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. Fromikt-'N. Orleans eiydry: Sept. A Xater from tbe Uio Grande ' I nit v i ite u. a. eteemer Telegraph, Qapt. auw, arrived ai tins port yesterday after Boon from BrizosSantiago.yta Port La vac fl3 am! (iilrpilnn UU- I Ii ri . wvjiw. iciic 4ea me Brazos on the 15J:h, Lavacca en the 14th and Gal veston on the ICtli. She brought 356 sick . and discharged volunteers, of which sh landed one Company of Germans at Port Lavac a, and one compiny of Tex ins at Galveston, bringing the remainder, 200, to to I his cil v. By this arrival we have news from CV margo t- the 7in inst. Gen. Taylor had crossed the tfan Juan the day before and taken up his line of march for Seralvo on the morning of (he Jih. T-ie commands of Gen. Wonh and Cdl. P F Smith were stationed at ihe latter place awaiting ulV arrival of Gen-Taylor. The whole force on tho march to Monterey is estimated at 'abour 12,000 men. V Gen. Patterson was left in command i.f oil the volunteers from Ca-oargo to the m uth of the Rio Grande, Ge'rfls. Butler end Quitman accompanying Gen. Tavlor. He ha prohibited any strangers from co-" ruins up thH river, under instructions from Ueo, Taylor, ft was reported that Gen T would not proceed tart'ier than Seralvo un l ' he received further orders from the G- , veramenf. At express was received at Camargo,on the 5th instant, from Gen. Worth, stating that he had obtained information h4 Gen Ampuo'ia had arrived at Monterey with a- uuuf ouou i roups, wnicn would increase the force at thai place to upwards of 4"00 men. S-rne doubts of the authenucnv of this nws were expressed ur Matmoras, as we le rn b letters we have leceived 'b nee; but we see no reason to doubt it. Tin Mexican papers hav announced that he had ben appointed uth. c m nand of ihe 'Army of the North," and uniformly men tinned Monterey as the point at which.their troops were to be concentrated. a One letter have seen sets down the force with which Ampndia entered Mon'e rev at from 5000 to 10,000 I? adds that he had issued a proclamation prohibiting all intercourse bet ween the Mexican and the American army under pain of death. From Port Lavacca. The steamship James L. Day, Capt. Grifho, arrived yesterday from Port La vacca, wheh place she left on the 1C h inst A fain of 30 wagons left, on the 14: h St.. fr.r San Antonin. F rorn Lavacca we have by this arrival striou rumors touching Cof. Harnev and j his rnovjirents T;e accents which ap pears to ushe most authentic is that Col Harney became 'inpatient of his long de tention at San " Antonio, and accordingly took up his line of march for Mexico on the route to be followed bv Gen. Wool, with the dragoons under his command and a force of Texan 'volunteers. He reached the Rio Grande, crossed the rivet , and was penetrating the country, when he received an order from Gen. Taylor di reefing his return to San Antonio and pla' cing him under arrest. ThR Texas Advocate savs there has been either .gross misunderstanding or wil'ul disobedience of orders on his part, and.adds that h disconcerted the operations of Gen. Wool o no inconsiderable degree. The worst part of the story is, that on h:s return to San Antonio, a portion of his bag. gage train was surprised and cut off by the Mexicans. We can find no good authoritv for this story, although we have heard it from several distinct sources. V 6ei it down as n 'camp rumor." Picayune ..Correspondence of the Charleston News. W ASHINGTON. Sept. 21, 1846. The nfe'Vh by the siamer, relative to the offered mediation of England between us and Mexico, is hailed with del ght, as a harbinger of peace, but the general impres sion is that the possession of California, to us, must' be an indispensable condition. From certain movements which have re cently been made here, there is a strong .presumption that Mr Clay is still consider ed as the Whig candidate for the next Pre sident, You will perceive that J. G. Birney has written a letter urging the nomination of a candidate for the Presidency other than himself What magnanimity ! The volunteers who have returned ;o this place, thir services being no looger needed, relate many investing incidents, showing 4iow much cowardice and courage depco4upon diet, habit and moral inuuence. History -furnishes numerous instances where brzYo men, itrUa absence of food, have trembled at the approach of danger, and as-" kowledged their, want of firmness. The great Duke of Marlborough