The Wabash Courier, Volume 17, Number 40, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 June 1849 — Page 2

THE COURIER.

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FOR GOVERNOR.

O N A A S O N OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, THOMAS S. STANFIELD, », ~XF? ST. JOSEPH COUNTY.

uTke Disgraceful Spectacle." In another column will be found an article with ihc above caption, taken from the Washington Union. We copy this article for the purpose of showing our readers who may not see the Union, the political raving of that paper. This nrticle caps the climax of all that have vet aopeared. We do not remember having seen in the most rabid Locofoco paper, during seasons of intense political excitement, a more vile, malignant, or unjust article, than the one we give place to. Its malignity is more marked at this day, from the fact that there is nothing to justify it. The Administration has done nothing to engender suchj0ffice

vituperation. It has not been in power long enough to open points of attack. It has not yet the reins of Government fully in its own hands. It has not yet made its appointments by which to carry on Government according to its own principles. operations.

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The Union, unwilling to allow any feelings of humanity to General Taylor, says, ."when General Taylor was in Mexico, after a battle had been won and the enemy prostrated, he was induced by the brave and generous men" around him, "to stop the carnage and extend to the defeated the offices of kindness and humanity." Now, if such wos the case, why did not those

"bravo

and

generous men" receive tlto credit or abuse for this act of theirs The people of this country will very well remember how severely Gen. Taylor was condemned by the Democratic press, for his clemency to the Mexicans at Monterey. Some went so far as to say that nothing was accomplished—that there was no victory—that the value of the! battle was destroyed—that Gen. Taylor I

lonhe enemy slip througl. his fingers, to

re-arm i!,e,..solves anJ again fight our

countrymen. Tl.is was the abuse he,ip-1

ml upon liis I,nod for exercising "kind, cl|nj|l)lt0 |,is

The Union speaks of "imbecility and incapacity" on the pare of Gen. Taylor. These are strong terms to be used, in any quarter, towards tho President of the United States, who is elected to that exalted station bv the united voices of

The terms "revengeful despot," "ruthless proscribor," and the charge that Gen. Taylor is surrounded by "lowminded, unprincipled, shameless politicians," are mere invectives, disgraceful to the source from whence they emanate, and we are sure, cannot be approved of by the honest portion of the Democratic party.

We commend the article to our readers, and think they will agree with us, that it is really a "disgraceful spectacle

from office. Tho Union says. "Gen. Taylor, by^# One of the Ways, tho indulgence of the Democratic party,. I^oor throe weeks ago, the State was one of the heroes" of the Mexican |Scminel puW|«»ed a letter from BrookWar. A very precious indulgence,!v'"0, purporting to give the Biography truly, when lus best troops

cry precious indulgence,! ...,6 that party deprived him bf?

:ps, left him with a hand- letter was wiitten by a Locofoco, full of men to fight an army of twenty thousand, and sent Santa Anna to marshal tho forces against him.

millions of intelligent freemen and it "nol, denying that the first one was writis a groat reflection to cast upon thei,enb-v

people bv the Democratic nartv. which! lorUons

people by the Democratic party, which professes to havo such unbounded love for the "dear people." Had tho Union a higher legard for its country, than it has for ue Democratic party, it would never insinuato "imbecility," nor let it bo known that we had an "imbecile" at tho head of our Government, even though it wore a fact. Gen. Taylor has never shown any imbecility, whatever, in any thing he has yet undertaken, from whipping the enomies of his country, to beating the Locofocos for President. His success through tho past is a safe guarantee for the future..

to sir the high-toned, honorable cour.se on the plains.

that ought to characterize the leading print of a great party, degraded by the baseness of the article we have copied. ,$

Erie and SU Loais Telegraph Line. The agent for this line is .now in town soliciting subscriptions from our citizens, mad we are informed that the enterprise is likely to succeed. It is very important that something of the kind should ibe established here, as the business of the town at present, together with the increased amount anticipated from the completion of our other improvements, imperatively demands a more rapid communication with the various markets with which we shall soon "be thrown in connection. The advantages of the proposed line passing from St. Louis through this point, Lalayette and all the other important points on the line of the canal connecting with the eastern lines at Maumee, and thence by a direct course to Cincinnati, Piusburgh, Philadelphia,New York, Buffalo and Albany, and indeed all the eastern markets, are far superior to any other line that could be proposed to our citizens. One very important consideration, is that there will be but one transfer, or re-writing, from St. Louis or this point, to those eastern markets, and that ac the same

5n

Cleveland.

