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Tlie Day that wc went Fishing.
*Twaa on a sunny April day.
When flowers were out in bloom;
We sought the woods to while away.
All gathered thoughts of gloom.
A day of brighter hopes for us
Seem’d n’eer to have been born,
As the golden crested Phoebus,
Wide op’d the gates of morn.
Each little flow'ret bow’d its head,
With tear drops in its eyes.
To kiss the kindly mother bed.
Before it deign’d to rise.
From tree to tree the joyous birds.
Poured forth their cheerful not***:
All lisping out the softest words
Of true love from meir throats.
The butterfly and roguish bee,
•Sip'd honey side by side;
Nor qu.irrel’d they, but could agree.
And willingly divide.
The chrystal streamlet gliding by.
Discoursing of its love
To polish’d pebbles lying nigh,
Resounded through the grove.
’Twas on a morn as bright as this,
When nature gave assent.
To join us in our youthful bliss,
\Ve out together went.
No care was there to pain one breast,
Or make our hopes decay;
For pleasure like a chosen guest,
Drove sorrow lar away.
Prometheus.
' si'ismila?3©'Xf3.
From the Richmond Enquirer.
Our impression lias been that while
many of '.he political leaders of the North
had opposed the constitutional rights of
the South upon the Wilmot Proviso, the
mass of the Northern
were united in her own defence. In con
nection with this point we make extracts
from two spirited Northern Democratic pa
pers. They merit praise for speaking out
in defence of the just compromise of our
Federative Government. The Boston
Times says:
•‘The President could never make a trealy toac-
quire Territory subject to this Proviso. A majority
of the Senate is opposed to the condition. But it re
quires two-thirds of the Senate to approve of any
treaty. Thesanction of the Senate would therefore
he utterly impossible. The Wilmot Proviso would
therefore have been an insurmountable objection to
any Treaty growing out of the three million bill. Peo
ple may sophisticate as they will, on this subject, hut
this is the true state of the case. This Proviso hav
ing been rejected the President is now left free to
make a Treaty, which would be likely to receive the
sanction of two-thirds of the Senate. Now, can Mr.
Wilmot hintselfcomplain if the President should ne
gotiate on the basis of the Missouri compromise, or
any other line as the boundary of slave territory, be
cause Congress. when pressed to a decision, rejected
his Proviso 7 ”
We thank the N. Y. Globe for the following.
“The South, however, has more to lose by per
mitting the Whigs to attain power, than the North.
If they calculate upon a liberal reciprocity, they arc
laboring under a dangerous delusion, The Whigs
are now and will forever remain,antagonistic in eve
ry thing relating to the South; they did not yield ati
inch on Abolition to the Whigs ofthe South in Con
gress. what will they do w hen they attain full power?
Give the whig, the same power which their political
ancestors, the Federalists of 1797 and ’98. possessed
—nay, give them the power which they possessed in
1812 and '13. when they declared "the” Potomac the
boundary—the negro States by themselves,” and how
long will they preserve the compromises of the Con
stitution 7 Are the Democrats of the South willing to
give the Whigs a majority in Congress in the next
four years? If they are. they may as well he prepared
for the result; not a State will the Whigs permit to he
added to the South, without excluding slavery, or in
some manner, (for slavery is a mere pretest.^attempt
ing to shackle and cut oft the power and influence of
that section of the Union. War on Southern power
and influence is a cardinal project of tho Whigs, and
striking out ofthe Constitution the representative prin
ciple conceded fo the South, will be the first move
ment of the Whigs, when they are strong enough
Can the South commit any act so entirely suicidal as
to place the Whigs in power? We know of none?
And if their own safety, and the safety of their pro
perty and rights, are considerations of no moment, let
them surrender at once to their enemies, and to pun
ish the present Administration, lay a train which will
destroy the hopes and expectations of the future.”
Danger of Inhaling Ether.—A boy nam
ed Coolidge bad his arm badly crushed in a
Boston steam bakery a fetv days since, and
it was amputated by Dr. Lewis while the
patient was under the influence of ether. In
a few hours after he died. The ether was
properly administered by Dr. Hayward,
surgeon of the Massachusetts Hospital,
who, with Drs. Jackson, Cabot, and others,
were present at the operation. It seems
from the report that, in the opinion of Dr.
Lewis, “she inhalation of ihe ether was the
immediate cause of the boy’s death.” Sev
eral cases of this kind have been recently
recorded, proving that this wonderfully af
fecting agent is to be administered with the
greatest caution.
The Paths or Glory lead put to the Grave.
Adjt. Lincoln, of Gen. Taylor’s staff, killed in the
battle of Buena Vista, was George S. Lincoln, son
of Gov. Levi Lincoln, o( Worcester. Lt. Col. Clay,
who has also laid down his life for his country, uasa
son of Henry Clay, of Kentucky. Col. J. J. Har
din, Illinois regiment, was formerly a member of
Congress, and related to Mr. Clay by marriage.—
Capt. Zabriskie. a gallant Pole, had served with Na
poleon. Col. Yell, of Arkansas, resigned his seat in
Congress, to take part in the contest in which he has
met an early grave. The memory of these, and of
all the brave men who have fallen, shajl be cherished
in our history; and a grateful nation sympathises with
their relatives, the bitterness of whose regrets will be
soothed by patriotic remembrances Boston Post.
From the N. Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette.
THE NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND
THE WAR.
The federal papers, from one end of the
Union to the other, have been filled for a
year past, with charges of weakness, imbe
cility, and incompetency against the nation
al administration, in its management of the
w ar. Nothing is too false or too mean for
them to publish upon this subject, and upon
e?ery new demonstration of the energy,
vigor and success of the policy of the gov
ernment, their virulence lias increased and
their falsehoods have multiplied. The his
tory of no nation presents such a violent,
unscrupulous, active and malignant opposi
tion to its government in time of war, and
in no other nation would it be tolerated for
a day.
