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Tin: eoNsrirOTioNALisT. 1 JAMES GARDNER, JR. T E It H S . Daily, per annum ' | Tri-Weekly, per annum, '■ 00 If paid in advance, Weekly, per annum, ' if paid in advance, - 'i' O CL I. 15 S . We call particular attention to the following terms of our paper : To Globs, remitting $lO in advance. FIVE COFIKS are sent. Thß will put our weekly pa- ! p6r in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. 3^-All new subscriptions must he paid in advance. ■xrP- Claire must be paid uu all Coraiaiuucaticns . and Let’ersofbusiness. UK NEVER Dii> RROPOSE. lie told his love at vesper hour, _ Whenbeils »ouM sweetiy ■ mv; * lie said I was tile >wc-losi r That blossom’d in tlie <priia And of bis constancy he’d prcuch, And call me his sweet rose; 1 thought it strange with such iine speech, He never did propose. At every place ofgay resort if,, lingered by my si !•’. And though he tfiried with my lieait, i loved and conld not chide. Another w liigp’rms in my c; r, His brow would discompose; And yet with a.I his jealous fear, He never did propose. He w ent abroad, and gained a name On lodia’sburuinjrstrand: Then home tie came, with wealth and fame, And nobly sought my hand. He w hispered lovi —yes a» of yore, And called me his sweet rose; ’Cause he was poor, he said before, He never did propose. We met aqain at eventide, When dew-drops sparkling shine; H<- asked mcthen to be his bride, And say,could I decline? Is HI 1 was born to be lii> 1 Ac — , His own till life shall close: Tire worth and talent made him great He never did propose; [From the N. O. Picayune, I Gth inst.] j The Buttle* ii* New Alexlco. In our paper of the Till insi. wo 'rave the results of the battle at M to Town, iu which Capt. Henly was killed: also the fight at La Canada, in which Col. Price defeated 2000 Mexicans; and also an af fair that occurred at El Emboda, twenty miles from Taos. V; e gave the results and now proceed to add the battle of Taos, or Pueblo de Taos. We are ex tremely sorry that we cannot give ihe whole connected narrative of the cam paign, which lasted nineteen days, and assures our conquests in New Mexico. — Our troops in the following action were under the command of Col. Price. We copy exclusively from the St. Louis Re publican: Feburanj 3.—Marched four miles toFer nando, where Gov. Lent and other Ame ricans had been murdered, and thence to Pueble de Taos, distant two miles. On ! our approach the Indians and Mexicans ■shouted so loud that we heard thorn at a mile distant, and as we came near the town, they used all sorts of abusive epi thets towards us, thinking themselves safe in their strong place. The troops were soon brought into line, and a heavy can nonading w'as opened upon them, with discharges of small arms. This was continued till all the ammunition for tile » cannon was exhausted, the amunition wa- i gon having been left some miles in the rea". Night was now close upon us, and the colonel ordered the troops to relurn to Fernando, to prepare for a renewal of the attack the next morning. February 4. —We were again before ■the town soon after sunrise. The six pounder in charge of Lieut. Wilson, Ist Dragoons, and two howitzers, all un der Lieut. Dyer, ordnance, with a por tion of the volunteers, were placed in po sition on the side of the town, and the other two howitzers, in charge of Lieut. Hessendeubel,with Cant. Burgwin’s com- j pany of dragoons and one company of volunteers, look position on another side, .so as to make a cross fire. The action now commenced at three hundred yards distance, and a continued cannonading was kept up with shells and grape shot from the howitzers, and solid shot from the six-pounder, till half past 11 A. M., with occasional fires from our sharp shooters, as chances offered—by which means the enemy were driven from the streets and plaza, and had ceased their yelling. At this time, the colonel order ed a charge from each side. This charge was made promptly and vigorously, but unfortunately, Capt. Burgwin’s company of dragoons, with Capt. McMillen’s com pany of mounted volunteers, reached the church door before the other party came up; the consequence was, that the inten ded diversion was not effected, and Capt. | Burgwin’s command received the full shock of the enemy’s fire, for a time.