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- .J M Da tiihore American or i ua7. ,
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LttiioreAmerlcan ofjT
.tfirrier nrlannia arrive at Boston on
Te 1 . '.aI:Lu 'l.rinir ni fifteen davs
5otcJ , j. . p ,riin. havinz left Liverpool
eq irom our correpponor ni.
hthfi JUIgncMO ieegrapn, me louowiug
irougni uy luis sieamer :
hat
and
t .Srfft new W'ff bylhisstean
n WfM0' May 3d. There
iiilocuiaiipn in the prices of Tour
V" . rltntiih! hut ihflv aooear now
-SliW'cJowki kt 40s for Western Canal
M ift;C4 to lis 9J per bushel for A.
Fl- . rcd Wl)eat,!and 12s 3d for white Wheat.
Kl a 1 1 u Tl 11 fr I II B. nmi lav np
ibeit advanced 2J per 70lbj j-Wei.
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.regard lo potatoes very favorable accounts are
receiveaiv-.j'--.i, - m.,-Trancc.-''he
news from Gen; Taylor's tic.
tory. at Buehai Vista was received with muclf
satisfaction. Great "Distress continued; to ex.
ist bread is Cxcessivelv dear, and fears are en.
tertalned that 4uring the months of May and
June provisions of all kinds will be dearer than
they ; have hitherto been.' Vegetation is very
backward, owing to the told during the Jast
fortnight.-' - 1; ' ) t' " - - iff
The bill relative to the establishment of reg.
ufar steamers! between Havre-and New York
has received the! King's assent, and is now the
law of the landJ - i - v , ,
Complaints; have been "made in the Havre
I847.I
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If ' ' nrnriitnnl ivk!li llm Aml.
!. Ufe sent to the starving Irish have been
initial theme, pi pulogy in Ireland, and
LrpuivmpAthy England. .
raTtos M akeT-Live spool, May 4.
ri.: rlre 'of Ccttoti at Liverpool at the time
Lf tbe !',rT? of thWjCaledonia on ihe 19ih of
jJLrfu J ta! further declined. The market
LkfC0rne fli, M Mlf ftnd speculators J
StlttVt"9? prouueeu inn ueciiue auove
stflljned, it proinJnent one f which is the
rerkuvp! mrasures of.the Bunk of England,! an
Jnace tt toe T'ei" inirresi, anu us reiusar
..j;rmiki LilUbearinffthe endorsmenl of some
iftVe first .rtrrtjaiitilcj houses in England, who
uuj tuliavc Tetfn cngageci in speculation
liibippogow t ne uniiea otaies.
jetton t 'pjaiwfa'cu'ring interests of the coun
'iff indthe cotton market suflets under the pres.
rrlCP4'' AHlCKcaii ucsLiipuuiii iiuiii uic
M.iA 43d ulti declined S to (J ; urazil, L.-
I . l I c 1 J t .1 . I - .1... . f
Uf t-trLeiiiuHig on ihe 30th, a further reduc-
iot Wlijvred of I to 4d on American and all
ificT descnptioiis. . ,
0a Lbs following day better accounts wero
Letived Vorr London in regard to the state of
lilionf fnatket, which gave an improved
loss to te cotton marked at Liverpool, and the
I nlfitotiatilate amounted to about 7000 bates
I iraerfcanj, at an advance, of about id., of
iliri, Lowevrr, a pan was tanen on specuia.
Ifitwday'lhe business was only about 400T),
WWs at the current fates of Saturday, and the
BAiVt vii fpeej from speculation. The ruling
pmrei fr fir to! good bowed Georgia, 6
1T8J AoliIe a 7d ; rtew Orleans 6
JiW).1ffirAW.--p(jring tho last fortnight
Atfondylate lonljned Uninterruptedly to fall ;
Wilbo "m the Bank'U Mill disappearing rapidly,
lie Director's havi been more stringent than
w,in fd, and thotigh'lhey have not publicly
siian. alteration In their terms of discount,
nitj Ijave done what has acted on merean
i business with rrj-e severity they have vir
u'.lt dccJioed to discount at all, while the dis
mal looses are charging G to 7 per cent for
floriated bills 01 first rale quality, and 71 per
forlMUirunnin'g till July. The etrect'up.
