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^ , * * A % s VOLUME 9. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 2,-&48. ? . NUMBER 5. PUBLTSTIBD EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, ? Y T II 0 M A S W. PEGU E s. TERMS. Three D dlars perannu n in advance, Three Dollars a Fifty Cents within six months, or Four Dollars at the ( pimtion of the year. Advertisements inserted at 75 cents per square, (fourtet lnes or less,) for the first and half that sum for each subs qnent insertion. The number of insertions to be noted c all advertisements, or they will be published until order* to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. One Dollar per square for a single insertion. Quarter and Monthly advertisements will be charged the same i jingle insertion, and Semi-monthly the same as new one For publishing Citations as the law directs three dolla will be charged. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Comrnnn cations recommending Candidates for public ofiioes of pr< fit trust?or puffing Exhibitions will be charged asadve tiaements. Alt! letters by mail man be post paid to insure a punciu attenion. TO CLUBS. |H In order to place the Journal within 1 lie reach c *11. we offer the following reduced rates to Club H of new subscribers?payment to be made at th j^B tim*of subscribing. B For 4 copies for one year, 810 09 B For 6 copies for one year, 14 00 B For 8 copies for one year, IS 00 H For 10 copies for one year, 21 00 K For 12 copies for one year, 24 00 K Any one ot our present subscribers will be con 9 sidered as or.cof either of the above clubs, bv oh taining a enfilcient number of new subscribers t< fi make up with himself, the 4, 0, 8, 10, or 12. MISCELLANEOUS. ^ TEH M BI,E STEA M BO AT DIS A STEP thirty-five i.ives lost. The steamboat Ynlabusha, Cnpt. Scot! loaded with cotton, on her tiip from Red River to this city, on Tuesday night last was burned to the water's edge, by which terrible disaster at least thirty-five lives were lost. To a gentleman, one of the surviving passengers, wc are mainly indebted for th'-* following particulars < f the heartrending I Scene. About a quarter past 9 o'clock, on Tuesday uighf. when the majority of the passcngers, numbering about one hundred in all, moulding the deck passengers, had retired, the alarm of fire was given?the boat was then in the middle of the stream, and opposite the plantation of Mr. V. < hoppin. about 18 miles below Donaldsonville. All were instantly-aroused, and as the doors of the ft ladies'cabin were thrown open, lno dense I vrflumc ??fsmoke rushing aft from flic clerk** I <?ffiec, near wlicre llic fire originated, almost ft produced suffocation. B The scene of terror and wild alarm among V tlie passengers at this moment beggars description. The boat was immediately rounded to and headed to the shore, and as she struck the bank a general rush was inade for the landing, manv pcrsois being d owned in their attempts to get onshore. As she readied the shore, Mr. C. E. Knowlton, of Donaldsonville, and two other passengers I whoso names \vc have not heard, with great presence of min i, seized the end of the cable and leaping on shore made it fast to a tree on the bank in order to hold the boat in her position?but through the culpable negligenceof those on board, whose duty it was to attend to such matters, the cable was not niade fast on boa I, and the boat c wseqo'mt. fy swung out in the stream again the engines still going, and in a few seconds was beyond the reach of those on shore. The boat afterwards drifted down stream about two miles where striking the shore, she was made fast. Judge Mills of Texas, lost a child about (our years of age, and one servant. The Judge having his wife and two children on C7 hoard, Ho looK a child in cacn hand, ana in leaping overboard received a blow on one bfm from a falling limber, causing him to relax h:s ho'd on nno of the children, which was lost. Mrs. Mills leaped overboard with her husband, and was saved by the efforts o| Major Yancy, of Natchitoches. Mr. A. M. Alexander, formerly of Kentucky, lost i\v children?both girls; himself and wife, were saved by swiming ashore. The R .v. Mr Page. Episco pal minister, and two of hit .