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“macon, ge 6rg la.
WED.MISDW, MAY 17, 1848.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR.
Ditrgatrt from the Stntt at large to the Sat’one t Convention.
George W. C\wron, James A Meriwether.
Eleetoro for the State at Large.
Dr William Tyrrell, Seaton <;rant(.a!d.
Dittrietr. nlgnr-o Lie. tort.
Ist. Thos. Bullet King, Jumes I, Srwurd.
2nd. Willard Boynton, W.H. Crawford
3rd. E. G. Cniwniaa, Anderson W. Bedding.
4ih E. Y. llili, William Moaely.
sth. W. Y. Hinrell, Warren Akin.
6th. R. D. Moore, A'bnry Hull.
7th. N. G. Foster, Y. F. King.
Bth. L. J.Gartrell, George Stapleton.
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of which every true hearted American, whatever run
be his prelerences or predilections, must feel adeep ai;
absorbing interest.
The present is a lime when every man must read . ;
order to Weep puce with t .e progress ot events and tt
revolutions 1 the new aa well as ihe old world. W Lai.
mg to extend the greatest lac.lilies permanently to th i
greatcat number, instead of issuing merely a campaio
sheet, we propose to bring the price of newspapers gen
eraliy to the cas r standard.
Tojustily tins movement we must have a very la 4
increase to our present list of patrons. Our frient
the relore 111 the several counties are requested lo be a<
Use and vigilant and to see that every man who ca
read aud wao i able lo pay tor a newspaper be induce ’
to subscribe either for the Journal Messenger <
Georgia Tel graph.
Either of these papers can and will give a#much res
ding matter as any other paper in the rftate. Otr tel. •
graphic arrangements are now complete and will en;
bte us to publisti tn Macon important news from an
point between New York or Boston and New Oneai.
almost as soon as it can be printed in those cities an
often six to eight days in advance ©/ the regulu
mails.
Td the people of e( Weste-n end Soot’
Western Georgia and Florida, we need iiardiy say tha
now is the time to sink ,as the Macon papers are full;
prepared to give a greater quantity ol news, to give i
quicker and cheaper than any other papers in th
South. S ROfiL & CO.,
Proprietors of the Journal it Messenger,
BAM’L J. KAY.
Proprietor of the Georgia Telegraph.
('outcul* of First Page.
For four column# of interesting matter Fee first p- £.
viz:—The Ruud Girt to her Mother — i’ne Recoin ra
tion—Chiitiien an I Angela (a dream) —Orn. Scott's
Achievements in Mexico— Government of the Pas- ■
Si-jn— Revolutions and Cotton—Things to be Consul- j
ered —The Wine Growing Reg; n* of tire United
State*— Water, Ac. in the Cucumber—Tire Turpemm.
Crop—Cure lor Nervousness— i he N-w Poetage I>.„
Errors of the Press*
Every Editor knows something of the annoyance
incident to theprnetson. M>stakes w.ll cieep m des
pite the utmost vig .anee of tire must k• n eyed. Gen
eraliy speaking, we have suffered in iu.j* n-ject !• *-*•
than many o! our cotentp mrie* , but in article up*
•New Book#,’ tounj ns way during ou. inn.
h-i week’s paper, which for .ne. icetms. sutpiowec’ i
almost any thing w * have ever s* u in to:., am •
paragraphs, tliere were no less than twenty seaenei
rots, many of them material,iind •;-i uying ooin tt.-
•ound and sense, li id me uiict * treated o! any oidi
nary topic, we uugnt Imve lei 11 | ias unnoi.ceJ, but
being a“ Review of New Books.” w • deem it but piop
cr’to re-pubheh it below, in a corrected form:
Ni.W tU>i>k.
W are indebted to tlr Messrs Harpers of New-
York,for the following v.iiuabir volume* wh en weir
handed to us by J M Boardman E#q of tin-cry who
•Sen them lor sab , viz :
1. The Children of the New Forest —one of the
ujo* agreeable, sprightly and instructive work* ever
issued from the pen ot Capt Muryat—n book which
is unexceptionable in inoraia and tided with eviden
ces of the high genius and commanding talents o! tire
author
*. Old Hicks, the Guide— >r a Jventurc* in the Cu
mauche country in search of a gold mine. This is n
lively and playful work in two part* from the pen ol a
young gentleman ol acknowledged g< nius, but very
marked excentricities of mind and rharuc er He was
if we are not mistaken, lor a time, connected with th-
Whig Kavirw Mtui c mtnliuicd auiii? p ip*is ul unqura
lionatile in.nt tu its columns Tlir work trlorr u* tu.
■nmistakublr miiksul il. author u|nm almost evrry
page,aml is,like him, at(ltnft wii I, way wurd and amu
sing, uiul ai < thm grave, anhie and iuttiuctive. Il
will bf read with ini r -at.
2 Ik'uMcrtn* lleigklt— r.rta ons ar.d two. Till,
kook i. from tbr pfnol thf popular and giltid author o.
• Jane Eyrf,” otic ol the very best ficticious work* if
Bodcrn tirnee Jar* Eyre ia written in a Myle of cupc
nor eicfllencf and purity, anJ the atory i, in an deep
if absorbing M’e et.n ml s.iy It. muh of the work in
qoeauon Too** who liave read it, differ widely in
opinion a. to il* intimate inrriti, wlnle all agrtv that Ha
Myie ta decide.ily delectter
We cHUHiend these volumes to such of our trie tide
oa are loud ut light and ainuatng reading They are
■rally printed and very cheap.
Third Cottgretsioiml District.
At a meeting of the Delrgatea irprrsrnting the aev
am! counties ot the Third Cungrecaii.ti.il District tit
the late Whig Convrnuon at Milledgrvilic, it wa.
•greed that the Whigs ut tile several counties he rrquee
%,<j to select delegntea.to attend a convention tube held
at TnouavT’ Non ‘lie 3.1 Wedneailiiy ot July neat, lot
the purpose of nominating a au. table candidate to rep
ItarM ‘he Whig* of the District in the nestContpv-a
Out friends in Talbot have already aetnl in this mat
ter and have appointed tut delegates, A (i. Perryman’
Henry Jones, Ms) William L Walker, Charles K
Piddle and James 't D amoks.
Epson too has named, Edward llalli wny. Thomas
flawellen, Rolit Collier, S*n and Jeptlia Walker to
aaperaent mat couiity in said eonveniion.
Wc trust that other counnea will embrace an -srlr
Opportunity end select lull delegations, eompoaed of
gsntlemeit who will ttolfail to !ie present
Howlnad dprlHga.
• Os the natural ami artificial advantages of the Pprmga
In question, we had cetaion to a,i*ak during the lust
year They are located in the midrt ot a high, dry,
healthy region,only a few miles front the Radioed, and
I •snveittrni to neatly all the desitable places of resort
I frl upper (ieorgis and Teimeceee. he rhliuue is mild
•nd nclol.iioua, the alinnephere brceing and the watrni
drlh'U’ue. indeed, we know of no more agreeable
#ec< of resort in the Southern Starrs. To linw who
Tinted Hirer Hpfinua last r*aon,ainl w|m in ghl per
hapsle deterred from returning n sect uni ol thr v**ry
pIMUri v ©1 the pla©**, wc tired onl> •©*, that Major
JtiMrland ha© made wry cxicnmvc unproyrmcma on
tfc© pvambea lie ha erected nevrial large hooaw, put
hk tx* in w rep *u. Mad vwcud other*
Hte baths have nlao been gnrr.'y improved rtkloLl?
arrangements have been perfected calculated to add
greatly to the health and amusement of Visitors.
