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R?f:v- -7 - ' c v ' * ... p: : . -s / > - ' ' -1 ' . '/ Mexico. . T&b 11ki?outi:o Capture ok Sai.tii.la and' monterey -by .the libbkaas ? imperial ! Decrees Dkfinino the Government and Boundaries of thk EmTibk, d-c.?The n?m" hitLvhI of tbe Britisli steamer from Vein . Cuiz * cloprivea mc of ibe pleasure of writing Ton ri. t? < loug letter. I can only give von a couple of lines of very donhlfnl m-ws,'brought yesterday . ".by ^hc British steamer Bolivar, from Tampfco. ' The .captain of this Vrssol states that at the >' nipinenj; of leaving the following dispatch was "s placed in his hauds j '* .Official.?Saltilla and '^lonttfvy have fall' on into the hands of the' liberals under Gen. Xcgrcte.. ' ' Ciudad Victoria, capital of Tamaallpas, has capitulated and been occupied by Mpndez. Those who choose to .believe this despatch, iqay do sobut wisdom suggests a few days quarantine. Negrete.^ at last accounts, was b with Juarez in Chihuahua, endeavoring to organize au army. Mendez has done notning worthy of mentiop since tic .pi'lagod Linares, vbere he got.woundcd. It is just passible that both. inilividukls*rnay have done what is ;ittrib; utcd to them in the a how.; dispatch, whicli is elated from no town and hears fio signature. Tbe'steamcv Liberty arrived yesterday from ; New Qrieans, and is anoouuecd t?? leave for' 'New York on m-xt Monday, the 8th. A very small balance of strangers will remain "here after the departure of the Jvigle mid Cor aica to-day, and iho Liberty and Lriush steamer on Mtroday. > ' The steamer Creole, from New York', arrived last evening about sundown; * * . . A largo Spanish steamer came in last cven.. injr from St. Domingo, carrying part'of flic ^returning troops from that ex-colony of 'tin: ' Spanish crown. ' . < . No more arrivals or departures, of blockade . runners^ whoso occupation is now about gone. The famous Denbigh, which lias made so rn mij " i ..?;t \ui.;i* ...rwri ii.jkv.-. i/irjro ??a ...v- % v too, was solil yesterday for" six thousand 5?e hundred doHs'rs. Another, the.. Luna, goes back to England, and so on. Sir truvxif, etc. the piskpr dispatch." . - . Havana, May 6, 1805.' ' / ^'era Cruz journals received hero $tn;e that th? Emperor Maximilian fyw issued a- decree defining the provisional >tatus of the imperial government while the (fefinitive organisation is 'proceeding. The decree is divided into eighteen.chapters, and subdivided into ciglrty-oiie jfaragVaphs. "Some of the leading features may* ' be .briefly staled ' The forai of the government will be a limited florcditary monarchy, with a Catholic prince at ,tbc head. ' '.* > * In the case of the dein.fi df the Emperor, or .of anyother event which may incapacitate him for thq exercise of his powers, "his august -apouse, the Empress," will bo ipse facto regent of the empire. ... 1 The Emperor or Regcrii on assuming power - - ' -? wr . n..i l.. ,i. mast, take,tnis oatu :?"i swoar iu uou oy me Holy Evangelists to further1, by nil means in. 1 .my power, the welfare and prosperity of the nation, to defend its independence and preserve the integrity of the country." The Emperor, who represents the national sovereignty, will be*assisted by a ministry of .nine departments. " * 1 The territory of Mexico is defined as.bound'? 'ed on. the .north by the lines decided upon by .' the United "States at the conventions of Guad' alupe and Mesila; on the cast by the Gulf of ? ^fiU t??v. ' fliexico, toe oea ui 1UU xviimn;.-, rtuu uiu lish establishment at Belize; on the-south by the republic of Guatemala, and on the ,wcst by ' - the Pacific. . w ' Nothing is-said about Texas. I The government guarantees to all the inhabitants of the empire equality in the eye of the law, security of person and property, ahd liber- ' ty of free speech. * * Th?national colors will be green, .red and I white j and their disposition on the national flag will bfc defined by a special law. .r- A decree,, dated May 10, is devpted to a definition of the.extent of freedom'to be allow- v .fid to-the press, which will be subject to. about the same restriction.