P"tlm ronri or VlllilnKp Hie n nr ,f irr of.MuIr, n.pl to fee MHt We havegiyetw loi account of the. flair dut-cribe'd in the follow ing letter, but the detail nre to remarkable 'anil disclose such a ttarin course or. villain tbnt the full hiitorjr it worth producing: .r- p-' " r. Ft AfiKtiN tfsitav Co., (Ala.) J .-.. ;- . ,. t y 'JoljSl, 1810. f To Ihi Ej'iorii ofti.t Chark'$Um fitmriet , ; '!', i Okih.xkj : On the 9Dth Instant, the' pos master Tf Fort GsinesJ (Geo.,) received a' letter Irom tlnncock County, (Geo.,) requesting him to look out for a band of robbera , describing them, that tliey bad just robbed a Mr. Bitlifigslea, of llnrri7"of eight tlm'nVanifilollart of American yoU, nnd four thousand in tfate bonda thatlbe i ime bind had robbed Mr. Watts, of Hancock f "txinl y, ((.ten,) of four thousand dollars, princi pally American gold lliat they had given the fa milie where they obtained the money, mor r.hine, supposed by putting it in the Vessel con taining the drinking water. Billingstea wat robbed n the 1st of July, pursuit -was immedi ately mnde, anJ they were followed to Augusta they Ihrre lost track of them. . Watts was rob bed or the 18th; and a abort time after they were heaifd of in M aeon, where they traded oft two of the bonds. In about two hours after the Jetter was re ceived ot Fort Gaines, and the newt made public over the place, two men were seen passing through the street on horseback, who appeared to fill the description precisely ; tbey passed on. milking but little atop, across the river into this State; before they crossed the river, they met a negro man, and made ' inquiries ol Gen. Irwin, who is a very respectable and wealthy planter, it he still lived at the same place, and how far it was. 8cc ; they were informed that he did, and the distance was three mile j they passed on through this place without stopping, end called at Gen. Irwin's, requesting tottay all night; he refuse.! for some time, said bi did not take in uny except acquaintances ; they made many beg ging excuses, till he consented to let them stay. Soon after this, a company of men from Fort Oaim-a came in pursuit of the robbera ; at toon as they came into the house and ordered them to surrender, one of them, Dr. E. A. Roberts, uked why they pursued him the other, who called himself John Jacobs, (but whose name we suppose is Win. Eppet.) commenced back ing, drew a six-barrelled revolver and threatened death if any one advanced toward him; a Mr. Wilson, though unarmed, continued to advance on him, Eppes continuing to back till he got ome thiity yards outside ol the house, when Gen. Irwin requested Wilson to stop, that hie dogs would fetch him (Eppea) in. lie immedi ately ordered bit negroes to loose two very large dogs that he bat to keep chained on account of their ferocity. ' At toon at the dogs were looted, Fppet came in, gave up bit pistol, and surrender ed. In a lew momenta after a aecond company from Fort Guinea arrived in pursuit, in con sequence of a reward of 13000 for their dctec t.on. ' ' - - ' 1 ' Gen Irwin ordered the prisoners' horses to be brought out, delivering at the tame time the prisoners' saddle bags to the company who bad taken them; the prisoners not yet searched, or fastened in any way, they all started to their horses to leave for Fort Gainet, it then being about ten o'clock at night. The prisoners being put on their own horses, and the company dis puting about fastening them, Eppea thought it cood tims to make hia escape, at be had a very fine and spirited horse, Wilson holding on to the reins; Eppet thinking he could' get his horse loose from Wilson and make hit escape, com menced whipping him unmercifully, and was on the verge of succeeding, 'when a man named But ler rode up to Eppet and shot him in the bead at leaat leven buckshot taking effect in the ear and back part of the head ; he fell from bia horse and never spoke again; he lived hear two hours after he waa shot. 4 During tbt excitement after Eppea wat thot, Dr. E. A. Robert pot off hia borae, went up to Eppea, pulled off h i ringer ring, took out hia gold watch, and hie collar and collar button, purse, and a roll of money, (on the Bank of Da tien,) and put them in hit pocket ; the ring, col lar and collar buttona have not since been teen, i'ie watch