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3tiiiaua Slate Sentinel. semi -Weekly. KVSaSMt vn.i- wer i thf. pRirrur iirrnTv. lMHVIOI iv MAKin Ml. s,. .L- - ... .,W fW I.,.,,.. 'IWntns. ' 1 . . . ... . . ., I am I other pwk'ic Ads H tue I nittd Motes, tu auno- 1 1 '7 . the itermmrm 4 im Tea aar. M mi term. TteicTlon ing arill beraaAer be the psraaa of the It - A'' i'li inii stuit Sil alinei : :" Tay m iits to ba made always in advance. ( ) s ' i""py. o:io year, Tiiree copies, one v:ar. 't"n .''' r fUal TMeonea.onsear.. - , m ateMl-Weekljr. (Publisbed three times a we.k during thp sosion.) m ropy. ä I.OA I Three con a, Jli'.nO, ll:; ;. v during tl.e session. Three or more conies, each ' 1 AJ 1 I.) lrajml aafwenlM ameaitau The nndrrjirnrd will not publish legal notices in their respective pspera without payment being made! therefor in advance. JOHN 1. DFRS, CH 1 .MANS & SIW.NN. I rwi.K I ows:iir " fe Rally, Vys . A , . r, ... , n Htui'4 1 he Demucrata oT Centra township will I ' ohjen at theCunrt Hons on Moaabv tftenioon, ' meet be April 5th, at 3 o'clock b m , . i . . ,Ä . I. I ,to ch-M.se delegates to a county cub vent im, and to transact uch other bui r.ps a may properly roaae before them. Ity rcenssf "t T9isip (JtMtwtittf. tAv "The Arner.eMii i'euce S c.etv u rebv offer a pre- i mium of .s.")m for the best It titw t the present war i Minies Toe above delectable piece i f inHaraaatioB occupies a place in a lute number of the Indiana Journal, and from toe phmeology, are infer that brother Dcfrees has been aarfAertsed to make the announcement, Ws are left 1 1 eonjectttfe wliat is t b-? the ensract tt of the desired article in review of the wir; but sop poe, of course, that nothing WOttld be acceptable, or stand any chance of obtaining Hie reward, unless it should be a ranting, raving. I salting partisan paper, stu fed as full rs an egg is with meat with w hig false- bond, recklessness snd tr- tann. The successful co n petitor, wlnKJver he may be, will have to deal la j wholesale denunciation of the President, for bringing ansae the eosmtry Isj umjmrt. wkkolf aid umgoaVif 1 tBe Pacific Ocean, And New Orleans a!, and con ir an f as inmocettt peopie j " be must roisrepre- j sequently the States of the Mississippi Valley which sent the censes which occasioned it, and the pnrnofes I eooHnonieate through it with the ocean, have a suni- i , ,i . i i ? i .. .. Isr interest in this subject, tor whu-h it n prosecuted; portrav in doleful strains t i n , i r ... i Sone ot our readers will remember our remarks todtrefial con jeajiaancei which saust necessarily en- the declamtions Mr. Adajns, in the Federal sue from the unhallowed tost of the democracy fur House, snd of Mr Wehsteria I public meeting at dominion and extended rule; and prove beyond all Boston, that the region West of the Rocky Mountains euestion that the only remedies for existing and fjrcsv j Hghl to be a separate and independent Republic. , , ,' , ,. i 1- m ,, Ä ,k., . c i Tliey will also remember .Mr. Ale Uutli i's declaration , Up ev.is are to be 1 oKed tor ,n tue overthrow ot ,.,....,.., , 1 j in the rederal Senate, that this union was destined the aaesent admiaistrat OO, the recall of our troops lQ jnlo Uiree eo.f.uleracies. Is this apparent ff .rn fo.iAi fin.l t! o nlov-i t no i if nt-nt't 1 uf tvh i irrrr v I 1 ... i: : .... ii. in uij mwtm .w.v jmm "'r..--j le.snre, manufacture one that WOUM throw the society ' into extacies. He would have nothing more lo do tana t transcrihe Corwins anti-American speech add "he requisite quantity f notes and illustrations. in the shape of extracts from treasonable articles in ti.e whig press, and insert, by way of appendix, and to -r.e it an odord sanctity, a few teravms -ml v... . f tt... 1 C.l la.' ia "V iol; i'iiiii';i i i.i- cwuti. i'-icii .ill v J 0 r c ' opportunity of making so large an amount of money, with so tittle trouble, may not b""n present itself again j und as our friend of the Journal may stand 111 need just now, of some of tkt ssncwj of nur," we advlt, him to try bat band at the review, in the way we have suLrrcated The Je.urnal inames la sesmi curious speculations. in reference to the appointments to the ten regiments. ' i: . iioiu iiii .;:iiit-. a in iaii uieintse . .lncer i t .. !..-. Tl .. .1. . . n.r to tl.e t. :i regiments are not appo.nted as officers in t'.r r- nilnr irmv :i r. n'i:wiiiifi it fi nil lu nl nut tn rr. 1 . . . V- ... ..... u .'l''.l.l.,. . . .! I'llV ß I V cruitie stations to nlist men. On the contrary they . . , , , . . ' m . . . . . t . r - ,, . ,,.. I I lit 1 1 t I ... r. t . . . . .. ...... a .1 ait oiii,i,io-tni,vu, uiiiii iiiu im ii ill C'liipunc lllcll companies are enlisted. In nomerons instance c anpanies, already existing a independent con have enlisted at once, and then officers wen Si red forthwith I.e., the officers which thev had 1 h ch d, and who already I. Id commissi sis underlSia.tr nutii' r,'y. In this Mate, .Mr. ( stbesrts districl oiler ed a f.li company Oatrong; Mr. Heuleya and lr. Davis's districts each oflered a company, and the f urth company was olfered from the southern portion of the State. Tie se are ail the companies which l.ave been offerrd from this State. Our delegation wt re not authorized from home to ofTer any others. Some f the Cbngresaional districts offered no com pa nies ia which predicament our representative found himself Those districts therefore cannot complain if they famish no aftn is, as is the case. The company otiiccrs chosen by the men were commissioned. TlieJ four companies, amounting to a battalion, lacking one cx-mpany, the BSSSl thi State could expert i the w ay as tu Id oScera was a major. A major was appointed from this State, and precisely from that part of the State where three out of the four o mpanies were rais d. That the Journal should be inspired by these Rcta j with strange notions, und imagine that our Mr. Hen- ley was induced to vote against the Wihnut proviso, by these military appointments biting favorably to by theaa military sppoint ments hilling favorably his district, is not tu be wo'.:dcred at. It is the busi ness of the Journal to find fault with Democratic doings. Hut it would be surprising if any Democrat O.ouhl be readv to earn at annuintUM nta controlled hv - j r IT ' i ti .u .i . . l principles so perfectly reasonable as those above stated. Wtll informed democrats in this district who deaitnj appointments are not diaaapowtasj, but aenpuesro p - adi - y. It is tobe hoped that those not bo well informed ill not be hasty in fault finding. We copy the following melancholy eanooncemenl it mm the Ohio St.