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

@ veietertth sit? a ,< ux b Vol. XILL No. 206-—Waale He, 4608 THE NEW YORK HERALD ESTABLISHMENT, North-west corner of Fulton and Nassau ets. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. CIRCULATION..FORTY THOUSAND, DAILY HERALD—Every day, Price 2 cents per copy—-$7 5. “WEEKLY HERALB“Bvery’ Saturday—Price 6 cents -payable fm Frc Bteam ber XL Peli POE Lutor ey ram Packet day— Pasbleinedrades: “Bebacetptioan sed ‘eeriaemate its Sieceds “i eet Cat ‘A He fee, Vivicme, % 4 molds, 18 Commi and Soha Milter tl i, aN NOAL tye) iat D— See Sos eee ae sit i advance. SPRISTING ot all kinds executed beautifully and with @onuer. ‘the Propnater “ew YOR ASE ABR NBIAIRAR COMPANY » 5 Bich Morn $0 AM. \ckahoo Heasna ville, Wi ir’ge. and lewensue H sine wh eect 1 “pM. TA i 530 TSE y 4 3 sn ia pate i ii 5 . ve Toa Testy 7 au % ru aa 2% 140 Me Wit Pip a 6 Mg TO AM. Ew $$ > 33 ew 8 323° $a Tpasneerti New Castle. Bedford, Whig eke, 613 a 7S 6 519 PM. 6 ae 4 1Sey The to and from Crotan Fa 11 not stop on New wep ea cates eS ahaa aes ga er ‘ne of C1 Polls wi Wien ee A eeccr mene ne Sr 9 7 0 ara pha mcrati ween AN ' ma i) Steet A AS ose Fil ‘above men- Teen reet tothe Ely: dey at Hoboken, leavi Elysian Fields, Wig o'olpok, Nineteenth stress, He jo 10}¢ o'c}oek, asosiss sega yt ~ gem FORSAKE WSBURT,LONGERANUN, BRANCH, i, Qoean House, Jumping Point, Runsom, en F estont ing The sreaanboat WIN LEWIS. ¢ laynes, will ran as fol m foi of Vesey street, North River = eave Leave Shrewsbury. New York. Joly. O'clock i Jaly. O'clock. ‘Tharsday, 2 4 P.M. Friday, ”, 9 AM du, | 30 SBM Bacar an 3 vs 9 AM Staged WET be'in fradia a. eeauin the arrival of the boat to con key pessengers toatl parts of the comutry, jy) Sarr lows ¢, Steamboat ORUS. ©. Puce, Master, will run ax follows, from Falton Maaker slip, Laat veri cave’ Sew ¥ Leave Shrewsbury. Suiy. July. O'clock Thureday, "29, ‘Thursday, “29, 06, P.M. rid ay Hs aye ri il, Ay. tk Fe tl, » Ad y Aer Sunday Aug. i, Ge BM ¢ Stages will ran to Howell Works, dquan ‘Valli hold. Btages to convey passengers to all parts of the above hout on ae- . All persot forbid sting the echt decomara B 249 6A Hs 0-3 ‘of the Owners. MON NING LINE FO ALBANY AND TROY and | diate Landings kcfas: aud Dinner uu board the Boat. amboat ye Captain A. Gorhasn, jarclay street. ve the steambout pier foot of days, ys, and Fridays, at seven o'clock A.M Returmn- ia » he oppogite days. "Che Sveamer NIAGARA, Cupt, HL. Kellogg, will leave the Steamboat Pier foot of Harel :y's ret, and 4 ‘uesday, Thrareday eday, athalf past six o’cloek, A.M., returning on the fas & Pare $9 Conta, asage of treight, appiy oo board, orto F. B. Hall, ar the wh iy20_ PeOrle S LIN ahs FOR Fee ALBANY, Daily, Sri Excepted= Chrough irectAt 7 o'clock, PB. M., frow weta Conztlagdt and Liberty street, at ISAAC NE ‘ON, Capt. Wi. Fi. Peck, wilt wouday, Wednesday, and briday evenings, at 7 inboat HEN OAIK HUDSON, Capt. R. G. Crntten a on Tuesday, Thursday aud Saturday even + wewJaudiag at Intermediate Places yo the footw, Barclay street host ROCHESTRY, Capuin R.A. Fury, will a ¥, Wednesday, Friday, and Suuday aftergoons, srt AMERICA, Capmin T. N, Hulse. ‘Voursday, avd Satarday after: ove vous willet all cimesayrive in Albany im ample the Morning Cara (or-ve East or West. if Saow at toderate rater, aud nove taken after 6 8 ‘All persous are forbid trusaug auy of the bots of this schoat u written ordéy from the captains or agents. F pagenge! or, eight, apyly ou board the boat, or to P. C atthe office an the whart. jvi2te bk I OPPOSI LION PASSAGE UFFICE—To 4 \bauy, Utica, $: Byres use, SiS meee. jt jer %: $2 25; De 10. $8: arg, BB. 100 Barely street. i unity Pequired will be given forthe fuliiweat of all ‘i widh tvs company. “iris tee Vi LAY, Agent, New Vork—1#7. STA’ Re ALAND FERRY. and run, STATED ERRY—On st after SUNDAY, April 1 the pteamboats foie SYLVA MEN Sane et roa ts antl ferther sotree : LEAT Lane At 6, 8, 3, 10,11, A. a 3, 6, 5, 6,7, M 10, ‘i, A.My and T, 3: tou (ninates past 2, and nt 4 5, cede DOMMES yet Pe ie, Sen Vork April tith altr Fa SOK lvenroUr— he Net Lin-—Tteqular packer ot 2 Use superior, fast sailing paceet ship LE At 7, 9 iperior, ’ POOL, U5 tone barthen, will sat! as above, hee regular day. nt OF fimasnge, ha legant and superior agcom Se PSST. fe MINOR by aoa oe ote WoOopnul ev of pasange 8100. 250 tous burch Liverpool, and Queen of the West, ne, Will suceerd the OW—Regular Pocket of ine new Br. packet stap BROOKS nite Hugh Mfckwea, will sail an we da) he or pnasaire, having splendid accommodations, np- ply on board, fuot of Roosevelt et BY or to ‘ WOODHULL & MINTURN, §7 Sough s Che rewulor paqwet back Ada art, 100 tous, Capt. Wri will queceed the Brooksby, mud sail ut her regular day. ' PPARD EMIGRA TL 10, iv connection with Geonge Rippard & tou, Liverpool ~The sndecrivers beg to inform the Ney lave opener! a house ta connection with their ‘ourge Rippard & Sa, of Liverpool, and are enabled to freward piss ngers to aud from Liverpool, Belfut, Dublin, Cock, nud ll other parts of Grest Britain and Leeland, on moat ins. For the geueral satusfietion given to pss- ough our house in Biverpool, we