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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST, j ‘jAMES GARDNER, JR. T t: K 3i s. jJj O AA P.iily, per annum,. - Tri-Weekly, per annum, • 00 If paid in advance, 1 ,f Weekly, per annum, “ °f If paid in advance, - 50 new subscriptions muit be paid in advance. Postage, must be paid on all Communications and Letters of business. [From the Washington I niou. ] orriciAL. GENERAL ORDERS, J WAR DEPARTMENT, > Adjutant General’s Offick, No. 4- i VV’ashiiigTon, Feb. IC, le4<. I. The following act of Congress re lating lo the military establishment of the United Slates is published officially to the army'. “ AN ACT to raise, fora limited lime, an additional military force, and for oilier jmirposes. Be it enacted hi/ the Senate and House of Representatives of ike United Slates of America in Congress assembled , That in addition to the present military establish ment of the United States, there shall be raised and organized, under the direction of the Presideht, for and during the war with Mexico, one regiment of dragoons and nine regiments of infantry, each to be composed of the same number and rank of commissioned and non commissioned officers, buglers, musicians, and privates, &c., as are provided for a regiment of dragoons and infantry respectively, tin der existing laws, and who shall receive | the same pay, rations, and allowances, according to their respective grades, and be subject to the same regulations, and to the rules and articles of war: Provided, j That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States alone lo appoint such of the commissioned officers authorized by this act below the grade of field offi cers, as may not be appointed during the present session : Provided, That one or more of the regiments of infantry autho rized to be raised by this section may, at the discretion of the President, he organ ized and equipped as voltigeurs, and as foot riflemen, and be provided with a rocket and mountain howitzer battery. “Sec. 2. And he it further enacted , That, during the continuance of the war * O with Mexico, the term of enlistment of the men to be recruited fertile regiments au thorized by tins act, shall be during the war, unless sooner discharged. “Sec. 3 * And he it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of tiie Senate, to appoint one additional major to each of the regiments ot dragoons, artillery, in fantry, and riflemen, in the army of the United Stales, who shall be taken from the captains of the army. “Sec. 4. And he it further enacted, That to each of the regiments of dragoons, artillery, infantry, and riflemen, there shall be allowed a regimental quarter master, to be taken from the subalterns of the line, who shall be allowed ten dol- , lars additional pay per month, and forage . fj r two horses. “Sec. 5. And he it further enacted, That the said officers, musicians, and pri- j vales, authorized by ibis act, shall imme diately be discharged from the service of Ihe United Stales at the close of the war with Mexico. “Sec. 6. And he it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the President of the United Slates, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, lo appoint one surgeon and two assistant surgeons to each regiment raised under j this act. | “Sec. 7. And he it further enacted, j That during the war with Mexico it shall be lawful for the officers composing the councils ot administration of the several regiments constituting a brigade, cither j regular or volunteer, in the service of the , United States, to employ some proper per- i son to officiate as chaplain to such bri- ! gade, and the person so employed shall, j upon the certificate of the commander of j the brigade, receive for his services seven hundred and fifty dollars, one ration, and forage for one horse, per annum, provided I that the chaplains now attached to the 1 regular army, and stationed at different military posts may, at of the Secretary of \Var, be required to re- ; pair to the army in Mexico, whenever a majority of the men at the post where they arc respectively stationed shall have j left them for service in the field; and should any of said chaplains refuse or de- ' dine to do this, when ordered so to do by the adjutant general, the office of such 1 chaplain shall be deemed vacant, and the i pay and emoluments thereof be stopped, j “Sec. 