Indiana American, Volume 15, Number 31, Brookville, Franklin County, 30 July 1847 — Page 2

T .1 E W A ft. FROM THE CITY OF MEXICO. Th New OrWns Picayune of ihe 13th Inst. has the folllowin? items deriv-d fom the City ol Mexico papers lo ibe 23th .t. A tnmoin for Congress to assemble w e And in almost every paper we of en. We presume it is summoned to take into oantidcra'iion Mr. Buchanan's letter announcing Mr- Tr'ut's appointment. Il is certain that no quotum lia l been assembled up to the 89ih lt. The Republicano puMses daily the list of members present and absent. They several times come very near a quorum, a:-l there is doubtless a sufficient number in the city to form one. Seventy one are required, sixty-six were present on the 23ih. The papers of the city appeared lo expect that the American army would move from Puebla by the end of June. They say not a word in their late Dumhet of their own means ef defence, or indeed of their own army. In this particular thep show perfect acqniescence in the T.ihes tf Santa Anna. Wese no sll'ion in the papers to the fact which ve Have stated elsewhere upon different authority that Qen. Scott had given the Government to the 30iU n't. to- consider of Mr. Buchanan's letter before pushing on to the capita?. The Republicano says our army is too insignificant to advance, but hopes it is true that Gen. Scott intends doing so, as

it will afford a good test of the fidelity of those Mexicans who have pledged themselves to defend the capital till death. This reads much like a sneer at the Mexican officers a thing the Repuplicano is very capable of doing. On the 20ih ull rumors which the Republican calls "very alarming," were in circulation in the capital. It was stated lht the Mexican Government had acceded to the msdiation of England; that the English Secretary of Legation had I een down to Puebla, and returned on the 24th; that the ol ject of his visit was to negotiate with Gen. Scott a treaty of peace;that the terms agreed upon between them would be the surrender of the Californiato the Americans, the recognition of the independence of Texas, and the acknowledgment of the line of 26 s as the northern boundary between the United States an-1 Mexico. This line would itive Same Fe and over a third of New Mexico to the United State. The Republicano has no faith in these rumors. It denounces them as false, but at the same time rrt surh n manner as to betray its fears least the runors should be true. The existence of these rumors confirms the infrmation deuved from a distinct source in Vera Cruz that Mr. Buchanan's letter was transmitted through the English embassy. The same considerations may lead the reader to attach some faith to the terms of treaty which are enumerated above. The English Secretaiy returned to the city of Mexico on the 24th and Mr. Buchanan's letter was published n the 2Cih, and at the same time these rumors obtainrd general currency. A letter of the 9th of June from Mazatlan speaks of the blockade as being very strict. Il was maintained by the Cyade, the razee Independence and a small vessel railed the Eliza having lately tailed. Some of the new cannons cast at Chapultepec have hren tried and are said to give the utmost satisfaction. Trm the JT. O. Ctmmrrcial Timtt tflllh tne. FROM MEXICO. Arrival of the Galveston latest News from the Capital. The steamship Galveston, Captain Haviland, arrived here yesterday, from Ve ra Cruz the 8ih. via Tampico the 10th, and Bitzos tne 11th inst. We received by 5ter communications from our able correspondent Indicator, and files of the Vera Cruz pipers, Sun of Anahuac and Arco Iris, up to the date of the depar ture. Proposition for Peace. It" appears that nothing has transpired in the city oi Mex ico, since the receipt by the Government of Mr. Buchanan's letter, which would lead to the belief that it would be speedi ly acted on. The Republicano, in an ar ticle published on the 2Sth inst., which breathes a spirit of uncompromising war, says that the adminiattation ought to rereive the American Commissioner, Mr Tr'ul, if he is to be received at all, and not Ibe Congress, whose pr3vmce is to ratify or reject, and not to discuss in the first instance, all treaties between the Republic and foreign nations. It further observes that it is impossible forthe Legislative bodies now lo reassemble, for every day tends to diminish their number, from the fault of deputies, who have given the scandalous example of shamefully abandoning the posts with which their constituents had honored them. The Republicano's voice is clearly for war, persuaded, as it declares, that its prosecution alone can save the country. He urges the Government notlo relax for an instant the vigor of their measures for continuing hostilities, "taking advantage of the difficult position in which the Ainei ican troops, by their own errors, have bi ought themselves, and making them pay dearly for