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U l bK i lidM THE ARM V.
Important from Tampico—At rival of Col.
Kinney at that ] luce—Later At as from
(ien. Taylor —Engagement (f Col. May
with the Mexicans—Disposition of the
American forces along the line of opera- j
t‘ums t tfv. c \-c.
The brig Georgiana, Cap. Crispin, ar
med yesterday morning, having let*
Tampico on the 14th inst. The verbal
pews she brought was alarming, it being
lo the effect that Santa Anna had placed
hinwdf between Gen. day lor and Gen.
Worth with 35,000 men, and that a gen
eral action was immediately expected.
All this is an exaggeration. We believe
the authentic facts lo be as follows :
Col. Kinney arrived at Tampico on the
12th inst., direct horn Victoria, fie en
tered that town with Gen. Quitman on
the evening of the 0: h inst., and not on
tiie 7ih, as we said in an extra sent off
yesterday, Gen. Quitman drove the ene
inv before him for the last thirty or forty !
miles before getting to Victoria. The ,
Mexicans were reluctant to give up the
[dace. As Gen. Quitman enterred the j
town the Mexicans were going out on the
other side. Gen. Q. had no cavalry and i
could not pursue them. Col. K. speaks :
in the warmest terms of the prompt and
soldierlv conduct of this officer.
Col. Kinnev parted from Gen. Taylor
nt Monte Morales and pushed on with :
Gen. Quitman to Victoria. From thence i
he made his way, almost alone, to Tam- •
pico, taking Soto la Marina in his route, i
accomplishing a distance of nearly 250
miles in three days, and narrowly escap
ing from the advance parlies of the Mex
icans on several occasions. He spent a
.part of the night at the old rancho of
Croix, where Sanchez was stationed with
twenty dragoons; yet in the morning ho
contrived to give hint the slip. He also
succeeded in evading Romano Falcon, '
the man who is reputed to have killed
Col. Cross. At Soto la Maiina he found
a company of sixty rancheros. He rode
at once to the Alcade, boldly told him that
Gen. Taylor had sent him on a few hours
in advance to prepare supplies, and by
ibis ruse made out to come off safely—
the rancheros at once dispersing. The
services this officer has rendered since
the Mexican war broke out have been in
valuable. He has ridden thousands and
thousands of miles through the country '
almost alone, his favorite servant Cala
lino has been killed, he has been himself
beset and attacked time and again; yet
by his superior riding, by his knowledge
of the Spanish language, by his prompt
ness and courage, he basso far s u ceed
ed in escaping. Such services as he has
rendered the country surely will not be
allowed to go unrewarded—but to the
news brought by this arrival.
We have no reason to suppose that
Gens. Butler and Worth have moved
from Saltillo, as was reported in town
yesterday morning. W T e believe them,
together with Gon. Wool, to have been
still there or in the vicinity as late as the
Ist inst. with at least 6000 troops, and
we farther believe that a division of the
Mexican army was not far off, watching
our movements and ready to take advan
tage of any favorable opportunity which
circumstances may afford. It may be,
and this opinion is entertained by officers
of the army high in rank, thalthe Mexi
can soldiers in the neighborhood of Sal
tillo are advanced parties of a force of
some 1500 or 2000 men, kept in position
on this side of Ihe desert, between Saltil
lo and San Luis, to destroy the water
tanks incase the American army should j
move in force in the direction of the latter
citv. This view of the case precludes
the idea of a serious attack upon Gm. ;
Worth or Gen. Wool, the object of the
Mexicans- only being to keep a watch
upon the American forces, to retreat be- ,
lore any advance, and cut off the sup
plies of water as far south as the opera
tions of our army may make it advisable
lodoso. That the troops spoken of as
threatening Saltillo are scouting parties
of this corns of observation is confidently
believed by officers of experience and dis
cretion--thongh others, w hose opinions are
perhaps equally entitled to respect, re
gard the movement of the enemy in a i
more serious light. The report brought
by Col. Kinney to Tampico, lo the effect
that 15,000 Mexicans were to attack Sal
lillo on the 27th u 1 f., is but some rumor
which has already reached here byway
of Matamoros, and which our correspon
dent “Alto” spoke of in a letter we pub
lished last Tuesday. Col. K. heard the
rumor at Monte Morales, probably, and
had no opportunity to learn the sequel of
the anticipated attack.
