out thai energy Prt ' " hiWl
that no America ii citiseu would wt have Oite
the battlee of the Niagara without sigh for hsj
country. I am happy, however, that before a
wont had beeu receited from the Department, and,
indeed, before it could have say knowledge of tla
mention, 1 had decided te take with tne the fr"k
and gallant colonel, anil hop aoon to learn that
ha. and very many other officers, have been re
warded with brevet for tltear highly diAisguished
services in the campaign Uint followed.
It wat in refereuce to the same rebuke that, ia
acknowledging your eommuuieatioit, I said, from
Vera Cms, April Se
"I might very well controvert the military prin
ciples ao confidently laid dwa by the IVpaitment
in th letter of the" 23d February; but believing
that the practice of the United Slatea arniy, in
the two wan with Ureal Hrrtain, would have no
weiirht. in th mrtieolar ease 1 w-ive farther
reply having, at the inomeul, au k'iaure and no
iucliiixlion for controversy.
Alluding to the heavy disappointment a, in respect
tn transports, eeige train and ordnance stores, theu
already experienced, I wrote to the Depurtmeut,
from LoIkm, Feb. 28:
Perhaps no expedition waa ever so nnaceonnt-
ablv delayed bv no want of forewrhl. arrange
ment or energy on my part, aa I dare affirm and
under circumstance llie most critical to tltia en
ure armv; for everybody relied upon knew, from
the first," a w-ll as I knew, it would be fatal to us
to attempt military operation" on this enast alter,
probably, the first week in April, and here we are
at the end of February! Nevertheless, this army
is i a heart, and crippled aa I am in the mean
required und promited, I shall go forward, and ex
pect to take Vera Cru and its castle in lime to
escape, by pursuing the runny, the pestilence of
the coast."
The city and castle were captured March 529;
and with about one-fourth i.f the necessary means
for a road-train (no fault of mine,) the retreat in
pun-nil of the enemy was vigorously commenced,
April 8. The battle of Cerro Gordo auoii follow
ed, and w occupied Jalap and Perote, where
we were obliged to wait for supplies from Vera
Crux, (n those positions I waa made to, writhe
under auothrr cniel dis.ipioiutineut.
In my four memorial lo Uie Department, on
llie farther prosecution of the war against Mexico,
written at Washington, aud dated respectively
October 27, November 12, lfi, ami 21 lit was
onlv intimated to rue the night of Novehiher 18
that I might prepare myself for the fic'd) pMKrs
in whiah 1 demonstrated that Vera Crux was the
true base of operations, and that the enemy's cap
ital could not, probably, be reached from the Rio
liraude, I estimated that, after taking that great
seaport, "about 211,000 meu,"or "an army of more
thau 20,000 incut, may be ueeded:
"1. To beat, in the field and in passes, any ac
cumulated force in the way. 8. To garrison many
important points in the rear, hi secure a free coin
momentum with Vera ("lux, and 3. To make dis
tant detachment iu order to gather iu, without
long halls, necessary suhwi4ei.ee "
And that force I mippoeed, including volunteers,
aud aided by rand and money bounties, might be
milled, iu time, by adding ten or twelve new regi
iiieuls of regulars and niliug op the rauks of Ike
old.
A bill waa introduced for raising ten additional
regular regiments; ami I, certainly, do not mean
t J charge the Department with the whole delay in
passing the nil through l.ougrean. But It waa
pis-ed, February 1 1. 1847, and under it, by curly
in April, some few thousand men had been alrea
dy raised and orgamxed. Mv distress can he con
ceived, by any soldier, nu learning, at Jalapa
AitiI 27, that the whole of that force had been
m-iiI. under Bngadier General Cadwaladcr, to the
Rio Urunde frontier.
In my letter to the Department, written the
day after, I said: I had expected that
" Detachments of the new regiment would, as
yon hsd promised iim begin l srnve in Him month
and continue to follow perhaps into June." How
many "vnluiileeral will re-engage under the at
unproved March 3. (ooly received two days ago)
1 know not; probably but few. Jleuee the greater
in v disappoiuliuenl eanard by sending tlie new
troop tn the Rio (iraode; lor besides their keefsog
the road, in our present rear. open formally weeks,
hv march's in successive detachment', I hsd in
tended, as I had advanced, to leave strung gam
sous in this place Jalapa iu Perote and Puebla
and to keep, at the head or the moveraeul a force
equal to any probable opposition. It may now de
peud on the number of old volunteers who may
re engage, ami the numlierof new troopa that may
arrive from the B.-axne in time, as also, in some
deijree, upou the advancer-of Major General Tay
lor, whether I shall find this innr in atrength lo
leave the garrison and to occupy the espial.
I may add that only about fifty individuals, of
the old volunteers, re -engaged under tlie provisions
of the act of March .1; that the remainder were
discharged May 4; that Major Urneral Taylor
inad- no movement in advance ou Smllillo, and
tint the new regulars, including Cadwalader's
brigade, ouly began to corns op with me, at Pue
bla,, in July; but not in eiifficieul numbers till Au
gust 6. The next day th" army commenced its
advance upon the capital with a lillie more Uiau
lil.iMM e&elive meU. .
It ia not extravagant to say that, if Brigadier
(neral Cadwalader's forces had not been divert
ed from me to tbe Uio Grande, where he was
made to lose, without any benefit t" Major Gene
ral Taylor, much precious lime, I might ensily
have taken this city in the month of June, and at
oe fifth of the loss sustaiued iu August and Sep
tember. The enemy availed himself of my forced
d-l ,y, at Puebla, to collect, to treble, to vrgamxe
and discipline hia forces, as, also, to erect uimie
lous and powerful defences with batteries. Near
ly all thoe extraordinary preparations, for our re
ception, were made afier the middle of June.
And it is known that the news of the victory of
Bnena Viata reaehd Washington in lime to coun
termand Csdwalader's ordm for the Uio Grande
before his departure from New Orleans. Two
rirle companies, with him, received the counter
mind there, and joiued me early.
1 know that I had, the miafortnua to give of
fence to the Department hy expressing myself, to
the same effect, from Jalaps, May 6. In a report
of that date I said
"The subject of that order (No. I3" old volun
teers) has given me long and uep solicitude. To
p.irt with so large and so respectable a portion of
tins army, iu the middle of a country which,
though broken in its (rawer, w not ye disposed to
sue for peice; to provide for the return home of
seven regiments, from this .interior position, at a
time when I find it quite difficult to provide truns
portaliot) aud supplies for the operating forces
which renMiu aud all this without any prospect
of succor or reinforcement in, perhaps, the next
seven months, beyond some 300 auny recrplta
present novelties unknown lo any invading army
before. With the addition of leu or twelve thou
sand new levies in April or May asked for, and
until very recently expected or even with the
addition of two or three thousand new tronpa, des
tined for this army, bul suddenly, by the orders of
the War Department, diverted to the Kio Grande
frontier I, might, notwithstanding the unavoida
ble discharge of the old volunteers seven regi
ments aud two independent companies advance
with confidence upon the enemy's capital. I
shall, nevertheless, advance; ImiI whether beyond
Puebla will d-'peud on intervening information and
reflection. Trie general panic given to the enemy
at 1,'erro Gordo at ill remaining, I think it probable
that we shall go to Mexico; or, if tlie enemy re
cover from that, we must renew the consternation
by another blow."
