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"'"Tlie friends of Major ABRAHAM
ONES;announce him as a candidate for
jheIegislature, to fill the vacancy occa
io ned bthe death of James S. Pope
The'fnends of JAMES SPANN, Esqr.
spectfull :announce him as a candidate for
offceof Tax Collector, atthe ensuing elec
7'" april14 if 12
S.... Thefriends ofWESLEY BODIE, an
.4 ouuce him as a candidate for the office of
.. Shetiff,.at the ensuing election.
'ebruary 24. tf 5
T9,hilolluwing gentIemenare announced
4byrbeir friends as candidates for the Office of
ax Collector, at the ensuing election: '
;ol. JOHN QUATTLEBUM,
. GEORGE I.-SHEPPARD,
EDMUND MORRIS.
SAMPSON B, MAYS,
r Lieut.JAMES B. ARRIS,
sMaj S. C. SCOTT, -
LE Vt . WILSON.%.
? gf',The following gentlemen are announced
by, heir friends as candidates for the office of
,at the ensuing election.
i C OHN HILL,
SJULIUS. BANKS, -
t L. COLEMAN.,
BADE WITH' OIRLESTON IN
- INDI:N O, N
egave Sueam a fe sdays ag
" a e nmDe " a1"ar set/com v..
a gr wera or
i amaand T e t-.them
e ' niion hh th ejiad
aro ttaid4Rilroads, and.oe a ,ma rket
t " oUb~est fod their lapisEttirf4
* tvstmilaibtmotives inrelatiozltouidia6i
Cara 'iwe now submit the ollowing.- pro
' t irsa accoont ofsales of 1293,bushels t-n
endaau Caorn. sipped io bulkby -.-, Ful-.
Soii county. l0inois, put in Sacks.,aiNew
-Orleas, consigned to .--, Boston.
845;.1-4
i une I5, sold 411 sacks, 1055 bu.:
; at 55 cts. $560 25
sold 60 sacks damaged,
123 bus. at 374 cts. .48 00
- sold 461 gunny sacks.
at 6 cis. . 28 81
Charges, 657 06
Freight on Illinois river
to St. Louis at 5cts. $64 65
Forwarding charges at .".
St Louis. 10.00
.'.Freighi from St. Louis
T to N.Orleans. 1293
s .: , bus. at 124 cents. 161.62
.1towarding to N. O. at -.
*ati.pbu. drayage, &,~**.
~labor 'siat2 cents ,.
~.per bus., J293 bus.,
'a:3cents, * 38 29
161 gunny bags at I2jc.
each, t:ine $2. 59 62
a~1stfacia en Illinois &
,Missssi'i rivers 887
at et,:. - 4 84. -
Feighta ~~on N. Or
lans. .Boston ut 14 ~
a tlper..ush.,and. 5
y.erct. nrmage. . 173590
-'Whrfage at Ie. pr. bu. . 5s91~
Jab'OL& jweighing 25 ..,
- e4.pWIr to 6 95
S:t:eduty on auction i.
.YasIper. Ct. . 6 33
'' .ar n strance from -~ ~lan ~ 1.0
abruse of Tarpau
,. lisadvertiuing, &c. 3 72
4ComminIsstn,2ipr. et. 16 4t.-563 55
- w..93 51
7 Huts'" Merchants Magazine .for July,
fowhich the foreoing is exiracted,.says:
'the ab'''s'ales are a fair average as re
gds res, freight, &c., in ordinary.
-,yas'If this is ihe case, surely the grow
eofontvhose lands lie. withia.striking
'-'distance of these great Southern.Railroads,
A uh t d remunerative return in this
mare for all the Corn they can, prod uce.
Wehave been requested'
~.guhis h following Advertisement;
sai to et~ bie written by a M~agistrate
i~hsStue fur-several years.+ Anderson
~ V~ NOTES Jnne 7.. 1847
hfirst ofmay tucke pe ai my
4'fAtray houg Barrer abo 1yerpld
ih a slit in each. yer,.and ondnr
yer blacks boug withb a .ifir
*Ii rniereis nother mnarkes'per
~ ~$ aetil Jnew well 16emenand
~ ~ l~ l proSead as thela
From the .Elgerstown.( Md.) Torch Light.
