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A Matrimonial Adventure.—A remarka
ble stoi y which is vouched for as absolutely
true in relation to the discovery of a long-
lost wife, is told in a late Scotch paper, the
Post of Glasgow. The Adelphi Theatre in
that city was open, and that pleasant play
the “Battle of Sedgemoor” was in course of
performance. Afavotite actress, Mrs. De
Bourgh, was upon the stage supporting ono
of the characters, when a tall, military -titan
in one of'the stage boxes, gazed wildly a-
bout him, and starting up from his seat,
loudly exclaimed “My wife; by Heaven!
my Eiiza!” Of course, astonishment and
excitement ensued, and an explanation took
place, which resulted in the discovery, that
the gentleman was a Lieutenant Lewis,
and that he was in truth the lardy’s hus
band. He had been on foreign service for
many years, and was now accompanied by
the lady’s son, a fine fellow of two and
twenty. Each believing the other dead,
the lady had married a Mr. De Bourgh,
who had been dead about eighteen months.
Soon after this meeting, a most agreeable
denouement took place, for the re united
and happy pair, availed themselves again
of the benefit of clergy, and no objections
being made by church or State, these two
persons, whom the fortunes of war had put
asunder, were re married in the presence
of a large body of rejoicing friends.
Knowledge and Ignorance.—Knowledge
and ignorance generally go together. Self-
sufficiency and ignorance are twin sisters.
The boughs of the tree which -contain the
most fruit bend towards the earth. The
meagre blanches wave and flutter most in
the breeze. The tipen-ed ear of grain is al
ways bowed, while the empty stalk peers
far above it.
If you have a mind stored with true
knowledge, you will never be vain. You
will hesitate to obtrude your advice or opin
ion.
Have you an empty head? It wiil be al
ways lifted up. You will cut quite a dash
in the world, and appear to those who only
see you from a distance, as a man of conse-
quetiDce.
We have all seen the .effect of a little
knowledge, coupled with a great deal of
brass. It is apparent in our debating soci
eties and our caucuses. It is prominent at
the corners of our streets, and wherever
there is a small gathering. True knowl
edge and humility pass on, while bombastic
ignorance stops to blubber and show off.
From the New Orleans Picayune 13th instant.
American Prisoners in Mexico-
Letter from Major Gaines—The Encarna-
tion Prisoners—Mexican Gratitude—
Route from Saltillo to Mexico, Sfc.
When Gen. La Vega left New Orleans,
where he had been treated rather as the
guest of the city than the captive of our
arms, he expressed the hope that at some
future lime he might be able to requite the
hospitality so liberally lavished upon him.—
He brought with him from the field of bat
tle a letter of credit from General Taylor,
whose sympathies for a fallen foe impelled
him to arm him against the additional ca
lamity of want in a strange land. Whilst
here, he was feasted with a prodigality that
has not been shown any of our own officers
returning from these wars. He was scarce
allowed to feel the durance of a military
parole; but was free to go where he listed
throughout the land. When about to re
turn to Mexico he gave public thanks for
the consideration that was shown him, and
From the New Orleans Delta.
KEARNEY AND DONIPHAN.
The more we read of the expeditions of
Kearney and Doniphan, the more our won
der and admiration is excited, by the re
flection of how great must have been their
trials.
The former, after accomplishing an ex
traordinary march across the great western
desert, of a thousand miles, arrives in the
populous and hostile State of New Mexico-
He succeeds in overcoming all opposition
to our arms, takes possession of the coun
try, establishes order and law within its
limits. When he finishes these great labors,
in obedience to the orders of his govern
ment, he star's in midwinter, to make a
journey across an unknown and desolate
country of two thousand miles in extent,
with a few dragoons, and most limited
means. For mouths and mouths, they buf
fet the thousand perils and hardships of
travel in a rugged wilderness—gradually
their horses sicken and die—their supplies
From tbe Charleston Mercury.
MR. CALHOUN AND HiS FRIENDS.
There are many wild speculations as to the coorse
of Mr Cuihoun and his friends in the coming elec
tion. We think it is now, with him and them, pre
cisely as it was in the canvass of 1844, ana at all times
previous. He never has been a candidate seeking
office. His fame and his usefulness are of higher
consideration than the Presidency. He has ever
spurned it. if to be obtained from aoy source other
[ Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. ] I
WASHINGTON, May 16. *
The Mexican trophies brought to this port by Col.
Bankhead, at the direction ofG8D. Scott, were exhib
ited yesterday in front of the war office, and were
viewed by a great throng of people.
They consist only of flags taken from VeraCruz
and the Castle, and are sorry looking things, though
exhibiting proofs of some service.
The flag that waved over the Castle is the only one
that affords intrinsic evidence that it was not defend-
than the free spontaneous gift oWlie people. It is e j This is a large flag, some eighteen feet by twelve,
his well known repugnance to the machinery which ' ^|| the flags are tri colored, or exhibit the Mexican
cheats their wishes, and imposes on them the creature j arlns —th e eagle and snake, and the prickly pear. The
of organized interests, that has drawn dowu upon
him denunciations heretofore, and which are still con
tinued.
Now, as then, they who live on the spoils, tnisrep-
all of us believed that lie would remember fail—water grows scarce—bitter cold be
I their kind offices for the good ot such A- - num bs the limbs of the men—the savages
met icans as might fall into the hands of the ,| og theix- steps and harrass their march-
enemy. ^ [hunger oveitakes them—their animals of
These expectations have not been fulfill- j l, ur <len eagerly devoured—even vermin,
j ed. He has forgotten what it behooved a j fihhy and noxious animals are grateful food
j soldier trTremember, and has been unmind- j to t | le i f famished mouths. But undaunted
j ful of his obligation when occasion ohered j and unshaken, that brave band pushes on its
j for its redemption. \\ e have before us a j course , and their veteran commander is
letter from Major Gaines, dated the 3d of j f ore most in the march. And now, when
April, in the donjon keep of the castle of fh mriefs and fortitude have conquered the
flag of the main bastion of the city has some shot holes,
and the battalion and company flags are much tat
tered.
