ID 1 _..Ans_SA am* Important FroM.Vera CrEf ) Weihave, by the Souther Mar and ' important inteligenese Step vhasettit has arrived at Ncw , de*, howl Vera Cruz April 14. At, eep biopcome, in fro:n Gen. TWigge, y0716;114 dhkt ifeport, that Santa Anna had errtralacheitt Cerro . gordn, seven Inileil;beyoW / Jalapdc . and liadl6, - 000 troops. (Cerro Gordo, is about twenty this side of Jalapa, aid ' neatly mid way between that placetand the National Inridge.) Lientenatit Col. Johnson was severely wutittled in reconnoitering the erenin,sind it was-said a Skirmish hail taken jilaerrbatkveen.tlid7ilexicatia arid thelatvance guard Of Mtgs. _Seteetral ofeur stragglers had . keen :killed: Tha brigades of Generals Iyogliotatiersozz i .Shiel4.l4illow ? ,and-4uit.. Weiii on the - Marl, advancing to the Beene of conflict. General. TWiggs had abcrutz27oo men and ''Snits Anna, whe - was supposed to have 60 pieces nt.ttotillOry, would hold/647i in cheek till Gen. Scon'eame.up. lie wasmaking ra cpid...that and, •as before suggested, the :battle.probably took place on the 14111.. Mr. the l'ickayune, however writes I - that intelligent - Itle'sicatis Were of opinion ' that Santa Anna would riot tight: he had lour i Members:o,f the national coutreikvith, hint - what for, except;.to negotiate! - Gem Patietsomlaid entirely, recovered his -illness, and the only disease at Vera Cruz' thetits diarrhma, with whit: l h many were more or less afflicted. . . At'Tuspan, there had been tilightbe'tween and eitizern, and a detachment:from - tlto ideekatling,- - squaddron had . left 'for that,' — 7 - ptare", -7 Mier - it's - ''Commollore - IW. -4 o • had isetuda a 'proclamation enjoining upon the :11exteans to remain at .home and - prom . itinethem prOtee-timi. The Now Orleans of the 23(1 lilt, eonfirnis all the *accounts we have p:evinu,- 13: received, of the advance of ourquinty and -the probable - resistance•et - banra Anna. \Vi give the lollowing to nyakc complete .the Ida tory of the campaign. - —From We' New' Orion,,. riCll)un'e• 4 . ,1A . M11 AT 17,';),:5; Ju. , April 14 lk-17 T arrived at this' camp at it o'clock last night, the road from rera Crux runanig.for. the most pant through heavy sanH , ---The ili vision ol Gen. Wortli,from the excessive heat •and weatisome road: , su tiered incredibly. The news in camp is stirring. An 'express tins come down limb Gel. Twigs to the el • feet that SantivAnna was before him, at Cer ro Gordo, with 15,000 men, as near as could be judged hom reconnoissances made by lkiptain Hardiecuil oilier o ffi cers of the dm . „. g'OCMI3. 'Lieut. Col.q.l'E.'Jhbosoithas been severe - .ly but not money wounded while exatnin . ing Santa Antra's works, which appear to be ' a succession of breastworks' on the eininen oes in the vicinity of Cerro'Gordo. Every thing would now ge to show that Santa An • as is , deterinined to inake'n'bolil stand. • A dragoon who had. been sent down ex.. press by Generid Twixt , ', was _yesterday lounif•shot, by the'roati side just beyond this. Mis papers bail net been touched. The Mex icans.are,playing a bloody, ung at the s same time bolder game-than-is-usunt-for. ' it is thought they have killed, nu less Mail fitly of our meiPwithin the last three days on the fond. • Gen. Scott stopped last night Mile miles - front this—to-night lie will teach 'General :Twlggs' position. .If Santa )Ir:undies-strong as he is representell, he prObably will not be attacked for two or three days, VERI . CHUZ, April 14, 1847 There has - teen a - skirmigh at Pitenra Na . clone, an'd we hourly look tar fhe intelli- I / genee of the calitwe•of Cerro Go • ' p strong mountain fort twer•.ty-two mile rom Jalapa. A deNsive battle is expected • this point, for it is