Thete is Hide doubt, as we learn from
private letters, that there was a largo
Mexican force—probably most cavalry
—at Tula, at last dates, all under com- j
tnand of Gon. Valencia. Gens. Urrea,
Romero, Fernandez and others, are also ‘
reported to he in the vicinity. It may be
recollected that our last accounts from !
the city of Mexico represented Valencia
as on his inarch to Tula.
From a correspondent at Tampico we :
learn that on the Ist of January, Gen.
Taylor sent forward Col. May, of the
Dragoons, to examine the mountain pass i
between Monte Morales and Labradores.
On his return from Lahradores he look |
another pass leading to Lino res and was i
attacked by a large body of the enemy i
and his rear guard cut off. This was '
effected by rolling stones into the pass,
which was scarcely wide enough for a
single horseman. May managed to get
through with the main body and reached
a spot where he was enabled lo dismount
and return to the succor of the rearguard,
but it was too late, as the enemy had re
peated with their prize. At one lime
during (he passage’of die the dra
goons would have been alrno.-t at the
mercy of ihe enemy had the latter dis
charged their pieces with any accuracy;
for ilie position they occupied was direct
ly over the head of our troops. We can -
I not ascertain Go !. May’s loss, or vv hei her
he had any men killed on not.
; At the present time, there can ho no
doubt. Gens. Taylor, Twiggs, Patterson
and Pillow are at Victoria!, and with a
; iaego force. Had General Taylor but a
party of five hundred Texan Rangers
with him, their services, w ith the enemy’s
cavalry hanging about him in almost
every direction, would be invaluable.
Below we give the letters of onr tor- j
respondent. What we have stated above
qualifies and explains a number of the ru- j
mors and reports he has furnished :
i [Special Correspondence of the Picayune.]
Tampico, Jan. JO, 1547.
Gentlemen —An expedition, consisting
I of five companies of regulars and five of
the Alabama regiment, is ordered to re
port fora march at 3, P. M., to-day, it j
i has been in preparation for several days j
and is destined fora descent upon Tuspan.
Gen. Shields will command in person.—
jWe have it reported ihat there.are a thou- .
I sand I loops at Tuspan, but I presume it
, will be a “ vim , vidi, vici' ’ affair. Our I
' General is a man of great energy, and
i since he has been here has instituted j
; many projects and reforms that will be
; advantageous.
You know Judd—Lieut. Judd; he has
j just returned from a scout to Altamiia,
; where he went with fifteen men for the j
j purpose of obtaining a number of mules
| that were needed for the transportation of
; the stores of the Tuspan expedition. Ho
I called on the alcalde, apologizing for the
| interruption of his slumbers, hut said he
: must have some mules. Thealcalde made
i a long face and a long paper. Judd told
: him that he did't want the paper—he
i wanted the mules, and hinted to the gen
: tleman to vamos around and let them be
forthcoming. He succeeded in getting
I some seventy of them and left the town
; with flying colors. Rather better success
i than the former party had who went lo
; Altamira after the Mexican officer.
The new municipal council has made j
! but small progress, as yet, it being a dis- 1
j ficult matter lo wade through all the old
1 Mexican laws and regulations that em- ;
harrass them at first; but vve hope better
things of them. For the information of !
! shipmasters and shippers in this direction, I
| I will slate that the following harbor dues
i have been fixed ; vessels under 100 lons I
pay 810; from 100 to 150 tons, §l2, from
150 to 200 tons, 8 15; over 200 tons, 820.
It is contemplated also to levy a tax upon
; all packages of merchandize arriving
here. If these charges are made reason
able it will be an equitable measure.— j
I Streets are to be lighted and kept clean,
our hospital is lo lie supported, and all
the municipal expenses are to lie paid; the
Mexicans will not do this alone, and it
i seems but right that the Americansshould
t pav their shaie of the expenses of rnea
sures from which they certainly derive
great advantage.
Yours, truly, B. A. .
Tampico, Jan. 11, 1317.
Gentlemen —I wrote you yesterday that 1
an expedition would leave that day for
Tuscan, but I was very confidentially i
misled. The rumor for the past few days I
was allowed lo spread, tiiat the force was
destined for that place, and the Mexicans
despatched couriers carrying the intelli
gence. Reinforcements ivero called in
from the surrounding country, and we
hear now that there are 2000 men there
on the qui vice for an attack, 'i he Gov
i eminent steamers commenced firing up
yesterday at noon, and every preparation
appeared to be making to cross over to !
