. 2ir ~ : r-t 1 ,6,1, . ..--, - . 4-it , ,, ,, ,,!9., .. ___ 5 ...- ya w .._,:.,,,,.. -, -rioir ,- ..11a,.6? , • 'CUM - 6 -1 , - ,: t e„. etk. e It" ' • , From the ortit Amerman. 'ivalastlant iligenee from New • f . exico. —Mexican inferreetion at Taos i —Go4 mar" Bent Aiirdir4r,As saisistation of lillmerieans—Probable.Cap ' i titre of SaotaWe-- Trap set to= hire Col, Doniphan—Ltlinnineot Danger:" PITTSBURGH, March 16. By river we hive St. Louis papers four . days in advance of mail, with dates from Fe ibiethigtimPOttnitt 'There has been an exteitisive Mexican insurrection , at Taos. Ad the Spaniards who evinced any sympathy with the Atiterican cause had been compelled fo'escape.. • Gov. Bent, Sttphen Lee, Acting Sheriff, Gen. Elliott Leei Henry Seal, and twenty .Americans, ,we -killed and their familes despoiled. Theq Alcalde was also This all occurred on the 17th January. The insurrectionhad6nade formidable held, and the disaffection! was rapidly spreading.— The insurrectitinists were sending ex presses out all over the country to raise assistance. Th 4. number engaged in the out- 'break at Taos *as about 600. They were using every argument to incite the Indians s to hostilities, and were making preparations to take possesio of Santo Fe. 4 The Amer' ns, at Santa Fe, had only about 500 effect, ve men there, the rest were on the sick list4or had left to join Cot Don iphan. Such being their situation, they can not send suceoe,fout, as they are hardly able to defend themselves. It thought that Santa Fe must be . pailtured, as neither the Fort nor Block -hnusfi are completed. It is annoln4d as the intention of the in surrectionists ttho captured Taos, ,to take possession of the government wagon trains, which are carrying forward our supplies, and thus cu't off all communication. Thtreprese4tations made to Col. Doni phan, that Chihuahua would be ; an easy 1 conquest, were h vidently intended as a lure to entrap him, beget a spirit of security, and lead hips far of into the interior, where he might easily bi cut off It is the general opinion at Santa Fe that if Gen. Wool }lad gone direct to Chihuahua there' would hive been no trouble in New Mexico. ColiDoniphan had pOssession of El Passo del ?lone on the 28th December. Letters had beta received from the Gover nor of Chihuahua, st ) ating that Gen. Wool was within throe daY's march of the capital. This, too, was itloubtless enother ruse to lure —Col. Doniphan". on in confidence, and cut into off from 41 change of escape, or of fall , jag back upon S anta Fe, to relieve it in its emergency. ; 1 The Mexicans are bold in their tone and confident of capturing Col. Doniphan and .- his command, irltich consists of about 600 =en, 500 of them being Of his own troops, - the first regimeint of mounted Missouri vol unteers, and aidetachment of 100 men from Santa Fe, ,under command of .Lieut CoL Mitchel, of dot 2d regiment—consisting of 30 men from Olark's battalion of light•artil lery, under co wand of Captain Hodson and Lieut..Krihben, and 70 from Cal. Price's regiment and Col. Willock's battalion ' They then assert that they will-massacre ev ery American in New Mexico rind Confiscate all their g00d.4 A letter froi Lieut. Abert, 11. S. Topo graphical Engineer, of later date; confirm all the above intelligence. The details of the battle of Bi-acito are also confirmed.— The massacre beyond doubt has been a hor rible •% , one, of ich we have as yetbeard the beginning;. a ~s 1 the insurrection •has been kept so quiet Until all was ready for the out ••toreak, that pub handful of trooplC must be demolished, before any effort can be mode l to relieve thetii from the most advtineed of •our Western fitilitary posts. Lieut. Abe*'s men suffered very severely coming to Miisouri. The calls on_ gov.ern meat for pronipt assistance and large 'rein forcements are strenuous, and the, situation of our gallentimen, far away from succor, `'in the heart Of an enemy's country, shows - the rashness i which has characterized • the whole advance into New Mexico. Eight of tlke, leading men engaged in the 'conspiracy-141e arrived, (our despatch does not say toker4) who ha've made a full con fession of the /whole plot. Letter* reciived also state that Col. Cook -and the Mormon battalion were 350 miles beyond Sapt.4 Fe. • They were generally in good 'health-- and progressing slowly. - 2 I • Fit= t # . 