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JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. s. T. CHAPMAN St S. ROSE, Editors^ MACUI, EO. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1847. ’ r ’ ‘ Adjourned Meeting. lßCKequence of the prewing business before the Superior Court now in session, the Whig meeting for Bibb county de signed to be held yesterday, to appoint Delegates to the Guber natorial Convention, haa been postponed until the Ist Tuesday in June next, nt Vio’clock, M Centrxl Railroad Agency.— We arc happy to leam thar the Board of Directors of the Central Railroad Company, have established an Agency at Kingston, Caw county, on the West ern St Atlantic Railroad. It will be managed by John Lewis, Esq , a gentleman of Irreproachable character, and every way competent for the station. It has occurred to us, that another agency could with propriety be established at Marietta or At lanta. A considerable amount of produce changes hands at the latter place, and is frequently controlled by Charleston agents, tor the Bimple reason that they are there in waiting with the lunds and axious to invest them. An agency, ably managed, at Atlanta, would at least divide, if it did not control the business New Orleans Steamers—Mr. Isaac Newton, of N. York, to whom the public are indebted for the magnificent North Riv er and Souud Steamers, is, we leant from the Albany papers, “about to establish a Line of Steamers, of the first class, and as sea-worthy in all respects as the beßt Atlantic Steamers, to run between New York and New Orleans. „ The State Road —The Care on the Western and Atlantic Railroad now run to Retard, five miles beyond the Oothcaloga. The iron for the completion of the track to Cross Plains, has arrived, it is said, at Charleston, and the work will doubtless be pressed forward with all possible despatch. Col. James S. Mclntosh— This intrepid officer passed through Macon on Saturday morning last, on his way to join his Regiment in Mexico. The Colonel’s general health is pret ty good, but his left ami is entirely useless, from the bayonet wound received in the battles of the Bth and ‘Jill of May last. ay Our readers are referred to the first page for a most in structive article upon Sheep Husbandry, and other matter of in teresting character Gen. Taylor in Mississippi. —The men who made the dis graceful assault upon Gen. Taylor during the last session of Congress, seem to be held in pcrtect contempt even by their own political friends. The Administration parly in Columbus, Mis sissippi, recently held a meeting lor political purposes, at which the following resolution,among others, was adopted: Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress have faithfully done their duty, and we hereby tender them our cordial approbation nnd congratulation : Provided, that nothing herein contained shall lie construed as an approval of the course pursued by the Hon. Jacob Thompson on the resolution of thanks by Congrem to General Zachary Taylor. Let it not be forgotten that Messrs. Jones, Lumpkin nnd Cobb, of Georgia, stood side by side with the Hon. Jacob Thompson, and that one of them wents ven further, for when the Resolution had been amended by llie Senate, and was returned to the House, it was discovered that Gen. Taylor's name had been by some mistake inserted after the names of his subbordinate offi cers. The unanimous assent of the House was of course neces sary to the correction of the error, but one of the above named trio objected, hoping doubtless, thereby to defeat the resolutions and withhold the thanks of Congress from the men who so gallantly sustained the honor of the nation in the Valley of the Rio Grande. Will the Democracy of Georgia imitate their breth ren of Mississippi, or will they sustain the men who would for party purposes have insulted the old hero and his gallant army I We shall see. Mr. Polk a Hero. —Truly Mr. Ritchie will be regarded throughout all time,as the veritable George Buchanan of the Polk j Administration. It is sometimes, however, rather difficult to do- j termine whether he is praising or ridiculing his royal higlutess. the President. For instance, whenever the American arms are successful in Mexico, the venerable editor turns to the White House, and with tottering step and upraised, tremulous finger, exclaims, “ More glory for our army I we're again whipped the Mexicans! we've plundered Mars of all his trophies"! ! Al exander, Buonapart, Wellington, Jackson,and Washington,must i be forgotten when in history posterity shall contemplate tile ” martial genius” of James K. Polk! Even Mr. Benton must hide his diminished head and grow modest in the presence ot i tlie hero ot the White House, that son of Fame, around whose brow encircle the “civic oak, and the laurel’’ emblem of warlike ! deeds”!!! liulcss some of our readers should think that wc grossly slan der the venerable organ-grinder, we beg leave to give them the following bona fide quotation from an article which recently ap peared in the editorial columns of the Washington Union, laud ing Mr. Polk as the hero of the Mexican war! There is cer tainly nothing in the English language dial can equal it, either for coolness or effrontery, except the announcement lately made in the same paper, that the granting of a permit to Santa Anna to pass the blockade at Vera Cruz, was no great blunder in di- I plomacy after all. But to the extract—the venerable editor soys: ” But another and more brilliant scene awaits us—the civic oak gives place to the laurel, emblem of warlike deeds Let both encircle the Son of Fame Peace having yielded all her ! elements of renown, without filling up the measure of M r Polk's greatness and ambition, the aspiring man would plunder Mare of all his trophies. War comes to minister to his martial gcniuß; I and 10, tne victories ot Taylor, shedding a resplendent lustre along his track from the field of Palo Alto to the heighLs of Buena Vista, are to umte their rays to illuminate with a blaze of vicari- j ous glory the name of Mr Polk.’’ i Hear 0 Heavens! and give car O Earth! The “ vicarious ! glory'’ of James K. Polk—the hero of Palo Alto, Monterey, Bue- ! na Vista, and Cerro Gordo! The thing is so rediculous that even the President himself must have been thrown into convul sions ol laugnter while 4 paragraph. The Upson Paper Mill.—We are happy to leam that this important enterprise is about to be carried through on a scale that will insure success. The gentlemen who have undertaken it, are heavy capitalists and men of enlarged and comprehensive views, and are resolved to hesitate at no expense and no effort necessary for a successful competition with the Northern nulls. It is their purjiosf*, we understand, to embark largely in the man ufacture of a sujierior article of newspaper, and we sincerely hope that our brethren ot the Press generally in the State, may liberally patronize the establishment. It is in this way alone that we can hope to build up those manufactures in our State, which are destined fiuaily to render us permanently independent. Georgia sends abroad annually, not less than one hundred thou aand dollars lor the single article of stationery, $30,000 of which is paid for newspaper alone. This money would sustain some 1 five or six paper mills, which in time would afford employment and support for 1000 to 1500 persons. Each of these nulls would , create a home market for provisions, rags, &c. Slc., to the value of thirty or forty thousand dollars per annuiujv.Bpeaking of rags, leads us to remark, that we of the South are entirely too negli gent of amall matters, which, however apparently insignificant in themselves, in the aggregate amount to a great deal. By the census of 1840, it Appears that the consumption of rags in the Units* Suites amounts to something like eight millions of dol lars annually—a large proportion of which had to be imported j from Europe! Ol tliis amount Georgia realizes probably not 1 tIJJOO. Her people have not been in the habit of attending to these “ email matters, M for the simple reason that tiny have no j home market for them, and do not think of making rags an ar I tide of export. Let a few paper mills be established in Georg a, j and we will save not only the money which is now sent abroad j for paper, but we will prufh collaterally