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iif.1 of Mexico. trJ lifc"" 'u .11 jre renin;; bet- v -The A" Tbo-M Able, whp fcaJ been hff.!Aol ihe whole rcfjmeol is im- rfcxo Vi$ta u ii,ited m"eti:atc, ' l very high,1' n,unlimi tn lhe ' '!,', ttv- most DcauiiM I ever w. By Kioi'iHir Bancrlc in iherniddle, We ri t6th muotain on either tide, Tm mountain, are perfectly bare, and no berto1.' c he to 6" I2 miles fr jo cook wiih, end pineal thai. . j trin here ay something of the treat. Dtcf'Cul-'Fepf toward ihe Bjncombe y,r"frt. Hegare lnem tesl atteni Hk) U e fd hictilhey owe him their erlastinS gratiu I have known joo many cccaaions to j;ive up hi bed 1a , ick' unr, and lay on a blanket him 'J He would never pi' to' .bed till he ., the last sick man, and knew that he iiJtf, conforl thai he could have in csrnp; sod would go when actually unable, t ,j up with, a sick man and give him nkirH and atayby him niil he taw it ' j.Jte ju proper cflcct, 1 cannot describe lh khg our cornpanjr. should have to vjrdjbim. Hi has been t -father tdu ,11 nl orie'tbat J shall not soo,n furgct.---fj IVc is at litis lime a little unwell, but seriously ao." . .v . ' :. RUMORKD APPOINTMKST OP MR. DLCilANAN, AS PLEN I POTISNTI'A nv Tf u PYipn ' .The' Washington correspondent of "ihe jhfliMplia UvjHeiin states, lhal" the Cabf. tmi have determined on the recall of Mr. -Tiitt nd the wppointnvnl oPMr. Burhan in, with power tvi conclude a dtfTnitive trtry of p ace witry Mexico, if m goia. hoiwshotiid'have passed through the first fig-n. 1 1 thi rumor bo authentic, .and the function of Concluding a treaty is en. innJrd to Mr. fluchanan, there can be rro MCiince ol aijjnity . provmeu tn pre kmmirii's are o adjusted roa o leate n.i diubt of the .sincrruy of the Mexican govrrnment; but the public-opinion will not unction another attempt lo open negolia 'ion wiih s Intractable A peoplr1, whether ittcmpt be made througna functionary of ihe American goverunctit, of hrgh or t Jt'gr-c. ' v Wo notice bv llw last number of- llie 'Knoxville Stond ud,"1 ih;t tht pnper ha cSangtd hjnf-. A. H. Csozitr, H'jq.re .t!f,Bnl is succeeded by J. K. ,cc VV T. Ilelntt, young gcutfemen wiHi whom , we have ih plousuru of a personal . acquaint wre, snd are therefore the better qualified to jjJs ol their fitnena for the responsible fo ty occupy,, wlcn we say they are in rv way prepared? to make up an inter, .filing shet. They aro both practical printers, and jhe senior has ijust returned tromt twelve months cYnpninin Mexi co, as one of the "Ivi'xvile , .Dragoors,1' anJ ii a young .mffn u much promise. We ish tht'ni abundant 8ucccs3,,in every thing bjt 'aJwncing the interests of Ahcir party, Iht wo cannot, wish them, and in fa'ct e arc sorry to see two tuch noblo fellows , tnjed-in dt fi nding tho blunders of- Mr; 1 To-k blundering rtdministratiun . But iJe -from pliiics, they meritj and we fce' no doubt' will receive, a liberal siip Ftvmthe Baltimart Sun. j . News from General Scott. Iinpurt-iiil If True. " Advance on MericoSLinhishir.g of tht rj:e guard under "tror-il5,000 . mm n peace yetRht Frio Puis TkiEiglet at the Gates of Mexito. . The Z4iiesvilleJ, (Ohio) Courier, of ihe 3Jjr.$t.f contains the following letter, which it stufes ija from a commissioned of. fi'er of the Gih.Uegiment U. S, Infantry, -lbe Courier publishes it with iho following ?nvrk: . " - - "There is no-longer a 'doubi of' SoAifs iivnce,for here aroihr particulars which ay oe relied upon. .The letter was com ewcd oa the lUth, and ndded. to ua each "fning; giving ihe routeof that dy, from wn.tr a journal. ' ' . v This letter placea'lhe American army ar pies of Mexico, which is rrujch later ilhia we have before received. . It etni extraordinary, if not - impossible, . l,1luur irmv shnnlA hnvt tnnrta this ad without Ihe knowledge : of ihe New rtns press; We, therefore, publish ihe is we receive "it, and -with many 7U-)I of the authenticity of the ioforma liu" 't communicates. ' . The fci that i: is two months since any .'urmation was received Ir,om teen. Scott, adJitionjil interest loathe