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thFcOxVstitutionalist. ; J A VI EG GAKSNER, J R- T EiUIS. |>aily, per annum, I Tn-Weekfjr, per annum, | ,u I If paid in advance : W per If paid in advance, ~ 30 | Ti> Clubs, remitting flO t- 1 * advance, ll\ E j ai’e sent. I nis will pul our v\ec*vly |*a* | per in tiie reach of new subscribers al TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. 50“ Subscribers who will pay up arrearages, and send four new subscribers, with the money can ; get tile pajier al S2,UO. £j-Ail new subscriptions must be paid in advance. \ ,postage must Pe paid on all Communications , and Let’ers of business. ] I Front the N. O. Picayune, li Hh mst-l I’roiu Vera Cruz. The steamer Mary Kingsland, Capt. | Davis, arrived yesterday from \ era Cm by wav of tfie Brazos. She left the form- i er port on the 9th and the latter on toe i 13lt) inst. We have received by this arrival a letter from our correspondent at \ era , Cruz, giving an account of the atta-ck upon ' the train. We give it below, though it contains but little further news. We have also the A rco Iris of tfre Blh inst. Its intelligence from the city of Mexico does not appear to he either so late or so full as we have already laid before our readers : Vera Cruz, Mexico, June 7, 1847. Editors of the Picayune —Vera Cruz, like all other cities of Mexico in posses sion of the is almost daily thrown into a slate of excitement by eith er some Mexicans or Americans, who palm off stories upon the credulous, to the effect that some train of ours, or some city in our possession, lias been attacked and ! captured, and other fabrications of the ■ same nature, which, if recapitulated, j would fill a column of the Pic daily; and some of them are often so ingeniously -constructed, that for a time it would seem almost impossible they could turn out fabrications. But so it is, and 1 almost tremble every time I write a letter for lear that those who can be most depended j upon may have been deceived. One of tills kind of rumors was started j yesterday, and it raised the excitement of j the inhabitants to the highest pitch, it : was Jo the effect, that the train which left j here cn the evening of Saturday last, had ’ been attacked by a large body of the ene- ! my, and that a severe action was being fought, but although there was not the shadow of truth in it al the lime, and it originated from the fact that b. tween forty and sixty mules had been stolen from the mule yard outside this city the : night previous, and a company had been sent in pursuit, yet still, it may appear strange that w ithin one hour after the ru mor was set afloat here yesterday, the train was actually attacked by quile a formidable body of guerrillas , ala point j about eighteen miles beyond Santa Fe.— I have just seen and conversed with Mr. Gill, who left here with the train to obtain I the remains of his son who fell at Carro Gordo. Mr. G. brought despatches from ! Col. Mclntosh to Gen. Cad walader. lie ; states that about 11 o’clock yesterday morning the train was attacked by a gner - j r/Ua party, both in front and rear al the same lime, and that they w-ere repulsed after a skirmish of about half an hour.— Maj. Bennett, P. M., accompanied this train with a large amount of specie. It was guarded bv about 800 men under command of Col. Mclntosh of the sth In fantrv, and although the guerrillas may annoy them a little, they cannot harm them. Mr. G. represents the line as 100 long for him to obtain the particulars of the whole affair, but says he was infm tri ed on the point of leaving, that three or ! four of our men had been killed and j wounded, but he had heard of nothing of the loss on the opposite side. A singular piece of amusement was I started outside one of the* citv gates yes- j lerday morning, by a party of abaut one j hundred ami twenty Mexican boys, from twelve to eighteen years old. They di vided themselves into two equal parties — j one to represent the American and the other the Mexican army, and at it they went, with their captains in advance, one with the American anti the oilier wit it the Mexican flag. Stones, bricks, dirt and sticks flew for about fifteen minutes in every direction, when both parties d.ew . off, sent in commissioners, and arranger! i the matter, all making friends, with the j exception of the American captain, who i had received a severe wound with a brick- i bat, and begged to be permitted to try his adversary single-handed, saying he con’d lick.the d—d Mexican in two mtnines I" Com. Perry, who was expected to have left for Tabasco several days ago, is still at Anton Lizctrdn; hut there is every pro- ! bability that he will leave to day or to- I morrow. Since wriling the above I have seen Mr. H-, who has charge of the depot at Santa Fe, who came in early