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stay his progress; but reinforcements com
ing up under Dearborn, and rushing with
shouts and such headlong fury to the at
tack, they again broke ana fled.
“The whole English line now began to
shake, and Burgoyne was just forming a
second line with his right wing, when Ar
nold, maddened with excitement, and stung
with rage, burst in a headlong gallop on
the field, and plunged into the thickest of
lh6 fight. His practised eye soon saw that
General Frazer was the chief support of
that tumultuous battle, as on his splendid
gray horse he moved amid the chaos, bring
ing order out of confusion, and courage
out of despondency, wherever he passed.—
Dashing up to Morgan, he told him not to
let him see that officer long in the saddle.—
The latter, selecting a few of his best marks
men, said, pointing to Frazer, ‘That gallant
officer is General Frazer; I admire him, hut
it is necessary he should die. Do your du
ly.’ The first shot cut the crupper of his
horse, the second pierced the tnane, the
third the gallant rider himself, and lie fell
back mortally wounded. Arnold had no
sooner given this order than he placed him
self at the head of three regiments of Lar-
ned’s brigade, and with a shout, those who
heat'd it never forgot to their latest day, led
them fiercely on. The Hessian troops
threw themselves in his path, and for a mo
ment broke his charge. The next moment,
with a mere handful of men, he burst like
a falling rock through their midst, and scat-
teredthem from his path. Nothing could ex
ceed the terror and fury of his charge; be
fore such onsets the firmest troops in the
world must sink. He shook terribly the
whole British line, and Burgoyne, now
thoroughly alarmed, put forth a desperate
effort to maintain his ground. But in vain
did he expose himself to the hottest of
the fire to animate his men—in vain did his
bravest officers again and again lead his de
voted troops to the attack—nothing could
stop that astonishing infantry. Their rapid
tread shook the field—their dreadful vol
leys swept away the head of every forma
tion, as pressing hard after their intrepid
leader, they closed steadily on the shrinking
line. No charge of bayonets could break
their firm array, no blaze of the close and
deadly batteries check their lofty enthusi
asm, as moving amid the horrid carnage,
they gathered with brows of wrath closer and
closer on their foes. Thoseshattered veterans
labored a moment as if about to bear up in
the storm, then swung and rent asunder,
and rolled heavily to their camp. Morgan
and Dearbon and Ten Broek following up
their advantage with the same impetuosity,
the whole army took refuge behind the en
trenchments. Nothing could now arrest
the victorious Americans, as with shouts
that were heard above the din of battle;
they rushed forward and stormed the camp
itself. But behind their intrenebments, and
under cover of their heavy guns, which
bristled in fearful rows along the ramparts,
the British fought with the energy of des
peration itself. Ou the uncovered ranks of
impetuous Americans they opened all their
battei ies, and hailed a leaden tempest from
the small arms, while bombs, hissing thro’
the atmosphere, darkened with dust and
i ed, and cannon bails were continually fal-
j ling into it, while from every height the ar
tillery played upon him, and the sharp
! crack of the rifle was heard along his line.
He could not enter a house without its be
coming in a moment a target for the bat
teries. Through the hall of council, and
; through the apartment in which they sat at
their scanty dinner, the cannon balls would
crash, and it was a constant and steadily in-
creasing storm of iron around him. At
! length all hope was abandoned, and a coun
cil of war was called to deliberate on the
terms of capitulation. Their consultations
' were interrupted by the whistling of bullets
■ and roar of artillery, and the very tent in
which they sat was pierced by the Ameri-
| can marksmen. Pride and ambition at
j length yielded to inevitable fate, and that
• splendid army, the relics of ten thousand
men, laid down its arms. Forty two brass
| cannon, five thousand stand of arms, and all
the camp equippage, fell into the hands of
the Americans.
j “Gates received the vanquished cotntnau-
! der with courtesey, dressed in a plain blue
i frock, wh’ le the soldiers, on marching out
| to pile their arms, found not an American
j tn the field. The brave fellows were spar
ed the mortification of grounding their arms
| xu the presence of their enemies.”
Energy and Mind.— Energy! Enetgy
is everything. How mean a thing is a man
with little motive power! All the abilities
natuie has giver, him lie useless, like a great
; and beautiful machine, ready at every point
for useful action, but not a wheel turns for
| want of a starting power! A great man is
! just like a great machine. He has a great
i power to set in motion the varied and im-
t mense projects which he has in hand; little
I motives can neither start him nor stop him;
they may set in full play the powers of an
j ordinary man, and render him a respecta
ble, nay even a beautiful piece of mechan-
I istn, but never a magnificent one.
Yet there is one point which lifts man su
premely above tire machine. By the work
ing of his own mind he can improve and ex
alt himself; by directing his eye to what is
; great and good, he may become so. If
then we can become what we wish to be,
j what high objects should we aim at, and
what resolute and energetic efforts should
we be ever making to attain them!
was, if he had permitted himself to be dis
couraged by the reflection that we cannot
all be Newtons. It is our business to make
the most of our own talents and opportuni
ties; and, instead of discouraging ourselves
by comparisons and impossibilities, to be
lieve all things imaginary possible, as, in
deed, almost all things are, to a spirit brave
ly arid firmly resolved. Franklin was a fine
mode! of a practical man, as contradistin
guished from a visionary theorist, as men of
genius are very apt to be. He was great
in the greatest of all good qualities—sound,
strong, common sense. A mere bookworm
is a miserable driveller; and a mere genius
a thing of a gossamer, fit only for the winds
to sport with. Direct your intellectual ef
forts principally to the cultivation of the
strong masculine qualities of the mind.
Bearn ([repeat it) to think—think deeply,
comprehensively, powerfully, and learn the
simple, nervous language which is appropri
ate to that kind of thinking.— Wirt.