the ephemeral triumphs with which capricious fortune has hither to favored them." The Government and Congress are exhorted not to make peace, unless they preserved intact the honor, the good name, and the interests of the nation. The Sun of Anahuae looks on this dis play of ultra patrioinm as particularly sis nificsnt since the Republicano is the organ of the Hoderados, or friends of Kerrera It indicates that between Santa Anna and the Moderados a coalition has taken place, the ibject of which is to continue the war for sinister purposes. Council oj War. The Republicano.of the 28ih ult., states that on the night of me ,th a cauncil of war was held at I'uebla, to discuss the question, whether the army should advance on the Capital or not. A general, whose name was not giv en, was of opinion that it would be im prudent to attack the capital with less then 20,000 men. He further temarked, then even supposing that every event of the war would be favorable to them, it was evident that we could not enter the tty without resisUnee, and that in the successive attacks which would be made on It, we should lose one-half, or more hav nurabsr, of our fcree. The re

sult iUt wosld be that the army teduced to some 4000 men, could not hold possess

ion nf such a ronulcus citv. Gen. Worth differe d from these views. He said emphatically that the invader who delays who loiters on his way, is lost; tli at a retrogade movement would produce the most disastrous ronsequences. He added.with soldiery pride. (ihodomontsde, the insolent Mexicsn called it,) that six to eight thousand Americana were enough to vanquish twenty thousand Mexicans.and consequently their triumph was indubitable. There was, then, nothing lo prevent an onward movement. Gen. Scott and the rest of the officers at the council appioved of these ideas, and it was forthwith resolved to take up the line of march for the capital en the 28'.Vi. However, not to risk any thing in i"he way or resolution, in referece to communication just madi t0 ,,e Mexican Government by tK. President of the U. oiaies, tne commander-in-chief de r . . . a clared h'i intention to halt f. r a few ' t the Rio Fiio, lo give time to the ''..mier to return an answer, making their election for Peace of w ar. It was stated that the American force comprised about 8.500 men, thirty pieces of cannon, and one mortar. The Republicano, after giving ihe above intelligence, adds. "We believe that the enemy has seriously compromised his situation; and even in the event, which is certainly very difficult, of his g lining victory on victory, his successes themselves will be the cause of Lis ruin." We have learned from an authentic source, that the above detail nf the pioreedings of the Council of War, held at Puebla on the 24th ult. ate almost literally correct. What a commentary they present, on the fidelity with which the Mexican Government are served by their spies! How strange that a Mexican should have access to such a correct source of information! Bearer of Despatches. On the evening of the 5ih inst., the U.S. brig Washing ton, Comm'r. Lee, set sail from Anton Lizardo. for the Slates, having on board Lieut. C. R. P. Rodgers, wuh dispatches for the Government al Washington, from Gen. Scott. In reference to this item of intelligence, the Sun of Anahuac says, if l-e may be permitted to hazard a conjecture, Gen. Scott will suspend actire operations against the city of Mexico until he has received fresh instructions from his Government. Spirit cf the Mexican Prett Il is quite certain that the public voice, Inking the press for its legitimate organ. is still for war. The Razonador seems to be the most furious and vindictive of all the journals published in the capital. Onthe22d ull. it gave an article, headed War, in which it paints the condition of the capital, and the hopes of the nation, in the most striking colors. We give the concluding paragraph, an apostrophe to Santa Anna. Mexico Dec'ines Treating. Al the moment when the Galveston was leaving Vera Cruz, a courier, with a mail from the capital entered the city, bringing dates the 5th inst. The principal item of intelligei.ee brought from the city of Mexico, is of a momentone character, viz: The Mexican Congress, with some difficulty, had been brought together, and Mr. Buchanban'a communication, containing the President's overtures for peace, were laid before them. Their decision was immediate, and to the effect that Mexico would listen to no terms for peace. Gen. Scott left Puebla al the head of his army, for the capital on the 30th ult. We received this news from a passenger and have every reason to beleivethat it it authentic. TROOPS IN GEN. SCOTT'S ARMY. We learn at the Adjutant General1! office thai more than seven thousand troops (new regiments, re organized sompanies of the old) have been sent to reinforce the army under Major General Scott; and that official reports have