The Greensborough patriot [August 7, 1847]

              wcttetowttglj patriot.
VOLUME IX. GREENSBOROOGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, AUGUST 7, 1847. NUMBEk 18
Published lUccktn
I5Y SWA1M& SHERWOOD-Vtfha
ttionlhs, will ihc Bmouut of blood and iron- | lo ibo second in command. The t-amrs of the of
sure which must bn expended in doing so, he | ficers who accompanied Col. OeKussy arc not re-compensated
by the same ' I think not, especi- collected
PIIICK, THREE IM.LI.ARK A YEAR,
oftfStAO, ir I.III w i mi N „•>* iinMiiii'i'i THE i ■ * f"
«r 'I "-'HIITI"V
* failure on the part of any c—toBRf »<• <»r.1«*r a .li*conlin
i iiin- within tha vub^rijilinii yrar, will W conMtlrred in
1 i-Mivr nf hiii winh lo continue Ifif |ia|« '■
illy if the country we subdue is to bo given up;
i and I imagine thcroarebutfew individuals m our
country who think of annexing Mexico to (he 11-
(•nited Stales."—[Eviract'from (Set*. Taylor's Ict-
: tcr to Gen. (.lines.
Lieut. Whipplc, acting adjutant of ttic O'.h in-fantry,
••'•'■■ Ins, urd by a small parly of guerrillas
on ihe 10th imu when retirihg from the ccineta-
H1, within four hundred yards of the wills of the
iry of Vera Cruz. They were pursued by the
Americans who could not overt a ko them. The
chaparal has been sertrdiecl for miles around, but
his body could not he found.
Capt. William Doff, of the :i%! Dragoons, died
of vomilo at Wra Cruz, on the afternoon of the
Vantage, bringing interesting details of Ihe MM* ! son on the Rlh March, wirh throe companies of I The bN,.J I Irleins sided from V..r, ('.■»
'il attain .nitae l.lter country. The St. Louis ! hi* rcsimenl from New York. The heavy or-] lhnm,u' vera Cms
iirrEitBvriKcs * UOM M\II r r..
A mail arrived at Si. Louis on ihe Kith from
»«»1 « Al.ll OUNI t.
An intelligent officer writer on 'ihe l."nh of
March, from Monterey, in California, that Colonel
Mason, of the first dragoons, arrived at San Kran-
Cisco on ibe 13th February, and Colonel Steven
itepublic.n furnishes the following accounts
The latest dates are lo the 27th of May. One
of the letters which we have seen states thai on
•.ho 22d of May, Coi. I'rico discovered lhal there
we're inetrucUone from the War Department,
which had been received by the last mail brought
by Mr. Boggs, directed to the Colonel command-ing
in Santa Fe, in which it was announced that
'y or'I the Kith inn., nrrived at Tampico on ihc inornin;.
dnanccand stores brought up by ihe regiment I of,|,t. iSlb, twk in 1100 barrels of coal. 4000 gai
would be landed atSin I- rancisco. I he writer | |ons 0| „.„,„, cn,| tai\^ on ,„„ samc dny „, « p,
expresses ihe confident opinion that if California \|. ,rri„.a al ,|le Brazos ai 21'. M., and arrived
should be restored to Mexico she could not pos-1 in lnc South West Pats, at :l P. M., on the 91(4,
sibly hold it for three months; that ihc people in
Uy. It hasnoi met 'to'cause divisions, but lo unite
all mind.-, and lo mnko all .Mexicans fix their at-tention
on two capital points, independence and
liberty.
•'■In these solemn moments the CommisMon-eis
hnvo judged it to be of <Ju greatest impor-tance
to explain lotos peopleThe object of their
meeting, anil the sacred rufls which so important
and delicate a mission had in view, Upon this
principle the coalition, in the name of (hu Stales
which ii represents, declares to the nanon that
iheir object's no other than tomnimain iheir inde-pendence
nnd the republican federal system ; that
in ihe event lhal
lhc wai on a ir.i'ch mure extensive scale of opera-lions.
l-'t:.\RH'i. WORDS.—Mr. Callioun by lar the n-blesl
and mosi powerful and clour-sinhled man
or the I v i-, .v. party, mid in tho V. S. Senate
on the 34th of last February—
"Every Senator knew that lie. was opposed
lo Ihe'war ; but no on. knew ihe dep|h of that
opposition but himself. tn one short hour after
the net of recognition ol the war had passed, he
said lo his friends lhal a deed had been done from
which the country would scarcely recover. A
the notional representation j r
c,"""n ,,!lcl lro,-'n ■H'!1'''' belweei". him anil the
hou.'d by any accident be unable lo exercise its ' IWUre- '""l for lno lirsl »■* "' "» ™l Iba future
the territory as well as ihe emigrants would re
sist the Mexican authority, and would then fall
into dissensions, quarrels, and fighting among
•he President refused lo sanction any of the acts themselves, till humanity would compel our flov
of Gen. Kcarity, so far ns they confer any rights ernment lo interfere for iheir relief. The Cali-iipon
the citizen, of ihe^ territory of New Mexi- [ forninns were quiet at the lime he wrote, and Ibo
co ai citizens Of the TJnited Stales; and (Sen.: Americans would endeavor to keep them so by
Ke.rny, or the officer commanding, was directed ! mild and gentle treatment.
