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Coininunications, post paid. will be prompt ly and strictly attended to. POETRY. From the Eeaning News. THE CUULtSE OF LIFE. Within a high and pillared hall. A lovely Infant slept, And o'er his couch a weary watch, His youthful mother kept; The rosy light of morning play %1 Upon his featutes fair, Oh ! think you grief will ever set His mourrful signet there. 11. I looked agn. the child had reacl'd -To hovhood's happy years And-wild and brieht his proud eye glanc d, Undimtnedas y- t with tears; The maountaisi'heixht the "dark blue" wave, By turns he traversed o'er. And longed- in joy onsness to sport On many a distant shore. ill. Years rolled away -I Jok'd a_:tin. Manhood had bronzed his cheek, Ile left his chiliool's happy home, The phan'tun. fame, to seek IIe gains it--on his lofty brow Unfudin.: uirels bloom;i Alas! that huitsin honors gild - The pathway it, the tomb. Again behold hiini-whetre. oh ! whcre A M t "rmyhnors Ptose, I Willh tisme. th e honors ins , ills mil d reset ts i. by-gone sent-, No. conilrt ther' tot tind, A nwmc. a barren tite, all Ile inow cn le.ive behind. V.. And vet once more-iiark the slow ti end Of'vin crape clad ar:y. Thet, t;lh l'l i.'s cotirste is run. II e seeks his lat sad houw to-day. What now to hitn tim world's renown, Its pleasuirs. or its cares All, all sin into tothi:e.ness Bef'ore the tlint of years. Il A LC itO. For Grubs in Slurp's ilew.-Lighr a pilpe, insert the -m a .1d Way 1il) the no--l ii ..f tile sheep, c' ver the bowl n.itih a haaikerchi'fa.t blow the tobacco smoke vigorolusly up each nostril. Scare Cre"-c f! : fit o: poh- uis, ;, prfoper' (iitnces, thn-augh your co-rn lields, antd the crows will not iolo cii yolli curc t. " th 'u ' iil c:auscs a r fit t't:in :at wi'l prove ji as friht tiul to them as an explosion of gul p.!wder. We have tried the plan ihr sev eral years and never without success. American Farnur. Remedy for Lockjac.-We woul d stale for the benthl of those tullicted with this disease, thatt ai commatin cent, or a piece of copper, bound firmly oil the wounided part, and in actual contact n ith it, wvill cause almost immediate and entire relief, and cautse ihe wound to speedily heal, whether it .be made by rusiy ail, steel inistrumnent, splinter, or any other cause, either ini foot, hanid or other part ohf the body. N. 1B. Rusty or tarnisheri copper is p:eferable to bright copper, though either will answer. Uses of Salt in A4gricullurne.-We htave severatl times invited the aitention of~ our readers to thle article oif salt, to be mixed with mnanures, to be sprend broad cast, or to he applied to the hill of corn or Or pota toes. It is no1w time to be stirring in this matter-to be preparing for summer-to belguarding our potatoes against wormns, and rust, and rot. From numerous statement s mado lby far mners from different quarters, it seems that salt is useful to protect potatoes against the fungus that appears on the vines, and probably caiuses the disease thlat has beeni so much talked of. lf this is true, we ought not to delay one day to provide salt to be used on the ground in some mode or other. Coarse-fine salt may be mixed with ashes and plaster. aind put on to corn or pot atoes soon after they come up. Plaster is good, ashes are good, anu it is well known that salt, is good to keep off the worms. It is good also to attract moismure, tile want of which is moro detrimentui to potatoes than to anty crop. Let us try salt iu various ways, that we be able to tell each othier where it succeeds best.-Mass. Plough. An Irishman beitng asked whbether lie did not frequently conversed with a frieud in Irish, replied, "No, inde. d ; Jemnmy often speaks to me in Irish, but I alwa' a answver him it' English." "Whby so ? "Because you seo i don't want Jemmy to ,aonv tate iannoraitIrfsh ~" .17 i S e e e a n e o U S. Extracts from Vaddy Thompson': Rerolections of dlrzico. THE FOR rRESS OF ST. JUAN DR ULLUAANDVERA CRUZ. Gen. Thompson says that the little is land of St. Juan de Uiloa, which is en tirely covered with the fortress, is some five or six hundred yatds front the mole at Vera Cruz, between which points all the commercial shipping anchors. It can scarcely be called a harbour, but an open road, like most of the others on the Gulf of Mexico. It frequently oc curs that violent north winds (called "l.s nortes," or northers) drive the vessels on shore, and seriously injure the mole itself. Vessels of war or other nations anchor about three miles below, neaw the island of Sacrificios. A