint.” I hive been sincerely gratified to hear some of my democrat ! ic friend®, wluiV I hold in high esteem, hold forth after tin* wise: “Gen Taylor, to be sure, is a Whig—but no poFiiiciin; I | if elected President, we should have a pure and faithful ! j Miration—his Cabinet would iindouhtedi v he made up by ro*n of tried ability an I integrity—in short—in short— he is a t, T >ud enough democrat for me!” With feeling® of delightful one viction, I have answered—“ Plato, thou reasoueat well!” Yours, Stc. A■ WHIG VCCTOItV IN CONNECTICUT. We have the pleasure of annouucinr to our leaders a con • plele W big Victory in Connecticut. The New V'oik Tribiin* of Tuesday everting Contains return* from nearly all ihe Hints, which show the el ad ion nf Clark Hisstdl for Governor, Uhs* .1. McCurdy for Lieut. Governor, and tlm “e-election of Jam** Dixon, Samuel D. Huhhuid, John A. Hockwdl, and Truitts® Smith, to t ’ongress. The I.pgi-lalure stands R r Whigs, fil Locos.*l ho choirs. The Senate is Whig, Litchfield having clcr.rd alt three ol ll>* W lug candidate*. The last Legislature nf Connecticut stood— Smcate—Whig 10 Locofoco 11 Majority I. lloL'sr. “ IOC “ 119 The vole fur Governor InM vrnr was for Bissell. (Whiff.) 27,822; Tottcey, (Ln< ofneo,) 27 2031 Gillette, (Abolition st t scattering.) 2,248 ; \V liig plurality, I>l9. Mr. Toucey chosen , by the Legislature. — Not. Intctligt ucer . Cor re t pond on ct of the Charleston Courier. WASHINGTON, April 7. Gen. W’. O. Butler left tliia city Inst evening. He intends to have an operation ptrfbrmod on Ins leg. ‘I he muscle fin* crown to the bone, and render* him a nipple, lie intends to have it separated from tlie boue. The wound give* him, st limes, inexpressible agouv. Gen. Butler accompanied Gen. Taylor,some month* ago, in a survci of the gr.wiud beyond Sal Milo, ami, al Buena Vista* t Jen lav ler paused, and suid to <Jen. Butler, here is the posi tion for defence against an attack from th* Mexicans. With a quick eye of a soldier,he saw ita strength. ll© look the po-i ----1 tiuii at Agua Nucva, hn Gen. Butler stated, not *d> for the fa • ilify of obtaining water, but of wood—which, in ihut rrgi'in, ; i* a-r scarce n* water. Gen. Word was formerly the Commander of Gin. Taylor, hut it does not appear lh i| the advancement rtf Taylm h i* cre ated in him nnv row m jealousy. I kero i* a h uei lu re flora Gen. Wool,noticed iu the Unton of vivu hlmv, that speaks in ihe most flattering terms of Taylor** brnverv and skill, dbn ■ante letter, when it shall he published, will show shat the Mi*- •issippinna ate entitled to great credit, and that their bravery tinned the foil true of the day. Gen. Wool slates that, at out lime, Taylor's star wna dim. ‘lhe Indiani in* had iuglurlously rolrtnfrd, and the enen/ had the advantage. The Foreign Minister* here, it is said,highly approve of lbs I*l • Tievsuty order, opening the Mexican purls, Ac,