JJEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Thursday, July 2, 1846. Terms, $2,00 in advance: $2.25, null ycaily: and $2,50 if not paid bcfoiethe end of the vear. Q7 V. B. PALMER, Esq. is the Agent for this paper at his office of real estate and Country Newspaper agency in Philadelphia, North-West corner of Third and Chestnut streets ; Tribune buildings, Nassau St., N. Y.; South Kast corner of Baltimore and Calvert sis., Halttmorc, and No. 12, State street, Hoston. Mr. Palmer will receive and forward subscriptions ami advertisements for the Scff'ersonian Republican. Messrs. MASON J- TUTTLE, at 38 William street, New York, are also our authorized Agents, to receive and forward subscriptions and adver tisements for the Republican. Democratic Wliijj Candidate. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, JAMES M. POWER, OF MERCER COP.VTV. Iii consequence of the indisposition of our assistant, there was no paper issued from litis office last week. We hope this will be re ceived as a sufficient apology for our delin quency. The Whigs of Delaware have nominated Peter F. Causey for Governor, and John W. Houston, present incumbent, for Congress. The Army in Mexico. The following ap pears to be a just estimate of the force now upon the Rio Grande, under command of Maj. Gen. Taylor : U. S. Regulars, 3,500 ; Louis iana volunteers, 4,500 ; Texas, 750 ; Alabama, 750 ; Kentucky, 750 ; Missouri, 750 ; Total, 11,000. The time for the organization and reception of volunteers in this State, has been extended, by an order of the Adjutant General, to the 1th instant. TIic August Interest. The State Treasurer expresses confidence in the ability of the State to meet the August payment of interest on the public debt. This is good news. The people are paying up their taxes with a prompitude that is highly com mendable. Harrisburg Intelligencer. The Philadelphia Ledger oui-Herod's Herod in its bitterness towards Gen. Scott. The Lo cofoco prints fall far in its rear in this particu lar. The ariicle upon this subject in Wednes day's issue is absolutely disgraceful to the writer. Had he ransacked the whole vocabu lary of Billingsgate he could not have combined more coarseness and vituperation in the same 6pace. Fortunately, the Ledger's masked Lo cofocoism is so well known as to deprive it of thepotm" of injuring the honored Hero of Chip pewa. Lancaster Tribune. Peace. The editor of the N. Y. Tribune, writing from Washington, says : " 1 hare a gratifying report that there is a prospect of peace with Mexico before the end of next month." The Washington correspondent of the Phil adelphia North American, says: " Although it is not my habit to repeat ru mors, one came from the White House to the Senate Chamber this morning, and was there repeated by the Vice President, which looks improbable, but yet may have some foundation. It was to the effect, that a secret negotiation is now going on for terminating the war with Mex ico. I give it without comment or endorsement of any eort. The public must judge for itself. I think it was stated in some of the recent in telligence, that an incog agent from Mexico was supposed to have arrived in the United States." To which the N. Y. Exproes adds : " The Truxton, from Norfolk, carried out Mr. Slidell Mackenzie as a passenger to Mexico, no doubt with some Tiew to consulting on this Mexican business with Santa Anna, or Al monte. His instructions were kept secret, but , enough leaked out in Norfolk to have it sus pected that such was the object of his mission." The ravages of the Hessian Fly in portions of Now Jersey, are said to be very great. In the, neighborhood of Rahway, the entire wheat crop seems likely to be cut off. The shells used by the artillery, on the 8th and 9ih of May, had each 72 musket balls in them ! Death of a Member of Congress. W x.fcxet o notice the decease of the Hon. Rich -md P. Herrick, M. C, from Renssellaer coun - fy, iewyork. He died in Washington on the SOthj of cbtigebtive" fever.' Movements of the Enemy. A t.ew paper has been started at Matamoras by the Yankees, the object of which is to in' duco the Mexicans in TamauKpas and the ad- joining States to break their allegiance" to the Mexican Government and join that of the Uni ted Stales. It is entitled "Republic of the Rio Grande and Friend of the People." The fol- lowing ariicle from the second number gives ' the current news respecting the movements of : the Mexican forces : " Movements of the Enemy. A traveler from Tampico met a Government carrier be- tween that place and