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JOURNAL & MESSENGER. S. T CHAPMAN & S. ROSE, Editoks. II A. (OH, <a. JUNE 2, 1847. FOR PRESIDENT, GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR. For Vice President, GEORGE M. CRAWFORD. Wki Minting in Bibb. At a meeting of the Whigs of Bidd county, held at the Court House yesterday, Rowland Bivins, T. M. Ellfe, J. J. Gresham and J. H. R. Washington, were appointed delegate-* totlie Whig fturbcnmtnrial Con vention to meet in Mill edge ville, on Thursday the Ist day of July A Fair Proposition. The Journal is Messenger, now greatly enlarged and improved, is offered to subscribers at the following re- ‘ duced rates, viz: If paid strictly in advance, £2 50 , It not paid in advance, 3 00 If not paid within the year, 1 (K) These terms will be invariably enforced without re aped to persons. In order, however, to induce those subscribers who have not paid the present proprietors in advance, to make early settlements, we w ill let them have the paper at $2 s'): provided, they send hi the name of anew subscriber, and enclose. Five. Dollars. Thfewiil entitle both to a copy of th‘ paper for one year. This projiosition is made in order that eur sub scribers by taking advantage of a may save the money which we are usually compelled to pay to agents and collectors for calling upon in person for their sub scriptions. It is onr purpose to do business as nearly as possible upon the cash principle, believing that it will be mutually advantageous to both patrons and proprie tors. Persons at a distance can enclose the money, post-paid, at our risk, or they can pay the money to the Pent Master where they reside, under tV* late law', and obtain his order npon the Post Master in Macon for the raooty. This order they can enclose to us by mail. The following Is the form of a receipt which may be addressed to the publishers: ——Post Office. Received fiom , $— * for subscription to the Georgia Journal Messenger. I have eharged my self with the amount thus paid ine, in my accounts with the Government. The Post Master at Macon, Geo., will pay the Mine to the publishers, on the presentation of this receipt, properly endorsed. (Signed,) Post Master. By the same mail, an acknowledgment similar to the following, is to be sent totlie Post Master, at Macon. Post Office. To the Post Master at Macon: Sir—l have this day received from , s—.$ —. for subscription to the Georgia Journal If Messenger, with which I have charged mysl< in my accounts with Gov ernment, agreeably to the Post Office regulations. (Signed,) Post Master. * Not exceeding #10; and the 1 percent, commission in any one receipt. AgricuUnml Intelligence. We give plac to the letter of our Macon county cor respondent with the more pleasure, bcc.itv it on'y an ticipates a request which we intended to make of our planting friend* generally. It is a singular fact, that their interests have bern an! ng and so universally ne glected by the pp-s. Even where agricultural paper*, have been established, it has not been thought nee ■ sarv to publish them oft ic r than monthly, th is rcndcrin them perfectly us less as media of intelligence, in r gartl to crops, prices, an! a variety of other kinds of intelli gence with which the Agriculturist should of course be familiar Without interferine in the slightest degree with the circulation of that admirable agricultural pa per, the Cultivator, we pinpev , if the planters them selves will aid us, to supply our re-ad-'is weekly, with a large amount of agricultural matter. All information, therefore, in regard to the propped* and inanageuie it of the growing crops, and upon every hi.-iueh of Anri culture and Husbandry will be thankfully received. It is proposed to collect all tie fact) we can in regard tu I the present system of mlture, and to obtain S*l. _ >ll ;-i in regard to itsimpro ement. We want th*- n -ult* of actual experiments made by plain, prui t i .-.d ni’ ii upon our own soil, in our own climate, and with our own pro ducte, or such as are u|ipoi-"d to be adapt- I to this re gion. AH men S’ not alike, much It > doe* each man dforve every thing ; but when.- every man no let bis ’ observations and gives them to the public through th’ I prees, the general fund of iuloimatiou accumulates and all enjoy tire advantages. 1-iici arc what we want, and if the pianif re will famish the# ■ we will pledge our selves to put them in readable sbap- We hope, ih re lore, dial all our subsctiliers may unile in a general ef fort to famish us with the kind of information which we desire, and which cannot foil to make tic Journal R Messenger a useful, and intereating paper to the cul tivators of the aoil. The Occupation of I'uetdn. Again we have die pleasure of presenting the readers of the Jo it! mil tu Mewnper with important news from both divisions of the Army in Mexico, which will nt* appear in the Millcdgevillc papers until next week Wt merely mention the fact to show tic people where they must go if they wish the latest news. The I>ni!) Picayune. Thin interesting and welcome paper lias, for the lasi ten days, been sent by mistake, to Griffin, Georgia, in stead of tins place The Editor* will pk as-, la leafier, direct to “ Journal R -Vr see tiger, MACON, Geo.” Indian Spring Hotel. We scarcely deem ii necessary to do more than call the attontem of our renders to the adverliw-mcnt of Mr. Henky Dillon, who lias resumed the management and control of this rstablisluiic-M. Mr.D. is too well known to the people of Georgia, mid baa 100 long been rcoogntred as the polite and accommodating faiet of the Springs, to need praise from us. He returna, after a temporary absence, to his post with a renewed determination to make his house equal to any other: and who does not know that what Dillon determiea upon he is very apt to execute ? Those persons there fore who desire to visit the Springe, and purticulimy those who seek a house convenient, both to the water and to the baths, will do well to give Mr. I). a call ai his old “ head quarters.” l)r. Itoyuton’s Lectures. This gentleman's last Lecture in Mucuu w di he de livered at the Apollo Hall, this evening, and wc take it for granted that he will be greeted with an overtlowiug bouse. His Lectures here, have, iiotwitliatanJing tic other attractions, and the inclemency of the weather in the early part ot the week, beau fully attended and have given universal ealialaction. Tlie speaker is a plain, ■ipretendiug devotee of the Science w inch he prok-mes to teach lie is not only familiar with Ins subject as taught in tic Books, but udvaucc* many novel and im portant theories which he argues ably and illustrates moat saUtdactorily. We have never liatencd to a lare tnrer with more pleasure, and are truly sorry that his engagen, nta in the West prevenl him Irian repeating bis admirable ixiurne in tliecituens of Macon,by whuin bio return to the mtv would he most cordially wakxmed lieeUnu on llcnilli und Dlu iive. We are request ad to stale that Dr Hanninu pro|sisea to van Mueou in i> few days, for the purism- of giving ■ aeries ol Lecturer upon llie various diseases “ which fleah is heir to.” The Doctor has lectured during the last two mouths in the cities of Charleston, Augusta, anil Bnvanu-ih, and we are inJunm-d line given Very general ealisfartion, liaving throw n nut many important ■uggestuiu iu regard to the preservation of health. A goutleii'ini wnting from Havannah, informs rt* that the Dree lor is tltr invent’ 1 of a Hotly Brurr, the wear ing of which, has proved B'-rvireaUe to a lurgi- number in that city, as- well as in Charleston and Augusts.”