; Pueblo Viejo, en route for Tuspan, when
the commanding officer at the lines re
ceived orders to march his men towards
| Altamiia. It was a perfect surprise to
! every one, and whether any good results
from it or not, General Shields deserves
credit for the ruse.
lam assured from headquarters that
i the object rs to open a communication with
Gen. Taylor at Victoria, and it is deemed
expedient to send the present force to meet
this advance. From 2000 to 3000 Mexi- ,
can troops are known to bo between here
1 and there, and very possible Gen. Shields
will have an opportunity to cope with j
them. But few of the regulars posted
l ore have yet been in action in this war,
and all are desirous of sharing (he honors
of their companions in arms who have
heretofore been more fortunate. May
opportunity offer—l need say no more.
The number of men is about 650, which j
reduces the force remaining hero to I
950; but no attack is to be expected on
j this place, except via the very route Gen.
Shields has now taken; so that, although
reduced in numbers, wo are not weaken
, ed in strength.
I had to complain in mv last of the
coolness of the weather. The Mexicans
accuse the Yankees of the importation. |
If we have done so we are perfectly wil.
ling to it off to them for some a little
warmer. A vessel arrived yesterday from
Rost on with some thirty tons ice, and with
fowls, codfish, &c., packed therein. I ;
understand that she leaves to-day again
for some place further south and a mar- .
ket, the captain being of opinion that he
has brought coals to NefWca-tle.
This market is now amply supplied
with all descriptions of merchandise fro.m
the [ ruled Siate.s, The Mexicans buy
and former prices of goods here, when ad
mitted under (heir taritT, is so great that
they seem to be of op inion that they may
go still lower. 1500 barrels floor have
been received by one hou-,e from Brazos ;
Santiago and (he quantity in the market
is now about 2500 barrels—the demand
being only fbr .small lots.
The t trical corps nr i r Mart and
Weils are doing a respectable business.
To-night the Siege of Monterey is to be
repealed with the Lady A L*ons. I heard
a regular say yesterday that Mrs. Hart
had killed one Mexican sure, and that our
chaps had taken the nlace in spite of the
devil.
A board of port wardens has been ap
pointed by the Council, and to day the
court (American) opens. So you see that
we are going on the “per se ” system.
5 ours. u. a.
Tampico. Jan. I*2, 1817.— Afternoon.
Gentlemen —Orders andconnterorders.
Col. Kinney, of Corpus Christi, arrived
this morning with despatches from Gen.
Taylor—lie left Victoria on tho evening
of tile 9ih inst., having ridden over 200
miles in three days. He was attended a
portion of the way by four dragoons, and ]
came through with only two attendants. I
Gen. Shields receives orderd from Gen. I
Taylor to suspend operations for the pres
ent
The new*, from both armies, brought by
Col. K. is of great interest. Ho says that
the Mexican force at San Luis Poto.-i
amounts to 30,000 men —he estimates
their entire force in the field at 5 ),()00.
The captu-e of Tampico, accord to
Col. K. has created the greatest excite
ment throughout the country. Gen. But
ler, with Goss. Worth and vVool and
8000 men—considered the flower of the j
army —were at Salillo. A Mexican !
forefe of 15,000 was reported on its way
to attack them, and our men had taken
position outside in anticipation, as the town !
was incapalfeof fortification. The en. ;
gagement should have taken place on the
27th nit., and Col. Kinney speaks con
fidently qfour success. The war seems
to be commencing in earnest. You may
rely upon the accuracy of Col. K s opinion
of the strength of the enemy. He is per
fectly informed, by Mexicans throughout
tiie country in his pay, and I believe is 1
belter acquainted with them than any
other man iu the country. His account of
his ride from Victoria is lich iu hair
breadth ’scapes and master's stratagems. !
Me says that he knowr the Mexicans bet
ter than they know themselves, and I
think has given proof or it.
Gens. Taylor and Patterson are at
Victoria with GOOO men awaiting orders
from Gen. Scott. It is not supposed that
anv movement will be made against San
Luis Potosi. !? is pronounced the strong"-,!
fortified post in all Mexico, and Santa
Anna has said that.the man that takes it
is welcome to the capital. I believe that j
a change of warfare will take place on '
Gen. Scott’s assuming th 1 command. The I
i mountains will be retained and Veta
i Cruz subjected by a land attack—then
ho! for Mexico! But you arc doubtless
better informed of the plans of our Gov
eminent than ourselves. At all events
! there vet remains everything to he done.
