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JOURN \L and; MESSENGER. S T. CHAPMAN & S. ROSE, F, pi tors. Too Kook AUln! In which it is shown satisfactorily, that 1 rchitects should never plan nr erect two Building* similar in design. One of these lubcroua, but singular occurrences, which will sometimes take place even in the best socie ty, came to I’fjht a few days since in the “ upper ten’ circle of n neighboring city, and which for “ richness,” outvies the Oolong, and cream-toast ofour old acquain tance, Sqtecrs, emphatically! We havi nsserred, that such thinhappen. But then, as Mrs Parting ton would say, “ it's a queer world”—and so it is! Bu* f * the story. A polished little French gentleman, of considerable wealth, who had been educated in the highest school of politeness, had been wedded t * a beautiful, hut *how> woman, for a brief period, and having, with his bride palmed the hey-day of the honey-moon in making the tour of the northern States, concluded to settle down in Quakerdom. After a little search, he decided upon ’.■resting in one of a tine block of houses in Htmoir street, trow of build in ge crceted within a few y.zr* und uniform in their architecture, in 6;de and out. The whole block was occupied, with the exception of that chosen by Monsieur, who furnished it forthwith, ir th* m*st elegant style, and took possession. “ I have come to Philadelphec”— said the French gen tleman iand he tells his own story most eloquently, and innocently’— 4 1 have come to zcity vs my vise, .on 1 likes him var’ mooch. Igo vis my vise to look for z* grande maison vhirh sal plenar Madame—and ve find him, numero two hon’red twenty-trr e, Hansom street I secure him, 1 furnish him, ala wl ode, ve down vc live var* content — eh, hien, vot you aal call 4 cun /orf-ablc —a V Anglais. I hsv’ foine house, foine com p.ignons, ua vise var* good— tres lien /” “I hav’. sometimes, ennui; —on’ l go to zc gran* ; Opera. MonDleu! I listen to Tcdesco! Ah, Mon > ieur -ar 4 be hut iitie Tedescn; var* foine— magnifque ’ 1 leave z<* Opera, 1 come home to ma house, ze garcoi open ze door, I come in—md 1 look for Mndame. 1 ask 4 vere be Madame ?'—Ze servant sni - Madame rc tire.’ Ires lien— it is right—Madame fatigue I sit down, I smoke ma cigare, 1 read ze ‘Courrier 4 , ze clock striic dir heures —l Jake ze lamp, and pas to :nr ehembre IgA var’ still, not to disturb Madame, win have mooch fatig.ir—l open zc door. I place ze ligh’ on ze tnbe, I turn roun’, Mon Dtr.u! I foin le jen* tlcman noun* sleep, in led vis ma rife /” 4 1 take zc j nttlemr.n by ze ann, and 1 call to him var lou l —* eh lien. Monsieur l vot you do in ma bed *’ 44 He start up var’ mooch, an 4 h** t-y 4 tieve! robhuir! vot you do. Sair r “ “ I any 4 pardonnez-moi Monsieur. <]ue and able vox. do in ma bed “ In you bod ?” “ Oui, Mon sii ur” “No Sair!” he siv—“ it is my bed—and you are dam robbftir, T .i z-• Vocit. 4 “Monsieur’ —* re hun—“it is net you bed. It i ma bed—dis s ma house, ..unrero two hun’red twenty tree, Hai.s.itn street—dis is ma rhambre, ma furniture ma enrtain—dat is ma rije ! Vot yon sai, Sir, to zat “ “He look at ine vai’ at.ung.*—h • sit up in inabed—li look at ma vise- -he look at uie -lie rub his eye—an'to* get on ze floor.” ” Monsieur * —he said to me- “ I beg ren t uznr pardon. I hnv* nrnik grande inistnik. Ma house re numero two hun’red Hansom strreet—an I have come into ze wrong door! Exrusez moi. J sal tnaik grn’ui ropolagc. to Madame, on ze morrow . 4 make tar bad mistake ! Bj n mat. Mon o cur — pardonnez~?noi 44 lie hr.v 4 go down stairs, he hnv 4 pass out, I hav* se z n door lock, fast, 44 But Ino loike z* maison s, in vot you call Han*o* Ftrcet; and ncx’ day I go to ze offers vot you call /’ in trlligence, an’ I get me house in Rue du Cantoine vot you sal call a l’ Anglais, Con ton street —numero one hou'red an’ tiriy-von, Canton street. 1 have move ma propeity from numero two hon’red twenty-tree Henson street—vich Ino like, lt-ga:r ! 1 hove move Madame—rna house var* fine I have got on var veil— ires bisn.” ” 1 have reside at numero von hotfred tirty, Cantot s*r *et,t e i.t e wk-. Ze fuw e rat injochaloihc, but ) have beeu content—z- jentleman inaik great opolnge t. ma vise, an’he rail un, deux, troix time to niHke z* same to me. I hav 4 lorgot all about ze grande miataik an 1 go to ze play vizout Madame.” I come home to ma house, vaiVarly—Madarne hav ; retire, an I go upze stairs, not mooch quick, hm I read zc door; I come into mu cfiambre—ven, I)iable I find . ze jentleman in ma bed, once more, two ice 44 1 go to ze bed. I seize ze jentleman by zc tront, an I ea.;— 4 eh bien, Monsieur ! Vot you do in ma bed , two time—vonce more, eh ?’ ” • “He hav’ /.hump out on the floor,—-he. rub b.s ey< var’ mooch—he rhocke var’ bLu— an’ he aai, 4 vot you and > via ma troat ?’ 4 ’ I ask him vot uou do m ma bed, Suir i” ’ It is not your bed, by gair.” “Not ma bed ‘ A o! Monsieur, it in my led “Vmbed? Me rsitur, prenex garde! Is zat yon bureau! Zat you wairofs-? Zdt you escritoire ?a ha! Zat you shirt? Zat you vifi? Sacrr —Mon ! eicur, you hav* mtuk bad iniainke lejore, you hav matk no mietaik zis time.” f *’ Bardonnez nun. Monsieur”—he any. ” No. Sair. Y hnv’ maik mistaik vonce, but zie is ’ numero von bon’red tity-vou, Canton street, an J not luimero two hun’red twenty-tree Hansons treet! \\t you sai now, Sair V 44 Excuse t- moi, Monsieur !” he r?:, 44 1 have wife great mistaik vonce, and, two day buck, 1 move front number two hon’red twenty-/®e, Han-on stre* t. *o von Scared ftrfy-TRKt, Canton street! I hav’ now mmk tr.ietaik in /.e front door!’’ He matk many ajtologe— I 1 eiirdi h*’ have mr ik iniataik—h put on ze nam;dor—he f U’w var’ polite—he go out of nut house, Monsieur!” i 44 1 p* ck tna furniture n> x’ day—l go to ze Baltimore. * Be gair!” continued the French gentleman, as he hrust . a monstrous pinch or snuff into hia nostrils—“ Ino *ik< f to live in zat Philadelphec-zr. uoi'st too hit it ‘loike. • .'■y dam /” - Yankee Wade. I The C'hancc? of Hut tie. { “At Waterloo,” wiid Napoleon, “ I ought to have ‘ been victorious The chances were a hundred to on< j in my fi-vor Put Ney, the brave* of the brave, at th* f head 0f42 .000 Frenchmen. bu tie red himself to be delay cd a whole day l y tk me thousands of Nassau troops j Hud it not been for this inexplicable inactivity, th Kn gliah army would have been taken jlogiantr delicto and nmuhilai and without striking a Mow. Grouchy, with 40,000 in*-n. suffered Hutow and Hinder to escapi from hitn , and finally, a heavy shower ol rain made tin gruu.nl no sob that it was impossible to eonimence th* attack at daybreak. Had 1 been aide to comment* early, Wellington's army would have heen trodden down in the defile* ot th** f*rc*t before tire Pru**tunr c *uld Upve i. cl time *,*! ve. it win otbeiwiae lorn without resnurce. ‘lTje del* at of Wt liiiigUm’s army wpnld have been p* c ,th* repose of Bun te the recog nition of the inter* mm of th* mustes, and of the demo cracy ” — MontSvlvr * H.story Physienl F.*l lieu! ion. Tire following remarks from a hit!** work by Dr | W.vrri-n, mi etninent physician, are worthy she con sideration cd ail who hnve the charge of the education; ot the youth of the country. It it astonishing how little * attention is i**id in even our bent schools, to the physi cal education of the pupils. The great object of teach- | *r* Ttn to be, to tor ture the body in order to quicken ( the intellect, and v.hat ** even more rrp’ehensibie and j cruel, they Hove banislied the birch and substituted pro tracted confinement; thus too often destroying the ani- ( nial spirits and temp* r at th* same time they are cn- [ feeding the body. To muh, and especially to parents ’ do w* commend die following: . ” Tt*e necessity of cultivating the physical powers in ‘ young men is not miffcietitly understood T lit* estab lishment of Gymnasia through the country promised, at one period, die opening ot anew era hi physical ed ucation. Th’ benefits which resulted from these in mitudona, within mv personal knowledge t,nd expert ence, tsr traffeceridcd the most sanguine expectations. I hjve known many instance* ot protracted nnd dis trssaing affection* wholly removed ; of weakly organi zed forma unfolded and invigorated. and of die attain ment ofexiraordinary degree of muscular energy and clartidty in peitona m h alth. Cicero ia described by Pluta. h, as being, at one period o( his life, extremely tear, md slender, and having nucii a weakness in Ins stomach that lie could cat but