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From the N- O-Mercury, 21st insl LATER INTELLIGENCE FROM MEXICO. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER TRENT. By tbo arrival of the royal steamer Trent at Ship Island on Monday evening;, we hcve received later intelligence from Mexico. When the last of the troops, under General Worth, left the city of Mexico, Herrera's officers were escorted into it by the National Guard. Some firing of guns was heard, which it is supposed proceeded from a conflict between the National Guard and the leperos, but more probably from the rejoicing of all parties in that city ol cut throats and inieves. Captain Tilghman's Light Artillery was to have left for this city on the 16th inst. The Trent got under way shortly afier the arrival of the British Courier at Vera Cruz, leaving behind, it is said, more than a million and a half of specie. Her hasty departure is attributed to important English intelligence from the city of Mexico. The health of Vera Cruz has improved. Many of the invalid officers and men are represented to have died on the march from the interior. Colonel Dominguez and stafT, o( the Mexican Spy Company, formerly in the employ of General Scott, had also arrived at Vera Cruz, and were to leave on the Maria Burt. His soldiers. 125 in nyrt!bi?}*vverij. anxious to come to the United States, as they had been maltreated, and feared the. vengeance of their countrymen. The Mexicans are perpetrating almost incredible atrocities on allb elicved to be friendly to the American sold ers. Thousands of them were following the army, in hopes of reaching the United States. . Commodore Perry has declared the blockade of the Mexican ports at end. It is said that regiments of Mexican infantry, three companies of cavalry, a company of artillery, and the Legion of St. Patrick, were to leave Queretaro to attack Paredes. Father Jurauta and a man named Martinez Negrete. at the head of a small force, surprised, on the first inst., the garrison at Lagos. They made ihe Prefect prisoner, and proclaimed a plan* disavowing the Mexican Congress, and declaring that the States would resume their -sovereignty for the continuance ol the war. -A letter from Queretaro, dated 4th inst., says that this movement of Jurauta is directed and rontroiled by Paredes, who is determined to effect a revolution in favor of his monarchial schemes. The Siglo says that more than thirty American soldiers, (300?) have determined to remain in Mexico, and with thein many officers who have offered their services to the Mexican Government. The sessions of Congress were to be suspended at Queretaro on the 13th, to be resumed in the city of Mexico on the 15th. On the night of the 7th inst., an American sergeant was murdered in a tavern in Mexico. Hi? assassination is variously attributed to Mexicans and to members of his own company. General Kearney's division marched from the city of Mexico the morning of the 6th inst. Letters from Zacatecas make mention of a -threatened incursion of 2000 Camanches into the State of San Luis. This news of course excited general terror. El Monitor Republicano of the 6th says it inCiitmaf i/tn ibnt tbn Qnnromn u?> ictcncu iiiiuiiiiauiMi uitfc ui^ wv^ivmv ? srernment had appointed General Rornuln de la Yega, General Jose Maria Jarero, and D. Juan Dosamantes, as Commissioners to receive from the American Army all the material of war which is to he given up in accordance with article 4. ol the Treaty. A proclamation has bepn issued declaring that foreigners may enrol themselves in the National Guard. General Arista was expected to arrive in the city of Mexico during the present month. Sr. Herrera, after having twice refused the Presidency, was induced to take the oath of office on the 6th inst, The following is an extract from his speech on taking the oath ' *?The treaty which has put end to this disastrous contest, places the peace entered into with the United States of North America under the guarantee of the Law of Nations. Our friend ship with that Republic will bo cultivated by rotr Government in a manner Incoming a civilized people, just in its policy ami frank in its designs. I hope that the Administration will be able to preserve the dignity of the Republic, and the harmony of its relations with all na lions. The principal support of the Constition will govern them, as the representatives of the nation. XT * _ .1 I .1 . e a r isioi a siage leaves me city or t^uereraro tor Mexico that is not robbed. YUCATAN. The Inhabitants of the Isle of Carmen have petitioned Commodore Perry not to withdraw his forces until the Mexican government provides for their safety. Commodore Bigelow, the Military and Civil Governor, had previously ordered all Indians on the Island as servants, dec., to leave within ten days, and no other Indiana arc to be allowed to land. The peninsula is still represented as in a deplorable, hopeless state. Fkom Yucatan.?The Yucatan schooner Ventura, Capt. Dorautes, arrived yesterday from Campeachv, having sailed the 13th, and by Iter, wc have papers from Me rid a to the 9th inst. Capt. Dorantcs reports that a battle