r i.'-V 1 ' 1 1 ' [From the American Eagle oj the 13Ih April.] Santa Anna?Again must we uppear before our readers without having any positive information as to the doings and whereabouts of the enemy. Rumor, in the mean ; time, is rife with news, and we must, perforce, set down to her account many things, which, however much we believe them, we J i - - - aare noi give 10 me public as veritable. One of the most important out-givings up to this time, is, that Santa Anna, seconded by La Vega ,and a force of near 12,000 strong, has taken a position between this and Jalapa, which is said by those familiar with the country, to be very strong. This report we find very generally believed by many officers of the army, and by the citizens of the place. A Plot Discovered.?Some day last week a number of Mexicans were discover ed in the act of inciting the citizens of Tarnpico to revolt and drive the Americans from the place. We are not advised of the particulars, but we learn that Col. Gates banished them from the city, forbidding their return under penalty of death. The Castle.?The castle of San Juan de Ulloa has undergone a thorough cleansing throughout, making it approach much nearer a place in which an American soldier ought to reside. We are informed that a more filthy place could scarcely be ima- j 1 _. .1, _ -i i gmcu, ui iuu nine our iroops iook possession. Gen. Patterson.?It gives us much pleasure to be able to announce the recovery of Maj. Gen. Patterson, or at least, so as to be able to assume the command of his division of the army. He left this city on Friday i evening last, and would probably reach his 1 command the same night. Execution.?The execution of the co- ( loured man, Kirk, a citizen of the United , States, convicted of committing a rape upon the person of a Mexican woman, and theft, |, took place on Saturday evening last. A t large concourse of people were present, to i wittness the first execution under Ameri- j can authority, which has ever taken nlace ! since our occupstion of this country. It will, no doubt, be a salutasy lesson to many who would destroy the safeties gun ran tied ' to good citizens, were not such punishments 1 sometimes inflicted. 1 Breaking up of General Headquarters. ' ?Yesturday evening at 5 o'clock. Gen. , Scott and his staff left their quarters in the Plaza, and started for Jalapa. They were escorted by Col. Harney's 2d Dragoons, and will probably be up with Gen. Twiggs of the advance in two or three days. Alvarabo.?The port of Alvarado, which has been closed for several months, is now open to our commerce, and to all neutral vessels not having on board articles contraband of war. Worth's Brigade.?Maj. Gen. WTorth, with the 1st brigade, will probably leave Vera Cruz to day, following in the footsteps of his illustrious predecessor. The governments of the town and dependencies have been turned over io oui. \v ilson of the 1st infantry. Tiie Hospital.?Many of our gallant soldiers are now prostrated by diseaae. and the hospitals are filled to over-flowing with them. The disease most prevalent is diarrhoea, which in many cases has proved fatal ! Expedition to Tuspan.?On Friday last, j the sloops of war Germanton and albany, j and two bomb vessels departed for Tuspan. On Sunday, the Raritan, with one hundred addtional marines from Potimac sailed for the same place, and yesterday, Com. Perry, with the flag ship Mississippi, and steamers Spitfire and Vixen, having bomb vessels in tow. The Peteril, Bonita and Elca followed suit. The object of this expedition is to take possession of Tuspan, which we understand will be effected by landing the sailors and mariners at a convenient point. A discovery.?About two miles from this village, on land known as the {,Keer tract," there is an ancient Mound, circular at the base which is surmounted by an oaken btump prodadly origiually 2 feet in diameter , which is almost totally decayed from age. A few days since, some boys dug into the mound, and nearly under the stump, at the depth of three feet, a skeleton was found, much decayed, but portions of it in a fair degree of preservation. 