very narrow channel affards the only passage for ves sels of war, which must of necessity pass immediately under the guns of the fort. The fortress of St. Juan de Ulloa has always been looked upon as one of the strongest in the world. With a proper armament and competent engineers, he should regard it as almost impregnable. if indeed that term can now be with truth applied to any place after the re cent inventions and improvements in this department of military science. When it was blown up in 1839. by the Frnrch, the armam.ni was iii a most wret:hed condition, and :is to scientific engineers and artillerists, there were none. Even then it would not have been so much of a holiday affair as it was, had it not been for the accidental explosion of the magazine. Any fit, ture assailant must not expect so easy .I victory if it is tolerably defended. IHe was very much surprised, however, to lea'rri that, in the he *inninc of the year 1543. whent an attack was ant icipat'd from the Enghish, C' pta in Gener aI San ta Anna ordered the fortress to be dim. Cr z. flit Vera Crrz is much more elTec, tially protected than by al l her fortinf tions. by t hi' norIers and vomito (tire yellow fever.) The former have. been tihe terror of all seamen since the ' isco very of the country. The latter prevails on all tie Atlantic coast of Mixico dor ing the whole year, and w' i ti the great est malignancy for two-thirds of the yeIt ; and it so happens that the few moniths of comparative exemption from the ravagers ot the yellowt fever are pre ci 'iv those wh. n the northers prevail n inh Inm st dsn ietrniv' vinok-nce. TIrlE BUILDINGS OF MEXICO. Trre r not, )i b -!e, at huue in the city without I con t, of greater or les< duirnensions, in propmt ion to the size ill the buildinc. l'Inre is on lv one door on the lower floor, and netre at all on tiht outside of th: upper story. This door is very strongly huitI, iad higb eno'ugi Gr a co . "wh ~- 11 t a ; i -n in I the patio throu- h which ynun pass to he steps leading to the upper stories, wher e alone every body lives except the lowest classes. In all the es ablishments of the better classes, the basement story is only occupied by the servants and at lumber rooms, and what soick me at very strange, as stables. I do no't sup. pose threr is such a sep)JratP bu~iling itn te city as a stable. In visiting Cnruni Certunra, for exaimple, whomse whole es tabliishmenito is aitoug''ther princel'y. aind oilhers of equal splendtor and luxury, I ound this coir on the ground floor used as a stable, and passed thirotugh rows ii horses and carrniaces to nmake my way~ to tire more spacisirs halls, frlledi wil fine puaininrg of thle great mai~siers anm furishedi thr oughrout itn a siyie altogethn en gor geobs. In some of the larger private buildingi thirty or forty iff;ernt families reside; each one having rented one or vi wo oos tll entiered at tire only outside door int< the court, which is the comminon proper ty of all-anrd front wvhichr each oneo hra an entrance to his own rooms on the ground fl 'or of thre gallery above, w biel runs all arounid thet building. I do no think that the oee cuvered by the cit3 of Mexico can exceed two miles in lengti and a mite and a half in wvidrth, a verj small stpace occuplied by a populatiom of nearly two hundred tliousand. But it is not at aill surprisinrg wibeu you see thirty or forty families, enourg to make a respectable village, all hud died away in one house, and conside wat a large number sleep in the op.l air in that delightful climate. Ulow pun must be the 'atmosphere when tire cit' of Mexico is so remarkably healthy, not wihstnding such a crowded and filth; mode of livmng, and with a tropical sit sining upon the moist surface of thi valley? One would think thre latter suffi cient of itself to produce the most fata malaria. It is a little curious that while tb buildings and population of Mexico ar thus a~m..,d., into so small a space. an the rents are three times as high at; in the city of New York, yet all around the city there is a vacant ground, and as dry as the city itself, which may be had ailnost for the taking. 