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w, " :6On ik D Deltka; May 28. -K E VYFMR Mixnco. Gk SCOTT'S ADVANCE. ,The advance of our army.:to Puebla - takes us a little .by surprise. From the previous accounts we were led to think that Geti Scott.had changed his- designs after the departure of the voluateen, and would remain at Jalapa, with'iis van guard at Perote. But it appears our. first opinion, tha. he would' push. on without waiting for -reinforcements, is the most correct: ,SantaAnna,. inj the meantime, k?' abandoning his sposition -at Orizaba, has usual promtitude-aondrapidity, on the road from Eueblasto Mexi0o. Itis said he has.10,000.men with him, and will make.another stand at a formida ble point in the road-at Rio Frio. This is one of the iost dangerous and difficult passes our army will have to make. The road, for some distance beyond Puebla, is excellent, but.neai Cordova it reaches the mountains, and passes through deep, narrow defiles and over steep and rugged heights. The country is wild looking, thinly woo. d with oakes and pines, and rendered ry rough and uneven by rocks of lava and porphory. Near Tesmelucos. a little village or hacienda, the road begins to wind along the side of the mountain, in many places being cut through solid rock. Here the road is commanded by the heights ofPopocatapetl, which, if occupied by a strong ,battery, ;puld render,tthe passage of an army over this steep. rugged, and exposed ascent a task of very great dan -; ger and difficulty. But, even when ibc heights are passed. the perils and obsta eles of the position are not entirely sur mounted; for the road descends into a deep narrow dell, where a small and brave force might operate with great effect upon a large army accompenied by long trais and parks of artillery. This dell is tra versed by the Ric Frio (or Cold River,) where our brave soldiers may- assuage r y their thirst after the labors of this difficult passage. The Rio Frio is the only point on the road,'bet ween Puebla and. Mexico, wbicbis likely to-give our army any trou ble. It is midwaybetween the two cities; when it is passed, the road to the capital is smooth and:delightful, well watered and well shaded In soine places it passes Sr miles between paralel canals and, rows of Lombardy poplars. If:Santa Anna makes his stand at Rio Frio with an adequate artillery force and complete, batteries. our army % ill have to fight, perhaps the- most serious, bloody, and destructive battle which has yet been fought; There will be no want of men in this thiekly-settled part of the country to back-Santa Anna in this last stand which the Mexicans will have an opportu aity of. iaking. There will be some diflienlTf, however, in arming all who may present themselves. and in furnishing the.works with good cannon. Nut we 4 .- presume that the- commissioners appoitsted no Mexico. with Almonte at their head, to x superietend the. defences of the capiri, have probablyseliet.ed the Rio Frio as the only available point of defence against an ray pproaehiigz heapital;?and, have ro bly v e r.. the ennion - J- as, M y 8, b847 thi --" u eciag. News-wa rieceve fo mE.abont 0,00 en A r no ncampe Annpreed h eplacntoe ane excepr -as to the number of men Santa- Anna had -~~ with him. However, I do noc tiink the -~- ~ -statement overrated, wvhetn we come to osider the facility arnd ability of the .lgexicans to bring together an army ~~'_'j~ whenever thoy can find any tthing to feed them with. This difliculty Santa A nna has obviated by laying contributions on people are co~npelled to supply his army, or he confiscates their' property. There1 frheis aetobring inito 4he field, in an anotincredibly short space of time, any --number of- men lie itdy req'aire; 1f Santa Anna should again meet us, the destiuc sion among the Mexicans, I feel convinced -will be very great. .It is well known that nearly all of those who were 'parolled at Vera.Cruz and Cerro Gordo have again taken up arms against us. .No quarter Sought to be shown ihe.'n, nor do I beltevea a they will be .shown mercy, if .hiey are ~ ~ . again-found in the ranks of the enemy. e Our men are tired of takia;; prisoniers for - .the purpose of letting them off on n parole of honor, and then fighting thiem twiec af ftaerwards in the spnce of six mtonthe. 