'Near the head were found two stone hatchets, an arrow-head, a stone pipe, and far more singular?a lot of plates, apparently isinggla8s, which are covered with lines and hieroglyphics of different and beautiful colors. The colors and workmanship betoken a more advanced and entirely different state of the arts than has been heretofore discovered in the remains of Indian tribes. Some of the plates are destroyed, but there are fifteen reserved. They are circular oval in shape, and about 7 indhe by 10 in size. A pipe bowl beautifully finished from stone, was also found. The bowl which is nearlv round, rises from a base on thp. bnt to?n of which are the figures of "1461." Measures are being taken, under th? supervision of some of our faost intelligent citizens, further to examine this singular mound. There is little doubt but that these plates contain the history of some former race that has inhabited this country, and We shall wait further discoveries with great cariosity.?Lower Saryjiusky Democrat. .w-' A Patriotic Father and Son.?A day or two since, a gentleman from Wayne county called on Capt. Wilder, at his rendesvouz, tor the purpose of enlisting his son in the company of volunteers now forming. It seems that the young man was not Ms own master, being little less than 20 years , of age, but he was nevertheless determined ; ; v> *. . : ' . ' to go to tho war, in spite of all persuasions of parents. Fearing, therefore, that he might runaway and enlist, the father brought him in and attended to it himself. After the papers had been signed and the oath administered, and the young man dressed in his " blues," the father turned to him and exclaimed, " If you ever disgrace your name ill battle, I hope some of the company will have the kindness to shoot you," and with this paternal wish, the father turned upon his heel and left the young volonteer with his comrades. The parent is worth perhaps $20,000.?Rochester Advertiser. " A Brave Man," said the Danish creed of honor, "should attack two?stand firm against three, give ground a little to four; | and only retreat for five. General Taylor i has establish a new creed for Americans. ; It is to attack four?stand firm against eight; ; give not an inch of ground to a dozen?' retreat under no circumstances! i i Giving the Liic.?The great affront of giving the lie arose from the phrase, {,thou liest," in the oath taken by the defendant : in judical combats belore engaging when charged with any crime by the plaintiff, and | Francis the First ol France to make current his giving the lie to the emperor. Charles the Fifth, first stamped it with infamy, by saying in a solemn assembly that he was no honest man who would bear the lie. i i i Flocks of Pigeons.?The Niagara j (Canada VVest)Mail of the 19th says: "A tremendous iinmagration of pigeons from the adjoining States took place 011 Sunday last. They were crossing the Niagara j from before nine in the morning until past ! one in the afternoon, and taking the speed of flight at thirty miles an hour, the floclc ; must have been upwards of one hundred and \ live nil/ miles in length Wild pigeons near Buffalo, fly so thick as to break the telegraph wires. Other pigeoas have broken the Boston wires! i I Public Celebration at Washington. ?The celebration at Washington, on Mon- i [lay, the 19th inst., in honour of the recent ; Lriumphs of the American arms, was quite ; a brilliant affair. At noon a salute of one 1 hundred guns was fired, and a display made ! of the national colours from the Capitol, City Hall, Navy Yard, and Arsenal, and from i various other points in the city. In the eve- | ning, the National Motel was handsomely J illuminated, the windows in the front of the j hotel, to the extent of four stories, bein g fil- | led with lights. A 7VT : i! 1 1 * .1. _ ; /i. i>ew in veil i luii iius uppeareu in uie j form of an India rubber mail bag. The i bag is so arranged that when closed it is perfectly air-tight and water-proof. When 1 filled with letters or any mailing matter. ! sufficient air introduces itself to render the whole extremely buoyant. They would j also serve as a valuable life preservers, for i each bag will sustain from two to 5ix per- j sons, according to its size, besides its con- : tents. Quick Work.'?On the occasion of the j illumination, on Wednesday evening, the whole of Banium's Hotel, including the I lights in the transparencies, exceeding liOOO in number, was lighted in less than half a ! minute; and at the Exchange Hotel 1700 t:?kim, tu,. VyiLIUUL^ \?UI^ III 111 il? L/ X UU WILIV^ were previously wet with spirits of turpen- i tine, and persons stationed to light np at a ! given signal. The effect of this almost instantaneous lighting was grand. Baltimore Sun. A writer in the Knickerbocker Magezine I Stuart Perry,devotes several pages to prove ! that the Pacific Ocean is the source of the Gulf Stream. He thinks that the Pacific t rushes under ground, through the isthmus j of Panama, (the Pacific being 15 feet high- ! er than the Atlantic,) by means of the flues j of exhausted volcanoes! Vice President Dallas, has written a letter on the subject of the vast importance