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THE CON ST ALJ STr JAMES GARDNER, JR. T E U JM S • Paily, per annum, Tri-Weekly, per annum,......... - ?> 00 If paid in advance a 00 Weekly, |**r annum,.. 3 00 Jfpaid in advance 2 50 Tu Chihs, COPIES are sent. This will put our weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. •XT Subscribers who will pay up arrearages, and send four new subscribers, with the money can get the paper at £j~ All n«w subscription? must he paid in advance. Postage must r»e paid on fill Communications and Lettersr»fbusiness. [From Ik? Dublin { lreland) “Mail, ’j firnnd Scheme of Emigration, far ISi*. The Brewers should to ,'T'ilf-a go. The Loggerheads to Sci Hy. The Quakers t > the Friendly Isles, The furriers ail to Chili. The lirtV. squalling, bawling brats. That break our nightly re-r, Should he packed <>tf to 13.by-lon: To Lap-land or to Brest. From Spit head. Conks go o’er lo Greece, And while the Mi-er waits His passage to the Guinea coast. Spendthrifts are In the Straits. spinsters should to the XeeJlcs go, \\ ine-bihhers to Burgundy; Gourmands should lunch at Sundwit h. Isles, Wags lo the Bay of Fun-dy. Musicians hasten to the Sound— The elirpliced Priests to Home; While all the race of Hypocrites At Canton are at home. Lovers should hasten to Goad Hope. — To some, Cape Horn is pain, Debtors should go to Oh-i-o, And Sailors to the Maine. Hie, Bachelors, to the United States ' Maids to the Die of Man, Let Gard’ners all to Botany go And Shoeblacks to Japan. Thus Emigrants and misplaced men> Will then no longer vex us; Ami ail that aim provided for Had better go to—Texas. f From Ike V-w York Journal of Commerce.] The Bank of England a Curss to the Na tion. This declaration will be denounced by mnnv persons, as an abominable heresy. ’- el jVke many other declarations which s . P beoC so denounced, it is thoroughly tti’.'J probably be so confessed true, ano " J , . rT ,, ~ . one (lav, bv a” ' he "T' 1 ' ine , like the l«#arc. , >y ancl ,he "lonarchy lias been landed from bIU . ,llere lias been nothing commp m our world than for our poor r.-ce to shout ihe.r plaudits in the causes of ‘ !1 cmisery. Thai the British naiion has »h> »ys "«*» dissatisfied with the (letnilsJ operations UQ-ffiyg wiTl deny, Ihe renew, a 1 of its chart e r has always produced muco , agitation and discussion, and at every renewal sorne new p> incline il l's been i - tr >duced,w hi jh it was hoped would remedy the evils of its past operation. But the more new principles have been introduced, the worse lias been the operation of the ■.machine. At the last renewal, the wisdom -of ail (lie regulators of currency was taxed for a svstem. and one was devised ; w hich was thought to be perfect. It was if bearcat id<?a o! compensation. I lie Bank *ras divided into two departments, inde -r.enduut of a.nd regulating each other, and the irregularities of the currency were to heat -once and forever cured hy so ar - Jtangirg the machinery that exactly the s&tme quantity of currency should always ho issued by the Bank. If Bank notes, .went out, it was to be only in exchange j for coin paid in; and if the notes came in j ihe gold was again to go out. That was : exactly right, and figures proved it. After al], theconviclion of perfection is wearing i away from the English mind, and the people are getting to think that the Hank management is little better than formerly. The Economist, an ably conducted week ly paper, advocates the issuing clone pound notes; though with a cautiousness and upon arguments not all of them very important to a free trade system. But it .is very doubtful whether the stubbornness of theories will yield to such adiico as this. The astringent agony is supposed necessary to save the life of the currency. We have no hope that the English nation will ever be satisfied wiih the woiking o. the Bank. The truth is, the existence of such an institution is a grand error, and no regulation of it can evet inaive d nnv thing else than an error. It has ;i i power of usefulness. Ol necessity its whole operation is mischievous; or ratm r, its operation as a whole is so. The fun damental truth at the bottom of the whole matter is, that the Creator, when he made all things, made laws for their regulation, and these laws a. ■ o perfect in their operation. There can be no intei ferrnce with them which is noi injurious. No law of Cod, either in mental, moral, or physical a (lairs, can be disobeyed without damage. For trade, a system was provided when the world was made, and it is in tuli Ide and \igoi skill. This system every man knows to exist, for he feels its workings in his own affairs eveiy day, atui so a! i men na\e come to speak of “the laws of traue as a real existing code, as truly as the laws of matter or the laws of mind. By the operation of these laws, when people make haste to be rich, engage in specu lation, and plunge deeply in debt, money will become scarce and dear, and the prices of other property will tall, and what is called a revulsion will take place. Yet laws of trade, alias the laws of God, while they insist on correcting the wrong stale of things into which men have l>een been plunged, will do it in the mildest and best way possible. The establish ment of a Bank to regulate currency, a Tariff to regula’c importations, or a Trades Union to fix the price of labor, a re efforts to overthrow or amend the laws of . - ■■■ ■ in j ■■■ •’Tri.’