FROM • - Later front Gen. Scott's Army. Movement of Santa iAnna upon Puebla— Gen. Scott JIM at alripa_health of Gelp, Shields and Gen I F. Sinith—arrival df Mr. Past. By the arrival of the schooner Eleanor' Stephens,' Capt. Hall, from Vera Cruz, whence she sailed on .the 13th inst., the , Picayune, of the 25th of Mtly, has letters from Jalapa i° the Ith inst.—three days later thap uhr previous advices. we- have the - American Star of the 13th inst. - , the last number of that paper to be is sued at Jalapa.: We. infer that the publica tion of that paper is to bs. transferred to Pue blo, sod nitinuttelv td the city of Mexice. " The last number of the Star informs us that tumors were rife on the 12th inst. that pie troops at Orizaba had pronounced against -Santa Anna and made Mtn prisoner. The i - Star is incredulous, and Mr. K.'s letter of the 14th does not confirm the news. olonel Childs is governor ofialapa,,and will remain there with 2,000 picked troops, when Gen. Scott moves on to Puebla. Tile city of Jalapa is entirely quiet and orderly; no tar's or disterbances have. occurred there. We have a paper printed at Puebla on the 11th Inst. It announces positively that Gen. Tityler bad left Saltillo, and Moved - either up on ,Zacatecas or San Luis Potosi; one report r 1443 with 4,000 men upon the former State, and 9,000 on the latter. The Yankee, or "foreign' legion," nrgan'- ized by Santa Anna from deserters from our armies, hasbeen disbanded and ordered out of -The city: Theirinatnorality and instnordina: tion s assigned for this proceeding. Their man era, the Illexicans say, are not at all adap ed to their society. A etter from Durango, dated ,the 2Gth of Apri, states postively that Col: Dueipharrs forces had fallen back upon •Chihualma, in s tead'ofad van ci ng upon Purango. hi nk that there can be no doubt of this feet ' anti, cortsequently that Col. Duniphsit hainotbeen defeated. The knsurree(ion in New Mexico is as.4igned as the causelof his return. ' than tat coripigooome.o or oho Prow eon. • ,111.t.Ars, Mexico, May 14, 1847. It is new confidently asserted that Santa Anna has moved from Orizaba, and in the di rection of-Puebla and the city of Mexico.— The 4dministrador de la diligencia—gener l stege agent I suppose he might be called lib the vernacular—reports having met .at Corrde Leon, near Perote, with a force of th arm Mexicans, whose appearance he did not stall ike. From stragglers he learned that Sant Anna, with a large force, had passed on toWa, s Puebla; that the • roads were tilled with obbers and brigands, and that it would nut b prudent fur him to go an. La t night an intelligent Spaniard inform ed m that he had 'seen tivo letters from rze.- aba, ne dated the 6th And the' other th 7th 1 1 - inst., On the first day the letter stated that the fi at brigade or division of Santa Anna's army tarted en route fur Puebla. and, on the 7th t e other division`marched in the same direct on. His entire force waaeput down at 2,500 th q most of tlima is litferentle armed'' and u del little or no discipline. _if a r ia Anna Jas moved towards the cap ital., I d there' certainly is good reason to be-' lieve hat he has,) his intentions are doubtless to contiol the election for President{ which takes Iplace to-morrow. Ile cannot certainly havehe temerity to even think of attacking 'Ge: . Worth, whose 'division could put to flight 10,006 of 'the best Mexican troops that ' ci ever b re arias; so that the conviction is irre sistab ' tluitLhe intends having a hand in the' comin election. - One would - naturally think thatsa ter his many disgraceful reverses he would either attempt to leave the country,,or, else h de himself in some obscure part of it; but th cowardly tyrant loves power and place too w 11, and will cling to them as long as. there s a dollar, a musket, and an open road on wh ch to run left in the republic. ..s. -.Thlong wagon train is now coming, into the ci y from Vera Cruz, and has met with no otr osition on the way. 'There are be:- ..tween three and tour hundred. wagons and be t tween eleven and twelve tentdrted pack mules in the train-quite a string, yoti would think, were ou to see them all tooller. Th foreigners in the city et Mexico are s all extremely anxious for the arrival of Gen eral Scott. The war has been most dims. trous to all the foreigners, breaking up the husinss of many entirely. The trity udvan, tage i has been to any has been the l deprecia tionl it has caused in-the value of real estate. Houses in, the'city of Mexico belonging to the churchi - and which have been sold under the ha(ter, have been bought in by the Eng lish a d other/nae -; rehun:s at,priees far below . their c al value. \ ' m will doubtless learn with pleasure--as will d übtiess his numerous friends in New Orlea s—that General P. P. Smith has again repored fur ditty. For no less than a month i he w s unable to put his foot to the ground„ to au h a degree was his ankle inflameJ.A. am also hippy. at being ableto state that Gen. Shields is still mending, although slowly.—' The faving of his life may be put down .al. mast i tis a miracle. I saw 'kiln but a short' : time After he received his dreadful wound; and I no ode then thought that he could live even , 1 tweny-fonr hours. Gen. Scott's proclamation, which I sent off to yob two or three nights since by an express rider has been road here by all the Mexicans, and in a large tnajoritr of cases with excel lent ' Met. It is a most able, document, and goeshome te\the feelings of the people: By r this ime it has been circulated at Puebla and thecity of Mexico, and will doubtless turn the Minds, at least of the honest and reflecting towards peace. Mr. 'I Tin arrived here this morning from Vera Cruz.‘ His basinessi do nut know, but I suppose he goes on with the army. Gen. Scott, owing to the' non-arrival of all the train, will not be able to move for i two or three days to come. Capt. Walker, i with his rifles, is on the way up, guarding Another smaller train. Yours, 8tc..., G. W. K. P. O. With not a little trouble and ex pense I have been enabled to procUre the very latest dates froth the city of Mexico, and also from Puebla. You will see that the freedom of the press has been susPended, but not until the editors had tied - most lustily about us nits ' erable Yankees. , The letter about Gen. Scott's destroying Encero, and offering a re ward for Santa Anna, it would puzzle the father of Ilea to beat. On the contrary, a safeguard vas placed upon the hotwoof Santa Anne,'lntd not a stone of it. has been moved. 