urt-G amd .nport,Tw r mow MRXIVO.
Safety 0f C.1 rV.thW GmmaiU Rumori of
Peace Captor of Own Valencia and Tor
rejonend other Mexican Officer Attempt
t Insurrection in the City of MrtTo 8klr
miab between the Ranger and Guerrilla
Supposed 0 tthi of. JVl're Jirauta ;Pcne , y
Pens again President, &o. &c. n . , r
Thn 0, S Hf8nii.hip E.liib. rCtp; Cu !lrd.
arrived from Vera Cut, which plaoe aha lift
on the SOih. i The most important feature of
the intelligence by thin arrival relates to, the
rumor of pence and an attempted inurrectiuo
in the city of Mexico. ' ,
Col Wither'a oommanl, about , which our
last advice loft some anxiety on the public
mind, arrived in safety it Real del Monte. '
A detachment tinder Col. Wynlrnnp captu
red Gen.. Valencia and bin aid, and Col. Arista,
at the hacif nda of the former, Tepijaco, on the
In inst Col. Wjrnknop wa in pursuit of J
rauta and Re at the time. These etcaped him
a fear hour only. Gen. Valencia and Cul. A
rtata wre released on parole.
Colonel Torrejon, Minon and Gaund were
aSortly afterward captured at Amezoca, near
Puebls, by D wiinjruez, Captain of the Mexi
can spy company in the eervice of the United
State. .
General Cidalader's command, cwwist'ng
of the 4'h Artillery, 6th. 8th a. d HiK Infim
try. left the city of Mexico on the 8d inst '
tor Toluca. The troop were in due spirit at
the prospect of active nomce once n.ore. They 1
bad reached Lerma at the last accounts, with
out moderation. '
On the 4th inst. Major Talliafero arriv. ! in
Mexico from Real del Monte with a detach
ment of the 9h Infantry and twenty rtragoons.
in charge of one hundred and fifty thuuaand did
lira in ailver bare a part of the assessment le
vied upon the State and Federal District of
Mexico.
The rumor prevailed in the city of Mexico
that the Mexican Commissioners had off-red
p'an of peace baaed upon Mr. Trial's proposi
tion at Tacubaya which had been aent on to
Washington city. The departure from the u
f imatum offered by Mr.Triat, waa supposed to
be a demand for $30 000 (MX) for the territory
proposed to be aarrendered to the United Statea.
Special Correspondence of the Picayune.
Citt or Mkxico, Dec. 1847.
You will find in one of the lettera of the gn
lleman who continueoVhia correspondence with
rou during my interposition, an account of the
capture of Gen. Vs'encia, the renowned hero of
Contrcr, and Col Arista, at the hacienda of
lonner, in this valley, by a party of Texan Rin
gers, under the commando! Col. IVynkonp, of
the Pennsylvania volunteer. From all I can
learn the expedition waa managed in the moat
soccees'iil manner, and the party came very
near laying hand on Padre Jarauta himself,
who haa been buoy in this vicinity some week.
Yesterday Dotninguex, the Captain of the
Mexican apy company, arrived with a small
mail, and brought intelligence of hie having had
a bruh with a party of the enemy' cavalry, be
tween Ojo da Agua and Napoluca. , The ca
valry he dieiperked, and took prisoner Gena
Tort' j n, Minon and Gaund, who were with
the parly, and delivered them over to Colonel
Child, at Piiebla, togi-tlier with two American
deserters, whom he found with the party. I re
gret that, in addition to throe capture, I can
not add that of G.'n. Salazar, who. rendered
himself ii.fatDou by hi cruelty, to tbe Santa
Fe prisoner. Tbe scoundrel waa in the city a
few day since, upwards of twenty-four hour,
with hi family, aod the authorities, oo learning
hia whereabouts, aent a body of aoldiera to ar
rest him. but un'ortunately be had left the city
abiut twr hour before it waa known he waa
here. .
