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GEx. TwIGos's EXPEDITION TO III
PUENTE NAcIoSAL.-Gen. Twiggs was
about to start on an expedition TO carry
the Notifications at the National Bridge,
about twenty-five miles from Vera Cruz,
where it is said La Vega has fortified
himself with 1000 troops. Gen. Patter-
son is 20 follow him as soon as the requi-
site number of mules totransport his sup
plies can be raised. Large orders have
been sent TO this city for mules, and it is
expected that Gen. Quitman's expedition
to Alvarado, will open a market for a sup
ply Of this most necessary means Tor far
Their operations.
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Somerset COUNTY,, IS.

MC~~M 4 + an adjourned Orphans
S,.SA Courl held at Somerset,
in and for SAID county, oa
MCISM the 18Th day of February. A.
ID. Is47, before The Honorable Judges
thereof.
O nmoiion Of Mr.. Kimmel, the cour,
confirm tie Inquisidou and grant a rulo
on the heirs and legal representatives Of
John Graham, deceased to appear al an
Adjourned Orphans Court, to be held q.
Somerset on Monday The l0,h day Of
May next. N847) to accept or refuse TO
take the Real Estate Of said deceased,
at the appraised price.
Extract from the records Of said
court. certified this 18th day OF Februa-
ry, 1847.
WV. II. PICKING.
February QS. 1947. Clerk.
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Il ARMY.

Several officers Of the army, lately ar
rived at New Orleans from Vera Cruz,
are of opinion that General Scott will be
prevented from marching into the lnterl-
or OF Mexico, further than the highlands
of Jalapa; by the approach of the period
when the term Of several volunteer regl-
men;s under his command will expire
Some OF those terms will expire before
the first day of next July, when the men
may re-inlisto or not. Ii they choose to
return home, the General will be under
the necessity of disbanding them, and
providing the means of conveying them
to their homes; and this duty he might be
called upon to perform at a moment when
it would be extremely inconvealens to
him and hazardous to the army. 1t is
the part of prudence. therefore, TO remain
at JaIapa till he receives relnforcements
from the United States. or till Gen. Tay-
Tor is so far advanced on his march as to
render a junction with him easy and sure.
Gen. Taylor is in the same situation.
The chief part of his force consists of
volunteers, enlisted for twelve months;
and their terms may not expire SO soon
as those of some OF the regiments under
Gen. Scott, vet his situation would be
critical. if he found himself at San Luis
Potosi, or in the vicinity of the capital OF
Mexico, while his volunteers claimed
their discharge and no troops at hand to
replace them.-N. O. COURIER.
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LIEUT.. Cor. CLAY.-The N. o. Plea
yune saws: slIis last words were of his
father. When he was shot down a Sec
ond lime he drew a brace Of pistols from
his belt, handed them to Captaiu Gutter.
and requested him to deliver them to his
father with This message: 'Say 10 him
that he gave them TO me and that | have
done all that | can with them, and now
return them to him." Here the enemy
came thick around him. and these were
the last words he was heard TO utter"
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LATE FROM THE CITY 0 F MEXICO

-
Our latest intelligence from the city Of
Mexico is the following, translated for the
New York Commercial Advertiser from
the Havana Diaria de la Marina Of the 9th
instant:
sOn the 31st OF March was published
in Mexico the ~capitulation OF Vera Cruz.
President Santa Anna issued az address
to his countrymen, in which, among 9TH
or things, he says:
"Mexicans: Vera Cruz is in the pow
or Of the enemy. 1t has fallen, not be-
fore the valor of the Americans or the in
fuence Of their good fortune. We our
selves, to our shame be it said, have
brought this fatal disgrace upon our arms
by our interminable discussions. >
/ am resolved to go and meet the
enemy. Chance may decree
that the proud American host shall take
the capital Of the Aztec empire; | shall
not behold that disaster, for | shall first
lay down my life in the struggle. :
Yet the nation shall not perish; | swear
that Mexico shall triumph if my wishes
are seconded by a sincere and unanimous
effort. A thousand times fortunate for US
will prove the disaster Of Vera Cruz, if
the fall of that city shall awaken in the
breasts oil the Mexicans the enthusiasm,
the dignity. and generous ordor of a true
patriotism. 1t will undoubtedly prove the
salvation Of the country"
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80 miles.
800 miles.

