ri I'nTiiBirfE TrminiT'n"
Cormporidenco of tho Phil. Ledger,
ritoii -bjbxioo.
Departure of Pillow I Brigade Dxtkargi
cf Disable Volunteer! Oli SolJiet"
Tht March to Jalapa. .
Camp Waihirqtom, hear Vera Cues )
April 0, 1647. f
Gen. Tillow't Brigade, including the two
IVousylvtnit Regiments, truck Iheir loot itel
evening tnd will march toward Jtlnpa this
morning. Tht brigade of Gen. Twipga ttartod
yettrrdty. Th) whole of Gon. Patterson
D. vision will participate in the movement to
day, and the whole army, excepting lit aick
and the troops left to garnton the city, will toon
be on the arch in -the direction indicated.
Wo have many rumor aa to the reception we
hall merit with at Jalapa, and our entertain
input upon tbo rond. The important but con
dieting "extrta" havo been iatiued within the
lilt twenty-four boura, one ttating that Santa
Annawaton hit way to Jalapa with 15,000
choice troops, and the other that the Iowa and
province named had declared ila independence
of Mexico and actually Bent the Alcade of the
town to asft the friendship and protection of the
American army. We have also a variety of
r imora reepecting the po'itical condition of the
country, which, if only half true, would tndi
eate much confusion and anarchy in the Repub
lic. Out all these accounts come in such ques
tionable ahapesas to need confirmation before
any credit is due to them. 1 do not think we
shall have much fighting on our way to the cap
ital, but we shall certainly have some, for the
sake of appearancea, and posailtly, a stout bat
tie under the walls of the city of Mexico.
In preparing for our departure, a pretty tho
rough medical examination wai made, and a
number of men discharged for physical disability
About twenty five non commissioned officers
and privatea of the First Pennsylvania Regi
ment were thus disposed of. Capt. Hay, of the
Pittsburg Blues, waa discharged several days
ago, and his started for home. Lieut Trnvilla,
of the Duqueane Grays, of Pittsburg, and Lieut
Berry, of the Monroe Guard, of Philadelphia,
hive obtained discharges and will leave for
their respective homes prubnbly to day. About
50 men of the aame Regiment will bs left in the
luMpital here, aa they are too aick to follow the
army, but not past cure or in a condition to be
discharged. A large number reported them
"Ives unfit for duty as soon as they ascertained
that diecharf might be had, cv an escape
made from a fatiguing march. 1 waa surprised
to ace so many "old soldiers" in so young a re
giment, and I was much amused at the d.doroua,
disappointed countenances of those who were
detected in their imposture and ordered to pre
pare themselves for the march. They were
awfully but jubtly beratod by their comradra
when they returned to their tente, and were not
little annoyed by request to aee their tongues
and inquiries at to tin progress of the "shell
We start on our march with slender means of
transportation, and officers and men have been
compelled, by general orders, to reduce their
baggage to the smallest possible compass:. The
number of camp kettles, mess pans, die, Sic,
has also beeii reduced, and all the surplus art!
c!ea ha vi) been stored io a promiscuous and slo
venly manner in Vera Cruz. What ia mo.t in
convenient to all of us is the order in relation to
our tents, which limits each company to three
mall ones for the arms and sick. The officers
and men, of course, will hovo to sleep in the
bush or under the broad sky, which, in a coun
try like this, where dews fall like rain, is by no
mean agreeable, although not ao unhealthy aa
in Northern latitudes.
A theatrical company commenced operationa
in the city last night ; but aa 1 was not at their
house. I can aay nothing of ihem. It it rather
unfortunate for them that we move off to toon
after their arrival.
The sutler of the first Pennsylvania regiment,
Captain Korns, lias sold out his establishment,
end will return to the United Statet in a few
days, lie ssys ho has Iot at least one thousand
dollars, which to tWe who made purchase
from him, is a matter of surprise. It mny, how
ever, be true, as some of the men belonging to
the "general camp" have helped themselves to
hii goods, wares and merchandise, whenever an
nppnituiiity offered, by way of reprisalafor hat
they called excessive charges, and tome of bis
customers, he states, have sloped without set
tling their accounts.
Since my Ut letter, a msn, belonging to
company D, named Gunn, hst died, and waa
buried with the honors of war.