But what ground is there for these charg
es? Every unprejudiced man, upon a full
view of the whole conduct of the war, will
say that there is not a particle of truth in all
they utter upon this subject.—The policy
and conduct of the administration is most
truly gathered from the results of its opera
tions. And how stands the present nation
al administration, in relation to the war,
when thus judged? We confidently de
clare that no government on earth presents
a page of history more brilliant, more hon
orable to itself, or more glorious to its na
tion, than is the conduct of the Mexican
war to the administration of James K. Polk,
j Look at the glorious results of less than one
| short year’s operations. The country was
; wholly unprepared for war, it had an army
j of only some 8000 men, scattered around
■ its numerous borders; its navy, barely sufli-
j cient to protect its extended commerce, was
j scattered through every distant sea; its rev
enues were scarcely sufficient for the most
! economical administration of its govern-
I ment in a state of peace; its arsenal” a"-*
j oU; i a Yuiniiiued and long cx-
I pected peace, were but scantily supplied
, with munitions of war; its public officers
were men of peace, wholly unskilled in the
, science of war; and its people, from whom
armies were to be raised, were quiet citi
zens, industriously devoted to the civil pur
suits of life. In this state of the country,
war suddenly burst upon us. And then the
energy, vigor and strength of the govern
ment, as well as the patriotism and courage
; of the people, were at once developed.
Armies were raised, navies manned, sup
plies provided, munitions of war collected,
and all conceuti ated upon the designated
(mints with a promptness and despatch
which appears almost incredible. The
most distant points of the enemy’s territory
were invaded and subdued, and his well-
appointed armies were overthrown, almost
before his government was aware of the at
tack. An army was sent through the wil
derness of New Mexico, which has con
quered a whole province; and a detachment
of that army, under the heroic Kearnev, j
marched over mountains and deserts, 2500 !
miles further to the Pacific, where it arriv- ]
ed in time to assist the gallant Stockton and
Fremont in conquering the province of-Cal
ifornia. Another army was seut round by j
sea, 10,000 miles, to bold and occupy that j
beautiful and valuable territory. The main j
army, under the heroic Taylor, in four most !
desperate battles, has four times gloriously
triumphed over two, three and four times
GEN. VVADDYTHOMPSON—THE MEXICAN
WAR.
Brigadier-General-ex-miuister to Mexi-
intluence of the slave power and for the abolition of
slavery within the limits of the United States.
Resolved. That the annexation of territory with
Mexican population upon it, is highly inconsistent
with the well being of this Union.
And the same Legislature, of course, refused a vole
of thanks to Gen. Taylor, for his brilliant victories o-
ver the national foe, as did the allied Legislature of
this State.
The above infamous resolutions ate worthy of
their source—worthy of the men, who, during ihe
last war, resolved it was unbecoming a moral and re
ligious people lo rejoice in the success of our arms; j
worthy of the men who were supplying the British
with provisions; worthy ofthe men who then publicly
rejoiced over the defeat of oar armies. Hu ll's surrenfi
re tlie burning of the capitol at Washington by their
allies, &c . &c —worthy ofthe men who plotted trea
son in the Hartford convention, and who tried to
practice treason by dissolving the Union, and form
ing a separate Northern confederacy under British
protection; in a word they are worthy ofthe whole
political history of Massachusetts for the last forty
years That history is blotted all over with moral
treason,” leaving hut very few bright spots upon the
whole volume. The words faction ami treason give
ihe whole story, and all other words are superfluous,
in recording its doings.
The following, from the National Intelligencer of
Oct 13, 1812, is applicable to the above resolutions
as well as to the whole course and conduct of the fed
eral press and leaders in New England, since the
commencement of our difficulties with Mexico. The
Intelligencer, now a defenderof Mexico and a revrler
of our own government, as a paper edited by a for
eigner without one single American sympathy must
he, then spoke as follows:—
•‘There are other ways of aiding an enemy than by
deserting to his standard. Those servo him qnite as
effectually who seize every opportunity to dishearten | ■ another grand battle, but the impres
the patriotic armies of onr country, and thus encotir- ! 5 , . .i . n l , - , , , , . . VT~
age the enemy. When with this view, (and it can lie slon 13 prevalent that small^ parties will be Lie valor, ana of exalted patriotism and dar-
with no other.) facts are discolored and perverted, to
the injury of thecomitiy’s cause, those who are wil-
I this case, is the necessity for two or three,
, or even one reg ment of Texans.
to the apex of his nose, and upon this basis
to wave his sinister hand in a few gentle gy
rations.
But we have given too much space to the
ed and destroyed, and them selves immolat
ed, before they talk of peace. The guerilla
system of warfare appears to be recom
mended on all sides as their only salvation; ! co, YVaddy Thompson, lias been kind e-
by this means they drove out the Spaniards, nough to announce to the whole world that i General’s book. It is, however, on this
and in the same way they say they must ex- ho is not responsible for the late transac- . score he claims the monopoly, and gets in-
pel the iniquitous, usurping and grasping tions of our Government in reference to the to a passion because the claim is not admit-
North Americans from their sacred soil. : Mexican war. Although not particularly led, of all the knowledge of Mexican affairs
Better all die, and be blotted from the scale requested to favor mankind with his opin-
of nations, than come to any terms so long ■ ion on the subject, he has volunteered to
as a single hostile foot is on their soil or a make public his entire dissent from the
hostile vessel on their coast—such is the Ian-; whole course of proceedingofourExecu-
ouage of the papers, of the civil bodies, and ; tive, and his disapproval of the mode in
of the military.
