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THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY.
This ricli arul fertile section of our State
is rapidly increasing; in population and
wealth. When the Internal Improvements
which are now being made, and which are
in contemplation, shall have been complet
ed, there will be a continuous line of rail
road from Savannah to Rome—a distance
ofthree hundred and seventy miles—which
will literally connect the mountains with
the sea-board.
The following extracts of a letter, which
we copy from the Savannah ‘Georgian/
will be found interesting:—
Kr.vosTojf, Cass county May 1, 1847.
During the past week, I paid a short vis
it to Rome. It being Court week there, and
the steamboat being up for the last trip this
season, I thought it would be a favorable
time to do so. I wished particularly to see
the boat and the captain, that I might be en
abled to form a more correct idea of die ca
pacity of the River for navigation, and learn
the prospects for«business from that section
for the coming season. I met with many
respectable planters, and others from the
neighboring countiesin Georgia and Alaba
ma, anil learned from them that the crops
were generally favorable. The increase in
the cultivation of cotton in that section, the
present season over the past, is probably
three of four-fold, and the greatest industry
is being exercised in its cultivation.
The capacity of the Coosa river for navi
gation is, in my opinion, (which is formed
from the experiments whichhavebeen made
upon it, and information derived from sour
ces that I can rely upon,) equal to the Sa
vannah. Mr. * * , who was agent for some
ten or fifteen years, of the olJ Savannah
Steamboat Company, and who has spent
two months of the present season passing up
and down on the steamer Coosa, for com
mercial purposes, says it is a better liver.
The head of navigation from Rome by
land is about 75 miles, and about 175 by
water to a point called the Ten Islands or
Greenport. The lands bordering on it for
the production of cotton or grain are said to
be equal toany in the Southern country, hut
the quantity in cultivation at the present
time is very limited in proportion to the ex-
teut of them.
The steamer Coosa has brought up a-
bout 2500 bales of cotton the present season
besides a considerable quantity of flour,
grain. &c.
The quantity would have been much
greater but for the extreme and unusually
low state of the river at the commence
ment of the season, which caused much
cotton &c., to be hauled to Wetumpka, that
would otherwise have come this way. The
planters and others who have brought their
produce this way this season are very favor
ably impressed with the advantages of the
route and the markets.
Rome is beginning to show very sensibly
the change in circumstances in theimprove-
mentofthe value of property there, the in
creased number of business men, &rc., and
will in my opinion, continue toimprove and
increase in commercial importance with a
rapidity equal to Columbus and Macon in
their early days, and surpass any town west
of them iri a few years, and indeed not 'oe
very far behind Macon and Columbus.
The Contractors on the Memphis branch
Railroad, it is said, are getting on very well.
Mr. Brown, the engineer informs me, that
his calculation i3, that a considerable por
tion of it will be done in time for ths ensu
ing season’s business. W: en completed it
will add greatly to the other causes opera
ting in turning the business of North Alaba
ma in this direction. P'rom the agricultural
prospects and other influences operating
there can be no doubt but a large quantity
ofproduce will come to the State road the
coming season.
Gen. Worth.—The following biograph
ic sketch of the gallant and accomplished
Worth, is from the N. Y. Evening Post:
Gen. Worth was born in the city of Hud
son, Columbia county, N. Y. The first of
the name in this county came from Devon
shire, England, and settled in Massachu
setts in 1642. The general’s father follow
ed the sea, was a man of character and ca
pacity; his mother was the daughter of Mar
shall Jenkins, Esq., one of the original pro
prietors of the city of Hudson. Worth was
educated for, and bred up to mercantile
pursuits; but, as he once said to the writer
of this notice, “he was not born to be a mer
chant;’’ meaning that bis inclination point
ed another way, and that the cast and char- I
acter of his mind disqualified him for the 1
avocation.
On the declaration of war in IS] 2, he was
a resident of Albany; and though but eigh
teen years of age, determined to enter the
service; but unable to get a commission, or
impatient of the delay which those who ap
ply for office sometimes experience, he join
ed the army as a private secretary to Maj.
Gen. Lewis, who finding him more inclin
ed to the field than the desk, and having no
vacancy in his own family, very kindly re
commended him to Scott, who was thert at
the head of his brigade on the Canada fron
tier. Scott immediately appointed him his
aid and placed him on his staff.
In the active and spirited campaign which
ensued, he distinguished himself as a brave
and gallant soldier. He was with Scott in
the battles of Chippewa and Niagara. In
the latter he received a severe wound, from
the effects of which he at times still suffers.
For his conduct at Chippewa he received
the brevet rank of captain. After that of
Niagara he was brevetted major.
After the war he was for several year3
stationed at West Point, as instructor of
tactics. As major of ordnance, he com
manded at Watervliet, was afterwards pro
moted to the rank of colonel, and assigned
to the Sth Regiment.
He was subsequently sent to Florida,
and for his services there brevetted briga
dier general. With that rank he command
ed in Florida, until ordered with his regi
ment to join the army of Occupation under
Gen. Taylor. The residue of his history
may be read in the gazettes of the day. He
is now brevet major general, and colonel of
the Sth Regiment of the line.
TURNING A SHORT CORNER. :
The Whig leaders are evidently alarmed -
at their former course. Their opposition .
to the Mexican war was fast consigning
them to the same position with the Federal
ists after the war of 1812. Many of them
have taken the hint, and turned a short cor
ner. They opposed the war and every
measure for carrying it on. They foretold
great disasters that were to happen. They
appealed to the avarice of the people, and
threatened them with the expense of the
war. They endeavored to frighten our vol
unteers with awful pictures of disease and
death. Yellow fever and black vomit was
made to stalk before them in all the terrors
of the hospital and the grave, and above all
the great Gen. Santa Anna was there and
he was to exterminate what few of them
disease and suffering should leave. But
the war has been prosperous in spite of all
their opposition. The hearts of the people
were with the Government in the war, and
many of the Whig leaders have found it
out. They now endeavor to steal demo
cratic thunder to help themselves, and con
tend that they are the real champions and
heroes of the war. They are perfectly
ready to stoop to conquer, and are willing
to “become all things to all men,” if they
can only get into office.—Alb. Pat.
EDITING A NEWSPAPER.
