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SlflVfwUttviil" From fhr Afha » y Cultivator. Till: ARTICHOKE. Several trials which we have known made w.ti this root indicate that it is one of the most valuable for stock which can be cultivated.— A few years ago, a gentleman of our acquain tance plante I a small patch of rich ground with them. Tit: produce was at the rate of 1,20') bushels per acre. They were principal ly harvuste I hr hogs, which were turned in an I allowed to root them up ns their appetite prompted. They s lined well, with no other fo xl, while the Artichoke lasted* A great ad vantage of this root is, that>t will lie in the ground without injury all winter* Mr. Tnomas tfoi.i e, of Massillon, gave us a brief account of a trial with artichokes, made by him the p;*3t season* In April, 1843, he planted two acres with this Vegetable. The ground was of medium quality. The arti chokes were planted in rows 2 1-2 to 3 feet apart ; using a little more seed than is com monly used m planting potatoes. As soon as the frost was out of the ground last spring, (18It,) the digging of them was begun and continued as the stock required. The produce of the two acres was 1,500 bushels. They wore led principally to sheep, though some were given to cattle, horses, and hogs. A’l animals nte them well, seeming to prefer them to turnips. While the sheep were being fed on them, they were pastureJ on growing wheat and clover„ The shepherd thought the wheat and clover sufficient for them as there was a Tull “ bite,” mi l he accordingly discontinued the artichokes. The ewes “ fell off” in their milk, and the 1 mbs soon showed that they were not doing so well. The artichokes were amtiti given, and they soon did as well as ever. ^Mr. Noble also used the tops for fodder.— lie cut them in October, just before ficst came, dried and housed them. They were fed to the stock in winter and were evidently preferred to corn or fodder. Mr. N. is so well pleased with the artichoke, that he is raising tnem this year on a large scale. ' They require hut little cultivation ; it bc : ng only necessary to keep the ground clear of weeds tiil the artichokes get a good start. Mr. T. M. Johnson of Greensboro’, Ala bama, lately informed ih, that he is this year growing 30 acres of artichokes. He considers them the most profitable vegetable he can raise. In that climate they can be dug any time in the winter. There are several varieties of artichokes, buj that called the Jerusalem artichoke (Heliantht s tuberosus^ is considered best. From the fibres of the tops or stems, a cordage is sometimes manufactured in some parts of Europe. A GOOD Fliitl OI' - MAKING MANURE. A writer in the Southern Planter recom mends the following plan of making manure, of which we highly approve: “ Have a pit thirty or forty feet square, and two or three feet deep, with a good bank around it. In this pit let the materials, viz : oak leaves, pine tags, earth, &c., he put in suitable layers; on which throw all the slop water, sonpsuds, yard sweepings, as ley contents of chambers, and in short, every thing that can be conveniently got together. It may be at any convenient distance from the kitchen, so that the slop water, soap-suds, &c., may be con ducted to it by a trough. Be sure that no wa ter gets into it in any other way. If at any time it should become offensive, start your teams immediately and cover it with sand or earth sufficient to prevent the escape of any effluvia.” We say we approve of this plan of making manure; but we think it might be im proved by sowing plaster over each layer of tne materials of which it is composed, and oc casionally, say at intervals of two or three weeks, sowing it over the sut face, by which means all unpleasant smells would be avoided, and the enriching gases saved to fatten the land. Any pit which may be made for the purpose, should be protected from the weather. [ Western Farmer. Science nml Agriculture. A spirited writer in the London Agricultu ral Gazette, in speaking of the comparatively slow progress of improvement in agriculture, since the days when “ Adam delved and Eve spun,” up to the present time, saya the scien tific world is responsible for the backward state of Agriculture, compared with our art*, and that farmers arc not altogether culpable for their ignorance respecting the scientific princip'cs of their pursuit, since those who alone had the power, and whose province it was, to give them light, did not. refuse it for their benefit, (if, indeed, they had discovered it,) till the example was set by the immortal Daw. Now, however, the writer thinks, the farmers are promised the needed light of sci ence, and being made familiar with its doc trines and its terras. Thus he says: “ What if farmer Dobson (lid think, last year, that Ammonia was the name of a gentle man’s daughter ? He knows better this year, and next venr we shall hear of his putting sul phuric acid or gypsum on his dunghill, to seize this fair lady as she flies. Why should he be expected to he a ready-made chemist ? When he was a boy, chemistry was scarcely born.