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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. : - VOLUME 9 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, JUNE 21, 1848. NUMBER 55. PtmusHKD RVRRY WEDNESDAY MORNING BYTHOMAS W. P E G U E ?. TERMS. Three Dollar* per annum in advance. Three Dollars and Fifty Cent* within six months, or Four Dollars at the ex ptmtion of the year. Advertisements inserted at 75 cents per square, (fourteen ines or less.) for the first and half that sum for each subsequent insertion. The number of insertions to be noted on '"all advertisements, or they will be published until ordered 4 to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. One Dollar per square for a single insertion. Quarterly and Monthly advertisements will be charged the same as ingle insertion, and Semi-monthly the same as new ones For onhlishing Citations as the law directs three dollars will bo charged. * \(l Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communi; cations recommending Candidates for public offices of profit or trust?or puffing Exhibitions will be charged as advertisements. -. 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Mr Editor:?I have been an observer of passing events, for a number of years; and itave had some little practice too, in the bu-1 siness of farmins?. and remember to have often heard the idea advanced, that a crop of oats impoverished land far inore than that t}f a wheat crop. 1 cannot subscribe to the theory; and mv reasons for thinking differently, are the billowing: It is a given up point, that corn will grow ' belter after cotton, than where corn has grown the vear before; some say because the land was better cultivated. I think there is a different cause, which is this; in the course of my observation, I have noticed that any thing will grow well after cotton?it will grow well after potatoes; likewise, also, where there has been a good crop of peas. My theory i* this; where there is any thing to shade the land or to protect it from the . acorching rays of the s n, during the months -of August and September, it will produce bettor the next year. Now all tlM difference in a wheat and oat crop, as it respects impoverishing the land, is this: The wheat is sown in the fall, the oats in the spring. You, who are in the habbit of thinking will recollect, the carrot weed corn' s up before the the time of sowing oats, but it has not come up at the time of sowing wheat?therefore not nestroyed hut comes up afterwards; and when the wheat is cut, the above, named carrot weed grows up and forms at least a partial covering for the land. Not so after the oats, as the weeds are up when the oats are sown; consequently, the ploughing process destroys them nearly in toto, and thus the ground is left entirely without a screen of any kind. I have heard of some who have determined lo banish oats from their farms, for no other reason than: "With all its good qualities it is a robber." If you please, do not be quite so hasty; for I think oats are perfectly innocent;?therefore do not condemn, until we give them a fair trial. But how shall this he douc? 1 answer, let the fanner take, say a peck of tory or common red peas for each ncre of land to be sown in oats, and sow at the time of sowing the oats, and plough them in together. This kind of pea having a thick bran or skin will not come up till the wcalli er becomes warm. The oats come up immediately; as such, the peas will not hurt them at all, and when the oats are cut, grow so as to form a covering f >r your land, that is if you keep your stock oft'of it; and the pea being a kind of atmospheric plant, will, when the leaves fail off, return more to the land than they have taken from it. Thus they serve a twofold purpose; thev both protect and fee l the Ian I; and after the suri has ceased to pour his scorching says upon your land, you have at least a half crop of peas j for your stock. Now, frien 1s,Jgive it a trial, and if it should succeed, well, you can ay, thank y >ti; if not, you are at liberty to ay I am not a judge.?A Little Farmer. Philadelphia ox Wednesday.?The Philadelphia Ledger of yesterday, thus alludes to the doings in that city on the previous day: "Politics raged fiercely yesterday throughout the city. The whij? convention assembled, and at the opening of the doors there was a rush for places, which soon tilied. Those who could not get inside, remained