not lo permit to be carried into effect .'uch port of Fie describes the climate as very healthy, the
the organic and statute laws of the territory as I soil rich, and much unsettled land. At present
confers such rights. On the strength of these ! the population is small—probably not exceeding
instructions. Col. Price officially demanded the | twelve thousand, of which about one-lifih are
releaao and remission of sentence df Antonio emigrants. In addition lotRese there may be n-
Morii Trajillo, convicted of treoson against the \ bout fifteen thousand Indians, nearly one-third of
functions ; or if, without any faults of its own, the
sovereign General Congress should nol have lhc
requisite liberty in Us deliberation, in the opinion
df ihe coalition, then the coaliiion will lenssumc
the ropn'srn'ntion of ibo confederate Stales, as I
centre of union tfortheni. They protest thai ihey
never will consent lo, nor be bound by, any con-vention
or treaty of peace with the North Ameri-can
enemy, as long tis hu threatens or occupies
government of the United States. The accused
was thereupon set at liberty.
The next step to be taken, says the letter, must
necessarily be to aaaounce to the nairtes that
whom are called Christian Indians, who spcal
the Spanish language, and .perform the office of
laborers. The rest are 'the wild Indians who
- live in lhc mountains, and subsist in a great dc-not
being cilktnt of the United Stales, ihey can-, grce upon ihe horses nnd cattle which ihey can
I making the passage fioin the Hraz us in !."> hours.
From Vera Cruz our news K less satisfactory
' than we could wish. On the l:)th. our correspon-dent
writes lhal two expresses had arrived from
Pucbla. The news had not lully transpired, bin thecnpilal or any oilier poinl of the Mexican |{<
Ihe roporl had got into circulation iluti ihe Mexi- public. They also will nol recogni.-c any gencr-can
Government had sent three commissioner? lo al aQopenston Of arms which should comprise all
Son Martin Tesmelnean, nbout nine leagues from ! the belligerent fortes of '.he nation. The main
Pucbla, lo meel Mr. Trist and hear through bun j objects of the coaliiion being lo defend indepen-
I the terms ofiercd by the President. This was | dence and ihe fcdvru1! system,'Ihey protest in the
but a rumor, in which we place little confidence. I same manner thai, so far from separating from
Our correspondent writes on lhc H>th from Vcr.t j the national union, the Slates which it repiesenls
Cruz that an express from Gen. Scott (a Mexi-| are determined to lid With their private resources
can) while on his way from Puebla lo Vera Cruz lhc General (iuverninent, independent of ihe os*-
was murdered near Jalapa. The guerrillas re-, sistanco ihey are by law bound to give; so that
port lhal he fought desperately, and before he fell the one cause—common lo Ihem in its disgraces
killed two of his number. Our own express ri- I and in ils perils—may be sustained, the national
, dor arrived in Vera Cruz on ihe morning of the credit and honor re-esiiib!ished, and all possible
llllh inst. without his letters and severely woun- opposition and resistance made lo every attack up-dud,
lie come by lhc route of Orizaba, and on the popular federal represenlative system."
j when six leagues from lhal place he was nltacked This document nol only shows n distrust ol
by five cuerrilleros nnd captured. They took their own I lovernnienl, but also a fear of its dis-froin
him his leiicrs and inllicled seven severe Solutions ilisperiion, or of Us being under the
wounds upon bun mm .i ,....-..-1 ._,i i,.r. ittsn for inlluence or control of the American arrays a-
. Had he not played possum a little no §»■;'--,-tl whichconlingonci-s ihey are dctermin-
:a ihey would have certainly finished him.— ed lo be gunrJeu.
BngtgtmaU yilh Out. Qaraif—Murder of' After ihey had left bio) he found a business let. Been before this step was token by Hie Mm,
/.uulcnuiil ll'hipplt.of the 01h. I .cr i00ura»er.ts in Tera Cruz, lorn into fragment!, cans, it was evident there was no Government in
The Steamship. New Orleans, Capt. Auld, ar- ! near him. Ho gntlmred up most the pieces and Mexico with whom a trenly could be formed.
The instructions go on to say that Ihe laws I rived ol on early hour this morning from Vera took them safe lo Vera Cruz. Our Correspondent having any certainly lhal us conditions would be
lot the internal government of New Mexico re- Cruz via Tampico and the llrazos. Her latest writes that after pulling ihe pieces together as executed ; but we now have this solemn oilicial
eeived the full sanction of the President, and of i dates from Vera'Cruz nre to ihe 17th inst. Her well as lie could he could only make out the lol- declaration in advance, from live of ihe principal
course we shall proceed lo elect members of a news is very important. First of all we glee j lowing items: Stales of ihe Union, lhal ihey will not consider n-
Legislative Council, and do all other ncls and I Capt. Auld's report. Urn. Pillow's division arrived-t Puebla on ny stipulation lor truce or /inirr, ento|g| into by
things that a people nol eujfi saracs may do."— ; j/rport 0f the I'. & MMMSMD Nut (klran*. \ lhc 9th all well. The American ainry would the Oenerdjottoecrnaient, binding onThem.
