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[From the New Orleans Picayune, Slh inti. J
LATE FROM VEUA CRUZ.
The ship Alhambra, CapN U d.-on, and
the steamship Alabama, ('apt. V\ ngul, ar
rived yesterday from Vera Gruz. 'i n«* for
mer sailed mi the l*t inst. direct, while the
Alabitn t left no the 31st nit. and touched al j
'J ampico and the Braz >?. Oiir friend and ;
f correspondent, .Mr. Haile, came passenger
on tin? Alabama, arid furnishes us the latest
intelligence in the memoranda subjoined.
First,"let us add that we have letters from
Mr. Lumsden, who is “doingas well ascoiod ;
be expected.” He writes in more cheerful
spirits than one might hope, considering the
severity of bis accident, and reduced to total >
inactivity while stirr ug events arc on loot.
MEMORANDA.
March 31.—An expedition Icit Vera Cruz, t
for Alverado, the land forces consisting of
(Jen. Quitman’s brigade, with a battery o.
light artillerv; the naval force consisting ot
f!ie steam frigate .Mississippi, the Potomac,
Hoop-of-war St. Marv’s, steamers Vixen,
Spitfire, and Wafer-Witch, the brig Porpoise, |
one bomb-ketch and five gnu-bnats.
Another expedition, under Gen. Twiggs, j
g'arted same morning for iS»c National Bridge,
a strongly fortified place about two days’ i
march from Vera Cruz, on the Jalapa road, j
Gen. Worth was engaged establishing the ,
government Cruz and castle. Ihe ;
steamer Alabama left, with (Hen. Jesup on
hoard, at 3P. M., aru! arrived at Tampico
next day at 4 P. M , conveying the first news j
of the surrender of Ver.i Cruz. The intelli
gence "’as received with cheers and a salute
of artillery. The Palmetto arrived a few j
hours after the Alabama, and on the follow- |
ing morning the New Orleans also arrived
from Vera (Tuz, both boats to return with
horses, males, etc , etc.
The Alabama left Tampico April 3d, at \
mon. For vessels at that port, see shipping ;
intelligence. Just as we were leaving,Lieut.
Mead,of the topographical engineers,a passen
ger, received a number of El llepublicano , \
published at the City of Mexico on the 24;h
March. Tltis paper contains news of great 1
interest. R. M. Poiter, Esq ,of Gen. Jesup’s
staff, has translated an account of Santa An- |
na’s induction into the Presidential chair,
with hi* speed), eic., e:c.,and performed the |
I ihorious task of rendering Santa Anna’s
Jong but verv interesting detailed report of ,
t!ie baitle of Buena Vista info English. This j
gentleman inis been kind enough to allow j
me the use of his tran-dations. The report
of Santa Anna is one of the most exfraordi- 1
mrv documents I ever met with. Tlie trans
lation is faithful and in good taste, and, I
though long, will be read with the greate.-t j
avidity l»v ail who lake an interest in Mexi
can afftirs—and who tires not? I (eel deep- I
lv grateful to Mr. Potter for this courtesy, i
tin* more so as he i* the best translator I have j
vet met with in Mexico. With the excep- j
turn of the report, the translations have been
made in taste almost literal—:he report is i
more free and easy. lam also indebted to
an officer ofourarmy for a copy of a drawing
made by a Mexican engineer officer who was j
upon tlm ground, of the fidd of operations at !
Buena Vista, which is sa d to be very accu
rate, as far as it goes.
- Tue Alabama readied the anchorage at, I
Brazos at 2P.M. on the 4 : h April, also con
veying the fir*t in»d igence to that place of
the surrender of Vera Cruz. (Jen. Jesup j
vent ashore and remained only a few minutes, I
The steamer Telegraph arrived from New ;
Ole-ins a few moments after the Alabama. ;
We started again at half past six for New
Orleans. I had no opporiunitv of gaining
* intelligence from Gen. Tavlor, but you will j
receive letters from that quarter.
Among the Alabama’s passengers are j
|| Gen. Jesup,Mr. R. M. Potter,and Maj Sand
|| n-s, of the engineers, who with L’eut. Mead, :
- oi thetopograpoical engineers, has been with
the army since ISJS. and is ordered (with
L ent. Mead) to Wa-hngton, hearing the
most flattering testimonials of gallantry an i
usefulness from Gen. S(*nlf and the generals
with whom they liad before served; Capt.