8. And he it further enacted, That the President be, and he is hereby ; authorized, by and with the advice and ! consent of the Senate, lo appoint two ad- I dilional surgeons and twelve additional assistant surgeons in the regular army of , the United States, subject to the provisions j of an act entitled, “An act to increase and ; regulate the pay of the surgeons and ss- I sistant surgeons of the army,*’ approved ; June 30, 1843; and that the officers whose appointment is authorized by ibis section, shall receive the pay and allowances of officers of the same grades respectively; and that the rank of the officers of the medical department of the army shall be arranged upon the same basis which at present determines the amount of their pay and emoluments: Provided, That the medical officers shall not in virtue of j such rank be entitled to command in the ; line or other staff departments of the army. 1 Sec. 9. And he it further enacted, t That each non commissioned officer, mu- j sician, or private enlisted or lo be enlist- I cd in the regular army, or regularly : mustered in any volunteer company, for a period of not less than twelve months, ! j who had served or may serve during the 1 present war wiih Mexico, and who shall receive an honorable discharge, or wl*o shall have been killed or died of wounds received or sickness incurred in the course of such service, or who shall have been discharged before the expiration of his term of service in consequence of wounds received or sickness incurred in the ; course ofsuch service, shad bo entitled to receive a certificate or warrant from i the War Department for the quantity of one hundred and sixty acres, and which may be located by the warrantee, or his heirs at law, at any land office of the United States, in one body, and in confor mity to the legal subdivisions of the pub lic lands, upon any of the public lands in such district then subject to private j entry; and upon the return of such cer tificate or warrant, with evidence of the 1 location thereof having been legally I made, to the General Land Office a pal- 1 ent shall he issued therefor. That in the J event of the death ofany such non comrnis. ’ sioned officer, musician, or private dur* i ing service, or after his discharge, and be fore the issuing of a certificate or war rant as aforesaid, the said certificate or warrant shall he issued in flavor, and I inure to the benefit, of bis family or re latives, according to the following rules: first, to the widow and lo his children; second, his father; third, his mother.— And in the event of his children being minors, then the legally constituted guar dian of such minor children shall, in con junction with such of the childeru, if | any, as may be of full age, upon being duly authorized by the orphans’ or other court having probate jurisdiction have power lo sell, and dispose of such cerli | ficate or warrant for the benefit of those interested. And all sales, mortgages, power, or other instruments of writing, going to affect the title or claim to any O O . i such bounty right, made or executed prior to the issue of such warrant or cer tificate, shall be null and void to all in tents and purposes whatsover, nor shall such claim to bounty right be in anywise affected by, or charged with or subject to, the payment of any debt 'or claim in curred by the soldier piior to the issuing of such certificate or warrant: Provided, That no land war rant issued under the. provisions of this act shall be j 1 laid upon any lands of the United Stales j to which there shall be a preemption j right or upon which there shall be an ac- i i tual settlement and cultivation: Provided \ i further: That every such non-commis ! sioned officer, musician, and private who may be entitled, under the provisions of j this act, to receive a certificate or war- i rant for one hundred and sixty acres of | land shall be allow ed the option to receive | such certificate, or warrant, or a treasury j scrip for one hundred dollars; and such ! scrip whenever it is preferred, shall be 1 1 issued by the Secretary of the Treasury | ; to such person or persons as would lie au--< thorized to receive such certificates or j warrants for lauds; said scrip lo bear an \ interest of six per cent, per annum, pay ; able semi-annually, redeemable at the pleasure of the government. And that each j ! private, non-commissioned officer,and