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-!4T d(n i, f sidai S nPreest5gagief Meifazi.4io Yy 1e0 arrival of the barl""ahnB s V4p1' insStapleic Asdj.s Wr Me on- irou to t3siutina jlie from~ one ofour correspoiientdatei on tle 28th.: The John Adas 46",6;tll blockaiding Vera Crug, ivhii: the rest a the, squadron were t doleeward ak o cr'ise. The only vesiselsaatinton .Lizarodo'vien the John Barnes sailed were,. tho fMIirite rtaritun, . the store-shli Rellef ad ille steamer Petrits. We are indebted to the'prontness or'a O friend for. the -faithful delivery of 'le ol lowing letter from one of our correspnn dents. It containathe intelligence oin terest. broughi by thi arrival.-' It is a remarkable feature of th,%e news, and one vhich exhibits th' vielssitndes' of public life in Mexico in a-striking phliis, that Gomez Farias is Vice:Presilent tiider Santa Anna." Farias vasone bite Vi'de President during Santa Annai's Presidanny. His wily. superior; knowing the' hostilitg of Farias to a hierarchy, and-desiroUatiof Of improving th' finances by a confiscation of the church property- set him to wor'io digest a planand prepare tlie public"rMind for seizing upon the ecelesiastical estates. The effort failed utterly4 and the govern. ment was about being made to feel the power of an interest it had' alarmed. when Santa Anna deserted-Gomez Farias, threw upon him the odium of the scheme, and escaped himself from the storm he had helped to raise. Gomez Farias was ban ished the state and for a number of years resided in this city with his family, pinch. ed by necessity and opressed with care. Santa Anna in time was overthrown and banished by Paredes. Farias,immediataly upon the fall of'the dictator, rcturned tit Mexico where he has ever since taken a conspicuous part in the political affairs of the country. Santa Anna, by a sudden revolution in public opinion, was recalled from banishment, and now these two poli ticians, as opposite as the poles. in princi pies and hating each other with a' rancor that has been matured in disgrace, occupy the first and second offices in the Republic. Farias is a reformer of the progressive party ; his opinions are of the most liber al character. He is a republican at heart, a federal in the Mexican sense of the term. and as bitter against religious as political trammels. Santa Anna is just %what his in. terest for the time being requires him to be. The close proximity of two such men does not auger well of the durability of the government which they administer nor of the suavity that may qualify their councils. In so far as theelevation to office of two men occupying the extremes of political faction may interpret the public opinion of Mexico, it may indicate a fusion (if all parties, a union of all cliques, sects, divis ions and classes of the people in one great war party. Gomez Farias was, if any. thing the most violent oif all Mexican pol. iticians against the dismemberment of Tex - as, and lhe may have nnited wvith 8anta Anna to set an example of the suppression of personal and polMeal hatred in forming an alliance for the rject of consolidating the strength of the state against a common enemy. EXTRACTS FROM THE LETTER. U. S. SQUJADaON, UcC. 28, 18-10. GENTLEMIEN-Tlhe maiil from Mexico to dlay confirms the election of Santa A nna for President, and Gomez Farias for Vice Preaident. The extraordinary Congress have beeni hitherto engrossed with the pre liminaries for this election to the entire exclusion of other business. One or two speeches have, howvever, been made upon the state of the national finances, and the means for raising money to carry on the war. It is estimated that the loan of a million is indispensable to furnish arms, and it is stated that Sarsta Antna is urgent ly calling on the government to supply him withi armus and4 munitions of war. The corps of the National G'uards in1 Mexico are very poorly supplied. There is no indication that the peace prop~ositions of thre United States will re ceive any favorable colnsidleration. The subject hans not) yet been broached in Con gress. Some of the Mexican