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the antecedent'decCeoas unanimously agreed to in the General Congress on the 20th July. THE MEXICAN WAR. The followiug article is from the Ne" York Herald of Tuesday: Attack cn San Juan tJlloa.-We stated some time ago that it was determined upon by the Cabinet that the fort ofSan Juan .d'Ulloa should be bombarded by our squadron in the Gulf; and that the honor of inking that hitherto considered impreg nable fortress, would ere lone be purl of the'lfistory of our navy, and compose one of its proudest laurels. We at the same time published a list of the vessels of war that were selected for that purpose, the number of guns, &c.. and expressed our conviction that the force was amply suf ficient for the purpose. The Washington Uni.en took us to task f..r that statement. and undertook to correct w hat it consider ed an erri tmir, by saying that the Penn. sylvania, Ohio, and North Carolina, wsere not then in conmissiron. and could' not be used for the purpose intended. We knew at the time we maslo the statement that those vessels were not in cotimission ; but we were well infortned that surveys of them had been ordered. and .that they could be o!aced in a cond lion equal to any etuergency in the cocrse ofa few weeks. We are now inlormted from authoriiv which we consider beyond doubt in such matters, that the statetnltfi we have made wts it tie- in every material respect; and that the bontbardn:ent of San Juan de Ulloua is now set down by the ad ministration as part of ;he measures that will be prosecuted against Mexico, if over lures of peace were not soot received. Tampico, if not already taken, will soon be in possession of o;r forces , and the biontbard ment of tile Castle of San Jan de Ullona. dat the captutr of Vera Cr..z. " ill be the nevi act in the dratta. The time, too, is appointed. for taking Vera Cruz. and ne are informed that the be ginning of October is set down as the tire. For this purpose the adtniastratiun is paros eeuting its arrangernents with all the vieor possille ; and before :hat irme we trill probialy see the whale naval force of the outry, not otiernie required, in.proper condition fur the attack. ~ tram the N. 0. Pccayune. .igust 25. LATER FRO %1 MEXI'.; Overthrowte, f Paredes.-Revolt of I.rico -Arrival of fnua Anna at Vera Cru: -His, Triumphant cteeption.--The Capture of Monterey, Californiu. 'rite British sloop of war, )rarit'g, Capt. Matson, arrived off' the Baltze Suntday ening from Vera Cruz, and Coplain Matson and Lieut. Huthert, ,came up to town yesterday woraning, with desjiatrhes from Mexico and a mail fron Vera Cruz. all of which was forwsarded by the nail of yesterday. The Daring sailod from Vera Cruz on the 17th inst. and brings very important intelligence. The government of Paredes has been entirely overthrown, and himself. male prisoner. The cities of Mexico and Pue bla have both declared for Federation and Santa Anna. In regard to the latter we learn that the English Merchant steamer --Arab" ar tived of Vera Cruz the morning 6f the 16th inst., having on hoard Gen. Santa Anna and his family, Gen. Almonte, the ex MinistersRejon natal H}arto y Tamiariz. Sr. D. Crescencio loves. ex Deputy from Yucatan to the Mexican Congress and several other individuals. Uaaan 'hc ap. pearance of the Araha tal Verta Caraz, I om-. miodore Cnn' repaired- tn bo'ardi tihe steamer Princeton, and an attemptlt was wade to itntercept the At b;ab-st a he motrti ing w'as calmi anad she slippedr itito port withouat hiaidrn'nce with her vatllable freight. Opinions difer' as to the itntentiomn tar tihe Commiordore tord~its Sanita .inna, somte baelieing that hte had no desire to initer r'epa h at On bis saert we learn fromn letters raeeiv.'d hvy the U. S haue P.'rry, rat Pensacoala frrmm ilsavannr, oear Coaunsal. (Col. Campbecll, had a conversationt with Iit te the. follow.ing effect. Ciil. C. itt tjiired if the General was in fa var of the wvar with the United States. 