! I have given you Cal. Kinney’s ideas of
i the state of the war and force of the
| enemy; vour readers know the man and
. I have the information from him direct.
50,000 men looks like a large number,
I but it is not asserted that they are all
i regular troops. An army of such a nature
; as this is quickly rai-ed upon its own soil,
1 and frequently as quickly falls to pieces,
but it is very evident that the utmost en
| ergy of which the nation is capable is
aroused to the necessity of checking our
Li (a ii nc G •
i I believe f have not growled about the
i mail for 2-1 hours, the fact is that we are
i becoming resigaod to our fate. In haste
; yours. B. a.
Wc have received letters from Tampico
| to the 13th inst. one day later than the
! above, but they contain no later intelli
i genes of importance. One <■' ihn letters
describes, in glowing terms, the improve
ment which has taken place at Tampico
j within the last two months—since tin- j
j Americans have had possession. Instead 1
of the harsh blasts of the trumpet, the
shrill notes of the fife, and the drop rolls
of the drum, announcing some new
pronuciamento, an 1 instead of the idle,
groups of ragged leperos hanging about
and the general stagnation and inactivity
which pervaded, now all is bustle and
life. Puffs of steam are heard instead of
the trumpet, the shrill whistle of the hardy
teamster instead of tiie fife, and every
thing denotes a new and better order,
of tilings.
[Cor respondence of the N. O Delta.].
Victoria, Jun. 4.
About 10 o’clock this morning we
reached Victoria, which,according to my :
account, is 202 miles from Monterey;
and this was performed in the short space
of 12 days. Taking every thing into,
consideration, the march to and from
Monte Morales (on return march) the j
long train of wagons, the pack mules, i
and the Maxican ox carls, and I do not I
believe better time w as ever made by an
armv. I was agreebly disappointed in
Victoria —it being a larger and prettier
town than 1 looked for. The houses gen
erally are not as godfl as they are in
Monterey, but those about the principal
square are neat and comfortable. * * *
Gen. Quitman arrived here on the 26th,
and the Mexican Cavalry—about 1200
all so their rearguard, left on the 2Sth,
for Tula, and they moved off at 2, A. M.
on the 29th. It is said that Santa Anna
sent in orders to his troops to fall back
whenever an American force should come
up. After Gen. Q. got into the town.
I
several bodies of Lancers showed them
selves on different [joints of the mountains*
but they were well aware lie had no cav
arly to pursue them or they would have
found better use for their time. Rv get
tinig together all the horses of the officers
and servants, a number of men mounted
to pursue them, but they putoffand have I
not showed themselves since.
Now that we are all here, what is to ,
lie done? We cannot go from this point
to San Luis Polosi—at lea-4 we cannot |
lake our a'fil'ery there, and the only
th'ng 1 can imagine to be done with ad
vmimge loonr arms, is to take Vera Cruz., j
The proposition, to thateilbct, Gen. Tay- i
lor made the big folks at home may have \
been favorably received, and we may :
start for that place in a very short time. |
We cannot remain here without serious
inconvenience, that is certain, and if we '
do not go there immediately it will as no- j
cessary to go to the sea board—to Soto
in Marina or Tampico, and, as the Van- j
kee girl says, “I prefer the latter.”
We have now at this [joint a very pret
ty little army. Gen. Taylor is here with
all his staff- —(Jon. Tw iggs, with the Ist,
2d, 3i and Tfh regular Infantry—the 2d |
Dragoons, Mounted Riflemen and Bragg’s j
1 battery, all numbering 1,000 men—Gen
: oral Patterson has the regiment of Mount-
I ed Tennesseeans, 2 regiments of lliinios j
Infantry, 2 companeis of Artillery, and a
company of Sappers and Miners, making
in all a little over 1700 men—Gen.
Quitman has the 2 regiments of Tenncs- !
see Infantry, 1-t Mississippi do., Ist j
Georgia do., an i I! ic Baltimore Battalion,
and his total will n)t fall short of 2.100
effective men —so that all together we can
present to an enemy 5,700 men, being
about the same number that are now with i
Butler at the ether pass.
CHAPPARRAL.
Loss of tine Towboat iPhantix.
