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'character is as important to states as it is to individuals; Artb the glory or tiIe state is the common rotertt or it citizens.' BY VM H BAYNBS JOSEPH S. DUNN offers his Ser vices as untie. taker and builder.to thetitizrns or others, disposed to contract for buildirg or jobbing Terma liberal. LOOK HERE. Boundshaves fit Axes. The Subscriber continues to rnanu'acture his celebrated Shaves, so favorably known to Tnrp n Une makers for the last three yeara. They can br had at my shop, or at the stores of P.Taylor or T. 3. L.tftterhh. Turpentine Axs repaired at the fhtirtest notice. No Shave arc genuine unle branded Lr: Wood. LEVINE WOOD. Dec. 19, 1846. 4"9-6m. JPKINTONJLY. SPRING STYLES, 1847. 44 CKUAR STREET, NEW YORK. !.;:! ave to inform Dealers in Dry Goods, that thev have r ccived, and are now xhibiiirijj, at TllB WAREHOUSE EXCLUSIVELY tor PRINTED CALICOES, 500 Oases, Comprising nil the New Spring Styles, Or lir'ilish, French and Jlmtricun .Manufacture ; w liih, -n ADDITION to their u-oal stock, ren ders tlii ir assortment one of the mst luantiful arid attr-Ktive in lite city ; and having just been pur- "SciII AND SHORT CREDIT, Arc ofWrd by ihe if i:o or package on the same term, at ami below manufacturer. prices. Catalogues of prices (corrected dail) are placed in the lasils of buyers. Purchaser wi I inform themselves of the state of the nttr7f t. and be well repaid fT an examina tion, even' if I lo y do not pnith ise. L. &. l. h ivft' yrcnliar advantages for executing orders tor prints, Which are respectfullv so'icitcl. LEE & nitEWSTEU, 4 1 Cedar Street. New York, J.in.9, 1817. 380-y JOHN (J. LATTA, Commission Merchant A .Vfl t ; E N E 1 A E A G E ft 'F , wii.iiix;tox, n. v. MARBLE FACTORY. By George Lauder, Nearly opposite the Post Office, j in 3 S47-v Faf:t ovtile. IV. ( State of T. Carolina If laden rounty. In Kfjuity. E'iz.ibeth Bran, wile of Joshua Bryan, v. James I'ryan and John Bran, Adininislr-lors with th.-. Wi I anuexeil o!' James Drum, di-cM; Flcnry Wooti-pJ a nil wife J ine, Geo Thigard and wie Mary, Giro B van, William J Bryan, Andrew J Bryan, and J ushu i B. van, bnrband of coui VIa i 11a ut. O.i-inal Bi!l. 'Vhf eoinplain-.tnt having made affidavit that Hit d-ft nlantS I lc!ir Wimlin niid w ite Jane, George Thigardand wile. Mary, and Genrf Bry an a-e 11011-reside its of this Slate ; notice is, therefore, hereby ri von to said lion-resi'Jent dc'endaolF, to af;ear at the next term of the Court of Equity to be h -Id for th-- county of B'lubn, at il.e Conrl Mouse in Eliz ibel blown, on the first Monday aftei tie 4th Monday in Match. A . D. IS47, lh-n and tin re 10 ; b arf, answ er or ile mir ; otherwise, there will le a deeree pro con ft sso, and the Bill heard cpirte as to th- m. Witness, William J. Cowan, Cb rk and Master ?n Equity,-at OlHe in Eliza hi tbtown, on the 2nd Monday aft -r 'he 4lh Monday in Sepl mb.-r, A D IS 46, and in the 71st year of Ameijcan Indepen dence. WM. J. COWAN, C M. E. F-b. 13. 1347. 4I7-6L pr adv 75 Kens Nails, for sale by Fet.'v 6. " HALL & HALL. EOOT & SHOE The Subscriber re- , spectfnllj informs the public that he has commenced the above busi ness ni ih store of Mr James Ci Sin.th. here be will make BOOTS A SHOES ofthn bst quality and workmanship. His woik given general satisfaction heretofore, and will JG warranted to i.ast well. , icy Trending done as usual. . o BEN J. E. BUR WELL. ' Sfpt. 26, 1S46. 3'J7-6.n SEED BUCKWHEAT, U Seed Oats and Rye, for sale by ?cbrrhr 20, 1847. geo. Mcneill. f AYETTEVILLE AND WAB8AW STAGED LINE. New Arrangement. The Warsaw Stage leaves Fayetteville on Sun. days, Tuesdays, and Thursday e, at 2 o'clock, P. M., and arrives at Warsaw in time to lake the train for North or tsoufh. Leaves Warsaw Mon days, Wednesday s and Fridays, after the arrival ot the 1 rain from both ways, and arrives in Fay tteville next morning in time for the stage goin north or south. PASSENGERS enter at Briggs' Hotel. -JACKSON JOHNSON, Agent. Dec. 26, 1846. , 4I0-tf. COMSTOCKH SARSAPARILLA. Of superior qualitj, and half the price of any other. For the cure of scrofula, general debility, scaly eruptions of