. Tarrlft Oal to lh Calf.
To mail from the South received In Bi'lS
more Oct 80tb, contains the following particu
rs of terrific gU In the Uulf, and loss of
!tV, taken from the New Orleans paper
The gil commenced blowing from N, E, on
t'ifi morning of tho llth inst 5 by 1 o'clock it
lowed a perfect hurricane, the tide rose rapidly,,
nnl the storm raged with Incredible violence
i-Mil near, midnight, when it abated. On the
1 J;h it blew a moderate gale, and pradually nub
ided.- Every dwelling-house, o?o fine or six,
at Key West, was destroyed or. utrtoofed, the
t'uftom house was blown down, the jfljrne
lloopital unrooted, and it ia supposed, govcro-
neiit proiwrty destroyed to tbe amount of $30J,.
u'lO; Tafle'e wharves disappeared, and t!.e aalt
works were destroyed. ,
, The United States barrack wore in jred, but
f ifTered lest thnn other bu Uing. Many rami
I ts were turned out houseless, but tho United
i'utee Qunrtertnastrr came promptly to their
instance. The loss ot life ic greatmany
wt-re drowucd and many hilled by falling builj
big. . .
Key West light-hoUs and buildings attached
te entirely gone, and the spot covered with
nd washed up by the fury of the naves.'
Fourteen souls perished in those buildings and
sand. Key Light house hat totally disappear
v I. with the building connected with it. The
:cpants of this, too, have perished.
All the warehouses are either blown down or
uoroofed. At Key West the atreeta are full of
laiiibrr, and not six out of COO house but what
are either unroofed or blown down. The cur
rent ran six miles an hour through the town of
Key West.
Tho whole waters now extend sixty nr se
venty miles to the Southward of Torlugas.
The Government will lose by the storm the re
venue cutter Morris and brig Terry, two light
houses, fortifications, custom-house and hospital,
not far from $200,000.
Deslrnotltra Storm In Hi Gulf.
official
Krr Wear, October 14, 1&-10.
!r-i : tt is my painful duty to report to you a
("'TRtiful calamity which hat befallen this place,
nd every thing connected wiih the Florida
Reef, so far aa heard from.
The town of Key Weat is now a heap cf ru
in. Of about 400 houses, large and small,
here is not more than 10 or 12 It'ft standing,
-r in a habitable condition, and those much
LfT,ea of tti Oils M HTrn.
7Vf mr nJ&u ,n.t n Shipping yinetyttco
it Httk, deitroyedw otherv injured
fcrfy or Jifiy Voatting Vetttt IVreeAed
Bitot Li4 of Ijfe mni Property.
The brig Cybelle, Capt. Merrill, arrived tt
fcvnunah on tbe 89th ult. bringing advices from
Havana to the 20th, We art Indebted to the
Savannah Georgian Tor extra containing the
accounts of the edecta of tbe dreadful gale of
the 10th ult.' V ' ' : :."'..'. '
Tho recent gale experienced all along the
Nmiihern coast,, was also felt with much vio
lence at lUvana, and did considerable injury to
the city, and to the shipping in port, , It was
one of the nvt severe gules that ha been ex ;
perleno d at that Island tor many years DfHt.
During the hurricane in the ciy it wis dsn- j
gerous trurn large sheets of lead and tile pot
blown down from tho tops of the house; these
lay about In every direction, and were in many
instances carried by the wind to great distance.
The beautiful Palmetto und other trees which
adorned the Garencro Square, were broken and
tern down, even tho lampposts, cYe. Thsv!nd
was strongest about nine o'clock, at which time
it shifted suddenly to the Northwest, and blew
with terrific violence. The air was filled with
dense clouds of "spoon drift. or salt spiny,
which if was impossible to face. This spray
was carried for half a lesgn into tho onuntry
and deluged the houses, filtering the crevice
and flooding the streets.; Tlie surf and rprny
Were seen to dash high over the light house on
the Moro Castle.
Many houses were bkin down or unroofeJ
and among them the Tni Theatre, wh ch was
pirtially unroofed end received cither damage.
The streets were nearly deseited except by oc
casional detachments of soldier, ordered to dif
ferent post, to give assurance where it v. as
needed.
