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contains the following official dispatches
from Gen. ScoTr, which were received at
the War Department on Sunday evening
last:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
Camp Washington, before Vera Cruz.
March 18th, ls47.
SIR: The colors of the United States
were triumphantly planted ashore, in full
view of this city and its castle, and under
the distant fire Of both, in The afternoon Of
the 9th instant. Brevet Brigadier General
Worth's brigade of regulars led the descent.
quickly followed by the division Of the u.
nited States volunteers under Major Gen.
eral Patterson, and Brigadier General
Twiggs's reserve brigade Of regulars -
The three lines successfully landed in
sixty-seven surf boats, each boat conducted
by q naval officer, and rowed by sailors
from Commodore Conner's squadron
whose lighter vessels fanked the boats so
as to be ready to protect the operation by
their cross fire. The whole army reach
ed the shore in fine style, and without
direct opposition, ION the beach) accident
or loss, driving the enemy from the ground
to be occupied.
The line of investment according to
General Orders, No. Al, was partially
taken up the same night; but has only been
completed to-day-owing to the most ex-
traordinary difficulties: l. The environs Of
the city, outside of the fire ofits guns and
those of the castle, are broken into innum-
erable hills of loose sand, from twenty to
two hundred and fifty feet in height, with
almost impossible forests Of chapparal be.
tween; and 2. OF oil our means of land
Transportation carts, pack-saddles,
horses and mules, expected to join us from
Tampico and the Brazos, weeks ago--bu'
fifteen carts and about one hundred draughi
horses have yet arrived. Three hundred
pack-mules are greatly needed to relieve
the tIoops in taking subsistence, alone
along the line Of Investment Of more thar
five miles, as, at present, our only depot i
south ofthe city. On the cessation Of the
present raging norther, which almost stife'
the troops with sand--sweeping away hill'
} and creating new, 1 hope to establish
! second depot north of the city, which viii
partially relieve the left wing ofthe army
u In extending the line Of investmen
around the city, the troops, forthree days
> have performed the heaviest labors il
getting over the hills and cutting througl
! the intervening forests--all under tn
distant fire Of the city and castle-and il
t the midst Of many sharp skirmishes will
the enemy. In these operations we hav'
, lost in killed and wound several valuable
, officers and men. Among the killed,
. have to report, Brevet Capt Alburtis, Q
I the United States I'd infantry, much distin
j guished in the Florida war, and mos
. excellent officer. He fell on the lltt
inst, and Lieut.. Col. Dickson, Of the Soutl
: Carolina regiment, was badly wounded, j
: skirmish the day before. Two privato'
, have been killed in these operations, On.
: four or five wounded. AS yet, | have no
. been able to obtain their names.
As soon as the subsistence ofthe troop
can be assured, ard their positions ar
I well established. shall, by an organizes
movement cause each brigade of regular
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-04-14

CONNECTICUT ELEcTIoN.-The whig
Congressman are all elected in Connecti-
cut; also, Governor and Legislature.
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WHAT AN AssocIATIoN.--lt is said that
the eastern federalists are desirous Of run
ming John Davis as their candidate for the
Vice Presidency, on the ticket with Gen.
TAYLOR for President. We do not believe
that General Taylor, who has won for
himself imperishuble honors in the service
of his country, will ever allow his name to
be thus associated with the delamers of his
country. And then just think how it would
sound--For President, ZACHARY TAYLOR,
the Hero ofPalo Assx as-oca de Ia Pal
ma, Monterey, and Buena Vista; he who
contended for his country against tories at
home and the Mexican foe abroad. For
Tce President, John Dauis; who shouted
his loud huzzas at the success ofthe enemy
in the war Of 1912; who has, by his speech
es given said and comfort" to our Mexican
enemy, and by his vote, endeavored to
withhold from the government the neces-
sary means for the prosecution of the war
to speedy and honorable peace, and to de-
ny the soldiers in the service of their coun-
try food and raiment! No; let the names
of such men be linked with nfan,y, but not
with the patriotic defenders of our country
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must iniure il not destroy his confidence in
,ho ot1scerz and men of his own army.

must iniure if not destroy his confidence in
the officers and men Of his own army.
A very shott period will produce events
and results Of most decisive character.
