term oi the watchman l a .. ription.per fear two dollars payable in bui if not paid in advance two dollars nil j fifty cts will be charged tkbtisemests inserted ai 1 rorthe first and 25 cts for each subsequent insertion court orders charged *_."> per ct higher than these rates a liberal deduc tion to those who advertise by ihe year tters to the editors most be postpaid ■ ■- - from ::>•' n-w orleans picayune d ult mexican news jm-rtukr extracts of mexican intel ligence bv the steamer avon i brigadier gen cadwalader had resign ed lie was expected to arrive at a era f ruz wilh the next train he left the city . f mexico on tin sili inst mr trist also left the city on the 8ih ith an escort the mexican papers contain notices j confirming the rumor of a recent fight be tween the americans and mexicans in , chihuahua the official register of du wango of the 2g:h ult contains the fol f lowing announcement ofthe event — which i ie find translated in the american star : '• by the mail which reached this capi tal on the 21th ult we learn that our bro thers of the state of chihuahua have been routed at santa cruz de rosales bv tfie american forci s on the advance from j i i'.imi to tin interior private letters give a variety of details all agreeing upon one point viz : that the plaza ol chihua [ lua having been declared indefensible at ' a council of war his excellency senor iijon angel trias with his artillery and disposable lorce determined to evacuate ii and within twenty-two leagues from chihuahua at this point on the 16th a bevere and bloody engagement look place between ihe mexican & american troops which lasted from !) o'clock in the morn ing until sunset the americans under took an attack upon the plaza which re sulted in leaving them masters of the field senor trias and a considerable number of officers having been taken prisoners tin number of killed is not i noun but it i supposed to have been great on both sides it is much to be lamented thai the he roic efforts of the illustrious governor of . chihuahua should again have been of no avail fortune as often as she chooses to be disdainful may snatch from us the victory but she can never take from our « country the honor of sheltering within its bosom such children as senor trias his sacrifices will not go unnoticed by good mexicans they have seemed him titles of inestimable value which have obtain ed for him the gratitude ol the public the states ought to hasten to demand of the supreme government that it obtain at once the liberty of so distinguished a citi fzen from rhe american general incharge bustamente was at san luis potosi with i considerable force no mention is made ol a revolution in that state but the presence of the ex-president there with a body of troops was regarded with suspicion by he star paredes — los debates at queretaro of the 1st iii_-t has a severe article in rela tion to paredes h says he ought to be regarded as a deserter and treated ac cordingly—pursued and overtaken it is equally severe upon those deputies who fail to attend at queretaro for the dis charge of their legislative duties adame — according to el progreso at queretaro adame governor of san luis recently impeached by order of the su preme authorities has sent a letter to the supreme government demanding an ex planation the minister of foreign re lations replies that in tin discharge of his duty to preserve public order and tran quility he saw the necessity of issuing an order to the commandante of san luis to arrest senor adame it being notorious that he was implicated in the late re vol u ftionary movements in that state he adds that in consequence of congress not being in session to whom the subject be longs no action has been had in the pre mises but that inasmuch as the press has occupied itself upon the subject the char ges of the supreme government will be immediately published robberies occur almost daily npon the public roads tbe diligencies are regu larly plundered the ladrones seem to think that during the armistice thev can not be molested while committing their depredations f they fall into the hands of americans they discover their error from pachuca — a conducta came in from pachuca on the uh bringing g9 bars of silver is from ileal del monti and til from real del chico the following officers accompanied ihe train : colonel withers capts jissd and webbe lieuts ■ moore badford drums simmons and hodges a q m the escort consisted of a company of the i i dragoons and a portion of the lih artillery popocatapetl — v large party left the icity of mexico on the 3d ins to visit po pocatepetl under the escort of captain sibley's company the star s n s : the expedition reached the base of the mountain on thursday night the fourth day out the distance about sixty-five hides they commenced the ascent on friday and reached the summit ol vege tation at about six o'clock in the morning fhe night before starting on the ascent tt me party encountered a tremendous snow [ rtorm accompanied by hail thunder and lightning \\ vvas difficult to find wood and but few fires could be had the storm cot tinned to rage stopping at about 