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the CONSTITUTIONALIST. I ! JAM ES GARDNER, J R : _ T£R M S . Daily, p**r annum, $8 00 Tri-Weekly, per annum, 6 00 If paid in advance, 5 00 Weekly, per annum, 3 00 If paid in advance, 2 50 TO CLUBS. We call particular attention to the following terms of our paper : To Clubs, remitting $lO in advance. FINE COPIES are sent. This will put our weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. «r\ll n«w subscriptions must he paid in advance. | i£7"Postage must he paid on all Communications and Letters of business. [From the Washington Union. 4th inst .] C bib ii ah tin —Col. I>oniphau’* letters. Headquarters of the Army in Chihuahua, I City of Chihuahua, March 2U, la-1/. I Sir: The forces under my command are a portion of the Missouri volunteers, called into the service tor the purpose of invading New Mexico, under llie com msnd of Brigadier General (then Colonel) Kearny. After the conquest of New Mexico, nnd before Genera! Kearny’s de parture for California, information was received that another regiment and an ex tra battalion of Missouri volunteers would follow us to Santa Fe. The service of so large a force being wholly unnecessary in that Slate, I prevailed on Gen. Koar ny to order rnv regiment to report to you at this city. The order was given on the 2jJd September, 1846; but after the gen eral arrived at La Joya, in the southern part of the Slate, he issued an order re quiring my regiment to make a campaign into the country inhabited by the Navajo Indians, lying between the waters ot the Rio del Norte and llie Rio Colorado of the west. This campaign detained me until the 14ih of December, before our return to the Del Norte. W e iminedi diatelv commenced our match for El Paso del Norte with about 800 riflemen. All communication between Chihuahua and New Mexico was entirely prevented. On the 251 h of December, 1846, my van guard was attacked at Brazito by tiie Mexican forces from this State; our force was about 450, and the force of the eue -1,100; the engagement lasted about forty minutes, when the enemy fled, leaving 63 killed and since dead, 150 wounded, and one howitzer, the only piece of artillery in the engagement on either side. On lhe*29lh vveentered El Paso without fur ther opposition; from the prisoners and ( ethers I learned that you had not march ed upon this State. I then determined to order a battery and 100 artillerists from New Mexico, They arrived in El Paso about the sth of February, when we took up the Hne of march for this place. A copy of my official report of the battle of Sacramento, enclosed to you, will show you all our subsequent movements, up to our taking military possession of this capi tal. Tne day us my arrival I had deter mined to send an express to you forthwith; but the whole intermediate country was in the hands of the enemy, and we were cut off, and had been for many months, from all information respecting the Ame rican army. Mexican reports arc never to be fully credited; yet, fiom all we could learn, we did not doubt that you would be forced, by overwhelming, numbers to abandon Saltillo, and of course we could send no express under such c rcum stances. On yesterday we received the first even tolerably reliable information that a battle had been fought near Saltil lo between the American and Mexican forces, and that Santa Anna had proba bly fallen back on San Lois de Potosi. My position here is exceedingly em barrassing. In the first place, m stofthe | men under my command have been in service since the Ist of June; and have never received one cent of pay. Their marches have been hard, especially in the Navajo country, and no forage; so that they are literally without horses, clothes, or money, nothing but arms and a dispo sition to use them. They are ail volun teers, officers and men, and, although ready for any hardships or danger, are wholly unfit to garrison a town or city.— “It is confusion worse confounded.”