iny. pBiinenlsiatrnn-n t a penod nlicn t'.r n5ii n w well if nut better urn t!r,,,.i Ua t' i-'.r.rn--.,'. During Mr ittVf"" -'',i:'!',f"'i,," Messrs. V,f!:rcwJ Ti'M k;u-y. w!' fud been jMl 'H " f; f"i ' f-MM l Madrid, vh 'i i'-.i. nrrot.-iT -i'r .i::nr, wbh tbts ,,t'j.,Piif ill t i'U'"Jrv letweru V:is tn r..,,;rje. in i iJa'C r.d.hvscJ to the w F.Ttru Affairs, un- i . .. r f rif f v-fiu t It jf Jarmarv. i i r I nr "i J i c t n tht i's bnm d'rics of Lou'j imrx. 9'eucd ' tbe United States by jYanre. irs rier JVrJida n the nnJ ibe i ivt-r t'ri vo nn liie WfM :pv aJ -!, Wiwl "ib facts and f rinci iifv litis conclusion sre fiitfaciorv l our g.ivrrnmsr.t as to con vince h jJ.sl the I'm'J Sut9 have pt t . Kpi'fr ruibi die isfavi of New (Jr- - Uv. vnuer u,r , m .i - .... r j . . ,i. . ' r, is 'ivp df.Tribed." RrUAlNDKIi XCXX WEEK. SOMERSET HERALD. SOSiKRSKT, ! A., TUESDAYtDECl2MBEK 15, 184G. r. B. PALMER Es'j. cf rinis'phia t !i Hial Etti'.'.e and Cvu! UJfirr, U our aulhorizn Atnt fjr olitcinin; Advcrthtmcnls and Sul rv'plian f r the 'IIEIiAT.D' and U clothed vsillj full povwr to revift for qhj moni'-s paid loliim nn ihese o!j(t, His ajencv i:iv!adcs ;' foli.v,vi:ij ciiics, viz: Philadcli-Lia, New York, Bahimorf and Boston. WHIG STATE CONVENTION. A Stale Convention, to ho composed of Delegates from the City of Philadelphia &, the several conmies equal 10 their renre- M i::ita!io:i in the Genera! Assembly of this Collision wealth, will be held at Ilarri- bunr, on TUESDAY, the J? Us dav of MAHCII MCXT, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of selecting candidates for Governor and (Tanal Com missioner to be supported by the Whigs and Ca friends of the Protective Policy at the next ensuing- election, and to transact such other business as may may be dee m ed important t the success cf the Whig cause. J. P. SAXDERSOX, SAMUEL D.KAKNS. JOSEPH KOMC M ACH EH, MORTON MeMICIIAEL, GEORGE ERETY. II. JONES BROOKE, THEO. D. COCHRAN, JAMES FOX, JAMES MARTIN, WILLIAM BUTLER, J. J. SLOCUM, JOHN R. EDIE, EDWARD COWAN. JOHN B. JOHNSON, WM. J. HOWARD, Whig Slate Committee. The Mossasro. Wc give a part of the President's Mes ?c in to-day's paper the remainder will follow in our next. JlWc are arc indebted to Gen. Si Max Cameron of th.e United States Sen ate. and the Hon. Andrew Stewart of tha House of Representatives, for copies of th President's An::ud .'Tessage. ?rT7A Washing'on correspondent of t':e Be'limore American saj-.s, it is un derstood that sn sttack, both by our land snd naval forces, is contemplated upon the Castle at Vera Cruz, and that Gen. Scott and Commodores Stewattt and Morris are concerting measures for that purpose. The Penusj!t :u:I:i Hcsitiien. The following are the numes of the companies, whose services have been ac cepted by the Governor: whingina Light Infantry Capta'n : binder, City G-;-rJr Captain Hill, . riiiladphw Liht Guards Ceptatn! Be-mett. Wyoming Artilli-rlsts Captain Dana. Washington Artillery Captain Nt.gle. Duuerr.e Grays Captain Hernm. Jackson Independent Biucs Captain Hay. Monroe Guards Captain Small. Cadwaladcr Grays Captain Scott. JelTc.-con Guard? Captain Mcrehead. This ir..po: tant work, we are happy to s;u.e, km jar completed as t admit me pa:ge of ecrnages, nnd will be ready ii the passage of cars, in a few weeks W e learn tr.at the company has made a c::sidrrab!e reduction in the tolls from 'he former ra'es. The bail'lt-rs cf this bridge, Messrs. KiRVEHiou and Skinner, deserve much crvJit for the spirit anil energy in which itpy pushed th work to completion. Cr.isidering the many accidents and an--.')V2nces lo which ihry were subjected, ibcy btve r.ccomplishcd the job ia a verv s!:ort time. SANTA 1TL Tnfermr.tion has been received from Santa Fe, cor.arming the report