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4 - A. 'i i ' 1 1 f re tskeu f.on tbe Mf h. .Uitrm for it in Jest end ttn i. ir.on the, enemy with the roost . detune; live e ffed. Captain Ridgely, ner Po,0,uJ? i) e sun himself, was observed eoaslaiitly to mount tbe platform with i a py glass nd, wtcb ibreffelf wb4tUo4l manifested thf greatest enthusiasm end delight when Lit tor told well flying orrg" cemV; Cipt. U. ! aiJ to have no top mor as an artillerist, and the government would bie been doing not more than be was entitled to, had they confr rred upon bira two brevets they -did upon 1,01.1 Ddne m, for tiis conduct in the ..battle f the 8tb an-J 9th of May. U thesame olfi eerjq, whom tb citizens of Baltimore have presented a magnificent a word - Col. Hays whose regiment of Texan volunteers did bo much t001' service , at -Monterey aa - to draw front Gen, Worth the compliment that they they were the best light troops in, the world it is already known killed a Mexican lieutenant-colonel in awx combat. The latter waa mak ing at Ilaya with Unce in tvsl, which tlto gallant Texan' dexterously avoided, and giving the Mexican the contents of a pulol a he galloped pat caused him, ia epic phrase, to bite the dual." 'httTexaft - tosae tseoin of good 4flic. Uaysis MM. bra tea1 for hit coolness dtceurage, qualities which eminently distinguished him while protecting the Texan frontiers fnm the inroads of the Cam m- hes, We-lkei the Lieut. CoU ia well two n to eery body uAaanL Walker of the first part of the t'ampsirn, Chts!i4Y tKev Mains, -U - aOUm abauUt $ mse M tM kicl wan. ie to gala information of the Mexicans, Go - - hia return h eoddenlv fH i witli a com- " ""pny of Mexican caiMryVr fo'valler Tiio ' lost hi home and was on foot. The Cap tain of the party rode op to hint and order -'' ed 'Wiiyttfwnder."-Ph"!'MajoT -very eoolv drew a pistol and preaenting it at at hU bead made him aware upon the cross , that he would order his meft to keep back and permit him to proceedi and ta. this wsy ne reacaao uie tcaan ciucuicuia, ' " One of "the most difficult duties of politi cians ia to account for the'r disasters As when a person is tick, he is sure to inquire with great earnestness, where and When he 4to ik his fever, so it is a fort of consolation to public wiiieis and speakers to assign the remote and J.umediate titises of their mis 'caniages. , . ' AJ ' ' The Democratic press are now engaged very akmctive business of this kind The Pennsylvania election has so taken have aet to work, to give a reason for ley result The etpIanUonsunfortuMtf lb are noj entirely consistent. , - '. The. Enquirer, in thij city and a few other iuthorftiea accusing the Wbigi of thtowing the good Democrats of Pennsylvania into ait unlucky long rec6ver. This excuse 'apparently means that a large number uf .. the people were Otterl 4 obfuscated by , aome crafty trick of the Whigs, and that When they fceoome good Democrates again and stsnly voters as tne tnquifer asicttsJ also, that the igjregatfl one half the actual ote of th State it must be inferred that the bewildered persorw did not vote who the whig but in their per plexity, did hot leave their homes. The most common explanation of the Democratic misfortune asssigns a, mere, ly physical cause. -The Pennsylvanian and many other Journals assert that a cer tain Unpreeedemed, storm with fierce winds ideusu,and.,ddugiiojft swollen stream and muddy roads prevented the Democraw from going to the ballot box, whilst the Whigs, without regard to con s'io ico or weather, gve each man his vote. This sccouut, strange' to say, though it savmn vry atrongly of the lttUcrotu. is gravely adopted by a mnjority of the party exponent , . . But w perceive that a few of these jour rials hsve , the candour to alttrllute the Whig yletofy to much' more' satisfactory fHUjes and we beg to commend some ex- tracU front them to the special attention of ine enquirer ocrauciu fact as hi name, Ues this tau guge:. v We are happy in the belief, thaf lR Hon est and tincere Democrats of the State, thousands- of whom, lor the first lime prob ably in their