The Central Rail-Road.—We congratu
late the Stockholders in the Central Rail-
Road on the first dividend that they have
ever received from their investment. They
have waited long enough for some return
but now the bark in which their hopes are
centered is fairly afloat, in a trustworthy,
seaworthy condition, and they have a just
claim to expect still better things in the fu
ture. The debt of the company is now
IMPORTANT PROM MEXICO.
Gen. Worth at Puebla—Advance of the Army—Herre
ra elected President of Mexico—Capture of a Train,
Sfc.
The steamer Palmetto arrived at New
Orleans on the 27tb, with VeraCruz dates
tothe22d, and Jalapa to the 21st ult. The
correspondent of the Della writing from Ja
lapa on the 21st, says.
“We have positive information of the ar-
tival of Geu. Worth’s command at Puebla.
Deeds of Personal Valor at Cerro Gordo.—
Capt. E. B. Alexander, who commanded
the gallant 3d Infantry, did much to inspire
his men. One of his sergeants fell wound
ed in the charge. The captain, not wish
ing to see an idle musket in the command,
sheathed his sword, and picked up the shoot
ing iron of the sergeant, went to work with
good will, and continued to fire as fust as he
could load, and with great effect, until one
of his men came up and begged for the
gun, saying tiiat his own was out of order.
He handed it to hint, and then drawing his
paid off and there is no reason apparent to i" ,a * oummaua at rueoia.
us why regular annual dividends of six or ° n the approach of our army to the city
seven per cent may not be made hereafter ! ® en ‘ Santa Anna who was there at the
an annual fund being reserved with which | tlrae applying hts troops with some neces-
tolay down, indue season, a new and heavy | ° Ut -,\ deta< * meut to u en S a g e
T rail, equal to the demands of any busi . j Gen. U o. h unt.l he could procure hts sup-
ness which can be brought upon the road. ! P ,!e8 ’ but the punier was soon over, and
To this end a rigid system of economy and | f a ' ,ta A ". na a, ‘ d 118 arm y compelled to fly.
accountability, united to an intelligent and i J n .. tb , e sk,rm, 1 ah lbere f “ ur Mexicans
i • . • , • killed—our oss none. He has retreated
energetic administration, such as pre-emt-
ttently characterise the Northern Roads is
alone requisite. i miles from Puebla, but it is Generally con-
Our fellow-citizens too, tax pavers of 5a- . . ,
- r ' 1 ceded that his mam force, upwards of 12,-
| towards the city of Mexico. One report
says he is at Santa Matlin, a town about 2S
vannah ought to be congratulated upon the „„„ ,
. . ° , T-,- . .j j , 1 000 raen, have gone to
auspicious event. 1 Ins dividend places .
$10,000 in the City Treasury, and we have ! ; s .| ne P ann ? tu _ r _ a,luthe ,
a just claim to expect that henceforth the ci-
| ty will receive at least $30,000 a year for
] her investment.—Sav. Rep.
I From the Matamoios Flag. May 22.J
LATE FROM THE BRAZOS.
Rangers.—A gentleman recently from Monterey,
informs us that the three companies of mounted Tex
ans, whirh we reported as being ordered back from
Camargo by Col. Belknap, to their stations on the
eastern frontier of Texas, refused to obey the order,
and proceeded on to General Taylor’s headquarters,
where they were received into service, and assigned
to doty conjointly with Maj. Chevallie’s command.
The Texas mounted force now in the field, is np-
watcis of 600. and we understand that* is the inten
tion of Gen. Taylor that they shall not remain inac
tive. A detachment has already been, or soon will
he, ordered on ranging service,as far down as Victo
ria and San Fernando. They may be looked for in
onr vicinity ere long, and woe be to Carabajal, if he
bides their coming.
Prom San Luis A letter was shown usy< sterday, j
] di ted bth inst., at San Luis, written by a wounded
Mexican officer there (formerly a citizen of this city) i
to a friend here, which gives a truly distressing ac i
count of the destitution prevailing there among the
sick and wounded in hospital.—The hospitals are ;
crowded, and the poor soldiers are actually dying by j
scores of starvation and neglect. The country adja
cent to San l.nis was completely stripped of all its 1
produce to feed the army of 30.000 men which Santa
Anna kept up there for months prior to the battle of
Rio Frio, where he
r engagement. The
latter place is said to be a naturally strong
point, and can be made to offer strong re
sistance, but if Cerro Gordo could not re
sist the brigade of Geu. Twiggs, what can
11th ult.; John C. Hafs was elected Colo
nel; C. A. Harper, Lieut. Colonel, and Wm.
Bowlin, Major. It ia thought that Dr.
Ford, editor of the Texas Democrat, will
revolver, fired, and shot down two of the ! receive the appointment of Adjutant,
enemy, and wounded one with each of the
j Capt. Lincoln.—A recent telegraphic
j despatch announced that this gallant officer
was delivering orders, in his capacity of Ad
jutant, when shot, and denies that he was
. killed while endeavoring to rally the Indi-
j ana Regiment.
| We believe that neither statement is true.
; We h ave it second-hand from an officer,
, who rode behind him when he fell; that he
was shot in the head when in the act of ma
king a charge at full gallop, and that he fell
dead front his horse. The noble animal,
carried forward by his own speed, as soon
as he missed his rider, turned back, passed
his nose over the body, and gently turned
the head so as to reveal the features of his
master, which, when exposed to Lincoln’s
servant, who stood by, caused the latter to
shed tears and utter loud convulsive iamen-
smoke, added ten-fold horror to the fight.— I tations. All who saw it were deeply affect
They were no longer struggling for victory,
but for life, and therefirre summoned all
their energies to check the progress of the
victors. But neither formidable intrench-
ments with the abatis in front, nor the hot
ly worked batteries exploding in their faces,
nor the close and destructive volley of mus
ketry, could stay the excited patriots.—
Through the tremendous fire, and over the
ensanguined field, now covered with a sul
phurous cloud, amid which incessant lightn
ings played, and one continuous thunder
peal rolled, they charge up to the very muz
zles of the guns. The camp itself was sha
ken throughout its entire extent, and trem
bled like a reed in the blast; while Arnold,
enraged at the abatis, which baffled all his
efforts in front, called around him a few
brave fellows, and taking a short circuit,
made that desperate charge into the sally
port, where he fell. One hour more of the
daylight, and that camp would have been
swept as a hurricane; nay, one hour more
of safety to Arnold on his steed, and that
darkness would have heett filled with the
flying enemy, and a routed camp ended the
day. ......
