Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-05-04
rumOred that Gen. cushings brigade is ordered to

rumored that Gen. Cushings brigade is ordered to
Jalapa.'
The regular mail coaches commenced running be-
tween Vera Cruz and the city of Mexico the l5th
and will leave hereafter three times week
Three companies of Col. McLellans regiment of
Tennessee volunteers arrived at Vera Cruz on the
18th. One hundred and thirteen men of the New
York volunteers, under the command of Capt. Tor
ry arrived at Vera Cruz, the sth, in the barque
Nancy W. Stevens, from New York.
The career of the notorious Father Jarauta has at
last been checked letter from Queretaro, dated
April D states that the Father was arrested at Hue
Jotlas by the Project, Don Cristoba Andrade The
arrest is officially announced in the Tampco Motif
cioso.
Capt. Connolly, of the La. Mounted Battalion, ar
rived at Vera Cruz esconting the mail from Puebla,
on the 18th inst. Capt C. met with great many
guerriIleros, but they made opposition to his march
He also met Mexican train of eight wagons, the
conductors of which reported that the guerrieros had
levied contribution of $500 on their merchandise.
Col. Hays the Ranger, arrived at Vera Cruz on the
10th, from Jalapa. The Free American understands
that Hays Regiment will shortly be disbanded.
OEWe copied on yesterday an article from
the Louisville Journal giving credit to Cassius
NJ Clay as one of the number who some time
since voluntarily stepped forward and paid the
debts of the Hon. Henry Clay. We are glad
to perceive by that paper of Monday, that this
is mistake. Cassius M. Clay had nothing to
do with that arrangement. The Journal was
led into the error by the s'false phraseology" of
Cassius' letter. The Journal says;
We have reason to believe, that, in our re-
marks of Saturday upon Cassus M. Clay's let
ter, we were led into error in regard TO single
point by the writer's phraseology. He says to
the Hon. Henry Clay, g We paid your debts !"
This seems to mean that Cassius M. Clay was
one of the contributors, but perhaps it admits
Of the construction that the Wings, the Hon.
Henry Clay's political friends, paid his debts.
Whatever the intention of the remark may be,
we are assured that Cassius M. Clay did not
contribute one dollar, and, that the contribu-
tors, instead of being many in number, were
only three, all gentlemen of vast wealth and
all living in distant States. An individual
commissioned by those three gentlemen, visit
ed Lexington, and, without even seeing Mr.
Clay, ascertaiped the sum of his Indebtedness
in bank, paid the amount, and departed no one
in Lexington knowing who he was, whence he
came, or whittier he went.
1t should be borne in mind, that the debts of
of Mr.. Clay, thus paid by his three affiuent
friends, were security debts and not the result
of any imprudence or mismanagement of his
private affairs. He had abundant means to
discharge them by the sale ola part of his prop
erty, or he could have soon discharged them by
the practise Of his profession, but his three gem
erous friends chose to relieve him from the ne
cessity either of selling portion of his estate
or of resuming in his old age the arduous prac-
tice of the law The relief was great to him,
though to each of them the amount contribut-
ed was a tri1e. In view of the facts, the pub
lie can judge what right Cassius NJ Clay has to
say ''aUs paid your debts.
We regret having been led into error by Cas-
sius M. Clay's absurd if not deliberately false
phraseology, for we know that the bare sug-
gestion in newspaper that Mr. Clay is under
pecuniary obligation to Cassius M. Clay must
be exceedingly notifying to the feelings of the
! great statesman although he knows there is no
foundation for it