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J* 1 ~,*F: •f- - f m ' ' Til E CONSTITUTIONALIST, JAMES GARDNER, JR. T iL K ->1 S . Pally, per aonura, 0° Tn- VVwekly, per annum,... ® If paid iu a<i\ance, i Ov) Weekly, per annum, 3 00 , If paid in advance, 2 50 JQrAll n«\v aub«criptiurif> must be paid in a !'> nice. fcjT*t* l intuit? 111115*1 be paid oil ail vJ<JilUllUiUcallLliß and Letters of busiueib. -- - - ~ » I'"—■«■■ 1 IJ_ J 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.