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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 -