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" Thia'Ua ,ru C,PT f lha original, which wa approved 10 the ciiy of .(J;jrre taia by lb general in-chief :ol iho army, I brorderuf hi Excellency the President, ; wh'Ca was communicaieu iu; us wira the 1 cot of hia Excellency the AT.nisler of War, under dae of March 4, which fuU k,: Oo this day I transmit to the General in-chief f il Army of Operations at Qjeretaro,' the following copy: i ..it- i? . -it u' r . i "111 ijccnriicj, urn i rriueni JrO ' Un.. l council wun the Minuter, has - fiamined the armistice agreed between, the ITeticio General li.Ki Ignacia do Afora v Villamil and Don Dcnnito Quijano and the ,i GtortnU of the American army, Worth - god Smith, and you are hereby auihorired, General in-chief of the Army of Opera - i tioot, to give your signature to the-aaiif . 1 cVumcol accompanying those two ori-i '! aU, signed by iho aforesaid genera). J. Altar having jratifiedjheae. documents ( you will forward the m to this office." ' i In consequence of this order, the general l ia chlet has sanctioned jho armistice, the copy of Wbiqh i return, with, the two co ' piatlhit )oq transmitted, rue, with your j nt of the 2 J of ihe present month, to be , ratified by the gr'ncrnl-in-'chipf of the North j Aracrifan'rroy. Ho pleased to aend it to J,iM office so that it be published in due form f law. KiNACIO PB MO?x Y VILAMIL. 1 llfcNlTO QUIJANO. A j , Ratified b ni, in the ciiy of 'Mexico, I iheStaof March, 1848. W. O. BUTLER; , Mjof-T7en. U.'S 'A. Commanding. I" HIGHLAND MKSSEXKBR. ' THJS.W.AniN &.MARCJS ERWIN, EDITORS. ThurKluy, April C. ISIS. For President ZACHAUY TAYLOJ!, OF LpUteUNA.; KOU GUVEUNOU. , chaki,k:s manly, , ; 06MVAIiCOUNTV. 1 The Loco foe o papers are industriously 1 laboring lo make ciipital of :be dusatis- faction manifested by one or two Wlii" papers in the Lantern section of the State at the nomination of Mr. Manlv . for tiov, ,X t ........ . ... j '' ;. I rnor. It was generally- conceded that the East mas' entitled to the nomination, ' but sevoral of her . prominent men dccli i ning the proffered honor, the Convention i took up Mr. Manly, as a gentleman every , way qualified to discharge the duties of i iha station with advantago. to tho State nnd credit lo himself., The L'-ktos, when endeavoring lo mako . the impression .that certain Whig jurnaU, are dissatisfied. . al tS nomination, do not tell lUcichok truth; They iorget to ti ll that every paper w hicli hsj cthibittd dissatisfaction nt all, has , done so only because the .nominee was tibt. so Eastern niao, and not on account of Any want of confidence in Mr. Manly. r Among all classed, there i but dno opin y ion on that point , and that ii, that the norr. . inea is every way worthy the UadivUed iuffrages of-his part jr. That' he will ba victorious is not " at. all doubted by eveni any portipii of - his' political opponents. . This miserable fliift to make capital-of a acctiunal dissatisfaction: and but -a slight v one at that, is on a footing vit h ninnysrnV Vilar things pefpetraied by the sarn'e par- If. The Whigs of the East wiU naiUto thatountcf the L'ase uisinuation that they i Would sacrifice their principles fur cobaltry v a -cause, by sending up her iipmenso' ma- j iriiius to August; for Charles Manly, thp people' caridid4t. . t r L It ii confIrfemf brlieyed , 'al WTasli:ing'pn that Mr. Tolk ill bo the candidate for re. election'. We are sure noting would af ford the Whics more satisfaction." Let Jimmy be tlio nan by all means, Tiie ' people would like to ha,ve ; another chance at the gentleman through - the ballot. box, after which he would bo at no loss, to fts - eertsifUhe place he held in their remenv braheb. . Ho was elected before' by I fraud ofrthe darkest kind, but wo think he" would be unlble lo gull the Pennsylvania ;Dutch , agin, great fools- as they are. There'a - nothing like a" liltle'cosily' expedience' lo fcrinj people to uso their- wits if they, have my at all. Come, gcntlemett