1 was riding out %ith a friend one evening when he show ed me a square containing between five and six acies,just in the rear of the Pla za de Toros on the outskirts of the city, and not more than half or three quar ters of a mile from the public square, which he had just purchased for four hundred dollars. Why these lots are not improved and the city extended, I cann"t easily comprehend. FRODUCE OF THC MEXICAN MINES. The pmoduce of the mines of Mexico is quiite as large or larger, now than any other period, taking an average of ten years, but nothing so piofitable to the proprie!ors, owing to the immense in, vestmi nts in machinery, and the greater labor of raising the ores now compared with the rude and unexpensive machin ery before used, and the comparatively small labor of taking out the ores. The company which now owns the great mine of Real del Monte have, in the last few years, expended, in machinery and other ways, several million of dollars. The shaft of that mine is nearly a thousand yards deep. Baron H umboldt gives the gross produce of the mines of Me,:ico, from 1600 to 1803, both years inclusive, as :!mounting to $1.358,452,020 -about twelvo mi'lions of dollt.rs per annum. The highest amount, which was in the yeat 1796. was $26 644,566. The pro duce of the year 1804 he state at $24, 000,000. Mr. Ward estimates the an nual produce, for a few years prior to 1810, at $24 000,000 After that period, fromu the revulutionary condition of the conu 'try, it dwindled almost to nothing in one year to three and a half millions Of dlo'lars. The olicial returns for the year 1842 exhibit an exporation of gold mal silver,.as registered at teCuton ?i usi amottag -to ,50, The facility with which di g values in ::ld may he concealed, and thus clan. destinely exported, and the temptation to do so fron the high duty of six per cent on exportation, caused a very large amount to be stnmteeled. That this was extensively practised was known to every one in Mexico. To torm any accurate estimate of the amount of the exports of specie, a very large addition must be madie on this account. Three or four millions would scarcely cover it. Add to these the amount retained in the country, and i will be very safe to as sume the ;.resent produce of the mines t from twenty-two to twenty-four tnil lions of dollars per annum. The whole amount coined at tle mint in the city of ."xico since the Conquesi is $443,000, 000. since 1690, $205,968,750. iMi nine in Mxim, as evety hele e lse, is it La:reu of chince ; and, like all games of cuani., there are many more losers ttan winners amongst those who play at it. It is risking vety little to say that if Mexico was inhabited by our race, the produce of th mines would he at least live times as great as it now is. There is not a !ine which would not he wot ked and as many mo're new ones discovered. Ia five yeairs, with such a population, and only wvith anegntal number with that which Mexico tnow has, I do) not hesitate to assert that the mineral and agricul itnral exrports alone would nearly equal all the exports of any othier country of the world. The last time I exam-ined the tables upon that subject, the whole exports of the produce of Britishi labor was ab.uitt tw., hundred and sixty mi!, lions af dollars- per a'nnunr. Mexico, in the possession' of another race, would approach that amount in ten days. THE YELLOW FEVER. Alluding to the vornita, or yellow fe ver, General T. say that according to the estimate of those most entitled to confidence, less th n five per cent of those attacked die. This estimate does not include the patients in the hospitals, for the reason that the general terror of being sent to tIe hospital is so great, that many are deterred trom applying for relief until their cases are beyond the reach of remedies. Some facts came under his obser'vations which went very far ro shake his confidence-never very great-in medical theories. The uni, versal treatment of yellow fever, by the Vera Cruz physicians, is very simp~le, and certainly not very unpleasant-it is nothing more than cold application to the stomath, and lime juice and sweet oil given alternately ; and this practice is' so generally successful as to give the results which' he had stated-five per cent. of deaths. They say there that calomel is'certainly fatal ; but hear the I other, the caloniel-side of the questiouzs The prisonlersof'thte Santa Fe expedit a tion were rele'as.d on the 16th of June, and airived at Vera Cruz in August, 1 whore they r~mained'more than a month forty;;& them were attacked by the yellow r; and in its most malignant form, as ay be well supposed, from their irre lar. habits and the total des titution, all the comforts of a sick bed. a1T were attended by a young physic vho belonged to the expedi tion, a. hosr practice was to give large do rocalomel-not more than one died e New York Globe. OLD I SIDES RELIEVING AN EN - FLEET AT SEA. A v .leasing circumstance lately occurred: e history of