If tier which, fsvirm," is dated frfim; ihe city ol - -rvlu,a al l9 ft of ihe mouolatn ' of Casilb or Loketto, July 14, 1847r V V 'Uih.we IclVPerote and came out ;n llm,letq"San Antonio, a large hari- ' .here me renwined until.the morn- lOOa 1 P6 Agualco, a village ofaome Tk- ,tt,0,lnis, a distance often miles. tar j J W6 marched 22 . miles, X and Wtt.thicie-ndi tailed Ojo del Ajia.orer irery dejolato looking cfci?. lry withtJieauo broiling o all th day. Oa tho 12.h, we marched with ihe. whole division contracted. o ai . bold front, and after utisius through a tfr I pretty meadow near the n.s ol III VmU f where we. encamped iUi 4 o'clock, P. Some time during the night two of our en i nets tired, the long toil was beaten, and w&were in' hop that the enemy w. in our vicinity, but nothing rrvre was heard and we went io bed an,concluJiog that ihe tentin-il did L not r see any one. The next morning, t 6 o'clock -( -we started a gain, and afief passing through; th pass we came upon a most beautiful cwuntry'- cultivated to the very tops of ha moifn. lainii- indicating tje near approach to' a rich ciy; At about 2 P. M, we Arrived at large.-village called Amatoijuai wWe. wa were quartered in torrw largw stables, and informed that wo would remain ikere until thearrivaof Gen. Q.iitmaQa brignde. In these two days to, travelled ; about. Si rnilea. , About half past eight, on the 14ih, we heard the drums beating, and soon the in. formation came that -4,000 Mexican cav. airy were in sight. My regiment was m mediately (ordered back to the' edge of lh town, and pur artillery ordered fotwar.--Sojd emerging from the rear of the, houses we aaw the" wholo-Mexican force about a mile off, moving over a side hill," and en. deavuritig to get in our rear. We. expect ed, of course, soon iu aee the infantry and artillery make their appearance, but none came. O'jr artillery was ordered hick to he rear of ihe town, and oa soon as th enemy came in range, we opened on them with shot and shell, wtich tlirew'them in great confusion, and fbey scampered oui of the wpy as soon as possible. Their ob ject Seemed lo be not to attack us, but to get into our . rear and attack General Quit mangos 'his volunteers ' wero inarching caTekrssTjf,-along. , v . 1 - Tiiey wrre too latc to dd this, however. tis he heartl our Aring, end hurried up as last as possible, arriving within a mile of us, befure lht enemy wre able to gel a round is. The Mexicans we're so much annoyed with the nrtiltery,;trMt': '.'they'': got round tbe mil as soon as jnjssible, and rc treu'.rd on this place oy another road. -7 Their infantry and artillery. were left'here, and ns hooo as ihe cavalry returned, the whole force made a' precipitate retreat.' At eor'y dawn yesterday, we were under way agiln, nd advanced on the city. . ! ThetMghl before, however, a deputation arrived at our camp to surrender-the city, faud reported that Santa .Anna hid retrea. ted rowafds Mexico. After a ma'rdi of ten milcsf we arrived about ten o'clock on Ihe edge of the city, whcTe we halted arid h;fi iur wagonj. t The troops wer.e then tnarchedfinio the city, with drums Ijeaiing and colors flying. The streets, house! ops windows, ana doors 'were, completely .lined widi people, adwevery one seemed .10 con. Vidtir it feast J day. The ida of a hand ful of men marching irtfo a city of 70,000 people where we could see men .enobgh amply able to eat us up, if they tnly had the count 2e o do so! : Not an accident liappend. ', . We wt r3 marched to the main pldzi, tat kt;d 'our arms, and remained ' until iqun rters were' prepared for Uv-when we all hud ,otr, an'? , rep.mred ,to our respective quancTs. The 5ih4nfantry and tha heavy gun;ai;e in Castle Lorelto situated out ivle jf tho city, on an emtoenco from which we cm look down on the entire city, and fdr miles around. ' -.. We have our guns mounted,- and c$n at the proper time knock ihe city into ruins if ihey uitempl any , re. bullion. ' , ' , t 1 t . - Another castle, called Cauda loupe, on our left, is , also occupied by artrilery.. tu it .we 'are 'in great