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He CONSTITUTIONALIiST. JAMF.S GARDNER, JR. t i it >i s. AQ J'JA D.iily, per annum, * Tri-Weekly, per annum, 6 00 1 f paid in a i vance, 1,0 Weekly, per annum, 0() If paid iu advance, ~ 30 TO CLUBS. U 7 t cull particular attention to the following terms of our paper : T„ Clubs, rmiuincr $lO in advance, FIVE | COPIES are sent. This will put our weekly pa- ; j.~r in the reach of flew subscribers at TWO SKILL AUS A Y MAR. jgj-Ail n*iW subscriptions must he paid in advance, j •fj~ Postage au-i oe paid on all Communications ; a id [jet'ers of business. j-Li!yog [ Front the N. (J. Delta, 1 stk inst J L VTENT FROM S \ LTI FLO AAPAIOA- TilllLV. We yesterday received onr correspon dence from Saltillo and Monterey, brought j by the schooner Decatur, from the Bra , zos. We also received the “Monterey Pioneer” of the 29u1t., from w hich some i extracts will he found in our columns.- - - j The subject matter of our letters—the j battle of Buena Vista-**we have already u-iven io detail. We therefore confine The publication of onr correspondence to the extracts given below. In addition we have only to add, that we have conversed with Capt. Mi nor, who left Monterey on the 31st ult. ] He confirms the statements of Mr. Pus- j ter, which we published on Sunday, that the wounded men are suffering much, and that many of them are dying; that the route from Monterey to Comargo is | now open, both by Gerralvo and China, and that Canales has followed in the foot steps of bis illustrious predecessor, Urrea, and retreated through Tula Pass, clean beyond the mountains. Our army, as a matter of necessary precaution, has burned down all the towns and ranchos between Monterey and Comargo. The twelve months’ volunteers, whose term of service is about to expire, are or dered down to the lower ports on the Uio Grande,while the now troops are proceed ing up to take their place, under Gen. Taylor. Col. Morgan’* Fiiilii With Ceil. Circa, at Frio. We have not yet seen the particulars of the battle which has been frequently referred to, as having taken place be tween Col. Morgan, of the 2d Regiment of Ohio Volunteers, and Gen. Urrea’s Lancers. The following extract from a letter from an esteemed correspondent in Saltillo, will in some degree supply this vac u im: Part of the Ohio, hastening to the relief of General Taylor, from Cerralvo, in ail 212, under Co!. Morgan, fought wi»h over a thousand Lancers, under Gen. Urrea, near Agua Fiio, for five hours, until aniilerv came to their aid from Monterey. Lieut. Stewart, of Company C. of that regiment, merits the highest i praise for his daring bravery, in riding 1 through the Mexican lines, to asK rein- j forcements. The American forces,drawn up in a hollow square, repulsed charge ( after charge of the horse, sustaining a ! heavy site from the chaparral. Capt. Latham, w th, his Riflemen, was about charging into the chaparral fora hand io- j hand,flight but was recalled,as it appeared evidently the design of the enemy to both j break the square and induce the men to charge into the sides of the road, where, singly, they would not be aole to meet j horsemen. There was every reason io ! believe that men were in ambuscade, ready to rake, at a single volley, any small body of men opposed to them. And so it afterwards appeared; for, on the first fire from tl e cannon into one oi these sns pected places, nearly 30 of the enemy were killed. After fifteen m notes fight with the cannon, the Lancers fled in every direction, leaving more than a hundred on the field. We lost four kill ed and a few wounded. The enemy kept j up a heavy fire from escopctas, but gene rally overshot u°. Capt. Graham, Qr, j Master at Cerralvo, was shot through the heart, in the beginning of the fight, and died instantly. Col, Morgan was himself—cool, brave and determined, j with the heart of youth and head of age \ —as a voung man but old Pexan will j always feel in battle. The word now passes along the line ; —“San Luis in six weeks.” As soon as the rainy season commences, Ho, for . •San Luis! and judging from what has happened—catching a prophetic gleam of i the future by the