Georgia journal and messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1847-1869, June 09, 1847, Image 2

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lieutenant, and with the feelings of & gene rous soul, said— ‘ Sir, your conduct is charac- Jtcristic ot'tlie noble spirit? w hidiVompose our navy, and which lias this day added lustre to our arms, and done an incalculable service to the commercial interests of the world. I drink to the officer who dared to take the responsi bility. and render society such essential ser vice.” Long will Commodore Kearney, with Li cut. Mclntosh, he remembered by a gate fill people. JOURNAL & MESSENGER. S. T. CHAPMAN &. S. HOSE, Editors. n \ < © Y , La. WEDNESDAY, JUNE !>. 1847. *. 1 ■!"“ “” . “ FOR PRESIDENT, GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR, i For Vice President, GEORGE W. CRAWFORD. Contents of First ami Fourth Pages. On the first page—Wirt's Thrilling Sketch of the •‘Blind Preacher”—Fate of the Apostle?*—Report of the South-western Railroad Committee—Gen. Taylor on | the Field of Rattle—The Man on die White Horse— Ge nerosity of a Real Hero. On the Fourth page—Destruction of the Cotton Cat- ! terpillar—Rotation of Crops—Milk Paint—Rest of Plant *—Turnip Fly—Alpacca Sheep—'Thoughts on Va rious Subjects, Slc., Ac. The Wkig Convention. The Convention of the Whig party to nominate a candidate for Governor of the State of Georgia, will as semble at Milleitgeville, on Thursday the first day of July The Whigs of the several cohnties, nre respect fully requested to hold meetings and appoint delegates accordingly. To Subscriber*. We find that some of the old sultfcribcrs to the Geor- j gia Journal are still in the habit of Writing to Milledge ville on business connected w ith thp Journal 2$ Mes •fitter. Wc cannot be supposed to keep an ng- nt in Milled* eviUe to attend to their requests. If they wish ; to communicate with the present proprietors, they can do so much more conveniently by addressing Journal It Messenger, Macon, Ga., To Tosl-.Haslrrs Several cases have come to our knowledge., where Post-Masters have neglected to infirm us when papers are not taken out of the office, &c In all such cases ; of palpable neglect, we will hold them responsible ac cording to law lor the subscription* *• ** ui enough .nay urtve . (iiu.minicated with the former pro prietors o i the Georgia Journal. The Journal 2* Mes- Stntct't I* mw amt r.fif.'t. * r J-flUrrnt oonoerr. M ueir, Mn-.ic. Wr trke plc.nun- in c ulling the attention of the eiti tena of Maoon, to the advertisement of Mr C'obvrn in our paper to-day. He in an accomplished musician, and the recognised inventor of (he Eolian Attachment, and es its application to the Fitcio Forte Tiis New Bntta’ion. We learn from the Muscogee Democrat, that Capt Walker, of the Baker County Company, haa united a part of his force with the Georgia Greys, under Cap! Nelson, while Lieut. Campbell with another portion of the seine Company is to join Capt. Gaulden'u Company of Stewart, thus completing the organization of botii Companies. Another Company is bcino raised under Capt. Kiddoo,of Randolph, which it is hoped will com plete the Battalion. Loyniis corps ot bra goons arc to leave for the seat of war in a few days. Col. If. If. Jackson. The friends of this gentleman will be pleased to learn of his safir return to his family in Savannah, a.ter a years faithful service of his country in Mex'eo. Tie Col. informed „r that of the 910 men with which in crossed the Chattahoochee, only about 150 were mus tered regularly out of service at New Orleans, tits oth ers having either died or been dismissed front the ser ,ce on account of sickness o: some other cause W< have heard the d-aUts in the Regimen, stated at 145 u fearful mortality to be sure—quite as great asthat o! th, Americans at the battle ci Buena Vista Only a few ot th> members ol tin- Macon Guards have thus th, reach sd thetr homes, and they g. Orally give unerring evi dence mi rhe hardships which they endured. .’tfnj. Claries J. William*. This gentleman n axVdfae reaufenae of hi* father. ™** 1 W iLUiIU, yesterday, am) was most cordtn Uy *re.-t-,l by hfe iiutueroua friend*. He is in fine health •nd spirits, and looks tut much improved as one of hit portly appearance could possibly be bv a year's potcne in Mexico. hicutpimiit 1 lonic. Tbit semi-man passed through Macon a few days •ux--, on h M way to join hie family Sn Maeoo cou It will be recollected that wlien tile call for Volunteers was ma te last year, he immediately raised a company consisting feouie forty or fifty men. Finding his dT,'!rr oj b“ l '“’ lha ’ n " i,h ' r v n company nor that of-Capt. ‘I inner was sufficiently full to be must, red mtos. : rv,ce.he promptly consennd to an amalgams- 1 tion ol ,he two, an I a, : r. od to aoi in the eaiuonty of a LieateiL-.nt In ail ,|,e aevere and ...hour marches ol the Rcguneut, and all ns dangewand trials, lie is rep re sem. .1 to us to have displayed the mo „ eheerfar co.il n. 10. He waa universally regarded as a compel tm of ficer and genuine 50!.!,.-, We *ere nappy to me et him m hue health and epirna, and sincerely wish him a long mpu. tr0.,1 the trials, annoyances, and dange.a i„c. dentthe life of a volunteer, especially under such a Commander-in-chief as James K Polk. The loin ifuimc GaiauaMion. The annual meeting ol tlie State Temperance C. n vontion of Georgia, will bo held in Griffin, on W d neadai the 23J June, ccinatenciog ai 41 o’clock A “1 Deieg mt from Charleston. Savannah, and all oth rr poinis en the Central, and Macon and Western Rua ds are aUowcd to pass m and return from the Convent!, m at half price, and the churns of Griffin have very gen erously proposed to throw open their houses on the - eaaion, and a committee of highly respectable gentle men irnve beenehosen to wait on delegntea and con duet them from tlie depot to their respective places cf i abode during the Convention. tThc I'n sbyl. rinn ImnD Assembly. At tin recent meeting of this body in Richmond, Va., the Rev,’Harvey F Leavitt, from the Conceal Conven tian of Vermont, made an imeiesting atotenteut of the condition of the church in the precincts of the Conven tion In concluding his statement, Mr L briefly refer led to the question of slavery, and the sentiment* withs legatd lo it ol’ the religioua community he represented He said that as men, audaechriatians, they were gener ally ann-alavery in their opinion*—they had alwaya been, and must continue so, Is cause it could not 1* otherwise. In the very air from their mountains, they , inhaled the breath of freedom. Slavery could not live there But, aa.d Mr. L., we liavc a* little aympatby as you, air, (addrcoeing himself lo Dr Thomwell, who cuinoa from Charle non, 8. C., ran have with the ultm- Abohttonisl'.. who are found at the North. We all re podiale the violent spirit they indulge Mar do we claun.Sßid Mr. L..to interfere with State limitations, or to disturb the rightacf our brethren of the goutli in any respect All that we olaun is that we may, in an oaelenaMuai and chrietian #smr,*p-ak of slavery mu tually muting ourselves, and and we apeak wrong, we ask ail “Ur hrejlircp to remind n. I It, snd pledge ourselves in the Spirit ot l rellr-e to correct ounrlvist We are •11. aaul lie, engaged tua comiiK.lt cause—all travelling the sain, rood in tfte name hope of eternal Itappinnw in Heaven—and we must not tail out Uy the wav God forbid that we should Cumberland Presbyterian*. Beet* aud Hoeietiw are multiplying so rapidly that it ■a almost impossible to keep a record of them We have now n* leas than four distinct class.