The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-08-21

The city Of Vera Cruz was full Of rumors,
as usual, from SCOTS column. One was, tina,
commissioners to treat for peace had been.a APP
pointed; but no reliance was placed upon il.
intelligence had been received that General
Pierce reached Jalapa on the Goth oil July with
his column, and that they were out of proyis
ions.
DR.. Hawkins. Of Baltimore. died at Tampico
Of the yellow fever, on the 9th instant.
or We invite the attention OF our readers to the
advertisement Of G. w. Wheeler, in another part Of
our paper. Mr. Wheeler is one Of our most sklful
Mechanics, and those who are in want Of good fur.
niture would do well to give him call.
ALABAMA.-Our hopes for Davis were as
the dew-drops on the leaf. The sun rose, and
they were not Chapman beats Davis by a
majority Of 800; falling off from the Polk
vote Of near 5000, but quite enough to make
Chapman Governor! The Democrats have %
majority on joint ballot, 10 leave Mr. Bagby at
home and 10 send Mr.. King to his old seat
again; which will surely be the case, unless
Mr. Bagby will beg very hard indeed
FRoM TExAs.--We have Texas intelligence
upto the 9Th instant. The cotton crops were
magnificent, and the picking at the rate Of 200
pounds TO the hand. was going on rapidly from
Caney to Egypt Get the last map Of the Lone
Star. and you Il find these places. No other
item worth transporting.
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ARRAY AND DEATH.--On the 18th inst, in
New Orleans, Major Owan Byrd attacked a
Mr.. Edwards, in the street, with a cane. A
regular ARRAY ensued, in which Byrd was
killed by sundry pistol balls being shot into
him by the hand Of Edwards. He that taketh
the sword, &c.
The Nashville Orlhopolitan Of the 18th inst.
in an able article upon the subject of The Pre-
sidency, comes 10 the conclusion that Genera
Taylor will be our next President, come wha,
may. We have yet 10 hear the first opinion to
the contrary. s'N IA.
On the 18th instant. while AT Cape May
Mr.. Clay came near being killed. He had
ridden out in four-horse coach, and on his
return, the horses became resliye and ran the
carriage against fence. At this junctnre he
I caught the young lady who was with him in
\ his arms. and eaped out of the carriage un
hurt. The next moment he might have been
\ dashed to pieces.
Maj nrlo nc
| On the l2th, forty deaths from it were record
| ed. II spares no age or sex, and is more faa
evenihan the fever of 1887.
General Taylor's Clinlon letter has sci the
Democrats of New Orleans in perfect fury
Of rage. They conslrue it to mean that he is
hot Whig and the New Orleans Courier
says that il would rather go for dsunonis
than the old Hero. il he be Wing. Jupiter
how it hicks 'em
A correspondent inquiries why we published
the story of Peter Poole? We printed it as a
bit OF curious intelligence. believing there was
nothing SO very improbable in an old negro
slave, whose slavery was only in name, pre-.
ferring 10 60 back 10 bis old stamping ground
to remaining where he had no sympathies.
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A Pennsylvania Captain, who had been dis.
charged by General Scott for inability occa
stoned by sickness, recently applied 10 the
President TO be reinstated. The Secretary Of
War wrote to him that our commanding Gen
erals in the field has The RICH, to discharge
voiuaieer officers for sckness-sak but tina
they cannot be put back again.
The Charleston Courier says, very truly
that the only mode of bene6ting the negro race
lis, to colonize Africa with our negroes.
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New cotton was received al New Orleans on
the 18th instant.
A desperate fellow by the name of Ernes,
BILLED a companion, in cold blood, on last Sun
day. in Cincinnati,
10 MI. Bruce Of Virginia, is out in an address
upon negro slavery, and he recommends that IN,
State shall rid itself Of the institution fast as pos
,bls. by removing the slaves to the South in who'
families.
Berkeley Springs-The vsiters at this waterin,
place. have recently had fancy ball, at which Bal
limore beauty dazzled the eye. One gentleman per
bonstsd Jack Downing, but was frequently mistake,
Or Gen. Pillow whersat be got very angry tn,
occasion 10 said to have been very gay apd pleasan