security, andcan .laugh at any opposition. The remainder of.the trotips ore quartered :in town," but " 1 have not ''been down to see how'ihc'y get along. OurJ quarters are very" good; and we have excellent wirier, fine air und a very beau tiful view of.the citV, suffrciently distant to pwoid du$t and noise, and plenty of 'room to ecrcic ourselves. r The streets areall well,vved with broad flit stoma. ,Tho houses are well built. sofne of them- being four or, five stories hiih: the public buildinjs are on o rmgiii ficent scale, and iho churches very' h'gh; rfnd everything indicates wealth and pro perity. ' As sutMi-as I "get time,' I will-fTsi the principal places of note and wri;e you a description. A visit m Cholulai is, con side red very dangerous, even 19 the people here, so 1-, presume I- will' never be able to ce it."'- Il resembles'a small mountain at this distance. ' ' ' The market here is"ery abundant, nnd fruits of all kinds can be obtained -in any quantity, nnd of all sorts Apricots; pa ches, pears: 'cherries oranges lemons, luiies, iIoo-j, dtcv aro fof -sale all .around us. . this afternoon, ' we are hav ing a fine shower, which will lay the- dusl and Ctx toe atmospnere, --, r r ;. : Gcu. Scott iii'nr Itlexlco.- ' 1 .- . Rio Friu Pust, July-15 We are now within' fiiieen miles of t ,the city of Mexico", in the advance under (Jenl Worth. Gen. Sott will be up this e.ven ing wiih the main force when e will ha vt 15,000 men; 10,000 regulars, and .5,000 volunteers. Mr.-1 rist, P"? commissioner owill also come wjlh GenMSoottl Carrttpendence of the Charleston Courier. I WASHINGTON, AUG. 5.; The expenses of tho Mexican war.begi to be alarming. Al one time,- IV was ; as serted thai the prosecution of the war would not cosl six rrtillmns ' yeajs more -than the ordinary amount of- the expenditures. It was estimated that, whh;i he eighteen mH lion loan, ihe eypeWs of the, war would 1m ainulv merf .even if It continued till Jun 30ih, 1643, allowing four mithpns 1 be always ori hand in the Treasury. ;ThPs was the estimate" at the close of the last session. ' It was not ioterfdedat that time locall ifl more than half of the JoansJunng ih rlrient fiscal year. Bui thirteen mil- lions of the loan have been already called forj tod the remtlodcr mast be, la the. course ot the present month. . ,' 1 The expendiiures for the array alone djrin tle q jarter endiog Juns S0th"were over sixteen milhonik. Ifto excess of ex. pendtiures over recetpti for that tjaarier was more than t'Wo millions. '. ' 1 - 1 Should the war be nnwecuted wii"h the iigor whi-rh has been promised, the ex', pend.tuces orf account of . the army will exhaun the Treasury before the meeting of Congress in December. I have littV ti'ubt that the hesitaihvn on the part of he Government in aendrng but adequate forwrio our Generals, for the prosecution of the war, caused by the prospect of an empty Treasury. , To present to Pong res aH at ine commencement ol the next session,, btrren victorks a j continue J war, and an empty Treasury,' wiH be m:hc,r mortifying in .the Admjmsualion. : Yet, tho' Execu. live is in this dilemma that he mosr abin don Jthe attempt to conquer a' peace, .or hazTd the continuance of - expenditures, which may prova. unavailing.'" IV ' . Fnm LUU'vilU Comriir.i Ttie Funeral Riiea of Cor. ?Ic-Ite-e, Clay, aad other, who fell ; at the Etatttc of Uueua Tltta. This was, perhaps, the mst' imposing and solemn ceremony ever before seen in . the ,Un tied S;ate; tiot in regs rd to numbers But with reference y& the high staniing and character of the' dead,' the occasion of their death, and iKe persons eiaged i in the ceremonies of their interment, jat Frankfort, the capitol of Kentucky. Ear. ly on Tuesday ' the 20ih 0, ihe present ntonth; ihe drums Jbai, and bands of mu sic paraded the streets, giving notice loathe various military companies and others, that a most solemn and " impressive .ceremony was on ihe point of opening. ' At sunrise one gun was fired , from ihe Capitol f fill,' and about 8 o clock, hid res and gentlemen, citizens and strangers, civil and other orders of person, bejj in to assemble in the squire yf the State Houjie, mil the muliitude had incrrased to about thirty thousand (30,000) living souls. Ai 10 o clock, two guns were fired frorrtCapl. VVilTiam's brass 6 pounder, taken at, he mile of Cerro Gordo; which also fired fu neral guns every five minutes during the reremony of moving and the . interment. 