The moral effects, the doubts, and surprise
produced by Gen. Taylor's latest and most
a,tonishing victory overlthenb will inspire
the Mexicans with awe and apprehension;
and their fsar win accelerate the fate
which think, will lsoon overtake Santa
Anna and oil Of his armies. IT'S said that
despait will make even towards brave; but
privalion and suffering with Mexican
soldiers produce only ihsubordination and
desertion. They fly from the camp tc
pillage and rob and feast at the ranchosi
thus will they do with Santa Anna--they
will abandon him in extremities and leave
him to our mercy, and to philosophize upol
the empty vanity Of unexecuted schemes o
glory! ;.'
Yours. JOHN B. BUTLER.
Paymaster u. s. A.
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:fFTHeswhigs of New York city have
ne,ainatsd William ". Brady for Mayor.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-04-14

s6EDsyfp Ton, laiely appointed Min
isserto Brsxhi has arrived in Washington
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BURGLARIEs.-- Within two or three
weeks past quite number Of daring bur-
glaries have been committed in this town
ship, and, as we understand, in several 9TH
er townships in the county. On Monday
nigh Of last week, two houses were entered
in the east part of the township and cloth
ing and some other property taken there
from. In one Of these houses the thief en-
tered bedroom where man was sleep
ing, and after searching the room, open
ing desk and drawer, made off with the
sleeping mans clothes.
A man by the name Of - Winan!
was arrested on suspicion on Monday NOR
ming last, and examined before Justic'
Spalding, by whom he was required to Civ
bonds for his appearance ut the next tern
of the Common Plens in the sum Of $500
, and in default thereof he wns safely lodge
in the county safe. where thieves do no
break oui and steal. The only thing iden
titled as stolen property, was a silk hanc
kerchief; but when he was found in tn
-: woods on the day previous asleep, he ha
=, with him three or four bundles. Twowa
lets, nearly new, and a gilt watch chai
were also found upon him.
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*We are informed That tho scouts followed
Santa Anna 40niiios:
tCoI. Warren h Governor and Commandant
at Saltill0.
trhe Governor alluded TO- is Mexican ap.
pointed by the Mexican Government TO admins
Tor tho laws within prescribed tcTitory in
which Salt:Io is situated ard sevelcl other minor
towns, S r
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Official Dispatches from General Scott.
From our Arm Y at Ver CRUZ.

The Washington Union of Monday
contains the following official dispatches
from Gen. ScoTT, which were received at
the War Department on Sunday evening
last:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
Camp Washington, before Vera Cruz.
March 18th. l847, \
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-18
From she River Platte.

/ There are later dates from this region As u
the cause Of the failure of the Pacific endeavose
letter says
.s.The negotiation stuck on the river question.
France and England recognized tile sovereignty
of the Argentine Confederation over the river.
Psrnss, and that Of the Oriental Repubiic over
the Uruguay, as Il .as established by interna.
fiongi right. Rosas did not admit this restric-
tion but required that the perpetual soreTeig
of the two republics over these rivers, should be
ack owledgei and for this the Penpotentiaries
had no authority saE
Rosas WAS right. But this did not Inatteri
the larger Powers wanted to regulate matters fol-
themselves, and they said, in effect. let these re-
publics fight on, and shed more blood, and weak
ell each others little more. and then we will car
~ our point" ..
IT'S ever thus Governments are grasPing al
more lands, or greater privileges" and always
keeping some part of the world in conflict
This selfishness, this endeavor to gain CONNER
cial benefit here, by obtsining possession o.
town or country, or to swell influence there, BY
getting command over rivers--or as the poet hal
it
this huckstsring policy,-ihis pare
And clip ofright for wrong, this parchment good
This geometric rounding Of point
Of narrow land-this barren rock within
A Rivers jaws, converts the general good
To general evil breaks the sweet accord
OF pea ceful treatise with the brunt of war;
Turns golden commerce into steeled strife;
The hymns Of harvest to death seeking songs
The pleasant fields to wastes of fierce contention
The running streams to blood,
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-18
The Uuiver,5ey IF Louisvillc.

