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frn?a?. From the Baltimore San. May 15. INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE. tdk views of obnebal worth on political questions. We find in the Washington Union, of yesterday. a note from the Hon. F. W, Bowdon, transmitting the following letters, which he had received from General Worth, in reply to a letter he had addressed him, asking bis opinions in regard to the various questions which divide the two great parties of the country: Taccbaya (Mexico.) April 12th My Dear Sir:?Your fitvorof the 18th ult,, reached me last evening. The return courier b leave* in a few hours, and as another opporlu. J?ty will not probably occur in the next two weeks. I hope you will excuse me for suhslitu. ting 'he enclosed copies of replies to two other friends, as answers, in part, to the inquiries you hare addressed to me. To many cominunica*" lions on the same subject from citizens of diffe1 rent States, these are the only answers, other than simple acknowledgments of civility, that I hare felt at liberty to make. In each case, the " writer was already named?or looked to he named?a member of the Democratic Conven* ~ tion, to meet in May. To that extent these, replies embody, distinctly and truly, my sentiments and opinions. In respect to the additional joints presented by yourself, I shall now as dis * tinctly and truly answer. 1st. "Graduation and reduction of the price of public lands." I would vote any reduction necessary to place * farms within the reach ot industrious bona Jide settlers or emigrants, regarding the early occupation and cultivation of the public domain as Ihe richest public treasure; hoping still to see an annual surplus over and abore expenses of admini*t ration?an surveys, sales, dsc.?carried To the public . treasury, to r?e appropriated, * * among other national objects, to the improvement of our great lakes and rivers, to the ex "tent of constitutional permission. It is my settled conrietion, that within twenty years, the commerce of the great lakes and western rivers will reach a magnitude far exceeding, and ever therafirr taking the lead of that flowing to and from the Atlantic, and when our lines of commnication with the points now attained on the ? Pacific, are once established and opened to the enterprise of our people, there will hardly he found a term of comparison. We shall exhibit the extraordinary spectacle, under our free and glorious institutions, of clutching anl control, "ling the commerce of Europe with one hand, and the richness of China with the other. I ; apeak of riches; but the fulfilment of our high political and social destiny, is the prominent and grand consideration. 4 21. "The veto power?" *' 'Phis I regard as the tribunal power, essenfiallv democratic, popular and conservative; f?'a--ed by the constitution in the hands of the Chief Magistrate, to represent, in his person, the absolute sovereignty of the people; and it must be an extraordinary abuse, of which we have yet had no example, that would induce me to rote any change or alteration. I have supposed that the constitution only looked to its exercise in the case of hasty or unconstitutional legislation, or (an insupposable case) fraudulent :or treasonable legislation. 3d. uThe right of the people of the different I sections of the Union to carry their property" I [of whatever kind or complexion] "to, and par- i ticinatft in. th? territory about to be acouired < , ? y 4 from Mexico," [or acquired from any other I pon>eron this continent,'] I cannot suppose to he erioualy questioned. When the acquired territory shall he admitted Into the sis'erhood of i: States, it will be for the admitted States to deT (ermine all things relating to their own social condition. Congress in its recognition of these views, will doubtless ever recur to the princi. pies of that great land mark?the .Missouri - compromise?to guide its decision. '*> I remain, nay dear sir, your frien I and ohedi tot servant, W. J. WORTH. Hon. F. W. Bowdo*, M. C-. i Washington, I). C. < The following art the letters referred to < above: < Taccbata, Mexico, March 12. My Dear Sir:?Your friendly and obliging letter ot the 8d ultimo reached me yesterday. I have never had a party tie, or association, in any partisan sense; nor ever failed, in social < ?nd familiar intercourse, on proper occasions, l freely and frankly to utter such opinions as I < may hare entertained on questions of general I political interest to iny country. As a soldier, 1 i have held it- unbecoming to mingle in party strife, or take part in loca' politic*. God forbid that we should ever, even seemingly, witness a union of the ballot-l?ox and the cartridgc-box. 1 am now thirty-five years in a profession affording few opportunities to master acquire, ments necessary to civil station. I believe myself to be a respectable soldier, and further make no pretensions; in that quality my government and my countrymen have generously re. ward me. The country has trom whom to choose illustrious and experienced statesmen from either of the parlies: Cass, Dallas, Buchanan, on the one side; the brave and honest Taylor or Clay on the other; and Calhoun, perhaps, between the two?all men with large experience in civil affairs and civil policy of our government. Infinitely better our victories, however brilliant, had never been achieved, Jthan that the public mind should Irecome dis. tempered and vitiated by mere military distinctions. Of several letters received, kindred to your own.I have permitted myself to replv to but one, -sad that only in courtesy to the manifest sincefy of honest (although mistaken) friend. In lb* tame tpirit and regard, seeking no concealtscnt of my opinions, I send you a copy: confi. 