From the North American. 'hunk, Miller and Petriken. THE WAR. To the Editor of the Lancaster Tribune The news from Mexico has been felt SIR :—We saw several letters publish- , by the whole public to be of the most ed in the North American as copies of I painful character. The hope was of "original manuscripts" in the hand writing of Messrs. Miller and Petriken, Peace; b but there is no peace- A ll is t that had been published in the " Dem. as before, war—new strife, new battles, I ocratic Champion," four years ago, in new bloodshed ; and the prospect of Harrisburg, shamfully denouncing the peace is as far off; perhaps further off, lamented and honored HENRY A. Mon than ever. LENBERG—whieh are now the "damning , roofs" that er, Priken • As we have alwas apprehended, the p others,) were atthey that(M ill time en et deavoring President's terms have prevented peace and determined to DISORGANISE the Dem and that at a moment when the Mex- ocratic party, with an independent can leans need peace as much as our own didate, "Michael Myers of Westmore land county," mid defeat the Democrat countrymen desired it. The terms are e y. I this !! too hard even for a defeated nation, re- iPartDuring the month 1 ! of April, 1847, the duced to extremity, and almost totally Perry County Standard published the desperate. What these terms arc we fact, that after the nomination (March can only guess from the vague accounts 4th, 1844,) of the Hon. Henry A. Mull ' lenberg, Messrs. Shwa, .Miller and Pe triken, sustained by their communica news—territory, territory,—the Rio tions and letters that infamous paper Grande, and California down to the line ' called the " Champion, " but at that time of the Rio Gila,—whether to be taken • (March, April, May, une and Jtily) the as the price of blood, or paid for at the Democratic party supposed the " Chum " rate of fifteen or twenty millions of dol-.pion to be published by Whigs and t s i u o p n po o r f tel r byl u la n s: e o r defThtahtettloesce lays. There is the better reason for be ' lieving that these were the President's , letters and communications would be terms, because they would give us some forthcoming at the proper time, and mill et that "one-half or two-thirds of the lag upon the members of the Democrat territory of Mexico," which Mr. Dallas,' ircii:u rg' Conventionaboutiepearr y assembleCounty • St an a r t d l l l 3e a r in his Pittsburg speech, so complacent- gad them to nominate a new man, and g ly supposed we might fi nd ourselves in not the present incumbent, Fran cis R. possession of at the peace, and whigh Shunk I he seemed to think such a trifle as to be Did Mr. Petriken nt that time (April, , 1 4, 81 e 7 ,4 ) y see Countyn id r s e ad tan t d h a o r s d e l ? , ll a rfg a i t n unworthy of figuring among the "ob did jects', for which we were waging the lie say on the evening of the 2d of war. j March, 1847, in the Hotel of Mr. Henry Is it wonderful that the Mexicans re- ' Buehler, in the presence of others 1 Did thehe spa3er, Perry h a c t " ;n 7li r Standard,./Tloran the h ;ditor of fuse, utterly refuse, to give up "one-half or two-thirds" of their territory I—re- letters . o y r communicatio ns oi in hisnpoosssueesi fuse with our bayonets at their throats, sion 1" Did he say that Mr. Morgan even, and the murderous mortars about was not one of the publishers of the to play on their devoted capital 1--is it "Democratic Champion," in 1844'1 Or n d ieonsas3,.- r e h t a t t o r l e knew o f r o f ;l i o i c n o k m nainud wonderful that they refuse such terms, while their eight millions of people can Miller to the Champion; that he had yet furnish armies to fight the puny nothing to say for them, THEY could force which Mr. Polk has sent rather to ' answer for themselves, but that (r- he irritate and tempt, than to overwhelm • (Petriken) had written against Mr. Muh their efforts 1 Such terms ought to have lenberg, AND lIE DID NOT DENY ITI Has Ili m lL. te P d e o tr r il s t a e i n d f l orgoiten what he then a d. been proposed at the head of fifty thou sand men ; or, rather, they ought not to', Does Mr. Jesse Miller deny that he have been proposed at all. They are ' wrote communications for Seiler and the President's terms; and the Presi- Petriken to be handed in by Mr. Sprig dentm offers them of his own will and man, to have published in the Chain plensure merely. What right lots he to pio W n I hy is it, that the North American offer such terms—knowing thatit is, at o nly publishes Miller and Petriken's let least, doubtful—supposing them even tersl Does not Dr. Seth Salisbury so accepted by Mexico,—whether our own let - Indy declare that those "original man nasncdrilo)tths: r ' s w ? 