Thna, like Cortex, finding myself isolated and
abandoned, and again, like him, always afraid
that the next ship or messenger might 'recnll or
farther cripple me, I resolved no longer to depend
on Vera Crux or Ira.,,.. ,m u r1Mler ,jU
army -a seir-su-tainiug machine: as I informed
every body, including ih. head of the War De
pnrtmeut, and advam ed to Puebla
It waa in reference U t 'f'refoif .rion,
csum of eomplamt, and other, to he fo,Sl iu mv
? L,rr, ' '-Pect to money
for the disbursing staff officers, clothing. ,m Mr
1 net, commissioner that I concluded m footi
from Puebla, Juue-4, in these words:
"Considering the many erne) disappointment,
and mortiftcatioos 1 have- bee a mada to tmml -
1 'eft Washington, and (he total WHnt 0f w,,lport
or sympathy on the part of the War Department,
winch I have so long experienced, I beer lo ha rmi
cilled from this army, the mutuant it may he safe
ir any psrsou lo embark at Vera Crux which, I
sup(,. i -urfy j November. ProbaUv all
Wo, Urratioiui will he over long before that lime."
- - wv .vii tjraj
necessary.
Bat mv next report (July 25) from PueUt has,
no doubt, im tk td, been deemed more unper
dooabta by the Department Iu that paper, after
speaking or ttte "happy rnaage ts my reiaiwi.-,
both official and private, with Mr. Triaa," I cod-
tinneaj: ,: .
Aine! about the 26lh nltimo (June) enr inter-
baa been freqnent and cordial, ami I hove
found him (Mr. T.) able, discreet, courieons ana
amiable. At home, it ao chanced that we had bul
the slightest possible acquaintance with each other.
Hence more or less of reciprocal prejudice; and of
the existence of his feelings toward me I knew (by
private letters) before we met, that at least a pari
of Ilk Cabinet had a full intimation.
" "Still, the pronounced misunderetsnding be
tween Mr. Trial and myself could not have oc
curred, but for other circumstances: I. H
being obliged t- send forwsrd your letter of April
14, inrfead of delivering it in person, with llie ex
planatory rmp b Ae,iTrA ,0 commulV"
rale; 2. His bad health iu May and June, which.
I am happy t say, haa now become good, sad
The extreme mystification into which your letter
and particularly au interlineation -nnavotdatny
threw me. . , ,, .,
"So far as I am concerned I am perfectly wd
ling that all I have heretofore wnttei, to llirDr
partnient. h.,ut Mr. Triat, s.ld be suppressed.
I make this declaration ss due to my present es
teem for that gentleman, hut ask no favor, and
desire none, at the hands of the Department. Jus
lics to mvself, however tardy, I shall lake care to
i.... ease
I do not acknowledge the justice of eitlier oi
your rebukes coutaiued in the letter of May Jl , (m
relation to Mr. Trist and the prisoners at Cerro
Gordo) and that I do not here triumphantly vin
dicate myself, is not from the wsnl of will, means
or ability, bul lime.
"The first letter (dated r eb. 5 ) received noin
1 . i i ....
you, at Vera i;rtn, conlamen a ceimure, ....
now rehoktxl for the unavoidable nay wise, if it
had not been avoidable releaee, on parole, of the
Driaouers taken at Cerro Gordo even belore one
tvrA of o,.m,n.latian fnm overunieiii una
reached this army on account f gal'sjit enn-.lo.-t
in the eaoture of those Driaouers. No such
commendation has yet beeu received, ! b-'IrUM J
to, in regular progreswmi, I may eiinuMi tne
same army gallantly liear me inio uie cn ui
Mexico, in the next six or seveu wecKs wiiicii is
probable, if we are not arrested by a peace or a
true look to he dismissed from the service of my
country. You will perceive that I am aware (as
1 have long been) of the d ingers wlncii Jiang over
me at home; but I too am a citixen of the United
States, aud well know the obligations imposed.
under all circuiiaUancea, hy an enlightened pa
triotism. "Iu respect to monev, I beg agiu to report that
tlie chief commissary (Captain Grayson) of this
army haa not received a dollar from the vniteu
States since we landed at Vera Crux, March 9.
He now owes mure than .J2lKI,0H), and. at obliged
lo purchase on credit at great disadvantage. The
chief quartermaster (Caplaiu Irwin) has received
ierhaps $60,000, ami labors under like incum
brances. Both have sold drafts lo small amounts.
and borrowed largely of the pay department.
which has received about htlf the money esti
mated for. Consequently the troopa have some
four mouths' pay due them. Our poverty, or the
neglect of the disbursing demrtnieuls at home,
haa been made known, t our shame, in the pa,
pers of the capital here. through a letter of Lieut.
C
ol. Hunt, that waa found on tlie prraou of the
special messenger from Washington.
"The army is slso suffering greatly from the
want of necessary clothtug including blankets
snd great coals. I he new troopa. (thnaa who
have last arrived) as deal note as the others, were
first told that they would find abundant supplies at
New Orleans; next, at Vera Crux, and finally,
here; whereas we now have, perhaps, a thousand
hands engaged iu making shoes, and (out of had
materials and at high cot) pantaloons. These
articles, about 3(HH) pairs of each, are absolutely
necessary to cover the nakedness of the troop.
"February 28, off laihos, I wrote to Brigadier
General Brooke to direct the quartermaeter at
New Orleans to send me Isrge supplies of clothing.
March 1 6-26 General Brooke replied that the
quartermaster at New Orleans had 'neither chttli
ing nor shoes, and that he was 'feaiful that unless
they had been seut out to you direct, you will be
much dieappoiuted.'
"Some small quantity,of clothing perhaps one
fifth of onr wants came to Vera Crux from some
quarter and followed us to Jalapa and this place."
I must bere specially remark that this report,
No. 30, though lorwarded the night of ita date,
(July 2a.) seems to have imacarned. Perceiving,
about November 27, that it was not acknowledged
by the Department, I esused a duplicate to be
nude, signed it and sent il off by Uie same con
veyance with my daqialch. No. 36, and the charge
again! Brevet Major General Worth, Major Gen
eral Pillow, and Brevet IjeuL Colonel Duncan,
together Willi the appeal against uie of the former.
All these, p pers are acknowledged by the De
partment, iu the same letter January 13 that
recalls me.
It was that budget of papers which caused tlie
blow oC power, so long suspended, to fall on a de
voted head. The three arrested officers, and he
who had endeavored to enforce a necessary discip
line against them, are all to be placed together
before the same court; the innoceul and the guilty,
the accuser aud the accused, the judge and his
prisoners,.- are dealt with alike. Most impartial
justice! But there it a discrimination with a ven
geeucel While the parties are on trial if tlie
appealer is to be tried at all, which seems doubtful
two are restored to their corps one of them
with hia brevet rauk and I am deprived of my
command! There can be but one step more in
the same direction; throw tbe lules aud articles of
war into the fire, and leave all rauks iu the army
free lo engage iu deuuueiatious and a gene La I
scramble for precedence, authority aud Executive
favor. The pronmnriamrnlo, ou tlie part of my
factious juniors, ia most triumphant.
