THE WAR.
Important from Mexico.
From the N. O. Picayune, 18th iat.
By the arrival of the schooner May, this
morning, we have received Vera Cruz
dates to the 7th inst., the day of her depar
ture, and our correspondence from the city
of Mexico to the 2d.
City of Mexico, Jlpril SO. L.ast night
the city was thrown into a state of great
excitement by the circulation of a letter
purporting to be from Queretaro, of which
the following is a translation:
A respectable gentleman has received by
extraordinary express from Queretaro a
letter which among other things says:
Queretaro, April 27. The people have be
come weary with suffering the oppression and
sport of petty tyrants. This at least 13 the case
with the Mexicans; and, by the omnipotent ex
ercise of its will, discarding what is called the
General Government of the nation, established
at Queretaro, it has prostrated to the earth its
treacherous oppressors.. At 0 o'clock on the
night of this day, without any resistance, it pro
claimed the only plan which in the present cir
cumstances can save the country, viz : " War,
und war without truce or quarter, until an hon
orable peace is conquered ' Such is the pro
gramme of this happy revolution, at the head of
which are the distinguished Generals Aim ante,
Bustamente and Paredes, to whose voice, all who
are Mexicans rather than partisans, will respond.
A commission, preceded by an extraordinary
courier, has started to call Santa Anna back.
The whole story proves to be a fabrica
tion; still I am informed by old residents
here that the circulation oi such stories in
print is the usual precursor of revolutions,
and many circumstances render it within
the ranire of possibility that the Govern-
with the 9th article. Capt E. also reports
that about twenty-eight vessels from differ
ent nations were oft the coast, removing
the inhabitants of Yucatan to Campeachy.
We strongly incline to the belief that the
treaty concluded the difficulties, as the
insurgents seem to have had everything
that they desired granted them by the com
missioners.
We
THE REVENUE,
learn that the receipts into the
treasury from customs, notwithstanaing
the convulsions in Europe, continue to
equal the most sanguine expectations of the
friends of the tariff of 1846 ; the receipts
for May, so far as returns have been receiv
ed at the department, showing an increase
over the corresponding period of last year.
The following will prove with what sound
ness the calculations ot Secretary Walker
were made, the results as fully sustaining
him as it completely demolishes the pro
phecies of the whig leaders, uttered while
the present tariff was under discussion in
the Senate and prior to its enactment into
a law :
Estimate of the Secretary $31,000,000 00
Received during three quarters of
fiscal year ending March 31
Rec'd during the month of April
Received during the month of May
thus far,
Balance
23,S,.r)03 07
2,100,000 00
' 1,053,931 55
29;372,-157 02
1,027,312. 3S
ment of Pena y Pena, without popularity
and without resources, may be ousted from
power before the treaty can be ratified.
The military are demanding pay, which
Pena v Pena in the present condition of
the treasury can hardly give them.
There are numerous rumors afloat here in
relation to money and munitions coining
into the country to prosecute the war. I
have very good authority for statins that
both arms and ammunition are being re
ceived through Acapulco from South Ame
rica in large quantities.
Quekeiako, April 2.7. American de
serters are continuHly arriving here ; dur
ing the last three days, twenty soldiers
presented themselves to the Mexican Gov- j
ernment, and were itrfmediately incorpo- '
rated in the San Patricio company.
The garrison of Queretaro is composed
of 820-men of all arms. Eight hundred
men have deserted, with arms ami baggage,
from the army of Mexico, 2500 strong,
which the Government had sent against the
insurgents of Sierra Gorda.
A wager of $10,000 has been made for
and against peace ; several Deputies arc
concerned in the bet, and it is said that
Mr Rubio, the principal better, has staked
85000 against the peace.
The number of Deputies is completed.
The arrival of the American Commission-
gress. lhe Consuls ot the foreign powers
are all here. Anxiety is at its highest pitch,
and the deliberations ol Congress are Ion;;
ed for as is the coming of the Messiah.
It has transpired from the meeting held
by the officers of the artilery that thev have
maue a (lemanu on the uovernmcnt to re
ceive their pay in the same manner that the
members oi Congress receive it.
