THE JOURNA.L.
llantinplon; Tuenflay, April 25 1818
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER
NER MIDDLESWARTH,
OF 1::‘,10:i C.OI•NTY
CAAPA IGN PAPER.
Ciicutate the .I)(;cumentsi
'co PaVo the People of this county the
trouble of sending abroad for cheap
campaign papers—never reliable, end
comparatively of but little service in Ilse
Party— , we propoac to furnish the f I'"N-
Tif , z ,poi Jo: Asia - to clubs friiin the Wth
day of Jena n'eNt, 1,1 . 11'1 after the Presi
dential election in - .ovensber, :It tin
low price of $5.00 RA tete Copt -bc ing
only
. kfty ce,tts per copy: e shall in
»o case send to a club of loss than ten
at the above low prices: The nuoloy to
accompany the orders, otherwise the
papers will not bessent. 'Will our Ind,
se‘ibers throng' liont the county mention
the above proposition to their nel,hbors,.
and thus aid its its our efforts to advance
„the glorions. Whig cuule I
NEW APVERTImEMENT:.4.—The berlC.fit:i
of advertisirig arc becoming so mantic:o,
that new atitertisements continue to
pour iu upon us, Should tho s e fa% ors
continuo to increase,' we shall be com•
pelled to procure a font of amaller type,
so as to prevent too great an infringe
ment upon our space for other re _dine
matter. e
GEORG 4 GwiN, it will be seen. has just
opened an entire new stock of good:. in
the old stand, in Marliet Square, which
be promises to sell at prices that "can't
be beat" here or elsewhere.. The
• Colonel is too well known to make it
neoessary for tie to say thut the patron
age of the public cannot be bestowed on
one snore worthy of it. _
Attention is also invited to the ndver
tisementa of ROBERT Woon, TYNDALE &
MITCHELL, J. PALIVER & CO,
—and R TON Brine., above Havre
de o 11
race.
(0.- Our friends of the' Daily News
eay we are "growing captious." True
we arc eager •to object to anything' that
'will have a tendency to defeat the hopes
of the Whig patty- hi the coming Presi
dential canvass. And while we perfect:
ly ageee with the News that Mr. Botts
has a right to express his •choice of a
Presidential candidate, we object to the
language, argurn cute, and dictatorial
spirit which pervades his Pnniphleis and
public speeches, relative to the favorite
of other equally good IVhigs with him
self. And we think our remark of last
week entirely justifidd by his recent
bearing, the opinion of the News to the
contrary notwithstandihg.
GEN. SCOTT.
The following extract in relation to the
conduct of the administration towards
the gallant Scott, is taken from Pletter
recently received by us from a Pennsyl
vania Volunteer. It doubtless spctiks
the true sentiments of every man in the
army. The writer is a democrat, in pol-
itics, and says :
"Another move of the administration,
will not,Ag know any thing of popular
feeling arfrome and here, (which is the
removal of Gen. Scott from the general
eoramend)—conduce much to the ad
vancement of the present incumbent fur
the chief magistracy. Not at all doubt ,
ing the capability of Gen. Butler, as
commander, I must expria,s it as my
opinion, that the whole world cannot
produce an equal with Gen. Scott, who
has led us on so victoriously during the
battles on this line of operations."
Capt. IVlCaltamey.
The folloaing complimentary paragraph
to this gentleman, we extract from a
private letter received from one of the
eoldiers under his command:
" I must not omit to mention that our
company, (formerly Capt. Caldwell's
,of Mifflin) have presented to their pres
ent Captain, Dr. Alex. Nlckamey, of
Wsllianisburg, Blair county, a most
splendid sword' ss a token of their red
apect for his good conduct during the
battles of the Valley. The Captain
ia—
iad worthily deserves it—the most pop
tiler man in our regiment. His men
love and obey him, with the fondness of
parental affection."
Kr . Persons are now engaged remo
ving our old ime-hunoreil Court House.
Its.roincval will be quite an improvement
to the town.
nr.:IITA of MARRInp ,% OMEN. - - The pro• '
visions of the bill securing to married
women the enjoyinent of their own prf,p
er.3. tit he lowid oirmir tir,t prwi.
.. •
aenetal Soott and the Court of lll
quirt'.