lhat thir ty U. S. wagons, with 160 mules, guard ed by fcrtv men, had bern robbed by ia pary f Indians. They took , mules, c.uuungiVC, lCatUT IUC wagons, vvuuuu. Tpoe'uion. im 'he guard were without tm:wutt:.en. I Democratic Opinions tpon the Annexation of Texas. Now that the annexation of Texas sail its ronsequences are so clearly before ihe country as Democratic measures, and are avowed and defended as such by ihr Dem ocratic papers ia all parts of the country, (;ays ihe Boston Daily Advertiser,) ii is not a 'little curious to revert to the opm- 'cns cx pressed by some ofihoie papers before- ihe Baltimore Convention had is sued ita dictates.' A brief series of ex tracts or. this subject has been collected by 'die Washing-ton Correspondent of the New York Express, which wc su! join. The present tone of the papers quoted is too well known to make anv quotations fro,a lhf!r reeenl articles nece.ary, and the inconsistency quire remark. is too striking to ro- i From the Allany .'Irzus, Moy 1 1 J The Washington Specialar.. Mr.' Cal- houn ? org-an, whnc laudir. t en). Mew- art s letter m lavnrot the uumctisate an- nexaaon of Texas, alludes to the proba!:- f itv of a wnr with Mexico in a tone of lev-! ity, if not of joy. It would be well for such politicians to remember "that wars are not so popular as in former times. People beijin to reflect and compare its re sults 1)0 fore they plunge into its miseries. It is perceived that wars undertaken for extension of dominion exult the h-adcrs and managers, while ;hev crnh and im- povensh the masses, i he trappms oi h , i . t. n . e :l . i- i the war-horse, and the glitter of armed le gions, tickle the fancy r.nd pleafcthe eye, hut' the people see that they place a lead en weight upon the hand of honest labor. It is for this reason that true statesmen re gard wars, undertaken for such selfish pur poses as one of lite greatest evils that can a.'Hict a country. From iJit I)enocrut'tc Hcvttie, JSprlV 13. Nor might the annexation be nidoi wkhout the consent of Mexico, or her re cognition of her successfully revolted pro vince. We must avoid even the appear ance of evil. It is not enough ths.t we mav be abundandv certain that .Mexico can never again even hope to shake the es tablished independence of Texas. , The nominal theoretical right is still asserted, : which we cannoidisregard without incur ring a just liability to a declaration of war with Mexico. from She Boston Fufil, .Xovembrr, 43. The Alias is beating the air about the admission of Texas into the Union. The Cabinet at Washington, and til the folks this way are opposed to fv.ch a measure. Mr. Preston, Mr. Wise, and a few Oppo sition members ofCongrrss are in favor of it; but they have not strength enough lo do any harm. From Ihe X Hampshire Palrio! Mot) '44 Slavery and the defence of slavery form ihe controlling consideration urged in fa vor cf the treaty of annexation by those who hate been engaged in its negotiation. To these doctrines wc can never subscribe and whenever they are ofTeiisiv i ly urged upon the free States, ihey deserve to be pointedly rebuked. From ihe Xashtia Ga:efle,Xev.lG43. The evils that will be . cnUihtl upon the North by the admission of Texas in to the Union, are inah'u!ab!e, great, vast beyond all human comprehension. - . The object and design throughout is as black as in!; as bitter as heil. No other reason on ce.rh can be assigned "for. this Southern movement than a del'irminatlou to perpetuate that accursed institution, which, as a matter of compromise, was acceded to by the North at the time of the adoption of the Articles of Conffdcra lion. If the South persists in forcing Texas upon us, the result is cvidmt to ail. The consequences are multifarious to say nothing of their ruin. May Provi dence avert this calamity, and save our Republic from disunion, misery, and des truction ! The most wicked, vile, G od-abar. Jcwd place f.f which we hav any knowledge its history would make the very fav;.go Ihtel; widi very thame. Some of its h ? chers a"d marauders have perpe-traU-d their crimes within the United Sfat:-. and upon American citizens, sotno cl v. rn i tltcy have murdered in cold blood.