2'Capt. Mason of the Miunted, Rifles who was wounded at thie battle of Ce-rro Gordo, died yesterday morotmg, anid wyas % -~'~ interred this evening with mnilit'ary honors, . id accordance with his rank. General .a 'cScott, T wiggs and Smnith, together with -~ - - .the officers of the Army. and the regiment .of Mounted Rifles,.,.attended the fruneral. He difrom.Virginiia, and [ amn told the last remaining meimber of his family. A more gallat soldier or' estimable gentle - man could nos be found. He was beloved while living, and mourned by a large - uumber of idtimaito -acquaintantces and -Getn. La Vega who refuaseat his liberty on his parole, is now in this place o5 his route to Perote, where he wiB probably ,emaio. He was in bad health in the (.astle of-San Juan de Ulus, and has per ~" '"~' s.missitin from Col. Wilson, at Vera Cruz, "o report himself at Perote where he will Iriemain until discharged or exchanged. -'.l' -Yours M USTANG. -Ma 8tb,11,o'clock.-nformhation has -beeu sievel,'which Istilink can be relied ~ougthat Maj. Gaines, Capt. Casms. M. - CI'ay, and others, were in thecity of Mex N. 4 ~b-ilth-e 8th inst.., on verbal, parole. hdbe confned sin the prison of hocnicts,- and. wer ta liberty 'only n K-'~.~~d~i Tchey intendeld to return again dr prison, althotigh it :was.;a. most thme and ohjectionabls place of-con fiesmoaulessib theitorif ould give !t~ d Yya r 1 'c 7 If6~'t i M Y-5 ? ik1 them af written safegurtd, that would pro' teet them against the treachery of the' people and the Government. Speeial Correspondence ofthe Picayune: CAMP s!EAR.MONTEaEY, May 7. The healthof the army here continues good.with the excepition, of the 2d Misies sippi Regiment, hlsich is still suffering, lfrom the ravages of the small pox, and losing a good many men. I neglected to mention in my. last that Gen. "Taylor -had been ill for a day or. two, but had recov ered. Col. I'amtrack,. who bad been dangerously illever since, has now re coveredl and came out to camp fur the'first time yesterday.. I have not an item of news to furnisb you. Buena Vista.-We have read with'deep interests,.the reports of the several com manders of artillery at the battle of Buena Vista. Although free from any appearance as boasting, they fully justify the' remark made by. General Taylor in a private letter to General Butler of Louisiana, that "therartillery did more than wonders." The infantry, too, as a body, and the cav alry, although the former were 'wholly.. and the latter almost wholly. coamposed of volunteers, acquitted themselves admira bly. With the exception of two or three regiments, they had not before taken part in any impoitant engagement, and per haps never was the courage of men more severely tried, opposed as they were by a force four times as great as their own, under command of Saota Anna himself. and consisting chiefly of regulars. Of the Mississippi regiment.' Captain. Sherman, commanding a battery of artillery, says. "The - unwavering 'firmness - and deadly fire of the Mississippi regiment * , * * showed them equal to the most veteran troops." The 2d Indiana regi ment which has been most censured, stood its ground for three hours under a galling cross-fire of infantry and artillery, and only gave way after a'out one-sixth of its number were either killed or wounded. The strict rules of discipline required thet to stand until they wore all killed, unless a retreat were sooner.ordered by their commanding officer; and therefore nilitary men will not excuse them on the ground of what they have already suffered. It is earnestly contented on behalf of this regi ment, that they did not retreat until order dered by their Colonel (Bowles) but on this point there is a collision of testimony. It is however, admitted that after their retreat they could not-be rallied with any tolerable promptiness,-although when attacked at the village of Buena Vista (to which they had