KK OltEAT BATTI.K OF CCRltU OOn W. , .. . Pwrtlcnlers far ReelTe. American turn In Killed end" WoondVd-lnv mens. I.os ot Meiicane Their pursuis to Jslapa Qnnoral Twrgg Encamp withib Three Mile of Jala pa Letter from our owe Correspondent The Pennylrnine. .- i" Wegalhef from the Icttr of the Ledger correspondent snd from the New Orleans Uulla mid Picayune of the 1st insl ell tb particular yt received of the bsttl of CM Gordo,' In which General Scott totally defeated Santa Anns, and captured nearly a hall of army. Vhe correspondent o the I'iceyune, writing on the 10th, two 2nya before the general battle, iriveethu following eccoitntof the Mexican de fences : ' The Mexican, under Santa Anna, arc occu pying a chain of works along the road, the t par rel of which ia about a mile and a quarter from Gen. Scott headquarter in t direct line. The road this aide is cut up and barricaded, and ev ry possible mean of defence and annoyonce ha ben reeorted to. Beyond the first work there are three or fo'ir other, completely command ins the . gorge through which the road to Jalape ran thece fortification oh hill, and rising o to de fend one another. It is thought that Suit An- in has 20,000 men with nim- the lowest esti mate give him 15,000 ami with them he haa ! 21 pieces of field artillery, beside noma 14 hea vy osnnon in position. " Some of the prisoners and deserter from' the enemy camp een place higher estimates, both as to the number of men and (runs. To turn these different work a road haa been partially cut through the rough ground and chap parol to the right; and, although the rcconnoi nance is as yet imperfect, it is still thought that a point near the enemy' farthest work can be reached. If Gep. Twigga succeeds iii reaching the rear of Santa Anns, and he will use every exertion, 1 do out see what ia to save liiui. Santa Anna left the capital with a force ol near ten thousand troops, intending' to unite with I Vega ; and with strong reinforcement of the National Guard, and the rabble (jarocha tin) of Puebla and other towns on the mute, to tkke position at a strong pass, called Cerro Gor do, and there give our army battle. A stronger position could not have been selected. The road lead through a precipitous rlrfge, whence the name "Cerro Gordo," or wide ridge. Bo fore and around this ridge, on the road to Vera Cruz, are steep hills, which the enemy had strongly fortified with about 4 heavy guns, and a force which, at the lowest estimate, roust have been at least 15,000. Three forts, commanding the road for miles, had first to be carried before the Cerro could be attacked .' The hills were covered and the bat-ti-ries strongly supported by a large force of Santa Anna's best infantry. On the other side of the pass, Santa Anna himself we stationed with 3000 cavalry a position assumed either to cut off the retreat of his men, or to facilitate hi own. The buttle opened with an attack u pon an advanced post, strongly fortified, of the enemy. This was handsomely done by the vanguard of Gen. Twiggs, under the command of Major Sumner Gen. Smith being unfortu nately ill. The new and splendid resiment of mounted riltemen took the lead, and, under a heavy shower of grape and musketry, drove the enemy from their position. , Our less in this af fair was heavy. Mnjor Sumner was wounded in the head, and eeveral other'officer were bad ly wounded. When our troops had occupied this position, the enemy made a feint of allock ing them, but after a great' parade retired to their strong defences. , -r t -m. ' . 