— lie had no' education in chemistry. How should ho know h had anything to do with farming 1 He is not to he blamed for his ig norance in this matter. The blame, if any where, lies with those who advance it—name ly, w th the scientific world, who have allow ed' the physical world to grow nearly six thou sand years old, and have only just made the notable discovery that the science of all na ture Chemistry—is eminently and necessari ly applicable to the art of human existence— farming, I say it is the backwardness and in fancy of science, not the ignorance-of/artpers, that deserves reflection. Cooking Food for Swine, Dr. Lee, in an article on pork making in the last N.’E. Fanner, says:—'‘‘From some experiments of my own, and considerable re search into the published results of the experi ence of others, I.am satisfied that ten bushels of boiled potatoes, thoroughly mixed with the pudd ng that can be made from three bushels of corn or peas, will make as much pork as twenty bushels of potatoes, and six bushels of corn or peas fed raw.” Many choose their friends for the sake of their full purses, rather than their foil hearts. They forget that a full purse may soon he ex- Itaused by frequent demands upon it, while the more a full heart gives away its treasures, the ». oftener it is replenished. We shah find the strings of the heart and the strings of the purse both°tighfened in the hour of adversity ; the former around us—the latter around itself— Selected. From the X. Y. Sunday Mercury. SAJI WAX. Sam Wax a son of Crispin was. And in the cobbler line ; Ar.d though ue w as no wonder, yet He had a famous sign. A strap ping fellow, too, was Sam, A* ever wax’d a thread; Though he soCd the boots entrusted hi Still an honest life lie led. Though he made boots for other folks, None for himself he made; For. strange ns it mey stent, he said His was a bootless trade. ml a I)v means most people gain the In iliij life’s varying scents : With Sam the :ase was quite reverse For his emit gained his ine'.tns. And thouph hii toil was endless, yet Whene’er about to mend A boot or shoe.ere he begun He first looked for the end. And although poor and much in debt!. With scarce enough to eat, He. to liis creil t he il saict, Awl-wav, trade both ends meet. hut Sam. lie led in love one day— A la-s forsuch tniu-baps; For right and left it rut him up. And look him oiThis taps. For lie neglected business and Was quite down at the heel; An impression or, his soul was made. Such as wax alone could feel. Sam fell in love with a charming girl. Whose name was Dolly Wade ! And solely to be loved by him Sam thought this Doll was made. He swore he’d stick to lier like wax, Tliro’ sunshine and thro' storm; Like wax Ills heart began to melt, His love did wax so warm. * For you, my dear,’ said he, ’ I have Forsook both Peg and Moll, To be your wax unto the last— O, wont you be my Doll V Hut alas for Sam, there came that way A tailor, tall and stout, Who took such ample ineasnrea that He quickly cut him out. And Dolly said—the cruel maid!— Quoth she. 'twill neverdo To slight so fine a suit as this, And bind myself to you’. So Sam was ne’er himself again— It laid him on the shelf; Tho’ he possess’d the heel ing art. He could not heal himself. And every day he grew more sad. Until all hope was past; Nor boots nor shoes lie tap-ped more. But tap’d himself at last. And thus he died as he had lived. Without a single friend ; His sorows, like his shoes, could not Be repaired without an end. STICKS. From Vie Boston Evening Transcript. Astonishing* Facts in Relation to the 'jG^yptialt Pyramids. The materials of which the Pyramids are constructed, afford scope for long dissertation, because, independently of the science and skill requisite for their adaptation, the distances from which most of them were brought, proves that each monarch’s sway extended all over Egypt and Lower Nubia, if not beyond ; and in" relation to this subject, we gather the fol lowing facts from the second lecture of Mr. Gliddon’s new course : “ Geologically considere 1, Egypt is a very peculiar country, the quarries of different kinds of stone lying at great distances from each other in distinctly marked localities. If you see a piece of basalt on the beach of the Mediterranean, you know that there is no ba saltic quarry nearer than between the 1st and 2d cataract, and, when you find a block of granite at Memphis, you know that no granite exists but at the first cataract—nearer than the peninsular of Mount Sinai. Early civilization, and extended dominion is indicated in these facts, and