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For announcing a Candidate TWO DOLLARS, in advance. Tho Postage must bo paid upon all letters and communications to secure attention. TIip. Siicrcd IHiiiinf'iini: M uv IJUVtVU UiUUlllUIUOl MOUNT CALVARY. BY J. T. IIEADLY. Mount Calvary comcs last in the list of u Sacred mountains," and by its baptism of blood and agon}', its moral grandeur and the intense glory that beams fiom its summit is worthy to complete the immortal group ? Its moral height no man can measure, for though its base is on the earth, its top is lost m the heavens. 1 lie angels hover around the dazzling summit, struggling in vain to scale its highest point, which lias never yet been fanned by even immortal wing. The divine eye alune embraces its length and breadth, and depth and height. What associations cluster around Mount Calvary, what mysteries liovcr there, what revelations it makes to the awestruck beholder! Mount Calvary! At the. menlion of that natne, the universe thrills with o new anthem in which pity and exultation iningie in sirange yei sweet accord. <^?iory and righteousness are on that hill top, and shall be to the end of time but there was a morning when gloom and terror crowned it, and heaven itself, all but God the Father, gazed on it in wonder if not in consternation. The sirange and painful scene in the garden had passed by, and the shameful examination in the lighted chamber of the high priest was over. Insult and contempt had marked ever}' step ol the villainous proceedings, till at length one wretch more impious than the rest, advanced and struck Christ in the face. The cheek reddened to the blow, but not with anirer or shame : yel methinks, as the sound of that buffet was borne on high, there was a rustling of myriad wings, us angels started from their listening attitude, waiting the thundeibolt that should follow. This too ha^ passed by; and alio the second mockery of a trial in Pilate's hall; and the uprisen sun was flushing dow n on the towers and domes of Jerusalem, and the vast population was again abroad,?thronging every street. But a few took any interest in the fate of Jesus of Nazareth, yet these few were filled with the bitterest hate. The victim was now in their power?given up to their will?and they commenced the bloody scene they were to enact, by spitting in his lace and striking his unresisting cheelc with blow after blow. To give greater force to their insults, they put a crown on his head made of thorns, and mocked him with sarcastic words, and drove with fiendish skill to irritate him into some sign of anger or complaint. After having exhausted their ingenuity, and failing in every endeavor, they led him away to be crucified. _ It was a bright and beautiful day, when a train passed out of the gates of Jerusalem, and began to ascend the slope of Mount Calvary. The people paused a moment as tne procession moved boisterously along the streets, then making some careless remarks about the fate of fanatics, passed on. The low and base of both sexes turned and joined the company, and with jokes and :0!#? laughter, hurried on to. the scene of excite ji me juui niiu.joir ui iut* great ciiy fesus passed by fri the midst of the is face was colorless as marble re the blood trickled down his om the thorns that pierced his ternknees trembled beneath him, ot with fear, and he staggered on > heavy timber that weighed him L at last he fainted. Nature gave he sank to tfo* earth- while the passed over his countenance. H^^^Ke sudden Tush around him. caused had subsided, the cross, or ^pH?, which bad carried, war given to j^j^Hnndihe procession again took up ^HBfef jnarch. But suddenly over the confused noise of the throng and rude shouts of the mob, there came a wild lament.? Friends were following after, whose sick Christ hud healed, whose wounded hearts he had bound up, and on whose pathway of darkness he had shed the light of Heaven, n ml t-tntir 1? f . I * * 1^ " nwn nun uii^v 1IIIUII U|J II1CII VUlUl'S 111 UIIU mournful cry. Flo turned at the sound and lis.ened a moment, then murmured, in mournful accents: Weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, your wives and your childrenJerusalem on fire suddenly rose to his vision, together with its famine-struck and bloated population staggering and dying around the empty market places?the heaps of the dead that loaded the air with pestilence, and all the horror and woe and carnage of that last dreadful siege ; and forgetful of his own suffering, he exclaimed: " Weep not jor me. but for yoursevles, your wives and children " At length the procession reached the hilltop and Christ was laid upon the ground, and his arms stretched