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The latest tdngs from the Of war ere Of very un-
pleasant nature. We devOu,y hope they may the
prelude to serious disasters Our readers will find in
another column all the details that have reached us Of the
partsy successful attack made by the Mexeans upon the
strongly guarded train from Vera Cruz. 1t one of the
bodest movements yet attempted by the Mexicans, and
gives apprchcnd that they are in much more
formidable force in Of Gen Scott than had been pre-
vOuy supposed. In addition the extracts from the Pic
ayune and Bulletin, in another column. n rumor Is men,
toned in the National that the Mexcans have Of
the National BRIDGE the highway between Vera Cruz
and Jaapa, and destroying H. II this be true tho OBJ
icc Of the Mexicans must be obsuuc the march of re-
Inducements and supplies from the the interior
and thereby to reard and perhaps prevent Gen SCOTS
medi'aed movement upon the capital. We have every
confidence in the skill and prudence Gen. Scott and in
the nvncibe courage OF his troops but cannot diycs
our minds OF the apprehension that he may with some
check With other people than MsEiesns indeed we
should regard his humiliation inevitable With such
fSebc enemies they have proved be- however and
pecaly with such leaders they possess is more than
probable that our apprehensons altogether groundss
We hope, at all events that public anxiety may be soon re-
lie'ed by the receipt OF intelligence from his camp
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Etl0RfED ~ ntvFRttY HLaiH, LrENsED STOCK uEoErR.
State Stock per- cents per value sfOOssabs ~ st0ai
Cn1raon percshts par value si00ias demand ~ sf02
James River Kanawha Bonds guarasteed BY e d.
n1nd par and interest
Exchange Bank Fock vaiue stO0in demand NJ atOli
Farnrrf Bank Stock. par value 9tO0-ias Al 500
Va bIns Stock par value f70--last sales ~ go.
Manchester Cotton ald Wool Manufacturing Stock par value
eiO0--heda ~ fsS.
Richmond Pre- Association Stock par value slo-ia.t sales
s2pla1O
Richmond Frdeuessburg Potomac Railroad stoet par value
fiO0-ar saies ats8J.
Rshmond Ped Pot Certificates Of Debt par vaus $500
tas sales SOS.
Richmond lni LouI,a r. r. goeE par vaue sIooh.n % as
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-06-25

TowBoAr EHrLoHoS The toygboat Porpoise Capt
Disney IN going down the uver, having ship
kona and brig Union, when and a half miles below
Fort Jackson, Of 50 o'clock yesterday morning burst ali
Of her boilers, ling the hrt engineer Mr. Ii FEAy,As
aud badly wOunding }. STONE, J. KANMAR, and o. HUI
hrcmcn J.. Moss, and n. CEisr h-oman were
slightly scalded &. WOLF fireman, Is Missing
The ship Wakona, signify injured In the buwarks
rails ETC. and the chief mate, Mr.. ROBERT c. SrAvwoop
badly tcnldcd. The brig Union much injured NJ
q compel her return 10 the city Tor repairs.
Macy 10 the passengers Of the brig Union were injured
Miss Z QriSN badly wounded Mrs. PfBo, slightly; Mr.
PfB's chd, and Mr. Tomas ALuou-E, badly and Two Of
the crew eighty iuI1fed.--N u. bulletin, June ~.
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MARRIED.

list Pauls Church in this city, Wednesday after
noon. bv the Rev Mr.. Norwood, DIR. JAMES SourB,tI
o. om,'n"sid; l'e OF wight CO. to Miss MARY LOUISA
daughter OF the late DIR. Tszewell. of this civ
On Thursday, the 10th iBst by Rev Thos. Adams. Mr.
ALEXANDER X. Neal, son Of James Neal ESQ and Mis-
ANN T. HURT daughter Of Capt Patrick II. Hurt all Of
Lunenburg.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-06-25

TO the Creditors of the late wm. N. Pntfeson.
"A LII persons having claims against William ".
Paiiesou due BY specially otherwiso please presen
ue duy authenticated, - nice Bucknsham
Hous the 09d dsy ~ JH thea pgoessd take
ne aecouus thereof festd Superior
I'D ChanceTy ior me couhty o. Buckingham
ls 25-w2gdIuiy ROBERT SHAW Com'r
AHD-iOo Esgs No Lard, Ius, received snd for BY
- e3 E.h CRUnP.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-06-25

DEsru OF AZ fuMEu MAN. Died a. Hampstead l. l.
the 10Th inst, Reverend Timothy Cloves l. l. D. sgsd
the IIe graduated 81 Columbus College in 1903 In
1891 he principle Of Erasmus Hail. Flatbush In
1873 he was chosen president Of Washington College
Maryland, and rector Of the church In Cheseriown and
ST. Pauls, Kent County. In 1893 he invited 10 pre-
side tho Clinton Liberal institute, Oneida County
where be remained ti the fall Of 1919.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-06-25
FATAL ACCIDENT.

