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Wright, from Vera Cruz, "":.;rrt ed'lai evening. She left on the -evening of the 29th n1t., and.brought us our correspondence and the latest papers t to the day of her sailing. We proceed. to a . layitheir.interesting contents before our a - .readers. n t We would,,in the meantime, state that t Shave .conversed with an intelligent c passenger, who came over on the New e Orleans. He says that -he understood a Gen. Taylor hadasucceeded io communi- a ating'with Gen. Scott, and that the ob- c e, of the despatch was a formiation of a f mutual understandingbetween them, with t' ' yiew ofjoiningitheir forces preparatory I to a descent upon the city of Mexico. 5 Santa Anna boasts that . there is still. r y another Thermoplya on the road between a Puebla and Mexico. t Scott pushess on without stop or falter I the destructive storm of Cerro Gordo de- ti lays not a day or an hour his onward s march; with a boldness, an energy. and a ti masterly activity beyond -alItparallel, he F has passed through'the conbiderable town n ofJalapa, traversed the dangerous and v difficult road thirty miles beyond, and It 4, appears with the old vanguard army, gt underthe gallant Worth, before the far- ,f am ed.-castle of Perote, ThisBastile, so h e o Moa exicaaJ histo as the I Il evolutionists, of the unbapp victims of P aiichy indof rabble rage, but silimore. at familiar to the Americans as the dungeon 1 of those brave men whose cruel 'wrongs fi vr, gave the first impulse to the spirit whence 0 this war was sprung-this strong: prison castle, with its battery of enormous guns . and powerful defences, surrenders to our i arms without a blow. If one stone still 1i stands upon another of this gloomy mon- .n ument of Mexican servility and imbecility the flag of the "stars and stripes" waves s over it, and American cannon and Ameri- i4 can bayonets bristle around its now in. ti vincible walls. - Not here does . Scott's N - army rest its wearied limbs. A three li days' march will precipitate our victorious i columns into the warlike town of the an- t cient Tlascalans. Puebla-whence mar- ti ebed the valliant warriors with whose bodies, slainin hand to band combat, Cor- a tez made his famous "Bridge of Corpses" t -with its 60,000. inhabitants, will yield f to our little army. And then-but let us F look no farther-let us await until the r event.will justify it, before we raise the cry ofexulation, and rejoice over the last d great achievement left to American valor 9 S-the capture of the city of the Modteau- t Corspuctsofte NewoOrleansDelta. t *LETThRS FROM CHIAPPARAL. JArLaA, Mexico, April 21. 3.Lds. Delta.-I 'arrived at this lovely ~ - la.:e yesierday morning, and found that ' Gem. Twiggs bad hoisted the American flag in the city the day before. He fol lowed the-retreating heroes of Cerro Gordo -o writhin a tew riiles of Jalapa, when all trides of themn, as a body, disappeared, ~ doaiidhe encamped for the right within threemiles of the town tbat evening, and entsed sind tooka possession of it early next1 morning--* -.--Santa Anna did not pass through JTala. C pa, but, in company with.Ampudia .anid ' Torrejon, turned off to the left at his ha- e cienda',"anid halted fur "the night at the 'nino mile pas,'-which was being fortified, C but which, on second consideration, it was deemedgrndent to evacuate. This evac-a nation took plane yesterday morning, auf [ in the evening- Col. Hearney's dragoons *-took possession of the Pass-Gao. Wort following in their< footsteps. A. numbe~ *of small arms were taken at the Pass, but1 they are of little or no value.. Gen. Worth, it is said, will move on to Perote5 at which place. many think he,-will have a 8ght, s-it is reported here t~hit additional defences are being made. - .-llalong the road between Perl~oe and - uebla, the Mexicans here say we will be opposed, and contraty to general belief. is is said the Commander-in-Chief will shortl move in that direction, * g slist of killed and wounded, on oor - ilo1 hidish'military Governor of ?isend you a Mexican ,paper. There aro days later dates here, but this coo )SOs all the impostant information.' - JALAnA, April 23. Eds. Delta.