LAfRR PROM MKXICO. The New Orleans paper of tho 23d irretant, fnntnin intelligence from Vera Crus lo tha 15ih ultimo. The Eagle Complaint in set terms of the dull nese of Vera Crus end the exceaeive heat, which threatens to become yet more intense. Nothing 44 Mid of the health of the city. From the re y.irt of the proceedings of the eily council, we onrceive that our countrymen hive brought r id deal of American energy to the tk of cleansing the city, providing police, support ing schools and the like. Before we are done with Vera Crus, we hope it may become quite ii ml attractive and bcalthy city. Mr. Kendall, writing from Jalapa, eayt : We hsve no further news from the city of Mexico, yet an intelligent Spaniard iufortni me that the moot unparalleled distress prevails a mnng the poor clashes there. All the employers t the Government the secretaries, clerk, end nil who depended upon their salaries for sup. port are literally starving. They have recei ved no pay for months, and are fairly obliged to beg the food with which to maintain life. riant distress stalks through every street and thoroughfare, and even the better disposed sre compelled to steal or call upon charity to save tli em from starvation. Poor, and roost unhappy Mexico.' and what is to be the end ol all this? If this war contin ues another year, and is prosecuted with that vijror which it becomes the United State to press it, there will be nothing left of Mexico but a naintsnd that not of the proudest. Fbom the (Irazos. The U. S. steamship Trumbull, Captain Stotesbury, arrived on the 22d from the Brazos, whence she sailed on the 19th ult. Quite the most import: intelligence by this arrival concerns the safety of Cut. Doniphan's command. According to the letter of our cor respondent, dated the 3d instant, from Monterey, the most grave apprehensions were entertained in regard to that command. The rumor was, as will be seen by that letter, to which we refer, that Col. D. had been defeated by the Mexicans, and lost all his artillery. We are greatly in hopes that this will prove to be a mere Mexican rumor, and we are encouraged in this hope by the fact that the Pieket Guard, published at Sal til lo on the 3d, wakes no mention of the rumor, and anticipates the speedy arrival of Col. Doni phan and his coin maud at that place. The Guard says that several English gentle mnn who arrived at Saltillo on the 3d inst., from Durango, report Colonel Doniphan to have star ted from Chihuahua on the 1st of April for Sal tillo, by way of San Jose del Parral. This a greee with the report we had in the papers of the city of Mexico, but the latter allege that the force returned to Chihuahua, after having pro ceeded twenty odd league south. We have great hopes this is true, and that the report al ready alluded to of Co). Doniphan's defeat may have grown out of this retrograde movement. The Guard thinks the whole command must be within a few daya march of Saltillo ; but it had not probably heard of the return to Chihuahua, or hearing of it, did not credit it The Picket Guard contains the result of a court martial in the cases of Gen. Lane and Col. Bowles. In the rase of Gen. lne the o pinion of the Court waa aa follows: The court are of opinion that during the whole period of the 22d and 23d ot February, 1647, Drig. Gen. Lane conducted himself as a Wave and gallant rrli cer; and that do censure can be attached to him for the relreatof the 2d Regiment Indiana Voluuteers. The following is the opinion of the court in the esse ot Col. Bowles; With reference to the firnt charge, the court are of theopiuon that Col. Bowles is ignorant of the duties of colonel; but the court would re mark that ill health, and absence on account of ill health, have in some degree prevented him from fitting hi nine If fur the duties of that office. The court are ot opinion that at the time Col. Bowles gae the order "retreat," he was under the impression that theartillery had retreated, when in fuctthe battery had gone In an advan ced position under the orders of Gen. lane, wnich orders baa not been communicated lo Col. Bowles. And in conclusion the court find thatthrough out tfie engagement, and if rough the whole day Col. Bowles evinced no want of persona) cour age or bravery, but that tie did not