^diddren, were lost. lie was lost in attempt iug to save his family. Mrs. Page was sav ed. The steamer Monterey, was the first boa " which came to the assistance of the Yala liusha. and her officers rendered every as instance to the unfortunate sufferers that hu inanity could dictate. The kindness aru humanity of Mr. Choppin, opposite whosi plantation the disaster occurred is spokei of in the highest terms by the surviving passengers. Ilis house was thrown open tc nil nhrl /dntliirwr tiiriiic'w/l In llmcr> ivlio linf 6 "7 escaped die conflagration witii only niidit clothes. Among the many acts of nohle gen erositv, performed by the surviving cahii oassengers who had means on their person inwards the unfortunate deck passengers whohad Install, wc would mention that o JVlaj. Ware. lie had lost 83000 on board and having $170 remaining on his pcrsor he distributed it among the deck passen &rsWhile on this subject, we deem it our du If. as public journalists, however painful an disagreeable it may be state that great blam is attached to the captain and some of th ^officers of the boat, for their culpable caic icssncss, to use no harsher term, in an afla in which so many persons were hurled int eternity. We trust that in an investigntiol which public justice imperiously demand: he. and those ofiicers who arc charged wit a dereliction of duty, will be able to clc: themselves of blame. TV. O. Delta. k t? r> *m._ r :n_ /Y. r BEE i lit: l/JUisv 11 it; i/j*uii liter tells a story of a church-member wl had always been more remarkable for ope ing bis mouth to say amen than for openn Jits purse, lie had on one occasion, tak< hie usual place near the preacher's stan and was making his responses with are animation. After a burst of burning el quence from the preacher, he clasped I hands, and cried out in a kind ofecstac uYes, thank God! I have been a Method for twenty-five years, and it has'nt cost ti twenty-five cants!" "God bless your stin, soul!" was the preacher's emphatic reply. Sad Tragedy.?About a fortnight since a truly affecting tragedy of a domestic char actcr, took place in this County, about ten miles to the Northwest of our town. A ;x messengcrjo the Coroner, brought tidings that a voung woman had taken the life of kn * e- her husband by cutting his throat with a ra|JJ zor. Upon an investigation of the affair, bv the proper Jur\T, it turned out to be hor'y riblv true, that the female, Mary Corl, had * n all probability, destroyed the partner of i ** her, bosom, in the manner, described, i. The Coroner, under the stern mandate of > the law, did his duty by committing her to j r' the County prison. As soon as possible, J a however, she was summoned under a writ ! of "habeas corpus,'' before his Honor Judge Pearson, at Alocksville. on Thursday, the ii yum uii.t vvitii the proper witnesses in attcnp dance. e A long and critical examination of all the facts of the affair thereupon ensued, in which Ins lienor exhibited his well known legal lad. The unfortunate object for trial, was clear- j Iv shown to have been laboring under "insanity,'' at the time of the commission of the j deed; and under that peculiar form, wcli known to the Medical Profession, as?Puerperal or child birth mania. This perversion of the human intellect, is in the main, desponding and melancholic in its character, i hut occasionally, it assumes a furious and j suspicious and a destructive tendency. Un- j der its impulses?a child?a husband?or i I some near friend or relation?become the , , object of aversion and destruction. Law , and Medical reports are replete wito instan- j , ccs of a similar kind; and jhc present case: departs in no decree from a like tendency,: when the hallucination exists. There is a peculiar cunning connected > ' with mania. The subject will do acts of in- ; jury and conceal the evidences with the address of a well ordered mind, bent upon mischief. It was proved on trial, that the party was j , a voting couple, married about two years, i and lived in the utmost harmony?no fain-, ilv jars or jealousies were known to exist. j n wto not uiuii xnc uirui 01 ncr ciuia, a, boul (wo months ago, that the family and neighbors discovered something amiss in i t her demeanor, which was increased, possibly, by the loss of her child two.weeks after birth. From a light-hearted, cheerful ; , industrious wife, she arose from Iter bed a ; moping, melancholic woman. On the day that ihe tragedy ensued?when the mental ! delusion took the destructive shape, with its cunning, site had the address to send away both a girl who lived in the house and an ( uncle of her husband. In their abscencc the deed was done; and J ! what is singular," the razor (her husband's) has not been found. Shortly after the commission of the act Iter