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From the PittsbHg GaEstts.
PROGRESS OF THE ARMY.

We are indebted TO an extra Of the Journal for
the facts in the following despatch, giving news
from Vera Cruz as late as the 29lh ult., and
several days later from the command Of General
Scott.
The last news from the army gives informa-
tion Of the occupation Of Jaapa and Perote by
our troops. Gen. Worth is in command Of Pc
rote, with seven pieces of cannon. Canalizo
had command of Perote previously, and aban-
doned it after spiking the guns, and upon the aP-
proach Of Gen. Scott Jalapa was quietly sur
rendered by depulation Of the town, and before
the army had reached the city. Colonel Childs
is Governor of thispost
Santa Anna passed through Jalapa on his way
from Cerro Gordo. He had with him 6OOO men,
the remnant Of his defeated army. We have no
news Of his arrival at the city of Mexico, and the
probability is that he would not return for the pre-.
sent. He was reported at Orizabo, endeavoring
to rally the army which seemed to have LOST
confidence in their commander.
1t was reported that Santa Anna had been
denounced US a coward by his countrymen al
The capitol. The Mexicans were preparing to
defend their city, and the Congress to remove
their place of meeting. General Scott had sent
a messenger to the Congress, acknowledging his
willingness 10 make peace, but no answer had
been received.
The Vera Cruz Chronicle Of 29lh, says, thai
a correspondence has been seized by the Mex
can authorities, addressed by great parsonage
name is not given, 10 Senor Reon, offering hin
a certain sum TO bring about peace, and declar
ing readiness to place means at his disposal fo
the accomplishment Of that purpose.
Gen. laclan, the commandant at Puebla, was
lorlilying that place, and determined to defenC
it to the last.
General Patterson had nearly recovered from
his late indsposiron. General Shields wa
still living, but his recovery was considers
doubtful.
Santa Annals son is at the head ofa moraudn
parry Of murdercrs, infesting the road belwee
Jalapa and Vera Cruz.
Mr.. Black, late American Consul at Mexico
after being driven from the CAPITOL took reiug
in Tampico, and is now about returning to III
| United States.
A proposition was introduced TO remove III
National Congress to Talpan.
General Taylor was preparing to march o.
San Luis. The disbandment of volunteer
whose term of service was out, was rapidly d
minishing his force. The Regiments from Ii
diana, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, an
i Arkansas, were about returning home.
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She was boarded by an oticer from the Uni-
ted States steamer Scorpion, who placed leuers
in the hands Of Capt. Jackson, and Informed
him that on the 18th ut. TGspan had been taken
aher a fierce and determined opposition on the
part ofihe Mexican troops.
The Mexicans, afer desparate struggle, find
ing thai Notwithstanding their most strenuous ex,
eriions, all resistance would be in vain, spiked
all the guns, raised the deences OF the places and
then abandoned it.
In the engagement four men were killed and
fourteen were wounded on our side, among
whom were four officers, viz: Captain Tainall,
slightly; Lieutenant Parker, severely: Lieutenant
Harstein and Passed Midshipman Lowndes, both
sighlly.-NsD York Tribune.
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From the Lafayette Journal.
Letter from Thomas COrwin,

We are permitted to lay before our reader the
following very beautiful and eloquent letter re-
ceved by gentleman Of this place from Sena-
tor Corwin. What contrast does the patriotic
and truthful language ofthis letter present to that
wild and indiscrminute appreciation which exulis
IN The murderous details Of Monterey and Vera
Cruz:
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GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE.-The Washington
Union claims forthe President all the credit of
The battle Of Buena Vista. The Louisville Jopy-
nal says it is unquoslionably fact that if Polk
had not sent Santa Anna into Mexico, the 6attts
of Busxa VISTA coEl6 1epey koI ccesxyAd,
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The people cannot think Of peace, because Il
involves is consent TO the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ouI
country; il cannot think of the disgrace Of our
name, because the unworthy thought would pro-
claim that Mexico. incapable Of showing her val
or and enduring sacrifices, is at the disposal Of
every people who can lombard her cilies and
march an army upon her territory. After snch
disgrace, our Independence would be a derision,
our nationality a transilory act. War, then, is
the cry Of The people; war is the policy oi the
Government.