when we reflect upon them, we al most think we witness the work of transporta tion going on ; that we see the builders, and the buildings themselves in progress of erec tion. The blocks of Arabian limestone ur- ed in the interior of the pyramids, were brought from the ancient quarries of Too rah, on the opposite side of the Nile, distant about fifteen or twenty miles from each pyramid. These very quarries arc vast halls as it were excava ted in the living Rock, wherein entire armies might encamp, ate adorned with now mutilated tablets recording the age of their respeclive opening by different Pharoahs, not only show the very beds whence the stupendous blocks of some of the pyramids were taken, but are in themselves, works as wondrous and sublime as the Memphite Pyramids ! nay, at the Ycry foot of these quarries, lie the countless tombs and Sarcophagi of numbered generations of ancient quarrymen! These quarries are of intense archtelogical interest, because the tab lets in them, record that stone was cut in them for Memphis, on such a day, such a month, such a year of the reign of such a king; and these kings begin from the remote times be fore the 16th dynasty, and, at different intervals come down through the Pharaonic period with many of the others, till we reach the Ptolemaic epoch—and end with Latin inscriptions similar to others in Egypt, attesting that “ these quar ries were worked” in the propitious era of our Lords and Emperors, Severus and Antonius, thus enabling us to descend almost step by step from the remote antiquity of 200 years after xhe Christian era. The hand of modern Barba rism, prompted by the destructiveness of Ma li ana med Ali, has since 1830, done more to de face these tablets—to blow up many of these lralls in sheer wantonness, than has ever been effected by time in 4000 years. Every atom of tlic hundred thousand tons of granite used in the pyramids, was cut at Sy- ene, the 1st cataract distant 640 miles. The blocks, some of which are 40 feet long, had to be cut out of llteir bed with wooden wedges and copper chisels ; then polished with emery till they were as smooth as look ngglass, and then carried by land half a mile to the river— placed on rafts and floated down 640 miles to Memphis—brought by canals to the foot of the Lybian chain—conveyed by land over gigantic causeways from one mile to three in length to I the pyramids for which they were intended ; j and then elevate by machinery and placed in ; their present position, with a skill, and a ma- J sonb precision, that has confounded the most i scicrilifi European engineer with amazement! I The very basalt aarcbophagi that once held - the mummy of the Pharoahs, in the inmost re- j cesses of these pyramidal mausolea, S£ feet < long by 3J broad, and 3 deep, were all brought | from Lower Nubia, from the basaltic quarries t of the 2d cataract, not nearer than 750 miles [ up the river! Looking into the interior of the pyramids, there is still much to stagger belief— f to excite our admiration. In the pyramid of ■ five steps, the upper beams that support the j roof of the chamber, are of oak, larch, andee- ! dar, not one of which trees, grow in Egypt, ! and establish the fact of the timber trade with ! Illyria, Asia Minor, and Mount Lebanon in ! ages long before Abraham ! , In the fragments | of a mummy, the cloth is found to be saturated with the “ Pissasphaltum”—Jew’s pitch or I bitumen Judiacum, compound of vegetable pitch from the Ardhlpelago, and of aspliallum I of the Dead Sea in Palestine; we find Gum Arabic that does not grow nearer than 1200 ; miles from the pyramid, attesting commerce j with upper Nubia. The gold leaf came from the mines of Suakim on the Red Sea, or from ; remote Fazoglu. The liquor which cleansed ; out the body of ih*s mummy was Cudria the . florid rosin of the pious cedrus—that grows not nearer than Syria. The spices,selid us to the j Indian Ocean—the aloes to Succotfa—the cin namon td Ceylon, the ailcient Taprdhane— anJ then the eirts and Science5 brought to bear i upon thd pyramids that must lidve arrived at j perfection long before that day, are not only . themes for endless reflections, but oblige us to confess that in thrOndogy we are yet children ! Among his novel and strange assertions in relation to the science of the ancient Egyptians, Mr. Gliddon maintained that from the very na ture of their country, and the vast fossil re- niairs in their quarries, &c., the Egyptian priests have been geoligists ; and referred to his “ Chapters,” page 49—for the remarks of the priests of Solon. *• You mentioned one deluge only, whereas many happened”—and other evidences, that the Egyptians recognis ed in their mythology and chronology of the world vast periods of time, anterior to the crea tion of man. SiirM*da(i to Independence* If more wealth and greater individual