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IHK (UNSTITI i'io.NalTst. 7 JAMES GARDNER, JR. TERKZS. Dawy. per Annum $8 00 Tri-Weekly, per annum vG 00 | If paid in advance..... 5 00 Weekly, per annum... 3 (X) If paid in advance 2 50 To Clubs, remitting $lO in advance, FIVE COPIES are sent. This will put our Weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at T \VH DOLLARS A YEAR. (Fj 3 Subscribei*s who will pay up arrearages, and «end four with the money, can get the paper at $2 00. (O’All new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. ITPl'o stage must be paid on all communications ] and letters of business. [fVo?/i the N. O. Picayune 2\th inst.] Arrival of the Janies L- Day- Five Days Later News frou Vera Crnz. Santa Anna's Summons to Col. Childs — Co/. Childs' Reply—Bombardment of Puebla and Discomfiture of the Mexicans—lnsubordination of Santa Anna’s droops—Desertion o f him—His \Vlhereabouts un- i certain—Difficulty in the .Massachusetts Regiment, j l V r - The steamship Jas. L. Day, Capt. O’Grady, arrived at a late hour last night from V era i Cruz, having sailed theuce oti the 10th inst., i with a number of invalid soldiers. Two died on the passage, viz: Richard Beamish, 12th Infantry, ou the 20th inst., and Wm. Miller, of company 3), Yoltigeurs, on the 23d, There had been no later arrivals direct from the city of Mexico at Vera Cruz, when the James L. Day left. We have not even a well authorized rumor touching Gen. Scott and his army. The Arco-Trls publishes communications which have passed between Santa Anna and Col. Childs at Puebla and they are translated by the Genuis of Liberty. We subjoin the correspondence* Communications between Gen. Santa Anna and Col Childs, at Puebla. Headquarters—Mexican Army. I have taken possession of this city with the army under my command, for the purpose of operating upon the several points fortified, and occupied by your Excellency, and also with the view liberating its inhabitants from the domination of the forces of the United States from whom they have already suffered too much. But before commencing any operations of a military character, I have considered it my duty to act in obedience to the impulses of humanity, and consequently request that your Excellency will please evacuate this city within a certain and peremptory space of time, it being known to you at the same time that you can depart with all the honors of war, either to form a junction with Gen Scott, or the forces of your country at Perotc, according as it best suits your pleasure. But should this courteous request of mine be unheeded by your Excellency, then, although to me it is a painful alternative, I shall commence to as sault your positions, the consequences of which act will be felt by your garrison, because there exists in the vicinity of your Excellency, an army of 8,000 men, who arc determined that the rights of their nation shall bo maintained and respected. God and liberty, headquarters in Puebla, September 25th, 1847. ANTONIO LOPEZ DE NT A ANNA. To Senor Col. D. Thomas Childs, commander of the U. S. Army, situated in Loreto. Headquarters, City of Puebla, Mexico, ) September 25, 1817. 3 To his Excellency. D. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, \ General-in-Chief of the Mexican Army infroul of j this city: Sir —I had the honor ofrecoiving, at 2 o’clock this afternoon, your Excellency’s letter of this j date. In it you were pleased to notify me of the fact that you had taken possession of this | city, for the purpose, as you declare, of res- j toriug to the full enjoyment of their liberty its citizens who have hitherto suffered so much from the U. S. army. You likewise were pleased to offer certain stipulations to this gar rison, provided that it would, within a fixed time, abandon the point of defence which it now occupies. With regard to the assertion of your Excellency, which implies that the inhabitants of Puebla have been maltreated by the ts. S, troops, I wholly deny it. On the contrary, I assure you that the property and privileges of all have been maintained, and respected with the greatest scrupulousness, indeed so much so has it been done, that its parallel cannot be found in the annals of war. And I would most willingly leave, it to the most intelligent and impartial portion of the population of the city to decide, from which of the two contending parties they have received the most injury and molestation; whether it is from thoxr own countrymen or the troops of the U. S. With regard to that particular part of your Excellency's letter w ! Icli demands the sur render, within a fixed time, of all the positions now occupied by the troops under my com mand, lean only say in reply, that having been honored with the duty of guarding and protecting them, it is equally ray greatest wish and paramount obligation to preserve them to the last; and I am fully satisfied that I shall be able to defend them successfully, inasmuch as I have at my disposal all the resources essential to its full and complete accomplish ment. With considerations in the highest degree respectful, I have the honor to be your Ex cellency's most obedient servant, THOMAS CHILDS, Col. U. S. Army, Civil and Military Governor. 