On Yesterday Robeu c. son Of James II. Foster, was
Killed by the accidental discharge Of gun Ii seems the
deceased was out cunning, and in getting over fence
the gun struck against something which caused 1t to 90 of
tue contents were lodged m his side; lac alone at the
tine and when discovered some time afterwards he was
10 the agoncs Of death Young Foster was about nine
teen years OF 5ge -NGShpiile Orfhepolitaa June u.s.
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Bath, Berkeley springs, va.
OFERRALL " CO.'S PAVILION HOTEL
TNHIS celebrated Bnthing and Wa,o,;n, pi,c.

i
Il ready for reception Of company Their mean. Of
accommodating guests have been which
Portable style.
In addition TO thcit well known Boarding HOUSE hoy have ras
60 We PAVILION HOTEL occupied for the last years by
suoe which has been renovated md In ma nv i'm
proveinen have been made Tie location OF buid
and TIE easy aeee's from Them u the Ladies the ens
mems baths render these decidedly any other
hshment IN the town. and more especially hou,
opening into the Bath Square and within THE mai
drinking Spfinz and Baths
The public may es assured that the guc,ts vi
receive our never suing Efforts aud acqunbu
with u.s. will We trust be sufficient guarante receive conu
ance Of their patronage.
81 Johns Run, the Baltimore Ohio Railroad IL tie topp
point iot this paoedancc only newly rad
road We have engaged tie Of Coach.
with careful dnvofs and good Horses carry hem overt
road with and safcy.
Bedford Water fresh Springs for the accommodates
their noarders Band Of good Music snraged for the s,,o
10. =, ~. 49,,
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~ The Washington correspondent OF the Baltimore Sun
writes that the Consulate Havre has attracted
crowd Of spoils hunters Washington There are already
he SAYS 200 applicants for this bone-which by the way
furnishes pretty fat pckngs, being looked upon as quite as
lucrative as that at Liverpool No nmation is We, given
Is to who is likely TO get the berth
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The Cotton Crnn.

letter to the Charleston Courier, from Camden, Of the
18Th inst soys that the crop must be very short
one IN that part Of South Carolina.
In Edgefeld District the other hand it is stated that
the cotton crop looks we'll although the blossoms have
made their appearance about ten days later than last
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-06-25

MILITARY PosTs TVS RourE TO ORsaoy The Roy.
eminent has dotefmned establish two or military
iarg posts the route Oregon; the first ~ be- located
near Gf Island, where the rosd 70 Csornia encounters
Pat uVei sud tho second Of Fort Laramie. Tho
battalion raised In Missouri 10 10 garrison these posts
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-06-25

out striking another blow. should wisely
jet the g-nay, TO bride her. by the tender OF hundred
millions than the war waged for their aqui.on has
already or may hereafter cost the dominion over
the worthless coil and the still worthless people that
inhsbit IL.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-06-25

~ We learn from the GAINESVILLE Advocate tina, Col.
c. W. Boiling, the Wing candidate for Congress addressed
the people OF Mcekenburg last Monday a, the
IL" speech, which was an excellent one and well received
by the people, was replied to- in the absence of Mr. Meade
the Locoioco candidate who was ndisposed by Major
Drnkard, editor OF the Petersburg Republican
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$40 REWARD.

X AN AWAY from the subscriber, on the 9th
~ luce Negro Men-onc named HARDWOOD .c,,,,.n..
called enry purchased HIM Of Joseph Hall He bolon tor
-fY To the Estate OF Geo Curtis believed ford
lie about 90 years age back about siI feet high nj %
much knock kneed The other PETER-bst~, en-
20 ana 20 yea" Of age believed be about feet
hEh OF brown complexion lie putcha by Of William
iayo deceased OF the lower part of county.
give reward OF $40 for both $50 for
hard slaves delivered tn me miles below RiehmCn secured
IN any Jail - TINT get them ANTHONY sEDG.y lCK
llenrcO County, June 25-e6t-
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-06-25

Snow w JUSf! The Wilmington tDol.) Journsl says,
severe snow storm visited the farmers near and above
ho fennsylvana boundary line Monday Of lsst week.
Snow tell Tor neoy on hour in some places aod ust b,ve
injured The erops bot We hear Of no serious damage
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-06-25

