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"The little Man with the great Mind."
--Such is the appellation which a recent
French periodical bestows upon that great
statesman of France-M. Adolphe Thiers
-a mai who by dint of perseverance and
untiring applicatiun io.. mental cultivation
and the alfairs. of:diplomacy, overcame
the prejudices blihe. mass to his low birth
and vulgar station. Like Claude Melnotte,
he ransomed himself at'once from the dif
ficulties of his position and from the grasp
of "iron fortune,' .with :"auch jtwels as the
exploring mind brings'fromn thie; caves of
knowledge." He showed .t the'wdrld, in
spite of a forbidding 7exterier and no ap
proach towards'easa of. deportment, the
vastness of bi intellectual capacities and
the indomitable-.-nature -of.:his ,ambition.
Without friends,~"without pecuniary, per
sonal or anyextraneous advantages, he
has become one of the most distinguished
men of modern -times. A brilliant and
masterly sketch of Ml.' Thiers had been
contributed to a late number ofthe Dublin
Universal Magazine, from which we ex
tract the following graphic delineation.
Boston Traveller.
M. Thiers is the essence of mind ; he is
intellect to the tips of his lips and the
points of his nails.-His organization is
like' that of Voltaire, frail, delicate and
mobile. He has the caprices and nanghti
ness of a child, with the assumption and
gravty of a philosopher. More a man of
letters than a statesman, and more an ar
tist than a man of letters, he will dote upon
an ltruscan.gue and c.sre little for liber
ty. As a'CaTinet Miniister, he conceives
great designs; like a woman,. he is bold
small matters. He has courage, but it
s like that of delicate and sickly people
it comes is feverish fits. ending by nervous
attacks and fainting fits: these.. weakness
es are only tolerated onta sofa.m politics,
fainting is not suffered.
He thinks without elfort, produces with
out exhaustion, advances without fatigue.
nd arrays his ideas before you with a ra
- which is incoticeivah.la. Have you
Ttjieeseen in the steamboats which traverse
our rivers, the hanks reflected in the sus
pended mirrors ? They are reflected while
the boat advances-fair villages, churches
with tapering spires, verdant meadows,
hoary mountains, gay vessels, the flocks of
the valleys, the clouds of heaven, animals
and, men, seem to fly past in rapid succes
sion in the glass. Such is M. Thiers. A
sort of Parliamentary mirror, he reflects
the passions of others, and cold and hard as
the glass is, without passions himself. He
weeps, but his eyes are tearless ; he pier
ces his breast with a poignard, but draws
no drop of. blood ; a mere drama all that
is true, but what a drama, and what an
actor !-What nature, what suppleness,
what powers of insinuation, what infex.
ions of voice; what transparency and lu
cidity of style; what negligent grace of
language!
He is more elastic than a spring of the
finest steel-be bends and unbends--he
rises and falls with his subject--he will roll
himself spirally round a question from its
base to its summit--he mounts, descends,
remounts, hangs in the branches, hides
himself in the .thickest foliage, appears,
disappears, and passes a'thousand times in
and out with :he pretty agility-of a squir
rel--he would extract money from a stone
-where otheiesl glean,he reaps. He ex;
tends his prdimiige and tlhoivs/, by iurns;
every bi'e of tp'irple,gold and azore.' He
does not speak$ Ie 'os-o-he'd~oes not coo,
he lisps-he'd6es not lisp, he. war'bles
and he is so dazzling hoth to the eye and
-to the ear, that one does not know which
to admire most, his plumage or his~ song.
He will give you a speech of three hours
length on architecture, poetry, law, nav'i
gation or wvar, and yet he is neither a po
et, a lawyer, a mariner, nar a soldier-all
he will require is an evening's pre pararion.
I f he describeib a battle lie astonishes the
oldest generals. If he speaks of walls,
roofs, stones anid mortar, you wvoul.. actu
ally believe him to be a mason or atn ar
-chitect. 11e wvill dispute with Gay Lussac
on questions of chemistry, and teach Ara-.
go how to direct his telescope at Venus or
J upiter.
The fine arts, canals, roads, finances-,
commerce, history, the press, politics,
anecdotes of the street, theatres, wvar, liter
ature, religion, mutnicipalities, morality,
amutsement<,, great things, middllitng thitigs,
little things-what does it tmatter to him,
ho is ready at all. lie is so, because in
faict lhe is prepared upon nothitng. lIe
does not speak like other orators, because
lie speaks like pleople of the world. Other
orators prepare themselves, more or less,
lbut he improvises ; other orators perorate,
but lie chats.
if M. Thiers spoke slower, lie would b~e
less listened to; hut his volubility is such
that the House canniot go before him tor
even follow him. Once started, lie pro
ceeds at fult gallop, from the morning to
the evening.
