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[From the N. Y. Herald, April B.J
THE DAYS LATER FNOJI EUROPE.
Toe fine packet ship Liberty, ('apt Norton, ■
arrived ofFS.mdv Hook yesterday afternoon.
Our special messenger immediately boarded
her. and transmitted her news to the New
York Herald office.
Site sailed from Liverpool on Monday, the
Blb nit*
The packet ship the West, Cap
tain Woodhoiue, sailed oa tiie same day lor
New York; also, others.
Tlie packet ship Henry Clay, Capt. Nye,'|
hence, was going into Liverpool on the B‘h. 1
The news brought by tlie Liberty is im- j
portant only in a commercial point of view.
It is said that larger breadths of grain limn
heretofore are sown upon tlie more extensive
farms in Ireland. The small holdings are,
however, almost wholly neglected, the peas
antry not having the means to purchase seed
[ From the Livrpcol Albion , March 3.]
Saturday Evening. —'Che cotton market
has partaken of the general quiescent state
of trade; but prices are not thereby reduced,
holders being firmly convinced that spinners
are fast running out of stock, as the average
weekly quantity that they have taken from
Liverpool since Ist of January is only 15 516
bales, against 28, 535 in 1346. and it is not
imagined that the reduction in the hours of |
labor is equal to anything like this deficiency. I
At present there is a struggle between “short
crop” and “short time,” which causes the j
next accounts from America, per steamer, to
be looked forward to with great, interest, at,
they will furnish pretty good dala for the cal
culation of the extent of onr supplies. The
§ pinners have taken above their average
quantity this week, having purchased 18.000
bale-, while speculators have taken 7,000.
and exporters 1.200 bales, making, together,
the total sales for the week, 26,200 hales.
Imports for the same period are only 7.233 1
bales, and the e-Tnnaied stocks are 567,580
bales, against 817,580 bales at the corres
ponding period of last year. The sales t>day
are about 3.000 bales, at >teaiiy prices.
A fair am* tint of business has been done
this vv a ek in Manchester, the depreciation of
prices having induced purchasers to operate
freelv; but they immediately withdrew from
the market if manufacturers advanced their
terms. The present stale of. things there is
against any accumulation of the stock of
goods, as the prices ruling latterly have even j
induced considerable operations for tlie :
Calcutta market, to which a large quantity
of goods are now being forwarded from this
port, which is certainly not attributable to the
character of the advices from India.
[From the Liverpool Albion. March S.j
STATE Ut' TRADE.
Manchester. —Eirly in the week a fair inqui
ry fur some descriptions of goods was observable, j
but the business done has been upon the whole j
much more limited than that of last week. Tl.o I
disposition to give out orders has, in manv in
stances, been checked by the producers refusing
Co submit to further concessions. With theex
ception of a fair demand for some numbers of
yarns suitable fn the east, we have to report a
very dull and languid market this week. Prices,
howeyer, have remained tolerable firm, and there
has been rather less disposition to meet the wishes
of buyers. The home trade houses are doing
very little. Short time working continues to
prevail, and in some quarters is making con
siderable progress; several mills have altogether I
closed this week. Our food pruspacts cannot
bo reported as in any way more cheering or
favorable than last weeif. The accounts from j
the continent re decidedly more unfavorable.
Bradford-Piece.— Our market has been |
again to-day exceedingly dull, and less than the
average number of pieces have changed hands.
The recent fa-lures in Gerrngny mav have con- 1
triduted some little to increase the depression
that is felt. but certainly general feeling has
been decidedly gloomy, with not much prospect
of speedy improvements. Wool—The wool mar
ket has been very fl it indeed, and tlie business
done is verv littc, with a slight tendency down- i
wards in prices. Noils and Shools remain with
out alteration. Yarn- •i he gloom so long hang
ing over our yarn market is almost as heavy as
ever. The production is very limited, vet the
spinners cannot obtain any thing like an ad
vance of price. 1 here has been quite as much
doing, and prices remain about stationary.—
Things arc sadlv out ofjoint, and we regret that
<mr prospects are not of the most animating char
acter.
Heddersfiei.D.—There Ikis been considerable
improvement in our market, and trade is much
brisker than it has been for some weeks past
Tbe warehouses, during the week, have been but
flat.
. Gl Asaow Cotton Yarn.—Odr yarn market
Js still in a very depressed state, but spinners are
very firm in their Cotton Goods.—The maikct is
rather more flat this week than formerly, and we
*ee littfe prospect o: any decided improvement for
some time. We believe that the high rate of
discount has had the effect ofcausing of both mer
chants and manufacturers to act more cautiously
and this mav, in some measure, account for the
increased dullness prevailing at preset f Ip« n
Bara 10 lbs. por ton; plates 13 lb*, per ton; shorts
U lbs. per ton; nail rods 11 lbs. per ton; rolls 10
lbs. 10s. per ton; pige 3 lbs. 17s. 6.1. per ton.