The Law and Medical Schools of our Unver-
sity commence their terms on the first Monday in
November next Since our notice Of the Law
School, Mr. DuScAS, having been elected to Con-
gress, has resigned his Professorship, and the
Hon EruK,IN Ewing, late Chief Justice Of our
Court Of Appeals, appointed TO succeed him.
Judge Ewing brings with him a reputation for
legal learning, general information strong sense,
and nervous eloquence inferior to none in the
West. With him, and his distinguished coadju-
tors, the School offers induceme nts unequaled on
this side the mountains.
The brilliant and unparalleled success. of our
Medical School is its best eulogy. Its sufficient
to say that its means of instruction have been
much enlarged, and that those who return, and
those who como for the first time, will find past
qualification renewed, and present anticipations
--- .i."n fulfilled.
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New Proposition.

JozS L. CAREY, ESQ, editor Of the Baltimore
American, has published pamphlet on the SUBJ
ject Of slavery, and tae WimOt PrOviso. We
have aOt seen it; bat the Baltimore Ciipper
states -, suggests two modes of comprOm-
Iso- Tzsss ere:
!. Tai 81 any State which may be formed on,
90 s-v -e--i Dr. nov possessed, or hereafter 10
~ - ..r5-. - tle Uai,.1 States on tais side OF
t7e Hg--y Il ltiins. Slavery, or involuntary
- except To- crime. snail not be lawful
f5- prE.1- - U1cs tlla 6i.s years from the
rate f 'ls --Iis-i5l Of such State in.o the
JaeI: a1i g; IS further provide, that in sny
stat t..t l-v oe fJr5Ie- o., Of any territory
now 7os--sss-. or hCresfi-F 10 Dc acquired, by
the O-it-- States between ias Rocky Noun
t4ias ~. - Pac &c Gee n. Slavery, or invol.
un'ar, ssr.I'u -. exc-p. for crime, shall lie In
no Wis izwtad al any time.
z In-re A. another pro position which may be
name as al aternajiye-lo tais effect: Ths, in
uSmgch the terri ory 10 be acquired is now
free from Slavery, the Government Of the United
State Cannot permit the entrance of that insti-
tuition upon ANY portion Of said territory
Nevertheless, whenever any State. formed out of
saia territory, shall be admitted into the Union
IL shall be lawfdl 70, said State to permit or ex-
eiuoe Slavery al its option.
We hope to get the pamphlet soon. As the
suggestion comes from q slave State. and a SEN
sible Marylsnder, it will, no doubt, receive very
genera attention. The author hs. two objects
In view, evidently, first the termination of sIa-
very within fifty years, and, its gradual drain
meantime Westward, so as TO relieve the exi.-
ting slave States Of it,
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-18

The first thing we do with children, is, &c de-
velope their intelects. Let boy say sharp
thing, let him show quickness, and we dream
about him, and talk Of him as genius, and pa.
rent and teacher delighted. You hear them
say show promising--how advanced-that Lao
will make a man--we shsll hear Of him VET
And DO we hear Of him. Are these rers
promising children the men of action Do they
fulfil, generally, any one promise they excite
We think not And simply because we begin
wrong with them, and so beginning, they end
poorly. For the child, sensation and emotion
are everything /; not reason; not reflection; task
the intellect, and you cripple him for life; cult
vate it chiefly alone, and YOU break him down
ere he reaches manhood; but quicken his senses,
touch his heart, as you tell him of great men, of
good deeds, of human endeavors, of starry skies
and the storms that sweep over them, green
fields, and the humblest flower that takes root in
them, and you will do more for hin,--more to
give him character--in an hours talk, or Il day s
ramble In the woods, than in years of forced ef-
fort, or strained intellectual cultivation.
VI TIE hlbt ten years OF lie. tne cllld wants
physical Development, and heart culture No
metaphysics are needed to explain goodness.
The very infant knows that at sight. No exer-
ton of intellect is required to explain kindness.
The veriest child understands that by instinct
By this goodness and kindness, then, we Should
lead the young on and up, and thus prepare the
way for harder effort, and serious intellectual ex-
ertion. But these should never be anticipated;
no growing child should be forced to reason. to
study, to overload the memory with tough logic,
or overtask the brain with tougher distractions;
all that we should look, labor, or long for, is,
afull, fine, physical development, bouyancy of
spirit, and a heart joyous as the spring time,
with sensations keenly alive TO every gentle or
generous appeal, and emotions quick to answer
the call or command Of goodness, as the truest
basis of sure future developement, and con.