1 Lis bras piece -was inscribed with Ihe Jatp (l773)of its 'munutariure, - and wa MCarredand mutillated by the heavy blo.ws lyen ang receiveqyin capture,an effort aving been rrade by theAtex,iean to ren- der it useless to the Americans, by injur, ing hs .trunnions andjnuzzle, an'd ' to pre- yent iis being turned , aga'inst themselves, by tendering the rahbru too small to admit the proper sized shot. When ihe assem bled multitude-' '.was -perfectly still, f Re.v. J..H. Brown, (I'astor.of the 2d rresbyte rianor " M'tjlwrd Church f Lexington, to which faiih Gl. MckVe and lady wef at. lached by; preference)' rose ' and in a -very impressive prayer, opened the funeral ser. r: . t ' ' . . ..t .,')" II.' '. t I i t ices 01 '.rie gy, r lie was jojiowea o thn Brcckrnrioge, Lsq , son,' of the lte lion.' Jos.' Cubetl Breckenridej.. in a mosl happy and eloouent' address, which will be given to the public, as soon as it can be repired for the i press. Two fine choirsj rom the M ChorO Piesbt lerian Church, Lexington, and the Presbyterian Church of Frankforl, under the . charge;of Mr. Cindy f Shelbyville, had prepared two beautiful hymns, onV'ijuthe'r s ' Judgment Iymn, ' to the words : , ; "Great God, what do I ca and hear," the other, Old Uundred'to Sir. Waller Scott's paraphrase of Dies ifraj, dies ilia," i . nc day of wratkt that dreadful day," but owiiig to the .immense pressure, and he scat being previously occupied by the mass ot eitizens, musieai'srvices were compelled to be dispensed with. '; After the 1 duress,', the-budies were; Uroupit ' out ol ho'State (Jdue where thev had been since Sabbaih' morning in- tho following ordKr- As edch body appeared,- the splendid Uni led States band trom the barrack at New port, which had been ordered on the ground bv tho officer in comhiandi played several appropriate pieci.s aniong wnicn te , reco:iiized the .Universal favorite,- 'Peace troubled soul. 1st. Was .brought br the' -faiF bearer, he- body of CoJi- Win. R. McKee, of Lex ngton, and deported 00 a brass 6 twunder, eleganlly fTited up as a hearse, and drawn bv splendid btark horses" ach horse ted by a cmom in black. McKee a ser vant. Wjllnni leading his horse, nvgnifi- cently. caparisoned, in fronr. t'Vhe tfannon carrmge and hea.rse,.havipg'the flg of lite 42d Regiment K. l4, enveloped in crape, dronpipj' over aiv Li;eut. uoi. uenry iiajr, jr., on a brass 6 pounder,: drawn by. two eUgant greys; the flag of the Louisville Legion enveloped in Scrape drooping over his hearse, the horses led bv two grooms ' in black Eleven other bodies, each ori a carriage ike the preceding swelled., the mourntu procession wnicn moveu lowaru ine cem etryj escorted by many cotumna io&lroops ;-.':''' 1 ! I . i .t . ane followed by thousands of mourners. , u niit ine procession was moving up the ascen; lb the Uemeiry, the; road and hill sides were covered wHh thousands ui on thousands of spectators both ladies and gentleieO thronging and crowding, and pressing to see ihe imposing mourniul. pa eacv, ns.it moved upline. lull.1. tlin ar riving av ine place 01 interment; tne Douiea were, taken ; Irom the cannon hearses placed in their respective graves, the mrli tary coming to the "present army as each body - was broujiht . forward, nnd , every head was uncovered. . Never, w as Wit nessed' a' more imposin and solemn procession.. : .Seventeen dead bodies carried lo their last resting olacest by .tlieir friends and acquaintances,, and deposited in !'the pluce appointed for living" by those wno knew andlpved them. Multitudes of persons who ;, perhaps had seldom wept betore, now wept alood, n the full, pent up nearts ot relatives an friends, gave, ulleraoce to their feelings