occurred about the 1st inst. at Bolinchen, between the Indians and whites, in which the former were defeated with the loss of 900 men. Tltey then retreated to the mountains. There were, he reports, no Indians in the neighborhood of Ca npeachy, Sisal, or Merida, but all the small towns in the interior were either destroyed or vacated by the Yucatecos. who had taken refuse in the ' D' three towns name<l. There was one U. S. bomb ketch at Campeachy, and a U, S. shooner at Sisal. The papers uf the latest date contains rcportf,of several actions between the Government troops and the savages, in which the former were successful. At Chapab and among the ruing of Ticul occurred the principal affairs. The details would be totally uninteresting here, but the Indians appear to have borne themselves in as cowardly a manner as the whites have been wont to do. We augur well for their successes. . Gov. Barbachano is holding out various inducements to recruits for some new regiments he is endeavoring to raise. mi *+ ~ i 'ie arrival ol a cargo ot corn at Cain peachy is announced it was contributed by citizens of New Orleans to relieve the distress of the people crowded into that city. Two thirds of the cargo were to be sent to Merida. The town ofTicul, upon examination is /. v ? -0 found to have been totally laid waste and destroyed since it fell into the power of the savages. Izamal is in much the same situation. Barbachano has issued a servero decree against those who may be taken among the insurgent Indians, or who may in any way assist them with arms or otherwise. They are to be tried by court martial and shot, 'I /xflofAil P..* tl?n nnn?*phpn_ dim iuwuius riikj uii^i vm iui iu\y u|/{/? vow.. sion of all such, Upon the whole affairs look much more favorable for the while inhabitants of Yucatan.?Picayune 22d intt. From the South Carolinian. SOUTH CAROLINA BANKS. We take pleasnrc in re-publishing from the Georgia Federal Union, the following just arguments and admissions, respecting the Banks of South Carolina. A settled pt inciplo of opposition and hostility to every thing in wMch South Carolina has been inte.rested, has for so long a time obtained in that State, and given a coloring to her published opinions, that \vc look upon this involuntary testimony of our Georgia neighbor, as an act of remarkable generosity, and it gives us evidence of a returning sense of justice as regards the public opinion of that State respecting our officers, which is exceedingly gratifying, especially when there is so much bickering amongst ourselves in regard to charges of mis management of the State institution, its favoritism and its oppression. SOUTH CAROLINA BANKS. The last Macon Journal and Messenger by a great parade of figures, endeavors to show, that certain Banks ot South Carolina are "no better than they Rhould be;" in other words, that according to the public statement of their condition, that they could not promptly sustain the shock of a sudden and simultaneous run upon them. It is somewhat amusing to them that have not forgotten the eventful histories of the Banks of Macon, of I ho Ocmulge Bank and the Commercial Bank, that a Journal located in the City where they figured and fell, should be raising its warning voice against the Banks of South Carolina?Banks, most of which have lived and flourished without a blot upon them (or njore than half a century, and which are lo. cated in the State, where with the single exception of the . Bank of Cheraw, by none of her Banking Institutions has there ever been a dollar lost. We throw aside then all the figures of our contemporary, on the same principle that the sun will rise to-morrow because it has risen for the last six thousand years, we will continue to believe the South Carolina Banks will probably redeem all their liabilities. These are our figures, and in our estimation, they arc an ample offset to all the labored calculations of the Journal and Messenger. We are not ignorant that the Banks of Georgia dislike to have their issues crowded from circulation, and pressed home upon ihem, by bills of institutions out of'he State. This ope- , ration diminishes their power and cuts down the amount of their dividends. As Georgians, we will willingly give them the preference, so , long as they are entiled to confidence, and as their business is conducted with a liberality equal to that which marks the conduct of other Banks. By their charters, the State has extended to them privileges and favors, which she de- , nies her citizens. These are given, at least on the implied condition, that they shall be so used as lo enure to the benefit of the people. But how are tbpy exercised? How are the people , benefitted by them? In times of prosperity, greedy of large profits and urged on by the , spirit of speculation, the Bank* extend their means so widely that the moment a re-action 1 takes place, they become alarmed themselves, alarm other*, add to the panics which they had | been instrumental in creating and at the same | lime when they ought to bo in a condition to ( help others and to control the storm that is bea- ' ting around them, it is as much as they