sSMa?wsHWASssssass vmom van i crvb. r . . i . TTte Murfar rf Cot aef Te; of Qo wmmenl Protm fy I wecceaeeri Kipm lMmptait. Movomtnttoj Commit c?re retry. . '. , .- ? Tin New Odem- PiceyAnw tod Delta, of n'4tty bring the foilowthf; fntnlligVne from xico. : The death of C.4. Satrn, of C Intnn ''"intjr.ii related as followe hi the Vera Cr-Jt Ragle; r, ;" :f : f - Morbid It ia .with pain mingled with a de- re for Vengeance that w undertake to relate mother mates er of our couotrymee in tha most eruel and brutal manner. In our paper of .laat Sifurday (only one week 70) w announced the fact that Col. So'rr wii in thie'e'ty aa" hetirer of dctpatche to Ocneral Scott, and to iy we are called upon to inform the publie of h horrid death not with lila enemy in front m oppose him, but cowardly ahot b thoae Who listed not ahow themselves. Tf appear he left thla cite on Saturday liet with an escort nf five men and Meof. McDon nM of Capt Wheat' company, expecting to rind the captain at Santa Fe, or at tnoat a very n'.nrt distance the other aide. They arrived at Smta Fe, anrl lodged there dur.ng the night, I ruling that Capt. Wheat had left ; in the morn ing;, anx'tdu to push forward, (although it wee ascertained that Capt" W. wa aome thirty mile hed,) with an addition of two more to the escort, Col. Sower art out for Jalapa. The next that we know of tliia little party ia by the arrival of one of the men, who returned and re- ported it surprise and destruction, la conee qjence of the falnity of the grcatoat number ol aimilar storiet, Col. Wilaor, our governor, had the man arrcated aa a deeerter. Thua mattera atooJ until yesterday, when developmente were made by an arrival fmin Jalapa the first that haa reached ua lor a wrek tending to coo firm our worst fear. We converted yetterday with a gentleman who arrived in the morning, and he inform ua that at a point about two milee on the other aide of Puente Naciona!, he aaw the ruin of the di ligence, underneath which waa human body atripped, with the exception of a pair of drawers, and mutilated in the moat beaatly manner. Thia it supposed to be the body ol Col. Sower. Near him. lay another, perfectly naked, and Lkewibe dreadfully mangled. Our informant waa assured thai five other bodie Tay in aome thick chapparal a abort dial a nee from the road. Now, the number of killed, with the man escaped, rxactly correspond with that of the party which accompanied the unfortunate Col. Sowers, and leavea no doubt ia our mind ul it destruction. ' ' VbbxCbcx, May 20.1847. Ed. Delta 1 feel that I can do my country no belter eervice in my idle momenta of garri eon duty, than by calling the attention of the government and the country to the wanton and extraordinary waete of public money aod pro perty. You will eee anchored within pltol hot of each Other, five and alx veaaela, with coal for the navy the quantity contained in the whole six hot being aulEcient to fill the hold of any one of them. The demurrage of not one of thoae veaaela i lew than $00 per day. Could not the coal in the Svc veaaela be tranaferred to the one, and let the four be discharged ? The cane of the coal veaaela ia but the hiatnry of all atore reset la employed by government. The captain report on their arrival, and are or dered to wait order the owner are getting an Smmene per diem for their vessels they are satisfied to remain forever, and take good Aire not to renrnd the quarter-matter of their existence, having once reported. Tbe etirl boat which coat ua at least (600 apiece, are scattered along the beach for milea in extent. Sixty-three anrf boat are bilged and strewed a long the boach in every direction. One day'e attention of the quartermaster, or hi aeeittant. and one of the hanrired vraselaor aleamer in the pay of the United States, would have aaved every one of them. The eountry can never know the utfr waste of public property, a ex hibited in the operationa at thia place; and the rraaon iaobvinna, for almost every man here ia the recipient of ihi aame plunder; and if an honest man raieee hie voice againat such doinga ih shark, whose very existence hang on thia stale of thiogs, raise their voices in moat admi rable harmony, and cry him down an humble volunteer officer would be utterly demoliehed. I learn that Com. I'erry waa in town the 1 therday, beating up a large number of aaddlee and mosquito bar, for an expedition into the in tenor emuewnere. 