Later fron lbs Brains
Tb southern mail brings Bracot datsa to the
22d nit., received at New Orleana by the arrival
of the etearnthip Telegraph. General Taylor
rtmaina at hia encampment near Monterey,
whsra thsrt art aavaral regiment of volunteera
about to return home.
Father Rey.ons of lha Catholic ckaplaint ap-
pointed by tbs President, i again reported to
have been murdered by ths Mexican. Tbt
Massachusetts regiment was expected soon to
movt from Matamoroa to Monterey. There waa
considerable sickness prevailing among tbt troops
at Matamorea.
Every thing was quiet on the lint from tbt
Bra lot to Wool's encampment beyond Saltillo.
LiTB or Saavica The following tablt
tbowa tbt amount of tea service seen by tomt
of our principal Naval officers:
Com. Stawart, 93 yeara ; Com. Conner, 19
year : Com. Terry, 50 yeart; Captain Nswton
IS year! Captain Gregory, 18 yeara J Com.
Stockton, It di; rem. f hnbrick, 13 do; Captaio
ratxt, IS do; Com. TttUtsll, 10 do; Com.
lands, 16 do
1 ha nw Tantfrf a tstosot.
The Toledo Blade furnishes the following In
terestlng sketch rthla new Territory :
"It la bonded on the north by Canada West;
on the east by MicMiran and Wisconsin; on
the tnth hy the parallel of 43 degree! SO min
utes, which is the most norther line of Iowa ,
and on the west by the river Sioux and Red
River of the North, The lino tcperating Mi
nesnta from Michigan is in take Superior, and
that seneritiiif it from Wisconsin pauses along
Like Superior In the Pall of thoSt. Louis river,
am) thence south till it strikes the river Si.
do x, which it follows to the Miisiesippi.
There down the Mitshsippi to latitude 431.
the place of beg inning.
"Embraced within these honniUries ihere are
about 00 OOO.qnare miles, equal to 63 000.000
of acre. i in in near!) tl e same latitude a
the State of Maine.. In area it exceeds the la
land of Great Britain, and it is aa lurge a New
York and Pennsylvania. For the production of
wheat and the praaeea its soil snd climate sre
favorable. Now it appears to the people of the
United Siatea at extremely distant and interior.
So did Wisconsin IS teen yeara ago. In com
mercial advantaeea, it will not he one of the
most favored of the Slates, nor yet ono of the
Last.
By mean of Lake Superior, on which it bor
ders for more thsn ono hundred milee, from
Piceon River to Fond du Lac, its northern soil
middle portion will have cheap communication
with all the Lake shores, and tho Atlantic, and
through the Upper Mietissippi snd St. Peter'
Rivers, will hold caiy intercourse with the
whole great valley below. Lake Superior af
fords abundance of good harbors, and the Mia
issippi offers fine navigation up to the Falls of
St. Anthony, more than 100 miles kbove the
southern boundary of Minesota. With the ex
ception of ha western portion, it is well water
ed by river and lakes. Its Inke border is rich
in metaJifcroua deposit!'.
"The moat important points in Minesota at
present, and probably for all lime to come, are
Fond du Lac, at the western extremity of Ike
Superior, and Fort Snellinjr, near the Falls of
St Anthony. With many its cold climate will
be an objection. It is pretty well north, but if a
man wishes to raise a vigorous family (and we
knnw of nothing more desirable) he will much
sooner reek home in Minesota than in Texas.
There ia. however, abnrdant oom, as yet, this
side of that territory. Northwestern Ohio. M i-
chigen and W sconsin should first be settled "
Lieut. William Prick, of Illinois, who was
killed in the battle of Ilueua Vista, wa teven-ty-two
years old. A corn-spnndenr ot the New
York Post says he had l-ft a home of affluence
and ease, with the expressed wish t-i die in the
service of his country, and, if need be, on the
field of battle. "The y cannot cheat me out o'
many years." said he. When ordtr-d with the
battalion, like a forlorn hope, to the trying eon
test in tho mountains, he exclaunnd with a look
of joy, as he drrw his sword . Nnw, boys, this
looks like doing something." Tho enemy I ri
implied over his fall, supposing him to be Gen.
Wool.
