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P???Mdraa?n??a??nrtw?? From the N. 0. Picayune 29th ult. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. Two weeks Later from the City of Mexiocy and Ten days Later from Qucrelaro. The U. S. steamer Edith, Captain Cuillard, arrived last evening from Vera Crnz, which place she left on the 20th ult. By her we have received our letters and files front the City of Mexico to the 13th ult. and from Vera Crdz to j Ibe day of sailing. V The most important feature of the intelligence by this arrival relates the rumors ol peace and an attempted insurrection in tho City of Mexico. Colonel Wither'* command, about which nor' last advices left some anxiety on the public mind, arrived in safely at Ileal del .Monte. A detachment under Colonel Wynkoop captured General Valencia and his aid, and Col. Arista at the hacienda of the former, Tepijaco, on the 1st ult. Col. Wynkoop was in pursuit of Jarauta, an J Rea at the time. These es. caped him a few hours only. General Valencia and Colonel Arista were released on parole. Colonel Torrejon, Minon and Gaund were shortly afterwards captured at Amazuca, near l^ebla, by Dominguez?Captain of the Mexican Spy Company in the service of the United f Stages. Gen. Cadwala.ler's command, consisting of i tho 4tb artillery. Oth, 8:h and 11th infantry, left thaantjt of Mexico onjhe 31 instant for Toluca. Tho Iroops were in fine spirits at the prospect : of..active service once more. They had reach* 1 ed Le'rmaat the last accounts, without molesta < tion. i On tbo 4th inst.. Major Tnliafcro, arrived in i Mexico from Real del Monte, with a detach- i ment of the 6th Infantry, and twenty dragoons, ' iu^ch.arge of one hundred and fifty thousand 1 dollars in silver bars?a part of the assessment I levied upon the State and Federal District of j t Mexico. | | .. The rumor prevailed in the city of Mexico, that the Mexican Commissioners had offered a 1 pfk n of peace?based upon Mr. Trist's proposi* I tion atTacubaya?which had been sent on to < Washington city. Tne departure from the ul- < timatum offered by Mr. 'Prist, was supposed to t be a demand fer ?30,000,000 for the territory < proposed to be surrendered to the United States, t We regret to learn that the four Regiments 1 which accompanied Gcnerat Butler to Mexico, t ijre suffering much from sickness. i __ From a hasty glance at our Mexican papers, i of which we have a full file, we can find noth- t ing more than is contained in the letters of our c .correspondents. t We extract the following paragraph from The World, of Gua.lulaxara, under date of the t 17th of December. We shall avail ourselves 1 of the first moments of leisure to re-peruse our c fifes. ?, ' In a letter from I'epic, dated the I lth Dec. \ 1847. it is sai.l, that news bad reached Mazat- r Jan that 500 rancheros of California had attack- t ed the Americans who were in possession of La Paz and San Jose, had defeated them and set j fire to those places. On the 2d, three Ameri- f can vessels had left Mazatlan to render assi?t. t ance, and this occurrence wouid prolong the < blockade of San Bias*. The following is a list of passengers in the U. S. steamship, Edith, from Vera Cruz: 1 Lieut. A. S. Way, Georgia Bat.; Lieut. Irer- I too; Joseph Johns, discharged soldier; Robert I Smith and Captain J. Loyally The Edith brought over forty sick and dis- < charged soldiers?two of whom died on the pas- > sage. I , We can only make room for the subjoined | I letters. To-morrow we will bring up our cor. i respondenco to date. The annexed letters con- 1 tain much interesting information. Crrx of Mexico, Dec. 12. You will find in one of the letters of the gentleman who contiued his correspondence with ; you during my indisposition, an account of the { .capture of Gen. Valencia, the renowned hero ' of Cnqtreras, and Col. Arista, at (he hacienda of the former, in this valley, by a party of Tex l -?n Hangers under command of Col. Wynkoop, -pf-lhe Pennsylvania Volunteers. From all 1 I can learn, the expedition was managpd in the < most successful manner, and th" party came I very near laying hands on Padre Jarauta him ' self, who has been busy in this vicinity some weeks. 1 Yesterday, Doininguoz, the captain of the Mexican Spy Company, arrived with a small i mail, and brought intelligence of his having i bad a brusJrwith a party of the enemy's caval- i 'ty between Ojo de Agua and Xapoluca. The I cavalry he dispersed, and took prisoners Gens. Torrejon, Minon and Gaund, who were with the i .party, and delivered them over to Col. Childs, < at Fuefola, together wnn two American oe.serers whotn lie found with the party. I regret fthet in addition to these captures 1 cannot add that of Gen. Salazar, who rendered himself in'ftmuus by bis cruelty to the Santa Fe prisoners, 'fbe scoundrel was in the city a few days since, upwards of twenty-four hours, with his family, and the authorities, on learning his whereabouts, ae?t a body of so'diers to ariest him, but unfor- ' Innately he hud lelt the city about two hours j before it was known he was here. All these prisoners have been liberated on j .parole. The