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Plutarch Picture*.—No. 70. Colonel Pieice M. Butler. The Palmetto Regiment formed a prt ; on of (he forcet at invested Vera Cruz, but it was detached to the south during t ie siege, and before it rejoined }he main column, the b ittle of Cerro Gordo had been fought. The ne v t actions of note were the conflicts at Con'reras, Cherubuseo, and Molino del Roy, Orth re the mo-t important was the bloody I drama of Cheiuhusco, and heie it was that Col. Butler leil, and the Palmetto Regiment won imper ishable renown. But let us briefly describe the i battle. The village of Purtales was occupied by the Mexicans, and the causeway in front of the barn was blocked up with dense masses of his troops, the cavalry numbering3,ooo, the infantry 4.U00. — To assail them, General Shields ordered 300 men of his own brigade, 300 New Yorkers and 300 Pal mettos—including Reno's howitzer battery of two I pieces, and 1000 men of Pierce's brigade, to advance. He beg in his march by mnkiag a detour of a mile ; j the ground was and ffieult ; the 15th infantry, and , four companies of the 12th, led the advance, follow- ! ed by the New Yorkers, the Palmettos and the bat tery of the 9ih infantry. Tlieadvnnce on approach ing the barn, received a heavy tire from the enemy, and were directed to shelter themselves ; the New York ers coming up, were formed in line and front ing the cause-way. The Palmetto regiment was j ordered to take position on the left of the N w Y'orkers, it bring Shields’design to cut off the Mexi cans by extending his line to the left ; but the ene my defeated his object, and the New York regiment became at once engaged in the sanguinary struggle. The cavalry approached the left of the line, and poured into it their fatal escopette fire; Colonel Burnett fell, and the New Yorkers dismayed by the death of their commander, now Voke and fled, tak ing shelter behind a wall. The Palmetto regimes t completed their formation,and moved forward firing in order, without support — 3oo men opposed to 7000/ But these gallant men moved forward to their pro bable doom with the steadiness of veterans, and with a determination fixed and unalterable, conquer or die. Shields sent to Scott for reinforcements. — Without a rally to attack, the battle might l e lost. His own reckless daring in the field had riot incited all of the regiments ; the 9ffi infantry protected it self behind a barn, as the New Yorkers had done behind a wall, leaving the Palmetto’s to brave the battle and the storm. The blood of the voting gen eral was roused. He harangued the regiments th it li.ul alion oned the field, app. aling to their Ameri can courage, and their sense of shame, but the effect did not correspond with his hopes. There was no response! Mortified and indignant, he turned to the Carolina regiment, which he had ordered to withdraw until reinforced, and-‘the flaor was still there.” Colonel Butler took off his cap’and waivingit amid tlie storm, exclaimed, “the Palmetto’s are ready ! every South Carolinian will follow you to the death!” ‘'Jnwa.d !’ cried the general, “this g;d laii'regiment,"’ he said subsequently, “aimed for ward If inly, and rapidly, under a fire of musketry, aate ribe, pe haps, as any which soldiers ever faced.” Tliis movement turned the tide of foriune and secured the victory, At one hundred yards the Palmetto regimen* baited, to open fire *> the Mexi cans, who were co icen rating their troops. Now came the hTit <d the conflict: our ranks were ra pidly ihi ned, bat their place was supplied by the infantry ot other regiments, that now, animated by the gallantry of the Cuioiimans, came to their sup port ; and amid the storm, the stir, the blooey strife, Col. 13ailer fell sigh ing bravely it he head of Ins heroes, being shot through the head from a cavalry escopette. ••Revenue the death of yo r Colon I !” exclaimed G?n. Shields, and ordered the timoiis charge. The regiment o .eyed the call —they rustled forward, the officers bearing the col ors ot their companies. Th- regimental staff bearer was shot down, Lieut. C< 1 Dick nson, seized the regimental fl g, and whist waving it, he was shot down Major Gladden took .he flag, and the place J of Dickinson, and waved that glorious banner through >ut the lerribl confl ct Young Adams f. ll j with the coitus of t he Edgefield company, and Mo j range, seizing the banner from toe minds of thedyii.g i hero, bure it proudly through the tight,—and ihus ; was the baite of Cherubuseo fought and won ! * * See the description of the battle of Cherubuseo by Geueral James Hammond. Mohammedan* Converted.