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5 i3 . f .1- 1 ; t :6 ill i t f-1 4-. - k ! T. t i'VM. t:-" ' 1; . v. , 1 . M From the AUbaiim Journal. . THE GAINESVILLE , TRAGEDY. T : .'ft. rri.at coltjilaion in ' t L. .:..n ...inFled. Co . Winston HQ In lull nas paiui"j "1 i , .:i,iJ hifcb was delayed unui J7,erV7' , .. I" his large hht rery boHlun Uf the community. ;h large uj. ... k u r ucani i?r :V ?s Ji Y.nr Arc. N had compelled oI. Mcintosh to .V.-y;1'":-i'-i- : - for rilnfoff enienU.VfTbe party . -P: ... .' i, r . ! i - ' . T f night in Mcintosh's camp, and di veUbofr.endofthed, counsel, which h,y la. ed ia n. . - Hd al.O iri-Unrcnr. Mr T '"fX greed to fir by ! 'e "'f J&J conducted legally, t the iijveatlgatton oil and Ingejfrrthft till III , i dk1 .11 L f..rt all Ji..tfiii-t fn..1ir.r!ti.,n.neirlr.nndinaiiJof the nUo could not t in. Tb examina on f tlie witneset laste.l until dinner "mf- ' Were ahout 14 or 15. Or y one. lor oiate l Ur tO. "il ; j L the tandtU killing bemg ac,. I'be cvideiire Malik a I t ItlkAn u,' a '!. -viilfiire fr th defenco was t- lillticu. a "v i ' . i . - j Ttnfslronger than M Ie& presented aboiiP tko ktreets. U revealed acad that, lot ; UiacK tits! and cuiltr dfp and damning in all; it fei- ti ref has no parallel in th? catalogue of enrrtj it i all this country, nor perbapt in any civijif1 ountry in the world. . Thj; evidence vacea c ncluaiv and abundant, tof 'the cai''fs aR p oacher of tho Doctor, while wearing, the v eil that eventually succeeded io his getting "p ls8e..ion cf thU i unfbrlfnato woman! You ainhnl imanine ihp arnotml f (Pljng that pef. ttdd every tarniriqatjoii of society, from tlio clirey o the 4antyU' all on thi : Mde of Winston ; and abty did bi attorneys appeal io th'ojfeelings ot every married man who lovejs Khnnr -unil In ererV brother and father! The alidience were melted to i during the investiion tho tase was concluded a deep silence pervaded ll Iri the chamber of death : fil-af miniifps iAn anlfn I inn. t-' f!n1. Da f id riti rv i ,l i -'v e . ii hi r i i $i (J that the Court rdischjaged Co. Winston, .stones in all directions, me oeneicu-n -a iHout went up from th old Lecture Room, chief made his way to the atlo;nal 1 al ii Jti rent the very aic! There was a generjil actj with all convenient speed.jand the i-ccWing and congratulating .f each other a- : guards were doubled to prevent more se rroiitf tha crowd, and a ncueraV. rush to grett rioiiis and danserous outbreaks. Thus lar, the "Colonel, who wepl.lilie a child. i I observes the writer, the press lias been f-pwj- .-"4 Tf1"- Tt.ll U-.t..a uK.i bat? at. t - roa,ia MvUI Herid . niw-i theisamo who LATii A iM U 1 r U li I A IN l r UUfll WA- haa and waU 'l;- ;- ; - MCO.''! : Mi' ' for reinnrfernents.VfTbe party rpamed jhati; simmer James ii bay arrlvccl at night in Mplntosh'a camp, and .during the whole e w.0rIeans from Vera Cruz on Monday time the Mexicans kept -OT"f 1' niornins--' She Jefk'rVsra Crpz on; the; af. camp,approacning,Hauf!glKunrnrT, . rnoon of thicih instl. touchins atTam very nearso our seminets. ?t j t ; ; . . . . ,'.r ' i h e s bar 'p r iiiii0 vitut, j ., ty resumed its march to Vea Cruz, being join. "' ""Yi wt Vr uijc uaj licil , ci l m v i hi c to the Delta office; .The with I its 1lajt-Ca;ptain,hai l behared j jrery j Iniain interest excited by this arri val, (says handsomely io the attack on Mclniosh's camp, our slip.) centres in the report communi- Its callantrr was me ineme, oi nixnersai praise; caiea io itic jas. u. uay,!DyUur. Aiinion, and admiration in the array. Indeed, it iwas the pilot of Tampico, whb boarded her on generallykdmitted that Col. Mcintosh s cfom.j ;the 17th, off I that city; ; He ; stated:' that iimuu o. j ... jjm....; . r'ur.j'Ti Xoey are in aauy rxpeciaiioa oi.an aiiacs party. Uainbndge s party c6ntmueatieir march: r the .MoXjcans, -who were reported 1 Yera Wf6- arr?fUn ST5 to be 1500 strong in the vicmity of.the ci InUe meamime Duperu ajpartymg a W . 