-in t'?,1 most inhuman manner. Yet t'v re are Eomo who i!7ire to cllecta union hi -tween Texas and thii country, as if wo had not enough guilt and crime upon our fdioald crs. Vi e wi.-h rather that we could fix an impassible gulf between us and its borders, that its breath of pestilence might never reach our shores. Heaven save us from a union with Texas ! From ihe Portsmoulh(X. ii ) .Mercury (hauc IMP Poper,) 1 6 13. . ; It is a matter of deep regret that cur Southern friends intend to agitate, in the next Congress, the question of the annex ation of Texas lo our Union. It is un derstood that this is a favorite project with Mr. Calhoun. But as its accom plishment might prove fatal in our free institutions, it will be a solemn duty of the Northern Democrats lo oppose it. We shall admit all communications lhat go rgainst annexation. The Democracy of New . England will go in a solid body against annexation. The absurd and fallacious doctrines of "Aristidcp," in the New Hampshire Ga zette, do not take with the Northern De mocracy. He writes with some ability, but, after sifting all his arguments, the on ly substance is, that we want Texas for a great slave mart. - . .. 4ncli,bV l,.n..,..!,0n.v,:.- r Tcx.is, knowing that the object is to opii a great slave mart there; - and, as one of the inevitable results, to entail the curse upon ourselves and our prosperity. : Yes, the annexation would be as tall of evils as a Pandora box. . - . "Aristidcs more thnn intimates that England wishes to gain Texas iu order to destroy the peculiar domestic iustitulion of the South. . " A black and inglorious fchcme.,, Th3 Bay of San Francisco. The 'subjoined. '.description of the bay and harbor of San Franckco is from Farv haVi's Travels in Califcrnr. The testi mony of all navigators who have visited this magnificent harbor concurs n- pro-nonriei:!-r it one cf '.he rr.ot noble recepta cles of ships r.nd shipping any where , to be found on she globe. The harbors on the Pocific' coast are so few towards the north that San Francisco, even if its natural aJvatitacs were but or- dinary, would become a:i important point in the future development of the commerce of the Pacific. With its verv cxtracrdi- n"ry "'"vantages, so admirably adapting it to the uses cf a vast trade ; with its spe cial facilities of access and defence,1 render i:rg it so happily suited for a naval depot, such as might' be required by the li.-st maritime Power in the world, ihu impor tance of suets a h;tt bor can scarcely iia es timated bv anv known standards of value riIn!ifMi! fi livi d.!n,rc 'Din r -.iir-.1 .. , facilities tor communication between San Francisco and the valley of the Missouri arc sue!) that the hand cf art, in perfecting them, will seem to be cc-cperating with Nature rather than overcoming her.