policy of liberating these men I i . think extremely doubtful. On parole they can j go where they please, and among their own I people can say what they please, which enables j them to do us much more injury in exciting the ' people toacls o( hostility tliau if they were neTcr taken prisoners, and their influence not confined to such parts of the country only as they .could muster courage to visit. As an instance jin proof of what I say, I urn to'd by a gentle man who came up with Col. Johnson's train from Vera Cruz, that on entering one of the >small towns at this side of Puebla, which was >an advantageous position to resist the advance of Col. Johnson, Cen. La Vega (who, together .with his brother, Col. La Vega,taken at Huamaulla, and Gen. Herin, taken at Cerro Gordo, 'c&mo up with the train on temporary parole) ad'.dressed the first knot of his countrymen lie met .in the town, and asked them why they were not up. It would be much safer to keep these men confined here, or send them to the United States. It is impossible to say when there will be a i movement towards any of the cities still in the possession of the enemy. The cmmnaiidcr-in. chief, confident, perhaps, of a peace resulting .from tho proposition of which it is said the Mexican government has made is not disposed to disturb the deliberations of the (iovcrnment I at Qucretaro by sending an expedition in that direction, or to create new causes of animosity | by making additional conquests until the result j of the proposition is known. A bearer of despatches from Washington ar rived yesterday with Col. Domittguez, and it is possible that an onward movements may be or. der<*d. IT it is ordered soon, th"re i< little, it aiiy, probability "t resistance being iifftrrcd to OtJr progress. Then' is tint at any < ne point that I can learn sufficient men and military sup. plies to resist one thousand of our soldiers. I regret lo say there is a great deal of sickness among the four volunteer regiments from Kentucky, Tenneesce, and Indianna, which General Butler commanded to this city. The measles, the mumps and the diarrhoea are the prevailing diseases, and on an average*ono-half the men in the four aegiments are unfit for duty. We have news to-day (rorn Q'ieretai?>. Anaya, who was elected President after Santa Anna's resignation has gone out of office, the term having expired, Pena y Pena, by right of his office as Chief Justice, at present fills the vacant chair, or has been elected President? I cannot positively learn which, but I ain inclined to believe the former. He has declared that lie will pursue the policy of Anava, who is supposed to lu? favorable to peace. The letter which brings this news is dited the 8th insf., and says the Cabinet has been reorganized by the appointment of Sr. Rosa.s as Minister of Foreign Relations and temporary Secretary of the Treasury, Riva Salacio as .Minister of Justice, and Pedro Maria Anaya as Secretary of War. City of Mexico- Jan. 13. On Monday last tlie Commander-in-Chief was infomed ofa movement denned here to attack the qnartcrcs of the officers of I he army and, if possible to take them prisoners or kill I hem. The plan was, that the population, or so much of it as could pe induced to t ike part in the conspiracy should rise, and assisted by a body of Guerillas which were to enter the city at a certain hour make the attack. During the day the commander-ie-cltief informed all the chief officers of the intended attack, designated rallying points for the different regiments, and. made every disposition neccessary to def.-at the insurrection. At night scarcely a Mexican was to be seen in the streets?showing that the whole, population had a knowledge of what was o be attempted. The precaution adopted, ii is supposed, prevented an attempt to execute the plan. The projectors ofthe insurrection were either blind to the effect of their plan, or foreseeing hem must have been utterly reckless to the ronseqnensos whicli would result to their own ounlrymen: for if the attempt had been made, here is not officer in the army, not excepting the toinmantfer-in chief himself, who could have estrained the troops from sicking the city. During the night, Lieut. Baker of the 5th Inlianna regiment, commanding a patrol, came n sight of two carts near the Piazza de Torio n the south-eastern part of the city, one of vliich containing one hundred stand of arms, he :aptured; the other he was unable to come up vith before it was placed in concealment ? ^ ^ -- - r?i 1 tiuincr lien, aeon nas me names 01 mg paries who originated th^ plot or not, I do not mow; hut it is pretty well understood that the :hief conspirators are among the soldiers of the Mexican army, who assumed citizens's dre?.s ,vhen our army entered the city, and have renamed here since. A few days may reveal nore in relation to the matter. You will, perhaps, learn before this reaches rou, ofa similar attempt at Pucbla which'tke >romtitude and determination of Col. Chihls lipped in the bud. Enclosed you will find Ci 1. Uhilds' proclamation in the Spanish. Mkxico, Jan. 13. Yesterday Col. flays and some of his men lad a brush