The New York Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1847, Page 1

Vol. XI. No, 16"=--Whole No. 4745. « BY ORBEROF 8 B sureuies ron'® made f ill be received by the 1 U_OF Y. DOCKS. A RUT ARSE hacia cteae: ndorsed with the +; ‘4 + 001 Classes No. 1 to station, forthe Sor gases tits, viz: ber, per cubic foot. merchantable, from 40 to 60 feet long, to Square not Jess than 11 inches at the top a NE bl ee dame, Hocable fet’? oer cubic foot 20 ory jutts, 8 to jong, to 2 ey clan 7 flee, Shy 6 par tisk iB Hickory Bare’ fect longe (qusriered) of Yellow Pine ed, 10to 16 mches Mem A pit of be ordered of White 15,000 cubic feet heart, _ ds LOW PINE TIMBER, PLANK, ke. Yell 1» long leaved, eu do it wll be included in Claas No.6. A ; lass No. 6—-WHITE PINE TIMBER, PLANK, ke. kc. 1,200 fein length of 9x16 inch white pine tim- ‘o A av fete i Br Lumber Cie _ ane 00 ? " square, saw: 0 feet long, per eubic foot. Phe Seay di er per'M, ft. | 1,000 euble feet of White Pine Timber, 10 te 1g ‘0 do sg ‘do do inches square, hewed, 50 to 75 feet long, do 1,000 do 3" do do do 25,000 feet B. M, White Pine Scantling Timber, 300 do 236 do do: & 2 ire s square, sawed, 15 to 40 em a u ico fe 93 boards ‘Jo | 25,000 feet B.M., White Pine Plank, Grat quae” 8: M- 1,000 do 3 do do do 1 40,3 Inches, thick 15 to 30 fe do Boo 2 igag meee ate Hicheabigh, Bigsateetitet gy y w 4 ree ak pl ug ag adits [igen “grt NA Ay pra ade gi: gains do, 15,00 fa B. M., W.P. Albany Boards, 1 tach Pe fii) 4 toch macshentable Alpe ies To" | 20,000 fer B. M., Spruce Plank, (wide) 1 to3 ‘500 2 inch spruce plank, 4 inches thick, 2910 20 feet long. do 100 spruce poles, 20 to 45 feetloug, .. avlass No. 7,—PILES. ‘do 25 fert long, not lessthan 12 in- 500 Bpruce Files, 35 20 40 fet long, not, lees ch butt, do than 9 inches in diameter at the smailend, ity 3x4 hemlock joist, do straight andsound. per lineal fo t 300 feet $xt inch chesnut Jolt, 16 feet long perfoot | 20 Spars of Spruce or White Pine, 59 to 75 400 feet 4x4 do i de ‘do feet long, not less inches in ‘ 300 feet 3x5 do 16 do ter, atthe small end, ON. ke ‘do a een nays | Cone orale of Sandersot's a Gast Bich, HOI . (eecaghe tieacisalinan et pancake |: L600 ot of Cast Steel, 36 to 2 inches square" 215 do. hydraulic cement, ¥ 4 el pte 65 barrels Rhode Island lime per bb}. | 1,000 pounds of Cast Steel, blistered, fat) from 2é 2000 best quaity common hard bricks, Ber M: | 5 cop pound ator "Wrought fron, iround, 4 to % SO Reese corrode $oaan. | 20,000 pounds of Wrought 1 iad, WP 85 bushels hair, + per bush. ete Sew x, ears ron, round, PS 34 tons of 2000 meee dy Seat dmvothy hi Pat ton 5,000 Rounds & teed Tron, square, 4 to 2 ee Tego Ponnds a per 100 Ibs: | 59,000 pounds of Wrought Iron, flat, 44 to Ls¢inches 1/000 bushels oats, per bush. thick, and 1.10 6 inches wide, do ‘ ‘do. ship sta! do 5,000 pounds of Wrought Iron crow-bars, 4 to 8 1,000 bundles atras per bundle, feet long—and pinch and shackle bers, 310 $100 pounds pace acy bt per lb. | 1000 Rounds of Wrought Iron washers, Xt 2? ei | Ticharee, a 1,000 pounds of proved chain, 2 to X inches di- 4 ameter, Sena lo oie oS: ¢ 1,000 pounds’ of timber chain, % inch, 9 to 12 feet 25 do chrome green, do 9 rery, best Gaality, Be de Fy do do yellow do 1,000 pounds of blocks for Granite ham do 1,000 do whiti do Class No. 9.—HARDW. 400 do, 8 brown, do } Ggstn ctose-ous ners, per doven, 4 dozen 000.0000 paint bru hes, per doz. | 20 do ship angers, 2000 quarters,:% to St inebes, 4 do No 5sash tools, do 1 Homidieu, i per quarter 100 feet, double thickness, Redford crown glass, 14 do files, half round, bastard, 14 inches, per dozen. each 7x9, Qxl!, 9x12, 10x12, 10x14, fini, 12 = do do smooth, 14 do do. M1x17, 12x16, 12x18, 13420, 1dx22, eft. | 12 go do 10 do do No 5—Haapw. 1 do 1. do do cut spikes, per lb, | 12 do MM do do de do nails, do 12 do 12 do do 300 do 20d do do do 12 do 8 do do 1,000 do Jad do do do 12 do D4 do do 1,000 do 10d. do do do 30 do 3g to4 do + do 700 do 8l do do do 50 do do 6to8 do do 300 do 64 do do do 1 do screw wrenches, __ de 20 do 5d do do de 1 do 8 dg. 1t06 inches, do 100 do 4d do do do 1 do carpenters’ pincers, do 500 do 3d do fine do Z pe bench screw: < Fee er Wea ebico FH 6 do feet long, 15; ingh blade, 900 do Bil do do do 100 do 6d do do do 2 do do eaders, per pound, 10 do hinges, 8 to 12 inches, dozen. ER ue RC le I tw $2 | 20. do. wrought iron butts, 2to 4 inches, bic tigen 200 do ad do de do 10 do locks, pad, do 10 do 6d do do do 10 do do chest, do 100 do | Sd do do do 10 go do wer, go 40 do 134 inch finishing do do 1 do | do door, lo 50 do 2 do do do 5 do hasps and staples, do 10,000 2 inch cut brads, per M, | % do shovels, Ames’ No. 2, best, do 10,000 134 do ‘do 5 do scooj 10 lo do 25,000 182 lo do 19 do spades, Ames’ best do 25,000 do do 10 do hoes, 10 inches blade, extra strong eyes, do 10,000 1 do do 1 do Sar combs aud yrashes, do 4 dozen 434 inch mortice locks (doors 1% inch) perdoz. | ? 20 tape lines, 39 feet long, go 4g do #8 do closet locks, do 1 do lo lo ao 6 i ‘do a 20 do maul handles, do 8 a3 ¢ do do. do 20 do axe do do 7. aor aah aaabomdto do 10 do hammer handles _ do 34 do chest locks, do 168 apes screws, 26 to ingh long per gross. 42. db book case locks, do 100° do (22 1to 2 ine es Long de do 3 inch tumbler iron pall reks, do ‘25 gross o} Pa GB Pe inches 188, lo 33 do 6 do iron knob locks, right and left, do fice Armcotkes ate per paper 34 do 10 do rim knob locks, do. me Koekas deel “4 Se a ae eaele tt ces, beat Pe? Core PA | t000 "do" lead pipe, Linch diameter, very light, do 1 do do 2tnel 0 do do’ do 1 dozen composi , fordo per dozen. 1 do do Ug lo lo. do do 10,000 pounds cut nai ea aie .. ber pound, 8 do do ‘5x5 inch :ron butt hinges do on a eee cet | 4 do do dxdinch, do do do ie. Ge.cnt spike, ¢ 90.6 inches & 2'do do 3x3 in.do do do wa gerne. Sots a ae 1 do do Sieh” do lo do 809 do do doi to 13do lo 2 de do dinch do do go do do3to6 do railroad, do 3.00 de seinch’ go. Bo he Class, No, 10.—8TONE CUTTERS’ TOOLS. 3 do do Simch do do do 1 dos. patent hgsamers (granite) 1 40:18 pounde, ER Set $2. Babe ee 2 4 2.doz. hand hammers, 5 pounds each, 3 6 do flitescutcheons, assorted, perdoren. | So. pemned do Tinea to pteny. °° 4 do thread do do do * Class, No. 11. ; fs 48 do 4% inch escutcheon pins * do 5 org Pounds of magilla rope, 436 106 inches, per pound. 1 do. 6 ch jron barrel belts do tab oe eS lenx ‘oS lo 34.do 4 inch iron flat bolts do ae Se Sp Se Ns ¥ “ 33'do 3% inch Flush bolts do a Gare hy 2 do ig tnch brass side hooks and eyes do Sy tes eee ee 2 4 do 2 inch iyon do» do do to ae bs i Be 6 do 2ich mahogany knob do 468 do of nine thread line. go 6 uch do do do of tow. 0 3 inch ©do do do 100 do of-marline, ao 6 i do do de 100 do of pap wis i - do : Ber tage c 500 do of hooks aud thimbles, 4 to 10 inehes = do. 3 we b 1,000 do of tallow, do. ea ened ver pound | 1000 do. of heavy, oak tanned, rump leather. do 2100 “do. do. weights Hy 390 square yards of old canvass (heary )— per square yard. 16 dozen 2 inch sash pulleys per dozen Be bayrole oO As san er barrel. 