was recovered from Roberta when lie wat searched after arriving at Fort Gaines. On i jamming Roberta, after they got to Fort Gainet they found on him and in Eppea saddle bags near five thousand dollar, principally Ameri can gold 26 skeleton keys, 2 lock pickers, se veral pieces of sperm candles "which had been lit, several boxes of matches, a black mask for tlm face and head, I bowie knife, with the name of William Eppes, wr'tten on the scabbard, S phials of morphine, 2 or 3 phials strychnine, and one phial supposed to be the extract of morphine. They were both well dressed and had floe hornet, but note paper about tbcm that would j: ire the leant instruction of their names or busi ness. Dr. E. A. Roberts waa identified by three or four individuals; he was a witness in a case in this county against one George W. Love, who waa Indicted for killing a young man for his money ; Loore was found guilty, but made his escape, and aherwarde waa caught near Gtenville, in this Stale, and bung to a tree without any court. Dr. E. A. Roberts has Mice stood high ss a citizen and aa eminent phyei. c an. I learned he married into a very r expecta ble family, either a daughter or a Dear relative of Gen. Mitchell, who resides near Fort Mit chell, io this State; it is said be has spent all his propei ty and turned a regular black-leg. I suppose Eppes was tbe man advertised the murderer 4F. Adolphus Muir (4 Dinwid dle County, Va. Roberts said he did not kaow bis name, if it was not John Jacobs ; that be had told him bis name was John Jacobs ', that he waa from Vinginio. Tbe bat be wore when that was made in Lunumlle, Ky. Wflioo tai -Juj; i-.'ji ... two other men left with Robert', well, ironed, for Harris County, Geo., this morning. Aug. 4. Since writing the foregoing, I learn from undoubted authority that since the parties left Fort Gaines wjlh Roberts, one 1 of tbe sec ond company that left pretendingly to take the robbera, has produced a pocket-book placed in his hands by one of the robbers containing seven State bonds, payable in 19 1, and bo Iwecen one and two thousand dollars in money. I regret I am so situated that t cannot give yon the t amo of the individual ho kept this pocket-book, bond and mmiry in his poscsfion secretly tilt this' )aeday. I learn two men have been sent off privately with the bonds and money to Rtllhigalee, the supposed owner. In a few days the whole a flair will be made public. ' . Doasj in the Batti.es. Very many of the officers attached to the army of occupation, own rcmarkau'y fine dogs, primrpilly of the pointer ami setter species. After the battle of the 8th began and the firing became very intense, two dogs, remarkdblo for their intelligence, appear ed to listen to the confusion for a while with great astonishment, and then evidently holdinir a consultation, they started off at great speed for Point Isabel, being the first arrivals at that place from, the battle field. . There was a brave dog, however, to redeem tho character of the species. He posted himself in front of ono of tho batteries and watching with the inteneest gravity, the appearance of the discharged-ball, would start after it at full speed, expressing great surprise that it was out of his sight so suddenly. He would then wheel round, and watch the appearance of another ball, and then again commence the chase. He thus employ, ed himself through the action, and eeceped un harmed. A Li'DicRors Mihtakk. A ftory is goinjr the rounds of the press, of a man losing his life by a mi-take of the apothecary in putting up a prescription written in Latin. A mistake, not so fatal, but from which as good a moral is d tlucible, is related in a wcrtern paper. A Cin cinnati grocery house, finding out that cranber ries commanded six dollars p.