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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. JAMES GARDNER, JR. TERMS. Daily, per annum (X) Tri-Weekly, per annum f> IK) If paid in advance 5 00 Weekly, per annum „4 IK) If paid in advance - 50 To Club's, remitting £lO in advance, FIVE COPIES are sent. This will put our Weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. o*Subscribcrs who will pay up arrearages, and ; send four new subscribers, with the money, can get the paper at £- 00. Uj*AU new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. (E/*Post age must be paid on all communications and letters of business. [From the Chnyuiele Sentinel Extra, SejA. 28.] | LATE AND VERY IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. BY J. C. RIDDLE’S PRIVATE EXPRESS ! TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIL! Important from Scott’s Army. THE ARMISTICE CONCLUDED. HOSTILITIES RECOMMENCED. General Scott in the City of Mexico. American Loss Since Leaving Puebla 3000 Men. GEN. WORTH BADLY WOUNDED. propositions or ivm. trist. LETTER OF SANTA ANNA TO GEN. SCOTT. REVOLT IN PUEBLA, Four Regiments of the Mexican Armv. COMPLETELY ROUTED BY A FEW HUNDRED MEN OF GEX’L. SCOTT’S FORCES. Troops Arriving from the Brazos for the Interior. By this morning’s mail we have received an extra from the office of the Mobile Herald & Tribune, of the 2oth inst. brought by express, containing the following intelligence announc ing the close of negotiations and the resump tion of hostilities, which we give for what it is worth. [From the Herald JJ* Tribune. Extra, 25 th inst.] The brig Osceola, Capt. Smith, arrived at Pensacola on the evening of the 21st instant, within live days from Vera Cruz. We are in debted to a passenger from Pensacola for a Vera Cruz “Sun of Anahuac” of the 16th, and also, for a letter from Pensacola. All the news they contain is published below. Ver b illy we are informed that there had also been a revolt at Puebla, and that Scott, there and in j the city of Mexico, had lost least two thou sand men. The following letter received from our cor respondent is so interesting to the public that we hasten to give it to our subscribers. It contains all the news that was received yes terday from Mexico. As we had already announced, hostilities re commenced on the Bth in the evening, and Gen. Scott’s troops on that very evening had given a brush to the best of the Mexican troops. This letter came by the way of Orizaba, and was sent there by our “wide awake” corres pondent, through a private friend, who him self addressed us a few lines to tell us that an express had arrived at Atlixco on his way to Oajaca—that this express had been sent by Geu. Leon of the Mexican army, who com manded the Mexican forces in the action spo ken of in the letter which follows : Puebla, Sept. 11, 1847. My Dear Sun: I did not think that you ever arrived among us, but to my great astonish ment I saw you in the hands of our mutual friend W. * * * * I promised you before I left Vera Cruz, two months ago, that I would, from time to time, if I was fortunate enough to get news, drop you a few words on a sheet of bad paper, and the occasion has never offered itself with more en couragement than at present, and I hope these few lines will be victoriously passed through the chaparrel, musquitocs, &c., and what is worse (though not so bold) the guerrilleros of Corro Gordo, Puente Nacioual, and all the Montes and hiding places of these desperate men. Letters arrived here from Atlixco, stating that an express had arrived there on his way to Oajaco, sent by Gen. Leon, and that the said express had brought letters from Mexico, dated the 9th inst. These letters state that the propositions made by Mr. Trist were rejected, or, at least, one portion of them, and that hostilities had re commenced on the Bth, in the afternoon, and that a battle had been fought on that evening by a few hundred men of Scott’s army against four of the picked out regiments of the Mexi can army—(the 11th regiment of the line, the 3d and 4th regiment of light infantry, and one regiment of the N.icionul Guards—all com manded by Gon. Leon) —that the enemy’s forces had been badly used up, that their loss exceed two thousand live hundred. The letters say that Mr, Trist’s propositions were these: That the citizens of the Uuitad States would not have any thing to claim from Mexico for damages occasioned by this war: That the United States would have the pri vilege of establishing two factories in upper California for eight years; and that the Mexi can government could, after tuat