The intelligent editor of the "National
Intelligencer.” in speaking of the manner
in which editors have to work to render
their papers popular—after stating the du
ties of the ivtiting editor—says:
THE BATTLE OF CERRO GORDO,
The Editor of the N. Y. Courier & En
quirer, in.his paper of the 15th May, says:
“We were made accidentally to say yester
day, that this seems to be the most brilliant
affair of the War. Not so. Gen. Scott ac
complished all that Napoleon or Welling
ton could have accomplished under similar
circumstances; and so at Vera Cruz. But
those affairs cannot be compared to Buena
Vista. That was altogether a very differ
ent concern, and offered an opportunity for
distinction which very rarely occursiu whole
centuries of war. Monterey, Vera Cruz,
cation wiih an hourly consciousness of its
responsibilities and its duties, and devotes
himself to the conduct of his paper with the
same care and assiduity that a sensible law
yer bestows upon a suit, or a humane phy
sician upon a patient, without regard to
show or display! Indeed, the mere writing
part of editing a paper is but a small por
tion of the work. The care, the time em
ployed in selecting, is far more important—
and the tact of a good editor is better shown
by his selections than by any thing else;—i - ,, c . .. . t
— , i ,, , . , , c , , , “But savs one Gen. Scott, had lie been
and that, we all know, is half the battle — I J | ■” ", -.1 . ■
But as we have said, an editor ou
estimated and his labors underst
appreciated, by the general conduct of his
paper, its tone, its temper, its uniform con
sistent course, its principles, its aim, its
manliness, its digniiy, its prosperity. To
I preserve these as they should be preserved,
I is enough to occupy fully tlie time and at
tention of any man. If to this be added
encounter, the wonder is, bow they eai
find time or room ‘to write at all!”’
PUEBLA.
miles northwest of Puebla arid sixty-four
| the air. The pyramid itself is supposed to
I have been used as a cemetery, and Hum
boldt and others regard it as bearing a re
markable analogy to the temple of Belus,
feat, and which has so rarely been posses
sed by man; and we intend no disresppet
to others when we say, that he is the only
man living that could have won that battle.
and other ancient structures oftl.e Oriental whi , ch ^ certamly without any parallel in
world.
The Indians believe this pyramid to be
hollow, and have a tradition that during the
stay of Cortez at Cholula a number of arm
ed warriors weie concealed within it, who
| were to have fallen suddenly upon the
Spanish army. At all events it is certain
that Cortez having some suspicion or infor
mation of such a plot, unexpectedly assault
modern history, and which, in all human
probability, will stand isolated and alone on
the page of history' for centuries to come.—
Next to it, in the history of the present war,
stands the glorious battles of Sacramento
and Resaca de la Palma. As we have said
before, Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo and Mon
terey, were noble victories, in which those
in command won all the glory it was poss
ed the citizens of Cholula, 6000 of whom bIe to ach,ev „ e; and tbat they did not win
were killed. The present road from Pueb- m „ ore ’ wa3 no fau,t ° f,helrs ’ but sim Pb’ l»ck
la to Mexico, which will be soon traversed of opportunity “Opportunity” was the
by our armies, was made to pass through 1 wa !f b word , of Decatur, and every soldier
the first story of this pyramid, laying open , ue11 k ?™ s ho , w ra,e 'y occurs ’ Jay-
a square stone chamber, which had no out- ,or and Don, P han « has been awarded; but
let, and contained two human skeletons,
some basalt idols, and some curiously var
nished and painted vases. The view from
the great pyramid is said to be manificent
and very extensive.
The city of Puebla is built on the decliv
ity of a hill, about 76 miles southeast of
Mexico, and 125 miles west of Vera Cruz,
in latitude 19 degrees N., and longitude 98 1
W. It has a population, according to
even Col. Doniphan’s glorious affairs sinks
into comparative insignificance when com
pared with Buena Vista.”
From the X. Y. Globe \\th tilt.
TROUBLE IN THE WIGWAM.
Out Whig friends are in a peck of Doub
les on the subject of the next President;—
and we cannot perceive how wo can extri
cate them. Ot.e wing has nominated Gen-
Ward, of 50,000 inhabitants. It is compact- j eral Taylor—subject to the decision of a na-
. ly and uniformly built, the streets intersect- tional Convention;—another wing has nam
ing cacti other at right angles, but rather iuated him without asking any questions at
narrow. They are paved witli large dia-; all. The heads of the party are opposed to
mond shaped stones, and have on either i a military chieftain; and the lump of the
; side broad and handsome sidewalks, The , whole concei n bitterly oppose him as a slave
1 houses are of stone, two stories high, fiat; holder;—then, to crown all these difficul-
roofs, and generally with a court in the cen- ties, General Scott steps forward —captures
tre furnished with a fountain of fine water, Vera Cruz and the Castle—fights a mighty
! and surrounded with open galleries. Many battle, and defeats Santa Anna—takes up
have iron balconies towards the street, and i bis line of march for the Halls of the Mon-
their fronts inlaid with highly glazed tiles tezumas, and is, by this time, in the City of
1 else gaudily and fantastically painted. The Mexico—having either conquered a peace
I apartments according to various travellers,; or driven the Congress and the Cabinet
' are spacious, and mostly paved with porce- from tlte Capital; and all these gallant a-
lain, carpets never being used. Fresco chievements, overshadowed the prospects
paintings adorn tlio walls. The family usu- of Rough and Ready—who, with character-
ally resides in the upper slorv. | istio zeal and activity, is keeping things
j Puebla is said to be a perfect hotbed of straight in Northern Mexico, and abiding
i priests. When Bullock visited Mexico, | his time. Mi. Webster is willing to be
j Puebla had no less than sixty-nine church- j Vice President with either Scott or Taylor:
es, nine monasteries, thirteen nunneries and ! —while Clay’s friends are determined to
twenty-three colleges. This writer de- stand by him to the last; and the whole val-
clares the churches the most sumptuous he , ley of the Mississippi is in favor of Judge
had ever seen. “Those of Milan, Genoa, j McLean, who was a Republican of the old
and Rome are built in better taste,” says he ; school, and an eminent civilian.
