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this money Don Garcia, by prudent invest
ments, and great industry, has succeeded in
accumulating large fortune. He owns
nearly the whole property from Jalapa 10
Vera Cruz, and besides immense herds of
cattle, he has also large cotton factory, in
successful operation near Jalapa. Santa
Anna had a long interview with Don Gar
cia, before and alter the battle of Cerro Cor
do, and, it is said, deposited with HIM about
100000. Don Garcia advised him TO
leave the country, as it was impossible to
resist the Americans. This astutc old
Mexican exhibits no hostility towards our
army. nor any discontents at lis success. but
very philosophically pocket all our twenty
dollars a piece for his beef cattle, and re-
gales our officers with delicious wines and
scgars The Mexican conquest gave him
Il fine capital to commence business on, the
American conquest, he hopes, will COM
plete the mammoth fortune which he is
ambitious OF transmitting to his heirs.
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Admissions to tile Bar.

The following gentlemen were admitted
TO practice in the Courts of Law and Equity.
of this State, on the 18th and 18th instant:
L0t0.--Cliarics ALLsToH Jr., G. NJ.
BRoyLEs; Thomas 3. FRASER, Wyatt J.
GEoN, Theodore S. GouRDIN, John S. HAN
son, VIM. Augustus LEE, John W. LEsLy,
Edward J. PR1NaLE, Pelehs A. WALLER,
VIM. l.. WILSON, John J. WORKMAN, VIM.
Fl. r. WORKMAN
Equity.-Andrew II. BUCHANAN, Charles
B. GLOVER, John J. Hanson, James ].
HARLLEE, VIM. Augustus LEE. G. Davis
MELTON, J. Belton M1cKLE, B. Garden
PRINGLE, Frederick James SHAFFEn
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~ The New Orleans Picoyune of the
18th says:-"A letter has been received
in this city from the city OF Mexico, dated
as late as the 30th of April. 1t is from an
influential source. All that we can learn
of its contents is that there is large num-
Der of citizens Of the capital, men of worth
and substance, who are decided advocates of
peace. But their influence is utterly over
borne by the voices Of the noisier populace,
the military and political parties, whose cry
is war. No one openly advocates peace,
though many vearn for it.
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tious character. The I'd Mississippi Regi-
ment had several cases when they arrived
and have lost several men from it.
regret the scarcity of news in this
quarter, but as every thing is in stotu quo
now, much cannot be expected. JED.
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circumstances, is retaliation, which is the
strong right of the offended against the
defending. To carry this into effect at
tach yourself to the authorizes. Your fail
ing to do this will be considered crime of
the greatest magnitude. All the officers of
the troops arc directed to assist you in carry
ing out this order: and it is distinctly under
stood there shall be no exceptions. Neither
the clergy, military citizens nor other per-
sons shall enjoy the privilege Of remaining
peaceable at their homes. The whole Of the
corporation shall turn ou, with the citizens,
leaving solely as authority Of the town one
of the members who is over the age sixty
years; at the same time, if all of the mem
bers are capable Of bearing arms, then none
shall be excepted; leaving to act some one
who is incapable of military service
You yourself must be an nple to others,
by conforming to this requisi,on. And
send this to you for publication, and charge
you TO see it executed in every particular,
and communicate it also 10 the commanders
of the squadrons in your city, who will aid
you in carrying into effect these instructions,
and in fact you are directed to do all and
everything which your patriotism may
prompt. God and Liberty!
ANTONIO CANALES.
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Mexican News.

We have received but little Of interest from
Mexico, BY the two .ast mails. In another
portion of to.day's paper will be found all
that is worthy OF note. The Palmetto Regi-
ment was still at Jalapa on the 2eth ult., but
were under orders 10 march to Perote, SO it
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H Col. JEFFERSON DAVIS, of the Mis-
sissippi Regiment, has been appointed Brig
adler General in place Of General Pillow
promoted.
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HWe were shown on yesterday, two
stalks Of cotton upon which were several
squares, grown by MIR. JAMES FAIR. Who
can beat this?
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ABBEVILLE G.. H., S. c..
"Wednesday, May 26, lsI7.
Cotton Market.

