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111111 M,r 'SSUSSSSt 9m 91 S ** mm * Xl '** m st. | JAMES GARDN ER,,_J R■_ I ~ T i> u 31 s. i Daily? annum, .S 3 00 ; Tri-We»*kly, per annum, ® ! If paid in advance j Weekly, per annum, ~ If paid in advance, - TO CLUBS. IVt call particular attention to the. following terms of oar paj/er: Tn Clubs, r'-iniitint; £lO im advance. FIVE COPIES are sent. This will put our weekly |>n.- p.*r in the reach of new subscriber* ai, TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. {£T All new subscription* raiift he paid in advance. postage must he paid on all Communications - a i«l Let’erfcuf business. - “ i A Beautiful and Brief SeriuCß. AVo read the following years ago, and in our much-thumbed copy of old Herbert, and it has been buried long enough in our memory to come np again : Sundays observe; think, when the hells do chime, I ’Tis angel’s music, therefore < ome not too late. j God there deals i lessings; If a king did ««. Who would nut haste, nay, give, to see 100 show. In time of service, seal up both thine eyes, And send ahem to thy heart, that, spying sin. They may weep out the stains thy sin did rise; Those doors being shut, all by the ears comes in. j Let vain-end bu*v thoughts have there no part, Christ purged his temple so must thou thy heart; He that loves God's abode, and to combine shine, j AVith Saints on earth, shall one day with them [From the Sew Orleans Delta.] The Illumination. The Illumination last night was bright, hiillianl and beautiful—a glare of patch otisß) —a flame of glory, li was meant ; ns a manifestation of rejoicing for the sig- j rial success of our arms in Mexico, and | from the heartiness with which it was car ried out, the sincerity of Ihe intention of our citizens was not to be mistaken.— From an early hour in the bush ness was sus|vended, and the note of pre paration for the evening’s illumination | was everywhere observable. People were passing in hot haste to and fro, with lamps transparencies, and the oilier rna- i , lerials for that flood of light which was shortly to hurst on the city. The sun had not well gone down when the act of ignition commenced, soon the whole city, from its centre to the extreme limits, was lit up as if by enchantment. Nothing could exceed the brilliancy of the scene — j nothing could surpass -its picturesque ap- i pearance. The sidewalks of the prTnci- ; pal streets presented a moving mass of : human beings— the pavements were crowded with carriages and equestrians, j The whole was a great panorama of life, beauty, patriotism and animation, such as can only he seen when a great city disgorges its dense population. All seem ed as if an opportunity had been afforded ihem of evincing their long suppressed ad miration of the matchless heroes who, in the present war, have reflected such glo ry on our common country, and they w ere determined to improve it by the most enthusiastic demonstrations. There seem ed to be between neighbors and friends, between the citizens of this street and those of that, a pleasing patriotic rivalry, as to who would do most honor to the oc casion. When, then, all did so well, it might be de’erned invidious to pa rticul a rize, vet w’e may be permitted to mention a few of the devices which we noticed em. belishing some of our more public institu tions. The Second Municipality Hall was lit up with taste and brilliancy. High over the door, fionting Lafayette Square, was r transparent likeness of the Faiher of his Country, George Washington, and under nealh a scroll of the battles of lire Ilevo lution, thus: 1 770 ; Lexington! Ticonciernga! Bunker Hill! Fort Moultrie! Trenton ! Princeton ' Germantown ! Brandywine ! Bennington ! Saratoga! Monmouth! Cowpensl Eutaw Springs! King’s Mountain! Vorktown ! Under Washington, and to his right, was a full length likeness of Gen. Scott, transparent also, sword in hand, pointing to the City of the Aztecs, having uttered the word “Onward!” Before him is a record of the fields of his glory and the victories of the last war, thus: 18 12: Tippecanoe! York! Chippewa! Niagara! Lundy’s Lane ! Queenstown! i’latnsburg ! New Orleans ! Okeechobee! Opposite to him stands honest “Old Zack,” as he stood at Buena Vista, evi dently impressed with the perilous nature oHm position, but still sanguine of suc cess. He is represented as having first taken his telescope from his eye and given that very brief but effective admonition to the young Artillerist —“A little more grape, Capt. Bragg.” Before him is a column of the glorious achievements of the present war, in