The Science of Dunning.-' T say, Jac
qtues, this duninitg is easily reduced to a
science aind art. A boot maker desires
me to collect a bill of t wenty dollars a
gainst a clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Trues
dlell; you know him, Jacques! A. man of
* taletnt-great talent, great talent, great
virtue-particular friend of mine! Weti
to see him-couldn't pay. Called the
next day on his pretty wvife-finte woman,
finest eye in New York-got on the tenider
aide of her-she promised to make her
husband pay ; called the next day ; would
not see me. -Well,iwent.to church early
like going to church; Truesdell was to.,
preach ; got a seat very near to the pul.g?/
then didn't I lean forward and rest my eig
bows on the front of the pewv, and hbol Jye
chin up with both hands,- and didn't -
my eyes up.'n him ! Never, stirred t i~
once-looked right straight into the vei
middle of his forehead, like the megnetia
ers do.. No preaching at all; tried to do
it, buti] kept my eye on him, and he did
not know what he wvas driving at. Every
body said it was-the shortest sermon they'd
ever bdird, People went'-away-I went,
and titanked him for such a good sermon.
Dindd~heIolc pale and- red-? biut he an
swerid,'quietaea lamtb; thenl asked him,
-in a whisper, 3h~aj time lie wouldI se'e me
to tmorrow. 'Nine'o'cloc,' says he,.amnd
away I wentr Calledthis morninig, just .
-as the clock- was striking inte ; caine t'o
the door himself, looked doleful as though
lie was going to read the burial service. I
put the bill tnto his hand, he put the me
ney into mine, .put bis other hand on 'my
shoulder, 'God bless you, my. son!' says
he. MAmen !' cried I. Great country-this ;
faoe preachers-floe preachers!'
Defend Yourself.-The editor of the
Albany Knickerbocker,' is a sensible
man. Theres more truth than poetry in
the following, which we copy from this
spicy.paper.
..Bud luck as well as tnischances and
misfortune are all the daughters of miscon
duct, and sometimes the mother of success,
prosperity and advancement. To be
thrown on one's resources, is to be cast into
the very lap of fortune-Had 'Franklin
entered Philadelphia, with a thousand dol
lars in his pocket instead of one shilling
and nine pence. as he did, in all probability
he would have gone on a 'spree,' 'instead
of hunting employment, and died at thirty
five from driving at tandem teams and
drinking braudy smashes, instead of living
to the green old age of eighty, and dying a
philosopher whoaeanusement was tamtng
of thunderbolts and bottling up lightning.
Had Napoleon. father been the owner of a
princely estate, his son would never have
been an Emperor. A good kick out of
doors is better for a boy than all the rich
uncles iu the world. One-naver tries to
swim so hard as when hehs to do it or
drown. To be a rich man's son, is, the
greatest misfortune that can befaUla young
man. mentally speaking. Who 'fi11 our
offices I not the children of the rich nor
the sons of the oppulent. A knowledge
of-starch and debauchery is all-a rich
man's sons aspire to. The parlor is the
scee of their oratory. and hair oil the care
of their'souls-poor creatures !
Cuting of the Telegraphic fires.-It
will be remembered that the telegraphic
communication between Boston and New
York was interrupte: soon after the arrival
of :Ile steamer yesterday. It now appears
that the wires were deliberately cut, and
that the olifending parties were rogues in
broadcloth, and perhaps speculators in
treadstuifs. Yesterday forenoon, a party
of laborers upon thq Worcester railroad,
were proceeding iffa hand car from New
ton to Needhatm, and had nearly reached
a deep cut, a mile or so from the Need.
ham depot, when they perceived two or
three menwith a stick, forced in'between
the two tle*egraphic wires, and which they
were attempting to twist, so as to break
the wire. The laborers immediately got
off their car, and endeavored to approach
the wire-breakers without being seen, in
order to arrest them. Just as they got
within a short ~distance, however, they
were observed by the guilty parties, who
immediately plunged into the woods, near
by. Th'ey were pursued by the laborers,
who however, lost track of thet, but found
a horse and chaise tied to a tree. Deter.
mined they should not escape, a strict
watch was kept upon the woods for several
hours. At length voices were heard, and
a man appeared, genteely dressed, who
was immeditely accosted with the inquiry
as to whether the ebaise belonged to him.
He answered n', and before the labirers
could make up their minds to arrest him,
dedamnped. bate in the afternoon, the
chance of capturing the wire-cutters was
given up. The horse and chaise, however,
were leftin the woods, and remained there
tlhis morning.-Boston' Traveller.