— He lias also a variety of other Inventions (or tlie relit-l of the nrtlieisd. which we leave to him to pre-sent in peraon to the cittre ns of Macon Tliaferucr Convention. Captain Tina lias kindly offered to give Delegate* a panage to the Convention at Griffm, at half die usual prv - A ee.uilu-an from the Society must be |ire at tiled My order of the Executive Committee 8 T. C k Inpt. Keott’a Com pan y. F The moveineac if tliis osn|iny we underannd, will be delay’ i for a few days, in remw-qui tire of die due of Lb-taf Whila Humph leys’ Fever iuhl Agile Fills. We can bear personal testimony to the respectability ot many ot the individuals who have certified to the efficacy of Mr. Humphrey*’ Fever aud Ague Pills, ad vertised in another column. Those of our numerous readers who have suffered from that disease, will be pleased to learn that the Fever and Ague is “no great shakes after ail,” when it can be cured in twenty-four hours by the watflh. If any persons hereabouts can beat Mr. Humphreys at curing this disease they ought to let the public know it. Health—Cleanliness—Police. M e take great pleasure in calling attention to th? Proclamation of his Honor, the Mayor, and trust that his appeal may be promptly responded to by every citi zen ol Macon. A thorough and complete examination of their premia s should be made by each inhabitant All rubbish and oili-naive subsn-nances should be remo ved, cellars and out-houses e'eansed and car- tally white-washed It secimi to do universally admitted, that the vast improvement in the health of certain Southern cities during the last fifteen or twenty years, has been mainly owing to the improvement us their pol ice regulations, to the increased caution of the citizens, and especially to the lire iw of l*me. Not many years since the annual death* in Savannah amounted to one in every sixteen—\ mortality nearly as great as that of the American* in the battle of buena Vista Th -n the streets, and alley*, and ce llar-, were neglected—the house* unpainted. and the fences and out-houses un white- washed. A system of police was devised, tl -*a!t!i officer* were appointed to confer with and urge the. cit izen* m increased vigilance and caution, and the result ‘ has l.e -n, that the raiio of death* has gradually dimin ished, until the yearly mortality is now less than one to j cwry fifty inhabitant*. A system which ha* c pern ted ; so well elsewhere, fe certainly woithv of a trial in Ma con. It c m certainly do no harm, nrwl will add to the beauty and comfort of onr r* si*fences, even if it do, not extend the tenure of onr lives. The Georgia Regiment. The Georgia Regiment, Col. H U. Jackson,retched New Orleans in the early part of last week. We arc pleased to learn that they arc in better health and better spirit* than might have been expected. Twelve months ago they left the banks of the Chattahoochee, and with bu* rant hope* and stout heart*, took up their iin** of march for the scat of war. They have trudged “many a weary mile,’* have breathed the poisonous air of the Rio Grande, and braved the frosts at Monterey, and the scorching bents of Vera Cruz and Alvarado, all in search of an opportunity to gain personal distinction, and do honor to their State. The late*, however, have been unpropitious, and denied them all opportunity to prove that their chivalry was equal to their discipline and endurance. They have left the bon * of many of their brave companions strewed upon every hillside and in every valfey from the Chattahoochee to Jalapa, and those who survive, now return, perhaps chafed,and sad dened, and disappointed, if not care worn ami haggard froiu exposure and the pestilence. They are curious of course, to know how they are to be received by thos** of us who have remained at home in the full enjoyment of don i tic comfort. .Shall ail their toil* and exposure pass for nothing, or will they be cordially welcomed and honored as worthy to stand side by side in our af fections with the brave men who fought at Monterey, at Buena Vista, and Cerro Gordo? We know it is the fortune of war and not their fault that they were not participators in the gallant deeds performed by Davis and Baker. anJ the host of others who arc now more prominent only because more fortunate. We believe, u all that has been said and hinted to the contrary, that the Georgia Regiment, in its officer*, and ; itH discipline, in individual and aggregate bravery was surpassed by few .if any in the service. We trust, there- ■ fore, that they may lx* received on their return to their homes in a manner worthy of the State, and of the toil* and sufferings which they have endured. Prospect oi Peace. The President, it would seem, has abandoned all idea of an early jieace with Mexico. It is now rumored that Hays and his Rangers are to be sent to Mexico on the guerilla terrier, and that another and larger force of the same kind, ip also to be sent into the field for simi lar purposes, fieri. Patterson and other officers recent ly from tlie sent ofwnr. nre of tlie opinion that at least forty thousand men will he required, Hiid dial an actu al military occupation ol tlie country will have to be re sorted to Mr. Polk lias had the power, and still re tain- it. under the act of 1846, of calling into the public service fifty thousand men in addition to tlie regular ar my. Having the power, he will of course be held re sponsible for the prope r exercise of it. He hastily plung ed tlie country into a war. Having proved hunsclf po tent fur evil, wc sincerely hope he may not appear whol ly iui-p’ icnt for g od. The Enemies in the Hear. Wc hive already mentioned that Gen. Taylor, some time hu <\ wrote toth* Department a long letter, in which he reviewed the whole tubject oft the- Mexican war, the treatment of himself and liic army by the Ad- : inhiiHLration, See. See. Thi* despatch wua written on tlu* eve oft the battle oft Buena Vfeta,and it is said, was intended as u vindication oft his fame and character as a soldier, in case the foie of the day had gone against him. Th** Union and th** Department have steadily refused to give this fetter to the public with the other despatch* s ; but our worthy and able cotemporary of the Mobile Daily Advertiser, says of it, that “it is gen erally considered very doubtful whether General Tay lor, upon the fifld of Buena Vista, gave the worst thrashing to the enemfes in his front or to those in tin rear.” Giving Aid itnd t omfoit. A correspondent very properly wishes to know what ••ff *t th*‘ proposition oft Mr. Ritchie to rob th# Mexican churches will be likely to exert on the* question of an early peace? The suggestion of the venerable organ gr id; *r, he thinks, may be intended to give aid and coma-rd “to Santa Anna and to enable him to raise the wind from the churches for the purpose of carrying on that great game of diplomacy in which Mr. Ritchie claims that the President committed “no great blunder after all,” though it did give the enemy a General ami has cost the United States thousands of valuable lives. lleautitul Figure. Mr. Benton, who has always contended llini Texas was origituilly bone of our bone and H -li of our tieah, in his late speech at Si. Louis, according to the Ntir Era, spoke of her as bt-ing a rfb taken out of ottr side : which, ii a right policy hud been pursued, would have as gently and quietly fallen into our bosom as Eve did into that of Aluin. Mr. Benton might have said, that like Adam's rib, Texas lias tempted ua to partake of the forbidden fruit of conquest which has already brought ear rot to die brow, and bids lair to bring sadness to die heart of the nation. Gen. Sum Houston. “Gen. Houston lately made a speech at Sun Augus tine, Texas, in which he stated, that the commission of Major General in the Army invading Mexico, had been tendered to himself and Gen. Rusk—that he had de clined becauac lie did not approve of Gen. Scon's mode of conducting the war, and particularly disliked the wagon trains and hay that accompanied dir army.” lie also stated some