manner was wild and incoherent. Whatever else maybe thought , this|pnor woman was indeed a "maniac," under circumstances that challenge our best . sympathies. Its origin, the birth of her in- j fant, its complete manifestation, the destruction of her husband. It was s> believed by | . her nearest neighbors?by the crowd thai I listed to the testimony in the Court House by the medical gentlemen summoned to ext amine and pronounce?by the Judge him j , self. She was released, and the family required to give a bond of five hundred dollars , lor safe keeping. His honor took occasion ' t?? remark that a lunatic asylum was the . proper place fi r her. ti\r r\ Tr?f,.7.m/?n | yi.. f r ? *<?, Fnm the C lie-raw Gazette. 1 i If South Carolina, or our portion of it, , would enter with spirit into cotton manufacf luring, the change for the better would at once show itself upon all branches of busi, ncss. The planters would be benefited in a . Iw/nc market, for cotton and all kinds of; marketable articles. The increased value . of their lands, (lor wherever manufacturing ' . prospers real estate is greatly enhanced in . value,) besides the permanence of this kind j of' investment, would chock the drain of the] j wealth and enterprise from the ?9tato,as! . there is not that facility for removing it that . there is for slaves, &c. The poor would find ; . light, healthy work for their children, at fair i j prices, where their education and social con-' . dition would he improved. The wealth of 1 the Slate would be increased to the extent r of the increased value of the manufactured , goods over the raw material. The least la r j bor is required to manufacture coarse yarn, . and even this, its value is doubled, it takes . a skilful planter to make 3 350 !!>. bales to the hand, while the average per hand for s manufacturing in Massachusetts is 1 1 350 lb. bales, which shows that one hand engaged ; (f in manufacturing adds as much wealth to I |t the country as three in cotton planting; and J when we take into account that women and j . children arc the best for this purpose, it must,. I thank, be obvious to the reflecting that part j i. of this portion, at least, of our population i tj should engage in this business; for 1 venture j e that the idle non producing portion of our j c population, if thus employed, would add j ? more wealth to the State than the whole ! ir number now engaged in cotton planting, o Suppose the whole crop of the State to be 250,000 bales of 310 lbs. each, equal to 87,500,000 lbs. at 7 els.; say $0,135,000. I ?y |i employing our surplus population, one-third i,- the number that made the cotton could turn it into coarse yarns, and add that amount yearly to the income of the State; and if turned into cloth would double this amount, a- With such facts before us. is it not strange io tli it we do [jot awake to the interests of our ii- State and ourselves, and invest at ieast a ig portion of our capital in this business, and 3ii give it that attention and push it with the cnd, ergy necessary to the success of any underat taking. I can account lor our apathy upon lo- this subject only from the fact that we arc lis not fond of change, and from the failure of y. success in the feeble attempts amongst us; isl and that we imagine it a very complicated no business, that no one reared out of Now gy England can understand; and tins delusion is favored by most of the itinerant manager* who come I his way, so as to enable them fleece the few engaged in the business. 1 am convinced this is an error, and that at j intellligcnt man that would succeed in mo t other employments can soon acquire a kno\ ledge of this sufficient to success A PLANTER. THE POLITICAL IIORRIZON. Never within our recollection has the pi lilical horrizon been more completely ovc cast and darkened by the clouds of unce . .1 . . i * _ . . i rni laimy loan ai me present moment. 