Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 52, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 November 1847 — Page 2

Jfnttana State Sentinel. m: ji-w 5 tM V. Ermti vk,i. m r is the prii r e- imr.HTV. iNjii . irons. xoYElfliiEk Hi hii. Oats' Trss The following will hereafter in the " rmanenl terms of the 11" riii Stat: S-ntinel:

': "I'iivik it's In made ahvav in tdvano t hie r pv, cue year, "l'iir copies, iMic year, : ive copies, one year, Ten copies, owe year, TwetltX Copies, oll' Vi':ir. . 5.011 ,8.011 15.00 20.00 - Weelilj . (Published three limes a week during the session ; Otic conv. A4. IN I I Three copies, ÄlO.ÜO -h- i . I m rnv during the session, " Three or asora cupiss, such I. on 7: .Messrs Ih.uiKvr ä Iiiikks are agents at Ciwwi ti for the Indiana Slate Sentinel. QfSeC first psgS Seiiii-Weeklv . To i e i t roiilrul. J. T ., Qm m lOSSJS. xv- SSJaWsl a. count for Mm f;tct of our sapsfi asi arrifbaj ugaawty. WeSstfw assl wt cjm let, t.. h:tv. th, , on. rr U uii.1 m-.. h .M mail. I. Pdilicular attention i ln-stow. I on th'l. i- irtui. i t . und w ess hardly think thSSTTSf occur in the V. t. h.-rc It h..ll h:i- our altcntioii. U'c cminot lak. luaaniiatii ! rciucc.l tcrmv tini.w n clutasi pubUahad. It woui.i pat) ui wHkm Warn mtn ul,k''- WaTapAs clubn tliat i UM uuly way. Itneaiari mir BUilc 4 onteuiioii. The Sanum nti of the ate uf Indian t are resssastcd t apnoinl delegates feo repreret theas in a State Convention to be held at Imlianap lis on the -Mil day of January, IcMti, which COOSeJltMMI Will nominate delegates' to the National Peej icratk Cowvejrtiofl for the assaauaati a at candidates for the Preside stcy and Vice Plresideocj. Also, to lake into consideration the appointment of Presidential electors. By i rote of the committee, each county is reSSSSeSed to fleet its d'-ifr-if'M at tin- arl.f-t practicable period, ami not kjet, it' poesible, than its repreafft tation in the t ienera Assembly. It is desirable, however, to have as large : representation as possible, if ", -..' Central Committee. i OUNTY CONVENTION. Tiic Oeuiocrals of ln)rioM 4 Omit An reqaested t meet at the Court House, in Indianapolis, on SATURDAY Dec 1th. for the porpoie i appointing Delegates to the State Convention, tu le held on the tli of January next In tip absence of a t'ounty ("onimittee, th.s notice is givea at the request of aaany democrats. It is to be hoped that Usere will be a large attendance; fr tissue are th" t nags whore the power of the people is felt and made mealiest. S und men should be appointed to the State C invention; fr that body Will select or confirm delegates tu the itional Convention, to be held for the nomination of Procidentia! candidate, tf Q7Sincc our last notice. Uov. Wiutcomb has Continued steadily to improve, under the advice of his physiriso It i- now c sjsidered certain, that be has sustained no pevflsaaewl or lasting injury by the late accideni. The iujarieü be received were only sVmi or eaea!assaiM, which, severe a they wore, have already no far yielded to jadicioos treatment and a .- irons coastitotioa, ae to give little or no pain. He rests well, and sits up a considerable portion of nil tine, engaged in cheerful conversation with his visiters. He is Still, however, too weak to IBSWCT his numerous correspondents, or to attend to much more of office duty titan affixing Ins siraatare. Elccltwi MlSJssippi. The recent election in Sfiseieaippi resulted in the choice of the democratic State ticket. Three nut of four candidates lor Congress were elected bv the democrats. Tlie successful whiff candidate was the u . is the Vickshurs district. Lot IS! -.v. So far SS heard from, 1 1 Whigs and 37 dem crate have been i leeted to the House. Seventeen asore to be heard from. The Senate is aeaao cratic; the Hoose will be dose, Nn RH n. The demo :ra tie majority ie about 5000. The whitf caodidate for Govt mot has not s majority in a single county ; the Senate contains no whig; and the House bnt lu re and there one. Tr.w. w . On the 23d unsuccessful ballot in the. Legislature lot V. . Senator, the vote stood, for (J. II. Williaaas, 33 ; Netiierlaud, 'S) ; scattering, 33. 07" It seems that I apt Cromwell of the Broadaraj Hotel, Ciaeioaati, is uot cmly a lineal deseeadaal of Old Noll, hut much like his immortal prctiecessor in peraasad caaiactertstics, f r, the Cin. Commercial .b-serve-, that whereas Olivet decapitated the ttetcari that Starved the people, t 'apt.l'., though be wouldn't sassead to the axe, would kick out the ttevmri that sjesjM Starve his people. We shall therefore pay our respects to the valiant ;ipt:iin the nevt time we got C. If there are blossom- in tin- world worthy ofadmiratn ii, they an- those BpOO the nasal organ of t fat landlord ! The steamboaai Tempest and Talisaaaa caast u collision, recently, K mile- below Cape Geradeso, 111 a bend of the MuNuawippi river. Tiie Tali-man sunk immediately ; and forty or fifty, or m re lives, r.nd , lost. This is almost as bad as the collisions of train- on the BoflklO and Albany railroad. The tteatnboat Carolina burst one of her boilers u few days ago, near Sbawneeto-.vn. W. PaaSBOrk, pa--senger, of Pittsburgh, was killed, and nomo deck band- -cabled, orio of whom is siSRte dead. CaoSO, defective thin iron boilers. No blame attached to the 44 driver." Who cares ? Advices from I'uebla represent the city as bavin" been effectually subdued. (Jen. Lane commanded the respect of the citizens, and had invited those whod.spersed -ubseijnent to the sn j;e, to return and resume tlnur respective vocations. He also gave permission to the Goveraov to return and resume bis functions. Speaking as" the canal trusteeship, we recently used the name of the Tort Wayne Stili,i! instead of the Times, by a slip of Ihe pea. It was the former, ami not the latter, whicli nominated Judge Hanua. The Sentinel is satisfied with Mr. Palmer. Jon I. MonSISOX, Esq., bus purchased the Wasbnactna Republican office at Salem Ind., and pteasasei to path! is h a paper entitled the "Washington Democrat." .Mr. .Morrison is represented to be a gentleman of learning and ability. Edward Livings! oa was recently killed on the Worcester railroad, by incautiously exposing his head while the train was passig under a bridge. It is surprising how reckless those Yankees are, and how regardless of human life ! Three churches have recently been destroyed by fire: Tue Unitarian meeting house in Stow, Mass. : the church at Pmeataway, II. J.; and the l'reshyterian church at Columbia, Tenn. (pjT"The Iliciimond .letfersonian says that forty-live Adlers in half-bills have been returned to the postoflice at llichmond, part if Ihe money taken at the la e rubbery.