can do to take care of themselves. And is it not too ; ; often the case that in |ii'.;?ectin;j themselves j | from real or imaginary danger, thoy evinco a j total disregard of the interests of the community at large and especially of those upon whose favors they have fattened? Rut when every thing is gliding smoothly ' along, who are the recipients of their lavors? Are they not limited to their immediate neighborhood, and even then to a favored few? Can ] a planter in the country, on the best security, | borrow a dollar? His crop may be in market. ' Prices may be down and he may wish lor a lew ( days an advance upon it. Can he get it? If , he cannot, the cotton, speculator can, and can , get it to buy his cotton when it is forced upon a | dull market. In some of the interior towns | where agencies are established, he may somo- | times get his draft on his cotton discounted, for GO, 30 or sometimes not beyond 15 days, but | tor this favor be must pay a per centage, which | the Hanks modestly term exchange, over and | above the legal interest, and this too with the assurance that few or no favors will be extend- ; ed to his factor by the Hanks, should his paper hannen to fall due at a time when his cotton, if r i -------- ? sold to meet it must lie sold at a sacrifice. It cannot lie disguised, the people of (lie i country know it, that the Banks of Georgia have no souls, that they are managed solely for i the benefit of their owners irrespective of ihoir necessities and of the public good. If these Banks wish then the sympathies of the? i people ?heir co operation in securing for < tlipm a circulation to the exclusion of foreign ( hills, they must give as well as take?favors must be reciprocal. When they have satisfied us, that they have faithfully redemed the pledges implied in their i charters, that they have so used as not to have abused their privileges, then and not till then will we lend our aid to drive from the borders of the State the competition that so much annoys them. But even then we shall select our own means and our own time. The period most certainly will not bo one like the present, when forcing th? bills of other solvent Banks fctfTi the State, must result in enhancing the pecuniary embarrassments that now prevail and in the serious iniurv of the great masses of the people.?Federal Union. GENERAL TAYLOR. It was whispered about last evening thnt General Taylor had sent a letter in this city for publication, repudiating the statements made in iiis behalf by the Louisiana delegation in Philadelphia, and not only denying their right and authority to make such representation, but reiterating his firmer dec'ar.ition that ho would not be tho candidate of a party. No little excitemenl was created in consequece among the parties, and there was considerable speculation as to the course which the whigs would probably pursue. Some declared that another Convention would bo held immediately, and that the great nnd glorious statesman of the West would be again the chosen leader of his party, I while the friends of General Taylor maintained that the whigs throughout the Union would sup- i port him notwithstanding his independent de- | claration. Wo looked with no little nnxiety over the colums of our morning contemporaries, in expectation of finding the aforesaid epistle, and areNinablc to determine whether its non-appearance is to be attributed to the fallacy of its report or the wise determination of the. frietid of General's, to whom it was directed, to withhold its publication for a short period, until an opportunity would be afforded of remonstrating with him on the impolitic course he intended to follow. From the upright and honest independence of General Taylor's character, and his frequent declaration that he would not be the candidate of a party, we arc inclined to think that he will refuse the nomination uf the whigs, unless they support him without exacting any promises, ami without reference to Iris future policy. If the General has not already written a letter for publication, we may expect one in a few days, relative to the position in which he stands n r-.itirlirlotp. nod declaring his acceptance or rejection of the whip nomination for the Presidency.?New Orleans Mercury. Correspondence of the Mercury. Washington* June 24, 1848. In the Senate to day, the resolution of Mr. Hale to instruct the committee on the Judiciary to bring in a bill to abolish slavery in tho District of Columbia came up in its course, and was negatived by a vote of 26 to 7. Those who voted in its favor were Hale, Davis, of Mass., Baldwin, Corwin, Clark, Miller, and Upham. The rest ot the sitting was devoted to the consideration of private bills, ot which quite a number were passed. In the House nothing of particular importance transpired, the day being consumed in the discussion of private claims. The nomination of Mr. Van Buren by the Barnburners of Mew York has occasioned much feeling and excitement here, and particularly those Southern Democrats who have been pro minent as his adherents and partisans. It is poor return fur the support of the South, which sustained him even when