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DIVIDED LOVE.
BV SAMUEL LOVER.
When Love o’er ihe warm heart is stealing
Ills mystic, his magical chain.
How wild is the transport of feeling.
We scarce can call pleasure or pain .
Till 'midst the bright joy that surround us.
Our bondage we tremble to see;
Jluf so closely bis fetters have hound us.
We struggle in vain to be free !
As vain is the hope of retreating
From peril that lurks in the eyes,
Wnen nl inc.es to • fluent, are meeting.
And sighs are re-echoed by sighs;
When thus, w ith two hearts that are lender.
The folly so equal hath been,
» J’„ med thatW/< should surrender,
And share the suit bo iid age bt t,\een.
( j oin Atov .Tlcxico.
IlEiDdt/ARTEKs Army in >ew Mexico, )
6ant.i Fe, Feb. 15, lbl7. $
Sir: I have the honor to submit io you
a short account of the recent revolution in \
litis Territory, and a detailed report of i
Die operations of the forces under my com
ruantf, consequent ujion the rebellion.
About the loth of December last 1 re
| ceived informal ion of an attempt to ex- |
cite the people of litis Territory against the
American government. This rebellion '
was headed by Thomas Ortiz and Diego
Archuleta. An officer formerly in the
Mexican service, was seized, and on his
person was found a list of disbanded Mexi.
can soldiers in the vicinity of Santa Fe.
Many other persons, supposed to be itnpli- |
caled, were arrested, and a full invesli- i
gation proved that many of the most in
fluential persons in the northern part ol
ibis Territory were engaged in the rebel- j
lion. AH attempts to arrest Ortiz and
Archuleta proved unsuccessful, and these
rebels have, without doubt, escaped in the
• direction of Chihuahua.
After the arrest above mentioned and
the flight ofOrliz and Archuleta, the re- ,
hellion appeared to be suppressed; but i
ibis appearance was deceptive.
On the 14th of January, Gov. Bent :
left this city for Taos. On the 19th nf
the same month, this valuable officer, to
gether with five other persons, were seized
at Don Fernando tie Taos by the Pueblos
and Mexicans, and murdered in the most
inhuman manner the savages could de
vise. On the same day, seven Amen,
cans were murdered at the A nova Hon
da, and two others on the Rio Colorado.—
The names of the unfortunate persons thus
brutally butchered are as follows:
At Don Fernando de Taos. —Charles
Bent, governor; Stephen Lee, sheriff; j
James VV. Leal, circuit attorney ; Cor- i
nelio Vigil, (a Mexican,) prefect; Nan
cisus Bcaubien, (son oftho circuit judge;)
Parbleau Harvimeab, (a Mexican.)
At the Arroyo. Honda. —Simeon Tur- i
Jedy, Albert Turbush, William Hatfield, j
Louis Tolq tie, Peter Robert, Joseph Mar- j
shall, William Austin.
At the Rio Colorado. —Mark Head,
William Harwood.
It appeared to be the object of the in
surrectionists to put to death every A me- i
I'ican and every Mexican who bad accept
ed office under llie American government.
News of these events readied me on i
the 20th of January ; and letters from the
rebels, calling upon the inhabitants of the
Rio Abajo lor aid, were intercepted. It
was now ascertained that the eriemv was
approaching this city, and that their force
i|was continually being increased by the 1
inhabitants of the towns along their line j
of march.
In order lo prevent the enemy from re
ceiving any further reinforcements in
that manner, i determined to meet them
as soon as possible. Supposing that the
detachment of the necessary troops would
weaken the garrison ofSanta Fe too much,
I immediately ordered up from Albuqner- j
que, Maj. Edmonson, 2d regiment Mis- |
souri mounted volunteers,and Capt. Burg,
win, with their respective commands, di
recting Capt. Burgwin, to leave one com
pany of dragoons at this post, and to join
me with the other. Maj. Edmonson was
directed lo remain in Santa Fe.
