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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. ??? b VOLUME 9 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 3, 1848. NUMBER 18. , j ? ? * i 1 - - I .u vi:~ ,u.> ??? PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING BYTHOMAS W. PEGUEs. TERMS. Tlire j Dollars parannum in advance. Three Dollare an j Fifty Cents within six months, or Four Dollars at the e piration of the year. Advertisements inserted at 75 cents per square, (fourteen ines or less.) for the first and half that sum for each subse- i qnent insertion. The number of insertions to be noted on alk advertisements, or they will be published until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. One Dollar per square for a single insertion. Quarterly and Monthly advertisements will be charged the same as single insertion, and Semi-monthly the same as new ones For publishing Citations as the law directs three dollars will be charged. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications recommending Candidates for public offices of profit or trust?or puffing Exhibitions will be charged as advertisements. Altl letters by iuu.il mast be post paid to insure a punotua \ t??n inn. TO CLUBS, tu order to place the Journal within the reach ol , ill. we offer the following reduced rates to Clubs ( of new subscribers?payment to be made at the timeof subscribing. For 4 copies for one year, 810 09 I For 6 copies for one year, 14 00 j For 8 copies for one year, 18 00 j For 10 copies for one year, 21 00 . For 12 copies for one year, 24 00 j Any one ot our present subscribers will be con idered as one of either of the above clubs, by ob- ' taining a sufficient number of new subscribers to < make up with himself, the 4, 6, 8, 10, or 12. < MISCELLANEOUSMR. CLAY'S LETTER. The Washington Correspondent of the i N. Y. Journal of Commerce, himself a Whig < and well informed politician, thus notices ' Mr. Clay's recent Address to 'the Public.' ' Mr. Clay's letter has produced some sen- s sat ion here. Among those who have con- 1 tributcd to put him in his present position > arc not more than six members of Congress. ' ] can vindicate the Whig members of Con- 1 gross from the charge ofhaving contributed ' to Mr. Clay's delusion. As to the promi- r nent Whigs of this district, who were with f Mr. Clav while he was here, they can be re- 1 Jieved also from "the fatuity which his ad- 'i dress attributes to the Whig party. So far S from having solicited Mr. Clay to become 1 J liim ll,9( a candidate, anu representing m mm >?, i the Whig party could not exist without him,! ' ihev have uniformly represented to those L with whom they have conversed, and with 1 manifest sincereity of belief, that Mr. Clay j would not be a candidate for nomination? I " that he would withdraw at a proper time- v and there was no expectation that he would k be the nominee. I undertake to say without F fear of contradiction, that Mr. Clay's appeal ( a to the public surprises no one* in this city,! z more than some of those who were entitled ! ' to be considered his strongest and most in-: e fluential persona) and political friends, and 1 that, yesterday, they pronounced it to be a j 1 forgery. ' 1 \\ hen Mr. Clay came to this city, and s when he left this city, for the North, he ccr- j tainly had not become quite so wild upon this subject as he did after the caresses which ' he received from both parties and sexes in ' Pennsylvania and New York. His warm J reception in those States, induced him to s believe that (hey would support him, though * lor five and twenty years they have gone a- 1 gainst him. They pursuaded him, in fact, 1 that the central Slates were for him, and him to signify his acceptance, in order to be e- 5 lected. In truth, lie considers that he is elected, and he holds court and grants political amnesties, and utters unconcealed threats a??.i rtf iIia WUiiva nrkn hovo nrpfprrpd 1 gailiai IIIII9C M1 IIIO 11 Uig3 n u<. >iu ? V f-. ..... | other citizens for the office of President. It < occurs to every one to ask, how it is that \ s Mr. Clay, if he is the undoubted choiee of t the Whig party, should not leave it to the I Convention to nominate him, without issu- t ing a manifesto to 'the public,' with a view * to strengthen his pretensions. ' Mr. Clay thinks himself to be the Whig ? parly, and that the Whig party will die with j him, I am not sure that, to some extent, he t is not right. Until he shall leave the field, ' no whig can ever be elected as President. I That is certain. The Democrats arc in < eztacies at Mr. Clay's edict. They feel 1 their hold upon power to be invigorated. 