which he has played so honorable and so distinguished a oait. It runs thus: 18 4 C~7 I Bhlo Alto ’ Besaca de la Palma ! Monterey ? Buena Vista! Cerro Gordo ! Tampico ' L6s Angeles f Sacramento • Lafayette Square was illuminated with lights which burned from lamps of kalei doscope hues. Hewlett’s .the VeiVmdah, and other Hotels, were brilliantly lighted up and ornamented with apt emblems. The transparencies at the “New Com mercial Exchange,” and at Caldwell’s “Phcenix House,” excited much attention from their appositeness and aristocratic finish. The Pelican Club House, Canal street, | showed to fine effect. Three transparen- • cies graced its front —those ot Taylor and Scott, with the arms of Loiusiana in the j centre. In the large door of the efffee of tlie Merchants’ Insurance Company, Royal street, there was a well painted transpar ent likeness of Gen. Taylor, festooned round with laurels, an eagle above, about to place a chaplet on the victorious Gen era IV brow. The Re Louis Hotel bore off the palm I mKMOKi "ITT T -| ' | II .| |I, I |IIf Ml l.r-|— JWC ! for the taste displayed in its embellish i merits. main door was a trans parency of Gen. Washington, surmount- j ■ed by the insignia of war, and beneath the i : folds o! the !l nor cf his country. Above • ■"> " % . j, ; him was a triumphal arch c! j ! lights, and below him the patriotic mono, i i “Our count ry, right or wrong." On his right was Scott on Ids grey charger, with sword drawn, and the point extended on- j ward. Oil his left was Taylor, on his Buena Vista grev, firm looking as the no blest Roman of them all. The whole uas tastefully festooned, most hilllianlly ; lighted, and the names of the several bat tles of the present war found a place over : the many doors. The First Municipality Hall, the 1 Cathedral, and I lie Court building, op posite the Dlacc d'Armes, reflected a multiplicity of’lighls, which, fur brilliancy and elegance of arrangement, were not to be excelled. The walls seemed stud- ; drd with stars of brightest lustre. 'Pliers were also on the Municipal Hall the ! names of the several battles of the war, with other appropriate devices. There was a splendid display of pyro- I 1 technics on the Place d’Annes, and a like exhibition by Mr. Ott, on'Tivoli Circle, j Mr. Norman’s book store, Camp street, j | and tiie printing offices of the Commercial ; Times and Picayune were tastefully | ! embellished and lighted tin. 'The store of Messrs. Burnley & John- i ■ son, of Camp street, was the only one in which we saw' exhibited the emblems of | sorrow. On an urn, of r. black ground, was inscribed: Cln y-.. -Me !Cpc--~ Third i n—- 1 fll, | and over it, “Our grief overcomes oik ; joy.” When it is remembered that both Messrs. Burnley & Johnson are‘Ken tuckians, these evidences of m 'turning, w ill : bo appreciated. Tue Hotel, corner of Poydras street and the Levee, : was lit up with fine effect. It also ex -1 hibitedseveral appropriate transparencies, ; and emong them one of the “Great Wes tern,” the heroine of Fort Brow n. The private dwellings in Carondelct street were lighted up in a most superb manner. We noticed | a;licnlaily the houses of James P. Freret and James 11. Caldwell as being in an eminent degree tasteful and elegant. From Poydras to Girod st, there was one blaze of fight, with ; banners and appropriate devices, that ex i cited admiration to the highest pitch. Among the many brilliant things of the I evening the Bade and Drummond Lights 1 displayed in the establishment of our contemporary, “The 'Times,” attracted I especial attention. They were, we un derstand, got up by* our firiend Massy, ; corner of Camp and Gravier streets, who is not only a chemist of celebrity, but a true patriot, in the strictest sense of the i term. But perhaps Ihe transparencies which attracted most attention, and excited the I largest amount of mirth, were two which i were suspended over the door of Mr. | Nichols, of Camp street. One represents Santa Anna preserving his wooden leg to Gen. Taylor, at Buena Vista, telling him he commands 20,000 men, that resistance | is useless, and that if ho surrenders he w ill extend to him his most distinguished consideration. Old Rough and Ready is seen grinding an immaginary pepper mill, the thumb of his sinister hand resting on the apex of his nose, saying at the same time, “Why don’t you come and lake * J me- The other shows tiie precipitate flight of Santa Anna from Cerro Gordo, on mule back, leaving behind him his wooden leg, i his dinner and his dimes. One cf our officers is seen asking him to come back for his change—another for his wooden leg, and a third for his “hasty plate of I soup.” But we must close, which w r e do by j saying that the illumination did credit to ; the patriotism and pnbl e spirit of New i Orleans.