The Neu , Orleans . Dclea, a paper lieu
tend in politics, but edited by gentle
men lUtown to belong to the Decnoc!at
ie party, makes the following just and
forcible remarks in relation to the
Court of Inquiry, and Gene Scott. Let
all read them. The Delta says :—•
Liken noble lion 'at bay, worried but
not intimidated by the snapping and bilr.
}dug of the canine puck lot. louse upon
hint by spine royal huntsman, the mu
tuan,cler-ie-chia dour army is presen
ted to the twenty millions of his admi
ring and grateful feliow citizens, in the
attitude of i.criminal on trial in the hos
tile capital . captured by his genius and
valor.• ,Those who have Levu instrumen
tal in bringing . obeut such a mertifyiiy:
spectacle us this, must place a very
estimate u pee. titc iteter of our peo
• p ly its to expect that it will elicit from
Omit afly Other sentiments but those of
the sternest rebukeohemost scorching,
withering, annihilating scorn and indig
tint ion.
Thu ,people's hearts are not' yet so
scard authdried up by the tires of party
passion ---their perceptions have not. he
comie so blunted, or the; r pat riot coal
ed down tp the zero itoitit, that they can
look on such scenes as lire
.now prcsen
ted.in_the City of Mexico, and not feel •
that to gross indignity has been off:cN'd ,
to the national glory,.a ataip cast upon our
escutcheon, a dark. page added to our Li
tore, which only the loud and untie inwo,
voice of the people eau eNpunge and uh- •
dite-ynte. . • .
.. the sober second thought of a noble.' ,
and gratelid people will iwonounee tliei
irial of Winfield Scott, under the
eutostances, - and the dismissal pre-ac
rmital of his accuser, without a parallel
in injustice; in sordid, calculating cold
hearted ingratitude. It has nu redeem
ing or palinting views it has iip,t
.the
shadow of no.cxeyse, mi,un or justifica
tion. It ctands alone, a solitary case in
our history at,least, urn successful Gen
eral being tried for doing his duty, for
defending the glory. of our army and
country—tried by his junior.officers i
the very scene of his noblest. exploits—
' and made to stand there, before the world
the target fur the low hate and cunning
jof intriguants whom his favor had warm-
I ed into existence, and whose malice, oth- •
i.erwise impotent, government patronatic
l had supplied with a sting.
j This attitude is sufficiently hutnilia
ting in any view, but when it conies to ;
that point, that Wtn. J. Worth can rise )
before a Court Martial in the City of
Mexico and hurl in the tenth of Winfield •
Scott the approval of
,bis conduct by the
government, and the eondetnnaptin of
his Commander-in-Chief, it paSseS the •
bounds of human patience, and makes
us sick at heart.
And who is the officer with whom the
~ government has taken sides against \Viu
field Scott 'I Is he the saute who
aban
doned his post, on a punctilio, When our
LI army lay under the threatning cannon of
the enciny .! Is. he the same who whilst
• ; in this city, spoke in terms of contempt
' of the noble old Geteral by whose ina2.- •
nanimity; with the aid of •Percifer
Smith's skill and-generalship, he was en
abled to regain his position in the army?
Is he the same of whom the patriotic
Gaines declared in this city, when in
formed of his resignation, that he looked
upon hint as a deserter in time •of aver 1
Is he the Caine officer whose conduct. at
Puebla was pronounced by Generals
Quitman, Twiggy, and Smith highly pre
. judicial-to the honor and safety of our
army 1 Is he the same officer who awaked
up one. morning a staunch Democrat,
when he Mid always been a Whig before
and as suddenly became the friend and
ally of another officer, who, before this
had been the .Constant theme of his ridi
cule and - abuse 1 . If this is the officer
who has been put forward to taunt and
insult Winfield Scott, we think the choice
is an admirable one. That noble old
commander, who, throughout the trying
scenes of an unequalled campaign, stood
so nobly by the flag of his country, and
devoted-himself with such single mind
edness to the glory of our whole army,
is fair game for those who, in all their
deeds, reeked not of aught but their own
selfish ends and personalagrandizement.