1 A very interesting document reached us, through the Baltimore Patriot, the other I day, and just in time to prepare the public 1 mind here for Mr. Clay's manifesto. I al- ' lude to Mr. W. Cost Johnson's letter in re- < ply to Mr. Bolt's pamphlet. I Mr.'Johnson has demonstrated that the ' Whig party cannot siand on the old Whig J platform, and that Mr. Clay has no better, 1 not so good a prospect of election in 1848 as in 1844. The Whig party will be defective i in about every State in the Union' upon i the old issues, should Mr. Clay be their sole I candidate. I think I see around me adequate proof that an independent candidate < will be brought forward, and with some I prospects of an efficient support, if not tri- ' praphant victory, ______ i Infatuation of a Man of Wealth.-a Singular Case.?A lady of Cincinnati has brought a suit in the Supreme Court there i to secure the appointment of a guardian of her husband (Paschal B. Smith, formerly a I respectable merchant of New-York) who is alleged to be the victim of a strange delusion, and therefore incapable of taking care of his property. It appears that when he left New-York he was worth 880,000 or 8100,000 in cash, and bought a beautiful residence at Mount Auburn, near Cincinnati. In a short time an association called the "True Troth- < erhood," was formed in Cincinnati, and Mr. i Smith embraced its doctrines, became a leading member, and declared his money fhould be expended for "God and Humanity." The members of the association pre- < tended through an ''oracle," who was put into the mesmeric state, they could hold communion with the Spiritual world. In this "Oracle" Mr. Smith had the fullest confidence, and fell himself bound to receive the messages he delivered as Divine commands, telegraphed in this manner to him from the Eternal Throne. One of the "orapies" is a young man of questionable char acter, by the name of Mahan, who was formerly a barber on a steamboat. ! It appears that a kind of joint stock company had been organized by the "Brother- i hood" for the prosecution of certain speculations, which required funds, and, with but i one exception, Mr. Smith being the only < wealthy man among them, heavy drafts I were made upon his purse, all of which, on , account of his confidence in the "oracle," who, while in the mesmeric state made known the sums necessary, he felt obliged j to meet. At one time $500, at another $300, at another 8100, at another 81,500, and atone time 815,000, were demanded and given over, until it appears that 846,000 of Mr. Smith's money have been used up, and, he has not for it even a claim upon the i property purporting to belong to the Broth- < erhood. _ I The 'oracle' Mahan, with several accomplices, has lived for some past time in the 1 grandest style in one of Mr. Smith's houses, and has figured as quite a dashimg fellow j at Mr. Smith's expense. The house is furnished in the most extravagant style, and < the gentleman keeps his, fast horse and fine carriages, and has his table furnished with | silver plate, as though he had an income of i thousands. In fact, according to .Mr. Smith's admission, it docs seern that, in or- < :Jer to keep him with them, they have been I jbliged to give about 82,000 a year. Many individuals remonstrated with Mr. Smith, i md expressed astonishment that while lie < ived so eeomically himself, he should be | ceeping up this young man in idleness, dis- I iipation and extravagance. He remarked j hat these were mere foibles in which the i r'oung man had to be indulged?that God iad chosen him as a medium of communica- ( ion with this world, and they must give t lim these things in order that they might t cap the benefit of his peculiar connections; j hat he was confident Mahan transmitted i iilclligcnce from heaven, and that if he could lave it no othei way, he was willing to pay ? >100 a day for it." s Jefferson's Opinion of the Bourbons.