' “but they are far surpassed by those of Pu- What can we do to reconcile these con-
ehla in expensive decorations.” They a-, dieting opinions and unpleasant dissensions?
bound in gold and silver ornaments, paint- 1 The West will not support Scott—the
j ings, statutes, &c. The bishop’s palace | Whigs of the East will not vote for Taylor
i has a fine library of Spanish and French or Clay, and neither section is quite ready
: books. Many of the inhabitants ate 1 for a compromise on McLean. Meanwhile
! wealthy, and drive about in handsome cat- Gen. Taylor gets it severely from tbeAbo-
| riages drawn by mules, but the streets lition section of the Whig party. If he will
swarm with beggars, a consequence of the manumit his slaves throw up his commission
! want of industry. Puebla was formerly fa- ; in the army, be retire to his farm, he will, they
| mous for its manufactures of various kinds; | say, “have claims upon their consideration.”
i but since the decline of the trade formerly The Taylor-Whigs, in the MiddleStates wish
i carried on in the ports of Acapulco, Calloa, that clevergenlleman,and highly respectable
I and others on the Pacific, its manufactures i Whig, Clayton, of Delaware, to run on the
have disappeared. j ticket with him for Vice President; but Web-
j The State of Puebla contains the highest j sler will not consent to this, & says he is tak-
mountain in North America, upon which j ing the wind out of his sails in the South,
our army must now be gazing—that of Po- i Clouds are arising all round; ambitious mil-
pocatapetl, 17,716 feet above the level ofiitary chieftains are crossing their swords;
the enemies of the South, and all the fanat
ics are loud in their denunciations of sla
very; Judge McLean is looking on, “calm
as a summer morning,” and old Harry of
the West, in fine older and condition, is
ready for a race with any of them, and is
full of wind and bottom, whenever his
friends will agree to trot him out. In the
meantime, many of the Whig papers are
most grossly abusive of that brave and most
worthy patriot, Gen. Taylor. Take for ex
ample, the following from the Boston TVhig.
A Sctthd Matter.—A man whose trade
has been war—hunting runaway slaves a-
mong the everglades of Florida, and butch
ering the poor Seminoles because they har
bored the fugitives, and waging the slave-
driver’s war upon the poor, starving Mexi
cans—doing it all, 1 admit, in obedience to
orders—doing it ably, but still voluntarily
—and none the less infernal because it is
legal—such a man must never be President
by the votes of the free States."
We do not see the Democratic papers
assail General Taylor; they admire his pa
triotism—applaud his gallantry, and admit
most cordially and sincerely that he merits
the sea.
A Relic of the Past.—A few days ago,
while some workmen were engaged in
tearing down a buildiDgin New Brunswick
N. J., occupied in hislifetimeby thateminent
jurist, Judge Patterson, one of them found
the following card:
“The President of the United States and
Mrs Washington request the Pleasure of
Judge and Mrs. Patterson, and Miss Patter
son's Company to Dine, on Saturday next
at 4 o’clock, 6 May, 1795. An answer is
requested.
The words in italics and figures are in
the neat bold hand of Washington himself.
f Balt. American.
The Pacific Railroad.—Resolutions in
favour of Mr. Whitney’s Railroad to the
Pacific have been passed in both houses of
the New York Legislature, by large major
ities - In the Senate, there was hut one
vote in the negative and in the Assembly
fifteen.
PROVERBS.
A white glove often conceals a dirty hand.
The remedy for injuries is not to remember them.
the confidence of his country in any station
in which he may be placed; it is the Wbigs
who so shamefully abuse him; and before
long, in addition to his being a military
chieftain, stained with blood—i Southern
man and a slave-holder, we expect to see
him denounced as a Democrat! This will
be the end of the matter, rely upon it, and
as things stand at present, we do not wish
to interfere in this family quarrel.
But what is the labor, the toil of such a
. _ ■ ceniuries or war. momerey, r era \ji uz,
man, vi r> up ays ns ea e ma e , e and Cerro Gordo, are of the same class of
so argely, to that imposed on the judicious. , baU , here , he victors did aU tha t men
well informed editor who exercises Ins vo-
We heard a gentleman, fresh from the
theatre of war, relate an anecdote of Gen.
Taylor. One of the Illinois regiments was
thrown into rather cl«se proximity with a‘
Mexican battery, and the balls were flying
tolerably thick and rather close—so close
at least, as to induce the b’hoys to dodge oc
casionally. Old Rough was sitting astride
his old grey, and being in a position to see
the dodging, cried out, “gentlemen, no
dodging—it ill becomes a soldier to dodge.”
Old Rough’s grey horse presented a fair
mark, and as the enemy had learned his
whereabouts because of his old charger, a
could accomplish—all that circumstances
would permit. But Buena Vista is another
Marathon; it is sui generis—it stands alone
amongst the many wonderful defences
which history records; and in all human pro
bability centuries may elapse without an
opportunity offering for such another signal
triumph. We look in vain for any thing of
the kind in the battles of the Revolution or
the war of IS12; and even European his
tory offers nothing superior, if there he any
thing equal to it.
CAU8E OF THE PRESERE.
Extract of a Letter dated,
LONDON, May, 3, 1347.
‘ The pressure for money throughout the j very brisk fire opened upon the grey horse,
kingdom during the la3t fortnight, has ex- j It is said the baits passed around old Rough
needed every thing in my experience. One j promiscuously, and the thing was becoming
per cent a month has been paid on unex- • quite too hot even for him. At last a ball
ceplionable hills; at least so said Lord Ash- passed so near the old man’s cheek as to
burton in the House of Lords. The Bank cause him to throw his head in an opposite
of England charges 5 per cent on bills due ! direction with a celerity not at all charac-
in May, 5 1-2 t.n those due in June, and 6 teristic of old Rough's plodding habits; it
on such as fall due from the 1st to the 14th was thought the old fellow was dodging—
July, beyond which last date all is rejected, the movement of his head was noticed by
In 1S25 and 1S37 the bank could create some of the Illinoians, and a hearty laugh
bank notes at will, and availed themselves broke out from the b’hoys. Old Rough
of that dangerous power to an extent that 1 straightened himself up in his stirrups and
placed them in great jeopardy. But Sir said, “dodge the balls, gentlemen, but no
I , , , there, would have accomplished the same
i , great work. Not so in out judgment. Lien,
s ooi ani | g cott wou jj no i,|y have done his duty; but
neither he nor Genera! Taylor, could have
made that defence without the prestige of
the gallant achievements of Palo Alto, Re-
saca de la Palma and Monterey. There
lay the secret of Gen. Taylor’s success. He
,, , , ,, , possesses the extraordinary power, so sel-
tenlion of any man. It to tins tie added j ' , . i,:„
J • • c.i dom bestowed upon man, ?>f tnspiitrig Ins
the general supervision of the newspaper . , , r . . i,„ -
I , .,-1 . . * * ! army with the conviction, that wheie he is,
establishment, which most editors have to j , t-, . •
I i. i defeat is impossible. The French were m-
Robert Peel’s famous bill of 1S44 clipped
j their wings. They can issue fourteen mil-
I lions of rimes ou the security of their cap-
i ital, but not a rag more without a corres-
[ ponding amount of specie in their vaults,
j Every million of sovereigns withdrawn,
i cancels a million of Lank notes. There is
7.”—Miss. Ado.