with Padre Jarautu, at a place (al ed San Juan, some twenty or thirty miles from iere. Although the guerrillas far exceeded the Texans, they did not wait for more th in the first ;harge, hut fled in great confusion. Jarau'a was ;eon to fall fiom his horse which, together with bis lance and cloak, fell into tho hands of Col. flays. His saddle was bloody; from which it is inferred that the reverend scoundrel was killed. FROM THE RIO GRANDE. Among the passengers on the Maria Burt, yesterday, came Lieut. Franklin, of the Topographical Engineers, a gallant young officer who rendered himself conspicuous at Buena l'i?ta as a member of Gen. Wool's staff by his jallantry. Lieut. F. is direct from General Wool's headquarters at Monterey, which place be left on the l.'ith iriKt. Just before he left nn sxpress was received fiom Saliillo from Col. Ilaintramek, in command of the forces there, eating that a report had reached him from a source entitled to credit, that a force of Mexicans, 10.000 strong, under command of Gen. Ibjstamente, were marching down from San Lu upon Sahiilo. Th" report e en p.r:icu!ar? izes the points from whence the troops had been raised, but so fiequent are the stampedes upon that line, veiy little credit was attached to the report. Our forces there were in good condition, and perfectly willing to he attacked whenever the enemy thought best to try the experirnent. Upon the receipt of this news Gen. Wool had apprised the. Merchants at Monterey, Cainargo, Matamoras, and other ports, that he could afford them no protection in the way of escorts. From another source we learn that Col. Carasco, a Mexican officer who has rendered himself rather conspicuous, is at Montery, proposing to enter into negotiations with Gen. Wool fir pronounciamcnto against the existing Government of Mexico and in favor ot the Urn. toil States, on the part of the Slates ofTumaulipas, Nueva, Loon, and Coahuila: He also proposes to bring in (icn. Canalcs, that cowardly chief of guerrillas, who has given us so much trouble on the liio (irande. Caraseo has been for a longtime residing in Matamoras with his (ittnily, and appears friendly to the Americans. We know not what degree of credit to attach to this report.?JV. 0, Picayune Jan. 30. JUDGE McLEAN AND THE WAR. The Cincinnati Gazette states that the following letter was written to a gentleman in that State, and had been furnished them for publication. Judge McLean occupies a high offiicial position, and has been named, and has many friends in the several Slates, for the Presidency. His opinions and suggestions will be read with interest: Washington, Jan. 7,1848. My Dkar Siij: To all human appearance the termination of this miserable war with Mexico is more remote than when the first blow was struck. In my judgement it was unnecessarily and unconstitutionally commenced by .?a?.i.!n(?niirnriiiv intodisniitcd territory in the l"'"V/"",b i? - > possession of Mexico. And I think that Congress, who, unquestionably, have the power, should put an end to the war unjust an honorable principles, Afler agreeing upon the terms on which n 'reaty should bo made, they should call upon the Executive by resolution to offer a peace tc Mexico upon that basis, and during the nego tiition hostilities should be suspended. If the President shall refuse to do this, in the militarj appropriation bills the army should be reqnirec to take siieh position as shall carry out tht vio?\R of Congress. These bills the Presided could not veto, and fie would lie bound by theii requirements. 'Phis may be done by the House I hope Congress wiil'refuse to issue anymore treasury notes. The notes demanded, in ad * dition to those already in circulation, would flood the country with that description ofpaper. Such an emission would constitute a government hank, controlled and managed by a party administration. We have now fifteen millions of treasury notes in circulation, and authority to issue fivo millions more. I would not increase this circulation a dollar, but reduce it as rapidly as possible. Such a system would be incomparably more dangerous to the public morals and the public liberty, than any other system of banking that could be devised. To meet any deficiency of the revnue to pay the current expenses of the war, I would authorize loans at par, paying not more than six per cent, interest, and if loans cannbt he made at this rate, let the administration resort to a system of taxation which shall cause the peeple to i feel the. expenses of the war. All wars should be aecompanied by a system of direct and internal taxation. Nothing short oMhis catijshovv in additon to the sacrifice ot life, what wo pay for military glory This was the policy in the -- - r. i*_ i.i:_ oeuer .'ays 01 hip repinim;. The late war with England was nobly sustained by the people, alid not only in the field, but by the. payment of taxes. And they will sustain every just war in whieh our country shall be involved. Hut I rbk nothing in saying that an attempt *o adopt such a system of taxalinn would wind up this Mexican war in 60 days. Rut this showi that the war should be put an end to. This may