{from the N. O. Pica;;,me, 6 lh inst ]
X.ATE PROM TIIE CITY OF MEXICO.
State of the Revolution there—Another
American Victory —the Fall of Chi him
hva—Sanfa Anna's Progress to the
Capital—Mexican Reports nf their
Battles , 4*c., 4-c.,
’By the way of Vera Cruz and Tampico we
Lave received a file of papers from the city
of Mexico to the 17? h of March; onr previous
dates thence were down to the 27th of Feb
ruary.
The papers are occupied with the misera
ble details of the two factions in the city of
Mexico, one mider Gomez Farias, the Vice 1
President, the other Gen. Pena y Barragan.
Much blood has been shed, but without any
decisive effect. Both parties were obstinate i
in their purpose—the one of retaining pow- !
er; the other of gaining it. Accounts were
sent off speed’y to Santa Anna with details j
of the revolutionary attempt, and as he fell f
back from the North the combatants fell off
in their violence, and a kind of hollow truce |
was observed before he 17th of March- *
Further mention is made cf ibis business be- J
low; we wish here to recur to another victo
ry of the* American arms.
i Ll Rtpuhlicano of the 15’h March an
nounces that the American arms lave tri
umphed in Chihuahua; that the city of Chi-
I htiahua, the capital of the State, has fallen.
The small forces which defended it, says the
Republican,}, were routed. The same num
ber of that paper and the number of the 17 In
complain that the Government does not pub*
lish the details us the fighting,declaring that
Mexican courage is not to Le daunted by such
reverses. As we cannot then give the de-
I i„i)-4 of iho action, wo may as well add the
tiie latest news of the position and num
bers of the opposing forces. It must be borne
in mind that these accounts are Mexican.
A letter from Durango is pu! lished, dated
March -4 1 it, which says that Gen. Garcia
I Conde left Chihuahua on the 19th February,
at the head of 800 cavalry, Jo meet tiie Ame
rican invaders and had arrived on the 22d at
the hacienda of Encinillas, which is about
seventy miles north, on the road to El Paso.
1 From EncinillasCon.de pushed 'onward scont
i iiig parlies, and on the 23d February moved
with his main body to the fioguiliade! Pastor,
which is about eighteen miles from Encin
ilhis and about 80 miles from the hacienda
of Carmen. It was supposed that the Uni
ted States troops, to the number of 900, were
at Carmen by the 23d, leaving just marched
thither from Carrizal. It was Condo’s inten
: lion to await at Bognilla the attack of tiie
; American-, and he was to be joined there by
the force o! Gen. Herid.;,consisting of 600 in
fantry. 800 dragoons and ten pieces of artille
ry. 'The junction had not been effected on
the 33d, Gen. Heridia being then at the ha
cienda of Torreon, which is but a few miles
—eight nr ten, we judge by the map—from
Chihuahua. Whether the junction was ef
fected we do not know. Conde’s position is
said to have been excellently chosen, but we
find it stated that he had thrown up redoubts
and blocked up the roads in order to hold the
Americans in check and favor a retreat in
ease he were beaten. We cannot but infer,
from the manner in which the Repubiice.no
j introduces the subject, that Chihuahua did
! not fall till altera battle glorious to the Ainer
| ican arms.
American traders had previously introduc
ed largo quantities of goods into Chihuahua.
A letter dated thence the 2i-t of February
j savs that forty-six wagon loads of linen
! goods had already arrived, and were in the
course of distribution for the interior. The
trade was partially concealed under tiie
I names of foreign residents.
T iie Republicano of the 17th of March re
ports that cer’aitt Indians «»f Now Mexico,
' [ Los Chimayos ] to the number of 3000, have
risen against ti e Americans, and joined the
1 pueblos previously in insurrection.
1 We do not find El Repubhcano making
1 very great ado about the victory of Santa
| Amta at Buena Vista. It republished what
EL Snldndo de la Patria savs on the subject,
but without comment. All Santa Anna’s
; excuses in various letters, general orders,
&c., are given, but there is no attempt at
1 glorification. The editor regrets that the
j destitution of provisions prevented Santa
Anna from following up the advantages ob
| tained by him, but nowhere that we have
j seen pretends to claim a decided victory.
■ Santa Anna held a council of war on the
| 25'ii February, at Agua Nueva, and they
unanimously advised a retreat to San Luis.
| Santa Anna was oft lie same opinion and or
dered the retreat accordingly. 'Phe proceed
| ings of the council of war are given at length
and Santa Anna’s despatch founded thereon,
j It goes over the same old grounds which we
have read in so many forms before. When
we have more time and room we may recur
|to it and to a variet yof other cnmrminiral ions
from Santa Arum touching the campaign.—
He announces that he has lets. 3000 cavalry
behind him to hold Gen. Taylor in check,
though, according to Sanm Anna Gen.T. has
been cut up that all American des gnu in
I that direction are completely frustrated.