2 do 1% i lo do do 40 otelarcesl’ cS 2 do 24x24 inch brass fastenings do B qe otgharocal, do Brena Hd paar. por ream doz. Of corn’brooms (heavy) por doven, ST eEE Dee Ren screws ee tee do ef hickory brooms, do 38 e ¢ 10 do of com brushes, do. 4 3 bo 10 do of ship water buckets, do # i 4 © aly ast aeu Gases! a arae fs 2 1 do X gallon measures, a 40 do do do 1 do % do do do 90 do do do 1 do 1 do do do 10 do he do do © sushen e ¢¢ | Pquads hor shoe nal per found. i071 40 aa meee. ig v4 ldo 2 do d toe $e Hehe, a5¢0K inch = 3 do 6tolsinch vite bushed sheaves, per inch. oe go do 28)4 inch do ee ae Steen ig ss t laatiy diameciens "ae ae to pasare iron, 9-16 inch go 1 do Wie Rens 930 laches lon ep > Bh oats sper 4 Ne. 12—PAINTS, OILS, ke.’ 50 a do f , Y Sot gpftona Hess quality, wister steaieed sperm ‘ 1000 gallons best, winter strained sperm oil Per gallon. ; + gallon. 1200 Poids Russia sheet iron, Nos. 12 and 16, Per pound. 0 do do axes 11x20 tin, perbor. | 100 40 fmt x aS Homen pees quality Cc od ie per dozen. Fhe tm ek ead are] i ol pee rowa do do_’ woodaxes, handled, do 2° eee go $ dozen barry come, 4 50 do litharge,” do orse brushes, 0 , 1 do ench®, 12-aud 14 inch flat bastard files, do $@ do white elilk, do 1 da ygach #12 and 14 inch, half round ba gE A (09, % 2 dozen 14 inch flat float files, 4 Sudihiy Mother ae ee 3 do 12inch 3 square taper files, Ys y . hia 1 do websaws, . do 10 do ee Per ton of ir . + Gc 4° | 29,000 potnds ground feed, oats and corn, pare, per pound. 6 do hickory do do Be} ee ee ey best quality, per bushel. 3 (ees Meondlieee tere o Class No. tC ASTINGS AND MACHINERY. Seen Sinskes hieke per pound: | 00 cast iron sheaves 6 to 15 inches re 3 (say 150 French, grind stones, 3 feet 8 100 do ha waite: per inches diameter, 5 inches thick, jo. Garten 4 in. om 15 sides belt are eset per side, 100 do Washers,1'to 2 in. bore, to 10 in- 15 roams exp maper, faint lined, "per pean, net of seheei diameter, 1000 do. do 10 do lo (regulation,) do ry and iron werk fer 10 do letter do do granes, amounting to about 4000 10 do * buff envelope paper, ao imnz2z do Pe ko ves aaa, eee 70 atte: | 3,000 pounds of miscellaneous exstings of iron é 1441 do, mem. bool do do : Clase No. 15—STATIONERY. do 5 quires antiquarien drawing paper por sire 40 quart bottles Maynard & Noyes’ black ink, —_per bottle. 5 do super roy: do 10 half pint bottles best quality red ink, do 5 do ty do do if at pencils, Per gross. H Pettis eS "ee fo ea yan quill” steel pens, (1 gross { Frined Neyrella: ae £ 9 - reams envelo| per ream. 12 oes PerdoutosecslameeUetiseicatery 13 "do" fine cap ruled do do 12 gross Gil ett’s eagle steel peus, (I dozen and hol- 10 do do regulation de ¢ pees ee old a td +a) Cou ee do wmReodin bay 4 ig dog. drawing pencils (Freneh), vara jarre fs i aa as Aueriona sane Poe *o 3 do boxes pene, Gilott's estm fine No. 208 do 10 «do do white gum Ar di 2 do lo igen do Thearticles must be of the best 2 do 0 indle’s do c 10 do pen holders, do 2 do inkstands, do 5 do quart bottles black ink, do gorerument reser 3 42 small borttes (carmine) do quantities contracted for t do tape, red (office) do Opuon. No offer mast ve made for Jess than oue $ do do blue do do Contract will be entered into with the lowest bidder, 5 do sealing wax per pound. bond with Seo, seproved somuee ia moe ird | £ artes’: _— Le mice; but no mable to act yf onaxens 1816, that the party whose offer uch contract and bond within persons, confur 1813, and 10th Augu: d will exec uch acceptance. In case of Lis vy Agent wil. procure the stores, aud any excess paid over the contract prices shail be charged to the contractor and deducted from his Bills. Pa ments, ninety per cent in thirty days after bills in tripl are filed with the Navy Agent, duly approved, and teu per ceat on h tire I if tract. ra anes oOTEROSPER M. WETMORE, Navy Agent. Navy Agent's Office, New York, May 29, 1847. 5 Bee my29 Jaw iw re DRY DOCK AT BROOKLYN. 1 SUPPLIES FOR 1817-8. ax: New Yorn, May 8h, 18 ROPOSALS will be received at Navy (No, 4 South William street,) until, Satu of June next, at 12 o'clock, M., for such quanti lowi or ore ay ¢ direc- tion'9 Vards add Docks, during f the fiseal year ending on 30th Jan . vg proto nee to be made im ui ve endorsed “Proposals fo: C 1 to 17, he.) Butno offer will be considered without trittas oa iy. qignedl by gig more responsible personay thatthe se ec 1 orbidders wi te ding to law, when notified of the necepeence of toni cfee ee Class No. HYDRAULIC CEMENT. £2000 barrels of 300 pounds v F eee dase Nov2—BUILDISO'BAND, Pet bere 4000 cubic yardi lean, er cubi Cinss No. 3=BROKEN BG MEAN BEACH Pee: 500 eubie yards: one hal and ey je, hard dare a re oe coed 136 inehea diameter ot WHITE Sik iar; PLANK, ‘ho he oak timber, wt" aches muare, 30 050 ate, the envelope to pepe i . ae wen i, ie po act eae we Hehe Mm ee ppd dala phic jo. 16.—COAL. berland or Class Ni 1,000 tons coal, wm day Josabure, 500 do = Cumberland 100,000 briek of the best quatity of erp of % ‘Becedhey, Sette or Glass the remainder of the classes ts a i ‘ll Scere by A wi me: aed icles can be ality to ) may y, SPECIFICATION! , : of Ma will be furni plank, &e., with ew patterns req he,prices for cast aud wroug! r of turning, boring, drilling, for use. All articles, except t] iA ve dime: ‘above st 4, and 7, must 11 by ist October, 1847 on Ist July, © No. L—Th ap i pra sta of hard wood: 13 hrekory bo M17, to be vent to, the Dry Doel be furnishes LA the fron must filing and fcting up complete per ton of 2000 Ibs. Class No, 17—BRICK. hard smooth 7 thousand. casks of a to Particular bille beg ge Ni ., tention of the Contractors is particularly called to this about ps; samples of imber, Class No. 14, all fe all the Ja, brought by water, will be deliver- ed at the store house. jose brought by water will is charged at such wharf as may be des ited by Bond, with twosureties in one-third the amount, offers must be made rately, according te its nu muat distinetly state the pt merated, in the list, and the whole quantity and correctly added it foot, and the total amount of the class hid . All the articles are to ‘of the best qualit vered at the Navy Yard, lyn, at the said year, and in such quantities within the amount stipulated in the contract, as may ction as may be directed ‘Dock. je — of the artic! mount of ht to increase or dimi- named in the several classes fifty per cent, according to the wants of the mé lawit re PSR mora A ave HIGHLY INTBERESTING FROM MEXICO, Skirmish between the Mounted Riflemen and the Mexicans. FOUR OF THE ENEMY KILLED. CAPTAIN WALKER STILL IN PURSUIT. MORE GUERILLA ATTACKS. SIX AMBRICANS HILLED. Capture of Government Stores, Borland, Gaines, Clay, Midshipman Rogers, and other Officers, at liberty in the Mexi- can Capital. The English Mediation refused by the Mexican Congress, THE PEACE PARTY iN MEXICO, Proclamation to the Mexicans by Gen, Scott. GEN. TAYLOR AND THE PRESIDENCY, ‘We aro indebted to Sullivan's Express for the follow- fag intelligence by the Amboy Line :— (From the N. O. Picayune, May 20.) It was not until yesterday morning that we were placed in possession of the following letter received hero