I low n Z.io Mirk. A recent occurrence, familial to our readers, again brought t. ike public mind difficulty which took place at Attra, in Is It), and which grew mit of a dispute abuul letting water into the section of the WI K. Canal, between Attica end Cwington, then just finished. We happened to be passing long lbe liaa of the eeaal shout thai time, and hear! srann conversation on the subject, bat though the people at Coving loa seemed anxious thai the v. at- r should tome down M SOUO as possible, we did nl imagine thai thoiowiis excitement enough to occasion serious difficulty. It

was laid, if we remember correctly, that ooie pereoai .. ,,,. i i .1 .. HMia winMilil ti, it in. let ill .iiiiLii .tin in iiii.im ii hi' .... - ... .... , . , ri I tato the canal below till Ihe succeeding ipnng, tnd that souse boatmen who had come down as far as Attiea with their boats, took side with the Atticans, on the additional idea, perhaps, that if the witter were let into the canal below, they would not have enough loffet back to l.aftvotte. We ,me?, however, thsd there was ao lack of water at Lafayette because when we got there the water was running freely over the waste wiers, ami was so high, thai thef talked of the daneer of a break in the canal. As wo sfterwards e were informed, the Atticans and boatmen alluded t, bad prevented tri- managers of the canal from openthe locks by threats f per-onal violence, .'n eonse(jueiice ofthat, the lawofficers, accompanied4by s posse from Cusineton, Senator Hannegan being anaong the number, went up to bring the refractory party to term-. A row look place: and certain whig editors, hoping to turn the atiair to political account, represented Mr, liannegan as one of the ringleaders asaong th" rioten. The story was contradicted, and Truth set out to overtake the Lie, hut could not do it. The "People's Press," in mierepn nting the more recent a flair, has perhaps done Air. 1 annegan service when it intend ed to do bim further injury, because it has brought out in aa unquestionable shape the truecircumatances pie of the old affair. It is not on that account entitled to thank- however, as it- motives were uf the bases k iml. I ut the main thing which we have in View is this. W ben in Boston, a lew weeks ago, we purchased s eo.y of that eencnlly coiumendible btok called the Boston Almanac, which is a sort of local directory aiiu gazette r of thai eil r and vi ;inity, besides being an almanac and register of general event-" of the past year. Banning our eye over these, we were struck with the follow iu ; ' H let, 10. 1 1 a riot in Covington, Indiana., Mr. Hannegan, I '. S. Stnalor,ßgured i ry conspicuously. II' knock I 'i youngster into the ; i ?'. an I floor I a iother who attempted to save him from drowning." .' .' .' We can't exactly describe the sensations with which WO read such a paragraph, thttS given as authent ic hi t tv, in l book SOpposed to be careful in the collection of its tacts. I5ut we couldat help thinking that if the Lord had added whig lies to the "Plagues of Egypt,' Pbaraohs heart would have been sickened, if not softened. We were awaiting an opportunity to comment upon this paragraph, when the misrepresentation nf the late-assault upon Air. H. made its appearance. Among Ilm aquavits published in the "People's Friend," to correct those misrepresentations, is owe among the even which we did not copy, bet which ro conclusively shows that the paragraph in the Boston Almanac is eroneoos in every particular, that w? copy :t here, and mean to send the paper containing it to the publishers of that work, to see if they Will correct their error iu a future number. S dement rj WiÜiam H. Wood in relation to the difficulty ol the Attica lock, in Nejdembi '", 17. I was the person who streck Ezekiel McDonald; lbs Brat tone I struck at hon I uii-kciI hon. ih ahcond lima I at rack bun web a club and knocked him mto the canal, ittid raised the club the thiol time to strike him, ami Kdward A Hannegan caught the club and said "toi (i(l i sake do tmt kill the mau." I turned reand, being very mad al the tune, intending to strike the person m ko esaglit (be lub. but on hv overing it la be Mr Hanaefan, I ive the ehjfa to hon Wm llibbs Iben pulled Mc0nahl out of the canal, and Ie- went away. 1 think .Mr. Ilanpegan siid for God's saks pull him out of the canal" before Hibba took hon out Mr. Hannegan, to my knowhdg, never ased the expression "kill him! kill bim !M for I m ai itnmedtatelv bv him dunnj; the whole time ot' ihe diliiculty ; but the expression wsj made by Xh ainaa Mulligan, sn Irishman, and Hannegan wee using his stimmt exerttoe le k p Malligan back until McDonald could ct out r tb way. The coarse ! .Mr. Hannegan from lir-t In has was m prevent it possible say excitement r difficulty growing out of exe at ing the order of the Engineer in opening the kick, and when the waste-wtet board was raised, mibhi of the rompsay raised i shout, and Mr Useneaan immediately requested them to be silent, si be mid it might canoe uie excitement that might lead to dimcul ly.Dnring the lime tbsl eonatahle MeCormack had a canal boat eaptaia in cuatody by the name of Robinson, John McManamy was m the : I of sinkiuit him. and Mr. Hannegan, al the iiiiinent peril isf being struck himself by McMdnomy, who was rert ranch entaged si the lime, interposed snd prevented iMcManomy from striking htm. WILLIAM II WOOD. Subscribed and sworn to betöre lhj undersigned, I justice of the pence in and for the county of Pouniain, tlua 4th day of November, lwl? J II McCobm ( a, J P. i - 1 Tliis statement is conlirmed by the affidavits of John Adam-on, Italnh P. Wilson, John M. Hall, John T Osborn, Robert Hetfield, A.S. Hollssjv, J. B. Layton, and II. A. .Martin, whose testimony would conclusively settle the matter in any court of justice. Mi lit a rt Cos raiBtmoN. Some changes have been ordered by mr government, in the collection of .Mexic m revenues. It is directed that the export defy exacted before the war, by the government of Mexico, be now collected at the p ut of exportation, by the same officers of the army or navy of the Uaited States in the Mexican norts m our nossession ulinarnaiiii... ised to collect the import duties; abolishing, however, u ,,.o,oi.n, ... a,i-.ii ..i.i.iMM.. 10 cenam eaties bv 'he .Ie.icatl LfoverilUient. IIS also all interior Iran. 1 1:1.:.: r . ...... 1.1:.. 1.. .1 . r .. .. ..i.ii sit duties: dispensing also with lbe necessity f any certificate of hating pay any duty to the .Mexican government. This will affect chiefly the exportation of gold and silver, the duty upon which, wrought and SOWrougbt, Will ranee from t to 7 per cent. In addition to tins, all the internal taxes of Mexico, or of any department, town, or citv thereof, have been directed to be seized and coafiacated as military contribution : which system, to a limited extent, was adopted without any exptess orders from the government, by General Scott, in his small levy of contributions of $150,000 on the city of .Mexico, and by iteneral Taylor, by previous taxes collected by bim iu certain Mexican cities iu hi poJSCasioB. The Union1 estimates that the .Mexican revenue, internal aud external, if faithfully levied under a revenue syst un of duties, together with the confiscation of the other internal taxes, would amount to 30,000 - 000 per annum ; and if .Mexico persists in prolonging this Contest, all these duties ami internal taxes must be assessed and collected as far as practicable, snd Mexico must he made to pay the expenses of the war. I j wherever our military possession is complete aud effeet ive. (Ky-The Mexican wbigs got quite mad recently because the democrats asserted that Tom Corwin had threatened to start our soldiers out of Mexico. The If. Y. Tribune said that those who made the assertion were scoundre's, and the hid. Journal said so too! Read the follow ing from ( 'orwins ow n speech : i am not willing to scourge Mexico thus; and the only means left me is to say lo the comma nder-i u-chicf, call home your army I will I EID and clothe it no oafir " Sc Appendix to Cong. Globe, p. rjlö, Sees 18407. If this mean not sfarvin - out t! n thing of the significaucy of languarre. Western Empire, - j " nuon