THE END OF THE TRAGEDY.
Never have we witnessed, within the
imits of our peaceful town, a deeper and
more general feeling ofconsternation, than
was exhibited on Friday evening last, up
an the announcement of the fact, that the
lifeless body of our highly esteemed fellow
citizen, James H. Kennedy, Esq., had
now been brought from Carlilse upon the
Franklin Railroad. On the evening pre.,
vious, the most flattering accounts of Mr.
K's.. condition had been received, and his
friends looked forward with confidence to
bis certain recovery ; when, in the midst
of these sanguine expectations, without
the slightest premonition, the arrival of
bis corpse, mute though eloquent, first an
ounaced the dreadful event.
As no post mortem examination of the
body was had, the definite and immediate
:ause of death remains enveloped in mys
tery, although no doubt is entertained eith
tr by his attending physicians or those of
>ur o .u place, that death was produced
)y the wounds inflicted during the recent
riot. On the evening preceeding his de
:ease, Mr. Kennedy was in unusually fine
spirits, and spoke of a decided improve
nent in has feelings. About three o'clock,
n the following morning, Mrs. K. ,was
troused by an impediment in the respira
:ion of the invalid. The physicians was
moediately called, and discovered that
he pulsation of the heart had, to all ap
)earances, ceased. An attempt was made
.o restore the circulation, by friction,. but it
ailed ; and in a few moments Mr. K. had
.eased to breathe. e
Thus died the victim of a lawless mob.
ae the.pursuit of his own property, one of
our most useful and respected citizens, en
tailing upon the community a loss from
which it will not soon recover, and upon
his own family; one, heart-rending and ir
reparable.
In the midst of this great calamity, it is,
however, gratifying to know, that the last
moments of the deceased were attended
y those who were nearest and dearest to
im in life-that every attention was m-in
stered to hi'm in his last moments-and
hat the heart-felt tears ofajwhole comnmu
ity, assembledto pay the last sad tribute
)f respect, have been copiously shed upon
is premature grave.
A duty, and a stern one too, is yet to be
performed-th'e ends of an inflexible justice.
sre-yet to be fulfilled, (or he guiltyaremam
WPM nishet.i. Jt "7S .
Pr sor aspock, 6ad o w a
santopin' se not, ani; We undertand .it
be:tried at the approaching i o the
QsaieSessiobst oftberlsdCounty
Court... We truet that ncither the' ijh
itaiton of the one,,uorjthe lbw'coilition of
the others,-will shielditjenifron the rigid
investigation of the law.,, iinnocent, they
deserve to have their innocence proclaim.
d in language that cannot be misunder
stood-if guilty, then should they, in the
beaviest-peisalty of the law atone for their
crme. The respected dead no longer
claims the interposition of an earthly court;
-but between the living and the guilty a
heavy account remains to be settled. So
ciety demands that an exanple should be
made, for its own sake-Maryland calls
upon her sister State for justice. We trust
that, no matter what may have been ou'
relative positions heretofore, that call will
not be unheeded.
From the Boston Courier.
MACHINE FOR TURNING STATUARY.
One of the most remarkable inventions
of the age is that of Mr. Thomas Blan
chard of Boston, for murning busts, in a
lathe. The art of turning cylinders, balls
and any thing of uniform circular form, in
common lathes, has long been.practised
by ordinary turners, and is familiar to eve
ry body. But the ideat of turning in a
lathe articles deviating frams appears, at
irst blush, preposterous and absurd. And
yet precisely such a machine has been
invnted for turning forms of .various
irregular shapes, such as gun barrels and
gun stocks, spokes of wheels aud shoe
lasts, wig blocks, tackle blocks, and last,
ot Ieast in importance, busts of the human
head 3 Machines for all these purpose have
been invented by Mr. Blanchard, and one
of' the latter descrip'tion is now ini full and
successful operation in Boston.