reflection from the past —we can well concur in the rude but truthful sentiment of a wounded volun teer —“Taylor w ill take it like a d—n! ’ j [From the N. O. Picayune 15th inst.] From Ifew Mexico. The St. Louis Republican of ti e 9:h inst. has nearly five of its broad columns filled with letters from New Mexico. An | express has arrived at Fort Leavenworth j with dates from Santa Fe to the 17th Feb ruary. The Republican gives a full account j of the military events by which the in surrection in which Gov. Bent w as assas sinated was suppressed. Signal vengeance | was taken on the perfidious foe, but in open, fair fought fields. The details ot the Republican arc very interesting, but our columns are already surcharged. We may recur to the subject. The battle of Sacramento was fought eleven days after the latest date we have from Santa Fe. In the usual course, therefore, many weeks must elapse before we have the American report of that bat tle. From the ISvazos. The steamer Maria Burl, Capt. Riddle, arrived yesterday from the Brazos; by her we have a copy of the Matamoros Flag of the Tib instant. No events of interest had cccured on the Rio Grande. Col. Cushing arrived in Mat a mores on the sth instant. The following items are all from the Flag of the Tilt. We received no letters by this a t rival. A depot has been established at China and one just below Comargo, at ioan’a Anna. Owing to the shallowness of the river, Reynosa will become oneultimately. Capt. Arnold lias reached Comargo with two companies of dragoons and four I companies of Kentuckian', i Lieut. Leslie Chase, formerly acting I assistant quartermaster at this place, has : been appointed judge advocate for the western division of the United States ! army. The appointment is a good one. Maj. Gorman, 3d Indiana Regiment, who distinguished htmsef well at Buena | Vista, accompanied by Lieut. J. A. Pickett and J. A. Buckmaster, passed i down the river to.dav, after tarrying a • * • short lime in our city. These gentlemen I I were all wounded in the battle. Ti e two !a-t belong to St. Louis. Cap*. .Steen, I I Ist Dragoons, wounded in the leg, also ! was passenger on the same boat. Mail Arrangement . —The post office at Point Isabel having been removed to the Brazos, the mail will hereafter leave this place every day at 9 A. M., arrive at j Point Label at 3 P. M., and at Brazos at 5 A. M. Leaving the Brazos at 8 A. M., j it will arrive at Point Isabel at 9 A, M., | and leave for Matamoros at 10 A. M. The Xf"o!5;itio»« al Vera Cruz. In the “American Cagle” from Vera Cruz we have a cony of Gen Scott’s sum- I rnons of ihe city to surrender and the reply thereto; also the application of the ; foreign consuls for a suspension of fire and leave for women, children and non combatants to retire. The general purport of these is already known to all, and we cannot spare the room they would occupy; but one fea’ure in the business must be distinctly understood, Gen. Scott in his summons offered, in order to spare the effusion of blood, to stipulate that if the city should by capita lation be garrisoned by a part of his troops, no mis tile should he fired from the | city, its bastions or tea/Is upon the castle , ; unless the ensile should preciously fire upon (he city. Gen. Morales rejected this chance to save the city and its in habitants from destruction. The offer was eminently humane, and had it been accepted much blood would have been spared, and at the expense of (don. Scott’s means to reduce the castle. 'Phis mat ter should he distinctly understood. I AUGUSTA. GEO., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1817. JCrTho Constitutionalist T etter Sheet Prices Current, will be ready fur delivery This Morn ing, at 9 o’clock. OUT It gives us pleasure to announce that a i change is to be made by the direction ot the j Postmaster General, the contractor, J. 11. Spencer consenting thereto, in the departure jof the mails from this placcTor Darby’s, Eu -1 bank’s,Culhreafh’s, Lincolnton, Eiberton and Carnesville. Hereafter the mails will leave ou Thursday morning, G o’clock. This arrangement, we presume, will go into effect next. week, i Our subscribers are