Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 19, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 November 1847 — Page 2

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ETCBKAL TIGILASC: IS TltE PRICE OT LIBERTY. rtJöilxuoLis, xovöiiikic 4, isn. Our Terms. The following w ill hereafter be the permanent terms of the Wttljy Indiana State Sentinel: fJrPayments to be made always in advance. One copy, one year, . . . . . .C2.00 Tliree copies, one year, o.(H) Five copies, one year, 8.t0 Ten copies, one year, 15.00 Twenty copies, one year, 0.00 Seml-Wcckly. (Published three times a week during the session ) One copy, xl.UU Three copies, 10.00 One copy during the session, 1.00 Three or more copies, each Messrs Bedient &. Green are agents at Cincinnati for the Indiana State Sentinel. (t-Soe first page Semi-Weekly. Democratic Slat Convention. The democrats of the Slate of Indiana are requested" to appoint delegates to represent them in a Statt' Convention to be held at Indianapolis on the 8th day of January, ISIS, 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 delegates ut the earliest practicable period, and not less, if possible, than its-representation in the Genera! Assembly. It is desirable, however, to have as large a representation as possible. tf By order of Slate Central CummitUe. Clünder the bead of '-Question of Veracity and Patriotism," the Journal of the J:h endeavors to re but our imputation? against it for its evident want of those qualities in its course towards our volunteers. It says that the question turns upon its assertion that the regiment was "not full." Not so. It turns upon the evident disposition manifested by the Journal, on that and several other occasions, to discourage and sneer at the volunteer?, and those willing to become such for the defence of the country. Although one company in the regiment was not full, we still assert that "volunteering" docs not "flag:," as the Journal asserted. We have just received a letter giving us information of two companies which will be in readiness if a sixth regiment shall be called for, and asking us for early information on the subject, if we thould happen to get it. Every volunteer may not be particularly desirous to connect himself with a cer tain regiment, bttt that is no evidence to us that i

l . 0 i .i Ts er competent to uo poou service in me neiu. may l'oou "volunteering fla;;s, as a peneral thing. No officer!, ,', , . 6, , , , . ' f . . . 4 licalih and good luck attend them, in their arduous came to this place tu recruit Lis company as the , campaigns. They will probably be absent a long Journal asserts. The only company not full was that j time some may never return but under all circumfrom the extreme north part of the State Fort j stances, it is i,ot doubted that they will sustain the Wayne ; and distance, from the rendezvous, we sup- 1 ,,0,10r f tl,ei.r c;,ull,r'. their State, and the American . r . n-! t l - . , name, bv their bravery in battle, and moderation in

i " ----- about the numbers in the companies: they were mus tered in with but GO ; but they averaged when they left, from 70 to 100. McDougall had over 00, and about CO men from one annvany went utcr and joined , , . r . , , ! 3 3 ! taiued. In all, about 1500 men, joined the Kentucky regiment for the same reasons, as we are assured on good authority. The truth is, the Journal guesses at tilings which it wishes were true, and then states its guesses for facts. Can this be done fiom good motives 1 "Consistency." The Journal of the 1st instant thinks the course of the Sentinel on the question of j annexing Mexican territory, is inconsistent and unaccountable, because in Juty last we asked "why Mr. M'Carty and the Liberty Party talk of the difference between the acquisition of new territory by conquest and purchase!" and, further, asked "who has ever advocated the conquest of any portion of the Mexican territory as a permanent acquisition!" and because we now say that ice are in favor of a boundary based upon the Sierra Madre chain of mountains, which will include the whole valley of the Rio Grande. The Journal is disposed to laugh "outright" at what it is pleas -d to consider as evidence of our "progression" on this subject. Very well: the Journal has been so lon crying over the misfortunes of its dear friends, the Mexicans, that a change of its lugubrious moanings into sjmethiug more jolly, must be gratify" ing to its readers. But we are neither inconsistent, nor have wc progressed any farther than the course of events and sound wisdom has required and will justify. We never expected to take anything else, but territory, in satisfaction of our claims on Mexico, for the good reason that they can give nothing else. But we have never advocated the war for the sake of such territory ; but merely for the purpose of teaching the Mexicans that they must deal w ith us justly in all respects. From the commencement of the war to the last defeat, the "olive branch" has been offered to the Mexicans afier every blow, in accordance with what we have considered the impolitic policy originally proposal by Senator Crittenden. Tiiey have as often refused to come to honorable terms, as tile proposition has been made; and have" rejected offers of accommodation and settlement through other agency. Our government has thus been forced to carry on the war against its own wishes; and we confess that we have "progressed" so far, if progress it can be called, as to make the Mexicans, instead of our own people, suffer the consequences. They should be made to pay a J irge portion if not the whole of the war expenses, and if they can pay them in nothing else but territory, and if we can, in the settlement, fix upon a good boundary by taking a few acres, we think it would be neither unjust nir unwise so to do. Pennsylvania. The new Legislature, according to official returns in the Pennsylvania!!, will stand as follows : Dm. j t Sna!e, Iluse, 19 51 7J Dem. mnj. on joint ballot, 20 The Democratic plurality for Governor iä about 19,000, and the Dem. majority over all, 7200. The Dem. Canal Commissioner has over 21,000 plurality O-Tho democratic net gain in the city and county of Philadelphia a nine thousand votes. These columns of figures are more forcible than column of writing Irvin, the defeated whig candidate for Govern or, voted in Congress against refunding Gen. J ackson's fine, and is o:ie of those politicians who seek to mix business with politics. (7-1 singular exhihiti n of the Aurora Borealis was manifested in th northeastern horizon on Monday evening, between 7 and 8 o'clock. The light shot tipward in white streaks, and appeared to difS( fuse or change its col ir into a deep red mist some thing like the appearance of sunset, on some occa sions. " No Dot;et. The London correspondent of the Courier and Enquirer says: "Depend upon it, that if the L iitcd Mates would assume the vhde of the Mexican lebt, they might roast and eat the Mexican t'ple without a remonstrance from any one of the virtuous nunc Courts of Europe.'