- Ind tiniore Jtincriciin. "Th: Bay of S.m Francisco is the. glo ry of the Western. World. Its mouth lies in latitude '.u 58'. The -water: on the p!rbl f,r'inm ::t. biw ivitfr ,, ,. , ,-. ,.,... , dred feci above the sea, and form the laud marks in foggy weather lo point out the b:r and the channel into the harbor. The capes at the ocean's edge are about two miles apart, always verdant and refresh ing to the eye ; and, as you go up the pas sago, the little streams tumbling from ihe rocks among the greenwood, and the wild game out on the clitls or frolicking among the brush, and the seal basking in the wa t?r, give promise cf pleasure and rest from the toils of the sea. "This passage is about five miles in 1 lUII-Jiii. L win uiu a iiJit iiuiit liiu o capes it narrows considerably; and pre sents a bold point north and south. Tlie fortcn which thi-j mighty harbor conde scends to dfpend for protection is in ru ins uozi-.i okl rusty guns, m inc care cf thirty or forlv half-clad, half-bread sol diers, usually foraging in squads of Jive or side of its walls tumbled down, and anolh- I cr strongly disposed to plunge into .he , i I t i i I is a irue sumiomg up o; its prLbcnt strength. . : "Six miles from the copes at the ir.oulh and at the point where it begins, lo open into the bey, are two small islands on which forts might be conveniently brill, that would command the narrows and al so the entrance into both the nr-rth , and ...K t f I.--. Itt l-irt 1 .i l.Un IjvJO II Willi ! til'S tl.l. tiiULlAl, mc "liMlt ' , . I i -i t i ! r bay is so studded with islani'a easily Tor- , tilled, end so overhung by hcadUnds, ' 1 which of thorn- Ives are fortress, s, that a " Tl:c ombat bein- now in tlie street oarlv in po-ciou cf them could held j of Sarrajas a, the sound ot the alarm bell tho bey a-iinstvaM odds and iu comnar- iv.-: t'.n ...rrv-t in tl-.. i northern point of the bay is twenty-four : miles, ?;:d to the southeastern point thirty- j five miles. The southern half of the hay varies from fourteen to fifteen, the northern half from four to twenty miles in width. In every part of this large tract cf water is good holding ground, and on all it? bores are coves in which vessels of any tonnage mav lie snug and secure from storms, within a cable's length from the land, in the northwest corner cf th.e bay is the in-k-t cf the Rio Sacramento. 'Tlie surpassing- beauty and magnifi cence cf this harbor c: San Fn-ufcisco can vcr be estimated being viewed from the land. One must :.) r roach it from the sea ; have a full view cf the lofty i'mres north and south, rising at intervals into lofty peaks, gireicu 5 1 at their baccs with primeval f;resis cf ever green cedars and pines mottled with tlie boughs cf the oak, the ash. and the pine. The bar which springs from tlie northern headlands of its entrance, and running be neath the blue waters of the Pacltie from live lo nine fathom?, causing a belt of surf to ro'd aeross the mouth, must be passed. A breeze must bear -your bark over and a bng the il mgerous rocks three quarters of a mile tn?ide on tlie right, quarrelling with the surges ; and onward four 'miles' bet ween ihe projecting cbfis, overhanging peaks, ami verd :nt woodlands' filled with starting deer and other game, to the har bors at the narrows - beneath the trrt .:. ..., ,u r.:, , lit' R'Ji; ti a t a. a ami, w--. mc ivn t.t.i n.i- i bav, is seen a broad sheet of water, stretch in off, north and south, the largest r.nd best harbor of the earth, surrounded bv a country partly wooded, and partly dispo-;;! sed in open glades and prairies of the rich est kind, covered with the flocks and herds of the Missions, and deer, and elk, and bears. And, amid the beautiful hills of the south and east of Santa Clara, El Pueblo San Jose, and Mission Sn Joss ; and on the southern peninsula, five miles wide, is San Francisco, Ycrba Cucno, the trading house of the Hudson Ray Fur Company, the Presido and Castillo; on the northern peninsula is San Refeal, and in the north San Francisco Solano, a group of beanty and grandeur lhat knows no su perior in anv clime." Farnliam' Travels b California.