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A LAUGH.
fiho hint fiat ch-.rmin" la«7h, which, Ek* atnnj;,
T ie so an of me s.a'ing bird, wa >es suihiculj
Wit ave least look for it. It linge-c.] iou£
Upon the ear, one of the sweet Uimf;
Treasure u>icouaoi< u.-ly. Ac steals
A stream in tuii&hine. btoleiiß nißloii)i
As uusical a»it wa* lijftn and w ild.
The bon van spirit of «oin r fairy child;
Vet mingled with sob aijrhs, that miifat expres*
The depth au I ’rutholVarnest ten leruebfc.
LONG TEAKS HAVE PASSED.
B YTHO M A S M O ORE.
Loti ? years have paste tl,old trioud,since we
First met in ! fe’s > ouug day;
Aud friends Ion? loved by thee and me
Since then have droped away;
But eiieiigii remains to cheer ns on,
And sweeten, when thus w e'er met,
The glass w o (ill to the many gone
And the few who’re tell usyet.
Our locks, old friend, now thinly grow.
And some hang while and ch.il;
While some, ike flowers,’mid autumn senow
Kem mi youth’scdor, slid
And,so. in our hearts though one by one
Vou.ii’' sunny hopes have set
Thank Il.avrn; ot al' their light is gone—
We’vesoiiietuing toebcer us yet.
Then here's to thee, old friend. : uJ long
May thou and I thus meat.
Tohrigii en still vs u h w iiic and song
This short life e.c ii flont;
And s il as death comes stealing one
Bet’s never, oln friend,forgt t,
feu while v.c sigh o’er hie. tings goue,
How niaiiv are left ur yet.
\r ■oni i'ie ,V. 0. Del'a , lUh inst ]
fate-l from Monlercy liiid the Kio fSrnnJc.
- y The steaunship T> Irgranh. Capt. Auld,
ftp ivedyestordav fromt le Brazos,whence
► lie left on Ihe ()i h inst.
We are indebted io Mr. Paster, one of
her passengers, for the Matauviros I* lag,
of the 3i ins! , for the Monterey Pioneer,
ol the 22d nit; and for such verbal infer,
mat ion as was current on his route, fie j
let! Saltillo on the *3£ 1 u!t.,and Monterey ,
on the ‘2lth, At both of these posts every I
thing „wa.s qeiet, and no apprehensions
v/ere entertained ol a different state ol
things ensuing there. Very many of the
wounded, both Americans and Mexicans,
were dying at Saltillo.
The report brought to the city bv pas
eer.gers on board the schooner “Henry
Long,” on Friday, that a battle had been
fought between Gen. TavJor and the force
under Gen. (Jrrea and Can ales, proves
to be incorrect. Urrea, hep! hovering
about C>l. Curtis’ command, but having
b°en advised that Gen. Pallor, with a
partv ofsome 700 men, were advancing
from Monterey, be withdrew bis forces.
Go tbe 10th March Gen. Tavlor met the
division of Col. Curtis, and having been
apprised that M vales had concentrated
in the victni v ol Ramus with a command
of some 4000 men. be set out in pursuit
of the gal,'tint General, lie followed him
as far as Caidereta, but Ids force should
be literally fifing artillery to overtake
him, and it is doubtful if they would even
then—be had crossed clear over th°
mountains. Gen. Taylor had returned
to the camp near Monterey, where Ins
men were quietly enj tying a respite from
their fatigue.
The regiment of Col. Curtis, Hi Ohio
Volunteers, bad arrived, without molest
etion, at Monterey, on the 13ih tilt. They
nre represented as a well disciplined, fine
looking body of soldiers.
Information having reached Comargo
that Canales, wiih some *230 men. was at
u village or rancho ca’led Caperero.
twenty miles South of Cerralvo, Capt
Grey, better known as Mustang Grey, and
u par yof Texan Ringers, had left in ;
pursuit of him. Artful as be is, he will j
find it no easy task to dodge Mustang: as
for fighting him, Canales never fight-'!
Tue roads now from Coma r go 11 Monterey
—from the B azos to Saltillo—is clear,
end may be travelled by small hands of
Americans, without any fear of danger
or obstruction.