been received, which show that nearly 5,000 had arrived at Vera Cruz between the 24th of May and 20th of June, and which, we understand, have been pushed forward to jn'm the advancing column of the army with all practicable expedition. The entire force in advance of Vera Cruz, operating in the interior, and moving in the direction of the capital, exceeds fifteen thousand. These ate, of ofcourse, exclusive of the garrisons al Tampico and Vera Cruz. It is impossible to determine what deduction should be made on account of the sick; but, according to the best judgment of military men, it should be put down at not less than 2 600; which would make the efficient force in the heart of Mexico about thirteen thousand, exclusive of staff corps. The army tinder Gen. Scott must soon be further increased, since more than 2 500 are known to be en rott for Vera Cruz; among which are six companies of the United States Infantry, and several companies of marines, &c. In addition to these, a tespectable number of troops, of an efTeetive character, are now raising, and will be promptly en route tor General Scott's army. We take the present as a fit occasion to ssy to our readers, that we shall henceforth forbear to make any correction of the errors and oft-repeated misstatements of our forces in the field, which appear in certain prints. But we will say, once for all, that the pay rolls that infallible test of numbers-- will show that the forces in Mexico, under Major General Scotland Major General Taylor, in the month of July, will exceed 30,000: Wash. Union. From Chihuahua. Letters vere received in this city, from Chihuahua, dated tome ten days after the departure of Col. Doniphan's command from that city. They wee brought by Mr. Webb, who returned by way of El Paso and Santa Fa. Al! along the mute, between Chihuahua and Santa Fe, he was suffered to pass without molestation front thd cit izens. The letters represent every thing as quiet at Chihuahua the citizens, who had ded at the entrance of our army, had returned to their homes and trade was commencing, under an arrangement made by the merchants with the State authorities, after Col. Doniphan left. By this treaty, the American merchants agreed to pay such Custom House duties at were paid by the Mexicans, and the authorities, on their part, guarranteed the safety of the persons and property of the

merchants. The Beiirana art tatd to treat the Americans with great deference and civility, and it was hoped thai sales of all the goods amounting to a million of dollars worth, when Ihe army entered Chihuahua would soon be rflVcted. The letteis complain of the exceeding haste with which the departure of the American troops was effected, and of the dangers lo which this mini net left them exposed. St. Louis Rep. 2Qth

Gbn. Taylor's Idea 0p Proseccting THi W ah. The for.owine? eslract fiom the letter of Gen. Taylor to Gen. Gaines, wnuen in .itv niter last presents Ihe view rr Gen. Taylor as to the manner ''. prosecuting the war, and the benefits to be denvec from the expenditure of blood and treasure necessity lo flog Mexico into a peace. It is not without interest at this lime, especially the pas. sage in italics "If we are in the language of Mr. Polk I r in arm uenerai oeou under tne necessity, oi 'conquering peace' and that by ta king ihe capital of the country we must go to vera cruz, take that place, and then march on to the city of Mexico. To dofcoin any other direction, I consider nut of the question. But admitting we conquer a peace by doing so, say at ihe end of the next twelve months, will the amount of blood and treasure which must be expended in doing so, be com pensated by Ihe same? I think not, especially if ihe country we svbdne is to be given up, and I imagine there are but few individuals in our country who think oj annexing Mexico to the Lniled Slates? On the 9th inst , the Ann Chase and Sophia Walker left New Orleans, with the five compsniesoflbe 4th Indiana regiment for the Rrazot. The ateamthip Mary Kingslsnd also sailed for the Brazos, witb Capt. Duncan's company of mounted men the Kenton Rangers on the ssme day. On the 10th, the Telegraph and tbe Fanny left New Orleans witb troops. Cin. Com. GEN. TAYLOR'S PEN-SWORD EXERCISES. Tbe following letter from Gen. Taylor. apparently genuine and c ertainly characteristic, e copy from the N. O. Picayune nf!5th inst. It is as fine a piece of PenSword Exercise as we have seen for a pood while. Gen. Taylor marshals Lis ideas with as much beauty, precision and effect, as he does bis troops. Cin. Gaz. uur readers may recollect that some time since our correspondent at Rakilln informed us of a great excitement occar stoned there bv the arrival of two Mexican fficers from San Luis with dissatchea for Gen. Taylor. They were supposed to be propositions for peace, but turned out to be solemn inquiries whatevr it was the Genet si's intention 'to conduct the