Alt these prisoner have been liberated on
parole. The policy of liberating these men I
think extremely doubtful. On parole they can
go where they pleaae. and among their own
people can say what they pleaae, which enable
them to do u much more injury in exciting the
people to acta of hostility than it they were ne
ver taken prisoners, and Ibeir influence not con
li led to such parts of tbe country only aa they
i:oo!d muster courage to viait. Aa an instance
it proof what I aay, I am told by gentleman
ho came up with Col. Juhnaou'e train from
Vera Cruz, that on entering one of the am II
(own al this side of Poeb!a, which waa an ad
vsnlagnoiie position to resist the advance of
t'ol. Johnson, Gen. I .a Vega, taken at Cerro
U rdo, came up with the train on temporary
uirnl, addressed the first knot of hi country
men he met in the town, and asked them why
they were not up. It would b much safer to
keep these men confined here, or send them to
the United States.
It ia impossible to ay when there will be a
movement towards any of the cities still in the
iMsmession of th enemy. The commander-in-chief,
confident, perhaps, of a peace result ing
iroio the proposition, v. hub it ie said the Mexi
can Government haa made, ia not disposed to
disturb the deliberating of tbe Government at
'ueretaro by sending an expedition in that dl
- faction, or to areata new causes of animosity by
making additional conquest uoti) the result of
the proposition is knnwn, ' -..'! )
A bearer of despatehe from Waahington ar
rived yesterday with Od. Dominguei, and it i
, miblu that an onward movement may be or-
l. red If it i ordered Vrs'in,- there is liMle if
niy brnbablliiy of resiatancV: being off red' to
'ir'prnt;reM. Tln re'i ji,t at unt point, that 1
crll,'ro',Nir(Iicii'lit rriVn a ltd mi.jiajr supplies
to resist ona tbouaand of our soldiers.
I regret to aay there is great deal of aick
iua among tba four volutteer regiiuanti (rem
, . . 1 ,. ".. ' - ii .i ,iu i9am
Ifemocliy, T nfje' . anl (odlafta. hicOn.
Artier commanded to rhw eity.-,iyTha; mtaalea,
the mump, and the dirrii,rar) tbe pre?),
ling dieeaaes, and i n an averngeVoe-lHlf the
men In the four reiriment are unfit for duty.
W have newto dv from Qiierotaro. Ana
ya, who wsaeWtwf president after Smts An
na's resignation, ha gnn out of i-flice, the term
having rxpired. and Pen y.Pentv by fight of
hia office Ciiiet J(,.ire. ai preiwnt (III the va
cant chair, or ha t-n elected Preeident -lean-not
pnaifively! leant -wnfeir.W Flin'TncllneJ t-.
believe ifw, fi0Mr. , IIh Ja declared bat h4
wil pursue the pdipy of, Anaya, whp ia euppn
eed to be favoriible to pece.,r The letter, which
brings this news i dated the 8 h inl;, and ay
the Cihinet hs been reorganiXQtt by the ap,
pointment of Menof Roeaa, a Miniater of For
eign Relation, and teniuorary Secretary of the
Treasury, Kiva Slacio a Mimsti r of luetice,
and Pedro Maria Anaya aa S. cretary of. War.
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Citv or .vlexico Jan.' IS, 14S. ' .
On Monday last lh Commander in chief wa
in'ormed of a movement designed here to at
tack the quarter f the officer nf the rmy, and,
if possible, to take them prisoner or kill them.
The plan wa, that the popwlaiUi.'orso much
of it a eotild be induced to take part in the
conspiracy, should rie. ami. assisted by a bmly
of guerrillas, which were to i-nter the e ly ara
certain hour, make llieatiack. i Durn.g ll day,
the commander in-rhii-f infnrmed all the chief
officers of the inti-ndi-d stlack. deeignnted tally
Inif point for the difTV-renl regiments, and made
every disposition necessary to defeaT the inur
red ion. . At night erarcHy a Mexican w to
be seen in theMreets, stmwint; ih.it th wtm'e
population had a knowledge of whit was to he
attempted. The precaution afopfid.' it is sup
posed, preven'ed an !Ttlnp, to execute the
plan. The projectors of the inurrrption were
either blind to the i fleet nt iheir plin, or fure.
aeeing them, must have been n'terlv rrrkles
aa to the consequence which would result to
their own countrymen; for if the attempt had
been made, there is not an officer in he army,
not excepting the commander in chinl himself,
who could have re.trined the troops frum sack
ing the city.