papers as. crible all the evils wich d afihiec the country to thej intrigues of Mr. Poinsete, which have evenltuatedl in the present open at tempt of the United States to subjugaic the "most generous and magnanimous people of the unmverse." A new pronunciamento Aas beern pro. mul'gaN'ed at Campeachiy annonneihig neu trality (if Yucatan durirng the war,. biut con templating a future re-union to the Mexi. can Governnmetnt, tumder the treaty of De cember, 1813. Fifteen hundred troops from Campe.achy have marched upon Me. -rida to coerce that State into an acquai esence into the terms of this last prontunci amen to. The United States can wvel affohrd to lef Yucatan alone. It lasa been crharged against rhe Yucatecos tho.t t'he~y arc Mexicans at lieari. This is unqtuestionabily true, for they wuould naiurally sympatlse with the.ir race. It is also alleged that theny have been taking adv atatie of our forbearuance to furnish the Mexicuni iith aid and muni. trions ofwair. Anyoneo wvho will lon4k at, the geogr.phica1.l ositn. of Ytantan ilil see tho imnpussibility, of an overlaind trade bo yond the hase ofl the motainus;. and wihia:. ever their sympathies or their angidiit~y pro rr it n 16r nM ."n a - 6 . . tn ore ae tp e Il nyeaita reasont or no crm T gfimey hmel: Mjiico to iond for uteprand money to carryo nthe wqactta ,,so on 1ucatan, *nd obliges her to'- eOp V hr troopand funds at home to4efend it ei r. The effect oa a blickade upon the si ports of Yubatari will in a great measure p be&fbvlated if an iland trade: with the BHitish colonledh - the 'Balize. theWrashIngton Uni ,Ik INTERESTIN(. tq l IadountswvIh have bcen Te celved by th Mississippi fteamer. the fol. lowirig estrOsts of a letter addressed to a gertleman in thise ty by an intelligent ob. server at the Havana are among time most ea in -e hasen to lay it before our H ANA, JAN. 7,:184 "Sr:'I hd fie honor-toaddres you o P ihe5(h inst .aquantiisgyou with ahe a rlvalu, the steamer Missippi from off Vera Cruz, and ,that Santa Anna had been elected by- the Congress, wih only two majority thaiCampeachy ha'd again. de clared her. nutiiuality; and was marching on to the capital (Merida) with six thousand i trLops, in order. to bring her into the.. measure; and that Guatamala had claimed the state of'robasco, and, in fact,,up to the istlimus of Darien,-and was supporting her claim with four. thousand troops, under General Careta. Tihe British steamer is just in, bringing us dates from Vera Cruz to the 2d instant,. and from the cily of Mexico to the 31st ultimo ; and from sources that can be re. lied on, 1 have gathered. the following in. formation : That Gener.6 Santa Anna was at San Luis on the 20th ultimo, with re port said, twenty thousand troops, but in fact only about fifteen thousand, and that d he talked of marching on to Saltillo; that V the Congress was made up of any thing but the better part of time community, and, in l fact, were composed of what iscalled in E Mexico sans culottce, who had nothing to I lose, and of course they were for war; that r Congress had agreed to a loan ofpine mil lion dollars. The clergy were opposed to it, and it was thought even that imount could not be obtained. If they succeeded r in obtaining this loan, it was to last the war * for six months. Almonte had retired from the war chair, and Canalizo had taken his sent. who was thought to be pacific. - The wealthy citizens of Mexico, and thoqe wh1o r have the means of living, are for peace, but. for the moment, are compelled to close their lips. Nevertheless they, by voting for Herrera, showed their feelings on the subject. The stepping aside of Almonte 8 at this.moment meaps something that we e have yet to learn. "The troops in ViraCrue are hndtv paid and worse fed, numbering three tho'usand five hundred, and time castle about eleven t hundred, with provisions only for a month at a time. c I "Te information from Tampico, receiv. ed at Vera Cruz by tie last packet, in reha tion to the conduct of our troops, had calm. ed the feelings before felt towards the vol. unteers by the Vera Cruzanmos, and they t speak