- in France or . * Austria. < 1 ' > '" '' t . % ' . ' . ' ' * TIio- duly; on imported tobacco* has been largely increased. T.hc.Empcror has granted a concession to Don Louis.Dine! for a*rnilroai! from Mexico to and at San .Cosine, Papoti.i, Tacnlw, 'Halnc* pniitia, Guantitlan, with tin; terminus. The funeral ofJose Manuel Pouec occurred 'to-day. He was a young man of the most promising talents, a lnciiibor of the University, anil connected with jo'ariy of our principal fam'ilics* lie was beloved by all who lenevt' hirn. lie was-ati invalid, and the news of the assassination t>f President Lincoln, incautiously told him in his weak condition, affected hi.- brain and resulted in liis'death. Ak?uUolv" Sto'iv.?In the eastern -'part of Delaware Co., there fjincrly ' resided a art nanied'B-?,, now if Justice of the Peace, and a very sensible mau, but by common consent the ugliest locking individual in "the wholo country, being long, gaunt, sallow, and awry, with a gait like a kangaroo. ' One day lie was hunting,.uud one of the uioyntain rtmds ha nlet a man on foot and alone, wliO'*was longer, gaunter, uglier by all odds, than himself, lie cou|d give the "Square" fifty and beat - him.? Without, saying a word-. 13 raised his gun and deliberately levelled it at the- stranger.-? ',For God's sake don't shoot," shouted the mar. in great' alarm. "Stranger, replied 1??-?, "1 swore ten years ago that if 1 ever wnet a man uglier than I* was, I'd shoot him, and you are the first one I've seen." The stranger, after taking a careful survey of his "rival," replied, "Wal, if. F lookN wot^e than you do, shjrto; I don't want to liv? any longer !" The Dutchman's Ciuijk:?Not long since there lived in the small village, of 13., in the State of Ponn?ylvania, a^phlegmalie old dutchman, who wa* famous for making the best CiUot. 'n flu, tin wit fifirliourl Xlld Was .fMlll.-lUll t:L? """ i - i -,r mous for keeping ft, and, as vet, no Person, except, himselfami t'amilv h;id lawn permitted to tnsta'-the "good stuff." At last onft'-or his near neighbors said l.? was bound to taste it.?. Accordingly lie went to the Dutchman's hgusc and entered into conversation with liirn concerning the crops, Ac., and by degrees, led him to speak of life cider.- He then,said to iiim : '1 understand vo5 make very-good eider?" ''Yaw/' replied the J)ntcbman ; "Hans, my pov, ?T'? priug a rang full.-"' Ilaus soon returned with a mvig brimming full and handed it to tile DiiCehman, who drained it to the bqttrun at one draught, i.thmi turning to iiis astonished, visitor, said : "Dcrc now, if you dosh not dink' dat good cider j.oost yon scbuiell of tc mug." The Term "Lai>y."?The name lady is an abbreviation ot the. Saxon "lcofday," which signifies brand (liver. The mi-stress of a manor, at a time when ufHuenf families' resided constantly at their oountrv mansions,-' was accustomed oucc a wetilt, or oftener, to distribute amoDg the poor a certain quantity "of bread.? She bestowed the gift with her hand,*.?and m^dc the heart of the needy glad by the soft words and gentle actions which accompanied her benevolence. The widow and the orphan "rose up and called her blessed j" the flcBtitute and the afflicted recounted her. praise;, all classes of tlic.poor emhaimed her in their affections as the leofday, the giver of bread and dispensor of comfort,.a sort of ministering spirit in a worliof sorrow. Who is a lady novf -?? - Crazv Pkoplki?What absurd ideas some" time| get into the heads of * crazy. people!? There is a patient in the asylum ot Utica, wh6' has been employed for the last two years in getting up a steamboat whosfe engine shall .be worked with Epsom salts. Another gentleman in an adjoining room proposes to put elliptic springs under Niagara, "to case the water when it j mips;', while another is busily Ongaged in getting out timber for a "six-bladed hotse" and a leather frying pan. The philosopher who sajd that the only reason why lunatics differ from other people, is because they^ were more hrgoly iipaginativo than 'ojiher folksy was not as'far out of his reasoning as sorflo people imagine. . I 1 ? ' V ' ; - ' nil ?