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I.
To love and l>e beloved again—to feel
That one heart beats responsive to our own ;
To cherish joys that words can ne’er reveal,
Gentle and lovely as the dying tone
Os far-off music; logo strongly forth
On life’s rough journey, girt with Woman’s love,
And Woman’s truth, jewels of priceless worth,
That sorrow s dim not, trials can but prove ;
To stand with her bestde the shrines were lie
Our household gods—to feel her true hand press
Our own in silence, while within her eye
Glistens (lie tear of holy tenderness;
To listen to a voice whose every lone
Tells us that we on earth are. not alone.
[From the U. <B. Gaxelie ]
POSTMALTER GENERAL’S REPORT.
We find in the New York Courier & En
quirer of yesterday, the Report of the Post
in'* ter General. It has the merit ol brevity,
and is a plain and sensible exposition of the
affairs of his department during the year.—
The income of the Post Office during the
year ending tiie 30lh June, 1846, the first
under the new law, was §3.487.199 35,
which shows a decrease of §802,624 45.
This diminution arises chiefly from loss on
letter postage, but among other causes are
mentioned expresses, by which letters are
regularly delivered, the collection and trans
mission of letters, directed to different per
sons, under one envelope,by which the deparl
meht gets, on the aggregate weight, but a
n 1 nr? o P *
dollar or two in postage, when it should have
five or ten dollars. ‘'Cargo letters’* are also
made the veheicles of fraud, and the immense
mass of printed circulars, transient newspa
pers, etc., which are not called for ere re-
Insed, constitute a heavy item of expense in
the matter of transportation. To these must
be added the “dead letters” which amount to
nearly two millions annually.
To remedy these evils, he recommends
that the rate for single letters be reduced to
one quarter of an ounce, except in case of a
letter weighing less than halt an ounce and
written on a single sheet. That the same 1
power granted to the Revenue Department j
to prevent a violation of its revenue laws, be !
gianted to the Post Office Depa,tment.— ;
[ This it need hardly be said, would not be !
tolerated. Men may be permitted to tumble '
about goods, and hunt af'er silks among ;
teas, or fine wool among cotton, but it will i
scarcely answer, to make the fingers of the
department busy around the seals, and inti
mate with tiie currents of the private corres- !
poddence of the country]
Letters relating to cargoes, he thinks, |
should be unsealed and subject to the inspec- j
tionoftbe Post Office Agent, and that postage i
nn newspapers be so adjusted as to approach ;
more nearly the cost of transportation and
delivery, fWe are afraid the Postmaster
General will find the matter of cheap trans
portation of newspapers a necessary evil.] —
Transient newspapers, or others sent by those
who are not publishers should, he think?, be
rated higher than others. All printed mat
ter, al>o, should be prepaid, and all letters
prepaid or rated double. 'This last sugges
tion is a very good one, for if a correspon
dence is worth anything at all, it is worth
paying for.
'The income during the period above men
tioned was §4,084,*297,22, and the deficiency
as compared with the receipts §597,097,87.
This deficiency was supplied by drafts on the
contingent fund of §050,000 provided for by
liW.
The mail service of the United States, ex
clusive of Texas, is performed by 3.530 con
tracts on 4,285 post routes, the aggregate
length of which is 149.G79 miles. Tiie trans
portation of the year, up to 30th June last,
amounted to 37,398,414 miles, at a cost, by
contract, of §2,605,878. This is an excess
of service over last year, in the length of
routes, of 5,739 miles, and of annual trans
portation, of 1,764,145 miles, at a diminution
of expense of §202,913. There is an excess
in the cost of mail agencies, of §4.893, and
about §9,189 for four and-a-half months
transportation of mails in 'Texas from 6lh
February to 30th June, 1846; which is to be
deducted from this saving, which will reduce
it to §188,831. A great saving has been ef
fected in the re-leiling of the contracts in
New England and New York, and another,
equal to thirty-three per cent, has been made
in the re-lettmg of contracts in the North
western aacl Southwestern Stales and Terri
tories.
'The deductions from the pay of contractors
for irregularities in the performance of mail
duty, amount to §26.273 54.
The mail service in 'Texas has not been
•atislactorily performed, one of the mail
boats having been lost in a storm—but it is
expected to be placed soon on a permanent
footing.
