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775 BiJ 11 C II A !V T,
DAVIS'S WHARF,
SowtU Water Street, Wilmington, N. C.
CautiiMie the AGENCY business, and will nabe
liberal advances on crtmsigmnentr? of
Lnmber, 'nvnl Stores. &.C. 6ic
Wilmington, August 1st, IS 15.
jot
DF.Al.KFt IN
t i it IJVJE T jF UiZWi T UIHC.
BEDSTEiDS, CHAIRS. MATRESSES, &c,
HOOK SPRING,
Wilmington JT- '.
J ily 16. 1817 4 4 !2m
Mrs. C. M. Trice,
Uh Street, lii t (ioor Vonh of he OJ.t Fellows's School,
W ILWIINGTON, N. C.
GENERAL AGENT
AND
I -0 M MISSION MERCHANT,
Will make lilieral cash advances on all consign
ments of Timbf.b, Lumber, Naval Store, &c.
Wilmington, N. C, Sept 24, 1847 2-tf
LIPPITT t WILLK1NGS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
AND DEALEU8 IX
Taints, Oils. Dyr, Stuffs, Window Glass,
Garden Cecils, Perfumery, Patent
Medicines, &c. &c,
OHL-front street, between Market and Dock, two
doors North of Messrs. Hart & Policy's, Wil
mington, N. C.
October 8, 1817 4
Cronly. Walker & Hali
A UC TIONE ERS A XD
C09UMlS$iOY .?f Fit CMf.l.VTS,
Wilmington, N. C.
nF.i i:n to
K Dickinson, I-"i-,
iv tsAVAQB, I'm ,
W, Davis, Eso.,
October 15th, 1 847.
Messrs. I! at.t. Sc JtsTRONO,
John a. Taylor, Es.,
Ji'iis Walker, Esa-
n
WM. A. GWYER.
WHOLESALE AM) 11F.TA1L
A V II
C'OW.IIISSIO .HERfHAXT,
North Watrr Street, Wilmington, N. C
o REFERS TO
H. N. Disnnow, Esq., New York.
Rob't (i. Rankin, Esq., Wilmington, N.
October 29, 1847.
C.
T. W. BROWN,
kAVING recently returned from the North.
is now prepared to otllr his friends and the
public a very handsome assortment of goods in
his line,. and at very low prices.
Clocks and Watches Repaired as usual.
October 15, 1817.
-rs-if
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE.
T
HE subscriber being desirous of moving
south, offers for sale his plantation on which
he resides, containing 360 Acres, lying in the
fork of Neusc and Little Rivers, two miles from
Waynesburo'. Those who wish a bargain, are
requested to call soon and examine the premises,
as it is not often that an opportunity for the pur
chase of propertv of liL- l.w..An nfT.-r.
ed
a. j - -.'- uiut aim iirvaviwii
F. H. HOOKS.
Waynesboro', Oct. I lth, 1847. 5-tlstJ
JYete Firm.
THE
SUBSCRIBERS h,. t 1 -
mj i iii t u a. L tr
Partnership for the purpose of transacting a gene
ral DRY GOODS AND FAMILY GROCERY
iiusincss.undcr the firm of Pkrri.v & Haiitsfi eld
H. R. PERRIN,
A. A. HARTSFIELD.
iimihaton, W. C. ?
;ouer 15, 1817. S
m
DAVID PULTOU, Editoh.
I
VOL. 4 NO. 8.
PROPOSALS, for publishing in the town of
W ashington, N. C, a weekly netvspaper,
to be called the "Washington Democrat," by
John Howard. The subscriber will commence
the publication of a newspaper in the town of
Washington, under the above title, with the as
sistance of his son John Howard, on the 1st day
of January next. Having published a Democrat
ic paper some twenty years in Tarboro', in the
same Congressional district with Washington, we
presume it is unnecessary now to " define our po
sition." Suffice it for the present to say. that the
"Washington Democrat" will be thoroughly Dem
ocratic, and efforts will be made to render it an
acceptable and useful newspaper.
'J'KnMs.ji-The 41 Washington Democrat" will be
printed on good paper, principally with new type,
and furnished to subscribers at two dollars per
year in advance, or $2 50 if not paid until the ex
piration of the year. Advertisements inserted at
lb usual rates.
EditorR in this ftate will confer a favor by giv
ing the above a few insertions, which will be re
ciprocated should opportunity offer.
GEO. HOWARD.
Saddlery, Harness, &c.
rSJlHE subscriber ha, and intends keeping con
.8. stantly on hand, at his old stand on Market
street, a general assortment of goods in his line,
to wit, Ladies and Gentlemen's SADDLES, BRI
DLES, AND MARTINGALES, Hard Leather,
Imitation, Fancy and Cvmmon TRUNKS, Vali
ces, Carpet and Saddle Dags, Ladies Sachets.
Coach, Gig, Buggy nnd wagon HARNESS, Col
lars, Whips, Stirrups, Bits, Spurs. &c. &c. All
of which he warrants to be of the best workman
ship and materials, and are effered foi sale at the
lowest prices.
ALSO. Charrioltces, Buggies, Trotting Wag- ;
gons and Sulkies, for sale low. Northern Sole ;
Leather and Shoe Maker's Findings.