... These are not the only trophies that are to be sent
resent and falsify him. Now, as then, they assail his i to the city. Some of the Mexican and Spanish, brass
friends, who have been cut down wherever the re- ! anc i bronze cannon, are expected. In the war de-
leniless rage and hatred of the Organ could influence ; partn.ent arc some trophies of the actions on the Rio
to this insane course. He is a Democrat in princi- i (jrande; but we have none of Monterey and Buena
! pie, a patirot of blameless purity: and they, profess- i \*istii.
j ing to honor talent, fidelity to principle, and public j There is no longer any doubt that a much greater
I spirit, neglect and asperse him. and set him aside, an- j number of volunteers can be readily obtained, forthe
; til adversity chastens into good sense, and his emi- vvhole term of the war, than will be necessary to take
| netit abilities are necessary to restore the Party to j t f, e places of those whose term is about to expire.
| power and respectability. Let Georgia, particularly j The enthusiasm for the service is increasing in this
• beware of the fate that Ritchieism has brought upon J portion of the country. A brigade has been offered
I Virginia. We deplore the result of that unhappy in- j f rom Maryland and accepted. This will be a well of-
j diligence of vindictive passion which contributed, by fi cer ed and fine corps, and will be under the com-
! its unsparing ostracism and personal resentment, to man( j G f Gen. T. Spear Smith.
j that termination. Again we say. that, while we de- — ~ ~—
' pin re it in deep sorrow, we feel that on us and our The Recruiting Service,— I lie Washington Luton
friends its sin rests not. I contaios a return from the War Office of the nuin-
VVhat may be the course of Mr. Calhoun and his ; her of companies concentrated at Pointy Isabel, or
1 friends, in reference to the Presidency, we presume j en route to Ve
II depend on contingencies not} el developed. We
Cruz. The number of companies
is 62. and their aggregate strength 5315. The Union
estimates that there are now some 7000 of the new
levies en route for the scat of war, or will he so in all
the month of May—from 5000 to 6000 of whom should
reach their destination by the last of that month.
What the Mexk
tional Intelligencer s
had in View.—The Na-
letters from Mexico state
Santiago, where he and his comrades had
j pen!
d obstacles of Nature, and just as
I been immured since the 27th of February, 'these suffering soldiers approach the long
t without being allowed to breathe the free hoped for end of their journey, as they
| air of heaven. During a portion of this | emerge into the smiling valleys of lovely
time, Gen. La Vega was military command- California, they are met by a fierce and
! ant of the city of Mexico; and he not only I superior force of their human foes, with
! did not extend them the privileges of a pa-■ vv | 10 m, though exhausted by fatigue, hun-
; role which is seldom denied a ptisonei ot g(?r alld suffering, they fight several severe
| war, but he took no heed of their distresses ; g aIt i eSj i n which they come off victorious,
nor gave a thought to their comfoit. 1 his j and add new chaplets to the wreath of our
j is Mexican gratitude. Our generals m.c
! permitted armies, officers and men to go
i their way upon parole, whilst such of our
j soldiers as have fallen into their hands are
I kept in iron cages. Midshipman Rodgers
j has been hurried from prison to prison in
: advance of our army—this is what is re-
It has been remarked by some eminent
writer, that in forming a settlement, the first
action of the French is to build a fort; of
the Spanish, a church; and the English, a
grog shop. We have no doubt that were
the habits of Americans in the same partic
ular to be recorded, it would be found, that
their first deed would he the establishment
of a newspaper. We were forcibly remind
ed of this propensity of Americanism, by
hearing from undoubted authority that
scarcely had our victorious troops taken
possession of the city of Chihuahua, than
they established in that place an American
newspaper. We have not, ourselves, seen
any number of it, hut vve are formed that
several have been already received in Sal
tillo. We are told, also, that one of the
companies of the Massachusetts regiment
has brought with it a pr inting press, from
which they issue a daily paper, containing
the current news of camp. Newspaper
reading has become with the Americans a
passion, and to this, perhaps, is owing the
great influence which the Press exerts in
the affairs of our country. Indeed, through
out the whole world the influence of the
Press, whether for good or for evil, is of
paramount importance.
[ American Pioueer, (Mixico.)
PROMOTION.
After a portion of the troops had landed
on the hoaoti near Vera Cruz, on the night
of the 9th March, a body of the enemy com
menced a brisk fire of small arms into the
encampment. Of course all hands were on
the qvi rive, expecting the Mexicans would
make some demonstration upon our lines
during the night, and when the firing com
menced, concluded there was about to he a
general attack. The lines were soon form
ed and not a word could be heard from the
soldiery, but there was a negro who kept
running from one little point of a hill to a-
uother apparently in a state of great excite-
meut. He finally laid himself flat on his
face, at full-length, and commenced .work
ing himself into the soft sand with a good
deal of energy. On being asked what he
was about? he replied.
“I is ’fraid some oh dem ’ere copper falls
will put a stop to me drawiti' my rashuis.”
“Why,” asked the party speaking to him
“don’t you get up and fight them!”
“No sir-ree!” iie said, “dal’s my massa's
part of de bizness; he done been to West-
point; where dey makes lightin' people to
learn dat, and you don’t ketch dis nigger
meddlin’ hissef wid odder people’s bizness.
My massa does de fightin’ an’ I waits on
him, an’nusses him. If he gets wounded
we gets promoted.”
“You get promoted what good will his
promotion do you!" inquired the individual.
“Oh, dat question is been settled long
time ago in uese parts down here; a color
ed gemtnen what waits on a kurnel always
outranks one dat waits on a capten, an’ de
way we colored getnmen reg’lurs makes
dese volunteer niggers squat is a caution to
white folks.”
An immense public meeting was held in the city of
London on the 24th iih., at which the following leso-
lution was adopted unanimously, and with !oud
cheering:
That overpowered with heartfelt gratitutde a: the
prompt, decisive and energetic benevolence of the
people of the United Slates of America, in their spon
taneous and unsolicited aid to the poor peasantry of
Ireland, we feel language to be inadequate to give
expression to our gratitude to that noble and inde
pendent people; betokening, as it does, to the nat oris
of the earth, whether afflicted by distress causec by
providential calamities or internal impolicy, that there
is a great and magnanimous people on our globe,
ever ready with hope, succor and consolation in the
hourjof need, calling forth the overjoyed thanks of this
meeting, the lasting gratitude of Ireland, and the ad
miration of the world.’
national glory.