4 . After this, the enemy kept up an incessant fire on our lines, but without effect. , The next day (I3ih.) the battle waa opened in earnest, and by a succession of brilliant ehargee, under General Twiggs, Shields, Pillow and Worth, all the various forta and defences were several ly carried at the point of the bayonet, the ene my totally routed, and fiOOO of them taken pri soners, together with most of their Generals, ond all their baegage and munitions; Gen. Kama Anna narrowly escaped on a mule, hi king some by path through the chapparel. lie waa closely followed by hi Secretary of War, Gen. Cuna) za, who, for his great reputed bravery, has been for a long time called the "Lion of Mexico." Gen. Vasquex, who com manded the rorpM de ruerve at Duena ViMs, was killed. This officer had a high reputation tor gallantry and military knowledge. He waa a Spaniard, who waa somewhat distinguished in the Snnniih service, Other Mexican officers were killed, but most of (hem were taken priso tiers. Among these are Gen. Ilerrers, the ex president ; Generals Jarero and Ite La Vega the former accepted bis parole, the latter pre ferred to enjoy tha hospilalitieeof the good ci tiMiisof New Orleans, and will come hither aoon with a large force of subordinate officers, who have, perhaps, beard of the pleasures and quietude of life in New Orleans. This signal achievement has not been gained without a hnsvy loesonooe part. Several lalu able officers have beta tnsl, anany have been badly wounded, and large body of the lank and file were strewed ov r the field and ekvtg the cliff and defile el this difficult pass. The tola I of our ktllod and wounded will not, perhaps. exceed HOi). Among the turner we fear we shall have ta include the Beiue of the fsHaat and popular Geo. Shield. He Ml mortally wounded, shot through the lasgs. whilst ldig his brigade sgsmsl one of the esjeuiy funs. Gen. Pillow, loo, was wounded io the advance of his noblw TMoMiesje, but ucdd glo riously carrying the point attacked by him. list of the officer killed and wounded : .Generals Shinlde and Pillow f Major Sumner, of the Rifle ; Copt Mason, Lieut. Maury, G.bhs, psvi. Swell and liana, of ih R fl's; Lieut Jarvis, of 2J Infantry; Lt Darby, Topographical blnrineers ; I.: Dane, 7th Infantry) Cspt Pulten, Ud infantry. : Among the volunteers the killed and woun ded are (i follow : : KiHe.! I Jent. Nelson and 'Gillof Col Hsa kel IV Tenner see regimot, - .jtr Wntn.ifff14 Col Cumming, sightly; Sin jor fainhsrson,' nf "Texas, aevtrely; Lieut Haile, severely; Lt Wm Yeownud, inortally; Lieut Ki.rest.elightiy ; Capt Murray, cevervly'; George Sutherlsnd, (Ky vidunteers.) severely. . Correspondence, of the Daily Delta. ,. . ,. Plan Dri, Itio, April 18. EJ. Etlta The American army, uuder Ccn, Scott, baa just achieved another great victory over the Miran forces under Gen. Santa Anna. The nghf was fairly commenced yesterday by Gen. Twirea and Col. Harney,, and concluded about noon to day by Gen.. Worth and Gen. Pat. temon's diviaiona. The enemy could not have lest than 15,000 fight ing men, while our force was not over 13 000. The position of the Mex- ieana waa oneofjhe strongrat imaginable, and our brave troopa had a hard task to porform in routing them. They were entrenched upon as feral largs heights upon which no let than seven batteries were planted mount ing 51 gunt in all. One by one they fall into our handa. At about 10 o'clock, a cbaige vrat mad at aeveral points by the regulara, the two Tennessee and (wo Pennsylvania regiments, which for a time, was strongly opposed by. th Mexicans, who fought desperately ; but finally their trum pet sounded a retreat, and away went Santa An na and th larger portion of hia army aa if 'Old Nick' himself was after them! Kot so, how ever, with Gen. Vega, and 6000 of his command, including four other Generals, all of whom sur rendered, snd are now prisoners of war in camp with all their arma. ammunition, &e , Ike.-' General Santa Anna, in his retreat, waa so hotly pursued by Col. Harney, who had com mand of th 7tb Infantry and Mounted Kifiea that he waa forced to leave his splendid farriaga trunks, some $70,000 in silver, snd one of his cork legs. They sre also in camp, and attract much attention, and cause no little merriment. Uur losa in killed ami wounded ia severe. while that of th enemy must be very treat. Among theae killed ami wounded on our aide 1 regret to mention the name of Gen. Shielda, who fell mortally wounded at an early hour in the day. The victory, in abort, ia a brilliant one, and adda another bright page to the annala of our country's history. I have riot time to write more all did their duty nobly, and all abare alike in the glory of the day. 1 annex the names of some of the killed and wmindeil, among tbe volunteers, ss far as they reached me : Killed Od Tennessee Regiment, under Col Haskell. Lieuta Gill andF B Nelson ; Sergeant H S Bynnm and Brown j private Georga Kee ney, Wm O Stripling, Fleming Williama, Ephra- irn Price, C A Sampson, Samuel Floyd, Robert Kernan, Thomas Griffin. : ' ' J " Killed--Kentucky Volunteers Corporal Wm FEIkina; WmPuiham. 