-An express has just got i from Perote. Gen. Worth reached hat town yesterday, at 11 o'clock, A. M. He found'it completely evacuated by the soldiers of the enemy, and Col. Vasquez left behind to surrender it with decency. &n immense number of small arms, the big guns of the castle and city. and ammu ition, were taken possession of. It was unfounded, the report that the guns had been spiked in the castle ; tbey were found in excellent order. Gen. Ampudia, with about 3,000 cav airy, in a wretched condition, was near he town when our troops entered, when te put off. .,Santa Anna had. not been in Perote, since the fight at Cerro Gordo, and he is supposed to be somewhere in the moun ains. In haste, CHAPPARAL. From the able and intelligent corres ondent of the Vera Cruz Eagle, we co iy the following: JALAPA. April 20, 1847. Yesterday, at noon, I left the encamp ment near Cerro Gordo simultaneously rith the thousands of Mexican prisoners rho had been released on parole, and rho were wending.their way to their dif grent homesror to some place from whence hey may again be forced to .take up arms gainst us. I believe their line, extended s it was along the road, was full dve tiles in. length. The Guarda Nacionale ras the only corps that maintained any rder in their march-tbe residue trudging long as best they could, and in most ad irable disorder. We rode over the toad n which they marched with much diff ulty, turning our horses heads t-venty dif. trent ways'in-the space of half an hour, ) avoid riding them down. They were ,ss sad than men under similar circum tances would generally be, and cracked any a joke et their own expense. This as in the early part of the march. But >wards sunset, when they had measured B or 20 miles of their journey-most of tem in their bare feet-they became quite lent and sad, and the ef'ects of the fa gue of the day, combined with previous rivations. told sensibly upon them. I felt such interested in the numerous camp romen-ti-ose devoted women woho fol iw them through good and evil-and it rieved me to see them, worn down with tigue, moving at a snail's pace, their avy burthens almost weighing them to so earth. ,.The. women t. ed in herrebesa-the: wife, far adnced tsthatstate that 'wom'en wish to be who tve their lords'-the youthful Senorita iking along with her lover's sombrero a her bead ; even to the prattling girl ,ho had followed padre and madre to the rare-could all be seen at one view mov ig along-and. barring the 'hardships of to tramp; unconscious of the existence of isery in-this world. These women, like the Indians, are the ayes of the men-a slavery they submit > under the all powerful influence of aflec. on. In addition to their bedding and rearing apparel, they pack upon their acks the food and the utensils to cook it i, and worn out. as they are by the toils of te day,whilst their husband or lover sleeps, )ey prepare his repast. When the Mexicans first surrendered, ras about their dinner hour. In one of eir forts the camp kettles were taken -om the fire, and the rations were being roportioned out, when the order for sur ader came from the second in command -so they had to march out without their inners. That evening, although large antities of food had been served out so em by our commissaries, they were pick ig up old bones, stale pieces of bread, nd every thing that could be eaten. Yes ,rday, on the march, they would 'run up >a beef, killed she day before by our ad ance, and cut oiTfevery Ipiece that could e obtained, as eagerly as though shey rere half famished, From the foot of Cerro Gordo to Santa nna's hacienda, the road side was lined ith dead Mexicans and horses.-At and ear the ranchero whbere General Twiggs vertook the retreating enemy, they lay bick around, and .a more horrid scene -it ould be difficult to picture. Mexicans my dead in every direction; some resting p against trees, others with legs and arms xteded, and occasionally a lancer laying ith his arm upon the charger that receiv d his death-wound frometLhe same volley ba ended the career of his rider. Some f'the prisoners passing throsugh would alt to view the features of the deceased, d then, mending their gait, regain their lace by the side of those more fortunate a the fight. A.t the place above cited was to be seen 11 the property, other than munitions of ar, taken from the enemy. In one pilace, rranged in good