-i.e Join rial of the It is hut a , , . i- m. v v nks -nice we had tne pleasured a conversation with tlie deceased, who was then in robust health, and looked sa though he might enjoy Jtfe many long years. Veiilv la tne midkl of hie we are in death ! ' mt w Dc.iiii of Clcaa. Jm ob .ileihii . Jt baeosaes o .r nw lanrholj duty to announce the aamHae tw Gen. JACOB MEOAKY, Post Blaster at IJolumhus. ii epirid at his residence in this Wty, tins m waiag .t 1 eVlock. Out personal acquaintance with Lien. M dary was hot limited ; but was Mich as to impress us very faoia!!y of hU character as a man and un otR er. In the discharge of bis nj&eial duties h- was urbane and obliging and his loss will be uni Ver.ally deploffedj. Wm tender t our aetghbeff of the States?, it nm b.Mit-felt sympathy, in this bis boot uf aaViction i .vice within the spare of a few brief aaontha, be has r.e o eaOed to part with brethren, in The meridian ol the.r aaaaho hJ. 0 SrJohnG. Wbittiar, the Quaker piet, asks through the National Era : "What avnil yonr abstract theories, your banalem virginity of damuCTSCJ, sacred from the violence of ni hi gs 1 Ifnnaa to keep that M virginity " " ascred1 from tlie lewd embraces ol federal arhaggcry, the rmpisk hutot Volition jam, or the violence" of abstract' factioniats. Arc rn ans vered, friend Whitticr .' (QrA communication from Judge Prailcs sppears in another cclutnti. Jude P. desires us to request ubrr demucrati editors 111 the district to ropv the t igU . to power and place. Should our supposition be cor- ality the first step in the plan 1 And is this mischief Saltillo. It continued for two days. The Mexicans j and Mexico, have formally protested against it. A retreat, lie gives up all the country we have cou rt ct we think the pence society will have no trouble to be done to feed the sectional vanity, ambition and! had no artillery, their force being composed alone of! proposition lias been made in the State Congress of quered at the South beyond the Rio Grande; and ri retting a review exactly to its taste We arc not mmness of Massachusetts and South Caroliaa T cavalry and infantry, numbering twenty thousand i Vera Crux, held at Jalapa, to protest against it also, makes all the exploits of the campaign mere empty " , ' ' l i " ' i t" i i , j Let the Middle States, especially Peunsylvsnia, ex- j men, with a division of six thousand men in their j hut has not yet beep acted upon. The clergy had, in parades. He is tor retreating fronrtlie Sierra Moun- sure that our Irtensl iletrees could not, with a ms I amje tlls U carefullv. Certain clouds in the rear. Santa Anna cotomendinff in uersosL several instances, both in iMexico and Puebla, shui tains, the best natural barrier in the world, to the Oregon Territory. The Phila.liil.diia Led o;r makes some remark on tliis subject, which we think ere entitled to eenside- j mtiou. Om thing ii pretty certain, in oar opinion. a - . P - .I Hie south will agree to no ireaiy ot peace wnu Mexico which ball provide for an accession of terri- ,,)r ' wu,c" 3(1 lory m which slavery is to be entirely inieraictea ; .... I ... ; I I s...,,,..,.., CimalnM .IMll ti i til A iWtftlll lftlmlll hui ww whwii 11.1.... . M anj new lernmriai fTweramem, epi upt. suuh: surb bais as the Missouri Comprom.se. In these . ". r r . : f ' t , P". lngularl enongh, extremes will meet, and 'VI" t!i ultra slavery and tree tr oie men win have the aid and support ol intra lus and abolitionists, the twu factions acting together for the purpose . I. ... 1 . ... endeavoring 10 accomplish totally aincrent Whatever may be the result, the country agitated, and perhaps suffer in consequence do not wih to detain th" reader with any speculat of our own at present. Lot the remarks of the Ledger be carefully considered : The bill to establish a territorial government in Oregon was again defeated in the Senate and conse ' piently the CttisenS of the United States who have emigrated tu that portion of remain vtrt longer without tl their country, must 1 ic protection ol the ) laaericaa biws which are their birth-riglit. This ia the third session in which this Oregon h.ll has been defeated, and bv the same opponents. Tins continued I . . ' 1 r mpoaition to the extension tn our raws over Uregon, I w crmnectiosj with eerUin declarations from certain I eminent men from a certain State, is a little ominous; , , ' ..... r. '.I IUI III. UIII.IIIU . ii 1 ' i . .1 I II. 11 1 e 'II iK'iu ill,-, Middle, Western, and South-Western States. Air. Alhii, the able and patriotic Senator from; I mm .... l m I I Uhio, gives a solutioq f the ditnculty. which, founded in fact, should not be overlooked, lie says ! iliut this opjiositit.u proceeds from a combination ot Massachusetts and South Carolina, of the Old New England and id Southern States, to dismember the I uion fr the purpose of preventing the preponde rance ol tiit.' W est. We d not eudorse Mr. Allen hypothesis. But it is a very important project, if ftenooslv entertained, we ssy that the subject cannot ! be too careful I v investigated. It is important, not only to the Western and South-Western, but to the Middle States, and esoeciailv to Pennsvlvania. As . si New York and Philadelphia are the two great depots I of tiie tnde between the West and tlie nation across (ü MUuilt. vew y(jrk .ini, p,M:iSvlvania Ättit be avenues between the West snd ihe-e depots, And when the trade betw een Europe and CI ins comes serosa the I Continent, as it will eventually, New ork and Philadelphia will be its chief Atlantic de;. : Hence the two gre at Middle S;ates are not a little interested in the srowth of the West, till it reaches Ui.lt. J .11111 a Ii 'II I O Ii I I L lICVUU IUUI M JMIJIU IIUliO.1 horizon look portentous, and certain political school need watering We do not wish to dictate. We only d-ire to sug gest in eon m v ion vv ; t h t he I 'oneri squiuti 1 nnmiiuitiitna L, , , , r , .1 1 j that i'ur trtends ..ot.id be mu.i.tui tbeiuseives, anu rf ipjpomcc urcIi0m (be toWBsh electionsheld now in a few 0 1 i . . . li .1 i!as and that the delegates from ail the lownshuw meet afiervvard-, and appoint and instruct delegates W mm a to the district convention. Conventions are the are V3 means of consolidating democratic action, aud will so remain while they are firm and impartial, and free from the fixing of managing busybi dies. We hope our friends will remind the remote town- I9 " ti,eir dul' u,'u' PtirilegSi in this natter. ! . . ,,T c , 7 r n " 1 1 I rV c fiml thf ti. lovvimr rii'iih-:i nm rn 'ra ii.b m r o i O the Madison Courier of a late date. We are waiting with i mm impatience to see how the policy indicated v ill iviirL- in iir:i.'t iii A . r. ti.it Biiro th:il the tiro. , , .. . , , , , poseu iiieth 'J oi nominating camiuiaies wouiu not ths Courier, perhaps it might be otherwise: "It will be seen from the election ticket published in our paper to-day. that the candidates fr county officesare becoming very plenty. By next week, arel shall be able to make up our minds as to who we, I 'The .Madison Courier.1 will sumiort f.r the d.il" rent , 'i'l othces. We do not intend to do any thing u hurt the feelings of any candidate, but we claim the tight, n the or-r.