time since, that Gen. Taylor was not fit to command a corporal's guurd 1 How wonder fully wise some tnen ate t Gen. Foote, now Senator front Miaais ippi, uttoe wrote a book, if wc mistake not. to prove that if shaking badly in a fellow's shoe) ever won a battle dten did Bam Houston fairly win the day at San Jacinto. The f nttvuss in Alttbitmn. I It will be recollected that dm Democratic Conven tion, which nominated Ki.i iicn l mum. as die eatuh- Jute ol the party, far Governor ot Alalsmta. succeeded in making the choice on th* ‘JIM Mint. Reuben, laid voted for the proviso ol Jacob Thompson, censuring Gelt. Taylor, and the Democracy wa re afraid tu u*k him with the people. It fpt s'a IS that (iovenior Martin, the present Executive, re pudiates the aedon cf the Con vention and drclun-s that it represented neither the De mocracy nor the Blale. He says, “ I hurt buck at tin Convention the detinue•• tlmy tar unnecessarily thre w at me. they art net the people, Re., Re.'’ and thereupon declares himself a Crmdklati tor rc-elt-otion The Gov ie a Calhoun titan, and like many ol Ins friends, cannot brook the irenuneiti which that gentleman lias rectiv ed from tlie Old Hunk- is. of which Mr. Chapman it one. It ie supposed that if dm Whigs decline totunm mute a cuntUduii . Martin w ill Is; elected by a lurge majority. Like Crawlord, in Georgia, It luts don: tnuelt to enhance the character and credit of Alabama, and tlwrelbn ■, may perhaps get die support of the Whigs. Col. Don I plum ball'. The report tjhieh came front tire seat of war a f-w a dysstne< tiiut Col. Douipltitn and his command hud fieen defeated near Dursiigo-jtutis out to Is incorrect Col. 1) finding his li-reS ttaaiffic'cni 10,lake she place, returned toChihuiiluta, from which putt In-is ordered in join General Tayler The Ko:i,;li hiil Ready thag. In adopting th * suggestion of our correspondent, and hoisting th : Taylor and Craw ford flag, we are influ enced by national as well a; sectional motive*. (Jen. Taylor fe the candidate, not only of the Whig? but of the whole people. Ilia name* has a sjk-II stronger even than the “cohesive power of the public plunder.” It i* obliterating ail party lines and gathering together le gions of the modLrate men of all parties. The aid of eau cussoH cr conventions is not required to place him before the people, in who* hearts he had already been nomi nated. As no convention will l>e necessary to name the candidate for the Presidency, so we think its ma chinery may also be very properly dispensed w ith in re gard to the candidal” for the second office. The peo ple ore growing restive, at any rate, under conveutiout— they arc sick, arid disgu-.ted with that caucus machinery which has indicted upon them such a man as Mr. Polk. It i* right an 1 proper, therefore, that in giving to the Natron u second Washington, we should also revive the trie Washingtonian aud Madwoman times—allow the people to make the r own selection of a Vice President, and let CongrtLa designate the man who is apparently the choice crf‘the go atest number. F.very State rooms to covet the - malar honor of furnishing u candidate worthy to run with * Old Rough and Ready,” let every State, therefore, prescut its own candidate and vote lor him accordingly—leaving the whole of the trickery and corruption <*t i National Convention eiiunily to our up* p<monte. G*.*n. Taylor will at any rate, have a deci ded majority of thenFr in the next Congress, and we are perfectly willing L> leave the b* lection of a Vice Presi dent to them, enlightened as they will be by the previ ous popular elections. That Governor Crawford would have strong claims upon that body wo feel convinced. His high endowments, Iks *t rling integrity, his states man-hip, and expanded views, would pres* him cowl} upon if u consul “ration. Beside*, hi* position a* a lead ing Whig, not only in Georgia, but in the South, would give him a power and position which no man South of Pennsylvania dent should be tuk*n from this region, we feel confident that he would be the person selected. If on the contra ry, a Northern, Eastern, or Western candidate should be urged, the South, by holding the balance of power, would have the ability to secure an officer who in not inimical to her interests, particularly on the subject of domestic H tvery. With these view* we present the name* of Taylor and Crawford, subject to the appro val of the people at larg**, and more particularly of the Whig* of Georgia. Gobbing tin* Mexican C hurches. When some five or six weeks since, we copied an ex- ; tract from th • Fiucastle Democrat, in regard to the sacking of the Mexican Churches and the sequestration j of tlu ir property, some of the D?mocratic presses ! affected to treat the whole matter as a quiz. Even our j well informed cot .niporary of the Savannah Georgian, : though apparently enraptured with the Geographical lore of Mr. Hard, affected to suggest that he was not aware there was even such a place a* Fincasllc. or such a paper a* th o Democrat! He very properly treat- j cd th* suggestion as absurd,litti * thinking nt the time that the proposition had really been seriously entertain- , cd by the venerable Organ-grinder and other prominent members of the Democratic party. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald, writing on the 1 221 uk., says that Mr. Soule, the distinguished Demo- 1 era tic: Senator from Louisiana, made the suggestion j openly on the floor of the Senate and intimates that he derived it from the famous plan of the great Missourian. ‘ Certain are we that the suggestion was made simulta neously in several of the leading Democratic ami neu tral papers, thus proving that it was the result of confer- ! ! c nee and consultation. It is hardly probable that the 1 ! proposition would hav first appeared in Mr. Polk's or | gan, the Union, and in Mr. Buchanan's organ the Phil adelphia Ledger, unless it had been considered and ap proved by the President and his advisers. The article in die Union even, who allowed to rim a whole week before the tenants of the White House thought fit to compel Mr. Ritchie to announce that he had not spo ken by authority. It was not until the popular indig nation had been clearly manifested that the Editor of the Government Organ recoiled, affrighted at the mon strosity of the corrupt and villainous conception of his own brain. The moment it became necessary to dost), however, wc find Mr. Ritchie, in the face of all the cir- j cum*iautial proofs to the contrary, declare with all the i truthfulness of Amitdia himsel I ’, that the President J and his Cabinet were not responsible for the infamous ; proposition to sequester the property of the Catholic Chinches of Mexico, and thut they were one and ali opposed to it and ever had been! ii tills is true, we may pertinently aek why did Mr. Ritchie make the proposition at aii ? What object did he expect to accomplish by it ? Was it the mere off spring of an idle brain, or aid he hope by aid of the pow erful Democratic iujiuences which favored the project j finally to persuade Mr. Polk and hfe Cabinet to embrace : this species of modem Vandalism ? In olden time* to aay ! that a man “would rob a Church ” wag to express the ‘ strong*'idea of his abandonment. Is it possible thut Mr. Ritchies association with Mr. Polk couli have in- ! duced him to form so low an opinion of the Chief Exe cutive of the Nation! If so, th** sooner they ure both dispos'd of according to the suggestion of a certain Flotilla Senator the better. Unpardonable Censure* Mr. Polk has been wounded in the house of.life friends, and a most hidden, insidious wound it is, very much of the Judas Iscariot order. The Democracy of j Worr n county, Mississippi, at a rec iU meeting pass ed the following resolution: Resolved . That experience haw taught uh this great truth—“that prosperity, nationally and individually, is best secured by industry ami economy,” therefore wc earnestly recommend to our fellow citizens to work . more and spend less. It is very apparent that the distinguished teacher here spoken of under the name oi” Experience’ is no other than Mr. Polk, and that the feeso.i which has been taught the Democracy of Warren, ia in some way con nected with the expenditure of the millions on millions of money squandered by th” present administration.