Old Ironsides, during 6. -resent cruise in the Pacific Ocean, d we recommend it to our fried, C Hart, to be interwoven with some of .admirable "Old Ironside's stories, ich we have-been the means, in part,, lying to the world, through the colu ":f our paper. We find them coming to us daily, in our exchan ges; wit asrked editorial commenda ctio-so ch so that we wonder why the uilt, eps his pen idle when tle "wind a in the shoulder of his sails" so favo When about ten days out from 'M' aon her passage to Manilla, the Co tution found herself near a fleet of British vessels ot war, be calmed."; letter now before us, from an inteli nt young officer on board, continu e story thus : "Asfe ht cat-paws fanned u, along until w' . within two miles of them, and the e wind left us. We were all thus be id in sight of each other. We. ma rhem out to be a large line of battles I two frigates, one brig and two stea is; their nation as yet un known;. Here was no wind to 'throw out thol igns. Presently one of the steame an firing up and shortly af tersbor for us. We were just ex ercisin 5ewat general quarters, (al ways k' "ag up our discipline, you perc hen :ho came within hail' posed tile East India aqua ron of if. B. M., that they had ' -en months down among the islands, l. :he whole squad ton were short ot bread, "grog," water and other necessaries, and they desired to know if we could furnish them with the stores required, to last them one week. We of course complied. No sooner asked than done. No sailor ever stops to count the buiscuit in his locker, when he sees a hung:y customer. Then a lively scene occurred, gratifying, I as sure you to both sides. Our guns had to be secured, and indeed, we must have presented rather a hostile appearance to Mr. Bull ; in fact, one of the officers good Iuuort'dlv observed,he thought we were going to blow him out of the water. We turned to with light hearts, and broke out the provisions and seit them on board, while we entertained the officers in a very gallant style, in fact doing the clean and genteel thing by them. I don't recollect ever spending a more pleasant time than I did the two hours they were with us ; and when they left it was like parting with friends of long standing. "The good Old Ironsides-al ways thefirst to prepare for her friends or foes; arnd her gentlemanly oflicers the first to treat them accordingly." A light breeze shortly afterwvards sprung up -night closed in-the ' ind freshened -we cracked our studded sails, alow and aloft, and the next day the high mountarins of Liuzon were plainly in view."~ Thus it seems, whether for battle or relief, Old~ronsides is always'on hand. Inideed it is characteristic of American officers and American sailors, that they wilh share their last crust with their fel lows in distress ;~ and may the day be very distant when they will forget either their bravery or their hospitality. If the nasty and little-soutled editors and wri ters of the British press could have wit nessed this scene, they might possibly have forgotten their spleen in regard to Brother Jonathan for a single hour, and been made practically sensible of the fact that he is neither mean nor grasp. ing ; and their national slanders might, perhaps, have intermitted for a whole day. But twenty four hours only would have been the duration of their for bear anmce; and, we dare say, if any of the toadying tribe had been on board,- the very grog and provender furnished by Old Ironsides, would have been gulped down with a sneer at our willing cheer fulness in saving' the fleet from starvation. It really appears to us that there is no British writer, traveller, or editor, witi mind sufficiently enlarged,to permit his readers to suppose that Americans have souls big enough to be saved. We be lieve they have not yet set us down am corards. At any tate, we are willing to give them another chance of testing our quality in that way, itn addition t< our generosity and magnanimity. Mosier Pluck.