-r bushel, snd un der the impression that the srlicle could be bought to advantage at St. Mary's, wrote out to a customer acquainting him with the fact, and requesting him to send "one hundred bush els per Simmon a," (tbe wagoner usually sent.) The correspondent, a plain, uneducated man, had considerable difficulty in decypher ing the fashionablo scrawl common , with merchants' clerks of late years, and the most important word, 'Cranberries," he failed to make out, but be did plainly and clearly read one hundred bu$hett rtrsimmoni. . As tbe srticle wss grow ing all around bim, all the boys in the neighbor hood were set to gathering it and the wagoner made his appeaaance in due time in Cincinnati, with eighty bushels, all that the wagon bed would hold, and a line from the country mer chant that the remainder would follow the next trip. An explanation soon ensuud, but the cus tomers insisted that the Cincinnati house tdiould have written by ftuuinona and not per Sim mons. . . A Wet Blanket on Kukiukncb Queer scenes occur eomtimcs in Mm gravest legisla tive assemblies. One vt our i xcl.argca l IU of a laughable incident thai trancpired during the IetesessionoftheN.II. Legislature. A new fledged orator roe to make his maiden epeech in the House of Representative. A bill had been brought in to tax bank dividend, anil watching his opportunity, the deputant addres sed the members "Mr. Speaker, the gentle man from Dover, who introduced this bill, does not teem to be aware of its inevitable results. He would strip tho wid.iw "(roars of laugh ter, and cries of the widow ! wido-v whu ! -not in this public ball, I hope, &e.) , As soon aa the tumult subsided in some de gree, and the orator could make hiuteclf heard, he indignantly proceeded ''Gentlemen need not think to put me down by clamor, la there no sympathy here for the widow sod the orphan ! I say, sir, that this is worm than stripping. Put on this tsx and I say you drive the widow to her last $hifl.n ' Here the clamor became to great, that the speaker, despairing of a hearing, resumed his seat. It waa almost ten minutes before, the bouse could transact its regular business. A Curiois Item is a Tbavku.uVs Dill! A Yankee pcdler put up at (he house of a tavern keeper in one of the towns of this county a lew days since, and after staying a ilay or two cal led for bis bill. On looking over the items he found tbe following curious charges; To frigh tening chambermaid, $1,25; yesterday's lodg ing in bar room, 25 cents. ' To Clear Siles. The Boston Stsr sayathat any lady having rusty silk drew, whose "old man" is bard up and can't start her on a shop ping expedition, bad better try' the following, which is said to be first rate. ' Never having wore eilk gowns, we cannot testify personally toils worth: 1 Quarter of a pound of soft soap, tee-spoonful of brandy, a pint of gin, all well mixed to gether. ' With sponge or flannel, spread the mixture on each aide of the silk, without gr se eing it f wash it io two or three waters, and iron it on tbe wrong aide -it will look aa good aa new. " : -; ' SLAvaav in Sossu. Letters frsm Warsaw announced that tbe Eanperer of Keasia, on bis hut visit to that city, preanulgatsd bis determi atie to nreclaim lbs abolition of slavery in all the jrovmcs wbeis it still exists. - ' ' " ' - St. ' AM I'- ?'!' ! '"'il'JjL THE AMERICAN. Saturday, Jttftitt 23, 1840, e 1 - 1 " '-"! - " - !'. - t It. PJUVRU, Egg., at hit Kent . late anfl Dartf Office, eomer 3f itmt Chranvl StrtelKf I'Mlmlrlftfiitt, it tmthtitfd to act a$ Agmtt ard receipt for all essWrs due t hit office tor ubocrtitiitn or advertMng .. ' (C?'fn''nn Ink A fresh siipply bf'ttip'nnr summer ink just received, and for tale at Phila delphia price. ! ! . ' , ' K7" Gk.m.' Ilron TJrady, This distinguished veteran arrived in this place, formerly hie resi dence, on Thursday lost, On a visit to his friends and relatives.' ' ' ., tC We publish the conclusion of Gen. Came ron V speech in this week's paper. We do not often take up the-room of our paper with . long articles, but the subject of protection is of such vast importance to Pennsylvania, and the princi ple is so well discussed in this speech, that we thought we could not do our rt-adere a greater aervice than give them the speech entire. It em bodies a mase of facta in favor of a tariff for the protection of home industry that cannot be refu ted, and it proves also that the protective policy has always beer, a democratic measure.' , 07" In another column, our readris will find an interesting letter, from our young friend, Dr. R. 15 McCoy, of Northumberland, from Mata moras, the seat of war. Mr. McCay's letter contains some items of information, in regard to the character and habita of the Mexicans, that we have not before acen referred to in other let ters. Our young friend has not