— Nor can they understand how it is that Mr. Polk with a salary of $25,000 per annum, paid him specially for administering their affairs and inking can* oft their money ; should, at the moment this wastefulness is go ing on, find tin*** to travel about the mountains of North Carolina—“a Pilgrim President,” —in search of honors which the people have never thought ot bestowing upon him of their own tree will. Well may his own party friends inform him that national, like individual pros perity, can he b**st secured by industry and economy, — well may they advise lum und his cabinet to work mure and spend less. Mr. Folk and the Organist. The Nashville banner says : The position of the of ficial organist, or piper, or whatever lie may be tenned, i and his lack of ability to administer comfort to Mr Polk, just at this time in view* of his vanishing popularity, re minds one of the old verse : “There was a piper had a cow, He had no hay to give her; He took his pipes began to piny, Consider, cow—consider !** Thus sang the venerable organ-grinder to Mr. Polk and life Cabinet, when he found that lie had struck a wrong k* y and that the people would not sanction the infamous scheme of robbing the Mexican Church’s, “ He took hit pipes, began to play Consider—Polk —consider.” The llcro Mild the i oik Leg. Santa Anna’s Cork leg, taken in the liuttfe of Cerro Gordo, has been brought ov*: to New Oil* aim, by Com pany t , -Ith Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, who captur ed th** carriage in which it was toumi, and came near catching Santa Anna himself*- Mr. Polk’s particular friend ‘Pin* Picayune says it sea ltacM beautiful piece ot work mans! lip, sud Worthy bf being worn by s more valorous man. Wc presume it will be pres* uted to th* President to be worn on Stall icrusiou* by Lieut Gen. Ih-iit*. *n. Horn*’ wug of un editor grows function* in re gard to thia trophy, and describes the representstive of Mr Polk on the occasion, as looking first upon life flee ing forces, then upon the ferocious “suckers,’’ and final ly exclaiming with Richard of old— A mule! a mult’ My Cork Leg for a Mule ! flew Mail Route. The Post Master General has advertised for propo sals for carrying a weekly Mail, from tlie 12th of Sept. 1 I(M7, to the Ist ol June 1853, on the following route, via: Frora America., Ga ,by Lumpkin, I loruies, George- | town, Eiftmlo, Ala , Ciaytob, Loufevilie, Monticcllo and Troy, to Orrenviile, 2UO miles and back, once * wr**k. Leave Amenoue, every Monday, nt 6 A M , arriv*- at Greenvill* n*x Saturday, nt * P M Leave Grcenvitl* every Monday, si 6 A M , arrive at Amencut* next ftnturdvy, by* P M Mcr • >ign**oi the Time*. At an overwhelming meeting of the citizens of Shel by county, Kentucky, on th” 12th nit , General Taylor waa unanimously nominated lor the Presidency. The Louisville Journal m the 11th, announcing the result aay-: “In Shdby, a* everywhere efee, the popularity of Gen. Taylor is breaking up the Locofoco organization. Edward C. Puine, one of the ,Secretaries of the Shelby ville meeting, and Col. J D. Ase u.a member of the Committee that reported the revolutions, have long been among the most influential Democrats of Shelby coun ty, and three of the gentlemen who were appointed a committee of correspondence have always been active and leading Democrat*.” At a large meeting of die Whigs of Jefferson county, Indiana, Gen. Taylor was unanimously nominated, and the following among othepresolutions were passed, viz “Resolved That although we piesent the name of G n. Taylor for th ■ nexE Presidency. *> a Whig, good and true, yet w • present him ns suitable to L * President of he nation, and not tr a party—one who look* to the weifttre of the people, and wni du-pens :h- lent *t good to the largest number, regarding the ('onMitution a.id liberties of die people a* above nil pr.ee, much mo? • abov. all party. ” Resulted, That v/e look forward to the election of Gen. Taylor as President of these United States, and to his term of efiice, at such un era in the history of our nation, in which tune ali party line* will be broken down—ail proscription for opinion’* sake ccaee and be Hfecardcd, and this Government be ndmini tered on the pur* principles of republicanism, for the good of the whole country.” Incompetent Officer*• The fucts which have been developed by the investi gation into th*- conduct of the Volunteer* at Buena Vista, go to show that the retreat of the Indiana Regi ment was owing to the incompetency of their Officer* and not to the men ; mapy of whom rallied, attached themselves to other regiment* and fought bravely throughout the whou* battfe. The Court gave as its opinion that Col* Bowles showed no want of peiaotial courage, that he did not shamefully runaway or hide himself in a ravine, or behind hfe men ; but that he was ignorant of the Company, Battalion, and Brigade drills- We do not publish these thing* for the purpose of wounding feeling*, or with th*- vi -w of perpetuating the memory of conduct which ought to be forgotten; but simply to note the necessity of greater particularity in the selection of officers to lead the forces which are car ried against the enemy. There seems to have been no want of personal courage even in the affair at Buena Vi*- ta The whole panic resulted uom a mistake, which wa? itself the consequence of the incapacity of one who had set himself up, or who had be*n set up by others, as a leader. It was a case where th** “blind led the blind,” and we are only astonished, that the finding of the court was not in accordance w ith the fate which the scrip ture* declare generally await* ch unsightly proceed ing*. If Col. Bow les did not ; t literally into the ditch he has certainly sadly soiled hi’ military reputation.— There is much philosophy in ‘ -aying that “the cob irr should stick to his last.” Certain we are that men Vho are educated to any particular calling, arc most competent to fulfill its requirement*. In not a single instance we believe, has there been any complaint against the conduct of men, during this war, whether re gulars or volunteers. who were commanded by officers educated nt West Point. The reason is, that they are j perfectly familiar with their duties. They are never found throwing up th e parapet upon the wrong side of\ th n ditch, or ordering a retreat, unless the command first | comes from the superior officer. True, there an* but few j of this class of men even among the Volunteer officers; still, one man, as was the case at Buena Vista, may have the fittc of the day, the lives of thousands and the ho nor of the State—perhaps of the Nation —in hie hands. How important tlu-4 that men renowned for wisdom, prudence and military experience should be selected for fi‘ld and company officers, and that such selections i whether made by the Executive or left to the men* should be made if necessary, from the State at larg*. I These remarks have a practical bearing upon the ex isting state of affairs in Georgia at the present moment. Anew Battalion is now being organized, and should the war be continued, it is destined to see much active and severe service and we trust that the Executive may send such officers into the field, s will protect the honor and elevate the character of the State. The New Uattalion. Gov. Crawford has accepted