lives, cast their votes against the condiJates of the party, did so, not because they have abandoned any of the cardinal principles of Democracy bat to sbow their DEEP and unqualified ditap probation tot the courses pursued ' by the .Honorable GeoM.lWlast rice President of the V. S. Mr Secretary Walkers and, if yon pleaie his Excellency James K' Polk President of the , U. States oa; ' the sub Row here is an. hooeat "cofesswTon- an VW mkiiptt WefaihlntetM" f th witness which by alf Correct pniui- pies ia to b taken as true V appears from this.'hst thoutanit of the - DemoceatSr did notslayat home, as hi alleged by aome, . but "cast their votes against the candidates of the party M t Thie ia at one a aufflcient expiation of 'the astounding Whiff majoritiea and no others wilF account,. for them. It appears also that1 these thou sands of Democrats acted not through eon fuion ' or bewildctment; btti wiihja well ' settled, "deep and unqualified disippio-bation-'' of the course of Mr. Dallas, Mr W alker aod Mi. Polk,. , .. Of die same purport re the following explicit declarations of the lfarrisburg Ar gus, the leading, Demcratio . paper - pub lulled at the seat of Government: , "To attribute this ovi whelming defeat In ihetorm which prevailed pn the day of the election ia only misleading the pub ouud at a distance. Any. one w-ho eulmly surveyed tbe battle-field previous to fte eonnictr wtn a oeaire w mnvww m mast be eonvinced' that the ; resell sprung frnin eatinea over whtcb the weather Baa ; no eonfrot.'and that if rtie day i had 'teert fair, the tictdrjr of our op:ionents ' would havcbeeo acajcely leas complete thati it now ia. The dissatisfaction and apau y which prevailed in the rank and file of the party gave no hope for a different result." The Argns ss the Picas aays on- of the main causea of defeat m&v be ascribed to ihe rntr Quesnon; that "the mass 01 1 dcoer-,e, 0f modern times has b en ti the people of Pensylvania are wedded to the t0iied here and at Iiale, in Switzerland. principle of protecting our itomeaue nw'i try," that the y 'bad been asssnredin'tie can vaas 01 101 tnanno riccumi m mi 1 eratic candidate for the Presidency would not disturb the Tariff act of 1842, and that they would continue to enjoy the benefits which that measure waa scattering broed cist o ve r the atate that the act itf 1 6 10 io. laled the assurance given In 1841; and that those who appreciate the benefit of the act of 182, thougtit that they pieived in tht present bill the 'extinguieh nient of their hopes for a continuance of that prosperity wh:ch was daily (lowing lro the development of our vast internal resources." The Argus says emphatic al Iv. the neonle "felt tltenselves not only ol the leaders ol the party "jumpfU nm Crow" on the question, they refused t join in the gyration. 1 he consequence as most have been foieaeen, is a whig vieto ry and a diminished majority in every (Kmocrutie county.' . -WieV tJual it will haw to- conceded. tbl the Wbi wiompft' iii' 1'eftlfsTl'VatUB' "w-ae due neuner 10 siorms or ooinertiuii u To a n abiding determine ifon' i'TtlieJS'pe"Op!ii' . . j 1. . .u- .. r .1 ilafTtW the" tttmt of hay fnYbeen whSrioixatr and grossly deceived by'the leaders of the Demjratic party in 1844. 77it Imprudent Cnarge at Monterey The letteis from Monterey, written by officers and privates, have intimated that the streret fight in Monterey in which Cot Watson was kilted .was --tmnnidcintiv lucky who was in command of th toino leer force. It appears from the following letter from Washington to the New York Commercial, that the charge sgamst Gen-. Butler is more serious, and has b-en made officially to the department in Weshing ton: Correspondence rf the N. Y. CommercM tf'athington, Oct a 1st. I learn to' da that' there "haver 'been received by the Government certain official adview from GenvTaylw,itnjeclitng' the courage and conduct of Gtciw Wm. O, Butter, of the rolumeer force, at the battle of Monterey. YVa have had verious Recounts tit prS vate letters, whicb were very unfavorable to Gen. Buttler and also an account going to show thaf General Taylor