City of Mexico, May 2. I have just re
ceived a letter from your correspondent at
Queretaro, and not having tune to give
translation oetore the mail closes. lean
only furnish the substance. He says Her
ft Wfc .
rera nas neen nominated President, and
the .najority of the Deputies will vote for
, him. Otero, who it has been renortcd for
A." I '
some time was opposed to peace, your cor
respondent says has changed his opinion,
and will vote for the treaty. All this looks
as if the peace party. were in the ascendan
cy. Herrera is an old peace man, and
Otero is a man of talents and influence.
Between twenty and thirty deseitions
took place from the army here on Saturday
night. You will recollect that your corres
pondent at Queretaro some time since stat
ed that a plan had been organized thtre
to elTect a desertion of several hundreds
from the army in and about litis city and
that the parties who were to effect it were
soon to leave. It has been discovered that
the headquarters of the schemers are at
Guadalupe. They give each man thatde
serts as high as a hundred dollars. Meas
ures have been taken to trap the gentlemen.
Several faithful men have been allowed
to go to them as deserters, and these men
are communicating information of their
movements.
$31,000,000 00
The amount for May embraces the re
ceipts at eight ports for thirteen days, and
four extreme southern ports for six days
only ; leaving the entire month of June and
the greater part of May wherewith to sweU
the amount, which will probably reach at
least 832,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
30th June. Washington Union.
Hedges- The best hedge in the United
State, says the Genesee Farmer, extends
about a mile along the highway on a plan
tation of 3000 acres, near Augusta, Geor-
It is the Cherokee Rose, which is now
in full bloom, presenting a magnificent flor
al spectacle, and filling the atmosphere
with delicious perfume. JNo animal with
out wings can get over, or through it. Hav
ing stood forty or fifty j'earsit still pro
mises a eoou lencc lur a century to come.
The owner and occupant ot this splendid
estate, Mr 1) Laigle, was a fet. Domingo
planter at the time of the insurrection and
dreadful massacre by the blacks, and w as
so fortunate as to escape to the United
itates. Scientific American
Self-Discharging Flouk Chest and
Flo uu Packer Combined. 1 his is the
name given to a new invention lor pacK
ing flour, recently introduced into some
of the Oswego mills. Col. W. J. Pardee
has just put it in successful operation in
his mills, and it is believed that the inven
tion will very generally take the place of
the old system of packing. Incoustruc
tion it is simple and packs a barrel in about
a minute. The garnerinto which the flour
is received from the bolts is capable of hold
ing four hundred barrels. The empty
barrel is placed under the garner, which
tapers in size to be received by the barrel.
A shaft, to which are" attached blades so
constructed and set as to form something
like a screw, is let down into the barrel.
The machinery sets it in motion, it lifting
itself as the flour is let in and packed by
the blades. But two men are required to
do the packing for three run of stones, a
great saving on old plan. Scientific Ameri
can.
Important Invention. Mr David
I sham, a machinist of Hartford Conn., has
recently Invented a process by which cast
iron can be converted, almost instantly,
ami with but slight expense and labor, into
steel. lwenty minutes only are necessary
to convert a ton of iron into steel of the
best quality, a process ordinarily requir
ing irom six to ten days. lhe inventor
has been ottered Si 2, 000 tor the patent
right ot the fctaie ot Pennsylvania alone.
. - i 4 i r i.t
.-rucies manuiaciureu irom steel thus pre
pared, have been proved and tound cqua
to those manufactured from the best En
glish steel. If this invention is really what
it purports, to be, it will destroy one gre
branch ot English labor and add much to
the wealth ot tins country, but we have
doubts. Scientific American.
Fromjthc New York True Sun.
YUCVTAN AND HER RELATIONS
WITH MEXICO AND TEXAS.