1 IVvundtd 3d Tennessee Regiment Brig. Gen Pillow, very slightly; Lieut Col dimming, Major Robert Farqnharson, (of 1st regiment); Capt Murroy, Lieut Yoewood. Lieut W P Haile;-! private C Ross, Benj O Havre. Joseph M Woods, Georee IVaimnnd, Vm Fnrland. 'R'chaid L' Bobanart, John Gunter, Alfred Hatten; L W Fus sell, Wm Whittirgdon, John Furrows, Charles obnioo, George A Smith, Alonto White, Fran- is Bbe,.a; nrwr. ' ''-. i n ' WftvhsVrf Kentoky Volunteers Lt South- rlshrfi fierceant ' AHsn T Mockshee ; privatea Jlenvy Brewer, Minor T Smith, Henry Williams, joab Langston, Whitimore Kietb. c ' 1 j Many of the above are mortally wounded. ! . v. ' ; - v-i - i .!! v urn. n. On the top of the Cer"ro Gordo the scene was truly horrible from theJalapa road, dead bo dies of the enemy could be sees on every spot where the eye wss directed, nntil they literally covered the ascent to the height. There ia about half an acre of level ground on the top of the mountain, and here were collected together the wounded of both armies, and the dead of our own. Side by side were lying iheditsbled American and th Mexican, and our Surgeons were busy in. putating snd dressing lbs wounds ef earn lot ting them in turns unless the scots nsiu of some sufferers further along reused him to cry out, when be would he immediately attended to. The p'eneer psrtiet of our men were pirking up the wounded snd bringing them in fron. every part of the ascent to the height. From the aide towarda the river, where the' storming party of Gen. Twiggs' diviainn made tbe charge, most ef our men suffered and many of the enemy, alu, 1 for they made a desperate stand but when they gave way, and started in' confusion down hill, waa the time Ihey moat auffeied many of litem receiving the balls of our men in ibeir bucks. I noticed on officer ef the enemy shot through the head on Cerro Gordo, who was a ronipicotius man St Vera Cm. Gsn, La Vega, who ia at-ain io our rlutchea. looked ss dsshing snd fine ss ever. , He did not em the least disconcerted, but roil in from the battle field by the side of Gen. Scott Isugbing and talking as though h was once mors on the way to Nw Or Ieana. Gea. Pillow was wouaJed in tha arm, but slightly. . Major Psmnsr, ef th 3J drags, was shot in tks head, bttt is tonsidersd oat ef danger. Tha fores ef tha Mexicans, at Ik lowest, it ttt dswa at 13 0CC Th eBWsrteftb Mexican army who give thsir parole, whilst I write this, witk the e, x Uing esetabeut their busiasss eur corfirOaMt! bawg ef ppiaron (hat h eaa The following is a 1 whip them cosier than fs4 thsm. , Th Geosrala I will b tent to New Oi lean among them you will have the second appearance of La Vega, be having refused again to be pereled.' ; ii' t Th second In command t Ssnt ; Ann jit a man at black as the ace of spades, with a name something like Stinton. All Ssnta Anna's plate was takrh, and hi din ner, ccoktd for yesterday, eaten by our own offi cers. . ----' ; i - Correspondence the Public Ledger. 