censured his manner, : General William O. .Buttler haa been a great favorite with the Democratic party, and great pains have been taken to present him as a as jond JscksoOr l'tKna to com mand." H? wss undoubtedly looked! upon and is nnw, as the Democratic candidate for 4he Presidency ofthe Uoitod 8tatsw flowa jbrotfghtberey choice for the office of Secretary of War, b'ltit was found that the appointment could pot be made from Kentucky, without drop ping either Walker: or Care Johnson or Mason, as it would not do to hive more i than half of ihe CaWwt "fW n the tlaye j holding States. " ' .,' . ; tie was. when the wai c nmenced chosen as-thw-namTrttariderw-ririe possed that he was th? man designated to aupercede Ueneral Bcotu The briliant victories of Colonet Taylor on the 8th and 0th or May, although they made him- brevet brigadier general did not by any means secure to bint the command of jt!ie army of ioriuionv. tie was in fact, in great danger of being overslaughed to muk room1 for Buttler. , After the passage of the act tf June 16th for the ap poiatment of one- major Gea rs!, it was a question in the Cabinet when er 'I ay lor or Butler should be the one. The difnUilty would have been avoided if Con press hsd ad noted 1hr- recommiMlktiaii of tlrr-WtfwpartmeiitrtriW mmof ge n;f Js. tint they agreed to but 1 to the regular army and they, provided inal at the end of the war the number should he reduced to one it being discretionary with the rresitrent to-utop which b) pleas ed. J , ' ,t Here was templing opportunity tt make Builer the comnwnder in- chief an' I drob Scott entirely. . After long deliberation, it it wai iWb4 lhat publiaopinton, wouid not be easily reconciled at pfesent. to over slaughitrg Taylor's appointment produced ranch uisoontent among Hotter s mend- in Cangreis. But General Outl'er Waa firat named on th list of nomtnuttona aent utr UaMSaVCAtsW unteer rorce; ; '- ; But stilt it was eoiifidettlly believed thai Butler was, somehow or other, to be made the hero of the wir.and, covered all over with laurels was to be brought for ward in 1848 as the Democratie candidate for ' the Presidency. ' ;.";'. H: i.'v ' , ' I i was surmised here that, while - Tfrlof waa waiting on the Rio G rattle for means of tramportatNt and' supplies tfie' Govern ment would relieve him' from the command as had already been dona with GvneraH Scott and that the commend would be as signed to Butler I say this ' was anrnnsed by salacious persons, but T do" not know that so- dsrring an act of injustice was sern ously contemplated. i It Bss often been remarked that this W ar will make some neW candidates f the Presidency and it appears that it will also destroy rocne. , EXPLOSIVE COTTON. , The following tninate and ' tntcreatiag aCrnaat 0f the discovery rerenliy maus in Germany, by which, tt ii declared, raw eoHni rendered tnore powerfully ex phttive than gunpowder, is copied lrtm a letter published in the Washington V nion, from the pH of i's European correa pondeiU undnr date or Frsokfort-on the-Maine, . xSfpteniber SO. 1846. One of the moat wonderful icieutinc wiihin the laat few weeki.: Profesra flti,er (ne former pUce, anil Schotibe , -r .ut i.ii-f. simultaneous! V. bv I Sim Uar coarse of ekierihienting, have ia vented a method of preparing saw cotton which will undoubtedly eventuate in the discontinuance . of tht ttst.or fn- powder! The article which they prepare has been submitted to mny severe' ordeals, And its vast superiority tor at) explosive purposes, over gunpowder, is aknowl edged by the first chemists and military officers in Germany. I can scarcely believe my own senses when I wiloess an exhibition of its extraordinary proper ties. ,JJpon jny srriraLjBJhiaCtyLLJKSIi-in v4ted by a fr ier4 a distinguihed member ol the German Diet, to dine with him, and not declining his hospitality, I met with and was preseoted to Professor Blt ger, who it is but proper to remark is die tioguished for his attainotentsjand who has .Iupa. rtf tUm milklll. UliAnljilv . . ft pk,Ml iV.t jVetftrer,,."' t Wrpariso. the party, Fratssiar Ut,tookufryw ,eCR Ol some raw