order, were all-the pac k addles-then the pen containinig mules he provisions next, comprising rice,beans, read, pepper, piLoniceos, garlic, &b., piles sf shoes, knapsacks, and all the paraphter zalia of a Mexican camp.' Capt, Robert llen, A; (. M., stopped for a inoment, nd gave orders as to the removal of these ~hngs The muskets~takenfromthe enmy ere roken on stones as I passed the spot where hey wei-e. They were of no earthly use 0 us, :and hence the sumtmary mode of desroigof them. Correspondecse of the Picayune. JALAP, April 25th b1847. We haie snews which is thought to be iliable of Santa Amn. A re port came in this morning to the effect that he is at or near Orizaba, in corrimand of-soine 5000 troops, and that he intends opening'a guer rilla war in person, by following in Geul. Scott's rear and attacking none save small parties. This course he shotrld adopt, most certainly ;: but whether he will do it remains to be seen. The height of Santa Anna's ambition is probably to capture some detached and half unprotected train; and by magnifying some such sneaking operation into a grand ind magnificent action and victory-he understands the process better. than even any M'exican alive-he hopes to reinstate himself in the affection and good opinion of his people. The Mexicans here, one and all, de-. nounce Santa kuna for a coward, a trai. tor, and everything else that is bad; and I verrily believe that a majority of them would rejoice exceedingly had Gen. Scott captured him the other day and hung him upon the first limb strong -enough to bear his weight. That he is playing t hem false you cannot beat out of their heads-that he has sold the battles ofBuena Vista and Cerro Gordo for a consideration they are equally confident, and in proof, they are continually talking about the $3,000,000. They do not un'lerstand-why it was that President Polk allowed him to pass freely into Vera Cruz from Havanna, unless there was bribery and corruption at the bottom -the idea that our troops are a whit better than theirs, or that they can whip them, sven two to one, when posted behind bat teries, has never entered their heads-and lrmnce, as a better excuse than none, there ire many ofthem who say that they have )een sold by the *hero of Tampico.' Again, there are doubtless many--who have lost ill confidence, either in his honesty or bra very ; and although they may not desire a peace with trs, they are still anxious to get -id of the tyranron any terms. Such is he state of feeling here in Jalapa. P. S. Important ! 10 o'clock, p. m. the diligencia or stage coach is just in from the city of Mexico, from whence they had received papers up to the 22d inst. The dews of the terrible defeat at Cerro Gordo 3ad reached the capital, and while it as tonished and overwhelmed all classes, the one of the papers, of the public men, and >f the Congress itself, will also show that t had served to inflame the people still nore against the United States. Annaya as been appointed provisional President, believe, and has been gifted with full rowers on every point except that in:rela ion to making peaceritjhitbeU States te a traitor vo talksof 'peace. .The iditor of El Rej4.blicdno says that we may ake Puebla, that we may even capture he city of Mexico but that 'bere must be co peace. The duty of the people is to ee their cities sacked and des:ruyed, and hemselves immolated, before they talk of peace. The guerrilla system of warfare ippears to be recommended on all sides is their only salvation: by this means hey drove out the Spaniards, and in the be same way they say they must expel he iniquitous,usurping and grasping North Americans from thei sacred soil. Better all die, and be blot ted Tron the seals of na tions, than come to any terms so long as a iingle hostile foot is on their soil, or a hos tile vessel on their coast-such is the lan guago of the papers, of the civil bodies, Ind the military. From a passenger, a Spaniard, who iar rived in the diligencia, we learn that as yet they have done little or nothing towards fortifying Mexico. He also says that there is a strong party in favor of peace, altho' the members hardly dare avow themsel ves. There is no regular troops of conse iuenee on the route, and all those who es aped at 'Cerro Gordo, wit h the exception