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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. | ~J AMES GARDNER, JR. TERMS. Daily, per annum $8 00 1 Tri-Weekly, per annum ti 00 It' paid in advance.-,-. 5 00 Weekly, per annum....... 8 00 If paid in advance.—- 2 50 ; To Clubs, remitting $lO tn advance, FIVE ! COPIES are sent. This will pat Weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR, [CJ’Subscribers who will pay up arrearages, %nd send four new subscribers, with the money, can get the paper at $2 00. O*All new subscriptions must be paid in ad- 1 vance. must be paid on ail communications I and letters of business. [ Correspondence of the ,V. O. Picayune.] Fourth of July at IVlontercy. Monterey, Mexico, July 6, 1847. The celebration, is over, and without any accident, a rare tiling for a Fourth of July, and everything went off pleasantly and agreeably -to all concerned. The morning of the -sth was cloudy and portended rain, but the bright sun soon dispelled the heavy mist that clung to the mountain's aide, and ere noon the heavens were as clear and bright as a lovely woman's smile. Early in the forenoon the I American ensign was displayed from the Gov ernor’s quarters and the Spanish flag from the residence of the Spanish consul, nearly onpo ft tc. The five companies of Massachusetts volunteers were assembled, all but the guard with the colors of the regiment presented them by the Governor of the State, and a lit tle after 9 o’clock they formed and marched ; out towards Camp Taylor. An American flag, | borne by a citizen, was carried near the regi- | mental colors. Col. Wright and the members j of the regimental staff, and others, preceded the rigiment, and on the road received the marching salute. At Camp Taylor all was ready; under the wide-spread awning in front i of Gen. Taylor’s tent were the brave old hero and the members of his staff and the officers attached to the forces stationed at camp. On the right, of the awning the soldiers of Major Bragg’s Light Artillery were drawn up in line, no the left the Dragoons, and in front the Mas sachusetts regiment. As soon as the latter had formed into lino, Gen. Cushing made his appearance arid Gen. Tavlor and his officers aU rose; Gem Cushing then proceeded to ad dress him as follows: General —The vetern officers and soldiers whom you have so many times led on to vic tory and to fa ue—those, yet untried in the fiel I, who ardently long for the day -when your voice shall bid them also tread trium phantly in the same noble pnth of honor and of duty—a rd other-s your fellow-cit'zens, pre sent, wh'', though not called to fight the bat tle of tht i>- country, are not the less animated with the same devoted love towards her which we feel—have de fired, on this anniversary of our separate existence as a sovereign people, to present their respectful salutation to you, as the official representative here of the power and authority or the United States. We co ne to rejo'ce with you on this day of glorious memories, in the prosperity and greatness of our country, and to rekindle in our he irts the sacred fire of patriotism by re membering to > - ethev the virtues and the sacri fices of our wise and brave forefathers, who h ive transmitted to us the splendid heritage of the land hallowed by their blood, of the insti tutions they founded, of their own immortal names. It is indeed a day never forgotten by an American; for, whether to the home of our affections and interests, surrounded by all that is dearest to the human heart, or on the broad expanse of the fathomless ocean,or wand ering over some far distant land, on this an niversary, wherever we may be, our thoughts are turned spontaneously to the same point, as truly as the needle to the pole, as devoutly as the Moslem to his holy Mecca. And well it is for us that it is so, since no j warmth of gratitude is intense enough to be commensurate with the debt of thankfulness we owe to our patriot sires, no language of ! eloquence s powe ful enough to express ade quately the emotions of pride which our coun try's career awakens—no homage of the soul is profound enough to render due adoration to that gracious Providence which has continued to guide the destinies of the Union. Meanwhile let us be just to the memory of our fathers, and just to ourselves in the mea sure of re ;ard which we bestow on this day. Men who have but superficially studied the history of the United States,are accustomed to I speak of this day as the anniversary of our emancipation from bondage, and vague ideas of that vaguest of all things, called liberty,, are attached to the very name of our national in dependence. But the people of the United States were never in a state of bondage. The war of the revolution was not a war for liber ty. On the contrary it was but a struggle in arms to determine whether the two great sub divisions of the British race, one inhabiting Europe and the other inhabiting America, and both equally free, should continue to consti tute a single Empire, or whether they should be rc-eonstituted separately