Evansville Weekly Journal, Volume 14, Number 10, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 27 April 1848 — Page 3

THE JOURNAL.

WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 26. KHrThe public are aware, of course, that on Tuesday of last week, we replied to, or rather condemned, an article which had previously appeared in the "Vanderburgh Democrat," which article every man in the community regardless of party, joined with us in condemning as being not only uncalled for, but vulgar and attrocious in the extreme. That reply was written by the editor of this paper, by him who is kuown as the publisher and printer, and with the exception of about three weeks during the last Congressional elec tion as the sole editor of the. Journal since 1843, and who alone was responsible for it if there attached any responsibility to it. And this fact was and is known to the publisher, editor, and advisers of the Democrat. In that reply to the Democrat s charge against our citizens, it is true we used strong and determined language, but we spoke the feelings and opinions of the community at lame of democrats as well as whigs; and we know that several of the leading democrats w ent far beyond our article in search of lansuase to express their contemDt: to his face, of the man who could perpetrate such an outrage. Burning and w ithering as were our remarks, they did not merit nor did we dieam that we should be personally attacked through the columns of the Democrat, much less did we dream that the publisher or editor of that paper would suffer his columns to be made use of toattack personally, in. the most vile, slanderous and blackguard manner, a private individual, one wholly unconnected with the conduct of this journal, and who has not, with the exception of the three weeks mentioned above, had ought to do with it. We know, and so does the community, that the pernm whose name isat the head of the Democrat is not the author of the paragraph to which we .allude that he never received such a communication as that paragraph implies, but that he admitted the parapraph from a person who has thus been able to gratify his revenge and malice against one he dares not meet openly, and who is able, while skulking behind the nominal editor of that paper, to enjoy an appetite that the veriest cur in the community might well be ashamed to claim. Knavish at heart and cowardly by nature, the author of that paragraph when applied to secretly by the publisher of the Democrat to know if lie might be permitted to give up the author as demanded by the injured party, at once skulked like a felon fro n the light, and shaking and shivering with the fear of the con sequences that were likely to ensue were his agency in the matter disclosed, craved and implored to be kept in the dark; begged that his name might not be given, that the person whose name stands at the head of the paper whose sinning consists in giving publicity to the dirty thing would assume the responsilility! Even the nominal editor of the Democrat must have felt, while listening to the pleadings of this craven-hearted wretch, the most utter contempt for him, at the same time he consented to stand in his place. And such responsibility as he has assumed! Without one dollar of property that' can be come at, and with no character to lose, good, bad, or indif ferent, he has continued to secret himself in bis family apartments ever since the publication of this dirty sheet, declining to expose his person upon the street or in any manner or place that would give opportunity to the injured par ty to meet him. This is the responsibility he has assumed, and 'hese are the advantages that have been taken of a private citizen of our town. But we can inform the person believed to have been the author of this cowardly act and the person who made it public, that the mutter is not to rest, in tneausence ot our brother who is called away from the city on business, we inform all concerned that it will not and shall not rest here. CO" We return our thanks to our friends of the Commercial for their complimentary notice and well wishes, and assure them that we shall endeavor to merit "the approbation of the public." We trust the Comviercial may continue to prosper, and our citizens feel themselves able and willing to furnish to both of us an adequate, support, which, if they consult their own interest, they will do. CO"" The State Sentinel is making complaints against the Whigs because two or three members of the party in Congress have recently visited the Eastern cities, and endeavors to lay blame to iheiii for the little, business done, by Congress. It is a great pi'.y the Sentinel has but one eye. It is not a month since Senators Houston and Foote, and others of the lower House of Congress, wen rambling all over the Eastern States, making speeches on every stump, and now we see by the Washington Union that Senator Houston has "put up his bills" for JJorth Carolina, to take the stump. Pity, we say, the Sentinel can see but in one direction. Considerable attention is being paid to the condition of Salt river of late. The navigation has been improved for the benefit of President Polk, and now a bridge is to be built over Its mouth. So says an exchange paper. Another Presidential' Candidate. The National Intelligencer says: "We learn from the Raleigh Register that Gen. Houston, of Texas, isat present on a visit toXorth Carolina, on a supposed -propagandist party mission. The Register inclines to the opinion that he i a candidate for the office of President of the United States. We have for some time fore seen that he was to be a formidable competitor with other Democrats in the Candida teship for that office." ' , '. Kew York Democracy. After the adjournment of the Legislature, the Members held a caucus, and adopted an address to the demo cratic electors xf that Mate. Wihnot proviso resolutions, and resolutions of sympathy with France, were also admitted. The address is a powerful manifesto of the position of the Van Buren democracy, and a complete indication of their anti-slavery policy, .

