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. . .v* m \ r ]CT ! Hlfci lUJksiiiUiiU*iiiL'i>-'A' j JAMES GARDNER, JR TER M S . 00 Daily, per annum, ' 1 0(‘ Tri-W eekly, per annum,. If paid in advance,. 5 00 ■ 3 00 W eekly, per annum, If paid m advance, • - J ‘ J TO CLICS U e call particular attention to the following terms of our paper ; To riahs, remitting $!0 iv advaxck. FIVE COPIES a:e wnt. This will put our weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. J£r \!l new subscriptions ransl he paid in advance. ■jCj~ Postage, must lie paid on all Communications and LePers of business. [From the N. O. Delta, 11 th inst.] HIGHLY IMPORTANT ITIG3I MEXI CO. Latest From Gen. Scott's Division. The steamboat James L. Day,Capt. \\ ood, arrived yesterday from Vera Cruz, whence she left on tbe 6th m-t. We have Vera Cruz advices to lint due; from .Ulapa to the 29ili nit., and from the city of Mexico to the 2 Ist. Tins we proceed to give, commencing first with our correspondence. Humor of Santa A \na being made Prisoner— Mexicans Printing in Suplies — Communi cations with Vera Cruz not lobe Kept Open. Jalafa, April 2Th,i1847. Eds. Della: —You will tiud all the news that is to be picked up here in a paper, a copy of which I scud you. Some idle rumor prevails this morning th.it Manta Anna lias been made a pi Honor, but so little attention ! d d 1 pay to it at the moment that I forgot to ask whether to Americans or Mexicans. Gen. Scott will probably leave this place in 12 or 14 day, when lie will make no hall short of Puebla. As you will see from the news 1 send yous in the Star, the enemy talk cl nothing but resistance. The Mexicans are bringing in tiieir corn . pretty freely. I believe, from what I can hear about head quarters, that when we march from this piace, there vvdl ho little or no communication with Vera Cruz. Our means of transportation will not enable us to look lor supplies from home, ami llie enemy will be looked to furnish us to a great extent. Our trams are beginning already to he annoyed in the short space be tween tins and Veia Cruz, ami to keep the road open all the way to Mexico will require more men then would he necessary to lake that city. CHAPARRAL. Vera Cruz may, 2. In my last letter to you I made some re flections on the Navy, for not h iving attempt ed to carry the Castle by landing from the ships. 1 beg leave to recall those remarks, as 1 have since learned that a young Lieuten- , ant in the Navy presented a proposition to j ihe Government to that effect, asking authori ty to purchase a merchant vessel and SJOColl’ pistols, run in as a merchant vessel and moor to the walls of the Castle, and at night board I from the yard-arms and jib-booms; and that j a merchant vessel with S(JO men, armed with ! Colt’s pistols and otherwise equipped, was ; actually held in readiness to make the at- | tempt waiting but the permission of the Com- 1 modore, who bad discretionary power from the Secretary of the Navy to authorize it it expedit n |and had there been any uni ecessary I delay in the Cattle’s giving up the attempt 1 would have been made. It was a glorious j conception, and the project does credit to our J Navy, and though it would have been a feather out of our cap, yet 1 wish most hear tily they had been permitted to carry it out —it would have been something unique in its kind, and would have shed undying lustre on the Navy. Jt is most creditable to the Secre tary of llie Navy, that he gave it his coun tenance and support. Theie is stuff enough : in these young Navy boys tor anv enterprise j —all they want is rope, and not bed-ridden i old men to cripple their energies. 1 have ! not been able to iearn the name of the Lieut enant who projected this expedition. Gen. Mhields has been pronounced out of danger. I have just learned that my company will! be ordered up to join our regiment at Jalapa. If so, I shall have a better opporluniiv oi keeping you advised of the movements of the Army. Yours, very respectfullv, J. D. J. [We hope to hear from our excellent and | spirited correspondent often; and we take this opportunity of giving him our thanks for the kindness he has manifested towards the Delta. Eds Della ] Latest News from City of '\Lxico -Santa Anna within forty miles of Vera Cruz, threatening the City--- War approaching to a close. Vera Cruz, May sth, 1547. Eds Della: —As the steamer lias been de- i tained until to-day by bad weather, { give you the latest news that lias readied us since I closed my letter of the 3d, there is not much | of it, but what there is, is of some interest and importance. The British Consul at this piace has just received a communication from the j British minister, .Mr. Bankhead, saying that : the Mexican Government has solicited the ; friendly mediation of his government, to set- 1 lie the difficulties between Mexico and the United Stales. 