Thre Ounce 'Letter?-.The Piailadelphia
Daily San publishes, for the betnefit of its
subscribers, thefollowing arti'Cle in relation
to the ounce letter:
"We have been at great pains to ascer
tain how much can be transmaitted for five
cents. An avoirdupois half ounce is 2l84
graitns. WVaters 1 grain. Sealing wax
usual quantity, 6 grains. A sheet of fool
acap) weighs 172 grains; letter papsr 133.
Swaall envelopes, 42 grains-large 52.
You can send a let ter 300 miles fur 5 cents,
corntaining, viz. the sheet of letter paper;
wvith three bank ntotes, sealed wvith wax;
or the letter with three bank notes,in an
envelope. H alf a sheet of letter paper,
with a half eagle enclosed under wax. A
sheet with a dime and a hralf enclosed, se
curcd by wafers. A single siteet of letter
paper, with a quarter eagle enclosed, se
cured by wax or wafer. One and half
sheets of letter paper, secured by wa~x or
wafer. These calculatins are btmsedl upr
the ordinary letter papeor now in use. By
usimng very thin French paper. a greater
nuamer of sheets go to the half ounce, of
course."
A Chrange -Tlhe magrnificent villa ofr
Joseph Bonaparte at Bordentuwtn, where,
ini his fallen fortunes, lie had assembled
t h ooks, the pictures and tie bijouteriu
which, in his days of royalty andI po wer,
he hadscollected from parts of Europe, has
been 'sold and is torbe conavetted into a1
manuiifactory of glagr-'-TIo what viler
uses may we come at' last. Alexfan'der'st
body made to stop the bung .bre'tf a- ber
barrel is scarcely worse rlpthts.WWiisit
nowv is that.e~divinity whi ~~6lii"libdge
a king- ?" Furnaces are tdibe Eeetd in
the h~Us,and bottles for Staidia's Pauacea
blown itt the chambers N~beretIe:'elder
brother of the great Napoleon 'vas wont
to ruminate upon the aang'e revolutions
of that wvheel of fortutn wvhich raised a
tfinily fromt obscurity to- place its members
upon the thrones of tl-e world, and then, in
less than one short life, hurled t hese very;
actorsjfrom the thrones on which they had,
ben acod to die in the obscurity fromd
'~ihby haad temporarily enterged. -
Aef'ufoolunters.-The Montgomery |<
Jungirpetrates the following : e
e of volunteers, one going to,r
an tbe other. returntug from Mexico,t
ih#.iii, is city a few days since. They
b'6th hailed from the same village in Geor- i
gia. The following dialogue occurred b~
when they met-r
Tom. Well, Jim, you're back, I see;a
what luck ?
Jim. Oh, yes; first rate. How's. may
wife been getting; along since I left ? e
Tom, T.lip-top !. She has just present ed h~
yow with a fiie boy-not a week. old. a
Jim. "Boyt!"h bll!um!:Justaslcex- ii
peted mhough !l'tl enlist again. I
Jima hind been gone just a year ! p
Can this be so? -There is now living. p
n one of the cief townts of New H-amp. d
uhire, a wioman who has had teat'husbands, i
all of whom are now~ living, upon the best
i' terms with her and est ter :he
voman is highly respeb1b'o an er _
eighbors; who see nor tg oe ut I
much to approve. iSta e; t p
sear, an action foie big
mustained against herb " :
rwo MONTHS LATE R WOR.
EGON AND CAb i.
The Philadelphia Ledge isrece4ved
rom its attentive Cinbinu u poien ,
via Telegraph, at Zanesvlh t owing
interesting news: *' ":
Messrs. Shaw and Bolde 'ilied,atr-St.
Louis on Thursday of liist eel', rect
from Oregon, having left's frontier set
ttements on the 5th of'May andmade the
trip to St. Joseph's in eigbty thteedays.
The party met with litte diliculty on
the route. The various parties ofeinigrants
to Oregon and California wite Nating ra
pid progress. Davidson and his-comtpany
were met at the Big Sandy, and two other
eompanies at Green River.
The Mormons with their immense train
af wagons, were met near i Forks of
Platte River on their route toWalifornia,
sod their rulers, the "Twelve Apostles,"
is they are called, were met at Fort
Bridges. It was understood that:ihe Mor
mons would not proceed this eaison 'fur
ther than Salt Lake.
At Fort Hall, Messrs. Shawand Thomp
on met Samuel Branson, H'nd from hime
they obtained news from California- down
to the 25th of May. .
Lieut. Col. Fremont had been arrested
Fr disobedience of orders -by. Gen. Kear
say, and had be.en ordered hoaa 'Stbe I.