along the timber he had carried, with the palms upturued, and through them spikes driven, fastening them to the wood. Mcthinks 1 hear the strokes of the hammer as it sends the iron, with blow after blow, through the quivering tendons and behold the painful working of that agony-wrung brow, and the convulsive :idd sivpllirxrnf flint hlpssorl linsnm which seemed striving to rend above the imprisoned heart. At length he is lilted from the ground? his weight dragging on the spikes through his hands.and the cross-piece inserted into the mortice of the upright timber, and a heavy iron through his leet, fastening them to the main post, and he is left to die.? Why speak of his agony?of his words of comfort to the dying thief?or of the disgrace of that death. Not even to look on that pallid face and flowing blood could one gH any conception of the suffering victim, x lit; oioo.fi uiiu terror that to Suihc" o o o round the soul, as every aid human and divine, withdrew itself, and it stood alone in the deserted darkened universe, and shuddered, was all unseen by mortal eve. Yet .i.:? .1 II*..? i i-!- i- i* ? cvfii in Linsuitiiuiiii uuur ins ueari uiu 1101 forgot its friends. Looking down from the cross, he saw the mother that bore him gazing in tears upon his fjcc, and with a feeble and tremulous voice,he turned to John, who had so often lain on his bosom, and said, ''Son, behold thy mother." Then turning to his mother, he said, " Behold thy son [lis business with earthly thing was now over, and he summoned his energies to meet the last most terrible blow, before which nature itself was to give way. He had hitherto indured all without a complaint; the mocking?the spitting upon the cross, the nails and the agony?but now came a woe that broke his heart. Ilia J at her1 s?his own father's frown h?gan to darken vpon h in.? Oh, who can tell the anguish of that loving, trusting, abondoned heart at the sight. It was too much, and there arose a cry so piercing, so shrill and so wild that the universe shivered before it! and as the cry : My Co /, My Gody why hasf Ihoujorsaken vie ?" fell on the ears of astonished mortals, and filled heaven with alarm ; the earth gave a groan as if she too was about to expire ; the sun died in the heavens, an earthquake thundered oifto complete the dismay ; and the dead could no longer sleep, but burst their ghastly eerements. and came forth to look upon the scene. That was the gloomiest wave thht ever broke over the soul of the Saviour, and he fell before it. Christ was dead!?and to all human appearance the world was an orphan. How Heaven regarded this disaster, and the universe felt at the sight, I cannot tell I know not but tears fell like rain-drops from angelic eyes, when they saw Christ spit upon and struck. I know not but there was silence on high for more than u half an hour" when the scene of crucifiction was transpiring?a silence unbroken save the solitary note of some harp string on which unconciously fell the agitated trembling fingers of some seraph. I know not but all the raidant ranks on high and even Gabriel h;mself, turned with the deepest solicitude to the Fathers' face, to see if he I 1 ..^4 LI.J -1! T \ytio v.<iiiu u11u uiiiiuuuieu urmu 11 an. i know not but his composed brow and serene majesty were all that restrained heaven from one universal shriek of horror, when they heard groans on Calvary?dyivg groans. I know not but they thought that God had "given his glory to another," but one thing I do know?that when they saw through the vast design?comprehended the stupendous scheme, the hills of God elinrtl/ (a n eVinut ?ai?nr "?"v"1" UC,VI? ,u,,8 their bright tops, and a crystal sea trembled to a song that had never before stirred its . bright depths, and the "Glory to God in the Highest" was a sevenfold-chorus of hallellujahs and harping symphonies. Yet none of the cadences reached tne earth, and all was sad, daik and desparing around Mount Calvary. The excitement which the slow murder had created vanished. With none to.resist, and non6 to be slain, a change came over the feelings of the multitude and they began one by one, to return .