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“ jJu, tOI.QIITT’Si Si'liliUl,
(concluded.)
I will now make some remarks upon tlie
war itself, tfic fruitful theme fur abuse to
the administration. It has been said, and
has been reiterated again and again, that the
President made this war. The question is,
bow did lie make it? How do you establish
the charge? It should be remembered, that
if this charge fails—if tlie proof dues not es
tablish it, our whig friends will have no ex
cuse for their caurse noon the subject of tlie
**r, and must expect the stern rebuke of au
insulted and indignant people? How did the
President mike tl is war? It is po.-ltively
ce tiin that he sought very earnestly to make
a treaty with Mexico! After the .Mexican
minister had left the country, breathing hos
tility against the United States; after onr
minister had been dismissed from his official
station by the authorities of Mexico, the Pre-
Bident still sought negotiation. This did not
exhibit any anxiety for war with that repub
lic. After the threatening tone and attitude
of Mexico made it necessary for our ves
»el—of-war to hang upon her coast, and he
ready for the exigency that was threatened,
they were withdrawn by the suggestion of
Mexico that their contiguity was a barrier
to any overture of peace. This, su-ely, in
dicated no hostile wish upon the part of the
President to have a war with Mexico. If he
■ought only a pretext for hostility, he had
enough to justify him in tlie eyes of the civ
ilized world. lie still sued for peace, and
by means which would have been humiliat
ing, if we had been in contest with a migh
tier power; he flattered himself that success
W u d attend the effort. According to agree
ment he sent a minister, with full powers to
make a permanent treaty. This certainly
b ars no mark of a desire upon the part of the
President to rush into a war, Herera, the
then President of Mexico, soon heard tlie
munnurings of discontent, and saw the un
doubted signs of a revolution in consequence
of his consent to make a treaty of boundary.
Ile endeavored to prolong the existence of
his ricketty government,by refusing our min
ister, and excusing himself for the refusal by
denying the agreement.
lie agreed to receive a commissioner only,
and not a minister,lie said. Ido not propose to
examine this quibble, although politicians
here agreed with Mexico, and blamed the
President. The revolution in Mexico was
not consummated because Herrera agreed to
receive a minister, but because he .was
friendly to a treaty of boundary. If the quib
ble to which he resorted had been the cause
of complaint, tlie revolution would have been
arrested when he rejected our mim.-ter.—
Having shown a disposition to treat upon the
•übject of boundary, tlie army would not-lruat
him in power. They placed at the head of
tlie government the master-spirit of the revo
lution, Paredes, who put the army in motion
by his hostility to the United States, and his
opposition to any treaty with us upon the
• übject of boundary. 1 suppose that the most
letter enemy of tlie President will not deny
but he did ail that could be done to make a
treaty of peace. Ho failed. All this lam
told is true; but that the war was made by
the President, by ordering tlie army from
Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande! If he had
Buffered the army to remain at Corpus Christi,
ray they, we should have had no war. This is
a supposition, unsupported by a solitary (act;
it is a mere conjecture, c mtradicted by every
art and every declaration upon the part of
M *.xico. Why do you say that we should
have had no war, if the army had remained
nt Corpus Christi? Your only reply must
le, that such is your opinion—you think so!
You may have high character for wisdom
and sagacity, bnt 1 prefer to have some data
upon which I may examine the correctness
o( that- opinion. That such is your opinion,
and that so you think, may be answer suf
ficient for yourself; but 1 very much doubt
whether your naked assertion, unsupported
by a single well-founded reason, and contra
dicted by repeated acts and declarations upon
the part of Mexico, will be considered con
clusive by the thanking public. At any rate,
I must be excused for my incredulity and un
belief. When the resolutions favorable to
the admission of Texas info the Union pass
ed the Congress of the United States, the
exican minister demanded his passports, j
and declared that act a cause of war. Du
ring the campaign of IS 14, alrno-t every whig
press and whig orator in the Union opposed
the annexation of Texas, assigning, as a pro
minent reason, the injustice of the act, and
that it necessarily involved us in a war with
Mexico. I stop but a moment to inquire upon
the other side of the chamber how they hope
to reconcile the people of this country to their
own glaring inconsistency? They made an
issue before the people in the presidential
canvass, and received the support of no small
number of voters, by proclaiming the act of
annexation as a just and certain cause of
war. You now throw yourselves before the
•atne people, and lei 1 them, Ob, no; that was
no cause of war. Annexation did not pro
duce it; but the war has been made by the
President! Will not the people ask an ex
planation of this inconsistency? Will you
not have to acknowledge that your predict it ns
were insincere in 1844, or that your decla
rations now are unfounded? This clamor
about a war with Mexico, and the injustice
of annexing Texas to the Union, did not
cease with the election. I will can your at
tention to an extract or two from the New
York Tribune, which will more definitely
exhibit the position of the whig party, even
after the election of President.
