Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 October 1847 — Page 2

3nSirum 5tntc 5cnti ud . WEEKLY i:iIIION.

ETfB.fAL TICILtüCK TS THE PBICt OP LIDERTT. 1M)11AI'US, OCTOHEK 21, 1S17. . Our Terms. Ihc following will hereafter be the permanent terms or the Weekly Indiana Stale Sentinel: CSrPayments to be made always in advance. One copy, one year, V2.00 Three copies, one year, 5.00 Five copier, one year, 8.Mi Ten copies, one year. 15.00 Twenty copies, one year. 2Ü.0U t it i j Seml-lVcekly. (Published three times a week during the session ) One copy, iA)() Three cpie8 10.00 One copy during the session, l.(Hi Three or more copies, each 73 Messrs Bedient &. Gueen are agents at Cincinnati for the Indiana State Sentinel. To Cortepomleiiift. H. G. F., Centreville. Will remember Jcmr JOieti, should tilth a contingency ariae. Democratic State Convention. The democrats of tie State if Indiana are requested to appoint delegates to reprerent tlieni in a State Convention to be held nt Indianapolis on the 8ih day of January, 1343, which convention will nominate delegates to the National Democratic Convention for the nomination of candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency. .Also, to take into consideration the appointment of Presidential electors. By a vote of the committee, each county is requested to elect its delates at the earliest practicable period, and not less, if possible, than its representation in the General Assembly. It is desirable, however, ti have as large a representation ns possibh. tf By order of Slate Central Committee. 07" We have the satisfaction of announcing the safe return of the Junior Crower and f imily in god health. Tiie chicken Was left i.i the servi :e of Uncle Sim, having joined the navy in life capacity of Midshipman, lie is soon to "take a snuff at salt water." Now a word to our friend. We, the old fellow, will soon be among you, end your accounts attended to in due firm. All deferred business will be brought up as fast as circumstances will admit. Look out ! Circuit Court. The Circuit Court for this county commenced its session on Monday last. We are not aware of the business before it; but we are awnre that that eime court occupies entirely too much of i our time, especially as a witness for one thing or an-j other. Perhaps, however, we ought not to grumble; as we are supposed to know every thing, and some thing that we don't know. We have a good mind to join the F. T. B.'s ! just for the purpose of obtaining " second sight." We can learn ventriloquism, - and we understand that to be among the qualifications for membership. But speaking of the Court it is generally supposed that most of the indictments will be quashed; and for this many little rogues will rejoice, and many honest citizens avoid trouble and expense. Law is a funny thing, especially when made by lawyers; and as we know of no way of preventing it, the g od people of Indiana must pay for the large host required to expound it. The taxes paid to judge3 and lawyers in this State, annually, if aved, would have paid our State debt long since : and if now better applied, would fill our State with railroads and echo Is. Eut what is the use of talking! Eooks! Books! Morrison and Talboit have just received an entire new lot of books, and the reading public no longer need send east for them, as .they are rapidly extending their stock. What is still better, they seil at moderate profits. We shall look over their stock carefully soon, if we get time, and notice some of the new publications. Our friends in want will do well to give them a call. Watches and Jewelry. Talbott is determined to be without a successful rival in the watch and jewelry line, if fine goods and plenty of them, at fair prices, will accomplish it. We hardly dare venture in hit establishment, so many temptations stare us in tiie face. There is a French gent, there, too, who is some " for the W.'s Watches, W. and W - Indies ! the old bach ! Orthography. We should like to know upon what authority the New York Tribune, Indiana Journal and Sentinel, and a majority of our other exchanges, spell the capital, in its application to the city of Mexico, with an a in the third nyllable ! The practice with them is uniform at least in their copied articles of war new?. People's Press. We will endeavor to enlighten our brother of the Tres. Capital. n. Lai. CapileUum. The uppermost part cf a column, pillar or pilaster. By the customary omission of the noun, to which tire adjective, capital, refers, it stands for 1, the chi'f city or town in a kingdom or stale; a metropolis," iyc. tf-e. Webster. Also, Cobb, Todd, and Johnson. Now will brother Jliusman rive his "authority" for w riting "capitol" fur a city or toitn J Here is a Chance! The Hamilton Intelligencer offers a reward of jtfty dollars, to any one who will show a passage from any of Corwm's speeches, in which he uttered anything disrespectful towards the soldiers or omcrrs engaged in me war witn iuextco. Here is a chance for those locofoco editors whi accuse Corwin of abusing the volunteer. By simply pointing out the word, line, or paragraph containing it, they are offered fifty dollars! Who speak3 first! Who takes the prize ? Stale Journal. If the Journal has no objection, we think the f blow ing, selected by the Jacksonian, will be entitled to the prize. In our opinion, it is unnecessary to make any selection from a speech which is scarcely any thing else but rank treason. The brutal pas xinns of our soldiers can never be restrained by any commander. Srilhtr helpless infancy, di:repii eld age, nnr fem t'e loceliness can arrest tem in the gratifications of their brutal passims!" A Rascal by the name of Waterston was recently Wabashed, waled and worried for his bad tricks, by citizens of Peru, w ho took the law into their own Lands, and consequently left the place. The proceeding was altogether wrong, no matter what the cause. Look Oct! Our country friends must look out where t!i?y feed their horses. It is contrary to the lnvv to feed them on the public streets; and by re membering thi, they may save themselves a fine of five dollars. C-Now is the time to bring us wood, hay and coru. Not mwAi at the latter is wanted at present, as the prices will s'Kn go down. We will receive wheat in payment of demand, if brought in soon. OnS'e the adver;iemeut for a thief. If thit fellow is caught," it miy be the means of exposing a gin; of thieve, sutyicion already resting on several others. Ti'mj Lafayette Journal talks of an editor who "goes" from the "tup to tire base a plane." Hope ieis ryot trying tu "pick a iirrcl" with his brother at Cra-w forfUyille ! . CV wants a good firm, cheHpJ See our ad-ir-ertijemeBl. This i a rare chance, and such a one n '2 ! ill i : ' i t5 c.T.j agaia very otn.