— Under the instruc tion of Mr. Dodd, an American missionary in Salonica, a Mohammedan family lias embraced Ciristianity. The family consists of seven per sons—the husband, wife, four children, and the wife’s sister. As the Mohammedans pun iMi apostacy with death, th s fami y had to flee beyond the bounds of 1 urkey, They went to | Malta, where they were baptised and admitted to the Church. The rarity of such events gives them a special interest. May this, how ever, be but the first fruits of a more than prim itive ingathering,—thar now, as then, the gos pel may “come not in word only, but in pow er,’ and that the *‘rec ived in much af fliction,” may * sound out” trom Salonica, “in Macedonia, and in all Achaia !”— N. Y. Obs, Rev. Bishop Scott.— From this beloved pastor of Christ’s flock we have letters uaied March 16. He writes:—“With profound gratitude to my Heavenly Father, I record the me) gratify ing fact, mat I have been preserved and enabled to accomplish the work, I trust satisfactorily, for which l came to this coast. The nee commenced its session on Monday, the 7th inst., at 9 o’clock A- M., and was closed on Mondav* 14th inst, at 5 o’clock P. >J. 1 have thus far,’ with slight and brief exceptions, enjoyed extra ordinarily good health- I have not losta single meal since 1 1 it home, and 1 now weigh some two p. unds more than when I weighed last in the States lo God be all the praise! We leave to-morrow mo.ning (March 17; for the States ” Our letters came via England, the steamer Faith having received them at Monro- > via.—S’. C. Advocate. Sudden Glory. The late Mr. Hall, of Arnsby, (father of the distinguished Robert Hall,) Mr. Evans, of Fox ton, and Mr. Christian, of Shepherd—three eminently excellent ministers-attended a pasto ral conference at Mr. Woodman’s, Sutten in the Rims, ail in Leicestershire. The day was solemn, and the discourses delivered were very interesting avd appropriate. In the evening tneso ministers spent their time together in the most agreeable conversation. Among other subjects, one of them proposed for discussion that passage m Job ix, 22 : “If the scourge slay suddenly he will laugh at the trial of the luiioceut. Deep seriousness pervaded the con versation, while each minister gave his thoughts un the text. When it came to Mr. Christian’s uni lo speak, he dwelt upon the subject with au unusual degree of feeling. He considered it as le vi nag i u the sudden death of the righteous, and was expatiating very largely on the desira u ai' eSS | 0t L suc *’ an eve,, t and the happy surprise UW . 1 would be attended, when, amidst oo ot lapturous tears, betook his flight iom tue wotid while the words were vet falter \" S r m At their next social meet °l r * °°dman preached with reference to the event, lrom the text, “And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder ; Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.” 2 Kings ii, 11. “Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find watching. And if he come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.”— Watchman and Reflector. flmus tmfr BmiintL COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. _ SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1853. Mexico and the Administration. A correspondent of the Charleston Courier says : The Executive Government has under consideration the Slgo Treaty, the coup de elat of Gen. Lane, and Revolutionary movements on the Mexican borders, as j far as they may involve our people and interests. The occasion calls for the services, in the Mexican Mission, of one of more than ordinary ability and sagacity. It is considered that the appointment of Col. Gadsden will j meet ihe necessities of the case at the same time, it is : commonly remarked the selection is an evidence that he policy of the Executive in regard to Mexico, will be conciliatory. The idea of any other policy in regard to j that weak and distracted government would be absurd, but yet it is well known that this government has, for ! j some time, stood in a hostile attitude toward it, and that I j very soon the government will be compelled either to i wink at, or to resist, the hostile and predatory move j ments against it, by our people. The policy recommended by Mr. Calhoun, in Mexico, j ! is well known. Ho regarded it as important for the in- ! terest of this country, that