0n the night of the 12th inst.j a de. return irain 10 guaru, aim uciug.iuitraiBHcw u, i WATCHMAN. THE CAROLINA I I I f i i. . Salisbury, C. FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1847. SANTA ANNA IN THE CAPITAL. j jj HIS ROUGH i RECEPTION. L UVe find the n)ilowinjt interesting par aphs in the Orleans Bee; ot the 14th : r5;.:H.:T..f;: ! ' --Jt, t 'vl''--fAlEXIC04 " ! : We have mor4 than once had occasion i trnvlt rvVrfinns of! the letters trom ihiCit v of Mexico, written lor the ! atria. by an intelligent i ana suriuuBj ipar liai and well informed correspondent. Jn that paper ofyeterday.1 we find another communication dated 22d .Hay, parts of which are extremely interesting. The writer adverts in the strongest terms to the deplorable disorder and confusion that prevail in the capital.--Mexico,:says; he :. 11 . i i i.i L :.:Li.4. ii-.t many .otiDe; enemy, anq suae ring :iiqioss ineaii r,.uH:vuiwHKm,vu. r- V"-. t ;.mf. ; mis recwierss c inose wna iio.u i unreins oi wuav ca.icu h Wfts jdf hoVeer; ihaf some of our suppress, it, if jattempled, called out; jtbe - " rFv...v.. ... Government neither,kndw what steps they - ..fr-n,! tbe drivershakeri' DrilUroons. who lav on their antii all "niffhtJ Wilkes and Ashe. He will address the : . - f . ) c" " - , . . . i . . - , . . i ... .- o i ... . 'Capt. Duperu arrived salely in Vera .'1 here was then no demonstration' of) re- people of Ashe, o inony, and cry hlmdowc-ian humhle.volunleer ' . The hjcm oi officer would he utterly demolished. FOR CONGRESS, NATHANIEL BOYDEN, OF ROWAN. f Election on the fifth day of August. concur in the Uta y, oppose it. ; '. A civil war w j its supporter! will , i 1 ;. I DCtWcrc v that the? Lock : this Country v. c; the last Conro pass a Vote cf t; for the -gallant on the contr.vry . him tot that theyiw;ould Lt degrpe: of incrr fact. The: Mo!. k i .... favored L 0 C 0 S r" Vr ur aiitViArl.l in innnnncr JHSKPIf 'f 1' .'. iurn tram 10 ciiaru, unu ueiug.iuicttieiicM mj, ; ' . ' i i w,. il. "t;nnc : i tliin large body of lancers, halted at Santa motration was made, by, t he AI exicans Sr.., a candidate for Congress in this DiMricL -U,"r ; xuu xxiiiciiuaii tin j . , v' him ) should take, nor what they are themselves abje to euect. ; t . , . . , r.; ;Vil ,:; ' 1 We have at length an ii account of the cir(umstances attending the return of San ta'Anna to the Capital.: It appears that on jhe Hlh the Jbpublicano publisned a complete and triumphant vindication of Gen. Minon, in which Santa Annas con duct wa exhibited in a most odious light. The populace were fuHous against their j soners. Cruz, having lost three killed and three woun, yolt made. ded. on to-morrow, and the - On the 1 5th jinst,' a party of Mexican i 1 i .r' - i . ! . . fi ' J f people of Wilkes on Monday next. a1out' 1600 men command of Gen towards the N A STEP TOWARDS PEACE. The following intelligence shows the men. wi h two howitzers, under f, u ir j i ...i aiincuii posture ot atiatrs Detwecn , n j .j j JuXa A charge from half a dozen muskets,, when TT . . , . . . .r jeni Cadwallader anq pushed on i , - to . . - t . i . r, i s- 1. United States and Mexico; and, if national Bridge. i I j! I rS. ??5?5?l'i rirJ-ijTT bow nnr Governmpnt nrnns In A me uuruue ixuarj, oi pauimore, pui, in On nnrnbm,r ibft IirulfTR tfififv.t Cildwa.Ha 1 - T . UarHUe." OI -Uailimore, pui III- aHd peading..4Whc;n ; " , . n ? der occupied the heights commanduigtbe briuge, r-. -"'y - VA" " , ad en toiCotnt i alter, Santa Anna jntered the L, . he wich the . ?md fire3-on CapU fe. ro entire assembly is J was recent" " "Tr " ' Bainbridge'a party where be wa attackefl by raurux wmi xwi volunteers, wnicn sue but u-nen, alter sonlelnant cries of " Death to Santa Anna ; "he a large fprqe 'cf thf Mexicans, posted :inl the landed atTamp co. 1 ; i , . cu o ii io ine 1 aimers, aim vunrs in -i .un.... t Bn.na Rftt;n r i ho mni- imWnrfanf not iv. i. nAiii i ' ciia -J w iiiiif?i iiiiii ii (X I rti. i I ti.1 . aiiu t ouiiiQ -uaiu' iiuiiii" i i : wo . iiiiuwiiaiik uuiliui liii . . nijv Ann I . : 1 . .1 ; 1 ilis course is, I understand, fixed, ue wiji . prevented from makin public these out- is aDom cu.uuu. rur nines me rotiu is suew. si nq ner to tiermena in i enncsee, ! j racrrs i ru r,,,r'J WUAVa i, .... pe 'provision (or