littk, and that not till j late in the evening He trav* lied to Athens, however, j fur the itouvety of His health, where hi* body was so j stiengthened bv Ciymnastic exercises, ns to become firm and robot; and his volpe, which hud been biurb, was thoroughly formed, and rendered sweet, fill', atul aonofoijs Our young tts* ti n)"j6 stuffy* find > time to cultivate those exercises, which Cicero and Cre sur, and some of ihe most studious among the ancient and modern philosophers, considered necessary, and contrived to prosecute m the midst of their studies and affairs. I have known many instances of great increase of muscular vigor and of the general health by the reg ular use of Gymnastic exercises, even at an advanced period of life. Among them l might refer to a distin guish! and member of the legal profession, who first beg in the practice of Gyrnnasties when nearly seventy years old. He acquired great vigor, lived to the age of eigh ty-four, in habits of constant activity, and died at this period ;u the most easy and tranquil manner.” II 1 C O X , i* a. WEDNESDAY. SEPT’R. 15, 1847. FOR PRERIDEFfT, GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR. I or Governor. UEX. DI’VC AN L. C LINCII. CANPIDATIS FOR 8133 rCITNTT. We n r e nuthori/od to Hiinoqnce J AMES \. MSI*FT anil ROTJV BIVTXS as candidates lor the House of Ifepreseiitatives, at the next e’er firm. A w ord to the hYisv, Papers out of Ms eon. that are indebted to the Jour nal and Messenger, Extra, for important News from the seat >f w ar, shou'd do us, at least, the justice to give us the credit w hich we deserve A Word to the Whi;. We hear from aln /t cv *ry section of the State th*- most flattering accounts of th-prospects of the glorious old hero. Gen Clim ii.ium! we now feel confident that nothing can defeat bis election, by at least three thou sand votes, except the over confidence* of the Whigs.— We beg them.as they love their country and herglon ous institutions, not to relax a single effort. Let all lo cal, personal and sectional feeling lx* buried, and let eaeh man labor henceforth, until the election, just as :f his individual efforts could save the State, —and all will be well. We will have a Whig Governor, a W hig Legislature, and a perpetuation of those Whig meas ure* which have already done so much to redeem th** character of the State Gallant, glorious Whigs,are not such results nt least worth one more vigorous ef fort 7 If so make that effort, and you settle th** politics of Georgia lor years to come. Up then, and nt them. Tin* I’oika*. A correspondent wide n t* know 44 whether the cele brated regiment of Mexicans, which distinguished themselves in the recent battles by outrunning even Santa Anna, were not named by that distinguished personage in compliment to his particular fr end, Jamis j K Polk ?” We can assure our correspondent that lira supnos on ic rot only correct, but that it is generally rumored in our streets, that the name of the 44 Polkas’ j ha* been changed, and that they are henceforth to be known as the * Polk and Marry Guard*.” in consid* r ntion of the fact, that their wounds have been found, upon close inspection, to be exclusively of the kind ren- | dered classic by the worthy Secretary <•! War, and 1 which require a tailor rather than a surgeon to new up. j For fui thcr particulars we refer the public to the cele brated 44 Coon Killer,” who has recently set himself up as a judge in niiiimrv matters, and who is, no doubt, quite conijs t nt to g ve on opinion in this case. Ilf m* Prorfuc’*. Those of cur readers, who desire to procure some fine j Brandy Peaches, or n superior article of pickels, ought j to call upon Mr. Ciias. H. Freeman, of Cotton Ave nue. To us they have two important recommenda- | tions, —first they are home products, being manufactur ed in Macon .secondly, they are equal to the very best article which can be procured from the North Geor gia pays annually over $30,000 lor pickets alone, and probably twice that some for brandied and preserved fruits, all of w hich can be produced o t a superior quality nt ho:r*\ Consumers should remember these facts and direct their patronage accordingly. K mnor of Peace. La Patna, the Spanish paper in New Orleans, pro fcsses to have rcceiv *d late news from the city of Mex- I ico to the effect that a treaty of peace had actually been 1 signed by Mr. Trbt and the Mexican Ministers. The South Western Railroad. It will be wen bv the advertisement of Mr. Alexan der, that nn Election v> 11 be held for a Board of Direc- ! tore for the Sooth Western Railroad Company, in this 1 city on the 4th day of October next. The survey, by the enterprising Corps of Engineers under Mr Hol comb, is rapidly progressing, and will in a few weeks be completed. The company have already progressed aouie thirteen or fourteen miles, and tind the country* quite as favorable ns was anticipated :the principal diffi culty firing in ascending the table lands west of Echa couna. Pens ns wishing to subscribe to the stock, should do so without delay. Th” • ► in 1 Men. The Philadelphia North Amm uan Gazette nays j , that Gen. Patterson has sailed from Norfolk for Pen sacofn, whence he will proceed to Veru Cruz to take 1 command of a force sufficient to open the coniinunica- j ( tions with Gen Scott. He is to have for the service, ( among oilier forces, the magnificent Battalion of mount- I t and Georgians, under Lieut. Col. Calhoun, and the Tex- , , as Rangers, under Col. Hays, and such other troops Gen. Tayia>R can spare for the service ! As soon as I the line of comiminrcation is open he is to join Gen. Scott’s comp. New In\ruti**o. _ Someone in New Yoik has invented u Rifle which j discharge* some thirty or forty halls without removin t it from the shoulder. It is said that the inventor has I olli id it to the War Department to be used especially by the guards who accompany the train* in Mexico and wno are subjected of lute, to such frequent visitations from the Guerilla* ! It is generally believed that the j President's brother seized the “specimen number” of I thd“ infernal machine,” nnd dashed off at once for th** * wars tn order to redeem the military reputation >1 the family. The next news will be. we suppose, that the (Jk orgia “ Coon Killer has followed in the footsteps ot j h: •* . 11 visitiiius predecessor,” ns it is * urrently rumored ; l int he was” taken with a leaving” as soon as he heard that “ little Aleck” was about to start in pursuit of him through the Cherokee country. Th** “Coon Killer” has about them me horror for Stephens that he recently 1 professed to entertain for the “ log cabins” and “ plain j tore” ot the low country. The Cotton C'ro| Flit* limy Wonu. The Army Worm nee ins to have extended its ravages throughout the whole cotton region of the South and ( West. In Louisiana, upon the K* and River, and in ! nearly all the best lands, the destruction is raid tots* unparalleled In Mississippi they have ulao made their i appearance alui*M universally. In tie vicinity of j Natchez, of l\ siucy, of Vicksburg. ot Woodvillc, of Yazoo City, the ravages are repii-scntcd a* being very great It we were to give all the pirticulara which have met our eye, they would till this entire paper In Alabama, the ennebrnke and prairie lands are said to tie perfectly alive with th*- enemy In many places the planters do not expect to make over halt a crop some ol them declare that they will hr perfectly satis fied with one-fourth the usual yield There has douht !