-in of the democratic party, for the county id' Jeflerson, to form into a ticket such men as will make good officers, and at the same time, such men as we can mike the best race with. This we will do regardless of consequences. QlTEEB ev..i; l is;.m,.. ,s sometimes appear in t!ic citr pmpen. Here is one from the Columns nf the ,.w yorj, Tribune of a la c date : ..''() u (,u , ..i, ,,. :in. limited A middle aged man of ret, ring habits would Uh n board with a widow (of a religious turn of mind ' Methodist or Baptist n Roman CStholic who has got three rooms or more, and no family or boardera. To a per son ot this description be would pay his board, (breakfast, tea, and roams, dining down town,) and ulao tt assist lo pay the rent of the rooms. II also to assist to pay the rent of the rooms 00 connexions m the city. A hue with the holy's M'S8 directed .M r. I. mt and left at the Tribune office, w ill ! attended to.1 "A w idow " With ' no family or boarders " mark ! Rather bra sen, is it not 1 The religious turn of miud" w a mere cob-web. The whole thing evident- , i .. ,, ly "means mischier. 3 D,f utm oy Jnz Sr,,KK,IE Co ,r ON m LwEJias ; LAU . Ti.e right of the States to reguiate the trade i:, arj,.nl pirita, by granting licenses for the sale of alcoholic liquors, has been questioned by many able J lawyers. Tne Supreme Court, just before the elosa J of the late term, gave a decision which will settle I this point, so far as the ri'fht of the several States to : 1 a ft a 1 i t l rtt m iaci license laws, ate., is concerueu. ino uecision ! of the Court is, that each Slate baa a r.giit b enact , . l . .1 , . i neu laws lo reguciie me ir.oie us iney may ueem advisablo. This, then, settles at last the question, so far as the right to enact laws is concerned. Qr Theodore J. Bamett, than whom there is not l more Spirited and popular unter in the State, has been nominated by the Floyd county whig convention is a candidate for Representative. ftnetnaes 0o leite. Now, brother Caddington, you are ton severe to allude to bis tailing in that sly way. We had sup posed thai since we had dropped the butter forgery, w us fi n (ids at leait might have omitted throw ing it up bo luSB. Nothing ran be more in the way of one s reformation, linn reminding him uf his former pee- ! cad 1 1 lues. ("One of Santa Anna's last acts before marching was to distribute twelve day's pay for the month of January. This could not austain them more than a Week, and the question was asked, "What shall we Jd when 111 front of the enemy !" The troops arc represented as patient and loyal, but in a pitiablsstate of disli . in derision, they tpcah of going forth to solve the problem of "fighting without eating!" OWu are requested to state that money contri- buted to the relief fund will, during the absence of P Ft t I P l v.. rastawr, t.sq , be received by Thus. II. Sharps, at I I) .ill- I the Branch Bank, .L .....,. ,...,! -. t ,....t r.r ti... ..r ,.-nr- At ..r......t the tcaui-ti m and the escort of t went v-rive men. Thev hdle.v tnem. Scheme alter scheme is suggested tor ftmmiir them would fee that In could now mn entire ,, , ,, , - . .... , , M have also raptured a train of sixty waarons. thouirh raising a revenue. Some contemplate paper money iueursioos he nleased so that bis return over the Ria the Lnited States bordering on Mexico, will . . w i ft tfti ii ..ii j 'i7: i n .'.iii-i .tkii' '4i- r 7i c v. - - - -...-.... .-.-..-. . ... nanus, ,. , , " m . nothing definite as lo the disposal of teamsters aud I to be issued on the security of church property; others Grande was secured. The whole frontier would there- m the mails, bach letter so addressed shot iivi''i.i.iiiir-iiii wfi wiiiiiri ti.t'i i. i i) mi - r - - r . . . . o'"T1L lJ,'u-u'11 ,iHKewi7Knw i-srort Thev have liltvi.i e.m.ur. d a hundred nark are aimed at the revenues of the church : and others dr.. i... ,..... tbo vi-.r-;t .,m r l,r,l... nr. n'ter the name ol tue pers.'U, " bvl tOUllIi! I " -J ... . .... - - .j..-. j ( I . ; t v . I. ct. II'. ... ..... ..... ( r v. v m un i I n ii 1 . . 1 1 .... I -. I , . I ,1... . .t 1 ... I .......... .....i.ll... I I 1.1 .l.i . i. , ,..i I 1 I '. . w .. ....I ...... . 4 .... 1 .. ; C ..... ..,. O... ., i i. . . . .i m . mmmm M 'l'l.n I., ir hi!! iwuit ini n t . ,r... I 1 I I it ii i . . i i I . . - . i iii.i i i ii. ill l.i ill .1 iiLiu.iii' .1 ii. ii.ir. .1 i'i i ' i if I ii iiiiwiitiiii- fr. I I . ill. ii iri .1 ir ill I 1 ... I ..II X 111 111.11 I I I' , I. Ill . , 1.......1. I,.. . . I w. . ,1 .. From the Army The town baa been full of rumors for t he past few a . . m 1 & nays ia relation to a reported engagement ociwccn General Taylor and Santa Anna, near Saltillo. All mese rumors nave no douoc oecn exaggerates in portion to Uta distance they have Irati lied. The I first accounts were su contradictory that we placed I . 1 . I ... .1 .1 l !. . . . . . pw little commence in Uiem. .vs me iiucinnaiiua- , Kette of ln observes : it is altogr..tlit-r probable . . . .... .... .1 . . 1 Ä I f - .1..1 I ' . I 1 .. that Santa Anna's advance had reached General Til i.-!.... posjtion at Agns Neuva, b) the 23d February ; fehruary ; r donbting and An.c- an, tnii being to, there is do ground f. ibmt an encaffement bet ween the Mexican points between Camarg) and Monterey, is a thing which cannot be very easily accounted for especial ly when the maps are consulted w ith reference to dis tances and the topography of the country. The mint facts of that portion of the news which reiers 10 an engagemeni oeiween ureneraii tayior a I ears. a and Santa Anna, are very well summed up in a letter Captain John G. Tod, of the qnartermaslel'i . , , ... , . 