The New York Herald Newspaper, December 30, 1847, Page 2

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Broadway.—Sinaixo—Grecian | Exencisge—Tapieacx Vivants. | MECHANIC®’ HALL, Brondwry, near Broome. —Caris ors ee Eratorsan Singina, Buaiesque Danc ane, ke. TABERYACLE, Bron! nay-—Sreverwaneiions Mv- | sical « ompany’s Concert. | PANORAMA HALL, Broadway, near Houston Pao | sama ov THe Mis-iseirri. Thursday, On the outside of to-day’s paper will be found the details of the highly interesting intelli- gence received by overland express, and publish- ed ina telegraphic form from Petersburg yester- day. As this news is of rather an important character we give it in extensio. Congress Yesterday. Nothing particular was done in either house | of Congress yesterday. The drain on the trea- | ¢ proprietor not respon: | Te Advertise: Ca tho first of January we shall begin « acw system of taking in the advertisements of persons publishing in the columns of the Herald. Oa and after, that day, no advertisement will be taken for more than one day, or one insertion, payment to be made at the time of delivering it over the counter. The ecosomy and advantage of this mode | of advertising will be easily understood by in- telligent business-men in every department of life. From the long practice of many journals of this city, dating as far back as the lapt cen- tury, quantities of advertising matter is | published, of the same kind, day after day, |} go as to tire and fatigue the reader, and | prevent him from perusing even the new ements. The system of advertising {in use, is a waste of paper and type, is of no | | use to men of business, and is a detriment to the | public and to newspaper proprietors. We intend | to introduce a system of economy in advertising, | which isa matter as important, in the way of | business, to every merchant and dealer, as his | daily meals are, or even as the occupation of a house and store. |* We are also resolved to make another reform + | that is, to abolish all notices of advertisements | jaaneditorial shape. What isthe use of making business men pay for an advertisement in our columns, and then make them pay more for an | editorial notice ? If it is understood by the pub- liethat every advertisement in the Herald is as | fresh that morning asany other news, from Mex- | ico or from Washington, or by the telegraph, it | will cause the columns of advertisements to be as usefn! and interesting to them asit they were columns of fresh news. By this reform in the present system, the ad- vertisements—every line—in our paper, will al- ways be fresh, and will command the attention of every man in business. As itis, however, an advertisement in the Herald, trom the char- acter of its circulation, and its comprehensive aad wide-spread distribution, not only in New | York, but in the great cities throughout the Union, and even in Europe and elsewhere, is of more value than an advertisement in any other | of the journals of New York, and this will be found out before long. We hope, therefore, that our patrons and the public, will duly appreciate and understand the economical reform which we intend to make, upon, and after, the first of January; that is, tuking over the counter advertisements for one insertion only—payable in advance. Axorusn Hasty Pats or Sour.—The iatelli- sury has, however, begun well. A pill, appro- | priating four millions, to pay certain deficiencies | in the war, has passed the House, and is already | reported in the Senate. It must pass. This is | nothing to what is coming. The wants of go- vernment will soon be tremendous, for there 18 no prospect of peace with Mexico. Mr. Polk | has exhausted his diplomatic powers, and can | do nothing more. Congress must now act, | either in the way of getting a peace, or of carry- ing on the war. Todo the latter, more money is wanted, which, with the action of England, | through the exchanges, will crush all the bank- | ing institutions in the conntry in lesa than | eigateen months. Already the country banks are exploding in every direction around us. What is to be done? The Presidential Cempalgn. This important campaiga may now be said to | be fuirly opened. ‘Lhe number of candidates and | parties in the field havebeen referred to and enu- | merated again and again. We have the whigs | and the democrats vo organized parties—be- | sides an off-shoot fromeach, which may be | called the abolitionists of full blood, and the | abolitionists of half blood | The abolitionists of fu'l blood consist of three | or four in the House of Representatives, headed | by Mr.‘Palfrey, of Boston, and composed of seve- | ral others, whose names we have already given These full bloods are an off-shoot from the whig party, of some years’ standing, and they have already rua one candidate for the Presidency, and got sixty thousand votes—ihus defeating | Henry Clay in the last Presidential election. | They are now in the field, with a candidate no- minated, and are all prepared for action—Mr. Hale, of New Hampshire, being their man he other aboliion party, or half bloods, are known asthe Wilmot proviso-men, who are an off-shoot from the democratic party, and have been started by the friends of Van Buren in the North. The half blood abolitioaists, or Wilmot proviso-men, commenced their political move- ments in this State, and have broken and split up the old democratic party--John Van Buren be- ing their leader; and the probability is that they | will produce a great deal of mischief ainong the democrats here and elsewhere; for we believe that they are already moving | in Ohio. The half blooded abolitionists of New York, have also called a convention at Herkimer, and they intend, if they can, to return a majority of similar half bloods to the national convention in Balumore. The full blooded abolitionists have been trying for six or seven years to eat up, head, aven and earth | authors gence fom the capital of the Montezumas, rela- tive to the generals of the American army, and their social relations, is anything but pleasant or atifying. Now that the hard fighting is‘over, © are very much afraid tnat General Scott wants again to taste “a hasty plate of soup.” The army order which we received and published yesterday, on the subject of the difficulties be- tween the Commander-in-Chief and several of his generals and officers, is not exactly conceived with the moderation, the temper, the high tone, or the chivalry, of the orders of General Taylor. In order that we may not do any injustice to General Scott, we here republish his order, the etter relating to it, from Lieut Col. Duncan, which caused his arrest, and the ‘Tampico letter’ :~- GENEWAL ORDERS—No. 349 HeapquauTeRs or tux Anmy,? Mexico, Nov. 12,1847. § ‘The attention of certain eflicers of this army {s recull- ed to the foregoing regulation, which the General-ii Chief is resolved to enforce, #0 far as it may bé in his ower. u As yet but two echoes from home of the brilliant ope vetious of our arms iu this basin have reacbed us; the first in @ New Orleans, and the second through a Tam- pico nev+pu per it requires not a little charity to believe that the principai berces of the scandalous letters alluded to did not write them, or specially procure them to bo written, and the inselligent can by at no loss in copjecturing the rn ‘bivis, pertizann, and pet femiliars, To the honor of the service, the dikesne pruriency of fame. not errn-d —canvot have seiz-d upon half a dozen offt- orre (present). all of whom, it is believed, belong to tne same two coteries False eredit may. no doubt, bo obtained at home, by | euoh desotoable eeif-puffiags and malignant exclusion of | cthers; bu. at the expense of the just esteem and conrl deration of all honorable officers, who love their country. their profession, and the truth of history. Tho indigna- tion of the great number of the latter class cannot fail in the end, to bring down the conceited and the enylous to their proper level By command ef Maj. Gen Scott, HL SCOTT,AAAG. This order called ont the following letter from Lieut. Col. Duncan: 13, 1847, 1 here- To the Fd with present « copy of the“ Tampico letter, ized as“ ssandalous,” “despicable,” * mally m general orders No. 349, published in the .2merican | Stor of this morning ‘To the end that the true character of this letter may be known, I desire that you republish it in your paper; und that none of my brother officers may innocently suf- fer for # publicatioa #0 obnoxious, | hereby publicly ac- knowledge myself to be ite author The substance of it I communicated fr. m Tacabsya, soon after the bat:les, in a private letter to a friend in Pittaburg. The statements in the letter are known by very mapy officers of this army to be t:ue, and! can but think that the publication of truth is less likely to do violence to iedividuale or the service, than the suppression or per- vorsion of it Justice to General Worth (who is evidently one of the “heroes” pointed at in order No. 349) requires me to state that be knew nothing whatever of my purpsre to write the letter in question, nor that it had been written, till well on its way co its destination ; he never saw, nor did be know, direotly or indireetly, even the purport of one ling, word, or syllable of it, till he saw it in print, and | em te Thin ie the bistory of tus otrabegy of tha bout | oer We arrived at San Augustin on the evening of the 7th. The first position of the enemy was at San Anto- nio. 2 miles offin advance. Gen. Worth sent an engi- neer officer the next morning to reconnoitre; Captain Thornton, of the escorting bim. He went to about 100 yards of the enemy’s battery, leaving the company some hundred yards inthe rear. Whe the engineer officer began to examine the battery with his oy glacs, a gun was fired at him. The bull passing over | struck Captain Thoraton from bis horse, tearing away his whole bresst and ribs. Poor fellow! he had not ten days to live; was so feeble that he could scarcely sit in his saddle. Physicians and friends had remonstrated eanings his going out, had, I doubt not, ade up his mind that nothing but death itself | should take him from his saddle. He had been troubled 4 pestered in many ways, but wasas pure and honorable a man asever lived This reconnoissance re- | sulted ia the intelligence that the position of San Anto- nio could be turned by its right orleft. Another recon- floer went sbout « lyague on this road, where he came upon & ravine cocupied by the enemy in force on the opposite side. The ground was found to be ro broken beyond desoription, etill practicable for infantry, d, with iabor, doubtless ‘could be made so for cavalry ‘and’ artillery. Aceordingly, this was decided upon as the route on which the army was to move. On t morning ot the 19th working parties were pushed for- ward to repair, or, rather, mate the road. Pillow’s di vision, supported by Twiggs’, were to dispossess the ene- | my of’ the ravine befure mentioned. Upon trial, it was | found that the enemy could not be brushedaway. He | was strongly fortified. in great force, with upwards of twenty pieces of artillery. A battls bad, therefore, to be fought before the road could be cleared. As our troops approached the posi ion, the enemy opened a dis- tant cannonade, which he kept up from one or two o’clock until dark, The mountain howitzers and Ma- gruder’s battery were posted on counter batteries; but as the enemy’s guns were 18-pounders, 24 pounders, and such like, behind parapets, or, at any rate, in command- ing positions, you can readily imagine who got the worst of it. When will such follies cease ? Our troops took up positions during the night for the attack of the enemy's lines next morning, which they | did in handsome style, and with complete succers; kill: ing many hundreds, taking many prisoners, upwards of twenty pieces of cannon (amongst which were those taken from General Taylor at Buena Vista), small arms without number, and a great abundance of cannon am- munition, which we ibe in much nite Ce aemee ae prisoners were several oflicers of rank, includin; 1e laf Boting Presidemt, General Salas, the author of that in famous paper,exhorting the gurrillas to “ wage war without pity’? In the meancume, Worth’s division began operations on the 20th, around San Antonio, over the route that had twice been recoonoitred by the engineer offio-r who led Smith’s light battalion and Clark's beigade around this position As soon as the enemy discovered our trocps in motion, he began to abandon his works, and to retreat on the main road to the city; our troops pushing on with rapidity, reached the road in time to pierce the retreating column about its centre, kiiling and capturing some, and dispersing the rest in all directions. The remainder of the division hurried up through the village end joined Clark’s bri- gade. The whole division pressed on along the highway, io hot pursuit of the retreating enemy, up to the villege of Churubusco, where our troops came acroes another strongly intrenched position. ese defences consisted of a regular bastion fieldwork, with wet ditches. It served as @ bridge head, and was thrown across the road; to its right and somewhat in advance of it, isa strong stone oburob, with a field work in iront. ‘The flanks of the field work were connected with a high stone wall, which enclosed