This is the writer's deduction from the inslruc- /;1/„.„r(/ /fold. Conwwmlrr, from Vera Cm;, , march on 10 the City of Mexico to a certainty if It is very il.llicult io say what ought lo be done
lions, but we think lhal he will find that even the ,.;„ y'(„„.„'t0 ,„„/ the llruzoy. i peace were nol soon made. ; We never suppos- ; under such circumstances, for we do n
election of members of a legislature is not with- ,,_ k_' ,, „.„ fr„,„ Vori f.„„„n ,,,„ „„. j td then was onv doubl about this.] The post- lira capture Of the city
not elect a delegate to Congress
•" What think you will be the effect of such an
announcement to a people whom wo have been
for nearly a year past lighting, hoaxing, and
talking inlo a belief that they are citizens of the
United States, must enjoy rights and privileges
as such, and must suffer all the penalties, when
offending, lhal would fall upon the cilizens of ihe
United States T"
steal from'flic farms.— fliierl.
I,» I lit * It.Ill SEWS.
FROM VERACRUZ AND TAMI'IOO.
f.'en. Pirrct'i March Ilcsittul—(ul. DtBufu'l
future,
was shut out from his view.'
M ISC ELLA NY;
THE PRESENT 8UUTAN.
The present Sultan Abdul Medjid, is said (o
V n strange compound ol w««kn«af and eneray,
liberality nnd faimlicism. Alihqui;h surmumled
by nil the luxuries of the "East, he is Npfearnted
as morose, sad and splenetic. He uacriuled the
throne of Turkey at the early eye of sixteen, and
according to a writer MI lilackwood, announced it
to be K - intention lo change nothing thai his fa-ther
Mahmoud had established, and declared him-sill
n (mrtisan of file system o| reform commenc-ed
by thai sovereign. Notwithstanding the cus
loin, rendered almost sacred by tradition, he re-nounced
the lurbun, and was croinud with the
fez. 4Joutrary to the use oT former Sultans, who
on their accession |>ui to death or close!)' impris-oned
all their brothers, he allowed his brother
Abdul llazzm not only his life, but lull liberty.—
At various times ho has manifested a desire for
instruction, and has taken lessons in Geography
and Italinn-; lie has also traveled over n {>arl of,
his empires
lie is n young rerrn of slender frame, of grave
physio£i!nniyyond n most diilin^iir appearance.
Abdul Aledjid, who was thelwentieth burn child
of his father Mahmmid, was torn al Constantino-pie.
onilm Hnhof A\f\\, 18fS. His black ami
siillbep.rd enlist him to appetr o'.dcr than he is
in reality, I lis eye is very bnlliunt, and "his fea-tures
regular. Jlis fucc is soinewluii mark
A SUNDAY lC%NB.
S estdrday a Uermon boy Jed hia aged and
blind father from lho wharf Vp through Stniu
street to the Capitol l*ark. Vromthoir appearance,
ll waseviileni they had just arrived from iho Fad-crlnnd,
nnd were seeking a home in this country.
10 Which r.ll exiles flee. Sowowing and infirm,
ihe parent suffered his cheerful son to guidPlm
loitering sleps. Time had dealt severely and
frostily with ihe one,—the ether it seemed tolouch
only to invigorate and adorn: The blossom of
tbe Spring with (ho ripened fruit df Aultrmn.—
Under the shade of a large tree, iho boy sealed tho
old man on the railing, and wiping tho raoislurn
from his face, sat down, lie then look,a .well-worn
book fioin h:-< pocket, und as the .venerable
man drew nearer in the youth, he read 10 him tho
word ilhfe from the New Testament. Alone, far
from iheir native lund, and far from their kindred,
those exiles worshipped God, in I Ii- own Temple.
The numerous bella were then inviting the citi-zens
lo Church. A fashionable audience waste!-
Jectiug in a fashionable House ol Worship.-*-
rVvaub and Beauty were there. The Martron
and ihe Mind condescend lo devote a lew n\9*
menls of u Sabbath morning to slander or lo sleep.
POM the listening Cushier tremble furhissecuri-tief
or for his soul I—Con ihe meek end devout
man in the pulpit bring his hearers lo realize Iho
loMy of this world or the next ? Does the man
of harf a million, with whiied neckcloth and cad-averous
cheek, who boasts of saving all lhal ho
pinches—does he realize the source or destination
of his wenlihf—nre not his descendants already
chewing the scanty crust of penury and want!—
when winter chills, and the rude winds pierce
iheir lender frames, as the miser connt» his warm
and fordid treasure, or laughs mechanically at an
unappreciated jest, are they n<M destitute of a
garment that he is too penurious lo bestow !
From these rejections we turned again lo the
•Ptlgrhns m ihe Pork. They were kneeling oh
lhc Turf, with their laces resting upon the railing.