Charleston, May 22d from l-2 to IL Id
Hamburg, May 22d, 9 to 12 cts.
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" There arc now eight papers p ublish
ed in Mexico by Americans.
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ReimfOrcemenfs

The Washington Union of the 18th inst
says Some of the southern papers are
still harping upon the twelve months men.
1t is true that the time of few more than
three thousand volunteers will expire in
June or July; but we have ascertained from
the Adjutant Generals office that reinforce
ments have already arrived, or are en- route.
OF men to serve during the war, who will
more than supply the vacancy General
ScoTT will have a strong and most efficient
army, to meet and overcome any force
which the enemy may send against him.
And we learn that fresh supplies of force
now in the service of the government will
probably be sent forward TO participate in
the war with Mexico
The Washington Union of the 18th inst
says.-The trophies which were brought to
this city by Col. BANKuEAD were displayed
to day from the War office on the side 'front.'
ing the Avenue. A considerable crowd
was drawn By curiosity, in the course of the
day to sec them. They consist OF seven
small Company or ba,,alion) colours and
two large flags. which were it is supposed,
displayed from the castle of San Juan de
Ulloa. Four Of the seven are made of silk.
the other four Of coarse material-cotton or
bunting. Upon mos, Of them were embla-
zoned the arms Of the Mexican republic
the eagI lie crushing snake in its beak and
the prickly pear. Two of the small flags
had bomb shells painted upon them, in the
act of explosion, and probably belonged to
the corps miners and sappers The en-
blems were all painted in q miserable style
of ofdaubing, except one, on which the eagle
was beautifully embroidered. But some
mischievious ball or she'll seemed to have
made fearful rent in it, at the foot of the
eagle. The largest flag Of all is composed
of three large stripes of bunting sowed to-
gether, of different colours, and probably
measures eighteen feet in breadth, and
twenty-four feet in length They will be
preserved among our country's archieves:
and we trust that all our military trophies
will be duly collected, preserved, and dis
played at one point, so as at once to catch
the eye Of the curious spectator at Wash
ingttn.
H The following paper OH the ctymolo'
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u The following paper OH the ctymolo-
gy and derivation of Mexican words, read
before the Historical society in the city of
Savannah on tho 10th inst, we copy from
the Georgian:
MONTEREY, 80 called from tho Count of
Monterey, who was Vice Roy of Mexico
before the year 1000. The word literally
means "King's Mouutain,' reminding us of
our Revolutionary Kings Mountain. . 81.
CAmARco derives its name from the In
dian historian of Mexico, Diego Munos Ca
margo, who wrote his work about the mid.
die of the sixteenth centur
MATAMoRos means, litcrallsaN Naarkiuer,
perpetuating the recollecion 81
against the Moors in SPAIN. ss 52R
CHIHUAHUA is an Indian nan = zgs
SALTILLo means the little
perhaps from a sudden descent
country. !at sass&sa6fsas,
AQUA NUEvA--ncw water. i SIS
Aqua FRIA-cold water. =
BuENA V1srA-beautiful l. view-bclle
vuc.
RNAc1oN-Incarnatio and it's holy
mystery. @ -1 - l ..,:..,s1s:ggss
VERA CRUz-The Holy Gross. Ina sS
present town was founded by the VicesKoY;
Of Monterey in the latter part Of th
teenth century. The old town Of, =
Cruz, founded by Cortes, was north
present town, at Antigua.
ALvARAno, so called from Pedes
varado, one Of Cortes,a generals.
SAcRIFIcIos, The Island Of Sacl
received this name from the human
~Ce Al
the human bones found there by tlss
iards.
CERRo lsoRDo The large kill,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-02-06
From the Democratic Review.
.a The Shot in the Eye.
ATRUE STORY OF TEXAS BORDER LIFE.
BY c. WILKINS EISiI.

