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sir F ro tit aiwno& Daily g'ews. - - s 1 THF PE-PE. 'eb frtit6rorisofb'uriexchanges, ' ' ' v. forlo*ing hroological'able of events connected with the commencemel&.. of aottliiieswirilMexic6' cohpille'from Y~ rt,, lcial documents &E, fda<: . 1845.-The resolutionannex-. '~"'- ~ ~f Ti~ 'th United, States erd pipr'oved by Pesidel T yler, - and a-n j seger. despatched, (two nays Sbfo rei-re f ngUrtiou- of President Polk,) cnoyiw; them to the Texas govern , g Marce&e6x 84 - x Mexican minister, : Almonet eidi tWashiigto cty, prtested' aainsthe' proceeding, demand=. ed hispassports i.a. menacing, manner, " and went -homer. to-be minister -of war ?:gainst us. ? 1845.-Instructions were issued N , Eby Mr. Buchnaun, our Secretary of State, - to Mr. Black, the American consul at the ity of Mexico, *?to ascertain from the ' Meixican government whetber ibey would *-:eceivgan envoy' from the U. States, n truisteil with full power to adjust all the 4questions between the two goverinents. ! Octoher 15, 1845.-The Mexican go verdment,9btrough her Secretary of State, : trT Pea~y Pena, agreed to "receive a m iister frbm the U. States in the capital ' - 'o(eziego with full power from his go - x ernment to settle the dispute in a peace '4"able; anner." ov. 10, 845.-The Hon. John Slidell ' was commissioned as such envoy. He tlded tVera Cruz on the 30th of the game month. Dec. 6, 1845.-Mr. SlidelI arrived at = the cit;of Mexico, and on the 8th of the month ainounced his mission; the Mexican ySecretary of State, in the meantime, ob *eeted to him, asking "what he had come or and "who be could be?" - Dec. 20, 1845.-Mr. Slidell's mission as annulled by an official note front the rte; W ieilcan Secretary, requiring him to pro. duce special powers, ad hoc. for the Texas question alone. On the 20th of Jaunary ' ..... r: Slidell retired to Jalapa. - . Dec. 23, 1845.--The government of ':fHerrera was overthrown, and Gen. Pa ,.r' r - ades, a military usurper, succeeded to power, on a promise that his advent should - be the recovery of Texas by force. Marsh 1, 1846.-Mr. Slidell, from Ja -p.lapa, repeated the proffer: of peace to the 4new Mexican Secretary of State, Mr. -*Castillo y Lanzas, adding that the Presi. rdeet was sincerely desirous of preserving peace between the two governments. March 12. 1846.-Mr Castillo y Lan - -'r; "xsa rejected-Mr. Slidell, .and on the 21st ^ of the month sent him his passports, and S oon after he returned to the United States. ViO.'4' 1845.-Gen. Taylor, in an 0i161 letter to the War Department, sugeited the propriety of "taking 'posses ou.eat oce, of one or two suitable points or6quite near the Rio Grande." " s 3, 1846.--There months af - rwardsunetruCtiotls were issued toGen. - toiicupy.the east' side of the Rio 'de;;lj iitorefrainfrotfl anyact of eiagainst Mexico anid to regard ft. - wgoverdsynts as alti eit a lo'trtrseydes im: undoubtedinfp. oration had been ; e w ed thiat Mei.co" had .been raising -s j~ for~theaVOWspurpose of carrying ~ ~ awrwith the'United states) Mare If, 1S46.-Gen...Taylor,. with yleft Corpus Christi, ons the toest deitheNuieCes,'end arrived at Brazos. Sasiago, March 28th. G~en.-r Taylor found an armyof 2,090 -Mexians'solliers ahreadydassemblelat"Matadioros -under C tio comnand of Gee. Arista. Y ' Ap"L11, 1846-Gen. Ampudia arrived t~amoros superseding Arista in coin ~ad, accompanied by 200 cavulty, fol oedby a reinforcement of 2,000 more April 12.-Amnpudia ordered Taylor to tireik up his cfnp within 21 hours, and retire beyond the Nueces, or he would at ;ackbhim. At the same time aill Amor icani, atid our consul, were drivd~ from Matamnoros. Apri:23,-Gen. Paredes issue:l his wnr - ~~-:-r i~iit'eto against the United St atus, anid sent additional military forcos to the Rio Grande. -A priL 24.