1 learned this morning Inal such a letter had been received from .Mr. Bankbead, and at once called on the English Consul, who tells me that such is a fact. You may therefore rely on the accuracy of this statement. Santa Anna is about 40 miles from here with 2000 men, threatening to march in and sack Vera Cruz. This information comes from a Spanish merchant of this place, who came in yesterday from Mexico—he states ; that he saw Santa Anna, w ho advised him to i take his things out of the city, as lie should,' destroy everything in it. This of course, we i consider as mere Mexican bravado, as it is not likely he would make his plans public, did he iqtend executing them. We are, nevertheless, practising our men (infantry) at the artillery, so as got to be taken by sur prise. We learn by letters from the City of Mexi co, that they have stopped throwing up in trenchments around the city, and do not in tend standing a siege or bombardment. Fur the tirat lime sincel have been in Mexico, I begin to think that the war is about drawing to a close. Yours respectfully, J. D.J. [From tke N, O. Picayune, 12th inst.] From the City of Mexico. Statement of Affairs in the City if Mexico — Treatment of Major Gaines and other Ame rican Prisoners taken at Eacarnadon. We yesterday had the pleasure of a con versation with Mr. Black, late American Con- ——. w-i-■ > rszsr. r rr.—ta su! at the city of Mexico, who left there on on of Apr. 1 :»;;J arrived ve s, eril*v morn in2 on the brig E. E. Bierce, Capt. Carr, in nine days from Tampico. Mr. 13 ack on the 31 si March, shortly after the arrival of Manta Anna from Buena Vista—when no doubt the i one-legged hero was exceedingly annoyed at i the immense labor ho had been at to rnanu- | facture a victory out of the battle of Buena j Vista, and felt in anything an amiable , mood towards the barbarous North Ameri cans— received an order through the Gove- j nor to quit the capital immediately, 1 his . peremptory order was given 100 in Passion Week a'time when no business, public or private, is transacted, and when it is almost j an impossibility to obtain the assistance ne- j cessary to depart. Mr. Black, however,sue- ; ceeded in getting ready to leave in a day or \ two, and in having tfie archieves of tire lega- j tion packed, which lie brought with him, and ! demanded an escort, which was at first re- A variety of pretty artifices were re sorted to to entrap him into a position that would a fiord a pretxct for his arrest and im prisonment, but finding them fruitless he was gramed an escort and left lire city on tire 1 evening of the 3J of April. The order re quired him to embark from Tampico, and al- j though he was promised and was according ■ to the usuages of civilized nations entitled to an escort llie w hole di-stance, he was furnish ed with one for only thirty leagues from the capital, to a place called Rio del Monte; from tins place to Tampico he was obliged to em ploy escorts —and sorry escorts they were.— One of them, consisting of two men, had a sword and a musket between them, the bar- I rel of the musket being fastened to the slock with a cordr another, composed also of two men, hud two old rusty swords between them: both escorts travelling on foot. Notwith- ; standing all this he was not molested on the | journey. From Mr. Black we have learned much | that is interesting ind important in relation to the state of aiFtirs in ihecapilal. We have 1 later d ties th in he brings, but Ins information | is of a character that can only be obtained | from an intelligent observer, who has had the • advantage of a long residence among the peo ple he speaks of. The sincere federalists, I both moderate and ultra, are the most urgent for the prosecution of the war; not because of •a feeling of hostility to the United States, for they desire, if there Is tso other means of establishing their system of government, an union with the United States; but because they wish (lie whole race of military tyrants exterminated, and to destroy thoroughly lire basis of their power, they look to the continu ance of the war and the annihilation of the army. Many men of property, not belong ing to this party, and a number of the priest hood, seeing the utter hopelessness of suc cess ?n couten ling with our armies, are also looking to the subjugation of the country as the only means of restoring tranquillity and securing them in their possessions. Mr. B ack confirms the report that many of ihe Mexicans suspect Santa, Anna of treachery, ( and the clergy and Ihe people, poor and rich, i are murmuring against exactions to support ! a war which has resulted in nothing but dis asters to the country. 