The tame writer thus alfurfia to th death nt
a noble German in the fiercely contested bntile
of Buena Vista :
In the amt part of the fiVld, and about the
eamo time with Clay, McKi e and Hardin, ano
ther fell, pierced by a lance, whose name it.
worthy of a place in the roll nt fim private
Alexander Kunte, of Company II, VJd Region -it
of Illinois. Tho writer waa honored with hia
friendship, and h id an opportunity of knowing
him well, being a member of tho earn company
and hia tent mate. 11 conduct on the field
wat moat soldyerly, cool, calm, deliberate and
prompt in obeying ordera. Ilia courage was
conspicuous, even in the moment of Ins death.
when ho refused to surrender. Kxnept a bro
ther in South America, he left no rtla ive on
this continent. Ilia widowed mother livea in
Durckcburg, in Hanover, near to his native ci
ty, Hamburg, lie received a splendid educa
tion at the Universities of Jena and Goettingen.
He had been but a year in the United Suites
when ht joined our regiment in A lion, whither
he had come to volunteer, from Wisconsin.-
Hit motivet ' In taking thia step were, that
he might servo the c u try, whoso conati
tution he respected before all ither syatema of
gorernment,and togratify his curiosity in a new
mode of life, by seeing Mexico, and observing;.
at he did with t philosophic eye, the character
of her people and institutions. The writer pro
mised much pleature to hiincelf in travelling
with him through this uniry. He w twen
ty-seven years of age, and pro'ubly the most
learned man in the army. Ilia know ledge of
philology wat accurate and profound. Ftieh
wat his familiarity with the Latin, that hy one
day's examination of a (Spanish gramu.er he wns
I able to read thia cognate language with facility-
I Manv pleasant boura have wo soeiit toceiher
I in rambling over the plaina and mountains of
Mexico, while he filled his haversack with new
plan' to tend to Germany, and which his
knowledge of botany i.fien enabled bim to class
in tht several genera and species.
A better or a braver beart than hit never
beat ita latt upon a field of battle. While a-
waiting upon the field, on the night of tht 23d
of February, tho renewal of the attack by Santa
Ana, the thought waa most consolatory to seve
ral of hia comrade, that dealb on tbt next day
might tneko them companiona of Miltiadet, of
Socratet, and of Kunte.
Tat Wn in Maxico It is just one year fines
ths war broke out in Mexico. On Saturday, tht
8th. tht tin battle, tbatof.d Alto, was fragM
and ths irtt viatory woa
wag gut iji
THE AMERICAN.
Hotwrdaw, Jtlaa 8, U47.
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fofe and Voal OIKee, enmrr of (Id nnd Chunttl
fttnett, VMIndrlphla, nt ttftlr a Wtt. I fill
."Omimm frret. JYite ITnrfr, 8. K. Vomrr tint
tintm-t and I'nlrert f.. ttaltlmort , and ,b Ifl
Stnte Sltre', litis' on, f aidharitrd to met no
Aetnl, ard rerelttt lor all monies due Odm
outre, for hitcrifiUn or adrrrlUInf
E. V. CAtllt. mrner of Tliinl onA Dork
Areei, Sun Riiihlinsr. nvDimla Mrrchanlt'
Exchanee, I'hilndtlphia, it ofso authorised to
act m our Atrrnt.
DfiBocrnlic JSomiaatloQt.
FOB OOVCtMOK,
rRAXCIS R. 8IIVKK,
FOB TAMA!. COMHHSIOKHa,
MORRIS LONOSTRETH,
Of Montgomery County.
QCj Primiino Ins -A fresh supply of superior
printing ink juit received, and for aale at Phi la
deljihia prices.
K7" Ths weather, until Wednesday last, has
been cold snd unfruitful. The continued winds
thst prevailed for ths last six weeks have been
injurious to vegetation. Purine, the last ten days
we have had some cold snd frosty nights; but so
far as we can judge, the fiuit crop has sustained
no injury in thia borough. .
0y An election for borough olficer and town
council wa held on Monday last. Frederick
Lazarus, Eiq. was elected Chief Purges
tnr- We ex ectec", by ths time our paper went
to pre, to hear of a battle or j-ropo-a't, for p are
between Gen Scott and Santa Anna Gen. Scott,
at the lani, advices, w-ss sdvancing upon, Cerre
Gordo, about 13 mites this side of Jalspa. Cerre
Gordo, at a fortification, i a steep and difficult
mountain, almost aa inaccessible as West Point.