was once seen to tremble on theeve of a battle, and being asked by a soldier the cause of itth Duke made the following reply 'in body"tretif bles at the danger my soul is about expo sing it to." Phit there is a close affinity between the condition of the physical sys tem and the passions, there can be but lit tie doubt; the same man,. who, tu.der the influence of opium, would brave danger in us moat giant form, is seen to shrink, like sensitive plant, when deprived of that in fluence. Immediately preceding ihe great battle of Waterloo, Napo:cw employed a guide who was well acquainted who 'he c-'uutry, lo accompany him in reconnoiter mg the field of battle. Whenllie bat le commenced, his peasant guide, who had ne ver before been exposed to the tumultuous shook of hostile armies, manifested strong and cVcded indications of fear, dodging from side to side at the sound of the shot. Napoleon observed if, and taxed him with cowardice, which he acknowledged. He then reasoned with him on the absurdi ty of his conduct. "Do you not know, said he, that there is a paver infinitely superi or to man, who rules and governs all, and who holds our destinies! If this be true, of which there jan be no doubt, vou cannot do- until your time arrives: why then dodge th;- sound ' fa Ivtil? when you h'-ar it, it h:s passed you; and besides, w .en dod.injthe mere sound of one shot, von may thn.w yourself in the way of another." This reasoning had the effect, h banished a!i suggestions of fear, and the guide after wards rode erect and steady, and manifested n indications of feat. Without indorsing the questionable doctrine of Napoleon, I mention this circumstance to show how much we are under the influence of moral oower, r the force of reason, respecting noth cw:ii dire and courage. The billious -nd intermittent fevers still continue in the newly settled portion of the city, to an unprecedented extent. In ma ny instances ti e Ague and Fev- r has been entirely cured by the adoption of a remedy u-ed by 'he Spaniards in the Ishnd of ' uba. It is simply mixture of strong coffee, sweetened with an equal .quantify of lemon juice. 1 he proportions are, three quarters of an ounce of coffee, ground floe, with two ounces of lemon juice and three of water, the mixture to be drank crm and fasing. It is also a singular fact, that tho appJicas lion of h bandage, wound round the rht foot and leg, from the toes to the grotn.aed another bandage wound around t hp opposite oi lef. hand and arm. from the fWers to the shoulder, drawing bo:h prettv tigh", so as to compress the muscles without in;p ding the circulation of the blood, the shake will be much ;ortened by it ; hut the ban- d.lues must he l nsrncrl tr rn Hi i 1 17 wtion ihu r. j .v....... shake is tfoina fff- The Answer from Mexico. A vV H-tongiiui ct'iif'pi.itiHii of ti e Bal timore Patriot writer that a lettt r has beeu .received from the U S. squadron in the (Zilf ikittfVt rrivna ae ltlf onliciam-a ( llm , ! Mexican government s response to the peace ! . . . , . - , ' proposition, that they retuse to listen to a- I r . . . i ii i, nMniKilinni until lhf IsiriH ntii nivul I forces of the United States are withdrawn from the territories of Mexico. The wri- ter of the Washington letter says that he is strongly assured that this is the substance of the intelligence . received by 'he Presi dent on Saturday evening. It i- strange that there is no mention of this matiet1 in the vi ashmgton papers. It is, however, by no -means improbable, that such may have neen tne ch-:raccr of the Mexican re- s plv. It is ono wor'hy ol a greater nation A Convention ol the friends of the propo sed Railroad from Raleigh to Camden, met in Cheraw, on the 14th inst. Delegates at tended from North Carolina,and from Marl, borough and Chesterfieid Districts, iathis State. . ... j The Convention defined no particular route for the road, leaving that to be settled hereafter. It seems to have been deter-, mined that the road should pas's from Rat eigh to FayetteviMe,and thence to the South Carolina line at some point to be deterrmn. ed by the people of South-Carolina. A Convention is to be held for the same purpose.at Fayetteville, on ihe first Monday in November. Greenville Mountaineer. The Mormon War The last intelligence from Nauvoo, is lhatonFriday evening. the' 11th inst. a bat tie had taken plaee near Nauvoo, between 800 A tit! as and 51)0 Mormons, which last j ed two hours, and in which irom 8 "to 15 j delny, when, under these circumstance,' men were killed among jhe Amies and 1 'you gave me you: suffrages. -The Cca killed and 2 wounded among the Mormon. I vemioh which no-iSiVated me gave me to it wag expected that the baltie would be re newed next morning. ! - On the 12'h inst. another battle was fought at Nauvoo between the Mormons ancTthe Anties, whicn lasted about an lour aud-a-half.