Mexico should maintain her ! nationality, and preserve the integrity of her territory. Perhaps Gen. Pierce may have the same object in view, i instead of cherishing the extravagant project of the ac | quisition of the whole country. - Connecticut. The legislature of Connecticut assembled in Hartford on the 4th inst-, and elected democratic officers. Gov. j Seymour has delivered his annual message. The finan- I ces of the State are represented to be in a flourishing | condition, there being a surplus of $50,000 in the trea | sury. He recommends a reduction of the State tax. The income of the school fund for the year is set down at $135,000. The Governor advises the establishment of’ a higher grade of public seminaries, and approves of the establishment of a State Reform School, and recom mends a further appropriation of $25,000 to the objeet. Ihe free banking law, he says, has worked well since it went into operation, and he recommends a searching investigation into the affairs of two banks that have re cently failed. lie also recommends some legislation to check the circulation of the old banks, and the passage of a 1 iiv Jo prevent the it* eof fractional bills. He says ; that the property of the stockholders of the banks should ;be liable for the debts of the institution. lie expresses the opinion that the many accidents and abuses on rail roads might be remedi- and by the appointment of a gen eral Rail Road Commissioner. With regard to the ; Maine Law, he says his opinion that it is unjust, has ; been strengthened. He speaks favorably of the New i York Exhibition ; approves of African Colonization ; | recommends the abolition of capital punishment ; favors the calling of a convention to revise the Constitution, and concludes by announcing that he will not be a can i didate for re-election. More about the Girard Road* At a late meeting in Mobile of the Stockholders of the Mobile and Ohio Rail road, Mr. Smith made the following remarks : Mr. Smith also alluded to the approaching meeting of the citizens to-night to consider about taking stock in the Girard Railroad. He strongly urged our citi zens, now that the Mobile and Ohio Road was able to take care of itself, to turn their attention to this project— to s cure the termination of it in Mobile, and in ad dition to the importance of the travel and freight that must reach Mobile along this route, to bind together j j the influences along this road and those connected i with and leading to it, to secure the opening of a ship I channel from the city to Mobile Bay. There was a shackle, Mr. Smith said, on commerce in these bars that must be broken through, and it is all important to secure the influence of great roads thgt ramify through the South-western States and terminate naturally in Mobile, to help to this. We trust there will be a full attendance of citizens to night, and that this opportunity of strength and pros perity to our city will not be neglected. We must have the terminus of the Girard Road in Mobile. Mobile and Ohio Rail Road. The entire road from Mobile to the Kentucky line is under contract —a distance of 453 miles—except a few miles of light work in Tennessee and Mississippi and can be constructed in six months. Nine tenths of the con tracts have been taken by planters along the road, who have in all cases given bonds for the performance of the work on or before the first November, 1854. Washington Rumors. It is stated in the Charleston Courier , that Gen. Dix has not been appointed Minister to France. On the con i trary he was making his arrangements for acting as Assis tant Treasurer. His country house, just finished and furnished, he had given up. The necessary bonds had been completed, and he had established his system of management on the strictest principles, requiring the accounts to be balanced each day, under his own imme diate supervision, <fcc. It is rumored in Washington that Nathaniel Terry, of Alabama, is to be appointed Governor of New Mexi co. Charleston College. Francis S. Holmes has been elected to fill the chair of Natural History in this institution, made vacant by the resignation of Dr. Bachman. Mobile and Girard Railroad Meeting. —The meet ing at the Alhambra last night, was attended by a very large portion of our most intelligent citizens. We re gret that we have only the space to announce that a pro position, inviting the Corporative authorities to is sue the Bonds of the City to the Railroad Company, lor one million of dollars, was