in both industry and j economy™which, after all, are the only true bases of prosperity | It is to these, more than to the operation of Tariffs, that Ur* peo pie of New England are indebted for their progress and their wealth. We of the South, in many iuslunccs, labor earnestly enough and arduously enough, particularly upon a magnificent 1 scale, but our money pours through our pocks* like water through I a sieve, and while we are gazing at thestarsand expecting them to shower down gold upon us, the industrious Y ankee is convert ing the pebbles at our feet into hoards of wealth. If we would 1 prosper like then, we must, like them, attend to small matters as well as great ones—we must look lo the rags as well as the I silks. If the proprietors of the Upson paper mill can contribute, even i ta a limited degree, to the accompli*! until t of so desirable an md, dry will nchly have earned Uw thanks ai — r —g? w *,. , love da Bouth and her institutions, nnd who honestly behve that the only way in which she can compete with New England, is by cherishing manufactures and the mechanic ate, in ooqjanetfcm with agriculture Each is important in its place, and without *ll of them in perfection, no people cun be prosperous and hap py A merely agricultural population cannot always be thrifty and full liandcd, but a merely manufacturing and nicchamcul community may, and that too, with twice the population upon a given area. The New England States will probably ultimately sustain five times as many people within their limits as can lie supported in any agricultural region of the same extent, even in the valley of the Mississippi These things ought to be consul eri by our people, and particuiarv by our law given-, whose chief study ought to be, to give to the industry and capital ol our people that direction which will be most profitable and confer the greatest good upon the gicatest number. The Victories —The Macon Volunteers and Floyd Rifles, on Saturday last celebrated in becoming style, the anniversary of the battles ot Palo Alto and Re sac ade la Palma. It must be gratifying to our citizens, to observe the generous rivalry which seems to have sprung up between these companies—a ri valry’, which, while it causes the members of each to struggle for the ascendancy, is marked by evidences of the kindest feeling on both aides. The Cemetery. —We regretted the other evening to notice, while strolling through the Cemetery, that some semi-barbarian had been committing depredations upon the shrubbery. In one instance, a young and valuable tree had been completely gird led, and of course destroyed ; while in several places the tops of shrubs near the sides of the walks were broken or cut off It is perhaps matter of congratulation, that so little mischief of the kind lias been done by the idle and vicious, still it seems strange that even the sanctity of the grave cannot restrain the vandal propensities of some men. A spot so remarkable for its natural attractions, and appropriated to such solemn uses, would of course, not be desecrated by any respectable citizen, and we are at a loss to conceive how even the stranger could so far forgot himself ns to commit depredations upon grounds in which, hy th * charity and liberality of others, his own mortal remains may se cure a final and resjxctabfa resting place. The depredations in this instance, we admit, are slight; but a timely notice, and a prop er reprobation by the citizens generally, may perhaps prevent 1 persons from committing others of a more serious character. Mr. Webster in Charleston.—Mr. Webster with his lady 1 arrived in Charleston, on inonday last, and was welcomed by ! Mr. Elmore, on the part of the citizens, and Mr. Pcttigru on the part of the bar. Mr. Webster responded, as we leam from the Evening News, in appropriate terms to the re marks of tiie gentlemen, accepting the proffered courtesies. He * said that he should be doing violence to 4lis own feelings and wrong to the people of Charleston, if he failed to do so. Massa chusetts regarded South Carolina as a sister in the confederacy -of States. In the Revolution they had fought shoulder to shoulde i nnd the soil of the latter had drank up the blood ofthesonsof the former. It was true there were many differences of opinion existing between the North and South ; but in sentiment and feeling, where patriotism was concerned they were one lie was happy to Im* in Charleston and to partake of its hospitalities, and he thanked the Committee for the flattering maimer in which they had extended the welcome. Mr. Webster was afterwards waited upon by the Malingers (J the proposed Ball, who, in the name of the citizens tendered it to himself and lady. Mr. Webster accepted the invitation, and the Ball took place yesterday (Tuesday) evening. To the invitation to a Bar dinner, so courteously tendered by Mr. Pettigm. Mr. Webster replied in appropriate terms, —raying it was un old custom for the Bar to dine together, nnd that he should be much gratified to meet with his professional brethren. The dinner took place on Monday. Mr. Webster will therefore leave Charleston to-day for Columbia. After which, he will visit Augusta and Savannah, and will probabty not reach Ma con before the 20th. On Saturday, a grand festival was held hy the New England Society, in honor of the distinguished guest. Santa Anna.—A report was current in New Orleans, a few days sine -mid to lie founded on a letter from Vera Cruz, that Santa Anna had been shot. Letters from Vera Cruz state, ac cording to the Bulletin, that the Mexican officers who have ! fallen into our hands openly accuse him of being a traitor, and ! that he has betrayed the army at the late battle. Should this turn out to be true, we presume that Mr. Ritchie will then declare that ‘‘the ad mission of Santa Anna into Mex ico was really no great blunder in diplomacy after ally Aid and Comfort —The Eastern Argus not long since said “Wc leam, from undoubted authority, that the speech of Tom Corwin was translated by order of the prominent Federalists at Washington, published in the Spanish language, and a number forwarded to the city of Mexico, where it was read by the mul titude, and received with great cheering!” The Richmond Whig without pretending to apologise for the very foolish speech of Mr. Corw in, replies to the above most conclusively, as follows: ‘‘We have no doubt that the foregoing statement is false—but | if it be true, we should be glad to know w hether “Tom Corwin’s speech,’’ sent to Mexico by the Whigs, or Santa Anna, sent 1 thither by Mr. Folk, rendered most essential service to the Mex icans, or gave most effective and substantial ‘aid and comfort’ to the enemy r The Democrats and Gen. Taylor. —We beg leave, says our able cotemporary of the Savannah Republican, “to refresh the memories of our Democratic friends who are now so very much interested in Gen. Taylor’s receiving his due meed of j praise, by reminding them of the fact, that during the last session of Congress, and after the battle of Monterey, every Locofoeo member present in the House of Representatives voted to cen- | sure Iren Taylor, except Adams, of Mississippi. Revi.v, of Vir ginia, and Birt, Ruett, and Woodward, of South Carolina Every Whig in the House voted against the censure. One hundred and nine members voted for the censure, and they were all Locos. Seventy voted against it, and they were all > Whigs but the five above named Among the names recorded j in favor of the censure, we find those of those staunch Georgia Demociats, Messrs. Cobb, Seaborn Jones, and Lumpkin — Messrs HARRALSONand Towns missing!” Facts like these speak louder than words. The Recorder. —The Whig party of Georgia will be most happy to leam tliat the Editore of the Recorder have at last waked up from their slumber of years Since the Journal S, Messenger has gone into operation the fiscal Editor of the Re- I corder has been as busy as “a bee in a tar barrel,” running to j and fro throughout the State—indeed he seems to have fallen quite in love with certain Sheriffs and Clerks, who were in the habit of patronizing the Georgia Journal. Not content to trav el hitnself as last tut wind, and steam, and water could carry him, he has, if we arc correctly informed, been courting certain official dignitaries by proxy. Nay, he has even clapped “a whole