As we have already hinted, it is nnder-
Ftood to ho the design of Gen. 'Taylor, as
Boon as he gels the necessary reinforce
men!, to march on tT Saltillo, and, at a
point between that and Mexico, form a
junction wi;h Gen. Scott.
Major Giddings writes from Cerralvo.
March 10, telling of how be was attacked
by Urrea and Komara, of which we have
til ready informed our readers: “I have
learhed from a prisoner of mine, (hesavs.)
that Gm. Urrea was slightly wounded in
our little battle—also, that Lieut. Barbour
and party are prisioners in his hands.
There was censideralde tun and fencing
on that memorable Sunday, of which 1
will tell you when I return. I expect :
another brush as I come up Col. Curtis
has too many wiih him to anticipate
a fandango.” His lo s in the battle, he
Bays, was in all 15; the Mexicans, by
their own account, 45.
The Flag believes, with ou-selves, that
“the conquest of Mexico by the United
States will lie beneficial not only to that
counjry and ours, but tomankind.” This
was the doctrine of John Quincy Adams
and the New Englanders when England
invaded China, and why should it riot ap
ply with still grea’er force to the relative
conditions of Mexico and the U. States?
We remember that :he“old man eloquent”
enforced his views at the time, in i
Boston, in a series of lectures, and that
they were applauded and sustained by j
those whoftre now the organs of the anti- 1
war party there.
Attempted Revolution in Mexico. —We 1
understand from the captain of the Cor
vette. which passed down the river on
Thursday last, that a letter was received
at Comargo, just before he left, from
Ccpt. Montgomery, Q. M. at Monterey,
stating that ii was asserted there on good
Mexican authority, that Gen Arista,
incensed a? the disgrace put upon him by
Santa Anna, so different from his treatment
of Ampudia, had succeeded in raising i
7000 men, and was marching from
Z ic. a tec as to the city of Mexico, deterrnin
rd to put down Santa Anna’s authority,
i and reinstate Herrera. Il whs understood
j that Santa Anna had marched with the
| remnant of his shattered forces lo crush
i Arista,
Bv a boat which arrived from Coma rgo
last evening we have received the follow
ing letter:
Camaego, Ma r ch 2?, 1847.
#
A train of 105 w agons blurts to morrow
if »r Monterey, via China. It is to be |
escorted by Irn comj anies of the Virginia
. Regiment, six pieces of a Tilery, and 358
i Texan Rangers, the whole escort being
tinder the command ofCol. Hamtramck.
Gen. Lamar, with his command of the
Texan Ragiment. is going to Sabines, and
thence to Monclova. loom Monclova
they will probably go to Parras and
; Sdltillo
—
[irvrn Ihe N. O. Della.]
ftuutu Auna’s Beopsitch.
»
I Let Baron Munchausen—let the an
j 1 l.oi of tire Wondrous Tale of Alroy—let
} all novelists and fable mongers, of ancient
] or modern times—let ihe great Father of \
all ivies himself forever hide their di
minished heads, before the transcendent
super i >: ity ofiliegreal Mexican romancer!
The three columns of despatch, which
Santa Anna has written to the Govern
menl, respecting iris valorous doings in
this battle, are wo th any three volumes
of any novel that ever was written, from
the limes of the Bcuderis down to James
and Professor Ingraham. Some may
think this document is rather diffuse and
elaborate. We rather think that ii is an 1
admirable condensation of lies, and that it |
would puzzle the must skilful architect of I
falsehood and fiction to telfas many in as |
few sentences.
We realiv felt, in reading this labored
production, that tkere was no glory to be
j gained in this war; that a people who are
1 so nmorant and degraded as to he deluded
| by such absurd balderdash as this, were
not worth whipping. That it lias proved {
successful in "tilling the Mexicans, is j
shown in the splendid reception and tri- I
urnphal entry of Santa Anna into tlie j
capital, where bis power and popularity j
are established on a firmer bads than
ever.
Although he does not enumerate his
forces, it is evident, from the number of
divisions and brigades to which be par
j (ieularlv refers, that they could not have
1 filleri short of 2T()f)() mm. 'There are
no less than eighteen generals enume
rated in 'his despatch, as having distin
’ guished themselves: one (Gen. Minion)
1 is blamed for his failure lo attack (Jen.