on Tuesday by the Mary Kingsland. It will be seen that Mr, Kendall’s letter is later than any thing hitherto re- ceived from Jalapa, while the letter from Vera Cruz gives more definite account of the occurrences near that city reported in our last upon verbal authority, ThE most interesting passage in Mr. Kendall’s letter is that announcing that Majors Borland and Gaines, Capt. Clay, and the other officers taken in'the North, together with Passed Midshipman Rogers, are at liberty in the city of Mexleo. The next step is’ to insist upon the im- mediate release ot the men who were taken with Major Gaines. Mr. Kondall’s remarks upon a peace party in Mexico, will attract attention, He has facilities for forming an opinion on the subject which the newspapers do not afford us. Were we to rely upon the latter alone, we should form a judgment very different from our associate, but we do not doubt at all that he has access to sources of information far better than our own. Vena Cavz, May 13th, 1847. A band of about 200 Mexicans has been prowling about the mounted riflemen’s camp, four miles from this place, two nights in succession, and’ last night the men were aroused twice by the approach of Mexicans. (Early this morning our gallant Captain Walker start. ed out to give them battle,and had a nice little skirmis! killing four ofthe enemy by the time my informant, an officer of the rifles, left, and he represents Walker a long way ahead of th of the first brush, following them up, , ! guess the enemy will ind that they have got hold of the wrong chap before Capt. Walker has done with them. This morning early & man came in from Santa Fe, where he had been left with seven others to guard some stores belonging to Government, and he states that a body of about 200 Mexicans attacked them last night, killing all his companions and taking possession of the stores, and he only saved himself by running. ‘There is another company of riflemen following up Capt. Waker, but I regret that I do not know by whom it is command. - ham assured by an eye-witness that he saw four dead Mexicans on the ground when Capt. W. met the enemy. It is gonerally supposed that this party of the enemy are nour here more for the purpose of plundering small parties and stealing horses, than any thing else. Jatara, Mexico, May 11, 1847--6 P. M. Since the diligencis went out at noon to-day for Vera Crus, another diligencia has come in from the city of Mexico full of passengers, and bringing news of not a little importance. Among the passengers was Mr. Ken- nedy, who, after being badly treated hero about the Ist of April, was driven to the city of Mexico. All the passengers confirm what 1 wrote you this morning. ‘They say that at the capital there was no Government, no order, no responsibility. All was anar- chy. Anaya was still President pro tem., but had neither influence nor authority. A new President is to be clect- ed on the 1th of the present month, the tenth chief magistrate this distracted country has had within the last'eighteen months. | cannot stop to count them all up, but such is the fact, ‘The ladrones—guerillas I suppose they should be call- ed now—are busy at work upon the roads, especially be- tween Puebla and the city of Mexico. ‘The same pas- fengers were robbed the other day no less than seven times in one stage, and the inference is that the Inst rob- bers must have had rather poor pickings if the frst were very searching in their operations ‘The diligencia in which Mr. Kennedy came down, wae robbed twice on the road. It in stated that the propositions made by England some months since, to offer her intervention In settling the difficulties betweon Mexico and the United Staten, have recently been taken up by the Mexican Congress, and after a warm discussion, in which one of the mem- bors said that the whole affair was but another attempt of the monarchists upon the sacred liberties of the Mex- ean Republic, the motion even to consider them was lost by # vote of 44 to 33. From this it would seem that the present Congress is determined to shut every door Againct all propotals of an honorable peace. Sante Anna has sent a letter to Congress from Oriza- ba, Ho gives his own account of the battle of Cerro Gordo, and claims u great victory on the first day of the fight. "On the second day, Providence, according to hi story, gave the advantage to the Yankees. Hie sa: nothing about the exertions of the latter. Santa Auna states that he has now seven thousand men, and that is force is rapidly increasing ; and, moreover, that all are burning to encounter the Americans again. Ho wants money to carry on his operations, but Congress has not seen fit to vote him a copper—one reason, pro- bably, being that it has not a copper to give. Santa Anna, so far as {can learn, is the only man who has been spoken of in Mexico as a candidate for the Presi- dency, and he is in very bad odor with the mase. The States north of Mexico—G -, Guanaju- ato, Queretaro, Zacatecas, Durango, San’ Luis and others—talk openly of separating from’ Mexico, and let- ting her take care of herself. Not a dollar in the way of supplies are they sending on for the relief of the general government in its emergency. ‘They were still doing a little in the way of fortifying the city of Mexico, but a Spaniard informs me that all the obstruotions they have erected so far could be kick- od over with the foot Tho city had been plaoed under martial law, and the direst excesses were anticipated. — The citizens had all been called upon to take up arms in the common defence, but unfortunately nine-tenths of them had no arms to take up. Nor were there any can- non at the capital, other then few small and indifferent jooes. ‘There is certainly a party, and an influential one, in Mexico, which begins to talk of peace; and where four weeks since they did not dare breathe their sentiments, they now come out openly and avow themselves. Still the measure is far from popular. The peace party is composed of the more honest and intelligent property holders, the merchants, and perhaps the clergy—to these are opposed the military, who have all disgraced them- solves, and all the demagogues among the lawyers. If the priests could be made certain that they would con- tinue te hold their rich benefices secure, they would pro- bably be all in favor of peace. On the approach of the Americans, it is said that Con- gress, with all the archives of the republic, will move to the city of Morelia, Of course all my news is verbal, not ‘8 paper having come through. I have despatch: to the capital for full files of the public journ: he gets back safe they shall be immediately forwarded to you. SajorsBorland and Gaines, Captain C. M, Clay, and all the officers taken in the north, were at liberty in the city of Mexico, as was also midshipman Rogers. ‘They are all said to be well and respectfully treated now, although the latter was infamously abused on the way up to Mexico from Perote. ‘General Canalizo was at San Andres, place north of Orisabs, at last accounts. ‘The force with him isnot stated, but is undoubtedly small, Ie isan old friend of Santa Anna, and is probably working at present for his master. I write this in great haste, and have no time for com- ment. One thing | must say, thatis that there undoubt- edly would be a very large peace party in Mexico were it not for the overweening pride of the majority of the in- habitants. It is hard to be thrashed into a peace, that’s certain. T send this by to ride thro = and g & Mexican to Vera Cruz, who promises at his fastest speed. {f It reaches you, ck, night.