1 nave no oouoi met - bisoo ia to be attacked in ten or twelve days A large foree has collected there, and the pisses in the river are well fortified. After this, he star's on an expedition across the iethmue of TehuanterM-c surveying and fighting ia the ob ject. The ships nf the squadron are blocking op every town and nutM on the eoael, from Tarn pico to Campeachy. Ymira, J.D.J. They talk about the M xican war being a war lor the extension of slavery. At Mone'ove a good looking Mexican girl of sixteen year of age waa held in aervilud aa a peon, having been sold by her father to pay a debt. She wa about to be tranaferred to another master, and waa very much d'leireeeed at it. General FliitUa happened to henr of it, and he inquired what wa the amount of the debt for which the girl waa held in bondage, lie waa informed the1 lebt area Jive dothrt Small aatbie sum wis, it U not probable the; she ever could have paid it ' Without further inquiry, the Central promptly paid ihtf debt, and restored her to free dom. Tha'puir Iff iva overcome with grati tude and falling upon b-r knee, would bave kitted b' fNt if be would bar permitted It- Drying her tear, b returned lo her father house lejeieing . J Later rresn lsala. Gen. Scott leit Jlip T l?Vl IV0'"" LeOeoA frtm Yttlme FtvtrJltmznaUon eAmft ftnmor of Oen Worth's Command heln cut. ' up by the C.titen of Peila SM Anna ! Rrigned the Preaiikncew Scott abeet toen ! terthe City of Mexico on the lftth Intt. 1 Prom Oen. Taylor' Army Arrival of Donl phan'e Command, ftc.ic. ! ftavrro (V.. Jnne IS. 147.' kelee rsaa Var. C.tm, 't Tk Nww- -Or lean Pictyun publli4nwTiv extra at noon w Uie 7ih iatT containing the in elligenc hrongjit by the arrival ol theateam skip New' Orieana, from Vera Crux! hrineins; date to the 11 ktt " She ales touched aV the firaiocott lha) 4th. ' " . - Oen. Scott had left Jalapa at the head of aix thousand troop. Oen Twig irs with his division? entered Puebla on the 29th. It waa not poei lively known what Gen. Kcnti's intention were, but the general supposition waa that he would advance upon the Capital with hi present fnrre. Acconnta from the Capital state that Hanta Anna resigned the Presidency on the 23 'h. but it is not known whether Conirea hsd aeeepted it or not. This step wa tnken by him it cow quence of the opposition to his vie vi s in relation to the defence of the Cup'tel. as well aa th- d famatory article in the public prints of Tuebla The American army was generally t xperted to be at the Capital, by Uie loili ol the nre-iit month, and by a alight resistance alktkcirMted. Santa Anna had commenced the fortification of Guadeloupe in person, and ordered the same meaaurea at Mejr.aixingn, n-ar the suburb--, but Ihi causing general disapprobation, his resigna tion followed. Il wa believed that it would be accepted and lleirera nominated. The troop at the Capital were but three thousand in num ber. .,, An exciting rumor prevailed at Vera Crux to the effect that thec lixenior I'ueblj hid risen upon Gen. Worth, and cut ofNix or seven hun dred of hia men. Tbe rumor waa ia every man's mouth and much credence given to .it, though 'he Picayune' Vera Crux correspondent . is ceptical. - . , . . . The murder of CoL Sours appears In be con firmed, A wagon maater and a quartermaaterV clerk, supposed to h(ve been murdt-red between Cainargo and Monterey, are now ascertained lo be prisoner in the City of Mexico. Suspicions are entertained at Jilape. that an attempt will be made to retake-that place.. Further tobberiea have taken place between Vera Cruz and Jalap, and the R meheron be tween those points are estimated at 500. .' A private letter from JaUpa Mates thai Col. Lawrence, a bearer of despatches, and one of his escort, had been killed on tbe rued. , Thia re port