- ( .ouis xvi. was a fool to my knowledge, and lespite of the answers made for him on his j rial. The King of Spain was a fool, and of | Naples the same. They passed their lives j ii hunting, and despatched two couriers a j uonlf mm tlmiismirl miles In l(>f OJinll OtlieT now what game they had killed the last , (receding days. The King of Sardinia was , i fool. The Queen of Portugal (a Dragona,) was an idiot by nature, and so was the , v.ing of Denmark, their sons as Regents, ex- { xcised the powers of governments. The { ving of Prussia, the successor of Frederick ( he Great, was a mere hog in body as well | is in mind. Gustavus of Sweden, and Jo- , iep!i of Austria were really crazy, and Jeorge of England was in a strait waistcoat. DO I here remained none but old Catharine of iussia, who had been lately picked up to lave lost her common sense, in this stale Jonaparte found Europe, and it was this Hate of rulers which lost it with scarce a ilruggle. The animals had become without nind, and powerless, and so will every he editary monarch be after a few generations. , "And so endeth the book of kings, from ill of whom the Lord deliver us." I SKETCHES BY THE CAPTAIN. J TIIE PIRATE. Eighteen years ago, the ship I comman- I led was dancing over the waves, on a mis- ! iion of tnercv. Laden by the generous con- i ributions of a New England city, she was i jound to the Cape de Verds, with bread for 1 lie famine stricken and dying. Brighter i ikies never gladdened the sailor's heart, han those which was bent above us; plea- i iautcr gales never filled the sails of the sea ! ourneyer, than those which sped us on to lie haven where we sliou'd be; "and now < nay God have the good ship in His holy ieeping." the prayer which concluded the / jld English lading, was heard and greeted ? i we felt, who trod the deck of the stout craft, whose en and it was to succor the destitute. < We were all in high spirits, forward in the < brecastlc, and aft in the cabin. Sailors, ] who are so often hungry, liable at any monent to be put upon short allowance, and < impelled at times to last entirely, know bct:er than the landsman, how to pity those whom famine threatens. Jack lias ready sympathy for the man who has no biscuit in i lis locker. It was now the fourteenth day out?just ; n the first grey of the morning, that the nale aroused me with the startling inlcllijencc that a suspicious vessel was in sight. With ihe first ray of light, the vigilant offi;er had descried her, and she was so near as io be clearly m .dc out without a glass. 1 was on deck in an instant. The first glance at the stranger almost dispelled the lear that themate's alarm had occasioned. Why, Mr. Larkin," I said, laughing as I spoke, "there is nothing suspicious in that lubber looking craft. She is a i'ortuguesc brigantine; she can't sail." 'She looks like one of that build/ the mate answered,'but she is built for sailing, and she'll spread canvass in a wind like this, that'll send her skimming like a gull over the sea. And look, now, at the men on her deck!' Give me the glass/ I said, 'I can see nothing on her decks.' One glance through the telescope was enough to satisfy me that the mate was right. The vessel was sharp built, ar.d of light draught, and rigged like a brigantine. Her masts raked very slightly; besides the canvass usual to such a rig she was fitted to carry a lugger sail, which, spread before tfie wind, would add to her speed. In addition, she was pierced for twenty-two sweeps. Her decks were crowded with men. It's no honest craft, Mr. Larkin,' I said, * 1 ' ^Cr\r* oil lliaf Otin Din sne may inn uc a |?iaiv H,. ...... may not be surprised to fall in with a slaver hereabout.' 'She's no slaver, Captain.' 'Why do you think so?' 'Because there are guns on her deck, instead of watercasks' 'I did not say she had a cargo of slaves in,' I replied. Then why does she carry so many guns on deck? If without a cargo, her guns should be below; if with one, there should \ be more water casks on deck. If that ain't a pirate, captain, I never swam in the Ken- j nebeck river, and salmon ain't good eating.' j As if to put an end to our speculations, i and clear up the mystery, the suspicious ves- I sel began to spread more canvass, and as she gathered way with the freshening breeze, there ran up her foremast a flag, which,! when it reached the truck, unshook its folds ] in the wind. On a white field, we saw the j .errible insignia of the free-booter. the | death's head and cross-bones?painted in di- j bolical black. I thought so,' said Mr. Larkin, quietly, i and the ship has no guns.' 'What arms have you, Mr. Larkin?' I asked. 