'dential, as was the original, and remain, re. oectfally. friend. W. J. WORTH. Hon. Eluoa Eff?*MH,of In., Wa*h'gt'n,D. C. Crtry or Mexico, Jan 10, 1943. My Dear Sir?In acknowledging your favor November 12th, k is due to candor to say that ( am not aware of eircr baling entertained a deaire for preferment out of my own profession. probably because of conscious want of qualification, and distaste for the means where* by preferment is usually attained. The subjects yon pay me the compliment to present, arc of high national concern and interest, in respect to which -ny humble opinions are equally unimportant and uninflurntial; and St is only in courtesy to a generous, although ...Iri&ioA ifinl with these rMtiiMrlfA. I proceed to Answer your interogatories, m: Is. "What Are your views of iho Mexican War, and do yon believe it an unjust one t" War, ever to be deplored, should be avoided o long as may be consistent wi:h national honor>n l national right*. In my opinion, there has been no war in onr history, (always excep ting that fur independence, which stands out. and will through all time, a case by itself,) nor in that'of any other people, commenced under greater provocation, or waged with higher humanity. Regarding, then, this war as eminent ly just, I sincerely hope it may be the pleasure of gnremment, sustained by the people, to pro secute it with vigor, until ample satisfaction for indignities, and full indemnity for sacrifices, l>e received. 2d. "Are you in favor of, or opposed to, the Chartering a United Slates Hank '/" When the question was agitated as a measure of financial and political expediency, I looked no further into the subject than to keep myself informed generally f?, matters of public in. terest. During its struggles for a rechRrter, and when writhing and reeling under the blows of the patriot President Jack von, my judgement was instructed that such an institution, however wisely restricted or cautiously guarded must of necessity, have within itself elements dangerous to public and private virtue, if not to the appropriate and healthful action of government. So the people seem to have regarded and de* cided the question, and it is difficult to conceive a slate of affairs to tempt any sane, or to excuse any honest man, in the effort "to give it vitality again." 3d. "Aro you in favor of the present independent treasury 7" Decidedly in favor of the principle;?of its working in respect to economy and convenience, in receipt and disbursement of the public moneys, uninformed;?although under the impression that, in those respects, (its machinery,) modifications may be desirahle; and if so. tliat the wisdom of Congress will apply the remedy. 4th. "Do you favor, or oppose, the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the different States?" Were I in a position to vote, or exercise per. sonal influence, oppose it to the uttermost. However honestly designed, it is difficult to imagine n scheme fraught with greater evil, or more ingeniously devised to corrupt individuals and masses?States and Congress. Besides, will not such a disposition of the proceeds operate a fraudulent stewardship ot the great trust confided to government for the general good? 5th. 4,Are you in favor of, or opposed to, the tariff 1846?" Absence, since the passage of that act, has deprived me of the opportunity of informing myself, by observation, or by communion with others, as to its practical operation. As a gen eral principle of economy, applicable to our institutions and circumstances, I should hope to see a tariff' tor revenue, ciitically adjusted to the various interests and rights of every part of the country, limited strictly to the means necessary to an economical administration of the affairs ot the country, including every proper and constitutional interal improvement?protection regarded cs purely incidental?trusting, nevertheless, to see the day, and that not remote, when trade will be free and unfettered; when no interest of our country will need, or desire, aught of protection against foreign competition. 1 have thus, my dear sir, in a plain way, frankly answered your questions, truthfully, if not satisfactorily. Cordially reciprocating your kind expressions of personal regard, believe me, very respectfully, your ob't scrv't, W. J. WOR TH. Joseph Nill, Esq., Chambcrsburg, Pa. What shall we do with Mexico!?1; is now the settled conviction of the best informed, that we shall have no treaty with Mexico. It is a singular result of conquest that the conqueror should be embarrassed by the fruits of his vielories?that he offers to purchase from his ene my the possessions ne has won hy his skill and valour, and lhat the enemy refuses the boon? scorns the concession. We repeat lhat this is without parallel in history. Having entitled ourselves to all the benefits of territorial His. memberrncnl by the laws of war, while the defeated and humiliated party refuses the price wc are willing to pay for that which was ours without a money equivalent, the question naturally arises,?What shall be done with Mexico? There are three courses open. i. The entire abandonment oi all our conquests to the line of of the Nueces. 