My recall under the circumstances, a severe
punishment before trisl, but to be followed by a
trial here, that may run into the Xntumn, and ou
mailers I am but partially permitted to kuow by the
Department and my accusers is, very ingenious
ly, placed on two grounds: I. My own request,
meaning that of June 4th, (quoted above, and
there was no other before the Drpartmeut) which
had been previously (July' 12) acknowledged and
rebukingly declined; 2. The arrest of Brevet Ma
jor General Worth, for writing lo the Department,
"under the pretext and form of an appeal"! an
open letter, to be sent through me, in which 1 was
grossly aud" falsely accuaed of "malice and "con
duct unbecoming an officer and gentleman,"- in
the matter of the general order Mo 34!), on the
subject of puffing letters, for the newspapers at
home (
On that second point, the letter front the De
partment, of January 11, is more than ingenious;
it is elaborate, eublle and profound a professional
dissertation, with the rare merit of teaching prin
ciples until now wholly unknown to military codes
and treatises, and of coun-e to all mere soldiers,
however great their experieuce in the field.
I have not, iu this place, lime to do more than
hint al the fatal conaequencea of the novel doc
trine in question. According to the Department,
any factious junior may, al his pleasure, iu the
midst of tlie enemy using "the pretext and form
of an appeal" agaiust his commander insult and
outrage him to the grossest extent, though he be
the general-in. chief, and charged with the cou
duct of the most critical operation; and that com
mander may not arrest the incipient mutineer un
til he shall have first laid down his own authority
and submitted kimtelf to a trial, or wait at least
nnlil a distant period of leisure for a judicial ex
amiiiation of the appeal! And this is precisely
the case under consideration. Tli Department,
in ita eagerness to cnudemu me, could not take
time t learn of the experienced that the general-iu-chief
who once submits to an outrage, from a
junior, must Isy his account lo suffer the like
from all the vicious under him al least, down to
a rauk that, may be supposed witliout influence, in
high quarters, beyond the army. But this would
not be the whole mischief lo the public service.
Even the great mass of the spirited, intelligent snd
well afiVded, among hia brothers in arms, would
aoon reduce such commander to otter imbecility
by holding" 4tim iu just scorn and contempt for hie
recreancy to himself and country. And mrt dit
eipiime and tfficitmty mf mo ease ta the field?
But it was not my request of June 4, nor report
No. 30 (of July 25) so largely quoted from above,
aor yet the appeal of one yrnnmeimd; that has,
at Isngth, brought down uion me this visitation,
so clearly predicted. That epp-al, no doubt, had
ita nterfff considering it came from an erratic
brother a deserter from llie other extreme who,
having Jut made his peace with th trmt iA,
t In the eptHimcetione against Gen. Worth, it is
said that the outrage again Gen. & was commit
ted 'under Uie pntext aud form of au appeal."
was bound to signalise eposUcy hy acceptable"'
niieiationa of on from whom, np to Vera Crux,
he had professetf (and not without cause) "the
highest obligations. (It wao thero ho learuea,
r,!L. I ... doomed at Washington; and
atrmightway the apostate began tnseek,
a qoarrel, the mean, of trniaf "flS
ha? own benefit) No. There was -
another element associated in the WOTZ. u.' "
faraprmclicable,otof the letter fj"' "n
influence proceeding from the other arreeted fcen.
era I who is qoite willing that it stHMtld generally
be underwood (-.mJ who ahall ginaay t... signifi,
cant scqnieeceiiceT) lht all rewards and pmiial..
menu, in this army, were, from the first, to follow
k;. ea..mmendatioiie. This, the more powerful
of the erssssosoW agaiitet No. 349, well knew
.t the lime, as I soon knew, that he wna justly
obnoxious not only to llie animadversions ef that
order, but to other renews of a much graver cha
racier.
In resjiect to this general, the letter of recall
olwerveo, parenthetically, but with an acumen
worthy of more than hasty" notice, that some
of my specifications of hia misrooduct are hardly
consistent with "your tuy official reporU and
comme nda t ions.
Seeminfflv. this is a most just rebuke. But
waitins for the trials, I- will here briefly stale lli.it.
unfortunately. I followed that general's own re
ports, written aud oral; that my confidence, lent
him in advance, had been but very slightly sha
ken as early as the first week in October; that up
to that time, from our entrance into una city, i
had been st the desk, shut out from personul in
tercourse with my brother officers, and that it was
not till after that confinement that lacla, conduct
and motives be trail to pour in iiimiii me.
A word as to the 5lh article of war. 1 enn tru
ly sav that, in this and other communications,
have not designed the slightest disrespect to the
comihsiider-iii-chiefof the army and navy of the
United States. Nu doubt he. like myself snd all
others, may fill into mistakes as lo particular men
and I caniiot, having mv-elf been behind the enr
Uin. admit the legal fictiou t hut mil acts of a Se
cretary are th acts of the PresioVirt. Yet, in my
defensive statements, I have offered no wanton
discourtesy f the head of the War Department,
although that functionary is not in the enumera
tion of llie above mentioned article.
Closing my correspondence with the Depart
ment unlit after the approaching trial,
I have the honor to remain, respectfully,
Your roost ob't serv'l.
WIN FIELD SCOTT.
The Hon. Seereiary of War,
Washington, D. C.
YUCATAN
More Annrxalion Brewing! By the fol
lowing Message from the President of the
Unili'd States, tranftnitted to loth Houses
of Congress on Saturday, it will lie seen
that that functionary, alter hee-towinz on
the important subject due consideration,
lias come to the conclusion that it is the
duty of the United Slates to take under its
protection the Mexican province if Yuca
tan nut with a view to it "immediate"
annexation oh n- lut not without a
very significant, if not a very distinct inti
tnatioH that annexation may one day or
other be the int-vital!e consequences of
our interference!
To the Senate mad Htne
Rejrretenlatire of the United Sli'en:
I submit, for the consideration of tiiigrees, seve
ral communications received at the Department of
Slate from Mr. Jnsto Sierra, comniuauoner of Yu
cat.iD. and alio a cmiiiiiunK'ation from the gov
ernor of that Slate, representing the condition of
extreme suffering to which their country h:ts been
reduced by au insurrection of the Indians within
its limitH, and sskiug the aid of (he United States.
The communications present aOcase of human
an lie ring and misery which caunot fail to excite
the sympathies of all civihxed nations. From
these and other sources of information, it appears
that the Indians of Yucatan are waging a war of
extermination against the white race. In tnie
rruel war, they spare neither age nor aex, but put
lo death, indtscriiiunately, sll who fall within their
power. Tlie inhabitants, panic-stricken and des
titute of arms, are flying befoie their savage pur
suers towsrde the coast; and their expulsion from
their country, or their extermination, would eeetn
to be inevitable, unless they can obtain aartetaocs
from abroad.
Iu this condition they have, through their con
stituted authorities, implored the aid of this gov
ernment lo auve litem from destruction, offering,
iu case thia should be granted, to traneler the 'do
minion and sovereignty .f Uie Peninsula" to the
United States. Similar appeals for aid and pro
tection have bren made lo "the Spauiah aud the
E.iigbeh guveruinenls.
Whilst it is nut my purpose to recommend llie
adoption of any measure, with a view to the ac
quisition of ll.e "dominion and sovereign!) over
Yucatan, vet, according lo our eatabliwhed policy.
we could uot consent la a transfer of this "domin
ion and sovereigty," either to Spain, Great Britain,
or any other European power. In tlie language
of President Monroe, in his message of December,
123, "we ahoold consider any attempt ou their
part to extend their system to any portion of this
hemisphere, as datigcrou to onr peace and safety."