i tear aod sobs. - Many a obnteer, in pas- sing around the graves of his loreij,' com panions,' wept lik a child; end as the last volley was fired over hht remains, by. the military, and as the' clods" tumbled on rhe coffins of ihe dead, in silence and -sorrow the vast multiioe left them -to the sleep from which the-m shall be 00 waking, en. til the resurrection morn. '; v. Very late;t rom Europe The S'eamship Washington has arriVee" at' New York, with Liverpool dmes to the I5ih ult. , .: . Tbe: Gitton market' was ateady and large aales. v frizes badj.been dowahghl- ly,. but appear to 'hve recovered.' : -. ,-. rlojr and gram were higher. Amerj: can Flour 33s. 6J tJ 37s, irheathud J. vanced 3 lo 4J. per quarter. . The" weather in England is reprelented as being "magnificerH," and tlws prvspect of the harvest accord jWlr most favorable. The" dec reased compa ra 1 1 ve con no mp- lion Of- cotton wihL amounts tol 0,000 bales, weekly. , (This mu?l: surely . bevah error. Probably 1 .000 balcsv weekly' is meant. V ' v' There is a comparative i'ricrease.on the lotat revenue for the year of ne ;less.thsn XI. 004,0-26. r - ' i Airbus in Spain seem at present " to be n a wretcnea stale.' -. nefiHies tne open rupture of the Qiieen. 'and her.Consort, rumors, of treacherous intrigues, even to ihe extent of designs, if n l 1 to asasinne, tleast to uoihroue, the Qjeen, aregen- ral'yxirculated. These Designs appear o have their chief seat in Pan?, and .eVery: av brings fresh proof of the signal fnfurtf of the schemes ol Louis Phillippe which he1 oieHitate.'i compassing whjpn bringing about he MotJipenf"er marrug.' " Caus1lrnDut True. ' The PihUJelphia fjttited Si tte Gazette, meeting the slanderers' ol the Uiiiort,', el id omne genus j,ctn;enmig Wing pat,nmjsm, mis vi.jroiHiTy fi hts hick: , . Tho ; President niadt; the" ; crisialhe Whigs met ittbtr Prcsideql declared llnr war the. Whig culled armies-the Whigs rowded their mnks nnd led them to .vie. lory. let Hie Auouniit ration presses have ared. to "reproach . .lhe,m! : WiU won ihe riumphsover which the country;' rrjHccs with an exceeding joyl The Whig: Tar r and the ;Vhg Jjcolt. - "lnl have tho leader of -the Polk party given to ille country ad the contest." Lip loyalty anu tongue valor. Ap! what their oppnenia? Where, are " the sons ol Crittenden and -Wtb'slerT , ; A nd where is he prop and pride -of the ' age.of that mosl ithistrious and' honortd of Mivirig men- Henry Clay?; His blooxl reddening the soil of Buena Vista cries lo Ileavcn against he cnlu'mniMors who dare aay that the Whigs of America are untrue to tljeir count ry W hi'e Henry Clay , at A shin nd weeps for his $on--weeps, while he rejoi- ces that he died as he wished to die, for ii country- Jamav K. Polk, at the .White House, inilrocs his peisioied presiJ to accuse tne pariy of -which Clay is th head nd heart, of sympathising with the Toes of the Republic, ' ' What can bethought of ih party that fTects to" love: ihe actors,' but hntu.the ac tion to favor the war but- persecute lite warriors to rf joice in the triumphs, bjt malign the vector? , Sqch is and has been f rom the. be s inning : of t'he war. the nt ti. ode of the Administration and its friends. .We will : not. renew' ihe complaints of a welvo months against the exuung war of he President hi attempt to deny -sup. plies a yd dipjeredit cominndirs--fori are not these registered in every column of this journal? Bui we must direct the attention of the poople. to the evidence of ranchorous hostility to'Gen. Taylor, manifested by ihe Administration fwr months previous to the astonishing victorv at- Buefna Vista. a tri ugiph. which the Admmislratioa labored to render a defeat- " VVe will not in fhe connexion, refer tol he, Administration attacks upon lavlor n Congress, 'iho slur upon bis; conduct at' Monterey, northe attempts' to supercede aod disgrace him -. by the appointment of Senton INCT win wo urge Hie. unnatural fact that the chief, to whom the rd ins ol the Administration offereciop ' .Taylor and ni army as a sacrincej; was its protege and comriguer- and they are ef 'a clinrr acter that would induce us lo suppress lhem fof the honor 6l the country, were that possible, , ' - r . But :tt is not v possible. 