Our readers will he interested in Santa
Anna’s movements. He was at Cedral when
he heard of the revolutionary attempt in the
citv of Mexico. He wrote thence on the 3J
March, avowing his opposition to the attempt,
»and then pushed on to Matehuala. He wrote
; thence on »lie* Glh ulr., to the Secretary of
War, announcing that lie marched on the
: capital with a large division of his forces, and
put down therevo ution. Another letter of the
same date to Gomez Farias is full of kindness
for him, and vengf ance upon the traitors. One
passage amused us ;—“With reason Tavlor
remarked at Sahi b* tl weeks since, do
: not fear Santa Anna; there will be a. revolu
tion in Mexico very soon, and he will he de
posed.”' We would like io give these letters,
but they are far too numerous.
The entrance ofSanta Anna into San Luis
Pot os i on the Bth ufi. was a triumphal one.
All classes went out to meet him two or three
miles on the road. At night Le was serenaded
and the town illuminated.
The following day he wrote a despatch to
the Secretary of War, announcing that two
brigades of infantry, composed of 4000 men,
with their corresponding batteries, were on
their in a ren to San Luis, and they were to be
followed bv twoothers of all arms, to the aid
of reme powers of the nation traitor
ously attacked. This letter would lead one to
suppose conclusively tnat lie intended to put
down the attemnt against Gomez Farias’s
administration. He denounces in unqualified
terms the attempt at a revolution at such a
time.
But the day after, March 10th, lie wrote
two other letters to Mexico —one to Gen.
Barra gan, the head of the revolutionary party,
the other to Gomez Farias. In the-e histone
is altered. He denounces civil dissensions,
but is considerate in seeking terms of cour
tesy towards Barragan and Farias. He con
jures them to desist from further hostilities in
the capital, and announces his purpose of
proceeding thither immediately. He tells
Barragan not to fear lor himself or others
compromised by the revolutionary attempt;
that he has hut one desire, to unite all Mexi
cans, &c.. &.C., The letter to Gomez Farias
is of such political importance that we make
a hasty translation of it:
Liberating Army, cf-c.&c. March 10, 1847.
Excellent .Sir-Unable to remain indifferent to
llm evils which the heroic capitals suffering
the victim of civil war and all the calamities
consequent upon if—and to the transcendant
evils which are thence extended to all the
Republic, I have determined, listening to the
voice of my conscience and the exigencies of
the nation, to submit to the sacrifice of pro
j reeding to the capita! to assume the teins of
Government, wit 1 1 which 1 have been entrust
; ed by my fellow-citizens.
1 communicate this for your intelligence,
4 graying you that until I present myself in the
Capital, which will be very soon, for I shall
; proceed thither by forced journeys, you would
jjML'e directions to suspend ho§tJiilirs of every
in obedience to the voice of reason and
I humanity, which is impiously outraged by
the shedding of Mexican blond, which ought
only to flow on fields of battle in driving back
our unjust invaders.
To Gen. M alias de la Pena y Barragan,
Chief of the Pronunciados. I have in ide the
. same * recomendation, and I trust that the
chiefs of both the belligerent forces will
observe the true indicated, in consideration of
the noble views which impel me to so icil it.
1 transmit this for your intelligence and
that it may receive compliance from you out |
of respect to the patriotic ends 1 have propos
ed to myself.
God and Lihertv.
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.
There followed from these letters, which j
were published on the 13th or 14:h. .. sv;s
pen-On of hostilities, though each party ac
cused the other of violating the truce. Santa
Anna had not arrived on the ITih, but would
encounter no difficulty in assuming p over.
All parties were waiting for him impatiently,
and each claiming that he v\ il! side with them.
Representations had been made to him in
abundance, and large delegations of influen
tial men had gone on towards San L’-is to
meet and propitiate him. 'The report sent up
bv Mr Kendall that he was in the* capital by
the 19th, and in full possession of power, we
have no doubt was true.
1
[i'rcm the Satne.llh inst.]
An I^sp’aaatiou,
In our last we said that El liepuhlirann did
not claim a decisive victory over the Ameri
f can arms at Buena Vista. We were in error,
j We have since looked over other numbers of
i that journal, and more carefully. We find
that as early as the Ist March—just a week
aficr tiie commencement of the battle—the
llepublicano claimed that the American army
had been routed, with the loss of six pieces
i of artillery and two stands of colors. Gen.
I Wool was said to have been killed, and there
j was no possible escape for Gen. Taylor, But
there is no vain glorious boasting in the ac
count; the editor i> fain to believe the reports
’ true, and concludes ins remarks as follows ;
i *-We fervently supplicate tbaitlie Godot But
tles may crown the endeavors of our vullieul
troops with a complete victory.”
The next editorial notice of the batPe is ac
companied with regrets that Santa Anna was
unab'e to follow up bis advantages from a
i total want of supplies,
i But if the RepubLicano does not chime in
; with Santa Anna and claim the glory of an
| immortal victory, it throws no di-credit upon
his arms. It sees clearly how Santa Anna’s
J hopes were blasted, and rebukes the adminis
| tration for its culpable neglect in furnishing
i supplies.