But still, if the blow. was to be struck
by such an arm, we would have prefer
red that another scene, than the city of
Mexico, had been selected for it. We
would have preferred other witnesses of .
such a degredation than the enemies of
our country—those enemies who, con
quered by the valor and skill of IVinfield
Scott, would find some solace for their
ignominies and misfortunes, in a mali
cious joy over the blow, thus aimed by
power at the chief, wh ose strong arm
has prostrated them.—Tlley should have
ordered Scott. to Washington, and there
a Court, surrounded by political intrigu=
ants, might have conducted proceedings
to any length and to any conclusion,
without eliciting much attention or re
spect from the people.,
There are some persons who endeavor
to prejudice the position of General Scott,
by dwelling on the warmth of temper
displayed by him, who, nimble •to inn- •
peach thb truth of the facts alleged and
proved by him, strive to weaken their el•
feet by harping upon the testiness of his
temper. and the imprudence of his lan
page. Tliis is a desperate resort. The
people, however, are net wont to expect
great patience and moderation in It gal.
last officer, so badgered and persecuted
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Mt - it , of Scott has been. Andrew Jack- COURT Or 'INQUIRY. 1 tertainad, ore those arising from a attulitakattemptl 'F
so tho
. 11 seldoin Ofrong, WitS not very
Testi if .-
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misy of:Cortimiss . iotier Trist.
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on his part to area himself of the ilositiol in efflth , . 1 . Oli E1,(7 -1 ~ , • "NEWS i
' ihad been itarr towardo t him by fr. e1itf, ,. ..11r. ' •
1 ly ' tithed in his langunge townrds
l ist
7 L 7 , • 7 ,•• Polk,to make e acct.', wc.and too to aPC :,mno "TORE XMrO ANT NIrtUNI
t oit crossed the path of his duty. Poll; .9 ',,rot c her-ln-,a7r, den.
Pin' ""' , of vi l la i nysoil 1111 /Ogler Qt . C toward. •
',MI vi i hy WV/13111,1nd, viiiil
Thc pe lc slipporOd and justified liiin• "Dbne iroton. 44 .—The testimony of :Ur. our wto ° o l llitry i . C.-- liii . """s":
:.
' T 11 I{ - i. - ",iD. -- AIS - TA - TER.
And so the people, in spite of the pony
Freon . I s the North Ai . •
cr, renter ;.American,' . ' ;dicers of this tinny, of the most audaeimis, try far, ... ----,----‘,----
ellints of the partisans, will excuse in that (have an', knowledge of. Prugia Declared a Itepablic !
was bad enough. That of Mr. Trist is (2. Binee about what date has the hostility alio-
Witiffeld Scott, even stronger language •
connjusive,-it is overwheltning. It ded to in the previous testimony been entertained
The Packet Shi Ru c hesd'Orlenn
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than any he has yet used in (lesignatlite•
• you 1
the conduct of those who brought upon must be remembered that Alr. I'. was, . arrived at New Yorlc yesierday,from Lit
the country the shameful scene no ex- ' and. still is, for his commission seems b) A. Since his character has been 'almost corn.'
plenty revealed In ' tie. The thing %Canal gradual erpool, and lit ings three days later later
hibited in the Capital of Mexico. i
.1 never to , have - . and fix a intehligence from abroad. • ,
The netv's front Engl i stild and fi•dlopd
- I
be" rev°l ' c(l) ll hi o" II di ;
period. I f t en Zmil
fi r 'P a ne d i: l l 3 :ll - y a l , " d i l l :d i :l y r , the rosy '
plots - 101c functionary and the confiden- . part of our stay there, that I became ;ware that he is unimportant.
T , lie
, news from the ContiitencTillf
tial agsnt of the President, Gen. Pillow's hail iliced me in the alternative of tieing an se- i
•
friend ;and it appears that he was even eeinpliee and soul in villainy, or exposing him to
the cduntry if ho ~ , ,i,i persist in a statement he the Il igi„lesllinle ,, lt rind imPertdoco•
'.l prejedicesk" in Cacti. P.'s " favor," hod I I
I.le. . hoped, however, at that time, that , The French Bepuclic is liroisressing
finely. 'There were no disturbances,
. lirtvieg been "placed upon v„y intimate t a ll . i .. ' „ H r 7. l ,:i s ,: it ,„l;l l , l , i , e ,„ l ,7, i , d ; d i . ,„L lt s l , 3 ,;,,ri n ;: r a ws „ s '
the people , were 'looking forward to - the
i.... in . .