this morn ing, and have learned further particulars from other sources, which can be relied on. The Mexicans have no doubt been ly ing back for some lime, in anticipation of the departure from here of tlie largo quantity of specie en route for the army. Their force, including all the rancheros, &£,, for miles around, is estimated at not itfi.lhe moment, Mr. 11. infoirns me that yefferday, about noon, he was informed by an old and trusty Spaniard that the affair, the outlines of which have been ■riven above, was taking place about that time, and that if the guerrillas were un successful the attack would be renewed more desperately at the National Bridge. Five Frenchmen had Just arrived as our informant left, corruberating every -,-r-L JIS a. —>— i. ■fctg^gg—" li*»n"»mx —*-?■* i thing, with the excep’ion of our loss, which is stated to be between five and seven j killed. The most desperate charge made by the enemy was (doubtless through m:s take) made upon that portion of the train canying the ammunition, supposing it to I he the specie. 'Hie train will proceed no further tin- i i til instructions are received from Gen. ; | Cadwalader, or until he arrives on the ‘ ground in person; for, there being no ar i tillery in company wi h the train, I see i | they are purling together several light ! pieces, with which the general himself, I j am informed, is to repair immediately I I the scene of action. We have no later news from the army. Later from the Army of Gen. Taylor. Tne towboat Mary Kingsland, which arrived yesterday from Vera C»uz, touch ed at the Brazos and left there on the 13th ( inst. She brought over Capt. Conner, j of the Texas Volunteers; Capt. Win. B. Archer and Lieut. Pegram, of I Ire Vir ginia Volunteers; Lieut. Phaw, of the i North Carolina Volunteers; Mr. Atwood, | the artist; and the following officers of the 2d Indiana Regiment, with six com panies of the same, marking 360: Col. Bowles; Lient. Col. Hadden; Majors Cra vens and Mooney; Capls- Sanderson. Dents, Davis, firings, Rousseau, Kimball, Graham anil Young; Surgeon VV tlker; Lieiils. Kie.e, Loud, fete, Rose, Cagle, Sltands, Hoggalt, Harwell, St ropes, Davis, Schoonover, Kernple, Hosier, Betrtield, Lrvvin, Penny backer, Relating, RayfUle, Epperdou and 1 Hagan. Mr. FI W. Pierce also came passen ger on the Maty Kingsland, having in n •• > r charge the remains of three ot the Ist Mississippi Regiment. B\ this arrival we learn something more of the deplo able duel in the Virginia R giment which we published in our paper of the Ist inst., since which time we had not been able to learn a word more iof the affair. The parlies engaged in it were Lieut. Malian, of Capt. Bank head’s company, and Lveut. Miifilord, of Capt. Carrington’s company'. The latter died immediately,being s’-ot through in several places. Lieut. Mahan was j alive at the last accounts from him, but ; it was thought could not stuVi ve, having | been shot directly through the body.— Further particulars are given in our : correspondent’s letter. The Flag of the 9 h inst., gives, upon | the authority of Capt. Benedict, ol the i schooner Madonna, which had just arriv i ed at the Brazos.lhe following account of the wreck of the brig Mobile, bound from | New York (or Bra«os Santiago, with 100 troops of the 10th Regiment U. S. Infant. »v, under Capt. Andrews, ol Buffalo, N. I Y. During a strong breeze from the souih ward on the night of the 23d nit., the 1 above named brig was driven ashore on i Orange KeVs, Florida Coast —her masts • * I were cut away ana every exertion made to ease her, but she soon bilged and set tled down, the sea making a complete breach over h°r k About forty of the troops look to the boats and readied the Keys —the boats were dashed to pieces, w hich rut off all further communication between I the vessel and Keys, rendering the cou ■ dition of both parties extremely danger j ous. Such was the situation of the wreck ! on the morning of the 2oth, when the schooner Madonna, Capt.*Benedict,bound [ from Philadelphia to the Brazos with | Government stores, discovered it, and at 1 the risk of losing his own vessel Capt. B. bore up to the rescue. At imminent peril I and with gieat exertion he succeeded in j reaching and rescuing the men who were on the Keys, and was proceeding to 1 render what assistance he could to those i on the wreck, when the hark Alabama, i from Liverpool to Havana, hove in sight, | nnd by hois'ing signals and firing guns i she was induced to come to anchor about ' five miles off. The troops, with their | arm?, ammunition and supplies, were i then taken from the wreck by Cant. Bone ! diet, and placed in safety on th* Alabama, | which vessel proceeded with them to j Havana, whence they will doubtless he ! re-shipped to their destination. The j Madonna was got under way, and