— Capt. B. had five dragoons killed, and nineteen severely wounded, several of whom soon died—among them, Capt. Burgwin. Capt. McMillen hud six se verely wounded. So destructive was the cross firing on those two companies, that they were compelled to retire behind the adode wall which surrounds the town, and which ran a few feet from the church. \ The whole soon came up, and break ing down the .wall, placed themselves close under the walls of the church, and j commenced cutting an opening into it with an axe. Still they were being shot from the top of the church, fronfits interior, through loop holes, and from oilier build- | ings which commanded it. As we had only axes to work with, our progress was slow; but while it was pro gressing a temporary ladder was put up, and the top ol the church was soon clear- j rd. Howitzer shells wore lighted and thrown into the opening which the Indians | had made—these exploded beautifully, and no doubt did good execution; but still they would shoot a man if he presented himself at the holes. Fire was communi cated to the roof, but being fiat and cov ered with earth, it burned slowly. The wall had been cut only about one foot deep, and as it now appeared that the town /nust be taken house by house, and lor cal' .sm'm.'mxmmm i- .tv, ttv lyrri^ 7 " -w that purpose it was all important to gel possession of the church that night, which was close on us, Col. Biice ordered Lieut. Dyer (he ought to he a captain) to bring up the 0-pounder within a few yards of the building, and with soli I shot to make a break, where the men had been cutting with axes. This was a hazardous duty, as he an 1 his men were dead murks for the enemy, but the order was promptly j obeyed the breach was made, and after throwing in a chargeof canister, and a lighted shell, the troops rushed in. The i Indians who had not been killed, fled, the front door was broken open from the in side, and we had possession of the church, but it was so full of smoke that it could not he occupied. ' The colonel ha 1 taken the precaution to place Capt. St, V rain’s company of Santa Fe mounted men, and Capt. Slack's com pany of mounted volunteers, in re ar of the town, and between it and the moun tain, supposing, when the charge was made, that many w ould attempt to escape. Such proved to be the case; the Mexicans ail fled, and left the Indians to fight it cut. These two companies killed fifty five. We soon gained possession of two or three houses near the church, but beyond them, one bundled yards distant, stoo l two im mense buildings, seven stories high, each story receding; and the only opening into the rooms was from the roof, down. Lieut. Heysendy hie, of the artillery, has promis ed me a plan ofthem, which I will send you, if 1 can gel it in time, for without this vou can ca rcely form an idea of their great size and strength. Into these the Indians all fled, and the colonel being convinced that they could not be taken without a heavier gun, sent an express to Santa Fe for one of the 24 pound howit i zers, and a supply of ammunition. V. e slop soundly that night, but were awake ’ early by the discharge offire-arms, which proved to be a sentinel firing on an In dian who was endeavoring to make his i escape. fie killed him after two dis charges. Early in the morning(February 3th,) the women came in crowds to the colonel, on their knees, with white flags, crosses, Ac., begging for mercy; and very soon the men followed them. The ■ colonel, thinking that tlie slaughter had been sufficiently great, listened to their : supplicaii ms, and granted them peace on condition that they would bring him Tornas, one of the leaders that had fled. 'This w as subsequently done. The total loss of the Mexicans. in the three j cngogoinents.is estimated at 2*2 killed; the num } her of their wounded is unknown. Our 'otal j loas Was It killed and 17 wounded, three of whom have s-im - *' died. '1 10 Delta gives the following list of killed and wounded: Killed —Privates Messers,mith, Graham, Pa pin; Ist Serg’t A. L. Caldwell; priva.e it- T. Bonier; IstSerg’l G. B. Ross; privates Brooks, JLevicy, Hansuker, J. Trua*, and Srrg’t Hart. If unruled —Col. Price, Capt, J. H. Burgwin, ' (since dead.) Ist Lieut. Van Valkenberg, (since dead.) Captain McMillan, !.