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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. JAM ES GARDNER, JR t j: k >i s. , <9 00 Daily, per annum, * Tn-vVeekly, per auiium, f ’ h . 5 00 ll paid in ailvanee,. W **ekly, per annum, If paid in advance 250 Tn <Tuhs, remitting S ') in advance. FINE COPIES are sent. This will put our weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers al TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. Subscribers who will pay up arrearages, and send tour new subscribers, with the money can get the paper at S'i,oo. new subscriptions must he paid in advance. if jr U'.ni i ;e must, be paid on all Cominimicath ns and Lefersofbusiness. FEJIALE LITE IV EAR IS. DV MRS. GORE. The Poor .Van’s Wife. If Paris is the El Dorado of the frivol olls if ~ is the Paradise of the rich and the beautiful, and a boundless field of eiipiyment for the weak and vain, who deln r ht in an atmosphere of flattery and homage, it is, at the same time, the scene of much intense suffering and privation, of illation and anguish, of bitter trials and tests for tlie. upwright-gentlewoman who has giver, her hand and heart without regard lolhe jtfecuniary moans of the ob ject of her choice, whose il!■ requited •avocations are necessarily pursued in Paris. In the country, a married couple in indifferent circumstances have at least air, light flowery, an i cheap necessa ries of existence—in Paris, the devoted wife of a poor man must struggle for comfort in darkness and unwholesome atmospheres, denying her-elf all the en joyments of hie to which sis may have been accustomed under the pateinal loot, and seeking happiness solely in the dis charge of hr r small household dutu s. Let us endeavour to picluic such jut i sienne. She is a lady by birth, education, and early habit. Diiven by (be circum scribed income of her husband to dispense with a servant, excepting The occasional femme de peire, site cheerfully takes upon "herself all the menial offices which must he discharged, quite satisfied if her zeal elicits one smile of approbation from him who p ossesses her entire affection. At the eai 1 v hour w.ien study shop hoys begin to remove the shutters from their master*’ sliops, and the milk wotfian in stalls herself, with her ephemera! estab lishment, at the corner of some street, — w hen the pails of the city most remarka ble for mid day bustle are as sdent as the hiuh street of a country town, the gentle manager c, so plainly dressed that noth intr but her graceful demeanour, and the sweet smile that lightens her placid conn tenance, distinguish her from the grisettes who ai e equally abroad, glides along the pavement on her way to matket. She canies a basket before her: the basket that is to contain the modest repast of ’ assistant wTioAvTTi ! G v ie~Se£sVt iV TTd|Ve"’) ut some future day enjoy the eminence for which he now toils upon a pittance. Passing hv the various stalls which of fer provisions at a [trice beyond her means, or where rude looks promise but little welcome to her custom, the Pari sienne readies the shops where she is in the habit of making her market, and soon completes her purchases. The fat green grocer’s wife sees that her basket is hea vier than usual, and cannot endure that the delicate arm of the punctual lady customer should he encumbered by its weight. Some little boy or girl is al ways lounging about, and the. services of one or the oilier are put into immedi ate requisition. There is among the low er— we should write, the humble—clas ses of ihe people an instinctive respect for ail that is pure and worthy. They feel that persons of good birth and con nexion have a claim to better fortune, and their generousity prompts them to an effort to make tire former forgot that pov erty nearly levels all distinctions. Smiling her thanks to the little attend ant, who has trotted at her heels with the day's provision*, the managere runs up to her fourth story, hastily crosses the dining room and the little drawing-room, and stops at the further door of the latter with a sad and disappointed look. ‘Tie is gone aireadv! she exclaims. But she loods around—she sees that the breakfast she hud prepared against her husband's awaking has been eaten —that he has put on all the warm clothes she had laid cut for him—and by the smouldering •embers in the grate, it is obvious that the fire ;had sparkled joyously while he ate. Her heart lightened by these assurances, the young wife tak s off her bonnet and shawl, and puls on her apron—the badge of