-* of Preahyte r.aus, via The Old School. the N-w SNmul, the Inde pendent, (or Congregaiionslisls,) and the Cumberland Presbyi. rians. Th* latter brxiy.whirli is ol recent ori gin, already aymbeia 17 Kyiesle, 75 Presbyteries, HUO Congregations, 700 Ministers, *no Licentiates, 150 can didal.* for tlie Ministry,and liujuun nteutbeis ft bar also five religious newspapers, and fifteen ittali.nl ion* ot learning Railroad from Ihunesville so Columbus. Wc can assure our friends of the Savannah liepubli can, that the Railroad from Bamcsville to Columbus, is not likely to be affected by the refusal or acceptance of the recent compromise by the Georgia Company. The survey is now’ rapidly progressing, and w e have recently been assured by those who ought to know, that the Road trill be made. We are sorry to see some of our Savan nah friends rather disposed to throw cold water on this enterprise. They should encourage it rather than give currency to the ill-grounded apprehensions of the- - whose wishes are fathers to th**ir thought-. The true policy of Savannah is to embark at once, in the South western Railroad, and press it forward upon a common trac k for South-western Georgia and Columbus, so that if the upper route does tail they can accomplish th** double purpose of reaching the Gulf, and of drawing the whole of the cotton from the valley of the Chattahoo chee. Columbus w’ill then be compelled either to build a branch road or to lose her trade. It the men who have embarked in the Bartlesville route are playing far time. Savannah has still the game in her own hand, and it will be her fault if she docs not play it to her own profit. Branch Rail road to Washington. The citisens of f Washington, Wilkes county, are u hout to undertake the construction of a Railroad from that village to the Double Wells on the Georgia Road The distance is 1H miles and the estimated cost about SIOO,OOO. It is intended to use horse pow *r, and tli< iron will probably be furnished by the Georgia Rail road Company, which is about to replace a portion ol the flat bar on its track w ith a heavy T rail. Central Railroad C ompany. The stockholders, ss well as the public ; nernlly, w ill be pleased to that the. indebtedness <f the Centra. Railroad Company has not only been extinguished, but that tin* TV.ard of Directors have declared a dividend f tiro dollars per share for the lasi nix moml-v Th* plan which has thus, in a few weeks, placed the Com pany in an independent position, was suggested to the writer of this paragraph, during his connection with the Bejmhlican, some two years since, by Mr. F.iavari Padklfoed. The plan was then published in that paper, and its adoption urged iijKin the Company ; hut ! for reasons which were doubtless satisfactory to those | having control, was not favorably regarded. All othei scheme* having failed, it was finally taken up and adop ted at the last meeting of the stockholders. The result | has fully verified the soundness of judgment which dic | tnted the suggestion, and we Congratulate all concerned that the Company is now placed in a position where its ! earnings can be appropriated to the payment of divi i dends, and its means and credit so used as to greatly increase its business and multiply its profits. Wc have reference, of course, to the contemplated South-Western Railroad, as well as to the Branch from i the eighty mile station to Augusta. Both these enter j priws are now undci consideration, and the people are ’ anxious to know’ what aid can be nflbrded to them by that Company. In regard to the Augusta Branch, a proposition has already been made by the Central Rail roazl fWnjiany to troarnniee to the stockholders seven percent, on ffielr Investment b->r uj oj itu* iri-k alone, the Company binding itself to supply the necessary equipment This is very well, and if the people of, Burke county and Savannah will not build the RoaJ on these terms, they will, of course, have to forego the ad j vantages which would accrue from its construction 111 icgsrd to the South-Wasiem Road, we think th<* i Central Company ought to do much, Vcause ii would j bring to them anew bus nese—one from which they J have hitherto realized almost nothing. It is a moder ate calculation to say that the Sou th-West em Road would, in three years, double the receipt* of the Central Company, both for freights and passengers It would | unlock a region hitherto unknown to the people of the 1 seaboard. It would bring to Savannah the produce, not only of South-Western Georgia, but of some of the most valuable counties of South-Eastern Alabama. It would secure to the Central Road one half—perhaps*.wo thirds—of the Cotton now carried to the Eastern Gulf ports, and also a return freight of corresponding value Under these circumstances, it w apparent that the Cen tral Company would consult a wise economy in taking liberally of the stock of the South-Western Road. In- ! deed, they have it in their power to give an impetus to the enterprise which will insure its success. Let them soy to the people of the South-West, we will raise three, four, or five hundred thousand dollars, provided you will put down a corresponding sum. If they were to limit their assistance even to a quarter of a million, we be lieve that the planters would subscribe Five Hundred Thousand Dollars towards the construction of th* work. Few companies in the country “have prospects equal i to the Central. All that is required now, it* the requisite boldness, energy and outlay. Most sincerely do we trust that tliey may prove themselves equal to the emer gency. If they net at all, tliey must act soon,an the planters generally have abundant means from the sales of their last crops, w hich they will, of -coarse, otherwise invest, unless they find that the South-Western Road is about to be preened to an early completion. Mr. W ebster mid the Sonth* western Railtoud. The ft iend. of the Smith-western Railroad will pe ruse with pen liar pleasure, the extract in this paper j from the recent sp-s'li of Mr. Webster at Savannah. When aoch men sjeak —it thus in regard to both die national and local bearing of die enterprise, we need i not fear the result, of an application to Congress for aid j in extending the road from the Chattahoochee to Pen [ saeola. But the people of Georgia must help them- ■ aelvea befue they can exited lloicnlcs to aid them. I They must put down the money and construct from fifty to on* hundred niilea of the Road from Macon in a South-wrs, direction ‘The planters of die South-west i must not only Kubeeribe, but they must be ably seconded \ by the cities of Macon and Savannah. The Road once completed—the ports of Savannah and Pensacola once united by a rail wny—Savannah must become a naval depot; because she has the only harbor on the South Atlantic Coast, which ships of heavy tonnage can. liter with safety. She will then lie convenient to the iron, coal, hemp, and provision regions of Georgia, Tennes see. Alai>ama, and Kentucky, and being in the very heart of the lieat forests of pine and live oak on the Con tinent, abe must necessarily be selected as the she of a Southem-Atlantic Navy Yard. No intelligent man can examine carefully the system of Georgia improve ment*, having their base at Savannah, wiihout agreeing with Mr. Kino when he gave as a toaat at the lute WehsteV dinner: “Thf Prospliuty of Savannah. —lt if ill be com- i meusurate with her enterprise ! I” The man i* now living who may ace that city connected not only with Pensacola, but with the Misstppi at three different points,vix at Vieksbnrg. at Memph's, and at aoine point near the mouth of th Ohio. All that the l people of Savannah have to do is to aid liberally in the I construction of the South-western Road, and to estab lish a line of steam ships thence to New York. The result of these measures sue-eessiully carried into execu tion, would ba die establishment oi s Navy Yard at Savannah, and the concentration then- of a large amount of capital and business enterprino She would become ‘ the great thorough-fare of travel and the depot for tni incalculable mas* of Southern und Western produce. 