The beautiful Passao, the fushioiiuble tfrive
and promenade of the citizens, suffered to it
ahrub6, trees and plants, and after the hurricane,
many were forcibly detained to aa'iA in remov
ing the rubbish and ruins from the sm-ets. An
occainnal pedeRtrian mlglit be seen fl)irig fas
ter than he appeared willing to go, barn ty the
irresistible force of the vid, which swept
through the long, narrow atreeta with incredi
ble force.
Bui the wharves presented the msst disss
Irou spectacle- ships, bark., brigs and schoon
er, some crowded on top of the others, thre
"rsrr
, I I lllpaMMlP I I I III I JS
--aarsnLr
THE AIVIBRICAN.
atrdayt JWmtmbtr, 7, 1846.
t. B. I'ALMEU, F.iq., at ht$ tttat B.
tat and Coat Oltt,tomtr rSl ndt Chrtntit
Strrtll, 1'MlaiUifiht, i tnithmrttrd t net ot
Agent, mi d rtctipt Urr mtt tntr$ Hut ikU
oilier fur tubteripUtn, or adetrtMng
or A Ollct .W. 100 Vliau rert.
.Mi IV.
.tnd S. E. turner of Baltimore and Calvert
it.. Baltimore.
Ktnkri Elttt to tbe Ptnnnyhanh trgUla
" '"" tore. -
Wmo.
I Charles Gibbons, '
Win A Crabb.
9 George Richards.
4 Wm Williamsua.
0 Josiah Rich.
7 Ab Herr Smith,
John P Sanderson.
0 Jacob D Ross.
Vi Wrn Hani.
14 BenJ Jordan
15 J 8 Waa-onieller.
17 Philip Smyscr.
18 Thomas Carson.
19 John Morris 'ft.
H Genre Dsrsie,
John Levis.
Robt Parrsah
DkmocSaT.
9 Henry L Benner,
Wm F Small.
"6 John Pottelger.
S Wm Overfield.
10 Wm I! Dimmuk.,
1 1 Gorden F Mason.
13 Wm S Ross.
18 Wm B Anderson.
20 Wrn Billet.
St BenJ Hill.
82 Charles A Black.
.23 E G Creacraft.
20 James P Hooer.
29 James M Gillis. 11
lATive..'
2 Oliver P Cornman
C7" Our paper, this week, is pretty much ta
ken up with aews from th Seat of War. Every
letter, though giving an account of the aams bat
tles, has something new or different, or tLe rela
tion of soma incidents not before related. Gen.
Taylor cannot long remain inactive, and has bad,
we presume, before this an enf sgement with the
enemy.
C7 In another eolumn our readers will find VictorE Piolet.
an account of one of the most violent and dc
atrnctit'e storms that Las occurred for
27 Jesse B Johnson 18
HOUSE OF REPUF.SI:NTATIVE3
DsmocsaT. , Wilt.
Anutrung. Adam
P. Clin enmith, vol.) James Cooper
Ai'azhiiny
Alex llitsnds
T J Higham
Dai.iel MiCurdy
John S WiUon
Renter
John Allion
Jobu Shsrn
tUuir
Henry Bridenthall
Bvcht
Bedford.
Jsmes Burns,
John Siprs.
Ferk.
Charles Levsn,
John C Vyers,
John Lone,
James Gtaff.
j John L. W'ehb,
' RU Road Iroai. '
Trogrtu nUi Manufaciurt in the V. Sfatet.
The beneficial effects of the Tariff of 1843
upon tbe manufacturing interests of our country
can be aeen every where, but upon soma kinds
of roanafactures its influence has been much
greater than upon ethers. The iron tiada in all
Ita branches has been more benefited by the pas
sage of that bill thsn any other manufacturine,
business. New furnaces and forges Lave aprung
up in various parts of the country and the manu
facture of Rail Road Iron has been the ofiVpring
of the TaritTofl842 While there was no duty
on Rail Road Iron, it Could not b made in this
country so cheap as it could in England, and of
course capitalists would not engage in its maim
factor, v, The Specific duty of $2,100 per ton
j imposed upon the article by the Tariff of 1813,
at one inducud tbe inveattnent of capital, and
the growth of the business has been rapid beyond
precedent.' In the latter part of IStt the first
bar of Rail Road lion was made in th'. country.
