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important from Mexico.

We have been favored, by a friend
having an intimate knowledge Of
Mexican Affairs, with the sight of a
private letter from Vera Cruz, under
date of May II, which discIoses some
facts of great political consequence.
The letter saws:
Santa Ana has 10000 troops IN
der arms well paid and equipped. Our
castle Chat of UlIoa, close TO Vera
CRUZ is repaired and strongly forth
fed. As for the Texans, no fear is
entertained of them. The vessels Of
war bearing their flag, it is under
stood, do not belong TO them, and
stand a good chance TO be treated as
pirates.
Speaking Of the captives at Pcrote,
it slys:
On Saturday the Commanding Cen
eral here told me that the whole of
the prisoners were liberated. In ad.
ding that this intelligence is from a
highly informed and trust worthy
source, we must remark that the al
lodged extent of Mexican prepara-
tons is certainly startling. If real,
land it is difficult TO discredit our in
formant) they can scarcely have been
made without English assistance.
1t is certainly curious TO see Mexi-
co, diScreditcd, diSorganiZed, the mere
wreck of n COMPROMISING such
Il public force while the United States
in the midst of unsettled foreign dii,
fcuIties. hesitates greatly rs TO the
maintaining a force of 10000 men.
We regard it rs far more likely
that this array is against Freedom in
Mexico (if such Il thing there can lie
spoken of)' than Entertainments
against the latter are Santa Ana's pre-
tence for keeping 4 force on foot SUI.
ficient to secure. by the bavonet, the
power which the late elections will
take from him. yihe JourRQl.
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lily foreign from his proper pursuit as
a farmer.
Again she SAYS, "no person or peo'
pie who consume more than they pro-
duce, can long escape being e~nsiaved
some way or other" As leila has
made no exceptions before, | con,
cIude she did not intend any here.
There may be some it is true. among
the farmers, that are possessed of a
false and vain ambition; but fancy
they are few, compared with those
who deem time and money expended
in the cultivation of the mind and per-
son. as almost wasted and improperly
applied. Unjust be evident, that this
paragraph cannot touch the farmers,
who support the whole confined
mass of all classes; the high and the
low, the great and the small. If in
stead of confounding the industrious
and frugal wives rnd daughters Of the
land with the city automatons and
village dolls, who view labor as de-
grading. and those who labor as
slaves, if Zelia had made Il wise dis
tinc;ion. and directed her remarks TO
those whose views are bound up in
purposes of ambition, or their lives
consumed in a round of idle imdul-
gences of fashionable dissipation. and
who subsist only on the ptunder of the
fruits OF the industry Of other men. ia
stead of duplicating the industrious
and independent yeomary, than |
would heartily have accorded in her
views. But leila. this will never an
swer-we have come within an inch
of politics-and shall be very likely
10 get a lecture. or an eXcommunIca-
ton. either of which would be
dreadful.
But to atone, leila, for the liberties
| have taken, let me say, had you and
| lived in ancient times. and | had
happened to have been Il priestess II
the temple of Delphos, | would have
c~onsecrated in golden letters with
the precepts there) your remarks. 81
am not DESTROYS of curtailing the plea
sures of life, or hording up riches for
their own sake; but would recon-
mend such true economy as will pro-
mote permanent and rational happi-
ness; and enable us to do good where
the opportunity presents itself. For
any other purpose the acquisition of
wealth is scarcely worth 4 thought
Let this ever be our motto; 10
combine in Il consistent and reasona-
bic manner, the useful with the re-
fined and the ornamental. E1nrA
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own country in preference to any
other: but, by being deceived SO often,
| bad almost concluded not to pur-
chase again from Kentucky. Many
of my neighbors had come TO the
same conclusion: but | have reason
to believe, from what you write me.
that there will be no cause of com
plant in the articles you will furnish
me with: if SO, the extra piece is
4 matter Of but little consequence"
i LouiSaiUe Journal. F.
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Bagging and Rope.

The following extract of a letter
from a cotton planter in Louisiana,
to 4 manufacturer in Kentucky, upon
the subject Of Kentucky bagging and
rope, is but another illustration of the
correctness of that old and much a.
bused maxim, shat honesty is the
best policy" For the reasons poin-
ted out in this letter, three-forths
nearly of the cotton planters have
used foreign bagging for the last two
seasons, avoiding the fabrics from
Kentucky, as they would base coin;
firmly believing that. however superb
or in quality the outside Of the article
was, the inside was entirely different.
being as thin as tow and trash could
make it. This deception has been
practised more especially in the
manufacture of rope than Of bagging.
Such vile imposition and downright
cheatery, (for what else can it be cal
ledD has never been practised in any
other kind Of manufactures; and it is
not surprising this trade has become
SO paralyzed and the prices have be-
come SO ruinousIy low. Deception.
in 4 few individual cases may be
practised successfully, and by it the
shrewd doubletongued hypocr.te may
acquire wealth and prosperity, but
beneath its baneful influence any
kind of trade would necessarily with.
er and die.
