The New York Herald Newspaper, May 19, 1847, Page 1

Vol, XIII, No. 138—=Whole No. 4735. THE NEW YORK HERALD. NEW YO RK, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1847. nA i a THE NEW YORK HERALD OVERLAND EXPRESS pall Gen. Shields was mending slowly, and hopes are . Increasing that he'will survive. ESTABLISHMENT, FROM pi Soulslans Votuntesss, under Capt, Fischers North-west corner of Fulton and Nassau sts, ceeds Ce nit C8 SEEIOR TERE OAiT Oly 2 ih commen 66 eres one NHBW ORLEANS do further duty some days since, but were finally in- JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, ro Tux before Gon, Seace “Ty ais tele dschange on the CINCULATION—FORTY THOUSAND, DAILY HERALD—Every day, Price 2 cents per copy—$? 25 per umn vaable in advance, 7 pe EERLY MERALD—Lvery Saturday—Price 616 conta 1 60} cents er anu F LERALD POR EONOPR arog pene eanee day Tres 4 cents par couy—$3 per aunuch, Mable jw advance pHOLIbay HERALD Pebbised on Tat of January of Jul at ee each. ‘ ADVERTISEMENTS tune wat Pricey always qashia . Advehis written in a Plain, ‘The Proprietor will uot be respoasible for errors that May oceyr wo them, GeeiNaING Of all kinds executed beautifully and with apaichs “Ail letters or communications by tablish ‘post paid, oF the. po eewtiiees oni " Scered fron the ubeoriocton mousy womited “i Fao sX cheap pair or Seles Stables. Enqui TEN DOLLARS HEWARD—Lost, on Sunday evening a white English Terrier Slut, answers to the ame of "Venus”—had on a leather collar, with Swuc, + name engraved on asilver plate. Any person return ing her to 46 Beaver st, (up stairs) can receive the abov te ward. can myl8 3t os mann id, sound aud riage. Or woul $s __ WATCHES) at Wholesale only —Lous Perret, No 33 John street, up stairs, importer and agent for several Swiss manufac turers, olfers to the trade a most comple of every descrit ol tof Swi son hanteand deale.. in general realy tothecr advaatage 10 eall. as above before se whi aoimer P g SE TO LET OR LEASE. 25 A beautiful and healthy situation on 7th street, near the ‘East River, with about twenty lots of grown iaidsomely laid out in flower and vegetable gardens and lanted, fruit t swith a atable aud every eonveuience for the summer or winter residence, of a genileman doing bu- sinens in the city. ‘Stages are passing every few minutes for 6 cents. Inquire at No. 100 C' ers street, between 9 and 10-A.M., and 4 and 4 P.M. Possession on the lat June. mi8 3t*re TO LET—Pone ivea 1munediately—Offices Shortage Se fee's ais 4 in the building, or BROWN, BROTHERS & CO. mid Ut¥rre No. 99 Wail street wr and bedroom FURNISHED ROOMS—One par a ed for oue single geutleman can fai By 9 Leouard street. References required and give ir atise re ‘0 LE’ ‘The lower part of house No. 184 fst rence soar Bleecker st. Croton water in the yard.'En- quit i my 18 3t*rre to oceupy immediately—a fa fiape sized two story, with a or near South Brooklyn, pleasantly situated, with arden or space about the house. Addi ly to Albert Wells, Mansion House, Brook! ie Dock. 17 3tis* re TO FOREIGN GENTLEMEN ai in the United States, or others, desirous of purchasing. & per- manent Cou idence in Pennsyl ie sub- Seriver offers “a ‘arm, situated in Montgomery ‘co. Punusylyania, ‘Of Philadelphia. It coutains 30 acres of land, 268 acres of which are in tate of cul- tivation, produciag wheat, rye, Indian corn a equal to any upland farm-—the remaiting 20 acres being woodland, On the preiises is 4 fine stone mansion, 60 feet by 45, with a ve- raudal attached, 15 feet wide, house, and a large piazza on the ea: ving amp! accommodations fora family of tweat: . ‘The plea- sure grounds surrounding the house are shaded with elegant evergreens,and very beautifully laid out. There are on the farm three stone houses for frmers or tenants, together with tl large stone barns, containing stabling and conveniences for hundred hoad of cattle, aud for the storage of 250 tons of pro- duce, with coach house, wagon house, granary and corn cribs tached. ‘There are also the adyautages of a fine house, fis arden of two acres, orchar jon is unnecessary, as all persons wishing to purchase are invited to call and examine the may, however, be added, thatfor beauty, healthful situation, and iti y inthe United States. It advantages, itis not surpassed by may be well also to mention the price, which is $220 per acre. ey ADUy O. GEO. SHBAFE, Whitemsrth _inl3 Sidaw re Montgomery Co. Pé ‘LESSONS ON THE PIANO FORT MISS C. C. WEMY88 ean now accommo Jato three or four more pupils, if iamediate ay plication be made at her house, No. 347 Si il have no atreet, between Avenues C and D3, : ‘ objection, if desirable, to attend her pupils at their own residence. ‘erms—Twelve Lesvous for Five Dollars, or #itceen Dol- y Quarter—three leasona each week. al3 im*re ie) FOR H J, Y. HENDERSON, Manufecturer Seen orig Renda pil Ee] tr a rior Rose wood a $ Mahogan 9 Biawofotes rept expressly fo hire.” Aljo an extensive and well selected stock of new and popular Music, Violin and Guitar Strings, Sc. Several Second-Hand Pianofortes for sale cheap, 519 Brond- between Spring and Prince streets. Staw Im*r XPEDITIOUS TRAY BuRING TO THE way PAND WESTERN STATES AND CANA) BY TAPSC: EMIGRANTS PASSEN: Offi South st The subseri toall parts of of Wi ‘States LOWEST RATES OF PAS! by Railroad, Steamboat and Canal, to the fol Albauy, Rochester, eave aun 3 tica, aftalo, furon, fonroe, lackinaw, 3 Southport Chino, ottay) Fitubang, Pa. Portam Parkersburgh, ais Lows, jubugu Bond Head, Hamilton, Whitin Jueenston, 1 ‘oronto, aislwick: ‘And all ther intermediate lace: 1g grtems Proceed ic to any part of the Weat, or Canadu, would do well to call on sf W's J.T TAPSCOTT, At their General Emigration Office, 86 South street, New York. i napeeotts Emigrants’ Travelling Gui be had on ap- free. _in3 30t*re CITIZEN'S NEW DAY LI KF OPPOSITION BOATS: FOR ALBANY AND (INTERMEDIATE PLACES. Fare 40 cents—Breakfast and Dinuer on Board, ‘The new aud elegant Steamer METAMO- Capt. T.8. Knight, Mondays, Wednes- at halt-past si m days, and Frida} +s the pier foot of Warten street, touching wt Hammond ‘treet pier, ‘Ti d elegant St ROGER WILLIAMS, © A. Deigroot, ‘Tuesdaya, Thursdays, and Satuedays, at hel past foot of Warren street, touching at ati, ACM, from the Zz c-or frieght, apply on board thé Boats, dr to Geo, Dobson, at the offices 138 Warren street, comer of West street, {7 All persons ate forbid trusting the above boats on ac: count of the owners. "5 MORNING LINE AT HALF-PAST SIX O'CLOCK. FOR ALBANY AND TROY and Interme- f diste Landings—Low Fare, Breakfast and Dinner on board the Boat. The low pressure steamboat TROY, Captain A. Gorham, wilt leave the steamboat pier foot of B: et, Mondays, Wednesd Fridays, at half-past six o'clock. me 1 dys. NIAGARA, Cape foot of Barclas ig Roe maasnge or freight, apply on board, orto F. B. Hall, t the thee on the whart _* myiB re ‘OPPOSITION P Albany, Utica, $t SAGE: O! CK—TO racuse, $2; Oswego, ‘ $3; Rochester, Lat Fetal, $2 30; Sleve- nad, $1.90; Vetroit, $5: Milan! i; Chicago, -< Cinnige, $3; Borosta’ nnd Hamiton, $42 Whitehall, ‘$2; Mont: real 44 Pittaburg, Ollics, 100 Barclay street, Any security required will be given for the fulfilment of all continets made with this ¢¢ ; mig ime Mcketa¥, Agent, New York, 1847. eervyrr’" PEOPLES LINE STEAMBOATS FOR ALBANY, Daily, | Sundays | Excepted— ‘Through Direct—At 6 o'clock, P, M., from the Pier between Conrtiandt and Liberty ISAAC NEWTON, Capt. Wen i Peck, will ited Sloadey, Waltoselay tad y evenings, at 6 ro Monday, F RICK HUDSON, Capt. R. G. Cratten- den, aoe bears on Pat y, Thursday and Saturday evenings, ‘At Five O'Clock, P, M—Landjng at Tutermediate Places— Teo the foot of Barclay stree : Steamboat