her support, and movq tbrtH- The Capital is nearly defenceless, jn .had been captured by the enemy. There is a ! With for a divoree. ' V f i , ' r , n i Unrl it Is great doa ot dissatisfaction in the army, re. 1 TKed TJiSu in my ast that the plot be- SP1!C ?Iex. ;U,far07t;tm im Meeting! thW conduct of the command which Ul lli vUfid W., it was iVu sui- bought that . Scott --e o prese t h.m- of lhis train i There; will be a w . : n,IK Kt-kH'fllllfl IMII MI' II Mil l I f .l.lllllll' V i ; went even sd far as to embrace the dt?. i st'i UCT rtUrtrt . i . court ot inquiry into the suiyect. ; PPfCd, ajruction cf the husband of! the one and tho wide of the other. That conjecture was tiue ; sucji 1 I certainly the case, j Perry, was to diay Wlijston into a fight and et the first shot, for t pistol. V lien Mis. Confident what they Vhi;h purpose he carried : wbu icr was , asked by d do with Mrsi. PerrV, as they could not mkrfy, as Pr, Perry. was fVrti n nnnnlntinn of hpm rlv 200.C00 SOllIs. 11 lM. - j . Almost all others than the military are in favor of peace, and do not care to conceal their opinions. The soldiers are for war, the true, how pur Government proposes to crni-1 ndte (we suppose) the existing war. Pres. Polk now expects to realize all his hopes in Mexico1: He will create a Government favorable - to his projects, and make a O IIHSIII- , ., '.. . . was carried on for several hours, the Mexicans gence brought' by this arrival is the flat- ircai iiuiauovernment,ana losing some: 15 killed and some thirty ; or, forty'J tering prospect ot peace. I Capt. Wood, become the ally ot the same, for the main- wounueu. ; 1 net luqxicansj were repuiet oi tne jas. ji. uay, iniorms us 4nat Inlor- tatnancc ot satu treaty against the oppo bridge was isucwssWly p .ed Men. Cad Ration had been received SaVcra Cruz sition of' the maises. who are still for war ! ueiore ine uay ieii, inav vjiens..ocoic anu 01. - .! . . , , Worth, with the main body of the army. Th.s probably, about as good a plan as had advanced as far as Rio Frio, without any that' could be adopted, excepting, of opposition, and were met at that place coarse, that proposed by Mr. Calhoun, in Kr a- flunnlnllrtn r..-. J L if '.S.ll ...tit, .1 I . ! . wjr cv "..auuu ine uapuni, wuu me lasi uongress. liut what reason there propoMuons ,or peace, jine exaci. tenor is to that u wU , . ih ot the propositions were not known ; they . ' , ' r .... were, however, of such a! nature, that Gen. Wishmcnt of peace within the next ten Scott refused to accept them, and Svas de- or ieniy years we cannot discover. 11 termineU to push on his forces to the cap- j-the people ot Mexico possess a spark of ital. b rom the deep anxiety. felt by the sensibility, as they doubtless do, this step new government, it the term government will onlv Drove another insult to be added also n full acc. the House of 11 ject pf voting ti. TheiCherawW( the same arl'ul . subject, ibat i: davs ago. walladen who was bn his way to The estimated loss of Col. Mcintosh s party ror miles the road is strew The garrison at Xalapa has been brokjpn up, by order of Gen. Scott, and all the sick and Government stores have been sent to Pernio Castle, so that this line of communication is a married man, she rid of her easy c- ed, V Oh, ice can get ntuah.v Kscuse me for saying somuch on this subject, aijljam auxious to give some idea of the case ; hht it is a very faint one that you will gel fronl this. Never has the "real foundation pi ieelr -.i .1 . .i . i 5 ... .. ,r.i.. i. r lit; m inis communiiy iieesn so inoruumj mu not!throu":h patriotic motives, but that they entirely closed. Gen. Scott has had a road o. may give full vent to their licentiousness and rapacity. With respect to the Clergy, they have wonderfully modified their views since thejpromulgation.of-Gen. ScotCs procla mation. Perceiving that the Americans pledge themselves to respect Church pro perty, and observe their pledges, the Cler gy have determined not to surrender their .s. --------- . . m s r . i t - kin 'up bclWc. Inge sail, on closing his reL , wepun ior me ueneiu oi uie ivrjiuune, ai- marks, that be did