time, if it chose, renew this article of the treaty : This was not accepted. Then Mr. Trist, unclothing himself of his official powers, remarked to the Mexican com missioners that he thought it would be much better for Mexico to cede the whole of Upper California to the United States, for which that government would certainly pay fifteen or . twenty millions of dollars. The Sun, of the 19th says; Troops have been arriving in great numbers from the Bra- j zos for the last five or six days, and we do not doubt that within five or six days more, there will be from two to three thousund men ready to march into the interior. This would probably be agreed upon, if the following article had met with the assent of the Mexicans. That the Texan boundary line would run along from the mouth of the Rio Grande, on the left side, to the right side of the Rio Gila, i But this last proposition was rejected. The Mexicans would not yield one inch of ground the other side of the river N ueces. Mr. Trist then asked 4-5 days, as he said he was not authorized to accept such a proposi tion, but the Mexicans replied they would give but five days and no more. On the fifth day (the 7th) a letter was written by Santa Anna to Gen. Scott, accusing him of breaking the armistice, on some trifling pre text. General Scott answered making similar charges. On the Bth, in the afternoon, a body of a few hundred men of Gen. Scott's wore sent to at tack Chapultppoc. Ml—llll M —■ WIUMHiWBPWHMTWMWHiiMi (r U. 11l UHUIIIIUWA. WIIWOT MEXICO AND ITS KNVIONS. I MEXiCALZINGO Will \ / Tz y a\Tj . Wgk * , Alii, fsW Sitii"*.'-, I /'% Vi,,;!/!, S. c UyJaf'h&g SUB- JlllllM 1 %Vs''w»' A' ~ rJV iAw* ! \ -■rT ' i U' u ' j g—" 11 11 V ■ ni'iny in.' I J iiiiii.ji 11 1 ' They encountered a large force of the ene my’s best troops there, and a terrible fight en sued, in which the Mexicans got, as usual, a good thrashing. Gen. Leon, who commanded the Mexicans, was wounded, and Gen. Balderas, of the Na tional Guards, was killed. The small number of the Americans, who, the Mexican letter says, (to use their own ex pression) “have fought like devils,” retired to ! Tacubaya, leaving five wagons behind them. Some of these had no w heels, while others no horses. The loss on the part of the Americans is said to be very small comparatively. A proclamation, (or manifesto, as they call it,) was issued by Gen. Herrera, Governor of the city of Mexico, recommending to theciti i zeus,| men, women and children, to collect | stones and carry them to the roofs of houses, 1 and from there throw them at the Americans ! if they entered the city. [U orrespondence of the Tie raid ami Tribune.] Pensacola, Sept. 23d, 1847. The brig Osceola, Capt. Smith, arrived at the Navy Yard here last evening, after a pas- i sago of five and a half days from Vera Cruz, j and brings late and unfavorable news from I the army of Gen. Scott. It seems that hos- i tilities were renewed on the 18th inff., Santa | Anna and Gen. Scott mutually charging each other with a violation of the armistice, and by the last accounts our troops had possession of two streets, and had driven the principal part of the Mexican’ force in towards the Plaza.— Our troops had suffered greatly from the fire , I of the enemy placed in windows and on the roofs of the houses, and Gen. Worth was bad- j ly but not mortally wounded. Our loss since 1 leaving Puebla, was three thousand men. Mr. Trial’s proposition for a cession of California, lor a consideration of twenty millions, had been agreed to by the Mexican commissioners— but another proposition fixing the Rio Grande as the boundary on this side was prememptori- I ly refused. Paredes w r as said to be on the road between Vera Cruz and Mexico, with a large force of guerrillas. These accounts are derived from the Sun of Anahuac, of the 16th inst., and brought by leaving. I have no doubt the)’ may be relied upon essentially. This news reached Yera Cruz by the Orazaba route, the Osceola, and verbal communications from Mr. Diamond to the captain at the moment of I am, very respectfully, your obd’t svt., D. [From the Savannah Georgian, 21th inst.] Juigc Berrien—The Wilmot Proviso— What is the Position of the Whig Party in Georgia ? Our attention has been directed to the Whig Senator of Georgia—lst, by learning that he had taken the stump in the interior of the State —2d, by seeing his name at the caption of a most violent anti-southern editoral in the North American and United States Gazette— 3d, by the insane efforts which the Savannah Republican has been making to prove that the W bigs of Georgia are devoted to the cause