Nv word for it, reader, should never
haye ventured to construct professed
romance out of incidents so wild and
strange as those of this narration. 1t
is only with the hope that you will ac-
cept in good faith the assurance gwen
in the same spirit, that these things real
In did occur while was in the country,
and most of them within my personal
knowledge-that venture t" relate
them at all. Remember, the scene is
laid in frontier county of Texas, and
ifyou have even remote conception
Of the history of that Republic and the
general character OF its social elements,
you will be prepared for good deal.
But, though you might even have visit.
ed its cities and older settlements, you
would still find it difficult to realize all
that is true Of frontier life, unless BY ex-
tended travel and experience your faith
should be fortified. When you can
have to say, as | can, "what mine eyes
have seen and ears heard,"-on that
ground alone you will be SIT audience
though few,' to receive as matters Of
course, relations which would doubt
less, for the moment, shock others as
monstrous ai in impro bability, if not in
deed impossibiity. The man Of high
civilisation will find great difficulty in
understanding how such a deed as am
about to relate, requiring months to
consummate, would have been carried
through in the open face Of law and the
local authorities--but the man who
knows this frontier will tell him that
the rifle and bowie-knife are all the law
and local authority recognized. Wit
ness the answer President Houston
gave when application was first made
tohim for his interposition with the civil
force to quell the bloody ..Regulator
Wars which afterwards sprang up in
this very same county--"Fight it out
nmong yourselves and be id to you'll"
Aaspeech entirely characteristic Of the
man and the country, as it then was!
II was in the earlier stages Of the or
ganna,ion fthis same "Regulator" as.
sociaton that our story commences.
Shelby county, lying in Western
Texas o !, the border Of he"Red Lands"
was rather thinly settled in the latter
part Of 's9. What population it had
was generally the very worst caste Of
border life. The bad and desperate
men who had been driven over our
fIontier formed a rallying ground and
headquarters seemingly with
the determination to hold the county
good against the intrusion Of all honest
persons, and as q sort Of "Alsatia" Of
the West, forthe protection Of outlaws
and villains Of every grade. And in
deed to such an extent had this pro-
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-02-06
OUR NATIVE SONG.
BY MISS COOK.

.,..- ~ Br MISS COOK.
Our native song! our native song! 2
Oh! where is he who loves it not'
That spell Its hold is deep and strong,
Where'er we 60. whate' 'er our lot.
Let other music greet our ear
With thrilling fire or dulcet tone:
We speak to praise we pause to hear.
But yet-oh! yet-'tis not our own!
E The anthem chant, the ballad wild,
The notes that we remember long
The theme we sung with lisping tongue
IT'S this we love-our native song!
The one who bears the felon's brand, f.
With moody brow and darkened name,
Thrust meanly from his father.land,
TO languish out life of shame;
Oh! let him hear some simple strain
Some lay, his mother taught her boy
He'll feel The charm and dream again
'Ofhome, of innocence, and joy!
The sigh will burst, the drops will start,
And all Of virtue, buried long
The best, the purest in his heart,
Is wakened by his native song.
Self-exied from our place OF birth,
To climes more fragrant, bright, and gay,
The memory Of our fair hearth
May chance awhile to fade away;
But should some minstrel echo fall,
of chords that breathe Columbia's fame.
Our souls will burn, our spirits yearn.
True TO the land we love and claim,
The high! the low in v cal or woe.
But sure there's something wrong
About the heart that does not glow,
To hear its own, its native song.
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made the callous. heartless man--of. the
all-beIieving child the sneering skep-
tIc--of the beautiful and modest, the
shameless. abandoned---and this is what
the toorl4 does for the little one.
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FROM MEXICO.

The New Orleans Picayune Of the l4lh an.
nounces the receipt OF its letters &c. by the
Cinderella, enlarging upon the previous rumors
Of battle. &c but added nothing to their claims
for credence.
Also the arrival Of the u. 9. schooner Aris-
pc, from the mSutk ef the Rio Gsands, sailed
on the 9th but still nothing in confirmation
rather indeed the other way.
| The Picayune gives ample details, but they
leave tho question as undecided as did the pa
pers by The last mail -
The Delta Of the i4th brs the following,
which appears to embody all that 10 positively
known
We have conversed with DR. Jarvis, bearer
Of dispatches. who came passenger IN the Ars.
pc, aud who left Camargo on the Cd inst.
| Tie confirms the intelligence already laid be.
fore our readers, Of an order received nj that
place from the Quartermaster at Monterey, To
stop all wagon trains ior the latter place, un.
less escorted by 1000 troops.
A train which left Camargo for Monterey
with small escort, was met by the express.
near MIer and returned to Camargo.
The latest intelligence recei, cd from Monte.
rey at Camargo was up to clock, y. M ,on
the 23rd of February. .....
An express had then arrived from Gen. Tai y.
lors head quarters at ssltillo, having Ioft the
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FRoM .Nxw MExIco. The Philadelphis
North American gives a painful account ol
disasters at 6anta Fe--of . Mexican ibsur.
rcction at T'oss. All the Spaniares favorsc
BILE to the American cause bad been massa
cred. or compelled to escape. The Governor
and Sheriff Of New Mexico with large mum.
ber Of americans had been killed. They
were sending out express for .assttance.
1t was supposed that Santa Fe must be cap.
tured, as the Americans hsd only about SOC
men there. The Mexicnns were confident
hat they should capture Capt. Doniphan with
the 600 men under his command. The
Mexicsns assert also, says the same account,
tsat they will massacre every American in
New Mexico.
A letter from Lieut.. Albert, U. 8. Topo.
graphical Engineer. says, the massacre be.
yond doubt, is horrible one, OF which we
have yet heard but the beginning.
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From the Boston Daily Advertiser of Monday
From the Seat OF WAR.