of a ship canal across the isthmus ofTehuantepec, to unite the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He estimates the cost of the canal at from 10 to 25 millions of dollars, which in ten years would be repaid by the profits, if the canal be thrown open on liberal terms to all nations. Patriotism of Mr. Clay.?A gentleman of this city has received a letter from Mr. Clay' which concludes with the following noble illusion to his recent affliction:?"My life has been full of domestic affliction, but this last is one of the severest amonirthem. I derive some consolation from knowing that he died where he would have chosen, and where, if I must lose him, I should have preferred?on the battle field, in the service of his country."?N. Y. Express. John Gluincy Adams holds his estates in the town of Q.uincy, under the original Indian deed. and Mr. Poore, of the famous "Indian Hill Farm," in Essex Co., Mass, holds that properly in the same way; the old parchment deed, with^ its arrow-head mark, being the only visible title. Is there a word in the English language that contains all the vowels??There is--7/n questionably. And if it is written facetiously they will appear in alphabetical order. The celebrated Agassiz, in a recent lecture,&ays that in descending the Glaciers it was not unusual for the guides to slide down upon their backs, for a half a mile or more, . '-v '? . -t "& at a very swift rate, and thus to shoot over chasms 6J twenty Jive and thirty led, beneath which yawned gulfs of 500 feet in depth. The Hon. Henry Clay has given his consent to the interrment of the remains of his lamented son in Louisville. It is the intention of the people of that city to erect a ; monument in honour of the deceased. There are at this moment in London ; three pretenders viz :?the Count de IVlon-- j temolio, aspiring to the crown of Spain, Don J Miguel aspiring to that of Portugal; and Prince Luis Napoleon, entertaining hopes of yet wearing a revolutionary diadem in France. It is said that all the preliminaries are concluded for the reception of the nuncio of j Pius IX, at the court of St. James,s and for j the representative of the latter court at the Vatican. i Superannuated Preachers. It was ! decided at the late Rhode Island Methodist Conference to employ the superannuated preachers as colporteurs for circulating their ; publications, after the plan of the Volume ! Agency of the American Tract Society. 1 hero arc 2.000 iemaios now employed by Government in making' soldier's clothing at fair wages, while many hundreds are making sacks for merchants to ship Indian ; corn in, at one cc/it per sack. The English papers state that there have been several falls of black snow and black j rain, of late, in the Isle of Man. From the 1st to the 10th of this month ; there have arrived at New York 14,'292 immigrants, or nearly 1000 daily, 104 died on the voyage; 242 have been adtniled into the Marine hospital, making the number . now in that institution 300. Bancroft, our minister in England, has recently been elected a member of the Lon | don Society of Antiquarians, on motion of J Lord Morpeth. Mr. Bancroft is said to be | the first American on whom this honour has j been conferred. Obituary. j DIED, on March 30th 1817, at Vera Cruz, Mexico, of Dropsy, brought on by pro- ; traded Diarrhoea, ISAIAH STARKY,aged : about 54 years. The subject of this notice was a very poor man, and has left a family iu destitute circumstances to mourn his loss. The following extract is from the letter of Cant..). F. Makskau to Mrs. Starki:v, . apprising her of the death of her husband : " While under my command he was a nroinnt and efficient soldier, and in his1 death I have lost, as well as our country, a j patriotic volunteer. I tender to you as the i head of his bereaved family, my sympathies i in the loss of a husband and a father, and ' hope you may all find comfort in looking to ; Him who alone can assist the distressed, j As next of kin, you are entitled to 160 acres j of land, and three months and ten days pay, j which I will procure for you." CANDIDATEST i For Tax Collector. Wc are authorized to announce JAMES I M. CALVERT, os a candidate for TAX j COLLECTOR, nt the ensuing election. The friends of Cant. E. C. MARTIN.! j ; announco him as acandidato for TAX COLLEC TOR, at tho next ensuing election. The friends of WILLIAM J. HAM- j MOND, take pleasure in announcing' him a : Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR at the j ensuing election. The Friends of JOSEPH S. D. WETH- j ERALIj, announce hirn as a Candidate for . TAX COLLECTOR, at the enduing elec- . tion. The friends of