JKRMS OF THE AMKIUCAS." II. B. MASSER i Fes us a . Joseph jStani.Y. if"''' . J?. JHASftKH) Bdttar. ' ?jic in Centre ey, 'n A rear o IT. . . THE" AMRKigXiNTrii'ubUnhml every Sat'or 'it TWO DOLLARS per Minnm lobe isid half yearly in advance. No paper diseontin led (ill ait arrearages are pW. ;' "! ' No subscriptions received for l period than ll trtnr-T). All communications of lettetS( on usiness relating tnth office, to injure attention, mat be POST PAID. ' , ,,1- " H.B.KCASSS. A TTOH NBY AT LA W, ,1. rrfnTTV. rA. "' Business attended to in the Counties of ir juipI erland, union. Lycoming and Columbia Htrur mi Pl Ac A. ffoTornt, - 1 l.owa & Doi, Hoi-mae A Snonii, ... JtBTJioLni, McFmiii A: Co. 3ITT JlUCTIOIT STOP.E, No. 81 North Third street, (. Tint riTT sjorttt.) - - - -rHUADIUPHIA. :. C MACKEY, AicTiojtEER. TO tXMTNTRY tSTORE-KEEPEltK.. EVENING SMES of Hardwaie, eTuile-y, Saddlery, Whip. Boots, Shoes, Hals, Cape, -firm, Pm-HiI. Clothing, tWstcbe and Ft'Kf G.tods. At Wy Albion t-, 31 N .rlh Tbird trcet, tw ac the City IIouL . Th. Ktmai.Ki rf -jnrv WiTcWts i invited. 'be Goods will 1 eld iti inta-tA w purchasers, nJ sJIGnod rfTi-red will ba waranel equal to the ''nrei-nliti)li itiat nltv be snede otf TV-WI. N. U. A Urzr MMiriD(rit of Gos-il t Private laid. Jan. m. iss-. J CHEAP WATCKBS. rh Clrcapes-1 Gold nd Silvftr Wifcllb IN rUII.AlHSi.l'lllA ROI.D I,ever, fall Jewelled, "fc.lve d. do. old Lepines, Jewelle.l, Silver do. do. ilver Qusrtiers, fine qunUtft "old Wstche. plain, lilver Sctsr.lf, indl Pencils, old Itiacclpt. Also, on hand. larce iwa-'T'mrnt of G.4d and tnir Bracelets, fineer ringa. tires in. hoop ear in-, gold pen, aiWer spoons, sugar ton, thim les, gold nrrk. curb and f ib chains,. Rnard k-y i,J j..wellrry of every d.-wripiion, al equally litw ruia. Alt I want i a cll W convince cunto- All kinda of Walchea and Clocka repaired and oirnntcd to kerp good time for one year; otd .ild ar ailer tim-fht nf tken in exchanar. -, - For aale, eight day and tbfily h.iur liraw clock, , , ;. LEWIS LAIKWUH' Waicti,' Work and Jewelleiy Store. No. 4 Hi lirket atreet, ilion Eleventh, airh aide, Phila l.ia. . ' ' .,, qy haC ome Gold end Silvei Lever, etill luch cheaper than the abuve pricce. PhiUilclphia. Dec 86, I s4G. ly "i'Vi'iic 176. 'oir 6. i J. W. & K. D. S T O K E S, lanufacturers of Premium Odd Fel lows' I!eiIillH :-. . So. 194 Market Strrrt, PHILADELPHIA, Firat Clothing Store below 6th Street. - rHE aubreribera having taken the premium at Franklin Institute, at the lnt exhibition, for l" bet Reenlia. tbev invite ihe attention of the rder to their etablifhment, whete they wdl find a plendid aMortment of .U. and F.nempm.'nt Re alia. They aleo make to order for Lodge and ',ocmpmentK, Renalia, Sahia, Cottume and :.ibe, nd fnrninh every thintt reqniile for the .nvenience of new Lodge or En amprneni. - J. W. Tt)KE!4, E- D.8TOKE8. Philadelphia, Dec. 19, I8i. ly 1 v,!m.I I JL.a.-ll..L-XH3'" f45 00 23 00 30 00 15 00 10 00 IS 00 I 75 ' 500 4 no B U NBUM Y A MEffitt' .. ' AND S1IAMOKIN JOUitNAL. AM il Absolute acquieacenc in the decieiona of the mnjority, the viul principle of Republic, from whieh there if no apprtl bat to force, the vital prinple end imi ncdiaie parent of deapotiam. Jirtaao. By Marnier K r.ldclyl fiunbury, ICorthnmberland Co. 1'a. Saturday, Iec 18, 184T. , The rnUmMjr net l.aka ntcblltan. ' t two mcndMb and rtrrr-Mvi nwt r.or-r. "The Western puprfu chriSe to na ft lied with Recount nf thn dpflruclion on Iake MicWan pt the Propeller Pt05hix. , ,The foliowinir prti enlars irepivenby thecsp'ain of the IVIiwarf, ,'ho taiated io aaving the few passenger who eaca;wd : , . , " Th PlnTnix waa firat rlieeovered on fire from '" ' ' " ' t t ' M - i ' -. . i - l Ilia comrade remained on the propel lor, and no doubt perialmrl in the flame, hut thia little fel low -en