I Taylor’s rear. As to the colontds, com
manders of battalion, &c., their name is
legion. r The nurnheroffield-officers who
distinguished themselves, falls but lit’ie ;
short of one half of 'Taylor’s force. If |
each one of these heroic Mexicans bad
I killed his man, we doubt not Santa An-
I na’s estimate of our loss would not have
■ been exaggerated. But where our o d 1
j friend Don Pedro de Ampudia, led the
; van, we fear the opinion in this country,
: respecting the gallantry of the other offi.
cers, w ill not be so favorable as it seems
to be in Mexico. We have beaid, from
several of onr officers who were in the I
fight, that the great drawback upon the j
Mexican troops, was the want of compe. i
tent and gallant officers; that the soldiers j
1 were brave and well disciplined, but they j
j had no leader- to inspire them with en- j
thnsiasm, and di-ect their movements w i h
skill and efficiency. Their superior offi.
1 cers prefer ed the honorable po<i of gua’d
i ing the sac ed person of the Commander
j in-Chp f, to the more dangerous position
jin front of their commands. When Mr.
i Crittenden appeared before Santa Anna, i
be found him surrounded by a whole re
giment of officers, in the sa fest place with
in fifty miles of the battle-field. Bv the.
bv, Santa Anna, whilst la visiting compli
ments upon bis own gallant officers, did
not forget tn say a very handsome thing
of Mr. Crittenden, which we have no
don fit will surprise that gentleman as
much as it surprised Dm Pedro de Am
pudia and his seventeen brother genet als,
to find themselves such heroes afier the
battle of Buena Vista!
Santa Anna says that the hearer of ihe
flag of truce was a “superior officer, of
prepossessing appearance and manners,”
and that the bandage was taken from his
eves as a personal coiiccssion. As to Mr.
Crittenden being a superior officer, his
.Excellency will no doubt show the whites
of bis eves when bo is told that the gen
lleman referred to was no officer at all,
but only and amateur soldier, who went
to Mexico “for the fun of the thing.”—
And, as to Mr. C ’s prepossessing appear
ance and manners, we are happy to per
ceive that Santa Anna can appreciate the !
blunt frankness, and the prompt style of
Western manners, and has a taste for the
unique fashion of a Kentucky hunting
frock, a Monterey sombrero, jeans trow
sers. a Mue gingham shirt, hoots innocent
of Day & Martin, and a cravat that had
to he imagined—for Ihe best of all reasons
—because there was none at aIP
The perfect satisfaction and content
which Santa Anna exhibits throughout
this despatch, the frequent use of the
| words “our victory,” “triumph,” “defeat
! of the enetnv.” iszc,, ate the most amaz
| ing proofs of Mexican glorification that
i the world has vet witnessed. In Mexico
j the old proverb, which prevails elsewhere,
! that “deeds speak louqder than words,”
is reversed. Did history ever present an j
instance where all the facts proved a |
more overw helmning and total defeat
than that which Santa Anna encountered
at Buena Vista? After traversing an im
mense desert with 20.000 troops, all im
pelled by hunger, and fired widi thecon
viction that their rescue from the unutte
rable agony of starvation depended upon
; their beating an annv of raw volunteers,
just otto (ouith their number, they fight
for two davs without moving our annv
an inch from its position, or getting a sin
gle advantage, and alter losing 2000 of
their army, ingloriously fall back, and
retrace their steps through thelong. drea
rv desert, pinched by want and cold, and
dropping their wounded ateverv mile!
We will search in vain the annals of
all the wars ever fought, among civilized
or batharian nations, for an instance in
which more indisputable and unequivocal
! proofs of a lota! and most disastrous de
feat are afforded than can be found in
Santa Anna’s despatch detailing the “glo
rious triumphs” of the “grand Mexican
army” at Angostura!”
[From the New Oilcans Delta.]
Grn. IViuSrld 3co(t.