mu- j ! sician who shall have been received into ! i the service of the United .Stales, since the ! | commencement of the war with Mexico, | for less than twelve months, and shall i have served for such term or until liono ! rably discharged, shall he entitled to re ceive a warrant for forty acres of land, which may bo subject lo private entry, or twenty five dollars in scrip if preferred; i and in the e\ent of the death of such vo | lunteer during his term of service, or af i ter an honorable discharge, but before the . passage of ibis act, then the warrant for ■ such land, or scrip, shall issue lo the wife, child, or children, if there be any, ! and if none, then to the father, and if there he no father, then to the mother of such I j deceased volunteer: Provided, That noth- i | ing contained in this section shall be con- ; I strued to give bounty lands to such vo- | i lunleers as w’ere accepted into service, ! . and discharged wkhout being marched l to tiic seat of war. “Sec. 10. And he it further enacted, That it shall, and maybe lawful for the j President, by and with the advice and con- ! j sent of the Senate, to appoint from the of- | licersof the army four quartermasters of I the rank of major, and ten assistant quar- ' ) termasters with the rank of captain. “Approved, February 11, 1817.” 11. 11 y the 6tli section of the act, each non commissioned officer, musician, or private now in service or who may here j after be enlisted during the present war with Mexico, and who shall receive an i j honorable discharge either by expiration j of liis term of enlistment, or for disability 1 I incurred in the course of his service, will | be entitled to a warrant for one hundred j and sixty acres of land, which lie will i be a t liberty to locate in one body, upon | any of the public lands that may he sub jeet to private entry; or, he may, at his I option, when honorably discharged, re ; ceive treasury scrip to the amount of o ne ! hundred dollars, bearing six per cent. • interest, pavable semi-annually, and re j deemabie at the pleasure of the govern ment. Officers will insert the provisions of this paragraph in their recruiting advertise ments. 111. Under the decision of the Attorney General the three months extra pay provid ed for cases of re-enlistment by the 29th section of the act of July 5, 1833, is only allowed to the roldier who “may re-enlist j into his company or regiment,” &c., for j the period of five years/ and if he re-enter j the army for the term of “duringthe war j with Mexico, he will be entitled only to ; the twelve dollars bounty, under the 2d ; section of the act approved January 12, 1847. IV. Each colonel, or other permanent | commander of a regiment will appoint the Regimental Quartermaster, (subject to lire approval of the Secretary of War,) and report the same to the Adjutant Gen eral. The appointments will he announ- j ced in regimental orders, and will not be vacated except by sentence of a General Court Martial, or by the authority of the -permanent commander of the regiment. ! These appointments will only be confer | red upon subalterns, who, to experience I in service, unite high qualifications and I , sound practical discretion necesary for . tiie efficient performance of the nesponsi- | hie and varied military duties of the sta lion. The Regiment Quarlermaster will per- | i form lho functions of Assistant Commis |«# # t , sary of Subsistence, in addition to his duties as Quartermaster of the regiment or post, if the command be less than a regiment, By order: R. JONGS, Adjutant General. [Correspondi nee o< the Journal of Commerce.] A fall oil "lis. C*o!U. On a recent visit to Washington, I took . . 1 ) the liberty of walking to the Presidential 1 J House, unattended and unrecommended, | and in plain, republican stylo rang the j ! entrance be-11 so/us. Quickly there ap- ■ 1 peared at the door a good looking, fresh ' j complexioned servant, w ho politely await- j !ed my demand, lie was not an Ameri- j can, hut an Irishman, resembling an j Fnglishman, except in the well known ■ brogue. IPs manner was easy and un assuming. indicating familiarity with the duties of his office, and a readiness to re- i present the good will of an American President. A different character from old J hump, the steadfast porter of the j palace during the reign of Andrew Jack- 1 son. Jimmy seemed to have a kind heart, : for he too