for tunes have been made in our cities than in the country, we cannot get rid of the fact that, from the first settlement of the country, the farmer’s occupation has been the surest road td independence. If we turn back tothe men who have cut down the forests of New England within the last hundred years, where shall we find in all history a more successful, more in telligent, more independent and high-souled race 1 In the so'*l nnd the growth Upon it they have found’every thing: the use of their own hands upon the means furnished them has made tfiein whatever they have been. Few of the original settlers commenced with means suffi cient to pay for the lot of land which they first occupied; yet, of these, comparatively few failed in their first enterprize. At the close of the war of the revolution, many townships of New Hampshire and Vermont were indebted for their first improvements to young men who, as soldiers of the war, had suffered great pri vations and hardships. That the great body of such men should, after gaining our liberties, settle down in successful rural life, and become men of property and influence as the effect of their own labors, is honorable to human na ture. As instances of the almost invariable success of farmers, we might point to scores of the heads of families who have been gathered to their fathers in the town where we live. In an adjacent town and its neighborhood, up the river, eight men of one generation, all of the same name, and we believe all originating from one family, succeeded in clearing us many val uable farms, and all of them in gaining each a property equal in value to from five to fifty thousand dollars.. Taking the whole group of that generation together, it would seem that the prudence and care of the farmer might al most leave to command his own destiny.— What other occupation in this world ol uncer tainty can so well assure success as that of the persevering farmer. Farmer's Monthly Visitor, Lord Kaimes, it is very well known, paid great and successful attention to the improve ment of Agriculture. A great number of years ago, a German quack, who called himself Bu- ron Von Haak, vaunted of having discovered a powerful fertilizing manure, which he adver tised for sale, pretending that a very small quantity served to fertilize an acre of land In a very extraordinary manner. Happening to converse upon this subject with one of his neighbors, a plain, sagacious farmer, the farm er observed to Lord Kaimes, that lie had no faith in the Baron’s nosirum, as he conceived he proposed quantity vastly too small to be of any use. ** My good friend. 5 ’ said Lord Kaimes, “ such are the wonderful discoveries in science, that I should not be surprised if, at some future time, we might be enabled to car ry the manure of an acre of land to the field in our coat pocket!” “ Very possibly,” replied the farmer; “ but, in that case, I .inspect you will be able to bring back the crop in your waistcoat pocket.” Interest on Slate Bonds. An order of the Executive Department, Milledgeville, dated 14th inst. is published in thepnpers at the seat of Government. From it we learn, that after the first day of January next, the interest on the six per Cen tum Bonds of the State, payable between that date and the first of September next, both in clusive, will be paid at the Treasury, at tho op tion of the holders of the Bonds, and that pay ment be made on each class of the Bonds, when and after the first instalment becomes due. W. H. Mitchell, State Treasurer* (on the 22d inst., gives notice that the interest on the State six per centum Bonds, will be paid at that Department, and at the Agencies in Au gusta and Savannah, In accordance with the above order. Emigration. The following is an abstract from tho offi cial report of the Department of State, of the number of passengers that have arrived in the United States from foreign countries during the year ending Sept. 30, 1844 : Maine, 3.649 N. Hampshite, 256 Massachusetts* 6,440 Rh. Island, 154 Connecticut, 58 New York, 59,762 Pennsylvania, 4,886 Delaware, 32 Maryland, 5,006 Disk of Columbia* 32 Vormont, 197 N. Carolina, 5 S. Carolina, 330 Florida, 5S Louisiana, 3,889 Of which Were males, 48,S97 Females, 35,864 The proceedings of Congress are interesting. The sub-treasury bill has finally passed the House of Representatives. Whether it will pass the Senate, is another question. On the engrossing of the bill for the third rood ing, the vote was yeas 129, nays 69. Of the Geoigq delegation Messrs. Black, Cobb, Harat^pn”, Lumpkin and Stiles, voted in the affirmative ; and Messrs. Chappell, Clinch and Stephens, in the negative. On the passing of the bill, the vote stood yeas 123, nays 68. The Georgia delegation voted as before.