In my annual message of December, IH45, I de
clared that "near a quarter of a century ago, the
principle was distinctly announced lo the world,
in the animal message of one of my predecessors,
that the 'American continents, by the free and in
dependent condition which they have iMirnnl
and maintained, 'are henceforth not Is be consid
ered aa subjects for future colonization by any
F.uropean power." "This principle will spply
with greatly increased lorce, should European
power attempt to establish any new colony in
North America. In the existing circumstances
of the world, the present is deemed a proper oc
casion to reiterate and reaffirm the principle a
vowed by Mr. Monroe, aud lo state my cordial
concurrence in its wisdom and sound policy. Tbe
reassertion of this principle, especially in reference
to North America, is al this flay but the promul
gation of a policy which no European power
should cherwli the diepusntion to resist. Existing
rights of every European power should be respec
ted; but it ia due. alike to our safety and our inter
ests, that the efficient protection of our lews should
be extended over our whole territorial limits, and
that it should be distinctly aunouueed to the
world, as our settled policy, that uo future Euro
pean colony or dominion shall, with our consent,
be planted ou any part ol' the American conti
nent." Onr own security requires that tlie established
policy thus announced should guide our conduct,
and this .applies with great force to the peninsula
of Yucatan. It is situated ill the Gulf of Mexico,
on the North Americau continent; and from its
vicinity lo Cuba, to the Capes of Florida, lo New
Orleans, and indeed to our whole southwestern
coast, it would le dangerous to our peace and se
curity if it should become a colony of any Euro
pean nation.
We have now authentic information that, if the
aid asked from the United Slates be not granted,
snch aid will probably be obtained from some
European power, which may horeafler assert a
claim to "dominion and sovereignty" over Yu
catan. Onr existing relations with Yucatan are of a
peculiar character, as will he perceived from tlie
note of the Secretary o' Slate to her commissioner,
dated on tlie 34th of December last; a copy of
which is herewith transmitted. Yucatan line
never declared her independence, and we treat
her as a State of the Mexican rep'uhlic. For this
reason, we have never officially received her com
missioner; but whilst this is the case, we have, to
a considerable extent, recognised her as a neutral
in our war with Mexico. Whilst still considering
Yucatan as a portion of Mexico, if we had troops
to spare for this purpose, I would deem it proper,
during the continuance of the war with Mexico,
to occupy and limd military posaeesion of her ter
ritory, and lo-defrnd the while inhabitants against
the inenrsions of the Indians, in the same way
that we have employed our troops in otlier Slates
of the -Mexiesn republic in our possession, in re
palling the attacks of savages upon the inhabitants
who have maintained their neutrality in the war.
But, unfortunately, we caunot at the present,
without seriona danger withdraw onr forces from
other portions of the Mexican territory now in our
occupation, and send them to Yucatan. .Il that
can be done, nnder existing circumstances, ia to
employ onr naval forces i the Gulf, not esquired
at other points, to afford them relief. But il ia
uot to be egpeeted that any adequate protection
ean thus he afforded, as the operations of such na
val forces must, of necessity, be confined to the
coast
I have considered it proper ta eommnuicate tbe
information contained in the accompany ing corre
spondence, and. I submit to the wisdom or iu-
. . ... .1 Si
gress to adopt aucn measures as, in ineir juta;iuii
may be expedient ts prevent Yucatan from be
coming a colony of any European, power, which
. a .a.J at TT.:.I
in no event eouia ,oa perinmeo ny m unwi
Slatea; and at tlie same time lo rescue the winie
race from extermination or expulsion from their
COUUtry. i r.ci rr iiat ir
Washington, April 29. I84B.
As soon aa the Message was read in the
Senate
Mr PALflOUN rose to express his regret that
the President should have taken other thau the
hisher rriHinds of homanity. It waa oil such a
base, in his .minion, that the message shonld a
looe have reMed; and had it been so, Mr. C would
Ke heeu disposed to go far, very far in
id of
such suggestions; but, if list ear bad not deceived
him, the message had reamrmeq tne grouiia as
sumed by Mr. Monroe in his message of 1B23, in
relation to the non-interference of European Pow
ers ill the affairs of this continent It was, in
short, aaruming the broad principle that we should
be bound to interference in all caaes, no matter at
what expense of money or sacrifice of human life,
when such interference occurred. Now, where
waa all thia lo end, and were tho people of thia
country prepared for any such crusade? He con
ceived the suggest ion at this lime unnecessary, and
calculated to lead to dangerous results. Io the
present condition of Europe nothing was lobe ap
preheuded from interference on her part She
could no more seize Yucatan and hold it than we
could. Who could say at tht moment whal the
condition of F.iiglattd would be, or indeed was st
the moment he waa speaking' lie thought, after
the experience of the past, they should be more
ruanfed. Already had the country been involved
in a cost of one hundred atut tweuty millions of
dollars, to say nothing of the thousands of lives
sacrificed, lie asked why was Europe reeling to
and fro at this very hour, if it were nol fiom waste
ful and recklessextravaganceT He glanced brief.
ly at the enormous increase of expenditure since
the admiitisiratimi of Mr. Monroe, when the l
veriiment was adiiiiiii-tered, exclusive of the puo
Kc debt, at a cost not much exceeding ten inillious
of dollars. While he admitted his willingness to
reMnd lo feelings of humanity, exposed as the
citizens of Yucatan' were to extermination by the
acts of honles of lawless aud ignornut savages, he
could hut lament that the President had seen fit
to indulge in any remarks concerning foreign in
terference. Me expressed the opinion that the
Yocataiiese had been pirtially instrumental in
bringing about the evils they were Huffjring under.
They had extended lo these ignorant and illiterate
honles a free particimtioii in all tlie privileges eu
joted bv themeelvea. treating them as eqtMl; and
what hud been tlie result? Why, they had wheel,
ed round and become the murderers of their ben
efaclora: and so il would be again iu all hke cases.
Mr. HANNEGAN expressed his deep regret
that siiv remarks should have fallen from the
Senator from South Carolina on this subject, as it
wss evident to his mind that he had entirely 1111s
iiuderstoisl the purport of the male. Had he
seeu the correspondence on the subject, he would
have come to very differeul eonclisMons.
Mr. FOOTE said it was evident that tlie Sen
ator from South Carolina had misunderstood, to
tally miaunderstood the message; and for his re
marks to go to the world, as they would do, unan
swered, might produce an improper inipresMOU on
the public mind.
WHIG MEETING IN STANLY COUNTY.
Previous notice bavfno; leen given, a
portion of the Whigs of Stanly county as
sembled at the Court House in Albemarle,
011 Saturday the 29th day of April 1848.
Col. John F. Stone was called to the chair,
and DaviJsoiT Ilearne and Preston W.
Wttolev were appointed Secretaries.
With a few appropriate remarks, the
Chair explained that the-object of the
meeting was to nppoint Delegates, to
meet Delegates- from the other counties
composing the Third Congressional Dis
trict, at Albemarle, on the 9th day of May,
proximo; the object of the proposed Dis
trict Convention being, to select a Dele
gate to represent this Congressional Dis
trict in the National Whig Convention, to
he held in Philadelphia on the 7ih day of
June next.
