BY MOORE & THOMPSON. EIESSMER 'l‘hq " DEMOCRA'I'H} BANNER" l 3 publmhm Wepkfv. on Wednesday mnrnings. MS‘J per unnnn ~‘-0r $1 75 if paid In ndvnm-e. . No pnpcr rnn ho disrunlinurd (nnlcax nl lhe 0p mm of tho mhlnrn) nnlll nH nrrr‘nrngrn nn‘ [mid (KT/\dvcrnnemonm. &v.. m lhn nsnnl ruins. POETRY. From Alcxnndrr's I'prress Mcsavngnr. " 1’ A 'l‘ I". R I‘A'I‘RIA." . Wilhm tho soh-mn prN-inrls nf lhn vnulml lumh. m-m to" Pulomnc'n plm'ld wnloru. lhvre run”. In Ihr gm" nml nlcnl ninjcsxy of (In 11h. tho surrml lnrm nl hum who, who" |i\ mg. was 0 model 0' curlhly grom umn"! He was (ho chosen n nrru-r ul hh ago. A mzltchlms horn. and n Sinusmnn xnnr. All‘wme m mnncll. hrnm. dmrevt, In unr ”ll ('ounlry'n [mm-nn-lighl. hvr gmdlng slnr No ngo our crrufilrv mm hm l'qllul find—- Ho Hood alone for pure nnd peerless mind Tho uoul nl Vll’lll". humor. truth. nnd low, A GOlHikn nwrlnl. soul from Emlmn nhm c ‘Nawrod lly nll “haw m-tmnx ntnmp Ihrm pit-al.— Furemoul In war nr mailers nf lhe Slaw , In over' lnm.‘ upnn Ihu roll OI Inmo ’ Sland: {yoldly lurlh Ins you! nnd honored nnnm. Uncqunllcd mnn! nn Hull: [0 lhco 'lwns gnon 'l‘n emulnlo lhe ullnlum-s ul ln‘uu'n; 'l‘o mnrenlmln In our nll wnrth rmnhmrd. All muml gmulllrskv—unhloncmul mind. 'hnmorlnl \Vushmglnn? thy Immc \wll slum" - ’l-‘orever fort-mo“ In lh\' mmrr- lund ; " ‘l-‘urt-vcr greulcal m hmnmc [mgr— Toncver kmmn, n- I-u-Iy qum- mu! Lul‘ Santa Anna. A 8 this gonlleuuan lune becume an uln'jrcl 0' much inlrnes! since he has succt‘vdwl In regaining puwer in Mt-xu'n. we Inna Ihuughl lhnl lhe abun- porlluil, fwhu‘h m belit-vo [0 be a curved MW ] ‘lbxrlhl'l' “ill. HIE lollnwir‘g hkrlch nl lu~ [wrumal zap prarance nnll churnrlrv. lnkr'n hum “'mlv Ily 'l'hmnpum'y. Retulh‘chons HI erl( u, publiulml smm: nwnlhn ZIL’II, \vnuhl 'unn' inlo'cfling lu our rv:ulrl.~.-- I'. S Nu! Post. General Stuttn Anna ii nmv liltv-lout yearn ol age. He is about the tot-t tru inches high. “ith a finely plopoitionml person. llitt rumplexinn h ol 1m oliie (nit. but not imlirnlmg nny mixture ol' hlflvlL altlmugh l lwlimc he is not Ul pure (Taytilinn lineage. lilo not know that! have ever set-n u mun: ptrikm; nml line|_\ tom-ml hem! and lace ; lltt‘lt‘ Ii stairri-ly n frn'me or a point in either that Spur/helm or Ltivater would llt‘lilt‘ to change. l [l' member to have heaulln (listirgm-lml A mencun statesman («think “ht-n Sinta Ann: was in Washington, that he hail lately wen a lace indicating in it higher ‘lt’fitee ol talent. tirmnrssmul benevvleocr; and “hen I say. a 5 ltl'l, that I think that his lace I! an ncrurate index in the volume ol his character. I he: the reader not In rlnit and lay tloun the book brlme ltl' has 19ml 3 low incitlente whirl) I promise to narrate. and {or most of “hit-h I much. aa they have put-ml under my own nhwriu tion. lam well aware that I :lttlultl het ter satialy the great mass ol neailvis both I” this country and in Mexim, by Fpt't-tk in: in a different win ol this great man: but it would be both unjust and ungrate lul lur me to do so. I hut-l thatl may without impwpilety say. that the history ol my mission “ill show that I never stoop ed to flatter General Santa Anna when at the height ol his power, orither can l lintl at in '.ny hunt to lftttluft' him now. He has. at difletent times. at my inatance. lt'lt‘flbt‘d lrotn imprisonment more than two humlretl 'l'exan pti~oneru, aiul has: so nlten afl'ouletl me that ltiglti'fit ot nll happi neu, that ullnnking others happy. that l bhoulil be (ratified to know that in hi 4 tall c-n state anything that l lune wtilti'n of 'him has gnen him one moment's