Railroads In Indiana. The directors of the Knighutown and Shelbyville railroad advertise a letting of contract" for clearing, grubbing and grading, all or part of this work, on the 15th of next mouth at Morristown, and on the lG:h at Carthage the clearing and grubbing to be le separate from the griding. Tiie completion of the Madison and Indianapolis railroad, seems to have inspired our Indiana friends with a new zeal for railroads. The Peruvians luve for some time been getting up a rosd to connect Indianapolis with the canal

at Peru; the Deoole of Lafavette are determined to connect themselves with the State Capital, by such a j . ,i ... Al . J., ,. road, and thence w.tl, the Ohio river by the Madison and Indianapolis road; Fort Wayne is moving in the mutter of conned injr herself and the Wabash and! trie canal, willi Madison and the Ohio, by a railroad to Indianapolis; and the citizens of Terre Haute and those of Vinccnnes alike, are very enthusiastically i . oeni on connecting the rich and beautiful valley i and beautiful valley of the Wabush with the capital and enterprise of Cin cinnuti, bv means of a railroad. Presuming that ruVroad fetcr has worked so much mischief in Indiaua in time past, as to render it next to impossible for it ever, to become an epidemic ajain, we hive only to say to our neilibjrs. Go ahead! Take no fictitious sulisrriminiis hvntp no route till von shall first have made sure that you can secure the . ... r - . right of way on the most favorable terms-work hard to get as large a proportion of stock as possible taker, by the farmers along yuur several lines organize your companies carefully think of nothing short of heavy 'F rail at tie beginning and go ahead. If your farmers hold back, point them to the increased value of lands along the line of the Little Miami nil road in Ohio, since the construcWon of that work. If capitalists are slow to take a fair share of stock, show them the tables exhibiting the yearly increase of bueincs on the Little Miami road, and ask their attention to the dividends declared by the New England railroads. The truth is, the genius of the age is a railroad genius, and requires iron ways and steam horses to jrive it a fair chance. Let it have these, and the middle of the nineteenth century will leave its mark on the scroll of time as distinctly as any other period. Cinrinnnli Gazette. We admire the spirit of our southern friends ; but we think they have studied the matter but very little to assert that it would be for the interest of Cincinnati to carry the St. Louis railroad in their proposed route. She will however, examine for herself. If she concludes to do so, it will not deter the western and central portion of our State from attempting to unite directly with the Baltimore and Ohio road, and hence finding the eastern markets direct, and perhaps buildinjj up another big city on the river, between which and Louisville, Cincinnati might lose a little trade. The face of the country and its productiveness will not be lost sight of. Ohio Ulection. Full returns have not been received. We therefore give the following from the Ohio Statesman, of Saturday last, as embracing the fullest summary: Returns, received last n ght and this morning, render it pretty certain that tue democrats will have, in the next Senate, 17 members, and the federalists 1U. We lost a SeLator in Terry, Morgan and Washington, by the most unparalleled and unprincipled course of the anti-war federalists, while our own friends, except in Morgan, were not the best organized and harmonious. The great struggle of the State centred in Morgan county. Our democratic friends fought a riobi battle there, and their friends will every where appreciate it properly ; and if they failed to overcome the adverse combination of circumstances, it was not their fault. The federalists h ive been run hard at every point, and they have saved themselves by a close vote. The House will stand, if the few returns to receive hold as appearances indicate, 33 democratic and 39 federal. This is a diminished majority from last year, and proves how little those claiming a triumph have to boust of the result, except they are wicked enough to attempt the disfranchisement of the people some of them are already hinting at. But it is in the order of things that villainy generally defeats itself when bold enough to encounter public exposure. We lost one member of the House by the ßnals, and lost one district (Darke and Shelby,) yet we have reduced the whig majority in the House from 8 to G. The popular vote has not been so favorable for years ; many old democratic counties, long astray, come wneeling intj line, and others heretofore fixed federal, turning complete somersets. Let the federalists therefore not plume themselves too brightly on their narrow escape ; for, in the language of our Columbiana correspondent, " we arc now going to work for the great campaign of 1343." Sons or Temperance National Division. The Wabnsli Express has the fallowing. For the cause of humanity, we hope that there is no foundation for such remarks or 6uch charges. With the Express, we believe it to be the duty of the National Division to notice the matter in a way to be satisfactory to the world as well as to the order. We find the following in the Quincy Whi. We hope for the good of the cause there is some mistake in this mutter, and the charges here made will prove to be without foundation. Of course, the Grand Division will take care to disabuse the public mind of thece charges, for if true, it will cripple the parent 6tem of much of its intended' good, and the subordinates will cut themselves aloof from it totally. All the branches must know to what ends the funds are appropriated or they will not send up their usual dues : " A writer in the Philadelphia Dee, over the signature of "X." is writing numbers fur that paper, in which he professes to be acquainted with certain iniquities practised in the National Division of the S ins of Temperance in appropriating something like .$10,1100 to $13,000 annually for purpwes with which the subordinate divisions are not acquainted. A portion of tiie fund instated to have been squandered in salaries for oüicers of the Grand Division, contrary to the objects and. intention of the Order. The writer alleges that "corruption exists in the Order that there is a deficiency in the treasury, not accounted for by the lame reports of the officers." That the Division is governed by a clique, so well contriied that they can operate in and control the whole Order throughout the United States," and promises in a future numher to reveal the names of this clique. He says he is one of the oldest members of the Order has never ceased to labor for its pood and advance ment has been present at almost every meetin of .!. I tv. , t . . me maim iivision ana nas witnessed tne extravagant waste of money; and the frauds practised upon the Order, with pain and regret" and one object in writing the numbers, he says, is to " caution brothers of the danger that a canker worm is in our midst, preying upon our vital parts." 07-Great Excitement iv the Flour Trade. The foreign news by telegraph to Cincinnati, on Sunday night week, announcing the advance in flour, created considerable excitement. On Monday the price immediately advanced to 1 73 per barrel. A large dealer purchased early in the morninjr, three thousand barrels of an innocent neighbor, at $ 45, thus clearing the handsome sum of $rJ0U in a few minutes. Phil. Ledger. The "innocent neighbor" should have "taken the papers," and that .000 would have been saved. There is hardly a week or a day passe, but what double the price of subscription is made off individuals who do not pay attention by keeping themselves informed. They can blame nobody but themselves. A Good Lick. -George Thompson, alias Alexander Gile, colored barber, is advertised as a scoundrel, because he went to Mtlford, Masg., destitute, and representing himself os a fugitive la, was assisted by the abolitionists, who procured him a shop and business, and finally gave him money to buy his little son out of b-mdage in New Orleans. The next day he went to Philadelphia, and has not since been heard f. The anli-slavcry people of Milford think the man shaved them, and therefore caution the public against him, describing his color, dress and marks with as much fidelity as they would a stray beast! J'idrre Underbill's mills near New Alhfny. have been deitmyed by fire. Lm $2500 or $XW, and no insurance.