'Jfo whtich the Genieral replied. "You know how it is ; if the people of my country rare for war. then I am with thcmn ; tatt I prefet peace. Before leavinig Hlavannia, he re qutesaedl and received fromr Coil. Crampbe'll a letter of ititroductisen fromt COmt. Ceanntor. ie also took with himn a valuable bo tx eaf cigars, intead,-d as a ptresetnt for the Comn mnodore. Upon arriving otT Verai Cruz. hie took good care to watste tno ime in the presentation of his letter' or ciganrs. -But to recur to the revolutiun in Mexi co. Our advices are somewhadt mnergre, but they are of the most authtentic c-hrtae icr so far as they go. W~e have een a letter received by an eminitent cotmmeaarciral honuse iintitely cornnectedl wit h ulitair, in Meexico fromi their corraespondenut tat that city. From this letter it appaears that Gun. Salus and a portiona of the g'rrisan of Maexico pronounced on the 4th Inst., in fa v'or of thae Governmenit of Sant~a Atnna. Although Gen, Bravo, the Vice President, made some resistance, hte n as comtpeflled t~o 3ield early on the nmorning of the .7th inst. Geni. Salas nas inivesterd with the command until te arrival oaf Sanita Aua suppotrted by Senor Gaome.z Fairias as counsellor. The latter used his in fleentce with thte Mintistnas of' Paredaes to induce them to continue in thu discharge of itheir' funiCtions. Th'e~ letter announcing the above intelli gence urges as a scandaloous shamn, that while the tevoluation is. goinig on in Vera Cruz and Mexico, Gen. 'Tanylor is advare ing with htis fmeaes into te interior. op posed by no force o'f any conisideration..I Thaa, is udenouticed as thte mtore disgrace ful, mnnsmuch ats bmy the contstttmmi~aton aef the revoluatont, 3000 troops frotm Guradala jar arid 4tJ00 tromt the city of Mexico are now at liberty to move at once toa the fron tier, anal there united to the army of the North would be able to make head against the invaders. The same letter annotunces that some adventurers from the United States, sup ported ty the crew of a sloop of war, htad taketi pussessioni of the port of Monuterey, -in @ai~ienia, and-the writer adds: "Gad knows what w'ill he- the result of this movement, as w~ell as the invasion made by thte way of New Mextco." In convers -ing with Capt. Mietson we learn that the :..;..m...,e ofrh sces wf outr-nrms un on the pacific was by no means new at Vera Cruz, it having been received ma ny days before the During sailed for this port. a We have been pertied to take a copy of the following letter received by a coin mercial house: VmrtnA Canz. August 16. " * * Mexico and Puebla have since al-n pronounced for Federa Lion and Santa Auna, Bravo' governinent hardly establshed, was overthrown, and Gen. ~alas has put himself at the head of the5iuvemntnt until San Anna may ar rive. Tranquility was soon restored. Gotmiz Farias aided the partizans of San ta Anna to bring about the revoltion. H is son had come down here to welome Santa Anna, who left lIavanna on the 8th in British steamtercalled the Arab,aceom panied by Almonte. Uaroy Tamairiz. lBe jon and lBoves, and thus ought to he here every day. Gun Paredes was taken a prisoner and is kept in the citadel of .Iex ico. Ge:. Salas has issued already a let ter of cornvocation of Congress, on the prOn ciples of 1824. and the members are to assemble at Mlexico on the 6th ot'Decent. her next. The present conveyance carries the news of the annexation of .alifoinia to the Iluited States, .eeeived last night by express at th- British Consulate. Santa Anna, who had only been sigtitl Ized w-hen it postseript to the above letter wa- written. ,b-eqttently arrived andc was received at Vera Crux with every denton sira tion of e-nt usi istm and joy. We learn that Paredes w as taken pris oner and confined, as it was his ttatitfest intention to employ his troli, equipped for the army of the North, to oppose the advance of Santa Anna fro-m Vera Cruz, instead of taric'ing against Gen. '1'tylor. 'The revoltin in the city of Mexieo fol' owed immotedtately upon the annonnce trence of the declatation in Vera Cruz on the 31st uilt. Some accounts say that Geu. Paredes is confined in the Castle of Perote instead of Mexico. Although a few Mexican paperb were ieceived v tie Daring, we were not so frtutiite ats to obtain the use of them, and trev were forvard'ld to Washington by ye-strdays naail. ,Jrrial of the 1%'Kie. CAPTURE OF CHMIN.A 11Y CAPT. U'CUL LOG 11. The steamship .Il'Kim arrved front frtzois S.iutiago at tn early hour on dun day torning. ht iitg-ing dates from PIiut I abel to the 17th anl ilom Cainargo. the present headqu atters of the a:rmy, of the 13th inst Ut the movements of the ar tt, and particularly of the operations of Capt. \I'Culloch and the capture of China by his Ratgers, the letter which we give from Mr. Kendall will be found to give full details. CINA, Mexico. Aug. 5, 184G. - China is in the hands of the A:ntericans --not the great and celestial 1 nmpire,.with its Bangs and Whangs. its Tings and Lings-but the little puebla or tourn in Mexico of the same na.ete, situated on the Rio San Juan some sixty live or seventy miles above Cattargo. Ben M'Culluch, with