ean, by tous Te ters received from euii ‘rom wat to the kood at oll ja order.to fully out the ar iy esiablish a house im this city, MoVAUeE COMMON Lo eMigrauts here au may be prevented & Son, Liverpool, despatch the Rase Gaciek, rer, Queen of the West, Lwerpool. and Co: aritntion, On ther rogular days, and, in ad@tion, one or more brat elas ships every week. raons Wishing to send money to thelr friends ean procare s wareble at eight without diseonut, oa the priucipal pants and therr beaveles in bengiond, lrelend, aed 4° Hand. mt to CARLISLE & RIPPAR > Ue. aie “6 Sanrh atenet, twa ~ FOR LIVERPOUL—Paeket vii ASHBUR- TON, Cape Howlwud, 100 tons bare =n stl 4 eday, éth of Anguat 1 f hicant # i nee vas iu port, mud the ares eeawed, those sasitoa ol fa tehwuld’ wake yor Maiden lane, oF to neo i te wORieny eBoath ie sicantuew pact + 900 toms, to sail * © friends in the Old heowt 14. either of the above dy@re comerPiie will be eded by the ni; cst POINT, Onpe. Allen, burtas 1 Angast, her vewalar day, Persons deni f seudioy for Oonitey, cao have them t packets, by apply ug as above, Git 1. Ceatle wall, 40 feet. ‘The Description of the Castie. Castix oF Penotz, Mexloo, May 10, 1547. [ sead you herewith a sketch of the celebrated Castle of Perote, under tho impression that a wood out frei it, in your Weekly Herald, would give your readers a bet- tor ides of this place, so famous in Mexioan history, than any description that could be written out, ‘The dimen- sions of the Castle and its appurtenances are accurately noted on the sketch, having been carefully measured on the spot. The walls and buildings are constructed in the most substantial manner, and are in perfect repair through- out. The masonry work ia the most beautiful I have NEW YORK, T HURSDAY MORNI RK HERALD. mas ie G, JULY 29, 1847. THE CELEBRATED CASTLE OF PEROTE, IN MEXICO. P. y Gar PRS REFE Curtain, 847 feet, ever seon. The front walls are faced with dressod stone, and the materials and workmanship of this fortress are in every respect far superior to San Juan de Ulua, of which you have heard so much. Besides the barracks and casemateswhich are very extensive, and could eas! ly accommodate 6,000 men, there ure numerous work- shops within the walls, for blacksmiths, carpenters, ar- morers, wheelwrights, and, in fact, every branch ot me- chanics ususlly found in a great arsenal, Among the chief objects of fnterest in the Castle a: the casemates in which the Texan prisoners were con- fined, and upon the walls of which the names of many of thom were insoribed, and are still visible. The cha- 3 Outer face of bastion, 103 feet. 4. Inner face of baation, 90 feet. i] RENOBS. 4, Moat wall, 16 fees. 4. Ploket fence. pel, @ neat and beautifal room, te also an object of tute- rest, and contains tho grave of Guaduloupe Viotoria, first Prealdent of the Mexioam republic, who died in 1824. In the southwest angle of the moat (which Is dry and appears to have been so for years, though it is sald thut jt can be filled with water in two hours) isa large rough woodem rons, at the foot of which we found « number of unburied skeletons Theze we learn are the remains of Mexican otiminals who had been fustenod to the creas and shot, and their bodies loft unburied on the spot where they fell. The wall in the rear of the cross has the marks of scores upon scores of musket balls up- Se It ought to be @ very fine country to Justify an exposure to such sufferings and horrors Benjamin Hudapeth baa peou appoiatad Captain of & $120 per month aay « company in the California Battalion, with ‘This writer says that General K, thea Yefnor tad Commander-in-Chist of Upper aad Lower ARMY INTELLIGENCR. da} Captains Fi fa Vers Crus on Wedoesday next. These fine troops are already furnished with arms, aud most of them have already re- bears their Cink baring A 2 arily engaged io muking stalls trope on the steamships Eudora and Fashion. On Wed- nesday uext we may, therefore, prepare to bid « eordial good-bye fora timeto the gallant men who bave no eagerly come forward to rear aloft the banver of the ature and stripes in the country of the evemy —New Oricans Delia, 20th énat. Capt. Livingston’s company of volunteers for the Mexican war arrived ia Tallahasses on the 9th {reten under command of Istand 2d Lieutenants DM Stewart, Jr..and W. W. Scott. ‘They number about fifty men. ‘The remainder of the company yas on the aod was to arrive ina day ortwo The company n raised iu East Florida, principally in Columbia County. They embark wt St. Marks for Mexico.—New Orleans Deita, Q0th inst, Lieut Wilkinson, of the 1th infantry, arrived bere lust evening from Camargo, on bis way to Jacksonville, liaoia, where be will reoruit for his regiment.