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