7e i vr •o h m . . . r i e Mi t l h le e r, ,, P or tr r i s ke 7 r , man people will, or can agree to them 1 We do not know that the Senate can ratify /s not FRANCIS R. SHUNK one of them? any treaty taking land from Mexico south Are not some of the "original menu of 36 30. We may fight through an- script" in the handwriting of Mr. Shunkl other year, wading through carnage and or were not some of those communica tions written Pittsburg by .4ft. Shunk heaping up a vast public debt, to compel and sent to his own daughter in Harris- Mexico to grnnt the line of the Gila.-- burg,to be transcribed by her, and then But what will it profit us, when it is hand- ed into the office of the Dem found that all this territory may be refu- oeraticChampion 1" sed by the Senate and American people 1 Why did not Messrs. Shunk, Miller The peace escapes us "by the act" of and Petriken, in April last, (1847,) when those charges were made in the Perry the President. The responsibility for County Standard, refute them 1 Why the failure of negotiations rests with him. not then have DEMANDED the And if Mexico now burst into a flame, proof and dare the Editor to produce and new armies start tip on all sides to such (these) letters, these now "damn hem in Scott, amid the ruins of the ing proofsl" Why wait until now at the' " Halls of the Montezumas " afar from • eve of the election, to deny them 1 Were succor, and no considerable reinforce-.th e y held buck tinder the delusive idea ments ready to be marched to his assis- of producing an excitement now at this tance, within any reasonable time, the late day, in their favor I—Why did Mr. responsibility for any disaster that may • Petriken then admit His communications befal the army will also rest with and and now deny them 1 It is a very easy upon the President. I matter to publish a simple drawl, and charge upon every person who reads or speaks of them as guilty of " horse steal ing," or "moral purjury." Do they be lieve that the people are so ignorant as to be satisfied with such a denial 1 We call upon them to acquit them. selves, before they charge purjury upon others. To come out in earnest sincer ity, and make oath of their innocence, before they charge purjury to others. Come Messrs. Shur*, Miller and Petri. ken, let us see your own affidavits of your innocence, and we stand ready to meet them . and we demand your proofs or you shall feel the resolute rebuke of an injured Democracy. A TRUE DEMOCRAT AND FRIEND OP THE HON. HENRY A. MUHLRNAERG. 117-For the truth of the facts set forth in the above article, the writer appeals to J. FRANILLIN REIGERT, Esq., of this city, who is said to be in possession of certain information on the subject. BANKRUPT LAW. The Whigs do not pretend to deny that Henry Clay is the FATHER of the infamous Bankrupt Law.--[Bedford Gazette, March 1844. HEXIIT CLAT ORIGINATED the Bankrupt Law—he voted fur it—and he prevented its repeal by his own vote.—[Redford Gazette, Sep. 20, 1844. Gen. JAMEN NV, is the FATHER of the Bankrupt Law.—[Medford Gazette, Aug. 6, 1847. Liars should have good memories.- 1 It was proclaimed from one end of the State to the other in 1844 that HENRY CLAY WAS THE FATHER OF TIIE BANK- RUPT LAW. It was rung in the ears of the people of Bedford County during the entire campaign, and yet, with an •'impudence and effrontery which could be looked for only from those the most degraded and abandoned, the people are assured, with as much solemnity as if such a thing as lying were never dream ed of or suspected, that General IRVIN is the FATHER of that Law!!! This is no random assertion, for we have re ferred to the documents which substan tiate it. But even if we had not refer red to them, the fact is so well remem bered that the mere mention of it would have served our purpose. How men can pursue a course so grossly inconsis tent—outraging every thing like truth and fair dealing—is a mystery to us.— The people have not forgotten the cam paign of 1844, and it is not even proba ble that they will listen to the same story twice told of different men. It is an insult to the intelligence of the peo• ple to say that the Bankrupt Law had TWO Fathers. fly-The Reading Journal states that the Locofocos are desperately frighten ed, in that county ! What will they say and do, when they hear the Whig thun. tier on the 24 Tuesday of October 1 • " GOOD TIME COMING."