of a portion of the cavalry, have dispersed in every direction. On the 20th April, immediately after the receipt of the news of Santa Anna's defeat, Gen. Mariano Salas called a meeting of oflicers to deviese ome measures by which to preserve.the nation from utter obliteration. No one here thinks mbat the Mexicans can ever stake another stand and give -another hat te, but the impression is prevalent that small parties will be organized to annoy the roads, cut off' supplies, and kill all stragglers. How great, in this case, is the necessity for two or three, or even one re giment of Taxians. - The papers, so far aslIam able to learn, say nothing of the movements of.General Taylor.-. - G. W. K. JaLAPA, A pril 25. 1847-Afternoonr. I have borrowed the copies o'f El Re publicano for an hour. They are dated at the city of Mexico, -April 21 and 22, and the latter gives a full account of the battle of Cerro Gordo. Thze Mexican particulars of the combat, as usual, are particularly rich. They say that Santa Anna sustaintd the combat with 6000 men against 14,000, and fought valiantly to the very last.' When, finally, he found himself entirely surrounded by enemies, he forced'a passage through 'los Yankees' with a column of the 4th Regi meat of the line ! The fact, as every one knows, is that Santa Ana left early-all the cuttinig he-did was to-cut the saddle mule frin his coach, and then cut and run. The Mexicans admit that they had, t wo generals killed, but give n name save-that oUV'asques. Cohse Coslo and Calatayud are also named as~ammngthe killed. G3en. Scottis loqe, on th 17th -and 18th, is put down at .r 40D, while the loss of:tbe Mexicans .. admitted to he 2,000 mnen in killed: and wounded. They say -thatithe Amearian. Inneht liha kantd. oE andnes, kill a41[ esented themselves, whether wagoners- at or women. Gen _ oits openly accnsed of bad condu o Gordo. They say that wheni have made a charge which would : decisive, he withdrew with bi? -in plain terms that he ran. 6 O1., &c. G. "W. K. -, JAm, April 26. We 1i once, this 'morning to the effetib n -Worth has advanced one df hi' iy;.ith a battery and a troop of re tis; 'oa place called -Tepe Augualaa' vse leagues beyond Perote, to-eularge. circuit of supplies. You may hear, party of dragons has beeocut o he enerry at the other sideoi'er o ufPthere is no truth in the rumor. ra We alrea ear of depredations com miuted y'' Meiicans on the roads. Even Sanfat t's soniin-law, who has . the appenran oI an American, was' set * upon, robbe nd maltreated most shame- c fully by hii; 4 . conotrymen the other ? night. Th. ge driver, who brings this ? news, says-th all the young 'man's pro- 8 estations abliet;e was true Mexican were of no 'e1 enit-b had light hair, blue eyes, g and must nebds be a Yankee, We also ti have a'report at a.number of recruits for v the army, conng up under charge of Capt. 1 Winder, hav e n killed by the ranche ros or guerilla between this place and 8 Cerro Gord6W ;he alcades and principal men were his fly accounable and res- 0 ponsible for'ti acts of the people in the ? vicinity of the ads, we should soon hear d tan end o(hose outrages. P -Yostia c: G. W. K., ti S J4rLAPj., April 23. d The diligecja came in - this morning d rom Perote, from no point on other i ide, as the Governor of Puebla has or. ered it to:cease running this way. Pas, nl sengers came through, however, bringing apers.and verl (news, and in as concise tl form-as- posle I will give you the co amount of the elligence. Among oth 'umors brought by pas- o aengers, is. on the e'ect ltat Mr. Bank bead. the Briis Mini1ter, has renewed iis offers.of fl' itation between Mexico and the Utte fates, and that when the ast Jiligencii she city of Mexico the a Congress was mg upon pis propositions i hatevertliev !ha.vebeeI.Notwth andmgnti: a p :|sus if the. pulli poo : U t U.: reniioni nt he'di sracted afairsof Mexico Col. Gailand's brigade left the Castle f Perotejyesterday .morning at daylight IorTepe Agualco, and will reach that place o night. . Major Smith's light battaion, sI troop'of dragoons, and Col. Duncan's b battery accompany Col. G. We learn here that Gen..Worth has been very suc- at essful in collecting supplies. 