Departure of Volunteers. The 5th Regiment cf Indiana Volunteers departed from Madison on Sunday la-t for tie seat of war. A friend has furnished us the following particulars : Regimental FitlJ StajT : Colonel James II. Lane; Lt. Col. Allen May; Major John M.Myers; Adj. John M. Lord; Sergeant Major F. P. Bradley ; 2J do. Oldshue; 1st musician, Wm. Miller; 21 do. John Sunman J" Armorer, A. J. Gray ; Beg. Orderly T. II. Conrov.

Company A., Indiana Guards Cap'ain II. Hull, Lt. D. W. C. Rich, 2d do. John M. Lord, 2d 2d do. J. M. Lattimore. Company B., Rough and Ready Guards Caplain George Green, Lt. Thilip Roe, 2d do. Jas. M. Ross, 2d 2d do. II. Hensley. Comoanv C Covington Guards Captain R. M. Evans, Lt. Sylvester Crane, 2d do. Jas. D. Moore, 2d i i wr r" T2d do. W. II. Keep. Keep. Company D., Hancock B'hoys Captain Jamrs R Brackctt, Lt. A. M. Patterson, 2d do. J. M. Hamilton, 2d 2d do. II.J. Kelley. Company E., Shclbyville Hards Captain Samuel McKenzie, Lt. C. J. Shunk, 2d do. James Baker, 2d 2d do. Joel Barnes. Company F., Centre Guards Capt. John McDougal, Lt. Thomas McEaker, 2J do. W C. Kise, 2d 2d do. Thomas O'Neal. Company G., Grabb?rs No. 3 Capt. A. C. Gibbs, Lt. L. S. Moffatt, 2d do. II. W. Jones, 2d 2d do. G. Maxwell. Company II., Washington Guards Captain E. G. Cary, Lt. Thomas Marshall, 2J do. David Shunk, 2d 2d do. J. Ho'loway. Company J, Montgomery Coys Captain M. I. Manson, Lt. J. S. M. Vancleave, 2d do. John V. King, 2d 2d do. C. W. Osborn. Company K., not full Captain Lewis. The several companies departed as -follows: On board itcainer Xe Plus Ultra, Colonel Lane, Surgeon Athon, and companies E. D. and F. On the Phenix, Lieut. Col. May, Assistant Surgeon Mullen, and companies A. B. and G. On the Wave, Major Myers, Dr. McClucr, and companies C. II. and J. Tin: following officers were left, by orders, to recruit for the service : At Madison, Lt. II. V. Jones and Sergt. Ed. Badgeley. At Evansville, Lt. David Shunk and Sergt. Lance; At Lafayette, Lt. S. Crane and Sergt. Rosea. Of this regiment, the Madison Courier remarks: During the time this body of men have been encamped here, they have conducted themselves with great propriety, and their conduct has rejected honor on the character of the volunteer soldier. Wc have heard no complaints from our citizens, and of no disgraceful outrages on their part. Take them all in dl, l,,(y arc a ,Ine I,0,,kinS My of men, and appear victory. We learn that Colonel Lane l.as been ordered to appoint three Lieutenants, with three asj.stants from ,,,e ranks, to three different recruiting stations in the kS,tate' in order He regiment full at the time they remain in Mexico, lhis is considered a very wise proceeding, as c.ierieiice has tauIit that rf-n-i-merits soon dwindle down to comparatively few effective men. '1 lie second Indiana, for instance, had less than five hundred men on the n.orningof the battle of Luena V isla The Boston Post notices the effect produced by the whig trick of using Taylor's name, as follows:. In Tennessee, the whig presses mostly carry the name of Gen. Taylor for President, and a whig governor was chosen. In Georgia, Taylor's name surmounted that of Gen. Clinch, w hig, and a democrat is chosen for the first lime in several years. In Maryland, several of the w hig papers are for Gen. Taylor, and a democrat is chosen Governor. In Pennsylvania, Gen. Taylor has advocates on both fides, and a democrat is elected Governor by an old fashioned majority. Sans proiiere. The Franklin Democrat observes : It is evident that the Taylor fever has gone, as usual with w hig progeny, to an early grave. At the closing of the New ork Whig State Convention, a perfect remission took place; that b dy closed its labors by giving Three Cheers for Henry Clay! That was in'cnded ai the death knell of Tayloristn in New York. It is certain that Mr. Clay is a whig how could the embodiment be "anything else!" and Taylor might have been something "previous," hence the movement in favor of rallying "once more" around the thrice defeated aspirant to the Presidency. (5"A long time ago we told our readers that we had no confidence in the Democracy of Gov. Tortcr of Pa., because he advocated certain whig measures, anil in various ways played into the hands of the Whigs. The " Democratic Union," published at Ilarrisburgh, now t?ays In the election of 1316, for Canal Commissioner, David R. Poktek sustained James M. Power, named one of his canal boats after him, and openly opposed William B. Foster, the nominee of the Democratic party; and in the late election he openly opposed Gov. Shunk and supported James Irvin, the Federal candidate for Governor." Porter has committed the mistake which many other politicians have committed before him, in thinking that As was stronger than democratic princi ples or the democratic party. His will be the fate of all similar traitors. Land Sales ey the Solicitor of the Treasury. The W. Union of the 2 J:h ult. says, that the sealed proposals for the purchase of the interest of the Uni ted States in lands acquired in the payment of deb's, were this day opened in the Solicitor's office, in pres ence of several officers of the Treasury Department. Bids were received for each parcel advertised, and many of them at liberal prices. There were in all more than five