id he had made tip hi mind if he remai ned on thri boat he ehould be burned, and he had rather run liia chance .of being picked up or drownintr, than the former. . A to tHe origin of Ihe fire, it was Jmpoeeihle o awortarn, a each nf the aurvivnr with whom evei ooieveprecd, had different opinion. " Thf' Vl. SIo. 13 Whole Ko. 37T r-3- ' Iho deck f the propeller Delaware at a quarter nort prahable conclusion i. that it look from of fuur o'clk io the mornindflf the 21st, ,crfF bot 18 mil., bBring about north by neat. . The Delaware. ve at once p;ot under weigh, and rweded h bnrninjr propeller, and dnnre with all powible epeej for two houra. when r rivinn witM ftfr rorl.f tli wreck, they henH t itoice calling loudly Rir aMatncr1. ' One boat waa immediitefy lovercd down and een in ptirenil of th enflVrinp mm. It aticcee ded in picking him p directly antf brinrjinp jfire near the boiler, na Ihe firat that wa dicn vered of it, Ihe flamr wer ritRhinffout of the vcnlilatore, oed for carrying off the hot air, aitnate directly over or near the boiler. ' While the riianix wa yet on fire a'ie w lakeri In low by the Delaware, and when near the hn'rbor of Sheboycn, the bow of Ihe veeeel bnrninff, let the anchor drop, while they were obliged to cut llie chain, and ehe went ashore on the bach. It is tlioopht o large amount of Bjuepala f the Rtnirt nf th reiery mt - It, eppelir by ihi document, which ie of jrreal length, that the whole military force at present employed under the government, numbere Of regular, 21.500 Of volunteers, , 22,027 43,370 With General Scott . At Tamptco, now on route, and on . ihe line frern Vera Crua to head- s "Jjnarteri, 32,158 With Geparal Taylor, ,, . :, 6,7.7 ; i' In Santa Fe, on the Oregon and San ta Fe rente and Indian territory, 3.B34 In California and on route thither,- 1,013 ' . i i i a. a ri him eafe to the Delaware, when he w t once i mniww, ann oiner neavy muni ini wpre in the bottom ofth hold will be aaved. The Phwnix waa owned by Mesara. Peaae AUCTION STORE. o. 6 North 3d st.f third door above Market iSireel, VHlLADELPBIAi 4 ALE EVERY EVEN IMS, nf a. geoeral a.- ortment of Foreitn and Domestic Hardware, "Tlde and Po.ket Cutlery. Trunk, Lock, Latchei. Bolt. wi, Saddlery, Whip, f 1 Boot, rihoia, Hi. Ct, Cuns, . Piator, Trimmiaa. Clothing nd Fney (iood. The attention of etlv and country dealer U in iitedx The Good are fresh, and will lie warranted Hioal lo the representation that may be made of hem. DAY LI 6 & BROOKE R, Auctioneer Jia. 6. North Third at. N. B. Purchaeta can have their Good parked. Several invoicea of Goods have bicn received le be old al private sale, ' Philadelphia. Pee, 19th, 1Mfi. fy'- ' ' :"J , CoiinfrrfctterM' DEATHBLOW. The public will daae observe that no Uranibeth - rilla are genuine, unieas ine ikii n uir la upon it, (the top, the 'and the bottom) rh conlainiiic a f.c-aimileaignature of my Iwiid writing, thue B. Basnnaam, M. D. Theae la. wl- ate enHrave4l on steel, lieautifnlly deaigned. ind done at an etpeiu of over $ 2.000. Therefore t willbeaeen that the only thing neeewwry to pro--ure the medicine in ite purity, U to observe theae iahel. ' . Remember the top, the aide, aod the bottom. The following respective pereona are dulv Ulhri red, and hold cEETiriOATES or AarrrcT For the aale of Brandretk't Vegetable Vniverta, nti. Northumberland countv t Milton Maekey & Chambeilin. Sunhury H. B. Mer. M'Ewene ,e Ireland dr. Menell. Nwthumtr!and Wm. Foryth. Georeetown J. & J. Wall. , Union C.iuntyi New Berlin Bogar & Win tcr. Selinegrove George Gundium. Middle, burg laaac Smith. Beavertown David Hubler. Adamsburg Wm. J. May. Mitflinabuie Menach At Ray. Hrlleton Daniel Long. Freiburg G. & F, C. Moyer. Iwieburg Walla A Green. Columbia county : Danville E. B. Reynolda At Co. Berwick Shuman St Rittenhooae. Cat a. Brobt. Bloomsburg John wasningion Mover. 