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