i'ltrtespnmlrnt r i f tfie Public Ledger. Ti otit W ;istiiu;;;oii. Washington, Nov, 1 4th, 1847. Von will see, from the rsScial eWpetches of Gen. Scott, the fir! portion of which i-- published in the Union of last night, thai our gallant little army generals, officers and tuen have covered lliemaelves with el try. It it not ton natch to say that never never in the history of any I uropean war at least .i :i handful of men fouirht tiralnst such overwhelming obstael , and egaiusi och h superiority l numbers ! Ii eclipses, actually, llie most glorioua aclueymeuta uf the war-, of the French Revolution, and will be read with pride by every American, with astonishment bv ev -i European .. a shell chance to cast Iiis

eve upon loom. This was really bona lule hgnung. v - i - . ... t, .... and not playing martinets, after the fashion ol &uroI mf t)urtiuops went t it, as a matter of ,llhss; each trying to improve Ins chance; tearing that peace would be mad , and he lose his oppor" tunity to !M;n n.-h liiiuseir. I ienera roIl h:is Mnun hOnelf 01 tins caUipa Igll as ;i mi iitary chiefta ,111...-. .. - I - I imbioatioti and toreI cast, aud brave with all "a- .Itilias Ca-sar." Why ' 1 1 . . ... m . . nis own wing menus snouts; be atraid m praismlinn, is to me a Wonder. lli achievements v htr, far exceeded all the IllOSt it santfuine expectations of bis friends; witence, tleii, dues thU coolness on their part towards him proceed! Are they afraid to open an account with him, and to put down hi his credit ail that he deserves of them and nf the country, lest he should preseut his hill and exact payment! The Country has nothing to do uii;i UiCSO calculations, and 1 1 bound to do just ice to in bi 1.' nte-t OTiutixients. w bat tue administration, in case uf s peace oner : irom tueretaro, will prohablj insist on, is tin of San Uiego on the Pacioc, a harbor with a laruor na Her slmet of water than Sau Francisco, but more secure and bettet located for the terminus of a railrtmd aero -a the continent, as the papers accompanying the report of the Secretary of War will show with great accuracy, and tu the satisfaction of every sensible man. Indeed, the harbor of San Diego is a conditio sin ' won ol such a pri tect, without which, the scquisiti in ' Calimrnia w ould be scarcely of any substantial V!luei eyH portion cd" it only being susceptible w agricultural cultivation, wiinot tartinciai trngauun. The line winch ;i railroad may lake from San Antonio de Bexar, m Texas, to tiie IVesidi del Norte, and thence throuah tlx valley of the Sita, i- already sutliciently explored, and exhibits few, natural obstacles I i the execution of such a plan. In fact, that route has already, in its uncultivated, natural stale, been tra velled over throughout its whole length with wagons, I and where thev c in mw, wiMiotit the lea-: aid ol art, move without dituculty, then s 1 practicable. : i i .'.I.. f m m KFsTPr i Vt t . 1 1 n I ' I 1 1 I 1 1 !. - I I .... . I I were acutely xercising thei loan out d the penitentiary, sentenced. All means that nut in rerun -it i n to s crcen Ith Can employ, are Tim Sand " 'fiat! s, rmmerc her de ided bv i the persous, w ho win taxe an at live part M .Married ladies atirr i luxury, am theii who citiiiot bring themselves to spa plea-nrcs and amusements, ihe lime si -ary to the duties of maternity. Beautiful married women, fond of d and admiration, who violate Ihe laws il iv , gaycty, f nature and commit a hideous crime, merely and solely lo preserve the beauty of their symmetrical proportions. " Actresses, singers, and dancers, wlm du im wish to forge! the triumphs and profits ot their professional engagements. Daughters of rich and fashinnible parents, who take this means of avoiding an otherwise inevitable disgrace. Sing!e women, oecopying a certain position in society, who tire devoid of virtue, and save appearances at the expense of crime. "Rich rakes, married and single, who, to avoid aire ir v to her den for treat me A SOLltl tional Era, This term, aecording to tting a b wie . bat extensive on. Tue scoundrel w ho -teals slaves in the couth, at il then selis them, is called an abolitionist. Tlie s