Captain Giddings, company A 2d regi
ment Missouri mounted volunteers, was
also ordered to join me with tiis compa
ny, upon the arrival of Capt Burgwin. j
Leaving Lieutenant Colonel Willock in
command of this post, on the 22d of Janu
ary I inarched from this place at the head
of Companies D. Captai/n McMillen, K,
Captain Williams, L, Captain Slack, M,
Captain Halley, and N, Captain Barber,
of the 2d regiment Missouri mounted vol
unteers, Captain Agney’s battalion of in
fantry, and a company ofSanta Fe vol
unteers,commanded by Captain St. Train.
1 aLo took with me four mountain howit-
which I placed under the command
of Lieutenant A. B. Dyer, of the ord
nance. My whole force composed three
hundred and fifty-three rank and file, and,
M itb the exception of Captain St. Train's
company, were all dismounted. On the
march, Captain Williams was taken sick,
and the command of Company K devolved
upon Lieutenant B. F. White. On the
24th of January, at half past 1, p. m.our
advance (Captain St. Train’s company)
discovered the enemy in considerable'
force near the town of Canada, their po
sition at that time being in the valley bor
dering the Rio del Norte. Preparations
were immediately made by me to attack
them; and it became necessary for the
ttoops to march more rapidly titan the am
munition and provision wagons could
liavel, in older to prevent the escape of
toe enemy, or to frustrate them in any at
tempt they might make to occupy com
manding positions. As I entered the val
ley, 1 discovered them beyond the creek
on which the town is situated, and in full
possession of the heights commanding the
toad to Canada, and of three strong
houses at the base of the hills. My line
of battle was immediately formed—the
artillery, consisting of four 12 pounder
mountain howitzers, being thrown for
ward on the left flank and beyond the
creek, the dismounted men occupying a
position where they would he, in some de
] gree, protected by the high bluff bank of
the stream from the fire ot the enetnv, un
i til 'he wagon train could he brought up.
i she artillery opened on the houses occu
; pied by the enemy, and on the more dis
tant height, on which alone theguns could
be brought to bear. The enemy, discov.
eiiog the wagons to be more than a mile
in the rear, sent a large patty to cut them
off; and if became necessary to detach
l Captain St. Train’s company for their
protection. Phis service was tendered in
'be most satisfactory manner. So soon
as the wagon train had been brought up, I
ordered Captain Agney to charge with
j his battalion of infantry and dislodge the
enemy from the house opposite the right
flank, and from w Inch a warm fire was
1 being poured on us. ’Phis was done in
J the most gallant manner. A charge was
then ordered to he made upon all the
[> >ints occupied by the enemy in any force.
Cap! ain Angney, with his command, sup-
I ported by Lieutenant \Vbile’s eompany,
charged up one hill, while Captain Si.
j Train’s company turned the same, in
order to cut of! the enemv, when in re
treat. The artillery, supported bv Cap
tains McMillen, Barber, and Slack, with
their respective companies, at the same
time took possession of some houses (en
closed by a strong corial densely wooded
j with fruit trees, from which a brisk fire
: was kept np bv the eneriiv,) and of the
heights bevond them. Captain Halley’s
{ company w as ordered to support Canfain
j Agney. In a few minutes my troops
■ had dislodged the enemy at all [joints, and
they were flying in every direction. The
, nature of the ground rendered pursuit
hopeless, and it being near night, I order
ed the troops lo take up quarters in the
town. The number of the enemv was
about fifteen hundred. Lieut nant Irvine
was wounded. In the charge rnv loss
was Iwo killed and six wounded. Ofthe
killed, one was a teamster, who volunteer
i ed in Captain Angney’s company. 'The
loss of the enemy was thirty-six killed;
wounded not ascertained. The next
morning the enemy -showed themselves in
some force (I think not less than tour
hundred) on the distant heights. Leav.
ing a strong guard iti the town, I march
ed in pursuit of them; hut they were so
shy, and retreated so rapidly, that, find
i ing it impossible to got near them, I return
ed to town.
While at Canada, a number of the
horses belonging to Captain Slack’s com
pany were brought in by Lieutenant
Holcomb.