— Having performed a march of more than 2,000 miles, and their term of service ra pidly expiring, they are restless to join the army under your command. Still we cannot leave this point safely for some days—the American merchants here op pose it violently, and have several hun dred tliousand dollars at stake. They have sent me a memorial, and my deter mination has been made known to them. A copy of both they will send you. Os one thing it is necessary to inform you : the merchants admit that their goods could not he sold here in five years; if they go south they will be as near to the marketsof Durango and Zacatecas asthey noware. lam anxious and willing to protect the merchants as far as practica ble; but I protest against remaining here as a mere wagon guard, garrison a city with troops wholly unfitted for if, and who will soon be wholly ruined by improper indulgences. Having been originally or dered to this point, you know the wishes of the government in relation to it, and of course your orders will be promptly and cheerfully obeyed. I fear there is am ple use for us with you, and we would greatly prefer joining you before our term of service expires. All information relative to my previous operations, present condition, &c., will be given you by Mr. J. Collins, the bearer of these despatches. He is a highly hon orable gentleman, and was an amateur soldier at Sacramento. The Mexicans report your late battle as having been entirely favorable to them selves; but, taking it for granted they never report the truth, we have fired a sa lute for our victory in honor of yourself and Gen. Taylor, presuming, from report, i yon were both present. Very respectfully, vour oh’t serv’t. A. VV. DONIPHAN, Comd’g Ist Reg. Missouri Mounted Vols. Should the horses or mules of those bearing this express fail, or prove unfit to return upon, I have to request that they may be supplied by the government with the proper means of returning. A. W. DONIPHAN, Colonel Ist Reg. Missouri Vols. Brig. Gen. Wool, U. S. A. Buttle of fiacrameu to—Defeat of the Ene nif—Capture of Chihuuhnu. Headquarters of the Army in Chihuahua, City of Chihuahua, March 4th, 1817. I have the honor to report to you the move ments of the army under my command since my last official report. On the evening of the Bth of February, 1847, w? left the town of Li Paso del Norte, escorting tne merchant train or caravan ol about 315 wagons for the city of Chihuahua, Our force consisted of 924 effective men; 117 officers and privates of the artillery; 93 of Lieut. Col. Mitchell’s escort, and the remain der tlie Ist regiment Missouri mounted vol unteers. We progressed in the direction o! this place uniil the 25th, when we were in formed hv onr spies thai the enemy, to the number of 1.5U0 men, were at Inscneas, the country scat of Gov. Trias, about 25 miles in advance. When we arrived, on the evening of the 20th, near that point, we found that the force had retreated in the direction of this city. Oil the evening of the 27th, we arrived at ISans, and learned from our spies that the enemy, in great force, had fortified the pas.- of tiie Sacramento river, about 15 miles in advance, and about the same distance from this city. We were also informed that there was no water between the point we were at and that occupied by the enemy; we there fore determined to halt until morning. At sunrise on the 28fh, the last day of February, we took up the line of march and formed the whole train, consisting of 315 heavy traders’ wagons and our commissary and company wagons, into four columns, thus shortening our line so as to make il more easily protect ed. We placed the artillery and all the com mand, except 200 cavalry proper, in the in tervals between the columns of wagons.— We thus fully concealed our force and its position by masking our force with the caval ry. When we arrived within three miles of the enemy, we made a reconnoissance of his position and the arrangement of his forces. This we could easily do—the road leading through an open prairie valley between the steril mountains. The pass of the Sacra mento is formed by a point of the mountains on our right, their left extending into the val ley or plain so as to narrow the valley to about I.} miles. On our left was a deep dry sandy cnannel of a creek, and between these > points IKe plain rises to sixty feel abruptly. This rise is in the lorm of acre-cent, the convex part being to the north of onr forces. On the right, from the point of mountains, a narrow part of the plain extends north 14 miles further than on the left. The main road passes down the centre of the valley and across the crescent, near the left or dry branch. The Sacramento rises in the moun tains on the right, and the road falls on to it about 1 mile below the battle-field or en trenchment of the enemy. We ascertained tnat ihe enemy had 1 battery of 4 guns, 2 nine and six pounders, on the point of tin mountain on our right (their left.) at a good elevation to sweep the plain and at the potip where the mountains extended furthest int< the plain. On our left (their right) they had another battery on an elevation command ing llie road and three entrenchments of two six pounders, and on the brow ofllie crescent near the centre another of two six and two four and six culverins, or rampart pieces, mounted on carriages; and on the crest of the lull or ascent between the batteries, and the right and left, they had 27 redoubts dug and thrown up extending at short intervals across the whole ground. In these their infantry were placed and were entirely protected.