GUY C. HOTCHKISS.
N. B. Particular attention will be paid to man
ufacturing SADDLES and HARNESS to order,
and repairing the same, together with trimming
Cnrriages and making Church Cushions.
Oct 22, 1847. nl G. C. H.
Puiiit will make Old Houses look New.
YTtA. execute al kinds of House and Shin
i Paintinc. Gildinc and Glnzintr. Wall Paint
ing, and imitations of Wood and Marble, in a su
perior style to any one in the town of Wilming
ton. Their shop is on Front street, opposite the
Chronicle Printing Office.
ALSO TO RENT The store at present occu
pied by John J. Conoley.
Sept. 17, 1517 1 -3m
NO T I C E .
TlIIE following Resolution was passed by the j
uoarrt ot directors or the Wilmington v
Raleigh Kail Roid Company on the 9th instant,
and ordered to be printed viz :
" Resnlwd, That the usefulness and efficiency
of our Machine .Shops require that the operations
in them be confined to the Company's work alone
and that notice be given to the public ibat no
Jobs will be received into the 6'hops after the 1st
January next."
JAMES S. GREEN, Secy.
October 22, 1847. fitf
CONSTJETPTIOT,
A lid all diseases of tlic Langs cured by
DR. S WAYNE'S
COMPOUND SYRUP OF WILD CHERRY.
The Original Genuine Preparation.
ANOTHER LIFE PRESERVED.
Philadelphia, Sept. 28, 1846.
Dr. H. Swayne Dear sir; Having seen the as
tonishing cure performed on Mr. Thomas, by your
Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry, I was induced
to try it on myself. I was taken with a violent
cough, spitting of blood, shortness of breathing,
together with violent attacks of asthma; I had
overdone myself from exertion which I was not
able to perform, which prostrated my system to a
great extent. I commenced the use ol your Com
pound Syrup of Wild Cherry, which gave me al
most immediate relief, and I am glad to give my
testimony to all who may be afflicted in a similar
way. It will be well to see that the signature of
Dr. Swayne is on each bottle of Wild Cerry.
Wm. B. Waltox,
13th st., 2 doors from the corner of Willow.
Beware of the worthless " Balsams," " Bitters,"
" Syrups," &c, as they contain none of the vir
tues of the original preparation.
The original and only genuine article is prepar
ed by Dr. Swayne, comer of Eighth and Race
streets, Philadelphia, and for sale by Agents in
all parts of the United States, and some parts of
Europe.
For sale in Clinton, N. C, by SHAW &
GARDNER, Druggists and Apothecaries.
Sept 3, 1847 6-6tltbm
50,000 Victims every Year
ALL a prey to Consumption, Asthma, and
raising Blood, Hectic Fever and Night
Sweats.
Mrs. Adams, 126th street, Harlem, suffered a
year with a cough, pain in the chest, night sweats,
and all the aggravated symptoms of Consumption;
notbins relieved her till she tried Sherman's Bal
sam half a Itottle cured her.
Ulcerated Lungs and Liver. Mr. E. T. Law
rence, Jackson street, Brooklyn, after years of suf
fering, nnd treated t y various physicians, was pro-
nounced incurable from ulcerated lungs and liver, j
Dying, as was supposed, he tried the Balsam ; its
effects were most miraculous ; iwo bottles cured
him.
Pleurisy and Consumption. Mrs. Baggas, re
siding at 88 Sheriff street, 70 years old. has been
subject to attacks of pleurisy and consumptive
couuhs for years. The Balsam has saved her from :
very great suffering.
Asthma and Consumption. L. J. Beals, 19
Delancey street, gave it to his sister-in-law who !
had been an invalid for years from Asthma; to j
another considered as in consumption. It relieved
them at once, so that thry travelled several hun
dred miles.
Siittinr Blood is always alarming. It leads to
the worst kind of Consumption, and unless arres-
ted iii time is generally fatal. Sherman's All
Healing Balsam is the best remedy known ; it
heals the wounded or raptured bloo' vessels of the
lungs, and thereby efftctsa perma nent cure, while
other remedies only stop the blodforthe time.
A frw doses of this Balsam will sitUfy the most
skeptical that it is the medicine required. It ha
been successful in many cases, and that too where
they had run into a rapid decline, or, as more gen
erally expressed. " Hastv Consumption." Young
) person, or those of mi,l'il sure, are more subiect
to these attacks than the aged.
Price 25 cent and gl per bottle.
Dr. Sherman's Cough and Worm Lozenges,
and Poor Man's Plasters, sold as above.
Principal Olfice 100 Nassau street, New York.
The above medicine is for sale by LIPPITT &
WILLKINGS, Druggists, Wilmington, N. C.
Oct 29, 1847 7-7t
MESS PORK.
Prime Pork.
Oct. 29 by
20 bbls. Mess Pork. 1 0 bbls.
5 bbls. Mess Beef. For sale
HOWARD & PEDEN.
w
HEEL BARROWS 6 wheel barrows for
family use. For sale by
Oct. 29
HOWARD & FEDEN.
PEPPERMINT CORDIA
Oct.2JJ HOWARD
at
PEDEN.
ilmitwtott
GOD,
WILMINGTON,
MAGNIFICENT LOTTERY".