Not less glorious, nor less trying, was tlie
masterly march of Doniphan down the val
ley of the liio Grande. This citizen com
mander of citizen soldiers, leaves the town
of Santa Fe with a small force, and scant
supplies, and passing over many a dreary
| ported of him; but vve shall be glad to know , desert, an( ] deep snows, penetrates a thick-
! l ^at ty h as not been hurried to a ptison- ]y se tHed country of the enemy, and cutoff
I house from which there is no release whilst ft om a ]| reinforcements, and drawing his
, time lasts. W hen Gen. La V e^a was last • supplies from the country through which he
heard from, though again a prisoner, he \ p asse&> fearlessly marches on against every
i was disporting himself in > era Cruz like ( ,Lstacle, meets the enemy and overcomes
| any other man Gen. 1 aylor arranged for , him> in two pitched battles, and with flying
the exchange of Gaines, Borland, Clay and , co h>rs enters their largest town in the north,
! olhers - ^ h y are the y « ot given up] And • an(1 lhere establishes his order and law.—
I why are not hostages taken for their safe , A „ lhis was accomp li s hed with raw volun-
live rapidly in times like the present. Events crowd
1 upon us, and questions and issues come and go in
’ such quick succession, that it would be unsafe to say
j to-day, what should be the ruling consideration for
, action to-inorrow. But of one thing, all may be assu-
; red—and in saying this be it understood that we go
on no authority bevond onr own responsibility, and , , ., , _ . , _ _
protend to no other sources for our speculations, than , l! ,al pl fl,ls were laid before the battle of Buena \ ista
i our ow n judgment—and that is. that in no event, will . f° r a general rising of the Mexicans in the captured
they surrender their principles,or their preferences. [ places, to act in concert with Santa Annas strong
i to intimidation or flattery; nor give up the control of | 2? va J r ^’ ^° a c , e ’ a ^ r t * i# l J alter iat * ( ! L ’ (n,e( l General
' their own independent action, to any power which I Taylor. A letter from Matarnoros. from a menber of
' may use it against the right of popular election, or j 'he Massachusetts regiment, says:
' lor the perpetration of fraud* on popular sovereignty, [ “ Lie wife of a Mexican who was concerned in
I and the re-construclion of that hidden machinery, i J hc affair disclosed a few days ago that a list ol eighty
which, unseen and irresponsible, cheats the freemen Americans, residing If re, had been made out, and
of this Country of their privileges, and makes them * they were to be massacred in cold blood. I had this
the tools and slaves of ffunkerism and the seekers ! If 01 ? Capt. Shannon, whose name was third on the
• spoil. i I* 8 ** * ________________
| Whether Mr. Calhoun or General Taylor is to be | Cairns.-From a statement published in the Jeff
j tbe sword of Gideon m this holy war lor the real in- j rersonii „, of the , 9th inst „ it a pp ears , b nt the amount
' dependence of the people or some other is to be sin- of Colton shipped from that place hv the Macon and
gled out as onr deliverer, we know not; but we do Western Rail Road, from the 1st September last,
know that we shall follow neither, nor any other, wag gj 790 bales
I without satisfactory evidence of sound and safe prin-
! ciples.
Mr. Calhoun is all we desire, and onr entire choice.
Of Geu. Taylor, we only know that he is an unpre
tending, able and victorious soldier. What his opin
ions are on the great questions of constitutional con
troversy—the Tariff Bank, and Internal Improve-
1 nicnts. we know not. One says lie is a Whig, and
another declares he is a Democrat,—phrases in these
times of very capacious latitude
delivery!
We have been betrayed into these re-
teers, who have not received a cent pay for
a whole year, who arc almost naked, and
1 ma, ks fVo,n . reflections which the date of destitute of all the comforts and
I the letter or Major Gaines suggested. It
is addressed to his brother ia this place and
is much occupied with private rnatters.-
necessartes
From the Columbus Times.
AS HONEST CONFESSION.
of life, and who are more than two thousand
miles from their homes. But, not content
with these extraordinary achievements, this
We make such extracts as may be of pub- „ ant offiee * r . hearing that his brethren in
he interest;
arms, more than a thousand miles off, are
I surrounded by the enemy, and in great per-
C&stle or Santiago, ?
City of .Mexico, April 3 J
Dear Brother—I have written you frequently since , il, resumes his weary march, and is now
I became a prisoner of war. My former letter relat pressing on to their relief. The very next
ed to1 business almost exclusively » • - arrival will no doubt proclaim the entire
I shall now speak a little 01 Mexico and Mexicans. i ;
From Saltillo to Ague Nueva is eight leagues, and success or this unparallelleu enterprise,
here there is fine water. Thence to San Juan de
Vettago, one hundred and fifty miles, there is no wa
ter, except in tanks and wells. The tanks are built
of earth and cemented and filled in the wet season;
but may be easily emptied by opening the bottoms.
The wells can be readily ruined by throwing in dead
animals. Hence the almost impossibility of an in
vading army marching through the country is also
very unproductive on account of the scarcity of wa-
; ter, it being impossible to irrigate to any extent from 1 upon the conquerors of nature, of famine,
tanks and wells, and agriculture cannot be pro seen t- of cold and nakedness, as well as of a fierce
Who then, in contemplating these dis
plays of courage, of firmness and fortitude,
will suffer his mind and heart to be beguiled
from the due admiration and applause of
deeds so full of heroism, by the more showy
and brilliant achievements on the battle
field. Who will bestow a stinted homage
MR. CLAY—GEN - TAYLOR.
“There is a division of sentiment uming the Whigs,
in reference to the above distinguished gentlemen, in
connection with the Presidency in 1848. We pre
sume there can he no doubt that a majority would pre
fer Mr. Clay, if it were believed that his chances for
•uccess ice.rz as good as Gen. Taylor's
[Chronicle &• Sentinel, May I. , . . . , „
The above contains the germ of the philosophy of ^ P e, . ,cc t0 -1 P e P c ® < J. n American aM( j H || other dei
Whig affection for Gen. Taylor. They preferAflay, ! Crl P l . ,on ?' th , e following day better accounts were
because they know that all Mr. Clay’s principles and i rece , ,ve d \ ron ' London as to the state of the money
feelings are pledged to the revival of the Federal | market, which gave an unproved tone to the cotton
measures which the American people, have just
“vomited from the National stomach," to-wii: High
Tariff, monster Bank, and all the other adjuncts of a
centralization of power at Washington, to the preju
dice of State Rights. But while preferring Mr. Clay,
on accouutof his principles, they will take Gen. Taylor
ed without copious irrigation in consequence of the
i length of the drouglhs.
From San Juan de Venagasto Matehuala istwen-
ty four miles. This town is situated in a ruining dis- i
trict and contains sixteen thousand inhabitants. From ;
this place to San Luis Potosi there is a tolerably good j
supply ol water. The country presents a beautiful
and formidable human foe?
From the N. Orleans Courier 13th inst.
GENERAL TAYLOR.