the best vantage grow t ..this side of Pe rote. General Santa Anna was at or near Jalapa at the' lascaccounts, 'but by this time there is scarcely a doubtihat'Cerre Gordo is tanned by assault, •arid the army at sllll2 quarters at the healthy and delightful city of Jalapa. Vera Cruz is as•quiet and well gov tatted as any city in the United States. tlt would improve .the health some to throw down the walls and let in the fresh air, as the commander thinks of doing. From the Brazos s The New Orleans papers rontaiu Brazos dates to the 78th ult,'. brought by the arrival ni the cream propellorTmmbull. When last heard from Gen. Taytor was at Monterey pushing forward supplies to'S.altillo, with the view of hastening to Snit Loris.. The army was was still atjls did positron 'under General Wool. 'Fite veltintee.rs were .comingtowavds the mouth of the Rio Grande, as their terms of service expired;` Very few re-entering. The subsistence department at Nlatamoras had been robbed of fifteen red dollars. Gen, Cushing had issued mort stringent •nrders for the Government' of Matamoros with a View of putting an end to the &Mr 'brmes oolong - prevailinrx - there, - ThirShipS llemphiQ.and Flnvins, front New yortr, hod -=arrived-et-Neor-Orleorw,-7 • . . Lier's.txt'ifirl—'The, Courier. anti Enquirer stays, "A trientl tin Washington ; - who - ik.well - tidiiiSeircir4hiirlitkes Once. in. 'forms us,,that•thereiis iw.the War Derihrimit a litter'frOm Gen. l'aylni,./latetl'ilte•thiy be: 'tom the'liattte Buena. data, in which ,he reutertie Me whole mutual, lhe Adminietration !towareghim, in in way. which mtmlinve caus ed no little excitement al lita:WhltorHottsel Will the reiiitor of' the' Unionienlightelt us on thiii•stibetl ABBI.he notiiticluce the Sacra, tarp nf, War to turnieh a copy for publica. ion!" . • A SlGN.—The.Washingitiriatiolitil -says, a large body of 'ilabernrs rrieChan lc& engaged upon the- Sriiithignniait InSinhte 'building-over .one hundretlin •took" a:poll,.twasoertain 'their :Ohoicti n e t - P rOs id en t Erutrj+ liFin n~Yhxmvol for the HBmi4:llliFina Vista! On inquiry, they sound that they wereitettrlVVnially divided, jn party.polittco,:themajor!Ssbeing,.'patho. . . Thii'firrie 7 l7iiiiiiiedeesteln of talcing•a little , ' °Pen t le.,4 niti4iyiy.o, in. the epi log, of thetyear t ; ,r, f _lk7,„,tt e t l f,Ft.t 7 r ) . oll :flePettanatenend,•Phi' ''°*l?"Yr.,...9e!‘3; ;Inf.., ie. P.Oneildernfihe;inctonJ yen ineo,,ex,prineeced wile) recurrence - orn` • 'wertnitittell;. , oter , tiseqpir of colll'eveathet. /X leelleg - ..0f ' hieektvde, i.droNVoitiessi'.; 'some.' titnq• s e`fil!ivininliNpot the heed. and beadidji; a eeißeet Kdltneoe,l?p4 l ,!..",host of utplerutani 9 Y rll lo lifo ,l, fl ,kii'thell k er .. ".. '"ni;. bid' 00 tifpOlolieeie of, - -' --- witrie l #ifeitheriTiliil7l ike or liidge le . Lome*t . I I r il itpllt; kilt Pema ---ve ' F..,..,,.',,,,,,,,1; :o '1;::tp•': , :.. , ' ,., % -5- ;i , Fel°. tie l' l STP.. ol CT,.2 l .2Ptirifilog the bltiiidl lid. olluiktrnArle,iime , lll.lle trieslicine,euperietrie . • IV ii/Vir.t.et.qty4elabfe ?ilk; add it•iiretrog. ly• rtleiemetee, e,43,oooVlSplitig.finodioitlee, .. T ... h , e _k i il,. P i ,itta,PPl, #.0%111,0, ultple 1 pylte nii ~ , ,'alid'- ' ' """'iu i?.,:"Y i )FITJ!! , , , }!;'•f Ile.r.etlYi l .Ale other. , dep • !)I( M k n e i ii/ 4 . ,.41Pi5 i 0.. P L Prili!fillentio..air , ... plirtp . ,it; 'i1ku1144`1YR11t5419..1'.,,r4 f ,, t$ + ir,l +-:,..:1. $ .' i: teig,el,,..iyheti , you .;purehatio,Wrigbire; :•• •• •4n ' tli legilin§leil:elPpilYelibmish"joqavold• ~kljtib.e.ll , :',"4 , ` • ' F :• - •;:' - '; - - -' : •• ••` - ,. -- , --- ;Ii- . 10;...rilv 4 -: s lsl l .o**+Ctigibileflip(7,filig. 13,41ti1t, ; f!. 