cotton; a small portion of that '?fW wuiMSJiMSmimJt, of white paper. and ne. - A wa, was some cunpowder upon another sheet. He touch ed them at the samemoment with the burning ena si a cigar, anu witn me quiCKnesa of the lightning's blast, the cotton vta Consumed without smoke or odor, or ash es, or even the slightest slain upon the snow white sheet of foolscap; while the ig fc'Jtm juf tha unpow dar teemed to be'slow,. artiotrgfr 'oT ffie beif ausli'Tj T which ttw papei w s burnt and colored, and the room filed with sinoke lie then took small quantity of gunpowder and placing 1 t upon the papery entirety eovered ft with prepared cotton from the ether paper4. Touching the cotton with the blaze of a match, it exploded without bunting the gunpowder!. Subsequently, at my apart men's, he exploded cotton upon the palm of tnjr hand, ifomm$$M$(&& sanation of heat, such was tne rtmai Haote ritpidljijjiSrjtfignrtjii.gw A short time it is stated bt the inventofs, is onfy required lor the preparation af the article, and the process is so exceedingly simple that it can be manufactured by common laborers and without any danger whateer ol combustion. It can be fit for use in a few hours after taken from the bate, and without, the aid of m, cliinery; and it may be thorousrhly sstur ated with water , without affeccting its pronertias inftrrtoosty. t liiJaakaa re dried, it is again Ht fur use. There Is nothing to apprebend, from Us spoota hedus combustion, nof will- it-ignito by friction, or in the loading of the fire arms. or become innsmra onder a teaioerature ufZOO'-euesius It wm catch-Ore either from blase ar t spark. , . ; t The fact lie been ascertained' from repeated1 experiments that the forty eighth part af an ounce of the prepared cotton will propel a bullet from an American- ri fie as far' and tfs fast at the twelfth- parr of an ounce ol gunpowder The sixteenth part 01 an ounce win arive a inree quarter PCM" Moreover the barret never re I quires cleaning. Forty shdts without intermission have been-made, and without any preemptible accumulatjou of filth, while the gun was throughout entirely free from heat ta firing a $poundr, the re suit was the same in this respect, Tbe experiments in blasting rocks, with pre pared cotton have alao been eminently auccesful. Ah . Basle a large block of granite, measuring 240 cubic feet, was blown up by four ounces, which could not have been afiVctrd with less than two pounds of superior gunpowder. Lavt week- the putter of the article waa tested at a meeting of the "British Scien tific Association" an association compos ed of the , roost profoundly learned in. dividttsla iw Europe and they were ourted with what was ' accomplished. Sir J. Iferschel took occasion to remark. Pro feasor Sthnnbein being 'present, that "the discovery in the next g mi era tion might arm mankind with .die wildesv powera. The ioventer Was t Than who' coqld terup the rocks, and at most call down the lightnings.,.."T"7:T'".-," , , ," . I understand that 125 Iba., of cotton in the state in whtth it ir found in the bate, when properly prepared, will weigh 163 lbs., and that even here, where the staple the article' will coat considerably Use than gunpowder. What the ether msteiials are ud in the manufacture will of course renraiir a seerev until the pstents flft-e secu red among1' the iarious nations. One haa already bcii taken eat fur CrVeat B'rttaiu; and the Stat e of h Germanic, codfed ration have, through the Diet, consented to give eiOO.000 florins merely IW t the right of prepariag it lor tile army, provid ed a cmmisibn, wfiich lias beep tnstitu led it test it ia , every . cooceivable msyj shall report favorably. This experiment will be made at Mayence iir a few days. .: The proportion of, the Jdcredienfa in gunpowder, necesnarily vary ta a cbnid arable desrees bat. ibat of rmd duality may bfl' cpaed of f 6' part of nitre, 1$' f charcoal.-Bad $ tf sulphur.