11. ' mayane, . tr ' . • • , Lt i trout Itexico. After. he 'lig of the mail for the East yesterdayw4 were, through the courtesy of 1 friend, placed in [possession of paperafrom , the city of *Nice, a . fortnight , later than we had before. seven. They consisted of copies of ' .. El ,Eepublictino of the 11th, 12th, and 13th ofFebruary.i We proceed to an examine -1 tion-of their tiontents. B,y_ a despetch from the commandant of „Vens.Croz, anted the 7.th of February, ive _learn thatinktbat day, Senor D. Alejandro ~lose Atochalimded at Vera Cruz under a flag of truce• froinilieritnericaiisquadrun, with *spathes frost th e govornmentoftlie United s l States, whicft , he as charged to deliver in person !to thee/lies can government. ; A letter is bed in the El Republica gto announcing that General . Santa Anna • tools his deptfrture from San Luis on dui 2d itebrpary. Ilia destination, is said to be Monterey.,,t#ards which point the main bo - sly of. his twiny hes already moved.. The uji n -following is iltiva the number of troops of t under his Man , with the; dates of their departure f th city of San Luis: List of the- loops which have recently mar -26i , . heti Monterey. , • iiapury be appers and Artit _„„krists. wi 'n' teen guni of hen ., 4,y, calibre - - ,650 e kinmstty. 234.15 t, d, 4th, sth, 10th, . and Illth Regiment! of the Line,. ~, ~and,Jst..tinii 3d LightTropps, ~- , -8,240 Aguary.;44,4th Light Tzoopt!,Mik.. .... e 4 4804 An29a, ISt, Active of li fi r. : ft , c r ook i r ,, z :if udalajirp;do:' of , , ...MTN, - ' Ot , ereta-roi do. of , • ~., ii Alifitto9•l • • f,„ r. :.. • • , ' 2 *Y-is :;, , r f ~.• 1 1; :i. ;,..,=.,;,, ~,., 1 L d ' ' ' ,l* , de?. • , .'• San Luis,, looo .l.44,PCititltO „Pee ,Pen*dicondßetl ilti4vaff,* • in n ' , 7" •. 014 with three , , , ' i jtieees, o vy , bre, ,withilieir . 1 - .A1P4 1 ,4 ~ -; 2,, - ,-, - •,.r.;. 5 "1„ , ... • ,: 4 1 ' 1 i - .5..i.,1 : • 0; - ' l. l ‘ r.tPriL,.-`! . " - - s - ; ; :,.i,: -,:-. - g.•'• s o -Diiiiiin ii ! d: Ge . )dejia. . ___,„ / , ..7, 1: ,',91000 B= • e - artti!ery was supp lied eamin over mu rounds' Of aisfitimiihii: 4l . l. ' 7 1 : In the ahiive eiinmeiation nfkil noi ded the force - stationed at Tight nor, ,brigades of qene4ls Minton *rdiuvereil At the ladle aeeounte'froni;:Saiga Anna he was•at Mateltuala, where he arrived on tlielth of Februffry."" • - Matehualn is a town nearly.north of San Luis and nbAttt one third4ote, wsy thence to Sala), according to the maps before us. His army #as in the utmost distress. ' From:the N. 0. Picayune March 10. By . the arrkfal of the U. revenue_ cutter Taiwaid,'diplairillinies, a large mail was yesterday frem Anton Lii.ardo. 'Our own letters carntidown 'to the Bth February, on which day-t6norther prevlailed, which •pre vented ',the -Forward - from leaving before the 2d of March,. inst. ' The information which follows wo ileriVe exblusiVely from our let ters arid•paPers. It appeari that Senor Atocha, whose. ar rival at Vett Cruz, with despatches, we an nounreed, yetiterday, went over there on the Forward, frbm this city, direct. • He reached there cui thek9th ult., And . proceeded imme diately to Mexico. He returned from the capital on the 26th ult., and repaired - again iinmediatelys on board the Forward, and is now, we ,tirsume, on his way to Washing ton. It is itht supposed he liasticeomplished much by hitt mission. The Mexicans had personal obictions to him, and his reception by the authorities of Vera Cruz, and the peo ple and goiternment of Mexico, was any thing but :eordinl. Some speculations in regard to h is mission will be found in the copious antLvery interesting correspondence hereafter subjoined." Our rent:krt.-will learn with infinite pain. that Passed Midshipman Rogers has been ordered toiPerote, and that he is now con fined in that gloomy prison. Two batiks have arrived off Vera Cruz with volutuders from the North, and gone into Anton Lizurdo. One of them is the St. Cloud. NVe cannot at this moment rec ollect froth chat port the St. Cloud sailed. The news from Santa Anna is no later than we- It4e already given, though it is more full. • Military Critics condemn Santa Anna's plan of campaign. • They. say he wasdriven from his original designs ; by the cry of" ap athy" made against biro. They anticipate that he will now drive every thing before him, and decent ('.en. Taylor, but complain that he leaves the coast of Vera Cruz unpro tected, and can obtain no. advantages that will be deCisre. He must necessarily sub sist his .troops• upon the. poor