“The British army abandoned their camp
during the night, and took post on the hills,
and in the morning the American troops
marched into it with colors flying and drums
beating, and a long shout went up from the
abandoned entrenchments. During the day
a scattered fire of artillery was kept up, and
ever and anon was borne back to the camp
the rapid discharge of musketry, as small
detachments from either at my came in col
lision. Frazer, who had died early in the
morning after the battle, and requested to
be buried at sunset in the chief redoubt.—
The procession was formed, and at six o’
clock was seen moving slowly up the hill to
the place of interment. General Winslow
observed it, anil not knowing its object or
character, ordered it to he cannonaded; and
while they were laying the chieftain in his
grave, a solitary cannon kept booming at
intervals on the evening air, and the heavy
shot tore up the earth in their midst.—
Throughout the solemn burial-service, the
voice of the chaplain was ever anon inter
rupted by that solitary peal of thunder, and
his priestly robes were covered with dust,
which the ball, as it smoked past, threw
upon him. The 3un had now gone down,
and twilight drew its mantle over the scene.
The American officers discovering at length
that it was a funeral procession, ceased
playing upon it, and in sympathy with the
brave who bad fallen, fired minute guns till
the solemn ceremony was over. It was a
burial worthy of the chieftain who had thus
fallen on his last battle field. Amid the
thunder of artillery, he was borne from the
ed, for Lincoln was the idol of the army.
Some days after the battle, Capt. Lin-
; coin’s horse: was offered for sale at auction.
! When the first bid was announced, the can
teen woman, (honored with the soubriquet
of the Great Western, as well from her val-
. or and patriotism as from her extraordinary
size and strength,) with whom Lincoln was
i an especial favorite, 3topped forward and
! said that the man who offered seventy-five
; dollars for a horse like that, could not want
it—that she would give two hundred and
fifty dollars for the animal, and at that price
was knocked down to her. When asked
what occasion she had for the horse, she de
clared her intention to keep it till an op
portunity offered of forwarding it to Lin
coln’s mother, for whom she bought it as a
present.—JV. Y. Jour. Com.
THE STREET SCHOOL.
“There are many things learned out of
School; attJ nowhere is there more learned
than in the streets. Bad boys almost al
ways live in the streets. There they are
out of the way of parents, and teachers, and
! masters. There they see plenty of enter-
; tainingsights. There they meet with ma
ny playmates, especially those who are older
& worse. There they can halloo and shout,
laugh and sing, without restraint. Especial-
j ly at night, all these things are worst, and
then they learn very fast. The street school
is very much a night school.”
“When boys are sent on errands, they
sometimes stop by the way and take street
lessons. They go out of their proper
course, stand at corners, and gape at new
sights. There are classes of the street
school at the doors of the theatre and circus,
and whenever there is a fire, a procession
or a training, or when a crowd follows the
: constable and his prisoners.
I “The street lessons are various. Idle
ness is the first and chief. Curiosity about
evil is the next. Boldness and impudence
are also taught. Then cone profane and
; filthy words, vile jests, unclean songs, quar-
i reling, fighting, and even drinking. After
a while, the pupils in the street school are
1 far enough advanced logo to the upper in-
| slitutions, such as the gaol and the alms-
i house - ”
“Thousands of parents favor this School,
i and some who pass for good people. It is
; less troublesome than any other. If you
' wish your boy to be entered as a street
I scholar, all you have to do is to let him a-
; lone. Take no care about his company.—
Never rebuke him for coming home late
| from school or att errand. Do not trouble
: yourself about the way he passes his even-
- intjs. Never tnind what time he comes
, home at night. Especially do not trouble
disastrous fight—tfie enemy s guns pealed ; yourselves in sending him to Sunday-
over his grave, and when the mute proces
sion turned away in the gathering shades
of evening, theii cannon gave his last sa
lute, and the sullen echo, as it rolled over
the hills, was his only requiem.
Burgoyne, now eonvinced that he could
not cut his way through the American ar
my, took the only alternative left him, and
began his retreat, hoping to retrace his step3
to Lake George, and from thence to Cana
da. This he should have done sooner—
now it was too late—for the American ar
my, extending itself on every side, baffled
all his efforts, and soon well nigh complet
ed a circle about him. In every direction
the roar of cannon told that the avenues of
safety were cut off. Even the last desper
ate effort, to abandon all his artillery and
baggage, and by a rapid night march reach
Lake George, was seen to be useless. Still
School.
The street school is very expensive. The
price is not paid in advance, or in ready
i money; but it is sure to be demanded with
I heavy interest. The payment is loss of
1 conscience, loss of character, often loss of
health, and sometimes the loss of the soul.’>
“ Take it for granted that there is no excel
lence without great labor. No mere aspira
tions for eminence, however ardent, will do
the business. Wishing, and sighing, and
imagining, and dreaming of greatness, will
never make you great. If you would get
• to the mountain’s top. on which the temple
• of fame stands, it will not do to stand still,
looking and admiring and wishing you were
thete. You must gird up your loins, and
go to woik with all the indomitable energy
ither bairels. The pistol being useless
then was belted, and the sabre drawn, which
in his unerring hand, severely wounded an
enemy upon the head.
Lieut. D. C. Buell, adjutant of the third—
the man who, Gen. Twiggs says, knows
not what fear is—cut down two men with
his sabre. His conduct at Monterey, would
prepare us for any feat of daring performed
by him.
Lieut. E. Van Dorn, 7th Infantry, aid-de-
camp to Col. Harney, on the I7th, cut two
men down with his sabre.