the humble and somewhat painful of fice she then assumes—painful because, in the humbler dwellings in Baris, the du ties of the cuisine are performed under gregt disadvantages. An hour is passed amidst vegetables, raw meals, end the usual et ceteras of culinary preparation; end she then divests herself of her apron, and, with a sign, snatches a hasty break fast. This over, she proceeds to make her little dwelling tidy. With a small feather broom in her hand, she arranges, and re-arranges; she delicately' removes the dust from the articles she loves best —souvenirs of lier days of courtship— and she is not inattentive to the little ar ticles of furniture contributed to the com mon struck by her attached husband. — There are all ins bachelor goods —the little' bureau, al which he wrote such tender billets—the looking-glass, which he consulted with fear and trembling, asking himself if n student of so severe an aspect could possibly find favor in the eyes of a loveable girl—there are his pistols,his pipe, the weapons of a vanrien . deposited for ever in a corner, whence he has sworn not to remove them. They are love's trophies —the spoil of a noble moral con quest. Wi h what honest triumph our mnnegrre smiles upon these proofs of her power! All is at length in order— the windows that had been thrown open at the com mencement of operations to b-l in a little fresh air are now car-rfu:ly c! osed the w lute dimity curtains gracefully looped up: the bed" having been made, a pretry coverlid is throw n ovet it, tne cuaiis are put in their places, the fire re kindled— ami the vo mg housekeeper conscien tiously sets about her own toilet. Bhe personal transformation is rapid, but complete. Trie morning cap cast aside, the rich tresses of our heroine float over her shoulders, and aie quickly gath thereci by her skilful hand, and either ar ranged in ringlets or disposed in ban deaux. In a few minute*, her coiffure looks as if its owner had just left the hands of an adroit hair dresser—and the nst of her person soon undergoes a similar metamorphosis. Her well turned figure, invisible under the capacious morning cloak, is now encased, without being confined, in a corset of undeniable rnanufactuie —a dress of inexpenssive | stuff, made by her own fair bands, is • quickly put on without tße doubtful aid I of a femme dechambre —and wiih a slight handkerchief around her neck, a silk apron, and a pair of mittens, behold the ihe menage re as dignified as a duchess, and as piquante as a grisetle, prepared to receive any company that cares to visit her. Casting one satisfied glance at her mir ror, she now sits to her work-table, and the busy fingers are soon industriously plying. We will not ask what agreea ble task engages her attention; il may he she is trimnujpg a bonnet which she is to wear in the evening on a visit with her husband to some common friend, or possi bly the hou*ehuld linen demands repair —or she may be embroidering a gay for age cap for him she loves best—>r a plea sing future may tax her skill in the con struction of minute articles of apparel who knows? A ring al the boil startles menace re —she opens lue door, auu two of her old school-fellows enter; an h mr is then passed in cheerful chat with these visitors, albeit they sometimes haz ard an invidious remark.and unintention ally Wound their Fiend’s feelings by ca re less comparisons. Well, the school.fellows are gone; the dinner hour approaches; the pat an feu must be looked to. tlie cloth laid, .and everything so well advanced that the w ife may be able (ogive all her time in the evening to her w ell beloved. There must be nothing left undone, lest lie be re minded by the nej,le> t that the fair Pari sienne has no help-meet. She would not have his struggles onward embittered by the feeling that she is at once bis wife, his servant, his laundress, his conk, fus sempstress. She has given up reading, drawing all, in short, of her little pas i . • e _ ... 