indebted to the accom modating spirit of Mr. Spencer, for thus vol untarily agreeing to this change. It subjects I him to considerable inconvenience, but lie j submits to it in a most commendable spirit of ; self sacrifice. Our subscribers on this route to the Week ly Const itutionalist, will in future get their papers several days earlier than heretofore. Mexican Cruelly ami Perfidy. The name ot Mexican is indissolubly as sociated in the mind of our countrymen with all that is atrocious and cruel in war, and I with ail that is perfidious and mendacious in negotiation. The loathing in which their j national character is held by us, was first I deeply implanted by the events ot the flexan | revolution,and have grown info a feeling of | settled haired which has become national and i perpetual by the more recent enormities of the present war. It becomes important, how ever, as a matter of justice, that the mind | should discriminate in regard to the race of men whose vile and murderous instincts have | prompted to crime and on whose name must j rest the odium. There are races of men in ! Mexico, who from the time of the conquest, | : have been more ‘sinned against than sinning;' | i who from that time have been the victims of I cruelty, oppression and wrong. They have been degraded and vitiated by their oppres- j I sor s, but yet are entitled to the compassion | and sympathy of generous minds. One of ' tiio beneficient fruits of the war will be to ; extend to them the protection of the Ameri -1 can flag, the blessings of education and mo ! ra! instruction, and the stimulating influences j | of wise and wholesome laws to develope the resources of their country. We allude I of course, to tbe Aboriginees—the descen dants of the Aztece and other subjects of the Montezumas. It is not from them that 1 Mexico derives her perfidious nature, her lust for slaughter and her delight in cruoi j deeds. These were imported from Old Spain ; a land steeped in crime of the bloodiest hue, whose whole history is revolting to humanity,and at war with every precept of Christianity. The Spanish character borrow ed some of the lustre of chivalry from noble antagonists, the Moore. They were a race of anon far superior to the Spaniards in every estimable quality for war or peace.— When finally borne down by the weight of huinkers, they succumbed to Spanish rule and turned their attention to the arts of peace, they became so thriving—their population in- i rnw ■ ai i ■win 1 » mis nna > b n —i — n\m \ " pw " ! created so rapidly ami their towns arid vil j I ages sprung up and flourished in suclj num bers as to excite the fears of their conqucr ' ors. For eight centuries had thev dwell on Spanish soil, distinct in character, language, religion and manners. They were a frugal ’ and industrious people. The cabinet of i Philip 111, about 1609, coolly deliberated on ; the alternative of putting the whole Moorish I a i race to the sword, or of transporting them to ! foreign parts. There were many advocates ' of their indiscriminate slaughter; but fear I & > tiie indignation of the Christian world induced | the scarcely milder policy of banishment. — * 1 The following is a brief outline of the hur I rors that ensued : | “By the edict of expulsion, ail the men. wo | men. and children, were commanded, under pain j of death, to be ready, within three days , to re- | pair to the sea-ports for embarkation. All their effects were Confiscat. d; ind death was pronounc ed against those who should attempt to conceal any part thereof. The numbers that were mas sacred on their route to the coast, and that perish i ed on their voyage to Barbary, have been vari ously represented by different historians, not one of who n makes the number less than one hun dred-thousand men, women and children. They were barbarously murdered at sea, by t he officers and crews of the ships which they had freighted. There are instances recorded ol inhuman cruel ties exercised on this injured and defenceless people, surpassing in atrocity whatever is related in sacred or profane history. Men were but chered in presence of their wives and children, and the latter afterwards thrown