—Just aa my express man was starting, | was fortunate enough toget hold of the follow- ing hurried translation of a proclamation, which has been pr inted in Spanish, and addressed by Gen. Scott to the lexicans. | have no time to peruse it, but those who have think it will have weight and influence with the Mexicans. THE PROCLAMATION OF GEN. SCOTT. Heav-Quantens ov THE ARMY, ? : Satara, M The General-in- Chief of the 1 Armies of the United States of America tothe Mexican Nation : Mexicans! The recent events of the war, and the measures adopted in consequence b: yur government, make It my duty to addres you—te show you truths of which you aro ignorant, because they have been crimi- nally concealed from you. | do not ask you to trust my swords (though he whe hae never falsitied them hase W YORK, SATURDAY MO —————— = RNING, MAY 29, 1847. right to confidence.) but to judge of these truths by facts thin the view an knowl! goof you all. si Whatever may have been the origin of this war, which my country saw itself forced to undertake by irremedi- able causes, which | learn are unknown to the greater part of the Mexican nation, we ditasa necessity; such is it always to both belligerent, and reason ani justice, if not forgotten on both sides, are in dispute, each believing them its own. You have proof ot this truth aswell as ourselves; for in Mexico, as in the United States, there have existed, and do exist, two opposite parties. desiring—the one peace, the other war. But governments have sacred duties, from which they cennot depart, and often these duties impose, for na- tional reasons, a silence, and a reserve sometimes dis- pleasing to the majority of those who. from views purely Personal, or individual, make opposition, To thisa go- Yernment cannot pay any regard, expecting the nation to place in it the confidence merited by a magistracy of their own election, Reasons of high policy and of continental American interest precipitated events in spite of the cireumap tion of the cabinet of Washington, which ardently de- siring to terminate its differences with Mexico, spared no resource, compatible with honor and dignity, to ar- rive at so desirable un end; and when it was indulging the most flattering hopes of accomplishing its aim by frank explanations and reasonings, addressed to the judgment and Prudence of the virtuous and patriotic government of Gen. D. J, Herrera, the misfortune least looked for dispelled this pleasant hope, and at the same time blocked up every avenue which could lead to an honorable settlement between the two nations. ‘The new government discarded the national intere as well as those of Continental America, and elected in nce foreign influonces tho most fatal to the fature joan liberty and of the republican system, which the United States hold it a duty to preserve and protect. Duty, honor and dignity itself impose upon us the ne- cessity of not losing s season of which the monarchical party was taking violent advantage, for not a moment was to be lost, and we acted with the promptness and decision necessary In a case so urgent, to avoid thereby 8 complication of interests, which might render our re- lations more difficult and involved Again, in the course of civil war, the government of Paredes was overthrown. Woe could not but hope this would prove a fortunate event, and whatever other ad- ministration might represent the government, it would be leas deluded as well as more patriotic and prudent if it looked to the common good, weighing probabilities, its own strength and resources, and especially the general opinion as to the inevitable results of national war. We wero deceived, as perhaps you, Mexicans, were also deceived in judging of the true intentions of Gen. Santa Anna, whom you recalled, and whom our government permitted to return. From this condition of things the Mexican nation has seen what have been the results—results lamented by all, and by us sincerely; for we appreciate, as is due, the valor and noblo determination of the unfortunates who go t battle ill-fed, worse governed, and almost invaria- bly outraged by deceit or perfidy. We have witnessed, and we cannot be taxed with par- tiality for lamenting, with astonishment, that the heroic deportment of the garrison at Vera Cruz, in its valiant defence, was aspersed by the genéral who had just been defeated and put to shame.ul flight by a foree fur info- rior to that which he commanded, at Buena Vista; that this general, rewarding the insurgents and promoters of civil war in Mexico, heaped outrages on those who had singularly distinguished themselves by a resistance beyond what could be expected, and of admirable deci- sion, Finally, the bloody event of Cerro Gordo has shown the Mexican nation what it may reasonably expect if it longer continues blind to the true situation in which it has been placed by some generals, whom it has most dis- tinguished and in whom it has most confided. Tho hardest heart would be moved to grief in contem- plating tho battle-fields of Mexico a moment after the jast struggle. Those generals whom the nation has, without service rendered, paid for so many years, with some honorable exceptions, have in the day of need be- trayed it by their bad example or unskilfulness. On that field, amongst the dead and dying, are seen no roofs of inilitary honor, for they are reduced to the sad fate of the soidier—the same on every occasion, from Palo Alto to Cerro Gordo—the dead to remain unburied, and the wounded abandoned to the charity and clemen- cy of the conqueror. Soldiers who go to fight, expecting such a recompense, deserve to be classed amongst the best in the world, since they are stimulated by no hope of ephemeral glory, of regret, of remembrance, or even of Mexicans of honorable pace contemplate the peaceful and laborious citizens in all classes of your society. The possessions of the church menaced and held out as an incitement to revolution and anar- chy ; the fortune of the rich proprietors pointed out for plunder to the ill-disposed; the merchant and the arti- san, the laborer and the manufacturer, burdened with contributions, excises, monopolies, taxes upon consump- tion, surrounded with restrictions and charged with odious internal customs; the man of letters and the itatesman, the man of liberal knowledge who dares to eak, persecuted without trial by some faction or by the rulers who abuse their power; criminals unpunished and set at liberty, as were those of Perote—is this, then, Mexicans, the Raat} which you enjoy? I will not believe that the Mexicans of the present