-l Lieut. Irwm, tst Lieut. T. G. West, Lieut. J. .Mansfield; Serg’ts A. B. Aull, Caspers, J. Yanroe, Furguson; Cor i pnrais Jones and ingieman; privates Aulman, Murphy, Mezer, James Austin, S, Lewis. J. H j Cutaway, John Nagle, J.J. Fight.”, Henry Fen j der, Johnson, R. Hewitt, Howser, Ducoing, J. * Moon, Gibbons, J. L. Limn man, S. Blodgett, \ Crain, R. Dee s, G. T. Sickenhurg, IJ .gon -1 baugh, Anderson, Beach, Hutton, Hilliuian, ' Walker, Schneider, Shay, Near, Bremen, Biel : feldt, Jod. Kohn. (fin. Taytor—Tlcxicaa Uiinclilli. The following letter from Gen. Taylor re fers to the depredations committed by the Mexican banditti on the private and public property on the route from Comargo to Mon terey. and explains the course which he in i lends to pursue in regard to these outrages : The Oaneral-i n-Chief of the Ameri an Forces to the Inhabitants of Tumaulipas , Alieva Leon and Conhitila. W hen the American troops first crossed lire frontier, and entered the above iStates, it wbs with the intention, and publicly de clared to yon, of making war, not upon the peaceful citizens of the soil, but upon the central government of the Republic, with a view to obtain an early and an honorable peace. The undersigned was authorized by his Government to levy contributions upon the I people for the support of his army; but un j willing to throw the heavy burthen of the i war upon those who, with few exceptions, ; manifested a neutral disposition, he has con tinued from the first to pay punctually and liberally lor all supplies drawn from the coun try for the support of his troops. He has used every effort to cause the war to bear lightly upon the people of these Stales, and he had hoped, by this means, to retain their confidence and to assure their neutrality in the strife between his Govern ment and that of Mexico, but he regrets to say that his kindness lias not been apprecia | ted, but has been met by acts of hostility and i plunder. The citizens of the country, in stead of pursuing their avocations quietly at ; home have, in armed bands, waylaid the roads and under the direction, and with the support of Government troops, have destroyed trains, and murdered drivers, under circumstances of atrocity which disgrace humanity. 'Lite lives of those who were thus wanton ly put to death cannot be restored; but the undersigned requires from the people of the country indemnification for the loss sustain ed by tlie destruction of the trains and Jie pillage of their contents, to that end an estimate will bo made by the proper officers of the entire loss, and this loss must be made good, either in money or in the products of the country by the community at large, of the States of Tatnaulipas and New Loon, and Coahuila, each district or juzgauo, paying its just proportion. it is expected that the rich will pay their full share. And the undersigned calls upon all i good citizens to remain absolutely neutral, j and to give no countenance to the bands j which infest the country for the purpose of murder and pillage. It is his anxious desire | to continue the same policy as heretofore; : and he trusts that the course of the citizens i will enable him to do so. Z. TAYLOR, Maj. Gen. U. S. A. Head Quarters at Monterey, } March 31, 1847. S “Aid and Comfort.*’ The Richmond Enquirer of the 2Tlh ult. says: “The Whig press profess to he shocked at the supposition that the gross attacks ul : themselves and Whig po’iticians upon their I own government ar d upon the justice of the war, will have the eilect of inspiring courage in tlie heart of Mexico, and inciting her to continued resistance to our generous otters 1 of peace. The following article from the | Diario, the official paper of Mexico, clearly j shows how the ellbrls of our Federalists are | | appreciated in that country. The writer, j. | who draws his poisoned weapons of assault j I from the Whig press and politician?, has , ! shown himself to be epiile an adept in {he j ' task of villifying the President. Mr. Web -1 sieris warmly congratulated for his services, } and so are his fellow partizans. The lan guage of some of the Whig candidates for ; Congress in Virginia, to whose sentiments on i the war we have referred, deserves to he | placed in the same category of receiving the “thanks of the whole Mexican nation/’ From the .Mexican Diaro. “By the iast arrival from New Orleans, we have been placed in possession of late papers from the United States, and a majority of them magnanimously denounce and condemn (his war against this country , as “ infamous , unholy , and uni iyklcousf' - ‘"Daniel Webster, the most liberal and en lightened statesman of the country, says that ; the expenses of the war are over ‘half a mil- j lion of dollars a day,’ and he has introduced S resolutions into the Senate to impeach ike j cowardly Jirn Poll and turn