alive into (tie sea. Some of the females, on account of their beautv, wore preserved alive for a short time, to ! glut the brut; 1 lust ofthe murderers of their hus bands or brothers, and then either slaughtered or committed to the waves. Such were tire deeds of horror which were revealed, upon the trials to which these inhuman barbarians were brought, in consequence of their quarrelling with them- , selves concerning the division ofthe spoil. “The fate of those wiio reached the coast of 1 Barbary was not less deplorable. They were i | furiously at acked by the Bedouin Arabs, a wild ; banditti, who subsist t v plunder. C-’fsix thou- I sand Moors, who set out together from( hmastal, a town in the neighbourhood ot Oran, with an in- ! tention of going to Algiers, only one person *ur- ! vived to reach that place. “la some parts of Spain, where the Moors cither resisted the order fur expulsion, or could not comply with it under the peremptory terms , prescribed they were butchered in the most | horrible manrn r. No mercy was shown to age or j sex; while rolling in the dust, imploring u erev of i their savage conquerors, they were indiscrimi nately slain. Some had shelti redthemselvesamong I the woods and rocks; hut Philip fixed a price upon | their heads, and soldiers were sent to hunt for j them as for boasts ol prey. Scarcely an individual ' escaped. Those who were taken alive in the I m mutains of Valentia, were conducted to the • city; and, after suffering every specie? of mockery ! and insult, were put to death by excruciating I tortures. Such of our readers as wish to examine i the detailsof these dreadful transactions, are re ferred to Watson’s History of the Reign of Philip 111, and to contemporary historians.” This is not the only passage in Spanish history in Europe that illustrates the feroci ty of her people. They arc execrated in every j land which their invading footsteps have j pressed, and are still bitterly remembered in | the Netherlands in traditions of their cruel ties perpetrated more than two centuries a ,r o. Their civil wars arc replete with in- 1 j 0 , j j stances, down to the present day, of barbart- | ’ t : os so shocking us to make h r-canity weep. But it is in the New World thf t the widest held was found in which to slake their na- . tional thirst lor blood. T he v\h< lesale slangh ter, in mere wantonness, of the naked and defenceless natives of Hispaniola, who were i remorselessly pursued with fire and sword, j and hunted down by blood hounds, forms one ’ | of the most shameful and heart rending ! j dramas in the history of the world. In te j < ! i rusing its crimsoned pages, the reader would exc.aim— j “Oli! bloodiest picture in the book of time !” were it net that in pursuing the sad history further, darker and more disgraceful scenes unfold themselves. The conduct of Cortez in Mex co, of Pizarru in Peru, and of the chiefs of each minor expedition that invaded and conquered province after province in ■ Spanish America, partake all of the same en sanguined tissue. The same disregard of pledges too, which makes Spanish diplomacy j I in Europe proverbial, characterized their in- | j tercourse with the Aboriginal nations. Flags j of truce were violated, the most sacred pledges I broken—the rites of hospitality accepted but as a means of treachery, or extended as a lure to betray, and even the sacred offices of i religion used to give greater certainty to the i ingenious schemes for entrapping their Itap | less victims. During the Mexican revolution, the royal ist party, under the vice-royalties of Vanrgas and Calkju, transcended all past achievements ! in perfidious and cruel dealing. The official i despatches of the former give details of thou ; sands of insurgents murdered in cold blood 1 after they had been taken prisoners. His ; under officers boasted in their reports to him ! ofthe thousands slain by them while kneel i ing, and imploring merry—of flags of truce | violated —of towns destroyed and the popula tion without distinction of age or sex slaughl | ered. They rested their claims for promo tion, which were not unheeded, on these very | atrocities. General Calleja, for his