The Wabash Courier, Volume 16, Number 14, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 December 1847 — Page 2

JESSE CONARD, BdtU

RRI^SR HAUT

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OCR PAPER.

We present the Courier to ourreaders this week with a new heading, and the aheet much enlarged, A constant and regular increase of patronage require# a corresponding effort on our pari to Ihe ptfblic demand!. People who are fond of reeding, and who like variety, wilt find their wants amply gratified is the Courier, aa to matter* manner, quality and quantity. For neither of these can we he surpassed in this section of the Wahaah Valley. Our uatial variety in the way of selections and original matter, shall be kept op—and the amount of reading, it wilt be teen', much increased by the number and length of our columns. The Lightning, 'ho General Government line brings Newa to us a thousand times quicker than the (rid and usual mode. We adapt our paper to the times.1 Eastern papers will now be in a great degree superceded. The money remitted for paper* beyond the Mountains, will be expended nearer home. The news from abroad we can now give from five to ten days earlier tbaq can be received through East. ern papers. As to literary, miscellaneous, and family reading, we always give a page as good as can be had through papers from abroad. So that, through th^ Courier, with our enlarged dimensions. every class of readers can be gratified with Ihe freshest and latest foreign, politicaf,domestic, or army news—and at the

incresse of matter, but hope our

and the reading community may

PEACE MEETING.

From the Cincinnati papers we learn that a Peace Meeting WAS held in tli? Fifth street Market, on Wednesday ofbrsi week. The meeting consisted of person* belonging

I.OL'ISIANA KLKCTIONS. The accounts from the different pariah* es are all posted up. The r»*ault, gratify* ing to all good Whiga, is as follows

OoNCRKSS.

tad amuaing, such as it has been the oh- States, with Texas annexed, ond all Mexject of man? papers from abroad to sup. thrown in, does not contain a purer ply. We ask no additions I price for thi«j "or

friend*

consider!

it proper to encourage and compensate our

increased labor and expense, by a corres- CLAY, ponding liberality in subscriptions ond patronage.

In all political parties, and was

intended to be without reference to party. Among the proceedings we find the foU lowing':

Whew. It is now the probnhle design of th* Read of the Federal Government to violate the Presidential tro»t, by pushing our armies throughout all Mexico, lor the purpose of holding forcible possession of th«t country at a pled*# for the payment of an indefinite claim of indemnity, or •aactual properly won bv conquest to be partitioned or annexed entire, according to events, t«» the Union ol these confederated Slates

[oppoaed

i« was unjustifiable, unnwrrswrir and unconstitu.:

And wheress. There ia reason to think that a crisis of such magnitude can only be passed in safety snd honor to oor Republic by Ihe exercise of that right of freemeh fundamental to suffrage ittr!f—a frank and dispassionste intimation to our jnblic servants spoken from the primsry assent* P" bites of the people. 1. Thtrtfirt Uendrtd, That we have been from ... the beginningnopoaed lo the M-xi«tn war, becausej VVhatever objections tllare may be to such

in her own eouaeils. of violence, injustice, snd want of character and resources and we now redouble our oppositionist an enormous national, crime*hall beW.mma.ed by lb.** who prop.** may be truly reflected by the action ttw pillaged destruction of a sister Repubhc, upon

faithless pretences. 3. T!tnilis*4. Thst war it ihe best is rnrniv a| should be represented. From the move»dblic srmed contest bv nations, lo estsblish joe-! tice betwen them, by which the aggressor append| ments already made, we are confident from proof to power* frow ret^n toftvw. and in

1st District— Rmlle Lnsere, 0. do R. G. Thihodcan*. W. 3d do John H. Ihrmonson, D.' 4th do Isaac Mot«e. D» The Delegation is unchanged. The Legislature is ae follows .r =-V

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Senate, 15 17 Iionee, 51 47

lor io pUc. .f Hwry

66 64

A Whig majority of two on joint hat lot. Upon the Legislature will devolve! The peace is not yet patched up, but the duty of electinf a UnHed States Sen* "Peclld

term of SUrek. 1W0. if Hw cq.. »ikn of

EvAiavnut D/ilt—W. h... I,HI'*"W*OF

ed several numbers of a new Daily jiui commenced at Evansnlie, ent^W the Dnily Coeiiamia/—published by Yocito. LOVC Ss SOLUVAJT. In the last number tbe Editors say* "Should see atill cootinee to receiveswW scribers name*, for the next few days.. fattae we have for the (Mat feme day*, w» will be compelled to enlarge oor paper, order to wake room fur our Directory and advertisementa."