— Their cavalry was drawn up in front of the redoubts in llie intervals 4 deep, and in front of the redoubts 2 deep, so as to mask them as far as practicable. When we had arrived within ll> miles of the entrenchments along the main road, we advanced the cavalry still further, and suddenly diverged with the col umns to llie right so as to gain llie narrow part of the ascent on our right, which the enemy discovering, endeavored to prevent by moving forward with 1,000 cavalry and 4 pieces of cannon in their rear masked by them. Our movements were so rapid that we gained the elevation with onr forces and the advance of our wagons in time to form before they arrived within reacii of onr guns. The enemy halted and we advanced the head of our column within 1,200 yards of them, so as to let onr wagons attain the high lands and form as before. We now commenced the action by a brisk fire from our battery, and the enemy unmask ed and commenced also; our fires proved ef fective at lifts distance, killing 15 men, wounding and disabling one of Ihe enemies guns. We had two men slightly wounded and several horses and mules killed. The enemy then slowly retreated behind their works in some confusion, and we resumed our march in our former order, still diverg ing more to the right to avoid their battery left, (their right,) and their strongest redoubts, which were on the left near where the road passes. After marching as far as we safely could, withoutcoming within range of their heavy battery on our right, Captain Weightman, of the artillery, was ordered to charge with the two 12-pound howitzers, to be supported by the cavalry, under Capts. Reid, Larsons, and Hudson. The howitzers charged at speed, and were gallantly sus tained by Capl. Reid; but, by some misunder standing, my order was not given to the other two companies. Captain Hudson, anticipat ing my order, charged in lime to give ample support to the howitzers. Captain Parsons, at the same moment, came to me and asked permission for his company to charge the re doubts immediately to the left of Captain Weightman, which he did very gallantly.— The remainder of the two battalions of llie Ist regiment were dismounted during the cavalry charge, and following rapidly on foot, and Major Clarke advancing as fast as prac ticable with the remainder of battery, we charged their redoubts from right to left, with a brisk and deadly fire of riflemen, while Major Clarke opened a rapid and well-direct ed tire on a column of cavalry attempting to pass to our left so as to attack the wagons and our rear. The fire was so well directed as to force them to fall back; and our rifle men, with the cavalry and howitzers, cleared after an obstinate resistance. Our forces ad vanced to the very brink of their redoubts and attacked them with their sabres. When the redoubts were cleared, and the batteries in the centre and our left were silenced, the main battery on our right still continued to pour in a constant and heavy fire, as it had done during the heat of the engagement; but as the whole fate of the battle depended upon carrying the redoubts and centre battery, this one on the right remained unattaeked, and the enemy had rallied there five hundred strong. Major Clark was directed, to commence a heavy fire upon it, while Lieuts. Col. Mitch ell and Jackson, commanding the Ist battal ion, were ordered to remount and charge the battery on the left, while Major Gilpin was directed to pass the 2d battalion on foot up the rough ascent of the mountain on the op posite side. The fire of our battery was so effective as to completely silence theirs, and the rapid advance of our column put them to flight over the mountains in great confusion. Capt. Thompson, of the Ist dragoons, acted as my aid and adviser on the field during the whole engagement, and was of the most es sential service to me. Also, Lieut. Wooster, ot