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VOLUME X.
EFDGEFIELD ADVEBT]ISER.
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From the Mercury.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA COL
LEGE.
Let good remain as it is-for he haz
ardeth sore that waxeth wise by experi
ence.-ROGER AscNAM'S " ToxoPHILUs.'
The liberality allowed by a latter day
grants each one the right to express him
self freely under particular conditions.
Discussion will often produce good, by
eliminating and thereby exposing evil, yet
there is no voluntary act requiring more
room for deliberation and extreme cau
tion, than an exposure in tbe public Jour
nals of supposed imperfections in public
Institutions of a particular class. A
healthy restriction is given to the inroad
of looseness in irresponsible power by
timely notice-but we must be assured of
the truth of every point of our accusation.
where so much harm is likely to ensue
from conveying a false impression to the
public mind, depending as they do for
support on its favorable opinion. It isob.
vious that its officers cannot with poprie
ty reply in defence of themselves-an ed
ucational establishment of a high grade
from a salutary deficiency in the atten
dance on its public examinations, cannot
ahew dernjiat
quamfcanons. or it aaIMt e ort
purposes intended-these must ultimately
be determpined by its fruits. To none
then can unnecessary or false blame be
attached with more irreparable injury ;
and the nicest discrimination is therefore
requisite in condemning either its mea
sures or its men. Now that the South
Carolina College has not retrograted. but
is superior, both as respects the course of
instruction. its Professors, and its numbers,
to what we find at its earliest date and for
many years succeeding, is not only de
termined by fact, but is otherwise the re
sult of thirty years advonce in the nine
teenth century,-attended. with all the
benefits acquired by experience and the
accumulated facilities derived from wise,
generous and continued support. Its
fruits await but time to develope them.
We are apt, in quest of something, to
cavil at the present and venerate the past,
and from this very principle draw coin
parisons between the scholarhip of a few
of its early alumni, and the waut of it in
those of a latter day. An adherence to
early and by-gone days is commendabl2
in research for legal precedent, and things
sanctified by boary tradition may be re
vered by antiquarians, but assuredly the
South Carolina College has not this to
boast,-and it does not apply, when the
living witnesses of even its remotest in
ception are before us; it is invidious and
unia~ir, for their locks are whitened by
time, and in them wve viewv the results of
years of industrious study and Laborious
research. There are those of an ad
vanced day that can coinpete and are fasi
hasting eminently to vindicate their gen.
eration and their Alma Mater. it is well
-known that what were the studies of an
advanced cls, twenty years since, con
stitute those of one far inferior now, and
if our halls of learning are not as crowd
-ed as those in regions more densely pop
ulated, it is the unagpidable ef'ect of ihe
halo thrown around them by age, greatet
variety of branches and number of In:
structors, frequently in donations from
private individuals for the endowment of
*particular ,chools, combining at an ear
ly period to attract our studeuts and thein
wealth in far greater numbers than al
present. That wve can expect to rival
them, can only be accomplished by the
steady perseverance of a wise and pairn
otic Legislature, assisted by an enlighten
ed and attentive Board of Trustees, pur
suing a course that would ensure a repu
table contrast with the most favored
most certainly not by curtailing the num
her of Professors, abridging the means ol
instruction, or weakening public confi
dence. If the Press or its correspondents
are to take cognizance in order to con
doma, why did the State in its wisdomr
see fir to entrust it specially to a Board o1
Inspectors, selected from the learning andc
the parents of the land. To censure its
Professors because forsooth this one is dis
liked for that foible, and that ridiculed fot
another, this holds a private opinion ob
noxious to a second. the other to a third.
When can a set of men, the wisest anzd
most competent, be ever free from the
abjurations of a population comiprising
some three hundred thousand. Where
would we ask was there ever a depo1
where young men are congregated in
numbers and -there be not dissipation
aong a nortion? Is there less at the
Northern Colleges because we do not see
it?-consult those vbo have graduated
elsewhere and they will tell you infinitely
more. A comparison between them is
strikingly in our favor; so atrocious are
the records of their extravagance and vice
that v e meet them in the public press.