adopted by a unanimous vote. A full account of the proceedings of the meeting will be given to-morrow. — Register . The Hon. H. W. Hilliard, of Alabama, has been recently elected a Corresponding Member of the Imperial Academical Society’ of Cher bourg, in Frame. HORRIBLE CATASTROPHE OX THE NEW YORK AND NEW HAVEN RAIL ROAD. Further Particulars lrom Mr. Hicks. Mr. Thomas Hicks was sitting in the second, and not in the first car. The car leaped the gap and struck against the draw on the other side, crushing its forward end to atoms, and flinging the rubbish, mingled with the dead and dying, toward the centre. The Shock was such as to break off all the j seats and even the umbrella racks, and to push forward all who were sitting in the rear of the car. At the same time the roof was split in two, and the larger part of it fell in covering many persons, including Mr. Hicks himself beneath. The scene under there he describes as hor- j rible in the extreme, persons gasping in death, j mutilated bodies, heads broken, and some who ! had apparently only been stunned drowning in ; unconsciousness of their condition. One young man had a splinter of some two inches in diameter driven directly through his i temple. Others had their faces so mutilated as 1 to present no human semblance. At the same time the water was filled with rubbish of every kind, and Mr. Hicks received several bruises from the floating mass. He hung in the water j o o with one hand on an iron which fortunately had j not broken off until, after convincing himself : that he could not find the body of his companion j i whom he supposed to be dead. Then he crawled out through a crevice which j ! was some ten feet from the place where he had been hanging, and was carried to shore in a small boat which was ready’ at hand, to find that Miss King, who was in his charge, had | been the first to escape, being thrown upon the car top at the same instant that he was flung under it. She received a blow across her face, cutting through the upper lip and bruising one cheek somewhat; her cloaths were also torn, but she received no permanent or very serious injury. Mr. Hicks had the skin taken off the back of two or three fingers, and was considerably bruised in several places, but will be out in a day or two. Their escape is a miracle. An Act ol Heroism. Among the acts of heroism which were per formed by person at hand, was that of John Collins, who has been sick for the past year and unable to work. He was standing on the dock when the aedient occurred ; and before the last car was over he had plunged into the water. He swam to a boat and with his knife cut the cord, and it was used to save the lives of several per sons. He swam to another boat, cut it loose, and that was used to rescue passengers. He continued to exert himself until from exhaustion he fainted and was taken to the shore. Incidents, Escapes, &c. Geo. VV. Pomeroy, Esq., of this city, placed his wife and little son, under the charge of Mr. Spear, at Twenty-seventh st., just as the cars started. Mr. Spear succeeded by almost su perhuman exertions in saving the little boy, but could not save Mrs. Pomeroy, although he re turned at the risk of his life several times ; but he succeeded in rescuing two more small boys. Mr. Allen Goss and bis aged maiden sister, from Poughkeepsie, were on board. He was dangerously wounded in the head, and she was | killed by splinters of the broken car. Mr. and Mrs. James Mills, of this city, who | were dangerously wounded, returned to town I last night, and are under medical treatment. A pessenger reports Rev. Mr. Oncken, Bap tist Missionary, and Rev. Prof. Tenbrock, as among those slightly injured. It was stated at the place that the Engineer, Daniel Tucker, had run into the drawbridge at Stratford last summer, and that he had a colli sion at Portehester two years ago. A Clergyman and his wife had just changed I seats with a sailor. The sailor was killed and the others escaped. James Colburn, a man about 35 years of age, from Richmond, Me., was, together with his brother, in company with his employer, Mr. j Ring, and his wife, in the second car. His bro ther was instantly killed; Colburn broke out one of the windows and helped Mrs. Ring out, and • then got out himself; in the fall he had his right i shoulder broken. Mr. Ring also escaped. Names ol” the Dead. The following is a list of names of persons | killed and drowned : 1 Dr. Samuel Beech, Bridgeport. 