-The Louisville Jour nniav ay-A strapning- customer, ,wh4 looked as if he could "cliaw up" a halt dozen Mexicans at one meal, without being satified, reached our city yester, day morning, from an interior county, [Putnam] in Indiana, for the purpose of joining one of the volunteer companies. So anxious was he to enter into service, that he walked the entire distance from his house, which was more. than a hun dred miles, barefoatcd. le is one of the right kind of "boys." GROWING HONORS. A few years ago, a. friend of ours was out upon a trout fishing excursion, and after the fatigues of the day were nearly ended,-whether with any thing more than "fisherman's luck," we know not -lie entered a public house in a neigh bog ing townr, for refreshment. He ther encountered a garrulous old man, who had done his country some service in the Revolution, with whom he fell into con versation. The old man was poor, he said, and expiated so feelingly upon the inconveniences of his poverty, that our friend, who is alway benevolently in clined, was considerably removed. It was not then regarded a sinful thing to drink a glass of toddy, especially upon a fishing expedition-indeed it was a mat ter almost universally admitted, that the fish wouldn't bite unless there was a bot tIe of black strap along-and so he ask ed the old man to drink. "Thank you, Captain," said the old man, and the drinks were despatched. Our friend had ordered dinner, and when it was ready, he invited the old hero to dine with him. ' I declare Major,' said he, 'you are very kind-f don't care if I do.' After dinner, a cigar was handed to him, with the request, that he would join in a social smoke. ' Well now, Colonel, I do declare,' said the old man, 'you are very gene rous.' jCQn efs t' 4 w t o erofo t indeed very happy. 'Come my old harty,' said our friend, 'let us take a little something more be. fore we part.' -General,' said the old fan, 'you are too generous,-but, as yotfsay, I can't refuse a glass, at parting.' Our friend then extended his hand, on taking leave, and in grasping that of the old hero, lie deposited a half dollar in it." 'What is this ?' said he,'a half dollar? What is that for?' 'Ott,' said our friend, 'it will help you along a little, in the roueh journey of life, and I am very g!ad of an opportunity to do a kindness to one of the men who fought for the liberties we enjoy.' This Was too much Jor the old man. The tears started to his, eyes, and he could only utter, almost choked with emotion-'God bless you Governor.' Very Good.-One of the best "tricks" that we have heard of for a long time, is the following. It is worth trying : Legerdemain,-or, How to get a whole Suit of Clothes into a Junk Bottle.-E very time you have a feeling like taking a "horn," drop the price of a "nipper" into the bottle and drink a glass of pure cold w-ater. Repeat this until the bottle is full, then break it and cary the contents to,a good Tailor. And within the .apace of a week, you will find yourself encased in a new suit of clothes, without any trouble or expense to yoturself. The same can be done with hats, boats, &c. , We. .have known a cart load ofiflour to be transmog rified in a similar manner. Indian Justice-A lot of Cherokees re cently found guilty. by their bretheren, of stealing some saddles, were ordered to te ceive the whip 110 times each. This would naturally stir-up their blood,.and induce them to bridle their thieving ap petites. How to stop a Newspaper.-Call at the office and rork up arrearages and order it stopped like a man ; and- not refuse to take it out of the post office, and sneak away like a puppy. How their names are Pronounced-A correspondent of the St. Lonis Reveille says-As the names ofthe following Span ish officers are likely, at the present june tnre of affairs, to be frequently in the motiihs of our citizens, for the satisfaction of those not already informed as to the cor r'ect pronnciation of them, I subjoin the following: Generals Arista, Ampudia, Mejla, and Canales, Colonels Carasdo an-d Caraba jal, are pronounced by Spaniards, a! nearly as possible...as follows : A reeusta Am- poo-dia, Ma-hee-a, Co-na-les, Ca-vas co, Ca-ra-tf-bal-the vowel a, in each-in stance, having the souadof that lietter is the English word far. The j' becomeshb the vb. Latoyers in England.-The Englisi bar is composed -of abovie 3080 barristers exclusive of the 28 serjeants at law. Therm -are 74 Queen's counsel, includ ing the At boney ndr Soalicito,- Gdirnl. FROM THE ARYli. OFFICE OF THE PICAYUNE, Tuesday moroing-Juno 2,.1846. 5 DATS LATER FROM MEXICO' By the barque Louisiana, Capt. Wil liams, we, have had advices from Vera Cruz to the 25th ult.