••►•* heen in all these Stairs more than the usual amount of land planted. Tin* will pmltably bring up the aver age, hut there ore ms to be no longer any doubt m regard ! to the crop. Lukas the seasons are remarkably favor able, the result must be another short crop. In Georgia, a will hr seen by another paragraph in this paper, the ii r>**pcct is quite as gloomy a* in any other State. The 1 cropa are not only likely to b** indifferent, but cotton f hugging, under the benign reign ot Mi I'oi.x and Ins new Rkitiku and Towns’ Tariff, has advanced some ciglit cents per yard, and u* likely to remain at those rates tor tis ha lane of die season Verily, the com bined reign of th** Democracy and flu* Caterpillar, is Ilk* ly to bring tie* people of Georgia to their s< lists foul Piny. A comspOßdent of the Ht Loins RevtUlc , writing (rom the Osage natum. states that the Cuin&nche Indi an*, now m council with the Oaagea, told th** latter that liie Me* cans had advanced them lnrg* a sums ot money, and made many presents of mules, as payment to* murdering th’ Americans who trsveiled alorq; the road, anj destroying their property. C 01. H. 11. Polk. The President having appoint***! his brother h Major i in tlu- third regmo nt *t Dracoons, hs hus received r ---ders to join Gen. Scott's division. obtaining Ins appointment, lie resigned hi* diplomatic commission ns Charge at Naples TheWi’inof Party in Georgia. Col. Towns and his fiimids 554*em resolved to drew fff attention by mere prof.ions in regard to the Wilinot oroviso. Notwithstanding the Democratic nominee*e tually voted in favor of reedving Abolition petitions, and notwithstanding three of the five Democratic member* from Georgia in the last Congress, actually voted for the Wilinot proviso ns contained in the Oregon Terri torial 8.11, rtil! certain paper* have the boldness to warn the people against voting for Gen. Clinch upon that very ground. The Athene Bannei 'hoe recently been tak •ng medium ground upon this question—it has abandon ed Mr Calhoun and given iu. II up soul and body to the New York Evening Post. It has become the advocate of compromise for the sake of the party, and expresses it* willingness to be satisfied with the Mis souri line of 3fi° 3Other Democratic prints in Geo gia are evidently* coming to the same conclusion, and Vlr Buchanan in his recent letter seems to be perfectly satisfied with such sn arrangement of the question. He l*oldly intimatoH that the question esn never become a political ont—that California and New Mexico can not become slave territories because they will be settled up principally by Northern and Western men. He fur ther advls that should the country west of the Rio Gran j and • become ou:s, slavery could never be introduced there i for the reason that there the negro is not regarded as a ; degraded race, &c This letter of Mr. Buchanan inadvertently admin what we have before intimated, viz: that the South has, to all intents and purposes, been betrayed by the pres ent Administration, and that certain leading politicians of the Democratic party in Georgia though cognizant of the ti.', h ive winked at the proceeding merely in i order that their party might not suff-r from such anex !i.insure II ha? b* -m openly !.*f!ared at the North, that , Mr Folk lnd sent a resident Regiment from New York to California, purposely to satisfy his non slave holding friends that the institution of slavery never ■‘hould g”t a footing in tint country. We now find Mr Buchanan boasting of the fact, and giving it ns one reason why the North should not insist upon the Wilmot proviso. He willing to let tie* South enjoy th* theory without the pruc/ice—-he is ready toyield the shadow for the substance —fiml to allow’ us to have upon paper the privilege of introduemg slavery, provided the North shall have th<* power to prevent it by a prc-ocoupancy of the territory acquir ‘d .Mr. Folk and hi* friends hav ing arranged the matter sons to force the proviso prac tically upon the people of the South, he can well afford to * !vi.* his abolition friends in Pennsylvania to cease ngitatiqg the question. Mr. Polk, whose administration jg lauded by Mr. ; Towns and his supporters, has thus, according to Mr. Buchanan, rmmg’ l to surround us of the South with what must ultimately become n cordon office States, some of them, fo’e-negro States ’ He lias done j this deliberately, and for some hidden politico! purpose. 1 lie* conduct has never been censored by either the leaders or the pre— of the Democratic party in Georgia. On th** contrary, three of th**/re D*mocrats in Con gress from the State, go even beyond Mr. Polk, and actually vote for the vein letter of the infamous pro* i 'iso ‘ One of these men, Mr. ('<*bh. was the lending member of the convention which nominated Col. Towns, a gentleman who, as is admitted, once voted for the reception of Abolition petitions in Congress! Under such an array of facts, may we not retort upon our opponents by branding them as the only Wilmot party at the South—as the only men who have betray ed the interests of the slave-holders? We make not this charge against the rank and file of the Democratic party in the State, to whom we are willing to accord honesty of purpose. We give incontrovertible facts* and l*eg the honest men of all parties to guard well against those Democratic aspirants for public favor, who are striving to sustain themselves and their party at the expense of the true interests of die South. If Mr. Towns is not actually one ol these men, he has nt least shown a sympathy for their principles and their act?, which should subject him to most serious suspicion. War upon the Planters. W r e last week gave a few facts, showing that the planters of Georgia would be compelled, during the present year, to pay something like $*245,000 more for their rope and bagging than th**y paid under the opera- j tion of the Whig Tariff. This will be the case too, j notwithstanding they were told by such politicians as i Mr. Towns, that a reduction of duties would result in ! a decline of prices. A quarter of a million of dollars 1 is no small sum to be paid by the planters of Georgia, j *uch n yenr as the present, for their political experience. | Bui this in not ul!—nor half. They were told to vote for Mr. Folk and Col. Towns —to return a majority of Democrats to Congress, and reduce the Tariff: and that ihon tIH prices of all classes of goods would decline. ■ ust in the. some proportion as the duties were reduced! Well, Mr Polk w as elected President, and Col Towns was sent to Congress, w here, amid l! his dodging , he ‘‘happened” to vote for ihe present British Tariff. Now, wlmt has been the fulfillment of these Democratic promis s? Nearly every article has advanced in price. 1 he duty upon leather and shoes, for instance, wns deduced, and the result has been, that they have risen over 20 p*r cent. Negro shoes, brogans, that last year sold for SO cents, are now bringing $1 per pair.— Now, there are 325,000 negroes in Georgia, and allow ing that their masters furnish th* m only one pair of shoes per year, at a difference of 20 rents park, we have the nice little sum of seventy-Jire thousand dollars increased cost tor the article of negro shoes alone. fi’he article of Salt, too, was in like manner to Ire cheapened, by Messrs. Towns, Polk & Cos., at !**?: t 20 cents per sack. Instead of declining, salt has advanced nearly 50 cents per sack. Georgia consumes over 200,- 000 sacks, *vh'ch, at 50 cents, is SIOO,OOO 1 Take next tire articles generally used lor negro cloth in *. such ns Kerseys, Si • &e . and tlrey will be found to av* rage about 20 per cent, advance in price. Now. to clothe 325.000 negroes, at these retes. we may sniely calculate that the increased cost will average one dollar Ito each negro. Thus we have another striking evi : dence of the operation of one of Mr Towns’ favorite ; measures. New let us sum these all up. and see how ; the account stands between the Democratic nomime i and the planters. G. W. Fu NATAKTF. T U NS, To the Planter* o f Georgia, Dr. To difference on Cotton Ragging $140,000 “ do “ Rope 105,0110 “ do. 44 Negro Shoes, 75,000 “ do 44 Salt 1(H).000 “ do 4 ‘ Negro clothing 325.000 Total difference in price $745jM00 Hen* is the rear little sum ot Seven Hundred and Forty- fire Thoumnd Dollar*, which will, during th** present year, at existing prices, be taken from the pockets*d the planters ot Georgia, under th** operation of good Democratic laws, !y the aid *l Col. Towns m CongrcNH . ami yet Col. Towns nnd his friends are rid mg over tlie .State and trying to persuade the okl farm era to vote f'r him for Governor, because hr can make rpreche*, and Gen Clinch cannot. Would it not be w ell ler the Colonel to explain some ot these things Udote he rihks the people again to trust him with the management of tl.*ir nffiirs ? We take liiin'HiiicUy upon the j riiicjpies laid down by himm it id others ot his party, and iqipeal to accounts ot actual aides lr th* correct!]