There is no doubt, but that there has been a bat
tle at that place, or that negotiationa for peace
have been proposed. Santa Anna is. no doubt,
inclined to peace, but dare not avow it to the
Mexicans, whose hatred to ths Americana is
most roiitial, and w ho would delight to tee u all
slaughtered. 15 ut a Santa Anna can neither
whip u, and yet dare not ofTrr terms of pesce,
he is in s dilemma that may prove to him both
troublesome snd unpleasant.
tTT" The body of Ransom Foote, who was
drowded at ths schute ot the Shamokin dam, wat
found in the river near New Buffalo. A jury of
inquest wa held on the tody on Sunday laat.
K7 Exroat or Gbain. More grain ba been
exported from thia country to Europe, from the
1st of September to the S-tth of Apnl, than ever
wa rx ported in any year previous. The amount
of breadstuff reduced to bushel, cnt from this
country during that pt-tiud, t kaid to exceed 20
mill. out of bushel.
C7 Tux Wiscofmco Camal U said to he now
in. good navigable order. The Halifax Herald
say, about 80.000 bushels of wheat have been
aent to market hy way of this canal. The coal
trade on it hat not yet commenced.
First Pemksti.va.ma Rk(.ims.t By the
list of Killed and Wound-d at the Su ge of Vera
Cruz, it appears that the First Pennsylvania Re
giment suffered more in this resp.ct than any
other Regiment present,' whether Ilt-guUr or
Volunteers. This is proof conclusive, that our
troop were w here duty wa to be cone, and their
sei vices most needed.
Pontic. Ths new from the armies of
Scott and Taylor, which is always ani.iout.ly
looked for, hs withdrawn the attention of the
people almost wholly from politics. This is pro-
bablyjustas well, a there will be, no doubt,
enough of excitement before the electinn. We
trust that our party, in recommending the quali
fication of our candidate, will abstain fiom per
sonal abuse toward the whig candidate. Such
a eoinee is only calculated to du injury, and with
the exceptions of a few indiscreet editor, we
believe, thia couise is pretty generally adopted
by the democratic branch of ths presa. Demo
crat need and ask for no argnmeut but an ex
amination of their principles.
B3T Visoinia EurcTiow. The elections late
ly held in Viiginia, have resulted favorably to
the whiga. The last delegat ion in rnngrrsa, stood
H democrat to 1 whig Now the whig have
carried aix member of congre, and ths demo
crat nine. It ia more than proSable that there
will be a wh'g majority in the next congress.
07" It it supposed that Genersls Scott snd
Taylor will celebists the neit 4tb of July in the
city of Mexico, if pescc is not concluded brfor
that time. Tbt aickly sesson ba alirady com
menced at Vera Crux, probably on of ih most
unhealthy cities in lbs world. Jt is not uncom
mon for on sixth of tbs entire population to di
off in one season. Tb city of Jalapa, towards
which our troops art marching, it (aid to ba a
delightful and healthy apot. It ia about 60 or EO
mile from Vert Crux, en tht road to Mexico.
A Hioa CsJsruMEST Tb msrehsnts of tbt
city of pbiltdtlpbia, without distinction of party
bavt bad a full length portrait of tb Uoa. Simon
Cajsbbon painted, at a mark of their high cats
mat ion tor bis j.ublie service whilst in th Uni
ted Stat Setatt. Tb portrait it now being
exhibited at Sully' Gallery of Paintir.ga, and ia
ont of tht finest specimen of tbt titwt bavt
aver seen. Tbs likeness it trut to naturt, and
Ibo oct eta foil recognising tbt original by look
leg lifoo tht copy. , . .
07" Tht following Utter, from several of ths
volunteer from Maliocrovt, now la tho arotf ,
wert handed to ui for publication, by Mr. Gaog
Isr, to whom they wert ftrMreued. , Mr. Apt) ia
in amateur aoldir, leavlnc romfnttable home
and a competence, for the pleasures and hard-hip
of a lift In camp:
Vcia Cart, April lit, 1S47.