11 time lias never been since we were o'd < nough to feel an interest in the politic: movements of the (lav, when the true pos lion of men and parties was so utterly undt finable. Old party lines seem to be broke up?new and important issues are daily dc veloping themselves, and men arc careful! watching the signs of the times, hesitatin what policy to adopt. The politicians c Washington resemble so many players at game of whist, each cautiously conecnlin, his own hand and watching ihe lead of tin others. The day is fast approaching whci the game for the Presidential stake must I) played. The cards arc dealt?and yet w seriously believe that there is not one of th players who knows what suit to lead. Mr. Clay is in Washington, looking a least twenty years younger than when \vi saw him in 1844. Since his arrival, w< hear much more of his nomination anion* politicians. lie has many warm and devo ted friends among the Whigs, who woul< bring more enthusiasm to his support thai they could to that of any other man in thci parly, and nothing but considerations o availability can dissuade them from makiu; him the standard bearer of the whig party ii the coming contest. There arc many of hi oldest ?nnd warmest friends, however, \vh< doubt his strength at the South since his lati Lexington speech, who arc desirous to com mit the destinies of their party to the hand of General Taylor, or some other untrict man. Thus the Whigs stand at Washing ion. A few days will settle the matter o the nomination, so far as it rests wilii the po liticians to determine it, hut whether the pco pie will ratify their decision iu the preset) instance remains to be seen. The Democrats would seem to be cvci farther from the choice of a nominee. The; are watching the movements of their oppo ncnls. Cass, Buchanan, Polk, Dallas, per haps all tccl an equal interest in the develop ments which* a few days must bring forth Harmony, union, are the great objects o their present solicitude, and every wire i touched gcntlv for fear of the discord it ma1 C ? produce. 13 it not only arc politicians in the dark a regards the organization of parties. Tin policy that is to govern the respective fac tions in the approaching canvass is yet un developed, and he that ventures an opinioi in reference to the exciting questions of tin day, runs an equal risk of encountering th opposition of all parlies. The prosccutioi of the war is supported and denounced b; Whigs and Democrcats?the Wilinot provi so receives the support and opposition r whigs and democrats?men of both panic /* r i - arc opposed to arid in tavcr 01 uiuemnu from Mexico. In short, the political coni pass is boxed by men of all parties. Put, n we have said, a few days will bring thing into form. The issue will he made up, an the champions arrayed, when, under tli blessing of I'rovidence, the people will dc cidc for the right.? Western Continent. PROFANITY. If there be any thing in man winch cxhil: its an entire want of sdfrcspect. says tli Philosopher, it isprofancncss It is ccr tainlv no mark of a gentleman to swear pn fitnelj; for the worthless and \iie, the vor drugs of society do this; and not tiiilieijueiil ly they can swear even better than the we dressed, educated gentleman. The base: and the meanest of mankind often swea with as good a grace as the more refined. Profaiiuncss has done no man any goo at any time. No man is the richer or w scr, or happier for it. No man has mad himself any friends by it. No man is moi honored or respected in any community he cause he can curse and swear. It adds n< thing to a man's education or manners, i commends no one 10 any goon .viiao-iy. The profane is, or ought to be. shut 01 from the society of virtuous females, for h profaneness is disgusting lo the refined, an abominable to the good. Profanoness is dv grading to the mind. It is unprofitabli needless, injurious in society, and awful i the sight of (dod. 'For tbg^ Lord will in hold him guiltless that taketh his name i vain.' The man who is profane is unnto.ili/ wicl cd. In a young maiiMhc habit is dcspicabl and the man who can swear profanely. c;i have but little self-respect. It exhibits recklessness of character, and a disrogat for imputation: and the practice can be lol rated only amidst the fumes of tobacco ai intoxication; and even there it isloathsom And no man, we think, can admit the co viction to Ins own mind, that lie is a profai man, and not feel by that single fact he degraded; and when he reflects on it, he w always feel that it is despicable; and if I has not lost a large share of self-respect I j will abandon it. For a man that habitual i reveres the name of (Jod, and respects I authority, there is hope. , James 1. King of England, was very pt fane. 11 is son Henry, an amiable prim swore not at all. In the Pictorial IIisto of England, it is related of Ilcury, that I 1 Lie iKimn liAIICOC nl St. Jsimi J llclU UU.