Now the following estahlihineiiti ar either in
operation or almost completed :
..Mattered, whilst the general contusion and d is- j tier di.ep, sunk, wrecked, diemanted, or totally
'-ess can hardly bn realized. On Sunday, llth , crushed to pieces, with the owners, captains
and sailors gating upon the scene of destruction.
hardly be realized. Un suucay
'iyt we were visited with a fearful hurricane,
"Xompanied with torrenta of rain. Tho gale
oinmenced about 3 A. M., from the Noi:heas',
srvl continued to increase during the day, w hen
nT between 8 and 4 P. M. the wind veered to
'he Southeast, and the storm became a tornado
At this time commenced a scene which defies
ttacriptinn. Tbe houses in town (atone and
vond) were torn piecemeal, and scattered sway
ike chafl before the wind, rendering it dange
'oua to move about which last waa indeed
npossible, for a foothold could not be maintain-
f. The wind gradually changed to the South,
-till blowing with the same atrongth, and final
'7 to the Southwest, abatir.g its fury about 11
P. M. Of course the res. waa driven into the
harbor, and against the island with tremendous
free. The lower part of the town was inun
i itnd to the depth of three f et, with a strong
e irrent running across it, whilst the .put lie
grounds at the Southwest point were in a still
worte and moro exposed condition.
In briof terms, I have to report the total de
Ft ruction of the fort. Tl.e wharves, bridges,
h iiisns, lighter, boats, tooln, machinery, and
materials, ordnance stores in short, all bave
hecn swept away, and ntixad up with the gene
ril ruin. The streets of the town are karri
raded with the timber and debris from the fort
a largo amount of which lodged there. Even
lurbette carriago, muskele and crow bars from
ie fort are found in the midst of the towc.
The strip of land or levee along the shore, on
which the public buildings were placed, being
t te highest of the public ground, has been com
pletely levelled by the sea. The stable and
I 'acksmilh shop only remain in a shattered con
dttion, having been moved from their original
position the former about 200 feet, with all
the horses and mules in it, five in number,
which, with the forage, are eafe. - The large
c intern, which waa of masonry, founded upon
the rock, remained uninjured. Upon this the
overseer snd several others saved their live.
It being Sunday, very few men were on the
ground. Four men, who were on the barracks
were lost ; a fifth was saved by clinging to the
wheel of a 6-potinder, after drifting three hun
dred yards towards the hospital.
The light-house of the Soothweat point in
cluding keeper's house, has been swept away,
leaving not a vestige to mark the spot w here it
stood. At this place, the keeper's family anil
friends, fourteen persons, peribhed ; and where
Kand Key and its light houso stjod, is now left
only a shoal. AH the vest-tU in the harbor, Un
or twelve brigs and schooners, have been driven
adhere and wrecked, including the revenue cot
ter; their crev.a tared ; but aa far as sscertain
id, about thirty five lives novo beta lost on the
Key. .
BtAiTirri, CoaieAaiKO.N. In so iresginsry
ennvrrss'.ion between l'ttrarch and Beccaecio
from the pen of Walter Landur, there is tbe fol
lowing piasage:
"The damps of Autumn sink into the leaves,
and prepare th"m for the nt ceraity of their (all ;
and thus insensibly are we, as years close around
us, detached from, our tenacity to lite hy the
gettle f restore cf rtecre'td sorrows."
Some vessels known to be in the harbor previ
ous to the hurricane, have disappeared, and
their fate left to conjecture. Aa nothing could
be aeon a furlong'a length, owing to the show
ers of spray and drift which filled thi air, and
aa the wind blew nearly into harbor, liiey could
not have gone out, tut the aid spec'scle of
masts, spare, ysrds, and pieces of wreck which
ktrewedthe harbor, proved '.hat they must have
drifted into each other and aunk or pone to pie
ces. The numerous men of war were driven
aahorc and dismasted.
tt is not known how many iiv-s wi-re lot,
but bodies were seen floating in the harbor in
the different dresses of seami.'ti in the merchant 1
and naval aervic .
The brig Mohawk, from Newfoundland, wnt
asherc it Punta Fort, and wu exposed to the
heaviest part of the hurricane. The crew esca
ped by Imea being let down trom ihe fort to the
wreck, by which they stcundod to the wills of
1 he fort.
