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THE (« EOK'vi 1A TUI.I <-K AIM1.
UV SA’llBL J. BAT,
CITY AXD COL STY TRISTF.lt.
TERMS'-—For tho ; advance, per snu. $2 50
lor llit- Uciiutifiil.
A Oirffi:
Softly, peacefullv, hr her to reit;
Place the tarflightly ou her young brent;
Centlv, soicui'ilv, bend o'er tho l*oJ
Where they havo pillowed Urns early her head.
riant n young wilfow clove bjr her grave;
Let ill hm-; hranrhea soothingly wave;
Twine n iweet nu,i—tree over tho tomb;
Sprinkling fresh boda there—beauty and bioom.
Let a briph fountain limpid and clear,
. • ^ Btl
H Murmur ita nmair, emile throuqli a tear—
Scatter it* diamuml* where the loved uno lice—
■ BrilUani and starry, like angel * eye*.
Then thall the bright bird* on folded wing
Liueerin .- eveu murmuring *inm
Then shall the soft breexo pensively sigh—
Bearing rich fragTaaeo and melody.
Lay the *od lightly over her hrra*t:
Calm be ‘
bo her rest,
be bcr.slmnbers, peaceful bo I
Beautiful, lovely, she w«* but given.
X fair bud to earth, to blossom in Heaven.
Sweairnt* of llio Biilirli Prna on tho Mcib
rnii War,
From Ike London ,\V*r* of September 30.
iiiauU of Corto* ami of tho Spanish
Tbe deacon
conqueror* of Mexico, have, after nil, made no
more effectual dvfeuve against tho present raco of
Invader* than tho people of the luraa did against
the Spaniard*. Tliere could not be a city inoro
capab!.- of ilefeuco thun-Mexico, eurronnded by
Ukcsorchsius of iiinmituius and moiintidu paiscs
connecting thoao lake*. Military akiU. with tho
bravery that tho Mexirnus have shown, might
have rendered their capital audit* precious valley
impregnable, ht least tothe ten or twelvethousand
tufii that the American* could at present have
brought against it. But as the arrows of the Mex
ican Indian* told weakly against tho tircanns of
(Jones, tlio nullity or treachery of Sauta Auua i.i
defousivo warfare lia* placed the city of Mexico at
the mercy of tho Amvncau general.
From the Leeds Mercury, Oct. 2
It iseviiicut that great valor, enterprise, perse
verance aud military skill, must have been display
ed on tho aido of the United Ulster army, who
have penetrated through a hostile territory to the
capital, defeated vuiy superior uunihers, carried
tme»t formidable batteries, and established them-
selves in a laadtiou to command the city of Mexi
co. Whilst wo cannot but deplore tbe hndne** of
their cause, it must he admitted that the military
conduct of tho American officers, and the bravery
of tbeir nion may ho compared with tho acbievc-
nmut* of tho veteran troops of any Eunqiewi state.
Aud ea|>ecially when it is considered that tho A-
nierican levies are uewly raised, aud that their
Oeuerals have had comparatively little experience
in war, wo apprekeud any military man of candor
would award Uioui iho highest credit for akill aud
dariug courage, both in the field uud iu the attack
of fortiticiaiou*. There caunui be u doubt that
the military resource* of the L'uilcd Males will
have risen exceedingly iu theopiuion of the world
hy the events of tin* war, uutwitbstaiidiug the mi-
founded aud lugubrious ridiculo which several of
our daily paper* threw ou them. Ou the other
aide the Mexicans have defended their country
and Iheir capital with valor and resolute persever
ance. Several of the engagement* have beeu ob-
stmatoly contested. Greatly mfenor iu the quali
ty of ihnlr materiel, as well as iu the physical euer-
gr and discijdiue of their troops, and eveu more
nuaceuslnmcd than Iheir invader* to war, tuey
have given way before smsdor numbers hut nut
tiliihu lieldofcouquest has been covered with their
flniu. Santa Amm has dune wonders iu collectiug
arniy after army, amidst so much politicul disoi-
ganixatiou and liuaucml eiubarrusauieut; aud he
terms to li.-ivo accnmplikbed all that could be nc-
eouijilishcd with the materials he possessed. The
ohitiuacyol the Mexicans lias prolonged me war
nri.'h beyond the vxjieciulinus of the Governm -ut
ol the United States, who will pay dearly iu blood
and treasure lor whatever territory they may oh-
taw by this unjust iuvaakn.
From Ike Liverpool Journal, Oct. 2.
The Ualcsiouia ha# brought news of further tri
umph# to A mericau anus. Two great battles have
been fought aud wvu under tho very shadow of
tho cily of Mexico, tbe soldier* ut tho U. Slates
proving their haXon origin by emulating iu tho laud
ofM.mU.tumv ihu glory of the British soldier ou
the hiuks of tho Sutlej, Peace vve now ronsider
cartaiu; Iho iulerfcrauce of the Urit:*h Embassy
leaves little doubt on this point. The American*
desire only an opportunity of retiring honorably;
the Mexicans would merit condemnation by per-
sistiug usele<sly in au unprofitable and Impedes*
struggle. Whatever may be die policy or justice
of tbe war, Ihu Auiericuu army claims our pnuse.
From “ike Tali on Changr,’’ Liverpool Journal, Oc
tober 2.
The account uftbe battles in Mexico happily dis
turbed the sad raoiiuloiiy nf the week, aud the
talk was that tbe Vaukcos are full of pluck; that
limy fought well; that they have a right to be
proud of iho victory, aud that wo ought nut to be
angry at it; that they are our own flush and blood;
thsi <4ru Scott draws hi* Ihieago from tho Lund
o’ Cakes; that M<gor Keiily—obf where is the Of—
seeds nn arcbnologitt to uaino tho homo of hit
sires,mnl that Gen. Worth must, of course, he the
*<m of a “Britisher;" that the fight was a fair one.
and that tbe result will be pence; that our prejudi
ce t in ihis mailer—for we are blessed with auaiui-
nble aellishuesi—may million! ns; that nil things
rightly considered there it uotbiug to excite regret
in tbo preseuce ut Yaukeoa in Mexico; that they
will open lip I bn latent resource# of the region,
aud create in llm deserts of ihu kingdom a popula
te ia !u cuutfluie English mauufaciurcs.
M A C O N .
ES3.lt yiORAI.’VG, BOV, 2, (847,
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uished with tho paper ono year gratis.
We have made arrangements for reporting tho
proceedings of the Legislature, for this paper ns
fully a* will appear iu any other journal iu tho
State, aud prepared for a full correspondence,
embracing the main topics of iutereat at Washing
tou during tho approaching session of Congress.
tVo trust our friends in the country, will exert
thenisel ves to extend our subscription list, iu order
fouicwimt to iudtmuify us for tbe additional ex
pense which we will incur, in order to present
thorn with a newspaper worthy of the party and
which will by these arrangements give every'
thing of importance transpiring either iu Congress
or the Legislature at the earliest dates.
ConTcars or This Dai’s First Paox.—Visit to
Remarkable Places—Critique on Mr*. Mowatt’s
New Play—Mexican Women—A CoflToo Planta
tion.—Poetry—A Moonlit Battle-Field—Song for
the Seasou—’Who is my Neighbor!—Mittdlany.
C?“Wc were last week indebted to our cotem
pura lies tho Times and Euquirer of Columbus, for
au extra, contaiuiug important iiitclligecco in ad
vance of the Mail. Tho agent of the express at
Montgomery, failed last week tj forward the same
new* to us aud our ueigblur* of the Jouruul.
l_o-"An Inaugurul Ball will be given at Huaon's
Hotel, Millcdgcvillc, ou to-morrow evening, tho
3d iust. Ample preparation* have been made for
the occasion, and it is expected that this party will
be tbe ucatest fete of the season.