To wage it successfully but one element is ne
cessary-Union. Too long has our strength
been wasted in senseless conflicts; il is necessary
to unite the whole against the foreigner. In the
name Of the country conjure all Mexicans that
they rally around the sacred standard OF lnde-
pendence and the Republic; that they cease from
these pernicious divisions which facilitates the
projects Of the invader, which excite smiles OF
criminal JOY in those who count upon erecting a
foreign throne upon the ruins Of our conquered
and humiiaied country.
Mexicans: have not accepted power for the
triumph Of any party. The Government thinks
only upon the common salvation. In its eyes
all generous opinions are worthy Of respect; all
republicans are good sons of the country
Throughout my life, liberty. the Republic anc
confederation have been my cause; the cause
am going TO defend, not to forget. To this my
power, my blood is 10 be devoted
! Upon the banners of the enemy is inscribed
I"To Conquer or Die" and in order that ou
country may be independent, that the cause o
our race may triumph, il is necessary TO oppos
to this fatal inscription Force and Libertyi II !
necessary that our arms should thrust forth tn
enemy from our territory, and that our inslilu
tions should restrain them upon the troniler.-
Destined to q permanent rivalry, it is necessary
in order 10 struggle with them, that we bccom
great and strong by that power which rules ih
uniyerse-lhc power Of democracy and civlliza
IiGn.
In accepting power have sworn to defend on
Independence and our institutions. The oath |
sacred The Nation can confde in my loyair
, and my honor. But these are not sufficient 1
save us; the situation is difficult, and should nc
have consented to accept the Government, had
! not hoped to be able 10 unite all our efforts d
gainst the common enemy. Independence dc
, mands the cooperation Of all MexcOns, the sa
, crifce Of all animoses, the exercise OF ever
, virtue, the excrlion OF all our energies.
, Let. the nation rise up united; let enter upo
, the struggle with the vigorous enthusiasm of tn
, days Of Independence; and then the Vandals VIII
have threatened us shall repent Of their rash IN
. quily. Victory will crown our exerIlons, all
| we shall speedily have nationality assured,
| name worthy of respect, permanent exlstenc
secured. If, in the hour Of danger and of SO
; crifce, We initiate only the lofty virtues and tn
ndomablo valor Of our fathers, Mexico will
, sayod
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PEDRO MARIA ANAYA.
Mexico, Sd Of April l847.

The address to Tho army published the same
day brcalhes the same spirit, and it is needless
for US TO give ii.
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raise a mob TO put me out Of the house ~
Mr.. McAbee insisted that he should other
take bis seat or go out OF the house, and pay
for 1t into the bargain.
Upon this, a number OF the saints arose
from their seats, and rushed forward to seize
Walker and drag him out of the sanctuary.
At this juncture, Judge Cummins [associats
Judge of Carroll County, stepped forward
and cried, "Stop, men = at which they all
stood for further orders. Mr.. Cdmmins said,
F" Mr.. Walker, you know you are violating
the law, and il you don't take your seat and
keep quiet, it shall be enforced. l command
you to take your seat"
Mr.. Walker remarked, al will take my
seat at the command Of no man." Here an
| other move was made to put Walker out Of
the house, and a brother Walters being very
intent on prey, seized Walker by the coat
collar, and pulled considerable. A, this cri-
sis a young Mr.. Cummins interfered and de-
handed that no violence be used on the per-
son Of Mr.. Walker, and that brother Walters
loose his pious grip, and take his seat, which
he very reluctantly did. Then Mr.. Walker
remarked to the mob, that as they had mado
The disturbance, il they would take their seats
and behave themselves, he would trouble
them no further. All parties took their seats,
and the ARRAY ended.