So that when a

person sends a communication from here to Cleveland, he can hear from the operator in that office immediatiy, whether the communication has gone immediately on,and not be subject to the innu-

(merable

It has hardly commenced

cas

delaysand liabilities to error, oc-

jone(j

been already abused without stint, each extending only a short distance and we might well pause and enquire, what will be the extent of denunciation when the Administration is fully established, putting into practice principles inimical to the views of these denunciators We may then expect a deluge of defamation that it is seldom our lot to witness.

by go many writings over those

Notwithstanding this, it jjneg owned by separate companies and

The charges on this line will be from fifty to one hundred per cent cheaper than those other lines already in operation.

Gubernatorial Canvass.

John A. Matson, the Whig candidate for Governor, has been out among the peoplo winning golden opinions by his eloquence and ability as a speaker. He addressed his fellow-citizens at Shelbyville, on Saturday the 12th ult on Monday, at Vernon the next day at Lexington. He met Mr. Wright, for the first time, at Georgetown, Floyd county, on Thursday, May 17th. The some evening they made speeches at New Albany. On the 18th they addressed a large meeting at Charlestown.

On all these occasions Mr. Matson sustained himself and his principles, with great ability, and showed that he was fully competent to compete with Mr. Wright, in a fair and honorable canvass for Governor. Wherever he has appeared, the Whigs have been well pleased with him his speeches have been very satisfactory, and his intercourse with tho people, that of an hon-

slroig,1,.ror„.„rj, opriKhl man.

Tho ai,p0imincn01 of Molson

Wri){|it cmJc(i on l||(J s6th u|,

1,ess and humanity." i.y j„vs. On the 2d of Juno tltey will abused, when he was merely the agent of "bravo and generous men" around) him Tho reason is plain. Then, they found that Gen. Taylor, by his brilliant successes, was getting too popular with: the peoplo, the people saw in him a man to admire, and he had been pointed to, as the successor of Mr. Polk. These' indications aroused the jealousy of the Democratic party, and ihoy forthwith went to work to destroy Gen. Taylor.! The same system of abuse that com-j menced then, has been kept up ever! sincc, invigorated by the election of Gen. Taylor, and the removal of Democrats'

and

each

for

they

meet at Danville, Hendricks county, and thence proceed to fill the appointments of Mr. Matson. After these appointments arc through with, Mr. Matson will visit the south-western part of the State.

If it would be convenient to Mr. Matson, we know it would be gratifying to Whigs in this region, to receive a visit from him some time during the canvass. The latch-string is always out in Terre Haute, and as we lm've a pretty fair sprinkling of people here, we can get up a meeting most any time, without much trouble.

Whig candidate for Governor.—

and was nothing more nor less than a decoction of double-distilled scandal, boiled down in a Locofoco cauldron. The effect of this publication around Brookville, where Mr. Matson is known, was to make friends for him. The Locofocos seeing that their attempt to injure the Whig candidate was going against themselves,sentanotherletter to theSen-

a

Locofoco, acknowledging that

of il wora

"untrue," and ma-

king the charge that it was gotten up by some friend of Mr. Matson for political effect. This is one of the ways they are using to defeat the Whig candidate for Governor.

Although tho Editor of the Union frankly confesses that he "never expected Gen. Taylor to carry out the extraordinary pledges which he was persuaded to make anterior to his election to the Presidency," he is still "stir* prised, even shocked, at several removals which have recently takon place." The venerable gentleman has shed tears so long and unceasingly over this Administration, that he must by thistime, hate wept himself as dry as a herring, and it would seem front his effusions he is equally as rank.