The exiled i'.ilriurch, with one hand raised 10*
ward Heaven, and ihe other resting on the head of
his boy, was at prayer!—AUi. F.ve. Journal. +
FAT*: OK SEH.HES.—The Charlutisvillo IJe-pnblican
gives the following account of the sad
"ate of Seinmes, the young man who shot l'rofes-regular,
ilis somewhat marked' " "" , "~*~ .'•""' ~i«y~y J "ft"
with the smallpox ; bul this is not wry apparent, sor PQYIS' Jcmu >'l'ars sincc' al lhc VWgW" T]ni"
as ihe yonng Sultan, according io \Uv custom of I vcraily : t
the harem, has on ariiliciul COTOplexon for days t We lerrrn from an ouiheniic sonrce that Jo-ol
ceremony. Naturally of a delicate frame, e«- |«fpfa G. Seinmes, Tcspeciing whose career our
cesses have much enfeebled hisconftitution ; h« ' renders will be curiouv lo lnar somclhing cer-cominual
ill-heaith, his pallor, and his teelhalrea- | lain, brought hu lite to an end by his own band.
establishing a full grown territory in New Mex
We arrifed in Tampico on ihe morning of the
15th at S o'clock. Col. Gates informed us ll
instructions are laid before Congress
Gen. Kearny, in ihe matter of citizenship
not varied his conduct in California, we feel bo
io believe that he has not transcended the po
.i-iven lo him in regard to New .Mexico
government has crawfished.'
The depredations committed by the Indians
^ 'awnces or Usages,
released from the City.cf Mexico iiotl been order- on the " trains" bound far BnnlB Fa, and return*
' W^^ t\!ro"hODdi«d^ ba^|(PaVneMorbra^C»^^
and collect thoir revenues, nnd thuscut them oil
from intercourse with the world, except through
us, and onour own terms, leaving it to them, when
tired of this state of thing*, to sny ihey were wil-ill
have any more defin-1 ''>' decayed, announce, that though to young in I t\u, morning of the «ih ull.. al IDS house of his
years, ho is expiating the pleasures of Sultan by , bro:her, in Wjshingion. Georgia. 'Ha shot him-a
premature tlecrepitade. Abdul Alejid hossev- i s,.]f wiih a ptttol, the ball entering the left eyo
eral children, who ore weakly and sickly like | and penetranng the brain, arid lingered in Atato
their father, and ihe slate ot their health inspires 0f total inseusihiliiy from about 7 o'clock, A. M.,
constanl nnxiety. when the family was called to his room by the
report of a pistol, until half past 1, I*. M.,o( tho
AN INCIDENT, same day. When his room was entered he was
A rewlemnn sianilmv, the other day, in the ! f"1""1 in"acl'air-.V,acci'« " '.M'\. A l"3,ui wa»
fourth story of on., of ihe mrgc Moras in b'ronl j '>"'S "•"*•"" "''• and,on 'J* nble ""' on T™
match, anil, oiler hehUnKhis ! ",ror' "n the table vvos lound nlso a note, stilting
has 'eieoseo irum IUS ^..uj .<;. ...c.iw ..=.. ™e.. ««•- nil nif «.™ »«»»»—. ~. -.— ,;ri.j of (itls slato ol lolnn, to sny mey were w
. n ' od Jown lo Tampico ..ml recoptureil by < .en. I .a- ' ,„g io ihe UnUtd Stales, havo called upon Mo (. ,Q „,, 0ljau. on fajr nna rMsonablc terms.
, ray, at or near lluejoila, about ninety or one bun- I ;.,vcrnmcn'. lor ellicienl means lo repress tliem. . Ij,^ alll.m , ,„ march ,„ „„,[ rapU,rl. t|„, Ca|
Tv. Ulred miles up ihe river, and Col. I'eKussy, with Some of these measures were adopted in June j ,a| was an undcrt iking of great risk, and con
' ' detatchineDls of Louisiana Voliinieers, pans of, |asl, in the orders llml were dispatched u> the | m^ s|iccc(,d „ y3A cj,|lcl|!c of life and Ire
, .. i Copt. Wyse's company of Artillery and Capt.
; '" Hovd's (formerly ol tic liilnmore battalion) com-
,[.,,.l«,„,,.,..,.5„y„,.OT,,-. _Jorno 'y 0f infaniry, amouitun!; to 115 or ISO mer
luobiiives from the va'.ley of laos, combined with I",' 2 """■• •!,• \ . . . ... ... ', . nnd offieeil, had le I Ihere by way o the river.
cuerrillas and Camanches, are cominitlins 4ep-■ , ". ' .. ,■ , i, 'o.__
redation, beyond the Moro. A day or two ago on'.1,,-Me.mer Lndme and May Summers oi;
they ran oil'from Bonta Clara, or .h. W,™ j1"' m™lll=.''1''"' "''' ln5'" '""'V""!'"--^1 ";■
,. J i ■■ . • CatH. WVMI Capt
Kxcepi in the particulars which we have stn- r■! ,. *. i i , i> i.,.,10r. I .n.l^n^ «*L
. ti .t i ,. ii if . t- Hovd s lormerlv o lw liiltimore com
lea. the letter says all goes on .is before. "Some "^v"
Mounds, «W horses, killing one and woundmg I l,asl"S ,1";,Amcncan P*one''
two of the parly in charge. This has occurred,
doubtless, from the most culpable neglect of du-
The writer, alluding to the condition of things
in Santa Ke. says: ••' 'no thing must be done
speedily. This military mob musl be relieved,
or wc must be relieved of ihem soon : ihey be-come
moro lawless and insubordinate every day."