FIRE. A stable belonging to Mr. John Payne,

situated 'below-Division street, was burned down last night about 9 o'clock, and in i t two horses were burned to death. There had beenno light used about it for weeks, and it was evidently the work of on incendiary. The Circus was near at hand and crowded at the time, and the people flocked to the fire and aided the firemen, who were soon on the spot with their apparatus, in preventing the spread of the fare. Jfc3"Laugh ai d grow fat" is an old adage; and Sterne tells us that every time a ntan laughs he adds something to his life. If this be so and we are not disposed to doubt it we took a new lease of life lust night. Dan Rice kept a crowd in "good humor with themselves and all the world," at the Circus last night by his rich jokes; and as laughter is good for health, a provocative to appetite, and a friend to digestion, we doubt not every one feels better this morning for being lighter in pocket. Dr. Sydenham used to say the arrival of a merrv-andrew in a towr. was more beneficial to the health of the inhabitants thnn twenty asses loaded with medicine, and Mr. Pott, a celebrated surgeon, remarked that he never saw the "Tailor ridinjf to Brentford" without feeling better for a week afterwards. We congratulate our citizens that the dose is to be repeated this afternoon and to-night. This is byjft hunilretl per cent, the best Circus that has ever visited us. 1 bi Uand, witb Kendal at its head, has no equal in the Union, the performf rs are the best we have ever seen, and every way gentlemanly, the horses are splendid, the accommodations excellent, and Dan feitde inimitable. Those who stay away will miss a treat and be sorry for it all 'he balance of their lives Recollect at 2 o'clock this afternoon and at 7 tonight. City Marshall. Mr. Wm. Bell was elected by the Common Council, at their called meeting on Monday evening, Marshall of the city for the ensuing year. Mr. Bell was the marshall last jear and performed the duties to the satisfaction of the Board and the public. B isnor Bazex Dead. We were informed by a friend on yesterday of the death of the Rev. Bishop Bazen, of Vincennes, after an illness of only fourdavs. His death will be deeply regretted by the public. I. O. O. F. The members of this order in our city celebrate their anniversary to-day by a proces sion, oration, and a dinner at the Sherwood House. The oration will he delivered by J. A. Hendricks, Esqr., at the Methodist Church. The order is in a very flourishing condition here and no doubt will make an imposing appearance. See the notice in another column. JfcV" We have received New Orleans papers of the 18th, but they contain nothing of importance. The market was without change in any leading article. Sugar and Molasses dull and drooping. Sales of Flour light at former rates, and very little doing in grain or provisions. The Bunker Hill and De Witt Clinton were advertised to leave on the 19th. BCrSnow fell at Cincinnati on Tuesday last. We had a severe hail -storm here night before last, and at day-light yesterday morning bail might have been gathered in large quantities. It has been cool since Steamboat Signal Lights. Mr. Henry Sands, of Louisville, has invented a signal lantern. The ob ject to be att Anei by it is to prevent the many collisions. A lantern of thirty inch square is placed in front of each chimney. These will show one light each. If however two boats meet, the pilots can by the pulling of a cord attached to each lamp change the one light to four lights of different colors, and they will thus know what course they must pursue. For instance: if the descending boat exhibits four lights from the lamp on her right chimney, it will be the intention of the pilot to pass the ascending boat on the right side, while the latter will show four lights on her right also; and if each boat pursues the course indicated by the signal, a collision will be impossible. So soon as the boats have passed each other, the cords can be loosened and the "lanterns will show only one light. The Journal says the inven tion deserves the consideration of Congress. ToEcsixess ?1en. If you would pursue your bus iness profitably, no matter what you are dry goods men, grocer, hatter, tailor, boot maker, teacher, book seller, no matter what if you would obtain business and make money, you must advertise you must put your sign in the newspaper. This is the way, the easiest, cheapest, and the best way to make your bus iness known. Every one should advertise not simply once or twice a year, but constantly, systematically, and thoroughly; should continually be spreading be fore the eager gaze and inquiring eye of the public, the advantages his establishment offers, and the ben efits that would accrue to his customers. The plan rarely fails to insure an extensive business and hand some-profits so says that excellent paper, the Fhila delphia City Item. 55"The Common Council on Saturday night last, passed an ordinance exempting Firemen to the num ber of seventy-five in each company from a poll tax and olsO from tax on three hundred dollars of personal property. This move is a good one, and will make our fire department an 'efficient one. ft5"Yesterdny was a dull day and a disagreeable one not the first item of news from any quarter, no mails, no boats, no accidents, nothing transpired wor thy of note. A mighty hard day on editors was yes terday. 5"We learn that the steamer Fulton was sunk just below Pittsburgh a day or two ago. She was bound down. No particulars. The Harrisburg Telegraph says that the Wheat crop in that section of Pennsylvania looks well, and promises a plentiful harvest. The Secret Out. It was early intimated in Washington by the democracy, that the Administration was ready to furnish the correspondence of Gen. Scott and the war department whenever the whigs in Congress desired it that it was all made ready for publicauon thus daring the whigs to call it out. Well, they did call for it and the Secretary ordered it published. We have now the reason for this readiness on the part of the Administration to publish this corresjwndence. It was indeed made ready and just to suit the infamous purpose all along in view of prejudicing the character of that old faithful soldier, Winfield Scott! "A portion of this correspondence was withheld by the Secretary; but iu a recent debate, Mr. Ilenly, Mr. ?,larcy's defender in the House, disclosed the fact that these suppressed letters had been submitted to him by the Secretary, to enable him to defend his official nia3ter understandingly." What terms are bad enough to characterize such conduct oa the part of this administration? S'j.:e Jour. DIED, In this city after a short illness of Paraly si3 Mr. Joshua Flagler, in the 56th year of his age leaving a wife to moun the loss of an affectionate husband, a son a kind father and the community a respected citizen but not without hope that what is our loss is las gain. His mind being' turned for some time to the subject of religion end his assurance of trusting in Christ has left vidence that all is well Contrast. Democracy in France proclaims the. absolute incompatibility of its principle with the toleration of Human Slavery, and de crees the prompt overthrow of . that shameful scourge. Party Democracy here is the avowed and boasted ally of Slavery, and is "even now battling to plant and extend Slavery in territory hitherto Free. N. . Tribune.