2 Dr. John O. Gray, Springfield, Mass. 3 Walter French, Manchester, N. H. 4 A lady, Parker, Woodbury, Conn. 5 Nathaniel King, Jr., Athens, Ohio. 6 A man, unknown, about 32 years of age, j with brown hair and whiskers; had on a j snuff colored coat, black satin vest, brown : linen pants, thin boots and white shirt. 7 A lady, about 30 years of age, black hair, and rather dark complexion ; had on grey dress, trimmed with narrow black velvet. 8 Francis VV. Sales, Boston. 9 J. M. Hutchinson, Boston. 10 Dr. Welch, Hartford. 11 Lady, unknown, advanced in years, stout build and short grey hair; had on black velvet bonnet, and black merino dress. 12 D. M. Opedock, about 60 years of age, residence unknown ; had on him a ticket for Worcester. 13 A boy about 17 years of age, light com plexion and light hair; had on a black silk cra vat, black broadcloth vest, snuff-colored fine checked kersymere pants, thin shoes, white shirt and socks. 14 Female child, about 4 months of age. 15 Oliver Barr, supposad to bean Ageut for the Antioch College. 16 D. W. Dimock, Mansfield, Conn. 17 Young Irish Woman, about 20 years of age; dark hair, and hands much freckled on the back. Had on a purple and red birds eye dress. 18 An Irish Woman ; dark hair, between 25 and 30 years of age, with a gold ring marked “M. J.” Had on a green calico dress, singular pattern, white muslin sleeves, red flannel undershirt, prunella gaiters, and a narrow muslin collar. 19 Ellen Gross, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 20 Ellen S. Bacon, Boston. 2J Wm. Vandeventer, New York City. 22 -W. C. Dwight, Brooklyn. 23 A man not recognized. 24 Rev. John Henry Luhers, Williams burgh. 25 J. M. Fluent, residence not known. 26 Anna B. Lang, residence unknown. 27 John Moss, Gardiner, Me. 28 Mrs. Dr. Lindey, or Landus, supposed to reside in Boston. 29 Beverly Parker, 1 orkville. 30 Mrs. Mary E. Robins, New York. 31 Dr. J. M. Smith, Springfield, Mass. 32 Sampson Smith, Bellows Falls, Va. 33 Miss Carrigan, of New York. Her re mains were conveyed to New \ ork last night by her friends. Her sister was in jured and still remains at Norwalk. 34 Mrs. Hanna, New York. 35 Susan Pomeroy, residence unknown. 36 Miss Mary E, Robbins, whose mother was aiso drowned. 37 Mrs. G. R. Sparks, Pittsfield, Mass. 38 Josiah Bartlett, Mass. 39 Abel L. Pierson, Salem, Mass. 40 Isaac P. Colbath, Richmond, Me. 41 Mary Carrigan, N. Y. 42 Female Child about 3 years of age; fair complexion, and red hair; had on a red dress, green sack, white apron, linen gai ters, tipped with patent leather, and white woolen stockings. 43 David B. Newell, Newport, R. I. 44 B. F. Lazier, residence unknown, j 45 Dr. Beach, Bridgeport. 46 Mr. Dimick, who was injured badly, it was reported died last evening. Names of the Injured. 1 Thomas White, Jr., Marlborough, N. 11, 2 Margaret Carrigan, New York. Lost a brother and sister. 3 Catharine, Mayer, New Brunswick N. J. 4 Warren S. Newell, Georgia, ancle broken. 5 John Fluent, Lancaster, Penn. 6 Leroy Grant, Richmond, Va. 7 A daughter of Rev. Dr, Rufus W. Griswold of New York. Suffocated, but recovered. Doubtful if she will live. 8 Mrs. Criswold and daughter-in-law, slight ly injured. 9 Gen. L. W. Harvey, New York. 10 Mrs. Harvey, New York. 11 Chariot*© Parkes, Yorkville. Lost her father. 12 Thomas Hicks, New York. 13 Miss King of New York. 14 Elizabeth Burkee, Penn. 15 Mrs. S. Day, Broughton, Mass. Badly hurt. 16 John A Hoppin, New Jersey. 17 Dr. J. W. Bemis, Charleston, Mass. 18 Jonathan Trotter, New York. 19 Rev. Andrew Tenbroeck, New York. 20 Rev. Mr. Oncken, Germany. 21 Dr. C. H. Brown, Ipswich. 22 Mrs. C. H. Brown, Ipswich. 23 Mr. Colbert, shoulder broken. 24 Peter Adaley, Gardner, Me., slight. Mr. Edward Peck, of the firm of J. & J. H. Peck, of Burlington Vt., accompanied by Miss Helen Clark, of Plrladelphia, his wife’s sister were in the cars. The ymung lady was slightly injured, but both were able to take the return train for New York. Missing. Mrs. Sackett, Miss Gilbert, and a little boy are not yet heard from. Life in the West. “From time to time we come to fresh clear ings; all these places are alike: 1 shall de scribe the one at which we have halted to night, for it will serve to remind me of all the others. “The bell which the pior.eers hang round the necks of their cattle, in order to find them again in the woods, announced our approach to a clearing, when we were yet a long way off; and we soon afterward heard the stroke of the hatchet hewing down the trees of the for est. As we