the church. To the rear of the church and bridge head, th deep wet ditch, running per- pendicularly to the road. and extending far off to the enemy's ieft, and, ther-fore, parallel to our front; behind t sis ditoh was an infantry line, stretohing from right to left, quitea mile long. When Worth’s division came within reach of the bridge head, it was formed on the right (our right) of the road, and moved forward through the dense cornfields, in frout of the enemy’s lines. The infantry troops bebind the ditch before men- tioned, soon gave way, and fled to their entrenchments. | As our troops approached the enemy’s entrench- ments, the most terrific fire that you can possibly im- agine wasopened upon them Suffice it to say, that the bridge head was forced, and tho enemy’s left completely routed. ‘T'wiggs’ and Shiclda’ troops, aud some of Pil- | low’s, approached the right of the enemy’s lines, where they suffered severely. Frank Taylor's battery was brought up to counter batter the field work, and most gallantly served, but being directly opposed to heavier metal, was cut to pieces. Duncan’s battery was estab | lished in a position which evfiladsd, or took the esemy’s works in reverse; it therefore did great execution, and not being exposed to the enemy's beavy guns, suffered but ttle Our loss was severe—probabiy it will exoeed a thousand, killed and wounded. Tie loss of the enemy, in Killed and wounded, is much greater than ours, but cannot be accurately estimated. have 2,700 pri- | soners, several hundred of whom are officers of all grades, from generals to lieutenants. ‘There is no obata- cle to our entering the city, at any time we choose. What a sad falling off is there in General Scott’s orders from the productioas of the Commander-in-Chief while on his way from Vera Cruz to Mexico! It is to be lamented, in every point of view. The position and high reputation of General Scott will be in- jured among men of sense, and the authority of the army will be weakened in Mexico by it. If the subordinate generals failed in showing a proper respect towards the Commander-in-Chief or violated the army orders or the rules of war, it would have been better to keep the matter quiet and private, and referred them to the pro- per authorities at home, than to burst forth with such an explosion of ill humor and hasty tem- | per. General Scott is probably one of the most unrivalled military commanders of the present day. He has exhibited, throughout his whole life, brilliant with deeds, a genius for military affairs equal to any the world has ever seen; but when we have said that, we | have said everything. In political affairs he seems to lose all that genius, all that modera- tion and common sense; and now he is in a fair way of creating a series of courts martial, which may do anything but honor to his reputation or the discipline of the army. Look at the court martial we have already had at Washington— a mole-hill worked up into a mountain !—the little trifling ebullitions of temper, caused by bad cookery in distant fields, bottled up fora violent effervescing befure a court-martial at | Washington, and to be laughed at by the whole | country ! | It is with feelings of great regret that the | American people will be compelled to listen, and hear those unfortunate disputes and quarrels among the officers of the army. | Mowe Bane Exrrosionom Ban Baregoornrive oy.>Another bank went yesterday by the board —the Atlas, in Clymer, Chautauque county, [See money article for particulars.} Thus we go. The failure of many country banks in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere, and the many hundreds of thousands of dollars out of which the poorer classes are cheated, are things which demand the severe reprehension of the press, and a better understanding of the future policy of the bankers aad others. It has been too often the policy of a number of these shin-plaster concerns to send on their agents to New York, with trunks crammed full of their worthless paper, for the purpose of pro- curing a circulation for their notes in this city and neighborhood. Their object is to shave the public—first, by a discount upon the notes they have throwa into circulation, and then, afterwards, by a general explosion. These bank swindlers go about dressed as gen- tlemen; they take lodgings at respectable hotels, open their shaving shops in some respectable street of the city, and make advances with their bills at half per cent, or get rid of them by buy- ing up goods; and then, after well shaving the public for nine, or ten, or more months, at last, some accident happens, the broker disappears from his office, and the bank blows up. Such is the circle of roguery which has been travelled over, again and again, by certain banks in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and else- where, the names of which stink in the nostrils of the public, - _ The only remedy against such astate of things is, for the people to refuse, utterly to refuse, taking these shin-plasters in exchange for their labor, on eny consideration whatever. Agnival or THe Hipernra.—This steamship, the pioneer of the Cunard line, arrivea at Jersey city, at half-past nine o'clock yesterday morning. Crowds collected on both sides of the river to witness her arrival, among whom were a num- ber of the fathers of Jersey City. She came to her dock in beautiful style, and with considerable speed, to the admiration and gratification of all the by-standers. It was ru- mored that the authorities of Jersey City con- template giving a public entertainment to Capt. Ryrie, in honor of his arrival. We believe however, that this will not take place—that the grand reception, at Jersey City, will take place on the arrival of the Cambria, which is to leave Liverpool on Saturday, for New York. We learn that the merchants of this city, on change yesterday, made some preliminary arrangements to give Capt. Ryrie a public dinner. The Cunard docks are not finished, but are eonsiderably advanced, and when completed, will be the most convenient and commodious on the rive. Everything betokens systematic management. Several hundred tons of coal are in the warehouses, and men engaged immediate- ly to commence shipping the cargo and coal. She will sail on Saturday, at two o’clock in the afternoon. Wnuo 1s THe Orrenper ?