Recents events must render interesting
to our readers a comprehensive view of the
history of Yucatan, of her pastand present
relations with Mexico and Texas, and of
the causes which led to her present calamit
ous condition. We therefore oiler the
following sketch. "
The inhabitants of Yucatan have always
been distinct from those of Mexico as a peo-
pie. During certain perious since tneir
independence, no political union existed
between them, during most of that time it
has been but nominal, and it has never been
firm nor founded on much community of
interest or affections.
Yucatan did not belong to the empire
of the Montezumas, its aboriginal inhabi
tant being different in race and language
from the Asteoues and other Mexican
tribes, though beariug a general resem
blance to them in habits and customs, and
in their nartial advancement in some of
the civilized arts. The conquest of Yuca
tan was accomplished by Spain subsequen
tly to that of Mexico, and it was not at
tached to the vice royalty into which the
lattei was formed. Yucatan and Guate
mala each formed a captain-generalship, as
Cuba does now, holding its relations direct
with the Court of Madrid-
Yucatan did not share in the-first insur
rection in Mexico. That movement was
a revolt of a portion of the population of
the latter, which commenced under tndal
go in 1810, and after a struggle of several
years, was in a great measure suppressed.
It was followed, however, in 1821, by a
revolt of the native royalist troops under
Iturbide, which, being joined by the
masses, soon achieved the independence
of Mexico. The rising of Yucatan did not
occur till this second revolt of Mexico; and
the liberation of the former was achieved
simultaneously but unconnectedly with
that of the latter.
Guatemala, at the same time, became
separately independent. The provisional
authorities of Vucatan, considering their
population too limited to form a permanent
national government, sent commissioners
both to Mexico and Guatemala, with pro
posals of annexation to whichever might
offer the most advantageous terms, her lo
cation be in; between the two.
The preference was given to Mexico.
Yucatan sent deputies to the first Nation
al Junta of that country, and consented on
certain conditions to incorporate herself
into the new empire which Iturbide had
founded. Before the union was fairly con
solidated, however, Iturbide was dethron
ed; when Yucantan resumed her indepen
dence and retained it as a sovereign re
public till after the federal constitution of
Mexico was established in 1824. Though
she sent deputies to the convention which
formed it, it was on express conditions
that the act should not compromit'rier in
dependence! and she did not accept ofcthe
constitution mi alter it was pui intone
throughout Mexico, orTiri other weeds! she
entered the union as a preexisting rate
after the other States were created. She
received the constitution by a compact
between the two sovereignties on speci
fic condition, conceding to Yucatan certain
commercial privilege not eniorceir uy me
created States, the union to continue only
while the terms were observed.
The compact on which Yucatan had en
tered the Union was broken by Santa Anna's
subversion ot the constitution in 1834, on
which that state seceded. By the prompt
action of the Mexican forces, then in the
state, it was compelled altera short but
severe struggle to submit to the centra
w m . t
usurpation, and the resistance was severe
ly punished. The usurpation was also re
sisted bv the state ot Zacatecas, but with
the same disastrous results ; and at a later
period in 1835 and 6, the inhabitants of
Texas by spontaneous popular action re
volted against the same encroachment ut
power and established their independence.
There were three insurrectionary move
ments, provoked by, the same cause,
equally justifiable, and alike founded on the
the cause for resistance and of the means
it rood. be had the former in a
vv .. o
higher degree than those States, since from
Wfilipn rare and habits, submission would
were
have brought greater evils upon her than
on them ; and she had the latter in a higher
decree, as is proved, by the event Her
having no State, or provincial government
when she revolted.did not lessen her grounds
of action, while it added to the merit of her
T- ... 1 1 . . in Kn c C
tiirrPSS. - iNO Cause SO SOUIIU 111 lis uaota
and simple in its bearings has ever been so j the mine
tnvtified bv pettifogging defenders as that reached it
of the l exan revolution.
NORTH CAROLINA MINES.
From the Randolph Herald.