We need only add, in order to complete the attrac
tions, that the Roirland Springs nre in the center o
one of the finest provision countnes in the South, and
that the whole establishment will he under the contro
and supervision of Mr. Sterling Lanier, so universal
ly popular with the travelling public Derng h.s con
nection with the vo public houses ol Mu .n, and
more recently ns the Proprietary! the Floyd Huu.-e,
Mr. Lanier has won a reputation in his business, not hui
passed in th** Southern States, and we venture to say,
iut the recollection of his comforts nnd kindnesses will
attract hundreds to Rowland* Springs, who might oth
erwise seek their summer amuscinents m the Northern
States,
To such ol our friends of middle nnd lower Georgia,
a-* may desire to exchange the sultry atmosphere of the
low lands, tor the fine, bracing, re-invigorating breezes
we would say, turn your faces from Saratoga, nnd Bun
coinh, and fix your head-quarter* among the mountains
ot Georgia. You can have as sublime scenery, ns dc
dcliglitlul amus. nients. atcomloilal.lc living in Georgia
as any where else : and then afer all, you will have
the consolation of having spent your money among n
people w ho a re friends, m*t enemies to >our mstiltitions
You will he free from insuit and annoyance, and, in
rase of necessity, can at any tune reuch your own home
ill a tew hour*.
A in* Pic Mc
The Card ol the Macon volunteess in another col*
umn, we leel assured only expresses the unnntnious sen
timent ol all who were present at the delight.ul enter*
Uinm nt given by tl.e Ladies ol Last Macon on Sa'-
urd iv last.
1.. O. O. F.
THE Right Worthy Grand Encnmpment of the
State ol Georgia, held its annual session in this city on
Monday LVhinet. P II P.,0 P. Felt, M. W. Grand
Patriarchp/o trm presiding, assisted by-**—.l, £3 inn s,
M E. G:a* 1 High Priest and other Grand officers.
We understand that there was a lair representation
fro n lle Subordinate Encampments in attendance.
The following officers were elected nnd installed for
the ensuing year:
P .1 L. 1 U Amir-wsol Coimnbus, M. W.Cr. Pt
P II P., IV.S. Williford, “ Mr.con, M.lvGr 11 P
PH.P, W M Moitun 44 “ R W.Gr. Scribe.
P. C. f., J. R.Buoii, “ 44 KW. Gr. I'ten.
P C. P., K. S. Kemptoii, “Suvnnnah.R.W.Gr.s. W.
P, C. P., Wm. Dibble, 44 Macon, K. W GrflJ. W
P tP.,E. C. Graninas 44 44 Gr. Sentinel,
Right Worthy G.. Representative to ihe Grand
Lodge ol the United States, P C. P. George Patten ol
Macon.
The G. Fa. adopted anew Constitution, By Laws Arc.
‘ihe annual meetings will beheld hereafter, on the
Second \\ i dnesdny of July, in tins city.
Mr. Ict.bit-on'M Examination.
We arc requested to remind pnrentsnnd others nt*r
estedthft the examination ol Mr. Robison’s Second
class, takes i,lace this evening nt the Council Chamber.
The progress made by his pupils has been such 09 to
justify the expectation of a most admirable display on
the eecaaien.
Professor Win. Bacon .Steven*.
This gentleman w'e perceive has resigned the Frofes
sorsh’p, of Belle Letteis, &lc . in the State University,
nt Athens, and accepted the Pastoral charge of an Epis
copal Church in Philadelphia. The Board ol Trustees
will be called upon in August next, to select a succes
sor, nnd we tni9t that they may be enabled to secure
talent, and character <•! a high order. The Institution
is now in a most flourishing condition, and unless a fa
tal mistake is made by the Board, it is destined to be
prosperous beyond all former experience.
Rcftigna .on of Professor Eller.
This gentleman who has for some thirteen years filled
the Professorship ot Chemistry, Mineralogy dec. in
the South Carolina (• ege, lias ai o tendered hi re
signation, to take place on the Ist of December proxi
mo That institution under the control of Presdoeut.!
W C iias now near y tw et as many *
de.tisa- a: an? orev mis pr #>d .•* *i> ace
Gee* laviorai.J tU iKa rrun.
The Dr-nocrati'’ arc now gradually but <ro
tiouvly thru bai!cr.c upen. G* n Taylor. Find
ing it impossible cnlier u> write the oiu hero rut ut tu
tor with ti# 4 Whigs,or iopraw* .Mr. Ciav into tb<? p
pition ul urn iidatc of our party, they arc apparently
re- ived, Smu Anna like, to trv U*c to*e ol battle
The ir<i/(i/rgtf>n Union, me Snznnnah Georgian, and
Macon T-legraph, have each been throwing out fed
era. The Union thinks lhat “U> il**- U higa to nomi
nate Her Taylor, uouid Gan act of complete §eli etui
location ” The Georgian imagines that the id Hero
is o pure, too noble, tor patriotic to fraternize in tlie
Bligfite.-tiieg.ee w t.i *• disioy il, and traitorouaa paity ;
while our n .g!ib.*r of tiu* Telegr jph, In* Jbcovered thru
“ Gen Taylor s *eutunei,t* With renjtect to the Veto
pricer oj tue President at e loose and inexplicit: and
S'ic.i as u ire Oeeu condemned and repudiated iy a ma
„©i Uy oj t ie American people “
it bout k n luf tie pew nt the pomtion of tin
fust meni oned pa|iera, U t ua glance for a nionient nt
tliat t our ifiitneiiiatr coteniporaty.
What than are Geu. Taylor*© aentinaenta in regird to
the Vtl) t ower f Tltey niecontaiucd mbs Kit rui
the iirni a# fiiUows :
*• The power given by the Constitution to the Exec
utive m interpose his veto, is a high conservative pow
er ; hut in my opinion sh uld ikv • be ex-
Cf*i t in cueesof clear vi.llion ol the Constitution, or
nismien haste and w ant of conaidr-tation by Congress
Agun, “ Indeed, I have thought that, tor many yean*
(fast, lire known opinions nn I wishes of the Executive
hav* exercised undue and injurious infiuence upon the
legislauve department of the Government; ai*d tr i
this caue I have <h< ugl.t our system wll in flanger of
undergoin * a g eat chun;:* frun i'* na* theifiy.”
A4in, ** The personal opinions af the individual
who may happen ta occupy the Executive chair ought
not to control the action oj Congress u/*m questions
of domestic fto'icy : nor ought his objections to be in
ierpos-d where questions of constitutional power
hare been settled hy the c iri jui departments oj Got
ern nent and acquiesed in by the people ”
And tupti. —“ Upon tlie subject ot the Turitf.tke cur
reney, the improvement of our great highways, livers,
lake;* an I harbors, the will of the people, aa expreased
through their Representative# iti Congress, ought to In
rrspeeled and carried out by the Kx<* utive.”
‘l’hesc ore the views sli.cli ore pronounced to be
” loose and inexplicit which have been “ repudiated
by the American p o ( >U*
YVe hove read them with some little care, and con
tras that so lar Irom then being “ Itmse and inexplicit , M
they appear to us to be positive, distinct, and in strict
aoeordanc‘e w ith the great principles ot Republican lib
erty Gen. Taylor rec•,'*'*© in its broadest *rnr the
right and tlu* duty of toe majority to govern. The
powet of any one intiit to stifle the voice ol that major
ity he very propeily consider* a dangerous power
one which ought to la* exercised with great camion, i|
at all, by tlie Chiel Magistrate of tins model Republic.
Not content however with this general statement ol
his opinions upon the subject, be goes further and h|*
c.fics tin* only cirtumMaiice* under which tu suppose -
the ex“rciac ol such extraordinary power© would U* at
all justifiable Thoee cucumsiancea are when the Coo*
stunt inn, or ftriJamettUl law of the land, ta m dong- r
or when Cong i ess i tusfi tig into hasty and irtconsidek<
ate legislation.
Can uny one deny that this < the true repuMioan he
ory of our government—tlie theory which was refog*
inicd and practised upon by the framers ol the Con
stitution ? I* it possible tliat what is now called De
mocracy recognises the righl ol the ntuutrvy to gov
ern T Is n powitde lhat they would change our wln le
system into a m- re rlectlvr ntotttircy in winch the twice
of one man shill control and stdle the voice of ana
jority of tlie people I Is t possible that lllia thing cal
led progressive Democracy, hasg,me *• fa. (hit u sim
ple recurrence to the lun lsineniahle principles of all
Re|Miblii anisui. is to be pronounced “ a Uatae mul mrx*
pIK it” dedarntiott of m titiinent, winch has been repu
diated by tlie American people ?