war according to Ihe manner adopted b y the Camanches." The wrath of Gen. Taylor at this preposterous insolence of tbe Mexicans was described as ludicrous, but we have never seen his reply till now. In the Mexican papers lately received, the whole cor' respondence is given in Spanish. The letter to Gen. Taylor was from Gen. Moray Villamil, and titled the 10th My. The letter is long and we Lave no idea of translating it, and the impudence of it waa not wbit exaggerated by our correspondent The nature of it will be sufficiently disclosed by Gen. Taylor's reply, which we translate, although we feel what irjuFtke his terse and elegant style will euflei by the double translation. The letter it said lo be dated Head Quarters, Nsar Mohtrret, ) May 19,1847. Sim: I received yesterday your communication of the 10th inst., which informs me that you are instructed by tho President Substitute of the Republic to address me, with a view to demand from me a categorical reply "whether my wishes and instructions are to prosecute the war in conformity to the laws of nations and as war it conducted by civilized countries, or as barbarous tribes carry it on among themselves, it being understood that Mexico is disposed and resolved to accept the manner wlich is proposed or carried out. and awaitc the result in order to dictate its measures accordingly." If th6e instructions were not communicated to me through an authority as highly respectable as yourself, I should refuse to believe ibey emanated from the Cbiel Magistrate of the Republic, containing, as in fact they do contain in my judgment, an implied but not less deliberate insult towards me and towards the Government which I have the honor to represent Viewing them in this light. I shall decline giving the categorical reply which is demanded of me, which I do with the respect due to bis Excellency the President. As you have tbougLt fit to communicate to me the instructions of your Government at some length upon the manner in which tbe war has been carried on upon my part, I improve this opportunity to make some remirks upon the subject. The outrages to which especial reference is made came to my knowledge after they had been perpetrated, and I can assure you that neither yourself nor the President of tbe Republic can have felt deeper pain than that which I felt on the occasion. All tho means at my disposal witbin the limits of our laws were employed, but in the greater number of casts fruitlessly, to identify and punish tbe delinquents. I cannot suppose that you have been so ill informed as to believe ihst such atrocities were committed by my connivance, order or consent, or that they by themselves give aa idea of the manner in which tho war has been prosecuted in this part of Mexico. They were in truth unfortunate exceptions, caused by cirsuinstances which I could not control. It appears to me in point to inform you that from tbe moment the American army set foot upon the territory of Mexico it has suffered individually the loss of officers and soldiera who have been assassinated by Mexicans, sometimes almost in sight of meir own camp. An outrage of Ibis character preceded the melancholy affair at Catana. I do sot mention .bese truths with the view of justifying in any manner the practice of retaliation, because my Government it sufficiently civilized to make a distinction between Ihe lawless acts of individuals am) the general policy which governs ihe operations of an enemy; but you have endeavored to make a comparison between our respective governments in regard to the manner in which they 'conduct the war, which I cannot pass without remark. In this connexion il should be borne in mind that the Mexican troops have giveu to the world the example of killing the wouqded upon the field of battle. Aa you have adyerted to the requisition which I have made upon the people of these Statet to make indemnity for the losses incurred by the destruction of one of eur trains, I take the liberty of in

forming you thai this was Rot the Ml of the Mexlean troops exclusively, but that the rancherosof the country were chiefly eoncerned in it; and thai the subsequent assassination and muti'ation of the unarmed teamsters were marked by an attrocious barbarity unequalled in the present war. Il is wiih pain thai I find myself under the nsresity of nddresving you in a manner to which I am lit le accustomed; but I have been provoked to do so by the object and the manner of your Communication, which is objectionable, in my estimation, as well 'in its insinuations as in its tone. With respejt to the implied threat of retaliation, I beg you to understand that I hold it at its true worth, and that I am at all timet prepared lo act accordingly, whatever may be the policy or mode of carrying on the war which the Mexican Government or its generals may ihink it proper to adopt. I am, sir, with much respect, youi obedient servant.