The news from the army received since our
last publication is of very interesting nature,
but needs confirmation in some of its most i'm
portant particulars BY the New Orleans pa
pers of the 18th we receive dates from the
Brazos to the 2sth of February They inform
us that Gen. Taylor was in Camp at Aqua
Nueva, twenty miles beyond Saltillo, with a
bout five thousand men, on the 18th of that
month, that all was then quiet there, and that
he intended to remain there until the lst OF
April This is automatically stated to the
Picayune by Capt. Hughes ofthe Illinois volun.
teers.
The correspondence of the Picayune and OF
the other New Orleans papers of the 18th
and some fellow passengers of Capt Hughes,
all communicated rumors to the effect that
Santa Anna ,st the head of force of q, 600
men had attacked Gen. Taylor, and that he
had fallen back upon Monterey. Upon the
authority Of Capt. Hughes and some others,
these rumors were pronounced false in the
best informed circles. Immediately after the
arrival of this news however these rumors are
said to have been confirmed.
The papers of this city of yesterday morning
contain despatch dated at New York late
Saturday evening, which state in effect tha,
Santa Anna had driven Gen. Taylor beyond
Saltillo, and had finally been repul,ed at tn,
pass OF Ninconaua, WIN great loss on poti
sides. The story is incomplete and confused
and is only probable so far as the fact of I
meeting Of the armies is concerned. We copy
the despatch entire from yesterdays "Tele
graph" with the hope that our own advice
may give some more definite information be
fore we go to press -
"Our New York correspondent, under dat,
of ii o'clock last night, states that on tn,
evening Of the 18th instant there was an ar
rival at New Orleans from the Brazos, b,
which news was received of bloody battle
between Santa Anna, with Tpenty Thousan,
Troops, and General Taylor with Fire Thou
sand americans.
"The first was in the streets of Saltllo, an,
the second at the Riconada pass which is a
bout eight or nine miles from Saltillo, between
that place and Monterey.
alt is reported that the Mexicans were re
pulsed with loss of from four to five thousan
men, and that the loss of the Americans wa
about two thousand.
General Taylor has sent all his baggag
and provisions to Monterey. The news wa
furnished to the New Orleans papers by pas
sengers from the Brazos, and was general
believed in that city.
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BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
New YORK, Sunday,

New York, Sunday, P. M.
THE REPORTED BATTLE.-The New Or
leans Bulletin has letter from Brazos Of the
latest moment, which announces the news from
Monterey, of the sanguinary battles between
the troops Of Santa Anna and those of General
Taylor, to be humbug; but the intelligence
was generally believed at New Orleans.
MOVEMENT OF TRooPs.-All the American
troops had left the Brazos to join Gen. Scott
About sixty vessels, laden with troops and mu.
nitions of war, left Tampico on the 29th ult. for
the island of Lobos:and the attack on Vera Cruz
il is said, would take place the 10th inst, and
has probably been made.
DEATH OF PREsIDEST RIcHE.-News of the
death of President Richie of Hayti, has been re
ceived. He is supposed to have been poisoned
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Lac and Orde9. .xeeting.