Verily, U such are the opinions of the ultra Demo
cratic picas of this country, the sooner tlie people are
aware ol it the better. If *ocii a position can Sc main
tained successfully there is uu end of popular frvc<Uxu
We cm no longer claim to tie a model r* public. the right
of *rif government isot an end, mid we are no liettar
off than are tlie millions of Euro|ieaus who are now
struggling for freedom. N n y. we are worse off than
tlie people of England themselves, because we recog
nise a power, winch. th*u Ji it evlaia, die iinirh Crown
baa not dared foexeiciae lor mora than three hundred
year©!
How entire,y different the and *C4rme lnd and >en by U n
| Tayior! lie asys tha power of ©tv* man to dictate
;hw legi-lstion <-f twenty ni.ll ors, is a dangerous pow
er—one which ought to be exercised with great caution,
and only to pres rve the fundamental law ol the land,
or to check hn*ty and inconsidemtc legislation.
He says, tii.it in ordinary leg Elation, if the people
t trough their representatives demand low or high tnr.fls.
a bank or a sub-treasury, if they wish internal improve
ments or the opposite, that no one man has a right
cither intrin stilly or dclcgnted, towiy nay.
Is not i!i.4 ii v *ry essence of republicanism ? lit
not in accordance with the pmcticmof the eailier l'rcs
idents? Is not Gen Taylor entitled to infinite praise ■
for reviving the ancient landmarks hiil recalling the,
minds of the people to some of the first principles which
guided Washington and Madison m.d Jeticiaou in the*
Administration of affairs ?
We admit that the construction of the veto power
given by G n. Taylor has been decided against by the |
people of this country. In obedience to the wild ini
pulse of party, they have been momentarily carried j
away, nnd they may have aeeuied lo sanction the exer
cise ol the veto power by Jackson and Van Buren and j
Tyler, and even by Polk, but it was it a time when
even the old world was usleep on the subject of the
one man pouter. Now ili.t Europe has aroused Iroro
the slumber ol ages, that thrones are crumbling and
oynastie* tallmg, n can hardly be that the people of this
blessed Union will sanction the use of an arbitrary pow
er which could only be exercised with safety and im
punity by one crowned head in by the !
Autocrat of Russia.
Such doctrines, wc arc happy towiy, Gen. Taylor
does not hoi !. He is one of tiie people—he spiung ’
from the people—he has sympathies for tlie people—h* j
knows their i ightsand capabilities, and be seems to have
been specially mis and up by Providence to recognize the
one and develop the oilier. Though his views, in the
eyes of our Inend of the Telegraph, may appear to b
“ loose and inexplicit,’* we slid humbly believe that he
is one of those great advocates o; the rights of man—
one of those pioneers of republican simplicity and re
publican liberty—a man of a century, whose genius and
jrower arc destined to leave n (Jeep impression upon the
whole face of society.
Believing this to Ik* the caar, wc nre the advocates ol \
(en. Taylor for the Presidency, t:e more especially
since h** has assumed the broad, l hern I. popular ground
Upon this very subject, and u the same time qualified
his views in such n way as to give ample security to all
rights of property or person which vest under th** Con
stitution. He is (in no narrow or contracted sense) the
people's candidate, because he isa true exponent of the
rights and powers of the people. No wonder that such
a candidate should excite the especial opfiosition of Mr.
Ritchie and Ins followers, our only astonishment is,
that they should be able to enlist the services of those
w ho have always heretofore recognized the right of the
majority to govern, and the duly of the minority to
acquiesce.
The First Congressional District.
We ore gu.tificd to h am that the Hon. Thomas Bi t
i.er Kino has w ith much unanimity been nominated
for re-election in his District Mr. King has served his
constituents wit ■ great truthfulness and has earned lor
himself a national reputation. It would have been a
serious on la mi ty had he been superceded nnd we ore
happy to find that the opposition to him has grown
‘ small by degrees nnd beautifully less,”
until a hnt* measurably evaporated in smoke. The
Convention unanimously passed resolutions highly
complimentary ol Mr King and his services; also in
favour of the nomination of Gen. Taylor lor the Pres
iden y.
Ilonse’s Telegraph*
i The Northern papers speak in the highest terms o:
praise,of tin success of the New Telegraph, put into
operation between New-York and Philadelphia. They
say that by it the news is transmitted quicker and with
more accuracy lit m by Monte's instrument,and as the
characters are plainly printed, the whole trouble ol
transiat.ng them, is saved to the parties receiving the
desjrfitches. The instrument ,s said to be the very per
!• etion of machinery, and destined to conic into uni
versal use.
Mwo * nutl Ohio iCuilii ad*
TV Vo v>: -a: scription to the stock in this work
o t:r opened at Mobde on the 2nd inst. On ihe 6:h
tae sum of §3.3,-Hi had l-een subscribed hr. Thej
work wiil cost between lour and five millions, and I
penetrai**# the finest Cotton region of Alabama. .
Mr. King ami the Navy.
We have repeated occasion to speak of the impoitant;
ei vices rendered by the representative of the first Con- !
grt sstonai District both to the Nation nt large,and to ‘
the Naval service in particular. He seems resolved to
completely revolutioi ize this important branch of the j
service and to connect with it a system of Internal Im
provements which will quadruple its power and efficien
cy. ’Fhe Home squadron and the whole array of ocean
steamers, dest.ned at no distant day to give us the com
.iiandof the Seas, are the result ol Inslorecnst an.l n- i
ergy. All of us remember his n cent able report up
on the subject f the South Western Railroad, and the 1
harbor of Pensacola. It appears that lie Ins recently !
startled rhe memlx rs of Congress by presenting them ‘
from ihe committee of which he is chairman, another
project, w hich is thus spoken ot by ih -* able Washing-
ton correspondent of ihe Philn North American:
44 Mr. T. Butler Kn g, the able and enteiprising j
chairman of the N ival ufiairs, has just prepared n n ‘
port ou ihe subject of our comm*rce in the Pacific ,em !
braced under a scheme which he recommends to Con- I
gress, ot employing the four war steamers, now build 1
mg in Norfolk, PnitMih‘lphi.l. New York and K tn-rv
as u mail line from Monterey or Sun Fruuciaco t<
Chang-hm in China, which is well worthy of ihe pub
lic attention. He proposes this naan entering of a’
more extended commerced mcncourae with China and
Japan, to V expuuJeJ by increased facility's oi com
inunice lion and prosperity by a connection across the
i comment t>y railroad or sons* other facility of connec
ting the two oceans w ith expedition. This tine of stea
nseia contemplated a coniuiualiui) ike mail corn
tiiun c it.im from New Yoik to Oregon, by way ol H
vans and Cliagies. *|*ke advantage oi employing the
public vessels, particularly steamers, in surli service,
instead of locking them up m the indolence .f foreign
•latioita, is apparent without argument. It would open
a good schiKil of instrucioiis to our office!s, familiarize
them w ith the navigation ot the Pacific and interest
them in a system of commercial exploration, which
heretofore,liun been too modi disiegnided by the navy
It is high time we were beginning experiments ol this
sort—that we were sri king new maiki ts for our pro
ductions and matiulacturea,and idennlymg more close*
ly, our navy w ith the great tiller rots ol our c suiiieice.
