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THE CONSTITUTIONAL!ST. 7am ES GARDNER, JR. T E 11 31 s • Daily, per annum, 5 ' Tri-Weekly, per annum, ’ 1 . . 5 00 II paid in advance, Weekly, per annum, * If paid In advance, 1 TO CLUBS. He caUparticular attention to the following ter,ns of our paper : To C labs, remiitin? $lO in advance. FIVE C OPIES are t-eut. This will put our weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. £s“’ All new subscriptions must he paid in advance. postage must he paid on ail Communications und Lei'ers of business, [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 1