be done by Congress in 90 days, and I pray God that they may do it. Very truly yours, JOHN McLEAN. From tlic Itifhmon Enquirer. "ANIMAL MAGNETISM." Mr. Clay seems to have thrown "the fluid" with wonderful effect upon the Whig correspondent of the New York Tribune, who thus describes the meeting of Messrs. Clay and Adams in a social reunion at the house of the latter. We quote it as a specimen of the grossest adulation. Let the Whigs talk no more of the "one man-power" The kissing scene isa"rich" specimen of electioneering! At ihis game, Mr. Clay can dsitance "Old Zack." We have never seen anything in the American press more fulsome or more ridiculous than the following: "It was worth a journey trom the limits oft he Confederation to its centre to see the meeting of these two great and patriotic statesmen. Af ter saluting Mr. Adams, !Vlr. Ulay turned rouna to he greeted by the kindling glance of a hundred eyes, as bright as his own dazzling fame. For every one he had a pleasant word and a kindly recognition: for, above all men, when in ladies' society, he has "That easy humor, blossoming Like the thousand flowers of Spring." How wildly and intensely all who see him love birr.! It is not respect alone; it is not soley esteem, it is not admiration only, with which Mr. Clay inspires those who come within the magic circie of his presence. It is love?deep devoted, enduring love. There is none of that homage now statedly practised at the White House, where "thrift may follow fawning." It is the true loyalty of a people's love for him who has been too great to be hitherto President. "The knee that is forced had beeu better unbent" See here he presses, with the affection of a. father and the de\-otion of a lover, the hand ofa fair representative of Massachusetts; there, too the lays his hand upon her head, as if he would bless a fair representative of the Whig "star that nerer sets." IIow kindly he meets the flash of those bright black eyes from the gallant Whig State of New Jersey, New York City, Utica, Philadelphia. Elizabcthtown, Morristown Springfield, and Washington. What a beau, tiful bouquet of the rarest flowers have these combined to-night for the delight and admiration of Henry Clay. One lady has just taken offher white gloves because it was pressed by the hand of Henry Clay; and no other hand shall ever press it again. It is sacred to that patriotic grasp. Nor indeed has the hand of beauty been the only thing pressed to-night; for lips, which, might have won an angel's kiss, have felt themselves too highly honored 'n heing pressed by bis. This may almost appear like trifling, yet it is true, and marks tfoe aeep devotion of the more patriotic sex for the patriot and statesmen. What a legacy Mr- Clay could bestow if he could only bequeath those lifts of bis. But I dare not trust my self to say more on this subject.'' ' Texas Developing heb Strength.?In the Merchants' and Planters' Price Current, ol Mobile, of January 15th, wo notice a new customer to that port. Under tho head of Sugar it is announced that "a cargo of sugar and inolasses arrived on Thursday from Texas, which is something new in the trade of the city." From ihc knowledge of a frier.d in these matters, we doubt not that our elder sister, Louisiana, will find a powerful rival in our younger sister, Texas, in supplying the extensive market of Mobile. F rum a gentleman who spent seven months of the past year in that very productive country, we learn that the rich soil of Texas, in what is called the sugar lands, produces more I sugar to the aero under the same amount of cultivation, or from the employment 01 me r><iui=> numlier of hands, and of a drier and better quality than that of Louisiana. Texas receives a larger share of the "trade winds," from being farthest west and south in the (Julf of Mexico; the "trade winds" being embosomed within the region of her sugar lands. N. Y. Mercantile Times. A Straxge Story. Between five and six years ago the widowed mother of a child named Annette, then between eight and nine years old whether from want of maternal affection or from I inability to support her, took her out at a distance from home anil left her at the entrance of ' a passage in one of the streets of Paris, with a promise to return, which she never performed. Finding herself abandoned, the child by tears and cries excited the pity of a woman named Buat, who gained a livelihood by lacemending, whirh she fauirht this adopted daughter, treat - ing Ijor with all (lie care am! affection of a moth. , or. Natural feelings, however, still dwelt in the rnind of the girl, and a short time ago she i discovered jhe address of her mother, and wrote , to her, informing her that sho was well and happy, hut carefully refrained from giving the . name of her humane protectress. The feelings of a parent however, wore awakened in the l mother of Annette, and sho became anxious to see her child again. Under the advice of some > friends she consulted a somnambulist, who could . not tell her precisely where or w..h whom An! nette was living, but he said it was in the neigh, r borhood of the Church ofSainl Roch. By