the skin, pimpics or pustules on the face, bi.es from an impure habit of the body, pain and swellings ot the body, and all diseases arising from an impure state of the blood, chronic rht-uma-mati.m, cutaneous diseases, letter, mercurial or syphiloid disease, ulcerations of" the throat and I s, liver offi ctions, exposures and imprudence in life, excesses in the use of mercury, &c. Sold only -by S J Hinsdale in Fayetteville. DEAFNESS DR McN AIR'S ACOUSTIC OIL The deaf from infancv, often receive in a. most miraculous manner their hearing when they least expect it, by the use of this Oil, which shows them how easily they might muh sooner have had their hearing and Saved themselves and their friends the pain ol conversing in loud tone, without pleasure, or of b'-inr neglected and shunned, to avoid that distress whith is felt mutually by the deaf person and his hearers. Huw Sucrcd a duty therefor-it is, that we use all necessary meuns to remove uch an afil ct ion, and eijoy the social qualities implant ed in our natures ! This Ear Oil has the effect so to relieve ths tension, and b r in j into use the natural action of h parts, as lo restore the hear ing when lost or impaired. This is pioved by so many veil known cases, that where known, it needs no praise. The great wish of the proprie tor is, that each may speak to others ol its un common virtu s, lib suff rers may know and be relieved and restored by its use ! Known by my signature on the flask. Price, $1 per flask. DOS AUD Ak-N AIR, M. D. Coinsint-k & Co, New York, are the whole salers of ibis Oil. Sold in Fayetteville by S J Hinsdale. A Boon to all Families and Sufferers. Proof oo plain to be doubted and too strong to be denied, is obtained that all the following are eiir. tl y LIN'S BALM OF CHINA, namely : Burns, chilblain-, tett'-r, ulcer, cuts, sore throat, b nber's itch, sore eyes and lids, tic doloreux, uhl scars. S're nipples., white swelling, scalds, chafe, pirn, ie, fistula hi uisea, v hitlows, carbuncle, sore lip, ague in face and breast, priclily heat, rough h i mis, general orcs, fro;-tcd parts, chaps, felon, erysipelas, strain, piles, eruption, rheumatism, le ver sore, broken brtast, blistered surfaces. For Burns it is a specific. Qu estion Will any humane man risk fho lives ol his children by ne gleet to keep this balm always at hand? ft is good f .r so many thinr. that no boose should be with out it. Let all lii eel this arnin. 1 rice 50 cts, or 6 boMles for 50. Sold in Fayetteville by S. J. Hi isilalc. Hay's Iminu'iil for the. iilcs. Piles iff dually cured by this certain remcdv. I he sale ol lots artic'e is steadily increasing, not withstanding the many counterfeits got up in Imitat'on of it. Persons troubled with flits distrcs- si n'z coii'P'ainl, declare that they would not be without this preparation in ibeir boose.- for the price of ten boxes. The public will ncolleel that this fs only n mcdy t flei- d them li at is in reality of any value whatever. In places n here it is known, every family has it in their bouse. I f price is not -on.id red at all. It is above nil price. ComstocU &. Co., 'i Courtlandt street, Ni w York, sob; proprietors. Sold only by S J Hinsdale in Fayetteville. Oldridge's Halm of Columbia for the Hair. lt- positive qualities are as fol'ows : 1st For inl.iuls, Uc ping them free from scurf, and causing a lu.xininnl rowlh ol the hair. 2d - For lai'ics alter child-birth, restoring the skin to its iisu.il .IriTighi h anil fn mm ss and pre ventinu ihe la lin out of Hie hnir. 3d - For any person recovi ring from any debili ty, the -time IFi ct is produced, 4ih If used in infancy till a rood growth is started, it mav be rtsi :m il by altenlii n tothe latest period ol l.fe. 5 tti I: frees I he head from dandruff, strength ens the roots, imparts health and vigor lo the cir culation, and prtvtnts the hair from changing col or or iri'tting jirav. 