" THE PUBLIC GOOD SHOULD EVER BE PREFERRED TO PRIVATE ADVANTAGE.
Volume 4.
Lincoi.nton, North Carolina, Friday Morning, May 26, 1848.
N WIDER. 17.
PRMTfclKAXD PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY
THOIAS J. fcCCL.ES.
Terms. Two dollars pei annum, pavnble
inCLuvauce; $2 50 it payment he delav'ed 3
months. A discount to ciuhs of 3 or more.
Advertisements will be conspicuously insert
ed, ik 1 pel square (14 lines; lor the urst, and
25 ceut ior each subsequent insertion.
TIIC FARJIERS.V.IFE.
IIlMoUoUs ULI'OKT ON BI.1TLR.
We copy ihe following report from
the Farmer's Monthly Visiioi. Theie
is a good mural convey el m n, told
"'lii a rich vein ul humor thai I-. o j 1 1 a 1 .
ll is Irom ihe pen of fc. IS. Lime, t the
Merrimack (. U.) Agucuuural Society-
The bei licence of the Creator is man
ifesl in so disposing nur las e, ami so a
dapiing these to the var.eiu w tin whch
We are surrounded as tu n...Ke li,e a
scesie ol enj in nt instead ol a btnoeii.
ll might have been ti.al nece&saiy lood
WOUid have bteu Wholesome, as a some
time is, lu h diseased s... lined, hail it
not pleased the Cr aiero hae oideied
it othei wise, bread i I he stalf ol hie,
but butter ,s given io make u H p d.wn
easier ai.d give a ;eilt-r it-u-li." Rui it
depend s n.elhing mii who m.ikea (he
butter whether it biivM is mis purpose.
Butter mane in Jo Linker's lamdy
needs t'i he e.ith in ilie ila.k; then i
make it pass well one r ivvn sei sc
fchoU d be laid as 0e wh.le Ihul inane
by his biclnt r J. haihaii.ii ay be ealen
in the lull biaZfol noon; )ou Would wish
thl )our iituk whs H8 long ti iii tt that
JO'J onghl hr.vt; the phasmable'sensatiou
of swallowing prolong tl. Perhaps a
biiol history ol their better halves will
" 'aiu the whole mat er.
'-wile was Sally Sly when a
amah girl she was fcy would nm
half wash the milk pail, Till sly it avav
and let it sour. Sue was sly at school
and did not half get her lessons, but
wouid have her books in sight w h n reci
ting; but as she grew older she leaned
that loget mairied she iiimsi appear wtll,
and so she beul all her cunning to get a
-Superficial education in everything, Mom
roting a p daloe to pavingine piano.
Po"T Joe fell m loe wnh hur, in.ii luo
has no eyes nd so he married her.
liut soon alter flu; eutt red on house
keeping, his ey t-si o tii came, and he saw
"his fix, -thai it was "lor hotter or lor
worse and he thought it was all for
the worse. Like a true philosopher, he
concluded to end me what he could t.oi
hvoid nor cure, and gel along tolerably
well only when lit came io her butler
for hia mother was a real butter maker.
Every tune he saw or tasted of Sally's
butter he tell the hoiruis. Her manner
of making butter wad as follows she
thinks it ol no const quence wheiiier the
milk pail is sweet or sour sets the mi.k
in a warm mom, because it is easier than
to go into the c liar, and if some dirt
thoul i blow ini.j (he pun -he thinks ev
ery man -must eat bis peck of dirt, and
in no place will it slip uowii easier than
in butter she Jets tne cream pots be o
pen, and when she churns lorguis the
poke leaves the cream nearly ai blood
iieai that it may comn quick. When
she takes It out of the claim the picks
OUt ail the bodies ol the li es and spdeis
the legs and nigs aie no mi. ail they
can be swallowed. She w oiks' out half
the burerunlk and sets iv u-wiy in a
warm place f r ue. lJoir J .e has seen
co much hU'terof tin) kind im dt ctuie
tho butler does not agree with hisheaith,
and will nut taste it. Yet his wile won
ders why he does not try n, uid maivels
that he does not k e; a duiry auJ make
butter for the market.