Swart wool, of the 3d Artillery, af'er several
month’s c a in the fieJ.i-.Dr Witlier-ponn
of the 4lh Infantry, ditto; also L ent .S, Van j
V.ei', of the 31 Artillery, who his been on
service in Floiilo (where he distinuishrd
liim-elf on several occasions) and through
out itie Mexican war (where he has, at Mon
terey and Vera Cruz, performed most gal- ,
Jant services) for six years. He was in the
jutrenchments al Vera Cruz seventy-two j
Hours without leaving them, and commanded i
the mortar battery at which Capt. Vinton
was killed soon alter it opened. The Lieu
tenant who wi 1 I trust, soon be In a higher
grade,has been ordered home for the recove- \
yy of his shattered health, bearing with him
the highest commendations of the superior
officers with whom he has fought so often |
und so bravely. L'ont. \Vhital!,who has been
through the Mexican war, likewise returns
on a sick leave, after having gallantly parti
cipated in all the battles, (the glorious Buena
Vista affair excepted,) ins health having
been feeble for several months. L eut.T Mc-
Laughlin, Hoot* and Drayton,of the navy are, |
also passengers, as well as Maj. Allen, of j
the 3d Infantry, the latter returning on a sick !
leave, after a long term of service in the field. !
There are a number of other officers and men !
on their return to the States, most of them
kick.
Mr. Potter has had the kindness, in addi
tion to the favors alreadymcntiofied to furnish ;
me with a translation of report of the
Mexican engineer officer who made the draw
ing I have mentioned, and which,with the re- .
port, I herewith send you.
Mr. Haile brings with him the following
memorandum of the events of one of the last
days he parsed at \ era Cruz;
March 29.—This has been a proud day for the 1
American armv. The garrisons ofVcra Cruz j
ami ofthe much talked of and dreaded Castle ot
San Juan de Ulua,h;.ve vacated their quarters,
And retired intnthe interior, and the star- and
•trijieafloat graceful!' where this morning *v as,o ae
*ern the green, white and redot the enemy.
>br *pot •fleeted fbr the ceremony cl laying
| down arms was a plain extending back from the
city walls, in the direct on of IVta.ibran. Our
army w «s drawn Ur. fn tvVo lines, facing inward,
and occupying a mi cin i°irtent. Gen. Worth
appeared on t .he field in lull a inform, to direct
the arrangements an i receive the conquered
tre sis. jhe morn.ng i\ s clear and pleasenf.
auu uur armv was in admirable condition. A j
( detachment of sailors and mariners added much j
to the effect. Alien o’clock precisely the well !
know n sound (hoard un Jer similar circumstances
at Monterey) of bugle, file and dru n, played as
A! xicai.s f.niy c n plav them, and h> neh< >dy_
else t.u giit to do it, was heard in the direction of
; tiie grelt g.te. and the Mexican arm. soon h.-
gan'io apiicar, the column passing between our
lines. Women and children accompanied the
troops, biaring heavy burdens. Their army
; halted between our tines, stacked their arms,
laid down t heir colors ami equipment.*, ami then
marched’off, our troops (those detailed for the
purp-vej from Wort Ids division) nnrehed into
the eii V at t lie same time, with colors flying and
the bands plav ing rational airs. Capt. Ander
son’s company, 3d Artillery, and Capt. Ken
drick’s of the Sd, entered ti e castle, and L cut
\ nri Vl'ct's mtnpanv, of the 3d Artidery, took
posses-ion ofT’ort Santiago, runup the Ameri
can flag and fired a national salute. '1 he
effect ofour shells upon the city was n iw seen
an 1 proved to have been deplorable. Hardly a
j house had escaped, and a large portion of them
were ruined. The shells had falh n through the
root’s and exploded inside, tearing every thing
j into pieces—bursting through the partitions, and
blowing out tile windows. The killed and woun
| ded among the snidery was very slight, but the
citiz ns suffered severely. It is said that between
j six and seven hundred men. women and chil
: dn-n were killed and wounded, more than three
j hundred bein r Kiii* d.
Vera Cruz, March 30, 1847.
I I gave you a hurried scrawl this morning,
| thinking the Alabama was tn sail iminediale-
I lv. I now loam that she is not to leave un
til to-morrow for New Orleans. (Jen. Jesup I
goes Irene in her, and I am told that a Mexi- l
can officer is also to take passage, \\ ere it |
not that I desire to see a little more of this j
place, and perhaps take a trip down to AI- |
| vara do, I should be wending my way home
i ward.
It is imnossihle to get at the loss of (ho
Mexicans bv tlie bombardment, yet it is rer
-1 tain that women, children and non-comba
| tant- have siifl’ered ti e most. Some say that
150 have been killed, some more and some
■ less: as regards the destruction of property,
j that shows fm itself. Hardly a building
sonih of the Plaza Grande but is either burnt,
i torn in pieces, <>r much injured, and the
i streets are filled with rubbish and fragment-*.