'The report that Santa Anna has gone to wards the capitol receives additional confir mation. We hear nothing,of Gen: Worth, but ever ems hopes he has falleniti with San ta Anna. \ _-, A NeatiOan officer, Capt. Velasquez, died yesterday from a- wound received at Cerro .Gordo,And was buried with military honors. -Lieut. Shelby Jobnsod, of the 4th Illinois vol unteers, also died yesterday, and was (lorded .with appropriate ceremonleA. General Peott and staff, with many othernflicers of our ar. - any, attended both funerals. A work has been thrown up near this which complotely commands the city. 1 , constructed under the superintendent Cipt. Beintregar 4 , a native of Louisiana; auntyu high retwation in the army.-- G. W, IMPORTANT FROM ATEXICO! , . Vow the Ns* brims Delta, May 27. Geli • Worth at Puebla—advance Vibe Herrera eiraed President *Marie , tyre of a train, fe. . . At an early h fir this morning the a ahip Palmetto a rived from Vera Cruz, ing dates from t at city to the 22d, And Jalapa to the 21st. Wit are in receipt full correspondence,/but have only time to givelithe following brief extracts at thial late hour. . Our =reap :Indent "Mustang" writes from Jalapa, Under date of the2let inst.: _4, - "We have positive information of the iv. rival of Gen. Worth's command at Puebte . :—. 911,the approach of our army to the city. Gen. Santa Anna,Who was there at the time supplying his troops with some necessaries, s nt out a detachment to engage Gen. Worth u til he could procure ltis supplies; but the encounter was soon over,: and Santa Anna and - his army - ,compelled to fly. to the skir , this!: there Were four Mexicans killed—our Arose urine. }le has retreated towards the city lof Mexico. Ono report' says he is; at Santa Martin—a fown-28 miles froni Puebla; but it 6: generally conceded that,his main force. op ; wards of 12,000 men, have gone to Rio Fri where be is preparing fur another engagd- I ment. The' latter place is said to be a nav• urally strong point, and can be made to offer strong resistance; but if ' Cerro Gordo count not resist the brigade erGen. Twigge t. what can position avail the Mexican chieftatra "The train looked fUr the pOfew days has arrived, together with 'Cap's. Walker and Ruff, with their commands. The army here will move four,miles on the Perote road to morrow evening, and on Sunday take up its ' line of march. No.stop will be made at Pe rote. - If we shOuld not halt at. Puebla, to hear the result of some more propositions of peace from the Amerlcan - government, you may soon • expect to receive my letters dated at the cap -1 ital of the republic." , ' .-N 1 JALAPA, 11b - o'clock, A. M. May 21. . EDS. DELTA: The "diligence! 'is about l'eavidgi. I write to give you the latest up to departure. The Mexicans haven report here which is credited by the Americans general ly, that Herrera is ected President of Mexi co,il and that he is d sposedto , treat for- peace. The "diligence" fr in Puebla is looked for momeutarily, whit will give it ,the correct position of affairs at the capital. If it should arrive in time to otertake the ine towards Vera Cruz,• - 1 will send an express to over haul it. the reason assigned by the Mexi cans for Herrera being willing to make peace e t with ns, r ie r that he sires to prevent our \ta king possession of e capital of the republie l , which he says wit be the inevitable result if the Mexicans do not came to - fermi:l. Shall we be delayed by soothing-promises' and friendly professions, or shall - we march on, conquering and to conquer) L'lnipe the. word wilt be "thwart)'!" and -nut wait anal they have placed the capital in a proper statemf de fe,.ce, and then bid us defiance. "DaiaYs are dangerous," and may cause us to- fine many gallant officers .and soldiers. Herrera, no doubt, is favorably disposed; hut can he con trol the factions? Once in po6session o f ‘ the city of Mexico, we can treat tin what ‘terms we please. • The army is undeC marching •orders for to morrow et ening ut a o'clock. Gen. Twiggs' coluinu will mauve-at-that hour, if no -unfer seen circumstances int^rvene. Nothing fur ther from Gene. %Vorth and Quitman, except that they were resting from the fatigues of the march in Puebla, -- , Gen. Shields - had un attadk of pleurisy two nights ago, but. is recovering from the effects ,of it, and also his wound. "He expects to be able to leave for the United states about the 10th of th 6 next month. , Capt..Watker is encamped with his red uits eti , e to the town. It was generally sup us ed he would be arrested for the course he ui sued in •eference to a guerilla party he c me in contact with. But 1 understand his • co rse is approved of. Icie 'alcalde of Santa Fe, who had been her wring the banditti, and in whose possession the property and clothing of the iniirdeaed dragoons were found, had to share the same fate as those, who committed, the murder. Served him right. - MUSTAN?. l•-•-...., IstArs,)-May* 21--12 o'clock. -; ' Ens. DELTA: The Diligence has arrived, from Puebla but nothing official had arrived } from the capital previous( to its departure.--, 1 The passengers state tl4l it was current all that place that Herrera had been elected pres ident. - I receificka" letter from puebld, of which the folloiiink is an extract: • . "We enterer;; this place on the 15th The natives although quiet yet, have stabbed'. several of the men, and have killed two.' We, were attached in Atnasco by Santa Anna, with' about 1,500 cavalry. Ile Jost three Itille4 and seven wounded. The old codger took re, tit of leaving for Mexico, where he is forth' tying the Perini and Ayotia." have seen another letter from an gent source, to a• gentleman in this place, which says,..that Santa Anna retreated from Puebla to San Martin, and subsequently , left for the city of Mexico. Also, that we ate tit be met on the road, somewhereosith 10,000 me‘under one general, whoseine I do not recollect, and 4,000 under Minon. ' .So Mae it be-77-the more the better. No doubt, by the time we meet them, their force will be aug mented to, double the number. We also learn •that murders and robberies are being commit ted op the road deity, both by horsemen and footmen. The source of information can be relied on. M.QSTANG. Our porrespondent at Vera Cruz, under da of the 211 in,t., writes us es follows, just the Palmetto was leaving "One hundred an l twenty quarterntast r's mules, loaded with flour and pork, - on t eir road to rendezvous at Santa Fe, were attack ed last evening, three miles from here. The muleteers'were fired upon, but I-cannot learn whetherliny were killed. Must of the mule teers have just returned, and report that the entire train was captured. This is no rumor. I have the facts from the ijuartertnaster here." Montt Tat:atm.