— N. O. Delia, 15 th mst. [From the Mobile Register.] Remonstrance ol the American t’l isoncrs in Itlexico. Castle St. Jago, (City of .Mexico) } March 21th, 1847. $ : To His Excellency Gen. Santa Anna; Sir—The undersigned officers in the Army of the United States of America, respectfully state to your Excellency, that they, together with their respective j commands, consisting ofseventy one per j sons in all, became prisoners of war to ! the Mexican Republic, at the Hacienda | Encarnacion on the 2tid January last.— j On that morning before daylight, we found ourselves entirely surrounded by a large | force—say three thousand men, and about sun rise a while flag approached us on one side and a considerable force on an other; we required that the troops should retire precedent to our receiving the flag, j which being complied with the flag approached and a surrender demand' d. We took one hour to determine whether we would entertain a proposition of the kind or not; at the expiration of the hour the flag returned, and was answered that we would hear a proposition and were told that Gen. Minon would send a major to j our camp, while one of our number of , *qual rank should repair to his headquar ter s,nd hear his offer. This being done, Major Borland entertained the officer sent in, whilst Maj?r Gaines rode out to the General; had a conference about one j hour w ith him, returnee !o the Hacienda, and in the presence of an interpreter on each side, slated the terms offered, which i were accepted and between eleven end twelve o’clock we surrendered as prison- I ers of war. The terms -were that the General him self should receive the sword of our com- , mander; the public property should bo surrendered; and private properly should j be respected; and that the best treatment, j in every particular, known amongst civi lized nations to prisoners of war should be ours. Tho General when asked lo reduce 1 these terms lo writing, gave us lire most j I positive assurances that h : 3 word cf hon- | j or was worth more than three or four sig natures, and that unless Ids agreement 1 | whs fully carried out, he would abandon j the service of his country. On our jour ney to this place, we had the gratification to meet your Excellency, and after slat ing to you the terms of our capitulation, received assurance that they should be complied wi.ii. The object of this note is to complain lo the Head of the Mexican Republic, that so far from the terms of our capitu : lath n been complied with, we have been i frequently subjected to Ihe most grievous deprivations, and that we have refrained from making our protest hitherto in con sequence of the unhappy dissensions said I ti exist iii the capita!—which being now fortunately adjusted, as w e are informed, ;we most respectfully call your attention to our condition. We forbear at this time from entering ! into the particulars of our complaint®, and i beg .eave to refer your Excellency to I Gen. La Vega, who has lately been a cT ' _ prisoner of w ar in the United Ytalsr. [but i w l:o has hot honored us with any notice ’ w hatever.J for the manner in which prison j e‘rs ot war are treated in our country. Tin re is however one complaint w liieli W’e owe to ourselves to call yrur immediate I attention to. We are informed that Gen. . Minon, in reporting our capture to his ! government, alleges that we surrendered i at discretion, and that we owe our lives t } the magnanimity of the Mexican Repub lic. Against such a statement we enter our solemn protest : anti declare that the terms of our surrender being accurately stated in the foregoing part of’this note, | anything inconsistent thereto is j in (act. < Moping that a peace between the two Republics shall speedily be made, upon | terms equally honorable to both, w e sub i scribe ourselves. Your most obedient servan's, [Signed ] I Jno. P. Gaines, Maj. Ky. Regt. of Cavalry, IT. S. A. ■ Solon Borland, “ Ark. ** “ “ ! Cassius M. CJay, Capt. Ky. “ “ i C. C. Danley, “ Ark. “ G. R. Davidson,2d. Lt. Ky “ “ - ['Corrcsroii: tnce of the Saltimocre Sim.] \v ■Asuixgton, May 1 (3, Idl /' • The rapidity of General Scott’s move ! merits astonishes everybody; and the ad ministration itselfserms to be afraid that i ho w ill press on too rapidly and warmly i lo give the Mexicans a chance of peace 1 before they are entirely whipped. Gen. ! £cott knows, from his residence in Wash. ington during the last session ofCongress, i how n?uch complaint there was heard | about lire sterility of the buttle of Monte i rev, and seems to be determined not to be i caught in a similar scrape, lie has, by this time, Puebla .safely behind him, and i is, in all probabilly, in the vicinity of, if not in Mexico. 