The fallowing is a list of tiie killed and
wounded, bt the blowing up of the towboat
Phoenix, at about 7 o’clock, P. M., on the i
21st in-1.
Mr. James Lathrop, pilot; Samuel Dill, 2d
engineer; James Lancaster, mute; Henry
1 lawk, steersman; ( har'es Smhh and John
R ckarc.liiT, deck hands; Owen Jones and Mar
lin Boyle, firemen —all killed.
At the time of the accident, the Phoenix
had along side the bark Leonline and ship
Manchester, and astern the ship Ironsides.
On board the Manchester four passengers j
; were killed, eight wounded, and four missing, j
Two of the wounded have .since died. Two j
of the crew of the Leon tine were wounded,
and the vessel sustained serious damage by
the explos'on. The accident occurred at the
. head of IbeS. W. Pass. The Phoenix get
| ting 100 near land, had stopped her engine,
and was about swinging around, when the
deplorable catastrophe took place. Mr. Fisk,
the head engineer, was slightly wounded.—
N. O. Delia, 24//i last.
The 55;»tt!e grounds of Texas.
The invasion of Texas, by Mexico in 1836,
which ended in the defeat and capture of
Santa Anna at San Jacinto, was not the first
struggle between the contending armies in
I that country. In the year 1813. Mexico be-
I ing then under the dominion of Spain, a large
j number of Mexicans in the northern pro
vinces undertook to throw off the Spanish
voke, and were assisted by a powerful force
of volunteers chiefly from the United Stales,
and most of them ttie renegade remnants of
the famous “Burr conspiracy." These ad
venturers, under Uol. Kemper, encountered
the Spaniards and loyal Mexicans on tlieQih
of February, in open field, not t ir distant from
Bexar, and defeated them with considerable
slaughter. Immediately subsequent to that
action, another enMsed on the 29th March,
between tiie Anglo American and the Span
ish force unper Saldado amounting to 12.000
men, with six pieces of artillery. Notwith
standing their numerical superiority and ad
vantage of posit ion, tiie Usue was for the
Spaniards disastrous. A select corps of ri
flemen, under one Lockett, shot down the
SpanUh artilerists and seized their cannon,
while Kemper on the right and Ross on the
left, soon routed the enemy’s wings. Four
hundred Spaniards were killed, and a much
greater number were wounded and taken
prisoners. Toledo, a Spaniard of distinguish
ed family and soldierly demeanor, as general
of 700 Mexicans, who co-operated with Kem
per, then commanded 400 Anglo-Americans.
The two armies were confronted on the mar
gin of the Medina, a stream not far distant
from the Bexar. Toledo, in forming his line
ofi oGe, had disposed the Mexicans and
Aug., \rncricans is alternate companies.—
Tiie flight of the former disorganized the
I latter, vet they flinched not from the contest,
| but fought with a desperation proper to the
1 emergency of the occasion. So gallantly
did they acquit themselves, tliafihe Spanish
cavalry was broken, and Aredondo com
menced preparations for a retreat. The An
glo-American-, soon after the action hist
mentioned, succeeded in regaming Bexar, bat
on the IGth of June following, a fresh Span
ish or royalist Spanish force of 4,500, under
Eiisondo, appeared before the town which he
summoned to surrender. The demand was
met bv a contemptuous answer. An attack
upon the royalist Mexicans immediately fol
i lowed, when the combined American and
j Mexican troops compelled Eiisondo and his
i army to flee, with the loss of all his stores,
after sustaining a serious loss of life. But
1 this victory, although it animated the hopes
of the assailants, roused the vengeance of
I the Spanish authorities; and the mon'li of
August, 1813, beheld the approach of a fresh
army from Mexico, under tiie command of
Aredondo, captain-general of the Eastern In
terna! Province, estimated at 10.000 men,
while to insure success to his expedition,
• troops had been drawn from Vera Cruz,
1 and united with veterans of the interior. —
—At this critical moment, colonel Musquiz
a trailer from tiie Mexican ranks, rode over
to the royalists, and informed them, that the
Anglo Americans were beaten, and that,
failing from want of water, they were unable
to withstand another charge. Aredondo, on
hearing this, rallied his cavalry, and, with
some of his freshest companies, made a furi
ous attack upon the. Anglo-Americans, who
were compelled to yield ground Thinned
in number—their ammunition spent —wearied
with the struggle—and parched with a burn
ing sun—their defeat became certain. The
work of slaughter commenced; an i most of
those who escaped from the battle-field were
slain nr captured on their flight to Louisiana.