'An old horse pistol, and the lock out of order. And I have only a fowlling piece and a pair of pistols. I fear these fellows will make their own terms with us. Yes, cut our throats and administer on jur effects afterwards,' replied the mate as lie walked forward. We made all the sail we could, but fifteen minutes satisfied me that escape was impossible. The report of a heavy gun from the airalc, and a ball whistling over us, speedily Drought us to. The pirate came quietly ilong, like a panther, which sureol his prey, >vas in no great hurry to seize it. The moment he came within speaking listance he hailed & ordered me to launch a mat and come on board. We got out the he Quarter boat, and I was about to jump u her, to pay my respects in person to the villains, when Mr. Larkin asked leave logo. If they want the Captain, said he, let 'em send for him. I'll see if the mate won't answer as well.' He had scarcely put. his foot on the deck if the pirate, when he appeared on the rail, md descended to the boat, which began to Dull back. Almost at the same instant a aunch was swung over the rail, into which wenty savage looking rascals, armed to the eelh, sprung, and pulled towards us. Ten n i . i i r ninutes aiterwaros they were on boara or ny vessel, and began clearing away the nain hatch. The leader, a swarthy looking fellow vhosc square, compact frame indicated strength, and whose eyes, black and hazy, ind half concealed by the lids, expressed cruelty and cunning, approached the cabin talch, where I stood, and addressed me in k*ery fair English. "Are vou the Captain of this vessel?' "Yes."' "What's your cargo?' "Flour.' "Where from?' "Boston., "Where to?' "Cape de Verde.' "Why they are all starving there,' he said jpeninghis eyes, and looking full at me. " Yes, and the flour in mv vessel was freely given bv good Christains to feed those starving people.' The rascal continued his deliberate gaze a moment, then turned towards his men, who by this time, had broken into the main hatch, and and in a rough, commanding tone i spoke a few words in Spanish, which 1 could not make out. The men looked up in astonishment, and then withdrew to the side, where they stood gazing curiously towards heir Captain, for such was my interrogator. He thrust his hands behmds him, and walked to and fro quickly, for five minutes; then he said, sharply, turning to me. Vf?u A mnrimmc o ? /"* nil hr?r<?1ir?c u>ltV7 wllfttlltl JL i/U X1UIUI IV.HIIJ Ul V U I I IIVI ? T WIIV^IM you send flour to Iced starving Catholics?' Because they are our fellowmcn, and their Saviour is our Saviour,' I answered, astonished at the conduct of the man. If you lie to rne, he cried, with a fierceness which startled me, 'If you lie to me, I'll nail j you tc you own deck. Is this cargo the free gift of your countrymen to the starving? "I'll prove it to you by my papers,' 1 answered. "I don't want to sec your papers,' he returned, 'swear it by the Saviour, whose name you have just pronounced, and as he spoke, he crossed himself devoutly. ' ] swear it by the Holy Trinity,' I replied solemnly. The "pirate lifted his cap, and bent his head devoutly, when I mentioned the Trinity. The man stood still, his head bent over, while one might moderately have counted fifty. When he raised himself up, it seemed to me that there was less ferocity in Ins countenance. The eyes were no longer half closed, but open and clearer in their depth. I looked steadily at him. Captain,' he said courteously, 'can you supply me with two or three casks of water? 1 gave the order, and the water was lowered into the boat. A word from him sent his cut throats over the side, but he lingered behind, and after a moment's hesitation, as though he half repented of his resolution and was ashamed of what he was doing, approached me with his hand extended. ' God bless you, he exclaimed, as he felt my grasp, and send you where the starving s praying for bread. The next moment he was gone. It is very probable that the piratical rascal was afterwards hung, as no doubt he desurved to be. But however terrible his fate, I am sure that from the depths of his heart, seared and calloused by crime and sclfdcsccratcd, there burst forth a litle warm glimmer of light, which mitigated somewhat] the desolation, and relieved, though it could not entirely dispel the gloo-' -"his dying hour. N. Y. Despatch. A boy wu. asked what meekness was.? He studied a moment .and said, "Meekness gives smooth answers to rough