• Uy the instructions lately received here, nil
ed sixly miles unmolested, nnd the tv.*o steamers
had relumed to the Cily. At '4 o'clock I'. M. on
express arrived from Col. Pellussey, staling that
they had boon permitted to march upunmoleMed
until they got inlo a narrow pool near Uuejiiila,
where thev were surrounded by twelve or four-teen
>hundrtd Mexicans, under (ten. Garoy.—
They had suffered considerable loss, but by the
assistance of Capt. Wyse's artillery, they had cut
mmanding olficer of the Missouri battalion of
volunteers. Hut the time has now arrived lor cx-
men j,.ruling these orders, and making the Indians feel
the power ot the l!ovi rnmenl. To do ili't eller-lunlly,
nndtonllord adequate protecfon lo the I -
nited Stales "trains," a requisition lias just been
They had land- I made upon Ibo Governor of Missouri for one bat-talion—
loconsi-i of one company of nrl llery.tvvo
Companies of infantry, and two of mounted men.
lo rendovouz ai l"on l.eavinwor:h, lo be placed
Id
ly succeed al a vast expense of life and irer.-
sure, ai has been abundantly proved; and, even
when successfully accomplished, -would be pro-duclive
of no practical benelics ; al least nothing
ssga threw u from ibo wmdow in'O ,l,e s.ree..- '" *»fo'm " « cer.dicate.daed July Ml, 84»,
The flame, or rather heat, about the burning end, ; 1
l
1"" h!5 do"1' «!« «ca«.oned by himself, anu was
gave 11 more buovancy, so that lhc little missile l,r°"=m "konl culler by pislol or razor,
preserved something neat a perpendicular position, j ,.„„, ,-„10NAL l,lrl:._q he ambition of adopt-as
a. descended towards Ibo pavement. \\ lien. I jo 0 ,,rofi.-asiotial lifo. of all k-Iis.ls at the present
however, about hall way down, ihe linn vapour , ^ ■ lhe goirce 0fcoumleS, instances of misery.
around iho upper end became condensed, adding Even profession in England is overstocked ; not
a liltlo moie weight, anil it shot in a lateral direc-tion,
which n sotl of rainbow plumage curbing m
nt nllcoinmensurale with the loss and expense ll | lls ufa, I'nluckily for misguided innocence
under ilia orders ol Brig. Hep. Amu .1.1.1:, com-manding
3d and :ld military departmonia. Hen.
Arbuckle i« empowered 10 rail lor a larger force
if these should prove insufficient.
Ono mounted regiment and one battalion of foot
from Missouri, anfl .one regiment of foot from II
" Uy Ibo instructions lately received Here, all j£T~ ~ — -jj ^^,„,var,|s ,|,e iiver and iinnis. have k-en ordered Ul the province of New
!.h!> ?^!L!!!^..!!lS!LSL!!Ze™?!r.'.?! wanted assistance. Co!. O-iines despatched the I Mexico; a part of winch too may. it is supposed
this territory are declared /cvornrv-ioconiinue Vw , )rU,anB lack w yfn Cruz wi,h „ jtj. , n, ,„.., d b ,;t.n. Arbuckle for chastising lhc
only until such lime as ihe country shall be de- , %V[ f Companies of infant, hostile Indians without interfering but little, if a
dared »„»««/, or its possession .ball be renoun- « am| n|so ^ sU,n„u.rs ,nd||lc. !„„, M„y >s„m.
01 mers up ihe river with l-'iU men lo lhc relief of
FROM 4iKK.T4VI.OR. ' CoL HcKussey. The New Orleans arrived al
I Y.ra Cruz on lhe 10th al 9 o'clock. 1'. M., when
The " Picayune. 01 the 33d inst. slates that a WL. round lnc 0j,„ jn grcat eicilemeot.
Mimpiuous Dinner was given at Monterey on the , ,;,.„ pjer6ehad inarched out as above stated,
4ihufJulyby lhe .Merchants.nnd principal em- nnd eneBB1B,d ,toui len miles from lhe City,
zens of lhe town, to (ien. 1 oylor. 1 he principal Wh(,n ,,1(, KOU,s or om.suards come in and repor-incident
ot the dinner wos a speech from Gen. 1 „.,| „ ,„ c forcc of Mexicans :
'Taylor, which was called forth by a toast ai-so- „,„,„,, nnA niarc|ling ,owards the
elating htonamowitbthe Presidency. Inespeeeli *«■ waa got raads for an aitai
will have oreali
We consider 11 on ill-judged proceeding, which
has placed our 1 ioverninenl in a falsa position,
from which we dunoi see how it can extricate 11-
sell, except by n peace; lor wo are now really in
that situation described by a Domooralic member
of Congress, of having Ibo noil'by 1hee.1rs.it
being equally ns dangerous 10 buhl on nc 10 lot
e,o. We do nol, however, see how we can now
hall in our progress towards the capital. Hav-ing
nii*nnced .,0 far successfully towards that ob
j. el ol lhe campiii
in persevere unli
were nol'.he only eyes that were uponlhis
wanderer. A beautiful white anil blu
merely lhc prizes are beyond lhc general reach,
but the merest subsistence becomes diliiciilt,—
Tho"three black graces, law, physic and divini-ore
weary of iheir innumerable worshipers.
