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THE WAR. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. From the New Orleans Picayune, Feb. 15. Expedition against Tehuacan. Narrow es- cape of Santa Anna. Description of the country. Puebla, January 21, 1848. I wrote on the 17th instant from Mexico, and informed you ' I intended to accom pany a secret expedition under the com mand of General Lane, which, at the time, was supposed to be intended to scour the valley of Mexico in quest of guerrillas ; and after civina it a thorough search, to inarch in the direction of Santa Anna's res idence; for the time being. The expedi tion, numbering in all about 550 officers and men, left Mexico on the morning of the 18th, taking the Pinon, or Vera Cruz road; Major ioik hi cimci tuiimwuu ui ic dragoons aiid rifles, and Col. Hays in chief command of the rangers, accompanied the expedition, together with Major Chevalie, formerly of the rangers, Captain Crittenden of the rifles,-and Lieutenant Butler, Dr lluntot Kentucky, and Mr Merriweather, of Ind.iana the former aid, and the two 'latter "volunteer aids of General Butler, who followed the expedition as volunteers. We arrived at the Vint a del Chalco about four o'plock. in the morning, after a fatigu ing" march of hear tlnrty miles under a liot sun, and -oyer a Toad ' covered with dust. T he next. morning, crossing the mountains enclosing the valley, we reached Rio Frio about nine o'clock, when information was obtained which led to the belief thatguer rillas were to be found between there and San Martin. About midway between Rio Frio and San Martin we met General Mar shall, with the advance of his train. Some of his officers, in command of the rear guard, reported that about two hundred guerrillas had been following them and threatening an attack the whole morning. Turning from the road at the point where the guerrillas were reported to have been last seen, General Lane detached two companies of the command to pursue them, and ordered the remainder to march on to San Martin, and there await his arrival. The general made a circuit of some ten or twelve miles in search of. the enemy, and, after being convinced of the fruitlessness of the scout, marched on to San Martin, and there the whole command took up quarters for. the night. From a very in telligent Belgian, at whose hacienda, while on the scout, we were very hospitably re ceived, we learned the certainty thatJarau ta was wounded in his affair with the ran gers in the valley of Mexico, but not so severely as was generally supposed. The wound, the Belgian informed us, was in the bridle arm, and was slight. Eigfit of Jarauta's men were killed and several badly wounded Early the next morning the inarch was resumed in the direction of Puebla ; and shortly after leaving Sari Martin, we met Col Miles, in command of the rear of Gen. Marshall's train, by whom we were informed that Gen Rea had been following him the whole of the previous day with about three hundred men, but did not attack him. v ' ' The vicinity ot" the city is in Tested with robbers, and depredations upon trav ellers are constantly committed. There is no considerable Mexican force now within fifty miles in any direction from this city. The discomfiture of the enemy during the siege, and the energetic and successful expedition of Gen Lane while here, scattered to the-winds the remnant of the Mexican army. . Rea is the only man. who seems to hold with him any por tion of the army. We are informed that he has his headquarters at Matamoros, with a force variously estimated at from 500 to 1000 men, ana has four pieces ofkvtillery. I do not thjok he will have to sigh long for an opportunity to try his prowess again. A). S. wily Mexican would soon be within our grasp. Shortly after leaving the haci enda, at a part of the road where it runs through a deep and narrow cut, and before the moon rose, the General and his staff, riding in advance, came upon a party of mounted Mexicans armed, before either saw the other, at the distance of twenty feet. The Mexicans, eight in number, were instantly disarmed ; but in the rear of them we found a cariage, from which stepped a Mexican with a passport from General Smith to travel from Mexico to Orizaba and back, with an escort of eight armed servants- This being discovered, the arms were of course returned, and the cavalcade was permitted to go on. Midway between the hacienda we naa left and this place, the road becomes as bare and uneven a rock as it was a part of the march of the previous night The horses, jaded from the rapidity with which we had moved the whole distance from the capital, gave signs that cautioned their riders not to push them too hard ; and the consequence was, the command did not travel with the celerity the general design ed for he had intended that the forty miles between the hacienda and Tehuacan should be accomplished in about seven hours, and that he should arrive there about two in the morning. Would