On the 30th June there were 14,601 post
offices; 877 were established during the year,
and 459 discontined—making an actual in
crease of 418. At this lime the number is
14,793. Nearly one-third oft he post offices
in the United Stales have been voluntarily
vacated since tiie act of 1845, owing to the
consequent increases of labor and the abate
ment of privileges and compensation. The
onerous manner in which the law presses on
Postmaster* and clerks is briefly but clearly
shown; but while the evil is lamented uo
remedy is suggested.
It is evident the Postmaster thinks the De
partment should have control of the lines of
telegraph, and he again urges his opinions
tpou the attention of Congress.
The contractors to carry the mail between
NewVorkand Bremen, are progressing as
rapidly as possible in the completion of their
ateamships. A line from Charleston by Ha
vana to Chagres, in steamers, and from Pa
nama in sail or steam vessels, to Oregon, is
again recommended as a subject for legisla
tive authority to authorize.
In conclusion he speaks again of the Tele
graph—of the fact that it supersedes the
Post Office; announces that he has possessed
himself ol all necesnary information in case
Congress should thing of making a purchase
of the lines.
The I an Aws Case.— 1 he correspondent
of the Baltimore American of Dec. 7th, says :
** The darkest picture of alt presented itself
in the Van Ness case to-day. The Rev. Mr.
Ketchum, before alluded to in the testimony
—making oath that Mrs. Van Ness, claiming
to be, approached him with a bribe, and of
—————
sered him almost any snrn, with the promise
of an adminstraforship to the estate, If he
would provide her with a certificate bf mar
riage. There will be a searching cross ex-
D O
animation to-morrow, and an attempt made
to impeach the witness or destroy the testi
mony.”
[From the Baltimore Clipper , Dec. 10.]
Prenidcut’a Alessage.
We had barley time to state in yester.
day’s paper, the heads of the various to
pics discussed in this voluminous docu
ment, without offering any opinion as to
the general merits of the production; and,
indeed, we had not given it that careful
examination which should always precede
approval or censure. We have since
read the message with attention,.and we
will add, with much interest. We know
not what impression it has made ti|>on the
minds of others, but we cannot withhold
the expression of our gratification at the
full and satisfactory manner in which
the President has discussed our relations
with Mexico. He has gone thoroughly
into the subject; and, assuming that he
has given a fair and correct narrative of
the transactions between the two coun
tries, he has proved, at least to our satis
faction, that we had abundant cause for
war with Mexico, and that he was justifi
ed in the various precautionary steps
which he took to protect the territory ol the
United States from Mexican aggression.
Government has a duty to discharge to
wards every citizen of the Union, that of
i protecting his person and properly from
injury by a foreign power. This duty
remained undischarged, in relation to the
injuries received from Mexico, for a se
ries of years—and, until, in fact, the
rights of American citizens had ceased to
be regarded as of any importance by the
Mexican authorities* 'That would not
have been the case, had our government
acted with more promptness and decision.
The subjects of other powers were res.
peeled, because their governments de
manded redress, without delay, for in
juries inflicted; whilst our forbearance
only encouraged Mexico, to repeal her
aggressions. The President has review,
ed, with calmness and candor, the vari
ous instances in which Mexico has exhi
-1 Idled had faith towards us; and has shown
j ample justification for war against her
long anterior to the period at which it
; commenced.
We have examined the message with
| out any feeling of pa rtialily or prejudice
! —if any thing, perhaps, more disposed to
| find fault than to approve, because our
i impressions have been, that war could
; have been honorably avoided. But there
is not a word in the message, in reference
; to our transactions with Mexico, which
■ we would desire to have blotted out —and
' we are convinced that its perusal will
more firmly than ever unite the American
people on the necessity of prosecuting the
war with unremitting vigor, until! the
enemy shall sue for peace. Mexico de
serves to be chastised into better manners;
j for she has treated us with comternpt, in
sult and outrage.
Nor shall we find fault with the rea
sons assigned by the Piesident, for not
| obstructing the passage of ISaiila Anna
I from Havana to Vera Cruz. Tiie sub
| version of the government of Paredes
! could not injuriously affect our interests,
1 whilst the elevation of Santa Anna might
facilitate the conclusion of peace. In
j deed, we yet entertain strong hopes, that
his presence in Mex ico will be the moans
j of pulling an honorable termination lo the
war.