- 1 CaUiuiore American. , IIOV TO CARRY CITIES EY STORM. The capture of Monterey, after three days' fighting, by Ken. Taylor and his grdlar.t men, brings to mind parallel in stances in history, in none of which was greater bravery witnessed, nor more mas terly generalship, nor more complete suc cess. Two memorable events of this j t-inil Invfi K.ipn rcfVrrfnl trv w ?.i"rt-iotj s"! , . . . recent ttate one signalizing tr.e Jast; jrveat struirIc between icome an-J Car- j tha Te: the other occurred in the Penir.su lar war of the present century. The following account of the manner in which Carthago was taken and destroyed by t!:c Ramans under Scipio Ajiucanus Dollxn : " Early in the spring Scipio attacked at one and the same time, the harbor called ; Cothon and the citadel, llaviiiif to?-' sessed himself of the wall which sur rounded this port, In: threw himself into the grejt square of the city tout was near it, from whence there was an ascent lo the citadel up three streets', on Cuch sitb of which' were houses, from the tops whereof a sh.nver of darts , was discharged upon the Romsns, who were o!ii.. d. be- fore Jhey t-ouhl advance further, lo force' the liouses they ra;nu to iirst, and post themselves ia thi-in, iu order to disdodc ilience the ciiemy, who fougiit fi m the neighboring ho;isej. "Tiic eondj.it, which was carried on from the tops imd in eve- ry part of the. houses, continued six dajs, during which a dreadful slaughter was made. To clear the streets, and make way for the troops, the Ramans, dragged with hooks bodies cf such cf the inhabi tants as had been slain or precipitated headlong; from the houses, threw them in to pits, many r them, while yet alive end panting. Li this toil, v. Inch lasted six days and six night-?, the soldiers were: re lieved from tiaic to time by fresh e:!r,e, without which they would have been quite spent. Scipm was ihe only per son who did not take a wink of shvp du- ring all uus lime, Mid scarce aaowed h;:n- ! self leisure to lake the; least reiVcih mciit'" In Napier's admirable history cf the Peninsular war a most interesting and graphic description is found of the siege and capture of Saragossa by the French under Marshal Lannf.--. The ramparts having been battered down the historian savs "The walls of Saragosa thus wrnt to th.e grounil; tml Saragors ) herself remain- r.l erect, and as iU-j brtka girdle laii i i .- -v.v ll.-fe K.t 1.. I ........ .. , , . . ,. -. , - , the regular defences fiad h:d-.-ed crumbled before l!;c skiii of the assailants, but the uhr, if" wns .,,a,;iCil:;,tcl.v , cm, wkii an ii u-rnir;:, smo ac:ion, auu as if fortune had resolved to mark the exact moiiic-nt v. r.en t;:a crumarv calcula- :ceasc, t:m c;;k- engineers on both sides uerej shmiua- peoufly slain. The French Genera!, La j j Cos-e, a young man, intrepid, skilful and j rc-nudwet! wiiii genius, p:rw:e;i like a j brave soldier. The Spanish Col. San Gcnis died not only with the honor of a : soldier but the glory of the patriot his I blood staining-the ramparts he had him- I." 1 r .1 i- t scsl ratseu lor i.ic protce-ion ot his native , w-s I:cart! every rpurrtu? poop crowned into the houses' nearest the lodgments of the enemy additional bar ricades were construct s; across th.'princi- p.ti inorouguiares mmes were prepared in the more open spaces and the internal J communications iroai houe to hnr.se were multiplied until thny formed a vast labyrinth, th.e intricate windings of which wer only lo ba traced and the dead bodies of by the weapons die defenders. From tlie height of the walks which he had conquered, Lannes contemplated this terrific scene, and 'judging that men so p'ts-sionalej and so prepare.', could not be prudently encountered i.i open battle, he resolved to proceed by the ebnv, but certain progress cf the utattock and Cv. mine." Napier proceed.? to relate the -further operations of the sicgo how house after house waa blown