7 The Morning nflr tiii Bntlb of Cirto Uordo. . . .,r . Ptan l)tt Rio, April 19, 1817. ' , The opening of; Twiggs'- batterret, i on; the morning of the 17lh,,w tt the,signsl for our bri gade, commended by Gen Pillow, to move.. The Tint Petintylvania and aecond Tennneste regi ments led tbe vsn1, to which the flrtt Tennestee ansand theveennd Prnnsylvsniant formed a sup. porting column. The utmost enthusiasm and confidence juevsiled. ' Gen Pstterton', though laboring under severe illnett, rode on hortebsck in front of our line as we were leaving the main road for tbe chapperal, snd wss received with tremendous cheering. After lesving the main rosd we marched slong mere iheep trscks thro' j dente chapperal, in Indian file, which in the pre tence of any other enemy must have ensured our I destruction.' In this manner we marchrd about 1 four miles, when we came to an openspot and re- reived orders to hatten forward at double quick time. At this moment the enemy's buglet found ed the slarm, and jutt ss we cleared the tpaee and were riling a bill the other side, the enemy open ed upon us with mutketry and grape. But we, I mesn the 1st Pennsylvaniana had patted the point of extreme danger, and the tire took but little effort uon ut pasting piincipally over our heads and falling among thetecoud Tennetteeani The second Pennsylvenians and firot Tennessee ant rreeivrd a portion of this fire, whirh the sn nexed list of wounded will thow. Xtt Ptntif, Reg Comp A, Titttbiirg Bluet, under art ing Lieut Ftirguson Mortally wounded John Lliihart ; severely, Pavid Lindrey. Comp P, Cnpt Nag!e of Pottsville None. Comp C, under Cspt Wm F Small severely wounded, John Sheldon ; slightly, Geo Sutton Comp D, Capt Hill Albert Cudney and Jo seph Ilavit tlightly wound.-d. Comp (7, Capt Mo ehead Berj F Keyier, slightly wounded, the tide of hit head grazed by a grape thot. Comp I, Capt Pana. (the Wyoming Artille rists) Isnl Morrison, severely,' perhaps mor tally wound, d J B W C Kitchen slightly wound ed. ' ; Among the destht from disesse in the Regi ment, I sm called upon to record that of private Roberta, son of the comedian, of Capt Srott'a company. AUoof Henry Lower, of the tame corn. The severe march from Vera Crux to tbia place it chargeable with these desths. 5 tond I'enna. R-gt Comp A, Cspt Leather Abraham Raw land, mortally wounded; John Sheets, wounded in tbe leg. Company C, Lieut. Frick John Smith, . mor tally wounded. Company F, Capt Naylor Jacob Simoct, F.d- waid Cruse and John Chambers, teverely, per hap mortally wounded ; Thomat Hand, slightly Company E, Copt Johnson Jacob Miller, slightly wounded Company H, Cspt Quail James Shaw, alight ly wounded. Company K, Capt Miller -Wm Wilhelm, Jo nab Horn and Fred Sonitrt, slightly wounded. Ltltr from the C'lly of Mex Ire. Ssnta Anna's Call upon the People to Follow Arrest ot l-amlvro ami Morales for Surren , tiering Vera Crux Pledge of a Million and a halt ot Dollars by the Cleigy fur the War The New Orleant Picayune of the 1st tost hat received late papers from the city or Mexl co, (Oth ult.) which contain Ssnta Anna's rail upon the people to follow" him, and hi promise to wab out the stsin of the national dishonor Tbe people, it aeema, were foolish enough to follow him into battle, but most of them had to do the same thing sfler it, fer Santa Anna ran the moment the day seemed tu go against him. lt is smusing to rontistt tbe magnificent promi ses of this sddrett of Santa Anna to bis country men w iib "the Isn.e and impotrnt conclukiou" presented by bis perrons! prowess st Cerro Gor do, , Antonio . de Santa .tuna. Pe"oi Interim nflht Mixiean Republic, to hi enmpalrintt Mexicans : Vera Crux is already in the power of the enemy. It has sorciimberi not nnder the influence of American valor, nor ran it even be said that it bat fallen under the impulses of their good fortune. Toner sham be it said, we our selves bsvs produced this deplorable confer tune by our own interminable discords. The truth is due to you from the Government yn r the arbiters of the fate of our country. if our country is to be Offended, it will bs you who will stop the triumphant march of the ene my who now occupies Vera Cruz. If the ene my advance one step more, the national indepen dence will be buried in the ahyts of the patt. I am resolved to go out and enronnter the ene my. Whst is life worth, ennobled by lb na tionsl gratitude, if the reuatry setters under a censure tbe stain of which will redound spoa tbe lorbsad of every Mexican . My, duty is te sacrifice sr.yself, and 1 will know how to fulfill it ! Per bap the American hosts msy proudly tread th imperial capital ef Alter. I will nwsr witness sack aa opprobri um, for I am decided first to di fighting ! , The momentous crisis has at length arrived to the Mexican Republic. It is as glerieos to die fighting, aa it ia infamous te declare ourtelf con quered without a struggle, and by aa enemy w hose rsnseity i a far removed free valor as fram gensrseity. 