— St.Louis Revestie, July 20 Col Ralla, of the new regiment of mounted volun- Were at Independence, has made the following appoint- ments:—Adjutant, 8. Hart; Quartermaster, Te Slos- Sey comers IB Thompwn; Sergeant Majer, Ww. 5 } Quartermaster Ser; 5 latyre. St. Louie’ Ri publican, July aaa 1 Capt. E. C. Carrington, Jr. of the Virginia of volunteers, reached this city on Sunday evening. ezulce to supyly the recuncles In the eglneme eeeenion- uits to supyly the vacancies in t. Vt ed by deaths and discharges. —Richmond Whig, July 27. Tux Commirres or Five —The United St tes agent for the Cherokees, Col. M’Kisick, has re- evlved a communication from the commissioner of In- affairs, Hon W. Medill, dated 29th March, requis ing that the committee of five, appointed by the treaty party to carry out the provisions of the 6th ertiele f the treaty of 1846, in favor of that party, shall re-asecm- ble, and so correct and modity their report that it will better conform with the spirit of the treaty. The errors of the committee which are to be corrected aro, a6 we understand them, in having appropriated more of the $100,000 to defray the expenses of the a such, than was authorized; and in having al claims in favor of persons who did not belong to the Party, We suppose the request of the commissioner will be promptly acceded to; and the diffloultics in the way of paying tho party be removed soon us practicable. understand that the Cherokee agent has recently forwarded to New Orleans, to be placed in the govern ment treasury there, about $20000 of unexpesded money belon; to the Cherokees. This ie done te compliance with circular from the commissioner of ln- dian affairs. ‘These $20,000 was a balance due to the Chero! we are informed, for arrearages on annuities withb: P 1836. and why it has not 2 i Over we are Dot Sending money from the government is co lurgely indebted to us, is # retro grade stup, and might seem to imply—* You [Indians cam wait for your money till we thrash the rasoully Meal cans’? Ta-ka-to-kah, convicted of the murder of the woman at Beattio’s pruirie, was hung at the oourt-house in De- laware District on Friday last, the 2d ast.;in the pre sence of a numerous con: ourse of people ‘The murdor was the most oruei and wanton that we bare beard of. it seems to have been perpeira- ted for the gratidcation of a brutal passion, and that it on tt, and near the crows were trenches that eontetned the bones of the alaia that wore from time to tine ool- Jeoted and buried. ‘There aro two moxt magnificent Spanish bronge mortars, each seventeon inches in din- motor in the clear, in the east and south bastions, that would excite universal admiration among the good citl nens of your harbor, aud would prove exeeedingly useful In thme of need. ‘The garrison of Perote consists of seven companies of the Ist Pennaylyania volunteers, and one company of U. 8, artillery, Very truly yours, - R. K, SCOTT, Cap'n of the Cadwallader Grays, lst Reg’t Penn’a Volunteors. So AFFAIRS IN THE WAR QUARTER. AMERICAN PRISONERS IN MEXICO. _ (From the New Orleans Ploayune, July 20.) We have been allowed to make use of a letter from Lieut. Barbour, of the Ist Regiment Kentuesy Volun- teers, who is now @ prisoner in the city of Mexico. It will be recollected that he was taken prisoner when in command of the escort of a train cut to pieces by the Mexicans. After the publication of the parsgraph in this paper which elicited the letter, intelligence was received of Lieut. Barbour's fate, and publishel, yet the letter is interesting for some of its details,and we give it, omitth g paragraphs of a private nutur The letter will awaken new alarm for the fate of the handtul of brave men now prisoners in the city of Mexico. The perfidy of Santa Anna in the case of these prisoners is rafficient to justify every stigma which has ever been cast upon him. [tis emivently cruel and contemptible, and far more shameless than most of his unworthy acte, for often the man endeavors to propitiate universal re- gard by traits of appiront magnanimity :— City or Mexico, June 29. 1847 Dear Six—1 wae a on receiving @ number of the N. O. Piccyune of the 6th inst , to find that nothing was known of me and my command since oar capture om the 34th of February last. A correspondent of the Picayune eupposcn thet we were murdered, and the edi tor concurs with hiua in opinion, | bad written reprat- wally, \d had contidently hoped that soine of my letters hal resched their destination; indved, | was very cer tain that my friends in Monterey had received intelli- gence of us. I regret this the more, as it has doubtless ares my fainily and friends much unnecessary un onsiness, On the dth of this month 190 of our prisoners (among whom were Charles and John Swigert) left the Castle of Santiago in this city for Tampico, where we were told they were to be released, but it is with t that welearn through the be papers here that stopped at an Indian village 160 miles from this by order of General Santa Anna, and that they were star: ving. Gen. Garray, who has them in char; the Government here that'he cannot obtain provisions. ke. | Trefur you to the paper £1 Republicano, which | send you. We have suffered great hardships, particularly the men. They have been ina state of nakeduwes, famine and disease for the last five months, and many of (hem would have died had it not been for the foreigners hore through whom ald was giventhem We have been on parole since the 20th of Apel last, and this city is as- signed us as our chertel. The Government has paid ue during part of this time four rials (60 cents) per diem aud they charge us the same to obtain it; soin fact we get