the United States army, who acted very coolly and gallantly. Major Campbell, of Springfield Missouri, also acted as a volun teer aid during pari of ibe time, but left me and joined Captain Reid in his gallant eharge. Thus ended the battle of Sacramento. The force of the enemy was 1,200 cavalry from Durango and Chihuahua with the Vera Cruz dragoons, 1,200 infantry from Chihuahua, 300 artillerists, and 1,420 fancheros badly armed with lassos, lances, and m ichetoes, or corn knives, ten pieces of artillery, 2 nine, 2 eight, 4 six, and 2 four-pounders, and sixcul verins, or rampart pieces. Their forces were commanded by Major Gen. Hendea, general of Durango, Chihuahua, Sonora, and New Mexico; Brig. Gen. Jastimani, Brig. Gen. Garcia Cunde, formerly minister of war for ihe republic of Mexico, who is a scientific man, and planned ibis whole field of defence; Gen. Uguerte, and Governor Trias, who act ed as Brigadier general on the field, and co lonels and other officers without number. Our force was 524 effective men; at least one hundred of whom were engaged in hold ing horses and driving teams. The loss of the enemy was his entire artil lery, 10 wagons, masses of beans and pinola, and other Mexican provisions, about three hundred killed and about the same number wounded, many of whom have since died, and forty prisoners. The field was literally covered with the dead and wounded from our artillery and tiie unerring lire of our riflemen. Night put a slop to the carnage, the battle having com menced about three o’clock. Our loss was one killed, one mortally wounded, and seven so wounded as to recover without any loss of limbs. I cannot speak too highly of the coolness, gallantry, and bravery of the offi cers and men under my command. I was ably sustained by the field officers Lieut. Cols. Mitchell and Jackson, of the first battalion, and Major Gilpin, of the 2d battal ion; and Major Clark and his artillery acted nobly, and did the most effective service in every part of the field. It is abundantly shown, in tlie charge made by Capt. Weight man with the section of howitzers, that they can be used in any charge of cavalry with great ef fect, Much has been said, and justly said, of the gallantry of our artillery, unlimbering within 250 yards of the enemy at Palo Alto; but how much more daring was the charge ofCapiain Weightman, when tie unlimbered within fifty yards of the redubtsof the enemy. Ou the first day of March we took formal possession of the capital of Chihuahua in the name of our go eminent. We were ordered by Gen. Kearny to report to General Wool at this place; since our arrival, we hear he is at Saltillo, surrounded by the ei emy. Our present purpose is either to force our way to him, or return hy Bexar, as our term of ser vice expires on the last day of May next. 1 have the honor to be your obedient servant, A. W. DON IPH AN, Colonel Ist Reg. Mo. Vo!. Brig. Gen. R. Jones, Adj’t General L iS. A. | This last letter of Col. Doniphan was ac companied by a sketch of the battle-field of Sacramento. It is out of our power to have it engraved. It represents the different po sitions of tlie enemy, and our troops, at dit ('erent periods of the action. The flank move ment which the United S ates troops took to turn the first position of the enemy is partic ularly set forth. It was, indeed, a brilliant action. The United States forces consisted of 924 Missouri volunteers,with four 6-pound ers and two 12-pound howitzers. We lost but 1 killed and 11 wounded. The Mexican forces, on the contrary, mus tered 4,229 rank and file, and had with them 10 pieces of artillery, varying from 4 to 10- pouuders, and 7 one-pound culverins. The Mexicans lost about 300 killed, 500 wounded, all their artillery, baggage, stores, ammuni tion* and the rest of the troops were (as the memorandum to the diagram stales) ‘‘scat tered to the four winds of heaven.” [ From our Correspondent. ] DAILY PIC AY LNE-KXTRA, ) Monday, May 3—lo o'clock, A. M. £ LATE FROM VERA CRUZ. Capture ol Tuspau I The U. fc>. transport schooner Gen. Patterson, Capt, Jackson, arrived this morning from Vera Cruz, having sailed thence on the 241 h April. Capt. Jackson reports that on the day of sailing he tell in with the American squa dron, twenty-five miles north ot Vera Cruz, Com. Ferry in command. The squadron was returning from the Tuspan expediton. The Gen. Patterson was boarded from theU. S. steamer Scorpion, and received a mail. Capt. Jackson learned that