-jpsi wnsnap!! m 1 j evils, and cure them roughly. It is by j reasoning like this that we know that the I Bank of England, a great machine to re- \ gulate the currency and supersede God's j perfect laws hi that case made,is of neces- i i sity a curse to the people. But we can see in detail bow it is a | i curse. fi is a great central regulator, j controlled by men who a:e liable to err, S and do err, more or less, in the manage ment of tfie machine; and as it is a great machine, the mistakes which the mana gem make produce great disorder and mischief. The people of England now say that the directors of the Bank ought Ito have foreseen the terrific storm which I was gathering over money affairs, and bv j restraining their issues, to have modified | it or warded it off; whereas, by discount ing in a very liberal wav up to the very j bursting of tile tempest, thev greatly ag- i I gravated the calamity. Now that the | pressure is on, and the agonv almost in- i supportable, deputations from all quar | ters go up to London, praying the Bunk to loan more freely. Such an institution is injurious, because it turns awav the at tention of the people fmni the true causes ofthe pressure which they feel, to the Bank, and causes them to look lo the j wrong source for relief. Another very great oppression of the ! Bank is, that it effectually annihilates fifty millions of dollars of the national j ; property, by locking it up in perpetual i uselessness. About this quantity of coin |is thought necessary-to sustain the digni j tv ofthe Bank, and the public confidence j in its ability-. From age to age this mo- j j ney must lie, and yet utterly useless in j fact, for everybody knows that the mo- | ney might all be stolen, and not the j slightest loss be sustained. The empty’ j boxes would support the dignity of the Bank and the credit of its hundred mil- 1 lions of dollars currency, just as well as I full boxes, if only people sapposed the mo | ney- lobe there. If .ids groat responsi- i j bility of sustaining (lie currency were left | I to its own course, it w ould divide itself I ; among ten thousand persons ©{"companies, | atui the fifty millions locked up, as peo | ile suppose, in the Bank, might he ex changed for food. Then the prohibition I of paper money of lower denominations ; than five pounds, is an appendage ofthe Bank plan; and tins annihilates or fixes i in a latent state, which is the same tiling, a vast sum more,which might also be ex changed for food. The loss of so great a sum, practically annihilated, is no small matter. What would be thought in these days, of establishing a groat depot of pro. visions, where a million barrels of flour | should be perpetually locked up to guard against famine; never,, however-, to he ! nseJ, any portion of it, though the whole i | nation should perish, but kept, to sustain * fie national confidence in abundance?— The laws of trade lay in abundant stocks when there is an abundant supply, bin j dispose of and use U p last pittance ; t when there is a scarcity. There is good | ■ sense in that, hut none in the Bank plan, | which neither accumulates (to any sut- j f ficient extent) iff the time of abundance, j nor dispenses in time of scarcity, S mie- ■ 1 times we have in New York five lion- j dred thousand barrels of flour. The . j scarcity ofthe last winter draw off every ! barrel, and left the stores of the. factors as empty as the stomach of any famished Irishman. This is God’s plan of wisdom and benevolence. It, dissatisfied with that, w-e had adopted the Bank plan of I supply, half a million of our fellow men | would have starved to death in conse ! quence. Yet there is no famine here. — | There lias been no overselling. The supply lias been made lo hold out to the last, and the whole matter has been | managed as with a prophet s foresight. Il we had but to established a Bank ot flour, with the notion tlfat it must always keep a million of barrels on band, wo should probably have been shouting lo it as the ! Hindoos do the Juggernaut,and starved to i death, glorying that the Bank Had a good stock on hand. Ours is a rebellious race, which will not consent to be governed by laws that are perfect, and so we I bring upon ourselves a thousand unneces j sary calamities. _ - [From the Mew Orleans Picayune, t1 !h hist ] j Interesting from Zacatecas. Weye.