Jooaihaii was a younger brother of
Joe, and had occasion to eat ai li s too.
Iher'snuugh to know why lie coula hot
eat bu ter, and he drclarrd that he nev
er would marry without knowing what
his bread wiuid be buttered with.
jVolluwing tne bini o: bis lancy, lu m:ule
several attempts at inatriniony, and Ju
lia Juniper almost c-iught him, ior theie
was always good buiier o i the table at
tea, but he was determined to know who
made il. O i luqiiry, she savs:
-un me! mother makes the butter ; 1
take lessons on the piano."
JVell," says Jonathan, 1 want n
wife thai lakes lessons on the churn. 1
shall look furiher."
Afier feveral unsuccessful attempts,
and just ready to despair, he siarttd in
pursuit of stray cattle, befoie breakfast,
and wandered across the foiesi into the
corner of the next town, and weary and
hungry called at a decent locking houe
and asked for some luireshmen', whu-h
, was must cordially granted, for the fam
ily were wliai were called Scotch
Irish in religion Presbyterian, and in
hoapiia'iiy boundless.
liere lie found the butter exactly
right though tho weather wis hot, the
butter kept its shape as well as beeswax.
He catechised the old lady about her
housewifery for the bread was as right
as the butte r. The old hdv said her
health was ieeblc he could do but lit
tle, and Jenny bad the whole manage
meiit. Me ii. ale s.ohh inquiries coir
cermny Jenny, and learned she was a
black na.r. d, blaek eytfd lass, of about
two and twenty ; had never sen a piano
hor atit i di d a ball hm knew the As-siubK-'s
Catechism ; could sing Onl
11 ii iid. I'd to a ch..rm p n fliX and
darn s ockdis, and was i hen gone to
town nun bMT. lie l.fgred, hut she
was delayed, and when his excuses f r
staying wire exhausted he started,
lie eon d not get tne good butter out ol
hi mind, and how it happened 1 know
not, he soon f.uhd bis way theie a-'ain,
and ihe ru.l of his adventure was, ie
made a w.le of Jane Mi lveau. And
now one in. i. p of h.s but.er s Woith
moie than ail Joe's wile would make in
a iff .iilli. '1 hep 's no lr K.b!e m going
to ma k t ine keepers of en'ee hoar
ding Ii.-um s in inu ii-igi,t.,riiijr V lages
.-end and lake it a the higiiesi market
prices.
lNow the inyin difiVreiice in these
women a uses Irom the manner of Iran
mn, though iht ie is no d tlerence in
liaiuial oi-posilions. Old Madam Siy
i rver looked on to see lint S.Uly d .no
i.p her w.rk r.g.it. but retfered her to
s! olfh. r wohv as s:.e cho-e and al
though a good houst keener herself, was
bll tgeih. r too n.du g n-, aml i.ke some
0 her o. others, ih. ugid more ol getiiug
Oalij well mairied, man making her ll.
1 ra wile while old Aladam :li Kean,
was diteimmud Jeimy stiou d be tii lor
any man's wile vheiher si.e ever got
ii.airittlori.nl. 1'erm.ps n.eie is no
more certain cnteiioo by which iojudg
ol a woman's gneial chaiach t lor
neatness and good housekeeping than
the quality ol the bu.nr. Kn.d on the
Fanners table a good, s.Hiil, properly
sal.ed, we. I woiked slice ol butter, and
y ou need not tear to Cat "he pancakes t.r
haish ; but if you sec a splai ol hall
woiked buaer, salt in lumps, and a
sprinkle ol hair and fl.es' legs, you may
be sure, thai if you boa id there very
I. deaili will not bo obliged to wail
much for you to tin sh y or peck ol din.
My advice is, io y om g lartners, lo
make It asivp oua.NoN io a nils
soe mak s pi out: bout r ; nd the young
ladies who osj. ne to be larmers wive.
had inuiwi belter be piolicieni in that
most inipoitant j.rt of making butler,
which smoothes iioi only cnist and
crackers, Lul will smoulh u.-penlics vl
the hutbaiiu's leinner.