Hoover Mine This mine is situated
about 12 miles west of this place, near the
iT.. K.irrin am! about two nines nu'
road leading to Salisbury
It was dis
covered in February, 1847: and operations
commenced in 3iarcn iouovv
ue-
been
Later - From Enron
Mirror and Massacre Papers re
ceived by the Cambria state that the Brit
ish convict ship General Wool was seized
when two days out from Singapore, bound
to Penang, by the convicts on board, and
the captain and nearly all the whites of the
crew, murdered. About twenty lascars
and the passengers were spared. The mu
tineers ran the vessel a shore on the island
nf Runvarow. off the Malay coast, and then
abandoned her. Soon afterwards she went
down, the passenger saving themselves
with difficulty in the boats- The Malays
subsequently took part with the passengers,
and the convicts were obliged to fly from
the island. Thev took to their boats, leav
ing 20 of their number behind, who were
made prisoners. The fugitive convicts
had not been heard of. It appears that the
captain, officers and crew, with the single
exception of the third mate, were seized
with a panic when the convicts made their
attack, and offered scarcely any resistance.
Some of them were butchered on deck,
others thrown alive into the sea.. There
was no military guard on board the vessel
and the convicts were not even handcuffed I
iV. V. True Sun.
Gex. Worth. The Union of Sunday
contains three letters from Gen. Worth,
drawn from that distinguished officer by
enquiries in relation to his political views,
addressed to him by the Hon. F. Wr. Bow
don, Hon. Elisha English and Joseph Nill,
Esq., of Chambersburg,
ra.
Upon all the
LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM
YUCATAN.
From New Orleans ricayuno, 18th.
Peace Concluded. By the arrival
last evening of the Yucatan schooner Apar
ecida, Capt. Espinolo, we are in posses
sion of late and highly interesting intelli
gence from Yucatan, which will afford
much pleasure to those who have been
lamenting the troubles that have occurred
on that coast. The Aparecida left Cam
peachy on the 2d lust, and Sisal on the
llth, bnngingjus dates from Merida to the
29th ult. The reports contained in the
-papers and the verbal information furnish
ed our reporter by Capt. Espinola, are
somew hat at variance, and we are a little
at a loss to reconcile them. La Union'
of Merida, of the 25th of April, publishes
a treaty or peace concluded on the 19th,
atZucancai, by commissioners appointed
by or U- Mguel Barcachano, governor of
Yucatan, and commissioners appointed
by D. Jacinto Pat, commander-in-chief of
- the revolted Indians and ratified by both
parties on the 22d April, at Tecul.
Capt. Espinola report?, however, that on
the day he left Sisal news was received to
the effect that Pat, with hia forces were
within eight leagues of Merida, from which
he presumed that tranquility had nt been
restored, but that hostilities"hada-ain been
renewed. It is quite probable that Pat's
forces were remaining in the vicinity of
of Merida until the terms of the treaty
fyere complied with, ami in accordance
Mr James Crane, of Shalersville, Ohio
while engaged a short time since in splitt
ing barrel staves Irom a white oak tree
which was perfectly sound, and after he
had worked up twenty or twenty-five feet
irom the butt end, discovered what he sun
. I K - - I il. . r-
jn.scu iuuv i Knot, out on opening it loun
it to contain a mulding sized toad, whic
remained in this space until there had
grown eight inches of timber over him.
Scientific American.
great questions which divide parties in this
country, General VV orth's sentiments are
strongly democratic. He expresses him
self opposed to a United States Bank, de
cidedly in favor of the -Independent Treas
ury, adverse to a high tan ft, an advocate
of the graduation and reduction of the price
of public lands, opposed to the abolition of
the veto power, fully convinced ot the jus
tice ot the war against AJexico, and ear
nest for the right of the "people of the
different sections of our Union to carry
their property (of whatever kind or com
plexion) to, and participate in, the territo
ry about to be acquired from Mexico, or ac
quired from any other power on this conti
nent."
Gen. Worth states his political opinions
with the straight-forward boldness o! a sol
dier, and thev are throughout of the most
orthodox . democratic character. -.V. I
True Sun.
t- v.: Mr Hoover's lanu,
in considered of an ordinary quality, had
valued at $800. wnen we usu
about twelve montns ago, c
by travelling through a dense
forest, over a rough section o
and found the prospect indeed gloomy, ex
cept the flittering qualities ot the small
quantities of one which were then taken
out Since that time, however, a vast
change has taken place in the appearance
of the hill and vicinity. Cabins have been
erected for the accommodation of the la
borers, store-houses have' been built and
filled with goods, large quantities of ore
have been "taken out, and on every hand
there are strong indications of enterprise.