9E An intelligent man a ith whom I have e, conversed, says that the Mexicans neither will nor can make any opposition at Pue- - bla. The population is one of the worst It in Mexico, and the most inimical to stran gers; yet the dreadful defeat at Cerro Gordo has completely paralyzed them. At the city of Mexico, a few light breast orks have been thrown up, not only as you enter the place by the Vera Cruz C road, but on the road leading -to the Con- it vent of our Lady of Guadalupe; but b nothing like a regular system of defence has been as yet undertaken. Not only s the Government.but the. citizens appear with all their vauntings. to have become tupifed at the succession of defeats which . have befallen their country, and know not c which way to turn or:Wvhat to do. 'Sata ina has wvriuen to tlhe G3overnment from rizaba, stating.that he hams 1,500 taen, ad wants reinforcements and money; but is demands have been unaheeded. At thee city of Mexico,. as well as in other places, thepeople appear to have lost much of d heir conhidenice in the 'Hero of T am pico,' e and maniy have openly actcused him of owardice as Cerro Gordo, zas well, as of aving sold the battle to theg Americans. ~ am living at Cassa de .Diligencias, ur h General Stage House, and tat breakfast d tis morning some of the foreigners wvere soeking of - body of men, under Gen. d Leon, who whre orr the march from Oaja- p a to join Santa Aina, and they also said that Leon had shot two muleteers on the plea that they bad aided the'American,. Majors I'drland and Gaines, Capt. Clay o vith the other prisoners taken at Incarna- t ioui somne.moathe since, are said to be. at liberty in the city of Mexico. No less than six of -the party, a it is reported, have already -been assassina ed by .the Mecad..K Special .Corresponidencef tue .Picayune. EVRA Cauz, April g2. Gentleue.-An ~.enpress arrived .last! evening frotp Lieut. Dixon, in command I of20- contvalescenssodiers 'rom the hos pitals in this city-On; their. road uojoin.their 1 respective reginsat.sat and near Jalapa, stating that the patty hlad -been attacked by about :300 Mestc ans, The express ridet met,.two miles this side of where he left ieut .:D. asq' pf aboutt forty wag ons in charge of .CaptLCroghan Ker Some learsare enitertuined Mor a train that was some are or-six hours ahead of them. lafa.iheMeicans bad a great rejnicing amongst. themnees lastegnmng in con seqence ofthe capturof one of our wagon trains by theqenenty.g4.Theirs accoutgts have it that tttioramei(h9unrd).;hatd been atraly ctb tOnpisss9ht iwo ha~ve -lttle faith in any - thing rbat comes from such sources. - Tire Mexicans have a fine chance now to work upon our.traine if they could only raise courage. enough to do-it. . Col. Wir ion's force at ;this -place is too' weak to spare many fronr it, and if the enemy should go to work with determination they night reap, a handsome reward almost rithout oppositioni. The scacity of cav iry is severely felt. The New. Orleans trr her last trip from Tampico found it ne essary to throw overboard abuut thirty of he best horses belonging. to the Tennessee avalry durig a severe norther. 'A few ases of vomito are said to have. occurred, ut in a very mild form. In haste, yoursr very respectfully. Action-of th Mexican Congre.-Im. aediately on the receipt of the news of ;anti Anna's defeat at Cerro Gordo, the Mexican Congress held. an extraordiuary ession. The following account of its pro eedings is translated from: El Republicano f the 21st Arril. It comes in the shape C a preamble and eight articles, and we tve it entire. The soveign constituent Mexican Con ress, in use of the full powers with which ie inhabitants of the Republic have in ested it for the sacred object of saving its ationality; and as a faithful interpreter of to firm determination with which its con ituents are decided to carry on the. war Which the United States are now making. a the nation,.without desisting on account r any kind of reverses ; and considering. tat under these circumstances the first ublic necessity is that of preserving a cen e of union to direct the national defence 'ith all the energy that circumstances emand, and to avoid even the danger of a volutionary power arising which might ssolve the National Union, destroy its stitutious, or unsent to the dismember. ent of its territory, has determined to de *ee as follows : Art. 1.