notbiog. But we have not been in want, for mercon- Ule houses here are willing to supply us with whatever ‘ands we want {t is known officially to us that Majors Gaines and Bor- ‘nnd, Capts. Clay, Heady and Danley, Lieuta Churchill, and Davidson were agterd to be exchanged at the battle of Angovtnra, Capt. Smith. Quartermaster, Midehip- roan logers, of the navy, and myself were not provided for. Bat this Government, or rather Santa Anna, has uo idea of relewsing any of ug It ie his with to eeud us to Acapulooon the Pacific, ‘Phe moat rigid and compul- sory measures on the part of our government will (aione) do us any good. [There {a evidently a word wanting iu thi» sentence in the original, and we have ventured to supply it, itis bute oonj-ature,] ‘As [send this by the Briatish courier, thonos by the pavket via Havana to New Orleans, | cannot mention soy news of local or military character, as it would compromise hia neutrality. Respectfully your friend and serv't, WM. T, BARBOUR SANTA ANNA AND CERRO GORDO. (From the New Orleans Picayune, July 20.) We promised the other day to pay our respects to Santa Anna's detailed report of the battle of Cerro Gordo. it is inthe nature of an autobiography, ex- tended from the moment when the Army of the North was retiring to its former quarters, “covered with glor on the field of Angostura,” down to the 18th of ‘April The difficulties he had to encounter occupy much of the long narrative and do not require to bw told. ix minute description of the works at Cerro Gordo would hardly be intelligible without the plan accompanying the report. The moet rapid und condepsed portion of the narrative describes the fighting. but the events are not new, as be confines himself principally to the storin- ing of the by known as the Telegraph, The death of (ion, Vaeques and the faltering of the Puebla brigade are the most notable of the eventa of the dry in his etory Despatching the details of the defeut, he coo- cludes his report with « kind of sur’wmary of excuses aud of his profveved devigns,which we have liastily and rude. ly translated, We hardly need wey that the original re- port is spirited, artful aud well written. “Such is the exaot and genuine account of my opera- tions at Cerro Gordo during the few days which elxpsed from my arrival till the morning of the 18th, By this it will be seen by the Supremo Government, that sur- rounded by @ thousand difficulties | spared no means or efforts to wssure a triumph for the nation in the position welected; that there were no rave errors or faults com- mitted, av malevolence or cowardies has whispered ; and that aswy interests nod my glory were identified with those of the nation, so it ia but Justice to meto confers thatit waa mot my fault that the result did not corres- pond to wy and my mosterdent desires. Grant, if you please,that there should have been somewhat more firmness and intrepidity shown by our soldiers; but they vhould be vacused in consideration of the litte ex- writes to = perience of war which they had had during the fow months that they had been enlisted. The fortifications, too, upon the hill known as the Telegraph, were de- ficient; but it should not be forgotten that the enemy did not allow time for the completion of the works de- signed and commenced, nor was it possible to complete them without sufficient laborera, without tools, and wven without materials. ‘The people did not afford the aid which was required of them.and some of them contiguous to the seat of war deserve the denunciations which the Governor of that State did not spare them,uotwithstand- ing hie well known moderation. Besides the deficiencies above indicated, more infan- try of the line were wanting, which it was impossible toprocure, You will have noticed that among the few bodies of permanent infantry which | enumerate, there were ouly a few more than 3°00 mea, snd even of these some had just beea recruited. ‘The remainder, enough to bring up the uumber tou little over 6000 men, belong- ¢d to the Natiousl Guard, recently enlisted, and yet to buru their first cartridge in presence of the enemy. It is not true, therefore, that there were assembled there & force of from 12.000 to 14.000 men. aa has been-hastily or maliciously cixculated. But there is nothing strange in the victory won by theenemy, if it ie considered that their aumber was almost double ours, that they posses: sed all those elements which we were in want of, and Uhat their courage in the action was as desperate as would have been their situation ifthey had lost the hattle, Atéome futareday, when political passions and personal rivalries have pasted away, outire juatice will be done those Mexicans who, notwithstanding their di advantages, opposed their generous breasts to the urro- gant invader on the i7th and lech of April, aad roid dvarly the vietory which Was wou on the second day of combat. A tavorable moment gained the triumph, which was in & measure brought about by the want oftime to for- tify our position properly, by the searelly'of goad troops, Dy the blameless inexperievoe of others aewly enlisted, by the wantof laborers and of the tools indispe: Ne for fortifications erecting