inhabitants of the country he traverses With his hordes, by which they will become .:exasperated. But the great point insisted upon is that, Santa Anna hasileft the country open for the march of the Anrrican troops ,upon the capital, where they may dictate ,a peace before he Can r eturn, from his distant expedition. The latest advices we see from Chihuahua are to the:l6th ofJanualy ; a fortnight later than our :former . accounts. The city had not then been taken by our troops, nor do the seettni thing said of their advance upon it. Four Mexican soldiCrs who were in the action Of December' 2fith had arrived at Chihuahua and given.their account of the fi g ht It differs but little from the one we have before published. They say the loss of the Mexicans was less than twenty killed, and that of tbeAmericans was fifty-two kill ed, of which number was a captain. They .Protest that griat,cowardice was shown by a portion of their troops; and demand a full. and official account of The action, that the brave may be rewarded; and cowards stig matized as tbeY deserve. The citizens of El Paso are charged with capitulating in a shameful Manaer, and ~ the Americans are said to have abused their power as shame fully. They pursued some of the Mexicans to Sail Elettario, a small fort on the Rio del Norte a few: miles below El Paso, and there icouttnitted depredations, carrying off "the archives" to El paso. 1 From the St. Lonis !Daily Union, March 9. Addltiont Partienhtirs of the Massa- A friend at Independence has sent the de tails of the insurrection et Taos, as far as they were known. •• The Alcalde of TacCl acted a double part. He wrote to the Alcalcle of Los Vegas .that he would join him with six hundred men in an expedition against snnta Fe, and nt the same time sent word to Mr. John A. Wells, a i Moro, - that he was n friend to the Ameri cans,: • For t his pretended friendship, it seems . he was killed bY the Mexicans. The Alcalde of Los Vegas informed Wells that he refused to second the outbreak of the mob, and desiiued to do-operate with the Americani., 'Gov. Bent had re:Pased the Mexicans at SantaF d, 'charged intended insurrec tion, and had been a l t Taos a few days, ,where hie family reside* lie is married to a Mexican lady and Owns a Curm near that place. On' the 17th of January, the mob iroSetou the- AreerictiOs there, and Lot sassinated them, whom was • Gov. Bent, 'Stephen Lee, Marshal of that dis trict, Mr. Leal,, (suppOed to be James White Leal, U. States :District Attorney, thougtiO4t known with certainty,) Gen, El liott Lee' S 1 'of St. Lo u is, a 'Mr. Turley, . who had a distillery in the neighborhood, which he defended ; with eight hien for two days. 'This outbriak 'was anticipated, and some of the instigators had been imprison ed. 'The Mexicans slew o f only the Amer icans!tliere, but all the SPailiards supposed tote fuverable to the AtrietiC.an cause. About twenty Americans snug have been ainrdere.d. When the ;4a:1 - reached Bent's Port;'a'stnall, company was sent' out ',to aid the stragglers and recoVei what properly could be .fouid. Altrof* cattle and ef fects ,of tlie r Axnericsuis had been plundered. 1 FOOD ,p 'REPLEcTioir.—Separate man kind from e 0 ,pth,at astmuch- as ;possible, and cut , o$ : . e - poor, the unfortunate, the de graded,, tlio icious, fromithe sym pathy, the i exailiPle,:ili ` advice ; the nfluence, of those more fortmaie,,prusperous, or more virtu ous. Build mote churdlies, so extravagant iti exPendinireili at' it! pdol-rigin dare not look into one df them ;' triiicli'lsiii isl(forli - se4i; cushion' lui 'vital witli've 'its; • priivide *W. did,wirri giye miniiiii - good sitlarlies, Oita 4, Confihe ItOtki to tlii'ciii'flelcif theii. - , - kitt On'ti irk; ii . istt AhCh nitiriertlit "Ctiti,anity ha' icilittlerniatience : ,iii Mak lig pool. trien . goOtt ti t iiiiii. , <Y ,• • • ',do . , „<.„ ... rgrhe embers of the rearimivbich Wee r Os 'Nei York_' lo ,o4 1845 .' are st iab ans o o .„.. -,,• tE,': 2440 IMI cre in New-Mexico. =PO : TAWI' FR I YITIME - AlarmintißOi.or!=;-Ge 'I Taylo 4, ..... ~._1 - :,ipg te"4lonterer--.8 , a Anna -' -' 60,44. frosts . Taylo iprontsson trams, o detains 'of tops ftorts'Strnlvo- Att. Matamoros, Brazos,' and Po antfcsp i ated . ., • , I WAsniletox ;31arch . 