1 , ' ' We rears that Gensral Morales, who so gal ttly dkfcaded Vera Crux, and Gen. Lender, who signed the capitulation, were both Immedi ately put under arrest by Sauts Anna and order ed to Guanajuato. f f-'f ,v ; The clergy Tof th arrbbithopric of Mexir hsv bound therritelvf to the Govsrntnent tor a Million snd a half of dollars, payable monthly. The clergy of the different h'shoprics are to do the sum, i , t i. I. ' A . V LATER ITROM VBRA ORIR , rsprnr of Tnpn,. ., j., The Valiant L eu. Vurktr Wounded. TheOen. Tatteraoii fell in with Uom. Terry and hie squadron rm (heir return from the Tus pun expedition on the 34th ultimo, - twenty five miles North of Vera Crox. rr - - Whe was boarded by an officer from the U. S. Steamer Scorpion, whir put letteraon board, and who reported to Cspt. Jsokson that on the 19th, Tuspsn had b ' n taken, after a fierce and determined resistance by Mexican troops. We Inst some four men killed and fourteen wounded among whom were four Bici rs, Cspt. Tatnall slightly, LicnJ. Psrkrr severely, Lieut. Hsrt stein, and Passed Midshipman !ounde slighlly. The Mexicsns finding other resistsnce una. veiling spiked all their guns, rszed the defence of the place snd then absndoncd it. , . From the Picayune we'Wect the following : General Shields wss still alive at the lad ac counts, but it was thought he could not survive. Capt. Johnwn, of the Topographical Engi neers, remains in very critical state. Gen. Pillow's wound ia not serious. More Particulars nflhe Vlrtorr M Cerr OnrSn, The Enemy's Loss Thirty Hrsss Cannon Csp- tured Mexican Force 14,000 Men Officer Paroled Found on the F-eld. . FRanKKirKin no, Va., May 9, 1S47. The Southern mail received by the arrival of the cars this afternoon cunt a ins New Orleans paper o! the 2d inst. Further interesting de tails ol the battle ere furnished, hut no later dates have been recived from Vers Crux. The loan of the enemy in killed and wounded is thought to be about equal to that on our side. Thirty beautiful brass enntinn snd a large quantity of sinmunition were csptured. - Some of the Mexican officers taken prisoner attribute the defeat to the cowardice or corrup tion of Santa Anna. They admit that he had eight thour-and men in the lines and six thou sand outside of the entrenchments. '. ' The Mcxiran infantry whn fought so well at lluena Vista and all the regular artillerists were present. -.': Si-vcral i.fficers reesed by Gen. Scott after the capitulation of Vera Crux without parole, on account of l he gallantry displayed there, were found among the killed and wonnJed. , FWnrcRii Ksncau, Va., My 11. The Ni-w Orleans Picayuue of the 4th comes to hum! by the S utihern mail. There waa no later intelligence from Gen. Scroll's army. On the Sfh of April last, a law passed the Mexican t'ongrcM, calling upon all Mexicana capable ofhearing arms, to enter the service ol the government. The Governor of Ch'hiiahin had arrived at the city ot Mexico on the 10th ult., and was pe tilionlng for siJ to drivu baok the perfidious in voders of that territory. , . Tsmpicn r'a'es to the 27ih had been rooeived, It wss remarkably hes'thy there. The new tsrifi had 'ji i n it ceivid, and put into effect. Fsom MaTsmosas The Picayune, extra, of the 3d intt., hat a copy of the American Flag, of Ibe2lttult. The Jollowiug it the most impor tant paragraph we find in it : Doit n Upon Them.