The National Palace, which is on the Plaza
i and near the outer range of our mortar*, had
five shells hursted within if, one of which
killed a woman and t wo children lyingasleep
in the kitchen. The Cifhcdral, on an oppo
site side of tlie Plaza, was also somewhat in
i prod, but the churches south of it, and near- ■
: er our mortars, Biiffned the most. \ write |
this letter in a hAi-e which must have been
; hot enough during the bombardment, for the
j signs of shell are all : round me. 4 lie resi
dence of on r former consul, Mr. I Jargons,,
i was struck twice. One ot the shells came
i through I ha. roof, lodged at the font of a tied
1 which a gentleman had just left, and com
j pletely demolished everything in the room,
; and the furniture was of the most costly
' description. One of the inmates describes !
j the explosion as tremendous—the house
I shook in ail its parts as with an earthquake,
I and )iis fust impression was that everything
in it had been rended into fragments. Months,
probably years will elapse befi re Vera Cruz
is in the situation where the siege found it.
Many oft lie foreigners here arc raving, per
| fcrtl• outrageous, at the method taken by Qen.
Scott to reduce the place— thev would have had |
i him attack it by stmm, and thus destroy life in- |
1 stead of property! Thev blame him, too, tor not j
a lowing some of ihe foreign families, after thev i
l came to their senses and found that tliccitv was ;
really to he destroyed,to leave the place and take ‘
refuge on hoard vessels w.iich were out of harm’s ■
way. A prettv time, truly, af.t r all the solemn i
warnings tln-v received, to accuse (T n Scoti ot
want of humanity. The\ were tolii. pi linlv and
positively, that the town would he taken, edit or
l v regular siege or 1 y storm, and va tit would
s cmihatth-v did no; ha iove it; anil when the I
trutii did ii ia.lly break in upon them, and they j
discovered their error, th- v n u-t needs pester |
G n. Scott with l!;e roquets for a cessation of j
hostilki -sunSi they could rm t ■ out. and liius de- |
privc him of all the ad antagesan incessant bom- j
b.irdmeitt gave him. Our commanding general j
prop riv reiiTfcd tlrem to Gen. Morale# *as the ;
appropriate person to call upon in their great em- .
urgency lie had prnhabiy ad ised tlo-m to re
main, and now He must ni<l them in their extre
mity of peril. Faid fault v\ itli the bombart.mcnt,
tor sootid
The Mexican bulletins, too, some of which I
send you, find fault with the mode of attack. —
They say it was barbarous and cowardly, and
ask whv the city was .» >t boldy assaulted?—
Strange that they should have forgotten,to attack
the American army on its landing, as any other
pimple most cerlainlv would; to assault our men
while comrner c ng the work of inlrenchmenf; in
short to annoy us in fifty d fferci t ways, all which
tin j might ha e done. But no, they are'annoy
ed to think that Gen. Scott did not tail into their
strongest snare, and are exasperated because he
saw fit to save the lives of Ids own men. at the
expanse oftheir property and of their idler dis
co nftU’v. Thecit- vv uhl have beenassauit< d and
slut mod in another twenty-four hours, or as soon
as a breach was made, and a horrible night it
would ha e been for all within its walls. Not
one Half the men who laid down their arms ves
trrd.iy would have Purvived--iniiocerit blood,
besides, would have flowed without measure
scenes would have been cnacltd i.t which hu
manity would have wtq t.
It weuhi seem tha#we cannot please the Mexi
cans and foreigners by any sypti in of fighting we
may adopt. Monterey was taken by assault, and
they complained and said that n should have
been reduced by regular approaches, Vera Cruz
has been captured by regu ar approaches, aod
thev are fierce in tiieir denunciations that it was
not stormed, t presume licit in neither case the
American commanders cn Icavered to pica e their
enemies, and that they w II not lose a wink of
sleep in consequence of lucir animadversions.
Yours, v*tc., G - w - K -
Ipatev fraai 7loxico.
Santa Anna's .kidness to his A >ony —His Ar
rical a! the cuy of Mexico —His luanguia
lion —The Inaugural Address —Policy to
the New Administration , eye.
i Uvlhe Alabama wo have received pa
pers from the city of Mexico up the 24th
Ma ch, inclusive.
The movements of Santa Anna first
arrest our attention.
He look leave of the army at San Luis
Foto-i on (he 14(h March in the follow
| ing brief and happy address:
r Companions in Arms — Devoted entire
ly to the service ofthe country, I march
to assume-the terns of Govt rnmen*, in do
ing which I make the nio*t costly sacii
fice, acting contrary to my cherished lie
sires and fixed intentions. But (biscourse
i will put an end to the civil war which h
I destroying onr beautiful capital; it will
gi\e unity to our defence and impulse to
(he righteous struggle in which we are
engaged with tlie pet Odious ifiAdders, ano
in v. ijich you have fought with such Ira
very and decision in the field of La An
gostura.