4;6 o'cloc By - ifte schooner . ..lobo Howell, arrived IV New Orleansjoa the. , ..1 from th - BrazVs, dates i to. the a the 2Stli ult.have been epejvcd._ it - ei islifnertible excite ent has casionbd ht New Orleans by rum.. by the passengers on mord of that General Taylor lad fallen 1 Monterey, being clime! pursued Anna, at the head of tWenty-five men. This rumor is probably was so regarded by some of the who brought it friiin the Brazos. Capt. Hughes, of the •Blinois who was.one of the ) passengers, Taylor's - camp at Aguji Neuva, c and all was then q met. The force there did not ex eed five tl Gen. Taylor then 'lite ded to lin tibn he - occupied unti the first when he would move fdrward i .- . Mr. Kendall writeslthat an e arrived at Matamoros do the 26th Curtis at Camargo. IThat off in his despatch that itu expres Seralvo on the evening: . of the Col. Morgan with injnnctions t the trains between Camargo and Morgan's regiment was to leave 1 on the morning of the; 24th, bul nation was unknown It was reported that the ene vancing in great forr.qomt from is not stated. Morgao received direct from Gen. Tayl§r. Another rumor is : that Gen thrown a large forcei into Lit was thought intended attacking and perhaps the depdts 'at the ' Point Isabel. This however, i. wise, but the defenceless positi posts would favor such a move pert of the enemy, but; it was don er they would have the courage it. All these reports go!to confirm ion that Santa Anna has a I troops in Gen. Taylor's neigh whether with the inteittion of at. or of passing round and falli American posts on the Rio Gra.: knows. Some think that santa Anna i ing a feint with considerable vicinity where Genero Taylor tl the purpose of diverting his at , ' when that is effectei4 pass him body of-light troops; Mid make upon Camargo, Motainoros, an depots in the vicinity alike Brim think that Santa Anna is sendin portion of his force tojthe succo rison of Vera Cruz. * Havana dates to the sth have b i but they contain no news of int Important Corrclponden nel Benton Pieside Wg are ind - ebted i 4 the '4Vasl ion fur the following! correspo will he seen that on the 6th of month, Col: Benton demanded ident, powers both rullitnry and the command of the tinny, and sign preliminaries ot peace— time intimating that he disappri l of the plhti of Gene l nl Tayl.o l Genii Scott. The Presider the matter, and de4ined the Whereupon Major-General diately resigned. Mr. Benton's prbposition Gen. Taylor, Scott, i3utler an under the circumsta n ces, was , least of it, very selfish and and reveals his Prue c4aracter, ; I er than any other public act of CORRESPONDEN (qq.r.) WASHINGTON CITY, March SIR : Please to re l eeive, as n respect, a copy of ithe folio which explain the circumstl which I decline to necept the of Major-general in Ihe army. . Respectfully, sir, our obedi THOMAS H. I To the Hon. Mr. !of the U. WASHINGTON 4ITT, Mar Sin: Without waiting for of being presented With -the c major-general in the army 0, States, I think it Tight to in once that my acceptance or re high appointment will depend on public- and . nathwal . cons w pe h r ic so h n , li vo i ; : Yoursel, will be can hive no wis , flee; but it you believe the service to the cototry, am wj go all private considp:ations-- tell* from my family, j under pai l stances; resign mY place in which is so dear to the—and p I diately to the theatre of war. ulatioas would be fOr the po deem. necessary - fi success would be. both milit ary aril dip command of the army, and nut preliminaries of pehce, based previously approved by you. I beg you to believe, sir,- the lob or personal, dictates this pr i lotion. There is no such thi; proceeds from a. thorough cot' with a subordinate command, good .in the army;. do the , cont .presence there would be impro! :chievous : for _I am ;known, fro; speeches, to disapprove the .the )ate,- and present conthian, , ! ,fonsive policy of and the. Ulloa attack of the ,other)—a: : known,. my pretence would o' implied censure-on .the two ±' might - make me, in:spite of m , ciPl.4 4l iscootent add ins u bort!' command of .the artnyrtherefo' ly military: position 'which „Authority tor educlude , 1 1 /14# the , preliminaries .of. highly,esseatial to .Ouceess,:as.. We.