rWlTTTI Iff I
Tiic IlalJs ol Moxitczumas.
Moot zu .:s 11. as.vi.ded the Mexican
throne A. D. 1G02, at ilie age ol 23,J)cfure
Mexico had bean discovered by the Euro
pean's. lie died 30:h June, 1020 in the 42d
year of his age, of wound thfiieted by tiie
Spanish discoverers whom he had invited t
Ilia l'fii'ikl n. I - ' I Di.iri.nj .. - :.. . .1
..... "j 4' inaiuiiuiw attw III. .tu-
miritig his character.
On ascending the throne, not content witii
the spaeious residence of bis father he el
ected another much moe magnificent,
fronting on the plaztt mojor oi-thepieseut
city of Mexico.- So Vas-t was this great
structure, that asone of the historians in
form u, the space covered by its terraced
root might well hate afforded- room fur
thirty knights to run their" courses in a re
gular tournay. His father's palace,iHi)ough
not so high, was so xtousive that the visit
ers ' were too much fatigued "in wardering
through the apartment., ever to sec the
whele of it. v
The palace was built of red stone, orna
mented with marble, the arm.3 of the Mon
tezuma, family (an eagle bearing a tiger in
bis talons) being sculptured over the main
entrance. Crystal fountain, fed by great
reservoirs 'on the neighboring hills, played
in t!ie vast halls ui.d gardens, and supplied
water to hundreds nf marble baths in in
tcrior of the pa' aces. Crowds of nobles
and tributary chieftains were continually
cantering through the halls, or loitering
away their hour-, in attendance on the
couit. Kich carvings m w od adorned th
oeilings,bcauiful mats of palm leaf covered
the floors. The walls were iiuii-r with cot
Ion richly stained, th skins of wjiu animals,
or gorgeous draperies of feather work
wrought in imitation of birds, insects and
flowers, in glowing radiance of colors.
Clouds ol incense from golden censors di
fused intoxicating odors thr' spiendd a
part merits occupied by the nine hundred
and eighty wives and five thousand slave,
of Miu zjma.
Hp encouraged science and learning,
and public schools were established
throughout ihe greater part of his empire.
The city of Mexico in h:s day, numbered
twice as many inhabitants as at present,
and one thousand men were daily emplved
in watering and sweeping its streets, keep
ing them so that a man could traverse the
whole city with as little danger of soilirjj
his feet as his face. A careful police guar
ded the city . . Extensive arsenals, granar
ies, ware houses, an aviary for" the most
1. ..r..l 1 l. r
ucauuiui u;ius, inuunerieujiiowics or rep
tiles and serpents, a .collection of human
monsters, fish ponds built of rrnrble, and
museums and public libraries, ali on the
mot extensive scale, added their at'rac
tions lo the great city of the Aztecs. Cor
geous temples in which human victims
were sacrificed, and their blood baked in
bread, their bod es dressed for food to be d.
voured by the people at religious festivals
reared their py r.-unidical altars far above
the highest edifices. Thousands of thnr
'brother men were thus sacrificed annually.
The temple of "vjaxiilt, their war god, nva
so constructed that Us great alarm goug,
sounding to battle, roused the valley for
three leagues around and called three hun
dred .thousand armed Aztecs, to the imme
diate relief of their monarch.
So vast was the collection of birds i
prey",-in a building devued 0 them, th it
'500 turkeys, the cheapest meut in Mexic,
were, allowed for their daily- consumr.tn 'n.
Such weie ihe "Halis of the Montezuma!"
The summer residence ol the monarch, on
the hill. of Chapoleteec, ovcrlockit g; the
city; was surrounded by gardens of sever
al miles in Mfnl.nnd were nresrrvpit un
til the middle of the last century, two sta
tues of the&uperor and ''Ida' fattier. Tin
nreat Cvnress trees, under which I he Aztec
sovereign and his associates once held their
moonlight revels, still shade the royal gar
dens, - Some of them are fifty feet in cir
cumference. & are several thousand vear
old but are yet as green as in the days o
Montezuma, whose ashes', or. these of his
ancestors, render sacred in the eyes ol na
tive "Mexicans, the hill of Capol'ctcpec.