SThe process of casting busts in a mould
aftera model, has long been practiced, and
they may be produced of lead, brass, iron,
bronze, or any other maleable substance,
as readily as pewter spoons, or bullets,
may be cast in a monld. But the idea of
turning out busts from beautiful mnarlble,
by machinery and steam power, in an'y
quattities and of various sizes, and with
the most perfect accenracy, after a ingle
model, is tuly atonishing, and would
never have been dreamed of but by a
creative genius like that of Thotnas Blaau
chafd. lmagjne, gentle reader, a steam
engine, in rapid motion, whimling round,
and turning out the human head andi face
divine, with nose, chin, lips, forchead,
eyes, ears, neck, breast and shoulders, of
perfect proportion and accuracy to nature!
Imagine such an eccentric manchinie, and
you. will have idea of tbe wonderful stretch
of inveation which- conceived and comn
pleted-such-a raculty
Such a wonderful machine is now in
successful operation in Boston. and if any
person will take the-trouble to- search,.hle
can see a bust of Daniel Webster rapidly
revolving, in one end of a lathe, and'at the
other he will see fac simile heads of .thbe
great expounder, of any 'lesired sizes,
turned out from marble, by machinery.
When one of-these heads was- presented
to Mr. Webster, rand he was Informed by
what process it was produced, he excdaim
ed, in astonishnient, that it was the "ms
wonderful invention of the age." Wel
he might; for who can imagine such .
curious art?- Description is out off the
question. He who doubts, or would un
derstand it, must see for himself. I -have
seen it, and there it is, open to the inspec
(ion of any respectable inquirer.
Busts of Judt;e Woodbury, of the Su
preme (Jourt of the United States, have
also been turned from the same ldthe. and
those.who are familiar with the face o
the learned Judge, can attest the accuracy
of the likeness. What is equally curious
busts and cameos may be turned after oat
and the same model, into imitations ofanj
sizes, from a colossal bust, to a miniature
face suitable for a lady's brooch.
Thos. Blanchard was born in Sutton
Massachusetts, in 1788. He has been th
originator of many useful things, - beside
the lathe, fir tu-ning . multiform - objects
His inventive genius was early developed
At the age of thitteeu he invented a ma
chine for paring apples, which operated
well, and was much used in the village
where he then lived.
His next invention was.that of a ia.
chine for making tacks.
'om Use M. 0. Picayuea, 8th inst.
' IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
The steamship Alabama arrived at at
early hour yesterday from Vera Cruz
touching at the Brazos, she left the former
port on the 3d of July and the latter ua the
4th.
The following pnaisengers came over on
the Alabama from Vera Cruz; Capt. A.
R. Heizel, assistant quarlermaster, Dr. A
H. Sauglers, late beater of despatches
from the Government to Gen. Scott a
Messrs. E. G. Elliot and - C. F idley, al
the army. and Messrs. Fisher, Tobbler,
Forey, Richards, Carpenter, Teubrick,
Harden, Tai. Moord, McCall, Mrs. Goa.
tes, and thirty dischargedteamsters.
By this arrival we have direct advidee
from Mexico to the morning on the 29th
ofJuue, and from Puebla to the 30th.
Gen. Scott had not been able to leave
Puebla, He was awaiting the reinfrce
ments under Gen. Cadwallader and ,Gen.
Pillow, who had inot arrived. Some e_
the papers mention .Gen Cadwallader
arrived. at Puebla on the 30th... Leitei
from Mr. Kendall of that date make-'d0
medtion of it,'though he was= atPeroir
about thie 20th, a.watingfoi r enral Pil.
very q e. s Ge I. , cottw is: said. tc
have commui cated to. the. Gverumeu
tihat 'fi1 Too iwas;vih him and'authoriz.
iad'f' egoiiate for apeace. Santa :Anua
had'been in vain endeavoring to procure a
iuoium rof Cugtess to lay Gene Scott'
communicatiin before i Mr.. Keodall'
leiters rather encourage the prospects of
an early peace; but we hate had acces:
to letters from a very -responsible source
in the city of Mexico which take a .very
different view of the'subject. The *rite
thinks Gen. Scott will have to march. intc
Mexico to secure a peace.