CAPITAL PRIZE
75,000 DOLLARS.
$25,000 ! $15,000!
100 PRIZES OF $1,000 tn'g to $100,000.
$500 LOWEST THREE NUMBER PRIZE!
14 Lrawn Numbers in each Package of 26 tickets!
AI.EXALDRIA LOTTERY.
CLASS T. FOR 1847,
To be drawn at Alexandria, on Saturday, the 27th
of November, 1847.
Under the Superintendence of Commissioners.
J. W. MAURY & CO., MANAGERS,
(Successors to J. G. Gregory & Co.)
MOST SPLENDID SCHEME.
1 Prize of- - $75,000
1 Prize of- - 25,000
I Prize of- - 15,000
i Prize ol - - 10,000
1 Prize of- - 8,000
1 Prize of- - 7,000
I Prize of- - 5. 90
5 Prizes of - - 2,000
15 Prizes of - - 1,500
100 Prizes of - - 1,000
237 Prizes of - - 500
64 Prizes of - - 200
64 Prizes of - - 150
64 Prizes of - - 100
128 Prizes of - 60
5,504 Prizes of - - 40
28,224 Prizes of - - 20
34.412 Prizes.
Tickets 20 ; Halves $10 ; Quarters $5 ;
Eighths 2 50.
(Ej'A certificate of a package of 26 whole tick
ets will be sent for $230.
A certificate of a package of 26 halves, quarters
and eighth tickets in proportion.
OCj'Orders for packages or single tickets, ad
dressed to the undersigned, will receive prompt at
tention and official drawings duly forwarded.
J. W. MAURY & CO..
7-3t Richmond, Ya.
TfN STORE and for sale at lowest market pri
A ces Kegs Goshen Butter, extra quality,
Boxes Cheese, D his Apples,
Bbls Baltimore Gin, Do Domestic Brandy,
Do New England Rum,
Do Port and Malaga Wines, and a general
assortment of Groceries and Provisions.
Oct 29 Wm. A. GWYER.
AILY EXPECTED
TO ARRIVE 24
JL barrels McLaughlin's
superior Pale Aie.
Wm. A. GWYER.
For sale by
October 29, 1847.
OKDAGK AND DUCK Masters of
J vessels will find the above articles at
Oct. 29 HOWARD & P ED EN'S.
jVT K G RO Kerseys, Blankets, Hats and
Shoes, for sale nt
Oct. 29 HOWARD & PEDEN'S
CI ALT AFLOAT The Carrro of Schr. Au-
w s rnn l net in Irnin
iTiiB All 1 1 U ill
Oct. 29
Curacoa. For sale by
G. W. DAVIS,
Davis' Wharf.
PULTOX MARKET BEEF Just re-
ceived, per scbr. Alaric. from New York:
20 Half bbls. Fulton Market Beef. 5 half bbls.
Pickled Tongues. For sale by
Oct. 29 HOWARD & PEDEW
1,000
BUSHELS Salt, landing from
Brig Amanda.
10 Boxes Cheese,
10 Kitts Mackerel, from chr. Harrison
Price, and
4 Kegs Butter,
2 Barrels Lard, daily expected per Schr.
G. W. Davis. For sale by E. J. BERN A R.D.
Oct, 29, 1.847 7-3t
a u ci io nT
N Monday, Nov. 15, we shall commence to
V sell, at tne store ot n . a. ivellv. on Market
street, the balance of his stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
Sale continued without reserve until all is dispo
sed of. Bv order of V. R. PEIRSON, assignee.
CRONLY, WALKER & HALL.
Oct. 15, 1847.
"GEN. TAYLOR
ItfTTVRW TTTT7T!nTTT'T '
If.
DREY would announce to the citizens of
Wilmington and the surrounding country,
that he has received his supply of FALL AND
WIN TER GOODS. His assortment is complete.
Some of my neighbors pretend to sell at New
York and Philadelphia prices ; I will pledge my
self to sell at the lowest Wilmington prices, leav
ing it with the community to say who sells the
cheapest. October 13, 1S47. 5-tf
-sf-T" ANTED, immediately, a Teacher
for School district No. 3 in the county of
New Hanover. No one will be employed who
cannot exhibit a certificate of qualifications from
the Board of Examination. Application maybe
made to either of the Committee for said district
No. 3. Oct. 29
NOTICE?.
THE subscriber would respectfully inform the
citizens of Goldsboro' and the public gene
rally, that the winter session of the Academy at
that place commenced on Monday, October 18th.
Parents and Guardians who desire to give their
, children or wards a thorough English or Classical
j education, are solicited to extend him their patron
! age. A Lady assistant will be employed to take
! charge of the female department, should the school
prove large, and we pledge ourselves to attend not
only to the intellectual culture, but also to the
manners and morals, of those committed to our
care. Terms for the English course from $5 to
$6 and for the Classical course $3. For further
particulars inquire of the Trustees of the Aeade
my, or of the Principal.
Wm. W. AT WATER, A. B.,
Oct 29, 1847 7-tf a Graduate of Yale.
CROCKERY
ass Ware,
Glass Ware, Sc c .