After meeting, as we walked down street,
Ny,lLar r.noarLal v,yr p1aao ap4l- - Tho hrO-
Their that collared him in the church, Friend
Walters, what were you all afraid Of up at
the church to-day, that you wanted to drag
me out7 You knew | was a Non.resistant,
or you wouldn't have laid hands on me as
you did," At this Mr.. Walters squared him
self on the street, clenched his fist and was
about 10 strike, when Mr.. Walker stepped
back a little and said, " am a Non-resistant,
you may strike me if you wish, | shall resist
you in no way.'' Mr.. Walters remarked, 81
don't want you either to trust me or my reli-
gion, ana if it had not been for the regard |
had for the house Of God, ] would rave
your glasses into your eyes!"
Many other words passed, which may 60
for what they will fetch. But before | lose,
l wish TO say that two of those who rushed
forward to seize Walker, are preachers-men
who profess to be in Christ's stead beseech-
ing the world to be reconciled 10 God."-
(Alchbald and Lowman are their names.) o
how my heart sickened at seeing mon of such
profession rushing from the very altar of the
sanctuary like beasts of prey, 10 seize upon,
and drag a man out of the house for asking a
simple question. Would Christ have lone
sol o shame, where is thy blush7 The
above is a sample of the religion of Lees.
burg.
Yours for the Right.
NJ NJ SEJQV
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LEEsBuRo, Nov. Goth, 1847.


believe the opposition and burning hate
to Come-outism in this place is beyond de-
scription. Sectarianism has been keyed up
to the highest pitch in Leesburg, and you
know that that leaves no room for good-no
room for humanity. So it is tOith US.
The Episcopal Methodists have just closed
a protractod effort in this place-a desperate
effort indeed, but no converts so far as | have
heard. Mr.. Walker, Mr.. Curtis, and my
self, attended a number of meetings on the &C.
c%asion, some of which | will notice.
On Sabbath morning we went to Love
Feast, as we thought; but found our share
of love to be very small, 1. c., the love shown
US for when we came to the church door,
we found a keeper there-a Door Keeper
-one to admit the sheep, but especially to
keep the goats out. He stood with his head
poking out between the door and the casing,
leaning against the latter, and holding fast to
the former-as much as to say, none but the
right stripe t0iH gain admission here. In that
strange attitude the "door keeper asked US a
number of questions, such as the following (:
"Are you a member of any churchl" "Have
you not had the privilege Of love feastl" &c.
upon which a warm interchange of words
took place, until finally we were told that we
could not Be admitted on any consideration,
and were ordered TO leave the house. We
maintained our ground, occupying that por-
ton OF the door which stood open, until it
was forcibly closed and we thereby showed
out. Thus our love feast ended.
We returned to our house, and at IL o'clock
preaching, attended again. After the intro
ductory prayer was said, Mr.. Walker arose
and asked this question, " Mr.. McAbee, what
right have ! at this meeting, it being a pub
lie meeting, and being one of the public 2"
adding, II attended meeting this morning,
being invited as ! thought, but was mistaken,
and was violently forced from your door,
And az | don't wish to violate rules, | wish
you to tell me what is my right al this meet.
ing"
In reply, Mr.. McAbee remarked, sit ia
your right, sir, to take your seat and hear, az
others do, and if yon dom, do it, We will find
a way to make you. or will put you out of the
house," Upon which, Mr.. Walker mildly
remarked, why, Mr.. McAbse, would yor
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Congress.

On Monday next Congress will again as
semble--the North and the South will meet
in loving union-professed aholitionists and
practical Shareholders sit down eide by side.