retired) by Minon's cav alry, they met and repeled the onset with becoming firmness. The army baggage was thus saved from capture and opera tions of Minon rendered abortive.. Take in all in sall, the battle of Buena Vista, as a feat of arms, has never been surpassed in our history. and perhaps never will be. Situated as.the two -armies. were, any thing shortofy defeat was victory to the Americans; while any thing short of victo ry;gas ruin to the Mexicans. - By main taming his-posiiio, Gen. Taylir secured is whole line ofE.operation from,. Bueia. *ita mouth: of .the R' Grande adina'a;'dith the remains of is army of 20,000 maeun,.wasleft in a most forlorn loiitiona,'with'scarcely a' -day's -rations, a desert betwveen him and the means of; smbsistence. -Accordingly it has been~ stated, on Mexican authority, that scarcely one halt of the brilliant army which left Potosi- ror theattack upon Gen. Taylor, ever returnedt. Bdsides the killed, wound ed and prisoners, hundreds perished by starvation on the way, and thousands de serted. By makuing this attempt upon Gen. Taylor, Santa Anna in effect aban doned Vera Cruz to its fate; and :he losse. vhicb 1e sustained in the battle and sub sequently, deprived him of the means of successful resistance,,.even in the difficult atnd seemingly impregnable defiles of Cerro Gordo. It is now evtdent, (indeed it was so at tbe time,) that the battle of Buena Vista was the key to the whole campaign. Upon that issue Santa Anna hazarded every thing; and he knew it well. Hence the intensity of the struggle. What. has since followed, was the natural and almost necessary consequJence of his defeat, (or want of success, if you choose to call i'.so,) at Buena Vista. Por the almuost super human efforts there made by the small army untder Get,. TJaylor, they .andi be deserve thc lasting gratitude of their coun try. They will receive .it,--N. Y. Jouar. of Conmnerce. Correponsdance of the N. 0. Picqaue. The Nuaey.-Whilst the army is pushing into the irnerior, Comn.Perry is employing every hour in hunting along the coast for some new enterprise to distinguish his noble officers and men.. He has now been gone for several days iia' sootherly direc ion, and we expect soon to hear of some achievement, which will probably add another gem -to" the already brtlliant rown. of national glory which already encircles it.' Capt. Mayo, Governor of Alvarado, started on an expedition on Thursday, the 13th inst., against a town of considerable importance called (we believe) Talascoya, accompanied by. eighty men. This place is said to bo nearly one lhundred mites in south-west drection from Alv-arado. He took gunboats with him only. On arriving at the place, he was received in all kind ness,;every attention heing shown him that could be extended, in order to render his- visit agreeable, 'arrangements were 'made for the surrender of the town. We understand: that Capt. .Mayo declined leaving a-,y force there, however, as it would have' weakened those unader - his command too much. On his return, and whilst. iu his .boats desceending the river, whichie-represented as. being both narrow and shallow; 'he was - fired .upon from a dense'ihaparvaland-.'one officer and five. of his-seamen wounded'. The Chestertown, Kent County, Mary land News of Sajirday last says that there has not been in that section of the State, since the close of Ilaroh, rain sufficient to wet the earth one-fourth:i:ir,1an inch below the surface. The Wheatecrop, with a few exceptions, adds tbe Neats;lfaffiilure, and past recovery. It is suposdd)hatthe Wheat and Oat crops will yield about~one4 fourth the usual-quantity.. ' From Fi ioughkeepTie'^ SENATOR H. L.T 4' The New-York Evedidg the following iiigular accout of the Hon. Hopkins L:Tor from Tennessee. It .i.'the e of romance real life that we some time. 4 In the late poetical eontro0 U. S. Senate : refered to Mr a called to the arena a Benab- o h lived in comparative Sedio tyT ever since hehas held he'e f41 0om cupies." The same of iaba 'Hopkins L:; Turney He. li'at remarkable mai and the t' ' deed, that any one would have '9p