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FROM MEXICO Disaster to Gen. Cushingt
The Chronotype has copy Of the MaIa-
moras Flag ofMay 8, from which the follow
ing is taken -
General Gushing met with an accident OF
avery serious nature on Thursday, which,
we are truly sorry TO say, is likely 10 prevent
his moving about for some time. Accom-
panied by lady. he was taking walk thr'o
The streets after nightfall. and in going out
Of the Plaza, al the south east corner, where
the streets are fortified so as 10 leave only a
footpath not exceeding two feet wide for eg-
ress, he placed his foot on a loose brick. that
gave way and precipitated him into the ditch
breaking The bone oil his left beg, just above
the ankle, He was taken to his quarters
Immediately, and Dr.. McPhlin called TO his
assistance, from whose surgical skill expec-
iations are created that The broken bone may
speedily be healed. Atpresent he is suffer
ing much pain, and the accident dislresses
him much, as II prevents his fulfilling the du-
lies Of his recent appointment,
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NEWS FROM MEXICO.
PROSPECT OF PEACE.

A letter from the City of Mexico, to the cd
itor Of the New York Courier des Etats Unis.
dated April 80, states that there was no
prospect of The formation of Guerilla parties
in Mexico. and consequently that peace is at
hand. From translation in the CONNER
cial Advertiser, from which we take the fol-
lowing:
The writer sets out with the averment that
the defeat at Cerro Gordo has overwhelmed
the partizans Of war with stupeiaclion, They
had believed Santa Annals confident ASSN
ance that his position at Cerro Gordo could
not be forced, and the practical proof of his
error was astounding. Still they hoped thai
Gen. Scott would pause at Jalapa and give
The wrecks OF the Mexican army time 10 re-
organize; but soon they learned that the A.
mericans had advanced beyond Perote, and
then they began to think OF foriyfying The
capital. Upon the suggestion, however, Of
the civic authorities, that 10 forrify was USE
less when they had no means Of defence, the
works we're suspended and the formation OF
guerillas was next resolved on.
But the writer says no success has atten-
ded the proposals TO this end of Gen. Salas.
and OF another pariizan who had undertaken
10 raise band. Under the banner of the
first only ten men had enrolled themselves.
and not one under that Of The second. This
he says, might be regarded as a test ofpubIic
sentiment. The efforts iostimulare The Mex
leans 10 haired and vengeance are counter
acted by the positive advantages attendant
upon the presence ofthe Americans-ihe in
fux and circulation Of money, the revival Of
trade, &c.
The clergy do not furnish money freely
Cannon are wanting, and attempts TO cast
some have been frustrated by want of means
TO provide boring apparatus. An effort TO
bore by hand has proved hopelessly unsuc-
cessiull. The writer speaks Of Santa Annals
endeavors TO raise and equip lew army,
but expresses his confidence that Gen. Scott
will reach the Capital without opposition
Rumor says that Santa Anna has received
tweniy-one pieces of cannon from Alvarado
Il which would no doubt been captured
mere, IL Lieut.. Hunter had not been in such !
a hurry 10 take the place.
The journals are furious against Mr.. |
Drussina, who had cashed a draft Of Gen. !
Scott's upon his government for 5000, 200, af. |
Ter refusing 10 accommodate Santa Anna |
with $4,000.
The British offer OF mediation was referred |
by the government TO the Congress and Con-
gross sent 1t back TO the government. which
the writer considers equivalen, TO a rejec-
ton.
Some oil the parolied officers from Vera
Cruz and Cerro Gordo, were at The capital,
and the government it is said. threatened 10
cashier them because they would not fight a
gainst The Americans. The journals we're
discussing The propriety Of their refusal.
= The editor oi' the Courier des Flats Uns
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GUERILLA WARFARE.

General Canales has issued the s70euina
~ order which is published below, and which
Was found upon the AIcalde Of Guerrero
who was at the time in company with one o.