We feel but little interest in the doings of
its august Senators and stately Representa-
tives only 30 far as they are the induces upon
the Congressional scale, showing the tempe
nature of the political atmosphere. They very
well know that Of themselves they can do
nothing, that they were not sent there for
such a purpose, but were designed to do the
bidding Of the people. They well know that
the power which created can annihilate them,
and they are as obedient to the Gee and Haul
of their constituents, as The best trained oxen
to tho voice of their driver. To be sure, now
and then an unruIy one chances 10 get his
neck in the yoke, but such are generally to
be coaxed or driven without much difficulty
The complexion of the las, Congress will
furnish no data upon which 10 calculate the
probable action of the members Of the next,
not even of those who were members of both.
Important political changes have occurred
since the last Sc ssion-the sea has been some
what tempest.tost, as many a partizan we'll
knows. The wind has veered so frequently,
such sudden squalls have come up, and there
has been such a conflict in the elements, thai
even the most experienced among them were
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sometimes at a loss how to trim the sails,
or to hold the helm. Nor does the presen,
condition of things betoken much improve
ment in the prospects Of the seekers after
~loaves and fishes.
Young Wings and young Democrats have
broken from their leading strings and are as
disrespec,ful to their seniors as was Tony
Veller to his grandfather. The cabalistical
words Irregular nomination." whose magic
power upon the Democratic rank and file,
none until now have dared TO question, has
been insufficient to keep them in subjection,
and at a recent election tho alarming specta-
Gle was presented. of Democrats voting for
whom they chose.
And If the Democrats are in a FIX, the
Wings are no less so; for they have the dif-
fcult task before them Of establishing a COM
| promise between the chemical properties of
fire and gun.powder, a labor which will pro-
baby occupy them some time.
But we have wandered from the Congress
to it's constituents. AS The former will repre-
sent the conflicting opinions and opposing
interests Of the latter, we should none of Us
be careless spectators of the scenes enacted
at the National bear garden, as Washington
has been aPlly denOminated. Who or what
will there triumph, it would be unwise for
any one who is careful Of his reputation as a
prophet, to endeavor 10 foretell-all that it
would be safe to say, is, we shall see.
We shall see whether party tactics will
triumph over individual thought and individ-
ual action we shall see whether the interests
of the Southern capitalist will triumph over
the rights Of tho laborer of the North /; we
shall see whether political chicanery will tri-
umph over principle; we shall see whether
robbery and murder will triumph over justice;
we shall see whether the spirit of comprom-
Use will triumph over truth; in a word, we
shall see whether American slavery will tri-
umph over Heaven-born liberty.
Wait patiently, and time will make all
these manifest.
Our prayer is, that the discordant materi-
ais which will be brought together in the COM
ing Congress shall blow this Union into frag-
ments, leaving the individual States at liberty
to form a more perfect Union" a Union, In
the formation of which, Freedom shall make
no compromise with Oppression.
So may it be.
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who votes tall, 10 vote the Liberty ticket"
Probably il is not known 10 your readers,
that Elder B. lost his reelection TO the Office
Of Justice Of the Peace, some time previous,
and perhaps wished by these means to be
prepared for the mex, canvass. The Disci.
pie Church al Hartford never auaigned, TIL
ed, nor c%onsured any man for being an aboli-
,%ionift. Nor did it ever try to hinder Elder
B. from saying what he pleased on the SUBJ
ject Of slavery, but only sought to regulate
and cotree, his manner and spirit of doing
H..
Instead of saying he "camo cut" Of the
Disciple Church and joined another, it should
have read, he sreaked out Of the Disciple
Church, and sneaked into the Congregation
al Church, for he gave no intimation Of lea
wing to the former, and members Of the lat
ter have expressed dissatisfaction at his man
ner of entering il. He has escaped from an
impure to a pure church. If thiS be true, he
Is certainly out Of his proper element, and
will surely die las he did with us) or CON-
t,minate the element in which he mcvee.-
II the Church he left was impure and tyran-
nical, while he was in 1t, | an certain II lost
uueh of both when he left II.
Concerning the purity and liberty Of the
Church to which he fed, l know but little.