I shovel full of coals ‘ upon the back of his usually sedate, and comfort-loving Senior, and set him rather awkwardly to boast- ] ing, because forsooth, they cltanced to circulate the news by j the Cambria mn.uiui MiiludgeviU. ami east of that point — nay even at Macon, before the Journal Messenger. It so hap pened that the Recorder did circulate, in Macon, news received on Sunday at Milledgeville, sooner than we circulated tha 1 which came to hand on Tuesday, ( two days later !) But is that any triumph 1 Why does not ihe Editor come out plainly, and confess that j we circulated the glorious news of the battle of Cerro Gortlo, not only ill Milledgeville, but through the whole eastern part of the State, at least five days in advance of tire Recorder! Why not mention that it was in our paper of the 6th inst., ami that it did not reach the light from the Recorder office until the 11th 1! !!! Again, we publish in our paper to-day, the thrilling news of the advance ut the American forces upon the city of Mexico, the capture of Pefote, with a large supply of arms and muni tions of war, also important intelligence from the city ol Mexi co, &.c , &c. This paper will reach our readers in Central and South Western, and Western Georgia, simultaneously with this week’s Recorder, and yet that paper does not contain one syl lable of this important news !! ! Put that in your pipe brother Grieve, and next week bring out your news when it has grown stale and vapid, and when the readers of the Journal ts Meseeti ger are ready for a fresh supply—perhaps announcing the foil of Mexico itself. We are very happy to find that our cotem poraries have at last waked up, and hope their political friends as well as themselves, may profit by their renewed energy ; hut we are inclined after all, to think that some of their readers will find that Milledgeville is rather off the read,and that news is none the more interesting for having “stood on the lees” there for a full week before being given to the public. Thk True Shut of Locofocoism.—' Though we cannot sup pose that the great mass of the Democratic Party would think of countenancing such a proceeding as is suggested in the follow ing paragraph, taken from the Fincastle Demon at, still we deem it but proper to apprise our readers of the spirit which animates some of tlie leaders of that party Land stealing is bad enough, but when it is seriously proposed to rob the tmre, and desecrate the sanctuaries of even the Mexicans, die moral sense of all par ties must revolt at die idea. Such a policy would be as short sighted and silly as it would be infamous and barbarous; be j cause it would not oidy place us on an equality with the Goth* and Vandals, but unite die whole Mexican people against us. and forever preclude the possibility of effecting an honorable ad- I justnient of existing difficulties. Tlie writer in question gives us 1 die following specunen of morals and Democratic financial ncu ‘ men. He proposes: . “ w * sriae the silver ami gold slowed in the Catholic • c Mexico as an indemnity in die expenses of the 1 war ”He says, I here is more than enough there—u i.„ u „ bv ; conquest W here it is. it is doing no part of the human fiunilv or God any service, and it would tie religiously right to return out of dies.’ treasures die money which their acts have forced our Government to expend” Having robbed the churches, we presume the next suggestion of the Flncaßic Democrat would of course be, to revive the rack and the inquisition, and re-enact dm bloody tragedies which characterized die dark agra. The one would be an appropriate cquel to the odicr. tCT We have received an article signed Union, and would ! be glad to liave an interview widi dm writer, ns he ti perhaps not aware that we publish no communication the author of \ which is not known to us Visit of Mr. Webster.—By >curduy's mail, die Commit- , tee of Invitation for the city of Macon, received from Mr. Web ster the following letter, weich lias been kindly handed to u> ! for publication: Charleston, S. C. May 8, 1847. ! Gentlemen 1 liave the honor to ackno wfel,’ ■ the r • ?ipt ot i i your letter of the third, inviting me, in behaii of the citizen* ol Macon, to visit that city in the course ot my tour. Most cheer fully shall I comply with so flattering nn invitation, mould oc currences leave it in my power. Circumstances kept me at the i | North a month, nearly, beyond the tim • when it was my origin- | al purpose to come South. Othe r delays have occurred, and it t is now uncertain how far in your direction I maybe able to pro ceed. If 1 got near to you, 1 will certainly endeavor,gentlemen, j to pass t few hours with you and your fellow citizens \ but 1 pray 1 you and them, to take no pains to give me a ceremonious ot formal reception. My stay, if 1 reach your city, must b* sum, and whatever time I may nave at command, l should be 10 give to a view of the city, and to an unconstrained intercoms -• with the people. . . . , You are pleased to intimate, gentlemen, what is d°uott?ss trOvj, that on certain political questions, the citizens of Macon have differed from me. But it would be unworthy, both ot in in and of me, if n fact of that kind should render us unfit lor social intercourse, and the acquaintance which citizens of one part ot the country have opportunity ot forming with those ol another. Wc have great interests, in common, under the protection ol the General Government; we have other gn at interest*, -litrustc t to our several Btatc governments respectively. We are bound to know nnd to observe these distinctions. In whatever we agree, lam sure such concord will give pleasure t us all; and ; wnen we differ, intelligence, candor, and patriotism will inst met j us to treat both the rights and the opinions o* each other with respect. 1 am, gentlemen, with much personal regard, Your obliged fellow citizen, DAN L. WEBSTER ’ To Messrs. j; <*. R. Washington, A. P Powure, l Coin. &c. I. G. Holt, 11. G. Lamar, Juo. J. Gresham, \ Wc hope it will not be forgotten that the Southwestern Railroad Convention will assemble at Aincrieus, Sumter coun ty, on Tucs lay, the IBt i inst. file time for writing hms now pmd, a:i 1 that for a:t:o;i has arrived. Mr. Folk’s Diplomacy. —One thing at least, has character ized the administration of Mr. Tolk—his secrets have been nearly as well kept as those of any despotism in the old world—nay, quite as well na thusc ot th*‘ most accomplished banditti that ever sub sisted upon public plunder. It has been the especial business of. the organ at Washington, and of several,so called, neutral pajiers, j to mislead the public in regard to the diplomatic movements oi J the Government. To accomplish this purpose, they have been utterly unscrupulous in regard to truth. At one time, it was pos itively declared, that no bargain had been made with Santa An na, cither directly or indirectly. Again, in a thoughtless mo ment, Mr. Ritchie lets out the whole secret, by declaring that the result at Buena Vista proved that Mr. Folk's policy it permitting Santa Anna to enter Vera Cruz, was not so great a blunder in diplomacy after all! It would seem that Mr. Folk in all these negotiations,has been smart enough to commit nothing to paper. AH his instructions to Atocha, McKenzie, nnd others, have been merely verbal.— They have been allowed to act as self-constituted .Ministers Plen ipotentiary, disclaiming nil authority to treat, and yet treating; proclaiming that they are travelling at their own expense, and yet doubtless with the understanding that they will ultimately be handsomely repaid out of the secret service fund. The correct ness of these statements is fully confirmed by a letter which re cently appeared in the “ Courier des Etas Unis” a French pa per published in New-York, nnd always well informed. This letter is dated Vera Cruz, April 9th,and the writer says that “ to ! his own personal knowledge. M. Atocha, just before his depart ure from Mexico, and at three o'clock in the morning, wrote a confidential letter to Rejon, in which he made the following prop osition, (in his own name and nut officially,) as the basis of a treaty, that, in his opinion and according to his instructions, would be acceptable to both countries.’’ “ The adoption as a boundary line between the two countries, of the Rio Grande del Norte as far up as the parallel of Califor tbrnia, which intersects tlie Rio Gila between the 33d and 34th degrees of latitude. [This line would only include New Mexi co, in addition to California ; while the 2Gui parallel would have deprived Mexico of one-third of her territory ! The U. States were also to pay for these acquisitions $15,000,000 or $20,000,000, and also become responsible for the Mexican claims. “ The expenses or tlie war, M. Atocha estimated at $60,000,- 000. There was also to be a treaty of commerce, and of alliance between the United States and Mexico, offensive and defensive ; the former engaging to protect the latter, as well as to refuse to acknowledge the independence of revolting provinces, and also to defend the frontier against the Indians, keeping thereon a force of from five to ten thousand men. The reader will here observe that Atocha makes this propo sition “ in his own name nnd not officially f* and yet he declares that in his opinion, and according to his instructions, it would be acceptable, &c. &c. It is also stated that he bore his own expenses, and that he tvas going again to Vera Cruz before long, simply however, as a traveller; but that his presence “ might prove beneficial to the cause of peace” ! It is also said in the same fetter in the Courier, “ tlut tKaiw Liberal Ounditinna wait read, and M. Atocha was charged by the Mexican Cabinet with a reply to the effect that it would open negotiations the moment the American arms were withdrawn from the Mexican soil.” Could the fact be more clearly established, that this man Ato cha was virtually an Agent of the Government—perhaps charg ed with the ultimate use and application of the Three Millions granted to Mr. Polk for the purpose of procuring a peace ;and yet we are distintly told by the govenunent organ that he was charged with no such mission. In olden times, to say of a man J that he “ lied like a bulletin,” was to express what was then sup posed to be the superlative degree of falsehood. This is howev er a progressive age, and as “to every depth there is another deep,” it will hereafter doubtless be said of a man that he “ lied” j not “ like a bulletin,” but “ like the government organ.” | If Mr. Polk wishes to make a clear transaction with the Mex ican Government, why not entrust the negotiations and the 14 1 hIs at once to the hands of gentlemen of character of his own party ? Why engage in playing ‘ seven-up” with Santa Anna or any of his minions ? Why entrust the honor of tliis nation in the hands of a man whose morals have been learned at the | bull-fights ot Old Spain, or in the cock-pits of Havana and Mex | A co 1 Verily, we are not astonished that this administration has , become a by-word and a reproach, even among those who ear | neatly hut honestly aided in raisins it to N.. winder that j Hie old Dominion should throw off the shackles of party, and re buke a Government thus administered, though that Govenunent may have been tlie creature of her own choice. “ What evil have I done, that mine enemies praise me T* We have certainly no disposition to preach a Dow sermon for the benefit of our cotemporary of the Augmta Chronicle C* Sentiwel, much less to enter into one of those interminable con ! troversies, towards which he seemi predisposed. We prefer rather to join with him in pouring “a little more grape al l can* nister” into the ranks of oar common enemy. We know his | heart and his high sense of honorable pride too well, to suppose t hat he will not share in coimnou the mortification of the Whigs ! throughout the State, when he sees his own articles in regard to ; Clay and Taylor copied, applauded and gloat *d over by the most deadly enemies of the cause which he advocates. He may well exclaim, with one of eld, “ W hat evil have I done, that mine enemies praise me 1” When we see these articles opied from his paper, and read tlie adroitly pointed compliments, we can easily excuse any manifestation of temper on the part of oar cotenipornry, and understand how one, who lias been “ gentle as a sucking dove” toward* his opponents, should he especially harsh and ill natured towards his friends. This is an imm >:uty which we would freely grant towards our friend, even if there were nothing ludicrous in liih position, for we are assured that his readers generally in tliis region, “ love not Clay the less, but Taylor more,” and ihut while they enjoy his classical and beau tiful essays touching the personal and political attributes of Mr. Clay, they sometimesiaetutiously mniis at the rather vain attempt to add “ Beauty to the raiubow or brilliancy to the sun ” We give all credit to our cotemporary for his purity of purpose and lus well known patriotism, but we respectfully submit wheth- I er—when the country is in a blaze of enthusiasm, when the po- 1 litical elements are excited, and when there is an opportunity of ‘ turning th*‘ affections of the whole people into on** common i current —when the North and the South may lie united— when l even fanaticism (unable to resist the popular current) presents a* | offerings in token of the worth and wisdom of the old hero— ‘ when nil faces ore turned to him as the only man who can drive ‘ out the present spoilsmen from their places, am! who can restore th** government to the simplicity nnd purity which characterized I it in the days of Wushmgtun—we say, under sueh cireiiinstune-s * , we submit whether it is not a little inappropriate for our gifted ‘ ostemporiry of th** Chronicle k Sentinel, to he indicting sum- j /.ns uim first love, and, like a beautiful maiden of sixtr u, fe r “shedding whole pints of bitter Irani,” because papa (in thit irwi | stance the people) will not countenance the gratification of h r j youthful whims Joking aside, we hope our cotetuiiorary will upon reflection, review hiscours* l , and come oui cordially for the “old hero ” To tliat complexion it must com** at last The j people have made up their mind* upon the mattrrof hia ejection I and we slsiuld fa* sorry to aee our good trend of tha Chronicle I fa SosUiim bring up the “fire in the rear,” particularly as Ins able and graceful pen nnild perform such good execution—provided it were only properly pointed. We understand that the Whiga of Virginia contemplnt ’ returning th**ir thanks to the Editor of the Washington Um m for the essential “aid nnd comfort” he rendered them in the re j cent Virginia slediotts. If we are not greatly mistaken, tlu* j W lugs of Georgia will have to perform n similar duty towards : | the ttlf oomplacent editor of the Federml Union,%X Milled#.* i ville It will be recollected that he sometime since asserted that <*en Taylor was a Democrat. We have learned that a goodly ! number of the Ifemocratic b'hoys have resolved to take tire ed , * lor ot word, and declare that they will support “Old Zac * eveu th’ it ‘h tire Whigs do nominate him Vuwi.Xiz ELEcriuN*.—Tire !ii.y ui V irginia have e-jr tainly stiff-red sidly in the late electinna. In the la.it Conzreai the Whigs hiul but one member, now they have six, anl loss three oilier Districts by an aggregate of less th m 109 votes. — la the last Legislature, the Democratic majority on joint ballot was twenty-two, now there is probably a tie, ani possibly a Wltig majority of from two to four. The Democracy threw Mr. Cuihou.l overboard, but lie proved a mill-atone arotmd their necks and drugged the whole party to the bottom with him. Guns! Guns I—The number of M Mean g m capture 1 by the j Americana during the war has been immense, numbering in all to nearly 700; viz: at Vera Cruz Ccrro (lor.loan 1 Perote 599; Al- I vtuado GO; Tuspan2s; Monterey 59 j Maumoras and Resaea 40. Total G 75, without including the smaller pieces taken at less im portant points. it has been suggested that selections should be made from the heavier and more elegantly finished pieces, to be sent to Washington, West Point and other places, as trophies of the American Anns. Mr. Mu fit Deposed—The R -v.J. N. Maffu, against whom grave charg :s have been preierred, has had his hearing before | til • Collier’ nc ■ of the Methodist Church, an I the result is, that i lie has been deposed from the ministry and cut oH irom church fellowship. The decision and aenume •of the conference prop erly certiti i by Bishop dan -, have been read in all the New ! Y ‘ik city Methodist