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F .: THEARRY. ' = '''" TIeaduarecrs drmy of Dccupation. Matamoras, June 3, J846. Sir :I respectfully enclose herewith a * od return of the forces in and near Mati 'noras, both regulars and volunteers. The corps known to have arrived at Point Is -ibel, of which no returns have yet been received, will carry the-entire orce under my.t-rders to nearly 8,000 men. - l am ne "cessauily detained at this point for, want of suitable;transpurtnlri to carry on offen sive operations. There is not a steamboat ast my coramand proper for.the navigation of the Rio Grande ; and without water transportation, I consider it useless to at tetipt.any extensive movement. Mea lures have been taken to procure boats of suitable draft and description, and one or two may be now expected. In the mean time I propose to push a battalion of in fantry as far as Reinosa, and occupy that -town. For anyoperations in the direc tion of Monterey, it will be necessary to -estahlish a large depot at Cnmargo. which I shall lose no time in doing so as soon as proper. transports arrives, unless I receive ' further instructions from the department. I trust the department will see that I could not possibly have anticipated the ar rival of such. heavy reinforcements from Louisiana as are now here, and on their way hither:.. Without large means of trans portation, this force will embarrass rather -than Ifaicilitate our operations. I cannot doubt that the department has already given instructions based upon the change in our position since' my first call for vol unteers. Our last accounts of Arista, represent 'his force to be halted at Coma, an exten sive haiaenda on the Monterey road, aoout 101 miles from this port. He has pickets covering the roads leading to Matamoras, with a view to cut olf all communication with the interior. The departmental au thorities have issued a decree denouncing as traders all who had intercourse with us,.or with those who do so. I am, nev -ertheless, disposed to believe that in some -quatters at least our. presence is not un favorably received. We have no intelli gence from the city of Mexico. Ordnance stares, and other munitions of war, are continually discovered in the town. Five pieces of cat.nou, and a very large amount ,of balls, shells and ammunition generally, have been brought to light. I-am, sir, very respectfully, your obe dient servant, ' Z. TAYLOR, Brevet Brig. Gen. S. A., Comtng. To the A djutant -General of the Army. . Waskington, D. C. 'rom the N. O. Jefersonian. The fo'lowing letter from Maj"r Gene ral Taylor, to Governor Johnson, received by Col. Labuzan, Aid to His Excellency. will be read with interest and gratiflica. -fion : Ueadinariers Army of Occtpafion,' -.M atamoros, June 10, -1846. 'Sir-Yourletter of the 4th inst. by Col. tFeatherstone has just boen received. The arrivals ofthi 5th and 6th regiments of nLoisianmVototeoner a-_r1ig-v dence of the .patriotic liuiasm -if the State of Louisitnh.. I ant sorry to say: that the entire want of any suitable means of transportation. prevents me from ern ploying the volunteer forces actively and usefully as I desired. You have .aheady 'been advised through Col. Winthrop, of out estrene-enibrrassmeutin this partie ular. and. to what an extent my opera tions are .hwarted, and how much valu able -time is lost by the simple want of a few small Steambhoats. I hope, however, that this want will soon he .at least par tially supplied, and that I shall be able to -pusht forward as far as Camargo, unless otherwise instructed by the General Gov 1 nedd hardly to say, that the regiments - of Colonels Pey ton and Feathermore, tho' beyotnd.the original draft, wiHl be recei ved, and I trust soon to be able to employ their-sirvices in a wa-y agreeable to them. . selves,' and efficiently promotive of the ends of tie campaign. I have not yet been favoredl with the instructions of the Government as to fu ture operations, but in view of tho large force understood to be now organizing for service in thtisiquarter, under the late law, authorizing the President to accept t.he services of 50,000 volunteers, I cannot * suppose that any more troops will be re *quired from the State ofJLouisiana. I beg leave to refer you to CuI. Labti ,zan, the bearer or is, (or what little news we can furnish from-thris quarter. We are all anxionsly awaititng further aCtion of the General Government. 