is an Irishman, hut he was awkward and unpolished, not very par ticular in bis dress, nor overstocked with urbanity of speech, especially when a visiter made an unnecessary exhibition of a self consciousness that ho was one of the sovereign people, of right demand | ing to see his principal servant —the Pre- i sident—or to look at the stately rooms of the White House. But when treated with respectful words, none, like hi.s fa- j ; nnus master, was nure acc'mnmodal’ng. j' o j He always, however, seemed to begrudge : ! the time of the Piesident, and was habi- , ; lually positive, when lie could say to the caller; “The President is engaged with the Cabinet.” “Can I see Mrs. Polk,” 5 was the simple question I pul on this oc casion to the purler. “This is not the re gular day w hen she receives company,” . he replied, “hut, but —and be surveyed j me with a hesitating look, not knowing ! exactly wiiat to say next, when I ob i served, “perhaps Mrs. Polk will see me j in her private pailour a little while.”— i Your name, Sir,” ! e asked. “Mr. , |of ,” I replied. Ho bid me walk j into the vestibule, and soon disappeared j through a side dour, then quickly return -1 ed,and ushered me into a parlor—one of ' the series of elliptical rooms, devoted to : different purposes. 1 took my seat on | one of the richly cushioned crimson sofas, constituting a part of the elegant fun itu re j of the room, and awaited the entree of I her Ladyship. Glancing my eye upward, I bfhel 1 the great Washington looking i down upon me. The re stood his protrait ! at full length, and almost involuntarily I rose suddenly, and gazed in admiration on the splendid painting, which by the force of association seemed invested with i an extraordinary interest. The colors j indicate the touch of lime, and to my view therefore more beautiful. Jeffer son, IMadison, Monroe, perhaps John I Adams, must have looked many times on that portrait, and felt the inspiration of the argust image. I had seen Washing ton in the Senate Chamber—the sole por trait there—Washington in the House— to whose company there none but La i Fayette is admitted. Washington in ; marble in the eastern park of the Capitol —hut here was the peerless statesmen i and warrior as President of the North : | American Republic. The mind can be j j placed hut in one other position of deep- j ! cr emotion, to bo awaked by the idea of | ■ that illustrious man. I felt it w hen mu ! sing at Mount Vernon by the mule sarco- i ! phagus that enshrines his dust. There | indeed is the pilgrim brought in the nea | rest earthly association with him whom millions delight to honor. These rnusings were soon interrupted by the entrance of Mrs. Polk, who with an easy smile and a graceful simplicity ; of manner bid me welcome as an Ameri- j can citizen, and partaker of a common faith. Mrs. Polk bears her honors meekly, ! and surely it is no mean elevWtiou (o be j the wife of an American President; an elevation to which many fond and ambiti- j ,ous aspirations are doubtless secrelely j cherished in the bosoms of high-minded i American females, but which only one now and then can enjoy. And this one probably was among the ! last to covet or expect it. till * the strange j news came from Baltimore to disturb the i quietude of her happy domestic life in j Tennessee. M rs. Polk ina} 7 be considered a felicitous specimen of the genteel j American lady, who without artificial j airs, without any assumed stateliness of j manners, without any ambitious orna- j ments of dress, exchanges the courtesies of social life, and demeans herself in pub- j lie, with a sincerity somewhat rare in the j current circles of fashion. 1 cannot but think that the basis of her style of char- | acter is laid in a true and unaffected piety. She is regular in her attendance on divine worship, and on the Communion of the Lord’s Supper. In this converation she expressed her great delight, among similarthings, in having recently witness ed and welcomed the admission of three or four interesting youths to the Com munion of the Church (Presbyterian) of which she is a member. Unlike some of her predecessors, Mrs. Polk has r.o taste for the gay amusements of the lovers of pleasure. Hence she escaped the mor tification of that almost ludicrous scene I exhibited the other night at Jackson Hall, when the building look fire, and the ; irruption of the angry element so unccre- 1 mouiouslv ejected the merry dancers from the scene of their mirth. On looking at my watch, I found that more than half an hour hud glided away, and apologising, I hade our Lady of llie : White House goodbye, and departed. a visitor at Washington. [From, the New Orleans Courier, Sf/t ins I.] Awful I* ii in. i The Bulletin has at length clearly demon strafed that tiie country is entirely and irre trievably rained. This morning it contains a condensed statement of produce received in this port up to February 5, compiled from i the Price Current, as follows : This Last season. season. 