VP* We take pleasure in calling attention to tbe
card of Messrs. Wood Jfc Bradley's furniture ware
house, iu another column of this day’s paper. In
dependent of the great inducements offered to pur
chaser* by Messrs. W. & B., iu the way of stock
aud prices, they deserve to be patronized as
among tbe first in our city to engage extensively
in the manufacture at homo, of a largo portion of
the furniture they cell. Teu such men do morefor
the real advantage and permanent prosperity of a
city than fifty engaged iu the sale of the products
of distant manufactures, aud wo trust their enter
prise will ho suitably and abuudnutly rewarded.
IIidalgo Seqars.—Those who cau appreciate
the true “oleus suave" of the West Indian Weed
will fiud fragrance and luxury in the genuine
Hidalgo Cigars to be found at Mr. J. P. Gavau's
store on Cherry street. Mr. G. has a few of this
choice and rare brand which cannot be surpassed
in tho way of ago or mildness by anything
iu tliv segar line. Mr. G. baa also,a rare, rosy, end
excellent stimulant, (Irish i’olocn,) ail the wa;
from tho mountains, fens, and crags of ‘Old
Go Bragh."
Partiw iu Ibis Country.
Wo recur again to this subject iu continuation <>f
the remarks made in onr last number. The Leg
islature which assembled nt Mfiled geville, yester
day, willhe nominally Whig, and if any man would
see a member of that Legislature belonging to tho
majority, completely posed, let him be asked
"whatbesides < Kiguion, makes tho Whig party?"
He would infallibly boggle and blunder iu naming
over his party characteristics. It cannot ho a pos
sible thing that au euliglitcucd community would
tolerate a party, united, avowedly fur the sole pur
pose of securing and monopolizing the spoils of of
fice, and taking for granted that tho whig party in
tend to propose some decided and distinctive po
litical policy, we would now ask most respectfully,
what will be tho character of that declaration
faith. We say what ariU be, for seriously wo do
dare our utter ignorance of any virtual party traits,
which should give this body of meu, nuy right to
bo considered a political class, distinct from others
hy virtue of differences in their objects. We mean
of course, so for as regards tho administration of
government Is tho Whig party iu Georgia for
United States’ Bank, so is not Mr. Webster and
bis friend*. Aro they for die prosecution of
tho war with Mexico with the cautut belli
made out hy our government at the commence
ment of hostilities, and as it now stands at this
moment. If they are, to is not Mr. Webster
and that portion of the party which be represents,
for they would withdraw our army without a bet
ter cause of hostilities was assigned—would refuse
absolutely to vote tuppliet. It tho whig party of
Georgia in favor of a Protective Tariff—so is uot
Mr. Berrien, who ia contented with tho Tariff of
18-16, which doc* uot even wink nt their favorite
incidental policy. And wo would aide them further
is not Judgo Dawson also opposed to that sauio
cardinal measure of federal policy! What is
Whig? Au office seeker wo kuow, but what else!
Wo cant answer.
There must be a re-union of Southern men un
happily ostrauged for a number of years, through
Mr. Clay's personal influence aud Mr. Von Bureu's
t'lwliiam tor October.
Tho autumnal dresses are frequently ornament-
ail with velvet of contracting color, and dcini-
1 >n;o sloeve-pointcd cutis, fixed by a velvet uccud,
aud on the fljuucc* aovcrul rows of narrow velvet.
Tub form ofdresso* varies but little; corsage*are
always tight onuiraoutc J in a variety of wavs, re
fer* braiideubourgs funned of chefs in guimjic,
with buttous; a new style of guimpo trimming
firms a scrips of louvos, imitating oak &c^ placed
rvatrari wise from the throat to the bottom of the
skirt, increasing gradually iu size- Among the
&3Wo*l mate rials fir travelling dresses- aud robes
decliiiu’iic, is the clialuyautc. A pretty novelty
for walking dresses are those of carhcuiirc, with
appla a'ionofcachi tuireou tbe fruut of the corsage,
aud chatelaine iu rich rosaces, pines, ,tc. Bonnets
bogin to assume no autumnal appearance; capote*
of crape are often ornamented with velours epin-
jrlo. Capote# of tafietas are made with pinked
trimming* and no^da of velvet inside,' -the deep
color of which forms coutrast to the light bonnet.
Neglige bonnets ol fancy straw are lined with grus
de Napies, aud ornamented inside by poppies aud
tulle ofpaillc color, with double bavulctof taffetas,
pink-si and simple meads and brides of pinked taf-
f :tas. Cock’* feathers will be again fashionable,
one half black, the oilier green, blue, or any con-
trosiiug color. Another novelty arc the marabout*
and foltattes glacct, with the natural wings of iu-
sects, the various lint* haviug much effect both by
candle-light and iu the aun. New mantelet* arc in
preparation for the automn; the prettiest are of
rastimer aatiu. and satin de Cbiuc.—London and
Farit l.ilict’ Magazine of Fashion.
Amins! .II■:sonic Convention.
Tho Grnud Lodge of Georgia assembled in this
City on Monday last. R. W. John Hi'xtxr and
Asm Bentox, Deputy Grand Masters, presiding.
Ou Thursday morning, at 11 o'clock, tbe annua]
Address was delivered hy Wx. L. Mitchell, Esq.
of Atheus, aud at half past 2 o’clock in tho after-
uoou of tho same day, the solemn and impressive
ceremony of laying the coruer atone of a Monu
ment to be erectod to the memory of the late, la
mented, Dr. Ambrose Bauer, a member of tbo Or*
der, was peformed at Roso Hill Cemetery, after
which a beautiful aud appropriate Address was de
livered by Judge Dawson.
Tiie aiteudauce from subordinate Lodges, we
understand, was very lurge. The following gen
tlemen were elected Officers of the Grand Lodge,
for the eusuing year.
M. W. W. C. Dawson, Gran! Master.
R. W. J. Hcnter, Deputy Grand Master.
R W. A.. Benton, “ *’ "
R. W. A. Ai.den, " " “
Worshipful R. Flewellen, Senior Warden.
“ J. W. Kino, Juuior Warden.
“ P. Solomon, Treasurer.
“ 8. Rose, Secretary.
“ J. W. Tallet, Chaplain.
*’ T. M. Fl'rlow, Seuior Deacou.
“ R. T. Turner. Junior Deacon.
“ - — Della rxRiEK, Marshall.
" Jason Bcrr, Tyler.
The Magnetic Telegraph Line.—Wo learn
from tho Baltimore Suu of Friday last, that tho
work opou the Telegraph lino South of Petersburg,
Vo., ita present termiuu-s is going ou with great
rapidity, and there is overy prospect that it will bo
opened to Charleston, South Carolina, by the first
of December next. The poles between Raleigh
and Charleston, havcall been erected, and the in
sulating glasses attached, so that the iron cord is
all that is required to complete it; this is being put
up as rapidly as possible, under the superinten
dence of Junes D. Slnw. The registers are all up
at Raleigh, Fayetteville,. Cberaw and Columbia,
aud operators stalioucd there, to bo in readiness
for tbe commencement.
Departure or Troops-—The Mobile Adverti
ser of tbu 23d ult. says: A portion of the Georgia
Butlafiuu ofCavalry r tiuiuberiiig 48 men, with their
horses, Su--, under command of Capt. Guuldiug—
embarked fur Vera Cruz yesterday, on hoard of the
U. S. steamer A. R. Iielzcl.
thrives not after the supplanting of her husband,
for her cbUdron's etko sbo first marries, for abe
a irried tint »ha might hsvo children, and for thoir
sake* she marries no inure. Sbo thinks she hath
tr iTc-lldJ all die world iu one raau; the rest of time
therefore she dovoteato Heaven. She give*much
to pi ins uses, without anv hope to ment by them;
aud as oue diamond fashions another, ao is sho
wrought iuto works of charity, with the dust or
ashts of her lniibaml; sho live* to see herself full
of time: being *o necessary for earth, Gon call* her
not to Heaven till she bo very aged, and eveu
(too, though her tmtural atreuglh tail her, ahe
•■.ml. like an nuoieiil pyramid, which the lets it
prows tn mm’s eye the nearer it reaches to Hea
ven. She cxi-.'ht to he u mirror for our youngest
d nmes to dre>- them selves by, when she is fullest
rf wrinkles. No calamity ran nnwcomc ucnrber
fur in suffering tho loss of Iter husband, *he ac
counts all the rest trifles; she hath laid his dead
body in tbe worthiest mmiiimeut that can he; »hc
htth buried it iu hor own heart. To conclude, fbe
is a relic. Unit without any anneratilion in tbe world
:h she will uot be kissed, yet may ho rever-
More Volunteers.—The fifth company, which
fills the requisition ou this State for an Iufantry
Battalion, was mustered into service on yesterday
morning. It numbered about 70 men under the
cotnmnud of Capt. James II. Foster, to whose pa
triotic exertions, aidod by the effort* of Lieutenant*
Holden, Phillip* uud Welles, our Stale is indebted
for tho completion of the Uattalio i.—Colv.nlut
Enquirer, 2Gtk ult.