Natural decay and a waning population nw
mark the seat of power of the great Monte
ztfmas ' '-: - - . -
A man, his wife and tix children, lately
passed. through Louisville. Kv., on their
"way to the west, some 700 miles distant.
A wheelbarrow contained' their youngest
child, and all their worldly possession,
which was propelled in turns, by the com
pany. V- ' ':v' ;-.r-"- -'
it is a popular aeiusion 10 oencve because
a dandy's straps are drawn tight upon his
trowsers, they will lift 'him .up to respectd-
Lie" society. ' - . ,
" -fIt is ' a popular delusion to think- a girl
who has been raised in a villaco.and wears
u uij; uuouv, 19 suptnur iu mu unassuming
country girl who ' has been brought up at
the loom or spinning wheej." S-. : '. ; r
It is a popular delusion fur a merchant
o think the printer will trado with him if
he dtjnHfidytrLiieirjJijs paper. ; ? !
'Later from Vac Army.
(Jamako '" Jaly 28, 1840. .
The, talk is all about Indians and Indian
outrages. Day before yesterday, -the Ca
mani-hes attacked a rane'io between this
and Mier, killed nine Mexicans, and took
off no less than 1-1 Women and children as
prisoners. Lnst night they stole upwards
ol 20 horses from Giilapu:'s men, while
it
they were encamped ri:r the house of an
American living four miles below this, on
tiie opposiU- side of the Ht. G rande,hcsid' s
taking t-fTujl the animals belonging th
rancho. l ean hardly credit this4; should
it prove true, it will go hard with the Ca
inanches, us Ci!lespits c-im iian J is com
posed principally -of Jack Hays old men,
and they will not g;ve up The chase af er
their horses in a hurry. . .
W e have anoihe: report to ihr effect that
six Americans, while driving in beet cattle
from Lo:edo to San Antonio, were et up
on by the Carnnnches, and all, killed, toge
ther wi h 14 Mex cans, who were in company-
1 still .cent end that the .Indians have
the riht to carrv on war on thtsaidu of the
Ilio Grande with the Mexicans, but this
thing of murdering Americans on the high
road in Texas pats ir different face entirely
on the matter, and the treacherous savages
ani'iild be pursued and -everely punished at
once. They should be told, too, tint all
the mhabitants'on the east side of the Kio
Grande are under our protection, and
threatened with war to ex'ermination i
t'ne molest a single person.
h !e upon thi Kubjec? I would men
tion one little circumstance witnessrd vs
terday a circumstance the like of? which
has not often occurred since the ere. i'io.i.
Four or five Mexican, armed with suore's
and carbines, came riding into tSe Phzs
praying for aid against the Camanches !
Now here are a ppop'e with whom wff are.
nt war, entering one our cam, with
anrs in their hands, anf praying one er.e
mv ro protect them and theirs against ano
ther enemy. I suppose it i-? all right, as
the man say s in the play, when tM that
his wife had run fl; it merely looks strange
that's nil.
1 learn that the steamer Aid starts with
a detachment i- troops to-morrow f.;r Mter,
to lake possession of ihat .place. In the
mean time Gen Worth is hunting a camp
lor the troops at a point higher up oii the
San Jun, and par.ie.s will ton Lc thrown
forward in ihe direction of Monterev.
Braz s Saxtiaco, Jul? :U
The Louisiana volunteers have been dis
banded, as you will have heard ere this
re -chesyou. They are flocking down to
the bar here, to embark for home. Po.ir
fellows! they look rouuh and worn, and all
appear glad to return home, borne of them
no doubt remember how enthusiastically
'hey cried out for a siht of Mont"ztnn;4V
Halls.while mustering their forces at home.