Tuspan was taken on the 19lh April, after sereve resistance from the Mexican troops. The Americans had four killed and about fouiteen wounded. Among the wound ed were four officers, namely: Com’r Tattnal, slightly; Lieut. Parker, severe ly; Lieut. Hartslene,slightly; and Passed Midshipman Lowne, slightly. [ The last name is doubtless incorrectly reported. There is Passed Mindshipman Lowry in the Navy Register.] The guns of the Mexicans at Tuspan were all spiked and the place rendered defenceless. It was then abandoned. We have a copy of the American Eagle, from Vera Cruz, of the 22d ult., two days later than we have before seen. It contains very little news from the army, although there had been several arrivals from it. Gen. Shields was still alive at last accounts, but it was thought he could not survive. Capt. Johnson,of the Topo graphican Engineers, remained in a very critical slate. Gen. Pillow's wound is not serious. [The Bullitin of this morning says:— “Gen. Shields,' we regret to learn, died of his wound, on the 19th.” We pre sume this must be an error, at least, that | there was no positive foundation for the statement. We can hear of no news from the army, although we have made every 7 inquiry,later than has been received at this office. At our last accounts Gen. Shields was still alive.] The Mexican officers on their way to the United States, were sent over to the Castle of San Juan de Ulna, on the 21sl ult. They were in fine spirits. Sergeant Tucker, of the Dragoons, was shot at and wounded in the hand while riding an express from Gen. Scott to Vera Cruz on the 20th ult. On lhe2lst, a teamster was picked up ou the road, having been killed by some cowardly Mexican. We annex a letter from a correspond ent at Vera Cruz, which is the latest we have from that city: [Correspondence of the Picayune .] Vera Okuz, Mexico, April 23, 1847. Gentlemen —We are now tour days without a word .concerning the move | ments above, and are beginning to think it | possible that an express has been cut off , I —particularly as the last express which ; ■ came through received a volley of about j | fifty muskets. h only wounded one of | the five dragoons, (the sergeant.) a ball j i having passed through his hand. An , I express left here with a mail on the 21st, and after proceeding twenty-five miles, : I overtook our provision train under a | strong escort, the commander of which : deemed it prudent to take charge of the | : mail himself—feeling confident that noth- j ing but a strong body of well armed men j would he at all safe in trying to make their way through to Jalapa. The accounts of the battle received in this ciiy are not nearly as full as those s on the wav to you, from Mr. Kendall; it j will therefore be useless for me to say i any thing to you upon that subject. The Mexican officers who are to be sent to Yankeedom have taken up lodgings, and are now rusticating at the castle of Sun Juan de Ulna. They number about sis- i teen, and Gen. La Vega is of the crowd. | Neither the battle nor the arrival of the prisoners appeared to create much ex- i | citement in the place, and not a single gun | has been fired in honor or the glorious j victory at Corro Gordo. Messrs. Hart A: Co. closed their thea trical peiTormances for the season on 1 Wednesday night last. Ot late they have received but poor encouragement; but their energy deserves a better reward, and | I hope that ere long thay will have the pleasuse of playing in the city of Mexico. This citv appears to be filling up every i day with both Mexicans and Americans. , i The former are gaining confidence in the j Americans, and the latter are flooding the market with Yankee merchandize. Uncle j Sam's warehouses are chock full of pro visions, and his magazines full of com husiibles. A*s yet the business is confined to the city and suburbs, but as soon as the communication has been well opened be- j tween this and Jalapa, we may expect to | see Vera Cruz tlie most active business place of its size on the continent. The j weather is very w arm, and all we want to j | cool ourselves with is ice. There has ! been a little brought ou shore and retailed j ' at 25 cents per pound. You shall receive ' tlie latest news from above as fast as it ; comes. Very respectfully, your friend. • From Cia-lrcsSoii. The schooner Planter, Capt Lawless, arrived this morning from Galveston, having sailed on the 23th ult. The papers we have seen contain no news. The Ambassador ISin nrd. By