Locos, . nominate the Ivnighl of Blunders", wo en jreat of you. He's our choice, decidedly " aaJ although we done what little we could Wfore to indke the ? people to Appreciate Iho little mani we promise joiT to redouble our t-flUrta, if passible But this will hard ly be necessary. The .question, was once liked; 'who is Jurods K. Polk? It will iewr be again, his name; will Jive to be ' cursed while freedom has" a champion or public v irtue'.and honesty a votary. .Mr. Webster delivered a speech in the Senate on theJ23d or ilarch which is at trading great attention. It U trua great . cffUxt. No speech has been delivered dur. ing tkeseision on the tame subject, the ' war wiifa-Jiexico, which is mora deser. nga general circulatioiO. We will ' try and find room for. it shortly.' 1 , Hon. D. M. Barringer wilt please ac cept our thanr fof tatrresting documents forwarded uj. ' ' . ' , nr. ri- - 1 . ; - me, correspondence between Geo. Scott and the War Department," Ha atated lhai tfle correspondence as -furpUhed the House, was garbled, and not full, calcula ted to create falsa .impreaaiona regarding uco. ocott.ana mua place him in an im proper tight bt(on the country. Hii'.cb- jVct was 10 if cure a re-consideration of the motion,' until iho irtafecorrcspondence was lurtjiahed. 1 Mexico has court ma malted mady her Generals and .other officers,1 for; tow management and defeat, while our Presi dent, tn the exercise of lh authority really or astumedly his, has arrested and court martialled a great man of ourofiicer ion the victories thev have trained nnd fh . r.. . . 4 . aJor thejr have displayed! ' Queer, iq't ill- ... Do the Locos thluk aoy one so reen as not to ace-through' their pretended love'for Gen.. Taj lor? Thv miscalculate a few, we guess, if they do.' By pretend ing to admire Gen. Taylor,' they hope to weaken tho confidence of the Whig in his soundness. Don't put Vourstjves to ny unnecessary.' troublegentlemen, the Whig party, in the main, ,a re Well satis. Med iihlhe old Thundercr,-and know. that your conduct is only prompted by fear of-him. ' Ho' be the candidate, in" spite of your love, and-we ; venture the assertion that after his nomination you'll tune your harps to a different note. ' ; The tioastful spirit maoifestird by -the Locos ubout carrying the ..Governor elec tion, wii: Lsakc out at their fingers rends about the first Thursday in August. . ' 11 ProgressiVe Dexocbacy 'Colonel Betrton, compares 'Progressive Dcmocra. cyv io an engine' driving at the : rate. of 30 milea ijin Jiour, of a dark night, without a laniern or a cqw-'catcher. , lion. Pierre Soule, of New 'Orleans, Democratic Senator elect from Louisiana, has been sentenced hy Judge Mi: Henry to twenty four hours irnprisonmciit, ,und to pay a fine . of JfJIUO, for aa contempt "of court. I he allfged contempt consisted in Mr. Soulo looking at tha Judge iu whall the latter considered an olTensive mann:r. A" large number of persons' Visited Mr. S. white in confinement, and w hen liberated he was escorted home by upwards of fif teen hundred persons,' The $100 fine Avas paid by a public subscription, no per. S(5n being allowed, to contrite more than a dime. An act securing to married women! their separate estates has passed both houses of the Alabama Legislature J .'and- was p proved by the Governor on' the" 1st inst. -It provides thartbe . wife's' restate shall be held bv the husband as in,i trust. If the .wife's -estate bo equul to her right-of -dow er, on her husband's death, she has no claim whatever to his property, and oth er wl&e, only to the difference between her estate tnd the dower. At the death of his wife the husband comes inid .absolute' pos session of her personal property and for fife of her estate. ' The' husband and. wife are jointly made liable for articles supplied for family use. - J. M. Bolts' letter.of protest, against the action "of the Virginia JJiato Convention, las called furth a reply from several gen ilemen who were also