2. The completion of our conquests and absorption. 3. The adoption of a defensive line. The first is entirely in contra, diction, to public feeling and opinion, even if it were expedient to throw away the fruits of our victories and expenditure of blond and treasure. Ifthe question were for the first lime raised, whether we should punish Mexico for herconluinacy and bad faith, by an invasion ofher territory, the answer would ho in the negative. Our acquisition of territory, limited as it may be, has resulted in a costly experiment to obtain national redress by war, as it may prove a source of danger to the stability of the Union, l'be question assumes a different Rspeet if we are to surrender to weaknes and obstinate pride all that has been obtained by national sacrifices, after concession which have been spurned. We trust lhat as the is little support in popular sentiment for the abandonment of Mexico, so we hope there is less for entire conquest and absorption. It is here that our people should guard their desires by self-imposed moderation. The virtue in nations of ahstincncc, in the face of temptation, to acquire territory is as rare In the annals of republics as is it in those of monarchies. In offering to purchase from Mexico that which is ours by the rights of conquest, we have so far practically contradicted the truth of the remark, that in our war with that country we have exhibited the same spirit of territorial aggrandizement. Let us not then listen to the counsels which would advise the entire subjugation and dismemberment of Mexico. Our mission is not to extend the area of freedom by the agency of conquest. Liberty never yet made for herself a path by the sword, where her institutions have been firmly planted. The idea of a glorious destiny to be wrought for the republic by physical force and the strong arm of power, has immeasurably lost its influence over the public mind. Our people have recovered the self-possesssion, we trust, that belongs to that restraint on the spirit of adventure, which the war of Mexico aggravated, for the acquisition of new land and boundless riches. Hav. ing gTatjfied to the full the passion for military enterprises, they will tail back into the pursuits ?r .1-- J.._* if J ui regular inuusiry, u ueinagogues uu iiui nuiuwlate anew the popular indmation to extend our domain by the use of the sword, instead -af tire gradual spread of our laws and institutions over a largo surface, by their intrinsic virtue. The only alternative left us, then, is to adopt a defensive line embracing the limits marked out by the treaty. This will involve a large expense, for a foree less than 10,000 men could not, we imagine, maintain such a line on a frontier (hat would present so many points of attack. But this expense will not be diminished if we conclude a treaty of limits with an imperfectestabli-hed government. No one can suppose that a Congress at Quere'aro can render bind, ing on the State of Mexico the stipulations of a treaty formed by an incomplete representation </ (hoar States, and the teeth of a fundamental artielej ofthe Mexican Federal Constitution forbidding the alienation of Mexican territory. It is fortunate, therefore, if the treaty submitted to that Congress is rejected. We should save fifteen millions of dollars, and occupy as advan ?frail I law i i ?ii ?wrtT *ageous a position without the treaty as to nego. . tiatc wi'h an un re cognized authority. If an ar. rnngetnent is concluded by purchasing a peace through a small majority ot the congress at Que* rptaro, we are apprehensive that the United States will he cheated- out of their money, in having to maintain their acquisitions by arms, after having first conquered, then purchase them i and finally engaging in the infinate prolongation of defensive hostilities.?Evening News. t rom the Southern Christian Advocate. THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE M. E. CHURCH, NORTH. We have before us the proceedings of this body up to the eighth day. With much of the business heretofore transacted our readers will feel, with ourselves, little concern or interest. There are however, a few saliant points which stand out as exceptions. Among these the actum in reference to the delegate from the General Conference of the M. E. Church, South, claims the first importance. Dr. Pierce reached Pittsburg on the evening of the 2d inst., and the next day sent to the President of the Conference a communication informing him of his appointment as Delegate, and requesting a decision by vole, whether he would be received as the bearer of fraternal regards. This communieal:on produced a good deal of fluttering, and was ultimately referred to the Committee on the State of the Church, who