1 am, sir, very respectfully, Your obed't. servant, Z. TAYLOR, '. Br. General, U. S. A. Com'g. 'lion. Isaac Johnson, Governor of Louisiana, (GPGeneral La Vega, wvhtom -the public prints have had prett~y -much in every city in the Union, is now in Washington city. according to the N. Y. Herald it says: La Vega, the Mexican captive general, is in Washington. He probably thinks the Halls of Congress are eqiual to the Hlalls of the Montezumas. This gallant general is a fine looking -nan, with a pair 'of mag'nificent mustache. We have in our possession an excellent Datguerreotype likeness of hiin. T'eras Salt.-The Houston Telegraph says that the section of country -lying west of tbe Nueces, bordering on the sea coast, is intersected by numerous shallow inlets and bays, into which the salt water of the Gulf flows during winter, but in summer, owing to the intense solar evapb~ration, they become dry, and are covered with-a *. crust of-salt three or -four inches thick, equal Ia every -respeet -to TIurk's Islsed, which is the be'st for preservmug meat 4tnd fish.. The dryclimate of western Texas - rain seldom failing in the summer months --makes~he process ofevaporation exceed. *ing1y rapid,and miflinsof bushels tnay be * procured for the naere trouble of collect itng it. - The Oregon Treaty -This import ant instrument, duly stgned by the Presi denr end:{asiified by the Bengte, will be *carried~foEtgland by thesteamer- Great. Westr iich s t. rkth23d ult. From the N. Orleans Picayjune. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO - REVOLUTIoN INJALIco. A revolution- has 6roken-tout in the im portant department of Jalisco. It comi menced the morning of the 20th May in the city of Guadalujano. - The battalion of Lagos followed by other bodies of military and the enthusiastic po pulace, attacked the palace of the govern or. The attack was so prompt, that the defenders bad scarcely time for a single discharge The cry of the assailants was.." Long live the 'Republic, and death to a foreign P. uce"-General Francisco Duque pro posed a parley, with a view to spare the effusion of blood. Commissioners were appointed, and the result was, that Gen'l. Duque, with the officers and forces under his command were allowed to retire with the honors of war and proceed to Mexico by the route the victors should designate. Don' Jose Maria Yancy was at'the head of the in surrection, and at a meeting of the Insur gents a formal "Acta" was drawn up and signed on the part of the garrison. - The 1st article disowns the call of a Congress, as made by Paredes, as an open' attempt against the sovereignty of the na tion, with a.,.iew to establish a thtone in Mexico to be flled by a foreign prince. The 2d declares that a new Congress shall:he. summoned, the members to be elected by the people abcordiug to the electoral laws of 1824. The third article- provides that Congress; shall assemble for four months after the liberating forces shall have.gaitted posses sion of the capital. - The fourth guarantees the existence of the army. The fifth declares traitors whoever shall oppose the meeting of the ai-ove Congress. make an attempt .upon the liberty of its members, or dissolve or suspend its ses sionis, or pretend to oppose the. Constitu tion which it establishes The sixth article relates to Santa Anna. viz. As he had the glory of founding the Rep uhlic,the Garrison of Jalisco proclaims the said General as the Chief in the grand enterprise for which the plan has been en tered into. Tho 6th Article appropriate, the fourth part of the products and revenue towards the prosecution of the war with 'Texas and North America. The three remaining articles regard the administration of the laws in the Depart ment. and' are of little general importance. E. Clumpido -is recognized as proviii fnal Governor'of the Department, but he is to take an oath to sustain the republi can form of Government which may he adopted,-"to repel the infamous usurpation made by the North Americans," to pre vent Mexico from falling a victim to lb reign influences. and-otherwise to-conform to the national will, as manifested accord. ing to the above plan. . A decree issued on the 23d declares the. city of Guadalajar to be no longer in a state of siege. val of a'gentleman in the batrque 1Targutm, from Yucatan, we learn that the U. States brig Somers, Corn. -Ingraham, received despatebes from