\i;a iu uia u>/u.7wu ?.? llicliard, and Nonsuch, !o receive the fu i for profane swearing, which he ordered J be strictly levied among his attendants I every instance of profaneness. | On one occasion when the prince v liuntinga stag, it happened that the stag v spent and was killed by a butcher's d< When the company came up, they fell odds with the butcher. The prince insist i that the butcher was not to blame. Tl to replied, "if his fathe^h!fcl served so, I he would have sworiij so as no man cqpld ly have endured it.'' f st 'Away,' replied the prince, 'all thejplcav sure in llic world is not icorUian oath? The prince had a nice scftse of self-respect, and it secured for liifii the respect of all.?Hartford Herald. , TO OLD BACHELORS. r. Thcr aint no portion of the human famly r. that I have a more commisserable sympathy ir> for than old Bachellers. I feel sometimes like I ought to do something for 'em in my nl columns, sicli a3 give 'em a few words of advice how to better thcr deplorable condition j. or a little morsel of consolation now and n and t.hcn, to enable'em to bear ther rncnyfold misfbrtins and privations. The victims v of intemperance have ther organs, as they ",r call 'em and I don't see why the pore wo^ man-forgotten creators, that is vvasttn away a ther lives in a miserable sclibacy, a torment ? to themselves and a botheration to every 0 body else, should not have some efforts made n to reclaim 'em, and make 'em happy and c useful citizens. I mean to talk to'cm now c and then, and do all the good for the pore c fellers that I can. For the fust lesson, I would recommend 'cm to learn the followin I' piece by hart, and say it over evry night jest c before gwine to bed. 0 Major Jones, of the Western Continent. 1 THE BACHELOR'S COMPLAINT. Returning home at close of day, I Who gently chides my long delay, i And l>y my Bide delights to stay? r Nobody. f Who sets for me the easy chair, ? Sets out the room with neatest care, i And lays my slippers ready there? s Nobotlv. -) 1 Who rogulales the cheerful fire, And |?ili*s the blazing fuel higher, And bids me draw my chair still nigher? ^ Nobody. When plunged in dire and~cTccp distress, I*; And anxious cares my heart oppress, Who whispers hopes of happiness? Nobody? t ! When anxious thoughts within me rise, And in dismay my spirit dies, ,j W ho soothes me by her kind replies? v Nobody. When sickness racks my feeble frame, And grief distracts inyfever'd brain, Who sympathises with my pain? It Nobody. I Then I'll resolve, so help me Fate, s To change at once the single state, y And will to Hymen's altar take ? Somebody! s e Pig Poetry.?That man, James Jinks, of the Lafayette Courier, who foi incrly lived . in Cincinnatti?and that accounts for the n character of the poetry?was lately refused o | by a lloosier gal, whereupon he gave vent c I to his feelings in the following plaintive niela | ody: ''O, ever thus from childhood's hour, i. We've seen our fondest hopes decay; ,p ? We never raised a dog, nor cow or g II en I hat layed an egg a day, But it was marked and look away, We never raised a suckling jiig, To glad us with its sunny eye, Hut when it growed up lat and big, s And fit to roast or bile, or fry, '' We couldn't find it in the sty!" c Rules for tiie Journey of Life.?Never to ridicule sacred things, or what others may esteem such; however absurd they may appear to be. '* Never to show levity when the people 0 arc professed y engaged in worship. Never to resent a supposed injury till I ; know the views and the motive of the au)', thor of it. Nor on any occasion to retaliate. l" Never to judge a persons character by " i external appearance. 51 Always to take the part of an absent person who is censured in company, so far as truth and propriety will allow. ^ Never to think the worse of another on account of his dilfering from inc in political c or religions opinions. e Not to dispute with a man more than 70 years of ago, nor with a woman, nor an cn'*; thusiast. 'l j Not to effect to be witty, or to jest, so as I wound the feelings of another. To say as little as possible of myself, and Is those who are near to me. j To aim at cheerfulness without levity. 