utherner w ho is in favor of ridding Ins State of slavery, is an M abolitionist." Tiiepolitic.au who is simply opposed to the extension of tdaverv. is :,u Maholitioil-i-t." Conäcience whigs timi Haruburuer demtairats are; abolitionists." Liberty men who respect the constitution, and would use its powers wisely, .and disuuionisti who repudiate the constitution, and abjure the ballot box, are abolitionists.! And then there is that immense class, w hose motto is, M 1 am us good an abolitionist as you are btUV ' The Era has missed one class certainly abolition s, who like our Journal neighbor, consider slavery "the only moral and political evil of winch we coinplain," and can't go or any Presidential candidate but a i :i hold r, through whom they expect to share in tlie public plunder.'' and blackleg." i - puritai "Where tae We -Some of ur aboliti m whij have sometimes attempti d to read us mt of the w lag ranks. We feel pretty firm, however. Henry! lay take-the r 1 u 1 1 1 ground. Our war with .Mexico is a ( '(institutional National War. it la so recognised by every department of our govi rnment, and by the peo1 pie. We are therefore for its prosecution. Those who are not, are not our sort id wings nor have ihev our ideas ofa Lr,,id and faithful citizen. "Henry Clay is a great man. Bui he i; not President, nor have wo any indications that hv ever will be." ijr'The above appeared in the i& Kkville American j a whig paper, published in this State, just before tlie recent Messagt of Clay. The American will probaUy now be disposed to expunge Ihe senteoct ".Mr, 1 lay takes me rigiit ground or eise all liierest of the paragraph except the last two lines, which every ' man uf sense know.-; t 1 be too true to be denied. . I "When annexation was first airitated, and before tin soiltiiem I .cos led -rveti tl e cue to the norther.. -.1 .Mirh " , . t':r'l.t I. . . f .. 1 , !.. ... I, . t HIHI .'IN. J I I. I ... 1'..,. I...1 lurid at Indiana poll,, in which the editor f the Sent nel Ririired erMiiieiuuilv il mmm nn. tiiiiiiiil i' ruci.t. .ui i..v.... i.m vn inniwv''Y . hiivunmiiiiiviioii lVPvllv1l that thu loeolocoa mrould i resist unin death the Annexation of Texas lo the Uaited Slates. Cambridge a 1 1 ' 07"7'i' re is nn! one word n in the above statement. Mi the contrary, ;t is utterly and entirely antra . But this is the way iu which wing editors cheat, deceive, and delude their readers. The wbigs are crowing because they were not beaten iu Maaaachuav Its, at the late election. They just saved tttcmselves bv Ihe skin of their teeth. The Boston lest gives returns from 11 counties, which present, j as compared with the vote of last year, the following result : ; Total increase in peuioeratic vote 44 decrease iu whig vote decreased iu scattering vote .5486 .2050 16Ö7 Total democratic net gain 9199 ' (y$T!iirt" n divorces w ere granted at the l ite term of the Superior curt ;.t .New Haven. The morals of the land nf "te.tdtf hahif am ratttitl ImiuMiiM i . . . - -" m J v t i . i iniiMt'i iiijt Wonder v.h:it won!, I ho il..tr!.i of ,,... i... ..(. ..f .i . 1 mr t voices here in the west - .............. ... .. I.,. i. ..I wonder that their young

wll.i.iieu Iiis .' nieii ii (o.m a i ..-ii i-mi ii. ii". ii ... .i woaaeu are nocking out here to teach school. I chorch, and determined to fight until the hist. He .M . I had maintained this position aeeae fifteen or twenty The man that tells pari of the truth, for the pur-j linutes, when be fell mortally wounded. Captain

pamoi giving currenvy to a wnotc ue, is no better than be who advocab s the robbery of .Mexico. Auttonat Hi a. According to this, nearly all the Whig editors and politicians must be condemned J tow they only tell a ark of the truth, and a very small part too. Naval. The V, S. ship of the line Ohio, Captain , Stniigham, sailed from lim, September 'th, for the iacinc The U, s. sloop of war, D catur, recently arrived i at läwton, from iVn;acola, after a etonny jus sage of 1 29 days.

2.;iit from ii's-o H.cupc of S until iiiiu ic.iitie of lIuuBttamla. The .1 L lv errived it New Orleans mi tbs 1 Ii instant, ha-rtni left Vera Crtii the 5th. The Times says !