1e.ay Town Levi B.et. h'ngU: Kobl. McUay. Limestone "- Obaerv that each Agent ba an hngrave4 ter t ificate of Agency, eonlaining a repreantarion of ... hr AMiKKTit's Mamifaeior at Sing Sing, ,UJ t'pon which will aleo be aeen P'fB f tbe nrio lalttt now utd upon the Brandrttk rill Pbliadelphia, olRce No. 8, Nth "th etreel. B BRANDItrTH.M.D. June 11th. 1M3. v " - divested of hi clothing nd dry fxarmenlf tven him instead.' After riihbinjr hint sevceljr he became quite comfortable. He proved In be the first engineer. While this man waa Imin? picked u? the prnpellor proceedrd to the wreck, where ihe other boat wa lowered down and the clerk waa found, together with one passenger. clinging to the rudder. This boat picked Ihem up and brought them on board, where, alter the same mean were used a before, they were both revived and made comfortable. Both boats were then sent in pursuit ot more bodies, white tbe Delaware was made fast toth wreck and succeeded in 1owms her to Fhebny. gan, where she sunk in eight feet water. Soon after tbe arrival of Ihe wreck at Sheboygan, the boats came up. one with five dead bodies, and the other with baggage and furniture. . At ihts time one of the Phcr-nixV boats came up from the shore where Ihe two boats had gone from the burning vessel, taking with them forty two of the crew and passengers. The boat that now came up contained the nptain, very ill, and the first mate, together with ome of the crew the passenger beine left on Ihe beach, about 12 mile below. From the clerk, Mr. D m i hoe, we learned that there were on board 175 Hollander, large and email," and about 100 other passenger and 25 ot the crew, making in all 300 persons 45 in all aved, 255 lost The Delaware soon left on her downward passage, and in passing in the Hack where the bunting vesse! waa found, fell in with many floating bodies, to the number of about 100. Some of them were standing npright in the wa-. ter, ome ot the women were ly inr on Ihe side, flome -the children ' generally on their luce. Some ot the passengers were in full dress, some in undress, and other entirely naked all with Iheir heads to the northward. -' They were within" fcmr miles of the land, and the wind w aa fast driving Ihem 86hore, so it was not deemed advisable' lo pick them up, aa plenty of boat had been sent from Slicboygen fur that purpose, and att not picked up by the boat would drift ashore by the following morning. From a long account in tbt. Detroit Adverti- eer, wc select the following: . , In a hurried intercourse with Mr. M. W. Ilouae, lrt engineer of the Plirunix, who came down on the Delaware, we gathered the follow ing particular ; , , . Mr. Huum who waa then on duty, aa the en gineer, discovered the fire about 4 A. M., when to all appearances the fire covered but a very small apace. . Il spread however along Ihe un derside of Ihe deck with the rapidity of a powder train, and notwithstanding three pumps and e veral linee of water buekete were put In opera lion immediately, It waa found Impossible to cheek the flame. The clerk and an Irishman were saved by ta king to the rudder chains, and were rescued from their perilous situation alter the arrival of the Delaware; hy Ihe email boata. When ta ken on bourd they were a! moat entirely help less, and could not, in eoy probability, have re mained in tbe position they were in much long er. The perseverance and fortitude of the clerk, and Ihe advice and encouragement which he endeavored to inatil into hie companion, while occupying their dangernua position, gave !iem both fresh hope, and, no doubt, were the mean of eaving their live. . A lad. about fourteen year of age, one of the porter of the bot, who, in company with ann- ther boy, had worked incessantly from Ihe com mencement of the fire, until Iheir pump gave