And when has it here occurred that war to
the knife has been waged against a con
stitutional authority, either civil or colle
giate. And yet, in the veins of the one,
is the stagonant blood of a frozen region,
and in the other courses. that of the ' ex
citable Southron.' If within o',r own
limits disturbance is more frequent than
heretofore, it can only be referred to an
increase of numberiand the liberality of
the age-those of an earlier date incon
testibly evidence that it is far less.
We would refrain from referring to in
dividuals composing its Faculty, were it
.not to correct impressions that have gone
forth. Silence is less to be lauded than
the original insinuations of supposed im
perfections. It is needless to say we do
not consider the S. C. College faultless,
there are grounds for improvement, and
laxity at a point or two, has crept in here
as in all kindred establishments; these
are all well known and commented upon
-its advantages are disregarded, we will
canvass each but refer more particularly
to the latter- The correspondent of the
Courier justly blames the negligence of
the Professor of Mathematics on one
brauch of his department,-Astronomy.
Tie Professor gives ample evidence of his
in'timate acquaintance with every part of
his duties, from the satisfactory conclu
sions of the I Plain and Spherical" to the
more imaginative requirements of the
" Descriptive Geometry"-from the "Me
chanique Celeste" of La Place to New
ton's "Principia." But for what is be
principally valued, and wherein lies that
twhich would otherwise make him indis
psnsably necessary; he is essentially the
disciplinarian. continuously solicitous for
the welfare of the institution, if necessary,
life and limb is perilled in its behalf.
'T'hree fourths of our rioters are despatch
ed to their fond and sympathizing home
steads by his ever watchful eye and cau
tious footstep which neither slumbereth
nor sleepetb.
Full well have the boding tremblers
The day's disaster in his morning face;
And still they gaze-and still the wonder
grows,
That one small head should carry all be
knows!"
If the unsatisfied are anxious for the
description-if they think the actions of
youtg imen should be carefully scrutiuized
let them rest assured their wisthes are a
buttdantly fulfilled. As regards his ca
pacity for action he plainly exhibits the
comteuding energy imparted by tniiitary
education and has more than once borne
honorable testimony to his skill, patriot
ist. and daring in preserving the proper
ty of our citizens generally, sud we our
selves have witnessed his promptitude in
rescueing f om the devouring element the
buildings of the Institution w itb which
we were more intimately connected. The
Belles Lettres Professor is a Carolinian
and a gentleman, chose" out of a number
of brilliant competitors, from the heart of
our people, he awaits but the lapse of a
short time to do that justice to his depart
ment which it so euitiently requires.
That we should have gaitied one to adorn:
the beauties of this fascinating study pe
culiarly qualified with the varied and ele
gant attainments of Legare or Everet,
was more than could reasonably be ex
pected, and should probably have been
attended with, compensating deficiencies;
what want of preparation and tintely no
tice -Jid not allow, 4,is zeal is rapidly a
mending and dlaily accessiotns are made to
the value of his lectures- A gentletman
ly bearing that teaches tby example; lib
eral and candid advice, peculiarly fitting
him to wvin the confidence of the precipi
tate and disarm prejudice of its meditated
blow, how many will think of his kitndly
feeling in the hour of sickness, his prompt
ness in seeking out atnd relieving distress.
The writer says of tbe President, Dr.
Henry-To rival his precursor in capaci
ity for management. is impossible, but
that one so capable does not cotnmand the
attention due to his merits, is as we said
before not surprising. Thu learning, abil
ity and varied 5cholarship displayed in the
adornment of a brilliant periodical, in the
exposition atnd correction of the false and
erroneo~us impressions conveyed by Text
Books selected from an early date wIll as
saredly obtain the satisfactton of the re
fleeting; we have listened to lectures and
strictures on the various subjects discussed
by Paley and Locke, of a civil, political,
intellectual and moral nature, that for
appropriateness end fitness and elegance
wvere unrivalled, when early prejudices
are disarmed this will be acknowledged.