Gen. Winfield Scott was bon on the
i 13th of June, 1780, near Petersburg,
Va. He pursued the usual preparatory
studios, spent a year in the High School
at Richmond, and subsequently went to
the College of William and Mary, where
he attended a course of Law Lectures.—-
! In 1800, he was admitted to the bar, and
I in 1807, he removed to South Carolina,
intending to practice law in the Courts
of Cha'lesion. Soon after, the aggres
sions of the European powers on the com
merce of the United States had reached
their height, and Scott participating in the
spiiit of patriotism which animated the
young men of the day, volunteered as a
member of the Petersburg troop of horse,
that had been called Out under the Pro
clamalicn of the President, forbidding flie
harbors of the United States to British
vessels of war. In due time, we mav
I here just add, upon the breaking out of
I the war between the United States and
I England, in 1812, Scott obtained a Lieu
j tenant Colonel’s commission, and home
i diatelv proceeded to the Niagara frontier
/I O
1 with several companies.
| In October of the same year, the c n le-
I hrated battle of Queenstown was f night.
| Scot? participated in it, and greatly dis.
j linguished himself hv his bravery and ac
tivity. We have neither time nor room
j to give a full account of this great battle,
| hut will situ dv append a few paragraphs
j going to show Scott’s intrepidity and pa -
! trioiism as displayed during its progress.
At one time during the battle, it is
| stated, that Scott arrived or) the Queens.
■ town heights. lie had been permitted
i as a volunteer, to cross the river with j
i adjutant, Roach, and assume the coni- !
j rnand of the w hole body engaged. On I
; the Canada s'de he unexpectedly f mnd ;
Brigadier General Wadsworth of the j
New York militia, who had crossed wit!)
! out orders. Scott thereforce, proposed j
; to limit his command to the regulars.—
But the generous and patriotic Wads
worth would not consent, lie promptly
; yielded the command over all the so ces
jto Scott. “Your, sir.” said he, “know
! best, professionally, what ought to he
done. 1 am here for the honor of mv
! country, and that of the*New York mili-
I iia.” Scott, therefore, assumed ifie com
mand, and throughout the movements
which ensued General Wadsworth dared
every danger in aiding the views of the
: commander. Though they had met for
the first time, he had become already at
tached to tlio voung Colonel. f]e repeat
i ed!y in the course of the battle.interposed
I his own person to shield Scott from
5 the Indian rifles, which his tall person at
1 racled.
| At another time, while the battle was
raging, information! was brought to Scott
and 1 1 io.se engaged, that the mi lit a on the !
American shore refused to cioss to their
assistance. The enemy numbered not
less than thirteen hundred, while the
American were reduced to less than throe
1 hundred. Retreat was as hopeless as
succor, for there were no boats on the
Canada shore, and the milita on the other
side would not afford them aid. Scott took
his position on the ground they then oc
copied, resolved to abide the shock, and ;
think of surrender only when battle was j
impossible, lie mounted a log in front
I of his much diminished band: “The
enemy’s balls.” said fie, “begin to thin
our ranks. His numbers are overw helm
ing, In a moment the slmck must come,
and there is no retreat. We are-i n the
beginning of a national w ar. Hull’s sur
render is to be redeemed. Let us, then,
die, arms in hand. Our country demands
the sacrifice. The example will rot he
lost, The blood of the slain will make
heroes of the living. Those who follow
will avenge our tall, and their country’s
wrongs. Who dare to stand?” “All!
was the answrring cry. A vigorous re
sistance was made; hut. finally overpow.
ered by superior numbers, the brave Am
eiican hand was compelled to surrender.
The contest was truly a bloody one, and
throughout this scene of various action,
ofniistake and misfortune, of success and
disaster, Lieut. Col. Scott, says an ac
curate account, was distinguished for
oreat exertions. He was in full dress
uniform, and his tall stature made him a
conspicuous mark. He was singled our
by the Indians, but remained unhurt. He
was uroed to change his dress. “No,”
said
At the same moment Capt. Lawrence fell
by his side, as it was supposed, mortally
wnnded.