The Picayune wants to be gladdened by
! level plain, bounded by rugged, barren mountains — 1 news of General Taylor beinor reinforced
The ueople are poor, miserable, and stupid. The r . ° i
country is going to decay, evidences of which are b J tW0 . 8ol ' i,ers f °‘ e 7 er ?„ 0 " e wllOSe ,erm
seen at every step. This has been the case from the service has expired. \\ ell, we refer the
time of the revolution—some, indeed, say, from as : Picayune to the Bulletin of this morning
far back as the invasion of Cortez. | which states that Gen. Cathvalader has at
San Luis Fotosi isa beautiful town with some sue- ] r>, , rm _ c., ,
ty thousand people. W’e arrived there on the 5th ^ a < Alto I«>00 men or the new levies,
of February and left the 15th. We passed a number u hom he is drilling and instructing in their
of small towns containing from three to eight thou- -exercises. Further to enliven the amiable
i sand peop!e, and arrived at Qneretaro OB the2lst. T ; edilo ,. 3 of lhe Picayune, we refer them to
Tins city I had never heard of before. It is the hand- . .... J ,
I somest I had seen,and its reported population varied 1 klelta ol this morning, which gives the
names and force of the corps now encamp
ed at the Carrollton Course amounting; to
about 1800 men. Here are 2S00 men
ready to join Gen. Taylor, and they are
more than enough to fill the places of all the
volunteers now under his command, whose
.they said, but as we found out. to save terms of enlistment are about to expire. In
i. as not knowing which party was upper- — _ •
from thirty to seventy thousand souls. The build-
, ings are truly superb and the aqueduct, which sup
plies the ciiy with water, is indeed magnificent.
We reached the vicinity of this place (Mexico) on
the 27th. when our conductors, learning that the civ
il war had broken ont, detained us at a point three
leagues otf, for a day and a half—to preserve us from
the tnob i
themselves*, us uui iwiowiug which puny wus upper- , . . , • /~r ,\ ,
most, they did not know to which they belonged.— 1 addition, to these, there is Capt. Duperu s
We reached the castle at midnight and were smug- i company of dragoons, upwards of 100
: gled into it with great privacy. A few moments af- ( strong, the company of dragoons corn
ier we entered an alarm was raised by the discharge 1 1 1 n ► rt i 3 , , .
1 of four guns in rapid succession. We heard some , ty Ca P r - Hagan; and several ship
, one say four men were killed and ten had escape'!, loads of troops who have departed from this
i We now ascertained that we were lodged in a pris- place within the last ten days, leaving out
ot containing two hundred convicted felons. The 0 f t l, e question the many companies which
escape made it necessary to change their cells, and , * . J . . r , ,
they were brought ont and passed through the yard 1 " a ' e tunved hete within the last week, and
where we were, chained two and two, and placed in now encamped at Carrollton. Then again
saferdungeons , there-is the Virginia regiment of volunteers,
Tins nation, far as Government is concerned, lh Massachusetts regiment, the North Cat-
may he said to be {annihilated. They are without an .. . , 3 , * ,
army, money, or men capable of ruling. Santa An- °h ,,a regiment, and we know not how many
na himself is said to be superior to his countrymen (Other regiments, battalions, companies and
only in knowledge of the Mexican character and his S q U ad r0llS , which have lately reported to
ability in humbugging them. Whether a peace would ! r* „ „i .. i i- i
; follow the capture ofuiis city is extremely uncertain; j Gen ‘ 1 “y 1 ”'- and are , r ’ mv ut,Jer llls OI(lers
I amongst our friends here the opinion is it will not. j —sufficient, one would suppose, to make
i Gan. Scott having taken many prisoners at Vera | good our prediction that he will have two
Cruz we.are in daily expectation ofbeing exchang- soldiers to replace each one whose term of
i ed, in which case we will rejoin the army and proba- i • , .
bly return to the United States as soon as we would i sel x,ce w, ‘* shortly expue. '' e tfust this
I had vve never been captured. [Santa Anna appears j news will exhilirate the patriotic hearts of
. to be as forgetful as his friend La Vega, as it seems i our amiable brethren of the Picayune.
: . T ™r ■;« P»«;»S i".» •!.■» ci'y every
I I have writteu you severnHctters since my captivi- ^ a y ty hundreds, besides those which pro-
ly * * * Although in the city efMexi- i ceed it; almost equal numbers from New
col h .ve seen hut little of it—and that little through York, the Delavvate anil tbe Chesapeake,
. We troll gratings "J the castle of Santiago. Whether we i __ i i „r ,, , . t
shall be Indulged with a view of it offer our release I ? n< t \ L ’ e f ,,,e f n ° ther monl11 e,a P 3e 3. U is pro-
; know nut. I trust we shall. I bable the whole ten thousand authorized to
Four affectionate brother. i be raised by the act of Congress, will either
£NO. P. GAINES, j [, e i„ Mexico, or on the march thither.
for his glory, but to foist an unpopular and hopeless
minority party, w ith all their Federal sins, and anti
war and “aid and comfort” taints, upon their heads.
It isa most shameless and unprincipled proceeding,
and we have no doubt it will reap its reward.
The Whigs are “going it blind” in nil this business,
and we predict are laying up (rouble for themselve.
Let them see to it, that before the struggle is over,
they don’t have to t ike the “hack track" and unsay
all they have said in puffery of Gen. Taylor. They
know nothing yet of Gen. Taylor’s principles, nor of
his wishes. They doh’t know whether the invincible
old soldier, will trail his proud reputation in the dust
favorably felt, though without so far producing
much actual improvement. In Manchester, with
more confidence and facility in negotiating, we should
also, probably, see more business, as there is a rising
export demand, evidently checked and kept down by
these causes. As it is, every thing is exceedingly flat,
and but little doing. Several mills have totally clos
ed. and others reduced their w ork since our last.—
We fear much distress from the high prices of Pro
visions. and want of employment of the laboring clas
ses.
Flour Market.—There has been some fluctua
tion in the price of grain and flour during the month,
.f party, ir. n *r«t•cramblc for power. "They | h,,t prices nave now settled down at 40s. for Western
don’t Know what General Scott will do, or what his ' Uanal t lour, American wheat 10s 5d. to 11s 9d. and
friends will insist upon, after he shall have realized i white at 12s to 12 3d per bushel. Indian corn 51s to
: the American dream of “revelling in the Halls of the 52s; red 52s to 53s. During the last day or two wheat
Monteznmaa." They don’t know but that Scott will I has advanced 2d per /0 pounds; Western flour Is per
i yet he the Whig and “Old Zack" the Democratic, ; barrel, Philadelphia and Baltimore flour fid.
i people’s and war candidate Yet they are flying off" He relief which the Americans have sent to the
at a tangent, as if every thing was propitious; as if starving Irish has been the universal theme of eulogy
; there was no character and self-respect in Taylor to j Ireland, and of warm and generous sympathy in
' consult—no Clay or Scott to he appeased and dispos- j England.
| cd of, and above all, no triumphant Democratic par-! Money Market.—To-day the effect of the invest-
fy, numbering its million of voters to take a decided ’ °* Russian gold has been counteracted by ad-
hand in the game of 1848. ( vices from the continent raising the price of corn pro-
i digiouslv, and the entire stagnation of trade in. the
| manufacturing districts has also had its effect; consols
j declined one per cent in the course of the day, and
(t/^Tlte Cathedral at Puebla, Mexico,
is magnificently ornamented. The chande
liers and lamps which adorn it, are of mas
sive gold and silver, The building was
completed in 1808, and is said to have cast
$6,000,000. 1 he are ten chapels attached
to it—all richly decorated. Besides this,
there are other churches of magnitude and
great wealth.