tl* services of the “Co- j luinbus Greys,” Cap*. N. N. Nelson. The Baker Company, Capt. Waiker, have not been able to make up the compliment of men. Capt. Leslie Chose has been ordered to Columbus, to inspect and muster the Battalion into service, in place oft Col. Whistler. The Crops. The news which haa reached us during the last five * days in regard to Lite crops, is very discouraging The Southern and South-western coniines are suffering from tiie excessive rains which hi many places have com pletely inundo ted the crops. Tr e wheat harvest is near ly over, but the yield will lie light. In the upper coun-1 ties the prospect has not been materially clutnged since our last. The Mexican Proclamation. The New Orleans papers contain a proclamation of the Catholic Clergy of Sail Lufe Potosi, which goes for j to show the animosity entertained in Mexico towards j the Unit’ and States, an I which will tend to deter the pros pect of peace to perhaps a far distant day. Deterred Articles. An interengnti fetter giving a description of the visit of Mr. Webster to Savannah, unfortunately came to ( hand too late for this weeks paper. We have also on hand two communications on the Supreme Court, and several Railroad document**, all of which will receive attention in due time. Correspondents will pleas** r- - member that brevity is the soul of wit.” Hie to the Mountain*. The lovers of mountain breezes, fine living, lemon, pop and rose colored euu d’ vie are respectfully refer red to the advertisement of the liberal hearted cominfe sarics of th** Macon Volunteers and Floyd Rifles. If there is any thing good they will have it, and the better it is always th** more willing they are to share it with their friends. Those who go to the mountains will therefore have not only a joHy hut a comfortable time of it. NEW HOOKS. Arthur Martin, or the Mothers Trials, by Ckas. Rurdett, Esq ‘Phis is the first of a series of American works to be issued from the jiresH <>ft the Harpers, and adapted expressly loth” domestic circle. It i a story of absorbing interest, and uuat graphically depicts those trials and suffering* of devoted mothers, incident to the waywardness, the follies, and crime* of children Bcripture Illustrated, by the Kev. Chester Field. The object of diis volume is. to illustrate scriptural trutlis by interesting facts, incidents and anecdotes, iti a language and manner that will impress them forcibly and readily upon th** minds of the reader ; and from the cursory glance whi**h we have given some of th** chap ters, it is apparent that the author ha* executed his de sign with skill and ability. The illustrations and argu ments an* apt, the style easy und graceful,und the whole work calculat’ and to make a decided impression, particu larly upon the youthful reader Pictorial History oi Ejiolawp, No 22 This iuuulkt clow * the s* eond voluiu* of the foithcotnitig work. As we have not had the previous numbers, we can of course form no very accurate opinion in regard to tiie ir nieijts. ‘The plan however, sea good one, as the writer proposrs to give th** history of the people iis well as of the (kiwniiDußt of England. History, too often consists merely of dry details, touching diplomatic intrigues and military op**nti'otw, to the exclusion of all really interesting information, in regard to th” industry, habits, manners, Ac ,of the mass- - Thu work before us dwells especially upon the latter topics, und the text in copiously illustrated with several hundred admirable woodcuts. It is to be completed in about forty num bers, and will make four elegant volumes. OMoq: A Narrative eg Adventure* in thi South Seas, by Herman MelvtUs All who have road the deeply interesting wmk c&Usd Typte, fiom the pen of; the above author, wiUoi ouu.se bo anxious sud fuitber ’ to pursue the romsuUc w udeicr among the Islands ot the South Sean. Originally R sailor before the msstot | a whaler, the author btc.nui a rover among the suvuges i of (tie Msiqueua* Islands, and finally u captive ui the i volley of Type#, inhabited by prmitive savages. As! the volume coiled Type- was WTitten principally to give a correct idea of the munneii, customs, mode of living. Au;, Ac., of the South Sea i landoro, unbiassed by miraionaiy iuffuenoes. iff” be-4 now before us is in tended to give a jumUiar account of the present condi ton of the converted P<4yi#*tan*. It fe aiiimrafdy W’ritteii und ids utufe m imerest, ng ourratlr**. Many us th* incident* urr ‘highly rninng rr*l hi ixTCDts, nl the , f * reflections just such a* might be expected-from a wild roving sailor, who possessed vast capacity, combined with a devil-may-care spirit, which made him equally at home in the hulk of a whaler, the hut of a savage, oi th” palace of a Tahiti tovereign. He treats of subjects hitherto little understood by the general reader, but which Will lx* found not the less interesting because nov el and far-fetched. It is a highly interesting Book. All of these works arc from the prolific press of Har ! per & Brothers, and have been handed to us by Mr. Boardinan, who offers them, togeth -r with ail extetihiv** I collection of standard works, for sale. Deflow ’s Coinnioi cittl Review. Augustus bv Foster, Esq., the General Travelling Agent of this Review, is now in Macon, for the purpose ! of securing subscribers to the work, und wc commend ! him most cordially not only to our merchants but to all who may desire to obtain correct information on the various topics of which it Heat*. Th<* Review ha* now readied the sth number of the ’id Volume. Wc have read every number of it thus far, and are fully of the , opinion th t th re is but one work in the country equal t j it viz: Th* Merchant's Magazine. The Review, however, contains articles differing materially in clmr i from thn.-** of the M ian zinc, because they treat ;oi subjects of interest * the F- u om pt ’r. The last j number now before u, for in-t mee, ha* elaborate and well digested articles upon the following subjects, viz: *1 Lih- I \suia..ce ; t the :li. ; 2. Manufacture of Sug ir in Louisiana. 3 Commerce of Savannah. 1. The Ouachita Country. ! 5. Mexico and tlie United Staten. 6. Agriculture of Louisiana. 7. Treatment, Physiology, <fcc., of the Negro. 8. The Mississippi, it* Sources, Mouth and Valley. In addition to the above, there arc a great variety of ; i fist leal articles on our Domestic and Foreign Com n tc*. Agriculture, Internal Improvements, &c., &c. Mr. Deßow i* a very industrious and enterprising edi tor, and we most cheerfully commend his enterprise to the patronage of our merchants and citizens generally. The following favorable notice* of the work cannot fail | o indicate its true character and value : From the Washington Union. “The Renew, dating from January, 1846, has al ready established for itself not only a high character at home, but n national reputation. The enterprise of the editor lias procure and for its pages many of the best in formed w riters of the south and west, in addition to the numerous able articles from hi* own pen ; and the sub jects being admirably chosen, the fourteen numbers that have already been published, comprise in them valuable information, on nearly every branch of the economy of tli” Mississippi valley and ol trade and commerce gen erally. It is not, however, to the merchant alone, that the publication is of interest and importance. The ag riculturist. and especially the southern planter,is as di rectly concerned in many of the subjects that form the plan of the work, as person* engaged immediately in commerce. For example, we find in the first volume elaborate and intelligent essays on the home and foreign market, on Indian com, Louisiana sugar, the rice plant, the catterpillar, the Tobacco trade, American tobacco, and a variety of similar subjects.” From the National