THE subscriber has just opened the largest
stock of
CROCKERY, GLASS WARE &c,
erer offered in Wilmington, and he invites the
attention to it of his old customers and the pub
lie in general.
His store is now one door above the one former
ly occupied by fcim, on the South side of Market
street.
Oct 29, 1847
J. H.
ROTH WELL.
7-tf
IAY, CORN AND OATS 50 bales
Eastern Hay. 200 bushels Corn. 200
bushels Oats. For sale by
CRONLY, WALKER & HALL.
Oct, 20 J
OUR COUNTRY, AND LIBERTY.
N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
From Mexico.
From the N. O. Picayune, Oct. 24.
ARRIVAL OF THE JAS. L. DAY.
FIVE DAYS LATER FROM VERA CRUZ.
Santa Anna's Summons to Col. Childs Col.
Childs's Reply Bombardment of Puebla
and Discomfiture of the Mexicans Insubor
dination of Santa Anna's Troops their
desertion of him his whereabouts uncer
tain difficulty in the Massachusetts Regi
ment, ifc.
The steamship James L Day, Capt. O'Gra
dy, arrived at a late hour last night from Vera
Cruz, having sailed thence on the 19th inst.,
with a number of invalid soldiers. Two died
on the passage, viz : Richard Beamish, 12ih
Infantry, on the 20th inst., and Wm. Miller,
of company D, Voltigeurs, on the 23d.
There had been no later arrival direct from
the city of Mexico at Vera Cruz, when the
James L. Day left. We have not even a well
authenticated rumor touching Gen. Scott and
his army.
The Arco Iris publishes communications
which ha;e passed between Santa Anna and
Col. Childs at Puebla, and they are translated
by the Genius of Liberty. We subjoin the
correspondence :
Communications between Gen. Santa Anna
and Col Childs, at Puebla.
Headquarters Mexican Army.
I have taken possession of this city with
the army under my command, for the purpose
of operating upon the several points fortified,
and occupied by your Excellency, and also
with the view of liberating its inhabitants from
the domination of the forces of the United
States, from whom they have already suffered
too much. But before commencing any ope
rations of a military character, I have consid
ered it my duty to act in obedience to the im
pulses of humanity, and consequently request
that your Excellency will pjease evacuate this
city within a certain and peremptory space of
time, it being known to you nt the same lime j
th?t you can depart with all the honors of
war, either to forma junction with Gen. Scott,
orthe forcesof your country at Perote, accord
ing as it best suits your pleasure. But should
this courteous request oi mine be unheeded Dy !
your Excellency, then, although to me it is a j
painful alternative, I shall commence to assault
your positions, the consequences of which act
will be felt by your garrison, because there
exists in the vicinity of your Excellency an
army of 8,000, men who are determined that
the rights of their nation shall be maintained
and respected.
God and liberty, headquarters in Puebla,
September 25lh, 1847.
Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna.
To Senor Col. D. Thos. Childs, commander of
the United States Army, situated in Loreto.
Headquarters, City of Puebla, Mexico
September 25, 1847.
To His Excellency, D. Antonio Lopez de San
ta Anna, General-tn-ChieJ oj Hie Mexican
Army in front of the citu :
Sir had the honor of receiving, at 2 o'
clock this afternoon, your Excellency's letter
of this date. In it you were pleased to notify
me of the fact that you had taken possession
of this city, for the purpose, as you declare,
of restoring to the full enjoyment of their lib
erty its citizens, who have hitherto suffered so
much from the U. S. army. You likewise
were pleased to oflev certain stipulations to
this garrison, provided that it would, within a
fixed time, abandon the point of defence which
it now occupies. With regard to the asser
tion of your Excellency, which implies that
the inhabitantsof Puebla have been maltreated
by the U. S. troops. I wholjy deny it. On the
contrary, 1 assure you that the property and
privileges of all have been maintained and re
spected with the greatest scrupulousness, in
deed, so much so has it been done, that its
parallel cannot be fcund in the annals of war.
And I would most willingly leave it tc the
most intelligent and impartial portion of the
population of the city to decide from which of
the two contending pirties they hare received
the most injury and molestation ; whether it
is from their own countrymen or the troops of
the United States.
With regard to that particular part of your
Excellency's letter which demands the surren
der, within a fixed time, of all the positions
now occupied by the troops under my com
mand, I can only say in reply, that having
been honored with the duty of guarding ami
protecting them, it is equally my greatest wish
and paramount obligation to preserve them to
the last ; and I am fully satisfied that I shall
be able to defend them successfully, in as
much as I have at my disposal all the resour
ces essential to its full e nd complete accom
plishment. With considerations in the highest degree
respectful, I have the honor to be your Ex
cellency's most obedient servant,
THOMAS CHILDS, Col. U. S. Army,
Civil and Military Governor.
The Arco Iris of the 13th inst. furnishes
interesting news f-om Puebla, which is trans
lated to our hands by the Genius of Liberty.
It is a fitting sequel to the above correspon
dence :
Pueble. 28th. At 5 o'clock on the evening
of yesterday the points of San Juan de Dios,
Santa Rosa and Santa Monica commenced a
heavy cannonade upon the American works.
The latter immediately began to throw cannon
shot, bombs, and grenades into the centre of
the city, which suffered in consequence some
considerable injury.