CirrttptndenteoJ the Bnltimrrt Patriot. Washington, July is, 1847. It is well understood here that the members of the Administration are in a terrible stew about Oeneral Taylor and the Whig parly. Hence the daily editorials of length, labor and fully, which are constantly appearing in the official organ, and which argue that the Whigs rannot consistently support Gen. Taylor for the Presidency, if he wss sincere in writing the 'Signal letter," for in that case, they visrly argue, he cannot be a Whig President, if elected! And if he is a Whig and will, if elected be a Whig President, the aforesaid lugubrious editorials furthermore wisely argue, he is guilty nf deception, and ought not to be trusted by the Whig partj ! How very anxious the Administration is about the welfare and the movements of the Whig party! It seems lo be far more anxious lo obtain a suitable Presidential candidate for the Whigs than for the Locofocos! Perhsps, however, its mind is al ease on the latter score being satisfied that "Polk and Dallas" will be pressed into the service to run for a re-election! But as for the Whigs, the Administration issure Gen. Taylor will never do for them never! He could'nt be a Whig, after writing Ihe "Signal letter!" He is 10 honest a man for that! This is the logic of the Administration and its Locofoco organs! Now contrast the position of Gen. Taylor with thai of Mr. Polk on this subject. Gen. Taylor has told all who have asked him that he is a Whig in feeling and sentiment. And yet, he says, he rannot be a partisan or the instrument of parly schemes. The Whigs believe him and will be content lo have him administer the Government upon high-minded Whig principles. They know that he will oppose the infamous Sub-Treasury and as for the Tarff of iqq lnpy Wl be willing that General Taylor shall say, now that 11 is a law, give it a fair trial, and if it proves as good in all respects as the Tariff of 1842. keep it! The Tsriff an intricate, voluminous piece of leg islative machinery, and ought not to be too often disturbed by Congress. Mr. Polk, in hit inaugural address, de clared that he would be the President of the country, and not of a party. Directly thereafter he commenced operations in the work of partisan proscription, and proved himself to be the most unscrupu lous parly President that had ever been in the Presidential chair. He not only proscribed the Whigs but he became the willing and ready partisan and instrument of a clique of his own party, and the executioner of said clique's chemes, to cast overboard and proscribe those, who, like ihe Calhoun men and the Tylentes, and others, belonged to other sections of the Locofoco family. In his recent tour lo the Norlh, he took two or more occasions lo stand up before the people, and, in the face and eyet of his ultra, gross and obnoxious partisan conduct during the whole lime he had occupied the Piesidential office. to solemnly asseverate thai he was not the President of a parly, but of ihe people! And while on his tour, he went into Tammany Hall and there, in the presence of Rynders and other members of ihe notorious Empire Club, enrolled himself a member of that most ultiaofall political partisan associations! And since his return to Washington he has been msking Locofoco appointments by wholesale! According lo the logic of the Administration, il would he duplicity in General Taylor lo be a Whig in feeling and sentiment and mean lo be such if elected President, and yet say in the"Signal letter" tliBt he could not be a partisan or subject himself to the operation of party schemes! But it is all fair for Mr. Polk to be an up to the-bub partisan, and the willing executioner of party schemes and at the same time be proclaiming to ihe people, in mock solemnity, thai he is their PresMent, and will not be the President of a party ! The Administration openly argues that Taylor is too honest lo hold the position ascribed to him by the Whigs that if he is a Whig in feeling and in sentimen X.he would not say that he would not be the I candidate of anv nartv or Darlv schemes: hul thai Polk is another sorl of a mi altogether tnat he can tell ihe tallest kind of a whapper to the people, anH there will be nothing to wonder at, ilbeing characteristic of the man! POTOMAC. A Tali. Story. A volunteer just from Gen. Taylor's army, left us tbe following memoiandurn yesterday, we place it in the list of tall stories; I know a lady in Monterey who is 150 years old; she can walk four miles per hour; she bas a loot twelve and one hall inches broad; her great too it six inches longer tban the balance of the toes her height is four feet six inches, and she is four feet six inches round tbe waist; she his a beard as strong as any mm, and wears moustaches. She hat been married seven times." Lives IasL The steamer Star Spangled Banner, struck a snag on the 28ih ult. 12 milet above Baton Rouge, and sunk in five minutes In deep water. Four or five hundred passengers were on board consisting of the Ohio and Indiana volunteers and German emigrants, 30 or 40 of whom were loti, supposed to be mostly German children. The boat was owned by John Pierce, ita captain, eest 820,000, and vat not Insured.