1 think there is some likelihood that the war may stop there, and that the Mexicans themselves will be content to have it extend no further. 7he match is j over, Mexico is beaten, and the superiority 1 of the United States over her southern j neighbor incomeslihly established. The prolongation of the contest can only lead to the further humiliation of Mexico; w hite it would add nothing lo our triumph. Mexico lias no means lo preosecute the war, and no object except to gratify pri vale revenge by assassinating stragglers, and occasionally capturing a wagon train. As to the notion of establishing a guer. rilla warfare on a large scale, it is pre pi olerous, Mexico Ls not, like Spain or Ty rol, an old, well explored country, in which every pass, path arid by-way is known, or divided into provinces, at the i bead of each of w Inch there is a powerful central town, with a permanent Junta and the wealth accumulated in the progress of centuties. The Clergy, which have so largely figured in the peninsular war, are in Mexico, as far as we can learn from our agents, peacebly disposed, and not readv to make lar*:c pecuniary sacrifices. Our volunteer riflemen, moreover, are much better filled for a guerrilla warfare than the Mexicans themselves. They are marksmen, used lo every species of fatigue, and a iapted, by habit and educa tion, to all kinds ot work. If the Mexi cans were to determine on a guerilla warfare, all that would be required on the part of our government, to meet if, would be to allow the volunteers now in tho field, and such additional numbers as would enlist,to carry on a partizan war fare at their own discretion, and fen to one the Mexicans would soon be tired of ; the fun and give in. X. AH WSail! thou glorious Itcign of fee! On Met Monday evening, at about 3 o’- clock, the fever heat of La Grange was con siderably cooled by a copious fall of bail, va | rying in size from a common buckshot up to i a” partridge egg. For awhile the ground | was almost entirely covered; but the cold j water disciples and hail storm drinkers, I “galh- I ered the stones together and built a" i stone fence, with a variety of other fluid pre i parations. The rainbow is now shining forth and promises fair weather up to the next rain. A few miles south west of the village, we | Mam that the hail fell in large quantities, and in pieces of several ounces weight.— Whole fields of corn were levelled with the i ground and beat to pieces, while fences were scattered and trees b : own down, without number. We have no intelligence of the { extent of injury done, but believe that the severest of the sform was felt only through a small section of country. — LaGrange I Chattahoochee. , 2 Oth inst. 4 - liail Storm. V/e were visited yesterday by a very se vere had storm, which must have done seri ! ous m ischi>f wherever it fell in the country, i The hail was very large and fe! very thick, and, had it been accompanied by a violent ! wind, would have broken every pane of glass i iu <own. As it was, some glass was broken, : but not much. No small portion of the hail ; that fell was as largo as pullets Cgge.— I Mortfscmrurv Adve'U?er. ISM m*. Sixteenth Kejjimcnt U. S. Infniitrjr. A portion of the 16th Regiment U, S. In , fanlry, under command of Lieut. Col. 11. L. j i Webb, embarked last evening for the Brazos, j in the ship Elizabeth Dennison. Tip? whole j force amounts to 539 men. The companies i under command of Cok Webb consist of A, B, D, E, F, G and I, 16th Infantry, and com pany A, of the 13lh Infantry, The transport, j ; we understand, could not lake them all, and i 1 t 1 one company was left behind.—.V. O. Delta , 1 Glh insl. The Procession. At the hour appointed last evening the ; I procession was formed under the direction of i the Grand Marshal and his deputies, in front j of ll»e Slate House./-They proceeded through | ; most of the principal streets, and attracted I : the admiration of thousands. The Marshals i I on their noble chargers, with their pure 1 1 white scarfs and coal black costumes, nobly ■ led the van. The military escort, amongst ; whom we saw Capt. Duperu’s gallant band i I all in uniform, anil many detachments from | our citizen troops, came next. Many distin- i J guished officers of our army in Mexico,were ■ also present, either on horseback or in car j riages, amongst them Col. Mcluto.