that he had! Within eight or ten miles of Tehuacan, the guide received information that Santa Anna was, without doubt, at that place, and had with him from one hundred to two hundred men. With renewed' hope every man now spurred his "jaded steed,'' and on we went quick enough, until within 'five miles of our goal, where a halt of about an hour was made, and the plan of attack and capture disclosed by the General to his officers- The party mounted ; orders were given to observe the strictest silence during the remainder of the march. The order was obeyed, you may depend ; for every man had an intense anxiety to secure the prize ahead. This silent march over such a country as we passed through was impressive indeed. On our right was a precipice rising imme diately from the road to the height of two hundred and fifty to three hundred feet ; on the left was a dense growth of under wood, between us and a lofty ranee of mountains, through the gorges of which were seen occasionally the moon-lit snowy peak of Orizaba, brilliant but bleak ; and ahead of us was a road over alime-stone rock, having a dazzling whiteness from the moon's rays being 4reflected upon it direct ly towards us. Amid the romance of scene ry, the suggestion could not fail to present itself, that we were from eighty to a hun dred miles from reinforcements, without infantry ; that we were treading a part of the country which never before knew the presence of American arms, ; and that the enemy might have had notice of our ad vance, and collected a formidable force ; but there was an abiding confidence in the sairacitv. skill, and bravery of the inamler. At dawn we were- within half a mile of Tehuacan- The report of a solitary gun t Utonn. and -the rnpm pussn-c receint was taken for them, and a letter addressed to her illustrious husband, by the lady, informed him of the disposition m.adeof the trunks, and expressed regret at his absence on the occasion of our appear ing in his quarters. It may seem trifling to descend Jto an estimate of the value of the articles taken, but it will serve to sho w the extravagance and love of display of a man who affects to be a republican. The coat is almost covered with gold lace, and cannot be worth less than seven or eight hundred dollars. Thi3 fell to the lot of Col. Hays, who purposes presenting it to the government of his State. Both the cames taken are of great value, being mount ed with gold, anddiamonds, and other pre cious stones. One of these became the pro perty of an officer of the rangers, and the other of Maj. Polk, who intends to present it to the President Two ma oificent chu- pcaux de bras, tw pair of jjoV-jjepauletts, a sash otgold corcl aid Dumafirtassels, and an elegant writingdejk all distributed among the officers complete the list of valuables captured, with tie exception of the field glass, an excelleit one, which the General appropriated to hrnself his only trophy. Corrcppotience of the Picayune. Mexico, Jan. 26, 1848. The San Luis nronunciamento is likely to prove as abortife as the friends of peace could wish. TheGovernors of Zacatecas, Michoacan, Guanquato & Jalisco repudiate it, and Gen. Bultamente, to whom the command of the bvolted forces had been offered, declines he honor, stating that he owes allegiancto the Supreme Govern ment, which he is disposed to forfeit. In no part of the coultry that has been heard from has it met iith the slighest favor; not even in San luis itself, thegovernor having been arreted on his attempt to promulgate it asaaw when lie resigned. Rosa, the Ministe of Foreign , Relations, has published a dcument in answer to the pronunciamento dmost as long as the President's messge. It is important as giving the vietjs of the Government at Queretaro on the tbject of peace. It is the first time I haveeen anything favorable to a treaty or peace coming tram an oth cial source. SANTA ANNAH-The Monitor of yes terday gives an extnit from a letter writ ten by a person of disinction, which says : 44 Gen Santa Anna hasisked for a passport to enable him to leavqthe Republic, and has recommended hisfriends to sustain a peace and the Govrntnent of Pena y Pena.'' The same par cites an article from the Constitution inhibiting the Pres ident of the Republic fipm leaving the ter ritory, while in the exr,cise of the supreme command, and one yea? afterwards. An other Queretaro corresjondent of the Moni tor intimates that S aii a Anna's official communications in regj-d to his passport, &c, will be published.! We hardly know what to make oi mis mocment oi the ex- Fresident, and at first vtre inclined to dis crctl'it therstatcmcnt alt Rather. 