Victoria, about ten days ago, hunting for the Mexican Army, for whom j ho bore orders, he said, to retreat upon Tarn- pico. This would seem to indicate that the Government consider the day as definitely lost in this quarter, or were unable to reinforce their army sufficiently to enable it to stand anothor battle, and were collecting Its fragments for the defence of Vera Cruz. The port of Tampico was not blockaded, as vessela were eniering and departing, though an American sloop of war the St. Marys was in sight. Mr. Schaizeland the other Ameri cans, who were so rudely driven from Mata moras by Ampudia, had reached Tampico in safety, though shaken in health by their forced journey of ihree hundred miles. They took . shipping on the 33d ult. for this place, where I they may be hourly expected. In. order that friends abroad need not be ap prehensive as to the troops stationed here suf fering for the absolute necessaries of life, we shall inform them that of all things necessary to subsist so large a body, there is a sufficiency and to spare; besides, scarcely any of the del icacies which our Southern cities present but what can be obtained here in abundance. Eggs, milk, poultry, fresh beef, and a vatie ty of vegetables are constantly huckstered round by the Mexicans among our troops, and though the rates they impose upon us are rather ex orbitant, they are cheerfully paid, as an in ducement for them to continue their supplies. Coffee and eating-houses, under the supervi sion of Americans, are becoming numerous throughout the city ; and taking all things to gether barring the fleas Matamoras is no bad place to live in. Arista's retreat will doubtless continue to the mountains. After losing the day with five to one at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, it is not likely that he will make another stand on the plains. Gen. Taylor takes the field with so overwhelming a force, and so admirably equipped in that terrible arm, the light artille ry, that it would be madness to the enemy to fioht aain, whore defeat would bo certain and retreat impossible. Montery is the first position of any natural strength, and it also commands the entrance of the mountain pass to Saltilla. It is there, in all probability, that Arista will make his great effort, which the importance of the object, his wounded pride, and the advantages of the ground, will all conspire to make a brilliant but a bloody day in the history of this war. We understand that Canales is at Olmitos Rancho, five leagues on this side of Reynosa, levying contributions upon the people, and plun dering them of all their mules and other mova ble properly. He has closed the road and in tercepts all communications from this direction, treating all those who are suspected of coming from this place with the greatest harshness." Encouraging the Rising Generation. At a recent examination of a district school, in Maine, among the visitors was the worthy and very eccentric Parson B., who, after asking many questions, calculated to show the profi- Cieucy UI Hie scuuiao, CAi-icaaeu ins tiauutu-, ' " ' r .i i. i j t.: . ! .. nnna.-Mt I rt r n-t at rt VI rl AvtiArtnil I V n l ' . , ,, ., , 1 r 41 riAVm?ir n ml tmi r!tnnnl Fall flf ftllPPPtC 1 3 , , . some oi yuu may yei uiuko t uaijiuMuua, J ... . J .. , . Franklins or Websiers, all of you can make Polks 1" Potatoes. Mr. Secretary Walker, in his schedule A. accompanying his report which we publish to-day, expects to increase the revenue SI 50.000 by reducing the duty on potatoes from ten cents a bushel to 30 per centum! What! will ihe locofocos never be satisfied till the farmers of Europe supply our Atlantic cities with voimoesl--Honesdalc Democrat. Mortaliti or the flies. The flies ap- pear to be affecied in iho ,same manner they were last summer, and are dying off in great numbers. Wherever a wet or damn place is to be found, they congregate, and afterwards swell tip and " burst." Baltimore American. The Washington, Pa. Reporter says thai ihe locusts are fast disappearing from that neigh boihood. Great injury has been done to the fruit trees, and especially to the young orchards. Gen. Scott and the President. The President, in compliance with a resolu tion of the Senate has communicated the cor- respondence between Gen. Scott and the War Department with regard to the Army against Mexico. From this correspondence, which our limits will not permit us to publish, we glean the following t Immediately after Congress authorized the raising of Volunteers, the Presi- dent verbally assigned ihe command to