Numbers prompted by curosity now visit
the place : a considerable number make
it their home, and at all hours the ham
mer and the pick are to be heard. Mr
Hoover, after having received about Sl,
200 in toll, one seventh part of the gold
realized,) has sold his entire interest to
Messrs. Patten & Wood fin, of Buncombe
county, lor the sum oi 2io,uwu. uuuic
a , f II : 1 L'
the transfer, however, tne ioiiowiuS .taSC3
iiad been granted for the term ot 20 years :
BRILESS LEASE,
n which Noah Briles, G. W. Floyd, A.
M.Pugh, Nixon Henly, George ivin ley,
and J. M. A- Drake, are now inieiesicu.
This lot was first worked by Mr Briles,
and has yielded large profits in proportion
to the amount of labor bestowed. From
18 bushels of his best ore, he informs
he realized 956 pennyweights m the
state. The ore, he thinks, on
-it II t i n .,
average win yieiu auout iu penny
weights per bushel.
A lease has also been taken
John Thomas, G. H. Lee, and-
one by Messrs Mulnnx,
Hodirin: the Caraway lease
How rapid are the strides of the Ameri
can race! Their independence of the Brit
isn inlands has been perfected but some
seventy years, and they have already over
run the vast continent, hemmed the British
close up in their Northern settlements
crowded them ou of Oregon and. settled
the country; compressed the' Mexicans
into a territory nan or what they belore
overspread, and lined the Pacific coast with
a population rapidly increasing in density
The Court of Inquiry. The Court
of Inquiry in the case of Gen. Pillow will
mcetat Fredericktown, Md. The witnesses
to be examined are Gens. Quitman. Shields.
and Pierce, Lieut. Col. Howard, of 15th in
fantry, and other military gentlemen who
are now in the neighborhood of Washington.
The further proceedings of the Court will
hardly extend beyond a week.
New York, May, 18, 1848.
The plot thickens as the" Philadelphia
Convention draws nigh. The Albany
Evening Journal, in an article marked by
a power unusual even in its able columns,
assails Gen. 1 ajlor's last letter to Brantz
Mayer ; exposes and repudiates its no
par y.sm ; and closes with the emphatic
declaration, that Gen. Tavlor for Presi
dent is an obsolete idea.''
au
By an arrival at New Orleans from port.
- I II1VV.1 ULLUUI l! ll.'IVP npin rcr , . . I f
il-LCItCII OI
a sanguinary connict at Uroom Arena -the
black population having risen on the whites
They committed most awful depredations
and a French vessel of war was compelled
to interfere to quell the outbreak,
right of resisting wrong, but differing: wide
ly as to the position which each of the three
parties was entitled to assume from its re
lations with the government. As this dif
ference has been but little examined among
us, a few remarks to explain it would here
not be amiss. ' . t
It is a common error to speak oftrujMexi
can Federal Government as having been
formed, like our own, by a compact of the
the States, when the fetates all except
Yucatan were created by the action of
the government. The following remark
which lately appeared in one of our leading
journals, embodies an oft repeated editori
al fallacy. ' The several provinces of
Mexico, having achieved their indepen
dence, resolved to form a Union, and ef
fected it by means of a Federal constitu
tion." The truth could not be more per
fectly reversed. The fact was that the
Mexican nation, in mass, having achieved
its independence, resolved on forming a
division, and so by a Federal Constitution
cut up into States what had before been
consolidated, and then admitted Yucatan
by compact. On the usurpation of Santa
Anna, Yucatan fell back upon her former
independence, which, on a breach of the
compact, of right reverted to her. Zacate
cas had no original independence to resume;
but she had an equaf right to defend the
qualified sovereignty as a State, which the
nation had. given to her, and which a mili
tary faction, not the nation, took away.