; 'of Santa inna. ('ir attentive correspondenl ( '' -s-. in a h-tter dispatched t( ih a few mirfutei before the James L. Uay got under way, informs us that news had iiM reached Vers Crux, Irom Tampico, annouociui" the astounding fact of the embarks- ! iionot .Nantti Amri ai the latter port, on bo.mi tae British it' iiiht )i'l!i, an il that he had thus escaped OUt :d .Mexico. It appears that Col. dates, thfl Governor f Taltipioo, had previously received intelligence that Seats Anna w.ts m th- neighborlwiodi and he immediately ordered out scouts to collecl -ill possible iafinraiation lUereoo, issuing, at the same time, the strictest injunctions to the officers in command of the I nited .states schooner lying there to prevent any veaeehi, ol whatever description they might be, from crossing the. r. Without til' .t leifler rooer :i ri'fU StNircll. v O " m n earn, wever, that before the command of the Gov emor reached the United States sclmooer, a small craft, (a seii toner,) which waits on the British steamers, i t convey the mail, bullion, quieksirver, &c, m hoard, Imd g :.r"n n, and communicated with the un jiish steamer. It is tmw ascertained, as we lind it J tated, that the en-President, with his usual hick and foresight, where ins personal safety i-- concerned, Lr ,t I off oil this little vessel ; so that all the means of Uol. I Gates to capture him, or otherwise frustrate bisplaus for quitting the country, were u-t less. We feel I 1 und, however, 111 a iviit iliis intetltgen o, to state that it. is not generally h dieved at era 1 -rus ; whilst, however, high functionaries at Tampico did not seem J n :-t it. Tue yellow ferer still prevailed at Vem Cruz, and onl.rs had b issued for all troops arriving, to proceed immediately to a camp ground, Ueregard, iu the country . The Picayune says Among the passengers on the Day were Major Iiurbitle. nrisoner of war. and Lieut. S ars. artillery, bearer dispatches to Washington, j Scott's despatches left Mexico between the i J. , and loi i ol 1 1 '1 1 'her, escorted bv a ppv c"in a of Mexican lancers, lOU strong, under command 't Col. ptimiiigiiez, The company left i'uebla the eveit i ig of the lülh, and were attacked the sumo night i by ;i strong force uni ii. i i rrejon. ISIiortly a i ct tti re attack 1 b ItllOS. In tin Braeemeuts tluw h-i fifteen of their number, but -no-nose thev killed ut lcai ten times that number. I hev returned h I'uebla and ( Sen. La lie placed the despatch

i raiiroau certain es in the nanus oi hh aoj. uen. sears, wno came dow n with ns Mexican escort to vera 1 ruz, but accomp ound a- far as Plan del Rio by lite 1-t rennyl last dates the law yers venia regiment, under Col. VVyukotp, Capt. LoyalPs vits to keep this wo- tJeorgia mounted men, and three companies ol artilwhich she had been '('r.v- Ihe American portion ol the escort limited ...

. . .. . . i . . flan del Uio, and were to ret urn witli Iren, i allerd m. Lieut. Sear- reached Vera Crux iw the night of the I Ii inst, accompanied by ( aptain George Taylor, -'d artillery, Lieut. Lear, 4th infantry, and Lieut. Hills, uuntei' UoWtl ecu. .. I Itiiers caon lean spy w ith the i necks, as the saying and therefore fight gallantly. CoA. Dominguez i- thought to know the road intimately, from long experience upon the line in a different capacity. We understand that we save altogether about T of th.s description of force iu rmr pay. CM the detachment which came dow n with Lieut. Sears, one tf ihe otbcers lost an arm by tlie y, and two othei s were in rican discha rged si ddit mii, told our ctirrespond seve w itmuei .Ml I iWU with ught most :i he imiiiH ;i . Illing at. tue circular order .i ..;!. i : with in. l.,':M at Ja I ipa. and tuts iiinier command it i ti ' noma me tasi officers. 1 ten. i mg h as been assigned itterson to tue eotnmai i ::d reaidied the Na! it Jaloi lia i;er ut en euti rely urn Gen. Line's c loll (I'l nua rii nmam eu the heart of tupyiu; Frost tht Put ' ! i Flag of Freed, Oct, lo. BATTLE OF HUAMANTLA. Tue American forces under tleo (ane, composed of Gormans regiment of Indiana volunteers, Major Lally's battalion of infantry, one battalion under ( lap! Simmons, one battalion under Japt, Keinklztnan, and four pieces of artillery under Lit uts. Pratt and Fields, left Jala pa on tiie 1 i of October, on their mareh to Puebla. Wiien thev arrived at Perote.Gen. .,e aded battalion of four companies of 1st Pa. volunteer-, one company el convalescent el van ucorps, and a park of artillery, ' trans, Capt. Taylor, od art.) the whole under command of ''d. Wynkoop. Tlie army, now numbering s nie 3 KM) men, advanced towards Puebla, and on the eventug of October the Öth, arrived at the hacienda San Antonio Tamaris, distant 33 miles from that citv. Inforroatkm had 1 daily received that Santa Anna was stationed at . as of Pinal w :tii 40UÜ men and several pieces of artillery, to oppose our progress. This piss is ltj mdos in advance of the hacienda. On the morning of the ülli tlie whole army prepared to march and attack the baas. At this moment, information was received that Santa Anna was in th-; town ol Una-

mantla, distant 10 miles frm tlie hacienda, 7 from signified their anxiety tor a speedy peace; bowthe mam road, and 8 from the pass, or 1 miles nearer ever, a majority of the old Deputies are al-o know n

the pass than our encampment, Geo. Lane, having a considerable portim of Iiis forces ai the hacienda with the baggage w agons and a pa I l Ol IUC ill IHM I , IKICIIUIUVU e .Oi l II üe lljiou Huamantla, taking with him the Indiana and Ohio regiments and Col. XVynkoop'a, Maj. Lally'sand Capt Siiiimon-'s battalion-, an l sendih!' in advance the - . ... 1 .1 .LII..-.. .1 . .t ...... ....... I ... ...1 1 ... ........ mounted men, about t!00, under command of Captain Walker, with instructions to act as circumstances might require. Captain Walker advanced rapidly towards the town, and when within a snort uistance ascertained that the enemy were there in considerable force with several pieces uf ar'.ill'Mw, and fearing lest J WWJ, w iii w uo ...... - ... m.k .. ........ , '"-I" '-i'"!" "'- '" 1 cf '!' iheir 0, .. .. .. .1 .. I .. .. In iiiiliiiir l..r ll.11 i.li 'i 1 .il I m inl'iiitrv '"' Efallantlv ordered a charge With his handful of men, and after a brisk Ught, succeeded in capturing four pieces of artillery and driving off the enemy.