It will be seen that general Kearney
and Capl. Stockton were authorized to
form temporary governments for the pro
vinces of New Mexico and the Califor
nie>; but; as the message is stlenl in re
fereuce lo the annexation of these proviu
ces to the Union, by the officers named,
we must presume that the act was not
authorized by the President, hut was an
| assumption of power on their part. To
i the organization of temporary govern
merits there can be no objection—indeed,
it would appear to be an indispensable
duty, in order to preserve peace and good
order, and to have justice duly adminis
tered.
'The President, has not donbt, substan
tial reasons for reiterating the request
made near the close of the last session of
j congress, that the sum of two millions of
dollars may be placed at his disposal, to
be accounted, for as other public monies.
We would grant it, because it might be
the means of saving many millions to the
country. In negotiations which may
take place between this country and
Mex ico, it is not unlikely that our govern
ment may feel disposed lo acquire the
Calfornias—nor is it improbable that thev
would be granted for a consideration.—
In such a negotiation, part payment in
cash might become necessary. At all
events, it is not to be presumed, that the
President would apply the money lo an
improper purpose.
Whilst we would unite in the protest
against the issue by Mexico of blank com
missions for privateering, we differ from
the message as to her right lo naturlize
citizens in her own way. We hold to
the doctrine for which we fought England
—and, therefore, cannot agree, that it
j would be right lo treat as pirates, those
foreigners who may become naturalized
citizens of Mexico, or engage on board
her privateers. Nor do we think that
circumstances require the issue ofletters
of marque and reprisal against veesels
bearing the Mexican flag. Privateers
i ° ®
do not always respect the rights of
trals; and some unhappy colision might
involve us in future difficulties. Mexico
has no commerce to harrass, nor have we
much dread of her privateers; for we
doubt whether any will be commissioned.
The message, of course, sustains the
new tariff, which has been only a few
days in operation. It is an experiment,
the result of which time must determine.
Should it be as favorable to (he interests
df the country, as is anticipated in the
message, it Will be happy for the nation.
We should hava preferred the continu
ance of the tariff of 1842, because its be.
neficial efiecls were already experienced;
but if the present tariff should contribute
slid nvore to the general prosperity of the
country, we shall rejoice;
A illexicaii Jo in of Arc*
The well known Army correspondent of
the N. Y. Spirit of the Times, “G. de L.”
writes as follows in relation to a female who
figured in the battles of Monterey:
It is staled and generally believed that a
company of lancers was commanded bv a
woman. Her name is Dos Amades. Seized
with a pa' riotic spirit, she nnsexed herself and
dressed in a full suit of a captain of lancers;
she desired to be led against I fie foe; and
swore that she would never yield until the
“Northern barbarians' 5 were driven from her
naial land, or until she bad shed the last drop
i of blood in defence of her native country.
1 Previous to our attack, she was paraded
' before the troops, and greatly excited and
j augmented their courage. Sue harangued
them ami disired to be posted at that spot
where the first shot should fall, and where
the thickest of the battle should wage. It is
reported that on the 21st she led the charge
of lancers which proved fatal to some of our
command—‘among the number the lamented
Field. There’s an example of heroism worthy
the davsofolci! It has remained for Mexico
to produced second Joan of Arc, but not like
her, successful. 1 would liavegiven a ureal
deal to have seen her ladyship.
The adventures of this girl, who was said
lo be the daughter of a former Governor ot
Nneva Leon, were the common talk at Mon
terey a few days alter the battle. It was
said that, fatigued and worn out by her ex
ertions, she knocked at the window of a
house in the caile demortlos on the night ot
the 23d September, not knowing that some
ot Hays’s Texans had picked their way into
llie very room. The lady of the house, who
: was an intimate friend of the girl, quietly
told her this circumstance, when sue re
| mounted her horse and rode towards the
! Grand Plaza. The suspension of hostilities
i on the following morning induced her lo doff
| her uniform and return to her family, and
after that we heard no farther of her move
ments, Should some Mexican writer recount
tiie exploits of this Maid of Monterey, for there
is iit tit? doubt she was foremast in many of
the fights, they might throw in the shade the
feats of the celebrated Maid of Saragossa.-—-
iV. (J. Picayune..
The President's Message. — The general
* I ®
reception ot this document has been highly
favorable, and none hut the most violent of
the Whig papers are found lo disparage it.