Don Marino del Rio, whilst standing with
his wife on the back balcony of his house, was
struck dead by a cannon ball. At about 8 o'
clock P. M. the cannonade ceased, but com
menced again at the dawn of the following
day.
Puebla, 29th. By order of Santa Anna a
body of troops was yesterday posted in ihe
Convent of Santa Teresa, at one of the cor
ners of which a breastwork of cotton bales
was erected Four hundred cotton bales have
already been demanded of the house of Velas
co lor the defence of the city. To prevent the
competition of this work the Americans from
the fort of San Jose k?pt up a continual fire
upon the workmen, which, being stoutly re
turned by the Mexicans, the discharge of
bombs and grenades from the American lines
greatly increased. At this moment a consid
erable number of private citizens went to San
ta Anna, who was at Carmen, and requested
of him a piece of artillery, which being grant
ed, together with a small body of men for its
management, they quickly marched for the
Convent of San'a Rosa and oper.e 1 a well di
rected rire upon the American works. We
were in the greatest consternation, but night
at last supervening, every thing became quiet.
The nuns of Santa Rosa were transferred in
litters to Santa Catalina, audit is said that the
same thing will be done with those of Santa
Monica, although the latter are strongly op
posed to leaving their monastic asylum.
PuErLA, 30th. To-day partial tranquility
reigns in the city Now and then can be
heard the report of a cannon, and the explo
sion of some grenades thrown in the direction
of San Juan del R;o, in the rear of whose
church General Rca last night concluded a
battery, with which he intend? to operate up
on Sa;i To?r
T
i
5
1847.
Our soldiers ate complaining very much,
and say that they are ready to die of hunger,
not having received anything in the shape of
provisions for some considerable time.
The greatest enthusiasm against the Amer
icans prevails throughout the entire city.
Puebla, Oct. 2d. Since Santa Anna's de
parture the cannonading has totally slackened
off. The cotton store-house of Velasco took
fire last night, and was burned down to the
ground ; and 200 bales of the same article
were totally consumed in the convent of San
to Domingo, without any one's being able to
account for the mode in which they were fir
ed. The inhabitants hearing the ringing of
bells which announced the incendiarism, were
very much alarmed, lelieving that the Amet
cans had left their entrenchments, and were
storming the city.
From the same source we derive the follow
ing narrative of events subsequent to those a
bove detailed Santa Anna is evidently redu
ced to great straits :
The Genius of Liberty of the 13th inst., an
nounces the return of Capt. G. White, of the
Louisiana battalion and his gallant company,
from the National Bridge, whither they had
been escorting a train of supplies for the troops
stationed at that post. He reports that all was
quiet in the neighborhood, and that the Ame
rican force wa strongly fortified and well pre
pared to receive and repel all attacks. He en
countered no guerrillas on the route. Two or
three guenilla scouts occasionally appeared
upon the hill tops, who, on the approach of
the Americans, would quickly scantier ; in
pursuit of them some few mustangs and lariats
were taken, which are the only trophies that
can be expected from a marauding party of
guerrillas.
In regard to the explosion of the James
Cage's boilers, mentioned in another column,
the Genius says : " The engineer, Barry Uns
tick, was only slightly scalded, as he saved
himself by jumping overboard, but two of the
firemen, George Hughes and Manuel Garrey,
were severely scalded, and are now in one of
our Government hospitals in this city."
The Legislature of the State of Vera Cruz
assembled at Huatusco on the night of th? 27lh
of last month. Sr. Gutieriez Villariueva was
nominated Vice Governor,and Srs. D.Antonio
Alafita, D. Juan Duran, D. Jose De Emparan,
ami D. Ignacio Llave, were selected to form
the Cabinet.
The Boletin of Jalapa, from which we have
taken the above, is highly pleased with the
change in the gubernatorial affairs of the
State, and confidently prognosticates that by
it a strong imuetus will he eriven to the raisinc
of supplies .so essential to the preset vation ol
,.-. o o
their liberties and privileges
great danger of being wrested
the North American invaders.
which are in
from them by
The Voz de la Patria
repels with much
in-
dignation, the charges of treason, cowardice,
and incapacity, which have been brought a
gainst Gen. Santa Anna. He says that certain
officers, unworthy of the name of a soldier,
have originated and fomented discord and dis
union for their own private and selfish ends;
and finally, have consummated their career of
baseness by abandoning, in the hour of peril,
that country in which they first drew breath,
and whose bread they so long had eaten.
Such are the individuals, says La Voz, who
now attribute to Gen. Santa Anna's treason,
that want of success, a thing which is alone
due to their own cowardice and insubordina
tion. Men of sound discrimination and correct
judgmen, who have witnessed events as they
occurred, emphatically assure us, says the ed
itors of La Voz, that the commander-in-chief
ever displayed the most heroic valor and in
domitable resolution, offering in every part in
which he presented himself, a most obstinate
and sanguinary resistance to the en em v. To
every impartial mind it must be self-evident
that a man who has done so much who has
suffered so many privations and encountered
so many perils can be neither a traitor nor a
coward.