-IUPU<WJC>.'I.' ?.?HI. Will* ! A Tioop Wav'of ITEA!llNf};KROM lIoMK.'-^r [A voting man in California, whose friends-had i UQt rwntMiibereil Kim as lie thought they ! ougiil., adopted the following expedients : ? ; sab dfwu and wrote some htiif 'dozen letters to ! different, persons at-home, inn airing the price J ofj land and stock?what he could bay ?a and.some farm of 200 or 300 acres for, &c., /utiinating that lie lead large .sums to invest., and was verv rich goeerally. I?y return-mail lie . received no less than seven letter.-,' ali antiiOusj ly inquiring after his' health', when lie was icoihiog, itc.,- and has received three -or lour j every mail sin'ec, including souie very warm ; ones from an old and very cold sweetheart, i _L V i UPPOSirio.V.?"A certain amount of opposij tion," says John Ncnl, uis a great help.to muri, j Kites risu against and not with the wmkI.? ! Eyen a head.wind js better fchpn won-;/ No man ever worked his anywhere, iu a I dead csfluv," * ' . ! A Bkavs Majc.?One who dares go" ragged, till lie can pay for better clothes ! ** *tszBs&if- - ?sts i Special Notices.' SOLDI EJUS* JiSOA SLID' scfe" RI& j To the foyers 'of tlic Tax in Kind to the Solj# liters' Jiortrd of'Relief. ' . you ARfi is AKuifAits i'ar.THIS TAX, AND I hare not paid it yet. Th& persons for whom it wis . inteudod,'by Taw, ore now suffering. This Board j earnestly implores you to pay the same forthwith.? ; They ha \ (j considered the reasons assigned by iuimy J ! norsona fur not doiuc so. to wit: That the etfemv _un- I : i " ? ' t * * - j tier GcB.'SliergHHi 'and ("Jen. Potior. :uid the cavalry ! corps (?; iho ("VmiCflerate Slates. have eaten up,' or <3c-, ) strayed, nil their corn, and oilier* provisions; tliatvou" have not enough lor your ow:t use, and nro nowhor rowing frum others, rotmafclc yon to livej and this' | Board have cbneluded that these rcumn*cannot stand, I jind are not proper. - . I 'The llotmi cannot release this tnx. without ropen'j'ing flic rrt-t cf the Legislature which imposes it?this ! the Board lias no power to do. The laws of the State : are in full force and vigor, and unrepealed, and it is ; the dnty-of every citizen, stronger now than ever, to j obey them. When might becomes the pructical law ' of the hind, ijo man is safe in person of property. I If yoiy corn and other provisions ha?e been taken j from you, then you tin purchaser rr.oro. If you ask I where,we answer by tbo information bofoi'c the Board, . that iiu unlimited amount of corn can bo .had- around' ! Sum tor Court House at seven ty-fivc cents in specie.! If you lmvo no specie, then uso other property to getf I it, aud thus buy the corn, or give ft satisfactory note, I payable hext, wiutor -in'good money. You can do | this, butter mid more ojfoctunlly than tho poor wife or j widow. You"have properly, orjjo'tt would have no . ' Tax to pay. Use it to raise tho amount of your tax; ( This aid is intended/or destitute women and children, i Tlicy have no p'roperty.npd cannot*, help themselves.. Y"ou cau help them by doing your duty under, tho law. They cannot'raise specie to buy corn?but you can,.' by doing your duty. , If you told Mr. McKnin, our,collector of Sfatfe Tax-' 'es, that you ha^lost some property by tho enomy and therefore could not pa? your Taxes, ho would tell you that was no oxcuse, and you must pay ' up. In short -i-if/vt-trtuifirtn ?o +h?c Vv/ar?onOA ttAH liflVA ln_Qfc fiAPTlA' Hie |?V|IUOIUWU id VlllO) WVV^UUV J w? v .wv. wwmv properly, you ought not to pay a tax on any. This is a mistake, and cannot bp adm itted. Nor would tho Legislature rolievo you from paying the: Tax, on that' plea. Tlje Board earnestly prays you to use ah possi-. ble moans at your command to procure this corn and pay your Ta*. Seven hundred and .eighty-five chil'drcn and threo hundred and forty-six widows, wives, and aged inothefh and fathers, havo to bo -supported by this'Tax.