been an inatten tive observer ofthings and events, especially in mattcra relating to the fair sex. if we may be allowed to use that term, when speaking of the dark eyed, and rather dark skinned inamoralot of our sister republic. rX7 Having announced that the committee appointed to draft an address, in relation to the Sunbirry, Erie and Pittsburg rail road, would cease to say any tbing more on the subject, on account of the passage of McKay'a bill, tbe last Sunbury Gazette pronounces it a humbug, and accuses ua of endeavoring to raise . a panic It ia not an uncommon thing now-a-daya for. those who wish to get rid of a subject which they can not or will not comprehend, to cry out "humbug" aa the eaaieat way of disposing of tbe matter. How much more applicable would be the term "humbug" to such editors who, while ibrjpmfts to be opposed to McKay's free trade bill, fill al most every column of their paper with articlea in ita favor, we leave for the readers of tbe Ga zette to determine. In regard to the Sunbury and Erie rail road, the people here felt most anxions for the speedy completion of the link between Ibis and Pottsville. Now we happen to know, which tbe Gazette dnea not, that ample arrange ments had been made by those who were able and willing to complete this road, to push it through as soon as possible, but who have, since the passage of McKay's bill, refuted to proceed in the matter. Yet the Gazette would call th's a humbug, and thereby add insult to injury an injury which tbe people of this county will not easily forget.-. C7" Nkxt Cokcibsssman. The Democrats of Union county have nominated Isaac Slenker, Esq. as their candidate. We presume each coun ty in the district will nominate ita man. The great object of the party, at preaent, should be to heal up any divisions, and hereafter act in union and harmony... Unless this ia done, defeat it ine vitable. Tbe claima of this or that county should not now be an object of contention. . We should endeavor to select some man upon whom the whole Democracy will unite. With thia view we would respectfully suggest to our demo cratic friends of this district tbe propriety of se lecting some good man from Northumberland county. v ", ET-jThk Cai.cioiia arrived at New York en Wednesday, bringing nine days later newt from Europe. The value of corn baa riaen in 'conee quenee of the demand abroad. The cotton mar ket ia firm. Tbe price of grain has declined, and tbe harvests promise abundauce. , Mexico is claiming the mediation of France and Enfland, Louis Napoleoi. Buonaparte, ex kinf; of Holland, died at Leghorn, on tbe 91th ult.,of apoplexy, aged 67. Another attempt baa been made'on tbe life of Louie Phillippe. " Coinacb or tub Umiteo States. In , 18-15, the coinage at the principal mint at Philadel phia, amounted to $.'1,4 IC.HJ0, comprising $2, 5?4 tVi2 iogold, and 803200 in sjjver, and fJMS in copper coins, and coiiiMtsed of U, 2S3, CU? pieces. ,. The dep4wits uf gold within the year amounted to 2,577,494, and those of silver to jjl5,4 15. , At the New Orleans branch mint, the coin age amounted to (,75U,U0U,comprUiiig ftfieV (KM) ia gold, and 1,070,000 in ailver coins, aod composed of 3,412.500 pieces. The deposits (f coinage amounted to $646,961 ia gold and l.05e,071 in silver. Tbe branch mint at Dahlonega received du ring tbe year deposits pi' gold te tbe value of 0496,632, nd its coinage amounted to 501,. 705, composed of 90,729 half eagles and 19,400 quarter eaglee. r , u , K .., .- The whole coinage lor the year, at the Hire mints in operation, amounted to $5,668,595, comprising (3.750,417 in gold, 1 ,873,200 in adver, and $.19,049 in copse r coins. f i- . ... WJ?2P: The Tariff on Iron, " " 1 Thers sre those v. ho know but little and care less about (he operations of the tariff, who aak whether 30 per cent' is not enough On pig iroe. Thirty percent, en the present price, it la trtte' would be sufficient to enable our iron men to cerryon their operations successfully. The pre sent price of pig iron st Liverpool it about 20 per ton. , Thirty pr cent, duty would be $0. Freight, commissions, &c. would bring the price np to about 530 per tori. "" It is the fluctuating, uncertain ad tnlurcm principle we complain of. It diminishes the duty when it is necessary it should increase. For