churches, none but the members being present. Paospt< Ts ot Peace —Mr. Kendall, writing from Jalap*, on tli’ 28th ult., says that t r lat -st intelligenc from Mexico, was that Mr. Uankh ad th > British Miuiater’in Mexico, had renew ed his oilers of mediation, and that, notwithstanding the denun c.atory tone of the Mexican papers and the resolves of Congress, the malter w.is a rurally un ter consideration when the dihgen tii Ji g. >1 r K ways that there is a peace party in Mexico, and that, there may be. sum • truth in the rum ir. Another rumor is that the friends of Gomez Curias contemplated a revolution and a union with the abhorrei Yankees. Every thing, however, is m the greatest contusion—the Mexican people, terror stricken | at the result of th ’ battle of Cerro Gordo, are fleeing before the ; upproaehing forces of Gen. S ott, and c-tltnot be rallied. I’.ubla has not been fbrttli and, and will probably tall into our hands without th ■ tiring ot a gun. Even the cityof M xico has onlv n few light breast works which Hre wholly inadeqrate for a defence ot the place. Santa Anna is openly charged bv his , countrymen with cowardice and treachery—us having sold the i battles of iluciui Vista, C -rro Gordo, &c., &c. The next intel- | ligence from Mexico will be of absorbing interest. There was I a report in Mexico that Gen. Taylor had thrown forward a de- I taenment of his army to lr.camacion, and that his whole force would move upon Zacatecas and Saa Luis on the 7th inst. j There were only 3UOO Infantry ot San Luis, and the Congress I ot that department had conferred extraordinary powers upon the Governor for the defence of the place. CORRESPONDENCE OF TIIE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. MILLEDGEVILLE, May 10, 1847. The Supreme Court adjourned its session at tiiis place on Fri day Inst, after having gone through with the thirteen cases brought up from tit ueo trts b low. Perhaps the most important of these was the case of tile State vs. the Cashier ol the Darien Rank, in which a judgment for upwards of $9,090 had b -en rendered for the State at the last session of Baldwin Superior Court. The Supreme Court uilirmed the judgment. 1 am informed that several companies of cavalry have been ten dered to the Executive. These tenders have been made by Capt. Loyall, of Newton, Capt. Hamilton, of Cass, Gen. Nelson, of Cass, and Mr. Montmollin,of Savannah. Ido not know that either of them has been accepted. Perhaps none of them have been ful ly organized. I learn thnt the rule adopted by his Excellency in such cases, is to accept the first whose organization is reported as complete. It is believed thnt no tend ;r of Infantry has yet been made —i So you perceive the equestrian order is more popular than la j promenade. Col. W. Whistler, now at Fort Moultrie, has been designated by the War Department as inspecting and mustering officer. I might here indulge in some grave reflections in relation to raising the five companies of infantry, in compliance with the demand upon Georgia; but in proportion to their truthfulness might be their liability to injurious construction. I shall there ore prefer silence for the present. f Among the rough jokes of the Muscogee Democrat —whose relations to the original Adjutant of onr regiment in Mexico are aufficiently notorious—he ventures the opinion that the rear- j guard dliscurity of the unlucky Georgians, is to be ascribed to j the Adjutant’s absence from it. Be this as it may, lam inclined I to think that if lie was inspired in Mexico, as adjutant, with but i a moiety of the stubborn zeal in behall of his regiment, which ; he has evinced since his return, as editor, in defence of Mr. i Polk's administration, his loss to the regiment must have been almost irreparable. Yours, See. A. WHIG MEETING INHOUSTON. At a meeting of a portion of the Whigs of Houston county, held in Perry on the 4th instant, Dr. C. T. Woodson was called to the chair, and Dr. W. S Townsend requested to act as Sec retary. The object of the meeting having been stated by the Chair, die following resolutions were introduced, and afa r some discussion, unanimously adopted: lie.noired . Thar, the Whitts of Houston county respectfully in vite their Whig brethren of the county of Macon, to meet them at the Camp Ground in Macon county, near the line of thiscoun ty, on Thursday, the 17th of June next, tor the purpose of nom inating a candidate to represent them ill the Senatorial branch of the next Legislature; and that it is the desire of this meeting that the Whigsof both counties meet in mass—if this mode, as well as time and place, meet the views o our brethren of Ma con county. Resolved, That the Whigs of this county will meet in Perry, on the first Tuesday in next month, for the purpose of nomina ting two candidates to represent this county in the Representa tive branch of the next Legislature, and also to appoint four del egates to represent this county in the Whig State Convention, to be held in Mdledgeville, to nominate a cundidate for Gover i nor. Resolved That a copy of these proceedings be forwarded to the Journal i( Messenger, in Macon, tor publication, and that the Editors be requested to give them two or three insertions in | that paper. The meeting then adjourned. C. T. WOODSON, Chairman. Wm. S. Townsend, Secretary. WHIG MEETING IN MONROE. According to previous notice, a portion of the Whig party of Monroe county, convened at the Court House on the 4th inst., when W. S. Norjian, Esq , was called to tlie Chair, and E. G. Cabaniss appointed Secretary. On motion of R. P Trippe, Esq. Resolved, Thl” ‘L- n-"* fil ~ lA<,U a „,„a n-prisrm this county in the Convention of the Whig paity to be held ill Mdledgeville on the 3d Wednesday in July next, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Governor, at the election 1 in October next, ami that a Committee ol three be appointed by the Chair to report the names ot such Delegates. The Chair appointed on that Committee, Messrs. H. Phini zee, J Rush and J. T. Jackson. The Committee retired, and upon their return reported as Del egates to tlie Convention, Joint K. Simmons, Mead Leaueur, K. P Trippe, Esq , M B Merritt and David Ogletree. On motion of E. G. Cabaniss, it was Resolved, That the meeting appoint three Delegates from each Military Disttict in tlie county, to meet in Convention at Bartlesville, at such time ub may he designated by the VVlugs of Pike county, to nominute n candidate to represent the 2Gth Sen atorial District in die ensuing session of the Legislature, and that a Committee be appointed to nominate said Delegates. The Chair appointed Messrs. 1). Sanford, M. I>. Merritt, and O J. Wiilts thut Committee, who reported tlie following persons as Delegates to the Convention at Bumesville. From Capt. Battle's Dist —W. S Norman, R. P Trippe and A. V . Mann. Copt. Cox’s—G, Edg *, L B. Alexander and C. G. Goodwyn. Capt. Britt s —J. R. Maddox, J. N Taylor imd Wm. R. Banks. Capt. Willis’.—J. G. Jordan. Braxton Bird and L. T. Doyal. Capt. Luce’s.—J. R. Simmons,O. S. Wood ward and J. H. Banks. Capt. Kelsey s—E. H. Jackson, Hen ry Hill and J. G. Powell. Capt. Crowder’s.—K Wright, 1). T Walker and J. T. Crowder Capt Dumas’.