4, n . .1 1 deiiartment, and stationed at the nrasos. to the edi- 1 ' f New Orleans Commercial rimes. This we copy in full l,;.zs SaKTLAGO, Morning March 5th, 1 17 Gentime In transmitting to you the em i. . d Ä I A f II .1 itiarticw wr your vaiuaoie paper, i ooiy oesign 10 Jay before you such intelligence as we have here at pres- lent, and which 1 have tiud to reduce to such a shape as will enable us to judge of the truth of the various reports mat are now in circulation m this region, and which will doubtless reach vur city The substance of the cuclust d is mre generally mt believed than I could wish, i wrote it out from s desire to detect madame rumor in the prevarication of her thousaud tongues. I only hold myself respon sible tur its veracity, so far as it i-. a faithful record of w hat is circulated here, nud what many believe. I am, your obedient servant, .INO. G. TOD, Ag't oia'r Mas'r tietii's Dep't., Texas. Beazos Santiaoo, Texas, Nieht of the 4th of March, 1 17. (Jreat anxiety ha prevailed in this place tor two or three days past, to receive intelligence from ti.e army. Nothing official has come to hand, but vari ous rumors have arrived, leaving a greater mvsterv as to the true condition of General Taylor aud hi forces than has occurred at any period during th war. Phe country above is doubtless swarmed with Mexican troops, cutting off all communication w lib air low er depots. Tne rancherus aud others are j flocking to U e .Mexican standard. i The following intelligence has just arrived here, and I make a memorandum of the conversation of the individual, for it is verbal, and brought from a source i that 1 believe Will prove true, when it is properly j analysed by information which we must doubt lea shortly receive 1'he battle commenced on the night uf the 23d, m-ar General Taylor's furce numbered, when the battle commeticed, near five thonaand men, composed of in- fantry, dragoons, and eighteen pieces or light am!-' lery. He was um king Iiis retreat to Monterey, lie has lost aii ut two thousand men. Th" Mexican 1 ses 1 about tour thousand five hundred. General Taylor was in hopt s that he would be able to retain his no sithtn, which is about three miles from Saltillo, at a mill pond, Where be possesses some natural defences. (.leu. Marshal had set out from Monterey with as large escort, carrying forty WSgons of ammunition, at! and two 1 pounders. It "is generally believed that mm m Zm. m . k dT ba will be able tu join General Taylor in time to af - ford relief. The general opinion amongst the Mexicans at Ca-1 margoand MataSSoraa, as expressed, indicates that i uta Anna has been badly whipped. Uol, Morgan was mortally wounded, and Ins ctm- ind was entirely cut up at" Seralvo, and other points mm along the Im ( . T - .. C . I. ..1 '1M .. I.. ......... I . I. II ...I 111,11 Uli HIV. iu.ll '1.1, lvi;i'lio nun ILllL' a ,11 . ll I. I .1 . i . . . - . . .... . 1 . r. 1 'i ' 1 ' t l 1 . r 1 1 1 t r ri. 11 'ui. 1 ! ... i . . . . . . , ijul .Morgans eommauu, (tie second Uhio rel- i- .1 . . 1 , n"n ana w '''.; s r,tm Mass. (on either aide, honrever reads vere much like exag- ; . Umi l.a rIi , . r.. A "S !o rely upon your action and the actio,, of roar del- ritorit msv , ?, ., ;i- ricau lorcea iook niace. iiieuuiuuei muiuu urn Hiiieu ., . ., . ' , . . ... . oe lerimueu 10 remarK. mal. nau tlie J ndr, i,mii - 1 l. , i . r r will be'gerali0n; ail(i Mdden apriaing or inffewing of so were sUtioned to join Geu. Taylor, after bavin burnt I ?Ü? "iTl'l0!! tt1eraPUll to lessU upon your from thirty days before the r lasnarusunl of each Wnt wo many trooI), as the Mexicans are represented to have every thing they could not take w ith them, and it is 7JJ LPi ?0QVtm nUl " m'vt,ng of the next Cartas, ions 1.. 4 :.. : c ...1 ... .... . n.fhh.ntlv l.lieve.l that he und Ins wl r,,,,,,,,,.,,! " " - m vmm which i uuers ami pucka-, .s n.t exceedmn two ounces nan 111 in-- iieiiMiuoruo u 01 li-luhi, uuu uio.nei - " , now hold. 1 won d have Im ii ont.-iit tn t. -.v.. m t .., .1 . .1.1: . 1 . . . e of observation, extending from the lat- j Rn t und eh quence, and his duty is urged home i pen aider Worth and Scott running away from Santa An M.er. (I am in hopes that it will be i the Vice President with a powerful appeal to ins na, and the retreat to the Rio Grande would be taken ' .er Pj. l ) j j found he was only slightly wounded and his command II It v s dispersed.) A train of one hundred and twenty waatoos had. been captured by the Mexicans. They murdered all Uen. Urea ii marching on to sttack Matamoras witii about four thousand men. M , nouas, .1 irea 1 , 1 S 17 Oentkmen The news from above last night, is of ther aa sxeitfng nature. On the -tith ultimo, a 1- ; :i t -I i arrive.! Iicre which stated that lien. Taylor i i . .. had given orders for the discontinuance ot the trims between I'amargo anl Monterey, tm account of large er m 1 n b 'dies of the enemy having been known to have r ssed the mountains, although their whereabouts was not exactly known. The .steamer Aid, ( apt. Strodos, left Camargoon the evening of the 25th ult., and the Hig Hatch ie, i aptaia Mosby, b ft on the 20th of February, witb de-patches, and with a report that a body of Mexi cans to ihe num'jer of B,tSjQ were between Caiuarg i and .Monterey, supposed m be Urrea'a commaud ; us they caB have but little if iinv artillery, the only difficulty to be apprehended from them is the cutting otf of supplies ami communication for the present. lhe new volunteer regiments arrive very slow lv, none having paascd up the river as yet, but the Vir- 'I'i I. m a ginis regiment, which are as lair a looking and or- ! derly set ol men as ymi would meet with. Owing to the bad weatlu r, (blowing) great dilficulty is ex peri diced in getting tnem oil the vessel. General Worth with the last nf his division, left tl Ai .i .i (. i r 'e .i ! 1- e Mouth on the Jth, for iamuieo or the lsiaiul of , ,,f H r ,. " , obos. We naturally, from Ilm foreign renorta. feel . ,- , ii, . anewbal interested bere; but should we bave lo L leave Matamoras, little of it will be left to tell the tale, as there are not oyer 9000 ItlUsketS between t'a margo and the mouth of the river. There have been two murders committed here dur ing the past week, the tirst was, a carpenter -hot a soldier who was discharged on account of the 'tireen- eyed .Monster.' The second took place yesterday morning in the market a volunteer belonging to the Indiana regi ment having stabbed a teamster, who died during the course of the day. Tue murderer has been scut to your city in irons. P, S. Since writing the above, the J K. Robert Capt. Reed, from Caraargo. arrived this morning, and c sifirtna the previous report, rix : 9000 cavalry this side OlS mountains. 