instance, 30 per cent, on the present price of iron in Liverpool is f 0. Put Suppose the price- should fall by sorm revuVon in the markets, (which has frequently been the case,) to $J0 per ton, then 30 per cent, on the price would be S3 add, any St for freight, eom missions, dec.,-would make it worth, at New York or Philadelphia $17 per ton. These prices would atop every furnace in Pennsylvania. . But make the duty $0 specific, it would then remain permanent, and not be affected by the fall of pri ces in England. . , In relation to this subject, we copy the follow ing sensible reirrka from tbe New York Tri bune : , . , - "The ad valorem principle of levying tin. ties diminish the. I'rolrclion exactly in the rutin in tpfiirh il tcnutj rrn lo be nrrrnary hat il thou !l be inercarrd.' A l'Tnsylvaniaii, we will suppose, ascertains that he can make l'ig Iron for Jiim $5 pr ton more than the low. cut cost of niakinp it jn England. Now make the duly t?5 or f 0 per ton, and yon assure him that he can live in pile of any Foreign compe tition. But make the doty 30 percent, and you render it certain that whenever his need of l'rr teetinn shall be greatest, jut then tho Pro'rctinn afforded will be least. It may bo 510 prr ton when he d n't noer! sny ; it may be less thin f 4 when hi t cccse ty of more is most imminent. That tntne Pig Iron will be , msde in this country under a thirty per cent, t'uty is quite certain; so there would (though a less quanti ty) under no duty st sll. Of course,- the men who so make it would realize a profit on It, else they would abandon tbe biisineaa. Out in otir view of the case, their profit is quite an inciden tal and secondary consideration : whst we deem s matter of National concern is the ilirerm'fieo' tion e fovr Induutrt so axtubttnntiully to ntp fdy our own tonnlt fmm our own rcumree; so fsr as Nature ha interposrd nn insuperable ob stacle. This is the doctrino of that echoed on his subject which was ealhd Demncrntie when led by Geohor Clinton and 1). I). Tompkins, but now stigmatized ss FeJerul It is now sixty years since George Clinton, before we had a Federal Constitution, and when Free Trade was a disastrous necessity of our un National condi tion, railed the attention of the legislature of New-York to the necessity of governmental ac tion nn the subject in the following words: Thedsnpers which we so Istely experienced by dependence ox Foreign ntpjdict of I son and Gunpowder ought to awaken our prudence, and put us on our guard against events, howev er distent and unforeseen. Our country abounds with materials for rsrrying nn there manufac tures to the utmost extent, snd we must disco ver a want of policy and of vigilance hiphly in. excusable if we neglect the obvious advents gea which Providence bath so kindly placed within our reach." uV Peace witu Maxico. Efforts are now makinf to conclude a treaty of peace with Mex co, and there ie no doubt that in a few weeks we shall find Mexico offering terms for tbe cassation of hostilities. The result will no donbt be, that Mexico will cede to na California, to indemnify n a for the expenaea of the war. The -United States will, in retarn, relinquish her claima against Mexico for spoliationa on our commerce, aa settled by treaty, and probably pay her sever al millions of dollars to pay the troops of Presi dent Paretics, and keep tbe Republic from an other revolt, whiih ia daily looked or. It waa for this purpose that the President asked for the two millions, which failed in the Senate for want of time, on tbe last day of the session. The President has already offered terms to the Mexican Republic, at will be seen by the fol lowing message of the President, addiessed confidentially to tbe Senate: , t;;. . ; ' .: , ' . WASUl!GTO!,.Aug. 4, 1S-1G, To the Senate of the Vailed Statu : , . I herewith communicate to the Senate tbe co py of a letter, undurdate of the 27th ultimo, from tbe Secretary of State of the United Statea to the Miniater of Foreign Relatione of the Mexi can Republic, again proposing to open negotia tion! and conclude a treaty of peace, which shall adjust air the questions in dispute between tbe two Republics. Considering the relative power of the two countries, the glorious events which hsvs signalised our arms, and the distracted condition