Lieut. B. E. Bee was wounded in the
thumb by a bayonet, but succeeded in cut
ting the man down with his sword.
Singular Circumstance.—The Baltimore
Sun, of the 31st ult. says—On Friday eve
ning as a couple of gentlemen were riding
along the Cantoti road, they observed a
flock of birds, which proved to he sand
snipes, raise and fly across the road, coming
in contact with the telegraphic wire, which
passed over the road. A number ot them
struck it, and fell to the ground, and the
gentlemen alighting picked up some eight
or ten. Some of the birds had their heads
nearly severed from the body, while others
had their legs broken, &c. Was the de
struction of the birds occasioned by the
force with which they struck the wires, or
by a current of electricity, which may have
been passing at the time ?
The following paragraph is copied from a
Pennsylvania paper, the Boylestown Dem
ocrat. Corwin is the choice of the Whigs
in Ohio for Vice President; they even pro
pose to put his name on the same ticket
with Old “Rough and Ready:”
"A Traitor Rewarded.— Thomas Cor
win, the Federal U. S. Senator from Ohio,
has been hanesomely rewarded by the Mex
ican Congress, for the “admirable and patri
otic” speech he made in the American Con
gress, in behalf of that “outtaged and much
abused” country. Don Jose de y Jocohobuqe
offeree and read a resolution in the Mexi
can Congress, that “the thanks of the img
nanimous Mexican Nation be voted to the
Hon. Thomas Corwin, United States Sena
tor, for his patriotic and magnanimous
speech in behalf of the outraged rights of the
Mexican people,” which was unanimously
adopted.”
Singular Disclosure.—Some years ago, I
England was infested by two daring high- j
waymen, known by the names of Lightfoot |
and Thunderbolt, whose atrocities and ad- |
ventures were notorious. Lightfoot was fi
nally arrested, and furnished a description
of Thunderbolt to the Police; but be fled,
& no clue was ever found to his hiding place.
A recent number of the Barre Gazette
says, that a distinguished physician lately
died in Brattleboro’ Vt., whose person an
swers the description of Lightfoot, and who
was unquestionably the noted robber! It
says—
“He had been a resident of that, place for
a number of years, and enjoyed much cele
brity as a skilful physician. During his last
illness he refused to be undressed, and
when near his end, hired two men in atten
dance to bury him in his clothes, just as he
died; a contract which was not fulfilled on
their part, in consequence of the resistance
of the neighbors, who were desirous of
giving his remains a more decent and befit
ting burial. On ternoring his clothes, pre
vious to his being laid out, the cause of this
eccentric desite of his was manifest—the
withered leg and cork heel, the shot marks,
and the scar which witnessed a previous at
tempt at suicide—precisely as laid down it.
Lightfoot’s description of him, marked him
as the Thunderbolt who had gained such
notoriety in England and in this country, as
one of the most daring and successful high
waymen that has graced the annals of crime.
On his person were also found a dirk and
pistol, and among his effects, arms of all
descriptions, together with watches, dia
monds, jewelry, Ace., to an enormous value,
packed away in saw dust. He always went
dressed in three suits of clothes, to make his
figure more portly, and to prevent recogni
tion, and his withered leg was found wound
with cluths to make it appear of the size of
the other. We could give the name he was
known by, but withhold it for reasons which
are apparent to every one. We give the
story as told by one direct from the spot
and leave our readers to judge for them
selves.”
The Rev. Jared Curtis, who has been
Chaplain of the Massachusetts State Pris
on for twenty years, stated a few evenings
since, at a temperance meeting in Boston,
that three-fourths of the 270 inmates at
present in the institution with which he is
connected, and of all other criminals in the
prisons of that State, had been in the use of
intoxicating drinks.
Col. Hay’s Regiment.—A letter from San J position avail the Mexican chieftain.”
Antonio of the 13th inst., givestlie informa- ] The same writer states that the army was
tion that at an election for officers on the j to leave Jalapa on the 22d at 3 o’clock, and
that it would make no halt at Perote. Gen.
Twiggs was again otdered to move in the
advance.
At 12 o’clock on the 21st, the Diligence
arrived at Jalapa from Puebla, with news
The regiment was to take up the line of ‘ that Herrera had been chosen President and
march on the 15th ult,, crossing the Rio : was in favor of peace for the avowed reason
Grande at Loredo, direct to Monterey. ■ that that alone could prevent the capito!
Anothet letter, two days later than the a- from falling into the hands of the ‘Yankees.’
bove, says that Hays’regiment left San An- Another report, however stated that Santa
tonio on the 14th, for Mexico.—News. | Anna with 14,000 men under Minon and
! other Generals were fortifying a pass be
tween Puebla and the city of Mexico, where
‘ Tis i he Star Spangled Banner.oh,long may ji
OVrtho Land of the Free and the Ilomeof the Brave '
ntl.l,EDKEmi.E, JOE 8, I S47.
DE.TIOCK.3TIC FO VFE.VT/o.v
TO NOMINATE A
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR,
Buena Vista, and now even the citizens of the pi ace TO BE HELD IN M1LLEDGEVILLE ON Trie
are suffering for want of the common necessaries of _ _
4th Monday in June, S8ir.
Democratic Convention.
W e are pleased to learn from the public
prints and other sources of information
1 that the Democratic Republican party 0 f
Georgia is alive to the subject of the -i,
atfd Camargo as ! P^ing Convention to nominate a can,!;.
date for Governor. The spirit which ani
mates our fiiends, at the various
ring lor warn or xne common necessaries
life.—The Mexican government makes no provision
whatever for the wounded soldiery, and they are to
be seen dragging their mangled limbs a long [the streets,
and begging, alas too often in vain, for bread. The
troops have all left—leaving not so much as a regi
ment to garrison the city.
Neic Steamer.—Capt. Sterrit’s fine light draught
land in _
arrived from Galveston, Texas. The Sabine is to
ply between the mouth of the river
an independent boat.