Mv Pit a Ftixan -1 now take my pen In band
to let you hear from my friend Bower ; h re
quested me to five you a general history of mat
ter and things here. Thank God, we are all
well and in good spirits. We have taken Vera
Crm, and loit but 90 men killed and wounded,
while the enemy's lots i reported to b from
2 000 to 9 600 killed, and to Judge fiom appear
ance it mut he gieater. A ceat manv build-
ing that our cannon knocked down have not been j
examined. We bad five days' fishtinx to take
tht city. Day before yesterday the Mexictns
msrebed out of town, and surrendered their arm
and ammunition. I had heard much about the
cowardice of the Mexicans, snd am now inclined
to believe the whole. If ths 9d Pennsylvania
Regiment had possession of the castle, the world
could not take it. This city ia the strongest
fortified place in th world The Castle of San
Juan de Ulloa i 17 feet thick, and the magazine
underwater. The wall that aurround the city
it a fort. To see them stack their arma and
leave them, was a aolemn light. Jscob App will
finish this letter. Give my respects to all.
I remain your bumble servant,
IIikjh McFaodkn,
For my fiiend and fellow soldier,
Frascis Bower.
Dear and tte'ovrd Friend It i with pleasure
that we write, in answer to your letter, which
we received yesterday, about our military life.
We lauded on the 9th ult. about five milca below
Vera Cruz, at which time we may tay the battle
commenced ; for the Mexican hardly ever cea
sed firing upon us, thourh this did not annoy us
a much a the kirmihe we had with those
outside our camp, which were rot a few. It
wa not long before we had the city entirely nr
rounded, and all communication between it and
the country cut ofT It may appear strange to
you that we delayed the attack for the space of
two weeks, and lsying sll this time exposed to
the fire of their hesvy cannon and bomb sheila.
which were fired from the city to almost every
quarter of our camp; but our time was not yet
come. We were preparing our batteries, about
COO yards from the city, in one of which, front-
ing their best fort, I wss engaged at work, and
after they were finished we were engaged in pul
ling cannon, and were all the time busy at some
thing. Gun. Scott a disappointed by a gun.
Which came not until alt waa over. The gun
wat intended to blow down the castle ; and oh!
how I wish 1 could have seen her pIsyiriK. It ia
true, I the s pnund'ra flyine thirkly thro
the sir, but thfy would have appeared as shs-
dowa toward a 111 pounder. This vessel had
nothing on hoard but thit iin and mn to man it.
It wat on the 2?d. on a fine and beautiful day;
the nn thnne anil spread its beautiful' ray over
both armiea. until almost 4 o'clock. P. M., when
the clouds began to rise and spread themselves
over one of our hatterie and over the city. The
lightning and thundering commenced; and as I
stood upon one of the sandy hills where I had a
fair view, I taw the "thunder stones" dying be
fore the flash, bidding farewell from the mouths
of the rar nrn. end making themselves known as
they entered the city, with acclamation of great
joy, at they spr.ad over whole square, doing exe
cution in every direction. Thi wa Gen. Woith's
battery, whirb continued to throw shell until
Wednesday the 24th, when Gen Pillow's batte
ry, (our batteiy.) followed bun with hi ball,
playing upon the foit, to that the city could find
work in every corner.
The first night after our lire commenced, I
was itatinned as guard upon the hill ht-fore men
tioned. To see the fiery halls parsing and re
passing in the air wat great fun. but to hear the
scream aad groan and crying of the women and
children, wa enough to create feelinct in the
brrast of every one, that wordt cannot expres.
fn reading histories of battl-a I have sympathised
for the innocent ; but I never felt upon the tub
jeet a I did that night.
Our army wat foimed into three diviiion :
the firit wa commanded by Gen. Worth, and
stationed on the right ; the second by Oen. Pil
low, (to which we belong.) wa stationed on the
left of the first, and the third by Gen Twiggs,
wa stationed en the extreme left.