A letter Irom New York speaks as follows
of its effect on popular opinion in that city:
Chareslon Mercury.
“ The great theme of the President’s mes
sage is at present engro.-snig tne pnh ic mind
here to as great an extent as it does lue
voluminous and exceedingly well executed
document, which appears to have revived
the subject in all its original fresi ness and
vigor. The political war in our local party
press has been renewed, 100, on this great
subject 'Plie staid old Commercial almost
confesses lo a conversion lo the cause by toe
arguments and expositions of the message;
whilst the wrath of the Tribune waxes hotter,
and the bitterness of the Expre.-s becomes
stronger ot gaul, because Lite giant Courier
exceeds even the Globe ami the Evening
Post in its approval ot the whole war ground
co ered by I fie President, A similar result
is observable amongst the people* There is
less ot discent to Hie war to be heard amongst
the ma.-ses, whilst its most violent opponents
have become still mure eager in their op
position.”
Correspondence o f Ike Baltimore Bun.
Washington, Dec. 11, 1846.
Senor Zeva, Hie Mexican gentleman who
was here to treat for the independence of the
Northern provinces of Mexico, and tor their
admission into the Union as independent
States, takes his departure to-morrow morn
ing. The milter ends, as I predicted, in
smoke. We are in possession of those pro
vinces by military force and conquest, and
any treaty, under such circumstances,would,
ot course, be nugatory. We have conquer
ed these provinces from Mexico, and need
not, after being in possession ot liiem, treat
with the cenquered subjects in regard to
their future independence. This, to use a
| very vulgar English proverb, would be rather
; 100 much pork tor a shilling.
; It is considered very probable that Gover
-1 nor Bag by will go to France, and that Col.
William It. King, of Alabama, will return to
| the U. S. Senate.
Mr. Sevier will, in all probability, receive
j the required vote lor Chairman of the com
i miltee on foreign relations in that body. I
think Gen. Cass rather likes this more than
deprecates it. Though Air. Sevier is a 49-er,
tie was for the annexation of Texas, and oc
cupies a middle ground between him and Col.
Benton, who was a 49-er and an anli-annexa
tionist, until he could no longer avoid giving
his assent to the measure.
You will perceive,from various indications,
that the old ai.d tried friends of Mr. Clay,
are not yet whipped in, but on the contrary,
disposed lo stand out from the Webster de
nunciation of the war. The National Intel
ligencer, in spite of its usual ability, cannot
make fight against the organ on that point,
and may yet discover that it has sacrificed
too much lo its f riendship, for the other wing
of the party.
The very sensible remarks of the New
York Courier & Enquirer, on the President’s
Message,as far as it speaks ot tne caused
and origin of the war, are a foreshadowing
of what the friends of Henry Clay thinks of it,
and of their determination to stand bv the
executive, as regards that great and leading
measure of his administration. Their motto
will be “Our Country, right or wrong/” but
after the able exposition of tfie President,
the conclusion that we are right, will be
irresislably forced on the country.
There is evidently a strong disposition, in
both Houses, but more particularly in the
Senate, to ameliorate Hie condition of tire
volunteers, and to bestow on them some token
of the national gratitude. Tne resolution of !
Mr. Crittenden to that effect, was very la- I
vorably received, and a bill, embodying the !
substantial part of his views will nodouut be
introdncled and pass both Houses. This is
another index to the course of conduct which
the friends of Mr. Clay mean lo pursue in
regard to the war. They ascribe his defeat
in 1844 lo his course in regard to the an
nexation of Texas, and will not be caught in
the same snare in 184 G.
Thus far the whole independent press of j
the country has expressed itself unhesilal
mgly and plainly in favor of the message, ]
and its effect on the west can scarcely be
doubtful. The men from Kentucky know
that and mean in their proceedings inGongress
I and the press to guard against it in time. I
| predict there will be two divisions of the op
j position as soon as the committees are organ
! ized, and that the opposition, by their furious
| onslaught on the administration at the very
I beginning of the session will force the latter
j to unite and organize as one man.
i The Calhoun men aae the only ones now
who have not, as yet, made their pronuttcia
i menio. They are the waiters on Providence
! for the time being, and will only show lhair
hands in she melee.