During the night, Lieut. 8aker of the 5th
Indiana rcginvnt, commanding a patrulf, came
in aightof two carta near th I'lsixa de Torro
in tbe southeastern part uf the city, one of which,
containing one hundred stand of arms, he cap'u
red; the other he waa unable to pome op wiih
before it win plncnd in Concealment. Whether
Gen. Scott ha the name nf l lip parties who
originated the plot, or not, f do not know ; hut'
it i pretty well understood that the chief con
spirators are among the soldier of the Mexican
army, who assumed citizens'dres when our r
my entered the city, and have remained here
tnce. A few day mav r val more in relation
to the matter.
You will, perhaps, learn before this retche
you, of a similar attempt at Poebla, which the
promptitude and determination nf d.l Child
nipped in the hud.. Enclosed yon will find Col.
Child' proclamation in the Knih. D S ,
Mcxun. Jan. 13. 1843
Yesterday Col. Hay a and eome ot hi men
had brush with Padre Jarauta, at a place ral
led San J wan, some twenty or thirty milea from
here. Although the guerrillas fr rxoerfed
the Texaiie, tbey did not wait for more than the
first charge, oat fled in great rnnWon. Jarau
ta was seen to fall from hi horse, which, to
gelher With hi lance aod c'oak, fell into the
hand of Col. Hay. Ilia saddle -was bloody;
from . which it is infrrrcd that the reverend
scoundrel was killed. i- '. -'. r '
t Purlhsr HsalrsM lnillls;re.
iMttfram Ma nmrrnt Itrjit it .Xfnreh ffBut
tamtnte upon Suit Ha.
. . Pktitrsbvbo. F' b ft.
The Express thi morning bruit 'ew Or
lesna papers of tlie HOtli nit. ,
Major Price, the Paymaster of the U S. Ar
my, arrived at Matamoro rrin Camtrgonn the
lOlliult , and reported that the troops ere in
good health. The order of Gen Scott, issued
on the 15th December, al the city nt Mexico,
had been received al.Mtamoro, and Captain
Chapman had in ronaequeuce issued a circular
requiring that the duties levied on snmiale,
gowls, romnio!ities, 4 c, entering the city from
any pail ol the State, or troin any Slates within
the Republic, hall immediately cease, and all
such duties paid since the l4 of January
be refunded on lh presentaiinn of he cerlifi
rates of payment at Hit- Cd'erltu's i flice.
General Wool issued an i.nler al Monterey
nnlheRth ult., requiring all persons .arriving
there to report themselves to rh Governor sod
to give their names for registration. AUo, re.
quiring merehants to exhibit their invoices, and
a failure to comply with thi will subject their
goods to seizure and coulWatwn for th benefit
of th United Stales , . ,
Lieut. Franklin, of th Topographical Engi
neera, left Monterey on the 13ib ulL Jiiat aa
he wsa starting, an expresa waa received from
Sallllln, ataling that report bad reached Col.
Ilamtranck, in command there, that ten thou
sand men, under General Boata merit", were
marching' npn Rattillo ' But little credit waa
attached In lh report. Ott troop there were
in. good condition and willing to be attacked,
whenever lb enemy may think it beat to make
the experiment
Cm.eorosn in ta V A a air Tba Sur
geon General of lbs army of tb CJuitrd States
bat forwarded t supply of Chlorolorro to the ar
mies of tbe United States, for Hospital fair pole.
THE AMERICAN.
imrdaw, tTtbnarf IS, 1948. .
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tmtt mnt tnkee, nmrr nfHit'ttnii Clirmnit
sMrsMN f reer, VNIte Vritr, H. i;tinr ttnl.
ttmm-f find t Virerl at., ttalUmorf, asrf.U 16
Male Sltret, Vfom, re mnthmrtttd re sicf m
Jtfrmti rat rrtrlftt far mfl m4r fr tkim
eWce, fnr mbucriptlmn mr aurerUsIa-. . . , .
t E. IV. CAIiRj corner of Third and Dork
Strrrl', Situ Biiii.f'.. ofpoife Mrrchnnlt'
Exchange, Philadelphia, it aUn atil hnritrd to
m-l at our Ag'Ht. . -if - ' ;
. vFOR PRESIDENT, . '
CSen. ZIIAIIY TAVI.OIt.