'The Country is with out arms, there being scarcely-any tiling left j to them, since their recent defeats, but old | and almost useless small arms and very lew i canrym.. Air. Black for this reason holds the i idea of resistance of couscquem e to Gen. ; Scott’s march upon tlie capital as prepo-te runs. Mania Anna is already nearly reduced i to the position the federalists wish him in, j being left but a guerrilla party to operate ; with, and whether be ever sought peace or I not, tie cannot now be expected to make an | attempt at bringing it about, while a hope re- I mains to him ot being able to recover the ground be lias lost. Whether those who look to American rue for amelioration of tiieir condition will endeavor to bring about peace, remains to be seen. When Mr. Black left, affairs were in such a state of confusion that no idea could be formed of what might lake place within twenty-four hours, but the i Government, had determined upon removing j to Lagos, distant about one hundred leagues j from the capital, whenever our army readied j its vicinby. There is but little means of re i sistance al the capital, Wtien Mr. Black left there was not over half a dozen pieces of artillery there, and knowing of no source from whence sufficient ordnance can be ob j tamed, he is of opinion that a defence will not he attempted. We' rerrret o learn that Majors Gaines and • Borland and Capt. Clay, and the other pri soners taken at Encarnacion, not withstand ing Santa Anna’s engagement to release them when prisoners were exchanged alter the bat tle of Buena V ista, are closely confined and their wants neglected. Even Li Vega, who was treated with so much respect and consid eration in this city, turned a deaf ear to their complaints when military commandant of the city of Mexico. Route of Major Campbe'l and his Com. pauions From Chihuahua to the Texas Settlements. Major Campbell, of Springfield, 111., with thirty-two others, ail of Col. Doniphan’s j command, arrived here on Monday from Chi huahua, via Texas and Red River. 'The following incidents of their march are given j in the Soda Lake (Texas) Herald. Tills, I with Col. Doniphan’s official report of the I battle of Sacramento, which we give to-day, | was crowded out yesterday with the press of | ! news from the arm.es of Gcuerais Scotland Taylor ; • | Col. Campbell left Chihuahua on the 15th ! of March, with an escort of thirty-two men, bearing despatches to Washington City. On the 16th, 18th and 2lsf, he passed through i the towns of San Aranamo, Puma and Pre sidio del Norte, none of which had before j that time been captured. Tbe Mexican pop ulation treated him with respect and hospi- ! tality. At the Presidio del Norte, there were a company of near one hundred Mexican troops, who were posted there to intercept his crossing, which they did by leaving their i cannon aud running off as last as tiieir cow ardly legs comd carry them. On the 4ih April, she Colonel and his troop were charged upon by tfie Camanche Indians, who, aftersome manoeu vering came to terms, and with whom the Colonel made a temporary treaty, gave them some presents and pursued his journey. On the sth April, near the head waters of the Neuces, he met with another band of In dians, who treated him friendly. On the 6th, he was attacked by a large force of the Camanches, with whom he af terwards made a treaty, which they violated the next day, by giving tbe Colonel and his invincible little troop a battle, that continued for three hours and (wenly-Uco minutes, ivhen, surrounded by some five hundred warriors, they cut their way through the enemy’s line, and made good tiieir retreat to the limber, when tlie battle ceased. In this battle many ot the enemy were slain, as they were seen to fail from their horse- 6 : and among them was the same chief with whom the treaty liH<i been made but the day before. The Co’onr! Mad i«ni one man wounded, though the Indiana captured his m**?*-, with the provisions. TTie three following days , he was pursued by the Indian?