* commooderi in ebietto 5 I Adkantage,,o passing, events, nilitaryprfo - !Weil, to 'close the war. Vurnished withAiese powers,- I ain *P iing to make the Sacrifices; and to ; Medi the responsibilities of tthisi:high +emit:nand; hat 4 leireit-ti, you, fin- your 'free , and final - ile - - cision ; considering it as a national; ques tion, mid a new one, on which there : is no -crimMitment, on eithei side, in any',:thing .that has passed. rl:3 • A pieysuit *mitering, :—.3larch cks upon Isabel EE Warren, tlt instant ening of Whatever may be your decision, my thanks and gratitude will not be the less to you for your unsolicited nomination of me to this high appointment, not to the.,.Senate for its instant and unanimous confirmation of it, nor the House of Representatives for its three times tirtuul election of We to he the commander in chief of the briny in Mexico. Ibeen oc rs brought phis vessel, back on by Santa thousand Respectfully, sir, your friend tutd fellow citizen. 'THOMAS H.. BENTON. TO THE PRESIDENT. • I else, and assuagers WASHINGTON CITY, Mardi 1537 olunteers, ,left Ge n. the 13th American ousand.-: Sin: I have given to your let)er of the 6th instant, th e consideration nide') its im portance demands. In tenderingteyou the appointment of Major General in thc army, I earnestly desired that the country should have the advantage of your conceded abili 'ty and military knowledge, your intimate acquaintance with the Mexican character, and your familiarity with their language and political condition. the posi of April, press bad from Col. tcer stated bad left 23d from stop all !Monterey. lat daylight the desti- Immediately after your nomination as Ma jor General had been unanimously confirm ed by the Senate, I carefully examined the question, whether I - possessed the po - wer to designate you—a junior Major General— •to the chief command of the army in the field. The result of this examination is, I am constrained to say, a settled conviction on my mind, that such power has not been conferred upon me by the existing laws. I am fully sensible.of the exalted patriot ism which could alone have induced you to make the personal sacrifices to which you would be subjected, in assuming even the: chief command of the army in Mexico and. I duly appreciate the reasons you have assigned, and which may, I fear, prevent you from accepting your' appointment as Major General. lf, on further reflection, such shOuld be your decision, I- shall leant ' it with deep regret. y was ad what point his orders Mejia has reA, and it Matamoros 't razes and mere sur- I ns of these ent on the ted ivheth to attempt he impress- Iry body of !rhood ; but .neking hint g upon the de, no one I arn, sir, with high consideration, very respectfully, your obedient servant, .• JAMES K. POLK. To Major Gen.. Thomas 11. Benton, Washington City. WASHINGTON, Tuesday Evening, k March 9, `tends mak- Irce in the ). posted fur tion and 1 • ith a large 1 an attack I some other Others ora lartre 1 of the gar- Sir : Your letter of this day's date is just received ; and seeing no reason for further reflection, and wishing to avoid all delay in officering the army, I have written n note to the adjutant general, to be delivered at his office in the morning, declining to ac cept the appointment of Major Generbl in the army, so kindly offered to me by you, and so honoralty confirmed by the Senate. I have the honor to be, sir, with grearre spect, your friend and fellow-citizen. 1:=1 Mince. - THOMAS 11. BENTON. To the President. e—Colo. t Polk. WASHINGTON, Tuesdnv Evening March 9, 1847. ingtou Un• deuce. It Sir: I had the honor to receive your note of the 6th inst.; with the commission of Ma jor General in ',the army, and delayed the answer of acceptance, or non acceptance, until I should receive an answer from the President to a note which I addressed to him in the murnng of that day. That an swer is now received, and enables me to an swer your note, and to say, that the coin- . mission - is not accepted. I he present ,if the Pres- diplomatic, l authority to t the same !ved, as well as that of considered Please to accept, sir, my thanks for the kind terms of your-note, and for the thou sand courtesies which you have extended to me iwthe course of uur long and friendly acquainiance. proposition. ton, imme- 'n supersede Patterson,. Most truly and rupeetfully yours, THOMAS H. BE.IITON.:. To Adjutant General Jones. td say the isereditable, rhaps plain his life. From IL; lVtu. , hington Union The Post-Office Department. We lciy before our readers' the new regu lations which have been adopted by the Postmaster General, under the laws passed at the elbse of the last session of Congress. They etihrace a variety of new and interes ting provisions, which ought to bc under stood thoroughly by the people theniselyes, as well as by. the postmasters. Thti atten tion of this last and most important elqss of officers throughout the country is speCially invited to them. 10, 1847 mark of my ing letters, aces under !appointment nt servant, ENTON. S. Seduce. Regideitions of the t Post-Office Department for the enforcement of the acts of Con gress of the 1 ss, 2 d and 3d of March, 1547. 