came nearer, traces of destruction marked the presence of civilized man; the road was strewn with shattered boughs ; trunks of trees, half consumed by fire, or cleft by the wedge, were still standing in the track we were following. We continued to proceed till we reached a wood in which all the trees seemed to have been suddenly struck dead ; in the height of summer their boughs were as leafless as in winter ; and upon closer examin ation, we found that a deep circle had been cut round the bark, which, by stopping the circula tion of the sap, soon kills the tree. We were informed that this is commonly the fiist thing | a pioneer does ; as he cannot, in the first year, ! cut down all the trees which cover his new parcel of land, he sows Indian corn under their ; branches, and puts the trees to death in order to j prevent them from injuring his crop. Beyond j this field, at present imperfectly traced out, we suddenly came upon the cabin of its owner, sit- j uated in the centre of a plot of ground more J carefully cultivated than the rest, but where man was still waging unequal warfare with the forest; there were trees cut down, but their roots were not removed, and the trunks still en cumbered the ground which they so recently shaded. Around these dry blocks, wheat, suck ers of trees, and plants of every kind grow and I intertwine, all the luxuriance of in wild untuto red nature. Amid this vigorous and various veg etation stands the house of the pioneer, or, as they call it, the log-house. Like the ground about it, this rustic dwelling bore marks of re i cent and hasty labor; its length seemed not to | exceed thirty feet, its height fifteen ; the walls as well as the roof were formed of rorndi trunks | tr ees, between which a little moss °and clay had been inserted to keep out the cold and rain. As night was coming on, we determined to ask the master of the log-house Tor a lodging. At the sound of our footsteps, the children who were playing among the branches sprang up and ran toward the house, as if they were fright ened at the sight of man ; while two large dogs, almost wild, with ears erect and outstretched nose, came growling out of their hut, to cover the retreat of their young masters. The pion eer himself made his appearance at the door of his dwelling ; he looked at us with a rapid and inquisitive glance, made a sign to the dogs to go into the house, and set them the example, without betraying either curiosity or apprehen sion at our arrival, We entered the log-house: the inside h quite unlike that of the cottages of the peas antry of Europe: it contains more that is su perfluous, less that is necessary. A single win dow with a muslin blind ; on a hearth of trod den clay an immense fire, which lights the whole structure; above the hearth a good ri fle, a deer’s skin, and plumes of eagle’s feath ers ; on the right hand of the chimney a tnap of the United States, raised and shaken by the wind through the crannies in the wall; near the map, upon a shelf formed of a roughly hewn plank, a few volumes of books—a bible, the six first books of Milton, and two of Shaks peare’s plays ; along the wall, trunks instead of closets ; in the centre of the room a rude table with legs of green wood, and with the bark still upon them, looking as if they grew out of the ground on which they stood ; but on this table a teapot of British ware, silver spoons, cracked teacups, and some newspapers. “The master of this dwelling has the strong angular features and lank limbs peculiar to the native of New England. It is evident that this man was not bom in the solitude in which we have met with him : his physical constitution suffices to show that his earlier years were spent in the midst of civilized society, and that he belongs to that restless, calculating and ad venturous race of men, who do with the utmost coolness things only to be accounted for by the ardor of the passions, and who endure the life of savages for a time, in order to conquer and civilize the back-woods. “When the pioneer perceived that wo were crossing his threshhold, he came to meet us and shake hands, as is their custom; but his face was quite unmoved ; he opened the conversa tion by asking what was going on in the world; and when his curiosity was satisfied, he held his peace, as if he were tired by the noise and importunity of mankind. When we questioned him in our turn, he gave us all the information we required ; he then attended sedulously, but without eagerness, to