On the 1st of the present month Gen. Santa
Anna, at the head of 2000 cavalry and infan
try and three pieces of artillery, sallied out of
Puebla. intending to attack the American train
which left Jalapa on the 1st inst.. and reached
Perote on the 4th. But before arriving atTe
peyahualco the designs of the commander-in-chief
of the Mexican forces were wholly frus
trate!, all his men, with the exception of 130
hussars of his personal guard, having pro
nounced against him. As an excuse for this
proceeding, the officers and privates alleged
that they were firmly convinced that their
further continuance at the disposal and under
the orders of the ex-President would only be
followed by their complete sacrifice; and that
withal, their country would not derive the
slightest benefit from it.
They attributed ihe unfortunate events of the
war, and their want of success in their bat
tles against the invaders, to his incapacity and
nnskillfulness. Even some of them loudly
declared hun to be a traitor, and consequent
ly to be unworthy of holding any command in
the Mexican arm v.
The greater part of these transactions trans
pired at Nopalucan.
Santa Anna having got to Tepeyahualco
with his 1 30 hussars, he received an order
from the Government at Queretaro, directing
him to proceed thither at once with all the
troops which were at his orders. But the
general did not deem it convenient to com
ply with the mandate of his Government, and
took up his lino of march for Oaxaca, whith-
er by the hit -st accounts
way He publicly declar
he was wending his
id that his intentions
in going to Oaxaca
were to see whe
th
er he
couP! raise mere another army, with which
i
he might return to renew the combat with the
enemies of the Republic.
All the letters from the interior coincide in
saying that Gen. Santa Anna, conscious of
his impotency to effect any thing more either
n the carrying on of the war, or of adjusting
the terms of peace, is making his way to
wards Guatemala, for the purpose of leaving
the Republic of Mexico forever, and that his
march to Oaxaca is only a pretext to the quiet
accomplishment of his designs.
The reports that Gen. Santa Anna was en
deavoring to reach Guatemala, and that Gen.
Scott had gi ven him a passport to embark from
Vera Cruz if he should think it best, is denied
by La Voz de la Patria, a Mexican paper
which we find extensively copied in the Arco
Iris. He is resolved, says La Voz, not to a
bandon the cause of the country, and to con
tinue the war without respite upon the ene
mies of Mexican independence and religion.
The Genius of Liberty says that Senor Pe
na y Pena is discharging the duties of Presi
dent at Queretaro. He has refused to recog
nise as his ascociates in power the individuals
nominated and appointed by Santa Anna.
He proposes that Congress shall take upon
itself the office of electing men to that impor
tant and high office.
The following brief note from our Vera
Cruz correspondent leaves us in doubt in re
gard to the safety of a detachment of Taxans,
but we are inclined to think they will take
care of themselves:
Vera Crcz, Oct. 18, 1847.
Great excitement was created this morning
by a number of reports that were put in cir-
' illation, occasioned hy tbc arrival of an ex
TERMS : S3 SO in advance.
L
WHOLE NO. 1 64.
nrpss from a rnmnonv s t t
r . . -r"j e.as itaneers, an
nouncing rtmt they had been attacked about
twelve miles from this place bv a late guer
rilla force, that they had lost one man killed
and about eighteen were misstngi The re
port was current that the whole command, ex
cepting two had been cut off, and the immedi
ate departure of the Rangero at full speed in
duced the citizens to believe that the report
was true. I do not apprehend that any thing
serious will occur to this command, and 1
have no doubt that the missing eighteen are
safe with their comrades ere this.
There appears to have been some difficulty
in the Massachusetts Regiment, judging from
the following order issued by Gen. Cushing
We have letters in the mail (which was not
distributed last night,) which we presume
will throw same light on the affair:
Headquarters, Vera Cruz, Oct. 15, 1847.
ORDERS NO. 32.
The following named men of companies ,
. , 1st Regiment Massachusetts Infantry,
be ing incorr'giblv mutinous and insubordinate,
will, of course, prove cowards in hour of dan
ger, and they cannot be permitted to march
with this column of the army. They are dis
armed and detached from the regiment, and
will report to Brevet Major Bachus for such
duty in the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa, as
may be performed by soldiers who are found
unworthy to carry arms, and are a disgrace
and a nuisance to the arm v.
By order of Brig. Gen. Gushing
W. W. H. DAVIS, A. A. D. C.
"Here follows a list of sixty-five names of
the men above referred to.
Our readers will recollect the expedition
under Capt. Wells, to the National Bridge, of
which we published a minute account. Im
mediately upon returning to Vera Vruz, Capt.
Wells demanded a court of inquiry. The fol
lowing is the opinion of the court, rendered
on the 1st September:
Opinion of the Court. The court are of'o
pinion that Capt. Wells, 1 2th Infantry, could
not have saved one ambulance and six wag
ons, or destroyed them without a great sacri
fice of life perhaps the destruction of his
whole command.
That his conduct was officer-like and ener
getic, and that he is not to blame for the loss
of the wagons or package of despatches.
The Court of Inquiry of which Lieut. Col.
Mills is President, is hereby desolved.
By order of Col. II. Wilson.
(Signed,) B. H. ARTHUR, Adj. 1st. Inf.,
A. A. A Gen'l, Dep. of Vera Cruz.
The James L. Day arrived at Vera Cruz on
the 17th inst., from tne Brazos. Col. Jack
Hays went over on her with the company of
Capt. Roberts, of his regiment.