out, to discuss with more heat the merits of the candidates. The excitement grows more intense and interesting the nearer the body comes to a decision. While these proceedings were going on at the Museum building, another scene of excitement was witnessed in Independence square, where Gen. Cass was receiving the congratulations and compliments of the democracy. Notwithstanding the numbers " - - f 1 that called the night previous ai jone s inm;if thousands of democrats assembled in the square, and such a scene of shaking hands as ensued was painfully comical. Senator Cass stood with his back against a tree, with the perspiration standing in large drops upon his face, which was red with the ex* ertion. By his side stood the venerable senator Benton, smiling affably and benignantly upon every individual, and bowing to each person whose hand he took- Senator Houston's tall person was seen walking about the yard, surrounded by a grouup of curious spectators, as anxious to to see him as they were to grasp his hand. From the window above the district Court peered the white head of Vice President Dallas, as, with some legal friends, he contemplated the singular scene below. The scene lasted for two hours, when Gen. Cass retired, and in the. afternoon he took his departure for Trenton, attended by an immense crowd to the wharf, part of which went up the river in a boat with him. His visit during his stay elicited the utmost degree of enthusiasm from the democracy, and \vc have seldom seen them so moved by any event. Every movement he made called forth crowds and huzzas; and bv the time he left, the party had worked themselves into a considerable fever of 0x0110100111." THE MOST HORRIBLE STORY EVER TOLD. The following^ 's coPle(l verbatim from the Limerick and Clare Examiner, Ireland:? A singular instance of maternal affection and melancholy misery occurred in this city a few days since. A widow, who, unfortunately for them, was the mother of six children, found refuse in a dilapidated dwelling in one of the lanes. The youngest of her children fell ill and died. The whole family were in a state of the utmost destitution, and the disease rapidly mastered the young orphan's energies. A coffin was begged.? Coffin and corpse would have been borne, perhaps, without the mother's assistance, to some graveyard near. . ut she had lived at a distance of many miles from the city; and in the burial ground of {her native place her friends were interred. The distance was far; and as few would consent to carry a coffin containing a stranger so far unncccs~ CJ sarily, the poor mother resolved to bear it herself. She actually did so; she had it placed on her back and slowly and wearily she bore it away, reached the graves of her kindred, scraped a trench, we ha* e heard with her own hands, and thus consigned to the earth, where she wished they should rest, the remains of her offspring. She returned to her orphans. A second took sick, died quickly like the other, like the other was replaced in a charity coffin, and conveyed in the same way. by the unfortunate mother to the same place of burial, and burried in like manner by her own hands. She returned again. A third child took sick, died speedily also, was stretched in a coffin procured from the charitable; borne away also by the sorrowing mother, and interred near the oth er two by the hapless poor creature's almost excoriated hands. Site returned a third time. A fourth child was ill; fell a victim as each of the others; was coffined by charily and carried off and laid by the mother beside her three other children. She came back to her wretched apartment. A fifth child was seized with the malady; a fifth cof- j fin procured; a filth wearisome journey made alone by the mother and a fifth body consigned to the earth, there at all events no longer to feel the pangs of disease or the slow wasting progress of unalletiatcd hunger. These facts were told us by a clergyman who had them from personal knowledge. We state them heart-rending and appalling as they are, without the slightest exaggeration. There were four corpses lying uniuterred | sotne clays past in the Parish of St. Mary's in the city. Life had departed in one or two cases some days before; the bodies were almost putrid, ccrtain'y incipient corruption had begun. Tliev lav exposed, because coffins could not be had; and paupers died perfectly penniless. One body was removed from the hi serable tenement where death had occurred, and was stretched on a fre quentcd pathway, with a sheet for a shroud; an object of horror. i ua.vsit of \ knl's.