The debate on Mr. Garret Davis’ resolu
| tion promises to become a hot and fiery one,
; and many members are already preparing
! long speeches lor the occasion, which they
| mean to inflict not only on theia hearers, but
also on their constituents* Heaven protect
i the country I
As far as I can understand, an amendment
| will be offered to the effect lhat the President
j be requested lo furnish the instructions given
! to Gen. Kearney and Com. Stockton, provi
ded the same be not incompatible with the
pnqlic interest; and with this amendment it
I vvill probably be carried. 1 think lhat the
President will furnish them. The expecta
! lions of members is that the President may
think it proper to withhold them, and that
by lhat means, a constructive blAme may at
tach lo this ivanl ofcommunicativeness. —
Where no positive proof is furnished, there is
room for all sorts of suspicion; but the Presi
dent will give them no such opportunity.
From the temper of the House of Repre
sentatives, it may safely be inferred that they
j will spend the first half of the session in falk
i mg and drilling; but that they will go through
a good deal of business toward the
ing, as much as Ties in their power, an extra
i ordinary session in May next.
The Report of the Secretary of thaTrea
: snry is a master piece. It is a business and
■ statesmanlike, and philosophical in the high
; est. sense of the word. It is, if possible,even
a stronger document than (he Message itself,
and reflects the highest credit at home and
abroad on the intelligence and patriotism of
; our public functionaries.
| Mr. Frederic William Thomas, a genlle
j man of high literary reputation, and an ex
cellent lecmrer on literature, will, it is uii-
I derstnod, receive the appoint menl of Professor
j of Elocution at tire Alabama University, A
iarge circ e of personal friends ami admirers
j of Air. Thomas’ talents will rejoice at tins
news. Mr. Thomas is a native of Suuih
Carolina, but was educated in the state of
Maryland.
Miss Burdell Cnulls and Prince Tonis \n
poleon.—One of I lie Paris correspondents of
i the Courier des Etats Unis speaks of (he
j marriage of Miss Burden Conits and Prince
Louis as a ifnng of course, and speculates on
the probability of “thedaughter and heiress of
a Convent Garden actress becoming Empress
of France, Queen of Italy, Protectress of the
Confederation of the Rhine, and Mediatrix of
1 the Swiss Confederation,”
& A Patriot. —A young man who went off
vviih the Philadelphia Volunteers lor Mexico
on Wednespay, was worth, it ia said, a for
tune of *3140,000, which he left to shoulder
a musket as a private soldier, and sfiare the
hardships ot a soldier’s life.
I ICTThe Chrome.e & Sentinel says “Father
, Ritchie and his co-laborers are sick of (he
name of Whig,” and that “lhat word cannot
be mtered without suggesting the term Tory.”
i That journal is mistaken* The term Whig
when applied to those who now go by that
; name, suggests another word descriptive of
a character poetically represented by Pollok,
as one.
“Who steals the livery of Heaven
'Lo serve the devil in.”
The Annual Report of lhe Postmaster
j General reflects great honor on that officer
and his assistants in the department. They
have accomplished gigantic results with coin
i paratively small means, and we hope Con
gress will not overlook the just claims of the
industrious clerks whose interests and health
have been sacrificed to ensure the success of
the cheap postage system. That system is
now safely and firmly established; ere many
years it will be paying great revenues, and
sound policy and justice demand fair com
pensation for those who have aided in aecom
j plishing results so important. W'e shall no
j tice the Postmaster General’s able reports
more in detail hereafter.— N. V. Sun,
[From the Savannah Republican, Dec. 15.]
\V e give place, with great pleasure, to the
subjoined correspondence. Capt. McMahon
deserves, what this correspondence proves
lhat fie fiossesses, (he confidence and esteem
! of his fellow-citizens:
SAVANNAH, Dec. 12, 1846.
To Capt. John McMahon—
Dear Sir:—A large portion of your fellow
citizens, anxious lo manifest their high re
gard for you as a man, and their unqualified
| approbation of your conduct as a soldier in
1 the trying scenes through which you have
■ been called lo pass, have directed us, in their
name, to tender lo you a public dinner at
such lime as may be convenient to you. It
is, Sir, a duty which we discharge with great
pleasure/and hope that your engagements
i will not prevent you from yielding to the
: wishes of your friends and fellow-citizens.
JOHN E. WARD,
C. B. CLUSKEY,
M. PREN DERG AST.
G. B. GUMMING.
HENRY HAULER.