imn thme highest terms of the Amieri. camn general for thme measures he took to secure private properly and persons, andj that the excitenment against the Americans at Vera Cruz was dail subsiding. Vera Cruz was indignant against Santa Anna and his government, which was nmanifested by the.ir late unanmous vote for Herrera. "All the extra defence that has beenm , madle about the wvalls or Vera Cruz is,* that hmoles have been duig near together along time wall, and pikes put into them andcoy. ered over withm prickly u ears, so that in 1 marchming up our troops woumld fall Into 1 themi: but we could soon lay plank over : them." r TORNADO AT PERTH AMBOY. a . PERTH Aun oT, Jan. 8. 1847,. This place was visited yesterday by a se. vere tornado, A column, in appearance like smoke, and about 20 feet in heigha andl six broad, crossed oumr bay from the Suth, r upseting small craft of every description. e It sirmck a large shedl and carried it about i 300 fcet, through thme side of aframe buildi. j ing, and even thmroumgh two substantial par titiomns. T1he direciion of thme tornado was r mimen chmanged ams if by magic, to the East, ~ anmd passed to Staten halwnd. The coast imig, achooner Delighmt, heavily ballastedl for 5! a Southlern trip, and lying at anmchor was o caplsized and sunk immediately; amnd sucha was its fcnrce that cimneys wnere blown of[ p and even men wvere prostrated.-Tribune. dI Frans the N.O. Jeffersoinian, Dc. 21. b .NEORO INsWRRmEcTzoN.--..A gentlema'n in C thmis city, yesterday received a letter from I Memphmis which says that a negro inserree- s< lion was planned in that neigh borhmood,and al list dito-vered. Consicleuradle eaci'tement mad iakes place, and time cisty guard was eon siderably increased. Onthe night of thme pro. Posedl imsrreeion a- hotise wvas set en firg. Several negroes hmad beenm arrestedl and al ronfessed time fact of the intended insurrec. ri FATr. A ccsomer.--The Belfamir (Md.)Re-, ~ utbican states, that Mr.. Joseph' ldwrdls, is aanl and two nephmewns, dlere outi hun- hi ing on Santirdan-y last, a short distanmce from w1 hmis place, and: whlilst hurriedly pursuing a Ii -a1bbit, Mr. E.'s gun, being cocked, went )ff, killing his son almiost- instantly, anel ieriously wounding bo0th of his nephmewsu uuno of. whom ha. since had his. arm ampu.. p atedh. -1ndry othe i nts tpe WJIaDIES e, d 9 .84 eent perl pond itt agarIag hto eke~4.oj hC-nuar Systnub of censt si t rn dtiry Messenger n fo etii 'hipublicationmddresveih thse hree tt n Vest andits s atr ovarious kinds.: T -. nEnAe DCWs l irteenth volume; and it to ethiantht nither khii nor expensearm spardto mnaki 1t aibtutly rOjt1I o( patronage throughout di Soutiand An-'opportunity ls nowofferedf - hi I st$scribing at te, commencemnt of a - d11 -We refer ou readers to a a terms. : . We have reeived the 1st ad 3d lhistroeud n rs of Dickens' "Dombey and Bon," froniMesrs. .iand Blanchard,-of Philadelphia..' - PRENSDENTIAL' APPOINT MENT*. On adcount of an error In oiLr paper of lat week .r publish the following a . intmneni,'miade by le President by and with the adviceand , Coe1of ierSenate. James D. Blanding, aif South Carolina, to be Ai stant Comnlisary, with the rank of Captali James Davis, o1 South Carolina, to be Surgeon F1bert Bland, of South Carolina to be Assistant urgeon. THE RAIL ROAD. We gordially agree with the recommen ation of a Citizen of tihe Disirie, .which we publish in our papbr of to-day, in re ard to the propriety of; the measure, that lumterville should take the lead i diis )istrict in the matter of the proposed rail. oad from Wilmington to Manehester. rhis town Is the only pjaco of Importance, tar, one extremity of the road, and Wil. nington is the important town at the oth r. She has earnestly taken the matter in and; and we believe that Sumterville will u the same when the time for action ar ives. When it is proposed that she should akin the lead in this matter, it is with no niention of excluding other patts of tihe )istrict, but with the desire that its people hould centre at the Court House whatever ffurts they may make, both on account of he