—While the Federalists are complaining that Gen. TAYLOR is left with out troops, and that Gen. Scow finds hisop eraticals arrested by the sante cause, thou sands of volunteers and tegularattre arriving at Vera Cruz and the Brazos. The Wash ington' correspondent of the .IV,'sio York Eve ning Post alludes to the matte!' in the llow ing paragraph; ,The fighting is 'allover, is one of thocam monest phrases which 1 ineet with. I Can See no good reason for giving into this opinion.— The government here duns not act upon the assumption. More troops, are called , for al most every_dsy. The tecruting service has been every where most: Zuccessfill within the past ; month. , Even in ,lcold• New England, where - industry is thriving, and where the war is generally unpopular—wherein:Mc opinion, indeed, derides and contemns it, a, regiment has been filled with the noblest materls of, which a gallant and effective soldiery can con sist. The Army'tn'Ast have been nearly swelled tnthe limit , OW increased comple 7 merit of 16,000 rank and file. The new ten regiments must he nearly Wand three fourths of this last fore 4 are - prebafy now on the Way to Mexico. And,, notwithetading this, the President has called , fod a supplementarY vol unteer force of about to # thousand men,tunler nu'hori v , as I suppose,lof the act °Chilly last, permitt rig the levy of 00,000 of this ehrss of troops.' these are to be hurried ' forward with the grehtest speed, and they will be all .needed An, bringing the war to a close. lace t was e of who DIAPAT4II69, stti Maxicsa The Washington Union says l -..44We are in forme! that Uommander ISands, late of the U. S. steamer Vixen, cruising in the ',gulf of Mexico, arrived in townie-day with despatch ea from Commodore Perry foil • the Nary De pariment. bringi - with him a flunther or nags taken.froin the enemyitt , Tespatt: effie , those of the brig. Truktoni,vibich were "sap tured.• Ho . ia also in charge of snow beivitir, fill brass ordabee, taken from the "castle of elan Joan de Vilna, brought as trophies to be put at the disposal of the government. They are now on board the ship St. Mary's at. rived at Norfolk oni Monday lest. I army 1 p. emu ring- from dour =I A FEW POUNDS OF TEA. The Mexicans In this country admit our claims against - Mexico, and yet exclaim, "but shall two nations be plungedinto a war' fee 'few &Okra?' Three nations,' some years back, were plunged into , war about a few pounds erten/and a fete reams of foolscap paper, and sck,h,glike'things, insignificant of themselves. • brether England said, "Pay, me a few more pennies the pound on your tea, people over the Atlantic,- in America; buy your paper, which you use for 'certain pur poses, of me." "No," said our ancestors, "not so; we shalt pcw you not another penny on our tea—..we Went use your paper."— "Then we will ccxnpel you—..with bayonets end cold lead, and 'such like arguments."— "Very well, f so be it?" Now it niay be sup posed, and we believe it a- fact, that there were certain people in those days who loved ten, who sicid—"What! shall we go to war about a little tea?—.lo! how'shall we get tea in that case! Our goodly traffic will be des troyed—men will be killed—cities burned, and the land deluged with blood, in cense qlence of this tea busitteast Peace! peace!— War is dreadful, and war about tea and a few sheets of paper, withtha picture ofa fool's cap on the corner, is roust foolish!" But, we all know there was another and a different set of men in those days, ' who said the tea is of no consequence--a few pennies -more or less do nut-amount to' much , in the long run; but we see, hidden in this brown tea=a somewhat grave question of right.— And, although the tea and the paper are not much, Yef,.it'is not right that we should be taxed fur the one nqr compelled, to use the other; therefore, we must fight about it— Fight they did, and whipped not onb , the ag: greaser, but the people among them who lov ed tea and treason better than fight and free dom. • • The tea people had their descendants.— They were alive in the last war, crying "what! shall we have' war bean - Si - I a few of our brethren have been abused—war is awful, peace! peace!" Rut these fellows shared the fate of their forefathers. The tea people are flourishing now. Meg ico has dealt treacherously with us, she has murdered and plundered our citizens for a se flea of years. She has refused to make resti tution and at , last declared war agai nst us, and when the President meets them, "up rise the tea people and shall wri go to war for such trifles--.a few pounds of tea? What if Meicico has murdered our citizens, plundered our commerce, imprisoned our brethren and decla ed war against us! These are small matters afew pounds of tea—shall . 1 .. we•go to war about i it? 'Let us submit to these things; they are only a few sheets of foolscap paper, niore ior less, poor =Mrs for ' chriatians to tight about." • Listen, and. you shall hear, these few-Pounds-of-tea people talking in Fiery quarter as the. taries of the Revolution, talked, it's .the traitors of Nova Scotia fellows talked in the last war. They are marvellously fond Of peace and tea. They think it hest to submit to any insult rather ,than fight about it. aod are singularly given to Italking against their own country and in favor of her enemies 1 whether dressed in a British or a, Mexican rat. You may always rn b knovithey their c y of peace! kpeacet and shuddernigs at the mention of wlO, and their love of tea.ind treaSon.