twsiness. has btjen almost to put a stop to
tnaactipni i)( hiignitude.
innflfe-Ia.si Ijeiv days, however, the Bank
ai (jiicHjnlcd rather more freely, and consols
"raljied ;a1inlel The improved feeling has
toft fucker .-strergthe'hed by the announce,
wot that th,c Rug an government had resolved
alntcitiiriwards of two millions, sterling in
pidis the pngliih funds ; still the severity of
jMres.flirjs i$ ordj partially relieved, and it is
went that' for sonie time to come we can. only
rtt Sj'tery strijient money market and a
r rate pf interest. To.dar the effect of the
?itn)?rft bf Russiiin cold has been counter.'
d lyadiriccs, fr )m the continent raising the
?nctofcrji prodigiously. ;
a Mjier siagnaiion oi iraoe mine manu
Mutiiw .districts has also had its effect. Con-
Jeefjled one per cenk in the course of the
Vand hft rnirketrclosed heavily, r .:
at fturpean Ximesays : . 5 ;
. fepit e sifijuVdl to the position of the Bank
ujland, matteri have become worse, and the
o,e Commercial j world, from Cornwall to
VH,' and Yionj Cape Clear to the Giant's
wiy, are op irjr arms in respect to our ab-obeiry-policy;
J; . J ' -' ; J
jreajls (he'triumpli' of tho currency doctors,
Htffat. ii the- exultation at the embarrass.
f8j . kich ii bringing many to ruin and has
idjr caused proiid hearts to bow in humble
fjratiooif: ' ..j :. ..V .
krelgn events of the fornight are not of
"- ogijuereji.ijn 'ortugai; the Junta, still
. Pb, Queen's forces at bay. the insurgents
jMow Powerful ahd too wealthy to be extin-
otos of enduring each other ; they have ap-V-.
(ctDer in public, and reconciliation
iio utv gtven rise ta great rejoicings,
' 've'rnment!eec;ution scheme had pass.
. '"'fl rradiurr! In ihh ftniie of Commons.
'ore Rights debate almost without opposi-
days agoi not fewer than 2000 emi-
. 1 Wfronv 'Hamburg for New York.
V IV - k 1
assistance would tio .n ' i . t
the British naval steamer Avon went out to tow
;her Jn. , rhousands flocked to see ahd welcome
;the noble ship. The bells fKhanrWUnri ih
jCaihedral were joyfully) rung, and in the eve.
jinng ine cove ot Uork tas splendidly illumina
itfd. A requisition of the Corl district rail way
committee called upon Ihe Mayor of Cork to
assemble the citizens to devise means of wel.
(Coming and acknowledging the cift.!' A deDu.
Ration of the gentry of Cork headed by Dr. Mil.
jlet, J. P., waited upon Cap!. Forbes on ije 13th,
jwith an address; to,which he replied in suita
ble and touching terms.! On the 15th a splen.
did dinner was eiven to the Cantain. attended bv
j - i o ; r ( u j
the moat distinguished men of Cork and Its vi.
cinity. Capt. Forbes was the hero of ihe day.
jand acquitted himself admirably. On the 16tb
a public meeting was held in the county court
house, Cork, for the purpose of embodying ac
knowledgments." i
1 i.The dinner was at lh military hall, Cove.
pa a visit to Paris. On Sunday Mr. Maurice rower presided.
received by King Louis Phil- lis (Amongst the letters of apology for non-attend-
iance which were read, was the following:
' ("-Cobic, April 15, 1847. -'
Gejttlemex : With pleasure and thankful ness I ac
cepted your kind invitation to assist at the festival in hon
or of him whom all Ireland delights to honor. ! I esteem
ed it a high privilege to be allowed toay my humble
tribute of respect to the highfninded, philanthropic, self-
acrmcing cennett J? orbes, ot Boston. i
i" Circurastances over which I have no control place an
h the 12th tilt., before an Lim- J insurmountable obstacle to nit participation this evening :
i. . .'. ! : -! I r jt: t.-. r.t j. . : ..f J
iu; juur uciiiiiiui armviioiipuvii ui gtauiuuc iy iuc man i
that first opened4oe vista to a blissful scene oj" universal:
peace, by navigating a vessel; of "war from the shores of
;he great republic into the i 5tjnagnificent of the Brit
ish harbors, ort a mission of pure humanity and brother
ly love. O, may. this sweet spirit be speedily diffused'
from pole to pole, uniting all mankind as one family, ma-
Year hollidays occurring in Feb. clime, the warm, concern of the whole, as has been nobly
failure of IWO important Chinese done by the benevolent citizens of Boston !