U. S. Finances.—It appears from the
Monthly Statement of the Secretary of the
Treasury that there were on deposite in the
various Government depositories, &c., on
the 30th of April, subject to his draft
$5,041,450 13.
The Houston, Texas, Telegraph learns
that Mr. Meisenback, the agent of the Ger-
mau colonists, is extending the surveys of
the colony in the Camanche country, and
lias thus far been unmolested by the In
dians. They appear to be entirely satisfi
ed with tlie presents that he gave them re
cently, and their chiefs have agreed lo per
mit them to extend the survey to the San
Saba.
Maryland Volunteers.—The Baltimore ; - - ■■■■ ■
i Patriot learns, upon reliable authority, that 1 The Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist, in
the offer made by Gen. John Spear Smith : allusion to Gen. Taylor, remarks: “If his
j to the War Department, of the service of a his views on questions involving Slate
brigade of Volunteers from Maryland, to ! rights and constitutional construction are
i serve during the war, has been accented.— democrat irrespective of all present party
it is understood that the two regiments ' distinctions, and he will permit his name to
which are to compose this brigade will be be used tlie entire South will rally upon
i commanded, one by Gen. Tench Tilgh- him. The Wilmot Proviso has given the
! mans, of Talbot county, and the other by j South a very thorough awakening, and has
j Major James O. Law, of Baltimore. The inspired a general conviction at the South,
; brigade is to be commanded by Gen. Smith. I of the necessity of having a Southern candi-
\ Under such commanders the military char- | date. The Northern democrats are less in-
| acter of Maryland will be sure to be well imical to the South as to her constitutional
sustained.—Sac. Georgian. rights, upon this slave question. Many of
Electro-Magnetic Telegraph.-We are ' them ** S, ” J,,d ] ^ t,Ue to , ,. B “ l we
pleased to learn that a liberal and satisfac V? not d,s P°? ed u l ° reco f mrll f d » bllnd c ° n ’
tory arrangement has been concluded be- en V 6 ™’^ ter 1 e l v r T°Ti e "
, J . , r vL . . j lection some or them have exhibited. The
tween the contractor for the construction of „ r • . . ,,
:. u* r • j i i j most prudent policy in us perhaps would be.
the 1 eiegiaphic Line, and Col. Gadsden on ! f - - 1 r '
| the part of the Rail-road Company, to pass j Southern Fights/by placin^before^hem l
l the main line from Washington City to o •
New Orleans, on the Rail-road track. j f^theeman One th.ng.s very certain.
Col. Gadsden has already issued orders ^fltalno Northern candidate canget a
From lhe Boston Statesman.
i PARTIES AND THE PRESIDENCY. . , , ,
A writer in the Bristol County Demo- th ?" ,ar r ket . clo,ed , , ..
.. - , , J . , 1 he foreign events ol the fortnight are not ofstrik-
crat, in speaking of the obscutity in which ing interest. In Portugal the Junta still keep the
the issues upon which the next Presiden- Queen's forces at bay. The insurgents are now too
tial campaign is tc be decided are involved, powerful anfl wealthy to he extinguished by force,
, . • i i- e.i , ,i ,■ and means are in progress to buy off their hostility.
ami expressing a belie! that the whigs will The Queetl of § po “ n and hc/hnsband show symp.
* abandon the old questions or the currency, | toms of enduring each other. They have appeared
| revenue and annexation, and even avoid a together in public, and the reconciliation is said to
have given rise to great rejoicings.
The Government education schemes had passed to
a third reading in the House of Commons altera
three nights debate, almost without opposition.
A few days ago not fewer than 2000 emigrants
sailed from Hamburg for New Y’ork. In some parts
of lhe country emigration is carried on to almost an
alarming extent, whole villages go away iu mass, and
entire districts become depopulated.
The latest accounts from Ireland, represent the
mortal career of the Lord Lieutenant as rapidly draw
ing to a close. The Dublin Evening Post holds out
no hope of his recovery.
The papers contain the advices by the overland mail
from India and China; from the former the most im
portant intelligence seems to be the death of Karar
Khao, son of Dost Mahomed. At Canton, it is said,
the business had lessened by the new year holy days
occurring in February, and the failure of two import
ant Chinese firms.
The potatoe blight has re appeared in the neighbor
hood of Belfast. O’Connell is sinking daily.—The
accounts which come to hand through the medium of
the French papers show that his earthly career is
drawing to a close.
The weather has of late undergone a favorable
change; vegetation is making rapid progress; the ac
counts of the wheat and oat crops are highly encour
aging, and even iu regard to potatoes very favorable
accounts are received.
FRANCE.
The news of Gen. Taylor’s victories was received
with much satisfaction.
Great distress continues lo exist. Bread is exces
sively dear, and it is feared that during the months of
May and June, provisions of all kinds will be dearer
than they have hitherto been—vegetation is very
to have tbe posts and fixtures forthwith pre
pared, and the work is now in progress of
execution.
It is also decided that the section of the
line from Columbia to Charleston, thence to
Augusta, shall be first completed and put in
operation. Wire for upwards of one hun
dred miles of the route is already prepared,
and may be expected soon to arrive.
[ Charleston Eve. News.
A sword is to.be presented to Gen. Worth
by the people of Hudson, N. York, his na
tive place.
Southern electoral rote who does not distinct
ly repudiate the atrocious outrage upon
Southern rights which is embodied in the
Wilmot Proviso.
jdiiect opposition to the war, says—“Some
I new question may come up; hut at present, the
whig party stands in about as weak a condi
tion before the nation as at any time in its his
tory; and a hearty fraternal and energetic
union of the Dsmocralie party on the great
principles of its creed is alone necessary to in
sure their complete, success." This is the di
rect and absolute truth. Notwithstanding
appearances and pretensions, the fact that
upon any and all the old political issues, the
federal party is perfectly shorn of its
strength, and cannot in any event again
make them formidable in a national canvass,
is, to our belief, a thing without dispute.