questions/' D" There is a. magnetic neatnoss, so to speak, throughout the following linos. The wires which con. nect tho visible of nature with the invisible of man's I heart, arc hero touched most skilfully. We do not know at the present time of a more delicate composi- j lion in rhyme, always excepting Alfred Tenneyson, who is a male fairy among poets.?N. 0. Picayune. THE r'MAGNETICTELEGRAPH. BV REV. i. LYONS, | Along the smooth and slender wires The sleepless heralds run, I Fast as the clear and living rays , Go streaming from tho sun: No peals or flashes heard or seen Their wondrous flight betray, And yet their words are quickly felt In cities far away. Nor summer's heal, nor winter's hail, j Can check their rapid course; They meet unmoved the fierce wind's rage? I The rough wave's sweeping force: . In the long night of ra n and wrath, As in tho blaze of day, They rush, with news of weal or woe, To thousunds far away. But faster slill than tidings borne Oil that electric choid, Rise the pure thoughts of him who loves The Christian's life and Lord? j Of him who taught in smiles ar.d tears With fervent lips to pray, Maintains high converse hero on earth With bright worlds far away. Aye! though no outward wish is breilhed, Nor outward answer given, I The- sighing of that humble heart, Is known and fell in heaven; Those long trail wires may bend and break, Those viewless heralds slay, But Faith's last word shall reach the throne Of God, though far away. _______ i FRIENDSHIP. BY "VJDDE1GH." If there's a word of sweeter sound Than earth may claim? A word that fills with joy profound, And makes the heart with rapturo bound, 'Tis Friendship's name. If there's a bliss without alloy, Pure and alone? A bliss that thrills, but cannot cloy? A calm, but sweet and constant joy, 'Tis Friemlshin's own. If there's on earth a beam of light More fair than day, That cheers the darkest hours of night, And makes the deepest dungeon bright, 'Tia Friendship's ray. If there is aught on earth can cheer Life's Idlest hour? Allay the spirit's chilling; fear, And tnake the grave itself seem dear, 'Tis^Frieudship's power. N$ver Countenance Profanity.?If you happen to be in company when the tale turns into part obscenity, scandal, folly, or vice of any kind, you had better pass for morose and unsocial among peo, le whose good opinion is not worth having, than shock your own concience by joining the conversation which you must disapprove of. A Good One.?We heard the following good one yesterday. Whether it was ever in print before we know not. It will bear republication:? On a certain occasion there was a promiscuous crowd discussing the chances of success of the several aspirants for Presidential honors. One would have it thai Harry of the West will this time carry oft'the Presidential prize, sure; another, that old Zack will make a IJuena Vista affair of it?defeat the enemy, deserters from his own ranks, and all,, a third hinted ut the chance of James v L -ii"! l:__ . r?_ i..?i. iv. x urn. .uvuiy mm" turns up iwt ma iuui\ so might the treaty of peace. A millerite, who up to that time seemed in a slate of silent abstraction, in a tone of prophetic piety, remarked: "Trouble not yourselves about such mundane matters, gentlemen; gird not 011 the political armor; don your robes ascension, and be prepared for the tunc that shall end all time, when it cometh for I tell the world that before the 4th of March 1849, there will be but one President and he will be the President of Presidents?' he King of Kings!' "Look here, stranger,' said an unsophisticated Kentiickian, who was present, and who, although he took no part in t >e discussion, paid marked attention to its progress; 'you say some feller is to be President, sartin, though he ain't yet got a single nomination, nor hain't been abused in the papers. Well pr'aps you know more nor a fellow like me, from old Greensburg; but I tell you what it is, I have two hundred and fifty dollars in this here purse, (pulling out a leather wallet) and I'll wager the whole with you that lie don't get the vote of old Kentucky no how you can fix it? I m tir 1. . 