1 Instead ofbeing the fourth city in the Union lot the re-1 1 ceiptaof cotton, she would become the second—drawing ! to her wharves a vast proportion of the staple which is now carried to the Gulf ports. Her population would be doubled—perhaps quadrupled—b*ciusr, she would be the base of a line of Railroad* some three thousand ! miles in extent, and w hich would bring to her the trad’ j and wealth of a country equal in area to neatly one quar ter of tlie present Union I Under aueh circumstane.-s, what does it become the 1 merchants, and particularly the real estate holder* us Savannah to do T That they have the capital i appa rent, from the fact that they recently invested half a mil lion in the eight per cent Stock ot tile < Vntrs! Railroad It ha* been suggv icd Ip us tliai not only the citizen* and *he Cental Company, (now out of dc'.lj but the city of Savannah in its corporate capacity, might usl greatly in hastening the eomplei.on ol these enterprises, ami that too without jeopardizing in the slightest degree existing interests It ia behoved tliat the Hoick which the city hoi.la in the Central Road could Is- so used a* to make it available in the construction of tlie Smith western Road It remains for the citizen* of Savannah to determine whether the attempt will bemad. We will recur to the subject hereafter, and perhaps present other view* for the consideration of our friends on th. ■aq board. The Ship Fever. We have recently observed several notices of the ahip fever and Usenet isusi through the Northern Suite* It first appeared among the Irish and German emigrant and the contagion ha* been spread by them through the country. A case is Hated in the Albany Argui wh'r> asver*! of th'"# emigrant* were kindly entertained hv Quaker family in Schenectady county. The ship fever made it* appearance in a few day-4, and at the latest dates three members of the family wciv dead, and a foutth was not expected to live. Route of the Month-western Railroad. The editor of the Albany Pain t **;■.u to be labor- | ing under some singular delusion in regard to the South J western Railroad movement. The ( invention at A- , meriens was not called for the purpose ol determining 1 upon the route of the Road, and even it it hadhcenthtiM called, the members of it had no right to ex :> •** such* powers, and their action would have hail no binding, force upon the Company. The men who subs. nbe fut j ih* Stock and pay the money have alone the power to j determine where the Rond shall be located, within th* j limits of the charter. The people of Albany or the Ed- j itor of the Patriot, will find no difficulty in controlling j the route of the Road, we apprehend, if they will only , subscribe for a sufficient amount ot tb> stock. W c haw heard of one gentleman, who it is an id, will subscrib'* s.*>:),ooo, provided the Road is carried through a e ;tain j section of Houston county. The people of Albany can subscribe upon the same condition St. too, the p opi** of other places desirous of having the Road. We will simply remark, however, that the South-western Rail road enterprise was never gotten up for the purpose of subserving any mere local interests. It waa not intend ed simply lor the benefit of Macon, of Ferry, of Fort- V r alley, Americus, Albany, or Fort Gaines, but for the greut Agricultural interests of Smith-western Geor gia. It was devised to develop the resources of the j moat interesting and important section of the State—to ; give an out let to the Atlantic for at least three mil nous of dollars worth of produce. It was ini*'tided lose- t cure to the South-west a communication with the • mountains on the one hand, with the s< a-board on the ■ other, and finally with the gulf country, the West In-1 dies, and the Pacific. It was intended ns a grand un-1 tional thorough-hire, and it ia hardly to be “opposed that! men will turn aside from so great a purpose to consult; t>M mun>u of any particular section, unlesa corp s- I ponding pecuniary inducements are held out. It is natural enough that the editor of the Patriot. \ who is supposed to be somewhat interested in and around ; Albany, should lx* anxious to line his own pockets. It j is still less remarkable, that as one of tfe- proprietors of j the defunct Oemulgee and Flint River Railroad, h.: I should endeavor to galvanize it again into at least a momentary vitality; but wc are inclined to think that j the memory of certain Savon contributions and begging J pilgrimages, is yet too fresh in the minds of the people co allow many ol them to be led far astray in regard to that celebrated ox-cart enterprise. If, however, our ! neighbor of the Patriot thinks that the pork-crop oi th- | last year has been sufficient to justify the levying of ad- ‘ ditional contnbations upon certaui cit. - or individuals. ! lie is welcome to make the attempt. It will probably • be found, however, that the building of Railroads has j become a cash business, and that emigrants from the ! Green Isle are no longer green enough to labor for * stock and take pay in promises. The whole movement of our cotemporary appears I very much like an effort to defeat entirely the South western Railroad enterprise, or so to control it that its , advantages may enure to the benefit of a few, regardless , *'f the trreai agricultural interests involv'd. If the rout • j by Albany be found the cheapest or best, the stork ! holders of the Road will doubtless dir. ot their Eng.- j neers to locate the track to that point. We should ! have not the sligh*M objection to such a course, but the • question cannot be settled by any paper resolves in a Convention of Delegates—it must he 1. ft exclusively to the owners of the atodk, to the nu n who contribute th* funds. The Ghicago Convention. We are pleased to learn that the Hon. Thomas Bit i.fr K fv c and R R Ccylek, Esq . hav<* consented to attend the great Internal Improvement Convention, which is soon to assemble at*Chicngo, Illinois. It is exceedingly proper that (leorgia should, at this time, be represented in that meeting, and still more so, that she should send the very gentlemen who have consented to go. Mr. King is very extensively known ns one who has done more than ni y other man in the nation for our navy and commercial marine. He was the origi nator of the Home Squadron scheme, and more recent ly of the hill which has given to the nation a fleet of ocean steamers. Having done so much for the Atlantic States, it is hutprojier that Le should prove to tb* people of the Great West that we of the seaboard are not un- j jiimdfu) of their interests—that, unlike South Carolina, we do not ask for ourselves what w * deny to others. There is a peculiar appropriateness, !*.'