## . v. v.. r to the city. The sudden darkness, also that wrapped the heavens, and the throb of the earthquake which made these three crosses reel to and fro like cedars in the tempests, had sobered their feelings, and all but the soldiery were glad to be away from a scene that had ended with such supernaiiona! exhibitions. Gradually the noise and confusion around the hill top receded down the aiujjua 1 lie suauub ui even UI^mu IU eici:j? over the landscape, throwing into still more ghastly relief those three white corpses stretched on high and streaked with blood j and all was over. Not now, for the sepulchre was yet to be open, and the slain Christ was to mount the heaven of heavens in his glorious ascension. I will not speak of the moral grandeur of the atonement?of the redemption purchased by the agony and death on Calvary for they are familiar to all. Still they consti a i i__. _ r * I. i i iuie uie greatness ana vuiue 01 me xvnoic. | It is the atonement that makes Mount Calvary chief among the "Sacred Mountains" ?gives it such altitude that no moral eye can scan its top, or bear the full effulgence of its glory. Paul called on his young disciples to summon their strongest energies and bend their highest efforts to comprehend the u length and breadth and depth and height"of hisstupendous theme?" a length which reaches from evei lasting to everlasting; a breadth that encompasses every intelligence and every interest; a depth which reaches the lowest of human degradation and misery; and a height that that throws floods of glory on the throne and crown of Jehovah." From the. N. (>. Picayune 20th ult. Lulcr from General Scoll's Army. It was not until yesterday morning that we were placed in possession of the following letters .received here on Tuesday by the Mary Kingsland. It will be seen that Mr. Kendall's letter is later than any thing hitherto received Irom Jalapa, while the letter from Vera Cruz gives a more definite account of the the occurrences near that city reported in our last upon verbal authorily* . . The most interesting passage in Mr. Kendall's letter is that announcing that Majors Borland and Gaines, Captain Clay and the other officers taken in the North, together with Passed Midshipman Rogers, are at liberty in the city of Mexico. The next step is to insist upon the immediate release of the men who were taken with Major Gaines. Mr. Kendall's remarks upon a peace party in Mexico will attract attention. He has facilities for forming an opinion on the subject which newspapers do not afford us. Were we to rely upon the latter alone we should form a judgment very different from our associate, out we ao not cioubt tnat he has access to sources of information far better than our own. VeraCkuz, May 13, 1847. Gentlemen?A band of about 200 Mexicans has been prowling about the mounted riflemen's camp, four m?!es from this place, two nights in succession, and last night the men were aroused twice by the approach of Mexicans. Early this morning our gallant Captain Walker started out to give th;Mn batlle and had a nice little skirmish, killing four of the enemy by the time my informant, an officer . of the Rifles, left, and he represents Walker along ways ahead of fie tcene of the first brush, following them up. 1 guess the enemy will find that they have got hold of the wrong chap before Captain W. has done with them. This morning early "a dragoon came in from Santa He, where he had been left with seven others to guard sotne stores belonging to Government, and he state that a body of about 200 Mexicans attacked them last night, killing all his companions and taking possession of the stores, and he only saved himself by running. There is another company of Riflemen following up Captain YV., but I regret that 1 do not know by whom t is commanded. I am assured by .an eye-witness that he saw four dead Mexicans on the ground when Capt. W.met the enemy. It is generally supposed that this party of the enemy are near here more for the purpose of plundering small parties and stealing horses than any thing else. Jalaim, May 11, 1847?6, p, m. Since the diligencia went out at noon to-day for Vera Cruz, another diligencia has come in from the city of Mexico full of nafiOan/vAVA onrl Krinrrm/v nnitra aT rint n I ? puoouil^u ICj UUU Ul 11'o ni6 iicwo U? liut U III" tie importance. Among the passengers was Mr. Kennedy, who, after being badly treated here about the 1st of April, was driven to the city of Mexico. All the passengers confirm what I wrote you this morning. They say that at the capital there was no government, no order, no responsibility?all wasanarchy. Anaya was still President pro tern, but had neither influence nor authority. A new President is to be elected on the 15th of the present month?the tenth Chief Magistrate this distracted country lias had within tin; last eighteen months. 