—Nontpelier (Vt.) Patriot.! '1 Oua Poucv Is M atc0......-It seems to be pretty dear that Gen. Scott is now carrying 1., out exactly the views of the; administration. His actions speak- it, nd some of the hestiii- - formed of the Washington letter-Writers con firm it. The correspendeut °f i llip Philadel phia Ledger says: i ' "Between him ( Gee. Scott ) ' and the Presi dent, and all the members of the cabinet, there ,exists now the most perfect entente eta-clic:le, and it is evident from his proclamation to the Mexicans, that the commander-in-chief' car ries9ut the full views of the administration in' a matter, perfectly approved by it. "As in the belief that Gen. Scott dare not proceed beyond Puehla for want of troops anti ainnitinition, it prehably orginated in the fact that he wishes hi4roclamation and other judicious acts to prod lee their proper effect in the capital before he would venture- on a counter-irritant." t In reference to thehnissio(n of Mr. Trust, the idea also is hold olit• in more quarters than one, that it may serve Only as an entering. wedge to more format negotiations. Far in-: stance, it is said: "Scott and 'Prise will prove amply sufficient for the purpose they have in view, and, in case a third person will be re (mired, that third 1)413°w-will bo none; less th&n. Mr. Buchanan himself. MEKtuAN PntvAimintria•--A letter received from Barcelona, in Spain, by a merchant of I _Plymouth, England, on the 12th of May, and pnblishect in a 'London paper received biy the last steamer, containes the following state ment: "On the Ist of May, ar ived a small vessel of about sixty-tive tons, belonging to Barcelo na, armed with a swivel, and said to be an 30, pounder, having obtained a Mexican commis sion to act as a privateer, and hoisted Mexican colors. She brought into this port an Ameri can bark, of 280 tons, from St. Domingo. "The authorities took up the matter, and, upon an examination, condemned the privateer as a pirate, and the American vesal proceed ed on her voyage. . "I 4 1 ) learn that three other .vessel - are fitted out with similar comnaisions, as J . riVateers under the Mexican flag. The alit verities of Barcelona behave well in this afltiy. Part of the crew' ofthe American vessel were on board of thepirate, and were compelled to aid in bringing her in, while part were left on board their own vessel." ~.,, Q7Upoii examining the effects found in Santa- Anna's "hricietufa, or House, /between Vera Crui and Jalapa, the following articles were found but left untouched as 'sacred pro pertg: A. bottte of Di.' Swayne's panacea. A bo t t of Wrig is Whip Vegetable pills. A lordg letter frOm ToM'Corwin upon the war. The concluding sentence was: "Giye them a hnsppable grave." A bundle of Daniel' Webster's Philadelphia tory spe4ch'. A daguerreotype Likeness of the editor_of the "Boston Chronotype." A battle, of genuine “Whig hair oil." • 1 , 4 battle Menet" "Federal sympathy" and inscribed on the back "Oliver Oldschnel:" What a splendid federal Vendee they would tnake.—kisteit Argus. NOT BAD.—They tell of a 'volunteer. Vibe returned to Dayton, Ohio, after having reach ed Cincinnati. on Ids way to Mexico. Many were the jibe he encountered .on. his return; and, among the rest, a conpre cf hie Whig friends asked him what he had comeback for. Ho replied. thitt 'fearing he might fall into.the hands of the MexicOti, he had;returned for a copy of Tom Corviin's speech, as he was, con fident all b-II couhrnt injure him among the Mexicans white in:possession of that doen inent.'... We should not be • surprised, should he be taliert..by the Mexicarok to hear of his elevat ion' to sow important post among ,them, provided he takes good care and makes proper use of this talisman.—Pennsylvanian. ()fowl. MExce linanitoineasa....-Mr. Web ster, white lit ,Chtirlestoti, like Mr. ,_Clay in ew Orleans, felt.a laudable ambiton to slay, otnething. Mr. Clay wished to kill a Mexi can, but Mr. Webster in the dearth of tomcods, eirprestOri'desire to kill an alligator,' He fired Kitt the hide of, the animal woe harder than any Gide! evey drank in the campaign of 1840, ana the ball bounded kohl the animeiri hick like parched corn from a hot. stove-plate. Mr. IVeluster intends, - next tiitiy "a cif!' shell; ad aliigaior. '"•= The Mexican authorities have suspended the liberty af the press in that country, THE OBSERVER. "The World iv Governed t ' • o Much." -It 1 E, P = lo Morulujg, Last 1111, ISI7. DIM RATIO NO.IIINA YOR OOVEOIO P FV!. jk. NK. ran CANAL commie:op, sa, MORRIS. LONGSIIIET11:, ()rTuo l s. H. &mewl is a Anly uuthorized agent to pr cure, subscribers for this paper. .07•Ano her interesting number of "Scenes from rilexidan Life," Will be found on our first page.' Wal have number third, and the last, on file—it Will appear in our next: Q 7. There is a pretty fair prospect, if the American Army remains muchlionger in Alex-, ico, of thei race being rgenerated as well as the cOuntr . Marriages between the volun teers and tfie Mexican \ women have become quite frequent. ,- . ' frr We are sorry to learn that nurfriend Scorr, Engineer of the U. S. Steamer Mich igan, has received orders to report himself for ' ' I duty on boa d -c ' inceton, now at Philadel phia. , ____ 07" We all attention to the acivenisement in another column, of "Life Insurance." AH to the benefts reautting from the insurance of life, we think there can be no question—the facts set for4h in the advertisement are amply sufficient to show them. iicknowledgl the. receipt of the zine, an excellent religious and is monthly,' published in New. 