3 v" Assuring you of the deep regret I feel whilst writing
this apology, I am, gentlemen, with high esteem, your
most devoted THEOBALD MATHEVV.
!" Messrs. Scott and Drew." ,
Evening Journal that the Americans have im-
posed a tax upoij foreign shipping arriving on
the coast of California, i Not having been re-
v",i"'u " . 'rMo uuui oioer countries, mis
amounts to a robberv
Mr. Bancroft the J
gland has been
.1 i i
me 14th he was
lippe. f!
Mr. IncersWl
accompanied byl
lache and emb
King.
Three men,
American minister to En.
the U. S. - minister to Russia
Mr. Coivin, Mr. Ingersoll's at-
assy, were also received by the
ty vaa' ing to the saddle, he 'surged boldly into
the ltster. His good steed Lore him safely
across; but as he was struggling up the oppo
site batik the earth gave way under his feet,,
and hdjfell back on his rider, and Poniatowiski
disappeared in the water and never rose again.
Wearyy pounded, and ; bleeding, this last ca
lamityyas too much for "his strength -and he
'done a3 he said, "died with honor."
i. The allies celebrated his funeral with great
magnificence, and those kings! who had driven
his family from llm throne, burned his capital
in ashes, plundered and divided his country, as
it were;! common booty, now gathered in silent
pomp fcrouind his Icofiin. Countless banners
drooped! mounfully pver the fallen chiefs mighty
armies; formed his funeral procession, and ele
giac - strains from a thousand trumpets were
breathji over his grave. - But amid all this im
posing mockery of woe the noble-hearted Pole
was not without some sincere mourners. His
few
I observed every Hotel, besides many private
establishments, beautifully illuminated. Amon-
these should be mentioned the City Hotel, Howl
a rd Hotel, Franklin, Judd's, Itathbun's, Globe,
pelmonico'sand others.' j Many of these build,
tngs large- and attractive transparencies, pre.
pared with much'artisjtic&i skill, taste, and ex
pense. Some of the most striking and beauti.
fid of theser which met! fntf eye, on the City
Hotel, Howard Hotel; Astor House, American
Hotel, Lovejoy'a Hotel, and last, not least Tri
bune Buildings : for friend Greeley, uotwith
tand.ng his constant Wrfare against the war,
joins fn the general homage to the brave fel
lows who are fighting th battles. There were
two large transparencies on the Tribune Build,
mgs, one representing Gen. Taylor and his
white charger in the j midst 6f a battle scene ;
and the pther General Scott, also mounted and
leading to battle. j .
One of the trannnarennie. on th. rii- tii-i
. . i - ' U W t W I 1 IIIC1
remaining: followers who had battled hv cave a fine view of the l.nHior. ..i . .
his sidei to the last pressed in silence around Vera Cruz. In moat oft he Iran-naiM..: ft... l
Ji3 c?f anditb tears streaming down their U noted, Gen. Taylor! was the prominent object
the pall, while in every direction gleamed the names of
wh
e "French court
om Jh
fenced to death for their nnrticinnf int ; In ennla I
,.r .u :.?.J . t . . . x . f
m tuo wuru npia ai uanzancais, were. executed If
in the town o
mense concourse of people.-,
India and iChina. The "papers contain the
auTn.cs uy tux: vvcnaiia iuau. a ne most :tn
portant intelligence seems to be the death of
Kara Khan, son of Dost Mohammed, i j
At Canton it is said that business had lessen
ed by the Nef Y
ruary, and the failure of two important
firms in the V bug States. - ,.' ! ' !
France and Algiers.-y-The rumor of the sub
mission of Kabf les is confitmed by a telegraph
ic despatch of the date of the 20th of April ; the
iijvituiaiiiLcis; ntiiiiun itunru tllJvttlCl Cfl JSUU S . - . - ;
jects of Frarjcef and will pay -tribute, which MST STRUGGLE AND DEATH OF
shall be - remitted to Algiers. -1 ' ! i ' MARSHAL PONI ATOWSKI.