1 cannot stop to count them uli up, but such is the fact. The lad rones?guerrillas I suppose they < should be called now?are busy at work upon tlit? road?, especially between Puebla i and tin; city of Mexico. The same pnssen- i gers were robbed the other day no less than : seven times in one. stage, and the inference ; is that the last robbers must have had rather i poor picking if the first were very searching i in their operations. The diligencia in < which Mr. Kennedy came down was robbed twice on the road. i It is stated that the propoitions made by < England some months since, to offer her : iiiu-i vi-miuu in seining the Uillieulties be- j twecn Mexico and the United Slates, have ] recently been taken up by the Mexican . Congress, and after a warm discussion, in | which one of the members said that the whole affair was but another attempt of the monarchies upon the sacred liberties of the Mexican Republic, the motion even to con- ! sider them was lost by a vote ol 44 to 33. From this it would seem that the present Congress is determined to shut every door against all proposals of an honorable peace. Santa Anna has sent a letter to Congress from Orizaba. lie gives his own account of the battle of Cerro Gordo, anil claims a great victory 011 the first day of the light. On the second day Providence, according to his story, gave the advantage to the Yan kees. He sa \ s nothing about the exertions of the hitter. Santa Anna states that lie now has seven thousand men, and that his force is rapidly increasing; and moreover, that all arc burning to encounter the Ainer-. icans again. lie wants money to cavryon his operations, but Congress has not seen fit to vote him a copper?one reason probably being that it has not a copper to give. Santa Anna, so far as I can learn, is the only man who has been spoken of in Mexico as a candidate for the Presidency, and l.e is in very bad oder with the mass. The States north of Mexico?Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Durango, San Luis, and oihers?talk openly of separating fr< m Mexico, and letting her take care of herself. Not a dollar in the way of supplies :irr? thov srmdino- on for llm rrrlinf nf ft?o General Government in its emergency. They were still doing a little in the way of fortifying the city of Mexico, but a Spaniard informs ine that all the obstructions they have erected so lar could be kicked over with the foot. The city had been placed under martial law, and the direst excesses anticipated. The citizens had all been called upon to take up arms in the common defence, but unfortunately for them ninetenths of them had no arms to take up. Nor were there any cannon at the capitol other than a few small and indiffererent pieces. There is certainly a party, and an influential one in Mexico, which begins to talk of peace; and where four weeks since they did not dare breathe their sentiments, they now come out openly and avow themselves. Still the measure is far from popular. The peace party is composed of the more nonesi ana intelligent property notuers, tne merchants, and perhaps the clergy?to these are opposed the military who h ive all disgraced themselves, and all the demagogues among the lawyers. If the priests could he made certain that they would continue to hold their rich benefices secure, they would probably be in favour of peace. , On the approach of the Americans it is said that congress, with all thearchieves of the Republic, will move to the city ofMorclia. Of course all my news is verbal, not a paper having come through. I have des- ( patched a man to the capital for full files of the public Journals, and if he gets back safe they shall be immediately forward to , you Majors Borland and Gaines, Capt. C M. Clay, and all the officers taken in the North, were at liberty in the city of Mexico, as was ; :%.i- 1^1 n_ ? * nil ii uisu i\ilusnipinun ivougers. i ney are till said to be well and respectfully treated now, though the latter was infamously abused 011 the way up to Mexico from Perote. Gen. Canalizo was at San Andres, a place north of Orizaba, at last accounts.? The force with him is not stated, but is undoubtedly small. Me is an old friend of Santa Anon, and is probably working at present for his master. I write this in great haste, and have no time to comment. One thing I must say, and that is that there undoubtedly would be a verv lar^e neace nartv in Mexico were 1 " O r - I j . t 1 it not for the overweening pride of the ma- ] jority of'the inhabitants. It is hard to be < thrashed into a peace, that's certain. ( I send this by a Mexican to Vera Cruz, who promises to ride through at his fastest , speed. If it reaches you, well and good. I Yours, &c G. W. K. J City of Pucbla. The city is walled and fortified. It js built of stone, and the streets are well paved. Here water is abundant, but from the National Bridge to this plaoe. no water can be obtained?the natives substitute pulque as a I beverage. From Jalapa to. Pucbla, there t . AM'* !". : SV ' are occasional heights near the road,which, it* fortified, might annoy the invaders. In fact from