44 The stalk tics Collected and compiled by ,Mr King,
from a mom * I crude figures and inlonuation, olMiiuied
at home and abroad, are excceedingly valuab.e for it I*
erallvr and ns sources and profitable uukiuction, uot on
ly to the siatesiiinii, but lo the me reliant and every oili
er das* or pursuit. I was particularly stiuck wall one
lad in ibis conn, cinm, which gee* to prove the to tvwi
ty o’ adtiptitig sonic policy by wliuli our crude with
I (’hi m can t extended. The exc- w* ol our iui|oris
fiom But country over oar exports, rici ed soon* lour
iiiillhuw annually, winch is usually paid by bnls on
London, thereby iiiereaHng die balance of trade againsi
, us in England, to that extent.
j “He analyzes tlie condition of tfie whale lisfienea of
I the pnc.fic, and showa then i.upoi tance in a brief but
! conclusnMiarrntive. In Januaiy,‘4fl there were 637
| ships engaged in this trade, with 11,33,143 tons burl lien,
| employ tog over thirteen thousand ollicers and artinen! 1
! with a capital of twemy-nme iniilitms and a ho sos
dt liars. Ttte annual product (f the whale lishciirsis
aUsit ten niiliions. File vcrarls engaged in this branch
ol eiuiiuierce expend about three mifboiis a year, to re
cruit lit foreign ports,
j “Mr King recommend* the eat •blishaitni of • na
sal dc|M>t and loriifi< nt.oiia on (he Pacific, as tl e Aniei*
Ciin termini* of tins line of steamers, lo nfiord a ren
dezvous figr Govern unit veswls, an I a place for repair
, ing and refining shi ( e engaged hi ihe whab* trade.
” I'lna suggestmn foroM tail a Ink in an extended and
great rhafa of naval and comm* rcial Improvement,f.r
wlncii the country isiimiiily indebted to tlie lulmh and
*-■* and ability if Mi King; wkuor arq. M munce with !
this vast aubjrct. mail is heatings, is onsurptiwcd nil
| Congress, nnd whose industry m pursuing it to large I
praciical reeulte,against formidable obitiuciions. entitles
tnm to the thank* and approbation of tfir country at i
laige,whoot inrervtfs it will so materially enliance *’ I
% ftKNI Idea*
A bill to Mibim Training* passed both hou*’
, sea ol tha Pensylvanht I#egis|?iture, It uupiairs is* • f
4.c*s upon cXc;i ni.iui iual liable to nit imry duty, in
h-u ol peisomfi set vice upon training days. The ,
j Mind thus produced, alter payment of oil nesoeraary
j iniutta expenses, is io be divided among tfie aevetal
vmuuieei CO p# ol ihe Umm^nwealth.
Tfr, Btirlianrin tintl Yc, cat an. \
Mr Buchnnnn 3eeni* to have no smnli amount of the j r
original Jockron spirit. He tnk s the responsibility t
whenever it suits him to do so For instance the cor c
respondent of the Charleston Cannier stutes that lh
lion Secretary of Snte is on nH Bides sp* ken of n‘
h iving acted in n aoim what strange run niter, in rola- i
tion to the connnunic ifions from Mr. Sierra. He not
o -'y never replied to any commnnicnlion from the Yu
c :iau Uomiiiiasioni, hut studiously concealed the oh- i
net of his iinpiiitnm business fr five months. Tin
President, nt length, took the matter out of tlie hntnb
ol the Secretory, Yoo-gli, nt the same time, nt itmg the
reasons why Mr. 4 Sierra had never been officially re
cognized. His Government was nut independent ot
Mexico,but wc bad, as tin President says,treated Yu
entnn a? a neutral. It is remarkable that the represen
tutiotiH and appeals of a t.eutral nnd friendly State,could
not liuve been noticed in proper lime. The whole thing
appears to have been token up,nt this lute day—too
Intc a day, as i: is feared, for the purpose* of giving effi
cient aid lo Yucatun, from motives connected with par
ty movements.”
Gen. Tuyior’s Kic..murid Letter.
As the letter of Gen. Taylor, to the Editors of the
Richmond Republican tx ten ively used by the uppo
nents of the old Heroin the recent conventional Mil j
ledgeville, we deem it nut proper to give the following ‘
exposition of his ci.cuuittances wh-ch called it torth j
It is taken from tlie Hath mure J’aluot of the 4tli inst .
The Editor soys; “ The Locofcco press had been foi
some lime busy in circulating rumors and versions of
C-. m versa lions wjih Gen. ‘l'liyior, and at lengih th-
Wiisliiiigton Union published extracts of lettcis from
anonymous persons, in which were asciiU'd cettain po
litic:! opinions to Gen. T .ylor,adverse to those known
to be generally held by the Whig* of the Union; as that
in recent convers lions, he had declared himself in fa
vor of file tariff’of IS6, of the Sub-treasury, ol the
war; that, in fact, the responsibility ol the war belong
ed to him; onJ, that if elected President, he would
choose his Cabinet from both parties
44 At the same tune,currency was given to reports,
tint lie hid .said h should not be a candidate il Mr
Clay was, anJ then again that he would not except th
nomination ot tue Nano ul Convention, it it were ot
tered to him.
44 Some or uil of th***’ vaiiou* and. contradictory re
ports were alluded to by members of Congress, in a dis
c i9Bion on the floor o! the House, TaIIiI were subsequent
ly published in newspapers uml pamphlets.
” The object ol these publications by the Locofocos is
easily understood. It was to steal the minds oi th
mass of the Whig party against voting for Gen. Tay- •
lor, and to prevent hisnoiii.nation by the WhigNati n- i
al Convention.
‘• The rumors came in professedly such an auihorita- ■
tive form, that it was proper to inquire into their u uili
The editors oi hi Ricumond R. publican accordingly I
wrote General T. ylur a letter, calling his utiention to
tlie reports and asking hint how I*r they weie true j
To all of them he gave u positive denial, as will Ik* seen
by the following letter.”
Baton Rouge, La., April2o,lß4B.
I)far Sir —Your Letter of the 10;h met. winch al
ludes toertain s atementsthat have recently been made
in some ot the paj>er!* t/t t e North, and w hichsubmi'.s
several inquiries tor my consideration, ha 9 been receiv
ed.
To your inquiries I have respectfully to reply ;
first. That ifnraainated by the W hig National Con
vention, I sha l not refuse acceptance, provided I am ,
left free of all pledges, and permitted to maintain the
tiie position, ol independence of all pai ties, n which the
people and my own sense of duty have jdaced me—oth .
eiwisc 1 shall refuse the nomination of any convention
or party.
Secondly, I do not design to withdraw my name if
Mr. Clay be the nominee of the Whig National Con
vention —..iid, i : this cornu.uion, l beg permission
to remark th .t the staicments which have been so posi
tively made in some of ihe Nonhem prints, to tic ei
lect ‘‘tiiat should Mr. Clay De the noun ee 4 the Wh.g
National Convention,” i had stated 1 would uot
sutler my name to be used,’ are not corn cl, and have
no foundation in any oral or written remarks ol mine.—
It has not been my intention, at any moment, to change
my |**ution,or to withdraw my name from the canvass,
whoever may Ik* the nominee o’ the National Conven
tion, either ot the Wh g or Democratic party.
Thirdly, l have never stated to any one that 1 was
in lavor of the tariff” of 16. of the Sub-Treasury, iur
that 1 originated the war with Mexico. Nor, finally,
that I should fit elected) select my Cabinet from both
parties. No such admissions or statements were made
by me, at any time, to any person.
Permit me, however t” add, that should such high
distinction In* conferred upon me as that of elevation to
tlie Executive Office, the Constitution, in a strict and
honest interpretation, and in the spirit and mode in
which it was acted upon by our earlier Presidents, would
be my c net guide. In this I conceive to be ail that is
necessary in the way of pledges.
The election ol another candidate would occasion
no mortification to me, but to such a result, as the will
of the people, 1 would w tlltugly and caimiy submit. Ah
1 htive had iio ambition to serve, but m tiie to
serve the country, it would bring nie no disappoint*
ment.
With sentiments of high respect and regard, I re
main >our most obedient servant,
Z TAYLOR
The Taylor Platform.