FROM ST. JOSEPH.—A letter from Dr. Patrick will be found in another column. A second letter from the Doctor has been received, dated 16th May, stating that they had started on their long, adventurous journey, and were then two days on the plains.

I»o«t Master at Terre IIAmi®. JANES T. MOFFATT, has been appointed Post Master at Terre Haute, in place of S. G. Dodge, removed. |Mr. Moffatt entered upon the duties ol' the Office, yesterday.

$ The Muffled Dram.

Some time since, the Administration saw proper to remove Mr. SIMON DRUM, who had held the office of Post Master in Pennsylvania, for upwards of forty years. This was so outrageous, that Simon should hold the office for only forty years, that the Democratic papers embraced the opportunity to fire off minute guns, put their flag at half mast, and with the mournful air of the "Dead March" on the "muffled Drum," they made a great funereal parade over the martyrdom of poor Simon. How affecting to think that one so full of years should be stricken down by ruthless hands but he has the proud glory of knowing that his epitaph is written on the broad sheets of true Democratic journals, which will stand all over the country, as monuments of indignation, to the memory of his illustrious name. Peace to him. "Simon" generally says "wig-wag," but, unfortunately, Jacob told SIMON to "wig-wag," and of course he had to obey. The "touching obsequies" are thus portrayed by a correspondent of the Philadelphia News

Sir Simon Dram.—A Parody. "Not a drum was heard," fyc. We buried him deeply, far out of sight, [His forty year's service remembering,] By the struggling Union''* misty light,

And the gas-lamps dimly burning. No useless parchment enclosed his breast. Nor in sheet, nor in shroud, we wound him, But he lay like a "martyr" taking his rest,

With his friends all sobbing aronnd him.

Few and short were the prayers we said, [You had better believe nothing shorter,] But we earnestly thought of the fate of poorStubbe,

And we joyftillv spoke of the "IJMWTCT." We thought as we laid him up on the shelf. And took away his commission, How shockingly bad old Ritchie would feel,

That we hadn't first asked his permission.

Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him But nothing he'll wreck, if they'll let him sleep on

In the grave where Fiti Henry laid him. Quickly and gladly we laid him down. From the place he managed so queerly, We carved not a line, we raised not a stone,

But we "left him alone most severely."

District Convention.

It having been agreed upon to hold the District Convention at Terre-Haute, on the 14th of June, we presume the Whigs in the different counties throughout the District, are making the necessary ar rangements for the appointment of delegates.

A call for a County Convention in Vigo for Saturday next, will be found in another column.

The Flood at New Orleans. Despatches from New Orleans as late as May 27th, state that the water is rising again at the rate of six inches in twentyfour hours. Gravier, Common and Canal streets are overflowed. The citizens are paddling about in skiffs, catching catfish in the streets, and it is reported that the editor of the Picayune was treed by an alligator.

CHOLERA.—The number of cases in Cincinnati, reported to the Health Office, from Saturday to Sunday noon, was eleven new cases and two deaths—from Sunday to Monday aoon, one new case and two deaths, but few physicians reporting.

The St. Louis Republican speaks of the Cholera as being on the decline, in that city.

There is a great deal said in tho papers, about the complaint that is taking off so many Post Masters. We don't wonder they feel sick, when Collamer gives them Fits.