1 The Arco Iris of the 13th inst. furnishes in teresting news from Puebla, which is transla ted to our hand by the Genius of Liberty. It is a'fitting sequel to the above correspondence : Puebla, 28th.—At 5 o’clock on the even ing of yesterday, the points of San Juan de Dios, S mta Rosa and Santa Monica com menced a heavy cannonade upon the Ameri can works. The latter immediately began to throw cannon-shot, bombs and grenades into the centre of the city, which suffered in con sequence some considerable injury. Don Marino del Rio, whilst standing with his wife on the back balcony of his house, was struck dead by a cannon ball. At about 8 o’clock, P. M. the cannonade ceased, but com menced again at the dawn of the following day. Puebla, 29th. —By order of Santa Anna, a body of troops was yesterday postted in the j Convent of Santa Teresa, at one of the comers of which a breastwork of cotton bales was erec ted. Four hundred cotton bales have already been demanded of the house of Yelasco for the defence of the city. To prevent the comple tion of this work the Americans from the fort of San Jose kept up a continual fire upon the ( workmen, which being stoutly returned by j the Mexicans, the discharge of bombs and greuados from the American lines greatly in creased. At this moment a considerable num ber of private citizens went to Santa Anna, who was at Carmen, and requested ot him a piece of artillery,which being granted, togeth er with a small body of men for its manage ment, they quickly marched for the Convent -of Santa liosa and ope no I a well directed fire •upon the American works. Vv e were in the greatest consternation, but night at last super- j Veiling* everything became quiet. j The nuns of Santa liosa were transferred in | litters to Santa Catalina, and it is said that the same thing will be done with those of , Santa Monica, although the latter are strong- I iy opposed to leaving their monastic asylum. Puebla, 30th. —To-day partial tranquillity reigns in the city. Now and then can be heard the report of a cannon, and the explo sion of some grenades thrown in the direction of San J nan del liio, in the rear of whose church, Gen. Ilea last night concluded a bat tery, with which he intends to open upon San Jose. Our soldiers are complaining very much,and say that they are ready to die of hunger, not having received anything in the shape of I provisions for some considerable time. The greatest enthusiasm against the Ameri- | cans prevails throughout the entire city. Puebla, Get. 3d.—Since Santa Anna’s de- , parture, the cannonading has totally slackened off. The cotton store-house of Yclasco took tire last night, and was 1 burnt to the ground; and 209 bales of the same article were totally consumed in the convent of Santo Domingo, without any one’s being able to account tor the mode in which they were fired. The in habitants, hearing the ringing of bells which announced the incendiarism, wore very much alarmed, believeing that the Americans had left their entrenchments, and were storming the city. From the same source we derive the follow ing narrative of events subsequent to those above detailed. Santa Anna is evidently re duced to great straits: The Genius of Liberty of the 13th inst., an nounces the return of Capt. G. White, of the Louisiana battalion and his gallant company, from the National Bridge, whither they had ! been escorting a train of supplies for the troops stationed at that post. He reports that all was quiet in that neighborhood, and that the Ame rican force was strongly fortified and well pre pared to repel all attacks. He encountered no guerrillas on the route. Two cr three guer rilla scouts occasionally appeared upon the hill tops, who, on the approach of the Ameri cans, would quickly scamper; in pursuit of them some few mustangs and lariats were | taken, which arc the only trophies that can be expected from a marauding party of guer rillas. The Yoz do la Patria repels with much in dignation, the charges of treason, cowardice, and incapacity, which have been brought against Gen. Santa Anna. He says that cer tain officers, unworthy of the nunc of a sol dier, have originated and fomented discord and disunion for their own private and selfish ends, and finally, have consummated their career of baseness by abandoning in the hour of peril, that country in which they first drew breath, and whose bread they so long had eaten. Sqch are the Individuals, says La Yoz, who now attribute to Gen. Santa Anna’s trason, that want of success, a thing which is alone due to their own cowardice and insubordina tion. Men of sound discrimination and correct judgment, who have witnessed events as they occurred, emphatically assure us, says the editors of Lc Yoz, that the commander-in-chief ever displayed the most heroic valor and in domitable resolution, offering in every part in which he presented himself a most obstinate and sanguinary resistance to the enemy. To every impartial mind it must be self-evident that a man who has done so much —who has suffered so many privations and