gratifica. tlon. I shall not, luout-ver. be betinyed 'hy this (leciie into writing unt- lioc which my onn deliberate judgment (ll)?! not up prove. . Mr. Puinsct‘. had an Interview with: General Santa Anna in 1823. He nuw} and judged oi hitii lrre from the Value glut-cl ol high position and extended reputation. Santa Anna was then only a colonel ol a regiment. Mr. I’oinsett was particularly struck with his high bearing and pollilit‘tl mannt‘rfl. M’me Calderon de la Barca bears the same testimony"; the grace. ease .and naturalness ol his nninneru. and the ‘lltnughtlulness and relinue which are no striking in llii countenance: and on this subject there is no nuthortty so conclusivei us that ol a well bred and accomplished lady. I have won no countenance. ex ~cept that of General Jackson, whose range ofuprcsston WM so great. where there one so great a difference between the nut ct expression 0! the face when at rest and l in a gentle mood and it: terrible ferocity when highly excited. The wildness dti the lamb and the fierueneus ol the enraged l tiger would not much too attnnul)‘ express‘ this difference. Such is his character. by nature kindand aflcctionute, but subject to bursts olpasslon fiery and fierce. He is a Spaniard; a race which, with its ma. ny noble traits ol character. is everywhere regarded as more than ordinarily sanguin ary ; perhaps not more so by nature than others. The Spaniards have been from theearlieot period engaged in civil wars, and civil wars are every where sanguine r] to a proverb. That between the Goths and Moorelasted [or eight hundred Vears, and there were elements In that prdtrnct ed contest calculated to increase even the characteristic ferocity of civil “are. It was a religious mm. and more even than that, it was a war of races. The civil war ‘bctween the mother country and Mexico, memocmtic ’ Gamma: liri which Snntn Anna was bred, was not the heat ptifisible school for lessons til cle mency. No quarter was genernlly the law of that war, at least on the part oi Spain, and almost the only lnw which Spain respected. It would be strange in deed. il ope brought up in a school should not have committed some ncts not titrlctly contormable to our notion“. Yet. I he ‘lit‘vt‘, that witlL the. exception of Me con ;duct in 'l'exas. and the order {or dectnm filing the 'l‘cxnn prisoners of Micr, his cha i‘actr'r i~' {rec lrom Hoin Within particnlnr; Tuliil‘t hiii military cnreer line been illu~- ‘luiit‘tl by many och ol noble clcniency l which wmiltl do honor to an} commander. I There tit-re hlllltt' occurrences which paswcd under my own eye, and for the ,iruth til ohich I vouch, Which will better illuitrntc the character of Geticral Saint-1 Anna than any general (llu‘fit‘tlnlilill til mine. nntl Which will be entitled to miirt’ cnn~itlerntion than my own iridiVitlunl ti pinion. \Yhen Santa Anne was it prison r-r In Texas he was put in chains. The proud spirit ol a soldier and n Cnililinn could not hear thivz indignity. and he nt tt‘inptt-tl to commit suicide liv inkiii! lau tl.inum. Ht- “'th H‘ilevml lrotn its effect“. and Itiilt’r\\tsl‘ kindly trentt-d [W Dr- Pilt‘ill‘. til 'l'cxni. ()n the arrival til lltt' prunncrn token at Micr. Santa Anna zuccr tniticd that there was one “hose iiiitiit- wnu Phelp‘. Ht- scnt ltir him. nnd who'd ltitlt il he wa: related to [)r. Phelps, oi \Vasli ”tutti". Texan; when the voung main rev plied that llt' win his tutti. Sonia Anna or tit‘li‘tl that he Piltluili bl' rclmwd. will on iiitl tle camp with him intti lht‘ city. Htttl pint ith'tl two or three. suits til (‘itiillP‘i illl' him and gave him a room tn his: valor".