[The honorable gentleman here read sev
eral extracts from the New \ork “Tribune,
containing denunciations of the democratic
party on account of annexation ]
With such declarations as these, jpade
prior to the election of President from one
end of the Union to the other, how can you
row change your position, and enarge the
war upon the President, because he ordered
the armv to the Rio Grande. But, sir, not
only did the Mexican minister return home,
our minister there dismissed, and a revolution
favorable to Paredes, ail showing that Mexi
co intended war, but I desire to submit two or
three circulars, which issued from the War
Department in Mexico, that there may be no
mistake, no doubt about bow and by whom
the war was commenced.
[Here the honorable senator submitted the
wtll-koown official declaration of the Mexican
government, denouncing annexation as an
act of war, and directing tlie generals in com
mand of the army to collect troops.]
1 (ere is the declaration of war! Here are
the circulars calling for soldiers to prosecute
the war! 'This was ad done s< me twelve
months before our armv !,- lt t orpus Chris').
1 Will gentlemen -til! ii'si t thtthe removal
of the army was the cause of the war? In
obedience to these orders (ruin the Department
1 of War in Mexico, troops were collected,
• and an invading army, with orders to retake
5 Texas, of which she insisted she had been per
fidiously despoiled. This army had its head
! quarters at Matamoros, wailing more troops
and additional preparations. Thus, with war
declared, an army collected, all chance tor
negotiation closed, we are still gray !y assur
-1 ed that nothing but the removal of the army
caused the war! I am willing that this as
sertion —no matter by whom made, wholly
unsupported by facts, and contradicted by so
i many circumstances—shall go before the
world for what it is worth.
Again: it is urged that the President ought
nut to have ordered the army on disputed
ground. The President might have -been
very delicately situated, in deciding what was
disputed ground. The Mexicans claimed ail
Texas, and by her the whole ground was dis
puted, until our army crossed t lie Sabine, I
suppose gentlemen do not mean to insist that
it was the duty of the President to abandon
'Texas, in order to place the army on undis
puted territory. At what point do you say
the ground was undisputed? Congress has
fixed no boundary. 'The best informed slate
men here may complain, but they cannot
define what they themselves call undisputed
ground. How was the President to ascertain
this boundary? Texas claimed to the Rio
; Grande. She had never claimed any other
boundary. No Other was esfablislied by either
Mexico or 'Texas. No other boundary was
known to the United States or to the world!
i What was the President to do? By his official
oath, he was bound to protect I exas. He had
i no power to define limits, unless Mexico had
1 entered into treaty, which she refused. I
‘ ! leave this question for those wise statesmen
’ to solve, who could not be satisfied with any
a~t which the President could do. It the
1 ground between the Nueces and the Rio
’ Grande is what gentlemen call disputed
1 ground, and if that were truly the case, I
would say that, after every effort to settle the
dispute, and every overture of peace had been
rejected by Mexico, it was the duty of the
President to take possession of the disputed
ground; and if it had to he settled by war, let |
that bo the place of settlement. Much has j
been said as to the manner in which the war j
lias been conducted and what should be the {
course of future operations. 'The complaints
j made against the President, I could take up,
I and I think successfully defend. He has
| from the first shown great anxiety to prosc
i cute with vigor the war. I doubt not that
| he has used all the means placed at his dis
| pfsil as judiciously as the lime and chcim-
stances would permit. Many of us are
( wiser after the happening of events than
before they transpired, and not a few' de
j light in showing our wisdom by criticising
i actions after their performance, which we
! could not very well have directed before.—
I It is. howe"er, soothing to our vanity to wind
1 up our criticisms hv insisting that it was all plain
to our sagacious intellects before. The army has
not advanced so rapidly as the President bad
wished, and a controversy lias sprung upas to
who is to blame. I think if the American peo
ple wore polled, and they would all answer truly,
that four-fifths of them would say that thev be
lieved there would have been no more fighting
after the battles of tlie Bth and 9li of May. Ta
king into the calcu’alion the impoverished and
distracted condition of Mexico, tlie supposition
was reasonable. Gen. Taylor thought so, or he
would not have complained at the mi uher of sol
diers s»nt to his assistance. The army moved
slowly, and I doubt not that the commander con
fidently expected propositions for peace. He did
not desire to shed anv more blood than was ab
solutely necessary to secure an honorable peace.