possible
vincible when JYapolcon was in the field, un
til after his Russian campaign. It w’as on
ly necessary to know that the “Little Cor-
n which our forces were | P"™ 1 ” was in tbe \° set . t f , ' e mCn !"
after leaving Jalapa, was calculating at *** the victory vyn.Id
- , | . , 1 i . be won! And so it was at Buena I isla.—
] This city upor
j next to advance
I founded by the Spaniards and is the capital , ,, , .• i „n ,i
r.i e. : r.i \ c The veteran and (valiant Wool, did all that
of the State of the same name. I he state of * ° ... , •
Puebla comprises several ancient Mexican ! ‘ co,t ol an y man ( :r,u ‘ ia ' e ^ <)n
i cities, among which are Cholula, Tlascala, ! Parl y P art of ‘ * e *** aad y et w “" ‘ - ''‘
' and Huetocingo. Cholula, which is eight “"““".o" field. h,s troops we,e ac-
® * tually giving way to the overwhelming num-
r of the foe. The mere presence ofGen.
Visit l» the Mountains.—We are informed that the
Macon Volunteers and Floyd Rifles have made all the
necessary preparations for an agreeable jaunt to the
upper counties of the State They will leave on the
?th of June, by the Macon & Western Railroad.ani
spending a day each in Griffin and Atlanta, will pro-
. ceed to Marietta, and perhaps to the head of the
no danger now of the bank stopping pay- ; state Road, where they will spend a few days in per-
; ment. Their stock of specie is Still up- : forming camp duty. We are pleased to learn that
| wards of nine millions. The scarcity is the officers of the Macon & Western Railroad Corn-
i . c -.1 i t * r », • j pany have very liberally agreed to furnish the train of
! J 1 ” 1 °' S 0 > d - !,at ‘ ,f ™tes. Meetings have £ ar / at „ prics ahnos , n J 0 ^ nal . an(i therefore take the
: been held and deputations sent to Lord liberty of suggesting to our military friends in Savan-
John, entreating government to step in and nah, Augusta, and other places upon the line of the
authorize the bank to issue a few millions Railroads, that the present is a most fitting opportuni-
nv i „ u v • ty for them to visit one of the most important and de-
additional notes. But to such applications , ,f ght ,- ul wclionsoftlie state. We know the Volun-
j government turned a deaf ear, and in a j leers and RiJUs woold he happy to greet them, and
long discussion on the subject in the House f*el assured that the Central and Georgia Railroads
; of Commons, Sir Robert, Lord John and ' vo ". ld a S ree ,0 <: onve 7 them to and from the plaeeof
, , n i i rendezvous on the most liberal terms.—Macon Mes-
tlie Chancellor of the Exchequer, all laud- senger ^ Journal.
ed the bill erf 1844 as the great regulator 1 ‘ . ——-
. I • , . c »ri The Crops m Georgia—We have during the week
I t° ‘^ecp o « mischief. ^ V , |, eari | from almost every part of the State. Onegen-
that with all this unparalleled scarcity or deman, vrlio has made an extensive tour in the up-
money, the amount in circulation is as large per counties, informs us that the wheat crop will not
as ever. The currency varies very little, yield mir.h more than half as much as that of last year,
i • • i f c . *n; The Cotton is short but the stand generally good and
being in round numbers forty millions - • • ° - - J 6 - - -
r> it „ i * • • 11 it lj i i- i i and his soldiers thought no more of teti eat.
Puebla, and when visited by Humboldt did „ , . , , . ° r , i
. f _ ,1 , r r\t\n • i i •* * “Such 13 the history of Buena 1 ista; and
not contain more than j 6,000 inhabitants.— ... , . . J
at * i •„ _ • a win read itunc!erstandingly,mustcon*
Many traces of its grandeur still reman. Us . , ^
. i • . ; cede that even Taylor would not nave won
spacious streets and churches, and its great , , • ^ f \ -
* • i . ^ .1 , . • v that nrlonous field but for hia previous victo-
■ pyramid to the east ot the town is an object © 7
' n f J lies. No other General could have saved
of great curiosity. It has a base of almost , . , , i •
double the area of that of the great pyramid our army on that occas,on; and he saved it
I of Cheops, but its height is only about 164 and cro "' ned 1,0 C L OU ,"' ry , g ^ T
’feet. It appears to have been constructed reason of what he had previously accom-
i exactly in the direction of the four cardinal P 1 ‘ , , , , .