The Alabama has arrived at Vera Cruz from
this port.
HP I . i - . ...
i ne sieamsnip -ew urieans was at j am
pico at last accounts, but could not get over
the bar without lightering. Lighters had been
sent from Vera Cruz to her assistance.
We find no other mention of Gen. Line and
his command than is given incidentally in the
narrative of affairs at Puebla. He was at Pe
rote on the 4th inst., and we have now no
doubt whatever entered Puebla a very few
aays thereafter.
The Arco- Iris, of the 16th inst., speaks of
the extensive preparations making at Vorgara
to despatch a train. It says there are more
than 4,000 troops there, of all arms. Their
number leads the editor to conjecture that Gen.
Patterson has in view an expedition against
some State not hitherto invaded by American
arms, instead of reinforcing Gen. Scott.
The same paper has some speculations up
on the probable action of the Congress at Que
retaro, but mentions no facts. Among other
things it mentions that there are those who
pretend that the minds of the people of the inte
rior have undergone a change since our occu
pation of the city of Mexico, and that they
are disposed for peace upon any terns. Wc
have little faith in this.
The Genius of Liberty of the 15th install',
gives the following account of an expedition
against the guerrillas :
Guerrilla Expedition. The guerrillas have
of late become so troublesome and daring, and
have gathered in such swarms in the chapar
ral and other jdaces of ambush in the vicinity
of this city, that even the Mexican farmers
would not venture in to supply our market.
In consequence of this state of affairs, ("apt.
Truett with 200 mounted volunteers, and Capt.
Armstrong with 160, went out on the mor
ning of the 13th inst, by order of Maj. Gen.
Patterson, to scour the country and rid it of
these marauding robbers, who under the guise
of patriotism, infest it to the detriment of the
Mexicans as well as the Americans. Accor
ding to the orders of Maj. Gen. Patterson,
Capt. Truett was to proceed to the right of
the city in a north-westerly direction until he
struck the Orizaba road, which he was to fol
low turning to the left, while Capt. Armstrong
was to proceed to the left of the city in a
south westerly direction until he struck the
same road, wtucn lie was to iouow turning 10
the right. The two detachments were to
march with flankers until they met, and it will
be seen, by the arrangement, that any party,
fleeing from either of them would run a risk
of being encountered by the other.
Capt. Truett marched by Santa Fc and Ma
tagordera, he found in various places large
mirmtiiie- of ;irm and ammunition winch
ot ;o-m and ammunition winch lie
either destroyed or carried awav, and succee
ded in killing six guerrilleros. Capt. Arm
strong went to Merlelia, where ther were a
great number of guerrilleros, but they all made
their esrope, with the exception of one, who
was killed. Here he found a large lot of arms
and ammunition, with some of the clothing of
the American soldiers, of which he destroyed
the greater part and carried the remainder a
way. He remained at Medelin al! night, re
crossed the river early next morning, and
marched in the direction of the Orizaba road.
He proceeded, however, but a short distance
in that direction when he came across the trad
of a number of shod horses, he immediately
turned in the direction of the trail, and fol
lowing the tracks, soon arrived at a number
of ranchos which were all crowded w,th guer
rilleros. The volunteers charged upon them
with their usual impetuosity, driving them a
way from every rancho with much slaughter.
Six bodies were counted lying dead in one
yard. In these ranchos were found arms in
abundance, among which were those worn by
the army and navy officers of the United States,
but mostly Mexican sabres and British mus
kets. Capts. Truett and Armstrong returned
yesterday, and the manr.ner in which they
conducted the expelition was highly approved
of by Maj. Gen. Patterson.
VVe hare received the above information
from an unquestionable source and the lacts
may be relied upon.
FROM TEXAS.
The steamship Yacht. Capt. Crane, arrived
yesterday from Galveston, which port she left
on the 21 st and brought papers to the
20th. They contain but little news.
" The Austin Democrat says the "new com
pany of riflemen, raised by Capt. Wm. G.
Crump, was organized at San Antonioontte
28th ult. The company now being raised by
CaDt. J. S. Sutton will be organic
same place on the lOtb inet
increasing brs cnrclcmcnt '
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FOR IN ADFAXCE.
The following in relation to the sickness in
Galvton is from the News :
As was to be expected, the three or four
decided cases of yellow fever that occurred in
th is city some time since, have created a con
siderable sensation in the country. Within
the last two or three weeks we have had
much more sickness than usual in Galveston,
but in regard to the nature of the disease, or
i's proper name, there has been so much di
versity of opinion that wc have only ventur
ed to report the deaths without comments.