manifests want of capacity and judgment as a commander. Romano Pat, a notorious Mexican robber and murderer, was captured in the vicinity ot Old Reynosa, by Captain Re id, of tho steamboat Corvette, and brought down to this city on Wednesday last, where he ia now imprisoned, It appeara that he holds the rank of captain un der Canales, and visited the settlements near Keyiioaa for the purest of inducing the ranche ros to join his standard. The people were not disposed to join him, and sought an opportunity ,J place him in the hands ot the Americans. Tnis fleeted by informing Cspl. Reid of his whereabout" debigna, wl.o collected a force from the boat and made him prisoner at a rancho where has had been Quartered for several days. Mitiutuur Vkg. A Nxw Twit We hsve en sliOw.n, saya the Kichrnond Kepuoncso. some) twins cocci mens of new nd troublesome insect, which is now infesting the wheal fields of our oeifihbor- hood. It is s specimen nt clinch bug, fivo t r six of which fix themselves upon the Uimsori of the wheat, and seem in a fair way te destroy it altogether. Mr. Garland llaints sates that thousand of them are in oue of his Colds, and likely lo produce a total annihilation. We have ' pot heard to what extent this annoyance hat "spread, but hope it it by no meant general. ftanttfc Ihaa Mid Cnftnt)t)9 The Bieknell'e Reporter says: To judge from recent events, one would suppose' that the day for Santa Anna had gone by; and that he would never be able again to re-establish him self in the confidence of the people of Mexico. And yet it is no new thing for Santa Anna to be in dilemma. Hit situation, when a priso ner in Texas, waa most critical ; and hn waa worse off, perhaps, when a prisoner not long since in the castle of Perote, and with his head anything but 6rm upon hit shou'ders Never theless, he contrived to weather the storm in each case, and to re enter Mexico in triumph. Who, then may venture to prophecy at to his fortunes for the future! Nevertheless, we think he made two tad blunders it Buena Vista and Cerro Gordo. A Washington correspon dent of the Baltimore Sun hat this pithy pars graph upon the subject: "It was, indeed, evident to any calm, ration al observer, tnd required no witchcraft and no knowledge of atale aecrete to perceive it, that Sitnta Anna'a only chance of success cunsieted in making himself strong with the Mexicans, without risking a general engagement with our forces. Ue had two capital chancre to treat with us, vis: One at Buena Vita, and the eth er at Curro Gordo. Had he, when 22.000 or 25000 strong, sgainat 4,500, offered to treat with Gen. Taylor, the fatter, with his instruc tions, could not but have entertained the propo sition, and the conditions granted would hsve been in proportion to Santa Anna's untried power to do mischief. At Cerro Gordo was his last and best chsnce; he ought to hsve treated behind his guns, and with a full display of his still undiminished power. Every srnsiMe per ron expected thst he would do en, and thai his extensive military preparations were only to mask hit peaceable intentions. But Santa An na Jell into toe popular error of umny an orator of the present day, who by declaiming loud and long in advocacy of certain principles, finishes by becoming himself a convert to it. IJis mar tial proclamationa at last engendered a martial spirit, and, pressed forwsrd by fate, he at last fell a victim to his own pertuaeion. But his fate will be i warning to others. The next Mexican who steps forward to seize upon the supreme power of Sta'e will be more cautious in his promuee to the people, and he apt to give pledges of maintaing the territory of the Republic one and indivisible. Ilcainsltlp CVaehlngloo, The new steamship Washington, the firet of the American Line intended to ply between New York and Bremen, via Cowes and South ampton, went to sea from New York on Mon day morning on s trisl trip, and was to return in the a Iter noon of that day. The Journal of Commerce has the following notice of this fine vessel: As she ia the first steam vessel which has been built and fitted out at this port as a regular packet to Europe, it may be interesting to our readers to lesrn some particulars of her size. engine power, and accomodations for passen gers. She it 1S00 tout burden, length ot keel, 220 feet ; on deck, 210 feet ; over all. 2-6 feet; breadth ot beam, 39 feet, depth of hold, 31 feet; engines, 1000 horses power each; 72 inch cylinders, with 10 feet stroke. Shafts, cranks and frame all of wrought iron. Shaft 20 inches in diameter ; weight of cranks. 