The River.—YVe find it an exceedingly difficult task
to report the stage of the water in the Rio Grande.
i• . i , county
meetings which have been already held
We mentioned in onr last paper that the river was so I #i,« „ n „ C i * v „ e
low that navigation had been suspended above Key- ° . ^ nfidence of the
’ i this fact, than * P a, *y» a . displays a becoming zeal and
one night; and j eneigy in the cause, which, if persevered
cannot fail to secure the complete tri-
umph of the Democracy, at the October
j nosa. No sooner had we made public this fact, than
j a ten foot rise came down upon us ‘
! whilst we were picking up the type to announce navi
gation again free to Camargo, down comes a boat re
porting the water to have fallen as rapidly as it rose,
leaving all the boats which had ventured up on the
! sticking last on sand-bars. Like every thing
election.
We trust every county in the State will
Mexican, the Itio Grande is treacherous; and hence- : not fail to seM d delegates to the C
I forth we shall not be deceived by its promises into i • » < , ° '- yl
LAW OF PERIODICALS.
by Us promises into
j making statements as lo its condition for steamboat-
1. Subscribers who do not give express j it was proposed to make the last grand rally.
notice to the contrary are considered wis
hing to continue their subscription.
2. If subscribers order the discontinu
ance of their periodicals, the publisher may
continue to send them till all arrearages are
paid.
3. If sub scribers neglect or refuse to
take their periodicals, from the offices
where they are directed, they are held res-
Still a third report had it that Santa Anna
had been chosen chief of the guerrilla par
ties which were hecomining very numerous
along the whole line of communication.—
One hundred and twenty mules, laden with
flour and pork were captured on the even
ing of the 21st, within three miles of Vera.
Cruz.
We learn from a slip from the Cornmer-
[ From the Malitmoros Flog, May 26.]
prom Monterey —Capt. Cummings, who left that
city on Ihe lSih inst, and arrived here on Monday
eveninglast, informs us that the 1st Mississippi regi
ment. Col. Jefferson Davis, left ou the 17th, and are
now at the depot 15 miles below Camargo, awaiting
transporlion to the tnoulh.—The 2d Kentu-'ky in-
j fantry took up the line of march for Camargo on the
| ISth, and arrived at Mier on the 22d. The 1st Oliio-
} ans, recently arrived from Saliido, were to follow on
ponstble till they have settled their bill, and c ial Times, that Capt. Mayo, Governor off
ordered their paper discontinued. Alvarado, had with a parly of eighty men
4. If subscribers move to other places . in Gun Boats captured the town of Talas■
without informing the publisher, and the
periodical is sent to the former direction
they are held responsible.
5- The Courts hare directed that refus
ing to take a periodical or paper from the of
fice, or removing and leaving it uncalled for,
is prima facie evidence of intentional fraud.
Ungallant.—The Court of Delaware has
recently sentenced “a pretty young white
woman to receive” a certain number of
‘lashes on the bare back, to i e well laid on,’
for some trifling offence; the laws of the
same State, if we do not mistake, authorize
j imprisonment of females for debt—decided-
| ly a most ungallant State! We wonder
j “pretty young white women” should stay
j there. Little Delaware should be well cuf-
| fed by some of her bigger sisters, to teach
her bet ter manners, for respect for females
is one of the proudest boasts of the Ameri
can character.
He who lays his hand upon a woman.
Save in the way of gentle kindness—is a wretch,
Whom ’twere base flattery to call a coward.
[Sac. Rrp.
coya situated nearly one hundred miles
southwest of Alvarado. He was kindly
treated and the town given up, but on his
return down the river, he was fired on by
the enemy, concealed in the dense chapar-
al ami seven of his men (among them pas
sed Midshipman J. G. I’t ingle) severely
wounded. Com. Petty had gone South but
his destination was unknown.
PROPOSITION FOR PEACE!
Sun Office, New York, \
May 28th, 1847—3 P. M. $
By an arrival from Havana, the New
York Sun has received advices from Mex
ico. The English steam ship Dee, Capt.
Allen, arrived at Havana on the Silt inst.,
four days from Vera Cruz, bringing $43,-
000 in specie and 47 passengers. By her
we learn from Puebla that Gen. Scot! had
made, for the last time, overtures of Peace
to the Mexican Cabinet.
tion. A large numberof the counties hav„
| already selected their members, and | r „ ra
what we learn of the preparations, most, if
| not all the others will have done likewise,
before the time arrives for the meeting of
the Convention.
We would respectfully call upon our
friends, in those counties that have not yet
j moved on the subject, to lose no time in
calling meetings and appointing delegates.
We think it highly important that every
the 19th: and the 1st Indianians under Col Drake, county in the State should be represented
would follow on the *20th. Fifteen hundred pack- • f i p • * lcu
mules were met near Cerralvo, with supplies for c i n ion.
the army.
Gen. Cushing has received orders lo repair, forth
with, to Geu. Taylor, at Monterey. Althougn the
General’s leg lacks some three weeks more of rest
to permit his removal without pain and great incon
venience, yet he avows his determination to leave
Matamoros in a few days. The Massachusetts regi
ment accompanies him.
An election is ordered ill the Massachusetts regi
ment bv Brig. Gen. Cadwallader, to supply the va
cant colonelcy in the regiment, occasioned by the pro
motion of Brig. Gen Cushing.
Mfcj. Cass, with a detachment of the 3d Dragoons,
arrived in onr city on Monday last. The destination
of a portion of the regiment has been changed—a
It is highly essential to our success—nay
absolutely necessary, that the nominee of
the Convention, should be selected with the
utmost prudence, judgment and discrimina
tion, and without regard toselfish or section
al interests. He should be a man whose com-
mandingtalents, standing and devotion to the
great principles which we advocate, would,
at once, place him prominently before the
people and command tfie respect and sup
port of the entire parly.