-large body of Mexican troops, - bich had .previously crossed thu Rio Grande. into Texas, attacked Captain -Thor-nton's commnd, killed and wouded 4 16, and captured the remainder. Previous -ly to this they had brutally murdered Col.CUross. Also Lieutenant Porter and one of his men who went out in search of '- r Cosg, were fired upon and killed. ,.Api28.-Captain Walker and 24 men swer'e asiacked on .their way from -Point * -Isabel to Gen. Taylo's camp, arid six of 5hisnmen liilled. anda numnber of the Mex Scans killed and wounded. May 8th and 9th.- -The battles of Palo Alo andl Resaca de Ia Palma were fought 1'exas. Mayi 12.-The President sent in his mes sage, recommending the recognition of ~ the war; and on the th, Congress de -clared the war is exist by the act of Mex zce, and authorized the President to pro s~ecuteit to a speedy and honorable con ah~sthings should be remembered; '- tojusify the course of Mexico, it -.~ sould be reminded of them. Neological Facts.-Someo twenty or thirty feete :below the level of the plain nronutd.-Richmond, Virginia, occurs one of he mosd remnerkablo deposities -in this -country,'or in any.country. The -place in * -wbihige have found it most fully devel op'ed is wheireithe small brook at the east - elgliitnd-on the north side of Clay-street - -leiliiss 'nto Shockee Creek. On they t - bauk of hat'brook will be seen a stratum * ,iden feet thick, which moat - ki~~i 'all *rhito clay; but Pro siir'-- or-il. Regeren' of the University, ~ th ~Ip eologist,) has ascertainied thant ~-~- t immatdi almost entirely of the skele bTiliso - rec -infusoria-that is, i jc ,: afsi,Th'esi jikeletonsa o-6nsstttgi afeinee~itably small; -soghrsch ne~bt flh of 'this infusorial *eatheoaih et1ytihubSand milliorus of eig !\ LHow inco~ibyumeous, poIjsit t ci~eI great interest among the lebroed naturalists of Europe as well as- of our own.country. and heuceforth none of then will: visit Richmond w ithout'searchingat once for this deposite: Professor Eliren berg, of Prussia, the most emineutsof liv-. ing-microscopists, has examined specimeis; from this place, and discovered at leasts onedtuhdred and thirty species.([-state from recollection only) of these minutes of animals ii them To discuver. them in this almost impalpable dust, requires. a powe.ful microscope; and doubtless, there fore, many who look at specimens with the :oaked eye will.be very incredulous as to these statements. But they are con sidered as established facts-by the scientific world. -: * ,This-substacce may be distinguished from clay, by being much lighter -when dry.-- It is not, indeed, much heavier than magnesia, when pure. In other parts of the world it is somietimes used for polish ing powder. From a slight trial, 1, judge that the Richmond deposite would answer the same purpose. Beneath the infusorial deposit is a greenish or bluish clay, containing nume rous sea-shells, or rather casts and moulds of them, with sharks' teeth, &c.; but those although of deep :nterest to geologists, will not excite much attention from others. It can hardly he doubted that, when this region was covered by the ocean, the wa ters swarmed with microscopic. animal cult, whose skeletons as the animals-died, dropped to the bottom, and in the course of ages acculated prodigiously. But when we recollect how astonishingly fast tney multiply, we need not suppose many centuries necessary-to produce even this extraordinary thickness.-Chris.,Watch man. Forty Sir Days on the Ice.