They now seem perfectly satisfied wi ll ha
ving seen the elephant, A braver set of
troops never rallied to their country's aid,
and it has been lardsi::tlee'l,that they h ive
been compelled to have the enemy's coun
try without an opportunity of displaying
their gallantry upon the battle fi.'ld. What
thev have endured, however, has been worse
!han twenty battles, and they deerve"the
thcinks of their country fur the readiness
.v th "which they lelt home, and wealth, and
e i-e; and for in- patience and evtu c her-lirne-s
with which most oi them submitted
to the sutfe rings and ennvi whic await an
army in a hot climate, while in a slate of
inactivity,
Gen. Taylor will leave Malamoras to
t-oriow for Camargo.,
We understand that the command of Ma
lamoros, after the departure ol the troop-,
will be committed to the charge of Major
Clatk ;hts command as Military Governor
will be us;aincd by four companies of ar
ullery, with a sufficiency of volunteers to
maintain his posuion.
- :It is said that a farmer near Lowell, to
save expense, undertook to. make' a plough
with his own hands. It looked so ugly
when finished, that he dcermd u prudent to
chain it io an apple tre,- but it got loose du
ring tho night, and killed two of his calves.
There are many hogs in this world with
invisible snouts. Their bristles, grow in
wardly, and tKeir souls wallow m the mire
until I hey become ta:tcnedfor the devil's
pork tub, into which they go -alter a hard
scald. ' '-' , .-. u
V . He who forgets the fountain from which
he drank, and! the tree under whose shade
he gamboled in the days of his outh, is a
stranger" to ihe sweetest impressions of the
human heart ; ; v' '
General Taylor i 56 y ears of age; Gen
Scott. G4r and ! Gen, Gaines CO. . -
CjOcloiv we give the returns of th
voic for Governor of the State at the lat
election, as far as heard from; also the vote
of 1811, showing 'ihe difference between
ihc-vot.-s tiieu and now.
1S44
1S46.
' -S3 9 w c
P- 5 O
-a - cr , -a s-
s , o o
- . ' f 3. f- - B
Anson,- COG 1073 - 32 882
Ashe, , . . 499 561 00 , 0C0
rjeaufot. 489 . 887" 421 835
Heme, 409 ' 507 350 4D8
IMadtn, 499 . 271 1.302 302
nrtinsu-ick." 311 335' ; 257 352
IJoi.cofnbe, 49S 875'' 431 951
Bui ke. 309 ' 1 203 . 290 1 232
(Jaharrasf 477 751 390 G85
Galdwtil, 260 544 219 651
Camden, 04 518 000 m429
Canerei, 332 454 000 000
Caswell, 1088 277 - 990 260
Chatham, .784 1153 524 1120
Catawba, G90. 553 681 482
Cherok. e, 241 383 245 485
Chowan, 188 2S6 000 ;j94
Cleaveland, 720 330 0C0 000
Coltiiiibns, 312 180 333 195
Ciaven. ' 'G22, 081 531 601
CumbtMlam!, 1070 C03 701 722
Currnuck, . 485 137 000 000
l)avidson, : 608 911 G10 1001
Davie, 351 508 284 ? 439
Duplin. 800 21G 91G 277
Edgecomb, 1410 118 1391 127
Fianklm, 710 301 937 383
Gates, 381 359 000 000
Greene, 199 253 000 m
Granville, 986 970 899 1065
Guilford, 463 1920 369 1867
llaiifix. 378 5S9 457" 5G1
" Haywood, 328 370 347 -'447
ilendttson, 200 565 193 563
l.-crtford, 260 308 200 3G0
Hyde, 189 401 000 ml 50
Iredell, 379 1527 288 1419
Johnston, 580 639 G75 G83
Jones, 153 195 109 218
I.tnoir, 350 198 301 292
Lincoln, 1083 358 879 365
Macon, 285 371 300 457
Martin, 523 31 G 504 340
McDowell,
Mecklenburg. 1242 808 T035 G30
Moore. 513 584 352 588
Mnn!2..merv, 107 - GSG ' 02 480
Mush, 70G' 70 827 9i
flew Hanover 1101 263 98 257
Noithampton, 3G3- 514 OOOmlOO
Ontl.iw, 553 173 620 210
Orange, - 1555- 175G 1444 1711
Paqmi:nk. 177 593 229 500
rerqm.nons. 217 360 000 r?i205
Person; 622 287 516 392
Put. - 441 697 000 2 42
U;.r.dolpt., 3i8 1C82 213 1233
II chmond," ' 113 678 54 715
' Kobeson;-."7- 600. "559 352 588
Korkmgham. 981 449 761 387
Rowan, 736 809 698 820
Rutherford,'. ' 435 1402 231 1269
Sampson, 727 461 G92 504
Stanlv, 81 541 28 562
Stokes, 1165 1105 951 995
Surry, 1023 1032 1045 1103
Tyrrell. 137 311 000 000
Union.t
Wake, 1271 1073 1101 - 1' GO
barren, 716 127 640 161
Washington. 130 368 114 351
Wayne, ' 846 216 884 317
Wilkes, 1 167 1333 128 135U
Yancy, G15 310 522 440
39,433 4258G 00000 O'JCOO
39433
. : - 3,153
McDowell votes with Burke,
t Union with Mrckienbim'.