—We received yester- day three letters from subscribers at different points—one from Athens, Athens co., Ohio; ano- ther from’Fort Towson, C. N., and another from Birmingham, Perry co., Missouri. By the last of these letters, we are informed that our paper has not been delivered to our subscriber there since the 3d of July last. By the letter from Fort Towson, we learn that our paper has not been delivered there for a month past, nor for the aame time at Athens. Oa the receipt of these complaints we immediately entered upon a strict examination in the proper department, and find, by refereace to the regular books, as well as by the report of those employed in this department of our establishment, that each one of these three subscribers has always had his papers sent regularly to him from our office, and regularly delivered to the post office in this city. Where then lies the blame? Who is the offender? Who receives these papers? Whotakesthem? Real- ly itis too bad. Has the post office department no power,and no supervision, and no control over its agents? To steal a purse is, as Shakspeare says, to steal trash—but to steal a newspaper is despicable meanness and villainy. ‘Tue New Sur Sr. Cuaries.—The closest ex- amination, by the most practised eye, can see nothing in this well arranged and finely modelled vessel, that will not bear comparison with any ship of her size afloat ; and, although not in- tended to shine as a packet or a clipper ship, in the accommodations for passengers she cer- tainly excels in the elegant and comfortable quarters provided for the officers and ship's com- pany. Ceptain Sagory, in this particular, de- serves, for his kind consideration for the sailors and his officers, the best wishes of every one. The St. Charles is 800 tons burthen, well pro- portioned, and provided with all the latest and most useful improvements of the day. The splendid building—the pride of the Crescent city, the name of which this ship bears—is not more remarkable for its magnificence, than is the St. Charles for her graceful and symmetrical model. She is one of Stanton’s line of New Orleans packets, and will sail for her port of destination to-day. Later From Bra: shoulders and tail, the whig party; but they | he is+quaily ignorant of my design to make this decla e have not yet been able to manage it. ‘The haif | Tstoa, which Ido, as 1 wrote the letter, unprompted, We had expected better of those brave and Meine houd the wuma' wenia on tis deme: and on fl al Folate Ne Pe a chivalric men, who have pertormed deeds ommence > game game on the demo- Te * %s le 7 Ns ety, and seem much more likely to ewal- | 7 Fespeottany MES DUNCAN.” in the recent campaign equal to any that énimal—-head; teil ‘bristles snd all, ic Brovet Lieutenant Colonel U.S.A. | history records, and very superior to any thing | ‘The-whige prove F atill atick to Mr. Clay, ale |. ne letter thus acknowledged to have been | that has oceurred during the last half dozen cen- | ea . 5 Be sean & {From the Pennsylvanian, Dec, 20 j hadite , ee ‘ ton has thus far been considered a failure. | ‘Tbe intelligenco Seu tig arary, yattiteed tbls morn. | Ptigns of Napoleon. Our military men, fromthe | There i tee valood be ; 8 ing, confirms the rumor of the arrest of Generals Worth | Greneral-in-Chief down to the private, have cre- here is a voice raised, every now and then, in | : j Thi a ; | ‘ is ents: but it seems eeble | Led e artes D istinguished gentlemen | pag . i with age and imbecility, and hns but little effect | Sst named, we are not propared to speak. | the whole | greater and wider, than-ever it potseused, and on the mags of the people. Indeed, the only en on aie berg bd ok Soni Leister onaccount | placed it in the first rank of powerful and ener- n th 8 I ple. In , the o| - | of ite effect upon the country, as upon the army. | cael Te he ec » di ergetie movement connected with the Presi- | The arrest of Col. Dancan has resulted Jiom’ the | getic nations. We had expected that the dis- dential election, that we can percieve at this | Bublisstion of ey gees originally in the | honor and disrepute brought on the country by is | » that we c v 8 \ Pitsburg Post, w copies 0 the newspaper A y ae ste | moment, is that which has been called ‘sponta- Printed et Tampico, Mexioo, in which the writerftvies | the corruption and petty arts of politiciaas, | neous combustion,” in reference to General | o¢ Si beaun ous tormenta by Ngee Coal would have been eflaced by the chivalry, cou- | Biter ve vistors I yi sate i ‘ rs * rr Taylor. cor to the commander in-oblef. ‘That brilient menous | Tage, meguanimity and high character of our inili- | months during the past year, this ‘* spontaneous | honor of saree a ror is Mel oe struggling | sie AGES the whole of the great cain- | ” 1 or. ec on Col. " » Rio Gr CG BS &, liticians, parties, presses aud pereons,of all kinds. | dier, it appears, so far from denying, h.e assumed the a his ee analy and noble character, shed a . ere wereone hundred i Si responsibilty of it, ustre on military lite; but now, with such facts Atone period there wereone hundred journalsand |" {""hiitary, friend, perfectly conversant with the fact | 7 + y , ae % over in favor of Gen. Taylor, and meetings with- | of the case, has placed in our bands the letter assumed | COMIng to bet Aineat othe suing a quarrel out number, declaring m. The whole num- | »¥,C° an, and copiea into the Tampico paper. | snong our military chiefs, the violence of temper ber of political meetings in which hi sen | the biotory ef etranenetion Uestined teexche x good | Jisplayed on both sides, the prospect of recallsand nominated for the Presiden estimated at | deal of atteatton | duels, and courts martial, almost without limit, ttoo hundred or over. T mouse iC pai sereasuer OF CONTRE- | we must conlese that the pain and chagrin which bustion” has been very quiet for the last few [From the Pitteburgh Post.) will be felt at such a denouement will be over- months, resembling Vesuvius befe an erup- Extracts from private letters, deted:— | Whelming. ener : € y ‘Tacunaya, Mexico, Aug. 27, 1847. Fin ae See F tion; but within the last few days the symptoms ‘The whole force which moved from Push; ahounted iad We ye heel sibtied ot things, and will con- have been extraordi showing that a revule , (010,000 men, more or lese—marching in four columos, | tinue to hope to the last, and a day longer. sion has taken place ; that * tiabe hie ous com: ete Wonk tat le. to egpooaiiing Dee | Good, old, steady, firm, ealin, prudent Zachary bustion” is coming up ag and that there | of Mexioo, ty ths uaa aarer you go direstly on to| Taylor, will you allow us to divide thy spirit | ; | © beight of Li Penoo, which is strong position and c ive 7 will be another terrible eruption from both Ve- | oxerasivey sortided. Before leaving Purbia it had been | Wt? Many portions, and to give to each of our suvius and Etna. In fact, the movements now taking place, both by political meetings, legislative bodies, and in