The SpEAKXRSuir.—The Alabawt paper* think
Mr. Hilliard, of that State, will bo a prominent
candidate tor Speakership of the next House of
Representatives. The moderation of his views
would seem to give him good prospects of success,
iu a House ao closely divided as the approochiug
Congress will he.
th mgb
C is CCU.
“Whit is tectotalism t" said Mr*. Partington,
wh-n asked by the conductor of ceremonies to
sign the pledge. “It is. madam,” replied he. “to
leave off drinking teetolly." “Leave offdriukiug
tea totally! No I cant think of it. We might
have left off iu old limes, before shushong wua in
vented, but it would be wicked and agin reason to
giv# up so great a blessing uow—the greatest com
fort I liavo known since I lost my dear Paul!—
And I'd te'.l you what. sir. you will find it easier to
stop ui'-u's grog *.li .a women’# ton, now I eny it,"—
nmi -ho ili i lin' d tbo pledge, arguing on erroneous
Nxw Orleans Market.—Tbe Delta of the 27th
ult. say* it was geuenlly reported yesterday that
the Cambria’s new* was in town by express, an-
nouuciug a further decliuc hi Cottou at Liverpool.
However this may be, sales of Cottou in onr mar
ket were large, summing up fully 3000 bales, iu
most iustauecs at a further decline of j of a cent.
The flour market was firm, though the sales uuly
comprise 15C0 libls., of which 1000 sour at $4, on
Saturday; aud tho residue, choice Illinois and Sf
Louis, at $o 37j to $3 75 per barrel.... Nothing
demo iu Corn.... Of Oats, 3800 sacks sold in sever
al lot* at 33 to 35c. per bushel.... In provissions
very little doing....Pork retailing at $12 75 for
Mess, aud $11 75 per bid. for Primo....Of Lard.
150 keg prime sold nt lljc., and 30 ldils, do. at 10J
cents per lb..... A rule of 5000 pigs Lead on pr 1
vatc terms. Tho common asking prico.i* $-125 fur
Upor Mines....Of Rope, 325 coils sold nt 7c. per
lb..... Whiskey dull, with small sales of rectified
nt 20 to2lc. per gallon.... Freight*—Two engage
ments fur Liverpool at |d. for Cotton.
Qcckr Victoria.—The London correspondent
«>f the C u:i'-r de* Btat* Uni*, in a late letter, mys
tl-.- ihi :-t e-ii.i., ci< . 11: m i it. th-- lii.-l
Bis nor Ondxrdonk.—The committoc appointed
by the Lower Houso of the Episcopal General Con
vention, in the case of Bishop Oudcrdonk, have
; made a report, in w hich they refer tho wholo sub-
d by her majesty,
le family to this
having beeu ject over to llio House of Bid)ups for that body to
The well
malady.
• 1 W t | wp*i|
diijKise of us they may deem fit aud proper,
probability lcr >. iu conaoqoence of (bis reference, willremsin
in statu quo until acted oa by the Bifhopi.
tcant of if—and things are uow iu a train to force us
iuto this coalition. To save pride of opiui-iti, any
rude jar* from a toosuddeu revuLiion, let us sug
gest how tho transitions from open party hostility
to friendly and harmonious party action may he
effected. As the time is more auspicious for a
temperate aud liberal course, as'we are now freer
than we have been for years from inordinate and
misleading sympathies for populur men, as mere
man-worship finds its devotees at this time scarce
and very lukewaim, wo think tbo “hall should
now he put in motion." Let us look to Georgia.
Let us care for thu State, if thu United States do
uot ueed tliat care. Here wo may fiud “ample
room and verge euough” to differ mid to differ a-
bout something , Look at the slumbering might
that ha*been bid like the iiibleburied giants uuder
our own granite hills. What is Georgia’s wealth!
What is her power, or what might they not bef
With tbe right kind of heaJs to direct, and ourhand*
set to work ou our materials, who will uudertako
to sot the limits to our advancement iu the rank of
these States, or toour social position in comparison
with tbe rest of the world.
But wc can boost of but little as yet, besides tho
means of greatness such os nature has ready fur
nished to our bauds. Wo have been too busy iu
tho work of zealous cats paws, for trafficking poli
ticians, to think of home aud its great interests.—
Fictitious party distinctions have beeu regarded
as paramount to these, aud mntiy have preferred
to waste their time aud breath in convincing the
bewildered and unsophisticated voter that the
world’s dcstiuy dejicuitcd on turning out oue Pre
sident, aud inaugurating another.
Tho common sense of men can fiud no longeron
excuse for such trifliug, aud the earnest wish of
every right minded man is that vve should go to
work iu earnest—the strong desire of all the cor
rect and patriotic,i* to see these worn out, useless
und frivolous nothings, still held to by mere pro
fessions, by inauy party men, superseded by issues
of a domestic, something fur the cause ol public ed
ucation—aud that next greatest and most vital in
terest, tlie causo of agriculture, has yet to sco (if
vve except Guv. Gilmer’s silk bounty) the voiy first
notice taken of it, by the sovereign State of Geor
gia, one of the “old tbirtcea.”
In onr discussion of these aud many other great
question*, so peculiarly our “own business,” wo
will get to sec how important it is to bo uuiled in
our political strength, that these vital coucern
may he properly represented. A dose sympathy
for each other, will place us iu a position far less
accessible to tbe seductions of mischievous in fin cn
ee* directed hy : hosc who scheme for power iu
tbe general government. And the great good
which will inevitably result from this effort to ele
vate and develop tbe cuergica of the State, will
be to teach us the true geuius of our form of gov
ernment, which aims more at the exaltation and
enhancement ol thu characters and poaitiuua of tho
several States, than at the aggraudixeincnt of that
central power in oar Union, which is hut the ser
vant of us all, uot tbe master as some would make
Mhipineut m(SpnlD to Iviiglaud.
The New York Journal of Commerce of the 26th
ult. make* the fidlowhig remarks on tho singular
state ol circumstances which i» at present causing
coueiderublu shipments of specie to Europe :
A very singular state otfireumstanco I* causing
considerable ehipmeuta of specie to Europe. It
has been the common practice here to pay cash fur
bills ou Europe, payable at sixty days alter sight.
Iu this way, time has beeu taken where money
was cheap,—tliere being always money iu abund
ance with which such bills could be cashed If the
holders desired.- ' So easily has this keen dune, that
sixty day acceptance* have constituted a part nf
the circulating medium of England, passing from
hand to hand by indorsement uulil.the backs were
covered with signatures. Now things are greatly
ebauged. Money is much more pleuty uud cheap
here than there. ' It wa» formerly thought that a
Loudon banker’s acceptance was as good as gold.