superior i success in wholesale butchery was afterwards i made vicc-roy. j In Central America those horrors were per -1 Kaps on a still more gigantic scale. Some idea may be formed of them from the fact, that it appears from official documents that in the three provinces of \ enezuela, New Granada and Quito, in nine years eighty thousand prisoners were destroyed, in cold blood by hanging, shooting and oilier modes of execution. In addition to these, a writer, discoursing on these scenes, asks, “How many inoffensive men, women and children : have been slaughtered, of whose fate no i further notice has keen taken, in the official j despatches of the royal commanders than in the foilqjving words; The town or pueblo of ed from the face of the earth. ” In the eloquent manifesto, addressed to all nations, put forth by u Congress of the pro- i I lliwil . " I.' I'M H«. I.» »m n.w 1 11 1 l —3, AUGUSTA WIIOLITSALE PRICES CURRENT, Al’ltlL 21, 1847. 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Total Coastwis* 82425) 76205 122987 "65191 585|9~ 76-21 96767 160901 U<>69 11136 100067 120254 I Grind T0ta1....'.* 789605112902 2521 it, ioFoo 161588 2 H 657 433412 676214 8925*1 91001 j vinens of Rio de la Plata;at Buenos-Ayres, the 251 h of October, 1846, occur the follow ing passages. “A gesture, a clouded vistige, an indiscreet I word, or a tear stealing down the cheek was | a crime of state. The royalists have adnpt ed the dreadful system of putting men to death indiscriminately, for no other purpose than to diminish onr numbers; and, on enter ing our towns, have been known to massa i cr e even the unfortunate market people, driving them to the public square in groups, i and shooting them down with cold-blooded 1 wanton.cruelty.” * * * “They have j wantonly shot the bearers of flags of trucej I and have committed the utmost horrors upon chiefs after their surrender, and other princi pal personages, notwithstanding the humani -1 ty that had been shown by us to those pri- I s on ers who fell into our hands. In the dis trict of Valle Grande, they indulged them selves in the brutal sport of cutting off the ears of the natives, and transmitting a pan nier full of them to head-quarters* They af terwards destroyed the town by fire; burnt I about forty populous villages of Peru; and ! took a hellish pleasure in shutting np the in habitants in their houses before setting them on fire, in order that their unhappy victims might be burnt alive. These scenes of barbarity have been enact ed wherever the language of the Spaniard is spoken. In every province on this conti nent his course has been tracked in blood, cruelly and perfidiously shed, feo fierce and vindictive have been ids passions, that lie i has proved himself alike incapable of govern ing himself, and of governing others. A ruthless oppressor of the weak Indian, he has been also a victim and a slave to himself. Every effort at self government has been abortive. The self styled republics of Spanish America have been but a series of anarchies. The province of Texas, settled by invitation ofthe Mexican authorities by citizens ofthe United States, sought a nobler destiny. It chose to hold to the Constitution 0f'1824, guarantied to it by solemn pledges, when Santa Anna insisted on subjugating it to his military despotism. And for the resistance ofthe gallant Texans to the attempted out rage, the massacrecs of Fannin’s brigade and of the defenders of the Alamo—the decima tion ofthe Micr prisoners, and the cruellies to the Santa Fe prisoners, were among the consequences. It was Spanish cruelty— Spanish ferocity dictating these outrages. It is the infusion of Spanish blood in the veins of the Ranchero who massacres the woun ded on the field of battle, and mutilates the bodies of the dead, that converts him into a fiend. The native Mexicans, the Peons, as they are called, may have acquired some of the bloodier traits of the Spaniard. But though now so degraded and corrupted, it is hoped that they arc capable of being made a valuable class of population. Inevi table destiny must place large bodies of them under ihe protection of the conquering arms of our great republic. May this second con quest be one which shall not .degrade, but shall exalt—which shall not stultify—but shall enlighten—a conquest which shall carry in its train the arti ol peace —the ARTIC LES. \ l\r. Wholesale LIME hhl. 150 a 250 MOLASSES —Cuba gal. -8 a3 > N Orleans j. .. . 