1 Bacon, bhds. and tierces, 1 t.3t7 5,734 ! _ in bulk, lbs. 239.951 11,000 I j Beans, bh!s. 13,7-12 9,077 j ! Beef, hhil*.. tierces and bbls., 20,630 14.881 ; j Corn, sacks, 645.('83 282,140 in ears, bbls. 146,709 68.442 i Flour, bbls. G3O ()57 332.830 , Lard, kegs, 117.440 138,042 tierces and bbls. 48.360 30,416 ■ Pork, bbls. 113,011 71,911 From the preceding table, says the Bul | lelin, it will be seen that in the articles of ; provisions and breadstuff-, the quantity of i every kind lias greatly increased, in some in ! stances doubled, compared to what was re- ! reived up to the same period last season.— j This is particularly the case with corn and flour. j 'fhe receipt of cotton is 90,000 bales less than last season, but the stock on hand is I much larger. vessei.s is roar. Ships and barks, 128 Brigs and schooners, 152 LAST SEASON. Fhips and barks, 109 Brigs and si hooners, 95 The cause of the decrease of larger ves sels is the fact that at least 20,000 tons of : ships, of the first size, have been taken up by government as transports and store ships, for the Mexican war. 'Phis is a very favorable state of things for i ship owners. Tiie Bulletin says the stock of cotton on hand is, of itself, sufficient, or nearly so, to load all three-masted vessels in port —leaving out of view the immense quan- | 1 tiiies of tobacco, sugar, molasses, flour, In dian corn, salted provisions, lead, and a lliou ■ sand other articles, which must be carried ! away through the mouth of the liver. This I is the RUIN that was to overwhelm the country, in consequence of tiie passage of ; the tariff act of 18 46, Here we have the | ruin before our eyes, which, according to the fond prediction of our whig brethren, that tariff was to create! Here we have the i 1 verification of H. Clay’s prediction, that the reduction of the British duties on American i produce would cause no considerable expor tation of provisions from the Western States. Whv, man, Indian corn is at this moment selling at one dollar a bushel in this city. It cannot be sent to Europe fast enough, be cause there are no vessels to receive it, or in ! quantities in any way proportional to the wants not onlv of England, Scotland and Ireland, but of France, Belgium, Holland and I the greater portion of Germany. The increased consumption of American j produce is not entirely owing, in England at least, to the failure of the crops, but to the j increased ability of the people to purchase j the necessaries of life. This increased abil- j ify is justly ascribed to the liberal and wise | policy of Fir Robert Peel, in reducing the : duties on foreign goods, and to the diminish- i ed duties on English manufactures imported ’ into the United Fiates. The joint etfect of these two measures, is to extend the coin sumption of English manufactures, and ena ■ blethe Englisii poor to possess themselves j ; of provisions at cheaper rates Ilian they i could have done under different circum- i ; stances. I'rom Tampico. The bark Mopang, Capt. Boobar, arrived vesterday from Tampico having sailed on the 31st nil. We have a rumor, brought by a passenger, that the yellow fever had broken out among the troops at Tampico. Jt is al most too early for the prevalence of this disease, and we sincerely hope the report may prove unfounded. On the 28th nit., the ship Ondiaka was off the bar of Tampico with a portion of tiie 2d . Pennsylvania Regiment on board. She pro ceeded on her course, which the Captain of ! the Mopang supposed to he Vera Cruz. On the 31st the U. F. srlnop of war Albany, j Capt. Breese, arrived off Tampico, direct from Vera Cruz. The same day a merchant 1 ; ship was seen oft' the bar, but her name 1 could not be tirade out. 