Oemoca-allc Central Taylor Coiu
niltlee .. ,.-.. . ,
Hon John C Bncber. of Dauphin county ... - -Hon
John M Read, of Philadelphia city "
Hon Richard Vanx' ' ' do " do ' '
Robert Allen, Em.' -.do ,,)do .".,
Andrew Miller, Eo, Philadelphia rontity
Samuel t Patterson Esq Montgomery county
Franklin Vsiixanf. Eq. Bucks county ' "
Joseph J Lewis Esq Cheater county
Dr William Gray, Delaware county
tlenrv V" Smith, E'J Berk county
Hon Ellis Lewis, Lancaster county ' '
Charles W Hearina. Eq Northumberland co
Hon John Snyder. Uliiuti county ,, ..
t'ol Jdinn Itiirnniile, Centre emmty
Robert .t Fisher. Eq York county
Oliver Watson, jr Esq Lycoming county
(en J. K Morehead. AUceheuy rnunly (l
t'ol Israel Painter, Westmoreland county
Thomaa J Power, Esq IVaver i-oimty '
Hon Edward Herrirk, Bradfonl county
Hendriek B Wright, Erq L"Z-rne county . (
Pranris W. ihizhei, F.q Sc huylkill county
James L. Gillia. Eq Elk county
James Peacock. Esq of Dauphin county
Hon William Dock
Gen Simon Cameron
Benjamin Park, Esq
Gn Christian Seller
Philip Dougherty, Esq. ,
O. Barrett. Erq.
Frencia C Canon, Eaq.
James Brsdy. Esq. -Edward
A. Lesley, Eaq.
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C7" Smow Last Sstvrday nmrning old mo
ther Earth appeared in a new auit of anow-wbit
robe. When ihe drew on her night dip in th
evening, her fare waa exceedingly dirty and di
afreeable, and her whole appearance was aloven
ly in the extreme. Mich to our surprise and
delight, she glided from her covering ol dsrkness
sa pure and pntlei a if fresh from the hand of
her great Architect. We congratulate Father
Winter and Jack Frost on their auccea. They
appear to have overslept tbemtelvra thia year,
and have juat shakrn off Ibeir lethargy bnd gone
into tbe cold weather buaineaa with a will. The
laal two montha have been more like tbe ansa
mndie efforta of old winter in combat with jrnong
spring, than th overpowering of autumn by lb
icy grasp of yoang and vignroua winter.-.We
ar rejoiced that be baa at length aroused him
self, and hope be will keeps deep anil of whit
on , Mother Earth, during tbe remainder of bia
reign. ,-, .. , , ., . . ,, ......
K7" Wmn Nat ion l CoavsaTio The whif
membeia of Congreaa held a raurua on' the 3d
intt' ' 'They decided on meeting at Indt-pendence
Hall, in the rify of Philadelphia, on the 7th day
of June next. " " ' '
MaattAinU. S. Saaatna The election of
United Slate Senator waa gone into by tbe Mary
land, Legislature, and the Hon. James Alfrerl
Tearce waa duly chosen, to aerve for aix yeara
from tbe 4tb March, :8I9
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A N'ew1 CA"ninTK ia th Ftei n Tbe Whip
of Fauquier county, in Virginia have met to ap
point delegatea to the Whig Stat Convention of
the?2d Febtoary. They have nominated Mr
Andrew itewart, of Pennsylvania, the cbampina
of the protective ytem. a their Vice President.
SiMixTANKors TsMi-caaaca MaBtjaca. Tb
friand of th tempeiance. cause should remem-.
ber tbat Ihe period i approaching for the annual
aimultaneoua temperance meetinga, throughout
the country. Tbe twenty aecond ol this month
ia the time for holding them, and arrangement!
in arcoidance have been ma do in Phi la city and
county. These meetipga have greatly promoted
the cause of tempeiance. and the revival of them
will give a renewed impulse to tbe work.' They
will doubtless b well attended.
f'HKAr Post! A public meeting ha been
held in Rnaton in reference to (heap postage, and
tb meeting earn to Ihe conclusion that tbe rate
of postage ought to beat folio wet Two eenta
on each ball-ounce letter, if pre-paid, and double
poalag if not prepaid t ana cent oa all newspa
pers, and a lik rata of pottag on other printed
matter. ...... ,
Tna laeN Taana Tbe Pudlrt employed st
tb Pbu-mxville Rolling Mill, held s meeting a
few day ago, to lake into eoneideration, tba pro
poaad reduction of their wag, of which oa
month' . notice had beeaj giveo than) by tb
Company.., A reduction if wage baa been ef
fected ia soon of tbe machine abnp of PotUville
borautb.. - : ,
No TbxaTT or Pc Mr.'BBcbanan baa ela
ted, moat unqualifiedly, that no treaty of peae
baa been received at Washington, and tbat no
project or memoranda on tb subject baa been
received from Mexico. " v -' '
i ArvothT(HT .sr th Covibnob -Charles
Fialey, la ba Associate Judge of Schuylkill coun
ty. Gcerg G Leiper, to be Aasociat Judge for
Delaware county.