of j the South, and not of party. What we there fore inquire, is the position of “the American Senator” upon the important questions w r hich spring from our present relations with Mexico? We have said that his name, and the resolu tion which he introduced into the Senate du ring the last session of Congress, forms the caption of a most violent, bitter, abusive, an+i southern editorial in a Northern paper. To show the spirit of this paper we give some ex tracts from it: THE ABOLITION of freedom. Os all fanatlsm, that is the most repulsive which proclaims its intention to abolish free dom in a territory that now’ “sees no son of hers a slave.” Os all hypocrisy, that is the basest which,at the North adopts this madness and asks freedom to vote for it. The organs of the present State Administration have | bow’ed down to this degradation. They have raised the banner —not of the Constitution— not of conservatism in relation to the South— but that upon whose dark fold are imprinted the words, in letters of blood, “Death to Freedom!” They enter into a crusade against the world in favor of bondage, and require Pennsylvania —our free, true-hearted yeo manry, who have never inspired a breath tainted with the sigh of a slave —to enlist in a cause opposed to every principle taught by their fathers, every sentiment cherished by them selves.” “The responsibility of the extention of slave ry to Mexico must be shared by the North: that portion of our common country, while it stands by the pa-;t, will not, blood boitered and marked with what it considered crime, en ter into the future as marked out by South ' ern cabals, nor share the consequences, moral i and political, of a and unnecessary ex ; tension of slavery.” I “Let it he proclaimed, that the organ of Mr. Shrink denounces every democrat who dares to oppose the needless extention of slavery,or to saw n upon the nullifiers of the South, as a federal alist.” “And why Federalists? Because you re fused to he transferred by Mr. Polk to a South ern faction, whose object is to obtain political domination over the free States, or to dissolve the Union. You decline entering into the j conspiracy, and are, therefore according to Mr. Skunk’s organ. Federalists.” “The issue is, Freedom against Slavery in new territory, Where is the slave so debased as to love slavery—where is the freeman so frantic as to aid it —to build up the empire of bondage until it shall be sufficiently powerful to cast back its shadow upon the recreants w’ho have erected it? We rejoice that this is sue has been plainly and frankly made and met in the oldKeystonc. She yet has sons who have not forgotten the past, and who cannot he i tate when the opposing watchwords are Liber ty and Slavery.” Our readers are doubtless prepared to say— Enough of this!—and yet we could continue our quotations still further—and can state that the paper from which wc extract, is one of the most temperate and moderate of the Northern Whig pressoss on the subject of the Wilmot Proviso. And this paper it is which plaints itself on Judge Berrien’s resolution, and he : has furnished the ground upon which the anti-Southern spirit at the North is planting itself. Bitter, violent, abusive of the South, i it has chosen a Southern man as it leader. He { has indicated the ground upon which it shall j stand. We do not charge Judge Berrien with < 1 entertaining himself such feelings of malevo- | lence against the South, as his Northern fol- | i lowers. No Southern man could possibly en tertain them. But we state facts, and leave 1 the people of Georgia to determine whether the Senator and his supporters are most devoted to their party or the South. We say that rabid Federal Abolition papers are assuming the ground designated by the Geogia Senator, and he and his party in Geor gia are placed in an attitude of hostility to the South. They are endeavoring to crush the friends of the South. In order to build up an j unprincipaled faction,and to place unprincipled politicians into office, they arc willing to 1 sacriiicethc glory of the nation,and to succumb I to the domination of the worst foes of the i South. We saj' that such has been the course ! I of the Whig Senator from Georgia for years, | } and we proceed to prove our assertion by facts. I On the 10th of September, 1841, there was a I M ass Meeting of the Whig party of Massachu- ; setts, held in the city of Boston. A proces sion was formed, over which banners floated bearing sucb'inscriptions as the following:-“No EXTENSION OF THE BOUNDS OF SLAVERY!” 