It is rcmarkblft tht one vote carried
the tariff of 1824, one vole li e tar.ff of
1828. ore vole carr cd the la riff o! 1812 ;
ai d bv onevo'e in the Sena'e, the turiffuf
18-iG. has become a iaw
A .Uanaper to JElcquencc.
Amusing s-Jscenes occur iccuMond!iv in
grave assemblies. During the late session
of an eastern legislature, o newly fl-dged
orator rrise to .make his maiden speech in
the houj-e of representatives. A lull had
beeii-broughi m to tax bank dividends, and
watching his opportunity dcbutantc addres
sed the member-: " Mi, Speaker, the gen
ileman from Dover, who introduced this
bill, does not seem to he aware cf its inevi-
fab'e retultj,. Ho would strip the widow
(roars of laeghter, and cries of ".widow
who? what widow? no: in this public hall
I hope," &c.)j
As soon as the tumult subsided in some
degree, and the orator ccyild make himself
heard, he indignantly procerded: "Gentle
men need not think to put me down by c a
mor. Js there no sympathy here for the
widow and the' orphan ? I say, sir, that
this is worse than stripping. Par on this
tax, and I eay yon drive the widVw to her
last shifty , --."":;
Here the'clamor became so grcattlial
the speaker despairing of a 'riofr'.'rcsSni
ed his seat. It was somo time before the
house could transact its regular business.., ;,
I is said that Senator Haywood is about
to commence legal proceedmgsagainsttome
of the papers which have .intimated that
he resigned, his icat . from rrercenary njr
iives.
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TIio Foreign Intelligence.
Tne intelligence br.ug!it by the Great
W stern, though only five days Icier, furn
ishes pregnant indications of another vhange
in the British romisuy. The general stag
nation of the market! . evinces the scuse of
'Miiis erial instability which perrades the
commercial community in i'nglaml. Ii is
evident that the continuance ol T.ord John
Russel's rule hinges on a single question,
me Sugar du'.tcs, and it is also evident that
ue has to encounter a formidable opposition
from the fragments of panics which have
now united, aud which rarely coalesce
The anti slavery party, of both the free
rade and protectionist divisions', have a
rowed their intention to resist ihe cquali
zauaii of the Sugar duties, and, although
ihere is an obvious absurdity in ihe discri
mination, it is clung to for sotue purpose
vh":ch is inscrutable to a distant observer
Parliame irta:y action on the bill was post
poned to the 27ift tilt., and we shouid not
be surprised by the next steamer to find
Lord John Russel Itfi ir. a minority when
the question cuaics to a division, resulting
in ins relinquishing the seals of office.
Charleston Xtvrs:
Army IVews.