7000 lbs. esch; boilers, 15 feet tront, 12 fret shell, and 36 leet long. Her fire room is so completely covered with sheet iron as to pre vent almost the possibility of accidents from that quarter. Iler wheels are IH feet in di ameter, 7) feet face. So much for size snd e- quipments ; and now as to her accommodations for passengers : Iler main saloon iK feet long by 20 feet wide, e legantly decorated and gilded, and lighted at night by lamps of a costly kind and novel construction. Iler stern windows are composed of splendidly stained glsss esch pane of which contains either the arms of one or o I her of those countries which she is intended to visit, or the likeness of some American or for eign pstriot. Every part of her intended to be occupied by pusncnger, is most elegantly fur nished, and supplied with everything that could be thought of to minister to their comfort or convenience. And if the entertainments furni shed them are only in keeping wilh the inag nincent service of china, glsss and plate, wilh which her pantry ia filled, her passengers will cer'sinly have no cause to complain of their fare. And now comes the cost of this floating palace, and even this day may be considered a wonder, in comparison lo the cost of other ves telt of a similar class. The entire out lav upon ber, for all and ever) th ng, being but 9250,000, for which her owners are indebted to the eco nomical management of Mr. Edward Mills, the general agent for the Company. Thb Famibe at Madkiha. The New Bod- ford Mercury learns by authentic advices from Madeira, received by Rev. Howe, Pastor of the Seamen's Bethel in that city, that many hun dreds of the inhabitant of Madeira have already perndied by starvation. Flour has sold aa high at $27 a barrel, but most of tha inhabitants were unable to purchase at any price. Tha Mercury givea the following extract: "Wt hive had no potatoea for two years, on account of the potato rot. For God'a take tend us some Indian corn, or we must all perish. A. little rica will be thankfully received. Oh, that wa might have a portion of that which the high' ly favored Americana throw to their animals, to keep wa frotu the grave." Perot is thirty-sis mile beyond Jalapa, and ens hundred and eight from Vara Crot, and one hundred and seventy ns from tht city of Mtxico. THB AltfEIlICAN. AaMf-cfciy, June 5, 1947. v. a. vArnEit, ko., t ku ni e. tote and Coat Oir.ee, comer ef3t ? Chttmit Street t I'Mlndclphta, art Ms t7fe t .Yb. 160 .VhtMK tt'rrrt, JVitc Wrrtt, AT. S. Omre flat. Umr etnd Calvert sf., Baltimore, and Aa 16 State Htm-, Roe' on, te rrfrted to act me Jlftnt, mrd receltt for mil mitnlet du tht oHre, for imbneriptttm mr adrerlMng. E. IV. CARR, comer of Tntro etirf Docl Streett, Sun Buildingt, oppmrit Merchant' Exchange, Philadelphia, is also authorited to act at our Agent. Democratic Nominations. roa oovtanoa, FRANCIS H. SIIVKK, roa CANAL COMMISSIONS, MORRIS LONGS T RET H, Of Montgomery County. Whio Nominations. For Governor, Gsn. JAMES IRVIN. For Cnnal Commissioner, JOSEPH W. PATTON. 07 Tmc Caors Th late rains have moat rapidly improved the crop in every section of the country we have heard from; still, many termers say (tiat the yield will not be an averaee on We trust, however, that their fear will not be readied. In the wetland southwest it ia said that the prospect for an abundant yield wa never better. QT'Gan KiciM.of Readine, Marshall of the Pattern diitrict of Pennaylvania. arrived here on Sunday last. The General ia a perfect gentle man, and it deservedly popular with ths democra cy of th state. C7" Th 'Harriburg Arpus" will be furnish ed during the rampaieii, for SO cents Col Selb Salisbury, lute state libisiien, ha become con ceded with the etlitoral department of the paper. Aa a political writer lie is well known to the people of th state. C7 Yoi-no Mes's Democratic Co:.vsntioi. The propriety of holding a Democratic State Convention of Young Men, ia advocated, we see, by some of the papers. That a convention of