States totake'liis trial heforoe Co t.Mar
tial. This difficulty grew .o he ill
reeling and contradictory ' .'enis of
[eneral Kearney and Com. Stockion, and
the question of authority which-existed be
tween them. It was announced some days
ago. by Col. Russel. who came with des.
patches, that Gen. Kearney was about to
arrest Col. Fre:non, and have him hung
is a rebel. 'Nobody, of course,, believed
the latter part of the statement; but the
arrest of Fremont proves that the quarrel
between Gen. Kearney and-Con.-tock
ton was more serious than was at first ap
prehended. '
Coin. Stockton had left aud was on his
way home.
The American fleet was off Lower Cal
ifornia engaged against Mazatlan, Acapul
:o and other towns in that quarter. The
roots had, all been ordered to cncentrate
a the same direction. There is no detail
liven of the contemplated movements, but
It is doubtless to enforce the blockade pro
claimed by Com. Biddle.
Gen. Kearney was about to leave Cali
ornia and expected to reach the. States in
be month of September.
The allairs of California 'generally ap
pear to be in a very unsettled condition.
Messrs. Show and Thompson learned
rrQm Brannon additional details of the. su.
erings experienced by the patties of emi
,rants which failed to reach California be
bre the last winter came upon them. They
:dd to the.horrors of previoutis accounts;
seventy.five perished from cold a'l 'expo
tre to the snow and from starvtion ! The
murvivors were reduced to the .dreadful al
ernative of subsisting upon.te dead bo.
ies of tiiir compaonons,
The whole Redd family', 'cdhibectiodi
ih'that of Dunnapao a e
etlemontin safety -:after en un g incro
sible sufferigs.' -
Comn. Drake, of the British ship Mo
Jeste, is on his way to the lJiited States.
verland, with a em all party. lie wvill
irobably be attacked by the Pawnees.
In connection with the horrid sufferings
if the California eimigrants, ilhe Republi
:an bus the following :.
Among the number of this unfortunate
..rty was a miscreant, by the name of
Keysborg,-who left the States in Col. Rus
ell's company. He hadl a wife with him,1
nd contrived, at the extremity of their
uterings, to send her to the California set.
lements, when relieved by persons wvho
vent out to aid them. This villain re
naned behind to rob the dead and living.
>f t heir pro perty.
A family by the-~ name of Danner, of
springfield, Ill., was robbed by him of
bout'$4,000, which he eached alotig iih
thter sprtihs, lle was suspected, threat ei
d, and linally prepan;itions were mzadgt to
ang him up, and then he disclosed the
laces where the money was foiuid. To
rdd to the enormnity oh his offetnces lie is
aid to have boasted of havingi lived, fur a
itne, upon thie deadi body of Mrs. Donner,
ven whien ptrovisionsi were within, his
each. Other enormities arc told of this
levil incarnate, butlihe survived them all,
ind was emnployedh in the army at the last
ecoumns-.
From the N. 0. Picayune,-11th inst.
tRRIVAL OF Tl~s TlEllGRAPHI.
The steamship Telegra ph arrived last
vening from Vera Cruz, having touetied
t the Brazos otn her voyage.
We understand that she left Vera Cruz
n the 4th inst, hut brings no news what
ver. We received no .news or letters
rm that' city.
Wo are inderbted io the conimander of
he Telegraph for a copy of the Metamno
as Flag of the 4th inst.
Qutite the inns: important article in the
'lag is the following :
Advance upon Sac Lui.-From Major I
triur,formierly quartermiaser at Geralvos,
re learn that Geti. Wool has received or
ers- to proceed with the advance of Gent. 1
'ayior's column, on the 20lthist., in the
irecton of Enicarnacion, some tweiay I
'agues fronm Buena Vista, where he willi
stablish a depot. into wvhieh. three month's
aians will be thrown. The army will
en advance upon San Luis and common- t
ication be opened with Tlamnpico or Tus-.
'sit. Iromn whence supplies'will thereafter I
a received, All the mules and other
aeans of transportation have been ordere~di
bove and activity prevails throughout the I
thole department. '.
The Flag give. sad' abiounts of out rag- j
s operated in the vicinity of Matamoras,
y Mexicans upon their owncountrymnen
nd. countrywaomen. The same papier I
etions that the resident Mexicans nearr
aras, lately appltid to-Gen. Taylor 'toa
roect thema from armed bands of theirs
wn countryrnen, sent thlither 'for the- e:t- h
ess purpose of ravaging the country anid
estying the crops.- Pihe Flag thinksp
tat aid should be furnished them.
The Flarg as more ..umnra frenm Con. a
Ocott's.army. but this time we are happy
:olknow that they are all false, being. en
tirely Mexican. We do not repeat them.