1 Not to obtrude mv advice unasked. L'? Never to court the favor of the rich by 11 flattering either their vanity or their vices. ,l To speak with calmness and deliberation 1,1 on all occosions; especially in circumstances which tend to iritale. Frequently to review my conduct and l': note my failings. ln On all occasions to have in prospect the a end of life and a future state.?Di. Wcsl. d Excellent Helps.?'To remember that 1(1 j we are all subject to failings and infirmities ! of one kind or another, n- j To bear with, and not magnify, each oth,u | cr's infirmities. i-' | To avoid going from house to house for the purpose of hearing news and interfering with oilier people's business. I,c Always to turn a deaf ear to any slanlv dcrous report, and to lay no charge against ns any person until well founded. if one be in fault to tell hitn in private bc o fore it is mentioned to others. :c, To watch against any shyness of each ry other, and put the best constructions on any he action that has the appearance of opposition cs. or resentment. ics To observe the just rule of Solomon? that to is, to leave olf contention before it is modfor died with. 'as The thieves are getting jocose. A gentle 'ns man in Cincinnati! had all his Uhampagnc stolen the other clay by one of them, who lcfl [C(| this note: 'Dear Mr. S. I tried your wineicy U teas'nl hard to take' MY SUNDAY BREECHES. 'It clionccd to be our washing da^ Andull.our clothes were drying; 1 Tiio storjHyuwe roaring thougli the lines, AixHWMncni all a saw the shirt and petticoats ^ Go riding off lrk5 witches; And lost ah! bitterly I wept? I lost my Sunday breeches! I saw them straddling through tho air, Alas! too late to win them; I saw them chase the clouds as if The devil had been in thorn, They were my darlings and iny bride; My boyhood's pride and riches? Farewell, farewell, I faintly cried? My breeches! O my breeches! That night I saw them in my dreams, How changed from what I knew them! The dews had steeped their faded threads, The winds had whistled through llicm, I saw the wide and ghastly rents Where demon claws had torn them? A hole was in their hinder parts, As if an imp had worn them, I had many happy years, And tailors kind and clever, Bat these young pantaloons have gone, * Forever and forever! And not till (ate has cut <hc last Of all my earthly slichcs, This aching heart shall cease to mourn My loved and long lost breeches!" TnE Manufacturing Districts.?Oui advices from the manufacturing districts throughout England, although nottjf a buoyant character, are nevertheless on the whole rather more encouraging. At Manchester, the official report of the state of employment of the operatives there shows that during the week ending in December 28, an additional mill had stopped, and two had gone from short to full time. Consequently the increase in the number of mill hands working full time is G5I, and there are 1304 fewer on short time; but, on the other hand, G08 more arc out of employment. Of the total works included in the table, four more are now working full time, with their usual complement of hands. There arc five fewer works on shoiter time, and four more stopped. There are altogether 507 more operatives working full time; 1770 fewer working short time, and 1170 more wholly out" of employment For noods and vara at Manchester little is doing, and prices are rather lower. One favorable circumstance connected with the trade of this district is, the export demand for cotton goods to the Levant. A brighter prospect opens on the woolen districts of Yorkshire. European Times. 'This is a world of business and bustle, said a minister in a sermon. 4Yes but more bustle than business,' whispered a pretty lit tic girl. She knows. A Bad Action.- Some one has well re marked, that neither a single bad action noi a single bad habit, ought to condemn a man for he may himself hate the one, and be try ing to get rid of the other all his life. GEN BRA L QUITMAN". It is right to give publicity to an incident ir the storming of iho city Mexico, which illus trates the bravery and patriotic enthusiasm o this officer, hut which his modesty had suppress ed from t ho knowledge of the country. Th< following is an extract of a letter from the gal lant leader of the mounted rifle regimcnt,.(Maj Loring.) who fell at the head of his regiment 01 the evening of entering the city of Mexico, b; a wound which deprived him of one ofhis arms The extrac is an eloquent tribute from a gallan soldier to the bravery of Iiis distinguished com mander. The letter was addressed to a frieni in private correspondence: "Gen. Quitman was at the head of my regi incnt at the time I was shot. We were th< nearest American soldiers to the city of Mexie and their army at the time I was wounded After I (ell, he armed himself with one ofnr rifles, joined the rifles in their charge upon th> Garita de Helen, fired his last cartridge, thei tied his handkerchief to its muzzle, and wavei his gallant soldiers over the breast work?bein, the first to mount amid the terrible carnag that followed. I'll venture to say there ar few instances in history were one so high ii rank and advanced in life has thus had, an availed himself of, the brilliant opportunity t wreathing around his brow so distinct a title t tho honor of being regarded "bravest of th brave."