woIld have presented.timelfas.thed John C. CalhtAdiri t'alf a t e .life of Turney, I think aill a' Unac ceptable to our readers. ed . khate romnantic,'and refiects"''no dise athe athor of its paternity. Mr IN Turney is a' native of one oft ! atain counties of Tennessee, and, wa dr1tearly' life apprenticed to a tailor. ' ilearned the trade of his-master,tand;g nd of his novitiate established'himse d the little villageftMcMinii 0was industrious, prudenF and 'eed " al,"at the outset of lire, aod nr'od (iably. have remained on the shop'bh :dIlkthis day had he not acquired habis dissipa tion. After the lapse of a 'o ",ears he became very dissolute. 'negle' ,qhis bus siness, and was regarded sas' 3aB:' In the village of MeMinvill' 1tlived a woman of very questionab niotof' absolute abandoned characie e was old and ugly, and in all th e1ive and repulsive. '.- One "nigh- sethe Court of the. county wvas in' ' ~ fand when the village'was crowded' 'eclesa and laughter-loving'lawyers ' . ready for a row, it was agreed thats lopikina L.Turney,who happened'td spree,: should he' married to'ths'febt' in -alle sion. "It was thought thtfe' of Ile kind would 'be' a good'joke;; n it 'was carried into exection-the' c dlerk' otliciating as master of cere tee. Mr. Turney was in a condition tbt Yi ot him unconscious of the act ,he w., erpetra ing. The next'day. howe"ee hn be awoke to behold' in himself a ed man -wedded to "a woman w BMW' the re eroach and the 'abhorrain (ball: the reputable people in she ;Ilfige of Me Minville. Stung to th'e quick,- by laiperfidious joke that hail been palmed'ijnitrhim, he panted for " evenge, andt itdrmined it should ie had; 'and it war "~speedil obtained with 4vengeanc .Whilst . the Court was in session. he: iiredf'-to the court house and up to 'th , ksaid to him," ""undestand 'I : arriedilast night' to a' woman of'the i"t e,+d that you officiated as master of . riony?' The charge was not'denl on thrcon trary it was freely admitn' bihtiat. the same time 'it was urge 14-k' whole thing' aas'but a jOke, nd ' hould be regarded" The 1oi ' however, in her :podnesionaseat tificate"'of' aikiage,"signed by tlhec Sda there was no escape from it.s lii thefet was a storm'of indigati iangingover ommence - serties'o -T ihorttions. "All, howove asinavil. ing; indat: the nest ioita' tnout both' of his oars ean offc'eloshot aedth is. swirt band 'of the mau dirfhe 'had so grossly and yet siooefsui.Ti savage act, though -done in'ghe" presence f a Court of Judicature, was deemed 'a righteous, retribution, asih o 'legal ~steps were taken 'to arreas'thiiagrssor." The late Felix Grundy hlappened' to' be present, and although he did. not'advocate he deed, lie did not denoufl~e itbhut ta-. kiba Mr, Turney by the hand,'said to him: .-'You have done that-"tbday, 1which proves that you posess th'e'4)irit of a man, and yet it may subject you'ii'the dungeon f the Penitentiary. But 'I'll protect and fend you. Come with nfi to Nashville; abandon your visious habits];'place. your self' under my instruction ; anld I'll make'a lawyer of you.' The invitagton " was ac epted. Mr. Turney wa "nerd as a student of' law in the office of Felix Gru ady, became at once an exeanplary,-abste minus, studious citizen, andliwas speedily admited to the bar. His lig-from that day to this-baa been pure andI irreproach-' ble. , . - . i In the year 1837, Mr 'Td ney was ele ted to the U.S. Hojaseof Rte resentatives, and tield a seat in it till the y ar. 1843. In 1844 he particularly' disting ished hidmself in the famous Tennessee' a~vaan of the United States Electors, as~ 'a dvocate of Mr. Polk. In 'the ~yesr 845 be was prominent as a candidate for nited States Senator, and had expecte.t ''rited sup part of the democracy of the 'gislature of Tennessee, and the influence' ,f the presen~t President of' the Union.-Co trary2 to his hopes and ezpectations,'a 'uncs or the legislature was held, and MIr ;P. Nichol on was agreed upon as theca 'diddte of the democratic party. Mr.Turne avowed thnt tis result was brought about unfairly and unjustly, and determined' t t'he would not abide by it. 