11l ■ this procession the Hon. Whig Senator from Georgia walked. In the same procession the j notorious Abolitionist, Cassius M. Clay, like -1 wise walked. Daniel Webster presided over I the meeting. In a speech full of Federal prin- ! ciples, breathing throughout, the spirit of sec- 1 tioned policy,replete with argument in favor of a proective tariff, etc. we meet the following remarkable language: “I, for one, say, gentlemen, that under present circumstances, I give my vote heartily for Mr. Clay, (cheers) and I so give it, because, among other things, he is against the annexa tion of Texas, and I would not give it if he was not. With other opinions of his I shall not now hold controversy, but I hold with him on this point, because I hold that the annexation of Texas will be the perpetuation of African I sl vver’ , and the tyranny op race over race UPON THIS CONTINENT, AND I WILL HAVE NOTH- I ING to no with it.” (Cheers.) These sentences proceeding from the con trolling spirit of the Federal party at the North, so full of bitter feeling, of ruthless prejudice, and so insulting to the slave-holding people of ! the South, fell upon the ears of one of their j prominent representatives. 'JTic Whig senator ■ from Georgia was there. He sat beneath the cold flash of Webster’s eye. He heard, word by word, what fell from Webster’s Federal lips. Were the question asked of any Geor- I gian, whose heart yet glows with a spark of i devotion to his native State—what should our Senator have done! He could but exclaim, “what should he have done! Why, he should HAVE LEFT THE MEETING AT ONCE! He should have come out from among them forever, and shaken the dust from his feet. He should ; have felt personally insulted, in the insult cast upon his State, and upon the people who ; had sent him to the halls of Congress!” What course did he pursue? Mr. Webster having “introduced the lion | J. M. Berrien, as a distingushed member ot the Senate of the U. S. from the State of Geor gia,” thereupon “Mr. Bearrien said, he had come in obedience to their call, from a distant home, to share in ; the deliberations of this day. He had come to j bear to the Whigs of the North the cordial greetings of the Whigs of Georgia, and to ! SAY TO_THEM, THAT THEY WERE ANIMATED WITH ! THE SAME SPIRIT WHICH BEAT IN THE BOSOMS OF THOSE AT PRESENT BEFORE HIM.” Again. In the Senate of the United States, on the Bth June, 1844, Judge Berrien used the : fol lowing expressions: “There is another and far more important | consideration. The inevitable tendency of thing | is to increase the preponderance of Free States ! in the councils of the Union. The policy of the I | Government cannot check it. The admission of foreign States cannot counterbalance it. It is this State in which slavery now exists will be- { come free States, but the reverse will never \ happen. In this consists the certainty of the continued ascendency of the free States. Ir is written in the book of fate. The North may patiently abide the result. The South will VAINLY STRUGGLE AGAINST IT !” These are facts in the life of the Whig Sena tor, and facts that have spoken, and will con tinue to speak trumpet stongued to the people of Georgia. Still more potent is their voice at the present crisis of our affairs. What is this Senator’s position noAv? Does he still maintain that the people of Georgia “are animated with THE SAME SPIRIT THAT BEATS IN THE BOSOM” OF the Northern Whigs? What, in all honesty we ask, what is that spirit? On what ground ! is Northern Whiggery planting itself? The Bank is gone, the Tariff is gone; both arc con signed, tor the present at least, to the tomb of the Capulets. Texas is annexed. The Oregon question settled. The restriction of the Veto 1 power exploded. Where then does the Whig party at the North find a rallying point? We answer, and it cannot be denied, in opposition to the acquisition of territory in the settlement of our relations with Mexico.—lt is their only ground. They have no other; —and they sus tain it,invarably, and as a party, unanimously by the most vindicative, malevolent, and in, ulting attacks upon the South. Upon the subject of the Wilmot Proviso, the same paper from which we have extracted above, says that “the party, as a party, is j united and unanimous” in its favor. Where | is Judge Berrien? Where are his supporters? Will they come out from among these foes of the Constitution and the South, and shake the dust from their feet? or will they do as he did in Boston, tamely hear the most malevolent abuse heaped upon their own people, and then proclaim that they “are animated with the SAME SPIRIT THAT BEATS IN THE BOSOMS” of OUr Northern foes! Let the question be answered! The people of Georgia expect it! Augusta, (Georgia. | WEDNESDAY MORNING SEPT. 29. FOR GOVERNOR GEO. W. TOWNS. I _ or TALBor. Democratic Nominations for Senators. Ist Dial.