From the N O. Picayune, May 8 1
o'clock, P. JI.
JLiitcr from Use City of Mexico.
'1 he U. S. steamer Mew Une.uia,
C'.pi. Kd;il. Autd, anived on CjohO .y
evening (loin Vera CiUZ, bavi g sadtd
(hence on Weth.esday , tne liil iul.
1 he ship made capital puss.iges both go
ing and coming.
Lit:ii ircoit and suii left the city ot
.Mexico mi ihe '42d ud., and Mrrivcd ai
Vera CJn z on JSui day, tne 30ih. lie
iiuinediii-y einb u k-n on ihe brig bi.,
l'elersbui lor e v- oi k, blidt r a sa
tute tioui t ort Conci piiou.
Am iig tne passe, g' rs on tho New
(icau, weie Cull I'lhow ai.d slall,
leu io-.son, bin Cushing a no aiulf,
Uoi Lickoiip, Col Chuds, Col Ouncau,
Col. Withers, and a large number ol
ollicers.
C3' oeperate at one time was thought
thechaoceot bringing togt-iher a quo
rum ol bougies, liidt lue President u..d
t.eicriuiutd io exciuae tue. fcuies ii
(NeW'.iiexico, Cliiuuanua and 1 uc.il in
in csiiinaiu.g ihe representation, so tiiai
a s;:: iiier ouiouet may cons uuie a quo
tum. ubs(pjciu even is ied nun to be
iicve that a quorum coulJ be obtained,
and the I'm a.d. ul i e-considercd his uc
le. initiation.
Special Correspondence of the Pica
j,nae. City of Mexio, April 26, 1848.
ben 1'iiiuw lea here on fcui day , the
'22a lust., wnh an escort ol Louisiana
Alouined Men, under couunand o C'apis
l -iiichiid and Ktrr. Tne mghl b iore
he leil he was serenaded by u e sp.en
did b.iidof the 2i lul .niiy, and the next
luornnig a large number ol oliieeis ac
coiupaiiied It i hi some dis.aut e on the
ro iu. The Courl o! lnquli v lell on tne
4tn.
In my last letter 1 slated that Gen.
liutler was iu itview tim v.lu. itds in
'.ne City on the i2d n16i. 'Iheieviuw
was lar mote e. tensive than I was ur
loiuitd it vvou.d be, and came oil uu ihe
piiiu ironting Moim del Key. Tneur
vis ous ol bens. IVorih and Pi. low, the
lonner coosisuug ot live reguiuiits ot
itilautry of the old line, a squadron of
Horses, and Col Duncan's bat cry, now
commanded by L.eul Hunt, and the lai
ler of '.he six regiments ol Kentucky,
Teuuesse and Indiana Voluu.eeis, weie
reviewed, and the line when extended,
was over a mile in length. Tin is the
laigest review hat h been doling the
wai, and a. I pieseol c..nfesetd it vas
die niot magnitii eul iinlnaiy d splay
iiey huU t v.r l.em-id. A o.ei .nciioK
int' iei ai add. d io "he siH t tat i, b
tne display ol tne toin balieiid nil
or of the. 4 h, 5 h and G.n legnnenls o
Iniamry. a ihev marched by the tien.
eral ui-chi. f. O.i the 24th. Ihe line di.
vision oi ts.en Suiiih wai r viewed by!
tne venerai ui-chiel and us mancDuver.
i g elicited theadunra ion of every mil-
nary man present. 1 hese reviews were
m a cipunm ot ihe possibility .of a hr
ward movement huiti soon u quired :
and you wii peteeive by the inclined I
g-ner.. order, ilut the inspection oTait
me iroois in and ab.ui ihe ciiy is
ordered on the 30. h insi.
Head QtJAKiEKs ArmyofMc ico,
1.04oCr'5J Ai txico, April 24.
1 1 he i loops in ihe city ol Mexico,
at S.ui Aliiel, Tacubav u. cliautiii. nut
and .Violino uel liey, wi i be tnusleied
and inspected on Hie 30th Mist.