Algi
iay.A inqst diabolical. plot to murder the j ! The allies brought! to the encounter at
Pope has been discovered. It was first fturid jLeipsic nearly 'three hundred thousand
out by the Frerich Ambassador. He revealed irhen, and thirteen hundred cannon. While
the names toithe Pope. Their intention swas Buonaparte had but one hundred and
loassassiuaieiutm wnue giving audience to orte Itwenty-five thousand, and seven hundred
of them who; was appointed to .kill himi ! A pand fifty cannon. The latter were drawn
Capuchin Pries( presented himself for the au
dience of the? Pppe ; he requested his name;
this he gave, put before being admitted the
Pope looked 'oyer the list of conspirators arid
ately sumntpned carbineers who on the Capu- battle opened , and nearly half, a mtlhou
ihin'a niranrJ bp.pH nim o.wt f.nA hu uIa rn men engaged in mortal combat. The
a brace of -loaded pistols and a poisened dagger
up around Leipsic with the city and the
r VRr Ti xmr v in inp rpnrnivniiinnr
ith onset of 'the immense host that was;
moving to the attack. At 9 o'clock the
alout his person. The. Capuchens were con
veyed to prison.; Many arrests had taken place.
PorvgaZ. Acccunts to the 21st state" that
the Canopa liadj taken a block house square for
(he protection of British property. Sir Hamilton;
Seymour had .pjrfTered the med alion of the
British Government to arrange between the
Government and Insurgents. '""'.-"j --f t ;4
Belgium.--Tjhe captains of crtain Amei U
can vessels laying at Antwerp have refused to
fulfil contracts into which they had entereel for
the conveyance, of emigrants to the U. States.
In the Pars narkets wheat declined fifty to
fifty. two frarics the sack, and j was eagerly
sought for at an advanced rate, j , , -L;
i Havre, April 23. j ("j
Cottons uur maiKet nas tnrougnout the
week been laboring under the depressed char
acter of the accounts received from Liverpool,
u-.i , ; l. r.i1 :l. Li.'
awful- the whole plain was black with
lacesi reached out! their hands to touch
There they lay the Prince they had loved th
leader Jhejr had followed the last of the royal
line, land the only hope of Poland cold and
stiQ in death. Ah. the tears of those rouc-h
warriors were worth more than all the pomp
and magnificence imperial pride had gathered
round that ' bier, fnd honored the patriot for
whom they were ; shed, more than royal eulo
gies brj splendid pageants. Headly.
Dr. Lyons,' a
IRELAND.
a large -and very : respectable
meeting held 'at Cork, expressed a . belief, that
instead of 240,00.0 persons having died in Ire
land of starvation,1 (a statement which was de
nied in the House of Commonsi) more than
A'rice that 'umber had perished from actual
want 1 : Dr.f Collier stated that " two million
heads of tattle had lefjl the country (Ireland)
lately a isj range and' melancholy fact. When
taken in connexion with Dr. Lyons's statejment
that at leas! iwp millions of people would be
swept awayj by starvation.
'- Famtne-rrDf dA Disease Distress in Ire-
land. The ation " the Dublin orekn of
' Young Ireland,' has a most thrilling edi orial
of which we have room for the following ex-
tracts.
The last Resource. It is calculated by the
English minisjry, as the English Spectator de
clares, that this year's famine will kill two mill
ions of the Irish people. Two millions ! Do
men realize to themselves that tragic fact 1 I)o
they know! what it means ? Does it picjjure to
their minds one' man out of every four liling in
Ireland when the English parliament Timet to
legislate for our safety " as dead or doomed
to death? One out of every four! Of every
hundred. Iwentv-five : an entire foiirjjoj of 'all
pangs
Fru 01 the country emigration is car
Cl1 a'niosi to an alarming extent, whole vil
A i fMngaway iin entire districts becom
"Tho hteit accounts from Ireland
resent tw'J.ii c iL. t t
b. ""iiimnii carver ui too Lwru jieu
"UatiiJ - . I i . ,, ..... n. n
i ne uu-
is re-
seems to have
7?m come
CrfHiaVn Vapidly to a close. Tl
ti."?(nrat.lholds out no hope of
-v. t '
jis sinking daily. The ,ac
to hand ihrourh the medium
in.L i ' L i 1 . . . . .,1
jL.rvu papers snow that his eartmv ca-
J tear an end. ( J ..