The censorship o.' the press existing it
Mexico prevents us from knowing what
measures to defend the city will be taken.
Santa Anna -vas to leave the capital or
the 30th ult., intending to pass three days
in the country, fur the benefit of his health,
It is said that every avenue of eutrance
into the city is fortified, but the writer i1
Mexico, upon whom we very much rely,
thinks the American army, will easily
overcome all such obstacles-that the
defence of their fortifications will only
embarrass the Mexicans.
We were unable to throw much light
upon the mnovementuof Gen. Alvarez was
at Atlixaco on the 14th of June with 30(
Mexican cavalry. The Star thinks his
forces have been greattly overrated.
A long, elaborate louer is published ir1
the Star in Spanishattd English,addresscd
to the people Mexico,. by an olfcer of then
American army. We have rearl but
portions ofC it, but it appears a calm, famil
iar statement, aimed and well calcuated
to teach Mexicans how unfounded . art
their iuveterat'e prejudices against then
United States, and the futility on their parn
of a further prosecution of the wvar. Wn
may recutr to o
A correspondents ofEL Monitor Repub
lica, writing from Puebla, says: "Gen.
Scott.. with all of his engineers corps and
a numbher of other ofticers-, pro'ceeded tin
Cholula the otber day, and sfter ascend
ing thme pyramid, argreed at once to fortifj
the place." He thinics it only throwini
salt tc- the fishes to fortify so- out of then
way place, '1Tiie truth of the butsiness is,
says the Star, that Geni. Scott neverweni
there at all,- but that Gons. Quitm-a
Twigls, C'oI. Harmrey and ai party of offi
cers, bearing of the ptyratmid and..wishin
to see the spot rendered so notorious by then
massacie of the Cholusas by Cortez, dit
go ; buat the idea of fortifying. was farthes
from the thought.
The Siar tells a good story of a party
of guerrilleros who stopped some Mexi
cans who were driving-hogs into. Puebla
They first compelled' the .drivers to pa:
the tisual tax- on- their swine for.- enterint
the city, and'their d'rove their sWinO olrii
another direction.
The Star says there i's tihreeuronmhs
provisions in the city for...thearmy,. ati
that the fields around .thencity supply al
the foliage necessary. . ,...
A Mexican named .H eredia hats...beei
detected by his countrymen onshisawa1
from the capital to Puebla .with drawing
of the different fortifications. around .th
capital.' Ho wae-tried and condemned a
a spy and a traitor, and, was condemnod
She shotF ZiftThe felo* mac
ba soesck ruing otftlie 21st ult.
a -1;h reuseiangevery Iinduce
meat to utrmen desert,-and wit
someso ulose who have deser
:et[ Hod coaifort' from their. ne
tadtells of two dragoot
wdo ib u,.but. hdd not got
three lea osome Mexicans car
across t k eir horses and atrippe
themtof tghuttlisir hits.
A Gr ud Mexidad have bee
r tried by rmarttal fur tampain
with 1. t;s nd'persuading them t
a desert.. extcan have been trie
and acts . be.. German found. guilt
and coi to beshor. Being recon
mende . rc .bis sentence was remi
ted; . . , -":.: . .