6fh- I' causes the hair to curl beautifully when done up t he ovr niht. '.SSF No ladies' toilet should ever be made wii bout if. 7lh Child-, ii who Iihvp by any m ans contract ed vermin in ih head, are imn ediately and per fedlv cured ol them by its use. It is infallible. So'ld only by S. J. Hinsdale in Fayi tteville. Mother's Relief Indian Discovery. All expecting to become mothers, and anxiocs to avoid th pains, distress, and dangers child bearing, arc earnestly entrea'ed to calm their tear?, allay thi-ir nervousness, and soothe ibeir way by the use of tbi-s most extraordinary vegetable pro duction. Those who will candidly observe its virtues, must approve of it in their harls; every kind and affectionate husband will feel it his most solemn duty lo alleviate the distress his wife is exposed to liy a safe and certain method, which is the s ot Mo'lo'Ts Reli f. Furthi r par'ieulars in Pamphlets intended foi he Ft m ib-E , io be bad grn'is w here this hu mane Cordial is to U found. The Mothet'g Relit f is prepared, and sold, by the now sole proprietors. Con. stock &. Co, ISAAC S. SMITH M D. Graduate of the New York State Medical Col lege, and Public Lecturer on the Theory and Pracfue l Medicine. Orders may be addressed to them, 21 Court landt street, New York. Certificates, an t further paificulars, can be een ! re th- In h f is sold. Sold only by S. J. Hinsdale in Fayetteville. A Certain find Permanent Cure for Salt Rheum, ffc. DrCMUnCHILI.'S I I ALIAN WHITEWASH Will Cure Salt Rheum, Titters, Ring Worms, f and all Diseases of the Skin. It excels all other medicines, productnr a con stitutional and lasting cure by acting on the bo wels by absorption through Die pores of the skin, and happily combining a local and general i fleet. Directions-with eaeh bottle, sold at 50 cents, by the Drussists generally Ccnisierk & Co, New York. Sold only by S. J. Hinsdale. February 6, I S47. finWKAS JUAG1CJL PALY EX TRACTOR. The marvellous cures which have been wrought by this all-healing ointment, and the almost m credible amount of atiflerin" which baa been reiiev ed by it, are too well known by the public lo ad mit a any doubt of its wonderful propirtica in Buouuing aj nain or ...flerinir from burns or ca.ds, and always healing in an incicdible short brokfi lirobs they heaFw ithout pain, or soreness. v. -joo,, ew York, sole Proprietors and no P.i Extractor .. genuine unless it has Vc " ""S"""1? on V1? wrapper of each box. Price sVied,:raTls:aU5, W' All dergymen Si.tKn P .. ..-..:o 1 -j - - FAYETTEVILLE, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1847. -PERSONAL SKETCH. -The following is an iuterestiug ketch of the new Seualor fiotn Louisiana, Mr Soule, who .n elected only to fill the unexpired term cf Air Barrow, deceased, aud bis office iberefwe ended with the 4th hist. The ketch is bv the Washington cut respondent of the Raleigh Standard : On Monday, the House took up Ihe army apiroriiilion bill, which was debated all day iti miiutereiiting speeches for Buncombe, to empty benches. Soule, ofLousiaoon, spoke in the Senate on the three million bill, and the Washington wot Id, including Ihe House of Representative?, wiib the exception of not mere than a dozen members overcharged with gas, attended to hear the great Frenchman. The vcty floor of the . Senate chamber was filled with the assembled wisdom and political influence of the laud, (of the House) squatt iiia oil their hams, as you have seen a dozen uriohbouts in "Nash," squat by the hour in the lock of a fence, when chatting over the last deer drive or the prospect for a tall crap of the staunch old county's staple apples. His speech was a powerful aualysi of the views of Calhoun and Benien, concerning ihe war. No spcerh previously delivered in either House during the session has struck ihe poli tical mind with so much force. Both Calhoun and Benien faired badly indeed iu hi3 bauds; aud yet his very tenderness and compliments to them served to render the annihilation of their air-built castle ihe more trying to their equanimity. In fact, he played with them aud their bantlings as the cat plays with the mouse in its power with like gentleness aud agility, and wiih the same nervous yet brilliaut and determined expression of the eye, which said I intend eventually to demoli.