Htant ever-growing, moral and intellectual
power.
Parents may think We talk at random II SO,
we would urge them, and teachers, 10 ponder
we'll, the following remarks, penned by one
whose lifs-study has been the education of the
rouug:
"The first eight or ten years of life Oh ould be
devoted to the education of the keart--to the |
ormafion Of principles, rather than the scquire-
nent Of what 10 usually termed knowledge. Ma.
us neSeif points out such q course; for the !
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Gen. CUSHING is somewhat noted for paro-
doxes, and loves what is termed originality.
Plain good sense does not suit him, nor will
a new theory, say brilliant thing. He
began public life with sad mistake, and We
fear he will endit with darker error yet.
The General delivered an Grafton TO sold
zach" and in it there occurs the following pas
sage:
Men who hav, but specifically studied the
history OF the United States are accustomed TO
speak of this day as the anniversary Of our
emancipation from bondage, and vague ideas of
that vaguest of al things, called liberty. are at
tached TO the verr name Of our national indie
pendence. But the people Of the United
States were never in q state of bondage. The
war OF the revolution was not war for liberty.
On the contrary j. was only struggle In arms
10 determine whether the two great sub-divi-
sions Of the British race-one inha5iiing Eu
rope and the other America, and both equally
free, should continue TO constitute one single
empire, or whether they should be re-constitu-
ted separately into two independent empires"
This sounds TO us like balderdash. 1t is ILL
digeSied, crude, random talk. "The people of
the United States were never in state Of bon
dage" Very true. But the Colonies were.
The war of the revolution not war for
liberty" What was it them Our father. Pc
titioned, demonstrated. with the mother coun-
try, they demanded rights, they asked that the
crown should not Cypress or crush them; they
declared that its ministers and troops should not
suppress the coonist's freedom Of speech, or kill
those of them who thought and spoke indepen-
IDENTIFY. Did they lie Was all this pretenoel
Were their solemn asseverations, and their Dec
laration of Independence, appealing to God and
the civilized world, for its entire truth,
sham
We have very little patience with those who
talk, as Gen. CUSHING does, and should treuble
for the country, if our great revolution and its
greater truths, were not considered solemn
realities; and the heroic founders Of the Re-
pubnc as earnest, honest, true hearted and large
souled men ever lived. rir-y a.OssI. -1
races The idea of a conflict between races,
as such, never entered we venture to affirm,
into their heads They thought of rights, and
they fought for them. They remembered their
duty, and they did it, md it is t!asph.my in any
one, as it seems to US, to question their ntegri-
ty, or sink them 10 the level of those who have
murdered by wholesale, 10 widen empire
or won glory, as it is called, by wading through
seas Of blood.
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emotions then the iv}lieUA, and most easily
meulded, being as yet ua}lsyed by passion. IL
10 from this source that rmass OF men ARE here
sf>er to draw their sum 81 happiness or misery;
the actions of the iulmeIse majority are, under
oil circumstances, dslelmined much more by
feeling than reflection; in truth, life prsssats an
inhnity of occasions wh,rc il Is essential TO hap
pincss that we should feel rightly; very few
where il is at all necessary that we should think
profoundly. H. .,,... D.,
'.Up to the seventh year Of life very great
changes are going on in the structure Of the brain,
and demand, therefore. ihe utmost. attention not
to interrspt them by improper or over excitement.
Just thatdegreo of exercise should be given TO
the braia at this period as is necessary TO its
health; and the best is oral instruction, exem-
pified by objects which strike the senses.