Gen. Taylor, according "to orders from ,
the War Department, has discharged about
nn . . , ,
5,000 v-olun.eers, tho.o Kegiments and ;
Companies winch lirs. went on and volun-
tesred only tor six months. Gen. 1 aylor tithgeucc and activity in industrial pursuits;
offered to ihese Volunteers, as he was in- i aJv'ca'e the justice and propriety i,f redu
. . . , , , ' cieg dividends and r.-rices before wages, os
strucied by tiie Government, ihe privneege : , ,i r . . ,,
1 the only fair principle upon which themea-,
of serving by Com; aaies ir-Regiment on Sute now before the country can be brought
exactly the same terms of the twelve mnnihs , to vlie tc; ofcxpericr.ee. ;
Volunteers., Very few, it is s:d fiave a j '
vailed theropcvt!!!-of die 'opportunity.--' NO sucli (laugcr after all.
Some of these Volunteers had requested ( The Union v.uctiv U r ihe authenticity
'fie r discharge ; but from the rnous com- of the following extract of a letter froni a
pla-.i.ts made against the W;ar Department wl'g tnerchai.t of New Y'oik to amtmbcr
in reiaril n the measure, one would sun- of C oi gress. ..
pose it a. very great-outrage. ludtgnnum
is expressed by all partus in New Orleans
aga-nst the Secretary of War for recalling
ihe six months Volunteers ; when we re
flect, however, that the six months would
expire by the time the gallant Volunteers thy uied of the cry that is being made bout
could be marched into the interior of Mexi- the country's being ruined, if tins bill pas
c i, w here alone there seems now a pros- scs. It dues not echo the sentiments of the
(.ect of baule with the Mt xicans, it wuu'ti it r4 lv.h'c Par'y,a:d' is pjatTQ
ppear not unreasonable or unwise to suffer only by those who arc now rcaping.a go'
the men to go home at onco, rather than d n Imivest, and wish to prevent horre
retain them two months longer to increase competition.' as well' as foreignbecause
(heir disappointment at last, and swell e- they believe that as lor.g ..s tha tariff f
normnusly the expense of the Government, 1642 s'acd.t, there is n unccrtaintv about
' no purpose. tiie matter w hich prevents capitalists from
It seems to us a plain proposition, that m. vesting, in manufactures ; for as long as
an invading Army to operats in Mexico the tariffis where it is noiv, We are likely
sh-.iild be subject to rrot less than twelve to have a change, and we do not know
months service, whilst the six months term ' where the change will leave us. if the bill
might arstt-er very well for the frontier 'passes, jnarufiVrturcs will increase rather
service, or to repel invasion, for which than d;mi::h. This you may be assured
purpose they were originally called. The of."
Charleston News suggests, with soms plau-1 The h.H has passed, and v.c art wi'llir-
sibil. ty, that the Government see a prospect j l() abide the ccnscquerces.
ol peace, and that the rumors to that effect -
are true hence the discharge of the six ! A bashful wooer, not long since, wishing
months Volunteers. We shall soon secJ 10 VJ 'he question, did it in tl.e follow-
Mountaineer.
We regret to see announced, in the A.
bmgdon papers, the death, on the 23 1 Ju
ly, of Mi s.Sarah 15. Preston, wi.-!ow of the
late Gen. Francis Preston, only child of
the distinguished Gen. Wm. Campbell, of
revolutionary memory, and mother cf the
Hon. Wm. C. Preston, of South Carolina
Mrs. Preston was about 70 years eld at
her death ; and was well known as a lady
of high character and valuable accomplish
ments. Richmond Times.
Eloquent Truth.
That sound anl 'influential print, the
1 Baltimore Sun," though' wholly discon-
' from party takes the follow ing just
and eloquent view of ihe new Tariff bill
There is containcd: in it a most powerful
rebuke of ihe present mnvemenlVof the pa-
i n,c nialiers 'ho. like (Mot!iec Carey's
chickens, welcome and n joicc .n the storm.
The bill having passed, a very natural
and proper inquiry will be directed lo the
consequences of its practical operation; and
mi far as they may be antcipatcd, behooves
the people to regulate and arrange their
busir.es, so as io improve, in the best -Banner,
all the" advantages ihat may attend iho
change, ai.d seek, by assiduity, not only to
counteract, but to overleap the disadvan
tages, and press on vigorously to prosperity.