ilcrcr. benuulul while and blue BD(j -,ar|y scnlencc crowds of ihem 10 perish of
pigeon, r. seems, hod been contemplating 11 from lm| 3C\lin,, scnse 0f failure. A few eluteringsuc-her
perch, and, just before it struck the earth.
she darted down, eauglil il her utle bill, and
an iinusu-cesscs
allure ihe multitude—chanccIlorshipsTjisli.
nprics, and regiment, ligurc belt re the public eye,
wove 0111 her lesioon, by soaring up lo nnunusu- >n(j ( otpiront sets down the bauble gained,
al height. When perhaps an hundred yards Irom lvh(,n ,, |iavc onct, ,,|un.3.,.u ,Bejr unlucky 0|f.
lb. er.rtli. we noticed a quick convulsive tremor m . • m,„ lhc ?n„ „, ,,^1,., ,v|llc!l nlc„ ca|| ,|,n
hor-winga. This was immediately followed by : Korli nut thousands have diedof broken hearts
, another, and then another, until, finally, nil elloit , |n th(., porous,thousands who would have been
ir succcsslully 10wardsin.it ob-, ,0 mn|nWin hcrsolf seemed 10 cease, and the poor., u,hin(| „„, ,,|0111.h; thousands in the des-gn,
we have no allcrnaiiv.1 but UMfcH u&nupon the pavomont. Wo took her '<>c „r„,„.|,s 0,' a thankless profession, look
obtain "
ilh their march to Santa l'e.— Union.
OX THE i'RO«.iti>s 01 nn: WAR.
Prom Hi'' Kew Ostoans Hull, lie of July 11.
Tin: MEXICAN WAII.—Judging by tho informa-tion
we obtain from ihe Adininisiration and its or-gan.,
v.'c are now carrying on lhe war wiih Mex-ico
for lhe purpose ol'
possession ol Iho ;„„, our car(,, „,„ c„„|j ,|u nothing 10 rekindle Ibo , lhl. .,in„|ic;ty 0f a life of manual labor with
,ilcouiisei,orwi.-ii1 .pa,!, which had gone »ut. Our first impression 'r.H.1Ull| t,nvVi an,| thousand*, by a worse fate
l.en.hcou. until was> ,ha, ,hc |lad bccll burnt to death, but WO ^ „„. driven to necessims which degrade the
■cly, that this was not principles of honor within them, accusio
bo upon the point ol |0 |„„„i|,aiing modes of obtaining sabsistc
g a peace ;"' bin
at the National' from all we learn through'lhe publie press, as
City. Every well as by private adviee. from Mexico, it would
appear that there was bul little prospect ol the
desired ev'iu being near al hand, either by "eon-quest"
or otherwise.
The operations of our armies and lhe v.olone."
city ; and we by no mean, wool'
any change in the operations of
that object is accomplished. i f„und. en examining her c\o
liul tvbal course are we to pursue niter wc ob- [ l||1. riil, . ^laera s eiued 10
lain possesvion of lhe capital ? There could bo I (ne yj^ ., ,i,jni polo conoretioni like congealed
no dependence upon any treaty that might be , v ur ii,ir conclusion .was. ll.ut the pungenl
formed ciihei with tho present GovemiHent or VBp0Ut had proved loo much lor so delicate
any one that may succeed 11, even admitting Ihey | ,, cri.i„„r,., from the fir.-t inhalation, un.l lhal a
were willing lo enter into one. I lur army would ,_.iMI,\ portion of hel upward flight, was Ibo result
not have quitted their territory before the condi. | Jlt mB impetu. bsfbra acquired. Al
B'
loin Ihem
nee. and
make up, by administering to the vices ol society,
the livelihood winch was refused to their legiti-mate
exertions.— lllaekwooil.
g ..». ,.«., .eady ack. The ship
was quile unexpected, snd listened to with great -jD. wct, Iem0V(.,i from between the 'U.iy
interest oud aroused the greatest enthusiasm.—I nnd the Castle. Gen. tierce came in and took
We understand lhal u was in the same spirit With „ roinforcem.nl of seven hundred men, making in ,
•he recent letters which have been published from „|| ;hiriy-two hundred, ln consi ipiencv of the ihey have obtained have thus l.ir been Wllhoul 1
him—ihot if he consented to use his name, it w as 1 |nl(, difficulty the requisiiion of Col. 1 lines on Ow suits, and have really given us nothing more Ihnn
al the call of lhe people of his country ; and that, I Wilson, could nol be complied with. We re-if
elecled he should serve lo the beat of his ability ct.\yi.& on board 30 marines, from the II. S. sloop
or the benefit of the whole country, and nol of ( satotngo, and on lhe morning of ihc JT'.h nl 7 0-
lions would be violated, and wc should be left
either 10 submit tu such a proceeding or renew
ihe war, and go over all our work again. Hut
suppose, after wc capture iheir ciiy.-*ey should
Mill refuse to enter into any oepo'.'a'.'onn,,n ihere
is every probabilliy will be the case. \\ bat are
we then 10 do I Continue to hold it ! For how
long I W ilb what object I Al what expense •
died a little iinolleiiilin;
lure.—/'c/til*!/lrtriiuil.