- Ttwillbea small*, arajftmt to t'.ora .at besit Aid them by paying your tax, .and you relieve the distressed and suffering. The Board willingly will do all in its power to aid you, and therefore proposes to receive iroin you, mow, ono half of your tax, and thd other half yi October, out of the growing crop; also to commute tho Syrup Tax into com, and leceivo ono bushel for two gallons. ' ' By order o f tho Board: / "* J NO. M. DBSAU6STJKE, Juue 2?1 v ^ . * Cliainnuu. > m mw * v- $* ?? - i \ - t , >& . A Good Family Oil..? Melt, *J^gc.t^erv over tl*c fit a ? pint ilf oil of sweet alnrdmlf^'fldd ai> T hunce of spermaceti ; thcJattcr sftonld- (j'ebro- V , ten info httie bits. Wbtip colli, jjtif in a ta-r * blcrspoonful of oil of bergamot rubbed with , . two "rniiis of civet-. . . " 'c Two Htmdred Dollars Ke-v ward in Specie. . : QTOL'KX FllCTM MY STABLES, 0:\;-TII1vMGHT O ofihe Oth inst., two (2) Uuc BA,Y MAltKS, one a large bay mare, willfulil in the first of the fall, 7 years old,, color a dc-qi bay, black lOge, main euiLtail,- very % small fore top, too short to bo kept or jl-rcpd tinder the brow b'>nd, no white* about her, irnTess kiddle * marks; u small scar on'the right liind kg at the knee : or hock jo.iur, outsHo of the' leg, recently done ploughing; a very, heavy imutoanimaf,- wiili greae muscular powcftHino action, gentle ami kind in .bar' neSs or under saddle; gates, walk trot ajjd J ope. * Also, one 11 AY FILL BY, 4 years old, abet\t 141-2 . hands high, dark bay color, black legs, main and tail;: a very liaucVoiTU! animal, beautifully, formed witl. . 1 "rather a heavy mniu and tail. No particular marlqj except a small scar on lite left hi# near t$c root of the tail, in the shape of a hdtf moon, caused by a kick. Theso two animals arc very-much attached tb eacliothj or, .and when separated, restkss'an 1 uneasy. ' I will pav the ubovo.rowar# ift specie or its equhrolent for the recovery 15/' my marts, or .ono hundred dollars for either of thctii. Any information ns toihe .; thitfwill if fluljfc appreciated, and- any hiformotion as to the marcs can be give/ to #kmes B. Curetou, Fsq.,'or Dr. R. B-Johnston, Camden, S. 0., 6r.^Torv,' . Janfc,%JL Wilhtrspoon, Lancaster C...H., "Capt.; ihoisi, Taylor, Columbia, S. C., or myself' ' * ' . i . - ;* ?. MbMILLER, V / * Pipcvillo, C A S. May 24?4 ( . No. Qat^ Coiumhia Phoenix will copy four . t.itpe$;-6ae? a week, and send hill to' llii? office, tfb bo paij in \ specie. / v . > - Ran Read Mill: A STEAM MILL FOR GRIN^NG MEAL AND l\ grits, is now in succes3b.1l'operati6p at th# . ftlil Tl/inrtf * Crinrlinc rtftnft nt all hnnfs of thft daT A ! aiiava of patronsgf isaoljatod, . ' , * Hay 6 ' *> " 1 WILL. STAND* . > ripHE THOROUGHBRED C'ilSi ADUST HQRSB , .a. BUCKIIILLIA.RD, nttho residence of Bnnjamtn ' Cook, 10 pii!es,north of Camdeo. FmA $25 io^'cub* # rent fund*. Groom, $1.00. ' >" T.Jny S ? ./ ' ' ? ! >. ; * ^ > " Tobacco fpr Sarter'., " >... Twenty boxbswo i" tobacco'. pi 8T0bb and foraale for specie or proviniona. J-jfe. MBROKY. , May. 8 ' . \ tFOBTsALE OR RARTEIt, v ALOOk)F TLOUGE IRO#,. APPLY A?' y . . " ' MATHELOB, 4 00; . UayU.- , ' * . - . .^jjj ' ' ' For Sale oivExchanere.. . A" YOUNG HORSE OF FINE BLOOD* APPLY * . TO JESSEE ARTHUR,'flamden^o..Co.""1jlay &: t A * !'* ' ' *? -ttr * 1 : . - * , v . " . . Carriage for Sale. ; A FOUR SEATCAR.RIAGR, two horses . . ' in excellent order; for said Or exchange/or Cora. Apply.to s ..." i b. p. colbuttil , >fay 2GT _ . . . v fan >at Kirkwood Flpw aiid Grist . . The adoyE- mill is prepared jo grind Wheat, Corn, Rice and Rye. Toll onertontii la all capes?1 . b. p. COLBUR]?. i May26 A For-SaJe. T7UVE. HUNDRED POUNDS BACON in lots . 1 x aI.?. ^rts i *? JL' to suit purchasers. .Appiy at. uus omww , , May 31 1 V ; :v PONEY WANTED, . A LADY'S SADDLE HORSE WANTED IN EX- ' ?;* CHANG-E for o mule. Apply to * -* ;w? > ? 1 1 SPECIAL NOTICE. ' /' \?l "v fTTK SUBSCRIBER KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON 1,'. hand a l'reslKSupply of Meal anil Hominy m expji/in'ge M- * ' .* or Corn. Apply at Mr. JVOivighl's shop on Maiii YLAit ? strcot. J.'E. SDTHtliMNDt-' < . MTV12 . ' %'