delegates, in which Bolts is riddled without mercy, aji he ought tb be. Tike the following extract-as a" sample: t , ' 'Six hundred and ifty delegates,, n'ro-' fessing to represent the "people of all "Vir gin i u , comi ng resh f rom dearly' eve ry county and "precinct; appointed jilst at the moment of action, part! and parcel of ,the people themselves; ome tagether at vthe capitol of the State, EvWy gentleman is permitted to'orTer whatever auggestions he chooses lo offer. The utmost latitude of debate is allowed. Mr.;. Bolts is himself there, to look afteall the interests of f.this Clay ball Vhich he said h'e put in motion." He sjeaks ofjener, and speaks longer, than any gentleman in the bod); and, when ircocruja to the' vote; bis, propositions are toted down, by an overwhelming majority. - Was he not .bound tj 'submit? ; Hf a min-of conciliation " and compromise! What business- had he th?'re, unless he meant to'yield something as well as ano the;? He' did threaten to retire, if beaten. He was beateri, but'he did not retire. No he remained in the convention to the, last; and retired as cn$ oj u-io puuusn, wuo the greater appearance of authority, a por test to the public which wins for him the plaudits of, the Democratic- press. A pro test in which he slaps away, right and left, at friend and foe. Censuring the.mem era of tho legislature for the manner of the call 'and tho .form of the organization of the conventjorJ.-Assailing the 'eooven.- lion itself for the rujes it; adopted and the decisions rendered; and, as an irre sponsible body, whose existence terminated : . . .t,.nini thffi ilia nAnlo with IW-'iaOOrs v I were misrepresented.-Attacking General Tavlor the nominated candidate of the State.-lQtiog Mr.tewart, of Jnsvl? vapia. to prove that Taylor may bo a Wil, moi Promo man; and bringing to the New uuv(rjaotnaitjd apeecti ia the tho Housoon the 21sl ultimo, in reference to a motion which had beeo made, ta print Yoik Uer.;;.i i-J'itidual opinion, that vjrt a uemocrai." , . - It majv V 1.2 Sif. ly DUI down at a "fired (U'ctV that Jolir.r.v has most efTeriuaUv L . " 1 a t . j tho assistance of a -i hbir of love be fWfc gecilerr.cn t ! . provoked. , 5eh. Titlos i: HarrUrg (Pa.J 1: VZ :7TCTIp:t. Th cr putljsnca t letter.', from WasLIt;-, ; - writer of which says: ; Icformatioq has Icea 1 received bera from the very hichest authority, that Gen. Taylor is the firm anj decided friend of PROTECTION -TO ' AMERICAN IN. PUSTRY that be regards the policy piol as a party, but a high national que. tion, and, jf elected, lie will recommend lo Congress to extend adequate and ample protection to American manufactures and itidustry in every department. He has declared that "no true American keart can be opposed to the Protection of American industry in tompetilion with that of foreign countries"- This he has- never hesitated to declare publicly jn the presence of dis tinguished .men and , officers of th$ army, who have slated the. fact in,my hearing.' j ;WHIG MEETING IN MACON. On Vednesday, the 22d ultM a' meeting of the Whigs of Macon, assemble j ' io the Court Housotin Frankhn. : . Dr. Thompson Allmarj was, on motion, called to the, Chair j and A. B. - Donaldson,, appointed Secretary.- , j . .The objects of fiie meeting were explained by Dr. I h G. .Woodfip,to be, tojcsivood iri the Cailfor a National Convention to be held at Philadelphia on the 7ih of June next, for the purpose of nominatitig a AVhig .pan- dfdate for President, .jand also-to respond to the action of the late Whig Gubernato.' rial convention. ' On motion, Dr. H. ,G.-.Woodfin, Dr. T. Allman and J. Y. llicjks, were 'nppoiifted a committee lo preptirc resolutions for, the nc'.ion of the meeting;. The (ncing-theft adjournejd until 7 o clock, P. M. ' 'The meeting agan met ,a ,7 o'clock, pursuant to adjournment'. The Chairman, Dr. Allman called the meeting to order. The Stcretarv beinir ' absent John' Y. llicks was appointed ' in his : jltfce. Dr.