'c The election 'took plae last ''winter. When it came on, Mr. Turpiey. avowed himself an indpendent dimogratie candli date, draw off from the-cauesi 'the moon tain democracy iand the' higs vetnng or him, in spite 'or his oppeninh he was' elected. [(Froms the Rockuev Daily.Adertiser The body. of Mr WmgA Wells. tDe printer, whose' dissa ~aie from lie 'city in a state of'amentah' trai,~lozi we ib. ticed alisbort'.tini'lains~as 'esaerdty morning, brought ;h~e ib i ss, n charge of'hiu frient a r " Mr. Wells was a a imkn nessof ~riaiid webe Ra hb ofter epresedliimself, li'6 t ill,ill iiinst ona one. HI~isir'di~ 'been-nore cheqeredIwiulthe aps'4ans'of this 'world than that of im idi~the state, if not'ith ing fk'served ain ppreitishoileiyedisti 49l6hn sret, New Yoriitli'Isyakkharper and George P. Mo~i:iffifellow" ap'p'renlices, aferwards yr'a' kisadsliji man's. war. autsad aifdiij'6rrWkiiithe frige Branif ineaf 2,~iihessel distferred' ariiis il~ 4ntustu to his carqa:'r~ Esnake, sa r ' j.r opuitrisb; g 6ta:quireI, ,acockrobioaic wpoodl' nog.!r Hea terwards :Ihad h honorof itting down to a'dinner witi thelady of Lord..Byron. and the Duk of Clareoce. .He had visited every part ir 1lirUnifad States except New Orleans anc Charleston; had sai type in a almost every rineiiplace from one end of the Uniot lothe other. ra Jo 1819 hewas i n Buffalo without a shit liitg'n hispocket, but in a short time ht earred.$150.'with fhich he .renewed hi: adventires. ' He was once confined in the lungeonofBuenos Ayres ; danced Witi the'daughter of Gov. Balcarce. of the is land, and ate cassad; root with the negroe on :the coast of Africa. He built a sal mill and dam across Bear Lake in westerr ?Michigan, and had occupied every situaiiot in a printing office from devil to editor He has- sipped matte and danced amidst the giddy throng of Buenor Ayrean lasses upon the pampas of San Isidro, and ridder in his coach-and-four with the printer t< the Government. -Mr Wells wa's vice president of the first Harrison state convention ever held in the United-States; at -Niblo's Garden,. Nea York, and it is said wrote the first editoria in favorrof Gen. Harrison for the Presiden ey. In former years he wrote with a dea of vigor and ability, but of late years t chronic affection of the brain had renderec him incapable of any laborious duties, anc in fact, had caused a kind of mental de rangement, which account for his man' eccentricities. Previous to this death, lie had beet some time engaged in writing his biogra phy, which wa nearly or quite ready foi publication. By permission of the "old man eloquent," it was to be dedicated tc the Honi. John Quincy Adams. Singular and Distressing Affair.-A highly respectable gentleman of this city, says the Baltimore Clipper, who transact ed a- mercantile businees on the wharf, -was taken etc and died, as was supposed, a short time since. Being a native of an adjoining city, his wife and friends desired to inter his remains there, and his body -was accordingly placed in a c'ofin and ihus conveyed to that city. When the coffin .arrived, it was opened in order to transfer the remains to a more suitable one, wbich had been prepared, for final interment, When the lid was removed, the body was found lying upon the face, wshich upon examination was bruised. A moisture was observed upon the skin, and on a close examination it was found, the vital spark had not as yet- fled. All the restorative that the best medical skill could devise, were used, and the man was actually revived, and lived for two days afterwards, before the "spirit depart ed unto Him. that gave it." No doubt was entertained here 'on the decease, and the feelings of relatives -and friends at such a 'discovery,- cannot be for one mo nent imagined. We were at first dirposed to doubt the truth , of the affair,. but we have' been.assured, on most unduobtabl4 authority, thaf the..melancholy facts are correct. =From Galveon -We have.dates from .jlaw~ b -he tofN Fe.wOleans, thepapers !eceived worthy of note. The Gaveston !ews says tBat Dr. 