Arduous duties devolving upon so respon
sible a situation forbid an attendance upon
other branches, thtough the troublesome
task of conducting a class in Aristophanes
was not shunibed.
That the Professor of Chemistry and
Geology does not pretend to lecture on
the latter is so-and it is rather disingeni
otis that it is still to be attaChed to his
name, thereby deludtng the public into
the belief that it is taught. Though wve
do not wish to be considered as underval
uing its use to Southerners and Agricultu
rists, yet we believe the act requiring him
to lectute on Geology is mnore honored tn
the breach than in the observance; there
are none who tfould say they regretted it,
for if' 'tis at the expense of what is com
municated mn Chemistry1 and -it certainly
would be in this its growing age, 'twer
less irreparable. The Professor of Chem
istry can compare for information and ac
curacy with-any that the State could ob
tain throughout the wide- etent of tn
Union. There are others who have mad
greilter discoveries, but there are non
who could take more absorbing interes
in the welfare of his depautment-th
midnight lamp and the unfailing experi
mer.t experiment equally attest his zea
and superiority, bis lectures, combinin
pro d philosophical anal)sis with ib
more superficial and attractive graces a
language, are unrivalled. Agricultura
Chemistry has received his attention, bu
the period allowed for imparting the nias!
of facts derived from so rapidly improviA
a science is short. The Professorship I.
most liberally endowed, and all know iti
use. The gentleman who fills Old Histo
ry's Chair, we hesitate not to say is mort
disparaged and less deserving of it that
any of his compeers. He is a foreigner
and though claiming the epithet of the
chivalrous! the generous! the brave! the
0ns of Carolina are not those of La Beli
France! It has been a habit to depreci
ate his exertions from principles statet
before. That gentleman's celebrity is un
questionable, his works attest the univer
eality and the solidity of his attainment
and we regret to say that his presence it
this State is not estimated as elsewhere,
both at the North and in Europe; where
his genus and learning have met With
greater rewards. Tthe Prophet is not
without honor, &c. &c. Now we ask in
sincerity, from what single individual have
the minds or students been most biassed?
and from whom have they derived a
greater .-zpansion of ideas-~-nore useful
hints implanted, or more valuable infor
mation cenveyed on topics innumerable?
united with the readiness and actual plea
sure exhibited in pouring out the treasures
of his erudition. olflicially and in private,
in comparison with which his compensa
tion dwindles to a pittance.
We profess the utmost astonishment and
mortification when we saw a late writer
congratuldting iimself upon the call of a
Chaplain of tne- South Caroliata College
to the North; little is he capabte of 1fre
seeing our loss should he determine to ac
cept! We have htear p@
hearkened to the thrilling private lecture
elucidating Scripture-and caught the
words of earnest expostulation as they fell
on the Sabbath, and yet nevet known an
expression, that either actually or implied
ly leaned towards the peculiar tenets of
his own sect-whose capacity enforces
the precepts of Theology and the evi
dences of Christianity ? Whose imagi
nation - Bodying forth the forms of
thought," has imperceptibly turned many
an erring youth from the meditated vice,
and taught him tha: which leads to heav
on? Whose kindling elocution with, dec
lanation divinely powerful, aroused their
dormant energies in the cause of Tena
perance. and waking into life each silent
spring, nerved and sustained it when re
pugnance was about to resume its wonted
sway? Whose authority has restrained
the rebellious and quelled the seditious ?