Canale's captains. Both were arrested and
taken to Camargo. The order was address.
ed to the Adjutant General Of the National
Guards -
You viii Immediately declare martial law,
with The understanding that eight days after
the publication of the same every individual
who has not taken up arms (being capable Of
doing SOY shall be considered a traitor and
instantly shot.
Martial law being in force, you are boun {
to give no quarters to any American whom
you may meet or who may present himself
10 you, even though he be without arms.
You are also directed to publish this to all
the towns in this State, foIcibly impressing
them with the severe punishment that shall
be inflicted for the least omission Of this or
der.
We have arrived at that state in which
our country requires the greatest sacrifices :;
her sons should glory in nothing but to be-
come soldiers, and as brave Mexirans To
meet The crisis. Therefore, if the army of
invasion continues and our people remain
in the towns which they have molested, they
deserve not one ray ofsympatby =; norshould
any one ever cease to make war upon them.
You will send a copy Of this TO each Of you,
subordiuates. and they are authorized to pro-
coed against the chiefs of their squadrons or
against their colonies or any other. even
aoainef ,,a for mfr, a.:
the only mode of salvation left. The enemy
wages wal against US and even against those
peaceable citizens who, actuared by improper
impulses, desire to remain quiet in their hous-
Even these they kill. without quarter and
this is the greatest favor they may expect
from them. The only alternative left us, I'M
der these circumstances, is retaliation, which
is The strong right Of the offended against The
offending. To carry this into effect, attach
yourself TO The authorities. Your failing TO
DO this will be considered crime of the
greatest magnitude. All the officers of the
troops are directed to- assist you in CARRYING
out this order, and il is distinctly understood
there shall be no exceptions. sNeirher the
clergy, military citizens nor Gher persons
shall enjoy the privilege Of remaining peacea-
bly, at their homes. The whole of The cor
Fpration shall turn out with the citizens, Ieav-
ing selely as authority of the town one of the
members who is over The age Of sixty years
at the same time, if all Of the members are
capable of bearing arms, then none shall be
leaving to act some one who is in
cable Of military service. You yourseIfmust
be an example to others. by conforming to
this requisiiion. And | send this 70 YOU for |
publication, and charge you to see it execu-
ted in every particular. and communicate il |
also to the commanders Of the squsdrons IN
your city, Who will aid you in CARRYING into
effect these instructions and in fact YOU are
directed 20 do all and everything which your
patriotism may prompt. God and Liberty
ANTONIO CANALES.
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UF James G. Birney has left the Liberty
Party and goes for establishing a new party
on the basis proposed by William Goodell,
and others, viz: free trade. opposition TO Sc
cret societies, &c. The National Era saws,
that. "that Mr.. Birney, we presume. will be
the Presidential candidate ofthe new party. u
-LoreH Carrier.
This is the same Birney who was the abo-
!ition candidate, and who by drawing votes
from the wing aboliiionisis, defeated Mr.
Clay and elected Mr.. Polk. He was then
known 10 be iocofocO free trader, yet, for
calling him SO. VIC were abused by his friends
and by the party which threw away its votes
on him. thus eleyating Mr., Polk What
will the clerical bantling say Of Mr.. Biruey
now! IL. p, Go-cte
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~ The Circular Of Gov SIade the Gen.
eral Agent Of the Board Of Nat. Pop. Educa.
ton well deserves the candid considerations Of
the friends Of Popular Education Throughout
The Union. u ,IeTelopes a plan Of extensu
utility to those portions Of our people who
are deprived of the benefits Of instructions 90
necessary 10 the well being of our common
country. The means employed it appeas
to US to be the most adequate and efficient Of
any which have hitherto been devised TO ac-
compIish the great object TO which they avs
All that is wanting TO make these meas
most eminently successful is the liberal anl
hearty corporation of the benevolent ami
patriotic with those distinguished Individual,
whose we'll know abilities zeal and irrepressi-
BILE perseverance are 10 be applied to caryiu;
out this magnificent scheme of public good
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@ Recent changes in the Post Office
laws are creating great stir through the
Country. Public meetings sre now held in
the cities and large towns, to produce re.
peal, next winter, Of the exceeding obnoxious
features in the late law. Struggled through
the House when members were either as
ieeP or grossly inaiientive TO the business
before them.