thousand bids. These are all to be entered on bid books before it can be ascertained w hich are the highest. Every exertion will be made to decide this at the earliest possible moment, when notice will be given to those win se bids shall have been accepted. It is probable that sales of all the advertised property have been made. (rSpeaking of the execution of the Deserters by Gen. Scott in Mexico, the Brook viile American, a whig war paper, makes Borne remarks which we should like to see our Journal neighbor comment upon, to-wit 5 Have wc not some among us who sympathise with these seventy betrayers of their country ! And although we would not abridge the freedom of opinion, yet wc believe we have men among u who are doing us more injury, and who are as much traitors at heart as Hi ley and bis associates, hut have not sufficient courage to carry out their treason." fj7We find the following in the Ohio State Journal. For wag read whig, and it will apply to a good many persons out of the army if not in it. "A wag in the army has said that the United States ought to never make peace with Mexico, until she would agree to tak back all we have conquered, and Texas to boot; and I assure you there is more sound sense in this saying than you imagine." Popular Vote of Ohio. The Ohio Statesman gives a comparative table of the votes cast for Senators and Representatives at the late election in that State, by which it appears that the democrats have a popular majority of 1003, though the whigs have a miijurity in the legislature, and claim the election as an auti-waj triumph.

Corretponitnce of the Indiana Statt Sentinel. Washington, Oct. 21, 1217. My democratic friends here, from Ohio, are very much mortified to think their State has not yet giveu in her name, as & member of the church. I am net

certain but that they will accuse me of arrogance, in meddling with their business: and, in some views of the matter, they might do so with propriety; but I hope they will find an apology for my conduct, in the concern I give myself, lest my Indiana (for the is mine, and always will be) should fall into the same errors. I see nothing in the result of the Ohio election, calculated to raise a doubt, in the mind of a I inTm ftVcopvir r,f rviliriml fvAtifs nf fhtf ultra itrrnrv. v.. .... . j.. . - ... racy of the American people, in the aggregate; nothing that looks like a retrograde movement a secession from democracy to federalism: although I am free to admit that, anything looking to the removal, from the American Senate, cf William Allen, and filling his seat with a member of the opposition school. j . J" a high Wree. painful to a democrat ; and espeI cially so to one of the strictest sect : for if I were to !..... . ,.,. e ........ pruii.ii k xzi y u' miiv miu txiiicr in our couiurjr u:un doomsday, for democracy's self, I doubt very much indeed, if I could make a better choice than in William Allen. He is always where duty calls him, and never timid in its discharge : he remembers his friends; and nevpr see9 any thing in federalism's many phases, that he feels like "cafinoting" with. As a scholar, as a lawyer, as a money making man, he doubtless could have depended, and does depend, upon himself ; but as a statesman, he owes bis fame (and it is not a limited one) to the hard-fisted yeomanry, the democracy of the west; and no one remembers it more scrupulously or more gratefully than he does. But in any other sense, I see nothing, I repeat, in the result of the Ohio election, calculated to stagger one's belief in the democracy of the people at large. She never was, strictly speaking, a democratic State. Her first settlers Ufr pioneers were, mostly, broken down federalist's from the Atlantic States; some in finances, s-me in politics, and some in both. Some were retired officers of St. Clair's army, and some of Wayne's. From this original stock sprung, I have no doubt, a majority of the present voters of the State: and who ever heard of one of them turning over to the democratic pchool ! Yon may, I grant you, now and then CT m ' hear of such a thing; but it is exceedingly rare; and, when it does happen, the balance of the circle raise such a persecution against him, and such an inveterate hatred for him, that the poor fellow has to sell out and move to Indiana, Michigan, or some other free State; or, if he remains in Ohl, he dare not call his mind his own; and such men, when they get into the democratic ranks, are more of an incumbrance to the cause, than a help. A majority, I say, of the voters of that State, are do-ibtless sprung, in the first and second generations, from this old stock. They are found in every lawyer's ollice, every counting room, and every bank m the Slate. They not only vote the federal ticket themselves, but they influence others, in their employ or dependant on their favor for support, to vote likewise. v ho, under such circumstances, can be astonished that Ohio is a whig State! I am not. When I saw the democracy of the State fcght as they did in 1541, upon the bank question, and Vet fail, I said to myself, "Ohio is gone, for good." If emigration from other States, or the practical ope rations of a free trade tariff, one or both, do not con vert her, sh is joined to her idols: let her alone. If the people of a