On the 27th. I advanced up the Rio del
Norte as far as Luceros, where, early on
' the 2Sih, I was joined by Captain Burgwin,
commanding company G Ist dragoons,
and company A 2d regiment Missouri
mounted volunteers, commanded by Lieu
j tenant Boone. Captain Burgwin’s com
mand D as dismounted, and great credit is
; due to him and his officers and men for
the rapidity with w hich a march so long
and arduous was peiformed. Atlhesame
time Lieutanant Wilson, Ist dragoons,
who had volunteered bis services, came
up with a 9-pounder, which had been sent
I for from Canada.
My whole force now comprised 479
| rank and file. On the 29;h. I marched
■ to La Joya, where I learned that a party
of sixty or eighty of the enemy had posted
themselves on the steep slopes of the
mountains which rise on each side of the
canon, or gorge, which leads to Embudo.
Finding the road by Embndo impraticable
for artillery or wagons, I detached Capt.
Burgwin in that direction, with his own
company of dragoons and the companies
commanded by Captain St. Train and
Lieut White. Thisdeffehment comprised
180 rank and file.
By mv permission, Adjutant R. Walker,
2d regiment Missouri mounted volunteers
accompanied Capt. Burgwin. Lieutenant
Wilson, Ist dragoons, also volunteered
his services as a private in Captain St.
Train’s company.
Captain Burgwin, pushing forward,
discovered the enemy, to the number of
between six and seven hundred, posted on
the sides of the mountains, just w-itere the
gorge becomes so contracted as scarcely
lo admit ol the passage of three men mar
ching abreast, r
The rapid slopes of the mountains
rendered the enemy’s position very strong,
and its strength was increased by the
dense masses of cedar and large frag
menls of rock which everywhere offered
them shelter. The action was comrnenc
ed by Captain St. Train, who, dismount
ing his men, ascended the mountain on
the left, doing much execution. Flanking
parties were thrown out on either side,
commanded respectively by Lieutenant
White, 2d regiment Missouri mounted
volunteers, and by Lient. Mcllvaine
and Taylor, Ist dragoons. These parlies
ascended the hills rapidly, and the enemy
soon began to retire in the direction of
Embudo, bounding along the steep and
rugged sides of the mountains with a
that defied pursuit. The firing at
the pass of Embudo had been beard at
La Joya, and Captain Slack, with twenty
five mounted men* had been immediately
despatched thither. He now arrived and
rendered excellent service by relieving
Lieutenant White, whose men were much
fatigued. Lieutenants Mcllvaine and
Taylor were also recalled; and Lieuten
ant Ingalls was directed to lead a flanking
party on the right slope, while Captain
Slack performed the same duty on the
left. The enemy having by this time
retreated beyond our reach. Capt. Burg
win marched through the defile, and de
bouching into the open valley in which
Embudo is situated, recalled the flanking
parties, and entered that town without
opposition, several persons meeting him
with a white flag.
Our loss in ibis action was one man
killed, and one severelv wounded, both
belonging to Capt. St. Vrain’s company.
The loss of the enemy was about twenty
killed and sixty wounded.
Thus ended the battle of the pass of
Embudo.
On the 30lh, Capt. Burgwin marched
to Trampas, where he was directed to
await the an ival of the main body, which,
on account oflhe artillery and wagons,
was forced to pursue a more southern
route. On the 31st, I reached Trampas;
and being joined by Capt. Burgwin, mar
ched on to Chamisal with the whole com
mand. On the Ist of February we reach
ed the summit of the Taos mountain,
which was covered with snow to the depth
of two feet; and on the 2d. quartered at a
small village called Rio Cliicito, in the |
entrance of the valley of Taos. The |
marches oflhe Ist and 2d were through j
deep snow. Many of the men were frost- !
bitten, and all were very much jaded j
with the exertions necessary to travel
over unbeaten roads, being marched in
front of the artillery and wagons in order
i to break a road through the snow. The :
constancy and patience with which the |
troops bore these hardships, deserve all !
commenda'ion, and cannot be excelled !
by the most veteran soldiers. On the 3d,
I marched through Don Fernando de i
Taos, and finding that the enemy had 1
fortified themselves in the Pueblo de Taos, !
proceeded to that place I found it a place
of great strength, being surrounded by
adobe walls and strong pickets. Within
the enclosure and near the northern and !
southern walls, arose two large buildings I
f ■ !
of irregular pyramidal form, to the height j
of seven or eight stories. Each of these
buildings were capable of sheltering five
or six hundred men. Besides these, there
I were many smaller buildings, and the
large church of the town was situated in
the northeastern angle, a small passage
being left between it and the outer wall, j
j The exterior wall and all the enclosed j
i buildings were pierced for rifles. The
j town was admirably calculated for de
j Fence, every point of'the exterior walls
and pickets being flanked bv some project
ing buildings as will be seen from the
I enclosed drawing.