the newspaper press, favorable to the elevation of Gen. Taylor to the Presidency, are almost wnpre- cedented innumber, fervor, spiritand tone. Every | crcttery of the road leadivg in that direction, It was,| the chevalier’s heart. | v1 i at vith reso! neaad more> | ¢ ’ latte c | e. " . | day we are inundated with recolutions and mov ptf bagel ‘aguas isseaveb Segseemetenny eitevest | We are requested by Madain B. to say, by way ments of this kind, in favor of the great chieftain. | :hy ground waa difficult, and the batteries kaown to be | Of postscript to her letter from Paris, describing Whether these movenents and this extrsordinary | stmerous. ‘bis route you will observe, # to the uorth | the court of France, that Mr. B. did not appear i PY 1s combustion,” will elevate him to | 224,tight of thore Inkes ‘The reconnoissunces uf t cal : sLantiny! “ll spontaneous combustion,” will elevate him 10 | sogineers were cons-quently directd to thisend, in| Small clothes at all, at the soirée yiven at the | the Presidency,in opposition to the organised fuc- | t 9 iavnat ieee Gen Waseas Veneel vision had been lett | palace of the Tuilleries, He wore his own . } . | ot Chaleo, (white Gen Scott, with T wixg # division, | tow a tions of the duy—the whigs, the democrats, the | fou. ca to, Ayous,), teas Coeuul Kaen division. Ned | biack pantaloons, made in New York, trimmed, fall blooded and the half-blooded abolitionists, | curing party, to 'examive tae deaounced route | indeed, with gold lace duwa the seams; but he and ail others, of every kind of blond—wedo not | Gojuet Dunown found st Just tho reverse of wnat) a ocnowled . sted o know as yet; bat it might be possible to predict | ie had bren pronoauced to be; st was firm, rocky, and | acknowledges to the coat, sword, and chapeau with greaier certainty a few wr ks hence quite practicable, requirtog to be Berevetisite lab there | bras, hired from Babin, price thirty franes per we rospret oO! Genere! Taylors ciection ia | sattibee, G al Worta i muy reat Col. Duwoan | 4). ‘ m m Tuile apap craarke ie, and deve es the serion- | eb thie infor mation to Uen Seow, aud Urg- dhe move. | | ight, tr three nights in succession, at the Tuil be 4 1, | meus of tae wholw army to thel fe orlake cnwico ibis | levies. Madam B, says that she saw few at the consideration of ail those ren Wo Make Poles | ree tt on juetautly prevailed. The dirot attaon | J’rench ; Theloth ih 4 | a trade, aod purticulariy ef all those men in busi: | yc pandvued, and the ext morning tae whule army | /fench court in small clothes (culotte courte) ex ness who wish this country to yetourol the dif | wagn motion | Werth’s division in toe rear, (now vy | Cept the English nebility and the valets ot the ficult position in Which itis placed with Mexico, and to preserve the interests of the country, in tact, against the finsncial elemeves which ure threatening to cover thei with devastation. considered whether the main road could not be avoided wad E] Penon turned, by passing round to the south and leitof lakes Chaleo aud Joohimilco, The engineer ofl- o-r serving Smmediately at general headquarters, had (uesiioned & large Dumber of persons, (inciuding epien vod agents, pent especially to examine the route) aud | the mass of testimovy was entire to the boggy, m and perteotly impracticable character for wagons the Change of the line of operations become the front.) took the irad, wo the whole was Bled 10 the left of tne iakes 0 San Augustic, which ison the great Acapulco higowey to tno city of Mexico, and ebvut nine wiles great generals one of these portions, as a New } Year's g Do! | | qe Our cotemporary of the Courrier des Etats Unis, only requires a brief correction in one im- portant particular, which seems to lay heavy on | express is still one day ahead Jornal do Commercio, and the O Mercantil, pub- lished at Rio Janeiro, to the 16th ult. They were brought by the brig Abrasia, Capt. Atkins, which arrived last night. The ship Isabella, with a detachment of troops from this city for Culifernia, touched at Rio, | fe sailed again for her destination, on the 13th ult. The U.S. ship of the line Ohio was. still at Rio, ‘The Brandywine, from Norfolk, was ansiouely looked for. News rrom Evrors.—The papers of this and other cities are now engaged in publishing in- telligenee trom India, taken from the London Times of the 4th instant. ‘This intelligence was civen in the Herald on Sunday last. _ Axniven at Last.—Four mails from New Or- leans reached this city lastnight. Our overland Tam PrestpentiaL Canvass of Conqress.— | The following appeared in an evening paper, of | yeeterday, froin its Washington correspondent :— oticed the other day, in one of the New York pa- list of members of Con, indicating their res- ive choices for the next sidency. 1 saw another list this stig eM puts altogether another face on the matter. I will send you a copy to morrow in ex- tes In the mean time | enclose tuis synopsis :— | Cass. ceeeeee +6 Ob SCO. cceceeeereeeere T | Clay... . 87 Benton. . . cease O Taylor. . teres 34 Dallas, , Van Buren. . 214 Hale, (Ab Woodbury. Ve PUR ieee Webster...... +10 Buchanan, . sss. 5 se5 280 P tht ‘The whigs are haiting between Taylor and Clay. Some understanding will, it is thought, be had between these gentlemen, although the latter thinks “it is rather hard to have his exeoutor appointed before he is dead ’— Soott’s * hasty’? business in arresting Generals Worth and Pillow, {a coaridered by the knowing ones @ great blunder, The evident preference of the whig masses for Taylor to him, is supposed to be the exciting cause of the nervous irritability under which he is now suffering. General Cass has been addressed by committees in Mis- sissippi aod Tennessee, with inquiries, Ko id to have responded to them within the past 8, and the papers from those States will soon show them in print. The Presidenoy {a daily becoming « leading topic of conversation and conjecture, and the imen”’ can be pretty clearly disticguished by | next. Sporting Inteliigenee. Thr Prize Fiowt.—The fight between Donnelly and Boyle, which has exeited the attention of the fancy in egion for somne time past, and which was announce. ake place yemerday, did not come off Boyle and his friends were upou the ground at the hour specified in the agreement, but the Donvelly party were unable o reach the field of operation at the tim appointed, on scount of a misunderstanding with the captain of the y engaged to convey them The money waa declared forfeited to Boyle, but Donnelly, ratner than disappoint the ctators. offered to fight his royal chateau—in fact, it was sometimes difficult to tell the difference between an English lord and @ royal servant, vermed in sporting parlance for love’ The offur was declined About three hundred persons were present on the ground, whicb was seleoted near the Horse Shoe, the dreariest spot op Sandy Hook. clerks in the Patent Office. | $625. Pponent, as it is | INTELLIGENCE BY TELEGRAPH TO THE 1 LATHSY MOMENT LAST NIGHT, THIRLIRTH CONGRESS, TIKRST SESSION. Senat. Wasuixarow, Dec REPORTS AND PETITIONS. The Vice Pars1pxnt presented reports from the 1: ea- sury Department, relative to overflowed lands in Ar<an- sas, aud surveys ia the vicinity of Sault Saint Mar «. 