he was deserted by his own State, to place himself as the champion and leader of that band of factionists and fan at. cs whose rallying cry is destruction to the Southern institutions and interests. But resentment for supposed injuries has been stronger than anv sentiment of gratitude, if it ever existed, and Mr. Van Buren seems determined I that the South shall be made to feel the weight of his vengeance fir her opposition to his nomi- , nation in 1844. It is by some supposed that he. and the Anti-Southern principles which he represents, will be strong enough to carry New York against both Cass and Taylor, and this is the more probable, as i; is confidently asserted that a letter, written by Gen. Taylor to one of , the Delegates of the Utica Convention, will be | published with its proceedings, in which the i General takes strong ground against the Wj|. ( mot Proviso and all kindred measures. Should i such a letter bo published, it will compel a i largp portion of the. Northern Whigs to support Mr. Van Buren or some other "free territory candidate." Of the existence of such a letter I have very little doubt, and 1 think it probable that before many days it will be published. The developments of the past few days con. firm strongly the propriety and wisdom of the course pursued by the Democracy ol Charleston in determining for the present to bold themselves aloof from the contest. Still further may be expected. Mf. Dix, who is considered the organ of Van Burcn in the Senate, will speak on Monday on the Oregon Bill, and we may expect that he will rear the Northern platform on the subject of slavery. Mr. Cas's Northern and Western friends will have to ta"<e sides, as the sectional issue presented by the nomination of Mr. Van Buren will compel them either to outbid him for the vote of the North, or l!o throw themselves for support on the South. The impression prevails here (hat party issues will he merged in sectional issues, and that the South will vote with almost entire unanimity for that candidate who is soundest and most to t)e relied upon for her constitutional rights. X From the Daily Telegraph. THE CRISIS COMING?LET US BE PREPARED! By a Telegraphic Despatch received at a late hour on Saturday night last, we learn that the Utica Convention have nominated Martin Van Buren for President, and (I. L. Dodge (late Governor of Wisconsin.) for Vice Presi. ^ ient, for the avowed purpose of "Breaking ! lown Slave Power.'* From a more full despatch in the Evening News, we learn that a J letter was read to the Convention unanimously signed which closed as follows: "We want Martin Van Huron nominated as ihc candidate for President. The slave power ' broke him down in 1544?we break the slave power down in 1848." A motion was made to nominate a President viva voice, which was amended hy recommend- ' ing the nomination of Mr. Van Huron, which ' was received with enthusiastic applause. Mr. Van Huron lias accepted the nomination ' and wo regard tho movement as one of grave J importance, and challenging tho earnest and 1 sober consideration of the entire South, to whom ' it is premediated insult. This, nomination of | 1 him miscalled the Northern man with South. ' ' ern principles is not lo ho derided, for it is full of warning and menaces future mischief, unless ' concert and harmony prevail arrong ourselves. 1 Our enemies are not few nor feeble. I)is. ' guise the truth as we may, the sentiment .ofthe I entire North is against tis on this most vital ' subject. With this great question as their pre- 1 text, and iJ'rcc soil," as their rallying cry the ' Van Huren faction may sweep the Norihern, I Eastern, and North-Western States, by stirring up tho fanatical opposition of the pooplo to the 1 extension of Slavery, and the South may awake ' 1 - i i ir ? I? 1 ._ ! ? . t rate,'to nnu riorseii uenvcrcu up lomu iciiuvi mercies of her enemies. Shall we still slumber on lulled by th? opiates of party, and the cheering assurances of political managers who can see no signs of storm though the political firmament is black with angry cloudes impending over us, and ready tn burst upon our devoted heads.! In the solemn language of the, old patriot of Virginia, who first snufied out the distant peril and warned his countrymen to meet nnd grapple with it 0^7" Let us not hope to avoid the danger by shutting our eyes to its approaches?but rather let us boldly confront and grapple with those who seek to disfranchise us from the soil won by the valor aid moistened by the blond of Southern citizens, fighting shoulder to shoulder with thejkindred of those who dare to denounce, revile and insult us. Our enemies?long agitating against lis in secret?have dropped the mask at last: they hava made the issue-lhey seek "to break down the stave power" and boast that will make the South their servant! Will not the whole people < rtso up as one man to resist and resent so rnon- ' strousan outrage?to repel tfo imminent a dun | jer? .... We cannot und we will not doubt it. t THE CAMDEN JOURNA Tuesdny Morning, July 4, 1848. WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON. EDITOR Return of our Regiment. The