This sounds well and the paper looks well. So much for EvsniviHe tod her ?e.|* juiL-L&pv*'

The Telegraph has reached to, and commenced operations at Vincennes. 4

SPKEClI

The ^jrewt Speech of HKNKV CtU*» Wfc eeatfy delivered at* Lexington, will be fauod in oui*«olunHl*» t|4* we#, commonciag on the first page. Ptha^noSp^eN delivered to our country for jean #t»ld| have been aa much wnigkt afi|r, or fead with as tnuol avidity, fa mi last effort of Henry TJlay. It comes at a time, and under circumstances, when the whole community desire to know *he sentiments of the Sage of Ashland. Ripe in years, matured in judgment, with an experience, in relation, to the affairs of our General Government, almost, if not certainly, beyood thai of any man Jiving in our country. Bow could it be otherwise, than tbat the opinions of such an one should be read with deep interest by every patriot at the present time

Mr. Clay speaks the sentiments of a true patriot—of one who sees the bearings and consequences of the course pursuing by the present Administration of

fleet

same time be furnished with miscellaneous! «'onat Convention for the Presidency-but reading,

of a variety, useful, interesting, 'bis

He sounds the

alarm, and calls upon all who have the good of country at heart, to reach forth a saving hand, to stay, if possible, proceedings which he believes are involving the country in ruin. Read the Speech and re

upon it. Me has told truths fear

lessly and boldly—and in a straight forwaid and plain manner, easily to be comprehended by every reader. The sentiments here advanced by Mr. Clay, are true Whig doctrines—those to which the party will subscribe, as the best, through which our country may be saved and pr|served at the present crisis.

We know not, neither do we believe any man can devine at this time, who may be placed in nomination by the Whig Na-

much we

will

say,

that the United

one beUer

cnlculaled for the

^'g^cies of the times as President, than

'be one whose voice has just been listened

to in the cause of his country, HENRY

COUNTT MEETING.—Whigs will not ne gleet the call for Saturday the llili. The Indiana Journal referring to the coming Convention, says The busy note of preparation to send up Delegntes to the Whig Convention. is henrd in ail parts of ihe State.

The Whig fire dishes out as brightly as ever. The Whig spirit, nothing daunted nt the obstacles to be overcome in the cnuf«e of the country, is as undismayed as it unconquerable. Delegnte* to the approaching Slate Convention will come together determined to do all that can bo ac» complished to secure the triumph of their principles in the contest of 1848. They know this can only be done by union of effort, and they know that such effort can be secured alone by a National Convention. It is for this reason that they will select Delegntes to attend that Convention.

cnurse

i|,ey

aro

tionat.and haveconttnned to oppose it in tt» pro* 6 grrsst because it has b«en attended with all ib# the certain defeat which must follow the •vi)a which a w««k Stale can endure from the bad passions of the strong and which the atrong must abandonment of the only means of conInevitably suffer from permitting «be aswndenc* centrntiing the

nothing compared with

the strength of the party.

That the views of the Whigs of

the

Su,te Convention, every county

Uli wi||

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that temporary suspense of alt the prtneiples ol virtue, strength, or chance usurp the sacred office of tlw»jR«& OSITION or Ma. A DAMS.—The Louis3. That Free Stales should beware ol ..... .. (his last resort of King-torn* ministers are the! vine Journal publishes the following, and •»o*o which has reaped from so manv fi»*i«is tlw .v l._,„ unripe fruits of human hop®, snd the BSABD which remarks. He renlly do not know how has consumed thwe peawfuf harte»ta on wh^sej muc|, credit, or whether any at all, should httrn site no verdure quickens, but that barren lanret which thirsts for human blood. be attached to the following letter which i» 'h« Bwllimnr. Sun. W. should qwt and pride. That we regard ihe pment war no{

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9ur

of invasion as w» ol lb» Isttrr cheracter, in which the Ooverament of the United States has aa«auliedi ihe strong anti-slavery men of the North the people of Mexico contrary to the letier and

spiritef our written ewa«it»ti*n atwl hawade^t* were to inswt upon the annexation of all sa the theory and practice

•d as the coda for thiedrf«da»b«»rament of strite.? \|exico under the impression that it would, a a O at Rxeeutlve ha a heeoeae so Inflated wiib victory either from the operation of the Wilmot that fee would prostrate the nationality of Mexiw and overwhelm h«a own conntrymen with the shame of fraternising with i'* million* of degraded, hostile antf dangeroaepeople under the honneetf instittilions of Waahinftao, Madison and Jeffiaraun,

prised if a ffiod many of

„n

Proviso or from the nature of things, for* ever remain non-slaveholding territory. thus securing the perpetual balance of power to the non-slaveholding States

Washington, Nov. 22, 1847.

Mr. Adams, aa lam well assured.