* ofour data. If w- were to take into the calculation.the article* used by the entire popu lation. white ns well ur black, the above nmount would Is* still further increased, jwrhsps to over one million of*loliars’ Home of the people liave heard of lhiw *on Coffee, an*l .McDonald Coflee, in their day They ’ have now un opportuiiity to turn the tables Th**y 1 have Towns Rope, Towns Rugging, Towns Shoes, 1 Town* Kerseys nnd Towns Salt -atl at an advance of 20 per cent Should Col. T Is* elected Governor, and carry his womb-rful financial schemes into the Kx**cu tive Department, we may rnlid**mly expect that in i imitation ofGovenior McDonald, he will wind up his official career w ith relief nuHMges, with n liuitkrupt 1 Treasury, and ruined State credit. Thu* much for 1 0l Towns Is it not enough for him to have voted j Mr the reception of Abolition p*‘titiouH, and l y the few j votrs wh eh he did mrr in Congress, to have c**t the I planter* <,f Georgia a round million in a single year? ’ ( Might hr not to l** nti-di ands An* not the farmers . f i Georgia fully satisfied that tie y enn dispense with bis ’ valuable w rvice* ’ • l ust Tciilicssei* liuprov* in.-m* j A gen* rul Internal linprovement Meeting is t > Is* J held it Knoxville, B#ist TennesN>, on of d. O present month,for the purpnaa >f arranging some g**nrr | al sysiem “f miprov.-ttieni for that portion *>l the Stan*. D‘legntioi,s are t* be invited from the States o| Georgn ind South Carolina On the 4th day ol (M) r toilow iitg, there is to be • meeting of the Diiuctoraani Stock liolders oftlic Hiwaa* ‘> U nlroadCompany, at the sain** pla**e, when, as w Warn from the Km xvill** Regtrter, “a full exhibit of tlie affur and situation the Com cany, tog- titer with a faithful estimate *l th* cost of ‘Oinpleting the Road to Knoxville, nnd all other s a h* ndormstiott tts may be im|M)rtam to tx- known, will h prepared **nd laid b**fore tiw meeting ‘ The Central Bnuk- ‘ o’. Tow i; Letter from Jml up Sturgis. ‘Flic communication in our piper of the Istirud., unking certain inquiries of the K litor.s of the Southern Hecordrr, Ins called forth from Mr. Sturois of die firm of Towns, Sturgis $ Bninine alluded to, the sub joined letter. When the matter was fiitf presented to ur consideration, we hesitated iu regard to having any thing to do with if, on the ground that charges touch ing the private character of candidates are often made unjustly, and without a knowledire of all the facts; and that they are generally malicious V’cauwe always sprung on the eve of an election, and nt n time to injure the public an well ns private character of the panics. To this it was replied, that th-* transaction was n pub lic on**, involving the funds of tire people—that every tax payer ofGeorgin ought to know in whose hands the proceeds of the Central Bank m glit Ire found—that it mattered not who was individnally culpable in re gard to the defalcation—that the firm alone wns respon sible and that Mr Towns ns a member of that firm, ! having th** means, ought not to have allowed the ac count to remain unsettled, nt a time when tire people of Georgia were home down and overwhelmed w th taxes brought upon them by his own acta and by the party with whir 1 ’ he was assoc .ted. Bt v we hesitated, ar. we know* the author of the c m muniention did, until positive assurance wn* given by the Director of the Central Bank that the defalcation of soil firm was matter of record on tire Books of the Bank—that the claim was an old one ofover ten years stnnding—that many efforts hnd deen made for its col lection—-that i> hod been in the hands of attorneys of the Bank, and that last spring he had gone to Colum bus for the purpose of enforcing the requirements of the law in regard to such cases; but was induced to desist ! on tire promise of a member of the fi-tn that he would visit Milledg’ville during tire Democratic Convention J and settle th.* matter. But that that gentleman having | failed to do ao.h** the Director.) hnd g ; ven the parties | notice that h:* would meet them for tire last time, nt t Talbot Court, to close tire affair. The amount includ-’ mg interest, the director averred, was large—we think the sum named was over one thousand dollars! We did not understand that any proposition had been ! made by Mr. Towns, or any * uc else, to pay the money, but quite the contrary. Upon the foregoing statenrent we published tire corn j muniention in question. If there has been any error in the faet. it will probably he corrected at Talbot Court on Monday next, by an examination of the papers, as the Director of the Bank nssur and ns. that he intended at that time to press the matter to an issue. For onrselve* we shall leave the matter in dispute to Ire settled be tween the parties themsr lwsnnd tire officer of tire Bank In the mean time, ns a simple act of justice to Col. j Towns, we give place with pleasure, to the following letter of Mr. Sturgis: Col’ Mbu j September Nth. 1547. To the Editors of the Journal and Messenger: G* tlemen \ communication in your paper of last week charging Col. Towns, the Democrat e Candi date f* r Governor, with b* ing n defaulter to the Central Bank has just fallen under my eye. \s it ; s intended t-> operate prejudicially !<• v < Towns if m due to him. that fire facta shod 1b ‘ made known to the public. I was the member of the firm that made the collec tions, and have paid them overlong since fnine or ten years ago.) except perhaps n small balance, which would have tlren been settled, and has since been offer ed to the Bank but the Bank claiming more than was due,as 1 believed, this small sum remains unsettled— fire amount collected being about $3,700. and th * amount paid over as admitted by the Bank, about $3,500 Col. Towns has, however, been desirous that this should Ire settled, even on the terms as demanded by tin* Bank and has proposed to pay over the money himself, ami would have done so. hut for myself os I am not, dis posed to pay tire Batik more than is proper’y due. I have asked the Bank to have the matter of difference betwixt us. settled by the proper tribunal, which tlrey have ad viser! me would he done nt the next Talbot Superior Court. Respectfully your obedient Servant., Joseph Sturgis. We are free to ny, from what we know of the trans action and of Col. Towns personally, that not the slightest moral turpitude can attach to him on account of the original transaction, nor do w< believe that it was the intention of our correspondent to charge such —the main object being to show his want of business capacity, and his unfitness to manage th* l monied af fairs of the people Though not morally culpable, it is nevertheless true, that as a member of the firm in ques tion—and especially the senior member, he was cer tainly legally l>oiind, having the means, to hare hod, the matter long since adjusted That the claim for interest on the part of the Bank is just, no me will doubt. If the firm have had the use of the people’s mo ney, it is hut proper that they should pay for it. The tax pavers of Georgia have been compelled annually to pay this interest into the Treasury. They hove pa tiently done so, amid great pecuniary ili'•tress and em barrassment and nta time when they knew that the funds of the Central Bank had been scattered andwast. ed by the very party of which Mr Towns is now the leader Little did they think that the firm of which he was a member, was holding the money in question, and retiming either to give it up or pay interest for tire use of it. Had Mr. Towns sct.-d properly, he wmiid years since, have recognized his- responsibility, I y pay- j ing the money to the Bank and looking to his partner for remuneration. As matters now stand he is in theawk ward predicament of asking office of the people, alter having compelled them to pay heavy taxes to supply n deficit in the ptiMic funds occasioned in port, by tire j very defalcation in question, fi'he people will Ire apt to , hesitate long before giving him unbridled control of the j Treasury, the Central Bar.!;, tire Penitentiary, and nil the finances of the State. f 01. Towns nnd the Stntr Rcn<l. It is mentioned in ths Atlanta Miscellany that l 'Col j Town* ha* pledged httnnelf to a fete influential men in Cherokee, to oppose the extension of the State Road, and to veto any and all bill* passed for that purpose “ We hav ■.