out, after gelling near the bow nf Ihe boat, for med a determination, with hi comrade, to jump overboard, and try toaav ihtmaclve by awim- ming. The little lieio, alter watching one of the deck hande, who had fortunately got hold of a plabk, and made t plunge for the water, mus tered up hia resolution, and followed, taking a nother course entirely from the hand, and, by awimiaing about ten rods, waa picked up by the boat in charge of hia brother, the male, by those in the boat paaaing the end of the oar lo within hie grasp. He waa completely chilled, when taken in, and say he coold not have survived great while longer, if be had not been picked up. & Allen, of Clnvcland, and we understand waa insured for SI 2.000. The Ins of life ia Ihe largest, we believe, which ever occurred on the lakes, and the pro perty lost i immense. It is supposed that those 150 Hollander had considerable money w ith Ihem, as they were seeking a location in the west. But how uncertnin ia life! It ia in deed mournful lo record this sad catastrophe. Those who were eye witnesses of this dread ful scene, say that language is inadequate lo give even a poor description of it ; all was con fusion and tutnelt the cries and screams of the poor Hollanders, collected together in crowd on the bow of Ihe boat, weie enough to make the most resolute heart falter, and impress on the minds of those fortunate enough to escape, recollections of that awful hour, that time can never obliterate. Young and old the vigorous and decrepid wnmen and children, were all huddled together perfectly frantic at the horrible doom thai awai ted them the still small hope that the Dela ware would arrive lo render them a?eittance, served only to prolong the sufferings of lhoe who clung to tho boat lo perifrh by the devour ing element. , ! At one lime the rigging of the vessel waa completely crowded by those who sought refuge from the flame and smoke ; the fire spreading tapidly, upon reaching the rigging Ihe whole was in one instant a ptrlect blate, and those who still clung to iheir last hopes, dropped like the seared and yellow leavea be lore tho chill blast nf winter. . This was Ihe saddest sight ot all ; sickening even to contemplate. . Report of tub Postmaster General The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore A- merican givea tbe following statistics from it: Revenue received during the year, S3, 943. 803 F.xpenditure during Ihe year, " 3,979, 570 F.xces ef receipt thi year over the last, (or 13 15.1000 per cent.,) 45S.C93 1 Deficiencies of the year, 33,677 Letter pottage received during tbe ' year, 3,234,812 Number of letters paatitig through the 43 578 The actual atrength, it appears, is much Irss lhan Ibis amount, but the number not in active service cannot be precisrly ascertained. The Secretary advises that the present organizstitm be completed by enlistments. An en'ialment of 7 381 is necessary to complete Iho regular organization, and lo complete that of the volun teer force, an enlistment of 12,500, to serve du ring the war. There appear lo be now in aer vice a numerical force of 23 regimenta, 7 bat talions, and 3:1 companies not organised into re giment or battalion. The mnt important action recommended i Ihe immediate organization often additional re giment of regular, to serve during the war; and he also asks authority lo accept, in caeo of extgeney, Ihe services of a volunteer force of not less than 20,000. The Secretary states he has no meana of ascertaininu the amount of re venue that can be collected in Mexico. The total amount already collected in Mexican porta, amounts to . $530,810 46 Of thi ai m, there baa been handed ..MB. i ii. ,,m B1VT4 AXXA, Finn, the last account from Mexico, Santa Anna would appear to be, at lengthj completely fallen, n longer a military chief! the head of armies, nrt longer a President and virtual die lafor, Ihe ruling spirit and master of his country, no longer even a fugitive, contending with dicnily and courage ninit f'nte, hut a help, less hoprles, sohiniHV: victim and prisoner, patiently yielding to arrest, and paliei.tly expec ting the ignominy of trial, io whicli h" is tn he arraifined . for military incompetency and, we nrc even told, peculation or robbery of the public tnasury. 