—The majority for Power, the Whig Candidate for Ca nal Commissioner, a year ago, was 8,- 899 over Foster, his Loco competitor. Nothing has since occurred to weaken this triumph.—On the contrary new is sues have sprung up to make the cause of Old Hunkerism much more unpopu lar than it was then. We look for a ma jority for Irvin and Patton, of at least 10,000, and most likely 15,000 or 25,- 000.—There is " a good time coming boys"—a good time comit)g in the old Keystone State. Locofocoism Is on its last legs. Old Shunk and Old Hunker lam will be buried in one common grace after the -ceond Tuesday of October, IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO, RESUMPTION OF HOSTILITIES -FAILURE OF NEGOTIATIONS —ANOTHER BATTLE FOUGHT. BALTImont, IStpt. 30 3 9 P. M. . . An extra from the oltice of the Mobile Tribune, dated Sept. 26th ; received by the poney express this evening ; announ ces the arrival at Pensacola of the brig Osceola, on the evening of the 81st, after a passage of five days from Vera Cruz. The Tribune is indebted to a passeti ger from Pensacola for a Vera Cruz Sun of Anahuac of the 16th, and also for a letter from Pensacola. Verbally the Tribune also learns that there has been a revolt at Puebla, and that Gen. Scott there and at the City of Mexico, had lost two thousand men. The Tribune says : Hostilities recommenced on the even ing of the Bth September, when our troops had a brush with the pick of the Mexican troops. The following letter is to the Sun of Anahuac : PUEBLA, Sep. 11, 184.7. My Dear Sun—l promised before I left Vera Cruz, two months ago, that I would from time to time, if I was forte• nate enough to get news, to drop you a few lines, 1 hope these will be victoriously pas sed through the chapparal, mosquitoes, &c., and what are worse, the guerillas of Cerro Gordo, Puente National, and all the montes and hiding places of these desperate men. Letters arrived here from Allixio, sta ting that an express had arrived on its way to Oajaca, sent by General Scott, and that it brought letters from the City of Mexico dated the 9th inst. These letters stated that the propos'• tions made by Mr. Trist were rejected, or at least one portion of them, and that hostilities had recommenced on the after noon of the Bth, and that a battle had been fought that evening by a few hun dred men from Gen. Scott's army against four of the picked regiments of the Mex ican army—the 11th Regiment of the Line, the 3d and 4th Regiments of Light Infantry, and one Regiment of the Na tional Guarcl, all commanded by General Leon—that the enemy's forces had been badly used up, and that their loss ex ceeded 2600 men. The letters say that Mr. Trist's prop- ositions were these : " That the citizens of the United States would not have any thing to claim from Mexico for damages occasioned by the war. That the Uni ted States would have the privilege of establishing two factories in Upper Cal ifornia for eight years, and that the Mex ican Government could after that time if it chose renew this article of the treaty. This was not accepted ; then Mr. Trist unclothing himself of his official powers, remarked to the Mexican Com missioners that he thought it would be much better for Mexico to cede the whole of Upper California to the United States, for which that Government would cer tainly pay 15 to 20,000,000 of dollars.— This would have been probably agreed upon had the following article met with assent from the Mexicans, viz :—That the Texian boundary line should run along from the mouth of the Rio Grande on the left side to the right side of the Rio Gila ; but this last proposition was rejected. 'The Mexicans would not yield an inch of ground the other side of the , Nueces.' Mr. Trist then asked 45 days, as he said he was not authorised to accept such a proposition; but the reply of the Mexicans was that they would give but five days and no more. On the sth day, the 7th inst. a letter was written by Santa Anna to Gen. Scott accusing him of breaking the armistice on some trifling pretext. Gen.