encountered so many perils—can be neither a trator nor a coward. On the Ist of the present month, Gen. Santa Anna, at the head of 2000 cavalry and infantry j and three pieces of artillery, sallied out of Pue- I bla,r intending to attack the American train : which left Jalapa on the Ist inst., and reached I Perote on the 4th. But before arriving at Tepeyahualco the designs of the commander | in-chief of the Mexican forc es were wholly frustrated, all his men, with the exception 130 hussars of his personal guard, having pro nounced against him. As an excuse for this | proceeding, the officers and privates alleged that they were firmly convinced that their further continuance at the disposal and under 1 the orders of the ex-President would only be followed by their complete sacrilice; and that withal, their country would not derive the slightest benefit from it. , They attributed the unfortunate events of ; the war, and their want of success in their bat j ties against the invaders, to his incapacity and unskilfulness. Even some of them loundly j declared him :o be a trator, and consequently to be unworthy of holding any command in j the Mexican army. i The greater part of these transactions trans pired at Nopalucan. Santa Anna having got to Tepeyahualco with his 130 hussars, he received an order from the Government at Queretaro directing him to proceed thither at once with all the troops which were at his orders. But the general did not deem it convenient to comply with the mandate of his government, and took up his line of march for Oaxaca, whither by the latest accounts he was wending his way. He publicly declared that his intentions in go ing to Oaxaca were to see whether he could raise there another army, with which he might return to renew the combat with the enemies of the Republic. All the letters from the interior coincide in saying that Gen. Santa Anna, conscious of his impotency to effect anything more either in carrying on the war, or of adjusting the terms of peace, is making his way towards Guate mala, for the purpose of leaving the Republic of Mexico forever,and that his march to Oaxaca is only a pretext to the quiet accomplishment of his designs. The reports that Gen. Santa Anna was en deavoring to reach Guatemala, and that Gen. Scott had given him a passport to embark from Vera Cruz if he should think it best, is denied ; by La Yoz de la Patria, a Mexican paper which wc find extensively copied in the Arco Iris. — He is resolved, says La Yoz, not to abandon the cause of the country', and to continue the war without respite upon the enemies ol Mexi can independence and religion. The Genius of Liberty says that Senor Pena y Pena is discharging the duties ot President at Queretaro. He has refused to recognize as his associates in power, the individuals nomi nated and appointed by Santa Anna.— He proposes that Congress shall take upon it self the office of electing men to- that important and high office. The following brief note from onr Yora Cruz correspondent leaves us in doubt in regard to the safety of a detachment of Texans, but we are inclined to think they will take care of themselves: Yera Cruz, Oct. 18, 1847. Great excitement was created this morning by a number o£ reports that were put in circu lation occasioned by the arrival of an express from a company of Texas Rangers, announc ing that they had been attacked about twelve miles from this place by a large body of guer rilla force, that they had lost one man killed and about eighteen were missing, ffhe report was current that the whole command, except ing two, had been cut off, and the immediate departure of the Rangers at full speed induced the citizens to believe that the report was true. Ido not apprehend that anything seri ous will occur to this command, and I have no doubt that the missing eighteen are safe with their comrades ere this. There appears to have been some difficulty in the Massachusetts Regiment, judging from the following order issued hy Gen. Cushing. Wc have letters in the mail (which was not .a.ujafflaagaaa distributed last night,)which we presume will ' throw some light on the affair: Headquarters, Vera Cruz. Oct. Ij, 1817. ORDERS No. 32. The following named men of companies —, | —, —, Ist Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, being inconigibly mutinous and insubordinate, will, of course prove cowards in the hour of danger, and they cannot be permitted to march J with this column of the army. They are dis- j armed and detached from the regiment, and j will report to Brevet Major Radius for such i ; duty in the Castle of San Juan de Ulna, as may j 1 be performed by soldiers who are found un worthy to carry arms, and are a disgrace and a ; nuisiance to the army. Bv order of Brig. Gen. Cushing. W. W. 11. DAVIS, A. A. D. C. I Here follows a list of sixty-five names of the | 1 men above referred to. Our readers will recollect the expedition un der Capt. Wells, to the National Bridge, of j which we published a minute account. Im mediate-y upon returning to Vera Cruz, Capt. \ Wells demanded a court of inquiry. Thefol- ! lowing is the opinion of the court, rendered on 1 the Ist