-— Constitutionalist. From the Georgia Constitutionalist. The whigs have been very indiscreet in their attacks upon the democratic party. We copy the following tables and accompanying remarks from the New York Morning News, and sin cerely hope that both parlies will unite for the removal of an evil of which there is so much cause for complaint. . One Want More about" ikcailin# and Writing.V This, we all know, is a favorite pretension of the Whigs, tin t they have a‘l the education dt the country on their side, and we all the rab ble ignorance. Tlte pretension is as untrue in fact, as it is impudent in the manner in which we so often hear it advanced. Some of their papers (the Tribune in particular) which lately ventured to provoke a little attention to the sub ject, burned their fingers pretty severely in the attempt. We add to what we have already published on the subject, the following from the Pennsylvanian, which will show conclusively the fact of a greater proportion of ignorance, of those rudiments of education, in the Whig than in the Democratic States. It shows the num bers of electoral voles of each State, corres. ponding of course to population, -together with the number of white persons in each above the age of 20, who cannot read and write. It is not less mortifying to sec so large a number of these, even though the figures do tell more strongly against our political opponents than against our own friends. We earnestly trust that the returns of the next census will make rather a better show in this respect than those of the last. Electors cannot read Stales. far Polk ; and write. Maine, 9 3,241 N. Hampshire, 6 942. New York. 36 44,452 Pennsylvania, 20 33,940 Virginia, 17 68,787 S. Cufolina, 9 20,615 Georgia, 10 30,717 Alabama. 9 22,592 Mississippi,- 6 8,360 Louisiana,- 6 4,861 Indiana, 12 38.100 Ihirfois, 9 27,502 Missouri* • 8 19,457 Arkansas,- 3 6,567 Michigan, 5 2,173 170 322,306 Showing lS96 persons who cannot read and write for every Polk elector. Eh ctors tdfinot read States. for Clay. and write. Massachusetts, 12 4,448 R. Island, 4 1,614 Connecticut, 6 526 Vermont, 0 2.270 N. Jersey, 7 6,385 Delaware, 3 4,832 Maryland, S i 1,817 N. Carolina. 11 56,609 Tennessee, 13 58,531 Kentucky, 12 40,018 Ohio, 23 35,394 105 222,444 Showing 21 IS persons who cannot read and write, for every Clay elector. A law is said to exist in Mexico, enacting that no one shall be allowed to exercise the right of puffrageofter the year 1850, unless he can read and write. We should be well con tent to see some regulations of the elective fran chise on the same principle by our Slates— and should be pleased to compromise on the ground the existing difficulty with the new par ty of ".Native Americans.” South Carolina—The 25th Rule. The (billowing Resolutions, in reference to tho repeal of the 25th Rule in the House of Representatives of the United States, were in troduced by Mr. Pickens in .the Senate of S. Carolina on Monday last, and adopted by that body: “ Resolved, unanintously, That this Senate considers the recent movement in the House of Representatives in Congress, in relation to the reception of petitions to abolish slavery in any portion of the confederacy’, as calculated to en danger the peace of our. State—as a flagrant outrage upon our rights, and a decided step towards the subversion of our institutions, and the dissolution of this Union. “ Reso.lvcd unanimously, That on this sub ject we admit no legislative power in Congress, and that such legislation will be in fact a dis solution of the Federal Compact. “Resolved unanimously, That if there should be legislation on this subject, by Congress, the Governor is hereby requested to call the legis lature together, in order to decide upon the mode .and manner in which we shall preserve and defend our ancient rights and liberties.” From the Charleston Patriot. 1'IIE MAILS. The rumored alteration ofthe Northern Mail coming South, by what is called the Upper route, is entitled to some little attention. It is impos sible to throw away the mail facilities afforded by steam as it is to adopt the customs of barbar ism which prevailed one hundred years back. The Wilmington company require increased compensation for cartying the mails between Wilmington and Chaileston. We think they are entitled to it. The Fost Master General i3 restricted by the amount of appropriations,- from giving the increased of compensation.