-Captain Allen. of the ship Albion, from Greenock fur Quebec, thus describes his adventures in the ice last April and May, in a letter in the Montreal Herald of the 9th inst : "To my great mortification we again fell in with the ice above Cape Ray, and on the 26th, the wind coming round from SSW, we got suck fast-the Belleisie and Erromanga both in company. We were dragged lb thu ice along the coast of New foundland, nearly as far as the Straits of Belleisle, and remained fast, driven about L'y every wind, until the 24th of -Ma-y, when a gale of south wind -having loosened the ice, we got into clear water, after having been detained in it forty six days. The Erromange got away on the' 15th, and the Bellisle on the 19th. We were frozen into a solid field, and while we were in the ice there never was'a break near us. The ice turned us twice round the compass, and for twenty' eight days there never was a man at our wheel.' "The ship ivas so fast bound that the ruddsr'Would noidmtove,-'We made three attempts at cutting out, and -you may conceive how thick the ice was, when I ention that, after.all.hands had been at work for- threes entire, days, they only managed to-cut seven feet.. 'The weather asto cold Iowas-afraid-they wopld-all be aid'up;-'they were 'wet ieortirnie. 'd we' were a'elength'cormpelled to aban . thewok'inde air.t caannsotaense into the ice, as evtrytbing -was' done for he best and when. the wind came from' the i W ondthef26th of 'April%e were in the heavy s'well' within haif a mile of clear water, and if we had accomplished that half mile,we would have been shrotugh all the ice, as two men wvho came on bard of us from a sealing schooner the day after, told 'is they had come from Byron Island,'and saw no ice till they came to the field they were fast in. I hope-to~get to Quebec to-morrow,' and will proceed to Montreal without delay. John Wadleighs's Trial for Sleeping in Meetine. Jstice Winslow-What do you know about John Wadleight's sleepiag in. mee tiness-know all about it; 'taint no secret, I guess. Jusice.-Then tell us all aibout it; that's just what we waut to kniow. Witness.-(scratchin~g his head.)-WeIl, the long and the short of it is John WVad leigh is a hard working man; that is, he works mighty hard doing nothing; and that's the hardest work there is done. It will make a feller sleep quicker than pop py-leaves. So it stands to reason that Wadleigh would naterally be a very sleepy sort of person. 'Well the weather is sometimes naterally considerable warm, and Parson Moody's sermons is some times rather heavy-like. -Stnp, stop!" said Justice Winslow. "No reflectios upon Parson lSloody; that is not what you were called here for." W'itnss.-[ don't cast no reflections on Parson Mtoody. 1 was only telling what I know about John Wadleigh's sleeping in meeting; and it's my opinion, especially in warm weather, that sarmous that are heavy-like, and two hous long, naterally have a tendency "Stop, stop ! I saty," said Squire Win low; "if you repeat ainy of ihese reflec tions on Parson Mloody again. I'll commit you to the ca~e for cotemapt of the court." Winess.-1 tdon't cast no reflectitins on Parson Moody. I was only telling what I know about John Wadleigh's sleeping in meeting. Squire Winslow.-Well, go on, and tell us l about that. You wern't called here to testify about Parson Moody. JWitness.-That's what I am trying to do, if you wouldn't keep putting 'me out. And it's my opinion, in warm weather, folks is considerable apt t'o sleep in meet ing; especially when the sarmon-I moan aspecially where they get pretty tired. I know I find is pretty tired. I know I find. it pretty' hard work to get by seventhly and eighthly itn the sarmon myself; but if I once get by there, I generally get imto a kind of a waking train again and make out to, weather is.' But it is'nt so with Wadleigh; I've generally noticed that if he' egins to gape' at seventhly and' eighthbly, it's a gone goose with him before he- gets through tenthly, and' hiet has to look out' or another prop for his head somewhere, 'for his neck is'nt stiff' enough to hold it up: AAnd from tenthly up to sixteenthly he's as "dead as a door nail, till the. amen- brings 'the people ,upsto prayers,'1tnd:'-.Wadleigh omeR....mith-.arkaiU5L luke ondninega ;saita t ,g son, of lit- ; 'atn; egintnencedpajtsew W~o t China, thie st C the American Board" J. describes "te coup beautifulhand th8-p _ cessibl, . The:authurjuega i hi mission;a nc'impose intercouse with-.the> t butesin jiaiti.toihi +nla mented Dr- Abeel,'i= in the coqueiionof\. ii there. TliegwalIs f in circumferenceI a contain, withstheasui al itants-the Chinese a Johnson.appeals to a hropy of ydukingmien1 sing among them;tbeel 1a of the Gospel. Dr iBidg . an ton, gives -a most revolt Erse iety in -that city.