NORTH AM ERICA, Captain R. H. Furry will leave on Monday, Inesday, Friday and Sunday after weietmbaae SOUTH AMERICA, Capt T, N. Halse , will leave ou ‘Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday aivemoons, at 5 o'clock. ‘The above boats will at all times arrive in Albany in ample e for the Morning C: for the Kast or Wes*. ire nt talon at toderate rates, nnd mone taken after 43 {CALL persons are forbid trusting any of the boats of this fine. withont a pines, gee? ola | vee ke or ke ad PC ‘o fe or freight, ply o oard the boats, or to P. C, SCHULTZ. atthe oilce onthe whart imyt? th FOR LIVERPOOL ‘he New Line—Iegular Packet of tat Jue—The new, superior, fast ailing packet ship CONSTITUTION, ‘John Britton, Wl bor He 1600 tons burthen, will Above, her regular da did, large and comforta: For freight or passage, having sp! ble state rooms and cabin, apply to the Captain on board, at i de of ip, orto wet WOOBHULL & MINTURN, 87 South st Passage $100, ‘The packet ship HOTTINGUER, 1050 tons burthen, Capt. Ira Barsley, will succeed the Constitution, and sail on her v: myl3 FOR TIVERPOOL—The splendld, fast sailing packs OLONIST, 100 tons, Capt, Sinnott ‘il p ‘ively on 2! of May. Her accommo- ‘tions for cabin passengers are very superior, a limited number of whom willbe taken on moderate terms. Havin rge and ¢) house on deck, which is lofty and wel red, erpable of accommodating’ second cabi ch will be taken at steerage prices. Those ure berths, should make enrly appliention tn W. BYRNES & C my1 4e¥re 43 South street, below Burl = NEW, LING: QF PACKRTS to and from Lis ib: in QUEEN OF THE WEST 1950 "ters urthes, « Woodhouse, Friday, May ne EST,” 1250 tons t sail from New York on ‘vist, and trom Liverpool on the 6th of July, “Queen of ‘tie West? and her xecommod: Tkoswen to the pablie, that it would be w pxdeds Hig 10. proceed to Europe, oF thore ; end for their friends to eome out in this mannii Should mike early avplicati aud foot of Balin) myl6 re F; T. TAPS ret og South st, ad door below Burling ailp, FROM MEXICO. The Surrender of Puebla and the City of Mexico Confirmed. THE QUERILLA WARFARE. NEWS FROM THE RIO GRANDE. HORRIBLE AFFAIR IN TEXAS. Opinion of Leading Moxicans Relative to Peace. MOVEMENTS OF GENERAL SCOTT, Inter sting Extracts from Jalapa, Vera Craz and Matamoras Papers, We received yesterday, by our special overland exprese, advices from New Orleans of the 11th instant, thirty-six hours in advance of the mail. They contain further intelligence from Gon. Scott, Com, Perry, and Gen. Taylor. It is of considerable interest in tho present uncertain state of affairs in Mexico, According.to the letters received in New Orleans by the James L, Day, there wore reports afloat that the Mexi- cans were melting their bells to make cannon for the de- fence of Puebla and the Capital. It is stated, however, on equally good authority, that both cities will gladly surrender to the Americans. The report of the proffered surrender of the Capital was given by Major Leonard to General Pillow, a pas- senger in the James L Day. It appears that a despatch from General Scott had beon received, stating that a deputation from the Capital reached the American lines, offering to surrender the city without opposition, and asking protection for life and property. This was, of course, assented to by General Scott. In consequence, the citizens had discontinued erecting fortifications for its defence. Tho city of Puebla had also proposed surrender. ‘These offers of surrender came from the inhabitants, who were more fearful of their own soldiers than of the American troops. They dreaded the guerilla system of warfare. ‘This system had commenced ; legally organised bands of banditti, made up from the disorganised Mexican ar- my, had begun their depredations, not only on the Ameri- can rear and outskirts, but upon the peaceably dispos- ed inhabitants of the country. General Canalizo wason the Vera Cruz side of Puebla with o cavalry force, intending to join Santa'Anna to at- tack our wagon trains, ko. It was reported that General Bravo had evacuated Puebla and was retreating towards the capital. It was stated by a Spanish merchant who had arrived at Vera Cruz, that he had seen Santa Anna within forty miles of that city, with two thousand men, threatening to attack the place. There was ® rumor of the surprise and recapture of Tampico. A dentist, named Kingsbury, had been attacked by o guerilla party near Cerro Gordo, robbed of $500, and horribly cut up; he barely escaped with his life, and was taken to Jalapa. Some of the volunteers were returning home—the first and second Tennessee regiments, and « portion of the Georgia and Alabama regiments. Lieut. Semmes, of the frigate Raritan, had started for the headquarters of Gen. Scott, to take measures for the release of Passed Midshipman Rogers, who had been transferred to Puebla. ‘The navy were preparing an expedition to Campeachy, Tabasco. and Huasacualeo. General La Vega remained at Vera Cruz on parole. The advices from Monterey are to the 28th ult. The army of General Taylor was melting away by the expiration of the term of service of the volunteers The troops had not advanced beyond Agua Nueva, and were awaiting reinforcements. The second Misslasipp! rogiment had arrived at Monterey. ‘Tho small pox had broken out in the detachment, but what dotachment we can’t make out. Lieut. Col. May had arrived at New Orleans. From the Charleston Courier, May 15.} The following p ph from the New Orleans Delta, of the 11th, will show that the information is on au- thority, which was before only rumor : ‘Immediately before the James L. started from Vera Crus. Maj. Leonard, who is stationed there, sent oa officer on board to inform Gen, Pillow that an’ express had just arrived from Scott, with a despatch, in which it was stated th jeputation of Mexican citi- zens from the capital had arrived at the General's hoad- quarters, inviting him to advance, assuring him that it Would surrender to him without opporition, and askin his protection of thelr persons and property. To auc favorable terms Gen. Scott assented. He is, therefore, on his way to, if not already in the “halls of the Mon- tezumas.’ Gen. Scott has determined to push on to Moxico, without waiting for reinforcements or supplics. He left Jalapa with 8,000 troops, 3,000 of which are volunteers, On the 30th April, Gen Worth’s whole division took up the line of March for Puebla with a A deputation from that city is said to Proposing to surrender it. After tho battle of Corro Gordo, Santa Anna fled to the hacienda of Don Garcia, a short distance from Ja- laps. Garcia advised him to leave the country, as it was impossible to resist the Americans !! (Sensible advice.] Don Garcia is immensely woalthy—expreeses no dissa- tisfaction at the sucess of the Americans, and it is said Santa Anna has deposited $100,000 in this hands, A letter trom Vera Cruz of the sth May gives « report that Santa Anna threatens that place with 2000 troops, and was within 40 miles of it. This report is frou s Spanish merchant, and is put down as of a piece with the pronunciamentos ofthe valiant Mexicans, Gen, Shields is still on the recovery. It is said the Mexicans have stopped thelr entrench- ments at Mexico, and have concluded not to stand « bombardment. ‘The above comprises all that is partleularly important in our express papers. (Correspondence of the N. O. Delta.) Vena Cave, May oth, 1847. As the steamer has been detained until to-day by bad weather, I give you the latest news that has reached us since I closed my letter of the 3d ; there is not much of it, but what there is, is of some interest and importance. The British Consul at this placc hasjust received a