Many a parent, did they *now it. would
point with gratitude to the individual
whose absence is desired !-the rewards
of conscience are his, and suicidal will be
the blow that allows him but that only to
recur to. I- Fortunatos nimium bonu si
sua norint." Let every Carolinian wach
with scrutiny the first attempts to weaken
public confidence in this the cherished off
spring of their State-let them ever sirive
to maintain its rank and exalt its position;
in that dark hour when ignorance was
predominant over a portion of the land,
one more favored by early settlemenm
contended, year after year, to susain it itn
its infant days-when every pittance for
its benefit was gained by their most stren
uous exertions, wrung out at the price ol
faction and even the peril of internal dis
union, and now w~hen its original oppo
sers, enlightened by its agency, have ae
knowledged the value of that which they
attempted to crush and teap rewards mort
enduring than the expenditure of million:
-now when we see the "joint force anm
full result of all" when kindred institution
spring up in competitiott! shall we fail it
our exertions? or worse than all, listen tt
the whims aind captices of thte dissatisfiet
few! We would appeal to its studtents
in recollecting the responsibility of theil
position. to emulate the enthusiasm of itl
founders, their fathers, and yield not it
that pettiness and ftrivolity which dIetracts
from the character it is itttended lhe'
should possess, and with which they alone
catn investigate the Institution. We havi
deviated from our tteutrality to poise
latnce in its favor-if it breaks at in defenci
we gruidge not tl'e fracture. -- We lov
thee, and it is our love that speaks."
"ST. JOHNS "
Death of Gen. Serwal.-Thbe Gos pe
Banner, published at A ogust a, Me , says
"'Major General Henry Sewall a vetermt
patriot of the Revolution, and a patriarcl
in the social state, departed thtis life at his
residence in 'this town, on Thursday c
last week, aged 93 years. Few men havy
been more useful or more deservel
htonor through a long life than he. Get
5.was in the whole revolutiotnary strug
gle, having entered the army in 1775. an
continued in it till the peace of 1783. H
was personally acquainted with Wasl:ing
ton, to whose staff he was for a time at
tached. There are letters now in hi
h~ouse wrtttetn hitm lby Washingtou i
trietndly correspondence after the wvar wa
oner."
eWije N. 0. Picayune.
THE C TITUTION OF TEXAS
We b' neither time nor room to
make bm anlysis of the new Constitution,
e but will bie advert to some of its pe
D culiar pro14 e, at the risk of repeating
3 ourselves. , Me need not.say that the in
I strument-is% oddled upon the theory of
most of- 6 ''a State Constitutions.
Every .mwale person, twenty one
years of-a who shall be a citizen of the
United Sta " or who is, at the time of
the adotti W.f-the Texan Constitution
by the Conis of the United States, a
citizen of t Republic of Texas, and
shall hava jded in the State one year
next proced an election, and the last
six months . ithin 'he district, county,
city or towaiin which he offers to vote.
(lndians, notitaxed, Africins and descend
ants of Afridans excepted) is to be deem
ed a qualifie4elecior.
The term f office of members of the
House is 1wa years, and the sessions of
the Legislatu are biennial. To be eli
gibie to the -luse, one must bo a citizen
of the Unitedl3iates, or, at the time of
the adoptioif the Constitution, a citi
zen of the' pobiie of Texas and an in
habitant of tll'State for two years next
preceding h , ction, and the last year
thereof a of the county, city or
town for wha he shall be chosen, and
have attuinedibe age of twenty one years
at the time ofliis election.
The term or- Ae Senators is tour years,
and are to-be md'ided into two classes, as
that one half ,y be chosen biennially.
The additio'nairs alification for Senator
is, to have been an inhabitant for three
years, and to-be hirty years of age.
No ministeaf. the Gospel or priest is
eliuible to the~wgislature.
The Execut~i s to nominate the judg
es of the .$uplieme and District Courts,
and with the adge- of two thirds of the
Senate. conmisstoh them for six years.
The A'torney Geueral is.appoinied in
the same manner. ind holding his com
mission for two years.
The Governor.is to hold his office for
two years, addishall not be elligible for
more than' fou 'eara-in any term of six
years. His . alifications are like a
a- ut no more.
can hold no other office or commission.
civil or military.
No minister of the Gospel is required
to perform mititary duty, work on roads,
or serve on juries.