-h, Lieut. ; 1 Col. May, Lieut. French and others. The j I Freemasons, Odd Fellows, members from the : different Charitable Societies and others, till i ed up the procession. After parading the I chief thoroughfares of the city, the proces- j i sion, about nine o’clock, proceeded to me I Place d’Armes and there separated —/>. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 22. 1847. t< .- ■ • < “Tor wiant P ryosc i« ihe VTur C'oa liusirtSf” With this question, the Chronicle cf* Scn : lincl caps one of its usual complex produc tions, on its favorite themes of The War, and ■ Mr. Folk. It is a short editorial, but it is a | very remarkable specimen of literary mosaic. It combines in three fourths of a column, ‘ | more fustian—more flights of fancy—more tumerous declamation —and more morbid and lachrymose sympathy, than would be neces sary for several respectably long stump 1 speeches, fourth of July orations, and advo cates-of-universal-peace- meeting harangues.— i All these would require some facts—some j arguments —some conformity with things as ; they are, in order to give them an appear ance of consistency and appro- rialencss. But our neighbour launches out very independ ent of facts, into a most heart-breaking la mentation over the war—the gallant lives it has cost u®, and sets up a piteous wa 1 over the poor ‘ resistless and prostrate” Mexicans. ; From the sympathetic tune used, one would i suppose that the Chronicle wotiid not have : even the winds of summer visit too roughly I his prostrate protegee's. He exclaims, I “There | is as much honor in continuing to beat an I antagonist who is resistless and prostrate under our blows, as to continue to blew out | the brains and mangle the bodies of the Mex ! irans.” Resistless and prostrate! We won der if the fiend-like proclamations of Canales j and Salas have met the eye of him who dis courses so feelingly in behalf of these blond ’ i thirsty bandits. Yet in the face of the facts, ’ 1 in defiance of all fairness, candour and jus | tice, lhe Chronicle prates about responsibili t ly for'the further prosecution of the war, and ; charges our government as being obstinate, blind -and relentless. 11 Is this country to . ; blame, or is Mexico to blame?” This ques i tion the Chronicle asks,and answers by charg i j i,jg the President with proposing through j Senor Atocha outrageously “overbearing and i ! exorbitant” terms of peace. The Chronicle i poems very heedless of facts when in his ludicrously rabid moods of invective against 1 the President. The Chronicle has seized on the absurd rumors and fabrications of its whig confederates, as to this fancied Atocha i mission, and used them as if they were facts, i It has been explicitly denied that Senor Afo -1 cha was sent on any diplomatic mission by 1 I our government. > | But we should be edified if the Chronicle j would intimate what terms of peace it would | | propose to Mexico. We hope it will inform j us. What terms would meet the approbation ,; of ihal print? How could our great and . i NOBLE MINDED PRESIDENT, US it Calls him, - ; words used in irony, but well deserved in I fact, —how could our great and noble mind ed President lure the Chronicle from its ■ i dark and vengeful hallucination, which sees i | nought in his official acts lo approve or ; sanction ? Would the proposition of Mr. 1 j Cilley to withdraw our troops from Mexi i co, meet the sanction of the Chronicle 7 1.. . * I Would a proposition carrying out the views of Mr. Berrien and Mr. Stephens, which ' ; propose to demand no territory whatever from i Mexico, meet the approbation of tiie Chroni cle? If so, does he likewise oppose all in demnity from her? We hope that the read : ers of that print will be enlightened on this point. It sneers at the idea of demanding indemnity for the war. It thus sneeringly i epeaks, “We must have indemnity for the war! Yes! we are fighting for dollars and j cents.” i We have but a few words in regard to the | spirit in which the Chronicle assails tbePresi j dent, and misrepresents him in reference to the question of negocialions with Mexico.