. Cassius M. Clay. The Philadelphia North American has the following scorching arid withering article on the letter of Cassius M. Clay. We add also an extract from the Louisville Journal. After this we do not believe there is a man in the Union but will despise and shun him: "Blow, blow, thou winter wdnd! Thou art not so unkind A3 man's ingratitude." We find in yesterday's New York Courier and Enquirer, a letter from Cassius M. Clay, which we hazzarcl nothing in saying will be read with more astonishment and pain by all people in the United States, Whigs and Democrats, the friends and the enemies of Henry Clay, than any epistolary atrocity which was ever before conceived in the brain of hatred or penned by the hand of malice. For the first time in his life, the aged Statesman, the vic

tim ot many wounds inflicted by the lury ot political animosity, finds himself the object of the sympathy of foes, because struckat last by the dagger of one who should be a friend one who still signs himself, and boastfully too, "a vvnig who bears the- ereat name he now seeks to cover with dishonor; and bearing that name, aud boasting that title, and recalling the memory of the affection of 1&14, exults, publicly, in the face of the. world, that he is now, by by the necessity ot his nature, the enemy "of the man whom he once loved and venerated." The change of feeling is a miracle; the letter appears to be an insanity, the character of the assault is wholly indescribable, because pro digious prodigious from the intense malevolence of sentiment and expression, and theover boiling current of hatred, gushing as from a heart where it had been long treasured up for the day of vengeance. If we seek the causes of this most strange, most unnatural and most infamous attack, we shall find them plainly enough expressed in the letter, and of a twofold complexion. The original, or remote, cause, as pretended, is one that shocks the mo ral sense of every true-hearted man that reads it, because it assumes the complicity of Henry Clay in a scheme of assassination. "When you started, on the 14th of August, 1845, to "the Virginia Springs," says the audacious accuser, "leaving your friends and family to murder mem my sick bed, for vindicating those principles which you had taught me, in your speeches at'least, 1 ceased to be your friend, and became, by the necessity of my nature, your enemv." It is true, the world never before heard of this crime of Henry Clay, or of this hatred of the criminal by the intended victim. A second provocation was required to goad the latter to retaliation; and the second cause, therefore, appears to be Mr. Clay's letter of the 10th, announcing his willingness to accept the Whig nomination for the Presidency. That this latter crime is even greater than the former, appears from the fact that the offence of murderous intentionis revenged in the few brieflines which we have quoted; while the offence of being a candidate for the Presidency, is the great subject of a letter covering nearly an entire column of the Courier and Enquirer. To expatiate upon this letter is more than we can attempt. It has made our heart sick to read it; and we would not inflict similar pain on others. We know not how any man, a Whig, a Iventuckian, an American, could have written it. We know not how even any paper, and especially the Courier & Enquirer, a Whig Journal, devoted to the interests of Gen eral Taylor, who, we are sure, will be among the first to lament and denounce it, could have ever consented to print, it "disagreeing," as it confesses it does," with most of itssentiments, and disapproving its tone," and especially could have consented to do so upon the flimsy pretext that the writer "signed" it, "and thus as sumed the entire responsibility of what it con tained, it bursts into notice, a prodigy as to place and time upon the spot where, and just the moment after, the whole population ol the commercial metropolis of the Union had done homage to the pure and lofty character of Mr. Clay, and while that whole city was ringing with the honorable testimonial which his great political antagonist, Martin Van Buren, had borne to his umuly character and exalted virtues. It is, indeed, shocking to all the higher feelings of our nature, to think that, at perhaps one and the same moment, the two writers were penning their two letters, Martin Van Buren, in the spirit of a man, expressing a generous friendship, and Cassius M. Clay, in the temper of a tiger, a deadly hostility, and that the friendship of the one and the ferocity of the other were meant for him, the man of his time, the beloved of his country, the great, the good, the illustrious Henry Clay. North American. Our readers, no doubt remember, that, soon after the Presidential election of 1S14, certain gentlemen, generally supposed to have been many in number, paid Mr. Clay's debts. The whole thing was done so secretly that Mr. Clay knew nothing of the intention until it had been carried into elfect, nor was he, even then. informed them of the name of a solitary indi vidual among the contributors. The managers of the transaction had the delicacy and the sen tlemanly feeling to take particular pains that none but the contributors themselves should ever know who had an agency in it. One ob jection to the proceeding, and only one, suggested itself to us at the time; but that one struck us forcibly. It seemed to us, that, if any of the contributors should at any time af terwards happen, either with or without cause to have a quarrel with Mr. Clay, they would have it in their power to taunt him with the fact of having assisted in the payment of his debts. To be sure we knew that no gentleman would do this, but we apprehended that there might be among the many contributors one or more without just pretensions to inat cnaracter. This apprehension, we percieve, has been realized for the first time in the person of Cassius M. Clay. He says tauntingly in his letter, " We paid your debts." So now the Hon. H. Clay knows who one of the contributors was, and he will of course call promptly upon Cas sius M. Clay for a statement of the amount of his contribution, and require him to take back his money. Whether Cassius, in 1814, availed himself of th-2 opportunity of secretly laying Mr. Clay under a pecuniary obligation with the view of being able to taunt him with it upon some future occasion, knowing at the same time that the illustrious statesman would scorn to accept such an obligation from him if aware of its source, is more than we are prepared to say. Cassius M. Clay in his letter avows that he is Mr. Clay's personal enemy, and that he has, jrom ine nscessuy oj ms nature, Deen so ever r . I a . . i since August, 1S4D. llns certainly seems strange, viewed in connection with a matter, which, ever since Cassius M. Clay's return from Mexico, has been Iceely spoken oi in Kentucky. A Kentucky officer, Lieut. Davidson, who was captured with C M. Clay and others by the Mexicans at Encarnacion, stated, that, upon their being made prisoners, Capt. C. M. Clay protested earnestly in Spanish to the Mexican commander that he was the son of the Hon. Henry Clay who was at the head of the peace party iu the United States, aud that, if he were to be killed, his illustriousjfafAer and the whole peace party would turn against Mexico and execute terrible vengeance upon her. .Now it almost seems as if there must be some mistake. about this thing, for we should hardly suppose that Cassius M- Clay, for the sake of his breath the paltry modicum of atmospheric air thatgoes in and out at his nose, would pass himself off upon an unsuspected foreigner as the son ot a man to whom he avows himself an enemy. We can imagine but one explanation of the occurrence if it is true, Cassius savs he is Mr.