The oath of office is so fo'rmed, that in
addition to the usual provisions, one must
swear that since the adoption of the Con
stitution he has not fought a duel within
or without the State ; nor sent or accept
ed a challenge; nor any way aided or
assisted any person thus offending.
And all who shall offiend, (by fighting a
duel, acceptin a challenge, &c.,) after
the adoption of the constitution, shall be
deprived or holding any uffico of trust or
profit.
In all elections by the people the vote
is to he by ballot, till the Legislature oth
erwise direct ; in elections by the Senate
or House. except for their own officers,)
the vote shall be viva voce.
No member of Congress. nor person
holding office under the United States, or
either of them, or a foreign power, is eli
gible to the Legislature, or can hold of
fice under the State.
The laws aro to be revised fivo years
after the adoption of the Constitution and
publikhed; and the same repeated every
ten years thereafter.
No lottery can be authorized by the
State, and the buying and selling of all
tickets is prohibited.
No divorce can be granted by the Leg
islature. All property, both real and per
sonal of the wife, owned or claimed by
her before marriage, and that acquired af
-terwards by gift, devise or descent, shall
be her separate property; and laws shall
be passed more clearly definino be rights
of the wife, in relation as well her sep
arate property as that held in common
with her hushand. Laws shall also be
passed providing for the registration of
the wife's separate property.
All claims, locations, surveys, grants
and titles to land, which are declared null
and void by the Constitution of the Re
Ipublic of Texas, and the same shall re
main forever, null and void'
No corporate body shall be created. re
newed otr extended, with banking or dis
counting privileges
No private corporation shall be created,
unless the bill creating it shall be passed
by two thirds of both houses of t he Legis
lature; and two thirds of the Legislature
shall have power to revoke and repeal all
private corporations, by malcing compen
sation for the franchise .And the State
shall not be part owner of the stock or
propierty belonging to any corporation.
Tho Legislature shall prohibit by law
individuals from issuing hills, checks,
promisory notes, or other paper to circu
late as money.prvsosaemdrr
.Most ampleprvsosaemdfr
edutcation. but we have not room to enter
Sfurther upon the Constitution today.
The vote upon ihe adoption of- the
Constitution is to be viva voce. Should it
appear from the returns to have been
adopted, the President, on or before the
second Monday in November next, is to
i ssue- his ploclamationi, directing and re
quiring electiouis to be holden on the third
Moday in December-next, fot' the office
e of Governor. Lieutenant Governor, and
~Membhers of the Senate and House of
s Representatives -in the-State Legislature,
in~ acordance with the appointment of
representation directed by the Constitu
tion.
Upon receiving intelligence of the ac
ceptance of the Constitution by the U. S.
Congress, the President is to convene the
State Legislature, when the votes for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor, &c.
are to be counted, and the persons elected
at once installed.
The Legislature shall proceed as early
ly as practicable to elect Senators to rep
resent the State in the Senate of the Uni
nited States: and also provide for the
election of Representatives to the Con
gress of the United States.
The President of Texas, immediately
after the inauguration of the Governor, is
to deliver to him all the records, public
money, documents, archives, and public
property of every description whatsoever,
under the control of the Executive branch
of the Government, and the governor
shall dispose of the same in such manner
as the Legislature may direct.
The first general election for Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, and Members of
ihe Legislature, after the organization of
the Government, shall take place on the
irst Monday in November, 1846, pad
shall be held biennially thereafter, on the
lirst Monday in November. until otherwise
provided by the Legislature, and the
Governor and Lieutenant Governor elect
sd in December next, shall hold their of
See until the installation in office of the
Governor and Lieutenant Governor, to b6
slected in the year of 1847.
From Texas.-The brig 'Hope Howes'
which arrived here yesterday from Gal
vestdu, brought fuller, though not later
iles of Texan papers. Of course there
*s not much news.
The Texan papers have given to the
public for the first time, the secret treaty
between Santa Ana and Texas, by which
the former obtained his release when a
prisoner. The Galveston News says it
was found among the papers of Gen.