- i lie American riiilos ?[>!iical Society, and the Academy of Arts and Sciences, having recoinincndcd to the Secretary of the Navy, to cause observations to be made on the approaching transit of Venus, "for the purpose of obtaining data for the more exact determination of the distance of the Sun from the earth," the house of repr sentatives has appropriated five thousand dollars for the object. We do not profess to be acquainted with the subject for which this appropriation is made, but are al ways pleased to sec public money applied to the promotion of science. We ought not to he behind other nations in this re>pcct. We have, in this country, no doubt, astronomers well qualified to make the required observations, and it is propcrthat they should be supplied with means from the public treasury, as the benefits, if any, to arise from their observations, will be conferred on the pub''ie. When Hie groat statesman and patriot, John Q. Adain?, was President, he reeoinmended I ho erection of an Observatory at Washington; bnt he was ridiculed for what was termed his attempt to erect "a light house in tlie skies." A inore enlightened and liberal spirit having since prevailed, th s "light-house" has been built and supplied with the requisite instruments, and now the United States stands on an equality in this respect, with other nations. We were gratified when the expedition under Lieut. Wilkes was authorized; and the discovery of i continent around the south pole, should induce further explorations.? Appropriations for this and other scientific purposes, would be interesting and useful, and we should he glad to see another expedition undertaken. We know that a conti ncnt exists, but it remains to lie explored. We arc curious to know if it be inhabited, and other particulars, which might extend human knowledge. Chinese Faui.e of the Creation.?The Rationalists have penetrated furthest into the Dtclalian invslery of this cosmogonv, and .1? ? ?i " i,? ,i;,i ;? Iliey g'l till 1'1 amnt wijat a nannu v?i??f a. They picture him holding a chisel and mallet in his hands, splitting and fashioning vast massesofgranite floatinjconfusedlv in space. Behind the openings his powerful hands have made are seen the sun, the moon, and stars, monuments of his stupendous labors; and at his right hand, inseparable companions of his tods, but whose genera lion is left in obscurity, stand the dragon; the phoenix and the tortnries, and sometimes the unicorn, divine types and progenitors with himself of the animal creation. His efforts were con tinued eighteen thousand years, and by sin^ll degrees he and his work increased; the heavens rose, the earth spread out and thickened, and Pwanku grew in stature, each of them six feet every day, till his labors done, he died for the benefit of his hand- t iwork. His head became mountains his I breath wind and clouds, and his voice thun- 1 der; his limbs were changed into the four poles, his veins into rivers, his sinews into the undulations of the earth's surface, and * lite flocll m(it I lio finl/l^ ki J IiL*a l^o.. - i i o 11 Vj i' 11 iiiiw u IV/ iJV/iuo, 111 uvni Uf i I \ v> * j renice's hair was turned, into stars: his skin r 1 and hair into herbs and trees; and his teeth, f j bones, and marrow, into metals, rocks, and < precious stones; his dropping sweat incrcas- t i ed to rain; and lastly, (nascitor ridiculous t mus) the insects which stuck to his body d were transformed into people! a WdliamJ China. F THE INDIAN CHIEF. e I The following beautiful story is literally true and was first published in a lecture deliver- P ed by William Tracy, Esq , of Utica,on the r early history of Oneida county. " | One of the first settlers in Western New ^ I York was Judue W , who established ' i himself at Whitostown, about four miles i fr>m Utica. lie brought his family with ^ him, among whom was a widowed datigh- ^ ! ter with an only child?a fine boy about four years old. You will recollect the couni try around was an unbroken forest and this ^ was the domain of the sava?c tribes. a Judge W saw the necessity of keep- e ing on good terms with the Indians, for as he S( was nearly alone, he was completely at their (' mercy. Accordingly he took every oppor- 0 tunity to assure litem of his kindly feelings, v