this kind will hsve a tendency to effect a more efficient organization of the party is certsin. Ths proposition is a good one, and will doubtless be concurred in by the Young Democracy of the state. No one doubts thst we sre in possession of a large numirital majority in tb state; and, if the aif-ris of the times indicate anything, the re suit of the October election is already a "fixed question." ZJ Psospect or Tpac Gkn. Pattisson's Opinion Brilliant at have betn the achieve. ments of our army in Mexico, there are none so infatuated as to desire a continuance of hottili ties, if a retloration of peace can be brought a bout upon honorable terms Our government hat not been larking in ita e (Tor it to acenmpliih this detirsbl object. Overtures of pesce have been repeatedly mads, but all to no purpose. With th magnanimity of a great nation, the oliv branch has invsriably followed the vie to ries which hsve attended our gallant army in all its engagements, and, thus far, we stand before the rivilized world in the proud rontcinusneas of having done our duty, our whole duty. The general opinion of ihe preaa, that the time for laying down arms is not ss nesr at band as waa expected, is sustained by Gen. Patterson, who "exprette the opinion, thst ths prospect of peace in Mexico is more remote now than it was after the battlea of Talo Alto and Re.aea. The Mexi cana think that it will be impossible for us to hold the country long, on sceeunt of the im mente expent to which our government will be subjected, and alto from th expectation that the divisions of parties snd differences of opinion a mong our people will eventually cause the with drawal of our armies from the country. Gen Tatterton thinka that we ought not to look for or solicit a peace, but ahould proceed in the most prompt snd vigorous manner to conquer and oc enpy the whole of Mexico. When w have done thia, a government abould be organized, officers appointed throughout the country, and a large ar my distributed through the Statee to maintain our authority and exact obedience to our officers Forty thousand men are deemed adequate for this purpose. The expenses of this government snd srmy will not exceed the ordinsry revenue of the Republic, or at least the amount of taxes paid by the people." 07 Fob sin n AsaivaL The arrival of the ship Rainbow, announced in ths city papers shows an advance in the London and Liverpool markets in th price of breadttufft. Th Pbila delnhia papers MT that it baa had the effect of uassttling prices in their market. Flosr is of fered at $S without finding buyers. This arrival also brings tb news of a terribl civil war in China. One hundred and thirty thoutand pertont hilled and wounded. 07" Col. Johnson. We lesrn, from a letter to th editor of tbe Harritburg Argus, that th illustrious Hero is in excellent health, enjoy ing th finest spirits, posssssing the vigor and prightlineis of early manhood, together with a frams and constitution, that seems almost to d fy the ravages of time, and like Cincinnatua of old, h put his own bsnd to th plough and walks in the furrow, and participates in evsry kind of later that is dons upon his own farm. D7" TrLna ard rut Soutb. Our whig I friends of tbt North, who bavt ben crowing so lustily for Gee. Taylor for tha Presidency, with- out having any knowledge of trie aentimenti he ) entertains upon measures now sgitating th pub- lie mind, will not, w apprehend, fancy tha fol- in their purpose, and apparently with undimin lowing extract taken from th New Orleana Bet, ihed confidence in the virtue of the ridiculous the lesding whig paper of Louisiana : doctrinea which Jot Smith to successfully bum- On reason why the South should, and probs- bly will sustain General Taylor for the Presi dency, with grest unanimity, ia breaute h t nomi nation afford u a final and un looked for rhanrt oftlrtting a Southern mun f office. Now, when it is considered tnst both tn great parties at ths North court the anti-slavery faction thlt both are opposed to the extension of slavery and that tom exmoiteo in tne late Conrrea a settled determinstion to disfranchise ths South ' the importance of placing at the bead of tb Go vernment one who from birth, association and conviction, itidtnt'fitd with the Sou'h, and who will ftarlettly