points. It was surmounted by a chapel e repeat, therefore, that Ins success
built by the Spaniards, and dedicated to the 1 at Ducn c a , 1 lsta ' 13 ™ ln, y attributable to the
Virgin, the chapel occupying the place an- fact ,. of possessmg the extraordinary
! ciently occupied by a Mexican temple dedi-! impressing his men with a con-
! cated to Quetzalcoall, the Mexican god of bdence ? f sa f ces3 whlch adm,ts of 1,0 de '
—forty millions in notes and forty
millions -in specie, and it is now about
the same as at any time during the last five
years. The cause of the present squeeze
is not the three or four millions sent to A-
ineiica, which we could well spare, but
; calls of an equal amount every month to
make Railroads. We cannot spare capital
at the rate of fifty millions a year for this
it is his opinion that if I he months of June and July
are seasonable, the crop will he a very good one.—
Every tiling depends upon warm suns and occasion
al showers He Is decidedly of the opinion that the
quantity of land planted in cotton, is less than isgen-
erilty supposed—very many having planted largely
of corn in con-cquence of the unpromising appear
ance of the Wheat fields. The same remarks are es
pecially true of the Western and South-Western
connues —Tr
Preserr
Bacon.—The editor of the
purpose, and hence in my opinion the gen- Farmer’s Cabinet says he follows the fol-
eral embarrassment. The remedy will be lowing plain mode of preserving his bacon,
to suspend the execution of those least which he finds superior to all other plans,
wanted for a year a year or two. Already Envelope the ham completely in two or
many Companies are paying 8 per cent for three newspapers and put it in a muslin
money, and many cannot borrow at all. bag. Let there be a string put through the
Things will soon right themselves, if let hock, say six oreiglit inches long, by which
alone. Any interference cn the part of it may be hungup; draw the mouth of the
Government, would only have aggravated hag tight, and tie it round the string. It is
the evil.”—N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
Frum the Washington Union.
THE TWELVE MONTHS’ VOLUNTEERS.
We understand that the terms of service
of the several volunteer regiments niuster-
nd for the period of twelve months, will ex-
pit e at the following dates :
Ticelor months Volunteers under Maj. Gen. Scott.
better to let the ham when suspended in
the closet or cellar, bear upon its own string
rather than upon that in which it is enclos
ed. The bag will be injured if the ham
bears upon the bottom of it.
Something Decidedly iVcw.—Mr. Wm -
W. Willis, of Orange, Massachusetts, has
invented a machine for Pulling stumps out
Captain Blanchard’s company Louisiana of New Ground. It is said to have great
power, and may be worked at comparative
ly small expense. Mr. W. says that with a
single pair of oxen he can pull one hundred
volunteers, July 30, 184
Colonel Coffee’s Alabama regiment, be
tween the Sth and 20th June, 1S47.
Colonel Jackson’s Georgia regiment, be- stumps assorted sizes, per day, at a cost of
tween the 10th and 19th JunerlSG
Colonel Forman’s 3d Illinois regiment,
between the 9th June and 2d July, 1S47.
Colonel Baker’s 4th Illinois regiment,
between the 9th June and 2d July, 1847.
Colonel Thomas’ Tennessee mounted
regiment, between the 6th and 15th June,
1S47.
Colonel Campbell’s Tennessee foot, be
tween the 28th May and 2d June, 1S47.
Col. Haskell’s 2d Tennessee regiment,
between the 4th and 1 Sth June, 1817.
Volunteers under Maj. Gen. Taylor.
Thtee regiments of Ohio, between the
23d and 23th June, 1847.
ten cents each! We give the story on the au
thority of the Massachusetts Plougho.au,
simply remarking, that there seems to be
nothing which Yankee inventive genius is
not equal to. We have seen some stumps
“down South,” however, which we would
be glad to have Mr. Willis try his springs
Upon. If he will only draw some of the
venerable'light-wood roots of Georgia with
out administering a dose of Morton’s Le-
theon to old Mother Earth, we will ac-
knowledgethat he is “some punkins”—and
no mistake.
Gen. Taylor's Plantation.—We regret to
learn from Captain Selieck, of the steamer
Three regiments of Indiana, between Raiubovv.vvhoarrivedyesterday.lhatGen-
the ISth and 27th June, 1347. eral Tavlor's plantation above Vicksburg,
Two regiments of Illinois, between the i s entirely overflowed, and his crop ofcot-
17th anil 30th June, 1847. ton estimated at 1,200 bales, totally destroy-
i liree regiments of Kentucky, between ed—the river is higher than in 1844, and
the 17th May and 15th June, 1847. | las already occasioned a vast amount of in-
Mississippi regiment, between the 3d jury,
and 15th J .ne, 1S47. q'| ]e 0 ] d general is hard to beat, but the
Arkansas regiment, between ihe 30th “father of waters” seems to have been a
June and 3d July, 1S47. little too much for him this time, and for
L rom this statement we are happy to once he is certainly worsted,
iv that the reinforcements for General r/\ r
Scott’s army, which for several weeks have
been en route, including those that must
f N. O. Bulletin.
A New York letter says, “One of the
reach 4 era Cruz by the end of May, will Cioton water pipes—of the third class only
be Lilly equal to the number of twelve- —burst yesterday in Centre street with a
months men who are to be discharged in tremendous explosion, throwing up cart
June and July, as they vyill of course, re- loads of sand, stone &c., and disturbing the
main in the field for service up to the end pavement for a surprising distance all a-
of the twelve month for which they are en- round. The water, thus suddenly released
gaged. rushed out in a huge volume, and hut for
From the~N O. Bulletin, 20lh May. lbe P rom P‘ ™ easu,es of "" e suporin-
A LETTER FROM GENERAL TAYLOR. ! Jendauts of‘he water works the neighbor-
. , , r . . i i • , . hood would have been inundated. I he ac-
A valued ft tend, and who is also a distm- , ciJent a striking idea of the immense
• gushed citizen of this Mate, has forwarded ressur “ of the water on the pipes, and ot
to us the following communication, which, j ^ ,. we have dark , imprisoned uti-
j at tl,e P ,es . e ! lt; mome , nt , Wl11 ’ no doubl - be derneath our streets.
perused vvith-general interest.
| West Baton Rouge, La, 15th May, 1847. i
Wm. L. Hodge, Esq: J ,ie tu rps of kuivcyors.— We learn that
Dear Sir: I send you, annexed, an extract ofa let- ■ the corps of Surveyors, engaaed in looa'ing
ter, which I recently received from Gen. Taylor; and llie rmlte from Macon to Columbus, direct,
as it shadows forth the feelings and views ol the Gen- 1 , - . , r r ,
eral, on the the subject of the next Presidency, in a ( * iave approximately fixed the line of the
manner which can do no violence to the feelings of ^ Road for about 22 miles. 1 bey find the
any one, I have determined to have published that country rougher and more impracticable
portion of it, Which relates to a subject, in which his j lhan anticipated. It is thought however,
name has been very generally associated throughout ! . r , . /* i -i
the country for some time past. I do so, with the ! that a \ety good line may be found 3d mi.es
more readiness, because it is eminently calculated to i —perhaps to the Flint River, which would
i give a proper insight into thei real character of this j serve in common for the Columbus and
eminent man. Please Jet it have a place in your | c nll ,L ll(na ,„ r „ i tm
! columns. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, j ^ oul1 e3teru Road. The reconnoisance
— ' has extended some 50 miles, and it is hoped
j “In regard to the Presidency, l will not say that I ! that the worst ground has been passed
I would not serve, if the good people of the country j over> Jour. cV Mcs.