in haste, and the want of other materials and elements which are reasonably re- quired to assure # successful resuls. Nothing of all this was concoaled from menor was my resolution shaken by it When a great people is invaded by an unjust enemy, which aims wt wounding its rights ond trampling on its diguity, it cannot excuse iteelf irom a tight, even though it should be unprepared for the combat. it will sufler defeata, but weakening the eneioy eveu In Its own disasters, it will require experi- wend sooner or later it will exterminate tho jnvaer, or at leust give him a positivedefeat. In tuisconriction, which is deep rooted within me, | have sought the easmy in every direction, and Inficted hoavy losses upon hin. in both the actions which | buve fought. Lf Mexicaos discover that we do not fight the enciny as often as an Gpportunity cccurs, they will abandua themnelves to despair, when there are abundant reasons for lovking forward to the happy day in which thy ovuntry muy re- cure again unfading glory. My faith in ber destinies has uever absudoved me; and 1 leave to others the Dicasure of exercising their malevolence or thelr envy, whilst L strive with ail my powers to wrest victory from the hands of the enemy, or to mvet death—the only posse term of my determination to serve with seal nud loyalty the naciou whic has #0 constantlyh onored me.” ‘The closing paragraph of the report in a tribute to those who feil, and @ resommendation of their furuilies to the generosity of the Republic. NEWS FROM THF RIO @RANDF. ‘The steamship Mary Kingsland, Capt. Davis, arrived yesterday morning from Brazos Santiago, having suled on the 16th inst. Capt. Davis :eports that ths Rio Grande was naviga- ble to Reynosa fur the large class boats, while thous of a light dranght can ascend so Camargo. ‘The steamer Rough and Ready had started with troops on board for Mier, where the camp of instruction had been formed under Gen, Hopping, Col, Belknap act- iug as Inspector, There was aromor at the Brazos when Capt. Davis left, that Urrea with a foree of 3,000 men was about to make a deseent upon Reynosa. One company on the way to the camp of iustructyon, had been landed at Rey- nosa, and the quartermaster was making every prepara- on to defend the place, Several bodies of the enemy have lately been reen on the river, and {¢ ix supposod to be Urre tack some of thu depots, or wagon trains betweea Ca- aaargo wud Monterey, A gang of desperadoes commanded by & map named King, composed of Mexicans and people of otber na- tions, bas been found near the Brazos Some of tho mem- bors of the gang have been taken prisouers and the rest dispersed, ‘be rancho frequented by them was burnt to the ground So far the report of Capt. Davie extends. We turnnow to the Matamoras Flog of the ith inst, the letest p perwhich has reached us Woe find in it no cenfirma- tion of the rumors about Urres, bat others of a very similar import touching Carvajal. The several stories ess little consistency,and we dismiss them with wach incredulity. We cull the foilowing items from the Flag : Company B, 18th infantry, 90 men and three officers, commanded by Lat Lieut. eo, W. Clutter, passed up the river om Thursday. The men were all recruited in Virginia, and are a noble specimen of the cbivalrous fons of that ancient State, The company haa lost bat one man singe ite organization, and all are now in Ane health, Lieut Clutter is hastening his command with all despatch to the camp of instruction at Mier, where Hogg companies of the same regiment have preceded ‘The following does not agree with our last previous ad- vices from San Antonio :— A gentleman just from San Antonio, ‘exes, informa us that Col, Hays is making very slow progress in form- ing his new regiment, The men composing the recently disbanded regiment were collected from remote parts of ‘exns, and with few exceptions have returned to thelr he 80 vexed at the trouble and expense that they have been put to, that no inducements can make them return. The colonel has not given up, but still has hopes of rallying enough boys-to form the new regiment. P. H. Bell. a most gallant officer and noble gentleman, has entwred actively into the recruiting serv It be didate for lieutenant colonel of the regiment whea ning that a few day# ago & number of horses belonging to the quarter- master’s department were “stampeded” and run off. ‘Three or four Mexicaus in the public employ were sent after them After buddling them together, sod whilv engaged in throwing ropes over their necks, a strange Mexican wos observed officlatiog inthe same Kine of rervicn. Quagk ax thought a lariat wax cast over his head and the noose drawu, The suddenness and toree of the uetion threw bim to the ground and dislo- cated hia neck. Several horses, wo learn, have been ridden off in this way at various times. Some nix or s9- ven horees on this occasion escaped without the U.S brand being burnt upon them, APPAIRS IN CALTEORNIA A correspondent of thy Baltimore Republican, writing from Miontery, Upper California, under date of March 15th, says 2 great deal in laudation of that tertile region. Wo oopy the fullowing As regards Celifornia, there has been so