Now such acceptances have lost their charm. F or-
merly those bankers were glad to be iu udvauce
to their customers here; now they have not a dol
lar to sjmre. Formerly the branches of houses ou
this side were glad to udvauce money ou cunsfou-
mouta to tbe branch on the other side, and the
houses tliere cared uot ho w largely limy vverc in
Selin to r I.evvie
The Hon. Dixon II. Lewis 1ms published a Let
ter In the Alabama State Guard, in vNhicu he re
sponds to certain enquiries put forth by a corres
pondent of the Mobile Register Journal, touching
tho Three Million Bill, and the next Presidential
election. Mr. Lewis says he voted for the Three
Million Bill,and against every amendment intend
cd to defeat aud embarrass it. He denies that he
is in any manner pledged to Gen. Taylor, althuugli
lie did participate in tbe general anxiety to kuow ou
what grounds oilier than his high military reputa
tion, lie was to bo presented to the public, and if
elected what opmious would control him ill the nd-
niiiustratiou of the Government. This information
ho says he has foiled to obtain. Mr. Lewis then
proccods :—
“ Haviug now defined my position towards Gen.
Taylor, to tho satisfaction ns 1 hope of ‘US,’ I fur
ther say, I am neither looking to. uurain I commit
ted to any other individual for the Presidency.—
Holding myself, however, in perfect readiness to
aid iu the elevation of tlmt candidate who is most
faithful to the constitution, aud to the eternal com
s:iv abstraction, because it is not a
.there is nothing now on which
ucall operate•. and it is extroinoiv doubtful whetli
It seenu to 0 > that its ad
their zeal f
ill' Soul In
this ceaael
ou buc
Proviso 1 W
practical question
it can operate,
there over will b
can be influenced i
no other motive than a desire to irritate and drive
to desperation the people ot the South.
The Proviso is designed, professedly, to prevent
the extension ofslavery into the territory that may
be acquired by the war with Mexico; yet it is now
a generally admitted fnct, that no part of that ter
ritory is adapted to slave labor, aud that not a sin
gle slave State would he funned, no matter how
much territory l>e acquired. Gen Waddy Thomp-
i-un, who is so familiar with that country, iu a
speech ut Greenville. South Carolina, n few days
n"o, said emphatically, that “ho would 3lnUc his
flfc that no part of jhe territojy could or would be
occupied by slave-holders.” Why then do tho po-
Oo. ip:
L-llt til
I then vowed that it shouldbotrioa
i lieu Black Ilawk has bn
Seminole^ have been vc
It has also waved victc
| 11 *«=•» also waved victoriuadv fo’p ’ T" !, “*f
udvauce, if only they had property or bills iu baud promitet ou which it is based—particularly iu ref-
as security. Now everybody on tho other sidy) | creuce to the threatened institutions of tlie South,
in. Cash is the thin;
wants cash. Cash is the thing which must be hud.
Bills aud produce are of litue worth. Sixty day
hills therefore will not answer now to pay debts al
ready mature. Houses here will nut encumber
their partners abroad with drafts, but semi funds,
as far as cunveuieut, from this side to that Advan
ces so earnestly pressed upou shipper# hero but a
little while ago. aro uow refused altogether. The
couscquciice is that bills are uot desired as a re
mittauce, but gold is the thiug, for that cau be used
iustanter without indorsement or discount. Iu
por
a candidate may be found, I expect in good faith to
ityb _ _
act with my ]HiliticuI friends, without claiming for
jyself any more prumincut agency or control in the
nice lion of such a caudidute, than tbo humblest
member of my party,
From the Charletton Mercury.
Southern Whig Sentiment#
.. . _ , We have felt it an imperative duty as Southern
this way a new fact appears. The distress iu Lu- journalist# to expose the whole character and force
rope is persuadiug us to lend,—nut in produce but 0 f ,j JO uuti-elavery element that has iuvaJed, aud
iu cash. Tho rate o> exchange has uot indicated
that America was iu debt to Europe, hut only that
accouuts were about square. The Americans have
beeu distinguished iu Europe for thcr cash pay
ments. Other nations pay as our lathers did, iu
six or twelve mouths The India business is to n
great extent carried on by kills at twelve mouths
sight. Wealth has accumulated so rapidly iu
America, aud so shrewd is competition here, that
the Americans have been careful to save cash dis
counts, and all the extra charges which always ae
company long credits. So we have no six mouth#
or twelve mouth# ropes to be hauled iu by Bug-
land’s distresses, ourselves nt the end of them.—
We have paid our debts, aud although vve might
prefer to scud forward produce, to lending cost),
yet vve can spare a couple of uiillious well euough
from our gold, and vve are inclined to think that a
small part of that ouly will be called for before af
fairs will become so reconstructed iu Europe, that
produce und hdls will agaiu be sntisfnctoty. There
is much reason to believo that this is uot a tempo-
raiy difficulty on Iho other side, especially iu Eug-
ltiull. It is portly owing to the loss u/ crops lost
year, hut more to the great ebauge iu England’s
jiositiou iu reference to the geueiaf industry of tbe
world. She is uot ntukiug money uow as she was
formerly, when she contracted her enormous debt,
uud created a civil and ecclesiastical government
of unprecedented spleudor and cost. She must
turn 1‘uritau again, put ou coarse cloth, set all hands
at work, ou the laud and elsewhere, if she would
make her income equal to her expenditure. The
uation, us well ns the individual, which spends mure
tbau it uurus, can never have an easy money mar
ket. The only cure uuder such circumstances, is
by some means to briug about a change of relations
between income aud exiieuditure,
uow in a great measure controls, the political par
ties of tho North. We feel it equally our duty to
do justice to every mnuly and patriotic expression
(ifseiitimeut ou the part of the Southern press mid
Suutheru politicians, aud to give a cordial welcome
to every proof, that among ourselves, in the hour of
trial, the love ol party will how to the love of coun
try, Iu this spirit vve copy below, and commend
to attention, au editorial from the Richmond Whig,
une another from the Mobile Daily Advertiser, two
presses distinguished for the zeal uud ability with
wbiefi they have defended tho interests of tbe
Whig party. We wish vve had the right to 6ay
that these articles speak tbe sentiments of tho
whole Southern Whig party. Why are vve left to
conjecture ou so momentous a question? Why
does a single Southern press allow it# silence
or evasion to be construed, as it is and must be by
the North, iutu u submission to, if uot an upprovul
of, their designs? A great interest of the South is
ruthlessly assailed, and vve say nothing; or if we
speak, it is to censure those who advise timely re
sistance and self-protection. Is not the inference
natural that vve do uot intend to resist—that vve
have made up our minds to submission? There
are Whig presses and Democratic presses lu the
South that coutiuuaily advise the people to keep
quiet. “If we agitate," say they, “weshall provoke
the North, aud make matters worse. When the
time comes for action, we shall know what to do."
But this time foractiuu will never come till the en
emy has set his heel upou our throats; aud theu,
with much mure propriety, these presses uiuy say:
“Keep quiet, for if vve struggle vve shull provoke
the North, aud they will straugle us." They who
udvisc us to take no attitude of resistance, and
liticiuns of the North persist in thrusting this mis
chievous mid insulting abstraction upou nsf What
gnddo they expect to accomplish? They must
know tliatit embodies a doctrine that the South
will firmly and unitedly resist—a doctrine tlmt in
vades onr most sacred rights aud ourdearest privi
leges, which, if ever earned into effect, will result
in the certain disslntion of the Union! Are our
Northern brethren prepared to take upon them
selves the learl’ul responsibility of such a catas
trophe?
Wo have said but little heretofore on this sub
ject, because vve have felt it to be one on which the
South should scorn to argue. We have said this
much now iu consequeuco of the uction of our po
litical friends iu Massachusetts, and because vve
feel thut it is high time tbe Whigs of the North
should be made to understand what we believe to
Lethe unalterable determination of the united
Whigs of the South iu this matter. We trust, too,
that the Whig press df thu South will speak out in
bold, firm, and manly terms, the fixed purpose of
tlie party iu view of all such proceedings as charac
terized the Whig Convention of Massachusetts.—
Give the Whigs of the free State# to understand
thut. Whig# us they are mid Whigs as tee are, vve
cut loose from them forever unless they abandon
the Wilinot Proviso,' aud desist from all interfer
ence with tho peculiar institutions of the South—
that ou these terms, and oil these aloue,. will wo go
with tkcmiu u convention, orco-operatc with them
in nuy way whatever.