the Rev. JAS. MOORE j respect fully announce him as a candidate for the office of Tax Collector at the ensuing election. The Friends of W S. HARRIS, announce i him as a candidate for re-election to the office j of TAX COLLECTOR, at the ensuing j election. We are authorised to announce JOHN CUNNINGHAM, as a candidate for TAX COLLECTOR, at the next election. The friends of EZEK1EL TRIBLE ! announce him ns a candidate for the office of ! Tax Collector at the ensuing election. We are authorized to announce T. T. | CUNNINGHAM as a candidate for Tax j Collector at the ensuing election. i 3 Clinton Lodge No 3. he Members of Clinton Lodge No 3 are hereby corn. ^^^^^^|"stly requested to attend at K%^^^<5^2the Lodtre Room 011 the next ^^J^K^Jr.'Lnilar day ot Meeting, (to " 11 vuw m.tumi kJUUll uuy III It 1 ^Mav) at One o'clockt P. M., as business of importance will be transacted By order o4 tho W. M. April 22, 1847. Wm. HILL Sec'ty April 28, 9 2w J. P. GRIFFIN, Commission Merchant, And Receiving and "Forwarding Agent. HAMBURG, S. C. Has declined all idea oF removing from Hamburg to Charleston, and tuk sun-rise ot? tho morning of Thursday, tho Gth day of May next, cause to be fired a. Federal Salute of imriy one guns, 111 nonor 01 ino ."-signal Victory ol)tuiiK'd by tiio army of the United States, nnder the coinuiatid of Major General Z. Taylor, over the Mexican army under the command of General Santa Anna, at Buena Vista, and of the capture of the City of Vera Cruz and the Castle of San Juan do, Ulloa by the land and naval forces under Iho I command of Major General Winfield Scott, tho j Commander-in-Chief. Ollicers commanding Artillery companies will | conform to this order where it is practically cojwo- i liicnt. By order of the Commander-in-Chief. -J, W. CANTEY, Adj't and Insp't Gou. Aj?ril ii8t 9 2w Notice. The subscribers respectfully invites the atten- i (ion of the cit izens of Abbeville, and the District generally, to their MERCHANT TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT, in f liio VilLnro turn Plunlnp'o Hotel, where they will keep at ull times u line assortment of GOODS for Gentleman s wear. Their Stock this Spring have prircipally been purchased in New York, and consist in part of, Super Black French Cloths, ' Blue u " " Brown " " " Black ' Doeskin Cas'm'rs u " Fancy " " White and Fancy Drillings. A splendid assortment ot Vestings, A fine lot of white Kid Gloves, black do, Black Satin and fancy Cravats. Scarf's, Suspenders, silk under Snirts and Drawers, A fine article of cotton Shirt.-* and Drawers, Buttons and Trimmings of all kinds, Also a variety ofgoods belonging to the trade, Military Trimmings &e., ail of which will I be made up in a style that will suit any that 1 may favor U3 with their patronage. TOMN T.YOIV. JOHN LIPSCOMB, j Abbeville C. H., April 27tli 1847. 9 3m A Great Bargain Is offered, in that ^ well known tract Land, for- uTj; | merly belonging to Mr. Sam- n| ! L !! I _??|y|liEw uel Jack, and by him, sold (o&mSbJL Mr. Willium Bowie, for tlirce thousand dollars, iu 1835. Said tract, contains SIX HUNDRED and FORTY-TWO ACRES, as certified by William Lcslio Esq., deputy Surveyor. It lies within two miles of tho Village of Abbeville, and within ono mile, of the Abbeville Male Academv. There are sunnosed r ? - I to be, about three hundred acres in woods, about eighty acres of tolerably fresh land,and the balance moro or loss worn. No plantation is bettor watered, having a considerably crock, passing through it, t nd springs convenient, to almost every part of tho uract. There arc probably, sixty or seventy acres of Lowgrounds, which, with proper ditching,might be made very vuluable. Tho woodland is so distributed, as to make the plantation, susceptablc of division, into Uirco small farms, and, if I cannot sell it as a whole, I may bo induced so to divide it. I also offer my dwelling House and Lot, on which I livo, in the Village of Abbeville. The Houso contains SEVEN ROOMS, besides closets, all well finished. The lot contains one acre, and iB supplied with good out-buildings, an cxcollent well of water, with a patent, cast iron pump. My weak lungs, and enfeebled health, warn me of tho necessity, of seeking a less changeable cli mate, ror mm reason, l will sell tho above property very cheap. FRANKLIN BRANCH; Abbeville, March 31,1847. 6 tf Dr. C. H. KINGSMORE, Having made arrangements to locate in the Village of Due West, would respectfully offer his services os Physician, to the citizens of the Village and adjacent countryvrrQffice a* Mr. A K Patterns. Due West, Feb. 10. ?X if . - JAZ&M.h :'x ? ,t i -s Up. 11KL1L - /n ' U Jlr Of the H..*