-h you. Soule is one of the teinarkable nieu of the couutiy. He is a native of France, the sou of a Shepheid, aud was originally desigued for the Priesthood, for which he was educated at ihe expense of benevoleut people, who eaily discovered his laleo's. At eighteen he iibaudouded all idea of eutrriug the church, and soon after was prosecuted for "speaking iu disrespectful lerms of our holy religion," which in plain English, meant deuouueiug the oider of Jesuit, as wolves in sheep cloth ing. He had then lo fly to ihe South of France, lo escape puni-hinent, aud lived there for near two )eaf.", engaged as a labourer ou a sheep farm; while there, however, he wrote for the pres, and nas prosecuted for a libel on the person of his Majesty the last of the Bouiboiis. He was seized, lakeu to Paris, tiied and convicted. His counsel, iu mitiga tion of the expected senleuce, commenced to plead his extreme youth aud inexperience; whereupon Soule stopped them, aud delivered, not iu extenuation but in justification ol his writings, a remaikably bold defence ol the liherty of the press, and assault ou the right to oppress by ihe t-grace of God,'" repudiating all idea of begging for me cy, and detying the King's mioiotis to do their worst ou him. He was at once seutenced to the heaviest puulh ment allowable lor the offence a hue ami lin: impi isoument. By the interposition of La F..vlte, as it was supposed, aud ut the suggestion ol their own minds that it would be fir sulci for the jiovenmeml to get him out or Fiiitire, than to keep him locked up to set Pails on li'o with his pen through the opposi tion press, his escape was connived at; aud us he left in disguise fur England to take ship ping for South America, La r ayette, who had become deeply iuleteded in his late, (think ing that chance mtgh throw him at some lime or other in the Uui'.ed S:ales,) placed a seal ed letter to (Jeueral Jackson in his haud. Il so Impelled iflat the vessel by whuh he was lo sail t i Valparaiso had left, aud he at once went ! ihe Island of Si. Domingo, aud from thence u It.illimore, (lo secure a pas-age lo South Ametlca,) where he arrived w nhout a doll-ir or a change of clothing. Hen: he met with two oi three Creole i?e title men ol New Orleans, who discovering his reoiaika ble mind aud attainments, . iuduced him to alter his intentions, aud to torn his steps to-. wirds their city, for which purpose they fur nished him with fund. This was in 1825. He did so; aud taking Nashville in his route stopped at the Hermitage to deliver La Fay ette's letter, which pioved to be of such a chat- acler that Leueral Jackson made htm rernaiu with him for five mofJihs until by dint of close application he had mastered the language sufficiently to venture to commence the prac tice of law where, as iu Louisiana, the civil or French law prevails. At the end of live mouths he went to New Oi leans, was ex amined, admitted, aud put up his shingle, aud having searched nut the friends who kindly assisted him iu Baltimore, by their influence he was at once engaged in a famous pirate Case, in which, though his antagonist was the celebrated John R (Jiymes, be gained his English language, of which he could dot speak a sentence on his arrival at Baltimore not eight mouths before. His manageinei of that cause gave him a start, which he has so improved as in Lnusiaua to be considered the hr6t lawyer aud pleader iu the country Heretofore be has resisted all effotts id ihe democracy to induce him to consent to come to Washington, as a Senatoi or Representa tive; but, for the sake of democratic principles, I trust this short half session may give him a taste for it, which will overcome bis scruples altogether, aud that he may long remain in the public councils. His history U almost a romance, as you will percieve. He is now but forty-two years of age, having been iu America but twenty-two years, aud if be lives twenty years longer, aud remains in public life, Soule is destiued to wield more influence over toe uesuuies oi idis uauou than has ever jet been attained by foreign A SPECTACLE DISGUSTING to PATRIOTS. I was present in the Senate gallery test evening, during the interesting 3cene which occurred before the final passage of the three million bill. Conspicuous in the reporter's gallery was the gray head and venerable form of