1 *. appropriated to the sovereign of her alike lions—but it would wound bis pride, .site thinks, were lie to know what sacrifices are the result of her devotion. It is dinner time, and the young bus hand is home for the evening. The anx ious eye of his fair minister scrutinizes his care-worn countenance, to ascertain if any accidental omissions on her part have given him ground of dissatisfaction; and great is her delight as one kind smile and a kiss imprinted on her forehead de note at once his approbation and hisgrau’- tude. The meal, humble as it is, \ ields its quota of delight; it is as much an in tellectual as a physical luxury. And when, drawing their chairs nearer the fire, and another log is cast upon the little pile, the husband draws a free admission for one of the theatres from his pocket, and asks his w ife if she will leave their warm habitation, and pass two or three hours wjth Bouflb or Rose Cheri, a moment’s hesitation suffice to negative the proposi lion. The room is warm—the east wind blows keenly—the streets aie wet and muddy—they are so comfortable at home —and there are so many ways of getting ; through the evening. There is the piano, anti the new book* they are to read togeth er, and, above all there is that work on which he is engaged, and on the suu cess of w hich his future renown and pros perity aie to depen 1. And with these the evening glides away. * * * The logs are consumed, and a few ashes are the only evidences of the once blazing hearth —the conversation relaxes —the carriages have eea*ed to roll through the sheet—the little clock on tiic chiffonier announces midnight. “It is late,’’ says the young husband. The managere repeats tne remark, and in a few minutes the lamp is out, and ail is silence. [From thie \. O. Picayune, 10th inst.] Latest from Mexico. We are indebted to the editors of La Bah ia lor files of Mexican papers to the 2*2d May. From the Repuhhcano , D a rio del Gobi er no , and Monitor Republi c cano, we make the following extracts: ! We find in the Monitor, of the 10th, that Gen. Valencia, (now Commander-in chief of the army,) w as preparing, with a force of twelve regiments and battalions, (the number of each is not stated.) to march towards Puebla. In noticing this El Monitor says il has been informed that the men are generally willing and anx ious to march immediately, but that some of the brave officers, who are always dis posed to concoct a prommcir.mento, were essaying, by obstacles and intrigues, to defeat the enlerprize. Ino Monitor in diguantly denounces these officers, who. it says,pretend to be brave, but w'ho, when their services are needed to protect and defend their country, are the very last to act honorably, or according to the duties which the honor ofthe nation and their position impose on them. Santa Anna (as before stated,) arrived at the Capital on the evening of the 1 Oth, but we cannot find in any of the papers before us, an account of the manner in which lie was received. On the 20th his manifesto was published, and on the 21st he look charge of the Presidency. Ac cording to the papers, Santa Anna was recalled, that he might make the neces sary arrangements to resist the invaders; and the command ofthe army was incon sequence conferred on Gen. \ alenoia. A meeting of the authorities and other influential citizens took place on the eve ning of the 21st. in order to adopt resolu tions in regard to the defence of the Capi tal. It was finally concluded that the city should be properly fortified, and that the necessary steps should be taken for its vigorous defence, in case the Americans should present themselves in sight of the Ca pi ta I. Acc >rd ingto E! Diario del Go hierno , of the 1 Ith, most ofthe Spaniards who had become naturalized Mexicans and resided at the Capital, had solicited, through her Catholic Majesty’s Minister, Senor Bermudez de Ca>tio, to be again admitted as Spanish subjects, and as such, to receive safe conducts and safeguards that would shield them from the conse quences of being considered b digerants. The papers in ihe Capita! publish all the general orders issued by Ccn. Scott and bis divisions. El Monitor published Gen. Worth’s letter to llie municipal authorities of Puebla, dated at Anmzoquc, the 14th May, in w hich he manifests his surprise at not receiving an answer to his communication of the 12th, which, he adds, might have been intercepted. We do not find the communication aliuded to. El Diario del Gobierno of the 15'h May, says that the pco; le of Tetipac (a small low n in the district of Mexico) on hearing of the result of the btitle of Cerro Gordo, assem bled cfi’P'asse, and-proposed, and unanimous ly agreed to raise a certain number of men to march immediately against the Americans --these men to be supported and supplied with the necessary *T)ut tit by the place. 11 was likewise pVopo&ed that a ceitaia number should rema'n to garrison the town; but it was impossible, according to the Dario, to persuade any of them to remain,as they were all an.xiou» to march against the invader.