not stand mere as an nireq s"';" ucn uj iCCli .w .rw.. :, undercircumstances like tliose thepseKes Delore they imagined tnai ine tin Anilumy NVinston should nevl Anjericans would strip them.' and that pollute the pulse of bisjhand. j I therefore they bad better help their own wrote over thatwus services were at coqntrymen. rsow, however, that they no pot iear oemg molested, ine yiergy eej their purse strings tightly drawn. pened from Perot e to Tuspan, fjorii which, in future, all our stores and men will be sent, in preference to the- old road. The Engineer corps have completed a fine road from Tuxpan to Perote, the distance being less than ohe half that Horn Vera Cruz to Perote, and Tuxpan be. ing a healthier place. The success of the attack on Mcintosh's command has given great "confidence to the guerrillas, who are swarming in great numbers can be applied to any parti. or power in Mexico, to stay tho marchj of our forces on the. capital, it was thought that further concessions would be mde to Geh. Scott before he took up his line of march from Kio v no. WASTE OF PUBLIC MONEY. ; In one of its features,jat least, the Mex- through (the country, and attacking all our par. ican War is likely to Drove! a second edi ties, large and small. r .. . ,. . J. i' i. i , It wai chiefly owing to the gallantry of Mai. ! 100 f t,mt hich WS jhe opprob.um; of Murphy thpj cjommand of Col. W. j Rut enough Go(jl cm nt that we may never have another such iripeuy. ; lours, o. j. ii. , rs. Winitbn-leayes under the charg V.! Pettus. onrMoudiV next, for tl ' . : t IJennett, the Paymaster, that the specie was saved. He was in one of them himself when the wagon was attacked, and fought like a ti- e are pained to bear that the fine charger The returns for the election of President sent out by the citizens of New Orleans to Col. ?. ie resii- had not, of course, been fully received at the date of the writer's letter, lie is con fident, however, that Ilerrerra has been chosen, and thinks that he is disposed' to commence negotiations for peace. Gen. Scott will probably be in Mexico by the tirrie the result of the election is ascer tained. DELTA OFFICE, Sunday, (12 o'clock, M.,) June 20. HIGHLY . IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. i ARRIVAL OF THE GALVESTON. ! A Series of Fights with the Guerrillas 100 j Mexicans killed and wounded, and. forty or ! fifty Americans Gen. Cadicalla'der attacked y a large party Baltic at the Nat. Bridge. j The following highly important 'intelligence wajs communicated Io us by .Lieut si. Floyd and j M'fVilliams, of the 2d Pennsylvania YoIuntecrs. ! who came over on the steam ship Galveston this ; mojriiing, at 6 o'clock. On the Sib, a small re : eruitin parly, together with some citizens and ; disbanded soldiers, in number nlw.nr inn llKf, ye'erday inorntiig at 35 minutes afj j 73 armed men, and 30 mounted, left Puebla lor i iu u vioch. aim ujpq mi nines a ner iu. on i v-ipirn i ni7. iiiunni,, ..., i..; i r- i-.t'il . l . r i ... :, . ;r r - r...j a uuuer commana oi ..c pov wofro ue lei. living only onq Cabt. Uambridge; of 3d. ArtilWv n hour. At the time he w nlwa h. 1 ti., ..,i .j j . . . ,. . . , . i ' I iiiiincui -no uoruoi i ii is nartv ? witlan about o feel of where I was sitting.; waS informed that it would not be prudent to 4 'filing) on the opposite side, of the boxes. i I T W:. " ! I A , . 1.1 . i ! '"'"o" iuv-iv uric .lliuui 1UUU VPi, i iM'jUiu uie uecd. 1 1 a used a ' Mt;r.:,,ia n t.a l.a.,r.,i i LL.. J i i j I . : 4.w.-.. vnu nil nil cllUlf" 4IIC liAIUUldtlJai I 11 llUIPUIIa WIWII AIiI.i I fi h ofit ddnco of her friends; at Sqmerville, Fayette co. Tenji. i Her maiden! name was Mary W. Log. VfhoU. i NVhcntho Colonel shot Perry, he sent a runr n MO tell his wife thai he nad killd ihe d i I rticftl. . Iler reply was tial he wouid repe-nt ! it 1 1 1 e has not scuti her since, nor will he see , h' r again. -. j ferry's widow has left here. She ays that a'ie is satisfied of Perryfs guilt, as also doejs J k! e - tlardiman, her brother-in-law. The .wedding ring of Mri; Wl was found by Judge 1 f his .horning ami handed over, 'ifhis ring ' was thfl gill of Col W. vhen he pledged hife fa,h,'. Perry had worn it publicly in the streets ' With hf r initials on it. f i ll Col, W. ma,do his' will jbefbro he met Perry!. jlHeHvill continuo in the field for tho': Senate with more favdrable prosfleel than ever. I i Again, yoijrs, . S. J. V. .1 ri AN AWFUL TRAGEDY. ! i 1 I ''Gainesville Ala., June 7, 1847. ' i . j i I I have lust returned from the fune pi Dr. S. S.JVrry, w jo was shot down irj tift tff A frit r iihnmiMir i k rr intilno of. m - 'it: pass. it fMiK ntya lii !..: ..