Alligator Fight—An Incident of the Crevasse. The quarters of our friend, Col. Claiborne. near Sauve's crevasse, are some four feel under water. Night before last, a veteran alligator from St. Tammany concluded to pay the Colonel a visit in a friendly way, and congratulate him, as a brother democrat, on the nomination of Walker and Plauche. Taking his course quietly through the cornfields and pastures, he thought it would be polite to call at the cabin of the "driver," or head man,and inquire if the Colonel was at home. Finding the door closed, he walked under the house and bellowed halloo! at the top of his voice. Getting no answer, he commenced a tremendous floundering and thumping, lifting up the flooring, and scattering the little "niggers" in every direction. The hubbub soon roused the sleepers. They jumped out of bed in a terrible stew, raked up a light, and at the same moment were sent bouncing among the rafters, the visitor underneath lifting up one plank and ^hen another, flinging the whole crowd off their legs as fast as they could straighten them out. Such a scene of confusion was never witnessed. The darkies were completely bewildered, and their outcries soon brought the whole establishment together. The planks were drawn up, and there was—not old Nick—but a fellow much uglier, a tremendous alligator, with expanded jaws, shaking his monstrous tail in defiance, and sweeping it round in rapid semicircles. The instant he was discovered, two huge dogs leaped upon him, but the contest did not last for a moment. One he struck d^pd with his sweeping tail, thg other hecranched between his bloody jaws. But by this time the negroes got their dander up. They rushed upon him with axes, mauls and bludgeons. The monster stood his ground, and "never said die," until one of them thrust a burning brand down his fetid throat.— He is of enormous girth, and measures over fifteen leet. Col. Claiborne designs sending the skeiHon to Dr. Bennett Dowler, of thi* city, who has written a natural,

two days most ingenious treatise on the naturi history of tho alligator.-— N. O. Ihlta

Overflow at New Orleans.

Tho crevasse in the levee abovo Now, Orleans has increased and the water dofios all tho effort* to s:on its progress. Tho water was rushing down through tho Second Municipality to the now Canal. The inhabitants were escaping in boats. The whole of Fauburg St, Mary Is partially inundated, Nothing can equal the consternation visible among the inhabitants in th6 leading streets in that quarter. In Tahonpitoulas, Magazine, and Camp sts., the inhabitants are moving off in a body, and with a few exceptions, scarcely attempting to save their property,

The whole scene is represented as being awful and sublime in the extreme. The roar of the waters can be heard for miles. In the first and third Municipalities the greatest alarm prevails fearing that the whole city will be inundated. Some idea may be formed of the immense loss thus far from the fact that 2500 hhds of sugar have been destroyed.

The Inundation and the Damage. From tie Mw Orleans Bee. THE CREVASSE.—Sincewe mentioned this subject yesterday the efforts of the worfitnen to stop the breach have been indefatigable. The latest accounts last evening, stated that the work was proceeding favorably, and that not more than twenty five or thirty feet more of piling remained to be done. It is, however, somewhat doubtful whether this barrier, even when completed, will prove an effectual obstacle to the immense force of a volume of water from one hundred and fifty to one hundred and seventy-five feet wide, with a fall of about eighty feet. The dreadful inclemency of the weather, has, in some measure, impeded the activity of the operations, and the violence of the torrent itself is almost sufficient to dishearten the laborer. We have hopes, however, that the gap will be firmly closed before the mass of waters can effect much damage in the rear of our city, or reach the densely inhabited quarters.

In the meanwhile, however, the torrent has flooded a latge portion of the Second Municipality in the neighborhood of the New Canal, Dryades, Hercules, Benton, and Bacchus, streets, and has already occasioned distress and damage enough to enable one to form an imperfect idea of the fearful amount of havoc which would follow our complete subjection to the invading elemeift.— The New Canal from the foot of Julia street to the commencement of the Shell Road, is flooded, and the canal itself is completely full, and only prevented from overflowing on this side, by the dykes and levees which have been hastily thrown up. In Benton street the water is from eighteen inches to two feet in depth throughout its extent, and skiffs and floats are navigating it without fear of encountering snags.

Hercules street is partially submerged, and the body of water has even extended to Dryades street, Gromly's Canal is entirely filled, and is pouring its contents into the classic regions of Melpomene, where the frogs bid fair shortly to have undisputed possession. All Bouligny and its neighborhood are under water, and the Carrolton "Railroad, between the termination of Lafayette, and the town of Carrolton is pretty much covered by the descending flood. The people living in the vicinity are moving away as rapidly as possible and the rush, of the water, the inundated streets and the injury occurring to the poorer classes, all present a spectacle at once dreary and alarming. Let us trust that the means employed to arrest the threatened devastation will prove efficient otherwise we shall soon be called on to record calamities far more serious than any which the crevasse has thus far occasioned.