- Wood fin , from :the' lCorn'mii)ee, reported tho following resolutions: . s : - : M hereast Tho Whigs of iherUniied States have agreed, to hold a Convention at Philadelphia on the.7th '.of June next, for the purpose of selecting candidates for President and Yice President; and ; Whereas t A proposition has been made and concurred iri by other Counties, for a District Convention to meet.at Ahevill6, on Tuesday of Buncombe Superior Court, to appoint a delegate frpnTibe 1st Congres- sional District of. Nj 'C, to the. . .-Natrona I Whig Convention; and whereas,Jwe ap' Lprove coch of those propositions; Therclj lore ' JResoIred-,' That five delegiles be appoin. ted by thiii meeti ng to represent the Vhigs of Macon County, in ihe Convention in AsheviUe. - t "; j '.' .' , ' u Ixesolved; That -ou? confidence in ihfl eminent qualifications, integrity" and pat riotism of Henry Clay remains unshaken; and with deference, to the opinipns : of all outi Whig friends who think otherwise, we believe the present crisis, in cur , national afTdirs renders- it ! peculiarly'-: appropriate thatjiis name should again ha. placed be fore the American Ipeople. for. Presidents v Resolved t That iwe approve the nomin. ation of Charles Mauly, as the !Whig can didate for Governor of N.-C. ' ' ' ' Rfi'soltcd, Thkt ''Mr. Manly is hereby invited to visit Alacon county 'at such lime during the, canvass, as may suit his con- venierrce. f . , On .motion of . J. L. Moore,"Esq-, the resolutions were unanimously adopted. The following resolutions were then of. fercd and passed una" nimouilv: ;,-;: - Resolved That we approve the propo- sition the county of ,Cherokeei to hold a conaenlion of delegates appoined-by the Whjgs of each.Ca'ptain's district, - lo nom inate a Vhig candidate for Senator of this Disfrict in the next Legislature; and thai we recommend to, the Whigs of ihe differ ent Captain's districts to appoint delegates. to attend said Convention. ' . Thd following gentlemen rre re then ap. pointed to the Asteville convention: J. L.( Moore; W. II. Bryson, J. X. Hicks, Dr. H. G, Woodfin and DaVid V. Sder. . . i. Oo motion, the! Secretary was ordered io forward the proceedings of this ' meeting ta' the Highland Messevger for 'publication. tl'-fbe meeting! then adjourned.' r. ,;, T).iLLMAN,PREs'NT. - J. Y. Hicks, Secretary A man was arrested in Massachusetts a few days ago on the charge ; of - having poisoned his wife fourteen ' years ago.--The body was lately found) to be in a good slate of preservation, nd the stbmich con. tained 4 or 5 jzrams of fersenic, ' . "r J; Tha,amouht iuvested by Lou's Phillippe in New York city is said, to be between ten aod.lweBty millwns. - i tJcam of nitoilirr riccibrr c- Coasres-s. -" Mortality among ccr Trocps in Mexic V "Iqs.V'n his letter io the 'CaTticcre Sun daied Vashing.on, March 10, tsys: : The speaker r ad to day a j tterg4ving information of the rcesse of the Elon John M HoMe, of fiewr York. . He came here in a deep dechne and, afier giving his vote mihe orgamzaiiort : or the ll&ruse, weot to ibe 3outh j for bis health. ThJa is ihe third Whig member tf the -: House whoM death has occurred at ice the com. mencement of the sessiorl It. is said that a tetter from a coodaource was read, in the Senate during jhe secret session on the treaty, which showed that our troops we. re Vying, in :Mextco. at the rate of nearly a thousand a month, and thatAhia fact influenced the rote in faror off the treaty. . ' t- - I learn; - says the', Washington Cr re,s- pondeni pf the Baltimore iuii, that, the gallant.' Lieut. CoL JFrcmom is about d eave, with hia fmify, for a residence ia Oregon.' Tho fact, has probably sraprd notice that lhV 'iVesideht of be United States has not yet accepted Col. Fremont' resignation. ; It is not improbnUe that the Executive has chosen to leave the .matter open to afford "the intrepid young soldier an opportunity, under the influence of the 'sober second thought, to withdraw it; Dridgo at niagara Falls. The . New York Courier has