So far as delegates have yet been ap-
bnttalion of five companies, under command of Lieut, pointed, we have no reason lo complain as
Col. Thos. p. Moore being ordered to join Gen. to their ability to judge and appreciate the
Scott; the remainder of the regiment, with their Co- . i . , J , 9 .. V . C
nel (Gen E G. \V. Butler, ol Louisiana.) will taIen!s aM “ popularity of those whose
in Gen. Taylor. names may be submitted to the Convention.
The 1st Mississippi regiment is expected here hour- , We have the utmost confidence, that they
„„ .h., p„„„i. 'pi.- ■*“t-”* 1 vvill make such a selection as will best pro-
Railway Flying.—Forty-five miles an
hour is the contract lime for canying the
mails in England, per railway, and rapid
as is this transit, it has been recently out- f
done. A late London paper gives an ac- I •
count of extraordinary rapidity on the rail
way, which seems to make us almost realize
the idea of Puck, “I’ll put a girdle round
about the earth in forty minutes.” The
road, was the London and the Northwest
ern Railway—and a special train consisting
of five carriages, was taken from Birming
ham in two hours and thirty minutes.— ;
“The actual time oftravelling did not ex- I
ceed two hours, being an average of fifty-six
RUMORS OF PEACE.
It is still asserted by some of the Wash
ington correspondents of the New \ork
papers that Mr. Trist—whose arrival at
Jalapa Mr. Kendall notes in his letter to
the Picayune—has been sent on a peace
mission. 'I he correspondent of the Cour
ier and Enquirer says :—
“ Rest assured there was a perfect un
derstanding with Scott and the Administra
tion, and that the terms on which both coin
cide in opinion are : Upper California and
New Mexico, and no other or greater por
tion of the territory, and the right of way
across the Isthmus, if it can he obtained.
Assignments of Troops.—The following
Regiments have been ordered to join Gen.
miles per hour,the train being stopped four . Scott: the 9th, 12th, 14th atid^loth Regi-
c
stoppir
times on the journey, to allow other trains ! merits of Infantry, and the Regiment of
to be clear of the line, besides stopping at ; Voltigeurs. Several Companies of Volti-
Wolverton to change engines. The latter geurs have embarked for the Brazos, as this
part of the journey, twenty one miles, was Regiment was first ordered to join General
performed in twenty-one minutes. The Taylor—its destination has been changed.
■ xt* 1 e *4 r I * I. , . 1 ft i L 1 O» L, n n .1 1 • lx V nl.kiil rir Oll/l
The 10th, 13th and 16th Infantry, and
3d Dragoons, have been ordered to join
Gen. Taylor.
Unruly Locomotive.—The editor of the Atlanta
Lmninai v has been informed by a gentleman acquaint
ed with ihe circumstance that a new ard splendid lo
comotive named Gen. Taylor, tried on a railroad in
Georgia, would no! back'.
maximum speed for upwards of a mile was
seventy-five miles an hour.
F/uits of Free Trade and Democratic
Policy.—Since the first day of January last
there have arrived at the ports of Boston
and New York $20,000,009 in specie.—
Money is plenty in New York at 5 per
cent, per annum—unusually large amounts Geu. Taylor —A dagucrreoivpe likeness of Gen.
on deposite in the banks—government Taylor may be seen at Mr. Babcock’s book store in
stocks and treasury notes at from 6 to 7 per King street It was taken by an accomplished aitist
- - and represents the old hero as he stood upon the
field of Buena Vista. He has a spy-glass under his
arm, having just completed his survey of ihe scenes
cent, above par—and the national revenue
from imports increasing largely every month
anu promising to exceed the annual reve- around.—Pcc.Xeics.
w of Hannibal scaling the Alps. Laborious
Burgoyne lingered—his proud heart refused study’ and diligent observation of the world
to yield to the stern necessity which bound
him. What! that splendid array, on whose
success he had staked his reputation, to be
surrendered, and all his bright visions sink
are both indispensable to the attainment of
eminence. By the former, you must make
yourself master of all that is known of sci
ence and letters; by the latter, you must
at once! The thought was too bitter, and he know man at large, and particularly the
still clung to hope, and dreamed of escap- character E.nd genius of your own country-
in g by some accident from the perils that
only thickened as he advanced. For six
days he turned, like a scorpion girt with
fire, as every moment the devouring ele
ment rages nearer—b:s amp was uncover-
men. We cannot all be Franklins, it is
I true; but by imitating his mental habits and
1 unwearied industry, we may reach an emi
nence we should never otherwise attain.—
Net would he have been the Franklin he
It is stated that Major Hobbie, Assistant
Post Master General, will go out to Eu
rope in the American Mail Steamer Wash
ington, which leaves New York this day,
for the purpose of effecting a Post-Office ar
rangement witli several of the Governments
of Europe, which will greatly facilitate the
cortespondence between their citizens and
those of this country.
Fearful Epidemic.—An extraordinary
and fearful mortality is prevailing in Moore-
house Parish, La., occasioned by the ma
lignant scarlet fever, bronchitis, and nemo-
nia. Without distinction to color, the in
habitants are dropping off rapidly, more or
less being sick in almost every house in the
parish, and few of the attacked surviving
24 hours.
nue from the same source under the protec
tive system at least three millions of dol
lars ! ! ! The price of flour in New York
is S8 to 9 per barrel —wheat SI 90 per
bushel—corn from 94 to 102 cents a bush
el—cotton notwithstanding a temporary
decline, 13^ cents per lb.—and provisions
of all kinds at a high leinunerating price to
the producer! ! ! Let whig rulers get in-,
to office, restrict our trade with England
and force her in selfdefence to break up the
liberal exchange of commodities now pas
sing between the two countries, and the
sun of prosperity which is now laughing the
whole country into life and happiness and
joy, will soon fade from our vision, and leave
us again to the gloom and pressure under
which we had so long struggled, until un
der the auspices of democracy, it rose in
the ascendant. Can a sober and reflecting
people be guilty of the madness and folly
of dashing to earth the cup of their prosper
ity, in the very moment it is infusing life
and vigor into their veins !!!