much writton and ssid wbout it, that it seems to be aliaost a worn-oul tale; but there bas nothing ever been written it its praise, that tell half ite worth ax a seunten=® land that Provi- dence has marked as # howe. an Eden for the sons of freedom, But still everything is wanting here to make this a country, « State; there aiways has been a govern- or here, but no government; the oldest Spauiard in the laud knows nothing about the right of suffrage, and tie word election by popular vote is entirely uoknown. T’ Jand wants more Yankees before itcan become a por- tion of the United States, [t in to be hoped th: Kearny will not be removed from the ofhce until bis plang are carried out, wad a repubii g Vernment eatablished, as ho ie uoquaiated with the na- tare of the people and bis plan of plain jastice that he deals out to tnein has gatoed their esteem, and he is looked to by the Inbubltamte as a succor in thie their hour of need. You can imagine the state of a country that has been herassed by Internal revolutions, for two years put under martial law, and that uot reaching out of sight of the sentinel, and Do toternel machine of law or order nt work to keep its marauding inhabitants at peace, This must soou be remedied, and Gen. Kearny 4 the maa that Is now looked on astbe one fitted to undertake ths task, ‘The functionaries of the late government (so called) have all returned, with tbe ex- ception of Gen, Castro, and # friendly feellug begins to exist between them and the Americans Balls and tan dangoes are given by them and by our officers,and all commingle and pe themselves together. ‘The starry fag decorates the haiis of those that were but a short time since favorites of the government of Mexico if the foroon of the United States were pow withdrawn from California, the people would declare and taaintuin an independence of Mexico, As regards che soil of California, It eonslets of a black mould, the average depth of four fet on bill aud valley, every species of grain or vegetable that ever sprouted out of the earth oan be ralsed here to bursting serfuction. ‘Tobsoeo, hemp, and Gat oan be brought to such per- fection here, that no country in the world oan equal it, and noland on earth can produce such. grapes as thin; the vine, if properly cultivated here, could be brought to gienter perfection thau any eountry in tho world. [ have seen some vineyards of the Spaniards hore, that are extensive, but not properly cultivated. Not mavy moro years will pass before all nations of the earth will seek the wines of Californi« As to ita virtues as a grazing country, California stands unparalleled on earth; grass and wiid oats grow where, and now you can sow grass two feet in height on every plain. where thousands of cattle are feeding, and continue to do #o from year to yeaz,as the fields are ever green, aud have been fo sines thme began, You may boast of improved breeds of cattle in the States, euch as Durhames, Devonshires, & ; but come to Valifuruia avd Seo # heed of two or three thonsand botlocks feeding on the plains, and then ask why California has been over- looked as regards its superiority of ewttte over all others of the eurth There is vo attention paid to them. as we have to give tocwttloin the States; but they grow up in nature's wide doumin, the largest and fattest on earth Every lagoon, lake, aud river tees with Orh of every pe Sg the salmon in partionlar, ‘She mountains and wtuy are filled with deer, clk, and every species of oust that lives; clouds of geere and ducks ofevery kind (no cxuvass backs) fill the Sickness of any kind is unkoown, Life lasts until ago makes it a burden. ‘Tbe hills are rich with precious minerals; rich jron aud cop- per Ore peeps out of every hill-side; every thing is abundant except bread, and thatthe lary Spaniards are too worthless to raisn, Flour is now worth $29 per bar rel, and cannot he had for that, Boef, beef is the words Ute natives live on meat; they work, live with, and live on their cattie; and tue wonder to me fs, that horns ond hair do notgrow out of every Indian and Spaniard i California, Send out our countrymen; we want settlers, not Ne dives here; tell them that this is Eden ona large scale; (he land has increased iu richness, as the sons Of fiee- . ————————————————— dom have Increased and gone westward. the Eastern shore of Maryland and my native State of Virginia were taken from their sandy homes In the oast, and transplanted in this the far west, the change would be such that the gray-hended would dance, the consump- tive by cured. the loan become fat, and they would soon forget their herring-fries whilst revelling over the ral- tman-chowders of this lovely land | would say a few words to the “soap-loeks”’ of your city. ifwe had any use | for them out here; but as there is no uae, accordit God's will, for physicians or quacks of any kind. they need not ccme. As to lawyers, we have no use for them; as we bayo no law to expound, they would have nothing | to do; aud when we make our civil laws, (whioh will | be soon.) we intend them to be so plain and republican, that everybody can understand them without ex- Inpation. Ak torojgues and rasoala, the supply on hand