greater convenience of meelingq heire ud the tendency of the people to flock to lie business capitamor the District. Much to our regret, we perceive an-arti le in the Wilmington Chroniclc of the 0th which says: "Thme Bill authorizing the Town of \Vil iington to raise 8200,000, to aid in ex eniding our Rail Rtoad South, was lost in lie Commons by a small majority." The Legislature of North Carolina ad. iurned on the 18th, making a'reconsidera on of this vote impossible for thme present. meeting of the cItizens of Wilmingion as toube held on the evening of the 20th to determiine on the most eflective means f carrying out thieir former resolutions in egard to the Wilmington amid Manchester tail Road." Their immediate action, on lie loss of the bill to be allowed to tax liemselves to thme amount of two hundred hiousand dollars for the extension of the nad,-has not yet been pumblishedl; hent it is n evidence of their determination and arnestness. Other District, in this State are making igorous effort. In the promotion of rail oadl enterprises which they believe to be onducive to the interest anti benefit of lieir section of country. A t a meeting In stor of the Greenville and Columbia rail ond held at Greenville on sae day, among therrcsolutions the following wvas passedt Resolved, Trhat we feel assured the tame will aid ums in thmis enterprise,- after ur Congpanmy is organi-zed and three-fifths C (hoe stock has been subscribedu'by the eople~, which we think may 'be easily onme in~the followving proportionar Green il-le, $i50,00% Laurens, $160,000; New-~ erry,. 8200,000 ; Coluimbla, 8100,000 ; harlesion, $100,000; Normath Carolina, l00,0001 Lexi'ngton,. Abbevill'e, Ander. in and Sparmanburg, uncertain as to- the rmounti of their subscriptions. The latest newvs inform us that Green. lie Diitrict hws a-treaudy stebscribei $0 E0, to forwa-rd tils enterprise. We in-. ance this to shmew what the friends of rail aud eomrmunication In this State are doing sewvhere wimiin lier borders. Sumter District, we believe, wvill not i-i to- comply writh the expectations she is held ouit to' the publ-ic ont this point, hen It is necessary for her ftw rrove. We ive penned these lines to bring these mat. ra before the consideration of the people time District, tha-t they may not be tin epared wvhen time cull is ninde andl timm esation is nakvds "Ar..o .m....". it *ITI Herh, oer adl 'th ~pej c 6~h ourselves. s rEd ~ n.fthere 1~ 0ROY 1011,h h e a ne :r idii w #hole iFUla r A on'pston o rei prise .to end atalkt y 1 R p. s tatt sifrhb M lhpe te liad obtPa.ed eu a rable C chrles, Our ltideni carnefo ad 11 s'1ibertil subscripifon 'fdra asurvey of the~ & -ojnd-lhe surveff(abeen .magd.te l repeart or skilfijl neliseers silbnflue'i~d, a'ri ~fe ie thiefijournmuent of thle f~glisi f turre, jve. have not'seen a single stepteken 1i to carry out the ramd ecnd.; Feik onais t wailing for lis neghabor o0ove i tIius the gresat scherme is retar'dedal retarded, becaisec, that It naustabe brbv? ' day carried out is egrain3 All)y'a)ei I now~turnled to you ito begiun. That is that is svanted Putaythe ball in iiotsn i Call a meeting orour bodyffriij'- b for if you desref our town to inceasbt wealth an1 populppn,-give It the- meIa of trade, and these il flow to it anr u ally as atreams to :vers. Le It Abe the engrossing subject'noi of your ste t., I' but- a y..ur acs. Iftovel Nov3!! N1O E!! N3/4nly strike. whilo th iron is hA" b* jynake the iron.hd f utriking dhistrict is waitingon yoniirsts-ak I i, and the reses will follow 6nwnrd, rIval-1 in'g thai velocity of that power which ls'aj - most annihilating "butime and e ace u A CrroZEN e U. ts a fC hiaNUFAOTVn~s I 0N S N .iCAttotI. - We enn scarcely open a Oogidr paper un less to behold the evidences of her progress e in.: Aanufactures.1 Sf .uth *parolina mtafrt-a feats little ivalry'ii t :pHepaa4min~ of Ili e dlsmtry. She has es:acails ten & p tal aseasily concentrat~d, sa p blea eer"e kind f r manufacturing purposes as' coi. ' -and yet she lacks an eqnal spi-l'a r ife' I] terprisc. Nort Cprolina hasitei' lh& since, in this rcspec'n ada e fhie