TKXSKSSKS—John Bell, a Whig of the highest order of intellect, has at last been elected Senator in Congress from Tennet•®e, ia the place of Mr. Jsrnegan. This result will be gratifying to the nation at

Th, Sptiteh of I Irciry occopiN nearly all our Miscellaneous page this week,,-.- *.

A startling rumor pevtnl* in the city this morning, that will somewhat embar- States hereafter to be admitted into this mat the "no territory*' party. Mr. J. Union, there shall bo "no shivery nor in Adams, it is said, will avml himself'of the voltintnry servitude, except ns a punish(frst opportunity to declare himself in fa- |nient for crime, of which the partv shall vorofthe acquisition of the whole of Mex-j hnveto*en first convicted." and that our »co» I was mvself prepared for this Delegates shall he instructed to support c»mrse on the part of the Venerable gen. this proposition in convention and that tleman. from what I had heard of his] they shall instruct the Delegates to the conversation at Qutncy during the las' National Convention to require from the -mmmt-r. He expressed the opinion that the war would result in the acdjisition tud annexation of all Mexico—a^d subse. qoently, hti belief«th*t, to avoifr this natural consequence, the Administration' would patch up a peace with some govern ment of its own establishment in Mexico.

,v,,t

be»

n«^ioK

v^oonress. Let the trewiy be made, and

M«IW-

"t does not provide Mr the perpetual res .'.rtction of African atavery in Mexico, 1 'here will be en «fpe«ition to it in Cos1 gresa of a most formidable, imposing, and vehement character. The very Agamemnon of the anu-treaiy league wiU be

RAIL ROAD SURVEYED. On Monday last we understood teSts were struck in Mr. Rose's field, a little east of Prairie House. On repairing to spot we found the corps of Engineers, employed for the TERRE HAUTE AND RICHMOND RAIL ROAD in run-

Q1ng

ning a line from Indianapolis to Terre Haute, about sitting down to a comfortable dinner, having just completed the survey. The corps consisted of about fifteen with Capt. Morris at their head. The corps have been on the line for some seven weeks—ran two lines from Indianapolis to Greencastle—one direct, some distance south of Danville, the other through Danville. The direct line from Indianapolis to Terre Haute, leaving Danville to the north, will measure about 73 miles.--The other running through Danville about 74 miles. The route as surveyed, ends at the National Road, nearly opposite the frame house, a short distance east of the Canal Basin. The line from that point nearly north-east, is said to be straight for eight miles, crossing Otter Creek near half a mile below Markle's Mill. The route, altogether, is represented by the Engineers as decidedly favorable. Grades easy, and curvatures open—no grade over 40 feet per mile, and few grades requiring so much. It is said a large portion of the work may be graded at a cheap rate.— That portion in the vicinity of Greencastle will be the heaviest work. The summit level near Eel river is 312 feet higher than the end of the line at Terre Haute.

We suppose a regular report will be made, when we have no doubt it will be found that the project of this road is entirely practicable. Of its expediency we hear not a dissenting voice. The utility of the road no one can question. It can hardly be possible that those interested should longer delay in the way of subscription for stock. ———————

LOCOFOCOS AND MR. CLAY.—POTOMAC, the Washington correspondent of the Bnl. timore Patriot, in one of his last commu. mentions, snvs ,|C:

The Locofocos here well as elsewhere are over zealous in their attempts to mnjte themselves and ewry body else

belitxe

and

wherein

and

Hear what one good Democrat has to say of another. The Vincennes Sun referring to the late speech of John Van Buren. says: „'f

John Van Buren, after having travelled to Europe, mingled in the turpitude of courts, ditnced with royalty, kissed the hand of England's Queen, and roamed with German princes and princesses, has returned home to make fool of himself. His late speech at Albany, N. Y., has tiestrored the hopo of many frionds that the son would be as true and useful to his party nnd his country, as the sire, of Kinderhook. It is true, the speech abound* with most poignant humor and effective satire, but disorganization alone is the foundation, nnd must eventually be the end of it. His allusions to the venerable Ritchie are ungenerous, nnd uncalled for.

nAitNBtmNiNG.

The Locofocos of Jefferson county, Ohio, held a meeting on the 17th ult., to appoint delegates to the State Convention. Hon. 11. Tttppan heads the list of Delegates. The following resolution was adopted I t,V J!

Resolved, That in all territory now in the possession of, or to be ncqttired by, and

candidates for the Presidency nnd Vice Presidency, a pledge that they Are in favor of the a Dove principles of tho Ordinance of 17S7.