dint 1 of preRcvorance, and the peculiarity of Annette > beinir marked in the face with what is called a t | dash of wine, tlio girl and the abode of Mmnr Hunt was discovered and llin descried child . claimed. Annclle, however refused to leave 3 her tried friend, and the mother applied to a . commissary of police, who, notwithstanding the strong repudiation of the mother by the child was sufficiently convinced of her identity am j considering that her age was too young to giv< her any freedom of choice, ordered her to sub mil to the legal authority of her mother. Th< parting of Annette from her benefactor wai most affecting to all who witnessed it. THE CAMDEN JOURNAL Wednesday Morning, February 9, 1848. \VILLIAM IL JOIINS-rON, EDITOR. To Correspondents. Our obliging Postmaster has constructed a nea letter box for the use ot the Camden Journal. Al communications and drop letters, intended for tin paper will be put in this box. Our correspondent! will confer a favor by attending to this. D" A meeting of the Medical Faculty of Ker sliaw District is requested in Camden at Davis Hall on Saturday 12th inst., for the purpose of ap pointing delegates to the State Medical Conven tion. Onr Market. Cotton comes in freely, but prices do not rub as high as those current at our last publication We quote 5fJ to 7?. The great bulk of the cottoi sold is 7| to 7$. Corn sells at 45, Fodder at 75; Bacon, scarce Salt is scarce in this market, and sells at 175 ti $2 in the Charleston market. Acknowledgements. We are indebted to Hon. A. P. Butler, J. A Woodward and A. D. Sims for their several favor; from Washington. 0"We invite the attention of Merchants and others to the advertisement of Mr. Bancroft in to day's paper. Mr. B. has for years kept an exten sive stock of dry goods, and we are assured sell; as low as any House in Charleston. The jobbing Houses and retail stores of that city would find i to their interest if they advertised freely in th< Country papers, and we perceive that the Mer chants of New York understand this from the lon? list of advertisements we notice in some of tin city papers. It costs comparatively a trifle, to thi increase of trade which such a course inevitable brings to the advertiser. Book and Stationary. We refer our readers to Messrs. Hogan & Thompson's advertisement. The advantages thee aflord resulting from the cash system are such, tha we can recommend our friends who may be in theii city, to pay them a visit. They are enterprising ii all their business transactions, and are determine! to win the favor of customers. Concert. We had the pleasure of hearing the well knowi "Hughes Famliy" last evening, whose performan ces on 1 heir various instruments were receive! with applause by a large auditory. The infant lyrist Miss Hcches, is truly a "mu sical phenomenon." Her brothers on the Harj and Violin are splendid performers. They giv< another Concert at Gifford's Hall this (Tuesday] evening. From Washington. We extract the following paragraphs, from a let ter we received from Washington last week date* 29lh January. We gleaned from this letter much political information, which we may use hereafter The Hon. Levi Woodbury 6eems to be the mar for the South, amongst the many candidates fo the Presidency, but it is a lamentable fact, tha the highest interest of the country are considere< but trifles in the estimation of politicians, whei compared with the all absorbing question of win shall be President. The majority of the lonj winded speeches, the political shuffling, juggling and magnetism, now in full blast at the Capital the many letters of our great men, on the Mexicai War, the labored articles of Father Ritchie an< Gales, re-echoed by the small fry throughout th< couutry of their respecting party; all have referenci to the next Presidency; not that many care whi shall be the man, further than to aid their party o personal advancement. It is a sad state of affairs but it is so, and will be so until after the election:? Mr. Woodbury, it is said will shortly comt out, and put his foot upon the Proviso, and the Resolutions of Dickinson, and, also, the doc trincs of Cass and Buchanan. Mr. Wood bury has ever been true to (he Constitution. The rumors of peace seem to amount to this: Mr. Tbist has written to the Executive, tha' he thinks he could or might make a treaty upor a basis differing slightly from that proposed b) him last summer or tall. What response the President will make to Mr. Tkist is not known It is reduced to certainty, that the PalmetU Regiment or rather its remnant will not be recalled. No distinct reason is assigned why. 1 suppose Mr. Polk is afraid to make a distinc tion between Regiments from different Slates 1 think a man of reason should never hesitate to make a distinction when there is a real dijfe rence. Hut let us be modest. It seems to me however, it would he no more than an act o sheer justice to rccal it; for, although it volun leered '-during the war," yet it was under th< strongest assurance, from all sources, that th? war would not last 12 manths. The Southern.Quarterly. T 1 1 ,1. VVC liavc received Hie January iiumuer, uuu kin following table of contents will give an ideao its value. To those who wish to subscribe, a fa vorable opportunity, with the commencement of new year presents itself. 