The following resolutions were recently introduced
into ih“ House of Key ret*eutilives of the United
States, by the Hon Andrew Stewart of Pennsylvania
Ii s gn at oh ect seems to have been, to mve the democ
racy a cornet idea of the true meaning ot Gen. Tay
lor, when he dt 11 oed that he was a Whig of the Jef
fersonian School. The resolutions express principle*
wlicit cannot faii to be universally approved by the
American people, because th y lorm the very basis of
sell government, and no mail who opposes them can
Hitini to be a republican ill th bn ad mid c uiprelien
sive sense of that term. They are as Gilo**, and ol
course will be universally oppos. J l>y the Polk Democ
racy :
1 Resulted, That 44 the power given by the Consti
tution io the Ex c mve to interpose Ins veto, is a high
conservative power, which should never Ik* exercised
except in cases of clear violation of the constitution
oi manifest haste and waul ol cousi lerstion by Lon
*r‘S*.
2 Resulted, That 44 the personal opinions of the in
dividual who may happen to occupy the Executive
chair, ought not to contioi the action ol Congress upon
question* of douiotic |Kilicy, nor ought Ins objections
tube inlet posed win* le'fie q tcstioiis ol Constitutional
power hive been settled by Hie various departments
of’ govciltli**lll,atid aexjun seed ill by tlie p.*'pie.'’
3 Res deed That” upon the subjects of the tar II
the currrury,the impiovi mri.tsol tut girnt higliwnvs,
rivers, lake* ami haibora, itn* will of th. in ople as • x
pit*MM*d thr. ueb their rrpresent.!lives in Uongress ougb|
tube respected and carried out by tit • Executive.”
4 R suited That.” War ut all tune* and under all
ciivuiustsnoes, i* a iisiional calatuit) ,to t>e avoided if
compatible with natiotnl honor ; that tit * piinnples
olmir g.’Veruii'iit, a* well a* it* true /mliry are oppo
sed to the subjugation ol other nation* and tlie dis
memberment ol oitv r countne* by cony nest, lor hi
the language of the great Washing on,* why should wc
quit out own to stall i on lorcigu ground ’ M
Tho I’ni ’ii nu t Gen. Tartar.
The Union, Mr Polk’s organ nt Washington, take*
great exceptions to Uen'i. Taylor's recent teller tu Cap
turn Allison,on account oi tiu* views he expresses m ie- j
lation to tlie exercise ol the veto power.
The General say*, that fins power should n*vrr b**
exercised except in Suae*oi cl sr vioiati nos the Colt* |
sntmion. or mu nlest hi-tr and want ot emmdeism n
by ( ong^w,—an I that it s!i >uld not l* luterp *ed
where i|uestioiis of comunuiioiiiil power hive be* n
Setti* I by thr vsii us department* of the Government
and uiq u< seed ill by the people.
The L'.uoii. .is we have s.nd, is shock'*'! at such a
nionstious heresy an this. We allow, thit ihe doctrine
is very much at vsifancc with tlie view*entertained I y
the Locokwo party g*'ieraliy and it* PiemJ. ills, but it
isa duetrins so republ.can and so just m its. If, tint we |
feel assured it will meet the hearty approval ol s ma
jority ol tlie people of the United Hiutes
The same pa p*r sneer* at the idea, that the 44 person
al upinuns’ o. the President s i vild bo 4 ’ of nr t s *- j
cianf,” wh'iith Representatives of the people, in j
Coggiessssiwiiibied, slufildciilwiately passn law iqs n
thesiibeclol the Tiritl, the Unit, Internal Improve
ment*, Ar \c
Il jeers thoie who, in aoeli cia*a are opposed to the
veto |K>wer-4n other words opposed to on#* tu m set
ting up his in hvtduai opimmis* in op t Kis,tiot to th or o!
a majority of tlie people, as expressed ihronzh their
repr wemanvee. It ridicuhrs the idea dial the reiV oj
Cor.grc3B should be the Tree dent's lav It denounces
a? a man of straw any President who would thus defer
to the wishes of the people, and lima sacrifice his own
0 M uon to that of the congregated wisdom nnd repre
* illative judgment of the nation.
Now, we nek, is norths becoming, on the part of
the oigan of that party, which boasts of its democracy
and its regard for the rights of the people? Are not
these opinions or the Union a beautiful reflection ol
me principles of n fire, re; uhtican government f Whe
ttu r th y iiiv r n u.th *y certainly are too much in ac {
cordsnee with the practice of our Presidents, of late
years,and we venture to predict, tnat if the principle
InM down by Gelt. Taylor is loirly suhinitied to the
people, they will sustain it triumphantly at the ballot
box.— Baltimore Patriot.
tint. Scott mid New-Orleans.
It will be seen by the following letter from General ]
Scott 11 the Mayor of New •Orleans that for reason*
apparently satisfuc’ory to himself, he purposely avoids
any formal demonstrations on the part of the people.—
In u private letter to a friend, lie announces his deter
'uiu tion not even to enter the city of New-York, hut
to lu ikl nt the narrows and proceed at once to Eliza- i
b ‘(blown, the residence ot his family. On Ins journey
!• mu the city of Mexico, he forbade even a public re
’ option by the military nt the various posts through
| w neh he passed. The soldiers turned out every where,
a id us individuals paid him the respect which, as organ
ized corps, they wi re not allowed to do.
\\ hat u commentary upon the conduct of the ad
ministration towards the iitst and greatest general of
Ins age ! But to his letter :
Brio Petersburg,Vera Cruz, May 1.
•So - .—Approaching the harbor, I had the honor to re
ceive your note of the ‘2oth ult., tendering to me, in the
handsomest terms, on behalf of the Municipal Councils
and the people of New Orleans, that
j city, in case i should pass up the Mississippi river. I
j am infinitely obliged to my spirited and patriotic coun
trymen ot New Orleans for this distinguished mark of
j regard, whicii will ever be cherished as one of the most j
precious (hat an old public servant has received for his !
ardent endeavors to serve a great and a grateful coun
try.
Louisiana and her beautiful capital, being the near- !
‘•st to the recent theatre of war, have nobly done thehon- |
rs for the whole United States towards my gallant;
brother officers and soldiers who have preceded me in
their return from the field, nnd it is with deep regret that
I, too —blending my own small services with the great
mass of military distinction recently acquired—cannot
participate in the distribution of kindness from the
same liberal hands. But, sir, l am laboring under the
p thiic displeasure of the President of the United States,
and as a soldier, dutiful to constitutional authority, I
may not, for the time, obtrude myself upon my partial
c >antrymen, or make any personal movement it may
be in my power to avoid, that might provoke their
g-'-et ngs. I am, therefore, already embarked lor one
ol our Northern ports, the nearest to my family, and
shall, in retiiement await the further orders of the War
Department.
With great respect and esteem, 1 remain, sir, faith
fully yours, WINFIELD SCOTT.
How the War Com men red.
The following article from the New-Orleans Nation
al, settled forever the much mooted paint in regard to
the erossii g of the Nuecirs. It is from the pen of the
Editors of the National, and dated at Baton Rauge,
April 27th 1848. The writer says :
“ The National Intelligencer, of the Bth inst., contains
the proceedings of the lower House of Congress on the
previous day, the spirit of which is to force the impres
sion on th? people of the country that Gen. Taylor ori- •
ginnted the order, and marched on to Mntamorasbv his j
owt, will and judgment. That any member of Congress
sh. Mild be so uuacrupuloi s or so ignorant of the true
history ot Gen Taylor's movements, is a matter of sur
prise, us documents already published by the War De
partment give the outlines, if nor the particulars, rela
tive to this subject, so clearly that there need be no jus
tifiable cause of misrepresentation.