Intelligencer. “We take pleasure in stating that Mr. Foster, the general agent of this very aide and successftil publica tion, has arrived in this city with the view of extending its circulation. The work has beea published on the first of each month for fourteen month* past in the city of New Orleans, and the ability and industry of Mr. De Bow have made it a publication of value and import ance to the country generally, but more especially to the South and West. The numbers issued contain a great amount ot valuable statistics ; articles on commerce, agriculture, internal improvements, and other important subjects from some of the ablest pens in the country.” From the New Orleans Mercury. “The February number of this popular work is unusu ally rich in matter, and printed in a neater manner than any of the previous numbers. There is not to be found ia the United States a work abounding more in valua ble information than this. Every article is original, in teresting, and well written. Too much cannot be* said in praise of the Commercial Review. It is equal to any thing of the kind in the United States—an honor to its enterprising editor and the New Orleans press.” From the Charleston Mercury. “The work abounds with valuable statistical informa tion. It urges with ability such a division of labor in the .South as will prevent an overproduct on of one ol our great staples ; and argues that the large crops ol cotton heretofore produced, have in a great measure transferred the wealth of .the South to the barren hills ol New England ” “Public education, internal improvements, the mail system, in fact every thing that relate* to th** wealth hr avor;ationi* oi l** pjopfe, receives the special attention of the edit* r, affording an interesting display of ability aud industry. It tequires no ordinary capacity for us;- fulness, and uilenu oft iu interior order to draw to his aid, in fco short a time, many oft ihe ablest pens in the country, as Mr. Deßow* has done. His industry and business talents, have very easily established him in public confidence.” This last article, though accredited to the Mercury. bears the signatures of some twenty of the ablest and most favorably known Merchants in Charleston. With such testimony as the foregoing, we deem it quite unne cessary to add another word in tavor oft the Review Mr. Foster will only remain in the city a day or two. CORRESPONDENCE OF TIIE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. MILLEDGEVILLE, May 31, 1847 Gentlemen :—Tlie Missouri Buffalo—Mr. Benton— in hfe late speech at Bt. Louis, again runs bellowing, with horn 9 m rest, at the name of Calhoun. The over shadowing fame of Calhoun is his cypress, hfe mono mania, his devil. If America were no bigger than England, surely one England could not hold Harry’ Percy and his foe ! He thinks of the great Carolinian, and, maddening, gores himself; and when his blood is up, Buffalo like, he tilts at friend and foe. After ex pressing his extreme delicacy about telling tales out of'i school—after ominously declaring that “ the time would come, hut not now”—“he who (to use his own modest language) hail refused embassies to the first Courts of Europe,” thus bears down upon President Polk: “ll** could say no more, at this time, upon that point; but when the plan whirh he submitted to the President comes to Ik* made known, it would be seen that the military men would have had nothing to complain of— that Gen Taylor, instead of strangling at buena Vista with 5,000 against 20,000. would hare been ad ’ ranting on Santa Anna with 20,000; that Gen. Scott. i instead of an entrenched army at Cerro Gordo, would lirohnbly have found the road open to Mexico; that the two Generals would have probably met sooner at th** city of Mexico, and found Ihemseives attended by a diplomatic mission, nationally constituted, both in a geographical and in a |*>litical sense, and prepared to take advantnge of hII events to smooth the way to a solid and lasting peace.” Here sea fruitful text for comment; but the space reasonably allotted to me in your columns, forbids me to do more ihnn ask lor it the attention of the public. 1 J would merely usk, did no other means of diplomacy exist to effect the ends spokeii of by Mr Benton, save those to Is* used through the medium of u Lieutenant- General ? In other words, were all the diplomatic means and powers invested in the Executive oft this i Union, solely dependant upon the Appointment us apar | ttcular individual to a particular office ? Because— ; merely because—the American S.mau* could not be made suffieiently subservient to outrage the honor of the 1 army and the country by overslaughing Taylor and Scott, will the people of this country excuse thei r Chief Magistrate tor meanly and spitefully withholding adequate support to the Generals already in command Mr. Benton, tlie chosen champion of tlie Administra tion, is on the stand —set him answer. Mr. Benton's usually healthy hopes, beclouded by the tall, dark sliaduw of Calhoun, ure turned to despuir for the Union. After indulging some dismal forebodings lor its safety, h • excl lima, “ There is no Jackson now . to save the Union, by s voice like the command of des ! liny, proclaiming that*!} shall be preserved Be comf.uted, Mr. Benton! The great Jackson arose at New Orleans; but behold, u g iter than he. hath arisen at Buena Vela; and in *id hi nse, it may be •viid, yuur Jackson turned prophet and for** told hfe com - iugi tor Jck**o. said—whilst standing on the confine * oft Tune and Eternity—** thi.iis live* an old planter I I DOWN on THE RIVEN M l.v.ls orri, WHO WILL LEAD OUR j ARMIES, AND US WILL I* > IT WELL, T *0!” Yours, &c A. Macon Countv, Ga May 87th. I 17 Gentlemen: Icontt.ve the oi any nation depends much upon the success of those engaged in g nculture, and as outs is a producing State, 1 tak* Ui liberty of giving you trie present prospect of our crop* in tlii** section. As reg ird** our great staple, (cotton, it looks a* ixjorly us I ever saw it at thus omui ufttla y**ar. I attribme tiife to Un* cool and mornings, and the excessive rahu. It look? very much as if it had suffered from light frost The most of it looks black, and some of it is dead : so that it elands so very thinly : on the grounds that a considerable portion of our land < will be cultivated to no advantage. The under leaves j are covered with insects, and what is alive is remurka- ‘ bly small. We have had rain for about forty-eight hours, and while I fin penning these lines it is still raining, with n N. E. wind which i* death to the cot ton plant. When the rain willceese 1 cannot tel!, ns the prospect to continue is ns good a* when it common- j ced. Our land* are ho saturated with water that our op- j (■rations will be suspended for some time. A considera ble portion of our low lands fire under w ater, and I an ticipate high fresh ts in the water courses; conseqentiy those planters who cultivate the bottom lands must suf fer. I hud Inst night the company of Mr. Pope, u suc cessful planter of Lee county, who gives the same ac count of the cotton in that region. Wc had lm : . son ( I plenty of bloom* by the 11th cf June. Ith kit we can j I find one by the first of July this year, it will he r. un, h , A g"nti email of Louisiana who writ ■* mi t'. mb,---* of! cotton, and one* who has been wry c *ct in regard to j the amount raised lor several years, puts considerable ! Ftrcs* on early blooming, and ‘ intends that much de pends on ir for a gool crop. If h* i> correct, the! growing crop indicates a short om*. Com, the . urilhh*’ life, in the Southwest look promising; the Wheut c; p generally is very poor, but Ojts look umtsa .by fiu . par- i ticulurly the early kinds. Your- respectfully, li li. SLAPPZY. COMMUNICATED. By manymt is now considered doubtful if th” usual lieer -ity for a National Convention, on the part of the V* hi g*. to nominate a candidate forth** Presidency in 1848, has not been superseded by the universa 1 expres sion of public opinion in favor of General Taylor. But a Vice President is to he elected ; und as each section of the Union seems disposed to nominate a candidate of its own—perhaps the better plan, under existing cir cumstance#—T respectfully suggest that you hoist oui flag at th** head of your paper, and as it floats upon th< breeze, let us hail the numes of Gbx. Zachary Taylor, for President, and Georue W. Crawford, for Vice. President. - Index. SL- —i. [communicated.] Gentlemen:—l perceive an election ord red for a Colonel to command the .V>th Regiment, G M. Said election is ordered by a Captain of a Cavalry Corps. Will you please inform your readers whether a Colonel elected under that order, will be legally the Colonel i t the Regiment ( You will also please state, (if he is le gally the Colonel) whether the Bibb Cavalry is not en titled to vote nt the election. MILITIA. Wq are sorry’ to confess our profound ignorance of th* whole subject upon which we are interrogated by our correspondent. A* the questions involved are novel and intricate, wi* beg leave to suggest their reference to Col. R. M. Echols, one of Mr. Polk’s recent appointees, ! who is of course profoundly learned in all things per taining to war and etiquette ! COMMTNK ATLD. Rose Hill Cemetery. “Human being* are composed not of reason only, but • of imagination also, and sentiment; and that is neither wasted nor misapplied which is appropriated to the pur pose of giving right direction to sentiments, und open ing proper springs of feeling in the heart.”—Webster. It is an interesting and beautiful feature of the ad vancement of intelligence and refinement, which has in our country prompted the communities of some of our principal cities, to adorn and beautify the consecrated grounds appropriated to the final repose of the cherish ed, and lamented dead. In all ages of th** world, the instinctive knowledge that death is not the end of all things, either to the soul 1 or body, has evinced itself in the universal anxiety man ifested to preserve, if possible, from decay and forgetful ness, the tenement of clay when bereft of its living prin ciple ; and #i:s feeling strong in death speaks powerful ly to our hearts, not only in the purchased possession of a burial place, and in the directions as to where they should be buried of the dying Patriarchs of Holy Writ, but every page of the history* of Heathen nations, breathes the same language of a strong and unquenchable desire for immortality. The Pyramids of Egypt, those wonders in a world whose every production is wonderful, are forcible il lustrations of this irreversible truth. The names of those who erected them to perpetuate their memori s ; upon e-nrth, have perished, while they remain liiin and j im novable witnesses of that principle, w h.ch w ill con tinue to animate the breast of every child of earth , until the mighty angel shall proclaim “ l ime t.* be no long- J er; * ‘l’lie first Cemetery ol which w? have anv account, is j the ancient Egyptian burial place, whoso situation aud j nah.j ( elisout signifying rest gave rise to th-* familiar , Greek mythology of Ciia.oo, hi. uoat, his ferry-mon y,i an ! the Frisian fields. In modem times, Pere la Chaise x named after the J confessor of Louis tlie XIV., and situated on a bill in the environs of Paris, has been justly celebrated tor it* natural ><• -i uty, its costly and magnificent decorations, and for the many illustrious dead who have been inter red within its bosom. In our own country, until within a few years, but little auemion has been paid to beautifying the silent abodes of the dead. Settled, as it first was, by our Puritan la thers, they possessed neither time nor inclination to provide lor more than the bare necessaries of life; and for the interment of their dead, the utmost stretch to j which their imaginations carried them, was to erect stiff enclosures around their Church yards, where “Naked rows of graves. And melancholy ranks of monuments, With the coarse grass between,” breathed only to the heart of tin* mourner the stern truth, that “dust had returned to dust, ashes to ashes.*’ But in our day how different •the ecetie ! the very laud I winch first afforded a resting place for the Pilgrims, h" 8 been the first to set the beautiful example of selecting a spot of surpassing loveliness, tor the “city of the dead.’* Nature and Art have united hand in hand to render Mount Auburn a place of melancholy, yet, sweet at traction ; and but few are so callous and insensible, as to visit the Qu-*en of our Eastern cities, w ithout paying the homage of admiration and respect to the affection and taste which have adorned, not only with the proud enduring monuments oi art. but with the more touching beauty of trees, und flowers, and gushing fountains, this “place, where human harvests grow ” Our own city has been no laggard in follow ing an ex ample so dear to the best feelings oi our nature ; und to hiii£ who first appreciated, and pointed out the natural | advantages and unrivalled beauty of the location which i deservedly bears bis name, we must ever owe the trib ! ute of our gratetul thank*. Imagination can scarcely j conceive a spot more lovely. The tasteful nidi which j art**rdi an appropriate entrance to so holy a place, in j iroducea the spectator at otic* to sun** f the beamier* j of the scene, which continue to deepen and deepen up | ou the mind, us the straying footsteps wander over th” ’ different portions of those hallowed abodes. “For there, within that siletu spot, A** all secluded, all iorgot, The loud enthusiast trcginfiy soar, Tlie sage b” buried in his lon*, The poet must —the idler si**- p, The pensive mourner bend an i we* p, And fear no ey or footstep rude Khali bn-ak that holy solitud* Unless some viewless angel go -t, Who guards tli** spirits of the just, Might seek among the rising sigh-*, To gather inc -use lor the ski- -. Or hover o'**r that hallowed so I, To raise the mortal thought to God ‘ All thut cm attract the eye, or fill th* heart are th re. The sweet diversity of lull and vale; the stately forest; trees, through whose brunches the low wind brauthes it** sud requiem for the departed the opening views ol ! tlie river whose shaded banks ufford so lovely a shelter ‘ ! for th* un waking sleeper, und whose c .'useless flow i i wards tlie sea speak.- so loud a lesson t - tli u!, bora 1 on th” wave of tints to the <ca m * t.-, my -.th t - <>l und refiesliiiM spring, w hich, surrouside I by sloping * hills, ofl r. iiy pure draught loth* wan li*i, an 1 btm * j to leinmbrnnci* tlie w Hot K trn ir i where Christ feint | and wearic.l, offered that living water, of whim he who I drunk should never thirst again—the flowers, th b au i tditl flowers. th(*c “d"W-rd children of Heaven,” which aie scattered v ih a tasteful and lavufti huu . throughout the romantic und winding walk “While to the listcuiug mourner's car, They gladly l < in to say, Tn** w ords of ilimm dcpa.tcd on* a, Who hi • p m mouldering cltiy,”— AM, all, thrill to the heart hke the plaintive tones of rent rabtred music, sweetly, yet mournfully, and th* most * ir*v'se child of mirth • in w irr*lv riurn hiiioi:* * * those Bacrcdsolit’idjs, wlthrut au h U i. , felt aspiration for that heavenly Fat ad i.e, where “With abrighter beauty and a glorious form, Never to fade nor die,” ii thin corruption shall put on incorruptiwn, mortal ! immortality. j And how does the afflicted one! who “goeth to tli* afrave to weep there,” ti id Aolacc in tlie stiil email voi*v* with wh eh God, through tin mysterious works ol .. turc —the joyous earth, whpsiemerald huarereflij , ,j j iii the bow which spans th: throne of the Eternal, and the I fair flowers—-speckn to the despairing heart; andasil’- - ive fancy bring • hack tthe arms of i!i bereaved, dear departed, the soul r.feavc* to it* companion, \\ language of Ruth, the faithful “whre t*-, Jicßt 1 will die, and there will J Is l in .ed.” But there is much b yon t tl: *• uuii.i a .