com. munication from the British minister, Mr. Bankhead, saying that, the Mexican government, has solicited the friendly mediation of his government to settle the dift- culties betweon Mexico and the United States. I learned this morning that such a letter had been received from Mr. Bankhead, and at once called on the English Con |. who tells me that auch isa fact. You may there. fore rely on the accuracy of this sta‘ement Sante, Anna is about forty miles from here, with 2,000 meng threatening to march in and sack Vera Cruz. ‘This information comes from a Spanish merchant of this place, who came in yesterday from Mexico—he states that he saw Santa Anna, who advised him to take his things out of the city, as’ he should destroy everything in it. This, of course, we consider as mere Mexican bravado, axit is not likely he would make his plans pub- lic, did he intend executing them. We are, neverthe. leas, practising our men (infantry) at the artillery, 40 a not’ to be taken by surprise. We learn by letter from the city of Mexico, that they have stopped throwing up intrenchments around the city, and do not intend standing » siege or bombard- ment, For the first time since I have been in Mexico, I begin to think that the war isabout drawing to a close. ‘The Delta gives the following statement on the au- thority of a gentleman direct from Vera Cruz:— Whatever be the fears of the Mexicans, their feelings are any thing but amiable towards the Americans. The road along from Jalapa to Vera Cruz is dotted with the mangled and murdered bodies of our countrymen, who wore caught straggling away from the parties with which [they happened, to be marching. One person counted no les than twenty-one victims of Mexican ro- venge on the line of rond. banditti which prowl about there, recently attacked a party of infantry, on their way to join the main body of the army. They fell back on the last wagon train, which was close in the rear, ‘The oscort charged on the rancheros, who, on the first fire, fled. One American was killed; it was not known how many Mexicans. This ocourred eight miles this side of the National Bridge. (From the Vera Cruz Eagle, May 5.) Woe understand that @ nH portion of the volunteers rong siege train. ave been sent in, at Jalapa were to leave that place on Monday, designin, to march forward, Gens. Scott, Patterson, Twiggs an Quitman wore still at Jalapa when Inst heard from, but we presume Gen. Quitman will be in command of the fret section which leaves that place They were all ground that it was guaranteed to them when they last enlisted, that if they would do #o, they should have cre- dit given them for the threo months they had served at Point Isabel and on the Rio Grande. Gen. Scott has de- cided that they are entitled to their discharge, and orders were given to that effect on Sunday last. The; leave on the steamer Jas. L. Day, for New Orleans, thiy day; but we trust the President’ may send the gallant captain back again with a Coloneley in his pocket; this would do justice to his services, aud besides, we under- -stand that the Legislature of Louisiana have petitioned the President to that effect. The Ohio 74 will probably sail to-morrow (Thursday) for New York. The St. Mary’s, sloop of war, and store siiip Relief will soon follow. ‘The Vixen steamer has gone to Alvarado to obtain cannon, Ko., a8 trophies. The following 13 alist of the officers of the officers of the Vixen. Joshua R. Sands, Commander; Overton Carr, Licut.; W. A. Shurman, assistant surgeon; W. N. Jeffers, jr., passed widshipman; Edward Simpson, do.; Hiram Sand- ford. Ist assistant engineer; Charles Coleman, 3d do. do.; \V. iv Lyneh, $d do, do: John B. Floyd. eaptain’s clerk Th health of the squadron is said to be good. Command-r J. R, Sands, of the U, 8. steamer Vixen, it is understood, is to go to the United States as bearer of despatches from Commodore Perry to Washington, and have in charge, as trophies, some magnificent can: ‘non of curious workmanship and ancient date, one ef A. D. 1609, another of 1747, taken from the walls of the castle of San Juan d’Ulioa, with others taken at Alva- rado, to be placed at the disposal of the Preaident of the United States on their arrival. Capt, Sands will proba- bly xo in the St. Mary's sloop-of-war, Captain J. L. ers ‘The following isa list of the officers of the U.S. brig Washington, which arrivod at the Sacrificios on Satur: day last, and proceeded soon after to Anton Lizardo. The Washington was 22 days from Philadelphia :— 8. P. Lee, Lieut. commanding; B. F. Sands, Lieut; J. R. M. Mullany, Lieut ; Francis Winston, Lieut; G. V Fox, Acting Master; 'R. Aulick, Passed Midshipman; Horace Moses, Captain's Clerk. ' Officers and crew all well. Four only of the Mexican prisoners taken at Cerro Gordo took passage in the steamer New Orleans, bound to the United States. Generals La Vega and Jerero re- main at the Castle for the present. One of the largost-(if not the largest) train which has yet left sae Bee will leave to-day or to-morrow for the army, It will be several miles in length. It is to be well escorted, and well prepared for any fun on the road that may present itaelf ‘e understand that Gen. Twiggs, in his official re- port, speaks in the highost torms of Capt, Robert Allen, A.Q. M., who, the General says, rendered him infinite service in the field. Santa Anna is said to be still remaining at Orizaba, drumming up reeruits for some purpose or other. We presume that he now contemplates the enjoyment of the honors of a guerilla chieftain, since he finds it impoasi- ble to wear any more respectable laurels, Our citizens havo been busily engaged in removing the rubbish occasioned by the bombardment ever since the day our forces took possession, yet the number of heaps still seom to be on theincreaso. In every direction one may ebgervo servants and laborers busily augmentin, the heaps in front of buildings, whose walls have suffere more or less by the shower of shell and shot which fell in the city during its investment. The thousand of frag- ments of shell and cannon-balls which could then bo eon at every step, are fast disappearing, however, many of which have been taken possession of by those who will preserve them as curiosities for after times. We paid a visit to the Castle of 8, Juan de Ulua on Sunday last, and regretted to find so much sickness ex- isting there, notwithstanding the great care used by its able and gentlemanly commander, Major Bacchus. We ‘age informed that more than @ fourth of those who are Placed there to keep it in order, are laboring poder some aay rer gg, Sorin The greatest caution Pov. served by Maj. Bucchus to avold this, by the reméval of everything which might be supposed to be capable of engendering disease. We left Gen. La Vega, in his shirt sleeves, busily engaged at a game of chess with friend, and he is in excellent spirits—says he regrots very much his inability to speak English, as it would add so much to the merit of the society of his Ameri- can friends—the General's a trump card—he is. {From the Vera Cruz agle, May 1] Lieut. Semmes, of the frigate Raritan, left this city yesterday evening, with an escort of twenty men, for the head quarters of Gen, Scott, intending to obtain from him means of communication with the Mexican govern- ment, in regard to Midshipman Rodgers, who has been transferred from the Castle of Perote to Puebla, and, perhaps, further into the interior. It is certain, ho ever, that he was taken to Puebla. The government of the United States is determined to compel Mexico to treat Mr. Rodgers as a prisoner of war, and Lieut. Semmes is authorized, we understand, to make such representations to the Mexican government; and that in