Col..Dayenport inspected the Ohio reg
iment on the 91st ult. The result was
very creditable to the appearance.and dis
eipline'of the troops. They generally en
oy good health, there only being a few
.ases.of diarrhea among them.
From the N. O. Picayune.
MEXICO.
Committee Room of Sovereign. Constilu
mt Mexican Congress.-Sir: The major
ty ofihe Committee on Foreign Relations
teems it not improper to present their
report with the promptitude which the
chamber has thought fit to allow, as well
because the legal question involved ap
pears to be perfectly clear, as because the
tame subject has b'een the object of their
meditations, and also of the debates of the
notical representation.
In the Judgment of, the c~mmittee our
fundamental cede is perTectFy clear in this
part of it. The I10th article of the consti
tution places among the powers of the
executive authority of the Union that of
directing diplomatic negotiations and con
eluding treaties of peace,friendship,alliance,
truce, federation, armed neutrality, con
merce, and every other kind whatsoever;
but it says that to grant or to refuse the
ratification of any one of these the appro
bation of the Central Congress must first
be obtained. The executive power is also
exclusive, according to the 15th number
of the same article, to receive' ministers
and other agents of foreign powers.
These articles prove in a manner incon
trovertable,that. by our constitutional laws,
as among osder civilized nations, the di
rection of fo eign relations is entrusted
exclusively to the executive; but without
confering on it the power to conclude any
ihing, without the consent of the legislative
body.' The same federal constitution places
among the powers of Congress. that of
"approving treaties of peace, of alliance, of
friendship, of federation, of armed neutral
ity, and every other kind whatsoever
which the president of the United [Mex
ican] State may conclude with foreign
powers."
From all this we come to the conclusion
that Congress does not possess the power
to entertain, and cannot rightfully entertain
the communication which the Government
ofth'e United States has transmitted with
a view to entering into negotiaions for
peace, and offering to name a minister for
this purpose. And if this opinion appeared
to us sound according to the federal con
stitution when promulgated as a provisional
code, and eien since Congress has acquir
ed an augmentation of powers granted to
it by the. "Plan of the Citadel" and the
"Convocatoria ;"-iow that the nation
is defruitely cnstituted ; [or possesses a
definile constitution-esto definitevamente
constituida] now that one of the articles
of the act of amendments declares express
ly that "powers ofthe Union are all derived
from the constitution and are limited to the
simple exercise of the faculties expressly
designated in it ;" now that all the public
powers must be measured by it in the
to:t rigorous manner, we' can find no
possible objections to our opinion, for any
other opinion whatever would involve a
violationof tbe .pacto which wre have
,.o6erfhc e e n ottlm nI to.
fact that instead of being a political theory,
has been a sentiment of the purest. noblest
patriotism in its origrin, which has itnterpos -
ed so many ditficulties in order that upon
a subject of so vast importance that course
should be strictly followed which the com
mands of the constitution so distinctly
ma~rk out. Congress. as the faithful re
presentative of t he wished of the people,
who have been outraged liy the most un
ust of all aggressions and are determined
rit to consent that an ignominious trenty
uhould secuire to our neighibors the posses
ion oif territory usurped by ihemn, and
with it the domittion of thisa coninuget
erminacing at the same time our political
existence in a manner which would tnot
ven entitle us to the coimp1assion of other
eoplec-[Congress] has uniformly opposed
~very' thing which should seem to open the
vany for a peace. which would at this day
>e every way igntomintious, and it ha~s ex
~rised the most jealous caire and precaiu
ipn to prevent even the remotest dangeruof
inch disaister.
Thbe committee participate in these
eelin:gs, ande would not observe that this
~onstitutional power confeirred nuon the
xecutive cantnot be assailed by us, tnor
lies it ailordl occasion for we'll fuetnded .
larmn, nor ini finn is it possible that Con
ress should itself discharge this deity.
1'he mianaigeent of diplomatic negotia
ions demands such reserve, so- much dis
:ussion, an activity so well tinted, a sys
ema of designts so well proseu ted, that it
vorubt he timptossitble to carry them otn wit h
~ertainty, ifiuir :nanaeent were en-.
rusted to a ntume-rous body. The policy
if all ntiotns-ennfirmts the truth. antd there
a no tdoubit that Congress itself rettonneed
he power of ntegotiationu when-in amnending
ur original- consuitutioenal pact, it deter
ninedi that there shoeuld ne no alteration in
he provisionts we have cited, and left them
o stand as they were.