Ou motion of E. W. Davis, the Chair
was requested to appoint a Committee to
draft resolutions expressing the views of
this meeting; who, thereupon, appointed
Edward W. Davis, James IH. Mi'Corkle,
and P. W. Wooley; whtt, afier retiring a
short time, submitted the following pre
amble and resolutions:
Whereas, the Whigs of Stanly county are en
tirely devoted to tlie principles of the great Whig
party of the United States; and kuowing that
mure than one of our fellow citizens have beeu
spoken of in connection with the Presidency; and
believing that the united acliou of the Whigs csn
he secured only by the decision of a National Con
vention, in which the Whiga of all the Slates cait
have a voice; and whereas, it is propose! to hold
a District Couveulion, for the Third Congressional
District, at Albemarle, nu Tuesday the 9th May,
proximo, to teh-cl a Delegate to llie Whig Na
tional Convention, lo be held at Philadelphia on
the lh June next, it at therefore
1. Retained, That the Chairman of this meet
ing appoint twenfvDelegates lo rrpreeeut Stanly
couuly in the proposed Dirtrict Convention.
2. Reoolved, 'I'hut, uotwilh4anding we are wil
ling In sacrifice our permmal preferences to the in
terests of the W'higjwtrty; aud, that we will cheer
fully aupwrt the uomntee of the Whig National
I onvetilivu; yet, in view of the critical aitualiou
o' nearly all the nations of Europe, which are,
apparently, about to be overwhelmed with revolu
tion and war, iu which we may be involved; and
ourselves scarcely, hopipg to witness shortly the
termination of a fruitless and unnecessary war,
begun and prosecuted agaiust a weak sister Re
public, by the President of the United Stales; we
recommend HENRY CLAY of Kentucky, as the
loan, above sli others, qualified to fill Uie Execu
tive chair of the United Stales.
3. RenlvedT, That for his statesmanship, his
disinterested patriotism, his skill aud ability, his
long experieuce in tbe councils of his country, we
will support Hecry Clay in preference to any o
ther individual; aud we request the District Cou
veulion to appoint a Delegate to the Natioual
Convention favorable lo his nomination.
4. Retained, Ttisl the Whigs of Stanly coun
ty, having every confidence in the sound political
principles, integrity and fidelity of CHARLES
MANLY, Esq. heartily approve his nomination
by the Whig State Couvention, for the office of
Governor of North Carolina, and we will give him
our undivided support; and we request that he will
visit us, at any time lie fore the election iu August,
if convenient to himself.
In compliance with the first resolution,
the Chair appointed tlie following Dele,
gates lo the District Convention, vix:
Wm. Allen,- Esq., E. F. Lilly, F. J. Kroti,
Wm. Swaringen, Esq., Capt. F. Locke,
E. F. Parker, Esq., Col. D. A. G. Pal
mer, Thomas, Rowland, Esq., Joshua
Hearne, Esq., Matthias Moose, Esq., Dan
iel Resrp, Andrew Honevcut, Col. Daniel
Efird, Myrick Harward, E. W. Davis,
Reulien Kendall, Eben. Hearne, Daniel
Freeman, P. W. Wooley, and Davidson
Hearne.
On motion of J. M. McCorkle, Esq., the
Chairman was added to the delegation.
On motion of E. W. Davis, the thanks
of the meeting were tendered to the Chair
man and Secretaries.
On motion of E. W. Davis, the pro.
ceedings of this meeting were direct! to
he forwarded Jo tbe Editor of tbe North
Carolina Argus, signed by the Chairman
and Secretaries, requesting the Editor to
publish them,' and that tbe Editor of the
Fayetteville Observer, and the Editors of
other Whig papers in Worth Carolina, be
requested to copy the same.
On motiott, the meeting then adjourned,
JOHN F. STONE, Cb
D. Itasane, c ' '
f.'W. Wooir.r, J
FOREIGN.
i " Bavtwobk; May1 lv
THE NEWS BY THE AMERICA, f
Th ChnrlUt MeelingNo Outbreak An
England or Ireland War between Den.
mark df WJttein No change in French
AfairMNnn-inlerferenee f Russia
Distress in Ireland.
The America left Liverpool on the 15lh
instant.
The Chartist meeling passed off so
ntiietlv and with so comparatively a feeble
demonstration ot their strengtn. mat u
1 . ..... . .1
was regarded on all hands as a decided
failure.
The nrocessitm whs given up and the
meeting on Kennington Common proved
to be oneof the quietest and least eventful
of all possjble demonstrations. We pub
lish a full report of the whole affair.
The monster petition has been subjected
tn n acrutinv bv order tf the House of
Commons, and its dimensions are griev
ouly curtailed by the ordeal. See the
following report of the committee to which
it was referred: The committee on pub
lic petitions, dec. 6tc, hare agreed to the
following special reort
"The hon. member for Nottingham stated, on
oreseiUiiig the petition in question to tlie house,
that ft,7Ufi,0iHI signatures were attached to it
(Jpoit a moat careful examination of the number
of signatures in the committee room, in which ex
amination thirteen law-slatiotwrs' clerks were en
gaged for upward of eeveutren hours, with the
person ordinarily employed, in counting the signs
lures appended tn petitions, under the superintend
ence of the clerk of your committee, the number
of situatures had beeu ascertained to be 1,975,496
fhear. hear, and loud laucrliter ) It ia further evi
dent to your committee, that ou numerous con
secutive sheets the signature are in one aud the
sHine handwriting.
'Your committee have also observed the names
of distinguished individuals attached to the peti
tion who cannot be supposed to have coucurred in
its prayer, and as little to have subscribed it; a
mong such occur the names of her Majesty in one
place as Victoria Rex April I,' the Duke of Wel
lington. K G.; Sir Robert Peel, fcc.
"In addition to this species of abuse, yonr com
iniuee have observed another equally in deroga
tion of the just value of petitions, namely, the in
sertion o names which are obviously altogether
fictitious such as 'No cheese,' 'Pug uoae," and
'Fist nose,' &c. (Roars of laughter.)
"There are other words and phrase which,
though written in the form of signatures, and 111
c I m led in the number reported, your committee
will nt haxard offending the bonne, aud tlie dig
nity and decency of their own proceeding; by re
porting; though, il may he added, that they are
obviously signatures belonging lo no human be
ing." The reading of this report was Pillowed
by a scene between Mr. F. O'Connor and
Mr. Cripps, a member of the committee.
Matters went to such a pass between them
that Mr. O'Connor was arrested by tbe
sergeant-at-arms, under the order of the
speaker, (having left tbe Huse., with a
parting hint to Mr. Cripps that he might
consider himself challenged,) but on his
being brought lelore the House in custo
dy, mutual explanations and apologies were
vTwdc and tl.e affair dropped.
Russia (with an available army of 830,
(100 men) announces her intention to keep
quiet unless she is attacked, in which case
wo Ix-tiHe the "anarchists." Naples has
received from her King an almost Demo
cratic constitution.
Spain is quiet under the military despo
tism of Narvaez.
In France the elections lor ofliccri of
the National Guard have ju-t terminated
all iu favor of advanced republicanism.
Meanwhile the financial condition be
coms daily more deplorable.
From the London Herald. April 11.
THE GREAT CHARTIST MEETING.