From a passenger, a Spaniard, who ar
possessed in this country. Rumor had it
tnat he was to be a Brigadier General, but
rumor lied—President Polk appointed
somebody else: and now the General wash- J
j es his hands of all the blood shed in this un-
j which the war has been conducted. The ; holy war and says the Government is going ‘ T'is iheStarSpangleil Banner,oh,long mey iT,^“
r- ; high position which Gen. \Y r addy Thomp- ! all wrong; that it don’t know anything a- j OVrrhe Land of the Free and the Homeofthe Brave '
rived in thejdiligencia, we learn that as yet I son imagines he occupies in the estimation
they have done little or nothing towards of the people of the United States, and of
fortifying Mexico. He also says that there mankind generally, will, perhaps justify
is a strong party in favor of peace, although some biographical and psychological notice
the members hardly dare avow themselves, of the distinguished gentleman. Waddy
There are no regular troops of consequence ! Thompson is one of those flashy, bubbling
on the route, and all those who escaped at mushroom big men, who suddenly sprin
Cerro Gordo, with the exception of a por
tion of the cavalry, have dispersed in every
direction. On the 20th April, immediately
after the receipt of the news of Santa Anna’s
defeat, Gen. Mariano Salas called a meet
ing of officers to devise some measure by A well strung together collection of steTeo-
which to preser*e the nation from utter type generalities, exhumed jokes and stale
obliteration. Nc one here thinks that the Joe Millerisms—eked out by newspaper
Mexicans can ever make another stand and paragraphs and almanac statistics, deliver
into notice, on that field of wordy exploits
and demagogical greatness, the House of
Representatives of the United Stales—
Where would-be Tullev’s pompously parade
Their tumid tropes for simple Buncombe made.
bout the Mexican people, or the Mexican
Government^ and that if the war is persist- j
ed in, the crime of murder will attach to all j
I who ate concerned iti prosecuting it. All ;
these terrible averments are contained in !
1 sundry prosy contributions to the National
Intelligencer, which ate no doubt, read with j
great satisfaction by the elderly ladies and j
i pious nou-combatants at the North. Unfot-
| tunately, however, for Gen. Thompson’s
I claim to tho gift of prophecy, all his ptedic- i
| tions heretofore have gone, like Rory O’
Land of the Free and the Homeufthe Brave
jjftsrtrai ,
iTIILIiED^eviLLE, MAT .IsTStT"
nE.no CR.M TIC CO YCEA'TIOX
TO NOMINATE A
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR,
TO BE HELD IN MILLEDGEVILLE.OX TRp
4tU Tomlay in June, 1847,
ft?* We are reluctantly compelled to de-
fully concerned in such detestable conduct, are guilty
of moral treason, .it least, though their offence is,
perhaps, not cognizable bylaw. And really, when
we see the infamous conduct in this respect of certain
clerical aud editorial personages, we cannot but vio
lently suspect they want but the power to serve the en
emy in any way that would not put their lives in
jeopardy.”
ed in a style of ferocious ami ueconquera-
, bit ‘
organized to annoy the loads, cut off sup- j r ,g chivalry—constitute the stuff out of
plies, and kill allstragglers. How great, in which the greatness ofsuch men as Gen.
YVaddy Thompson is manufactured. If
| they confined their aspirantions to the de-
I livery of such efforts, and to playing their
parts in the brilliant dramas that are some
times enacted on the floor of Congress, ta
king care to commit their reputation to im-
More’s “dhrames, by conthraries.” Among cline the publication of the article forwaid
j other equally unfoitunate opinions of his, ed ift, signed "Heard County.” To the
! was that ofthe utter impossibility of ourtak | gentleman whose claims it urges, for a nom-
I ing Vera Cruz without the most severe and ination at the approaching Convention wo
have no objection. It must
Jalapa. Mexico. April 23, 1847—Afternoon.
I I have borrowed the copies of El Repub- '
1 licano for an hour. They are dated at the
: city of Mexico, Aplit 21 and 22, and the
! latter gives a full account of the battle of
; Cerro Gordo.
The Mexican particulars of the combat,
as usual, are particularly rich. They say
that Santa Anna sustained the combat with
: G000 men against 14,000, and fought val
| lantly to the very last. When, finally, he
found himself entirely surrounded by ene
mies, he forced a passage through “ los
Yankees” with a column of the 4th Regi-
The fact, !
as every one knows, is that Santa Anna left
early—all the culling he did was to cut the
saddle mule from his coach, and then cut
heavy loss. The entire refutation of this o-
pinion has put the General into a hot fury,
and he now raves & curses, and prophesies
as wildly as did old Tiresias, when Juno
put out his eyes, for giving a false opinion.
Deprived by the glorious event, of that ex
quisite satisfaction—that delightful incense
to vanity, conveyed in the proud reminder
of the common phrase, “I told you so!”—
the General makes another adventure in
erituin, we
be obvious,
however, that the discussion in the public
prints of the claims of different individuals
will prevent tho existence of that harmony
which ought .to pervade the counsels of the
Convention. One sentiment should ani
mate all, and that is, that in the selection
they are “no man’s men.” Let the delegates
come to the Capitol under its influence and
llustrate it by their action, and the harmo-
Curresvondcnce of the Neut Orleans Picayune.
LATER FROM MEXICO.
J.iLAr.A, Mexico, April 22, 1847.
The city is full of rumors again to-day,
allot' which I wili try and throw into some
kind of shape, although I cannot be answer-
able for one of tlietu.
In the first (dace, it is said that Gen.
Taylor has arrived before San Luis Potosi.
They do not assert that he has taken the
city, but simply that he has arrived in the ; ment of Infantry of the line !
neighborhood and close by. Again, it is
confidently asserted that the Mexicans in
tend leaving the road entirely open from
this to Puebla, but at that city they intend
making a stand and entombing llicinselves
beneath its ruins before Gen. Scott shall en
ter it. They talk so much about burying
themselves beneath their ruined dwellings,
and do so little in that way, that one can
place no confidence in them.—Another ru
mor is that in a day or two we shall hear of
a revolution in the city of Mexico against
Santa Anna. This looks reasonable. It is
now near three weeks since they have had
a pronunciamento in Mexico, and it is hbdi
time they should stir up a fresh outbreak.