— The Chronicle does not exhibit anything like fairness and a desire to do justice to that functionary. The bitter hatred constantly vented whenever occasion arises to mention ! his name, has attracted the attention of the I whole State, and been suitably commented on j by the Press. It is a disease that afflicts j paper more sorely than any other of its tribe, i Ifs paroxysms are sometimes ludicrous. It j should remember that these displays of vin. dictiveness, in season and out of season, may sometimes disgust impartial minds, without in any way doing harm to the eminent indi vidual assailed, or to the cause of Democracy. The public desire facts, not tirades, when public measures are discussed. Let us now recall the editor of the Chroni - < cle from his rhodomonlade about the ancient Republics of Greece —and the pages of their i i history “ illumined with the furs of war, and ; 1 stained with the blood of ils r iclims," and which , i compared with what we are to see in tuis j country, if our President insists on taking a slice of territory from Mexico, is to be * but ds an agitated lake cbm pared to a tumultuous and slotnn riven ocean. ’ t We wish to bring the editor down to some of his a;sertions. The editor ask®, why is | the war continued? “Doss any one believe 1 that Mexico, weak, prostrate, unhappy, and almost hopeless, would object to peace on hon orable terms?” \\ e reply that every body knows , and the editor of the Chronicle knows as well as wedo, that Mexico, does object, has objected, and continues in every possible form j j of act and declaration, to object to peace, on any terms honorable or dishonorable. Sue j has done so from the date of Paredes war | like proclamation and the invasion of Texas | by Arista, down to the present moment. The Chronicle would insinuate by his ques tion that he believes Mexico would make I peace on honorable terms. W ill he give to the public his reasons for so believing, and 1 the facts on which they are based ? lie | i says, “ We have contended that the war should } I he waged till an honorable peace could be made.” He then says, “It can be made, but it will not be, while the aduTnislra'iou values j more highly, a few millions of dollars, and Mexican lands, than it does (he best and bravest blood of the Republic.” ery ora -1 cu'ar this. It can be made. How’, Sir Oracle. Enlighten the public. Peace is desired—an honorable peace, by all. Even you are In favor of waging war, so you say. until an honora ble peace can be made. Now to avoid having j any more of the brains blown out, and the bo- | dies mangled of the poor dear Mexicans, who i have excited so much ot your sympathy, tel! | | the world how all tlie.se precious brains can l be saved, and these handsome bodies pre served, unce.itailed of Hit tube's (air propor tions. Tell the world what this honorable peace is, and how it is to be obtained, and then, and not til! then you can point to it, and exclaim “It is time that the country should | , rise up and overw helm the administration with I its frowns for failing to make such a peace. ' Ijnti! then, the factious assailants ot the executive, who has with unrivalled energy i and sagacity, been prosecuting this war with , a view lo force peace on a nation who insult ! ingly scorned it. when freely offered tlmm, may pour out their tirades. 'They may thus : cheer the hearts of the Mexic ins as they have done. Tiiey are just such pieces as Mexican editors delight lo copy. They may continue to be copied in Mexican papers, as proof that they have friends in our country, and thus a r e encouraged to persevere in ho.-tilities. But while the voice of the Mexican nation is still for war—war to the knife, the voice of our z. lion will respond ! Amen. It vs i;J indulge in j no useless whining over the loss of treasure j and of life, even though it be “of tlie best blood cf the Republic.” —fur better | | that our country should pour ont fifty tim-s as much both of blood and treasure, than ig ; nmninously retreat in the face of a defying foe. Mexico should have but otie alternative 1 • . j allowed her—lo consent to treat lor peace, or | to have her entire territory taken military I possession of, and declared annexed as a con- ! I quered country to the United Slates. j VVhat claim lias she on our magnanimity ? | How d:d she show herself worthy of it before the war commenced, and how during the war ! ! has her conduct in any way appealed to it? i If our government has made any proposition, 1 the only surprise it can create will be at its I : moderation. The propositions we have seen ! attributed to it, as hating been made through Senor Atocha and others, are better than the Mexicans have any right to expect, after the great waste of treasure and blood—“the best ! blood of the republic,*’ which their obstinacy, arrogance and blind infatuation have caused. i , : As to the threats held out of disaster from the Wilmot Proviso, in case of the annexation of territory, they may cheer the Mexicans