This same expectation prevailed when the armv
was marched to Monterey. No battle was ex
pected; and the best excuse offered for the capitu
lation was the be.ief that even then the govern
ments might be making terms of peace. lam in
favor of adopting the most effectual course for ob
taining peace, an 1 securing the rights of the
country. The plan suggested by the senator
from South Carolina, [ Mr. Calhoun ] it seems to
me is the most certain and practicable; and I shall
not repeat it. His arguments are strong, if not
conclusive. We prosecute the war to procure a
pence. It seems to me that & common interest
will un tc tlie people of Mexico, as your army ad
vances. If you pause on some safe and conve
nient line, her dissentions will be more likely to
operate in favor of a treaty, than continual inva
sion. If no treaty shall be made for five venrs,
the additional expense over the ordinary expenses
of the government would not exceced fi -’e mil
lions annually in maintaining a sufficient force to
maintain our position. At the end of that time
there would not be a Mexican on this side of the
designated line; but such as preferred to be a
citizen of our government. Within the country
there would be, by that lime, citizens enough to
protect themselves without an armv. I have full
confidence that wo can. with our arms, pass
through every part of Mexico; but I doubt wheth
er the country would be subdued and a perma
nent peace secure;!. \\ hatever course may be
supposed most efficient, that course will have my
hearty co-operation. I shall vote forthe bill plac
ing the throe millions of dollars at the disposal of
the President. If he can use it for the benefit of
the country, very well; if not, it will not be lost
to the treasury. I regret the amendment pro
posed by my colleague, and shall vote against if.
It appears to me to be nothing but a little display
of party tactics, which will defeat (be end it is
proposed to serve. M e are in a wir; and ran
any one point out flic propriety of informing
Mexico and the world, that when the war is end
ed we intend to surrender aL the advantages
which have resulted irom the conflict? \\ ill it
alarm Mexico and make her sue for peace? Will
she bo less disposed to continue thestrugglc when
we inform her in advance that she shall lose noth*
ing by it-- 1 continuance?
I cannot think the amendment will serve a
valuable purpose for the people ot this country. —
We sought to avoid a war with Mexico, and
hence this is not a war of conquest; but I am in
favor of reaping all its legitimate results, as we
must suffer the evils inflicted by its progress. If
tlie country now in possession ot our arms, had
still been hold by Mexico, without a conflict, I
should have been satisfied, and yet we would
have waged war. at any time, to have rescued its
possession from mightier powers. Having it now
in our possession, 1 shall abide a treaty and insist
on its retention. I must confess I stid more deep
ly regret the position assumed by my colleague in
opposing the acquisition of territory for fear oi
the agitating question of slavery. I regret it as
coming from a southern man, and stlil more deep
ly rc it, coming from Georgia. Sir, I cannot
believe it reflects either the spirit or feelings ofthe
people ofthe State we represent. The fear of no
question will reduce them to retard the inarch o'
our country in fulfilling its hig.i destiny. Ours
will in time bean ocean-bound republic. Upon
every hill will float the banner of freedom, and in
everv vallev will be reared an altar to agru mture
and to peace. Not bv war and conquest, but by
the liberal spirit of our free institutions, will this
work be accomplished. . . . .
it should be the part ofwise and practical states
men to guide with discretion this onward move
ment toils final completion. But he who hesi
tate* aud falters too long will bo crushed by it*
progress. 1 have yet an abiding confidence in
the patriotism of the people, 'i he question of
slavery bears now a threatening aspect, but I
-hall, with a patriot's faith discharge rnv doty to
the country, and ti ust tha* the tempest-cloud will
pass oif without harm to the republic. 1 will not
suiT. r my self to belie c that we shall ever want
:aen or munev to prosecute successfully this "v.r.