'I here has been a light at Sal- tillo, no particulars. The Mexicans h ive captured a tram of 126 Wagons, and Hi) private mule-., and i raising the very devil with tiie traders. They have 'taken Peter Mile's, Trainer's T a run VI r's, nud others, I being a complete harvest for them. Nu mounted men in tins pirt of the country w ith the exception ot about one hundred. I aui sorry to state that a very worthy citizen of ours baa been captured, at h ast it is presumed so, and with very good grounds, as two or throe who went one day after him had been obliged to fall back on Carnargn. Jesse 1). Usrr, Mr. Trtenweth, Mr. Gray son, Capt. McMullin (a clerk of Mr. Car r's) formerly of McCulloeh s company of Ringer, having about 'JU0 pack mules loaded with valuable goods belonging h the before mentioned persons, and having good' bekmeina to Peter Unite, uf Matamoras. and Messrs. .Matthew Glossy & Co., no doubt have been taken ; nothing has bean seen or heard of them. Mr.Sprague a clerk for S A. Beiden, Esq., and John R. Taker, su ler to the first regiment of Kentucky volunteers, started the day after the first named party, and had been cornuelled to fall back to Mier, and'their wait litii the trouM there stationed should be ordered to Camargo. This is all the fault of General Scott, for hav ing tak m awav the regular forces from that part of the ...ui.oi...v. i. i'ii inr. .. i, '"U. . i - ....v.. v . ...... vm. mm . , f , - I ,.',,'! I BHWVUICI Ul lllt country. Should General Taylor t able to fall back mm one wesi rrom tne isiana 01 serine 10s, anu wiiu 011 Monterev. he ean then hold out till reinforcements " a mile and a half of the eastern walls of the city. reach him, as thev have some sixty davs rations at MIlSl pOIUI. Dill 1 Ulli UirUlU IIU IS ill U IUIK ÜI tl,, having nothing but volunteers w ith him, he can- I Ö m that point. Hut I am afraid he is in a critical post- i .-.. f . - . m . - 'not have that confidence which he would have, had not that immortal man, General Wmfield Scott, taken away from him the whole of his most effective force. The following ia from the Matamoras Fla of the 3d instant. f i 'r i i i . . M .. General reylor, white at Ajrua Nueva, 22 miles ..,., S,l!!o, w.M, StH , Vi MUcked. . lb. 'AI hi. bv u M. i'..r,. i.-. i-..i ., ' VB " ' that he could not maintain bis position, he tiade m od i 11... .nl 1 r .. I 1 I I . . : I -- .... . . ... i.i. : . . . www, covering ms wagon iraiu. , 14 r.. . s C . . ,u . u,r 1 ' , in wnicc nie luexicuns su wnu n ,onw n tinr - - " 1 ' ' " - - destroying what public atorea he could not trarjsport, h(. coaünued h,s retrograde movement on Monterev. ,M. c,,,.nu,d Ins retrograde UMvemant on Monterey. un il be reached the Rinconada pass, where he was again attacked, but successfully defended himself. pieces or taken prisoners ......... ...ti.... ... gallant, chivalrous soul, Hen. McCulloeh, with his1, . . .1...... .. . both k men, has neen capiureo. am nau noi more man va men, all told. Capt. Ilenrie, who recently effected his escape in so! it V m .. N i ' i ' gallant a manner from the Mexicans, has arrived at Matamoras, on his way to hi home in lexas. The following paragraph is from the New Orleans Delta's summary of the news : The very latent intelligence from Montcey is con tamed in a letter from (Jap. Montgomery, of the 7th infantry. At the tune he writes, the Ulli or tbesVd, j he ssys : "At the tune I write tins. 1 expect General Taylor is giving the Mexicans battle." This letter, we are iuforuted, was received at the Brazos on the ti h instant, and we think it can be relied on as the I. . ... mm. mm is test intelligence ol the movements ol our army We learn from Colonel Walton, who was a passenger on the John Howell, that the report ol the retreat of General Taylor on Monterey, arae said to be founded on a despatch to l of. Lhrake at Matamoras, and tliat he expected an attack at Monterey still Later. We find the following in the New Orleans Bulletin of the 13th : lb th editors of lyi Bulletin : The various rumors from the army of battles fought, tnd General lay lor x lalling back, turns out II! M- BUG. This is the last neu s, and it is nearer othcial than anything we have received. It is Mippasid a tram has been cut Off, but beyond that nothing is cer- tain. Brazos St. Jago, Texas, noon, March 5. t 1 1 in Mexico. The parties at present in .Mexico, are composed as follows: The monarchists, the centralists, the high federaliats, the moderate federalists, the clerical, and the military. The only one of these parties winch gives a cordial support to the administration and Congress, in the measure against the church property, is tin? high federalist party. The Others unite, more or less, With the clergy in their opposition to it. This opposition is very great. In several of the m m States, it has been impossible to issue the decree, in s j consequence of the refusal of the proper officers t sign it. In Querela. ro, several riots occurred upon it publication, and the States of Querela ro, Puebla, P their churches, and a portion of the press is daily d nouncing the government in the most abusive terms, exciting the people to nn open revolt. It is believed that it will be impossible Ul Carry OUt the measure; and that, if it is persisted in, a revolution will be the con quence, and that Santa Anna will be thrown out of power. In the meantime, it is rumored, that the j latter meditates the assumption of dictatorial powers, , Mazatlafl has, already, declared fT a dictatorship. Th administration of Gomes Farias is charged bv ! 'he pics with inability to obtain the assistance of a , responsible Mini-try ; it cannot by any exertion ra:se 1 r . I-. j . ia cent of money t although it iias u Concresa so s',b- servient as to pass laws placing the revenues of the church at its command and the press is boldly preaching sedition and revolution, and the church, Itnreatening excommunication, in such circumstan- CCS as these 1 Kepubhcano calls upon Gomez Farias ' at once lo resign. The article is written with great ', patriotism and magnanimity, to yield at once and ! m fj m s thus ward off the imminent danger of civil war. We have the proceedings of the Mexican Congress I for several days, but it would be wearisome indeed to ; oo measure appears to serve the turn of Senor Farias, : rhe capitalists are alarmed and w ill not part with a penny; lle church is enraged and is stirring up the, people lo opposition; and the Legislatures of" the I different Slatea openly protest against any law touch- ling ecclesiastical property. I a a a a a i a i . .!. A bill lias been introduced for removing Ihe seat of Government from the city of Mexico lo Celays by the 15th of .March. Tins ,s urged aith the obvious view of withdrawing the legislature from the control of the city and securing its perfect independence. n . i . .,, f o if. ii . . 