't' - trevgo.f'e . in . .SitftiArie•e;.:4` , ..,: - .1• 4 :.7....;' , ..tk‘l . • ,-... .• • • . . •• •• . .:....,., ~ , ,•- 4 ,...;.'....- - ;....;;, 2,•' . , . .„ • -" • d • - . I I I, 4% Our Reduced Terme; . One Dollar end Fifty Cents'a year it paid_ in Advance--LOne Dollar and Seventy:ftlie- Gent's it' paid within er,at the end or six months- , --Two Dollars paid at the ond of tlitylear. The Herald i 4 tioitrthe est paper in the county! The Tariff o.6Candidatte. For Goventor, GEN, JAMES IRVIN OF CENTRE COUNTY. • • For Oan'MVommispicirter."' ' J OS, Wu 'PATTON, ,Or CtAIIIERLA`ND C.OONTY. Kr The N. 0. Picayune announces the al:ivat of the last Pennsylvania Companies at'New 'Orleans. • , • crrFrom the .Army newa in to-tlay , ST paper it will be seen lhdt another battle ima proba bly- been feuglit' 6y. the troops under Gen. Scott, tie resu'lv 6f which may be da(ly:loOk- I etl for. Frilay'kast was Pile anniyersary•bitho inauguration oP Geo. Washington as 'Presi dent of the m Melt took Jace:A . 1789 .;:r (1 . - Capt. frA 161 rl,O company or Redfor^d, arid Capt. Caldwell, of Miflliri:*equiny,'hace been aCCepted, by Gov. Shank under the late requibition Of the Prebident fur two more companies for Mexico.. (k7—The , eitizens 01 PhilndelOria Intve ten dered ti poblie dinner to!Commodoie Conn or, in consi'derAtion of .the high' honor they entertain torrhis berviees ors a Naval Com mander. • . _ l'aylor , te serving nis , cehntrY the floods on the 'lVlit.sis . eippi are Fetving 'his canon plantation badly. It is said a recent inundation will cause him a loss dins whole crop, 'valued tit 630;000. Qtr- The bittli-dny Wailiii4oti was duly celebrated' by the Ameritans in, Rome by u public dinner ; at which Mr. Polk, bro ther of our:President, tirefitted. One of , the rousts, " the snecesAd, terrriinrttion of the Mexidati—Wal - ir wtki drank, with " three ' chee;s for Gen- Taylor." The lest Congress. Prior• to the Virginia _election the IVhigs shad elected/81 members of the coining Con-. press, te 58 loceloces. The result of that e lection • increases the Whig sttength to 87, and tLe loccifoco force to 66. In'tlie States yet to elect, acccording to a reasonable cal ctilation in the N. V. Tribune, the probably elect 32 members, and the locos 49. If this calculation is realized therefore the next f-lance of Representatives will eon, sist of 118 IVhigs and 115 Locofocw. The Senate will of course still be locofoce. Con sidering that . Alr. Polk had a majority of a bout sevcnf y in the lest House, we should think this result indicates pretty strongly what•the people think of his miserable ad ministration. G. %V. K License Election in 14;ir York. ,The Election on the27th ult, in the State of New York, on 'the question of grantWi cense for the sale of liquors, we regret to see, has resulted hilt complete 'change of public opinion. The licenseparty has carr.ica'near ly every county where the friends of Tempe ranee last year socceede;l. Trio Tribune in speaking of the result, says, various 'etitises ale assigned for this great change,'but 4 true 7 ; cause is perhaps' o be found tin the Tat. that the people are sick and tired of the agi tation. "Marshal Turreett,". 