of Mexico, I did not conceive that any point of national honor could exist , which ought to prevent me from making tbia overture, E qually anxious to terminate, by a peace honor, able for both parties, at I was originslly to a void the existing war, 1 have deemed it my duty again to extend tbe olive branch to Mexico, ?! Should tbe Government of that Republic, accept the offer in the same friendly spirit by which it was dictated, negotiations will speedily com mence for tbe conclusion of a treaty. (The rest of tbe message ia. aubstantially the same as that summit ted to the House on the same subject, aud published iu tbe American last week. ; , - . - v The following letter, in addition to tbe above, explains the part takeq in the proposed negotia tions by our government DirASTMSNT OF St1E, " " . Washington, July 37tb, IS 10. J Sir; Tbe President! of the United States, no less anxious to terminate than he waa to avoid the present unhappy war with the Mexican Republic, baa determined to make an effort to accempliah thia purpose.' He baa accordingly instructed the undersigned Secretary of State, to propose throngh yonr Excellency to tbe Mexi can Government, that negotiations ahall forth with commence for the conclusion of a peace just and boserable for both parties. Should this. c(Tvi bs Hteived aud re.pond.d te by tbe Mxi- iB- fan Government In (be same frank and friendly i spirit by which it baa been dictated, ho will im mediately dispatch an Envoy. Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the city of Mexico, eith instructions ahd foil powert to conclude a treaty of peace which ahall adjust all the ques. tions in dispute between the two Republics. If the Mexican Government should prefer to send a Minister to Washington to conclude the nego tiation here be shall be received with kindness and respett, and every effort shall be made to accomplish the object of hit miasion with the least possible delay. ... ... v In the present communication it ia deemed useless, and might prove' injurious, to discuss the eaosct of tbe existing war. ' This might tend to delay or defeat the restoration of peace. ' The past ia already consigned to history : the future under Trovidence, is within our power. The occasion may, however, be embraced to state that the President hn ever cherished the kindest feeling for Mexico, and that one of the first wishes of his heart ia, that she may be a powerful and prosperous Republic, in perpetual amity with the United States. , . Commodore Conner will transmit this des patch for you Excellency to the Governor of Vera Cruz, under a flag of truce ; end you are respectfully invited to adopt the same channel for communicating your answer. , 1 fcvail myself of thia occasion to offer ryour Excellency the assnrance of my distinguished consideration. ' Jamzs Bcchanan.' All Earsps Text sit Cora Meat. The following it the estimate of tbe Commit sioner of Patents of the crop of wheat and corn for 1815. We are informed by e letter from owr consul at Glasgow, lately read before the Far mer's Club, that the quantity of corn meal which would be consume ! in Great Pritain in a few years, was incalculable. It ia only a few months that corn meal has boen admitted at one shilling duty, yet it hat grown into favor with all tlaa ses. There is no article of provision produced in Europe that can Come Into competition with it for cheapness or abundance. ' Nor Is there any article of food that ever met with sni-h a wel come from man on its first iutroduction, as this baa received in Great Britain. - Tbe estimate of the Commissioner for the last year wat at follow: Wheat. Corn. 57600,000 .17120000 30,625000 25.564000 10 250000 27"!272,OO0 70625.000 54 525.000 4,943,000 , 3,272,000 14,87,000 ; 8184 000 ; 1,912,000 4 628.000 3.098.000 731 000 , 2.649000 1.728 000 7314 000 . 010 (XXI -. 2.712 000 10 650.0(X 2167.000 15.525 (XX) 8 250.000 .... 733,(100 672,000 202000 35000 Ohio Pennsylvania .. Indians, ... Illinois New York Virginia Tennessee Kentucky Michigan Msrylsnd . N Carolina , , . S Carolina Maine N. Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Vermont N. rr.-tey Delaware Georgia Alabama , Mississippi ' Missouri Arkansas Florida. ' Wisconsin Iowa Die. ol Columbia 130 573,000 12.580 000 17,044.000 , . 