Let our Dcmuorulic ftieudv do tlie same, mid un
less the people of the North are lost to all sense of
justice uud insensible to the appeals of patriotism,
they will yield their must unjust and uureasoua-
blo pretensions, mid harmony ho mice more rei
stored between the difl’ereiit sections of our com
mon countr/.
: bees
U(u\
^Cr-
its adoption by i Corro Gonlo, and iu those which bav'
’ ’ ' in front of die Cily of Mexico I C
to your keej.ii..-, knowing that via, H tu! >'k
Oil if additional glories, bv Dunlin. “ Cl
a U auuiiiuinu atones, by r>U atio ,
Ugliest point of the Castle ol'Chaeifli. ^ u
The soldiers appl md d.and t..is
that buttered over the ImtUemenUof ,i
Vera Crcz (x- t i-
Ens. Delta: One of the largest trui’
yet been scut forward from Uiupmw , U |« 'n.
patched from here iu a few days! 'va-" 1 * 1
Ht )p*iut Jfilhl inuti -II t.,1.1
at least -1030 men, all told, acco-ni,.,,
together the arrangement* mati- ^
i _ • 3‘ uc *»id
ihtless prove of signal assistance
tirters ot the nnnv whenever .h -o." ® e Uij
Gen. Patterson takes command:
who go with him nro
Col. Abbot, lfith IJ. S. Infantry Col
ami Lieut. Williams, belonging to fwT? 11 * 1 ’*
Ul «l-.
stall; Capt. Hale, and e suuul“u ( m„ no j^ Uta i
From the Nt-to Orleans Della, Oct. 24.
Latest from Vera Cruz.
The Steamship James L. Duy, Capt. O’Grady, ' Maj. Polk, up to this moment actin-nj VoW
arrived here at a late hour last night from Vera teer Aid-de-Cmnp to Brig. Geu. Cushm- sad-T
Pm* lioinnn kilt lionv mi fl»s» lOflt mat I 1 T.. rt i i ^ , . i 5 * ** W*
passed midshipmtm go ns Aulsaie-Ciunn-Ir^'
ter is a volunteer*. Col. Withers, 13.1. l p~ I * e W
Col. Echols, U. S. A.; Lieui-Cot. Clni,^^
Cook, 1st Dragoons,aud Captain Til -hoc,
splendidly a]i]poiuted company of ani|K r ' W i k »
Baltimore. 1 merely mention ihe nsiiie*!#’ i*
gentlemen for tlie information ol their In,. 1 **'•
will bo proud to learn that they nro in
and I may safely ud,l,bur.iiiig \vithai)x? etv
forward to the scat of war. I had almost'f
to mention the name of Gee. Cushin^
his brigude. He has l»cen here now mine i* ^
und is 111 the enjoyment of perfect he ilih >
Capt. George, U. S . A. him beeu appoie W >
tsioa Quartermaster, and will go up U ith .
us sucli. Tlie very onerous duties devohh
this ofiiecr have been very much lightened i„ °*
sefiuetice ot the admirable uud highly cfljciebt Ct "
tier in which the business of the (biarturui
Department is conducted here, under C»nL^Lf ,
In fact there is no secoud opinion ou !k -.uV*
Capt. Elliotr has not ouly discharged his faud^*'
since he entered iuto bis present otfici-j„ .i gL*’,
manner as must reflect the highest credit’ ui»s. V-.*
self as au officer—prudent and eaer"ctic a; ^
times—but also in such 11 mauuera* must hsyj,*" 1
ed to the United States Government nn
umiiunt of mouev, an ulmost incalciila.il, sani "*
Were I to enter into details hereon this Jfo .
might mention one fact which is well knuwntu ,
eiy oue iu Vera Cruz—1 mean every American -V
lzeu—aud that is, that since the 1st of Anna ii"
sum of $60,000, ut least, iu tho way ufaemurna
has beeu saved the Quartermaster’s Departm-ii’
owing tothe prompt aud decisive measure, rtign'
ed to by Capt. Elliott iu putting a stop to fonur
practice*.
precautionary measures of self-protection, do
fact advise us to final uud unconditional subn
Monument to President Harrison.—A public
meeting was held iu Cincinnati, a lew days since,
of thefrieuds of Gen. llarrisou, when, ou motion of
Geu. Todd, it was resolved
That the soldiers in the late war in tlie North
West, aud thu friends of the lanieuted President
Harrison, bo invited locouvcne iu the city ofCin-
ciuuati on the 6lh of November next, tocousult tip-
on tbe most suitable measures for erecting a moil-
submis
sion. Are such meu true to their couutry?
We call upon the Soutberu Whig press to come
out boldly, aud no longer to allow its silence to ‘
3 noted by the North as proof of sympathy with
leir pernicious schemes. It is timo that every
( uurual should speuk iu the mauly tone adopted
ly the 'Richmond Whig aud the Mobile Daily Ad
twtiaer.iHH^^^^H
From the Richmond Whig.
Massachusetts Whig Convention.—The Re-
mnentat North Bcud, designed to be a memorial solutions adopted by the Couveutiou, unanimously
of the natioual gratitude to that illustrious patriot. 1
But wo forbear at this time to offer the further
strong inducements, towards this coiubiuatiou of
our political atreuglh. To our Whig readers, w
would most respectfully ask leave to commend to
their serious atteution, two articles in another col
umn copied from the Richmond Whig and Mobile
Doily Advertiser. What Whig press iu this State
will follow tho brave lend of the patriotic Alabama
aud Virginia Editors, iu defence of the South, ro-
gardlessof its- iuflucncc—on the present organiza
tion of the Whig party? Weshall see. The mani
fest and geucral hostility towards the rights aud
dignity of the South, evinced here of late by
Northern men, will soou ripen into a "strong ne
cessity that will leave us uo option, and the mau
that fails iu his duty now, is false to hi* home, aui}_
lost to every impulse of a geuerous or manly patri
otism. A great responsibility rests upou the pre
sent majority in the Georgia Legislature. A few
brief days will suffice to show, whether or uot,
they are equal to the trust committed to thoir
keeping.
Rebuilding or Pittssuko.—‘Tho Pittsburg Ga
zette publishes a table, showing tbe number of
buildings erected iu that city, siuce the great fire
iu April, 1845. The uumber is 600, and compri
ses all descriptions of buildings, from first class
hotels, warehouses, stores aud manufactories, to or
dinary private dwellings, all of which, the Gazette
says, are much larger, more commodious, uud much
better adapted to busiucss purposes, than those
destroyed by tlie fire. This is a wonderful resus
citation—two years sinco oue half'of the city was
iu ruins, now scarcely a trace uf the devastation is
to ho sceu.
CtTTho Hon. Henry Goldthwuitc, one of the
Supremo Court Judges of Alabama, died recently
at Mobile of Yellow Fever. The dcceased'biu fill
ed several high statiou* iu die Legislature aud Ju
dicial deportments of Alabama, which have been
discharged with ability, that won for him the most
respectful admiration of his follow citizens through
out the State.
tyThe New Orleans Daily National of the 20th
ult. published the names, ages and place# of birth
of persons who have died iu that city by theyefiow
fever since tbe breaking out of the epidem
ic in July. It recapitulates as follow#: from the
Uuited State#, 240; Eugland, 70; Scotland, 20; Ire
land, 694; France, 224; Germany, 877; Pruuia.,44;
Spain, 9; Portugal, 3; Switzerland, 24; Italy, 12;
Denmark, 11; Canada, 6; Austria, 4; Belgium, 7;
Sicily, 3; Turkey, 2; Cuba, 2; Mexico, 2; Geralta, 1;
Circassia, 1; Isle of Man, 1; Sardinia, 1; Norway, 1;
Hanover, 1; Isle of Malta, 1; Jewish Cemetery, 1;
West Indies, I; Uukuown, 238. Total, 2,544.