Until Congress meet again, we wish the
people would consider the Propriety ofredu-
cling the rate OF Postage to one uniform tar
Of three or FIVE cents single letter, and
abolishing the ranking privilege altogether
In other words. think whether il is not worth
while to make your rates Of postage 50
cheap that the privilege Of ranking will be 10
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TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT
From the N. D. Picayune.

FIFTEEN LIvps SUPPOSED TO DE LOST
Prom passenger who arrived yester-
day from Little Rock, we received an Ex-
ira of the Arkansas Gazette.
It announces that on the morning eof
the 9th inst. about forty miles below Lit
tie Rock, the steamboat New Hampshire
on her trip up from New Orleans, had
stopped at wood yard, and on showing
oft being about o'clock, A. M.-her
boilers hurst, causing complete wreck
of the whole boat and killing nearly all
her officers.
A'great portion of one of the boilers
was thrown considerable distance upon
shore, and the body of young Allen found
near it. Luckily, the passengers were in
their state rooms else the loss of life must
have been much greater. A friend has
furnished the Gazette with the annexed
list Of those killed and missing;
KilIed-Geo. T. Allen, first clerk.
Missing-B. b. Cupples, second clerk;
Alexander Mckinney, pilot; -, en-
gineer; James Van Dyke, mate; four blk.
fireman, one white second steward, and
one cabin boy; Chas. Ratcliff, carpenter;
Mr.. Berring, cabin passenger. and one
deck passenger.
Mr.. Bishop, one of the passengers on
the Inflated steamer, describes the explo-
sion as one of the most terrible perhaps
ever known. An iron safe was thrown to
the distance of some hundred yards, bro
ken to pieces by the conclusion, and of
$4,000 in half eagles which it contained,
a good many were battered and several
shattered into fragments.
Thirty or forty sacks of coffee, behind
the boilers, were lifted up thrown upon
the shore and scattered in every direction,
The Clothes and bedding were found
hanging on trees on the shore, and could
be reached only by cutting them down.
The boat was divided in two, the hurri.
cane roof and cabin foated off, the hull
capsized and she sank total wreck.
The explosion of the boilers is said to
have been caused by an accumulation of
mud in them at night, which had become
encrusted at the bottom and prevented the
water from having its usual effect.
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THE GALAXY,
MlDDLEBURY,VT.
Tuesday, June l, l847.
THE GROUND BROKEN

a iocofoco convention has recen,ly bs..
held in Alabama at which The Hon. Villa
X. King presided who reiterated the yirriD;
resolution against the WiImot proyiso AMI
then adopted the following ON the same sinh
jecf. ''
IL. Resolved, That as one of The nos, .
tecfare modes-of. firm, united and conc,r,.I
action recommended by the above resell
rions-of resisting the interference bv II.
General Government with view to es,ahI.S
discrimination. as degrading as it is iniud.
Gus. to the slavehoIdins Ststes-me meHJ.,
Of this convention sOlemniy pledge henselr,,
10 each other, and recommended TO their 81
low citizens, in those States. TO withhold th,;.
rOtes for the office Of President ofhe Cni,g
States rom any citizen lcho shall not prerii.
oIsLy TO the election. Distinctly, unequirocQlh,
and publicly deorr has OpOsiticn to all such H. H.
reference.
Here then the south have distinctly draun
the line. II is no restriction or Limitation u
slavery. Even the Missouri compromise sx.
ing the Sc 30 as the boundary between
freedom and slavery is denounced.
And now W hat course shall the North Dur
sue, driven as she is to the very wall BY III.