VIHihl has reappeared in the neigh-
vStfe.l'r HJ of late undergone.' a very
j'-feou vrguianon is maaing ra
the Irish race dvinff in the unspeakably
of hunger. No, we believe they do not; know
it. A vaue teelinfr of the enormous calamity
floats in men'i minds, but a full sense f that ;
desolation anq al its consequences '-np man
realized. 1 ! i
He .
One more effort, then for dear Ireland, now.
while this generation may still be saved. Let
us meet together all ranks and classes of
Irishmen in S some national council, and take
measures, once for all, for our redemption ; that;
we, loo, may riot be flung into coflinless graves,
amid the bittelr scorn aud contemptuous laugh
ter of all mankind. " .Mi
RECEPTION OF THE UNITED STATES SHIP
j JAMESTOWN. ' !'
This.plendik bearer of evidences of a nation's
sympathies reached Coik in fifteen days from
Boston. Irish
one of the
. . b"! ! . 1 he nronnni. iU ,k..i
' w, vuii ij inn ww iirflL n 1111
.gJ'iWy encouraging, and even! in
naners sneak the Je vent as
proudest in Amerfcail history ;
which speaks trumpet-tongued for thej national
benevolence, aiid is probably the noblest chari.
ty on record." -
On intimation ; of ih orriral. R par Admiral
Sir Hi PigoUdespatchcd an officer loenquir if he attempted
ihe moving masses, save where the myri
ads of glittering helmets arose and fell in
tne sunngnt, wnue tnirteen nundrea can-
non, in one huge semicircle opened their
;united thunder on the French. Clouds of
dust filled the air, and amid the roar of
lartilleryy the strains of martial music, the
shrill neighing of tens of thousands of hor-
ses moving to battle, and all the deafen
ing clamor and solemn murmurs of a migh
ty, army, the shock came. Nearly two
thousand cannon opened with terrific ex
plostonSonthe living masses.and the fright
ful carnage began, j Poniatowski on the
right .was.. first engaged. Made Marshal
ot b ranee Ihe day before by the Emperor,
he burned to distinguish himself, and
though aj; first forced back by the heavy
charge, he firmly held his position against
the. united onset of the artillery, cavalry,
and infantr, lhat from morning till night
thundered in overwhelming numbers and
power on his diminished troops. A wil
der day this earth never saw when dark
ness separated the combatants, both ar
mies sunk down exhausted, and silence
solemn and awful, fell over the bloody
field. .
Napoleon was beaten, and soon gave
orders to retreat. All night long the wea
rythousands went pouring over the bridge,
and wheridaylight dawned the allies be
held with joy the retreating masses of the
enemy. A general movement on Leipsic
immediately followed, and the victorious
columns went rushing with shouts to at
tack. All was uproar and confusion Ar
tillery, infantry, and cavalry, ammunition
and baggage wagons, and chariots, were
crowded and rolled together and went
streaming over the only remaining bridgel
A rear guard under Macdonald, Lauris
ton and Poniatowski, was formed to cov
er this disorderly retreat. As Napoleon
gve his directions to each, he said loPo
niato-js-ski. . 1
Prince, you will defend the suburbs of
the south. f
" Sire,' he replied, " I have but a few
followers left," (He had; but two thouj
sand seven hundred left but of all thq
brave Poles he led two days before into
battle.) j
What then," added Napoleon, " you
will defend it with what you have ?" .
" Ah, sire' replied the exhausted, but
still unconquered chieftain, " we are all
ready to die for your majesty." j
lronrlv snnlipn In mv sk etch of Mac-!
donald, of the defence those two leaders made
and of the consternation and woe that iotiowea
the prematuretblowing up of the bridge. Pooi-i
atowiski suggested bravely to arrest the victo4
rious allies, until he heard the explosion tha?
sent it into the air; ! and then he drew bisi
sword, saying to the officers around him, "Gen
llemen, it now behoves us to die with honor. :
JVith this little band around him, he dashed on
a column of the enemy that crossed his path,
and though severely wounded, fought his way;
through To Pleisso, a small stream he must cross
u-..r u rpnrhed the Elster. Dismounting from
MCWiunv ,
U: iirc he Dassed it on foot,
.119 I
Correspondence of the National Intelligencer.