* no doubt of the correctness of the above statement. t least in part. Col. Towns may not have pledged himself to veto any bill, but we firmly believe, j from information in our possesHion, that he and other 1 leading Democrats have laid much deeper nnd more discreditable scheme, tor the purp< se of deceiving tin-’ people of the State in regard to this very Raibond ex . tension. We have tolerably good authority for saying,! flint it is understood that Mr Tow ns bin is t* re main uncommitted publicly upon that subject—that he i** to favor the suKfU'iuaoniyf the work in Cherokee, and j its speedy completion in other parts of tlu* State—in other words, like his illustrious pred<*e**ssor of Kane let ter memory, he is to be both for nnd against the exten sion, according to the opinions ntul interests of the par ticular persons whose votes lie is scoring. The peopl*- of tlu* Mountains are to be satisfied with a pledge, or nn intimation, that he will place m the oflicii of Chief Engineer, u certain gentleman who hns pledged him* , self to report sg iinst the extension of the road beyond its pres* nt terminuw—while th'-** of the middle ceim ties a r e to ne put off with th * asauranee, thul ns Mr i Towns has given no posihre pledge, he will ,rrhen eleetei, yield to the v-i**e of tlu* majority, nnd sanction a bill lor the completion of the Road immediately to the Tennessee river. We believe that this is ul*out tlu* truth, and we an* the more routirmed in that belief by the recent refusal *d Col. Towns to express an opinion upon the sutqert lat the Walker comity inerting lie was there culled upon, nnd dodged the question by replying, that if there J were any one present aiithon/. *d to speak for General I Clinch, then he (Col. Town*) would expo se his own views- not otherwise. The conduct of Col T in this * instanee, is hut another lllu-tnition of hs non-eonnuit talism, h * vas'-dlNtaMi, his prnpeii.uty to play tlu perpet ual POWKI Kveti in Koine. w<* **.e he refused lobe interrogated hv the p**opl> in regard to his opinions up on great leading questions Wear** greatly mistaken it such conduct ns this will jgiiisfy die people of th State. They desire no such iwnmt us a gnat dinti of their ini'vrtant interest* They ’ want a chief magistrals who entertains opinions of his ] own, and who is not afraid to * xpt - • th*tn whenever and wherever called lr ly the people The Ditlereiice, i■. Irwin, the Whig candidate fur Gov i : *r m I'eimsylvamn, ncentiy visited Philadelphia un private i business and remained bm a d*v or two, when the IV ’ titnctuUA* press nesailed him most furiousiy, charging ! lum wdii degrading tlu* digmt; f the office, undertum- I mg the r puhnean inatitutioiui of the Htatu ami displac ing tvzyie*lf personally by wandering about the Ftote in ! -ettreh of votes. What woul I ‘-uch 1 men say of the { IVmoeratic nominee m tieorgia, who stems to b* b* g gmg votes Itoin dNit in door, oil tlu* stump and ill the public high-ways f We are ottfti assured that Democ racy is a am/ A ie same in th • N'tth and in the Booth. How then can any consistent member of the party con *nt to support Cut Towns f Lg tliose answer who can Outrage upon Soil (liern Fee Ii up. The Athens Banner of the 2th instant, conu s to us shrouded in morning, avowedly on account of the death of Silas Wrioht. That Mr Wright was a great man and a great Democrat,none will pretend to deny, but we would just as soon have expected to see a Southern pa-’ per “ shrouded in mourning ’ for the iniainoub Gakri | son, or for Ex-Governor Morton, one of Mr. Folk’s oHie-* holders, as for him. Mr. Wright was confessed ily tlie foster-lather of the Wilmot Proviso. It was at his instigation that, Lazarus like, it was brought lorth i from the grave. Hie political and personal friends were it* most active and zealous supporters. It received the ‘especial sanction of his associates and neighbors if St Lawrence county, New York, in public meeting as- in !• J ; and lm was avowedly the candidate of the Wdrnoi wnig of the Democracy fur the Presidency in ISH! Is it not truly astonishing, that any Editor pns ung a spark of Southern feeling, nr Southern pride, should fora moment think of giving such a manifesta tion of respect for his memory 1 Were this a mere indi v:duol freak of the Editor, we might allow it to pass comparatively unnoticed ; but when it is remembered that the Athens Banner s the Democratic organ,/w exccllcnc which has denounced Mr. Caliioun, and 1 read him out of the Democratic party—that the Editor ■ the besom f r icnd ct Messrs. Cobb, Lumpkin, and Slab >rn Joxes, all of whom voted lor the Wilmot Proviso, and arc all now active in the support of Col Towns, who himself once voted for the reception o.‘ | Abolition petitions—the matter assumes a grave import. Does it not go to allow that there is at least a small ; Wilmot Party in Georgia, and that its members have j u adroitly managed as to push themselves into prom rant positions in the Democratic ranks? People o i Georgia, il you vote for Mr. Towns, you virtually sun- i tarn th** anti-slavery course of Messrs. Cobb, Lumpkin ! and Jones —you approve of Mr. Towns’ vote on the re erption of Abolition petitions— you sanction the expul- I si on from thf Democratic party of the Hon. John C. Calhoun —and finally, you endorse the conduct of the i Editor oi the Athens Banner in “ shrouding his paper m mourning/’ as a mark of respect for the father of the ■ infamous Wilmot Proviso. People of Georgia, planters of Georgia, slaveholders 1 of Georgia, be ye Wings or Democrats, are you pre pared to give such a vote on the first Monday in Octo- i her next? If not, then vote for Gen. Clinch and the ; Whig candidates—and while you reward an old patri ot and true soldier, you will also rebuke the men who, ‘ lor mere party purposes, have, to say the least, trifled with your sacred rights of property, and endangered the existence of your peculiar institutions. People of Georgia, think of these things. They arc well worthy of your most serious consideration. The Victories* We refer to another part of this paper, for a mass of most interesting details, in regard to the Battle of Contreras and ChuruLusco, in which the Americana have again highly distinguished themselves. The Gene ral intclligf nee was received by express, on Saturday last, mid immediately issued in an extra, and circulated ■ lov i il. state horn Savannah to die Tennessee Une, in advance oi all other papers except the Telegraph, which was interested with us in the enterprise. The news since received only differs os to the particular de tails. It is true that Gen. Scott did propose the ar imsuce, but it was at the instigation ol the Butish Le gation. It was doubtless preconcerted, and done to give Santa Anna an excuse to indulge, as usual, his vian glori* ous spirit. He accordingly issued a manifesto announc ing that he had granted to Gen Scott an armistice, f>r hearing the Peace proposition of Mr. Trist— that he was quite as strong and free ns it he had gained a victory instead of being defeated, that“ perpetual war an absunlity,” jicace of course desirable. At the latest dates (on the 29th,) the Commissioners, consistingo| Generals Herrera and Mora, on the part of the Mexicans, and Mr Trist, on the part of the United States, had been in session two days, and it was generally supposed that they would agree upon a treaty. Much disaffection existed in the army, in re gard to the propositions for an armistice by Gen. Scott Upon this point, however any opinion at present would be only conjectural. The facts will probably be known by our next publication. Killed, W ounded and Missing* The N. (). Delta of the 9th, contains a list of the killed, wounded rind missing, in the several fights be fore the City of Mexico. The whole number is 1017, of which Worth’s Division lost 336—Twiggs’ Division 168 —Pillow’s Division (including South Carolina Regi m lit) 172 — Quitman’s Division (including New York Regiment) 125. The number killed is probably under 150, but many are reported as severely wounded ; and as the Mexicans used heavy guns,and grape andcannis ter. a iuigv proportion of them must die or be disabled for hie It is said that Paredes was at Contreras, and aided Valincia in commanding the lorces. Gen. Scott was slightly wounded at Churubusco, where he com manded in person, but did not let it be known until al ike fate of the day was determined. The Compromise Line* The Democratic, presses ofGeorgia nre apparently re joiced at the prospect of settling the Wiimotl pro v iso questioti by a compromise, which will ext--ml the Mis souri line to the Pacific. This is the bold ground ta- Ken hy the Athens Danner, and nearly ail the advocates i of (sol. Towns. It is a virtual, positive abandonment l and betrayal o| Southern rights. The line which is said to have been offered to Mexico by Mr. Poik, will not it is believed, run more than a degree, or a de gree and a half, south of the Missouri Compromise l ine It will run East to the Rio Grande, and thence by that River to the Gulf. The south wi'l therefore, prac tically, get no additional territory. Tne strip south of 1 36° 30’ contains the harbor of San Francisco, and Presi ( dent Polk and his democratic coadjutors have taken good care to have that country populated by a resident Regiment from a non-slave bolding state Therefore slavery can never l>c introduced there Should territory be added south of the Rio Grande, Mr. Buchanan boasts *hnt it cannever sufer from slavery, because it contains a free negro papulation ! Is :t not most apparent that all this cry about a compromise line in Georgia, is noth ing more nor less than for truckling on the part of Democracy, to the wild, timaiical. abolition spir it of their “ Nothern Allies’*—it is a betrayal of the South for party—a virtual abandonment of our institu tions If w** re to have more territory, the Whig ! ground is the true one. it come untrammelled.