—Chatham—Thomas Purse. 2d “ Bryan and Liberty—J. M. B. Harden. 3d “ Mclntosh and Glynn—T. M. Forman. 4th “ Camden and Wayne—Elias Fort. sth “ Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T. Hilliard. 7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch—John A. Mattox Bth “ driven and Effingham—W. J. Lawton. 9fh “ Burke and Emanuel—W. S. C Morris. | 12th “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. H. Reynolds. | 13th “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wm. J, Johnson. 14th “ Randolph and Stewart—William Nelson. 17th “ Macon and Houston—John A. Hunter. ! I9th “ Dooly and Pulaski—Geo. M. Duncan. ■ 20th “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins. {2lst “ Washington and Jefferson—B.S. Carswell. 24th “ Hancock and Baldwin—S. Buffington, Jr. 25th “ Jones and Putnam—James M. Gray. j 2<>th “ M'mroe and Pike—CuL Allen Cochran. ; 28th “ Merriwether and Coweta— Obe. Warner. | 31st “ Payette and Henry— Luther J. Glenn. 32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters. | 35th “ Wilkes and Lincoln— lsaiah T. Irv in. 33d “ Newton and Walton— Warren J. Hill. 38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailey. 39tii “ Gwinnett and DcKulb—Jas. P. Simmons. 40th “ Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin. 41st “ Cobb and Cherokee—Wm. H. Hunt 43d “ Habersham and Rabun— Edw’d Cofi ee. ' 44th “ Lumpkin and Union—Elihu S. Barclay. RICHMOND COUNTY. FOR REPRESENTATIVE W ILLIAJVI CHtSY. JR. Democratic Ticket for Wilkes County. For Senate 3 5th District. ISAIAH T. IRVIN. kor House of Representatives. LEWIS S. BROWN. HENRY P. WOOTTEN. tgyf* Subscribers living in wrds Nos. one and two, who did not get their papers yesterday, will phase send to the office for them, the carrier on that route being sick. The mail due on Monday evening did not arrive until Tuesday morning. It was de ! tained by the cars running off the South Caro ; lina Rail Road, between Branchviile and Mid ! way. No one injured. mails due last evening from the j North came to hand. The Approaching - Election. We would be uncandid, did we not confess to an intense anxiety and doubt as to the re sult of next Monday’s vote. That the Demo | crats have a majority in the State we feel I perfectly CEHTAm. That they will prove this iat the polls we believe. We are sanguine of this. But sometimes the democratic party have neglected to exert their superior strength. Supineness, or dissensions, or local rivalries have distracted and unnerved us, while an ac* tive, well disciplined and enthusiastic minori ty, eager for power and spoil have conquered us, strode over us in triumph, and jeered and taunted and ridiculed us for our folly, and in efficiency, and plumed themselves on their su perior tact, energy and devotion to their cause. It may be so again. Let the thought of so I burning a shame, so bitter a humiliation quick en the pulse and nerve the soul of every Demo crat in our State. Fellow-citizens of the sea board and of the midlands! The Democrats of the mountains and of the south-west are up and doing. They are wide awake and will tell a glorious tale for democratic ears on Monday next. They will speak from the plains of SOUTHWESTERN AND WESTERN GEORGIA IN TONES of thunder. There Towns is knoton , and there is his great stronghold. The mountains of Old Cherokee will echo back the thunders of the plain, and the mighty voice will shake the VERY CITADELS OF WHIGGERY AS WITH AN EARTH QUAKE. What shall be the response of the sea board and of Middle Georgia ? Let it never be said that the battle was lost by your supinencss. Let it not be said that you flinch ed before the flashing steel and the flaunting banners of the foe. Let us all rouse up as one man. Let each one strike for his cause and his principles, and all can then unite in that glorious shout with which triumphant democ racy shall make the welkin ring. If Middle Georgia will do her duty, the TRIUMPH OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL BE certain. Let her but keep the Whigs here within their usual bounds, and the mountain democracy will send down an avalanche that will bury whiggery so deep that it will never be reached by the hand of Resurrection. 