Extorts or Grain.—According to an estimate
made in the Patent Office, it appears that the quan
tity of wheat, corn, and other kinds of grain expor
ted in 1847, exceed the quantity of thu Home kinds
exported in 1846 by nearly tweuty-#even million
of bushels, and the value of tho aame exports iu
1847 exceed tho vnluc of those in 1S4C by the sum
of thirty-six millions of dollars.
Michigan.—-The rapid growth of tlie ewnmerer
of Michigan is well set forth bv a statistical state
ment in tbe Rochester Doily Ad vertiser of a receui
date. In 1819, the shipping owned in tbe State
amounted to but COO tous; iu 1846, it was 26,928.
und gave employment to 1800 seamen. The ex.
ports up to 1836 cousisted almost entirely of furs,
and amounted to $ 100,000—all other article;
reached only to $75,000. Iu 1840, the export# a-
lnounted to $1,305,860; in 1846, they reached $4,-
647,603. The wheat crop of last year is estimated
ut 9,000,000 bushels.
fF' Some of the Loin foil letters state that Loni
Ashburton sold out £500,000 ia the funds to
trengtlien tbe Bearing*.
Correspondence of the Boston Pott.
New Yonx, Oct. 20, 1847
The consecration of the corner stone of the Wash
ington Monument has beeu accomplished, aud tbe
builders may now go to work and gut up ihe edi
fice as soou as they can. 1 kojiu it inuy he finished
■non, hut fear that half a century, at least, may
elajiso before we see it completed. It is au easy
thing to project, but quite aiiolher affair to accom
plish. Au mvilatiou was given yesterday, on the
grouud the mouument i# to occupy, to nil, to walk
up uud subscribe, hot not a soul advuuced to pre
sent a farthing.
This is tbe third time that an attempt has been
made, since the year 1833, to get up a Washington
inomimcul in titis citv. Thu two first failed; 1
hope that the third will not be equally unsuccess-
Ail. Bill 1 doubt, aud cauuot help it. The inaua-
gers of this third attempt have funds enough
their bauds, they say, wiili ihe exception of a few
tliousauds, to justify them iu proceeding. Will
uot the good people of the city of New York moke
up the deficiency ?
I regret to say that n deaf and dumb boy was
killed, by uuruly horses, whilst the ceremonial
was going ou yesterday. It was a sad affair, and
cast a gloom over all the rest of the pageant, li
was au injudicious thiug to take a collect ion of
mutes to such a scene of excitement auil turmoil.
Our wkigopponeutsare now very busily engaged
iu au effort to moke M r. Henry A. W ise, late min
ister to Rio, quarrel with the nilmiuistratiou. They
will hardly succeed. They abused M r. Wise when
he went to Rio, abused him whilst he wus there,
and uow hope to cqjulu him iuto a war with the
President.
I see that some of the opposition papers say
that Mr. Wise, in the year 1836, when be was in
the house of representatives, violently assaulted
Mr. 1’olk. They magnify matters to suit their own
purposes. Mr. Wisu never offered auy violence to
the President. He oue day became very iudig-
imut, because iff a decision of the speaker, and ut
ter the house adjourned said fume rude things to
him. All was dune, however, in the midst of an
unnecessary state of feeling, und was soou forgot
ten,- 1 was present at the time, suw what passed,
and well recollect the particulars. The offeuco
wa* oue ot those ebullitions w hich too uftou origi
nate iu times of high party feeling.
Mr. Wise, I learn, has not complained of the ac
tion of the administration, in reference to his Bra
zilian mission, aud will not cotnplaiu. It has sus
tained him, approbated his conduct, mill received
an amende for the outrage on Lieut Davis, through
tbe Brazilian minister, Mr. Lisboa. All is us it
should be, aud Mr! Wise is not the man to quarrel
with those who have sustaiued him. Tho whig#
will uot gain much hy attempting to force Mr. Wise
into a quarrel.
The news by the steamers have hail a decided ef
fect ou our markets, aud for tho tnumeut uusettled
them.
I hope that the political difficulties that have
crept into thedemocrutic councilsof tho State will
■ ■ ” ir an utnicablo adjustment
ure said to be strong against the Mexican War aut
Slavery. We have not yet seen them, aud there
fore defer nuy remark, further than to say that these
Northern Conventions, both Whig uuu Locofoco
would iu our judgment, consult their owu diguit;
as well as evince more true wisdom, if they w;ou
confine their "resolves” to subjects with which
they have some colorofright to lutermeddle. We
me glad to sec, however, that tho Couveutiou had
the good souse to reject the following ex traordiuu-
ty resolution, submitted by Mr. J. G. Palfrey, oue
of the “Conscience Whigs,” at a little clique iu
Boston.
“Retolved, That tbe Whigs of Massachusetts
will support uo meu for the office of President aud
Vice President of the Uuited States, but such ns
are known by their acts or declared opinions to be
opiiosed to the extension of slavery.”
This resolution, which, if it hud been adopted
wonld have raised au impassable wall of separa
tion between tlie Massachusetts Whigs uud those
of the South, was supported by tho mover aud
Messrs. C. F. Adams (a sou of the Ex-President,'
S. C. Philips aud Dwight, aud opposed by Mr
Wiutkrup, the able aud patriotic representative in
Congress from the city of Boston. Whenever ci
ther party at the North shall determine to act ia
accordance with tho doctrine set forth in this in-
sultiug resolution, its natioual organization will
from that momeut cease. We need scarcely say
that Whig principles have uo more decided aud
uncompromising advocate than we are; but when
ever our politicul associates at the North shall force
upon us the alternative of ckoosiug between the
Whig priuciples ou the oue hand, and Soutberu
rights uud institutions ou the other, wo cauuot tor
a moment hesitate—aud we do not err iu saying
that wo speuk the uuuuimous voice of the Soutberu
Whigs—in the course we shull pursue. There is
110 Locofoco iu the laud—however steeped in de
votion to the doctriues of that party—to whom
we would husitase to give our cordial and zealous
support, ill preference to auy Whig who should
come before us us the nomiuee for the Presidency
or Vice Presidency with such a label upou Ins
brow as that embodied iu Mr. Palfrey’s resolution.
Wo beg leave ou this subject to'speak frankly aud
without reserve to the Wuigs of the North. They
may win local triumphs and secure State patron
age by their rabid zeal ou the Slavery question—
aud if their ambitiou is limited to this uarrow
sphere, they may act wisely to pursue this course.
But if they evpect to fiud auy co-operation hero, iu
the elevation of their favorites to uational offices,
they will be assuredly disappointed. The slavery
question is one which affects us of the South ex
clusively. It is oue which the Northern people
have no right to meddle with; but if, ui the excess
of their philanthropy, they will iuterjiose their of
fensive offices, we tell them at ouce that they will
meet, from all parties at the South, a uuited aud
stem defiance.
be speedily adjnsted.
does not take place, we must be beaten, in spite
of all our efforts. The whig# glory in our differen
ces, and do all they can to foster aud encourage
them Aud are we to atand idly by, and seo our
opponents chuckle over our ruin ?
Tho National Intelligencer has published 6ome
doleful letters from Puebla, which, I doubt not, aro
gross aud baseless exaggerations. Yours, truly,
JOHN SMITH, J it., of Arkansas.
Terxidle Scese.—A magnificent steamer, tho
Hibernia, coming to Cincinnati lately, was discov
ered tube 011 fire, the flamesburstiugfrom the bold.
With three hundred passengers 011 board, men,
women and children, the scene was terrible. By
scuttliugit was extinguished, aud tothe horror of
all.it was discovered that some h'llf-bumcd casks,
narked codec, contained in the middle kegt of gun-
poiedct!