After having reconnoitred the town, I
! selected the western flank of the church
as the point of at'ack;and about 2 o’clock,
p. m., Lieut Dyer was ordered looped
Ids battery at the distace of about 250
yards. A fire was kepi up by tb« 6
pounder and the howitzers for about two
hours and a half,when,as the ammunition
; wagon had not yet came up, and the
| troops were suffering from cold and fa
; tigue, I returned to Don Fernando. Ear.
j ly on the morning of the 4th, 1 again ad
i vanced upon Pueblo. Posting the dra
goons, under Capt. Burgwin about 200
yards from the western flank of the
church, 1 ordered the mounted men
under Captains St. Vrain and Slack to a
position on the opposite side of the town, j
whence they could discover and intercept
any fugitives who might attempt to es- 1
cape towards the mountains, or in the di
reclion of Don Fernando. The residue
of the troops took ground about 300 yards
from the northern wall. Here, too, Lieut.
Dyer established himself with the 6-
pounder and two howitzers, while Lieut.
Hassandaubel, of Major Clark’s battal
ion light artillery, remained with Capt.
Burgwin, in command of two howitzers.
By this arrangement a cross fire was ob
tained, sweeping the front and eastern
flank of the church.
All these arrangements having been
made, the batteries opened upon the town
at nine o’clock a. in. At eleven o’clock,
finding it impossible to breach the walls
of the church with the 6 pounder and
howitzers, I determined to storm that
building. At a signal Capt. Burgwin,
(Ist regiment United Stales dragoons,) at
the head of his own company, and that of
Capt. McMillin, (of volunteers,) charged
the western flank of the church, while
Capt. Angney, infantry battalion, and
Capt. Barber, and Lieut. Boon, 2d regi
ment Missouri moundte volunteers,
charged the northern wall. As soon as
the troops above mentioned had establish
ed themselves under the western wall
of the church, axes were used in the at- .
tempt to breach it; and, a temporary lad
der having been made, the roof was fired.
About this time Capt, Burgwin, at the
head of a small party, left the cover af
forded by the flank of the church, and
penetrating into the corral in front of that
building, endeavored to force the door. In
this exposed situation, Capt. Burgwin receiv
ed a severe wound which deprived me of his
valuable services, and of which he died on }
the seventh inst. Lieutenants Mcllvaine
Ist United States dragoons, and Royal! and
Lackland, 2d regiment mounted volunteers,
accompained Capt. Burgwin into the corral;
but the attempt on the church door proved
fruitless, and they were compelled to retire
behind the wall. In the meantime small
holes had been cut into the western wall,
and shells were thrown in by hand, doing
good execution. The 6-ponnder was now
brought around by Lieut. Wilson, who at
the distance of two hundred yards, poured a
heavy fire of grape into the town. The ene
my during all this time kept up a destructive
fire upon our troops. About half-past three
o’clock the 6 pounder was run up within
sixty yards of the church,and after ten rounds
—one of the holes which had been cut with ■
the axes was widened into a practicable !
breach. The gun was now run up within 1
ten yards of the wall—a shell was thrown in
—thren rounds of grape were poured into the j
breach. The storming party—among whom
were Lieut. Dyer of the ordnance, and Lieu- 1
tenants Wilson and Taylor 1 -t dragoons,enter- t
ed and took possession of the church with
out apposition The interior was filled with
dense smoke, but for which circumstance i
our storming party would have suffered
great loss. A few of the enemy were seen
in the gallery where an open door admitted
the air, but they retired without firinga gun.