•* that Mr. King should he accompanied by one so intimately con nected, as is Mr. Guyi.ee, with that great line of South ern improvements which is destined, hi no distant day, to <tonuect the Southern Atlantic harbors with those of the Lakes, by Raltroath* juiJ Steamboats. It is proper that the people of the West should understand that they * are indebted for this destined revolution in trade and travel, to the thrifty, vigorous and growing State of Georgia, and not, oh has been generally supposed, to the proud, pompous, imperious, self-constituted sover eignty of South Carolina. It is proper they should understand, that while Carolina hat> been idly talking about “the* inland seas'’ of the West, Georgia has ex pended nearly twelve millions of dollars upon a sys tem of internal improvements, which wilf, in a few years, give a fjpe outlet to Western produce when the Lakes, Canals and Railroads of the middle States are impassable from ice and snows. It is time that the people of the West should be induced to turn their eyes to the South, instead of the East. The diauace from Savannah to the mouth of the Ohio River is not as great as that from New Yoik toCincinnatti. Four hundred miles of the Southern Route have already lx .*n completed, while the ‘corporation of Nashville has just voted halt a million of dollars towards the exten sion of the work from Chattanooga to that place.— If die people of” Tennessee*and Kentucky will only do half as well as Georgia has done, wc will, in a few years, have a complete thoroughfare f trade and travel between the South Atlantic j>ortH end th** Laki . To this end, the presence of intelligent delegates from Georgia in this contemplated convention, will es sentiality contribute. It is only necessary tor the enter prising people of that region to properly un Icrstand out system of improvements ami the advantag'-s which they oiler, when they jvill at once see their true inter ests and the proper outlet which they should sock to the Atlantic. Snvnnnuli rind the Mitcon A Western Railroad. “ We have al-itsr from it friend in Cobb county, that fully sustains the remarks, which we Imve already made, | allowing ill die first place the disposition on the part of | fanners and others interested, to have sent more com I and Hour to this market during the Inst season ; and in the second place, tlie difficulty of doing so, owing to tlie | Railroad arrangement*.’’ The above is from the Savannah HtpuUiean of die 3d instant, and is copied for the purpose of showing our friend that he is mistaken in regard to the influence of the Railroad* upon the trade of Savannah. Indeed, we are forced, by observation, figures anil tacts, to the conclusion that the RuaJs are doing much more lor Savannah titan Savannah i* for them. We submit a few fact* We have before tta the following table, shewing the freight* received by the Western A Atlantic Road for j good* forwarded and receive I via the Georgia and ttacon A Western Railroad*, for seven months in 13G-7. Ffi Down. Ocorgi* . Varna St \ Oiinri* Mar. nK ltaiimsd |W, It. ft. : Kaiitvstl. w. li. H. October, *2.843 33 *332 Mil *553 051 |U3 83 November, 1,048 44 327 31 1,016 301 287 20 I December, 1.27 181 113 25. 1.361 10 1 813 72 Jill|iry, 952 8-1 |B7 II j 1,126 72 ; 562 03 February, 1,352 33 131 0311 2,1’.t6 T.‘>i 721 60 March, 3,562 22 170 in 2.122 61 835 15 April, 4,152 17 346 05! 1,003)1 718 39 *15,180 25 *1631 12 *10,05.) 9-I*llß3 78 This table exhibit* the remarkable tael, that while the Macon Sl Western Uoud has nearly itirulfj Ihr ilinrii frtitthtt, only about nue-fenM of the op freight. Irnve been returned lo them hum the cities of Savannah ami Macon, and the Ceniral Railroad. Tins 1.-utllrk.’itjle inequality proves, that il the Macon A Western K*>nd | has not done every thing which might hav** In*i*ii don ng**tnt a tiitd w*l! i.miprntor, it tiuft ftt irtitt ImH • reantmublc tdmrt 1 ot omii4i *nn* it has only twtrft about mith in oj*nitioii It our ol tin* Jiej/uUu >in < uiJ only • an to im rcuai! the attraction* idr countiy tnrrrhftiits in Havannah, we I’wl convftnc umi tin* down tmd<* wouli L'outinu** to multiply in a cort;>omJiiiv: ratio, VVimt vrr may be auiii ol th* pqtiipmrm of tl* M A. Wwiterti Knud th# pftst ftrtaoii, re imve by n |j*nilemnn porfucty eompHuiit to lutlgi*, nn I wh** •a alike familiar with th* rftoiinv of thf country and •lift inanaicfinrnt of neh woik, (tlioufjh hnvin# no •nniuction with thr runl in quraikm,) tluit tin* new freight cars will lx amply miflicirtit f*r all tin. buflitv*- fht wil’ hx likely to offi*r tV *onini; m i-rtn Mare Signs of the Times. The Griffin Whig which for the lust few weeks liar hud the narn<- of Henry Clay tor the Presidency at the head of its column?*, has now runup the “ Hough and Ready flag.” The Editor in a very graceful article, gives his r'ason* for the change. Wc believe that all the Whig papers in the State, exc pt the Chronicl eN Sentinel and Madison Miscellany, have now taken po sition in favor of the “Old Hero, and we have l iwon to believe that they will cordially sustain*his nomina tion, clmuld it be made by tin* Whig State Convention, which is t* Qv*-mble in Millcdgeville on the Ist of Ju ly W.• believe, th it thus far, only one county .in pri mary meeting, lia nom mat-d Mr. Clay, nnd that one announces him aft the particular friend ol Gen. Taylor- The truth is. Mr. Clay doe? not wish the nomination, and his lcst friends have rallied almost to a man, untlcr the banner of “Old Rough and Ready.” Tlic Whigs of Jack ho n. At a public meeting of the Whig party of Jackson county, Geo , on the first Tuesday of June, the follow ing resolution waa adopted, viz: He solved. That wc are proud of the high character and noble bearing of ZACHARY TAYLOR ill con ducting the war with Mexico, and that we heartily re spond to the feeling ao generally manifested throughout the entire extent of our country of bestowing upon him the highest office in the gift of the people. The Han for the Occasion* A correspondent of the Baltimore American says “When the news of Santa Andas advance reach* and Saltillo, with the intelligence of the capture of Major Bore-land r. command, the rumors which canie thronging into the town of the great force of the enemy, filled our little army of volunteers with alarm. Gen. Taylor, re turning from a torn of observation, arrived at this lime, and as he entred Salt'Jlo, nays a private letter, “every hat was lifted, and fear aulapprehension fled from eve-* ry countenance.” The lust remnant of distrust gave way to confidence and buoyancy when Taylor t**v- the memorable order to march ■* Agua Nueva, twenty miles nearer the enemy. On would almost think that the hern-spirit of Julias Ckrsu had prompted this. And throughout the whole of an ordeal so terrible that those who pruned through it so minfully cannot lookback iqsn it now, perhaps, with calmness—the spirits ot our men were high and confident, and when the Mexican lines deployed upon the fit-lt! in glittering array and in coinulc.sd numbers, a shout went tip from our little, host that made the gorges of Buena Vista ring again.’’ Flirty Zeal. “There never was any party, faction, sect, or cabal whatsoever, in which the most ignorant were not the moat violent; for a bee is rut a busier animal than n blockhead. However, such instruments are necessary to pnlircinns : and perhaps x may be with states as with docks, w hich must have some dead weight hanging at them, to rcgulute the nation of the finer and more useful parts.” Mr. Folk'* Major General. The original appointment of Gen Pillow to a Brig ndiership by Mr. Polk, p odneed general surprise nnd disgust in Tennessee, where he wnt known as a small beer politician. He decs not seem to have eve r had the confidence of cither hb HRerrs or im-u. In the nttle of Ccrro Gordo, t appears he received a slight wound in hia arm, which caus \l him at once to leave Tor Tennessee, in order to report his martini dee.ls to Mrs. Grundy, nnd the other old ladies of the State, which gave a Polk to the nation, and a , hero to the w ars. According to his own account of the affair, the fire upon himself ami staff, as they advanced at the head of his columns upon the blazing batteries of the Mexicans, was truly terrific—nearly carrying away his sword arm, and dealing death and destruction on all sides. Whether on the recommendation of Lt. General Benton, we pretend not to say, but the Presi dent, who had totally disregarded the services of such men os Jefferson Davis, at once made the heroic Pil loav n Major General. But while “hi3 blushing honors arc yet fresh upon him” the truth has been fully developed- It appears that the wound in his sword arm was a com parative scratch, and that the ball which did such ter rible execution was safely lodged in his breeches pocket; while the fierce assault which he boasted having headed, according to the published statement of his own officers “he neither led opr followed .” This statement is published in the New* Orleans papere and is signed by all the surviving officers of the 2d Tennessee Regi ment. It seems to have clearly established these facts 1. That Gen. Pillow deceived Gen. Scott in pre tending to have made a rrcomvrisance, w’hich he either could not have mode at ail, or the results of which he reported incorrectly. 2. That he represented the three Mexican batteries as but slightly manned and containing hut one cannon whereas they were defended hy 13 pieces and 30(H) men. 3. That instead of leading the assault as is pretend ed. he did not even follow at a respectful distance, but cautiously remained lik*- a prudent General, out of harm’s way. • 4. That lie displayed the most profound ignorance and incompotency, having changed tRe relative position of the regiments at the moment of going into action* and having entirely failed to support one of the advan cing columns, which caused to it lose on*- fourth of its number in killed and wounded. That he neglected altogether to give orders to the Pennsylvania Regiment to advance to the assault though he ho had expressly ordered them not to move without such orders. Thins statements made as they arc, by the officers of one of the best rcgim*ntsi|ithe # seivice,willofcours elicit an investigation of ike whole affair, when, if the facts should be found u> vary from the above, we will cheerfully give place to them. The very temperate lan guage used by the officers, is strong evidence of the correctness of their facts; ami besides, the most respecta ble papers in N-Orleuns openly declare that the state ments which they make ore abundantly confirmed by ‘collateral testimony. Such i.-t the material out of which Mr. Polk has been making Major Generals to command such men as Wool and Doniplwn and Childs and Dun can aud Mclntosh and scores of others who have grown grey in the service! So much for putting a third-rate County Court Lawyer in the Presidential Chair. Abolitionism run Mad. Th.’ recent ftuti-uUvvry Convention in Boston, is p'prei*.; ltc .1 as liaving been even more disgrnr till than tliat which was held the week previously in New York. Intidels and preachers, men ami women, whiles and blacks, were all huddled together, and all speaking at once, making the place a perfect Pandemonium. The Church and its ministry, and the Union and its adher ent*, were unscrupulously denounced, and it wus openly proclaimed, that the true abolition cause could only pre vail over the Constitution an 1 the Bible. A runaway negro abused Daniel Webeter most vooiferounly und declared tliai— ‘‘No northern man can travel south in safety, except as Daniel Webster is travelling th'-re at this time, I low ing down to the feel of the slaveholders.” A Boston paper says that amid tire hotly burly: “A sturdy negio, who had entwined h.s anus around the neck ofn white Indy, and was whispering soft things in her ear, drew many admiring eyes. Some persons thought tlie negro was not so great a fool as lie appear ed B While Cuinni.no wns denouncing the Ctmreh the linll wus the seen” of aueh great noise and confusion, tliat liie police had to mterli re lo restore order among the outraged spectators “All thin Garrinoh warmly Jenounc J, railing it “scurvy treatment,’ and remarking tliai ‘whenever the Church was denounced, or the I'tiion assailed, these b usts of Boshan and reptile* of Sodom bellowed on l hissed their venom. The character of the Church and Union waa wi ll demonstrated, lie udded, when such filth and acuin w -rc its supporters.’ ” Horror lor SfilitMiy Heroes. The editor of tire Cuhtmbu* Ttmot, seems to be per fectly horrified at the idea that tile Whigs.,l Georgia should nm up die Tayum and Cua. ii Hugs, and is anx ious to know whether some of the small liy us hemes cannot p t die poaitian of dour-knejs-r to die House oi Kcprcsontitm*, or ol privutc Secretary to Guvrmor t un. a We would simply Inform our cotempomry that be hau not the .-lightest chance for promotion to Cither office When either Taylor or Cuni u confer cilice upon men who have hern m the servire, diey w.il give it to dine ahn hare screed nut Ihrir Unit Another voice from Kentucky. Kentucky is evidently resolved to take th-. lead in the I avis a movement At tile recent meeting of the p*'o pie in the llard-towti Congressional District, e rcsolii tint! nominating the old General for th ■ Presidency was passed by acclamation. The lesiisville Journal says, “we have had lire pleasure .if conversing with a highly respectable member of the Louisville Legion, direei Iran New Orleans He inlorni and tt*, that there is not, m the Legnjp, a senary man, Whig or D n ocrat, but ‘ go— for f|. T v lops else* oil to the Pr- idencv “ ‘ The Church Robbers* The Freeman's Journal, a Roman Catholic paper, published in New York, has an able but severe article upon the Washington Union for its atrocious proposi tion to sequestrate the church property in Mexico, du , ring the continuance of the present war. It says— " The Washington Union of the 11th inst., lias broach oil a project unwtrrthy of our cure, and still more unwor thy of our Government, of which it is sometimes called the organ —it is nothing more nor less than a proposal to turn the war against the priest* and the religion of that unfortunate country.” A Whig Candidate in Alabama. The Whigs of Alabama seem determined to run a candidate of their own, instead of interfering in the scramble which is going on between Messrs. Chapman and Martin for the chief magistracy of the Suite. The | candidate named is the 11on. Nicholas Davis, of ! Limestone, a gentleman of acknowledged capacity and I of well known Whig principles. The 13th Regiment. Capt. Ector's Company, 100 rank and file, paved ’ through this city on Friday last, on their wny to Charles ton, whence they will sail for the Brtwos. We regret to mention that tin* departure of the Com ! pany recruited in tins city, has been still further delayed I by the serious illness of both Cupt. Scott and Lieut. 1 White. They have both been seriously ill, and neither if them will probably be tit for active service lor some weeks to come. Import ant from Gen* Scott. There have been arrivals from Vera Cruz to the 30th. ! The election of Hekera as President of Mexico is re i gardetl ns confirmed. Santa Anna vuu* busily engaged 1 fortifying the Pass at Rio Frio, and was determined to | resist the advance of Gen. Scott. That officer was to leave IVroic on the 29th, and enter Puebla on the 4th inst. Had he been furnished with the requisite nun^ber of Inen he would er now Imvu Lo.