1 o clock in consequence of the severity of the cold and several of the party becom ing nearly exhausted at about this time they supposed themselves within about a thousand feet of ihe crater of the moun tain owing to the depth of the snow and the severity of the storm ihey were i obliged to desist from any further efforts ■ to ascend lo the summit ou that day i the carolina watchman bruner - james ) _.., j n -, \ " keep a chr.ck upo.v all your editors dc proprietors } rulers ) new series do this and llbertv is safe > gen i harrison ) volume v number 2 salisbury n c thursday may 11 1848 l ney would nave renewed the attempton the following morning had il not been for tbe effect of ihe ratified atmosphere at such a height as well as of the wind and upon storm their eyes some ofthe par ty were nearly blinded and their suffer ings were extreme several of them were obliged to descend from the mountain blindfolded and have their horses led by others there was no serious accident lhat occurred though the riders were several times in great danger from ihe difficulty of ascending the cliffs with their horses from the star of the 11th instant queretaro the monitor ot yesterday has a letter dated on the 6th thursday las which states that sixteen members only were wanting to make a quorum the writer thinks the necssary number will soon be i:i attendance and that when congress once gets together hercra will be chosen president since a majority of the legi>la ture have already expressed themselves in his favor at the preliminary meeting on the id instant there were 5g mem bers present — a greater number than we have yet recorded various communica tions had been received from the minister of the treasury stating lhat the 1 eputies from jalisco and puebla had been paid travelling and other expenses from two to three hundred dollars to enable them to reach queretaro one deputy writes that he has been unable to get a seat in the stage the news of the ratification of the treaty had been received in quere taro and it was believed that the modifi [ cations would be accepted the monitor publishes a list of the members elect of congress who have failed to attend for the discharge of their duties the number is as follows viz : guanajuato 5 deputies and 2 senators mexico ti deputies and 2 senators san luis j deputies vera cruz 3 deputies toluca 1 deputy jalisco 1 deputies zacateeas 3 deputies oajaca 5 depu ties sonora 2 deputies tamaulipas and colena 2 deputies making 37 in all who have not presented themselves this number the reader will bear in mind : is not necessary lor a quorum destatch — the n o picayune of monday 3rd of april was received at the i star oliice in mexico on sunday morn | ing the 9th at 6 o'clock this is hard to | beat a number of families driven from yu i catan by the indians had arrived at vera j cruz in a state of miserable destitution | subscriptions were raised for their succor j to which the americans were the princi { pal contributors the vera cruz true american of the ' 15th says that tbe united states propel j ler massachusetts captain wood lelt on ! the 14th for new orleans with one hun ! dred and fifty sick soldiers from the gen ! eral hospital the french citizens of vera cruz gave ; a banquet on the evening of the 15th in honor ofthe french revolution the hospital at vera cruz is about be ing removed to jalapa so learns the true j american since the publication of the armistice i many families have returned to the city of mexico which gives the town a more lively appearance the star of the 5th notices the appearance in the streets ol several ollicers of rank in the mexican , army ; also a full company of mexican cavalry full equipped with escopettes | swords ifcc the star expresses the hope and belief that the presence of those troop j ers will not lead to a rupture of the ar i mistice our own correspondent howev i er details a serious affair which might \ well create the suspicion that some of the mexican ollicers in the city are intent up on breaking the convention and hinder if possible the ratification ol the treaty padre jarauta the monitor of the 7lh announces on the authority of a letter from queretaro dated the 2nd instant that as padre ja rauta was passing incognito through huejutla in company with suarez he wa arrested by the prefect don cristo bal andrade and that information was despatched to the government for orders as to the disposition to be made of the sanctified assassin the columns of the monitor are filled with accounts of robberies the slate of guanajuato followed the example of san luis and the indians are in a state of revolution the monitor says that the revolution which was com menced by about 40 individuals has now mustered upwards of 2.000 partizans the monitor of the 7th contains a let ter from san luis stating that the indi ans to the number of 25.000 are now in a state ot revolution and their number is still increasing several haciendas or plantations have been robbed of all the cattle and horses some of the planters have been murdered the letter also states that the capital san luis is the only part ofthe state where