UNITARIANS AND TUB WAR.—We learn from the Boston Courier that a Commit* tee was lately appointed, at a meeting of Unitarian clergymen, to prepare a memorial to Comgrew against Ike existing war« The service has been performed, and a copy of the memorial is to be sent to every Unitarian Minister, with the request to sign it, and obtain the signatured of the members of his congregation-

IstDtAK* TRIBGMK—The Bloomington Herald is discontinued, and a new paper entitled the '•INDIANA TRITONS," started ia its place. The Tribune is to be neutral in politics, the Editors gMng it as tfieir opinion that a political or party pa per cannot be aoataioed in Bloomington.^

PtCToatAL ScN Aim CotTRIEH. We have received a sample number for New Year's, of the Pictorial SIM, N. Y., and also the Saturday Courier, Philadelphia. They are beautiful aod sple ad id sheets. *4t,. it,

that Henry Clay has

ruined himself in his recent great atand in behalf

Coun'.V Meetinff on of his beloved country, and his earnest appeal to his countryman on the subject of the war and the conquest ol Mexico. But ask them to point out how

Mr. C-lay has ruined himselt.

wherein

some counsel to his countrymen, Aoionnd

ho to

he hns not given patriotic and whole

wherein

he has not poured out the warm and patriotic gushes of his hesrt for the good and glorv of the Union—and they cannot reply for their lives, except to rrpeat "Oh he has ruined himself!"

They know that the annexation of Mexico would be the downfall oTthe American Union, or rather they know that the Union would he dtwolved before Mrxico could be annexed to it. They know and they feel that Henry Clay has utu-red the naked, stern, patriotic truth on this subject, and yet they strive to hug to their bosoms the futile idea thai h«»i« wrong—tbat he has ruined him* self, if not the Whig party, and that the people will so decide! Well, we shall see what we shall see! We shall see how lonjj it will be before the very ground now occupied by Mr. Clay will constitute the brood piatlorm for the Locofoco party, or a large portion of it. to stand upon. They will be obliged to come to it, and to stand upon it, if they would preserve the Union!

The last Cincinnati Gazette, contains the following as Telegraphed from Louisville

LOOTSvii.i.15. Nov. 29, 8 P. M.

The town of Columbus, Indiana, a place of fire or six hundred inhabitants, was destroyed by fire on Saturday Iaa{—no particulars.

ACADIA

we gavf some Telegraphic

ace/uate froi^ the Acadia, wbwlt at the time seemed favorable* ^The newa, how* ever, by the Acadia^on further examiua tton, is of a gloomy character.

The advicea from England are not of a favorable nature. Since the hte| accounts, more failures have occurred in the cipal towns among merchants and manufacturers—and also several banks have ftulfed 1b |Hfi3lr0oC jnttt* o^ the ©puntryi^ The North aod South Walea bank at Liverpool, having numerous branches in the Prfa#if»siiity| pM aucc|inpbef tiider the iifluence jbf k\ mische^idus^ report, whitfi caused a run upon the bank. The Salisbury Bank, and Shafteabury.aod Hindoo Bank and (he Shrewsbury Bank have also stopped payment. Tti .T«r»'t" in Manchester the failure of Sir. Robert Gardner, a merchant trading largely in China, has caused great consternation. Several other heavy firms there have fail* ed.

In London Messrs Coatee & Co., the buyers of goods for the American market, in Bread street, Cheapside, have stop, pod payment. Their liabilities are estimated at £100,000.

The application of the Liverpool mer-' chaqts to the government for aid on the 19th, is well known to have been unsuccessful. On the 23d. a deputation of the London Bankers called upon the Prime Minister, nnd were admitted to an audience. They represented the intensity of the panic the impossibility of allowing mattera to continue without making some effort to alleviate the pressure that bankers were full of money, but not one dared to part with it, for fear of a run upon him, and their statements produced such an effect on the Minister, that he promised on the Monday following, to give them an answer. Kir. Rothschild also visited the minister. Vhen the news of these interviews transpired, a better feeling in the city was the result. Consols and shares somewhat rallied.

The stato of Commercial affairs rendered it neccessary that Parliament should meet without unneccessary delay, and the time appointed in consequence, is the eighteenth of the present month.

At the latest accounts trade in all its branches labored under much depression, prices were depressed, and reports from manufacturing districts are most discouraging U'm-d* •». W '?I5

The Liverpool Cotton market has been in a very dull nnd gloomy state. Few sales SiitVB been effected, and the general tendency of prices hns been downward.

The grain market has been more steady. In the early part of the week ending on the 30th ult., the markets generally were lowah but since then prices have exhibited a dlwded movement upwards an advunce of Is to 2s was established.

Thero are twelve thousand factory hands in Manchester without means of employment.