iThddfo og.-.narrative. is from zt
Starofd t' drl.gg.. ,
On'S orning lst, the 20th,
party of/ tCiasiad' connected wit
the.arm ertefer a hacienda on ta
rad rdf .sj about eighteen mile
distant hjectin view.by the part
eight inn wasthe pirchasing mrule
for: the' eai nd after they ha
bargaine mber, to - bo brought i
ti.nex ,ieblat they prepared I
leav'bit. prevailed on to defer the
- deparitur fter dinner. The repa
was serv? ood- -style. and after
was psr he. host, refusing to re
ceiveo nitever,- the horses .wea
brough o the party mounted. The
were Wa^ .torgn too near a villag
on thei o:e live or six hundre
soldieirs fiere ihere, and if w
mistake: stcian was preparing
hotseti pay ,them along a by
path idi, utains, when a party <
laucers' vered riding up to th
hacieji little party of American
started4 slow gallop, -their leads
telling t 'save the. horses until
would fto..run.' In this wa
they .m distance, the soldier
cuntinu crease the distance be
ween t-was. proposed to g
a little "al( I-minute had - nc
elaus creased gait, befor
they. otheigarty-of the ene
iny, fo herr di Tolattemp
tog ga eeu foolihness
io -the" vuh their: intrure
-ter is . aishat- thiey :;jier
Amefl ho n a pd.-with th
arm rapin eers:etre.nos
das arr aaprop
leatre ubitii as thew.inter
tionp m. - i einselves for a
attack, r ondia:zrinenced b
the Metai ubnering niar eigii
men.. Aftej ri', engagement, 'durir
which;gtbe ecaus crnwed upon or
anotier soA ia that tley dould' scarcel
use theinr a i Dckinsea who ha
s been setiielywounaJed' in the ' thigh wit
ia lancer tondhda'l'is blooded mate with tI
spur, and siemade an. opening in ti
enemy's-raule raanag down one or. tu
horses, andshdring: the others aside soa
to effect-his.seape."During this opera
tion another.f athe party who had bee
unhorsEdd adwounded slid off inta
ditch, where he concealed himself unt
night and got into the city next morning
Dickinson:was chasea by two lancers t
the river, close by at which place he -sh
the foremost ondr and then making h
way to an".Indiag hut, concealed hiise
until the next urornisg, when he starte
for and entered:t-e city about 9 o'clock.
All'the Americans in this affair wet
wounded, and one.named John Kinsey
supposed to have 'been killed. Anotb<
named Wallbridge has -wri:en. a lette
back-.PeaIla from Atlixco. -He a
been crdered to Mexico.. The rest of til
party; not.nsane. are supposed to be pr
soners almo,'ilthoigh, tirere was ai repo.
that all had lreo skoit.he Starcdoes nt
credit this -~i~ ,
The.Star ee~ th nIt. has the follod
ing.paragrapbaboat the American priest
nets in Mexaco~- i
The folloutin p~agrltph is extracte
frm a lette aeauMexico n the 17i
instant: : -.~i "
--1 observit th Star' yotr sent mi
that it is saiatt h'e American prisone:
are kept idna nemente here,- which
not the case 3 They have beenr af libert
ror a loa 'ga 5e atnd sarmter abottt tl
streewslik iir el.J!No one trouble
them--s6a Ife . ao5 aiid others dail:
The decree dO:flthe. other Amuericaz
away.was.i jtenided'to them, and
rars can i adverylimitekifee
for I obsei .~l well kno~wanA~ericra
residents mntii about its usual~
Wae wee ~ ~ ysterdiay by a perse
wko-liidl advae'esro ttlexico as' late
the 20th dh1~hs'~ierican prisone
were in conifinement an nago. It mau
Ibe thaourlfrtnie fhe 17th is niot a stril
Lobserver;OCaatl litrat the reincarc
: ratiun'oor.m&aa notlnown to him
It may e -M tajors Gains ani
a olndaeu none others.'
We givt 5~arph as we find--i
TEhe indds /umindv is iha
the prison!SWe.eri tin 3exico as Ia
as the:20thtiY ytlfS re so,-thae repo
bronght' rO 1alroin Trampico
likely teblkel d l~We regret th
we haesa ~R' cliearinag up tI
Idoubt,
IThe Sip atthe Perfect.