It must be admitted ihat there are provisions
contained in the present bill exceptionable
to a very large portion of our population;
provisions which might have been judr
ciousfy modified, and thus have immeasu
ratly increased the number, of its' friends,
ahdfassuagedhe '-.virulence of opposition
As it is we, fear thatit will go foith into
the .community a hugir.rDaromoih of parti,
zan conteniion.' For.cur own part, we are
by no means disposed to foster the strife
tu opinion; r.nr. the energy of dispute, al
though the measure to us is an unsatisfac
tory ne as a vrbole; so also was the tariff
of 1842; but we are well assured that if ilio
real, rathrr tl.aji the apparent effrcts brihat
measure wcio" better knowu; there would
be much le8 objection to this. :.';T. .
It is of t?;e first importance to the success
of any measure, and due alike to lie citi
zen that it should he tried upon ' its merits.'..
If the people yield their judgement' and
consign their Interests u ax false issno
if they lake for granted thai U.o prostia
lion and ruin cf American enterprise aie tu
follow it pun the heels, or rather to prcctde
ihe tariff of 1845 and te guided in their
practice accordingly, ue must swell the
preJietionof -irrea:i'd;able disaster for tl.e
sake of our prophetical reputation, nhhougr
we shall neve r join in the croak of despair.
Such a resolution w ould be fatal, and no
legislation conid stand .against it; yet alrea
dy there are ry. upturns that such a practice
will be eirenuously crgid. Indeed we
have seen itatieady oleiuuly asserted, that
a'thotigh the bill decs not go into opt ration
before the first of December, wages willle
immediaiely reduced. I fere "the wish is
father tu the thought' and. ihe insidious
mode in winch honcl industry is ilius as,
sailed, exhibits but two distinctly the cor
rupt principle of the mind. It is the duty
of the prrss especially, as the professed
advocate, of popular righls, so far as its
sphere of observation extends, and at such a
i . .i r m i n r
"luv JV Cdre,uu' m,u Bn-V
pretended necessity ol sacrifice, the pro'
ducliv? c,3s;scg W(J 2ccorti,ng,Vf
while earnestly pressing the necessity of
New Vokk, July 27. '
" Mi McKaVs bill is fi.r better than
have the question left open, subject to con
tinual agitation. I shall therefore Le glad
to hear shrU this bill has passed. I am a-
mg singular mannet: Taking up thr?
young lady's cat, he said," Pussy, may 1
have yw ur mistress ?" Il was answered
by the hdy, who said, " Say cs, pussy."
.
A polite young lady recently 'asserted,
that she had lived near a barn yard; and
that it was imposible ftr her to sleep in ihe
morning, on account of the outcry mad j
by a Gentleman hen.
From tJic Army. :
Wc have ac ounts from the Rio Grande
to the 2d instant. There is no news of
consi quence. Gen. Taylou mos despatch
ing the regulars to Camatgo with all. pos
sible haste, and likewise sending on largo
supplies of munitions. The highest point
en the river at which any, of .the volun
teer troops were stationed was Lomita, be
iween fiunia and Matamoros,. at .which
point one battalion cf the Tennessee rclw
ment was garrisoned.
Texas dates to the 5th instant state that
the force coccent rating at Bexar amounts
to 4,705 men. l constilutes an indepen
dent comrnanJ, which will' be under Maj. ,
(Jen. Rut:er and Brig. Gen. Wool, and ia
des'.ii ed to strike into the Province ot Chi- ,
huahua,between Santa Fe and Gen Taylor's
post'ion.
' " T" . i.V-
The Rev Mr. Fen wick, the Roman Calh
olic Rishop of Boston, died in thit city cq
Tuesday last . . .' . .
The worst rffect, perhaps, which ihe re
sanation of Mr Haywood had' upon the da-,
mocrats in the late elections, was the ardor"
and energy which it imparted lo the whig
party. This party saw at once that they
might gzm-iico Unittd States Senators, and
they went to work in all parts of the State
with len-fold strength and resolution- Wif
ness the results in Granville, Orange and; -Uan,
and in other counties that cbnltl bev
meuttoned. Standard.- ! ;t