'There is' now n ihe War Department -at."; Washington a letter from Taylor-- iii relation, to this sub- ject, which the Administration I dgres not pablrsh. Sooner or Inter it must see the H. Ihe next Congress,, which will be composed of .-. a majority of Wh'gs ,wiH compei its publication; and' the. facts which It will disclose will feal the doom ' of this wretched Administration-, and the still more wretchvd creatures who live by it. 1 We pily trie retainers of Mr. Polk, those jn the receipt of his wages, for they . must. in the present manifestations' of public con temol , despise themselves: ; The great fiih of the - ocean have, their barnacle pilot fi-h," nd followers; but we' have ' never heard that the herring bore wiih it into crooked creeks and, paltry,: shallows, nny uch retinue. It i bad enough to be -.ihe JdoUtor of a false god; but meanness ;incf. fable to worship a lizard or a toad." ' ... Annexation ot Cuba ... The New York. "Sun says u .has au thor ity for saying that Cuba 'mav be . pur chased for the sum of ont hundred milliTin of dollars; and that the (patriotic - Cuban are ready and willing for the '"operation,' and-would raise .the n mount themsi lve.-TheJ'Sun-nr very tearmlg in fvor of this pnjfct. ' i ' ' Tha New York' lumtnary'is alo vpry sUre that- Mexico nrjall pay all Vhe espenses hof our war wiih her, or; shall be annex ed, and a republican government establish ed there, to be auppirted by " a- standing army from the United Siaies! And lumbers of our. tree and enlight- am1 fpllnar rinfjna . a m nn dntiKi Ain9 sanlruck jn these pfticohrs. 1 United Stale att1 Drctxll. '' The National Intelligf ocer, preheo3f, from advices lhat have reached its editors through private ' well as public chabiiclsv lhattauairs between Ihe Urn ted Mate ana Brazil are iii a much more de heal e position than they had ontil Utel $ifpMeL The Intelligencer remarks: Though we hnYe Tfcasin to. Veppose'lNat the inst rocttons. by the Bxeeui ive -to Tod have been framed with t laudable peTpoie to prrvenl' a col:si9nr betwern rtie-iwo count rie) oer private formation !otd I us to suppose that it will not "be a very easy matter the aothontiesj !of Brazil being In a high slate of exasperation. . It - may be hoped,' ho weirer", that ' Mr .Tod wih find them not io be so lar excited by what has passed as not to listen to reason. We are not disposed -to doubt the disposilioo of our own Government .to avert this col hsion, if it can do so by any reasonable cffjTt; v-1 -;: Improvement Vcmvention in Tenntstee. From the Jobesborough v IVhig we learn lhat this Convention aembled at Green, ville, Tennessee,' on the 15ih ult. About three hundred, delegltea ; were present from various count ie in Cistern Tennessee, and SoulhwrsterD Virginia., Col. John B; Flpyd; of Virginia; presided ovef tho5 deliberations of the Convention, which continued for three day ,- and were deeply intereting. The questions ai . issue were the rf 1'ative merits of the project for.inV prxivingihe navigation of the ilolston river from; Kin(?prt , to Kiwivilley aod a railvj road communication. ' , .'"1 Res'ilution were finally adopted by ihe; Omvenvion rectiminending an ppropria4 "ikm-' of '25O,00J& ! hy the Legislature for! th.e "tmf r ive-nent of. ihe French "Broad mor as high as pfactictobh' and th HuUjj loo, f'ir steamboat navigation, from Knbxi ille lo Kingport; and also' the- incorpora j tionof a company to .construct a railroad front Knox villa to ihe? Virginia line. ', ' j ' Andkrso C ; S.;C, Aug. 5.! j ;' The peoofe of ihis Diiricl,'hiving taken their R4p Van. Winkle sleep, are at jengtlf "oegwirtuig. to arouse from their slumber on . the subject of the contemplated Rul &oyj. ' , . 