Ont the other harnd, in perfect ceonsisten
:y with these provisions, the execeutive cant
:onclude nothingt defietimely, it possesses tno
tuthtiority to conesumatte any arraengemet
hich shall be binintg upont the Republie;
md Coingress very wvell knows that the
:xecutive, even in the exclusive faculties,
iner the representative systemu fintds
tselfeonstraineed tgo persue such a coeurse
is may be designatedl by the publicopiniou
td the legishittive body. I-n the peosition
ruly strong and- respectable whlich our
onstittion gives to Ceongress, it possessesi
bundant peaceful atnd legal resources,
vithout exceeding its duties, to inisure the
terests of the nation in wvhatever manner
hey may be compromised,
For thtese reasons, thereforre, the ma
nrity of the committee cannot propose any'
ther course than return to the government
he despatchi; and if this report appears sub-i
ribted by only tiwo members of the com
nittee, it should be borne in mitnd that our
ssociate St. Ceballos, who worthily pre-1
ides over the committee. but whlo from
is wvell known illness is unable to co
perate with us, hasanthovized us to ex-i
ress his agreemetnt with us, atnd lie even
fiered to subscribe thie report -which we I
tould prepare expressive ojf oar viewsi
which we conclude with the following
proposition:
With a copy of this report let the des
patch be returned to the Government, be.
cause in the present situation. of the afair,
it comes within its cognizance,.iiith the
restriction which are established by ihe
fundamental code of the Republic.
OTERO,
. LAFftAGUA.
Mexico, 12th July, 1847.
The report being submitted to C'ongress
underwent a discussion and the vote being
taken upon it was approved the same day.
Upon the motion of Senor Canas. it was
ordered that report shoid be published as
well as the vote upon it. We add the
yeas and nays upon its adoption for the
benefit of those familiar with Mexican pol
iticians:
Yeas.-Sres. Aguirre, Alvarez. Anay,
Banda, Isariandaran, lerrief, Bringas,
Buenrostro, (D. M.) Cana. Carrasquedo,
Carbajal, Castro, Comi nfort. Echaiz,
Echeverria, Espino, G'illindo, Garmenda.
Gonzales Fueuaes, Gutierrez Cerrea, ler
rera, (D. J.) Herrera Campos, Iturriflarria
Jauregui, Juarez, Lacusa, Lariagua, La
fragua, Lantiza, Munoz Campuzano,
Navarrs, (D. Marinano) Nuiega, Ortiz,
(D. G.) Oriz de Zarate, Otero, Parra,
Parez. Rivera Lopez, Rosa, Solonia.
fantie:, Suarzxorriarte, Talavera:4erre
ros; Torres, Va,le. Vargas, Villada, Yanex,
Zapata, (I). J ) Zapata (D. M.) y Zin
cunguei-52.
Nays-Sres.Alcade, Buenrostro, (D. A)
Castilejo, Gamboa, Lazo, Midina Lechon,
Morales, Moreno, Munoz, (l). Manuel)
Navarro, (D. Joaquin) Ortega, Othoti,
Paez, Parada, Ramirez, Espanfi, Rio,
Romero, Sanchez 'Espinosa, Urquide,
Zetina Abad, y Zubieta-22.
From the N. 0. Picayune, Aug-. 13.
LATER FROM VERA CRUZ AND
TAMPICO. ,
The steamship New Orleans, Captain
Auld, arrived yesterday afternoon, having
sailed from Vera Cruz the evening of the
7th inst., and from Tampico the evening of
the 10th. Capt. Auld reports the steam
ship Mary Kingsland having left Tampico
via the Brazos, for this port on the 6th inst.
- The steamships G.alveston left Tampico
9th inst., from Vera Cruz.
Dr. Hawkins, of Baltimore, died of yel
low fever at Tampico on the 7th inst.
The. New Orleans firings mails from
Vera Cruz and Tainpico. We regret to
learn that the Tami-ico mail was stolen at
an early hour yesterday morning and rifled
of a portion of its contents. Some of the
letters were subsequently recovered,though
the rogue supposed he had disposed of
them by casting them into a water closet.
Ia the mail was a letter addressed to W.
Swift, Esqr., from the contents of which it
would appear that three U. S. treasury
notes, numbering 321.. 322 and 323,. for
$500 each, have been al'sttracted. They
were dated Oct 31, 1846. It is supposed
that other valuable letters have been sto
len. -
Lieut. Waters, with a detachment of
Capt. Besancon's company, returned home
from a scout on the 6th inst. Aljnt 15
miles froni the city while ri lin: al o'gthe
banks of the M frllin river, they were fired
into by sonse Mexicans,. concealed in the
hushes on the ooposite side of. tIle 'river,
but,no hiarm xas'done The Sun -says
tht 'onejoritie party, Mr .Wilkiisou, ,b
ing in ad,/ance, enered a house wliiNFhia
from all appiearanice been abandoned withi
precipitation. antd fountd in it some papers,
amotng which wast the following passr
2d Comnpany of the .East.