- The Anties advanced upon the city, and the Mormons entrenched them selves in the houses. The battle was brave ly fought on bo: h sides the Mormons re treating as the Anties advanced, until the cannon balls of the latter wero exhausted, when they retreated in good order, back to the.r camp. There were none killed on part of the Amies, and only six wounded. The hiss on the part of ihe Mormons is not stated. Inere is no telling where this rratter will end; both parties appealing determined to fight it out. In Jhe meanwinle the I. hnois magistracy is er.her sound asleep or recreant to their dufv,arid i:e Suite is giv en up to the most disgraefnl anarchy . Cincinnati Enquirer tells a pretiy good story of a gentleman who became greailv enamored of a lady wiih whom he 'danced at a late hair at the Masonic Hall. On handing her to a seat he begged i know sf he might wait upon her the uext day. "Why, no. sir, I think not to-m rrow, as 1 shall be engaged," replied the bewitching creature; but I'll tell -you when you may." Well," paid the delighted lover. 'Suppose you drop in on Wednesday eve mni, (lien my husband and myself will be alone, as the children will spend the even 1115" at my sister's." He vanished. Zioofc out for Counterfeits. 1 is said that large numbers ofour dollar ai d ten dollar bills on 'he Bu k of the Stale d North Carolina? are; in circulation. The hills a ref represented as o skilfully vxtitry td that the h s judges of ihe genuine biits would have difficulty in detecting the coun terfeits, c Spurious twenty doilar bills on the Bank ot Charleston, S. C, are aNo in circu'atiorj. They have a vignette representing a rail road and mountain scenery. Nosoeh plate was ever used by the Bank. Jejfcrsonicn. 'Willy. said a doting parent Tit the breakfast table to an abridged edition of himself, who had just entered the grammar class at the -High School, "Willy, my dear, will you pafs the butter t""" "Thirtatnly, th ir it i ikthes me to partite anything. Butter ttli a common subthan live, nf-uter grndes agreet'i with ho: buck i ... i t :.. l t .. u urdl ,TdK,"!'' d,ni K"v"cu "'"g" hoath moiatneins undersiiioou. From the Warreton, (Va.) Flag ol '98. Speech of Iflr. Dallas. We give bi low the substance of Mr. Dallas re .narks n this plane on -the oreas ion -f a public dinner given him bv theDe mocrai 'f Fauquier. Fellow('mzens of' Fauquier County : My first en iton is to return my thank for the kindness which has prompted you to invite me to meet with you on this festive occasston, and for V e kind and comphmen- . .. ; . larymaniier in which you have spoken, in . . , e ihe loa'iiust read, of my recent at of piv- ing a casting vote in favor of the customs bill of 1840 . v ' Let i;e. say to you that I claim no"merit for t' at act. I only discharged my duty when ihe- forms of legislation brought the bill wittiii rtiv power. If there be any thing to commend that bilj and ir my o pimon there i much the merit of it be long to other. To the President, first, belongs the .Dent ef that bill, and of us ul lunate success Nexi in the order of mer ii for this measure, stands the able Secre tary of the Tre :ury; and next to him that firm, well-tried, and indefatigable Democrat, the chairman of the committee of ways and means in the Jlou e of Representatives. The Vice President has but little part in the Legislation. It fell to my lot, however, to be called upon to give the casting vote in lavot of the engrossment of the bill. And while some circumstauces made it painful, ihe way of duty as plain- My vote was a simple homage to the great principle f representative responsibility. . The ballot box in 1844 iad marked nut ihe ' path of duty ; and I had only to obey us command. 