p. The firpvtl of the Ciory tiiri.- ,r
A bill haa beea Introdoced into th House, to
repeal the existing law fixing tbe legal rate of
Interest at par cent, per month. Thi bill pro
pose to make any rat of Interest legal which
ibt'lefcjef tilay cjose t; fxct, providing, how
ever, that' w here' no agreement' exists tbat th
present rate of 0 per cent. Is to ba legal. It at
o allow intcreat. upon latere!, er what cal
led compound in'ereat. We supposed from the
tone of some of the Philadelphia paper last au-
tunW'Tfcat- soeb' t mea'airtie"'woS.M' W brought
1 before tb Jegialature durinf tb present seMiew,
and from the fa,ct, of,i;a beng ,rommended by
'b ,cityjipera and; introduced by a member
from ll.at place, we, may fairly infer that il is a
rcbeme hatched up bvthe money lenders of that
city, to extort enormous fntereal from.unfortiin.
ale individual without mVing themi-ive lit
hie to legal animadversion ' Vdat makes our
inferenre more probable i, that the bill express,
ly exclude bank from the privilege of legally
plundering the poor. i. m m.
The principal, and Indeed the only plausible
argument 'broaght forward in 'support' of tbe
measure is, that money ') a' commodity whose
value fjnefttate. and benceit la impolitic for its
prie to be fixed by law. That money I more
scree r tone rim than another, is trnr ; but Ibis
doee not Inereaae ita real value. The cause of
pressure in the money market arisea in a great
measnr from lb diminution of capita', by ex
poitation of specie from, the country, not, a tbe
supporter of the repeal of the usury law say,
because capitalists are unwilling to invest ibeir
money at a return of six per cent. Lending
money at 8 or 10 per cent , does not increase the
amount of capital in the country. The very
mn who eause the fluctutitiona in the money
market, are the money lendera and brokers.
The latter ir the" originator of every panic
which ba distressed tbe rouhtrv for year.' A
mart bad better Invent bl money at 5 or even 3
per cent., than keep it idle. The lendera ol
money on bills payable at abort period, oueht
rnt to be protected by a higher- rate of interea!
than thoee who lend on leal security. The for
mer always reqnire tbe endorsement of a respon
sible person, and the risk is no greater. Besides,
he csn call in his money almost immediately if
he see fit, vi bich cannot be den where money
is lent on mortgage. .
Wbat will be the result of raiaing tb value
of money T Wilt it increase buaineaa ? Must
not the trader, whose capital is borrowed at 10
per cent ,' eell hia warea at 4 per cent, higher
than be who borrow at the present rate of inter
est, in ordtr to equalise his profits?1" The land
holder 'will aufTerj for who will invest bis
money in land, when, by taking advantage of the
wanta of necessitous borrowers, he may receive a
higher profit than can possibly be produced from
land. Th results ofthe -passage ofthisbill will
be moat dieaatrooa'. ' No benefit will be gained
by any but the lender, and there wilt be no limit
to the amount of interest tbat he will consider
necessary to cover his risk; for tbe higher the
rste, the more difficult will it be for tbe borrow
er to repay. . Again, they aay th present law ia
of no effect; that, dishonest men do, and will
avoid it. Ia thia a reaaon wby tbe , law should
be repealed It only prnvea that the restric
tions imposed on dishonest and rapacious men
ar not sufficiently stringent. . Because a law ia
frequently broken, it ia not to be repealed. Far
the reverse. , Aa well might all law be at once
abrogated. If certainty of punishment followed
every breach ofthe usury laws, w would toon
be freed from a race of extortioner whose God
is gold, and whode!ht ia to enrich themselves
on the ruin ofothera.