sit Is perhaps unnecessary to add that, at this
period Of life, special attention should be given,
both by parents and teachers, to the physical de-
velopsment of the child. Pure air and free exer-
else tire Indispensable, and wherever either OF
them is withheld, the consequence will be GER
tain ID extend themselves over the whole future
life. The seeds of protracted and hopeless suf-
ferine have, in innumerable instances, been sown
in the Constitution Of the child simply through
Ignorance of this great fundamental ply steal law
and the time has come when the united voices OF
these innocent victims should ascend, trumpet
tongued. to the ears of every parent and every
teacher In theland, 'Give us free air, and whole
some exercise; leave to develope our expanding
energies n accordance with the laws Of our be-
ing, and 'ull scope for the elastic and bounding
impulses Of our young blood
Amen, ,ay we. This is tho true doctrine-no
because it Is this mans, or ours, but because al
nature tells US il is true. First, attend TO thu
physical. That must be sound. Then look Il
the heart. Touch that by all means. Go out in
TO the fields, ,yer beds Of flowers, tell fairy sto
ries, and do whatever may impress the senses
rightly, or move the heart truly, in the chile
and, if no lives in nine cases out Of ten, he vii
be-A MAN, and true one TO boot.
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DR.. SSoDeRAss attended meeting in Cecil
county, Maryland. oa-the 26th ult, and. after
addressing it on the subject of slavery, the fol-
lowing resolutions were passed;
Resolr.d. That the time has come when our
sectional lealousies and differences should be
forgotten in an earnest and persevering effort 70
rio not only Maryland, but the country at large,
Of this moral and social evil.
Resolved, That we are determined that our
sanction shall never be given TO the further ex-
tension Of slavery, feeling as we 90, that having
allowed it the constitutional guarantee within
its present limits, we have done all that can be
fairly asked Of US rs lovers of Truth and Justice
or ~ true patriots.
Another meeting was held in the same coun.
ty, In which Maryisnders declared their deter
minstion TO discuss the whole subject, and
passed the following resolve:
Resolred, That we believe that not only the
physical, but the moral interests Of Maryland,
demand that slavery shall cease within her bor-
Decreasing, as IL does, like an incubus upon
her body social, while blasting, as if with gem
ersl mildew, the fruits Of her beautiful and ma
turslly productive soil, ard drying up, as with a
rushing wind, the fountains of Truth and Jus
fice.
A letter from "a Kentuckian in Cumberland.
Maryland, to friend in this city says:
"There is an evident and growing determine
tionto bring up the subject of emancipation, and
when the Presidential election is over, | believe
il will be done, Shareholders seem AZ bent upon
IL as those who do not own any negroes
This looks bright and cheering. IL seems. in
deed, as If the border slave States were resolved
to master their one great EVIL. The ,eiH alone
10 wanting. Give them that, and they conquer
It, and rise to pitch Of moral and physical
greatness such as they could never begin to reach
under slavery.
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BY an arrival from Santa Fe, the st. Louis Re-
publican isenabled to give memoranda showing
the progress of the different military detach
ments and traders their way to Santa Re
They were all appa rently getting along well
The news from Santa Fe is twenty DAYS later
We learn from Chihuahua, from which place
there is intelligence to July 3d. that Mr.. Jane.
Aull, well known in ST. Louis and partner o.
Col. Owens in extensive mercantile business
had been killed, his store entered and robbed OF
$4,000. Three Of the murderers had been ar
rested. and were in prison awaiting their trial
The murder was not political but purely for
plumber. The persons and property Of Ameri.
can citizens were generally respected at Chihua
hua.
Governor Armilo, on his way 10 Albuquerque
lad been arrested and was detained at Chihua-
hus.
No merchandise was permitted to enter New
Mexico by the Southern route.
Consul Alvarez, Capt. Anguey, and Mr.. Kirk
land Of st. Louis, were candidates for the New
Mexican Legislature. The elections were to
The murderers Of Brown and others, were on
trial. Col. Willock's battalion, their time hay.
ing expired, were ordered to leave Taos and re-
turn to Santa Re. An insurrectionary move-
ment had been niPped in the bud.
A writer in the Independence NO. Exposi-
tor, says. ''the condition of things at Santa Fe.
is not very f1attering to our State pride or the
military discipline of that post" and the st.
Louis Republican, adds, .'that all subordination
all regard for propriety-was lost, by the regi-
ment under the immediate command of Col.
Price. 1t was not an uncommon occurrence 10
see officers and privatcs playing together and
betting at Monte"
Col Prices declaration that he would evacu.
ate Santa Fe ON the 10th of August, il troops did
not arrive by that time, caused great dissatisfac
ton and alarm among the American residents
and friendly Mexicans.