Texas was not a State, but a section of one.
It is therefore absurd to say, as we hear
daily repeated, that the' Mexican State of
lexas on this occasion resumed heron-
I a ri'l f - , .
gmai sovereignly, i ne otate she was a
part of had itself ho original sovereignty to
resume, still less could any be possessed
by a mere geographical section of it, infe
rior to the rest in papulation. Still Texas
The Hindoo Gihl. The following in
teresting fact was stated in a recent lecture
by Mr Pierpont:
At the present day, the uneducatec
Hindoo, girl, by the use of her hands sim
ply, could surpass, in delicacy and fine
ness of tevture, the productions of tin
most perfect machinery, in the manufac
ture of cotton and muslin cloths. In Eng
land, cotton has been spun so fine that i
would require a thread or 49J miles to
weigh a pound; but the Hindoo girl has,
with her hand, constructed a thread that
would require to be extended HUM) miles
to weigli a pound; the Deccale muslins of
her manufacture, when spread on the
ground and covered with dew, are no long
er visible.
per riuaft
barrel.
us,
amalgam
an
by Messrs
Loften;
Lassiter, and
by Messrs
Ward Pugh, Henly, 13. F. Hoover, and J.
P. Boyd; one by Messrs Joseph Hoover.
Sr., Wm. A. Prevo, J. Fool, and W m.
Rush ; one by Messrs Allen Keerans,
Penuel Keerans, and Penuel Wood; anoth
er by jylessrs JNoah Kush, Christopher
Hill, and W m. Hill; and two others, one
by Avery, Smith & Co., the other by Haw
kins, Carson & Co.
The leases, judging from the large sums
that have been paid for many of them, are
all yielding handsome profits, at least ex
hibiting the most flattering prospect. Which
is most productive, is not tor us to say, even
if we knew. The fact, that about S60,000
have been invested here since the disco
very of the mine, will give the reader a
more correct idea of the estimation in which
it is held, than any account that we could
riv-
lhere are fifteen cabins on the hill, two
stores, and two : smith-shops. Messrs Bri
les &. Co. have two mills on Uwharrie,
about two miles from the mill, constructed
for the purpose of grinding the ore, each
of which grinds about 100 bushels per day.
The ore is conveyed to these mills on
warrons, at on expense of 'three cents p r
bushel. Four good horses can draw 2.5
bushels, and four trips can be made dur
ing the day. Messrs Avery & Co. are
also making preparations for the construc
tion of five mills, at a distance of 3-4 of a
mile from the hill. Some of these are to !
be in operation in a short time. The sev
eral companies have - large q ianties of ore
now ready for the mills.
The cost of grinding depends on the
quality of the ore : the ordinary ore costs
from 10 to 12 1 2 cents per bushel, while
very hard ore costs much more It must
all be completely pulverized, otherwise
much gold will be lost.
From the Baium0r
New ork, May 21 -6 p. ?
The steamer Caledonia arrived at t
ton this morning, and a portion JJ
news was received when the line was
terrupted, and nothing further could? '
telegraph. She sailed from Liveny
on the 6th instant, and consequently bj?
seven days later intelligence. "
Willmer & Smith's European Tin.
gives the following account of the cor
tion of the markets :
Liverpool, May 5. There as
a marked improvement in cotton sincel
last week, principally low and midJii.
qualities being in request, caused br!
increased demand or manufacturers
speculators.
The sales for the week comprise 39
bales, at the following rates : L'pl
ordinary 3 to 331; middling 3d;i
ing fair 4d, good 5d.
The imports of-cotton lor the week
13,316 bales. The stock in port 3-J8,p,
bales; against 530,900 last year,
well sustained at an advance of l-Sd.
. Breadsiuffs. Best Canal flour, ,
6d. to 29s. 6d.
. Wheat, mixed, . s. 'Jd. to 8s. 4d.
70 lbs. Corn, 26s, to 28s4
Meal, lis. 6d. tolls, per
3s. to 3s. 8d. per 70 pounds
All the above quotations are with ti
du ty paid.