Clay's enemy "from the necessity of his nature," and perhaps he played off his chivalric stratagem upon the Mexican officer "from the necessity ol'his, nature." Since writing the preceding paragraph, we have heard, on good authority, a piece of testimony confirming the statement of Lieut. Davidson. Major Borland, who was one of the Encarnarion prisoners, and who was recently elected to the U. S. Senate by . the Arkansas Legislature, stated, while in this city a few days ago-, thatCapt. C. M. Clay, when the prisoners were threatened to death, begged piteously for his own life; resting his petition upon the alleged fact of his close relationship to the Hon. Henry Clay, the friend of peace. Major Borland does not distinctly recollect whether the petitioner represented himself to the Mexicans as the son or merely the very near relative of the Hon, Henry Clay. Lieut. Davidson asseits positively that he called himself the son, and no doubt he did. At any rate his life was spared, and for that life, whatever its value or want of value n.ay be, it seems he vras indebted to his exceedingly clamorous claim of close relationship to his illustrious namesake, to whom he now claims the honor of having been at that very time a personal enemy'. Chivalry takes many forms, aud this, we suppose, was one of them. Lou. Jour.

From the New Orleans Picayune, April 13.J LATEK FKOSI MEXICO. There was two arrivals yesterday from Vera Cruz the ship Christiana, Capt. Hammond, which sailed on the 4th inst., and the U. S. steamer Washington, Capt. Pratt, which sailed on the 3d inst. - By the Washington our dates from the city of Mexico are to the 30th ult., four days la let than brought by the Ohio. Mr. Clifford one of the Commissioners 0 Mexico arrived at Vera Cruz on the morning of the 2d inst., and left at noon on the 3d for Mexico. The U. S. steam frigate Mississippi sailed from Vera Cruz on the 2d inst. for Boston. We regret to learn that there were twelve or fourteen cases of yellow fever on board when she sailed. A gentleman who came passenger on the Washington assures us that the general opiiir ion among those Mexicans of the first class, whose judgement is considered good, is that the treaty will not be ratified by the Mexican Congress. In fact, the members are intimidated by the populace and will not dare to vote for the treaty. So says our informant. In anticipation that the army might fall back from Mexico, the port com misary at Puebla had received orders as early as the 20th ult. from headquarters to contract for 75,000 rations to be delivered at a moment's notice for a downward movement. Captain Webster, quartermaster at Puebla, had also received orders to have transportation ready. At Perote similar orders had been received. A very large Mexican train; consisting cf some 4C"J wagons and about 3,000 pack mules left Vera Cruz for Mexico on the 29th, 30ih and 31st ult. The American train left on the 3d inst all under command of Major Lomis. The Free American says the first train was attacked the night of the 30th, and seven pack mules were taken by the guerrilleros. After Santa Auna had been escorted by Col. Hughes to the hacienda of El Encero, the property of the former, he remained there till the 2d inst., when he left for Antigua, just north of Vera Cruz, where he embarked on the 4th inst. on a Spanish brig for Kingston, Jamaica, as some accounts say; others make Havana his destination. It has hitherto been understood that he would proceed to Jamaica. There was much excitement at Vera Cruz on the80lh ult., it hav ing been discovered that 2d Lieut. John Smith, of Capt. White's company of mounted men, had deserted, taking with him seven men of his company. The same day Capt. While gave pursuit and got wind of the fugitives on the Orizaba road, but could not overtake them. The same evening one of the number, a sergeant a youth of about nineteen returned and related the following: Smith and the others told him they were yoiag out to hunt, and he accompanied themunder that im pression until they were about eight miles from the city, when Smith called a halt and made known his intention of joining some rob ber band. The sergeant told him that he would not desert that he would die first. They then told him be must die. He gave them his musket, but upon further consideration they concluded to let him so. Giving him a fow ling-piece, which he could not use for want of caps, they allowed him to return. On the morning of the 1st inst., they fell into the hands of Zeuobla, or Cenobia, the great guerrilla chief. He, no doubt thinking that he was robber enough for the road and unwilling to place con fidence in men who would desert their country's standard, would not accept of their servi ces, but kept them prisoners. He also immediately sent word to Gov. Wilson, who des patched Capt. Kerr with his command to es cort the worthies into Vera Cruz, where they arrived on Sunday, the 2d inst. Since the desertion ofSmith some men have recognised him as one who has been quartered at the expense of the State, for a length of time, in a certain strong house under the direction of a warden, for being concerned with others in appropriating to his own use a large quantity ot funds not his own. ihere in a good deal of speculation as to what Gov. Wilson will do with the fellow. The Free American is very indignant at the conduct of the Mexicans, now restored to civil authority in Vera Cruz. The following is from that paper of the 1st inst: "Only two days have gone by since the government of the city has been granted to the Mexicans, and in two days these authorities have made more changes in the different offices than the Americans in one year' and one day. "All the Mexicans who hold offices under the American Government have been discharged. Some of them have even been threatened by the new office-holders. "A friend of ours assures us, (and we believe him,) that a young man, a lawyer, was forbidden to plead a cause before a Mexican court cf this city, unless he should show proof that he was not an American, and he hoped to be a Spaniard. "When the city authorities were in possession of the Americans, Mexicans as well as Americans lawyers were heard in our tribunals and now that these men are in- power lawyers must give proof before they are admitted to the bar that they are not Americans." The most notable events in Mexican affairs at last accounts is the attempt ot Gen. Paredes to get up a revolution in San Luis Potosi. He is represented as aided by the Santanists and monarchists. The Star of the 23d ult, represents him as applying to the Government at Queretaro for permission to reside at San Luis Paredes in the meanwhile lying perdu. The ex-Governor of San Luis, Adame, was in connivance with Paredes. The next news from San Luis is to the 18th, when Adame was arrested and sent off under a strong escort to Queretaro, by order of the General Government. This arrest is said to have caused very great excitement atSau Luis against the Government. On the 28th it was reported in Mexico that Paredes himself had been arrested by the Government, and great satistion was expressed at this result, as it seemed to premise the restoration of order. The news of this arrest was, however, at the last, prema ture, although it was given in the Monitor Kepublicano of the 23d int. Letters of that date from San Luis say nothing about the arrest. The Star of the 30th has the following paragraph. I "San Luis. The Echo of yesterday gives an extract from a private letter from San Luis I which represents the Legislature of that State