b entirely over the demand, not only American manu- facture, but frou every land that the sun shines upon. Farmers, mechanics of every kind, merchants, traters, peinters. and men of every honest calling, can becowe rie here. ¥ em here; and when they come, t lot exch bring his impleiwents of trade or calling with hiv, as there iy nothing here towards civilization, onl, whut bas been brought here by settlers. are two thousand years behiud the age out in this coun. try; aud woon they come from the eurtern States, let them comu by way of the sen, as itis better than the fatiguing travel by land, and then they can bring what y Waut with them. ‘There have been three hundred with emigrants lately arrived in the valley of the eruwcnto river, from Independence, Missourt. ‘This valley (Sacramento) is the most extensive settle. coept of Americans in California, and this broad and fertile valley is fast filling up Silence reigned over it Through ages; its blooming boom was the haunt of the elk aud tho beasto of the woods; the death like stilluess was only broken by the splash of the Indiun’s paddle, as he wafted his fur-indened canoe down its pearly water: ‘The hardy pionvercame to it with axe and rifle, and upfuried our tarry fing over {t, and now it blossoms as the rose, The ploughboy’s merry whistle, the milk. maid’s gaysoug, and the ;hum of bury life, are heard from the shores of San Francisoo's placid water to the cliffs of the snowy mountains; and the time is not far distant when the lovely valleys and plains of this beauti- fal country will teem with thousands of the sons of the earth that love to repose under the branches of Liberty's ‘Tree, San Francieco bids fair to be the commercial mart et California; but Monterey enjoys the same favors of trade At present; yet the couvwnivuce of navigation on the rivers that cenpty into Sem Francleoo’s bay makes it bet ter than this ay 4 market. But the thae is drawing pear when the mountains will be tunnelled, the ravines Med up. ond the rumble ofthe hissing engine be heard ou railroads from Vaugouver’s island w Panama, and the suns of these forests thank God for the day that made thom freo, EMIGRATION TO GALIFORNTA. ‘The diffioulties and daners to which our bardy pioneer» to Culifernia and Oregon, are grapbiouliy aet forth by Mr. Quivvey, a correspondent tothe Western Bipositor One of his lwiters appenred in that paper on the 14th inet ‘This Letter is datod ou the 24th of Maron Inst, ot Lower Puebla. Tho writer arrived at tho Sret settlement in California on the 1th of October, efter a very Jong and tiresome joucney, Very soon aftor thelr arrival ti (ull fornia, hearing of the revolution, end that the American colors Were raised, these emigrants enlisted ne volunteers in a regiment formed under Col. Fremont, with the pro- mise of twenty-five dollars per month—rergesnts, thirty five. He speaks very favorably of the ovuntry over which he bas passed, and says, that {fhe were now back in Missouri with bis family, end with his present know ledge of the country, he would not hesitate to move ham, if mounted on some of the forts in | If the sons of | Improvements | Imperioualy deniandes the most rigorous pupishment ts evident to every mind, from the circumslances that ber bushand was absent at the time, that she waa btabbed not less then a doen tines, some ray Lwent: id that when the body wus discovered the next morulng, 8 beip- less infant was found ut her b east. We understand that severs! respectable merchants In Fort Smith have ceased to deal fn spiritous Lquirs; and that the Flint Temperance Scoiety have adop.ed & Tes lation recommending to thelr members vot to deal with merobaute who ell then to the Ludinas. Tho tewperance cuuse iu tho nation numbers thous ands of frivuds, iucluding men of wenith, respectability and influence. it now possesses 4 power which, properly directed, 1s not to be slightly wsthuuted; and that power sbould by brought to beur upon the humane ends which it i striving lo accomplice —Cherokee Advucate, 6ih instant, | Annese ov a KipNarrer.—On Sunday morn- piag last, un tudividual caliog binwelt Willtem: toule passage in the northern ears for Prederioksbu:, Soon ufter getting In, he (Williams) informed Captals Darracctt that ue wished him to stop some ten miles from the city and tace in two negroes, which be stated belonged to bim—that he did not know exactly where | they Would be on the roud, buthe wanted the Captain | bo Keep slouk out for Lhem—a white man he said, would be with them. Hix (Williazos) xppearence, conversation and movements, attracted the attention of Captain Dar- racott, audbe kept a strict wuteh for the xegroes and white man; but on reachlog the place deognated. they had not #rrived—and the eure went on to the Junction, } where Captain Durracott got out and proceeded vo look for the bey were soon found and taken into custody; but the white man, who-e name is believed to | be Ailew, escaped into the wouds, Captain Darracott | brougtt the negroes back to this city ou Sunday nigbt, and cudeavored to give notices through (hw telegraph to an agent fa Fredericksburg to have Wiis arrested; bus the operator ut f rederichel being iu place, the effort proved ineffectual ou thi Karly on Monday iwerning, Powever, the wires were again put in } motion, iho answer was returned Ohat Captain | Wiltinm Williamson (who uwselsted in arresting the negro® at the Junction) bad rent # hand-ear up to Fredericksburg with the news which had ied ty Lue ar | rest of the kedvapper Wiiliaus, wha ts vow confived in | jad wt brederickobarg ‘Tbe negroes belonged, one 10 | Mr. Wiliam H Roy, of Mattbows, aud the vther tu sir johu H. Lobb, of Gaoucester,and were hired to persons ju this city by sieasrs. P.M. Luo & S00. Puretit was made for ine orher kidnapper, but he had not been ar- rested when the care paseed the Juaction yeuterdey wf- ternoun.