-five days later than that brough4 by the Thetus. . The Louis iana ,sailed in .cbrnpauy. with the Helen McLeod, leaving no, American. merchant vessels in port. The brig Petersburg, for New York got away on the 20th. The blockade of the port of Vera Cruz commenced on the 20th. ]Fifteen days' were allowed to all neutral vessels in port to load and depart. . .... ., By orders from the Mexican Govern ment the American Cdusul\ office was. to be closed, aon. he. and all American citi zens were to leave on the 26th. On the; day :5a. Consul expected to go on board uie tmamr frigate .Miiswissi;ppi. The friate anhd t::e Raritan were at anchor of Vea Cr'z on the 25th. and the 41lup of ...a Faltmuuth w.a !cyg off the port. The Luuisia:a and Helere ;.Lecd' ; ot of in great haste :o prevent beine seized. The day they sailed news reached Ve ra Cruz that NSazatlno and Tepic- had pronctunced in favor of Santa Anna. Gen. Alvarez was 4ill1 carrying on his hostilt operationis in tlhe south part of the depart mental Mexico. . , A report was in circulation that Gen. * Paredes intended to leave the city of Mex ico at. the head of more troops to reinfdre the army of the North. The animosity.existing against the A mericaus has been violently increased.by the news of the two actions of the 8th and 9th ut.. ., . , The enorihod s forced loans which the Government had imposed upon the clergy. the latter bad declared itself totally unable to meet. . The ,metropolitan church wasa ordered to furnish a. subsidy of- 98,000 per month ;. the church of $1ichoacan 35. 000--of Puebla $40,000-'of Guadala'ara. 20,000-of Durango 15.000,.and of Oajaca 8,000... These great sums per month show. that the President is determined to prose cute the war.with energy; he will never beabe 'ocl~a ,* la . IJJ. , he~re, has been arreste4 by* the Govdic ment. k. ..... Gen. Almonte has made a formal resig. nation of his mission to France. In regard to. the report as to Paredes putting himself at the head of, the army,. El Republicanosays itis uncertain wheth er he will repair to the Rio Grande or to Vera Cruz; but that he will leave the cap ital.as soon, as Congress assembles. .. . Full accounts of the disastrous actions of the.8th. abd 9;h had reached the capital, and appeared in theofcialjournal. They are more accura;e .by far than Mexican bulletins generally, and do credit to Aris ta. The news was received with profound regret, but with an; apparent determina tion to fight the war out. SF-ore the Picyun:. LATER FROM TEXAS. IURDER OF 14 AMERICANs BY MEXICANS. The steamship New York arrived yes terday about 1 o'clock, in 30 hours from. Galveston.. The only news from the ar my she brings .we find in the Galveston papers. communicated by the sloop Tom Jack, Capt. Parker, which arrived on Thursday from Corpus Cnristi. She left, Aransas Pass on the 25th uIt., at which place the steamship Sea had just arrived from Point Isabel. On board the Sea. were. Mr. McCleister, supposed to have been killed in Capt. Walker's scouting. party, Lieutenant Humn'phrey's and Mr. Rogers. McCleister was severely woun dled and .supposed by .the Mexicans to be. dead. He was subsequently found in the. chapparel andtaken tQ Matamoras, where. hbe was well treated and recoeored from his wounds~ .A paity of our dragoons, as previously stated,,.had pursued the retreating Mext-. canis from Matamoras, overtaking a party of them, taking 3Q prisoners, besides kit-. liog a number in this skirmish. It is said that Getieral Taylor's army are encamp ed a mile from the city, and that the sol diers are notp ermitted to eater the town. The most distressing news is the mtjr der of a party of fifiteen A mericans, includ ing two women and a child, between Point Isabel and Corpus Christi, by a party of Mexicans, exceeding in dold tilooded cru elty any of tlhe previ'ous attrocities of these savage's. It appears thiat a party of fifteen, . of whom Mr. Rogers spoke of as above was one, left.Corpus Christi for Point Is. abel oni th., 2d or 3d inst. They arrived. at the Little Colorado just previous to the battle of the 8th nlt., wvhere they we're surprised by a company of' Rancheros, and being,,overpowered by Mexrican prom ises to surrender as prisoners of war. No sooner had thee blood thirsty dogs ob tained pos'sessi-oni of their arms than they. strippedand rob.bed.their victims, bound thbm beyond.the power of resistance, and. havring ravished the wvomen before their races, cut all' theirnthroats, one fiend per fotnming, the .horrible butchery. Rogers saw his rather and brother hutchered before. him in this terrible manner before his own. turn came, and his own escape was owing ' to th. fact, that while the wound upon his throat was not fatal, he had the pre-. sence of mind to feign himself dead,- and' wvas accordingly, with all the. balance,.. thrown into the Colorado, where he man aged to escape unseern, and swam to the . Iother aide of the river-. :Thence he subse quently made his way' to the"Rio Grande,, ,was taken prisoe, 94at-o6 the hospital lin