September: Opinion of the Court. —The court are of i opinion that Capt. AVells, 12th Infantry, could j not have saved one ambulance and six wagons, ] or destroyed them without a great sacrifice of life —perhaps the destruction of his whole com mand. That his conduct was ofiicer-likc and ener- ! getie, and that he is not to blame for the loss of the wagons or package of despatches. The court of inquiry of which Lieut. Col. Miles is president, is hereby dissolved. By order of Col. Wilson. (Signed,) 8.11. Arthur, Adj. Ist Inf., A. A. A. Gen’l. Dcp. of Vera Cruz. The James L. Day arrived at Vera Cruz on the 17th inst. from the Brazos. Col. Jack Hays went over on her with the company of Capt. Roberts of his regiment. The Alabama had arrived at Vera Cruz from this port. The steamship New Orleans was at Tampi co at last accounts, but could not get out over tiro bar without lightering. Lighters hud been sent from Vera Cruz to her assistance. We find no other mention of Gen. Lane and his command than is given incidentally in the ! narrative of affairs at Puebla. He was at Pc j rote on the 4th inst., and wo have now no | doubt whatever entered Puebla a very few days j thereafter. The Arco-Iris of the IGth inst., speaks of the extensive preparations making at Volgara ito despatch a train. It says there arc more | than 4000 troops there of all arms. Their ; number leads the editor to conjecture that ! General Patterson has in view an expedition against some State not hitherto invaded by American arms, instead of reinforcing Gcu. ■ Scott. | The same paper has same speculations upon I the probable a- tion of the Congress at Quere taro, but mentions no facts. Among other ! things it mentions that there arc those who pre tend that the minds of the people of the interi or have undergone a change since our occupa tion of the city of Mexico, and that they are dispose 1 for peace upon any terms. We have | little faith in this. i The Genius of Liberty of the 17th inst., gives the following account of an expedition against the guerrillas : Guerrilla Expedition. —The Guerrillas ; have of late become so troublesome and dar ing, and have gathere I in such swarms in the chaparral and other places of ambush in the vicinity of this city, that even the Mexican ■ farmers would not venture in to supply our ! market. In consequence of this state of affairs | Capt. Truett with 200 mounted volunteers ; and Capt. Armstrong with 160, went out on the morning of the 13th inst., by order of Maj. Gen. Patterson, to scour the country and rid it of these marauding robbers, who under the guise of patriotism, infest it to the detriment of the Mexicans as well as the Americans.— According to the orders of Maj. Gen. Patter son, Capt. Truett was to proceed to tire right of the city in a north-westerly direction until ho struck the Orizaba road, which he was to follow turning to the left, while Capt. Arm strong Avas to proceed to the left of the city in a south-westerly direction until it struck the same road, which he was to follow turning to the right. The two detachments were to march with Hankers until they met, and it will he seen, by the arrangement, that any party, flee ing from either of them would run a risk of being encountered by the other. Capt. Truett marched by Santa Fc and Ma tagordera; he found in various places Large quantities of arms and ammunition which he either destroyed or carried away, and succeed ed in killing six guerrilleros. Capt. Armstrong went to Medelin, where there was a great num ber of guerrilleros, but they all made their escape, with the exception of one, who was killed. Hc/c he found a large lot of arms and ammunition, with some of the clothing of the American soldiers, of which he destroyed the greater part and carried the remainder away. He remained at Medelin all night, rccrosscd the river early next morning, and marched in the direction of the Orizaba road. He pro ceeded, however, but a short distance in that direction when he came across the trail of a number of shod horses; he imineniately turn ed in the direction of the trail, and following the tracks, soon arrived at a number of ran chos which were all crowded with guerrilleros. The volunteers charged upon them with their usual impetuosity, driving them away from every rancho with much slaughter. Six bodies were counted lying dead in one yard. In these ranchos were found arms in abundance, among which were those worn by the army and navy officers of the IT. States, but mostly Mexican sabres and British muskets. Capts. Truett and Armstrong returned yesterday, and the man ner in which they conducted the expedition was highly approved of by Maj. Gen. Patter son. IVe have received the above information from an unquestionable source and the facts may be relied upon. A New Jersey paper thus contrasts the two candidates for Governor in that State. “Mr. Harris, (Dcm.) is but a second or third rate lawyer —Mr. Wright, (Whig) is the most dis tinguished saddler in the State.” We begin to think the people arc raving mad after “third rate lawyers.” Mr. Polk was one —he was elected President over the farmer of Ashland ! Col. Towns was