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nA Mllllllffk anil Ua. Ju' nl.nail Aft mnm new notes about to be issued engraved by Toppso, Carpenter Co. Pcats or Capt. A. R. llmet. U- 8 A. We regret to announce the death of this officer. He died at the Gait House yesterdsy. Capt H. arrived here a few days since from Vera Cruz, where he has filled the office of assistant quarter master. His funeral tikes place at 1 1 o'clock this mornim. fro-n the Gall llonse. Louistitle Jour.fiUl. Gennessee Valley C-anal. Wre slated, a few days since, that the oppropriation for the Gennessee Valley Canal would so fartoward rendering ihe section between Mount Morris and Canadea available. But it seems that much of the work, upon its suspension tinder the 'Stop Law,' was left so exposed thai the loss, from decay and waste of materials, will be very great; and that it will now cost at least $800 000 to finish the section between the points named. The Mount Morris Whigasy; We learn that the appropriation will be expended on the Deep Cut, building a bridge across the same, the Tunnel, and on the Aqueduct. The contracts are to be let about the middle of September." Albany Evening Journal. We are sorry lo announce the death of Mrs. Martha Ann Whitcomb, consort of the Governor of Indiana. The State Journal anuounces the melancoly event as happening on Saturday last, the lTih inst. TheRnrkvilIe Sentinel hat added the name of W.F. Hutcben to its publishing and editorial strength. The senior says of his partner, that "He is a young man of sterling integrity and moral worth a true and long tried democrat," and the partner says of iiimseir and the senior, '-I am wiling to share the responsibility incurred in the editorial conduct of the Sentinel; though I am but a novitiate in the practice of anedilor's duties, and shall he content to follow my senior through the field of his researches, and glean such items and scraps of interest and valtre at may escape his more wearied ken." Co. Doniphan The modern Xonophon, as Col. William Doniphan has been called, is a native ol Augusta, Bracken county' just shove Maysrille, Ky. He received his education there, and gratuated wi;h distinguished eclat. He established himselfas a lawyer in Missouri, where he has risen, at the comparatively early age of 38 or 40 years, lo eminence ia his profension. Sharing the ardent BAtrinliim nf the west, nothing was 'more natural than rns laying aside lite cfca for ihe cuirass for a lime. The rest is history and will be for a thousand yean to come. Aeu Hampshire. Tuck an Wilson have been selected to Congress from this State. They are claimed as whig triumphs. Wonders will never cease during the reign of Mr. Polk. Gen. Wilson is one of the ablet and mot uncompromising whigs in New England. Tuck was elected as an Independent..cmiHcioeo nominee ana opposes Mr. Polk's administration very warmly. A sumptuous dinner came offal Evans ville, on the 21 inst.. in honor of lift? a dier General Joseph Lane, whe had just returned from Mexico. The Journal speaks of it at a splendid affair. 7erre Haute Express. PRISONERS IX MEXICO. We have at last direct accounts from the American prisoners in Mexico, which cnanie us to clear tio the contradictory rumors we have had in relation to them. Letters were received here yesterday from Major Gaines, bv his brother A. 1 Gaines, dated in Ihe city of Mexico, the n.a w ' 4uin ci June, with ihe use of which we have been favored. It appears that the rank an I file f the prisoners have been released and sent lo Tampico. These were doubtless the individuals al Hueiut la, as mentioned in our last. The officers had not been released on the 26th of June. We give the greater part of Major i.aines s leuers, Which it w ill be ee.. tlirow great light On General Kwin'.. movements, as well as upon the fata of . . - . me American prisonerB - ------ City of Mexico. June2R IS17 Dear Sir 1 am very sorrv that I Lav it not in my power to advie you of our release irom oondase This exerrahU uovernment, in violation of repeated "u o mnrnin engagement en tered into wnh Gen. Tav lor the, r!v r. ter the batileof Buena Vista, still detains us as prisoners or war. On the 31 inst. I received note rYnm ihe government to presem myself at the LBSIie Ol Santiago. Olir late nrUnn mrA there received :he final determination of tne authorities in our case. At the Castle we were informed that we were exchanged, and that we ahouli depart the next day for Tampico-the officer only without thimen-and were directed to go to the palace, receive our instructions expense money &c. &c, preparatory to our departure. At the palace we were told to call the next day, and on the next day we were informed that they were without meant to send us and that we could not go. Thus weie our hopes blaseid after having made all necessary preparation on our part for the trip. This dissppiontmeni was the more galling because the teason assigned was known to be a mere subterfuge.and il turned that four days afterwards our men, one hundred and seventy in number, were tent offlo the same place without nnr Lnnui cage, wnicn required a much lirger turn winn ii wouia nave red in red in nrl ik. officers. Indeed.it would have lak?n a very small additional sum lo have sent us with them and that would cheerfully have paidoucselves. By sending off ihe men without our knowledge, they were subjected to great suffering and innocence on a long road to Tampice.ijhoui ihe proration necessasy in the way of oh.thing, sohet, &c, which were them in fact beinr furnished them. The true reason why the officera were not allowed to accompany thern remaina to be teen. 8mce that time (the 4th) I "have heard nothing from their infederal Government, it may be called, bnt to-dav I h... ceived an assurance from Gen. Scott that immediately upon his arrival in the vicintty, which willsurelv h hk; to a....