into two inde pendent empires. The God of Battles decided t iat we, the American Colonies, were as com petent lor independent self-government as the 1 mother country; and England, with that prac- ! tical good sense which distinguished her from , other nations, manfully acquiesced in the de- | cision which split her power asunder, and gave to us separate dominion in America. And the mysterious order of Providence 8 Jems to have predestined the American to 1 surpass the European subdivision of the ori ginal empire, for, of that high-minded, bold hearted and strong-handed British race, which, wheresoever it appears, appears hut to com mand, the more numerous part will ere long be found in America; and the British Isles have already reached that fatal term in the history of nations when their native land can no longer feed its sons; while the people of the United States are still expanding with a rapidi ty and strength of possession which defies cal culation, over the rich virgin soils of the New World. This reflection acquires new force from the circumstances under which we this day meet, a conquering American army, here, in the heart of the Mexican republic, in sight of the j captured redoubts and heights of Monterey, amid the venerable trees, and by the side of these living waters of the wood of San Do jaiago; —which, occupied by you, General, and j your victorious troops, has acquired a place in history as enduring as poetry ever gave to the fountain of Vaucluse, or eloquence to the grove of Academus. Yes, millions of men will have assembled to- 1 day within the broad limits of the United States, to do honor to the traditions of the Re volution, to ponder on the excellent beauty of the Federal constitution, to congratulate one another on the happy condition of our coun try, and to look forward with inqailsitive eye into the sublime future of the American Re public, They -will call to mind the names of the stricken fields of that first war of indepen dence. which vindicated our national rights on the land, of that second war of independence which vindicated our national rights on the aea, and of the heroes who illustrated each; but while Bunker Hill, and Saratoga, and York town, and New Orleans will not be for gotten, Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monte rey, Buena Vista, Vera Cruz and Cerro Gordo will yet more “ Be in their flowing cups freely remembered,” and earth and sky will re-echo with shouts of enthusiasm at the mention of the names of Scott and Taylor, and of the brave men who, under their lead, have borne the banner of the Union in triumph over the wild plains and through the mountain passes of Mexico. But we, assembled in this grander than all human temples, the outspread sky of the bright firmament of heaven, treading with onr own feet the conquered Savannahs of New Leon, surrounded by that lofty Sierra, which rises on either hand, as though placed by nature to be the boundary of empires; we, I say, can best appreciate, with the sober but strong con viction of the palpable reality, how vast arc the strides which the United States have made in greatness, since the day, not yet remote, when we were humble colonies, scattered in a narrow line along the shores of the Atlantic, until now; when we have swarmed across the great central valley of the continent, have struck over to the shores of the Pacific, and unembarrassed by the burden of a foreign war, which has already given to us the possession of two-thirds of Mexico, are yet able, from the superabundance of our over-flowing prosperity, to nourish at will the starving nations of the Old World. Honor to the brave hearts, who, on the great day whose anniversary we celebrate, dared to comprehend their country’s capabili ties and to proclaim it independent ! Honor to the heroes and the sages who have conduct ed it so gloriously on to oUr times ! Honor to the statesmen whose vigorous hands at this time so ably and successfully administer its Government! Honor to the generous minded people of our country who freely send forth their sons to fight her battles in this foreign land ! Honor to the brave soldiers who live to enjoy the renown they have so nobly earn ed in the battle field ! Honor above all to the gallent men who fell in the hour of their coun try’s triumph, whose blood was the sacrificial incense of victory, and who, thoiigh dead, yet live immortal in the affectionate memory of their countrymen ! We trust and believe that our brethren in arms, whom Scott has been leading hi triumph from Vera Cruz to Puebla, will celebrate this day in the capital of the Mexican Republic, and on the site of the great teocalli of the Aztecs. And if Mexico shall then continue in the blind obstinacy of her fatal infatuation, and still refuse the proffers of peace which the 1 President of the United States, with honorable i solicitude to terminate the evils of the war, has at all times been ready to conclude, —then i we look to you, sir, in the undoubting confi dence of perfect faith in your generalship, your * wisdom, your courage, and