and to secure their good will in return. Sev- b eral of the clue's came to see him, and all a appeared pacific. But there was one thing v that troubled hiin; an aged chie: of the One- a ida tribe, and one of great influence, who resided at distance of a dozen miles, had not yet been to see him, nor could he ascertain the views and feelings of the sachem in re d spect to his settlement in that region. At g last he sent him a message, and the answer ? was that the chief would visit him on the morrow. a True to this appointment, the sachem tl came; Judge W received him with d marks of respect, and introduced his wife, p his daughter and little boy. The interview d that followed was interesting. Upon its re- a suit the Judge was convinced his security ^ might depend, and he was therefore exceed- tl ingiy anxious to make a favorable impression A upon the distinguished chief. He express- ti ed his desire to settle in the country, to live h on terms of amity and good fe lowship with I! the Indians, and to Ire useful to them bv in- si troducing among them the arts of civiliza- w I ti>>n. fc The chief heard him out, and then said: tf 'Brother, you ask much and you promise s< much. What pledge can you give of faith? b The white man's word may be good to the d wiiite man, yet it is wind when spoken to hi the Indian.' ol 'I have put my life in you hands,' said the n Judge.'is not that an evidence of my good d; intention? I have placed confidence in the u Indian, and will not believe that he will a- ai buse or betrav the trust that it thus repos- ?i| ed.' ' fc lSo much is well,' replied the chief, 'the r< Indian will repay confidence with confidence t<" ifyou will trust him. he will trust you.' 'Let this boy go with me to iny wigwam o! I ?I will bring him back in three days with r< ' my answer!' f< If an arrow had pierced bosom of the mo- A thcr, she could riot have fidt a <leepct pang tl 1 nan went to her heart, as the Indian made |> this proposal. She sprang forward, and p running to the hoy, who stood a., the side of st the sachem, looking into his face with pleas- a ed wonder and admiration, she encircled d him in her arms, and pressing hi n to her o bosom, was about to fly from the room. A gloomy and ominous frown came over the sachem's brow but he did not speak.' s; liut not so with Judge W . He a knew that the success of their enter- rise, the h lives his family, depended on a decision of ^ a moment. ^ 'Stay, stnv, my daughter,' he said. Bring lf back the boy, I beseech you. lie is not w more to you than to me. I would not risk h a hair of his head. But. my child, he must I go with the chief. God will watch over him! He will be as safe in the sachem's wigwam as beneath our own roof.' A The agonized mother hesitated for a mo- ' inent; she then s'owly returned, placing the bov on the knee of the chief, and kneeling h at his feet, burst into a flood of tears. The gloom passed from the sachem's brow, but he said not a word, lie arose and depart- 11 ed. si 1 shall not attempt to describe tlie agony 11 of the mother for t he ensuing three days. 11 She was agitated hy contending hopes and d fears. In the night she awoke from sleep. sl seeming to her the screams of the child calling on its mother for help. Hut 1 he time 8 wore slowly away?and tne third day came. v How slowly did the hours pass. The morning waned away, noon arrived, yet the ?a- v chcin came not. There was a gloom over I the wh ile household. The mother was pale r and silent, Judge W walked the floor h to and fro, going every few minutes to the door, arid looking through the opening in ^ 1 the forest towards the sachem's abode. At last the rays of the setting sun were thrown upon the tops ot the trees around. ' the eagle feathers of the chief were seen f dancing above the bushes i.i the distance. He advanced rapidly-and the little boy > at his side, lie was gaily attired as a young j * r i I * i _ i __ i ? cnici-nis icei neing uresscu in moccasins, ? fine beaver skin;was on bis shoulders, and I eagle feathers stuck in his hair. He was in excellent spirits, and so proud was he of his ' honors that he seemed two inches taller than he was before. lie was soon in his mother's arms, and in that brief minute she sccin- t ed to pass Irom death to life. It was a happy meeting-tcjQ happy for me to describe. The while man has conquered!' said the t sachem; 'hereafter lot us be friends. You 1 have have trusted an Indian, he will repay i you with confidence an I friendship.' t He was as good as his word; and Judge W lived for inanv years in peace with he Indian tribes, and succeeded in laying lie foundat ion of a flourishing and prospe-ous community. Make Ready! Take Aim! Fiiie!'