originate, prelwbly, through a mistake; Col. Sours' murder wnndoub. alluded to. sAnn!ttcifphihct HtfuMdttumortil Ma . ... ' : " ' . -I I Pf tna arrival ai new vrieana, oa iba 7tn, of the ateamahip New Orieags, tbe ontmeMiat Time received full file W paper, aod regalar eerrespendenr up. to tbe time of ber sailing from Vera Crux, which port the left n the lat iaat Vaa Cat i, May Slat. 1HI7. ;-TWe4tf fa'e1vfr tomwrti the 1th rior, not Misvef i!cb, howevar, ake thapi that in axy opinion, jestifiea any degree of cenfi- menu is rrpnrien 10 nave risen arainfl nee. Urn trmm k Brweoa ' ' There are later date from Gen. Tay loi'e ar my, but very little of importance. The Massa chusetts regiment had eterted for Monterey. Lieut Col. Wright had been elected to the va cant Colonelcy ; Major Abbott clio-en Lieuten ant Colonel, and Captain Webster, Mj rot the Regiment. Part of Col. Doniphan' force had arrived at Sallillo, and the remainder wa expected in a ' dsya. . A tpeedy movement by G-n. Tay lor towarda San Luis wa anil anticipated. About BOO officer and men came paseiiirer in the ateamahip from Vera Crux and the Bra- zoa. Major Hammond, V. b. I'ajmastt-r, died on the paasage. SsKAToa Bbntom haa made another sprerb in Missouri, giving his views of things in general and the war in particular. It doea not differ much from hi last speech, the purport of which we published. Hesaya there watatime when be could ate tbe cause of the war, but "Coiigress refused the appointment indispensable to theauc ceta of that plan; ann now ha wat without any meant of forming any opinion upon tbe probable duration of it." Ha reiteratea bia opinion that a Northern Democrat ahall be elected tbe next President, and he woold bave them in future elected by the direct vote oft he people, and no intervention of intermediate bodies to nominate before hand, or t decide alternately afterwards, waa bia pUn. "A vote by districts, and a second election b twtea tbe two highest, if tbe first one failed, wsa tbe plan and obvious remedy. A second elec tioo between the two highest would diapenae both with nominating convention, and a eontin gent resort to the Houte of Repreaentatiea. No matter how many were candidates in the first tlivtion, if any one obtained a majority of tha wbole, then the elective principle wst satisfied the majority to govern and the election wat finished; if noon obtained tech a majority, then lbs first election to be held a nomination of the two highest by the people, and the elertion to bs immediately held over again between these two. This would bring tbe election to a speedy conelu aion, and without a retort lo intermediate bodies a National Convent ioa, or a House of Re pis sentativra each daily becoming lets arteptable to the people." , Ar the American, and after a loss of 800 men. our troopt are said to bave evacuated the city," and (ubteqnently to have ' commenced ita bombard ment. "The latter la an impossibility, which throws more discredit upon the report, than it would otherwise deserve. 4 " ' '" ' " " 1 ' ' The yellow fever, er" romi'to. aa it should be called, is now getting really eerioua amongst ua. Thirteen rases terminated fatally yesterday, and to dsy already I bave heard of tbe death or three individuals whom I personalty knew. , Two of these are fiom New Orieana, Mr. Cohen, of the firm of Simontrel' It Cohn, and a Mr, Michael, more recently from Tampico. Colonel Kearney the government contractor, ia now lying in a very dangerous state, and people are that falling around u. The Picayune saya Gen. Shields is doing well, we are most happy to hear, and wt sbeit ly exreted-st Vera Crn. On Scott left Jalapa on the 53 nit. for IVMa at the head of nearly six thousand troops! Mr. Kemlall's letters have not yet eome to hand. We hive, however, the following brief note from himr ' PttKBL, Mexico, May 2. 