I were to require me to do so, however much it is op- | ’ } *
I posed to my wishes for I am free to say, that I have ; . • 7 . . j • xu » ,
! no aspirations for the situation. My greatest, perhaps Accident tn Gen Cashing-- We regret to
only wish, has been to bring or aid in bringing, this learn from the Matamoros I’ lag, of the 8lh
war to a speedy and honorable close. It has ever | ult., that a serious accident happened to
hern and still is, my anxious wish, that some j [he _ a u ant and patriotic General Cushing,
J one of the most experienced, talented and virtuous 1 ® r - - c -
I statesmen of the country, should he chosen, to tliat
high place atthenex; election. I am satisfied that, if
on the evening of the 6th. Accompanied
by a lady, says the Flag, lie was taking a
our friends will do their duty, such a citizen may bo j wa ]k through the streets, after night fall,
el M must, however, be allowed to say, that I have not : and in g oin S °, ul of ^ be Plaza at the SOUth-
■ ■ east corner, where the street is fortified so
as to leave only a foot-path not exceeding
two feet wide for egress, he placed his foot
upon a loose brick, which gave way and
the vanitv to consider myself qualified for so high and
responsible a station, and whilst we have fur more
eminent and deserving names before the country, I
should prefer to stand aside, if one of them could be
raised to the first office, in the gift of a free people
I go for the country, the whole country—and it is j precipitated him into the ditch, breaking
’ ' -' : ' L “ “ . t | l6 bone of his left leg, just above the an
kle. He was taken to his quarters imme
diately, and Dr. McPhail called to his assis
tance, from whose surgical skill expecta
tions are created that the broken bones may
speedily be healed. At present he is suf
fering much pain, and the accident dis
tresses him, as it prevents his fulfilling the
duties of his recent appointment.
my ardent and sincere wish, to see the individual
placed a: the head of the natiou, who, by a strict ob
servance of the constitution (be he whom he may)
can make ns most prosperous at home, as well as most
respected abroad ’’
Americas Convention.—The Convention
was told upon high authority that if the
counties of South-Western Georgia would
raise $500,000, that Savannah would raise
the balance. To construct the Road to
some equi-distatit point of South-western
Georgia will require not more than $1,000,-
000. Foreign assistance is tendered in a
substantial way. Will the planters of
South-western Georgia refuse the proffered
aid ? Time will soon disclose.—Albany
Courier.
Eminently Praiseworthy.—Gen’I. Drom-
goole who was re-elected to Congress from
Virginia a short time since and died a few
days after, bequelhed his entire estate, with
the exception of a few friendly legacies, to
the widow and children of a man who had
fallen by his hand in a duel.
Georgia Regiment.—To judge from the
tone of Capt. Calhoun’s late correspondence
to the “Enquirer,” our Georgia boys are by
no means satisfied with the order of Gen.
Scott for the Regiment to return to Vera
Cruz, and thence to New Orleans, there to
be disbanded. They had marched to Jala
pa, and had then six weeks more to serve,
iri which time they could have reached the
city of Mexico, revelled awhile in Monte-
zumas’ halls, and then marched back in due
season to be mustered out of service by the
12th of June, the close of their period of en
listment. But, alas! for all their hopes of
glorification, when all things were ready for
an onward march, a retiograile movement
was suddenly ordered and—obeyed. Sev
en Regiments, in all, were thus sent back
to Vera Cruz, the most, if not all, of which
have, probably, reached New Orleans, ere
this, homeward bound. We understand
that the troops wilt there be paid off’ and
discharged. The Georgia Regiment will
not, thirefute, come back as a Regiment,
but scattered and in small detachments.—
We shall in t be .able, in consequence, to
pay them due honor, as a body, but we can,
neveitheless, give a cordial welcome to our
own soldiers, on their return amongst us,
and to as many other s as may pass through
Columbus. What say the citizens to a fes
tival in honor of l ' le boys'? We invoke the
aid of the 1 dies i 11 ^’us showing proper res
pect to the returning Volunteers.
| Muscogee Democrat.
Correspondence of the Picayune.
„ , Vera C«oz, May 13, isj7
Gentlemen:—A band of about 200 Mexican, ha.
been prowling about the mounted riflemen’s
four miles from this place, two nighta in succeS’
and last night the men werearoused twice bv n ° n ’
proach of Mexicans. ' !lle a P-
Earlv this morning our gallant Capt. Walker
ed out to give them battle and had . •
little skirmish killing four of the enemy by the r ‘
my informant, an officer of the Rifles, left, and h "" 0
presents Walker , a long way ahead of the scene
the first brush, following them up. I g ue83 ;i 5 01
my will find that they have got hold of the vlF*'
chap before Captain W. has done w ith them. ° n ^
This morning early a dragoon came iu fY om q
ta Fe. where he had been left with seven other" 30 *
guard some stores belonging to Government «, j i' 0
states that a body of about 200 Mexicans ati-,ck t
•-hem last night, killing all his companions anq tak KeJ
possession of the stores and he only saved klmsell'h*
running. There is another company of riflemen ft
lowing up Capt. \V., but 1 regret that I do not know
shorn it was commanded. Ii
vitness, that he saw four dead Mex
assured by a n
by
eye
ground where Capt. W. met the enemy-'
c rally supposed that this party of the enemv are T’’
here more for the purpose of plundering small par-
and stealing horses than anv thine else. 1 ei
Editorial Correspondence of the Plenum,
Jaeapa. Mexico, May 11, 1H47-6 ocGp ..
Since the diligencia went out at noon to-day for V '
ra Cruz, another diligencia has come in from 0, C '
tv of Mexico full of passengers, and brin«iii» new! C 'i
I not a Intle importance. Among the passen.er.1
! Mr- Kennedy, who after being badly
■ bout the 1st of Apiil, was driven to the city ofM Mi 3
All the passengers confirm what I wrote you k?'