1- ' lights e si Tehuacan, Jan. 23, 1848. All were a good deal surprised, the even ing we left Puebla, to find themselves on the National or Vera Cruz road, and trav elling ia the direction of the latter city; fur, so far as conjecture could point out the ultThiate destination of the expedition, after the information in relation to Rea's headquarters being at Matamoros, (De Puebla,) and the guerrillas being in the neighborhood of Puebla, ihtf general sup position was, that Rea would be attacked, or that the General would go in search of the guerrillas reported to be between Pue bla and Rio Frio, off the road. It was raining when we started, and for some four or five miles of the road the night was in tensely dark. All, however, went on cheerfully ; for, with Gen. Lane in com mand, and making a night march, every man was confident that some object, worthy of the sacrifice of comfort, was in view. When we arrived at Amazoque, the General, leaving the Vera Cruz and Orizaba roads on the left, took a road entirely unknown to any one but himself and his guide. For a time it was broad and good ; but, after travelling some ten or twelve miles from Amazoque, we turned into a track but little better than a mule path ; and for about eight or ten miles the horses had to go over a bare and jagged limestone rock. The horses bore it admirably ; and about 5 o'clock.in the morning we took up our quarters at a haci enda, near the village of Santa Clara, at the foot of a range of mountains, after hav ing accomplished a inarch of over forty miles. At this place the General informed the ..rti i i. o capture Santa Anna,' who, he had infor mation, was at Tehuacan with" about one hundred and fifty men. In order that the Mexica" chieftain might not obtain infor mation of the presence of our troops in this section of the country, the General order ed every Mexican im the hacienda, and every one found on the road during the day, to be arrested and kept close until we left in the evening. The order was strictlv enforced : and. at about dusk, the march for Tehuacan, distant nearly forty miles, was taken up, in the full hope that the id AW to and fro in the buildings next us, cave hone that the bird was about to be . i . i .i . i- caged. and sustained me expectation oi meeting an enemy. As the command came to the entrance of the town, the dra goons and rifles dashed to the rightand left, and in a few minutes every outlet was stop ped, and the rangers galloped ahead to wards the plaza with their six shooters cocked, glancing an eye on 'every side, with the belief and 1 think I may say the hope that the enemy was on the house tops. The rangers in the plaza, in a mo ment squads were galloping through every street ; but no enemy was to be found, and in a few minutes we had the mortifica tion to learn that the great object of our search had fled two hours before we arrived, and had taken the road to Oajaca, with an escort of sevent'-five mounted men. The national tla;s hunr out from the residen ces of foreigners, and white flags suspend ed from the houses of the Mexicans in every part of the town, told that our ap proach was known in advance. ; and it was . 1 I - I 1 . I j . 1 11 T ' with chagrin it was learned mat xne mexi can, whose coach and escort was stopped shortly after leaving the hacienda, sent by a short route across the mountains one of his servants to communicate to Santa Anna that American troops were on the road, and, as he believed, with the intention of capturing him. Had it not been for this treachery on the part of a man travelling under an American safeguard, the surprise would have been complete. The guide a Mexican, whose fidelity had been proved after meeting the carriage, was uneasy during the remainder of the inarch, and was constantly urging the General to press the command forward with greater rapidity; but this could not be done without riskiii" the loss of the men and horses, who were most fatigued a weighty consideration, in the position he was then in. It was suggested, on arriving in town and finding Santa Anna had fled, to press fifty or a hundred fresh horses, and pursue him as long as there was a prospect of finding him. But the General wisely argued that the bird was alarmed; and to .pursue him through a country unknown to our troops, and perfectly known to the enemy, and with the possibility, two, that the enemy's force might accumulate on the road to a number dangerous to so small a body as could be mounted, would be seeking dan ger, with scarcely a possibility of success in the grand object. The first feeling of disappointment hav ing in a great measure passed off", the pub lic buildings and suspicious private dwell ings were searched, and it was a meagre satisfaction to find in the quarters, so re cently occupied by Santa Anna, a part of his best military wardrobe, two of his cost ly canes, his field glass, and three trunks containing his ladv's clothing Tl lis rrvpfl at all events, to show the chase was hot and the departure -hasty. His military property was taken as a" legitimate spoil, and the trunks containing his wife's cloth ing were turned over to the alcalde. A Lieut. Pat ton of the l Artillery, serv ing with Bragg's battcryaiow stationed at Walnut Springs, Monfrey, came over from the Brazos in thl Telegraph. He brought over three men f