Thus ended the battle of Queenstown
Heights—an engagement desultory in its
movements, various in its incidents, and
unfortunate in its result; but not without
consoouences important to the spirit and
vigor of the American arms. Magnitude
is not always necessary to the dignity <>!
an achievement, nor is defeat always dis
couraging to the unsuccessful party. L
is the nature of {lie action which give-*
character to the actor. Judged by thi>
standard, the events of Queenstown had
their value and their inspiration to every
pa’riot American. Hull hud surrendered
without a battle—disgrace, not from the j
mere disaster, but from the mode In
w hich it was produced, w as inflicted upon
the country, and felt in the hearts of i's
chil ireu. It was battle, and honorable
battle only, w Inch could drive this gloomy
shadow from the country, check the
la mils of enemies, remove its own doubts,
anti re establish its self-respect. The hat
tie of Queenstown Heights did this in no
small degree. \\ bile the mistakes, the
errors, and the losses of that dav were
deplored, the American press and people
recognised, amid regret and misfortunes,
a spirit of achievement, a boldness in
danger, and a gallant bearing, winch in
spired new hopes, and pointed out the wav
to ultirna'e success. The daring gal
lantry of Col. Van Rensselaer; the can
lureofthe Briti-h battery hv Wool and
his heroic companions; the intrepid eon
duct of Wadsworth, of Chrystie, of 'rot
ten, and many others, and particularly,
the courage,, skill and continued activity
and exertions of Scott, had given a cheer
fulness even to the darkness of defeat, and
almos» a glorv of satisfaction to the me
rnorv of Queenstown Heights.
We might add many other interesting
particulars relative to Scott’s life, illns
native of his bravery, heroism, and skil
ful generalship. Hi- name, as the read
er well knows, is indissolubly connected
with Lundy’s Lane and Chippewa. Had
I he not taken part in any other engage
ment, his participation in the-e alone
would have rendered him immortal. But
we cannot enter in’o a rn.nule description
of those great battles.
[From the N. O Pirayune. J
The Louisville Journal of the 20ih March
says:
“The Hon. Henry Clhv arrived here from
New Orleans on Saturday morning in the
A'ex. Scott, ami left in the afternoon Ur
Ashiaml. We never saw him in belter
health and spirits.”
Mr Ciay UU the city of New Orleans about
flie time it was understood here‘that a col- |
li-mn would certainly taken place between j
Santa Anna and Gen. Taylor, lie was con- j
vinced in Ins own mind that, the meeting
would be a sanguinary one, and the exult- i
ing anticinartinns of a triumph which as a j
patriot be predicted for the American arms
were qualified by the solicitude of a fa diet
who realized the probability that a victory ;
had cost him a son. lbs spirits were evi-j
dentlv depressed by forebodings which the j
sequel but too mournfully justified; and when
speaking of the confidence he had in the i
| skill and courage of Gen. Taylor and dedu- |
1 ring therefrom results of pregnant glory, the i
! shadow of “coming events” would tiit across j
i his brow in token ot a presage of evil to him- ,
| self, which Lad sunk deep into his heart and j
j wrestled there with the hope which promised >
I such great things (or his country.
I It was but natural lb at, approaching home
and mingling with the associates of Ins early
years, he should shake <IT for a time the
weight that pressed, heavily upon him; that
amid the greetings of friends and the wel
come of a whole city lie should not betrav
the propbertic dread which haunted his
breast. Had those who speak of his “finer
spirits” but scanned the noble aspect of the
time-worn statesman with closer scrutiny
they would have seen that a fixed sorrow
lurked like a rebel in his secret soul. It was
so here, and whithersoever lie might go there
went along wish him a presentiment of cal
amity.
He remained in Louisville but a few hours;
this was not bis wont. He felt too surely
that site angel of death bad been dealing
with bis household; lie felt the winnowing <>l
his sahle wings upon lus he.id and hastened
straightway to put bis house in order. Fast
upon fits heels sped the mournful tidings;
scarcely would he leave a city before the
people would shout over the crowning victo
j ry of the war. Rejoicing multitudes were
! no companions fur him; he went his way
where an aged matron, cheered hv the prat
tle of little children, busied herself with the
great toil of household affairs. 1 his vva>
the partner of bis bosom, and tiiese the chil
dren of his children. They were orphans
(some of them.) in happy ignorance of what
had befallen litem. It was fit that amid thi
circle lies hould realize Ids fears. Nor should
the fat..l news smite that venerable matron
and he not there. Together they met ilie*
; herald of woe; end whilst every ohj cl that
} met their eyes reminded them of their loss
■ —though a vacant chair recalled the memory
of one gone forever, arid trifles of little worth
i ePm p<J with traditions that filled high the
cup of bitterness —yet the confidence ot years
of mutual reliance and love confronted the
messenger at the door way, who entered the
house of prayer and resignation as he crossed
the portal of the house of mourning.