'Flic Mopang left at Tampico the brigs I John Potter, Capt. Dowd; Mount Vernon, Capt. Clurry, and Perfect, Capt. Gardner, i and the schrs. Louisa, Argus, Orator, Wm. j Thompson, Catharine, Cordelia, Watchman, ! Sharon, St. Paul, Eleanor, Monefon and the Louisa, Capt. Post.—A*. O. Picayune, 14 Lh ; j inst. J Salt. This article has recently sold in Savan- j nah at IT cents per bushel, and 85 cents , per sack; cheaper than it has ever sold in that market before. We wonder if the ed itor of the American Whig has brought i his immense volume of brain to bear upon : , this subject yet. We should he pleased to ! I be enlightened. Heretofore his profound argument was, that high duties, while they I shut out all competition from abroad, cre -1 ated a most tremendous rattling of spindles and spades at borne, and this rivalry at i home reduced prices to the very lowest 1 notch. All this was the effect of high du j ties, as he contended. Well, four fifths of ! the duty has been taken from salt, and now it sells cheaper than ever! O for the head of a Murray to unmystify this won i derful effect upon the lawsoftrade—this i turning the sun of baiter and trade back, in the valley of salt. —Griffin Jefferso ! nian. Tanltcc Curiosity. The New Haven Register mentions a remarkable instance of curiosity mani fested by a well dressed person in that | city a few nights ago. Having lost some thing on the sidewalk, he knocked at a j door and obtained a light to look afier his missing property. Several passen gers, one after another, as they came along, offered to assist him in his search, and asked him what ho was looking lor. He evaded a reply, and conjecturing that it was something valuable, the people i loitered round to see it found. After an hour’s search, the man exclaimed that he ! had got it. “What is it?” cried several in abreath. “It’s a ce«/,”said the man, a I little ashamed; “I didn’t care any thing 1 about it, hut I wanted to see where the darned thing went to! ' AUGUSTA, (SEO„ SATURDAY 31 OR NINE, FEB. 20,1847. No Mail received last evenin'? from olllces a north of Charleston. Supmuc Coeil. We learn from tbcFuuthern Recorder that the foHowing gentlemen were admitted mem bers of the bar of the Supreme Court of Geor i gia, at its late session in Macon: Thomas B. Gordon, Robt. S. Burch, /. E. Harman, A. F. Wingfield, Geo. R. Hunter, J.. N. White, W. M. Slaughter, Gibson Clark, R. M. McCnne, G. J. Greene, J- 11. Starke, Wm. B. Pryor, K. L. Haralson, W. C. Cook, Geo. W. Fish, and Robt. P. Trippe. Faiuinc is» Scotland. Mr. William Mure, her Britannic .Majes ty’s Consul lor the port of New Orleans, has published a brief and very forcible address,in I which lie calls the attention of his country- I men and the citizens of the United Flutes, to the lamentable destitution and privation j which at present exist among the people in , the Highlands and Islands ot Scotland. Mr. Mure has received by the last steamer authentic intelligence, by which it appears 1 that out of a population of 530,000, in eight i counties of the Highlands, including the is lands of Mull, Skye, &c. &c., there are 200.000 people mainly dependant upon pota toes for their support,and 100,000 to 125,000, 1 entirely relying upon potatoes for their daily i food. In some districts, numbering 10,000 souls, not 100 barrels of sound potatoes have j been saved; and the suffering which now ex ists in those unhappy sections of Scotland, is appalling in the extreme. Starvation, with all its attendant horrors, is in their midst. I Exertions are making in Edinburgh, Glas- : guw, &c., for their relief, and the sum of 10.000 pounds sterling was raised in a few days. Mr. Mure has been written to from Edin | burgh urging him to procure aid from this section ol the country, and he feels assured 1 that in such a cause he will not appeal to his , countrymen and fellow citizens in vain. It is of the utmost importance that us large a remittance as can he made should be sent by the steamer of Ist March, and it is hoped the Latin maxim will not be forgotten : J>is dat, qui cilo dnt. £Srj>orl«*«l of SauUi Asiuit. The New Orleans Picayune of the I4tb inst. says —“Our readers cannot have forgot ten that the most prominent feature in the j news from Mexico, which we received here i nearly two weeks since by the Mitis, was the I rumored assassination of Santa Anna by his i own soldiers. Our correspondent, writing , | on the 20t!i January from Anton Lizardo, says the rumor was current in Vera Cruz, ; and assigns Fanta