irons for trial by jury for offences commitd in Mexico. Fight with the &m:ancues. The Victoria (Texas) Advoc of the 3d inst. says "News has reach I town this morn ing, which we are dispod to credit, that Capt. Henry McCulloclwith his company of Rangers had a fight few days since with a party of Camancbs, a short dis tance above Austin. Co tain McCulloch lost five men killed ail almost all his horses. About 40 Camanpes were killed." FnoM the Rio Gra.ni! A gentleman who came across from Sji Patricio, four days on the route, inform -us that Indians, in small parties, have maj several recent visits to that ncighborhofl, causing con- who were horses. th ree mod suffering siderable alarm to the seiers, fearful of losin?r their catle and He states that he met of the road t American deserters, on tot; and ar only with pistols, who hal been s much for want of food, aid still several days journey from wherj any could be procured. They were leering for San Patricio, thence through Ttxas. Sergt. Maj. Trueaxe all Sergt. James Eastley, of the 10th Rffiment, havini; been appointed and receivui their commis sions as lieutenants in this egiment, were duly swoan in by Col. Dav nport on Mon day last, and reported for luty. We un derstand, from officers of the regiment, that they were ineritoriou soldiers, -art J well deserved their new ap ointment. CpCURHEXCE. llane by birlhy t'ghteen months A Most Sixg.ular. Captain Martin Lund, , a left New Orleans about ago, loaded with merchandise for a Mes- can port, npon a speculation He put in o a hostile Mexican port, wlin his property was confiscated and his jerson put in close confinement. His fiends, hearirg no news direct from him sjpposed that le was dead. A succession was opened in the proper court, his propeysold, in suc cession closed, and the proieeds paiiTovir to the supposed widow-. 'Jiie wife,"aboit six months ago, married aiyoung lawyer, of that city. Three or four days sincf, to the wonder of every onel the long lost, but veritable Capt. Lund, larrived in this city propria persona. He jinds ,quite an alteration in his affairs, bothpeculiary and domestic I T Scarcely a day els.-sea in which -we So no-receive some new testimonial in favor of Wistar's Balsam. The subjoin ed was sent us by an entire stranger, wao cld have been influenced bjr no selfish motive. J - New Hampton, fprtl 6. 184. Mr Fowle ; Dear Sir Having been trbuted about four years with pain in the side and stomaeh. a4 after trying various remedies but to no effect. I triet'the Balsam of w Ud l nerry. which frve me immediate fclief and 1 can hereby assure the public, that in my opinil. it is the best medicine for Lung and Consumptive com ever been introduced to the public, and own experience. None genuine unless signed I BUTTS j For sale in FayetteviUa by S J Hinsdale kints which has udge from my JiA. LOOMIS. - the wrapper: and Dealers in medicine in every important town in Nor Carolina. HE FREMONT CASE. We mentioned in a postscript last Saturday, the decision in the case of this officer, but our information was a little incorrect. 'Ve have since seen the whole " find ings and sentence of the Court," published in the Union of Feb'y 21. The Court Martial found him guilty" of all the charges and specifications, and sentenced him to. be " dismissed the service." " Considering the gravity of the charge," say the Court, he " has been allowed the fullest scope to develope the instructions of the govern ment, and all circumstances relating to the al leged misconduct, as well as to impeach the lead ing witness (Gen. Kearney) for the prosecution;" but "with all his latitude of evidence, the Court has found nothing conflicting in the orders and instructions of the government;" and " in the judgment of the Court, his the leading witness, Gen Kearney's honor and character are unim peached." This decision must be gratifying to every lover of justice; for nothing has been more perceptible, through the whole matter, than the fact that Lt. Col. Fremont was in constant communication with would-be " Lieut. General" Benton, whose advice and instructions have thus, in an attempt to make Fremont a great man, led him into be traying the trusts of his country, and brought disgrace upon him as on officer. The gratifica tion consists in this : that to screen himself, he and Mr Benton have endeavored to disgrace an old and faithful officer of the army, Gen. Kearney. As a matter of interest, we give the decision of the President of the United States in the case, as issued in a General Order from the War Office, dated Washington, Feb'y 17, 1848. I have carefully considered the record of proceedings of the generalcourt martial in the case of Lieutenant Colonel John C. Fremont, .of the regiment of Mounted Riflemen, which convened at Washington arsenal, in the District of Columbia, on the 2d day of November, 1847, and of which Brevet Brigadier General George M Brooke was president. The court find Lieut. Col. Fremont guilty of the following charges, viz : 1st. --Mutiny, 2d. Disobedience of the lawful commands of his superior officer 3d. Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline and sentence him "to be dismissed the service." Four members of the court append to the record of their proceedings the follow ing, viz : 'Under the circumstances in which Lieutenant Colonel Fremont was placed, between two officers of superior rank, each claiming to command in-chief in Califor: nia, circumstances in their nature calculat ed to embarrass the mind.and excite the doubts of officers of greater experience than the accusedf and in consideration of the important professional service render ed by him previous to the occurrence of those acts for which he has been tried, the undersigned members of the court respect fully recommend Lieutenant Colonel Fre mont to the lenient consideration of the President of the United States. GEORGE M. BROOKE, Brevet Brigadier General U. S. Army. Lieut. Col. anil Dep. Quartermasters Gen. J. P. TAYLOR, Lt. Col. and Assistant Com. Gen. of Sub. R. L. BAKER, Major Ordnance Department." i nree oiner memuers or me jourt ap pend to the record of their proceedings the foil owinji viz : Under all the circumstances of this case, and in consideration of the distin guished professional services of the accus ed previous to the transactions for which he has now been tried, the undersigned beg leave to recommend him to the clemency ot the President of the United States. S. II. LONG, Lieut. Col. Topographical Engineers. RICHARD DEL AFIELD, Major of Engineers. E- W. MORGAN, Lieut. Col. 13th Infantry.'' Upon an inspection of the record, Tani not satisfied that the facts proved in this case constitute the military crime of liny.,' I ain'of opinion that the second and third V.harg'e$ 'are sustained bv tie proofs, and that the conviction upon these charges warrant the sentence of the court. The sentence of- the court is," therefore, approved;" but,-in .consideration of the pe culiar circumstances of the case, of the previous meritorious and valuable services of Lieut. Col. Fremont, and of the forego ing recommendations of a . majority of'.the members of the court, the penalty of dis missal from the service is remitted. Lieut. Col. Fremont will, accordinglf be released from arrest, and will resume his sword and report for duty. JAMES K- POLK. Lieut. Col. Fremont, of the mounted rifle regiment, is accordingly released fronar rest, and will join his regiment in Mexico. The gener al.court martial of which Brevet Brig. Gen George M. Brooke is: preident is hereby dissolved. . By order: R. JONES, Adj'. Gen. To.the above information of ap official character, we have to add, that its gener ally understood that Mr Fremont, at the instant of "receiving the notification convey ed by the general order of which he forego ing is the material part, resigned his place in the army, upon the"-ground that he. was not conscious of having done any thing to merit the finding of the courtagainst him. and could not seem toadmitts justice by accepting r,xetuiivc cjemeiiry FpR TuRNiab Irregular Me., Fountai town has infepted a nv and important machine for'tiirning Las 6, Gunstocks, or any other irregular fornf. This machine is a great improvement in Mr BlancRard s old machine, and it will be a great public advantage, coming as il tirill, in Competi tion with the old machiie us"ed for the same purpose. This jnachjae is simple ii its construction, entirely - superseding the necessity of using on last to form another by. Scicnlific2rrteTfcan. FIRE HEAVY LOSS. On Friday night last, between ten and eleven o'clock, the Workshop and Engine House f under one roof of the Raleigh and Gaston Road, at the Depot near this City, was discovered tobeonfire. The fire, it is supposed, originated in the roof, and was probably communicated by sparks from the engine which was tui ned in about 7 o'clock, P. M ; and such was the progress that it made, before any assistance of importance could be had upon the ground, that the entire building, containing four Engines and all the tools of the Workshop, fell be fore the flames. The loss is estimated at from twenty-five to thirty thousand dollars. One of the Engines, we learn, was new, and another had just undergone repairs to the amount of two thousand dollars. The wind was fortunately blowing from the North, and but for this, other buildings situated near the Workshop might have taken fire and been consumed. This is a heavy loss to the Road, and, it is feared, will seriously embarrass its operations. At any rate, it must interfere for a few weeks with the regular transmis sion of the Mails and the transportation of Goods, as the three Engines which were on the Road at the time, will hardly be found sufficient to perform the work usually done by six or seven. Ral. Standard. The judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, Hon. John McLean, who has stepped from his pedestal to engage in the broils of party, speaks, in his celebrated letter, of adopting a certain measure, "that the people may feel the evils of war.'' Of course, every one will suppose that the Patriot Judge is anxious to make the ene my feel the evils of war." But, strange to tell, such is not his meaning- He desi res our own countrymen -'to feel the evils of war!" by the pressure of direct taxes, which, he says, would wind up this Mexi can war in sixty dtiys." This proposition to make our own people, instead of the ene my. 