SAVANNAH, DEC. 14th, 1846.
Gentlemen: —l have the pleasure to acknow
ledge for myself and the brave Volunteers
who represent the city or Oglethorpe in the
Mexican war—the Irish Jasper Green —your
complimentary letter of the 12th insl.
Whilst I fully appreciate the spirit and
kindness by which you are actuated, and
would be more than gratified lo comply with
your request, I am, nevertheless, obliged, from
circumstances of an unavoidable character, ;
to respeclfully decline the honor, - |
You will please, therefore, accept for your |
selves and those whom you represent, my
best wishes; and, with sentiments of high
consideration for the prosperity of onr com*
j moil country, lam, gentlemen, your ob’t.
I serv’t.,
j. McMahon.
To John E. Ward,C. B. Clnsky, M. Pren- |
dergast, G. B. Cumining, Henry Harper) j
Esqs.
*
Late from Havana. — Capt. Etchberger, of .
the brig Midas, arrived here on Saturday
from Havana, which place she left on I lie 2d
inst., bringing dates later than those receiv- j
1 ed via New Orleans. In relation to the pros
! pect of fitting out privateers in Cuba, Capt.
| E. tells us that a Mexican officer was in |
1 Havana, with commissions for letters of
I •
marque—that lie asked SI,OOO a piece for !
them, but could find no purchasers. The
impression of Gen. Campbell, the American
Consul was that no privateers would be filled
out in Cuba. It is pretty strongly believed
that the reports which find their way into she
papers, are got up by interested parties, En
glishmen, perhaps, who desire to get the
carrying trade, &c.
Some of the officers and crew of the U. S. i
ship Boston, had arrived at llavanua in an i
English sceoouer from Nassau.
The English mail steamer from England, i
duo at Havana on the 20ih ult., had not ar
rived up to 12 o’clock on the 2d; (ears tor her
safely were beginning to be fell.
Capl. E. could hear of no news from Mexi- j
re.
Freights were dull for American vessels—
i the new crop of Molasses was beginning to
come in. —Baltimore Sun, Dec 14.
AUGUSTA, GE(L
THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 17. 1816.
O” The following gentlemen were elected
! Directors of the Augusta Insurance and 1
I K
1 Banking Company for the ensuing year:—
VV. W, D’Antignac, Hays Bowdre, L. Hop
kins, L. Cress and J Hope.
At a subsequent meeting of the Board, Mr. j
\V. M. D’Anlignac was re-elected President.
GR All A.M'S MAGAZINE.
We have received from tlie publishers, in
advance, the January No. of this fashionable
and highly popular Magazine. We believe
it is at tne head ol the elegant periodiul lite
rature for parlor reading in our country.
The embellishments are always in the high
est style of art, each number furnishing a
treat to the eye, and an ornament to the cen.
tro tables of boudoirs and drawing rooms, j
'The present number lias a finely executed
plate ol Fashions, and an exquisite mezzotint
j engraving. The literature of this number,
i both the poetry and prose, are in keeping
with its embellishments and typographical
execution—in faultless lu&te, graceful and 1
elegant.
Such works exert a purifying influence
upon public taste, and infuse the charm of
elegance and refinement into the conversa- j
tion of these circles where they are habitu
ally read.
The Prospectus is rather long for ns to
publish. But for such a number as is sent
us, we will always cheerfully give a pujf, and
do it with a clear conscience, and with bene- ,
! fit we think to society.
Graham’s Magazine, is published at Phila
delphia, monthly, at $3.00 per annum.
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(LTTIte impartial reader, who does not
■ view r every national q lestion as a mere par
tizan, and through the discolouring mists of
party prejudice,will he pleased with the afti
j cle which we publish to-day, from the Balti
! more Cl pper, on the President’s Mes« <age. :
| The Clipper is, as will be perceived, a Whig
j paper. It is a paper of extensive circulation,
and high respectability. It is a paper whose
good opinion and influence are worth having;
because it is capable of forming a just opi
nion on the acts of a political opponent, and
it has the magnanimity to express that opi- ,
nion when formed. This is more than can
be said of some of the Whig papers, who.-e
penny a-liners consider that it is the true rule
of political tactics to condemn an opponent
for his acts, justly if they can, but condemn
him anyhow .
It is quite refreshing to meet with in
stances of cool, dispassionate and fair criti- |
cism, which will serve to refute a familiar j
cynical remark,
’’The age of virjuous politics is past."