1 a 1 iiie wife.?11 isasiomsmng 10 sec now well a man may live on a small income, who has a handy and industrious wife. Some men live and make a far better appearance on six or eight dollars a week than others do on fifteen or eighteen dollars. The man does his part well; but the wife is good for nothing, She will even upbraid her husband for not living in as good stvie as her neigiibor; when the fault is entirely her own. His neighbor has a neat, capable and industrious wife, and that makes the difference. Ilis wife on the other hand, is a whirlpool into which a great many silver cups might be thrown, and the appearance of the water would remain unchanged. No Nicholas, the diver, is there to restore the wasted treasure. It is only an insult for such a woman to talk to her husband about her love and devotion. I A Dbtcr imitating Shot.?Two Cockney drapers, Jones and iMarlm, went deer Hunting lately in the Highlands. After remaining together awhile, they separated; and Jones hearing the report of Martin's gun, went to him. Seeing no game, he asked him if he shot anything? "No," replied Martin, very carelessly, "I didn't shoot any thing." "What did you shoot at asttcu jones. ? Martin seemed confused, and evaded a 1 ^plyJones lookeJ round and saw a calf gra- , sing a short distance off. "Did you shoot at that calf?" ' "Yes," replied Martin, "I shot at it." "You didn't hit it, though remarked his j friend. < "No, I didn't hit it,"and Martin went on * lo explain. "You see I was uncertain , whether it was a calf or deer; and 1 shot so ( as to hit if it was a deer and miss if it was a < :alfP r When a wife so far forgets her own true 1 interests as to withdraw herj confidence 1 in her husband, and conceal her acts from < him, because it is him, she has but one step ' more t?? take, and him to learn, before their 1 peace is shipwrecked, and the priceless gem J ?f vvnman's nature is lost forever: while the | lowering strength of man's ambition trcm- 1 / J* i bles to its centre for the want of a guiding rule, and he becomes as it were a withered leal" in a tempest.?Metchum's Ledger. Rumors.?It is said that General Taylor j always carries a copy of jEsop's Fables in , liis pocket. ] It is said that Henry Clay is perfectly in- \ different whether he ever becomes President t or not. i It is said that Robert J. Walker will insist upoi remaining in retirement for the next lew years. It is said that Col. Benton is of the opinion 1 that Col. Fremont was not guilty of disobe- 1 dience to orders. ] It is said that Mr. James K. Polk alto ' gether declines to be considered as a Can- ' didate for a second term o! the Presidency. It is said that Mr. Trist is of the opinion that Gen. Scott is a very fine man. It is said that Messrs. Polk and Buchanan ( are of a different opinion in regard to both , of the above-named gentleman. It is also , rumored that the venerable Mr. Ritchie coin- , cides with the President and Secretary. 1 the country saved once more. 1 George Washington Dixon has started a 1 paper in New Orleans, entitled the "Army and Navy Gazette." Its motto is, "God, I Laud, and the Elevation of the People." The latter clause, if it is intended to include the editor, has our hearty approbation. We leave ine precise amount of the elevation to the discrimination and good taste to the ] Sheriff. < INVAUaBLE invention. t We have been shown a new and very re- s markable invention, entitled the Leonidas ' Pillow-case. The peculiar characteristic of 1 this wonderful article is, that an ordinary 1 man can lie on it one night, and find it fa- ' mous on awakening in the morning. The 1 ?i original inventor had to take two spells at j lying, in order to produce the desired ^ affect, but one will now answer. Apply to ( General Winfield Scott, who has furnished ( the inventor a certificate of character, so , that every one will hereafter value him as he deserves. i Purely Vegetable.?"My dear sir," said a vegetable doctor to his patron, whom ' on entering the house he was surprised to 1 find a widower, "did your wife suffer at all in the dying struggle?" "Why, no, 1 rather guess not," said the 1 bereaved husband, with apparent resignation. "Thank Heaven!" exclaimed the Botanic, , "for the light that science imparts," throw- ( ing back his head and turning his eyes to- | wards the concave horizon, and at the lime , thrusting his hands into his breeches pockets; "this is truly an age of discoveries! I knew i she could not suffer; for I had given her the proper medicine to make her die easy. I always do that for my patient. It is a discovery of my own?it is purely vegetable!" 