reach • ed the Braz->s on t Friday last, the [4th inst.] fifteen days from New \ork. This detachment of troops has a reached the Brazos from Havana and encamped near the mouth of the river. The Flag of the I2lh insf. has report that Col. Hays’ regiment, upon report in"- to Gen. Tavlor at Monterev, was or dered hack to Texas, he having no au thority to receive them. The Fag can scarcely credit the report. Col. E. G. W. Butler, of the Si Dra goons, arrived at Maiamoros o l the 10 h inst. The Flag corrects its statement that Capt. Rice Garland’scompany of range-s Fas been disbanded. Wp have several acts of bnßality re corded in the Flag. In one case a party of miscreants—Americans, we are pained to say—insulted a Mexican woman in her own house, and killed her husband who interposed to save her. Oneot the party j is in custody. The proprietor of Tie Rcsaca House in Ma amoros was robbed ot §I,SJJ on the 10th inst. A man by the name ofSlnnmons, in the employ of the Quartermaster, was shot on the Tth inst., by the guard, who inter, posed to save Simmons’ wife from a beat ing by her husband. List of Deaths in (he General Hospitals at Ma famoros, Mexico,during the months nf May, 1847- — May I. Jackson Rodgers, Ist North Carolina Volunteers: 6ih,* Miles Boyce and Thomas Wrgrines, do.; 7lh Samuel J. Spooner, Ist Vir ginia Volunteers; bth, James L Barnes, Ist North Carolina Volunteers, Robert PainpHn, 2d Mississippi Volunteers, and Gurgen tl. Shultz. Ist North Carolina Volunteers. Bih Joseph Proc tor, do., and Henry Walters. U. S. Voltigeurs; 10th, Caleb. G. Patterson, 11th Infantry; 11th, A mzi Campbell, l-t Tennessee Cavalry; loth, Hudson Cooper, Voltigeurs; 14th, John Potters. do : 17th, John T. Shifoyse. do ; 18th, Reuben Harrell, |lst North Carolina Volunteers. 19th t William Downie, 10*h Infantry; 20th, J C. i Devooe, Ifith Infantry, and Bennel Thompson, < 3.J Dragoons. 22d, Reece Carroll. 3d Infantry; < 23J, Benjai.io Little, Ist North Carolina Vol- f 1 unteers; 28lti, Wm. Ahranis, do.; 29ih, E wanuel 1 i Myers, Volligcurs; 20th, Charles il. Gray, 3d • i I Dragoons ; GEO. H. DENSTON, Ward Master. MoNTirtEY, June 1, 1817. Although we cannot ad. ance u;w>n tsan Luis, it is thought there mav be some skirmishing on the road from here to Coniargo, Urrea having a- ; gain plucked up courage, become tired of master- j iy inactivity, arid being nowat lliehead of a large j force of lancers. It had been reported that he was at Tula but the report was nut credited; out I was yesterday informed at headquarters, that positive information had been received that Urrea was at the head of 4000 cavalry this side of V ic toria. It is probable that the force is over estima ted. If the gentleman should show himself, I suspect the old general wiii makeanother push to take him, A few days ago lie might have made a very pretty iitlie speculation, as a large amount ot specie was brought up. j Talking of specie, an American who lias been doing business in tor some veais, ar | rived here a few da»s ago with $160,090 in Alex j ican dollars ot this years coinage. Ll»> c.uivert -1 ed his properly into liar 1 cash arid succeeded in i smuggling it out of the country. Here he obtain ed a draft on New Orleans from Paymaster Hauler. 1 wrote you on the 30th ult., and in my letter stated UiatOul Hayswtson his way hit.'ier with a lull regiment ot I exas Rangers, but upon in quiry itturns out that he only as live companies of the same regiment that Henry McCulloch came out with, and as they were enlisted Lr sis months only, and came out under Col. Curtis 50,000 call, of course he eannot he received. 1 lie Missouii volunteers did not succeed in forming the company of cavalry they expected, the sound I of home being too sweet. They had the positive I assurance < f Gen. Taylor that he would gladly i receive as many as were disposed to re-enbst. but : they backed out. There may be two companies j raised out ol Ine Arkansas cavalry, but I ' 4 D j much doubt whether it can he done. _ j Four companies of the first battalion Virginia volunteers marched into town trom China ibis morning, Capt. Bankhead’s company being lelt behind to take care of a few sicx, to rejoin the regiment assoon as possible. Lieut. Malian, who was shot in a duel which I mentioned in my last, was still ah e but no hones entertaincd tor his ie i covery. A short time since a party ot thirty arm -1 ed Mexicans were brought in by a company ot i Virginians, and after undergoing an examination were disarmed and released, the alcalde g> v:n g I security that they should not again lie found un- I der arms. There are about 130 of the regiment j on the sick list but there are few of fhemdangcr j ously id. About twenty of them are In be dis | charged and.will go home under chargeof Lieuis. Allen and Pegram, who go home on recruiting I service. A volunteer named Daniel Harmon, ot > I Oapt. Preston’s eornpan-, Virginia volunteers, ilied day before yesterdav. j The abandonment of the San Luis expedition on account oft ie withdrawal ot the troops, is ! still thi topic of conversation and a cause ot uni versal regret. 