— I win‘ inhnntcd ol "It ””1" and nit thru- Wfl'- an [\lllt'fiflltl hiitp til “at :it Vera Crux. about to sail to the l'nitt-tl SHIN“. l “rule a tititv lti"Stiiitn Anon, ofii'iiitg young Pltelp. u "mange. Ht' replied. thanking inc lot the inner. but dv‘t'lint‘tl it. st.i_\iii;_i; lliztt he lt-lt hint-elf lottunntc in illt\'llt'_: it in lii< power to relutn. in some tl. give. the kindness of Dr. Phelps to him. iilirii he “in ii a [)l’l-‘(Hlt’t’ in 'rt‘thfl, and that he prclt-rretl sending his two home at hii own t'Xllt’nhc; which he did, giving him also it did” on his lactor in Vern Cur/... for whatever sum of money he might ask /ur. Among the prisoners taken at Mier. was :i very shrewd and handsome boy. of about fifteen )ears of age. John Hill. On their arriVal in Mexico, this boy was not closely confined as the other prisoners were. and he came to see me. and requested that] “cold ask the Prestdent to release him.— I told him to go himself, and l was sure that Santa Anna uriiild he more apt to do it on his nun application than on mine. A few days afterwards the little fellow returned tu‘iny house very handsomely dressed, and told me that he had been lib stated, and gave me the fullonintz account ofvtliat htid pas-ed between himself and the President. When he requested Santa Anna to release him. the latter rsplted:— '- Why, if I do you will come back and tight me again. The Santa Fe prisoners “ere released on their parole of honor not to bear arms again against Mexico. and it Has not three months until half of them had invaded the country again; and they toil me that you killed several of my Mex icans at Mit'r." The little fellow replied thallie did not ltnmv how many he had killed. hut that he had fired fifteen or twen ty times during the battle. ' Very well.’ said Santa Anna. ' I will release you. and a hat is more, I will adopt you as my son, and educate and prniide for you as such.‘ ’l'hehuy was sent to the house of Gene ral 'l‘ornel. the Minister of War, and was ieally adopted on a ftill footing of equality in his family. and treated with the most on rental kindness. lle “as afterwards pia cetl at the principal college in Mortico, Wlieie’he was ptirsuiiighis education when lleft the country. General Santa Anna not only paid the charges of his education. btit in all respects cared for him as for a son. Some time after his own discharge. little Hill came to me. to request thatl would obtain the release of his father: I told him no. that he was a more suzcess ful negotiator than I was, to try his own hand again.' He did so, and obtained at once the release of his father, and after wards ofa brother. who was also among the prisoners. During the war in Yucatan. the govern ment of Mexico was in a great exigeucy fortliiity or forty thousand dollars. Mr. llargoos. an American niotchant at Vsia Cruz. advanced the money tipon the per sonal pledge of Santa Anna. that it should he paid at a stipulated time at the custom house in Vera Cruz. Mr. Hargoos. at the timc appointed. presented his order and was refused payment. A few days after wards, Santa Anna trait in Vera Cruz. and Mr. H. called to see him. antlinformed him that ho had presented the order which he had given htm.'and that payment had been refused, the officer of the custom-house say ing that he did so by the orders 'of Santa Anna—~whicb Mr. Hargoqs said he did not believe. Santa Anna said that he had given such orders. that there was no mon ey in the treasury toi'pay the army. nut e nough even to purchase their rations, and i that he must wait until it was more conve nient to pay him. llnrgoos. very much l excited, said, ' You know, sir,thatl would i not hIVO,deBIICOd this money, cicapt up- CLEARFIELD, PA. SEPTEMBER 19. 