The fire waa kept up nntil Friday morning,
when they gave up the city and castle, whirb
put an end to the effusion of blood. Our troop
lay quiet until Monday morning, when wa were
marched to a plain cloae to the city, where we
arrived just at the Mexican troop were march
ing out of the city with their arms, diessed in
various uniform, among which was a company
of blacks dressed in whit. A they marched
out they gave u splendid music. They ground-
ed their arm and marched off, and left them for
"Uncle Sam " Thia put me ia mind of Ihe ur-
dcr of Lord Cornwalli. They reported their
force at 4,000, but it mint have been much
greater, and ia supposed by many to amount to
6,000 or 7,000.
Tb loss of the Amerirsns during th w hoi
engsgerr.ent amouuted to IS or 30, wiib those
Ibat died from wounds, wbil that of th Mi-si-can
amounted to th sum given above. Th
ruin in th city mutt be very great.
About tb battl between Gen. Taylor tod
Santa Anna, you no doubt know aa much at wt
do. Tbt report you gtvt in your letter about
Santa Anna ia not correct; but tbert art msny
flying reports bcrt. It is itid, tt present, tbat
Taylor's wbolt army art taken priaonsrs; but
I cannot believ it until I bavt better authority,
w art both doing well, and I ran ssy that 1 feci
better now than I bavt for two yeart. With t
few except iona, ourboyt art all doing well. Givt
my best respect to all my fritndt.
1 remain yourt,
- Jaco Art, of Stlictgrovt.
To Ml WuiUM Gu nia
RaU
Tbo Pittaburg Cbronlelt fartiths tbt follow
lag account of tbt tuieidt of Frederick Reidal,
on Friday lait ;
Ht bad been left in bia cell, from which every
thing with which it wat thought be could Inflict
at. iajury upon liimtelf had been removed, on
Thurtday night at about 10 o'clock, and at aix
wa found dead euipendsd by the neck from the
w liter cock.
It appears that Reidsl had procured a piecs of
glass from the window, or anmt other source,
and had made two gaahea in hi left arm, from
which ths blood flowed profusely, but it is tup
posed fearing that drath would not speedily en
sue from this rant", hs tort off a strip of h!
blanket with which he made a rope, and finish
ed the matter by hanging himself.
Reide! ha made no confession. Almost his
lait words to human ears, were prntettationt of )
his innocence. A sheet ol paper was found in
hi cell, upon which he had w ritten in a patoix,
which i lomtwhat difficult to translate correct
ly s
"Von need not put the blame upon any body
els. I do not want to be hung. No one knowa
anything about it, w ha it cume from but myself.
"FSBDEBICK RtllitL "
Thi probably ba reference to hi anieide, (al
though there are some think it refer to bia wife)
snd the mean by which he accomplished it. It
is somewhat strsnge thst nothing with which he
could hsve cut himself wss found in his cell.
A piece of glass ia broken from the window, and
from the roughness n( the wounds it is supposed
he must hsve made use of this, and perhaps
thrown it out, or into the pipe.
TsrASftr Rkcsifts ao ExprmniTt rf. The
eceipts into the National Treasury for th quar
ter ending March 31 at. were tl4.007,9.',0, of
which from custom there were SB 3(10,000, pub
lic lands $3 10.000, Treasury note C,2 1.V4S0.
loans Jl 2a5 500. The expenditure were $1.1,
141.174, a follow
Tor account of the army, SO 081. 810 02 : In
dian department, .13 339 II : fortifications. l.V
33 1 48; pension. 73(5 273 49 1 na-y. 1 029 70
SO ; interest, Ac , on public dfbt, 1.1 C17 f3 ; re
demption of loan of 1SI1, 3.000 ; reimbtiitement
and interest of Treaury note, 2.340 010 67;
reimbursement of Treasury note pui loiut-d, in
eluding interest, 6,631 20.
Ths RrrosT or th CoMwiMtoxtRs or ihk
Patet Office i lull of new ami interesting
facts. The Commissioner (peak of the exiating
law by which a subject of Great Bri'ain ia com
pelled to pay into the treasury the urnof$300
before hi application can be examined, and the
citizen and aubject of all foreign counti iea to
pay 300 on their respective applications, and
aya tbe fleet of thi provision is unquestionsbly
to prevent the introduction into this country of
many nsetul and valuable discovencs which
would otherwise be patented and introduced.