case of the failure on their to comply with the demand, a retaliatory ceurse will henceforth be pursued by our government towards prisoners falling into our ands. The following are the officers of the United States steamer Spitfire:—Josiah Tatnall, of Georgia, Com.; D. D. Porter, of Pa.; Lieut.; J. 8. Taylor, of Va., Master; B. *. Isherwood, of N. Y.. Wm Taggart, of Pa., and Wm. H. Shock, of Md , Naval Engineers; Dr.Thornby, of Va., Surgeon; Passed Midshipman Marr, of Va.; do. Brad- ford, of Tenn.; do. Lowary, of Pa; Captain’s Clerk, J. Tatnall, Jr. (From the Jalapa Star, April 25.] We understand that Gen, Landero, who was Imprison- ed at Perote, for giving up Vera Crus, has expressed him. self in terms quite favorable to peace, and acknowledged that the chances for Mexico were meagre. Not so, how- ever, with Morales, he is for war, and retrieving the honor of the country. Mexico has done enough for honor—she has fought us six times—and we consider Landero, by far the most sensible man of the two. On the 22d instant, at 12 M., Gen. Worth entered Perote, without opposition. The enemy’s forces had all left that place, and our General took possession of the castle, with its armament in perfect order. Col. Velas- ques had been left behind to surrender all things in the name of the government. 50 cannons, 3 mortars, 4 stone mortars, and 4 or 5 howitzers—together with a large number of round shot and shells, (no particular quantity of other ammunition) and small arms were delivered upto us. Generals Morales and Landero, who had been imprisoned by Santa Anna for capitulating at Vera Cruz, wore released on the appearance of the Americans. Two South Carolina volunteers, and an American sailor, taken near Vera Cruz, were priso: in the castle, and of course released by our troops. Ampudia was in the vicinity of Perote on the approach of Gen. Werth, but had not the politeness to visit him before taking his de- parture, which is said to have been hurried. Some two er three thousand infantry and cavalry of the onemy were also in the neighborhood, but they were disorga- nized.and in most pitiablecondition. On the road the inhabitants complained bitterly of outragea perpetrated by the retreating soldiers from Cerro Gordo, and many of them had left their homes. Midshipman ag my war removed from Perote to Puebla the same day the fight commenced at Cerro Gordo. On the 19th, all of those who capitulated at Cerro Gordo, except La Vega and Herrera, had signed the pa- roles and were moving in the direction of Jalapa. which place they arrived at. some that night, and the rosidue on the following morning. A part of the Guarda cional left here in a body, on the Perote road, and save and except them, we believe that all of the powerful army of the encmy—barring those who fled—are tered, and at their different hom: In Jalapa ready see many of them at their usual avocations, and not a few in the service of our quarter-master. Of the conduct of*the volunteer force under Gen, Shields, Gen. Twiggs is highly pleased, and expresses himself in terms of high admiration. ‘Parts of three regiments were under him, 3d and 4th Illinois and New York—after the mishap to their leader, and when he reached the Jalapa road, they drove before them the enemys cannoniers from their loaded guns. Not- withstanding fatigues they had undergone during the fight, they eagerly followed up the retroating enemy, nor umbled at the 4 until ordered to halt at Encerro— 6 miles distant ith the Illinoisans is the General particularly well pleased, and expresses himself with unbounded rapture whilst speaking of their conduct. We find the following proclamation in the Ameri (UJalapa) Star, That paper sa: if this mode of warfare sorrowful time pity will bo mei PROCLAMATION. The citizen Mariano Silas, General of Brigade and Colonel of the Regiment Hidalgo, to my fellow-citi- zens My Fuirxos—The present moment ia the most proper te excite the public spirit and form a nation of men truly free, When an enemy triumphs by his union to rob us of our dearest interests, there is nothing more sure and more certain than to vanquish him by valor andcons! ‘cy. For ths end I have obtained permission to raise a guerilla corps, with which to attack and destroy the in- vaders inevery manner imaginable. The conduct of the enemy, contrary both to humanity and natural rights, authorizes us to pursue him without pity, [ sericordia.]_ “War without pity and death!” will be the motto of the guerilla warfare of vengeance; the fore I invite all my fellow-citizens, especially my brave subordinates, to unite at general head quarters, to en- roll themselves, from 9 until 3 in the afternoon, so that it may be organized in the prosent week, (OSE. MARIANA SALAS. A letter from Jalapa, dated April 30th, says:—“The Mexicans are bringing in their corn pretty treely. | be- lieve, from what lean hear about headquarters, that when wo march from this place, there will be little or no communication with Vera Cruz. Our means of trans- tation will not enable us to look for supplies from Home, and the enemy will be looked to to furnish us to groat oxtent, Our trains are boginning already to be ‘annoyed in the short space between this and Vera Cruz, and to keep the road open all the way to Mexico will re- quire more men than would be necessary to take that city.” X etter in the Picayune, dated Jalapa, May 1, says:— “The celebrated courier for the English merchants, Rafael Beraza, has arrived from Mexico with letters for the British packet at Vera Crus. He says but little, yet it has leaked out that they are organizing guerillas rapidly, both in Mexieo and Puebla. All the robbers in the latter city, is legion, ovived regular licenses to rob and murder on the road. ‘The beauty of the city has already manifested itrelf, for it is said their own on the roads. have already commenced plundering | FROM GEN. TAYLOR'S ARMY. (Correspondence of the N. O. Del Buxna Vi We are doubtful as to whether commenced or not; but fora week or two back it has rained every night, Yesterday one of our for they came in sight of a sinally Mexicans in the tation is entertained of again seeing ‘their lines of swarthy faces darkea this fateful field. Our line of pickets only ex- tends to Agua Nueva, some fifteen miles from bere, Nothing has been reported by the pickets stationed there, aud it may fairly be presumed that ‘ho hostile body is near us. Washington’s battery and two companies of United States dragoonsare far up in the direction of Agua Nueva; the two Indiana regiments and the Kentucky infantry lower down; the two Illinois and the two Ohio regiments —these are two miles from the battle ground; while two companies of Mississippians occupy the paas, the six com. panies of Arkansas cavalry being stationed above them, on the San Luis road. ‘Three companies are in the city, ae immediately in the town, and one in the fort at the edge. A sutler, who was taken prisoner by Gen, Urrea, es- caped from the guard by bribing the aleade. “He reports that he was one of sixty-six prisoners taken by the Mexicans, at different times, on the road between Mon- terey and Camargo, ‘The prisoners are kindly treated apd allowed mules to ride on. They were sent for- ward to San Luls Potosi, escorted by a detachment of jancers. {From the Matamoras Elag, April 28.) An artillery salute of 13 guns, announced the receipt on Monday of intelligence of the appointment of Colonel Caleb Cushing, to be a Brigadier General, The Massa- chusetts regiinent seem well pleased with this manifes- tation of executive esteem for their distinguished com- mander, Lieutenant Col. Wrigat, now absent at Mon- terey, will succeed to the Celonaley on his return. DIABOLICAL AND MURDEROUS