I events, so
bul perhaps useful crea-
.1 r, ally U. ...thing limn i AJmim„,alion, who has placed it.
ii.ai.d ol lhe places we have cajuureilbud K||||||||||( mm m xWahUe ,,otll,0„, would
t\ parly. Wc do not with lo give up. n verbal
report the sentiments of such • SDecch, moro es-pecially
us a faithful report of il was made at the
lime by our coirespoudeiil—most competent for
tiielask—and lhe letter is no doubl on the way
<o us.
ll is represented to us lhal O.D. Taylor speaks
•freely upon lhe subject of moving to San Louis
•I'olosi. ll is said, he bns written the War I »e-
, '.riiiiei,'., advising lhal should it have been de-leaBlOed
upon lhal no ndsance shall be made
irom Monterey, he has now as many troops as
arc required lo maintain his line, and may even , ,„ ^at „p0n t|K.mi gjkel giving them
1 a'Itegimenl from his present force; bul1
il he is expected to advance into the interior ol
Mexico, len thousand men veiK be necessary.
From Men. Wool's camp we learn, that the
•lib of July was celebrated by a splendid review
of his froops, which now reach nearly three thou-sand
.men. The discipline of the the. A irginia
ahd .Xorth ttnvttlinu regiments is said 10 be ad-mirable—
quile up 10 the standard of tho Illinois
Kc£uncni» under the lamented llardm and Ool.
Bi.Mll
clock, sailed for Tampico, at which lime General
i'ieroc dioll marched out lo meet lhe enemy. At
7 o'clock on lhe 16th ifftt. wc arrived at Tampi-co,
end heard lhal lhc Iwo detatchinenls had re-lumed,
and the result, ns near as we could ascer-tain,
was us follows:
ThodcloichmcB'.si.nJ marched uptowards then
place of destination, unmolested, until ihey came
in a narrow pass—7 miles from Uuejiiila, when
ihey were surrounded by 1300or 1400 Mexicans,
who commenced a heavy fire on Ihem Irom all di-lutions.
Capt. Wye. got his piece ol artillery
rounds ol grape, which cut lanes through iheir _
lines, ihey gave way and lied through the chapar- government in ihoir hand
I. on each side ol the road
morning of lhc 13th. They
This was on the
continued lighting
their »vay back towards Ihe river, al interval., un-til
the morning ol the 10th Instant, when Ihey
were released by lhe reinforcement ol ISO nun
'it»" com
COOtim. 10 occupy, wiih no apparent approach ol
the conquobw >ither ofa peace or ihe country nl
luge, and we nchW-r hold territory nor ntereia.
jurisdiction except so hi .s we actually occupy
with our bayonets.
The people of lhe I nited Slates have boon ful-ly
convinced ofthis, but they havo constantly look-ed
forward to important and deGnile consequen-ts
from the capture of the capital.: yet even in
this their expeclalions seemed destined to disap-pointment.
I lur capture of tho city seems to be an event
anticipated by lhc enemy pretty much as a mat-ter
of cour.-e. but so determined are ihey in Ibeir
resistance, that il '-bis or any oilier circumstance
-ihoiild induce those who may have the nominal
inlo ncgothv
will not give
...» satisfactory answers 10 these questions.
We have conversed with almost every officer
of rank that has visited or passed through this
cily from Mexico on lhe subject ol our military ■ why a groo
operation, there, not ono of whom has estimated smooth bore
Tin: Wiri.r.—We find in "The Yankee." the
following in reference lo iho principle of construc-tion
in lhe rifle, which is so peculiarly the Amer-ican
weapon, that all should comprehend its prin-ciple
of action :
■• Many persons wli- ar" Very expert in iho
Id:MONO—Ur. Johnson says, that rending
makes a lull man ; bill how many great readers
are miserably empty ; and how lew do we find
.unfurnished wiih ideas, lhal are in lhe habil of
sober colh'Ctedncss of mind, and frequent n.eil'-
talion on important topics ! The truth is, wc do
nol so much want new material., ns skill ninl
ieadin.es. in analysing, combining, and new
I modifying the materials, lhal we are .Irrady in
possession -ol. Were we 10 be accustomed more 10
such exercises, I am convinced that lhe results
would be happily conspicuous 11) a cepioiisnes-:
and fertility, both of just thoughts, and apposite il-uwo:
'.he "ilV.'kiiov.•nothing ol the principle on |u,ln,|jona, lo which they are enure Stranger.
which it operates, and would be nt a loss il asked vvll0 p.lc0 I0Jni| jn ,|la Mmo J„\[ ,rack, arbttK
ooved barrel throws a ball truer than a thousand, have paced before.
'I'
at less than
ought to be
cient
The reasons are these
thin
lions 101 pince.ihe individual Stale:
their sanction to any such measure.