Resolves OF the south to mako the extension nj
slavery the paramount question at the u.,,
presidential election? No doubt the sre,,
wing party at the north will maintain Their
integrity as they have ever done when fairly
tested in opposition 20 slavery. But will 40,
the so called Democratic party as usual sur.
render at discretion, TO the slave power! VIII
not every northern locofoco who voted for The
Wilmot provisO ultimately abandon the patri.
otto position he has taken when he sees III.
slavebolding division of the party thus deter.
mine to make slavery the test of loyalty to the
democracy Such certainly are the signs Of
the times. and they are so strong every friend
Of freedom, Of humanity and Of his couniv
should be aroused upon the subject. The
people Of the south and their doughfaced al.
lies at the north are openly banded together
for subjeciing the country 10 another admin.
istration pledged to the extension Of the slave
power. Shall the people Of the north be les
unainching in sustaining freedom. an4 oppo..
ing an institution which threatens to ensav,
them, and render our republic scOff audbys-
word to the civilized world.
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The CouNTRT PAPERs.-The Vermont
Patriot says very truly. "tbat there is no 9th
er state in the Union whose press is so poorly
sustained as our Vermont press. large
portion ofthe papers out Of the state live up
on our people. Our Vermonters run here
and there getting up clubs of subscribers for
fOreisn papers, and stealing them away from
our country presses which must live upon pay
in "hsir ray and not upon cash subscribers
And what arc these papers worth to the
people Of the State From the end Of one
year to another there is not one Eighth ola
column in them all that relates to our State.
Orr elections. our affairs are treated with The
utmost neglect, and with an honorable excep-
ton or two, no man would know from read
ing these papers, there was such State as
Vermont in the Union. And yet these pa
Pers monoPolize the best subscribers Of the
State Cannot Yermonfers be little indie
pendent! Cannot they stand by their swn
Do they know that they are at fsult for the
defects they complain Of in our papersl Can
not they try once and patronize their own pa
pers so they can live without being absolute
y driven to odrertising for livipg,"
The most laughable excuse which is made
or disseminating our paper is tina, they get
he same from the foreign papers which they
'et in ours. Certainly they do. and great
many other things of vastly more importance
o be informed about than the chip news and
rails in municipal courts ia the cities Of Bos-
on and New York. A man should take as
many papers as he Pleases. But v here ose
lone is taken, that one should be the county
,aper.
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GREAT EXCITEMENT AT BENNINGTON
VT--Two Gazettes MIR. Haswell, the
original proprietor, on his return from
Washington, improves and enlarges the
Gazette-moves the office to East Ben
nington-the disaffected flare up-start a
new paper. initiating the form and style
of the old paper, and giving it the same
name and pretending that theirs is the
genuine one. The imitation is SO good
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that it is calculated to deceive even the
the elect Mr.. Haswell finally triumph
antIy exposes the foul transaction, proves
that his is the only "Simon Pure"Gazette,
marked Anthony Haswell, on the cork, A.
ID. 1888 and will soon investigate the
facts before a legal tribunal
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INLAND TRADE via CANADA.-Instruc-
tons have been given to the Collectors of
the Customs. Canada, to permit Ameri-
eau boa's and vessels laden or unladen, to
pass up and down the St. Lawrence, via
Montreal and Sorrel, between Fort Cow
ington and Lake Champlain, on the same
terms asBritlsh vessels are allowed to pass.
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THE WAR AND ITS VICTIMS.

Since the commencement oil the war with
Mexico. we have killed ard wounded no less
than 10000 Of her soldiers. and taken posses
ion oil immense tracts of her territory. New
eriheless. there are no Indications Of peace.
II is estimated moreover by a Washington
letter that our loss in killed ard woun-
ded is 300; and that there have died of the
climate 2,000-making together $50 men.