[From the Xl-us Orleans Delta. 6th hist.]
Since the receipt of our regular corres
pondence from the army in Mexico, we have
received from a friend the following memo
randa of the operations of Gen. Twiggs and
Col. I’. F. Smith. It will he seen that in the
way of “side licks”—they have participated
I liberally in the “amusements got up” in the
j investment and seige of Vera Cruz :
£iecontl Ktrigade—Gru. »'«!
Tiiis brigade is composed of the ]<f, 2d
3d and 7tli Infantry, Ist and 4th Ar'illery,
1 Mounted Riflemen (now a full regiment),
| and ('apt. Taylor’s Battery.
The following are the occurrences, as far
; as 1 can learn, in the operations of the brig
; ade.
On the morning of the 11th. the brigade
I took up the line of march simultaneously
1 with the other force now here in the invest
ment of the cifv—ti e Mounted Riflemen
: acting as the advance. Alter passing the
I position of the first brigade, the squadn n ofri
■ tinmen, composed of the companies rtf (’apis.
I Boring and Mason, both under command of
| Major Sumner, of the 2d Dragoons, was sent
I ahead as an advance guard. On reaching
the rail-mad the advance guard took the di
rect road over the lulls, but if being found
impassable for the artillery, the rest of the
j brigade was forced to make a detour to the
left!
On passing the position occupied bv Gen.
Pillow, Brev. Capt. Alburfis, and a private
of the riflemen were killed by a round shot,
and two privates wounded.
Maj. Sumner, having passed some distance
by the volunteers, was opposed by the light
| troops of the Mexicans, but he soon drove
i them off. and halted at a rancho, were the
| rest of the brigade came up with him.
j The advance drove the skirmishers before,
i continuing to receive their foe, though with
! out loss, until they reached the road toOriza
j ha. Here a party of lancets was discovered
to their left, having taken position there.—
Capt. Sanderson’s company of mounted ri
flemen was sent to attack them, and soon suc
ceeded in driving them off, after killing a
captain of Lancers, and a captain of Jalapa
Artillery guard. Private Weller was severe
ly wounded in the thigh. 'Phis skirmishing
over, the brigade took position in line extend
ing as far towards the beach as the Jalapa
road, and bivouacked till the 13th in the
morning.
Early on the I 3th. they moved off again
j in the direction of the beach, Maj Sumner
i and others leading with the left w ing of the
! rifle regiment, turning to the left to clear the
| numerous ponds of wafer, and the brigade
arrived about 12, M. on the road leading to
the c ity of Mexico.
Immediately after coming in view of the
mad, Lieut. Roberts’ company of mounted
! riflemen ahead, a parly of mounted men
was discovered, and attacked, and after a
slight skirmish, they were di>per>ed, the at
tacking party receiving no injury,
j The head of the column rea< hed Vergara,
! a village or hacienda, about 3 miles norih
| west of the city—where they are now about
12 M.
| Killed. —Brevet Capt. Albnrtis. 2d Infan
: try; Serg’t. Blake, company F, 4rh Artillery;
Private Cunningham, company A. Mounted
Riflemen.
Wounded. —Lieut. Davidson, 2d Infantry,
slightly; Corporal Soronle, company E, 2d
Infantry, severely; Private Neill, comp*ny
B, Mounted Riflemen, slightly; Private Ste
phens, company F, 4th Artillery, severely;
Private Weller, company B, Mounted Rifle
men, severely; Musician Rome,company B,
Ist Artillery, severely.
On the 15th, Capt. Magroder, of the artil
lery, captured an importanl mail from the en
emy, u hich was immediately sent to Head
Quarters. The mail carrier was shot at and
supposed to be wounded, as he left his horse,
bar.cloak, &c. in the edge of the chaparral,
where the mail was picked up.
The Post occupied bv Gen. Twiggs, was
one of the utmost importance, commanding
as it did, the great road to the city of Mexi
co, over which the reinforcemetns of the en
emy was bound to pass, and he did honor to
the post he occupied.
[From the same, 7th inst ]
The Adrauce to ibe Capital.