Columbia Telegraph of Saturday, 68 "Letters from our Volu-.teers to their friends this piace, leceived last evening, state that t expect to leave Mobile about the 2d or 3d instar j Eliections in the Palmetto Regiment. ' We are pleased to learn that our fellow tow men Capt. K. S. Moffat and Adjutant James C ~ey, have been promoted, the former elected I ;orofthe regiment and the latter Captain of Kershaw Company. Major Gladden was elcc Colonel and Capt. Dunnovant Lieut. Colonel of regiment. New Mail Arrangement. Our Southern and Western mails are due h now at half past eight o'clock. This new orde things took effect on Saturday last 1st inst. but to tliis writing, we have had no mails from t quarter. We suppose the machinery don't i glib yet. but we trust there will be no repetition the Camden mail being sent up to Columbialooks as if they were going to keep our Saturda mail altogether. Wc are indebted to Hon. J. A. Woodward, for C gressional favors. The Fonrth. The rising sun this morning ushered in the rclun our National Anniversary. Wo havo abundant cu to be grateful to the Almighty dispenser of events, our continued national prosperity. Wo have b blessed with abundance, yes, out of our supcrabi dance, we havo saved the lives of perishing thousn in a distant land: The great ai.d glorious principle: Republicanism and liberty arc still cherished by people, whilst wc arc also privileged to behold ll: spread throughout Europe and tho Continent. ( thanksgiving should be sincere to day and our ferv prayers should go up to Heaven, for the spirit of un and liberty to dwell with us as a nation, and if < prayer be more fervent than another, let it be for a cc/ lion of sectional strife throughout our highly favc land, that wc may continue to he the admiration of world, and a beacon light to tho nations of the eai who arc struggling to throw off the chain of enslav despotism, f rom the mountains lo uicsca ooara, n north to south, lot tho prayer of millions be, for preservation of our national unity. A Southern Convention?Its necessity. Wo cannot but believe, that the necessity of so mode of action, on tho part of the Southern peopl becoming moro apparent every day. Wo have h advocated the imporlanco and utility of a South Convention, and we aro now moro convinced, than I mcrly, that such a stop would have preventod mi mischief. Emboldened by the apathy of the Son the Wihnol Proviso party, and the more recent I mil organization, seem determined to "break down slave power" and degrade., the Soulhorn people, trampling on their rights aj American citizens. \V| wo first suggested some concerted mode of act amongst us, the lies of political parties were too strc lobe snapped so suddenly, but wc think that the p dent men of both parlies aro awaking to the dang which threatened the South and the UnLn, for it ci not l>o disguised that tho senti < ent and feeling agni lis, in tho North, aro entertained by both parties,: wo have the strongest evidences of this, in the dnii and results of the Baltimore and Philadelphia Conv lions. Tho members of tho former or democratic C< venlion, seem to recognize our rights, in part, but YCriliCICM, rejccieu resoiuuuns, nmin uiunu tun iv cover llie great quest ion; the Whig Convention g; us no political creed, nor exposition on this or any c sr subject. but whilst they adopted General Tatlor, the score of availihilily, they placed sido by sidn w him 01 the same ticket a violent abolitionist and bit cnomy of tho South, this alone ought to condemn t ticket; for unless utterly mid and reckless of con ijuences no Southern Slate can cast her votes for M lard Filsiore. We sec o'jr danger further, In I events which follow both nominations, The Barnb ncr faction or Wihnot Proviso party, have held a Ci vention and nominated Martin Van Bcrgn for the F sidoncy. IIo has written them a letter approbatory their refusal lo support Cass, and will doubtless acci tho nomination. A Convention of tho Whigs, w liavo resolved not to vole for Taylor, because lie i davc holder, is to lio held in Buffalo next month, a there in every probability, there will be a coalition both parties, and a union of their energies lo clev Mr Van Burkn to the Presidency. "Break down ; tlnve power," will be their rollyiug cry, and a pow ful one it will bo amongst the masses throughout I entire Northern States, As we have lifted tho warni voice liefore, so do we again; it is worse than folly conceal the real slalo of a Hairs, the people of the Sou ern Slates should be timely apprized of the movcinc of their funnlical enemies, and if the Southern pre bad been true to its vocation, and faithful in tho p forrnance of its duty, they would cro this liovo nsscrl Liicir rights, and ciectod their platform, without ;i reforonco to party organization. But the press I been muzzled, the first feeble voice of warning, v met with the rebuff of "unnecessary agitation"Southern Convention, waa premature, and all this, 1 why? "Uh, wo must preserve the union of ihc party aur northern brethren arc truo at heart upon thisqu [ion, and thcrcforo wo need not fear." Whigs a Democrats of the South, you havo the evidences n before you; in the extensive "free soil" organizatii now in progress, throughout the North and Norlhwc and wo hope and trust you will bo no longer doluc py political demagogues, nod party wire pullers. 