day are wanting in courage to co! errors which do not dishonor them, and to adopt @ system of true liberty of peace and union with their brethren and ne.ghbors of the North; neither will I believe that they are ignorant of the falsity of the calumnies of the press, intended to excite to hostility, No! Rite sentiment is not to be created or animated by falsehood. We have not pro- faned your temples, nor abused your women, nor seized your property, as they would have you believe. We say this with pride, and we confirm it’ by your own bishops and by the clergy of Tampico, Tuspan, Matamoras, Monterey, Vera Cruz, and Jalapa, and by all the authori- ties, civil’ and religivus, and the inhabitants of very town that we have occupied. We adore the same God, and a large portion of our army, as well as of the popu- lation of the United States, are Catholics, like your- selves. We punish crime wherever we find it, and re- ward merit and virtue. The army of the United States respects, and will al- ways respect, private property of every description, and the property of the Mexican church. Mexicans! the past ¢annot be remedied, but the future may be provided for. Repeatedly have Ishown you that the government and people of the United States desire peace, desire your sincere friendship. Abandon, then, Fenootous projudiess, ease to be the spar of individest ambition, and conduct yourselves like a great American nation; leave off at once colonial habits, and learn to be truly free, truly republican, and you will become pros- perous and happy, for you possess all the elements to be so, Remember that you are Americans, and that your happiness in not to come from Europe. I desire, in conclusion, to declare, and with equal frankness, that, if necessary, an army of 100,000 could promptly be brought, and that the United States would not terminate their differences with Mexico (if compel- led to do so by force of arms) in any manner uncertain, precarious, or less dishonoring to yourselves I should in- sult the intelligent of this grace 4 if | had any doubt of their acquaintance with this truth. ‘The order to form guerilla parties to attack us, I as- sure you, can procure nothing but evil to your country, and no evil to our army, which will know how to proceed against them; and if, so far from coneiliating, you suc- ceed in irritating, you will impose upon us the hard ne- cessity of retaliation, and then you cannot blame us for the consequences which will fall upon yourselves. I am marching with my army upon Puebla and Mexi- co—I do not conceal it ; from those capitals I shall again address you. | desire peace, friendship, and union—it is for you to select whether you prefer war; under any cir- cumstances, be assured I shall not fail my word. WINFIELD SCOTT. tT PRESIDENT OF MEXICO. [From the Now Orleans Delta, May 20. Don Pedro Marie Anaya, the prosent acting President of Mexico, was here during the invasion of the British in 1814-'15, He is, or was then, totally illiterate, and ignorant ofevery thing that belongs tocivil and military affairs.” He wore a gaudy and fantastic uniform, and rode # very little slim horso. ‘The grotesque appearance of the rider, and the caprioles of the pony, afforded much amusement tothe army, It is time for any country to supplicate the protection of the Almighty, that bas such man for its chief magistrate, One day he went up to town, and said his horse had been killed by the enemy; but those who knew him, averred that he had killed it himself, ANOTHER MEXICAN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE ov CERRO GORDO. San Juan De Unva, April 23, 1847, Most Exceturnt Sin :—Made prisoner of war, toge- ther with Brig. Gen. Romulas de la Vega, who is with me in this fortress, where we have been placed by the unfortunate events of the morning of the 18th instant, at Cerro Gordo; and separated from Brig. General Don Louis Pinzon, I conceive it to be my duty to report to your Excellency the occurrences of that day, the bitter results of whieh have placed me in the power of the United States of the north. His Excellency the President of the Republic, and Gen- eral in chief a the army, directed Cerro Gordo to be fortified, on the left of the National road, or carriage way, from Jalapa. This road crosses the brow of the mountain, and along it were placed our infantry,together with the head q' re, believing that our cavalry were stationed near tl rral Falsa, and the Kin The broad mountain, called the Telegraph, highest of the eminen of that chain, on tl Cruz side, Beyond the © sent road, and at the point of intersection of the old rond, the general in chief ordered battery to be placed, which would overlook the wagon toad, the deepest and narrowest place in the glen, The old river road was commanded effectively 7, the heights, which were de- signated by the names of the advanced lines of the right, left, and centre. The first and last named, had the river in front, along which,the enemy was stationed; the se- cond, commanded upon its left the national road; at the point mentioned before as the deopest in the glen, in such a manner as to enable us to defend the passages from the old riger road. The command of these lines was assigned bythe general in chief a follows :— Tho right, to General Luis Penson; the left, from the battery on the national road, to General Romulas de la Vega; and the centre to me. We were in our positions on the 17th, when, about noon, we saw the enemy advancing in column by the ia the Vera left of our vanguard, pushing directly forward for the heights, near the Telegraph. The tery of the ad- vaneed line of the left Opened ita fire of round shot upon Them, from our largest pleces, and with the best eflect Soon after, the enemy was discovered from the salient angle, upon which another battery of the rame advanced line had been placed, which also opened its fire. togetlior with the battery of the centre, both acting with euch effect that the enemy was driven from his position in less than half an hour. The enemy, compelled to aban- don that point by the injury received from our fire, commenced a movement, by the right, upon the T: graph height, where he was also received with the great- ost firmness by our troops, and retired in great disorder, with considerable loss, The following day, (unfortunate for the republic, the 18th April, the enemy presented himself to renew the attack upon the Telegraph, and opened @ fire upon all our fortified positions. ‘The height. after s severe and bloody com ‘as taken by main force, at the moment when my advanced line of the centre was attacked by another column, at the point directly under tl and of Post Captain (naval). Don Buenaventur: Aranjo. The battalions of Zacapuastla and Hatlang the Artillery and Pickets of Matamoros and Liberad, covered themselves with glory, and effectively sustained the right wing of the left live, putting to flight the enemy's column in the short space of five or six minutes, whieh formed againon our right, among surrounding thickets and ridges ‘The height of the Telegraph being taken, the enemy became