ANOTHER CREVASSE.—About twelve o'clock yesterday, the Levee gave way on the other side of the river, immediately opposite the powder magazine, some 3 miles below the city, and in a short space of time an immense volume of water was pouring through an aperture 80 feet wide, and inundating all the surrounding neighborhood. Fortunately the fall of the water is only four feet, and if prompt measures are forthwith adopted, we are of the opinion that the breach can be stopped very speedily. When the break occurred there was a considerable quantity of powder on tho levee, which was all swept away, and in case the opening should not be closed, the magazine itself cannot stand the rush of water, and must follow suit.

As soon as Mayor Crossman became advised of the calamity, he immediately dispatched assistance to the scene of destruction. A pile driver was secured and towed across, and by this time we trust will have done such good service as to prevent any further encroachment. A quantity of lumber and other materials was also sent over, and the police jury of Algiers immediately convened, and adopted all possible measures for the common safety.

The New Orleans Delta gives further particulars of the various crevasses on the levee, by which the city is threatened with inundation. The water continued rushing through the upper crevasse, and although 600 men are at work endeavoring to block up the gap, tho prospect is very discouraging.

The Picayune says that three hundred men, armed to the teeth, were stationed at the New Canal to prevent the residents of the Second Municipality from making further breaches in the embankment, in order to divert the course of the torrent. A row is apprehend ed.

The crevasse below the city at the English Turn, also threatens to over flow the Third Municipality. Three hundred men are stationed there, and are doing their utmost to avert this threatened evil.

NEW ORLEANS,Wednesday, May 16th. —This afternoon accounts from tho Crevasse at Sauve's plantation are more and more discouraging. There seems to be no pmcpect of stopping tiio flood., The rise of water in the rear of the city continues, and this morning was up to faiiladelphia street, pouring over the new canal with great force.

THREE DATS LATER.—The New Orleans Bulletin of 19th inst., received yesterday,contains the following:

THE CREVASSE AND THE OVERFLOW.— We havo but little new to add on this subject. Tho breach has not increased,^ since our last issue, but the water isstill pouring upon us a heavy flood. The inunduted districts, however, remain about the same, and there has not been any material advance of the water, The Committee from the First and Second Municipalities, and in conjunction with the Surveyors of tho different districts, met yesterday, and after making many deliberations and advisements, determined to fall back upon the "old fashioned plan" for stopping the crevasse. |, i.

The Plcapinliof the 19th says: "Our latest news from the Sauve Crevasse is that the volume of water through the breach has materially increased, in consequence of the moving of the old hulk which was partially sunk in the gorge. We learned last eveningthat the hulk was driven through the piling yesterday morning, carrying away a portion of it, and rendering the difficulties of stopping the crevasse much more formidable.

Sunday week the Mississippi had risen 12 feet at Memphis, and was only three feet below high water mark, and the Arkansas river was also rising.

Correspondence of the Wabash Courier. ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI, } May 13th, 1849. }

DEAR SIR—We arrived here on the 5th inst., all in good health and condition; teams done well, and are in fine order to start across the plains—have purchased four mules and kept four of our horses to make the journey with. We shall cross the Missouri to-day at this place have joined a company from York, Ills., of horse and mule teams, and will join another larger company now a few miles in advance of us, under the control of an experienced mountaineer. We shall number some one hun dred and upwards when together, all well prepared for any emergency

The great throng of emigrants have passed over the river, but they still come and will continue to cross up to the first of June. The grass is still short, but we have had a fine rain and the weather is gettting warmer, which will make plenty of feed. St. Joe has reaped a rich harvest from the immense flood of emigrants that have passed it. There is some cholera here, but I think not prevailing as an epidemic among the citizens. The emigrants are generally healthy that come by land, but those by water have suffered very much. One boat arrived here on Thursday night from St. Louis, loaded with Welsh emigrants; they lost forty-two on the trip up. They were from New Orleans to St. Louis. They were landed five miles above here on a bluff on the opposite side of the river; I have heard nothing from them since.