* who cut off | his hunting parties,so that they wore driven | to the necessity of butchering their mules lor meat, which, for the want of forage, were as lean as Pnaraoh's kine. This mule meat they eat for sixteen days, without bread or salt, relieved occasionally with the variety ol prairie dog, wolf, skunk, &.C., &c., having since they left the army at Chihuahua, eaten : as many as twenty-two dilferent kinds ot ' meat. In this condition and almost naked, i they arrived at Gen. Tarrant’s, on Chambers 1 Creek, Navarro county, where they remain i ed one diy—thence they came to this place. ; : The Colonel and his troop enjoyed excel- ; | lent health, and all arrived safe again among ] their own countrymen. He speaks in the I highest terms of (tie bravery of the soldiers, and -kill and valor cf the officers of the army | oi New Mexico. He informed u* of the expedition made by our arms into the Na'vahoe country, inhabited by Indians of that name, sitaared 450 miles I north-west of Santa Fe. This expedition crossed the Rocky Mountains, after havryg made a treaty with the Indians—explored the I country watered b\ the Ahela and Rio —— rivers, that -flow into the Pacific Ocean, and | re crossed the mountains, and reached live Rio Grande at El Paso. Vhrom '.h' O. Delta, 12 th inst.] Advance ol Gnu. Scott. We spoke yesterday in terms of certainty | of Gen. Scott’s determination to advance on 1 to the capital of Mexico, without delay nrprn castinHtion: indeed, we spoke of him •being ; by this lime there, and this without reference ; to the arrival of the deputation which it was ! saill came to his quarters, offering him a | peaceful surrender of the city. 'The Picavune publishes a letter from Mr. Kendall, dared Jalapa, May 4th, in which he says that l!ie forward mova meet had been ! countermanded—that Gen. Scott had resolved to discharge the volunteers whose term of service is about to expire, at Jalapa, and would not proceed further till reinforced by new troops. Although this announcement is made in positive terms, yet in a subsequent paragraph the writer sa)s — “He may .-till go on to the capital, even with what he has, lor there are not Mexitans enough in arms to arrest him; yet, whether such a course won d he prudent, or whether such are his intentions or not, is more than any fine can say who is not thoroughly into ! his secret.-.” Now, although Mr. Kendall’s letter is dAfed five days !a r er than the time at which our in formant conversed with Gen. .Scott, we are still inclined to believe that our statement is the more correct one. Gen. Scott was un reserved in the developement of his view to our informant, and at tiiat time—’he 29di tilt.—lns purpose was fixed to proceed on forthwith to 11 ie capital, and the fact that the term fur which so many of his men had en listed was about to expire, was one of live main causes that urged his precipitation. He whs not going, lie said, to waste the fruits of Ins success at \ era Cruz and Cerro Gordo, by inactivity and indecision. His force was limited—his money and supplies still more so. IT* would, however, push on. His force was sufficient to march to the capital, and cause it to surrender, by doing it before the enemy had time to rally and make a well pre pared resistance. Once there, he would trust to the G ivernment to promptly and fully re inforce him; As for money and supplies, both i b.e was determined to have if they were in | the country —not by plunder or pillage, but by giving bis orders at sight on his Govern ment for everything taken. These views he communicated tri the .Sec retary of War, in his despatches ol the 29th ult. In three or four day s afterwards he may have changed his opinions and his whole plan of operations, though it is not very likely. | From the N. O. Delta 12 msl. J The Crevasse. Yesterday, at a late hour in the evening, it was reported that all the swamps in the i vicinity of the crevasse, as far down as the Engl Hi Turn, were filled, and that the wa ; er was 11 owing over the cultivated lands. Al though yesterday every arrangement was adopted to siop the crevasse* it is the opinion of those who are judges, that unless the river falls, the damage caused by the overflow will be Very considerable. It is possible that i this crevasse may be stopped, but most strin gent measures must be taken, in order to es- I fed it. From tiic “Minerva,” published in Tiiib odaux, Li., dated 30th nit. we learn that Ihe i levee broke out on the right bank of the I Lafourche, about eight miles below that spot, I on the 25th nit. 'The .Minerva says:—“The breach is about one hundred feet wide; all hopes of slopping it have been abandoned. The bayou, since the crevasse occurred, lias fallen about one foot. 