the Yucatan -Congress. proclaiming their neuaraliiy-in the pending ar, and olferiag their services to furnish the Somers w'th whatever the vessel might require. From the N. 0. Picayunr. OAPT 7,AY--The annexed ltter fro-m Capt. May, shouild have been several days in the city ; but has only now come to the hanls of than comotiinee. It explamins itself . and is couched in the language of a brave man. Mlodesty an-I courage are accomtpa nying virtuecs . -PoiT ISs E,. (Texas,) May 31, 18d6. Gentlemen :-i hnve the honor to ac knowledge the receip~t of your flat tering let ter of the 20th inst. together with the beau* tiful sabre and belt hestowed on me as a mark of commendation for my conduct in the engagement of the 9rh, between our troops'and the Mexicans. The high estimation w'hich you have been pleased to attach to my services on that occasion, bears with it. to me, an ad ditional value, as it is an expression of ap probation from friends of my early you th. In battle, ~epportunities are afforded a few to perform deeds, wvhich if successfully . accomlished, are attended with so much brilliancy, as to render less conspicuous ether deeds-equally meritorious. In the action of the 9th ii was m-y good forunenot onlyto -be one of i-his -favored few, but to be supported by oflicers anti men, whose gallantry wourid insure suc cess. It is due to my brother officers to say, that any one of them wvould have glo ied in the opportupity of leading to the charge -that you have thtught proper to. notice in such handsome terms. I avail myself, gentlemen, of this op portunity to ewpress to you individually my warirrest thanks.for the complimentary language which y ou have addressed tortme, and my grateful acknowledgments for the token of disriaction which you haveopre sened tn -me.an Respectfully; yo:r-friend, adobedient servant, C. A. MAY, Capt. 2d Dragoons. To James Jones, M. D.; John, H arri son, [V. D-; A- 3- Wedderburn, 51. D.; A. J. Pickrell, Esq. &c., &c. &c. Quite a Heroine.-The Indiana Vtlun eers (says the Cincinnasi Courier) were mustered -into sorvice at .New Albany on Friday last. On Saturday, one of the * companies from Vanderburgh tounity, lost a handkerchief. On setting d..wn to mess, he observed it sticking out of the bosom of one of his comrades. He immediately took hold of: ii, wihen, to his surprise he discovered that his messmate was a female. On inquiring into this strange proceeding, she stated-that, being very poor and wish ing rogo to her-.father-, a ho resided iia Tex as, she resolved to join one of the volun teer companies. Sihe afterwards crossed the river to Louisville, and her fellow sol dier raised a subscription to carry her to her father A stock company has been formed in France, with a capital of 500,000f. for the destruction of rats and mice. Will noti someYankee send them a cargo of eats naspeulation. 3 s4, s. C e:a I - Ponson 2rains --As or readers hear much "now a days" aboi ON onion Trains,' Fortbe ure' of the Army e copythe fol. lowing description of t .pdia Rubbei Bridge, which was used 'iurili"the Creell War, in Alabama, some *ars since. "It consisted of large pr potons, something like eotqnab 4a;lape,made of India Rubber cloth wi l ing filled with air and attach. togethet formed a bridge of'. ur ifet in vridtl and of any length, accor t, the num ber of bags used, upon ebare laid light timber to support boa s p. ced later ally, which forming s' mitbe level str face,admitted the pasiage tuwsa'ns,horses &c. A detachment ia4h, dred met with all their arm udFiree utrement; including the fieldplceinetmoted upot horses, marched~onait.at once, and often remaining a quarter of an -hoprgoing thn the evolutions :to test its strengti.-:,the: countermarched with as iuch facility a if on terra firma. Field pieces with{Iheit compliment of matrasss., and: their cassoons filled wii4nu -ion aud ikade< wagons, were also'd vert iih th' same ease. h was 8 >! . roop o hor.e, arriving at nig r wher this bridge was, and se retchin across the 'stream, cross n it undel the impression that; it vksta- commot bridge. The great advantai of this bridge is its portableness, all t1h} ntons. am cnrdage for a bridge of thli unJred and fiftg.feet, being capab'e 'ransportaniot in a single wagon; wter 's.. the formes ponton equipages cohsig of cumbrous and bulky pootons of wo iheet:iron and copper," Navigation of the Riv Bravo.