brought in the following preamble and resolution on the 5th. Whereas, a letter from the Rev. L. Piorce, D. D., delegate of the. M. E. Church,- South | proposing fraternal relations between the Mclh odist Episcopal Church and the M. E. Church, | South, has been presented to his Conference, < and whereas mere are serious questions uiiu ; difficulties existing between the two bodies: | therefore, Resolved, That while we tender to the Rev. Dr. Pierce all personal courtesies, and invite him to attend our sessions, this General Conference does not consider it proper, at present, to enter into fraternal relations with the Methodist E. Church, South. This resolution proposed to make quick work of a disagreeable question, and by a summary process to settle the future policy and relations of the two Churches. Some of the Haltimore delegates, knowing that such a rejection of Dr. Pierce would lead to trouble among the laity in their quarter, wished a postponement ot action. A debate ensued which ended in the adoption of the following Proviso, which was ap. ponded to the original resolution and carried by a unanimous vote, the Baltimore delegates caving in: Provided, however, that nothing in this resolution shall be so construed as to operate as a bar to any propositions from Dr. Pierce, or any other representative of the M. E. Church, South, towards the settlement of existing diffi- . cullies between that body and this. As a pendent to this procedure, the Commitlee on public worship announced the next day that they did not feel themselves authorized to tender any of the Methodist pulpits to Dr. Pierce or others of the preachers lrom the South who were present. It was however most graciously 'I resolved that Dr. Pierce should be allowed to a sil within the bar!?a remarkable specimen of f abolition courtesy. How far the Doctor has r availed himself of this privilege does not appear. * We regret that lie did not tee! it due to self- t respect and to the character of the Church he represented, to'leave Pittsburg by the first mailcoach or steamer. Some of the speakers in the debate occasioned by Dr. Pierce's note, seemed at a loss to ^ conjecture the precise object of the-Doctor's \ mission. This however, is obvious to every t man. It was simply to exhibit the desire of the ti Southern Methodist Chuich to preserve the a essential unity of Wesleyan Methodism, and to t declare that the movement which led to the a new and independent organization, was in no x sense schismaticnl;?the M. E. Church, South, v no secession. It involved no admission of in- ? feriority on our part; it was not asking any favours. On the ground of perfect equality we ^ tendered an overture which looked to the main- \ tainiug of fraternal relations between ecclesi- c astical bodies, in doctrine and discipline essen- r tially one. We should spurn the thought of re- n ceiving any condescending courtesies, whee I as contitutional Methodist our right ofacknowledging the Northern Church as a legitimate t branch of the Wesleyan family, or withholding i that acknowledgement is, to say the least, as t clear and strong as any they may claim in ref- c cirncc iu iivi* Very different was the reception given to Dr. t Dixon, the delate from the British Conference, c Upon being presented he told them ol the t pleasure it gave hinn to he among them. He d could not retrain from expressing his gratifica- v lion in having shaken hands with the President of the United Slates, and the leuding pol. \ iticians at Washington. Poor old Dr. Bond must have sat on pins lest his British friend v should mention the name of Mr. Calhoun, af. ( ter all tho humbug about Dr. Capers' correspon- i dence with that distinguished statesman. How- r ever nothing came to light about the aforesaid correspondence in Dr. Dixon's speech; and the substance of the matter wns that being an Eng. lishman, was much impressed with the courtesy t of our great men, shaking hands with a strati- t ger?a thing scarcely creditable in his coun- a try: ho was very sura they weTe gentlemenl 1 He volunteered the confession that.lie had been ? treated by his Methodist friends with a cordial- r ity and affection such as was not accorded to c the Methodist brethren when in England. 'And i * b'- -?-'J k.AfkAM O.t/iir intrvkl hova rnmam. I nere 1115 KUWU i;m;hici i nwn un^iu im??u it.uiviii- % bered a few things not so very pleasant or? that t subject. He kindly promised that the next time I\lethodi6t gentlemen visited Great Britain, i they should he treated a little better; which no t doubt, administered a crumb of comfort to Dr. i Peck and others. \ With regard to the circumstances which stir* t rounded Methodism in the United States, Dr. c Dixon, with one breath, declared it would be presumptuous and premature in him to remark; and then, in the next, breath, he plunged into the boiling cauldron of abolitionism, by declar- I ing that his sympathies were oil on the side of 1 liberty, and the emancipation of the slaves, ' admitted that he was touching a very delicate c question, hot then, with the genuine bluntness 1 of Mr. Bull, he thought it right to tell them that ' the English leeling was all on one side, and ] that he understood very well the true