him out of office, j These Northern barbarians cannot carrv on ; this war very long at this rate, and Mr. Web- | sler deserves the thanks of the whole Mexican I ! nation for the noble stand he has take'll on the 1 side oj fight and justice! Arise, Mexicans, ai d drive the invaders from our soil! “Mexicans can derive comfort from the. fact that the greater part of the. people of the i I nited Stales are opposed so this war, as their j 1 papers show, and the base man who is at the ! , head of the Government w ill be exiled from j | power. The sympathies o/'omf entire tar- ! i tv in that country are on our side , and lona I will Mexico rerm mber llicir j atriolh/n !” Kentucky Whigery is in great trouble | about the war. Scarcely a whig meeting I takes place in which some sparring does not : | lake place between the Mexican and Ameri ; can sides into which the whigs may be fairly divided. At Louisville, the whig meeting , opened with a formal denunciation of the war, , by one speaker, who followed his Congres- ! sional loaders in proclaiming it a Presiden tial war, unnecessary, wicked and unconsti tutional. Hut before they got through, men , of another sort of spirit spoke out a gam.-I the j ■ anti-American language, and the controver | sv went so far, that the anti-war speakers declared that persons of such opposite opin ions, could not act together as a party! Mr. Young, one of the whig members of i Congress, on reaching home, hot from his as socialic n with Corwin and Webster whigery i at Washington, made a speech at Bardstown, j on the subject of the war, to which Mr. Wickiifle responded. The Kentuckians ex | bibbed so much sensibility at the tory stripe j I of the speech, that Mr. Young attempted to j draw hack, and if we understand the Louis- j ; ville Democrat correctly, denied his own { | words. Wickliffe established them, by the j ■ certificates of persons who heard them! j It, has become full time for the people to j call these Mexican aiders and comforters to I some account, and there is a manifest shirk ing with some of them, particularly in the west, from this accountability.—Mobile Re g isler. Xhc Leaders o/ i!u' fairly. I It is well to call men ami things by their right names. Animated by this de i sire, we have called the opposition or w big 1 party, by the name they were known by | in the war of IS 12 —Federalists . 1 ney j ■ were so nettled by the recall of tl.rdr dis- , honored name, that we really fell quite concerned, lost they would not sleep at nights. In the abundance of our pity, we sung lullaby, and they might have rested : in peace for us, had wo not, in looking over the 3J volume el the ‘British Quar terly Review,’had our attention arrest; d at j page 232, by some remarks on these L . States, which, for the benefit of the con cerned, we rep r i n I: — Ftcch tnge j up>cr . From the British Quarterly Review, Feb ruary, IS4G. | ‘lt seems to be now admitted, either tacitly or openly, by polinciai iS of all j I grades, that the democratic principle is ; now surely triumphant in the U. States, j The struggle has been a long onm The j ' events of the disastrous war of 1311, the : naval victories of the United States; the j death of Gen. Ross, and the retreat of his | forces from Baltimore the total destruc- j tiou of Bir Edward Pukenham, and his brave, but ill-fated before New Orleans; and ihe naval supremacy of the | Slates on the lakes, we.e decisive as to the possibility of coercing this great re public by force, of arms. The attempt | was them made to elTect by the influence ! of money, that which the cannon and 1 bayonet were impotent to attain. It was I endeavored to rule the urtion of Slates I from England by means of a ‘moneyed I aristocracy.’ This, 100, has now utterly ; failed. The destruction of the U. States Bank and its paper money, by the resolved and intrepid President Jackson, dispersed j this deep scheme into empty aar. From i that hour the power of the American j I ‘Whigs,’ as they strangely term them- j | selves, began to decline and fall, j “The election of General Harrison to his brief Presidency, was their final effort. Since that period the influence of Messrs. Clay, Webster, and the other leaders of the English parly , has fallen to nothing with j the American people. 