Vera Cruz to Puebla this is the case, the traveler being alternately over b. oad, unobstructed roads and narrow passes, commanded by heights. The road pas ses thrjugh Pucbla. The Pueblanos have ;i particular character; they aro cunning a id courageous, and the most expert robbers and assassins throughout Mexico, where thore is no lack of such. Yet, Mr. Thompson calls Puebla "the Lowell of Mexico." If an offender is brought before the alcade, Liny where else, and is known or ascertained to be a Pueblano, his condemnation is sure. Pucbla is situated at the extremity of a, large plain, on the Vera Cruz side; its population is estimated at 00,000 souls; the streets are parallel, and very wide and well paved?the houses, built with stone and covered with terraces, and two or three stories 11 i <rli _ nn> rpmilrl.vilili- firm .. Q..7 ?- - - ? M.M IIV* X liU |il(UiiV> |)l;icc would be admired Ln almost any part of the world ; it forms a perfect square ; facing it stands the cathedral; on three side3 are m.ignilicent palaces. There arc many other edilices strongly admired for their beauty. There are few churches in the world more magnificently ornamented than the cathedral of this city. All the chandeliers and lamps, which arc in great numbers, aro of massive gold and silver; the dome is in marble of the country, of great beauty and of fine workmanship. There are ten chapels richly decorated, and closed each of them with an iron gate door of very great height and of the finest finish. This church was finished in 1808, and it is said to have cost $0,000,000. There are also many other fine churches. The Almeida or public walk, is very well kept. It is composed of three alleys (of 500 to 600 feet each) of poplars and other fine trees and is surrounded by a wall at the foot of which runs a little stream of water. There arc a good many fountains in different parts of the city, and a few jcls (Veau or water spouts. Few cities in Europe are finer than l'uebla ; but much cannot be said for the population, which since the late expulsion of the European Spaniards, who were by far the most intelligent and industrious portion of it, leaves a curious contrast between the present occupants of public civilization. The same may be said of the whole population bordering the road from Vera Cruz to the city. 1 line will no doubt correct this. 1'ueb a is distant from the capital about seventy eight miles. The route erom Puebla to the Cap* ital.?The only town of any note between Puebla and the city of Mexico is Cholula. the ancient capital of a great independent Republic, which contained during the time of Cortez and according to his own account, forty thousand houses. It has declined into a town of six thousand inhabitants. The noted pyramid here is a work of art which, next to the pyramids of Egypt, approaches nearer to those of nature in magnitude and vastne.ss. Its base covers upwards ot forty* eight acres of ground, or about four and a half times more than the largest Eg ptian nvramid. Cholula is seventy niilo.s frnm Mexico. The capital is a walled city, but is not supposed to be susceptible of a stub* born defence. It is a very wealthy city,and contains a population of one hundred and forty thousand, abounding in fine buildiugs, costly churches, public squares and broad and regular streets. Captain P. S. Brooks, of tho " Ola '96 Boys,1' passed through this place on Tuesday morning last, on his way to hi3 way to his home at Edgefield Court House. As we, however, had not the pleasure ot greeting the Captain in person, we are able only to 5$ive our readers the#is< of the intelligence brought by him. We learn from him that General Scott was preparing to go into summer quarters at Jalapa and Pucbla, and to act upon the defensive until summer. YVc did not learn, however, whether this policy ot " masterly inactivity" was dictated by an indisposition on the part Gon. Scott to procced farther without reinforcements, or whether he has been so instructed from Washington City. We learn further, that all the 12 months volunteers were discharged at Jalapa, and on their way home. Captain Brooks brought with him a great many Mexican curiosities, among them a kind of fire arm called an " Escopettt," as a present from the late^ sutler of our Regiment (Major Smilh,) to a gentleman in this place. It is about half the length, and ;; carries a ball about twice the size, of the ordinary musket. Captain Brooks was accompanied from Jalapa by Captain Secrest, of the Lancas, ter Volunteers, who also, passed on to his ? - '* mi .1 ' ? .tt'i - ,ome in Lancaster, i ney are pom on ioavcv Ssewe from their dutle., %? ?** !l health. We regret to learn that Capt. 3 rooks looks very %