1846 on the pledge of your word of honor, which I have not known violated before ; I have been your friend. air, in more, trials than one. and have respecled and confided in you ; henceforth these feelinga are chang ed ; good evening. air.’ Santa Anna cal. led him back. and said to lhe military friends by whom he wns surrounded. ‘ Gonllemen. have you heard the language which this man has used to me?‘ llargoos said, ' I come from a country where no slauon proleru a mnn from being (old the iruth. Is not 'whnl l have said true?’— ‘ Yes. sir.‘ said Sanla Anna. ‘ it is—and l renpecl you for your firmness In saying:~ nhul you have; I have flnllerers enough a bout, me. but few who will tell me lhe lrulh.‘ The money was paid immediate ly. The render will judge whether a man can be “holly bad who is capable of such acts. lam by'no means Mi indiscriminate admirer of General Santa Anna; lie is not what Coleridge calls a ‘ model man.’ He has many great faults and some VICCS both as a public and piivate man ; but many high and generous qualities also: moat of his vices are attributable to his country and eilucatimi. lle commenced life nrdenily in lawn of a Fedeial Republic. hut wry noun became cunvinced that his mimtry “as not prepared for HtK‘h a government— nn opinion. in “built I think most lnlf‘lll' gent (oreignersmhn have viqiled Mexmn agree “uh him. I believe he is a patriot; his great vice is avarice, and he has at last fallen a victim in it. The total wnntnfall real n-iipui'iteiliility of all public olhrers. not only in Maxim, hut in all Spanish coun trica. nfli'rs the iimstdungeroiis temptations in pcculaiiim and bribery. If i may be lwve the hall'nl‘ what I have liPnril, he is not free from these vices. \Vtth this ex ceptiun. and it Is a great and damning nne, I think that the gene-val course ol hts ad ministration ans patriotic and nine. l date any that bath with veletence to Its in tetnal concerns and the maintenance of the public faith. as well as in conducting its tureign relations, that Mexim has never been better governed than during hts last presidency, u hen he was literally the state, and atnrerelv desiring. as l llu, the welfare of that country. lshonltl be glad to see him again at the head nftts goternment—an e vent not impossible. Life in New York. The [olluwing extracu are lrnm lhe Munlhly Ropnrl n! the Office uml Regis‘ (Pr Drpurlmenl nf the American Mural Relurm Sucmy. in New York cily: “ July. A poor very rewrrmble wo man wh’um we wrll knuw. nml whose hus band has brcn out of work ten months. culled lnétlvicc In cr-rlaln matters. I vxpl‘essed n‘wuh In soc lhe work shv had obtained. which xhc wan) n-luclant to show me : H WM njrnn cont, mm mm puckcl and lour butlun-hulou, 'and ‘ must be well «lone. nr phc “Hum 20! nu mure.’ II wan lung lwlmel cuultl prevail on her in lell me lhe. price she übtninerl (or making i', nnvina. ' the man wuuld give her no more N phe mid—he gave a" much as others— .mrl “as hem-r than others, ashc \vne kind and gum!.’ She had walked twn min-a In übluxn yl—mlhl dn lhe snme In rvlurn H ——nml mu In lEU'IVI' five (PH/8 only J— \\ hn uuuiri 11-Ht‘ In buy or wear :1 gur rnem m (mule-5‘ ' “ The sum? umn had given uu'. M sht told me, lhe ww-k before. srven hundred shirts to make. for five cents car/l. and Ilzen was all/(gm! Ia smd twenty poor. xtarving creatures away wit/tout (my.