--He" jgros sins, ascribed by Paubi ' 'szn beathenism; are rife..te ttrus are purchased at a biglis drson held- in duress are:ofle . 'wo thousand were lying-inai tijails and a few. days-previous e of hi letter, 41 persons .wer _ at on place in one day-and ca shmen is-daily inflicted.:.- a' ' he New York Gaz es th proceedings in Charlesto of MV Webster, and-accompani ".thes rearks.: -- "They are an-honor-to ted and to the country. Node bu emen ii the best sense of .the te u hav thought and doue;and--s at ap pears. A more eutresa * canno exist than that presented Ye faks-o South Carolina and Ma 'i yEv ery sort of. collisiion:tha ) con flicting interests, irrecon nicple cn produce,s has -occut con stantly occurring.betwee. . Thei public men an the.nation etle ar: specially and steadil}pit" srteac) other. Both States prod gts any their wars tare - mighty. 'warrior (unlike those generally fro - States are trained-educatedto de-ant are steadily, trusted- -an oried. b: those who. send themfort eir con ficts, are constant and le;.:=an now when - Massachuse distia guished chief andvate roacbe South. Carolina with-a-w ' meet no sullen reception-no. sty-n scowling safeguard bu hd~ haud and homes. are.open,; an for chi welcome. "We will prononnce' whe such high .and noble his i manifested.,- . "With all-their, .qu Gat rolina .and ,,Massaclt fund, each other,. and-all4 - oud. them both. Interesting' Inte Orleans B-icaynneih d Gentyr-a;S~anta 1at rind ja fthitt eres Mr. (* states~thaitla r 4O w enego t the pac ~egagi d e force had orders tore city on the-road%? advance. --~. The address ofrthe cle -3n Lui inciting the peoplei ti ~ ar hi had but little effect thee nope. else where. -So fapatica1.ljr -eclerg become that some fe v ~ e.place themsel~es at the lieslF ~ a partic raised in the vicinity o c& Mr. G. also stat'esa th ipople < Zacatecas'entertain eel. i riendl caracter towa'rds the ~ans, sit when it was expected t en. J1ayk wouldmarch upon them~ -oe ft his arrival with anixiety, candt alpubli festival a prominent *cten,.ga.ve- as toast :"Snecess to Geli. o~lr. and aIh A merican -army" Mr ~. learne from Gen. Taylor thatCt ~ i anientin~ o advance upon Sa'.inLutajui bout th middle of Joly, if rejnror~~~, Diffculty withs Braziluhe Wahing toin correspondent of tbheow York Joui nel o fiCommaerce has beejghtIy nrormei the United States Gover enti~s on -ill eve of a serious iifficul'tligrazil. .H says he has heard- and en ienbough I convince him that .the p'Ea innitr tion is assuming-a tone qt nilence an menace towards the Guo'J Nii;,f Rraz that will of course leay rttir-I the prevenio of com' ' ~in irourst and, in due course ofi .~o H e say further, ;horthe prnnecfo1rst Gen. Scott's pirochimaii sjpytringl to Brazil ; but thet th bdog officii paper advocated, at rincpisCpli going far beyond the s j1inifesti and pointing to'the dtt ~ ~owe I our principles, and to' tfeassin oblige tions assumed bythts d'iinf82 to extend and establis I'sdfornm government nveri she 'I~~f-Aier The NationalIitslge ~ 1if ed think that riisre'is~ -- d~~rlsiiin otn the stijdai, ro~i: Snrl; believed, six mdi . . iforituu ate difference aif ,I~I .n 0eio officre and ihs&Gii fl it had been ha tibi'st6iil a Wnihih heard of nonasi$ilb a d silliY4 t ground- of' fortis.ej 6'tili Lhe report~eha'l&Ib fzWIf t -be true, ii diusi triif e l~a an unhappy ~is ?9 -1 af th Brzla GOV ina 2n its arctdfridnil wth United Stee1' Henry J. Levyk ibelU Agehi t the Brazes gtvesa, no d essary thal peruoid et~u arg2: hold~beariita injdsoute y.necessary that~t gwen (a,nd division sel~a s crrect triitlsmrisst Ly ry 5l ers. - Santal