Six per cent, is a sufficient compensation for
the nse of money in a commonwealth like ours,
where the administration of wholesome law
reduce Ihe'risk of the creditor, by rendering the
rerovery nf hia claims easy and certain ' There
are men in Ihe community, whom it ia necessary
to restrain by law from taking advantage ofthe
wanta of olbera men who, by their own avarice,
make money scarce by hoarding it until tbey
can realiM enormous profit,, and who would,
when money ia plenty," never content to al
low it price to depreciate. . It ia or tb benefit
of such men that tba repeal of tbe law of 1733 i
asked. The Legialature must oppress million,
place tba honest and unfortunate in the grasp
ing fingfta of the rich capitalist, to shield and
gratify a set of Sby locks, . Tbe rights of tbe poor
should be protected. Law is not made alone
for tbe wealthy, aa tbey wiab and seem to ima
gine. We hope Ibe legialature w ill reject Ihia
bill. It dissslrous effect csn not be calculated;
for it ia imposkible to aay where' Ibe unrestrain
ed deairea of th covetous will atop. ' Thia mea
sure, a we have said, originated in Philadelphia,
among a set' of men who imagin that their city
ia tbe state.'and that tb Interest of th country
rebut a drop in the bucket when in conflict
with tbeir own. If there i any alteration to be
mad in our financial affair, it should be the
abolition of Board of Broker. Tbey are the
occasion of rb majority of tb fluctuation in the
money market. Tbey hold in tbeir power tb
reputations of all our tnonied inetitutiorta. Tbey
can shake lb credit of our soundest Banks, sad
exercia this powei for" tbeir own cods. ...The
fmaace of Ihe country is in Iheir hands ; and for
the proofs of the us they make of their power,
w need only reUrour readers to Ibeir reports of
the money market for the last year. Let tbe
people remember, that it is for these speculators
that th repeal of tb usury laws is asked, and
with this knowledge, comment la unnecessary. '
-' ' -:,,..-...-?..
Nv,i. Com S!oat took commar.d of tbe
Navy Yard and atatfon at Portsmouth, Ye., on
Thuraday week, in place of Com. Kearney,'?
leaved at bis own request. " : : - "
Cot. FatnoaT.-It if anderalood that tb
Court Martial, in Iba Case of Col, Fremont, bav
found him guilty merely of a disobedience ofof
di N0 dout tbe Preiideot will icmit tbe
iatne
Extract f i Utter from thi Editor, dated
' M ( H'aiM,Feb 9. 1849.
; Tber is less life arid Interest at Ibis place this
winter, tblif there hia been Tor some yeara past.
The reaaon, I presume, Is, that there are few or
no bills of any gieat public interest before the
legialature, to bring together borers, without
whom legislation is but a dull business. Te Se
mite, fsw days since, passed a bill by a vote ot
It to 11, to amend tbe constitution aoa to allow
tbe people to elect their judgei'i I would pot be
surprised to tee I' become a law. and the ennstf.
lotion thus amended especially a a great dal of
difficulty and .dissatisfaction has extstd witb'ir
Ihe last few yeara between the Governor and Ihe
Senate. 'Besides, the State ot. Vew V.rk has a
dopted the" system, yhicb will favor tbe idea
with m$nf;y. -.' - - ;,'.,
: Governor -Shoiik'a lealth ia considered in a
very prerarion state. Hia constitution, ir is
aid, ia not afrong, and he ia gradually sinking
with Ibe weight of years a welt a care. Still,
he may live for year .Should the Governor ei
fortunately be removed from thi wicked and
troublesome world we ha!l have to aubmit to a
whig administration until the next election, aa
Mr. Williamson, the Speaker ol tbe Senate,
would, in that caae. be the Governor.
In Congress there haa been considerable at ir
Mr. Wilmot made a speech, in which he came
down on Old Father Ritchie like a hail atorm.
quoting Geh. Jackson at aotbority, who. he said,
pronounced him one ofthe greatest scoundrels
of thenge Mr. Ritchie replied In very strong
language, in bia paper, the day following.
Mrstirs in Poitivili.b About miiiuignt, on
Sunday Ust, aome tort of momentary collision
occurred between Jacob Garret and a young man
named Bertsh. in the street. It was but an in
stant, and. Garret waa mortally atabbed a! the
head of the apinal column or bate of the brain.
It wat done ao quickly, that two persons in com
pany could not observe the act The wounded
man ran about one hundred yards, fell anJ soon
expired Theaupposed petpetrator was arreated
and held to bail.