Thomas Richie a man known throughout the Union as the firm and un wavering champion of democratic principles for the last forty years. For standing up for his country like d true patriot, he had been deprived of the doubtful honor of tread ing upon the floor of that dignified (?) body; but there he stond, in the gallery among- the people, appareantly indifferent to the ap plause or condemnation of the Senate beloiv him. Below, on the floor of the Senate, and oc casionally reclining upon its sofas, were Gales & Sea ton, the Mexican Editor in this city the men who advocate the British side when our country has a controversy with England, the French side when we have dif ficulties with France, the Indian side when we have any disputes with the Indians ; and now they are the organs nnd defenders of Mexico, in our controversy with that barba rous republic. Ytt these men the shame ful aud traitorous apologists of every foreign enemy to our country are the Privilieged Editors on the floor of the Senate, while Thomas Richie, who always has stood by his country in every controversy with a for eign enemy, is proscribed and deprived from the floor of the Senate, and compelled to take his seat in the gallery. Is not such a spectacle disgusting lo every patriot ; and can it be wondered at that the patriotic peo ple of this republic are indignant at such a shameful exhibit ion ? One of its editors is a foreigner bv birth. who has no sympathies with the American democracy. He has shown by bis paper the National Intelliurencer that he is at heart hostile to the tree institutions of Ame rica. Thomas Richie is American by birth :i American in his principles and sympa thies. Correspondence of Ihe Union. Mr Calhoun. The Metcurv and Pal metto Slate Banner, are laboiiug hard to de feud Mr Calhoun's vote, on the expulsion of the editor of the Union. It wo tit do Ihe blow was not nirnd at the editor of the Union alone, it was aimed al the Administration, through him, and there can be no justification nf the mode Air C. has taken to manifest his opposition to the President. He has united with the whigs ou this vote, he will possibly d ir on others, where the object looks to the embarrassment of the present ndmiuistiation. tie are afraid our bright paitlcular star has made another of those peculiar movements in his eriatic course which have so often aston ished the lookers on below. The editor of the whig paper of South Carolina always did think him too pure aud honest lo be in the democratic parly ! Camden (S. C.) Journal. Rules. Iu roii-equence of the changes made necessary by the Act of the Geueiai Assem bly, pased at the late Sessim, whereby a Term of the Supreme Court is required lo be held at Moiigamon, aud the period of holding one of the Terms at Raleigh is altered, ihe Judges of the Supreme Couit find it proper to make aud publish the following Rules: I. All applicants for admission to the Bar must present themselves for examination within the tiist two day of the respective lerms. II. All Causes, which shall be docketed befre the eighth day of a term, shall staud for trail during that lenn. All appeals, which sh-ill be docketed afterwards, shall be tried or continued at the option of the Appellee. All Suits in Equity, transferred lo this Court for hearing, aud not docketed before the eighih day of a term, shall be continued at the option of either party. III. During the two first days of the term, the Court will hear motions, aud try causes by consent of the Couusel ou both sides; On the third day of the term, ihe Coun will pro ceed regulaily with ihe dockets, first, with that of the State; secondly, the Equity; and thirdly, the Law causes. IV. For the Court held at Raleigh, the Cle-k will do ket the causes iu the following order, namely i Those . from the fifth Cir cuit shall be placed first, ibeu those fiom the fnuith Ci cuit, and so on lo the jfit Ciicuit. V. For the Court held alMorganiou, thecleik will docket the causes in ihe lollowiug oider, namely: Those from the Seventh Circuit shrill be placed first, then those from the sixth Cir coil, and then those from other Couuties. VI. Wheu causes are called, they must