fifty five-of his tern, arrived inl sight of the place about 1 o'clock this morning. alter a forced march of Sfiy tile!. At the Rlancho Ce Sacate tic learned, frot a Mexican who had just arrived, that Col. Seguin was in China with upwards of ot hundred iointed met, and at once for ted a plan for his ceplurc. This was yester dal aftertottn bout 2 o'clock. iiiring, btgece, for a gtude, onr cap:auin ctarmedl nil at a rapid pa~ce, tonly halinog ;a shier'.t tie towards sitwtlown to c-ott the hior-es' bac-ks and mtake ia " hasty bowl "' of ciffee. JBe fire rie:ichiing t he large ranch:. or hoienittdi ot -ltP Tl, withtit ithree fentues oh (Chi na, the bot s of the g uidJe gave et, bok downt comrtpletely, and it was foundti teces t.ty to Ile .e tinit. This (did -ot itn t he eitt alter .Ale~ohnchs planis, fur lhe ke-pt on at thie ; i:nm raidi' rate. The ha ct inda ottf; El Tori exte-nd., or a (nllt halfC m ile ai long the iver. and the wontdering inha ;bi tants were altliout int ''rttt (of their hItts as w pasd Not a wooil was erecht::ged,. the rangets riditng sintel file aid it -i'ette roght the place. A little after miniight tIo wh itle belfry of the chturteb tf C t na was seetn somite htalf mile distant., te bright mooheams biriigitng it out in bld rebef.h A title tarther otn a hatlt was calledI 201 en were left its rear go :trd, amttt with the rest of the company our captm mioved ot, ctre.ling the town atnd ttnakitng ttwards the malin~ Motiterey road to cut off atny frce that mtight etldeavor to retreat. Wo hd just reached the oppotsite side of thte towtn, and had arrived at a .large troatd, wheti the sharp miack of a rifle was hteard from the rear guard, now neart a mile rfT. A halt was cailed, stricr silence kepit, andl evry cur was t-eadly to cittch ihe retports of other shots, for it was at first suptposedl that thte Mexicans htad aittacited tutr comn rades, hot not another gun was dischar-ged, attd no sojunds reached us save the bark ing tif itttumierable tdogs, every cur in the town having been alartmetd. The order had been given for hiht parties to etr the p lace at datyhtreak, and as it still licked ant hour nr t wo ot dawnt, we were halted in the road attd told not to take clither sad dles or brtidles from our horises. No fur tter alatrmr save fratm. the oppousite side, ad hard as was the road, and without blankets, ttanty of the men were soott aseep, whtile holdttg their anita tlt-the lng hiatd ride hav5inig brougttt on a faitie aid dlrnwsitness that could tnot he overcome. W ith the first ray cof the morning wve w~ere again itn the satdle. A delay of half an htour, chasing a couple oif Mexi cans seen leaving the town, matte it broad day before we etered thte pilaZa, atid when the: we found the rear guard ahteady in a quiet atnd peaceable possession. Thev had alil the fun and excitement on their side, for it seemed tihan they hsd taken one prisner, whon was caught endeavotrintg no spy nut their positiotn, and the rifle ha~d been discharged at two others-feltows on horseback ; who were evidetitly recotttuti tering, anid put spurs to their horses wheni ordering to- halt. -Durinig the evening fol lowing the report of thte rifle, the'prusotner escape-d fromt the person guarding himt - Thus the coniquest of Chtina by Arnericans. Upon inquiry, it wvas now foutid that MCuloch was within an ace, as the say ing is, oIf carchitng Seguin, and had not some of his scouts or- friends given hitrn would hive fallen into their igud . Ivtas p only at dark that he received itelligonce of our approach, when severty-fiver Qf li' I medt at once broke and rt.t I b it i chapa cal. At 10 o'clock, some t-o hoers be lore our captain reached the u.. jr . the town, tw -nty-fivo more tee . saddle and off, and it is said that Se uin himself was only two hundred yard ldi9 tant when the rifle! was discharged a one. ofhi, spies; anod further that hie, too, made r at once for-the chaparal as fast as 1i sd.orse ( Would carry- him. The Rangers f ollowed on the trail otifhe t runaways until a point was reached ' ere they were scattered Scouts of liten A wero seen on the distant hill top, it ig our advance, but as it was deemdi uieless to pursue the fugitives furh ir'an : tired horsis, and they knowing every foot of the country, we were ordered )30 to t town. and are now occupying tho'very c quarters rece 'ily filled by Seguin's men. SHistory mentions but few instance& sphere - a handful of eten have driven lenide their number from a strong position. for i such this really is, without somershow af resistance. In haste. G. W. I t Snla Anna.