“ “ hen Gen Taylor was ordered to Mexico, he was
instruct*J to take a position near the Rio Grande,
Point Isabel being named ue a jirnper place, but in \
consequence ot having large discretionary powers, he •
preferred to take a position on undeniably American soil!
rather than infringe upon disputed territory, fie there- j
fore made h.s headquarters at Corpus Christi.a place ‘
tint beyond its being with the acknowledged bounda
ry ol I exas, was inconvenient, and in no way favorable i
for ati encampment—still Gen. Taylor prepared to suf
fer every evil incidental to his situation, ruther than in
any way to conipromit his government. After General
Taylor hnd been some time at Corpus Christi, Major
Donaldson, the repiesentative of the U. S. government
in Texas,came to Gen. Taylor’s camp for theespecial
purpose of advising Gen. Taylor not to cross the Nu
, eces lest he should involve the government in a war
with Mexico,Gen. Taylor in the mean time having been
informed by the government that it wished him to* con
fer’ w ith Maj Donaldson. In the course of events, Mj. I
Donaldson leit Gen. Taylor’? camp, and there came on
fiom Washington, letters to Gen. Taylor informing hltn
that he siioui.d move part of his forces west of the
Nueces Gen. Taylor not wishing to divide hiosmall
command, and the government having relieved him of
the responsibility of crossing the Nuecs, he took his
whole force over, as he could by so doing readily ob
tain n good camping ground,and a depot convenient
for his tmlitaiy stores. The events that followed this
movement on the part of Gen. Taylor are familiar to the
wot Id The above is a true statement of the preiimma- ‘
if s that led to the advance of our army on Matamoros. 1
The main Ihcts can be gathered,as I have stated, from !
the ‘ public documents* already published, containing
the correspond’ lice of Gen. Taylor with the war de- I
pii tment previous to the battles of the Bth and 9th ol
May. Ollier facts stated can be proved if denied The i
most superficial <-hserver must perceive that Gen. Tay
lor has never been inconsistent, and that charges made
against him, whether frivolous or of we-ght, when ex
amined into only cause hi.** prudence and strict ‘obeying
ot orders’ to be more and more admired. The state
ment made in Congress that some individual from Mis
sissippi had called on Gen. Taylor, at Baton Rouge,)
ami that in n long conversation he tuni had with lien, i
Taylor the General admitted,he took the responsibility i
of moving across the Nueces, caused me to write you *
tins Utter. The pu Mien lion of an admitted private con-1
ve,mtion iscertninly very indelicate, but when it pro- .
fesscs tog.vi- the details of a conversation that tierer l
took place, it amounts to the committal of the most of
feu-ive falsehood.” *
Ami mm Tiai't .Society.
I
The following is a summary ul the report upon the 1
rp rntionsof the Society fur th** past year.
•* New publication#, sixty three, hi hix languages. of
w tich ion are volumes; m.ikthe whole number of
publications oil the society’s lint, 1.313, ol which *3l
are volumes; betides *.303 publications,sanctioned for
puU.cation, at foreign atationt, in nearly one hundred 1
■ la Mild dialect*.
Circulated, during lie* year, 623,303 vois , ft,987,*62
publication*, *11,7‘30,2 <5 pages.
ijraiuitomd.-iiibution*, sanctioned in 2,17* distinct
grants for the destitute, with those drawn by life mem* I
bets, 4o, 'dpt,4s.j pages, in value upwards of *27,000
j Uepeipta. f*3?,36 01, sl*2 711 31 being for sale#,
and $105,215 15 donations. Ol the donations, $32,- 1
j 21* 0 were received tor colpoitnge, $1,7*2 3U lor for*
! etgu distribution, aii'lsll,slH 8$ were legacies. Eg* 4
iieuJnu.es tor printing, binding, engraving and ‘
cop;iig'it, $112,622 3-, for p.i*'. and m.nhhiery,
j #* 741 70, reunited in cash lor foreign lands. SIIJJOt), 1
I • speii Jed lor colpoitnge, (egelus ve of grants of pubh-
I e. .tions to the value of si6j6** 42,; $50,552 , total ex*
I ptndiluret, $*37,155 25—h*vng a balance in tin* treas*
|my ol yiftOOJ Their was due fur pruning paper,
payable within fair months, $16.5.1 27. Their ore
327 colporteurs tit c-nnmisaioit; $1 I.WK) Itave bent re*
initted to foreign and Pagan I mis. *
The litst ol tin* Fruitier*.
It is an interesting fact, that tlte only two surviving
tramets ol the Constitution ol < ieorg. a, re-mle in the low
; country—or in thnt pait of the Slate considered by our
brethren in the interior to be mi* cted with a deadly at
mosfthere They an* Jonh Count and Thomas drsL
in no, fcjeqrs ..both living on or near the AI inmn h i Riv
• r Mr. Collar, whi lias long lived on St Simon's
Island, is now enjoy mg a hupp) old age at tin winter
and summer residences of his son, Jammi Hamilton
Court.** Esq. He is eighty-nine yeaia of age—in ro
bust health, and walks two miles eecrjfdsy. Mr. Hps -
dmg has been recently in rather |hmi Ih slili, but gener
ally has enjoyed excellent h ait It lor long years. He 14
now m. veiny lour yeoisol age The itamesol both
, these venerable men are always to be mentioned with
reap it anJ ivvrrenc.* Savannah KapulUean.
Xew I7agiitn<i nad the r*rotidcacy#
Itnw B?em* almost pertain that Mr. Clay will not
g t the vote of the New Englan l States in the Nation
al Convention. They will vote in the first instance for
Mr. Webster or some other Northern mail and then
most likely for Gen. Taylor. The Boston Atlas thus
concludes a long article :
“.Some may sjpp that w are personally hostile to
Mr. Clay. S ich iu not th fact, We him >
much as we v*r did, but when it is as <ed of ns to urge
him f r the nomination ol the Whig Naitoriul conven
tion, or to keep quiet and let others do it, we beg leave
to demur. We believe that Mr Clay is the weaken
candidate spoken of by the Whigs. We believe with
him ns the candidate, our defeat would he rigtinl nnd
overwhelming ; which however, we could bear very
well, if we thought there w uld beany chance in 1852
But what assurance have we that Mr Clay’s friends
wont urge him lor the nomination then, and try to
make men beleive that no one so well represents th*
Whig principles? If indeed it is a part of the whig prin
ciple to be always defeated, then we acknowledge Mr.
Clay’s claims to be supreme.”
Gen. IVrsifor F. Smith.
We find in the New Orleans Bulletin the extract <>!
a letter from Gen. IVrsifor F. Smith to a gentleman
in New Oilcans dated Mexico April Bth. No man
piobably knows Gen. Tayi or better than does Gen.
S. and certainly none is better prepared to give n calm
impartial opinion in regard to his character and quali
ties as a man and a soldier. At the present moment
such views from such o source, cannot fail to be read
with the most universal and profound interest, Gen.
•Smi in says :
Gen. ‘Baylor’s military exploits arc not the causes
of his popularity, they are only the occasion for the
display ol his sound judgment, energy of cliaractei,
lolly and pure sensed justice nn.l incorruptible hones
ty. He has ns much reputation lor wjiat he has writ
ten, as for what he has done
*• I never heard of any one, however corrupt or base
hiin-eit, that alter five minutes conversation with Gen I
Taylor has dared to propose, or even to hint, at any- [
thing dishonest or mean, and no intercourse in the or-1
dinarv events ol common life,can give the tru* idea ol
the loftiness of his character.
I remember you asked me nt the time he was put :
in command at Corpus Christi, whether he was equal
to the ciicumstances t I told you in reply, ol his;
pound judgment and inexhaustible energy, as i learn-1
cJ them in Florida, but 1 did not then properly esti
mute the other ami higher points ot his character. In
the campaign on the Rio Grande I saw him tried un
derail circumstances, and he a 1 ways came out pure
gold.
” His profession that he will be the enndi late of no
party will,if he beelected.be ciriieJ out in practice,
not that his opinion on matters of policy may not be :
those of one or the other party, as on most of these lie
is a \V hig, and he is not the man to act a Iveise to his
own opinions, but no party munag ment or power, can
ever lead him to do a mean, or what he thinks,a
wrong thi.-ig.
*'* As soon as Gen. Taylor was furnished by events,
with the opportunity to di-play his character, you see
that it once properly estimated, and I come back to the
proposition I started with, that the people will always
properly measure great men. I do not say that they will
always reward them proyerly, for they
give a direct expression to their feelings and*ihelea§
worthy may hove their vote without their wishes.”
An Accomplished Officer.
An officer of the Army writes: “Gen. Persifor F.