'The troops left to support the battery on the ■
north were now ordered to charge on that j
side. The enemy abandoned the western :
part of the town. Many took refuge in the
large houses on the east, while others endea
vored to escape towards the mountains.—
These were pursued by the mounted men
under Captains Slack and St. Vrain, who
killed fifty-one of them, only two or three |
men escaping. It was night,and our troops !
were quietly quartered in the houses which j
tfie enemy had abandoned. On the next j
morning the enemy sued for peace,and think- i
ingthe severe loss they had sustained would
prove a salutary lesson, I granted their sup- j
plication, on the condition that they should j
deliver up to me Tomas—one of their prin- j
cipal men, who had instigated and been ac
tively engaged in the murder of governor
Bent and others. The number of the enemy
at the battle of Pueblo de Taos,were between :
six and seven hundred. Os these about one
hundred and fifty were killed—wounded not
known. Our own loss was seven killed and !
forty-five wounded. Many of the wounded
j have since died.
The principal leaders in this insurrection ;
; were Tafoya, Pablo Chavis; Pablo Montoya,
i Corteza, and Tomas, a Pueblo Indian. Os
i these, Tafoyo was killed at Canada, Chavis
I was killed at Pueblo; Montoya was hanged
at Don Fernando on tfie seventh instant, and
j Tomas was shot bv a private while in the guard
room at the latter town. Cortez is still at j
I large. This person was at the head of the j
! rebels in the valley of ti e Mora. For the :
i operations in that quarter, I refer you to the
I subjoined letters frurn Captains Henley.sep
arate battalion Missouri mounted volunteers,
i and Murphy, of the infantry, and Lieut. Mc
| Ramey, second regiment Missouri mounted
i volunteers.
In the battles of Canada. Emdudo, and
; Pueblo de Taos, the officers and men behaved
admirably. Where all conducted themselves
| gallantly.l consider it improper to distinugish
individuals, a- such discrimination might op
erate prejudicially against the just claims of
i others.
j I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
vour obedient servant,
STERLING PRICE.
Col. ccmmandingthe army in New Mexico.
The Adjutant General oflhe Army, \\ ash
inglon, D. C.
AUGUSTA. (JECL
SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1817.
Tlie Xcxl I*residency*
Various and conflicting causes are destin
ed to save the honored name of General
Zachary Taylor from that political rnire into
which the more unscrupulous of the whig
party Would have dragged it, could they have
had their will. The sincere, genuine admir
ers of that great man, while rejoicing in the
, wholesome operation of that public opinion
which interposes to defeat the desecration,
have few thanks to bestow upon the whigs
as a party. The effort to make party capital
out of Genera! Taylor for electioneering pur*
poses,looked 100 much like concert of action to
acquit tho party of the disc,red it which must
! attach to it. Had General Taylor been defeat
ed in any of the fields which It is skill and valor
; have immortalized, his very defeats Would
j have been converted into political capital by
j the same party. His steps have been traced
: regularly, from Corpus Cliristi to Buena Vis-
I ta, with a keen eye to the exact amount of
; stock for slump oral or y that could be obtain*
j ed from his fortunes. If he had been defeat
j ed in every battle, that would, according to
whig calculation, have -secured the election
of a whig President—an opponent of the
war, in 1848. But, contrary to ichig ealeu *
latum, General Taylor was every lime vic
torious. Consequently the whig calculations
had to be reversed—tiieir tactics changed—
a new role of characters arranged for the
political drama. Some one proclaims that
General Taylor is a whig, and straight way
the honest enthusiasm of the country, at the
glorious results of a war advocated by but
one party , is to be turned into an engine of
political power to achieve a party triumph
for the other parly.