with a vain hope, but they cannot appal the , administration, or stay its arm. Indemnity fir a wsr not sought—not desired by us, but forced upon us, we must and will have. This ! indemnity should have sole reference to the ; cost of the war to us, not to the extent of j Mexican weakness. Her own fully lias I made her weak and prostrate before our i arms. The blood is upon her head. The | longer she continues the war, the greater j should be our demands, and if necessary I finally, we should conquer and hold the ei tire i country. To wage the war on any other principle, is to offer a premium on continued i resistance. \Ve copy the editorial on which we com ment, that our readers may sec if in aught we do it injustice. One thing we do know. It is nc I such editorials that break down administration®, destroy the reputation of statesmen, or injure the Democratic party,— If this one iu particular can add anything to 1 the credit of the Chronicle as a fair dealing ! paper, or give popularity to Whig views of ! the war, it has all the aid and comfort to that ! I end which can be bestowed by a place in our columns. < [From the Chronicle and Sentinel.] For what Purpose is the War Continued? We believe that tho moral cense of the whole i Union is shocked at the continuance of the war i between this Republic and the Republic of Mcxi- I j co. What obstacle, so insuperable, exists, to j ! subject the people of the two countries to the ! | heavy burthens ofdebt which it is bringing upon j i them, aud to the public loss and private wretch- i | edness which it continues to produce. Who has I the {lower to stop it? Upon whom rests the | responsibility of its further prosecution? Is this I i countrv to Gl&mr. or is Mexico to blame? Arc | our rulers or the rulers of Mexico most obstinate, blind and relentless? We venture to say that the late proposition made by our Government to Mfxicp, through Senor Atocba, created surprise, aversion and indignation in the bosoms ot' three-fourths <d‘ the people of the United Sides, perhaps four fifths. Could any rational man have exjiectcd that Mexi co would agree to terms proposing to lie* to give up all of her territory north of the 2Gth parajb i of latitude, constituting as it does, at least two thirds of the territory ofthat ill fated people. Mr. Polk, in bis infatuation, supposed that as Mexi co was prostrate and bleeding beneath our super ior power, sbe would yield to any terms of peace, how ever much they may strip her of her domain, and disgrace her in the eyes of the world; perhaps she may vet agree to terms so overbearing and exorbitant, tor, friendless, moneyless, and hope less. she has no prospect in the future, but one at disasters ami uusfoituye while the war continm s But. was it not to have been expected, that « pow erful and magnanimous people w« u.d have shown themselves as generous in making peace, as they had proved themselves victorious in waging war? The weaker Mexico becomes, I lie less her chances for success, tiie heavier the exactions become of our gukat and nubmv-m.ndkd Pki:*u- Dknt. What will the world think of us it he is the exemplar of our national traits and virtue*? Can any man sav for what purpose Mr Polk is striving to acquire from .Mexicoso large a portion of her dominions'? Is he so insensate, so reckless that he cannot see the dangers which this acquisition will bring upon us, as a people? Has not the North spoken through tin* \\ ilmot proviso? Has not theSouth planted herself upon her equal rights, and sworn that she will never submit, it the acquisition i* made, to be surrounded and overwhelmed by a cordon of tree Slates? Are the glories of the Old Union to he buried in the smoke and con flicts of a. new state of things--.*! state .compared with which, tlm contests ot ancient Atnens, and Sparta, and other Giecian Republics, were but as an agitated lake to a tumultuous ami storm riven ocean 1 Are all the lessons ot history to he lost upon u-? Have we read its page s, illum ined with the fires of war, and stained with tint blood of its victims, in vain? Shall we forget that, ‘"Keen contest and destruction, near allied,” is almost axiomatic of the past ? Can a contest be immag ned more . right ful aml (urn i.b than that which ti.is very acquisition of Mexican territory wiil excite between tin* North and the South 1— Filled with pas ion ami armed to iheUcth, the two sections will wage it. unmindful of the past, and regardless of the future. We talk ot a war ofraces; this will be a war of rights, of phrenzied and opposing powers. \N ho can lift the veil ot the future and