up, street by street gain ed, and finally Saragassa captured, but only after it was abiKt reduced to an in discriminate mass oi smouldering ruins. In both of the instances here specified the slaughter was immense. And it may ?c inferred beyond a doubt that il our Iroo-is at Monterey had continued tlie street fighting .ds it was begun on the lirst day of the assault, the final capture of the place would not have boon accempliihed without faariul loss.. The ci:y veas 'pre pared for just sueh a defence as ileal which Saragassa maintained; it was in- fact pre pared with more onro than had lcen be- ! stowed upon the latter place, which' had its walis to my upon, and therelore did ... , , .. , t Itwfc ...fcv... x . iniMvi .awii. .in... ... IC. wrdls were ccstroved. The Monterey were not onlyVakcd and entila- .)'afl,IIer' f f ,n rf f 8 masonry were also erected across the streets leading to the Piaza, by which the advance of ihe assailants might be stop ped, while, at every moment, vollics of musketry could be poured from the tops of the houses on both sides by men con ceded behind parapets. . Thf mndp rsil-'intPiI f nrF-trotinir through the houses, on Loin bides of the street, by making holes in the interior partition walls and thus gaming posses sion of the adjoining houses successively, rendered the street dclenccs of the- Mcii- can? wholly useless. In addition to the advantages secured bv thus advauci .....t -1 ! rji- :.. .( . uuuii tuuT, inu amrricaii nue, v. mr hands of such men as the Texan rangers and the Western volunteers, was a more efficient weapon in sm:h u contest as thi-T than any which the assailants cf Saragos sa possessed. The ritie, ued as it can be used bv Americans only, is in tact a weapon which nisst irive sr;eri;f!tv to Our arms EMiist ;Hiy l.e, ir; any I ind ti battle in which ii cm bu Cillcierttly em ployed. It is mn-.-md to read, in the v.c counts cf battles, of in tops bein uttder rlsreloriiours wi.: art airirreirai? loss m the lire lo? jiours wi c:5,j f , c to aurtost' incredib!?. as Now it is not poj!;!ii i'.i: columns of! uiL-n u cxpudca 10 tne urc of Ameri - can rhirmen, even for a hert time, with out great loss Ijeeause epry rideman is a marksman, and no mu:k;mau shoots whhcu: simrmr his :nui. JTrvm the X. O. Plcrtyunr. Er'Ki?!! TUZZ ARMY. MONCLOYA AND CHIHUAHUA T A K E N. EXPEDITION A- . GAINST Y I C TO R I A MARCH OF THE AMERICAN FORCES UP ON SALT1LLO. . The stcanrdii; MeKi.m, Jr., J. B. Pock, m:;ster, arrived ia:t evening from tli? Brazes, which place .-he left on tho 23th inrt. The McKim brought lac mail am; a urge tu::.)ir;r 'A passengers. i :.., !. .(,... ' .1 1 are .;.;.!; eali a (Jrahain bearers of de patt'h': ; from Gen. Davia; bear TavK: r, aiiL: C.i:-t. G. 'V. er cf despatches from Gen. Wool. Ccpt. G. T. M. Dausud to Gen. as; renorts lhat Gen. Vr'ooi took pcaceaMe p.; session cf Monelora on ihe li',)h October. The Governor and. a number of the principal ci;izans formed escort and met Gen. Wool about four inilt a fiimi the city ;md v c!co:ued him &s a friend. 0'ie cf th beet houses ia the placj was o Cured tj him lor his head euaricrs wiiich oiler was accepted. G-.;n. Wc ui's army, cumbering 2300 men was in txcetieui h';a!tu ami spin's The country through v. n;ch it passed is de- scribed as a!) lunJi.ig i;i . wr.eat, corn, necessary means i beef, mutton and every cf subsieteuee, w iiiclx could be had at rcuscmnbb prices, ('apt. Davis reports tbat corn ia raisei iu quantities and of quality iurpa.-smg s:;y tiling he liad be fore teen, ami that t.he climate is dclighf ftil a:.d the country generally very bcau tifi.l, fertile ar.;l vafred with .numerous streams.'' Gen. Yv'ool marched from the Pre. idiothl Rio Grande to Monclova, a distance cf two Iv.mdrtd and four miles in tdeven marching d ys. News was received at Montelova cn the td ins?:, that Cvi. Dor.iphan; cf th'j M i.v-'.iri vtduntccrs, m!;o bed been de-t.