1 he proclamation ol Santa Anna as Dictator nt m ,i i . . ti i ,, . .. .. c ., .Maxatian bv Iren. Mora has not called forth from the t . uuvcrumeni an v active measuies to renret.s such a V movement, and the press censures it for its mdufer ence. i.i i v , c Although Santa Anna announces the capture el ii .. I,. i ii c i . i antain Heady aud his small comnanv ot Kentucki- ( ms, we find no mention of the murder of Lieut Ritchie and the seizure of his despatches. The des 1 - - - ........ I. 1 1 .ii.- .uiiiii iiiiii 1 m m I .ft mt III 1 1111' ! pi'Ciies nave not loiiuaiiy oeen made puoilC uy him. j lhe pipers speculate upon our plana, stating confi- j dently that we are lo advance on vera Cruz, by land with l(.Mi troops, while a fleet ol sixteen ships, carrying SJtKI guns, attacks San Juan de Ulna. This tney say, is tiie plan at Washington, where thev could not have anticipated Santa Anita's match upon sr., I, . 1 1 .,, .i i e ,. ii, hi , 'ei löaltillo at the had ol JU.tHHJ men. this march, ,, ,i i . ',i ... Mbey think, may disconcert all our schemes, snd they lii " i r .1 c i p . i j already discover evidence ol lias in Ueneral layiors Ul'iVemeiils .Military critics condemn Santa Anna's plan of campaign. They say be was driven from Ins original design by the outcry of k apathy ' made against 1 1 ttii I Lao i of ntiifiln tl'it Ii. it'ill n iii ilr.i o mere o on. i i - niilLMMIl IUUI OV oil! it 'll uimv .ivii ihmg before him, and defeat Gen. Taylor, but conn pla... that be leaves the coast of Vera Crua unpro- tected, and ran obtain no advantages that will he 1 decisive. 11" musl nccessnrily subsist his troops upon the poor inhabitants nf the country he traverses With his hordes, by which they Will become exaspf rated. But the gn eat complaint is, that Santa Anna r open for the march of the Ameri - baa left the eouuirv troops upon the capital, where they may dictah peace before he can return from his distant expedi tion. I'ii. ii... . v......i... Letters have bee,, receive.: in Washington, which indicate the greatest harmony ami concert of move ments between our suuadron and our army. As is already known to the country, the transports with troops on board are to rendexvous at the island of Lohns, a tolerably secure anchorage near the main laud, and some si.vty miles to tiie southward, aud eastward uf Tampieo. A number of these trans ports had already arrived at Loons. There were al the date of the Isst accounts not ni ne than 2.8U0 troops, including national militia, in the city of Vera Crua; and althougk this number may be increased bj other drafts from the militia, (national guard.) it 1 improbable that there can be much addition to the i troops uf Ihe line, between that tone and the dite of ,i,e contemplated attack. Indeed, so straiU ned ia the cnem.v ,ur ,uml n"ü h Pplies of all kinds, that it is extremely doubtful whether a further increase would redound to Ins advantage. The more persons that nttl "P ''hin tlie w alls of the city, the more openly, from a want nf provisions, must be its capil nmtlon. With the city, ,t is presumed, tails the cms- tie of Llloa, and for the same reason We understand that there are two points at which tl,c lebarcation of our troops may be effected the and the other immediately abreast id the anchorage; r . t I k i : 1 1 1 . 11 Annm m.aruo. uur squadron win ue auie 10 tit . 1 A a ' " cover the landing of our troops w ith ease, at Which- -m F m mm., ever of these points it may be maajt. Union. To the lemocr;iric Electors of tilt Tilth t oiipt vKional District. F F.i. low Citizens : Your delegates win helbn long meet in convention to nominate a candidate, to represent the fifth Coueicasional district m iin na ,, ' . , , - , r , m ,,IC i a S1;' fl'T V"1? k'""v" 10 '" "';it."r- MUiw. court. I Illlirii V 1,-1- tu.i , . . i . . . T 1 i "Ti .iI; ' ti V . lu r,""- ' wiu umt iiuuiiua.il i nave io r mi !ir.iiMTtii;i,i, r....- t(J von a few words through the medium of .1-" O I I ' V4V1I I feel mvself called noon to take this !f. bv 11.. . . . . 1 r -1 , 7 ' j ' V . ' , sion contained in Judge Wick'f circular fartelj pub uf mv friend, tniuk M ,.ir(.uil ;lldlc Coinciding wiiTthia opi mong you, which allnskm, aossaj ers to me and my present po pinion of my friends I may . . r ... ... matter altogether open lor your dsCMML We arc nowniomoMoi yoo, naviug resided amon-.t you tor a considerable number ot years. We might r " , ' J iriCl Convention. I ' i.e. I .-.. . 1 I I ' I 1 1 1 L ! ,l V' 'i ' ;1 t I . I, i O i . . Ii , 4n JL, But the Judge thought differently, and la the por- tion of his circular raentkmed above, he observes, that be does not "think that a gentleman, holding one oinee, ouglit to Le permitted to seek a nom. nation tor another until he shall hrt resign that which he holds, except in very peculiar oasas it must appear rawer strange, inaian nsjection nae the foregoing in relation to myself should be brought forward by Jttdgt H e., it being know n to aim t every voter in the district that be has himself twice been a candidate under Kke circumstances: that when running the tirst time aarainst Mr. Herod he held on o the office now filled by me during the canvass and lr several years aller lis ueiesi, and that on the se- cond time he resigned but a few day previous tu tue election. Certainly a "statesman" who is capable of repre- venting yon "wisely and well" would not expect to gain much by raising this objection ; since if it was right for him to be a candidate for Congress, whilst holding a judgeship, it cannot possibly be considered to be very wrong on my part if I am now solicitous t obtsimng your suffrages tor an umce, the honor 1 I l!'!. Tl .'