h will nuke a peremtory demand for us.

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may therefore look for me early gust. In AuGen. Scott we are assured has ma. er possible effort to procure our enUrg. raent, but to no purpose. His approaoU to this city will certainly lake pUce in a reiv days, tits measures preparatory to moving are all taken, and preparations nea l complete, lie comet ith a f.ir-. sufficient lo accomplish his ohject effect. any. I have jec;ived no leiten 1mm if. a S:ates except one from A. K ; since my captivity, so that the world as to me my he said to be hermetically sealed up. (Heie follow passages of a nature altogether privste and domestic, and the letter concludes as follows:) I have now ihe rqost positive informstion ol Gen. Scott's readiness to move on this capital within the next three or four days. He will have an easy conquest. My intercourse with Gen. Worth it frequent. By hit generous conduct to-, wards me, he has endeared himself to rr.o for life. Your affectionate brother. JXO. P. GAINES. General Irtellicenck The Bogua Forts in the China Seas weie csptured and completely destroyed by the British land and naval forces, on tbe 26th of AprilEight hundred pieces of Artillery wera seized and spiked in 36 hours. Father Matfae w baa received a nensina of .TOO pounds a yesr from tbe crown Rumor states that the Pone bad iti-linpt making him Bishop of Cork. air. j Lonnen a remains are expected, to arrive at Southampton on the l?ih. Tbe Sarah Sands steamer put into Cork in conscquenco of an accidnt to her ma chinery. She wat expected to sail yesterriav. Fever is dreadfully prevalent. In Liverpool it hat made the most destructiva havoc among the Catholic clergy, eight naving teen twept away in two months. TLe distemper was in every instsnce contracted by them while visiting the sick. The abore. is up to the latest hour of the Britannu'e tailing July 4, Sunday, 12o'cloer. Got. Dorr. The Boston Tim t s ny that the House of Representatives of Noir Hampshire, by a vote of 149 to 107, hss conferred the privilege of cuizensh ip oa T. W. Doir. JOHN A. 31 ATS OX, Attorney at Law. Office on Mali St., Brook.vii.le, ISft May lGih, 1845. 20-tf. JOHN II. FARQ,UIIAk7 Attorney at Law. Brook ville, Ia. Jan. 10. 1843. S-tf. FOR SALE, TVA Int. i. Hi.)..:!!, w.ik ....-ii: 1 - - - - ... -. ....... " uuuin, ur on the bottom, tar other on the hill; aliome volutin lott.all aRcui ifaonabla term. A. MA l so January ltt.lS48. i. Cotton Ha chlnery. 1 Spinning frame 110 ipindle; S Do 9ft " each; i Eclip.e Speeder; 1, 3 head Drawing framei; i, a " . .. a frttrta, m. .rlNHIn UTlQ One & Q.9. , 1 Online Machine for Bittinrt ' A lot of Sha'tmr and Puliin. The above ill be Bold verv low for raili ar innm. ed paper. Apply to BEN J. URN'ER. Cine'innmti r R. BAR! LETT, Hamilton. O. Jane lath, isr. LAWIIEXCE'S lo. 1 AND PURE WHITE LEAD. The abore Brand warranted eqml to anr msda ia the Western Country, office No. s Main Strce; CINCINNATI, O. eTJIE Publie w"otd do well to sire the ihore bnndi or White Lead fair trial at tbe proprietor i newbeginner in tbe abore buiineii, and conti-tientlT will aril lower than any warranti-d brand, ia tbe titr. June it. 1846 S4.T