1 believe Gen. Taylor freely ad ! mils the necessity of Gen. Scott’s having more : troops anil speedily, and ran only regret that a sutFicienl number ot troops have not been for ward'd. .Now the very commencement of the 1 campaign the troops have been sent oul in drio lefe, and operations of a vigorous character pre vent' d from this cause. Well, we shall see what | we shall see. The impression seems to prevail '-here to some extent that Mexico is disposed for peace. Il all growsout ofthestatement in the N. O. Delta, that the British Minister had received an application lor mediation on the part of his Government from the Mexican Government. There is no news at all here. J. E. D. ftle x ic<»—T he Guerrillas. In addition to the meagre and unsatisfactory accounts already published, which we received 1 by the Massachusetts, ofthe attack upon the train | which leu Vera Cruz on the 4ih in.-1., we have been put in possession of a letter addressed to a commercial house of this city by a gentleman who . accompanied the train upon business, ihe Jet- i ter is as follows; “En Paso nv. nos A btjos, June 9, 'lßl7. “ Gentlemen— Here I am,about twenty four miles : from Vera Cruz, with the tram that left on the 4th inst., and you may know from the length of time we have been coming that we have under- | gone a great deal of trouble. For tlie last twelve , mites we ha e fought our way, under command of Lieut Col. Mclntosh. We are within six | miles of the National Bridge, which is fortified by a large body of Mexicans. We have lost some j thirty men and about $20,000 worth of property ' since we left. An express is about to leave for j Vera Cruz for reinforcements, which 1 fear will not arrive soon enough. Mexicans can be seen on all si les of us, and it is feared that we will be | attacked before any assistance can be had, and 1 they know as much about our business .as we do ! iMirselvcs Iho train contains near $300,000 in : specie, which these Mexicans know.*’ Considering the strength ofthe escort which accompanied this train, the attack Upon it is in a holder vein than has characterized the achieve -1 merits of these predatory bands of guerrillas— i Their pertinacity in harrassing the troops, ti o, i argue strength; and that Col. Mclntosh should j deem i expedient to send for reinforcements is j significant of more formidable dangers than has i been thought of late beset the road. Toe Vera j j Cruz papers notice the audacity of the guerrillas j i in entering thecity of Vera Cruz and committing j : depredations upon the outskirts of tne camp, i j Such bol iness is no presage of peace. It iiuii- j j cates a more extensive preparation for annoying j the army than the country wassupposed to he ca- | pable of making. It has been noted that the j i Mexicans along the valley of the Rio Graede have i i always been in communication with the armies destined to attack the American forces operating ! in that quarter. Through some agenev they have aiways been advised before hand of the movc j ments of Santa Anna, Urrea, Minon and such other leaders as were despatched to defend ihc northern provinces. B“fore the battle of Buena i Vista, the Mexicans left Saltillo, Monterey and Comargo in great numbers,and even as low down , as Matamorus the*' were apprised of Santa An- i na’s purposes and fell confident of his being able to defeat and disperse Gen. Taylor’s army. Just before any movement ot a decisive nature, the Mexicans in the cities g» t out of harm’s way, amt the marauding parties in the country displayed more daring and effrontery in assaying wagon trains and detached bodies of mm. Some of our i officers on the Rio Grande deduce from the con i duct of Mexicans who have no visible connect! n with the war, the purposes and preparations ot the enemy. It the same sympathy exists along the line of j communication from Vera Uruz to Mexico as was j known to obtain between San Luis Potosi and ; the valley of the Rio Grande, the operations ofthe j ; guerrillas would lead to the belief that Gen. Scott i will have some difficulty in getting to the capital I yet. It is something to excite apprehension to see the passage of a train escorted by HOD rank and file disputed with such obstinacy as to make it necessary to stop fir reinforcements. It savors of organization, of enterprise. It may be that the people have become aroused, and that the hostile elements of the country are combining in forms of effective resistance. [Correspondence of the New Orleans Della.] Veha Crlz, May 20th, 