Our friends from Vigo have nearly all left. Chamberlain, Doctor Ketchum, Barbour, Crawford and Hook are still here and going through on pack mules. They think it more sure and safe. I will stick to our wagons as long as we can, and then pack if necessity compels us to do so. There has not as yet been any arrivals here from California or even from Fort Laramie; of course we have no news from that region as late as you have. The country through Missouri is good. Their staple productions are negroes, mules and tobacco, with some hemp, corn, wheat, &c.

Those in company with me are all well, and determined to persevere to the end. I shall ever feel a deep sense of gratitude to my numerous friends in Terre-Haute and Vigo for their kindness and attention to me when 1 left. I will write you again when I can.

Yours, &c., S. PATRICK. -----

A Illanly Locofoco.

Mr. Patterson, editor of the Morris town Register, was Navy Agent at Philadelphia. He was removed but instead of whining, or asking the editor of the Union to act as chief mourner, he talks out like a man, as follows:

Gen. Taylor owes it to his friends, to the party which placed him in power, to make his selections for office among them. A contrary course would be direct insult to those who advocated his election. No democrat can consistently ask to be continued in office under an administration of whoso policy he docs not and cannot approve. Indeed, by doing so he would forfeit his claims upon the confidence of his party friends, for he would be manifesting a disposition to yield the higher question of principle to the meaner consideration of dollars and cents. It would be absurd, too, to assert that there are not in the ranks of Gen. Taylor's immediate adherents and supporters, an abundance of men just as well qualified toadminis ter the duties of the several officos in the gift of the President, as are the Democrats who hold them and the President owes it to those who labored assiduously and zealously for his election, to supersede every democrat in office with the least possible delay, and confcr his favors upon his own partizan adherents.

The writer of this article was, as our readers know, one of the first—indeed the very first in Pennsylvania—to be superseded under the new dynasty.— With this we have no fault to find— against it we have not one word of com plaint to urge. Our supersedeas was, therefore, not wrong to us, whilst the conferring of the office we held upon Another was the fulfillment of a sacred obligation which the President owed to those who stood in a different relation to him from ourself—and they mistake us greatly who imagine there lives in our bosom a single feeling of hostility towards the new administration, growing out of our removal from a station which we had no right to hold under an executive whom we did not assist to elect, and whose measures of policy, we are greatly inclined to fear will be from their character, much more frequently the subjects of out condemnation than our praise.

Tho correspondence of the State Journal, to be found in another column, gives some account of the appearance of'

Matson and W

nght

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before the people.

FOREIGN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE CALEPONIA. The Caledonia arrived at Halifax on the evening of May 24th. jShe brings 60,000 pounds sterling in specie.— Forty paaagngera stopped at Halifax. 1 Germany#

The quarrel between the Parliaments throughout Germany and the respective sovereigns has reached highest pitch. In Saxony there has already been a conflict between the troops and people, attended with great loss of life which resulted in favor of the people. The railways were displaced to prevent the arrival of troops from Berlin. A sufficient Prussian force, however arrived to produce momentary tranquility The fight was renewed next day. and the cannonading continued till night

On the 7th the battle was resumed, and at four o'clock in the morning a deadly warfare was going on in the streets. Latest intelligence from Dresden to the 8th says that hostilities raged between the royalists and people, which lasted for some time without anv immediate prospect of termination. For the members of the Provisional Government a reward has been offered.

At Leipsic, a disturbance had broken out between the military and the people after a short struggle the people were overpowered.

Accounts from Berlin state that an insurrection had broken out in Berslau on the 6th. The troops and people were fighting in the streets.

It was rumored that an insurrection had broken out Coblentz. While these convulsions are occurring the Austrian Government is in danger of dissolution by the continued success of the Hungarians, and the possession of Gran, Raab and Pyrary. The Hungarians in the meantime time are advancing in large bodies and have again been victorious. The Hungarian account represents tho Hungarian excitement at the highest pitch, and it will take more than Russia and Austria combined to quell it. Endeavors are being made to create a revolution in Galicia. In fact, from Posen to Pesth, the whole country is involved or on the brink of hostilities. England and France disapprove of Russia interfering with Austria and Hungary. The French have been checked in their march towards Rome, by the Republicans, with the loss of Capt. Oudinot, 180 killed and 400 wounded. The Danish war continues. The quarrel between Napoleon and his cousin is growing fiercer.