'feel the evils ot war," is so contrary to the natural order of events, that one can scarcely credit the accuracy of the statement. It shows such prejudice and prejudgment in the judge, that we should respectfully protest hereafter against the correctness of his judgment in political matters. Union. The Jews in Charleston. We no tice that the Court of Errors of Charleston, South Carolina, have decided reversing a decision of a court below that a law prohibiting the sale of goods on the Sabbath by the Jews, is constitutional. The opin ion of Judge O'Neall is long, illustrated with copious musty quotations and '-odds and ends of holy writ," sufficiently sophis tical, and, a hundred and fifty years ago, might have been considered passably liberal. The Constitution of South Carolina al lows "the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference." The Jud"-e says "But it is said this ft lie prohibition violated the i-g pyrrflii 1 ouu cMiuviiitni oi iim reuniuus uroiession and worship of the Isrealite. Whv? It does not require him to desecrate his own Sabbath!" No, inded, a law requiring a man "to desecrate his own Sabbath" would not be tolerated by pagans, but the Jew's own conscience requires him to keep his own Sabbath, and this Judge's decision will compel him to keep the holy-da v of a religion lie does not believe iii ; to say nothing of the loss of one seventh of his life, debarred from business by law under a constitution which allows the free exer cise of one's religion "without discrimina tion or preference' ! That's religious freedom with a vengeance Ala. Gazelle. PUBLIC MEETING. At a meeting of the citizens of Fayette ville, convened at the Town Hall on Wed nesday the 1st March, pursuant to the call of the Magistrate of Police : on motion, Thomas N. Cameron, Esq., Magistrate of Police, was called to the chair, aud J. H. Cook and A. McLean, appointed Secre taries. On motion of Maj. J. P. Leonard, se conded by E. L. Winslow, Esq, the fol- lowing committee was appointed to frame a preamble and resolutions, expressive of the feelings of the meeting in reference to the demise of the late John Quincy Adams, ex President of the United States, viz: E. L. Winslow, J. W. Wright, J. P. Leonardr D. G. McRae, J. W. Sandford, J. G.Cookr and Dr. B. W. Robinson, who, after re tiring for a short time, reported through their chairman, E- L. Winslow, Esq, the following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: A great man has fallen in our country John Quincy Adams, Ex-President of the United States of America, a member of Congress, is no more. Tbe shaft of death reached him while in the discharge of the responsible duties of a member of the House of Representatives from his native State, Massachusetts. He breathed his last beneath the roof of the Capitol, whose walls had often resounded with the out pourings of his learning and eloquence. He was born July 11th, 1767, and was in the 8 1 st year of his age. He was probably the oldest man in our country in public life. His services in the various departments of the government, are spread over more than a half century of the history of the U. States. He was emphatically a great and wonderful man. The death of such a man is a loss to the world. In the councils of our country a void lias been made which cannot soon be filled. As evidence, therefore, of the respect which the citizens of Fayette ville entertain for the long and distinguished public ser vices of the Hon. John Q Adams, his purity of character as a man and a christian, Be it Resolved, That in the death of the Hon, John Q. Adams, a citizen so emi nent and experienced as a statesman, so learned and ripe as a scholar, so exalted and exemplary in all the relations of life, both private and public, who has added so much to the glory and character of our country by his talents, his learning and his services: the United States of America have sustained a heavy calamity, and may well ask the sympathy of the civilized world. Resolved, That the citizens of Fayette ville sympathize with the venerable relict and family of the distinguished deceased in this overwhelming and severe visitation of Providence. Resolved, That the chairman of this meeting be requested to cause a copy of these proceedings to be forwarded to the widow of the deceased. Resolved, That the Hon. Henry Potter be requested to deliver an Eulogy on the character and services of the Hon.Jjulvn Q,- Interesting Dutch Colony. The Hol land immigrants recently settled in Iowa Resolved, -That