From the Baltimore Sun. Important from Veia Cruz Santa Anna's Resignation Intelligence from the Capital Gen. Scott in possession. Evacuation oj the Capital by Santa Anna, to at'dd Bombardment The Mexicans routed, after yine Hour's Hard Fighting Gen. Lane at Vu Xational Bridge Recovery of Major Lady Approach of (ieneral (uilman with Dispatches Santa Anna at Gaudaloupe, villi targe forces, 4c

Washington, Uct. 11 ü r. M f mail boat hss arrived, and the southern paper, lor "nd lhe "?"h 1 resc.h J00 ' 1 'f "V0""" 1 have, however, elected the substauce of all tliev conain of'. ecia, tneti.lf wblcll i rorard ou b- , ,ight. , inar; litteThe steamship Alabama arrived at New Orlenns on the 4th instant, having teil Vera Cruz on the 2Gili and Tampico on the 30ih ult. The Picayune published an extra on the arrival of the Alabama, Irom which it oppears mai me loiiownig miormaiion was recmea uy m e .vav mill fajJSj M i Inra r1 Ilitsf no na from a source entitled to great ref pect : A letter (mm Van fV.iv alnfpt fhnt nfrr fli Ameri c,Hg h.ld CIrrjed , citaJel, they turned th guns of that fortification on the city, whereupon the Mexican army retreated to Gudaloupe. The minister of foreign afiaiis, addressed in Govenor, directing him to arrange matters ns ! we" be ccjld, until he received official irfoimation ... i . : . wliee l"-e gFrnnH;nl was established, mere is II tf i?',0 ' the reP11 imi B""U " "a ü een wounded. It was reported that Gen. Quitman was on his way down .with rlexpalches and 4,000 men. Col. Wilson, governor of Vera Cruz, was seriously ill. General Pstlersuu was to take command of the fores in the City and State of Vera Cruz, or proceed to join General Scott, as should be thought proper on ti arrival. (ieneral Lane hud been compelled to Rend buck to Vera Cruz for a further supply of auimunit.un. He had arrived nt the National Bridge without serious opposition, though the guerillas made their appearance on several occasions. A requisition for ten thousanl rounds was complied with. 1 It was reported that the yellow fever hat made its appearance in Gen. Lane's command ; that tl.eie was some scarcity of provisions, and that the guerilUs had fortified Cerro Gordo. A letter Irom Mnj. Lally, dated Jalaps, 23d of September, says that all was quiet there. The wound he received in the neck came near killing him, but he was hen doing well. Letters from Vera Cruz, dated on the 23th, slate that a proclamation had been issued by Santa Anna announcing his resignation as President of the republic, and that Senor Peri a y Pena had been inkiated in Iii place. The Pieayune doubts the iruth of the statement, however. In the battles of the 8th a-'d 13th September, the Americans loot twenty-peven oficers killed and förty-fite wounded. No confirmation has been received in any quarter of the death of any of the American general ohV veil. There was no Inter news direct from Cien. Scott' army. Letters received bv commercial houses in Tampico from their correspondents in the city of Mexico, confirm entirely the Picayune's forirer reports of the battles of Mill de Key and Chapultepec II eights, of the 8th and 13th, which places were carrwd by General Scott at the point of the bayonet. A circular whs published m the 14th, dated from Gaudaloupe, and addressed to tie commandants of the general departments. In it is set forth that Santa Anna evacuated the capital that other means might be pursued for the purpose of harrassfng tie enemy. That a heroic resistance had been made fir the space of six days, but that the enemy at length established himself in positions and places from which hi missiles could rearh the peaceful thousands ol the city. The Supreme Government, perceiving that the state of affairs warranted the departure of the officers of tiie government, determined to change their abode, the Itcation of which would be announced as soon as the site should be agreed upon. It further states, that the American army charged at daybreak on the 3th bit., with all its force, upon Chnpuliepec, which yielded, after a spirited defence of six hours. That the Americans immediately marched spun another strong fortification, but the first advance was checked by Iroops led by Santa A .ma, who disputed tha ground, inch by inch, till finally the Mexicans were routed from the citadel, after nine hours hard fighting. The capital being in this situation, fcan:a Anna, anxious to avoid bombardment, determined to evacuate it. Verbal reports are that he retired