be tried or continued, unless lor special cause the Court should extend the time for the argu ment and except that Equity causes under a reference may be kepi open a reasonable time for ihe coming in f ihe icporls aud filing and arguiug excepti ons. E. B. F R E E M AN, C lei k. Shooting. On the night of Sun-lay, the 28th, near Stateburg, Wm M Sanders was shot in the arm by Jesse Terrell. Mr S. was endeavoring to take his apprentice a brother of Mr F. from Mr F's resideuce, and was in the yard of the latter when he was shot. Mr S. is confined from the effects of his wound Sumpleroilte (S- C) Banner. Ungrateful Client. A fellow named Clark was recently arrested and brought before the Mayor of St. Louis, on a charge of petty larceny. He was defended and acquitted. That nihl the offic e of J. K. Sprague, Esq., his counsel, was entered iulo .and robbed property which w as aftei wards' found in posses sion of Clark; ARMY INTELLIGENCE. Camp of the Centre Division, near P arras, State of Cohabuila, Mexico, December 13th, 18415. To the Editor of the Union i The numerous correspondents to your pa per who are with General Taylor and Gen. Kearney, have kepi your readers well advised of all the transactions of the "army of occupa tion,'1' and the 41 rmy of the wet," even to the miutitest detail. But the centie division, under Gen. Wool, although it has advanced further into Mexico than either nf the other two has hardly been heard from since the day it passed the Rio Bravo del Norte. Fotltiuately il has not yet been invested with a corps of pen uy -a-liners, to write about matters they do not comprehend ; lo eaft of ordiuary affairs and incidents with exaggera tion; or lo hold up men and measures in a highly colored, if not false and often ridicul ous light. Probrfbly this column his fewer gentlemen iu il who are nfflicied with that deplorable malady cacoethes scribend than any other of Ihe same size ever iu the field. Thus far, all have pushed forward id a quiet, unpretending maimer; and although they have passed through scenes ofuuusuel inter est, and discharged tfiduifold and irrfportaut services, still each, as if by common conseul, has patiently waited for Ihe hour of resistance wheu he riiay errfploy his swoid as au instru ment wherewith to illustiatehis conduct, rath er lhau his pen. The centre divisiou is now within 600 miles of ihe Pacific ocean. Its march, siuce it first passed the natural boundary of thelwo r publics, has beeu a long and excessive ar duous one; and I now devote ihe first leisure hour I have had for a greul while lo give you a brief aud hurried account of some of the events which thus far have maiked its pto gress. On the Sth of October, the advance of this columu, commanded by Gen. Wool in per son, and uilmbeiiug 1,954 aggregate, arrived on the left bank of Ihe Rio Grande, near the Mexican town San Juan Buutista, belter kuowu as Presidio. Ii had been eleven days in traversing the counliy fiom San Antonio de Bexar to thai point, a distance of 182 miles. A flying -bridge had beeu consttuct ed by Capt. Frascr, of the engineers, and transported in wagons fiom Sau Autonio, for the passage of the river. It was soon put iu operation, nud by the evening of the 11th, ihe whole ol the command, and Ihe immense tiaiu of stores which accompanied it, was ...... rmt safely lauded upu tne opposite snore. l ne Rio Grande at that nlace was found to be a 270 yards wide. Its current was exceeding ly rapid, and its waters turbid aud of a yellow ish gray color, like those of the Missouri. . Al this point Gen. Wool published au or der, iu which he delated the course he intei.d ed to pursue ; that he had not come to make ivat upou the people or peasantry of the couu -try ; but to compel the government of Mex ico lo reuder justice lo ihe U. States. All, theiefoic, who did not take up aims against u-, but remained quiet and peaceful at their homes, he should uot molest or iu(er!cre with, either as regarded their persons or their pro perty ; aud all those who. furni-hed supplies should be treated kindly, aud be liberally paid for whatever we should receive from them. The belter to protect the fetry established