- Sb thot we re dependant upon foreign countries for eighty five huad'reaiha of the mate rial used m th maputacture of- all gun powder we centumr a fact whirh is not generally noy saflifiiently known by our countrymen. By. tl Vigilance ol that sterling paini and faithlul officer CoU Talcott, tf - he Ordnance ' D-partiueht," who, year after year, acting apon the principal "in peace prepare lor war, haa been accumulating a stock of saltpetre, we are happily pre. pared with an abundance of the material to carry ua through a long and arduoua contest, should we ever be involved in one. with any nation. But with there cent improvement, our dependence upon the remainder of the wuild ceases for the ariiclca esaentUl to the defence 4r to tbe prunrcutioii of holiIiti while the de peadtflcc tif other powers ahi stales u.h ua increase in the same ratio. Moreover, the increased production of our chief sta pie, anil (he consequent diminution in value, has, for the last lew jcarsi scarce ly afforded remunerating pricee to bur planters. Should theprepared cotton su pcrsede gunpowder entirely a new mar ket will be created for any redundancy of yield, and an abao'ute consumption occur. Two or three hundred thousand bates, at .moderate calculation, will be burnt up annually, Mn Grove; crls brated chemist of England, cemmenting upon the importance of the discovery, iayioAcianec ble substance with - another substance which wilt bring forth a safheisut qnan tity of oxygen to catch fire, whereby un der t certain temperature, the whole will explode. these two1 aibstnnces are contained in gunpowder; but even lb the which account 6 after being discharged, of their contents. The invention of Professor- Schonbem is wiflioui tbti litiit, ,,wiilieitAia.ijrr. ef Iti explosion is twice s gttit US that of gun A novel plan has been suggested for the capture of the Castle of Yrra . Cruz, by the American arms. The Lancaster Re. Repuplican contains a communication from Mr. J. Wise the aeronaut, in which the sehemeitjbM:f Althouh the plan I shall propose may seem novel to many, still a brief detail of it 1 think will satisfy the moat inerede Ion of iu efficacy. ,. In the first place it Will reauire the construction of a Balloon of common twilled muslin of bout one hundred feet in diameter This machine properly coated with varnish - will retain its bouyuncy lor many days or weeks. It Will be cBWsble when inflated to raise eveyoOOOpo dent of its ow n weighs net' work car and cblrh tan beinfltcdifr anlayfr less time if necessary. ;? -Th proee'as of tottatioo may bt accvm pushed off land, or on Doara a man 01 war eea, aa circum stances " may reouire. " The f Csi 1 " to; "be loaded with percussioned bomb shell and torttedoes to the amount of 1 8,000 pounds. which Witt lesve 2,000 pounJs for balhif af mem - -Thus it wtlf . bejre ad rj bf placed to, a position . for deadly aetiaa', in a very abort time. The cable by which it la to Be mauoevtrrtimay be at hnt fjwtiiw lung, mmrttwtostrvri mile of elevation would leave the tessel or land position, which acts a Ad detain ing point, out of the reach of the Cattlt mav-andnderthe-yet"of-ur1hrtt hatteriea. Ine man oiwaraTiironTTi hovering .a mile above the Castta like a cloud of destruction, would be iatirely out of danger of the guns, sine they could be made to bear at an object, imme diateiy abuve them. The position of the balloon as to heigh, and " distance fiom tbe retaining pointy tould be easily maintained by ke pi Ox a prcpef ete to its balasttng. Af it would , become lighten ed by the discharge of shells and torpe does, an adequa'a quantity of gas can alao be dichargedv , II a zva trem the Uastle could etc? be made to bear upon the war balloon,- it woul'd soon be silenced by v the rapidity, precision and certainty . with which the deadly missile oouid be showered down upon toem. 7 With this atrial war ship , hsffgi'n a mile" above the tort, supplied with a thousand percassioned bomb shells, the Castle bf Vera Crux could be taken without tbe losr of a single I ile to the army, amr at an etpense Utat would be comparatively nothing rtVwoaTF..