master of our rear guard on the left) and to re- ceive orders of instructions from his Excellency, the meral-in-chief, | sent my Adjutant, Lieut, D. Fra uiz, with orders to see him or the Senoir G (providing Santa Anna had run—we suppose) —but he returned with the information that he found no one there—in our camp and head-quarters—and that a flag of truce was flying at a shed, a fact which was subso- quently confirmed by my own observation. Under these circumstances Gens, Pruzon, Vega, No- riega, Osando and myself held # consultation, and con- sidering that our position having been changed by the capture of the telegraph height; thatour rear guard was hemmed in by the enemy in front and rear, and that our supply of water, which had before been scantily fur- nished in barrels, was now entirely cut off—that the general-in-chief had previously withdrawn the battalion of grenadiers, which had covered our rear guard in the woods, the enemy were thus masters of our fate—and although some of us, by our knowledge of the hollows and ridges, might have saved ourselves, we preferred to bo prisoners, to the further sacrifice of the lives of our troops. In giving myself up to the generals of the enemy, I gave them to understand that no epprobrium to our honor or to our country, belonged to the act, and al- though they were the conquerers, 1 could never in any form palliate the war which they had made against my country. In thiese expressions I was joined by Gen. R. D. de la Vega, whore services in and out of the Republic have before this reflected so much honor upon the Mexican name. Col. Jose Maria Pavon, Post Captain Pedro Ruiz, Major Joso Maria Mata, Captains V. Arguelles, Gregoria del Callejo, Jose M. Manez, Jose Maria Moreno, Silverio A. M. Gallegos, Adjutant M. Camacho, (Lieut. of the Navy,) Fr’co. Fernandez, sub-Lieutenants B. Ama- ble, J. R. Cavarrubias, and Jose Lastortras, all of whom were brought to this place, and %s prisoners of war will be conducted to such place in the United States as the present government of Vera Cruz may direct. I beg your Excellency to lay this narrative before his Excellency the President of the Republic, and to remark to him and to the nation, whom we should all serve to the last, that this result is'an instance of the caprice of fortune, as at the same instant that our three lines of the vanguard had achieved a victory, driving our assailants before us, we found ourselves under the imperious ne- cessity of surrendering ourselves to those who, on the height of the Telegraph, the National road, and in our head-quarters, had inade themselves masters of the field. In numbers there were more than twelve thousand Ame- ricans, against less than two thousand Mexicans, who were surrounded by their advanced lines. Thaye the honor, ke. JOSE MARIA JARERO. ‘To his Excellency, the Minister of War. ARMY I LL (From the New Orleans Picayune, May 20. The destination of one-half the 3d Regiment of Dragoons, which was ordered to join Gen. Taylor, has been changed. Five companies have been ordered to join Gen, Scott. Threoof these companies—to wit: ‘Capt, Dupera’s, of Louisiana, Capt. Gaither’s, of Ken- tucky, and Capt. Ford’s, of Indiana, leave this evening in the Fashion for Vera Cruz, under Lieut. Col. T. P. Moore. Capt. McReynolds’s company, from Michigan, will probably leave to-morrow on the steamship Mary Kingsland for the same destination. \Col. E, G.W. Butler will about the 15th prox. establish his headquarters at Palo Alto, where Capt. Butler's com- pany, from Pennsylvania, Capt Merrick’s, of Maryland, und Capt. Hagan’s, of Alabams, are already encamped, and where he will bejoined by Capt. Caldwell’s, of North Carolina, and Capt. Duff's of New York—there to await orders from Gen. Taylor. Capt. Sitgreaves’s company, from South Carolina, will join Lieut, Col. Mooreat Vera Cruz. The above disposition of the companies of the 3d Dragoons has been made by a recent order from the Adjutant General's office. ‘We cannot but regret that this superb troop has been divided, on account ofits gal- lant colonel, who entered the service with the determi- nation of making it an honor to the country, or, in pro- fessional parlance, the eraok regiment of the war. tle will now only have one-half of his regiment with him; and although when he joins Gen. Taylor, Lieut. Col. May's squadron will -probably be tached to bis com- \d, it would certainly bo more agreeable to him to e his own regiment practised in the art of war under his immediate instruction and ina body. Col. Butler, we believe, too, would be glad to take an entire regiment to the support of Gen. Taylor, who must stand in need of this force from the length of his communications— and especially so since the voltigeurs, first ordered to the Rio Grande, have been ordered to join Gen. Scot ‘The diversion of troops’ intended for Gen ‘Taylor's column would load us to suppose that itis not designed that the Rio Grande army shall makes movement to- ward San Luis Potosi for some time. Though Col. But- ler takes but haifa regiment with him, we have good reason to believe he will make that haif felt along the line of Canales’s operations, ‘The material composing his command is of the best quality,and there is no more vigorous officer in the service than he. We understand that Lieut Hayes, who for some time past has been stationed at this point in the recruiting service, has received orders to join General Worth’s division, and will be succeeded by Lieut. Barry. Lieut. H. was in the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, and for his gallant and intrepid conduct, was compli- mented in the most flattering terms by the commanding General. He leaves for more active service, with the best wishes of many friends, for his continued advancement in his military career.—Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 26th inst. The United States steamship New Orleans, Captain Wright, sailed last evening for Vera Crus, She took down Captain M‘intosh, U. 8. A.;. Major Lee, and three hundred and fifty U. 8. soldiers, officers, and men, of the new regiments, Colonel M‘Intoah, Majors F. G. Bosworth, Boggs and Campbell, paymasters; Dr. Compton, Surgeon, and Messrs. Bosworth, Boggs, and Campbell, paymaster’s clerk: She also took $100,000 in specie for the pay de- partment, and 150 horses, together with the quarter- masters’ stores, &e. Judge Carrigan, of the House of Representatives, went out onthe New Orleans, taking with him the complimentary resolutions to Generals Scott, ‘Taylor, &c., which, on the part of the State, he is deputed to present. He also took in charge a charger for Col. Harney, presented to that gallant officer by our fellow citizens. Four companies of the 34 Dragoons— Captains Gaither’s, Ford's, Duperu nd M'Reynold’s —four hundred and one strong, was to have left last evening on the transports ‘Telegraph and Massa- chusetts for Vera Cruz. The original destination was Point Isabel. but that order has been countermanded. ‘They now go to reinforce General Scott.—New Orleans Delta, 2th inst, Cartain Buaxcnann.