ILLUMINATION IN NEW vnnir
--r Alt.
! j i ; New York, May 8, 1847.
THe? celebration in this city yesterday and
last evening of the victories achieved by our
armies in Mexicois pronounced by some to
haveibeen the most imposing and rragnificent
spectacle of the kind ever witnessed in this
country. I think it may be safely said, that ne
ver before in this country has anything of the
kind been witnessed by so great a multitude of
people.; I know not how much space in your
columns you may like to spare for an account of
it but as the affair has produced an unusual sen
sation here, rousing the whole population in one
general movement, I presume some of the de
tails will be interesting to your numerous read
ers in all parts of the country.
At niorning, noon, and night grand salutes
of a j hundred guns each were fired from the
Battery. Washington Square, Tompkins Square,
and Harlem ; and the profuse display of flags
from all the buildings, the numerous hotels, the
forest of masts for miles along the piers on both
sides of the city and in the bay, as well as from
innumerable private residences, stores, printing
establishments, &c., gave lo the city a very
gay picturesque appearance. I observe one
printing establishment alone boasts of having
upwards of a hundred flags, large and small,
floating from its walls, and it was by no means
t. L . . I II .
uis oauie news, wnicn one year aeo wr
k. - ar
nown and barbarous) sounds to this people, but
re now become as laminar as household words.
1 be names of Gen. Taylor and General Scott
shone in very large If Iters upon the top of the
City Hall, and also the names of their recent
battle fields.
In the course of ihe evening the Astor House,
American Hotel, Museum, Tammany Hall and
other places, exhibited some exceedingly brill
iant and beautiful firowoiks, bringing out, as" it
were by magic, in bright letters of fire, the
names of Palo Alto, Jlesaca, Monterey, Buena
V ista, Vera Cruz, and throwing off at the same
time, such a flood of liquid balls of fire, that it
seemed almost to be righting the very same bat
ties over again. j . .
But Laust -not -continue these descriptions.
Ihe day and evening passed off finely, and as
i ua,B uearu, without any material
ueni. in me neignt ot the f
tb e evenincr tnp n o w a
' - - iirrK
acci-
v. irsiiviiies. par v in
the news was recfivAi i k..
telegraph of a decisive battle by General Scott
and the total rout and capture of the Mexican
army. f
To-day, throughout the
city and shipping the
I n . , i tm ' t r
motors are nvinir at hilt mist. nnA b. . M in
ing, m honor of those who have fallen while
fighting for their country.
was
but!; finding he
feinting through iatigue and
tempted to mount another. Withdifficul-j
alone or singular in its demonstrations in this
way. :
Judge, then, what sort of a holyday dress our
city exhibited when her four hundred thousand
people seemed to be moved by one impulse.
For, whatever difference of feeling and opinion
may exist about the origin, necessity, or justice
of Mr. Polk's war, the gallant bearing of our
armies in the performance of their duty, and
their! successful and brilliant triumphs in the
most difficult situations, have thoroughly roused
the patriotic sentiment of the country, and won
the praise and admiration of all hearts I doubt
whether Old Hickory himself, in the most witch
ing hour of his popularity, was ever so com
pletely enshrined in the hearts of his country
men as Old Rough and Ready is at this moment.
Hence the universal movement of the popula
tion here yesterday. Not only was the whole
city stirred up, but probably fifty thousand peo
ple from Brooklyn and other cities, towns and
places came in during the; day and evening to
see the show.
By ten o'clock numerous military companies
began to make their appearance in different
parts of the city, and at two o'clock a grand
military procession., was formed on the battery,
and proceeded up Broadway and through some
half doXen of the principal streets, and down the
Bowery to the Park, where it passed in review
before the Mayor and the city authorities in
front of the City Hall. The military were then
dismissed, after firing salutes, and there was af
tervvards much desultory waste of powder till
late in the evening.
The great attraction, however, was the illu
mination of the city in the evening. The pre
paratioris for this were on a most extensive and
grand scale, and from eight till nine, or half,
past nine o'clock, all the principal streets and
thoroughfares poured forth an almost overpow
inff florid of light. Though the illumination
was somewhat general over the greater part of
the city, the central points of course presented
the Chief attractions, and to these the immense
masses of people pressed in tremulous crowds.