The great Chartist meeting was held yesterday,
and a less formidable demonstration it would hard
ly he (tossible to conceive. It certainly did not
present any one of the fearful characteristics
which the pesceable inhabitants of the metropolis
hsd, for some days, been led anxiously to appre
hend. Positively iu contemplating the whole pro
ceeding, we were often tempted to doubt whether
the intelligence on which the government mttst
have acted in this matter was not a hoax, aud
whether the multiplied and unwonted precautious
they had adopted to meet imaginary penis could
have been anything but a dream. ,
As a display of strength, as a menace In a go
vernment and to the quiet inhabitant of a great
city, the whole affair was a downright ami almost
a ludicrous failure. In every respect the meu and
hoys who joined in the procession to the place of
meeling were as bunnies as could well be im
sgined. The streets of the metropolis presented, at an
early hour, little beyond their uxual appearance.
Here aud there might be seen a detachment nf
police marching to their quarters, or a few special
constables hastening to their place of meeting. A
few mere sight seers were to be met occasionally,
anxious to reconnoitre, en militaire. the supposed
preparations for street warfare. But no such pre
I Mirations were visible; there were neither artillery,
sold era, nor police stationed in the open air, al any
of the points supposed to be most menaced.
Many of the shopkeepers, even in tlie immediate
ueighliorhood of the meeting, opeued their shop at
the usual hour A large number of them, how
ever, allowed their fears to prevail over every other
consideration. The general feeling on the subject
of the proposed demoiixiratina, as far as we could
judge, was a determination to treat the whole af
fair as a cae of "much ado about nothing," al
though this feeling was somewhat checked by the
dread of unknown consequence.
At the preliminary meeting of the Con
vention, only the delegate and reporters
being present, Mr. F. O'Conner addressed
the body in a pacific strain, insisting on
the illegality of the Government notice,
but advising that no resistance be at.
tempted that the, procession should be
abandoned. After some debate the meet
ing was adjourned to Kennington Common.
The numbers assembled al this place have been
variously estimated at from 300,000 to 250.0OW.
We have learned that a careful estimate was
formed by several military pereon of great expe
rience iu making snch computations, aud they, on
comparing their different calculation, agreed that
no more than 15.000 person were praaeat, as spec
tators, and as forming part of the procession.
Mr. O'Cnnneraddreesed th assemblage at great
leugth, still urgently advising quiet and good order
and the abandonment of the procession.
The four large bundle forming the petition
were placed in caha, and taken ia charge of the
executive committee to th Houne ef Common.
The only interruption of peace, eren to
a partial -extent, peeing to hate occurred
in the progress of dispersion, after the
meeling on the common. Of this tbe fol
lowing account is giren:
After tlie meeting on Kennington Common had
diapereed, aa immense crowd on their return strag
led irregularly along Blackfriars road. Upon
arriving at Stamford street, they of course came
face to face with the mounted police, who refused
them passage, and ranged themselves across the
road. Many strenuous attempts were msde -by
the chartist to get across the bridge.
As fresh numbers arrived from Kennington
Common, those ia advance were pushed forward
but were immediately driven hack by the' horae
patrol without drawing thsir aahre. The metro
politan police made use of their staves, and from
time to time repqlsed. Ihe eeowd, which grew
thicker and thicker every minute. Ia about an
hour and a half, however, I ho mob made many
vigorou attempts to force their way through, and
uoiwjtbstanding the coot ateady eearage of the
police, he latter were at interval separated-.
The special constable at those time wer very
roogWy handled, ft great tnny of them having '
. i- iT... I I ..J k.;. A.nr.A .f II... r !
their bat broken and being deprived of their
staves,. Showers of large stones were every few
minute thrown od Hie bridge, and tlie police re
ceived many aeVrr blows but gave more than
equivalent in. return With tlteif hatoss. A great
nnniber of men wit, wer eeie5 by the police fur
throwing ketone were eenfd.'aud the Yell and
shouts were deafening. At hair-past tnree o ciocr
the pressure of the concourse was so great lltat
the line of police waa forced, and a great. many of
them carried with the throns; over the bndge,
holdiieg lhir staves up as they were borne along.
On the city tide of the bridge a great many ar- ,
rests were made, and Uie mob which seemed in- 1
cfined for a minute to make a stand, were uni-i
formily repulsed by the horse pat role, the sight of
wilt)) " - ' y - "-
. . . i . n . i . .1 . , ..
1. At .w i, a. n rm jwwi nut Ilia. mnM n n ... . mnA
impudent IO niglil. doui on mis aim tne other
fUr VI H," w-vw - . v, i I w,.,
a" I lajna4..A a. u nniH L.M nf .. aa.il k.
their heads bleeding," nd led sway lo their friend,
The arrest number, we were informed, above 30.
Thus the time pnseed away, nnlil the Fresen- '
riCOT fnr c,,ww, w,.va K -" -" nj
fore three o clock. ins ocmnnMraimn wna noi
very strong or alarming iu its appearance
It
consisted simply nf two hackney cube, containing j
three members of the deputation, and the petition I
itself. The latter, which consisted of aeveral
very ponderous- piles of paper, was conveyed by
instalment into the house, sn! delivered over to
the proper authorities. I he deputation returned
immediately on foot, and
was loudly cheered on
its way.
The great event lieing bronght to a close the
crowd began gradually lo disperse, aud in a com
paratively short space of time the thoroughfares
were clear A portion of the police, however,
remained for some hours on the spot aud iu llie
immediate ueighltorhootl.
From the Lunrlun Time.
At. the crisis of the meeting, the lotnl nnmher
on the common, Including Uie must incurious and
indifferent of the spectator and bystanders, was
not 20,000. Our estimate is confirmed hv the
best authorities. Of these 20,fMK only 1 0,000 had
, anything to do with the demonstration, or gave
their '"moral" weight to the cause of Ihe day.
Look now to the other side. I here were 1511,01)0
special constables smulnueotlsly enrolled agninst
the movement, and testifying to itwdiiiijjer and re
prehensible character. There you have the pro
portions of the day: 150,000 to 1 11,001) 15 to I.
l o every man or hoy in Ixmmjoii, disposed to hully
and intimidaite the Leirislatnre, and ready to car
ry a pike against it, there were fill ecu picked and
tm-aworthy men who could procure vouchers to
their respectability! who took an oath to defend
the Queen s peace, aud were ready to wield a
truncheon in iu defence. Do not forget that, good
reader. Fifteen to one! We make no invidious
comparisons as to the quality of the two articles;
and ns to soldiers and police we have almost for- .
gotten them. i
This settles the question. In common f.iirnem '
it ought to be regarded us a settled quenfiun for
years lo come. The Chartists and Confederates
made the challenge, and clioe Ihe field and trial
of strength- They must stand by their choice. !
They chose to disturb the metroois fur the chance
of soinethiiiir coiiuiij of it. They fished for a re
volution and have caught a snub. We congratu
late tlietn ou their booty, which we hope they
will divide with their pari tiers al Dublin. It is,
perhaps, a. fortunate circumstance that so mo
mentous a question aa the free action of the Rrit- .
isli legislature should be thus settled decisively, .
thus pesreab'y, thus by citizens not by arms, thna
in the streets snd not iu the field, and thus in ihe ;
metropolis of the empire. The dexterous prudence j
that hid from the arena the very aijrlil f arms, so
thai uot a soldier, not a pensioner, scarce even a
policeman, was seen, will greatly ilistinguish this I
event from the grand military dramas which huve
recently ended iu Ihe catastrophe of State or
Kings. For this rare result we have to thank the
man whose greatest hoasl is to have learnt Ihe skill
of peace in an experience of war. It is the nnaje
and manner of this day's decision which imparts '
to il au instructive and final character.