[ Athens Banner.
Paymaster's Department.— The utmost
activity pervades every branch of the Pay
master’s Department of this city, under the
general superintendence of Col. Lamed.
Within the last few days the 1st and 2d
Tennessee Regiments, under the command
of Cols. Campbell and Haskell; the 2d Il
linois, Col. Foreman, and the 1st Ken
tucky, Col. Ormsby, have been paid off.
Yesterday the Alabama Regiment, com
manded by Col. Coffee, were being paid off.
During the business hours the front and lob
bies of the Commercial Exchange on St.
Charles street, in which building the Pay
master’s office is located, ate crowded with
unshorn, rugged looking volunteers, and
the eagerness with which they scramble af
ter their pay, is only to be equalled by the
determination they manifested in hunting up
and bringing down the Mexicans.—JV, O.
Delta, 2Sth ult.
The Presidency.—The “Southern Re
corder,” unable longer to resist the “enthu
siasm” which has been gotten up by a few
hungry office seekers, in favor of General
Taylor, has placed the old hero’s name at
the head of its columns as a candidate for
the Presidency.—S. Miscellany.
Keep it Ljorc the People.—The Queen
of starving England is allowed for her sup
port, 51,700,01)0; for Prince Albert, her
i husband, 3133,000; and for her horses and
bounds, S310,000; making in all $2,193,000.
Gen. Taylor and the Whigs.—The Xenia
Ohio, Torch Light, a federal paper, brands
Gen. Taylor as “the most adroit skull-break
er, throat-cutter, house-burner* and women
and children slayer oj the age.” The tune
seetns to be changing quite rapidly.
ly on the steamboat Rough anil Ready. This is what
may be termed a “crack” regiment, and nobly has it : . . . . . e , , *
demeaned itself while in Mexico. It was peculiarly f 10 *® tae interest of the party and ensure
fortunate in selecting such a man as Jefferson Davis ts success. Much-—every thing, indeed,
to command it. From the concurrent testimony of depends upon the selection of our stand-
all whom we have heard speak of him. we should
judge he could infuse courage into the bosom of a
coward, and self-respect and pride into the breast of
the most abandoned.
Mr. Parish, hearer of despatches from Washington
to Gen. Taylor, arrived in our city yesterday morn
ing. and immediately proceeded up the river to Ca
margo. en route for Monterey.
Massacre.—The body of a white man was discov
ered by Capt. Cummings about seven miles below
Reynosa. lying dead by the roadside, entirely naked.
On closer examination, he discovered that a ball had
entered his left breast, and that further violence had
been used to accomplish the bloody deed.
Buena Vista. May 15, 1847.
VVc expect Lieut Col. Mitchell here to-day, with
the advance of Col. Doniphan's command, consist
ing ol Copt, t’ike's party of Arkansas cavalry and a
detachment of Missouri volunteers under Capt. Reid,
in all 100 men —They were at I'arras (100 miles dis
tant.) oil the 11th inst Col. Doniphan is now at or
near Parras, with about 900 hundred mounted men
and 1C pieces of artillery—He is expected here in
three days. Col. Mitchell, in passing through the
State of Durango, took possession of a small fort,
called Paltia. in which he found one captain. 21 pri
vates and 46 stand of arms. The Colonel released
them on parole, and gave the pour devils arms
enough to protect themselves against their particular
friends, the Camatiches. At Mapeme he found 125
muskets and 85 lances. The troops, 120 in number,
fled on his approach.
I closed m v last in haste as I was ordered on a scout,
and a pleasant one it was. I was sent to a ranche,
“Le Piiiita.”35 or 40 miles from here, to bring in a
quantity of sugar captured by the Rangers the day be
fore. VVe reached the plunder before davliglit, and
1 pushed on to the ranche, leaving 10 or 12 men to
guard and load thewagons. The Mexicans, on dis- '
covering my little party, fled to the roof of their
castle, and prepared to defend themselves. After
otnetime I brought them to a parley, and found
n me and tny boys for Ca-
nianche Indians. After a laugh and a drink of real
I cow’s mi'k we started for the wagons, to which we
heard iiad been reized by 5U0 Mexican lancers, and
! that onr retreat was cut off. 1 remembered the story
I of the three black crows which dwindled down to
something as black as a crow, and soon found that
I the 500 Mexicans were 47 innocent Camnnches who
| had been levying “black mail” in the neighborhood,
and as usual—
‘The wealthy they slaughtered, thelovely they spared.'
j They had killed every Mexican man they met with,
| and had with them nine or ten very beautiful young
Mexican girls as prisoners. The boys wished me to
! attempt a rescue; out weare at peace with them, and , , . . -
(there’s a bargain—“Let me alone and PH let you a- only on tfie greatly improved appearance oF
lone.” Besides, a young Mexican lady af Guerrera his weekly, but, also, on the large addition
i assured me she’d prefer a Camanche for a husband G f names to Iris subscription list, during the
I to a Mexican, and an American to either, or both:— ; . 1 °
ard bearer, in the approaching campaign.
9 o Correspondents,— We have receiv
ed the proceedings of several public meet
ings; but, too late for to-day’s paper—they
will appear in our next. The fav rs ol our
correspondents will now (having finished
the publication of the Laws, &c., of the se
cond session of Congress) receive due at
tention.
QJ*" The attention of the reader is invit
ed to an extract, on our first page, from
Headiey’s "Washington and his Generals,”
a work of great merit, the 1st volume of
which is before us, giving an account of the
Battle of Saratoga. We have perused this
book will; much interest, and have selected
several interesting pieces for publication.
Large Cotton.—We were handed, on
Thursday last, by our friend, Col. Hnoue-
nin, some dozen stalks of cotton from his
plantation in Sumter, the smallest one in
the bundle, we should say was, at least,
twenty-four inches in height—a fair sample
of his crop. Will some of our friends
in this section send us a specimen of their
cotton?