in much confusion, increased by the presence of Paredes;" . The Star of the same date lavs before its readers a variety of information about this Paredes movement. We have no room for all of it, but give as much as we can. An agent or commissioner of the Government at San Luis informed the Secretary of State) that Paredes, representing himself as an object of violent persecution by the foreign eneinv, reached San Luis on the 3d March, a signal fire giving notice of his arrival, which immediately set his friends in motion. The commandants and Governor were alarmed and took immediate measures for the prevention of any seditious movement. Paredes was informed that his inexpected and unseasonable presence w ould be the means of disturbing the public tranquility. His reply discountenanced every wish or idea of being the occasion of disturbance

among tae peoople. Indeed the commissioner regarded Paredes as a friend of the Government and made a tender of the services of the ExPresident to the 'Supreme authorities. He thought if they were accepted, it would quiet the public mind, excited as it was by the movements of the anarchists. In the following document from theSecretaly of State, translated by the American Star, we have the views of the Government upon the whole movement. It is dated 19th March: "Excellnt Sir: The moment his Excellency, the Provisional President, was informed that Gen Paredes, without permission of the Supreme Government, had arrived in the vicinity of this city, hedetermined that he should be arrested and brought before a competent tribunal. From facts in-the archives of this office, 'and of the Department of War, it would seem altogether probable that Gen. Paredes has been called to San Luis by individuals who are plotting a revolution, possibly under pretext of continuing the war. It is also highly probable that his true object is to proclaim his monarchical scheme, and other subjects having reference to the same. This appears the more iikely from the fact that these individuals in the city, who have shown themselves most devoted to Paredes, are the same who supported the rebellion cf that chief in 1845, who sustained his disgraceful defection, and the antirepublican projects which he promulgated at that period, so long and with such impunity-. With such fuels before him, his Excellency, the President, would bewautins: in his sacred duty if he should omit to take cognizance of the crime committed by Gen. Paredes, or even if he should allow him to remain in a place in which, as your Excellency states, there exi.'ts so manyelements of discord. Much less could the -President accept the services of a chief guilty as he is, and whom your Excellency should see judged according to the laws. "Your Excellency, as the commissioner has stated, thinks the permanent residence of Gen. Paredes in San Luis will beatteiided with good results, and, particularly, that it would be a powerful agent in counteracting the influence of a party which aimsat proclaiiningGen. Santa Anna Dictator. His Excellency, the Presi dent, i.s of opinion that nothing is gained to trie cause oi orcter and law, if, to avoid a pronunciamento in favor of a dictatorship, recourse is had to a revolution in favor of a monarchy. It is the duty of the Supreme Government to put down all seditions and political outbreaks. indeed every" movement calculated to disturb the public peace, without stopping to inquire who is the chief of the rebellion, or what the pretext is under which aid is invoked in its be half. A very respectable gentleman, resident in one of the principal cities of the Republic, a short time since, made a strong appeal to his Excellency, the President, that he would allow Gen. Santa Anna to establish his residence. in the same city. 'J he President refused to grant hip request, and he would be wanting to those principles of impartiality which he has adopted as a guide in his administration, if he should permit Gen. Paredes to take up his resi dence in that city, and wink at the crimes com mitted by mm crimes which have given rise to grave suspicions, and for which he should be held to a strict account before a legal tribu nal. "In regard to the elements of disorder which exist in San Luis, his Excellency. the President, lias taken such measures as he thought the most sunaDie to suppress them. He relies upon your Excellency, as well as upon all the authorities ol the state, to second his efforts with loyalty and energy. The first and most important measure is the arrest of Gen. Paredes. Every consideration due to his elevated rank in the army will require that he should be subjected to the jtmsaiol'iO:: of competent tribunals. His Excellency, the President, feU.ini Ji your Excellency to act in concert with the commandante general of the Slate, and to call upon all legalized gallant chiefs to sustain order. He invites you to co-operate with them in carrying out the measures of the Supreme Lrovernment, relative to the arrest and impris onment ol ben. Paredes, as well as all others concerned in promoting a revolution in the State of San Luis. Should these measures give rise to anv disturbance, his Excellency the President, has power to suppn ss it, to punish the criminal instigators, and to reward munificently, and in the name fjf the Republic, those who shall save her from the anarchy which threatens her. "With these views I have replied, in the name of his Excellency, the President to the written and oral communication of the commissioner from the Government of San Luis. "I renew to your Excellency the .assurance of my distinguished consideration. God and liberty! ROSA. "Queretaro, March 19, 181S. "His Excellency Senor D. Julian de los Reyes, Governor of the. Slate of San Luis." The Star indulges in the following comments on this document: "Such is the able and energetic response of the supreme Government to the coimnumcstion from San Luis. It must have been quite unexpected both by the Governor aud the commissioner. In our judgment Senor llosa takes the true view of Cue matter, and his reasoning is unaswerable. Patedes is too dangerous a man to be allowed to promulgate his anti-republican opinions, at a crisis like the present." The Star of the 29th ult., in announcing the arrival of the Deputies from Gaudalajara at Queretaro says: "The Congress wHl soon be opened with a sufficient number of Deputies." On the 13th ult., thirty members of the whole number qualified were in attendance. Awful Condition of Yucatan. We copy the following from the New Orleans Picayune of the 13th inst.: Tiie U. S. schooner Fair on, John J. Glasson, Lieut, commanding, and VV. E. Hopkins, acting masterarrived yesterdiv from Campeachy, whence she sailed on the 3d inst. Lieut. Glasson has brought over important despatches for the Government at Washington which will be forward-id by m-iil to-day. We have been favored by him with papers, &c, for which he has our acknow ledge uif nts. The insurrection of the Indians iu the State of Yucatan presents now an aspect truly dreadful, and calls for immediate relief. Death and fire mark the progress of the Indians. Every town, hacienda, and rancho is being laid waste by fire. The inhabitants are fleeing to the northern coast. Those who fujl into the hands of the savages are tortured to death. Some thousands have taken shelter in the islands of Cosmel, of Mageres, and of Contoy. The coast between Boca de Comil, and Sisal is flocked with men women and children from the inte rior country, laid waste, who are wending their way iu the direction of Sisal, and embarking, as opportunities offer, for Campeachy. From three to four thousand passed, in the course of a few days, the village of bilau, on the coast

side, taking the beach as the safest way. They are in a starved, miserable, and helpless condition; and as remarkable as it may appecr they are reduced to extreme want, and that too in a