47, Mr. Dickenson presented six petitions from th) ( om- | mon Counoil and citizens of Buffalo, fortheimproy <ut of Buffalo Harbor. Among several other petitions, was one prayin cra cessation of the war. THE LAND OFPPICE AND PRE-EMPTION RIGH i+ On motion of Mr. Srvirr, resolutions were p seed, enquiring into the expediency;of giving receivers 0 jand- offices additional compensation when acting as officers of the Sub-Treagury. Mr. Asucey presented @ bill to establish a permanent and goneral pre-emption system for the benefit of the actual settlers —Read twice. WAR APPROPRIATIONS. Mr. Cass, for the Military Committee, called up the bills to provide for the further prosecution of the war with Mexico, and to provide clothing for the volunteers —both passed a first reading. THE PATENT OFPICK. Mr. Westcorr called up the bill to provide additional Read once. AUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. On motion of Mr, Atuerton, the House bill to supply & deficiency in appropriations for the subsistence depart- ment, wastaken up and pasecd. THR MADISON PAPERS. On metion of Mr. Caitrexpen the Senate procesded to the consideration of the billto purchase the Madison papers. It was readathirdtime. The yeas and neys were ordered on the question of its passage, when Mr Butler requested its postponement till to-morrow. He desired more time to examine the bill. If forced new to vote he would vote against it. He desiredto pay Mrs. Madison tor the papers, but could not approve the exact form of the bill. Debate ehsued between Mesars. Crit- tenden, Butler, Berrian, Westcott, and Badger. Final- ly it was postponed by consent of Mr. Crittenden. DEATH OF MR. BRADLEY. A message was received from the House anouncing ths death of Mr. Bradley, former representative of Mi- ehigan. Mr. Fe.cw pronounced an eloquent enlogy, and offer- ed the customary resolutions, which passed unanimously Adjourned House of Representatives. The journal having been read, Mr. Stewant, of Mij chigan, announced the death of his predecessor, Hon Edward Bradley, who was elected in the fall of 46 a member of the present congress, from the secon district in Michigan. (The district is now represented by Mr Stewart ) In the spring of ’47 Mr. Bradley was attacked by aSpulmonary affection, and in July he leit home in pursuit of health and eminent medical advice. He ar- rived at New York with the intention of taking bis sent in the House before returning to Michigan, but died in New York on the 5th of August. Mr. Stewart having Offered the customary resolutions, they were adopted unanimously, aud the House adjourned. The Taylor Mocting tu Washington. Wasuinaton, Deo. 29—P.M. Ahighly respectable and influential moeting of mem- bers of Congress and citizens of the District of Colum- bis, assembled this evening, at Coleman’s Hotel, accord- fag to previous arrangements. James F. Haruivay, Esq., was, on motion, called to the obatr, and J. L. Henshaw, Esq , both of the district of Columbia, was appointed Secretary. Mr Wattacg, of the District, offered a resolution, declaring the meeting premature, and that it might be considered dictatorial, Colonel SHrarscay spoketo the resolution, and in Opposition to it. The Hon. Joux Gary, a member of the House of Re- presentatives, from Alabama, spoke against the local character which was attempted to be given to the meeting. He did mot consider it called for the District of Columbia; but for the whole Union, in, which oitizens from all parts of the country, then in Washington, might participate, and express their opi- nions ‘To claim it merely as a mevting of the citizens of the District of Columbia, was erroneous, and that the resolution arrogated too much exclusiveness. Mr. Sugansurn submitted a resolution asa substitute, proposing the appointment of a committees, to prepare, with more leisure, for another meeting, to be called with the view of nominating GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR as tHE cCaNvipaTE OF THE PEOPLE FOR THE Parsipency or THE Unitep States. The Hon. Mr, Gextay, a member of Congress from ‘Tennessee, opposed all expressions of opinions by cav- ouses, conventions, or such like contrivancer, now and forever. They were all unnecessary. The people had taken up General Taylor, by their own sponta- neous movements. The old hero had consented to run, and to be the candidate alone of the people. As such, too, he was regarded by his fellow-citizens in every quarter of the Union, and as for his (Mr. Gentry’s) own part, he should go for Gen. Taylor first, go for him last, at all times, and in all placer. He concluded his earnest, but brief address, by moving an adjournment, which after some converration, was carried. From the nature of the previous short notice and arrangements, the meeting was not very large, and as some understood it to be a meeting of the citizens of the District, and not of members of Congress, there were but few members present. Great enthusiasm, how- ever, was apparent, andthe happiest feelings prevailed There was but one sentiment animated all present, and that was a strong and determined opposition to ta- king General Taylor’s nomination from the people, who had instinctively looked to him as their future Chief Magistrate, and placing it before aconvention. They all took strong ground against his nomination by ll caucuses, congressional, or otherwise, and protested sgalrat the calling of any sort of national convention with the view of naming him as the candidate of any such organization. ‘The meeting then, in the best possible spirits, ad- journed sine dis, Affairs iu Washington. Wasninaton, Dee, 29, 1847. Col. Rouan, of Ky., a aon of the former U. 8. Senator was nominated charge to Naples to-day, in place of Ma- jor Polk. Gen, Houston has been re-elected U. 8, Senator from Texas. Gen. Shields and Quitman visited the Capitel to-day, { | and were received with much attention by members of both Houses of Congress. They have been invited toa public dinner on Friday. Nearly all the Senators pre- vent and many of the Representatives, with the Mayor and others, are