'A. C.Den s'on diredt 'from Cherokee conty, in "the vicinity of She:l6y, where the late dreadful case of poisoning occurred, states that the wedding party were probably poisobed by accident, the proprietor of the honse hay ing given arsenic in the- place or salmratu: to makie the cakes, pastry &c. Dr. James H. Starr, of Nacogdoches, was sent for, who has written a letter stating that seven teen out of the fifty-four poisoned, had died about the 1st inst. Six more have sine died, and fifteen or twenty more are con sidered in a very dangerous situation. The negro boy indicated last fall for shoot ing at his master. E. McBates, with inteui to kill, was tried in the District Court ot the 15th inst. before- the H-on. J. Love, and acquitted. Gov. Henderson has beet nominated'for re-election by a meeting ol the citizens. at San Agustine. The steam boat Delta has succeeded in ascending the Guadalupe river (0 Victoria. There ha: been throughout the State a severe drought the last two months, and althodgh the rops still look well. it is feared they will suffer if the drought should continue. Col. Hays will accompany the six months voluteer., called out under the requisittot of Col. Curtis, to Mexico. The New: learn, that he contemplates ar. expeditiot towards Chihuahua before the fronties regiment is completed. The Anstin Dem orat of the 8th inst. says that the Indians are committing various depredations in and- about that city, such as killing snd stealing horses. Col. Doniphan's Expedition-T his i: said to have been one or the most daring expeditions recorded in the history of war. With a force not exceeding 1000 men, this oficer traversed a hostile country, march ing between 4t10 and 500 miles, defeating the enemy in two engagements, at Bracit and Sacramento. capturing eleven piece: of artillery, and entering the .capital of the State'of Chihuahua in triuinph. He it represented to have afterwards proceedec 200 miles furthor south to a place called Paral, whither the State Government had fled, the Mexicans fearing that he was -about to penetrate the State of Durango. If the report is correct that he was about to join General Traylor, he will have travelled -with his. command upwahl el -4000 miles. A Dissagrcebla Joke.-The N. Y. Sur sys that a .lady residing . in Portland, Maine, and expecting alarge ..company to -tea sent for a qualitj of cream 'of t artar to raise her biscuits. By mistake tartar emelic wasgot. -Tho-!bjiscuits were beautifully light, and~the gtieists ate,,heartiy,. one la~dy xlaiming there: .never-was anything se ice' The meal was hardly over when the emette began to work, andj(entlemen ad ladies fell-to vomiting with might anJ nain. One of the gerits, a very a'man, naitnig he was poisotned, sent for a doe ,-hut before that functionary arrived the liedcine'had taken another course,.leavitt t r;patient in as bad a condition as a clean I ijprson could well imagine. -The cause if'hhsvosper as soon dtsco'bered, and ihi ptyr signed a "total abstinence from bo biggit" pledge, for six monthi.-~. t .1 0-Orteanit.Thbe dlta f Tuesday, the25th, siys "'"Theies waecleareds'from this .port yesterday. 3200 bles ~cotton" 5686 bbls. flour, 11,087 sacks corn and29 917 sacks wheat. The exportsof flour and I grain this season already far'exceed the trial exports of last year aod it aisfeared. i that the supply for the E'oming stimer will be hardly: suicieti fotheyhome consumption. At' any rate, prce 'will t undoubtedly rule high.,. List year;,ai this time, the best flour was-worth -S4 6ber bbl. -now 87. per bbl. 'Priuie wheat, which t last May' hold at,60 cents, now brings 1. 3.5 per bushel. The hest corn is now a worth 70 to 80 eints-last -May' 32 to 39 cents per bushel. Movements of' Truops.-Company ., 12th Regt. U. S. troops,' numbering 1:0 strong, rank and file, under command of Capt. J W. Clark, arrived on Saturday last, in the steamer C. Vanderbilt ; and r Lieute. Jqnes, Wheeden, and' Cantwell, with 74 privates. also reached; here yester t day, in the steamer Gov. Dudley, - These' men,iwe understand, have been recruited in North Carolina. They are at present' I at Fort Moultrie, waiting a conveyance to carry them to the seat of war.