But this cold blooded speculation is doorn-
to defeat and disappointment, not more
from the disgust it has inspired among right
minded people, than from the dissensions
springing up among the speculators them
selves. It has come to be doubted among
portions of the whigs, whether General Tay
lor is sufficiently orthodox in his opinions, or
can be made so pliant in his political princi
ples as to answer their purposes. Suspicion
I is aroused, in the first place, by the fact that
the only vote he had ever given for Presi
dent was for General Jackson. This is cer
tainly no recommendation to vvhigery any
where. So *also, lie is known to be a (ree
trade man. This is a dire enormity in the
eyes of the protectionists. Then again it is
flatly objected to him by Northern whigery
that he is a slaveholder. This is an offence
not to he forgiven. They declare that the time
is past when a slaveholder shall again occupy
the Presidential Chair. No services, how
ever brilliant—no toil, however arduous—no
devotion, however untiring, to its honor and
glory, whether in the field or in the civil
walks of life, can hereafter purchase exemp
tion from that disfranchisement, which the
whigs of the North have proclaimed as the
punishment of all who shall dare to own a
slave. Having to deal with these intrinsic
difficulties among themselves, the whig par
ly are doomed, as a party, to derive no “aid
and comfort” from this war. Whether our
=
* arms win glory or meet with disaster, this
war can not rescue them from that utter
overthrow which previous events had prepar
ed for them. Defeated on all the old issues,
their predictions falsified—and democratic
theories , pronounced visionary by their oppo
| nents, all triumphantly vindicated by the test
of successful experiment, the whigs are in
i a truly hopeless plight. Their opposition to
the war, tiieir unmeasured denunciations of
i it, have brought the whig party still farther
into disrepute. It seemed therefore that
| there was no single issue upon which the
} whigs could go before the people with any
i reasonable prospect of success, in a general
election. In this extremity, when their dis
pairing eyes were turned for succour to
i General Taylor, and they seek by clinging
to the skirts of this honest old hero, to be
rescued from their political ‘'slough of des
pond,” portions of the Northern wing of their
party proclaim that no slaveholder shall be
their candidate. The signs of the times dis
j tincllv.point to the fact that the Northern
whigs will make the question involved in
the Wilmot proviso, the lest question at the
next Presidential election. No Southern
man can be the candidate of that party.
Were they willing to unite harmoniously,
whigs, abolitionists, anti-renters and all, upon
General Taylor, they could not get his con
| sent thus to be made use of fur tiieir sinister
I purposes.
In view of all these difficulties, we were
somewhat surprized to see the Chronicle cp
I Sentinel out in all seriousness, in favor of
the defeated candidate of 1844, for arc-nomi
nation. We look upon the suggestion as
most essentially behind the times. Mr. Clay
could bring no support scarcely to the whig
| cause from the South in 1844. Almost every
Southern Slate went against him. Nothing
has occurred since to strengthen his theo
ries of national policy, or to recommend to
the South his favorite measures. The great
whig party, therefore, whose chief strength
lies in the Northern and Middle Slates, will
no longer seek to propitiate their Southern
allies by such a nomination.
We nust give credit to the Chronicle for
great sincerity and straightforwardness in
| thus unequivocally advocating the claims of
Mr. Clay. There is an honest enthusiasm
in its admiration of the great “Harry of
the West,” which contrasts most refresh
ingly with the calculating trickery which
prompted the effort to nominate “Old Rough
and Ready.” The latter was the move of
the spoilsmen to get hold of the loaves and
fishes of office by means of a military fame
that has been won against their will, since
! it was won in a war they have denounced as
infamous. But this move of the Chronicle
| exhibits a romantic clinging to exploded
i theories and obsolete ideas, that gives it re
| spectability because it is so evidently sin
cere. it exhibits an utidimmod love for na
tional banks and protective tariffs and other
antique idols of whig veneration. But we
can hardly bring our mind to realize that
any mah, of ordinary sagacity, can really ex
pect to see these idols ever raised np from
I the dust in which they have been trampled,
1 but it by the force of numbers and by the in
' telligence of the age.
We Cannot allow a most stupendous flight
| of fancy in the editorial of the Chronicle of
the 21st inst. to pass without a compliment
to the extravagant wildness ot its swoop.
Our neighbour having got astride of an im
perial eagle, while “towering in its pride of
; flight,” contemplates the glorious prosperity,
and bright future of our country,and straight
way imagines that he sees impressed upon
it all, written in golden characters, the name
of Henry Clay. Here is the aspiring sen
tence—
“ Has tl lat country rolled on upon a tide of
prosperous fortune to wealth and greatness
and renown? —has her imperial eagle in times
of peace folded its wings in calm serenity
and repose and looked abroad upon the while
sails of her spreading and universal com
merce—upon the fields of her agriculture
waving with golden harvests—upon her sys
tem of domestic industry, bringing employ
ment and comfort and happiness to millions
! of her people? Memory, Truth and Justice
point to Henry Clay as the father, or the
most eloquent advocate of those measures by
which these peaceful and happy results have
been produced.”