-! Accordingly it Was deem 'd to adopt a k nd or Fourtente system, by throwing the property of all into a common stock, and to appoint, out of the oldest men among them, adminis trators, who would dispense the necessaries of hie to Urn women and children, ai! the funnies living in community, Whilst every man in the place, capable of bearing arms, would march to oppose the enemy. [How valiant in their resolves —how unequal to lire execution ot t hem I] The Government has ordered the discon tinuance of the proceedings against General Arista, in order to employ him in the defence of the Capital. Gen. Arista, it will be re membered. was accused of cowardice at Re -aca de la Palma, and he was, in conse quence, deprived ot the com in and ot his di vision. A letter addressed to El Repuhlicano, dated at Puebla, on (be 17th, gives a full account ot the fsrees that en’ered that city, and the or dm in which it was done—which we a- iK.’ni-KJi.v.. iLma-cuAisewliere. Ist. An advance guard of 100 ca*alry, and 4 pieces of light artillery. 21. Gen. Worth,with his division of infantrv (preceded by a band of music) oi 1320 men and 2 pieces of arlii'ery. 3d. A battalion us infant rv, of 560 men, with a bind of music, and followed bv 2 pieces of artillery. 4di. One mortar and 2 24-pounders. sh. A regiment of in fantry, of 640 meUj with a band ot mimic.— 6'h. A battalion of infantry, ot 350 men,with music, and three wagons with sick men. 7'h. Two pieces of artillery, followed by a battal ion of infantry, with a general at their head. Bfh. A battalion of infantry, 440 men. follow ed by 200 wagons, escorted by 400 infantry. Making in all 4290 men, 203 wagons, and 12 pieces of artillery. The writer proceeds to described the manner in which the Am ericans entered, and where they halted. On arriving at the Plaza, they stacked their arms, and many of them laai down on the ground and went to sleep soundly, confident that they would not be disturbed, though more than 6000 Mexican citizens surrounded the Plaza. They remained so until 3 o’- clock, I*. M., when they occupied the Bar racks and Convents of St. Domingo and St. Louis. The same letter states that many of the troops attended ma-*, as the Mexicans themselves would. Not a few of them de posited aim- in the alms-boxes, placed in the churches. Gen. Worth visited the Bishop on the 17 h, and tlie Bishop returned the visit on the same day, the guards (Americans) posted at the doors of the Palace, did him the same honors us are done to the American generals on similar occasions. 'Phis has had great influence upon the class of peo ple who seemed most enraged against the heretics —“the old women.” 1»V a decree of the 21 si May, Santa Anna has revoked the one which we published a short tune ago, in reference to the liberty of the pres-; consequently the power of writing with the usual freedom, is once more restor ed to the Mexican journalist s. Santa Anna formed his Ministry on the 20th, by which Senor Baranda continued acting as Minister of Home and Foreign Relation-; Gt n. A least a as Minister of War. and the Ministry of Finance, which was of fered first to Senor Rosa, and next to Senor Rondero, was refused by both. The Peace Party. That there is a very large party in Mexico in favor of making peace with the United States is becoming daily more evident. This party has not yet been heard amid the sense less clamor of the unthinking mob. and the loud, empty boastings of military pretenders, but it will soon find a voice potential in the affairs ofthe country. A begining has been made towards the attainment of this very de sirable end, by the establishment of a new paper in the city of Mexico called El Ra znnador,” which, though it denounces the war as unjust, the Americans as aggressors, as must be expected, yet puts forth some very sensible remarks upon the subject of peace. These remarks are intended to test the pub lic feeling, and may be regarded, if they meet with any degree of tolerance, as a premoni tory of a return of the public mind to more enlightened views of Ihe capacities and in terests of Mexico, than have, tor many years, been evinced in the conduct of affairs in that country. We have not sect* a number of the paper, but “El Republican of of the 21st ult. contains the following extract from its first number: ‘•The Republic of Mexico is now in the agonizing moments of a most severe trial, and it is necessary that its suns shoo'd make extraordinary efforts for it- salvation? But can vve save it by war? Are we in a condi tion to make war, and to carry it on success fully to tlie end?