1 hey are naive r- I sally distrusted: and their subserviency to the views of the English Government had not only destroyed themselves, but has j excited across the Atlantic, a popular i feeling against England, or rather ‘ its I government,” which is not only deplora bio, but fearful and alarming in a high degree.” [From the A. Y. Globe.] (Ur’The following letter from Marla Edgeworth, has just been received by an intimate acquaintance an I correspondent, j and we hasten to give it publicity: Edgeworth Town, .March liih, 1847. To the Ladies of America, • More particularly to tlie Ladies ol New \ ork: Dear, kind and charilaalc. Ladies: You arc, as 1 am informed, well disposed to contribute to the relief of the distressed Irish; but before you yield to your feelings | of pity and pour forth your bounty, you wish to have credible assurance that the acc umts which you have seen in the pub lic papers of these distresses are true i representations, and not exaggerated pic tu res. I am encouraged by some of my many excellent friends in your country, to hope . that you will not consider my addressing you at this moment as ootrusive: I am encouraged to hope that you will believe i in the truth of the assurance 1 give you, that the accounts you see in the public papers, one of which I send with this let ter. are not exaggerated. From my long residence In Ireland, j during and since thelifelime of my father, | R. L. E Jgeworth, and from my connex- i ions in Ireland, you may infer that I have means of information, and from my pub- i lie character, so far as you can see it in rny writings, or gather it from my private I friends who have visited this country, 1 i - 7 i trust you will believe that 1 am incapable of exaggerating for any purpose—especi ally not for the purpose of working upon your feelings. 1 assure you that during my sixty-six years residence in Ireland, 1 never knew of distress equal to the present. I will not give you any private instances— t some might touch you deeply, hut none can or ought to strike you, and influence j tour feelings and your actions so much as the general information—the positive ; facts of ureal magnitude a fid awful con- j sequence—Famine, Disease, Deaths in- j numerable, are in all parts of [lire king dom—putrefaction and pestilence in some —audit the people are not immediately ' relieved by supplies of food, and enabled by supplies of seed to sow the land, the famine, diseases, deaths and pestilence ! must be still more dreadful next year. At lids moment a v&st quantity of the i land in Ireland lies untilled, for want both of men to till and seed to sow it. '{'he men who have been employed in 1 public works, now when almost 100 late, they are turned back to till the ground as tenants or as laborers for themselves or others, have merely and hardly been supported by their wages at the public 1 works-.-and cannot now, without wages, i or with lowered wages, feed themselves i or work to prepare a crop for nextseasrn. Fo-d—actual food—is wanted. But seed is more wanted— most wanted — Oats and Barely. Supply might come from America of Barley in time for sowing Indian corn food may be had for money —money will relieve all our wants for. the pre S cn! —but without seed our future \ is hopeless. I will not add more to this plain state ment of facts—but trust entirely, my dear Ladies, to your good hearts and good uu derstanndings. 1 sigh a„ name which has been trans- T' m milled to me unsullied hv falsehood. MARIA EDGEWORTH. All our city and country papers are respectfully and earnestly requested to copy the above communication from : Miss Edgeworth to the Ladies of Ame- O : iica. * j Strange Affnir. | Yesterday,ihe Coroner held an inquest on the body of a man who died in tbeChar ity Hospital,named Ira D. Bugbee,of Apa lachicola,but formerly of Columbus, Ga.; verdict, “apoplexy, from causes un known.” For the last two or three days the deceased it is said, had been boarding at the S’. C iarles Hotel. On Tuesday last he drew a large sumos money, and j in the evening is said to have been seen a j little excited, it is supposed fremdiquor. I Yesterday morning, a gentleman in the vicinity found ihe deceased very ill in a room rented by a negro woman belonging to Win, 11. Mem!, in Common, near Ba ronne street. The deceased being in a very criiical situation, and those who ! found him presuming that he had been \ poisoned, lie was immediately conveyed | to the Charity Hospital, where he died | yesterday morning at about 11 o'clock. A yellow girl, belonging to Mr. Hearing, I named Sarena.was arrested by the second : Municipality police, on the charge of hav- j ing been connected with the poisoning