The veteran Twiggs has already advanced on
the road that leads to the Capital ofthe Aztecs, j
He commands the vanguard ofthe army which J
is to realize the popular id«.a of revellmj in the !
h tils oftha \lonti zumas. Our own Smith h ads |
the division, with his gallant rifles, ami a nobler :
corps hat never marched under our banner; and I
a strong body of regular infantry ai d art llery, |
amounting, in all, to 2600 strong, bring up the |
main body. Thhty miles from Vera Cruz, the 1
ri mr Antigua is spanned by a noble bridge, Built j
of stone, with lofty arches, and guarded by a ;
| strong fort which commands the road for a long
! distance. This bridge is associated with some of
i the most gallant displays of Mexican courage
* an I patriotism. Here it was the brave Victoria,
: with a small hand of peasants, kept at ha v the
; Spanish armies, and cut or!" tire convovs of their
j treasures and provisions. The post is a strong
j one, „nd if defended with skill and vigor, will
| gi c our army much trouble. It is st tied that La >
Vega commands the force at the Duertc Xarion
! al , and is determined to just if by some brdliant
; di ed the high expectations excited by his manly
bearing at Resaca de la Palma. But it will be in I
vain. The impetus which our military strength |
a 1 d conli lence have received from the previous j
success of our amir, will hear it triumphantly j
overall the ohslac es of Mexican valor and fer- .
vor. This bridge passed, the road lies open, and I
unobstructed to the lovely city of Jalapa. lit re j
our hardy veterans, accusto red t•> the low mar
shy val'ev ofthe Rio Gran !e ami the arid p'ains
of Coahuila and Nuevo Leon, like the republi
can army of Napoleon, after passing the frigid
and rugged heights otSan Bernard and pitching
their tents in the s oiling vale of the A r.io, will
suddenly find themselvis transported into a re
gion of surpassing beauty, fertility and salubrity.
Here they mav s!r< t h their war-worn frames on
beds of roses and violets, and f as' their s rises on .
, ail tint is rich ami beautiful in nature. The
i cool, hraci og air of t lie mountain mi ogles with the |
1 s ift, health-giving breeze from the Gulf and the j
| combination produces an atmosphere of | erpetua! i
; spring. Here will flock the poor peasants w.lh j
j tire various produce of that rich vailev, wi li inex
i haustiide sunt lies .if luscious fruit and nutritious |
food. But delight ful as the scene and its pleasures j
| are, our armv should not rest here longer than to j
i refresh their t red bodies aud reja r the damage ;
of the hard service on the sandhills of Vera Cruz, j
j and of the m rch from the s a shore A summer j
I encampment w mid be highly detrimental to the '
j morale of our army. The hardy natures and |
! rough habits ofour soldiers w u!d run riot in the I
i luxuriou- abundance of Jalapa. Onward, on- |
! ward, must he the erv, Continual activitv is the j
| true secret of military discipline. Soldiers are j
j always happier, and more obedient and docile mi- j
| tier the exci'enient of a march, than w hen in ■
1 camp under the dominion of idleness and ennui.
1 There is no reason wliv our army should stop tor
! any length of time at Jalapa. The summer in
• this high region is mild ami temperate, the road
I is level and beautiful, and the country through
} which it passes is fertile and product! e. In ten
I days our army could march from Jahipa to the
iciv of Mexico Here, we think, the enemy j
would offer no resistance, the city not admitting
j of any effective defence against artillery. If the
"VtexCans were determined not to yield their ■
| Capital without a blow, it would he struck before
j ourf.rmv arrived within sight of the city. But
with a force of 20 O'JO si rung, we do not anpre
-1 bend any serious difficulty in taking the Capital,
i Gore possessed of this famous F.l Dorado of our
I soldiers, this magnificent city of the noble race, i
| who fell beneath the blood sword of Cortez, we |
■ shall then be prepared to listen to the overtures
j ofthe enemy for peace, or if such overluns are
i not made with all due humility, to take possession
of the whole Repubic as the lawful snobs of w.ir,
and to govern it with the laws rtf our Republic.
[From the Ntu> Orleans Mercury, 6th inst.A
The War.
Thus far the work goes bravely on. Glnrj
and honor have crow ned all our movements;
and all our Generals have been aide to >av,
like (se-ar, ** Veni, liJi, ri i!” What next
; Iliey will be able to say, is the great question,
though not a difficult one to answer. They
must, no doubt, go on “conquering to con- I
quer,” unless honorable terms of peace are ■
i promptly offered them. Alter such a series i
I of successes, nothing but the greatest fool- 1
| hardiness on the part of Mexico can, il would
! seem, lead I lie Mexicans to make even a
| show of resistance. IT they persi-f in olfi r
j ing resistance, they tnu-i inevitably be con
| qnered. They are completely at the mercy
of our armies and cannot meet us without
' defeat.
It is asked, what is the course that the
I government of the United States ought now
| to pursue? Hiiouid we now offer Mexico
terms of peace, or should we push on the
war vigorously, and wail for Mexico to a-k
j for peace? The latter course, we believe is !
: the only one left for us, and we ought to pur- !
I sue it, even if we are thereby compelled to l
I conquer every inch of the Mexican lerrito- j
I ries. We have not been indisposed, as Mex- j
| ico and all the vvmld know, to make peace. |
; We have even solicited it. The continuance I
I of the war is, then, the work of Mexico, ami :
she cannot expect that we shall propose !
peace.