I do From t,Su. Caroilirau. rint rs TO TilELATE" SAMUVL VEYIa. At anmeeting of the Printers of Colum jia, iheld on Saturday evening, the 12th; astant, to pay a tribute ofr espect to :the neniury of Mr. Samuel Weir, Mr R. A VlcKnighr, was called to the-chair, and L. ?. Ashby, requested to -ct as Secretary. !'be object of the meeting having beeunex >lained, tue .following Panamble.iand .Reso utions, were unanimously adopted. Whereas, it has'pleased an all wise.aid nerciful Providence, 'turemove from our .ommunity, one of its mst usefulbciti ens, one who always pursued an upright md independent course, and uever-shrunk~ 'rom self sacrifice, when it was to benefit he community or even a fellow mortal we, tbe4erinters of Columbia, have assem >led to express our regret for the loss-eur -espectfor the character, and.our love of .he memory of our beloved. Craftsman., i1r. Samuel Weir, who was an honor to is profession, and a benefactor to all who tood in need of his aid. 'Therefore resolved, 1. That in the death of Mr. Weir. his elatious and'frionds and society at large, tave sustained no-ordinary loss. 2. That we deeply sympathize with the amily and friends of the deceased in this heir sad bereavement; but sincerely hope hat their loss is his gain. 3. That a copy of this Preamble and esolutions be remitted to the relations of he deceased. 4. That they be published in the papers if this town, and that the papers through tut this State, and the State of Pennsyl raia, be requested to copy them, R. A. McKNIGHT, Chairman. L. P. AssaY, Sectotary. MASONIC. Whereas, in the inscrutable dispensa-. ion of a kind and merciful God, ;death is again been permitted to invade our 'Mystic Union,"'and our much beloved ad esteemed brother, Samuel Weir, has eceived a summons to appear before the Supreme Architect of the Universe, there .o be tried by the "plutnb-line of truth and ove." We his brethren, who have so well known him, in one of the most intinate -elations which can bind man to his fellow nan in society, would hereby testify to the nany virtues which adorned his life, Be it therefore, Resolved, That in the death of brother Samuel Weir, our order has lost a valua ble member; and the divine principle of charity, which is the cement of our union, an ardent friend. Resolved, That as a citizen of-the State, and the conductor of an indepenlent press, his talents and energies, were at all times devoted to- the true interests of the Union, but more -especially to South Carolina, and-the Southern States. - That as .a citi sen of our town. he constantly labored for' the onward march of all her citizens in vir tu intelligence and wealth. Resolved, That to- all the relations of the deceased, but more espedially to the daughter,-he soaamuchaloved, andcwbo so devotedlyattended him iashis last sickness, we begto.present.ourideepest sorrow;'for. e" rieparable Juss the ~ have !ut 'ed. .&ive, ? tt ist dangbter ivil-.ever find's friendiand brother-'in tinembers of oor order;: an'd should occasioti hereaf ter require it,.she. ill ilwlijs tod di m ready to aid and protect her. - Resolved That the afermbers of this Lodge, ann all the brethren of the town, be requested to wearcrape on the left arm, for the space of thirty days. Resolved, That the above preamble and resolutions be published in the papers of ourtowti, and that a copy be sent to ttie daughter of our deceased brother. E~xtracts frotm the Minutes of the Lodge; Juno 10th, 1847. E. Y. YOUNG, Secretary. Horrid Tragedy.-Since our paper wont to proe on yesterday vyening, we learn that an altercation too place in the town of Gainesville on yesterday, in which Col. Johin Authony Winston shot Dr. Sidney S. Perry with a shot gun. We understand Dr. Perry survived but a few hour.