-The Supreme. Government of e Uuion is authorized to dictate all ne zssary measures for the purpose of car riug on the war, defending the nationality the Republic, and 'saving the federal publican form of government under hich the nation is constituted. Art. 2.-The preceding article does not nthorize the Executive to make a peace itl the United. States, conclude a-nego ition with foreign powers, nor dispose, whole or in part, of the territory of the .nilm ni tior:confer anyivil oramit - ry e'mploy'jmits other.than those whose )pointiunents are expressly entrusted to nm by the constitution. Art. 4.-Every agreement or treaty, tall be null and void which may be made tween the Government of the United tates and any authority whatever, which, ibvertiug the actnal-order ofaflairs should. t aside or take the place "of the legally itablished supreme powers of the Union. Art. 5.-Every individual is declared-' aitor, let him be a private person or pub a functionary, who,'either in his private ipacity or invested with any authority, competent or of' revolutionary origin, av enter into treaties vith the United ta'tes'of America. Art. 6.-in the event that the actual ongress finds it imposssible to continue 3 sessions, a permanent committee shall 3 immediately. installed, to be composed the oldest individuals then found pre wt of each deputation. Art. 7.-This committee, in the absence rCongress, shall perform the duties of Government Council ; shall appoint, in ise of a vacancy, the person who is to. ke charge temporarily of the Executive swers of the Republic; shall regulate the ection of il new President; shall give assevsion to the elected person, and shall slt together the national representation.. Art. 8.-Tne powers which the present acree confer on -the Government shall sase as soon as tbe ,var is concluded, Sttchis about the amouni of the pro sedings of the meeting of the Mexican ongress, held immnediatelyafter the news ad reached the capital of the disastrous efeat of Cerro Gordo. The editor of El. tepublicano, in speaking of this extraor inary session, in .his paper of the. 21st pril, says that 'to the honor of the legis ttive body i: osrght to be observed, that esterdaymore than eighty members as etnbled; and that no other than sentiments f patriotismr were beard enpresed. May io comimu dauger thus unite all the lexicans, and cause to disappear even be names of our sad dissensions., From tse Southern Journal. Mr. Ritchie assails Mr. Calhoun for not, a he asserts. aidiug ithe administration in he measures tnecessary forthe: prosecution F the wvar. He pays however, very'little egard for troth, when he' charges that if dr. lPolk's requisition for troops had treen esponded 'to he the early part:of the ses ion the war would baye been closed, arnd eace secured. Now the recorls of Con. lress show that the Preside~nt 'did not ask 'or the eleven new regiments before tbe L5th of January, and then attached to the >ill for the appointmtent of a Lietatenant General, to supercede the gallant Generals rho hadl so lhmg and tunder such- trials, initained she: honor. of time American arms. The~li.roes of Ppo.Alto,. Resaca ~e Ia Palma, anid Monterey were all. to be laid aside to gratify~the vanity of a bag ol wind,. and it requires on prophesy to say, ihat had that bill passed. it would~bayE brought odium on thre admmitstration. Mr Calhnnn proved. himself .the best ihen o Mr. Palk in saving him from the edine-or such. ameasure-for no man, no President, not even Jackson himself, could sully the fair fate.of Rough and Ready- with-ir punity. .Mr. Calhoun stripped the bilI.(and for which Mr. Polk should feel grateful) of its incdmberance, and refising to super- -2 cede General Taylor he.cheerfoily granted the regiments of men which Taylor knew so well how to lead to- vietory. Mr. 