1. All deputyinistinasteis are authorized to send free, throu,7ll the mails, all letters and packages not ;weighing over two oun ces, which they may have occasion to write or send, relating tg the business of their of fices or of the postlotfice department, endor sing/ thereon " liost-office busines4," and signing their na es thereto. And those whose compensat ii did not exceed $2OO for the year ending the 30th of June, 1846, may also send f through the mails letters written commun ;lions on their .own pri vate business, n. weighing over ohe half ounce. h 6, 1847. he formality I gmtnission . of the United arm you at usal, of that entirely up- Aerations of he judge.— for this of, I con be of fling to fore eparate my fut. circutn ; the .Senate, ceed Immo- it. Members from Territories d:rough the mail the cfnnmencemi the meeting of and p4ekages n weight, nod pill ing three pout ments tire those er house of Co books procurei of either house, 3. The samt bers of Congre ry of the Sena of Representa which tertian successors. Iy only sup and these omotio—the ority to sign upon terns nothing self posed in it. It viction that, could do no ary, that-my r and mils- my public Ilan*, both of • r,—(the de an Juan de Id this,being crate as an literals, and the neu. ation..; The is the Wi ld hold:init. or at least ce. Ldeetti would eta. take it 4. The pr enlarged so free, public term 5, ,Persons franking ; s1) packages, wei And Riga- . th Illey ; fill; • eiffed_twu. siguatod by !On Congress and delegates lay send and receive free, froth thirty days) before er of each . Congreis, until u next Congress,: letters exceeding two ouhces in k documents not exceed- Is in weight. Public deco ;,tinted by the order of eith res9, and publications or 0- purchased by Congress, .ur the use of the members. privilege allowed to tnem ii extended, to the Oecreta and the clerk" of tlid 'House es during their official terms, with the ,election of. their lege of the Vice PreitidenOti homey send nnd , receive uments during his; OffiCiul waled to ,4thu. privilege of eildorse on, allr letters , or tag uodertwo ounceS, # free,' same, deligtiating the office All public: doeumentS o which out is weight, should bit de= siting die,:words ".publiel dare fp, .04 fiping thew 4fficial7 ly as,obove. 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All letters and packag4 to and ftom the heads or, departments, .4r to the .other public offt;ers who were entitled; to the franking privilege pricir in the passate of the act of tile 3d of March, 145, in relrdion the businesi of their respectire offices, will be deliverect to the persons addressed, %fiat out any ch4rge of postage, a an appreOria tion has btu made by Cogress . for , teir payment. 'iAll letters and pAckages iss ing ! from the departments.Shouldi be marked on the envelope, "official busirt.:ssi" and sign ed by the hpads of the departments,, or,un der their ditection, by their elief clerks,and by the edict officers who wlere entitled to the franki4g privilege prior to the acts of 1845, designating their. official capaciti.— But such officers have not the right to :lend or receive free their private letters or palters. 7. All newspapers transmitted thrtiugh the mails iiill he hereafter fated with pos tage, excep4 . exchange papers betwil.eni the publishershf ‘ newspapers, and those fra4ked , by persons!enjoying the privilege, and eon tractors miry take newspapers out of; the mail- sale .4 tliwibution among subscribers: 8. Trattitem newspapers; or those! not ,sent from the office of publication to sulcri hers, hand-ills, or circular letters, p ted or lithog,raOhed, not exceeding one sh , i. in f size, xi ill pay three cents, uPqn delive at the office hind before they are put it the r : mails, and fall such will be charged by 00- ty _post-mj,sters as pre-paid matter i the way-bills, 4nd upon their account oft t ails ails sent, and stamped or marked paid, with the name of the office from why) sent. • i 9. TranOient newspapers, hand-bills or circulars, dannot be- received, free by deputy postmaster* under their pri v ileg e. ff.:Mich should be 4ddresscd to them; it is theirlduty to return them to the sender under a brew cover, charged with letter postage. de posited in ti post-office unsealed, addr ssed to deputy postmasters or others, they` will not in anyifcase he forwarded by mail, With out prepay:tam:it of postage. 