and robbery of the deceased. This girl was known to have been in live room, where ! the deceased was found, and is said to i have been heard to say, “I’ll give him a dose,” or something to that effect. She ! was placed in the guard-house yesterday, and ever since her arrest lias exhibited the greatest excitement —being nearly all the while in strong convulsions. As yet the affair seems to be wrapped in mystery. — N. O. V ila, loth inst. The Late Mr, I2iisl>oe. The circumstances are not yet develop ed, which would tend to explain the man ner in w fitch the deceased came to bis sudden, and many think, cruel death. The : last that was seen of him, we are informed, was about ten o’clock on Tuesday night . last, when be was in company with his friends at the Verandah. About that time Ire started, it was supposed, to go j to his lodgings. On that day he drew a 1 sum of money, 81500, but it has since 1 been found out that he paid away the j most of it; over one thousand dollars to a ; gentleman of this city. The slave Kitty, | upon whose person his watch was found, says that she discovered him near the i door, on Wednesday, early in the morn- ! ing, and seeing that he was in a fit, had j him taken into the house where he was , found by his friends. Her statements, I however, are very contradictory, and until, if indeed Mr. Bugbee’s death was occasioned hv violence, her accomplice j be found, ifcwill be almost impossible to arrive at any true conclusion regarding ; this, as yet, incomprehensible and fatal j affair.— Bella , IG//i inst. Ihso.in Miiledgevilte, on the I fall inst., after a 1 short illness, Mrs. Ann J. I’aine, wife of Dr. Charles.l. Paine, and eldest daughter of the late Judge Davies, ui Savannah —aged 45. AUGUSTA, GEO., _ Till RSDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, IS IT. melancholy CaKualSjr- One ofonr citizens, Mr. David B. Nafew. j of the firm of Oliver & Nafew, came to his death yesterday morning under the folio w * ing painful circumstances. He was at the river, near the wharf at the foot of Camp* bell-street, about 9 o’clock, and it is sonpos- I ed that while stooping over the water’s edge to bathe his head, as a relief from Vertigo, to which ho was subject, lie was overcome by a sudden attack of apoplexy, and fell info the water. He was last seen by a passer by, as if in the act of dipping up water in his hand 1 to bathe bis head, which was with him a fre quent practice, ills body was found a half j hour afterwards, at the same spot, almost quite submerged, and partly under a batteau which was fastened to the shore. At this point the water was only two or three feet deep. The verdict of the Coroner's Inquest, was “accidental drowning, in a fit of apoplexy#* Thus has passed from life and its busy scenes, in the prime of manhood, a most esti mable man—one endcaied to an extensive i family connection, and standing high in the regard of a wide circle of friends. Mr. Nafew was a son-in-law, of the Hon. , John Schley of this county, and was fonner ; ly a partner of the very respectable house of S Kellogg do Co., New York City. JTThe great Match Race between Col. Johnson’s Revenue, and S. T. Taylor’s Fan i ny King, for $ 10,000, came off over the Biga | man course. New Orleans, on the 15th inst. The weather was very unfavorable, it rain i ing most of the dav, but there was a large I” J ” attendance notwithstanding. Fanny was the i favorite at the start, but Revenue beat her j w ith ease in two straight heats. Time 9;4S j —9:50. From Eurojir—Uircct: The Charleston Courier of tlie 21st inst. says—“ The ship Medemseh, Capt. Chase, arrived at this port yesterday, from Liver- 1 I pool via Cork, in the short passage of 29 I days from the latter port. The M. sailed | ! from Cork on the 20lh March, and conse- i j quently could have brought the latest advices | j froin that port, but Capt. Chase had not pro- i | vidod himself with any papers. Our Liver- : pool dates by the Washington frying, at Bos ton, are later than could have been furnish ed by the Medemseh. “Capt. C. stales that the distress in Ire land still continued to a frightful extent — ; that in some cases entire villages vver-e de | populated, and that many must perish before | provisions could be conveyed to them.” Capt, Vinton. The Providence Journal publishes the following extract of a letter from Capt. Vinton, w ho fell in the siege of Vera Cruz: — “I have hitherto lived mostly for others—but my children will reap some of the