'E. Mlleis 151 Nassau st., and %t versatile and nopular writer, itaziveir. The number before us 3(1 with a beautiful plate of the fronitho Walls ofjerusa iolthson is Via agent for this city. (r.r. We Parlor Maga!, miseellaneo York, by E. edited by titt Rev. J. T. is etnbOishe l "Mount of 0: lem." Joel; 'A Few Pounds 'if Tea.,l We, call special attention.to the article un der this h'ead, in another column of our paper. There are •s' mti s b i ome t utha in it, quaintly told; and fur.ibly e press • . O We are hayipy to chronicle the return of Lieut. McDougal; forfnerly of the Michi gan, but late , ly otthe !Mississippi, Co his fam ily in this pliic. He rturns, we believe, on urit of a furlow t on acd prained ankle. He t was at the b then 'of Vera Cruz, and although then on crutches, rendered essential service in thii.t glorious achievement. aai Houston'. in Limbo We notie: th eat in New York of Sam licenton, a catitanche Indian, adopted by and named after I tho Texen Sam Houston, and present, it i said; with the latter, Sam at the battle of So Jacinto., The namesake of, 'the hero was arrested on a charge of stealing about two dozen b 1 ttlea,of brandy,. arid sundry other articles of a ip stores, from the ship Glenmore, Capt. Michels, from Bofast. ob 1 treat Cry and little 'Wool.' There was great eommotionandexcitement among thoie w,ho felt it their duly to mind every body business bid. their own, 'in Alba ny,l. a week or so ago. 11 appears that a Mr. Lamotte, o New Oileans, accompanied by two Young ,slavesarrived in that city on his way to F anc?. :An aiteqtpt was made to rescue . the staves, which resulted in the issu ing of a ; rit of habeas' corpus to bringl the L children b fore a Judge, and show what e.:,_uSe there was for their detention. i The case c l ime ~o . e r„ ,n o( t i o . o u gh nde th r e t y he b s e on before ii . udgn Bramhall, at his chamber...- Mr, Lam tte heclared that he did not claim o s h i be i et od i and e Fh e i t rain t n o acs t e ll 's e ea i r r nv o da p nt t ti i is o a' n t h t to 'B. instructtd the chil, the boy Ini d enie g sa i girl as Judge longed to him in:that rapacit y ) but that they voluntar i y go a iot e i c st o lhi n o l uh p li a dm n their rights, and told theist that they, Ite their ,own oleetio.:, whether to ae their master, or remain here. Both nd girl decided to continue with Mr. and the case was discharged. were to was willi go with circumst Limo as t, mast ma company) the boy a LarnotteJ I"A Fire In tho Roar." • tent address to the Mexicans, ty t hiCii dy never thought of when he svrote 'rated "hasty' plate of soup': letter. caper in SPringaohl, Massachusetts, of it, et:4'llollns that he attempts to the people- against Santa 4.,lnna, and iin away frOn his, support." The 1 Times—megular whiff* Botts press t liko itoNd hits 'both Scott and accusing them of publishing Alexicopreitired l for them itt Wash- Ilif addition to these vollies from dif- Gen. by his re he probe' that cele A whig speakingl prejudice draw 'th , Riehmon —does n Taylor 14 uments tngton. ferent se tions of the Wien, the 'Boston Post says the Lowell Courier'!-.-owned by the edi tor of the ktoston Atlas-4-shows its open con tempt for tho hero of Lindy's Lane and Cer ro Gordo; by stigmatizing' the proclamation as "humbugs and "stufirl written in a "mis erable style,' "sneakingland dishonest," "not tree," and charging that the anther "knows better," and that If he wrote thus toAmeri _cans ho would be "hooted linb silenCe." ' This is now the scurrilous tone of presses which whilorn accused the at miniatration of trying to injure Gen. Scott 'hy keeping him away from the army, from a mean jealousy of his popularity as a presidehind candidate. Since i l lo the world began herei never was a . ore - fac, Cour Crow in op sitter) to any go ernment I than that with w id' we have to eon end here. Gem' Scott at home'teas bepraise by these wretched 'grumblers, but'at the head f the ar my, - conducting the wer with - , rigor, and ei hihiting' patriotic conduct, he subjects himself to their obloquy—deufficient'proof that he is Oist iwthe right. . ' ' , The Way to ale In Eraser:Ming the War. Our 'neighbor -7 o( the Gazette has ,prated much of late because we affirm that the wltigs hive 4 !declined to aid in prosecuting the war." Will our cotemPorisry "cast, his eye over the last Commercial and Chronicle,' and see the manner in'which they aid in . prosecuting the war. We 'need ncit:particultirize—we - titink our neighbor's; good Cowie will teaclaim what we allude to. , .-- ' ' - -,- :• ' 7- ' •:. , '' ' 1 • .., I:l2*!The Anti-Secret' Society: Rip Van !Winkle Of the COMmercial has' woke tili spilt; , andm down 'on ,Oddj'ellnyie # , • Sor tir oj rent per:rtnce, and the Lord ` snows, whit, ; in ram pant style.. y,We 'enspect . the'flact that ti itotof the •Gaseitti ii"si Son,Of Temperance miyhtacconnt far. thie and4isi:rinsitigfrem, hisilireke&and long Sleep. 1. " A ISsekset to tin Ts , • The Taylor men of thi mean Arse vvligs who a , Rent old General for ?re ultra adherents to the d % tfiey tell us flip old Ged; !Clvocate and believer in tection, and many of t ' mere not so, 11 could .urt. What % ill they d •Oge, [Lou.] Advocate shed where e en. Tayl .1 course ou,gh - to and d. I oigs to no pa ty; 'Oat II ON/. with the admini, ppointing Fuel never ask n'qui that the LAST VI Jackson. Adoll too Mercury, gun of Mr. Ca, come out, withi ed for the Geu9i have pretty coil sylvania toiritr for we presumt to suppose Mr.l port to a man tI ized with him o i l The past life gives'telie tole then is the sitoi whigs of Penn. , that dr a whig 'a hunting deer. snow a while I o he thought w ready cueied, trail and folio through. brush the track. At I and worn, he 41' is a mice Ind eager ved -on. and bush Ist, tower vertook of a nice drovel of deer, I all day some of his net friend mizzled for home [ not hunted mu h since, I Just tio with cut. friends-; suing what they though genuine 1842 tariff man vacate of protection--an and worn, it turns out I South Carolina -FRCS ny kintl of a poll t / ical porke But their misfortunes 'Oleic is still a deep dept subjected themselves? clamorous for the Wilt the further extension of and denounced every ma that move—called them cos"—paraded the nameu Congress from this State with 'Week lines drawn a , scouted everything, so Dixon's',But now - tc \ over the lipid , ' f their di lar as well as th tariff, to fall back into th armu Tom Corwin. The Nc )4adittg Fedora) paper it following emphatic !ant urging General Taylor the South. We 'comm attention of; the Will whigs. It id tv rich 'pill "One reason why do probably will sustain G Presidency with. great u his nomination affords n ed for chance of (*din. office. Now, when it is the great parties at,the s , ti-slavery faction—that