Pusbla eeOd ~ .iO ixco, takit
aith himal b~~tid He-publishi
anad tm-an ex-pI
- nuaon o~a' ~
p y thr herest
Tah e- wasfetire
le successful. We have a letter from a gal
lant oflicer enclosing to us a sketch of the
river Tabasco from Dlevil's Bend, so called
h to the city, showing the landing and march
t- of Com. Perry's farce, which consisted of
v eleven hundred seamen and marines and
is ten field .pieced. An account of the ex
e pedition by an accomplished surgeon id
e the navy, which. accompanied the map,
d has failed to reach us as yet. But the map
almost tells the story. The town- was
a taken on the ldth of Jdine. The expedi
g tion anchored in a'iery sabire turn of the
u river called the Devil's Bend, and was
d fired into from an ambuscade. A little I
y higher up the landing of Com. Perry is f
- marked. upon the left or north bank of the
river. The route from this poitt Which !
the commodore pursued is t:acedi on the
e map up to Fort Ituihide, which is- a short
" distance below he city. The fdrt was f
a mated by 200 regulars under den.' 9cha
h aary, commandant general of the State.
e The point is marked on the map where
i Bruno's Civicos fired into the cotnodor's 1
y atearner from an ambuscade; this is be-1
a low the Devil's Turn. The next point of
d interest is the breastwork whero Lieut.
n May was wounded. So far our map tells o
o us the story ; the rest requires but few
ir words ; the forts which defend the town
it yielded to the guns of ,the fleet, before the
it land expedition could get into actiun. The t
- enemy stood but one discharge of artillery. I
e Lieut. May, it is said, had his arm broken t
y and one officer wounded. It is said that i
e none of our men were killed and only a I
I few wounded. A sufficient force was left
e behind to hold the town, and the commo
a dore returned in the station off ,Anton
e Lizardo on the 29th uIt.
e PUEBLA, Mexico, June 30, 1847.
s . All the talk now is of peace, immetjiate
r peace, with the great Mexican nation, and I
t those who talked but a short week ago of
revelling in the halls of the 3lontezumas,
a now appear to think they are just about as
near the aforesaid halls 'as they ever will
u be.. I hardly know what to think of the
t matter. The arrival of-the heavy rein.
e forcements known to be ort -the way for
- Gen. Scott, conmbined with the loss of con
t fidence the Mexican leaders have id them
; selves and. their followers, have turned
their 'eelings to a dggree, and the most be
e figerent'among them.may now really. be in
e favor of coming to terms. Santa Anna
v himself, although he will be very f'arlfrom,
r startin the bUall, wi, doubtlesshlpiel:to'
D Hieirs1idridifnda upon:
at li.knows that he- )l bedeleated and
a lose all if he makes, gnother .stand ;; by.
y making cat's-paws of some of the members
y ofongressatal getting thena to look with
g an eyo of favor upon propositions fer peace,
e he thinks that he may.be able to second
y their niovemeots if any thing looks favora
d bid, acid finally'himself '-eap all the bene
h fits that ray grow out of it. What the
a propositions are that have been made to
e the Mexican government few here know;
u, but what, with liritish interference; and the
s timidity of the Mexican leaders, they have
evidently been listened to.
n 'Three days since add Hiardly a nion in
a den. Scott,s army thought that there was
it a hope of coming tor terms with the ene
, my; now, the time has changed, and ma
o ny of the otlcers are ever talking of the
t chances of avoiding add escaping the eom
s ito on their way home. With all the cry
If of peace, I am not one of those who think
d that our afairs with Niexico are yet settled.
A grEat deal depdnds-ipon circumstances.
e Should the upper train, contaiting as is
s supposed a large sum of money, meet with
r a reverse, the Mexicans would be embold
r ed to otfer fresh resistance; should Santa
11 Anna find, on courntimg noses that a major.
e 'ity arE against him in any committee ap
-pointed by Conigress, he will 11e found
-t among the fret to scoff atany idea of terms
I with the perfidious Yankees; should, in
fac't; airy thing turn out of whrich the Die.