Tne Regular troops will be mustered
by their rtspecuve regimental com
inauueis Unochtd ci u pauies by com
pa. y toinuii'iiders; ihe to.unleeis at .11
Angi I, by such stall" oll.cers at Ah.jui
Oeo l'oUnson's htad qimritis us he
m.y oesigu.ot; ihe 3j und 4.h iegr
meuls Ktn.ucky Voiumceis, m .he coy,
nv liievti Ai..jor it. t. liochanao, ac
eg Inspector uei.t-rat, iiiid Ct.pi 10. K.
i'ai.oy, A.-sisianl Ai.Joiani Oeneial,
e-pclive.y ; me 3d ai.d 4m li egimeuis
t eoocssee, ai.d O.h .nuiaiia VoiuuueiS.
ai Moliiio oei lie, by Uapis. Cady , O.h
in!anwy, V. Chapman, Oih iinantry,
and ii. Alvoid, 4ih lulautry, rtspccliVt
ly .
The fievcral officers designated to
innster the tro- p will rekra.ica es mi
which they u,y desire inhumation,
to Luui. Col. ilitchcuck, act.rg in
sp.cior Uene.al.and itte.ve h.s iiisuuc
uoiis accordio i v .
li.e oujjiicaie "am sier roll" will be
loiwaidt u Oy the Inspectors io the Adju"
taut General Li. b. aiiny,ahd U.e"o.u
ler and pay rolls" Jor ll.e nay ""Tr""""
u.tnt lo i'av j .-'oiouari.
. 1'ay u.asler A. L. feieuan and 1st
Lieut. 1' V liagi.cr aie announced as
me thai ol th-j pay and oidiiunce oe
panineiiis wan this aiiny, resj tciiveiy .
.vli oidtis icla.ive to tiuir dep..! iinen.s
g Veil l.y ilu oi, in ihe name and by ll.e
aumoniy t-1 the coiiunanding gmeial,
wil. be obeyed and i especicd uccoid.ng.
i. v
13y order of major Gen Duller:
L. iiJUMAi, Ass't Adj't Gtntral.
In :ny lasi leiiei 1 stated that Colonel
W uhcis, tl ii.t J., ioianliy, Id J gone
no. ne oo leave. 1 nave ieu.tu since
mat ne has lend. to h.s lesiginiiion.
Ihe leiiei vl your Uueu.aio cones
pondeut, ol too aj nut , winca 1 tend
y ou, is lu.l ol ion lesl, and some of his
inioi :ii.iii..u is unp runt. 1 he extract
irom ilie message cl Koa to the inein
bera oi L o. gie.-s ooo ut Ltf . e'.aio,s!ioW
tnat l'ena y i t n.i. uit.y t ai.zi me uan
jeious puMii, o ol toe i.ulioi.o l.y t I ihe.
couoliy .si.uuiu iho ue.ny no. oo idoticd in
seus.'ii aiiU a.so siiow? uu eneig lie uc
ici lou.aiiou to spaie i.o tiiori io bring
obout pe-.ce. i ne passage in tne con
c.uaioii oi n.e message quoted by your
t oiiLsponutnt, in w melt Ko.a savs
aou ut oiuei not to incur tne liiin.e
lesiiohsioilii ol 1 s,ng lue iia:ioiialuy
ol me coum.y, tno r.xecu ive vvnl uic
taie cx.iuoiu.ii.iiy o.easures, wtueti ho
otvci wouij have ud..picU ll cticuin.
s la., cos vvete ien Su very tl 1
danjitrous I presume nicis
lo tne liocnin u oi .he i'lceideul lo d.
cree ih.. t, in constqjei.ee ol ihe couJi
noli oi ocataii anu oiher States, arising
irum ihs ceituiu number (l-s3
loan ll.e Cwnsiuutiouai quoium) shall
loim a quoium. li is pi,(U.ibie he wm
nave io icson io tins mcasuie. as it is
ohoctsioud litre mm scvCiai Co.igress
ii. cn, who are nut willing to epjiose tno
uea y by a mrect Vote, mteud iu tleleat
a by bic.k.ng ihe quotum, whenever
Hie tpjest ou is pul.