News from the interior stated that the sugar
crops were very much injured, and in many in
stances ruined. A continuance of fine weather
might restore such s waa not totally lost. The
coffee plants were also seriously doinaprd.
The gale towards Cardenas was nut so violent.
Fears were entertained regarding aeveral
vessels which sailed the d.iy preceding the hurri
cane. Toe Governor had issued permission to such
as hsd had their houses damaged, to rebuild with
wood, a privilege hithc'rfo denied under such
circuinstancea.
The Havana pricea current of the 18th nit..
in summing up the list o' disaster to the ship
ping, gives the following rerult .'
Ships sunk ll.disinssted 4, iMirh ilsmsged P,
safe 4 total 'fl. Brigs sunk 10, r! if masted IS,
much damaged 14, eafe 4 total 49. Schoon
ers sunk 7, dismasted 3, much damaged 2, ante
1 total 13.
Steamships lost, Natrhex, Tscon, Viliancrj
va, Coaster sunk upward of 45.
llavaitt.Oct. 19 'Lumber ia wanted. Th' re
is no Pitch Piue here. Some contracts have
been made at $4. We have cold 150 (K-0
feci whitd Pine at (30 per M.
storms ttiat Las occurred lor many
years. At Key West the destruction of proper
ty and loss of life was Immense At Havana, on
tbe Nland of Cuba, an immense number of ves
sels were destroyed. r
iLT" Since the result of the late elnctions in
this State, thinga bave settled down to the usual
quiet. We find, however, quite a number of pa
pers, as well aa Individuals, who were previoua
ly Silent on the subject, who are now convinced
of tbe necessity of carrying out the one term p-in-ciple,
and the selection of new men In all oflievs
of power and pntronc,e The result has also
fully demonstrsted, to the satisfaction cf every
intelligent and impartial mind, that Pennsylvania
is bitterly averse to the Southern free trade poli
cy, which in the end is calculated to cripple, if
not distroyher most vital ititere t't her coal
and iron tra in. We do not think that the price
of iron will decline in Great Britain for several
years to come, as the immense number ot tail
roads now In progress of construction, will re
quire al that can be made, for home consumption.-
But should one of thosa revulsions again
take place", which periodically occur in the Bri
tish markets, there is nothing to save our furna
ces and forges from utter destruction, inlets, in
the mean time, Congreas ahoald modify McKay's
tariff bill, which we earnestly hope will be done
the present session. The people have demanded
it in a voice which cannot and must not remain
unheard or unheeded.
Cambria.
Michael Hasse.
Centre & Charfulti.
C. S. Worrell,
John Reynolds.
Vlaftun Jeftrmn it Ve- Georf c Ladle y
tJenry h Kvans
Ttiomaa K Pull
John T)ixon
John Robins
Georce Wsrner
ISutkr
John R Harris
Chrt't
Laltarrrom Gen. Dullsr.
W copy below extracts of a letter from Gen.
Cutler to a near friend in Lonisville. The Lou
isville Journal states, before giving the letter,
that Gen. Butler remarks that it is the opinion
of those Mexican officers who have been taken
prisoners by ours army, that their government
will at ones offer to our terms of pesc. Gen,
Butler has been charged with rashness in th
fight at Monterey. From the letter bslow, It
would appear that he had heard of such a charge
in camp. His bravery is unquestionable, and
Gen. Taylor speaks In praise of bis "efficient
services,"
MoNTtar.v, Bspt. 23, 1818.
Menterey Is ours, but not without a heavy
loss, and my diviaion has probably sustained
more than on half of it. lam myself wounded
hut not badly. 1 was struck by a musket ball
below the knee; it entered in Trout, graxd the
bone without entering them, ranged round
through the flesh, and came out on the opposite
Names.
Montour Iron Co'S.
Wyoming,
Trenton,
Mount Savage,
Providence,
Hunt,
Location.
Danville, p.,
Wilkcabarr-. Pa.,
Trenton, N. J ,
Maryland,
Providence, R I
Philadelphia. Pa
Gri'Bt Western, near Pittabuie. Pa .
Seibert & Wainwricht Philadelphia, Pa
nan go
Wm. Perry,'
John Kiatly.
Columbia.
Stewart Peaice.
Crawford.
S. O. Crick,
J. K. Kerr.
Oretn.
James V. Bouehner.