1847. Eds Della. —The train which left here the day before yesterday fort he armv.with an escort of 800 men, was attacked five miles from the walls of Vera Cruz by 1500 lancers and rancheros—sev ertl men killed and 90 mules captured, in the face of the whole detachment. The train was stretched out so long, that it was impossible for so small a body of yien to procect the whole line - assailed as it was on the extreme roar by a com pact body of 1500 lancers. An express came in ■ W, -I ■- ■ 11 7—j," li— r % ■ - - - TVWW - ■■ - the same night to Gov. Vv ilson tor a reinforce ment One hundred and fifty dragoons started oul to their relief, they had Hardly got out of sight . ofVeraCiuz before they in tluinurn were as- j 1 sailed by a large troop of lancers. They succeed ed, however, in < ulting their way through to the . train, after suffering some little h»ss, These tel- ! lows nad undoubtedly been apprized ofthe start- | ( ing oft his train andthe $300,000 which goes with ! 1 it. 1 he> have become so darmg now taat tney j actually come within sight ot thecity. Murders i are committed within sight ofthe very walls, ami 1 no means whatever are adopted to bring the i criminals to punishment. No example has been made to strike terror into them. Affairs are in in aged badly here, 1 am afraid Energy—energy —we want, but energy we have not. borne ot tne ol livers from Anton Lizardo have just arrived in tlie steamer Vixen. From them 1 gatner this information. They lelt Alvarado •yesterday morning, ihc old priest ot that place had, a few moments tie fore their leaving, received a h-ttcr from ins brother in the ciiy of Mexico, > winch tie read to them, t" ttie etlect, that Herrera s | election would take place on the 20lh ot this , month; the is.-ue is peace or war; he is supported j hv the united Church party in Mexico. The letters state that a continuance ot the war will be the downfall of tne Church; that the enemy have cut utf alt sources of revenue to the govern an nt; that it cannot he carried on without a sacrifice of toe Church property, and it behooves them to unite with the peace party and put an end to the war; that immediately on Herrera’s accession to power, propositions of peace will he made to < ur government, and the writer doubts j nut l»ul that peace will be concluded in a short • time afterwards. j The writer of this letter is a priest of great dis tinction, and 1 place inure reliance on this news than any that has yet reach' d us,as tiie officers inform me that the information they have iccciv ed from bmfr in line to time, relating to the affairs of tne capital, have in all cases prov d cor rect. Since the first occupation of Alvarado to the present liuie they have Kept up a constant communication with the city of Mexico, and have ever found information through this source to be most reliable. Again I assure you that 1 place great confidence in tins news. The squadron h->d all sailed for Tabasco. A French merchant had arrived at Tlacotalparn, from Tabasco, just before the Vixen left, woo reports that thev had determined to station forces all along the banks ofthe river, and fire at the Americans as they go up. They hive about | 2000 good troops (i. e. tor Mexicans ) Com Peiry will land about lOv'O s ilors and inarii es to oppose | this force. The old Commodore will bad l-e storming partv in j ersun He leaves behind the j Ilia old captains this time; be thinks, I suspect, lout lie can get along belter with the young com- | ma nders as leaders ot detachments. i tie voting officers have every confidence in the old Com modore as th. ir leader. He cares no more for bullets than dors Old Rough and Ready. The officers speak in high terms ot thegallan trv ofsomeofthe Commanders of the squadron. There are some dashing fellows among them. Buchanan, Breese, McKa iuio. McCluny Adams and Bigelow—where can you find a nobler si t ot j fellows'? And the younger ones are tile boys to follow, and go ahead, too, it they find I heir leaders at all la mard. Success to them ail. Yours, truly J.D.J. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 24, *1847. The Presidents Todr* The Washington Union of Saturday last, pavs—“We understand that the President of the United Slates will leave this city on 'Tuesday next, on a short tour to the north. He will, we learn, be accompanied by Mr. ! Clifford, the Attorney General; and should the state ot the public business permit it, Mr. Buchanan, the Secretary of State, may join iiim at New York; at which latter city it is expected the President will arrive on Friday 1 the 25'h m-tant. iMr. Burke, ot New j Hampshire, Mr. Appleton, ot Maine, and pos sibly one or two other personal friends, will be of bis suite. The other members of the cabinet will remain at Washington. Il would, we have no doubt, have been