Austin. Originally the treaty was in
:losed in a letter written by Santa Ana to
Gen. Jackson, then President of the U
nited States, and the whole accompanied
bly another letter, written by Gen. Austin.
at Santa Ana's request, to the same .dis
and influence for the settlement of diffi
culties between Mexico and Texas.
Gen. Austin's letter explains fully the
grounds upon which Santa Anna obtain
ed his release-all of them having refer
ence to the solemn pledge made by the
latter to use all his exertions to obtain the
acknowledgement of Texan indepen
dence-to the Rio Grande. The Mexican
Government never sanctioned this treaty,
although they regained their army by it.
Mr. Nathan Taylor, a respectable citi
zen of aontgomery county, Texas, was
shot dead on the 22d uIt., while playing
a game of chess with his wife. The as
sassin is utterly unknown.'
Alfred Polk, a relative of the.President
of the United States, was recently elect
ed Chief Justice of the county of San
Augustine.-Ibid 20th.
We glanced at some of the peculiarities
or the new Constitution of Texias yester
day; today we must conclude the subject
by metioning a few other provisions. In
its grand outline, as well as its details, it
is too much like the Constitutions of the
)ld States to need elucidation.
The proposed Constitution provides
that the ordinances passed by the Con
ventionon the 4th day of July last, as
souting to the overtures for the Annexa
tion of Texas to the United States, shall
be atiched to the Constitution and form
a part of the same. This must be con
tinually borne in mind, as the creation of
new States is therein provided for. ..
The city of Austin is assigned as the
seat of government until 18.50, after
which it is to be located by the people, by
a vote to be taken in Mlarch, in a mode
pointed out.
The Supreme Court has appellate jn
rtsdtction only; the District Courts have
jurisdiction both in law and equity, and
in all cases in equity, either party may
claim a trial by jury.
The pardoning power is vested in the
E xecutive, except in eases of treason and
impeachment. The Governor possesses
the veto power, qualified, however, as in
the L nited States Constitution.
In no case can .the Legislature author
ize the issue of treasury wvarrants or trea
sury notes. or paper of any description,
to circulate as money.
The Legislature has power to protect
by law, from forced sale, a certain portion
of the property of all heads of families.
The homestead of a family not to exceed
two hundred acres of land, (not included
in a town or city,) or any town or city lot
or lots, in value not to exceed $2000,
shall not be subject to forced sale for any
debts hereafter contracted tnor shall the
owtner, if a married man, be at liberty to
alienate the samne4 unless, by the consent
of the wife, in such manner as the Legis
lature may hereafter point out.
Taxation is to be uniform throughout
the State; the Legislature may pass an
income tax, and it nuay exempt from tax
ation $250 wyorth of htousehold furniture
or other property belonging to each fami
ly in the State.
The Legislature cannot contract debts
to exceed in the aggregate the sum of
$100,000, except in case of war, to repel
invasions, or suppress insurrections; and
in no case shall any amount be borrow
ed, except by a vote of two thirds of both
Houses of the Legislature.
ncnluonn we copy entire the pl'o
visions of the proposed Constitution in re
gard to slaves.
SEC. 1.-rhe Legislature shall .bavd
no power to pass laws for the emancipa
tion or slaves, without the consent of
their owners, nor without. paying their
owners, previous to such emancipation, a
full equivalent in money, for the slaves
so emancipated. They' shall have no
power to prevent emigrants to this State,
from bringing with them such persons as
are deemed slaves by the laws of any of
the United States, so long as any person
of the same age or description shall be
continued in slavery by the laws of this
State: Provided, that such slave shall be
the bonafide property of such emigrants:
Provided. also, that laws shall be passed
to prohibit the introduction, into this State,
of slaves who have committed high
crimes in other States or territories.