Lthtgh Sc. Cvrbun.
Peter Bowman.
Lust rt.
Geo. Fensteimacher,
N Jackson.
Lycvmiiig Clinton
l',tttr.
Timothy In s.
Motiftfnmrry.
John S. Weiler.
ditmlftlund
James Mackey
Armstrong Noble
Deluiimrt
Skati-hley Morton
Dauphin
James Fox
Theodore Giatz
Lre
David A Gould
Wm Sanborn
Fnyct t
J W Philips
Williams Colviri
John M Pomroy
Thompson McAllister
llunmitrdin
Orev.
Phanixvilie,
Tremont,
Fall River.
Moore 5c Hoven,
Flicotfs.
Yormouih,
Lackawanna,
Boston. Mes
Phoenixville, Pa.
Conn ,
Conn.,
Norristown. Pa ,
Bdltinioi e, Mil ,
Yarmouth. Ma ,
Luzerne. Co ,
Tona pf-r an.
en 00
onoo
9000
nooo
90(10
0000
conn
t'nno
JWlKl
cm)
linn
C'l'IO
f,.li)0
510.1
OPO
fid;
I became fint from lns of blood, and
Sorthomplon it Monroe. David E'air
Native.
0
1
1
0
CT7" ThcRssclt in Psasttv?iu. 1 he fol
lowing is a correct statement of the poiition of
parties in this state
Wbigs, Dem.
Canal Commissioner, 1 0
Members of Congress, 10 7
' State Snmte, 1$ II
" Assemblv. 5 4 1
Popular Vote, 07,903 8D,0ut
C7" New Yorx Flections. The following
returns of the New York elections, which we
copy from the Philadelphia Ledger, show most
conclusively that the Empire state has gone for
the whigs. Gov. Wiight will probably be de
feated by Young, the whig candidate, by a laige
majority. Thia is another of the bitter fruits of
the free.tiado policy, attempted to be forced on
the democratic party by editors and party lea
ders, who one week before the passsge of McKay's
bill were strongly opposed to it, and in a week
uftti- just as strongly in its favor :
Wright.- New York city 1900, Herkimer F00,
Orange 400, Queens l.'O, Richmond P Kings
500. Young: Albany 2700, Monroe 1200, O
neida 2000, Cayuga 300. Schenectady 250, Rens
selaer 1300, Washington (in part) 1500, Montgo
mery 400, Columbia 300, Dutchess (in part) 600,
Onondaga 300. Westcheater, even.
In Kings county, Murphy, democrat, is elect
ed to Congress ; a gain. Th city of New Yoik
elected the whole democratic aaaembly and coun
ty ticket. Later returns say that the Whigs have
carried a majority of Congreasmen in the State.
Th Stale, et rrpnrled, to fu:
Majoritiea for Younsr. Majorities for Wright.
Albany county, 2,70O;Ne w York City, 4,900
Dutchi ss, 600. Kings county,
Kensselaer, about 1,50!) Kirtimonn,
uneifla. vagus
t oyuga,
Jamea Vliet,
John Jacoby,
P. M. Buck.
Perry.
John Somler.
I' h Until. County.
Thomas Duly.
John K. Loughl'in,
Thomas II. Forsyth,
Stephen T. Anderson,
John Kline,
Thos. S. Ferr.on.
John Rupert,
Henry Mather.
Susquehanna 4 VVyem-
ing.
David Thomas,
Schuyler Faasct.
7ne.T.
John C. KniK.
Indiana
Wm C Mi Knitfht
IjflCltffT
David W Patterson
Abraham Sheller
Joseph C Dickinson
Christian Bentx
George Morrison
Lrh'tch Jj- Carbon
Alex Loekhart
Lebanon
John Bustler
Lycoming Clinton
Pitler
Robert Hamilton
Mirt:'r
Thomas Pomroy
Robert Black
M nlanmery
John Thompson
IV'orreii McKeutt Elk. Geo Westner
Solomon Sartwell
Washington.
Richard Danahlsnii
Wmine Sc Pike..
John F Lord (vol.)
tVf'nnreiirf
Geo R. Haymaker,
.Tas Clark.
John Fausold.