.e p..iagrapu in the letter relative
tolhe aeiu.oii oi me l'udie fianclu z is at
mis inomenl Very Impoitaui. it "was
supposeu, mat to Coi-eq leiu-e of the a
uiiouiueiils made o, i.,c Sona:o io the
United Slates io ihe. clauses of the trea
ty lelai.iug ft lue lecgiuiioii of Ihe
.iex.can c.iurch, iu ihe territory pro
poseu io ue ceded lo us, ih .1 the ckrgy
would opjiose the latiticaiiou ul tne trea
ty , or ai least require thai the clause be
leiuseilrd. ISoi so, however. Your
coriespoudeiil is nghl in lepreseniing
ihe i'aure Sanchez as Ihe oiaii t the
cler-y, und a greal major. ly of them
laVoi me lauhcaiion ul tne treaty as it
stands. 'Ihe clergy ol t his city, tearing
ll.e inability ol 1 eim y 1'etia to laise ihe
lone loan ul l50,000lo $200,000 111
QuftetaiOjior ihe putj.ose ol assembling
Congress and supporting the Govern
ment, (which, when lranIated, mpans
for the purposH (l bribing Ihe factory
Congressm. n ) held met tings in ihe Ca
ihedral to day, and yesierdny, over
which the bishop presided, lor the pur
pose oi iIim tissiuy ilie pioi r eiy or e.xpe
dieicy ot advancn g the m,, Mli n-d
by Pena y lVim, nd lo day tht v rt-- ;
soivetl upon lo.inmg ihe in..ij.- r,.m ih-.: '
funds of the chuu h. 1 umlt r-lati J the
whole sum will be sem to Qucr. !i.ro to
moirow. Tnese facis, to my mind, set
tle the quesiion as to whether ine trealy
will be lat.tW d or not, m the affirmative.
The individual referred as haying
he-en bipnsed with s.i much pomp a1.
Qui rotaro, and who had ihe honr of ha
vnig I'cna y I'ena tand at ihe hapusmat
fon i as h.s godfather, is, without it
doui;t, the Lieu . O'SuIiivaii 1 have ul
leady ypokt n of as having resigned hi-,
commission in the 3d lulaniry and uiue
to Quereiaro to j iu itie enemy, lie is
not a legal dc-sencr, but all the dishonor
ol inotai guilt will ever aitach Used io
his name.
'I he Commissioners will not leave for
Quereiaro, uunl ihe 29. n or 30;h lust.
In ilu n.e.iuiiiiie, the troops which aie
totormlhe tscott are bt iiiii i..specled
d.iiny, iiiid t,re b ing prepared to pre
sent a line .pp urai.ec,io point of clo-h.ng
and i qtiijin. ems.
A lew tfliceis fiorn the train from O
iiz.ba, under command ol Cpi. ltowe,
came in auvance lo'Uby, and tne Ham is
txjiecu d to arrive tu-moriow or the
day alter.
li is reported in town to-day that there
is a quoium ol Congress ai Quereiaro,
bui 1 cannot trace u iu an auihchtic
souice.
Queretako, April 23, 1848.
The Secietary of the Tieasury ex
presses himsell asloHows in rcluum lo
the loictd loan of 150,000 or $200,
tOO, which Will I e employed exel isive'
ly by the government io p;iy the neces
sary t XpP.nses in asuembilug tht; Geneial
Congress, and for i.s suppoi t in this cny
lur two inotiihs :
"yim-ttill xj
lasi advices published in the pipers if
the capital, how short a time mere re
mains lor as to latily the tiety ol
peace, celebrated b lAetn our Republic
and ihe Unittd Cla.es of A.ne.tica. lo
older i ai thai tiealy snoulu be exciiao
ged i.l W ashii.gton tii ihe 2d til June, it
is li dl.-pctisiblc thai ii snou.tl be la. tiled
al Uu; . .lest, i u tne loth oi May nex,
a d 1 doubt it it can b; done il the Coo
gitS'i dot s noi get togeint i immtdt nely .