1817 The division of Gen Twiggs entered this city to dayall well. There were rumors in the morning that Gni Busts,mnte and Leon were advancing to attack Ger. Scott with an imm'ria force, but ao far wa have heard nothing confirming the re ports. Almost every one think that the Ames, cans are to have another grand battle, but where no one can divine. ,' The news from tha City of Mfxico by this ar rivsl is mint important. Our intelligent corres pondent from Vera Crui has furnished us with tbe annexed iitrscts from letters written at Mriico, and frtm the Ixtt tonrtt nf informs tivn. Th resignation of Santa A ens is an im portant event in the history of the war. Fxtiact from a letter dated CiTV or Mexico, May 89, 1817. e e From here I have nothing worthy of notice to communicate, except that Santa' An na yesterday resigned tbe presidency, but it is not knowa yet whether Coegreaa will admit ol it. He waa induced to take that ceirse from tbe opposition he meets in his views of carrying on the defence of the city, and from aome defama tory writings which appeared in the pwblse pa pers against his past conduct. It is generally expected that the Americana will be hereabout the l.'ith of next month i and. considering the state of things in the capital, I may say that they will meet with but slight re sistance on the part of thia Government. Through the same channel we have received the following brief extract from another letter of the aame date: Last week Santa Anna commenced fortifying Giudaloope, Pet ion and Mijicatt ingn," near lb suburbs of the city ; but nnusoal disapprobation waa the result, and hence hi reason for offering bia resignation. It ia supposed it will be accept ed, and that llerrera will receive the nomine lion. There are only about 3000 troop in the city- We bave an exerting ratmor from feeble, men tinned in letters from Vera Crux., that the c it i xena of Puebla bad risen aeon Gen. Worth, and cut off six or seven hundred of hia men. The ru mor was in every watarVanoutb at Vera Crux and much credence given to it We ere happy to say that our correspondent ia Vera Cram pet little faith in the rumora. Major R. Hammond, Paymaster 17. S. Army, died on board the New Orleans at aea on tha 3d instant, on hia passage from Vera Crux A Vera Crus letter in the Picayune, confirms the murder of Col. Sower, Lt. McDonald, and light dragoon. ii 1 11 1 . 1 1 aaBBBBWJwaassaa.MeaminBaBaBK Arrival r rtr-Mtmmtpfii Rrlmna-AJpniinf Stent Sktrmin and revet a Indimt, f J. Tha Picayune haa later ftttvicea from' tb'fra ov Col Davie, with hi regiment, arrived at New Orieana on tha 3th instant, together with tbe remain of Col. McKee and Clay, and Capt. Lincoln.- t 1 ' ' . n The parting aeene, aay lb Picayune, between the Miatiaaippi regiment and General Taylor, we are told, wa affecting in the extreme.' At J tha msnjmarefced hy him to rstnrr. to their homee, overpowered with recollection of the nigh deads which had endeared Ihem to him, and. With their demenstrationa of respect and affec tion, he attempted In vain Yo address them With tear streaming down. his farrowed cheeks, all heconlrt ear. was 4 Go on, beya goon I tan't apeak." ,,. ;. At the election of officers in the Massachusetts regiment, Lieut. Col. Wright waa chosen Colo nel ; Major Abbott, Lieu:. Colonel ; and Capt, Webster chosen Major. Lt. Col. "Abbott, with four companies Massa chusetts volunteers, nsd left Mataor.oras for Cer ralvo, leaving behind Merrick's," Butler's and Hsran't companies. Jsck Hays' Texas Ranger were at Pi1o Alto Special Correspondence Of the Picsyuue. Sai.tit.lo, Mexico, Msy 17, 1847. Lieut. Col. Mitcheli and a portion of the ad vanee of Col. Poniphan'a command arrived here yeetevday morning from Farms, having arrived at camp the day before. Thia morning, before breakfast, a number of me, eame in an-l annoon ced that on Friday last a detachment of Col. Do niphan'a regiment, . under command of Capt. Reed, consisting of 13 men snd accompanied by Don Manuel Ibarra, a very wealthy eitixen of Parraa, who owna an extensive vineyard, set out for the Raneho del Poco, about thirty milea from Parraa. after the lodians. He furnished them all with fresh horses and they made a rapid march for dsl Poco. At the rancho Ibey were joined by a party of some 20 men, an advance of Col. Doniphan's main com. mand, and before long tbe