-'l h Republic of the Rio.Graa i; of the 16th states that two steam ti the Frontier and Cincinnati, had r I Matamoros experiencing no difficul ascending the river. The Frontier W: 8. n~pI reguiarl0 between Matamoros and i iiouth of the river ; and several new difa * e expect ed shortly to arrive, when:r Eelar steaar coimunication will be esi 1Iehed to Ca margo. "Centuries" (a. d.e Republic would have elapsed unud' Mexican do' minion ore the banks of the.Rio Grand would have resounded with the puff ol steam and clatter of paddila.rheel. It re mains for Anericais to shao~'for what pur poses a kind Providence canited this inag uficent river fo flow. Howlong will it he tro an entire change becontes visible over he face of the whole country, which it wa rs-.before what is now almost a desert waste becomes thickly. .ulated wit ardy and industrious f ors drawing rom tillage of the earth- e. 'product anc ill the riches the alluvial siil- is capabl if producing ? We venture. opredict thal ut a few years will elaj'e before the vhole navigable portion of river teemr vitlh business. Large ot, a and ciios ill spring up like magi' .i o- its'banks. Prosecution of the ; umstancea his day, says the Union, ecrtaiO somf riteresting facts touching thin state if tire irmv, and the plans of,the .:anpaign. ithout entering into details, we. may tare, in the general, our.consciCntious be ief. that the-Executive i'dding its duty oing-every thing it can-ding it with very degree of energy by land and by sea -in orderto conduct the pres ent campaign u its legitimate results, to ing the eon ay,to. terms, anal to conquere a honoral:le nd pemttn peace. .Mex ico is liule ware, even,-no w-even after the tremen aus defeats whbich she has rsustained t alo Attnto d at -Resaca det Paitna, of he great resources of our free~ and enter rising republic, under the auspices of a r, bold, and -energetic adrunistration0. he whig oppo-sition, a ho are in the habrit f reviling James K. Polk, andl-of~ ridicul rig him for alleged feeblenress of' his ad rinitration, are profoundly ignorant of his haractor. But we did noreassumne the en in order to iiraise -trim. His enemies ho are not yet turned front their errors y the transactions-of the' las. year, -illI cornpelledl to app)reciate -his character d to confess threir injustice.s.All that we ~ill say now is, that the failh be con ucted with an energy, on the part of the overment, which is worthg--of the 'en husiasmn of the pteople. Genr. Taylor had, acording to thle last ccotos, ahout-8.000 troops under his ea les. Hundreds anrd thou'antis of volun eers were pouring into his datmp. k-e ni soon be in aivance into tie enemy's ounty; and we shall not be tsurprised to tear o'f1ris reaching Monterey. about 130 nils from Matam, rars. ahou.: the corm nencetmen; of the ta ble -land, a healthy-re ;ion, at no distant day. It is said by the Washingtop Correspon lent of the Naew York Journal of Com-. nerce, that on Monday last Mr. McDulli", is Chairman of the Commit tee of Foreign afairs of the Senate. called upon te ~residnt, and asked hiirnhether 'hi ended thrat this Mexica. war thoirld be a var-of conquest, 'or whether iris purpose vas merely to bring Mexico to honoi'able Lnd fair terms of' peace. .Thi' Presidlent eplied that the latter was his obiject. Mr. dcDuffie thereupon assured the President at hre should hrave his 'hearty support in ill measures directed 'to the attainment of he latter object. , The correspondent further-states that-"the rery sensibile and practical views of Mr. /Vebsteron that~subject had attrcted much ttention in Washington. They are uin Ierstod to have ax pressed the opHions5 and views of Mr. Calhoun ad other Southern nen, so far as -the object of the war as oncerned;I and they are deemed a prelude som'e movement, on the part of the senate.iitiatory '.o a negotiation.-South. oatiot. Cheokee News We leai-n from the herokee Advocate that yack Elliott, of elaware District, Iwasanardered while 'at oirk in his iield tin the 8th' inst. The nurderrs were thrie'iannmber and sup eed to belong to the "Treaty par~.I' .A nan, whose name .was not knowp, was nund murdered in-the-latter~part of May, tot far from the line.a.