-n in tho city of Mux ico. Col. Doniphan Safe. The man who in this war will stand next to General Pay lor is Col. Doniphan. He was literally turned loose on the prairies, and allowed to fight himself safely thro’ the heart of the North Mexican States. He left St Louis with about 1000 men, and inarched ’.HR) miles to Sntita Fe, ami then some 300 miles south to Chihuahua. On the way he fought the battles of Bmcito and Sacra mento, in which Inst engagement he defeated nearly rive times his own number, of Mexicans killed and wounded three hundred, and took eleven pieces of ar tillery! From Chihuahua he made a demonstration upon Durango, but finding that his force was inadequate to remain longer in the heart of Th<* enemy’s country, lie turned his face towards Old Rough and Ready, and at the latest accounts was at Parras, 1(H) miles distant from the battle ground of Iluena Vista. He was ex pected to join Gen. Taylor on the 18th with 900 mount 'd men, having lost less than one hundred in his vari ous pitched battles and a march of near 2000 miles. So much for Doniphan and his brave Missourians. Lieut. Hunter to Ik* Re-instated. W ar* willing to give Santa Anna, Mr. Polk, and bis Satanic Majesty, all their due, and therefore publish with pleasure the following from the Washington cor respondent of the Baltimore American , hoping that it may prove true: “I now learn, upon good authority, that the conduct of Com. Perry in this matter, not only meets with the disapprobation of the Secretary of the Navy, but of the President also, and that the resolution has been agreed upon by them to appoint Lieut. Hunter to the command of a vessel, directly after his arrival from Vera Cruz. The gallant Lieutenant is expected to arrive here in a very lew days.” Santa Anna* The “New Orleans Beef’ in shaking of this “invin cible hero,” this pseudo martyr, who, in mock heroics, swore to immolate himself upon the altar of his coun try, says: “Now that Santa Anna has done all the mischief that he possibly could, we humbly suggest that lie be allowed to quit Mexico by a similar process to that em ployed for restoring him to the Republic. As the Pre sident's passport let him and his officers in, it is noth ilg but sheer justice that it should let him out. They went to Mexico by the express will of Mr. Polk, and remained there as long as they were of the slightest use ii slaughtering the Americans. Their occupation is gone now, ami they may boldly claim the right of egress as they did that of ingress. A pennit to leave the | Mexican territory would not be half so preposterous and suicidal a measure as was the passport by which •hey were allowed to re-enter it. That was the ne plus ultra of shallow cunning and insanity. It stands alone in unapproachable absurdity.” Politics of the Great States. “Since the commencement of the war against Mexi co, by Mr. Folk, elections have been liolden for mem l>ers of Congress in our four largest States, with the fill lowing result, compared with that of the previous elec tion : IS 46. 13-ts. Whigs. Dem. Whigs. Dem. New York, 13 21 23 11 Pennsylvania, 12 12 17 7 Ohio, 7 14 11 10 Virginia, 1 14 6 9 33 61 57 37 Whig Delegates. The following persons have been chosen Delegates ! to the Whig Gubernatorial Convention, to meet in Milledgcvill on Thursday the Ist of July: Richmond —John Skinner, W. J Rhodes, A. J.Mil ler and C. J. Jenkins. Butts —Britton Buttrill, O. H. McLendon arulß. 1 YV. McCune. Tattnall —De Lamotto Sheftail and Henry Strick j land. I Jackson. —Giles Mitchell, B 11. Overby, Middleton Witt and Maj. John Dawson. | (lark —. Ja's. W. Harris, Green B. Hnygood and Col. j J. J. Selman. Washington. —James Gainer. Benj. Brookins, Win. P. Hardwick and Dr. Wm. G. Mcßride. Dr Kalb. —Col. Jas. M. Calhoun, James Loyd, Wm. | H ('lark and S. P. Wright. Fayette. —G. L. Warren, L. E. Cast*, John M. Huic and Wm. Reeves. Henry —Wm. Beck, Jacob Crow, F. F. Dodson and John C. Si util i Pike —John B. Reid, Win. M. Leak, J. C Free man and Charles G. Turner. Burke —Johh T. Brown, James M. Pepper and Drury Corker. Hancock —Dr. James D Mnckie, John Graybill, j L. S. Stewart and Tho’s. Whaley ( aan —Maj. A. 8 Wooly, Col. L. Johnson and Jam*** Milner. Bibb - - Rollin Bivins, T. M Ellis, J. el, Gresham and J H R. Washington. M trios —Messrs. Crawford Morgan Kemp and Robert Burton Monroe —John K Simmons, Mead L stu*ur. R . P , Tnppe, M. B Merritt and David Oglctroo. Upson-Alien McWulker, David B. Grant and P. I W. Alexander. Baldwin Miller Grieve, B. T. Bethnne and Dr. F. IV Gramlaud Marfan —Cha’s. J. Baldwin, C. R. Hanloitrr, J. | 11. McHenry and John K Hubbard. ! Campbell. —W. P. Menifee. R. J. Tuggle, and J. i 11. Coryell. Gwinnett —Z. Norton, K. T. Terrell and M. R Mitchell. I**s —Joseph Bond and Thomas M mglinti. i Lownds.— V. B. Davies, John Stapler and IX. W. Sharps. ; Xeicton —L>r W. D. Conyers, P. Reynolds L. ! Baker and L Thomas. Ogl*thorp.e—i O. f Platt. G. H L**ter, and T. E. j K. Harris. Thomas —Dr. T. B. Wynn, P E. Love and J. G. Fondrefi j Muscogee—G. f:. Thomas, 8. W. Flournoy and A. G Foster. Talbot.— Doct. II P Sinead. Diet E. C. Moyer, A O. Perryman and Wm. Holt. Ilhtck Orators nnri Minsfie!* Noah in Ina Messenger says: “Negro oratory, li'u- minstrelsy, is getting to be an indlsp. neaMe •musMiient One Mr Bibb, a runaway tduve, i* bro’t rward ns n rival for Fred. Douglas-, and has been ‘enlightenin’ de folks oh Brooklyn.** However, it is <ii l that Dnuglam* association w.Mi European lutlieri and gentlemen ha* n*uJered him entirely too cl# ver to i! of t’letn all**—-Rice xcept#d CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL & MESSENGER. MILLEDG EVILLE, June 7‘ 1317. Gentlemen: Rumor, strengthened by repeated cx prcts-ions of individual opinion, affords strong confirma tion of the belief that Gen. Taylor will, nt least, be re commended as a candidate for the Presidency by the. Democratic Gubernatorial Convention shortly to be held in Miledgeville. There are some half dozen or more plausible reasons why they should adopt such n course. To these 1 shall refer m the order of their im portance 1. They have a most abiding confidence in “Old Zachary's luck;” and (if on the dav f their trial he should not “wear a spencer”) they design to save them selves hy “clinging to the skirts” of his old drab coat. 2. “II * is no politician,” and might incidentally sweeten their “hard cider” with a little of the compound extract of “spoils.” 3 Zachary, as an officer in the army, although a Whig, was so eccentric as to have voted for General Jackson. 4, Zuchary’fi father did actually vote for Thomas Jef ferson. 3. Zachary himself some quarter of a century ago, (us has been conclusively shewn by Senator Cameron in proof of Gen. T’s. political complexion) being at that time stationed in Pennsylvania, expressed himself fa vorably to the election of one of the “Snyder” family as Governor of that Stale. 