tho follow ing letter describing the first transit across the whirlpool of Niagara: , loua readers have not forgotten, I am persuaded, a sketch -which I gave of the famous Niagara Fall 3uspenMon, Bridge, and which, from the interesting "nature of the subject of which it treated, was cxten sively copied. . i ' , The w-ork ts becrtm, and the- first cross ing has ete$ ttadtl, 1 am fonapaiely ena bled to send to the Courier some thrilling facts connected with this journey, such as nodn; in the. new world; ever before made. - - '.I raised,' said, the distinguished En gineer, .'my urst tatle wire cable on OAt urday, "and '.aochofed ifl 'siTyrefy both in Canada and New York.. - To day, (Kirch ioj i tignienco it up,ann suspenaea . DC" low ii an iron basket, which 1 had caused to be prepared for the purpose, and which is aitachft-d.tn pulleys along tho cabte. un mis uiue mazrunt . i crossed over w Caruzda, 'exchanged salutations- with our friends there, and- returned again, all in tiueen. minutes, f i he tcind tons high ana the weather cold, but y'f t the trip was very iriterrstiriglo me; up as I was two hundred and forty feet above the Rapid, and .view- i - t. V l r --.' - i r-. ::; ' iugas,i aia, irom tne centre oi tno Tiver, one or iue most; , suoume prospects ; wnicn nature has 'prepared da this 'earth of ours "The - machinery did .'not work as sfhoothly as 1 wished, -but in the course of this wet-k'l will have ft so adjusted lhal anv boJy may cross ir, safety. . - The view from ihe centre of the bridge must have bwn glorious, but whether sufB. cjently so to. have repni'd the adventurous architect for bis perilous journey , 1 leave to the romantic readers of the Conner to imagine.' 1 understand that a lady has since the above dato'made trfc drin trtfa.-lihe sit. . , ' , ' - : havoAyaiched tne progress of this great work anxiously. The Engineer is riling his name-in iron letters on the record 'of useful men. Th'S. is nt his tnly archieve. ment The bridge constructed at WheeU inc;, Virginia Of l;O0t feel span, is hii designing.- t shall keep-you r'readets' ad vised 'of, every important progress in the VrrcaV national work , whose first usefulness to man Ahe 'object: of aH'.Uight . laborVI chronicle, to-day; ; trust;' it may beiges before any one shall be able to say . in re spccUo this bridge of the 'Cataract:''The last link is broken' v - ' A Revebend BiGAMiST.'-The Rer. B. C jtlore, of Loursville Iy;.,,t warns the nublic against the. wiles of a pteacher, of the name of Rev. Dr.' Stella-J Randolph, formerly of jNew Jerseyj who has ,lyo or more' wives ? living, ana who is supposed no ya be. hunting out for another, victim. His; first wife wa of the name of Randolph , whom he lefi with two children, in 1841 j at'Northneldi N. 'J. , and -eloped with ano ther female. He afterwards came to Ala bama,' and marriedmoving subsequently to .Dooneville, Ao., ,with her. He has since left her, aod js roving abroad. The imp6sier. is represented to be 33 yeara of age-rather stout, buihi t.he rrght leg about '6 inteheS shorter thari the left; but ' length ened by .cork inside the boatand the right hip out' of joint. He is a doctor as well hs preacher Pass him roond!-T-J"JTu- cogeeGa.) Democrat.' m. .While inme persons-'in th, employ of Major Bates, , of Guernsey , in Ohio, were enaed in'quarrying alone' for the repair of'the national road, on the hill went of Cambridge, they , found io a petrified state what was supposed to have beed lbs body of.an Indian child, which' perhaps ceatu ries ag'o, was deposited in that spot; This extraordinary specimen of ancient 'remains was found embedded ' in a mass of solid .rock, and has the appearance of a stone image, somewhat imperfect in its outward form, yet haVing 'the general outlines of the human shape. The.mslerialsof which it is composed appear to be a species of rimesione. o me same cavuy was also found a small row of what appear lo hate been Indian beads matted together. . ,-, ! r j , y '" ; .A woman