-We have heard somethiing of' the particulars hut not in a shape to give thetm to our readers. Col. Winston surrendered to an officer, and the tmatteriwill of course undergo a judicial investigation-. Sumter Whig, 8th inst. The Wilmington (N. C.) Journal of Friday states that it is currently reported that a numtaer of Bosfon capitalists are now in North Carolina for the pnrpose of completing negotiations for the building of Rail Road from Raleigh to Columbia or Camden, South Carolia. As preparato ry to this step, the said rumor says that these gentlemen have already purchased the Portsimouth nnd Roanoke Railroad, nd that they intend to purchase the Ra leigb and Gaston Railroad now the pro perty of the State of North Carolina. Army Reinforcement.-The Washing ton Union says, that the measures adopted by the Governinent to send forward rein orcments to replace the twvelve months' volunteers withdrawn from the army under the imnmedlate orders of Gen. Scott,. have been very successful; and that, although the twelve months' troops haveleft the eat of war some weeks before the expira ion of their term, their places will soon be npplied by other troops. It is calculated at nearly .7000 regulars, old and new re iments, will soon reinforce the main army taVera Cruz-of which between 2.000 mn.l 3,000 doubtless have arrived. at Vera )ru in all April and May; and, of the esidue, a large Proportion will reach that lace:, it is supposed, by the middle of lune. In the English prices current, the reader requently finds wheat qttoted at so many uhillings "per quarter," a term which all lo not comprehend, . T1he followving ex planation, which we Gond in anothei jour-. aal, may be to such persons not ufntte esting ;-"A quarter of wheat is anEl ish measure of eight standard bushels. If, herefore, one sees wsheat quoted at 56 hillings, it is- 7 shillings a bushel. A iilling is 225 cts,, multiply by 7, ad we nve $l,57& cents per bushel,' fr. e hict Th getea than,~rr~ shades l-j compnie and si e at - The WarDep ir n ou eforts-to-e-nfir'4 put hiini1 ) city of Mexico.. 21tho-ut lay. - By the enlofl~ii have some. thirteen thousani -- told) under bis'icornuia. then to march tthi capt session of that -.city -has,: ee by the Presidenf, t k indeed indispensable -objel. -~ ago, - the President dec ac belief, Geneial Scot$ wa ment, in thecity of -.M iic been more disappot n r is' not so. -= It is unfortunate that G r -o not in such force as to~enakble. low up the viciorIeii f- -" Cerro Gordo, by malehiugtt i capital.' It wouldhavstmade " - sion favorable to a.,epeed ti would have.prevented.sgo e moist now soon take place Notwithsaing ale ;n oa trary, General Taylor is oat ti reinforced to suc li ext'en ali him to march to San LuisdaePa is probably, - in" a weaker conlat _lb such an enterprise, than he hasevere since the capture of .Monterep=E San Luis balbeenrevacuatediby tb iary, he will have. no oppositjeon ibr He will doubtless moyeg:a . forces he may have, as soon as btain the necessaryzmeans oftt -qp Lion. Arrangements ha e.beend e the northern towns, for', the receo the President. It is tio..said riere he will. take this -northertt " He begins to feel,' e'ry menshb pressive burden official doie i..i. and responsibilities, aud Irotirj reiterates has solemn vow neve"i-a p the statioriaain.*HeEdeer it is said, that heswouldvgive'anyJ o consideration for three weeks'r -d of.his present labor and anxiety: Mr. Polk did not expeet,cle into office, so uneasy pos4 ioign.H tainly anticipated- no foreign . __ least of alla war thatw,illeontina, his administration,.and perhba successor so, rom g n Coff adre ii , All;ourdifficulties 'iihB happy ' ajstied omein, . ster,which pr1.AJ was lately- rnoredi Brazil had- eiaMd a ;fe disavow the'co '&W' eTi, -- be avow the-conciliatory - -r of the Gaedi'lt and unvr lyp of the Government o Brazi Msa s~ enent, if theregwero igndsn?1 oundation fortsuchi atue consider it an unhappy .augq~ya4qJ disposition o[.the. Brazilian' Goa z to maintain, on its par,teJ( a tions, with the Unitedl Sta&es, bitherts been so happfltlifd' his mission