-Scott an swered by bringing a similar charge. On the Bth, in the afternoon, a body of a few hundred men of Gen. Scott's army were sent to attack Chapaltepec. They encountered a large force of the enemy's best troops there, and a terrible fight ensued, in which the Mexicans got as usual a good thrashing. Gen. Leon, who commanded the Mexicans, was wounded, and Gen, Balderas, of the Nu tional Guard, was killed, The small number of the Americans (whom the Mexican letters say—to use their own expressions—" have fought like devils") retired to Tacubaya, leav ing five wagons behind them, some of which had no wheels, others no horses. The American loss is said to have been comparatively small. A Proclamation or manifesto was is• sued by Gen. Herrera, Governor of the city of Mexico, recommending to the citizens, men, women and children, to collect and carry stones to the roofs of the houses and throw them from thence upon the Americans, should they enter the city. [Correspondence of the Herald and Tribune, Pen- Nicola, Sept. 23, 1847.] The brig Osceola, Capt. Smith, arri ved at the Navy Yard here last evening— after a passage of five and a half days, from Vera Cron, and brings /ate and un favorable news from the army of Gen eral Scott, It seems hostilities were renewed on the Bth, Santa Anna and Gen. Scott hav ing mutually charged each other with a violation of the Armistice, and by the last accounts our troops had possession of two streets, and had driven the prin• cipal part of the Mexican fente in order towards thu Plaza• Our Woopa had suffered greatly from tha fire of the en emy placed in windows and on the tops of houses, and Gen Worth was badly but not mortally wounded. Our loss since leaving Puebla was three thousand men. Mr. Trist's proposition for a cession of a portion of California for a consider ation of twenty 'pillions, had been agreed to by the Mexican Commission ers; but another proposition fixing the Rio Grande as the boundary line on this side, Was peremptorily refused. Paredes was said to be on the road between Vera Cruz. and Mexico with a large forea of guerillas. The Suit of the 16th says :—Troops have been arriving in great numbers from the Brazos during the last five or six days, and we do not doubt that with in five or six days more there will be from two to three thousand men ready to march into the interior. These ac- I counts are derived front the Sun of An ahuac of the 16th inst., and brought by the Osceola, and verbal communications from Mr. Dimond to the Captain at the moment of leaving. I have no doubt they may be relied on essentially. This news reached Vera Cruz by the Oraziba route. I am very respectfully your obedient servant, D. 1 Consistency of Locofoco Pleadings The friends of Shunk urge his re-elec tion because he is poor, notwitlistand- NFLAMATION OF THE EYES...-. Wright's. ing he has been in office THIRT Y I Indian Vegetable Pill. will be found a certain YEARS, and received upwards of SEV- rare for the above painful malady ; because they ENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS from purge f out the body those corrupt and stagnant humors which are the Cease not only of inflame the State Treasury ; and at the same t t i:: o rt m ef th th r e ee mu , t ic e i f h e e v: b ry ov tl e ezr m il e )t , in i e d f ia cl n il r es;. time OPPOSE the election of Patton, because he is rich 1 Here is duplicity mew taken every night on going to bed, and hypocrisy Worthy of notice,—Look will in e short time completely rid the body of Ott. at It poor men, and ye who are friends ry thing that is opposed to health, and therefore of the honest, the worthy, and the per- will assuredly make a poled cure oflgylanratian f the Eyes,, and at the same time the blood and scented. See the same men that de luelitzibtheat ceived and swindled you on the Tariff L h e e : s f e lu o i f d :,7 3 , il i l d i : i e d " w r i n h e question in 1844, now at the same game. cc - i•Beware of sugar coated coul;terieit9., Look at the duplicity of those who urge The only original and genuine Indian rgeta the re-election of Shuck upon the ground isle Pills hare the signature of IVillium Wright of his being poor; but at the sante time written with a pen on the lop Libel r,f each b.r, tell you that Mr. Patton, although he . . 1 1V 7" e ° . ther fAl g e , " n "t ri f l o ' d r. t: ie e` h "'"terieji this is has had years of practical experience "g 'l' l . Y i. SIMONTON, role Agent Y for Hunting. ' upon the public works, and is known to don; Charles Porter, Alexandria; Blair & Robin be a most efficient business man, is not ' son,Shado Gap; Hair & t 0., Frankstown; Orbison fit to be Canal Commissioner because & Co., Orbieonia; A. 0. Brown, Shirleyshurg; HE IS POOR; and that you must there- Hunter Cu. , B .