Th i next question U, Wfi .t terms of
peace ongli we to grant t > Mexico? for we j
are able to grant liiem any thing we please. ;
We answer that, we ought to grant them '
peace?only on cond lion that we hold all the j
territory that they compel us,by their obstina
cy, to conquer. They cannot reasonably de- j
mand that we shall restore Jo them what, at i
the expense of so much blood and treasure,
they compel us to conquer; especially since }
| they have no money to indemnify ns for the I
losses which they compel Us to incur. The
j world knows that the United States have not |
! sought this war—that they have been drag
ged into it by Mexican injustice and lonlhard
mess; and now if we hold ail the territory
; that we are comp died, at so great expense,
|jo conquer,the world have no right to accuse
: ns of rapacity and a thirst for conquest. If
the Mexicans make no offer of peace, hut
compel us to take their principal cities, a? d to
plant our standard in the city of Mexico itself ;
before we can bring them to terms, if would I
he serving the miserable tyrants of that 1
country ton vve I, and he witlio diug from her
miserable people too many blessings ofe.ivi- j
lization, »o let the country again fallback i
into their hands. It. would be serving the |
cause of humanity to stretch our laws over j
tb it country, and to w rest it from the h inds j
of those who have ro »hed and oppressed it, t
Had we sought I lie war, and engaged in it
eoleiv for the purpose of conquest, the case
would he different; but we have been dragged
info it, and now let us end it as humanity
i and justice dictate-, and not with any refer- |
dice to any supposed rights of those arnhiii- j
nus and unprincipled mili ary despots who
have so long and so disgracefully ruled over
and oppressed the people of Mexico.
A PAL AC HICOLA, March 30th Nothing
has been done to-dav, in consequence of uur ;
citizens having been engaged all Uie forenoon at j
! the scene ot t ie explosion of one of our cotton
■ presses,erectedtois season by Thomas L. Mitch- j
ell. Esq , ofthiscitv. The explosion ofthe boil
er war so ureat as toent rely destroy the building
'in whichTt was situated, passing through the ;
i roof, and over an entire square of buildings, and
I falling at least COO feet distant from where it was I
| placed before the explosion. It occurred while
; the hantis attached to the press vvereat breakfast,
j One white man, who was near the press at the
i time ofthe explosion, was severely wounded, hut
| is not considered dangerously so. J his has been
the most extraordinary explosion, taking into
consideration the single boiler, and the results, |
that we have ever known.
AUGUSTA. GEO..
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1817.
Charter election.
The following is the result of the election held
hi this city yesterday fur Mayor and Aldermen. ]
Those marked with an asterisk ;*) are elected;
m won.
Ward No. 1. No. 3. No. 3. No. 4. Tutai.
♦Lewis D. lord, 91 85 13(9 138 434
J. G. Mc\Vhotter, Do 78 Jj 83 Jio
' COUNCIL.
Ward -Vo. 1 .
*G. F. Pari'!), : : : : 153
*l. P. Garvin, ; : : : 133
*D Kirkpatrick, : • : : 135
J. God by, : : : : : 64
A. P. Shultz, : : : : 58
Ward -Vo. 3.
♦Tims Hopkins, : : : : 155
*1). B. 1 huiiey, : : : : 102
*l.. A. Dugas, : ; : : 9G
li. D. Bell. : : : : : 90
Ward -Vo. 3.
*!>. Conley, : : : : : 135
♦.I. I>. Bishop, : : : : 111
♦II. liulf, ; : : : 105
P. Flemming, : : : ; 96
W . Haines, : ; : : : 31
Ward No. 4.
♦James Harper, : : : 133
♦W. K. Kiichen, : : : : 133
*C. B Hilt, : : : : : 115
J. Robertson, : : : : 93
W. P. Lawson, : : : : 83
J. Alexander, ; : : : 74
Terms of Puiiiintliou tvilli alt xico.
We publish an article from the New Or
’ leans Mercury, which no doubt embodies the
! views of a large portion of the American
! people.
On the other hand, we give a quotation
from the New York Tribune, a paper of the
largest circulation in the whig party, which
exhibits singular moderation and forbearance.
It surpasses the remarkable propositions o(
j Messrs. Berrien and Stephens of Georgia,
which have met with so little favor.
‘•lf tins war is not terminated before (he
inauguration of a whig President in 18-19, j
we shall then most strenuously urge a peace
| on the line oi the Nueces.”
This says a correspondent of the New
York Sun, is the most liberal offer yet made 1
to the enemy to continue the war and hold '
out tdl a whig President is elected.
'Pliers can be no doubt that such surges- ;
!
lions must give ”a.d and comfort” to the I
j Mexicans.
Staala Aua i.