upon the river, and lo keep it secure fiom the troops and supplies to be forwarded by In spector General Churchill, commanding the rear column, Captain Fiaser was directed lo construct a redoubt as a tele-du ponl ou Ihe right bank and on the left, a field-work, to be defended by two companies. A sufficient fo'ce lo carry iulo effect such a purpose being detached from the column, the general pushed ou to Sau Juan Baulista. This town con tains twolhousaud inhabitants all Mexicans. The buildings ate of stone, or unburn! bricks, adobe,) and, with but little preparation, ac capable of beiug easily defended again at a superior force. Not ihe slightest resistance, however, was offered, although the people aie represented as being exceedingly hostile to wards us. . But a few weeks before our arri val, three or four companies of diagoons are said to have beeu quartered there, but they hud fallen back ou the main Ibices assembled at Monterey. Presidio, like Bexar,Goerrero, &c, was one of the points established early in the settlement of the c-uulry for the con finement and labor of stale prisoners ; aud by an edict of the king of Spain, published iu 1772, it was created a military post, aud made one of the cordon iheU formed for the protection of the froutier. The Jesuits erectwd a large mission with in a mile of the city similar lo the Alamo La Porisima Coiicepcion, San Jose, San Juan, aud Espada, near Autonio. Il is a massive structure, built en'i-ely of stone, aud uow fat falling to decay. When we passed it, the wind was bowling through its ruined arches, like a voice of mourning for those gone from beneath them never In return. Mitred bishop and cowled monk; veiled nun au limid devotee, have long since passed away, aud the grass aud wild flowers grow in the deserted ronidors, and over the crumbling walls ; aud flucks of goats herd iu the solita ry and deserted courts. The couutiy in the vicinity of this city, we found lobe very fettile especially where it was artificially irrigated. Cotton, sugar, corn, wheat, sweet potatoes, aud almost every description of garde c-vegetable besides figs, oranges,- peaches,and other fruits, were raised with but little labor, and in .considerable abundance. We were able to procure a suf ficient supply of forage for the use of the com mand, and at very reasonable rates. Going frorn thence westward, the column was obliged to march twenty., mtie, w,ihi ot wa er, when it arrived a( the town oi S.d Juau de JNava, situated In the middle of en immense plain, ana watched entirely by irri gating ditches, which are said to have tr louutnins in a tange of hills twenty rhilei to' the left of the trace. TKis town is represent ed a containing twelve bundled inhabitant-; and is built entirely of adobe. Three-fourths of the houses were not occupied at ell I, and were fast becoming ufrteorfbie. 1fie people with two or .tiiee exceptions, were wietche.l ly p.or, and more Igfioraritj even; than1 iha Indian of our plaios. The busineW of the place is the raising of stock, which is teotferi by herdsmen, and driven from pcfut to po?n upou the ma!iiejaiftal gtetf Bfrfost td the horizon upou every baud. In the iirf mediate vicinity of Nava, there are eittonsrvo' fields of corn, and there; likewise, a sufffctebf supply was procured to forage uU tfuiriiifls tV the columu. From Presidio to Navn the whole country" is a perl'ecf level. In the lime' oftfre Jestii', it t li r?i,J . ati i - ii was an nigniy cultivates; out now mere i not a single human hubiiaiiou ' helweeu IhoJc two places. In tffe olden times, wheii it wa$ smiling with plentiful crops of corn audV giain, and was enlivened tty fffe force of husbandmen he tawing of cows ihe b leaf ing ot numerous flocks ihe tiukfiujr of trelf, and the noise and hum of f if e bow beaHjtifuf !j must have been, compared with its prese'trf desolation; aud how great trie contrast (toiii its present sofiiudef Marks of the irngatiu'ff dvkes traverse the plufn hi every Siieciiotif and al distant intervals along the way-side ate seeti the ruins of many irn nucierrt gtnuiif onre fiflcd wiifr plentiful laierffs' bui noH empty, and fast crumbling back to the levef Irom whence