'The damage that will be occasioned to the planters of 'Terrebonne, | and the small fanners in the vicinity, will be ! immense; the latter will be compelled to de pend on the generosity of the citizens of the Parish, for their sustenance during the year, as their crops, by this occurrence, have been j j entirely destroyed. We also learn that in the lower part of the parish,the levee has given way in more than a dozen places.” Diabolical anil Itlnrderoas Acr. Sixty Persons Poisoned-- 'Den or Twenty Dead —Eighteen or 'l'iccnty others Despaired of. A friend of ours received a letter yesterday from his brother, who resides in the parish of Sabine. It is dated on the 2d ilist., and besides some reference to matters of private business, contains the following startling ex tract. Perhaps, to do away with all idea of its being unauthentic, we might as well say that the letter came to Mr. Stille Clerk of the House of Representatives, and was written by his brother. But to the extract; “There has been one of the most unex ampled acts of poisoning committed in Shelby county, Texas, that I have ever heard of. “There was a wedding at old Mr. Wilk inson’s of an orphan girl be raided, at which all the invited guests were poisoned, includ ing the bride’s-maid and groom’s man. Out of sixty persons poisoned, thirty, Dr. Sharp says, will certainly die. 'Ten or twelve are already dead, including two sons of preacher Britton, lvo Castleberry’s—the one a young man and the other a young woman—one of the Slaughter’s and his wife. “Strange to tell, none of the family was injured, nor yet the bride and groom; yet one ol the bnde’s-maids died in the hou^e. “Old Wilkinson has absconded. This portion of Texas is in arms, and vvoc-betide the guilty! What I write you is the fact without exaggeration. “It is supposed that the negroes were hired to administer the poiecn in the coffee, or food, by a disappointed sui-or, who was present at the wedding.”— lb. rr?-**>u(!cr of Ihe City of tlcxico. | Immediately Kr, mr»* the Jam" T, h,iv started from Vera Cruz. Maj. Leonard, who is cihuuuoJ J there, sent an officer on board to inform Gen. Til- i low that an express had just arrived from Gen. I Scott, with a despatch, in which it was stated j that a depuration of Mexican citizens from the ! Capital had arrived at the General headquarters, ; inviting him io advance,assuring him that it would i I surrender to him without opposition, and asking ; his protection of their persons and properly. To J such favorable terms Gen. Scott assented. He i T, therefore,on his way to, if not already in the j “halls of the Montezumas.”— N. O. Ddla, llth ; instant. | Maj. Gen. Pillow.—lt gives ns great pleasure 1 ! to state, that although the wound which Gen. Til- 1 j low 7 received in his right arm is a severe one. it ! cannot he called dangerous. No apprehension that amputation w ill have to he resorted to need be entertained. This is informational which his numerous friends will rejoice. Two other balls j limn the ot.e by which lie was wounded, have left 1 their traces in the General’s blue frock. The Mex i ican halls seemed really ambitious to scrape an ! acquaintance with him.— lh. t«en. Shields is still recovering: unless he get a j relapse, his life may be considered out of danger. | —76. fMaa—ea—w i ■» Fwwmjuj.. an wwara—an—— AUGUSTA. GEO.. TITS DAY MORNING, 3ft AV 18. HIT. I O \Ve received no papers hv last evening’s | mail from offices North of THlfirnore. The ! letter mails, we understand, came through from Philadelphia, New York and Boston. Mr. Webster. This gentleman, accompanied hv bis lady and Miss Seaton, arrived last evening in the Gars from Columbia, and was escorted to his quarters, Washington Hail, by the Commit tee of arrangements, and a lance concourse ... ; of citizens. The fallowing is this programme as handed us I by the Committee of Arrangements: The Committee of Arrangements for the recep tion of the Hon. Daniel Webster, announce to the public that our distinguished Guest will he in troduced to the citizens generally, at the South entrance of the City Hall, This Morning, at 10 o'clock. From twelve to two o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Web ster will receive calls, at their rooms at the Wash ington Hail. At five o’clock, the Dinner " ill he furnished, at the Masonic Hall. Guests ami subscribers are re quested to meet at that hour, in theXJoD Fellow’s Room. Subscribers will please call for their tickets be fore the dinner hour, at the store of Messrs Clarke-, Racket &. Co. {C?~ The Committee of Arrangements will meet at the office of \V. T. Gould, Esq., This Morning at half past eight o’clock, UTRereived from Harper &, Brothers, through Thomas Richards, the following: Luther Martin, one of the series of Har per’s Fireside Library. Field’s illustrated. Omoo, a narrative of adventures in the i South Seas. i O'Col. Bankhead arrived at Washington ; City on the 14r!i inst., bringing with him the flags and standards of the enemy which Gen. Scott took at Vera Cruz. 