Hosin, free of duty, amber and yello
2s; Id. to 2s. 6d. Tallow, duty paul.j
fi fifls nr mr4- TmIIhw illltv I in If!.
Ill UUJ VVV . m u - T I HJV
50s. per cwt.
Turpentine, rough, free, Gs. to 8.j
cwt; spirits ot turpentine, bl2s. o3s., d,
paid; pitch, free, 2s- 6d. to 3d.;
New Vouk, May 221211.
The Government express has just arr
ed from Boston with the Caledonia's ne
and from a copy of Wilmer & Smith's E
ropean Times I gather the following si
mary of the news .
In reland an arrangemt had been efTc
e(l between the two partic.s of repeale
O'Brien and the O'Connells have aw
to work together harmoniously and ins
O mi
A VI t -
son. An address had been issueu sip
by the leaders of the two funclions.iif
publicly shaking hands in token of recur
liation The address urges union aim
the Irish for repeal of the union.
The Chartist and Reform movent
continued throughout Great Britain.
Spain continues quiet, com para lift
speaking, A good deal of Skirmishing
been going on between Denmark
flolstein; but no other great battlesk
been fough.t The Danes were victim;
Further serious encounters have to
nlurp hihvopii tint oiinKl f.t ll nurd- .'
Shlesary Hnlste'iners. j assisted by their
Awful, Tiugedy. A Whole Family
Rutchekfd. An extra of the Eastern
Times, published at Bath, Me., contains
an account of a horrible affair which ocurr
ed on, Thursday niht last, in the town of
. o '
Edgecomb, live miles from Wiscasset. A
man named Pinkham, a ship carpenter,
aged about 4o years, witli'a sharp axe
severed the heads of his wife and four chil
dren from their bodies, and then effectually
cut ins own throat with a razor! lhe
mangled victims of the fatal axe, the marks
of blood upon the floor, the father's throat
and the open razor, disclosed an awful tale;
while a paper tound on the premises, in
I..'. t. I I r , t
mejoiui nanu-writing oi tne parents, re
vealed a condition of mind which shows
how fearfully appalling are the fruits of re
ligious error.
It appears that Mr and Mrs Pinkham
had been victims of the Miller delusion;
but the full force of its crushing influence
upon their spirits seems not to have been
suspected by others. The paper contain
ed a statement in the hand-wntino- nfMrs
P., followed by another bv her husband.
settinjr forth that thev had h
uie mat mere was nothing in prospect
ior mem worm nvyig ior, and that they had
mutually agreed upon the destruction of
themselves and their children; requestin
that their bodies might be deposited in
stone tomb. It is stated that the wife,
wnen iounu, was in bed, partially undres
sen, me eyes open as though awake at the
moment of decanitation. The child
were also in bed, probably sleeping, uncon-
snuus oi any uanger. .
er-
Thk Howitzer Cask. Our readers,
will remember the proceeding of a Court
of Inquiry, held in the city of Mexico last
Af a 1 ' t. .
"crooer, in relation to certain howitzer
which Gen, Pillow was charged with tak
ing into ins possession. 1 he fin.lin,r .,r
the Court was, "that Gen. Pillow luufnot
indicated a desire, to make a full ami final
restoration of the howitzers to their pro
per places as public property." The pro
ceedings havinir been forwarded tn !,..
- 9 -? c w uii
President, were reviewed and disannroved
i t. . ,i - - . . . .
oy nun. tne opinion or tne VJourt bein
based, as the President thinks, on an
IIMICUU3 i iii m.c7!umi iii me lilt. is. lhe evi
dence, says the President, does not sdnw
that Gen. Pillow was aware that the howit
zers nau not ueen restored bv Ins An U
whom he had given orders to remount them
Land, consequently, the whole onimonof
tne ourioased on such an assumption
was erroneous. me review ot the Presi
dent is a full acquittal of Gen. Pillow, and
also ot the young officers who had removed
the howitzers Irom their carnages, in order
"to gran ly a natural pride by brmging
home with them, to be exhibited to their
Inends, some of the trophies of the victory
w.i. iii wiutii iuey nan partici
pated." A. O. Delta.