I .ELAND.
From the Evrrtpean Timet, April 15.
The Repeal mnvemeut has reachcj a crisis
which it must be confessed it has never hitherto
attained: a perusal of the Irixh intelligence in our
paper of to-day, will bear us out in the assertion,
that the present posture of affairs iu that country
is most complicated uud perilous, aud that no
lengthened pen-xl can elapse before the bugltsh j
Government and tlie majority of the Irish people
will have joined issue on the subject of Repeal.
To us it appears there is uow but one of three
courses for the English Government to pursue.
1st. To suppress vigorously and at once, hy those ,
mean which the Conlittition affords, such as co- j
ercinu laws, state and criminal prnseciitioua, &c, ;
every undue manifestation of popttlar discontent, ;
and, fading in this, to call into immediate action
the strong arm of British power. Or, 2ndly, To
make such concessions, in time, to the popular
feeling, a will render the future attempts of dem
agogues to revive the agitation furtive and inno
cuous. Or, 'Idly, To grail t at ouce a domestic
legislature to the people.
The opiniou seems to he progressing smongst
Englishmen, that this country would be belter
without Ireland. A feeling has been geuerally
prevalent for many years amongst Iriehuieo, that
they would be better without Euglaud. So far,
hold parties are approaching In an uiiilerstaniitg.
For our mrt, we subscribe lo neither of these
views.
Troops were concentrated in the most turbulent
portion of the country. In Cork there were a
boul 2000 and iu Dublin au armed force, includ
ing the police, of 1 0,1X10.
AFFAIRS ON THE CONTINENT.
From the Europe Timet, April IS.
Throughout all Europe the greatest excitement
continues to prevail. The reneral marching of
troops for offensive or defensive operations, the ac
tual hostilities going on in Leimbardy. Die threat
ening aspect of the quarrel reepeclitig the Duchies
of Hchleswig Hotsteiu, and the vast preparations
of Russia and France, all contribute to keep on a
stats , .f effusion .mi anxiety, which, for the.mer
canine ,uie.eie, owwwit utv-se iu miiHNI wun , . . r, . . , , ,
France and Germany, is highly dus.reeiug. The monetary affairs in England has had some
invasion of Lo.nl.ardy by Charles Albert, nnder ' thing to do with prices, we admit; but hen
the pretext of fulfilling hia "mission," or rather to again is another reason why we slmuM
seise the whole of Lombardy, and perhaps Venice, encourage our manufacturing interests.
in order to aggrandise his doininious, is daily view- ' . , , , .. ,,j ,
d more and t.Kire as an .cl of nnjttifi.ble ag- ! af, b,"Il UP ,hc home rk H,,H
gressioii, which, when the present disturbances inrtepenaenl, to a comparative extent, m
and "disastrous change, perplexing niimarchs," i foreign buyers. "
shall subside into mors gr neral tranquilitv, may I Again during the prevalence of the fain
not turn out so advantagaoudy to that .,btt iou. j jne in IreJand. breadstnffs went np Iu
monarch as his prearnt eoit4aeats seem to promise, i . . ,.n. a .v. i l,.ii, s
At ...v r-ie ih. Ei.slU. 0..,m-n. - . I very great height. "Behold the heauti.s
el by the Marquis of Lansdowne, thes not con
ceal that it deeply lameuU that the King of Sar
dinia ahoold have invaded the dominions of Aus
tria. In the meantime tlie Fiedmontese have pursued
their successful and victorious march through Lom
bardy. The Anstriana fled at all points as they
advanced, and Kadetski haa retired with a view of
throwing himself into Verona, having, it is said,
failed ts accomplish a passage back through the
Tyrol.
The aews reached London on Wednesday that
a satiguiuary engagement had taken place be
tween tbe belligeraut under Uie walls of Verona.
Mors -correct intelligence' has since arrived y
which ws find that ao decisive battle had been
fought, but that both- armies must speedily corns
to aa engagement on the banks of the Mineioe
Upon tlie issue of this impending battle hinge Uie
pesos ar war of Europe, as should the Italians be
beaten. France, it was expected, could not, if she
would, remain neutral.
General Hartig left Vienna no the 5th inst., for
Milan, bearing terms of pacification to tho Lom
bards, wlnsje independence Austria is willing lo
acknowledge ou moderate terms. This is almost
the first step Uken by Austria, the Cabinet of
Vienna haviug become perfectly stupified sud inert
by tlie suddenness aud rapidity of the recent revo
lutions. A fearful retribution has overtaken Ssela,
the accomplice of MeUernieh ia the sssatsiiiiatiium
of Taroou; the peasantry, whom he" waa again ia
(tiii to rise to bring shout a masssere in Gal
licia, indignant at his menaces, hang him ap ou a
tree in frnwl of his bouse, which they afterwards
set on fire.
Turkey has re-considered her first decision re.
spectiof th sco(nitku of the new republic hi
France, sud haa followed the example set Iter by
England. A French ambassador has accordingly
beeu appointed lo ths Sublims Forte.
Fnm the London Standard, April 4th, rreninf
BATTLE BETWEEN THE DANES AND
. ' THE HOLSTEINERS.
AltoKs, April 10 The Danes hsve appeared
with aa overwhelming force, and ao soddenlyand
boldly, in the midst of their euemiea at Bau aud
Flanshurg, that they have taken them hy surprise,
and compelled the Holstein troops of the line and
volunteers lo retire in all liable. The ati.t 1
.. t. O,. ... . . n"rK I.
gau m the morning on the part of the h.
who had two vessels of war aud a,,.,. . '
ei uieir ausca upon me town I I,
.1 11.. I.. La , .ft.. 1 -
.1.-:. .. . r 10
e l U,,rf.
.... ln ,,,,1 u maun ( j
far from rieiisnurg, which end
nil. r,.
d in their t...
defeat, aud the destruction of all their
battalion.
iXlfcith
ITALY,
sumession or mt irsnTs!
Ronr, April 1. Amid the rlbli (,r :,rm. . ,
; the din of European lumnll. n niUm h, ..
cant evenl has just taken place her. -1 .
other times would have rimmed a fuii "'
contemporary annals. Tut 5-ociktv or t.
V ITS HAS SKKM FINALLY ORI1ESKO '1 o ul'lr tii
a-.-. ar mi. i- .ui ....... i .
, . .1. kj r . " a. . n , .'unv. t, 1 1 r i.i). iXlUl their r.. 1
, -"'!
suppressed sua tueir liesdquarterx remove, I
.. I m4 . IT ..., ..r I - I ' i
S'llll
If. in i aa I.,, v -, - Ml kill, lie. , V .
ty which had fallen into the h.indi. nf t,P kor
for llie last thirty yenrs, during inCi T
the undisputed control over the conscience., . r ,',
wi.u iiuuico mini, ih I () )e. i,
tii ii.
icrreti to uie aauunistralive cupacitv
Ul f:.r.l... I
Vizzardelli.
GERMANY.
Tlie riots among the country people nr .