Now of all men in these United States of
America, one would have supposed that
Henry Clay —the Champion of “the Amcri
can system”—would have been the very last
I to be eulogized in connection with the pre
sent prosperous state of our commerce, and
our agriculture. “Memory, Truth and Jus-
I lice” point to him as the untiring advocate of
! restrictions upon our commerce, and of mea
! sures inimical to our free and liberal inter
course with the nations of the world, that
were our best customers for the products of
our agriculture. “Memory, Truth and Jus
tice” will point to “the white sails of our
spreading and universal commerce,” and to
“the fields of our agriculture waving with
golden harvests,” under the benificent and
sublime principles of Free Trade. “Memory,
Truth and Justice” will point to llenry Clay
as the father and most eloquent advocate of
those measures of commercial restriction
which could they have been foisted upon
our beloved country, would have cruelly fet
tered her commerce, and laid a blighting
hand upon her agriculture.
Cherokee and the War.
The Cassville Pioneer of the 23d inst-states that
Capt. John Wafford’s company consists of one
hundred men rank and file. Lieut. E. P. Howell,
returned to Cassville from Lumpkin on the Wed
nesday previous, with forty-one brave and healthy
looking soldiers. The Pioneer speak sin the high
est terms of the appearance of the men of this
company- They were to leave Cassville on the
20tb inst. for the seat of war.
])r. X*Hiiuiiis’» liCdure.
We have information from those who have
I attended Dr. Banning’s Lectures, that they
! are in a high degree original, interesting and
instructive. They have been attended by
large numbers of the first people in every
city where he has appeared, and the ladies
have formed a considerable portion of his
audiences. Jle has given very general plea
sure, and imparled much useful instruction.
His first lecture to-morrow evening is one
which lie discusses with ability and gives to
it much of the charm of novelty. It is on
The Philosophy of the Human Voice..
IT In our advertising columns will be
I ”
j found a list of valuable new works to be pub
| lished in the course of the present year, and
which will be for sale shortly after their pub
lication, by Thomas Richards.
'l'lic C'uuui.
We are requested to correct a mistake which
has been committed by Mr. H. Stallings, in his
advertisement in the Chronicle and Sentinel, in
reference to the Canal. 'J'here is no break in
| the Canal , and the water lias not been let oil*
from any such cause. Dot owing to an oozing
; through the banks at one or two points, which
| is incident to all new and fresh embankments,
1 and a consequent depression at those points, it
lias become expedient to draw oil' the water for a
few days in order to apply the proper remedy.
We take pleasure in adding, that the Canal
stood most triumphantly the test of the high
treshet of last month, and that the confidence of
intelligent judges, in the strength and complete
ness of the work is unlimited
[From the Baltimore Sun, April 22.]
By JTliigiiellc Telegraph,
Arrival ot'the Steamer Cambria.
15 DAYS LATE It FKOItI KiUOPE,
Important Commercial News,
Decline of ail hinds of |{re > iul»liiir«.
Great Decline in Indian Corn — llcceiliii" of
I Prices oj all kinds of (train and Ftfmr —
Cotton Market improved—Advance of |</.
per lb.
The steamship Cambria arrived at Boston about
1 4 o’clock on Tuesday aftermoon.
She brings dates from Liverpool to the 4th in
: slant, being sis ecu days later than the news re
• ceived by the Washington Irvine.
I . .
We have received the following account of her
| news by magnetic telegrayh.
The New York packets Henry Clay, Virgi
nia, Garrick, and Montezuma, ahd^the Minslnl
of Boston, had arrived at Liverpool.
The purchase of French stock by the Emperor
of Russia and the Queen of Spain, has excited
very great attention in the money market circle.
The Cambria arrived at Liverpool on the Kith
Ultimo.