one can re main with security the session of the legislature of that state adjourned on the 31st ult and deprived by a decree don adame governor and don avila lieut governor of their respective offices don juliano reyes their present govern or received extraordinary powers to last until the meeting of the next legislature the election for a new governor of the state will take place on the 30th of the present month a detachment of 800 men sent to san luis de la paez by the gov ernor of guanajuato to assist in protect ; ing the state against the indians has re ; tired to dolores hidalgo without firing a ! gun gen bustamente to whom the peo ple looked for assistance has written that ' he would come but they have lost all hopes of getting succor from him the monitor of the 11th says that the state of guanajuato followed the exam i pie of san lais and the indians are in a state of revolution j the court martial for the trial of lieu tenant john smith 3d battalion louisana ' volunteers commenced sitting on the i3th1nstant at vera cruz we find no report of the proceedings the court con j sists of lt col fiesca presd't capts white featherston besancon ferry and wheat and lieuts curtis and young judge advocate the charges prefer red against lt smith are desertion ; en ticing of soldiers to desert ; embezzlement of public property ; conduct unbecoming ! an officer and a gentleman our vera cruz correspondent ' uluo says : — * it is rumored that gen cushing's brigade is ordered to jalapa three companies of col mclellan's re giment of tennessee volunteers arrived at vera cruz on the 1 lih one hundred and thirteen men of ihe new york vol unteers under the command of captain torry arrived at vera cruz on the 8th i in the barque nancy w stephens from new york ' the career of the notorious father ja rauta has at last been checked a letter from queretaro dated april 2 states that the father was arrested at huajutla by the prefect don cristobal andrade the arrest is officially announced in the tam pico noticioso capt connolly ofthe louisiana moun ; ted battalion arrived at vera cruz es porting the mail at puebla on the 12th instant capt c met a great many guer ' rilleios but they made no opposition to his march lie also met a mexican train of eight wagons the conductors ot which reported that the guerrilleros had levied i a contribution of three hundred dollars on their merchandise court of inquiry our contemporaries published this mor j ning the proceedings of the court of in j quiry at the city of mexico embracing the proceedings ofthe 18th 19th and 20th ' days the details arc two long for our ■ columns we give asonopsis embracing j all the points of interest — mobile advcr ! liscr the first witness called was lt clarke | whose testimony was expected to impeach the previous deposition of major burns who had sworn that he had never before been a witness before a civil court lt c was not allowed by the court to testi '■■ fy because it could not find on the records of the court that major burns had so sta j ted to this decision gen scott entered i his protest capt taylor's testimony was very clear ly against the claim of gen pillow of having planned the battle of contreras ! he says : " i asked him the night previ i ous to the battle how things looked ? he i replied badly he said the position was very strong too strong to be attacked and ■ that he was going to report that fact to gen scott advising him to leave it and i get in the rear of san antonio rather a strange opinion for one who had plann ed the attack ! capt grayson's testimony locates gen pillow at san augustine on the 20th of august at about seven o'clock a m lt beauregard testified that in a con sultation of general and staff officers at piedad gen scott expressed a decided prefereance for attacking chapultepec in preference to the garita of san anto nio but that gen pillow preferred an at tack on the latter although on the eve ning before he had said to him that the time for attacking the latter had passed the testimony of mr james l frea ner " mustang of the delta is too rich and good to be passed over lightly we will therefore give the most racy morsel james l freanor recalled — ques tion by the prosecution — das the wit ness ever had any particular conversation with maj gen pillow on the subject of the interest he the said pillow took in the newspaper printed in new orleans call ed the delta and respecting what the said pillow would do for the benefit of that paper . if so when where or in what particular connection was such con versation as far as memory may serve . a — it was on or about the 23 of au gust las at mixcoac and i think in the afternoon while in conversation with gen pillow lien pierce entered the room : gen pillow introduced me to gen pierce as being connected with the new orleans delia remarking at the same time to gen pierce that " this is one of our friends and said 1 don't recollect whether it was immediately after or in the course of that conversation lhat he intended to do some thing for that paper ; that he intended to make it or words to that effect : i can't use the precise language ; i think the words were to that effect my impression is those were the words used 1 replied to gen pillow that no one person could make the delta ; lhat it had met with a success from the time it went into exis tence which no other paper ever had in the southern country and it was mainly indebted for it to the energy industry and independence of its proprietors it was in the course of a general conversation while i was talking to gen pillow that afternoon nineteenth day april 0 — john h peo ples of the american star gave some de tails of a conversation between himself and gen pillow in reference to mr peo pie's previous notice of intention to pub lish the leonidas letter with such com ments as he thought it deserved gen pillow said to him : " you must recollect as i said before that i never forgot my friends nor forgive my enemies at that time the late capt smith 3d infantry came in and the con versation stopped after captain smith had left the roc n i asked gen pillow if he would allow me to take that letter which he had addressed but not sent to me that could shape a contradiction as he author ized from he reminded me again when i got up to leave the room that he was second in command and it general scott | were to go home or any thing were to ; happen him he then would take com mand of the army ; the substance of lt tilton's testimony is comprised in the following paragraph on or about the 22d september i to gether with another officer paid a visit of ceremony to gen pillow upon that oc casion the conversation turned upon the battles preceded our entrance into the ci ty maj gen pillow stated to us that the bat lie of molino del rey was an un fortunate affair ; he informed us that he had lost 8!)0 men which loss we mean ing the general officers sedulously con cealed from the army lest it might have a dispiriting effect on the men aud that gen scott was stunned or parlyzed by this loss and consequently upon himself as second in command devolved the sub sequent movements — or words to that ef fect ; 1 do not recollect exactly the words used i was also given to understand at the same time by gen pillow that the conception as well as the execution of the assault upon chapultapec originated with himself wilh the exception of some personal compliments on ourselves and the voltigeur regiment that was i be lieve the substance ofthe conversation mr trist thus runs a tristful thrust at general p.'s claims to the honors of the victory of the 20th of august they had been in gen scott's room on the night of the 19th engaged in consultation respec ting the contemplated battle of the mor row mr t says : " the company dropped off until at a very late hour of the night when prepa ration were made by general scott to go to bed and he had a bed made in his room also for general pillow upon my leav ing the room to go to my own gen pillow followed me and went with me to my room lie then in a very solemn tone said to me " this is going to be a failure i an swered that things had certainly not looked very bright at nightfall but my own spir its had been very much raised by capt lee's arrival and the information brought with him — gen pillow did not notice my remark but in a tone and manner im plying that i had interrupted him went on to say that i call on you now to re member and bear me witness hereafter that 1 have had nothing to do with it at that time i looked upon these words as the dying charge of a man who expected to be killed next day and in a manner corresponding to that expression i made him a promise as well as i recollect " i will not forget lie then began some further remarks in the same strain giving his views of what ought to be done mr trist further testified that at a mee ting of many general officers about the 11th of september general scott was in favor of attacking chapultapec but that gen piilow was very reserved further more that about the same time gen pil low expressed to him his decided opinion that there should be no more active ope rations until the army was reinforced he also testifies that gen scott was not cast down nor irresolute alter the affair of molino del rey as stated by genera pillow though he was much grieved at the loss of many personal friends he says : i recollect particularly martin scott was one of them his mind in other res pects was precisely what i have always known it to be in regard to all operations ofthe army busy all day in receiving re ports and comparing views perfectly clear and collected if there was anv dilf'er ence between his condition then and on former occasions hi was more animated twentieth day april 8 — the testimo ny of mr trist continued — it went prin cipally to exculpate general scott from the imputation cast upon him by gener al pillow of having made an ' experiment in the affair of molino del rev mr t it would seem was not altogether cool in his manner as the president of the court requested that he would give his evidence with less of a spirit and tone of hatred szc the subjoined extract from the testi mony of captain huger on the evening of the 20th after the battle it would be well to compare with the