-terdav find the pleasure ot a conver sation with Mr. llueben Gentry, who has • been several years in the Santa Fe trade, ! and who left Zacatecas on the 12 h nil.,com- ; j n-r direct to Saltillo, and taking the Rio I i Grande route home. We learn from Mr, Gentry that there were i not over 4,000 men in San Luis Botosi, and ’ s; , hopeless was the enemy of being able to | maintain the place against Gen. Taylor, that j this force had orders to retire to Queretaro. j a city on the road to Mexico, should he ad- 1 vance. So far as Mr. Gentry could learn, for ho was not in San Luis, the address of the 1 elergv of San Luis inciting the people to j support the war has had but little effect there ! and none elsewhere. So fanatical had some 1 of the clergy become, that some few ot them j had placed themselves a* the head of guerilla j part es raised in the vicin ty of Mexico. .Mr. Gentry confirms the accounts hereto ! fore received of the apatny existing among the people of Northern Mexico as o the war. j I Indeed, he says, if any feeling exists among • them, it is a desire for the presence of the j ; American army. The only persons who ! favor the war are the clergy and the officers, j both civd and military. In the State of Za- j catecas the friendly feeling towards the A me- j rican is stronger than elsewhere. This State, it will be remembered, took part with Texas in the commencement of the struggle between the federalists and centralists, and was overrun by Santa Anna with his army, j Since then the people bear an inveterate hu- I tred to him. It was at one time expected that Gen. Taylor would march, upon Zacatecas j and take possession of it. The people look- | ed for his arrival with anxiety, and the day | before iMr. Gentry left there a prominent Mexican, at a public festival, cave as a toast j —‘‘Success lo Gen. Taylor and the Aineri- i can army,” which was drank by the whole j company with applause. There K there- ! 1 »fl*» nr.isnprf of (he enemv receiv- i ing aid from this quarter of Mexico, either in men or money. Gen. Taylor, in a conversation with Mr. ' Gentry, fold him that if he was reinforced as i he expected to be, ho would advance upon ; ; San Luis Fofosi about the middle of July. and the prospect is that he will find but little | ifany resistance. Trade was not so good either in Zacatecas or the surrounding country a- might be ex pected. Goods, in considerable quantities, had flown in through the ports on the Pacific before the blockade of the coast became gene ral, and the merchants generally were well supplied. Mr. Gentry brings no later news from California than has already been re ceived. Important, from Mexico. Santa Anna's Letter of Resignation. The schooner Zen<»bia,Capt. Brow n, arriv ed ye-terclay from Vera Cruz, vvlir u e >he | sailed on the 3d inst. The steamer Tele | grapu was to sail from Vera Cruz in two or • three days. By this arrival a copy oft’ie American La- j i git* of the 21 inst. was received in town, i. ml i through the kindness of a friend we have ob- j tained the u.-eof it. It contains Santa Anna's ! letter of resignation, which we give below, ; as translated bv the editors of that paper.— j Congress had not acted upon it at last ac counts. 'l’he Eagle says that this resignation was j followed up bv that of Gen. Bravo, as Vice j President. There is probably some contu sion in mis. As we understand it, The V ice Presidency was abolished to got rid ol Go mez Farias, and lias not been re-established. Gen. Bravo was recently in command at Pue bla, and yet more recently was at the head of what i,-called the ‘•‘Army of the Centre.” lie may have resigned tins post, j • The Eagle says that the election for Pre | sident will lake place on the loth inst. By j this we presume is meant that the votes will j then be officially counted and the result de j dared. We have no further returns by this j arrival, but the Eagle thinks Gen. Herrera j will be the Presides t. Gen. Scott reached Puebla on the 28th ult., the day before Gen. Twiggs arrived there. Every tiling was-quiet in the city, our sol d.er'- and the inhabitants being apparently on the best terms. A small reconnoitering par’y of ourlr ops had been met some twenty miles beyond Pue bla. They had encountered n > enemy so far. The Mexicans are erecting works a short distance thus side ot 'be capital, bit the Eagle treats them as unimportant and not j likely to he completed. The Eagle gives it as a report that Gen. Almonte is a prisoner, on an