The people of Lexington in their rejoic
ings over the victory of Buena Vista did not
forget that hirdiy was there a hearth not
made desolate in achieving it. The courts
adjourned in silence; and grief mingled in the
applause of the populace, as gilded drops of
rain are shed from tkies all radiant with the
summer’s sun.
The son was worthy of his sire. He was
a man of lofty impulses, of a noble nature, a
i-ure generosi y and manly accomplishments.
His last words v\*ie of him. When tie was
shot down a second time he drew a brace of
pistols from his belt, handed them to Capt
Cutter and requested him to deliver them to
his father, with this message: “Say to him
that he gave them to me and that I have
done all that I can with them and now' return
them to Inm.” Here the enemy came thick
around him, and these were the last words
he was heard to utter. He lias gone to swell
the list of immortality. The purchase of glory
is the blood of the brave.
The ITliMsiMftippi Regiment.
Bv reference to the sketch that will be
found on our first page, it will be seen that
tbe American forces were, at one crisis of
of the battle of Buena Vista, in a very pre- 1
carious position —that is to s ty, when the
Mexicans formed on the line designated M
d. We cannot, say positively that the anec
dote, which we relate as corning from Gen.
Taylor himself, applies to this juncture of
im- iwgMjy m^ses: "Ct--* m 's- '•jjymavm* r "*»**•«>. .
the flight, but if is stated, upon what may be
considered good authority, that Gen. Taylor,
in giving an account of t tie battles' In Lieut.
Col. Randolph, of the Virginia rcgunen'.-aid
that “if there had been only regulars in r e
battle of Buena Vista he would probably
have lost the day, as the Messissippi regi
ment of volunteers was whipped three times
without knowing it; that when borne down
by overhelming numbers fliev fought on just
as if nothing uncommon had happened to
them, and by dint of endurance and a woun
dertul alacrity in ripping up the next man to
them, they retrieved the fortunes of the fi*dd.
As related to us the general tells this story
with infinite gusto. A< reported bv all,'lie
Mississippians, under Col. Davis on the day
of terror.fought with a valor and intelligence
unparalleled in modern warfare. Each man
seemed l<> consider the fate of the dav as de
pending on Ins individual prowess, and stood
up to the rack with a dogged determination
conformable to tins predominant idea. They
learned this business al Monterey—but at
Buena Vista they bettered their instruction
AIUJUBTA. GEo”.™"
SATURDAY iiDUMNG. AIMIIL 17, 1847.
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ihon §2OO a year,have lUc franking privilege re
stored to them, as formerly. They can now remit
subscription money to Printers free of charge, as
well as the names of new subscribers.
Departure of the ll!cliiuontl Volunteer*.
This fine company, eight\-rive in number,
commanded by Captain Campbell, march
ed early yesterday morning from their late
quarters at the Arsenal, to the Hamburg De
pot, where they took the cars for Charleston.
They sail thence to New Orleans, where the
rement, umier command of Col- Robert M.
1 o’
Echols, will he organized.
Before leaving our citv, the officers and
many of the privates of which were well
known residents, their fellow citizens enter
tained them with a very handsome collation,
al Lamback’s, prepared in fine style, and
served up about 5 o’clock in the morning. At
this early hour, hundreds of their feilow cit
i izens assembled to bid them Gud-speed, in
! their patriotic expedition, and to exchange
j with them the parting words of friendship.
! 'They were addressed in a tasteful, spirited
j and feeling manner, m behalf of his fellow
1 citizens, by Thomas VV. Miller, E-q , who
j took occasion to express their confident hope ;
; that they would sustain in the face of the
| foe, and on every field of peril and difficult},
the honored name of Old Richmond.