— ‘l'hese cudmnels Hueuk highly of My jun. hcc nml rntlvnvvn (u swvo mom. Al Nu —— —mce!. a Jew gin-s (m cents fur mnklng fim- bhil‘li with ton plain in the hmum, neatly mmlr, nml fourhulhm-htflefi. Hhv mmlv «me, going fur 'il and "turning 11 llw same «lidnnce; but fuuml she almuhl ,tunc nl that, u'ml tlvclinwl tnkin: :mv mnu‘. She had tn (my lutr own [/tff’fltl. (mun: lwo (cnm. winch he did not nllnw_ and tu'ndnys were required to make the shirt.” “ere follow annual accounts ol pum women seeking Walk. and sullerlnu for want of it, Including me who had been tlrtven tn in-antty for wan' ol :Ihome, who Is auttin alluded to M follows.- “ An uppltcdnt for a home, of Sntnc thirty years ol age, Who I! known to In. and whose character for integrity and truthlulnuzu is uultnpoachable. was prea ent and in tear: til the interview of the 23d. Alter the girl haul lell. she L'uve us an account of three others. who.from sim tlar circumstances had become lmmlics. ()ne of Show: instances occurred -ltt,it win ter.” The poor girl Could get no place.— Shc had no home, no lrienth in the couu’ try who could help her. Want approach ed; and reason fled. She wa~t taken to the Lunatic Asylum. at Blackwell’s [al and; and in live month“, was so much better. that her sister. at service in in neighboring county. came'nnd took her to a place whete she is doing well. _ H Two othera, sisters. recently were ta ken there. at one time, lrotn a respectable boarding house in Mulberry street, who became delirious for the same cause. Their board bill was accumulating; they had no home, no piece. and no money. lt so wrought upon the mind of one. that she became. insane; and this grief, in addition to their previous diatresiig'uusettled the in tellect of the other. and both were taken at one time to the islMHl—(mr of them so raVing that she wag necessarily lied Into the wagon. ” Of the six hundred whose nnmrs have been added to our Reginu‘r since the first olJunc. one-{hind m Iva“. are lriendless girls under twenty. In conslcrnalion at approaching want. homeless. friendless, ajruirf'iof pens/ring will: hunger. and u frnidhf (he dnngera (hat beret lhem’hom other quarters. “ I’l’lxat wonder is it if they sicken um! die—or. becomé a lunnlic host? fl colo. ng/ ofpnupcrs. swell the list of crimmals in our prisons; or, 11111290 than (11/167‘. add a [no more hundreds In (/10 already crow (lrd dens ofvicc? Have we not fusion to lenr that we ‘shull be visitctl for these [hing-U ” Aml not only in New Yurk but in all our large Lilies (lo such «curt»! ul wnnt Hlltl \vuelchetlneu:tbuunti—lnr largtx ClllCfl are but :5 hnl-betl! In which mny be early wen the certnm universal fruit ul a preva lent civillmlmn. It I 9 time that tho at tention (pl mm Wat! (lt'tth to tht- suhjt’cl. and that they t-‘hnultl porcvive that WP. With all our vepuhlu'nnicm, ure hut lullnw‘ Inn in the ll)ffi:hl9[)i I)! the ultl worltl. Nuw In tho linu- lu’rlnctmn, while uur counny l 9 _Vt-t \nunz antl plustir—lur certainly lhpre must lH‘ Fume ht-lp far these lhingi. A! INN It Iluva nut ln-cnmn tho sum “l mvulutmnnr)’ lll't's to Ml tluwn withoul ll -lll)'_7fll(', tmtl wttnl‘ss lht' SUH' nppmacll ml .1 tluy. wltt‘n excrssivv ut'nlth be M‘t‘lt on tllt‘ une haml and (“twelve pnvrrty un llu- other, and luxury dnll “am, Wow uu. holy Enter-u rnrrupt [hp wrtuv nml 1071;;- tun nl uur 1.tt‘.(1.-—l.' S. NHL Pox-l. [RPl.A\'n,—E(trncl from a 'M'x-r u! an Aumruun abroad. In lhe l’hihulvlphiu Un nml Shun Ganlle :‘ In Dublin ttsell. alone. there me lower tokens ul poverty thnn I had entwined.— Indeed ll was!) common remark among uvi, that It would be may to find iii the noutli\\r