to Gtudaloupe with ten thousand troops and twenty-five pieces of artillery. No mention is made of the reported bombardment of the 14th and 15th. Telegraphic Despatches for the Ohio Statesman. Pittsburgh, Oct. 15 111 P. M. Edilor Ohio Statesman : New Orleans dates to the 8th inst., have been received. The echooner Florida had arrived from Brazos, bringing dates to the 24th ult. Gen. Cushinr's brigade was to leave for Vera Cruz on the 20; h. The steamer Telegraph had also arrived from the Brazos, having on board Lieuts. Fog and Washburn, of the Massachusetts volunteers, as passengers. Georgia. The Milledgeville Whig claims a whig majority of five on joint ballot in the Georgia Legislature. Pittsburgh, Oct. 1512 M. Editor Ohio Statesman : We have dates from New Orleans to Hie 9th, and f.-om Tobasco to tho 22d, and Brazos t the 25th. Nothing new from Vera Cruz. 1 The Etna, B'irita, and Scourge were in the mouth of the river near Tobacco. ; Com. Perry is at Lizardo, but is expected soon at Tobasco. At the latter place the inhabitants are peaceable. Many who left are returning from the frontier and resuming their respective occtpations. Georgia Election, i Pittsburg it Oct. 15. Towns, the democratic candidate for Governor, has, as fir as heard from, 1500 majority. The House is 62 whig to 62 democrats G counties to hear from. Senate 23 whig to 22 democrats 2 districts to hear j from. , j The southern telegraph ii still out cf order. Thej papers received by mail contain no news from the seat I of war. j Later. ! Pittsburgh, 15, 11, V. M. j New Orleans papers of the 8th are received. The j schooner Florida had arrived from the Brazos, with , dates of the 24th. Gen. Cushing's brigade was to leave for Vera Cruz on the 26th. I have later dates from Milledgeville, Georgia. The whiga claim a majority of five in the Legislature, on joint ballot. Opinions in regard to kailuoai3 twenty-five tears ago. The following letter contributed to the National Era by a correspondent, says the Amherst Express, shows w hat were the views of a distinguished gentleman 25 years ago, on the ßtibject of railways. It will be read with interest, as contrasted with the views held at present, on the same subject. The letter was addressed to John Stevens, of Hoboken, by Robert Livingston, formerly Chancellor of the state of New York : "ALBAtir, March 11,1811. "Sir: I did not until yesterday receive Jours of February : where it has loitered on the road I im at a lot lo say. I had belore read your ingenious proposiiom as to the railway communication. 1 fear, however, n mature reflection, that they will be liable to serious objections, and ultimately more expenoive than a canal. They must be double, so as to prevent the danger of tw such heavy bodies meeting. The vails on which thy are placed mutt be at least four feel below the surftce and three above, and muit be clamped with iron; and even then would hardly sustain so heavy a weight ai you propose moving at the rate of four milea an hour on wheels. As to wood, it would not hist a week. They must be covered with iron, and that, too, very thick and strong. The means of stopping these heavy carriages without a great shock, and ol preventing them from running against each other, (fur there would be many on the road at once,) would be very difficult. In case of accidental stops or the necessary stops, to take wood, water &c, many accidents would happen. The carriage of condensed water would be very troublesome. Upon the whole, 1 fear the expense would be much greater than that of canals, without being so convenient." Horrible Catastothe. The Ohio statesman has a telegraphic account of the explosion of a building used as a powder magazine, in Nashville, Term. It was struck by lightning o i the evening cf the 12th. The explosion was like an earthquake ! and the effects of the shock were appalling. No less than 100 houses were destroyed, and many lives were lost. Ten bodies had been recovered from the ruins. Mr. Sheber's house was torn to pieces ; several members of his, family injured and one young lady killed! Learned Wood Sawter. We have in this city a German, about 30 years of age, who was educated in one of the German universities. He is an excellent Latinist, a good Greek and Hebrew scholar, and speaks and writes French, Spanish, German and English, and is an excellent mathematician. With of better employi-nt to eaw wood for a living. all tnese accompiisnments, ne is tuinpcueu, nn wain Detroit Journal.