'I his was n my pin an easy and a just course. To have doneotherwise, 'Would have been to disregard oiy pledges and the wishes of those who elected me. I was a stranger to you when nominated 'for the office which I n hold; and my opinions, peihaps. alike. unknown You rplarpd a generous, though apparently imprudent, confidence in my political opinions and fl understand what principle were to guide me in my future course. With this under standing I accepted the nouination. And this day I have the proud satisfaction of knowing that my Democratic brethren in the old Dominion feel that they have uoi been disappointed by my action. For thin act, then, which has elicited from you such warm expressions of approbation, I claim no high degree of merit. Fellow -citizens, I will uot close these remarks without adverting to the acts of this administration which you have aided in calling into power. Many bold and im portant measures have been proposed and consumaled by it and the Congress which has just closed its session. These will have a market rfTect, for weal or woe, upon the future history of our goverment, and the prosperity of our country And, in my humble judgement, their tendency and ef feet, if fairly, iried, will be only beneficial. During this administration. Texas has merged her sovereignity into that of this bappy Union. " The Mone star" has risen to a place in our bright constellation of States.xWhat an homage is this lo ur republican institution ! When was it be fore thai one nation cneerfu'ly laid its sove reignity at the feet of another, asking admis sion to its blessings and its fortunes? This glorious event is unparalleled in the hiitory of nations. Bui we are told of ihe expenses of ihe war grow.ng out of ihe annexation ol Tex '. as. Lei me observe that ,t is a primary ..Mwv.jr . u.u.u r. 1 hese expenses may be great. But what do we gel for them? Land and "citizens, and additional commerce! All thi we get; but these are nothing, compared with the glory and renown e gam from tlke bnf ham achievments on ihe batile fields of Paio Alto and ResBca de la Falma. A Jaroad among other nations, the glory ofi'thas accomplished more for the people Iik.sp nenipv.ni. h,. f... ' ,nan anv other. Democrats say that tho those aeiuevments haa given us a fame more cxteiuive, and a position mote eleva ted tan we had ever before possessed.- Nutnmg less than suc-Ij deeiis o valor and ren-iwn as have ar.sen from this war. could have giveif us the exalted position which we now hold tn the estimation of foreign nations. - It would have been well enough before entering on this war, before we had de clared, in list June, that astato of war ex is ed, to have calculated the probable ex ijeose. At 'east, this would have been an nquiry proper for that time. But it is too late, now when cur National fame has ris en so high, from the valor of our arms on the pi ains of those battle fields, io taik of 'he expense t,fihe war. This alono has more than repa d us for all it cost. , Again, the world lias seen, that, in s.x week , 50,000 volunteers could be thrown on the extreme border of the Union, anxi ous to brave the risks and dangers of the camp and battle field, to succor their be loved and needy country. We have heard of conscriptions in the old wor d, , and of the other means of resort ?o raise'toldiers But in this free country, at the sound of the trumpet, 500,000 freemen would gladlv quit their homes to assert the right and honor of iheir country. Wonarehs, states men and scholars in tho old world must regard this as an evidence of the gieat vir tae of our citizens, and ol the srength of our institutions Men must love their ins titutions, when they so cheerfully leave their homes, and court danger to preserve and deieud them. - But the Oregon difficulty has been dis posed of, and with the assent of Virginia. This sul jet, which has long threatened tn involve us in a more calamitous war than the one in which we are now engaged, ts now adjusted. The people a-e sait.-fied ; and they have gone to the Pacific. 1 he I territory is ours, without danger of further collision. ... ... rr .. constitutional Treasury, an object ! r ' J i for 11 years ago, has been ecured; j The started and a complete separation between Bank and State, effected W'c need have no ap prehensions of the money power injurious ly effecting our institutions. The Treasury-is now under ihe care of the .people, by their own chosen officers, free from ihe Ucohirol of Bank ir fluence. Some persons may think it strange, that I should thus speak of a Bank, when, in 1832, in the Senate of the United States,-! presented a memoriarfor the re-charler of the V S. Bank. The Bank ws then acbenshed object with Pennsylvania; and I had olten been instructed to vote (or it re charter. ThcVice President now