the chairman annoint a committee of six persons to make the ne cessary arrangements. Whereupon, under the last resolution, the chairman appointed the following com mittee : S. W. Tillinghast. E. W. Walk ings, Warren Winslow, W. B. Wright, W. J. Anderson, and James Banks On motion, the meeting adjourned. THO. N CAMERON, Ch'n. J. H. Cook, ( A. McLean, j 5- We understand that Judge potter has agreed to deliver the eulogistic Oration of Mr Adams. The time and pi ice will be noticed hereafter. Secretaries. have, named their new settlement "Pell; LC 'I f l UK. IJEsEKT BKVOXD THE INUECES. Much has been said and written by the op ponents of the Mexican war. about the beyond Jordan," to "which the early Chris- "desert beyond the Nueces.'" It has been tians tied upon the destruction of Jerusalem urged by statesmen who ought to have by the Romans. It is two or three months ; been better informed, and by political old, and numbers 800 inhabitants. Large ! journals on their authority, that this numbers are to join them in the Spring, j desert' would be the most eligible bound when their Pclla will suddenly become a ; ary between -Texas and Mexico, because, populous' prairie town. It is a singular j from its . extreme sterility its utter in sight, says a correspondent of the Ch. capacity to furnish sustenance either to -Inte.Migencer, the velvet jackets and wo;mI- settlers or to an invading force, it would en shoes of these Puritans of the 19th Cen- constitute a barrier of non-intercourse be- s stranire tury, m' tiie midst of the . prairies of the j tween the two countries. It iNew -Purchase, that stretch from the Des Moines to the Cheaque, in Central Iowa. They "are living in camps covered with tent-cloth,' or grass and bushes the sides barricaded with all sorts of o'M-lookin- boxes and chests from the Netherlands. These people .are respectable! and in telligent. When they took the oath of allegiance to .the United Mates, a few weeks since, but two made their marks Many of the leading men pesses unusual refinement and education. Machine for Cutting Soi.es. MxC. D- Bigelow, of Marlboro, Mass., has in vented a machine for putting out soles for boots and shoes of every sixe and shape. The soles are cut out with the holes for pegs all punched, so that the peg awl will be entirely dispensed with, if some arrange ment can be made to punch the inner sole. This will.be a machine of great benefit to boot and shoe manufacturers and we believe it can be got upat but little expsnse, as it is -very 'simple. The inventor we are informed has taken measures to secure a patent.- Scientific American. - Latij Machine. A machine for splitt ing laths, the invention "of Mr Winslow of in mis .ic oi iioproveinenr, to near non intercourse recommended as the best means of securing peaceful relations between two neighboring republics. Tiiis, as it seem to us, is not the era for such doctrine; it would have sounded better in the dark ages. Civilization, with the sciences for its allies, is everywhere breaking through, surmounting, traversing the national bar riers which separate nation fnwu nation Interpose a desert between Texas and Mexico! better link them together with railroads and magnetic wires. SmrFACES. We learn bf the GardiWer. f Cincinnati, has been nut into operation in n, that Mr II. Davis of thatJ Southwatk, Pa. -It fs iSie t first of the kind put up gasLof th A4feglianie3 and has sur prised the good mechanics of Philadelphia. A'huge log, is placed in the machine, nd by the means of two knives, one work ing perpendicularly, and the other horizon tally, the laths are cut fron the side of the log which, is pushed around by the machine ry, so that the laths ; are of a uniform thick ness and width. It is driven by steam power and will cut the lathes aj the rate ot two hundred a minute Scientific American. New Cannon. At the Empire Wrorks of this City there is at present a new kind of cannon being constructed whfch is a novelty in its way. " It is lighter and stronger than any ord nance yet in use, can be made of any size and power, for harbor and fortress defence, and has, withal, the virtue most needed in Mexico it can be carried anywhere that man can get, up and over theliighest moun tains and most rugged passes. It is made of plates and bolts, in such-a manner that a twelve or a hundred pounder can be tak en apart, packed on mules or men's backs to the desired spot, and in fifteen minutes be put together for certain and deadly purposes." Scientific American.' Mr Robert Hoe, of this city, has made contracts to build two Printing Presses, similar to those of the New York Sun and Philadelphia Ledger's, for two Pari papers. -Each is to print 12,000 copies per hour. They are to be matle in this city ana to cost Z4,ooo. Scientific American. The Democratic State Convention '"of Alabama has recommended the Hon. Wm. R. King as a candidate for the, office of Vice President of the United States. r -
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