! morning. They say lhat at the Capital there"*
Government, no order, no responsibility all Wa ,,
! arcliy. Anaya was still President pro iem bat h!!i
I neither influence nor authority. A new Presid
is to he elected on the loth of the present inni.1,?
tenth Chief Magistrate this distracted country h.
The Pope.—A diabolical plot to murder
the Rope lias been discovered. It was first
found out by the French Ambassador, who called now—a
had within the last eighteen month’s." I Mnnol.!^
to count them all np, bat such is the fact. P
1 he ladrones-—guerrillas 1 suppose they should be
-• ----- „ . busy at work upon the roads, es D e-
revealed the names of the conspirators to ( cia,, y between Pnehta and ihe city of Mexico. Th»
the Pope same passengers were robbed ihe ml,.. • c
Their intention was to assassinate him
while giving audience to one of them, who
was appointed to kill him. A Capuchin
priest presented himself for an audience
H is Holiness requested his name, which he
ave, but before he was admitted the Pope
I passengers were robbed the other day no u,,
than seven times in one single siage. and the infer
cnee is. that the last robbers must have had rather poor
picking, if the first were very searching in their ope,,
lions. The d,l,gene,a ,,i which Mr Kennedy came
down was robbed twice on ihe road. '
li is stated that the propositions
some munihs since, to offer In
tling thedifficnltie:
deby England
intervention in set-
ou, ueivrc nc aoumicu me x ope 1 ^ c- between Mexico and the United
looked over the list of consoirators and j f. ,atL3 • la ' er v c ci || lyl)een taken up by the Mexican
r j i c. i c , •* , - I c-ongress, and after a warm discussion, in ivhich on*
found the name of the Capuchin; he imine- j of the members said that the whole affair was bet"
diately summoned Iris guard, who on the
Capuchin's entrance seized him, and on
searching him found he had a brace of load
ed pistols and poisoned dagger about his
person. The Capuchin was conveyed to of an honorable peace,
prison and many arrests took place.
nother attempt of the monarchists upon the sacred
liberties ol the Mexican Republic, the motion even
to consider them was lost by a vote of 44 to 33.__
From this it would seem that the present Congress is
determined to shut every door against all proposals
Evangelical Alliance.—A Convention for the
purpose of forming an Evangelical Alliance for
the United States, on the plan of one already
formed in England, commenced its sitting in New
York on the (5th ult. The (Ion. Joseph C. Horn-
blower was appointed Chairman, and Rev. E. N.
Kirk and Rev. Dr. I’eck. Secretaries—Exchange
Paper.
Anti-slavery appears to be the corner
stone principle of this “ Evangelical Alli
ance” as we understand that it is regarded
as so excessively holy by its self-righteous
members, that no Southern Christian is deem
ed good enough to belong to it. We ob-
SnntR Anna has sent a letter to Congress from Ori
zaba. He gives his own account of the battle of Cer
ro Gordo, and claims a great victory on the first d d y
of the fight. On the second day Providence, accor
ding to his story, gave the advantage to the Yankees.
He says nothing about the exertions of the latter —
£anta Anna states that he now has seven thousand
men, and that his force is rapidly increasing; and
moreover that nil are burning to encounter the Amer
icans again. He wants money to carry on his ope
rations, but Congress has not seen fit to vote him a
copper—one reason probably being that it has not a
copper to give. Santa Anna, so far as I can learn, is
the only man who has been spoken of in Mexico as j
candidate for the Presidency, and he is in very bad o-
dor wiih the mass.
rhe states north of Mexico—Guadalajara, Guana
juato, Queretaro, Zatecatecas, Durango, San Lnts,
serve that the Rev. Mr. Olin, formerly of ‘hZf L Pe "' y °^ e I«r^<'? Mrxico.
r , ■ , , • . , ’ f-, '. ; and letting her lake care of herself. Aot a dollar in
Georgia, sat and spoke in the Convention, j way of supplies nrefthoy rendin-on to the reliefer the
When ill is gentleman resided here, he j General Government in its emergency,
owned slaves, and it is understood that on
his departure to the pure atmosphere of
Northern morality and sanctity, he sold his
slaves, and carried the avails of his “ flesh
and blood” to his new home. What the
difference is, between living from the labor
of well fed and well clothed laborers, slaves
only in name, and living from the price, for
which they were sold, we leave to the casu
ists of this “ evangelical alliance” to de
termine.
It would be a useful exercise of catecheti
cal self-examination, if each of the mem
bers of these “ Evangelical” Puros, would
enquire how far his soul is tainted by the
profits of slave labor. All callings and trades
at the North, directly or indirectly grow
rich on the avails of slave labor. The manu
facturer who spins slave grown cotton—
the agriculturalist who raises potatoes, on
ions and “notions” for the “slave market,”
They were still doing a little in the way offortifving
the city of Mexico, but a Spaniard informs me that all
the obstructions they have erected so far could he kick
ed over with the foot. The city had been placed ne
per martial law, and the direst excesses were antici
pated. The citizens had all been called upon lo take
up arms in the common defence, hut unfortunately
nine tenths of them had no arms to take op. ,\or
were there any cannon at the capital other than a few
small and indifferent pieces.
There is certainly a party, and an influential one
in Mexico, which begins lo talk of peace; and where
four weeks since they did not dare breathe their sen
timents, they now come openly and avow themselves.
Still the measure is far Irom popular. The peace
party is compil ed of the more honest anil intelligent
property holders, the merchants, and perhaps the
clergy—to these are opposed the military who have
all disgraced themselves, and all the demagogues a-
motig the lawyers. If the priests could be made cer
tain ’.hat they would continue to hold their rich benifi-
ces secure, they would probably he all in favor of
peaoe.