-We are frequetl- ask.: ed it hether Cot. Conner will be likely ,'r I a!lnw Santa Ain: to pays unmol ted tin.: to Vera Cruz ? We unbesitatingl asWer yes-if he has received his despatb fri io tie Guverntment.t Vashington. ? h, e no positive informattton ot the suleetpt,but ie raiher.guess so from ai fear f et,. and ; circuna.ince's which may be ct' Con . , nected. In te first place, we think. that , the Gov-ronient aim Sa.iF Ann ti ,ynder-j stanid each other thi roughly. M r.Sjidell I McKenzie, who tmty he considefd the I man with :he white hat,' hs'li e; to o Cilia-has confesrredl wit h the fil etgiff Ve ra Cruz, and o ith Gen. Tuylor. .enor i Tlamnariz, Sicretary of the TIre'asqry o Mexico during the last adm inistratinn of Santa Anna, hs been in the. United rates j-probably at Vashington. He teo to Charleston. ant there hatriered a leainer for at large sums to carry him to Cuba, where he arrived only a d Iy or to eforg : the announccnent that V--a. Cruz had de- t I clared in favor of the exiled chief. Pri vate letters received in N"w York from HIavana as late a, the bib instani,,astte on high anhtority that Santa Anniaisnot so averse to peace with thi- country:as has! beci gencrally ,mppiscd, and that be will rejoice at the appearance of any -Jiberal ?t ~lie for a termnina iin of the war! Th:a some siuch ofer nats in contemplatioin by the ad ministration, we may not on -infer from the call for the pasttsage of tIl tiwo million hill, ht from the well ascertained fact that Mr Polk has actually despatch cl a mecssenger to Al'xico Now, pulling all. those facts tog"ther, . c a re inclined to rte belief that this whol iovememt-is well undeisiouu and" hali the ascendancy of Santa Anitla, .nttd i te btt ishmtent of Parede4. will be followef by an early adjustment of the diffieilties between, the two Governments. II there ei, the scheme has worked right, it is big )y pro hLable that there will not he thee =sghtesi difficulty interposed) to the. triu-. si ci' trance into Vera Cron lv Santa: u'na an his lencd, -Smaunnak /;cpuhicana. NAVY AND COilMRCE OF Till [''he An u.t um er of lunt's . M er i Iebant-,' Mlatainle eiutaiiis at iterestizn article, compiled with iuch apparent ac curacy, exhihiing the nav;l strengtl ami , com terce of the principeal nations of tI! eath. We fiodi prepaired t. our hand, :n the New Orlhean'i Timens, thte fdliowitg s ' to, the naival ihirce of the Uniiteid 8.ates': SIte is ow-.l ' compo sid oif o lie hovin i.I ferce ; :.hips oif te lie I12. viz: Pee n's .I lini to r o-ion;h~ Fnmkii-m, Debaware. 'and hmieprience, l :zee in ordhina~ry: and t tmi N*-w Orlheaiii, onl ihe .jeks. lioii in com-'nisstin carry three hiiiu.ired and ~e venty (anr gunis ; ihose ini ord inary one hun~tdred and~ sixty fot:r , thiose 'buildinig I f orir hiudred teni I w ent' v. Trhe frig;te.- in comi'niiot: are ther Con stitution, Pmoma~n~e,.h aimihia, Congre's I (Cumber Iitd.Saivannath, R:iiri' ar, calrrying teach forty ifou:r gomis. Thiose int ordintary are the Branidywine'. forty four guns, andt I the i'daicedoian and Cons: -llation. eichi thirty-six; in0se on the~ stocks aire thmS Santit tee, "Sahine anid St. Lawrenec, forty four guns each, and the United Staites prepar-' ing fot' sea. Oh' the sloops of war. those in commis sion are the Saratoga, John Ac dams. Viiit cenunes. WVarreni. IFalmtoiith. Cyane'. L' v'ant, Portsmnuih. Plymouth, St. Mary and Jamrtestowni, eacts twenty gutns, andit the Onttrio. eighteen guns, anid the York c town, and Marion, each six'eeni guns. Iii nrdinary, the Boston, l".tirfielI, Vanidaiha, Si. Loitis, t wenty gtuns; Boston.t Prebile anmd j Dale, each sixteen. Preparing for se-l, the Api'any, t wenty guns;- -on the stocks, the I Germtantownt, Iwenity. I -i Therigs in co~mmlission arec the Boixer, t U.,)lphin, Por poise, Someurs.Tlrutxton,Baini - c bridge and St. Ijawrenice, cachi tl guns. I In ordinary, te Perry, ten guns.c Of the schonnmers, the Sha~rk, the Expe rimenit, W~ave, anid Phoenix. each tenll guns, are in commiissioni ; aind i te Fhit e amnd Oni ka-h y-, are in orditary. Of the steatmers, thte Minias'sippi, armed c with ten Paixhian gauns, the Princeltn, titnei guns, the Micjhig an, one, are in comimis- L sioa ; i le Fitltotn, four guns, the Untionti four, are'in oirdintary ; the Alleghany is onr( the sineks, anid the Geni.