Gen. Scoit, who immediately devoted himself to the business of this department. Before these preparations were completed, he was urged by the Secretary of War, contrary to previous ar- rangements, to proceed immediately to the Rio Grande, and take the command, stating that great dissatisfaction prevailed in high places in consequence of the delay. Gen. Scott declined superceding Gen. Taylor in the command of ihe Army of Occupation, but was ready to take command of the new forces raised by order of Congress, as soon as they could be mustered into the field. Immediately after this determi- nation on the part of Gen. Scott, the Secretary of War introduced a Bill into the Senate author izing the appointment of two additional Major Generals, and four Brigadier Generals. Gen. Scott, supposing this movement to be an at tempt on the part of the Administration to get rid of him, and with the characteristic of an in- jured soldier, wrote a very sharp and hasty let- ter to the Secretary of War, in which he made use of the following language : " Against the ad captandum condemnation of all other persons, whoever may be designated for the high command in question, there can be no reliance (in his absence) other than the ac tive, candid, and steady support of his govern ment. If I cannot have that sure basis to rest upon, it will bo infinitely better for the country (not to speak of my personal security) that some other commander of the new army should be selected. No matter who he may be, he shall, at least, be judged and supported by me, in (his offico and everywhere else, as I would desire, if personally in that command, to be judged and supported. My explicit meaning is, that I do not desire to place myself in the most perilous of all po sitions a Jire vpon my rear from Washingon, and the Jire in front from the Mexicans. It was distinctly admitted, and laid down as a basis, in the interviews I had the honor to hold with the President and yourself upon the subject, that a special army of some thirty thousand troops, regulars, and twelve months' volunteers, would be necessary for the march against, and the conquest of a peace in, Mexico. I adhere to that opinion." He also goes into the details and asserts that that number of troops cannot be collected at the various points to invade Mexico much before the first of September, and that it is unnecessa ry for him to assume the command of the Army before that period, and winds up with the fol lowing noble sentiments, which will meet with a hearty response in the heart of every patriot in the country : " It is always unjust to a junior General wh.o has done well, and is supposed to be doing well, to supercede him by a General of higher rank, without sending by the latter corresponding re inforcements. I should esteem myself the un happy instrument of wounding the honorable pride of the gallant and judicious Taylor, if or dered to supersede him under different circum stances." In another letter Gen. Scott says: " I think my preliminary and necessary oc cupation may be ended here (say) three days j more, when premising that after the groat and , brilliant victories of the gallant Taylor, (of which i we have recently heard,) I should be ashamed t i r i i r In annnrciinii him no nrn Ihn nrrivo lit rnmnn. i 1 tent reinforcements to penetrate the interior o Mexico, and to conquer a peace I shall be . 1 ' ready for any instructions or orders with which t , . , , ,, the President may honor me. The President took umbrage at the letter o Gen. Scott, and directed the Secretary of War 1 10 say 10 n,m ,nal e would be continued in his ; present position at Washington. i The difficulty appears to have been created 1 by an attempt on the part of the Administration M force Gen- ScoU 10 supersede Gen. Taylor In ,,,e command oi tne Army ot Uccupaiion I contrary to previous arrangements, agreed upon by the President and Gen. Scott. Whether Gen. Scott or the Administration is to blame in ,,is business, is left for the people to judge, Miners1 Journal. War Preparations against Mexico ! A Washington letter well says" Some idea may be formed of the extent of "the contempla ted operations against Mexico, by estimates which ore being prepared at ihe proper office for the following means of transportation 2000 wagons, 4000 mules, G000 horses, and 400 ox en. These facts speak stronger than ajiy com iiient i could inaKe, FE OM THE SEAT of WAR. , Advance of onr Army into Mexico, j , , T n I he steamer Galveston arrived at New Or- eans on the 13ih ult., having on board a num - ber