' ' election of members of the National As
personal relations" with him I v the el it. Frain that time events oreurred, dart, i! '
Mg the shades of his character ' and which illerce-
Presideit, and. preserved kiss tel i
~,,, , : feeling ',t . etrad to. It has increased to thi, sen , Th , ly,' With confidenCe.
m •
lie M .
until shocked into contept hy what he , day ;it may go on increasing for ever-as long as r 1.130 Emperor of Austria has mode eon
calls "the unimaginable and iecompre- ' I li " , ' Ill) ""g hlh " l "" retl Y Poonli'l''' cessious to his people, and appointed a
, orwhich you speak reldte new ministry. It Wag, liowel . ,er„ still
hensible. baseness of his ,character," , (2 ,: s pi'l si t s h ,,,%li i s fli' s i t s • •
n yore ,
supposed Ong the dornonsthut
e artnistice and the course
and the diseases- of a . scheine sof wits of. 'rents under it, um, my oprawitionitherelo--if
v . o . r . or'reptil:licanisto would co i n ° ip nB el jn h f i a n;
. y
~t ml, to what scheme of tillany do .you allude 111
lairy,"-- 11 a scheme of im
osture for
p ' to abdicate . . .
volt anawer to the last question 1
passing himself off upon ihtt e6lllltry • A. With regard to the at:misfit e,ritill theeourse i A report prevailed at Paris, that the
fora 'skillful general and able common-
or, mlll.llll{l, it, there wars ti little irf the some King of Prussia had been arrested by
corresponding' developments of character to which the people, and was to prison. It is also
,
der "-sand an attempt even to render I have refernd. 't hey, at- very hale
said that a rePublic was declared in his
Mr. Trill himself •" rut accomplice and l""ell". I will now ,nee what I mean I.y the
Capi
tal, Berlin. But these reports seem
salons of viiiany end imposture towhich I allude.
tool le Vilially.i i
' • . {General 1 , i)low here interrupted the witness - to lack confirmation. A letter front Ber
-
NN'liat Mr. Freaner sweat's in regard , 11 . 'lt'll . " lb' knew to who/ he was 'Ping to ill- lin• says thc.Prinee has sailed for Eng•
to the privitte newspaper bulletins of i lul l', Thi l,l s ; hiot ,. "PP P " in be ill ittl , wct.latitte ,' land. . •
; General Pillow, and his
Ai c i ? „. fit r. t.i . iip f t , i i b i ; y e
‘ , e1 ei, " 1 ,;:`,i 0 n' ,:: . ,,,j,;,,i17 1 ,,:, Z i k ,,` ;: 1 ..
ifila'rdtt marling of
,: c h ,7, 1 The Emperor of Russia is frightened
, object in sending . them the ~iniosa to proem t 1..; 'at these movements, going on on ever
substantiates; and thus General Pillow. Alt.:, tr re , fnined--'nte stdteMe of villaito ; side of his dominion; and henissued nit
is exhibited before the world in a scan. which 1 .dhi.ie wits ,i sshe r om ~r i is ps s io rs " for. ukase ordering his army ite be prepared ,
dalons attitude not only as the trumpet-1"1".i.v. himself oil* upon the country for a skillful for ally emergency. We little the einur•
ex:
of his
own niine, bat, a
yery
pi , , , k. fr t f , lcell , lll if 311, e.immaii : ler. The way in wind' ge ,, c y• may Seel, Arise !,,,, •
pocket of glory,-:thi: p'retentler to add it.. 2, ; 5 .) : ;
I, l , :. l . r u i t i li , t u ts;i t i u n.l;:. ( e ., i i ii c . !h i st. spine-, tool in The Petrie, a ' , relief) Paper, satiyi that
tiliwcnient inns' tali Mg
robber of other men's merit,- the hero i,,j,,,,,,.,. 1 „„,,,,,i, i i „ 1 i, i ,,;,,, , . 1 ,,',: . ,,"" i r ::; ! ,,: I ,:' a revol ullonar y
- Mr. Folk's hero-who had the iiic if, • hiohielf of Is,. 5.1,5,,,,,,„5tki„.,1 1„.,„,.., , „1,, ' , place at Genol, and that there Was a pro
hale unworthiness and incredible'stopid. itte Pre,ident, (~;laded to bcfoe..) :out ' of 11,.. sect on foot oi estab:isliing :at Italian Re
aracter which I had enjoyed t) ith, those who public. , • •, .