The proceedings of Parliament are principally
in relation to Ireland. The poor laws arc still de
bated in the House of Commons,
The government measures met with much op
position. The amendments proposed were vari
ous, and most sharedly the same fate. LordMor-
I peth has introduced his importation bill.
The suffering by the famine in Ireland. Scot
-1 land, and on the continent, continues unabated.
There was a great fast in England, on the 24th
ult., on account of the famine, w hich was rigidly
kept.
The distress in France wasalsogreat. In some
departments carts and boats containing grain, re
quire an escort of military to preserve them from
pillage.
O’Connell has quitted Paris for Italy'. He is
not so ill as represented, but will doubtless never
appear in public life again.
The first French mail steamer will leave Ha
vre on the Ist of Mat, for New York
The total inhabitants of the town ofßgleshach,
in Germany, fourteen hundred in number, have
requested permission to emigrate to the United
States. There was also extensive preparations
throughout the country to emigrate to the States*
Some districts were threatened with depopulation*
from this cause alone.
There was occasional disturbances-in Thcs- --
1 mica, on account of the large exports of grain.
The Pasha avoided outbreak by forbidding future
! exports.
At Hamburg, wheat had declined three shil
i lings per quarter.
j We have also by magnetic telegraph the fol
j lowing commercial information, some portion of
i which we issued yesterday in an extra, but du
: ring the evening other despatches arriving, we
| were enabled to make up the markets more fully:
Corn Market.—The corn markets are ree.«-
: ding in every direction, and in some descriptions,
| that of Indian corn for instance, the fall has been
| astounding—the price has receded about 245.
’I be rapid rise in this species of food surprised
many persons, and even in the judgment of the un
initiated exceeded the necessities of the ease.—
Flour, like Indian corn, has sustained a considera
ble fall, and the existing depression can hardly fail
to be increased by the spring weather we are now
! enjoying, which foreshadows an early and prolific
harvest.
Cohn Market, Liverpool.— There have
been several changes in our corn market since the
sailing of the Hibernia. Large imports of all des
criptions of bread stuffs to all parts of the kingdom
have bad the effec t of putting down prices of all
descriptions of grain and flour.
The fluctuations during the month amount to le.
per TO lbs. on wheat, 6d. per 43 lbs. my oats, 6d.
per 60 lbs. on barley, 4s per quarter os rye, peas
and beans, 6s. per barrel,and Bs. per sack ou flout,
2s. j>er load on cornnie.al.24s to 23 . per 480 lbs. and
10s. per bbl. on Indian cornmeal.
Within a few days past re-action had heeu cx
| perienced in pease of 2 shillings perquarter; in bar
ley. 2s. per sack; in. Indian corn 5s per 4HO pounds;
in Indian corn meal, 2.s per barrel, and the trade
, generally lias assumed more firmness, with some
heavy transactions in floor at 37s to 38s per barrel
for Western < anal; for Philadelphia and Baltimore
36s to 36s fid
New Orleans 31a to 35s per barrel on ihe spot,
’ with the usual allowance*. American wheat rate*
from 10s toJIOgSd for Southern, uptolls 3d to
1 Is 6d per 70 lbs. for Northern white; rytf 48s to sl>»
per quarter; barley 6s 9d to~Tfi per flO lbs. Bean*
i American white, 70s to Hf y urni btaek eyed peas
66s to 70s. per imperial quarter.
APRIL 3d.—'J he trade to-day is again rather
. firmer. There are buyeji qf wheat at lull prices.
Flour supports the anieiiaSjscnt.
Indian Corn in o2s per 430 lbs. for
Northern yellow, and meal at 25sr per barrel.
Cotton market good. Sea Island 15ld. to 18<i;
Bowed Georgia Old to 6ld; New Orleans 6id to
7id.
L Liverpool Cotton Market, week ending
March 26th.—There was qyite a turn round in
onr cotton market this week. Instead oftbe gloom
and depression which had exisied since the com
mencement of the present year, we have had a
’ stirring and active business on each succeeding
day, both from the trade and on speculation.
Exporters aFo have been purchasing tor some o
the better qualities of Orleans, lit such a market,
‘ and afterso long a depression, it became a certain
ty that an increase of demat’d would also give a
*