~ Among the passcngersin the steamship New Orleans
which left that city for Vera Cruz the 18th inst was the
somewhat celebrated Senior Atocha We are no, informed
whether he visits Mexico on his own hook in a dplo-
matte character
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10 THE PUBLIC.
William l.. MauIc,

kNhoM his long and general acquaintance in
This city, Offers his his friend. aud m, ppht
generally for the COLLECTION and OF
aNg thorough knowledge Of Book KEEFtsa he vii A. CIV.
camille Books '' ~ - ~
ANY business entrusted 10 his pto
ness and despatch and he sincerely hopes from s,et All non
70 ~, ne wh receive at least share Of public patronage
VI. NJ can be found sssss MeNapyb
hoyite TO whom he refers; sso Wellington Codin MIR
Iboa W. Ceand Mr. X Workman, Mesr. Donin a MeQI,rp
and Others. ,.as-rI,. n...,,'
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BUFFALO SPRINGS.
MECkLENBURG CO, VA.

''"''''''''''I'I''T0 VIII NC UptIltU lot Tie
- eeption OF visitors, the hrstOf June
In addition tn nts t cabin.
more pleasant aud agreeable good Billiard has been bu
and splendid liable provided Of The
THE MUSIC Is a. good any IN the state
4 r Boyds line OF stages Ridg way d,pn, on IN.
haeigh aud Castor Railroad, shI Count Ilous- Va win run
9 me springs every day except sunday leaving Rgeway every
Hsday THURSDAY and saisry reaching RuIo by 10 ocock
~ NJ leaving HaiaH Court House Monday Wedned,v al ~,
Gay ana arrive at the Springs O'Clock A. With tbe.e
"'''' W W
je 23-Iawtw DAvIn suP,Tou
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DRiNKER u NORRIS,

I'M TOOkk md
AVE- on hand and continue from Wurc..,,
supplies OF his celebrated French Action Pano, ,h
arc from sit To seven oesve Rosewood Mahogan, case,
and OF the latest styles of finish. ''
mWoreeers Pianos win be found combine every r. Mn site
nov ohS desirable but absolutely of
rano-'he great size and strength the fame,
surprising and euousy arranged tension Of
s'rngs-and his skill and superior hip in this uarie
ADD the seasoned wood which he not opIy %
he but capable OF any service which they may be-
and retain good tone - the last lie in
clear and artieuiair, yet
HrgdAT perfect touch The deeaey the machinery MAJ he
imagined when through may expressed every .h,d. of tel
ing and sounds brought forth which more deea,
song. ~ @'o ''Nu
amiae them before purchaIing n.y. -
W ousr ron tue county will prompt attention and
price and quality ' wv" Is W
p1 written susnntee accompany each r.,rn.n, aid
Acknowledged superiority purchase money viii be- r,
Pianos tuned and manne by an e,p-ei
Npfkm
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Power of Eloqucncc.

'ohn b. Cough has leetured forty screen times before
New York audience, the SUBJECT and yet there
ie many VINO nave heard him almost every time, and still
listen To him the last with the most intense and
undated Alteration.
Truly he mus, be master Of his art who can thus on.
ohan almost the same audience, upon the same SUBJECT
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-06-25
EXECUTORS NoTICE-,D per.on. IN

- debted to the estate OF the George Hueb.son de-. m
requested TO make immediate pa,ment-and th,s- b,vp, ~
the estate will please them properly affected win
DELAY. sAMITEi Repvs '' WIN
Je -S-eof JOHN GILMORE / thors
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Fair at New Canton.

their fourth Musical sore the Square (PRDAY) even
when addition most popular and ,er..
VII De performed several i.2
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-06-04
ADDRESS OF VICE PRESIDENT Dali
LAS AT THE LAYING OF THE
CORNER STONE OF THE SMITHSON-
IAN INSTITUTION.

FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS 1T has been
deemed proper that at ceremony so interesting
as the present to the Smithsonian Institution its
chief officer should make to you few general
remarks explanatory Of its origin. its purposes
its plans, and its prospects Let M, therefore,
ask your attention while undertake that duty
The Congress of the United States, by an act
passed on the 10th of August last, organized IAN
establishment" through the nstrumentality of
which to apply faithfully to its directed objects
legacy Of five hundred thousand dollars, received
by our Government under the will of philoso-
phic and benevolent Englisl,man. This estab-
Hsir'm' is composed Of our highest public
functionaries for the time bcing-the President
the Vice President, the Chief Justice and the
Heads of the six Executive Departments, with
the Commissioner of the Patent Office and the
Mayor of Washington I; and, as the active coun-
Gil OF management, board is created Of fifteen,
known in the act by the scholastic name of"re-
gents" one fifth Of them chosen by the Senate,
another fifth by the House Of Representatives,
and the remaining three tifths by the joint action
of both legislative chambers. 1t is 10 accommo-
date this imposing agency, to give It permanent
and suitable means with which 10 etfectnate its
important and various purposes, and to shelter
as well As exhibit its collections and property,
that Congress enioincd to be erected, Z" of plain
and durable materials and structure, without I'M
necessary ornament" the edfice whose corner.
stone you have seen so skilfully deposited
James Smithson, a Londoner born, and claim
ing to be the son of "a distinguished noblelnan.
gave his life exclusively to intellectual pursuits
and especially to researches in physical and e1-
pcrimental science. Supplied with larger means
than his wants required, and steadily practising
strict scheme of personal economy, he amas-
sed considerable fortune. He died at Genoa
in 1929, and, by his will, be queathed his
accumulated property to this Union--a
country that, Notwithstanding his frequent
change of abode, he had never visited, whose
citizens he had never associated with, but in
whose inevitable future he saw tine most solid
ground on which to cast the anchor of his fame.
THIS legacy, for some time the subject of litiga-
ton in the British Court of Chsncery. was finally
secured, brought over, and received into the
Treasury of the United States on the lst of Sep
tember 1888. Its exact amount, when depos-
tied, was five hundred and fifteen thousand one
hundred and siAty-uine dollars.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-06-04

A, the sale of Colonel Durrant's rare coins on
the 2Sth ult., penny of Egbert, first sole mon
arch, coined in $50, realized El5 5s; shil-
hing of Henry the VII, the first coin issued in
England under that denomination, sold for El9.
The Great Western Company are about to
adopt engines of novel construction, which
are to ensure greater steadness to locomotion,
and travel at speed equal to eighty-four miles
an hour.
The Admiralty have ordered the chief engin-
Ger of the respective establishments to inspect
the machinery of all her maiesty's vessels.
whether in commission or in ordinary, once eve
ry fortnight, with the view Of keeping the en-
gines always efficient.
The French Chamber of Deputies has ex-
pressed its anxiety that the effigy of Bonapartc
should be restored to the cross of the Legion of
Honour, instead of that of Henry w., and
that the town of Bonrbon-Vendee should resume
the name of Vile Napoleon.
The Northern Railway of the Emperor Fer
dinand was opened on the It'll ut. as far as O.
dcnburg. in Prussian Siltsia. 1t completes the
largest line of railway projected in Germany.and
unites Vienna, Berlin. and Hamburger, three of
the important mercantile towns in the Germa-
mic confederation.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-06-04