of officers and soldiers who were wounded , , . t t i ot i n the late conflicts near Point Isabel, oho eft Brazos Santiago on the S'h ult. It is reported that CoL Wilson, with about five hundted men. left Matamoras on the Gth ;r Reynosa, sixty miles up the river, he hav ng been ordered to lake possession of the town and the military stores, guarantying to the in-' habitants all their civil rights, and there to re-1 main until further orders. Accounts from Brasos Santiago to the 1 4 1 h ' ult. bring news of a report that the town of Reynosa, against which the expedition of Col. Wilson had started, was surrendered w ithout i resistance. In addition to the above, the Mobile Tribune says : " Camargo and Reynosa had capitulated in , advance of the movement of General Tavxor, j and he was waiting only the means of trans porting his troops up the Rio Grande to march towards them. "The main body of the regular army is on ho right bank of the river ; Capt. Desha's com mand and the Washington and Jackson rei- ments of Louisiana volunteers occupy ihe left ; bank. Governor Henderson, at ihe head of i about one thousand Texan troops, reached the banks of the Rio Grande on the lOih ult. Sev-. enteen warriors of the Tonkaway tribe of In-j dians accompanied the Texans. The sight of i these Indians created much alarm to ihe inhab itants of Matamoras and its vicinity, as they ear that Gen. Taylor will let them loose upon them. " The Alabama companies, St. Louis and Louisville legions are at Brasos island. Col. Dakin's Peyton's, Davis's, and Featherston's regiments of Louisiana volunteers are at Brasos." Correspondence of the Mobile Register. Fort Polk, Point Isabel, June 7. We march to-morrow for Burita, where we shall be stationed for a short time, and prepare or operations in the interior of Upper Mexico. Troops are arriving daily, and there is more to be feared by famine from the large accumula tion of our own forces than from an engagement with that of the enemy. The men at the Point are much debilitated by a severe dysentery, so much so as to render them almost totally unfit for service ; but few will be able to march from here to Burita. They need better water, a change of food, and more exercise. Gen. Taylor will not move into the interior until he has collected more stores, and estab lished depots along the route of march ; to do which in the hurried and pressed transactions of business will require weeks, if not months. We have here near four thousand volunteers. Montery is now filled with Mexican troops, and the road to it is through mountain passes .hat on cheap principles, about one-third of .he usu may be defended very successfully by a small al Mexican prices, but double the usual-Amert- number of the enemy. But Gen. Taylor will reduce the city to subjection if he attempts it. Both volunteers and regular army have unbound ed confidence in his sagacity, military skill, and heroism.'" They believe he can accomplish whatever he may attempt. No Fighting at Reynosa From Yucatan the Surrender of Canales Incidents of the War. The New Orleans papers, received since our last, furnish us with a few further items of in telligence from Mexico and the Army. Gen. Taylor was in good health and in fine spirits. Reynosa was taken without a blow by Col. Wilson. A deputation from the citizens of Reynosa wailed on Gen. Taylor to give up the town. On their return they were imprisoned, but released by Col. Wilson. Gen. Taylor expresses tho opinion that there will be no fight with the Mexican people this side of tho city of Mexico. The reports of troops concentrating at Monterey is not cred ited at Matamoras. A false alarm was raised a few days since at Brasos Santiago, that three hundred Mexi cans had landed at that place. The Kentucky Lfgion and Featherston's regiment turned out to meet tho invasion. Much confusion ensued, but tho alarm turned out to be a false one, and the invading army some 300 mules. Capt. Page is doing well, and will be in N. Orleans in a few days. Maj. Armstrong and Col. Mcintosh are slow ly recovering. YUCATAN INDEPENDENT. By the arrival of the schooner Joaquijva at New Orleans, on the 20th inst. the Picayune learns that ihe Legislature at Meiida, had de clared the Independence of Yucatan, and its disseverance from the Mexican Republic. It is intended now to appoint Senor Barbeena the acting Yucatan President of the Republic of Hie "TIIKKE STARS," Some of ,ho mosl influen,ial c" f yu- catan have not hesitated to express their hope , . . r ,, that tn two. or three years from the prosent . ,. , . , , , inn. ii nnt VaUra Ihnv umulil sph tnimn trims 1 1 tal - ir. nHflorl In ihn taut f nrrnasincr mi mhH T I nn ' ... . , i are now crowding into uie uuinier ui hib aiars , . . , . , . .aiiu stripes ol me united oiaies. The U. S. Brig Somers was the only vessel of War off the Port. Every thing was quiet. RUMORS, INCIDENTS, &c. A party of the Tonkewa Indians, 17 in num ber, followed the Texan volunteers to General Taylor's camp. Their appearance in Matamo ras created great consternation among the Mex- icans, as they had heard a report that they were engaged by General Taylor to commit depreda- lions, and that ihey numbered several hundreds or thousands. The Mexicans have acted bru- tally towards those frontier tribes, and they in return are eager to retaliate. The fpars of the Mexicans were greatly relieved when they learned iherc wero but setenteen roving In- dians, and that they would not be employed by Gen. Taylor against them. Duringihe bambardment of Fort Brown there was a woman in iho Fort, the wife of one of the prh'ates, who regularly and attentively, the whole time, plied ihe men at the guns with cof fee and other refreshments, while they plied the Mexicans with shot. She gave Uncle Sam's buys gunpowder (tea) while they helped the Mexicans to some grape. Where the shot flew thickest, there was she; and she frequent- ly lit a soldier's segar from an exploded shell. She is a large athletic woman, having a framo well proportioned to her big, generous heart. She is now the favorite of-lhe whole army, and being a native of Indiana, the soubriquet every where attaches to her of the " Great Wes tern." At the dinner given to the delegation from the State Legislature, ihe Great Western was toasted with all the honors, although ex posure to the sun has made her already brown. When ihe "brave" General Ampndia reached Matamoras in his retreat from Resaca de U Palma, a beautiful Seuora of the city was the first he met. " My men," ho said " madam," speaking of course in his vernacular, "my men have all fled from the field!" " Senor," she said, dropping her heavily fringed eye-lids "Senor, yourself, I should judge, did not re main long behind them." Among the trophies brought from Gen. Tay lor's camp by the Legislative Committee, were six or eight spears or lance, about the samo number of escopetas or carbines, a number of swords and cutlasses, a large box of shell., balls, &c, which were taken from ihe Mexi cans and deposited in Fori Brown. Tho high price of cotton goods in Matamo ras, owing to the Mexican TarilT, is well known. Several enterprising "yankees," since General Taylor has taken possession of the city, have moved in,' opened stores, and are selling goods can Prices- II is an a3'-S scene 10 wl,ess the crowd around these stores, composed of the mixed people of the ciiy. Finely dressed women, rancheros, naked indians and negroes, all eager to purchase goods, and jabbering good, bad and indifferent Spanish, with a ra pidity truly appalling to a phlegmatic Anglo American. The Mexican families and citizens have principally returned to Matamoras, reassured by the protection and quiet which Gen. Taylor has afforded them. Extraordinary Malformation. We were informed yesterday of the most ex traordinary freak of nature we have ever had occasion to record, being the birth of a living child with the heart outside the chest. This remarkable phenomenon in the history of hu man, nature is an absolute and indisputable fact, however unlikely it is to meet with cred ibility on tho part of the public. The heart is entirely outside of the body, and destitute oC any pericardium; thus even without this nature al protection it is protruded from the externa surface of the cheat, which at that point bean a mark resembling a cicatrix, as if the flesh had been opened, the heart pulled out, and the wound suffered to grow up again. Each puU sation of course can be distinctly observed, anil the whole natural action of this delicate, orgary is made visible to the immedtato tu,Y03iigatiou of the eye. The facts above atated reached ua by accident, but ao incredible did ihey seem that special inquiry was made in relation to tho matter; the attending physician in the case wo understand was Dr. Wm. Kiley.-.-Sui. Twenty-one volunteers have enrolled ihem 6&lves at Dayton, Ohio, whose aggregate height is one hundred and twenty-si feet being an average of six feet each- On the 9th June, peaches "were, selling in New Orlean.3 at fro.nj ten to fifty cenja. each.
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