State will not strangle a bank in embryo, the latter will see, when full-Hedged, that they never do it afterwards. An Indiana democrat can speak knowingly upon that subject; and his brethren east of the Miami will, in the course of time, wish they had taken his advice. Perhaps I may be taken to task for saying that Ohio necer teas a democratic State. May I ask my interrogator ichrn she was Certainly not upon the war question of 112; for so many federalists, who were opposed to the declaration of that war, immcdi ately associuU-d themselves with the democrats in voting men and money for its prosecution, that no expression of opinion upon the abstract question was ever practicable ; or not at least until the war was over, when a fool could not then err- Certainly not in her vote for General Jackson, in 1923: for, while I do not hold such a vote au evidence of her federalism, yet I well remember that "domestic manufac tures, internal improvements and the present adniims tration," (Adams and Clay's) were the issues vainly sought bv the federahsts in that conflict, and studi ously avo.ded by the democrats, whose exclusive war cry was "down with the coalition, and up with the hero of IScw Orleans." Certainly not in the second vote, in 19o2, that she gave him ; for then the issue was "ruined currency" ajainst "down with the monster." Certainly not in the two elections of Gov. Lucas ; for in both those campaigns the issues were merely " Jackson men" and Clay men." Certainly not in the election of Gov. Shannon ; for, while that gentleman was elected, it w as occasioned by the abo litionists voting for their own candidate: besides, it subsequently appeared, that Gov. Shannon, in that contest, was merely the lesser whig of tue two. My interrogator cannot, for the life of him, point out but three political campaigns in Ohio, where federalism and democracy were, by the common consent of both parties, made the avowed issues; and, in all, federal ism was victorious. I allude to the two last guberna torial campaigns, and the Presidential one of IS 11. Still, I have a word of encouragement for the de mocracy of Ohio. Better material cannot be found Let them preserve their organization adhere 6trictly to their nominations, instead of quarreling with each other about which whig they shall vote for read eve ry man out of the ranks who carries water on both shoulders and the time may come when emigration t the State, and the practical effects of a democratic national administration, will yet crown their efforts with the victor's laurels. True, they have a -paper money machine, of immense power, and totally un scrupulous, which looks Olympus high, to meet in every conflict; but I bid them remember that their brethren in Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, and other Slates, had fully as much to encounter; yet they kept the faith, fought the good fiyot, and overturned the tables of the money chancers. They, too, may do the same if they will. G. W. K Important Invention. We learn from the Ha rerstowu Torchlight that Mr.Samuel Bentz, of Boons borough, Maryland, has discovered a process, which is now being patented, which, it is asserted, complete ly removes all bran and extraneous matter from wheat in its natural state, leaving the grain homing but pure, unground flour, effecting a saving of grain of at least one tenth. The editor adds The outer coating of the crain is completely rcmo ved, and instead of sixty one pounds of offal, (or one bushel of wheat to the barrel,) the oflal under this system will not exceed from seven to twelve pound and while from twenty-five to fifty per cent, of time is saved in the grinding, the varieties of wheat are improved from five to fifteen per cent, producing the best hot climate Hour known m the world. Ihese re suits have been arrived at by actual experiment, and the Dublic can thus see at a clance the immense im Dortancc of the imorovemeot. The cultiva ion of millions of additional acres could not benefit the world more than this single, and, as we are told, truly sim pie invention." A diploma has been awarded to the Inventor by the executive committee of the N. Y. State Agricultural Society. The Jefferson city (Mo.) Metropolitan epeakä of seeing, last week, a huge box, labelled "Her Majesty, Queen Victoria care of Lord Steward St. James's Palace, London." Its interior had compartments which were filled with venison hams, buffalo tongues, pickles, jellies, &c, the whole a present by Peter McLain, a native of the Emerald Isle, to her Majesty aforesaid. (7- If we had been Teter, we should have sent the things to our poor brethren ia Ireland, instead of the Queen. Induxians ix Battle. The Madison Courier Bays Among those wounded in the late battles at the city of .Mexico, we notice the name of John S. Simonj BOn, Captain of Dragoons. He is a prominent citizen of Clark county, and was appointed by the I'resident last winter. Also, that of James Tilton, of this city, a Lieutenant in the Volligeuf regiment, w hich so gallantly and effectively displayed itself at the storming of Clpupcc UcJtRT W. De Pit. Mr. De Puy ha for soma time pnst, been sick, in this city. We are happy to state Pr the benefit of hi numerous friend, that ha li convalescent, aud will soon be able to bo about Cincinnati Herald.