—W. I, Fantbro, J. Bush and W. H. Bankston. Capt. Tomlinson’s. W F Mapp, A M. D McElroy aiulli. B.Fletcher, ('apt Harrell’s. —J. M. Little, (i. English aud W Rowland Capt. Morris’ IL Mays, J. G. Willis and M. M Dicken. Capt. Dillard's I P Randle. T. J Maun aud M. C. Sparks. Capt. Brantley's— VV iley Hill, J R. Turner and S. L. brewer. Capt Bargain A G. Benton, James Norris and A 1). Steele Capt. Mulddle brouka' —E. Clark, J Fletcher and H B. Watts. Benton's. M Lesneur, H. Luncctbrd and J. T. Jackson On motion of Col. L T Doyal, Resolved, That each Military District in the county appoint three Delegates to meet in Convention in Forsyth, on the first Tuesday in July next, to nominate candidates tor Representa tives from Alonroe county in the approaefung session ol the L g ialnture. * The meeting then adjourned. _ _ „ W S NORMAN, Chm'n. E. G. Cabaniss, Sec'y. LATEST FROM GENERAL TAYLOR. By an officer direct from Saltillo, which place hr left on the 1 4th. alt the N.O. Delta of the Gilt inst., learns thut Gen. Wool was Mt It atathmed at llsit place with the Illinois, Indiana, Ken | tlteky, mid Arkansas volunteers j Tlie artilh ry force that was in the battle of Buena Vista, are I i still sum I there, as are also Col M iv's dragoons A squad ron of the latter, numbering some ’Jut) under Lieut. Rucker mad’ a scout in the adjoining country. They found Gen. Mi- I j non in the ueighUirhood of Enczrnacton, at the head of a tliou san lor fifteen hundred luneers. They thought to draw a fight Iroiu Miaou, but were unsuccessful Three of th • party, who , separated themselves from the insjit body, got killed befan they rsiumrd to rmp, by soon- prowling Mexicans who hung about , their lines The troop* t Buena Vista and Saltillo were in excellent I h i.th ; and the wounded, who were daily visited by Gen Wool I nn I who siw that all their wants were attended to, wore rapidly j improving With tlie wounded Mexicans, who are in a sem. i hospital, attended by their own is, it la different Hu place is 111 a most liltliy condition; the American governor j I 7 ,h ” low ” ‘“* “• compel the alcalde to pay more attention to I their wants and to the eleenhness of the place ! t , <; ” j* atjll t th’ Walnut .Springs He has heard of his nomination lor tlw Presidency by several presses and persons 1 in the United Htates, but avoids referring to it or Haying aught Tli ■ Delta's informant left his csmp on the 18th u lt The Kentucky Rules, who Were then ill the Walnut Springs Were to start tor Camurgo, on their way home, with the next 1 down tram. The head-quarters of Humphrey Marshall's Kentucky caval ry wss Lrrntfvn 1„,„ Marshall'* eompany was at Camargo j lint lew or ibair of the volunteers will re enlist The Wabx Sgat.x -We Ilk ; pbiura 11 eilh.t; ti a! motion ol our readers to the a Ivcrtisetntnt of Mr. M lUgYim, in regard to thi Warm Springy of M irlwt'i;:. An p/t-, ac commodating lauilord, an 1a a nae jjf.il eo::::: —’l. ..VI. is too well known in (Jjorgia,Uanlaty r ■ - >:n anlttiot from the press. Tli ■ re are few r?3JrH in tilt State m ire agretable than (he Warm Spri tgt, an I nn.t j vv.i ‘re a.’ j.i imj’ at I pi sxt tre can 1 b? more readily it litoi. American Review. —Tua Mty number of th. > spirited Whig Journal hat bt.ct r.’oeive I. It contain a;i engrave J lilt -test, thoug'a not a v try ll ittering oat, of tli t Hon. Jhi M :1 J .1 trio t Berrien. The Editor al.it U that it ropresenu tli j distin gnisha 1 Sinator at u ao;n a what earlier age,” but adit tint it “is taken rom a bistre drawing in miniat i e. fj. ti ih id for t’l > p irp t-t.” The sk teh of the lift of Mr. B irrieit intend • 1 to ncum.rny the liktness w.is not farnis'.itd in tint t fir th ■ pre •mt number. We have a single sugg.tstion to make to the Editor of the Re ! view, viz: That tlie value ol’ these engravingtoonsisto entirely ut I their q.iahty, and that unless he call secure th-■ services of n su- I psrior artist, they had b tier be omitted. The likenesses of i Messrs. Clay, Crittenden and others, published ill the Review, have certainly not been calculated to elevate either the distin guished originals or th ■ work, in the estimation of a discerning public. We are extremely sorry that the likeness of Mr. Berr'en is not only both more accurate and mote i legamly finished. A side from this, the preuuit number of tile Review is n good o.ic, though perhaps a little too much on the newspaper order. Papers prepared for such u work, should ulways be. well tempered with moderation. They are intended to operate upon the judgments rather than the missions of the read r LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA. Advance iu Corn and Cotton. The i'll ‘Uig eit: ■ by tits Caledonia at Boston, is as lute as the 19th ult. from Liverpool, and of the, mm gratifying character, I particularly to the farmers and planters. There was an improved feeling in th; manufacturing districts i At Manchester a better inquiry ha l sprung up fir gsuds and , yam, and manufacturers were holding lirmly for higher prices ; Cotton had advanced during the week en ling the 19th from jd to id—fair bowed Georgia being quoted 71 to 7i ; Mobile 74 a74 ; New Orleans 74 a BJ. This advance was predicated up on the news from this country that the receipts hn 1 fallen oil materially, and it will probably be followed by news ol a stilj further advance by the next steamer. The London money mar ket was easier, though some danger was apprehended on account Q fthe continual drain of specie from h; Bunk ol England. Corn and Flour—Wheat flour had advanced from three to shillings, or about 89 cts. per bushel, &. Corn Meal two shil lings or 44 cents per hushel. Wheat had advanced about l'Jd per bushel. Indian Coin was very much in demand & the sup plies almost exhausted. The advance hud been mainly occa sioned by the increased demand for export to the continent and a very heavy business had been transacted. The price now paid for Western Canal Flour is 395. to 40s. Philadelphia 375. 6d.; Baltimore 375. Gd. to 39s Gd.; Ohio 375. to 3Js ; Canadian 375. to 395.; Yellow Indian Com is worth 51s. to 54s ; and White 51s. to 535. On the 19th, Indian Meal was quoted at 25s to 265. The general and political intelligence by this arrival is of no jinpotrance. The state of affairs in Ireland is improving. Matters have ,eached their worst, and are now mending.—The latest ac ! counts of Mr. O’Connell's health are very unsatisfactory. | HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. Advance of Gen. Scott—Occupation of Jnlaptt and Perote. The news from Vera Cruz is of the most satisfactory and grat ifying character, the dates being to the 29th ult. Gln. Scott ta king advantage of the signal victory obtained at Cerro Gordo, had pushed forward his troops and taken possession of both Ja lapa and J’erote. At neither place did the enemy offer the slightest resistance. On the approach to Jalapa, the place was at once given up and Col. Childs was appointed military Gov | emor. Gen. Worth at once advanced upon j Perote, and took possession of both the town and Castle on the 22d. The Mexi | can forces retreated on his approach, leaving a Col. Vascjuez to j surrender the place. Akfudia was in the neighborhood, at the I head of some 3000 cavalry, but decamped as soon as he learned jof Worth’s approach. The army correspondent of the Delta, says that an immense number of small anus, the big guns of the Castle, and a large quantity of ammunition, all in excellent order fell into our hands. It is said that Gen. Taylor had communicated with General Scott, in regard to a union of their forces preparatory to a de scent upon the city of Mexico. Santa Anna boasts that there is still another Thermopylae on the road between Puebla and Mexico, and for its defence he is at tempting to organize his forces near Orizaba. The American killed and wounded at Cerro Gordo, amount to about 400. The latter are doing well, and it is hojied that Gen. Shields may re cover. Neither Santa Alina nor Canalizu entered Jalapa on their retreat from Cerro Gordo. The following paragraphs will be read with interest: From the Vera Cruz Eagle, of the 28th ult. We understood yesterday that information had been received at Jalapa, that Gen. Worth bad thrown Ins oatposLs towards Puebla, and would march itnmed ately in thnt direction himself. We are somewhat doubtful as to its truth, however, not being able to trace it to any positive source. The latest information ’ received from Perote which might be relied on (we think) is that issued by us in an Extra on Monday last, and republished jin this day’s paper Gens. Scott, Patterson, Twiggs, Pillow ! and Quitman, were in Jalapa. Gen. Shields was still lying in a very doubtful slate in a hospital on the battle-field at Cerro Gordo. Rumor says that Peubla will yield without discharging a gun; if so, they will show more wisdom than has been evinced I by several other Mexican cities, with scarcely a hope lor suc j cess against us It is now certain that Santa Anna is at Orizaba, a little town at the foot of the mountam of that name, with about 1000 troops at his standard. He was seen at that place on Sunday morning last, and was heard to express his desire of remaining there un -7 til he could muster a sufficient force to make anotherstand. In , regard to the sincerity ol his assertion much doubt is entertain ed! as it is supposed that he is exceedingly desirous to leave the country, but tears to attempt a movement of that kind openly, lest he should