- . , .LI. . IT ' i 1,1 . -., n: - . , j - ; i innuua i u una, iu liiuci'is who nan gone to 'I.I the entire. load enteiui'T i , .J . r.L. . . . n .ii "i . , . .f . i o - iiii.-n ui . mo rear oi me irain were iired at trom the cha- iT,lJ' "OMcis. u nen t reach-' .m ui Mv.(viiai nvu iimh as i Ut?tlQ 01111 ' proved soon to bcthe case. Mi4 A V McMahon had just called -Perry m from the! ilior (where there Was ii ii' number of yehtlpinJ itinr) to have some conversation on busined . M a they stoppedj o&to 25 feet from the vice H ihe wife of my bsom. and the destroyi r Mittf own neace." file was nprfofli TmnJ ticHr jHmetime after hi had done the deed t . . .1 i . - , . parral. At the mouth ot the pass the party was organised and marched ih rough without meeting an enemy. Arrived at the Bridge that I evening. Whilst they were bivouacked on the j other side of the bridge, being so fitigued that they were unable to furnish a guard, they were Infurmafl i U .. i ..... I t : ' y- ... - j i , . , , i r...,v4 niai sumc: , suns ne t; ' uurrieauinf oor, Col. Uinston stepped in and called out' i iK .r;,i . :, .. . ihaWlandeicHedW -Gooutofthe wav : YZli.E', gUar 1 WUS UUMV s a,,oned be" JIcMalHrn" and jired Immediately, producing 1 P 1 " "" ef amP'Vi .1 cnl he rffih above sfaled. M Verry fill he Col i lii!s on he HdT1 P 7 rgx Witjdl "Thank. God, ;t have killed the sell seen "dge8 andNcI,fls d,s,m Before daylight the sick and wounded of this little party were removed !U s..... o'. i... 1 iClfc. tiff IIIV C cienda quarter of a mile tVom the biinW. A scoutmg party was then sent out; and also a party to clear the bridge, 'which was done with, oulany opposnU,,,. The main hotly-f ,he party then passed over the bridge. Every thin- an peanng then to be safe, and all danger CeiiU passed Lieut. M 'Williams and Mr. Frazer were sent back to bring on the train on the other side of the bridge. Just as they were enter ing the bridge, a parly of twentv'five Mexicans appfared on the ridge, and fired several vnllies on ihem. The wagon master and four other whq were passing the bridge, WPre fired on iinaiine whole live were killed, and a was: captured, of no ureal value. After the fire had ceased, a partv of lancers appeared on the bridge and seemed to be pre. i: ti , g oiiL,seeiug mat Capt. Ba tns) SvilV. (Perrv Yllll'Lllnlv tl'ai lii fjintti.'i j. ij in, lailtlllj lhv.icUn.) renrettediKat k,i ."-J 1.4 Mej r ; (last;sprn) hnd left his lnes lo! b each oil her plains ; f.,J a deen and damn ln J Irtprry had been done biin, and i hat, too; by his l", b s)in fiiend, under jtbe garb of friendshiii. uiirmgauon comes ou to-morrow be. fire rhrt magistrates; If half that is stated K li..-,.. ...... ..:i e I r.i..i . . ! ' , V 1 1 KU,"J o" oi me .uasest.ltHil.! fit and mit damning rrines ever conimiited lfJ I ill let you know ;(fier the invesligation.j A number of ladies will be put upon the standi lo-morruw. But mark you this ther2 is gniltj n dcrp ind black as hell A Perry, poor deluded MNii there are nonet- to mourn his loss? The geqtriilj voice i, that Winston used (lie only remedy lad him. It appears lhat the plot ex. fended tb ibfl taking of hiV Winston') life, and But enough now we shall ft I wilt enter more into I hut tf Mrs. Perry. pee uhul ue pbali ihe defajfs of ibis maiurii heh all is develoned. I Dr. Pj rry had a siy.baVrel piMol on him at the lime! h was shot but b id n..t limn . a wagon IlaruevJ was captured by the Mexicans. Their daring was so great that they even lariated a woman who was in the wagon, but she was rescued by our men after some hard fighting, There are