-d .. nature to draw theft tis “iiemphfi*>n in th-w j , 1 had* .---small elicit*Kir ■ tn • fully and feU, £ i v ~ j ral-J v.ith ill- ■ U"’ 1 tlie BU* p-rtlubWflow, j ■-!* (meet embl-mt of In of Imoiau life) me Faaite re( | •] here and there ovi i v'.i ■•••n !I• ... _ , I tiie sa.ne family, the (dd, the middled a■- 1, mid | J'uatig, with lutiiig muiiutnents to record tliejr wurtb | rtfti r “lii ■’ li-ver” there sleep neneefiilly tcp-di ’ j and oh, Ijuvv ho., an as.-:cml'ton, h-.w strong a Ha’ ,* ■ the chit in which biu.U mill t-i His eiuthiv home are p. . , | lowly moun.ls, which contain the ilu-a of ] oVl( j r.*” and how scVredly fcaati.-.’d i,i; , !r. nit all that render* /,* u'rur in ,) w alli'clio-.te ‘ K’atural and holy istli- lo< lin,r w,:'. W iusltnct:-'--,) nc il from tlie dark tn.| , grave, and ch trisli the fond hope, that by thane m lot and in lift, we shall in death be neither uncared lor, nor f, t . gotten. “I know, I know I should not sec The season’s glorious show, Nor would its brightness shine for me, Nor its wild inupc flow ; But if, around nvj piece of sleep. The Iricnds I love should tune to weep, They might not haste to go, Soft aira, and song, and light, and bloom, Should keep them lingering by my tomb, Tkr.'ic to th'-ir softened hearts should bear The thought of what has been, And speak of one who cannot shin e ‘ldle gladness of the scene ; Whose part in all the pomp thut fills The circuit of the summer hills, Is—tlmt her grave is green; And deeply would their hearts rejoice To hear, again, her living voice.” Macon, June 1847. p I,liter From the City of Mexico. The Ne w Orleans I'icaywie and linlln Iwve received full tiles of papers Irom the city of Mexico, to the Bth inst. We make oiir', X tracts mostly from tlie Delta. ’ Almost every’ number of the Mexican joum , als is filled with appeals to the people and to the authorities, urging action—prompt and incessant defensive action. The Supreme Government had appointed a committee to raise money by subscription, lor I the purpose of paying the expenses of the war. There were several thousand names on the , list, with amounts from cents to SI,OOO. Don Manuel Montano lias hern appointed l>\ the (jtovemiueiit Chief of the Guei illns of Tulancingo. and of the Llanos de, Apam. A proclamation of Gen. Bravo was publish. , ed at the eapitol on the Gtli hist. It ordtri . every person having two or more horses in lug possession, to deliver one of them to tlie com missary, at or before tlie expiration of the sixth day. The prices to be paid lor the same were set dow'ii at Irom to ijfdO per head—and in ease the horses delivered should not be lit for use, the owner would be compelled to replace them with good ones. By another decree of the same date. Gen. Bravo (Ueneral-in-( ‘hiefof the Central Army) orders all citizens from 15 to 00 years of age, to enlist at the shortest notice, and be prepared to present themselves armed and equipped, when they should he called upon. El Ahnitor of the lth,saysthattheparti zans of Santa Amin have sent commissioners to the diflerent States, in order to obtain votes for him to be elected President. Tlie smile paper asserts that Gra Canalize ■ had received orders to give up t!,- .■oimna.'.d I of tlie cavalry, and pin . ed to the capital. she Bishop, of Oaj.i'.a bail sent the Cfovern i mm $-O.fXXt fijr the rxper. . a of the war.— I i Several churches had delivered the greater I part ol their pdati to the Government, in order I | that it should be melted into coin. 1 Don l’euro ,vl. A ty.i lTesi.lctit Substitute I ol the Uepublic. pu'oheued a decree oil tiie id I I declaring the whole district inn state ot'siege. I i ‘■ i moiacr Jecree. of the coalman .er of .hr h\d- I I < r: 1 District, it is prohibited to imrodu e any I goods’ or un rchandise in the towns or tritie- m I j po-.-ession of the Vinericane. under a ti it of I icon SIOO to rjs AOO. which will be tip- ■ opriated ] totlie cxperi -sos the war. The; ue ol'iuipH provisions goods, hoist's or cattle to the A.iite I icaiis, is also prohibited uader a tine of from SIOO to sl.ood, appilicable to the aforesaid purpose. Gen. I,emus died on the evening of the 30 th ult. Gen. Joaquin de Iturbide also on tlie Ist mst. The State of Julisco is to contribute 15000 men lor the time the war may hist. The State of Guanajuato has promised 8 000 for the Na no, ml Guards and Guerillas. A recent order from the Government directs I that all the forces from the East and -South I should report to Gen. Santa Anna us the only Cos unt ihder-in-Chief. Santa Anna’s force at Orizaba was i'lrreae ! hisj. The President substitute Itad at last or dered him to be supplied with tnen. musma heavy ordnance arid money. A decree uguinst the li t edotu of the press j was issued on the 7th hist. The reason lit j the movement is. that this liberty has been *■ bused to the detriment of the public interest*- j It was understood in tin- capitol that tlie I British minister hud -ottered his mediation to I I restore peaop. IU Jlepubl icaiut in allusion to I | t he otter says: “The unjust and savage war to which the 1 vandalism of the North has provoked us. rffl only be contested in an honorable nmnßer by war —its teriiiiiintion will in the end he peneej but it does not become the Mexican nation to j take tlie initiative, nor it) the present condition ot’ things can it accept the conditions which would in- imposed on the field of battle, wlu’t* tire- national arms have just suttered a defeat-’ 1 There was some sharp criticism in the same paper of Santa Anna’s deteuts. He Udcli'M’ ed stoutly by the Diario del Gobienio.—-W ----bile Herald A Tribune. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. Gen. I tort Ant Puebla—Alliance ot Ike Am 1 —I let-era lUtrlnl Pn s blent of Mcrico— Capture of a Train, ifr. The steamer Palmetto arrived at New On leiuiH on the aTttli, with l ent f ’ruz date* to I the j&fd. and Jiihi|iu to the ttlst ull. Tito :’ orresjiondciit ol’ the Delta waiting front Ja ! laptt on the ills! says : “We have positive information of’ the nil* val officii. Worth’s command at l'ueblu.— j ! Git the approach of our iirmy to the city G® I Sunlit Anna, who was there at. the time sup- I plying his troops with some necessaries. out it delichiuent to uncage (.fen. Worth uir i til lie could procure his supplies, hut the tit counter was Hmm over, mid Santa Anna tut* I his army compelled to tty. In the skirmish there, were lour Mexicans killed—out’ loss no* j He hits retreated towards the city of Aiexu'o- One report says he is at Santa .Martin a t*' J ; about i!8 miles from I'uehl i but it is gt a | eo, c iled unit his i.taiii ‘-ret* Lpwtuus-c I- I tttXi in , . have gone to Uin Frio white lie ,pn paring tor another < ugej, ineid. The I’ l ! (■ r plac - ~t f.oid to lie u n ilur illy stre'i .'iv “,l mil can he made to oil'-r strong ruudr-W'’ but ii'Cerro Go.-lo could not it su-l the Lric 1 ’ of Gen. Twigfjs, what ciui|usitiou it vail th# Moxi on chit itain.’’ Tile s.tint writer stufra tliat tlie army ‘” to leave Jni tp i on tlie at 11 tfeiock * hi “ ti nt it wool | hi ike no Intuit ut JVmUf. f-* 1 ’ • t’w.ggs w u. again ordered hi tuovc in the-’ vtti e At U u'elork im the il#• f the DMIg ur ’ rived ut Juiaj a liu.ii i'ui bla with tav> •’ *“‘ lt I tenet a bad been cliocen Pn sideat and ‘'t** in favor of petit- lit, - tlie avowed tcasO'i t|i* 1 that alone could pri vent tin capital into the bunds of the A iin'if 11.'’ A r *otr.ff report however In’ and tll lt Santa Anon Wl'i