—* Congress ought then to increase the appropria tions. The Southern Cities should immedi ately move in this matter by an expression of opinion in public meetings and by memorials to Congress. It would not do to permit pri vate enterprise to outstrip the public mails and afford scope to commercial speculation by the loss of several hours between New York and Charleston. An express line can be kept up in opposi tion to the contemplated change of the Great Mail Route at the following rate: Between distance. Balt, fc Ports, by S. B’ts, 180 m. in 13 to 14li Ports & Weldon, by R. R« 80 “ Weldon & Wilm’n " ' 162 “ 96 '• Charleston & Sav’h Sav. & Macon, by R. R. 190 “ Macon & Griffin *• 58 “ Griffi& Chehaw, jbrjrSt’ge, 110 “ Cheltaw & Mont’gy. R. R. 40 " 1091m. 10 “ 11“ 14 “ 16 “ 8" 9" 11 “ 12 “ 4i “ 5“ 22 " 24 “ 24 “ 3“ 102 Running time from Balt, to Montg. Al. 44- dy’s 102 . Add 16 br’s from N York to Baltimore, and 48 “ “ Montg’yto New Orleans. From the Augusta Constitutionalist. It will he seen that the choice of Mr. Polk by the American people to be the next Presi dent ol'tlie United States, is viewed with dis satisfaction not only in Englmrl hut in France also, except pi-ihaps by those Europeans who are sit < er> ly di s runs of the extension of libe ral and free principles, and of tho establishment of popular governments every where. In ihe extracts we publish, the people of this countt y and their government are treated with nbijse and contumely. This treatment should not surprise the American people , especially if we take under consideration the feelings uniform ly entertained, .since the recognition of Ameri can independence by Great Britain, by the par ty which will have placed Mr. Polk in the Pre- sidential chair, towards foreign alliances afi foreign intercourse. Englishmen know full well, that a power has arisen in the west, whifcli has hfegun to oppose the all grasping, policy of their govbrnment, and its ambition to control the coinrdeflcial world. And this western pow er, if properly wielded, cannot fail to maintain commercial freedom, and to punish all those who will attempt to violate it. Hence it can not surprise us to find English writers abuse the government and people of this country, and de precate the election of Mr. Polk. Let all this pass for the present: it is not now our object to critise the remarks of the English and French editors : our readers themselves will be able to perceive the glaring falsehoods and absur dities directed against this country. Our prin cipal object in writing these few remarks is lo call the particular attention of the American people to the opinion advanced by the London Times, which is the leading organ of the tory party in England, in regard to a combination ofthe European powers against this countiy.— We would not notice this opinion, if we be- 1 eved that it emanated from a single individu al ; hut in this instance the London Times isi the organ of the government of G. B. and n j doubt of all the r iher gaverhmerifs of Europe. We must not deceive ourselves in regard to the policy some of the European powers wish to establish towards the United States and other republics of the American continent, but more especially towards the United States.— That policy is, the power to meddle and inter fere with the domestic affairs of I he several gov ernments on this continent. That policy Jias been indicated more than once by Great Britain, to hoof paramount importance, as it was main tained, iri the preservation of general peace in America. So far success has not attended this bold attempt t<> become a patty in the po litical transactions Ot the several American re publics,- the United States being constantly in the wdy: But how, it is very apparent that the government of Great Britain will take ad vantage of the subject of the annexation of Texas, in order to meddle with the domestic affairs of the United States and other Ameri can republics. The London Times plainly tells us, that if the other powers of Europe are prepared, as England is, to resist the annexa tion of Texas to the , United States, a solemn declaration to that effect should he promulga ted. In the position thus assumed by the Lon don Times ns the organ of the British Minis try, \4re fin'd the repetition of the principles adopted by the European powers at the Con gress of Vienna, and confirmed at the Connress of Lav bach. And What Was one of the prin ciples adopted, which the potentates of Europe declared to be hereafter the law of nations ? The Congress ofVienna, and that of Laybach, recognized the intervention nr interposition of one State in the domestic affairs of another This is the principle adopted bv the European powers, which, from the lime of its adoption to this da3’, has been exercised on various occa sions. Those principal powers have interfen r- ed in the French revolution of July, which pla ced Louis Philippe on the throne." Tney have Interfered in the revolution of Belgium,- in the Italian disturbances, in the Polish attempt at independence,, in the affairs of Egypt and Spain, and in other cases of less importance.