fruits an my selfdenial, by the means 1 shall leave them of 1 living independently, and securing a good educa tion. I commit them in full reliance to the care of their i leavenlv Father, and I hope their trust in Hi.a will ever be at least as firm and unceasing as has been my own. My confidence in the overruling Providence of God is unqualified; so that I go to the field of action fully assured that whatever may befall me will be for the best. 1 tell proud to serve my tilts her appeal; : and should even the worst —death itself—by my i lot, 1 shall meet it cheerfully, concurring full in i the be uiliful Roman sentiment, “u/c; et JJde- I corum est,pro Putrid mori.' i Democratic .Stale v onmtJiou, Can Proposition. We beg leave again to in : vite the attention of the democratic press to the : proposition in our last paper,referring the to time of holding lire convention as well as the basis of its preliminray, organization to the Democratic Central Committee, who being equally distribut ed throughout the Slate, will best combine the general will. The basis of its actual or final or ganization willofcourse be regulated by thecon i vention itself. What say the Corps editorial \ o the Democratic press? Whatever we arc going I to do in tins way must lie “done quickly—-for { June, the ultimatum of all, is hastening upon us | with a rapid pace. To the above call of the Southern Danner, wc would.reply that we doubt not the reference of j the disputed questions to the Central Committee, j would be agreeable to the democratic patty. Cicueral Taylor Declines* 1 The New York Sun of the 14th inst. says I —“A letter received from Gen. Taylor speaks in terms which may be construed info a cen ! sure, of the course of those who were nomi nating him for the Presidency. We are as sured positively, that he will not permit his name to be used as a candidate fur tire Presi dency in 1848.” The X«xl Mleamer. The steamship Sarah Sands, from Liver pool for New York hu*? been at sea nearly twenty-two days, arid the Cambria, from Liv erpool fur Boston, is now in her eighteenth day. They are hpth about due, and will probably arrive in time for our next paper. We understand (says the Washington Union,) j that the President of the United States is about I to call immediately about 0,000 more volunteers j troops into the public service. They are princi- I paily intended to fill up the places oflhe volun | teers whose lime is about to expire. It is possible j that many ofthemwili renew their engagements; but to provide for any possible contingency, it is deemed best to make the call, j These troops are intended to strengthen the three divisions of our army, viz; at Santa Fe, the array in the divisions of the Rio Grande, and the . column of Vera Cruz. The Pueblo Indian*. In the recent massacre and subsequent engage ments in New Mexico,these Indians acted a con | spicuous part. We learn from the Independence Expositor, lh;;t when the fortified church of Taos was fired by the American forces, a Pueblo squaw appeared or the ramparts, bearing a flag of truce. I This was shot from her hand. Jn these engage ments. says the Expositor, the Indians fought better, and did more execution than the Mexicans- They would kill our men with their arrows at a distance of one hundred and filly yards, whilst on horse-back; they were perfect A . O. Delta. [From, tie N. V. Jturnal of Commerce, 15(L inst.] Vera C’rua. Jn ISII the number of deaths in Vera Cruz was 1017. baptisms 454. Excess of deaths 505. The population was then estimated at 0500. Os the whole number deceased, 155 died ot voniilo, 112 of small pox, 213 of consumption and diai rbn-v, 112 of fevers, and 39 of Dysentery, Jn 1804 the population was 10,000. The present papulation exclusive of troops is supposed to h« loss than 5000. The city is surrounded by a wall 3124 varas (yards) in circumference. The Cas tle is situated on a coral reef 1100 varas from the city. It is said to have cost the Spaniards, who originally built it, ,•310,000,000. It has been cap tured four times; first by surprise on the 14th Sep tember, 1503, by the pirate Juan Aquinas Acle, who was, however, shortly expelled by Don Fran cisco do Lujan, with the aid of a fleet composed 0f23 vessels. This happened when Don Mar tin llenriquez was Viceroy of Mexico, ihe si com! caj lure, also made by a pirate named Loren rillo, occurred in the night between the 1 <th and and ISth of May, 1093, and was far more disas rous in its consequences. Lorencillo, after