The News, feom Mexico We devote a considerable space in our paper to-day to the particulars of the late operations before and at the city of Mexico. They are full of interest to the reader, the painfulncsa of which is blended with amazement at the daring, and the most unqualified admiration of the heroism of

our army. It seems scarcely credible that a force of seven or eight thousand men could storm a city of 250,000 inhabitants, so well defended as Mexico, and filled with 13,000 troops, and take it in the face of the most appalling dangers. But if their daring excites special wonder, how much greater is our admiration of the subordination, order and ready and unhesitating obedience to the commands of their superior ofiicers, exhibited by troops flushed with victory, excited with the ardor of battle, indignaut at the treachery manifested by their foe, end enraged by the deaths of their companions, 6hot down in the streets after the surrender of the city. What an admirable state f discipline does it evince, and how nobly it sets or the character of the American soldier, that in the midst of this whirlwind of passion, with every incenlive to excess, he should so nobly govern his feelings, I and listening only to the voice of authority and hu manity, render ready assislancs to restore order to ie distracted city and to protect the lives and properr of the inhabitants. The population seemed to understand intuitively the character of our soldiers, nd however much they may have detested them as invaders, showed no lack of confidence in them as men moved by humanity and consideration for a fallen foe. But a few days elapsed since the streets were deluged with the blood of the victors when order reigned again in Mexico. The shops displayed their wares, the theatres opened their doors, and amuse ments held out their attractions, as though the city was in a profound state of peace, and the tramp of soldiers, the martial music, and the array of armed and glittering columns, were but the necessary attend ants upon the rejoicings of a celebration. We trust that conduct so meritorious may be maintained as long as our troops remain in the enemy's city, and that the new order of things, by inspiring the people with full confidence and protecting them in their rights, will convince them of the dmorence between authority, as exercised by Americaus, and the exactions and oppressions of their own rulers. And we may hope that the carnage at thfl capital is the last act m the tragedy in which the United States have been so un willingly compelled to take a conspicuous part. Mexi co will hardly dare meet the American army in another field. The guerillas may continue their attacks on isolated parties, but the large accessions to Gen. Scott's jrce will enable him to occupy the principal towns on the route to tho city, and confine the operations of these savages within very narrow Bounds. Addition al troops will be needed, if the country is to be held until a permanent peace shall be made, and they should be sent in such numbers as will secure the hold already obtained, and show the utter hopelessness of further resistance. Pa. Ijeder. Mexico. The fact that Gen. Lane, with his divi sion of more than men, was at Jala pa on the 30th ult., proves that the heights of Ccrro Gordo were not fortified by the Mexicans, as reported, or else that the fortifications were not of a formidable character. At Jahna, he must have found Major Lally, with his bnve command of about 1UDU men, which would swell the force under Gen. Lane.'to up wards of .5,000. V he'her he would immediately advance to Perofe, and their await the arrival of Gen. Cushing's brigade, (which must have reached Vera Cruz very early in October,) or stop at Jalapa until Gen. C. came up, we are not informed. In the latter case, he would advance upon Puebla with at least 5,WU men. By the last accounts from that city, the American garrison of about loO ) men, under Colonel Childs, was cooped up in the forts, and anticipating an attrck ; several thousand Mexican troops being assembled in and about , the town. Colonel Childs is however, reported to have felt confident he could maintain his position for a considerable period at least. Ey the 10th or 12th of October, Gen. Lane's division would come to his relief. It would not be sttrprising'if a severe battle should be fought there, between Lane s division and the garrison on the one part, and the Mexican forces on the other, who will naturally endeivor to prevent a junction. Having disposed of these forces as lie may be able, Gen. Lane will advance to the capital, and reinforce Gen. Scott, who will then have an available force of at least 12, 000 men. This will give him sufficient strength for all necessary purposes in and abut the capital, leav ing the additional 5,000 men, who are by this time at vera Cruz from Keutucky, lennessce, Indiana, Geor gia and Alabama, to keop open the communication from Vera Cruz, and garrison the principal points. Ihe achievements of General Scott s column, con sidering the numliers, natural advantages and fortifi cations against which he had to contend, are wonder ful. The battles of Contreras, Churubusco, King's Mill and Chapultepec, all of which were fought be tween Ihe luth of August and 14th of September, could only have been won by the most daring courage and self-sacrificing devotion. In each case our brave boys had to carry formidable defensive works by main strength. Of course many of them fell, though we think 3,000 is rather above the mark. 11ns includes the wounded, who are generally to the killed in the proportion of three or lour to one, and covers the whole loss since the advance from Puebla. Even so, it is a fearful number, and shows the terrible nature of the conflicts in which our troops have been enga ged. In every battle the Mexican force encountered was at least double, and their defences were equal to as many more. But the cool, determined bravery of our nun, led on by skilful and gallant officers, has overcome every obstacle, and planted our standard on the battlements of the capital. We can only hope, further, that it will 6oon be taken down, under the stipulations of a Treaty of Peace. Jour, of Com merce. Gen. Lane, with 3000.men, including Major Lally 's command, was at Jalapa on the 30th ult., and intend ed tu advance towards Puebla on the following dsy Major L., w ho had been some weeks at Jalapa, re ceived word from Col. Childs, commander of the American garrison at Puebla, requesting him to move forward with the least practicable delay, rrom Ja lapa to Terote is about 40 miles, and to Puebla 80 miles more. It is known that several thousand Mexi can troops were in aud about Tuebla, including, it is said, about "' 00 cavalry, commanded by Santa Anna in person. Gen. Lane will therefore, it is probable have a severe battle at or before his arrival at Puebla as be would there have the co-o.oeration of the Arne rican garrison, about 1,500 strong, it would seem to have been the policy of the Mexicans to meet him some distance this side of Puebla, say at A mosque, in the hope of cutting him off. We are inclined to think they will find hint a hard customer, as he has smelt powder before, having commanded in the battle of Bueua Vista, and is at the head of a fine body of men who will give a good account of themselves. The next arrival from Vera Cruz will probably bring us the result of the engagement, whatever it may be. X. V. Jour. Com., Oct. 37. To those farmers of the West who do not choosa to sell at present rates, the N. i . Journal of Commerce addresses the following : "We take the liberty to inform the West,"that there are now stores ' provided in New York at the Atlantic Dock, Sic, where grain can be stored to almost any extent, at half a cent per month per bushel. If placed in these stores, the grain ia on hand to meet any emergency; and it is no uncommon tiling for an adverse wind or an accidental smallness of arrjvals, to cause a considerable advance in prices for tho moment. The ability to take advantage of the fluctuations of the market, is a very great affair overbalancing the cost of stort go ten fold. As to the interest on the value of the article, it is the same7 here as elsewhere. Wheat here is also near to' mills, which can convert it into flour immediately, if that is desired." New Orleans U.S. Branch Mint. Duringthe month endin the 30lh Sept., thr,s was coined in thn United States branch mint in New Orleans, about 1,700,000 nearly the whole of which was in gold. From the first of the year up to the present time iG,OOß,000 have been coined, of which $3,000,000 were in gold. In nil probability, over 6,000,000 will be coined during the present year. The eipenses of the coinage of the present year, taking into consideration an trie expenses, win oe jess cost than that of snv mint in the world, ilia averoge for coinage will not be more than six mills to the dol - lar. This is the mint which the Whigs in Congress tried to destroy a year or two ago. . Three hundred houses, including the Protestant Chapel, were burnt ia Constantinople on the 13ih September.