During the year ending December lot, ISIS,
there weie 1272 applications for patents. The
number of patents issued during the tame period
wa 619, including 13 re-issoes, 5 additional im
provement and 59 design. The number of pa
tent expired, 473. Three application for ex
tension have been made, two of which were re
jected, and one i still pending. Two patents
have been extended by Cor.grets. There has
been received by tb committioiier $30 201 16,
of which sum $11.083 68 have been repaid on
applications withdrawn, and for money paid in
by mistake. Th amount of money in the trea
sury to th credit of the patent fund, on tbe 1st
of January, ISM, wa Sis.', 169 69 Tbe balance
paid in on tbe lt v( January, 1847, increase it
to S ISC, .100 15.
Ths Von or Thamk to Gsnkral Tavlob is
handsomely acknowledged in a letter to Governor
Shunk, dated the 27th of March.
DraTHor Ma. Dromoooi.; CoiriRMro The
death of Mr Dromgoole, recently sleeted to Con
gress, in Virginia, is confirmed, lie breathed
his last on Wednesday evening, after a aevere
attack of pleursy for eleven days.
The Hon. Hnry Clay has given his content
to the interment of the remain of hi lamented
son in Louisville. It i the intention of the peo
ple of that city to erect a monument in honor of
tbe diseased.
Raw's Mori Nomination The 'Rsm's Horn,'
New Yoik city, a paper devoted to th colored
population, ha nominated Gerrit Smith and
Frederick Douglass, toi President and Vice Pre-
j sidentat the next election.
Lbgacy Fa itm Reference to our law re
porta wilt show that a legacy of $300 per annum,
given by tbe Rev. Ftekie! Cooper, deceased, for
the ben. fit of supersnuated and worn out Metho-
d.st preacbera ha entirely failed, in consequence
of a neglect of legal formalities by ths testator.
Tux License Qcsstion. The Albsny Argus
says, W hav returns from more thsn 300
towns, in which two to eae of th towns, snd a
large preponderance of the popular vote, are in
favor of licent.
AcrinENT ax Gc CottonA serious acci
dent occurred at Spencer'a Minea, East Norwegi
an, on Thursday last, by w hich a miner, named
Francia Tborr.as, wat very badly burned on tht
breast and fact.
Majob Blisb, Gtn. Taylor's aid and amanuen
sis, is a sea of tbt Ittt John Bliss, of Whitehall,
N. Y , who wtt a Captaia ia tbt U- S- Army in
tbt war of 1619 and ia not, aa tkt papert bavt
it, from New Hampshire. He waa educated at
Waat Point, wher bit tuprior tbilititt obtain
ed for bim tkt soutrtyocf of 'Perfect Blita.' Ma
jor Bliss ia chiefly regarded in tbo army oo ac
count of hi literary attainibtata, boing oat of
tbt bt writtrt of tba dty, aad a 4aiU4 Gex
man, Frtaek at j Sftalak tkolar.
Pa boon t Convict aaooonf into Tata Unitta
Statss A captain of a merchant vetstl from
Bermnda was arretted in New York, an Monday,
on a cbargt of having brought Into tbe United
Slates eight coavkted and pardoned felon from,
the iiland of Bermuda, knowing tbtm tobt inch.
Ont of these, William Scholet, wat convictod at
Salford, Er.gland, of highway robbery, en tbt
30th of August, 1841, and sentenced to ba trans
ported for ten years, put en board tbt bulk
Thames, at Bermuda, where he wa kept at work
until the 93d of April last, when bt and Samuel
Park, who wa convicted of burglary at Bir
mingham. England, on the 93d of October, 1841,
and rntrnc-d alio to be transported for ten year-
together with six other of the samt lort) wrt
pardoned by the Queen and placed on board th
brig Theti by G. J. Kirkland, tht tcting over
eer at Bermuda Park having knocked down
S-ho'e and robbed him of twenty-one aovereigna,
at tbe Walton House, New York, a few night
sgo, wst commited to prison to answer for high
way robbery. Th captain was beld to bail ia
2000 to antwe-. Thi i a kind of immigrants
that will not add much to the honor or reputa
tion of thi- country. The poor of other countries
bring their industry, with which they supply
their own wsnts, and add to tht national wealth,
and are therefore to be welcomed, but foreign
criminals bring nothing but their vices, and add
to the country nothing but their Crimea.