be assasmated immediately, which will no doubt , he his late ulth. utelv. however long be ’may prolong it. He will not dare return to the city ol Mexico, is the universal op.n ----■ ion, until some success should crown Ins efforts to redeem his I thousand promises to the deluded people and the clergy, die lat > ter being now Ins only backers. It is said that those who elmg to his drooping standard now i are brought from Oajaca principally, and that not more than two or three hundred of them have any amts ; those they have, too, being in very bad condition. We learn thut he pretends he can . yet repulse the “invaders of the soil” if he can rouse the ninch eros, and form them into guerilla parties, to snnoy small bodies | of our citizens and soldiers whom they may have the temerity i to attack. Forlorn and dastardly hope! How much Castilian : blood courses through the heat tof a man who could stoop to f such cowardly devices ! We have been credibly informed that a son of Gen. Santa Anna is at the head, or very closely leagued with the murderers who infest the road between this city and Jalapa, and that he makes Santa he, a short distance trom here, lus rendezvous. We hope that an eye will be placed upon his actions, and that, if found guilty, he will be dealt with us promptly hs the nature ot his participation in such crunes would justly merit. Command of the Mexican Army.—lt is generally reported that the Mexican Government have removed Gen. Santa Aiuia from the chi'4 command of the army, aud apjiointed Gen. Val entine Canalizo as his successor.— Vera Cruz Chronicle of the 28th ult. | By a person just arrived from Orizaba, we know that General i Santa Anna had arrived there with about 200 dragoons, turd im mediately commenced recruiting, having now under his coma maud about 6UUO men ol’ the fugitives from Cerro Gordo H also assures as that a correspondence Imd been seized by the authorities at Mexico, addressed by a great personage to dqi‘T Ki jisi, “Hering a eertsm sum Hhe would bring nliulit an early peace, and to plnre all the requisite means at his disposal. In l’ue I lilt, Gen. Inclan is commanding. They are fortifying the town for resistance— lb. CAPTURE OF TUSPAN. On the 19th of April, the day after the battle of Cerro Gordo, the town of Tuspan was taken by the American Fleet, under the command of Com. Perry. The Mexicans offere ! a stout resistance, but were finally forced to yield. We copy the following particulars in regard to the taking of the place, from the Vera Cruz Eagle of the 28th ult. The expedition consisted of the steamer Mississippi ship,) frigate Raritan, sloop of war Albany, ship John A duals Germantown, Decntur. Hpitfire, Vixen, Scourge, Vesuvius Hee ls, Etna, Bonus, Petrel and Reefer. Among the vends were I distributed 150 men belonging to the Potomac, and 340 belong. ;mg to the Ohio, both ol which remained at this place A’t'r some delay at the Island of Lobe., awaiting the arrival of the sailing vessels, and subsequently at sea, owing to n dtsp isioa of the vessels by u norther, every thing was ready iorliindjiieon the morning ot the IHifi inatant, at which time the Mississippi was anchored oH the bar of Tuspan river, while the oth-r si am rs having laid their masts tak nont. and oth.'iwise lighten -I m j every possible way, took in tow the gnu-boats and barg -s of the j exordmon, carrying, in all, about 1200 men, and two piec.not field artillery. Ihe other vessels <4 the squadron remained st anctMii under I ustwn shoals, which lies six or eight mil e to the j eastward of the bn r . • ill crossing the tier the Hpitfire led the way, and was follow 1 lby tlie Vuceti and the H ourge, cneli having a gun boat iu tow 1 i * wo “* me steamers struck on the bar, but w ire not sintered to be Stopped lor a moment. They lit ’rally plough -1 p, | over it. By W o'clock, the whole expedition mm ededm gun t mg an entrance of the river, notwithstanding the s -rioin ditli -1 ‘’ult"’” presented by th- breakers of the bar. Shortly slierw mis everything being in readiness lor a t attack. C ‘in.o il go ferry’ hoisted Ins broa l pennant on board the Hputire, and ut once Id the rest ol the yesaelsup th- rtv-r Alter ascending it ulmiit five miles, two forts were discovered o.i the right bonk, bath of which op-ned ii|kiii the sq,iii.ltu.i liniueiliutely all the bouts were manned with storming twrttes oral while the steamers and gun-lsiats w e gallantly romr lag titt* tiir o| Um fortn, thi*y (th** boat*) (innhed on xnd uuiokiy t R*k possession of the (oris, the Mexicans retreating down o.w side w sailors ascended the other. Hr whole expedition now moved on steadily towr!< t'w i-jvv i us Ta<jn, foot iu a little v/Y: * anotVr lull, com nan ling the whole city, opouo 1 1 ! I At the mnu tim* vjlby. of m’i>k*'try jby the enemy from the chaparral. This latter jort w n I promptly attxc*iJ, and like the iwu>, was earri,*J JV* th * enemy w uting to cross bayonet' —yjx Tuible ti* I th -mvlves first rat * fellow j for tVn srnciesof boarding w V| , Si.miluneon'ly with theoccapH : o iof this fo;i, n division 1 “ expedition Un k?d in the* town, nn I at nice took p>*s ’ Ul s I’ii greater 01*1 of the inhibit mt? In I ll'l ani lafi s3*iti-.nT.ig Bofdiei-e within reach of onr balls. ‘ 5 In thecoars-i of the contest seventh ,>n men tm \ . killed an l w.nn led. Capt. Tnttn vli received a \r\\] ; I'.; ’ “lb joint; Lieut. Jos. L. Parker, Aid to tlie Cos a: kli severe wound hi the upjier part of the left breast; r t tic, ti flesh wound in the right lei?, an l LVm. Harts* >in j l,l wound in the right wrist anl thigh. All the wounded j’, / arc now doing well. ’ 1 Wjy, l Several gurw of the Truxton found m Trite,Inn j forts, nil of which w*re recovcre l nn l hrou j’u o:i lwf°i‘ piadroa. Other articlce belonging to the Tnuton ’ wi;v? recovered. After retaining poajas,-jion of the tow° th ‘ lflth to tii-3 221 instant, th’ for-'was withdrawn : bin r -1, leaving, however, tlie Albany nnd gin-bout Reef!*- 1,1 der Cap: Breeze, to guard nnd conumnd the place. It may hr proper to state, thnt u!l the forts of ih. p| ac „ i destroyed by our forces There being no further work *5 (’oast f*>r the squadron, Perry l**nrn, a movement towards the int *rior, with a fme k/ a m . e* l ira, th irjughly organized, should sazh a ot™ bed •'j° t 8 j viable. Tic Mexican Prisoner*. The (’orrespondent of the Vera Cruz Eagle, writing f ro lap a on the 90th ult., gives the following very interest] count of iris trp from the battle ground cf Sierra Gordo to l place: *• Yesterday, nt noon, I left the encampment near Sierra r do simultaneously with th'thousands of MexictnpnaonM and huil been released on parole, und who were w ndincr to their different homes, or to some place from whence th?** again b- forced to take* up arms against n 3. I belies line, extended ns it was along the rood, was full five mil? length. The Guarda Nacionale was the only rorpa that n tained any order in their march—the residue trudging nlon* best they could, nnd in most admirable disorder. W?nvle 1 the road on which they marched with much difficulty tut 2 our horses heads twenty different ways in the space ofhali hour, to avoid riding them down. They were lss sal L men under similar circumstances would generally be, and m 2 ed many a joke nt their own expense. This was in th* 2 part of the march. But towards sunset, when they had ; ured 18 or 20 miles of their journey—most of them in th-ir u* feet—they became quite silent nnd sad, and the effects of! fatigue of the day, combined with previous privations, toldm sibly upon them 1 felt much interest’ !in the numerous cm women—those devote l creatures who follow them through and evil—aud it grieved me to see them, worn down \v : J| tiguc, moving at a snail's pace, their hcav£ futhens alml weighing them to the earth. Th? woman of sixty or a! year® —tne mother, with her infant wrapped in her rebosa-2 wife, far advanced in that state thnt “women wished tab-'*! love their lords” —the youthful Senorita frisking along withk lover’s on her head ; even to the prattling girl who 2 followed padre and madre to the wars—could all be seen at! view moving along—-and barring the hardships of the tron unconscious cf the existence of misery in this world. ™ These women, like the Indians, are the slaves slavery thev submit to under the all-powerful influence ofi£ tion. In addition to their bedding and wearing apparel, tjj pack upon their backs the food and the utensils to cook it i and w o rn out as they are by the toils of the day, whilst tla husband or lover sleeps, they prenare his repast. I not iced one man—a Genera!