I threaded my way through the dense throng
up Broadway from the Battery to the Park,
squeezed and pressed almost to suffocation, of
ten carried by the current, whether I would or
not, in any direction where it happened to set.
To get through a mile in this way took me near
ly an hour.
Arriving in the neighborhood of the Astor
House,. I found the crowd so dense as to render
it impracticable for me to get into the Park, for
that ample area of a dozen acres seemed per-
tectly hill ana running over..- Ana ine wnoio oi
Broadway for"a mile or two further up, was in
the same crowded state, and presented a simi
lar appearance. So it was also in the Bowery
and other principal thoroughfares.
The City Halt in the Park, and the old alms
house building in its rear, presented some six
thousand lights; and many other buildings pre
sented from five hundred to two thousand each.
Amcinthejbuildings in the neighborhood of
the Park, which were brilliantly illuminated,
were the Astor House, the American Hotel,
Stewards marble palace for dry goods, the A
merican Museum, the Park Theatre, Lovejoy s
Hotel, Clinlon Hotel, in the same vicinity I am
many flail, Tribune buildings, Sun Buildings,
On Broadway, from the Park to the Battery,
LOUISIANA-rGEN. TAYLOH.
A resolution, giving thanks to Gen. Tay
lor, and voting him a Gold Medal, was
lately passed by the Legislature of Louis
iana. A resolution was taken up express
ing the belief that the service of the chief
of this gallant little army may lead to his
being called, by the acclamation of the
whole people, to the highest office in their
gift. This. was lost, in the Senate, 15 to
12. The whole fifteen who voted against
it are democrats, while ten Whigs and
two democrats voted for it. It seems that
Gen. Taylor is not . among the number of
those embraced i r the affections of the
Political Cabinet jit Washington, so far
as to be counted worthy of the succession
for the result of the vote in the Louisi
ana Legislature undoubted lygrew out of
orders from Head Quarters.
:cp regret I . f
'resident in 1
C - reply, omitting only ti-
tl .tir.g to the Chair, was as f
Ashland, St!. A; :
My Drar SirDuring my
home, to which I lately' reti: :
New Orleans, your cfiicT 1
22J February last, accompany !
o face' chair, and chirographic .1
ges, presented to me by the Yi
burn, arrived in safety.
- ,
You express your regret on
the unexpected issue of the la:
tial election. I ought to ftel i.c
self, personally. Besides bcir
from a vast responsibility, it fur:
occasion of the exhibitio'n of n
nndoutpouringof affection frc::i (
of my friends, and countrymen.
I had no previous conception
could be the honored object, i .
taneous a'nd disinterested rant.
are worth far more than the I ,
itself.
For our common country I C
grct the issue of tl'e conteit. II
otherwise, we should have pn
protective policy, under wi.'; '..
made such rapid and enccura .
ces ; (he march of improve:::
rivers and harbors would, not I
arrested ; and, above all, we ; !.
ft . i
avoiueu inis unnecessary v;.r (
sion, with a neighbor torn to r !
ternal dissensions. The l.rilli
mcnts and the glorious 1 u:r !
during Us prosecution, gr ...tif i
Lare to our national pride : !
can never compensate for t'.
able manner in which it v.
brave and patriotic lives v. ' ' '
sacrificed, and the fearful i :
tremble in contemplatin:
of its termination. But I
heart to dwell on this pain! .!
turn from it with hope and d it i ;
sion to Him, vhose, no do
inscrutible dispensation has ;
awful calamity to visit our I '.
trv. :
I pray you, my dear sir, In
surances of my gratitude lor the
nerin which you haveeecute d t
wards me, assigned to you by t
oi Auourn, anu ot my teing .
feet esteem and regard, j
Your friend and ob'L servr
: ( in.
SVLVESTES SCHCXCK, Esq.
The careful reader will rem: :
a few weeks ago, we were tin '
cessity of condemning sin nrti-'
" Farmers' Journal,"-which i1.
substancethat Mr. Clav com',
war with Mexico a just and :
measure, and that he thus tool;
opposition to the views of the
party of the Country, which c
the conduct ot the ruling; rower i
ing it on. The object of the Jour i
ed to be to array. Mr. Clay a;
Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.