ACT—SIXTY PERSONS POISONED. The N. O. Delta of the 11th inst. says that a friend ot their's has received a lotter from his brother, who re- sides inthe parish of Sabine, It indated on the 2d. inst. and besides some reference to ‘matters of private busi. ness, contains the following startling extract “There has been one of the most unexampled acts of isoning committed in Shelby county, Texas, that I ave ever heard of. “There was a wedding at old Mr. Wilkinson's, of an arphan girl he raised, at which all the invited guests were poisoned, including the bride’s-maid and groom's ty persons poisoned, thirty, Dr. Shar says, will certainly dic. Ten or twelve are already dead, including two sons of preacher Britton, two Castleberry’s —the one a young man, and the other a young woman —one of the Slaughters and his wife. “Strange to tell, none of the family was injured, nor yet the bride and groom; yet one of the bride’s-maids died in the house. “Old Wilkinson has absconded. ‘This portion of Texas isin urms, and wo betide the guilty; What I write you is the fact,without exaggeration. “It is supposed that the negroes were hired to admi- nister the poison in the coffee, or food, by a disappointed suitor, who was present at the wedding.” MISCELLANEO! We also find in the Delta and Picayune a variety of articles of interest, some few of which we anne: Passengers per James L. Day from Vera Cruz.—Maj. Gen, Pillow, Col. Anderson, Capt. Scantlano, Capt. J. B. Blanchard, and Lieut. Scott, with 60 rivates; J. B. Laue, G. Manning, Dr. HB. Larry, D. Baldwin, J. D. Conta, E. Daggett, 8. Abbott, J. H. Cosley and daughter, 1. \Gio, and 40 Quarter-Master’s’ men and discharged oldiors. Passengers from Brazos St. Jago.—Lieut. Col. May, Col, Morrison, Capt. Chilton, Lieut. French, Dr. White, Dr. J. Felix, Mr, Riceand lady, Mr. Stanbeck, A. vena, and 12 discharged men trom the Quarter-) department. Col, May.—The Picayune of the 11th inst. says:— ‘Tho observed of all observers in ths city yesterday, was Lt. Col. May—his tall military figure towering above his crowds of friends wherever he was seen. 'To- Master's Major General Pillow.—It gi state, that although ceived in his right arm us great pleasure to wound which Gen. Pillow re- Asevero one, it cannot be call- ed dangerous. No that amputation will This is information at which his numerous friends will rejoice. ‘Two other bulls than the one by which he was wounded, have left their traces in the General's blue frock. ‘The Moxican balls seemed really anxious to scrape an ac- quaintance with him. General Shields.—The Picayune says: “Gon, Shields is still recovering—unloss he gets @ relapse, his life may now be considered out of danger.” DESVPATCHES. [From the Washington Union, May 17.] A large budget of despatches was received by the Se- crotary of War, in this evening's southern They contain the details of the battle of Cerro Gordo, a cor- root list of the killed and wounded, of the Mexican pri- soners on parole, ke Major General Scott’s last letter bears date at Jalapa on the 28th April. Many of its statements have been anticipated by private letters. The movements of the army depend on circumstances. THE TWELVE MONTHS’ VOL [From the Washington Union, May 17.( We understand that the terms of service of the seve- ral volunteer regiments mustered for the period of twelve months, will expire at the following dates: Twelve-months volunteers under Major General Scott Captain Blanchard’s company Louisiana volunteers, July 30, 1847. Colonel Coffee's Alabama regiment, between the 8th and 29th June, 1847. Colonel Jackson's Georgia regiment, between the 10th and 19th June, 1847 Colonel Forman’s 3d Illinois regimont, between the 9th June and 2d ae 1847. Col. Baker's 4th Illinois regiment, between the 9th June and 2d July, 1847. Baltimore and Distriet of Columbia battalion, between the 30th May and 8th June, 1847. Colonel Thomas's Tennessee mounted regiment, be- tween the 6th and 15th June, 1847. Colonel Campbell’s ist Tennessee foot, between the 26th May and 2d June, 1847. Colonel Haskell’s 2d Tennessee regiment, between the 4th and 18th June, 1847. Volunteers under Major Gen. Taylor. Three regiments of Ohio, between the 23d and 29th June, 1847 Three regiments of Indiana, between the 18th and 26th June, 1447. Two tS ara of Illinois, between the 17th and 30th June, 1847, ‘Three regiments of Kentucky, between the 17th May and 15th June, 1847, Mississippi regiment, between the 3d and 15th June, 1847 Arkansas regiment, betweon the 30th June and 3d July, 1847 From this statement, wo are happy to say that the reinforcements for General Scott's army, which, for se- veral weeks have been en route, including those that must reach Vera Cruz by the end of May, will be fully equal to the number of twelve-months men who are to be discharged in June and July, as they will, of course, remain in the field for service up to the end of the twelve months for which they are engaged. PROGRESS OF THE RECRUITING SERVICE—REIN- FORCEMENTS ORDERED TO THE SEAT OF WAR. [From the Washington Union, May 17.) We learn from the War Office that ranks of the ten new regiments are rapidly filling up, and that t! following companies of the same are now concentrated at Point Isabel, or en route for Vera Cruz and that point. ‘The results here exhibited are highly gratifying, and show tho great energy and promptitude with which this new force has been raised and sent forward. No. of Com- Age’te Danica. strength. Regiment. I. 7H 633 Col. Bona 1 0 ie ; Bouhar, su 13th infantry—Col. Exchol a 280 Mth infantry—Col. Trousdale cee 180 15th infantry—Col. Morgan, (now in Mexico,) Lieut, Col. Howard, superintending A 810 “ol, Tibbatts,.. « ST 827 seeeee 8 712 a mu Total—Ten regiments, . 62 5.315 ‘This number (6,315) is’ proba jderably below the actual strength now in Mexico or en route for the sont of war. Col, Ransom, 9th infantry, reports from Boston that he shall not fail to embark the remainder of the compa- nies of his regiment before the 20th of May. All th companies of the 10th infantry are now en route. The two remaining companies of the 11th infantry will bably be ready for the field by the last of May. There are probably three or more companies of the 12th infan- try en route at this time. Five companies of this regi- ment, may be ia Mexico in allthe month of, May. In addition to the three companies of the 13th int try reported en route, two other eempanies are known to be recruited, and it is probable that eight companies of this regiment will reach the seat of war by the Inst of May, or very shortly after, A third company of the 14th infantry is is known to be raised, and Col, Trousdale reports from New Orleans that the probable strength of the regiment in Mexico by the laat of May, will be five hundred. Nine comps. nies of the 15th infantry are en route. ‘The 10th com- wut its prevent destination is fort pany {8 also recruited, Mackinac, to replace the company of the 2d infantry recently in garrison at that pout. All the companies of the 16th infantry are now en route, Tho two remaining companies of the regiment ef voltigeurs will probably be recruited by the last of May. A ninth company of the 3d dragoons may probably be now en route. In general, it may be reasonably estimated that there are now some 7,000 of the new levies en route for the seat of war, or to be ew route in all the month of May— from 5.000 to 6,000 of whom should reach their destina- tion by the last of tat month. It should bo here etated. too, that several officers of each company are feft behind for the purpose of filling up the several reyAments to the maximum standard—100 Privates to each tompany. Col. Tibbatts reports that in this way, his regiment, the 10th infantry, may nugn- ber 1,000 strong, at Point Isabel, by tho Tint of May ‘The same may bably be anid of the 15th infantry ‘The strength of the ten new regiments, say by the end of June, in Mexico and en route for the seat of war, may thus probably range from 8,000 to 10,000—certal uly b ion the former number, and possibly equa: to ARMY INTELLIGENCE. Capt, William 8. 