— And now they would accomplish all what they desire, if they could bring the United States under this law that they have themselves estab lished. Will not this government and people resist any’ attempt on the part of Great Britain and France, to meddle with the domestic af fairs of this nation 1 We go further, we say, will not the United Slates resist any attempt on the part of the European powers to med dle with the political affitirs of the independent nations of this continent? Adiftit the power of any of the European governments to re monstrate only against the annexation of Tex as, and what will become* of our independence as a nation, and of our destiny ? We should keep constantly in mind the warning of Mr. Monroe: "From the moment that we will ad mit any European nation to meddle with Ame rican affairs, w e will have to date the decline of our political and commercial power. 5 ’ It is essential also to keep in mind, that, for centu ries past, all the treaties that have been con cluded in Europe, were extorted by force, and obtained by deceit and fraud ; that the strong have imposed treaties on the weak ; that the weak have been oppressed by the strong; and that the lives of millions of men have been sac rificed to maintain despotism in power. The policy of England is to establish a com mercial ascendency in the Gulf of Mexico; and she is aware that this commercial ascen dency cannot be obtained without a political influence of some sort. We say this is the policy of England, and the London Times is explicit on the subject. What does it say ? That the annexation of Texas to the United States, would create a rival maratitne power in' the Gulf of Mexico; that unless the interven tion of the European Powers settles this ques tion now, (of the annexation of Texas to the United States,) it will at no distant p riod em broil the western hemisphere in war; and that, if the independence of Texas be recognized by Mexico* under suitable conditions, and, mark, reader, with the guarantee of Europe,- the na tional existence of that stale is safe. Gan anv declaration be more explicit, than that uttered by the I imes ? And it is admitted every where in Up rope, that the limes is the present organ of the British ministry. England is seeking a commercial influence in the Gulf of Mexico, which she can obtain only by a political con- 11ol of Mexican and Texian affairs. She dreads the creating of a rival maratime power in that important portion of America-. Hence her efforts to crush at once all the improve ments cf. the United States in strength, popu lation, and wealth. miuKico; The New Orleans Picayune, of the 29th till., furnishes news of a general revolution j throughout the republic ofMex'co; the erre$[ ! of Cannhzo ; the overthrow of Santa Anna I with other important facts with regard to the I revolution. 166 •« in advance of the present mai arrangement, 14 hours as it take 7} from N. Y. to New Orleans An Amazon. There is now at Stettin, in Prussia, a female who, 1S1!, assumed male attire, and entering the Prussian a.- my, went through the campaings of ISIS, IS13, ami 1814 ami rose to lhe ran„ of sergeant major. She left the army 1 on account of a wound, nnd her sex was discovered, but 1 the king conferred upon her the cross of the iron crown. I t-oon afterwards she married an English merchant capsai" and has accompanied hiui upon his voya-es. 1 *** ' We extract, to the exclusion of other matte,, sufficient to show the overthrow of this consum. mate tyrant, and the stdte of the public rniuj throughout Mexico. By the arrival yesterday of the schooner Fortuna, from Vera Cruz, whence she s;ij! e( i On tlie 13th inst. we have the important inform, j ittfon that the revolution,’ started in Jalisco bf I Gen. Paredes, Iras finally extended almost erii i tirely’ over the country, and that the complete j overthrow of the tyrant Santa Anna is certain j allhough he is still in command of ai few troops at Queretaro. In the ciiy of Mexico, the rev. | oration broke out on ihe 9d inst. and by the “iff I all was quiet. Gen. Jose Jostfuin de Derrem j was in command at the last dates,. with the tj; | tie of Provisional President, while Canaliz,; and some of (lie chief minions of Snta Anna were in arrest. On tlie 1st of December fifty-five members of the House of Deputies issued a manifesto, pro*, testing against the orders promulgated by Prei sident Santa Anna and denouncing the Govern- I nient for not having had him removed from <if. lice, ’file next day ten others, who wereab] j to get in the hall on the 1st, signed if. T|, e | Senate likewise adopted the same proceeding ' on the 2nd December—every member, savi ! four, of that body signing tlie articles of de- i nunciation. This action giving great offence - to the Dictator, it seems that on the 3d Decern: S her, Gt n. Canulizo, by the express order of I Santa Anna, issued a decree (or the dissolu- j tion of Congress. The Dictator was at thm time at Queretaro, at the head ofsome 8000 men, on his march against the revolu'iop.istf in Jalisco. No sooner was it known in