couutry where plenty has always existed. The wealthy families are reduced to poverty ,and many have nothing but the scanty clothing on their backs. The Falcon wasdespatched to the coast to assistin embarking the people. One hundred and twenty -one were received on board and taken to Campeachy. Iheywere trom Valladolid.anaueu at the destruction of it to Silan. It was said that 25,000 people from the interior had taken refuge in Campeachy. The most urgent steps were being taken to press every buugo and ca noe to the immediate relief of the people along the coast, in order to embark them without delay, as the latest information represented the Indians in from seven to nine leagues of the coast about Silan. The Indian force is variously estimated to be from thirty to fifty thousand, and they have from five to six thousand with arms. The following parts of the country have been ravaged by the savages: The district purtido of Valladolid, composed of one city, twenty-six villages, pueblos one hundred and seventeen hacien das, and one hundred and fifteen ranchos. The district of Tisimin, composed of one large, town, 17 villages, 39 haciendas, and 170 ranchos. The district of Espita, composed of 7 villages, 37 haciendas, and 215 ranchos. The. district of Lotuta, composed of IS villages? haciendas, 72 ranchos. The district of Peto, composed of one large town, 29 villages, 47 haciendas, and 317 ran chos. - . The district of Bacula, composed of 5 villages, 3 haciendas, and 230 ranchos. The district of Molul, composed of 1 village and various haciendas and ranchos, the numbers of which are not ascertained. The District of Izamal, composed of 3 villages and various haciendas and ranchos. The. district of Hopelchen, composed of various ranchos. EY TELEGRAPH TO LOUISVILLE. Washington, April 22. Neither house of Congress wassession to-day. Cincinnati, April 22. The river rt this point is falling slowly. PiTTSBLEii, April 22. , There are four feet water iu the canuel and at a stand. Louisville, April 23. There were 5 feet 1 inch water in the canal by the guage, last evening. COJI3SE ItC IAL. Cincinnati; April 22 The market for flour is stagnant and sales are nominal. Sales of prime red wheat at 90. Rye 55G0c, Sniffs ot whisky at 15ic. Groceries are unchanged. Sales of cheese at 6eSc. There is nothing doing in Lard. Sales of Moss pork at small lots at $7 75; 500 pieces shoulders at 2c in bulk; bacon should.-r.i 21c, packed. The market is unchanged on other articles. The rates of freight to New Orleans, are: flour 40c. pork 50c, red w hiskey 70c. Philadelphia, April 22. The markets are all unsettled, and much depressed. Holders are waiting the arrival ot the Cambria. Pittsburf, April 22. Sales of flour at S'4 G2i31 75. -The market is steady but not active. Sides of hog-round at 3J3Jc. 100 kegs Lard nt 5c. Groceries are unchanged. Sales of rectified whit-Icy at 20c. There is no change in other articles. New Oil leans, Atril, 15, 1848. Sugar 450 hhds. have Leeii taken principally for the North at yesterday's prices: say Fair 21'afilc. Molasses Sales 300 bblsat ll'20c. Flour Market quiet. Sales 1500 bbls as follows 881 Ohio nt $4 50; 70 Ohio,' 250 St. Louis at $1 G2I and 200 Illinois! at $4 60. Coe.v Sales 10,000 sacks, 1300 White and 1200 Mixed at 30c; GOO Mixed ut 50 and 31e.; 1000 Yellow tit 41; 350 Mixed at 35c; 400 White and Yellow