? Washington Union. THE MINES OF MEXICO. -,/rhc Washington Union has the following o this subject: We should not bo aurprised to hpar by som early arrival of the capture of the mines ofSa Louis and Zacalecas by two columns of (icr Scott's army, under special instructions froi the war department. We understand that ei peditions were about to be organized for th purpose when tho last official letters lrlt Mex co for Washing'on. If we may believo the le tors from the camp written even belore these e: peditions wcro suspected, the effect will be I deal another heavy blow at the enptny, by cu ling liirn offfrom some ofhis material resource To show what were the speculations upon th subject, we lay before our readers the followin extracts of a letter published in the last No Orleans Commercial Times, from a correspoi dent in the city of Mexico, of the 1st of Dcccn her: "The Mexicans?at least those who ai sufficiently enlightened to think?feel that thr have been (or years enslaved, under the captiv ling name of liberty; its sweets, its nation blessings, they have never enjoyed; and the; is no bond of union between them and the government. Indeed, the latter would cease exist altogether, if we were to cutotfthe rcs< u cos which s ill remain to them. These are bo found in the rich mining districts of Zacat cas, OJnanajnato, and San Louis Potosi. ]] should lake prompt steps lo seize on these d parlments. A foreign gentleman here, large interested in mining operations, and a reside : for twenty-seven years in Mexico, lately told r ?...? itin mines were never . nv Deriod 80 Dt ductive as at present. Taking the annual pi " duct at $20,000,000, throe perj cent.?the si exacted by the government?amounts to $G0i 000. This is an important item in a budget. "The mine ofReal del Monte 30 leagues from here,*p?ys the government. $5,000 monthly. The house of Macintosh & Co., in the city, ex* ercised predominant influence on tbe powers that were in this country; they had tbe contoll* ing gf the mints in Mexico, Guanajuato,Zacatecas, receiving till bars of silver from tbe the mine at so much per mark (8 ounces.) As this silver, in bars, contained 16 grains of pure gold to the mark, this house made a handsome prof^ by the arrangement, since no allowances was made for the pure metal. It is tbe custom, J be* lievc, in every, county when bssr silver is coined v in any quantity, to give the ownerrtbe value of the gold, after the expenses attendant on separating it arc paid. I have heard that the bouse above alluded to has represented to tbeGovernmcnt of the United Stales, that it would be bet? terto prevent the exportation of silver in .bars, unless at a high per centage. I think sound pollicy indicates the propriety of taking the supervision of the mines into our own hands, if we contemplate making a long stay here. "Many respectable Mexicans fancy that the great commercial house above spoken of is playing a double gamhe with Santa Anna and our .Government. They say that Santa Anna, before leaving the capital, made over to the bead of the firm his hacienda at Encicrro and Mango do Clftvo, with all the real estate he possesses in the republic. This same gentleman is not in the best odor, either with his own countrymen or Americans, for the conspicions part he played in the armistice at Tacubaya. From ihe London Dec. 7* THE MEXICAN WAR. ; In this war the Mexicans have been beatep. , at all hands. In a wonderfully short time, with ; seemingly inadequate means, the Americana have made themselves master of four Northern States of the Mexican Union, of all the Mexican seaboard on the Gulf of Mexico, and of the capital of the Republic. The Mexican armies hare been again and again beaten and .broken up. There is no real Mexican government. The Americans, conquerors in a regular war, are, by all the laws of Grotius, entitled to die* tate the terms of peace. They have fought 1 well, and they have fought fairly. Had they not obtained a final a.id unequivocal recogniton of their sovereignity in Oregon, policy would have taught them to be contented with the frontier of the Rio Grande. But, as sovereigns of : Oregon, the annexation of San Fernando is an i