I hat we have had some few cases of yellow
lever there is no doubt ; but it is equally true
that the deaths from this disease comparative
ly have been few. I, s a fact lhal wiU not
be denied, we think, by any, that nearly nine
tenths ol the deaths have been confined to
foreigners and unacclimated citizens, and that
the health of the city, as regards old residents,
has been about as good as usual at this sea
son. October is generally the most sickly
month we have ; and certainly Galveston has
never been more free from all local causes of
sickness. Whatever may he the real charac
ter of this sickness among our unacclimated
citizens, we have undoubted evidence that it
is fast diminishing, as will be shown by the
report we shall publish in our next. One fact
is our duty to mention, namely, that a
much larger proposition than usual of our pop
ulation is ma le up of foreigners who have
never before spent a summer in Texas, and
when we bear in mind that it is a general law,
liable to fewer exceptions than almost any
other, that this class must have the acclima
ting lever the first or second year of their res
idence, (though usually very light and easily
controlled by proper treatment,) there appears
to be no great necessity for any further ex
planation. Major Webster, of the Massachusetts Regi
meat, reached town yesterday, on his Way to
rejoin his Regiment, which was at Vera Cruz
at last accounts and al out to go up with the
ram under Gen. Patterson.
INFLUENCE OF RAIL ROADS.
We find the following excellent article in 8
late number of the Boston Traveller. Though
intended tor a particular section of country, it
is capable of general application, inasmuch as
man, in his susceptibility to influences of the
kind spoken of, is pretty much the same else
where as he is in New England :
" Influence of Rail Roads. That all our
important routes of travel are to be traversed
by rail roads, cannot be questioned. And that
this change in our intercommunication will
produce a coi responding one in the habits and
circumstances of the community, can no more
be doubted. This influence is to be felt in
things of comparatively little importance, as
well as in things more essential. The per
sonal habits of men who travel much on rail
roads are to be effected ; as arc, also, their
habits of doing business. Habits of general
promptness and despatch will be encouraged;
for people who are compelled to be prompt to
a minute, in order to avail themselves ef the
convenience of rail road locomotion, may rea'
sonably be expected to become equally prompt
in other engagements. Energy, activity, hnd
enterprise, cannot fail to be encouraged by
the operations of our various rail road compa
nies; for a community who have daily oppor
tunity to witness the wonders which have
been wrought by these enterprises, will be
slow to believe that any great enterprise m
impossible. It may, perhaps, be said that the
New England character has quite enough of
this " go-aheadati veness ' already. And it
is no doubt true that this is a prevailing ele
ment among our prominent business men ; but
in the masses there s no superabundance of
this energy, activity and enterprise, so essen
tial to success in all great and good underta
kings. And it is the effect of rail roads on
the community at large, of which we particu
larly speak. Wherever rail roads go, howev
er remote from the busy haunts of commerce
and trade, they are making up the mind of the
people ; they are infusing new life and vigor
into the masses. Men are more wide awake
on all subjects. Their conversation and their
very looks seem to show this.
" A man has but to go to some remote part
of New England into which the iron horse has
found his way within a few years, to see and
feel what we say is true. Let one go info the
interior of New Hampshire or Vermont, and
he will find men and common sort of men,
too, as the world calls them who are earnest
to talk about rail roads, and are intelligent in
respect to all matters pertaining to these en
terprises ; and, on inquiry, It will be found
that multitudes of them are stockholders in
rail roads, too. This will be found true of
men who might be judged, on first sight, as
too poor to own any other stock than a yoke
of steers, a couple of cows, and a few sheep.
But so it is ; we have found among the most
secluded valleys, and on the most rugged hill
sides of our interior country, illustrations of
this remark. Now, wake up a man on one
such subject, and you can give an impetus to
his mind on all kindred subjects.
" Then, again, the influence of rail roads in
consolidating and amalgamating the New
England mind, is worth considering. Rail
roads are exerting a mighty influence i"n bring
ing the most distant parts of the. counlry into
close proximity. They arc making all men
neighbors. They are rendering those who
are widely separated, familiar with cacn om-
ei-
and makimr accessible all that is velL-aDJr.
in remote parts of the country. Whatever of
undesirable peculiarity may exist in one sec
tion of the country may thus be rectified; and
whatever is excellent and de-irable, has an
opportunity of being disseminated. Knowl
edge thus literally runs to and fro; and sec
tional ignorance, as well as sectional peculi
arities will thus be broken up ; and men will
be male to think and teei more aiiKe, necaue
their means of knowing and ju-lging will be
more nearly the same.
i The tendency of rail roads is to equalize
the condition ot the community. It is of little
comparative importance to one who lives on
the line of a rail road, whether be be iiye or a
hundred miles from the hea i quarters of intel
ligence or traffic. A few minutes or a few
hours will eonveytohiin information, or bring
him or his articles of traffic ;o the great cen
tres. The farmer's produce need not he worth
less, or depreciate in his hands for the want
of convenient access to the market, bummer
and winter are the same If he has ought to
a few hours will take him to the best
-.rl-ot anr at tne OCSl lime iui lli imeicai.
Thus, articles which in the interior
have heretofore been almost
ot the
worth -
less, are now valuable, inasmuch as they can,
with the utmost ease and rapidity, be trans
po.t.'d. And the whole interior of ew Lng
lan I is feeling these advantages.
We might easily extend these remarks on
the general influence of nul roads. But we
have said enough to open the subject for con
sideration, and that is all we intended to do at
this time."
CapUiTTWi Kearney, who had his eft
arm shot off. a the recent battles, is je f the
most enthusiastic soldiers. H'?25
pany of cavalry, in doing which ij expended
of his own private means, o "
dollars and marched
tnm tv v -
man and hi horses were
piCKeO v '"'"
being true blue and the latter grav.