Without money and without clothes, the sens of :
revolutionary fathers will march at the bidding of
their country, to but tor !cr honor and tb end
her rights. Nor will I shrink back at the fright- j
fu» spectre of fanaticism, nor yield a rigid, to <s- \
cape its foulest machinations. No, tii, the God
that guide*! and shielded the country, in i s fear
ful struggle for independence, is still our God. —
Many a paltry, time-serving politician, who esti
mates his selfish purposes higher than the consti
tution of bis country, wi 1 be dead, and many
others will be driven from the councils of the na
tion. shrouded with that black and bloody mantle
with which they threatened to obscure the bright
prospects of their country. 1 shall oppose every
proposition by which the progress of the war may
be checked, by unnecessary, or mischievous antici
pations. But I must say to those gentlemen who
flatter themselves that now or hereafter the south
will sutler herself to be degraded to preserve
friendly relations with the north, that they make
a sad miscalculation. I know the south and the
feelings of her generous people. They will lay
no burdens upon other sections of the Union. —
They will require no sacrifices—make no exac
tions. They Jove the Union, and will labor to
preserve it so long** it can be preserved consist
ently with honor. But with all their devotion for
the Uni >n, there in n it a man, woman, t child
among them but would sooner see the bright,sun
nv south riven by m earthquake from the conti
nent, and floating like an upon the ocean,
than see her sons submit to outrage and degrada
tion.
This fair land of ours should be the peaceful
patrimony of a band of brothers. The south
earnestly and honestly desires to preserve and
strengthen the golden chain that binds us togeth
er; and when its links shall be severed bv the
ruthless folly of fanaticism, the blow will not be
given bv asouthern arm. while she will receive
its infliction with unflinching firmness and un
feigned regret.
[Reported for the Jialtirnore Sund
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
Washington, Feb. 23, 1547.
SENATE.
The bill fixing tin? time for the act
regulating the carrying of passengers in
merchant vessels to take effect, was intro
duced bv Mr. Davis and passed.
The bill to purchase the Madison
papers; also, the bill to refund to the
j Slates that have furnished supplies and
I transportations to volunteers before mus-
I tered into the service of the Government;
and the hi!! to provide for the transporta- j
tion of the mail to Oregon, were taken up
and passed.
The bill organizing ten regiments was
then taken up.
An amendment allowing paymaster's
clerks seven hundred dollars per annum,
was rejected.
An amendment allowing dragoons the
same bounty as the other regiments, was
agreed to.
o , .
An amendment requiring paymasters
of volunteers to be hereafter submitted to
the Senate for confirmation, was agreed
to.
The bill was then ordered to be engross
ed (or a third reading.
The question on the reception of John
A. Barry's petition was laid on the table. ;
The three million bill was taken up. 1
Mr. F'vans made a strong speech against
the war; he believed the judgment of the :
people was against it. Neither national j
honor nor national interest demanded its i
prosecution, lie should vote for sup- |
plies with reluctance, and should not vo’e i
for the three million hill, because he did |
not think it suited to bring about peace.
Mr. Brecse followed, and defended the j
war and the administration.
Mr. Benton will speak to-morrow, and :
will be followed by Mr. Davis.
It seems to be understood, by general
consent, that the vote on ihe bill shall be !
taken by Saturday.
The Senate then went into executive j
session.
house of REPRESENTATIVES. I
A resolution for the appointment of a
committee to investigate the charges- made :
by Mr. Morris against the committee on ;
public lands, was the first business.
Mr. Hunt, of Michigan, and not Mr.
Collamer, now understood who the mem- j
ber meant.
Mr. Hunt made a statement, from which
it appeared that bn holds nine shares of
mineral lands, being worth sls, and rle
nied, as had all the other members of the
committee, any interested or improper ac
tion whatever.
A warm discussion took place between
Messrs. Kennedy, of Indiana, McClelland,
Morris and Hunt. Mr. Morris disclaim
ed having charged any member of the
committee with improper motives, but bad
said, and now believed, that the influence
of gentlemen determined to get posses
sion of the mineral lands, had reached the
committee. Ti e resolution was laid on
; the table.
The resolution of Mr. Thompson, call- j
ing on the Secretary of War for infbr- j
mationof reason why tne Mississippi re
giment of volunteers were excluded from
the U. S. Barracks during their neccssa
rv delay at New Orleans, with an amend
ment by Mr. Ashmun, was considered,
and on motion of Mr. James Thompson,
was laid on the table by a vole of 85 to
65.
The House then went info committee
of the whole, Mr. Tibbatts in the chair.
The debate on the army appropriation
bill was continued by Messrs. Morris, of
N. Hampshire, Carroll, and Dromgnole.
The committee then proceeded to vote on
the amendments.
The two first provisoes of Mr. Win
throp were rejected, but the third was
adopted, and the committee rose.