The infantry that fled with him, is dis
persed in every direction, the larger portion
throwing away their arms to accelerate their
flight. The cavalry got off in better plioht,
although Gen. Guzman, who commanded
2001) of them, could not get them to face
about when pursued by Gen. Twiggs with
only 150 Illinois aud New York volunteers,
so badly were they frightened.
The weather here is lovely, and I do not
aginative reporters, these gentlemen might prophecy, and again embarks on the ocean \ ny will then prevail which will be the har-
The Mexicans admit that they had two
generals killed, but give no name save that
of Vasquez. Cols. Cosio and Calatayud
are also named as among the killed. Gen.
Scott’s loss, on the 17th and 18th, is put
down at over 4000, while the loss of the
| Mexicans is admitted to be 2000 men in
killed and wounded. They say that the
Americans fought like hordes of savages,
killing ail that presented themselves, wheth
er wagoners, old men or women.
One of the best jokes in the Mexican
papers is contained in the last paragraph of
Anaya’s address to his countrymen. He
says that he “ has the satisfaction to an
nounce that his Excellency, Senor Don An
tonio Lopez do Santa Anna, President of
the Republic and General of the Army, ac
cording to notices just received, although
for a while at least, resist the on-pressim
waves of Lethe, and delight and animate
their self-love by frequent perusal of their
names and their speeches in print. But,
alas! men are too prone to push out of their
proper spheres, to essay, Icarus-like, ex
ploits beyond their calibre, and thus to lose
all the reputation they have acquired.—
Monkeys are caught in this manner in
South America: a jar filled with sweetmeats
is placed within their reach; the jar is made
with a mouth just large enough to admit
the monkey’s paws; but Jocko, in his ea
gerness to grasp a large handful, is unable
to take his well-filled paws out ofthe jar,
and is unwilling to give up a single morsel
of his prize: the consequence is, he remains
a fast prisoner, & becomes an easy victim
to his own greediness. So it is with men,
who not content with a moderate and due
proportion of the prize of reputation, and of
the notoriety acquired in a proper manner
and in an appropriate field, seek other and
unknown gloiies in spheres not suited to
their capacities aud thus become the laugh
ing slocksof the “vile world.” Cicero came
nigh losing his fame as an orator by publish
ing some miserable stanzas, by which lie
hoped to achieve the poetic crown. So our
countryman, Waddy Thompson unwisely
sought to extend the reputation gained by
unprinted speeches in the House of Repre
sentatives, by writing a hook/ Unfortunate
nd rash undertaking! In the fame of his
| of conjecture numerous frail speculations, 1 binger of success on the day of trial.
| which, we fear, will never survive the
; treacherous Northers and coral reefs ofthe
Mexican Gulf.—N. O. Delta.
'S'Jie next Presidency.
Upon this subject, the Whigs are evi
dently in a quandary. The old “Hunkers”
of that party, those who are sincerely at
tached to its leading principles—a protec-
From the N. O. Picayune tith inst.
Action ofthe Mexican Congress.
Immediately on the receipt ofthe news l * ve tariff, a national Bank and Internal im-
I of Santa Anna’s defeat at Cerro Gordo, the j P r ' ,vements . are strenuously urging the
i Mexican Congress held an extraordinary
'session The following account of its pro
claims of their former leader, the Mili Boy
f the Slashes, now in the 71st year of hia
ceedingsis translated from El Republicano \ a S e - Another portion of the party, have
of the 21st April. It comes in the shape ? J°ng bad their eyes intently fixed upon the
of a preamble and eight articles, and we j kero of Chippewa and Lundy-Iane, and now
that he has become the chevalier of Vera
Cruz and Cerro Gordo, with renewed zeal
give it entire:
The sovereign constituent of Mexican
! Congress, in use of tile full (lowers with
I which the inhabitants of the Republic have
invested it for the sacred objc et of saving
| the nationality; and as a faithful intei prefer
j of the firm determination with which its
? constituents are decided to carry on the
war which the United States are now ma-
are they directing tohim, the attention of the
public. The friends of Judge McLean,
have not overlooked his merits. That por
tion of the party however, that go for men
irrespective of measures—for power irre
spective of principles—for the spoils of of
fice irrespective of the means of secuii
king on the nation, without desisting on ac- them, are clamorous for the nomination of
count of any kind of reverse: and consider- Gen. Taylor,
ing that under these circumstances the first * n tb' s State,
public necessity is that of preserving a cen- e3 have already
official, has survived the catastrophe [de- speeches, much was left to the imagination
its number of veteran troops, and lias con- , - . , r ,
quoted and holds an extint of territory iear ° f Slckne ] 3S a,1 >' k,m amon S l,ie
equal to half of our own States. The fourth I ‘ r ™ P L Btal * 0,, °? tn the city and vicinity
.1
wish you could be here just to inhale one
breath of really fresh aud pure mountain
air, and take one such bath as they offer you
here.—The bath-house is situated in a ro
mantic garden, and the rooms are none of
your little cooped-up [daces, redolent of
steam and mildew, but large and airy, fur
nished with couches and all appropriate fur
niture, and neatly got up in every way. I
- , . it... i have some idea of trying to hire one for a
cesses, and now guards and blockades eve- j , . '
. . ° r-.i , . ; sleeping apartment,
ry important port of the enemy’s extensive ■ , c , ...
1 lie stage lelt here this morning tor the
city of Mexico, with Gen. Noriego and oth
er officers, recently released on their parole,
as passengers. To-morrow I believe that
a stage starts for Vera Cruz.
expedition, under the veteran Scott, the
largest and best appointed army ever raised
in our country, and brought together with i
its immense train in an incredibly short j
space of time, has captured the strongest
post on our continent, seized a large extent
of coast, and is on its victorious march to ;
the capital of Mexico; while our gallant na
vy has given its efficient aid in these suc-
ry important port or me enemy’s extensive
coast.