1 Mexican News by the Orleans.?Gen. Kerney and Mr. Sevier landed at Vera Cruz amid salutes of artillery from the Castle, the frigate and the forts in the city. Gen. Santa Anna, family and suite arrived at Antigua, 28 miles from the city, on Sunday, 2 J inst., escorted by his body guard of hussars and lancers, and Capt. Tilghman'a company of mounted artillerists, whence he embarked on Wednesday, 5th inst., for Jamaica, on board a Spanish brig. His escort, under command of Cnpt. Tilghman, arrived at Vera Cruz on the same day. Gen. Kerney was to have reviewed the troops in around the citv on Monday, the 10th. "" J 0 ' Our Commissioner, Mr. Sevier, left Vera Cruz fortlic capital on Saturday, the 8.h escorted by Cap. Tilghman's command. On Sunday, the '2d inst., Lieut. Smith, of the Louisiana Battalion of Volunteers, and eight men. who had deserted to the guerrillas, were delivered by their chief, Gen. Zcnobia, to a detachment of mounted men, sent by Gov. Wilson to receive them, and having been brought to the city, were thence transferred to the castle, to await a trial. ('apt. Melton, with despatches from the city of Mexico, arrived at Vera Cruz on Wednesday, 5th inst., in lour days. The nature of the despatches had not transpired, but it was supposed that they had some reference to the breaking ol the armistice at Tabasco, and also a skirmish said to have taken place near the capital, ('apt. M., reports the road infested with small bands of armed men, masked, who commit deprada. lions daily on the road between Mexico and Ja|. apa, robbing dilligonces, &c.?as also on the road between Toluca and Mexico; that the peace- stock is far below par, but that in the places occupied by our troops, general tranquil ity prevails. It was supposed that Gen. Scott and suite, an I Mr. Trist, would leave this city about the 5th, the Court having adjourned iis sitting to the United States. The election for Alcnlde and city officers took place in Vera Cruz on Sunday 9ih inst. The Governor was requested to tako down the American|flag from the main plaza, where the electiou was held, during the day, but he de. clincd. lie was also called upon to deliver jp llir JUJUIIL UlHIUIIi^Q Ml MIW OttlllO |/JUV.Cj ?UU his was indignantly refused. Funekal of the Hon. James A. Black.? Yesterday the last honors were paid to the nemory of the respected and lamented Mr. Slack, by both houses of Congress, the execuive department, and a crowd of citizens. The iody was deposited in the hall of the House, the Speaker in the chair; to his right the Vice.Presi* lent; and in the area below, the President, nembers of the cabinet, and officers ot the gov?rnment;the commilte of arangements, with Mr. Sims, of South Carolina, as chairman, and eight nembers of the House, as pall-bearers; memjers of the House, family of the deceased, and a lumber of citizens, according to the progromme tvhich was published yesterday. An eloquent Jjk iiseoiirse was delivered bv the. Rev. Mr. Gur ey, chaplain to the House; after which, the long uneral procession was formed, to conduct the 'emains of the deceased to the Congressional lurvingground, till arrangements can be made 0 deposiie his ashes (at biVown request) in the >oil of South Carolina. No better man?no more faithful and clear - J Tiinded representative of the people?could beaken from among us. We have never known 1 member of better sense, of purer integrity, tf nore amiable manners, more beloved and more espected than James A. Black, of South Caro* ina. To know him was to love him. Beloved n his private life, respected in his public characer, he has sunk into the arms of death amid he regrets and tears of his country. Washington Union 8th ult., & The Duke ok Bordeaux.?The lineal heir i o the throne of France is the Duke of Bordeaux, about 27 years of age. An American gentle* man who. a year or two since resided in the South of France, near the city of Blois, the an- ^ cient seat of her Kings, giys that at the time the Duke ol Bordeaux was very popular among Tr ' all classes; so much so that the people had pur* :hased and presented to him an ancient palace in Blois, built by Francis 1st over, three hun* Jred years ago, to which was attached an es- * late of a number of miles in extent. The Duke accepted the gift and ordered that it* revenues should be devoted to the support of the poor. In case the final decision of France should be adverse to a Republic, the claims of this yrtung ..j. man to the throne may be looked at with much more favour than those