40 a43 ' NAILS—Cut, td to 20d ... 5* a 5i OlLS—Sperm, W. strained M 0 a Fall strained d 1’2.) n Summer Ju. - Mb a Linseed bbl. ST ia Tanners on a I. ird Mo a j POT \TOES bbl. “10 a 300 PORTER doz. 225 a 25 ) PEPPER—BIack. ft JO a 12 PIMENTO Uka RAISINS—MaIaga, bunch box. 225 a 250 .Muscatel 2 a RlCE—Ordinary 100. 425 a 550 Fair IT > u 5 Good and Prime. 525 u 550 f French Brandies val. RO a 2 I Uesjer Fre res 2T ) a 3 ; Holland Gin 125 a 150 | American Gin u 40 ■( Jamaica Rum 15 0 a 2 -J N.C. Rum,lids, and brfs ...{ 37 a 38 /- Whiskey, Phil. A Balt 33 a 35* Do. New Orleans 30 a 33 b Peach BrauiW 75 a 100 SUGAR— ft j 8a 10 P.U. & St. Croix | 9a 11 Havana,while • 10 a II New Orleans I 8 a 9 Leaf. I 13 « 14 Lump j II a 12 SALT—Liverpool sack 150 a Leose bus. 40 a 45 SO VP—American,yellow ft j 5 a ♦> SHO P—All sizes 102 a 175 SEG VRS—Spanish M. 20 «30 American 8 a 10 TALLOW—American 8i a 9 TOBACCO —Georgia ft 4 a Cavendish ...d 15 a 15 TWINE —Battling 20 a 17 Seine j ... 30 a 60 a«iiiF*!»geit*>•»• -fc- ’Ti mtmsm m** •» erm rrat-jr liiitits of education, and the cheering and i elevating influences of a pure Christianity. LATER ITtOM NEW MEXICO. OUR ARMS AGAIN VICTORIOUS. At, St. Louis advices have been received from Santa Fe *o Feb. 10th. Details are n-iven ofthe horrible mastacre at Taos, and I ° j sub' '’qeent battles. After the severe encounter between our forces and the Mexicans near Senta Fe, Colonel Price, with three hundred men an 1 four howitsers, advanced to Puebla, where the Mexicans had fortified two strong large houses and a church, on the 31st January, and immediately attacked them. At the first charge of the Dragoons and Infantry, < Am ericans were killed and several wounded. Capt. Burgwin was fatally shot in tbe lungs as he was gallantly leading the company to the attack. The church and houses were stormed. The Mexicans retired, and the dragoons pursued and ki!ledlso to 200. Com plete victory achieved American lossl2 kilted, and 30 wounded. The dates from El Passo are to January 20th, Major Clarke had arrived with the Artillery, Col. Doniphan was hastening pre parations to advance on Chihuahua. — Ho had heard of Gen. Wool’s leaving for Saltillo, Cnpl Mitchell’s company bad pusheds2l miles advance on the mainline, which was expert, ed to move February (i;h. Col. Doniphan was confident of taking Chihuahua. There were reports of 5000 Mexicans there, but doubtless the number is much exaggerated, and no Mexican supplies or could be expected nearer than Durango. 33= The Xevv-Vork Express of Friday, in its evening edition, says—“ Ihe activity in Stocks to day, is quite remarkable, and the j amount sold far above that of any day for a very long time. The new I rcasory notes have sold largely at 103 cash, and advance of 1; per cent. “Money has suddenly become very plenty- This may be owing to the great amount that was accumulated by capitalists to subscribe for the Loan; being disappointed in this, they are now seeking to invest. Paper which could not be negotiated a short time since, is now taken freely. “The Banks are also strong in specie— their balances are considerably beyond what is wanted.” Relief Committee ofSavannah, has received from the inhabitants of St. Marys and its vicinity, by the hands of S. Cohen, Esq , two hundred and twenty one dollars and fifty cents, to be invested in provisions for the suffering inhabitants of Ireland and Seoul and. The Next Governor. John R. Hayes, Alexander A. Alien, and Charles J. Manverlyn, Eaqs,, have been appoint ed to represent the Democrats of Decatur in the Convention, and the first Monday in July sug gested as a suitable day for bolding the same. The party in Murray have appointed Wnq B. Cone, C. A. Lenan, and Arcibald Sloan, as their delegates to the Convention, and recognise the first Tuesday in Juno as the day, inasmuch I is oilier Counties have appointed Delegates to t attend on