The patriotic heart must swell with pride
and gratification in the consciousness that ,
our country has not acted quite as disgrace
fully as it has been the policy of heated poli
ticians to assert in portraying her conduct.
The sentiment of the masses—-the people
is with the government. If the lone of the
public press can indicate anything, nothing
is more evident than that the people will
sustain this war against Mexico with enthu
siasm, and consent to its termination
until every one of the manifold wrongs in
flicted up >n us is fully redressed.
The Baltimore Clipper doubts the policy i
of having allowed the return of Santa Anna ;
| to Mexico. We are of the same way of
j thinking,so far as that policy was based upon
i any calculation of the fidelity of Mexican
honor to plighted engagements, or of adhe
rance to truth, when falsehood would serve
the same purpose. The calculation of the
I President however, we believe to have been
| correct, that it was impossible to lose any
I thing in our efforts to secure a peace, by the i
| return of Santa Anna, since it was impossi
l ble that he could be more inimical to a peace
ful settlement than Paredes was declared to ;
be. The cause of peace therefore, had every
thing to gain, and nothing to lose by any
event which should overthrow the power of
i Paredes the war President.
i !
We are not sorry that Santa Anna is again
■ in Mexico, and we hope that some of Col.
I Hays’ Texan Rangers will be again as near
to him as they w ere upon the celebrated field
1 of San Jacinto, and with like results.
O'We find the following in the Southern
i Recorder of the 15th inst. We publish it for !
what it is worth, but with the remark that it ;
; is impossible that it can be true. It is either
' a hoax, or it is the letter of gome one gifted \
1 i
1 with secoiul sight , and may possibly be an il
i lustration that
1 “Coming events cast their shadows before.”
The Mexican Congress was to have con
vened on the Ist Monday in December, th©
7th inst. We do not understand therefor©
how such important events could have trans
j pired in Mexico after that date, and the newa
! be conveyed to Milledgeviile by the 15th
I inst., as no Magnetic Telegraph was brought
I in to aid (he transmission ;
! PROBABLE PEACE AT LAST, AND
j FROM AN UNEXPECTED Q.UARTER.
We are favored by a friend, at present on a
visit to this city, wilo the perusal of a. letter from
Pensacola just received, which brings the intel
! ligence ot the arrival ol the U S. ship Si, Ma
j ry s, just from Vera Cruz direct, bringing the
-important information that Herrera ha* Inert
| ejected President of Mexico by the Mexican
Congress. Santa Anna has decamped from San
! Luis with 7000 men, and nobody seems to know
; bis point of destination—supposid to he Ihe city
of Mexico, or It- vicinity. He is again in as bail
a box as ever in his own country. Herrera, the
new President, it will be remembered, is the pea< o
Presid. nt. Formerly President, he it was who
I was in favor ot receiving our minister, Mr. Sli
! dell, and in favor of peace with the U. State-;
and on this account was displaced rum the Exe
cutive by Paredes, liis present election, wu
| take it for granted, is tantamount to the deciura-
I tion of the Alexican Coujre-s in favor of peace.
| As such, we had it us a most propitioas event for
Mexico, as well as a happy » xlriealion from tbs
injurious position into which our country ban
been fooiisuiy hurried by Mr. Polk and his advi
se r».
y~V* TEr f( Slowing is an extract from n wc|«
written article in the December No. of Hunt's
Merchants’ Magazine, by Prof. McCoy, entitled
THE COTTON TRADE.
Taking then these resit ts, we have the com
parative supply and demand .or Eu r ope and Amer
ica as follows: - -
supply. Dales.
Crop of the United States, 2,OUU,OUd
Receipts from the East Indies, JSO.UUU
“ “ all ’other countries, JUOtXMJ
Total supply, 2,15U.01HJ
DKMAND.