The opposition leaders, by their acts, indi
cate a consciousness of their positive weak
ness. They catch at straws like drowning
men. They act without concert, contra
dicting all harmony and consistency. Like
! the dwellers in tlie ark, they send forth, a-
i gain and again, over the troubled waters
i that cover their political firmament, the
| birds of discovery, in search of dry ground
j upon which to build their habitations and
| multiply their race; but scarcely as success-
I ful as Noah’s pigeon, the whig adventurers
bring back not even green leaves, to inspire
with courage and hope the devoted ones
who have waited more than forty days and
forty nights for a dispensation of the loaves
and fishes of political power.
Federalism will make its attack in a new
and unexpected quaiter. That it will nei
ther regard character nor consistency, we
have been taught by experience to expect.
No contradiction is too palpable or violent,
no experiment too hazardous for its purpo
ses. Most certain it is, that, in another Pres
idential canvass, all its fraud, injustice and
backward, ow ing to the cold during the last fortnight.
Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister in England,
has been on a visit to Paris. On Sunday the 14th, ho
was received hy King Louis Phillippc.
Mr. Ingersoll, the United States Minister to Russia,
accompanied by Mr. Colin and Mr. Ingersoll. attach-
ees of his embassy, were also received hy the King at
the same time.
Honors to the Brave.—The citizens of
Warren county, (N. C.) in which Major
Braxton Bragg, of the U. IS. Army, was
born, have held a meeting, and resolved
to present him with a Sword, bearing the
inscription—“From the People of Warren,
to Major Braxton I>ragg, for his distinguish
ed services at Fort Brown, Monterey and
Buena Vista.”
EFFECT OF THE NEWS BY THE BRI
TANNIA.
The New-York Express, in its Monday evening
edition, dated 2 P. M., says:—
The news has had a most decided influence.—Flour
niquity in former elections will be surpass- has advanced to $8 25, at which 500 barrels have been
ed, and the democratic party will have no | 8old ; Holders, generally, ask higher rates, but the
* . * . atnelr harp id Inn email In admit nt nnv lamp nnora.
amusing task to accomplish, when it over
comes and survives the desperate onset and
the profound intrigue with which it must
prepare to cope.
Boston expends $1,160,000 the current
year. Among the items are $230,000 for
Schools, Teachers, &c., SS0.000 for Paving
$60,000 for widening Street, and a like sum
for Street Claims; $68,000 for the Fire De
partment, (which in that city is under pay;)
stock here is too small to admit of any large opera
tions.
Previous to the arrival of the news, large sales of
Yellow Corn was made at 96 cts; but since, holders
have withdrawn from the market. The prevailing
opinion is, that prices will open at 100 to 103 cents.
The impression on the market is, that uil bread-
stuffs will go up. Still shippers will not operate un
til they have received their private letters.
The news has prostrated all transactions in Cotton.
Both btiver and seller seem to unite in the opinion,
th.it prices must fall off.
The bill market at the close drooped, and good bills
ou London, sold at 106$. Freights are more active
—3s. is paid for Flour, and lOd. for Grain.
Slate Rigktaaad United states’ Righto.
From the N Y. Commercial Advertiser, 17th inst.
ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA.
14 DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
The royal mail steam packet Britannia, Captain
Hewitt, arrived at Boston last night about midnight.
She left Liverpool on the 4th inst . and has according
ly made the passage in twelve and a half days. By
VVe must know ; the magnetic telegraph we have received the follow-
more. before the time for decision arrives: if he is a ing summary of the news :—
. Whig, what is his Whiggery; if a Democrat, what l Cot ion Market.—The price of cotton on the
sort of a Democrat, for there are some very odd va- : sailing ot the steam ship Caledonia had a downward
rieties smuggled in under tlie same generic. In all \ tendency; since her departure prices have farther de-
that regards General Taylor, there seem some points i clined. The market had become flat, lhe sales less,
well settled,—he is true and sound on the Wilmot and speculators not operating. Several causes have
Proviso, and it is thought both able and willing to put j produced this reaction. The prominent one, the re-
his heel on that serpent of seduction—King Caucus. | strictive measures of the Bank, an advance on the
rates of interest and its refusal to discount bills, bear-
! ing the endorsement of some of the fijst houses of
England who are said to have been engaged in specn-
• lation and shipping gold to the United States; lhis
( movement has had a most telling effect upon the
i manufacturing seciion of this country, and the cotton
I market suffers under the pressure.
Prices of American from the 16th to the 23d nit. de-
1 clined l pence to \ pence. Brazil, Egyptian end Sn-
, rat ^ pence to ^ pence; at the close of the following
! week ending the 20th a farther reduction followed of
at Liverpool, and the sales of that day amounted to
about 7000 bales of American at an advance of id.
one half of which, however, was on speculation —
Yesterday the business amounted to about 4000 bales
at the rates of Saturday and the market was free of
speculation. Prices of cotton fair to good fair—Bovr-
I ed Georgia 6A to 6|; Mobile to 7; N. Orleaus 6J
him in their party traces and force him to pull like a ! 10 ~'y. , ir . wl n .. i
good and available party hack. , “fjcerpool May 3.-The Cotton market since our
There ia something extremely revolting in the de-1 las k ha ? been excessively dull and depressed, the atnn-
gradation lo which the Whig parly proposes to sub- g« n< ? ,!1 ,,lone y matters havmg proceeded to a pomt
ject this brave old soldier. As if they could honor of illm( ; st "nexan pled severity. Durmg the early
Gen. Taylor, hv makihg him their tool! As ifit were P arl of last week, we seldom witnessed so complete a
a compliment to a man, who stands head and shoitl- I stagnation, prices of American have not fallen more
ders higher in a world-wide reputation, above any t* lan 'A t K ' r lh . sales being generally against accept-
Whig in the whole party, ami indeed above the com- ances «t 3 months; for cash payment a considerably
bined reputation of the entire Whig party—as it'it greater sacrifice would have willingly been submitted
were a compliment to such a man, to be taken from lo - the same time, any diminution of the pres-
the head of his victorious eagles, to be made the cats 1 sur e would not improbably cause reaction, and. al-
paw of a rabble race forthe Presidency—and all, not ready the rumor of the Russian investment in funds
ico have failed to bring about “a consum.
•nation so devoutly to be wished.” The wi s !
dom of all the sages of the country h a .
proved inadequate to the task. Let thetuk.