another, ; and he has defeated Duncan L. Clinch, “the hero ofWithlacoochie,” and the ‘farmer” of Camden or Habersham we know, not which j perhaps both ! The people are not to be caught by names. Give them a farmer with a I head on his shoulders —well filled with good Democratic principles, and his heart in the right place, and he is their man. The same may be said of the saddler. If he is stuffed with good principles, heTI do- as- well t as any body else, if he is able to ride-the Pe gasus of State. As to Mr. Wright, inparticu- | lar, we think some of his saddles are rather j heavy for the southern market. —Athens Ban- j ner. The Weather. — We have to record the first weather which heralds the approach of winter. During the night before the last, there was a | prodigious change in the thermometer—from summer’s heat to almost winter’s cold. —Yes- terday we had a cold leaden sky, with a wind that seemed to come straight from Nova Scotia. That this change may soon eventuate in a | downfall of rain enough to moisten our streets , wc sincerely wish, as do those we imagine, who have been afflicted with influenzas and 1 kindred complaints brought on by the exces- j i sively dry and dusty weather. —Savannah lle i publican, 28 th inst. i Ship Eli Whitney, Dyer, master, bound for i this port, struck on the North end of the Hun- i ting Island, off Beaufort, on the evening of the 26th inst., at about 10 o’clock. Capt. Dyer i j made the light-boat off Beaufort, and mistaking I it for the one on Martin’s Industry, ran for it, having a look-out at the mast-head. The : moment before the ship Struck, she was iu ten fathoms of water, it being dead low water at j the time. She was among the breakers not more than ten minutes, striking heavily. Ilap -1 pily she was got off without serious damage, j though she leaked sufficiently to require ail j hands at the pumps. We are assured that Blunt’s Coast Pilot for | 1847 takes no notice of the light-boat off Beau j fort. Another ship-master coming to this port I not long since, made a similar mistake, which might have been attended with serious consc i quences.— lb. Ci u gust a, CD catq I a . SATURDAY MORNDTG, OCT. 30. I lip*Proprietors of Warehouses in this city and Hamburg, will confer a favor on us if they j will have the Cotton remaining on hand in | their respective warehouses counted for us at the close of business this afternoon. Dcßow's Commercial Kcvicw for No vember- Our November Number of this valuable j publication has not come to hand although it j has been received in Charleston. The News of 1 that city,speaking of this Number, says—This is one of the best of the series of this commer cial periodical, which is rapidly increasing in popularity. The present number contains several valuable articles. The following is a list of the contents : Statistics of Southern Slave Population. Physical and Moral Condition of the Blacks. American Native Wines. Resources and Progress of Texas. Progress of American and Foreign Com merce, Agriculture and Manufactures. Direct Trade of Southern States with Europe, i The Civil Law. Illinois. Pi’oduction and Manufacture of Wool. Operations of the American Government since 1789. Sugar—Culture and Manufacture of Louisi ana and West Indies. The American Lakes. Theatre. The Company arrived last evening via Charleston, and the Theatre will open on Mon day Evening, with the Play of “The Hunch back,” in which Mr. Forbes will sustain the character of Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. Ward that of Master Walter, Mr. Fuller as Fathom, j Miss Clara Ellis as Julia, and Mrs. Forbes as Helen. The after piece will be “State Secrets,” in which Fuller, Ward, Wolfe, Miss Mitchell, j and Miss Smith will appear. The popular Danscuso, Miss Amclic, will make her first appearance in a favorite Pas Soul. The Company is said to be a good one, and we hope Mr. Forbes will meet with a warm greeting. “Pay as You Cro•” “We expect to see some honest supporter of the Administrtion, who has a horror of na tional debt, move early on the floor of Con gress, to meet hereafter the expenses of the war by a direct tax. This saddling posterity with an enormous Debt to pay lor the amuse j ment of those that now rejoice in the existing | war with Mexico, is a wrong which is not to ibe tolerated. Those that dunce should bo will ! ing to pay the music. Mr. Polk doubtless regards a national debt as a public blessing. Will our neighbor in form us whether such is the creed of “the party.” —Chronicle * Sentinel. Wo would infer from the second and third sentences of the above paragraph in yes terday morning’s Chronicle , that it would be as reasonable to expect that some honest op : poser of the Administration would make the proposition for a direct tax. lie would have in | the above, good honest Whig support for it. We understand the above to be a very clear declaration of the Chronicle in favor of the next | Congress enacting a bill for direct taxation. We arc asked if the doctrine that a national debt is a public blessing is the creed of the democratic party. We believe that the dis tinguished federalist and monarchist, Alex ander