?Such ire the rousing words which may be heard it almost every ''genera! muster." O these nilitary parades? What nonsense! Such af'airs are necessary to provide for the defence >f the country, are they? These general rainings do more to demoralize and to deeriorate the country, than .Well, we lid not take up our pen to write an article igainst the militia system, so let that matter >ass. But some good can be gleaned, if we re determined upon it from things that are vil. Make Ready! Yes, if we would accomilish anything of importance, we must make i.. " 'Pi . _ a : - ..I cauv. i mis wc arc instructed in |?r<>vi:ius; [Prepare thv work without, and make it fit i?r thyself in the field; and afterwards build hy house." Take Aim! Every youth must hate s me efinite object in view canstantlr, if lie would o good. Random efforts are often worse linn no efforts. Fire! After making ready, and taking clibcratc and right aim, one may so "fire" s to do great execution in the ranks of the nemy of unrighteousness. Young man, sek not the martial field, but enlist as a solier of the Prince of Peace?the Captain of ur Salvation. In the bloodless conflict in diich he wishes you to engage, you must e subject to salutary discipline; you must ct systematically?you must then keep up a rell directed fire with the arrows of truth gainst every system of evil. THE AMERICAN WILD HORSE. The following description of what may be esignatcd as the American Arab horse, will ive some idea of the endurance and speed f the Western Mustang: "It takes a prairie horse a long time to pprcciate the merits of grain?they snuff icir noses at it in disdain, at first, and woner what you mean by offering him white ebbles to eat. Having never been introuced to it in the whole course of their lives, nd being accustomed to regard the prairie rass as sufficient for all sublunary wants, icir teeth are necessarily astonished at such . ? i i i i i i i iiuy pauuiuui. 1 iiuve untru ihu^iiuu iitrtily to observe the awkward attemps of my orse to get at the merits of an ear of corn. Ie invariably gave it up in despair until I iclled it for him. The wonder is that they ill endure more hard riding, on the simple jod they pick from the first spot you chance ) halt at, than your corn-fed American hor:s. But for this fact, it would be impossile to traverse these great plains. The Inian gets an amount of service out of the orse that is almost incredible?and the idea f raising grain for him never enters his craium. He will run a horse eighty miles a ay. and turn the animal to shift for himself nlil morning-then find him as fresh as a lark nd ready for the snme or greater work lain, lie will keep him going at this rate >r three months; and then turn him free to ;novate, and at the end of three weeks, has > lasso him, and break him over again "These mustangs are a magnificent race f animals; their descent is from he highest jyal lineage of Barbarv; and it is ridiculous >r us to be making such wonder over the .rah and his steed, and endeavoring to bribe ie ragged wretch at enormous prices to art with his boiler halt-that we may trnnsort it across rhe wide seas to improve our ,or:k at home. We have the very same limal?equal in every possible sense-wanering in herds of countless thousands over ur own plains." ^ Maryland Harvest.? The Easton Siar ivs that "harvest is rapidly approaching, nd we shall hardly set clear id the Whitsun olidays before it will he upon us in earnest. Ve saw a field of Mediterrenian wheat on in'nrday ast, in the Bav-side district, be>nging to Samuel Harnhleion, Esq., which >'ill be fit to cut by Monday next, and wc card ol several other lots nearly as forwaid. 'he appearance of the crop is good." Potato Rot.?A gentleman of Easton. Id., lias informed the editor of the Star, that pon examination of his early potatoes, the irgestof which are about the size of walnuts e found every tuber to be diseased. Time nbont.