Editors of the Whig Journal ot' Aueuvt.
speak! While they speak, let the whole
world keep silence. In a matter of such in
finite moment, surely they have not expr e '
sed their censures at random. Surelv the*
have matured a plan, and the whole world
may rejoice that grim visaged war is soo
to be banished from the land. Let th e
then speak, and speak at once; let them en*
lighten the country upon the manner j
e - ' which an honoiable peace could have hee n
irrc.-x - ' or can now be made. If they cannot d„
f -OlNU I let l, \ em cease their croaking, and h e v i s j!’
, j ed with the indignant rebuke that their
inii.r.i'DGEVll.LE, MAY 2s, IS47. sumptuous arrogance will so rirhl,- ^ fe ’
■ 1 - • i i ' omy me
I here is indeed one way i„ wh ;. •
peace may be concluded, and that i, ,i *
one prescribed hy the Hon. John M c p h 8
son Berrien and the Hon. Alexander u.’ 61 '
But will the
‘ Tia theStarSpangfed Banncr,oh.!ong mar it wave,
O’erthe Land of lhe Free and the Homeof the Brave.
nE.UOCilytTIC CO.WEJ\ m TMOJY
TO NOMINATE A
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR, j
TO BE HELD IN MILLEDGEVILLE.ON THE I iiton Stephens, our win me country
4th Jlomlay iu June, 1847. i se ." 1 lo Will they regard pacificationob
j tamed on such terms, an “honorable pea c ?•>
O'?” The Democracy of Baldwin county, | Against it, whigs and democrats will C '
■a, that
exi-
are requested to convene at the Court | their solemn pmtest. Their plan
House on Saturday next, at 12 M., !or the j our armies shall be withdrawn from M
purpose of appointing Delegates to the Con | co; in other words, that our governm^'
vention. j shall back ont of the war in which she*
' engaged fur the maintenance of her rights*
Whig “ Duplicity.”
“A case of kidnapping.” The Savannah
Republican has worked itself into an awful
rage, on account of the praises bestowed
upon Gert. Taylor, l»y Democratic press
es. It calls them all sorts of hard names,
charges them with “kidnapping,” and has
come to the conclusion that the Democratic
Convention “would anticipate the ac
tion ok tiie Whig Convention by no mi- - 0 ~ ^,o..
n.vting Gen. Tavlou as their candidate i t t ,at * n a moment of passion, she determ-
for the Presidency!!” Keep cool, Mr. j to do, either w hat she had no right to do
and the vindication of her honor.
Is this the plan of out colemporary? Win
it consent that after both houses ofConpre
with almost perfect unanimity, declared that
onr soil was invaded, that the invasion should
be repelled, and that the w ar should he pr.- s .
ecuted till Mexico should acknowledge her
errors; that after all this our country should
exhibit to the world the humiliating specta-
Republican. It will do your cause no good
to get into a flurry. If you ate so good at
guessing, how happens it, you was the first
to propose, as the time fur your Conven
tion, the week after the latest day suggested
... what she has found herself incapable of
accomplishing? This doctrine may prevail in
federal Massachusetts, but it will not suit
the latitude of Georgia. Before onr co
temporary takes that position, would it nut
by any one for tlie meeting of your oppn- ; be better to wail till it can meet its New
nents? But let us overlook all your hard ; England allies in another convention at
names, which are of no avail in the discov- Hartford, and there deliberate on its expe-
ery and maintenance of truth, and let us j diency?
look at facts as they are, not as you would i What would be the practical bearing of
have them. Well then, suppose the Dem- j a , P eace obtained upon such terms? fj u .
ocratic Convention should nominate Gen. j l be reproach it would bring upon our
Taylor? Will there beany “kidnapping” j national escutcheon, and the hostile feelings
in the act? Who made him what he is? [ ** "’euld perpetuate between the two re-
Who placed him at the head of ottr armies] publics, in strict justice it would make our
Who elevated him from the rank of a Col- | government responsible to Mexico for all
onel, to that of a Major General? Whose ( b e depredations committed by our armies
measures has he executed, whose policy i l, P°" ber soil, for all the blood they have
has he sustained? If the war was commenc- | s bed; it would make our soldieis the must
ed hy the order for his removal to the Rio I reckless and abandoned murderers that
Grande, was not that order issued at his I i ,ave ever disgraced the human form ami
suggestion and in accordance with his ad- , convert the glory achieved by our arms into
vice? Ifit be a war then of the President, ( an in f amy more foul and damning than that
is it not equally Gen. Taylor’s war? Ifit ! vv h i c 11 appertains to any civilized people in
be a violation of the constitution, will the 1 history of the world,
rivers of blood that he has caused to flow, We will not do the Chronicle & Sentinel
make any atonement for him that will not | the injustice, for a moment to believe that
belong to the administration? If i; be un- j it regards a peace on such terms 'an honor-
just and infamous, do not its infamy and in- able peace,’or that it is the advocate of such
justice rest upon Gen. Taylor’s head as ! a peace. Il has said howevec an honors,
well as that of the President? In short, in j ble peace “can be made,” and it has cen-
every thing connected with the war, in its j sured the administration that it is not alrea-
origin and its prosecution, in its perils and \ dy made. We wait and wait with impa-
its triumphs, do not Gen. Taylor and the j tienco for it to tell the country when, and
administration stand upon the same plat- j where and how such a peace can be secur-
form and occupy towards each other the I ed. When it has done this, it will afford
most close and intimate relations? Is not us pleasure to lend our humble aid in plac-
an assault upon the one, an assault upon the \ ing upon its brow the civic wreath it will
other? I merit, and that will be more enduring and
In this aspect, and it is the only one more lo be envied, than the laurels that
which truth can present, the Democracy
would be faithless to themselves and basely
ungrateful, if they did not render to Gen.
Taylor, the meed of praise that is his due.
Does he not then in this respect, belong to
them? Is not his praise their praise? Do
not the censures upon him, reflect upon
them? Where then is the kidnapping? We
have been won by Taylor and Scott or any
of their compeers on the ensanguined plains
of Mexico.