My Friends —l will never forget your
glorious actions on i!,e field of baric,
your sufferings in I he desert, to v hich you
I submitted vvitb heroic patience, and, above
; all, that I had the honor of commanding
I you. The nation owes you a recompense,
| and you shall shortly receive it through
; my exertions, although this is not the con
sideration which stimulates you to bear
| yourselves as worthy soils cl Mexico [/a
| gran Mexico .]
j Soldiers —Von are lire hope cf your
' country, her be>t defenders. Your duty
then is to guard all parts; and on this ac
count I have disposed that two brigades
of infantry and one of cavalry, with their
corresponding batteries, shall march to
the defence of the Stale of Vera Cruz, the
| rest of the army defending this frontier,
j Everywhere you will conduct your
selves us vou have done hitherto, an i you
will ever deserve the illustrious name yon
have acquired. lam going to procure
j whatever is necessary to consummate the
i great work which is committed to you,
and lie assured that in the hour of danger
you will again find in the midst of you
your general.
ANTONIO LOPEZ DK S ANTA ANNA.
Headquarters, Sun Luis Putosi, March 17, 16 i7
We do not precisely under'Maud, hut
infer that the three brigades above men
tioned are distinct from the four thousand
picked veterans w hom he had previously
detached from his annv with orders to
proceed to the capital under Gen. Vas
<le^-
From S'an Luis to the city of Mexico
j Santa Anna’s progress was triumphal,
lie continually met delegations from Con
gress sent out to propitiate him. Ad Besses
from the different Stales were presented
<to him on his route, lie arrived in the
i immediate vicinity of the capital on the
2l)ili. On the 23 i he took the oath ofofiice
as President of the Republic at the ci:v of
Guadalupe de Hidalgo. The afternoon
of the following day he entered the city
of Mexico with groat pomp and solemnity.
A Te Demit was sung in tlm metropolitan
church, where lie lece ved the felicitations
of the authorities and corporations.
From anything w e find in the papers it
does not appear that Santa Anna’s assump
tion of the reins of Government is a re-
I volution, lie ol course dispossesses Gomez
Farias as chief executive officer, hut
without diiviug the latter from his station
of Vice President. L'! Rrpublicano , a very
pertinacious opponent of the Administra
tion of hai ias, claims the change a-'
f equivalent to a revolution; ail 'he nieas
| uses of Farias arc to bo abandoned, it
j savs; hut it will be proper to wait a little
| till Santa Anna has time to look about
| him. Qur latest papers just bring him
; into tiie full eoj »vment us power. Before
I Santa Anna reached the capital, he sent
• an order limber for the release of Gomez
Peeraza, whom Farias had kept fora
I week or two a close prisoner. Santa Anna
; lias avowed his intention of asking from
j Congress an amnesty for all political of
| fences committed since 1821.
TO ass -i. yanai
AUGUSTA. GEO..
; 'Hit Km l AV MOttNING, APRIL 15,Jd47.
Connection cf Itir Fatilic vr.lli rise Gulf
of Mexico.
The rapid progress ol our arms in Mexico
i has suggested to the pnhiic mind, the feasi
bility of availing ourselves of the foothold
we now have in that country as a means to
secure to tiie commercial world, a much de
! sired object. This is no less than the estab
; lislirneut ofa communication between the At
-1 lamic and Pacific Oceans across the Isthmus
of Tehuantepec. It is said that our govern,
moot has already fitted out an expedition with
h view to promote this object. The sugges !
t on ofa project so important, and so abound
ing in ad\ antages not only to this country,but
to the \v hole commercial world,lias induced us
to some inquiry, and vve take occasion to lay
some facts in connection with it before the
public. A friend has furnished us with a
I work in which this subject is discussed. Ii
| is entitied “Memoirs of the Mexican Revolu
j tii n, including a narrative of (he Expedition
; of General Xivier Mina, with some übserta
! tions on the practicability of opening a com
i merce between the Pacific, and Atlantic.
Oceans through the Mexican I-thmusof the
Province of Oaxaca, and at the lake of Ni
caragua,” by Wm. 1). Robinson, published
j in 1820. This subject had previously occu
• pied much of the attention of Bryan Ed
| wards, the distinguished historian of the
\Ve?t Indies, and our author acknowledges
himself indebted to him for much valuable
information. Mr. Stephens in his more re
cent work on Central America also devotes
manv pages to the discussion. Ilumbolt had
lung before brought to bear upon it the re
sources of his great mind and thorough
ideographical knowledge. It was for a
long lime a favorite project with Mr. Pill
while Premier. In fact this project has
been the theme of discussion in all intel
ligent commercial circles fur a period dat
ing far back in the last century. It was the
subject ofa memorial to the Spanish govern
ment which was presented through the vice
roy of Mexico as lopg ago as 1715. But
the project excited the jealousy of the Vera
Cruz merchants, and the whole mercantile
interest of old Spain, who had heavy in
vestments in the established channels of
trade, and who viewed the contemplated di
version with alarm. They therefore suc
ceeded in defeating it, and obtaining an or
der from the Court, “ prohibiting the parlies
from ever again reviving the subject, under
pain of the. royal displeasure; and severely
reprimanding or stigmatizing the Oaxaca
memorialists as audacious innovators of the
established regulation and commerce of the
kingdom .”