Ii; .;. &C. ,,,,,,;,r Cu,s, ro,s lo,tuco
ms owl, l''ic ior p.In.S osn pa hv uIa NJ
Deans &C. may pe 'an te year rp".''i' ~
ing mem repea1ed,y. leas slN .,cnc re- H.
' Were growing at rarfas tne ;. to.n ., Do a" tho
wnIcn were plantea ,or w,nter I.op hn,,, ~
cl''hate Is SO prop't'ous, anu an p'a".s nav W
DC reared by irrlgauon' planter OF garue"er
may select ms own tune for Pamtlns' A., cot.
ne same wIte[ says, h'ulhs ~" n s"o ,o; !.
VI Dece'hoer' up 'he va!ey III wl.c" i"'i"' 10
stu''e"' CAIN, ~, W u he'u WHERE ,'.ey W.
ny wnea.. ne sHweL was sow''s t T',. mm
urod"oast vi, 'ne u"''P'o"e"cu s,o"nu'
,hree p'o"ghs 'oloweu each o'her' Oh .l'c s az
,.nu,p,'ns"ins '.ic ~nea' IT. ~ 'i.,
r H ,cvel,eu '"e Sroun' a''er '''e .I;,.
Lve,y Pougi was urawn ny Mo oAcn' l.. .,
B,ougns were 1' .ne same pattern ", ,,% ny me
Ao.han us wv. .wo 'nousa.'' yea,s soe incy welt
..s. VI ..o ,on r., s''a' ". nmo pu.i "
wnon ".swe,eu 10, '''c oe'"' "'.'' ".h .". ons
eno"sn 70 or rasucn eie oAe, " "lo I'"e, p'onS
was ou. vi ao'u' 'o"r ICE. '1"g' a"u s' Peneu
az Ine c''o' anu s'nslt s''on ,Is'tneu '''' He
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with distinguished Parisians, attracted by the
novelty of the case, and the high position of the
parties concerned. Dumas was among the wit.
nesses, and Berryer, the first advocate of Paris.
was of counsel for the defence. He was elo-
quent and ingenious laboring chiefly to Justify
the challenge, for. this done, French Jury holds
the consequences legitimate. His speech wasbril.
liannt He was saucy to the Judge and applauded
by the audience. Leon Duva, for the prosecu.
ton, urged the inequality of the contestant B.
fought with the same pistols with which he had
practised-that he took deliberate am-that he
sought the affair, and dwelt particularly upon
the youthful theft of b. as going to show that
he was of such character that he could not as
sumo to be a gentleman, and demand the salts
faction of gentleman: but he saw that the
current Of feeling was against him. and closed
as follows -" BY whom for three days have we
been surrounded? Whose company have we
kept Is such duel that complement of civ.
ilization" of which you have heard, and is the
nice honor which it should preserve but nurtured
amid the excitement of dirns- party, by wine,
women, and cards Beauvanon may escape,
but the high and chivalric cause of honor will
gain nothing by his impunity. Such a cause is
disgraced by the connection, and duelling itself
will. by this example, become ridiculous"
The Judge charged that to kill a man in a
duel is murder by the law of France-that the
fact of killing being proved by the voluntary
discharge of "a loaded pistol the defendant was
chargeable with the offence imputed to him
that the circumstances under which the chal-
lenge was given might mitigate the verdict, if
there was great provocaton-that a duel pro-
duced by excited passion, or by an impulse of
human pride or human weakness, might be en-
titled to lcnicncy-but that if the alleged provo
cation was mere pretence to CRAFTY previous
malice. it was a mask which the law would in
dignantly remove, and visit upon the offender
the penalty incurred by deliberate assassination.
The Jury retired, and after being out ten min
utes returned with verdict of acquitta 1t
takes but majority to render verdict in
France. Thus ended the criminal proccss-that
part which, according to the French law, the
jury have to do. But plcadings were imme-
diately commenced in relation to the civil dam.
ages. before the court. 1t was contendcd that
the verdict Just returned, was decisive upon the
civil as well as criminal process, but the Court
overruled the exception, and decreed the plain.
tiifs-mother and nephcw-2o,0 900 francs, and
in default of payment, the Imprisonment Of Beau
WALTON for two years. Here cndeth the proceed.
ings, and our summary-OH Coiony Memo.
rial.
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1)octrp.

tTWe copy the following ballad from the North
American. lfPesident Polk were not destitute alike
ofa true sensiby and true courage he would rather
meet the fate of the victims OF Mexican ances OH the
cory field Of Buena Vista, where his virtual appointee
Santa Anna led the foe against Gen. Taylor whose
forces taken from him, than read these burning
bis,ering lnes.-Cincinndti Atlas.
DUENA VISTA.
1t the day of Washington, the day we thought so
blest,
The birthday Of coun,rys sire, holy day of
But on Buena Vistas fatal pain when the of CAN
twas the fire Of Taylors little band, and their twenty
thousand foes
A little band naked banda glorious army Into
But now a handful, shorn of strength, left to their foe
and fate
A little band, in the focmans land, no help nor hope
they knew
No hone, save in their own strong hands, and their
leader, stern and true.
And twenty thousand Mexicnns are there upon the
And the little band in the foemans land, must die, or
They cannot yield, they will not fly, though life must
pour a flood
WIZ sappd their strength ,rho sent their foe rho
made ihat field OF blood
Then crashed the shot, then rang the hoof then closed
the deadly strife,
And the little band was in the tolls to fight that day
for life.
Another day another fray!-yes, men might gasp for
breath
Fron flank rear, al--foes all around the tolls of
shame or death !!
But he With them in the tolls, who still s,ern
and true,
And ncer led field of fight but it was field of victory
too;
Life mus, he lost and blood be shed-Oh God VIVA,
blood shed
And the mighty ranks upon the field brothers, stiff
and dead
Night fell upon the field Of fame-and on place of
The ioemen fled, but OH the dead upon their dripping
biers
AND the hollow graves left there alofi, in the desert
plain, forare,
To tell ,cho caused that dreadful loss upon that dreary
day.
Who sappd the strength of that small band our lro,h
ers lost and slain
WIZ seat the foe, with all his hordes, to snite them
on the plain
No! do not tell those dying men, stretched on the CORY
= loan,
The hand tina, aunchd the bolt of death was his who
reigns at home
Eainst him will rise the witnesses, who write with
burning coal,
The guilt of murder on the brow, or ON the limos,
soul
Gainst him will smoke thu, fatal bood-ha, blood he
made to pour
And the dead Of Buena Vista glare OH him forever