In reference to the movements of Santa i
i
Anna, information was received in Malamo- 1
ros, on the 26th tilt., in a letter from ‘'Tula, j
March the 11th,” from a Mexican officer I
there, of Santa Anna’s arrival in San Luis j
Jon ilie Bth ult. lie returned at the i eaci of j
' a remnant of one of the divisions of the army j
with which he marched out to attack Gen. j
Taylor—the remaining two divisions having :
marched in directions where food might be j
procured fur the famishing soldiery. The j
writer remarks of the battle and retrea':
• ; \Ve have suffered a far greater loss than j
in anv engagement ever before long t. in the j
counl.rv —upwards of lour thousand w -re left i
on the haitle held or died <>n the retreat—the I
I armv was destitute of ( rovisimis of any kind, 1
and the soldiers were rendered fi melons bv 1
their private n< and stiff: ring-; di.-aff c on is
vvMe spread throughout tie 1 ranks, anti, I uiav ‘
say, toe army under Santa Anna is virtually j
broken up.”
I .. . : r, —
i 0“ I lie foliowing is the General Order is
: sued on the victorious field of Duena Vista j
by General 'Baylor to his troops. It dees no 1
more than justice to his officers and soldiers,
who deported themselves so gallantly on the [
memorable 22d and 23d of February. To !
those who faltered and took flight at a cri i
ca! hour, and thus had vvel) nigh enabled the
| Mexicans to snatch victory from our stand
| aid, he administers a stinging rebuke.
ORDERS NO. 12.
IIr.ADQT'AKTKR.S ARMY OK OCCUPATION, >
Buena Vista. February 36, 1847. $
1. The Command.ng General tins Die j
I grateful task of congra 1 ulatiiig the troops :
upon the brilliant success which attended ;
their arms in the compels of the 22d alu j 23d.
Confident m the immense su; e iorny ofnnm
! hers, and stimulated by the presence of a
disiingni'hed leader, the Mexican troops were
i vet repulsed in every effort to force our hues,
| and finally withdrew with immense loss from
| tiie field.
2. The general would express his obliga- j
! tions to the officers and men engaged fur the
; cordial support which they rendered through
out the action. Ii will be Ins highest pride
: to bring to the notice of the government the
: conspicuous gallantry of particular officers j
ami corps, whose unwavering steadiness more j
j than once saved the (or: une« us the day. He;
would .also express his high satisfaction with j
the conduct of the srnaU command left to hold i
Saltillo. Though not so seriously engaged i
as their comrades, their services were very j
important and efficiently rendered. While j
bestowing this just tribute to the good con- ’
duct of the troops, the general deep y regrets j
to sav that there were not a few exceptions,
lie trusts lira! th s' who fled inglori usly to ;
Buena Vi.-fa, and even to fSalnioi, will seek ;
an opportunity to retrieve tlieir reputation 1
an I to emulate the bravery of their comrades, |
who bore (lie brunt ot the battle, and su»fain- j
, cd against fearful odds the honor of the flag. 1
The exultation of success is checked by I
{ the heavy sacrifice of life which it lias cost, 1
| embracing many officers of high rank and
1 rare merit. While the sympathies of a grate- j
I fnl country will he given to the bereaved ;
families and friends of those who nobly fell,:
! their illustrious example will remain lor the j
j benefit and admiration of the army.
By order ot Major General Taylor.
W. W. S. BLISS,
Assistant Adjutant General. I
iD'Tlie U. S. steamer Scorpion, Command
er Bigelow, left Savannah on Friday evening
last fur Vera Cruz via Havana.
| ■
A Lucltf Street.
The Charlesion Evening News Bays —
“King-street, in this city, has the honor of
S having given four members of Congress to
i the United States. Millar, of New York;
Levin, of Pennsylvania; Wright, of New Jer
sey; and Rock well, of Connecticut, have all,
w thin the last dozen years, been engaged in
King-street. We doubt whether any other
; city in tiie Union Ims so parliamentary a
! character/’
1
Caterpillar*.
The Charleston Evening News of the 10;h
insl says.—“ Mr. Remley has left at our of
fice-a vial containing several specimens of a
Caterpillar and the insect from which it pro
ceeds, which has commenced devastating his
plantation in Christ Church Parish. Every
I leat has been stripped from the bushes where
they have commenced their depravations,
leaving only tiie appearance of burnt stubble*
where a few hours previous were verdant
shrubs.
The tiallaui -’t j>pi sua.
Ihe New Orleans Picayune of ihe 7th
Inst, says—“We have already published a
list of the killed and wounded at Buena Vis
i la in the Ist Mississippi Rifles. The adju
i taut of the regiment lias published a full
statement, showing the whole number of the
regiment engaged in the battle to have been
but three hundred and forty-one. Os these
forty-two were killed and fifty-one wounded.
Ninety-three out of three hundred and forty
one killed or wounded! Here is gallantry to
be remembered and cherished, 'i'lie colors
of this regiment should be blazoned with tiie
names of Monterey and Buena Vista.”
!»w Orleans Clmrter Election.
'l’ll s election took place on Monday week.