Our author mentions that there have been
nine different rnu'es pointed out and discuss
ed as practicable fur ('anal communication
between the two oceans. He however dis
cusses but four—all of which lie considers
practicable. But of these, while inclining
to the Costa Rica route, as the most feasible,
and least expensive, he gives the following
i opinion in favor of I lie route on which we
j propose to condense a few facts. He says:
“Were vve to consult the present and fu
ture interests of Mexico, and of the Republic
of tiie United States, we should say that the
Mexican Isthmus, or as it is more properly
| designated, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, is the
| section of all others on tiie American Con
| (incut where tiie communication between the
! Atlantic and Pacific oceans sliou d be made.”
This Isthmus is a tract of country em
bracing the intendency of Oaxaca and part
of that of Vera Cruz, and is about one hun
i dred and twenty-live miles in its greatest
breadth. The narrowest part is between the
port of Guasacudlco in the Gulf, and Tehu
antepec on the Pacific. The latitude of the
former is about 18° 30—of the la I ter IGo 30.
From the summit ofa mountain called Chi!-
ilo, or La Gineta, on a clear day, the Atlan
tic and Pacific oceans can be distinctly seen.
A chain of mountains runs through this Isth
i mus the elevation of which above the level
1 of the ocean varies from five or six thou
sand to four or five hundred feet. By some
convulsion of nature, vast chasms or ravines
have been formed among these mountains
i which contain during the rainy season im
mense bodies of water, which communicate
with tire rivers flowing both into the Gulf
and the Pacific oceans. The Indians asse r t
that they pass during the rainy season, with
their canoes by means of these wafers, en
tirely across tiie Isthmus. Our author is
satisfied that this is true.
This Isthmus is watered by sever il of the
finest rivers in all Mexico. They rise among
the mountains, of Vera Cruz, Chiapa and
Oaxaca, and fi nv thence Into the Gulf and
tiie Pacific. The three most considerable—all
capable of steam boat navigation, namely
Chimalapa, Tehuantepec and (Sua&dcualco
fake their ri-e in five leagues of each other.
The two former, on tlre west of the moun
tains, and flow into a bay on the Pacific call
ed Tehuantepec, Boy —the latter risitTg on the
east side flows into Gaasacualco Bay on the
Gulf,
Between these rivers it is suggested that a
canal could be constructed so as to unite
their waters. Our author wrote before the
days of rail road enterprizeg, Though our*
author thinks a ship canal practicable, lie
states the folio a ing proposition as unques
tionable.
“No doubt therefore exists that the Isthmus
of T diuanlepec can be entered on the Pacific
ami Atlantic coasts by the nvers before men
tioned, and that a good carriage road might
be made <d from twelve to fourteen leagues
along the sides of the mountains, by winch all
species of merchandize could he tran-ported
with rase in a few hours, from the navigable
waters of Chimalapa and Tehuantepec to
those of Guasacualco. ’
'Ulie river Tehuantepec admits from the
Pacific Ocean, vessels drawing twenty feet
water, and is navigable for vessels of the
largest size to within twelve leagues i f the
navigable waters of the Chimalapa and Gua
sacualco. It was on the Tehuantepec that
! die celebrated Hernmdo Cortez constructed
ships when he sent Pedro De Alvarado to
conquer Guatirnala.
'Die following is our authors description of
tiie harbor of (Juasacualco.
At the mouth of the river Guasacualco, is the
must spacious and secure harbour of any on the
Atlantic const of Mexico. Ii is the only
p irt in the Mexican Gulf, where vessels of war,
an i others ol a large size, can enter; and is tar
superior either to Pens icola or Erpiritu Santo.
. There are, at all seasons, on the bar at the mouth
of the port, Tw-mty two feel water; and it is said,
that during the flood oflhe river, the bar occa
sionally shifts, and affords passives in five and
six fathoms water. Some yars ago, a Spanish
ship ofth- line, c\M the Asia, crossed the bar of
Gu isaen ilco, and anchored in the port. We in c
heard of so,ne ports t) th • northward of Vera
Cruz, capable of ad nittiug vessels ofa large
s ; z'j of these. Mitcigorda lias been stated to have
twenty feet wafer on the bar at the mouth of the
harbour; it is in latitude 28“ 30’, about half-wav
between the rivers Sabine and Del Norte. But
form recent inform ition which we have obtained
form the ofil ers of she United States’ navy, who
have been cruising in that vicinity, we arc in
duced to believe tHat there is not a single safe
port in the w ole range of tiie coast in the Gulf,
with the exception of Guasacualco. Vera Cruz
is little more than an open roadstead; and during
the northern gales, vessels are frequently driven
ashore in that port. Ships of war, ami other
large vessels. a r e moored hv' cables made fast to
rings in the walls of the castle of San .Tuan de
Ulua, situated on a small i-land in the centre of
the harbour, but during heavy gales, they arc
oven here exposed to the danger of foundering.