2, LOO, Queens,
300
Monroe,
Erie, about
l.SOO
3,000
Total, so far 10,000
500
175
150
Total, ao far 5.793
Wm Reel
A'"T 'b 'i m her land
Samuel Hunter
Ph'lida cry
B.-n Vnthias
Tho ( Conner
W W Haley
W Moutolius
Total 41, Chas B Trego
St-lmylkill
Samuel Kauffman
A W Lev burn
Somfitet
. John R F-die
Union Sf Jun'ata
John V Minn
Jacob MrCurley
Whinfrton
Geo V Lawrence
7 rk
William M'Abee
William Ross
Daniel L G.-hly
Totnl 5
Total, Tom 1)3,000
Of tbe above mentioned works all arc in oper
ation except four or five which are now in pro
cess of construction and nearly finished It will
be seen that they are of snfririent capacity to
make 1 l'.i.OOO tons of Rail P.oad Iron p.T annum,
equal to tons per week, or 3S2 tons per
day. For a mil of Kail Road with a heavy
I track, 00 tons of iron are required. If will he
S"-n therefore, that Iron enough can no be
manufactured in thi United Slates to lay four
miles per day, ot twelve hundred miles p"t year.
When we reflect that only two years h.ive elap
sed since the first ton of Railroad iron was made
in this country, it seems almost incredible that
so much has been accomplished in ao short a time.
tt is estimated that five tons of coal are used
in th manufacture of every ton af Railroad iron.
This gives an airrregate ot 505,000 tona of coal
used for this purpose, nesrly all of which is An
thracite. This fact is sufficient to show the im
poi tarit relation which thia branch of the iron
business holds to the Anthracite coal trade of
Pennsylvania, and how disastrous would be the
effects upon that trade if these establishments
should be compelled to suspend operations on ac
count of the low duties imposed on Iron by the
Tariff of 1840.
In producing the amount of Rail Road iron
mentioned above, 300,000 tons of iron ore are
used It is imposaible to state accurately th.
number of hands employed in manufacturing the
iron from the time the ore is du until the rails
are finished at the rolling mill, It must be clear
however, that thousand would be thrown out
of emnlovment. and that much suffering would '
necessarily etiaue nmong the laboring elaes if
theae works should stop It is to be hoped thst
at the next session of Congrem measures will be
taken to avert the calamity, and enaur perma
nent prosperity to the Iron interests ol Pennsyl
vania Mineri' Journal.
Moat or THfcM. The Governor of Kentucky
has appointed Thursday, the C6th of November,
to be observed as a day of thankagiving ; and the
Governor of New Jeraey a!o. This makes
twelve States which will observe the same day
as a day of thanksgiving.
A Rbvomttios ui Com Ptairrtteo The
most important discovery for the Fomh is the
adaplaiion of the nplands of the old notion gnw.
ing State, to the cultivation ot M iHtndoit cot
ton, a pew species of the plant which commands'
about double tbe price of the unprofitable short
staple cotton hitherto produced on the high land
ol tbe cotton region,
Co tore. An old woman of the Canton
Grisson sailed in the Siaaelio tor the United
States, having with her her children, grand,
children and great grandchildren. Bhe was 100
year of age j and said aba hoped to Jive in
America some twenty yesre longer.
A Livino Eskimo is being exhibited it)
Boston. He hsd his quarters over an eating
house, bul was obliged to remove, 11 the smell
of the soup fattened him too mat.
CT-N JmiY Elections This StBe has elec
ted four w'nigs and one democrat to Congress, be.
ing a gala of one for the wbigs. In th Legis
lature, tha whigs will have a large majority,
w hich secures them s VS. Si ator in ) lace of j
Mr. Miller, also a whig.
07 W understand that all the sterkof the
Farmers Bank of Schuylkill Haven, las been
taken, and that it will shortly commence opera
tions. fjy Gsorg McCall, formerly of Pottsvllle,
brakesman oo tb Rail Road, was cru.tsd be
tween two cars near Richmond, en Saturday
last, IT was takan to tb Hospital and died of
bis wounds the sams day.
FiiTsTetASoasa Mr. Sanderson, cfLeba
non, Mr. Nicholas, of Bver. and Mr. Penrose
Ask, f Philadelphia, bave all ben spoken of in
connection with th office of State Treasursr.