1 If sealed they will be rated with,letter postage and fewer ded in the mails. 1 • t i • 10. Letters addressed to different pefsons Cannot be ;tnclosed in the same envelope' or package tinder a penalty often dollars" un less addreised to foreign conntries. I . 11. Le era, newspapers] and packOges, . not, excee ding one ounce in*eight,ad/ress-• ed to any pffler, musician Or private it ,the army of die United Slates in Mexico, or at any post ctr place on the frontier of this Uni-1 1 ted States:. bordering onexico, willi pass!! free in thit mails. Each' le . ter so adtriessed should specify, after the naue of the pOrson,: ,‘ behingirig to the army." The lath wil l continue in force during the war withhllek ico, and tor three months after its tetimina- Om?. l' i i ..._ I , (tl)c I.Pcoptc's Abuorcitc. , . _ .Jos,BOYD, PIIIII4SIIEre. F. I Icre the the e's rights mliintairk, unaweti I. infitience, ; md club . hcil by ga . ." nomirnosE. mAit -- - . O.EMOCRITIC POR covEnNoln, • I *nAircis R. Sfiri - of Allrghcny € CANAL COMMISSIONED., i , It/OBRIS LONGS'i'RETILi of Montgomery, / ro.-- WHIG NOMINATIONS. For Governor, 1 JAMES I R+ 114 . , of Centre co.! i Canal CoramissiOner, 1 . JP, SEPII W. PArrTON, iif Cumbarlazul ivi. - • 1 I To our Pair Ono.. -1, .• As by '}ecent arrangements the /atir and respon saiility a conditetin n• - tlil " Pkoples: Advocates' have devolved entirely . upon itS hitberto junior publisher, 4 may be expect} ed that 1 , ,, . should give some gunrancy of it future colirse. ' The " AdVocate,". ar here tofore; atO in ' accordance 1 wiibr: jts4iirlies' professitif . as end undertal4g, #ii/.:4 ..0„ ducted Ith a iview to the aermonentpscen, dency of. porely demolratiq . pri4ciples the tnin4 rapid advancement of Our c4tomoz prosperity, the protection tif our be 4 inter ests as tenns i ylvanitt • citiiins, :and frith i just regitid 'fori. the popular will, 1 It 4illenti, thine fearless)' to eipcise tie secret'evicer And mise.hievons intrigues 9f that S /its a knot, or cliqui of designing politicians whit : infest' the Fireproof and apsume Ito controlitlie poi iitical d inic iiOf the comity not eilly,./nit it of every - ndiViduat of the least . pronOnence within . i !: who-.conceive that they ! tiotd ail the implrtant 1 offices of thO county Atis in the bollow.of itheir band" I to be 'dis • Muted by theml (not by the pedatti)'divill•ctimiduc. to . their ' rOiltill gratifiediion ".alidirtd4n, tor, , 1 e are i aware that p ow anit *on on l ipe 'play ;be round,j:even iotba i units ; of dinfe 'pie, wii ' will disapprove tie severitA,Of.ou istrictur . 'Olin the coticlue' :of a liiiliOial ',. 4 i bal in'eir riiliiit. ruiieiiii'Ciitiniiii-Oio Ili .Itiveli. of juOi,.it /-l'etisilidi 2Lciiiialiiiif/Ok. ititt*-p 4Pfi ,9. 1 4..0f toii.i, 0p , ,, iim , t44,49 11 9. , peeling i recipients - cot' . hol owe , pr*isea '' which , . tlie junto so • mirth ' botintlir,; And tli ., ' doOin - edikstiiii.thf iti*ltl' 'Ojai . It . l#ine f iji - iii''nituggel44::' iyiiti,iiii,*.ii*.ii k 4r,tyi, •,., ,•, i t . iiigly x c.!•Mict t ,#pßko . ,.livsp,, ARIMP97r ,- wol indelliallo_noti l and witi; itiobki NiTilit . _ i binit t o the d 4 — ußa r,” f trili n g" NO-holders, ex-once-tiehter s, and ` 7office 1 ! xpectrints, who together 'constitute! the:no lo HMIS' fi reirforit ' RigenCY at 'Siii4 l 'l eVanna 1 ounty, our citizens: ..; ,kri, : general ~up‘ ge otn . . endably jealims,o( their riglits,Af f id-dare hink, speak and net' for•thererielvt." , e lave, happily, within . our ho*, d a reaffiag i !finking, end intelligent.'populationTwhok e sappiness and general prosperityit - `ill ever .a our delight,to,.womofe..%. ay .. ; ml.,r- T ounded with projected.