- We ststed, not long sgo, that Gen. Taylor bad resolved on a requisition upon the Siatetof New Leon, Coahuila and Ta maulipat, foi iiid' Uimfn at on fur the drttruction of the public property of the United Statea by Mexican robbers in those departments of Mexi co, since then l til. I uhnif li.it received an or der directing him to call upau tbe Alcaldes of this jdsce, and will accordingly pay his retpectt to their honors this morning. The proportion of this department is $47,600, snd csn be liqui dated in mulct st S'20 a bead, beef cattle at f 10, or corn at (3 per fanega, (three bnshsls.) Ths Alcaldes her will confer with the authorities of other towns as to tbe smonnt of tsxsble pro perty in their several districts to serve as dsta in fixing the proportion of each The q'wrter matter here will receipt for all that may bs "foi ked over !" . The Water Cure Establishment of Preiesnitx at GrafVnberg, was visited during the last year by 1 0'J patient. Of these Ww were Germans, ("240 Aiutnans, 2UG Prussians, 75 Hamburg ers) 1G" Kussiai.s and Pole, p,7 English nun, 05 llmigarMne, SQ Jail' s, 'il Amencsus, end 03 inhabitants of other counltie. There were sldo present 14 physicians, psrt of them as patient and part a students of the Cure. ' ToPnoTWTGeetri mo Rt. An indi vidual of much practical experience, states that green elder deposited in and about the mows of hy and grain, will prove sn efT.-ctual preven tive arainst tbe depredations of miee and rata. These a aims Is are frequently very destrnctive in thu rsvsges ; end if a reoWy sosimpl end easy of attainment ie efBcscioos, it deserves to be known and remembered by all. We have long known that the reevee of the common mul ten wifl drive rata from thefr haunt. ' There ie something In the odor of this plant that is ilisgnatinf te their rsuhips, ae wa the leek to the aucfent Pistol ; they eannof 'abide it' 1 A destructive fir occurred at Baltimore en Sunday last Ths damage done by tbe fit e ie s-tiaatedatlW,0M, THE AMERICAN. Atfsrr-etoai, .Was IS, 1847. I B. rjlLJHKM, ?., stf Kml Et- tmtt mmd Citmt ItWlct, ramtr mf3d nd Ctutmut mrettt, rhiladtlfhim, mt hU tHItt. e lf.ll t'WesM .eVrsetf, Alsv lrlr, . K. Corner lint- Umart and Calvert H., Itmltimort, attdfXit 16 State Sttett, notion, U axithmrited ta act aa Jlftrnt, and rertpt for all tnamlei dam iMs effre. For iuheri$ttttm or adrrrttmlng. E. W, C All It. corner of Third and Dock Streets, Sum BuilJinfrg. ttppotilt Merchant' Exchange. Philadelphia, is alio aulhorited to act a nur Agent. , Dtnorratie Sominalions. roa OOVSRNOK, FR ANCM R. SHVlf K, roa CANAL COMMIISIONSS, " MORRIS LONGS T RET H, : Of Montgomery County. Whig Nominations. ' ' For Governor, Gsn. JAMES IRV1N. Fur Canal Commissioner, JOSEPH W. PATTON. D7" A full account ot the battle of Cerro Gor do will be found in another column. C7 A considerable quantity of lumber has been purchased at this place, within s few weeks past, nearly all of which is intended for re-shipment to market by csnal boats. . Tbe Susque hanna haa been too low, for several weeka patt, for rafting. Lumber hat been selling 30 per cent, higher than last year. C7 The canaltare doing an immense businett this teainn. There is a constant stresm of boats ; besides, many of the boats sre now provided with extrs ha nd and ho net, and run day and night. The revenue of the ttate will be considerably increaaed. The collector at Northumberland in formed us, that the tolla received at that place are much larger than any previous year. E7 Battalion One acarcely knows when snd where the Battslions are to be held r.ow a daya. There it no notice given in the pa pert, and the handbillt merely attert that a bat talion will be held byaome colonel at a cer tain time, but where, ia not said. There will be no battalion at thia place. We have been annex ed, and the fun is to take place at the house of William Rothermel, in Little Mahonoy, on the 2ltb intt, where our battalion will meet the Mahonoy battalion. Candidates for tbe different county offices will of course be in attendance. Mr. Rothermel will no doubt be well provided for all. Besides, there will be plenty of extras on tbe ground, in the shspe of pretty girls, gin ger cakes, small beer, pea nuts, and molasses candy, all of which are necessary to make a gram! military display on such occasions. E" M.osxTtc Tflkoiiapm. The good people of Danville were sornsw hat eleetr'Jied last week, by the spp-srsnee ef Mr. Towntend in relation