Anna’s opposition to the recent decree of Congress touching church property as the cause of the outrage upon ; him. I “In the Mobile Herald and Tribune, which came yesterday, we find a letter d ited from • the U. F. steamer Spitfire, January 21st. This letter mentions the same rumor, and | there can be no doubt that it was generally entertained in the squadron. “By a irentieinan wiio arrived here on Fri ! day, a passenger on the brig P. Soule from : Havana, we learn that the Mexican steamer Neptune arrived in Havana tiie evening of Sunday, the 31st uit. from Alvarado, whence she sailed on the 24ih of the same month. This steamer also reported in Havana that Fmta Anna had been shot by his troops for opposing the seizure of church property. — This looks like a distinct confirmation of the reports from Anton Lizardo, and from an independent source. Furthermore, the re | port received by the steamer at Havana adds | that there was found among the papers of Santa Anna a correspondence with the Pre j sident of the United States. The Neptune i ! arrived at Havana the evening of the 31st ult. We have seen no papers from that city of a later date, and we believe none are now j | published on Monday morning, when the P. J Soule sailed. We must waif, therefore, for ■ another arrival before we are able to say ! i whether this be a mere idle rumor or be tru- j ly a confirmation of the report we have be : fore given.” I D Improvement of Carpus Christ!. I According to all accounts, it would seem I 1 ° I that this place is rapidly improving again, j I The Flag says that the late vacant houses I are all once more inhabited, and the pros pects of the town are spoken of in glowing i terms. The country above Corpus Christi, on the Nueces, is filled up with new settlers, | and it is probable that in one or two years it i will be much more populous than it was pre- | vious to the revolution. The ranging com pany of Capt. Gray is still in the service, and has bad several skirmishes with small parties of hostile Indians, who were found j prowling about the Sal Colorado and other streams west of the Nueces. The Texan Advocate, published at Victo ria, would also make us believe that Goliad is improving. Town lots are selling fast, a j new court-house is to be built, and the coun- I l try around is filling up rapidly. One year I ago the place was nothing but a heap of | ruins. From the Houston Telegraph we learn that two new lines of stages have recently been started in Texas, one running from Austin,by way of New Braunfels and Seguin, to oa.il muumu, anu me uuia irum jron Lj<\~ vaca, by Victoria, Cuero and Gonzales, to Seguin, intersecting tiie former line at the latter place. This new enterprise has been started by Messrs. Brown Sc Tarbox, who lirst opened the stage line between Houston and Austin, and we trust they may succeed. Formerly the man who desired to visit San Antonio was compelled to hire or buy a horse, and also arm himselfagainst the Indians who were constantly prowling about on the trails he was obliged to travel. The Freeman’s Journal gives the follow ing remarkable statement on the authority of a correspondent— “J understand that within the last few months, and up to the prensent time, thero have been about twelve hundred notices lodged in the proper office at the Four Courts, to foreclose mortgages on Irish estates. It has been stated,that the mortgagees have re j solved on this step, fearing that landlords whose properties are involved, and paying heavy interests on outstanding liabilities, will not be able to meet the demands in con sequence of the present state of the country.” From Santa. B'V. I The St. Louis Revielle of the 3th inst. says—Mr. Merrit, one of a company of thirty who started from Xew Mexico on the 2d of last November, has recently arrived at Uoon viHe in that State, lie says several of their company were badly frost bitten, and three 1 perished. The names of the men frozen to death were Bartlett, Long and Thomason, j from Buchanan county. 