1. War and its incidents, 2. The Turkish Lan guage. 3. McKenzie's Works. 4. The Growtl and Consumption of Cottrn. 5. Prescott's Con quest of Peru. 6. British Revenues and the Uni ted States. 7. Critical Notices, Foreign News. The Acadia has arrived at Boston, with date from England to the 15th ult. There is little o no general news of interest, and the commercia news varies but little from that received by the las steamer. Cotton has declined ?d. Bread stuff and provisions had also slightly declined. Mr. Trist's Negotiations. The following message on this importar subject, from the President, was received b the Senate on Wednesday, in reply to a resolu tioti calling for ihe correspondence between Mi Trist and the Mexican authorities: To the Senate of the United Slates:?In an swer to the resolution of the Senate of the 13t January, 1848, calling for information on th I subject of the negotiation between the commis sioner of the United States and the commis sioners of Mexico, during the suspension of hos i tilities after the battles of Contreras and Churl J , busco, I transmit a report from the Secretary nualir i of State, and the documents which accompany years ; it. of the I deem it proper to add, that the invitation 2. ' ; from the commissioner of the United States to low pa s the Mexican commissioners, to submit the pro. coupot position of the boundary, referred to in his des- livery. patch No. 15, of the 4th of September, 1847, 3. ' herewith communicated, was unauthorized by gross, me, and was promptly disapproved, and this dis- full pj approval was communicated to the cornmis- this lo sinner of the United States with the least possi- 4. i blc delay. James K. Polk. thoriz< sion si A Remxant.?A small company of battered 6o!dier9 No ci t passed through with the Railroad train yesterday, on officer I their way home from the battle fields of xMcxico?hav- 5. . ; ing had quite enough of gore and glory. One of the in 3 them, a modest, sonsible look'ng man, mentioned that ernme he was the only survivor of twenty-one men who left 6- I Watorbury, Connecticut, n year ago?a sad messenger whene . to twenty hcart-strickon, bereaved family circles. ' Netcark Adcerticer, Co; The Washington Union, states that there is no doubt Polil the President would be happy lo rccal the South-Care, lina Regiment from Mexico, as well as some others Yoi from oth^r Stales, if the ten regiment bill should pas-< pf 3 ?but under existing circumstances it would bo impo. |j^ve t . litic to do so, as sucli an act would induce other rtgi. 0f a pa 1 ments to solicit the same favor, and greatly reduce tho jhnt u army. The editor remurks that not a single officer pul>lic , I or man of the Pulincltocs has expressed to the govern- shou't 3 mcnt a desire for rccul, ious t Revenues of Mexico.?A "memoir" transmitted by I'V the Maj. Genera) Scott to our government, regarding the ifg'orl revenues of Mexico, gives a just idea of the amount ar which we will be able to raise in that country for the 1 3 support of the "army of occupation." ? i su^a'Jl According to the last report on Mexican revenues be- 1 . longing to 1844, and presented to the Congress by 1 ' [ Luis do la Rosa in 1845, the revenues of the Mexican i . republic were divided into seven different branches, 'n P"1 and amounted to $25,005,348.?Bait. Sun, j , n? | It war s The Hon. Pierre Soule, (Dem.) has been elected ; Mr, B r U. S. Senator for Louisiana, to succeed Hon. Henry c0 w1 t Johnson, whose term of office will expire on the 4lh cress. ? of March 1849. ; chievt A Core tor Consumption,?A. M. Deschamps lias I ''ie Pa 1 recently addressed a letter to the Academy of Scien- | 2 ces, (Paris,) in which he ossorts that ho has discovered 1 an(^ 2 an infallible remedy for diseases of the lungs, oven j ,na<? ^ p when tubercles have formed. He has forwarded his j era' ^ recipe, and sent security to the value of 70,000 francs, ^emo to be forfeited in case the efficacy of his remedy should reR'> a not be established by experience. Genei Caleb 1 Good Sentiment.?Profane language is to convcrsa- ! sjer ( J lion what ten.inch spikes would be to veneering? Presid t splitting, shivering and defacing it. It is in bad taste, I there r offensive to a majority, and gratifying to none. for (Jc 1 looted ] Counthbfeit Hill.?Yesterday we were w.j||t j shewn a spurious Twenty Dollar Note of the Rnfler Bank of Georgetown detected by the Teller of | wjt}, ( the South-Western Rail-Road Bank, which, \ye > being well executed it is but proper to bring to tjon> j| - public notice, in order to prevent their circula. the Pr ] lion. The three most distinguishing] marks an(] observable in these bills, and which will ena- grce8 . hie the receiver to detect them, are the follow- culjar j ing:?In the counterieit, the XX on the face of appoiti the bill is|an'engraved circular ground while the madei engraved ground in the genuine is somewhat Jation * oblong. The name of D. L. M'Kay is writ- he cot ten in a larger hand in the counterfeit than in tjon 0| the geuine. The paper of counterfeit bill is detrim much inferior to that of the genuine and of a declar ' darker color. There are some other tests by oFlhat which the discovery might be mado by a close j\]r< 1 observer, such as the XX's being smaller in size [je ha than in the genuine, and the impression more caaier 1 indistinct, but. the general appearance of the has co r bill in such as likely to deceive most persons. his fav t Charleston Courier. jvie; Counterfeits.?We learn that there has P1"0?'1 n been a considerable influx of the counterfeit a". ls 0 Twenty Dollar Notes on the Georgetown Bank, ,ngs ? noticed by us on Tuesday, some of which have tlon t0 ? been presented at the Ciiy Banks. One pack- ^.rou!