to extending the Magnetic Telegraph from Potts ville to thatplare. ' Ths Intelligencer ssys. thst the sum required is 7,000, which it is probable will be raited, as the iron regioa requires a con nection with the coal. Weare fearful, however, that the ga'vaax influence of the trim of ths re gion, when brought into coUitian With tbe ptw ter, (7 000,) will not be sufficiently strong to form the connection, although it may considera bly Aoc the enterprise. We shall be glad, bow ever, to hear of its success. ... K7" A Fixx occurred at New Berlin, on Mon day last, in tbe stable of John Lssbella, Etqr , from which the fire wss communicated to the stshles of Dr. J. P. Seebold and A Swineford, Esq., all of which were consumed. Messrs. La shells and Swineford were fully insured. rX7" Pa. Geo. McClfU.ah. The Philadelphia papers announce the death of thia distinguished Surgeon and Physician. On Saturday afternoon he was seised with a billioos colic, with such violence, that be died about midnight. tt7" CoxMonosx Consul had a splendid Jiub. lie dinner given te him at Philadelphia, a few days since. Commmodore fttewart, Comtnoxlore Engel. and a nombef of diatingaished citizens, rivil and military, were present. The dinner was given at the Columbia House, by Messrs. Bsgley, MrRenzie k Co., who sre becoming soinewbst celebrstsd for getting up public fes tivals. ay Gun. TsVLoa, at th tsst accounts, wst at Monterey. A matsacre of 24 Mexicsns took place at Gualope a smsll town, in tbe night, in revenge of the murder of soros Anierirans. Gen. Tsylor is resolved to bunt out th perpetratera and bang them. , " " 07 There was a report that Santa Anna was shot by his own men, fur rowsidiee. Doubtful. Stat or low. Ths Pemorrsts have carried their candidates in every judicial district. 1st district, Willisms' majority, 351 ; 24 do , Grant's msj. 448 ; 3d de., Olney's msj. 12 j 4th do., Carl ton's msj.oSt. Total democratic majority, 1433. But Mason, Pern., has been defeated as superin tendent, by Harlsn, Whig, by about 430. Lvmbkk IkaiKcse.- The ousatity of lumber contracted for and to be deliveed in EJiofKr du ring the preeerrt eaon, ia not lee thee eigh teen million of feet, valued at ,000,000. The Republican asks: What other village Io the elate of New York, with tbe population of El mire, can exhibit a equal fa any branch of bo- 07 Gas. Tatlox a Psmocsat.-We hive asserted that Gen. Taylor, in politic, was prebev bly mors of a dsmacrat than any thing star. These cenelnsions have been strengthened of faff , in various waya. Tbe following letter from Gen. Cameron, to the Norristewn Register, wt brought out by a casual conversation, bstwern the editor of the Register and Gen. Cameron, in relation to Gen. Taylor's early political attocia. tiont. Th editor proceed to say i Shortly aRr lh putJ'cation of eor ferrrrer ar ticle, w bad a convertatlon with 'he How f Mm CAxraoN, one of our United Statea Se8effrV expressed his positive conviction that the opinion w then gatre o( Gen Taylor wm correct, si,J adduced several evidencea of the fact that k ' (Gen. T j was Sn principle and practice a demo crat. As we have no idea ol permitting oar whir neighbors to deceive themselves without giving them a word of friendly warning, and at the asms time, wish to put our resders in possession of th truth respecting a military chieltsin whose deeds hsve won their admiration, although they may not, like some, have determined that nothing short of tbe Presidency would be an appropriate reward for his services, we requested Mr. Came ron to give us, for poblirstion, such informstion relative to the subjHct as he might hsve in his power to communicate. The following letter hat tince been received from him, and we lay it before our resders for their considerstion t "Miodlktown, April 35, 1847. "Dear Sir Your psper of last week wss hsnd ed me this morning, and reminds me of a pro mise to put in writing what I aaid to you the other day in regard to General Taylor. "I have several acquaintances who know ths old General well, and I met, aince the battle of Buena