1 The company came in on foot, and were fifty-seven days on the route—about four hundred miles of the journey through snow eight inches deep. The volunteers were selling their Govern ment checks in Santa Fe at 23 per cent, dis count. Upwards of $200,000 in specia was receiv ed at New-Orlcans 12th inst., by the ship Elizabeth , from London. [From the Charleston Mercury, 1 f Jth inst .] TUB RUBS—SECOND DAY. JOCKEY CLUB I’IMISK —§7s:». O. P. Hare enters 1). h. Protection, 4 years old, by Rolla, dam Rosalie Somers. Col. Hampton ♦ liters gr. in., 5 years, by Conven tion out of imported in ire by Velocipede, j John If. Harrison enters ch. c. Juhu Alexander, by Wagner out of flora. Although the day was clear, and the at mosphere balmy as spring, there was a very i slender attendance upon the turf. The“Grnnd , Stand’ 5 had a small bevy of beauties, but the | rest us the Course looked bare and lonely like a deserted hearth. We niits the many hand some equipages rolling along, filled with bright glancing eyes and merry laugh, mak ing mischief among the gallant beaux who pranced gaily betide them. One of the de lights of the season to us, who were then young and gay as the native lark, was to se lecl some one from the fair of our acquaint ance, and drive around, saying and looking sweet ideas unutterable; but alas! “lemporu rnulaniur el nus cum illis. The present ar rangement, while it favours the select few, lias, we believe, been the means of banish ing the many from the enjoyment of the Ra ; ces, and will be the cause of each year mak ing this gala week less of a festivity. But J these reflections must give place to the hor ses, who are saddling for the day’s work. , The high mettled animals are as impatient as the crowd, and must not be delayed by moralizing. I To-day’s race, like yesterday’s, was sad to the “knowing ones.” The Virginia stable : had again to yeiid purse and fume to Caro i lina. Protection, like her antipodal name sake, Revenue, in yesterday’s race, was the favorite against the field, before starling, and at the word “go,” look the lead, followed by the grey mare and the chesnut filly, with about a length intervening between each:— ' This stale of things continued during the three miles; in the last quarter stretch a beau i tiful dash was made by the grey mare at j Protection, but without success; and the heat was won by the Virginian in 3. 30L 2ti* Heat. After the usual rubbing and other mys teries belonging to race horses had been per formed by their attendant grooms, they all appeared under the string and were again off in the same order. As they swung into the last quarter of the 2d mile, a struggle com menced between the grey and Protection, which threw the chesnut out of the race.— The two thoroughbreds at a killing pace passed the judges stand neck and neck to | aether, and in an instant a thrilling shout told the grey had passed. From this point to the distance stand they went with a perfect rush, by which time Protection saw further I struggle useless, and quietly drew up as soon as she cleared the red flag, which imfortu nately for the Chesnut Filly flaunted in her i very eyes as she came grey mare | went through in a canter.—Time 6 35£. — Protection was then drawn, which concluded the race. I A sweepstake for $l5O, two miles heats, i then came off. John Singleton enters h. f. hy Gano. | John R. Jiarrison enters h. m. Victoria, 5 years by Row ton, out of Bacchus’ mare. This was a mere open and shut affair, as even the amaieurt were betting long odds on the Gano Filly, who took the race in two straight heats, and nobody disappointed in their expectations, unless per chance the owner of the losing horse. This race created i so little ‘-fuse” that we did not trouble our self at the end of the race, further than to find it wa.—Time, for dinner. The following are the entries for to day: Jockey Club Parse §500 —2 mile heats. J. C. Singleton enters c. f. 4 years, by Gano. O. P. Hare enters ch. f. Marietta, 4 years, by Priam, dam, Canary, by Sir Charles. Mr. J. K. Harrison enters ch. f. Rosalie, 4 years, hy Boston, dam imported Emily. W. Lowndes enters gr. f. Delta, 4 years old, by Pacific, dam hy Sir Richard. John M. Bryan enters gr. f. 4 years old, by Hard- Inck, out of Vashtie, by Leviathan. SECOND RACE. Jockey Club Purse §ls0 —Two Mile Heats. R. Singleton enters b. f. 3 years, by Monarch, out of Blind Lottery. J. R. Harrison enters rh. f. Aurora, 1 years, by Ar gyle, out of Lady Deerpond. From Mnito nud Vucatan. Looking over our file of Havana papers to the Grh inst., received yesterday, we find in the Diario de la Marina a communication from General Santa Anna, to the Secretary of War, dated at San Luis Polosi, January BMi, announcing that several skirmishes had taken place with the Americans, which