The recreant Mexicans, who had deserted
their own flag in tiie hour of peril, sustained
but little lo*,-; while some G«*<halu Indian*, !
who were in Hie action, stood by the Arneri- |
cans to the last, and shared their lute. The !
bones of the dead were to be seen h r several I
years afterward bleaching on the Sm Anto
nio road. In 1822, colonel Don Jo>e Tres
palacois, governor of Texas, had the skulls |
collected and interred with military honors.
AUGUSTa7gE(L
SATURDAY MORNING, JANTARV 3 h ISIT.
ILF As usual after the arrival of a foreign
\ steamer, we received no mail last evening j
I from offices north of (Tiarleston.
Krwarc ot fotiuU’rfvils.
We have b en shown a counterfeit bill of
Tvventy Dollars, purporting to be of the
Bank of Charleston* which was passed upon
’ a youth, the clerk of one of our merchants,
on Wednesday last. The bill is nearly new,
rudely executed, and on inferior paper—the
1 vignette is indistinct and the signatures not !
1 -M !%
1 very skillfully imitated. A practised eye
i will at once detect the counterfeit.
The Xew York gives to the Resolu
tions of Mr. Oi 1 ley in the Senate, and of Mr.
| Stephens in the House the following caption.
I “Truce Proj ct's. Honorable vs. Dishonora-
I Lie.” After giving at length both sets of
: the resolutions, the Sun makes the follow
ing comments on those of Mr. CiUey :
“If Mr. Cillev will add to his project a
; clause directing the President,General Tay
-1 lor and the whole annv to beg pardon of
! . • 1
Mexico lor our country, lie wiu
J only*be carrying out the policy of those wuh
whom he sympathises in offering this gio.-s j
insult to the American people. 5 ’
Tins is but a specimen, la Iren from an in
dependent paper, and of immense circulation, i
of the impression these particular peace pro
jects are likely to make upon the mind of the
American people. Had there been the least |
probability of their passing, the indignation
would have been infuse and overwhelming.
Tfccairc.
Mr. Anderson, wtio has drawn good houses j
since he has come among us, it will be seen,
I is engaged for one night more, and will make j
his appearance this evening in Tobin’s popu
lar Comedy of “The Honey ’.100n,” sustain- |
mg the character of Duke Aranza.
From our IS’iioya.
We give below a letter loan one of the ;
Richmond Blues, from which it will be seen
that the B’hoys are all safe at Victoria, after
j a fatigueing inarch and sundry little “re
ports’’ on the way, just enough to try their
metal and see it they would be ready at short
notice to meet an enemy. We have seen
other letters, which stale that after Gen. I
Taylor returned to Monterey, with some of
I the regular troops, the volunteer regiments
were formed into two Brigades, the cotn
,. . .
j mand of one of which was given to Colonel j
Henry R. Jackson, of the Georgia Regiment,
who seems to bequite popular, not only with
his own men but with the brigade under his
command.
“VICTORIA, Mexico, Jan. 2, 1317.
, “W e arrived here on toe 28th December, 1
from Monterey, after a march of sixteen days,
the distance being about two hundred and
twenty-five or thirty miles. In our route j
scarcely anything of interest occurred; on
the fourth day an express from Gen!. Worth j
to Gcnl. Taylor arrived informing him that
Genl. Bustamente, with nine thousand Mexi- ,
cans, uas on the march to Sait !io from
San Luis Put os i and would attack that, place
on the 17th December, the next morning
Genl, Taylof returned to Monterey with |
Genl. Twiggs and ail the regulars who had
come with us, leaving the volunteer troops
under the command of Genl. Quitman to
proceed on to Victoria, where wo expected
to have had a fight, but in pi tee of that the j
town was quietly surrendered to us, and the
American flag hoisted upon the top of the
State House with all due honor. If there laid
been any number of troops here before we
arrived, they had all left before we.came in,
1 suppose they may have prev ; isly heard
! of the Georgia Regiment, and thought the
! rs o ’
better part of valor was in running away.