Smith, ol Louisiana, is considered one of the best offi
cers in the at my. He served through the Florida war,
and was sent with the Louisiana troops at the request
ot Gen. laylor He was afterwards appointed Colo
nel of the Rifle Regiment, and was brevetted a Briga
dier lot li! CO duel at Monterey. Before joining the
army he was a judge in the Parish of Lafiyette. He
is a chemist—be is carpenter—can build breastwo:ks—
can take n musket apart and put it togother. In fact,
he knows everything that a soldier should know. Be
sides, he is iterled m laun„ LW Q,n Vgjgiilr re
turning home, he was made civil and military Governor
of the city of Mexico. He is a fine locking gei,de
nial!—i.ot 100 stout. His face is ful —he his no wI.L
-keis, weats a liiud .ache, wnich is san y, anu so i his
hair. And last, not least in his eventful history, hei- a !
native of our gallant old commonwealth, Pennsylvania
whose sons are ever ready to defend their couniiy, and
settle where they may, always have an abiding ajection
for the Stale of their birth."—Phila. Inquirer
Important Treaty,
The following are the bases of a treaty said to have
been concluded between the Pope, the King ot Sardin
ia, and the GianJ Duke ot Tuscany, for the future or
ganization of Italy.
The Italian Peninsula is to be divided into six great
States
1. Naples.
2. Sicily.
3. Slates of the Church.
4. The Kingdom ot Etruia, for the advantage ol the
Grand Duke of Tuscany, to consist of the actual Grand
Duchy, and the adjoining territories of Pentremoli, I
Modena, Pietrnsanti.and Lunigiana.
5. Lombardy, under whatever form of governmenl
the Lombards may adopt.
6. Sardinia, with an indemnity to King Charles Al
bert, in case Savoy should be annexed to France.
An alliance offensive and defensive between the six
States.
An Italiun confederation well defended by a line ol
fortresses along the Irontieis.
A umtofiu law tor weights, measures and currency.
Aboiiiioii of internal custom duties.
A diet ai Rome, under the Presidency of the Pope.
Such are the buses of this important treaty.
Singular Geographical Error.
” By n recent survey of Chester county, Pa., it has j
been discovered that William S mthEeq .who has been !
tor two years a member of the Legislature of Delaware,
does not reside in the State of Delaware, Ins residence
being about 400 yards from the State line, on the Penn
sylvania side. The fact has not heretofore been known
to the good people of Delaware, nor even to Mr
Smith.”
Col. Child*.
Amongst the arrivals from Mexico, by the New-Or
leans, was Col. Childs, who, ns Governor of Puebla and
commander ol the troop* in the brilliant affair, when the
Mexicans were driven out ot that city. subsequent to
the full of the capital,has rendered Ins country the most
signal seivices. lie has now the grateful remembrance
ol hit* countrynit‘n. He is in excellent health, and i*
every inch a soldier —Picayune.
Col. Iliiuciftii.
This veteran of the wnr arrived here la?t Sund. .
lie was in the fits! and Inst battles fought in Mexico.
He wn* with Gen Taylor from the baric of Palo A
to the capture of Monterey, and w ith Gen. Scott from
the surrender ol Vera Crux to the conquest of the City *
of Mexico. He hua distinguished him* If on many
fields. At the council of war on the close of the battle
of Palo Alto he was one of the liuee officers wno ap
proved of Gen. Taylor’s determination to give the ene
my buttle the next day. ilia deeds are Ins bet eulogy.—
Pic iy u no.
The Government and Gii. oul.
A letter hn* recently appeared in the Washington
Uni mi, calling attention to the neglect w ith w inch Gen.
Wool has been treated by the government. The wrier
alludes with surprise and mortification to the onrssi<-n
of W ool’s name in a reaoiut.on introduced |<i;o ti e
House ot Representatives, olf img thunks to Taylor,
Woilh.Twiggf, Smith, ami other officers. The Troy
Whig Adds tluit Gen. Wool u* almost the < lily officer
who ha* greatly diatuifitished huu*l! in th- Mexican
wur, who hn* not been brevattrd.
The writer ui the Union pa>B*oine high tributes to
General Wool, but it is certainly o illicit it to speak :n
highly of ■ik U u man. lie is one of tie* veiy b**i *..>
ciphnui.m* and most gailunt and sec titthc soi i.osin
the Aincncjii Aimy Next InTavloi arid S. tt, th
country owes no mult nunc than Bug Gett. V no!
Would ihAt tin re wer< hum• such oflic rs imhei.riii)
men who. after canting the heait ot the countiy togiow ‘
with pride m their valor mid patriot ism, do not make
its check tingle w nit shame at their vsin-glory and srl-
Hhues<—their peccadillos or tnr.r PMiow-iams.— Kwh.
Hr public an.
Mts*i*ippi.
The Teittperanc” c:au*’ appear *to flourish in Mis*
si**ippi. The Concordia Intelligencer say —T wo
years ago, there were not mote thin eight person* in.-
tinted asiti’ Uilietsof th** Sous of Temperance in Mi*-
st*sippi. Now the Order is upwards of 3tM<o stronp
and t's rank* are tilling and strengthening < very day.
Charters have hern granted tu*7l Division* ”—.V. (j.
Polio
•W.l C[>i<co}iitl Cl.inch \„ rth .
T , hc f,, lowi 'S ‘ ® m.-,rc cjttenJed t .p. m
ree £"B* ol ‘l‘tO.ncnl C.. 1 ,f e r..n.„ Tll / fc| „ | J r# -
Die Conte-rence came in urd.r nt 8 c'dock uT*
ll, ' dJin * proftiding The Bihop, „„ be h -.’ t “pT**
Bi.,)erinti'mlen,, ■ubmiite.J nr. r„,„,ne,„1., 110 J J
Oin mncelo nutburixe an A „al l unf,„e„ee, 0 1
composed ol on delegate lrm ench coiiter,. lK e ,
■o.oi it c wriolnpiteuii.'ro.o onnutiiconference* v, l,”
net until the (ienernl Conference meets, t, ’ , u
red to the Law Committee. rt ** r ‘
The Committee on the Btnte of the Chui.l. .
Hi
wn amended, so ns to read. m n
“ ICAerea*. n letter from llev L Pierce n n j ,
‘* ale ol llle ‘hodist episcopal Cnurch Huutli
posm.; trnternnl relations between the Methnm., V ■
copal Chu cli North nnd the Methodist Kieconnl rK ‘7
•Stuth, hss be..,, presented to this Coin mil T’
he tens there are serious questions and difficulii,.'. IIJ
isitiig Irelween tire two bodies: therelun
“ Itetotted, That whilst we lender to Dr p
liereonui eonriesiei, on.l invite him to attend .T'’” 11
sioiih, this General Cbnlerrnee dtss n0t....... u. ■’
er UI present to enter into Imteinal teiam.im w ,1!"?’
Methodist Kpibeopnl Cliutl h ; |>n , vidrdj
er,that nothing tu this resolution shall uere Col , fcllll
Its to operate nsa Lur to any |u.pnsitj un , , tna J
l.erci, or any other representative of the Method i
Episcopal Church South, towutdsthe sruietaent el
wring difficulties between that body and this
Aml nd°|iteei Iy yeas nnd nay.i.as follows ‘ vei. t.-
nsys 0, absent 3. ‘ * “
The Secretary was directed to furnish D.Pieres
u copy of the action in his case. ’ WU “
Henorts on Book Concern were presented and son,.
Mtetntions in the Discipline proposed.
Os the debate upon the Report adverse to Mr p
propositions front the Church South, thePhtsbumT’
says: Many timemln.ents were offered, and
speeches made, remutkublc lor sound reasoning ami J
oquence. Rev. Mr. Coffins, ot Baltimore been, aejl
warm 10 opposition to the report; he fours that, wron .
construction might U- put upon the object ol the c •
lerence abroad. He was in tavor of receiving th e d° ( T
.-gate from the Church South, and advocated the pm*,
cuttonof evety tnrasute that might lend to Irate,„
the two great bodies. But we can g.ve uusu, uu„.
idea ol his remark*.