your fortune, to l i conduct us in similar triumph along that lofty i table land before our eyes,and to complete, on the plains of theßajio, that which you so glo riously commenced on those of the Rio Grande, j namely, the total subjugation of New Spain. Once more General, in the name and as the humble instrument of your fellow-soldiers * j and fellow-citizens, who you see before you, I tender to you their felicitations on occasion of this auspicious anniversary, with senti ments of admiration for the high achievements which have marked your life, of deep respect for you personally, and of th. 3 sincerest aspi rations for your future happiness and honor in j whatever else of danger and duty you may hereafter be called to by the providence of an i all-wise God. Gen. Taylor, who had listened with great attention to the remarks of Gen. C., and evi dently powerfully affected by the mention of his name, briefly but feelingly responded as ; follows ; General —In reply to your eloquent and com plimentary allusions to the services of the army under my command. I can only briefly express my thanks and those of the brave men of my command, to whose exertions and gal lantry alone our successes are due. For my | self I can claim no merit beyond that of shar ing and encountering danger with them. You have traced up and depicted, in most faithful colors, the rapid progress of oair country from the commencement to its present condition of greatness and prosperity, occupying the front rank in the nations of the world. The exist ! ing war may show the world that in great na tional enterprises and interests we are firm and ( united —and that the flower of our country, without distinction of party, is always ready to vindicate the national honor on the battle field. Should it be our lot to resume offensive operations on this Une, I shall move with | every confidence in the gallantry and success of the forces. I have but little doubt that | : those wffio have but recently come into the field, and have not been able to participate in i active service as yet, wall distinguish them- : selves as greatly as those wffio have gone be fore. That thousands of volunteers who have, many of them, been brought up in affluence, have left their pursuits and comfortable homes, to encounter the hardships of an active cam paign. is u sufficient guarantv that the rights and honor of our country wall always be main tained. A general shaking of hands and congratu lations here took place for some moments, af j ter which Col. Wright, of the Massachusetts volunteers, by invitation, read the Declaration of Independence. The company then par took of a substantial lunch provided by the hospitable commander, who had a smile and a pleasant word for all, and seemed happy in be ing able to make others so. He was dressed in undress uniform, and looked a little more like the brave old hero that he is, and a little j less like the plain, unaffected country gentle- ; man—a very little—than I have yet seen him. i At 12 o’clock, while the company were yet at camp, a national salute was fired by Bragg’s battery, and before the sound of the last gun I had died away, the booming of cannon from the black fort seemed to echo back the salute. About 3 o’clock, Gen. Taylor and staff with an escort of dragoous came into town, and with Gen. Cushing and the officers of the Massachusetts Regiment, proceeded to Arista’s j garden, or Arista’s house I should say, where j a table was spread in the broad corridor, open ing into the garden wdth its bright green shrubs, its crimson rose bushes covered with fragrant flowers, its well kept walks, and the gurgling stream that meanders through it. The smell .of the bright gems of nature’s handiwork were not more pleasing than the odor -which arose from the savory viands prepared for im mediate consumption. Every one was sur prised at the profusion of good things and the variety that was placed noon tho table, all ow in'? to the exertions of Capt. Glover, a mer chant, residing here for some years, one of the committee of arrangements, w-hose peculiar province it was to see that nothing should be wanting. He performed his duty to perfec tion. Claret, Madeira and Champagne in abundance served to give zest to the repast and aid in the sentimental expression of feel ing. When the substantial* had been discussed and removed, Gen. Cushing, who presided at the head of the table, with Gen. Taylor on his right, arose, and after some remarks compli mentary to the committee of arrangements for the faithful manner in which they had cared lor their guests, proceeded to announce the following regular toasts, which I th : nk you will admit, are better than regular set toasts i generally are: The Day we Celebrate —As dear to us in a strange clime and the midst of war, as when welcomed at our peaceful homes. • The President of the United States. The Memory of Washington. Brightning , with time, all nations will at last behold and | admire its lustre. The Army and the Volunteers of the United , States —They have conquered all but peace. . | The