-Charleston, I Courier. Correspondence of the Courier. I WASaIwe-roN, May 27. Major Hobbie,First Assistant Pust Mas ter General, will go out in the steamer Washington, on her first trip to South i ampton and -Bremen, with a view to'per fect the system of foreign mail service, by noticing its defects and the means of ex tending its benefits. He is also charged with an arrangement fira uniform international postagesystem, bylwhich letters, from and to interior towns in England and some continental coun tries, may pass direct from the place of deposite to the place of destitution, pre paid, at a certain reciprocal rate. Thus a letter from an interior town in Ireland or Germany may be paid through at the Post Office'were it is mailed ; or a letter from a town in this country to one in those coun tries. An account, being transmitted once a halfyear to the Genoral Post Office Establishment of each country. may be easily adjusted between them. Such a system will be of great geferal benefit to the people. The extent of our Post Office establish ment is truly surprising, far exceeding, that of auy other country. There are now seventeen thousand Post Offices in the United States. Tidings,and very mournful ones,have at length been received of father Roy, the Catholic Priest of this District, who, with father M'Elroy, was-sernt to Mexico as Chaplains to Gen. Taylor's army. It was sopposed that they would be useful in con vincing the Mexicans, especially through their clergy, that We respected their reli gion.. Bishop Hughes was consulted upon the subject and advised the measure.' The' movement turned out to be iseless for'any purpose of conciliation, anl father M'Elroys is about to return im.; Father- Roys mysleriouslydissappeared. ;huthis fateis= now revealed A etteffrem .Monterey; has been received bgyeh (tbeli epriest while travelling n'cp ppaffiyliisivera' A merican ,-fel'snweithja; party; o anch;. eros,'~who .nmurdorned them .all..,near,the, place called Marin.'Some days afteraarids, some 'Mexicans at Marine heard that a priest had :been killed amnong. their men, and they searched for and identified the .re ntains, 'and conveyed them to Mario,. where they were honored with religious rites and a public funeral. Gen. Scott has, no doubt, received such Iinstructions by Mr- Trist as will aid him in arrang'ng preliminaries of peace-with Mexico. It is not now expected at iie War Department that Gen. Scott willi reach the City of Mexico before he has been donsiderably reinforced. The next news from Vera Cruz is dreaded, least sickness shall have become destructively prevalent among our troups.. Judge Boyle.-The enmmittee of the Louisiana Legislature, after investigating the charges against Judge Boyle, recom mended the~adoption of the following pre amble and resoltution: "Whereas, the Hon, Wim. D. Boyle. Judge of the Seventh Judicial District of the State of Louisiaan conceals his pro Iperty from his creditors-sougtht to try a Isuit in which he had a direct interest, and is not a citizen of the United States Therefore. "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of .Louisi ana, in General Assembly convened, t bree fourths of the members of each House present assenting to the same, That the Governor of the State be and he is hereby required to remove Win, D. Boyle from the office of Judge of the Seventh Judicial District." Treasury Notes.-The following letter from Mr, Gillet, Register of the Treasury, settles 'the gaestion as to the payment of interest'on Treasury Notes: TRaicsuR DEPAkTMENT, Register's Qilice, May 18, 1847. The interest on six per' cent Treasury Notes, issued under the act of the 28th of January last which run two years, will be paid semi-annually, on the first days of July and January; but it is not likely that any interest less an entire half year will be paid on such notes, so that the .first payment of interest will probably he on the first day, of January, 1848. The. point, however, is not finally decided. I am, Sir, very resp't, Your obd't servant, ~F. H GILLET. A Noble .Donation.