50.000 Votes for Gearg-e W. Towns. Let this be the rallying cry of the Demo cracy of the State. When morning breaks I o’er mountain and plain on Monday next, let each Democrat rouse up to action, exclaim mg “Now’s the day, and now’s the hour,” | to serve my country and her dearest interests. Rouse up, Democrats, for one good day’s work for your cherished principles. Give that day to your country. Dcposite your vote early for Democracy and Equal Laws, against Fed eralism and Protective Tariffs—for indem nity from Mexico and future respect for Amer ican rights, against an inglorious retreat and condemnation of our country —for the able, the accomplished, the sterling Republican, George W. Towns, against the dull automa ton, tbc mum candidate of the Whigs, Dun can L. Clinch, who selects John M. Ber rien as his advocate and exponent of his views. Yotc for members of the Legislature who will send to the United States Senate Demo crats good and true —who will sustain the Tariff of 1846 against the assaults of the Pro tectionists, and thus prevent the re-election of John McPherson Berrien, the ally of Wilmot | Proviso men, and the advocate of the odious Tariff of 1842. Not only vote thus, but see that all your neighbors vote. See that every Democratic vote in your county is polled. — See that the old, the sick and the infirm have conveyances to the polls. Let no Democrat lose his vote, or neglect to exercise a free man’s rights. Be up early. Be active and watchful, and the day is our own. if 1 {KrCampaigrn Subscribers-^# Those who have subscribed only to the Ist October and desire to continue, will please no tify us and forward their subscriptions previ ous to next Wednesday. What are the Issues ? Fellow-citizens : A more important election was never before pending among the people of Georgia. What arc the Issues? Is it a mere contest between the ins and the outs/ Will the result have no effect on the future legisla tion of the country." W ill it be no expression of the public voice on great measures of policy, I and upon popular rights? Yes, fellow-citizens, it must deeply, vitally effect your dearest in- i terests. Are rou prepared for a repeal 1 OF THE PRESENT TARIFF? If not, VOte the de- i mocratic ticket. The whigs are determined to j restore the abominable tariff of 1812. The whig press in Georgia has raised its voice in favor of this stop. We have already furnished ! you extracts to prove this. The whig press of the North has proclaimed the same policy. One of the ablest champions of the Protec tionists, John M. Clayton of Delaware, uses the following language. In anticipation of the whigs obtaining a majority in the next Congress, he thus sketches the policy they should pursue: “The first thing to be effected, on their ac- ! cession to power,/* the repeal of the tariff of 1846, and the restoration of the tariff of 1842. To this great end, first of all things, let every whig effort be directed. When a law accomplishing these results shall have passed Congress and been approved by a President of the United States, then, and not till then, in my humble opinion, will the greatest icish of the country be gratified , and its best interests be sustained. When this shall have been achieved, the people will, in their own good time, indicate any change the}' may desire in their revenue j system. During the mighty struggle, which is even not yet ended, we have proposed to compromise no principles with our opponents; and when the battle has been secured, the only basis upon which we should ever attempt to treat’ought to be the status quo ante helium. : Put us back precisely where we were before the tariff act of 1846. Until that end is ob tained, we hearken to no compromises , we listen to no half way measures, and least of all to such as propose to sacrifice one class of manufac turers to maintain another.” Fellow-citizens of Georgia, Have you ever sanctioned the atrocious principles involved in the tariff bill of 1842? If not, arc you now prepared to bend the knee in humble subjec tion to the anti-slavery Lords of the Spindle and the Loom, who seek to make Congress the pliant instrument with which to levy fur ther contributions upon the people to swell their already bloated fortunes? If you are not, then vote for members to the legislature who will send democratic Senators to repre sent you in Congress, and to sustain the pre- { sent tariff bill. Do not allow John M. Berrien . again to raise his voice as the advocate of the manufacturers in the United States'Senate. Do you desire to have a treaty concluded with Mexico on terms which will indemnify | this country for that nation’s outrages, and her reckless war, commenced by her act, as your Congress has almost unanimously de clared? Or do you desire our armies igno miniously withdrawn—her