The electors of Newport, friendly to the
State and Congressional tickets nomina-
ted by the Law and Order Conventions,
in January last, are requested to meet at
the Town Hall, on MONDAY EVENING
NEXT, March Goth, at 7 o'clock, to nomi-
nate committees, and to enter at once on
the business of the election. A full and
punctual attendance is requested.
March 25th, 1S47. .
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FRoM THE GULF.-The United States rev.
enue steam. cutter Bibb, Captain Foster, yes.
terday arrived from the South West Past
The Bbb brought as passenger, Cspiain
Henry B. Nones, Of the United States veve.
nue. cutter Forward. The Forward arrived
at the South West Pass on the 9Th inst. from
a cruise in the Gulf, during which time she
experienced very severe weather, and en-.
countered several heavy nor,hers. The for
ward left the squadron off Sscrifcios OH the
I'd inst. Al that time there were two bsrks
from the North. with troops, lying off ths,
place, waiting the orders of Gen. Scott
.New Orleans Della, March 9h.
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The Kentuckian Prisoners-Colonel Mar

The Kentuckian PrisOners-Colonel Mar
shall, of the Kentucky regiment, writing to
the Louisville Journal in relation to the cap
ture Of Major Gaines and others, says
"I suggested to Gen. Taylor the propriety
of opening some correspondence with the
Mexican headquarters, with view of provi.
ding through the Mexican government the
way by which any funds sent by their friends
might safely reach them. The General re.
Piled, that the funds would be stolen by the
enemy, and it was useless to try that expert
ment, and that we must relieve them by taking
prisoners to exchange for them. This he said
with an emphasis which assures us Of for
ward movement ere long. He told me to pay
every attention to my horses, and that, wher
we did move and there was chance for a bat
tie, the Kentucky cavalry should be with the
'front.'"
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CHILDHOOD OF ALLsroN. CHANNINs, AND
DANA.-Was ashInglon Alston, who was but
one year ChannIng's senior, went to New
port in 1887, and contracted an intimacy with
him which continued through youth. the
strength Of manhood, and old nge. They
roamcd together through the picturesque
scenery, which still attracts annual crowds
of strangers, aud "nmid this glorious nature"
received Impressions of the great and beauti'
iul, which had an influence in determining
heir modes If though, and habits of life
Richard q. Dana, cousin of Charming. and
afterwards a brolhcr.in-la Of AIlslon, in o
tew years, wandered, an uninspired boy, over
the same fields, and on the rocky shore listen
ed to The roar and dashng of the waters Of
that ocean, which he was to describe with
such effect in his noble poetry. Allston,
Chann,ng and Dana were thus connected in
childhood. In old age they often visited
from their neighborng homes IN Boston, these
scenes Of their earliest inspiration. Two o.
them, in The order Of their ages, have gone
TO the world IN whose atmosphere they al
most seemed to live while here among us.-
Dr. Cris,coid's Prose Uritery"
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THE NEw PLANrT.-We understand tha,
Professor Pierce Of Harvard University, in a
paper read alta special meeting Of the Amer.
can Academy Of Arts and Sciences, held on
Tuesday evening, announced rs a resul, oi
his calculations upon observations made by
Sears &. Walker, Esq, Of the Washington
Observatory, the remarkable fact that tho
planet known as Leverrier, The discovery oi
which at Berlin was consequence OF the
computations OF the mathematician whose
name u bears, is not the planet which an.
swrrs 10 those computations. nor one which
according TO Leverner's theory will account
for The per,urba,ions OF Uranus- that his is
not N. planet chich ,cns diseorered by The cal
cniniions Of Leprrirr, but another which pos
accidentally discorered by The Reriin obserrer.
The dIam,tcr of the orbit Of the observed
planet is said To- differ from ibst Of the CON.
pu'ed planet by several times the diameter oi
The orbit OF The earth, and by forty years IN
the time uf ~ revolution about the SUM-
Cambridge OJsrrer.
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port, which the State received in her diff
cul,ics of ls42 and 3, from all enlighten-
ed and conservative minds.
We trust therefore, that ouf friends in
this town will sssfhe propriety of full
and promp, rally 81 Monday ersning
merit, at the Town Hall, and that every
proper step will be taken for an unequiv-
ocal expression of public opinion on the
first Wednesday Of April, as to the can
,didates before mentioned, by giving them,
what can be readily accomplished-a
triumphant election. ...,-.-,.,