- Taylor, Water Witch and Eniginieer are used as tenders. C The storeshipts are the Relief, six gunis, 1 E.rie, cieht:,- anid Southatmpton six, inll comnmission, and the Le.yingtoa, eight, inr orduiary. I Compared with Great Br'it'ia, our naval : force is no; large. We have~ 47 v'ess~el'i in comnmissinn, carry'ing I115 guns; '30 hui ldingl anid in ordiary' andl piereedl lmi~i ftr .190-total 77 vessels, carrvinig 2345. gtius, and mannied by 8725 meni. -Great Bfiita has 2:32 vessels in commissittn, carryinig 4,583-iannrs ; 30.4 building amid in ordinary pierced for 3098 guins-ttual 626 sews, r'arrying 7681 guns, and mannh~ied f by ),000 inert. c While our naval force ,is so small our commercial marine is .larger than t hat of b~ ainy oilier nationt'of the world, Great 14rit am alone excpt,. T. nit.-d S...,.. . ossess ninet.een thousand seven hundred nd twenty vessels, with an aggregate anoage of two millions four hundred and ixteen thotts:and aid nine hundred and inely nine tons, employing one hundred ad eighteen thousand seamen. From th.; (Charleston) -Souathert Patriot. PUBLIC MEll'TNG. In fu.lilrnent of l he request of the Mayor. very numerous meeting of the citizens of ;harit:ston, was held at the City Hlall to ay. At the appointed hour, Ilis Ionor he Mayor, tnok the Chair, and stated in a ow words, the object of the meeting. .hielt was to confer, as had been anuoun ed in the papers of the day, on tmeasures elat ive io the proposed consnectie of WVil ington. N. C., with Charleston, by Rail -ay. He then proceeded to read art addIress thich was ,idopied, some time since, by :itizeis af a distant p!ace, at t pubbie neeting. in which the high importitce of he proposed connect ion was tally s:t on h, and in which the citizens of Charles on, n ere wnrmil. urged as an act of self n!erest, to contribute all in their power to he rs tlerpriste. Col. Ja:os Gadsden. then rose, ;iand af er a udinig to the progress which had teen made in England and various parts if the 'Un1ited tates it the matter of Rail vays, spoke of the imporiunce of hamvi larleston connected with Vilmingtons t the ttatnnor proposed. lit order, hotw ,ver. he said, that full debiberation al re Iectior itt ht be hail on the subsject, he vould fi't resolutions to the elleet th:r vhen the meeting adj'otrued, that it ml ourn to meet again on the 20thci ef Oeto er nlex, as-1 that c'rtain places. (it imed i the. resolutiont) he invited to setns Rep esentatives to confer together. Cl. Gals len's rcnarks were very appropriate and niteresitig. and we regret that our limits viii n t ttflr us to give Item tin ertenseo. lr. Trescotr next anddresd the chair, md advanced a nomber of arguments to otsistin lh proposittot relative to the ne es-mry enat;-rprise.. Col. lliott followed and spoke for aboi hirty miutes its a very animnted siyle. In " a" decidedly of the opinion that it ould'he unt ise. and tnot coly inw ise, but dicital tos countenance any projec' which votdd have a tenideny in cut ofC'Ghrles sin. in tany way frum the cosnnecti o by inilwauy wtiin WVilmin:n. lier 13syce, E q., moved the reslations dlf'red by Col. Gadlden be so im uled hat all persons, it every part of the diate, iterested in tile su jeet. he mnvited to p ir icipate w ith us on tiue subject, now in sng tatiun. Ie wishel he said to see l ppi is ion, he wished to meet it, for in all mas ers of en:erprise. opposition had a health ul tende. ev. Mr. .\l VCreads, here roc bud sutgestctd ute alterations , thte Reso!ua:ins, which vi have not time at present ti notice. le spoke also, on the merits of the enter ,rise, ard gsive utterance to views al erse to those expressed by gentlemen, rho had previously addressed the meet Gol. Ca-l~den Tepliet. in a few woisr. Mir. l1'i4rt. then mlovi d sr'veral amied J scuts to the Resiol iioss oilUred; and 'pon If. lieso!nrions bein; put, ats they stoodI trnetded, the meeting asdj+u rued. 1:=0,U 1'IONS. 1. lcsled, 'PuTnt a comittittee of five te appoinitel to collect information, and to ep: n. at the adljournued meeting in O,:r. itxl, ot ti expied iiney attl pracieatail y Sa Rai' . ay ftlm Chatrfe,ton to Wd ttiton. withI an applropiiate estimate of te probt ble st. of~ th le s:ims;s and thiat te said trnmmlittee piibli their reporst int hes city papert~sias sioon as it is preparedl. 