What has accomplished all this? Has j
this been the work of imbecility, of weak- I
ness, ignorance and incompetency! The '
first year of the war is not over, and yet vie- ;
tory after victory has been achieved wher- j
ever our armies have met the enemy; town
after town, city after city, province after !
province, has been conquered and held; the I
glorious stars and stripes now wave tri- ;
umphantly over every important port of j an he intends
Mexico; an extent of territory two-thirds as
large as the thirty States of the Union, has
been wrested from the enemy and is now '
held in quiet possession; and still our troops
are marching on from conquest to conquest
and from triumph to triumph. Is ail this
evidence of imbecility in those who plann- !
ed, ordered and furnished the means for its
accomplishment? And let it be borne in |
mind that all this has been done against the
Jalapa, Mexico, April 25, 1847.
We have news which is thought to l.o ru
ble of Santa Anna. A report came in this
lining to the effect that he is at or near
Orizaba, in command of some 5000'troops,
opening a guerilla war
in person, by following in (ien. Scott’s rear
and attacking none save small parties. This
course he should adopt, most certainly; but
whether he will do it remains to be seen.
The height of Santa Anna’s ambition is pro
bably lo capture some detached and half un
protected wagon train ; and by magnifying
some such sneaking operation into a grand
and magnificent action and victory—he un-
lerstands the process better than even any
most violent, determined and unscrupulous j Mexican alive—lie hopes to icinstate him-
opposition of a great party at home, which i se ]f ; n t j ie affection and good opinion of his
has not ceased for a day to put forth all its
efforts to embarrass the government, crip
people.
The Mexicans here, one and all, denounce
pie its resources, paralyze its efforts, and to j Santa Anna f ora coward, a traitor, and every
give “aid and comfort to the enemy. Yet j t ],; n g e | se that is bad; and I verily believe
in the miost of all this, oui government has that a number of them would rejoice exceed-
sustained the credit and advanced the inter- j ingly had Gen. Scott captured him the other
cs^nd kopt bnght the hoiior ofthe country, j day an j
hung him upon the first limb strong
Still federal Mexican sympathizers charge
the administration with a lack of energy and
enough to bear his weight. That he is play-
ng them false you cannot*beat out of their
From Tabasco.—A passenger who arriv
ed in this city yesterday morning, from
Campeachy, and who has resided several
years in Tobasco, previous to the bombard
ment, states, that soon after the American
fleet left that place, the citizens hauled up
the cannon—six only being left—which
Com. Conner had spiked. These were ta
ken to a blacksmith shop where the spikes
1 were drilled opt. and they i»-e-o r i-„.oj
ir a lull overlooking a bend in the river. These
J guns were sunk in the sand below the sur-
4 face, and covered with brush, and it was the
{ intention of the citizens to fire upon our
squadron should it again make its appear-
^ ance in the river. Our informant states
that himself and all Americans in the city
were ordered to leave the place, giving
them only one. hour to make their arrange
ments and leave, or be put to death. Con
sequently he had to sacrifice every thing
that he possessed, and made his way to
Campeachy, where he embarked for this
•city, not, however, wfthout first seeing tho
Commodore of the Gulf squadron, and ad
vising him of the circumstances, and des
cribing to him the position of the six guns,
cautioning him to be sure to ‘go ahead fast’
when he came to that place.
[N. O. Delta, May 9?4.
Extension of the Road.—The enterpris
ing Chief Engineer of the Western aud At
lantic Railroad, has extended the distance
of the running Cars, five miles this side of
Oothcaloga. Its present terminus is at Re-
saca, on this side of the High-Tower river.
* We understand that the Iron for the com
pletion of the Road up to Dalton, (Cross
Plains) has arrived in Charleston, and the
work will he vigorously pushed forward.
\ Chattanooga Gazette.
* Specie. The whole amouut received in
the L nited States from Europe since the 1st
of January, is a little short of ten millions
i; of dollars. The Yorkshire arrived at New
b York on the 2d inst., brought 3250,000.
ability.^ TVieir friends in Mexico do not ex- j ( ieac ] g —that he has sold the battles of Buena
Vista and Cerro Gordo for a consideration
they aie equally confident, and in proof they
are eternally talking about the $3,000,000.
They do not understand why it was that
President Polk allowed him to pass freely
into Vera Cruz from Havana, unless there
was bribery and corruption at the bottom —
the idea that our troops are a whit better
press that opinion, we dare say; they have
felt the effects of the vigor and activity of
our government, and have no reason for
doubt on that point.
In view of this whole matter, we unhesi
tatingly declare our belief that no adminis
tration in this country, no government in
the world, under similar circumstances, ev-
feat of Cerro Gordo,] from which it ap
pears that Providence is not willing to fill
the enp of our bitterness entirely to the
briin!” This is entirely too good to be
lost.
J VLAPA, Mexico, April 28, 1S47.
The diiigencia came in this morning from
Perote, but from no point on the other side,
as the Governor of Puebla has ordered it to
cease running this way. Passengers came
through, however, biinging papeis aud ver
bal news, and in as concise a form as possi
ble I will give you the amount of the intel
ligence.
Among other rumors brought by passen
gers, is one to the effect that Mi. Bankhead,
the British Minister, has renewed his of
fers of mediation between Mexico and the
United Slates, and that when the last diii
gencia left the city of Mexico the Congress
was acting upon his propositions, whatever
they may have been. Notwithstanding the
fixed and denunciatory tones of the public
press, there is certainly a peace party in
Mexico, and there may be something in this
report of English intervention in the dis
tracted affairs of Mexico.