obevs instructions, and he always did it. He did it recently, and always will continue to do it Thus he acted with regard to the Tariff, and thus with the Bank. Again, the Bank, then thought honest, became a politician; and look arms, not a- gainst a sea of troubles, but of Democrats. Then decided Democrats dealt it unspar ing blows, until it has become tn the Ian guago of the toast ; and of Mr. Webster, an obsolete idea," Lei if. alone in its gl-ry. : . What more his tha last Democratic Congress effected? Jt iaa passed a new Tariff. This is not .fico .trade; but'u l3 much nearer to free trade, th?n the Tariff af 1842. It is a Tariff well-digested, hon est, kindly and justly dealing.. Twenty eight millions must be raised Horn ihe A" cnerican people; and, while this rerenue is raised from imposts, there can bo no such thing as free trade. But the Tariff of 1S-1G reduced the taxes of the people, and takes from the tariff of 1842 its odious, unequal, and drceilful provisions. Mini mum and specific duties are abolished, and the great principle of ad valorem substituted- This latter mode of assessing the du ty is just and mild just between the poor and the rich. Take an illustration of ihe operation of specific duties. Two coats are bought ct Havre for the Richmond market one fec $50 for the rich rr.an, :he other for 10 for the poor man. The one is superfine; tho other, coarse. Gentlemen who are fond of specifics say, that they are both, coats, and must pay alike -a specific lax ol $15, The fine coat cost $65 ; t,e other $25 that is. the rich man pays a tax of 30 per cent, th e OOOr ni:in lfiO nar erf If is ; true ,hfU ,his (f ific3 . vo ded bv a vcrvcomnlir.9tP(Urr....mni. As to frauds, they may be perpetrated in re gaid to the length and weight of articles, as Jcll as in regard to their value. rSnt this ; Is golfiff more niccy n.Q ,hU dih gub. ; jccl ,han X had Jnlendt,d. The last Congress deserves lo be called, ! at least by democrats, ihe reat Conress ay tnat tho b:p is now launched They have rtg"cd and manned her well. Let them navigato her with care and at'cmn n, and she will bring immcnse'pu.fii to the people. In order to give you some idea how tho ship should be navigated, 1 present you the following sentiment: " , Thomas Jcjfersr.n ' The Virginia Pilot that cave to our Union the only compass and chart by which her helmsmen can a void every shoal and weather every storm. The Mecklenburg JefiYrsonian states that the Opri-. .k Skwld'. Oald Uin,-trt Moore county, have lately found several large pieces of g"U! one neighed over a pound. Lieut. Andrews of ihe U. S. Army is si Ahville. where he ivill remain two months on ihe recruiting service. Dr Gage, f Union. S C. has sent the Editors of the Columbia Carolinian a four legged roostert well grown and aboui four months old Some one from North Carolina has pre sented a New York editor with a golden pippin, measuring 15 inches and a half.and weighing 25 onncss. . Many people drop tears st the sight of distress, who would do better to drop a ix-penee. A Dutchman bid an extraordinary pricj for an alarm clock, and gave as a reason Dat as he loffd to rise e&rly, he had no dir.g to do but pull a sphr.ng and he could vake himself. Application is to be made to Ihe rest le gislature of Noith Carolina, to makei new county out of" pans ol Granville and Wake. Niblo's pplendid Garden and Theavre, New York, have been destroyed by fire ; it w ill be re built immediately, on a more magnificent scale. "My dear Polly, I am surpnsecf at your wearing another woman's hair upon your head, said Mr Smith to his wife. " Mc dear Joe. I am equally astonished that you , , persist in wear another uheep a wool on . . -m your back. There now. Poor Mr Smith sneaked off- Alexander the Great seeing Diogenes looking attentively at a parcel of human bone-, asked the philosopher what be -was looking for. "That which 1 cannot find, was the re. ply, the difference between your father's bones and those of his negroes." - It is said that there is a place in Dodgo County, Wisconsin, where the weather is so hot that they have to put their hoe cakes into snow banks to keep them from burn mg. There is an old maid West, fco wrinkled and tough that she uses her forehead to grate nutmegs on. . A Delaware peach. grower io 1845 real ized $15,000 from his peach crop. This year Ins crop will fall several thousand dol lars short of his exposes.
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