14 Soup Scott," Ire., were the names sneerintly gitieeto the Hero of Vera Cruz by the scribblers for tlitt_Loon 6CoPress, before the bombardment of the City and.Castle r but now it is "Gen. Scott," "Gene Winfield :Scott," 11 Maj. Gen. Win field. Scott,"' Zro. &c. _Lun,dy's Lane, Chlppmva, Floritr,thend• Vera - Cruzinte all today blended w ith , hisharne and .fitine,Wh'en but yesterdny . this brave mien et for every shot which IoW vivo; vflt4kee could aim against him. • • .0*- The HCIII,,,, , pANIEG We • eft_ Washington ohlVednesday aecempin red by, his lady, on ltis long 'projeCted.ietirlihrough ithe ,Southern States,,to New ,Orleans; :and. thence up , the Miasissippilo: the Western boon try, itirnding to return home ArageMents 'are being wide Richationd; Clinidesten, and, other Southern towns to give him-a4reception . distingnlshcrfarner • . • A V ET.:nArr OFFICE pie- fyonl.lionigorrieCif9unir by` Mr.:, B.' : 'Mr tave . iiiiii:rA riftycgii:: :Ong.; rtrikiiititii.:46..!iigen i al moot wli.ligrifltrierriiptig4,l9l.Offige,.liolder,,,', Mr. Ii ; ,Conneeled the Bplihnere , .Mignetio Telegraph 'OffiCe; line ,intiatiebi , whichlke wires rosy :PiePamilleita,perm.teinto_hetcar brie..', , under '!Rr r Y i.9 n !,4 l 4llliP.l'ilail! ', ana I 41 aid 1141 1*er thaPuiliefie'deeired " -" -• • • 144.1 „ nlitheenian • 'df r Y;o!lr Ert r, o°f4 r i do ' , Auk .fiip, ;Witiprii ithe:ooo , llllllayiiiiiii. 6 `A h ' l '•' , ' • ii • :••• ' •.• '• I • , ''''•l 4l :'!'•'": . _ , r~ ~ ~~.,, _ 7f i li3T(3"oi;Cltflt - iii, - i..li - Jliti:-..-14 9Tiiiirta ' AcmlAiDiftithiet,..a.srng/S act,:in our• worthy. Q4Ypi,riorrivhfch }Mean ermsciontiouslk 'On thialnt4, i''-'which-has'rnot.tendridi'to. , ,tiefilifit. .;40'Stalsir 4 ; fi.Jrcifuniser. i. rtsi3rtite r ighboe talks like aluiltei! ' If he .lit#l6ttliatl ;is to "point out an' act, 'rvitiaglii il a '''''t e ,i , ,,4 ,, , , b)el t we conscrientiftsly:cPprellei. 4 .:.,. , liiiild -- faye . fonnd tivcre'dartculty*.:.r. 'w . Ot..lli,g.' As or Ihose , vihielOT ' ,0,'.,. , : • ~1 entioali- condemn," thcy;.a . '•-. ~: ,;' • ,' .; !riiii'''' . iiiii' hlackhetrics,.. , amt;entitelygl„,q 'fici*- I :?..;'' ;naeritipri,7,-as fle.wirticei3 , o# '"-',.:: .),::*7 64' ., 1 -, " ? , - 017,:yoiirili:g r itrit44' T i Gums, ._, 40' i ' -', l A ty ? 'lle. (B&W issed one of the ,litisLSOCiatai:' Judges 'front our - County Ctiur. l itilk i i4'Of -mujuestistadd.integrity,aucLintelliEcre-6-fcr. no good and sufficient cause whataxer;Whilet, ho continued another ; whose merits vrlsre'far from entitling him to. any such preference. He ' has also most wantonly and wickedly trampled ypontitebusiness inte,reste of Cum. Berland county by his repent veto of , ti Bank charter, although everyona of his foOlish ab.' stractions concegn frig t , iii'Ai v hlutil I inhil4y, , f ''&.c., were chefully provided -for in the said charter ! ?ks the Arolunteer. itself has not = been able hi'upprovc either of theie " acte. of 'the Governor, dabs it suppose we'cannot conscientiously condemn (gm?' ~ , i , ~,F , , ir'k , .47. N' But it is.iu the policy Which Gov. Shunk haS parStted—townal the general intelests of, the State, that he has done the greatest injo;,- ry, Ile has Iwit only turned treitorio 'the Plit faalriOweil Ibe ocrat ic Tariff doctrines which PenrisPrania has Ulways held, but . lie has bosidesiluid down a narrow, connected and . stupid course cdoection toward corpoiatibfie which is everritay driving capital oiit oftlfe Slate, and cruSh4gievery effort and enter- objt prase'‘ol.it the further de. reiopetuent of s our .vast hidden and unem• litoyed 'ret mimes' a . i n eta I and matiurita wring wealth. The following statement ulna 'we dip 'from the N . : V. JOurnal of Commerce; a •tocafoeo .-paperi will explain ihat'N,ve 'mean : , • "The whvie7tathetint'd the annual pro ducts of the thtited...t'.;tatns is about One Thousand Million df Doll'ars. Of this the proportion to •edeh , itlluibitant-4s greatest in New Eng s64—in the Middle States s76.