1 lime fur a Southern Convention has arrived, Our jailants must bo met at once, if not, the pcoplo of I South, will find themselves stripped of every vestige political equality, and powerless, to regain their rigl Will not tho Southern people bo induced to give t subject their most serious consideration; cannot c\ [ho inslinctivo principlo of self defence and self proc ration, arouso them? Surely it will. Ilad wo space our columns, we might lay before them, such uudou rd evidence of the determination of tho North, broak us down, and their settled purpose to deprivo of any participation in tho benefits of any acquisil by the Government. Wo nc-id not ask why this cei nurd warfare upon us and our institutions; it is cnou lo know that it is gathering strong!) cvory day, c will bo waged willi all tlio zeal and enthusiasm wli religious and political fanaticism can command. "No Compromise" with us is now tho motto of so of the northern papers, und wo wish tho echo to hack from tho South, "mo compromise," for unot can never bo yielded hy tho South, with safuty. t ask notling hut our Constitutional rights, and these must hold inviolate at any and every sacrifice. Wo now unhesitating urgo the necossity for a Sou cm Convention, not only fur the purpose of givi inch an expression of tho feelings and determination llto Southern people' ns may arrest tho mad career Northern fa naticism, but ulso, for the purposa of noi natiug a Sou.hern Candidate for the I'rosidcucy. 'I time has fully come, for the South to tako her posili ind the proposition for a Convention, is unqucstiona the one most entitled to our favor. Some of our o japtrs, when this proposition was being agitated so tirno since, gave their preference, for on expression L opinion through the respective Legislatures of li * tho Southern Slates; well, this expression was given I: all wc bolive, and we wuuld ask what effect did the n solves of the the Legislature produce. We merely n j fer to the Baltimore Convention for a sufficient repl; I The endearments of parly brotherhood, and the chei | ished devotion to party interests ovorcnmc the consc enlious scruple*, of the larger number ot Southern de iyfi: cgates, and tlmy abandoned these very principle ' 1,1 wliich hud been so loudly proclaimed from every legii hey lativo hall in the South. We want the people to tak It." hold of the matter now. they have been lioodwinke long enough by their political lenders, and we can a sure them, it is only by the united and concerted ai ns* lion of the Soutlierh people, that they may expect, 1 an- oscnpc the difficulties which surround them. Ua the Foreign News. te(j The Britainia has arrived, her news generally the not important. Cotton was flat, with a slight d< clinp. Ireland was still in a 6tate of excitemen France was progressing in organizing her repul lie. The news from the other parts of Europe ere not of any importance, r of up John Glass, Esq., will hereafter fill the Ed hat toriul Chair of the Southern Chronicle at th run place. In a well.written Editorial, he define ( 0f his position as a supporter of Democratic d<?c trines, and of Gen. Zaciiary Taylor. Mi , Glass is an experienced political writer, an ^ S conversant with all the duties required of a Editor.?Columbia Telegraph. ?"' ^ The Palmetto Regiment.?The Mobil Herald and Tribune thus announces the arrivti of our Volunteers at that city: ( 0Q The U. S. steamship Virginia arrived her usr yesterday, within six days from Vera Cru; ro(. with seven Companies of the Palmeto regimenl cc() The remaining three Companies ernbaiked an sailed the same day on board the schr. T. F HI. ,, J . Hunt. lids Mr. Dix broke ground in the Senate on th ou r 20th tilt., in support of Mr. Van Keren's "plul form." Ui> l<?ll him?p]f wnrrntifprl. hp Raid, in ileelai inp that New York, while she will oppose a interference with slavery where it exist.*, am will adhere to all the compromises of the con stitntion, will oppose all extension of slavery int , free territory. ^' Mr. Calhoun expressed an intention to ad . ' dress the Senate on amendment proposed by Mi lng Jefferson Davis. The object which the Sout ?m desired to attain ho thought would he hestacconr plUhcd hy this amendment, than hy the indirec mode of striking out the 12ih section: [Mr. Davis'amendment provides,substantial ly, and in express terms that no person shall hi prohibited from taking slaves to Oregan.] A Mr. Calhoun's request the hill was laid ore informally, and he will address the Senate a . " 12 o'clock to morrow, "or "j'1 Coming Right.?We are gratified with thi I. ' evidences which are daily increasing around ut "je of the better feeling which is pervading thi 1C Stale, in relation to the nominees of the Demo ^ cratic party. The false impressions whicl icn were so industriously attempted to he produce* 10,1 upon the minds ofthe people, as to Gen. Cass ,n8 views and opinions upon thp slavery que.stioi ru" are d.iily and hourly yielding to the light c crs truth and reason. The people may he dereiv iM" ed for a while, where facts arc misrepresents "!fl or concealed, hut truth must eventually prevail [t i? a more difficult matter than many suppose ^'s to muzzle the press, and the manly and iudepeii' cn" dent tone of many of the Journals of this State cn gives us cheering assurances of the final tri nc" umph of Democratic principles, notwith.