uphold htr rtghtt and guard her from ipprtt'ion, cannot fail to strike every can did mtnd hi thit view, hit election becamtt a tnnt'er of vital moment lo the tlateholdiua cortion oj tne conjeiicratif. Now, supposing Tsytor to be a whig and we are not prepared to concede at much until con vinced of the fact by an open declaration of the General himself can the whig party, with any degree of contittency, and with their notions of abolition haunting them, support a man who ii solely taken up by the south ss th slavery can didate T Thia premature step of the whigs. in si-tine; without a "why or a wherefore," as they did in Ihe case of John Tyler, msy yet prove an eye-sore to ths party. The geographical division of parties, as indicsted in the above quotation, is a matter too serious to be looked upon with in difference by those who are attached to the Union. Nothing, in our estimation, is so much calculated to lessen the affections of the people for the perpe tuation of the Republic, as a question of this kind. I5KNTON AND lAf.HOVN. I llCSe dlttin- guitnea gentlemen or late have been engaged in speech-making snd letter-writing. Their object in doing this is doubtless to place themselves properly before th people; not as csndidatea for Ihe Presidency for there sre reasons to believe that their aapirstions hsve no tendency in that direction at this time but as public servants, who sre conscious ol hsving committed tome fol liet during Ihe Istt Cong ret t Mr. Calhoun con tidert himtelfabtolved from all party obligation!, while Mr. Denton, with all th diiappointnientt he hat met, profi'ties to be ss strongly attached to the leading mratures of tb democracy of the nation at ever C7" Gkn. Tavlob and the Psssimnct Ee- lowwegivs an extract of a letter from "Old Rough and Ready" to a friend of hit at Wsat Da- ton Rouge, La., relative to the Pretidency. Al though he ia "mum" upon politics, there is not much doubt of hisaccepting a nomination, should it be tendered him. II ssys: "In regard to the Presidency, I will not say thst I would not serve, if the good people of the country were to require me to do so, however . . . . much it is opposed to my withes, for I sm free to ssy, that I have no atp rations for the situation. My greatest, perhaps, only wish, hss been to bring, or aid in bringing this w.i to a .needy ...d honorable riot. It hat ever been and atill is, my snxious with that some one of the mott expeiieueed, talented snd vigorous ststesmen of the country, should be choice to that l.igh p'ac at the next election. I am satisfied that, if our friends will do their duty, such a citizen msy b elected. "I mutt, however, be allowed to ssy that I hsve not the vanity to consider myself qualified for so high snd responsible a ststion. snd whilst we have far more eminent and deserving names before the country, I should prefer to stsnd atid il one of them could be raited to th first office in the gift of s free people. "I go for the country, the whole country and it is my srrtent snd sincere wish to see th indi vidual placed at the head of th nation, who, by a ttriet observsnr of the constitution, (be he whom he msv.ican make us most prosperous at home, as wel. ss mott respected abroad." latrit from tbe of Mexico. By the Ledger, we have later newa from Mex ico. It bringt intelligence of the safety of Col. Doniphan, and the contradiction of bis defest, he having counter-msrehed to the city of Chihua hua, for the purpose of punishing thos Mexirsns who proved fsithlets in their promitet to pro tect the Americans that remained in that city The Mexiran Congress is said to be dispersing Contributions are being mad for sustaining the war, showing that th wsrpirit is rsther in creasing thsn abating, which goea to confirm the opinion of Gen. Patterson in another column Strong appeals are made to tbe patriotism of the people to fly to the rescue of tbe country, and the press of Mexico breathe nothing but ths mott inveterate hatred towarda us. The government has suspended the liberty of tbe press. Santa Anna ia still manoeuvring about as though he in tended to give Gen. Scott another battle before he surrendered the Capital, lis is in ths neigb bornood of Tuebla, which Gen Worth is sup posed to have occupied by thia time. But hia movement in