TnxNsw Hock Basix. Tbit preciout concern,
which exploded aome half doxeo timea before it
finally buret, baa had its remains examined by
the New Jersey Legislature. When the commit
tee of tbe legialature viaited tbe place where
thia institution is located, tbe only funds or, hand
to redeem their worthleaa issues, 'waa one hun
dred and fifty coppers. A depositor wanted the
penniea, but he waa told they were wanted by
the bank to pay toll. What an enorrr.ons toll
these fellows bave been charging the public for
taking their rag during the last six or seven
years ! .';-
A Vein of stone coal has been discovered near
Nazareth, at a place called Black Rock How
rich the vein is, as to thit-kneat and quantity,
cannot be a-en at yet. Should it prove to be
great, it would be a considerable benefit to the
village of Nazareth, at it ia only aeven milea to
Easton, where it could be shipped on the canal,
for either Philadelphia or New York.
Ths Cai k or t Wab Gen Pierce, in hi
remark at the reception given to him in Boston,
stated that while in the city of Vexieo be con
versed daily and freely about the war with Mex
icans of all professions, and did not find one who
attributed it commencement on the prt of Mex
ico to any question of boundary. The army was
raised and aent forth for the purpose of reconque
ring th whole of Teias. Intelligent Mexieens
laughed at the disenssiona in the Whig pap-rs
about tbe ' boundary, although tbey furnished
good material for proclamations to b ent among
th ignorant portion ofthe Mexican people.
Ei.ecTiow or U. S Sbnaiob Pierre Soule
(Dem.) haa been elected to the U. S. Senate by
the Legialature of Louisiana, for aix yeata, from
the 4th of Match next, when the term of Hon.
Henry Johnson (Whig) will expire. Tbe choice
was effected on the third ballot, Soule receiving
fi8, and Duncan F. Kenner Whig) 61. Mr
Soule made a very favorable impreasion opon the
country at f be last aestion of Congress.
low UaairaatiRTCD. Iowa is likely to go
unrepresented againia tb U. S. Senate, in con
sequence of tbe violence of party feeling in the
Legialature, A letter from Iowa city aay aa
attempt to go into an election had again failed.
GaaxBAt, Scoit. It ia ascertained beyond a
doubt, tbe Washington Whig says, that General
Scott ha been recalled at bia own request, and
be will return immediately after the adjourn
ment of the Court of Inquiry, - which baa been
changed from Perot to Puebla.
A Goon Movmbwt A bill baa beea intro
duced into th New Jersey Legialature "for th
preservation of newspapers." wbieb authorise
thaclrrka of counties to subscribe and preserve
in a bound form all tba newspapers published ia
them. No better general or local history can
be found than the newapapera, and in future
yeara as ansttrrs of reference they are invalu
able. .. ' -. 1 II : I .!
A Fiknb in IIi'man Suacx A maa near Men
don Illinois, la 'charged with starving bia own
mother to death.''' Tbe man'a name is Jcase R.
Hull, and tbe atatement ia, that for aome cause,
supposed to be merely ro release' himself of tbe
burden of keeping ber, be abut bia mother up in
a cold room, 'and kept ber without food until aha
literally atarved to death having' firet gnawed
tb paper from tba walla. 11 i "
Gbsu Prases aan.iats Waar PeuiTwa la
th course ef Gen. .PiereVe late speech at Con
cord K. H., be remarked tbat he bad to ictraet -piaioas
ba bad foraaerly eaterlsiaed and fxpr ea
sed in relation I Ibe military cedmy at Veal
point. ; He waa new of opinion that th city el
Meiice could not hav beao ntered tb way it
was, but for the science and ia:clligee in tb
military affairs ef tb officers of tb old army,
aoost ly from West Point.
(Cerraandnc f tb Public Led
raott WAtnmoToii.