highly gralif ing' to the President, if they couid, with propriety, have accompanied him. Tne , Secretary ot War, who has been confined to | his office—without the intermission of a sin- 1 gle day—for nearly two years, would, we doubt not, have been pleased to accompany ; him throughout his tour, and especially as far as New York. The existence of the Mexican war, however, renders it prudent, in the opinion of that officer, that he should re main at his p »st. “ The President’s absence from the seat of | government will not, at must, exceed a fort- 1 night, and may not extend to half that time. ! He wilt be advised daily by the cabinet of the i state of if ie public business; and though lie ! does not anticipate any occurrence which ; will prevent him from completing his intend- j ed tour, vet, if such should unexpectedly be | the case, he will bail it to be his duty at once I tor eturn from any point at which the intelli- j gence making if necessary may reach him. “He has, vve learn, been inviied by the le gislatures of New Hampshire and Maine to extend his visit to I he capitals of those States; and we hope he may have it in his power to do so. His vist is wholly unconnected with j parly politics, or any political object; but is one which, at the same lime that it will as- j ford him a brief relaxation from his arduous 1 pnhlie Jiitiec, w>lJ cneiblt- him to pay fils re- ! spects to hia fellow-citizens of the northern section of the Union, and to lake a cursory ; view of their institutions, their public works, and other interesting objects. “We understand that Mrs. Polk will at tend the President as far as Baltimore; at which city, she and her niece, Miss R , will separate from him on a visit to Tennes see, where they will remain five or six weeks.” lie was expected to arrive at Baltimore on Tuesday afternoon, and every preparation was made by the city authorities and the people, to give him a warm reception. Democratic Senatorial Nominations. Hon. Joseph Dunagan, of Hall, has been nominated as the candidate for the 42nd, and Col. Samuel Bailey, of Claik, for the 3Sth Districts. Dr. William J. Johnson, of Ear ly, is also, the nominee of the District com posed of Baker and Early. A large amount of money, belonging to the U. S. Government, arrived at New Orleans on the 1811» inst., by Green & Co’s. Express. This money is destined for the public service. — Portraits of General Taylor. Mr. Atwood, the artDt from Philadelphia, commissioned to paint the portrait of Gen. ; Taylor, has returned to New Orleans on the i Mary Kingsland from the execution of his j commission. According to the Monterey Pioneer, he has painted two admirable pic tures of the General, one in his uniform of a major general and the other in his more fa miliar costume. From these two studies the artist designs to execute the great picture j ordered of him. The N. O. Delta says—“We j are confident that our citizens would be gratified could Mr. Atwood make arrange ments to exhibit his portraits in this city.” Crops in Louisiana. The Carroll VVafcmnan, published at Lake Providence,Louisiana, under date ol Bih inst., says: “Since our last paper was issued, we j have paid a flying visit to many of our pat rons and friends on Joe’s Bayou, and a por tion of Bayou Mason. Almost all the plant- | ers with whom we have conversed, concur in j the opinion, that, should the remainder of the season prove favorable, the crop will be as large as can be picked. Several gentlemen, however, informed us that the worm, which proved so destructive last year, had already began to make its appearance —though only an occasional one is as yet discoverable.’ The Concordia (La.) Intelligencer of the 12th in&f. says—“(Jur information as to the cotton and corn crops, in Upper Louisiana and South-western Mississippi, is with tew exceptions, very favorable. The cotton is backward in many places, but looks well (or a fair crop. Few complaints are heard, at present.” The Mexican Tariff. A letter from Tampico, published in the Mobile Register, states that already §48.000 had been collected at that port, without any expense to government, and that trie mer chants had made arrangements for heavy im portations. Singular Coincidence. A man was sen'enced to the House of Cor rection in Springfield, Mass., by Judge Wells on Thursdav, for stealing a watch f om the store of J. ntthan Bangs. The same man was sent to the State Prison sixteen years ago, for stealing the same watch, from the same nail,in the same store, belonging to the same man. Kail Road Dividend. Charleston Courier of the 23d mst. says- -W e understand that at a met ting of the Board of Di rectors of the South Western Rail Road Com pany, held on the 21st instant, a dividend of two dollars and fifty cents per share was declared from the earnings ol