3d Infantry, U.S, A., with bis family, arrived ibany on Monday. Capt. H. has done ample service in the field with his good sword, and has contributed many beautiful descriptions of ac- tions, ke. with his graphic pen. His letters from Mexi- ©, over the signature of G*tde and xx., have been read by every body. The steamer George Washington, brought down yes- terday, a detachment of United States troops, consiatio of company A, 16th Infantry, 89 men, under Capt. J. 8. Perry, Ist Lieut. L. Rhodes, 24 Lieut. L. W. Templeton; company B, 1th Infantry, 78 men, under Capt. E. King, ist Lieut. J. B. Miller, 24 Lieut. T. R ‘Tilton; company G, 7th Infantry, $6 men, in charge of Maj. Leo The steamer Talma, Capt. Hite, which arrived here late Inst night, brought down from Evansville, Mount Vernon and Cairo, five companies U. 8, troops, ing to the 16th Regiment of Infantry, com; commissioned, and 426 non-comm‘ oned offic Privates, under the command of Lieutenant Col, ebb. Captain Dupern’s company of dragoons Is now com plete. They have received their arms and uniform, and will forthwith proceed to the scene of war. ed that they will the It is expect- ave for Brasos, on Thursday next, in jassachusetts. Some of the friends and admirers of Captain D. have made a subscription, with a view to purchase and present to him a charger. Nearly $300 ave been collected.—N. O. Com. Times, 10th. ‘The steamer Star Spangled Banner, Captain Pierce, from Cincinnati, which arrived on Saturday, brought down Captain Graves and Lieutenant MeMordie, with 96 men, and Captain Garrad, Lieutenants Smith and Gar- ret, with 101 men, of the 16th regiment of Infantry, from Kentucky.—N. O. Bulletin, 10th. On the 13th instant, 270 soldiers under Captain Mon- roe, arrived at Cincinnati from Toledo. Five more com- panies started trom Toledo on the 10th, and were ex- pected at Cincinnati on the 15th. A company of volunteers has been raised in Potos Mo., and the Governor has agreed toaccept, The la of the place are to present it with a banner. About thirty recruits left Fredericksburgh on Monday morning in the cars, bound to Vera Cruz, by the way of Baltimore, under the command of Lieut. Evans, of Wil- mington, Del, The citizens of Louisville, Ky., are making arrange- ments to receive with becoming honors, the Louisville Legion, now “ mustering home from the war.”? G. D. Korponay, the great polka dancer, has been elected captain of a company of thé regiment of dra- goons being now raised in Missouri. Capt. Caldwell’s company of Dragoons, 3d regiment, State has any right to interfere in American poll- Wi ties. Hitherto the ernment has advocated the ‘sAtien of this ee means of ensuring independence to all American States: now it confesses that it is meant to prevent European powers from protectii ican States when at- tempts are made to subject them to the Union. The scheme, though impossible to its full extent, may be at- tempted so far as to cause much hardship and injustice. The Corn Trade of E: (From the Mark Lane Exprens, Mey 3, ‘The weather has, on the whole, been fav during the week for the ogy eg copious showers having fallen in most parts of the ; still the tempera- ture remains low for the advanced period of the year, and the reports from the prineipal agricultural describe the wheat plant as very backward. A few weeks of really warm weather would. however, in all probability ice to set matters right in this ‘ adopt the tre eeeee oF ee ee cae eaten abont the appearance of the gro e e to uneasiness in regard to the future, It Steely fortu- te that such is the case, for under existing circumstan- ces a bad or even an indifferent harvest would place this country in a dreadful position. That the quantity of grain remaining in the hands of the farmers is extremely short can no longer be questioned; every day furnishes fresh evidence of the fact. Whether prices rise or her they show w tendency to decline, no increase takes Pear in the deliveries from the ; and we cum, therefore, come to no other conclusion but that the stocks are #o far reduced as to render the holders indif- ferent about realizing. We have on former oscasions laid before our readers the reasons why we were . sed to think that there would not this year be that Ia. creaso in the deliveries which usually takes Place imme- diately after the spring rowing had been completed. Woe shall therefore now merely draw attention to the fact. that, with every inducement to supply the markets liberally, the quantity of corn brought forward os the week has hardly sufficed for the consumptive: contracted as the latter has become in consequence of high prices. Had thin not been the ease, we should probably have experienced a considerable reece. tion in the wheat trade, as the general state of commercial affairs has lately been sueh as to put a total stop to all speculative investments. The stringent measures adopted by the Bank have evidently been in t measure directed against corn speculation and they ineo fe suscected foe" il parties con- nected with the trade have been rendered more than or- dinarily cautious, declining to buy more than absolutely necessiry, This has naturally tended to impart « some- what languid tone to busines. Owing, however, to the almost total exhaustion of the grani ied stocks, and the from North Carolina, and Capt Campbell's company of Infantry, 13th regiment, from Georgia, embarked on the Ist inst., on board the brig Forrest, Capt. Fiands, for Brazos St. Jago. They were in fine order, and high spirits, anticipating a glorious field in a Mexican cam- paign. The following is a list of the ofcers:— Dragoons.—Capt. G. W. Caldwell; Ist Lieut., absent on recruiting service; 2d do., J. R. Harrison; 3d do., — Davidson. 5 Infantry.—Capt. J. B. py aa a O. Delta, The Effect in England of the Battle of Buena Vista and the Investment of Vera ‘Cruz— Opinion relative to opening the Isthmus of ‘Tehuantepec. From the London News, April 26.} In # military point of view, the news from America, which we published on Saturday, presents the forces of the United States in Mexico pretty much “as they were” when the intelligence previously received by the Hibernia left them. General Scott, in the south, with a land army of 12,000, and a naval squadron carrying some 360 yuns, had invested Vera Cruz and San Juan @'Ulloa, which’ he expected to take in a month at fur- thest. ‘General Taylor, in the north, with an army of 6,000 men, had beaten off Santa Anna’s attack, and was about to fall back upon Monterey, for the pu of re- opening his line of communication with the Rio Grande. The time required for effecting this task is not specified. ‘Taking into account the garrisons at Matamoras, C: margo, and Tampico, and the reinforcements arriving, some 20,000 United States troops, backed by a stron; squadron, were dispersed over a tract of country whic! extends from the 19th to the 26th degree of north lati- tude, and which is from April to November the seat of the vo rieto. In the middle of March, these forces had a month’s work before them ere they could set about ascending the rugged and abrupt acclivity over which only two roeds prasticable for wheeled car- riages lead to Mexico proper. But if the military attitude of the United States in relation to Mexico had undergone little alteration, a marked change was in progress in