\( , age, received from the country, contained up- * ou 1 wards of Two Hundred Dollars of the spurious j bills. Our country friends must bo on their n'3' y wi I can s guard.?lb. ; ? warrai Death of an Editor.?It is with regret cn*ls.s that we record the death, on the night of the 'p"1"1" r 28th inst., of Mr. A. II. Buchanan. He was 'jc Pr'c ' editorof this paper tor part of the past year, and l"e '0l " was known to the citizens of the district as a ? - young lawyer, lie died ofconsumption, which, s)'van ' as usual, had warne,. his victim of coming nienlt death. A widowed wife and infant daughter tlon ?' mourn their early loss. Itee ?' I miltc 1 : Returned Volunteers.?Messrs. A. F. thecoi t Allen and Robert Mellett, of the Sumter volun- lions o i teers, returned homo during the past week, orty, s , Mr. Allen was, we believe, Ensign of the ted atr , company, and Mr. Mellett Assistant Surgeon, stitutic We regret to state that Mr. Mellett's health is wise. , not good.?Sumter Banner. Mr. strike [ Treaty witii Mexico.?We find in the New tax mi . York Herald, a statement purporting to be "au- the pu thentic and special" in its nature, said to have Wilmc > been forwarded from Washington and which, to pie wo . say the least, is extraordinary. We have al- occurr ready intimated our disposition not to wholly in the r /licoroHit the statements that the unofficial terms I , . of a treaty of peace have been received in ? Washington, but are not prepared entirely for < ? such surprising collaterals. This statement declares that a treaty ofpeace The has positively been negotiated by Mr. Trist ceptioi and General Scott with Mexico. That this Teist e treaty was made in opposition to the wishes of made 1 ,f our government. That Gen. Scott has been but tin induced to act thus by a letter forwarded to him best ii a by the friends of Mr. Clay and Mr. Van Burcn, from p in New York, who have promised to sustain hint that th in his disobedience. will sc All this is certainly very curious, and if it there < were veritable, would develop such a piece ot ent ad bold political intrigue and proposed insubordina?- The - tion, as we would suppose no intelligent friend ate th< of either Mr. Clay or Mr. Van Buren would be lished, guilty of, or expect Gen. Scott to countenance, prosec Any terms of a treaty which have been agreed Tayl< 8 upon we supposeto have been made under very heres r different influences. The Herald article goes Rec d to show that this treaty was to be presented to the coi it the Mexican Congress which met 1st January it will s last. On the the 31st December General Scott ton-at levied his military assessment of three millions the Ui ot dollars, in order, this article infers, to alarm Th< ' *' ' n '* " " n/monfonno nP (iret ti the Mexican congress mw an ?.0. .. it the treaty. The Herald further hints that the gross, y recall cifGen. Scott and the Court of inquiry House ( ordered on him, have these negotiations in Joint view, and that theso negotiations in flirt, the A r' staple of Gen. Scott's offence.?Bait, Sun. Be - Repre i. Tjtk Loam Bill. The hill reported by Mr. gress < h Vinton, last week, in the United States House of the e of Representatives, has six sections and pro- knowi i. vides? Uppei i. 1. That the amount of the loan shall not be are be i- more than eighteen millions and a half, at 6 per Territ i. cent interest; payable quarterly or leraUn Sec it H , and reimbursable at any time after 29 from the 1st of July next after the passage act. rhat no part of the stock shall be sold bo. r; and that the certificates, with interest is attached, may be transferable by do* . r ' r rhat the Secretary shall report to Croat the commencement of next session, irticulars of his negotiation tor making an. the terms, the exnenses. &c. Expenses notlo exceed ?18,500. An#; js agents to he employed, whose cotnmia* tall not exceed one-tenth of one per cent* ompensaiion to he allowed to stlgritd^ s for service in connection with the )oao. Duties on impoits pledged for payme nt of terest and principal, and- faith of the Got ' nt pledged. Secreiary authorized to buy up the stock . :ver he may he ahle, not at less than par. rrespondencc of the Charleston Evening News. -, * WAsnr.Nc.ToN, Feb. 1,1848...; % ical Movements?The President? Ther* Presidency?Direct Taxes. / t arc a\yare that, since I have had the. iviiege of corresponding for your paper, I tot indulged in any expression of opinion irtisan character. It is always our honst re have a free press, and, that matters of a*. character, affecting the entire Uaioa, I he approached as becomes freemen, not* 0 preserve the liberty bequeathed to 00 ! fathers of the republic. Here, in Wadii, we see many things calculated to inter* id, whether they, unfavorably affect par*. v r eminent individuals or not, it weraccjO* ' e to remain silent. 