-u-i:-?d by G.:u. Ke;-rney, at Sula Fo, for that duty, had taken" the city Chihn hua witii TOO men. He entered the place without impediment the town hav ing su Tendered without a gun being fired, a v.c always said woidd be the case.- Co!. Riley, of tlie 3d Infantry, Ins bn ordered tom-rc'i with the v. i:c!e of his regime:;, upon Victoria, de Tainan- i rt i t r .t. tipas. no mm if.i t::.cn mat service when cur informant lef: Comargo. Upon the arrival cf despatches hes from me tinted .elates government ordering in end to be put to the armistice, Gen. Taylor despatched Major Graham lo Saltil'o to confer with the Mexican camp and informs hem thateach parly was at liber.v to act as it might thii:k tit. . Not .vn ctllcer nor a ro'dior was to be seen at Saluiio. M:-j. Gruham had an interview with the Governor and informed him that the armistice was : t an end, and re quested him to dispatch the intelligence to the Mexican cmutnandcr-in-ehief at San Luis Iv.osi. The Governor de- sirctl Major (Trhnn te proceed to :n Luis ami deliver hi-? rnessage.but thct cf- beer a instructions rcjr.g peremptory be returned to Monterey. W hen Maj. Gra ham left Monterey on the ICt'i insl. Gen. Worth wa tinder orders to move against Saiullo. He was lo hive left the next day. ' Gen. Taylor intended to accom pany him with ihe "d Regiment of Dra goon?, hut would return again to Monte rey, leaving Gen. Vfort'i there. No resist.. r.ce was anticipated from the ene my. Io:n tit.; eY. O. ricn-t:nc. Tlie brig Vfi'd, Capt. Decker, arrived st this port yesterday from Rraz?s San tiago, having sailed thcr.co on the 23d inst., two days later than our former r.d vices. The Will brought no mail, as the McKimwasto Icac the same day and! tlie mails would doubtless be reserved lor her; but we have the American Flag cf Mthins thanks to Dap. Decker, v. hick is three days later itiian wc have before seen. The Flag nrmovmccs that on the 11th inst. the Tennessee cavalry, numbering near 000 men audi horses, .under the command of Cel. Thomas, marched through the ttrocis cf Mr.tamcras from their encampment four or five miles south of that place on the San Fernando road. Capt. Haynes s company Ind been tern norarilv detached from the rceiment and. streets el,', ,- ' ,.r tlie town. Tho Flag informs us that Gen. Taylor 1 has been compelled to throw into prison a priest detected in preaching desertion to the American troops. Th.e Flag he:S little mercy on him. RAIL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. All the contracts for building the New York and Tlrie Rail Road to RbighamLou are taken, at a million less than i,:c cli mates. The aggregate amount c the contracts are 81, 000,00. At this rale, SG,COO.O00 would complete to road to Dunkirk. AU?utIt500,OC0 f the Hock cf the - i, ins been Tairerr '. T . ... .... 300,000 in Bvion. The wtvt? amour required is J2,5(t;f;0.- Tl-.e vonitat-t lor building thr? Koad arc z'. r.tade, ih-i work is tj be e?:u:;:e::c. J Ic;;acJiitc ly. The XVerJe ai;i ;:o TTnr. Ti;e Nortli Americrn has the loliowin:; reir.r rks on the war. Thty place lli9 matter cn the right grounds, There is not. never hs been," tha ; s:ig!iUs: manifestation of a'disjMjstuoii on tLe purl cf the Whig pirty to withhold ! support from the Government ia tbc pros- ceuiion cf the war. To say that ihera has been, is most false, most factions, and is meant to make the mischief it affects t' denounce. The Union and kindred prir.li have made such charges, cud from such motives; they know them to be false; cv cry American recoguizes and resents them ' :vj a slander against our common country. The