SINGULAR CAsE.-A Mrs. Abingdon.
of Providence. r. l., fell to the ground
while hanging out clothes, and was taken
up for dead. She was deposited in a
tomb at Pawtucket in due course, but has
since been removed in consequence of
her body being found, on examination, to
be warm. The body remains warm, and
the color in her face natural and %fuctua-
ting, but there are no other signs Of life.
The most eminent physicians have as yet
been unable TO give a satisfactory solution
Of the mystery.
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S9ME25ET HERALD.

vDPNTE2. Esr Of P Philadelphia at hi'
R>ai Es'ate AMI Gal Osice, IS our authorizes
Agent foI ostaisiag Advertisements and Dub
a~Sriptioa for I've @HERALD" AMI Is e'othca
viii full poger 70 receipt for any monies pa'o
"a l,ir, m h.. olse.ss. dis agency includes
nc f,Ilcwing cities, tz'-'bli@isiPaIa' New
Yok Baltimore aai Dsston.
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LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
PMIL'A, ApriI e, Isl7.

fHlE A, ApTl ~, lOkI.
Lieut.. Gray has arrived at Baltimore,
bearing dispatches from California.
On the 9Th January Commodore
Stockton and Col. Kearney with 500
men, encountered Flores with 700 arlll-
lery and dragons al San Gabril. The
Americans charged them CALAMITY, and
took the Mexican battery.
The next day they had another battle
on the plains OF Mesa. 1t was a severe
one. The Mexicans charged on our sea-
men, who withstood them nobly with
their boarding pixies, while our mounted
rifemen dealt destruction in their ranks.
The Americans gained the battle with a
loss of only l6 men killed and wounded.
Lieut.. Rowan was the only officer woun-
ded, and he but slightly.
Thirty of the Mexicans were killed.
Com. Stockton refused to negotiate
with Flores. lie alleged hat he had a
right to shoot him as a rebel.
Subsequently Flores surrendered to 1t.
Col. Fremont, and promised to become an
American citizen.
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The wheat fields in many parts OF this
county have a very unpromising appear
ance. 1t is thought by many experien-
ced farmers that even should the remain
der OF the season prove favorable, there
will scarcely be an average crep.
More ground is being prepared for
corn than was ever cultivated before in
this county. At the present prices corn
is by far the mos, profitable crop that can
be raiscd.-Lancaster E.xaminer.
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miami INDIAss.-The steamer 'Decla-
ration yesterday from st. Louis, brought
down to Evansville, Ia, ffty-four Indians
of the Miami tribe, who had been on a vi
sit for six months to their relatives in the
West. Among the party were the Chiefs
Lafontaine and Vildcat.-Cn. Gaz.
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The Government has drawn on the
Banks for the entire balance remaining in
their hands, for the use of the armv.-
The whole sum is about 5000, 900. The
disbursements of the Sub Treasury are
very large at this lime, and the amount
collected at the Custom House viii also
be very large, as the due packet ships are
coming mn. Y. Express.
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A HIr.-The Louisville Journal says:
1.-The f~unctionarics at Washington did not
think Gen, Taylor worthy to have his
name appear in the last annual message
of the President. The people will per-
haps think him worthy to have his name
appear at the bottom OF the annual mes
sage OF the President in lS49."
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Several journals, quoted in the Nation,
estimate the deaths In ireland from abso-
lutte want, al $4,000, and it is stated thai
such is the police report Of the cohsisou-
larry Office in Dublin,
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FROM VERA CRUZ TO MEXICO.

As there are many inquiries respecting
the distance between the cities OF Vera
Cruz and Mexico, we have obtained by
the kindness of a friend the following
schedule of distances on the route:
Leave VeraCruz for Calrpoon
Tuesday evening at llo'-
clock. distance about 20 miles.
Arrive at Calapo on ednes-
day between 5 and Z o.
clock, p. Nj.
Leave Calapo on Thursday
morning for Perotea, dis
tance 90 miles,
Between Calape and Pero-
tea you go up the noun
tain until you reach a
height of upwards of o.
600 feet above the level of
the sea.
Arrive at Perotea in the e.
ycning.
Leave Perotea on Friday
morning. at 8 O'Clock A.
NJ, for Puebla. distance 20 miles,
Arrive same day at Puebla,
al o'clock A, NJ,
Leave Pue5la on Saturday
morning at 4 O'Clock A.
Nj. distance 80 miles.
Arrive same day In Mexico
about 4 P. NJ. About half
way between Puebla and
Mexico you descend for
upwards 20 miles at a rap
i'd gait. -
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As many as t~wenty-four Iron Steam
Ships are now building on the Clyde
One Of them, the ~.Simoon," war ship,
800 horse power. is nearly as large as
the Great Britain,
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Q NILES FROM MONTEREY,
March 90, l647.