object-to them: they hold, and can continue to - hold, that harbor and (he ^intervening territory towards their frontier; and there can be little , doubt that they will exact this cession, at least , on the part of Mexico, as a compensation for , the expenses the war has entailed upon thesi. V e do not take upon us to say that there has [ been nothing in the conduct ofthe United States [ throughout these transactions, of which Mexico has not cause to compiain; but we could show that Mexico has repeatedly given just cause of complaint to the United States. And Mexicow , in the.willlul 'ignorance of vanity, has provoked a collision with a power fur its overmatch in : strength. Even yet, though drubbed in a man' ncr of which women might be ashamed) the rules of Mexico (if any there be) appear unaware of how entirely they have bc?m beaten. - They seem not disincline*! to pretractindefinite- ... r ly, not a struggle but thn settlement of a definite ; peace. And (be consequence of this folly can only be the exaction ot still heavier concessions by their antagonists. The Mexicans have their own want of prudence and energy to thank for the scrape th , have rrnt into. That the ITnitnd Stolon are. m. . solved to turn the blunders of their rivals to ae? f count, may not square with the dictates of an . ideal morality; but for proposing to retain their ? hold upon the northern part of California, where . is the State entitled to throw the first stone at . them? Not France, while it retains the Pals1 tinatc on one hand and Algeria on the other; y not Prussia, while it holds fast the Saxon pro. vinees; not Russia, while it reigns at Warsaw, t nor England, while it retains half its colonies, i. to say notning of India. It is ridiculous, the d attempt to make that a crime on the part of the government at Washington which, in the case . of European governments, is allowed to be the e inevitable consequence of the more ^powerful o nation in all cases of international quarrel being i. obliged to be judge in its own case, y This is the light in which the question is e viewed by an immense majority of the practical n influential statesmen of the North American j Union, and the successful candidate for the 2 Presidency will be the man who is prepared to e act up to it. That the victories gained by the e Americans in Mexico will he a source ofadvan* n lage to their republic, may be questioned. It d is more than doubtful whether they will be able >f to relinquish their hold of any part of the Mexio can territory; and if they cannot, Mexico is c likely to prove their Ireland. But they havo gone too far to recede, without however doing anything to justify that virtuous indignation which would write tho annals of the Mexican n war like a romance, with the American Union lor the unmitigated villain of the story, and tho e Mexican republic lor the suffering saiut. n i. Rumored Coalition.?It has been quite n confidently rumored here, the last week or two i. that Mr. Webster would consent to run for the is Vice Presidency on the same ticket with Gen. i. Taylor. Wc should not he all at rurprised if t. this rumor were to turnout to he "fixed fact'* [. in process ol time. Stranger things have hapto pened, and will happen again, But what will t. the Abolitionists and the non-resistant* say? s. Murmur a good deal, no doubt; but there are is other people in the world besides them to bo lfr consulted. Whatever step Mr. Webster may w tako in the business, wc doubt not will bo with a view to the true welfare of the country, and in 1# perfect consistency with all his past course in relation to public oflairs.- Boston Transcript, re ?y Alt. for Love.?The Porter of the United a. States Hotel, at Newport, attempted to put an al end to his career on the Oth inst. by taking arv senie. It seems that he is desperately in lore ir with the chambermaid of the house, a very pretto ty Irish girl, and because she rejected his suit r. he resolved to close up all his troubles.?\fter to fixing his dose (two draebrns of arsenic,) and e drinking a part of it, ho sought another interVc view with the girl; but Mr. Burdick, the clerk having in the mean time discovered what tbe > r..1'?.n Kits) Imnn tin frt (rot a (IdClnr And en trad IV inn,.. ....V. D ^ nt him from dying. ne It is poor encouragement to toil through life o to amass a fortune to ruin your children. In o. nine cases out of ten, a largo fortune is the im greatest course which couIJ be beqnoathod to 3,. tho young and inexperienced.