OFFC'IAL. The following letter from Maj. Lally was addressed to Col. Wilson at Vera Cruz, and by him forwarded to Adjutant General R. Jones, at Washington : Headquarters, Jalapa, Aug. 26, 1817. To Gov. Wilson, Vera Crvz: My command reached this place oa the morning of the 20th inst. We have fought our way triumphantly every inch of the route, but have had severe contests uay, battles wiüi the guerrillas: on the 10th at Passo Ovejas, (as before reported) on the 12th of August at the National bridge, on the 15: h of August at t'ero Gordo, and on the lDih at Las Animas, only a mile and a half from this city. Not a wagon has fallen into the hands of the enemy. We have been op-' posed by at least 1,'JOO to 1,5'JO guerillas on these occasions perhaps less at the last, for they were badly whipped at Cero Gordo, where their loss was so large that they could not re-organize. Father Jarattta commanded them. Our loss i great. During the entire inarch 7 officers wounded : 12 of rank and file killed ;

o mortally wounded ; CQ wounded. Of this number 4 killed and 4 wounded were at places elsewhere than the four actions named above. 1 regret tosny that at the National Bridge, Mr. George D. Twiggs (expecting a commission to be A. D. C. to Gen. T.) was killed while gallantly serving in my staff; Capt. J. H. Calwell, tf voltigeurs, and CspL A. C. Cummings, llih infantry, were wounded on the 10th, (as before reported,) but are doing well now. At National Bridge, Lieut. James A. Winner, of voltigeurs, and Lieut. George A. Adams, of marine corps, were dangerously wounded ; also, on the same day, Capt. W. j. Clark, 12th infantry, in the thigh; 2d Lt. Charles -M. Crerer, 12th infantry, not severely, in the leg. At Las Animas, on the 19th, Major F. T. Lally, ikh infantry, commanding otBcer. was wounded in the neck, not severely; but has, for a few days, been disabled from command. A large number of sick have accumulated, besides our wounded; and we shall be compelled to remain here many days to recruit. I cannot too much praise the gallantry of the officers the men. raw and uninstructed, have gradually acquired confidence. Col. Wynkoop arrived from Perote on the 21th, having heard we were in danger at Cero Gordo. We waited three days for your reinforcement, and hearing of it at Plan Del Rio, sent back a body of dragoons to the National Bridge, who finding it in possession of the enemy, we concluded it was repulsed. I am pained at the rumor we heard of the loss of some of its wagons. Dr. Cooper and thirteen wajrons reached us. I cannot too earnestly recommend ihat you assume the authority to order the re-eccupa-tion of the city. Even if Gen. Scott was not before the city of Mexico and beyond the reach of reinforcements, you p"iceive that trains are constantly endangered by guerillas, and I am satisfied that this city nas been their hendquarters, and that their chief sudjilics have been forwarded from here. Their spirits nave been raised by absence of the troops. I am certain that Gen Scott, on the spot, would order itsreoccupation. Col. Wynkoop concurs in its importance. Very truly yours, F. T. LALLY. Major 9th Infantry, Commanding. We understand that Maj. Lally's suggestion has been anticipated, and that the orders were issued on the 12th of August, from the office uf the Adjutant General, directing the re-occupation of Jalapa. We presume that before this time a military post has been established in that city. We cannot doubt that Major Lally's force joined w ith Col. Wynkoop's and General Lane's force, at least 2(XK), has advanced to form a junction with Gen. Scott. Union. From the N. O. Delia, Oct. 1st. Entrance into the City of Mexico. In convers ing with an intelligent officer, who expressed in very j strong terms his convictions that those who condemn Gen. Scott for not entering the city, after the victory of Churubusco, did so without a full knowledge of the difnciilties vf the undertaking, we were forcibly impressed with a statement of his in relation to the very great impediments and perils in storming a city like Mexico. The city of Mexico is built in the centre of a lake, which we believe is nearly dried up, and the only approaches to it are over causeways fro :i one and a half to two milvs lung. These are defended by strong batteries, manned by a large army, and the heads of the 6treets into which the causeways run ore also barricaded and defended by cannon. Had Gen. Scott advanced upon the city, he would have lost fully a half of his army, and, added to the losses he had already incurred in tiie battles of Contreras and Churubusco, would have been severely crippled, if not placed hors du combat. Besides, we have already seen the proclamation of Gen. Herrera, calling: on the people of the city to avail themselves of all the means of defence they can lay uie.r nanus on j to nun Moues iruui me tops oi me houses; to pour boiling water on the invading foe in other words, to imitate the devotion of the Buenos Ayreans, when they destroyed the English under Gen. Whitelock. Such is the defence of General Scott's conduct in agreeing to the armistice after the battle of Churubusco, It a. i t t i . 1 t mace oy a orotiier soldier and admirer oi tne uenerai. v unuui entering into tne uiscussion or tne expeaiency ot the armistice, there is one inference which we( min we may sareiy ueuuee irom tue loregoing argunient. It is the improbability of the heavy loss which) Uen. bcott is reported by the Mexican rumors, which came over on the James L. Day, to have incurred before he had taken the city. It is very improbable that Ucl. Sx-ott would attempt to storm a city so well ceten - ded against such a movement, when he has it in Ins power to accomplish its tall by tha sate and little destructive mode of bombardment, against which the city has no defeuees. We think, therefore, tuat Gen. Scott, if he has cappower to accomplish its tall by tha sate and little tured the city of Mexico, has done it by bombardment, and has sustained but a small loss. The situation of me my caoc3 n Plenum unuuuiuiiuuu iu.u .iu.u our heavy guns, and we feel assured that the citizens would not hold out long against so fatal and disastrous a shower of missiles as Gen. Scott no doubt opened upon it. " We sincerely trust they saw the madness of such obs.inacy, in time to prevent any ot those amictive scene which usually mark the bombardment of a large city. A Toktedo Trap. A shop-keeper in Pratt street, Baltimore, says the Sun, near the Eastern Spring, had frequently missed money from his drawer, and being at a loss whom to suspect, fell upon the following original and injxenius method of detecting the thief. Before retiring to bed he placed a number of torpedoes on the floor, in the vicinity of the money drawer. Durinf the night he was awakened by the noise of the exploding tell-tales, and running into the store, he found a colored servant girl standing by the drawer, the most perfect imaginable picture of terror; no doubt imagining that the prince of mischief himself was at her elbow, and fearing to move, least ßhe should feel the hot grape of his satanic majesty about to remove her to the t-hades below. No Proscription for opinion's sake. Out of fifteen field otScers appointed by th Governor of Kentucky, he has selected one democrat ! True, wc didn't expect anything better, and therefore have said nothing about it. The wonder is, that he appointed one. We have noticed the subject, to record the fact that the Governor did appoint one political opponent. It would not do to let such an act of extraordinary liberality on the part of Gov. Owsley, pass without due notice. Let it go down to posterity, that a whig Governor did, in the year 1347, in the state of Kentucky, irive one democrat a military commission. Lou. Democrat. Death or Rev. Messrs. P. B. and L. N. Peck. In our paper last week we mentioned the death of Mrs. Teck, wife of the Kev. John reck, and the sickness of his sons, the Rev. Philetus B. Peck of Oswego, and the Rev. Linus N. Teck of Hamilton. We have now to make the melancholy record that both these brethren have followed thus soon their departed mother. The Rev. L. N. Feck died Oct. 4, at 10 o'clock P. M., and his brother thirty hours later. We have no particulars, except that they departed in peace. N. Y. Baptist Recorder. Marriage Between two Women. Two persons, the male apparent, a dapper young tailor, with a splendid form, agreeable manners, etc., the female a lady not so young, but still jicssessed of charms, recently entered into the holy bonds of matrimony at Marseilles, France ; when, lo and behold, it turned out that neither belonged to the "lords of creation." A suit at law has grown out of this singular affair. Death op Dr. Power. The respected Catholic Bishon, the Right Rev. Dr. Power, died at Toronto, Ca., on Friday week last. His illness was caught in the discharge of bis duties as a clergyman among the sick poor.