6. Zachary is to act the part ofHcrcule.fi, and destroy that original Democratic bantling, ycleped the “ Wil nutt Proviso,” but which it is suddenly feared is preco ciously growing into an Abolition Hydra. There arc also apologetically alleged several conve nient suppositions in regard to Zachary’s views ol par ticular measures, which, although their discussion is not now necessary, contribute to swell the flood of their patriotism, in which they are resolved to drown tin* bantling named in reason No. 6. “ Vive la bagel, lie /” Yours, &lc. A. COMMUNICATED. It lias been repeatedly stated that Gen. Clinch would not probably consent to serve, if nominated by the Whig Convention. I have not deemed it necessary to communicate with Gen.HJ. on the subject ol his nom ination, yet 1 hesitate not to say, upon w hat I consider good authority, that although he has no aspirations lor the office, and although his acceptance would bent | a personal sacrifice, still, old soldier as he is, he would not decline the call of his country, whether at the head of our Stan* affairs or in the tented field. His friends abroad, may therefore rest assured, that if they think proper to call upon him with united voice, he will bo found ever ready to answer. Rough and Ready. Later from Europe. Further decline, in Cotton—great advance in grain and provisions—pressure in the Money Market — Mexican Privateers. The Hibernia airived at Boston on the 3d inst., with Liverpool and London dates to the 19th ult. The Bank of England continued its operations in tightening the money market, and the consequence hud been a heavy decline in Cotton which had been further depressed by the great advance in profusions. The sales during the fortnight ending the 14th, was 55,360 Laics at a decline of one-eighth of a penny. Quo tations for fair bowed Georgia 6i, Mobile 64, New Or leans Gld. Imports of fortnight, 32.333, of the year, 472,236 bales. Stock in Liverpool on the 14th, 518,500 bales, same time last year, 780,370 —being a deficiency of 262,370. Between the 14th and 19th prices advanced Id., and the following are the. quotations : Middling. Fair. Bowed Georgia, 5Jd 61 a 61 and Mobile, 6 and Gid Orleans, 6f 61 On the Hth 3000 changed hands at the aLove prices The supply of grain both in Great Britain and Europe, was unexpectedly short, and wheat had risen Bs. to 9s 6d. per quarter of 8 bushels. Indian Com had risen from 50s. a 51s. to 635. a 665. per quarter of 480 pounds. The apprehension of scarcity on the Continent had greatly increased. The prospects of n fine harvest in France, however, are very good. A Barcelona ‘•ate of the 30th May, states that the Mexican privateer Unico, of Vera Cruz, carrying one gun and 53 men, had captured in the waters of Arica and brought into Barcelona, the American barque Car melita, of 193 tons, Capt. Edwin Littlefield, bound from Ponce, P. R , with Coffee to Trieste. Mr. Webster on Georgia Improvemen’s. In his great speech at Savannah, Daniel Webster re marked:—“Others may value this union of confedera ted States as a convenience, or an arrangement, or n compromise of interests ; but I desire to see an attach ment to the Union existing among the people, not as a* deduction of political economy, nor ns a result of philo sophical reasoning, but cherished as a sentiment “I wish to see that attachment extended from one ex tremity of this confederacy to the other, not by Tele graphic communications, but through the medium of American sympathies, acting upon the American heart. Massachusetts, it is true, cannot vie with Georgia in fertility of soil, abundance of resources, or the boundless facilities of internal improvement, which will render ■ Georgia ut no distant day, one of th*‘ mightiest of our confederated States. Seven States like Massachusetts might be carved out of Georgia, and yet ahundunt room lie left for the formation of another State. The natural products of Massachusetts, (as a Southern Statesman once said,) nr** granite aiui ice. Many of jhene stately buildings that tower alove me,are I doubt not, indebted to Massachusetts for the granite upon which they ar** reared, but your lines of Railroads even now stretching almost to the toot of your mountain ranges—beds of en tire granite—will soon deprive her of that privilege ; but | our hyperborean winters w ill long give us the monopoly of the other article of export, and if we are not destined to be your “hewers of wood and drawers of water,” we yet w 11 be your “ hewers of ice and coolers of water “Never before,” said Mr YV., “was I so forcibly im pressed with tlu* mighty influences of that great modem discovery, steamqx>wer, as an engine of improvement, than when, during my journey here, 1 witnessed the passage of the long train of cars through the dense and gloomy pine lorests of your interior , self-moved by an inner power which gave no visible signs oi its existence and left no trace behind it, clearing those solitudes like a bird, but urged by a power that could know* no weari ness and whose energies never flagged. It was an im pressive lesson of the might of inan in removing natural impediments from his path of progressive improvement. “Knowing, as 1 did, the rapid inarch of improvement in your State ; that you had already upwards oi’ seven hundred miles o! Railroad and much more in projection, 1 could not but reflect upon the great destinies open to the people of Georgia, if they would but improve the op portunities within ilieir power. “This mighty agent, fleam, is the hand-maiden of improvements, almost beyond contemplation, each day developed new blessings lo be derived from it: it lessens labor—it economises time—it gives the poor man leisure | and ability to travel—it joins together the most remote regions, and brings face to face their inhabitants, estab- I halting a harmony of interest ands cling between them i it limits all distinctions, the poor and the rich; the prince and th** peasant enjoy now equal facilities of travel, ami | cun procure the same comforts mid hixuri* i from it s ] tint points -u they travel, they sit side by j n i niiik* Rail Car—the individual is sinking and the mam j rising up in the majesty of a common manhood. For a | j long time after the discovery and us.* of this potent [ agent, it wm* thought only applicable t< water navign- I ti*n, and this prejudice retarded the march of improve ments, which it might have expedited. “For a long serieaof years,ttooiiimuiiicatimvjictwoeri the waters of the Atlantic an J the Gulf of Mexico, through the Peninsula of Florida, has l* <ni thmight d* suable, but this prejudice prevented it, as a Canal wan i considered necessary tor that purpose, but Railroads are now taking the place, of Canals, and the cotnpie- j tion *t n Mouth* western Railroad from Savannah to * Pensacola n only needed to make those two cities re- j ape lively the most prosperous in tlie Mouth, uniting us it would, the licst seaport on the Southern Atlantic Coast, with inmost the only good harbour rat the Mexican Gulf. “Five and twenty years ago from my place in Con grew, f prestod this matter; but the tunes were not ripe tnoiigli for it then . now it may, an I <night lo Ik* carried out, and I pledge to this toMcmbiy all the aid and influ ence that 1 poeMcss tn aid in carrying it into execution as of infinite vulncto Geoigiu and the cutira Un.on.’ Prophecy Verified. “War,” said Mr. I lav, in hit* Raleigh letter, “ will he the consequence of the atinexatiou of Texas at this time in the manner |*rl>J^oe••d. ,, “This war,” ways Mr. Benton, “i# the eoiwequenc* of the annexation rt th* tmi'* and in the man ne> in wh'eh It wn* “ Gun. Taylor’s Politics. As the Democracy fvcm to be very much c le*i the Whigs should run a Democrat thiouT^ j> t::ke for the Presidency, and as they have striv to prove Old Rough aud Ready one of their ov- ‘ vve leave m give them the following testimony f*** ill * Democratic Advocate, published nt Baton R i!: * plnce of the old hero’s residence. The edit ° m dar with Gen. Taylor s views, and of course'i” able good authority. He says: “ 10-e -“ Our cotemporaries arc disputing about 0/-,, m lor’s politics. There need be no difficult v or, tV * Gmi. Taylor gave his lust vote for Gen Jru j J Sp ° in? I would have voted for Henry Clay, at the InteTi” ‘I because he personally esteemed and admired hfo"'*’ I *t ie man, and because he was opposed to the n n *** lion of ‘lYxn*, ‘in constitutional gruun.l*. £ ,a ’ I'jr says he belongs to in. party, but is c>l | e l Jen. T thought the war with Mexico could |to have been avoided. VVc nre satisfied it is V ° llelll lo the old General to hear of his nomination"?” s ’^ 1 residency. But, of one thing we cun nss ur( . our n thf ocratic friends Gen. T. is no Democrat, and sny further—we believe he would never ask n *' !l in appointing men to office, as to their politic, bl? I measures would not harmonize well with the I U I present Democratic administration—save on Here then vve have positive Deinocrtiic I Oen. i aylor is a Whig, that his measures L,.,,. hal I harmonise with those of either Tyler or Polk “" w the. tariff This is satisfactory. The tWo'i/ t ’T/ l !