Tfhe chiefef guerrillas will please let the
bearer, Crespin Marin, pass untmolested.
with tent mules, as he goes to Vera Cruz
to get provisions for the guerrillas.
God andl Liberiy! Ebe~ro, Atugust 5,
147. JUAN ABULRTO.
To the Commandlers of guerrillas.
A train loft the evening of~ the 6th inst.
or the army above, uder the command
r Col. Wilson, of the 12th infanitry. The
train was escorted by -abottt 1000 men.
'The following' oliicers are enumerated by
the Sun.as commanding them: Captins
Clarke, Norris. Alvord, Hloke, Hortnsby
anid WVinians, of the Infanery; anti Lients.
kins, Doyle. Sears and Creanor, of the
Artillery. Some of the accout-ts set dowtt
this nttmher tof troops in this train at from
1500 i0o2000 ; tmur own correspondent says
1000. Verbql reports say that Col. Wilson
was taken stiddetnly, ill atnd could tnt pro
eed, and that the commtatnd devolved up
'Ji anothe:- oliicer, whose namne is not re
-ollected. Our letters say niothing of this
'rThe Sun relates that on the 3d instant,
a man named ThosClark, belonging to
lie 1st infantry, a prisoner in the gualid
house at the palace, t-ried to pass the sol
ler then on guardl, and to accomplish his
purpose5, seiz-id otie end of the boldier's
musket atid made some efiorts to- take it
ut of his hands. Tphe latter fired at Clark,
Sball passing through his side andu com
ng tint at his back. The ball afterwardls
woundcd another man named George E
anis, one oif the comnpatnyof m -unted men
under Capt. lensancon, anid finally graz
3d the hip tof the sentry at the other end of
he portillas, also belonging to the i st Ia
ra-rry.
TFhe nian e- of the man who fired is
lames Robitison. Our correspondent
write's that his cond'uct was fully justified.
The wounded tmen were imtmediately
ent to the hospital, anid it is said Clark
nd E-vans are dlangerously woiunded-.
Ott the 4th inst. t wo cuit throats-. by some
opposed to be guerrillas, attacked a ser
;eant of the :4th I nfaintry, while on his
way from thtecity tothe camp, at Vergara.
30th Mexicans wvere well armed, while
he sergeant hatd only his sword. lHe used
o good pur pose,driving oflf the Mexiecins,
ut receivinig several alight wounds him
elf. A detachment of the Georgia caval
-y vas sent out undler Capt. Lovell, to en
Jeavor to overhaul the two Mexicans;- but
le pursuit wvas vain.
A small lot of pack mules arrived at
Vera Crnz otn the 6th inst., from the inte
'ior. Thle owners would not disclose how
hey passed the guerrillas, but it is shrewd
y suspocted that they raid foutr dollars a
ead for leave to come itt. The,following
ay one hund red antd fifty pack tmules ar
'ived from Cordova, laden with sugar atnd
Wexican 'randy. No tdoubt is en ertained
hat Jarauta or some of the gtuerrilla chiefs
ive adopted the platn of graitinig perants
nnrlr to raise the ii dlonnas na en.
tertaincd that in thi ay wayisit ;ifd
be carried on between' :V'a Cra i'!in le
tnterior.,.
Nothing later has been:rece've e
arrival from the army of Puebl:
rumors had .reached Vera Crzip o
ing to be from Mexico. 'OnAfh''
to the effect that acommssioners -
ally been appointel.' b SauraAA
meet Mr. :Trist. ; Our corresg to
Vera.Cruz, wtitted on th.h7iI atbk
t.acheiimportance.to this rumgr. oi
recur to it.
On the 3d inst.: :amail arrived.ri era
Cruz from Jalapa. The "Blet
Noticias was received b it'as3J1
30th July. ,This is a litt:an'a bo
ly iexican, published in Jalapa
it we learn more particulars ofGet Pr'
march through that town than'hidbto
been received. The Bole tin -statesi
the train which the General escortedi pass
ed without halting, but he, with 30(''
goons, entered the city and addresiie
follow ing note to the corporatio'n
give the Sun's translation)
JALAvA. July 26, 1
To the Corporation of Jalapa A bra
gade of the -American army, nowoneani
ed near Jalapa, are in want of provio
I therefore askithis corporaiion of flap
furnish, at a reasonable price, all thisbr'
gale is in need of. I will 5ake.ibes -.