the extension of slavery ited in the Pate Congres. thin to disfranchise the S of placing at the head o who from birth, associat identified with the Soot lessly uphold her right oppression, cannot fail t mind. In if is view hi tit 7tter ofivi I moment p Wen of the 'confedera Listen to that, ye coal' Wilmot-proviso-abol it io Gen. TaylOr's “electiou vital' moment to the slat. the eimfederacy," says tl federalismi Just so, sa the great Southernaadvo the supremacy of. the s says, his organ, the Cha in the exuberance of his I once more securing the Carolina policy in our n editor.breaks •forth tu 'tit oquent style: "The,lin rarer ,Whigity Demos should libtre'the for himself, and lin so do i get the noble old Mill a a supersedes on Judge cashier the Chevalier of 1Gordo; while the good of are as deeply horrified, sacrilegious foot on tie I ally in the perscin of 14 Preston King peter I)i hat, walk over the.byg spit upon the,Residini and have the impudenc Rough and Ready mig i ' ~ Was ever a 1 'set of mi the ,Taylor whip of I blindly fuelled i into the: of John C. Calhoun, itru conitequenees. t O 7 No diBiculty wh rienced this etron by b 1 going out of our hirbor, of the large elites stew, ly. There le Ittbout channel' so mll! staked could , herdly iniee it. the oombinntion on the with the depth ] oftvater bore thart l !netu e, or the • 'ir7Vas no gularly fatal horses inlNTew oceasiOned I by hind the pews Certainty we hive-he) our chitee however, fro 'tuition'? tieighQiir'e: It the long iar/41 ) quedrop: Chia ricay. .The editor o terlook) out, ite•tio bell: tageous. Gen, Droll)! mile; of left - his entire :estate, w, few. fiiendly legacies { ger; what ten yeve,ag duel,.Thiiiefrair,effor. .the noble cherneter,of Contrition he fat tin en of Pocieti cannoned 16 .1 IleTarts Whig*: • Statel(by which we red hot for tbo gal -1 • bleat) , are the most !funet t f ariffof 4 412- - •. nil is an out an out heir tloginsa of pro-, m affirm! that if hi receive their anti- nowhe Baton a federal paper pub= resides; and which' sa knew, says he he views harmnize:' the tariff; that, in President, he would tb:ir politics; and • r gave was for Gen. act that the Charles , r and accredited or outh Carolina, has t we weeks, flag foot : Presidency, and-we !deuce that our Pen n been hukitiugged; stra lion to office, i ration ea Iva lie ev tote, the her pecoli , hoult in the last .ral for the ?Naive evi whims ha' there is (Calhoun that he du, I In the cril thelre, laity such !salon of IYlvania'r Friend of After ti no one So green as would give his sup not know harmon =stionof protection.. t South Carolinian supnosition. What he, '412 tariff' Taylor It is something like tura, who once went roping through the on the track of what drove. With gun eye, he took up the Over hill and daie, • our- friend kept on s 'night, when weary Os game, but instead ;Owl been pursuing 111 lier's, swine, Our 11. to say that he has Quid be stiperfluous., they have been pur- - Iwas the track of a 1 an out and opt. ad 'd -ow, when weary ci-i: be the' track cif a 6 ,4nna—the gauntest S'''P ,o come u do. not stop here- - to which they have I hey were the most t Proviso—against stavery—opposed to who voted against "northern dough-fa of-thosemembers of : before their readers onnd)hem—in short th of Mason's' and , 1 . cuange must come enin, in this particu .r else they will have 4 their first love-- Orlea a Bee, the 1 Louislnn; uses the tiege 1 1 i l ett niticie uPPI; , I I hel people ?f I 'nd it to the sOeciel of rr&rfse Tuyler 1 for thee'.! ' I South shouht, l 8;1'0 l en. Taylor for the nanimity, is because 1 , a final and unlook- a Southern man to considered that both .North court the an. , , both are opposed to "nd that both exhih a settled &termina -1 !nth—the importance I We Government one. ion and conviction, is and who Will-fear and guard her from 'strike every midi election becomes a to the slave bolding d . ff ,Mexicaln becomes a matter of e holding portion of e organ of Louisiana a John C. Calhoun, ate of free trade and ays,power. Amen, I ieston Mercury, and "oy_at the prospect of scendency of .6' on th (onal councils, the • following grandil- 're shoeked that friend reSumption to think ng remember to for y of the Slashes, put 'McLean, and even era Cruz and Cerro rats in our own ship hat he should put his nnoinied head of ropf l'?il. Cauros," kick the( iolition into a cocked ne exponent of b 4 40; If the Peacemaker, e to euppose that otd t•be Made a man of.? ,en so, humbugged a t it Lennelylvania. They ER! TRAM embrasl they must\ suffer the Itever has been 'expe -1 • • ata In coming in ana otwithstanding soma l ettcall here natal . - leetater, and t4e ut that a blind man . I . We have no douht kakes had more . to too 10,sOran or our ha f t- Igenerat govern Men . Iri.i.e r I,iofthe 84_' n v icrk i f:iiiiot among ppt 4 kg, have bee, of '4t3,! !lie is be - rdOf . , We believe that State are later ad then ergot among'' Or, and was apreading ,f the Gazette had bet : Ve 6nt) ditsease'iti 'con- ►e Obs , ease isey , Tari Gazeti! of the Man. triune, it la said; has th;thefrecoption of It tbetchildren of fell : Dy,hie hend in a s'ainoilter'neide;nce he Man, iiiiifthe,ileep act which a . false elite to commit., ~I , Whitt La* for tits Oath()lia. Timlltrexican whig press, from the Nation al Intelllgencer down.td the peculiar organ of Gen. Taylor in this federal, ridden corner of PennaOvarda, have all at oace,fell desperate ly in love with the Catholic. Church. We would hope t, hat4his love Is not hypacriticat, but sincere,: 'and that they will prove that it is So bY becpmitig exemplary member of that respectable bodylof Christians : Although we ac nowledge that the- "vilest sinner may return " oar charity la'not , capacious enough to beli ve that these gentlemen twill do so, or I have a ll y more respect nail., for-the ordinances and mAshtsof that church - than they had in 1844'‘ len they - denounced the c-httrell as a body, tigmatized its members with the most approrious epithets their vocabUlary of bil iugsgate could furnish, becauslhey \ serWpectrd that Mr. Polk had 'received. a urge Share of their v'otes. And we are unch+ i itable enough to believe also,, th at they'-have no more respect I now for