Hamilton openly proclaimed that doc- I trine. As the whiggery of 1847 espouses al | most all, if not quite all the federal views of I Hamilton, we arc not sure but that the whigs ■ advocate this doctrine, among others of their extravaganzas. One thing is certain —that in fluential whig journal, the N. Y. Courier S En quirer, did within the last twelve months, pro claim in its columns, that among the incidental benefits of this Mexican war would be a na tional debt of one hundred and fifty millions, 1 which would be a pretext for further high pro i tective duties for the benefit of the manufac turing interests. Yfe know of no democratic | ° presses assuming any such ground, nor do we know of any democrat maintaining the ab . stract proposition that “a national debt is a national blessing.” Those however do advo | cate this doctrine who believe, as do the fa j vored classes for whom protective tariffs are j passed, that they will not called on to pay j the debt —that it will coqic out of the pockets of the masses of the people—and that while ■ the people will be directly paying the revenue to the government which is to pay the nation- I al debt, these very favored classes Avill be i levying another tax of peril aps treble the i amount, on the people, by means of enhanced prices for their manufactured articles. The national debt, patriotically incurred by this country to defend national rights and ! honor in the last war with Great Britain, was a very great blessing to the manufacturers of j I this country. But this load of debt was not , in itself a national blessing. It proved only a j | sectional one. The South paid three-fourths jof it without any corresponding benefit. Still that Avar, was, in its moral upon the : world and its ennobling influences upon our OAA'n people, what the present will proA r o to bo, a great national blessing. The only portion i of the people Avho Avere umvilling to incur the expense of treasure and blood Averc the blue I light federalists of Neav England and a ! fcAV kindred spirits in other States. 1 1 " iPWe like the tone and spirit of the fol- f lowing remarks in the last Columbus Times. They me a portion of an editorial commenting on the recent war tidings, and upon the im pression which the splendid victories of our army must make upon the world. After | touching upon the influence these great events must have upon the European mind, and the ; security from insult and aggression, the re spect and honor that must accrue to us as per manent fruits of this war, the Times gives ex pression to the following truly American and 1 patriotic sentiments. They correspond so en tirely with our own views that we take great j pleasure in copying them : “In Mexico, too, how salutary will be the i ■ effect, and how sadly has it been wanted for 1 twenty-live years past. A country whore an , American citizen has received no protection i from his country’s flag, and where to travel * securely with life and property, he has for a 1 quarter of a century, been obliged to obtain a British passport. Will any groveling mind 1 think of the expenses of a war for such objects as this ? Will any tail to feel taller and proud er, at the glorious, aye,and bloody victories of American arms, over a race that has for years despised, insulted, contemned, and in all pos sible ways injured us, in the persons and pro- j perty of our citizens, and in the honor of our j nation ? Martial law is now proclaimed in Mexico. | Gen. Scott has already levied a contribution \ of $150,000 on that city. This is right. Thank ■ ; God, the olive branch is withdrawn —no more j overtures to be flaunted back in our faces; no more armistices to bo made the masks of more than savage treachery—No more moderation j and forbearance thrown away upon fiends, i who after a battle is over, open their batteries | ; upon ambulances tilled with the dead and dy- j j ing, and the surgeons and soldiers performing | | the sad offices of humanity. The Iron heel of | war, is to be pressed upon this unprincipled i and faithless people, as the only argument to ! ; their reasons, the solitary appeal likely to reach I i their hearts. We call upon the Government to pursue the new course they have marked out with j unrelenting energy and firmness —to cater no | longer to the morbid sensibilities of the peace party —to turn no ear to the complaints of j party opposition; to-day cursing the cruelty i of the war, to-morrow, reviling the spirit of i i lenienc y and forbearance in which it has been ! conducted. The Government has a great Na- | tional duty to perform. Let it do it in spite 1 1 of the maledictions of traitors or the murmers ] and complaints of factionists and fanatics. — i The American people will sustain the Govcm : ment, in any degree of necessary expenditure or preparation. They will as in N. Orleans, | offer their “persons and their private fortunes” to the cause if necessary; and they will crush the men and the factious, whoever and what ever they arc, that dare stand out in opposi tion to the full chastisement and complete Lu | miliation of the insolent and perfidious race that calls Itself, the “magnanimous nation.” — | Public honor and justice, and every conside ration of future National well-being, demand that at this moment, the war should be push ed with renewed and redoubled vigor. We say wage the war, not to “conquer a peace; but to Conquer Mexico. When we have j done it, we can give her that peace which her present rulers have denied her, and which has always been a stranger to her soul. We must subdue, subjugate, humble her in the dust.