The amendments of Mr. Winthrop,
which were adopted in committee of the ,
,vhole were disagreed to by the House — |
veas 70, nays 120.
Other amendments by the committee I
were agreed to —121 to 5-1, and me bill j
passed—l 62 to 28.
Communications were received from j
the State, Treasury and Navy Depart- j
ments, w hich were read and ordered to
be printed.
Several bills from the Senate were re
ceived, n ad twice and referred.
A resolution was adopted to meet here,
i after at 11 o'clock, A. M. House ad- i
j jourre.i.
[ Corretpon deuce of (he Il illimore Su i ]
Washington, IVh. 22, 1*47.
It is believe I that the resolutions of >
I Mr. Calhoun will have sixteen voles in j
llie Senate, and that this number v ill be j
sufficient to form henceforth the nucleus j
of a powerful third party, bull believe :
! that such a parly, though it might count 1
i in a slavery or anti-slavery movement, '
| would be utterly divided in a move for !
1 the Presidency. Thus, Col. Benton has
! already given the world to understand that
lie looks upon Mr. Calhoun’s resolutions
as “a string of abstractions*''—rather
ominous as regards the joint action of the
southern Stales.
The fate of the duty on tea and coffee
i is somewhat doubtful today, as southern
1 members prefess to bo determined not to
1 assent to the additional duty of ten per
cent, on coal andiron, with which the
bill is coupled. The Wilmotf, proviso, in
that respect, is already producing its mis
chiefs, and they will undoubtedly in
crease. The VVilmott proviso in this re
spect, is nothing but a great stumbling
block to arrest legislation; intrinsically, it
is nothing deserving a name.
The new supplementary army bill
does not “progress'’ in tho Senate with
much speed, and the languor which Sen
ators manifest in regard to it is no very
favorable omen a* to its pas-age.
.\rcrsTA, GEO.,
SATURDAY MORNING. FEB. 27,1847.
Thr Southern Ileriew.
We are happy to greet with our warmest
| welcome the appearance of the January num
ber of this very able Review. It comes
freighted as usual with the richest stores of
learning and thought. \\ e believe from its
varied fable of contents, might be selected
two or three articles that would form capital
enough to set up the character of a Review
in Europe.
I The first article, The Distribution of
i Wealth, is a profound and searching criti
| cisrn into the theory of values. As a philo
i eophical theds upon that vexed and involved j
• ibject,il has nothing superior in recent cri
ticism, and only wants an application of its
principles to apt examples to make it as po
pular, and useful as it is philosophical. Gen
eral and abstract truths, however clearly de
monstrated, arc not apt intake hold on the
! understanding or to be fixed in the memory,
i except with adepts in science. To choo:-e
1 examples free from technicalities, is the
i surest way of making a principle useful and
i of securing the interest of a popular audito
-1 rv. The author has however intimated that
I this article will be followed by a develop
j ment of his views—upon the influence of the
action of government upon the distribution
! of wealth. We look with anxiety for the
j continuation of the labors of this gifted
i writer.
i The second article, Tns Will, is not a
I whit behind it—in profound and original
I views. We look upon it as an ingenious,
1 elegant and witty demonstration of the philo
| sophicai doctrine of necessity. We were
: sorry to see it marred by a very stupid and
1 common place note by the Editor, which
I he calls a review and answer to the article,
j This editor has based his arguments, as he
| says, upon common sen-e, “the best sense in
i the world and the basis of all sound philoso
i phy,” and which he distinguishes from mefa
i physics. The answer to this piece of ad
1 capilandnm common place, is that if common
, sense is different from metaphysical sense;
i in other words, if metaphysics is nonsense—
| the obvious rule for common sense people is.
to say nothing about it. They have indeed
i the privilege to set up in a modest way as
arbiters of the world—and say its all “bloody
nonsense” and bo end it. Rut when these
same fine fellows cometo turn metaphysicians
themselves, liiev are quite out of their voca
tion—an i usually wind themselves up into
the most inconceivable and unloosable knots.
It is asserted by the Reviewer that “man is
a necessai y, not a free agent —it is tune says
the editor of the note “that this notion should
bo abandoned as obsolete and worthless.”
Upon his basis of common sense we suppose.