Now, the state of the ease, as suosetjueiitly a seer- ties, as wen as tae goverameot, agree in aaolisning c)j m AIvico arhicii ihe ttiji.r .tin u would send tained, appeared to be this: Santa Anna having re- the sailitary establisiioaeut, and attribute to it all the imtne, and deposit tlie anaotmt ourselves ia I ...... mained during the night of the th in the town of anarchy to which this country has been subjected. This mode uf operation i ,r in r on extensively, Hoamantla, some four or five miles nearer the pass j For myself, 1 have no confidence in tiie honor, hon- j though exactly how extensively we camtaS Kay. lhan the encampment of Gen. L ine, had confidently j esly, or the acts of auy fiorttoa of either party, as I eft early in the morning, with 4000 men, for the pass, have always found that there is no reliance tobe Swept israi rv a Torxado or Buff a los, The leaving behind öoii men and artillerists t i follow with placed in any thing they say or do; there are always Hannibal (Mo.; Gaz. save th voui.g Houghton, one the cannon. The unexpected advance of Walker some under currents running which are liable tu of the Marion volunteers, was lost oa the way from was aeon perceived by the advanced forces of Santa change their determination from day to day further- Santa Pe, ia a singular manner. We are told t.nat Anna, who, being cavalry, and in large numbers, in- more, they are wanting in stability of character and when the boater rides into a herd of Imtfaio, it is mediately started back to the town at a rapid pace, lo talent although they write and talk w. 11 aud fluently, often tins case that they becoeee frightened and Ihe save or recover their artillery, without which, they when we come to fathom them, the very besl of them whole mass starts with furious speed, for the Micould of course make no stand at the pass of Pinal. are not superior to the mediocrity of talent of our taiaa, and there is no way to get out, but I i keep liiu Being well mounted, they were enabled to reach owucountry. In judgment they are wofujly deficient ; aaaae speed, and work your way gradually from tlie town sooner than the infantry under (ien. Lane, j Ito wever, some of our most enlightened men, who, by among them; to halt would be eertaia death, aa the who, however, made most strenuous exertions to j their position, should be enabled to judge, make no avass would pass over and crush vott, and hunters are reach it with r before them. Tins movement of the hesitation in saying that they are fully persuaded that often earned i ven and tea miteWueJore iney c tu dmenemy was unknown taCapt. Walker, and supposing, j the prospects of arranging a peace are more ilatt.-r- entangle themselves fr.ua the beadiong here! lathis after lbe capture of the :ims and the route of the SUO , ing, at present, than they have been since the com- way Mr. Houghton disappeared. When last aeea . men with them, the anair to be over, suffered his laeu I mencemenl of tlie war. Tftcre certainly baa been was flying ot r lies plain endeavoring to snake his to disperse through the town, to cat off the enemy's great change produced upon the minds of ihe Mexi- uav not of a drove of Several thousand, and has not retreat, and capture any more guns and ammunition cans, whether ii is the fear tit' having to support our been heard d" since. that might Im discovered. Capt Walker, with some large. army noa' entering the field. I am not able to rn orti! men, remained in the plasa or centre square say, but think it baa had some effect. (fc?Wc are not mach interested ia th M low ing, c.i.. ..i-.: ... .1 ...mimu. a! Ii ia uuImI h .1 i I . i .. . , . . i r.i vs-v

Ol I lie 1 0 iv U. At HIS liniCi IU UIO rillllC WIPIMB W lall. v., .1.1. .ii mIi vc.s i. .-oh into the nlats bv the . . t . i i ' ounr a sssass , , , , . . . - - - - ----- j - j A t ueinv, who made a fierce altacx w ith lances and e- . I eonetiis unoii the small bam . tan;. W alKer soon Lm:j i.:. i .....i. .; .s LeWis,ofthe Louisiana mounted volunteers, gallant!) rallied the few remaining men, and with the aid ut one iviioion . .lo'nre.i from ihe elieuiv. liui i ut i tieil 1 1 . . p tuition until the arrival of the infantry, who sooiij terminated tiie whole engagement. lie,,. Lane, perceiving the return of the eneuiv's cavalry, properly foresaw that whoever reached the , town first would have the advantage, and gave the order for a rapid advance, and it was with great emulation that ol. (ierman's Indiana regiment and Col. Wvnkoops battalion struggled to gam the tow n. Thev arrived about the same time, Col. I lormaa taking position on one side of the city and Col. Winkonp on the other. After a few rounds between them and the

enemy, the latter withdrew and left the t wn in t!.bands of the Americans. In the course of th action bet wet a i! American :e mated mm and tie- enemy, two of the four pieces of csn on were recovered by the enemy, but the small band resolutely retained, defended and saved the two other, ami i large amount of ammunition was also captured, say about 30 wsfftm 1 ads. Ssstta Anna beiug thus deprived uf j.iiit of bi?j means of