— The linger of Providence marks out this des tiny. This people is chosen to do it; and that same Providence will shape out the future to hi? own wise and bonifleent purposes and ends. ■ “The Conquest of Mexico, is the only road ; to peace.” ! '/'The French steamship Missouri left New York for Havre, at 11 o’clock on Mon- j day morning. She carries out $75,000 in spe cie, several passengers and a considerable j quantity of freight. from, Suropo- The French steamship Philadelphia, Capt. Besson, was to have left Cherbourg, France, on the 10th inst. for New Y’ork. She will bring one week’s later intelligence, and was j due on Monday. State Agricultural Pair- The annual meeting and fair of the State . Agricultural Society, will be held at Milledge ville on Wednesday, the 17th day of Novem | her, to which officers and delegates of the 1 country Societies and the public generally are ! invited. We subjoin a list of the committees 1 ! appointed to award premiums and for other j 1 purposes: | Committee on Staple Products —Richard Rowell, Harper Tucker, Win. A. Jarratt. Committee on Stock —A. A. Kenan, S. P. Myrick, N. Hawkins. ) Committee on best Treaties for making man- | ure, of Georgia Materials —T. Fort, 1 L. Har | ris, Daniel R. Tucker. : Committee on best treaties for planting and j tilling Cotton —A. Jarratt, Sam. Buffington, ' Jr., James Dickson. I Committee for best treatise on planting and 1 cultivating Corn —S. Grantland, Benj. S. Jordon, H. V. Johnson. ladies’ department. Committee for making the awards to the manufactures of the Ladies—Green H. Jordan, j John 11. Brown, George Murph. Committee on Manufactures and Agricuku- i | ral Improvements —John S. Thomas, O. 11. P. j Bonner, George D. Case. Committee of Arrangements, whoso duty it will be to select and have prepared a suitable 1 site for the exhibition of the Fair, &c., &c. —M. ; J. Kenan, R. 11. Ramsay, Wm. 11. Scott, i Committee to confer with the authorities of the State Association, to secure the services of a suitable orator on the occasion—M. Grieve, | Dr. John R. Cotting, Rev. S. K. Talmagc. Persons competing for the premiums on Treatises, arc requested to hand their produc tions to the first named committeeman in the ' respective departments for which they con- i tend, at least eight days previous to the Fair, | ; that the committee may have time to bestow that attention upon them it is believed their importance will merit, and that they may be prepared to report at the time the other awards j are made. A. W. REDDING, R. M. ORME, M. GRIEVE, I. L. HARRIS, Committee of Arrangements. Departure of Troops- The Mobile Advertiser of 25th inst., says— “ThcU. S. steamers Fashion, and Col. Stanton, ! arrived at this port on. Saturday evening from | New Orleans, and sailed again yesterday for Vera Cruz, with ninety four men. and horses on hoard, being a portion of the Georgia bat talion of Cavalry. “The remainder of the battalion we learn, will leave during the present week. The New Orleans papers state that the Beaufort District and the Galveston steamers, have been | chartered by the Government, for the purpose, and mav be expected here in a day or two.” i The Chrand Lodjc The Macon Journal & Messenger of tho 27th inst. says—“ The Grand Lodge of Georgia opened its annual communication yesterday in this city, R. W. John Hunter and A. Benton, Deputy Grand Masters, presiding. M. W, Grand Master W. C. Dawson was detained by important business at Jasper Superior Court, but is expected to arrive to-day. There is present, we learn, a very general representa tion of Subordinate Lodges, now numbering over sixty in the State. “To-morrow at 11 o’clock, A. M. an address will be delivered before the Grand Lodge at the Presbyterian Church, by R, D. Arnold, M. D. of Savannah, a gentleman of decided talent and deserved reputation. In the after noon, it is expected that a monument will be erected with the usual Masonic ceremonies by tho order to, the memory of our late and la mented fellow-citizen, Dr. Ambrose Baber.— ibe procession will probably move from the Masonic Hall, to the Cemetery about half-past 2 o’clock.” New York and New Jersey- The New York election takes place on Mon day next, tho Ist proximo. It is the first election for State officers under the new con stitution and possesses unusual interest. The democrats, whigs, anti-renters, national re formers, and all parties, except natives, are in the field with separate tickets. In the great democratic party there is a rupture. The New Jersey election takes place, under the new constitution, on Tuesday next, and lasts, wc believe, but one day. Daniel Haines is the democratic and Wm. Wright the whig cauuidate for Governor. Mr. Louis F. Tasistro, who left Washington yesterday morning in the Southern mail-boat, has, it is said, carried but important despatch es from the State Department to General Scott —probably in reference to the course to be pursued by the latter in the event of any offer of peace being made by Mexico. —Alexandria Gazette. Manifest Destiny.