tothis~counrgQ"> Gen. Patterson gives, it seem et fattering account oafthsfe p and prospective, of thbeci~ims V ma Cruz, under the American' :ai %!I estmaces dhe revenue.3 forethoe o Mlay at thiree hundred.:thoiusan idl At this rate ?,r.iWalker's pi'edc s it specie will soon flowfom aeot o Orleans and:ewYloraay u The modiflcitions o hf t o merchants undog~'h'r are assured of protecti~' 4i a in case of a peace. The weather continues to bo'ol a ungenin. A case of shipjfieesa ocu Fairfax county. Virginia. A put. * went, from that county to ~ttarre a few days, otrals'ebiuttsin.ni seized with it upon hiase''Tb'8 ease is now:admitted toybe~couat least to some'extett . 'i Raleigh& RaiLRa2Wereto n from relib2aliihiij, thaegola o for the purchase -and extenti o leigh Railroad to the North Carolio lary, are now in progress.:Pma rom a wealthy Eastern" Compan vib been entertained by liis-Governo of ister State, and there is no donb bld th purchase will be madegtande. min beyond.Ra1'eigh.ecommren-e~e as a .favorable .responsejS rsceLd South .Carolina, .:o~ rmeetonth near C.heraw..I ;.e.wiltigreco~ee a Charter for a Road on .thm'is grated by our last Lejislatiro mot be as well for Canmdisani to turn theirnutention inithetdu and by co-operating with~eawlie any cause of contest with Coin1f Charlotte terminus -Chi'sa Famine ini our Obn coun~T&% yaw Observer- ssysitaabberlR -- mome neighborhoods kefGeotgoii trit, has decreased wtwo rc - in the last aten yeasoec destution of the comfzorti~ Imrrovement'in~ar~ therehas-lee- Igiaii Omnbuses. hch - [nda Tubbter-u~~tu roe ih heel 1ther te eon ad thee- Puesident- e nWahia~tojs Union- sometime since, con ! taie a,. editorial article. proposing' to EFi geqestethe church revenues'.' of Mex gcogThe papers of the:opposition ever on -tha ikdkout for something whicb maybe Os iused agaisitH he Adminnistration. knowing the odium which such a proposition would aakeninthetnitidsot-the. moral portion dfetheNtderican ieople; at. once' seized l ioldl of it, andiproceeded to denouuce the I l-pr6jectirn thiijtrongesierms, calling down Ithe-'execrations-of- -the country upon the i Preeident. and his *Cabiuet for entertaing i apurpoie:so unjust and unwise: The fact ofthe case, however, turns out to be the confession of the Union, in a subsequent A nsber tharthe article in question was 1 published not only-without the knowledge of the President- or any member of his I cabinet, but is "opposed to the sentiment of one and all of them." ::Circumstances like this, to say nothing tof others; Eery- different in their nature, I showhow sadly unfortunate for the pop r ularity and strength of-the Administration, s has been its supposed connected with the Washington Union as its organ. Mr. Polk -has labored beyond all doubt with entire singleness of purpose for the good of' the -country, which he has been called to gov ern. That he may have erred we do not t pretend to deny-for who amid the un precede.ated difficulties which- have sur -rounded his position. could have been sure ofalways going right? That he has t labored- with 'all fidelity, for the nation's welfare, and is deserving of the nation's t I gratitude,. we- most truly believe. .rAny - want of popularity which the late elec t. -ions would seem to indicate, should not . be attributed to him, but to others. We t hesitate to express the opinion, that it is I in a great measure owing to the baleful influence of the so called organ, that is to be: traced the apathy of a multitude of his friends.and the courage and confidence of I his foes. . In Virginia, where this editor's r influence is greatest, the late elections show that instead of one Whig member t i are now six; and that only about twenty I votes were wanting to havegiven the op- t s position two more. Does this fact signify ) nothing ?-Southern Journal. The President.