the political. The government at Washington was preparing to carry into act a scheme of which the first not very obscure hint is to be found in & letter addressed by the Secretary of War to General Taylor so long agoas the 22d of Sep- tember last. ‘The scheme alluded to is briefly as follows :—It is pro- posed at Washington that the United States “army and uavy sbould seize every important port and place upon the Gulf of Mexico, or California, or the Pacific, and open the way through the interior for the free transit of imports and exports.” The “ports and pisces!” thus occupied are to be “opened, while our military occupa- tion may continue, to the commerce of all neutral na- tions, as well asour own, in articles not contraband of war, upon payment of prescribed rates of duties.” It is only the foreign trade to the ports, however, in which neutral nations are to be allowed to participate :—" It is recommended, for reasons of obvious safety, that the Mexican coasting trade should be confined vessels, 08 well as the interior trade, entry in our possession.” The dutic ed by “the commandant of the post, whether naval or military, aided by the paymaster or purser;”” and the moneys are to be accounted for, “not to the treasury, but to the secretaries of war or of the navy respec- tivel; This scheme is so far matured and advanced towards being carried into operation, that on the 23d ult. Mr. President Polk addressed a formal official letter to tho Secretary of the Treasury, requiring him to prepare schedules of duties and regulations for their enforee- ment. The requisition was complied with on the 30th of the same month; and in the letter which accompa- nies the documents, the Secretary of the Treasury ux- plicitly declares that the object of the government in collecting these duties is “ for the benefit of our own go- vernment and people, to sustain the war, and prevent to that extent new loans and increased taxation.” He adds : "In view of the fact that government is thrown upon the ordinary revenues of peace, with no other ad- ditional resources but loans to carry on the war, the in- come to be derived from the new system, which it is be- lieved will be large, if these regulations are adopted, would be highly important to sustain the credit of the government, to prevent the embarrassment of the trea- fury, and to save the country from such ruinous sacri- ficés as oceurred during last year.” ‘This colossal scheme fof commercial and financial re- gulation sounds like a man talking in his sleep. Where are the men and ships to come from which are to occupy all the ports of Meico from San Francisco to Tehuan- tepeo, and from Campeachy to Matamoras! Assuming, for argument’s sake, that the productive industry of the United States could bear such @ drain upon the adult po- ulation, and the pockets of the citizens the cost of ou! Rt, what is the anomalous position in which the gover ment at Washington would be placed by executing this project? It would occupy the ports of Mexico, in order to maintain in each of them corporations of smugglers to carry on a coutraband trade with the States of the interior of Mexico, Amerioan citizens alone are to be allowed to participate in this smuggling trafic, but citi- sens of ail nations are to be permitted to carry supplies to the smugglers on the payment of certain customs and tonnage dues. The terenue collected in to form a trea- sury apart—or rather two tredsurie#, one naval and the other military—over which the constitutional finance minister of the United States is to have no control, The officers of the American army and navy are to collect the moneys and pay their men, and account only to the secretaries of war and the nayy, The American com- mandants at the ports, and the Atrerioan eitizens in ex- clusive enjoyment of the coasting and inland trade of Mexico, will have an interest in perpetuating this state of affairs. Tho citizens of the Mexican confederation and the traders of Europe, Asia, and South America will be placed at the mercy of a holy alliance of Ameri- can smtgglers aud military and naval tax gatherers. It does not appear by what process Mr. President Polk contemplates communicating a legal appearance to such @ monstrous arral nt. From the concluding para- Campbell; Ist Lieut., J. M. Geo, Kirkpatrick; $d do., — Crump.—N. would almost appear that he intends forthwith to give directions to the war and navy departments to carry his project into operation. If #0, it will be for the citi- sident doos not thereby exceed his constitutional powers, The Secretary of the Treasury says that the measure i8 calculated to “sustain the credit of go- vernment,”’ and not obscurely hints that it has become necessary thus to bolster tp "the eredit of the govern ment,’’ because “ government is thrown upon the ordi- nary resources of peace,with no other additional resources but loans to carry on the war.” In other words, because the cabinet proposal to impose a war. on tea and coffee was rejected—because Congress, standing upon their constitutional right, refused the head of the exe- cutive government the supplies he asked—he, by an extra constitutional (if not 4 contra constitutional) act has determined to procure the supplies in defiance of | them. The chief. magistrate of the Union is about to raise money for govermental purposes without the con- sent and co-operation of that body, in conjunction with which alone he can legally raise it. And he is leaving congress out of his councils, not because there is no time to consult it, but with premeditation, The scheme for collecting @ revenue at the Mexican porta was matured im the council at Washington in September last: why was the assent of the congress, which has since met and separated, not asked ? ‘On the assumption that President Polk intends to post- pone his taxation and regulation of Mexican commerce, until he has got leave from Congress to impose it, the question will still remain whether foreign states are to submit to such an infringement of their neutral rights President Polk's scheme would confer a Loong gd of the coasting and inland trade of Mexico upon the citizens of the United States. ‘The occupation of the Mexican orts with the view, and in the way he proposes, would be, de facto, & Viookade of the wholeline of coast, not for the legitimate purpose of bringing the war to a close, but for the purpose of converting the interior of Mexico into one vast Paraguay, for the emolument of United States lors. graph of his letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, it | very trifling nature of the supplies, very little impres- sion has been produced on Deloes by the scarcity and high interest of money. Liverpool is nearly the only market in the kingdom in which quotations have given way, and even there the fall has been unimportant. On ‘Tuesday wheat was 3d per 70 lbs cheaper at hat port than on that day se’nnight, and the best brands of American flour were procurable at 40s per bbl. Subsequently the demand for both articles seems to have revived, and on Friday a iarge business was done in wheat at nearly pre- vious rates, priees being then quoted 2d to 8d per 70 lbs. higher than on Ir ae Hitherto the weather has had comparatively little influence, but are now 3 Feeching aperiod ofthe year when its character ave much to do with the fluctuations in prices; still we question whether the most auspicious weather will have the effect of reducing quotations materially, unless a0o- companied by large foreign ee The rather subdued tone oft! vices from the south appears to have checked the upward movement in prices at the chief markets in Scotland; but there, asin other arts of the kingdom, the receipts from the growers have een too small to admit of any material reduction.