Advices from Paris state that the check the French troops met in the Papal States has moved France to the centre, and touched the people on the most tender point. The particulars of the battle in or near the imperial city are given. The French General marched on the 27th of April, from Cevita Vecchia, for Rome but meeting more opposition than he expected, he halted a short distance from the city, awaiting the arrival of the rest of the expedition.

The Roman Assembly, on the 26th, tendered the Triumvers the safety of tho republic, urging the necessity of a force to repel the French. Barricades were erected and every preparation made to defend the city. Tho Central Conrimittee protested against the entrance of the French into Rome, threatening to blow up the Quirinal, Vatican and St. Peters. The French replied that their orders were imperative, and they would enter Rome by force, if necessary. They accordingly entered tho city and were received by a volley of musketry and missiles, and were forced to retreat, with a loss of 200 killed and 500 wounded.

The English accounts stato that the French did not enter the city, but were whipped at the gates, with 600 killed. The French prisoners declared themselves tricked into the expedition, and believed that they were going to fight against the Austrians.

Gen. Oudinott was taken prisoner and rescued with difficulty. Upon the reception of tho nows nt Paris, the President addressed the following letter to the French General

NATIONAL PALACE ELYSEE, May 8th, 1849.

DEAR GENERAL:—The telegraphic news announcing the strong resistance which you have met under the walls of Rome, has greatly pained me. I had hoped that the inhabitants of Rome, opening their eyes to evidence, would receive with eagerness an army which had arrived to accomplish a friendly and disinterested mission. This has not been the case. Our soldiers have been received as enemies. Our military honor is injured, and 1 will not suffer it to be impugned for reinforcements shall not be wanting to you. Tell your soldiers I appreciate their bravery, and take part in what they endure. They may always rely on my support and gratitude. My Dear General, receive the sentiments of my highest esteem.

Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.

MANUFACTURES IN THE SOUTH.—The Natchez Courier says: A cotton factory is about to be erected in Mobile by John Bloodgood, Esq.— Tho Herald says the building will be 36 feet by 100 and three stories high. The machinery will consist of 1,000 to 1,500 spindles, looms, and all the necessary fixtures for spinning and weaving coarse cotton fabrics. All experience in Alabama «has shown that the business of manufacturing is very profitablo—yielding a larger interest than any other investment.

The Mississippi Manufacturing Company at Draine's Mills, Choctaw county, is now in successful operation, yielding a large dividend. It has now five hundred spindles in operation, which con sume daily 300 pounds of cotton, and turn out 280 pounds of spun thread.— The cast of the cotton consumed every day is $15, other expenses $10, making in all $S5i The manufactared article sells readily at 20 cents, making the whole product of the spindles 956 per day.

Messrs. Howell & Aspinwall of New York, received on the 18th of May, a telegraph dispatch announcing that the steamers Oregon and California had arrived at Panama, on their return trips,

the 6th inst. Their freights arc valued

ovcr hajf a miUion doi)ars.

From the Wathingtoit Union.

The Disgraceful Spectacle. When General Taylor was atthe head of our gallant army in Mexico, after a battle had been won and the enemy prostrated, he was induced by the brave and generous men by whom he was surrounded to stop the carnage, and extend to the defeated the offices of kindness and humanity. Such conduct was as graceful to the hero as the victory was glorious. It was worthy of the chivalrous and generous soldier, and received the applause of the virtuous "and tho good everywhere. Then it was supposed that such meritorious conduct was dictated by General Taylor's own hu­