State of South (iennauy continue. 'l't (
of WaMeiihourg. in Ihe Province of Saxonv. ". ' '
inn to Prince Schoenhonrg, n, hnrued Jw f"
the 4th of Mured. The Prince fl.-d lo lv. v "
The troops culled tip from Ijesic mid V.u
; were too feeble lo resist Sen.. us Mnxiei v ,"!
frv ti. ri .. Ar i. nuati i r . u
,v. iir namj wi .ill" .amir miu lun tl II tUn(-
ii.
n general insurrection among I tlie liH lllll(i(
SiiX"tiy was imminent
RUSSIV
If of
I he official journal of M Pelervhnrh
"lid.
nine oi vuc diet oi ililiril, gve Hlmr a l tlB ,
' of the inanifeslo nf the Kmpemrof Kmin ,
nies any warlike inlrntions on the purl n( t!,f (
veriiment. "Nothing csn he furl tier.' it
to.
"Irmn the lies ol llie t.overiniii'nt;
nieii Ul,.,
no sgeressioii, she desires peace. i-I.e wmii, .,f
for the sake of the development nf her uwn nirt
lial prosperity. Russia will olmp t un ,,r, r,lm
stability; she will suff-r no foreign pri.pa,,,,, n
stir up the fire of sedition, under ihe prep-xt ,,t'
reviving extinguished lislniuiiliiicn, ami l,
means detaching any portion nl li r -m n re
lil then she will observe i. strictly inotf. iiMlf.
vigilant neutrality. She will not alt irk i, .,,,,
txeliA.I Ml. A Will Wrillllllllllu rAr.nl ll
oe iite oi ner oeignoors, u ner ueiiirMiri- -qualU -.
sert her own integrty aud iiiilepeuileno."
Accounts from the I'olish frontier tn
...... .1... trim., n
j- e I ' l.i r . i .
iei. ntaic ui.ii ioJviaii iroopx hac fui
zeiieiuTiiBii, ami nmii) more wen loiiou :iit
Prince Slarstal Sllllhiller. lieing Mirrni,h,!..,
all sides, and requested lo exp lum, ,d,l .- ,
ten days Europe would see 3' 10.000 men ou.
traled in and around Warsaw."
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKK'I
A -,' 11'
i ne saies io lueMiay evening Oui ih.i ,
riinii I..:.. Ti. .i L. .i ..
-4
ih . ii-j ui-iiianii im riMirin M , h)1
been general and good, and llie loial aie,il
week have ainoimled to X ." . t 1 1 l,!c. '1 (i.,i4V
the trade te buying Ireely, at rKiiTil.'s ir,(r.,
and the sales are al'lll liaies, inrlnHn r Um;(i .
merican taken lor export. Aineiirnii i!pki .M i,
are now iu very good demand, l.ut the reii-ul uu
port is large, nnd they are offi-red vety freely
Ou Monday the decline t,f J l (x r Ih. wn fri:.
eraliy subuiiited to; lint since Dial day llie corral
demand which hax prevailed lias ieii ri ( tin-i nn.
latinos to the level of hint nrek. the niitln.: j.-i
qiiolatious of "fair" qiialilie-. lieing tlie l-aiiir ad i n
Fiiday last.
Upland, bowed, .'i a
Mobile 3 1 a -4J
The ffelinir nf the l.no!i!. fv. !.H- i.-p n
the Biilijcct of C'hartiii hs niMiiit't'lcd,
when, on tlie evening ,," the 1 0th, Mr.
Smilli O'Hrifn made hi- ;i.e;ti;incr in Ins
place in the Hoii.e nl' ( mii:ii.ii. I p. in
risinp to oppose the lii'l into dun-d lv Sir
Cieoige (Irev, on the part ..of the nxcni.
mcnt, and t'lititli'd a In, I 'for the prruti r
security of the Crown and oiivcriuiieni,''
Mr. O'llrieii was reeJ'ived with the luiklr-t
ami tnot disorderly marks of (lian.
bation, which continued llin iighout his
f-pcech; nnd when he referred to the t-liare
of treason which had lieen Imrletl uuainsl
him, he was sainted with imiiirai ami
riive cheers from all parts of the 1 1 .
Tlie reply to hie remarks liy Sir (..nr;'"
! (Jrey was tuimilinousdy applauded Irmu
j lieginninir to end. ami the measure of i lt
j povernment na carried on il secniid
; rending by the unprecedented majority of
i 417, rtnly 35 voting against it.
Bear this in mind. Fifteen mnnihs.'-i
Cotton was selling at from ten to uwve
dollars. The advocate of PresidrnLal
prerogative everywhere were rrt insi
'Behold the operation of the Denmt mm
Tariff the Tariff of lb46! Cottnn
gone up from seven to eleven tent? r
pound!" It answered no purpn-e tn uli
them that the rise in the price nf this (-real
staple was attributable to ihe shmt T"p?
of 184.' and 184G; thai the price wis re
gtilated bv supply and demand, and ti.:it
the tendencies of all onr Taritis was ra
ther to raise than to depress prices.
01:.
no!
It was the larili the Ihnn'. ra.a
wt ii rut . It .......
Ta.
nrr. very wen. i nat iein.M ia..i
Tariff ia still in operation; nnd I a' '
cotton now selling al? "lint a g"'l rr0l'
was made in 847." Exactly s..; ami i I.f
price is down and will continue down un
til there is -a less supply and ihe denmn.l
- becomes creater. The derangnn.
lit oi
- f the Tariff of 1846," again cried out li e
Pollt.ocracv. i'hev were nointed to lhe
- .- i
famine in Ireland, and to the great scarci
ty of provisions in Scotland. But lhe Ta
riff bad done" it all the "Democratic Ta
riff." Will -they please inform us ho'
that Tariff continues to affect prices! 1'
is-still in operation, we believe.
N. C. Argus.
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STATE OF N. CAROLINA,
DUPLIN COUNTY.
Court of Picas and Quarter Sessions, A-
pril Term, 1848.
John Jarnian, Ex'r, r. Calvin Dsvis.
Original Attachtneul, levied ou Lauds of llie
fendant.
IT appearing to the satisfnetion of the P",rt"
that said Calviu Davis is nol n iiilibil"1
this State: It is ordered that publication be m
tor six weeks in the Fayetteville Observer, a
newspaper printed iu Fayetteville, notiiving U'"
Defendant to appear al the next County t .'- "'
be held for Duplin county, st th- Court lions' iu
Kenansville, on ll.e 3d Monday of July, then ana
there M plead or demur, or judgment hy deiaw
will be entered, and the land levied on condemn, u
to the satisfaction of Ihe PtainlirVs recovery.
Witness, JsinesH.Jennsin, Clerk of said ( o.irt.
st Office at Kenansville, the .Id Monday m a
pril, 184a ,I11V
J. II. J1S.K.M ' - -
(Pr. adv. 3 00. J
14-6w
Caution to the rublfr-
ERSONS wishing to obtain the r
RWA1M'8 PANACEA and SWA'"'
VERMIFUGE, (which have been recormnen oeu
by the most celebrated mysicisns ... -Stales
and Europe for nearly thirty years, for o
eases arising from impurity or the blood and o
bility of the digestive organs.) should be careiui
observe that the name ef
em "mw jm. k tmc
n spelled correctly on the bottles aud labels-
e-cwi
niiladelphia, March Ih icto.
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