Navy of the United States —With am | phibious facility, finding no enemy on the wa ters, it has constantly sought and successfully encountered him on land. The Constitution —May it ever be adminis tered in the spirit which controlled its first formation. The Surviving Heroes of the Revolution — Length of days has been vouchsafed to them | that they might behold the marvellous results i of their youthful toil —ail honor to their vene rable names. Our Brethren in Anns at the South —They have lighted their paths with a blaze of victo j ries. j Mexico —Blessed with a genial dune and the physical elements of greatness and power, she is a prey to civil strife and bad government; ! may the influence of wise rulers and free in stitutions restore her to her proper rank among j the nations of the earth. ! The Spirit of ’ 7 6 —lt burns as brightly among the mountains of MexiC£» as of old at Trenton : “Skies, not souls, who cross the sea.” ' : The Mexican War —to secure an hon orable and a lasting such be its early consummation. The Illustrious Dead —From Palo Alto to Cerro Gordo every field is consecrated by the sacrifice of gallant spirits; a sympathising coun try yields spontaneous and grateful homage to their memory. The American Fair —Worthy descendants of the women of the Revolution, their hearts and i ] r ivers are with those who uphold their coun ! try’s Cause in a foreign land. These sentiments were all drank with the strongest testimonials of admiration, and all was harmony. About seVenty persons, inclu ! ding a number of citizens, partook of the re* pa^t. Volunteer toasts being called for, Lieut. ; Crowningshield, of the Massachusetrs llegi i rnent, gave: Andrew Jackson —Sacred he Ills memory. — j (Drank in silence.) Lieut. Fuller, of the Massachusetts Yolun | tcers, gave: Gen. Taylo-r —We hail him as the next Presi dent; may his civil be as brilliant as his xnili- I tary career. (This sentiment was drunk with , three times throe.) Gen. Taylor rose to respond to this senti- j ; ment and said: ; Mr, President and Gentlemen —l have never ! , had the vanity to aspire to or look for that , | elevated situation which has just been alluded I I to, but if my fellow-countrymen think proper I to elevate me to so distinguished and houora i ble a position, I certainly shall do rny best to discharge the duties of that responsible posi tion faithfully. But if any other candidate is preferred and offered, who may be more com petent than myself, I need not say that I shall acquiesce most cheerfully in their decision, and rejoice that there is one more worthy to repre ! sent them in the highest office in their gift. lie then gave as a toast; j The State of Massachusetts and the city of Bos ton —The place where our liberties were era- i died: whose sons have borne so conspicuous a i part in the establishment and maintainancc of ■ j the principles of our independence and the j constitution, and have gallantly maintained J the same by sea and land. Col. Wright responded; Massachusetts and the city of Boston; it is , rav native State and my native city, and the State where many of us who have been coin- : plimented this day were born. We have just received a compliment and a great, one from the commanding general. Massachusetts has heretofore done her part; her name reads well, j her star shines brightly in the national galaxy. In former times she was known well and did well. She then held, and does now, as her 1 most sacred spot, what icc call “the Cradle i of Liberty”—old Faneuil Hall. \\ e may all j securely praise the past, because it cannot be changed, and now may it be our lot to make the future as brilliant as the past has been, ! | and perhaps more so. We are here with our arms in our hands, her colors, bearing the figure of that proud warrior and that good old 1 shield with its lone star, a twin star to that of Texas. 1 do not believe, gentlemen, Massa chusetts has a sou on this soil but who comes with the same feelings and sentiments that inspired their sires of old; whose whole heart is not in the cause, and who will not do all ho can in supporting the name and the honor of his country; in maintaining that bright chival ry of which she is so proud, and displaying courage and good conduct when the foe is in | sight. I will give you, gentlemen: The Past and Present —Palo Alto, Rcsaca, Monterey and Buena Vista, the Bunker Hill, Princeton and Yorktown of the present cen turv. By Capt. Montgomery, IT. S. A. — The ora tor of the day, scholar, statesman and soldier. An ornament to his country at home and abroad. We doubt not that his sword will prove as irresistible as his eloquence. Gen. Cushing rose and said: Gentlemen —I beg to return you my heartfelt thanks for the sentiment just presented and the kindness with which you have received it. I know and see that those who are bravest in 1 the battlefield are the most courteous in the saloon; that the best soldier is the best gentle- j man. I appreciate the kind feelings -which dictated this sentiment, and when I look on them I am ready to say, as Marshal Boursi- j | cault