A ii.utiiitide oi u..loi lUii.ne e.rcuioa au
c s nave pievcnicd, until now, a re un'
ion ti Congit ss, and the principal one
bus bet n the Waul of mo ey lo give l
the Senators ai d I'cpui.ts lor their ne"
cs.uiy wai t in I. .is capital. Goveiir
incut nas in ide Ihe grransl tlfilslo
teai ze mis sum but Without success, and
having expended all us icsouices, his
Lxct lu nt y ll,c i'lfo.dent has, in . rikr
lu :ic.l ta.e ll.e meeting of Co'.gtesa, re'
solved mill all t.e capiiaiisis aiu pers-aii
oi easy ciri uuisi u.cvs in mi-, city, sh.ill,
to assist iho Vji.vei umeid, ti..dei tne ir
He tl a lo oi, aoVance a snlhcieni amount
ol money l.. pa lor two tu.ji.iii, ihe ptr
dlLin o i;.e Sc.. a ots ami Ut-pu.n . 1"
uto Central Congtess. Once a qum m
has breu as-embted, Congiess Will d o'
late me uei:cBiiry ,;vs lo crea'e suou
lui.ds anu icsources as the ti. v inmciil
may waul io continue us exisleuc-."
lie concludes thus :
ll.s lixcdieucy the President ihink
that the sal vaiiou o me U.-puulit: iinper.t
!ivel dK,o..nds the piu.i.pi inet-nng i 1
Congiess, and iu oidcy not to incur lt;e
it ri u.e icsponsibi'iiy oi loosing tae iti
tionaiily ul Iho coautty,ti.u l.cemi ve
will delate extraoidnaiy me uures,
wh.c.i ne never wouid have nriop e.t u
cucuiiisldhct.-s weie ool so very uiihciili
ai.d dangcious.
God and Liberly ! liOSA."
The priest S.iiichtz, ihe cleigy's or
gan in one ol his sermons, pieuc.ed on
l' ridiy night last, the 2isi lust , ((io. d
i''liday,) in the Ci.urcll of Saitti olaia,
l wjiicsi the gieaier arl t.t ll.e meui
beisot tho Au.i-inisiralion, itnd ot lot!
members of Congiess lltal i about io
mticl, weie pi estut, said : Geni.eiieu
1 he only way to stve tne liepah-ic,
and io pardtmmg the itjuurs you
have leceived lo prove yuuisell Chils
ilaiis, it. i, make p'.ace."
lesieiday an American officer, a de
serter of ihe 3J lii.auiry ol trie hue,
was baptised in tuts city wnh great
pomp. He h..d lor Ins godfather Ue
President ol the Republic, Pena y Pena.
City of .Mexico, April 27.
1 wrote to yoj yesteidy, and enclo
ted a translation of a letter lioiu your
Quereiaro coin epondeni, Containing
highly important inhumation. Lesl my
coinii unicaliou may miscarty 1 now
s nd yi-u the original letter. Our cum
m ssioiieis have not yet leccived an an
swer to their comn.uoicatioi) to the Gov
crntneiit at Qucre'aro relative to the ea
dot. (Jen. Sutler, a dy or iwn since,
wiis ri quested hv ihe .JZ-xican Govern
n enl tt allow feome Mexican tro"ps to
enter this city io taku possession of a
q iantr.y o army clothtno left in one of
me convents when ihe Mexican army e
vat n.iieti titf ciiy. Gen 15ut ler, instead of
grant leg ll.e r que?, seized the clo
thing. It would not now be surprising
if the Jex.cau Government weie to ak
the arms i.kei in the dlleiem achons
to b: leiumcJ. ll would be in keeping
with the moth si relation to the elothing.
The in a. i is in Iron) Cueietar-s and
thou d theie bn a I.Mter from your cor-ie-poi.deut,
I will endeavor tt forward
it by Ihe Mexican Vera Cruz omiI,
which h aves here, at 10 o'clock l night,
an hour trout hence. It. S.