territory abandon ed—our people heavily taxed to pay the war expenses? If the former, vote the Democrat ic ticket. Vote for Goo. W. Towns for Gov ernor, and for Democratic candidates for the Legislature. The former will ably preside over the affairs of Georgia, and be a true exponent of her principles. The latter will vote for sound Democrats, to represent you properly in the United States Senate. The Democrats are in favor of acquiring territory, subject to the terms of the Missouri I Compromise. The Whigs are divided into two classes. One is the Berrien Whigs, who are opposed to any further acquisition of territory, for fear their allies at the North would force the Wilmot i Proviso upon them, to which they would have to submit. These are one class. The other is, the Wilmot Proviso Whigs, who are in favor of more territory, but insist that the South shall have no share in it. This is the stronger class of the two. This is, in fact the Whig party. This wing will wholly control its poli cy, and Southern Whigs must, sooner or later, decide to go with it, or join the Democrats. These are not the only issues. The strug- | gle between the parties, is now as it ever has been. The Democratic party, is the constitu tional party of the country. It is against class legislation, and in favor of equal laws—against innovation on the constitution, and in favor of strict construction—against monopolies,against j lavish appropriations for internal improve- , ments —and against national Banks. It is the State Rights party of the country. It is the party which advocates the war with Mexico, believes in its justice, and insists on ample in demnity from that nation. The Whig party is in the attitude of condemning its own coun try, justifying the conduct of her enemy, and insisting upon ignominious terms of peace. Let the people decide which is in the right. Who are the Friends of the South? Fellow-citizens, The following language was recently used in a public speech by Mr. Dunn, a whig member of Congress lately elected in Indiana. “If the South will not recede, let the sword cut her down.” This is Whig language, and this is Whig spirit to wards us of the South in reference to the Wil mot Proviso question. They insist at the North upon further territorial acquisitions, but say that it shall all be free territory. They say that there shall be no more slave territory— that the Southern States shall be hemmed in by a cordon of Free States. What say the democrats? They rally upon the compro mises of the constitution, and advocate as the equitable rule of division —tbe Missouri C om promise. I- nder this the South has flourish ed and maintained its just weight and influ ence in the National Councils. Which party then is most friendly to the South? On which side should Southern men rally? Fellow citizens —Southern whig influence is weak and powerless with the great whig party of the country. Your constitutional rights are safe only while the democratic party maintains its ascendency. Your next resort is not to the protection of the whig party, but to the sword, j t o which some Northern whigs would appeal. Expenses of the War. The Whig papers make strong appeals to the pocket nerve of the people on account of the expensiveness of the war with Mexico. 1 hey seek to entail odium on the Democratic party on this account, for this war with Mexi | co—commenced the act of Mexico ” as our Congress declared. Tet the Whigs would have the war settled I without indemnity from Mexico, and would : require our people to bo taxed to pay the expenses. i The Democrats advocate the policy* of de manding indemnity from Mexico, and insist ’ that Mexico should be compelled to pay the expenses. Which is right ? *2*he News from Mexico. Nothing can be more vague and unsatisfac j toi T than the accounts via Pennsacola which j we publish in this day’s paper. We do not j altogether discredit them. \\ e do not doubt I that the armistice has been terminated and hostilities resumed. But the statement that 1 our loss in killed and wounded, 2000, rather I sounds like romancing. We can scarcely bc | hove that our loss can be double that sustained on the bloody fields Contreras and Chumbus co. AV e fully anticipate that the next accounts will announce that the enemy's Capital is in the full possession of our troops and that “order reigns in Mexico.” As to the terms stated to have been pro posed by Mr. Trist, and rejected by the Mexi cans, we have no faith in the story. He could not have been authorized by onr Gov ernment to negotiate a peace on terms falling so far short of the just expectations of