possessed, equally with Yucatan and Zaca-1 Hon
tecas, the right ol revolt against usu
I zaca- Hon. William Brent, jr., late charge d'
TJuZ a,ffa to Buenos Ayres, died at hi.Jl
was reported tobeot
me sacred r.gnt oi seeking safety bv the Jence near Alexandria, Va
Surrtril whan ntnpr inone ff - 1 1 a. I . I . mm
.v..... 9 a ll vi una i last, tie
"6"1 uepenueu noi on otate sovereignty or mation and a i r i ? .
province Integrity, but o .uffic of .&oUW ?j
on Sattlrdav
gentlemen ogreat infor-
New Carriage. The Worcester, Mass.
Telegraph, says that Mr Isaac Woodcock
of that place, has made a most important
improvement in a two wheel carriage as re
gards both ease in riding and beauty in
appearance. The advantages which it
possesses over a common built carriage,
consists in the compact combination of a
chaise or buggy body, with an axle, pair
of shafts, and half eliptic springs, so arrang
ed that the entire weight of the body and
its load is suspended to the axle, neither
resting upon or fatiguing the horse, and so
also that the motion of the body of the
vehicle is kept perfectly steady, and is
prevented from violent jerks or vibrations.
nowever rough or uneven the road may be.
it is also constructed so as to pass the
weight under tise axle, instead ofovpr.
in the old way. It balances on level ground,
bears upon the horse in ascending, and re
lieves him of; the weight in descending a
nui. enujic American.
man confederates, headed bv the Pruna
and the forces of the king of Drnnu
The scene of action took place in the vie
ty of Frecburge. .
There has been frightful disorder,
confusion at Pasen, between the peasat
and the military.
A new Austrian constitution has If
proclaimed, or was proclaimed on the ;
ult., the Emperor's birth day, on
occasion. there was great rejoicing thw
out Austria.
In Italy there have been no imnnr
engagements', but the - Austrians jjai
advantage in several skirmishes.
Venice is closely blockaded alio
tnunications with the suiroundinir slv
having been cut off.
A deputation from Poland is nbout s"
ing for St. Petersburg to Petition theE
perorTor the restoration of the coiistito.
of" 1815.
Mehomet Ali
point of death.
A postcript to a despaeth for one ol
English papers, states that Charles A3
had resolved to attack thf Austrian., at
rona, and on the 28th April were vi:
two leagues of the city. The EnlishC
sul at Venice had retired to Trieste
safety, in consequence of a declaration'
ceeiling fn,in the consulate, to the
that England would not acknowleils
Venitian Republic, having so excited
mob that it assemble I in front of his l
ami tore down the armorial insignia pi'
over the door.
FRANCE.
A flairs were daily growing more set
notwithstanding two or three occurrc
calculated to give alarm. A plot had3
discovered to blow up the Hotel cle V
the seat of the Provisional Govern
which was undergoing rigid investi?
at the latest accounts. A terrible rii
broken out at Rouen, which was occf
ed by causes growing out of exciteme
tending the election. It was final!
enectually quelled by the interfesenP
uie authorities and military, butnuti
several lives had been lost.
The French Chamber I National A
bly) opened on the 4th. The membe'
the Provisional Government enterej
room in procession, wearinc tri-co'
sashes, and their appearance was
rff
with prolonged and enthusiastic applJ
Andry de Pruyaeneau as the senior t
ber present took the President's''
Dupondc'Leure ascended the Tribunft
in an appropriate and subdued sped
signed into the hands of the chaibr
provisional powers delegated t f
and associates. The President of V
public was to be elected on the 5th,
turn'
for this high office all eyes were
Lama rt tne.
Reports Were rnrrnnt ilmt the
l r m . C I . a . I 1 . kwl P
uiuiv ui uuservnrinn in iiir aios
ed Savoy and joined with the
against the Austrians.
P.
The fashionable expression, Hnert
low has sipped, is to say that w
vamosed the ranch."