question, ! and felt a deep interest in it sinco he had happened to lake a prominent part in the great anti-slavery movement a few years ago and ' was a member ol the great national committee ' on emaneifmtion. All this was a remarkable ' instance of caution and abstinence from "premature and presumptuous" walking into a del- I icate subject! We hope the Doctor will treat his abolition ' friend* with a little greater courtesy than did Dr. Newton in 1840. We happened to hear 1 the latter gentleman complain at a breakfast, table in New York just before sailing for Eng. land, that the Abolitionists had loaded him down -i with specimens of their precious literature, a] of which, pamphlet and octavo, he meant f consign to the sea as soon an he got fairly ou of sight of the shores of America! Rut dhls i ft disgression. Tempora mutanlur. A Southern render will he struck with thi multitude of petitions, remonstrances, memori als, projects of disciplinary change, and all tha sort of thing. Really one would think tha Northern Methodism was a monstrous leak; ressel to set at work such a multitude of polity linkers in mending it up. Just take two speci mens. I he senior uisnop, neuciing, comei forward with a scheme to get tip a sort of terti um quid between an Annual and a Genera Conference:?a delegated Annual Conferenci composed of one member from each Annua Conference, to form a court of appeals, and tc retain the acts of the General Conference wit! ihe power of suspending such enactments as i might judge to be unconstitutional, besides oth er things! Here is a blow at the constitutional prerogatives of the General Conlerence in iti supreme judical character?a fundamental in novation. What is meant by it it it intend; any thing more than to relieve the episcopac) Dfthe sometimes disagreeable duty of taking some responsibility, it is hard for us to conjee tnre. Now that the conservative and stead) resistance of the Southern Conferences to the innovating itchings of the North has been re. moved, it is impossible, to say what will become jlliinately of Northern Methodism. We feai ill former securities will prove nothing more han casting anchor vritb the anglci* line anil fiook in a storm. Not entirely germane to the matter in hand, iiut a pregnant example of tho prevailing ten Jency, is an avowal in tho New York Christiin Advocate of the 10>h inst., in which l)r. Bond over his proper signature takes ground ivhieh utterly repudiates all church order and luthoritv. He holds 'that under certain cir. :umstances in a christian country, the sacra* nents of baptism and the Lord's Supper may be idministcred by the laity! And this same perinnage was in days of yore the fighting cock tgainst what was railed Radicalism.' Really titer this, one will lie prepared to see any sort if destruclionism advocated by the leading press >f the Northern Church. By the way, we nay add, that offensive as Dr. Bond's Articles tave been whenever he comes athwart the questions which divide the South from the Sorth, his last article out He rods Herod. There s a tone and spirit pervading it which makes a good man turn away with loathing. If we re. ,'iprocated the fierce hostility which Beems to wsaessthe Pittsburgh General Conference and lesired to see?which God forbid?Northern Methodism torn into fragments, and cast out as i thing of scorn by all honorable men, we hould ask nothing sooner than that this same lerson should be kept at thB head of the official lournal of the Church. Hundreds of thousands urned to him a few years ago, as a bright lu ninary; he has proved himself a lurid and wanlering star;? "A planetary plague, when Jove Mil o'er some high-vi?ea city hang his poison n the sick air." Po his management of the press posterity will ittribute the breaking up of the Plan of peacpalie separation between the two great branches if American Methodism; and the untold evils vhich are to result from that deed [of nullifica. ion. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO?NO PROSPEC TS OF PEACE. The schr. Velasco nrrived last evening from it .1? i?r. .1? ail. ?? r crii v. ni?, ? uiuu sue im ?/ii niu run maj, >Ve learn from Capt. Decker, of the Valasco, hat before lie left Vera Cruz it was reported ind generally believed there that the Congress Qiieretaro had dispersed without Rcting on he Treaty; and it was universally admitted by ill classes, Mexicans and Americans, that there vould be no peace, but that the Americans vould have either to occupy the whole country >r to retire from it entirely. Since writing the abovei we have received the /era Cruz Free American of the 5th inst., for vhich we are indebted l.o the polite attention I Mr. Boyle, of the firm of Boyle As Maccory, merchants, of Vera Cruz. It contains no tews of importance, but is not the less accepta* lie. The Free American speaks indignantly of he conduct of the Mexican authorities, who, t is stated, are doing all they can to humiliate he American citizens im Vera Cruz, and calls hi the Governor to investigate thd matter and ee that justice is done. It seems that since he commencement of the Armistice the Mexian authorities have reported to all sorts of pety annoyances, nnd as far as they dare, have lone everything they could