-wllt?ti; to tike it by the common mode of attack "Through the medium of Tjruy journal I would most respectfully sueg-st this plan to our goyernqrentv and will tender ray services for its construcfion,- tnd when constructed, will, if nec isaVy, mos! cheerfully undertake its directorship into actual service, st a . moment's warning. Very respectfully your friend and fellow ciiien . : ' " WISJnt . Lancaster, October Sft, 1846. From the Baltimore American ' THE MONTEREY CAPI TULATION; The-xtraets-which ' we publish in thia TMiierj ir 01 oar' iroj in : Mexico to a reotlemaa af this ity. state distinct tly tfutwhrfn 1 Oenerif faylof nterd the eight weeks-armistice with Ampudis ne nau ine poainve assurance 01 )ne latter, not only thai - gkntsj fee was' captured and Calirornit possessed by the Awert , etna, but also that commisaiollara of the U. 8. were then ftt Mftxieo to arrange the termrof a treaty; , Mcxitaa iosiriceri. ly and! craft will ba belter uoderndbd by and", by.llianee hereafter on San ta Ann Vis. protestatieni will hardly dupe eten Mr. Polk again; nor wilt the repi'e sentationrof Mexican commanders be henceforth taken by our General- without many gpaiM , us 'llsyejranca .f : : TflE lUCBMOND TRXGEDti Tbe trial of Messrs. tW. R. and 8. S. Mver and Burn-bss resulted in their acquittal.' v-.-r. I , The home end th foreign Marktt. Our' exportaiious of wheat flour and Indian corn to Great Britain, thus .far in . thy present year, have largely exceeded thefaggreegate exhortations of those products during the corresponding period oflastyear.j This fact is dwelt upon as illustrating the superior advantages of the foreign roaisei, : e repeal". and it li refered to as a result of th of the British Corn Laws on the other J side of the water and of the Tariff of 1840 on this side. Now if the Biitish corn Lawa had re mained untouched the prevalence of a dearth in that country, sufficiently severe to raise the pricea 01 breadstuffs, would have operated simultaneously to. reduce, -the duties in proportion; Upon that prin ciple the eliding scale was entiKlished. England Imported wheat largely In 189V when her crops were short and inc4uiies on grain felt. Bbl sho drew bet supplies then from the Baltic countries where the croHs were sbundanl, At present she finds it most convenient to diaw supples from the United Stales because tbe prices of grain are high ton ihe Continent. As Wr tfie Tariff of 1742 it is still in op erstion. lis repeal, -which is to t-ke eff ct hereafter, cannot have much effect uudo the present exportatiun ofbreadtuff. It WoUldbe strgelfit With regard to the value of tbe foreign market for our produce if the preaent year is to be taken aa the standard bv which to j udge of it the existence of a acarceity mine or less extensive in the British " dominions and on the Continent of Europe must i I be perioaicat. . . It appeare howeyer, that with, alt the fnev seof frpomtioiis W"nlad"the Aggregate .increase in. the quantity of wheat, flour and Indian corn brought to ttdiiawr li( NirToiK wminhl'lasf nine months, oyer the quae tit, brought for the same period last vear, exceeds the Sergt increase in the exportationn of those articles to Liverpool for correspon ding periods The New York Exoress eives ' After all the clamour' rt adds, "the whole purchases for Liverpool for it period ol time including two famlnet in England as we have been told, from the whole United States,-do not equal the- increase of Receipts at the (ids water in New York alone, When the whole amount of our crop is compared with this 'English ex port th amount it t Mere trifle." .,5Tbe iurean,m of whtfttoWopjwifuni experience of years 'shows conclusively uuugii uiai Boiuing-r uui a partial lauure or. crops, or me prevalence ol wars in Europe' can create any demand1 for In as ricukutal produce of the Untted States, At the best the foreign, market is preca rious one even when exportation are practicable.