ity to resolve to carry off; and thilik he ch h -
I t i, , s , sie litnimi 111 C for great diirietii•n. he •., mild , 'There is interestinss news from 13avas ,
•
could carry off, the •immottality of the
battles •of Mexico by sinue•gling into i 1 i r,",, e ,, 1 .1'. ti":""6.""lialdeP"'"'Y of his ' " 4. ' rig Hanover, Milan, &e, for full details/
~
~ ir 1 1 ,..11.1. of events so that in sacs of fail-'
the papers the first accomit, and to ere- tiro in 1 i t 5 ,,,,,,,„5„„„ „ kid, ,„„s ~1 . ,,,,, „s,„sd he
.of which we refer the reader to the sum
tiling the " first impressions," "all for :a twin; willie , o, and Isumilho row lonian) no • marY we Publish below. '
such at his call to ille fart. that Id, inl'itary geninal
his own benefit." The thiles glorio9us
has always been a
.favorite character nit Pcm'lr"led through din whole " lin g , ' mil ll '' t
i l t. , ; had keen o , ::pp.ed to everything that failed,--
with the dramatists ; but, in real life, .
there was never before, in all liistory„ss,„. 4 ,, 3 „ l l: ' ,Z7pit.,„, d ,, I p 'v erc h e i , l o ,j! "`"lghaut ' " I
such an
.extraordinary representation of • • • • • *' • . •
it us that enact rd by General Gideon J. ' Q. In the official letter alluded to t did you use
Pillow, wild) "made Mr. NI: President." the following hit gunge:
is . "Of these two dupes, the one was Banta Anna.
Arid
. this General, be it observed,
the tats .,ora o r th a e o r i; s o m ea o: i .t b s:o ni rtty da cornp b ear h of Santa Minn.
. the creature, the favorite, the pet,
minion of the President of the Milted ring for ditaiiidion, and ili s e o tojne t rp7; iii i7iiv er i a n .
States ; of that President of the 'Uiiited , deviating from the trays of troth mind ' i . tr Y llr A •l c ol4 ;leaf
. States who sent to Mexico the Court of to the dictates of eon.on justice and common
, inquiry-(boiore which the favorite is' "nest, whit' pursuing Ill ' "We t; A P'""n• in
1 7 i n n i e n ,.whnse diameter in regard to the reach of his
:'stripped so ignominiously of borrowed
mon :4 a ndnnd (it
tun;
accurately f
sketchedi hie i nil i, vi a •n i a rie n t i id os o t f Nisi
i plumes)-to disgrace and crush General .
I WINFISLD ScOtk, a hero not of his Ma- in these wordsi -it is such as Y to qualifylti l m ni L
tion,-a soldier who learned the net of striving atst county court liar in the defece of a
war not in a county court house, bitt fellow charged with horse-stealing,' partieularly
. if the case were a bad one, and required n dexterous
amid cannon, and bayonets, and I.;lood,
on twenty fields of battle, 7 -Who never i w . " A 'Pel .s i l o " , l ,!„.t ; ` , 1 : " ,;„ 1 7,. " ,;:::,,,545, le certain sr
commanded iii battle that lie was not : the wor d. , I i",„ - , 0 - „ .- ,,j,,„ - 1 ,1 1 ,,, (I; ( ,„.; , :;t,„',, - - I - ,,, - ,,.
victorions,--who never wore a trophy furnished with nit accurate copy of them, ar;.l
which Ire had not won,-who never col , these avers the taunts as far st, my memory can be
sled or denied a laurel achieved or de- 'li'd no.