-Two Yankees were strolling 1 the worxls without any arms in their posession, and observing a bear ascending a roe. with its larcre oaws clasped round the , rmik, one of them*fran forward and caught li hoar's paws, one in each hand. He inlantly called out his comrade: "Jonathan, I say, go home and bring mo nmething as fast as you can, till 1 kill 1 he armint. Mind, don't stay, for I'm in a fix." Jonathan ran off as last as he could, but vas an exceedingly long time returning. During the time the boar had made scveal attempts 13 bite the hands of him who icld it. At length Jonathan came back. "Halloo, Jonathan, what the deuce has ;cnt you?" "Well, I'll tell you," replied Jonathan: when I got home breakfast was about realy, and I guessed it would be as well to wait <>r it." "Here Jonathan," said his comrade "come - ? ?'II l-.tl In a I 'on ana iioiu u, nriu i n kiii mc ui?v. ... ? iffy." Jonathan seized the bear's paws, and held lie animal while the oilier could kill it. "Well, Jonathan, have you got hold of lim?" "I ffucss I have," replied Jonathan. ' Very well, hold him fast; I guess I'll go o dinner!" It is a most extraordinary fact, that within he space of sixty years all the monarchs of France, viz: Louis the IOth, Napoleon Bolaparte, Louis the 18lh, Charles the 10th, ind Louis Philippe, were dethroned. The Taylor Medals.?Two medals vo ted by Congress to Gen. Taylor have beei struck at the United Slates mint, and are a bout two inches and a half in diameter, ai weigh each about eight ounces; and bear th< following legends and ornaments: Obverse? A profile likeness of the Gene ral executed from a likeness painted by Mr Wm. Brown, wiih ihc legend, M.\Iaj. Gen Zachary Taylor." Reverse- A wreath of olive and palm com bined. wiih a r.irrle. rmhlamatie of eternitv surrounding an inscription as follows: "Resolution of Congress, July 16lhf 184G.' "Palo Alto, May 8ih, 1846." "Resaca de la Palma, 9th, 1846." The second medal hears the following: Obverse- Likeness of the General, surroun ded by the legend, "Maj. Gen. Zarhary Tay lor." The letters are somewhat larger thar the first medal. Reverse?An oak wreath surrounding the inscription. "Resolution of Congress, Marcl 2d, 1847; Monterey, September, 1846." The above medals are the last series oi national mcda's voted by Congress, and have been struck in the mint of the United States in accordance with the usage from the establishement of the confederacy. Enthusiastic Whig.?"Who are you going for President?" was asked of a Whig "For Henry Clav and nobody else, if he lives; if he dies I go fot his administrator. M. Arago has estimated that about seven millions of comets frequent the solar system, which (says a writer in Frazer) fully accounts lor the numbers annually discovered. The Shreveport Gazette says that the citizens of that place have found it indispensably necessary to carry a brickbat in each pocket, to prevent the fleas from hopping ofl with them. rrrm nr\ ? m unn v ini^nuAi nunn, BY GEN. Wll. O BUTLER. O, boatman, wind that horn oguin, For never did the lisl'ning air Upon ita lambent bosom bear So wild, so soft, so sweet a strain1. What though its notes arc sad and few, By every simple boatman blown, Yet is each pulse to nature true, And melody in every tone, IIow oft, in boyhc xl's joyous day, Unmindful of the lapsing hours, I've loitered on my homeward way, By wild Ohio's brink of flowers, While some lone boatman from the dock Poured his soft numbers to that tide, As if to charm from storm and wreck, The boat where all his fortunes ride! Delighted Nature drank the sound, Enchanted?Echo bore it roudn, In whispers soft and softer still, From hill to plain, and plain to hill, Till e'en the thoughtless frolic-boy. Elate with hope and wild with joy, Who gamboled by the river's side, And sporting with the frolting tide. Feels somewhat new pcrvude his breast, Change his light step, repress his jest, Bauds o'er the flood his eager ear, To catch the sounds far off yet dearDrinks the sweet draught, yet knows not why The tear of rupture tills his cyo. And coo he now, to manhood grown, Tell why those notes, simple and lone, on I lift ravished ear thev fell. Bind every sense in magic spell? There is a tide of feeling given To ull uu earth, its fountain Heaven, Beginning with tho dewy flower, Just ope d in Flora's vernal bower? Rising creation's orders through, With louder murmur, brighter hue, Tjs sympathy! its ebb and flow Gives life its hues, its joy and wo. Music, the spirit that can move Its waves to war, or lull to loveCan cheer the sailor mid the wave, And bid turn on! nor fear the grave? lnspiro the pilgrim on his rourl. And clcvute his suui to God. Then