IntcroMiiiz Mcxicati liocti tut-iit. The New York Jlcraid publ. slits the following letter, which it has recti ved from a gentleman in Mont

gomery, Alabama. It was found at the Hacienda of Santa Anna, after the battle of Cerro Gordo. The w riter, says the Herald, was for many years a resident of New York, as Mexican Consul, and at the same time the editor of a Spanish paper in that city. He was doubtless a secret agent of Mexico, to which he returned about a year fincc. This letter is peculiarly interesting ard imporiant, as Bhowing that as early as 1811, the Mexicans were preparing to commence a war against the United States, upun the conclusion of the annexation of Texas. It sustains the position heretofore taken, that she was merely seeking a pretext for such a declaration, partly from revenge at having at last been called to account for the wrongs committed upon our nation and citizens, and partly from the insane desire of conquering us in arms, or in the words of this writer, acquiring the glory of "belling the cat." This letter is also another link in the chain of evidence, that the position now assumed by Mexico, in regard to the territory betweem the Nueces and the Bio Grande is an afterthought; an adoption of the lesson taught by the whig politicians of the Lnited Slates, lhere was in 141, no question between the Governments as toboun dary, and if Mexico then meditated anything in re gard to Texas, it was the re-conquest of the whole ter mory. liut to the letter: New Yobk. May 7. 1814. To Hit Excellency the President, Gen. Don .Intonio Lopez de Santa ,lnna. Mt Mccr Yesebated Sia: Of course you have b-en fully informed of the condition of affains in this country by Gen. Almonte; and, thus, it would be superfluous for me to say anything on that sub ject. My object now is solely to call the attention of your Ex cfllency to the articles which have been written latterly in El J'oticioo tie .ImLot JHundot, not for what thry are worth, but because all that I say in ibem is the pure truth ; nd on this account they afford material for serious rt flee tion. In order to know this country, it is necessary to be here many years, study it well in all its aspects, undergo many vicissitudes, and experience difficulties. Thus it is that travellers who have written about this country, have only written nonsense. Gen. Almonte, birrstlf, with all his knowledge of this people, can continually pick up facts which bad before escaped bis notice: and I, myself, am al 0 leirning something new about them every day. From all which I have been ahle to observe, I have ob tained the thorough conviction that this is an enterprising nation, full of energy, which holders more on rashness than on true coutage, ambitious without bounds, and uniting to a childish presumption a want of all fixeJ princi pe Of Justice. Ihe blind vanity with which they are possessed, causes them to regard all other nations, and es pecially i ur race with the greatest contempt, and it will be only by means of some hard lessons that reason can be knocked into these men whose understandings are so far astray, in consequence of their never having known an adversary ; and in my opinion no one can learn them these lessons better than Mexico. To do this it is only necessry to prepare yourself to main tain an endless war against this country ; the Russians burnt Moscow and saved ihe empire ; Moscow is now flourishing, and Napoleon terminated his da; s sadly at St Helena. Let the people retire from the coasts with all their cattle and effects, let them guard the mountain pass es, continually surprising from thence thoe who dare to land on the fchores, and the climate will do the rent. Let them arm the Indians who hav been thrust out on our frontiers Dy l&ese people, in the most perfi lous and barha rpus manner; arm also the negroes, promising them lands from those which ihey conquer; proclaim also the abol tion of slavery, and let an army of 20,000 regular troops be planted in lexas to ustain the movement of the nuxiliaiy troops, w ho will act as gu"ril!as; let both of these for ces retire to safe positions whenever the enemy advance in large numbers, merely endeavoring to fatigue them by continual marches and countermarches, and then faliinsr on them in all security, when they are thoroughly tired out, and completely exhausted by hunger and thirst. Finally, in order to accomplish all this, there is no ne cessity fur going hastily to work; but we can imitate the example of Fabius the Tardy, acting with the same vigilance that that famous Roman consul observed, so that the Mexican army may be preserved in fact, and the war msy last as long as the one between Spaniards and M.iora, w hi 1st oar privateers are scouring every sea. and annihilating the American commerce, and I will forfeit my head if they do not, on their knees, beg a pence from Mexico before six years have passed, allowing her to dictate the conditions, for it is not killing men which will alarm this people, but the expenses and costs which they are put to. Beyond th s it is necessary to recol ect that war can also be made with the pen now a days, and a manifesto on the part of Mexico published in the three languages, Spanish, Englieh and French, woulJ attract towards her much sympathy, particularly from the abolitionists in all parts of the world, who are now both numerous, sirong and active, for which it will be necessary to settle all small questions, with the rest of the world, even making temporary concessions, not perpetual ones. When these Northern and Eastern States see that the war is going to be a long one, that they have lo contribute much, that their commerce is ruined, and their funds or credit prostrated, they will soon raise the cry against the Southern Stales, and an issue will be raised which will only end with the Union, and leave the Southern States alone. And how the rest