-' To depend upon lt-Ur such an extent as would1 lead tfslo depreci'afey to-under earuy or 4mpair the heme -WaiW ket our msia reliance, weAild vsu-tjnwise iw. thlilexlreme. - , The Jmticriiehich would increaieTthe numbers of consumers of Cttt product lit ouf own land which would boifd ujrflourishing townr and vii lages filled wh a thriving population de pendent on tjia farmer thepidic la ingatid mechanical industry and ' place the phptrlation' so employed sidd by side - ., m.,uuj!r,i ii...,!:- .n,i 1 with the larmert that ts the policy which most mare ar a suostamiai, a great and in dependent people r foreign nations fall into scarcity we can , supply them but let such occurrence &fe regarded 10 their true luht as incidents, which ma v fall well engh4tvw4tbuvvgtllrM whicn snoutu not oe allowed to change it. ! JiaU.- Amer. How long the war with Mexico is to continue has become a questibn hard to be answered. The evidences of fixed' hostil? ty towards ns on the -part of thw Mexlcah' population are too noneroua nnd Wb' deri' ded to allow the supposition that anV'Drot gresi has been made in the way of concilia aupg mem nor i(i;re any prospect or better aueceas nereaiter tn , the . attembt at fraternization',' Every victory' trained bv bur troops' most add to the national humilia tion of the defeatedmust strengthen their desire 01 retnoouon Santa Anna is rported,torhave aaid that it , waa necesvarjr that the Americans should be driyen from the country, dr" that Mexico should disappear from the political map of nations." c fheshre wdeet obseiVers umonff the Mexicans regarded the annexa tion of Texas as the beginning of an en croacbitlg process wbicbil not checked at nee,- would be likely to end in the extinc lion of Mexican1 nationality.! The couise of events aiHce har not been, calculated to remove such an apprehension. ' -. " : A vigorous prosecution of the war on our part1 may potf ilk in ptfsseAibd of tfie M ox- lean capital may enable us to seize and occupy1 eyeTylacnnf'strengthalha,l smntrteA born obstinacy ol- tlie old Spanish character give way!: If they sball sttll refuse to treat will it be expected that we establish a nlili: tary Government over the land ' and hold it in objection by garrisons and an aimed- occupauoni rr" --- Tbe Mexitanrbelieve that they are strus- aline tot their national existence, an ihat nottung but the eapmsion jf the invaders from their soil eatr give them any pKMfpect ofaafety.; They are doubtless im Dressed with the conviction thst if they should db conclude a treaty 01 paciticiiion on the ba. sis of s cession of Califorbin snd of the Rid a a . ... m . .w . Grande as a boundary, it would not be long before they would have 16 fibht'for the line of the -Sierra Madre.f which, -jn its lorn, would become the base of new , operations of encroachment. 'Il baa been suggested In tome quarters that our position towarde Mexico ebould be! LturnecV into a deensive one.- In ' other. . words that our Government, bavin. ... bosses-ion of Mexican territory mot a ti auutcicuT w luuvnsiiv 11 IOT IDS .f the warrehonld establish suck tZT ties ss it would be content to m eJteiht basis of a pacification, and withdraw "troops within ruch lines, tea ins; it t., M ico o recover poeaesewo gain If she Cat This cjuril wuld require the construct!. of posts along the establislied frontier ni constrimii. .: , the duiiositiou of n considerable forr to tepel attacks. Portions of tS aj f -long the boundary line might be given s settlers n conditioii of military service i iwn period. Under thie arrangemei California could be put under a Territorial Government at once alao New Mexico ss far as the Rio' Grande. If the war sh.u be continued the syetera of operations would be reversed; the intusions would come fru Mexico. But inasmuch, as she has nev 1 been able' to expel the camancbes from her Northern departments; it, is not likely 4 her efforts I dislodge sn Anglo Saxoa race ofoccupanu would be either success, ful or often repeated. " The prosei uhien of the present plan of invasion, if continued aa projected, must involve a war of indefinite duration. - n the event of our possessing the eountr .u effons failing to make the fHresemQ jry9Iti Ms jj v v ' jg 1 g.v , m ajrgaiauusn a Bew -Government, with some eminent Mexicaa at ilit head of it, and negotiate with that; A permanent influence over the affairs of Mexico may be- thus attained which hers after might be exercised in the war giving stability and permanence to the w t V """iraiion, tt Washington hat not now the power of ciwbetweeti the TwrTb $aTf 0f mri. - wn tiavtliMn ,.l in matiM .inl !