that day. EXCHANGE. Augusta 1 nsurance ami Banking Company,., par Bunk of Augusta Branch Statu of Georgia, Augusta, (| Bunk of Bninswirk, Georgia Kail Koail, * Mechanics’Bank, Bank of Sr. Mary's, Bank of Milledgeville, Bank oi the State of Georgia, at Suvannuir,... ‘‘ Branches of ditto, Marine and Fire Insurance Bank, Savannah,. “ Branch of ditto, at Mar-0n,.... Planters’ Bank, Savannah, Central Bank of Georgia, Central B. B. Ac B'U’g. Co., Savannah, “ Charleston Banks,. “ Ban k of ('amden ‘ ‘ Bank ot Georgetown .... “ Commercial .Columbia “ .M rchants’, at Ciieravv, “ Bank of I lamburg “ Alabama Notes 2 0 dis. Merchants’ Bank of Macon, 5 0 0 “ Commercial Bank, at .Macon, failed NO SALK OH UNCKRTAIN • Bank of Darien and Branches. Bank of Columbus. Chattahoochee Hail Road and Banking Company .Monroe Rail Road and Banking Company. Planters and Mechanics’ Bank. Columbus. Western Bank of Georgia, at Rome. Kxcbange Bank, Brunswick. ; ns. Bank of C..linn bus,at Macon .. no circulation. PUieni* Baal; ol Columbus. Cl! KCKS. On New Vork, par. Philadelphia,. Boston Charleston and Sava nnali, Lexington, K ent ucky, • • Nashville, Tennessee STOCKS. Georgia, S per cents .100 n Io 1 Georgia, 6 percents ‘.*7 a ‘JS Annexation. In making a summary of the topics of impor tance touched upon in a single number oft lie London Morning Chroncle of a late date, the N. Y. Commercial remarks—“ Another matter ol interest is an editorial article concerning Great Britain’s various Annexations’ in India—her rp proprialions ot Scintle, part ul the Punjaub, &c. The Chronicle looks v ith horror upon our an nexation of Texas and demonstrations ii|w<n Mexico, but "don lies what hash, cn dm In i India J a , and more than insinuates that the work must and will iro on until the whole Sikh territory and much other are added to the British empire in the East. So differently things appear when seen from different points of view.” fj*We arc requested to give notice that tire Western Mail closes at 5 P. M. COMMITTEES OF CITY C'OUNCIE. 'i’he following are ihe Standing (Committees of tlie City Council, appointed hy his Honor the Mayor, according to a resolution passed on the 13th day of April, 1817. Accounts —Dugas, Harper,Bishop, Garvin. Streets and Drains—Hilt, Bishop, Hopkins,Kirk pat rick. Bridge—Harper, Conley, Hopkins, Garvin. Pumps and Wells—Parish, Hadley,‘Huff, Kin h en. Engines—Kitchen, Hopkins, Huff, Parish. Hospital—Garvin, Hadley, Dugas, Harper. City Hall—Conley, Hitt, Hadley, (Jarvin. South Commons—Huff, Hitt, Hopkins, Parish River Bank and Wharves—Kirkpatrick, Har per, Dugas, Bishop. Jail —Hopkins, Kirkpatrick. Huff, Kitchen. Market —Parish, Hadley, Conley, Hilt. Health—Bishop, Huff, Harper, Parish. Police—Conley, Kitchen, Bishop, Kirkpatrick. Water Works—Bishop, Kitchen, Hopkins, Par ish. Magazine —Garvin, Huff. Kitchen. U KCAPITL’ I-AT ION. Parish—Pumps and W ells, Engines, South Com mon, Market, Health, Water Works. Garvin—Hospital, Accounts, Bridge, City Hall Mngazi ne. Kirkpatrick—River Bank and Wharves, Streets and Drains, Jail, Police, • Dugas —Accounts, Hospital, River Bank and Wharves. Hadley—Pumps and Wells, Hospital, City Hall, Market. Hopkins—Jail, Streets and Drains,Bridge, En gines, South Commons, Waterworks. Conley—Police, Bridge, City Hall, Market, Water Works. Huff—South Commons, Pumps and Wells, En gines, Jail, Health, Magazine. Bishop—Water Works, Accounts, Streets and Draines, River Banks and Wharves, Health, Po lice. Harper—Bridge, Accounts, Hospital, River Bank and Wharves, Health. Kitchen—Engines, Pumps and Wells, Jail, Po lice, Magazine. Hitt —Streets and Drains, City Hall, South Com mons, Market. wl l ait f dth f, ctoit s. Bishop, Kitchen, Kirkpatrick, Hopkins. The Mayor has also appointed the following ci tizens from the different Wards, who, together with the Health Committee, constitute the Board of Health fur the ensuing year: Ward No. I.—L. C. Dugas, A. C. Caldwell, C 13. .Martin. Ward No. 2.—William 11. Tult, B. F. Chew, Joseph E. Marshall. Ward No. 3.—Dr. 11. F. Campbell, John Dav id son, F. Lamback. Ward No. 4.—L. P. Dugas, Greenville Sim mons, Peter Carre. I W. MILO OUN, Clerk of Council. April 2ff 3 16b