portray the ruins ? VVc shall not attempt it Why, we ask again, i* the war continued'? Does anv one belie 1 , c that Mexico, weak, prostrate, unhappy and almost hopeless, would object to peace upon honorable ; terms'? We are losing the choicest spirits of our land, spending its treasure to win an object that brings i t‘ • us nothing but a prospect of evil, that envelopes in the clouds that surround it, the thunders ot i cr- il discord and contention. Oh! that the honored and untimely graves of | those who have fallen could teach our rub rs that ! life is worth more than lands, which are needed : not, and such dangerous lands as are sought to be conquered of our republican neighbors. ; W e must have indemnity for the cost of the war! yes, we are lighting for dollars and cents. — For money, wc are pouring out tiie blood of the i Clay’s, the Hardin’s the Ringgold’s, and hun j dreds of i tilers, the bravest of the brave, and the best ofthe land. If all this waste oflifi; and trens | ure is not going on for money , or ils equivalent 1 in lands, why does the war continue? There is as much honor in continuing to beat an antagon ist who is resistless and prostrate under our blows, 1 as to Continue to blow out the brains, and 1 mangle the bodies of the Mexicans. We have , contended that the war should be waged till an honorable peace could he made. It is time that th“ country should rise up and overwhelm the l administration with its frowns, tor failing to make j such a peace. It can be made, but it i rill not be, | ica He the ddmitv'slratiun values Mmk nmin y a fun million# of dollars, and Mexican lands, than I it docs the bra cent blood of" the / Irpublic. Hall. j There was a heavy hail storm at Columbus on i Sunday evening, wliicb lasted about five minute*. ; The Times apprehends that the damage in the growing cotton and turn must leave been very great wherever the storm reached. r JL’h*j American I* r iso tier* in .tJnico. The New Orleans Conimerci.il Times of ! Saturday contains a letter of remonstrance, addressed by the American prisoners in Mex ; ico to Gen. Santa Anna in relation to their j detention and treatment. It was presented i to him on the 28th March, but he had nut j replied at the latest date. Gen. Twig?*. This gallant old veteran has seen as much I service, and acquitted himself as meritorious ly, when the opportunity has presented it self, as any other officer in our army. In 1 existing war with Mexico, he has been pro- I tninent at Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palm-a.anl I Monterey, and at Orro Gordo his commam-': ; bore the brunt of the action. A correspond ent qf the Philadelphia North American., iu a letter dated Vera Cruz, April 14., th.irs speaks of Siim; I “We have a great many rumens r,f what * is going on at tiie head of our advancing col | umn, but little that can be relied us*. (hi the j second day after Gen. Twiggs left,Gen. Scott | received information that h’anfa Anna was iu position at a pass this side of Jalaps, with 10,000 men. This was promptly forward to Gen. Twiggs, who sent back word that ho had beard rumors of tl e same import—tire report as to Santa Anna’s force varying from 2000 to 20,C0D men—but that at all events, he was going to Jalapa. lie (does not seem to think that he will even need the aid of the 21 brigade to pass any point on the road. The S old General ts a card. His appearance | very much that one would take Gen. Tay lor's to be, from tiie descriptions we get of i old Rough and Ready, and it would he very easy to mistake one for the other. Ger, i Twiggs is a large fat man, grey headed, and i wears enormous white whiskers and mou | stache. He is rough, plain and prompt, | doing every thing quickly, but nothing with out sound reflection. As a General, he is considered one of the best in the army, and in fighting shows all the girt and hangonish nes-s (not Webster’s) of a bull-terrier. Democratic Meeting in H(frke Comity. The Democrats of Burke county are requested : to meet at Waynesboio, on the first Tuesday in j June, to appoint Delegates to attend the Conven tion, to be held at Milledgeville, on the fourth Monday in June- May 23 , Democratic Meeting in Columbia county. A meeting of the Democratic pe tty of Columbia j county will be lield at Appling, on the first Tue«- J day in June, for the purpose of appointing Dele j gates to the Convention to be held in Milledgevillp. RAFFLE. JKr Seven large ORNAMENTAL CAKES, I made for the Wc lister Dinner, will be raffled, This j (Saturday) Evening, at 0 u clock,at the Globe Ho ! tel. 50chances, *1 eaoh. i May 33