Whigs assumed their position broad ly, at tha lirst. They hastened to oJcr every thing fcrthe war: to have withheld d.o pro tier would have worked evil to ouf country. At the same time they havj protested against the wrong done and re served their claim lor future justice ! te have omitted this would have been to have proclaimed an extra-constitutional Dictatorship. Their position is unchang ed: It is true that they have murmured against the policy of the administration," and why ? Because the President did r.ot second the ctforts ot the Yv higs : they asked more men, in ere ships, mors munitions, mere heart, more honesty; they alledgcd a design to belittle the war and protract a dangerous contest. W ere they right in their" charges ? They ar sustained by presort facts ; the war is more formidable now than ever. V cro t'oev right in their recommendations ? They have been recognized and adopted ' by the administration. Mr. Polk haa been constrained to adopt Whig councils. The army is reinforced; and will be still further strengthened: and the Gulf squad ron will be made efficient. Scott has been sent to the army; Stewart will be to the Navy. These "are Whig movements ; and under their insprriting influence we looi for earnest results. If they be insufficient -add to them ; to the last drop and hrt dollar the Whigs are eager to meet the re quisition. They regard the war zs "un natural and therefore pant lo fight it out, vigorously and at ence, and be freed from it Kon:erset Ijceam, Will meet at the Lyceum room on Fri day evening next, at G o'clock. QUESTIOX FOR DISCUSSION. Ought the Constitution to provide oi ly for biemnial cessions cf the LegUla ture. Essayist, Dixlaixet!, R. L. Stewart. S. W. Pearson. II. P. IIITE, Sec'y. STRAY EI BUFFER M AMn to the premises of the subserl T&J let in Ciklick totvukhip, on the CT'h of October bsi, a one year old fll.ACL HFIFFER, with son.e WHITL apoi about tbe head and a hole in the, right car. ' The owner is reqtiested to come and prove properly and pay charge?, o;Ler wise said heiffcr will be sold a the bitf directs. WM. RINGLER. Doc. 1548. ROS'ZHT S. M KAI3. eamcf.l m actr.u -M'KilG<t'GUffiE, Fonc a rding f Commission MERCHANTS, At the Hailroud. Depot, CUMBERLAND MD. J? E FE R E XCFS. ); Sw?,n- Fayette" co. H. . ikeson i ' Hon ILm. Hon. J S. Hhck, Ctd. 1. Ankenv, J.-nias Kcint. En. SomcrjetPa Tlioais J. ii W. W. McKaij. Cumberland, MJ. Doc. 15 1m. Jaync's Medicine. JA VINE'S EXPECTORANT. 22) 'J'iHS medicine his already proved iielftore all tliat it has been rccom mended, by those who have given it a fair test in ibis country, and the demand for il increases daily. We hare jt:s t heard of an important cure fr.f Asthma, which has bse effected by ths use cf it in a neighboring town the case wa ihjl of a Temale, vjIij had for a Ion,f time been under tbe care cf a physic:-- but i: id received no relief, end her can? was 'considered hopeless. As a last re surt sl.c purchased a bottle ofDr, Jayr.eV Expcctcrant, whi'h cacsrd her lo ex pcetarate freely, gradually eased h?r cough, and rapidly restored her to health Wcliavctno hesitation in s:ing, tha ihi preparation of Dr. ayne. far thf cure cf Coughs. CVld. Infl-jerza, Astli-ir.-i, r;:iBu:p!icnf &c,. ihe most tii.bie medicine ett-r offered to ihe A H'eri'n p!i'-b' There is no quackery te-fit it Dr. '.lyi-e is cr.e cf the mc. :,m't: pr;iciisi:g pls sicians in Pcr.nt viuia. and s. lpreer bis various prrper 4iio;i? lurie bren ll.orounhly lasted. I ts kicked uro:: s fcrt .it p.. '' be bene ..: ej Jit-rr.zl. Prepared o;.'v ' v Dr. Dawl J-ynr, N. 3 Steitii Third Strrrt. Philrlp-hta. Sold by Also by J. J.i IL F. Scbcll. . Somerset Pa. E.fvrrrd l' f VIM, - : . '" . i !
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