to gratify their reengeful feelings. The British man-of-war Elertra arrived at 'era Cruz on the 4th inst., from Laguna. Ammunition coming back.? The Velasco, vhich arrived last evening, brought from Vera 1 AilA I _ 1 / I _ f ?! * >ruz ?juu nau rarreis 01 ammunition, cdrinuge?, tc. This looks more like peace than the lews brought by that vessel. N. O. Delia, 16Ih inst. Intehesting to Hogs.?Notwithstanding heir helrodox notions, hogs have some excellent raits of character. If one chances to wallow i little deeper in some mire-hole than his felows, and so carrius off and comes in possesion of more of this earth than his brethren, he lever assumes extra importance on that acouni, neither are his brethren stupid enough to vorship hitn for it; their only question seems o be is he still a hog, if lie is they treat him is such. And when a hog has no merits of his own he lever puts on aristocratic airs or claims any paricular respect on account of his family ennnexons, and yet some hogs have descended from rery ancient: families they understand full well he common sense maxim, " Let eyery tub stand >n its own bottom. At a recent meeting ef the Ladies Moral Reorm Society, a beautiful young lady member, villi tears in her eyes, said she feared she had nlringed the by-laws, and wished to make hei f-Lrnnvvloilrrompntii. "WIlV. what haVC VOtl lone?" asked the presiding matron. "Oh!' jobbed the young lady, Doctor kissec no the other night, when he wailed on me tiome trom meeting." "Oh, well, that is noth. xig very had," replied the matron; "a harmlcs< kiss, and from a doctor, too, is not actually s breach of the rules, and I doubt not you wil itand excused." "Oh, hut that isn't the wors r>f it," replied the conscientious young lady, "j kissed him back?" "I have always been astonished,' said Miss Smix, "at the anxiety of young girls hava foi beaux hut I never pitied a female more thai when Miss. , of Jamestown, left my school Seeing her'rapt'and gazing towards the sky [ asked her what she was looking for*" "That beau," said she, "which is told ofh Genesis, as being 'set in the cloud.' 1 wish he'i come down for I want to get married7' ! THE CAMDEN JOURNAL,^ | Wednesday Morning, May 20, 1848. ^ WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON. EDITOR. u P ?? [, The Market. u t Cotton has slightly improved, a good article will jy t bring 6 cents. There is still but little offering. (| Y Not much doing in country produce. We are again under obligations to the Editors s of the Charleston Courier, for daily slips in ad* vance of t'te mail. l> I |U ? Onr Branch Road. c I We perceive that a comparative statement of n ) the original estimate of our rail Road, and the cost a > of the construction for the same, is published in the h ' Columbia Telegraph, as ve suppose for the encour- it ' agement of the Charlotte and Greenville Compa- ? nies, as it shews, that the portion of our Road already constructed has cost much less than the es- jj , timates. The most material difference between . the estimate and cost are the iron and timber work- ^ r manship for the track. The estimate, it is stated a was made for a track like the Columbia Branch, but a ' that "the one adopted has proved tar less expen' sive." Of course 'less expensive* means an inferior ei ' construction, and for the life of us, we cannot un- !< 1 derstand why the people, those who have invested ^ I their money, in this enterprise, are content to sit j" I quiet, and let this corporation, treat tbera with so ^ much injustice, both in the lime and manner of the construction of the Camden Branch Rail Road. ? i ei We point to the report of the Committee for proof ?the road is "defective," and the mode of build- w , ing decidedly "objectionable." We suppose if the g< I South Carolina Rail Road Company saw fit to ol abandon the enterprise entirely, the people of Kershaw, would bow in submission, to their supreme will. A . a Important Rnmor. vj The Mobile Tribune and the New Orleans pa- ci pcrs have a rumrr by an arrival from Vera Cruz, i" that the Mexican Congress has dispersed, without 81 any action on the treaty. If true,?"save the 11 ?' it c: Democratic Convention. Cl Monday last, was the day apbointed for the as- p' sembling of the National Convention, for the nomi- 111 nation of candidates for President and Vice President of the U. S., to be supported hy the Democra- ^ tic party. r; " Democratic Flag.** This is the name of a new paper published iu or Raleigh by W. VVhitaker. Jr., at 81 per annum. f(j SVe trust it may do good service in the cause, in the North State. They need more enlightenment q there. tr hi The Northern Methodist Church. ^ The Southern General Conference; at its last session appoint d Dr. Pierce of Georgia, as a Del- 0f cgate from the M. E. Church South, to the Gene- if{ ral Conference of the Northern Church. His ap- ?ii plication to be admitted as a delegate, was rejected E by a large majority, thus refusing any fraternal re- of lations with the Southern church. The following 'h is Dr. Pierce's letter, on receiving intelligence of 8C the action ot the Conference :? a' cfl I To the Bishops and Members of the General , Conference of the M. E. Church. Rev. and Dear Brethren: I have received