the steamboat LiiuUf>wick, Capt* Lee, we learn that tlie steamboat Ambas sador, bound for this port, was burned to the w ater’s edge, nn the night of Sunday, the 25th ult., at Carroll’s Island, twelve miles below St Louis. A small portion j of the cargo was saved. The upper river I was low, seven and a half feel ot water in the channel. From Ulntamoros. We have a copy of the American Flag* of the 2fst nit. The following is the most important paragaph we find in it: Down upon Them. — We stated not long that Gen. Pay lor had resolved on a requisition upon the States of New Leon, Ooahuila and Tarnaulipas, for indemni fiation for the destruction of the public property of the United States by Mexican rclibers in those departments of Mexico. Since then Col. Cushing has received an i order direelinc him to call upon the Alcal des of this place, and will accordingly pa v his respects to lhei r honors this morn ing. The proportion of this department is 847,509, and can be liquidated in mules at 820 a head, beef catile at 10, or corn at 3 per fanega, (three bushels.) Ihe Alcades here will cooler with the autho rities of other towns as to the amount of taxable property in their several districts, to serve as data in fixing the proportion of each. The quarter master here w ill receipt for all that may be “forked over!” [From the O. -V. Mutcury] Letter from Mrs. Chase- Shineful treat ment of the Americans in the City of Mexico. The McKim brings us the following interesting letter from Mrs. Chase. It contains some particulars from the city of Mexico, in regard to the treatment of the Americans in that city, which we do not recollect of seeing mentioned before. The letter is addressed to Mr. B. M. Nor. man, who has very kindly placed it in our hands: Tampico, April ITth, 1847. My Dear Friend: At this moment there is no news of much interest in this section of the country,except the Mexicans quar relling among themselves, even here, as they "cannot conveniently get a chance at the Yankees, they spit their spite upon ; each other, as two nights ago one Mexi can drew his knife upon his compadie and killed him upon the spot. Whether this act was perpetrated for love or poli tics, lam unable to say- It could not have been Brothery Love; but that is a plant of slow growth in this Tiera Caliente. Mr. Chase has had letters from the Capital as late as the 7th of this month, stating that all is confusion with the dif ferent partizans. It would appear that this precious Sain?—turned Janus—be longed to all parties; he was in the confi dence of Gomez Farias, as well as the Priesthood, lie is really a disciple of St. Paul; he is all things to all men; so each party looked for his arrival at the city ot Mexico with anxiety, believing his feel ings to he deeply enlisted in their cause, and knowing his moral influence over the great mass of his countrymen. Santa Anna saw but little succor from Gomez Farias, as there was nothing tanigible in that quarter, he clung to the horns of the Alla for safety; with the Priests to be his spiritual guides, and the Church property to supply his temporal wants, ' he chose the better part, and the most in | fluential party. The Priests called for I peace with the Americans, when they thought Gomez Farias, with his friends j were likely to confiscate the Church 1 property in order to carrry ou the i was; hut this call was purely from ne cessity, and not free will on his part; hut I the moment Santa Anna and the remnant j ofthisarmv made their appearence in tlie city of Mexico, the Clergy joined in j the war cry, declaring that America was : making a war of conquest to destroy their spiritual rights, and called upon all to rally to the standard, not only io save ! the national honor, bi|t the faittiXp'fjlieir fathers sleeping in renase; and as' they 1 revered their sacred ashes, now ciepokilgd in the temples where they had worship ped, to rise and, defend those rights. This appeal could uql hut have its due j weight, the National Guaids joining San v „ ta Anna, so Gomez Farias and the mon archists, after some assassinations, were put down, and the army has again I matched, io order to oppose our army’s march to the capital. But a large body | of our troops have passed the Puer.tr National, and are by tin’s time near to Jalapa. Santa Anna left Mexico at the i ; head of 5,000 men, to join those that va cated Vera Cruz, and are now encamp ed at a place near to Jalapa, called Sier ra Gonla. Those in the