4,563 000 16,200000 11.885.000 8,340000 4769,000 . 8.MJ1.00Q , 4.884.000 , 1.959,000 1.108,000 ,002.000 , 647.000 Wl 000 5.000 115.000 854 000 1.050.000 .440.000 1571.0(0 090000 379,000 ..ler25,000 . 2,427.000 071,000.. 793,000 15,000 10654-9,000 417.8J-9000 , . - -.. ..... . ' --' . Srszoii or Ssnatos Cavebos Just before the final vole waa taken in the Senate,' Gen; C. made the following remarks, which- will find a general response throughout the Commonwealth. We take the report from tbe Washington Union : ''Mr. Cameron said be rose only to repeat his . opposition to this bill, to enter bis solemn pro test against ita passage, and to give notice that the word "repeal" will thia day go forth, and continue until tbe loud -voice of the laborers of the north shall compel their oppressors to res pect them. This he said waa no bank question, in which the licb capitalists only were concern ed. Here will be found the laborers and the me chanics rouaedto indignation againat those who care not how much they rob them of their com forts in tbe pursuit of a wild abstraction. , If the bill bad been made by a Uritish alateamae, it could not have discriminated more in favor of the English workmen, or bave done more wrong to our mechanics snd manufacturers. He repeated that, from henceforth repeal would be tho word among the democracy of the north, and that it would not ceaae until it triumphed." . New Kind or GI'npowpei. We read in a Swiee paper, "Professor Schonbein recently pre seated to the Society of Natural History of Da sle a specimen of cotton prepared by bim more inflammable than gnnpowder, and exploding with a capsule. Several trials were made with it A small quantity, equal to the sixteenth part (I an once, placed in a. gun, carried,' the ball with aueb force that it perforated two planks at a distance of 68 paces and at another lime with the saute charge, end at the same die tsnce, drove a ball into a wall to tbe depth of 3 J inches. In some other experiments a drachm of cotton sent ball of three quarters of an once in weight lo a distance of 200 paces, - where it penetrated a deal plank to the depth of two inches. A portion ol tbia cotton, when placed on en anvil end struck with a hammer, caused a louddetanetinn, without, however, the cotton taking Ire. The cotton is el a very superior quality, and, what kv most extraordinary, its in flamssable property ie not destroyed by ite be ing thrown into water and afterwards dried." "' Corrr spondmce of the Amrrlrnn. CAtf.K tit Trt'BBinE, Matamoras, July 12, 184G. H. B. Ma Mr. a, Esq. It being Sunday evening, I cannot find it in my heart to ao utterly dispise the Sabbath as to go out, as all tbe world here does, hnd partake of th usnal Mexican amusements of cock-fighting and fandangoa. - I am not a profes sir.g Christian, but hers the went of Christianity in its purest forms it to painfully evident, that a aigh often escapes me -on contemplating the wretchedness of thia deluded and degraded popu lation. The commouality, and the lower ordera of the Mexican race are, in this part of ths conn try, (and I presnme it it not Unlike the rest of the republic,) though nominally" free, the Vetiest slaves on earth ; worse off, and more completely brnlafised, by many degrees, than the lowest of oar Southern negroes. ' They are rarely halt dressed, mostly possessing but a single garment, made of coarse w hite muslin, in the ahape of a pair of Pennsylvania flour bags joined together, a la Siamese, and representing the distorted ghos' of a pair of pantaloons. Thia article of dress is universally worn without suspenders; and in ease of rain,' muddy roads, or anything of that kind, the owner rolla them from both extreme ties, until the most rigid follower of Earori Swe denborg could no longer discover the slightest rc nmblunee of a pair of pants about bim. On thesi occasions he is ones more 1 savage ss far u dress nnd the eote-r of hia skin fan make bini ' Tut their customs are even more remnrkabt than their dress. - You can reslly Juy a Mexican for bis whole lifetime, for nhotrt thirty dollars Paretits sell their children for a term of years, ti individuals who treat them ss they do their hor. ses ; and often prize them less highly than tbe; do an ordinary specimen of the latter animal. I had no idea, before coming to