about 1000 men in camp at Vera Cruz. ; ; . : - ' Gen. Shields was at Jalapa, and was about ! to leave, for the United Stales, whet, he received an order from Gen. Scott to join him at Puebla: : There are no preparations to defend any point between Puebla and the capital. All tho odds and endn; of the army ar3 collected in the city, about 20,000 in number but poorly armed, and of miserable material. There was a small j pronunciamicnlo at the City of INexico, which easily put down by Gen. Bustamqnte. ! It was got up by factions of the peace; party ; and of Gomez Farias' party. Their cry was 'down; with Santa Anna!" but the President ad interim still maintains his power and, influ ence. ;Congress has refused to accept bis res ignation. , ' We have about 6000 men at Puebla, under , command of Worth and Quitman. 1 j Gen.' Scett will remain at Puebla until he is i reinforced. Gen. Bravo is in comniand of the army at the Capital, j Santa Anna has published quite a flaming account of the affair between him and General Worth, at Amozoque. The truth" is that he. had a large force of cavalry, which Vas. at. ; tacked by Col. Duncan's battery and Maj. Bon '. neville of the 6th Infantry.; He did not wait to receive more than one volley, from which, how. ever, he sustained a heavy loss, and then fled in the wildest disorder towards the. Capital. The gallant Capt. Walker has .commenced his work of retaliation on the guerrillas. On i the morning of the 8h inst., he started with his command from Perote on an expedition some distance into the interior. During the ejepedi 1 tion he succeeded in capturing nineteen guer-1 riHas and an Alcade he has employed them in cleaning the streets and sinks. A letter had been received in Vera Cruz on the 15ih inst., previous to the sailing of the Galveston, direct from the headquarters of Gen. , Scott, stating that Gen. Scott had issued orders for the removal of the government from Vera Cruz to Tuxpan. This charge was said to be, in part owing to the sickness in Vera Cruz, and because communications could be jnore easily kept up between Tuxpan and Puebla than be tween the latter place and Vera Qruz. All the public stores in Vera Cruz would, in that case, be removed to Tuxpan, and troops, only suffi cient to' garrison the place left at Vera Cruz. The activity displayed among the different ves ! sels in the harbor of Vera Crus in shifting the j cargoes from vessels having but small portions j of Government property on board, into others j nearly full, witli the evident intention of a move i would go far to confirm the rumor of a change j in the base of operations. DELTA OFFICE. Saturday Night, June 19, 1847. The business iof the nnf -ppb U . ( , . ..us uctrii the recklessness . with f .1 :-:':.'. t; i ... squanuerea in restoration, of Van Buren's Administration ;ve refer to the protracted and costlr contest with the Seminole Indians in Floffdaiih which tJn cie Sam's pocket bled much more profjse ly than bis veins, although blood; enough in all conscience then Sowed, to -satisfy even professed amateurs ihlhe business of human slaughter.. ' . : .T i The Vera Cruz correspondent of (he New Orleans Delta furnishes theffolloAV ing inklings of which the public money. is Mexico. When, after thp peace, the. bill shall be footed, we shall. we presume have a second edition, re-. vised and hnproved," but we fear not Mcor 'pi'aJ rid ., which amazed the nation by. tneii rujnnii'. That there is sone ground for iliis apprehension, the reader will admit, when he reads the following extract from the Vera Cruz letter to which we'have referred : Richmond Yhix. "I feel that I can do my, country no better service in my idle moments of garrison duty, than by calling the attention of the government and the country to the wanton and extraordina ry waste of public money and property. It is a matter of comment wherever I go every one talking about it yet no one lifts up his voice to direct attention to it. Since tETe -surrenderof Vera Cruz there has been anchored at. this place, at Sacrificois, Lobos, and Anton Lizardo, vessels varying in number from 50 to SO, in the government