capital reconi mend to inundate the city of Mexico from the Lakes, which are nine feet higher than the city, so as to destroy it previous to the approach of the Americans. I must here stale also the ignoble con duct of lire Mexican Government to our i consul, John Black, E-q. On the 3d ins!., | he was ordered io leave at 9 o’clock at night under an escort of four of the (lol'ce, and if he refused to proceed upon his journey forthwith, to seize him and place I him upon a mule, and see him out of the I city. lie took his route for this place, but as yet he has not made his appear ance, and God knows what may be the result. We are fearful of the fate of the I few Americans in Mexico, together with ; those ill-fated prisoners who are (Unfilled 1 in the capital, as the Mexicans have be come desperate since the fall of the city of Vera Cruz. It is thought by many that there will he another hard battle be tween Geu. Scott and Santa Anna. An amusing belief now prevails with the Mexicans that they capitulated at Vera Cruz for the sakeof humanity. The Yankees must have created this new ied ing. Yours, in haste, ANN CHASE. Benevolent Societies. The follow ing summary of contribution.' to th« principal Religious Benevolent Societies in tlie United Stales, is gathered from their Reports lor 1816; To the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 262,073 53 TolheAmer’n Baptist Union for Foreign Missions, 100,319 91 To i he Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mi.-sions, 89,814 93 To ihe Episcopal Committee Foreign Missions, 35,591 31 By other Foreign Missionary Associations, probably 25,500 00 In all the above for Foreign P issions, 512,009 <6 for the American Home Mis sionary Society, 125,124 70 For tlie Presbyterian Board of Domestic Missions, 54,800 00 For the Baptist Home Mis sionary Society, 43,324 59 For tlie Episcopal Committee lor Domestic Missions, 3/,269 89 In all fur Home Missions, 266,519 18 American Missionary Society of Methodist Epis. Church for Foreign and Domestic Missions, 89,523 26 Foreign and Domestic Mis sions, Southern States, 68.529 00 In all for Melh. Kpis. Miss. 153,057 36 American Bible Society, 197,367 00 Do. and Foreign Bible Society, 24,509 62 In all fur Bible Societies, 221,876 63 For the American, tlie Pres byterian, and the Baptist Education Societies, in all, T5,i31 51 For Tract Societies, the A mencan, Boston and Bap tist. 94,029 46 For the Amer. and the Mas sachusetts Suiitay School Societies, 64,203 80 For the American Coloniza tion Society, 56,458 60 For tlie American Seaman’s Friend Society, 20,930 62 American and Foreign Evan gelical Society, 20,145 66 American Society for promo ting Collegiate and Theolo gical Education at the West 15,939 77 American Protestant Society 9,50 U 00 American Society for Evan gelizing tlie Jews, 8,300 36 American Baptist Society for Evangelizing the Jews, 2,180 83 American Baptist Indian Mis sionary Association, 5,396 23 Boston Ladies’ Society for promoting Education at the West, 1,567 00 In all the above Miscellaneous Societies, —— 148,419 16 Total for the year as far as nacertained, $1,562,449 75 AUGUSTA, GEO.. SUNDAY MAY^9~ 18lT ifCTAs our types committed some errors in u, # tasteful essay, “The Moral of a Rose Leaf,” which appeared in our paper of yesterday, we re publish it this morning. It is well suited for Sun day reading, and is a graceful selection for cur columns. O”ourciiy was visited about 8 o’clock last evening, with a heavy fall of rain and hail, accompanied with startling peaU of thunder. The quantity of hail was very con siderable—the stones of large size. Though the rain was desirable for the crops, the hail must have done material injury as far a» ii extended. Dr. Uouiioab last Lecture. By advertisement it will be seen this gen tleman gives his last lecture at the Masonic Hall, to-morrow evening. The subject is one of the most interesting he has yet lectured on, viz; Electricity of the Vegetable, Mine ral and Animal Kingdoms—and its applica tion for the cure ot diseases. The Doctor’s lectures in this city have been well attended, and we have heard but one opinion expressed, and that is that lie has given satisfaction and imparled important information to his numer ous auditors. Those who have not attended his lectures should avail themselves of this last opportunity. Arrival of Air. Webster in Charleston, Mr. Webster arrived at Charleston on Fn i day morning in the Wilmington boat, and i took lodgings at the