°” Ist rat ions have occupied both extreme. on th. T quest,,,,, Therefore we may suppose tl,a, Gen T lor will advocate a moderate, uniform policv—in u words, a tariff for revenue, diacriniinatin/in J,, Ameriean rather than Foreign labor. The T. 1846 is, to all intents and purposes, a Briti.h Tsor” : discriminates in many eases again., tile Americas V clianic and the American Manufacturer, and the", could never receive the support of (Jen. T, v | ?’ tween such a Tariff and the act of 1842, W( , ar( . nn tirisr-d, therefore, to learn that he would have ’®’ the latter. e prefe N The question of the Tariff, however, is not ’ m Mr Plk end the Democracy h. °* pended so much money, that even if we desired I. ‘’ ties we could not realize then, for a quarter of, Z ‘’ to eon,c. Mr. Polk was elected to reduce the CT of a people who had no debts, and who were l conscious that they paid any taxes’ He the Tariff and will, by the end of his tenn of offiM."?? quenthe ,0 the nation a debt of an Hundred miZZ dollars! Well may the Democratic presses / I the views of Gen. Taylor do no, harmonize I Ot such an Adnums,ration. If,hey did, even |„. * I ed W lug principles, and his military renown wn „ *'l commend hrm to the men who now admire and (Jen. Taylor ,u„l the Hattie of Buena Vis.l The New Orleans Bulletin of the 31st ult „ v H “We are authorized to say, that Gen. Tavaor used the expression, which has obtained such currency tliri'iigl, the public press, thnt ‘if been only regulars in the bailie of Buena Vista he Y ] probably have lost the day, as the Mississippi voli.m'S were whipped three times, without knowing j,.’ Mh In* (*(;nsi(lcrs is doing great injustice to the regular “Tim letter, under which we make the above H mem, continues, and says, ‘so fur from such a sentiment, the General lamented nmhme,,!® strongly, than his entire want of regular infantry y9| brigade, or even a strong battalion would have | hlln tc can >- ‘he enemy's artillery, and to have destroyed his army.* I “VY> are further authorized to deny the report,tfcß the officers next m rank, were opposed lo giving which is entirely untrue, and is calculated to injure thH officers if allowed to circulate iincontradicted.'’ I | Robbing x hr Mexican Churches. YY * find the following communication in the a! Intelligencer, in regard to the proposition of Ritchie to sack the Mexican Churches and * their property, it not conclusive proof mat the v..|H j nounccniuit was the result of a Cabinet conference.iH I at least show?’ that the circumstances strongly such a conclusion : I 3 Gentlemen—“l have read the editmial explanatJ in the Union of tlie 17th and 18th instant, exhoneiJ the President and Cabinet from any responsibility ,\ the atrocious “suggestion/* made in that paper ci m 11th, proposing to seize upon the property of the MmJ can Chuich, to defray the expenaea of th* war I hum also read your courteous admission of the Umrti ej forced disclaimer. Still, although I would not wiiunJ be outdone in politeness hy any one, I am sonv w J compelled by circumstances, to withhold my beiitfJ the truth oi that disclaimer. “It must be observed that the “suggestion” appnJ in the Union , which bears date on the 11th ot Mail and it is notorious that that paper is neverputtoprJ until a very late hour of the night on which it bnnkM Therefore no person can see it, nor is it ever pat ml circulation hrre until the morning after its dit*J In your paper of the 17th inst., I find the followinga| tract of a letter to the editor ol the Journal of (al merer, in New York, written iu this ciiy, on the 111 of May: “You will see that it Is now contemplated, or maei suggested, to sequester the property of the M ml I hurch, during the war. 7 have no doubt it it bl done, as the Church influence is now the mamsupJ cl the war.” . | “Now, where did the letter writer get the informiul Mat it is now contemplated,” &,(*., and whai i ; “rl l/ed him to say so emphatically,, “7 have nodvuUii 1 to be dune,” etc. ? Certainly not from the colu.nffl the Union, for that paper was not printed w.YfSiii’hl ter was written. No one will believe that lie osu nl his iulomiatiou from the editor, for 1 believe it snotal habit of editors to babble about their editorial they are publish**J. Is it not evident that thee.i.r.nfl and the letter had a common origin l If the was not made “by authority,” and thrown out ft> >1 the popular pulse, why was it suffered to run egifd days without retraction or denial 1 Tuis is a ({.isd 1 should like to see satisfactorily answered. “Until it is so answered, I shall continue toWiB and the public will continue to believe, that the M gent ion” was the result of a Cabintt Conferee .iji that But for the prompt manifestation of the dignatioii, tin* design o| plundering and have been put in execution. I would her** toy*® thing ol the Unions “soft sawder” about the g<Mic. . “patriotism, and social virtues.” audalidwH tiieir “Catholic brethren,” whilst thrusting • Jjlfl “unde r th* ir filth rib,” but no doubt you an- tired offl subject.” a catboUc or washim-^H Lieut. Hunter’s Reception. I Th** reception of the Hero of Alvarado in N Y<® was just such ns might have been anticipated rived at Norfolk iu the U. S. Ship Ohw.mul directly to New Y ork, and Ux>k lodgings at He ican. The Herald tmyn : B “As soon as it was announced that Lieut iin th* house, th-* great.*st commotion prevaiN | n ception rooms w *re thrown opsn. and th * lati.c* i tenet! to show how well bravery and beauty ! While yet he was enjoying flu* agreeable wpns® such a reception, th** gallant sailor’s ears wen* ed with three times three ns hearty cheers a* ; c<*Hs:ir>-to do bis heart good. Nothing coulJ j rls* enthusiasm which prevailed ; cheer after i lowed th'* regular round, and all seemed dea;rf"i | *H| ! hreinost m expressing their admiration of bravfß I allowing reaper! t its embodiment “ B How admirnhly does this contrast with Ak which awaits th<* men who have conspired this gallant officer I If Perry were tosw***p Gull and |s*rlonn deeds equal to those gallant brother on th* L ikes, he ootild n. v r “’PH the* fltigun which attnrhen to Lis nam-s on liis treatment of th* ll*,o of Alvarado ,do w* hope tlull ihr insol**iit f'oiiunoJote i"* v ■made to feel that if Lieui. Hunter was net thr ‘Tgi lunnder of th Home Squadron nt lenrt thy It* take tin* place of him who wa* tl*S r e"(r ,l^B U**(rf nccotint of h (heat Vitt° r ’ J A currer|KMulcutof tlu* N< w York Fpiritnl w Mb says: B “I saw n 1* tier of the old General’s, a frw eleven prtgos l*.ng, devoted to himmiity Utd t 0 day afihira of life. It wax a window t th** ~kl B soul, into which you could look and lead thn* thoughts were pun*, brave, and disinterest dnt*d tit*’ HOtli of Fcbnmry, and was evi*!*”’ 1 ’ eotiehi<l tl when the news reached him that *■ in was approuehing Th* letter hid besO B rtly iii the |srtfolio— the listtlc of Bueno B ftsight, a i*l ill* n, m puttarripf, dated tle jj| w*us written: ‘Santa Anna, with twenty men, has given us battle, and we have *** >r J our position ’ 1m there in history fl tm* * iU *’ ‘" H ol u;i unparalleled lmttlr-s more modest J one of the great l ‘Nt ■v nt that will spf r * n ra torv t” B