— i without any restriction*—let ua have no compromise— no Missouri line, but let the people of the South, whose and treasure have flown freely to procure it. carry blood their property wheresoever they list, whether it hr to th Bay of San Francisco Jor the banka of the Walla incite and Columbia. Hodge is the Word. Col. Towns has again been at some of his sly tricks— dodging ns usual. He went professedly to Cherokee to inform the p ople in r.*g ir 1 to h s views upon questions o* public import and when asked ha* opinions m regaid t the extent on of the State Road, dodged the qties’ I ion, and refused to answer, because there happened to lie no one present authorized to respond tor Gen. Clinch Again, in Rome, as we learn from die Chronicle and Sentinel, the Colonels speech being rather non-commit* tnl, one of the eorrr.. ns wished, alter he had concluded’ to propound n few questions in order to gel hia real views when lo! the I fetnoeratic, Nominee wnss<*ig**d with his usual complaint— (lodged, slipped off and re fused to answer even though culled and sent for by the very men whose votes he was hegging a few moments before’ What r pattern for a Governor! Gen. f’linch mid Old fficliory. Some of the Democratic posses ungenerously Inti mate that the reason Gen. Flinch was superseded by Gen Rnrrf in the Florida war, waa that he kept the army in the vicinity of bis own plantation, regardless of the consequence* to other portion* of the territory —* Til's is a pure. nmiti gated slander. The truth is, the Government, either from it* inefficiency or other cause*, did not get sufficient mhnistenue tor the troop* into the territory, until otter air months after the war broke out. Hence the Georgia Volunteers, who were the first to reach th< scene • hostilities, were partly subsisted upon . G'-n Fun :i*s private store a Besides, the neighls r- Imod of h:? plantation wc the only place in the imrnor wliere a large force could be subsisted for mouths after • ••-ii Clinch resigned hi*ccmtnand. It wnslong after this, that his canc and com were consumed by tiie I cavalry fores under Gen. Gall, and for which, and 1 w hich alone, he received pay. So thoroughly waa Gen. ! Jack*)* pleased with Clinch's conduct of the war. rhnt h** retard at first to accept hi* resignation, ntid 1 ord t'dii n Cals, tin ii Hecretsry at Vear, t<> address the old ll* ro n complimentary letter, nnd lender Attn ItAe comtttund m t luff of the Army in Florida, which e< r round Gen F. declined, mainly from a feel ing n f petHonal regard fer G**n Kmi From the Now (.Menus Pi ivun . 8 h inst. BY J. C. RIDDLE’S EXPRESS. Brought through e.vpr>sslyfar th (/ orgia Telegraph and Journal M> s.ungcr. BRILLIANT VICTORIES! Important Prom General iSenU’s Army. BATTLES OF CONTRERAS AND CIIARA- Ri’sr< i. Total p feat of the ~d :ieuns-m (Sen, Scott meantp> J ic if Ain two and a half miles of the Ci‘y if M, .nco — Armistice hit men the two Annus —A/ got iat ions with Mr. Tris'fora Peace commenced. 1 lie l\ S. btouiijfhij) Mary Kmgslainl, Capt. J. Davis arrived ntnn early hour this morning. Bv her we h tVe received our letters from M . Kendall from the 22J to the 28 h ol August, nil dated from Tneubayii. A courier deapati lu*d b\ bin on the 20th with the first account of the battle fought on that day wan cut off. From a imp and plan of the battle-fields before us. we note that they are called the battles of Con tra IMS and Churubusco—so call* and Ironi fiehl work - of the enemy of those names. The victories were decisive, but so fur ns we can judge from a basts perusal of a portion of our letters, the proposition so nn armistice was made by Gen. Scott—uoba biy at the suggestion of the British embm .-.y. The r port we have hitherto given that the’ city of Mexico was at our uieicy appears to have been unfounded. Should peace not. follow from the ucgotiiti ~ ;i i.v pen ling, another battle must en sue*, the enemy having a force of from fifte n to twenty thousand men ye: left, But the road ap pears tube completely open tons, nud the city is only two and a half miles from the encampment. Our victories have been purchased at a vast 1,.<. of life, as will be sen by the following li*;—wi will give a fuller one to-imunw. We see nume> of men at the loss of w hom we weep; but all have their friends and we make uo distinction. OFFICERS KlLLED—Ranlars Major Mills, 15th Infantry; Capt. Burk'*, Ist Artiil *- y; Capt. Hansen, 7th Intantry, ( apt. Thornton. 2d Dragoons; (‘apt Copron, Ist Ariillm ; ( apt. Quarles, 15th Intantry; Capt. Anderson, 2d [.nanny; Luut. Irons, Ist Aitnlcry, but attached to G.*n. Ca .waladei , ftnfl’; Lieut. Preston Johnson, Ist Artduay. butnttacli ed to Magrudei’s buttery; Lnut. Lusty, 2.i Infantry: Lieut. Goodman, 15th Intantry; Lieut, iiotlinun, Ist Artillery. Volunteers.--Lieut. Chandler, Ntw York Regi ment, Col. y M Butler, and Lieuts. David A-.ains and \V. R. Williams, of the South Curohna Regiment. OFFICERS WOUND, .D—Regulars. Col. Clark.6th Intantry slightly; Cot Morgan, 15th Infantry, severely ; Map \Vade. 3 t Artillery, s.*verejy ; Maj. Bonneville’Gill lintui iy.-ligtiliy ; Capt Wcssehs’ 2d iniu.diy,seven iy ; Cnj.t Pin. K tony, Ist Dragoons, left arm shut oiF; Capt. Melt vuuius, 3J D.a goons, se verely ; Capt. G.a.g, 3 i ii da ill. y, sev le y ; Capt. Ross. 7th lniunuy, sev rely, Capt. J K. &iu.tu.2i lidautiy. severely; (. apt. Chapman,sJi lmantiy.si.guily; Capt. Johnson, yill Intantry. si.'duly; Capt. tiui -4k ,2th in fantry, slightly; Capt. li.on; way.isi Aiy, slightly. Capt. Hoflnian,6th in ntry, sughtly, Lieut, ocinm Hamilton, Ist liuuniiy, out anaclied to Gen. Scoffs stuff, severely; Lu ut. Holloway, Bth lulaiiuy, tnu at tached to Bmith’s Light battalion,severely ; Incut. Ba con, 6th lmautiy, severely ; Lieut. Cadenuer, oi the Ordnance, nut commanding Howitzer bot*ery,seveiely Lieut. Arnold, 2d Art.liery, several) ; L rut. Herman Tlioni, Iki Dragoons, ntutehed u> Li i. Gniitind a stall, slightly . Lteui. iiendr.ck-oii, 6th iruan iv, reveieiy; i-i- id. Humber, 7th Imiimiy, severely ; Lieut. iKyutcu’ Ist Aiiilieiy, but attached to Tr.yli r’> battery, -i.g.nly • Lieut. I*oumei Giafiam,acting woo Ist D oo.ai- - vereiy, Lieut. Van buien.ot the Rifles, slightly; Lieut Maitm, Ist Artillery, right arm shot <ti ; in- in (ueu- I> e, 15iii lntantiy, moitally *. Lieut. Family, sth lu ianuy , but attacfied to Sinith's Light Battahoi., sweie ly ; Lieut. Lugcnbeil. adjutant sth Inlantiy, si.gt., , Lieut. Bee, 3d hub ntry, slightly; Lieut. Lovell,2d ln lamry, Lieut. Cotlms, 4th Artillery, slightly ; Lieut, ‘iiultlen. *-id inlantiy, st'Verely ; iat ut Newman, Vth Intantry , seven ly , Lieut. Gardner, 2d Inlantiy, severely ; Lieut Hayden, 2u Imantiy, slightly . Lieut. Sprague, adjutant 9th inlantty,slighuy ; Lain. l'a:m* i, uih lr.lantiy,se verely; Lieut, liuckn* r. Gill li t mtiy, slightly ; Lieut. Cram, 9th intantry, s.ijhtly ; Le ur. >’un; kins. J2th In fantry, slightly ; L.eut Ptteinell, 15th imantry,slight ly ; L.eut. Leant t. 15th L lantry. Voluntllr- —Jtew York Regiment. —Col. Burnet, s-vereiy; Lap., i anchild, sliglmy; (.apt. Dyckinan, severely; Lint. Sweeney, s- veiely ; Li ut. ’jemuss, slightly, Lieut. Cooper ,Bcvereiy, Lieut. McCabe,slight ly ; Lieut. Potter, severely ; Lieut Grifim, slightly ; Lt JVlalhowsky, slightly. Sjuth Lur Lina Regiment. —Lieut. Col. Dickenson, seveiely , L;.pt. J. in* s D blaming, sight:)’; Adj. Canny, seven ly . L.eut. bumie \, siigniiy . Li.pt. Motidtt.sligtnly; Lieut. K S. Billings. severely ; Lteui J. K. f taik, dangerously ; Lieut. J vV . Steen.’s.ightly. Lieut. J. K. Davis,sligmly ; Capt. VV. D DeSaussuie siightly ; Lieut. Jos. Abney, severely. Our entire loss in killed and v\t unded is short ol eleven hundred ; that o; the enemy .s not well known, ii.s loss in killed atone is believed to he tullv equal tc our entire