I have an acquaintsnce with some of its
members, and find them good neighbors and
Picus christians. My partial acquaintance
with its pastor leads me to believe that he ia
practically acquainted with the spirit and
courtesy Of our holy religion. sit not in
Judgment on any'church, nor would ! wan
tonly condemn a whole body because Of
some Of Its members. 1t is because the au-
thority is and was in ihe Church, that Elder
B. left it. For a long time he swayed the
scepter, but when tho church resumed her
proper authority and decided against him, he
fed.
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ter a person has graduated from under the
teschingsi it may be Of a dogna,ical clique,
he by common consent receives the title Of
Doctor Of Divinily-noihing more nor less
than a chnnge Of the name from the ancient
one Of Priest, while the privilege Of ''lording
over remains the same. Now we ask in
all frankness what wonderful being a "now
days" mot saying any thing offormer ones,)
minister L.. Ii any one osn inform US, we
wonld gladly receive the information. Is he
entitled to superlative noticed Is no worthy
of homcgs7 Is his "say so" to be taken as
The ''sine que nom in every thing of WORTH
10 his 'ipse dixit" hlo, invulnerable, i%nvinci-
Bile, Law beyond repeal, like those Of the an.
Glen, Modes and Persians7 R~eally-were we
to Judge by the acts of many people we
should respond affumatively to the above
questions. An elderly lady Of our a~cquain-
lance being asked her opinion Of a portion Of
scripture, after medilaiing awhile, replied IRE.
f%errlng 10 Mr.. Mills formerly minister in
Connscticut) IL havs forgot how Mr. Mills
did interpret that verse" Thus it is. And
the truth of the matter is, until, mankind rid
themselves of the foolish practice of gulping
down everything that priestly denagogues
say, we may expect that heathenish darkness
will impend the world while intemperance,
war, and slavery will continue their devas-
tating strides to the utter extinction of every
thipr N.1,,al1a - onniatu Eariy i.uxo,
sions are in fact terrible In their influence
upon individual cases.
False teaching, and that early impress is
the cause of all this reverence for the minis
try under the influence of which such giant
i%niquity stalks through the land. We re-
member well when under the paternal roof
what q round of drill the children had to take,
when "the minister" was expected to visit
the family. We were taught to walk, sit,
falkland almos, wink, by rule. When we look
ed at him, or answered any questions which
he might PROFOUND, we were to remember
that We were in the presence not only Of a
man, but a minister! And we really suppo-
sed a minister was a being rather super
human. And the hardest thing for us to
learn in mature years was that ga minister"
possibly be in an error, especially if
he was ofthe Presbyterian Persuasion! And
thus the matter is managed so that through
.egregious Ignorance sectarim bigots have
multiplied, and ministerial d~ictation i%ncreas-
until the church has been led into the
darkness of midnight, and become a "cage
of %unclean birds" in the fullest Specification
Of the term. And as a consequence among
many direful results, three millions Of the hu-
man family in this boosted land of liberty
are now dragging out a miserable life in
the most cruel bondage.
More soon upon the governmental tyranny
of the church, through which liberty of
speech is stifed, and as a sequel, SANDER, de-
famation and the lowest scurrility are thrown
broad cast upon community as the fruits OF
pure christianity.
HARVEY CURTISS.
Morgan, Nov. 25, ls47.
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or An interesting letter from N. N. Sell
by will be found in another place. What
blessed preachers of the Gospel must those
priests be who collared friend Walker! They
were very bold to lay hold of him, but it
seems they did not touch II. w. Curtis,
whose portly frame and arm of iron have not
yet been brought into allegiance to the doc
trines of Nonresis,ance. We commend their
discretion.
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Yours for the Right.
N. N. SELDY.

81 love agitation when there is cause for
1.-THE alarm bell which %startles the inhabi-
tants of a city, saves them from being burned
in their beds."-Edmund Burke.
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