A Judicial Mi rkkr. A young man, named
Chas II. Smith, wa hung, or rather butchered,
at Hickman, Ky., on the 20tb inat., for tb mur
der of Abraham O. Tyler.
"A ama'l fillonmpe wat placed around hit
neck, w hich of course broke when the drop fell.
The victim lay stretched on his bsck for some
minutes npnn the ground, in great agony and
apparently dying But he recovered sufficiently
to sscend the platform. This time the Sheriff
went to the other extreme, using a rope or cable
so large snd rough that the noose would not tigh
ten In ten minutes after he waa swung off. the
tortuied man wa still kicking, apparently to
great agony, llotnble !''
The Whig papers of Richmond now concede
the election of .Mr. Thompson, the Democratic
candidate for Congress in tbe Kanawha district.
The following despatch from Lord PAmrsv
io. wat communicated to Mr. Buchasan, Sec
retary of State, through the Hon. Mr. Pacsen
ham, and conveys the thank of the British gov
ernment, and the I'ritisb nation, to the citizens
of tbe United States, for their liberal contribut
ions to relieve the tuff-rings of the Irish people :
FoRKinn Omen, March 31, 1S47.
Sib : I have received your despatch. No 8. of
th 12th utt., stating that measures have beet
taken for the purpose of raising a subscription
in the United States foi ths relief of the destitute
Irih poor.
And I have to instruct you to take every op
portunity of saying how grateful her Majesty's
government, anil the Britiah nation at laige, feel
for this kind snd honorable manifestation of sym
pathy by the citizms of the United States for the
sufferings of the Irish people. It might, indeed,
have been expected, that a generous and high
minded nation would deeply commiserate thu
snfferingt which an awful visitation of Provi.
dence bat inflicted upon ao large a population,
descended fiom the tame ancestors at them
elves But the active and energetic atitance which
the people of the United Statea are thus affording
to the poor Irish, while it reflect the higbet
honor upon our transatlantic brethren, must
tend to draw cloer, and to rend' r stronger and
more lasting, those ties of friendnhip and mutual
esteem, which her Majesty' government trusts
will long continue to exist between the two gri-at
branches of tbe Anglo-Srxon family seperatrd,
indeed from each other by geographical position
but united together by common interest, to
which every succeeding year mut add increaa
ing extension and force. I am, Ac,
PALMERSTOX.
To the Right Hun. Richabu Paeeiham, &c, Ke.
(iKNFRAt. Tavi.or, in ti e yearlSil, purcht
ed, it is said, a plantation, stork. ic, near Rod
ney. in M ii-i'ppi, or which he psid, in cah,
riim ty-flve thousand dollars. An exchange pa
per learns from Hon. W. M. Gwin, of New Or
leans, a personal friend of Gen. Taylor, that
some iniscretut opened a breach in the levee,
about two miles above the plantation named a
bove, and it is now wholly under water! The
lossot the crop follows, at a matter of course,
and a moderate estimate would set thia loos at
about thirty thousand dollar.
A B.rrii Clkboojan Killed at Bixna Via-
, T4 Among those killed at Beuna Vista, says
I the St Louia Republican, was a Mr. Ronndtre.
; 0f lllinoie. whoe attachment to th army occur-
red under very singular ciicumstaneea.
"II t in preacher of tb Baptist persuasion.
At the commencement ofthe war, three p-ron
of th tame nam volunteered and went to tb
place of rendetvou at Alton, Two of them
were near relative, and th third hi son, whs
went along, seemingly, to tske care of the other
boys. When examined, it was found that th
on wa excluded by th regulation of the ai my
having lott tb fort finger of hi right band. It
became a quettion who should supply his plac
and tbt ctrt over tbt two young men. This
wti toon decided. Mr. Round tret stepped for
wtrd tnd enrolled himself among tht volunteer,
did duty tt turb throughout tbt campeiga and
wat killtd on tbt battl Acid."
Slavs St m carat -A wttllhy plantar, In
Lowndea County, Attbtmi, ealled hit negroes
together, a short tint tince, and told tbera of
Ihe distressed conditio) of tba Irian poor, whan
thoalaveo immediately raieod tubtenptioo a
moeg thtmsetv, tmouLtlng to $V), which
tfol tppiiad.