The Great Western Circus*
Bv reference U» the advertisement in this
! day’s paper, it will be seen that Messrs. ISlone
&, McCollum's Great Western Circus, wdi
1 shortly visit our city. They have been per
j forming in New Orleans, the greater portion
I of the past winter, drawing crowded houses
| 'Fhe papers of that city speak in the highest
: terms, not only of their equestrian perform
! ances, but of I lie orderly manner in which
! the establishment is managed. They bring
with them the highest testimonials from the
Mayor and Municipal Councils of that city,
and we fee! assured will draw crowded au
diences during tliier stay among us. Their
Brass Band is said to be one of the best in
the United States. The N. (). Delta, in
speaking of this company says—“No circus j
in tin’s country can produce a hand that will i
even compare with them in talent, and in tnis
opinion a ! who hear them will agree. The
stud of horses is unsurpassed, being the fine.-l
breed from the very best native and imuorted
stocks, and all rernarkab y docile and well
trained. Tbe gorgeous paraphernalia ol the
pavilion, the illuminated lanterns, the snowy
canvass that composes the mammoth fen’,
and the magnificent equestrian and dramatic
dresses of the riders and actors, form altorre- i
j
flier an establishment replete with all the i
appurtenances necessary to attract and give 1
eclut to the performances of the best Circus |
Company in the Union.”
The EiCau.
The Washington correspondent ofthe Charles
ton Courier, writing under da e of 11th inst.,
says—“l in- loan of eighteen millions was taken
at a rale of about one half to three quarters per
cent advance, on an average; ami before three o’- j
clock yesterday, it had gone up two per cent.— j
There \va re many capitalists and agents in the i
city. Nearly all the bids had hern made before j
the intelligence ofthe capture of Vt ra Cruz and
the castle was received. The loan is now worth
more— especially as tbe prospect of peace is now
renewed.
“The amount hid for was fi ty eight millions, of
which sum forty millions wi re offered at a rate
above par. Some offers for investment, in small
sums, were made at two and a half per cent above
par. It is gratify ing to find that even if the capi
talists had s'ood aloof, the whole loan would have
been taken by citizens of moderate means who
wished a safe investment,
“The public credit of the United States is thus
proved to he entireh sound, and unimpaired by
war, and the prospect of an accu nulated debt.
“ flie wholefinancial uianag# nent of Mr. Wal
ker is wed calculated to do him high credit. All i
their foreboings of a signal failure of his scheme- !
have proved to be unfounded.”
The Rincon Telegraph.
This valuable Dem cratic journal has
changed hands. O. H. Prince, Esq. having
received an appointment in one of the new
Reg men s, has ret red to other scenes wbeie
he has our best wi.-hes for his future career
as a soldier and true Georgian. The faper
will hereafter be conducted by Samuel J Ray,
Esq. eminently qualified to make it useful to
its readers and valuable to the Democratic
party. The Telegraph will be issued early
next month on entirely new type, —enlarged
and otherwise improved.
Naval.
The U. S. steam ship Princeton, Captain En
gle, sailed from Pensacola Wednesday evening,
7th inst., bound to Philadelphia via Havana.
On the receipt of the news of the victory
at New York, a public meeting of th e citizens
w»s held, and resolutions passed requesting the
authorities to illuminate the public bu;!din_s.
The Mayor of Philadelphia has, by Proclama
tion, appointed the evening of Monday next,
April 19, (a day inetnorablein our Revolutionary
history, j ior a general Illumination of that city.
The ( ‘itv Council o Baltimore have made an
appropriation for like purpose, and appointed &
Committee to make the necessary preparations,
and designate t lie e l eniog.
Specie Arrived and I'.'xpeeled.
The steamer sarab JSands is said to havo
about one million on board, and the Cambria
about two and a half millions. When these
amounts are received the aggregate receipts
will reach twelve millions in the short period
of about three months.
Gold.
The ship Cornelia, at New-Vork, from
Liverpool, brought our 30 000 Sovereigns.
Krla-flor Ireland.
We learn from the Montgomery Journal,
t!i o the sum of fifty dollars was contributed
bv the negroes of a planter in Lowndes
county, for the relefof the distressed in Ire
land. Selma has done nobly fur the suffer
ing Irish—she Reporter of last week stated
that about §IOOO had been subscribed. Co!.
Wm. R. King gave SIOO.
So long a rum is in ’a Ao«T-head it can do
no damage, but when it gets into men's beads it
plays the very Old Nick.