accusation -of holding correspondence with Gen. Scott. Benj Thomas, sergeant major of the Ist Infantry, died on Sunday, the 30th ult., in Vera Cruz, and was buried on Monday morn ing with military honors. The sergeant was a r ilu ib e officer s; y; the Eng'e, and his j demise was regretteu by all who knew him. It rips been ascertained that only one ninn : was killeu with Col. Sowers. The impru dence of the redone! in venturing ahead of his party cost the,-e two lives. A naval expe liiio.n against I onasco, under the commodore in perco'R talked Vera Cruz as a hunt to ka r t at once. I tie following vessels were men’ l as likely to compose it: The trigate Rar'**' -0 ’ sloop <>t war John Adams, slop Gennk ! * oA n ’ /Etna (now at Ffontera,) the the Scorpion, and the gun boats Uom !rt a ‘" Mahone.se. Should the sloop of war Alt. 'K v arrive in time she wou'd probably join in U.'e ; expedition. We will not detain the reader longer from ’ the letter of Santa Anna: M kxic'i. May 29, 1847. Your I'.vrcllencij— Since niv return to the Re- ; public, I ha> e had hut one grand and sacred ob ject in view, which lias solely occupied my mind— tbr which object tiie nation recalled me: it was lhe defence, the integrity, the independence ot my country. My efforts were unlimited, ami I worked incessantly for this object. Un my arri val I found nothing— neither army nor resources, j 1 succeeded in my exertions, finally, and procur- j edboth. I itave the nation to understand that I was tak- , in r eharge of its government, in a manifesto pub- | lisTicd on the 2-2 i inst., in which I related the ! successes which have attended our arms up to mv | ar ivai in this capital, and also t e motives which I moved ray return, and the benefits that might r - j suit from it. J arrived at the head of only ; art ot an armv, in the greati st destitution and oi-grace, | in order to reinforce this garrison, and entered | with full power to obtain every thing ihat was necessary for its defence. So successful have I been that I can now with pride say, that the city ot Mexico is provided with means of defence to | resist all the efforts to subdue it which the enemy j can now command. i have always refused supremo power, except in cases of emergency, whereby the interests of the nation might been iangered. At present, cir cumstances requne from me a sacrifice ot all I possess, which sacrifice is even- attended with danger and a gloomy prospect, besides disgrace attached to it; this is no less than the consecra tion of mi seif, by marching forward and setting ; ) at defiance the calumny and perfidy of my ene | rnies, and with deeds of valor revenging myself I against them for their venomous, imputations. ■ This I am readv and willing to perform, if in any 1 way the result thereof can benefit my beloved I country. lam tearful, however, that such will not be the result; and I have come to the conclu sion, that by holding the sent of the chief magis tracy I will lie fomenting impediments against the attainment id my most ardent wishes. The enemies of mv country have emissaries in every part of the Republic, whose artifices mis lead and create distrust and calumny to such an extent that it is impossible to convince the Mexi cans other thanll in l lam an i nsU[»era*do barrier tt» l my country’s welfare, and particularly that my I love of power will ever he a curse to its tranquilli ■ G'- It is easy to perceive the reason why they spread such reports to my detriment—men who are atraitl to defen I the country wish for peace, and are fear.ul thar they will not enj >y it as long as I am at the head of the Government. They arc well aware that ray determination has been to put down th" different parties which have < ndeavor ed to destroy one another, and which, even now, have entirely forgotten the common danger, in | order to lie benefited by such division, hoping that a change aiay place t iem in power, and tree them ! from their responsibility to the nation. The tor eign enemy’s policy is to foment such a division; disorder to obtain it, they have selected me as the most probable person by the ruin of whom it may be obtained, lam consequently a target for the shafts of all parties. Therefore my position is full of danger; hut Ido not f< sr it. The difficul ty lies in preventing me from doing what I could to save me Republic The intrigues of a revo lution arc well known. On that account tne enemy are now advancing towards Puebla and Mexico, as they have been given to understand that a revolution would lake place in the capital. With one act alone I can stop sucli a revolution, which 1 consider is the most important service 1 can render the Republic- that act is mv present I resignation as President pro tern . of the Republic, with which my nation has honored me. 1 am fully persuaded that this resignation will save the country. 