A paper published at Puebla on the 24th
inst.. La Vcrdad Demonstrada, came to
hand to-day. I could only obtain the paper
for a short time, but long enough to see that
the fierce wrath of the editor was fairly
boiling over. He denounces the Yankees,
he denounces every body that will not turn
to and help him to denounce them. He pre
tends that there is a party in Mexico, head
ed by Rejon and Gomez Farias, who are
for selling the great Mexican Republic to
tiie North American vandals. The follow
ing is a translation of a short article in La
Yerdad Demonstrada, which is given as a
specimen of the editor’s thunder:
“ By private letters we learn that the ini
quitous Puros [the party of Farias, who ate
the Republicans or ultra Democrats] are
anxious to raise another pronunciamento,
and proclaim a union with the abhorred
Yankees. Farias is at Toluda, (a city IS
leagues west of Mexico,) with the tiaitor
Alaquibel, preparing measures for the en
slavement of his country. Rejon is equal
ly hard at work at the city of Mexico. The
of mankind and the invention of letter- wri
ters, but a book is a dull reality, a fixed
fact, a naked and defenceless victim, offer
ed up on the altar of the relentless deity of
criticism, There is an old Latin maxim to
the effect that, “the world flyeth, but the let
ter remaineth.” It is true, and it was no
doubt with reference to its truth and its ap
plication to just such cases as that ofthe he
ro, Gen. Waddy Thompson, that old Solo
mon said, “Oh, that mine enemy would
write a book.” If Gen. Thompson has en
emies, their direst hostility must no doubt,
be fully satisfied by his publication of the
work styled, “Recollections of Mexico.” A
weaker thing never was scribbled and dub-
some of their press-
unfurled the banner
of Henry Clay, others that of old Rough
and Ready; and others still by way of com
promise, have unfurled one, upon which is
inscribed Clay for President and Taylor for
Vice President. The old Hunkers tell
their spoilsmen that they ought not to be
deluded by the glare of military renown,
that consistency, gratitude and justice for-
The Supreme Government of that they should abandon the great em
bodiment of their principles. The latter
retoit, you can't elect Mr. Clay, you did as
well in 1S44, as you ever can. you must
go for Taylor, for he is available. It is im
possible in the present aspect of this alter
cation to predict what will be the result.
Lookers on as we are at this amusing farce,
we cannot but admire that feeling which
putilic necessity is tnat ot preserving a cen
tre of union to direct the national defence
1 with all the energy that circumstances de-
mand, and to avoid even the danger of a
J revolutionary power arising which might
; dissolve the National Union, destioy its in-
I stitutions, or consent to the dismemberment
of its territory, has determined to decree as
I folllows:
• Art. 1
the Union is authorized to dictate ail neces
sary measures for the purpose of carrying
en the war, defending the nationality ofthe
Republic, and saving the federal republican
form of government under which the nation
is constituted.
Art. 2.—The preceding article does not
authorize the Executive to make a peaco
with the L T nited States, conclude a negolia-. sympathizes with the fallen fortunes ofthe
lion with foreign powers nor dispose in
whole or in part, of the territory of the Re-
publ
f Ashland and which rejects an alli-
I ance with one, covered though he is with
i military glory, whose political sentiments
Art. 3.—Neither does it authorise him to are enveloped in cimmerian darkness, and
make contracts of colonization, impose pun
ishments, not confer any civil or military
lied a book. Although the Minister of our employments other than those whose ap-
Government at the court of Mexico, aud
therefore, possessing peculiar facilities for
obtaining correct information and taking
just views of the government, society and
pooplo of Mexico, there is not in the whole
300 pages of this pretentious production, a
single fact stated, or opinion expressed, or
character analyzed, or an event of history
illustrated, which have not been already
given to the world by previous letter-wri
ters, an.I are not contained in any of the al
manacs or elementary geographies and his
tories used in our public schools. The hero
of the story is Gen. YVaddy Thompson.—
11 is interviews with Bocanegra, his dinings-
out with Rejon, the balls of Gatina, and the
pic nic parties at which he was the chief
guest, and many little scenes got up by San
ta Anna, for the amusement of the wonder-
struck American; these subjects detailed in
an uneasy style, redolent of the House of
Representatives, and of vvcil-fumbled dic
tionaries of quotations, and of elegant ex
tracts, compose the web and woof, the trim
ming and gilding ofthe ex-Minister’s liter
ary effort. For a two year’s residence, this
is indeed a very meagre result.
From such a source, we expected a work
such as is in great demand in this country
—that would introduce us into the very
recesses of Mexican society, politics and
law. The interesting experiment of estab
lishing a republic among such a race; the
failure of the experiment, and the causes
thereof, the origin and objects of the par-
lies into which the people are divided; the
; pointmen.s are expressly entrusted to him
i by the constitution.
Art. 4.—Every agreement or treaty shall
be null and void which may be mad : be-
| tween the Government ofthe United States
and any authority whatever, which subverl-
wliose glory has been achieved in a war
which they have professed to regard as one
of infamy and injustice.
But it maj be asked, what champion will
be sent from the camp of the Democracy,
to meet the Goliah that shall be arrayed a-
gainst hirn? An answer to this question, is
at present beyond the ken of human com
prehension. One thing however, is certain.
ing the actual order of affairs, should set a-! whoever he may be, he will be one whose
side or take the place of the legally estab-
' lislied supreme powers of the Union.
Art. 5.—Every individual is declared a
traitor let him be a private person, or pub
lic functionary, who, either in his private ca
pacity, or invested with any authority,
incompetent or of revolutionary origin,
may enter into treaties with the United
States of America.
Art. 6.—In the event that the actual
Congress finds its impossible to continue its
sessions, a permanent committee shall be
armor is the simple sling, with which their
late champion, now their honored President,
achieved his victory; in other words, lie will
he one, who is thoroughly identified with
them in all their cherished principles. Dem
ocrats of Georgia, will not sever themselves
from the family of the Union, unless driven
from it by stern necessity. If it shall select
as its champion one whom they can sustain
consistently with thoir rights, their inter
ests arid their principles, they will ebeer-
fully rally around his standard and valiantly
immediately installed, tube composed of battle in his service; if otherwise, they will
the oldest individuals then found present do the best they can, whenever the emer-
of each denomination.