M", WUmott Attatk en Afr, Buehmnan
Taylor' t LttierTht Camtpmdtnct
Wer jroortssenf. , ,'
i.WAentnOTon, FV 7,
Tber wat quite a rich -scene to day
House. Mr. Wilmot abused Father Rite
Mr. Buchanan at a furious rate, which
quite a scene!,' Mr, Wilmot, created no
sympathy ; and the attack oa Mr. Bnebai
in exceedingly bad tatte, and was receive
great displeasure by th whole Pennylvi
egation. Mr. Buchanan may bive erred
ly life ;'bu( his reputation at a atatetman
come State and National property, and a
regard for the dignity of bia own State
bave bridled Mr. Wilmot'a tongue, andi
him to the subject matter of hta remark
Buchanan i not the let a great ' man
Pennsylvania ha twin, and a man ma
Dallas or Cass, or even Tan Buren, wit
trading from the merit of bim who ha i
much t the proud position which Penn
now hold in the bright galaxy of thi
Thia bedaubing a man after quarrelling
i a orry eight in the eyea of a respects
pie, and will al way recoil on the per
of tbe offence. It degrade no one but I
resort to auch mean to revenge bimt
instead of adding to the strength of b
furnishes the moat conclusive argume
gard to ite weakness But enough for t
nt of Mr Wilmot.
Geneie' Taylor' letter is still the le:
pV nf conversation, and is variously cot
upon, though in the majority of cases fa
The asperity ol tbe last sentence is re.
cused. considering that he had just done
manfully in the field and filled the' me
hia country' glory, when he received
from the War Department, which led h
tber justly or unjustly ia immaterial ) Ic
elusion that the administration had w
from him it confidence. Men after a b
especially after the battle auch aa Bus
wat, are not apt to consider things as
lawyera and weigh their words with t
of a diplomate. Taylor, barring the at
Utter, ia "Rough and Ready" in rega
idea it convey, and, from a tingle a
of theae, aeema to have called for "mo
than wat necessary.
To day, the whole correspondence ol
Scott and Taylor with the War Depar
been called far in the Honae, and will
be furnished by th President. On thi
the administration will have lest hetit
in regard to the instructions given to
and other mattera . relating to our I
with Mexico. Gen. Scott, it will be I
not been at guarded in hia writing t
tiout in hia military movement. He
ed in hop-a of being soothd. and seen
considered himself not only at the ch
only inttrotnent through which the a
tion could act.- He asked for his reca''
nf being persuaded to remain, and waa
awered, that be abould bave hia with
thia ahould be compatible with the pub
and auit the pleaaure of the President
General Scott, at I a1 ways wrote you,
I y recalled and not merely auspended.
ter term ia merely expressive of the
there are reasons for his recall. Tl
Inquiry will bring theae to light, and
G-neral Scot t'a direct defeoee waa nc
but an assumption of diplomatic po
Scott, in a word, advUtd Mr. Trist. at
ter was recalled, to entertain the Mi
position of peace, and he became thu
the authorl or at least ro operator in t
tion. Gen Scott bad no authority U
is anawerabl for tbe act ; but the adn
will not be rigorous in regard to bin
tent itaelf with making out the charge
drawing Gen. Scott from the eomrt
army. . .
The Hooa ia now determined to t
miniatration by the inch, and the twi
tiea of the country will soon be oppot
other lik Ibe two poles of the ma
iasu at tbe next Presidential election
will be one of broad principle, will
cbanc for the occupation ef an it
coors between tbe two.
Rumor of th probable ratificat
Triat'a treaty by Ihe Mexican Congrr
etaro bave reached Washington ; bu
not be surprised to e Commissioner
i by both Gevernmant to meet at Ik
ahould th treaty be rejected. O
Canada Tbe Canada papers
give out intimations of annexation
United State, which, whether done
tlias Conservative party or not, she
probability ot such r-tep forma a
thought in the minds nf a number,
real Courier even goes an far aa to
paration Irora the mother country,
tablishment of a republic, or annex
United States, are questiona which
political parties ia Canada. Demo
evident, ia making slow but aure
ihat country, and one day will probe
wbat appears now I be only politic
Ta WntAT Caor r 1647, Aeco
returns aoade to the Pateat Office,
crpp of 1 647 was 1 1 1,336.600 of bab
te M.J63.00O barrets ef tour, ee c
betrefe mors than In 1846, and pnor
barrel of toug for every man, wena
in the United Ctat, ,
OBXortt latroat eg BBtAPSTTrra
mated officially bat daring the yar
months, between Jane S6, 18 16, and
i, 1647, Great Britiaa bad to import
te tba Cpro3oiis amount' of thirty th
and a half of pounds sterling ! say t
md tirty-Jtve milKcmt of dollar t .'