They shall have the righ: to pass laws to
permit the owners of slaves to emanci
cipate them, saving the rights of creditors
and preventing them from becoming a
public charge. They shall have full
power to pass laws, which shall oblige
the owners of slaVes to treat them witb
humanity; to prdvide for them, necessa
ry food and clothing; to abstain from all
injuries to them, extending to life or limb;
and, in case of their neglect or refusal to
comply with the directions of such laws,
to have such slave or slaves from such
owner, and-sold for the benefit of uc*h
owner or owners. They may pass laws
to prevdnt slaves from being brought into
this State as merchandize only.
SEc. 2. In L(e prosecution of slaves for
crimes of a higher grade than petit lar
ceny, the Legislature shall have no pow
er to deprive them of an impartial -trial
by a petit jury.
SEC. 3. Any person who shall mali-.
ciously dismember, or deprive a slave of
life, shall suffer such punishment as would
be inflicted, in case the like offence had
been committed upon a free white personi
and upon like proof, except in case of in
surrection of such slave.-lb.
NEw-OhtEass, Sep. 23.
16 DAYS LATER FROM MEXICO;
Withdrawal of the Fre=4 Minister
The U. 8.steam
4ied's-~fldd urtg tf
2Otn inst., having sailed from Vera Cuis
on the evening of the 15th. Our previods
dates were brought by the Mexican schr,
Geraldo, which left Vera Cruzon the 30th
of Nugust. By the arrival of the Prince
ton we did not receive our regular files;
and gather the following items of informa
tion from our correspoodente and somd
change papers.
The French Minister, Baron Alleye d
Ciprey, having been again refused th6
operation he demanded for the personal
indignities offered him some months since;
has demanded and obtained his passports.
Ile was expected io. leave in the next
packet from Vera Cruz. The Sigid
Deezy Neuve makes an elaborate defence
of the action of the Mexican Government,
insisting upon it that the demanda of tho
Baron were beyond reason, and could not
be granted without trampling upon the
inviolability of the powers of the judiciary
and the social -guarantees which repose
thereupon.
By the papers received at Vera Cruz oi
the 14th from Mexico it appears that a
despatch had arrived at the capital, stating
that 3000 regular troops of the United
States-and 1500 Texans were on the
march for Matamoras.
By the retarus Herrera has received 110
out of130 votes. Only dne Department
remain, to be heard from.
Tobasco was still in the possession of
the Fedralists. and as yet the Government
have been unable so despatch any troops
to put down the revolt. The revolutioti
at. Tobasco is repudiated by the Fedralisti
of Mexico.
Paredes was at San Louis Potosi witti
a forde of 10.000 men. He was ostensi
bly making preparations to march for thd
northern frontier; but his designs are sus
pected, and be has been accused in AMexi
co of aiming at a militaty dictatorship. A
divison uder his command have pronoun-.
ced against the present Goverdment,
and in favor of a military system. Pare
dos has written that he lhes succedited iri
restoring order. and professes to %e favor
ably disposed to the present Got'ernment;
these professions, are, however, distrusted.
The order for establishing the Defen
sores has been unsuccessfull in most of the
departments heard from. In some D)e
pnrtmenis they had not enlisted a single
person. The terms of the enlistment have
inconsequence been modified. The sys
tem of voluntury enlistmrent has been re.
garded by the supporteis of the army
with great jealousy, and was denounced
as intented to supplant and disband the
regular troops for political purposes..
The Santa Anna Party are in favor of
post poning the declaration of war against
the United States to a more propitious
time, in veiw of thelpresent distracted and
unprepared condition of the country. The
Siglo. XIX'still contends, as it did in the'
outset, that- as the war with the United
States is a. war defence solely, the objeci
of which is to recover a portion of territory
which has been wrested froma Mexico;
.that an express diclaration or annouce;
ment of war is not necessary; that the
previous prote-sts and solen declaratione
of MIexico cover the whole grouind.
The Government is do beset with diff-.
colties and embarrassed in the i-egoureei
and the country is in so distracteda ale,
that it is believed another revolutioti io in
evitable, and that it may occur af any
moment