—Our Governor received a few days ago a commission of Captaincy in the Voltigeurs for this meritorious officer, accompanied by a letter, ex- pressing in very handsome terms the high admiration which the President entertained for the Urey fi zeal and efficiency which the Captain had displayed in tho eventful campaign through which he had paased with so much honor. regret that the ( Me oper is prevented by private considerations from accepting the commission offered to him.—Delta, 20th inst. The steamship Eudora, Captain Wilcox, arrived at a late hour last evening from Vera Cruz, the 14 {i ing a8 passengers Col. Haskell, Lieut. Col. ( Surgeon T. B. Hill, Captain G. W. McGown, © Murray, Capt. H. J, Richardsen, Lieut. G. W. Lieut. J. W. Chambers, Lieut. Wm. G. McAdoo, Lieut. A. J. Ellis, Lieut. BE. Sulli D. F. Douglass, Sutler, and 170 wounded and sick privates, of the 2d regiment Ten- nessee volunteers; also Lieut. Geo. Sutherland, and Lieut. Alexander P. Greene, of the Kentucky volunteers. The Eudora brings no later intelligence. vince a mort commendable zeal, in re- calls of the United States Government for the war with Mexico. The loss of many of her sons has not impaired the patriotism of her people. Captain J. B. Donalson’s company K. ar- rived at Alton on the steamer Domain, on ‘Tuesday evening. Captain Turner's company, from Marion county, arrived yesterday. ‘The whole regiment will soon be at the rendezvous.and soon thereafter will be on the way to Mexico.—St. Louis Republican, 20th inst Upon the sybject of the formation of the new regiments, to supply the place of the returning volunteers, the St Lowis Union, of the 20th instant, says :— In Illinois, #0 eager were the citizens to join the new regiments, that expresses were sent to the sap ital to secure a chance Four or five regiments could be raised in as many weeks, In Missouri, the ame spirit exists, St. Louis alone has filled up the requisition for « battalion of infantry, and has * more le! Indeed, two or three companies are sadly disappointed, because they couldn’t gain admin- sion, Then there are three or four mounted companies sponding to t for more troo ready here, whilst in all parts of this State volunteering is the order of the day We doubt not that companies four regiments will apply for iment and battalion. A similar ition prevails th There is no lack of soldiers. ‘The American people are ready, at the call of their country, to endure the privations of the campaign and the perils of the fleld.”? ‘The dwelling house, barn, and other out-buildings. of W. M. Depuy, in Marbletown, near High Falls, in thie county, were totally destroyed by fire on the night of Wednesday, the 12th instant, Ali the furniture in the house was consumed, the inmates having barely time to effect their egress in their night clothing Several of them were severely, though not dangerously, burmed be- fore they could escape from the house. Three horses, nine cows, fourteen sheep, and twenty hogs, perished in the flames. About two hundred bushels of grain, and all the farming utensils, belonging to the premises, were eonsumed.— Ulster Republican A young man named John Cramer, of Andover, Sus- sex county, N, J. hung himself on the 19th, Hin wife was ecalded to death ut six weeks after her marriage, and her loss incurable melancholy which re- Old Rough and Ready, and the From the New Orleans C: A valued friend, and who is also a disti; of this State, has forwarded to us the following commu- nication, which, at the present moment, will, no doubt, be perused with general interest. ‘The letter from General Taylor, is written with the same modesty and delicacy of feeling, which have so eminently characterized every thing we have seen from his ps It jufficient, we hope, to ret at rest all the doubts as to his acceptance of the nomination for the Presid A which bave been expressed by those in whom “ the was father to the thought.”” Weer Bartow Rover, La., 16th May, 1847. Wm. L. Hopor, Esq.—Dear St 1 send you, annex- ed, an extract of a letter, which I have recently receiv. ed from General Tayloi id. it shadows forth the feelings and views of the general, on the subject of the next Presidency, in a manner which can do no violence to the feelings of any one, I have determined to have published that portion of it which relates to a subject in which his name has been very generally assoc! throughout the country for some time past. 1 do so, with the more readiness, because it is eminent- ly calculated to give a proper insight into the real con Bulletin | 4 ished citizen acter of this eminent man. Please let it ha your columns, Yours, very sincerely and ry. “In regard to the Presidency, { will not say that I would not serve, if the good people of the country were to require me to do #0, however much it is opposed to my wishes, for | am free to say that | have no aspira- tions for the rituation. My great haps, ocly wish, ing this war to a It has ever been, and still is, my me one of tite most experienced, ta- lented and vigorous statesmen of the pene , Should be chosen to that high place at the next election. I am éa- tisfled that, ifour friends will do their duty, such a efti- zen may be elected. has been to bring, or aid in bring’ and honorable close. THE EXTRACT. “I must, however, be allowed to say, that I have not the Vanity to consider myself qualified forso high and respon- sible a station, and whilst we have far more eminent and deserving names before the country,1 should prefer to stand aside,if one of them could be raised to the first office In the gift of afree people. “I go for the country. the whole oountry—and it is my ardent and sincere wish to see the individual placed at the head of the nation, who, by astrict observance of the constitution, (be he whom he may.) can make us most prosperous at home, as well as most respected abroad. Miscellancous, William A, Welles, whose absence from his family ina state of mental aberration, we noticed several days since died, in the Ontario County Poor House on Saturday last—having previously been conveyed there by the poor master of the town of Manchester. Mr. W. wasa resi- dent of Rochester, which city he left several weeks since for the east. He travelled by railroad until somewhere near Rome or Oneida, where his purse gave out, when he left the cars, and is supposed to have attempted to make his way back on foot. An old friend and acquaint- ance of Mr. W. met him at the Depot in this village,on his way back. At that time he was far gone in insanity, and would give no account of himself whatever. He left Syracuse for the west on the cars; but it appears in- stead af reaching Rochester, he abandoned the cars at some intermediate place, and was finally found in the town of Manchester, (on a line of the railroad) in = state of great destitution and ill heclth. From thence he was conveyed to the County House, where he died at the age of 45. He was a printer by trade, and during his life connected with several newspapers and publications aveditor. In former years, before his mind bad suffered from the effects of disease, he was a