Curiosity. II mi.ltlll T. 101TOX. Fancy bore me to the ocean, When the wind was soft and low, And the waves whh gentle motion, Kipp ed in thrir ebb and flow. Then I saw the 'parry bowers. And the coral pillared halls, Where the sra nymphs twine the flowers, In H eir glittering coronals. Tbere I saw the pcreids keeping Vigil by the lost and brave. Who no longer wept, are sleeping Softly in their ocran grave. Then I wished to know the story, Of the lonely sleepers tbere. Whether they were young; or bosry ; When they fell, and who ihty were. To a mountain then she bore or, On her wing so fair and fleet; Silent sunl'ght glitteied o'er at, Frust was piled around my feet AnJ the fairy clouds were sailing Like bright spiiits far below. With their white wings furled or trailing, Gently pasted they on and slow. Then I wished to have the power To descend amid their ringp. And compel the sunlight shover To unto'd the rainbow's wogs. And I sighed to see the lightting tlarnexsed to the storm-god's csr, Ru i.bliug, gleimmg, fhshinp, brightning, O'er the trembling earth aar. Onward, upward still she txre me. On a pathway all unknown. Till beneath, around and o'er me, Suns and worlds and sy items shone. Till our little world in seeming. Was a star, whose distant light Sparkle ! like a jewel gleaming On an ocean infinite. Then I wished to see the creatures Who inhabit worlds so bright; Had they human Conns auJ feature! Had they bemly, mind and might? Had ih'y kept, without rebelling, All the bliss that snce was nur? Were they still securely dwe.ling Iu unfailing Ede i bower! Who coulJ tell me, who could tell me! Wis loin's voice was hushed and still ; Fanry bad the power to spell me. But my mind she could not till.