“ Faith ” though he says “is involuntary or ne
cessary” in other words that we cannot
help our faith or belief upon which all our
conduct in life must turn—and this lie calls
common sense,
j The truth is this appeal to common sense
! has been always made by stupid and dogmat
ical people the world over. It proves any
thing—it proves the existence of witches :
and the universal virtues of tar water and
Swaira’s Panacea. It is a direct appeal to ;
Ito stupidity—to every man who has no soli
tary idea beyond dinner unless it be supper |
—it is sure therefore to have a majority in |
its favor. We recollect an instance. Per- •
haps it is in our own experience. A young
squire recent from his books of philosophy,
happening at a justice court ground by ■
chance, it seems was discarding with rnuen
unction upon some branch o* the Copcrnican
system, and especially asserted that the
world turned round on its axis. Among the
crowd there was a stout old boy with a bull j
neck (as common sense people always are) i
who at this point “put in” and said “not cut- |
i ting your discourse squire—but if the world ;
j turns over squire, why don’t all the water |
j run out of mv well. Os course the squire
j was rather dumb foundered and tried to ex
i plain and was laughed at for his pains, and
| in theend had “to lake a drink and cirap it,
{ it must be confessed that be looked ratner j
sheepish and chop fallen, at this over
whelming decision of common sense which
was given against him. We had intended
to have said not half what he deserved, but
much of what we felt in sincere gralulations
Ito our old bmlher chip—tho ex-editor of the j
Mercury—who has now become the editor
of the Southern Review. The length of this
na co bids us forbear. Under the auspices
i of this able, practiced and distinguished wn
j ter, we feel assured of the success and in
j creasing popularity ot this truly Southern
' review.
j We give below the table of contents —all
• the articles of which are worthy of a perusal.
| That on American Literature is a very learn
ed and able article.
Art. 1. Distribution of Wealth. 2. The !
Will. 3. Labor. 4. Thimines’ Cook. 5. |
Festus. 6. American Literature. 7. Mrs. ;
Dana’s Letters. 8. Madawaska Settlement.
9. Mestner and Smedenbourg. 10. Prover
bial Philosophy. 11. Critical Notices.
ICTThe Charleston papers of yesterday,
announce the deatli of Col, John S. Cngdcll,
late President of the Bank of South Carolina.
GLOIEIOI N NKWS.
Tl»e I.ouiNiaim Volunteer* Muse! TLeir
Arrival at Tampico.
The schrs. \Vm. Bryan and Heroine, arrived at
New Orleans on the 2ist inst., the former from
Tampico, whence she sailed on the 12th, and the
| latter from Brazos St. .bum, sailed on ilie )sih inst.
The U. 8 Steamship Massachusetts was to leave
i Brazos on the evening of the 15th inst. with Gen. i
Scotland suite, and four Companies of U. States j
troops. The steamers Edith and Virginia were to
follow the Massachusetts in a few days w ith troops
and supplies. The steamship Alabama had arriv
ed at Brazos from New Orleans.
Lieut. David Gibson, of the 2d Keg’t U. S. Art.
died at Tampico, on the 6th inst. The deceased
was a native of Virginia, and graduated at the U,
! S. Military Academy in the year 1813. His brave
and manly heart endeared him to his friends, and
' will cause his loss to be severely felt by the army.
The N. O. Delta, of Sunday last, the only paper
received from that city, speaking of the safe arri
val of the Louisiana Volunteers at Tampico, says:
“We need not remind our readers of the gloom
which overspread the city, when the news of the ;
wreck of the Ondiaka.and of the perilous position
of the Louisiana Volunteers, which had been on
hoard, reached here. And this was considerably
increased rather tiian dispelled, by the conflicting
accounts or rumors brought here by the schooner
St. Paul, on the 17th inst.. of their capture. In
those rumors we put no faith: we felt assured the
gallant Dellnssv and his brave Louisianians, would
j not suffer themselves to be captured without ma
kinc a determined resistance. Believing so, we ;
bid the friends of the volunteers lobe of good cheer, \
and we have not been disappointed. The brig
i Cayuga, from Tampico, is now in the river. She
! left there on the 11th inst. 31 r. Wheeler, who was I
a passenger, came up to the city last night, in the
; steamboat Sultan. From information derived from
' a friend who conversed with him. we are enabled
to lay the gratifying intelligence before unr read
ers, that the Louisiana Volunteers are safe—every
man of them. They arrived at Tampico before
the Cayuga sailed, in good health and in good
sjurit* a little fatigued,of course, from the hard
ships they had suffered.