Among the failures mentioned is tho old and highly repectable banking establishment of Messrs. Scholes & Co.. of Manchester, which took place on the 21st ult. The firm has been in existence more than half a century, haying commenced business in 1790.

The failure of John Barton & Co., silk manufacturers, is also announced. Liabilities said to be 25 lo £30,000.

IRRLAND.—Anticipating a scarcity of provisions, the Treasury hnve reappointed 24 of the 120 naval and military officers who served under the relief commission in Ireland last year, in superintending the distribution of provisions.

The Continental news is meagre enough. The hourly increasing danger of a Swiss civil war is the only topic which attracts attention.

Tho London Daily News stntes on the authority of a correspondent, but without any great faith in the statement, "that Messrs Rothschilds have received within the last fortnight from Franco, via Folkatene. twelve tons of colonial gold, or £1,500,000 sterling.

The French steamer La Duchess d'Orleans, which sailed from New York on the 6th October, reached Havre on the 26th.

One important cause of the meeting of Parliament on tho 18th, is said to be the alarming situation and threatening distresses in Ireland.

In Frnnce.at a meeting of th« Council of Ministers, tho question of Switzerland was taken into consideration. It is reported that the French Government will during the next sessions, bring In bill to repeal the law which excludes the Bonaparte family from France.

In Italy the Pope has instituted Counsel of State, but |he country was much agitated and the Auslriani kept possession of Ferrnra. .iff 1 tb'

TERRIBLE DISASTER ON TIIE ia- LAKE. Steamer Phoenix Burned—One Hundred and Fifty Lives Lost

CLEVELAND, NOV. 20, 8 P. M.m On Sunday morning last the steamer Phoenix, hound up the Lake, when within seventeen mil»*s of Sheboxagan, caught fire under tho deck, nnd tho fltmes extended so rapidly it was at once decided that an attempt to save the vessel would be useless, nnd on this announcement the excitement was intense, there being upwards of two hundred passengers on hoard, more than one third of whom could not possibly r.scape. T'

About 30 of the pns*enj»ers ttiok to the a at an re pi up si earner Delaware, which soon hove in sight, but not in time to save those on board, who numbered at least one hundred and fifty, all of whom were either burned or drowned.

Capt. Sweet was confined to his room when the accident oocured, but escaped in one of the unaII boats and!*as picked up by the Delaware.

A large number of the Passengers were Hollanders, emigrating to the West. Every at'entiort was extended to the •nfferers by the captain and crew of the Delaware.

Tbe Phoenix was owned by Pease and Allen of Cleveland, and insured for fifteen S ts 1 "TJtw

(boutanu dollars.

tnls CfitiNRSS ToNX.~The TTolmls* respondent of tbe Merchants'* Exchange, Boston, under date of Monday afternoon, says "Passed by Chinese Junk Keying, in tow of the steamer K. R. Forbes." So that thia long-expected ©urioaity probably reached Boetoa in the course of Tuesdpyiati ju*? iv*

(h* \Nno Orleant Ficayttm, Nov. 30. LENDALL'S LETTERS FROM TIIE AIIMY. CtTY OF MS^NIO, am 81, ISfB?

rn" latest advi^a fr§n Qtilretar| would make it appeal that there are no| enough members of Coogress to form a quorum in attendant. Tliere has been ample time for a su|icient number to aa| semble, but they do not come forward. Many of them evidently have no confi* dence in themselves nor in each ptbe^— *4 ho^a f4r their country-1—no thought'of being able to restore her lost honor or even praurve hor natiojn^lity—and hence Ihejf ke^| aloof! ^hey sde |jat no front can be* Opposed tiitbo Americans, end hence do not care about being in at the lieaih.

The moat gratifying intelligence brought by the htpt arrivals from the United Slates, is that our Government is to reinforce this line of operations strongly, and prosecute the war with vigor. Quarter 15.000men here in the capital, employ 10,000 more in keepjng open the line to Vera Cruz, oc cupy Orizaba and other flank positions with 5,000 or whatever forces may be neceasary, and you then put down the guerrilleros entirely—one great step towards bringing about a peace. The next step should be to have a force sufficient to march to Queretaro, Guanajuato, and San Luis Potosi,and even to Guadalaxara. giving the inhabitants a taste of the full vigors of war as practised by other nations, and many will be much mistaken if a speedy settlement of difficulties is not brought about. I have said before, that tho insignificance of our present force was a great drawback in the way of an amicable settlement. Who is there that does not know that if Gen. Scott had set down before the city of Mexico with 40,000 men—and the number would not have been deemed too large for the magnitude of the enterprise—?who is there that does not know, I say, that with such a force there would hardly have been a gun fired, and that the enemy would have had a fair excuse before the world for listening in earnest lo proposals of peace? But the smallnes9of our force was but an incentive to fresh exertions on the part of the Mex« icans, and the complete victories achieved by that force have but added to the false pride of their leader in so far as the matter of coming to amicable terms is con cerned. Even the party in favor of peace before the capitulation of tbe city—for it is notorious that there was such a party —is now scattered and broken up. To be sure, no one proposes any scheme or oilers any aid for carrying on the war on the other hand, we hear^f no one coming out nnd advocating peace. Cut off ail the taxes destroy afl the public resources of revenue shut up every avenue through which a dollar finds it»»way into the Mexican treasury make the war felt, and seriously felt, by the rich tell them that our objects are peace or a conquest, and prove to them our ability to achieve the latter, and we shall SOOT have a peace, or 1 am much mistoken. --.}•»«* a* .•-