1 respectfully request the Sovereign Congress to accept immediately my resignation, and declare its session, in order to appoint a per : son well qualified to discharge the above respon- sible office. I have discharged my duty towards mv country as far as in mv power. 1 have dedi cated inv life to it--my fortune and that of my family, as well as my own reputation—-my blood has been spilt and mv limbs lost in its defence; and now with pride 1 forever resign mv public career, without fear of disgrace, and conscious j that toy services have been faithful and patriotic i In any part of the world where lot may place me, I 1 can raise my head with pride, and with satisfac tion carry .a name that has never been stained with shame—-but, on the contrary, they will see me a filthfuj ami patriotic Mexican, who in all his ac tions has striven for the honor of being instru mental in elevating his nation to prosperity and j honor. Your Excellency will report the same to the | Sovereign Congress, in order that it may accept of | rny resignation, for which I will remain yours, re- 1 spectfully, with the highest consideration. God ! and liherl v! ANToNIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA. : To their Excellencies the Secretaries ul the Sov- i ereign Congress. Reception of Volunteers. Yesterday was a day devoted by our citi -1 zens to ibe reward of patriotism and heroic ! deeds. lr was a day appointed to receive | men who had voluntarily left their homes to | meet tiie public enemy and had gallant Iy dis -1 charged the high duty they had assumed.— i To attempt to describe the enthusiasm evinced ! on the occasion would be vain. At an early hour in tiie afternoon the volunteers were formed on ('anal street, and escorted by the |>gion and several other divisions of the military ot the city, among which we noticed tue German Yagers and the Tigers, the : whole under command of Maj. Gen. Lewis, S moved towards Lafayette Square. Tiiere a ! assemblage ol both sexes had gathered, j ami amid the firing ot cannon and the warm : greetings of the people, the volunteers took i their position around the stand of the orator. We shall nut even endeavor to give a sketch of the oration of Mr. Prentiss. Ofien as we have listened to him, never did he ap j p?ar to us more eloquent. A-> he described | the glorious deeds of the men he was vvel | coming, their faces were lit with an expres j sion of jov, but when lie came to speak olthe cv press being mingled with tiie laurel—when lie spoke of the men who fell at Monterey and Buena VisG, ando IT hose who d ed witii ; out the satisfaction of sharing in the glories . ot the battle-field—the head fell, and a uni i \e sal grief pervaded the as.-embbige. j Gen. Davis, who was loud y called lor, I rose to reply to the warm and eloquent ad dress of Mr. Prentiss. Rep ying in behalf of j his own regiment, and in some measure in behalf of all the volunteers, he eloquently answered for them. Fr mi Lafayette Square the procession moved to the Place d Armes, where it was received with a salute from the artillery, and partook of an excellent collation prepared by Mr. Victor, For several hours the company remained there, and with the stirring airs of tiie bands of music, the festivity was con | tinned up to a late hour in the evening. The streets through which the procession moved were ti led with spectators, and the balconies of the houses presented an array of fair admirers more difficult to resist than the hosts ol the enemy at Buena \ ista. The Honored Dea l. The living have had a reception such as befits the brave who have carried the nation al banner in triumph through a conquered ! country; let us now evince our respect lor those who fell beneath its folds. The bodies of McKee and Clay and Vaughn lay m tiie piihbc arsenal. No joyous greeting awaits their return to the bosoms ot their families. < No sound of rejoicing, nor clamorous vvel i t nine, nor boisterous gratitude cm pierce ihe * com ear of dealh. hut it is meet that those f, ;i - whom they perished in a foreign land pay 1 homage to their virtues by respecting their | as i WJti q "he committee of the General Coun ! cil \ve underlain!, will meet to-day to con •ml’er of tiie , ro,’»er mode of showing respect. We have been to sugge.-t the pro priety of having a r *' v ' c racier than a milita ry procession, and llto ’ ,l arranged to move bv torch light. The V« ! ;- ,t>nCP (,: ,1 l ie , he ; il ! would deter many from j*.’