some, time since died. in. New Hampshire of the dropsv. It is staled that she had been ; lapped, - since November, layo, more than two hundred limes, and more than eight .thousand nine hundred gallons ufr water,- equal to eleven hoST hiead, drawn from he4 ' f Arrival of tlie Cnlcdoula J ; LATER F0)J EVItOPC It is said that the rcTolulion ' has spread throughaut France. AU the Departmeuts havW joined Iht Republic: JLis Phithppe and, the Royal family, wiih Guizot, have arrived ia KngUnd, Tba European Timo; dated Liverpool Sunday, jlarch 13, says; - The revolution in Franco is -now an fail accompli. The abdication f Louis, PniU tippe, the appointment aod rejection of a reg'Ccy the complete triumph of the Par isians over the army, iha esUbiivhment of a Provisional Government, ihe proclaim of a Republicjtbe overthrow of the House of Peeia and titled' distioctions fle pre cipitate and abject fl-ghl oalthe members of th Orleans family and their niHguided mioistty to our own shores or ohcr place of exile, the imnWiat recognition ojT ihe new Republic of France by Great Britain, Ik-lgium, Switajerlandj aod tho ; United S.j have all fallen, in such rapid' -succession. that the events of everjr hour come teeming 1 with some mtghty occurrence bncciing.thf doctrines of wijole nattous and dyoasncs. .A decree htsgone forth. tint a ne Ra tional Assembry is lo be called on the 20th of Apfil, whef the Provisional 'Govern ment will resign i's power into the hands of . theddiniiive Government. .Universal suffrage; and vo:e by balfol are' to secur-e liberw,. equality and ' fraternity!to France. Unr latest v advtcea from ran, - are to ttKTQih ultimo, a nd- represent the .Citv as iranqun oui uie rrnancrar crisis ; aim con tinues unabated, and some' eminent houses are spoken of as being in difficirfties, but no other failures have ben aunouiiced.; The Arch Bkshop of Paris, accompanied by two vicars generals, presented himself to the Provisional Government on Tuea day, and gave in his adhesion to the new order of things in the name of the entire clergy of the Diocese, " . . ! " England waits with her arms folded, in, deep and anxious alarm, for the next scene of this strange eventful history." ' : ; In London, a I rifling disposition' to riot waa experienced in the early part of. th week, but-ihe ' .disorderlies were confined to mischievous' boyl and citizens out of employment. Orrjcr was speedilv restor eaV . ' - Ia Glasgow, tho tumults were more se rious, and several persons were unfortu nately shot by tho military.- The rioters in that city were merely thieves who plun dered the shops and hsve evidently no political object in view, ' , , In I rela nd, breach of the peace -has yet taken place, but the excising hfrgunge of certain portions of the press which surpasses anything Within oar recollection -! has not escaped the ftttemion of the author ities. t ' ' The Ex king and Queen of France nrl rived at Brighton, (England,) on . jhe 3rd ultimo. The King.jti landing, was dress ed'in a groen blouse and blue - overcoat, borrowed of the captain of the Express. The. King htfd not, in fact a - chungo of clothing., 1he Ex King and Queen have, for some days, been moving from farm house lo farm house, in the neighborhood ofTrefori. They were nearly exhausted by fatigue; and on b's arrival, the King stated that, a night or two back, he had' thought of giving himfclfjup. ' On landing, the ; Ex King and Queen were welcomed by the inhabitants nearly whole of whom had the gratification of being shakea by tne nana by Louis rhil hppp - - Paris. Feb. 2u Mr. Rush. Ambassador of ",the U, Stales, accompanied by jtr. itZdrtin and major Pincson alsi; waited on the members Of the Provisional Govern- menty to whom he delivered nV flattering address. The following 'details of this in terview are lafcen from tho National .. At 12 o'clock, the representative min ister of the Ua'ued Stales went l? the Hotel de Ville iff formal recognitionof the Pro'- visional Government