“The .Mexicans approached them where they
were encamped after the wreck, hut they did not
dare to attack them. They called on them to sur
render. To do this Col. De Hussy wa* in no par
; ticular hurry. He told them be should lake twen
j ty-four hours to consider on it, and that in the
1 meantime, if any attack was made on his men, he
i vvould carry the war into Africa, giving no quar
j ters. I!i» bold and determined tone rather deter
i red the Mexicans. So, availing himself of the point
i t i( . had ihns gained, he ordered that the wreck he
i fired, and then marched off* in order from his en-
I camnment, the Mexicans not attempting to inter-
I rept or attack him. When their approach was
announced at Tampico, the glad news spread with
rapidity through the garrison, and the Louisiana
boys were hailed with shouts of joy by their com
rade soldiers.
“Our letter-, which we shall receive by the brig
to-day, will furnish us with the particulars. We j
v, ill g.>read them before our readers on Tuesday I
morning, ih the meantime, we congratulate Col.
Deßussy, and his immediate command, for the ad
dress and cool, soldierly qualities which t’ ey dis
played on the occasion.”
We gather the following particulars from the.
Tampico Sentinel, a copy of which was received
by the Delta, by the above arrival.
From information derived from the officers of
the Louisiana Volunteers, we are rejoiced to an
nounce that many of our fears for their safety w-r"
groundless, and that the various rumors which
: floated about the city were m >st!y falsehoods, no
I doubt invented bv Mexican tongues, either for the
purpose of deception or from a natural disposition
| Jo exaggerate cverv thing they see. or hear. It ap
j pears that the truth of the matter is, that earlv in
I the day on which the volunteers had taken refuge
from a watery grave, upon the sand nearlyoppo
site the wreck.they received visits from several,
i who came in the character of peasants, fishermen.
A-c.. and w ere led to expect assistance, in the way
iof transportation, from ihe various proposi ions vol
untarily made hy the scoundrels, who were, dooht
less. busily employed at that time,, in informing the
.Mexican commander at Tnspan, of the exact con
dition of the volunteer, their number. Arc. In
the afternoon « flag of truce pesented itself, with a
demand fn>m Gen. Cos for an immediate and un
conditional surrender, and it was represented to
them that the country was swarming with armed
men cutting off*all retreat unless by sea. w hich, of
course, was impossible. Cos represented tlie fur
cca under his command to amount to 1800 regular
troops, whereas, in reality, h- ran only muster
about 9 = o, all told, of which, at least three-fourths
i are said to be raw recruits, who had entered into
i the scheme, with the hope of gain hy plundering
I the wrecked ship and passengers. Col. Deßussy
I answered through Lieut. Ozier. under cover of the
i enemy’s flag of truce. He was met outside the
j enemy’s lines by Gen. Cos, who refused him ad-
I mission inside, hut, after some little reflection upon
the request of Col. Deßussv, granted him until
| nine the next morning, at which time the Ameri
cans were to surrender, or an action must be haz
: anled.
i At night-fall camp-fires were lighted, and orders
! immediately given to march, leaving knapsacks
| and all hurthensome materials which could in the
' least impede, and which were not wanted for the
| purpose of sustenance. The first 21 hours they
! are said to have made thirty-five miles, and instead
of hard fighting or continued skirmishing, we are.
assured that not an armed Mexican was seen on
the way hither.
We are indebted to a gentleman, who appears to
he intimate with the facts, upon whom we can
place implicit confidence, for the following items:
1 that Gen. Cos left Tn-par, in the night, in com
: maud, but little in the rear, of 480 men; that he
j was soon joined by others at various points, until
I hi* command now numbers about 930. as stated
above. He had stationed 80 cavalry and 250 in
j fantry in such manner as he supposed would pre
i vent the wrecked troops from receiving supplies or j
j reinforcements. Most of the infantry under Cos ■
came in canoes from Tnspan, ami landed in front {
of the wrecked volunteers. He had four pieces of ■
light artillery, and w hen he received Lietit. Ozier j
about 150 troops were drawn up in column. ' j
Itis probable that Cos was very much gratified \
1 when ho discovered that the Americans had rs
i
treated, as he, doubtless, anticipated an attack
upon Tuspan before he was fully aware of the pre
i rise cattle of their presence in the neighborhood.
He wool 1 certainly have resorted to precautionary
measures, in view of a retreat, if he li ed hern wry
anxious for a fi >at, and tiie fact of his not altcmat
ing a pursuit seems to favor the same view of this
matter.
CiiMtoui ttloitic.