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and generous nature. But what a spectacle does he exhibit after the civic victory, which he has won over a portion of his own fellow-country-men Does he treat them with forbearance and mercy, notwithstanding they opposed him at the ballot-box, as they had a right by the laws of their country to do 1 Let the hundreds, nay, thousands of his fellow-citizens proscribed and driven from office, perhaps to pecuniary ruin, and their families to beggary, during the two short months of his administration, answer, Never wassuclt relentless proscription practised by any President, or any administration in the name of a President, as has been witnessed since he came into power. And who are proscribed They arc of the patriotic party—the democracy of tho country—who supported the cause in which he fought and won his way to the presidency many of them the soldiers who stood by his side, and shed their blood upon the very battle-fields which have given him all his renown. And at whose instigation are they proscribed 1 By the very men who traitorously espoused the cause and became the allies of Mexico in that war of which General Taylor, by the indulgence of the democratic party, was one of the heroes.

When fighting the battles of his country, Gen. Taylor exhibited the noblest virtues of the soldier, and the finest traits of humanity. Now, notwithstanding the most solemn pledges to the contrary, he becomes the most revengeful despot, and the ruthless proscriber of his countrymen who hated not him,but the party which had opposed their country, but which, for the most selfish purposes, supported him for the office to which he aspired. How can such discrepancy of character be accounted for We hesitate not to say, only upon the hypothesis of the imbecility and incapacity of General Taylor. We speak for freemen, and in the spirit of a freeman and we feel bound to declare our honest impressions in relation to this, as well as to all other subjects. We therefore hesitate not to say, that this discrepancy of conduct on the part of General Taylor at tho head of an army and at the head of the Whig party, can be accounted for only on the hypothesis of his incapacity for the place which he occupies. Then he was surrounded by brave, chivalrous, and generous men they assisted and enabled him to win glory for himself, and to preserve it by noble and exalted deeds after it had been won. Now, he is surrounded by low-mindod, unprincipled and shameless politicians, who are intent only on revenging themselves upon their enemies, and seizing upon the "spoils of victory," which they owo to the measures and policy of tho very men whom, in General Taylor's name, they are devoting to political proscription and ostracism.

Do General Taylor and the personal friends by whom he is surrounded, and who should have a regard for his future reputation, flatter themselves with tho belief that such a course of conduct as that which he is now pursuing will not provoke the disgust and aversion of tho American people Does he, and do they, flatter themselves with tho belief that his personal popularity is so deeply grounded in the hearts of his countrymen, that it cannot he shaken or undermined Do they believe his laurels are so green they can never wither upon his brow If so, we tell them it is a fatal delusion. The American people love honor, truth, integrity, and consistency, as well as valor, bravery, and humanity and they will never permit their great office of tho presidency—the most exalted office which mortal man can occupy, becausc it represents tho majesty of the people—we say they will never permit that great office to bo dishonored and disgraced by a wanton disregard and violation of the very pledgos and promises which the incumbent made in order to attain it. It matters not whothef those promises were unwisely or wisely made, or whether former Presidents havo pursued the same course which General Taylor has with regard to removals.— Those aro not the questions. It is the great question of political veracity for which ho is arraigned before tho American peoplo, and for which ho must answer.

When the American people elected Gen. Taylor to the Presidency, they did' not know that the high functions of tho office were to be repudiated by him, and delegated to a ferocious and prescriptive Ewing, or a tortuous and unscrupulous Collamer, aided by such a political profligate as Fitz Henry Warren. They flattered themselves with the belief that General Taylor himself would execute the great and responsible duties of his high office. They even now begin to see that they have been deluded and deceived, and to repair tho error which they have committed, by rebuking atthe ballot-boxes tho man whom they delighted to honor, but who has betrayed them to their enemies. We say to Gen. Taylor and his unscrupulous advisers, that this voice from the ballot-box will become more and more potent. It already speaks their doom and they will go out of their high places tho most thoroughly broken down and disgmced administration that has ever yet held power in this republic. Although we believe, if a vote were now taken, that they would be overwhelmingly beaten in the country, we also believe they are stronger at this moment than they will be at any time hereafter to the end of their career, which will surely terminate on the 3d of March, 1853.

Mr. Macready has donated 81,000 to tho needy relatives of persons killed in the late riot at the Astor Opera House,