Mexi-* eo that the arbitrary decree had been promul gated than an immense excitement was created among all classes. The Chambers ut once made three protests, besides a proclamation to the citizens ; but before they could have litem printed,- Conal zo issued a peremtory order that all the printing offices, w ith the single ex ception of that of .El Didrio d l Gobierno, San ta Anna’s own paid organ; should be closed, and that publications of etfery description were expressly forbidden. When tin se tyrannical decrees transpired, the excitement rose to such* a pitch that all business was .suspended, nnd groups of men was collected in all quarters to talk -over the obnoxious measures and prepare to act as circumstances flight dictate. Cana, lizo in the meantime,- Seeing that affairs were coming to a crisis,- and deeming himself un safe, collected at the palace all the troops lie could gather, some 2U00 in number, and shut himself up with them. Baranda, Ri-jon [the latter a name become familiar tothe people of the United State'-] and Sala*, three of Smia Ana’s minions, also look refuge in the palace at the same time. During the 4th and 5th of December the ex citement continued, With little or no abatemedi at anv time. Early on the 6th large number) of tlie inhabitants. Comprising not only tV leperos and middling classes hut all tlte most wealthy and respectable citizens, gathered,, with arms in their hands, at the Convent of San Franscisco. Hero the members of Con gress, having been driven from the Chamber- 1 , had assCinhled, among them being Generals Herrera, (Jarcia,- CttUde and Cespedes. Pre vious to tuis the gfedlet part of the t roops if the garrison and in tlte Cinda Ida had really pronounced in favor of the revolution. Gent-’ rals Condo niid Cesncde^ had come from the Ex Acordada, where the movement was gciog on. and reunited themselves with the deputies in the Convent. From this place, as we learn by some ofthe accounts, ihe entire body—members of Con cress, citizens, leperos and all—marched the principal plaza in front of the palace, arft) ordered Cannlizo to surrender—giving lorn two hours to reflect nnd no more. We might here state that this palace is near lhe centre »f the city, and lias been tlie scene of many revo lutionary conflicts as its haltered tv alls can* tes tify. Thinking that his officers and soldiers would sfaftd by him, Canalizo prepared to attack the citizens, and called upon his troops to make if sortie. At this crisis, one of his officers e.v-' Claimed fbnf he was the soldier of no tyrant, buf of the nation, and then shouted, “ Long live the Con'gress.” This cry was taken up by the ranks stationed in the palace, when Canalizo at once fled in consternation to his apartments. We see rio account of the manner of his cap ture, which took plaice Jn tlie afternoon of (he Gth ; but it is certain that he wa* dCthrirted a prisoner in tlie palace, together with SaTaS, the commandant general as he is called. The Ministi rs of war and of the* Home Department, had been ^set at liberty, upon giving security, while Rejon and f&iran'dq had made their es cape. On the evening of the Gth, nnd durirfg t!he whole of the / th, of December, the greatest re joicings took place in the city of Mexico, ac companied by many acts' which show the Hef-p detestation in which Santa Anna was held. A number of bis portraits in the public place, were dragged through the streets, torn into fragments, and every Jepero preserved a piece as a memento of their oppressor’s downfall.— I be statue of Santa Anna in the plaza war tumbled down, broken in pieces, and the head borne in triumph through the city. It is also s'ated that the crowd, intoxicated with joy and frantic vifih revenge, afterwards pxocecded to' the monument where the leg of their Dictator had been buried with so much pomp a year or two since, broke it into atoms, and* then kicited and dragged the embalmed limb through the, plazas ami principal thoroughfares. While ail this was being enacted by the mob, the mors prominent citizens were rejoicing heartily ir.' tho change of Government. Messages of con gratulation between the triumphant Senate ant? House were interchanged, and the new Presi dent, Herrera, was waited upon by crowds, who* appeared most joyous in obtaining relief rum the despotic rule under which they have groaned since the downfall of Bustame.nte.— Such were the scenes enacted in Mexico— gieat were the rejoicings all over the country. Ihe revolution against Santa Anna appears to be general, yet we hear of little bloodshed except at Jala pa where a few persons were killed. At Puebla die inhabitants rose as wilt one voice, tumbled down the statue of the ob noxious tyrant, and tore his portrait into a thou sand tatters. Tlie revolution of Vera Cruz broke out on the 9th inst, and notwithstanding, this may he 4 3