. I amj emoluments of which my lion, competitor has been already enjoying for four years. i There are other passages in the circular with re- i B0ecl io win. pulling" which may seem to deserve otice, but I pass them by for the present, merely ob- serving that my competitor appears to have hit upon the nappy expedient ol the thief, who to escape being . caught, joined in the cry, stop thief! stop thief! j Alter saving tins much in reply to the Judge rela- ting to the position I hold before you, sutler me to state to you, that I shall resign the office of Judge previous to tne August election, in case I receive the nomination. If, how ever, your delegates see proper to select another individoal aa the democratic candt- ' date for Congress, I pledge myself to abide by their decision, and in no event will 1 become a candidate againat the will aud wishes of my democratic fellow . ... citizens. WILLIAM J. PEASLEE. Mb. Calhotjm e objection to Mr. O Mb. Calhoun on the Was. There is one great ilhoun's proposition as to the war. Viewed in whatever light it may be, be prop ses a Rio Grsnde, no barrier at all. This would be both physically and morally a blunder. The Sierra Madre has but two passes in the whole length frees Tampieo to I hihuahua ; that at Tula and that at .Monterev. Garrisons at these places and at Tampieo, could prii- (act the whole fruuticr ; and yet with all these in our possession, -Air. Calhoun proposes to sbsndoo them and fall back upon a little stream, a rancheru's horse swims at a few strokes. Even suppose then that v s adopt the defensive policy Mr. Calhoun advocates, . how absurd it would be to abandon a barrier so easily defended as that we now possess, for one experience I. - . has already proved as in General Taylor's surprise at the .Mexicans crossins in Mav las," to be but little better than a mere imaginary line 1 But the moral evil of soch a retreat would be far greater than the physical or topographical. lhe Mexicans would regaid it as an acknowledgment of 0ir weakness and awe of them. They already con- by them as a signal for every excess of insolence and bp sr aggression. They would pour to the frontier on the beela of oar armv. and as we ore not to so herond the frontier, every cowardly cut-throat and bandit kewhat eXpt'IlSe 'UrSide' snd instead of tne three regiaaents which Mr. Cal- bona thinks could protect the frontier, we hazard oihinr in as vine that the whole forces now under j gcott and Taylor could not do so, if the wretched policy were adopted of restricting them from carrynig the war into the enemy's country. VtdU. Sentinel. (T4,-A member is always privileged to say what jJO pjegg, ind cannot be called to account for what be says bere. Upeech oj Mr. Webster, Feb. 13. " , , c m wr t the above remark ol .Mr. Webster is true. Sena- , . . , , , tors mav slander whomsoever thev please, and they , . .- ' do so w.ih impunity, i nev may uen mcc the rresi- ii . ... i . . i i i . dent, as a ran or ami iy rani, ana ne can omain redress from no earthly tribunal. Kditors may be denonnced .i i. .i i .. '.i . ..r. i.i Hit V Ml IV i: enriilM-ii m ii i vro oiii-uii- rei-oroeo in , -. ; r i lhe calendar ol crime, and it their assailants are e , .. . . , c . . . t unhers of either branch of Congress, however vile .. I . I. !.. .1 I - .. .1 .... A.l..aftl.. may be the slander, they an deprived of the power of demanding reparation for the grievous wrong. On the other hand, if an editor utters a slander against a member ol Congress, courts ol justice an open to redress the grievance. It seems that certain senators are unwilling to come before a jury of their country, and are unwilling to allow the accused an opportunity of defending himself; but they prefer to ueieruiiue uici own csc tu are revoii , . , - . .. . , their own ludges and jurors: and it public . ; . ,.J '., , mav be relied upon, they will also bocome y-- i XECUTION ERS ' IV 1 I determine their own ease thev are resolved to ! ic opinion THEIR Sr.vuvA i iiiN. We fmd in the New York papers the following account of a most distressing case : An Irishman, bis wins and two children, juat land Ia i cd f40.,601!1 P. were found dying in our "Jfeets on Monday last, and taken to the almshouse, fiv" loe following account ol this un- .ft ft m. ft ... . I m ml ft a A . fortunate family, as narrated at the office of the com missioner of the almshouse : " The mother was a complete skeleton, and the ranken cheeks ami eyes of tlH' ,iim,1-V ,,u ,'1"c,'", lhat t,lt' , w VUu ll,c "u" intensesiulering. ( .., One of the children was so nearly dead that it could not walk ; w hile it was with the utmost dilficulty that even the father could totter across the lloor, he was so exceedingly feeble. Thev were all as near dead . .. :i i. c . i...:..., ... i... .....I ...... . f na u was po-souic ior nie nwn o ... . .1...1 am 01 K0? 'he only cause which bad brought them to this miserable state, as it was evident they were neither sickly nor intemperate. In aha wer to all h'stions them, their replies were, We wasit some bread do give us some bread we will die if you do not give US some bread. Asa matter of course this unhappy family were attended to, but the utmost caution was necessary ia administering their food. Wh. n they were seated at the table the first thing that the mother did was to feed her youngest child, and as she did this took not a particle herself, but uttered a strange, w ild Mttghj and w hen the child was made quite sick by even a table-spoon full of rice, the mother wept most bitterly, and said, 4 () my child is g-i.iig to die V After this strange feast was ended, the forsaken and poverty-stricken members of the family were taken to tiie hospital, where, we are pleased to know, they are doing well, but are even now not far from death's door.t1 The steamer Sarah Sands took the following cargo for Liverpool : Flour, 1,800 barrels 1 corn meal, 600 barrele; corn, 4,005 bushels j cheese, 4f)l boxes; eotton,'g74 bales; bacon, 111 bales; jalsp, 20 bales; OntOna, 00 barrels; potatoes, 00 barrels ; chrome ore, 30 tons ; rice. B6 tierces; apples, ;"0 barrels. i . .... UT. ....- -n.i. II s: ...! ,11r n , . , - I H"" . v v .--mu-mi mum .mi taken to pieces and entirely rebuilt and put utloat 1 . within tight w(ks, ut the Norfolk Navy Yard. Tin Post Office Departaaaetjg. Regulations of the Vst Oßet Department for the m Jorcemaü j Vv ats of Congress of the Ut, Sa and'AJfJ Mirh. I84T7. 