pj, wariare, maue no siaml Huusetinetitiv at the li-s ol n . ide was 13 killed and eleven wounded, all, with tue exception of 3, of Captain W r liter's company. The loss uf the enemy was 150, The Plag gie the following; lucidum of Um tattle, illnstrative of I lapt, Walkers c larai I -r : When in the course of the second engagement between Walker's band and the overwhelming body of lancers. Surgeon ttcytiotds, wlm had become separated from him by tue breadth ot th" plaza r open square of I'Ki yards, seizing the most favorable moment, daelted llirougii the spice occup ed by t nemy, and, jumpini! from his horse, with sn escopeta, v. inch he tad taken frfnn a Mexican, took bis place again by the side of Walker, the latter turned i him and said, 11 that's rijiit, we can whip th m all." Cape Walker fell mortally wounded at the battle of liuamatitla, on the Oth nit., and expired in few minute-, is last words were worthy of his heroic character. J have run my race lads," said he to his gallant troops, 'hut never mind that. Maintain your ground firm I v and do not vi,!:l an inch the infantri will " si be Itere few mm it -. the Tim infantry did Mine up in a b cavalry a as sustained, and the shout the bud sound which saluted the ears i I lie. d find ,..,..,t.,, i w a Ker, t' ,r bauta train for aeeui I m er lean it a i ued llunii it Was lllS intent i u to M It .. i;-i rrow a ud liiti-.. It p i attack it in the ri ir. i f v us, otit-geiieralletl by 1 .a lefi Hi smain road, and tk d until i Pinal, er i we vor l" l HUH inn Ll San a Anna was in tin church, suti ounded by in scanning the couui steeple ol b distant village s -iiti', using hi- spy-glas The moment the head i iu the main road, he r ilizeil ltniuedi: ee or (US if not air execution j,-,,,, ; recapture it il Air: i r lturbide ml, iUC i r t maid, ol i he arti llery, oops toward- the stme s nie distance within terete and excil mg race : U li. u! Ii-il, when lturbide pu.-h'd tur ned the town. He, however, arrived in off all the artillery, and was soon rfeut, Anderson. nan w:is in the immediate c aasaand of mies of the 1 I Pennsylvasiia regiment, ii in a gallant styl u His ceducl on is highly spoken of by all who witnessed the lour i I.,, i nt t iaiiiorne, ot cap' tn v aiwer d c 'uiliighly c emu. nded fiir bis gallantry, of the battle of Atltxco i- given in the A small portion oftrea. Lane's Fi irds mpanv, late vaiaer a raen,j th ; act The enemy was ihe towns ol Cholula and At ans, under tlie valiant General d bet' ue Ai I I was a s ! ;iow Ve must il theill to dead oo tlie Tic number of ti retreat, leaving over many more wounded. ; illed and won:;,! d is i uu '111' doubt UU or t h in RCtlOtt, aiU, and t 'T, t ii' co: re-no iu. ni oi nil- in'iui, i io.- : ' ly of Mexico, on the 29th ult., as follow : last, a great change has come over the bis country; indeed, these people are so it is inipos-ible, with any . gree I eertlculate by their actions to-day what will fr m ti, ie mai tv. t i mination ami tlie;r oolicy to-tuorro.v. When 1 ute about twelve days since, I i omnatrehiseined to be progressing moat successfully, eal party in carrying out their designs of placing a prince upon the administrative eleu- of this Republic. Then many j trsotts of wealth and influence, who had formerly opposed it. and a great portion of the Church, were warmly and Idly advocating the measure as tiie only means nf perpetuating their power and their influence over the government and the people; but somewhat fearing heir success, und believing thai If they were thwart d m their views, they would also receive a severe sliock by tfie d fe tt, they turned their attention to a different policy, endeavoring to take advantage of circumstances, so as to turn whatever may transpire to Ihe best advantage. However, a different feeling appears to be pervading the whole country since our entry into the capital. Senor Pens y Peua lu'. taken u firm hold d the reins of government, and has called around him as advisers and counsellors a much better and more intelligent class uf men than has bonored the cabinet uf Mexico for some time. He has scattered and dispersed the factious which were breeding disturbances at Querelaroashort time .since. T;.- elections of Deputies have resulted iu tf e choice of a more liberal and better class of men than heretofore, and nearly all have to be iu lavor t peace; but the gnat obstacle m the way is, tliat all parties are anxious to be left in power, or acquire some advantage over their opponents, bet'.r.. flit. rtAiiaiimrn. t tiitl a ..1, -i n aiti.nl T ; km v. nw vvmwmMi..vu 'i .-mil uu 1 um. ami) whenever one party makes an advancement, the other opposes it, because they think it would give the one concluding such a measure some advantage, uoon the cousutnmation of their design. The democratic party are wilting and anxious to uiaxc a peace, il iney can overthrow and break dowu the privileged Church es - lauiisameni, and see some means uy wmcn iney can prevent the recurrence of the state of affairs whicti has always kept them under the weather; if net, thev 1 1 i ! ' it ;i 1 1 ' , i'i ' . C t i r e. I : v it im.vi i d It. . .. 1 1 ... rr ...w.w 1 r.o .uy, ,uy until ti, nxopemte üir forte. ,- j eient to mahle them to carrv out their views. El Ruxanador, which is the organ of this patty, has aeveral articles on this sabject, which 1 send. All parii in ci ir.:iii ii u inn h.uili, IIWU IUC )L'll III! (II l;IS countrv who entertain Ihn heat fe.luor f. up na ...I ..r.i ii ' m. .! . . - j ------ awsf vssw SsSW oeiroosio esiauiisha government lasluoned otter our own, ire me erv Dersons who are strammer ,u-rv

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t,. ,.r........t .i e- .. I.....X, I'liii.u mi: i t . i . 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 oi ;t ireaiV O. peace. Their object is to break dowu the Church and j Military establishments, and morde.- accomplish th:. 'hey are trying to create state uf affairs whicli will force us to occupy the country. 0&"A letter lo the 44 Detta,N dated at Vera Cruz, iMov. o, cont;uis the RHiowiug paragraphs : (icn. Scott has written a 44 hast f-pUte-of-aOUp letter to this place at least I hears... He most unkindly suspects the administration of designing to prostrate htm 1 he letter has la mi made quite pubin here, though not published in the papers ; but 1 trust

that it may, as it is said to be man rioSj. I admire ve.usuld, who b?wl1 rings at om.d ni. arass M the ( lenerals military gemu-, bat that one idea of t!"' f;'v,'', 1,lS , , , ,ui his ef - a fire in the rear -so haunts hint thai be aliite, -and a "bite streak runs from tfaetop mTM is always committing some folly or other. The sßehued couple ol inches up bis bead, me nair i nunisUation has been exceedingly kind to Ucucrul j tl4Ul i,iirl büU aua Us laUl 1 V,uUi-