tohnni be deliver ed a: flattering address. It was appropri ateln the representative of the- American Uniort, io be the first to welcome our e in fant Republic, for there is no bopd more j,0werfu between nations tjnn community of sentiment. The s:cp taken by the minister of iho United Cii'.!.3 .n made rx .isting cirrumstancescf t rL: . rportance. Although fully expecic J, n .i 'touched a cutely al! the members tf ll,: Provisional Government; and, after an i..:jrviw, in which were exchanged the noblest senti ments, they in a body accompanied this Representative of a great nation to ihe threshhold of the Hotel do Vifle. as a broof of tne cordial aflectwa w !i:c!i must ever ejcist between the American ar.J .5 French Republic. The whok of tjje CoIonrN cf the 108th and 78lh were nearly all mapBacred by their own men for refusing to march aamst the Tuilcm, - Accident at Ticw .r!;. - .The New York. Com-p.):.;.. t cf . the Vashiogtoo Union, usder djf.3 r.f .March 21, says; ; "The city was ian!cd t!"i r -rr.'rg'by the report of a ternb'e acc;.j" t ,rn the usually safe and uneventful roil rcr 1 route to Philadelphia. The drawbri .'j? z I, c ark hating been left open, ar.J, it is i-.', 1. the engineer not seeing the-flg, 1! -j v. hole jrain plunged at full speed, head first, into the t assaic, burying the locomotive, ten der, baggage car and half of ihecond class car. in the riverl The confusion and terror, as may be imagined, were extreme. In the first panic, msny lives were sup posed to be lost; but there is rpason to hope since since,-that though many suiTr ed serious injuries; none were Li' led. V.r. Van Buren Was a passenger ia t'. cars,- but got bill tinhUrt. , The crr.ccr escaped by clinging to aq' overhead,, j ,st as ihetraia was going ovsrt It. is u hoped that there will, be at once a ri i i any1 there Are, exposed to the atroncil public censure." - ' , Grief,, jn nfodem tiroes, in a state o f roc t y ooid and oppressive s the pTesehteniol'-.s iii viciun; ana tne Doing wno has net su .tied can neter bays thoight or felt- ITCtit:. Resolutions passed by tho Whig Stato Central Gmmirr,of Iraryland:, "ResokMi ThaVfft view of tha great achletenv-nts; the 1 frromfneftt viftnet , and dwtrpguished pntriot?r of Oetu iUnchary, Taylor, connected witnT his kdowtf and) a vowel attachment to ih principle tt tho.; Whig party, this cornftitft9! dW rcCognitt' hirn as the eandidaia fjT the Chief Iff git--tracy, most likely td ensure the tpyralltiorf and upprt of. the whole coontry.' , T t R-r-ft I r V - t Dli.il. mailt -ufacturer and vender of llomCCrpthiC medicines, residing in Fi&rth streef, fblt. adelphin, was found in hii bed room, stab bed and. cut fn fully twrnt'y places', and fn the aganiea if death. J The terrible tragv dydocs not en4.bero.v 1 3rs. Rhade, wife of the unfortunate victim was. also found1 imhe same room whb her' husband,! en-' iirely dead, having been literally hacked1 and cut to piece". : No cfuA has been had ta iho perpetrators of this horrid crime. .SottBTHixo EiTKlbRDiiRT Duririj be entire day yesterday, not a bale or Cotton was sold in our market. Thif it lhlnk is without' 4 parallel in the Mstory the Cotton business in- our city at this lea', son of the' year, and is bna of the results of the establishment of the; 'Tefrgraph. '; Lhatestvn Mercury lift. m , SERlots Accirt?rfs.-"At a t Military ra view (of volunteer corp7 at ' CFiaiTestod,' (S. C-,) on TrWay laslj Col. flumV nora'V reared and fell with him, by which ho itt tained aome injury, though not seriously, by . a fracture of his cfctr bone; and a member of'one.of the. German companiea, being also thrown from his horse, was so seriously hurt thtibu died on' the following niorning Vnct the electoral law of -Franca of 1S31, only alxiut 2CM',' O0 permn had the right of auf. frmge out of popnUlion of 35,000,0(10. .It waa lo enlarge thin right that the Hepuhhcans have la-bott'd with jiptech' and pen for years, and tat- terlv: they had tfntmducrd mho France, aa a mao' of influencmp pobl;C vpjntoq, Ihe practice of hold tug rrforfn bsirvqUfl, gatbennf? analofls to ouf rfla ineclifu't. Tlie one which was aftnointel 'or the 22d .Februarys in one of the aiittrt'cr of ram wa. foVlndr!eTr by the Govern rncfit. Th" waa the prnxitoate caiwe of the popular outbreak; Was Exrax'KS.