served by another,--the hero of two , [Gen' Pillory hem" Med that he hail iti) further
wars-for Scott was a hero at Niagara, , : 1 ,„ I rd, "° „ 11 „;, I , ' eit",,7wlitit.l""°""9 the
Pr"-
thirty-four years ago, and who, stepping , specification to antalt w e; Cheer to call
he " [T i e:te n t ' )
out of the past into the pressnt, a rota- to luring some further proof, Ec ' .] Gen. Sc ott said
photo warrior in his ancient harness, he desired to put one or two queations more; and
•• • •
went to Mexico, not to write but to fight ; the court assents& ,
1 Questions by Oen. Srott.--Will the witness
to iiIII . II, to morel], to charge, to - storm,-
io drive.the MeX i„a tiS mit of their strong- I , ' „- r p a s se ,„ B ,!;, ' „ l' s,;. ` ,.. i r l i t i h s e j r „ l i l s ` i 'n ' ~,c o"1, 1 "(1 o" agency
to
holds, to occupy their cities, 10 capture tors written by - hits (C:e ng wit r n a c u ss) ""g ttl".l.llc7i
their capital, to overthroW and utterly' , Pillow? against
.
subdue thein and thni compel them.to ; • A. Major Gen. Scott nor any other Iniman lie
•. ,
the " peace" which he had been sent to 'lig' has ever been ' instil" with am spoken ten
conquer. - -
I conceining, those loners or any one deterniinution
. •
1 taken by its . any. subject since I have been •t
Fortunetely for justice, fortunately, , Mexico. Theft,,' •• - • 1 n - in
at least, for Winfield Scott, there is a ' mine ever had, tipo i n ni a L l ' lyT:t:ir t it i tln t a ß tio ) ti f t r a it k . 7‘ d t) tot
tribunal, above that of the President, i me, was alter Oita determination had assumed . 11
which will decide the important o os , slums which neither he nor guy other huntnn being
lion as to the relative merit of the two . could have changed.
heroes. That tribunal is the tribunal of 1
the American people.
[We have not space for the whole of
Air. Trist's testimony . , which conclusive
ly convicts Gen. Pillow
,of sending let
ters to various newspapers, claiming for
himself. all the credit of the victories in
Mexico. The following extracts, how
ever, will afford a very adequate idea of
what Mr. Poll's agent thinks of Mr.
Poll's pet general and former law part
ner t] • •
On that occasion I to:wive:l front Gen. Pillow '
several letters, which were returned to him in con- i
sequence of my not being able to send them by the
means he wished them to go; among the hitters ;
received by me from Gen. Pillow, I recollect dis- !
tinetly one or 'pore letters addressed to the editors '
of the "Delta ;" ono or more to the editors of the ,
"Union," Washington; airdone or mire address- .
ed to ton-u other meweimpens in the United Slates; '
one, I think, woe in TerinCraCe, and the other in i
Alabama.
Gen. PilloW hem raised a • point of older.
The court directed the witness to coic'ne his i
answer strictly to the question proptamded.
' Answer continued-it ryas on rho-31st of Aug.
Set, 1847, that I teceived from Urn. Pillow the
note referred to in my reply to the first question,
which note I will reed. The noto is marked on I
the hack ‘• Private," with a hand pointing to that
word, and reads as follows:
' Endoised on outside-'• Private. , Mr. 'Print,
Tacultaya." •
On thchinaide-" Miocene, August 31st, 1847.
'. Ptivate-VVill Mr. 'Trier do mo ihe favor of
having the enclosed letters go by to-morrow's cour
ier. I have a direct interest in their going. 11
they connot go retool them to me.
Gin. I, Piht.ow.
" But do send them if possible. They are nil,
for nip benlfit. G. J. P." I
Q. Oh you entertain feel/nee of hostility and 1
prejudice against Gen. Pillow I
The witness inquired if t h e court tailed that
question answered. The court replied in the
atlirmative.
A. With regard to prejudice, the oltly prejudice 1
that ever existed in my mind with regard to the .
person who puts the question, was prejudice in In,
(aim. The only feeling's of hostility which I en.
Tht supposed robbers of Mr;
Darlington, President of tilt Chester
County Bank, have been arrested in
Mexico. They had purchased inules,
for whi4 payment was madt•eislus:• r e.
ly in Chesfer County Punk notes. It is
statc: l . inat.4o,ooo of the money can be
secured, and that the prisoners await
the requisition of the CovernOr of Penn
sylvania.
Ermy :FAmi.v.—'rilis interesting
"Baird of rels" again favored oar
community with a concert, on Sattirday .
evening last. 'file audience was quite
larg.e,,plid, as usual, all wore highly tie
lighted.
fr ,,- N. R. 111. Johnson• has annonn:
red linmelf as a Candidate Icir Governor
tient achy, in oppOsitioh to' the rega
iilr 11C/11111:T2 . C; and intend; to stone the
,tate.