said in the face of the chivalry of France, • ; “they are not only competent to sustain their j j country’s honor, but Heaven itself upon their lance points.” Let me repeat what has been said at home, a fact which has struck them with well-founded admiration, that whereas in all the contents of the American and Mexican armies, the Mexican officers have followed, the | American officers have led. Our officers not only made the plan of battle, ordered the con test, and planted themselves in the first rank, but placed themselves in the post of danger, and where the cry of danger was loudest, the boom of cannon heaviest, and the iron hail storm thickest, there were found the gallant general and his officers. It was not in the cathedral of Monterey that the American com mander was found, beneath the impervious walls of the city that our gallant officers shel tered themselves that day; s ftot in the deep ravines of Buena Vista that the general and his officers took renose; to Gen. Santa Anna : and his staff was left that post of security.— The men of America, they whom their coun try has selected to fight for her honor, and who have given evidence that their confidence was not misplaced, need I say where they wore found? When the blood of the brave stream ed the fastest, the leaders were the first to be struck, and died on the bosom of honor, send ing up to Heaven that cry of glory which shall enkindle all the young souls of America. But, gentlemen, we, the remote hearers of the stupendous events occurring here, we were forbidden to stop at the leaders in our admira tion; for we saw, and were proud to see, that ' common soldiers, men in the ranks, regular soldiers, to whom the prospect of promotion is remote and casual, with nought to animate them but that love of liberty which is inhe rent, were worthy of their officers; and wher ever Taylor would lead, there would the bravo soldiers gallantly follow. Wherever that vic torious foot was placed, there stood to back him the invincible legions of the army of the United States. Gen. C. made some additional remarks, but the limits of my letter, already swelled to an extraordinary exteht, will not permit me to give them any more at length. I could not refrain from giving these remarks so compli mentary to the regular army. In conclusion, he offered this sentiment: The United States —Baptized irt the blood of the revolution, consecrated by the sacrifice of our fathers, rendered glorious by the courage and glory of their sons, may her fitture pros perity correspond with her present grandeur. A number of volunteer toasts were given, but I have only time to give a very few. By Capt. Montgomery, A. Q. M. S. A. — Henry Cloy: He has devoted a life to his coun . try, and a son to his country’s glory. By Capt. Hoyt. A Commissary U. S. A. ] Mass. Reg.— Peace; Whenever it comes may it be a perminent one which shall result in the national prosperity of both the United States and Mexico; a peace which shall bring to the people of Mexico liberty and happiness —to the i people of the United States union and all the blessings of a free and united nation. By Capt. R. A. Arnold, 2d Reg. Dragoons The square and circle: The discovery of per petual motion, and the “conquered peace.” By Lieut. Sturgis, 2d Dragoons— Henry Clay: He brought to the alter of his country the hignest talents that ever adorned it, and j sacrificed his favorite sou upon the plain of Buena Vista. You will perceive that this dinner and ce lebration was got up entirely without distinc tion of party, and the prominent men of each of the two great political divisions were indis criminately toasted, and the sentiments met with equal applause, a proof of the good feel ing and harmony which prevailed, and that it was not intended to have, and did not have, I any party purpose. Gen. Taylor and his staff and Gen. Cushing 1 and his aid-decamp are to start on a little ex- I curaion to-morrow morning to Arista’s planta tion, about thirty-five miles from here. It is j a pleasure trip strictly, I believe, and will j occupy three or four days. An escort of | dragoons will accompany the party. I think I shall accent an invitation to make one of the party, go for the present ado is sehores. . j. e. n. Augusta* (Georgia. Friday'ju£y' jo, 1347. FOR GOVERNOR mn. o. w. towns. OF TALBOT. democratic Nominations for Senators. sth Dist—Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T; Hilliard. 7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch—John A. Mattox. l~‘h “ J lionias and Decatur—Wm. 11. Revnolds. “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson. 1 “ Randolph and Stewart—William Nelson. l.th “ Macon and Houston—John A. Hunter. 20th “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins. 2tith “ Munroe and Pike—Col. Allen Cochran. 28th “ Merriwether and Coweta—Obe. Warner. 31st “ Fayette and Henry—Luther J. Glenn. 38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailet. 39th “ Gwinnett and DoKalb—Jas. P. Simmons. 40th “ Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin. 43d “ Habersham and Rabun— Edw’d Coffee. 