their tigh.tit than they.linTiv - inifili-e-y -burnt their churches and school houses, dese c'roted;and defaced their tomb stones, and drove them With fire and sword from theirlomes in Pltilad;3lphiain 1844. Again, "%is strange, lis Passing strange," that some of this su perabundant sympathy was,notmanifeted be fOre--cispeciully. at'tho time it was 4 much needed when the citizens of that/ tlican whig tate of Massachusetts robbed and burnt the,Calholic.Churcfi'and Seminary at Charles town, a few miles from Boston, tnl'eslen broke open its tombs and stole the Mate from the coffins they contained. Then, gays the Post, every Catholic Church in Boston was i l threat ened with destruction, and they were till d. il with their friends, armed; to protest the' , while the persona' safety oV Catholics w s endangered' On account of their religious lie lief! Then, unoffending femalei, devoted to religious duties, with the children .under their care, were driven front their abode by a con suming fire kindled by a . mob, Unobstructed, at midnight, the flarnekef which illuminated the streets of Boston; But this was not. enough —again they were folh3Wed, by the ddmon of persecution to their shelter in lioston, and, fi nally, only found peace and security 11, leer ing Massachusetts! But these acts of persecution werceommit ted in the Vttited ,States—upon , Catlicilic citi zens and Churches of the United l&tates— hence the difference in the , tone.now and then of these papers. Now they' pretend to be afraid the Administrati.34) is about to !clines ter the ch c p erty of Mexico, aci d forth with a great hue an cry is raised.bylithemof lose for the Catholic Church. Probably were', we to trace cause and effect to 'their sour , we might arrive-at the conclusion , that as t lel Church property of Mexico is now all the means that nation has to depend utlon:to con- i tinue the war, they are afraid irthe Mexicans are deprived of it, theUnitedlStutes will "coo- quer a peace ." , We - do not say this :is the sole cause of their new found love, but we do' say, that an impartial observer of their cou-r 4 sC I ; heretofore, both in regard to the Catholics and 1 the war, would naturally infer it. There how ever is another—noliiiCat advan ta ge. They I Wish to array the Ca l t! °tic Church against the ' A l dministretion—toi brinff relialous belief to mingle ', 1. "" T a in our polit ical con test to come, as they attempted heretofere.' in short, to dol an)A thing, honest or dishonest, to embarrass the prosecution of the vsltri, and to obtain pout= ical power, and consequently - the loaves and i fishes ofoffice. The war has been prosecutedl q year—GenerlaPs 'Taylor and Scett, and their compatriots, have conquered a large portion Of the Mexican tcrritery ti tipou which,soine of 'the richest churches and their estates ere sit-, tutted, and we hear of nu. depredation upon church property. On the contrary, •General Scot(, (who by the by is a Catholic himself,) ii an address to the Mexican nation, dated Ja lava, -Mit'Y 11, 1841, says: "We have not profaned your temples,. we abused your womeh, nor seized y , our . propeti ty , as they l(the Mexican press) would have I you believe. I We „say this with pride, and we confirm it by your own bisdops and' .ky the clergy of Tampico, Tuspan, Matatnoro7, Munterey. Ve- 1 ra Cruz, • Jalapa, ' and by 'all the a .thorities, civil and religious, and the inhabitants, of ev ery town we litivt - k occupied. - t.We adore the Same Gbd; and a large portion of our army, as well as of,the .population of the United States, ore Catholics Ilk .- yourselves t ' We punish Ilk{.-yourselves' crime wherever t e find it, and reward merit and I.lrtue. The army of tta United States respects, and will always respect, .private' property of every description, and the proper ty of the Mexican church... l Woe to hini who,, does not, where we are." : Now it is assertedby tho'se who pretend to now, that Gen. Scott i carrying t the t jaw s o f th e k administration in re and o the, 1 proseeution of the war in Mexico to the letter. We kuOtv that the if lion, from .ah-article of which they pretend io derive the helieif that the administration ha Ve the project,in contem 'plation to sequester the Church property, fat ly endorsed the address of Gen. Scott from which the above quotation is taken. We say then, let not kederalisnitnrn up the whites of its eyes} in holy horror at the unauthorized ap prehension that Catho4c Churches inlMexic9- are to he,.., l l,e . spoiled by our , national troopsi I - while these base bets of Church robbery, al lude,'d to above, these vile outrages and these most disgraceful ) manifestations of religious L- ntolerance upon the _records of our his•fork . ,for 4 ceay_, remain fresh in our recollection, until 133 The Fuer out 1 ‘, ) The Canada, new steamer; built by the Canadian Eneamb t Cninpany at Cititikewa, is said to ke the ftts et boat ok the lakes. - If ei", aIM heel bAterinake the most oi it this season as she oe4tainly -will not' hold that pa . e tion more than anit seta, outing the pres - 1 e't anittety for ohtninin speed in boato Freeman,o 7" r ecent 1 so badly loused ye by Green, the Reformed ambler; in :debat , hits profitte4 by the. dia %lesion in: much; tUs to be converted from the e 11 of hie waya,'and now avertises in Phil: adelphin a lecture against gambling. Q7col. Jefferson Davis, now in command of the Ist blisiissippi Rifles, has been appoin ted by the Governor Of that Stajn,jl. S. Sen tin., in' piece of lion. Jesse Speight, recently deceased. Stestatv We had the pleasure of examining this new attd 'apiendiO t steamer, the other ;ay, and pro nounce her equal, it not superior, in point of finish, good accommolations and safety, to any craft on the Lakes. . She makes this port her . ,,atopplog place for °oil, of which she con flunPs about f„inn rim' earl) trip, , ---- Foetal CoMateo. , i BOAT AND S C1100:117ER SUBK- ' w•LoSS OP o,* Wednesday night last the-Sims sepeake, Capt. Warner, boutsl up, .ut eight miles thin side of Con7ut, ollision with the Sch. Porter um) hei Porter sunk irumedi'ately,ll2 itn-- thorns water. She had a full eargo wheat, flour and porkind is Pfabz. 