Federal Declarations
The federalists call the War with Mexi
co, an aggressive war. It may he asked,
what kind of a war do they want ? The re-
wiil tell our cotemporary. Its own party j cor ds of the Seriate conclusively shew what
leaders, its own party presses are attempt- j they did leant, when the war was first re-
ing to do the deed. While they denounce ! cognized by Congress. When the bill up-
the President for causing the war, they re- | „ n that subject, came to the Senate, Mr.
ceive to their embraces, the man whose ad- . Crittenden their great file-leader made the
vice originated the measure, which they af- motion which will be found in the following
firm l rought it on. While they have been [ extract from the proceedings of the Senate,
incessant in theif effoits to paralyze the en-! ^ . „ „ . , °
... . . . • r . J . I On motion by Mr. Crittenden, to amend lhe bill bv
ergies of the administration, they appropn- , s[riuillg 0llt 8ec ,; on i, | ine a. the words “To pro..
ate to themselves the triumphs that have I elite wiii) war to a speedy and successful lerminntion
been achieved, despite of all their efforts, ar, d ' len thereof insertins. “to repel ivvasiov
of all “the aid and comfort,” they have ren- ' and °'. ,t f wiw . hostilities until the country k
dered the enemy. Denouncing the Presi
dent for his measures, they spurn the prin
cipal and honor as their own, the servant
who has faithfully executed them Who
then, we ask has the right to regard Gen.
Taylor as one with them? Who we ask,
are the kidnappers?
secured from thr. danger of roKtHEn invasion.
It was determined in the negative. Yeas 20.
nays 26.
On motion hy Mr. Evans,
The yeas and nays being desired by one fiffh oftii
Senate present.
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Berrien, Calhoun, Thai.
. Clayton. J. M. Clapton. Crittenden, Corwin. Davit.
But the Republican iustifies its outrage, nZ„' /r ' r ,.,
I,, . ~ .p , , i a , Dayton, tvans. Huntington, Johnson, of 3Id. Johnsn
upon the plea that Gen. Taylor declared, ; of La.. McDuffie., Mangum, Morelte.ad,Simmons, If
sometime, somewhere, and to somebody, : ham, ICoodbndge.
that he would have luted for Mr. Clay. This 1 Those who voted in the negative are:
may, ot may not be so. If it should be, it Messrs. Allen, Ashby, Atchison. Atherton. B«gbv.
constitutes no reason why the Democracy S* nt0, u ® reese - bf'ght. Cameron, Cass, Commit,
should withhold their praise from one who PemiyNcker.Rnsh!’^sfmple^Sev^;, sCiht^r
has so signally sustained the war measures
of their own administration. Besides too,
they know, not only that he would hare vo
ted, hut actually did vote, for Gen. Jackson.
pie. __
geon, Turney, VVestscott, Yulee
Thus it will be seen, that every Whig
Senator present with the exception of Mr.
Jarnagin, by his vote directly affirmed, that
and sustain the leading measures of his ad- the c^had been That the
ministration. . j War should be prosecuted “until the com-
It is not our province, to say what will be , be secured from the ,larger ot furth i.
the action of the Democratic Convention. IKTASIOII » Did not these federal Senator
We may however, quiet the nerves of our j [hemseIves _ ()emand the prosecution of the
cotemporaiy by assunng him, that such wtll j war? Hag t||e [jme 1 arr ; ved when |he
be their devotion to the principles that they I country is f ree f rom i he danger of further
have ever sustained, that they will make no invasion? Has not the war ^ ee n prosec,.
compromise of them; that al expressions j , ed in the manner th ..-escribed and for
of their gratitude to Get. Taylor, will be in the object lh desi g„ at e d ? How absurd
subserviency to tnem; and that while they and r ; diculoil3 the nls it, for them or the
have never kidnapped a Harrison or a Clay | whiglings in their tanks, to call the war, the
in the very teeth of thetr principles for the : President . s vvari or a war 0 f a „„ re3 sion by
interests of party, they will now appropriate , t]ic administration!!
to themselves no more of the honor that I
Geu. Taylor acting under their own admin
istration has conferred upon the country,
than is legitimately their own.
We Invo contended that the war should be wased
till an houurable pence could be made. It is tune
that the country slioild rise up and overwhelm the
administration with its frowns, for failing to make
such a peace. It can be made, hut it will not be, white
the administration values more hiohi.t a few millions
of dollars, and Mecican lands, than it does the best and
bracest blood of the, liepi.btic,—Chronicle Sg Sentinel.
Is it not “time that the country should
rise up ar.il overwhelm with its frowns” the
press that dares to use such language? The
country is engaged in war—a war which
EHccts Mexico of Whig Policy.
I lie Charleston Courier of the lSth, c
tains an interesting letter from Capt. Blank
ing, of the S. Carolina Volunteers, address
ed to his mother. It was written at J alapa,
and dated April 24th. The subjoined ex
tract ought to mantle with a blush of shame,
the cheeks of those who have arrayed them
selves against the government of their coun
try. How much of the blood that has bee' 1
shed in this Mexican War, is properly char-
gable to their unpatriotic conduct! b en '
Scott lias his country’s enemies in front to
he ha<
the party leaders of that same Journal voted subdue, but before ne can proceed.
was “brought on by the act of Mexico” and * ‘ L
which they have declared should be prose
cuted until our country be secured from
further invasion.
It has heen prosecuted in the manner
prescribed by themselves. In every step
of its prog-ess, the administration has not
only held out the olive branch, but has a-
gain and again gone out of its way, to an
extent that is almost degrading, to make
overtures for a reconciliation. What, we
ask, could have been done by the administra
tion, to terminate hostilities that has not been
done? In the face of these historical facts, the
Chronicle & Sentinel ventures to assert that
an honorable peace “can be made, but will
not be.” We ask for the evidence of the
truth of this assertion. If that Journal has
a plan by which that object can be effected,
let it be made known. The cause of hu
manity demands it. The valor of our Scotia
and Taylors, and our gallant armies in Mex-
to counteract the mischievous effe" 15 1,1
those lie has left in the rear:
Geu. Scoit will remain here with the rest of th®
my for some time. He is waiting lor the result r
this last battle to show itself. He has teen bnsy^
correcting some errors which possessed lhe P°P"'
mind here, and even the minds of the leaders"" err K
which were utterly subversive of allchances ol pe a
They believe that at this time two parties exist ®
country, divided upon the question ot the
prosecution of the war or not. That the p art )' ^
carrying on the war are to be overthrown, an
when the other party get into power, they -
draw die army to the Rio Grande. This people- ^
whom there is none more proud, are waiting 10 ^
moment. They believe that the peace p ir, . v 0 ■
United States will withhold means to carry on
ry operations. Upon onr divisions ;iI ,
count, to arrest further invasion. Gen. Scott•> oiif
ea active measures to correct an error so latal
purpose of-‘conquering a peace.” He has to ^
and their leaders that however we aifler a (
policy of the war, millions are voted freely to -
on vigorously.
If our officers cod succeed in
ideas on this subject, a r«voluti»n in p llbl1
may be expected.