~-a.runmored hat.he ruhnera sent outs M.h"Creeks to vite the. PawneenMahas'to 'attend the ouncil at th6 Salt Plaiiideraefight-wii of May Mr. Chas. Butler, who lived'on the Barren York, in Going Snake 'District, was murdered while at work in his field with a Iiie son and a negro boy. Four-or five guns were fired at him.. The murder !ers had not been arrested at the last ac counts. The body of a Cherokee named Sequ neetur was found a short distance from Going Snake District about the mid die of May. Gen. Arbuckle has refused to deliver Ellis and Win. Starr to the Cherokee authorities, on the ground that he must be first tried for the murder of the Vose family by the United States Court. Farmers and their Children..-The pa ramount duty of the agriculturist is to elevate his class, and place himself in the position to which he is entitled. No idea more fatal to the supremacy of the farmer ever possessed him than that of educating some one child in particular for what is denominated learned professions. Let Agriculturists educate their children thoroughly, regardless of any such partial, unfair and. unjust consideration. As agriculturists, let them educate their chil dren for agrieuliuralists. Let them not give bread to one and serpents to the oth erq. Let them hear in mind that education adorns and improves the cultivator of the soil as it does the lawyer, the doctor or the divine. It is a false n~ition and unworthy the citizens of a free republic, that educa tion was not necessary to the cultivator of tie soil When we reflect that this free cuantry. and that freedtn can only he preserved by the pure light that is reflected by knowledge. can the cultivator of the soil hesitate a moment to put his shoulder to the wheel ? If he loves his children, educate them : if be loves his country. edu cate them. It is a duty he owes to both children and country. Curious Staiistics.-Sone industrioul collector ofstatistcs has taken pains to as certain the nunber of Churches, Clergy. men. Communicants, &c., in the United Stattes; and from fhi result of his labors we extract the following, which will he read with interest and surprise. The nutri hers and amounts far exceed all our pre. vitous sttppositi ns. To'tal number of Chtrches, 28.065-of these 62.5 are Catholic. Value of Church property. $100,000.000. Number of Miu isters. 33.563; Catholic Priest,. 709. Ntumher of Communicants of all Churches, 4,706,545; Catholic Communicants 1.071. 800; Baptist don719.333. .Politiciatts and those who live by pdli tics, abuut 500,000-who do not attend Church. The number of Lawyers in, the United -States is estimated at 30,000. . The number of Physicians. and Sur. geots, at 25,000. Prof'essors, Teachers, and Schoolmas ters. 8.000. Rogues in prison,' estiaited at 20,000 ; rogues out of prisou. no return. Does hewant it very nt,uch.-A muchani went to the house of a fartmer to buy. some want it very ttme t ?" enquired an honest negro who had thecharge of the granary, "cause massa say.if you want it very much the price is dollar and half; but if you want it none at all. amott you may hiave it for oie dollar." Doctors.-The . title of doctor is Thus defined by a Texan editor ; A doctor of divinity i+ the friund! of God ; a doctor of law is the friend of the devil; and a doctor of physic is the friend of death. .The Poist 0O1ce Derpartmenut has strictly etnforced up-un Posttmasters the duty of fer re ting~ out casecs of writina2 ot newspatpers. Tfhe pstatge on a newspaper with wri ting on it, is abnve forty cents--the fine, five dollars. The Star, putblished in Kane Count". Ilttois, states that twenity-foutr horses were sttlena i that cotunty in au few days, and tnear that numblerof htorse thieves have been trapped, tried, cotnvicted amnd sent to the~ State .Prison This is wnolesale horse stealing with a,vengeance. General Vega, now a prisoner of wvar at Newv Orleants, htas asked permission of ths Gmoverntment, through Gena Gaiines. to leave New Orleans and visit differetn pasts of the Utnited States. The Utnitn intimlates that his wish will br> acceded to without diffieulty. Fraud on the .Revenne.-A large qumam tity of Syrup was lately im ported from the West Indies into New York as Moh'oses, pay-ing a duty-of only 41-2 mills per lb. Scome of it has since been examined, and funntd to contain from 55 1-2 to 581-4 per Cent of cane of granular sugar, the duty on which would be '21 2 cents per lb. Government has thus beetn defraudud out of 8.n enormous amunit of revenule. The infantry Scord.