loss, and n is estimated that at least 3*Xiupris oners were taken. The number ot his wounded was not asceiuiiurd, but is supposed to be very targe. Gen. Bcott hniiseli received a wound in the i g Uelow the knee, but from the manner in winch Mr. Kendall speaks oi it, we are led to hope the injury a slight one. [Editorial Curresjtondcnce of the Picayune.] TAu:BAYo,(neur Mexic**,) August 22 1817. The celebrated Archbishop s Palace <*t I’ucuhayo is now occupied by Gen. Scott, and a portion ol the uimv. after twice defeating the enemy i;i two >i the hardest fought battles of the war, ai< quartered immediately a- Foutul him. I have already sent you or! a nurned sk -tch of the glorious events ol the 20tn, and even the piesm letter must be a hurried synopsis ot the hurtles, wmeu have shed udiiilioiial glory upon the Amciicaii arms. On the Mill inst. a recoinloissancc made by Col Duncan having proved that a road lor urmleiy and wagons could tie cut out from Chaleo to San Au gustine,Gen. Worth’s division moved on the afternoon ! of the 15th in that direction. Gn Pillow followed ih - ! next morning . ut Ut • same !iour Ge:i. Qiniman broke i up his encampment at Buena Vdst.i, as.aau iia.e mu.i lieiween Vieiita de Cordova and Ava.na, and immedi ately Gen i wiggs was in motion Ironi the latte: pla... ! By this mov.* a newline of operations was taken up on the soutliwi ii and northwestern sides of the v. :y ol Mexico, and the strong woiks ot the Petionund .Vl *xi- I ca.smgo, upon which {Santa Anna had bestowed such immense care and lalxir, were completely turned On the 16th of August G. n. Worth murched as fat as the hacienda of Ban Gregorio, tieyoml which it was touiul that the enemy turn cut up and ditched tile ims r able trail along winch the urtuieiy and wagons were obliged to pass. He would have gon- to Santa Cruz, anotiier haeunda a league further n.liad not an ordei came up from Gen Bcott tor a halt. It seemed that Gen. i wiggs had met a large Knee it ( th • enen, N drawn up m trout of inui near Chaleo, us if with tin intention ot disputing Ins advance, cutting him oil from the mam body ot the army, and perhaps bringing on a general action. Gen. i wiggs promptly ordered some ol Ins heavier guns to be uniunbered, . id after n tew discharges the enemy were dispersed, .v;th me loss tn five or six killed, but the demonstration made t v th M *xicans, as 1 have before sain, caused a nail ol ten. Worm’s division before Hail a days march was made At 6 o’clock on the uiornuigol the DtnGeu. Worth resumed his march, his route running ttiro.igucomhi IJ.- and narrow and rocky limes, along wii.cn carnage.- had never passed bcloie. Tile tilling up ot the ditene caused some little delay, but by rtoclm k the advauc. w. sin sigiii ol B.ihttt Cruz, and the spues and dom. ol me nou i capital oi Mexico could de discerned m th di •tane..* iue otyuiucdons M tne road, i waned i have spoken, wo e ojvtoasiy oi recent codstiucin-n— ----evidence uiutth*/ enemy nud nut ju-n got wm.i of oi approach, and t int lieu. Scott had completely rio.cn a mured upon Santa Anna. Omer than the ditches and rocks which had been roll ed downlroin the piecipno.i-Uni-side, no oppost,ion wa> made to the advance oi Gen. Worth until nc had reucu ed u p* mil m the road i.<i mr ironi iSaatu t.iuz —out now ascaaermg me was opened iqronllie neitd otdts eoiu.d.i by a lore, stutioiied at advantageous ;rosiiiol*>ao* v. Ui road to lire left. The • neniy was quicitiy ui-p. rscu, however, by Col. C. F. fenutii’a light battalion umi ib” 2d Artuiery, under Maj. Cait. A-tae diV.s.oii m ur ed the hacienda of La Nov.a Uic udv .ccw as a ug an tired upon, but again (he enemy s p.ca* t wai* diivcn in wiUurut loss, A turnoitlic luaUbeyoiui Ltd NoVia biouptn the pleasant Village ol Ban <ugasu, ,11 1 unu Miici two 01 itneclig.it sKirmtshes, in wu.c. in ; Mexicans had three lane ra xmed and w >unut and, om I troops hud quiet possession <>t Ban Auguntui. Ou. o.iiy 1 loss during trie day was one mail, m *okln r of Bmun: light hatl;ilioii,,Wdo was wounded fnmi u cornti ad 11 in ( XoCtninilco At7o’clock on the morning ol the 18th. Gen. Scott ; arrived tit Ban Augusun, auuat lU*Vu*ck (ten Wouh ! wus to full miticli lor the city ol Mexico oy the in in road. Majors Hi.nth and ‘i untbun, ( apt. Muaon and I other engineer ofliceis, were wilt 111 iiuvaiiee.soppoited j by Cupl. BUike s wjuadlon *l dragoons, to leconnoiire. umi whs known the enemy was m lo.c • at 01 m ar >un \ Autouiu. ’l’li* party, when within u tiioiouud yaids, : wus firsd u,s>n liom u battery. which was inurkeu by I trees, and the fust ball from a 12 |sun.lei msinti) kilim Cupt Thornton, ol the 2d Dragoons. b< Hi<•** seven ly waaindiup it giiult , Joiliithun fit/Wote.h I >l t.u latld’s hngude waM now ordeietl to 1 ccupy till’ hacienda ! ol Carreia, waiiui plum sight and range >i the enemy's bulteri’ S ut Ban Anioiuo, white Col t m.k's migmie .v th baticiy under Col. Duncuiito* k astuuon 111 tncrear 1 dose b) . The < ngitieci oioc is weieat on. sent out n couiioitre >y Gen VVOIUI, to u -• riain me piucnca- j ixtity ol itiilti. g the stio.ig woiks 1 1 Hi.- enemy, an tin tke menu tiliK G 11 Bcotl had tl -pat: a *d L.q.i U e wh,. I a supjM'itmg paity. eoinpoaeU oi Cupt. Ileuimy s-qii.ui rou and u bouy o. the Dili miuniiy undei * <a ti.im.im, to aN-ertam the practicability 01 tindiiigu ronuby wmc 1 th* V lllage ol Bun Angel could Is- iu tcaei., aiul in us tlllti Us* ptiotig hold at 8.. u Ant tii” Tins latter paity luni a aharn encounter with the advance ol the eia niy, Uie main 1N.,.y ts-ing lound posted at u stioug point not In 1 Irani the lae.toty oi Coiitn-iaa in Hie sunniMhatNU* six or e.ght .Mexicans w r** ku.edaudus many men tu ken prtsotieis—on ottr side not a man was touched The read It ot the. iccoinioiMsance proved tnvoiaoie. It j was usrcrtami and that a rood could bemud'* wincli would enable the army to reach Ban and thus turn in strong bottoms at Ban Antonio, unu pci baps •Uirrs t:.i enemy might hove upon the load between unit and t!. c.ty ol Mexico, i tie M xunus wi it plainiy ikt 11 m Knee at a commanding position near i oniier..s, and 1. was evident that tin > hid 11 iiuiidicr ol e'llitum 111 post hon j but at u council held at mglil. it wu deU , riiiiiK*.i ttjsiu to at lack them the follow .ug nay, in tli* in. an Hue, white tin-, o coii.KHieirice was it. PWins G n. W.Mtli had estnblmhed his.r ad- juaiteo i t the h ieieiida of Curcra, while from the win.law eot.nth'ss tiumls*rs of th • u* iny could bes- .*n at work ip.m tin* huttiT ~fl ot S,in Antonio. \t ou , . 1 u r n lht * •"■'•■'•"J” W.tl, hoi!I ‘lu 11, ni-tirly every one o! wh.cli tool. r""’ •"t .luiiiy 11 ln*rin;my ilwn ic i! ;t . | „,|j , 1 1 w„|,. ‘V'-ii ng il,.- bniten 9 ng.iin .|nl, bin “■ : • ■ nil than showing tin- ( wiiion ih.. 0 ‘"'frr l or n nniryd the biun-rirp wore niler.t dui 1 - M'"l Ihe hrol r. n kept np, ihn In-.-ir.’ i.t ,l,r ” nt pirn-* ami tin- enii-v ,- f ll I -v. to retire. IHoie going liirther, it may l„. „ . 1” --J 1 hat tin- rityot M xieo In s ntx.ui nine ,„ | tri e, noith ..I h-iin Aiinn-lm, that Sin Anloni., Vi * l: ’ niy mill-9 in the wine- dirtrl.on, winl, lit. ‘h.o e (..-n, \ nh-iitna, near Cornu lae, li.r h- In,.’ ~ , 1 • by lli.it plan. ,is i.t loan three miles in a st r „ ,'"”"M t 1,1 <M-et.dh nearly w ~t. (, WIIH ■ a>.,| ninny ol our tioopshud to march, for von . Hn y ginc a more rough, uneven and inggsn aurfaw 11 “* 1 ““’ Ai 8.. 1 luck on UlO non mi ly , ’ , ti-rics nginn ojn iiod on Gon. Wurth’. In- Illicit-mill I cur S.m Antonio, tl,.- |',„| ‘t'”' 1 ' 1 M through th ■ walla mul lilting U,,- r.,0„ ; /V"‘ff nii-nihiii pl.isti-i umi l.ivk.-u iim.ift,-,. s i l “, l, ’ -o hurst iu the air mot- the liulhittig „i„| ,| . . n| - ilrnppi il tituong the un u stationed j„ n,„ , 1 ' U " a .-in hot was th.: tint lu.it the tmms gi.tii sbuiti-r In 1in.,1 th,- Imil lmg. |„,t ‘l'! r 1 ''’ !'l> ‘ll.- poMtioti. A hunt PiiVh.-k 0 Vtsmuit 111 (it- 119. l’illuw mill Twiggs Won. tu advance iu the direction of ('.iurtor.-,, I',' J I u the afteniuim were iu | I- in ,j..|i. 1 ray • hottones, and within riittge |,j j cuita. The brigade .l (i,.... T. | . ~ ‘•'* th-reil to nilvitiiee ilirei tl> tuwui.i. Ir ‘ ! 'nrk, h th .1 ul Cul.Rilet 1 . ; u ’"’ • -tunll village to the right, with” order/ 4 main ruail aiui thus he ooiihloil to , m (11l : loreeiueutH whieh might he sent t,, \ ihe city . An iucewHiut tiling of cannon -•il up 11 ‘ he Mlvanv. ol Gen. Smith, niul ,1/ Hill. 9 Wen- .-tigay.-d m skirnu-lmig wi I, ,|„. ..jn e.s ot the enemy mul driving 1 i„. ti ‘ *’ pounder hitter, of 1n,,:. M.