w-Corns. D. H. B. Coma. W. & D.II.B. COFFIN WHOLKSAI.R Ar K HTML UKOCKRS: X. 17, Lower Market at the Pump, CINTIKN'ATl. J AVE Constantly on hand, a later and Grnrral aa i ' or,m,'n, f Family Grorrrka ol the bet qualities, a btch they will sell b,o.esle and retail, at the lo ean pnera. May 22, 1V4S 0.8. JAM p. a.W. WRIGUT. JAMES & WRIGHT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS 15 DRY GOODS AND HROCEK1E3, Kos. S3 IS, Lower Market .trrrt, CTXCIKXATI. Country Produce taken in exchange at fair raica. May 19, 184S 12-ly. NEW GOODS. J HATE jut ri erived a larer and jrrnrral asset, ment oi Goods, consi stinc in pan of the lollowtae articles: s Cloths, rassimerra, twerds, satinets, French bombazines. Fnnch H.rii.or., 'Alapara,,' bron and bleached fhtrtina; and shex tine. ticlinr.a Tsrirtr at plaids and strip, a for .timmtr wear, ginrhsms. lsons, calirms. table linen, Rn.aia diaper, plain st.d plaid lk Tor rfrre. irapr shaals, drts hamlkm hiHs, I) tk and colored silk cravats, b.'aik silk v.t, ll?rk stik Mstirr, blark. brnn and hit istnhrics, cotton rriiiert-, I-omm-i ril.i nri-, laces, white and black cotton hose, blark silk liosc, parasols umbrellas, nten'a white and bbtk silk, cnit.in ai.d kid cloves; women's white and black silk, kid, pitkmt and cotton rlores, linen h'rik'l's, Artificial I loarrs and fashionable traid bonnet a. Also, a tsrpe assortment of Ps!m, Leghorn, For nil Silk Hats:Bfpts ai d Shoes; Cno'linr and grass Sfythea, H intra, trace and halter Chains: short Is and apades,cutt nig kt.ivis, mill and cni cut sans, baud and tenant saws; knives aid fork, table and LaP"ont. hinrts and screws; steel and iron squans; sheep shears ; draw inr knives; augers; mill and hsnd saw files. All w iih I will sell for CASH at the lowest Cia cinnati prices. RICHARD TYNER. Brookrille, May 4, 14T. LUKE KENT. Clock and Watch Walter, TEWEI.RT, Silver Ware and Spectacle Manufacturer, Diamond pointed rld Pens. Arc. No.I3S Main st- between jib and oik Cincincati, Ohio. March 20,1845. U-ly. Boots, Shoes fc TTrosrans. Casta Men's calf hair welted Boots! do do kip pegged do; do do thick do ' do; do Boy's do do do do; do Men's and Boy's calfand kip Brorina; do Youth's do do do; ra Women's lace and atp kip Boots; do do do do do dp do .. .. - . vip Kip r do Gaiters ofall kind . qualities; ao nt ao do do do; do Lid Slipper and Buskins; do do welted do; do Goatdo do; do Laced Boots, do welted ties'; - i.nuarrn a SHorT, or all oeacnpiiwtss. The above anr1. . 1 1 I u , 4V.rl-.SA. do . W. 4. HOWE, Pearl st Cincinnati, Oct. 1144. 4J-ly. TROGANS. tOraaea Men's Kip Brogom. tnst ra icrirsd snd fnr..u k. vsr c unwR. No. J Pearl st, Cincinnati, Oct. 1149. WrTANBARK AND HIDES ! f HE subscriber having porchssed the old Tin-Yard . f r. Goodwin in Broukville wishes to purehasa Hides and Bark, lor which ba will give tho market price, Jte. HENRY 8HAFER. April Uth, 1847WESTEKN HOTEL, jS. E. corner of Court and Walnut street TRAVELLERS win find satisfactory iceimmoamtion and moderate charges, cmrriage Aaarwand goo tabling. C. BRADLiiY, Cm. March SJ, 1S4. ij-lr. Pr

JJCST RECEIVED 10 eaaea Women's Gaiters; S da 4a Kid we, furr; A ad for tale by tr. s. HOWE; Ho I Petri CincVrmaH. Oet. l4. -