2. laedrs, P't it a comn 'iitee ofl cotrreS mtodehnce, itt eunsst sof tent individlndl is niominsatedi, to cotter with ine athri-i is of , ilmsin;iosn, ail use c~itit softe ountties of lJu~spin, amson,~ Waiyte, it :;sciomb e. Nach, hlifahx, Birnsi iiek, tlis andt Cotlumnbus, in N->rt h Caroina: st is isth ,t lttshrities of hs. listricts itsd parlibes itt Ss:ttth (Gartiton, inivinat .wmg~ io seind delegates to i sthadjutrnedt neitin;; ins Delober tnext , an rd ts coeus reptaretd wK th Sin exiidbit of the extent to vichsi use isnhtbitasnt, of tloowe ciliis antd ectutits if countttry sire dli'ssed atnd pre sited ts co-operaite int the cositriieiti of Raihns~y sto ctnnteei the Wislmngvtoni and tsoanuke with ste Stouth Cairolinsa Rail 'btad sir Charst cuon. 3. Resaolad~., T'hat the samse commrsinee e r-:guestedt ts direc' cir culars to the l're jideni and hDirecttors of siuch Rail R.'ads as my lie inrmstedl int the rctsnval oif t he xitt in impWeuits to a conrtinn ious Rasil vay homtt the l .tsterni extrsemity to) lie southsern sectitns of the litnion ; and to it ie thiemt to tname Repiresettives to the aceinsg in Octos:ter, and to co-opeusrale by tbscriiston the affo:esaidl enterp~rise, of omnt11 beriellt to alt. 4. Restolved, T'hat a committe cof five1 roml ecUCi Watri of t le city oft Charileston, nt fromst thle Neck. aind hsree fromt ceh of hie asrashes of Chirist Chlurch, of St. ulbts, andsi St Jameos, Satntee, ansd thle djouiningsl Pairishes, bie namtited, to apptleail to be ctrizens5 wishini their respesctive pre ietcs for susco aid, bsy suscsrips ion of stuck t othierwvise, as will cotntribsute st te work onmplasted; and thatt she s~aid coimmnittee e reqjuestedl to repsrt to the adsjournied eettug in Ocitber ntext, ont the e.rpedi ncy anttl practienbilil t tfile City andi omiissionesrs oh Cross Road3 itn their rporhate capuacities ; ituting in whdse, ar a part in the conisttruefr of that potrtions f ine pirojecied Rtail Road, as maisy rnn brough the limits of the State of South Xaoinita.I 5. Resolved, That a committee io consist f 21) indivtdualts frotm the City antd Neck, ' apspoiited to nhake appropriaite arrange entss for receiving andi entertaininig (ask ay composrt wvith the ancienit hospitality~ f C hatiso) thIe D~elegsitionis, wvhich may ssembue :-t the mleeting piroposed ott the 8 tith October next. . i 6. Rtesolved, That this meeting stand djunied to Tuesday, the 20th OeueberH ext. From the Ailanla, ( Ga.) Luminary., Aug 2l. RAIL ROAD JUIIILElB Ontfuesdaty last, ste .8th in..t. visitorsI -omr a distance begian to arrive, in readi ess for tite Jubilee of the 19th. Itn the rain of ears fraim Augusta, a large num-n en bsothi froisn thirt city anil Chasrheston. as reil as fromi oilher poitms, were brousght to ;aged for the occasion by Mr. King, Pre ideut of the Georgia Road. They were, Dfcourse, warmly welcotned to the hospi ralities of our city. About dark, the first rain of cars that }ever passed frot Maron to this place, was greeted by the repealed and almost deafening cheers of our citi tens. It consisted of three most elegantly linfshed passenger cars, and was whirled into our midst by a powerful engine-l he Ker Boyce. Thes' cars were crowded to excess by about three hundred perons from the cities of Savannah, Macon and Grillin, and inter mediate stations. It also brought a fine hand trom .Macon. Nex. morning, Wednesdav, the Vestcrn and Ailantic train filled in like manner, overflowing with the citizens of Marietta &c., arrived, and wore soon followed h another train from Augusta, with two ad ditional cars literally crammed. In all . is compuiead that about three thousanao strangers inmored us with their presene.-. and best or all is, that the wichingcharn of woman's loveliness and heaty, were no wanting to render still more bright thi. gladsome occasion. It may readily b^ i'n agined that our worthy proprietors-of th. Washing ton hall and Atlanta lIotel Capt. Llovd and Dr. Thomson-were quickly "ny to their eye brows" in bust ness. Nearly all the private houses were opened for the nottce. Even then. many were forced, as we say here, to "camp out." On Trusdav night, a splendid ball was given at [)r. Thomson's Atlanta Hotei. Ot Wednesd-y, at 9 o'clock, A. M., a proicsioin iva. formed in the .order pre viously annontned. Gen. E. It. Mlills, of the Westrn and Atlantic Rail Road act ing as 31arshal of the day. In the route of march, through our streets, the vast con course thus paraded, passed successively over the Western and Atlantic. the Ma con and Western, and the Georgia Rail Roads, which have their jnnction in the very heart of our city ; and then proceeded to a most beautiful spring, a fourth of a mile from town, where a stand was pre pared for the speakers. The lion. J. M. Wavne, of Savannah, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court was then called in the Chair, and Mir. A. N. Simpson, of larietta,appointed S'lcretary; alter which a tnst eloquent and appropri. we prayer was offered to the Throne of Grae- by 13ikho .Andrews of the Metho. daisi