ted nobly to the field 'i be couti i ot in- services, ue r than lie hau d me in the letter alluded to. A peace is !e d"-ir. A bj the Atserieaa army tnsn i: can tossiulj be by the Mexican pi solo. It stuoostis to almost a uaaniotoes opiaioii here, that we on fht to talie und hold i.e- entire cuuntrr. We have it aw pre-.ty good authority thai i treaty aaeeahers of the Uexicaa Cougwisn v. .ted (br peace. 1 trutrt thai sir. Tr,-t will g home and leave negotiations t iha üed nf hatiles" yet awhile. tireat epsawheaeions t- entertaiaed for the safety ol the steamers Pashimi and Jesses I Dhf- iot y see due km since, hut notbiag baa been heard Irom thaaa, T rVua I ..a . S. staaaaar, was stranded bsaw I tin; late liorthi r. riiQt ;..!. r. Mr.xico. t u Saturday, Oct her ie sliock of a severe earti a lake a is felt i" hse .'; of Mexico, latC.tug two n. unites an I four seconds. Ueds were rocked like ttbmmucks in a si ip at sea, opew d MM were alamed tu and fro, and .t wris w ith dilUcUity any persona could keep their met. The people run into the streets, and all kneeled with clasped bands and upturned faces. It in the orlii American as t sight, Th t ,s ihe ,.,.r, st h. Mexic since the great dow n nouses snd made ih parts of the city, says tht of the 2nd ultimo l-ii i The fouiitatu tu Ilm cram leserihi i by the at tor a aaxtt Utrilliug mid sublime k winch baa been felt .n c in I - J I, w hieb threw North A. in : icau, the shoe c Mi'j traces of its power. i la.a S..IS s I ttloVed, I. I'll quantities ; h sjses a er ran severs I yards. It i...tioo f ' '".ir I Km find t i tl. bad any great e: city, et ti rockt cradle the heat c ird most inh repetitioa. and tro uns erat um tl-i V i B l'e.a bravei il" V. ll tune-, site a Hangers, ran the jiai lietvreen Po tamoraa a ;irm wa I , nut t tie si.' y i Yaiker ST i5 not lit 1 ng. however bax 1 1 bistetyi durittg Us of daring sdvci tie ictnl al u; i shrink from ai ieru when duty called, iiisuii lsenl war, has beee i i . ,. ,,...U tlie terror oft They will exult in ins fall wa- theirs, allh aujh th I k ic in-, far f ud : ; that t v some ," Cl m Uy s lios - ied in the e,.;s uf 'he wree pieces "l imerically uul VA iazon, a .o a tal, says m referej .. en- us an mies. I oro mix I ac ... t"-,' - to th rdinr t ami in tu" midst ot the against undis tipUned mas rogent 'ii- m in igtn, lang foreign country ; so that the perstmal courajfc of t Isniies, weul , collected by je, and interi -iiatever miffht ave ii of tic invaders, the moans as action I ai t tat the probabilities ousrht i have ie a'ay. Six combats look place; sad b n-Milt of nil ! Wh it dues the country men of war," who had co-t it mar.)' We can uol answer without limit g ourwhat w bs t tin i .u the a icrifices ! selves overwhelmed with oppn UltlUUI O III. -Ill'lie. ... ,, iu . Winit a picture does tlie country now prccut 1 1 hat ot- :j viclmi n ha bis deensjsatiiaa, tear- out bis own entrails.1 The M Uoioa pubii-iu-, an extract uf a letter irom . , teilten! French gentleman, tor aaany yea raw resident in Mexico, dated Vera Crux, Oct. 9U, fr m which we copy the following. Tiie statement is corroborated by other writers : "My opinion is, from my own observation in tiie interior, that the üaih d States caa at tn.s time u itam whatever thev may wish, because all although not public !v manife-ted are .11 1 ;Vor ot peace. jai' o:.i. who knows the Mexican character, will not be surprised that they vociferate war, u withstanding they think differently. The same letter states that 44 there are several pai ties in Mexico, composed of the wealthy and iuflueutial; the peace party wishes our protect ioa fr some tune: tae annexation party deir" t merge t.ie.r nationality in that of the United States; and aacdl r favors the nulitary occupation of tie country until thev are prepared I 1. Lin 11 MoaTEasr, Mexico, Oct. 8, l"I7. ignite citement wa- produced in this town s fe. days .-ii liee. by the double elopement, at the same time, of two Mexican senoritas, with tw officers belong iug to one of the staff corps of our army. One nf tlie ladies. mora properly epeakin?, wass wn aa besag tin J of a Mexicau officer of cot isioerable rank, absent in the army, and the other a seaorita o se :,;. n, her niece. Such an occurrence, however, will tie considered neither wonderful nor idrange, when it isconsieV ered Imw long we have been k pt here in a statu ol inj ered how activity. I Jt'pi r J 0Crbe recent anipaseats m specie irom htuiic cities to Eaglaad, are re pari explained H. Y. Journal of Comm rce. thus: I puxo- m 5fKXI fhe fiaancial difSe remitting money to Mexico, dis ir 1 ag0- In the present Ute of things in i 'lie mtry, ward have r. . i e tin ;1 lx imnossible for the G the dollars to the coast ...nu-s ;,,' other b km merchants in ! . .1 4 . 1 ÜCCU giati, Iiierttore, to ev..:u inU.a lbe rrea.urv of the I ! ,r. V(. ß andsoinetime fur 10U pavable bete, Tlie elJect is. to I coin o. Enzlaad instead of Mexico. We i . : , ; I . . 1 ...It 1 .1 UU .. 11 fc i.1''. .vi.- .- t.i'-v ....v. ..... .. to the newspaper "credit system: tsxiraci jnnn . . ... ' ..... m .v., , lift -in Mvrv inRtanee ui which - ' '".- - papers that come to yur office are not taken osd by the persons to whom they are aeut, you will give unmediate notice of it to the publisher, that they are buy mr tlead iu the ! . . -la all eases where n Ktaaagtern r nder themselves ihible for the subacriptiou money for a paper by a m-. tect to nottty the pnanciH r i iai n rcinnus ueao m un l i)s thxe- V lttf. reserve- tlie nght toadlBOSMSh the postcaasiter for hi iieglect, and q" jhSaele psnjf for the paper or rem ii- filling: ol ..;-e.-t. At Ratetga, X. C, is a very black negro 1 y, ti reo 1 i..- i u.- a d ar us I U

Scott, ami lie Utk try fall) appiecis should write ! .