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• '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. Y _.The,chaqteter ot publine.
urnents iiiiinirOrotin the o:ubli offices in the
City of.Wsititigtini nnikdtre ted to perstins
authorited.**cettietll4o fr-e, may be-fle
signated It/ 'ia . ittatrip specif ing the Orme
from '*hielt they iisue, — tind t to words -
pub
lic documents, or such other evidence 4 of
their eharecier as maybe a' reed uponibe,
tsveetilthem :ind the postmas er of the , City
of Washington. Any docut ent folded ind
sealed, not laving such evid ace of its char
acter on tit/ envelope, will Ibe rated'? fitith
postage, wield] will be rentilecr by theide
livering-pos4nester, . upon srisfactory , :ievi
;fence, that it Is 4 public' doc.urent, wanstnis
sible free tlirough the mail to, the poison
addreised.
6. 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
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