Episcopal Chtreh S mnh. Ttie meeting was addr--ssed in turn by A. J. ,d idler, ELg., of A ti iitn. ft. R. Cuy ler of Savannah. President of the Central It. It.; Capt. D miel 'yl r. President of the ;Macon -Inl Western R1. R ; Wmi. H. Prescott, Esq., of Charleston ; Janies l: Calthoun, Esq.. of Decatur, and John M. Claik, Es,. , of Savannah all of whom claimed the attention of a large audience, by the forceful strains in which they each demonstrated the incalculable advantages that a y he coor-idently anticipated nowv that a great line of Rail Road intercom' t in ication, not only haet ween the No t hern anl Sontiern sections of our -wn State, but also betiween us and other sister States has been opened up. At thisstige of, the meetig an inter mission .va given to ahlIdvtlie people an' .p, rt onit.y'of partaking of>;he ~sum'iitu. ots liarbecte tla; hal been -prepardd by the citizens. At the close of the least, the petiple assembled again at the stand, and were a.llres-ed by his lonor Julge iFleming. of Savannah, who was fullowed by ]nin Mark A Cooper. of C.ss, both of wi an honored to the State, the occasion anid tltetselves. 'iTht following resolution., ofered by John .31.Ciairk,osf Sazvannaii, was thou pass'ad by nee-lzamat ian : ResofresJ. Tit 'his mieetzing folly ap rove ie snie'-stioni of thet Agri:nlitural Aleetiang tat the St-ne M~aontrain on the 7th itstan,, to hal: at en~erahl tai Itoadl C'n vemitnt att A ilanaa on-the 1st Wednesday of .May, 1817. A liaogetheri it was a day of con fraternal etjoyvment amoang thle thousaitl4 whio at tended., such as we expect itot to Wittiss imozn hs air years -perhaps, in time, It will not son tie forgotten ty our citizens, whoti will cheredit the pleasinmg rememnbranmce of tat day's asnsociatnon svithi .-tr mngar rijends, coI frm a liu we lea rood ini cot. versmi OnlW wih s -veral of tdhe i stingu ishead viitors, especially I Ion. .\1. A. Coaper atnd J1, M. Clark~of Savanniah,we doubt nut tunit the recollection of Adan a ill ioe viv id in their miomia, when other jubilees sihulI have paUssedl away from the tablet of umemn ory.I Correspwnlener of th.-: Charleston Couirier. PA ass, A tgiust I. ISRu Priince Loumis Bonaparte, Count de St. Lo x Kinag of hiolland, died am fLegtnorn on the :36tt .1 oly, of~ apoplexv. Prince de Mntfort, Ex-Kintg of Westphalia, is ntow the soala survivor of~ Napoleon's brothers. Our Minister resident here, Mr. Kitg, has gone to Englend for a short time I lerni, anid loiters fromt Berlin state. Mr. Wheaton has, in a priva:e audience, pro sented to I me King oaf Prnssia htis Ietters oh recall, and his successor, Mr. Dlonelsont. lhs presentedl his letters oh credence. Ilir. Whleaton lhts left a favorable impression ntf himself, in Parussia, and has done honor to htis country. Hie received, I sr-e ty the paessm very lattering test iimotialIs f esteemz. A mng others, fromt the King, a auluabhle set of books which Mr. W. has accepted for the National Library at Wash ingiot . -- IWafixed that Chap.-A few d ays ago, a gemlemtaii (!) came into our satnctum and ook off'his hat, and pickedi up a piece of manusript and comnmetnced reading very elosel.-We reached over antd took a ttr'otit of his bat, unfolded and comn neced reading it. lHe was so busy that e did not discover htrw we were paying him in his ownt coin, until we asked him what was it his correrspondent was wri ting him about a womianl ? "Why look here Squire says he. "'you stircly are ntl reading my prtiv'aie letters !" "Gertauinly t:ir,', saidi we, "you are reading our private manuscaripis." Hit w-as ptlagued -hegged us n :o meniiion his namtre-promised to do so no more, anid wve quit even.-L~aw renceburg Academnist. Indiana Election.-The official returns f the electiotns in Indiana, give, as a re sit, 21 Wh'ligs amid 26 Democrats in the Senate. and 53 Whigs ai 47 Democrats in the I-louse, givitig the Whigs a majority i fnor nn joint hallot. ~. J EDGEF;IELi.D C. 11. Wownu:siay, S-:r-rM'lnit 2, 1816 heavy Rain.-On Fiiday evening last, there was a very heavy fall of rain at this place. We fear that the crops on the low ground will be greatly injured. The Court of Equity commenced its extra +ession, at this place, on A1onday last, Chan. cellor Duxxx, :'residing. It is probable, that the Court will continue during the week, as there are some cases o importince to be tried. We have received a pamphlet in relation to Erskine College, Abbeville District, whichwe - will notice more particularly in our next. We are indebted to the Rev. IV. B. Jotts. sos, of this place, fir a copy of the Miniutes of the Kentucky Baptist Anniversaries, held in Georgetnwn. 