this ousrter is imputed to a desire to be near the Capital, to control tbe election for President, which wss about to take place. His army appears to be in a wretched conditiou to meet th gallant Worth. Accessions are how- ever being made to it, and be may gather a res- pectable army to meet Gen. Scott at the Capital, Mr.Trist, the person supposed to have been sent on, wilh proposals for peace, has arrived at Gen. Seott'a keadnu.n.ra 1 . : - v st a r m.:. - l . . ironi - made such an able defence for Mexico, at the lasi session or Congress, has been burnt in ettigy by the b'hova at Coena Vista. We are informed by an old acquaintance of General Taylor, aays tbe St. Louis Union, that there was not more enthusiastic admirsr and supporter of Gen. Jackson and hia policy in th whole Union, duiing the Presidency of tbe bero of New Orleans : and that Gen. T. bas not sine avowed any change of sentiments. Liter. Honteb is to b presented in New York witka msgnifiesnt sword, belt, and epaulet tes by tb citizens. Ii is said that th Preaident intend to appoint him to tbt ccmnjifld of ano ther vessel. ' OTiit MoastoNS. These deluded people msy yst figure conspicuously in the history of this country. With all the aavera treatment and ner- secution they hsvt received at the hands of a lawless band, wt find them at ill united, firm bugged thsm with. They are to be pitied ra- ther thsn despised. This dstusion hat follower! from all sections of the union. There are sever al, we believe, from this county. The St. Lou it Republican gives a detailed account of the mov. mnts of this sect, since their departure from Nauvoo, from which we make the following ex tract : "They will tend tt least one thousand souls west of the mountaint thit season, dettinerl tn centre in California. These, with time hun dredt who hive reached there by set, together with near five hundred of their battalion, will, within a Tew months, make them quite an in tegral portion of Ihe limited population of Cali fornia. Not more than three or four years can elapae, if they continue their emigrating sys tem, (and they are sure to do that.) before these people will treble, if not quadruple the entire population of that territory. At thit time they tre making strenuous exertions in England: and from that quarter they have reason to expect. this season, not only considerable pecuniary as- aistance, but a large number of families And fhst will give them a greater preponderance there is, that from their former character, their soc is I and political ascendency will be dresded. snd the tide of every other class of emigration est: be diverted to higher latitudes, where they will be no commingling or juxtsposition. That their social snd political chsrscteristic will be stamped upon the future condition and history of California, we believe to be certain ; and we fear in such colon aa will not cause the bosom of philanthropy n rejoice, or show a prnpress in the moral elevation ot the present era. Indus try they undoubtedly have, and they posses within themseWes all the elements to make any community prnpero , but they are imbued wilh dogmas which deeply snect their eoci.il and domestic condition we fear rumor does hot slander them in this. A philanthropists, we have a deep fnith in the conservstive virtues of human nature; and we hope that in their case, better and correct influences msy yet pre vail in their midst. In whatever light we may view them, their intended position will give them sn enlarged influence on the Pacific, visi ble to the world at large, and they are designed to become a people of more or less interest." The New Orleans Times, alluding to the posi tion of Gen. Scott, ssys that the concurrent opin ions of every correspondent indicate the deter mination of the Commander-in-chief to pause st Puebla, and, concentrating hia troops at that place, to await the leinforvements deemed essen tial to tbe effective and successful sccomplith- ment of the reduction and occupation of tie city of Mexico. Si'gcfsisd ev Gkn. Tatlob The Washing ton Union says that.before the late operations in the Gulf, under Gen. Scott, were undertaken, Gen. Taylor waa consulted, and in September . tl.er,t,d a lane bodv of reeular troon for , .... , . . , ... ... ,,,cn ,n "I"01"- '"uu m en