I The principle cilizens of this place appear
to be rejoiced at.our coming here, as they ail
say they are tired of Mexican misgovenunei.t
| and wish some security for their persons and
properly. Our company with the Columbus
Guards and Kensas Rangers from the Geor
i gia Regiment, with two companies of the I
Mississippi Regiment, compose the garrison
of the town, Major Wili ams commanding,
A. 11. McLuws, Adjutant, and Alexr. Philip,
Sergeant Maj >r. The balance of the troops
i are quartered about two miles from town.
: All -Mexican towns appear dull to me at leas!?
1 having no acquaintance with the language,
it is rather a hard rnit’er to get a’ong. In
the course of a few days I will endeavor to
write you more particularly as relates to our
j march,<Vc., we have yet scarcely got. through
moving about, as it. was with some difficulty
we could procure quarters.”
American Cotton,
Fifty-six years ago, or two years before the
invention of Whitney’s cotton gin, the whole
cotton crop of the U. S. was but 2,000.00 of
pounds. In 1545 it was 1,000,000,000 of
I pounds (2.395,000 bales.) or fire hundred
limes the amount of 1791.
In the lower house of the Pennsylvania
i Legislature on Saturday last, a bill to pro- |
j vide for the payment of the Interest failing
| due on the Slate Debt on the Ist of February
and on the Ist of August next, and appro
priating $2,000,000 for those purposes, was
! read a second and third time and passed.
The Virginia regiment of for
1 (lie war in Mexico sailed froi|» Old Ru as on j
j Saturday ■ V 1
AtiHck oil Veil Crux.
The New Orleans Jeffersonian of the 23 J
insf., says— From the active and extensive
preparation making by the Government, we
are satisfied that an attack is meditated against
the castle of Sm Juan de Ulioa. Col. Tot
ten, of the engineer corps, his left Washing
ton for the seat of war. The appendages of
war which have arrived sere serve likewise
to confirm the rumors upon this subject.”
The N Tiber i Brigadier Gnenlship stil
hangs in suspense. The four strongest
candidates are said to he Cob W ebb, Gens.
Ward and Temple, of Aew-Vork, and Gen.
Cadwalader, of Philadelphia.
f/Utcr floi.i T x;i>.
The steamship Galveston, arrived at Xew Or
leans on 25th ins!., brings papers from that city to
the 3u in t. The news is nut without interest.
San Antonio lias been appointed as the place of
reiulezvuns for llie. volunteers called fur from Tex
as. The Government has authorized the raising
of one regiment, but the Austin Democrat says
that Hoi. Hays, \\ ho is charged with the duty of
race i v ing and mustering companies into the service
of the Rtate, will turn c-iF none. He is confident
from recent ad\ ices that all the tr >ups Texas may
raise will he received by !he General Government.
At 1 ii-l accounts Col. Hays fail just arrived at
Austin, from San Antonio. on businessof the ser
vice. The papers do not inform us w hut progress
had been made in recruiting.
In regard to Indian diflicullieson the frontierof
Texas, the Civilian thi iks that the apprehensions
entertained have pretty much ; nbsided. The Aus
tin Democrat says that Major Neighbors succeeded
in assembling t.he following tribes, viz: Caman
ches, I,Spans. Caddos, lonies, Anamlarcos, Tonca
liuas, Chcrokees, Keechics, a part of the Wucoes,
Vv’icliitns and Tulmacanos, with whom he held a
talk. A communication from the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, Air. Med ill. and a talk from
Gen. Houston were read and explained to the Indi
ans. The rc b- s were satisfactory and of a very
pacific character. Presents were distributed and
the Indians left well satisfied. The chiefs pr< :uis
j ed to accompany and assist, the troops < f tic* • ' r.e
ral Government whenever they should he sent
into the country of the Vv ichitas, VV acoes and Ta
| luM-canos, a portion of each of these tribes being
I hostile.
I The Civilian of the 13ih mentions that 11. 11.
1 Herndon, Esq., Inspector of the Customs at Vclas
; co, was killed a few days previous by the acciden
i tal explosion of a quantity of damaged powder.
The steamer Del Norte had arrived at Galves
! ton. &he is intend. Ito ply between Houston and
| Galveston as r. regie :r pa . and said to be ad-
I mi raid v adapted for the purp- •
I Air. George Van Ness arrive ;t San Hdonioon,
! the 27t!i ulr., direct from Ah ;. va. ‘ . vys
arrived at San Antonio on the 26. h nit., and tiie
! next evening a splendid ball was given to him,
which was crowded with tHe beauty of the town,
j .Mexican as well as American.