Art. 7.—This committee, in the absence
of Congress, shall perform the duties of a
Government Council; shall appoint, in case
gency shall be presented.
Whig; Consistency.
The YV T higs aver that the Y\ r ar is the
ofv a cancv,"the person who'isTo lake cfcaree j resident’s 'var-but their representatives
r. . ^ _ P 1 cn oirm u viitpH that if iva< “hrniiffht i
, -i c.l t? c .l 1 solemnly voted that it was “brought on by
temporarily ofthe Executive powers of the , J r „ , n , 5 ., . • d
- r - - - - r - the act of Mexico. Iheyaver, that it is
Republic; shall regulate the counting and
taking of the votes in the election of a new
President; shall give possession to the elect- j
ed person,aud shall call together the nation
al representation.
Art. S.—The' powers which the present
decree conferon the Government shall cease
as soon as the war is concluded.
Such is about the amount of the proceed-
an aggressive war—but their representa
tives boast that they have voted for all the
money and men asked to carry it on. They
aver that it is unconstitutional—but they
rejoice over its triumphs and consequently
over the violations ofthe constitution.
They aver that it is unjust and infamous,—
yet for his success in the perpetration of in-
iy nuiu ai w.ia o. me cuy * uc nes into wtitcn tne people are divided; the Such is aoout tne amount or me proceed- r , . _ . * • , . ,
valiant soldiers of the battalion of Hidalgo character and end of their various revolu- ; in c*s of the meeting of the Mexican Con- J ustlce aiK 111 an3 Ji 1 '^y , wl ® ° ma 1
.1 .i i... i_... >L.. . , . . o . _ . . hprn l-VfaciHfant «-»r nitPi
er exhibited greater energy, vigor, ability, than lheirSf or that thev can whi lh
and patriotism, than have characterized the ! - - - - -
administration of President Polk in the
management of the Mexican war.
From the N. H. Patriot, anil State Gazette.
MASSACHUSETTS PATRIOTISM.
The federalists ofthe Massachusetts Legislature a-
dopted the following false, infamous and treasonable
resolutions:—
Resolves concerning the Mexican War, and the in-
stitntion of Slavery.
Resolved, That the present vrar with Mexico has
its primary origin in the unconstitutional annexation
to the United States of the foreign State of Texas,
that it was constitutionally commenced by the order
of the President, to Gen. Taylor, to take military pos
session ofthe territory in dispute between the United
States and Mexico, and in the occupation of Mexico;
and that it is now waged—by a powerful nation n-
gainst a weak neighbor—onneessarily and without
just cause, at an immense cost of treasure and life,
for the dismemberment of Mexico, and for the con
quest of a portion of her territory from which slave
ry has already been excluded, with the triple object of
extending slavery, or strengthening the “Slave Pow
er. and of obtaining the control of the Free States
under the Constitution ofthe United States.
Resulted, That such a war of conquest, so hateful
in its objects, so wanton, unjust and unconstitutional
, in its origin and character, must be regarded as a war
against freedom, against humanity, against justice, a-
gainst the Union, against the Consttitution and
against the free States; and that a regard for the true
interests and the highest honor of the country, not less
than the impulses of Christian duty, should arouse all
good citizens tojoin in efforts to arrest this war, and
in every just way aiding Ihe country to retire from
tlie position ofaggression which it now occupies to
wards a weak, distracted neighbor and sisterrepublie.
Resoloed, That our attention is directed anew to
the 'wrong anil enormity” ofslavery, as displayed in
the history of the country, paiticularly in the atisexa-
ation of Texas and the present war with Mexico: and
that we are impressed with the unalterable conviction
that a regard for the fair fame of our country, for the
the principles of morals and for that righteousness
which exalteth a nation, sanctions and requirea all
constitutional efforts for the destruction of the unjust
to one, when postod behind bat
teries, has never entered their heads—and
hence, as a better excuse than none, there
are many of them who say that they have
been sold by the “ Hero of Tampico.”
Again, there are doubtless many—perhaps
the larger portion—who have lost all con
fidence, either in his honesty or bravery ;
and although they may not desire a peace
with us, they are still anxious to get rid of
the tyrant on any tetms. Such is the state
of feeling here in Jalapa.
Gen. YVoith still remains at Perote, where
lie has near 2500 men. Col. Martin Scott,
with the 5lh Infantry, arrived last evening
from Vera C:uz, and will proceed to join
Gen. Worth.
P. S.—Important! 10 o'clock, A. M.—
The diiigencia or stage-coach is just in from
the city of Mexico, from whence we have
received papers up to the 226 inst. The
news of the terrible defeat at Cerro Gordo
had reached the capital, and while it aston
ished and overwhelmed all classes, the tone
arrested him the other day, but the Govern
ment lias placed him at liberty.
“ The cunning dissimulator Senor Ibarra,
venomous as a reptile, crawls forth obscure
ly from his lurking place to-day, in order
that to-rnoriow lie may plant his malignant
teeth in the vitals of the Republic. All
those spurious Mexicans wish to assassinate
their country. Impious ones! May the an
ger of God confound, and the popular in
dignation exterminate them!
tions; and a thousand other subjects, of | grets, held immediately after tlie news had
gieat interest lo our research and philosoph
ical remark. But General Thompson!
did not think these matters of as much in
terest to the public as the gossipping chit-
reaciied the capital of the disastrous defeat
of Cerro Gordo. The editor of El Repub-;
licano in speaking of this extraordinary ses- j
sion, in his paper of the 21st April, says that
chat and twaddling dinner parties in which I “to the honor of the legislative body it ought
he was the chief actor. One thing, howev
er, is very obvious in this book, and that is,
if Gen. Thompson, did not understand the
Mexicans, they thoroughly understood him.