Tiie Georgia Regiment.—Col. Jackson
passed down the Rail Road, last week, on
his way to Savannah. Most of the officers
and men have by this time reached their
homes. Preparations are being made, in
many places, to give those patriotic soldiers
they had mistaken ^ me and tny boys for Ca- | a cordial reception.
The Democratic Press.— We are truly
i gratified to learn that our democratic breth-
; re it of the quill are receiving such substan-
i tial evidence of approbation from their
friends. The Georgia Jeffersonian, came
to us last wees in an entirely new dress—
. new type—larger and better paper, and, in
deed, very much improved in every respect.
We sincerely congratulate our worthy
and indefatigable friend and coadjutor, not
that expression. 1 fear, cost a noble fellow his life.
Sad Accident.— Wo learn that on Satur-
past two months.
We trust the time is not distant, when a
democratic newspaper will be found in, at
day last, Mr. White, of the firm of White & i '« ast ,’ eve,: y Republican family throughout
We learn that a few days since a murder
was committed in Randolph county, on the
body of Lewis Roper, a very respectable
citizen of that county, by one of his ne
groes.
The circumstances, as we understand
them, show one of the most attrocious kind
of coldblooded murders. The negro was
one of those refractory, ungovernable kind
that required continual watching. Mr. R.
was sitting down reading a newspaper,
near where the negro was hoeing in the
field, and in passing him, the negro struck
him with the hoe, which ftactured his scull,
of which he died in a very short time. The
negro is in custody and will undergo a judi
cial investigation in the course of next week
before the proper tribunal in Cuthbert.—
Fort Gaines Volunteer, May, 29.
The Descendants of Lafayette.—The pat
riotism of the illustrious friend of Wash
ington is descending undiluted to bis suc
cessors. His son, George Washington
Lafayette, who inherits the name of one
and the virtues of both his namesakes, has
long held, and still holds, a 6eat among the
Liberal members of the French Chamber
of Deputies, und at the last election his
eldest son, Oscar, having scarcely become
eligible by arriving at the age of 30, was
elected a Deputy to the same Chamber, by
the District of Meaux, the same that bis
grandfather, the General, formerly repre
sented. The son sits by the side of bis fa
ther, on the same opposition bench, where
he sat so long by the side of his father, the
old General.
A Trirphy—The veritable wooden leg of Santa
Anna, captured at Cerro Gordo, bas reached New
Orleans. Some of the wicked *N9gs of that city ar#
r-.akmg very merry over it
Headon of Decatur, while driving a pair
of Horses in a Barouche from Atlanta to
Decatur, when within sight of tho village
the horses took flight, and being unman
ageable precipitated over the dash board
Miss tjtone, daughter of Daniel Stone, an
old and respectable citizen and the clerk of
the Superior Couit of Decatur, the Ba
rouche passing over and crushing her head
most horribly, which resulted in her death
immediately.— Constitutionalist, June 2d.
| the State. As a party, we have not patron
ized the public pi ess, as liberally as our po
litical opponents.
We understand, says the Union that Mr.
Thomas Sully, of Philadelphia, is now in
Washington engaged in painting the por
traits of the President of the United States
and of the Secretary of the Navy, at the i q
request and at the expense of the two so
cieties of Chat el Hill, North Carolina, of
which lltev are alumni. Mr. Polk was as-
No Time to Read the Papers.—We all
find time to-do whatever is really a gratifi
cation to us; and hence the complaint of no
time is, in fact, no taste for reading. Let
the same thing, or the same duty, he done
punctually at the same hour, every day,
matter how irksome at first, and it will soon
become pleasant. Every man has time to
i read a few paragraphs in a newspaper, dur
ing a rainy day, or a long winter evening,
; or sometimes when waiting for his meals,
i The most industrious persons always find
time to read, and it is only the idle and tri-
who can find no time to improve them
selves by reading.
Appointmen r
the President.—
sociated.with the Dialectic Society—Judge j Bedny F. McDonald, (son of Ex-Governor
Mason, with the Philanthropic Society. ; McDonald) we are pleased
The portraits w
eased to see, has beeD
be completed before the ; appointed second Lieut, in the third Regi-
originals leave this city, on Friday next, to : ment of U. S. Artillery
attend the commencement of Chapel Hill. ! Mr. McDonald, it will be recollected,
No praise from our pen can add anything j held a staff appointment, in the Georgia
to the reputation of Mr. Sully. His name
alone, is a sufficient guarantee of the fidel
ity of the portraits, and the beauty of their
execution.
Windfall.—Tbe bar keeper at the Broadway Ho
tel (Cincinnati) has met with a little bit of good luck.
By the death of hts grandfather, he has unexpectedly
fallen into land and slock lo the amount of $100,000.
Pretty good lilt forayottng man “just Btarting out.”
Health of Secretary Walker—it is stated that Mr,
Secretary Walker has lost so lar the use of hi* pow
ers of speech, from long continued excessive labor, as
scarcely to be able to articulate distinctly the shortest
expressions.
We rejoice to learn (says the Philadelphia Inquir
er) that the reports ofan extensive injury to General
Taylor’s farm by an overflowing of‘be Mississippi
are not correct.
Regiment, and was wounded in the seigeat
V'era Cruz. The service which he ha*
seen, during the last twelve months, will be
a good introduction to that Veteran Regt‘
ment. We wish him eminent success, tn
the new theatre, upon which he has entered.
Mercer University.—Some kind friend
has sent us (and paid the postage too)
a catalogue of Mercer University, for ltri 0
and ’47. There are in the Theological De -
partment 12 Students—in the Collegiate
Department 61—and in the Academy 67-—
Total, 132.
In the year 1829, it seems, Mr. Jostab
Penfield of Savannah, bequeathed to tho
Baptist Convention of tha State of Ggarg'S,