sary steps to protect those who..wil;
nish those iprovisions. If. at 2 o'clock lii
evening, precisely, the provisionsdenia
ed are not forwarded, all the. mwbe'e
the corporation will be sent to Peri~t
prisoners. '. F. PIER t
W. K. VAN BoNLtN, Brigade Q.
The reply of the corporationis.,gi, o
'Spanish side of the Sun. The.;mee
are very indignant at what theveopuite
the harsh langu'age of the detferial . -.
make no difficulty about the provisions;
these could have been had atteasonable
rates without any threat. heyk deplo e
their unfortunate pdsition, bein delaew.
less. This, they say. should have j
tected them from insult. .Gen.Pe
the first American officer, they say,;
has thus 'had occasion to* find fault I
them. 'The reply is pretiy "sharp" st n
the General, but it is hardly wott6.lranu
laptop~.
We give'Trm the Sun of Anabua
following summary of news maderfroh
the Boletinr "., -.,p
The same paper says that a Mejen
("traitor," it says,). was encountere a -'
party of gierrillas. and being snepic l e
was required to undergone an examtna
htt having offered resistance; l,
killed. Three large packages, conISIn A
letters from the oflicers of the army,
their friends in the United s,. w -
found inhis Possession.
The Boletin adds i Mn said.conres
deuce it is statedt that great discrd e "
beteveen the-voluntees and uairot e'
American army, and. that. tl. _nay
ties.to fight among themselves'.'."
That -paper is delighted at this '
takes that opportunity to call the Amp -
cans "-highway robbers," "Yankee.'
It also says that it appears from intercepts
letters, that, Gen..Pillow and other Aiuni .
ican chiefs are of opinion that the attackr
upon the capital willinot : be successful'
that the: comutanding officers conrsider
capital to be intvory strotlg ate oed,
tene as :ch fortificati as us4
diielli t'f pecorreon i% h
between Puehla andr Vera Cruz
The lett'ers after having been 'read *e~'
sent to the government a: Mexico. -''
Four American Jeserters arrved at
Julapa,- on the 30th uit..' three of'Whod
woie from Puebla and one fom d~en.
Pierce's t'rain. Trhe B'oletin says-thati
hose from Pdebfa report t hat the deeetton
wvas very great from the ra'aid'ofe
American army .and that seventy.4te
deserters were advertised, in one':da~'
Putebla. The one from den,' P'
train, is said to i'eport that wagons. -fulle6
sick follow hit. We don't believedb
word of this.
The Boletin further .as that t
ducements held out to A mericans to w
are no't enough; that if the gover 6
would promise them meoney or
rewards, Scot t's army would be 'dstroyq
It counisels the Governor's of Siates'
to takg measures to foment and encurg
desertion.
The same paper says assdssinatidus'r6
fregnenit in Jalapa, as well of Amaiet -o
as MexiCans. A sm'all.garrason is ie~'uir
there for this protectioni of the inhiabifst
The Boletii of the 30th ult. saysi
pa per' of the 27th was so far from gain ,,
off'ence' to the Americans that itirwasbouigh
by many officers and soldier. The BoP'
tin expresses i'ts st'rprise 'that the Ameri
cans had not rebuked its freedom'wb
them, as Santa Anna would have d8i
with the press of the capital.
Another courier from Jalaps arnvi
Vera Cruz on the 7th ins. adhy thir
have received the Boletin of thE~ Tst~'~
3d of August. The letters receiveisd
this mail give no later news from'Menae
or Puebla, but some fturther details.
We antnounced, a weesk ago,:.thed dbat
of a messenger from Ma.- Kendall, naim
Francisco Espina. We now'leari oI
surprise, that he nas5 not killed entrig~
when taken. lie was tried and eotideisti0
to be shot. The sentence'was ereent
the mo-rning of the 3d August.'
We hind in the Boletin little newsiwoerth
copying, hut some long articl'es which '95
have not room for to-day, even if the
worth translating. WVe turn to r.
Mexican papers, in whic~h we pece
a series of deemees from Santa Aatit:
mnlgated through Gen Lombardlina 'T
refer to the organization of troops, O
loans, &c., and are noi generally it. -
itig. A decree of the 12th July ofrde -
strict compliance with a previbUikf
directing Americans to leave th'e - -~
comnmands them to leave withinffor~
hours for San Juan del Rio, a 1p~
State of -Queretaro, forty-tre
from Mexico. Those this' re
the capital include notonyKg l"~~
birth, but naturalized c!iiens9 *
ted States and all' who, under an
have previously obtaitled'IeVe to m:
They are commanded to" ctd li(e .
selves to San Juan strictlitadist
niot to move a aiep towards th~d~ia
A stringent decree w~as'issu'&
13th of July, the preadmhfA oF$~
signs te "novementEof 3e