Tax ETtANsair C.nronia left Boston en
Sunday. She wss rather out of luck at starting,
as when two or three mil down, sb run her
no into tb mud and rbmalned tbre nearly two
hours fortunately the bed waa soft, and aba waa
got Off wit boot injury, to carried jot ofty-oa
psmngersto Llvsrpe! and tfteen to HstifM
The citizens of Lehigh county ere uiging tbe
construction of a railroad along the valley of the
Lehijh river, connecting Faston and Tamaqna,
thence to connect, by a road now partly built,
with the Beaver Meadow and the Danville and
Pottaville Rail Road, thua forming a junction cf
all the great coal regions of Luzerne, Schuykill
and Carbon counties. At I'.aton it is proposed
to be united with th Smnmerville road, which
is to b extended to that ptaee; making a contin
uous lin pf Rail road by which Nw York is
brought as it were within twenty five or thirty
uiiles of th mines of Eastern Pennsylvania.
Lsttino, Th Cleveland Jl'ia'd contains an
advertisement for th letting of forty mile of
th Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Rail
road, commencing at Cleveland. The prelimina
ry survrya hav been made, and tbs Company
ar determined to prosecute tha important work
with energy. Th rout is said to be highly fea
sible, and th conat ruction of tb road will give
fresh impetus to tb growth and prosperity of
that city, as wsll as to tbs country connected
with tb lak by aa iron highway.
Msxieo Attempt ar making to fortifying
tb city of Mexico, end a large sum of money
baa been raised fortbls purpoi. In tb Mexican
papers tb proposal Is mad to transfer the capi
tal to Tol oca, bey oad tbe snetiatain, out M tb
way ef danger. -
Potato thaxat. Borne larmera have be
come quite confident that shell lime is a enre
or preventative of the potato disease. Patches
limed have been sound thia year, while other
patches all around, not limed, bare perished,
ffo other difference tt koowu between them.
Ths Voi.i'nteer Forck The Washington
correspondent of the Journal of Commerce aays
the Preaident is about to call out a iarce addition
al voluteer force. He W'ill take thern chiefly
from the South, as the Southern troops will be I
I best adapted to the climate. This accords with
th statement mad sometime so oy wenerni
Pierc M. Butler, of S. C, vix: that if the war
continued, a large force would he drawn fram
the South. A letter of the ?th October, the la
teat date from Monterey, mentions a rumor,
which is doubtless well founded, that M-ijor
General William O. Butler will succeed Major
General Patterson in the command of the
Rio Giande posts, and that the latter is to
have tbe command of aome si expedition.
All these things point to so expedit on to Tarn
pico, as a diversion in favor of Taylor, and as
the means, too, by which Taylor's little army
may he saved from destruction 10 case of a re
verse
compelled to 1,-ave the field after having been ia
it under a heavy fire of grape and muiketry for
three hours. I have been required by my sur
geon to keep perfectly still since the battle.
I v.-as in the act of leading th Ohio Regiment
to storm two of the m.ist formidable batteries in
tbe town, flunked hy a stone wall, ten feet high
with a d.'cp ditch in front, and covered by a
strong rnuketry force in the rear, under com-ph-te
abelter ThTp Were two other batteries
il'grape-bot dischar'd, that swept the ground
continually.
Cut. Mitchell, who rofrirr.anded the regiment
of t'h'n volunteers, v. js wounded about the same
time that I was, and wethen prudently abandon
ed the enterprise, as we became convinced that
our Ions would have bi n probably at least oris
bundled more men, had we persevered.
I hops you will not tliii-k I acted rashly 1
know tha' I an often riUi where I involve my
self alone ; not so, however, when the fate of
others are at s'ake.
The condition in which we xete placed fully
jiistifi -d, if it did r.rt positively require, us to
n ak. tbe atlernpf. The p'culaiity of our situ
atioti I cannot now explain without going into
greater d 'tail than I am ahle to do.
Th"? battle commence'! about 0 o'clock, A. M.
and conrnued without intermission, with vari
ous degrees cf intensity, for eight hours.
had almost 1000 men in th-- battle, (thi Lou
isville Legion having been Uft to guaid our mor.
ars ) and of that number we lust in killed and
wounded about 230.
We took our battery and a house fitted upas
a fortification, and I asaiated the regulars in tak
ing a seioiid. Gen. Worth, w iih great gallantrj
and equal success, and with far less loss, carrier
on his operation on the opponte side of tin
town.