--A change .of Swords is suggested hy many officers in our army. The Rim Grande correspon dent of the Ne w York Spirii of the Timnes. in one of hisi letters writes: "Toe infantry sword for officers must be changed. We want a light but ser viceable sabre with a sling helt. We might as well have a toasting fork as our preaeut sword. t trips you up when marching. and would not kill a flea with. out three blows. Where would poor Jar. dan have been if gallant Lincoln had not provided himself with a sabre and ground it i With a blow for each'he cot off the heads of two of the enemy, and saved his brother ofeier's life. With our 'regula tion sword" be would not have scratched the skin." We presume the stiggestion will be ac ted upon. The Washington Union says, that the last despatches from Gen. Taylor lead no countenance to the report.jhat General Aristat had proposed an armnistice to him. It (tart Ner adds-"They may nothing of -the prposition for an armistitce, nor do they state that Gen. Arista is stationed at Monterey. On the contrary, they repre sent Arista as being on this side of Monte rey. Nor do the -extend -his force to 15, 000 troops. -- furder.. On Weddlesday, the 17th inst ;-a mian bf the-uaame of'J-G -5ibley, (says the Covington, La ; Advocate.) who a short time since abandoned his witsand family, residing in Washington parish in this State, -and "took-up" witb another woman, was waylaid and shot with buck shot, which took effect in his back, some of them passing through his right lungs: The opinion of the physician is that he will not recover. C o n g r e s ? i o n aI. Correspondence of the Charleston Patriot. WASHINGTON. June J9. There was a good deal of business trans acted in the Senate, though not of much interest. All the Resolutions foreshad owed in former letters were iaken up in batch and adopted, some relating to mb revenue. others to Toxas, and supplying the Army by-Contract. &c. Mr- Jarnigan gave notice of his intentior to bring in t Bill, to establish a Bureau under the exclusive control of the Presi Jent. The Senate have determined to meet a eleven hereafter. . Au attempt was made to take up the Joint Resolution, giving a site to the Assn ication here, to erect a Monument to Gen George Washington, but it failed. The bill to graduate and reduce the price of Public Lands was taken up. and discussed during the day, hut was at last postponed until Wednesday, with a view to certain amendments. The Senate vent into Executive Ses siren, and confirmed therein Gen. Z. Tay lor, as full Major General, and. Col. But. ler, as Mlajor General of Volunteers. Thus has this subject been put to rest, af ter so many and such various reports as to nommtiations. Cols. Twiggs, and Kear ney, have been nominated as Brigadier Generals The rainy season still continues. We have had it for the last thirty days almost incessantly. It is now raining as copi ously as it ever did in the tropics.. Our wheat crops tmuat be deeply injured. Jtne 20. Te opinion amotig our friends here, very generally entertained. is, that the inodiihcation of the tariff is tiow quite probable. if tnt absoldtely certain. The agricultral represtitatives of the West are becoming fully conscious of the enor. nities of the protecti$'e systei, and the ve-y decided course of English polic, in reference to free trade, Is calculated won derfully to assist in taiing the scales from their eyes. add purgidg their vision. The progress of opinion every where is tend ing to free trade. aid the more sanguine among onr-triends, look upon the days of protection as numbered. It is not thought that the present Congress will do as much as we desire, but will estdbish ithe dd vd lorent principle, and this will tie a great point gained towards the recognition of our standards and opinions. I think the A.d ministration is disposed to deal honestly with us. The wing of the party which it more immediately represents,is filly cum nitwmri to our ojects. The uiltra tuen of tl NWet..who.a'+ids -- - abatndontenf of treni, by Mr. olk, on the Orego' quesion, and who demaunce t Carolina for a supposed. similar desertion in regard to the same subject. yet in the sante .reath, declares their adlieience to the free tradecourse, and it is by them that the argument is carried on. They are the debaters, and they do battle tranfully. with great good seus and spirit. against the Northern manufacturer. I have liitened to more than one 55cellent speech, in this behalf, f:on representatives of the Great West. Mir. Calhionn is in fine spirits; and adk ing better thatn usual. Lie will take an early opportunity, it is understood, to die clar imitself upotn subje'cts in general, upon the potlicy of the Admiuistratnon. that of the nation, and possibly in regard to the vois which lie gave upson the "No 'ice." It is not doubted hiere by any body, that he will fully justury his whole course in regard to tbis subject. It is neither his policy tnor thatt of our State, to breakc with the Administration. It must not be sup poised th..t our represetnativcs have done so. They bold a fortunate position, aallI allied, body and soul, to tneither party, they possess something like a bal-mcing powe.