An importan t amendment NVP S
1114 • 163 to theiGencral Appropriation Bill.
14,11 appropriates tio2Qo,ooo for the
(tom mon school s ,:lntl malt es it obi igaidry
upon all the non-accept lug school dis
tricts in the State, (a accept the provis
ions of the. school law. The bill has
been .signed by the Governor.
aiiil camlidateF
A Wnshington correispondent of the
Baltimore Patriot, alluding to recent de-
velupements, says :
4‘ New candidates, compromise candi- •
dute.F, nre now .seriously tallied of by
the Whigs at the sent of Govehment.
Some are for running Crittenden and
Abbot Lawrence, while others are for
runnin g Scott and Mangum. Some hold
on for Clay, and others for TaVor. A
great change is working at all erents.
You will soon see the result.
The kThigs, however, are not alone
distracted and divided. The Locofocos
are in a state or great uneasiness nod
anxiety, as to what they shall do in
their forthcoming Baltimore Convention.
General Sam Houston, who some lit
tle time ago went on a pilgrimage to the
North, has since been south - as far as
North Carolina, and has just , returned.
He ."'ltnows a hawk front a hand-saW,"
:nd may yet get the nomination, if .11:r.
Polk cannot."
[Correspondence of the Pu6tie Ledger.]
IVlexicanAffairs—_-Surrender of San-
to Anna.
WASHINGTON, April 12, IS4S
While I am addressing you something
whispers to me that the war with Mexi
co is at an end and that our troops re
main, there. merely from charity to the
government. A rumor is in circulation
ever since the latter, part of last week,
to the effect that Santa alana has actual
ly surrendered himself to a Colonel of
our army, on condition that he should re
deye a salvus condurtas to rera Cruz,
and there be permitted to embark. 1 think
the rumor well founded in truth, and tim
under the impression that Santa Anna
is at this moment no longer treading
Mexican soil. With the removal of San
ta Anna the principle danger of a renew
al of hostilities is gone : so that though
not many Mexicans may be in favor of
accepting our terms of peace, there is
no one in Mexico capable of obtaining
better ones, or even showing any dispo
sition to attempt such an enterprise.
On the other ; hand,it is q uite true that the
negotiators of the treaty will be disap
pointed in regard to the mode of pay
meta of the, fifteen .millions, and that
Mr. Mclntosh, Air. Trist's generous pa-
tron . and coadjuator, may, be a bankrupt
in consequence. Neither will 1 deny '
that the Mexican clergy are apt to feel
hurt at the abolition of their immunities,
and that the Mexican people will share
in the disappointment ; but between be- ;
ing hurt and able to resist, there is a
considerable difference. The Mexicans
may not like the treaty as sent to them
now, ratified by the United Stares Sen
ate ; and they may propose new altera
tions and changes to
. gain time—they
may for instance, demand ten or twelve
millions down, or in stock convertible
into money—but they are bound to take
what we are willing to give, and are by
this time pretty well reconciled to the
loss of New Mexico and California. What
will become of Mexico after the with
drawal of our troops, nobody can tell ;
but my opinion is that anarchy and civil
war will soon induce her to implore our
assistance, and that the States adjacent
to the Union will claim as a great boon
to be annexed to the,United States.
Letters .from the arms• in Mexico rep
resent,the'sympathy of the officers and
troop's for Gen. Bcott, - the •hero of so
many battles, and the first captain of
the age, as very great and intense, and
the old General broken down in mind
and body.
Et The Mineral Bank of ',Maryland
has arranged its difficulties and resit
(ltd business.
ID - The Whigs of Missouri instruc
t ted their delegates to vote for Gen. Tay
lor, but pledge themselves to support
the nominee of the - cOnvenilon be he
who he may.
Destructive Fires.
A destructive fire , occurred itt.Phila
; dolphin on South wharves, between Lom
bard and South streets on Tuesday
evening. Three or four large warehouses
of commission merchants, were destroy
ed, with n large amount of goods. The
loss is heavy but the owners are gener
' ally insured.
i On the same evening, a lire broke
out in Wooster street New York, which
before it was subdued, burned thirteen
or fourteen houses, and destroyed pop.
erty estimated at $150,000.
is stated, says the New Yorlc
Sun, in a letter froth Rome, that propo
sals ore now under consideration by the
Pope, for abolishing the celibacy of the
clergy.