‘intertiral iniprove • ems, an early COMPletiOn of which is now easonibly , anticipatbd, and from which our itiiens may well e4pect soon to defrive Mr? . ortant ' beirefits."Vhe" best ' niarkets for heir surplus produce will be brought as it were to their very demi. The N. it.dr. Er.. e Railroad .orrour North, and the North Branch Cana- on our South; are projects of . greet moment to our County. But this is not all. Encouraged as we are with 'liable hope that these works are sol perfected, the project of uniting th .railroad communication from Grel o Tunkhannock commands our spl nergetie attention . Nature hatli to the right and to the left the m from this route and pointS to the 1 twcen. The construction of thirty-4 of Railroad only, by o most eligib through the very centre of our coup ; connect those Mammoth works. lwould be effected an easy introd lour mineral produefs into the. very ]sister New York ; while lithe, gyps j&c. would be returned fin. Penn (consumption. The• privileged in. of Susquehanna county could the 'select the most feriarable 7 market (produce, whether it: be NeW York o I del p h ia. We invite .earnestattenti l l subject—which . we-nre • advised is !considered Withfaver by extensive ists, with the assurance that our h forts may at all times be command • advocacy. . . As to the candidates nominated offices of Governor and Canal Co . er by the two great political parti Commonwealth, wo present _their r names for consideraiion. . Franeis i; the nominee'of the . Dethocratic lion, and as such will receive our We questioned the:policy of re-no him, because we feared that his f be like that of Silas Wright, Wm ter, and others, whose friends, like .editors of the " Northern Democra pise the One Term`Principle,'-'llici .... . .___ justly approved hyithe sensible an 1 gent yeomanry of 'the country. Cli 1 erotic - brethrewthobght otherwise lying on the merits of Mr. Shunk I Zen and as-a statesman,. pronoun , the strongest and hest man of the p therefore recommended him for re We submit with due deference to ' I elusion, although firm in the tielii ' new man, if one liad been taken 1 whom the dernirerriey of the State.ci been united (no difficult undertakit conception,) would have torrimeni er strength. Our 'lre'lief in this' rti founded on the 'conviction that the] [tenure, in all executive .offices, il ,popular with the; masses; but o most meritorious principles oribtid! .., democratic 'creed,]and one which,{ later must prevail, Though our on this question of policy have i no change,-yet as democrats "-cij wool," our Course isitt be onward i port of the democratic candidate ernor, _and ' canal Commissioner hope that they may be triumpher ed. , 9 jII 23. 1141 i. - • - - SITIONS. ir We are happy to learn that on day of the late Session of Congress. was enacted estahlishing a mail tiveen- Mentrose Lanesboro Milford. ,Theluestion now ariies,.in what way .shall the mail be conveyed, '.atid haw many times per week l Upon thip subject the Post-Mastei General :should be Peti tioned. An attemp Iron at the late session of Coup though favored by. the Pennsylva Lion 'with' great unanimity. dui uffictureS'are, hbwever, nt least to encouraged by eireunistances wl abroad. The matiiti for Railroads,. so rages in Europe,. that iron,rail (piked for laying fourteen thousan , road. This demand will probUbli 'market to such 'extent that corm little will be 'imports - 1i to Allis cool year, or two 3inless some revulsion cur. Thus in..the , absence of cc from an introtlitetiiin of the-foiCii reasonable: pric be 'CoMn home. Thc,consFinently continue for coal may'also,su.staia the mark , article for a like sbason. ,A.asocuATE, Jcao4;*; 77 -Tha nototi Hon. M.C.to. be Associai for as Coutitt Oplidi of 'Hon. Be rop ‘Y/!°.s° to !r! !' 3 expire d• by our Btate Sedate on Monday, illite•• by, At , !,*oto of 'l3 !o 7. ft- 4 sietairl,Jmizent:Ortho Hoot . week waliFinjOiri.." Did the it 1 '4%0,1 oerl!,Pl l, o l iltri ,; • 1.. •, ..4., . Yf, ri *OOO . Priding- ti lid gC l ! ,44. Al4tr Court-"od UnitedMtates se"to OE New Mail Route. a reas- n to be m by a t Bend edy and .id over untains vel. be- 0 miles ,c, route ' y would Thns ction of eart of m, salt, .ylvania abitants readily or their r Phila- n to this already capital 'mble for its for the mission- of this spective . Shunk tonven- support. 1 inating e would B. Fos- the saga "des. tigit it is ,d intelli- r Demo end re- EMMI3I 'eed him, arty, and -election. 'thnt' Con up ppqrk i)uld_liare ng in Our greed isP et? is ;one. term not e- of the ed in the sooner or i opinions I ndergnne led in the the sut?- 1 fur Got with the tly elect- the last s,• a, law ate be le New Coal and as- failed, a delega- Mi . exist it is . 44d :ace;i 6- mane( I aro& a, I stry tai, - 1 • hould undid at ;dowaQd t forthat =I r Mice qf 6 Jude !fijAlikh !.JlsWO 3% 4hp' , it4ro-1 IDM fiwm l•P• ili'
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