'On Monday last,, a largo asscmbligo of pe-rtjons Irom H parts of the Dilrtcl, met in the Court House, lo make some con certed move ".h rclution to tho enterpViae, From the' zeal manifested on the suhjeel by the cnizens of'our villngf, we feel wuti. ranted in the belief, thai ' when the books are again opened ,hoUid the people through, out tire1 District come forward with a si mi liar zeal, lhat Wo eventually can, nnd wiH W t - r ' " v a "" 1 r' nr 1 secure ine U'isu ny im. place. ve learn by the pledges which hive been given, that rom sixty to seventy-five thousand dollar worth uf "the slock Will be taken by the citizens of the vilhtgo, on condition that the Road runs by or to (hi place. ' i .-; -'t t ';'' :ji;i.,: lA WIFE KILLED -BTi HE HUSBAND A- melincliolv accident rCGurrcd nenr Tro.yf Pa., orr I hursday night of litsi week.--Sometime in the flight',-Mrs. Pierce, i wife of Dr. J, B. Pierce hd occasion 'to 'go to the window of the clumber in ; whirh lhcy were sleeping, leaving Dc.tor'P.' osleep.--The raising of Jhe.wmdow awoke hirri. and he iniJantly'scizvd" hii gun, which w.ls near bis bjdide supposing tlvtl some one was Irving to - break into ihe house. - Af ter M rs.. IT had s down the window, 6hi advanced toward the bed. Dr. : P. calk'd obt twice rfstop,or he"tou'ld fire; but she still advanced nnd h fired.' when he was near ihe muzzle of ' Ihe ; yiln--lhe. whojle l.arge'of shot entering her, breast, artd she lell dead on the fkior. He then felt .n the bed for his wife,' to tell her he had kijl. ed some onr'j' when not finding hrrv Itie tfutn insneu upon mm mat ic nau snoi 111 own wife! Corrrfpondenee of the Motintainetrl ? THE MRKEm - 'Hambckb. SnlurJaV Kvrnin?. 1 Ju!y 21.1 'Cormv.r-V have to notire a utill far titer rn- provrment-in ihe CUn market ptnees llic receipt of tlc HiberniaV account." Tlic imiU qoantUV 1101'Mrtg .n' readily laktn . at price ranjinj fr(m IDJ to 12 e. a very.choict article yesterday bn;ii?lt lite. , J : Viovuion.-T-Citxt AZ n 45c. per bushel. Crn Mfal.50q. CaCon, 7 to be, hov roimd. ' iird. StolOc Brcsvax. 22 to 1J. Tallow. 9c,f-- Feln ris 22 to 2Gc. Flour, $ I t 9 1 53 c.r bb!., and dull, rfealt is scarce, and retailing 9 per ack. .... Exchange on ChxrUrtnn and Savannah p;ir, ?r "4 New Yrk, i jrr,miun. - Invaluable Ointment, Foa ALK I- APIir.VJLL BT ' . ' Vj: ,Tle only, A (tent Wet vt the Clue lTidje AHjroxtf 16. 1817.6m. 3g: Virginia .Salt I tiayr on -hand, and will continue to lterp a larreoiiantnyof YlRGlSIA SALT, Ihe man. ofaclure of which. ha been recently ao improved, that for purily,: whiteney and lrength, tin Salt will compete williany aalt manufactured in jthe known, world. For casli l will cll i t onjedol. lir per nvasured bwhel, and GIVE GOOD MEASURE. . I will at sell order on tlw yir. jnnm Sail Works, for ny quantity of Salt. uon term tnat will make, il liic inlerect ol permnn ifiiine 10 not nau.i'i.inuijrum mere; pr i win ling lo haul Salt, t haul from there; of I girelrders on the.Salt V yrk, and five one the alt tor hauling. alf ; , WILLI AM WILLIAMS, atthe CfjEviP SrOf. . - AnhevilleX. C tf VA Lare Irot - Of . Coffee brown and crushed Sa?r," f'r ale by .r. RAXKiN PULL1AH. AujOTl.5. tf , I . Youth's and Gentlemen'!, klb Cape, tof different tvte and pneca, by I . . RANKIN d FULLIAM. Aagnal 5. tf . 1 . , , TO HIRE. . . ' A first rale cook, ironer and woher, one that served the last 12 roonthf at the Eagle Hotel, and ha jrivven general aatisfa etion in several, pri. vale famijiee. She i a Mtropg, likely iwuljuto. With a cljild foar year aid.' AIo,- three: cnalt. likely boy. A.H on good term. Apply td lb obftcriber, three mdes et of Aaheville. , . , THO. T. FATTON. Jo!y, 1S47 tf 36I ALBERT T. SU1IUEY, AGCl'T, rentes ttt DUccsst ti lit lnzi , f : : .:Itit Ci8 feir. . a AsMtytux laneary, 181T-331. T Lawns for Ladies DtczzzZr Of atw aod rfcbijrlrhvlyt -ti r''f Aorwd. ll , Kibbons, Flowrs, Fuflcy Neck Tl. Drrs Il dkf. kid f lave, lk ttiOl, tX aricflw lyloymt r'. ay ' ;.WAOTIBID).i. , Ortotwo Appfentree wiH TMtalea at tl3l OSec, if ppeaiMa ba mi i Jty o, iw.i. J. A. D. FITZQCKA.LD Attorney, and CtQBuIlir tt Litr. . Waikksvillb, Hatwooo Cq., . A'rt4 fUraZina, ' . Dee. 94, 131& ty. 13- ITt OR.lIT IT LI TT. Will attend rrffuUrly lh CoaH ofMaoofw f la j wood, IJAjncomV.'Yaney -ad MflDowfk All hoinr entrusted to bi cart will U ftrot?V Ijr attended o.