one quoted a bove from the testimony of mr trist giv en late at night by the same gen pillow just before the battle i rode up to him to congratulate him on his safety and the success of the day which had turned out as well as we could have wished from the prospects of the pre vious night the general replied m yes sir i had arranged all my plans which have been successfully carried out and gen scott is perfectly satisfied with it the subjoined quotation from ihe same witness capt ii only agrees with ihe opinion entertained by every sensible and candid mind in this country respecting the energy ofthe brave old general who has done so much with so meagre means in mexico and who has been so ungrate fully rewarded for his services q — had the witness many official or other interviews with gen scott between ihe 7th and 12th of september and what was the impression received by witness on those occasions regarding said scott's energy compared with earlier occasions in the campaign .' a — 1 have had frequent interviews with gen scott during the stated time and as the occasion required any great energy 1 think he always displayed as much or more energy both of mind and body as 1 observed on lesser occasions lieut beeman testified that major burns denied positively to him having been the author of the leonidas letter the major it will be recollected claimed before the court the authorship of said document he also showed lieutenant b certain laudatory verses in which ; gen pillow's name was introduced in the chorus the whole written and adapted to ihe beautiful air of jim crow lieut mcconnell thus speaks in an ( swer to a question when and where he , saw gen pillow at the battle of chapul tapec lie states the time twenty min : utes after the place had fallen that gen | p was carried into the works : ; " when i was near the building i saw gen pillow borne along on the backs of some sol diers i remember it was at this lime that ihey were carrying him along for i stopped a mo . ment to look al him and seeing that he did not appear to sutler much hurt and remembering a circumstance which happened some time pre i vious i passed on thinking he was but slightly | hurt rather a thrust that — no doubt more severe : than the wound that put pillow in the blanket the testimony of lieut simpson goes mere - : ly to confirm that of lieut mcconnell as to ' ihe time that elapsed alier the fall ol chapulte pec before the anival of general pillow in a blanket a the castle here ihe court ad journed to the next day all the developments of this court are a rich commentary upon the means taken to rob jen i erals scott and smith of the honors so nobly ; won by their foresight and skill and which it ; base conspiracy attempted to steal from them but the people of this country will vet put a correct estimate upon the whole matter and we hope reward ihe actors therein according to iheir deserts one thing appears evident : and that is that gen scott will lose nothing by the investigation and gen pillow will gain less while certain gentlemen that have tes j lified in the matter will acquire no fresh laurels thereby truth is mighty and must prevail it was thought that the court of inquiry would soon adjourn to the united states where are many of those whose testimuny is consid ered important cass1us m clay the calumniator of henry clay receives very little quarter from the public press the cincinnatti atlas closes a scathing review of his malignant letter with the following anecdote : — rich whig •' we think cassius is guilty of a sin of omission together with many of commis sion in his letter if mr clay absent at the virginia springs was virtually guil ty of the murder ol cassius on his sick bed he ought on the other hand to be credit ed for saving the life of cassius at a still greater distance we cannot vouch for the truth of the statement but it has been made to us on respectable authority that cassius when a prisoner among the mex icans begged them to spare his life telling ing he was a son or relative of henry clay who was opposed to the war but who.ifhe were slain would take vengeance against mexico ! now if thi be true we think cassius does not deal fairly to complain of mr clay for leaving him to be murdered in his sick bed tin one at least ou^ht to balance the other an immense meeting assembled on mon day afternoon in independence square philadelphia for th purpose of express ing sympatl y wilh republican france at the appointed hour the meeting was called to order by benjamin vv richards formerly mayor of the city of philadel phia and on liis motion mayor belsterling of the northern liberties was called to ihe chair in the absence of mayor swift the chairman of the day who was sick three rostrums were erected and ad dresses in english french and german were delivered by several distinguished gentlemen the marseilles hymn and hail columbia were sung bv a powerful choir and three cheers were given for •' france and freedom throughout the world it is stated in th new york " express " lhat more than three thousand men are now engag ed upon ihe enlargement ol ihe erie canal and considerable