-The chairman' of the New York Irish Relief Committee has received the followving letter enelosing the manifient-'donarion of which is speaks from the well known Washington bankers,. whose names are appended- to it. The I ift is one which. will be appreciated .nd fully rewvjsrded WasearsaToe, May 23. Dear Sir-We deeply regret to, hear from Ireland thaat famine is still continuing there its Work of (loath. Feeling it a duay to aid in alleviatingthis dreadfd1 esintyj ~we herein transmit~ge1housadid'elldria shifer distributie6atle way"to effect tie {greale {.1o t - the suferin po r. " Your a;ep CORCQ To -dd 'Va manort e Ii ush e York . : IIH -- 1 VsEDNKsD --JIJlI~tg To our Patros. Ater --- and threats of what wewou do to raise the -=' heed our' entreaties andjreats~n of our delinquentAsubsoriber we o liberty ofintroducing t4 thegnae% THOMAS, whomwehave auio let all debts due the offieh c a his hands, in such manner as hefnds visable, his receipt at all tim Having been force4.to employ he named gentleman to 'ollect (or us, centage, we feel assuredethat ourt scribers cai.fnd no cause or comp at insisting upon the terms of .he h'ave waited, at leastewithra porti untilj our patience has worn, like o' ments, nearly thread-bare.-Our cri Is " Mloney!--rhey mnust..Aas --~ are therefore forced to.close.np on call upon those, who have fed uswi for two, three, or four years for ?M Money we must have.,. We return our hearty thanksttoiW patrons, of which,.fort:(nately.for.us goodly number, who punctually call -pon at least once a year, and settle their acc thereby saving us the.trouble, andtls the mortiEcation of beingpublidgdmeity It" The Court of Equity commsneo; session, at this place.on Monday mat, ce llor Job Johnson, presiding. , Ezecution of a Slase.-The negropaq recently murdered a servant..wejnan, perty of Mrs. Patterson, .residing an tis trict; after undergoing .a trial, wasso to thegIallows, and was acordingJ, by I riday last., <,,. T2a JA eather. For some commencement of June, thsweaaeaJs warm enough,, the -thermome,' I The leasgher o lat the i mnd lhave ever u er di~idulfy n.doring, a rr ~P bef p wend' tael y a urkey a ee e ed to see the fiourishiai~ ed$ tin some plantations thedr' eitn~ wvere ~very promiising: njik ry mentioned above, theis~ an abundant harvestr "--O * K Ezportationa of Breaid Stufs.-Froin ments which have been publashedfitW taned by pbb4ive returns' fronita H ouses, that the'aiwsqnt of 4ertidfem United Steaes, betwee e ist of 8S~pt 1846, anid the 10th of A pri , was oe' lion four hundred and twett tos barrel. of flour; three hundred anii o sand barrela or Indian corn meal;tone 5 foaar hundred and ten thousand-bsLs wheat, and eighat anillaons a~nd a half-buieuo~ Indian corn. These aiticles, at is said, or amount, at the shipping p'rices td-nai ve y millions of dollars. ~ amuel- Weir ofLAr-SouthernCAronidas regret to lear-n;'thatdiamareidieirieoilit Sothern -Chronmele, published -at Co2 S. C., is quite all,and that his recovery asdi ful. Mr. Wiersuastains thecharacter oent bl ditor, an honest man, and a feadless wi Mr. Wfalker -The N. York Herald~ igon correspondent of the 2|ithiult,,'ai. .Mr. Secretary Walker, we are soryft as lost'so far the use of-his powem'',oE from long continued -excessive Iaor ly to be able to artmculate distincdtiwh expressions. We trust tht hellii elf that repose so essential to li.~ and without wich he cannot expect - T7as Magnetic Tegraapl. -Wd'h a~ tated, that there is already one .thousae undred and seventy-fiv a mileso K' T'elegraph wires,.completed, anis o~ n the United States, wlhilst ihere arnu five thousand miles under contract nlp efotcnnastruction Whenathe Iattera~5 ledd there will be more:.thandith? lie hundred males Telegrapshmirae ng th' niet'distat parIts,sbi he length and breadth ofduF5t r han two year w e Ibelieve -a~ heflrst magnetieglegrap - in.. In all. prob'abtlity, in ,--T~ f tiine,every impnrtaoi poiatpd e connected by the ea T Ae Teligrapi is Tarke A ss er says, that the Snitaa#TtrkO etly sent to NiewYork i o ' l'elegraph,~ ~niiins d ousng it, nduister to Bali Cbarge to Pa gont r and afe