From the Few Orleans Delta. The Kuliiis Passion Strong in Death: OR, TWO YELLOW FEVER ANECDOTES. It is an old proverb thit the "ruling passion is strong in death." We see exemplifications of toe fact every day, but never did we liear of it being carried out to its frill extent until yest2rday. We "tell the tales as they were told to us." About two weeks ago a young man, well known in this city for his industrious and economical habits, was taketi sick with the yellow fever. The young gentleman in question, we are sorry to say, was very mean, in fact, so much s, that iu all probability he would have tanned the hide of a certain offensive insect, in order to have preserved its akin. This young man, although the very pattern of probity, wouldn't even wear stockings. Tne consequence was, that he caught cold one rainy diy, took the fever, and would have died, had it not been for his parsimony. The fever racked his frame, made his hend feel like a volcano on tiie eve of eruption, and so palsied his limbs, that he was scarcely able to move a finger. The eyes of the mean young gentleman were too weak to move in their sockets Lis tongue hung lazily in his mouth, and his heart had almost ceased to vibrate. His fice was as yellow us saffron, and his miserable appearance showed that the "scourge of our climate" had given him a splendid thrashing. Tiie dctor who had been attending him came in, and really believed that his patient was going to die, after feeling his pulse, told him he must prepare "fir ano her and better world." "Doctor," &aid the dying man, opening his languid eyes, "how long do you think I will live! "My poor friend, answered the pnysician, wiping the tears from his spectacles, "Id not tliiuk that you can live more than twenty-four hours." "Oh, doctor!" exclaimed the dying man. "don't say that! But etill, if I can't live, I suppose I must bend to the will of Providence!" tl. j. i - ...tit. t, kJ ... i-i " I The dying man covered over his face with the bed- ! dothes, and the pi lysician not being able to endure scene was just about tu depart when hits patient caije(i oul lo jlUn Doctor, what do YOU think lt Will cost for my funeral!' "My poor friend," ausweredthe humane physician, with tears in his eyes, "it will uot cost much prob - ably not more than $25." The dying man started up in his bed, and raising his hands as though he was going to exorcise a ghost, exclaime(i u tne most pitiable tones, "OA no, Doctor, don'i sau ifal' I can t afford lo pay $2o tobe buried. li s hi Ker than olhsr pcop!e m anj CM ajford ür go savin", the voun? rrentleman sunk back, and wept jlke M10be. Although worth some four or five I tilousan(J pilars in solid cash, he couldn't afford to j t- 4 WO die because his funeral would cost him $25. The . meailnt,M 0f iJls jisnosition striking into his system, ; drove ,he lever out and he recovered. Tjje . auecjole that we have to relate, is that j The nexl auecjole that we have to relate, is that ;0f an unfurtUIiate man who was taken sick with the (fever, and who was attended on by a gentleman in every way gkiiej in j, profession. The worthy docj tor pasäinfr m hl, gj by a hovel in the upper part of the ci, erj jn Ui6 morninjr ,eard some one moanjln,T ft8 j fTreat pajn lil9 sympathies being arroused, he alighted, and went to the spot from whence the noise proceeded. It was a wretched apartment; in a litle narrow room, the walls of which were cov - ered with mildew iu one corner there was a bedstead that seemed almost too weak to stand up. A pine taIpith. stood bv the bedside; then there was a trunk and an old chair, and these; were all the articles cf furniture in the room of the ,1..;.... , 'rim j.trJri.n nnnroiulipi! the hed of the uiini' man. x ic ui i, i ii'tgaspin on my mind!" "What is it, my poor fellow! If you have anything that weighs heavily on your conscience, reveal it to me, for I solemnly assure you, that you have uot long to live." Oh, Doc.! I've been a great gambler in my time. I was h 11 on chuckerluck, and great at thimblerig'-" The physician told him that his remarks were not at all suited to his situation that he was dying, and should place his thoughts on some more serious subject. ., Do you really think I'm goin' to die, Doc! said the dying man. "You have not twenty-four hours to live, replied the doctor. The dying man, in a faint voice, requested the doctor to hand him a pair of old blue cotouade trowsers, which were hanging on the back of the only chair in the room. The doctor did so, and the unfortunate invalid, plunging his wan, yellow hand into his trowsers pocket, drew forth a bill, and informed the doctor that "he'd bet him a cool $5, and go another $5 better, that he wouldn't die he'd be d d if he uould!" The doctor left, and the man survived. (7-We understand, says the Weston (Mo.) &rald, that five or six men belonging to the Arkansas battalion have been arrested and put in irons at the Fort, charged' with robbing and attempting to kill some of the returned volunteers, two of these latter were found badly bruised and nearly seuseless. Their money was gone and themselves intoxicated. The men who were arrested belong, w e believe, to Capt. Koscialowski's company. , Shocking Murder. The Carthage Casket contains an account of a shocking murder committed on the body of Holland Davis, a worthy and respectable citizen of Smith county, in the public highway, 00 the 30.h ult., by a man named William D. Hale. The arm of the deceased was found broken, and on his body the Coroner' counted thirty-four stabs, inflicted with a large knife. Hale has fled. Aah. Whig,12lh. The steamboat Iowa sunk just above Eayou Sera, a few days since, by coming in collistun with the steamer Declaration. The Iowa went down immediately after the collision.

sufferer, and alter looking at ins tongue anu ieenng j since cnungeu proprietor a um. i-, . his puise, told him that fe thought he could not live, j changes, one of them received $14,000 for lumber 'Oh Doc.!' exclaimed the unfortunate creature ! taken from it. It has been sold within a few weeks

r all the while ior cream, "i ve got tuiueiuu iui . .