Charleston Hotel. lie i was received by the Committee appointed for | the purpose, who conducted Mr. VVebsU r into j the spacious piazza or balcony of the Hotel, ; which was thronged with ladies and citizens, j gathered, (as was also a large crowd of citi zens in the street fronting the Hotel,) to give the distinguished guest a hearty welcome to the hospitalities of Charleston. Mr. Webster took his position in the centre of the balcony, immediately fronting the street, and was , there addressed by the Hon. I 4 '. H Elmore, Chairman of the Committee, to which Mr. Webster made a handsome reply. He ac i cepted the diifere.it invitations extended to | him, and Monday was set apart as the day on which he would receive the calls of the cili ' zens at the Hibernian Hall, Official Despatches. The Washington Union of the 4lh instant ' contains official despatches, brought by Lieut. Enorv, from Gen. Kearny, in California, and from Col. Doniphan, at the head of the Missouri Volunteers. We give in another column the last despatch of Col. Doniphan, giving in detail his battle at tbc Sacramento, and his subsequent capture of Chihuahua, one of the most brilliant achievements since the war commenced with Mexico. The Union in speaking of this battle says— “ There is nothing in the whole course of this active war which surpasses our victory at ti e Sacramento, whether we consider the disparity of the forces engaged, the comparative loss of tbc two armies, the skill and prowess of our troop . j either in storming the enemy’s batteries, or the i flanking their position, the utter discomfiture of I the enemy, and the capture of the capital of Chi huahua. The whole enteiprise, as well as our decisive victories in California, are but new evi dences of the valor of our men and the success of our arms.” Santa Anna’s Wooden Leg. W e are sorry to see this misfortune made the occasi in of levity and coarse ridicule in our pub lic press. It has been the theme of innumera ble caricatures, bad jokes and abortive efforts wit, in which nolhing was conspicuous hut vul gar exultation and unworthy vindictiveness. It is in bad taste, and is the very reverse of mag nanimity. A soldier’s scars and wounds receiv ed in the service of his country, are badges of honor. Where they have unfortunately result ed in mutilation, and caused a curtailment ot* “nature’s fair proportions,” they are entitled to still more respect. Who would not feel indignant at seeing the feeble arm, and tottering step of the aged, or the ghastly visage and pain-racked frame of the sick man jeered at and burlesqued I Even if inflicted on the most haled foe, it would tend to propitiate resentment. How, then, can such a disaster as Santa Anna’s, he game for ill natured sport 1 That evidence of service to his country is of itself enough to redeem him from contempt —and must always give him some de gree of respectability—some claim upon the sym pathies of just minds, however low his political tortunes may sink—as they are now likely to do. He lost his leg in the service of his country—in defence of his country, against an invading foe. Whatever may have been the merits of the quarrel between the French and Mexicans, the mutilation is not the less honorable to the suf ferer. We arc no admirer of this cunning, cruel and perfidious Mexican. Even General Waddy Thompson says “be is not a model man.” But we like to see him assailed where he is fairly vul nerable. His moral weaknesses-—his conduct— his bombastic threats, and loud vuuntings of what he intends to do, and then their “most lame and impotent conclusion” are fair game—but not his wooden leg—or bis cork leg. Even if his life were to become forfeit to bis country, the Mexi cans ought to treat that artificial leg, as was pro posed to treat Benedict Arnold’s leg that was wounded while fighting the battles of his coun try. An American officer, after Arnold joined the Biilish, said if he was captured by our forces his leg that was wounded ought to be cut off, and buried with the honors of war, and the balance of the man hung on a gallows. It Santa Anna should ever reach that elevated destiny at the hand, of his countrymen, they ought first to treat his wooden leg in the same manner, as that is the best part about him. License in New York. The Albany Argus, of Monday, gives the following: “We have returns from more than 300 towns, in which two to one of the towns, and a large preponderance of the popular vote are in favor of a licence.