two extracts from your journal ol the 4th and 5th "n inst. From these extracts I leurn you decline receiving me in my proper character as the ac- ^ credited delegate of the M. E. Church South, . and only invite me to n seat within the bar, as ^ ' due to me on account of my private and person- ^ al merits. These considerations I shall appre. ciate, and will icciprocate them with you in all the private walks of Christian and social life.? ^ But within the bar of the General Conference [ can only he known in my official chaructcr. You will therefore regard this communication as final on the part of the M. E. Church South. m She can never renew the offer of fruternal re- w laiions between the I wo great bodies of Wesleyan Methodists in the United Stules.?But the g, proposition can be renewed at any time, either t() now or lierealter, by the !M. E. Church. And nr ifever made upon the basis of the Plan of Separatinn, as adored by the General Conference nr of 1844, the Church South will cordially enter- (0 tain the proposition. With sentiments of deep regard, and feelings (j( of disappointed hope, I am yours, in christian f,? fellowship, L. Pierce, Delegate from the M. E. Church South. nr Pittsburg, 9, May, 1848. je TEMPERANCE MEETING. ? Tuesday Evening, Muy 10, 1848. te Agreeable to public notice the members of ha the VV. T. A. Socieiy ofthis place, and many Si others interested in the cause, met at the Pres. an byterian Lecture Room; Capt. A. M. Kbnke- ap dy, our energetic nnd ever zealous President, hi took the chair and briefly stated the object of he - l ? Ihe meeting in a few general remark*, ana con- m eluded by reading the circular of Judge 0'- th Neal, President of the Slate Temperance So- an ciety. The following gentlemen were then ap- N< pointed delegate* to represent this Society in th the actni annual meeting of the State Temper- an mice Convention to be held in this place on the de 14th June, viz: Messrs J. K. Docons, J. R. S.i McKai.v, W. T. Caston, A. M. Kennedy, cli J. C. YVkst, J. Workman, Rev. Dr. S. S- er i Davis, and Rev. S. M.Green. The pledge was then read, and the society sang the favo. | rite song "Be day of drinking wine forgot," af terjwhich, several names, of both sexes, were tic added. The following gentlemen wero ap- br pointed a committee to make suitable arrange- fr< I inents for the meeting of the convention viz: he I Messrs. J. R. McKain, D. H. Shular, and ni Dr. T. J. Workman, after which, the Doxolo. sc gy was sung and the meeting adjourned. jo as j Baptist Convention.?The Griffin Whig A of the lllhinst. says: "The Slate Convention w of the Baptist Church commenced its session in th | this city on Friday last, and continued in ses- C unfit Mnnrtiiv uppninfr. fvhpn it adinurned. G I J Ministering brethren were present from all sec- th tions of the Slate from the monntuins to the of seaboard, and from the Savannah to the Chattn- th 1 hoochee, and several of tho surrounding Slates fe | from Virginia southward, were well and ably II ^ represented. It is seldom the case that a con- rs vention for any purposo can boast of a superior array of talent or more devoted to the cause in M which they aro engaged, than was exhibited in w . this Convention." t?i r ?? bl Tiie Revenue.?Tho revonue from the cus. tr . toms commencing on July 1, 1847, ending the di , first week in May amounts already to more than fc 929,000,000, and uill, during tho remaining ci ^ seven weeks of the fiscal year certainly exceed h 1 thirty-two millions. Mr. Walker estimated the a rovenuc on the safe side at 931,000,000; the ? I.1.. ' J'" B-dual revenue, therefore exceed* the esfimatet y one million of dollars. What would have een the revenue from custom* and the politi. al and financial condition of Europe remained ndisturbed, it is now difficult to say; but H is ighly probable that, in thai case, the revenue ould have reached the sum of $36,000,000. .. Ir. Walker's estimate and his theorjr ofthe triffarc thus triumphantly vindicated by ftfcfs, Baltimore Sun' THE FOREIGN NEWS. The foreign new*, is generally regarded a* eing of a favorable character. The tranquil srmination of the elections in France, and the vidences ot a revival ?| confidence and comlercial activity in that country and England, fford strong grounds for the hope that the woW as been passed, and that the reaction has romlenccd. Willmer & Smith's Liverpool Tim** f the 29th ullM remarks; Notwithstanding the feverish state of attain i France, and almost on every other part of ie Continent, as well as the polif-al agitation oing forward in every part <d the United kingdom, there is, we are happy t?. c?y, a gradilI improvement taking place in the general spoct of commercial affairs. The faster boli. ays have in some degree prevented an increa*' d activity in the markets for Foreign and O>nia 1 Produce. Still the demand for most of ie leading articles has improved, and a alight rlvance on the rates last quoted has been paid, 'he Corn markets are firm^and higher pricea ave tieeu pnid during flie tre?r. twi < junts from Manchester state that there is rath* r an improved feeling in that city and the shtj Minding Cotton districts. From Yorkshire e have also more favorable accounts a* reards the state