-Damet Ateh'sfer, a year ten, declared in the Uhited Stalea Kcnale, that (he eir-nea of the war: would amoiint to 6ne rhiUiorY and a half per wrek The government prcit aad its echoes every wlrcre ridiculed! he estimate. ; But the War Secretary liaa made a report tt the Senate, at tlieir call, in which it ia stated, that the War Dcpa rtmefil alone, haa exiwndcd duriPp the first )c-ar I'vrfy one million, term Am. urea ona ctgniy one inousana, trven nttnurrU avl- SLL j LU 1 J '. V " ii ii i aaaaaaraaataaaaaaaf ' : 11 (I i (lilies. We are authorized fo announce Coi; Tiio'au .Mpaaia- as a candidate for Sheriff of. Bunccrmbfc county, , at tiro nejit election.- ' -..We --.are-. author-red to anndirfca Capt Prriif Fur. em a as a rarfddate for Sheriff of liuncomba county, at the nexf elccliort. TheSijb3c-iberh-jut received a bandsoroa assortment f - ;. vhicU fiV invars the pntic to call and eiamme. t VK 0 1 SH, ha intends to aell fower than ht Jias ever done, and hopea by a clo attention td business, tosbarc a libera) patronarfe.t ' : i 1 r.tltll . n' Ashevillc, lh April, 1848.1 ? i3U7 If: Itoolc oil t fov him, Dotts! FIVE CENTS REWARD, BlTAOTHlia . ftiVAWAT from the -subscriber on the '24th. ult., a bound b'y nimrd ' . , IAVII I IIAI.rORD, about 18 or 19 jears of age. heavy bmli, about 5 feet 6 or .7, indie. bjgh, and weighing about Hi pounds. AH persons are cjuljon.t against har. boriojj 6r lraihr51,with said bo Vi Thfe'abofafc-wa-d, payable in old paint hiuthei, bill no tfjanil apcotDpanyinj, will be paid fori his delive.rv. April 6, 1843, . 33731. 11.110 ' FORTH : TIR. AAKOX A. CLARK, Ifvt-a lately returned froa New York hH choice ssaortrilfnt of With and without the EOLfAV KTTAvM. M fJ.VT, ; frorn lha celebrated manufactory of aNU.N'NS frTLARK, afid intending, ftf ifee tdt ' sale a rohtfsn't ffepply of these and other At the Wtv. J. looker GEfGER &. JPAKTLOV, in thfrTown f Ilamhor)?;, nas' fntfirabU terfttt as at 'afty place in the' SOUTH CRN hTATES, invites the attention of those fvrenn. in B..r.r such' articles, an solicits them to call and ex amine; for themselrca before procecdinj further, where will a!obe found a supply of new ana fashionable SHEET MUSlC.aodixXHf 3 of in slrucUon for th VI N0. , A A. 1 Ij.WIH continues to Tune InsfrtitVfshU,. u " v. . iwiiiMi uv uu . ww ti ctijjiujcu tor nine years past. i ifamburg.S. C. AprH 6 &. jgf-6m.' A lt or&eUer Remaining in the Post Office at Authetille, on the 1st daj of Apt.it, 14S: Alexander Mary Mra Alexander Gorga " Brock James M ' ' Morns lAornaa Morris Jamrs Ntsbr t John C , Brow John Fat ton. Mary.AIra Brown Wm C .Vter Plemmrfs Peter Pal mer Thomas Cole William Ja'irfci Carter Edward : ; Candler George 2 ' Crawford Simnvna Cudess Benjitmifl ' A: Carr Ifenry Daniel ililleshery Davidson Samuel II Enjls Henry , " T. -r ThothasS f Tra Williams . t; : DS H.iljrnJ.W- . V "irflJoboF' r- nil Q Hewah' George . : lsral Kelson Pjtelp's William C Nation James M Patton Jtatilda. Patlofi John J Reavers Thoroaa . Rhodes Hannah Mr Roberta Benjamin ? Rice Henry A " ' Roberts Pierce Roberts Sarah L Hti i Sludcf John , ' Shepherd G W ' Sonelt J a dies Smith Hamilkrn' Sams A IJ Scmereft Andrew bmuthets James lmble or Emblsr Joseph Shepherd Fred A Jones Wra or Mrs JooesScharberrfagh Wal A Lance Martin -Teauge tlenry 4 Lee El.ta aoool J V Wamble Josiab Dr Ward Sd A Weaver' Janes T 'Wright Joseph ; West Joha .. ' W uhams Adeoijah Rst E. McC. TATE, P. .. Moore Wil ja ro Mlorgan Noah 1 ; ' Tiller 4orm j ''Colunell Obei.i " Hon John CT I .'I.ller Peter - Mtller'Gabircl P I April 6, 1343.
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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