aunuionai regular regiments, ' ' , , Mississippi U. S. Sxnator Col. Jefferson Davis, who dittinguithed bimtelf at Buena Vista hit been annointed bv Gov. Brown. IT Sena. lor, to fill tbe vancaney occasioned by tbe death of Mr. Speight. Col. Dsvis is still in Mexico, at tbe bead of his noble band of Mississippi volun teers. Srictt Going. Tbe N. O. Delta of the 22d ssys : " e understand that (300,000 in specie were shipped in this city for Vera Crux, by tbe steamship Msttsrhusetts, on Friday hut." Westcbn Telbobaph Line. It it confidently expected that this line will be in full operation, from Pittsburg to Cincinnsti and Louisville, in sixty dsys. Tbe line to Clevelsnd will also be immediately commenced, and finished during the month of July. F.mani-ipaied Slaves There patted through Washington, Ta., last week, forty-nine emancipa ted alavea, on tbeir way to Ohio. They had been liberated by a Mr. Cochrane, of Hampshire county, Vs., who had given them $500 to pay tbeir expenses. The President of the United States and ths Hon. Jobs Y. Mason, Secretary of tb Navy, left Washington, on tb 28th ult , for Raleigh, N. C, to attend tb commencement of Cbspet Hill College, before one of the Societies of which Mr. Mason is to deliver an address. The Presi dent and Mr. M. will be accompanied by Mrs. Pole, th daughter of Mr. Mason, and Col. Wal- seb, th President's Private Secretary. Arrange ments have been mad at Fredericksburg, Rich mond and other points along th route, for an ap propriate reception of tbe President and bis suite. The wa to AnvEBTist. The New York Ex press says We were shown a receipt for nine hundred and eighteen dollart and eeventy five cens, Ihe amount paid in advance for ene year's advertising, by Dr. Townsend, in a Philadelphia PP"- Tb Dr. paid one of tbe New York pa P Iban double that amount last year and ,ni H ia not astonishing that his medicine baa t"nri lh popularity it bas attained thro- ""l country, for b know bow and ia not a f'aid to advertise. A xOBLB- cT.-Gen. Dromgoole. it ia aaid, h e hj, entire estate, with the exception of a few friendly legacies, to the children ot Hug ier, w ho ten veare ago fell by hia band in a du lei. If this statement be true, it affords soother evidence of the noble character of Mr. Hrom- goole. Lrrrxaa roa mi At Mr. The Wtshington correspondent ol the Baltimore Sua corrects an rrroc '. eom importanea to those who hsve m ,ne In a paragraph published a dsy or two tinea you tty thtt lettere for persons belonging to the trmy, pot exceeding Jieooncee, will be forward ed free. Plcaae tl'ow ma to eorrm thi. by reminding you tbt the IvUett must not exceed out ounce, and over the upcftUtoB anon Id bo tppended the, w(,,d, -fithnfinf fa tht army,'' Taa Waa In ths Washington Union of 1st Fridsy, w find the following smphatic exposi tion of th real character, scope, and extent of the war against Mexico, at entsrtsined by our Government : "In the policy which dictates our present war with Mexico, th administration bas never wa vered. That policy has been repeatedly pro claimed to the country in tbe most authoritative forms of offirinl statsment. It demands full re paration for past outrage and adequate guarantees against future injuries as the batia of an honora ble peace It demands nothing more. It malcea no war against Mexican nationality. It wages no conflict againit Mexican institutions, either civil or leligioui It seek indemnity and jus tic, not conquest or subjugation. Th charge that any idea is entertained by the adminiitra tion, or any member of it, of destroying the na tional organization of Mexico, or of holding Mex ico in subjugation, or of annexing Mexico to th United States, is, therefore, th mer slander of a faction too blind to ses th truth, and fals enough to its own country to maks a daily busi ness of quoting and uttering againtt its govern ment anonymous slander which it hat not tbe manliness to put forth in its own name." Capt Lincoln A corretpondont of th Uti ca Gazette writes from Saltillo that the body of Capt Lincoln, immediately upon bis desth, was tsken to Saltillo, and properly cared for, snj adds : "Of all the dead I have seen, he wat the only one that I could look upon without shuddering. His fsce had a smile upon it. He must have died instantly, and at a