boatman wind that hom again! Though much of sorrow murk its strain, Yet uro its notes to sorrow dear; What though they wako fond memory's tear! Tears are sad memory's sacred feast, And rapturo oft her chosen guest, LATi'ill t'KU.fl Vt.UA LttlA, The U. S. steamer Water Witch. Lieut. G. M. Totien, commanding. from Vera Cruz ih< 1st inst., ai rived here yesterday, bringing a' passengers Major Graham, bearer ol despatch es; Maj., Dushiell. Paymaster's department; ant Lieut. Hurley, 11th infantry. By this arriva we have letters from correspondents at Verc Cruz, and pnpets of that city, to the 1st iticlti. sive. There is nothing later from the city o Mexico. Our express was due in Veia Crua on the night of the steamer's departure. The next arrival will probably bring very interesting intelligence from the Capital. Without further preface, we give Mich news as we fine in the papers before us, and letters from out Vera Cruz correspondents. The Vera Cruz Free American of the 30th uIt., thus gives its ideas as to coming events: The moment peace was understood to be rati fied in Mexico, the Indians raised their whooj in one of the places most frequented by the sont of Cortes, La Plaza de Los Foros. The peace is ratified by the Congress of the United State! of Mexico; but this peace is only made with the United States of .North America. The Mexi cans will have to defend themselves next agains the Peons, who are only waiting for an oppor (unity to proclaim themselves free. They a-? aware that too long they have been kept in i-Ia very by men who are by far inferior to tin m They are the only men who have fought fo their nation?for it is v^ell known that tin others have always remained faithful to the oil principle of "He who fights and runs away, Lives to fight another day." From tho same paper we extract the follow ing paragraphs: The religious ceremonies in honor of thi - -- - > j .L /nriinn victim* wore ceienraiou jcsinuajr m m< Cathedral. Wo are happy to state (hat we ob served several Mexican ladies fervently prayinj near the altar. The sight oftho mournful uri placed in the middle of the church?the solemi f . hymns sung by the powerful Voice of Santioi 1 and other talented musicians?the well-trained orchestra?all contributed to remind those pres. 1 ent of the Great Being which reigns above us, and the most impious were obliged to kneel and 2 pray for the martyrs of Liberty. We understand that a Mexican woman was horribly mutilated by one of ber countrymen, who suspected her of listening to the tddress of a young American. There was a rumor afloat last evening, to tb? effect that Copt. Wheat, with about 14 men, , had been taken prisoner by about 500 Mexicans the Mexicans having played (he game of strata. ' gv upon him. The story bears so little evi. donee of probability, that we are inclined to j: i:. .t. .i uincirun ii The Fiee American of the 31st ult.t fcas the . following paragraphs: We have seen a letter dated Mexico, May } 26, in which it is Mated that Gen. Ampodia, famous for his cruelly and immorality, will come here to take the command. Intelligence reached this city on Monday last 1 that Cnpt. Wheat, who had been ordered out in pursuit of some deserters Irom the garrison ' of Jalapa, on arriving at Huntusoo, was reiused 5 admittance into the town, where he had every . reason to Mieve the deserters were concealed# He immediately sent an express to CohfHughea the governor of Jalapa, to inform him of this, and wc understand that the latter lefft that place i with all the available force he could gather to . go and demand these deserters, or lake them by force. The. ship Suviah will leave early this morning tor New Orleans, having upwards of 200 sick ! and discharged goldiers on board, under the charge of Dr. Wheaton, II. S. A. ' The Free American ofibe first announces the arrival of Gen. Smith in that city. We regret that the cordial welcome which awaits the gallant General on his return to Louisiana must he deferred longer than we fi'ad anticipated, hjs duty requiring his presence for some time yet in Vera Cruz, be having been appointed 10 the 1 highly responsible duly of superintending'the f embarkation of the troops* The American says: Gen. Smith's arrival was announced yesterday morning by the guns of Fort Conception. A great number of his old friends immediately went to see him. Gen. S. is one among bis brother officers who has not a single enemy in the