CITY OF MEXICO, Oct, 29, 1847. An important rumor is in circulation, at least one that would be important in any country where rumors do not so much abound as in this, to the following effect. It issiated that there are letters in town, di reeled to influential Mexicans.communicating as a fact that at a meeting of the leading men of the country nt Queretaro it has been determined upon to move every element to raise four grand divisions, and all the neccessary munitions, for the purpose of attacking and wresting this city from the Americans, the leaders looking for great assistance within the walls for the successful corrving out of the plan. One of the divisions is to be commanded by Anaya, another by Herrera, the third by Filisola, and the last by Almonte—Gen. Bustamente to be commander-in-chief.— There may be something in this, at least the leading men of the country may have some grand project of the kind on foot.— It is known that there are many Mexican officers of rank hid away here in tho cap ital, and that they hold nightly meetings in some secret place more than this, it is highly probable that their deliberations may have some connection with a grond project similar to that mentioned above butjwbether it will be carried out is another matter. We have no evidence in the past history of the Mexicans, at least in the history of the past ten years that as a nation they will step forward as one man nnd freely risk life, property, all, for the good standing and defence of the common country, and unless this is done nothing can be effected. Heretofore all has been ns it were talk, mere idle talk—self-sacri fice, a giving up of everything, action is wanting—and are the Mexicans equal to this 7 The innumerable clergy should give up their temporal goods, but will

The rich proprietors should at once throw their plentiful substance into tho common purse yet will they do this Tho past tells us that they will not. They want confidence in themselves and in one another—some man must rise among them on whom all can unite—-all must flock to nis standard without money and without price and then they can at least command the respect of the world in their misfortune if they do not come out of the combat victorious. That the present lead* ing men, as I have already said, may have some project for uniting another grand army, hi probable that they have some scheme on foot to retake the capital, if. reasonable enough to suppose but that all will put their shoulders to the wheel end work like true men is more than can lie anticipated of the degenerato race.— Men may be raised and means procured for the enterprise but the former will be rendered ineffective by the wranglings, the petty jealousies, and the inexperience arsd cowardice of their officers, while the money will be squandered in corruption aod idle shows instead of for tbe real in terests and well-being of the army and country. But sII speculation in this matter may be deemed futile. A Mexican fu» ture in many respects if the darkest of all, and he Who can look into and fathom it most read other stars than those that now shine in her firmament.

The weather continues cold aod cheerless, aod, up to this morning, I believe tbat no time has been set for the departure of the train. To

move

many of tbe

disabled and infirm officers at this time from their warm rooms, and expoae them to the cold aud discomforts of camp, would doubtless endanger thetr livcs» and 4

this is one cause for the delay. There is al so a story in circulation that the Mexicana have no inconsiderable force at Rio Frio, some ttpn put it down at' 7,00|l ready to attack |nd deitroy our

wnf^n|

Dispatches for General Scott

RicnMOND. Nov. 29

the

maielp. Theret may* be aqpetfing in thia^ator^alth^gh 4i needs $nfiliation. I A

Higlifjr Important from Mexico.

Doings at Querataro—Formation of a Plot to divide the: State^-'Arrival of Patterson at National Bridge^More

The Southern mail brings Vera Crcrz dates of the 18th tnsf. A letter fftwn Querataro states that 71 deputies had arrived and others were ond he way to the seat of Government, and it was expected the session of Congress would soon com* mence."**',

The first business'will IN* the selection of a president, for this office. Pena Pena, Almonte, and Herera art candidates.

There was a rumor at Queretaro from the Capital stating that the formation of a plot to divide Mexico into two great states am) annex them to 0ft American Union had been discovered.

The Arco Iris savs that the Mexican troops now in the field number 80.000 ef£ ective men. General Patterson arrived at the National Bridge without mo!e*ta« tion. He was visited by a commissioner from Jarauta with proposals of peace. The latter had been defeated by Zenobia, and being tired of war he sought Amer* ican protection.