1 "The life of Sinta Anna illustrates in an r xtri ordinary decree Ihe vicissitudes of that fortune, which, in the ancient times nf superstition apd fah'e, was worshipped na a controlling divinity ; though it resembles es Ihe career of a demo cratic chief and military demngoue of ourown era and hemisphere, than Ihe history of theslave nf an nrirntinl monarch, a Narces, or Bclisari- its, or some palace menial, raised hy thecnpi ice of fortune, or the purple, from the lowest obscu rity up, through all intermediate pne and dig nities, to tbe glory of military command, and triumph, and mastership only, by a nmilnr ca price, lo be suddenly pulled down and degraded even below Ihe depths of former insignificance. Or, if we must find for the M xican cx Prr-si- ilont a more dignified parallel, he can he com pared tn Demetrius, the Destroyer of Cities, the very football of fortuno ; who wilh more valor, the advantage of royal lineago, and a character as infamous for debauchery as Sard Anna's has been for blood, ran through every adventure of fortune, to rise and fall, to be exiled and re called, to win thronea and lie driven from them, to fijjht and conquer, and be conquered, over to the Commuiary Depart ment, 448.722 33 and, finally, lo end the drama of ambition in unutterable wretchedness and degradation, and mail. S2. 173.480 Free letter annually, ' 5,000,000 Newipaperi annually, 53.000,000 Pamnhleta, - '-- 2.000,000 Dead letters, 1 800,000 Post routes, ? 183,818 Annual trar.aportation, miles. 38,087,898 Receipt by mail for two years, 7,300.000 Ol Ihe amount due in this time, the delinquen cies are only 21. 918, and ihe delinquents 154 postmasters, of an aggregate number of fifteen thousand one hundred and forfy-six. The pot mastera changed during the year number 3450. The Postmaster General, in the course of hia rennrt. recommends lhat newspaper be lxed by weieht, and enters upon a grave argument in defence of thi position. An attempt waa made in the House yesterday to revive that section of Ihe law of 1845, which allowed newspaper to be circulated , w ithin flirty mile of the place of publication without charge. .The present law, according to the Postmaster' own show'.ng, will leave a surplus in Ihe treasury next year, notwithstanding the estimate of Ihe year ats lor 4,0t)2,2OG, and Remaining $92 OSS 13 His further rccommendationa are as follows: . Payment of expense of Stslee for organizing, transporting and subsisting volunteers. (He specific Ihe claim of Texas lo auch compensa tion.) The formation of a retired Wat. An appropriation for repair, &e , of the pub lic defence along the aeahoard and northern line. . An increase in the engineer force. The appointment of eix additional hospital snrgcons. An appropriation for the pay menl of addition al clerk employed by the department to furnish discharged soldier with ecnp and certificates ot location. A pension for Ihe widows and children nf those dying by disease while tn active service, (no such provision now exists by law.) Such a modification of the pension law as to place tho widows and children of officers and soldiers of the regular army on ihe same footing with those of volunteers, w ith regard to pen sion. The Secretary reports on Ihe present condition of the indisn tribes, and their relation toward the United Statea. Th following list ot pi per accoinoany the repoit; Report of the Adjutant