—itl the3cadhertiss-'i in the South Western $6 n' North Meg ern $4 I.:- These great dilterenees'tesult in pail front variations la'th'e density nt popttlation,:fer tility, capital, markets. slarety, and in palt , als.o hunt dillerepees , in Slate legisla tion." _ Now as New England has 'no allvapages over• us in ." very, &c. ; " it mast•ce:rtainlyibe the " differ ences in State legislation" Which have made the proportion of individual'wealth• 88 high er in New Englund , thau it is in Pennsylva- Who-'candlatibt their legislation were as liberal in encouraging manufacturing as sociairens in PeritisylvaniattrAt is.in Massa chusetts:that 'all classes of industry would thrive in 'Pennsylvania as they do there.— Massachusetts is a vast hive of-manufactur ing industry. trenUsylvania . however if a martufacturintpassoeltition happenetoyant' a ilittle, c lostering 'legislation, the 'big toot of such Governors as Franciti R. Shenk is' immediately do vn uf(on it to extinguish the which has the riatural , t , imans of 'bectiMing, the greatest and wealthiest slate in the Union• is one tenth poorer than Massachusetts,which has scarcely any natural advantages at all . but the•stiperior inteiligence 'df her pbpula tion. Gov. Shunk is equally afraittof 6mon ster Banks - and "small notes"—il a manu facturing association.is lormed he sees in it "a , return to the feudil systetre--.-if a. Batik is asked for he'cannot imaginelltta , tirty, twelve Directors can be found to menage 'its; affairs honoily ! PttunsYlVan t 4 has been . Aptly termed "Iditf gi:ritt,7 end Gover nor Shunk may beproperlyealletiothe "blind leader of the blind." - But shall it be always go? Vi‘illtteePerinj sylvania rise up in her Irltelligenee nnil might arid shake ofl these'clistinswhioh dlo her enterprise? Will she not niece - ea the, narrow-minded men with 'their contracted dogmas who thus bind her 'energies, while her more active confederates . dignutceller in the march of improvement'? Tat 'General . JAMES IRVIN be elected Art the place for .Francis R. Shutik is 101640, anti a new era will.dswn on our prosperity!! ~~t..,~anta : -,fir Polk- ahi , . . The 'Volunteer see ms to be exceeilinily annoyed at our very, frequent•allusions to the. fact of Santa Anneisititlrn•:,'i ' nitriarict of the Mexican Arrn"t by iiVirniils%, bi # lFo sion of James K. Polk, Prost of the' ni:-, ted, States. , We:are • ntit!surpOs,kl Mho an noyance.vvindh•lhe,metliion 1:11"qa fact cau•, ties' tee' Voltinted hha f Aittor:litop,ii papers. -Well may they be'it'iiiiiii : . ' 'itin'ihdy think' of this inconceVablre - .1 i , ..eittiatttge of ' r Mr. Polk, in taking and `protection tuial l favor, the blood-thirsty runt. erdr of Arnailican citizens •at the , Alomo—taking - h* frotollies brutal cock-RfraKliavai . ta ',an& tillOa44 i yirn , 'in retina to; M, ', ?kq(i i occo c t4anleil;tly,ot litiltfiT, did. retinue of twenty•Spittisfitolllioete, lb ia. ,gain become' tbO innigOttit'6l iityOki:titinYiOtt 44tizen5'43! It'e ' ~United Stat e s at ' D,; 3 eito Nr.itital , Weii, - .may, Alibi. People of l'itittete feolindigliatikatid 7 ontritgod 'at 496 , ine#4l;.! WI not oyert;er:ir:r_i i ,,binitfclp,:,'Polli,l.,ti ) ::4io' . cii4B it a * i tilolth;Meirici;iiiid,' . ttlin,hriiiiq' h Ail!,! ri./wmgc,o.rniiib*,44enehd to,6othet , l .ever heard !tury! Wbetiti iihttilliit ilia' .oioe.hillia Ai' be fiiiii ift!'; iiik . , Oil iOti:eii . ,,'.e l ifiAil l it ili.k64:2itir4:?d!ii,liriliFt*hlit'ii`cttlilei'i. m r Nil; 11'4 it'? ' ieturfng l'San,t4h" Mexico; the peoploi - aio,,oßlit_'ooncetoed._ by' .ttie fact thiit.Ttlexbiols'iordliaoted rotialance, . „ . 'antil thO i ntobinobol list. ol ativini hundred'lV 'tnOtiointil ktuoa , rtedlivtiOrdodaf Buena Via: 7 ' . le ' : o 4 6 ;ioiinces: cif his return. And' in a day or, two mote wemay, neat of ' more T , LPOeit that no: good 0.10et:c004.110.94 plielted by? such riPioadairitill &aid Anfiti: AiTkri Y./O*Y e10§ 0 kPl ( ?,P 1 krii r ' i,lollolr l lo 4.1)1# 1 ,0, vitt ,Litaifgiorol* twag 4; --