'Cal= p boon has never withheld hisiesent to any act and means for the. vigbrous prosecutiotr of the war i he was more than satisfredls are the American People, with Rough and Ready, who having: commenced the, war in a blaze of triurmphs, he was sure he could and would close it in a hall, ofglory. The next is the Three Million bill t'i enable Mr. Polk to purchase peace. Mr Calhoun would have voted (as he did}fd it without debate-but Mr. Wilmot, one of Ritchie's.par noble democrats, thought proper to put on it a rider..reproving sla- - very and denying to the Slave States ai fair participation it the victories even, Who- raiarried Mr. Polk's bill-Mr. Wil mor. Why was he not reproved for casting a fire brand irr the democratic ranks I The question is easily answered, Mr. Ritchie's malignant hostility towards Mr. Calhoun preferred the assault on the latter. Mr. Calhoun striplied. the~ bill'. of ~ the infamous Proviso, and returned it, as : presented by Mr. Polk, for his signature. Was he right ?-in reproving -Mr. Wilmot for his hostility to a measure. which. be lnew his Proviso would defeat,-did not-Mr. - Calhoun-show himself the sincere'and irue friend of;Mr. Polk in-granting-him, all that he asked, and rescuing Mr. Polk fromthe responsibility of the veto, which Mr. Rit chie asers Polk would have exercised. - Ifdispatcl-was-essential to the passag of the bill, was it trot better toremote from. it in the Senate the obnoxious Provso,at ---- not throw upon Mr. Polk the respoosi.-.. - bility of exercising; the veto. But could Mr. Calhoun have. voted for the Three . Million Bill with Wilmot's Provio I. there a Southern man who would not have reviled him for not having been au ruet a he always has been to ourrights. From the Nashville Union - "CORN WiTBOUT T H E -L ' It is relatedthat soon afeer tie iettlen of allourishiandi cty in the84uthiv t - agricultural saciety wasL started - amateier farmerew alibo - .wth:tni u ~ bage. Kew 'ino~ 11iaaui % - ':a se'relary' dOern l'at pot ' r and hihoped' to' 'raise a pecaeten which would make bis whole neighbrhod, ifot e the whole west, envious of hia reputattos as a stock raiser. He was a chemist, and; indulgedia splendid visions of the power of the science,-wheu'applied toi ag'riulturaLf.. pursuits. He thoogbt, too, that it wo Id fatten pork. but all his' experiments failed" to improve his pigs ; they were' thin when' . he. commenced, and they daily grew thin. ner. In passing, one day, by a Kentucky neighbor whose'stock looked in fine condi - z-.. tioux, be ventured to remark to him that 'V it-was curious all the "pig tails" in' tap neighborhood, except his own collection, z in a fat and saucy kind of kink. "It's all in the feet, 'Squire," said hig neighbor. - "How can this be ?" inquired the Secre tary. "I give them my chemical fattening mix- :-'r- a F tore, and good corn !" . "That ain't my way," replied the far mer. "Well, what is your way?" eagerly in qu'ired the Secretary. : - . "Oh," says that 'Kentucliian, -1. giv 'em t he cor n witIJ&ut the kimikal !" The treasurer also hada ga|eat faith in. - the' secretary's chemical mixture. He thought, if adlministered in large doses, the - effect would be more 'rapid, and to fully test its power, he tried it upon a paiti.of - Gune nXeas. Taking .his f'avortte neyro to' the born with him one-evening, he mixed the agricultural dose, and remarked .to Sam, whose eyes were widening as he 9W'L looked upon the experimental food. - - 't-' "Sam, this will make the rat jump upos, the stock -, you can 'almost see them 'im prove under its influence." "Ah, ah, de for, mnassa,' responds Sar "dat is high." -i .The dose was administered, mixed withr bran', and in the morning the'treasurer waited patiently for Sam's report. Pre' sently he, presented himself :his'- eye. shini'og like full moons. ' "'How do they r'ook, Sam I" inquire - the treasurer-"eh 1" - "Breas God, rnassa, dat saryotr,giftvde anibals last. night make urn berryfat bat 9 it kill'em berr-y dead too I" '. - - ' This prOtection that the whiga 'of oud " vicinity, with .the -Nashville :Binner dat their-head, are preaching up; is a good" 4eal of srience 'to invent ity and very plats' sible theories' are adduced-.eo.show. My " it ought to .work well. Ent :.xps*iice ' ~ ~ f has showar that free trade i,- like "sons - ' without the kimika4"' mueh the best of' a4~ farmers ;.and that protectton although it 'P may make .Wlbe muoufacturers very rat, '' will kill. the. farmer, very dead. 4 A yourng French gentleman who ac-' .piedas Jigh -rankoin the Frenith ai enriisted atiNew York on Thuraday3ast be had resigned has comtnsesson sa, army of Franiceand left his frind1 his ntive country tepaiourgaa an Mexaco. He bogt l~es datiGoo di stlogulbd~ei of this count yund of. aE '