portions of the enlargement are to be brought into use ihis season foreign intelligence from the bah tore sun fl-ora arrival of the steamer america § bays later fro.h europe the chartist demonstration condition of ire land affairs in france revolutions on the continent reported arrival of louis phd lippc in new york state of the markets ac new yur.k april 29 — ',).. p m the steamer america was telegraphed about fort miles at sea at 1 1 o'clock this morning and reached he wharf at 4 o'clock 1 send j-oo the following hast des patch comprising a summary of the intelligence brought by her the chartist meeting was attenjed by ooo.ooo and was held on bennington common their petition was sent to parliament by deputies and ras not earned by the mass of the j treland still remained unlet the government having overawed the revolt for ihe present arms were suit being manufactured however a:id ihe peu-bta practis ing ritle shooting ii land and belgium were trao^ar turkey has acknowledged tbe french repubiie the arch duke stephen has been declared king of hungary serious disturbances have taki n ; lace at si lv.ers it is reported that i lis phi ppe late king of the french has come over as i in the america denmark has • : war with schleswig and holstein a 6erce battle was fought near lenabarg an i the danes were victorious the loss was very heavy on ! oth ■ the i'm , ■;._. ordered : i advance to the i ort of holsi matt in re taliation stop tbe pass | •• invaded an insane i has bi ki a o il in hesse cassel a 1 i ::! cologne madi ; v the ai -• en everywhere defeated by the lombardines the polish comn ill e in !' • sub c mmittees ihrou callii g on the people io arm they wen sbarpi - an i blowing barnes - irrection all i they have driven away tiie 1 i cut off the mails they have also torn down the lr . 1 seized the treasury manufactures are d - firm the repeal papers in lrelan.1 are very violent john o'connell has had an interview with lord john russell in which he asked large i ancessions the intentions of the french government are mill warlike peparations in france berlin rome palerm iand mi an are tranquil russ i promises neutrality ifn : attacked tne g of the ci . 1 off very quietly c v makket little 1 iterl bited flour has improved is per quarter and ud per barrel indian meat is qu ted at 11 a 12s per 196 it's good demand 1 tton is genera demand ; the sales of tbe week amount to 25550 i a es nem ioted at 3j a i and mobile al 3i a 4j the fbeedom of the press i austria is a great concession to the people j_ve ry article heretofore published has had first to be submitted to the inspection of the government and imprisonment was sure to follow any publication inculcating liberal sentiments the emperor's fears was particularly roused against ameri can newspapers and lest the contagion of a republic should spread to his own dominions he proscribed all newspapers from the united states under severe pen alties they were not allowed to be sent through any post offices in austria or its provinces the emperor had been forced to cede the freedom of the press and now these restrictions will doubtless be re moved editor of the era the editor of the washington era has made a statement to tin public disavowing anv par licipalion in the late attempt lo carry off slaves and declares lhat hi advocates none other than lawful moans to accomplish ihe object he has in view but tin press should lake care not to pursue such a course as to lead to unlawful is sues and riotous results there is no ju-lifica tion for an attack en bis office if he had heen guilty of a participation in ihe abduction ofthe negroes the law are sufficient to vindicate the rights ol ihe aggrieved and ihe honor ofthe st lie in no case should written law he tran scended where this i not sufficient it i ihe duty of citizens to submit to evils till remedial laws can be enacted rather lhan encounter the greater evils that may arise from lawless vio lence — h el ly ( ommercial the locofoco candidate shortly after the late miscarriage of to co m at raliegh we happened to over hear oneof the brethren asking another thf name of their candi late :— ■ well i declare said he ui*don*t recollect bis nam : but he is a great man — a very great man — an extraordinary man sir — just the man lo whip manly '" — perhaps ihe stan d a !. or * lulick v d .-. n •■ the dem ocracy down this way as to the great ness of their ( e not forgetting to make frequent mention of his name north s'afc 117 more debt the secretary of the treasury has is sued proposals for a new loan of sixteen millions of do • of the excellent fruits of the m txican war ! — proposal will be received until saturday the 17th of june o:i which day at 3 i m the bids will be opened at treasury depari rimit ir'y the ■ is ihe short and sweet waj the john d nk . has of hitting off ihe re uo ned jen pi •• come rest on this bosom the pillow case has heen pretty wed hak r-n out and a its contents louad rery tt — nuthin can bolster up the reputation i ii au ihor v.-ii should he he placed t the headboard of military afi.iirs protected l>v all the sheet of the administration — jdhm-donkry