MEXICO, APRIL 27, 9 P.M.
I have just received a letter from
your Quereiaro conespondeui of the ve
ry latest daU', and hasten to give you a
rough trauI itiou :
QUhlRE I'AUO, APRIIS, 1848.
'1 he preparatory union ot Coiigrt'ss
have rehik:ii iheir u-uil course, and
few of the Deputies are waniing for a
quorirn. Q.jt-relaro, politically Fpea
kuig, prescuis a most aiiunaleti aspect,
and nothing is talked of but peace. In
every quarter lher are warm discus
sions Uj.on this grand question. Tho
most" Vehement P'.r.y lor war is, without
doubt, the army, but it is fallen no low
nt public estimation, and is so humeri,
citlly weak that it is doubtful if they can
get up a pronuneiu7netitot as it was pub
licly lumored hem- wuhiti the last lew
days would.
Attention! To-morrow ihere is to be
a meeling of ihe Artillery. 'I he object of
the meeting is not po-a:ively known.
Some say that it is to deliberate upon
the possibi . i iv of sending reinforce
ments to Gen. Lihdero ; others say iho
meeting is calit-d to pronounce against
the Government, who have j.fTccied a'
b an to pay me Deputies and Senators,
my.
It was rumored to-day that the A
mcricau Commissioners would be hue
this alien. oon.
The Charge d Affairs of France,
Moodier le kiaiqui'k de Reuepont, 18
hen.
Gen. Lihdero is, as you arc aware,
tin general who signed t ie capitulation
ot V i i a Ciuzand tne Cas le d San Ju
an de Ulloa.
Fiom ihe copiods fih3 of pipers
which we have leccived by the New
Orleans, we proceed to make eX'.eiisivo
extracts :
F.-o7ii the American Star of the 24A
April. J
i he Stlcial Commission . Tlhe
case id Lieui. la.c Hare was disposed
ol y esterday, but of course ihe hading
is not known.
Li-u:. Maihison, of the a mho regi
nit nt, one of the arres'ed, whose names
we have before given, was clcired of the
charges prt-Jeited. but a nolle prostqui
w.is entertained, and he was again de
manded lo prison. ,
Atn.ther ollifr or the nimy, fjient
T. IS. Thden, of ihe 2J liilantiy, whom
ihe S'itle evidence imp icates in Iho
inalier, has been also at resit U.
The cae ol Ltft.t. Dultoit will com
inei.c, we hear, on Mo.iday njxi.
Mnj r A. D. yiHwrt. iimj srnior Pay
mab'er in ihe tie d. Co. Randall b.'lng
rd red i New Orieaus, vvill we under
stir.d. assume the duties ol tual olheo
at once.
From the American Star of April 25.
Tne editor of L'l B o del Coinuieici ,
oiM-td'tlwi di-pities who left the ciiy
yesterday for Qu. retaro, says th-re are
stx'y-four n emb-r in aii-iidaucc, and
that hv the 1 isl of the week there Will
he seventy -six. If mi, wc see not why
Congress may not orgin.Z'i by Monday
or Tin slay. The same paper says
Messrs. Sevier and Cliff od will leavo
to-morrow or tin? next day, escorted by
a small cavalry force, instead of by a di
vision, it pronounces lie story that
they are goiti t threaten the Govern
ment as fa!?e their only olj-ct being
! present the treaty to the Mexican
Government.
The Treaty, El Progressoat Que
relaro has a long editorial in opposition
to (he treaty, intended to show ine loss
which MeX:C snfTers by ll. It say,
'Tn.'Ogli the United Statws ofler os
820,000,000 they take about $50,000,
000 from us.' It urges various reasons
why 'he treaty- should nl be raiitied,
and am -ngst other thing snys the Gov
eminent is check mated placed in a
position where it can neither make peace
(there being oo Congress.) nor war. El
i'p'gresso, j our readers know, i the
organ of ihe icvolution or the war parly.
It is a journal of limUed circulation, and