Rev Mr. Tomlinson of Augusta, Kentucky, panic,
ipaied m the discussion, and emphatically dec, red n„,
llte Methodist Episcopal Chinch ol the A, ~h was
opposed to slavery, and the Chuich South was i|. e ,<j.
vociiteol the ii.sluiition. He was with the North on
tins question. He was in favor of the ,sport of the ™„,
I,mice, and concluded by offering an amendment ,u the
Term ol a proviso, declared that nothing nt the rn
should be cons” ued nsa bar to the reception „f „ ‘
proposition lor the establishment of any tewu-rnal „i,.
lions betw.en the two d.visons ol the Church. This
amendment and the report were finally adopted unani
mously.
Monarchy nnd He üblicntiirni Contrasted,
The London Morning Chronicle, in nn article re
coiniiienJiug the lepiesentslive and lederal system of
the United States to the revolutionized count 1 let or Con
internal Euiope, obseivea:
“Juttnou: the )act that if the American people
wer e poked to-morrow, tom tie Itiu Qcaudc to the
6< Ljwrenee,every tingle 1 tl.tulual Iron.lt t ile lor
precisely the form oj government it lent nt „ tr p o j.
| sessss, is undoubtedly a strong argument in /at a. of
, thut government.”
The remainder ol the Chronicle’s a tide abound* in
Just auu iibeiai views*, fora foieiguer, oi • ur system ol
government,and the American people are awanied iiie
; ciedit of fiist developing the ivpieseniuiive hjHem ol
legislation, and to her statesmen is coticed< and Hie merit
ol teaching to the world the value ot a local nnd leder
r'.tive government conbii e 1 i.ia way to secure naunnal
unity Uiid Seli-govel mile*•. tin .louiest.c CoiiCVlllS. but
n was not the compliment vouchsafed us t y he Eng
l.sh joumalista tl at commended the article to our lo
t. —they are beet ui Jig quite toocomtiKin nowadays 10
iv* ourA/u.U umitxefmgttficHVWs— ft was th.*
uict that the passage which %v quote denoted a tiuer
sciise U the iciaticmhips buwetn the people and Bov
cnmieiiiol tins coum.y, ihi.n any thing wc have
met win. .o any foreign new. paper.
Even the libel at leaders 01 tmgiand have been at a
loss lo reconcile the excitement of a presidential elec
tion with the durability ot t.ie Geveruiueui. The
mainmolh meetings, the hugeconveiitions.tlieintlaii a
tory ?p eches and die energetic, noisy and emhuiixs
tic conduct of the Harriaon and Van Buren camjtaiga
in 1840, were regnided as so many signs of an ajr
pro idling ex plus, on oi our w hole system of govern
ment. T’lic republicans 111 Cuiope were appalled even
by the newspaper uccouuls of the vast
which preceded the election ol Mr. Folk; nor was it
possible lor them to disconnect the excited gatherings
of the people from the idea of mien Jed mischief, either to
the authorities or the institutions of the lit non. ill
E gland poiitic.il} uldic demonsi-r ns upon a K*aieot’
gratueur uj piohdung the ext. bitioi sot 1840 111 tins
country, had always some in govermnt-nt.suaie
c lie -j oi lo (lie musses 11. .ew, u..J il was naiuial
that English liberals should have imagined that like
objec s p odu. ed the diapl.ty of popular uuinbeison this
side of tlie Atlantic, it was 111 vam, therefore, told
tiieiu that ol all the thousand- who swell the procr*
sums or clanioi uu und the symbols of puny dunugk
presidential contest, there is not one man who has any
complaint to make against the form of government,or
who would, if be could, aher the conetituliou >uary
0:1c purt.cular. T hey had no tiuJitions or exompiesof
t-ierr own to reconcile great popuhrr movements vti
(lie idea of conteiitmeiii with the pd tic 1 orgaiiaattun
of the stale, and they could not L* made to uudcistaid
how m h gaiberinga c uia be harm lee* here. They
are now beginning lobe better in Umneil upon sub
ject ; uiid ua they fee deeper mt< it they will better
compu fund the powiro, auhes.cn,and i.eßoutusuf
icngih o| a r.-pun .c.
Every lour years, the pecpSe of the United State*
wax as hot and aa ttoislerous as nuy revolutions:y a, ‘
seinbly in Eoi'-p : hut tiu y me not luau.o •> a.- >j>*
preton oi Government, it is not me hudsiiipof pr
uul laws, the lyianny of estatdiehed inequahtie#. tl*
denial ot need.ul inn r inses whicii Uisiurb them.
are free, independent and equal, and rejoice in du el'll
si it ut mu, which, a* free, nuh p-ndeiu uiid equal c.tiirnf
they made, or tb* it lathers made lor them. The
citeinent is not ngmusc the Govenunent ; ft 1* l ’ii y l9
to who, or whut puny sfia i administer lifer th* xt
four years Indeed, the love ol the conafiistfe ll * 0
umveisal, that a charge of violating n rn any
is the g nvest that can be brought against uu c
ora party. Qistiona 01 pa. mi economy ** ,O F *
vide tire people,but bmhprrfie* *o tin**- qit -i.on* 1
lurl the C ‘li-tiiuiiou o l.n* Union u* their Imiium lun
tight under it—neither opp mg it. Tim* * 1 l^l 1
ait our party conies mii a 1 our euciioneeruigcr*wu |g ‘
non*,me c -amiy issaie.ifie Goveinfnent **eut I'”
coiistiiunoti inviolate. Oar rev nu tons go no I* ll #
ihun a fm yeais’ ctiungc ofsdnumrrslioii i ln M <c (
lions once over, ih** prop e 1* I !e down si) quio**> MM
der w tut ever rsolt, that a stranger would noi ;
iheie li f • ee 1 a b ud tu t a en til m
And 1 herein lies the strength ol lb* Republic,
th Rio Grsud** lo the 81. Liwreuos* ui**r u 1
w ho would change die form ol government • n fr *“ 11
he lives. And ill* te is no one who would no! h u yr
ids niusiu I to defend il.wlimi utiaiked fro u <i)
ter or for any puipos*-. The objects ‘f
us sre w hen compared w ith the ingredient* of u
I I \S t’
pea 11 lermeiitainni*. iiPignil.c-sut inUkeu.
warm b*CAS*s in those matieissubor #
st it ui ion, whwb are bicight into tlw huslinx* 1 ’ ** * y
inenruei ; and peihips w* grow holier fer n< ,
lesson that there is nothing to bum up by *”
heat. Tariff, tiee nade, inieinai impioveinen'*.
rroey, coir meic.ul reciprocity# and such life
ore subjects about wnich men may become it" Ml *
lerested ; but ah the uileieit shout them “j
nection withs deep concern kn trie pu#perit) M ‘ l ‘
gressot the nation cs organized imo Bts*rs#***
u. A4‘ e,*qu.l a.id sUoimie fe.isial c -isi'iut*
The Wave*ol popuun toimiiotion do pot
ba*iH of equal right* upon wiiich •I* 1 ’ niH“ |lft 1
leat. T hey roil and tumble About tlu* buitie*** ‘
dom# but when lire commotion issu.suueJ.
tire ppray it found upon the noble t/'picat***
Thl •€!•••••
Th- nl-xnndna Gaz Ha us Ui- foh ‘"‘““J*,W
uccalivr ut Vile n a Ihm t.-q-d „^t/
I'lllrl J ud, t>f llw U *. I llf'ltt UMM °* , (| ||w O’ ’
*8 Waahi tin’ D -ittct **t C*’! 1 * 111 ’ w j ifi.
|i*rr> to tin’ XhrrtlT el AfoMltdrU r '’" l ’
three men now confined ui J al * ( . t . rl iain
nullity, > lia'iH wnb tlw r-cat ‘ tbt ,
.wot. Tla r-q : “foil,. n.atl *'’ j
oiuc <1 llk -lat. ■■><• “ ‘ ‘ll,. HE
owned ly clitaensof ihisConni.* MU
yesterday to uike th*‘ -
Craiw h.”