who have been either killed or wounded to
the country in battle or by sickness. Among
those who have been killed and wounded are
some of the noblest spirits Of the Iand-mer
who were calculated To be ornaments 10
the country. The w.iier above referred to,
thus sums up our losses -
MEN
In operations aronDd bIatamoras, Killed
and wounded, 500
Al Monterey. 500
AT Buena Vista. 500
In the incidental skirmishing in the line
OF Taylor's operations, 200
In The operations in New Mexico, killed
and wounded, 205
In California, $50
At Vera Cruz and neighborhooJ. so
AT Alvarado in the attack of Com. Con-
ner. say 10
In the attack Of Capt, Hunter, u
At Cerro Gordo, including the march
there, 500
Total killed and wounded, 30l0
Died Of the climate, 2560
Total, $50
The territories af The enemy occupied BY
forces. comprehend. says the writer: an area
Of 1000 square miles; equal 10 fifteen such
divisions of territory as the State of New
York.' Besides this, we have possession OF
Vera Cruz and several other places;and per
haps of the city ofMexico itself. A, every
stage of the war the olive branch has been
rendered 10 Mexico, but i, has been insoIent-
ly rejected. and defiance hurled in our
:eefh.-ln this condition Of affairs what shall
be donc2
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than these. The political questions whitehall
sorb and distract the minds OF men, and periodi-
cally rack, as by COMMISSIONS the entire country,
sink into inSignifoance by the side of them. MOI
that these Questions are absolutely unimportant,
but only relatively SotoithiS great interest The
political questions which 3gitaie the nation are
important; but viii be in vain that in any Civ
en- contest they are decided right unless there is
Il state &C intelligence and moral principle per-
vading the masses, That shah make them STAY
right
That the tendencies mall the political parties
are downward, andihat the actuatprog will be
downward, without the united, vigorous and a.
vailing efforts ofthe wise and good of all parties
cannot but be obvious to all. WHAT'S to be the
character Of the neTt gen>ratiOH, is question OF
more importance than what IS TO be the policy
OF the nezt Administrations only as that policy
may influence tile formation of that character.
Without NnivTSoE education-the education that
shall.train the intellect 10 sound, manly, indie
peBtent thought, and the Conscience and Heart
upon the model of the Word of God, the hope of
sustaining our free institutions will be like the
hope of sus staining house upon the sand amidst
the sweeping deluge ofan ocean tempest
The undersigned ventures TO hope that the
enterprise in which he is engaged, will command
the confidence ofthe friends of education through
out the entire country. Their counselS, their
prayers, their efforts, and their money he trusts
will alnbeeome ready ministers Of good TO it, and
througtit, 10 the millions II is intended TO bless
WILLIAM SLADE,
Gen. Agent, Board Of
Nat. Pop. Ell.
Middlcbury, VT, May II, 1877.
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s15,4eO,2O
9,4s9.S29
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Increase, $1,000. 37s
Thus il will be seen first, that while we
have purchased more than Nine Millions Of
Dollars worth Of Foreign Goods beyond the
quality during The same time ia 1916, the rev.
enue is reduced: and secsnd. that notwiih-
standing the extraordinary demand for bread
stufis in Europe, the increase Of our exports
Is more than one third less than the increase
OF our imPorts.-Thus is the Polko- British
Tariff is verifying the predictions of the
Wing opponents of that measure.-T Vermont
Waterman.
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arrives at the opinion. from the revelations
of this letter, that The end oil The war is near
at hand; that the Mcxicans must soon yield
10 the inevitable necessities of their posi-
lions.
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THE TARIFF.

The figures which we gave last week did
not tell The whole story of the failure of the
Polk Tariff, by long shot, We copy the
following statement from Free Trade pa
per. The New York Journal OF Commerce:
Cash duties in the port ofN. Y.
for months. 1916, S6,746.O7S So
For months, 1Si7. 6.69O.733 90
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ded grave yard; the Americans soldiers
have whitened the plains with their bones,
enriched the soil with their blood, and
made the natives wealthy on the spoils of
war
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q Ex-Governor Silas Wrieb, !. .
liver the Address al The next New York S,.s
Annual Fair and Cattle Show, which ,s
occur at Saratoga on the l4th, 18th and ls, %l
Of september. '1 'O'a
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Increase,

Exports 4 months in 1917,
4 months 1916,
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Imports Of foreign goods 4
months in lS47.
For 4 mos. n 1876,
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26.243.915
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