employ all chartered by the day, at prices varying from 840 to 100 per day. Some of them have been here ibree months, with stores the original cost of which one month's demurrage would pay fur. You will see anchored within pislol shot of each other, five and six vessels, with coal for. the armv the quantity contained in the whole six not be. ing sufficient to fill the hold of one of them. The demurrage of not one of these vessels is less than 860 per day. It is not the duty of those who have charge of such matters here, 1 to attend to these things ? Could not the coal in the five vessels be transferred to the one, and let the four be discharged ? . This, .Messrs. Ed itors, is not an overdrawn picture. It would take more time than I can spare at this partic ular moment to give a faint idea of the immense waste, and I might add, barefaced plundering of the government property, as carried on here. The caseot the coal vessels as given above, is but th rastory of all store vessels employed by government. The captains report on their arrival, and are ordered to await orders the owners are getting an immense per' diem for their vessels they are satisfied to remain for ever, and take good care not to remind the quartermaster of their existence, having once reported. The surf-boats, which cost us at . least 8600 a piece, are scattered along the beach for miles in extent. Sixty-three surf- : boats are bilged and strewed along the beach in every direction. One day'shatlention of the quarter-master, or hi assistant, and one of the to the catalogue of insults and injuries of which they now complain; and must. therefore, only add fuel to the flame which now.burns.the duration of which no human vision can foresee. Thev will obiect to the treaty, because it will be in opposition to the known wishes of a majority, and because the treaty-making power on the part of Mexico, was created by the very j tc'restj enemy with whorn the treaty teas made. Though a liberal settlement of our quar rels should be agreed upon, they would most probably object to it on account of the manner in which it was made. ; ? j 1 Thif gentl :. through this C tioning purpf, fined his opcrr. :'. County, at, r -have not bear ! spepclj.and th : ceedinjgs wen . order-r-takin housed. &cM tu calr sentiments, Boyd en. We ... gles slrong g; but little of t: his conduct, strangely inco to be a, gcjiuii creed to be ft is j for those who 1. . ery of a T 1 Uencher, or a '. t i out some I mi Whigji, with t fresh in tlieir t caution, and . man who says ' . J l-f' .. - are utrectiv iri i As we have before remarked, it is per haps as good a . plan as any it may be better than any other that now occurs to us, under all circumstances ; for if tiiere be a considerable peace party in Mexico, it will certainly be to our interest to bring this party into active service,gainst their fathers. and brothers of the war party. I But a very natural inquiry presents it jself here : Is there any good reason for believing that these Mexican allies will prove good and true I Have we any rea son to believe, in the event this scheme is carried out a treaty is made a Govern ment established and an alliance formed wifhthe peace party of Mexico that these Mexican allies will not, whenever a favorable opportunity shall ofTer, join them sel.vesjto the discontented party, and turn their weapons against us ? It is needless for us to enumerate the many instances of black treachery of which these people are guilty, to convince an American that there is dangeran risking much on their most solemnly plighted faith. . But the President, is ina fix, and must do something. "He plunged the Country into war with a Nation that has been al most without a Government forbears, and after w hipping her people ' Until .they will not stand to be whipped any longer, (they are not subdued) and our army has arrived at the gates of her capital, he discovers the embarrassing fact that there is no one there with whom to con clude a treaty. To remove this difficul ty however, it is proposed to create a Go vernment for the occasion. What a mas terly stroke ! This whole affair, from beginning to end, is strange" and curious one fully un derstood by none, and disapproved by man v. On I his1 rett. through this pi " I ; and entered a tin e announcers. 