-President Polk con - templates visiting New York in a few l.i days. - The New York Sun (a Neutral paper) s in some remarks thereon, observes: a "Measuring it by its relations and accom plishments,. the administration of James a. K.-Polk stands the most brilliant in our a. hisiory. It has strengthened our peace relations with every nation in the world save Mexico; and by its energy in prose as cuting the Mexican war, and. the efficien cy, heroism, and endurance it has com bined for that struggle, short as was the f time, and unprgpared as the country stood, f has resulted in a series of victories as un parralled in the annals of war as they-have been aatonisbing to the world. When was ,tihere;ever such altask,set and accomplish ei twelve months, by one man, moving ,atithe,iead of .the nation,? .. Our history and those. of other impires, .furnish no [ pralleoT I It welve.emonths an .army ched sand ;miles, aif;'ift- a tng wa is ercest. jodd lTlanting -the stars .and- stripes over a 50;000 square miles-of Mexicau-country, e tothe joy oflho'beter'part of ten niillions of oppressed Mrexicani people.' For this toil, ddvotion, 'and glory echieved, whiclr s -is to bear mightier fruits for the future, we ask thiat the President on visiting ouar city - may reeive a full welcome from the d grateful American heart.-He comes to us a from the south, the generous south, which has -just beein receiving a distinguished ,'statesman of the north with open arms; Sandilet it not be said we lack the courtesy & jenthusiasm dnze to the most illustrious r 'servants of the country. Our common r' councileshould prepare to receive him as e his high office and exalted services deserve. a Our cilizens should come out en masse, e 'aid hail him with a cheer that .shall in j 'vij;6rate his, henrt and reward him in part n for his sacrifice and t'oil. Let the fairest e -rosei wreathes be gathected, the gayest banners unfurled, and every suitalie pre parations malle to demonstrate that in honoring those who faithfully serve us, we know no parties nur oreeds." Lieut. Hunter about to be Rewarded. e. This officer,I notwithstanding the tart o reprimand of Comn. Perry, has been the .recipidnt, lately, of the kindest .attentions. r He arrived in Washington on the 14th i inst.- On the 16th he called upon the o Seeretary of the Navy, & was becomingly ,received. The correspondent of the Bal Stimore Sun says that Mr. Mason remons ntrated with him on. the impropriety of dis Sobseying oiders, bur informed hinm at the 1same time that as it writ teqin the Scrip a tu'es that "mnsn -shall dot separate what the Lord bath joined together," andi as o lirs. Hutnter is now at Florence, in Italy, .het would be compelled to send him to the , Mediter-ranean in command of one of the gvessels of thbe squadron which is shortly - to~be got ready. Lieutenant Hunter, adds thescorrespondent, will not be long in failing'in with the Unico, and ini suspend ing her crew from the yard-arms of his vessel. ~ -E legant Car peting for Ninepence (12& ~Cents) per Yard.- We called otr a friend, je other day, [and our attention was at ~tracted to what was apparently a canvass carpet, of very fine texture, of fresh colors and with a handsome border. .On inquiry we were surprissed to learn that it might :he' called homespun and that- it cost but a'binepence per square yard.' As no letters -patent baeleen takeni out for the inven-. tiona we give the direction as we receivedr eSe together strips of the cheapest hotncloth of the size of the room and eak the edgys to the floor. Then paper the cloth as you would the sides of the i rodtm, with'iiny sjort of room paper. The: !'atid&"ili be 'stronger if gum arabic be ixed 'with' it.' After being well dried1 tt ive jitw,- coats'of varnish and your car 6. pertis finished~ '.It can beo washed like canvass'41eai'ifts, ivithout' injury. Such -e edgrets'ofcourses will not bear the rough '~iasg 6f a litcen, hut in' chambers and sieinfro~mi'eur infcirmadt tells -us he heseen b'in, fter lieing qsed 'for two e a -