Indiana eame op, The con diet waa. quite desperate, for lb Indian fought like devila. Capt. Reed was wounded in the chin and shoulder by arrows, and several horses were killed. On the side of the Indiana the slaughter Tat more deadly. Tbe all-powerful rifle caused itrrntrrn bold warrioiato "bite the duM," and the rest fled, leaving most of their plunder sod the greater portion of their women andchildren. We also captured about 2000 head of horses snd male Which thy had stolen Moat ol these Indi an were Lippane, and not Camanchea, it ia said. The hole of' Colonel Doniphan's command will be here in a lew day; and, after remai ning awhile lo recruit their men and horses. will proceed down toward the mouth of the ri ver. They have now b-en in the eervice ele ven months, nd when they reach here mill havn marched fteo Ihnutand right hundred mih from Fort Leavenworth, Mo , their place rendexvoo. They have been constantly on the march for eijjht months, and have been without tent since last fall, nor have they drawn single dollar ot pay aince they have been in the eervice. We all look forward here to the prospect of a speedy movement upon San Luia with confidence, and daily expect the arrival of freeh troop from be- TXI1J ATJEIIICAN. laturdap, Jmn 19. H47. ff 0. vef-Wlta. .,' ( Ate IVMf Em Cawr fPmet, corner or 84 mT CJtrsnot Street; rutmdrtphtm. ml i ttou ten Atss) reef. A VWelr, H. K. nsee Bal. Cfaawee snsat Osfert it., Balttmmrt, snuf.Vb 16 tttrntt Bttte, aVee'os). i wntVsorlaeaf t met su Jlftnt, mrd retript ft mil memiet afiee Af 00lett nr u'mhmertfttmn tw mdrerUttmf, E. W. CARR. corner ofTliirdnnd Dock Street 1. Su Building: oppotite Mrrchantt' Exchmnge, I'hiladi Ijihin, it alto authoritrd to act ma our Agent, 1 DtoorraUe Xominatloni. roa novaaaoa, FRAKCIS R. SIII7XK, , roa caaab commissioncb, , MORRIS LONG9TRETII, Of Montgomery County. Whi3 Nominations. w For Governor, . Gsi. JAMES IRV1N. For Canal Commissioner, JOSEPH W. PATTON . RiTaCK Romantic Tbe Philadelphia Chro nicle' relate tbe following rouianlH! story; ' f"On inquiring Iheoihr day iuto tha eircom slanera of ii'e'y old grntlcman, who board at one of our hotels, w were told that be waa poor, and supported himself by working ae lawyer' clerk. ' lie had in hia early manhood, been wealthy, hot he loved a beabliful girl, wb( unfoitunalely, bad bestowed ber sffcutions on another young man, who waa poor. On ascer taining thia, the tejecled lover conveyed hia pro perty to he fuituueia one, on coodilioe that he married tbe airl. II saw iho union con turn mated and went lo work a poor but contented man. We look upon that old gentlemen with rmrcpie, fur hi nobiMj of juL" ' Goebal Syisou or tub Rsroanxo Dvtcb Chvrch and ins Wn wirn Mexico. The General Sjnud ol the Reformed Dutch Church have taken up the subject of the war HhMexi co. The following ia tho action upon it : A preamble and reaolulioe were oflered by Rev. W. il Van Dursn, in reUlmn lo tho war in Mexico, lo the purport that it ie incumbent on the minietere ot the Church lo oirW op in ceeeant prayer to God to ret tore peace to the country. The deign of the Kev. gentlemen in ofTering the reso!uti"fl waa that '.hie body miht offer a aolcimi proteai againat o unrigh'.eoo war. Another gentleman' was opposed to denoun eing the war as unrighteous. Rev Dr. Knox thnuhl the resolution wa worded so that it would not offend any political part ; and aa it had been introduced, he would have it adopted aa the score of tb Synod. Rev. Dr. .iiardeuborf thought the wording of the reaolulioe wa onrxceptienabl. but he ecold not yo with it eaplawea) by the mover. lie did not wish in their prayer to teU Almigni ly God that H waa en unrighteoua wa.v He should Iberefort move the indefinite poalpoa- ment of the resolution which waa carried. T! Secretary of War, baa decided that no soldier discharged before the expiration of hia term of euliaturat, en hia ewe application and lor hia apeeial benefit, a entitled te land aerip, under the (Kb section of the actqflbelllh of rihruary.lMT. . . lo It is thought that the Tarraa route will be se lected, and it