'v i. ! 1 paper, for two den woulj ad !: Wilkes, oh the ground of. com;-.' nounced Mr. 15 ll t f didale, lea vim; t by the piitilic, t; We must co s written withe r. . i . even a. thou'!. which it U Bogle com td.ii: . single, view of Iicthefact tl. dress the peor ! ! the days Idcsigi. This tmjch i i tion of "Mr! Bo.-' to show that !. and that j the II Bible I j j .Whilst is pra!. state that he would not hf ' Mitchell trccivt Whig Convent i Mr. Bovden rcc very current a: ventioh, and w dictedj until la . the gentleman He "also dcin Mr.Boyddn's Alexander, as ; per after the j ; : : r V: The1 New V. lowing para;-r..; :t Mr, Polk's city citusrs r. thought ; hut v. Hero of But t Batter and a on his noble o ed the jemOke oi" eyes would bri;; Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. Washington, Ji xe 25. The GoTcmment has taken a very important and de- , &f- n. Sight OI t; ciJed step in regard to the Mexican war, and one 'that hoUSC'tOpS and t promises, if not a conclusion of the war, at least to change ihe'eager jcrowd the character, and to convince the world of our sincere dVpire io bring the contest to an end. j The Government has, after full deliberation in Cabinet ' Council, determined to establish a form of Government de facto in Mexico, and make with it a treaty of peace,"' thecntfanCC at and guaranty the security of that Governments I Gen. Taylor, at Instructions to this effect have been sent to Gen. Scott, Qf president Poi ihrough various channels. The first mefenger. Colonel 1 . ff,u' rp.,i . i . : eacu b isomers, was cut on wnn nis message, ik ..Mexican nun 11LHIUI. ". -r .1 f . I f v priir. wn iu ; r J ism would droop i in. 'i ! mnnli lx. ..... 1 T-l trt . ' . f - r"J were nrpnarniff to rp.; ', extensive in r lour, u neai.and f .m lhlvi vVl...i i , . . , . "i iiiv.ii, , ... . I . - n to. Sial . I,,,.., c. , . , iiicuru inpir nrtreua ntt nn ll f 1 I ii H ll nil ri . r. k : . 1 -.1. . ' . ... ... ; r . ti . . ; I 8a"ppea on. i 'T"o pre hmjs one, anu ine prices ot 'pi it MaP,n.nainbr d-re resumed . Kii L-i. all ib ...,.H . ' . ' J -i s ' W. The country can never go,,! order, followed, ihrt "' .u,c,cs aave recPdea n?V tp fhe, waste of public property, as cers who h.r ilr -r."L Jne ia" P't ot) which Ihev started after the vnl.L oneraliona at ihU a.l il it. Vou have no idea o f be jnienso feeling Ihus hemmed In, this litl nariv n. j :.. way imiil it arrived at the Pass of L VU ""' 7 "'nfi icintosti had encamped with red every one of know the utter exhibited in the ie reason is ob- jVJws lijj the stejamer Hibernla wa received JH vibus, for almost every man here is the recipi. Mi Cotton however, ihe transactions have been ij ent of this same plunderand if an honest man J4' ilMlVU al no bCttPr nt-irm rliinrt TrA.k i raiSPA hl r.nVo nrralnef t.,K Hn nirc thi ftharL to nas neen in nreat rpniiest: PrrtvU;... U wh lhinrr m! t linTr Vninoa in mm! ilitint rn !! li j 0 'itv . J v . wyiuii . a udif hundred vessels or steamers in the pay of the i Government is possibly aware of our intentions already. VB, J f rwy. i i .1 . . . r i ii i . w. r 1 o irni r .. i here is no nouni inai a mosi lornnaaoie peace party uiau . leen 111 creal rennesit' PrOvisiAne whosrt Vfrv rilpnr ;Knrr ior ibia ctaln Uf I general vtrlidl J:..' ..-Li.- . It .ut . .. -J. J 1. 1 ' 'i v : uicaare uiicuansreo. has arisen in Mexico, and that some of its members have been ia communication with Gen. Scott. As soon as Gen. Scott shall arrive in thexity of Mexico, ihe peace party will form a Government de facto, under the guar anty of Gen. Scbtt. '- Our.amiies inost, of course, remain in Mexico till ihe treaty made with the new government shall be fully w ped Inlo eflectlrti - : . J rnlic!; oli: i We learri that t' hasatleigth, read credit of emg dcrly Reginicnf. il. CoLPaixe3 ll rwmrtdrs r- 1 , ! : j: 1 ! 1 i i I..
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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