-tand ing the severe blow it was snpposcd thp tempo 1Te rary prevalence ol Taylor Whiggcry in Soutl 11,1 Carolina. From all parts oil he State we havj ?" the most pratTying indications that the heart: '''' of the people are still in the "right place," and UT that they are again ready to do battle in thi 'l0 good caixe of "Free Trade?Low duties?i *0' strict construction ofthe constitution?a separ"** at ion of the monies of the Government fron l',e Ranking institutions, and all the other greal ur* measures of the Democratic party, for which )n" they have so often and so successfully contenrc* ded.?Palmetto State Banner. of ept "CONGRESS WILL RE THE GOVERN 1"> ME NT." Ha The Anti-Slavery Whigs of the North art nd willing to take Gen. Taylor, slaveholder as he is, for their President,?because, say, they, uu ,,e derhis administration "Congress will be the the government." Yes, Congress will be the gov or- eminent- and what sort of a Congress? W'hyi ho Whig Congress?the Congress ol that party nft the main body of whom are so tainted with Ab to olitionism, that they have not dared to oper th their lips upon tho slavery question nor wil its they suffer Gen. Taylor, their candidate, to d< *s, so?a party, who to give assurances of theii cr- Anti.Slavery feelings, to their Abolition sup tod porters, have nominated for the second office it ny the government, Millard Filinore, who voted ms with Adams, Gitldings, Slade, anil others, a>as gainst the Resolutions of Mr. Atherton, intro -a (luced into the House of Representatives, on tht jut 11th Dec. 1839, denying the right to Congress ? to nboli.oh slavery in the District of Columbia cs. or the Territories, and protesting against th? ind reception of Petitions for that purpose! Yes ow Millard Filmorc, a high Tariff, Abolition, Ban!< t>n, Whig. :si. After the virtual renunciation by Gen. Tay led lor of the veto power, and the declaration thai "he upon certain questions involving the Constitu as. tional powers of Congress, a majority of thai ilio body shall be the sole judge of the extent o of those powerss, we do not wonder that the Anti. its. Slavery men ofthe North are willing to support his him lor the Presidency. Tsuly, as they say mn I undor his Arlministmlion. "Conercss will be the pcr. Government."?lb. i in bt HONOR ASSUMED HY GkN\ PlLLOW.?One ol to the very best jokes of the season, and one which u.4 exemplifies the character of the man most ad. ion mirably, look place in Frederic, iVld., last woe!< iti- and has been narrated to us by an eyewitness, igh An old Virginia gentleman, and proprietor ol ind one of the Virginia Springs, being in Frederich ick for the purpose ofpreouring a band ot music for the session, at (he Springs had requested the me musicians to assemble before the Hotel where p0 he was staying and play a few tunes, that he I,or might judge of the character of their music. >\'o Whilst they were playing, Gen. Pillow?whe ..... had taken tin cuartcrs at the Hotel?supposing it nn h norublo reception f??r his warlike il,. achievements immediately raised his window, i?g bowed, t'ofled his beaver acknowledged the hon0f or, and retired, without having discovered the 0f mistake. ni. "Whero ignorance is bliss,' 'tis folly to be wise." 'he Charleston (Va.) Free Kress. on, ?? bly Mrs. Partington says she has always no wn licet! that, whether flour was dear or cheap mo she had invariably to pay the same money foi of half a dollar's worth. >? The Republic of Sierra Madre.-THc >y New Orleans Delia announces the arriral B- in thai citv of Don Jose Carena. for the pure pose of procuring a priming press and the ' iicccflsmj maiu idi.^ m; unifiiruifuc at. a.?h?[' pico tlte publication of a journal devoted 1? the establishment of the Republic of Sierra Madre. >t is seriously contemplated by the ' Mexicans to detach the northern portion of ^ Mexico from the body of the Republic, and ^ create it in art independent Republic, capa? ble, in case it should be deemed expedient j. by, the parties interested, of being annexed t0 to the United Stales. All classes are said to be in favor ot the measures, except the Government officials. is Adulterated Dnuos.