We have in nur possession a complete map
of Mexico, published as recently as 1817, on
which the town of Tehuantepec, , at the month
of the river, is set down as containing a pop
ulation of 7009. Our author (bus speaks of
them.
The population of Tehuantepec , which is sit
uated on the river, only six leagues from the
i ocean, and about the latitude ot 1G J 30 , are
j among the most active and health'/ race of In
dians we have ever seen. I lie Indian f> in lies
of Tehuantepec, may lie propeily called the Cir
cassians of South America. Their piercing e\ es
eiye to their countenance an extraordinary ani
mation; their long black hair is neatly plaited,
and a lorned with combs made of gold or tortoise
shell; while the celerity and grace of their move
ment strike a stranger with astonishment. They
are very industrious, and manufactuie nearly all
their own clothing. They are remarkable for
their cleanliness, and arc fond of bathing.
The whole province of Oaxaca is repre
sented as remarkable for its fertility and its
manv agricultural and mineral resources.—
It had in 180 S, according to (he census, a pof
uialion more dense than that of any oil er pro
vince—being about 600,000. We notice that
the population is now according to a recent
census taken by order of the government of
Mexico, only 500,273. A strong proof of bad
government.
I Among the productions of this province are
Wheat, Ixidigo, Cochineal. The mulberry and
! vine also grow there in great perfection, and
j the fruits and vegetables of all kinds are
among the finest in the world.
The following table of distances will show
the advantages of the proposed route.
From the river Mississippi.a steam vessel could
• with case perforin a voyage to the port of Guasa
| cua'co in six Jay. Allowing seven dav s fur t e
transportation of property across toe Isthmus,ami
; fifty for the voyage to China, it will be seen tii.it
bv steam navigation a voyage could be perform
ed from the U uitetl Slates to China in sixty-three
davs. This will Im more clearly evinced, by the
I actUul computation of the distance;--
Statue miles.
i The nrdlnay route from Philadelphia
j to Canton, IG IjO
i By steam boat navigation and con
veyance through the Isthmus us
Oaxaca, from and to the same
place:—
, From Philadelphia to Guasacual
• ro, 2, UK)
Passat; > over to Tehuantepec, bv
lain! and water, 120
Frvmi Tehuantepec,by the islands
lying nearly in the direct
course, to Canton, —
To the Sandwich islands, 3 835
Lodrone do. 3.900
i Canton, 2,080
Actual distance saved, 4.115
Statute mites
| From Philadelphia to Colombia
river, by the usual route of Cape
Horn. 18,261
j From tne same,by the proposed route:
To Guasacualco, & overland, 2,220
Front Tehuantepec to the Co
lumbia, 2.7(30
13.25 J
I We calculate, likewise, that steam vessels
| con’d perform the voyage from Columbia river to
; Tehuantepec, in from eighteen to twenty four
: davs, more especially bv taking advantage ol
| the proper seasons. Along the whole of
the Mexican and California coasts, there, are safe i
and convenient harbours, which wou.d alibi'd
refreshments, and shelter from storms.
Having submitted the.-e facts to public at
tention, the reader may inq iir a , “what do von
| propose? Do you propose the conquest of the
province of Oaxaca, or its purchase by our j
government when a treaty is.made? Do you
propose then tiiat the government should :
construct a canal or rail road so as to est«b- I
lisli a commercial connection between its !
navigable waters from the Gulf to (he Pa- j
cific?” Wo are not prepared to give an
opinion how this government should shape its |
policy so as to secure*so great a desideratum I
for the commercial enterprize of its citizens |
and the wants of the whole commercial j
i world. But we should esteem this war with
J Mexico as an hundred fold more fruitful of |
: ultimate benefit not only to that benighted
j people, bn’ to our own country, and to man
kind, if it shouldpn any way prove the means
of opening this great highway to tiie corn
i merce of ail nations, of approximating the
remotest, boundaries of the world, and of
shedding the light of civilization and good
government upon a degraded, oppressed and |
gnorant people—occupying regions so bless- j
ed by nature, and so cursed bv man.
Fair at the City £3a!?.