and ''000 White at 34; and 2100 White and Yellow at 35e. Wheat 700 casks prime Wheat sold at 97c. Pork Fair demand, Sides 700 bhls, Mess in five lots at $3 50 and 300 bub Piime at 7 12. Lard Market dull. 353 bhls inferior nt 41c; 30 bbls Ne plus ultra at 6c; $3 bhls. fair at 5i and and 20 hbb at 5ic L.vcon Sales 84 casks sides at 4c and 10 casks Shoulders at 2c. Gr.EEN Meat 100,000 1!3 hug round soldat 2ic, WmsKvy 100 bbls sold at 18c and GO at 17$c. Hem?. 19 bales Dew Rotted were sold at $119 per ton; no criterion of the market. Coffee Fair demand for Kin at G'4s7c. Arrivals of Vessels at N. Orleans fro vi Northern Ports. April 13 and M ships .Vubina and Lydia and bark Grampus from New York; ships Katali din and Robert Burton from Philadelphia. April 16 ship Columbus from Boston. KrWe are authorized to announce JOHN SPIKER as a candidate for a seat in the Lower House of the next Legislature, at the ensuing election. 50We are authorized to announce WILLIAM WHITTLESEY as a candidate lor a seat in the next Lcgi-dature, mar25 BALDNESS AND LOSS OF HAIR is caused by a want ot healthy action of the vest-els which throw tiff the perspiration from the head. When these vessels are weak or dbensed, the perspiration is thick and clammy, and adheres to the mouth of the pores, and clogs them up, and dries and forms scurii'or dandruff. Less blood is then carried to the roots of the hair, and for want of which the hair has notsullicient nourishment, and consequently becomes dry and harsh, and begins insetuibly to fall otl", which continuing to increase eventually produces baldness. Restore the capillary vessels ot the hair to their termer healthy circulation, and a fine silkynew hair will make its appearance, which will increase in quantity and volume until the. hair becomes thick and healthy. J ay lie's Hair Tonic is the only preparation that has evjr been known to produce new hair on bald heads, which it has done in innumerable instances, and will seldom mil, if properly and perseveringly used. This valuable preparation excites the scalp to a new and hetdty action, cleanses it from sclt.ff and dandruff, prevents the hair from falling oir, or becoming prematurely okay, cures those eruptive diseases'wnich often appear upon the head, and in a majority of cases, produces a tine growth of new hair. It also gives the hair a rich and beautiful apappearance, unequalled by anything of the kind. SCrJATNE's Expectorant. This is undoubtedly the most valuable, as it is decidedly the most popular medicine of jts kind ever introduce"! into this State. Th'j demand fur it has been constant and increasing, from the time it was firt offered for sale here, last January, to the present time. Numerous tebtimonials ot its real worth and usefulness, from many of our citizens might be produced ; but. trial will satisfy nil that it is a speedy cure for coughs, colds, inrtuenz.i, iisthmn, hoarseness, and all kinds of pulmonary affections, liangor ( t) Daily Whig, for sale by C. DELL, Druggist," ap 24 . Main st Evausville. NAILS, IKON AND CASTINGS. t K'"-'-' assorted tioston and Pittsburg Nails '-atLf and a general assorted slock of Iron and Castings, in store and tor sole by jan 25, "48 UEMENT & VIELE. EATON &. HUGG.HouseCarpentorsqndJoiners, 2d street between Sycamore and Vine. np25 dy 100 a. rels Kenhnwa Suit for s.ile hw

dec21-ttj JOHNSHANKLIN.