-, iniclininlg at pleasure to either side. and determmning always with regaurd to the mierits of the irndiviudual measures undler considheration. I rejoice to find that Gen. 3icDuhlie's health is greatly irnproved. His mtintd never was more vigorous, iho' it may have been more impulsive. His spirits are good, and his strentgth has evi denmly iicreased the last eight months. The complimtent paid him in the Senate, tiy his elevation to the bead of the Comn mittee on Foreign Relations, is a very marked otne. it is not probable that any ther membecr of the Democratic Party, in that botly, could have received a similar vote. He is understood to be maturing some scheme, by which a peace with Mex ico-a general peace-such as will accord with the requisitiomns of commerce thro' out the world, may be tendered and se- t cured? The President is a pleasanty spo. ken genleman-easy in his deportment, mild in manner, and with a face of good nature and intelligence. His conversa tion is marked by good sense and propri ety,.lie is evidently a mani of business: -~is prompt, cool, decided ; and, in his in- I tercourse with those around him, seems equally solicitous to give them satisfaction, anid to at tetnd to the affairs of the nation. His enemies insist upon his lack of decis ion and courage. They complain that he does'not risk himself. hut is satisfied to watch the direction of feeling and opinion in the Lower House. This may be so, but .ne is requtiretd to be a much more constant looker-on than myself. to arrive at any fixed conclusion on the suhject. - June 26'. Mr. Calhonn made his report to day, from the Selec-, Committee on the Mem phis Memorial. It has been long and anxiously looked for by the public, andI I venture to say. will command universal attention. -Ten thousand copiestwerejor dared to be printed, which will soon be ab sorbed in the Western State. Before sending it to the chair, he rnad. a few pres. fatory reinarks a's to the many measures, more or less importantithat had been con sidered, though the Committee had-coat * fined its attention to.somne -four or ave of *i the most impdrtant, ainohg -which they ha4regarded tlhe improumnent oftfie'nay-j - - cation of the aMsissippi aditg ribuiries,'as paramount to all oters md lience, hid irected their alieuiian es' pecially to it:. *Theu~aktealit ($Cimmite ha i enme io the unftmius icotliioinibt hat Coigi'ess had; the powet undeth Con stitution to iiiprove the diiittioista that: aid 'power was nbrseiJ tthe' clause to regulate Coai reietamoag:the Srates, and that-it i'istrie - ~to~ih e moval of the-obstructions Iis ger . or impede' its 'navigation. Tiyadtlie unanimous opinion of all'buo - meet' if the Committee, the Seuator Iren Eui siana, who thought sueh reistitons irely too limited. Tife repdf W.a':W. -owpanicd by a Bill, containing some ford 'r ive sections, embiraciug-sveral points. ,uch asBoard 'of Eugine"r.to consist-of .aree-one to be of the -Corps,'the olhbe vo Civil-to make a careful examina: hno and survey of all'iitters srelaiingto the improvement-.alirthe =i:bliIhaa f , iying on the waters. of the'iisisuppip. Mississippi, Arkansas aundfi sil for culiivation or-subject to' a are made-liable to'entry ati d duced price, until the year-1863%whe unsold, are to be ceded to tfhe, Statea t' which they lie; _ " The startling -fact is setiI r.i thn Document, that from the yeatr; 42/t - 1827, ibe losses' caused- by sia n. amounted to the enormous surneof one pillion, three hundred an'd rs ity rp and.fier hundred dullarsa-while 1jom '37 :o 1d32, the loss wad. only -$38l"OOO, q&l ill by the heneficiakl'action oftsogcats, There is no doubi that the Misses i paud. he tributaries, are:capable of beingn~ade perfectly safe, and kIept free 'from tigm'. pediments; and