Wants of the United Shales, -150,0'JU
Great Britain, 1,-150,050
“ France, Belgium, Holland,
Germany and Austria, 000.OOd
| Average Eng,isn export toother countries, 50 uOO
Estimated export from the U. Slatas, 70,000
Total demand, 2,680 000
Diminution of stacks, 23u,000
In these estimates 1 have put the crop of thu
United States higher than is warranted Uy the
opinion of most persons acquainted with the sub
ject, because lue line picking seas, n and the ad
j vunce in prices will bring to market every balo
that is product d. 1 have allowed a considerable
I increase in the East India receipts, and a decitn*
in the consumption everywhere but in the Unhid
States, tin account ot the anticipated advance in
prices, and yet, alter ad these allowances, the
i supply tails short ot the demand more than
j 200,0d0 bales. This decrease ot stocks will cei
tamiy warrant a Considerable rise over the a\e
| rage price of the last ».x years, in which lime
prices have been low from a stock constantly no
j cumulating in the European seaports. 'J he ave
rage quotations at New Urb ans, for Ihe liist tour
months ot the year, taken from Hunt s Mer
chants’ Magazine, are u> follows;
1841, to 10J cents.
1H42, 74 to ‘>£
1H43, 5 to 7f “
*H44, bi to
1815, 5 to b| “
1816, b| to n
Average of the six years, bj to rH “
! An aavunce on i.ns ..\er.(oe } oi a out one
ce.,., ha> already (Uct. Gth.) taken place in 1.,.s
country, ami a slui greater auvaiuc may l*e confi
dently expected. ihe Liverpool prices nave not
yet taken an upwrrd turn-, nut they will certaimy
be torced to U loeir diminished stocks, and
j the yvell-louudt tl reports lin y will soon receive of
the injuries received by toe crop on tula side of
: the Atlantic.
Extract nf a teller received in this city, dated
‘ New Orleans. Dec. 5, 1646.
“We have all b en mistaken in regard to
I lie crop of Sugar. I do not believe now
: that it will reach 140,000 hhds. but on the
! contrary, if the balance ot the plantations
fall short in the same ratio with the annexed,
I even allowing 20 a 25.0U0 hhds. lor the new
; estate.-, it may not exceed 125 a 130.0UU
hhds.
“ i * ie annexed statement I have prepared
with great care, and when further returns
aie received, J shall make an amended ac
count, winch may vary the result either way.
1 have no returns from Attakapas, but the
{ general opinion seems to be that they will
j lall siiort 1-3 J to 1-2.
“ 1 he crop ot Alulasses will not exceed
' 4.500,000 or 5,000,000 gallons, against !#,-
! 000.000 last year.
; < Parish of .Vseention last year, JG.9OG
A ield of 18 estates last year, 7,15')
P • do. do, this do. 3,086
Deficiency of 56 per cent. 4,0G4
’* James, last year, 17,515
J ield ol 13 estates last \ ear, 2,116
Do. do. do. this do. i ,465
Deficiency of 40 per rent. i)3l
bl. John Baptist, last year, 9,903
\ ield of 5 estates last year, 1,296
Do. do. do. lids do. CUI
Deficiency of 31 per cent. 405
Orleans & Bt. Bernard, last year, 5,C70
\ ield ol 5 estates last year, 1,387
Do. do. do. t Ids do. 330
Deficiency of 7G per cent. 1,057
Plaquemme, last year, 11,331
A ield ol 3 estates, last year, 1,566 JgkJ6
Do. do do. lids do. 980
J # j | _ irnmtmmmrn '■ $
t ( Deficiency of 35 per cent. 586
** Assmnpiion last year, 12,076
A ield of4 estate* last year, 1,510
Do. do. do. this do. 856
Deficiency of 40 per cent. 684
'Ferrebone last year, 12,080
A ield of 8 estates last year. 2,817
Do. do, do. this do. *935
Deficiency of G 8 per cent. 1,882
Total production of Uje above Parishes last
year, lilulh. gj 4-7
Allow the above {ier rentage of yield this
)car, would be 40,000
Deficiency of 53 percent. 45,477
(Charleston Courier.
Extract of a letter received in Charleston , dated
AkW Yowk, Dec. Util.
We regret to say that it will not be possible for
; U* to despatch the Southerner to-morrow, as the
weather has been stormy and up to this time the
ship is not discharged. \ cater day we had a snow
storm, which lasted all day, so that nothing could
be done. 1 o-day the wharf is covered with snow
and about 6 iaches deep,
j The Southerner will leave on Wednesday
! morning at lO o'clock. —Mercury lGr/t.
CLEVELAND & SPEAR,
I DENTISTS
N 0.21 5 bro A »-£¥.,
'Over Aldrich df Green i Shoe Store. J
,nov 11 Jy 35.