1 loss. I :er crew were all savil b y on board of the Chesepeake, Which ely made for Coiineaut. Wlien ivith , a mile and a half of that place, and i i slinie she sunk. There were about )1) passengers—how many ateeliage, of learn—must of whim Were_ med ting to the upper deck, which epe. rti 't he hull and iloate 1. The I .tEti td ' porter, one deck hand and !three ra - belonging to Cleveland, are. be missing. Bow many more are it known—some say froni ten t!:1. if 'he captain saved himself,. wife and ady by going to the, mast, head and 'hem fast. It is• said that thesChece -1 id but one small boat and only une te :steamer Harrigan picked' pit the abont 4 o'clock on Thursday Mora, SIVA Ltas. boat Ch • when ab. came in down. bout 8 f of corn; bly a tot' jumping un med i a in about mile rt,., fifty cak l si,e did r 'by retre., I rated fr. ' gineer, passeng kno%in t lust is n EMI another lashing peake h our. 'l'l aurvivo ing. sA4 a press A e indebted to Mr. R. Champlain, Ex ect, fur the above particulare. e Country Press—lts duty to Itself. Sumo marks o the earli point, o which t two • weeks since, we had some re. the "Country Preis," , intending at st opportunity ,to resume them, add t some of the - aisadvatages finder eiyonductors labor froth the op- Of r •Tinjust postage laws, the l coinj of .ches,p city publications,' , etc.; etc. Wing; however, from the Lycorning meets our views so fully, and is With ril.ttentj.to the question, that we at isfei'it to our columns entire, and en. 'full the course of policy recommend :writer : :OUNTRY PRESS.-Ir we were asked to rea'son for• the wholesome state of pinioa throughout the country, and wialence manifested by the people, M er-, respecting the affairs of -, , Govern liglon, ac., we should •at once point numerable cannery preSses.' in exist- I adduce theirinfluence bpoti the pub , as the original "cause of this von id essential quality of national i de -.kii, 7 "in England, Fra ce,Ytissia, and iropein, nations, wher the Press, like tut•''' else, is a nionopo y and therefore by a few, it becom s contaminated iStocracy, and hence we are!n4sur t the slow progress o rational liberty, - • 'king ia those countries. 'Were the bltule here, ts e should soon have pinion moulded to suit the enactment calculated by the encouragement of les t cmventually transformour Re no ii Alpriarcliy., We attend no l party i, in this article, and only desire, by it, public' attention to the tendency of it dot of Congress, so justly odious to Ne%% spa pers. J , :il ---- rt. tit To g.! eteuttrai and th nett spa l eFtabli.•; cl3/110 I) equitdb that no. talon, It propurt Fent. Philade printed try nett id qubj Inure pt count r• county queliCe 111%teair lac_ against tle gra tie iut certain and ! destruction oral! flte'Country news now published in the United States, consequent monopolization of the ter publishing business, by a , eWilarge .meuirs in the chief cities; it trill be eessitry for Congress to devise ninon) e system of Newspaper postaic,lthan. •in force. If revenue is a consider t it be obtained by taxing, papers in ou to their size as well us dbtance !lie large daily papers public ed in 1 phis) and New York, which can be at. nearly one halt the cost of a coon :paper,. of lesssize, by steara'p ewe s , , et. 4v the'' ptrretits unjust lam"; to no stage, 2.00 miles Worn the city, 'than a , pa} kr at a post office 3 miles frluin the seatl. Now, 'idiould this inignitous be cintinued, u hat will be the `cense % hy, it is plaim that ina fewlYears of eery country totvn having its own he ountry press, must one by one yera ians, as the people, from Rennin i ierstions, Will bestow,their sitplimrt oa e city publications, which inctopor their patronage increases, willlie more re 5.)10 to reduce their terinsdl. - , - The preSs heit'ig, destroyed, ,and thia7city linii2uts C , Mt rolled by money, afirli ma -ingovliat guaranty wili; there 4, left int i l inuarice pf our free Instituttonal Limiste; will then be-a narae,Pbtd have i - 1. laude.—tio power In - America.i Nq iirOpi!SO, is this: t,et the coon s unite in askind'of Congress, n'ot on et.ciil of the Itite law ; but also a 11odi of the former law. Every county pa uldlgo free, at least to every pn,t of he county, and bond that sii. and i sh mid reg date the posta!ge. o ob simple ac of,. justice at the - ha' o s, I let the country press Ipeak ou ip‘n the subjec. If the Present: Con rmst. a deaf cur to our entr'eaties t , let u I step' farther, snit require pledges o i Mlidate we suptiort, hereaftetilin f h measure we advocate i r If finite , e f the coantry presS mint be rqspe -. i .) ...--' •I ' , i , 11 organ, 1 ceaSt °I he Free Mastitis are pr4arial for • nt celebration in Wo+sterMa s, on St. John's Day mlbieb occn i • O. 'Also - at Washington -in t.; . -1 1 e Brattleboro?!lcertix says th at t sing the rounds ' about he diath I rhott," the English hig wayman, - 1 , is a iidelightful cock- ad-biill a e' suspected as much when we re ( ttefitlY were not among the 4'suc story "Thun that, to ES it, coil/ I I e Be`public, of Buffalo, is not au . aWas reported. We receive itdail , i a vailuable addiiionto our exclaim . - f ny s of ourtfriends wisii an e+llet i t,. At eekly from Buffalo, we recommend I send for the R4ublien Sr. Botts has s.it a dinner with ti . in ' 2,ieltntond, and swearlio,-them the in .estigate i the Santa Anna pass whet as assembles. fie will . make a fool .- 7 . 1 . Er. Paper. a pended and fin list. I Cri CCP' lie will Congr• hirnsel No, long, I right who d vont—naturo saved him the troub' ago. NI The , Waeningtou Exarhiner 'berates cuddly Tory 'preacher i)f that plat, irred l a Mexican serrnon. Servi's h —the rascal should be kicked out of p't, and with a good' do I , r his i pu hoots. 'oderal , Whigery 1 In recent election in _ the one legged hero, receil'ed two the office of keeper of the pound..— le a better run at Cerro Gordo. Fed. must be at a-low ebb in New Orleans. • At ta An 1 votes Ho ma eralis 1 ..- The Gazette has an article ?n the of party.' Our Mend is evidently , 1 i IMar with the history of'• whigery is .unty. He gives some of his ;friends 1 erciful whipping. Ilriigepiri not fa .1 Erie q an un ! Keith has an excellent quality ter, which is peculiarly palitab !vhPti the. wcs th , :.r is, warm. II 1 f So l° le just