of the nations will nj jice in the humbling of the pride of the United States, and what glory for Mexico in being the one that '-belled the cat." Would your excellency believe that in the contempt with which they regard Mexico, it has never occurred to this people that you have taken any of these measures, or would take them, until I have alluded to it in my articles. The mere hint that I threw out that Mexico, in her despair, would sell the Californias to a powerful nation, has alarmed them in a most inexplicable manner, supposing that this country is Engtand. That article, which you will see in El Xoticioio of the 20th April, was like a rocket in awakening them, and immediately it was copied by all the opposition paper; and, without vanity, I may say that on its account many who were before undecided. have declared against the treaty, and since then the most terrible opposition bas been made to it. Finally, I believe, that at present annexation will not take place; but let your Excellency rest asiureJ that 011 this account we must not desist ; war is the only thing that can save the honor of Mexico and the integrity of her territory, as what I slate in the last number of the Noticioso of the 4lh inst., is the exactcst truth. Moreover, without war, this people will swallow up this country with their deceits and falsehoods , and there is no other mode of restraining theai than by a well directed war. My zeal bas perhaps allowed my pen to run too far into such matters which your excellency understands far better than I do ; but I hope that your goodnes will not attribute them to presumption, but lo the enthusiasm which naturally inspires me in the good wishes I have to see my country triumphant over its false friends and natural enemies. GoJ grant that I may see them verified, and that your excellency may be chosen one to direct such a worthy enterprise ; and oh! that I may be of some service, even from such a very humble servant as I am of your excellency. JUAN DE LA GRAM A. Old Berks A State. The following deserved compliment to "Old Berks," we find recorded in the Democratic Union. Read it ; all true. During a close Presidential election, in Pennsylvania, some years ago, and long before the "lightning line" was established, a gloomy party of Ohio politicians were sitting; down in a small ofJce in Columbus, Ohio, cyphering out the returns of Pennsylvania, to see if 4t could possibly be made to go for the democratic candidate ; and it so happened that old Ecrks was amongst the last counties "to be received. All eyes in Ohio were then turned to the sterling democracy of the Keystone county of ihe Keys-tone State; but it seemed to be hoping against hope, to expect one county to change the result, as, to them, it then stood. Suddenly, however, the postman's horn was heard, a messenger was despatched to the post-ofiice, the returns brought in IJcrks was" good for 4000 majority for the Democracy, and Pennsylvania was redeemed. Then it was that the eloquent Erough cried out in a paroxysm of delight, "Uy the eternal, from this diy forth, let old Eerks be a Slate." If old Ecrks was worthy of being called a Slate then, we see 110 reason why she should not now be called a "Democratic Confederacy." , Fact trat steaks Volumes. Schuylkill is the great coal, as well as an, irou region of Pennsylvania ! This county gave 1,050 majority for Shunk ! Columbia county is the great iron region. It gave l.öü'J majority for Shunk! Centre, Luzerne, JiilHin, Juniata, and nearly all the other iron and coal regions ' ave 'arge majorities for Shunk ! What does our 1 protective turiif neighbor, the " Daily News," Bay to this 1 Phila. Times. Mr. Ritchie, of the Washington Union, says he has been an editor for 43 years and two months, and IMr. Allen, of the Pittsficld (Mass.) Sun, having been 47 years in the service, is the senior of our tribe in the U. Slates.

KT THE LAST ITIAII.S. Several days later news than that brought by the Fashion had been received at New Orleans from Vera Cruz. There is uo'.Lißg of importance from Mexico. Contradictory reports were in circulation at Vera Cruz, relative to Gen. Lcne's command ; but it was generally believed that he wculd succeed in relieving

Col. Childs at Puebla. ,t7The demand for money is increasing in the eastern cities. Conetpondince cf the Journal tf Commerce. Washington, Oct. Üoth. . I have reason to believe that orders have been sent out to General Scott, to take measures for disarming the Mexicans, in all parts of the country, as far as practicable. The CINCINNATI. Oct I:irLcts. I'O. Flour Sales t -dav of i5 brls choice brand from store, at 4.'J" ; COO Iris de liverable at Lawrcnceburgh next week at 4.70 ; several lots at4.Nr, 1(U brls from cam! at 4.7s ius-mcted. Buchcheat Flour A tale tf 47 brls at s j ; 1(J0 sacks at UJc per lb. UAii, alcsof 73 brlslic; 20 dj at 15lc; 15'-2 do in three lots at 15c. IIos A sale if 4!i0 head Kentucky, average weight iXN lbs at $1.50. Call e A s-ale a few days since of 47 head, average weight over OVjO lbs at si. iMrd Sales of 1000 k s i.ew No. 1. stenm ren dered, at 10c ; 13 Irls new L'utchers at tc.