'They were to be ; exhibited that day at the north portico of the War Department. I Naval. The U. S. frigate Columbia, Com. Ros ! pea it, and (he U. S. brig Bainbridge, Com mander Pennington, were both at Monfevi | deoon the 12th of March. Officers and crews : all welj. Dividend. The Board of Directors of the Bank of Augusta, it will be seen by advertisement, have declared a semi-arsnual dividend of three j dollars and fifty cents per chare, payable on i demand. Virginia. The Abingdon Virginian of the Ssh inst., states that Fulton, the Whig candidate for j Congress in the Thirteenth District, is offi cially certified to be elected by a majority ; of six. The vote stood Fulton, Whig* 2084 McM ullen. Democrat, 207 S Goodson. Democrat, 1230 ; The Commercial Review j Mr. Augustus S. Foster, the Agent of (his popular periodical, published monthly at New Orleans, by J. D. B. Deßow, is now in our city, for the purpose of obtaining sub scribers to it, where he will remain fora few days, and may be found at Ihe United Slates Hotel, by those disposed to patronize the Work. We were surprised to learn that there were so few subscribers to tin's truly Southern work in our city, and wish to sec the list in creased, for it is one that should be in the hands of every merchant and planter. It is now established on a firm foundation, with ample and increasing support, and has among j its contributors some of the ablest writers in ) the South, West and North. To show the estimation in which it is held in our sister State, South Carolina, where : the Agent has made a large addition to his I subscription list, we publish the following resolution passed unanimously at the recent Rail Road Convention assembled at Colum bia: “ Resolved , That it is with pleasure we learn our late fellow citizen J. D. B. Deßow, Esq now of New Orleans, hereafter intends to devote a large portion of the Commercial Review, to the Rail Road interest in the South; we therefore heartily recommend that work to the patronage of those persons in terested in such enterprises.” i. o. o. r. The Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the State of Georgia closed its annual session, in Sav annahjon Thursday evening last. We under stand it was well attended, and harmony and good feeling marked all its proceedings. Several charters were granted for the forma- tion of new Lodges in the interior, and the Order seems to be rapidly extending its praiseworthy objects throughout the State. The following is its officers for the ensuing year : 1 I!. If.Griffi.v, No. 9, M W. Grand Master. 1 E. 11. Rogers, ** K». XL W. 1). Gr*»*d Master. , IG. Patton, “ 5, R. VV. Grand Warden. 'J. N T . Lewis, “ 1, R. W. Grand Secretary. J. P. Collins, “ 3. R. W. Grand Treasurer. 11. A.C’uank, “ 3, W.Grand Chaplain. John Scott, Jr. “ 1, W. Grand Marshal. |O. P. Felt, “ 9, W. Grand Conductor. IH. S. Bell, “ 3, W. Grand Guardian. R. U . Grand Representatives to the Grand Lodge of the (hi tied States. j Past Grand Master John W. Anderson, ! No. 9, De K.ilb Lodge, Savannah. Pas t Grand M. W OODKUFF, No. 6, Musco gee Lodge, Columbus. Itdiafoicciiiculit lor Ucii. Ocolt. The New Orleans Delta of the 12th inst. savs—“We are glad to learn that the follow ing regiments have been ordered to join Gen. Scott as quickly as they can be mustered into service,and sent forward: the 9 It, 1 lilt, 12llt, 1 14th, 15th and Voiligeurs. “ The Union has stated, that of these, 4000 would be by this time en route for the seat of 3 I war. “Wc have been informed that a despatch has been sent on to Gen. Cadwallader, now I at the Brazos, instructing him to proceed forthwith with his present command, to j »in Gen. Scott.” Colonel Aiay. The New Orleans Picayune of the 12th inst. says—-“'Phis gallant officer being at the Orleans theatre last evening in company with Gt n. Lewis, and several ol the audience re cognising him, his na ne, in a few minutes alter his entrance, resounded from every part of the house. Overwhelmed with so cn’.ltusias tic a demonstration, he attempted to with draw-, but was prevented by those near him, 1 I and on returning to resume his seat in the I 1 i i parquette, the house was filled with vocifer- , 1 ous cheering—the ladies waving their hand- i j D ; kerchiefs, showered bonnets upon him, and even the leader of the orchestra, forgetting ! his duties in his desire to behold the gallant soldier, turned from the stage and struck up, ! on his violin, ‘Hail Columbia.’ It was sev eral minutes before the house be turned its at tention to the performance.” I , x. lo Brazil. It is staled tha-t Col. Tod will sail in the ; U. S. ship Brandywine, from Norfolk, on the Ist of June. Thos. J, Morgan, E-q., late i Clerk in the office of the Solicitor of the I Treasury, is Secretary of Legation. The Spirit of Maryland. i The'American Republican says—“ Major j General John Spear Smith, ot Baltimore, the j present commander of the 'Third Division of Maryland Militia, lias written to Gen. Jones, Adjutant General bf the United States Army, tendering through him to tlie President the services cf a Brigade of Volunteers from Maryland, to serve during the war with Mexico. Hopes are entertained that the brigade Will be accepted, as it is confidently anticipated tiiat the requisite Dumber of men can be sbetired wiliim a very short lime. A prominent officer from Baltimore is de.-irous of command! ng one regiment, and an excel lent officer of Washington county command of the other.” Rumors Contradicted# The Washington Union of the 13th inst savs. “We understand there is no sort of foundation for the statement which is nude in the Washing ton correspondence of the N. Y. Journal ofCom merce of Wednesday, and in the Baltimore Clip per of this morning, 1 hat orders have been sen 1 to General Scott to halt for the present at Jalapa’ No such consultation is believed to have taken’ place in the cabinet on the 1 hit, ns is alleged in the Baltimore Clipper, nor has any order of this sort been issued ‘since the 7tb instant,” as stated in the New Vote Journal. In tact, no one doubts that Gen. Scott will push on to the capital, and that he will take it before any orders could have hern sent to him subsequent to the 7th instant W e know that he has already passed Jalapa and arrived even at Perote? By this time, in all prob ability, he is “treading the imperial capital of the Aztecs.” Extra Session of Congress. —lmportant Iht moi By a despatch from a reliable source in Washington, received at 10 o’clock last night, wc have the information that a rumor was cur rent, and generally believed in t lint city, that the President ami cabinet had decided on*calling an extra session of Congress, and that the Union would contain the official announcement. The Union had not gone to press when the Telegraph Office closed; consequently w e have nothing positive on the subject.— Baltimore Sun, 14/A i instant. The Washington Union of the evening ofthe | same day, says—W e are utterly at a loss lo know how such a rumor got into circulation. There is not the slightest foundation for it. No such i decision had been made by the President and j I cabinet; and we venture to assert that no such 1 j idea has ever entered info their minds. Why ! 1 should Congress be called] The administration ! have money, men, and munitions, sufficient to J carri ’’ °n jhe war with glory and success, and un_ j j less Mexico be infatuated,to negotiate an honor- ' able peace. At home, the reforms which Con gress have adopted in our financial system are developing their benefits by the machinery which Congress have already established.” * Item?, A Fanny Taylor.— At the recent illumina tion in Pittsburg, a tailor named Worth bad his shop ornamented with two transparencies, one bearing the motto, “Worth makes the man* ike offier, “It takes nine men to make a Taylor.” Gen. Scott. — The Albany Evening Jour nal says that Gen. Scott gave Santa Anna a hasty plate of soup," at Cerro Gordo; and if he had not been served with fleet horses he would aiso have honored him with a “ fire in the rear «gi»n m* ■ r r "frwn m i ip Gen. Twiggs. —This officer lias been ia every hard-fought battle during the war with Mexico, except that at Buena Vista. He lias borne himself well at Palo Alto, Resaca de !a Palma, Monterey, Vera Crui and Ccr* I ’ I r« Gt'rdo. I The have in press th* “Diolo 1 malic and official Papers of Mr. Webster 1 while Secretary of S.ate," —which they will publish in two handsome octavo volumes dar ing the present season. The Law of Lihel. —We perceive that Mr Harris, in the New York Legislature, has | introduced a b 11 allowing the truth to be uiven in evidence in all cases of libel. I h Aii Expansible Currency. —One dollar bills of the New Haven County Bank are i*- | sued, composed of paper made of India Rub i her, which is m tnuf.icUired at Lisbon. The total number of officials connected with the French Government, is 931,971. The total of salaries, pensions, wtc. j paid by that government annually, is 397,- | 331,000 francs. Santa Anna Claris. —A witty auctioneer of Norfolk, a night or two since, finding Ida I company slow at bidding for Clocks, pul up : “Ilie last,” and said, “Now gentlemen, I pre s'nl yon with a new