General Patterson told him to disperse his troops and go to Vera Cruz and he should not be molested, but he should hang every Ggerrilla caught.

The Spy Company left with despatches for Gen. Scott on the 7th inst. Gen. Taylor would leave Monterey orj the 8th. The health of Matamoras had greatly improved.

Three states h«d declared in favor bf establishing a monarchial government, and son of lfurbide had been selected to take the throne, and to effect which 14,000 troops had been offered to Gen. Pa redes. European intervention was expected, and many Mexicans say they would rather be annexed to the United Sates of America than see this consummated.

1 SECOND DESPATCH.?." ST1L1. LATER LROM MEXICO. Highly important from Queretaro—Herrera probably elected President—Bait tie beltoeen the Clergy and Authorities of Guadalaxara.

".•4 RICHMOND, NOV. 29, 3 P. M. Bv the brig Phoenix from Mntanzns, the New Orleans Picayune has latpr dates from Queretaro than previously received. The session of Congress had commenced, and a majority of the deputies vo'ed in favor of Herrera for President. Junta St. Luis went for Santa Anna.

The authorities of Guadalaxara made a requisition on the Clergv for money, which being denied, the former appealed to arms, and several battles hnd b«en fought, but the result was not known. AH the ports on the southern border of the Republic were blockaded, including Mazatlan.

ANOTHER CANDIDATEwi: TON.

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The Baltimore Patriot of the 19th, announces a new candidate for the Presidency in the following way:

MORE OF TEXAS.—'That the annexation of Texas, in the manner and under the circumstances in which it was accomplished, was the primary cause of the war with Mexico, is not iess true than the other statemeot of Mr. Clay, that the order of Mr. Polk, for moving the army from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande, was the immediate cause of hostilities. These are historical facts, and they have inflic* ted evil enough on the country but we are threatened by Texns herself with a* nother. We learn this from the Rich' mond Enquirer: "A Democratic mass meeting of the citizens of St. Augustine, Texas, and the adjacent counties, B. Rush Wallace, President, 'respectfully and deferentinlly proposes to the people of the United States, the name of Gen. Sam. Houston for the next Presidency, subject to the decision of a National Convention."

This reads like a joke, and so the Locos treated the apprehensions which were ex* pressed about Texas involving us in war, We are in for the last, and may not be sure we shall.escape the election of General Houston to the Presidency. Indeed, there is no telling in those days what evil this Texas business may not bring upon us, though after the election of Gen. Houston to the Presidency, there would be little of evil left for us—unless it bo the reelection of Mr. Polk,

New York stands, in the rank of cities in the world, in tbe following position: Pekin

London ,, Jeddo Pnris Canton"/ Nankin Constantinople Calcutta Surat St. Peteraburgh Moscow Manchester New York Madras Naples Vienna Cairo

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Mr. Editor Yol will pleats publish tlie counter statement to "a Voiee from the West." Ii jr thooi^t, as ^statist tea I doenment, it will be useful ifpHtts tpply aggrieved religion community, on oecoont J# its accvrate sratement of the nam&er of tahafftsnts Terre Haste contains, al«» tbe flosi of sontf of tho principal ehereltea, nmnberof cborch-mejhbers, Sabbath schools, arissiemries am} eelponears, &c. c.

From the Presbyterian.

COUNTER STATEMENT.

Mr. Editor In jrenr paper of 17th Jolj lost, "A Voice from the Wwt" gives an interesting dweription of the nataral beauties of the town of Terre Haute, Indiana.

The inhabitant^ Sdhrevw-. flel deeply aggrieved pt the moral |ictero|!be •'Voi!*? ijjhs given nth® nine time amhdr tiwn. sad hope if must have been from ignorance of its tree condition, for they think the following statistics will enable it to compare, even favorablv. with towns making mcra pretension, on the Atlantic border.

For a population of 2500 to 3000 rnhahitants, they have one Old-aeftoit FYcsfivterian Church, one Methodist.one Baptist, one Epfseapalian, one Congregational one A trie** Methodist say tit evangelical houses of worship', afor, one Catholitf, one Campbelfite, one Cntmshfliit all of these1 built within the last ten years, aotne cbsting from #6,600 to 910.000, and only one, of certs inly not more than two, receiving aaaistanee frote abroad.

Tbe number of membera belonging to the five first named churches is about 500. whieft Would give one member to each familv, and would show that Ifoiversaliam was certainly not almost ubli versal in the community.

One of theee ehnuhee has sustained four Sohbath aehools.and in part a missionary in the neigh" borhood, who supplying three young churches, aim auppoTtm* in part a colporteur.