vigorous writer, and possessed great natural energy of character. Few men have seen more of the world, or encountered its sun- shine and buffetings to-a greater extent than Mr. W. Mr. Welles served his apprenticeship to the printing business at 49 John street, New York. His fellow ap- prentices were James Harper and George P. Morris, At the expiration of his apprenticeship he sailed (in 1826) 4s a midshipman in the frigate Brandywine, on board of which was Gen. La Fayette. He afterwards dined with Lady Byron and the Duke of Clarence. He was, says the Rochester dvertis.r, “once confined in the dun- geon of Buenos Ayres; danced with the dat Gov. Balcarce, of the Island, and eat cassada root with the negroes on the coast of Africa. Hw built a saw mill and dam across Bear Lake in Western Michigan, and had occupied every situation in a printing office, from devil to editor. He has sipped malte, and danced amidst the giddy throng of Buenos Aryean lasses, upon the pampas of San Isideo, and ridden in his coach-and-four with the printer to the Government. He had visited every part of the United States, except New Orleans and Charleston ; had set type in almost every principal place from one end of the Union to the other.” In addition to all this, Mr. Welles was Vice President of the first Harri- son State Convention ever held in the Union, at Niblo’s Garden, New York, and it is said wrote the first editorial in favor of Gen. Harrison for the Presidency. For some time past Mr. W. had beem preparing a biography of his life, und he left Rochester for the enst, {oF ‘the PUrpore of putting the manuscript inf the hands of his publisher in New York. His book was dedicated, by special per- malas to Hon, John Quincy Adams.— Syracuse Star, 25th inst. A day or two ago the Mayor received a letter from our Minister in London, announcing the receipt of the sum of $15,000 for the relief of the poor of Ireland from this city. By the next steamer Mr. Bancroft promises to write as to the manner in which this money has been disposed of.—N. 0. Delta, May 18. Crime is on the increase in Boston. Five house rob- beries are noticed in Tuesday’s papers, ‘The bodies of three infants, enclosed in a rough box, were found on Sunday morning, in a burying ground near the Catholic church, South Boston. Some months since the bodies of six infants were found in the same lace. ‘The bark Zenobia cleared on Tuesday at Boston for Galveston, with a cargo consisting, in part, of 265 tons of ice. An order has been issued by the canal department re- quiring all boatmen to reduce the draught of thelr boats to three feet and a half, provided they exceed that at present. ‘Tho canal boat William Lawrence, of Fayotville, load ed with wheat belonging to H. V. Prentice, of Albion, sunk at Macedon locks on Saturday morning last. In- sured $3000. We notice that the Mexican-American paper, as it is called by the Mexicans of the capital, is edited by Don Andres Avelino de Orihuela, » young lawyer and eele- brated poet, from Havana, who has only resided a short time at Vera Cruz, Sr. Orihuela isa native of the Ca- nary Islands, but when child he was taken to Cuba, where his parents and himself have resided for upwards of twenty years.—N. O. Delta, 19th inst. Capt. Drofatter, of brig Deposit, at Boston, from Cape Verd islands, states that the volcano on the island of Fogo, commenced burning on the evening of 9th ult. and continued eight days. ‘The people of Batavia, have forwarded 63 barrels of superfine flour for the relief of Ireland. ‘The high prices of freight at Buffalo bave had the ef- fect to send large quantities of wheat through the Wel- land canal, and over the Tonawanda and Attics rail road to Rochester. ‘The railroad company have sgreed for 30,000 bushels. Giles B. Blodget,» young man who was sent to the state prison at Auburn, three yéars since, for stealing $2,800 (U. 8, deposite fund) from the mail in the post office in Ellicottville, while a clerk in the same, nearly two years previously, received his pardon from Presiden Polk on the 7th inst. At Newark, N. J., four persona, Mr. Daniel D. Ter rell, of Cottage street, and three of his children, have been bitten since Saturday, by a family dog, which is belioved to have become rabid. A crafty burglar who had long eluded the polieo of that town, was caught a few days since by some of the officers in Allegheny city, His name is Miller, and though suspected for some time, he had hitherto baftled all efforts to secure his legal arrest. The police at Boston has been remodelled. A patrol watch has been established in addition to the regular watch, ‘A gale was blowing at Buffalo on Wednesday after- noon, at 5 o’elock, ‘Tho fishing business at Gloucester, Mass., will this season employ 160 schooners and 17 boats; te tonnage from 9,000 to 10,000 tons; valued at ,000, employing 1500 men and boys. John Bull was killed by an overturn of his wagon, in Broome Co., N. Y., on Friday last, The amount of toll taken at Buffalo for the third week of May was $58,951 26. A young woman, aged 18 years, was convicted at New Castle, Delaware, last week, of ber some weari: apparel from her employer, and sentenced to be whipped with 21 lashes on her bare back. The city authorities of Boston are taking ac mea- sures in relation to the ship fe and pauper emi- 6 The steamship Caledonia arrived at Halifax on the night of the 18th inst., and was to leave in a few hours for Liverpool.—Boston Transcript, Thursday. The telegraph from Washington to Richmond is to be in operation by.the 4th July next. The citizens of Marion county, Mo., are about to eon- struct @ railroad from Marion City to Palmyra—it will be the first railroad built in the St Tuvypernonr,—It is said that this celebrated highwayman, of whom all trace had been lost, died a few days since at Brattleboro’, Vt., where hi for several years been practising asa physician, in which profession he enjoyed considerable celebrity. * During his last iliness he refused to be undressed, and when near his! end hired two men to bury him in his clothes, just as he died, a contract which was not ful- filled on their part, in consequence ofthe neighbors, who were desirous of §ring his remains a more decent and befitting burial in removing his clothes, previous to his being laid out, the cause of this eccentric desire of his was manifest—the withered leg and cork heel, the shot marks, and the scar, which witnessed a previous at tempt at suicide—precisely as laid down in Lightfoot’s description of him—marked him as the Thunderbolt who had gained such notoriety in England and this country, as one of the most daring and successful high- waymen thatever graced the annals of crime, On his person were also found a dirk and pistol, and among his effects arms of all descriptions, together with watehes, diamonds, jewelry, &c,, to an enormous value, packed away in sawdust, He always went dressed in three its of clothes, to make his figure more portly, and to prevent recognition, and his withered leg was found | wound with clothes, to make it appear the size of the other,” —Barre Patriot,