*..' in £ A daynght i procession, who would be glad f ° honor to ; the memories of the dead. \Ve persuaded | that our citizens, and strangers every ; State of the Union and every country ' ll ty with ours, would join in a tribute to * ie me nory ol those vvnose cold and iifeiess b I d.es bear witness to the fidelity with which i they served their country. Should these ; views meet with ihe sanction ol the commit- ; tee, the procession could be formed at the | Place d'Armes after nightfall and escort the bodies to tiie vessel which is to take them j hence. If we are not much mistaken this j mode would give more general satisfaction t than a mid-day pagent. Kanta Fo. A volunteer wiling the St. Louis Reveille from Santa Fe, gives the same deplorable pic ture of affairs tiiere as is dr iwn by the writer of tlie letter published in the St. Louis Re i publican, Iron which we yesterday copied extracts. The correspondent of the Reveille, describing the results of the dissipations and insubordination ot the volunteers says, there weie not more than 250 men tit for duly in 1 Santa Fe. The remainder of the regiment was in hospital or had died. “In Fans,” he adds. “Lieut. Col. Wiliock’s battalion is sta tioned. In other parts of tiie* country are small grazing camps, herding the mi-erable and skeleton remains ot our horses. No part Isf the army, thus scattered, it we except a small portion of it in Santa Fe, has any ener gy and spirit, though if need were, all would fight as well as they knew how. ISliil the viiaiiiv of our troops seems to be gone en tirely.” Col. Price, it is said, ins several despatches addressed to Col. Doniphan by our Govern i meat, which he did not forward to Chihua- I hua, as he would not take the responsibility ! of incurring the expense of sending a mail, ■ and it, is furthermore stated that lie has made no communication whatever to Col. Doni phan since his departure from Santa Fe, thus leaving Col. D. entirely ignorant of events in Sania Fe, and to rely upon Mexican re ports for information. Numbers of the vol unteer officers, it is represented, have resign ed or abandoned their men, and a captain who resigned is keeping a grog-shop in San ta Fe. Gambling houses and grog-shops are open under the immediate eye of the com mander, and are kept by officers and privates, without any attempt being made to remove such prolific sources of demoralization. The Mexicans,as was stated by the writer of the letter in the Republican, are great suf ferers by such a state of affairs, and are high ly incensed, and the correspondent of the Reveille adds; This feeling of discontent will gain strength among the poorer classes in the course of a few months, as their-supplies of provisions will be less than.formerly, through the sum mer, owing to the increased consumption since we have been in the country. We have, it is true, paid them for all we have taken, except the "rass which nur stock have eaten; but (he merchants already have the money; and though calico, muslin,trumpery, j rings, beads, &e., are in more profuse abun ; dance than ever betore, ye> the consequence | , will be empty stomachs and achinif hearts, j 1 have no doubt, whatever, that if they were able, they would cut our throats with a hearty : good will. But thev lack organization and competent leaders, and are deficient not only in artillery, but small arms also. It. will, i therefore, be in our power, as tilings now ; stand, to keep them down. .\i m>T.\, »i I iIURSD iY MORNING. .H NE 17, 1847 Delegates to Milledgeville. I Tiie following Delegates have been noticed in j ! the Constitutionalist as having been appointed j to the Convention to lie heal in iVlilledgoville on ; the lilt Monday in this month. We publish i them so that our editorial Bretiurn, in ditTerei t ! 3 , Sections, may add to the list, as wo have kept !>nt an imperfect record, and feel satisfied we do not i j publish one-halt tlie counties that have appointed ! delegatis. The Convention will, no doubt, he | one of the largest ever held in this Stale, and the ! harmony at present existing in the Democratic ranks, is the best evidence, that the nominee, bo he who lie may, will receive the unanimous sup ! port of the party. United action is ail wonted to insure success. Harris Co--Gen. 11. H. Lowe,- Major P. J. Phillips, Dr. J. L. Blackburn and Thacker V. ; Walker. Baldwin Co-—Dr. T. Fort. Gem. J. W. A. ! ' Sanford and Samuel Buffington, Jr. Hancock Co—Eli H. Baxter. Marcus John- ; i ston, Lee Reeves and John S. Martin. ! Hutnpkin Co —Vlaj. James F. Cooper and j Durrel S. Gregory, Esq, Junes Co —Joseph Day, James M. Gray and | D. N. Smith, Esqs. j Halts Co —Col. J. IL Stark,.)’. 