Value of Exports oftue p.»rt of Savannah to
Foieigu Ports Or January, February an 1 March;
1847. 184(5.
American vessels, $8.30,354 08 §IOO 345 04
Foreign vessels, 2,350 378 81 r. 15,033 79
\ 53,180,932 92 t £924,378 83
f AVjr nnvnh ffenr<rian, 15 th iTisi.
The l.oan Inkru.
We have Hie pleasure ut announcing
that the whole loan of eighteen million*
is taken above par, at a premium \Key
ing from one eighth to two per cent. The
whole am »nnt bid was <5”)7.790,883, of
which the sum of §04.926,583 was hid
above pur, and the remainder §2 864,-
300 al par. Thus, it will ly* perceived
that the bids at a premium largely ex
ceeded three limes tbe amount of dm
loan adverused. Considerable sums ate
taken for trustees and executors, for sav.
mg-’ batik and persons not in business,
for actual investment, and who desire to
pay the money immediately. 7’he Soc
reiarv. however, has guarded against
calling In the loan more rapidly than it
is wanted; for, were he to do so. if would
make the government pay interest prema
turely, and derange the business of the
country by too large a call for specie in
any one month. An intelligent cm res
pondent, in a communication published
by us last week, calculated tfi.it the mo
ney would not all be wanted until the
Ist of February next, which would re
quire something less than two millions of
dollars of the loan to bo paid monthly;
so that the same specie which paid an in
stalment would be disbursed and incir.
coiaiion to afford the means for paving
succeeding instalments tiom time to time.
Bv calling in the loan in this wav—-
which we are assured will be done—
whilst a large sum in interest will he
saved to the government, no heavy calls
will be made for specie at anyone time,
■ and the business of the country will be
undistu rhed.
The bids of fifty-eight millions for fins
loan, demonstrate the just confidence of
the people in their own government, and
the ample resources and wealth of the
country. No doubt this auspicious re
sult was aided hv the recent glorious vic
tories at Bib tm \ ista and Vera Cruz un
der our heroic leaders, Ta vlor and Scott;
Imt the successful result of the taiitf of
‘ 1840 which, it is demons!rated, will yield
: an annual revenue of thirty millions of
1 dollars, and the new miliiaiy contribu
j tions under the new Mexican tariff, also
j contributed to swell the bids,
j We understand that the custom house
I at Vera Cruz is a large and excellent
building, and ere this month is out, our
brave officers will be collecting the new
duties. As these goods of our on n and
of a : yU o: her countries would, under the
law of nations, fie liable to no new dutv
| or confiscation afer a peace, what induce.
| meets it affords to carry into Mexico a
large supply, not merely to sell during
the war, but which, after a peace, would
even he still more valuable, especially if
Mexico should then renew her old prohib
itory and protective ta t iff? And what an
inducement does this furnish io Mexico
to consent to an early peace; for, if she
does not, we may not only break down
her revenue fiom duties dining the war,
but for a long time afterwards, so long
as the supply of goods imported now will
be sufficient for the wants of the country
for months or yea's after a peace.-
Washington Union. 12/A inst.
Kr RELIGIOUS NOTICE.—The Rev. S.
EOVUOMME, a Christian Jew, Agent of the
j American Society for promoting Christianity a
j mong the Jews, will preach on To-Morrow J/or
iiing, at 10 s o’clock, at the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and at tfie Lecture Room of the Baptist
Cluirr h, at7i o’clock in the Evening. [Ap 17
57r J. PAIIMLY, Dentist, has returned
to Augusta, and taken rooms at Mrs. Camkiklo’s
corner of Broad and Jackson streets. Those who
wish to avail themselves of his services w ill please
apply immediately. 2 April 16
5 Kr DUS. CLEVELAND <sTsi r EAR havTFg
puncha-ed a license to administer Dr. Martin’s
Let (iron, for the alleviation of pain in surgical ope
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 places unsold.
D. G. TEMPLE.
April 13 ntf Agent for Dr.
~$3P Dlv. J A CLEVELAND, has returned
to this city, and may be consulted at the office of
Cleveland & Speaf, over the store of Messrs. Al
drich Si Green