-Tbe amendments ?. to the bill for preventing the im|>oriation of t. adulterated drugs, which passed the United ) Stated Senate on 21st instant, having all is been subsequently agreed to in the House, the bill wants but the signature of the President to become a law. Its provisions arc i- most effectual, requiring inspection and chei? mica! analysis by persons perfectly compe8 tent, at the custom houses before entering. THE CONJUGATING DUTCHMAN. Two English gentlemen once stepped into a coffee-house in Paris, where they obn served a tall, odd-looking man, who appeared not to be a native sitting at one of the tables, and looking around him with the p p most stone-like gravity of countenance on every object. Soon after the Englishmen cne tered, one of thein told the other that a celehratcd dwarf had arrived in Paris. Atihisthe t. grave-looking person above mentioned, od pened his inoutli, and spoke. **I arrive, thou '. arrivest, he arrives, wc, arrive, vou arrive. I lie v ainvc* The Englishman, whose remark seemed e to have suggested this mysterious speech, stepped up totlie stranger and asked,?1"Did you speak to the air?" "I speak" replied the stranger, "thou speak est, lie speaks, we speak, you speak, they speak." 'How is this," said the Englishman, "do you mean to insult mc?" The other replied, "I insult thou insultest he insults, we insult, vou insult, they inI! suit." "This is too much," said the Englishman; :i "I will have satisfaction; if you have any spirit with vour rudeness, come along with '* mc" * . s To ihis defiance, the imperturbable stran' ger replied,-"] come, thou corneal, he cornea r we come you come, they cotne," and here, 1 upon he rose with great coolness, and fidlowed I he challenger. In tliose days, when every gentleman e wore a sword, duels werp quickly despalch'' cd. They went into a neighboring alley; and the Englishman, unsheathing his wet' pon, said to his antagonist, "now, sir, yon rj must fight me." "I fight," replied the other, drawing his , sword, "thou figlitcst, lie fights, we fight"il h< f lie made a thrust?"you fight tliey fight," . and he disarmed his adversary, j "Well," said the Englishman, "you have . i lie liest of it, and I hope yon are satisfied," , " I am satisfied," said the original sheatb* ing his sword, "thou art satisfied, he is saiia? fied, we are satisfied, you are satisfied, ihejr * are satisfied," "lam glad that every one is satisfied." said the Englishman; "but pray leave off | that quizzing me in this strange manner, and ' tell me what is your object, if yon have any. j" in doing so.*' TIio grave gentleman now for the first i time became intelligible. ,4I am a Dutchman,*' siid he; "I am learning your lani guage: I find it difficult to remember the I peculiarities of the verbs, and my tutor has advised me, in order to fix them in my mind, . to conjugate every verb that I hear spoken. Thus I have my plans bioken in upon while they arc in operation, or 1 should have told you this before." The Englishman laughed heartily at this ! explanation, and invited the conjugating Dutchman to dine with thetn. "I will dine," said he, thou will dine, lie ! will dine, we will dine, they will d nc?we will dine together." This they accordingly did; and it was difficult to say whether the Dutchman ate or ( conjugated with most perseverance. 1 TESTIMONY OF THE DOCTORS IN FA' VOU OF WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY. Exeter, Me, Sept. 30, 1845. Tliis certifies that I have recommended the ore of l)r. '.Vtslnr'a Balsam or Wild Cherry tordiscaa?s or the Lungs, Tor two yearn past, and many bottles to my knowledge have been used by my patients, all with beneficial results. In two canes, where it was thought confirmed consumption had taken placo, tho Wild Cher1 ry effected a cure. E BOY DEN, Physician at Exeter Comer. Dr. Bradford Knapp, of Crown Point, N. in a letter dated 3d, August 1845, says: "In the course of my practice in this vicinity I have tested in some good I dogrce the good qualities of Wistar't Balsam of Wild Cherry in Pulmonary Complaints, and I now wiah to I procure a supply of the medicine." f Dr. A. II. Macnuir, of Tarboro, North Carolina, writos us under dato of Feb. 14, 1847, that he has osed i Dr Wistnr'u R.ilsam of Wild Clierrv in his nraetiee the , last eighteen months, anJ considers it tho beat prepare* ! tion ofllie kind lie ever aaw, and knows of none so do* nerving the public patronage. Dr. VVm. A. Shaw, of Washington, N. C., write*, ~ undor d ile of May 1,1846, as follows: I "I have heard of many eases of decided b'-i.efici.1 effects from its use, especially in Astlnna and rhrxnic I cough of spasmodic character I have used the WiM Cherry n great deal in practice, and with marked -?? d f results in those casos of great nervous mobility, ni?i irritability, to which phthisical patients are subject. Tho ; combination of these principles in Wistar'a Balsaui of ! Wild Cherry is ingeniout and judieiout. Medical men arc justly distrustful of Patent Modi, cinca iu general, but candor must discriminate between outrageous humbugs, and nostrumsand those medicines ' which have proved salutary, and in many well attested I cases curative." Dr. Hoffman, Hnntingdon, Pa., cured a child of ' Asthma with it, aflerhn declared be could do no more with his medicine, and the child must die. Dr. Frcleigh o' Saugerties, iN. Y? says lie cured I L'ver Complaint or lour yearsstanding, inai wouiu not ' yield to tlio usual romcdics. Abraham Skillman, M. D. of Boundbrook, N. J., says it is the boat medicine for Consumption, in every ' stage, that he haa over known. We might refer yoo to hnndreds of cases. had we room, that would confines all of iu great virtue. Editors, 'awyera, clergymen, and almost every class