1 We have been informed that the Scholars of
the Sabbath School connected w ilh the Presby
terian Chmcli of this city, purpose holding a Fair !
in the City Hall lot this evening. The Scholars
have prepared a large an 1 tasteful assortment of
beautiful fancy work, an 1 we trust the community
will encourage them in their praiseworthy eHurts
to promote the interests of their school.
Cents' ! SCuil IS « nil 8 j:cf Cent S cr!t.
Books for subscrip ion to this stock were opened
at Savannah on the 12th inst , on which day
$ 3d,000 were subscribed. The book s were to be
i kept open until Saturday next.
The Circuit Couit of the United States
commenc ed its r< gidar session in Savannah one
the 12 inst., Judges Wayne and N'icoll presiding.
The Republican says.— We understand that
i there are no cases of very greet importance 1 dor
it, though many mein bers of the bar from other
! parts of the Slate are in attendance.
At a meeting of the Directors of the Poinsvl
vania Rail Road Company, held ontheOih instant
)
John L lg.tr Thompson was elected Cjiiel En
| gineers and Edward Miller and Wm.E. Foster,
Jr., Essociate Engineers. These gentlemen are
| eminent in their profession and (lie organization
j of the company being now complete, operations
are expected speedily to commence.
Prospects of Peace.
We have been permitted says the New Orleans
Times, to peruse several private letters, of a very
1 late date, from the city of Mexico, wiitten by per
sons of the highest respectability, and whose
, ! sources of information are ample. They state,
f as a matter of positive certainty, that negotiations
: for peace between the United Stales and Mexico
are under advisement, and that the return of
1 Santa Anna, who was hourly expected would be
1 the signal for the commencement of overtures.
i
The ship Sheridan, at New York, brought
[■ Havrepapers of theflth, 7th and Bth of March,
reporting hardly any sales ol Cotton, and a dull
market.
, The Steamer Sarah Sands.
This steamer, which sailed from New York on
s the 24th of February, arrived at Liverpool on the
IBtb of March, having been 22 days on Lie pas
sage. She was to sail again on the Ist of April,
and has now been out 15 days. The Boston
i steamer has been out 11 days.
; 0”A voting gentleman paid his addresses
I ; to a young ladv, bv whose mother lie was nn
r favorably received. “How hard,” said he to
the young ladv, “'o separate those whom love
• haw united!” “Very hard, indeed,” rrp'ied
s she, with great innocence, at. the same tune
throwing Iter arms round ii is neck, “and Jtt
mother will find it.”
J£r DBS. CLEVELAND & SPEAR having
t purchased a license to administer Dr. .Martin's
j Lethron, for the alleviation of pain in surgical ope
s rations, are the only persons now authorized to
use it in Richmond county, Georgia.
They are also authorized to act in the sale of
licence for plac es unsold.
3 D. G. TEMPLE,
1 April J 3 dlf Agent fer Dr. Morton
[From the Boston Daily Tones, f
WIST AH’S BALSAM.
i The following certificate lias been handed us
for publication, and as the case is one of a very
remarkable character, we comply with pleasure.
Certainly well attested cases of cures of severe
diseases by the use of a particular medicine,
should be made known to the public for the bene
fit of others similarly afflicted :
No. IS Union-st., Boston, April 13, IS4G.
Mu, Seth W. Fowle.—Sin; A sense ofgrati
tude to you, and of duty to the public, prompts
me to make the following statement, which, ifo
i any service to you, is entirely at your disposal. It
I may have the effect to induce some other suffer
ers to make a trial of gour invaluable medicine,
which I can truly say, lias literally snatched me
from the grave to which I was fast hastening.—
L ist Jolv I was attacked by a sudden cold, winch
resulted in a very severe cough, with violent
pains in the side and chest. From that time I be
gan to waste away, notwithstanding 1 was under
the treatment of skilful physicians. They pre
scribed for me in vain. 1 became so much re
duced. that my friends frankly (old me that 1
must die, and that I was liable to do so at any
liuur. At this crisis I heard of WISTAR'S
BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY, byway of
a neighbor, v\ nose life had been saved by it, and
immediately sent for a bottle. The effect pro
duced was indeed wonderful. My physician,
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,
and told him the sood effects 1 had experienced.
He examined the Balsam, and told me to con- *
linue the use of it; since which time I have con
tinued to improve daily; and the same physician
who bad given me up entirely, told me a few days
since, that I might yet live many years. 1 feel
| that I am now nearly recovered, and gaining
j strength every day.
MARY ROWE.
We Can cheerfully testify to the truth of the
above statement, Mrs, Rswc having been an in
mate ot our family for sar c months past.
* WILLIAM DENNETT.
MA R HIA DEN NET T.
For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by
IIAVILAM), RISLEY & CO, and also by
THOMAS BARRETT &. CO., and Dealers in
! Medicines generally in Georgia.