11. McCoid, Jcm» ! T. Gunnton, John N, Thompson and Reason Biissett, Esq :n. j Richmond Cu —Ci. Skri tie, James Gardner, Jr., i G. W. Lamar and E. Starnes. Gwinnett Co —J. P. Simmons, G. T. Rake straw. D. W. Liddell. Putnam Co—Nathan Cass, P. J. Mullens, and Dr. 1. B. Hudson. Troup Co —Col, John T. Smith, Peter A. i Heard, Philip A. Moise, Montgomery P, Win i field and William B. Pryor. Morgan— Robert Crawley, Thos. J. Burney, S Thus. Gibbs and Thos. P. Satfold. Burke —Gol. A. J. Lawson, J. B. Shew make i and J. A. Rosier. Warren —-William Gibson, Win. 11. Blount, j Thos. Neal, Sr. and Geo. W. Ray. Jackson —Robert White and Saiu’l P.Thur -1 mond. Scrircn —Hon. E. J. Black, Wilson C. Cooj ! crand J. Lawton Singleton. Oglethorpe —Cel. Win. McKinley, F. Phi uv.y 1 and Li. L. French. Madison —Dr. B. M. Thompson, Dr. J. F. Groves and Isaac Simmons. Franklin —John W. Pruitt, David Dumas and James Attaway. Habersham —H. K. Cabiness, Major J. H. Brown and W. C. Rich. I 'Calhott —Dr. Win. Drane, John W. Turner, E. B. Smith and L. B. Smith. Wilkinson —Jas. M, Folsom, B. C'Bannon and : A. E. Cochran. 1 Macon —G. C. Carmichael, J. W. Cunning : bam and N. Bryan. j Bibb —S. J. Ray, A. P. Powers, Jas. Smith ami R. A. L. Atkinson. Dooly —Charles 11, Rice, R. A. McComb>and Dr. T. F. Morgan. Elbert —Win. B. Bowen, Win. G. Allen, J. 11. Lumpkin, Jr. and P. \V. Thomas. 'Twiggs —Wm. Crittenden, H. H. Tarver and B. B. Smith. Decatur —J. R. Hays, A. A. Allen and C. A. Munderien. 'l'Jfail —Gen. Mark Wilcox and Joseph Lar i' key. , Jinny—John A. Smith, W. L. Gordon, J. C. ; G.’iihn and J. G. Fears. BuToch— W. Rawls an 1 Petcr-Striekland. j Among the deaths at Vera Cruz, during the month of May, w c notice the names of Mar | tin Hardin, Company K, E. Ennis, Company L, M. Mostly and L. L. aison, Company C, I South Carolina Volunteers', Army Reinforcem tiD j The Washington Union says, that theinc.-f --sures adopted by the government to ■'end tor ward reinforcements to replace the twelve months 'H unteers witiulrawn from the army under the im mediate ordess of Gen. Scott, have been Very successful; and that, although the twelve months' troops have left the seat of war some weeks be fore the expiration of their terra, their places will ! soon be supplied by other troops. It is calculated that nearly 7000 regulars, old and new regiments, | will soon reinforce the main army via V era Cruz | , of which between *OOO and 00(10 doubtless 1 have arrived at Vera Cruz in all April and May; I and, of the residue, a large proportion will reach ; that place, it is supposed, by the middle es June. Dinner to 31 r. Wheaton at New York. The complimentary dinner to theTlon. Henry ; Wheaton, our late Minister to Prussia, by the j citizens of New York, took place at the New : York Hotel on Thur Si lay evening last. The company consisted of about three hundred gen tlemen. among whom were a large number of the most eminent men of the city connected with the bar and other learned professions. The venera i ble Albert Gallatin presided,—and speeches were j made by Mr. Wheaton and others, appropriate to 1 the occasion. Among the toasts read was the following from Mr. Dix, United States Senator, who was unable to attend : True Diplomacy —A frank interchange, of views and opinions wit h foreign states for the pur pose of establishing friendly relations with them on the basis of mutual advantage--the only condi tion which can render such relations useful or j durable. From Tampico. Advices from Tampico to the 3d inst. received at New Orleans, represent the health of the place as none of the best. Many cases of yellow fe ver had occured, and they wore on the increase. The Captain of the vessel, however, that brings this intelligence, thinks the statement made of the sickness among the troops,highly exaggerated. The Washington Female Seminary. We take great pleasure in calling attention to the advertisement in reference to the Female Seminary at Washington, Wilkes county. From personal acquaintance with some of those who j superintend the Educational Department of this i Institution, and all of the Board of Trustees, by i whom its general interests are guarded, wo can | confidently sav to our friends and readers, that } they ran repose perfect con/i fence in having i strict justice done them, both in reference to mo ■ ral and intellectual culture. : i lie course of instruction is complete and ; thorough, an i every opportunity is afforded for the highest and most extensive acquisition of knowleiige,tliat can he found in such high schools i in any section ofthocountry. Besides this, there are other advantages. Fora largo scope of coun j try it affords an opportunity of education, which I entirely removes the necessity of seeking iar dis tant and perhaps Northern Institutions, nt a mu'di greater expense, both of time and money. The community of Washington is distinguish ed for its morality and intelligence, and affords, 1 therefore, ail those wholesome influences upon the young mind, so necessary to give it propur di rection. Perhaps there is