= Yv.e. s . t D l'.4. Petersburg; Graff fore vote for his opponent, a wealthy, I.B4:B":::',.'irre,ll Bill; D. S. r 'I LI 11 11" El M a v x ) : ;nit Fort; retired city merchant, Who lives in „„ville; George H. Steiner, ‘, ate, Street; A. & splendor on his income, and without the Cresswell, Petersburg; Milliken & Kessler, least effort on his part ! Such hypocri- , Mill-creek; and wholesale and retail at the pan sy and attempt to destroy a poor and ciPal 4 ce , 169 Race street , PhiladelPhin• deserving man, should not go unexposed SeP' 7,'47' and unrewarded by those who respect Modest merit, or regard energy or in- , The diarkils. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1, 1847 tegritv that remains firm amidst the tri- 1 al of Misfortune.—Harrisburg Tel. I FLOUR AND MEAL.—The market is Very ! bare of Flour, and prices are firm at an Plain Questions for the Locos. advance. Fresh ground FLOUR is selling A correspondent of the Juniata Senti- readily for shipment at $5 75, and at nel puts the following questions to $6 a $6l from store for city use. CORN the Locos of that county. As our MEAL at $3 121 for Brandywine, $2 871 Loco county convention passed res- for Penn's, and Western at $2 50. RYE olutions approving of the British Tariff FLOUR is firm at $4 a $4 12. of '46, and went it blind for the Mexican GRAIN —Southern Wheat is worth war, we beg leave to ask their attention $1 15 a $1 16; Western $1 13 a $l, to these same questions. An early an- 20, nod Penn'a $1 20 a $1 22. CORN sorer is requested 1 is selling at 68c for Southern, and 70 Ist. Why did the Locos in 1844, say for Penn'a yellow. OATS, Stfilthern are that James K. Polk was a better Tariffselling at 42c, and Penn a 44 a 4.5 c. man than Henry Clay 1 2d. Why did the LOCOS in the same' Religious N °tire. THE Methodist Church at Winchester Primatecampaign, campaign, hoist their banners with the i 1 n the neighborhood of Orbisonia Huntingdon, words inscribed, Polk, Dallas, Shunt( • • • . . ' county, will by Divine permission, be Dedicated to and the Tariff of 18421 ! Almighty God, on the seventeenth day of October. 3d. Why did the Locos after the else- A general attendance of Preachers and People is lion, repeal the Tariff for which they offec!ionatelv requested. Services to commence at boisterously contended 1 O 1 1 o c clock A. M. t. 5, 1847 4th. Why did the Locos attempt to tear the hard-earned laurels from the I administrator's .11 °tire. brows of the heroic Whig Generals, ; Estate of Thomas Montgomery, late of Taylor and Scott—retard the progress I Franklin township, Huntingdon coun of the War by giving 'aid and comfort' ty, deceased. to the Mexicans 1 MOTICE is hereby given that Letters of Ad -sth. Why did the Locos deprive the I.N ministration upon the eatate of the said de- Votonteers of the privilege of electing conned have been duly grunted to the undersigned their own officers 1 --Therefore all persons indebted to said estate are ed to make payment immecliatel • and 6th. Why did Mr. Polk ask $3,000,• 71? ' e l l e :Ls and demanits against the same to be 000 to pay off Santa Anna's soldiers, or nested, duly nuthenticated for settlement, to ePre- why did he ask it WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON, Adm'r. 7th. Why did 110 Locos vote to cen. 0ct.5.'47-Gtsi Franklin township. sure Gen. Taylor for the capitulation of Monterey Bth. Why did James K. Polk pass Santa Anna into Mexico'? 9th. Why did James K. Polk, in ap pointing officers prefer those Federalists who opposed the last war, to Democrats I 10th. Why do you Locos support a man who charged the enormous sum of $l5O for five days' services as Clerk in the House of Kepresentatives—just $3O per day, or ten times as much as he was entitled to by law'? [ r;,- By electing Power last year more than two hundred thousand dollars were saved to the State. By electing a Whig Legislature who went to Harrisburg, did the business and then went home, thousands of dollars more were saved. These things cannot be denied: If then so much has been done by giving the Whigs a part of the management of State affairs, how much more would be saved by giving them the entire control of affairs 1 Now here is a plain matter that any one can understand showing practically the benefit of Whig rule in a pecuniary point of view. Who that regards the interests of the State, and the amount of his own taxes will hesi tate about the manner in which he will cast his votel—Pittsborg Telegraph