-tator nmay make capital for himself, no
-matter whetber fat or- aguinist thie best in
terests of his dearly fieloveil (1) country,
d he will embrpce it for his own aggrandise
h nrent. He wants time, he wants to "pro.
erastiirgte, hre wants mu delay the approach
i of Gen. Scott ipoir the capital--ini short,
-s he wants to do any thing which may add
s and furt her his owli amnbitious schemies.
y There is soinre reason tat suppose thmat
e Gen.gTsyruri is adivancing upon San Luis
a although there is no positive inform'Etiorn
. to that elfect. Withi the American flag fly
s 'ing at.San Lois & Zacatecas, ih'e inhabi
s tanrts of the capitol might be more dispos
, ed towards talking of peace--his-, i'n case
r the inhabitants wish to save the seat of go
vertinent from the disgrace of having it
m- occupied liy los estrangeros-But, as I
s have before said, ths- p'eople' cannot be
' judged by arty rules which a pply to other
y nations, and therefore the effect of seeing
:t theiu foes on every side, and knocking. at
'every gate, cannot be-counted uipov.
I. f might run on' for hours with specula
d tions as to the present condition and future
prospect of this war with Mexico; but as
t ir would all end in speculation, I shall close
rt wvith, a fewv remarks which may be taken
.e for what they are north. Santa Anna,
rt tired of fighting the Americans, is anxious
is to make peace withibhem, although rea'rful
it of openly avowitng it. ' The peace .party iwr
te 'the capital-ths capitalists, and property
holders--aro also anxious, unwilling, to.
f stupport the war longer, and' taxed atremf'y
ibeyond- what they conider their means.
id' The 'military are anxious to see--the war
5- nudnud'as'the only. .mians by which
trigaistaupport themnselves; the Iceperaos,
118 r's i$uflins of the country, carosbut;
lit'i, 'one way or the oth er,,bow affairs go,
~'~that'tbey can steal enough to supply
hemselves with binguirite, and -
rijles. and tortillas to suppor
life. t he [ndians care fo hg; and
hey are the most numerous c tha
they can sell their produce for s -
which they have sufficient donfldedce
anry, and many of the others inhabilantg
f the cdnntry will follow their examples
rhe priests--perhaps I shduld hafe pldc;'
-d them at the top of the list-are ankionus
to preserve their position and theirt riches rAi
lthough they may look d on us as dogs:
and heretics ; and thus you . hdv d 4e .
nkling of thd feelings of the different par
jess All these feelings and interesteadf. -
er taking into consideration that al hatd
and despise us-yotn niay niix up and theft
rake out the chances for a peace.
1 do no know that-any one has reflected
Maudh dpon this subject, bat to me' it segras
hat this thing of makina a peace is to be it
tore difficult matter than making- wan ;
with the Mexidans, and will be surrduddedi
with greater perplexities.-Texas has to =
)e brought into questioti; dther houndaries
aken into consideration, California is to % d '
ie a lone of contention, indemnificatios > '"
and costs of war to be called into acoebt -, "?
Ind a thousand other udatters will be foundNL
n the datalogue of stumbling blocks id iid
vay of an amicable arrangement of difi
:ulties. The "three millions."' after San
:a Anna has helped hinmself-efor he must'
me thought of first-.will tiot go far, in way .
if salve Or cordial for the many *difmdd
:nder which poor Mexico is sufiering, and
here will ho other provisio.:s tirad Wildfat's
or increasing thd sum.