44th “ Lumpkin and Union—Elihu S. Barclay. Iwill see by our paper of yes terday that his communication has been antic ipated by the article copied from the Federal Union. Athens Commencement. It will be seen on reference t« an advertise ment of the Rail Road Company, that a train oi cars will leave the depot on Mondev morn ing next, for Athens, This will afford such of j our citizens as wish to visit Athens an excel lent opportunity. extract from a letter written by the lion. Win. C. Dawson, eulogistic of General Clinch, is travelling the rounds. The sincerity j of its compliments to the whig candidate, “as a man and as a soldier,” we do not question. But the following portion of it imparts infor mation that is peculiarly novel and interesting: “Tic (Gen. Clinch) is, indeed, a most safe, prudent and judicious man, and withal, well informed, AND HAS ABILITIES VASTLY ABOVE THE REQUISITIONS OF THE OFFICE TO WHICH HE is nominated. No man need fear that Gou. Clinch has not powers of mind abundant to administer this government.” Indeed! “Abilities vastly above the requisi tions.” This is plastering it on rather thick. It is using a trowel instead of a brush. We are surprized that the admiring friends of the whig candidate allow him to condescend to a station so vastly below his abilities. Why do they not put him forward for an office which might employ this large surplus of abilities. Pity so much valuable capital should lie idle. The whigs have contended that his Excel lency, Gov. Crawford, lias been straining all his abilities to discharge properly his executive duties—that it was an office that required a man possessing his fine abilities. But we sup pose after this certificate of Col. Dawson, that I Gov. Crawford is to be thrown quite into the I shade by the vast abilities of General Clinch. | Why do the whigs content themselves with giving these disinterested certificates that their candidate is really a smart man? Why do they not publish something from his pen as | proof? Why do they not give to the public some production of his mind to prove that he is a man of even ordinary abilities—we leave out the vast. Let us have proof of moderate abilities. In that “brief and brilliant” career } in Congress, is there no single speech or report, spoken or written, to prove that the old Gen eral did more than vote Yea and Nay when called on, as his party desired? The world is 1 in the dark on the subject of these abilities of which so much is said, and so little is proven, j Let us have some evidence. The “Wo Party’’ Party. The whigs seem to have taken a strong fan- ; cy this year to the non-committal policy, to military men, and to mum candidates. The fol lowing is the speech reported in the last Ma- i rietta Advocate, of the whig candidate for Senator. He too rejoices in the title of Gen eral. The occasion was a recent public meet ing of citizens of Cobb county, at Marietta. His competitor, Mr. Hunt, had just spoken: General Bird’s Speech. —“ The gentleman calls on the other side to answer his argu ments, I don’t know which side I belong to, I am no party man, I have been in Mexico for twelve months. I don’t take the papers and don’t read any. lam the people’s candidate, and if elected will be the people’s representa tive. You have known me for the last fourteen years, and you know whether I am qualified to represent you or not.” We would suppose it not hard to decide j whether a maa was qualified to represent a f ; ‘ Senatorial district, who does not know which side he belonged to —“don't take the papers and don’t read any.” Perhaps he too thinks . that “it is unnecessary to reiterate the often , declared principles of the whig party.” : mr received no papers by last evening’s i i mail from offices North of Baltimore. By the ! I telegraphic despatch received by the Baltimore I Sun, published in another column, it will be j seen that the telegraph posts between New ' York and Philadelphia were seriously injured by a severe storm, which will account for the failure of the mail beyond that point. The Crops. The showery weather which has prevailed during the whole of the present month, says the Alexandria (La.) Republican of the 17th 1 inst., has injured, the Cotton crop considera bly, by causing it to go to weed and rust. VVe hear nothing of the caterpillar yet. From the Plains The N. O. Bee says—“ Our attentive cor respondent at Westport informs us, says the St. Louis lieville, that recent rumors from the i plains represent matters in a deplorable light there. Manna’s Fort, on the Arkansas, has been burned by the Indians, and a report was current that Fort William also had been des troyed. Five hundred men had been marched to the relief of Lieut. Love. Maj. Daugherty had returned to Fort Lea venworth, having succeeded in recovering nearly all his cattle, and sending them on with | the troops that went out under Col. Easton. Two Government trains, of thirty wagons each, left Westport for Santa Fc on the 9th. The Telegraph. We learn (says the Cheraw Gazette) from | Mr. Shaw, the Superintcmlant, that