- : . n.,. hAIH,,. thai th. iilntin'.. being able to control it, the Administration rolling, even at the risk of being crtMhed beneath it. But of this we do nnt nn.u. .... -v. ... .MW..U,,, ...u insieau Of take to judge hsviponly to add.by way of conclusion, th-U the public mind is grow. J 5 aiuiuua, very mniious, 10 have baton dSiep.stttai3tsr pfiv1 for" wltlct " the war is prosecuted, and some grounds ef probable estimate as to the period oftf guration. J ' Suit. dmtryA, REV, E. WADS WORTH. "'' . This able and aeslnus minister, Vbosc' puipii ana pastoral iaoors lor two yetray past bad so won upon the popular mini and feeling as to make, him 41 general: fa vorite 4tf "aMir.:nmmhri - n.l :Msrj(iifaj , had so greatly endeared hint 10 tne Very" 1 ,IaTgl'caugriga4aIia.&o preached with so much pathos and powi! wiC; vr"i stilt ana ra wnose Dehail be had labored snch signal br'Uiancy and success, gaVe W faledictory oS Sunday evening lasV'td' 'tbe'" Isrgesi audience that we! have rvesee : convened together on any similaVoMslba ht our city. It is understood that tie re signs his pastoral charre. to enter dh .the tiew and untried diespW " 6f La Grange College, Alabamv to which ne was elected by the Qhard4 of Tnwbar tm b 1 4rti of this- months WfiSrt Af common with osv cifizbn genejralljfi, 16 L,iloaf fiont du r'very raidst'ilfs viees of so able a divine snd so ripe''s' scho lar, .weMT inautution, over whose destinies-he-bat- been called to preside, snd whose interests are so linked with' the success of. Media, dism in the extrerfle South, has mads s most judicious election, and one that must -and will tell fevoFably by its future iitereas-' ed success and patirbnage. -ti .- , Norfolk Beacon, $ Mr. Wads worth' wae some years ago Past or tne :MethoaisrCfcureh wTthis"1" City, where he is much esteemed for bis: talents and maHV sterling virtues. , ' MexiceiJlJairt 'Privateer Commiitwni, c.' . A New Yoik letter, published in ihetfa' tibtihl Intelligencer, ssys: . Un the subject or Mexicsn affairs then is much that hss not yet been made public There" war a time when all our difficulties witH lhat Cfadbffy misht have been arrattf-' ed Jot less than - otjefburthof the money' tha wnr haa airmail mil lha fTnitml Subts. In! that afrangemeoi "We could havf "liai1. our own boundary oh the Rio Bravo, and u iuuuu vi vjunuiuia as wuuiu hb uo advaniageatis. Tne Resident and bis ad visers knew that a' minister would not be received by Mexico, and that a commission- . er would- be recognised-. It was for tbe purpose Of degrading Mexico in her own ' estiotetibtr that Mr. Slidell was sent- with the rfeak of envoy extraordinary m&x4n ' The fllWof the Slate department would probably,, if. made public, explain soma circumstances now enveloped in mystery. li is possible, bay piobable; mat a portion v of the communications made to tbeAmen can Secretary oP State were only erban eommunicauona. but' bv authority, I deratend that. , by the authority of inr os the Rio Bravo as the boundary, end cifdinc the Wbet desirable part of California' ior aaum-;apefiedMrBuehanaB.pos-. sesses an uie aeiaiia on mis sudjcci, vv4 rminicated' to bim through an American , 1funciionary;At the time OtfaT pr6pWfJ"-" was pebdingt our secretary knew full well -the reasons why Mexico would not yeceiri a fflihister, bat would deceive ,a, bommir , aiorler; ihat those reasons were caused bf .. self-respect, nnd of a character " purely p pAmatic. : :" " 7 ' 5 " : ','. I learnthat IrrenV hundreds; of : commissions ate In Havanna, issued by, the Mexicsn'government, authotiziog M ican cruiaeis to capture American merchant teasels. It is understood that our go?, ment made a formal appeal to tha Spanish government against the issuing of such com missions si Havana of any other Spanish ports ' -.','' V Mow, in whatever way the attention or .K-'S4-i5t?j' ,'i.s, ......
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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