(iaztltc. NEW YORK, Oct. MO 3 P. F.our .Market firm, at jsf 50 J to G U'.M, ai:d at the latter price delivered in November. W'Ueat Prime white, Äl 4'. Good Ohio, Äl 42. Corn rrime while, 7Gj per bushel. Prime yellow, 77 to 78c. V Oils ö'c pel bu. Rye Doc per bu. Pork Western tnc?s, No. 1, $10 73 per brl nominal. Ohio Statesman. The late Gov. Wkigiit. The Journal of Insan. ity, edited by Dr. L'righatn, has an appropriate obituary reminiscence of Gov. Wright, from which we extract the following : "lie died at his residence, September 9;h, of apoplexy, it is generally stated ; but this, we are confident, is a mistake. He probably died of angina pectoris, or disease cf the heart, or blocu-tessels immediately connected with ;t. Having been favored with a letter from his highly intelligent physician and friend, Dr. Clarke, and obtained other information from undoubted authority, we feel sure that he did not die of apoplexy. He had worked very hard during the summer, and of late particularly so, in clearingout ditches, loading the earth into a wugon, aud in raking, pitching, and binding grain, whica operations required a stooping position ; and while thus engaged. Lad been twice attacked with sudden and severe pain at the breast, which sitting down relieved. One of thc.se attacks occurred on Wednesday previous to his death, while he was pitching oil" a lo.d of wheat in the barn ; the other on Friday, w bile raking. L!oth days were cx'.rcmely hot. These attacks lasted from three to five minutes, during which, he became very pale, sweat profusely, and said the pain in his chest was very severe, extending some to the neck and arn: ;. lie was 01 ten exposed to the evening air, aud iMt unfrequently to the lain, without coat, vest, or cravat. The evening previous to his death, he worked very hard and late, getting in his wheat. His diet was plain, end his dr,:.k cold water, not tasting, on more than three or four ocensions, of any wine or spirituous liquor during the summer. By this course of life, labor on the firm during the day, and writing and reading in the night, he had become some reduced in flesh, but enjoyed good health.. "There seems nut to have Leen any obvious exciting cause of the fatal attack. He ate his breakfast as usual, and then walked to the PostOfT.ee. The letter he opened and read at the otlice was from a relative, and contained nothing the least exciting. He had experienced no mental disturbance that can be ascertained. 'Most strikingly similar in the suddenness and manner of attack, time of day, severity and continuance of the puin, remedial measures end instantaneous death, is the case of Governor Wright to that of Dr. Arnold, the celebrated historian and scholar, whose life has recently been republished in this country. We presume both died of Angina Pectoris." Domestic Exchanges. The country is now in a singular position in relation to de meetic exchanges. Not only are tills on England at a discount, but bills on New York are at a discount all over the West and S.iu!h. Any where you may have drafts at par, and there are large sums lying here to the credit of banks all over the country, which thosa banks cannot draw fur, because nobody in their locality wants money here. This state of things proves how great and how profitable has bren the produce business. It shows, too, that the people have not exhausted their resource in new purchases, but have paid up their debts, and have an idle surplus. So if a merchant at any point has taken lODi) bushels of wheat from his various customers at 10) cents, and sold it in New York for 170 cent?, making 'S) cents protit over all charges, there will be "200 left to his credit somewhere. If the farmers only -expend three-fourths of the price which they receive, there will he a balance due to them; and if the slipper here sells the wheat for a jrofit in England, there will be a balance left him; and as the demand for English goods here is only for three-fourths of the original cot of the wheat, if all along the line of this prosjerous business the parties expend but threc-fourtha of the. profits whieh they make, then there will be a surplus all along the line. This, we take it, is just the case at present; and so without a national bank, or a protective tariff, we have exchanges not at par merely, but above par, in all these directions in which it was 6aid that these machines were necessary to prevent drains of coin and bankruptcy. Tlainly some other expedient must b devised to break the tanks and ruin the country besides free trade; for that produces exactly the opposite effects. JV. Y. Jour, of Com. fjT-The Albany Evening Journal his dropped Gen. Taylor. It says it was at first inclined to support him thinking him to be a whig ; but 3 he has written many letters to show that he is not a whig and will not co-operate w ith the whig party, it cannot urge his nominatioq. ft adds, wisely enough though a strange conclusion for a whig an Administration w ill and must have its supporters and opponents; and it is far better that we should differ upon measures and principles than about men and places." The whigs here will soon be the only Taylor w higs in the Union. St. Louis Union. The rapid growth and immense esourecs of the great west is well illustrated bv the fact that the wheat crop of Michigan, for the present year, is estimited, by the Patent OlTice, at 10,(;00,(Oü of bushels. Ten years ago most of the flour, pork, and corn consumed in Michigan, was taken from Ohio. Now that St;ite is almost able, with her surplus, to supply the home market that whig politicians rely upon to consume the surplus of ihe Union. fjT" The Mayor of Ealtimore, w ho appoints the sweep-masters of that city, lately discharged one of them by the name of Nicholas Thrush, for fixing an iron collar upon the neck of one of his apprentices, a little colored boy. The collar was made after the fashion of a handcufT, and was firmly nvetted ur-u hoy's neck, so firmly that a file was necessary to take it off. Ecclesiastical Notice. The Synod of Indiana will meet at the 21 Presbyterian Church to-morrow (Thursday) at 11 o'clock, A. M. The sessions of the Synod will be open to all who may see l't to attend then. There will he public worship in the 2J Church on each evening during the session cf this body, commencing at half past six o'clock. Eesides the membeis of the Synod. Eev. Mr. Calhoun, of Syria, Prof. Allen, of Cincinnati, and other distinguished pteachers are expected to be present. r.lAr.::ii:T) In this city, ru Thursday theCSth inst., by Eev. John Eaverty, Mr. S:r.:r.ox Shay to Miss Makgakei C. Elcmhalt, all of this city.