kind of clock —it is call ed the JS.inta Anna Clock, and warranted to run without slop-ping.” r l'ht Glories of nur Arms. —Our list of vic tories achieved in Mexico, since May 7, 1546 * I one year ago, now stands in the following, order:—Palo Alto, Reaaca de la Palma, San Pa-quai, Los Angelos, .Mesa, Monterey, Buena Vista. San Francisco, Sacramento, Vera Cruz, 111 Embudo, Pueblo de Tao#, Mora, La Cuanada, El Bracilo. Alvarado, Ceric Gordo, Tuspan. An Immense Vine. —On a farm called West Hill, about two miles from Burlington, X. J. * is a grape vine, which, at three feet from the ground measures six feel one inch round the trunk, ami at three feet is three feel in cir • cum Terence! Debt of A etc York. —-The message of May or Brady shows the debt of New York city, on the 3()ih of April last, to have been §ll,. i 748,376 40. [From the \. O. Vic-uftiie, 11 !h iast. ] From Gen* Tnylui V .Arms i The steamship James L. Day t> uched «t the Craz -s, on her voyage from Vera Cruz, on the 7li inst. We received no letters from | the Ilio Grande bv this arrival. Lieut. Col. | Mav and Lieut. French arid oiheVa came pas ■ sengers from the mouth ol the nvbr. We hate conversed with an intelligent of ficer—one who lias been with Gen. Taylor from Palo Alto to Buena Vista—who lelt j Monterey on the 20'li April, vvhto informs ua j that Gen. Taylor’s arttoy ifielting away , ly reason of the expiration ufterms o; service ; of the volunteers under Lis command. He j has neither nun not - tiftnsportalions with i which to advance into the enemy’s countrv.* • Indeed the whole line ofConiniunicalion from j Ihe Brazos f o JSalullo will presently be in a ; verv exposed situation. The low stage of I water of lhe Rio Grande had made ihe com munication with the Brazos, very ledums and , difficult. For very lack of the material of war, the General must keep his encamj ment {er force. To replace the regiments about returning j to the Ujiiied Idtaies, a portion of the *Jd Mis j sissippi Regiment had arrived at Monterey ; ! but the sin.ill pox - had broken out amongst | them and disabled many of them. The Vir- I ori ll isi regiment was in that neighborhood, and part of the North Carolina troops. 'These were employed in escorting trams from Ca margo to the mountains. From every ap pearance this column of the army will be sta tionary fur a lime. Everything was quiet for once. This state of inactivity must chafe the spirit that overrun the valley of the Rio Grande and first made the Mexicansto blanch before the legions of the North. Wiser heads than ours perchance have ordained this. But j one thing may be relied upon—-“if the Gov- I eminent, have no employment fur Gen. 'Tay lor in Mexi< o. the people have use for him at home. Mark that, all ye whom it may con cern. Another Mail Robbery. By a letter from Macon, we learn that Eze kiel Ilewett, tfie Mail carrier between Ma con and Talbot (on, lias been arrested, charged with robbing the Mail. He was examined before Major James Smith, United fStales Commissioner of Macon, on the 12th inst.,. and upon hearing of the testimony, was com mitted to jail for trial at Ihe United States Circuit Court, in M i ledgeville, in November next.— Sa r. Republican, loth insl. Loss of the Br. ship Leander. We learn by the arrival at New York of the Hr. brig Guiana. Capt. Cailahan, on the 10th inst., that the Br. ship Leander, from Liverpool fur this port, with a cargo of Salt, sprung aleak on the 17th April, in iat. long. 71 30, i ni was abandoned; Capt. Phe lan, of tlie L. 1 idv and daughter, and nine seamen,taking the long-boat, strived at Nas sail on the 24th ult. /j. | DCr’Subscribers lo the Dinner to | Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER, .m This Day the USi h May, will please call at ilie store of .Messrs, j Clark, Rackett & Co., where thr lists, arc left for I their Tickets. 1 May 18 Democratic Meeting in Columbia county. A meeting of the Democratic perty of Columbia county will be held at Appling, on the first Tues day in June, for the purpose of appointing. Dele gates to lha Convention to be held in MilledgeviU.e. DC? 3 R- S. Jackson , Teacher on the Piano Forte, Flute and Violin, respectfully lenders his services to the citizens of Augusta. References—Henry Parsons, Thus. Richards and T. s. Metcalf, Esq’rs. N. B.—Fox terms, &c., inquire at 11. Parson’s Music store. 6m Dec. 1 GIBSON & BUTT, ATTORNEYS AT LA W. W Alt RENTON, GA. LAW COPARTNERSHIP.—The Subscribers have entered into a Co-Partnership, and will prac tise in the Northern Circuit. Any business entrus ted to their care w ill meet withprompt attention. WILLIAM GIBSON. JOSEPH 11. BUTT. Jan. 23 6m. 9i