Genera!, Report nf the various baltlea since Buen Vista, inclusive. Orders and instructions regulating contribu tiona in Mexican porta. in chains. It is now twenty six yeara since Cofoncl San ta Anna roe from obscurity, a partisan ol Itur bide; under whose auspices he drove the Span iards out of Vera Cruz, and was appointed go vernor ol that city in 1821. He wns the faith In! slave of the usurper, his imperial master; hut having incurred the dirpleasure of that cari cature of royalty, and being threatened with Die loss of his commission, he seduced his regiment lo revolt, invited Ihe old revolutionary chief Victoria from it is mountain concealment to head the rebellion, and thus had tl.e merit of dethron ing the emperor and restoring theTepublic. But the republic not rewarding that merit in a de gree equal to hia expectations, Santa Anna re voked a?ain, and against it, marching in 1S23, with a corps of six hundred fellow traitors from 1'aiiipico to San l.ui Poloei; where he spread his flag, modestly proclaiming himsef Protector of the Republic. This patriotic tpeculalion en tirely failed. th ri'ln'l was CBptorrd and dis- missed to retirement on ins Aaiapa estate lor five yeara. Inl25he was partially rested to favor; and in 1&23, alter the presidential e. lectinr, of lhat year, he again got up a ribellio 3 tor the purpose of deposing l'edrazt, the Presi dent elect, and substituting Guerrero", ir.o r,.. feated candidate. Thi enterprise haprep. to lie successful ; and Santa Anna way re warded with Ihe posts of Secretary of War -4nA Com-mander-in chief of the Army, ear'.y ;ft g29, i wna in the same year lhat Sr nrt trnX her Taft Reports of Commisssry Genera!, Paymaster invading army, under Rarrailn-,, who landed at rmci of AnrynTistxr.. 't square J in.ertion, . . . f0 10 . t do . i ,' do . . . 0 7S 1 do 3. , Ha - , . . ... 1 nil Evary suheqjentinertlin, . . 2.1 Yearly Advertisements 1 nne column, r2S ; half . column, (18, three squares, lt two squares, ; on square, f .r. Half-yearly t onn column, f 1 8 ; half column, $1 J ; three eqi ares, fg j two squarea, f5j onn square, S3 f0. - Advertisements left without directions aa to the length of timo they are to ba published, will I s continued until ordered out, and charged accorj, icR'.r. . .. 1 (Sixteen lines or less make a square. '- 11 t 1 L'J tui . j 1 .; ' . 1 . . 1 the Mexican hern the opportunity lo repel tho descent of the Prince de Joinville, and lore a leg in the service of his country. This wa next lo Ihe capture of Darradas, tbe most glori- ous of hi fcata, and gained him tbe title of Ii" nemrrito, or the Well-deserving, of his country,, to which his whole life haa proved he ha but. a very equivocal claim. 1 'i .. J In 1840 we find him at his old trick of revo lutionizing a President nut of his chair. R .eta mente was again deposed. fa-Ma Ann of came dictator ; and his leg was hu.-erf "h capital, at the church o San P., sj ., i,, honor and pomp than will be, her 1 1 1 r, n ,; p., bestowed on his entire bo-ly. In It'II ",'ir,v.s made Ai's first essay at a prnvuiicitniPii'n ; .hr.ri, in 18l5,the Tlcnrme.rilo (his huri'd ity 'orn fit of its grave by enraged lepcroo) was brr.:sli"(t tn Cuba ; where he remained, until, hy a surpri sing stroKe, universally considereri ire very, masterpiece, of American political intrigue. h waa sent or pa seed back' to Mexico, to ! made President and Commander in Ch'ef one., more, and, a such, raise large armies tn fie'r 1 great battlca with our own forces, and w theis . In the conflict with the Americansof the Nun! 1, Itia genius and hie fortune have always fntl d him. He never before showed half aa much ta lent, courage, energy, or devotion to hia co in try as he haa displayed in the present war. All, however, haa proved ih vain. Every fih'clias beenadeteat. Ilia tar and hia reputation have sunk together. Power and popular appt eria- tton have all been withdrawn. 