Already a coalition, composed ol ihe five Stale.
1.! San Luis, Mexico. '/. ICalCCOS, Jalisco, and U'l-n
has beep formed for lhe purpose, and
sent by Col (iota. They returned 10 lhe Cily they have promulgated an addre through ih
late M lhe night -A lhe Hit «. will, a loss ol Moxiean papers, froia winch we make Ao follow
killed." ten wounded and two missing., and ing extract: -
mules.— -Mexicans! The coalition has boon formed
lifty thousand men ibo lore
imploycd in order to make ail elii-nijireMion.
h we know have been the opinions and ad-vice
givon to tho Govornm.nl on the subject by
those who have had lhe besl opportunities ol judg-ing,
and some have gone even far beyond the
preceding estimate.
|f most, who in decidedly ono of the most nblo
men 111 Mexico, and well qualified in judge on tin
subject, told one of our friends in Havana, where
he llicti was, " You have hrgtm ibis war, bin it
will be for Mexico lo say when il shall enrf." —
Present appearance, wo think, show thai tbeia
was a great deal of truth In die remark.
. When • ien. Scott has received all iho reinfur.
cement, that an' noit on the way 10 him, lie will,
we presume; have siillicieni force 10 advance and
capture lhe cam'jl, and'il'lhe enemy, us wo be-lieve,
will Still obstinately refuse to enter 11"" ne-got
unions, we sec no oilier course lor the Admin-istration
lo pursue but to bold.on 10 M#ana wail
until ihe meolioa ofCajgre-;-. Ii sting tho Nation-
I l. ibiture to bl'.'ciiieon the future course tc. be
pursued. Jt'is, we think,' very ovujoot that wi
musl eiihe/abandon the inlelrior, ai.d .'all back oi
1 reAiiVi trr.oi't
In tho li'-t place, no bullet is or can becasl JlmigCoTllicllcavcriil Ihc L'nited Staltt.—In
rj,.ct|y spherical, line side is always heavier Sillimsn'a Journal for May e: n comiiiuniculioii
from S. II. Buckley, Ul which he savs of Iho
range of the beaver : "In lie Kay's/.jology oi
the Slate of New Yolk it is ermnously slated
lhe most southern limit of leaver will in lhe Unii-il
Slates is ihe northern part of Iho Stale of New
There were beaver living among iho
ns of North Carolina in the year 1013,
1M the other, and lhc ball, therefore swerves
Irom lhc "gbi 'in0 ol projection. However hard
ii may" be 10 prove this, theoretically, practice
demonstrate, it. The same smooih bore, im-movably
fixed, twice loaded, with the same charge,
oftiic same power, nod with ball Boat in Iho sama I York.
mould, will not plant them both in lhe same spot, | moUDl
11 the same distance. where Mr. Ii. saw trees nt wly cut dun n by them.
The rifle barrel is a female screw, which gives a„j |lP Wl)a informed by h:s guide lhal he had
the lightly driven ball a rotary motion, so that if j seen the beaver. This was io "I laywo d county,
the bullet, or ralher the slug, swerves with one 1 „ few miles from Wnym sville. un lhe liig Pigeon
twist of th. screw, another revolution corr.'cls lhe river—a Wild, rough region.abounding in grand
ni.,ir. There are bnt three motion. In a riflo ball, acenory and rarely vhited by men, .being liulc
tbe straight forward, the spiral and the downward, ; knon'n Vv1.11 10 the hunters."
caused by the power of gravity. A rille of ll.ir-. "*"«».!.
,1, to .lhe pound drop.- its ball about a fool in a Causa o.■ U sir.-Mr. Calhoun savs. H iho
•hundred varda Hubs are sighted, ih.reforc, lo aonesalion of lexna had nol lakea place, Uiere
meet this deviation. 1'" leaving lhe barrel, the would have beeano war with Mexico, bul that
bull moves above Ihe line ol ligfat, conlinuairy I..I-, annexVion wos not the cause ol .be- war. /he
it. n paraioiiccurvi tillilTptenecl.it: 1'he -i-anr.Hate emu of Ihe IfO i.'..v themarchmg
,.;t of iiitcrs'-riion i*c
Who invented "the rifle is unknown
cijdu was known 10 ihe North American
Lcf'Ti' ibo discovery ql the continent. 1
« of i.iier."r.ion i«called poini blaak. " "/ atir trtapJJ&.Gmm /''; "'« '» "" '"'•
• HtlNoHt. IJ Hen Taylor had remained-wiih
hh fo'rtu ujaie he wae.lheh uvuld have been
lis prin-ndians
heir ar-
In- .«t.ib:dasi and truui.er, '/■ • , rows ore call
iMtalmMadyd'tc*!. .1 ■» K«n bWoaeirtu 1 ha avwa 1 m »i(W •>■"
lirvd spirally d>d mew i'iecisely:in
tlNorle. If Gen uith
/;,",(1 s lofere wm,lheh*n>uld \nolnwi>ion—there would Ana* e*en NO COH-
111 r." And whoordi red mir troops 10 jn^rca
•.tn.ij»'»'rVU.Clii 1.' Wi A'. roTk!
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