Wc deeply regret to announce the death of one
oar oldest ana most respected merchants, Ga-
iriel Wisuer, who has held au honorable position
merchant iu tin's oity for forty years. lie wan
be son of Col. G. Wisner, who fell in batttlo du-
I ring the American Revolution.—-V. F. Ezpress.
From the Mobile Daily Advcrtiter.
The Right Position.—Wc find iu tho Missis
sippi papers a political letter from Col. Jeli’crsou
Davie, from which wo extract iho following para
graph:
* I would say, then, let our delegates meet those
from the North, uot as a paramount object to nom
inate candidate* for the Presidency and Vice Pres
idency, but before entering upou such selection, to
demand of their political brethren of the North a
disavowal of the principles of the Wilmot Proviso,*
au iidiuissiuu of the equal rights of the South with
tho North to the teiritory held us tho common pro
perty of the United States; and a declaration in fn-
vorof extending the Missouri compromise to all
States to he hereafter admitted iuto ourCoufoder-
Puebla, requesting his immediate evacuation of
that post, permitting Col. Childs to form a junction
with General Scott, or with the American forces ut
! > erute, uud threatening, in the event of Colonel
Childs’s refusal, to assault his position. In Col.
Childs’s reply to tho very modest request of Geu.
Sauta Anna, ue defends himself from the charges
of Sauta Anna os regards tho ill treatment of the
M exican citizens hy the troops under his command.
With regard to Santa Anna’s threat# of attacking
him iu case of his refusal to evacuate tbe garrison,
Col. Childs replies as follows;
“With regard to that particular part of your Ex
cellency's letter which demands the surrender,
within a fixed time, of all the positions now occu-
S ied by the troops under my command, I cut? ou-
r say iu reply, that haviug been honored with the
uty of guarding uud protecting them, it is equal
ly uiy greatest wish, and paramount obligation, to
iiiglou, tii be present as a witness in the iuv«u>
tiou relative to tlie charges prefereil agoioit CU.
Fremout. It will bo remembered that some «r,
ou# difficulties took place iu California belwtn
General Kearney and Lieut. Col. Freenium—
Maj. Cook being Ultimately acquainted with ij*,
circumstances connected there with, hss bceacsL
ed oil' to act as a witness iu the investigation.
ALPHA.
From the Baltimore Clipper.
Mrs. Flocrnot and lieu Children.—Some
where down in Alabama ih r • lives a Mrs. Hfe.
uoy. who has a genius for pmgrett in populating.
Some oue said that she lias had five children in
eleven month*! This her husband considered 1
slander, iuasmttcb as it stated but ]Mrt of h»r mer
its, in that important particular. Whereupon ho
preanrve iffiem to the W. 1 And lam f.jlyZZZ *«= following lettei:
ed thut I shall be able to defoutl thorn successfully,
inasmuch as I have at my disiHisal all the resources
essential to its lull aud complete uccumplidimout.
“With considerations, iu tlio highest degree re
spectful, I have thu honor to be your Excellency’s
most obedient servant, Thomas Childs.
Colonel of the Army of the Uuited States, and Civil
■ aud Military Governor.”
The following, translated from tho Arco Iris, de
scribes the attack ou Co! Childs and the result;
Puebla, 28 h.—At five o’clock ou the morning of
yesterday, tlie points of San Junude Dios, Santa
Rosa and Sauta Monica, commenced a heavy cau-
uouatleupuii thu American works. The latter im
mediately begau to throw cannon shot, bombs ami
grenade into the centre of the city, which suffered
iu consequence some considerable injury.
I)uu Murano del Kio, whilst standing with bis
wife ou the hack bah-duy of his house, was killed
by u caution hall. At about 8 o’clock, p. in., tlu-
caunouade ceased, but l oiomeoced agaiu at the
dawn of tbe f illowing day.
Puebla, 29tli.—Bv order of Sauta Amin a body
Chambers CorxTi, July 10.
Messrs. Editors: i have noticed iu your paper
nti account of niv wite having five children in tbe
short space of teu mouths and sixteen Jaw—
which is but little more than half told. She hu
had nine children that were bom alive, wiib sho
exception of two that were horn dead, iu a little
better tbau three years. ‘ Two were bom ou tit
23d of July, 1843; on thc2.9:h of April, 1844, iW
had two mure; uu 1 lie Idiot Jane, 1846, rhe liai
three, and ou the 20ik of April, April. 18 (7, tin
had three, aud ou the 20.h of April, 1347, the h»J
two more.
She has had fourteen cbildreu in eleven yean
aud a few muni ks—seven soils and seven daugh
ters. Seven are liviug at this time, and setcu
dead. Yours, Sec.
TIIOS. G. FLOURNOY.
The Skirt Expander—A New Intention.—
It appears that a geniJemau of Ihe city of True list
invented nil article he vails the Skirl Expander,
for which lie is about to procure a pntcut. Tfacii.-
of troops w’as yesterday posted in tho Guuveilt of I veutor s.ivs it will entirely do away with tliecul-
Saula Teresa, at oue uftbe corners of which a breast
.work of Cottou bales were erected. Four hun
dred cottou bales have already beeu demanded of
tlie huuse of Velasco for tlio defences of the city.
To preveut tho completion of this work, the A-
incricaus, from the Fort of Sun Jose, kept up a con
tinual fire upou the workmeu, which being stoutly
returned by the Moxicaus, the discharge of bombs
and grenades troin tlie American lines greatly in-
creased.At this moment a considerable number of
ci'izeu# went to Santa Anna, who was at Carmcu,
aud requested of hiui a piece of artillery, which be-
iug granted, together with a small body of men
for its managment, they quickly marched to the
Convent ot Santa Kosn, and opened u well-directed
fire ujHiti the American works. We were in the
greatest consternation, but night at last superven
ing, everything became quiet.
The nuns of Santa Rosa were transferred into lit
ters to Sauta Catalina, aad it is said tliat the same
tou bustle. It is said to be principally made iff
India rubber, air tight, an 1 is capable of lieiugit-
Hated ir contracted at any lime. If a lady rliu iU
be walking aud wish to apjiear larger or smaller,
the Skirt is so construe ied lilac she may enlarge ur
diiH.uish her uppareut size at pleasure'; ami yets
person liny be walking with her aud net discover
now or by what un a.in Iter apparent size is cliuiiu-
i-heJ ur iucreused. The iuveotar also says ibst
the appe irauce ol a lady, with one < f those Skirt*,
is much improved—t ic dress si 1 ug nucli better
aud easiei; and Unit it will save ihe labor of coitt-
J about ihe streets quite n small hale of culluu
aud from eight to twelve skirts.-'
Clerical.—The Rev. Mr. O’Connel, for some
year or two past, Faster of the C.vthohc Cburcii
ot ibis city, lias left for Beaufort S. C. Mr. O’C.
ilas endeared himself to those of our citizens who
have had the pleasure of his acquaintance, by bis
thing will be done wirh thoseof Santa Muuica, al- uniform iHiritian aud gentlemanly deportment, auil
though the latter aro strongly opposed to leaviug will be kiutlly remembered where’er his loth
1V0 ere glad to sco this position taken bya prom
inent Southern Democrat, fur wo believo it the
only true position fur the South to take iu view of
the extraordinary course of uurN irtheni brethren.