wrote a letter TO YOU from SaItillo da-
ted Sd Of March. A few days afterwards
Gen. Taylor marched us down to Monte
rey together with tle Mississippians and
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CHARLES A. KIMMEL.
JoHS o. KENNEL. Somerset Pa.
The Baltimore Republican says

The Baltimore Republican says
1.-The wal and its glories and lis heroes
beiOng 10 the Democracy"
The "war," yes. Its "glories and he
roes," no. It's "glories'' belong to the
whole American people. Its principal
.'heroes' are Wings. The good names
of those aheroes'' have been assailed by
sthe Democracy in Congress, and but
for the patriotic magnaniIniiy of the SEN
ate. Gen. TAYLOR would haze been cen-
sured for his humane snd wise capitula-
ton at Monterey, and i%nsulied by being
despoiled of his command by Col. Ben
ToN.-Al5. Journal.
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EXTRAORDINARY UsAs1mIrr.-sant

EXTRAORDINARY UNANIMITY.-Santa
Anna says that, in the council conyoked
after the battle of the 23d of February,
all his officers were perfectly unanimous
in advising a retreat and he concurred
with them. What a harmonious band Of
heroes.
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IaPoRrANT TO PARENTs.-In Baltimore
a few days since, a child swallowed a
cent which had been given it. Hlodged
FIRMLY. so that il could neither get up or
down. and so low in the throat as 10 be
beyood the reach of~insorumcnts. A ply
sieisn was called in as soon as possible,
and ending his instruments of no use, adj
ministered antimonial wine freely, with
castor oil and molasses. In a few mo-
ments the child commenced vomiting, and
with some efforts succeeded in throwing
up the cent, affording immediate relief.
1t is stated that the poet Fem Moore is
a brother-in-law 10 Senator Sewer.
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MORE TRooPs.-A requisition has been
received by the Governor OF this State,
for its quota Of the NEW levy Of 5000
troops. We presume this levy is to make
good those whose terms Of service are
about to expire. and TO fill any vacancies
which may be caused by other casualties.
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ELECTIONS I INSTALLATIONS are to
be held during the remainder Of this year
as follovFs.-
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RANGERS SALE.

4 S Ranger Of Madison cnunty, will
- offer for sale, in the town Of Can
ton, on
Monday the 9Th day Of July, 1847,
The following described Strays, to wit:
Taken up BY VIM. Smith, a small Sor-
rel Horse, blaze in the face, left eye out.
Appraised to $25,Oo
Taken up by Moses Brock a Sorrel
Horse, about 10 years old, left eye out,
two white feet on the near side, a white
spot under the belly on same side, about
14I hands high, Appraised to $500
Taken up BY Dempsey Maroney, a
small Bay Horse, about ~ hands high,
switch tail, hanging name, 3 white feet,
no brands, age not known.
Appraised to $1,000
Taken up BY Solomon Wilder, a Red
sided Cow, white belly, about 5 year:
old, slit IN the right ear, crop and slit in
the left, with an unmarked yearling o.
same color. appraised to $ll,0C
Taken up by John Bridges, 4 Sow
and 2 Barrows, all about 2 years old
marked swallow fork and sawset in the
right and smooth crop and sawseE in the
left ears, with l8 Pigs belonging to sale
.Sows. Appraised to $g4,OO
Taken up BY E. H. Coleman, ! Cow
with her calf, the Cow is black, with
some white on her right flank and hips,
marked an under and over bit in the
right, and a crop and hole in the left ear
5 Years old. Appraised to $500
One pale red Steer, without mark O
brand, about 2 years old.
Appraised to $40
Taken up by R. 4 Young, q white
and black spotted Cow, crop of the RICH
and underbit in the left ear, no brands
~ 8 years old. Appraised to S6,6'
Persons having the above describe
Horses in their possession, are requires
3 bring them forward on the day 0
sale. H. WHITE, hengeT. !,
June 10, l847. 4O-4
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From he Ncp Orleans Reayune.
YERA Gu. MN %. nv.