subsoribers to the dinner. It Is believed that the Hon. John. W. Davis, late Spesk- et of the House, wes nominated to-day as Minister to China. The Overland Express. Petensuona, Deo 29, 1647 ‘The overland express arrived to-day, with advices from New Orleans to the afternoon of the 23d. The Packet Ship Louls Philippe, Boston, Deo. 29—Evening. The RK, B. Forbes,with the packet ship Louis Philippe in tow, for New York,was seen at 10 \ M, yesterday, of the East Chop, Holmes? Hole. Markets. New Ontxans, Dee. 23,1847, Cotton is unchanged. Sales of Sugar, fair, flour market is heavy. Freights—A ship w: ‘Trieste at %. Exchange—Sales at easicr rates. Cincinsati, Deo. —Flour—The market rallied to some extent, and sales of 4a 500 barrels good brands were made at $5 in grain, and there was no change of moment to note in prices, 600 bushels new corn fold at 300, Provisions— Hoga—Sales of 500 a 1000 head were made at $2 60; new hans and shoulders remained without change = Lurd— 500 packages sold, oblefly old, at 44. Whiskey was dull at 190 for rectified, River is nearly stationary. Bartimone, Deo 29—Flour—The market was dull, We | notice sales of 2 to 300 barrels Howard street at $0 124, and about 1000 do Howard street, and part oity mills, at Maryland white and mixed, at atéloie, There was no change in provisions: ther agaia mild aod plevannt New On.eans, Dee 23—Cid ships New Y. B rtraad, Bost ny rare Proim, onitinores b Tho President of Transylvania Univereity writes that 0 intenge religious excitement among the yudente of that jostitauion. There was nothing of moment doing | Wheat—Sales of 2000 bushels were made, includ” | | ing Maryland reds at $1 20, and white doat $142. Corn | —Sales of about 10,040 busbels were made. including | ‘ineatsical ahi Mueteat, Foan Taearne.-The old house has deen thorvaghiy burnished up, the horses and spanylere rung in, ahd to- night the curtain, on being raised, will disclose the splen- did company of Sands, Lent « Co, who have taken the house for a time, in order to give some of their magnif. cent exhibitions. The equestrians and gymnsstists aro all in fine order, the horses and ponies all feel their onts, the clowns are on the qui rive with scores of new joker, wad altogether the coming equestrian season the Park will be great things, and have no doubt thers will be crowded houses during ole time that S. L. & Co.'s troupe perform. Bowery Tuxatne —Tho performances at this theatre last evening were very numerously attended, and they were very well received throughout. The amusements commenced with the romantic drama of “Valsha, or the Revoit of the Slaves,” but inasmuch us it was per- formed with the same cast, and in almost the same man- ner as it has been on former occasions when we noticed it at length, we think it uunecescury to say more at pro: sent than that on ite lest representation—for we belleve it will not be produced sania it was very well performed. We cannot say to much of Mr. Burke, in the extrava- ganza of “La Chiselle.” That character suits him toe nicety, and the whole piece is laughable in the extreme. Cuatuam THeatas.—Notwithstending the attractive foatures of the new equestrian drama, ‘The Bride of Abydos,” which is put upon the stage in a magpificent manner, with new and splendid soenery, dresses, and decorations, yet this house last night was very slim. The entertainments commenced with the farce of the « Second Floor,” which parsed off well. Hield) nd Herbert very ably sustained their respec: characters. Next followed the d equestrian drama of “ The Bride of Abydos ;” Giraffer, tne Pacha of Abydos, by Brandon, was very well performed, and the bd of Selim, his eon, was cleverl; reonated by Mr. Varry. Mrs. McLean, as Z d to be the popular character. She dressed and looked the part well, Allthe other parts were well cast, and the e was weil ree! We must not forget the et ‘ances of Rockwoll’s company and his beautiful stud of horses ; they went through their diffrent manoeuvres so capitelly, that they reovived the m-rked applause of food gaat ae last scene in oe Deautifal drama is well worth seeing ; grand. The amusemen! closed with the ‘ Swiss Cottage.” ‘ ch Patmo’s Thratru.—Where can e more pleasing, hap- py evening bo spent, than within the walls of this neat, e>mfortable, and handsome little theatre? The pro- gramme for each evening i light and amusing, end when it is considered that the vaudeville company is a selec- tion of the most eminent comedians in this city, and that the ballet company is under the superintendence of the fascinating Augpate, the queen of danseuses. it is rea'ly astonishing to the houses so thin and poorly attended. There are but three aights more, when the season closes, and we would advise those who have not, as yet, embraced the orportunity of witnessing the beau- tifal bullets and excellent vaudevilles of this company, to repair to Palmo’s, where they will receive a rich The ariusewents last night commenced with “ Na Enzegements,? and, it is almost supertlucus to in the handapt Mra Vernon, Mra Abbott, and Mr Dyott, the pirce went off well. The grand ballet of * Nathulle,”’ rext followed. The pas de deve by Mile. Auguete and Mons. Fredrick was » masterpiece of this beautiml ao- complishment. The pas ceut vy Miss Wells was very re- 1e, and the comic polka, by the charming Augusta Frederick, elicited the greatest appleu: ‘The amusements closed with the comedy of “ Lend Me Five Shillings,” in which Chapman, Pyott, and Mrs. Ab- bote displayed all the rare abilities of sterling comedians Cracve—Soweny AmrxitneatRe.-—There was quite a good house, last night, and the performances went off ‘as well as they alweye do at this house. It was the last evening of Sands. Lent & Co.’s troupe here; and all hands exerted themselves tothe full extent of their powers. The clowns, tho ponies, tho horses, the wymuastists, and all the performers, went through their feats with theirusual grece Mr. Tryon is « good manager, and has done much towards aausing his patrons during this festivel season, Cunisty’s MinstneLs.—The same story here: bones and his shirt frill, the violin, the phreuologists, the dances, ull take well nightly.’ These singers are the modern Proteuses, inasmuch as they continually vary the style of tl fun In saying that they are the summum Lounun of negro singers, we but say the truth. Broapway Oprox—The Ethiopian Harmoniste, an those famous model artists, go along swimmingly at this house, ana Pinteux is decidedly on the road to fortuae in taking advantage of the present furore for Greek Slaves; and # few more arrests of stout Baohuses astride barrels, Jacobs ia the house of Laban, aad Esthers in the Persian hot bath, will undoubtedly give him along shove towards the goal of fame and riches. He is not without humor either, as he purposes to-night giving couple of entirely new tubleauz, entitled “ The Arrest of the Model Artists,’ and “ The Model Artists ja the Tombs” All this is very funvy, aod doubtless will attract crowds; but we are afraid that it will be 20 fan to some of the other theatres in bis vicinity—the Broadway, for izstance—as it may divert their custom- ers, and who kvows but what Piuteux’s Odeon is des- tined to shut up the whole bunch of thea. Why not, in these times of bubbie aud ezclitewent? Sreyvamankiscue Muscat Comrany. ful performers will gt nother of t! evening ut the Tabernac! We trust they will bave @ fuller house than they had on Tuesday evening ; t! are well worthy of » hearing, and ought to be well at- tended. Banvano's PaxomaMa.—This great work is attract: large crowds, and there is but one opinion essen viu, perfect amazement and satifaction with the whole exhibition. We are giad that the proprictor is succeed- ing so well. Mr. Marshall is performing with great success in Utica in this State. © Acompany of amateurs are givingjtaeatrical perform- ances at sandwich, in Canada, opposite Detroit. e < Dr. Scoresby’s Lectures ou the principle, cons straction, and operation of the Gigantic Fe= lescupe of the Karl of Rosse. We attended, last night, the first of these lectures, and listened with profound attention to the numerous and learned explanations of the leeturer. The subject is not in itself @ popular one, nor does it admit,as far as we can Judge, of b-ing made very intelligible to the popular mind. The dootor, however, went Into the subject, and treated upon the construction and power of the various telescope, with. we doubt not, all the learning and pro- fundity of a Newton ora Dolland We wereableto catch an ides of the signification of a'paradolic figure,and of the generation of the parabola. But the ratio of the equares of light, and the various differences between achromatio and chromatic ep»culums and lenses, together with the Jearned account of the Torrirviliaa, the Gregorian, the Newtonian, the reflecting, the rofracting, and other te- lescopes, were more thau Greek to us; for we once koew something of Greek. and kacw “some? aull We were able, however, to uvderstend, and receive wiih pleasure, the following anecdote of Lozd Rosso, as reluted by the lecturer. On one occasion, when he was but @ youth, he went to an exhibition at the Adelaide Gallery, where some kind of locomotive, or other steam engine, was being exbibited By rome mes: or other, tue exhibitor could not set his engine agoing ; all bis efforts to eflecs it were in vain, and he was about to give it up in deepair, when Lord w stepped for- ward, and zaid he thought he could succeed. and make | itwork. No sooner said than done He put his hand to the work, discovered by en instant’s look whure the machinery was out of order, made a few turns, putall to rights, and then the machine, to the admiration of the company, worked beautifully. Lord Oxmautown (for that was then bis only ice by courtesy) was dressed rather roughiy, aud noc in higuly fashionable or diawing-room | habiliments, sothut he might be mistaken for whet he was hot —a poor mechanic. He had already, however, | proved himself before tha company tu bo & firas rate meokanician. Lod by his rather rude appearance, to suppose that he was @ workman who would be gid of a job, # gentleman accosted him, and saying ; he was in want ofa mun of talent like him. offered to employ him, at a livers) salary, Lord Rosse, of | Course, politely declined the kind offer, which, however, | waa-perhaps 8 honorable to him who made it, as to | hima to whom it was made. Such, in substance, was the anecdote related by the-lecturer. Wo have met | With the same aneodoie, ina different form. We have } read that this transaction really ocourred at Maud by's great steam englue manufactory, in the Wi minster Road, London Lord Rosse exhibited by his enquiries, actions, and conversation, sueh an accu. rate and profound knowledge aud such practical ekill d eciexce in machinery, that ‘ur , Mandraby, ignorant the rank and fortune of his visiter, offered him on | the spot a alury of two thousynd pounds per annum, to undertake the employment of c’iet onginesr or overseer Su bis establishment, The lecturer iook occasion to | curke very prettily ou this Occasion, upon the bene fit resulting from perseverance.” quality for which Lord Kosse has eminently distinguished bimseif Upon the _ whole, we firmly believe that none who heard the leo ture but were convinced that the lecturor dererved the highest thanks for this iutelleotuai method of sub- serving the purpcses of charity. The audience was more select than wuiserous, and we hope the proceeds may be such es to giadden (be hv acts and bodies of those for whose benetit they ere benevolen ly intended. The recond and last lecture will be giveu (his evening, ot | the same plaos. Law Lotebigence. Common Piras, Deo, 29—Betore Judge Ulshoefier— Little vs Atrerbury—Action to recover $60, amount of commirsious for the sale of alut ofland, Sealed verdict to-morrow (this morning ) Geo. Bruce vx JV. Westervelt—Bofore Judge Daly—-Action of replevin fer the recovery of the porkes- sion of a printing press, levied on by the eherilf under } wn execution flalatif claims to have purchased it a: sheriff's pale Aojourned to to-morrow (this morning ) ‘or plaintiff, Messrs Gerard & Piatt; for defendant, Xr. N.B Blont Supreme Count, Dee. 29—Speolal Term—Judge Huz!- but presiding. — His Honor annouaoed rhis morning that the special terms appotated for Jeaunry and Febiuary, would be held by Judge Edmonds, and that he Judge Hurlbut, would continue the December special term through those months, wnd hear arguments of equicy causes, provided that any room conid be cbtalard ‘ny which to hold bis court Ou Mooday next, the general | term of the Supreme Court will commence before Judges Strong MeCoun wud Edwards. The Circuit Court, aud Oyer and Termiger, will opem on Monday. Judge Morse presiding. Count Carexnan~ This Day— Common Plas —Firot Part—No 63 Vaudervoort va The Mayor, ko 5 ed 5 67. By | ys The Dry Dock Muthodiat Kpitoopal Churel | et al. ve Cooly et al; 75, Huscbinson ve 79. Durenberry va Myets; 42, Woodhouse v Coleman va smith; 03, Dollard ve . Gatfaey; 95, Hyat ve Walton; 97. Ransom ve. Taylor, Second Part— | 80 Beeman vs Huxton; 88. Martin va MeCarade; | Sherwood 1s, Henoeforeh, 92, Pintt va. Bagley; 94. Me jy vo Rabineau; 06 Grant vs. Holden; 100, Manvioy Dayton, #t #1; 102) Moor Wildes; 104, Hanfor Doremus; 106, ‘MeMilien ve Boyd, ob al