r southern siustersEyen Af~lgmi hibits t some energyl n 6 Lt itof e1tiglie 0 But where are our etorles*ong.qn?, o Which of our wasterfalls are a~cupiedivial new machinery aid apnpulation drawn from the fields that~ aithrd .do recompiense to productive. hbourf We shear hot of o them. The cry iva o cently wien our i great agriciltural siaple was below a re- e muneratig price, let us open other means p of employment fur ur lapital. Let us dl le rect our labour to more certaiL sources of h recompense. Letus diversify the tndus - try of our peopt Let s gradually Iftlh. si draw f om the tuatIons of the foreigh i market on she i cofuor great sta'le of a export? Tis dry ilnow hushed as deiath. - We hear no mNore of nnsiacttilnnie~ prit -no more of the necessity if diier sing our e'rts into tdte protfiable hian- i ne A-no more of exhausted'soils and gt- ei to: not .gielding a remunerating price. ii .Th foreign mnarkethasyierded to she In- i' luence of a short suppfyei It has given a li proise of better profits en cultivation. Thne delusIon is perhaps nided by the pros- o peet of increased demand for cotbon as a substitute for gunpowder. The cycle of high prices, increased culture, fall In value; will again come rouid, aid South Carolina m will be forced inte udatageoas com- ti petition with her sister States irn the South, p which ha'e the start in manufacturing cm- Ii ployment, and cannot withdraw their ap ital from this branch of businetss 'vlhout I los, and injury.--Char. Eve. Newos, 1 VAMIDEN, JAUT. 20. a' 1ronw 0str V'olri'eer.-Exsraet of a let- tI 5er from one of the Kerahaw Voltateers, li dated i CAMP NEAR RAIr,-OA-D DE~or, AL.A. 40 mIles East of Montgomery, Jan.10. 5 Since my Iast letter to you, we have en. n~ cemmtereessevere hardships, having march. edl 115 miles, averaging 17.1-2 a. day, through rain and ses, and at night sleep. ing ontJhe wet ground, selteredby a end and blanket. I am wvritingtlgs letter In the pi-ney woods of Alabama, on the. trun1 of a fullen tree, surrounded Iy *hie righi wing of the Regignens, under thlikeam of Lieut. ColondDicknson. ~Tibhyi; notwilthstanding (t6 liardsij'gw& siok unero, ~inlllatplrta and iaixio~st6 mee th enshy W ilt take sheR&~) Road twingnaw,'and \will aeiv euil. gomeryat noon, 'here I indlerstutI J4S~ have inado provisIon fol our r.et diie etrinlinkient~ ?rendhenfewb uio'eca imni'dik tely to thie ueat of wa,'ihrE the so Palmntto Realment ill sak (r Ise.na Ft hyl&t III im it co) a a pee liot aira ittallinof - h 'All eal Diak o~~gme i di -UntI. I to fo nniee akiniuit h id04 D ryaa,~ei"f~. kif, ad1 lud r'cld in . ~dudtile ati ''ggnt I~ mton W e6.i4i- e o 'd d bISh'i UMB IiTr he pilaCS ufdenM~t rGuards," acenpranys Ribistict has, grobn bIeR o,'t inie dEi o alnt"euo eginiene a TAllm' dat 40 Is. are haa bep eie it the embs ka:o fion e agiment"'ils soon es ei,~ I re lnuitered fin i a t II . furnisitd as son In to the Actin oai 3OJn A Ma nGedit~j 30.00Marnennih ho~~~ es. fir, tav eer a~ i .li ounlt.oi'rmleege to ngress/ that it sii 600OO'h 4i/Chau * the~amendundnt n'o~Ii hAn -nteignsu and ~ j4Id, n rftMr; Asa-A. B8tnLdgt? lel, mealwith a* us ts ImC , rening of Friday. 'lwui l~i noder. is right hpk sa d byithe ei plofustof a hehd at thuetimni. I. a her inpressive 'wrilo i da r g t uidren'andl forbid ii. hanaltagf pe~ ae atI Or-c-armns in any shp or manntQ arn that the Oovierna ha e pof tad t. t Treat Paine, of Chnwan Cd~n~lb ue t r. Stokes of Sorryd ieutiensi cod d M r. Fa gg o f Bunenmbit, Mjo R* orthac Carona RegimaentofvIrxeg All-the above genslemen M~ir~ F the Legislature whichhaatJorek Counterfeit ~*eight dlo))sv U11 auir. of Charleston hate? n i4ad eir appearance In this el rat to be signed by H. W.,Cd neig~ Ient;arid A. G' Rose, CashI e We understanid that h -~ mited issud'of 7, 9"sid 41tbi 539, but has issued Krp IN one linstancegl84ji~i :clident., Thle amniend a h..ed runs in erreola'ttour is vetaiI, ank. we learn er ery u~sW ~ii what few a n~'~er o'5O 1o sis'te, that no i~i~f~. er as Presa n,-a. Thee 'h etii4~o at hhitse! y n the headdI eb kn Tghesialist dea the du t to ~artygW&to Ost a titoyo ch