ie repreeented lo me aa moat de lightful one. A train w about darting ori. anil have not lime to write more. It ia the 2d O- hio regiment that goee to-day. . They are now entering the town. FrrBTRKaDsTAiuor Mbxican (aTatttoracf;. Tha New Orieana papers of the 8th inst. bring further detaila brought by tbe arrival of the atea mer New Orieana. but no later datea. . The in lelligence is very contrediclory. - Capt. Laumaii. of the Pennsylvania vnlunteera. Informs the Picayune that tbe fortifications at Rio Frio were rapidly progressing, and that an English ronricr who ariived at Vera Crux the night before the aleamer left, atated positively that twenty thousand Mexican were engaged in tbe works. Another account reduces the nam ber engsged to twelve thousand. Capt. Lauman estimates tha total effective men tbat Gen. Scott can concentrate at Puebla. at five thousand aix bnndred, independent of those re cently arrived. Gen. Alvarex ia also aaid to have tea thousand men wi:h him in lb vicinity of the capital. Verbal account, which, however, were not credited, atat poaitively the election of Herrera, and that he had declined hia intention of making peace, but bad appointed Gen. Valencia comman der in chief, and oidered tha arret! of Santa An sa and Canalea. The British courier before mentioned aya, that when he left the Capital Herrera was not e lected, bnl that fsnta Anna continued to enjoy hia atation with less discredit Iban had been re ported. The same courier contradicts positively the rumor that a large portion of Geu. Worth'a force bad been cut off at Puebla, and elates that Gen. Scott wee at Ibat pUce. Ha also aaya that Santa Anna waa elected Preeideat ea th 15th of May, but that he declined tbe office. Herrera wa the next prominent candidate. " The next lection wat ordered for th 13th inst. Gen. Bra vo haa resigned a Cewieadr-ia-ehief. .The aea t f Government we oboe t teing re moved to a email place aouth of the Capital, and tha city was ia a beautiful ttate of eonfuaio. - Gen. Cadwalader, with a portion of hia com mand, had arrived at Vera Croxoa tha lat intt, Gaerrilla partiea had laid waate all tbe rancha raa en the road op, and drive off all the peacea bly ditpoaed proprietors. f A Cass er EiTBAaiiASi LoZxvir ia re ported on Long Island ia the person of a' man aid te be bee bora in tb 17th century,-being row nigb 190 yew of age ' a lattaf ia the ffiw y&i L7r9i. 14. STwBaia Thia delicious fruit, though several weeks later than usual, hat been in season for a week past in this plsee. The Philadelphia papers hosst largely of their fine Strawberries some of which, indeed, are so fine that it la difficult to tea them. We have gone to market etpressly to see tome of their belt, but have never yet aeen any to equal aome of those grown in the gardena in this place. B7" Warm weather has not yet set in, per manently. Whether we shall have reslly summer weather until August, is yet a matter r f uncer tainty. ' ' (jy Pobtbait or Gas. Tatlob. We receiv ed, while io Philadelphia, a few day since, a splendid likeness of Gen Taylor, who now stands before the world as the greatest General of the age. 1 he picture it taKen at large as Me, ana it said to be, as Certified by some officers, a correct likeness. He is, in appearance, a short thick set man, with short, thick and bristly grsy hair and whiskers. With a lnng nose and bis lower lip projecting out. he would not be taken for a beauty ; but he has a fine, frank and benevolent coantentr.ee, indicative" of great firmness and moral courage. We shall bs plessed to show this picture of one of the greatest Genera's living to our Iriendsand subscriber, who may call on na when they come to town. C7" Thb Caora Aoai. We observe a great 1 many conflicting statements in regsrd to the heat crep, in the newspapers. Those of the city generally represent the crops as an average one, or nearly ao. So far, however, aa our obser vation baa extended, and from what we could learn, we regret to ray, the wheat crop will not prove more than half a yield, caused not only by tbe drought but in msny esses by being