194:5; also, an abstract of tie Minutes of the Anniversaries held iu Hender son, 1S4.. The pamphlet before us, contains much val uable information, in relation to the Baptists of Kentucky; and is of interest to the detiomina tion generally. Persons desirons of looking - over it, have the privilege of doing so, by cal. ling at our oflice. Mexiro.-The news from Mexico, which we received in an extra from the Hamburg Jour' nal, are of considerable importance. At a flecting of the PAr.METTO Frux Cos. ratx, of this place, held on Saturday the 29th tilt., the following genilemen were eected olli cars for the ensuing year: C. II. Goodman. President. J. B. Sullivan, Vice President. Turner Crooker, See'my & Teastsr.r. . II. N. Piper, 1st Engineer, II. Cooper, 2J Wim. Legg, 1st Direct.' AV. V. Goidman. 2d Nathaniel Ramey, 31 ''hs It. Mnlli'an. 4th '1't omas Chri-:tian, Axetnen. J. J. McCullough, Colton.-Our Hauburig correspondent.- -n der date of 29th inst,, says: We have an active market for this article, vish a slight advance in price-sales range from 6. to S cents, and a bale of the new crop, received a fe.v days since. broughte cents. 'rovic .-Flour has been advanced since my last report, and now commands from $4 to $1 75, with a good demand. Bairoi is rather tending downwsards,.sales from stores 'i to 8 cents. Corn 62 to 65 cents, 'Meal 75.cnts. Mcic.-Uinler onr foreign heal; wiil be found some news wit: regard to Mexico, of considerible interest. Which party-may ilti mately trnph in that distracted ciuntry, and what will ha its future destiny, it is hlardous. to conjecture. lachmoly .4ccidlent.-On Thu rsdlay the 27th tilt., as Mir. W.1t. Lusrv. was in ihe -act of loadiing his gun. it wenit olT. and the contents strnck him on the he-id. injnring him so severe ly, thiat lie died in a short timeu. flail Roads.-The propriety of exifihding one o~r more Riiil roads from certain points ini thi<8 tate, to Raleigh or Wihiningtoni N. C., is n ndlergu'intg co~nsideramble disciussioni at this time. Thie peomple oif Cha~rleston have had a meeting oIn this subject. an acconsi ohf which we pub liili. The people at' Camiden and in the east erni pai t ofl the Stite, have a scheme for build ing a roadl auio. Three ronts for coniiecting'a road fronm Suitbl (Carolinia, with the North Car' olina Ramil roads are proposed. TIhe tipper which pro~poses Camden and Raleigh for its termini-thle middle for its termini .~Ian-:hester and Wilmington-the lower; for its termnini Charleston and W:iimington. Sothearn Quarterly Review.--We have not hiad leisure ntil within a few days past, to read the July nmher of the Sontherni Quarterly Review. which recently caime to hand. The. ainmber before us. contains nine articles. Ar ticle first is enxtitlev Homer's 1liad, translated bf William .uttirord. Article secotnd, is entitled " The Preacher." -Atr ticle third; " Onslow, or. the Protege of an Enthiamst, by a gentleman of A labanm." A rticle h'ourth, " Italy." Arti cle fif'th, "The Study at' History." 4trticle, sixth, ' Th'le sondition of WVoman, 'in the nine. teenth centiury." Article seventh. -MAr. Clay and the A merican Systemo." A rticle the eighth.,' "The' Nebular Hlypothiesis." Article ninth, SCriticah Notices." Thme first article, a review of a new transla tion of H omer's liiad, by Wm'. .Muaford, Esq., a Virginia gentleimani, is froml the pen of Geo. F. H-obris.E~qr., well known for his excellent eritical essays, many of which have formerly appeared in the Southern Quarterly Revj~eiv. The article by Professor [Holmes, fully sustains his high character as a scholat, a nd as a chaste andceloqtiein writer. It is a very elaborate, nnd appatently impartial review of air. Mun ford's translation. It places it above any which -- hias yet been tmade or the old Grecian bard. The reviewer conisiders it more faithfunl than that of Pope. though devoid of the eleganco and ornamnetnt which .characterize that transla tion. le thinks it preferable on this account, as it partakes more of the simplicity and gran deur of thme father of pietry. He re'gards it as better than the translation by Cowper, which lioinah generally faithful, is. devoid of alnost - every grace-ofstyle, ar~d is peculiarly ritgged in the versification.- 114 thinksi itjfarpi~efera' ble to' the other ,tanslations of H mwe'r ~.lb Sothey, MacPhuerson, Shacdwvell, and Chap nan. ir.- Mlunford's trantslation is in-blink verse, and was written more than twenty years L'forn Jit wae-nubllshed. ItdidWnnt see the Jig's