From the time he first blazed out beforo
Long live independence and liberty! Off the Mexicans at the Capital, in a grand dis-
with the heads of the vile traitors! May
they die, to wash out with their blood the
infamy, they would bring upon this poor
nation! And let us all prepare for a uni
versal uprising, which, like an electric fire,
will consume and devour the Yankees.”
El Monitor Re/ ublirano of the 21st inst.
contains General Taylor's address to the in
habitants of Tamaulipas, Nueva Leon and
Coahuila, in relation lo the outrages com
mitted by Urrea. The editor contends that
ali Urrea’s acts were honorable and legiti
mate, alludes to the bombardment of Y r era
Cruz as an offset to any acts of the Mexi-
play of diplomatic determination and of
sounding fury, elicited by the tefusal of
the Mexican Government to release the
prisoners at Santa Fe, the astute Mexicans
understood him, and acted accordingly.—
Santa Anna, particularly, fromthe very
beginning of his acquaintance perceiving
his weak points, and by the application
of a little of the sovereign balm ol flattery,
succeeded not only in appeasing the fierce
resentments of the little General, but in ac
tually making him believe that be was one
of the greatest patriots that ever lived.
Some very amusing scenes are related by
to be observed, that yesterday more than
eighty members assembled, and that no oth
er than sentiments of patriotism were heard
expressed. May the common danger thus j pe nple are resj ending to the late requisi-
unite all Mexicans, and cause to disappear j tion of thc Secretary of YV’ar.
even the names of our sad dissensions.” — -
hero, President of the United States.
They aver that the President caused it,
by sending Gen. Taylor to the Rio Grande
—yet when it is proven that Gen. Taylor
advised the order, he in their estirnatioa is
worthy of all piaise and the President of
the bitterest execrations.
Georgia Volunteers.
We are gratified to perceive, that the
Santa Anna boasted very much in
Jalapa, and said that he would not only
whip the Americans, but that lie would nev
er call off his men from the pursuit until he
had driven us into the sea. Alas, the se
quel. Cerro Gordo, he said, was intended
by nature as a defence against all those who ^
attempted to overrun the Republic,^ and if complete has been formed, which
The company of mounted men has been
raised in Newton county, received by the
Governor, and ordered to rendezvous at
Columbus. The company is commanded
by Capt. Doyal.
A company from Murray, called tne
Coosawattee Mountaineers, has reported it
self complete.
In Baker county a company of Infantry
cans which may be construed into atroci- j theGeneral asillusttative of tlie lofty charac
ties, and speaks openly of the barbarities oi ter ofSanta Anna. TheGeneral and the Mex-
of the papers, of the public men, and of the j Scott and the despotism of Taylor. [Las- jean President are closeted together, engag
Congress itself, would also show that it e—« - -.7 j.l ,• • » 7 ”' * -'
has served to inflame the people still more
against the United States. Anaya has been
appointed provisional President, I believe,
and has been gifted with full powers on eve
ry point except that in relation to making
peace with the United States—this no one
thinks of. Congress, in extraordinary ses
sion, have even declared any one a traitor
who talks of peace. The editor of El Re-
publicano says that we may take Puebla,
that we may even capture the city of Mexi
co, but that there must be no peace. The
duty of the people is to eee their cities sack-
barbaridades de Scott y el despolismo de ' ed in friendly and confidential conversation
Taylor.] I have no time to send you a when a messenger from Vera Cruz enters,
I translation, for the article is very loner, but i with the announcement of some outrage
| cannot say that the editor handles his sub- ' .....
! ject very ingeniously.
It is difficult sending to Vera Cruz since
perpetrated, or some unjust demand made by
a foreign power. Santa Anna leaps up, pirou
ettes around the room on his wooden leg.
the outrages commenced upon the roads. I j seizes an imaginary sword, upsets the ta
think I shall send you a package of letters ble, and swear? he will die before be yields
and papers to morrow by stage, however, to such unjust demands. Thereupon, Gen.
although I may wait for a regular wagon YVaddy Thompson falls into ecstasies over
train* Yours. &c. G. W. R.. the Roman patriotism ofthe President.—
There is ouly one thing necessary to com
plete this picture and that is, for Santa An
na to apply the thnmb of his dexter hand
Santa Anna it ia said, was born at San Juan de
Rio, about 1804, and is the son of an exiled Spanish
nobleman.
the Americans were not beaten back from | )ag e ] eu t e J Thomas YValker as their Cap-
that point, it would be useless to oppose ,. ; n all( j \v m (| Campbell and YY’m. H.
further obstacles to their advance. This he V/ood, 1st and 2d Lieutenants. In Harris,
said in Jalapa, on the eve of departure for! Muscogee and othercounties, efforts are be-
the scene of action. But, to wheedle lb« made> an j which promise to be success
people, in bis usual style he now excuses j f u f_ to or g an i ze additional companies
himself by saying that he was n. t prepared
—that the action commenced much sooner
than he expected—and that his defences
were not completed.—Delta.
Mr. Maffit Deposed.—The Rev. J. N.
Maffit, against whom grave charges havo
been preferred, has had his hearing before
the Conference of the Methodist Church,
and the result is, that he has been deposed
from the ministry and cut off from church
fellowship. The decision and sentence of
the conference properly certified by Bishop
Janes, have been read in all the New \ork
city Methodist churches, none but the mem
bers being present.
There can be but little doubt that tb®
battalion will soon be complete.
{pJ=*On the night of Friday the 7th inst.,
the Court House at YJenna, Dooly county,
was consumed by fire, together with nearly
all the Books of the respective offices and
the public records. On the day preceding’
some $11,000 had been deposited in tne
Sheriff's office. The fire it is said, was - ®
act of an incendiary, and the possession 01
the money, his object.
Q5=» Hon. R. B. Rhett of South Carolina,
has declined being a candidate for Lon
gress, at the ensuing election.