Let me coicldde this iety scrawl.
rhe talk, as I said at the outset, is now of
aeace; ut it will all end in Santa Anna's
advancement or his utter downfall.-Id al
his diplomatic arrangerriedts-whenevet
he has been allowed to argde his point-hE :
has been invariably a wlnudr dt.this gamEs <
somehow or other, he always tirds everf
hing to his own advantage, or at Iddst.al-'
vays has so far. How he will succeed is
fis present scheme tenfains to be seen, but y
me shduld; and probably will, be. chsely
watched. A few days will bring us out
he doubt and.dncertainty in which ever
hin-gis at presedt Enveloped, andI shall:
make opportuitifies to keep' jod infoied
of dvery tiitig that tfatspitds
roni a 1i N 0. Delta
TI1 TAKING OF9Ad
efotangd acte ,It~
eiu uart in^ e' .a litas
Tobi.d . ise sl dervano .y*ei
from ill persoii.lio admisai es il'
and sailorfraakaeessadd-bnot tielif
ter was uditaidtdnddd:fot pdbtieditoini, -a
is, therefore;, frittsn-inatlre fi- aild dasA
style of friendlydefesponddce; but-thetd
is tothing in it that will-not excite the ad
miration,- sympatl , and deep interest dfa
all our readdr. The pathetic and heart
lending complaint which concludes the 16i
ter, respecting the stubborn anti-combatie-.
ness of the "bloody Druno." who will not -'
stand with his 1400 rue- loug dnough tdbd
tickled by our jolly tars; Is decidedly the 1
richesi thing we have read. If Mr.~?olk
does not promote our friend in his very
next orders, he shall certainly hear df us
Lds. Dela.-You asked me rd kee
rninutes of our Tobascd Expedition. V
can't to the minutes, but if the A. . will
suit you, here they are. It was d a ovet
pictur, the like of irich yda mdy ne'er
hear tell again, and well worth the exped
diture of a sheet of fonlscdy-ro I wll be
gin in due form and give you every item]
from the battle with Bruno dovd td the.
stealing of a cicked ' Juest think now of'
an rhmy of ate suddenly Tfdnsetdd froe
she ship to the shore.- The idend ifobe it
enough to fix one's attentind eed emfeite thE
risible organs.' One thousand tarns trans
mogrifled intod okfrets. Shouldering ntett
kerns, fornig inio pfadtooaiu,- marching by
wvord of commnand1-"dye's righ:, and fa'c
corpoiaf, the edrd'd order is onlyv a cautioit'
&c.- They went throirgir Nh' exercise
We'uiful1j.- Dragging artillery thrors
swamp. chapparral, ont ditches and t
ditcheeg where horfet would' hate- found
eree'. Oh, it was a h'eaurtiful s~ght, and~
this-i's the piclur I desigti presentikrg
y'otr. and is pronounced to be the nytt ned
vet and intetesting ofathe Wan. Tohceo',
you n-'ust know, iv a fln'e dit yg si'tiedek a
high t)luf on th'e tight hankr of' ilive'r,
80 miles from its mouth'. 'lie river if
narrow, the banks high and steep'cA~sW co'
vered .with trees, chapparal, and flags, in'
rerwoven with-hanging vinres ancd thre dernW
esi folinge [ have eve? s-een'. Ififty d'etsf
mined men~t cord' have'swept every on d
us from the decks as we passed ,up SWhitOi
our ever seeing an enemy. Tite ehannel ~
rinis close to the right Wlaik of the river, -
which looked rtamediaely down on our '
decks, packed W~'ih' nien.-The vesselu
frequertly b'eear'e' entangled among the -
braniches of tre'es, and in this ivay, aboua"
midnight, several men "ere swept oof
the boats anal frm the decks of the veswsl.
Then wviWh the burning of the bhie- ligun""4
(the proceherted signal for any accidernt)k
and- the rfwing aboust of the boats, in this "
sepulchral glare of the lighr ro pick-up the ~
lost, rendered she whaeo scene strikinglyr
pietresquse and iironsely excising fromt ~~
the heginning to the ending of the exped _ ~?
tion. -
O~n the- f2ib, the squadron acoe
the River Tobasco, andl on the 14th,. .alh
things being ready, we made sail. T
steamer Scorpion bearing the Comm.Y
dore's broad pendant, having mn-tow tbr
.Washington .and Vesnvinus, followed by
the steamers Spitfire, Vixen anid Scourge
towing the'dEtna, Stromboli, B6unta, end
Capt. Taylor'a little vessel the Sp;fitge