1 conduct of the war has bad much to do the coming Presidential election. W#reqtiently heard it asserted, in public and rate, that, as this is a Democratic war, tbo crats should have the lead of our arniica* t so insisted when the proposition to send enion as a Lieutenant General to Merij is submitted at the ' last session of Con* Since that time, General Scott baa a* >a victories as brilliant as any max aaorn ges of classic history; hut where da m irn now?a criminal at the bar at Feroti, i his stead, in the Halls of the Moatea* General Butler, of the Kentucky! Gpf^. Porih has recently proclaimed himself a crat, and he has been released from tr? i?d restored to his command. AU the als, but one or two, are Dcmncratfc?? Gushing, long the friend of Daniel WefiC *j dined with Secretary Walker aod tba lent before he went to Mexico, and whO* he was run as the Democratic candidate ivernor of Massachusetts; but was not e? The Cass men have told me that they f they can, p'ace, the name of General for Vice President, on the same UckaC ieneral Cass for the Presidency. & all remember that, on the Oregon qoa> dr. Cass and oihers, were assured cxident would netgr yield below 54 is well fami iar to us that nearly six dfljp were surrendered! Mr. Cass and bis Befriends were wounded sorely by the die* itment, and as a salvo, he is now, the confidante of the Administration iareto the war and Mexico. In his poskkw nmits himself even to the'enlire subjuou f Mexico. This, in time, may be to lite lent, as the President, on the contrary, es that he desires not to absorb the whole country. . Buchanan is playing for the Presidency, s sent h>t chief clerk, Mr. Ilutter, toLan. Pennsylvania, to edit a paper there, and respondents here to fan up the} dame il or. inwbile, Mr. Polk looks on, catching thn tent Democrats arouud him in bia trap, An/l?nHA?ln/* t/\ n?A>lii8a clink ? ttf.la t?UCU?UI lil^ it/ pil/UUVtO OW.H W www W as will induce the Democratic Co?tn?. > select him for a secoud term! On the 1 that, as he commenced bostiltiea, ha ^ have the power to bring the ml tQ an ] ible close! it may be denier^mat.Ap ent wishes a second term; but from vm < ee, this is the design. Every moveipent < nts the conclusion. Some of the Demn* uspect it, and henec the effort, in adraacn g the name of Gen. Cass before the pub* >r to the assembling of the Convention Oft irth Monday in May. he House, to-day, Mr, Wilmot, of Penn* ia (the Proviso man,) offered an amend* o a resolution referring a particular por* the President's message to the Commit Ways and Means, instructing that CatM* to report a hill to raise annually, during itiiiuance of the war, the sum of five mil* f dollars, to be assessed on personal.prop* tocks, and money at interest to be appoi*. long the States, as provided by the Con* in, mid that they report by bill or other* It was agreed to by?yeas 93, naya 23. McKay made an ineffectual effort to out the sum, five millions, that the direct ght continue until the entire extinction of blic debt. This gentleman, as did Mr. it contended that the patriotism of the pee* old cheerfully pay the assessment. This ed in committee, but no vote was taken House before adjournment* CAPITOL. " r f Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. Washington, Jan. 81* ; i stories in the newspapers about the re* 11 here of a project for a treaty from Mr* aro all fables. Some propositiona were >y Mexican Commissioners to Gen. Scott ;y came to nothing. The opinion of the iformed men here is that we are farther eace than ever; aud no one really belieeee ie more vigorous prosecution of the war cure a peace. All seem to admit that ;an be no peace by treaty, during the pree? Iminist ration. i President has communicated to the See* * letters of Gen. Taylor not hitherto pnb> , giving his views as the proper modenf uling the war. It will appear that Gee* 3K proposed a definite line. He ed* to that policy?at least it is so said here. :cnt accounts from California showathat untry is ours, whether we will or not-that never go back again to Mexican doaiie* id that the people are for annexatioe to lion. ) annexation project was to-day, for the me, distinctly brought forward in Con* Mr. Turner, of Illinois brought into (he i the following resolutions:? Resolutions Annexing New Msnoo nd Upper And Lower California. it Resolved, by the Senate and Hcmmaf sent at ires of the United States in Che* lkj r?m .r j n .1, asscmuiciii 1 UUI irum auu tutor mu paij|Q ise Resolutions, all the TerritHfcN mom i as the Territories of New Mexieoaad and Lower California, b e, and the mmm >reby annexed to, and made a part aftb% ory of the United States. , 2. And be it further ResoM, Tfetli*