of the decendants of him * A who has used the power conferred by the peo* - -:"z ale in endeavors to enslave them. Strange as t may seem, it is said that many old Napoleon* its are favoring the Duke of Bordeaux. THE FLORIDA RESOLUTIONS. We publish below the Resolutions adopted by the Democratic State Convention of Florida, held on the 26th March last. The Resolutions ?mbody the principles of the Alabama Resolu* ions on the subject ol Slavery in our territorial requisitions. Our readers will remember that ive most cordially and fully sustain the position laken by the Democratic party of Alabama, on " "'"j his subject, and we now pledge, ourselves to support to the extent of our ability, the Consti* ^ utional principles therein 6et forth. We be* lievc the South will be content with nothing less than these resolutions contend tor. Ala. bama, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, (and South Carolina, through her press.) have already a?* sertod these doctrines. The other Southern Slates will lollow, and if the Democrats of the North will he hut true to their principles, (which we have an abiding hope they will,) we see nothing to prevent a full and cordial union of the ^ Democratic party upon these principles, which arc so consistent with our doctrine ota6trict construction of the Constitution, and aro so just and equitable in themselves. The Whig party and the Whig leaders have taken ground as unequivocally as needs be (see Mr. Clay's Lexington speech and-his late letter) against us, upon this subject. So far from acknowledging our Constitutional rights to the extent contended for in these Resolutions, they aie the open and undisguised advocates ot the doctrines of the Wibnot Proviso, and opposed to the Bxtension of slavery under any circnmstances. Not a single prominent Whig has yet dared to say one word in opposition to the Wilmot Proviso. Mr. Clay is evidently playing for AboliHon votes, and so will every Whig candidate for the Presidency. A portion of -the Democracy of New York (ihe Barn-burners,) have seceeded from their party, and threaten to give that Stale to me w nigs, unless ineir principles are recognized by the Democratic parly. It therefore becomes the South to be united and firm, and while \vc do our northern Democratic brethren the justice to sav, that whatever friends we have in that quarter, are to be found in their ranks, we must al?he same time unequivocally to understand, that on the subject of Slavery, ae will make no concession, and sub. rnit to no compromises, to preserve the harmony of the Democratic party, or for any other purpose whatever. The following are the Florida Resolutions on this subject: Resolved, That all territory now held by the United States, and ali which may be acquired by conquest, treaty, or purchase, must biS held as their joint property, and the sovreign Authori- v ty over it rnu.t vest in the people of lhe?everal States and in them alone. ^ 4. Resolved, That, by the Constitution of - the United Stales, Congress is only empowered to enact laws needful for the preservation and disposal el such territory as public domain. 5. Resolved, That territorial governments are not known to the Constitution, are municipal or corporate, and can rightfully claim or exercise no political or higher power than is derived from the organic law of congress by which they are formed. G. Resolved, That the Constitution confers 110 right upon Congress to prohibit the existence of slavery in any territory, and therefore Congress can convey no such rigt to the inhabitants of such territory; and that any stipulation by treaty to that effect, is equally a violation of the guaranties ?i the consiitution. 7. Resolved, Thai, our Delegates to the Democratic Convention, proposed to be held in Baltimore on the 4th of May next, to nominate candidates for the office of President and VicePresident of the United State, are hereby instructed to support no persons for these offices who will sanction any attempt to interfere with, or control the equal right of the Citizens of each and every State, with , their slaves or any other property, to remove to and occupy terrilory which now belongs to the United Slates, or may hereafter be acquired by them, whether such interference* or restrictions are imposed by Congress directly, through its own acts or mediately through powers conferred on or conceded to tho inhabitants of such territory.