- ' Atviiie,i.u. Apru o, in4. 1 llilf Heady made Clothing Handonc.awrtVn?ht of Coat VnU aa PaiiUi for uirtncr wear. . ; , fnar23,1847.lf , - Softif. GUiV LOCttS. A supenuf article, iut rwed rJW YX.V A riLLIAft. ,r . If. April, 23, 1817.1 NOTICE TO BANK DEALERS Will act at Htnl n Offrrtn; Xiln fir toooiaod Kcnfwal at the Ashe r ille Ertaci tf : tho" Bank of Capt Fear, and will tharjc the Cnstecaary Fct t for bis icrTim. AihcTilfc, Apnn Mi I!7. 3t6-ly. "LADIES AND MISSES ' ' I-:.' t I. '. . '.-..'.. '.'. - i - ' - Straw. Florence, and China Peafl llaata. a handuraaorlD)cnt. jurt ofiened at RANKIN 6l rULLlAM S. tf A bcautifiil lot -of handsom& nd desirable pat terns roowaleined Una art oft". rd at unpruccdcnledlf -low prieea, ky " ' August' 5. tf Notice. The uodervigncd slill eontinoe to 'attend tea General Commission Business in this town, and "rnspcctru'ly solicit coftaif" mni of McacniMMsK to bo furwardod, and ra iuc to be sold. . ' II wilt give hi prompt personal ittentioa U the above, and also to the purchase of Cooda I order. ' ''., J. F. GRIFflN. fUmburg, S. V, July 221HI6. 6m. , Stale ofJVarth Carolina 1 .Wdliaoi Welch, and Welch Si. Drf ' ' : ' ' , v. - -; ' , - Arrhibald Lnd. Oriirml attachment levied on Land. t ; It appearing, to Ihe nalmfaction of the Court . that the defendant, Archibald land, i a rtoa resideril of this bUte. " It t' therefor order4 that publijificni be mude irt Ut Ilifrhland Me enjjrr, pnWihpd.t AftfieTtlle, for wi week, o. Iifymjf Mid defendant to appear before, tha J. ticca of wit nel Court of Plea and Quartet Section, to be held for tho County of Haywood, aV th Court-houte ..in Waynetvifle, on the 4tkf Monday in Sept! next, then & thereto replevy flf plead to ie, other wipe judgment will be rend, ed ajrainftt him final, and the. land lericd en conneniDt-d and told to salsify plaioUffa debUaai VitrrMt Walter Brown. Clerk' of oar m(4 Court at ofTice, the 3d Monday in June, 1847. . w. iikowm, r.vk. July g, 1816. ' pr fee $6. 3-6. AVAUE-HOUSB ' 1 ANT)-. , ; The Subcnber have purchaned from Natbaw ' L. Grjffin, Kq the Cotton Ware.oue in I fad, burr, recently occupied by Dr J; F. Griffin, 4 form"crfv''by.Mefirn. HVt JrftVdt Co..wtou4 at thc Tol or the Hill, and immediately a4 14 head of I he main buinei alraet. Frm it s(U perior lorai mn, ant) bein j surrounded by a stream of wter, ii i comparatively exempt from th rafuality 0f.: fir and entirply bor tlie hiflk , fre altela. . ', . , ' 1 , . - ' They propose to ' erry on exclnaiTely th'' IV A RE.1IO USE A SD GENERA L FAG. TOR AGE BUStXtlSS. under the firm of liKIUEft, A.PAKTLOW. Having engaged an txjwrience ad eomfv lent aMMant, . in Addition to their own peroav at attention, and poemtng mcana,to nake UV cral adranee on Produce consigned ta theif care, thry hereby tender their service to FUnU era. Merchant, and othera, in the 8 tor a j an I naie 01 iOHon, r tour, Karon, and other fre duce, it, .Receiving and Forwarding Merc baa. dt?e. and purchasing good lo order. - Their'charrc will be regal ted by the aaI rate of the place. , . W.W.GEIGER. , ' ' ' JA.J. Y. I PARTLOW. June 17. 1847 3536m. First Rate Wheat Land to Rent. 135 Ac rii of the beat third yer r' lane, ef land that. ha the third erop or Cofn, to real, ia field or barceU of from ten to thirty aer, ea Ihe t-hareo.r' 1 erma mad known when apptiee lion ta made. I invite all who wiih to rent ta come and sce llie . com crop that i new taa int. u 1 , , THO. T. PATT0f Aofcwt'12,184T.' 6t "365 v State of North Carolina , i l Buncombe County. ' i : Cowl of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. . ' Jclv Teta, 1847. If ial ordered hf the Court that KeteafW Uv Trm of Mid Court will be kept epea only ( 4j at each Term, except at th Janoarr Terji) which will be kept open three 'day or traoaaej buameae in said Court. - And it U furtker dered that the anie b pdblijbed in taa HibUadl ALEX. HENRY, CTk. Aumt 12, 18IS.6t ZZ3 Blanks for Sale Mere:
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