Vista, one, a distinguished citizens of Ken tucky, who lived beside him for many years. This gentleman waa recently the Democratic candidate for a high office. He asys that Gener al Taylor has been a Democrat all his life, snd this agrees with all my information on the sub ject. Hit father was one of the Electors who -' gave th vote of Virginis to Mr. Jefferson. He was the personal and political friend ol Gen. Jackson, and the flim tupporter of his adminis tration and measures. In 1S0S, he was station ed in this place on the recruiting service, sud he is still remembered by some of our citixens, who speak of him with pleasure, and say that he was then a supporter of Simon Snyder. He entered tbe army in early life, and has never been a po liticiannor has he ever had any connection with the machinery of party or with wire-working politicians but he has slwsys kept up an acquaintance with the leading meaiuret of the day, and hia enquiring mind ia atored with a thorough knowledge of the whole tyttem of our government. "So man has a greater reverence for tbe will of the people and none have shown a greater desire to elevate and sustain bumble men of intellect and merit. .-' "I have before me a letter from a friend at ' Monterey, who fought by hi side in more than one field, dated March 11, 1847, w ho tpeakt of him in theae woidt: 'General Tsylor hat ar rived since the above was written. He is sim ple and unostantatioua at a child plain as a pike stsff homely and unpretending brave as Ca?ar, and as determined snd firm as adasnant. He has strong good sense h is nnornarr.rnt.il, but useful. His senss is of the cstt-iron kind, not shining, but solid, and altogether practical. He it the lesst showy, nnsrtificial general or til baltern that is or ever, waa in the American ar my. ' He has a power ar.d an influence over men whether individuals or armies, that ia irrestihle. All around him have a enntcioutnets of security and safety, w hile he is with them. It is thit moral power, thit magic of the mind, which mads hit four thousand men tuperiorlo twenty thou sand well disciplined troops.' "If I bav not, my dear sir, said enough to con vince you thst General Taylor is a pood Demo crat, of tbe JefT-rsonian, Snyder, Jack ion tchool, I tha 1 1 be gad to bear what will make a Demo crat. ' Sincerely your friend, flMON CAMERON. Col. Saum 1). PAtTFktd, Editor "Norristown Register.' Ciisap PostACt l.xrkKASX It Tnt TlrrrNt tl op Ts Ptr-ASTMENT, It will be gratifying to the advocates of cheap postage, and to the pub lic generally, te learn that tbe reVenae is annu ally increasing, exhibiting the same improve ment that msrki-d the progress of the same reform in Englsnd. The Cnieft publishes the increase for the last quartet at each of the following ci ties, with thirty or forty other whets names are not given, which, compared with the asm qusrter-lstt year, indicates an increase of over 17 per cent. Increote for Qr. Albsny. fl. Y ( 63A Annapolis, Md., 943 Baltimore, 3.118 . hia eatt far Qr, Macon, Ga , 300 Newark, N 3 t f)3rt fforfblk, 638 . Philadelphia, 3,797 ruuburg, f64 Richmond, Va.j ATI St. Louis, 79 Savannah, . . 714 Wilmington, 406 Boston, llnffalo, Cincinnati), Colnmbus, Ohio, f.elington, Ky4 Louisville, Lowell, 1,508 0U3 , 1,869 1,373 313 731 537 Two tsmesss Sr-sis or Mokit have been de vised in England to person in this country. Th first is tha fa mens Te'wnley estate, In the divi sion of which it is befievec! that fhe fertiify tf the Lawrences, in New York will vltimatsly obtain over 133,600,000. The ether 1 a windfall mounting te $50,000,000, wbicb is ssid td be inherited by a gentleman in New Castle, Maine, of the neirta ef Jennings. . SiotBeA Canal We Irarn thst ths uril of $quetraldat issued sjtintt tbe Susquehanna Canal company free th court of Common plea . of fork county, Pa, has, after full argument be- for the court, tea vacated, andall tbe proceed- inga under It aet aside, thus returning tbe Itoajl aet of ths company te it former tbsnntL JtoJ tirrt eVMee. . : ,
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