—Kichmond Enquirer, 2th inate Supreme Court. —Tte July corm of the old Su- prewe (vurt which has been held in Uties for three t, by Chief Justioe Beardaley, and Justices wid MeKissock. was closed on Saturday at | 4PM. ihe last cause argued was No. 67, the fesuy of | which was of Juiy, Luda 9 OCEAN COMPANY, STEAM NAVIGATION Uther 4 Willwa street. Diner Fhorazio Viorumor Livingston, a bay Stephen, Cbs. \. H. SAND, Preside. Lowanp Mints, General Ageot, New \ ork. Cvakies b. Aspenson, Seeromry. In conformity with the pr visious ol the ebacter uotiee % by given that he Books for subsenption toran emount nét $300,000 to the enyrtal stock of the Ocean Ste ¥, Will be se pened at the office ot ile m, corer of Wall street, ou Monday, Zit John A. Jseiin, Herman ‘e percent of the amount subserfhed must be paid ar the veriod of sabi ‘Lhe b cout he subse ript ta not e rs (0 per geut,as may be required by the aperntions of ths Comps ay, aod upon thirty day » previous wotiee. ye Law o the enpital of Company, skier, do 00, shall in prefereuce be sl wed to dioee ckholless, ond to the exteut of chess thea ld Je 20t ry ron LIV TEGO ET Tou Tee day, 34 August ‘aplendid we w urea siesin ship SARAH SAND®, burtyou out tous, C ptsto Thompsony will sal meabeve, c actus! subserption forn few avcond cabin en rates, ‘Lhaw shoot Ve WURRAY, we aod Bouth streets 4 oa CIUTISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROVAL MAIL STEAM SHIP, 1200 tone end (20 hosme power eneh, wuder cox th) the Lords of the Adinirality thers. The charms of the rouutry mast be very great to counterbalance the diffteulties which the emigrants enoounter in getting there, aud of which he gives sume account in his letter. [le went out with Soren and Boon, who changed their minds on toe route, and went to Oregon, Gov, Boggs reached California about the same time Mr, Quiyvey did, aftormuch diMculty, baving lost his cattle, A party of emigrants, who went out, or started, with Col. Russell, suffered almost incredible -dehips in Lhe mountains last winter, having been pre- ted from crossing them by the snow, This company poeed of twenty-three wagons, and left Indiay the 13th day ‘of Muy, 1648,’ Aboat a month vious to the date of the letter, five women and ason’é, the fret entirely Baked, nud thoir fect trot bitten, They stated, that their ompany hed arrived at ‘Truckey’s Lake, on the east side of the monatsios, and found the snow #0 deep tint P two wen arrived st Coptala J hous of the Cullforni« settlement, they could not travel, leaving sturvation, sixteen ot the strongest (eleven ineles wud five females) agreed to start fue the settlements on foot. After wandering number of days, bewildered, their provisions Long hunger made it necessary to cust loi to seo who Mould be sacrificed, to make food for the rest, but at this time the weaker began to «ie, which rendered tbo taking of life unnecessary. As they dled the company went ioto camp and made meat of the d bodies of their companions. Nine of the men died. veven were eaten. One of the men was carried to John ron’s, on the back of wu Indian, rot this etatement it would seem that the we better than the men, as non ny loft behind wumbered slaty eouls the others women end children ‘ihey were in eam) aboat hundred miles from Johnson's, Revolting a» it inay seem, it is stated that one of the women wax obliged to ent part of the dead body of her father and brother, and another saw her husbaga’s heart cooked! ¥ HIBRKNIA, Captain Alexanuer Kr: CALEDON LA, Captaw kdword G. Lott. BRITTANNIA, Captain Johy Hewitt CAMBRIA, Captain Charles Hi. &. Judbone APADIA, Cay yi Miain Harrivo: 12 bail The fonr swenuhips now Ht AMERICA HB CANADA dang fing gust 16, 187 Op board the day previous con to Liverpool, $129, do do tw i paid for. These slips carry experienced surgeons, No freigit, except specie, received on day of sailing. Wor frewlit, passage, or any other information, epply to © meen 2 WRIGHAM, dre ene ALHARNDEN & COS YF In nddici between Untifax, snd Be rly next year due netic y willstart. Under the a ing built me whe: mae FOR LIVERPOOL. <The magnificent new Steamship SAK AH SANDS. ¢ oO The j the 441 of medations for x limited cabin passengers, who wil he teen at 9 re Persons desirons of eugaging second ¢ bin po-sage wally © friends i the old country, to leave Liverpool om thie 6th of 5 ptember for New York. in the above steamer, eur deve ¢ prices charged for verge inamergers, by anyty ius (0 P.W. BYRNES & Co, ia jy Mem 63 South st., Delow Busting 1,