the American people. Every American will feel intense anxiety for the fate of the gallant Worth. May he yct survive many years to serve his country, and be honored as one of her greatest living: o O heroes. Election Returns. We will be obliged to our friends in other Counties for the earliest possible returns of the elections on Monday next, for Governor and members of the Legislature. We present to-day to our readers a map of Mexico and its approaches, which will give a good idea of the topography of that region which has been the scene of the recent bril liant operations of our army. We regret that circumstances have delayed the issue of it till this date. Those who have preserved the ac counts we have published of the battles of the 20th ult., will be greatly assisted by the map in the proper understanding of the de tails. We copy from the N. Y. Journal of Com merce, the following explanatory description; “Our readers will remember that news was received several days since, that on the 13th the American army was at Ayotla, 29 miles from Mexico, on the main road from Vera Cruz to that capital, having thus far met with no opposition. About midway between Ayotla and Mexico, at a place called Penon, very strong fortifications had been erected by the Mexicans, and others at another pass called Mexicalzingo, which could only have been car ried at a great sacrifice of life. Mexicalzingo lies to the Southward of the Vera Cruz road, at the head of lake Xochimilco. It is about six miles S. S. E. from Mexico, while Penon is about nine miles E. S. E. On the 14th, Gen. Scott ordered reconnoisances, with a view to ascertain whether it was possible to reach Mexico without encountering these formidable works. The result was, that a road practica ble for artillery could be cut from Chaleo to San Augustin. The town of Chaleo is situated on the Eastern border of the lake of the same name, three or four miles South of the Vera Cruz road. The route of our army must there fore have passed entirely to the Southward of Lake Chaleo. Gen. Worth’s division on the 15th, moved from Chaleo, and was followed by the other three divisions, under Generals Quitman, Pillow and Twiggs. On the 16th, Gen. Worth’s division reached the village of i San Gregorio, on the South side of Lake Xo chiinilco, and there halted, by order of Gen. Scott. On the 17th, he resumed his march, and after several skirmishes, arrived the same day at San Augustin, about 19 miles nearly South of Mexico, on the road to Acapulco, and two or three miles S. E. of San Angel. Gen. Scott,with the other divisions, came up on the morning of the 18th. “Contreras, where the first battle was fought, is a fortified position between San Augustin ; and Sau Angel. Churubnsco, the scene of the 2d great conflict, is about two miles North of j San Angel and perhaps four South of Mexico. Tucubaya is still nearer the capital, the dis tance being only two or three miles. There Gen. Scott was quartered on the 22nd ult., — himself and a portion of his command occupy ing the Arch-Bishop’s Palace. The Southerner. By an advertisement fin the New York Journal of Commerce, we preveive that the Southerner would not leave that port until Tuesday afternoon, at 4 o’clock. The steam ship Northerner, Capt. Thos. S. Budd, will take her place in the line, and leave on the Saturday following. U. S. steam frigate Princeton, from Phila delphia, arrived at Gibraltar on the 19th ult., and immediately proceeded to the Coast of Barbary. On the 25th, she returned to Gib raltar, but had not communicated with the shore at last advices. Very Lute from the Rio da la Plata- The ship Star Republic arrived *at New \ ork on Thursday, in the short passage of 11 days from Montevideo. The Journal of Commerce has Buenos Ayres dates to the 7tli August. The farce of a blockade of Buenos Ayres con tinues on the part of the French, the British Government persevering in its abandonment of the intervention. Vessels continued to ar rive and depart without molestation. The British and French ministers had enturned from the La Plata, having failed to negotiate. Steamer Washington- The Washington sailed from New York on Thursday afternoon, about one o’clock, with forty passengers t and upwards of 8,000 letters and 3,000 papers. J. Randall goes out in her as bearer of despatches to London. A Fleet of Steamers* There were on Thursday no less than nine sea-steamers in the port of New York, namely : the Sarah Sands, (Br.;) Washington, (Am.;) United States, (Am.;) Guadalquiver, (Sp.ri Iris, (Am.;) Britannia, (Br.;) Union, (Ir.;) Southerner, (Am.;) Northerner, (Am.)