Wasaixcto, May 11th.
I learn from sources entitled to credit,
that since the 7th inst., an order has been
despatched to Gen. Scott to halt at Jal
apa for the present. It may be the inten
tion of the Executive that tho invading
army shall there await the reinforcements
which it may be necessary to send to Gen.
Scott as well as the transportation which
he needs, in orderlo enter the capital of
Aztecs. But it is supposed, by some, that
he found at Jalapa, means of transporta
tion, and will haveadvanced towards the
Capital, before the" order can reach him
if such order has been issued.
I have also reaspn to believe that the
Government is about to send Commission
ers to Mexico, with powers to offer terms
of peace, and conclude a treaty.
Senator Soule, of New Orleans, will be
one of the 3 Commissioners.
I do not suppos that the government
has any definite reason, however, to ex
pect success from ihis mission ; but it may
be considered properdin view of a pur
posed change in the character of the war,
to make a final proposition.
friends, and to make a witness i
cover the sin of Locofocoism.
If there ever have existed a tl
lation to Mr." Clay's views on thi
we suppose the .foregoing letter
move it most satisfactorily.
we should have avoidt i
necessary war of aggression.
words. !
At a public dinner given in honor of
Hon. R. B. Belt, at Barnwell Courthouse,
S. C, on the 1st insf.. a number of toasts
were drank, from which we select the fol
lowing : j
By Major L. O'Baxxox : Major General
Zackoru Tavlor The .efforts on the part
of the Administration to crush him, have J
only called forth the native energies of j
his character, 4 even as the tempest sum- i
mons forth, and displays the address of
the Mariner.' J
By Col. N. G. Valker : General Scott
and General Tatlor With the Douglass
and the Hotspur both together, we are
confident against the world in arms.
But the South Carolinians continue to
exhibit, occasionally, a dissatisfied and un
happy spirit, as in the following :
By Isaac M. Hctsox, Esq.: The Union
of the States Designed by the framers of
the Constitution to be asafeguard of Lib
erty, it has now become an instrument of
oppression and a curse, i
The Bar Dinner in Honor of
sier. i nis entertainment ot lur ,
fession of our city, in honor of
tional head and leader,Jihe Iln
r
nnrl Avpninn'. iitSL AnHfnwfs II
ry A. Desaussure, Esq., the p .?
f It n a.. rV.cc nr in . 1 u .ill - . r .
IUC l UltOOIUII, 111 IUI9 VIIJ, J"
sisted by James L. Petigru, 1
Henry Bailey and. Richard Yt
quires, as Vice Presidents. .
gru, after an appropriate speec:
a toast, which drew out Mr.
one of his happiest efforts. Tht
ternity kept up speech.lscntitni
dote nd ong with a perfect c
of wit until a late hour of the
joying themselves with a gi
Charleston, as well as Boston ;
delphia lawyers, know how lo
Charleston Courier, j j
i, ' H
Auction of Lfidies. fn at::'"
married ladies used to take pi
Iv in Babvlon. In everv ( ; :r
j
the historian, "they ossrmbh '
tain day of every year, all t!.
marriageable agev The n; :
were first put upland the n;
the largest sum of money gr.i:.:
sion of her. The second in :
pearance followed, and thn t ; :
fied themselves with ban !scr
cording to the depth of their ;
alasl it seems there were in
some ladies for which no menr y
ly to be offered, yet these wt r
posed of, so provident were t!.
niansT 44 WThen all the be tut i!
says the, historian, 44 were so'J,
ordered the most deformed to
and after he had openly den.
would marry her with at srn J!
was at length acijuagea to tic
would h satisfied with tie If r.
r. , ...
wyn a w w m m t r a .. I r n it nrixirir iii
of the handsome,' scrveoVcs a j
those who were either 'of -
looks, or that had eny oilier in-;
. . i i . . ,
This custom prevanea auouu..
years before ChTisLw
Rough and Ready." -Great commanders
write their actions with simplicity ; because
they ireceive more, glory from ficts than from
VFoniMontesquteu f Jjprit ccs lets. .
Tbe Wash'ington Union claim i f
dent all the credit of the lu'e if H
Well, it is unquestionably a. fart, t
had not sent Santa Anna in: j .
lit of Buena Tistavovldnetsr I
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