the six months ending 3d ill ull. Owner Wanted. The Charleston Evening News, of 22d inst., says—“We have in our possession-a gold ring, which Was found yesterday in a large Biack Fish, while it was being pre pared for the table of one of our subscribers. Upon it are cut two pretty looking doves in the attitude or position that ltie poet has been pleased to denominate “billing and coo ing,” and also tbe words, ‘ ton ever con stant.” J low this “golden bait” came with in the corporate limits of this voracious mem ber of the tinny tribe, our readers must con jecture for themselves. It may be that some one of them will recognize the nug as his or her own, if so,we w 1 g'adly lestore it,” Deal a of O’Canuell. The following account of Mr. O'Connell’s last moments and funeral is from his, private Chaplain, to a gentleman in Dublin. Genoa, 17;h May, 1847. On, friend of my heari—of my lien rt crush ed and steeped in sorrow—how shad I ad dress yon! HE is dead! The stroke has (alien upon us close upon hopes with which we had cheated ourselves that we should see him once again almost himself, returning to cheer and console his country. I must nut again attempt to rehearse the details of his last fiours; 1 thought my heart would not hold out to the end wiiile I wrote them yesterday to Morgan. Go to liiin: he will be liardiy able ; to read what my tears and the agitation of ; grief permitted me to write. The dignitaries of t i-.e elm roll of Genaa attended around his death bed; the dirge or office of the de id per petually day and night by the Franciscans ' of the great chu eti of the Annunz ala. The Jesuit fathers came and prayed beside his sick bed—the church bells to led solemnly from his hour of agony till the removal for embalment took place. This morning the | solemn votive mass was ce ebrated by the ; whole chapter, to morrow the same, on Wed j nesday the grand mass a musica w ith cotu -1 falque at the grand altar, and the chapel i lighted with wax lights, the whole church i hung in black, and masses a» the four and | twenty altars —hen the oody embalmed is to be deposited temporarily, in a separate chapel, till vve return from leaving ti e heart at the tombs of the Apostles. Ever yours, J. Miley. The Repeal Association issued the follow ing address from Conciliation Hall on the 26th uit. The Address of the Loyal National Repeal Associa tion to the People of Ireland. “ Fellow Countrymen—O’Connell is no more ! The animating spirit of Ireland has passed away. The light of the nation is ex tinguished ! Weep and wail, and let your grief be without limit, (J Children of Ireland ! tor the cup of your affliction is full, and the extent of your suffering without measure.— The pride of your hearts has been stricken down. The bright one of Erin is removed The Liberator of our country has departed ! With a season of sorrow if has pleased the Almighty to afflict us to the uttermost. Pes tilence and famine blight our people; and in a foreign country, far away from his own loved native land, low lies the Veteran Champion of Ireland’s liberties! °k ! well may we mourn him, for the whole human ' race deplore his loss, and the gloom, of our bereavement affl ets the world. Fellow-coun trymen how shall we best prove that we loved | him whilst living, or mourn fur him when I dead ? By reverencing his principles—by I obeying his dictates—by pursuing the same ! noble objects in the peaceful steps he trod.— In one scn=e —in the true sens© —U Connell is not dead? Men like unto him can never die. All that was mortal has passed away, but the immortal part remains. His spirit. Fellow-countrymen, abides with yon. His moral teachings are spread forever through you. and through the Universe. No time can extinguish the lessons of his wisdom.— p or ourselves, associated as vve were here by j him, our purpose is determined, to stand bv I Iris principles, and to abide by his doctrines, and them alone. This is our fixed and unal : terable resolve. Throughout the wide world ' h mighty void is felt. SV ho shall fill it up? I What Nation —what People has not lost a I benefactor? Our country has lost its guide and Leader. Oh! let that country still lu» i directed by his wisdom, and be martialed bc j neath his standard. His paths were the paths of peace. He walked in the ways of the law and of order. Remember, still re member, his motto of the Association the nu rtl of his wisdom and experience—“ The man who commits a crime gives strength to the enemv.”