N@NJ ~ ~1AAF
Gentlemen :-Aiter several days Of anxiety
and suspense, occasioned BY the capture Of the
diligence BY a band Of guerrlllas, and the well.
known dangerous state Of the road, another
train has arrived at last from Jalapa, bringing
Us news from the army and the events that
have occurred on the road during The last six
days, the most important Of which is the muir
dercf Col. Sewers and seven out Of his escort
Of eight dragons, and Lieut.. Mcdonald, Of
the Rife Regiment.
Col. S. arrived here about a week ago with
dispatches from Washington to Gen, Scott
He lett this city last Saturday for Jalapa, and
was murdered three miles beyond the National
Bridge,
The reports we have Of the sickness at Vera
Cruz are various. Verbally we learn thatthere
were 1900 sick men in the hospitals on the 3lst
ult., and a great many dying daily. It is said
that on the 3lst forty-nine died in the castle.
The Quartermaster's men are represented as
suffering very much and dying off rapidly
But we have letters from Vera Cruz from high
authority which give a different account Of the
sickness. They represent that there are but
few cases Of vomito among the troops, but
many more in private practice among foreign
ers, not Americans. The city is cleaner than
it ever was before.
The new recruits suffer very much upon
their arrival. AS soon as landed they march
off for Santa Fe through the deep sand, the
weather excessively hot and a frightful scarcity
Of water. Many Of them give out and are
.arried back to the city to be placed in the
hospitals and suffer with the diarrhna. In the
hospitals at Jalapa there are said to be about
800 sick.
Verbally we learn that Gen. Herrera has GER
tainly been elected President, but we have nc
papers by which to verify this news. Tht
same report was rife before it was possible foi
the fact to be known, It is not mentioned il
he Avco-Iris Of the 3lst ult.
In this Arco-Iris we find a postscript to tn,
effect thai Gen. Valencia had superseded SAINT
Anna in his military command, and that som,
of the guerilla parties who held their commits
sious from the latter had suspended their pre-
datOry operations until they should receiv'
J new authority TO continue them. We plac'
no faith in the latter part Of this story, Mex
/ can ladrones are not sticklers at legal doubts
they require no commission to steal, rob, o
4 murder,
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ADMlNIsTRAToR,s sALE.

10y virtue Of an order from the homo
- rable the Probate Court Of Madison
county, Mississippi, made at the May
term, l847, the undersigned as Admins
'rator de bonis non on the estate Of J.
w. Camp, decd, | will
On Monday The 1911 day Of July neat
before the Court House door in the town
of Canton, sell to the highest bidder,
on a credit Of twelve months, the follow
ing described lands belonging to said
estate, to wit;
The south half Of west half Of south
west quarter, section fourteen; west half
Of northwest quarter, section twenty
three; south half Of west half Of north
east quarter and west half Of southeast
quarter, section twenty-five; east half
of north west quarter, north half OF east
half Of southwest quarter, and east half
of section twenty-seven; east half OF
northeast quarter, section thirty-tour;
west halfof northeast quarter and south
half Of west half Of southeast quarter,
sectionthirty-fye, township eight, range
two, east, and south half, west half Of
southwest quarter, section thirty-two,
township eight, range three, east, IN
Madison county: also, w4st half Of Lot
four, section eight, township seven,
range eight, in Rankin county.
The purchaser to give bond and Se-
curity.
Sale to take place within the hours
prescribed by law.
H. A. H. LAWSON, Admir-
de 5onis non ofJ w. Camp decd.
June 5, 1847. S8-4O
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From he az q Msv orleans, direet ff0m he
AMERICAN AND NATIONAL THEATRES.