frozen out. In Union county, in some of the best wheat growing districts, not more than a third of a crop will be harvested. In this county we have aeen many fields that will not yield a half crop A Lancaster paper aaya, that the wheat crop in that county will be a fair or' an average one. We do not know what may be tbe appearance of tbe cropa off the rail road," but along the line of tbe road, we did not see more than three or fonr fields of good w heat, and many that would not yield a half crop. Rye, every where, looks much better. The summer crops, thus far, look well, and as an unusual qnantity of land has been pot under cultivation for these crops, it will irf a meature compensate for the deficiency of wheat. In parta of Ohio, wheat ia said to be good, and thia we believe ia the fate In Tllinoi. In Ml chigan, Iba crop ere generally spoken of as good. In Indiana, we were informed by a gen tleman, that the cropa were not favorable. Tbii may be tbe caae in aome parta of the atate; hut a friend of ours, who I now with os on a visit, from Noble county, etetee Ibat the crops io tbat section of tbe atate look remarkably weM. The re ault of all which will be that the atates collective ly will yield nearly aa average crop of winter grain, and mere than an average crop of summer grain. In Pennsylvania, in many parts, th wheat crop may be act down at one half, while the summer crop are unusually extensive, and thua far promise well. , VJT Dsura Cu. Uah If i with ex treme regret that we anooatree the' death of Gea. Robt. H.' Hammond, ef MUton, ia) thia county, who, at th commencement of tha war, received the appointment of Paymaster ia lbs Army. lie -died about ten day since, on his patiage from Vra Crux te New Orleans, on board the Steamer NewOrlsana. Gen Hammond, at th stwrming of Vera Crux, acted at aid to the commanding " officer and hia sorter. Edward Hammond, now hnld the office of Peat Master at that place. An o'Ikm son. L'eut Thomaa Hammond, but abort time since fell in one of the bloody engagement in California. Aa a man. Gen. Hammond wa greatly esteemed, and btghly 11 popular ; or, hi . manly and generous qualitiea. Hie private char acter waa without reproach. , Gea. Hammond repreaented thia district ia Congress at the aame time President Polk held a seat in that body, whose personal friend ha was, and who appoint ed him Paymaster in the army, from his own Knowledge 01 ine msn. uen. Hammond waa a- bout fifty years of age, we should judge, at hia di-ath. He leavea a widow and four or five child ren, to mourn hi loss. He was strongly partial to military life, and pnttettinga martial bearing and a large and elegant form, few men made a handsomer or more soldier-like appearance than himself. His death will he aeverely lamented by hia rcany friends and acquaintance in thia county. .. r . . Rau.boad SrncBteT!ON.-The Pittsburg Jour nal of the 9th inst says that the books for tub sriiptions to the Pittsburg and Connelltville Railroad Company were opened in Fayette and Westmoreland counties on Tuesday, and that $30,000 were subscribed iii Fsyette, and $30,000 were subscribed . in ' Westmoreland. D wa thought that the subscriptions in the two coun ties would amount to about $100 000. The Pittsburg Gatette, of the Iflth Inst., tys: A gentleman from Fayette say that the Rail road subscriptions on the line between Pittsburg and Connelltville will reach tbe turn of $250, 000, At Uniontown several hundred shares were subscribed .for the same work, aa soon a opened. Thb Jackson Mohi mskt The site deter mined upon for the Jackson Monument at Wash ington, ita beautiful plot of ground north ef and immediately fronting the Presidential mansion. At a meeting of the committee on Thurtday, it wat decided that the foundation shall consist of one tolid block of rough stone, ettimated to weigh at least tme thnwand torn ! This ran be pro cured in the vicinity of Georgetown, delivered and pot in place for $25,000. The design of the ststue is after the model of that of Peter the Great. Eminent artists powers, of Florence, snd Villa of South Carolina have been requested to fur nish designs, snd stste the peculiar kinds of bronze bet calculated for the magnificent memo rial, an that Congress msy be applied to for the old cannon taken during the present war, to be thereto appropriated. This enormous stone will be laid, with appropriate ceremoniea, on the loth of March next, the birth day of the illustrious chief. fJ7 Tb Philadelphia Daily Sun now comes to band considersbly enlarged and baadsomely improved. . The Sun is the organ of the Native American party, and haa a large circulation. 