the West .9 go d'res itice, that the Sutj has come;tothl scuo an this subject. : - The Union of The People:=T fie panne. . a which the Government has been sup ported by the people in the wear with Me. co is something on which every American rnay felicitate himself. Thpeoplecwith ,ut distinction of party, have ralliedi b'he . aid ol ibe Adedinistration; and liave evn. .ed a spirit of patriotism from tie:uiaset - which accords well With the proud. ioto' of the country. Eplaribus Udif:a. Thtis the war with Mexico,ifit aaconjii th ing for us save .tlis; hgi' -dctvm . d nuch. it has evidenced tothe world thin however much we may- wrangle i di puteamon; ourselves on questions c4i uected wiih party, or party .putposes1 tb howevdr t1iuci we they censure andipe coriate cur political-olpouents, still when the country calls,-when ibe.tuosan.of wo is heard in the land, the people are reafy' mad willing to peril life and limb iti.t caus .or that country. - The future liioriana of thist odtryif le "write our annals right;" will reedrd'the eircIstance we have beeon-comnmetinAK. )n. as.one most honorablejorth.e nation;" is affording the most inddbitable pr;'ofihaz he lieemen otthis repulfcire jtr' ether by bocds of the atrdgpantjiure, estiob^.for 8; wijilo its. just e! r :effrieli .acy. yietnirtih id tely d ir l be f. -baring their bionis",as one: man, top toli protect and-defend the i;JtioerriAts md gliry of tie datiu.-Chas.fatrit ['oi$4lie Gdiambiri's ffia - RANGE AFMK.ft - On Tuesday-u'oruing last, our: uualy. niet-village-was throiVu into comntatios ty the circulation of a report that-a ii w woman named Rteeves, rI "- resides cithinri two or thiree mniles ofidhe town, had ma that mornitig, been terribly bieaten nod therwise maltreated by a lad whoam'ahe ad permitted to remain in-her leiseethe ight previus, and ~who -representet lim'melf t be travelling to Columbuts, Ga. It was rumored that'he had even giade mn attempt on'her. chastity, -which'sbe rek ielled, and a sceutle endted,io ighich tfi iow iias cousiderably worte'd, by erarches and a blow over the head with'a tick. - She then commenced calling to esr neighbors, whemV the (supposed) lad I'-d. Several persons started-itn putsuin if the individual-sme with dlogs to track im, and others "taking it just dry so' - Hie was finally overhauled below Cuseza ni the Columbus road, mnd brought Esck 0 this plac'e. -After artiving here..the voice.. emnine appearance, and depoi' t'tef :ted a strong suspiciion that the individifal ressedin berechies belonged-to thefediibids end-er ; a espiciomi whbich, uponP fu'rer xaination, proved to be .correct ; andW 'tgh she at first.stnod .ont manfally-tfhatw be was a maieneally"aknowledged me corn-,'and gave her name as Ma'garep. ecarso-stating that she coms from. pr ear Fayettevilte, Ga. and asumed mnen's lothes to enable her thme bettet- ro'-esesp rom the ill usage of a beastly step her Mrs. Reeves was immedately sent'The ndconfronted' with the accusEd.- Mrs teeves (-without, however, knowing that he was not what she seemed to be-la. - nan.) at once declared the giti to be the worson. Thme romaantic Margaret ailmh hat she had spent the night -atsthe' hohse if Mrs. Reeves,, and that-ahe--had staken upper and breakfast-with her-; ut'ears restly denied that she had cormmi'tediant' ssault upon he'r of any kind. The -wid#., iw was greatly astonished-when toldthat he piece of humanity' before her witb >ants on was a female, snd lief feefings eemed to be somewhat moriifiedrtligt act. She did not swear to the iraterrments nade by her, and .conseqently. "argaetT vas released from eustody-~ Shes did-tori -* owever, leave, the village-beijg prom !ided 'by some- of our citizens .with a ---- ress becomiug her sex and aplace-f. tay at." All tis was-n Tuesday O.,a [hursday :Mrs. Reeves- ierurned to' tiie harge, made the necessary affidavita he re a magistrate, and hadtIre gi(1,arrested -but subsequently.refusetd t posecuti er~tand she was again'slidt 1ibei~ty. This strange adventue las fotihihed atter for-a-vast deal of gossiin,-M-tdai. - housand and one stories. We look upo - lie .whole~ matter, so far, as ai curiojaus ystry-one that mnay hereafter be cegr, , d up. .. . .'. Margaret -Pearson, as -soes calls herselfs ave as is ab'outsite'en..years of age. - ;ie is 'not- had. lookingign :the dam kib .bleit'h'air and' eyesZafir andv vrygr+ all'or afmale. We tunllsndono4o - -