1- nenr s and . country abandon him alike : and now, an ohjc apparently of equal contempt and hatred, t.ip Brncmerito submits to the commands and -unarrest of Tena y Pena, a President nppr ,inlc i;iyv himself, and awaits the result of a 'deprr iUi trial, and perhaps an ignnminoua cot victi' This is a fair sketch of the career of 3antn Anna, the Mexican patriot, the 'Napo'e M,a Ll9. South.' But whether the career b' t Anttrel-v closed, remains yet to be seen. Sa'ti Ann has often fallen before never, io d ji-ii--deep-ly aa now ; but he haa always rk e jsgosn. atron ger than ever. It ia not impn- si' jj, thntiUe may flash up once more into impor t rce n,g rn. trymcn are the most fickle of at) pes-ite in the world; and Sants Anna, wi'.baMVsfnuhs.atnl the absence of all tho cu Awt ,4 n; that mark the great man, ; 'flT f,r the ablest rme. both aa a soldier and t ta' .wWn, ia mil Mexico, Thr Penny PotrT .; Srstrn hi tTgnrded in Great Britain aa rarce of much improver-rent many Ihousarid of ihe lot-iar clashes being "in duced to learr, v4 read and write for the pe surc of frier ,ulj; correspondence. The Enn-li-sli Poslmastr r 'Jenersl ha recently addressed a circular to fibe pest-ofnee authorities of all '.he counti cs -oT Europe, nrging them to co operute witl Etjgland in introducing a system of uni ve'.sal penny postage. It is thought that the er man Confederacy will be the firbi to adept I ll. plan of cheap postage, and when this is done, other countries cannot te lonj info.lnw- ing. "Why should the United States be lh3 last in thi Knple arrangement for the sp-vfid nf knowledge and good feeling! .V, 1'. Post. General, Chief Engineer. Chief of Topographi cal F.njrineers, Chief of Ordnance, Commission er of Pen one, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and second and third Auditors. . V. Herald. Tsmpico, to be beaten V-nd captured wilh his whole force by Snta A nn. Yellowfever, end the incompetency -nf B .rradas, were powerful auxiliarier; but tli s as the most gloriou ex ploit of Santa AnnVs life. From tht ir.omrnt, until Ire tool: the reins Aunt-NT or Donations, to Ibflanp. Fiom a . . . - . L A tavtAna.. it anno.r statement in ;ne rtiiit-mau -ri him.otf V . j- o . that the amount of donations. ent from the United n,m,c f' " Ending ocenpafon of Santa Anna Statea for the relief of the destitute in Ireland, ia considerably beyond a million of dollars. The port from which the contributiona were ship ped, and the amounts, areatated to be aa follow t Beaton. $174 847 00; Philadelphia, SS0.QS1 T.S: i New York, $182,450 13; Baltimore, ?21,0PO 0Q ; Waahington, S10.300 00; Richmond, Sl, 000 00; New Orleena, $30,385 00; Providence, K. . $3,. 377 00; Salem, Mass, f 3,438 70, New Bedford, Mass. $3,817 00; Nantucket, Maia. $2,160 09; Vigo "county, Indiana, $l.4M C3; total, $391,. 3".3 29. Add the contribution transmitted from Pittsburg and Charleston, dot included in the a- more than a quarter million or this sum lor toe bove, uu,jy) u lotat. $651,012 09. 1 he re. ,il riu-nnri I luro are not yet roroplete. The whole amount ia exclusive ol tk private remittances from the The New Orleans Picayune ba heard il sta- I United States, which, from eur Irish citizens a- ted by seversl of our most distinguished officers, lone, reacbt-d Ihe aggregate ef I53C.05C, bat ween just arrived from Mexico, that one prominent I November 1, 1840, and October 1, 1S47. . Inclu- Impediment lolhe conclusion of the war is, lhat I uing an tne conations, in kimi enu money, prt the better order of .Mexicane fear that upon the withdrawal of ihe United Rtates troope, the country will be overrun and pillaged by their own aoldiery, One hundred barrels of magnificent pippin apples, from the Pelham farm, Ulater county, were