—Tho Rev. Geo. White, who it will be recollected is engaged in com piling the Statistics of Georgia, in a recent | discourse in Savannah, relates the following remarkable and beautiful incident in regard to ; the old ship Constitution, which boro our flag 1 so proudly in the last war with Great, Britain. “The timbers of this vessel were cut out in ! the woods of Georgia, and it can be vouched for by the most satisfactory evidence, that at tho time when the people of tho United States wore rejoicing over the victories of the Consti tution, a laurrel (emblem of victory) was seen to spring up in the crevice of a stump, the re mains of a tree from which some of her tim bers were cut, and which finally grew to the height of 14 feet !” We should like to know of the Reverend gentleman, if the laurel is “still there?” Or I did it wither and die when “old Iron Sides’’ was cut up into barouches and wa king sticks ? —Athens Banner. WBjarar ' i tnii nn' 11 m u n iiti i■i wn MARRIED. At Charleston, on the evening of the 26th inst., by the Rev. Dr. Smyth, Dr. J. W. | Spear, of this city, to Miss M. A., eldest daughter of James Stillman, Esq., of Charles -1 ton, S. C. DIED, In this city, on the 21st inst., Mrs. Ellen Har riet Bull, wife of A. G. Bull, and daughter of | William and Martha Micou, in the 34th year of ! her age. In tiie death rs this intelligent, amiable and Christian lady, a numerous circle of relatives and friends are called to mourn the loss of one whoso ; generosity and noble disinterestedness excited, at | ail times, their warmest affection and most devot j ed love—and the Episcopal Church, of which she was for many years a devout communicant, parts with a bright and shining light. The pleasing recollection of the sweet compo sure. and calm resignation with which she viewed the King of Terrors in his approach, and the Chris | tian faith and hope which cheered her, even when i entering the gloomy vale, affords solid and substan tial comfort to those who mourn her untimely end, for “Sweet is the scene where virtue dies. Where sinks the pious soul to rest.” Co in m e r t ia I. CHARLESTON,Oct.29. — Cotton. —The Upland market yesterday continued in a languid state, I buyers evincing no disposition to operate freely. 1 The sales amounted to 532 bates at prices ranging , from 8 a {R, principally 1 qualities. Rice. —A free demand, with firm prices, continue to rule the market. A prime lot of 1509 bids, wai taken yesterday for the French market at $4. Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot. ! Sy Magnetic Telegraph- NEW YORK, Oct. 26—8 P. M. The flour market is firm, with a good Eastern ! and home demand—sales of Genesee at $6.56 a i $6,62, and Southern $5,68 a $6.75. Corn meal i quiet. The general feeling in flour is rather bet i ter. Receipts comparatively light. Holders of wheat are firm, but buyers do not ! seem much disposed to meet them. A sale 012500- bushels prime Genesee at 147 cts; red is worth 130 a 135 cts; mixed 140 cents. Sales of mixed Corn at 73 cts. and yellow do. 75c. —about 20,000 bushels taken, and in steady de mand. Oats 48 a49 cts., and in good request; Rye | 93 a 91 cts. The Cotton market remains heavy and prices i in favor of buyers. About 1200 bales sold. WETUMPKA, (A laT)Oc t? 26.— Cotton.—Bj the arrival of the steamer Cambria, 16 days later from Liverpool, news of a decline of I} cent has been received here, which consequently caused a sudden depression in this market. Some few bales have been disposed of by planters in this market since this arrival, and we would not be jus titled in giving quotations higher than from to 71 cents. Slipping Jutelligntcf. ARRIVAL FROM SAVANNAH. Brig Savannah, Dixon, New York. MEMORANDA. The ship Europe, Mercier, for Charleston, old at New York 26th iust. The ship Sutton, Galloway, for Charleston, sail ed from New York 26th inst. The line ships South Carolina, Hamilton, to clear 30th; Columbia,Galloway,to clear 26th. for Charles ton. were advertised at New York on the 25th inst. The ship Ontario, from New York, for Charles ton, was spoken 23d inst. 60 miles from the Hook. 2 days out. The brigs Emma. Dickinsoa. to-sail 26fh inst., for Charleston, and the Thomas Walter, Marsbrnan, with despatch, were up at Philadelphia 25th inst- CHARLESTON, Oct. 29.—Arc. ship Sullivan, N. York; brig Souther, Mayo, Boston; schr. Choc taw,Blake well, New Bedford; schr. Three Sisters, Sanders, Newport, (R. 1.;) schr. Orion, \\ ass,New London. In the Roads—ship llaidee, Soule, Boston. Cld, ship 11. Allen, Campbell. New York; bm« Emily, Robinson, New \ork; Emma, Hughes, Li* l timore. . SAVANNAH. Oct. 28.—Arr. ship Eh Vi hitney, Dver. Boston; brig Macon, Hoey, New York, a G. J. Jones, Look, New York, 4 day? steamer Jno. Randolph, Phil pot, Augusta. Departed, steamer John Randolph, Philpot. - gusta.