TOE WiIVLE FAMILY COMlNG.—Accor
ding to the Paris correspondent of the
Courier des Etas Unis, the duke, d'Au.
male and Prince de Joinvill, sons of Lou.
isPhilippo, have• annouccd their
inten
tion of removing to the United States,
l and here establishing themselves.
POLK A.l , :n PILLOW . versus SCOTT.—A
correspondent of the N. 0. Bulletin in
a letter dated Mexico, March 23d, says:
—The Court Martial at present pending
here, adds nothing to the renown of our
arms in this country. As far as it hap
progressed, AV'e discover that one Gen
erto (Pillow) has 'hail all the facilities
afforded him in the way of public rec
ords from the Government, to carryout
his prosecution, or vindication against
Scott, and it seems that the President
and Cabinet at Washington, are combi,'
!led with Pillow, to prostrate General
`.'cott.
From Aleseenget, Much tt
Highly 'important—Republic Proulaiuwd in
Prussia.,
. ,
A telegraphic despatch„ dated Aletz,
received yesterday. stated that. IL Revel,
lic had been proclaimed at Berlin. 'Ors
King had been dethrolied, and his Alti-•
jesty and Ministers arrested.
'This news is continued by the: Parise
commerce of the 2i3th. Thu paper says
"This time the fact is official. The tel
egraphic despatch which we add to this
was Addressed to , the Provisional' Gov
ernment, and. posted at the. Bourse, and
leaves no doubt of the authenticity of
the Communication:" . .
A Berlin leiter of the 21st states that
the Prince of Prhssin had lett for. Eng
land.' Before his flight thepeOPle had
demanded that he should renounce all
right to the throne.
We learn from Berlin, under date of
the 20111, that all the Polish prisoner.)
in that city had been Set at liberty. Tits .
went in procession to the Palace, andi
the King, appeared the balcony and
bowed to them. . •
M. Miershawski was in the carriage,
the horses of which were taken otl loy
the people, wile-supplied their, place,,
uttering loud acclamations,. -
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
We learn (rein Capt. Richbrdson, Clint.
' the greatest - excitement prevailed in Pa
ris
and,Herve, between the rich and p' -.
The rich were in apprehension of bei it
killed daily by the poor. They had
close their tloorS, and strOuglytar them.
The military were called out. on the mar.
ning of the 29th ult., for the purpose of,
cil l
stopping any outbrake that may (Au,
place.
..
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte commen,
ced his services two days ago as a Na•
tional Guard,•and was placed usitt senti
nel at the Post dee Drapeaux. .fie be e
longs to the 4th company of the Ist bat
talion of the first legion.
About 400 of the poles living in Pori •
assembled yesterday to form the,tir
column for returning to their own cat
try. .
se Poles. have written to thei Si .
' fellow•countryman in the % provinces to
join them either at Parts or Strasburg.,
• They have•also made an'appeal to that
Republic of France for a supply of armsl
and the munitions of war.
REVOLUTION 'IN GENOA.
We read in the ?atria of the 24th tilt
At the moment of going to press we wer
assured that a great movement 1rt.t1,,,
ken place at Genoa, and that it 1
detached itself from Sardinia, with t:
project of contributing to the formptio
of an Italian unity, with a republics
form, of government. . .
. , BAVARIA. i '
A letter from Munich chile 21st, 4
ted at five o'clock.in the morning, whi 1
we find ifl : the Augsburg Gazette; sa •
King Louis is abdicated, the .Prig /
Royal ascends the throne
.uuder the ti ,
of Maxinuillian the Second.
The news of the King's übdicati
produced an extraordinary sensation. j
is said that King Louis could not m. '•
up his mind to elfeet
_the promised t
forms, particularly to have a responsi i
Ninistry.
• '
.• ' . ' AFFAIRS IN MILAN. r
The Opinion of Turin, of the 29th u
~
publishes the following news from '
Norra, dated the 19th: • .
HANOVER.
His Majesty on the 19th ult:i sente l .
official ratification to the Bugher GI) I,
that he had dismissed Privy Centime hit
• tie