of trade in the Woollen branch r business.?Charleston Mercury.i v' Mexican Fkvit.?We saw a nnmbey of oe large Watermelons yesterday on hoard of ship from Vera Cruz. Tbey were from the alley or Jalapa which, with that of Orizaba, institutes the finest fruit and vegetable grow.: - ig country in the world- This lonely regiory isceptible as it is of the highest degree of rail-, ration and production, is, under Mexican rule dreary waste, roamed over by vast herdf'pfVY ittle, and unapplied to any of the purposes of iltivated life. A few thousand enterpHilngf anters and fruiterer* from the North thrown do this country and property protected, a'rtd inrantied in iheir rights, would make it the* micest spot in the gl?l?e. Fruits h'er? groir ul )itn?cnm I lie whnio vpnr round. Fni:ll rher and more luscious than those for which a West Indies are so famous, grow wild, and ily require to he gathered and seat a few miles id shipped to this city, to yield handsome rerijs. All suiall grains, vines aod vegetables, mrish here in the gratest vigor and luxuriance, ut it is vain to expect that this beautiful co iny will evpr be rendered productive or Avails, e to the uses and enrichment of man as long i it remains under Mexican rule. The misera. o narowininded jealousy and contracted idea% the Mexicans will forever exclude foreign cap. il and enterprise from this beautiful and prom, rig region. A fow years ago some French migrants settled in one of the Northern Stntrs Mexico, and commenced the cultivation of e vine and the manufacture of wine on a largo ' - *> ale. They succeeded admirably and wer? ?out to extend their operations wh?n the Mrxf-' ms rose en masse, destroyed all their vines, eir machinery and apparatus and threaten**! take the lives 01 the Frenchmen If they nsated the experiment. The French Govern- . ent demanded and obtained full reparation f?c ' ? juries done to citizens of their country, Ixifc e expense was given up, and thus did the mad alousy of the Mexicans destroy in the bod an ilerprise calculated to promote the wealth and tppiness of the people and to devclnpe the oductive energies of the country to a greater gree than any other that ever w is started' in cxico.?N. O. Delta. A Veteran Negro.?We were much inter, ted in the history of the adventures of a negro an, who has lately returned from the Mexican ar, at related to us by that accomplished rdR. r, Lieut. Rains, of the Engineers Corp*, indy has had the singular fortune, for* negro have lieen, at his own earnest solicitation, in arly all the battles in Mexico. He wa? at orpus Cliristi during the encampment of our on at that place, and marched with the column the Rio Grande. In some, of his pcnegriiia. ms around Fort IJrown, hp was captured by e Mexicans nfter a stout resistance, and thiix came the first prisoner in the war with Mexi>. The Mexicans took Sandy to Matatnoras, id treated "with the most distinguished coosf. ration," and finally onered mm a Lieutenancy the Mexican army, which he indignantly clined, and escaping in a skif? joined his mas. r, Major Rains, and was present at the bom* irdment of Fort Brown. By solicitation, mdy was allowed to join the army at Vera Cruz id uao present throughout the seige. He sraa ;aio at l he battle of Cerro Gordo, and joining s roaster's brother, Lieut. Rains, at Puebla, i m a reed with the army into the valley of eiico, and was present in every tattle before e capital?being always near to render assist, ice to his master in case he should rcquire.it* o one in the whole army appeared to enjoy e success of our arms with more enthusiasm, id no one maintained a more uniformly gallant rotion to his duty and charge than the negro indy. Having been with the army since his ildhood, he well deserves the title of the "retan negro."?76. WHERE HAS SANTA ANNA G0NJ5J This is the most interesting query of ibo nc?. The ship in which be e?aharked was "t.wl ioa Tnmn ion Rul a a tl'A ka ra Itnar#) fuiiu iwi ?#(liiinicui ?? ?w n?'v u??iu im that Inland since the time cspired when ! should have landed there we thick the cmii. ng Mexican must have put us ou the wrong ent. He gave out that it was his object t<?. in his old friend Gen. Piez io Venezuela: hut, i Paez is at present in as hard a strait as Santa nna was before he left Mexico, we guess lit; ill turn his face in another direction, ink Santa Anna will return to hu estate in( uha, provided he can get tho consent of the overnor, or will proceed to England by one e West Indian steamers. The Governor 'Cnba inis refused him permission to reside in e Island, from an apprehension of giving of* nee to the United States, his sojourn there in 340 being one continued intrigue and prepa* ition. It is no doubt the expectation of the wily [pTtrnn crnnaml that >a annn ill nnrthrPMaM ithdrawnfrom Mexico, ha trill l>e able toreirn and re establish his power in a more durale foundation than ever. Hit course on the eaty certainly indicates ulterior views and a esire to he prepared with abundant pretences ?r tho future deception and control of the Mtxi* ans. After the war is over, he will say to is countrymen: "My great devotion to liberty nd independence, my natural pride of character aused tne to oppose this pence. . I could not .