In fine, whilst tbe friends of tbe Saviour in Terre Hants feel they have no ground' tor boasting, yet neither ia tbere cause for accusing them of doing nothing in their Matter^ cause. rtvitstsna #AKOTHES VOKK WMOU TBB WESR^

TIL INGSTONCCONSIDERED BY THE CONSIDERATE. The vulgar idea of greatness is bigness. Hence passion for .territorial aggrandisement has always been msnifested by tbe lower order of prineesaod people. History and philosophy, however, teach very different lesson. Intellectual ream res seldom makes its abode incountaes of territotial magnitude, but ia the denisen of small communities. It is remarkable that about nine oar ef ten of the great names which have come downr to ua in history are the offspring of half a dosety petty islands and two or three penintnlaa—ebuntries of insignificant extent,and aurroanded by the most formidable barriers to conquest and annexation from without or within. Science and philosophy letters, the arts, the military glory, the statesmen, sages, poets, snd captains of antiquity emanated principally from the two peninsulas of Greecnand Italy and from the isles of Greece, it was from these two little stripe of land that the armies went forth at two different periods to the conquest of the world—firat under Alexander and next under the Roman consuls. Hannibal, who almost succeeded in the conquea: of Rome, belonged to a republic consisting chiefly of a single city. And as ail these slates of antiquity enlarged their territtorial capacity they diminished in .their intellectual. The greatness of Rome was confined within its walls or environs. After the rights of citixeu* ship were extended to the provinces she produced but few illustrious men.

The same truth is confirmrd by modern history in a very atriking manner.* Napoleon was a' nature of the little isle of Corsica Columbus of thtf petty republic of Genoa and the entire continent of America has been conquered and colonized by the people of the peninsula of Spain, and those of tbe British isles. Thus neither greatness of individuals nor greatness of nations seems to spring from territorial magnitude, but the reverte. Nor does our own country furnish any exception to this rule, bat Confirms it.* When our territory was smallest we had a Washington for President now when it is greatest we have a Polk- And the process of intellectaal contraction has, with "f some exceptions, kept pace with that of territorial expansion—Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, J. Q. Adams. Jacksgn, Van Buren, Herri* son, Tyler,Polk And lest the minimum prineipie in politics should by i:s last effort be exhausted, we have got up a war to insure a fresh supply of territory and little wien, and some ere already^ exulting in the hope of making a President of Pillow and citixena of Mexicans!—Louittilh Jbur- A

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Maine New Hampshire Vermont Rhode Island Massachusetts Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania** Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina? South Carolina •Georgia

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New York ttius stands first in tbe Western continent, sixth in Christendom, thirteenth io the World. Madras. Naples* Vienna and Cairo, are given according to an old enumeration, and ths two last have doubtless made some progress since. The populowness ascribed lo some of the east* era cities (Jeddo for instance) is somewhat apocryphal. i» v.m

ANOTHER NEW PLANET.—Another member belonging to the family of Asteroids, between Mars and Jupiter, was discovered at Mr. Bishop's Observatory, London, on the night of October 19. This makes the eighth known Asteroid and the fifth new Planet that has been discovered within the last two years.

The Cincinnati Chronicle thua'states the composition of the House of Representatives of the ensuing Congress.

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of Ohio. Each ooe of these members were elected by Whig votes chiefly, and could not have been'T% elected without them. Two of them, Messrs. Tuck and Levin, will, in most things, act with the^,* Whigs. The others will vote on different quee-bu tiens, ocesstonslly with both psrtiea. On (her que*iion of Speaker, the two firat may be set down ^1, to tlte Whigs, and the other four to the Loeolocoe-HT Oa tbe question of the Wilmot Proviso, ail may^St be set down as for It. In addition to these, thereP^ are it* members of the House, who may be aoa ^m aidered tbe ezciosiveiatiof Mr- Calhoun. ..S+n.i.iU #fji I WEIGHT OF CATTI.E.—Tho records of the Smithfield market, in London, prove k» that within one hundred yearn, the nve*^# rage of rattle killed for that market has nearly doubled, rising from betweerr four and five hundred to between seven and eight hundred, and the greatest part of this incrase has been in tl*e lest forty years. Ft has been calculated that ther cattle offered at tho Brighten motkei, near

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edge brought lo bear on the breeding of cattle, and agriculture generally.

Rpfolkic tfws.-n Noll, ^an eraJk,' nent physician of Mobile, in recent publication, contends that tho Yellow Fever» and other epidemic diseases, are governed by fixed laws. They have, he maintains* but a limited time allotted to them, which, is usually six to eight weeks.,. The yel* low fever, he says, has ceased, ii) New Orleans without frost, and utbc tropica it follows thesuinc law wilhoui regard ta weather.