our personal wants. While he was engaged in providing thus kindly for us, how came it that in spite of ourselves we felt our gratitude die upon our lips ? it is, that our host, while he performs the duties of hospitality, seems to be obeying an irksome necessity of his condition : he treats it as a duty imposed upon him by his situation, not as a pleasure. “By the side of the hearth sits a woman with a baby on her lap ; sho nods to us, without dis turbing herself. Like the pioneer, this woman is in the prime of life ; her appearance would seem superior to her condition, and her apparel even betrays a lingering taste for dress ; but her delicate limbs appear shrunken, her features are drawn in, her eve is mild and melancholy ; her whole physiognomy bears marks of a degree of religious resignation, a deep quiet of all pas sions, and some sort of natural and tranquil firmness, ready to meet all the ills of life, with out fearing and without braving them. “Her children cluster about her, full ot health, turbulence and energy : they are true children of the wilderness ; their mother watch es them from time to time with mingled melan choly and joy: to look at their strength and her languor, one might imagine thatAhe life she has given them had exhausted her own, and still she regrets not what they have cost her. “The house inhabited by these emigrants lias no internal partition or loft. In the one cham ber of which it consists the whole family is gathered for the night. The dwelling is itself a little world—an ark of civilization amid an ocean of foliage : a hundred steps beyond it the primeval forest spreads its shades, and soli tude resumes its sway.” Chunnenuggee, Ala., May 8, 1853. To the Editor of the Times and Sentinel : Our political atmosphere, although apparent ly calm, is still in a feverish state of excitement. This state of tranquility throws political dema gogues and partizan editors quite out of their proper element; hence they are restive and ill at ease, as political turmoil and strife is the pab ulum upon which they exist. The Democratic press at Montgoinesy is making desperate efforts to get out an opposition, and some of the leading Whigs are equally anxious, and pressing Mr. Clopton to take the field in opposition to Capt. Abercrombie. The question naturallly arises, what has the Captain done that so offends his political brethren of the Whig party ? His great crime, the mighty transgression, is simply this, he loved his country better than he did his party. He had too much at stake to trust to that deadly Seward influence that foisted Gen. Scott upon his party, and he had an honest Southern heart, and manly firmness enough to break the fetters and shackles of party, and oppose the election of the nominee of the Whig Baltimore ’Conven j tion. It seems to me, sir, that there would be no | consistency or reason in the conduct of the j Democratic party, were the} 7 to run opposition jto the old Captain. They war for principles, not for men. That Capt. Abercrombie will sus tain the administration of the present Chief Ma- gistrate, in all its republican measures, i have no sort of doubt, therefore I hope, if he has opposi tion, it will not come from the Democratic ranks, but from the Scott Whigs. Mr. Clopton is a great favorite with his party, a man of com manding talents, and under proper circumstances his party would unite upon him to a man. But he is in no hurry, and I have no idea that he will suffer the Whigs and disaffected of his own party to put him in a predicament. A PATRON. Negkoes in Delaware. —The convention for revising the Constitution, at Dover, has passed the following section ofthe new constitution, by a vote of 19 yeas to 8 nays: “No free negro or mulatto, not now an inhabi tant of the state, or who shall leave the state with intent to change his residence, shall, after* the adoption of this constitution, settle in this state or came into and remain within the state more than ten days. All contracts made with any free negro or mulatto, coming into the state con trary to the provisions of this section, shall bo void ; and any person who shall employ such free negro or mulatto, or otherwise encourage him to remain in tiie state, shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty or more than five hun dred dollars.’’ The Hon. Mr. Bayard, in his speech suppor ting this amendment,stated that there are 18,003 free negroes in the State of Delaware, making about one-third of the population.