AMERICAN AND NATIONAL THEATRES.
P. STICKNEY, respectfully mott
~ fes the public that his Gnriuallsd
Equestrian troupe and splendid stud Of
gceH learned Hors3s, are now about com
mencing their summer course. Having
played at New Orleans and Mobile to
crowded houses and appeared before the
most respectable families Of the two
cities nEor the last six months" where
their performances have been received
with shouts Of applause and every mark
Of attention from the press. The mana
ger having engaged the wild BedouIn
Arab Family, lately arrived in the v.
States: also Mons. Cane, the wonderful
Cask Rolling performer, at great ex-
~pense, is now able, together with the
Equestrian Company, to give one Of the
most astonishing and pleasing entertain
ments ever offered to an American pub
lie. Comprehending in IN extensive
and magnificent Entertainment, the
great variety Of Exercises Of the Are
IA ana Menage, embracing the most
beautiful stud Of Horses in America,
having been selected BY the proprietor
after twenty.four years experience in
the Equestrian performances. Among
the head commanding is the celebrated
trained Horse Of American breed, Gin
cinnatus, who the Manager challenges
Proprietors Of Circusses for the sum OF
Eve thousand dollars to produce q horse
as we'll trained, whether raised in Eu.
rope or America, as his horse Cihcinna
tus.
The Extraordinary Family Of Arabs
whose wild performances in the cities O.
Orleans and Mobile, created such a sen
~sation. will introduce the whole Of theil
Wonderful Feats, such as throwing Som
ersets from a Solid Rock, through Bal
looms. over Guns and Baycnets, Banners
Horses. &c. &c. Also, their Pyramid
cal Devices, which must BE- seen to be
believed, I,
Mons. Cane, the Wonder Of the Worlt
lust arrived from Frapcouye's Olympic
Arena, at Paris, will perform his astonish
inc Entertainment upon the Rolling
Barrel.
For further particulars the public ar
respectfully referred to the large an
small bills, posted at the different Hotels
and printed bills of the day.
S. P. STICKNEY, Proprietor
Equestrian Director, w J. smith
J Master Of the Circle, Mr.. y shay
Clowns, Messrs. WorrelI y Devere
To be exhibited at Canton, on Satur
day the 96th inst.
Admittance so cents-Children an
Servants, half price.
+ Doors open at 2 o'clock-Performanc
to commence at half past 2,P N.
June IS, l847.
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CANTON, mIssIssIPfI, SATURDAY, JUNE ., ls4g'
From Mexico.

By the schooner Oregon, Captain Whitney,
from Tampico, advices are received to I'd June,
and from the city Of Mexico to 22d May.
The election for President Mad not yet been
determined, as only the returns from some Of
the States had been received. The prospects
we're in favor Of Herrera, The State Of JOlis-
GO had refused to 60 into the election.
Santa Anna had annulled the law r%estrict-
ing the Press. The Rcayuae Of this morning
says:
We have Santa Annals address, published on
the Goth ult, but it is too long to give this
morning. One Of his first acts upon r~esuming
power was to annul the law restricting the
freedom of the press. His administration aims
to consult the public sentiment--so says the
Minister'S new rescript-which can only be
known through an untramelled press.
Senores Rosa and Rondero have left the
ministry. Baranda was still Secretary Of State,
and Gen. Alcoria Of War. The two other
portfolios were vacant on the 22d, the Minis
ters having tencered their designations.
The proceedings against Gen. Arista, for the
loss of the battles Of the 9th and 9th Of May
and the surrender Of Matamoros, have been
relinquished, with aview to his em2loymentin
the defence Of the capital.
OF Col. Doniphan's march to Saltillo the
Mexicans are Of course apprised, but as he
moved South they were vastly alarmed for the
fate of Durango. When they discovered Of
suspected his true intent, they breathed 50
much more freely, that it is ludicrous to read
the letters they dispatched to the capital.
The excuses Of Gen. Urea and his subordi
mates, committed towards Mexicans themselves
are loudly complained Of, while his services il
harrassing the Americans are cheerfully &C
kn~owledged. We have all along felt sure tina
the Mexicans would be the first to cry on
against guerrillas.
The order Of Gen. Worth's entrance int
Puebla is given with minuteness. His fore
is set downb by the Mexicans at 1890 men, wit
thirteen pieces Of artillery. /.
!, ~ Republican, has a long denunciatory ar
ticIe upon the "Partisans Of Peace.n 1t is al
most the first acknowledgment from this sourc
) Of the existence Of such aparty. Its strengtl
is imputed to the divisions among the advocate
Of war.
, On the 2lat ult. the new constitution, four
y ded upon that Of 1924, was formally adopted
Santa Anna, Herrera and the members {
Congress swore to observe it, and this cerem'
0 ny being over, they marched to the Cathedra
: where a solemn T Deuas was celebrated.
The papers give accounts Of revOlutionar
movements in oajaca, some 200 troops havin
revolted on the 9th ult, and declared again'
the State authorities.
: We have only time to add, that a paper be
\ been started in the capital entitled El Rag
g nadoa, which is opposed to the war, althoug
it roundly denounces the conduct Of the Uni
ed States.