this conntry that the Mexicans are so dark as I have foum them. It alwaya seemed to me that they wer merely Spaniards, born in this country, and dit fining from the inhabitants of old Spain only i their manners and customs. But instead of rc sembling the latter they are dark aa Indiana, nay negroes. With very few exceptions, they are c a dark coffee color, with high cheek bones, thi lips, very slight beard, and straight black hair which it very abundant, and coarse as the man of a horse. And the manner of wearing thei hair it sadly to their disadvantage : being alio we to grow down to their eye-brows, and totally ol senre the forehead, it gives them the most vi lainous appearance you can possibly imagine. Tbeir extraordinary passion for silver orm ments is, I daresay, well known to you; but th utterly useless, and indian-like application of thi metal, for the sake of show alone, bat indeed, i no email degree surprised me. You will see' pair of bags walking in tbe Plaza, with tf brown body of a man extending from their upp extremity to a vaat auperstructure of straw, te ving in the treble capacity of hat, tun-shade ar umbrella. Near tbe rim of this covering, yr will perceive three or four turns of a half im rope made of silver tinael, at tbe enda of whi, are appended long ailver wires with a bnlb knob of the same metal on the end of each, oft finely chased, and, "for all the world," like wh our ladiea call hair-pins. Halfway up the bo of thia hat, and on each aide, ia a piece of ailv plate about three inches in length, and general cut into tbe shape of a widely spread eagle; ai from tbe extremity of each wing extends a ailv nob, about tbe aixe of a filbert, upon a silver destal of an inch and a half in length. Th(V and othera of tbe same character have, in t eyes of a Mexican, s charm far above gold or smonds. They glitter in the sun; and that the height of Mexican glory. ..You must recollect that thus far, I have on been speaking ol the Seniors: now let me sa; word concerning the Seninras and Seniorit The ladies of this part of Mexico, after arrivi at the age of about thirty years, almost withi exception become very fat and lubberly; and they have hitherto possessed any charms in t way of bwioty, they are all apt to take th leave save one, and that remains faithful to last. All Mexican women, of whatever a have teeth of the most admirable whiteness i regularity. 1 have not aeen a aingle except to this rule since 1 came to Mexico. Tbe v tmluHiiil of these donnas would, at first sig satisfy you of tbeir lively, laughing, dispositi You never enter their houses without being ceived with smiles, and many compliments wishes concern)- your health ; and are univ sally presented with a cigarrito just taken fr a pair of lips that still possess just clai upon your admiration. This, whether you ar smoker or not, you must consume before ) leave the house; and sometimes even ba found tbem much loo short. But between cigarritoa and the dark eyed daughters, t h; several timet felt my bead reel, and my idea the utmost confusion. However, I must apr priate a special paragraph Id the Senioritas. I believe it is generally admitted that tbe rr potent weapon of the Mexican ladies is their ey That they are Very brilliant and expressive 1 mit. without hesitation! but that they um, this particular feature, I most positively de I bave aeen dark eyea In old Pennsylvania, t aa far eclipsed io lustre and intelligence all t I have seen in Mexico, as sunshine does in bro Oess the shades of midnight. The features ths facs are seldom strikingly handsome, or e regular) and the ravages of the email pox b ' contributed, in no small degree, to cblitei traits of beauty that in many inatances wc have been universally acknowledged. But figure, I at once yield the palm to Mexico, bave never seen ladies, In any of tbs twelve sti I bave yet visited, who could successfully c pare with tbe Senioritas of Matamoras, la important pertieelsre. Tbey are, absolat perfection itself. Bustles, 1 feel confident, never find favor In tbs eyes of tbe MexUt siucs they ran only act as a means of distort Tboogb not particularly happy in their atyl drsss, they have that picturesque and novel peaance which at once liviti tbe attention
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