The New York Journal of Commerce of
tSie 23J inst. says—-The business of the Cus
tom House the 13*.ii to the 20th of Febru
ary, inclusive, presents the following results,
as compared with the same period last year:
18-16. 1847. Increase. Decrease.
Free, 153,145 89,489 63.657
Specie. 30.776 10,972 19,304
Dutiable, 1,044,30*2 1,053,360 014.153
Cash rec’J, 311,529 425,753 111,224
Jl>uty ou lea.
The imports of tea during the year 1845, *r*
estimated at 50,360,532; a dutv of twenty per
cent, on this value would yield $1,076. 10G. Du*
ring 1846 there was an increase of the amount
imported sufficient probably to yield a revenue, at
twenty per cent, of one and a half million dollar!.
The Graiu ami i'otlou H.trkel.
The N. O. Delta of lhe2lst. inst. ear*
—“The transactions in Flour and Corn have
again been to a large extent during the past
w eek, and at gradtiallylimproving prices. Tho
sales of Flour have been fully 100,000 b«r-,
rels, about two-thirds for export, the closing
rates yesterday- being, $G 50 for Ohio brand*
which is a further advance of fifty rents pe**
barrel since the beginning of the week. Ex
porters and speculators have been busy with
Corn, also, and about 200,000 bushels have
been taken here and to arrive, at §1 lo $1 03,
i early in she week, though the prevailing rate*
since the late accounts from Liverpool have
been $1 05 to 1 08 per bushel.
“Cotton is greatly depressed, and only
about 6000 bales have changed'hand*. Price*
are one-half to thee-lounh cent lower *inco
the news by the steamer.”
Savannah Harbor.
The River and llirbor Bill, which past
ed the House of Representatives on Saturday
last, contains an item of $25,000 for the
improvement of the harbor of Savannah.
: The Bill, as originally reported, granted tho
| sum of $50,000, but in consequence of tho
I excessive demands on the Treasury for war
I purposes, all the appropriations were scaled
1 down and the aggregate appropriated, is but
1 little over one-third of the amount recommend
i ed by the Department last pear.
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Oglethorpe Course——Trolling Match**.
The Savannah Republican 25th inst., say* —
“The Trotting Matches over the Oglethorpe
Course, commence this day, at 12 o’clock precise
jv. We understand the course is in fine order,
ami that every arrangement has been made to en
sure pleasure to the lovers of the turf. A good
turn out may therefore be expected.
The following are the entries for the race.—
Two Mile Heals Purse S2OO.
W. li. M origin enters his bay mare, Mrs Cau
dle.
Luther Sergeant (N. C. Trowbridge.’*) eater*
his brown horse, Tormentor.
Second t'iace Mile Ilcatt.
C. A. L. Lunar enters his grey mare, Polly
Bodtne.
H. Warner enters his sorrel mare. Lady Burke.
BlurriT to be .tiiolhlin! la Oclmrare.
On Hildav last, the liou.se of the Del
aware Legislature passed an act for trie
gradual abolition of slavery in that Stale,
by a vote of 12 veas to 8 nays. The
Senate, ills said, will agree with the
House.
The following, which we think wants
confumati n, is reported by telegraph to
the Philadelphia Inquirer, under dare of
NEW YORK, Fob. 22. 9J p. m.
It L reported here that tho bri" Isabella,
from Liverpool bound to New York, was
wrecked this morning at Barnegat, and
f 75 passengers and 18 sailors losi?
It is also rumored that there are some
dark deeds connected w ith the death of
Capt. Rathbone, which, when developed,
will put a different character on the ac
counts received.
CTJ" NOTICE.—There will he Divine Ser
vice in the Presbyterian Church To-Morrow, a»
usual. Feb. 27
Mr. Editor:—The Second Division. Augusta
, Independent Fire Company, beg leave through tho
columns of your paper, to return their sincere
thanks to Messrs. William Nelson and Isham
Thompson, for the refreshments furnished by
them, at the fire on the night of the 25th inst.
Feb. 27 126
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Feb. 27 13— 126
Mr. Editor —l’lease announce Dr. 1. P-.
GARVIN as a candidate for Member of Council
i for Ward No. 1, and oblige Many \ oters.
! Feb. 20 —* H9_
{O" Mr. Editor —Pl ease announce the name of
I CHARLES E. GRENVILLE, Esq., as a candi-
I date for Council in Ward No. 1, And oblig*
! Feb. 17 *— MANY VOTERS.