the posts j for the Telegraph are all up between Raleigh, N. C. and this place. Capt. A. R. Hetzel, of the Army, died at i Louisville on Tuesday last. He had arrived ! there but a few days previously from Vera Cruz, where he discharged the duties of As sistant Quartermaster. The remains of the late gallant Capt. George Lincoln, who fell at the battle of Buena Vista, were interred at Worcester, Massachusetts, on Thursday morning week,with military honors. They were conveyed to Worcester from Boston by a military escort and a large number of citizens. That Bet. The sum of S2OOO, says the Nashville Union, which was deposited in that office two or three weeks since,to be bet on A. V. Brown’s re-clec tiou as Governor of Tennessee,by two thousand majority, not having been taken up, h;is been withdrawn by the gentleman who deposited it. Wo learn that he has since bet $ 500 on A. V. Brown, and given twenty-five hundred votes, and $.500 on twenty-nine hundred and fifty votes. We are informed that he after wards offered to give three thousand votes and ! bet the other thousand dollars,- and the offer 1 was not taken up. Revival of the ftCarrcil Gian. A slip from the PaUlding (Miss,) Democrat, | with the above heading says a man named i Fry, who settled about a year since in Newton j county, had caused several slaves of Mr. Daniel Saudall, for whom he was doing busi ness, to run away, one of the negroes abduct | mg son of Mr. Sandall, a youth about I twelve years old. One of the negroes, who f has since been apprehended, says they were ! persuaded off under the belief that they would be taken to a free State and set at liberty. Nei ther the boy nor the slave that abducted him, i have been heard es, and fears are entertained | that the child has been murdered. Fry pro fesses to boa member of the church, and two | men, William and Geo. Mclntosh, arc suppos -ledto be his accomplices. It is thought also, | that they have a considerable amount of coun terfeit North and South Carolina money. The I trio have been lately figuring about the Lau ■ derdale Springs. Fry is about 21 or 22 years ; of age, five feet or eleven inches high, dark complcxioncd, blue eyes, dark hair—is fond I of horse-trading. [communicated.] It is the policy of the Whigs, as much os possible, to avoid a discussion of principles. They tell you their reason is, that they wish to avoid the excitement attendant upon political discussion. If called to account by a Demo crat for their adoption of Federal heresies, they ; immediately cry, “Down with this excitement : which is going to set father against son, sou j against father, and brother against brother. Out with the demoralizing inlluence of parti san icra,nyling.” Thus, they appear to be the only friends, the sole guardians of morality , decency and virtue. Here they expect to gain 6 imething in a two-fold manner: First by keeping their principles, if they have any, hidden , and secondly by appearing to deprecate partizan feeling. lam as much opposed to this excitement as any one can be; but then I plainly see that if we do not agitate the ques tions which divide parties, we are doomed to immensely greater evils than can possibly a rise from party feeling. There are two evils. We must either have political excitement, or we must have entailed upon us doctrines at war with our free and glorious institutions. Let us choose the less of the two evils. Lot the voice of Democracy be heard in private, and on the house-top, asserting the supremacy of her principles over aristocracy, under the guise of Whigism, until its echo shall be heard from the sea-board to the mountains, and the welkin shall ring with paeans to its final tri umph. We should take all occasions to assert and maintain our principles. We should do this to rend from the brazen face of Federalism the mask of hypocrisy, which would make the people believe that Whigs are the only j ones who oppose party excitement. When ' the Whigs tell you that such is the case, point | them to the excitement and rowdyism of ’4O, which they themselves got up by dint of coon-skins and hard cider. It is a notorious fact that the Whigs have impressed some of the Democrats even with the idea that Fedor- . alists alone oppose political excitement. Be , assured that if they do oppose agitation, it in ; j because it is to their interest to do so. What l have the Whigs to gain from a discussion of principles? They have every thing to lose by a discussion, or even an assertion of doctrine I cannot say principle, because it would be in consistency to do so in connexion with Whig ism. Hence it is, the late Whig convention “deemed it unnecessary to reiterate their prin ciples.” Then when these wolves in sheep’s clothing come to you with their sanctimoni ous phizes, and “ deprecate party excitement,” say to them, “Gentlemen, we too deprecate party excitement, but we deprecate Fed era! - ; ism still more. One or the other we must j have, and give us excitement a thousand times over before you give us Federalism once.” But why do I say w r e must either have ex