they werejeaiedi , ... r.. .;t. 3i.if J dV C-rt A I 7 " llllK q l O B UIIU l KSSV IVI v nfGenernf Wool's truce, there is a beautiful island of limber which ihe Mexicans cal! El Aibolada de los Ancefo's -ih'e Grove ct uSe" Angels. Il is said to surrouud a fine spring of wale-, and is considered by the inhnbiian'ta' as a sacred place. Tfffs is rfere!y mentioned1 lo illustrate the fact, that in this country, af in all others, where the people arc ignorant tied superstitious, every natural object of beaut or sublimity whether mou'ufa'iu, pilalft", grove or liver is iiivcs.eu wmisomu unine wpnncr- fully calculated to call forth both poetic ao'& religious associations. The next city we visited was San F.ernandc de Rosas, containdrog between ilVree' aoc? four thousaud souls, ft is embosomed in ah4 extensive mot of, timber; Which' fiom its sice, aud the chnractei of the trees, wo supposec? must have been plauled wheu the city itself was first built. A fine stream of clear water,' called Ar'royo Kscondido,(f t itfdeiiCreekrutld" n neaily 3 sides of if, and si retch lug' off oti eveiy hand, lies one of the most fertile plnifii? iu Mexit-o. 'I fieie nie two extensive plazW in S;iii Feiuando, each sui rounded by th'e residences of the most wealthy citizens, whic&V although built of stone, aud iu the MexicuiV sl)le, have an air of neatness end taste,' ws had haidly r.fpectcflfo j"ee. The people w"o' found to be very fiiendiy in their feelings (O; wards us, aud whatever supplies we required,' they furnished with much cheerfuluess. When we commenced our. ritie, of march the ncJsl day, every eye was turned to tako one mnitt' look of Sau Feruando literally of the Roses'. And the scene il presented, with Ihe quniuV dome of iis old church sVrr.VoC'nleu'by.a crostf and rising above the surrounding foliage, pure w hite of edifices, caught here and thct& through ihe darli gecu fieetf, and' it's singul&T position, like that of an oasis, tint in a desert but on au uninhabited waste, was oue oTlt'j most picturesqoe and pleasing we .had ere witnessed, and one we tfialV long Ibvo to re member. Out course now became more soutberfyV the direction being- fb? the head watefs 6? the Safflanta, and a pass through the SierfV le San Jose. We had not proceeded" far belore the country began lo u'e more sterile and broken ; and long ranges of mountain to skirt the horizon, both upon our right hand and upotfqnr left ; while in front, a for midable chain of the in $fes4&?& a" barrier which it appeared impossible we should eve be able to pass with our artillery atfd" im mensely long train of wagons. . Trort'evef as we proceeded4, va'Vey a iter valley opened before us, through which our load" vVbujill its' way upwards, until at last we aiiaiucu ine.r very summit; lven were mere room' enough in this letter for such a purpose, i would be impossible; to' describe the magnifi'" cence of the vfew then spread out before u'sV Toward the east we loosed down on the widHv extended plain over which we had so long been journeying. In the distance the grove of San Fernando was still visible f while at our feet tlie vfiffey 6f &e SSnfariYo.' lay like a map, with the winding course oj ihe river distinctly traced upon' it by tlie da.rV? line of foliage that fringes its bands. (j either hand the peaks of thi farie dtioti' which we then stood appeared less as thev became raoie removed in perseverance, unit 1" in the far olf blue, their outlines faded froir:., our sight, and a minted'' wit the faint undufa-" tions of the fiu Grounding horizon. While, in tne west, the Sierra de Santa Rosa Toef up like a huge and battleinenferf' rdl with4 its serrated crest jutting; aloft in strong fe- nei against me clear sky, and its precipitous sides bun? about with feslcohs of tv'h'f nniv purple clouds. The" San Jose mountains are clad onl with a spars covering of grass, sprinkled here and there with isolated , tufU of sotol," cactus, palmetto, and yuca alotlbtia. Their ' upper stratum is fossiliferous limestone but belo-v they are reported as being very rtch' boru mam
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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