—Can it depend upon the whole ora pari of the resources ofthe conn tr\? lias the'pubiic spirit, so long a.-leep, been so thoroughly awakened that till the Mexicans will fly to arms to exterminate our unjust invaders, and bequeath to our children a country, independence and liberty? Can we dispose of such an armament, and the : other munitions of war, as v ill be necessary i to extinguish the common enemy andre-con querlbal of which he lias robbed us? Would the prolongation of an exterminating war, a | war to the death, tedious, indefinite, be more j advantageous to Mexico than an honorable arrangement, were such po-sible? \V ould j our Government loose any thing should it hear and examine with attention the prnpo -Tuns which once, again, and at various times have been, and probab y will continue 1 to be, made to us, by uur enemies? Should | we, or not, avoid the conflicts by which we j are encircled, through the means of just and j equitable transactions, when these are offer- I ed to u-? Should we vascillate between the * temerity of a war without truce or tormina • 1 t.on, difficult to ire sustained without a total j annihilation of the Republic, and tire listen ing to propositions which may, perhaps, ire favorable to us, or, at least, admissible? — These are great questions which, in our opinion, ought, at this time, in preference, to agitate the periodical press.” And these questions the editor proposes to discu s to the best of his ability—if ihe per formance of the sell-imposed task be as able j as the duty assumed is important, vve have | reason to look for the best results from tbe : undertaking. But few numbers of the paper have yet been published, but from a review : of a controversy in which it has become en gaged with “El Monitor which review we i find in “El Repubiicanof we conclude that ; much good is likely to be done. Ini i st a.' t; i-n.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JENE 16, 1817. “Perplexity in the Whig Camp.*’ We would say a word or two in reply to an article which appeared in the Constitu tionalist, of Saturday, with the above caption. Eight and obscurity, argument and sophistry, are so nicely blended in the greater portion : of the article that really one can hardly tell what the editor intends. He certainly imi mates that Gen. Taylor is more of a Demo crat than a Whig.— Chronicle Sentinel, 14 th inst. One of the elements of lire sublime in style Las been said to he a mist of obscurity, which leaves mom for the wonder working powers of the reader’s imagination. Even the ac complished Dr. Charming, whose splendour of d clion, and brilliancy of style are not less famous than his matchless energy of thought > indulged a theory that ideas sometimes gain* ed expressiveness and d gnity by being a lit tle obscured. Some have studied quaintnessfi ami cultivated peculiarities as giving greater f force and individuality to their writings, titan would a plain, direct, perspicuous style. This maybe so, possibly, in learned and aspiring composition. But it certainly would not be judicious in the editorial columns of a daily political journal. Our neighbour of the Chronicle cf* Sentinel mud acquit, us ihcre foreofany intentional obscurity inwhat we in tended in the article to which the above para graph refers. We intended to be very expli- I cit, and will now endeavour to relieve the Chronicle and all others that feel any doubt | as to our meaning. Wo venture the opinion however, that if the Chronicle were to pub lish our entire article, his readers would see a great deal of meaning in it. They will find that we more than intimate that "Gen, Taylor is more of a Democrat than a Whig.” We mean In assert flatly that he is. We mean to assert that he is not a Whig, wheth j er \vc lake his opinions upon the theory of our government, or its practical enforcement -—whether upon constitutional questions of construction of federal and state powers, or upon measures of national pnliev which di vide the country into Whigs and Democrats. These are the true tests. These furnish the experimentum crucis by which we ascertain a man’s politics. When vve wish to know the politics of a man, vve do not content ourself that Mr. A, or Mr. B, or Mr. C, calls him a Whig, or calls him a Democrat. We in quire what constitutes a Whig? The reply is ready—A Whig is an advocate of a liberal construction of the federal compact, where by it may Ire stretched to suit all possible emergencies which the ‘'general welfare” may call for, or seem to call for. A Whig is an advocate of protective