On the approach of the Americans itissa’d that
Congress, with all the archives of the Republic, will
move to the city of Morelia Of course all inv news
is verbal, not a paper having come through I have
the merchant who finds his best customers | despatched a man to the capital for full files of tbo
at the South—the iron monger, the saddler, ! public journals, and if he gels back safe ihey shall be
, . . iii- immediately forwarded to yon.
the hatter, the tailor and shoemaker, in short Majors B „ r i and and Gaines, Capt. C. M. Clay,
every branch of trade, commerce and navi- j and ail the officers taken in ihe North, were at liberty
gation, art and science, upon which the J in the city of Mexico, as was also Midshipman Rodg
soncriHed N.vrth lives draws its life blood ers - They are all said to bo well and respectfully
sanctified IN or til 1 \es diaws ns nie u.uuu treated now , he latter was infamous | y nb ’ sed 0 n
From the fountain head ot an institution, to wa y up to Mexico from Perote.
touch which, they tell us, in moral leprosy, I Gen. Canalizo was at San Andres, a place north
and a soul-chtmnin® sin. Ye whited septiT j of Orizaba, at last accounts. The force with h
i vr i i ■ f,ot stated, but is undoubtedly small. He is an
chres : \e hypocrites C , ^ friend of Santa Anna, and is probably working at
. present for his master.
4 Nolle Art.—Col. Yell, of Arkansas, ! * write this in great haste, and have no time for
i.i r> *1 . xito , comment. One thing I must say. and that is that there
and the President were old friends. I he i (lnHoilbtedly woll , d " be a verj i arge peace party in
last letter, which the brave soldier is sup- ! Mexico were it not for the o vet weening pride of the
posed to have written, was to Col. Polk, majority ofthe inhabitants. It is hard to be thrashed
directing the advance of Col. Yell’s pay to ,n,oa peace, that’s certain.
. • f •? tt ^ | i • £_•],. i l send this by a Mexican, to Vera Cruz, who pro-
hts family. He was poor, a id iy j mises to ride through at his fastest speed. If it reacb-
were dependent upon him. He had
young lad at Georgetown College, and we
learn, so states a Washington letter in the
New York Herald, that the President lias
esyou, welland good. Yours,&c.,
THE PATENT OFFICE.
The Annual Report for 1846 of the Hon.
adopted this boy, anil will educate him and Edmund Blrkr,Commissionerof Patents—
regard him as his own son; and that he will a document always received with great in-
see to the comfort of the family. , terest by almost every class of citizens, is
| published in the Washington Union of
Specie.— The importations of specie into ; Thursday night. We should be pleased,
the ports of New York and Boston, from could we give a complete outline of this in-
the 1st of January t'A the 15th of May, this leresting report, hut a press of other mat-
year, have been as annexed:
Importation of Specie—iVcie York and Boston.
Boston. Jan. 1 to May 15, $10,006,957
New York, do. do. 6,998,735
Total 4 months, 15 days $17,065,692
The importations of specie into all the
other poits of the country, for the same pe
ters obliges us to confine ourselves Lo sim
facts and figures.
The Commissioner states that during the
year ending December 1st, 1S46, there were
1272 applicants for Patents. The number
of Patents issued during the same period
was 619, including 13 re-issues, 5 additional
, ; .mprovements, and 59 designs.—The num-
riod, will probably amount to more than j ber of Patents expired) 473 ^
three millions, swelling the aggregate lo , There has been received b the coramis .
twenty millions of | sioner, #50,264 16, of which sum $ll,0S6 99
Central Railroad Eight Per Cent Stock. | ,lave been repaid on applications with-
—The Savannah Republican of the 24th I drawn , and for money paid in by mistake,
inst. says: — The last shares of this stock j The expenses of the office during the year
were subscribed for yesterday. The whole ; were as follows : For Salaries, 861,142 ii.
amount is $500,000, of which nearly all has > temporary Clerks $5,685 61 ; contingent
been taken in Savannah.” | expenses $7,485 19 ; Agricultural Statts-
— 'tics $3,610 GS ; making the total amount ot
Volunteers m Stewart.— I he Albany (Ga.) I expenses $33 703 41 —There was also pi'
Courier 22d inst. says—” We understand , f( „. lbe restoraI j on 0 f records and drawing-
that a Volunteer company has been organ- ; S7S6 31> anJ f or duplicate model $585; ma
ized in Stewart county, for the Mexican j king tbe a<7tI|ea . ate of expenditures, inclu-
war. The officers are, Albert J. Gaulden, ding tbe amount paid back on withdrawals.
Captain, Dr. Wm. R. Wimberly, 1st Lieut, i 5*6,153 7i . leaving a balance to be car-
Amos S. Way, 2d Lieut. The company j , ied to tbe credit of tbe patent fund of
when last heard from, numbered over 60 of: ,5* 105 *5,
of the most respectable citizens of that ' The amount of money in the Treasury.
county.”
The British colonies throughout the
world occupy an area ol’2,l 19,70S square
miles, with a total population of 107,708,-
322. Their exports and imports amount
^£55,533,500 sterling, and they possess 7,-
714,585 tons of shipping.
Sixty-two companies, comprising 5315
men, of the ten new regiments, are already
in Mexico, on on their way thither. The
remaining companies are filling up rapidly.
British Deserters.—Since the commence-
mencement of our war with Mexico, not
less than 400 British soldiers have taken
“French leave” of the posts to join our ar
my. The Canada papers complain loudly.
An Independent Candidate.—Gov. Martin
of Alabama having failed to receive a nom
ination for re-election, from tbe late Gub
ernatorial Democratic Convention at Mont
gomery, has since announced himself as an
independent candidate for another term.—
Chapman and Martin will then run the race
against each other, and the latter will be—
beaten! Mark tbe prediction.
to the credit of the Patent Fund, on the W
of January 1S45, was S1S2.459 64- _
balance paid in, on the 1st of January,
increases it to $186,565 14.
Rail Road Convention.—A Convention
was held at Americus on the 1 Sth uh j’ r
the purpose of consultation on the exp^
ency of constructing a Rail Road fro™ •
con to some point on the Chattahooc t
River, at or below Fort Gaines. Deleg 3 ^'
were in attendance from Sumter, M® nn '
Baker, Dooly, Bibb. Lee, Houston, -' aC '
and Thomas counties. Resolutions m -
vor of the project were passed, an “, c j 1 ,
mittees appointed to open Books ot “•
scription, &c., and report at an adjourn^
meeting to be held at the same pb' c ®’^
Tuesday after the 4th Monday of _
Judge Lott Warren presided over tb e
vention. In connexion with this con ^
plated road, it is proposed to build a
-from its south-western leiminus to e
cola.
Bs a friend to yourself, and others will.
Go into the country to hear the news 01 ni
Be not a baker if your head is made of bn