-tgrndi-r w.„ t nwm,| with nil Bpi-I .l.ns was al„, tin- iiaket/5 m ini. Il wII/.. r haiti-rv. now eoiuninial.al 1 h ‘ it. < lalleuder, of the . irdnance Dejiartnii at . As 901,11 ns they foul, I gain a position t|„. v I upon the enemy, hut were .omm h r-p .',..,,1 . 1 m . ir.imhonvierguna that they we, 0 soon si!,.,, C J‘ , •li hnsoi, ot the 1 Artillery, hut ultaihed t-i Igrmh-I s battery, was n.orhdfy wounded wtuk I.t. Cullen, er was severely won,, tied it, h .ihl,. ‘ U .1 o clock th- l„. ■ ale of G -n. Cult,., lad., iv w orih.-reil out to support Col. ltih->, beav, , ~.„f ‘* ineiits heing “tiioii tlu-ir wav out from the cifv’ winl.- Gen. I n-ree's brigaite was seatt,, Bu , ln a! Geo. Smith. The tiring from the hatterii-s , f t( w ooutinu.nl iuet-ssatit, w hile fi„„i |,;j| , outsule the range of tlu-ir guns, the speetai I ■ most grand ami imposing. At alamt j,,_a Gon. Scott anived. and seeing the imm, oreugth ot the Mexicans, at once ordered (I, , 1 Mile Ids’ hrigade from Sail Augustin—a j Gi'U. ‘iui'man’s cninim.nd—to the right to ,( l. liih-v mid Cad.vallader, anil prevent, if possihi,. : t juncture nt the forces coming out IVtm, the ntv w.tit those of Valencia. But lew of the nm/ ‘"cuts of our own troops could he seen from th,. y[ a hero we were posted, owing to the dense ,li.it,. •trral, sharp rocks and ravines, hut not a en.-tuy’ hat was plainly visible. Tin- ordrio.f h Idle (,f Valencia was certainly most itnpo.it, ■_! I. llantry were seen drawn up to support tile batte. .ics, wiidelong hue* of tbo mu tuyNmyidiy wtm ’ .lot.ed in the rear, as if awaiting the shock rs battle. ; o|Hll’n*f> ell i fHi l iCrv We: e di.'f‘neflv *ll n p ilscil by C •!. R 1 y, who bad movufhj, brigade ut onetime lo u |)Ohiiiou parti.lk i a iu o rear of the enemy’s work. Col. Harney * wu * ex . ceedingly aiixious to inuivli bis c\alrv to ile seer.e ofaition, but it was deemed utterly injnrao lieablc. The nature ot the ground was such ‘ dait the infantry even b id great difliculty in liudiag the way across the pedregal, as the Mexicans term it ground covered vvi.h sli.irp, jagged nw ks. Until night had fairly tl-sed in the file from iLe enemy’s b.-ittelies did not sluckei.—it had been & con'inuous roar for uearlv mx hours. Gen. Seatt re ired to Sun Augustm boat 8 o’ ‘ock and i t ll.e midst of u hard rain wh.di had ju .t ca.ujineuted t Jling. Gens. Twiggs amt Pitlow uune in ab-.ut 11 o’clock, wet and ( omnleleh exhausted, lt was impossible to uh Ikum s oi. he ioiii.li ai.d exceed ingly broken ground on v\lii li they” had txeuup* ‘lUiug for ie. ly twelve h nil’s. Not an’.i ipniiag tlie immense strength of .lie works c.t th * * neniJ* o the almost iusurm un aole difli.-itll i* sos reach* ‘•ig 1 hem. it had b <li ul first thought that Ik-ImR. tones would be tak< nut a(l rl),m.d dial thetiMipg would be all eomlbi tably quartered in Ban Angel lorthe night; instead of this,.a large portion of them acre compelled to bivouac without blankets in ■he midst ot a pitiless ram. and on ground where they could not even streti h thomsehes out. Add to this, the prospects of the morrow were fartVaui flattering—were enough to dismay auy but lie stoutest heart:—that the enemy would doubtless reinforce and strengthen the works during the night, having every superiority in knowledge of the “round—add again to this that the men were weakened by long exertions, want of food, u:id chilled hy the contuous l ight ruin, and it is not any thing too much to assert that the bivouac of liie l!bli August was gloomy iu the extreme, Eatly on the morning of the 20. h, Gen. Worth was ordered to move w ith a part <>l his divisiou— G.ii’lutid’s Imgadt—towards the scene of action at Contreras, to aid in the attack upon Valencia, for to force this (Hisitioii was deemod indispensable. A few discharges ofTuunon were hemd aluait 7 o* clock, and a heavy l adling of musketry, and some even s.iiii that iu the distance they lmd seen large masses of Mexicans m full flight towards the city; vet few dreamed that the batteries ut Coutreni hid been storimvl and c u rie.l. Yet so it w.is.— (i. u. Scott h.mself, a< compauied by (Jen. Worth, stuted for tbe scene of action, when thev wire mei toy Cupl. Musoii with the jo.iui inii iligcace that Vaiciu ia had heeu eomple el routed alter a slio,t but terrible struggle. The ulimk upon li works was plumed by Geu. Smith. ud rouli and in the r apture of 15 pieces of arti.lci’N, soiue I.* 500 prisoners—among them Gen. Blm.cn, Gait’ia, Mendoza, and the notorious Salas; all the ini.uui* uition and camp (-(piip.tge, while the road along which those who escaped sh and was strewn with muskets. No less than 700 of the enemy*. mong them many oflicers, were left de.ul on the held — the number of womnh and wus undoubtedly far great er. 1 have no time now to enlarge or comment up* ou illi.-* w ell-planned and brilliant u<’hievenicut.hut reM'i vmg a more full description lor s me other time, must pass on to other ( wiring events. The works at Cc.utrei as completely in the power ofthe American army. Gen. Scott at once ordered G.’ii. \N ulh to fall bac k upon Sun Antonio, to turn and capture that work and then push on toward* die capital by the main road, while the main body of the army under Gen. Tw iggs, I'll iow, Smith, Pierce and Cud wall ader ( moved oil •owards Sun Angel and Cchoy‘in. Scared)’ b*d lie advance of Geu. Twiggs got ball* a mile beyoud tin* hitter \ illage, be tore a rattling tile ot nuaki'tiy announc ed that it was actively engaged with die • iu?posts of the enemy, mid the heavy booiniiijj of cannon now give token that the noted 2d dm* ‘ion hid fallen upon another strong work I■ a few minutes more and a tremendous tiring I"® he right, ami immediately in the in tin road h ( ® S.m Augustine to the capital, made it evident ihd (i-*n. Worth's division was actively engaged. ‘' tt hid complc-c ly tunu‘d the strong works ot 8m An* louio, but white (hting so tiler enemy had übaad : id the place? with the Toss of che ir heavy guns, |* 1J and had fallen back upon bis second and strong*'* <-f works. It was u*w nt the commencement “* ho battle, about 1 o’clock iu tlie ufieinonu, “*d sure bik ha rattling of Ii rearms has seldom of w'* er been heard ou the continent ot Amorim, u'tinn* (uiiiied with such booming of artillery; ***“ , * IW was cc nit i ailed ov cjr tw u hours and until die fin®/ w -.s fully routed ft • in evciy pidul, and in ti! who w re not kili* (l or taken prisoners wci® *•* * flight f*r the city- L*t in* 1 endeavor inwnnlD® give the reader an idc aof nud work*” the eiieiuy. H At you come along tho roa*i le.uli g t*m \ Agustiu to tlio capital, and iunmrdiately and: i* vl ’ the Puente del 11 itaun. til • Mexicans h el up a strong and exceedingly wcb*built Lit • i ciiiiliiandiiig th * rond eoniplelely, D*’ f * ir (1 nc v on faced the city, streti hiugfora loin! ‘. wus a continuous din h, Iwliliid the bank “t ‘ “ ( | mi immense number ol Mexican inhiuti) posted, (hi the hlt ol the left ■ pout* o* “‘ ,l , toe briilL**, and about three hunched )'‘ids andj 1 * was the i liUl’ch of Uliunthu, (". * r ‘ :i j* ? J j stroii,.ly Idrtilii and with works tor infantry, ■’“•’ *‘ t A having a well i ons'itu ted battery i.uiiilierol guiis in heavy calibie. I lb* .1 bide advMiiced Ironi the tete tie pon\ an*l 1 ’ ‘ ill it Idle iaUWieii it and the vitl ge *• ( l "‘ Further* u, on the otln sal** et the vOl r 11 ,j 1( , bridge, and nlu.ut ilmc hui hred yanD J r ’' n ‘ road, w .s a large building wed mlaph'd “ , pi ci tec lion ol inluutiy, mi and iii w In* li th*’ * **’ *’ • | ((< also pcNitecl mi linllieuse body. ’lhe 11 i \ icu.By ol tlic*o points was i iiiupleb > g,,,:* wit li rum, and o’ her Helds, cut up •* 1 ‘* l ■’ 1 j i uni hy v ide and deep ditc h*>, | -* ‘• • ‘ |( < It s iauuim rable to tb • udv am e ol **uf ‘ re ounoisaiice of tin* posit."U ot tlm *•'** **'. htMcn tmnle, itiid COUsoqUellUy l*S streug'H ‘ olilv be a.a eftuuied by hal'd IduW'iutid kno* ‘ I I"’ .rC Goo.. Twigii* I'" 1 ‘/ I J/,’! l | l "ui II UH(JI O . a, 11l I.HIU rV I ‘* 1 . ~1,11, .- -.u ui (Jhuruiiiuc.', mid mgo 5...i U Gon.Mm 1.1.’. luigndi'*—di Nt -v );'* Caroliiia vid'Uite* n —together with thi’ *.Y rilJ .ml 1 Vli Rccimeii sol Intantry iimhr (•♦* vvi ic* hurrying onward from ('ohu)sau he leu ieinl.i. Bihiii tliey weic i icav ill buttle became general. Tlie enew over twenty pieces of lanuon. •“ 11 * ,,,u ‘ ’ H L ( || t titifrti, and served with more tln*i iMtliiwL so while but lew of our i/uns eould bo bro X