he had mastered the citadel sacked the city ol \ ora Cruz, and alter having remained in peaceful pos session of both for the space or nearly two weeks, departed with his plunder. The third capture was effected by the French Admiral Baudin, and is too well known to require further mention. From Vera Cruz to the city ot Mexico, whith er our armv under General Scott is doubtless al ready marching, is 280 or 290 miles, viz: From Vera Cruz to Santa Fe I - miles. Santa Fe to Mananeial 15 — 27 Manancial to Passo de Orejas H — 98 Thence to Puente National (National Bridge) 9 - 47 The nee to Blass del Rio 12 59 T lienee to Enscro 12— 71 Tlience to Jai.apa 12— 83 Thence to Las Vigas 30 —103 Thence to Perote 22—125 Thence to Nopaluca 43—107 Thence to Puebla 38— 305 Thence loChoiula fi —213 Thence to Mexico i 0—283 S.ivs a little work recently published by Tlion. Cowpcrthwaitc & Co., of Philadelphia,—“The Puente Nacionai (National Bridge.) formerly the Puente del Rev or Ro\al Bridge, between the I two cities, is a stupendous work of soli 1 masonry, | thrown over a wild and steep ravine. Jalapa ; the i capital, is situated in a delightful district, about 4000 feet above the sea, and has 12.000 inhabi tants. The neighborhood is noted for the medi cal article jalap, which takes its name from the citv. Perote, 35 miles further in the interior, stands at an elevation ofßsoo feet above the sea; the climate is sometimes uncomfortably cold at j night. It contains one of the five chief fortresses of Mexico. A portion of the Texan prisoners ; taken at Santa Fe were confined here; and more j recently, General Santa Anna himself- Tile | population is estimated at 10.000.” MEETING OF FRESUYTEHY. Hopewell Presbytery will meet in the Presbyte rian Church This Morning, at 11 o’clock. Tim | Rev. NATHAN HOYT, D. I)., of Athens, is expected to preach the opening sermon. The pub i lie respectfully invited to attend. | April 2*2 170 COMMITTEES OE CITY COUNCIL. The following a-e the Standing Committees <»• the City Council, appointed by his Honor the Mayor, according to a resolution passed on the 13th day of April, 1817. Accounts —Dugas, Harper, Bishop, Garvin. Stfeets and Drains —Hitt, Bishop, Hopkins,Kirk -1 patriek. Bridge—Harper, Conley. Hopkins, Garvin. Pumps and Wells—Parish, Hadley, Huff, Kin h ! en. Engines—Kitchen,Hopkins, HutT, Parish. Hospital—Garvin, Hadley, Dogas. Harper. City HaU—Conley* Hitt, Hadley, Garvin. South Commons—HulF, Hitt, Hop!;in*, Parish River Bank and Wharves—Kirkpatrick, Har per, Dugas, Bishop. Jail —Hopkins, Kirkpatrick, Huff, Kitchen. Market—Parish, Hadley, Conley, Hitt. Health—Bishop, Huff, Harper, Parish. Police —Conley,- Kitchen, Bishop, Kirkpatrick. Water Works—Bishop, Kitchen, Hopkins, Par ish. Magazine —Garvin, Huff. Kitchen. It ECAI' ITU RATION. Parish—Pumps ami Wells, Engines, South Com mon, Market, Health, Water Works. Garvin —Hospital, Accounts, Bridge, City Hall , Magazine. Kirkpatrick—River Bank and Wharves, Streets i 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 Hull, Market, Water Works. Huff—South Commons, Pumps and Wells, En gines, Jail, Health, Magazine. Bishop —Water Works. Accounts, Streets ami Draines, River Banks and W banes, 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. i ’ WHARF DIRECTORS. Bishop, Kiti.lien, Kirkpatrick, Hopkins. The Mayor has also appointed tlie following ei ; tizens from the different Wards, who, together with the Health Committee, constitute the Board 1 of Health for the ensuing year: ! Ward No. I.—L. C. Dugas, A. C. Caldwell, C. i B. Martin. Ward No. 2.—William 11. Tutt, B. F. Chow, Joseph E. Marshall. Ward No. 3.—Dr-11. F. Campbell, John David ) son, F. Lainback. Ward No. 4.—L. P. Dugas, Greenville Sim ; raor.s, Peter Carre. W. MILO OEIN, Clerk of Council. April 29 3 108 ? ALEXANDER McKEXZIE, Jr. ; ATTORNEY AT LAW. Waynesboro’, Burke County, Ga. April 20 ly 163 * ECP Dividend No. 12.—Georgia B Rail Road and Banking Company.—A Dividend of $2 per share on the capital stock of this compa ny, will be paid to the stockholders on and after the 19th inst. J- W. WILDE, Cashier. April 16 6lc 165 - ~~QCf DIIST CLEVELAND & SPEAR having p purchased a license to administer Dr. Morton s s Letheon, for the alleviation of pain in surgical opc v rations, are the only persons now authorized to use it in Richmond county, Georgia. They are also authorized to act in the sale of i licence for places unsold. I). G. TEMPLE, a April 13 -Jtf A-cut for Dr. Morton.