* “By his long and faithful services by the i noble example of his life, by the glory of nis | -Immortal Name, we he-eecli, we implore you j Ftllow-couiiirvguien —swerve not from tbe I principles, desert not the objects nor aband. u i the doctrines of O’Connell! “Sign* d by Order. “CORNELIUS MAC LOGIILIN. “Chairman of the Meeting. “T. M. RAY, Secretary.” [Prom the Chronicle 4' -Sentinel, 23 d inst. ] Richmond Riucs. We are indebted to Lieut, i’hinizy, who reached tliis city on Sunday morning, in the enjoyment of high health, for the annexed re port of the ‘'Richmond Blues, which will be read with interest by our citizens. J\[r. J. IT. Jones. —Dear Sir:—Perhaps it mav not be uninteresting to tne citizens of Augusta, to know what has become of the different members of the company that left this place twelve months ago for Mexico; and impressed with this belief, I herewith ei c mse the names of those who were discharged, of tliu.-e who died, and those regularly mustered out of service al New Orleans. Respectlul lv yours, John Phinizy. Jk. l»i L eut. Coin’d. Comp. B. Geo. Regt. Mustered out of Sr n ice. D VV. DTI I. : : : : : : : : Capt-iin. JOHN PIIINIZY, Jr. : : : ; I*l Lieutenant. A H. McLAVVS ::::::: 2<l VVM PHILIP,(Brevet) : : : : 2d Sergeants. I). D. MACMUHPHV ; : : : : Ist Sergeant. H. C. BAKER 2.1 tiILAS JOHNSON 3d Corporals. ALEX. PHILIP Ist Corporal. GEO. GORDON 2.1 'I'llOS. GUEDKON :::::: 3d It. ROWE :::::::: : 4th “ Privates Mustered out oj Service. p Apnow, VV nt. Meddler, VViii’. Archer, T. M. Guue, R. Bush, Andrew .Mil.-hell, j H. D. Bn.lp»,=, Tho*. McCabe, 1 J ,1m Batiwy, M. McGovern, I p. ftanet, Ttio- . M< Pin-reon, j J.W.P.f iwn, R, VV. .Murray, F. C. Caidiiett, B Minis, T. Crawlev, M. O’Reilly, M M. Copeland, T I). Pultigru, J. M. rollout, J J. Roper, VV. Col tins, J:is. Ril«y, M. or ley, J E R chard.-on. Win. live, A G Robert*, Wm. Darby, J. Red ell, C. Ditto van, 1 E.Roth, Win. Dickson, VV . Seay, John Evans. Lewis Sumner, \V. Gaffney, George Shannon, Win. Hawthorn, J.D .Salmons, E. H. Ho I lid mV, Thor. Tobin, J is. II cktiey ’, J VV. Taylor. A. J. Knox, VV. Wit i mison, Win. I.earkin, VV in. VV ileox, T. Li tie, Jas. Wotting, Robl. Mu-grove, Jno. S. V\ right 63 Discharged. Win. Oaks. Jno. Glover, Samuel Wilcox, J;.». Callahan, Jno. C.Cole, Jno. Griffin, N. Drummond, • Thos. Fat He. B. Anstey, Thos. Gallagher, J. T. Jennings, V\ in. Purdue, Thos. Atipl.ng, m Jo. on Mi. i, J. VV. Berry, w Jno. McKenzie, P. Colo, M. Do’an, M. S nith, Georg.- Wheeler, J is. Lynch, Lewis Vanzandt, : Jas Lam ir, V. W. Watkins, : J. J Hubbard. Drifters. Jas. Brady, Matthew Doy’e. Deaths. ! A.Gutll r in, Thus. Haley, J no. M ai key, K. VV. Ringgold- 94 New Flour. ! Several loads of new F.our were brought 1 to tli's market during the early part of la-t I week. Amongst these, true to his usual pu j terpnze and indusiry. our friend Mr Geo. A. . Eiehelherger, of the Dutch Fork, Lexington District, had his annual lot of early flour, : which tie readily disposed ofal §7 50. Our town will in ail probability receive a large quantify of flour for exportation, and as the prices for early wheat will be good, most | farmers will make hast in getting their crops | ready. i We hope for the good of the farmers, and as a means of making tlie wheat growing in ; forest in the middle and upper districts pro- I fitab e and permanent, that a flour inspection b<» established in Columbia immediately.— This step would ensure a fair market price ■ for the flour brought here. Ot this, more hereafter.— Columbia (So. Ca ) South Caro~ Union, ‘23d inst. DIED, i In ITenry county, Ga., a few weeks since, Mrs. S RAGLAND, wife of Harwell Ragland, Esq., and dang tiler of John Jackson, Esq., of said coun ty- At her residence in Talbot county, on tbe 2.vl till. Sister TABITHA BOYNTON, consort of Moses Boynton, sen , aged sixty-six years. In Talbot county, on the 27ih April, of Con | sumption. Miss ELIZABETH SPELLINGS, in I ! the 21st year of her age. On the sth inst , at his residence in Putnam | countv, N. L. WALKER, in the 74th >ear of hm age. ; In Putnam county, on the 13th instant, 31^. ! MARY E. VA>BER, in the 82d year of her age. 1 1 On the 4th instant, in the 3 hit year of his age, Mr. CAREY SOLOMON, of Marion, Twiggs . county. j in i■■ ■ —— ■■■■ Wista ’s Balsam of Wild Cherry. The extraordinary success attending the use of this medicine in diseases of the lungs, and tho many singular cures it has effected, haviag natu i rally attracted the attention ol many physicians, . as well as the whole fraternity of quacks, various conjectures and surmises have arisen respecting i its composition; some physicians have supposed i it to contain iodine, other ignorant pretenders 1 say it must contain mercury, and to some such substance they each attribute its singular effica cy. As such opinions are altogether erroneous, and calculated to prejudice many persons against j it, we PLEDGE OUR HONOR that it con j tains nothing of this kind, or anything the. least r injurious; on the contrary, it i» composed of the ; most simple substances, the principal cf which - are the extracts of tar and wild cherry bark, an..