tariff's, and re strictions on commerce, for the benefit of manufacturers. A Whig is an advocate of a National Bank. A Whig is an advocate of i internal improvements by the federal govern ment —and the distribution of the proceeds of i the public lands from the treasury of the ; United States to the individual States. A I Whig is an advocate for the alteration of the federal constitution, so as to abolish the veto power. A Whig is an advocate for the over throw of the present enlightened and noble policy of the Democratic party, under which our country is enjoying an amount of pros perity, and power, and glory, unexampled in our national history, and the substitution of Whig policy, with its protective tariffs, Na tional Bank, internal improvements, its heavy taxation, and lavish squandering of public money on every fantastical scheme of expen diture imaginable, with a view to render higher tariff's necessary, and which are to be devised specially to encourage the “/tome in dustry" of the Abbott Lawrences of the coun try, But moreover, a Whig is—and here is the great distinguishing feature of an ortho dox Wiiig of 1847— an opponent of the war ■waged by our country against Mexico . No matter what q, man may call himself, or his 1 friends or opponents may call him, a true ' Whiff condemns the war, and contends that his country does wrong in waging it —that i l , s un jijst—unprovoked—disgraceful to our ; national character. This is a true and cor- 1 reel portrait of a W hig —this a fair t-'ate ment of Whig principles and opinions. The question recurs, if these are W uig j principles, is General 1 a W big? it j will puzzle all the Whig President-makers to : manufacture him into a \\ hig. or mould Ids ! opinions into a shape that will pass muster for Whig principles. Where is there a Whig that is opposed to a protective tariff? 1 o oppose if is to oppose the Whigs. \et Gen* eral Taylor is so opposed. 5 * W here is there a Whig who opposes a National Bank? Bo oppose it would be to oppose the Whigs. et | General Taylor is known to he so opposed. Where is the Whig who would bind down the powers of the federal government to a strut construction of the constitution, and thus’sweep away from the whig creed, and the whig policy, at one fell swoop, tne whole grand scheme of protective tariffs, banks, in ternal improvements, with their complicated machinery? No such w4ng has yet figured in the political arena—or ever will. Yet ! General Taylor would so hind the govern ment down, according to the most approved doctrines of the Slate rights school. Upon the war question, he is certainly no whig, lie does not hold this to he the Pre sident's war —unconstitutionally begun, and carried on in defiance of right and justice’ and entailing infamy on our country, lie does not assert that the march to the Rio Grande was unjustifiable, and an outrage on Mexican rights. He counselled and advised that very movement. lie dors not speak of those engaged in this war in the following language: ‘■The most adroit skull breaker, throat cutler, house burner and woman and chil dren slayer of the age. ’ Vet this is the language of a whig press in reference to General Taylor. Those presses in the Northern section of our coun try abound with jusl such passages. 'The opinions of General Taylor on the war are contained in his proclamations to the Mexi cans. These have been laid before the Ame rican people. Those opinions are found lo sustain the cause of his country, and to con tend for the justice and propriety of every step she has taken in this war. On this question, General Taylor is not with the whig | p«rty. There are many—very many whig*, and their presses, whose “ principles' ’ will suffer no very violent shock, in the advocacy of General Taylor for President. N I that they coincide with his opinions. Far from it.— Bat their principles —their whole motives of ; action may be summed up in toe following 1 few lines. Though written for a different latitude, they admirably describe the govern ing principle of many a wing who has been on all sides of every important question, and now desires to be on the side of the hero of a 1 war they have branded with every term of opprobrium; “ t pledge myself through thick apd thin, To labour still wiiq with zeal devout, To get the Outs, poor devils, in And mm the ins. the wretches, out.” ‘‘l pledge myself whenever Bight, And Mi/iit, on any point divide Not to ask which is hla< k or white, But take, at once, the strongest side.” There are oil ers, whig* of many years