—who left Gen. Scott’s n# ters the same time I did. He was nn elderly man, agf soon perceWed from his hobbling that he had but one leg I progress on the march was an object of curiosity to me, was surpueed to see him keep up so well with the more yomk and pertecV limbed. I halted for some time at ihe Santa Anna, to rest my horse, and my eyes ran eagerly* the column <>f prisoners to see if he had kept up. The fo®J filth man to the writer wus himself. He hod refused a lers to ride, both from our men and his own. About II ut night all of them passed my tent—save those who had <2 down from the effects of the march—which was about tj miles from this place. An hour afterwards a polite voiceati tent asked permission to light a segar from the fire Hook out, it was he. He said lie had not been able to keep up wi the advance, but he would reach Jalapa in one hour’s time. The segar lighted, he hobbled off again, and this morniDf met him in tlie streets, apparently not at all effected with n jaunt. When the Mexicans first surrendered, it was about their da. tier hour. In one of their lbrts the camp kettles were takenfroQ the fire, and the rations were being proportioned out. whenik order for surrender came from the second in command—so thn had to march out without their dinners. That evening, a&tn large quantities of food had been served out to them by our aw | missaries, they were picking up old bones, stale pieces of bread, and every thing that could lx* eaten. Yesterday, on the march, they would run up to a beef, killed the day before by our id j vance, and cut off every piece that could obtained, as eagerly a though they were halt famished. From the foot of Sierra Gordo to Santa Anna's hacienda, tb roadside was lined with dead Mexicans and horses. At aid near the rancho where Gen Twiggs overtook the ietreatiugn emy, they lay thick around, and a more horrid 9cene it would be difficult to picture. Mexicans lay dead in every direcuot; some resting up against trees, others with legs and amis extend ed, and occasionally a lancer laying with his arm upon theeiw gcr that received his death-wound from the same volley that end ed the career of the rider. Some of the prisoners passing throafi would occasionally halt to view the features of the decewd, and theq, mending their gate, regain their place by the srdtof tiioee who were more fortunate iu the iiuht At the place above cited was to be seen all the property, oth er than munitions of war, taken from the enemy. In onepiace, arranged in good order, were all the pack saddles—then the pea containing mules —the provisions next, comprising rice, beau bread, pepper, pilonceos, garlic, &c., pi’es of shoes, knaisacb and all the paraphernalia of a Mexican camp. Capt Robert Allen, A. Q M., stopped for a moment, and gave orders the removal of these things. The muskets taken from the enemy were being broken os stones as I passed the spot where they were. They were ofn earthly use to us, aud hence the summary mode ot disposing oi them. Action of the Mexican Congress. Immediately on the receipt of the news ol Santa Anna’s de feat at Cerro Gordo, the Mexican Congress held an extraordina ry session. The following account of its proceedings is tranah* j ted from El licpublicano of the 21st April. It coiuen in the shape ot a preamble and eight articles, and we give it enure Tlie sovereign constituent Mexican Congress, in useoftk full powers with w hich the inhabitants of the Republic have a j vested it for the sacred object of saving its nationality; and** ; faithful interpreter of the firm determination with which its con stituents are decided to carry on the war which the United Sum ! are now making on the nation, without desisting on any kind of reverses; and considering that under these circ stances the first public necessity is that of irn serving a centßtf union to direct the national defence wflth all the energy thatctf* , cuMiNanoM demand, and to avoid the danger of a revoiutiffli/y power arising which might dissolve the Notional Union.dnuoy its inst tutions, or consent to the dismemberment of its temiay, has determined to decree as follows; Art 1 —The Supreme Government of the Union is authorised to dictate all necessary measures for the purpose of carrying* the war, defending the nationality of the Republic, and savaf the federal republican form of government under which then ! tion is constimt-’d , Art. 2 —The preceding article does not authorize the Elec tive to make a peace with the United States, conclude a negtfr ation w-ith foreign powers, nor dispose, in whole or in pan,d the territory of the Republic. j Art. 3—Neither does it authorize him to make coutracsd colonization, impose punishments, nor confer any civil or mili tary employments other than those whose appointments are a* pressly entrusted to him by the constitution. Art. 4—Every agreement or treaty shall be null and lid which may be made between the Government of the Unci States and any authority whatever, which, subverting the an al order of affairs, should set aside or take the place of the legal ly established supreme power of the Union. Art. s—Every individual is declared a traitor, let him bn private persons or public functionary*, who either in his pnn* capacity or invested with any authority, incompetent orcfrrw lutionarv origin, may enter into treaties with toe United Sut* I of America Art. 6.—ln the event thnt the actual Congress finds it impos sible to continue its sessions, a permanent committee shall h* i immediately installed, to be composed of tlie oldest ndmM then found present of each deputation. Art. 7.—This committee, in the absence of Congn**. shall perform the duties of a Government Council: shall Hpponi. a ’ case of vacancy, the person who is to take charge tetnponrilf of the Executive powers of the Republic; shall regular da counting und taking of the vot*s in the election of anew Pru dent ; shall give possession to the elected person, and idiall call together the national representation. Art. 8 —The powers which the present decree confer on the Government shall cease as soon as the w*ur is concluded Such is about the amount of the proceedings of the meeting of the Mexican Congress, held immediately after the newshif reached the capitol of the disastrous defeat of Cerro Gordo j The editor of El He public ann , in speaking of this extraordinary session, in his paper of the 21st April, says that “ to tlie hooorof the legislative body it ought to lie olwerved, that yesterday more than eighty members assembled, and that no oilier than senti , ments of patriotism were heard expressed. May the cotiunofl : danger thus muu* all Mexicans, and cause to diHiippesrcventl* names of our sad dissensions.”— S. (J Picayune I ft'r* Rants Anna boasted very much in Jnlapi.and said thtf he would not only whin the Americans, but that he wouldmj ! call off Ins men from tlie pursuit until he hmj driven ua intotbe *ea. Alas, the sequel. Cerro Gordo, hr said, was intended by nature ns a defence against all those who attempted to overt* tlie Republic, ami if the Americans were not benten back fa’* I thnt point, it would be useless to oppose further obstacles te tWJ advance. This lie said iu Jalaps, on the eve of departure tor I the scene of action. But, to wheedle the people, in his usj! I Style Is* now excuses himself by saying that he waa not pfrp*** J —that the action Commenced much sooner than lu* aruf that his defences were not completed —Delta. ftCF* Th*’ Whig General Committer- of Maryland have taxoi tint *d G -nerol Taylor for the n**xt Frrsi lenoy. -Stop that ball Mr Ritchie! The V omito - A f*’w c:is *s of Yellow Enver are said t‘* h* VI * !• ci sired MA Ver.i Cm/. About .;i- tlious-ind American j wore in the hospital,or on the sick list, but there were trwJ'Mta* I in proportion to the numbertNfeiipiliining. ! A Good Whig Motto— ic-t th- Whigs, iu alltlKurfoWj j election# throughout tlie country, adopt their motto the reniorm I o| old Rough and Ready to Gen Wool aft r the battle >. i \ ista—“ IVe thull alienyi be Victorian* when we all pwl geth*r~ lAHtiepWe Journal.