Tue Prisoker. at Large." The folIcwing extract of a letter, from the city ol Mexico to the editor of the Nero Orleans Crescent, will be read with interest; "Scott feels deeply mortified at the course lliincs have taken, and doeg not look like the s;ime man. Can you wonder that the proud spirit, which bore him from victory to victory in this valley, has been partially broken, and the firm step which was wont to tread the earth so proudly, has been changed (o the slow pace of the disconsolate? I confess that my heart bled when I saw Winfield

Scott standing before the court, a criminal, (to use liis own language.) 1 could scarcely realize the fact. To see him there amongst those he had accused, "of scrambling for justice," imprissed me with a feeling 1 can not portray. 1 thought of the last six months of the great services he had rendered his country, and, for the moment, thought applicable the saying, that "Republics are ungrateful." I thought of the battles in this valley from Conireras to the National Palace of the time when things lobked darkest, and he showed himself to the troops;" what confidence it inspired in lhe,m,and how cheerfully they .would move forward to attack the foe sanguine of success when lie directed. I contrasted those times with the present, and it was painful. I never saw him look sorrowful till then. When Churubusco was being stormed, and. ho had sent hi3 body guard lo the fight, and when the only reserve reffimant the rifles were ordered to t lie support of Shields; then, ".rhetl liie list were disposed of, when the' hardest had to fend off, chore was an anxiety iu his facebut nought like sorrow. I soon had the pleasure then to see him smile, for the legions of Santa Anna had been put to flight by his well directed columns. But there was nothing of that sort to change his countenance in ihe Court of Inquiry, lie enteied sorrowfully and left it without a change. " It ia true that his lip would curl with disdain, occasionally, during the progress of the trial; but then it would again resume its rnelancho"Gentlemen, I would not posses the feelings that actuate General Scott now for all the high honors he has won. ' lie cannot be under the least apprehension as to the results of any court, but, then, he had a right to expect better things from that country whoso honor and character in war he had so far advanced." '" , : A?r Irishman's Wit. Some years ago, I was lounging on a sandy plain in England, awaiting the arrival of the drill and guards; the day was as hot as Africa; I observed two men working hard, sinking a well; they had got downabo.it ten foel, aud were apparently finding sand drier and still more dry. The only apparent moisture was the sweat of the brow, which was most copious. Do you expect to find water beret" "Oh plase your honor, Pin afeared we' shall.' ... ; ; "Afraid to find water! why, what are you looking for?" "Oh, plase your honor I'd like to find beer jist for wanst." '- An Afflicted Man. A - Boston : paper tells the follow ing story of Joe H., who formerly drove an express wagon from the head of Commercial wharf. Joe was not only deaf, but stuttered. He likewise had the failing of borrowing money and forgetting lo pay it again. One morning he was dunued by a person whom he owed live dollars. 'Come, Joe, cau't youpayme that money" to-day?" "T-t-t-t the horse has rr.g.gone to the b-b-blacksmiths." "I don't want your horse, ( want your money." "'"."' - j "T-t-t-the truck is down to L-L-Lewis'i wharf for a 1 1-load of p-p p-pork." "I don't want the truck," said the man, "I want those live dollars you owe me." "I m-m-made," replied Joe, "a g-g-g-good speck to day. on s-s some b-b-boards 1 sold the S Sugar refinery." The man then wrote what he wanted, ou Joe's slate. "1 can't see," said Joe, "I l-l left my spex at home." Finding all efforts useless, the man asked Joe in alow voice " J . "What will you have to drink?" ' s' "A 1-1-liltle brandy an 1 water," replied Joe, promptly. ' fj-An unforlunate landlord, going round to collect rents, sent his servant forward to piepare his tenants for the visit. On reaching the first house, and seeing his servant taking a survey, appaiently in vain endeavoring to gain admittance, be said: i "What's the matter John? Is the door bolted?" ,; "I don't know, massa, was jlio reply "but the tenant evidently has." , . ; . : 07Dobhs says, you may talk about flu (03 the singing of the spheres, and all that sort of thing, till youVe tired. In his opinion there is no music in the world like the rustling of a satin petticoat. For siiring up the spirits, he says, it heats trumpets, and whisky punch, even. A Strkam of Croton thrown on Moon shine. Xesterdav morntii!. about 3o c ock o ' one of the Insurance Watch while on duty iu Coenties Slip, discovered one of the large warehouses on the dock, apparontly on fire the ilames, to all appearance, being just burstins from the windows. He immediate ly ga ve tbe alarm, aud a number of his com1 laues running to tne rescue, a nose carl was run out. the hose attached to a hvdrant. the j j - door stoye in, and a full stream let upon the ' upper stones. After playing away for some time, with no sign ot hre inside the buildino-. a nassnrre cr . o was effected through the r,Hf. and the hose o ' pipe turned diwu the scuttle of the adjoinI IT rt CtrilO T'ttCl lit m..ot nnlinilif m i o i fested. the idea of extinuislifni an exien- - - 3 a - sive confl tgtation befoie the firemen could arrive, stimulated the operators to extraordi nary exertions; and although no light could be seen inside, yet each individual could plainly distinguish a strong smell of sjioke! Alter deluging the premises, a search was instituted, which resulted in the remarkable discovery that the hrk was nothing more nor less than the reflection of ihe 3IooNBEam,3 from :he quiet water in the Slip, vpd:i ihe windows of the warehouse. The Insurance Watch very demurely coiled up their hosa, and vamosed..---jY. lark Globe. '