standing, formerly of the State rights school of politics, who are disgusted with the reck less, and Jatitndiuirian tendencies of their party. They have stuck to it, until they have become alarmed at the result, and would be glad to get back to a party more congenial to the principles the whigs—at least the Southern whigs,once professed. The advent | of General Taylor will give them that oppor tunity, provided he off-rs himself, as a can didate to the people—free from all cliques, and resolved to carry out his own independ ent views of governmental policy—a candi date not under the auspices of the whig par ly, and pledged to carry out whig police, but a candidate for the suffrages of the people who have confidence in his wisdom—his prudence—his patriotism, and the soundness of his political opinions. If elected, his would be a new dynasty, but if we are not misinformed as lo his opinions, it wan'd not ! bean innovation upon the established repub lican system, which with but slight variation has characterized nur government from iis foundation. IBs would be essentially a de mocratic administration. We do not take the ipse dixit of Mr. Wick of Indiana, Mr. Fickhn of Illinois, or Mr. Thompson of Mis sissippi, as proof that General Taylor is a whig. 'To ascertain that, we inquire into his opinions. Nor do we step aside to inquire whether he is a favorite of Thomas Hart Benton,in order to ascertain what proportion of democratic doctrine may be found in his ; opinions. Not even the President himself by his mere motion can make and unmake the politics of men. Were it even true that he sought to promote Col. Benton over General Taylor on account of the relative political i opinions of the two, this docs not make the politics of either. It would not be on such | evidence we would rely for information on such a question. Even ill-treatment from I the President, were it believed to have been i experienced by Genl. Taylor, could not wean the admiration of democrats from the latter. It would strengthen it, and win their most generous sympathy. They have been steadi ly—-uniformly throughout this war his true friends. Their presses have never denounc ed, or abused to tarnish his laurels by representing the cause in which he is engaged, heart and tou’, as infamous. 'They have not applied to him the coarse terms of “adioit skull breaker and throat cut ler —woman and children slayer and house burner.” This indecency—this outrage on the fair name of the old soldier, has been com mitted solely by the whigs. Arrival of Volunteers. Within the last two flays we notice the re turn to our city of William Philip, Commis sary of the Ga. II ‘giment, and Brev. 2d Lieut. Richmond Blues, Corporal George Gordon, privates Henry Biker. George Shannon, Wil liam Dve and‘Silas Johnson. AlsoJ.M. A. Henderson. Palmetto Regiment. There are now but a few more of the boys behind, and (heir arrival is daily looked for. 'The Fourth of July is near at hand, and be fore tha’ time all expected will have reached home. Would not that day be appropriate to show them our appreciation of their ser vices in the cause of their country? We hope some of our influential citizens will take the matter in hand. Mexican Life Preserver. A volunteer returned to Dayton, Ohio, after having reached Cincinnati on his way to Mcxi. co. Manv were the jibes he encountered on his return. One of his whig friends asked him what he had come back for. He replied, that “fearing he might fall intothe hands of the Mexi cans. he hail returned for a copy of Tom Cor wins’s speech, as he was confident all h—ll could not injure him among the Mexicans while in possession of that tl ocunnnt The Charleston Courier of yesterday says—• The remains of the late Marshall R Smith, late Sutler of the Palmetto Regiment, reached hero yesterday, in the sehr. Mari 1. from New Orleans, under the charge ot Lieut. J. Aichard, b. S. A., and W. Groncrd, Esq. The body will be con veyed to Hamlm g, the place of resilience of the deceased, fur interment. New li .uipshiie. The Legislature of New Hampshire have chosen Thomas P. Treadwell Secrelart ofSlate, John Atwood State Treasurer, Butterfield & Hill State Printers, and David Moulton Com missary General. The greater part of the above were displaced from ofiUe last year. .tin Abbott Lawrence. The Hon. Abbott Lawrence, of Boston, has presented to the corporation of Harvard Univer sity the sun of fifty thousand du.Lrs, lobe ex pended in establishing a school for the purp .e of teaching the practical sciences. The dona ion and the object do honor to Mr Lawrence, and entitled him to r ink as one of the first philan thropist s of’ the age. Superior Comt.