A Good Hit Z The following from the Lrookville American, isde-

j cidedly the best hit of the season. We commend it j td the editor of the El Republicano: ' "A Scexe of HoRRoit. The execution of the no torious liuey and his seventy associates by Gen. Scott, as noted in our news from Mexico, must have been a scene of horror. Seventy men executed atone time for desertion from the army and standard of I heir country! They were taken fighting against their own country, and had forfeited their lives, and the law was rightfully and rigidly executed. Have we not some among us who sympathise with these seventy betrayers of their country ! And although we would not abridge the freedom of opinion, yet we believe we have rneo among us who are doing us more injury, and who are as much traitors at heart as Riley and his associates, but have not sufficient courage to carry out their treason." . The American is right. There ere some "among ns who are d"ing us more injury" than the notorious Riley and his companions in infamy. Men whose task is to heap censure upon their own government, to decry the country's cause, and admiuifter 'aid and comfort" to our treacherous enemy. Yes, we blush to confess it, but truth-compels us to sar there are traitors among us, bearing the name of American, who would rally around the black flag of Mexico, but their cowardly souls "have not eutlicieflt courage to carry out their treason. Jacksonian. ITlii? IE ii in. We shall serve up weekly, in broken closes, a little whig "ruin," all caused by that "Locofoco Tariff," of. 1S4Ü-7. Columns could be filled were it necessary, and that from the pens of the whig false prophets. The receipts of flour at. Boston, during the nine months ending on the 30;h of September last, were 623,243 bris., and 8,600 half do. The receipts of grain during the quarter ending on the 30lh of September last were 751,423 bushels of corn, 9'),303 bushels oats, lö.OSU bushels rye, and 39.7Ü3 bushels shorts. The total value of domestic produce exported from Boston, from July 1 to September 30, 1847, was $2.522,514. Western (Massachusetts) Railway. The business of this road continues to grow steadily. The Boston Co-irier says The receipis on this road for the week ending Saturday, September 25th, were $33,000 against $20,000. Gain for the week, 13,000. Gain in the last four weeks, $44,0'.K). Whole pain since 1st December, 43 weeks, 275,000 ; equal to $335,000 for 4he 52 weeks ending 30;h November; which would make the whole income this year nearly 1,310,000. After deducting the interest and expenses, the nett earnings will be equal to 12 per cent, upon the share capital. There is a new movement in flour and grain. The demand in the Eastern market is now so great that it is impossible to procure fi eight-room sufficient to answer the demand. All the shipping, as well a9 the Boston railroad, is pressed into the service, at very fair rates. It is probable that the demand will continue through the season, in order to press a sufficient winter supply forward. Albany Hte. J.mr. Building im New Yoek. A correypondent of the Evening Post, during i recent visit to the eight or trn ship yards along tiie Enpt lliver, counted twenty-evei) ships and steamers of the iirst magnitude now on the stocks, or lately launched. Of the ten steamers, several steamships for the ocean. A Fighting Parson. It is a well known fact, that many of the southern Methodist parsons ere members of the church militant as well as the church triumphant. It is said that a Melhodi-t minister was captaiu of a company in one of the Mississippi regiments. Just before the battle of ßuena Vista commenced, and whilst the troops were forminj, he delivered he following pithy prayer, at the head of bis company : "Be with us this day in the conflict, oh Lord ! We are few, and the enemy are many ! Be with us as Thou wast with Joshua, when he went down from Gilgal to Bethhorn and Ajalon, to smite the Arnorites. We do not ask ihee tor the sun and moon to , sUmj 8liuf but grant 1S plenty cr power.f peMty 0f j daylight, and no cowards. Take old Koogb and Ready un(er Tny special charge. Amen. Company, j hv fie ri?llt flank ! quickstep 'forward m-a-r-c-h ! ; jjia com,,anyt jt is performed wonders ou the fielJ tJiat day. Me. Bancroft in England. The Rev. Mr. Clapp, of New Orleans, sutnewhat celebrated for his attachment to Mr. Clay and the whig party, writes from Ijondon: "Mr. IJancrett, the American minister, lias of great service lo me. I hae been at his house 1 seven times once at a party. Mr. Bancroft is one iof the most popular ministers the United States has j ever 6ent to this court. He is very popular with the ; nobilitv. Thev sreak in the mt exalted terms of , llit character, learning ai d eloquence. Mrs. Bancroft! 3 cnuallv weil liked tiiey reflect lustre on their ow tiame, their families, their friends, their country, and ... : . , Dreciolls :., cl vilizntioa and refinej nient." Gen. Pillow. Destiny must have somethinjprand 'and masnificent in reserve for this rrentleman. No j mn. excetit Gen. Jackson and Mr. Polk, has been so I plastered over with dirty abuse as Gen. Pillow has been miserable vile abuse disgraceful to those who been miserable vile ubus : apply it disgusting to all j ii utterly harmless to tht we mny say, highly benef 11 decent people who witness e intended victim or rather. beneficial to him. as vill.ficatior from those'sources is looked upon by the American people as prima facie evidence at Ieat that the individual ocainst whom it is directed is a worthy man,. j a good citizen, who ought to be dear to his country i as he is hated by her enemies. A. O. Courier. 1 Speculation double and twisted. A gentleman i in this city, with whom we are well acquainted, purchased, borne vears a?o. a township of land in the State of Maine, for two cents and a half an acre amounting to about Sb-J. Some two or three years a terward. he sold the townshio for Sli.OOO. It has t - i 03-The venerable father Badin, who sung High Mass at the Cathedral on Sunday last, is now in his 9(ith year, and has been in the Mississippi valley fiftyfonr years. He has betn a witness of the infancy, growth, and matured manhood of the Great West. Old age sits lightly on his frame, and the blessings of temperance and a guileless mind are realized in the vigor and cheerfulness which animate the last days of a life well spent. Cm. Times, Oct. 8. Great Fire at Richmond, Va. The largest Cre i that ever occurred at Richmond, Va., broke out on Sunday morning last. It first appeared in tbe extensive establishment known as Chevalier's Gallego Mills. These were entirely consumed, together with several tobacco, and other warehouses, aud a number of mercantile establishments. Suicide. Mrs. Weldon, formerly Mrs. Gnughey, of this city, and who eloped with Dr. Weldon, some years ago, recently committed suicide by hanging herself, in Covington, la. A miserable end of a life made miserable by conjugal infidelity. Ckteluni Herald. Catital of Iowa. The commissioners appointed at the last session of the Iowa Legislature, to select a new al of Government, have elecUd a spot on a beautiful prairie in Jasper county, 30 miles from the geographical centre of the territory. They call it Monroe City. His Character Unscathed. Lieut. Adde, whowas charged and tried for cowardice in a lale attack just before the battle of Contreros, has been honorably acquitted. The charges of cowardice against him were unfounded, and Lieut. Graham has offered him an apology. American Champagne. A Mr. Longworth, of Cincinnati, states that he has nmde from his last season's vintage of Catawba grapes, (i.COO bottles of chainpnsrne, which promises to be of superior quality, and wilf be fit for use the next year. Mr. Tollock, midshipman on the Uv S. .steamer Michigan, has been convicted of shooting at M'. Jew..'tr, uf the Duffalo Com. Adv., with intent to kill, and sentenced to the State Trisou for 5 years.

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