citement or Federalism? I answer, because the 'V higs have, by some means or other, got some of the people to believe they are the decent and i intelligent party. All men like decency and in ; teUiyence, and they will most assuredly go | where it is to be found. Believing the Whigs | to be the guardians of every thing clever, mea i will be Whigs. We should show that such is not the case. In addition to the reason given ; above for saying we must either have excite j ment or Federalism, is the following : A great j many men believe that,. in supporting the I Whig party, they are supporting States flights, or in other words, Democracy. We must cx cite them enough to show them their mistake, ; or allow' them to sleep on in morbid lethragv | of ignorance, closely clasped in the arms of Federalism* But suppose we were to admit that the a doption of Federal notions is preferable to 1 great party feeling, another question presents itself. Which is the more demoralizing in its : influence, open-handed excitement, or under - j handed, Jesuitical machination? There can Ibe no doubt as to the answer. If an evil act j is done openly an I boldly, all good men may see and combat it. If it is done secretly, no one know's of it, and ho one can op pose it. Excitement is indeed preferable to the demoralizing influence of Jesuitism. And w r ho that has his eyes open can fail to see the cursed chicanery and cunning of the Whigs, not only in their State conventions, but in their county caitcusses; not only iu their county caUcUsses, but in their individu al conduct and conversation? You cannot get a Whig to come boldly out, and tell you his doctrine. Ask him for his principles, and he’ll tell you, “Admiration of Gen. Taylor, and opposition to the Mexican w'ar.” And, added to all this# if you show him a Democratic doc ument or newspaper, he seems panic-stricken, and flees the truth as he would the adder's fang. Agitation should be the watch-word of De mocracy. Go to the Whigs, especially the Whig candidates, and ask them the direct question, “Are you in favor of Berrien and protection?” If you can’t get them to act up on the offensive, compel them to assume the defensive. Either make them assert and de fend their position, or else denounce them openly and boldly as being a set of unprinci pled plunderers, seeking to aggrandize them selves at the expense of their country’s near est and dearest interests. Pursue this course, and Democracy must triumph. “Truth crushed to earth must rise again.” CEAYTGN. [Correspondence of the Baltimore i9un.] By Magnetic Telegraph, I* hilaDelphi a , July 2d, 6 r. m. Bui of the Hoarder Trial. The jury in the case of the four young men who hare been on trial several days for the murder of a colored man, named Anderson, came into court this morning with a verdict. — They convicted Pickering of murder in the second degree, and Van Horn of manslaughter, acquitting the other two. : .Struck by Lightning. —The revenue cutter" j Crawford was struck by lightning yesterday f near Bombay Hook, which shattered* her fore | mast considerably, but did not injure any one j °u board of the vessel. Two other vessels were [ struck during the storm, and several of the ; crew injured. New York Telegraph Prostrated. — l am sorry to inform you that the telegraph line be tween this city and New York has been pros trated by the storm. There is said to be full a mile of posts down, the lightning having struck the wires and passed from post to post. This isfvery unfortunate, as the steamer Wash ington is now momentarily expected at New York from Liverpool. F. Kidnapping'. We leam that two slaves were enticed from ! their homes in Columbia by a white man who ; brought them to this city on Monday by the Railroad, and proceeded immediately on with them in the Wilmington boat. Their owners left here on Tuesday in pursuit. —Charleston Mercury, 29 th iust. EC are Rain. Yesterday, between 2 and 3 o'clock., P. M,, this city was visited by another most violent thunder shower. The rain fell for nearly au hour most copiously, converting many of our streets into rivers of no mean size. A lake of considerable dimensions was again formed iu and adjacent to that part of Whitaker street where the Baptist Church stands. The wa ter, again poured into the basement of that Church, tilling both rooms to a considerable depth, and setting the seats in the Sunday School Room alloat once more. The downfall of rain in the half hour from about a quarter past 2 o’clock to a quarter of 3 o’clock, was, by the rain guage, almost three inches. —Savannah Republican, 2Sth inst. Special Notices. STB AMU OAT COMPANY OP GEOR GIA. (pp This Company having been rc-organized and placed in an efficient slate for service, are pre pared to send forwarded without delay all freight that may offer. Goods consigned to WM. P. WILLIAMS, Ageat at Savannah, will be forwarded free of Commis sions, The connection of R. M. Goodwin with this Company has terminated. JOHN B. GLIEU, June G I —y Agent at Augusta. Itr DU. J. A. s. 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