—The kite Judge Schley. After the organization of the Court on Mon day morning, Judge Holt on the bench, a series of resolutions were presented to the Court, as a tribute to the late Judge Schley, which, on nio t.on, was entered upon the minutes of the Court when the Court adjourned to Tuesday. [Fio/n the SandirsviUe Georgian , IDA thst.J Meeting of the liar. The members of the Bar assembled in the Court Room to-day. 1. H. Safluid, E<q , Was called tothechiir. and S. B. Craft n requested, to act as rrecre arv. The Chairman explained the object of the meeting to be for the purpose of pat ing a suitable tribute to the memory of the Hon. John Bchiey. who departed this life on the 2Alh nit On motion a Committe eof three was appointed t • dra t a preamble and resolution tx p.e-siveol the feelings of this meeting for the death ot Judge Schley. Messrs. Fh id, Flour noy and Langmade, were appointed on the Com mittee. After retiring fur a few minutes, S. Field. Esq , (chairman of the Committee, brought in the following preamble and resolutions which were adopted; Where is the painful intelligence of the death j of the Hon. John Schley has reached us and at j a time when such intelligence was least expecl j ed, wo deem it our duty to meet together, to pav .1 1 mournful tribute to the mem *ry of one Who will | long be cherished in our recollection. I The occasion which convenes us is indeed a j melancholy one; we are warned that d. ath with i ruthless aim, lias singled out one of our fralerni | ty as a victim to his unerring shaft: leaving us to ! feel that few, alas ! too few better men are spared, j Now that our brother has left us, it is a pleasure, ! though sad, to remember Ids virtues, the recol | lection of which affords us a relief in present sorrow. As a Nidge, his memory is embalmed without highest reaped and esteem; as a Smoth er lawyer, his honest, honorable and couiU-mis demeanor presents to us an example worthy our imitation; as a man and ftiend, ids amiability and urbanity, awake a thrilling chord upon the harp ot our affections; as a husband and father, let the grief of those most decoly afffii ted, speak its strong hut silent eloquence. Uur hearts are his monument, and with tears his epitaph thereon recorded. He it therefore resolved, That we sympathise deeply with the wife and family of the deceased in their present sorrowful affliction, and condole, with them for th< ir bereavement. That we do wear the usual badge of mourning on Re left arm for thirty days. That a copv of these proceedings he furnished tile Central Georgian for publication, that the Augusta Constitutionalist be requested to copy the same, and that the Secretary ot this met ling be instructed to forward a copy to Mrs. Schley at her residence near Augusta. 1. Li. SAFFOLD, Chairman S. B. Craftov, Sec’ry. “The most adroit skull-breaker, throat cu ter, j house burner and woman and children slayer ot the age.” ; Such arc the epithets applied to Gen. Taylor by I the Xenia Torch-light of Ohio, a leading Whig i journal. We are informed by the Ohio States { man that resolutions ot a most disgraceful cha racter, with sentiments similar to the abo ■ e, were | adopted by a numerous meeting of the Whigs ot Greene countv, Ohio. R, C. Schenck, the Whig member of Congress’from the District, partici ‘ pated in the meeting. 'The Statesman says,that I the Torch-light evidently represents the true sen-* | timents of the leaders of the Whig party in that section. Senator Corwin was nominated for t e Presidency by this disgraceful and treasonable meeting. We do not recollect a single Democratic paper or meeting which has not spoken in a kind and complimentary manner of the valor and distin guished cerviccsofGen. Taylor. But we cull'd quote from scores of Whig papers filled with the m ist viol* nl and disgusting assaults upon the old H era and the war. Still the W hig journals in the South are in the daily habit ot charging the Democratic party with ingratitude and injustice to Gen. Ta 1 lor. They never allow their readers to. see the bitter things said of Gen. 'Taylor and his army by the Whig papers and meetings ail over the North and West!—- Richmond Enquirer. For Vera CTuz. The U. S. steamboat Fashion, Capt. Ivey, left last evening for Vera Cruz. The following a list of her passengers . Major General Gideon I J. Pillow , Col. G. W. Morgan, 15th Infantry , Ma j. G. A. Caldwell, of the Vcltigcur;., Colon#!