1. Alldeasjf pasastssfers are authorised to send free, thmpgb the mails, all letters and pacn: not Ircighing over two oamces, which baay may have oc casion to write or send, relating to th business of their othces or of the Tost ( ur.ee Department, endors ing thereon " jhjsI otlice business," nud signing the r names thereto. And these whoas enaapensation dil not exceed Ä'JtK) f.r the vear eiidimv thr :iuth .f Ihm li.i, Iiny 1g0 sciui fIC0 through the mails, letter written by themselves, and receive free all written eoiniiiunications, on their own private business, not weighing over one-half ounce. o I".... u'T.uiin '.110 11 'v Atruj Hie three pounds in weight. Public documents are baaaa printed bv ti e 01 er of either h,,..,. t',,irp,. ...... m- mm- mj- v . v viii vci i&aia publications or books oroenred or aaucfcasJ bs I ,,. '.I I Si - m sm. T' "r ' h,r lht UNe ut t,t-' "nhers. I .... Snne onvilo.r,. ;,!',, i. t.. i.i..ii.li..rw ..r i gtaas, ia calended to the tSecrttmr a faV fiuifi i fas CAVA las Msnse n ffrjri rarafsfii i eWaag their afakial tcraaa, which terminate with the election ot t.,e,r snc:esM.rs. I. The privilege of the Fan Prm's af ia mkignj. m. l i k ... ßm s that he may send and receive free, public dcu- ments, during ins idncml term, , 5. Persons entitled to the privile ge of ffwntrsw should endorse on all letters or packages weighing taner two ounces:. ''"," and sign the same, des.-" Bating the ufhee they Hi; and alf public documents which exceed two ounces in weight .i.,. ,i iM. ,1,. ... anted by writing lbs words public documei - then;, and signing them mcially a above. The character of public documents issued from the iua ic offices in the city of Washington and directed to per- so s authorized to receive them free, mav be tVaifas ted by a stamp apecitying the oihee from arnica they issue, and the words "public documents," or such j other evidence of their character as maybe ufreed upon between them and the postmaster Of the etty of Washington. Any docaaneal folded und srsind, nut having such evidence or its character rn the envelope 'II. .-.a ... .... I ' will be rated with postage, which u ill be remittedby the delivering pestaaaster, upon satisfsciory i isssme that it is a public document, transmissible free thruawh the mails in the person addressed. ti. All letters aud packages from and tu the heed of departments, or the other public officers who were entitled to the franking privilege prior to the patsne of the act ot the dd of March, lIo, in relation to the business of their respective unices, w.Il be dthv- ered to the persons addressed, without any charge of postage, as an appropriation has been aisart by fan gress for their payment. All letters ami packages is.-uin from the defMUTtaaettte, should be BMUrked Ott the envelope official business, and signed by the heads of the department-, or, under the.r direction, by their chief clerks, and by the other olhcers who were entitled to the franking privilege prior to the act of m - I m .1 . I t 1845, designating their oihoal capacity. But such officers have not the right to send or receive, free, their private letters or topers. 7. 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If such shooM be addressed to tie in. it their duty to return them to he sender under a ... . fl rft new cover, charged with letter postage. If deposited in a post otlice nnseah d, addressed to deputy post masters or others, they will not in any cass be for warded bv mail without prepayment of the postage. If sealed they w ill be rated with letter postage, and for w arded in the mails. W. Letters addiessed t- dilferent j" rsons cannot be enclosed in tlie same envelope or package under a penalty of ten dollar?, unless addressed tu foreign e untriee. .. . m 11. Letters, newapapeta, and packages net exceed- bag one ounce in weight, addressed to any officer. musicisn, or private in the army of nae United States m Mexico, or at any post or pisce n me irontier ot pass free Id sj.ccify U''ing to the I jii' i.i ui vi-uuu-n li. i"n i. nui mj; nn. iliipuiir tlin var with Mexico, and tr three mouths after its ter- mination. 12. 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Oa the amount Of letters and packets rece.ved or distribution at offices designated by the rostmssler General for that purpose. 7 per cent I COThc term letter postage includes all poMaes received, except those which arise from newspapers, sent from the offices of the puhli-hers to subscribers, ? ! aud from pamphlets and magna inrs no that all pre- paid postage upon transient papers, handbills, and Circulars, printed or htm gr anhic 1 1, w . o t.e ireate! as letter postage m the settlement of aeessmts af postmasters. 0. (11 all Sums S rising from the postage on news papers, magasines, and pamphlets, ."hi per cent. 7. As the accounts of postmasters have to be settled quarterly, and their commies ions allowed let that tune, the postmasters will cred.it thttalUaS with 10 per cent, upon the first twenty-five dollars received in the quarter, and nr any sum between twenty-five dollars and one hundred dollar 111 the quarter, at the rate of i:'j per cent. ; and upon any sum between one hundred and six hundred dollars received in the quar ter. per centum ; and on any SOUS over ix hundred dollars received in the quarter, at the rate of 12 per centum. 8. The commission accounts w ill be settled as here tofore, except that the annual compensation to which postmasters are limited, w.ll bo uuiaputed fr the ti cttl year Commencing the first of July, and ending the 90Ui of June, and 111 due proportion for aiy pertoj less than a ear. 0. No other allowances can be made to p. s!tnasters except box-rents to an amount not exceeding ffifißQ per annum, and the surplus of such receipts may be applied to the expenses uf the office, under the direc tion of the Postmaster General. The emolument or box-rent accounts must be accounted for regularly iu the quarterly returns, and for the same quaiter as other priHteds of the otlice. (0. Postmasters in their returns for the present quarter ending the Slat of .March, 1-17, will adjust their accounts according to the above allowances. C. JOHNSON, PaHmaslcs Qeaaaant .March TJ, 1M7. IIb. Wk k's Sn.: 11. On the first age of to-day's paper may be found a speecb dein red by the lien. W in. W." Wick of Indiana. It will he read with much interest by all. it ii replete with humor and good sense, and contains some home thrusts at both wings and democrats. It is just like its author, a little unlike any tlnng else of its sffim. We have known Mr. Wick long, and knew him well, and whe ther he be Hit u Wick, Isnrger Wick, Jasjgi Wick, or Csai 1 1 II SHa Wick, he is ahvays the same ltije pendent kind of UnaS well meaning man. His ad mission to the bar made no change in him, the unsul lied ermine rested graeefully Upen his shoulders; nor d.d Congressional honors mtlate his vanity he is Billy Wick Still. A Argus. n-S-l'nwards of 7,(KK.) had been colhsjled at New vr-v -I . . , Orleans up to the evening of the .tli, tor the re m w 1 t 1 of In lam.