army. All cherish him. His fame as a great Captain commenced in the Florida War, and he nobly sustained it in the war with'Mexico. His friends in the U. Stales, especially those in Louuisiann, who are so anxious to give him testimonies of their gratitude for the eminent services rendered by him to his country, will he disappointed when they will hear that he will be among the last who will leave this country. He is ordered to remain hero as eomntander of the American troops, and to superintend their embarkation for the United States. The following is a list of tbA officers who came down with Gen. Smith: Cap*. Hows, of of the 2d Dragoons, commanding the escort; Capt. Page, Assistant Adjutant General; Lieut*. Van Dorn and Gibbs, aids-de-camp to Gen. Smith; Major Dashields, paymaster; Capt. Gleasou, Assistant Quartermaster; Capt. Garnet, aid to Gen. Taylor. Gen. Smith came through the Orizaba road. The Free American strongly urges the foreigners residing in Vera Cruz to tako energetic measures for their common defence against the arbitrary conduct of the Mexican authorities telling them that it they remain in a state of inactivity their fate, when the American troops have left .be country, will be deplorable indeed. The Free American announces the arrival on the 31st ult? of the ship America, from New York, with 305 recruits, consisting of portions of two companies of the 2d Regiment of Artillery; part of one company of the 4tb Regiment o( Artillery; part of a company of the 7th Infantry, nnd twelve officers. Gen. Smith, on arriving in Vera Cruz, relieved Gov. Wilson as Governor at that post. The accounts we receive by this arrival of the movewents of the troops fully accord with the statements of''Mustang," in hisletterof Ofitli n't aleon/lir nnlvtickorl DtA lf?ifFP. ...v. ?vr... ...etrain and heavy artillery had left the city of Mexico. Gen. Patterson, with his division of volunteers, was to follow on the 81st tilt. Af? t?*r Patterson's division, comes Gen. Marshall, with hi* division of volunteers, the division of regulars following in succession. Gen. Kerney ? preceding and Gen. Worth bringing up the rear. The IT. S. Commissioners were still at Que. retain when Major Graham left "the city of, Mexico, and would probably remain^ there sethj? era! days longer. i jjjs'Sjj* Vrha Cnrz, Mar 81, 1848C Eds. Delia?As the Navy steamship Water, Witch is about leaving for your city, with important despatches from Gen. Butler. ? presume ' a few line* will not be unacceptable to you, 5 from an occasional correspondent. You, ot course, ere this reaches you, witj have rrrsirc^ J the news of the fftssage of the Treaty in t1>e ' .Senate, through the agency of your own exptrta 1 which news left here on the 29th inst., by the U. S. steamer Hetzel. f Since Peace is no longer a question of doubt : since it has become a -fixed fact"?numbers ( of the restless spirits among the troops are des. erting daily, and turning guerrilleros. Such & T course, they consider, reflect no discredit on the ' American arms. They argne, that as they have borne the banners of the Republic in triumph from the Castle of San Juan to the Garita of 1 Mexico and as the Army, if not legally, is vir. tually, disbanded; they are justified in resuming their individual rights and going it on their own > hook. Such, however, is the reasoning only of 1 the restless and turbulent portion of the troop*, ' whcse absence will always lie a gain to their 1 country. A lew of them have already been not 5 only playing the guerrillero, but playing the very devil, on the road between here and Jala pa. A number of the Dragoons, who deserted at Jalapa, took the road to Huatusco, and were ! met by an overpowering force of the genuine guerrillero, and all captured, save two. What their fate has been, 1 have not yet learned. r ' ? A lady a short tiino since, sent an elegant " dress to a dyer's with instruction that he should dye it in har dsome colors, warrantad not to run. She was somewhat surprised when the garment was sent home ornamented all over with beau. tiful American flng-., accompanied by the following explanatory note: "My dear lady?The (? colors I have selected and used for your dress, * '- JL-ii,, Vnftliik fVio Proiwh. and 9 nave neen 11ieu u* ?nn , i. more recently l?y the Mexicans, and as they are if convinced, nn doubt, that these colors always n mand, I have no hesitation myself in warranting a them not to run."