The planters will not use baling
stulis Of inferior quality, SO long as
better can be obtained, even, at con-
siderabIy higher prices; and as about
one-half the Kentucky brands have
turned out to be miserably inferior in
side the piece or coils, a bad reputa-
ton has been given to the fabric OF the
whole State in consequence, and, in
the neal time, the prices have declin-
ed and declined, till now the article
will not bring the prime cost of manu-
featuring. If the manufacturers take
any interest in their business, they
should take warning from these facts.
The letter reads:
81 hope your bagging and rope will
be of the best quality. The bagging
not less than forty-four inches wide,
and weighinga pound and a half, at
to the yard; and the rope, fine,
enven and regular.
81 have been planting in this State
for a number of years past, and have
been in the habit of uniformly pur-
chasing Kentucky bagging and rope,
until within a few years past, when |
commenced purchasing East India
and Scotch, in consequence of the
being so inferior. 1t would
appear good on the outside of the roll,
out, after taking off a little, it would
present another quality greatly inferi- i
,r.' The rope generally ran the same :
way; the outside smooth and even,
hrs and equity. {
alt has always been my wish to S
encourage the manufactures Of my &
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A melancholy accident occurred a,
Geneva, New York, on the evening
of the 4th inst. AT an exhibition OF
fireworks. 4 spark was accidentally
communicated to a large collection
of rockets and other combustibles,
many of which passed through the
crowd with great force, killing two
persons and severely wounding at
least Il dozen others.
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pensions, or one pension. or none?
The Senate settled all these claims
b~enefcially to the Widows-apparent-
Iy upon the principle that all Iegisla-
ton should favor population; and that
whatever merit one might have as a
widow, she must have still greater as
a wife.-RichmOnd Compile.
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CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Seate, on the l4lh the Presi
dents private Secretary appeared
with the United States and Mexican
correspondence, called for by the
resolution of Mr.. Preston n few DAYS
previously. The important. portions
Of the correspondence were read
The Washington correspondent OF
The Baltimore American gives the
annexed account of what was read:
The reading began with a letter
from the Secretary of State Of the
Mexican Government which has be-
fore been published, and which sets
forth certain complaints against the
American Government.
The answer TO this was from the
Secretary of State. and the paper is
very long and very able, and will be
read with great interest and satisfac-
ton IN a. sections of the country.
Mr.. Webster answers the COM
plants in full. He meets ,hem one
by one. and shows that the United
States is IN no sense guilty of the ex-
t%raordinarv charges preferred. He
states that the public meetings held
IN the United States in regard to
Texas were but an expression OF
opinion for which there could be no
restraint since there was no violation
of law.
The Government has acted with 4
sincere desire TO preserve peaceful
relations between the two Govern
mcnts. and examples are given by
Mr.. Webster 10 prove this good faith.
as, for example, in the PRONUNCIATION
of orders TO the officers of the Gov.
eminent in the west and southwest
to see the neutrality of the nation
preserved, and, again, in suffering
Mexican vessels to be built and arm
ed in the United States a doubtful
power in which the Government of
the United States gave Mexico the
benefit of the doubt.
have copied one extract from this
able letter of Mr.. Webster, which is
SO much commended for its dignified
moderation, and from it YOU may
Judge something Of the whole paper.
which is long enough to occupy eve
raj columns of the American. To-
wards the conclusion of his last let
ter Mr.. Webster addresses NJ. de
Bocanegra thus:
"Thc President exceedingly re-
grets both the sentiment and the
of this declaration. but it can
admit of but one answer. The Mexi-
can Government appears to REQUIRE
that which could not be granted in
whatever language or whatever tone
requested. The Government of the
United States is Government of
1t concludes as follows: son the
receipt of this you will write a note
TO Mr.. De Bocanegra in which YOU
will say that the Secretary of State
OF the United States. on the 9th of
July, received his letter Of the S1st
OF May. That the President of the
United States considered the lam
guage and tone of that letter deroga.
Tory to the character of the United
States. and highly offensive, as it i'm
putes to the Government a direct
of faith; and that he directs
other answer to be given to itthan
declaration, that the conduct of
The Government ofthe United States.
IN regard TO the war between Mexi.
co and Texas, having been ALWAYS
hitherto governed by a strict and I'M
regard to its ncutrrl obIiga.
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ALTERED NoTEs.-The Cincinnati
Gazette says:
Gan altered note of the following
descriptio was presented at the coun-
ter of T. S. Goodman & Co., yester-
day. The note was a ten dollar bill
on the Northern Bank of Kentucky,
altered from n n dollar bill by past.
ing the figures ten over the one, and
by adding a vignette at each end of
the bill taken from some other note.
These ends made the bill full half an
inch longert than the lens on that bank
are. They a certainly be detected
by noticing the vignette: at the top
of the one dollar bill is a woman
seated, holding a scroll. and which
appears in the alterations"
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