— Neither at Edinburg nor Glasgow was wheat quoted lower on Wednesday, whilst barley and oats commanded enhanced rates at both places. From Ireland the accounts are of much the sam character this as the preceding week. There was still e good deal of Indian corn pressing on seme of the chief markets, which had had more or less effect on the value ofall other sorts of grain; and though the deliveries from the farmers had been very trifling, neither wheat nor cate had risen. by ‘We have again to report a very small supply of wheat of home growth into London, the arrival coastwise up to this (Saturday) evening has amounted to only 3,290 qra; and the quantity which has been exhibited at Mark Lane by land-carriage samples from the home counties, has been equally small. On Wednesday the show om the Essex, Kent, and Suffolk stands consisted of a few runs left over from Monday, which the millers expected te buy at lower rates; in this, however, they were disap- pointed, factors refusing to make the test oonces- sion, and needy buyers had, therefore, no alternative but to pay the rates current in’ the beginning of the week. On Friday the demand was more active, and in partial instances rather higher prices were obtained; owing, however, to the trifling nature of the supply, the opera- tions were on a restricted scale. ‘The almost complete exhaustion of the stocks of foreign wheat in at this port, and the inferior quality of the little ra have prevented extensive transactions; indeed, business has been nearly confined to parcels recently recetved. These, particularly the finer sorts of Baltic red, the growth of 1846, have been in request for shipment to France and Holland; and the town millers having also been on the look-out to secure the best ions, Monday's quotations have been fully supported; indeed, it was somewhat difficult to purchase on as easy terms on Friday as at the commencement of the week. ‘The late advance in the price of town-made flour has been very unwillingly paid by the bakers, and the trade in the article has, throughout the week, been excessively dull. Ship flour’ has moved off ‘slowly, snd even American, though offered relatively cheaper than of home manufacture, ha» excited less attention than might have been expected. On Wednerday the best brands of the latter were offered at 40s. to 41s. per bbl., but on Friday there were not 60 many sellers willing to accept the rates named. English barley has come Lamery ad to hand, and the supplies of this grain from abroad been more mode- rate this than the preceding week. Fine malting quali ties have, in consequence of their extreme scarcity, brought high terms, notwithstanding the advanced pe- riod of the season. Secondary sorts have likewise been in fair request, partly, we believe, for shipment cosst- wise to the westward; and the enhancement of Monday last bas been well maintained. =The transactions in malt have been on rather a retail se stocks being, however, light, and the supplies hav. ing been small, the value of the article has shown a ten- dency to advance. {fm Including 4,116 quarters from abroad, the total arri- val of oats has amounted to only 6,828 quarters. Our own arop appears to be nearly exhausted; the receipts coastwise for the last eight days having only reached 162 qra., the remaining 1,550 qrs. being from Ireland.— ‘The principal dealers, who bought rather largely a fortnight ago, appear to have still sufficient on for immediate use, and have therefore acted on the re- serve of late ‘The want of activity in the demand has, however, had no influence on prices; and, owing to the moderate quantity now on the market, and the impro- bability of speedy of an: , We are din- posed to think that quotations will ad’ rather then recede. On Friday the trade was characterised by in- creased firmness, and though ne actual rise was esta- biished, the turn was decidedly st the buyer. English beans have been in fair request since Mon- day, and the quantity brought forward having been trifling, rather enhanced terms have been reallsed.— Egyptian have also been inquired for, and in some cases 1s per qr. more has been paid for fine quality, In white peas nothing of interest has transpired; grey and maples have been taken at fully Monday's currency for shipment to Rotterdam. Rye has also been bought for the same destination, as well as for Antwerp and Hamburg, at 586 to 60s per quarter. ‘There has not been much doing in Indian corn, not- withstanding which holders have rather raised their pretensions tn from the northern and eastern parts of of a very exciting character this week, and it appears too evi that the scarcity of food is an great in many parts of the continent as in Ireland - From Danzig we learn, under date of 24th of Apsfl, that wheat of fine quality had been actually sold at equal to 77K per quarter free on board, and that many holders had declined selling at that price. It was said that the sending of spring corn from Poland down the Vistula had been prohibited; and as tho stocks of all articles on the spot were quite trifling very high rates had been demanded, “Rye had brought, prices equal to, 60s, per quarter, free on board, for local consumption; and ey was then quoted 50s per qr. oad ascounts. from. Konigaberg are of 9 similar che- | racter; and at Rostock, Stettin, and other places in the | Baltic, the excitement appears to have been to the fall as great as at Dansig, Our lotters from Rostock reach zens of the United States to consider whether their Pre. | $f Bree) 0 ‘April, and inform us that equal to 78s to 80s per qr. had been asked, and in some cases realized, for good qualities of red wheat; and at Stettin, on the same day, 59 Ibs, Pomeraniam and Silesian wheat was held at 70s. per ar. free on board. At Hamburg quotations were even higher on Tuesday last than at any of the places already referred to. say 44 to 848 for Mark and upland red wheat, and 76s to 7% for Lower Baltic qualities. Barley had also risen, materially there, 49 having been paid for » parcel, of Danish on the spot; whilst a amal! lot of fine Engltal rye had realized the extraordinary high price ” aarter. Prom Holland and Belgium quotations come equally high; and in some parts of France whent appears to have’ risen higher than at any former period. | »rom Dunkirk we have a letter dated 26th of Ape, from which It appears that euperior white wheat, of 63 Ibe. weight per Pechel, was worth there 48 to 69 rence er hectolitre, equal to 98s per qr.; und for some Lincoln- thire white 958 to 908 beon paid. At Marseiller, however, wheat had, according to the most recent ac- counts, fallen materially in value, the continued arrivals from the Biack Sea, with « decrease demand from the interior, having at length told on rices se the above was written, the Hamburg mail o f | siday has arrived. Rye had then reached 90s per qr. Miscellaneous. | At Rochester, the quantity of flour shipped east to the | Loth inst, was 68,902 bbbs., being an increase to the same period last year of 16.169 bbis. The Wabash and Erie canal is open throughout ite en- ba Pa fiethoatst book concern is erecting a large branch ifice in Cincinnati, © “athe had not yet broken up at Sult, St, Marie, » The impracticability ofthe sehome,and its inconsisten- sy with the constitution of the United States, and with the princaplen of international Inw—are no rity against ite being tried, tis, in fact, not new, bug only m& new reading of the old declaration that no Dikepven t C08, i wt fhe old school Presbyterian assembly will meet at Cte | j, on Thursday next ooneatly 11,000 immigrants are ebout to arrive at Que \ bec from Ureas Britwin.