U e trust that thu Whigs of the South, too, if there
is to be a Whig Couveutiou. will tako the sume
grouud mid firmly maintain it Before they con
sent to go iuto auy nomination, let them insist ou u
renunciation of the Wilcuot Proviso ou tho partof
of our Northern friends, uud a solemn nssuranco
that they will abstain from all interference with
the rights of the Slaveholdiug States. Matters
have bow reached each a point that tbe South
owe# it to itself to take this stand, irrespective of
till other questions ami regardless of its iuiltieuce
•n tho present organization of parties. The claims
set up by tbe North arc so flagrantly unjust, so pal
pably iu violation of tbe Coustitutiou, und so gross
ly insulting to tbe South, that submis-iou is entirely
out of tho question, and it is timo our Northern
brethren sluudd so distinctly understand it How
ever cordially wo inuy agree with tbe Wbigsoftbo
North on ull the great measures of the Whig Duty,
aud howeverdesirouswe may be for the overthrow
of Locofocoism iu this country, yet it would be
worse than criminal in us were we to disguise the
fact, that it is impossible for us to fraternize with a
set of men of meu wlto advocate such doctrines as
were lately promulgated by the Massachusetts
Whig Convention. Ardently attached to tho Whig
parly as we are—and we yield to no man liviug iu
the terror of our devotion—and deeply desirous us
we tiro fur its full and complete triumph, yet we
would rather see that party blown iuto ten* thous
and fragment# than to yield au acquiescence to doc
trines so repuguuiit to the Constitution and ao wan
tonly insulting to the South. We are filled with
painful astonishment at the course of the renown
ed old Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Why
will they keep up the agitation of a question with
which they have no concern—which belongs pecu
liarly to ourhelves, aud which they must know we
feel perfectly competent to manage ? Do they
suppose tb«y can effect the ubolition ot slavery iii
tbeir monastic asylum.
Puebla 30th —To-day tranquility for tbe must
lart reigns iii the city. Now aud theu cau be
leanl the rejxirt of ncuuiiou, and the explosion ol
some grenades thrown in tho direction of San Juno
del Rio, iu the rear of whose Church General Rea
last night concluded a battery, with which he in
tends to epeu upou Sun Jose.
Our sobliers aro cotuplaiumg very much, and
say, that tboy arc ready to die of hunger, uot hav
ing received anything iu he shape of provisions
for some considerable time.
The greatest enthusiasm against the Amoricaug
prevails throughout the entire city.
Puebla, Oct 2.—Since Santa Anna’s departure
tho caiiuonudiug has totally slackened oft. The
cotton storehouse of Velasco took lire last night,
aud wa# buttled to the ground; and 200 bales of
cotton were totally consumed iu tho convent ot
San Domingo, without any one’s being able to ac
count for the mode iu which they were fired.—
The inhabitants hearing the ringiug of bells, which
eniiouuced the incendiarism, were very' much a-
Iarmed, believing that the Americans bad left their
eutronchmeuts. mid were storming tbo city.
Ou the 1st of the present month, General Santa
Anna, at tlie head of 2000 men, cavalry and infuu-
tn\ and with three pieces of Artillery, sallied out
of Puebla, iuteudiug to attack the American train
hick left Julupu ou tho 1st iust., aud reached l’e-
rote ou the 4th. But, before arriving at Tejieya-
liualco. tho designs of tho chief of the Mexican
lorces were wholly frustrated, nil his men, with
the exception of 130 hussars of.liis personal guard,
haviug prnuuunced against' him. As au excuse fur
this proceeding, the officers alleged that they were
(irmly convinced that their further continuance
at tlie disposal aud under the orders of the ex-
Presideut would ouly bo followed by their com
plete sacrifice—and that, withal, their country
would uot derive the slightest benefit from it.
They attributed thu unfortunate events of the
war, aud their want of success, in their battles a-
guiust the iuvaders, to his incapacity mid uuskil-
fuluess. Even some of them loudly declared him
to be a traitor, mid consequently unworthy of
holdiug any command in the Mexican army.
The grouter part of these transactions transpired
at Nopalucan.
Santa Auua having got to Tepoyahoalco with
his 130 hussars, I10 received mi order from the gov
ernment at Qtie re taro, directing lym t> proceed
thither at once with nil the troops which were at
his orders. Bat the General did not deem it con
venient to comply with tlio mandate of his gov
ernment, and took up bis line of inarch for Ouxa-
ca, whither, by the lust account, he was wending
his way. lie publicly declared that his intention#
in goiug to Oaxaca, were to see whether be could
raise there another army, with which he might re
turn to renew tho combut with the enemies of the
Republic.
All the letters from tho interior coincide in say
ing that Gen. Santa Anna, conscious of his impo
tency to effect anything more, either in carrying
ou the war, or of adjusting the terms of peace, is
making his way towards Guatemala, for the pur
pose of leaving the Republic of Mexico forever,
and that hid march to Oaxaca it. only a pretext to
the quiet accomplishment ofhis designs.
Senor Pena y Pena is discharging llio duties of
President ut Queroluro. Ho liai refused to recog
nise, as his associates in power, the individuals
nominated and appointed by Santa Anna. He
proposed thut Congress shall take upon itself the j
office of electing meu to that important uud high .
office.
Tbe following, which we have not before seen, |
and which we take from the Genius of Liberty, is
tho soul-stirring address of Gen. Quitman to bis
command, on its march to the ncviltof the Castle
of Chspultcpec :
cast, iu losing him, wo are happy to loam that tbe
Rev. Dr. Ueumingham has arrived in town fnun
bis European tour, to renew the pastoral relation
w..h his people, which was temporarily cuatwnd-
•J hy bis absence-—Muscogee Democrat, 23ti uU-
From the Richmond Whig.
Col. McIntosh seems to have been peculiarly
unfortunate, lu the last war with Great Britain
he was shot iu the neck, and his life was despaired
of. At Kcsaea itnd i’alo Alto he received two se
vere bayouet wounds, oue iu the arm uud tho oth
er iu the mouth, the weapon parsing entirely thro
his neck. Notwithstanding his neck was stiff and
his arm paralysed, be returned, (says the CbaikT-
tou Meicury,) nt his own solicitation, to. tbe bead
of bis regiment, to fiud a grave under the very walls
of Mexico.
Steamship Washington.—We stated in our pa
per of Thursday that the departure of this steamer
from England bad beeu chauged from tiie 19th Is
the 2 Ithiust., aud consequently teak it fur granted
tlmt she could uot leave here ou her appointed
day, the 1 lib November. We are very happy to
leant that the directors hove delermiued not to dis
appoint tbe public, aud will despatch her on di®
regularday advertised. The courtesy of the Col
lector. who has promised them every facility I*
his fiower 011 the arrival of the Washington, and
tbe euergy of too New Y ork stevedores, will cna-
bio them to do so —.V. Y. Herald, 25th ult-
US'* Bennett, of the New Y'ork Herald, ins
recent correspondence, thus speaks of the condi
tion of England :
“ The aristocracy maintain 400,000 servant#—
200.000 horse#, 500,000 dogs, 100,000 grouse, and
500,000 game of all kinds, all to minister totkj
pride, ami pleasure. These men, beasts, and birds
consume the food of idleness, which would fora
the starving Irish, aud others of the lower cltooe—
Here is the dangerous condition that is iucn*s*S-
iu magnitude every year, uud reaches a erw#
whenever any of the crops foil.
“ Iu a population of 27,000,000, which i# nearly
the unuibcr of the three kingdoms, only shout
800,003, are electors, while 43,000 persons hidd oil
the hind of the Empire, iucludiug mouulaia#, hul#r
rocks, rivers, moor».” •
[communicated.] •
Usury Lairs, Ac.
Mr. Editor—Oue of the most important ilutid
that government has to perform is to secure indi
viduals iu their rights. Everything else is of an-
uor consideration to this. Whenever any la"' **'
ists that deprives individuals of any of thoir right®
to be poiutod out aad repealed. The present l*w*
of Georgia undoubtedly invade llio rights o! mo-"
viduols. This is so very plain that uoarguinett can
possibly make tbo thing auy plainer thun it
That two individuals have a right to make » uf h
bargains about money or anything else that t° u
cerns 110 0110 bat themselves, is just a* certain
as it
is that they have a right to breath tbo common ® ir '
or to drink waterout of theirown springs or brn-iks.
and tlio government that deprives them ot d> !t
privilege, is(»o far tbat.net is concerned) « d c '
potism and nothing else, cull it by what name ,' oU
like. Government lias an undoubted right to pro
tect individual# from fraud and violence, uod ■- "
tho d'ltv of all governments to doth)#, but tbct c
neither fraud nor 1
clone 0 to lend or borrow menirf