not a healthier town in the Slate th in Washington. This is an im portant consideration and cannot he overlooked. We have briefly said this much in favor oftho Washington Seminary, and we believe that tin; concurrent testimony of those who have sent their daughters there to be educated, fully sustains j our com neudation of it. — Chronicle tjf- Sentinel ■ of yesterday. Wc might add, that from the purity of life —tint j pious and exemplary Christian character, and la! ! ents of its Principal, the Rev. Geo. 11. W. Pe ! trie, we take much pleasure in adding our testi ; moriv to the merits and claims of this prosperous I institution and wish it success. Death of Samuel IVvir, t"«q. The Columbia South C irolinian of I'tiexhty pays:— Weir, the Editor of the Chrnni ■ cle,died on Wednesday evening, the 9;h inst. j after a most painful and protracted illness. He had been for a long time associated with : the press, and in bis death, the public has ; lost an able andsincere vindicator of morals, I and a journalist who honestly and fearlessly i discharged his duties to society. As a ma gistrate, Itc was firm and unwavering—as a partizan, he was talented and loyal—as a 1 citizen, he was upright and honest.—and as ! a friend,he was devoted and true. His remains were attended to their resting place by a numerous concourse of our citizens, where they received burial, according to the obse quies of the Masonic Fraternity, of which j benevolent association lie was a prominent | member.” The Coosa River Journal*, says the Farmers of F ovd have commenced harvesting; the grain is excellent —better than any that has been grown for several years, although the yield will nut lie so great by one-third upon the up lands, i while the bottom Ui.Jspromise an average crop. Corn looks well, and since the Summer ha* set in. tuows. finely. Oats were injured by the heavy rains in yearly part ot Use Spring, and | the stand is quin? thin. f. rol m \ *i I N >11« j correspondent ot tin* A rkanstis U ti>nfT i'oi i firms tin* report Ural the President has adopted j the son of Col. Yell. The writer ssyar‘‘After ■ consulting the vonth k was determined to send : him to West Point, ns soon os bis preparatory ; course would pistifv if. Until then, the Frcti let t 1 Has determined to continue him i--S Georgetown i College, and his studies will be three fieri with a view to the Polytechnic course, which is no doul % j that of all ot hers his father would have select' d j for him.” Arrival ci a Splendid Astio.iomlea* lo strnment. I The Washington Union says that ‘he great : Refraction Circle, ordered for the National i Observatory some two years sgo, from the ; Messrs. Erie 1, of Munich, has arrived. It I has an object glass of 7 inches,, with a fora I i distance of 108. It has two circles r/ ' feet each, with 12 reading microscopes. It is so constructed that it is its own collimator; ami its eye-pieces, of the highest power, are col limating eye- pieces, it has a collimator r also, thro’ the axis of rotation. It has the i advantage of reversing readily between two piers, instead of at the side of them; yet so I perfect is the machinery for reversing the in • strumenf, that the immense weight (mor j than two thousand pounds) can bo raised | with the little Linger. I.j ail its parts, it i bears, the Union says, marks of the mad ex | quistte workmanship. It was made, to the [ minutest parts, after plans and drawings fur nished by Lieut. Maury, superintendent of the National Observatory, and is pronounced by the makers to be the bc>l and most per fect instrument that has ever come from their hands. The duties upon it amounted to upwards of $2,500. [From the Columbus Enqwier, loth inst.] The Colton Crop. We do not recollect ever to have hear I the fanners of the country complain ?■> generally of the prospects of the growing | crop of cotton. The spring has been I every wav unfavorable, and now, when | the warm wealhes would justify ihe hope of a rapid and thrifty growth, it seems that the plant almost every where is so far exhausted by a combination of injuri ous causes, that it is next to an irnpossibli : tv for it to revive. It is generally said i that the planters complain' before they | are hurt. This may sometimes lie true, i hut in this instance the complaint is so 1 general, and the clamity so wide-spread | and universal, as to leave no reason to I hope that the probable failure will be less j than is suggested by the most reasonable ! fears. The injury is not confined (o any par j ticular section. From Florida, Alabama, I Mississippi, and all parts ot Georgia j in short the whole cotton growing region, i intelligence from sou ices not to be ques tioned, impresses us with the belief, tnat the prospect, at this season ol the yeas