April 13 t 3— 162
SAN ir S S Alls Al* AIIIL I. A7~
In the wise economy of nature toerc has been
distributed through the mineral and vegetable
kinkdoms a variety of medicinal substance*
adapted to the re!ie£of various diseases; but it ia
believed that in no product of the earth arc so
manv powerful sanative properties combined as
in Sarsaparilla. Yet. to render these latent pro
perties practically useful, they require dcs rlopc
im-nt, combination, concentration. In Sands'
Sarsaparilla, it is believed all these objects have
been effected to ti Vilest extent. It is now ad
ininistere i in general practice as a sure and uni
; form remedy in cases of scrofula, leprosy tumor,
swelling of the joints, rheumatism, erysipelas,
king’s evil witli every complaint symptomatic of
impure blood.
For farther particulars and conclusive evi
dence of us superior value and i tlVraey. sec pam
phlets, which may be obtained of agents, gratis.
Pr< pared and sold, wholesale and retail, by A.
| B & D. SANDS, Wholesale Druggists, 100
i Fulton, corner of William street, New-York.—
j Void also by,
II AY IE AND. RISLEY & CO.,
Augusta.
And by Druggists generally throughout the
United States. Brice §.| per bottle, or six bottle*
for S 3. 13 April 13
iLT DR. J. A. CLEVELAND, has returned
to this city, and may ha consulted ot the office of
Clevelan i & Spear, over the store of Messrs. Al
drich Sz Green. Feb. 23
NEAPO LIT A N ii U N N~E 1 .sT'
PATH SON, NOE & CO.,
Patentees and Manufacturers, 23 Delaney Street,
New York.
Feb. 23 3rn— 121
|XU 3 R. S. Jackson , Teacher on
the Piano Forte, Flute and Violin, respectfully
tenders his services to the citizens of Augusta.
References —Henry Parsons, Thus. Richard*
I an 1 T. S. Metcalf, Esq Tn.
X. B.—Fur terms, &c., inquire at 11. Parson’s
, store. tan Dec. 1
VvTWilson, ~
FORTH A I T POSTER.
1 Saidio—Unitarian Church, corner of Greene arid
Jackson streets.
April 9 160
DEMOCRATIC REVIEW.
This splendid and popular Monthly Periodical
is now published at $3 per annum—cm ry number
containing a likeness of some prominent man.
March 14 A. G. WILLIS, Agent.
Pitd. at Denvoal, near Columbus on Monday
i last. Wtt.i.iAM Joseph, infant son of Col. T. G.
and Mrs. E. W (4. Foster, aged 8 months.
“The early called
Are the surely blessed.”
■mu ■ 111 ■ aagsajiravaga-aaaii j,ll j
COMMERCIAL.
; latest dates from Lt vkrpool,::::::::maRCH 5.
j LATEST DATES FROM HA v R KFt: u . 28.
CHARLESTONTapriI 14 - Cotton.— There
; was a good inquiry for this article on Satu d V
I last, 'idle demand was confined to tbc better
grades.and upwards of 1900 bales changed hands
at prices ranging from 11 to I2jc., and the out
side quotations given in our report of that morn
ing were obtained; Monday,however, was a quid
dav,as the transcation were limited to 190 bales.
Vesterday’smails brougblus»latf r advice strom the
j other side, which it will be seen on reference to
i our columns, are very unfavorable lor Ci tton.—-
These accounts have not only depressed out mar
-1 | ket, but have caused prices to recede; ami some
i 700 bah s were sold ala reduction of Jc. on the
j prices current on Saturday last. Ihe transac
tion of the three da 1 s reach 2750 ha leg, as fol
lows:—3 bales at ICf; 20 at UH; 70 at 101* 12 at
1 Os; 57at 105; 137 at U, 100 at Hi 205 at 11 i
328 at 11*; 453 at 1 1J; 103 at 1 U; 500 at 1 if; bO
at 1 lj; 170 at 12, 150 at l2i,and HI bales at J2jc.
Rice. — There was vety little done in this ar
ticle either on Saturdav or Monday last. Jne
j (rancaclions during these two days were limited
j to some Odd tierces at about last week s prices.
; Yesterday there was a n*d< ra e den and for the
► | better qualities, about 700 tierces changed bonds
j ala fra lion ahvanco on our formir prices. The
trans actions foot up I3do tierces, at prices rang
: tog from 37-HI to £4l per hundred.
, —There was a sale at auction vester
; day of 175 hhds. Muscovado Sugar, as follows:
: 100 hhs. from to Bsc in quality, and 75 hhds.
; at 7c.
j Molasses. —At auction yesterday 74 hhds,—
. I Cuba \i a lasses were sold at 20J a 20|c.; and 25
birds. Muscovado at 25c. per gallon.
Salt. —About 2500 sacks Salt, received per
■George A. Hoplcy, since our last, were sold at
I 90c. ca&h,