07" Si ictoe Mr. Gea, F. Kail, a baker ia Milloa, bung himseJf leal week. : Tbe deceased waa doing aa excellent business. - H visited Philadelphia Vast spring, and hia wife aaya after hia retain ha had not been the tern man. . Other persons noticed a difference in hie waya and coa- dact aiace then. ,,. . . 07" Ia politics there ia a dead calm, at meeent Thia ia probably nil the better, a there will be plenty of time aa lb election approach. Th daye of bitter jelilke,! eacitmat and violent parly lang bxaxd, and w hope nevsr te return. , Tax Carmt, x Wavauseiew, ha been under going seme improvemaata of late- A gaa lea leva, invented by Mr. Cretrhelt, art feet ia di ameter and aix faat high, fitted with superior sil ver plat glit reflector, aud surmounted wile a goldea metal ball, ia to be placed oa a mast, eae hundred feet high, the toy : ef tka dome Il is thought fiat fh light wiTl predec a fee tft. ......'..'. Till! NlXT BaTTLX GOI)!it. The last new from Mexico, reported that the Mexicans were fortifying Rio Frio, on the road lo Ibe capital, and that General Scott would probably have a nother fight at that place. A gentleman who has travelled through the country, and is familiar with (hs past, describes it as much more formi dable than that of Cerro Gordo. It goes through the mountain with a steep ascent, and for nearly three miles the rosd, with high and rugged aides, it only sufficient to admit tha passage of a single wagon at a time. There ia no possibility of tnrning it, and no mode of attack, except by a direct movement through tbe pats. .The pats is shout 39 milea from the capital and Rio Frio (Cold River) supplies tbe city with water. Not withstanding these difficulties, we have no doubt that if the Meaicans make a atand again, tbat Gen. Scofk" will find a way to penetrate the pas and drive hia enemy again befora bim. A raw moms et.acx a yonng maa at tbe Itali an opera in Boston, attempted to throw a huge bouquet, with which he had provided himself, on to the stsge. Unfortunately it lodged in one of the chandelier, jest without the reaeh of hi rane. Excited and wrought ep by the occasion, the failure aad the vain attempts to restore the bouquet, he cried aleud te aome of hi com pan r.ions to help bim gel it from its position, ad ding foica to hia entreaties by saying thai it totl Mm twtnty dollmrt ! - . Lovx Toxxs sot Rxcovxxah. at Law A discarded swain having been unsuccessful in hia suit in tb court of Hymen. lately brought one in a Coort of law in Msssarhesetls, for th re covery of a riog, valued at two dollars Snd fifty centa, constitutions! currency, which be had given to the loved one, in "happier day but in thia suit he waa destined to be eqnslly anfortu nale, for the jury rendered a verdict for the fair defendant. The beau will govern thewaelve accordingly. " Th PaAtaisi Brjtnl has written a delight ful poem second only to hia "Tbeoalepeie" on theae "gardens of the deeert." ; A poetical con tributor to tha Burlington (Vt ) free Press, ha ro peetrophisad tbvtn, but in a anor practical and Ami haw at jrle. r tie aaya 1 , Gret western wast of bottom land, ' flat a a xaucwk, rich aa greet I Where gnats re full aa big aa leads, ' Aad Ikeetere are ea big a gee T " 0, lonesome, windy. nd grasey place, ' ' TFhr bufkloe end aaabee prevail I 1 The firat with dreadful looking mce, ... ... ... ft -.A jne eSJSl otiib vrwni "J." ?") " J d rather lie aw s axil's rwaap, j t.isuittC"nZ 'Thai wber lhy nr m stumo, . . , ' Aad tUU t death With - 'eg r
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