GIBSOA A in 1i ,
A T T O It N E V S A T L A W .
WAKRINTON . G A.
! LAW COPARTNERSHIP. —The Subscribers
have entered into a Co-Partnership, at ’ will prac
! use in the Northern Circuit. Any business entrus
ted to their cure will meet witbprompt attention.
\\ 11.1 AM GIBSON.
JOSEPH 11. HE IT.
Jan. 22 6ra. 94
LAW NOTICE.
J. T. SHEWMAKE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
\V VYNESBOROUGH, GA.
Jan. 23 ly 95
OCr* Ji. S. Jackson, Teacher on
I the Pianrt Forte, Flute and Violin, respectfully
tenders his services- to ihe citizens of Augusta.
References —Henry Parsons, Thus. Richards
| and T. S. JM-uc. If, E.-q'rs.
N. B.—Fur terms, &c., inquire at 11. Parson’s
Music store. fim Dec. 1
| Latest uat b s from liVEiiPOOL,::::::::::;::pEC8.
latest hates from m a vu 7
At!£«sia ittarkcl, January .'SO.
COTTON. —Tice advices brought by the Hi
j hernia were received on Thursday evening, and
were of so favorable a nature, noticing an advance
| on Buwcd-s of 1 a id. that holders in this market,
yesterday, put up their ic king rates, and many of
them withdrew ih -ir nfF-ring stock for the present.
The business transacted since their receipt has
j been confined to small lots from warehouses an i
wagons, on which ic. advance on the prices of
Thursday were pai 1. Buyers, however, are anxi
ously awaiting lie ir foreign letters, and as the
mail failed last evening from beyond Charleston,
but little will be dons in the article before .Mon
day.
THE RIVER H still in good steam boat order,
w kh evert prospect of remaining so for some time
i
to come.
Ik)' Jingucffc Tt't'.'papli.
111 ported for the ChorLcstan f'.ieuing Sews ]
N EW YORK, Jan. 25 —8 P. M.— Flour. —l2,ooo
bids, have, been sold .-in e the steamer’s news at
£6l a s6t, ti e market closing firmly at $Gf.
Cor.i. — .0,01)0 bushels Corn have -hanged hands
at 87 and 90 cents.
Colton. —SUOO bales of cotton havebeen taken at
ic i « r i’o. advance on previous quotations - .
Freifrt*. —shillings has been paid for Flour
to Liverpool; and the at-king rate for Grain is l-'JJ.
MONTGOMERY, Jan.2G — Cotton. —The mar
ket was quite brisk Chit-arday last and continued
the same yesterday, Monday. During these two
I days sales have been considerable, with a decided
improvement in prices. SS e quote extremes 9i a
: Kile; chief sales 9* a 9i.
- NEW ORLEANS, J.m. 2d.— Cotton. —Arrived
; since the 19th hist., 14,565 hales. Cleared in the
saute time, 7717 s.ties—rn iking an addition to stock
of 6 18 bales, and leaving on hand, inclusive of
ail on shipboard not cleared on the 22d inst., a stock
of 182,386 bales.
Our lust report left the cotton market in a dull
state, and with a manifest tendency of prices in fa
vor of buyers. During Wednesday and Thursday
the same heaviness characterized the marker, and
the sales of the two days amounted to about 5300*
bales, at a decline of fully ic in prices, the rang®
for good middling having been lUf a 10|c per U».,
Yesterday the market opened heavily, and soma
; sales were made at the rates of Ihe, previous day,
■ but soon after the delivery of the mail quite an an-
I irnnted enquiry sprung up, and a brisk buying en
■ sued, the exciting cause of which was for some
time left tq conjecture, nut subsequently it proved
to be the reception of leu -rs from Savannah, an
,i nounring the arrival at that port of the ship Aber
i-fdeen,with Liverpool dates to thedth December.
| Onr market here wase.u throughout the day,
and a very large easiness was done, the sales
i amounting to fn ly 14,000 bales,and at the close
of operations it was found that not only the slight
i decline already noticed had been recovered, hut
I that an advance of fully a Ic had been attained on.
i our previous quotations, and our figures have been
altered accordingly. The business ol the week
! sums up 21,800 bales, of which 19.30!) bales have
; been sold during the past three days, taken partly
• for Europe and the North, and par in* on. specula
j lion.