From the returns, it appears that the whig*
have a small majority in the General and the
First Municipality Councils. In the Second
Municipality Council, the whig majority is
thirteen to three; whilst, in Ihe Third Muni
cipality Council, the democrats still preserve
their ascendancy.
fUrlnformation has been officially receiv
ed by the French Consul of Charleston, that
! the French Government has appointed six
steamers of strong power for the purpose
of towing vessels of commerce, destined to
the transportation of grain, in tlio-e ports
| where they are most exposed and detained by
I calms and contrary winds. The steamers
j aie to be stationed as follows:—Two at the
j I). 1 roaneUe.-; two in the Bay of Algesiras, to
■ facilitate the passage of ihe Straits of Gibral
| tar; and two at the mouth of the British
j Channel.
AN ACT
, JTpO alter and amend ihe third section of the
| J 3 second article of the Constitution of tin*
State.
I Whereas ihe Third Section of the Second Arti
cle of the Constitution ol 1 his State reads in ihe
follow in;: words, to wit :—No person shall he el
igible to tiie ufih e of Governor who shall not
have Been a citizen of ihe United States twelve
years, and an inliahiiaut of this bta e six years,
j ami who has not attained lo the age of thirty
I years, and who does not possess live hundred
! acres of laud in his own nOil within this Jslaie,
ami oilier properly to ihe amount of four thou
sand dollars, ami v\hose estate shall not on a rea
sonable estimation, be competent to the di>-
1 charge of itts just debts over and above that sum
1 —and whereas said property qualification is iu
: consistent with the genius of our instil utiuns, and
i tiie popular spirit of this ape—
Section !. Be. it enacted by (he Senate and
| House of Ilepra>eiduiives oj the Slate of Gturpiu
i in Gener.il Assembly met and it is hereby enacted
1 by the authority of the Same. That so soon as thu
; Act sh iil have passed, agreeable to the reqnire
, meats of tiie Goustitu ion. the following shall he
1 adopted in lieu ofilie Seciiiaa ahove. recited, (10
j wit;)—No person shall he to the office of
, Governor who shall not hav a citizen of the
j I mud Elates twelve years and an inhabitant of
j this Slatesix years, and who hath not attained il.o
; age of thirtvyeurs.— Approved December MCuh,
j 1845. ' Aj.nl 13_
53?" Ditch CLLVELAND 6c SPEAR having
I purchased a license to administer Dr. .Martin's
i Lclhron, for the alleviation of pain in surgical ope
j rations, are the only persons now authorized to
i use it in Richmond county, Georgia.
They are also authorized lo act in the sale of
licence fur places unsold.
D. G. TEMPLE,
i April 13 dtf Agent for Dr. Morton.
[From the Boston Daily Times. ]
W IST A It’S BALSAM.
The following certificate lias been handed us
; for publication, and as the case is one ot a very
; remarkable character, we comply w ith pleasure.
Certainly well attested cases of cures of severe
diseases by the use of a particular medicine,
should he made known to the public lor the bene
fit of others similarly afflicted :
No. 48 Union-st., Boston, April IS. IS-IG.
Mu. Seth W. Fuvvle.—-Sir; A sense of grati
| tude to you, and of duty to lire public, prompts
tue 1 1 make the following statement, which, if of
any service to you, is entirely at y iur disposal. It
m -.y havethc effect *o induce some other suffer
ers to make atrialofguur invaluable medicine,
which I can truly sav, has Jit« rally snatched mu
from the grave to which I was fast hastening.—
1 Last July I was attacked by a sudden cold, vviich
| resulted in a very severe cough, with violent
I pains in the side and chest. From that lime I bc
| gan to waste away, notwithstanding 1 was under
1 the treatment of skilful physicians. They pre
scribed for me in vain. I became so much rc
| duced that my friends frankly told me that 1
: must die, and that I was liable to do so at any
; hour. At this crisis I heard of WIS PAR'S
| BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY, byway of
i a neighbor, whose life had been saved by it, and
| immediately sent fur a bottle. Tiie effect pro
i duced was indeed wonderful. My physician,
1 one of the most respectable in Boston, who had
previously told me that a cure was hopeless,
; came in, and I informed him what I had taken,
i and told him the sood effects 1 l.ad experienced.
| He examined the Balsam, and told me to con-
I tinue the use of it; since which time 1 have con
! tinued to improve daily; and the same physician
| who had given me up entirely, told me a few days
I since, that I might yet live many years. 1 feel
that I am now nearly recovered, and gaining
strength every day,
MARY ROW E.
We can cheerfully testify to the truth of the
above statement, Mrs. Rswe having been an in
mate ot our family for sore months past.
WILLIAM DENNETT.
MART LI A DEN NET T.
For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by
IIAVILAND, 111SLEV & CO., and also by
THOMAS BARRETT & CO., and Dealers in
Medicines generally in Georgia.
April 13 t 3— 162
NEAPO LIT A N 15 ON NET S V
PATTISON, NOE & CO.,
Patentees ami Manufacturers, 23 Delaney Street,
New York.
Feb. 23 3rn — 121
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