lately shipped from Boston to China, the first shipment lo the Celeitml Einpii.' D. OuLMttM never preached longer than three-quarters of to hour, though great orator. vate and public, for Ik year, tbe total value can not fall short of a million and a kalf oTdollare. Milakcuolt Accident from Simrit Gas. Tbt wife of one of the New York Pilots, CepL Mason, came lo her death al New London, in a distressing manner, few days ainee. Her daughter had been at an evening meeting,' and on their return found the house enveloped in flames, and their mother lying dead in tbt hall, with the fragments oft spirit gas lamp round her. consisted ',n making and unmaking Preaidenta, He dell' roned Guerrero, and put Rnstamonte in ,l, ee taking care to have Guerrero shot for treason in 1631. Next year, Santa Anna '.timed aainst Bustamente,"and actually had Pedrazi. hie former victim, brought back from exile, lo finish some two or three months of hi unexpired Presidential term. In 1833, Santa Anna waa elected President himself, put down several insurrections, refused the Dictatorship, offered by Ihe army, aa Caver did therrownj and, in 183(1, destroyed the federal constitution and system of independent States, (.similar to our nwn,) substituting th central system, by which the sovereignty of the State was merged in a consolidated central government. E atcd with Ihe Miccess ol his schemes, and atill at Ihe head ul cflitire, Santa Anna marched into Texas, to commit the butcheriee of the Alamo, and suffer, it San Jacinto, the retribution ot an overthrow more disgraceful than waever, perhaps, suffe. red by any generl, great or small,' before hi time. In 1839, he rose again from the contempt into which tbat disgrace had thrown him, and dis tinguished himclf by auppresalng the Federal insurrection of Metis, and ordering that un lucky patriot, or adventurer, lobe shot 00 v ( field of twttle. Then came, wi'.li'rt l1" year, the attack of the Fr-'c, , 'm9 'CD thO Will.'- . sV d,n' JP. Uir.-Ve UUo;, ,hich gMs GvncraI. Tztcor The following incident is narrated of Gen. Taylor by Mr. Reid .'Cal ling on thccommandmg general aeon after our recovery, to ascertain ihecl.ticpsot transporta lian, he remarked, after some pleasant conver eation, that ho was perlecily deluged with let ter, and that much of hia lime was occupied in making replies, 'And, sir,' said General Tay lor, amiling. aa he handed us I vn letter, 'ti show you ttte diversity of subjects that I ant called npon to respond lo, yon may look at these.' One of the lettera was from a boy, 11 ye trs " age, giving a short history of himself and rami- . ly, and who desired to enlist in the service, and . had written to the General to ask his aJvieeoi 1 the subject 1 The other waa from an Irish wo man, who wanted to know if her inn Mikt its kilted, a ahe had not heard from him since th, late battlea. We feel Certain lhat such lett.n s would not nae received attention at Wasliinj ton, but both wero answered by the genera I, carrying iml ihe maxim that nof Aisr i l'nei h the attention of e great man ,' and we left hit , impressed wilh the great goodness cf hia heart ." A Hard CcrrencV. A Vera Cruz lcit er writer says: 'In conversing with one of the di cers from Perote, 1 waa told that soap waa u rd as a legal tender and indeed preferred to s i' ver. The aoap is made into cake of the viluo of m cent end a half, and the cakes are a'ampw d ami pass freely hence, no doubt, the vxut aaiun, 'out of voap,' &c. Wutatt ia OU i'U.,Tbi great fiddler haa not been lie,,-d of fa, more lhan y jar past. Neither U't flof nwther U received "', ''uteUtger.ca from bim. Miltoi wrote sows of h m'Mtli eneou.po- ms before he was 20 years old. How mwiy. yoong men of tht preot day ar d-Ungui-h. ing thtmaeWei u d;d Milton r
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