The lo of the regulars, who acted with in,
was nearly proportional to ours, as I learn, thu1
I have not seen the official returns.
Under ail circumstances, the terms of the ca
pitulation are favorable to us. There are atill
several strong forts in the hands of the enemy,
which we wuutd have been compelled to tnka
by regular approaches or by heavy losaes. The
plaza ia of itself an enormous fortification of con
tuious houses, w ith thick stone walls, and all
the streets leading into it strongly fortified and
filled with guns.
They admit they will have a? leait S0U0 fight
ing men, while on our part we cannot muster
.'iO(ltl for duty, and have only a few heavy g'tns,
arid them we to."k from them.
Never, I believe, did troops, both volunteers
and regulars, behave with more calumets and
intrepidity, nnd I do not beleive that for down
ri.;ht, Mraight-forward hard fighting, the buttle of
Monterey has been surpassed.
This DisrtM't n'rrwtKN Sa.mii m amitiii
Citv or .l kxiro.- The following an the dis
tance from Siltilloto thf city of Mexxo, which
Gi-neral Taylor' amy will have to umch over
in cai'e he in'ond to proceed to liiut city ;
From Saltil!n,(fi(l()0
Cot.ftrvt FarMour A letter for Monterey,
on th Pacific, to t o editor ofth Alexandria
Grft'tte, con'ain th annexed notice of our in
teresting young countryman. Lieut. Col Fre
mont. Th letter is dated Ju'y SO .'
"Fre.emnnt's party arrived here yesterday, ha
ving hsd some pietty hard fighting with th Mexi
tans and Indiana. They number about 200, and
are th most daring and hardy aet of fellows I e
rer looked upon, Thy ar splendid markamen.
and can plant a bullat in an enemy's head with
their horses st a full gallop. They never think
of eating bread, but live npon meat al) tha time.
They never sleep in a hoe, but on the ground,
with a blanket around them, their saddle for a
pillow, and a rifle by their aide. should liks
to give yon ion mor rainot secoont of tbsm,
bot tim will not admit."
Guni.t Paaspis Th arrival of tbi dutin
golsbcd narsonrgs at Havana, wa mentioned a
few days sgo. Bermuda papers ol th SOtk alt.
Stat that be arrived at the Ulanda tb day pre
vious, on board the British packet Thames. Pro
bably flavana baa bad snougb of Msxtcan x-Pr-sidsnts
end cock fighting. II is ru for
England, to Invest soma snooty in tb English
funds. Tbe Vsica Genrals art -great tn
thtr srWtorl Maaaaion, U. eV Iks
Americans
eouU.) to Mili$. Vv
Ag'iaiuifvs, IS sntvl
l.n Kncsrnacion, 30
Nacs, 12 "
Djenavonlnra, 'l "
Ft. Bilvador, f)
El S.lirtn. H
keana Dlanca, 13 "
l.nrmi Privto, 15
U I'.irita, U
Venrga. 20 '
Minee nfCitorce, 12 "
0 mdaltuipe hacir nda,') "
Charcjs, (town and niinu,) bfl 5,1V)
El Vanado, IS
Hediondi. li
&.cae, 51
S.n Low IVt nai, (city,) 81 60 M
J-ira', (fiPage.) 4 s'nal
Pan P. 1 1 pe, (town,)" M
Gusnaiito, (city,) . 60 70,0ii
1 ru pin to, (ciiy.) 83 2I'
Stlaminca, (inwn.) 15 lrx
&iUy.(town.) St lH.tt
tjiiaretaro, (city, ) 30 40,iK
San Juan del Rio, 30 snul
Arroyo tjarco, (hacienda,) M "
Tula, (town,) 21 M
lluehuetoca, (village,) 80 "
Msxieo, (city and capital.) 33 t5fl,fX
Caiiroaiu Rts Is collivated ia Georgie. On
Igbth of an aer in TaMefero county produe
thirty-six buhl. Tb besds ' ar immns
large, and so ky fht it is neeesaary to c
thsd ry thick. When the growth is tb'
te (talks are prostrated by tk weight of
tars. Whan sewn tbitk, they support sack etk
It tke artide I M ged as repraaaaM, eor
aoers will soon kv it in tfeair aM
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