moment when he ssw some thing that pleased him. He received a ball ia hia spine, and another in his head, the latter lodg ing under his right eye, but not marring the lid." British Opinio of A ttcRtcAN AxTtt.t.rsr A wtiter in the Montreal Courier, spesking of the progress of the American arms in Mexico, says : Permit me, before closing, to direct your attention to the extraordinary efficiency of the Light Artillery of the United States Army. That arm aeems to be used by them with a fa cility and ease, equal to that with which light artillery is generally used. In fact, their dra goons hsve invsriably been accompanied, even almost iu their charge, by light artillery; snJ be it remarked not six snd nine pounders, but 12's and I8's. Nor bas the rapidity of movement been exceeded by the rapidity of firing and the precision of the fire. I have a very high opinion of our artillery, bone and foot, and perhaps tht-y would have done all that has been by the artil lery of our neighbors, but I hope the gentlemer of the Royal artillery in America, wit! eonJe- teend to pay attention to the manner in which Jonathan manages his guns in the field. Emigbation to Oreson. A letter fronr Princeton, Illinois, dated May 3d, ssys "If tbe emierstion to Oregon may be ettimatet by the number of wagons which psssed by m) housethisspring.it will be very large. Mon hsn one hundred wsgons hsve patted throng) Princeton this season, on their way to that du tant country. Sometimes ten or fifteen of their with their accompaniments of men, women children snd cattle, go by in a day. Many an from INorthern Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio They usually carry conking stoves in their wa gons, of very small size. Mott of them teem tc he people of some tubstance, and will unquci tionably make good settlers. "The severe and general sickness of tbe las' season, hss been th moving cause of much o this emigration." Stbiex Tbe cabinet makers and carpenter on a strike at Pittsburg, demand twenty per ren advance of wages, to w hich toms of the employ ert have acceded. A convict employed in the penitentiary, A lie gheny city, has made a clock the works of whicl are entirely composed of leather. Tbe clock i in operation in the penitentiary. Mr. Ames of Springfield, Matt., died a shor time since, ss it is supposed, from poison, imbi bed by swallowing, in tbe night, tbe materia with which an European dentist filled one of hi teeth a couple of years since. Bt'MNKts n tub Readikg Riil Roao. Th success of ths Reading Rail Road, in tbe rtpi augmentation of its transportation business, el ceeds the expectations of even its most ssnguin frisnds. The amount of Coal transported on th road during the week ending Thursdsy, SOth im' was 29,774 tons, being an increase ever the pre vious week of about 3,000 tens. The whol business, to the present time, amounte to net 409,000 tons, which is some 50.000 tons mon thsn were csrried over the road in the eorrrt ponding period last year. The Schuylkill Navigation has tsken dowi from Pottsville and Port Carbon this year, ni 31,000 tons of coal. Much more would doubt less bavs been transported, were it not for thi scarcity of boats. Reading Gazette. The Experiment or Judicial Elections is ! be tried ia New York on Mondsy next, undri th new constitution. Four Judges of the Court of Appesls ar to be chosen, Tb Whig ssd Democratic parties hsve esch nominated four candidates, and ths Anti-Rent party, with a virw of controlling the election bay made up a ticket on which are two of the Whig candidates snd to of those nominated by the Democratic party. rkila. Ledtrr. A Slave Case in Albany. Last week a Mr: Dochoog, of New Orleana, arrived, aeeompanitd by two colored children, on fourteen the other sixteen, who bad been slaves, in his possession. Soma persons felt it their duty to attempt to gtt these children from their matter. Tbe case Or a habeas corpus came before the Court. Mr Duchong declared thst tbey voluntarily accprii panied bim ss servants, and were to go with hia to Frsr.ce, and that ht Wat willing It ahould b Is ft te their opinion to go with bim aa such, a tot. Both th bay tnd girl decided to contina with Mr. Due hen;, and tbt fist was discbsrgsc , , fhUa. ledgr
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