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[Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.]
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS,
second session.
Washington, Feb. 25, 1847.
SENATE.
Afterthe presentation of petitions and the
disposal of other miscellaneous matters.
Air Fairfield, from the naval committee,
reported a joint resolution authorizing the
Secretary ot the Navy to place at the dispo
sal of Captain DeKay, the Un.ted States ship
Macedonia, for the purpose of carrying con
tributions of provisions, etc., to Ireland; also,
rppropriating $6,000 for fitting the vessel
so ‘ sea.
It was read twice, and then postponed un
til fo-morroiv.
The resolutions of Mr. Calhoun and those
of Mr. Webster, were passed over till to-mor
row.
The civil and diplomatic appropriation bill
was again taken up.
Among the amendments agreed to, were
two providing for custom houses at New
Orleans,Charleston S. C.,and Savannah, and
one for a mission to Mexico, in tiie event of
a treaty for peace,
Mr. Cameron moved to amend hv provid
ing for the payment to Ritchie & Heiss the
amount deducted from their account by the
committee of the two Houses, for work
prior to the passage of the law fixing the
prices of printing.
After the debate,the subject was postponed
till to-morrow.
The three million bill was taken up, when
Mr. Davis gave his views at great length in
opposition to the policy of the administration
with regard to the war, ti e cause of which,
he said, was universally admitted to be the
annexation of Texas, Mr. Calhoun did not
kdmit that annexation was the cause of the
war. It was the occasion of it, but not the
cause, and by prudent counsels the war
might have been avoided, notwithstanding
annexation had taken place.
Mr. Hannegan has the floor for to-morrow.
The bill to purchase the Madison papers
was taken up and passed. Also the bill for
the- relief of the widow of Col. Mcßea.
The remainder of the day was devoted to
Executive business.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The consideration of the Bill making appro
priations for the service of the Post Office
Department for the year ending 30th June,
1348, was resumed in committee of the whole
on the state of the Union, Mr. Hopkins in f lie
chair, and finally ordered to be reported to the
House with amendments.
Bills—in addition to and amendatory of the
several acts to promote the progress of the
useful arts, (the Patent Office bill.) —so in
f-ease the marine corps of the United Slates
Navy—far the erection of light houses, and for
other purposes—and the Senate amendments
to the military academy and Indian appro
propiation bills—were also severally consid
ered in committee of the whole, and all, in
cluding the Postoffice appropriations bill then
reported to the House, with amendments.
To the postnffice appropriation bill an a
mendment was then offered and adopted,giv
ing to postmasters the selection of the news
papers in which the list of letterss hall be pub
lished; 77 to 44, and the bill was passed, with
this and the’amendment in committee.
The parent office bill was then taken un,
the amendments in committee agreed to, and
the bill passed.
Also, the bill to increase the marine corps
of the navy, and the bill authorizing the erer
fion of light houses, the latter, by a vote of 89
to 63.
The House refused to agree so the amend
ments of the Senate to the military academy
bill, and agreed to the amendments of the Se
nate to the Indian appropriation bill.
The speaker signed a great number of en
rolled bills.
An interesting and spirited debate took
place in committee of the whole, upon the
consideration of the bill to authorize the erec
tion of light houses, in which Messrs. Thom
pson, J. R. Ingersoll. Giles, McClelland,
Martin, of Kentucky, Douglass and Payne
participated.
The House adjourned at o’clock, having
sassed more important bills to-day, than on
my other day during the present session.
Washington, Feb. 26, 1847.
SENATE.
Mr. Evans, from the finance committee, re
torted back the army appropriation bill from
he House, with amendments.
Mr. Crittenden introduced his bill for the
elief of the suffering Irish and Scotch. It
mlhorizes the President to cause to be pnr
shased, such provisions as he may deem suit
tble and proper, and to cause the same to be
transported in the name of the United Slates,
o the care of the Government of Great Bri
ain, for the purpose indicated. It appropri
ites $500,000, and authorizes the President
o employ any of the public vessels for the
ransportalion of the provisions.
The bill was advocated by Messrs. Critfen
len, J. M. Clayton and Cass, and opposed by
Messrs. Niles and Bagby, after which the
till was passed over.
The House bill, providing for certain post
oads, and extending the franking privilege
o members of Congress, to the first Monday
a December next, was reported by Mr. More
lead from the post office committee and pass
ed. .
The civil and diplomatic appropriation bill
arts again taken up.
The amendment allowing Ritchie & Hcisa
he full amount of their bill, up to the time
vhen the price was reduced, was, afier de
late, agreed to—Yeas 25, nays 21. The bill
ras then postponed until to-morrow.
The three million bill was next taken up.
Mr, Hannegan having the floor, gave his
dews at great length, in support of the bill,
md in opposition to encumbering it with the
Vilmott proviso.
Mr, Niles has the floor for to-morrow.
The civil and diplomatic bill was again
aken up, and several amendments adopted.
An amendment was pending to provide for
he payment of the claims of Texas, when
be Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll reported back the
>lll from the committee on foreign relations,
o regulate the diplomatic intercourse of the
I United Slates, and it was referred to the com- !
j minee of tl»e whole on the Slate ofthe Union. |
Mr. McKay,from 1 lie committee of ways
and moans, reported back the naval appropri
ation bill with the amendments of ihe Senate,
and it w’as also referred to the committee of
the whole on the state of the Union. [The
committee recommend that part ot the Sen
ate amendments be agreed to, and others dis
agreed to ]
Mr. McClernand presented the resolutions
of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, in
structing their Senators and Representatives
in Congress to vote for any proposition,con
stitutional and practicable, tor raising men
and means to carry on the war against Mexi
co.
The House then went into committee of
the whole, Mr. Cobb in the chair, considered
and reported to the House, bills making ap
propriations for the payment of navy pensions
for the year ending 30th June, 1848, and to
amend the act for the belter organization of
the Indian department, ami the act to regu
late trade and intercourse with the Indian
tribes, and preserve peace on the frontiers.—
The amendments to these bills were agreed
to, and the bills then passed,
Mr. Boyd, from the Military committee, re
ported back the bill from the Senate, for or
ganizing into brigades and divisions the new
regiments, and making provision for the ap
pointment of an additional number of general
officers, with amendments. On his motion
I lie House proceeded to the immediate con
sideration of the bill, and several of the
amendments were agreed to.
An amendment from the committee autho
rizing the President to designate and assign
to any general officer of the regulars or vol
unteers, of the rank of Major Generals,
whether commissioned or brevet, and without
regard to date of commission, the chief com
mand of the army until the expiration ot the
war with Mexico, was then read.
Mr. Garret Davis moved to go into commit
tee of the whole.
Mr. Sims, of South Carolina, moved the
previous question.
Mr. Ashmun moved to lay the bill on the
table, and demanded the yeas and nays; yeas
71, nays 106.
The question then recurred on Mr. Lewis’
mot ion, and the main question was ordered
to be put. Ayes 102, nays 70.
Mr. Boyd here suggested that the last
vote, by general consent, should be reconsi
dered, and that the House should agree to
the motion of Mr. Davis to go intocommitlee
of the whole. Agreed to, and a resolution
adopted to close debate at halt past two, and
that speeches should be limited to twenty
minutes each.
The committee was addressed by Messrs.
Garret Davis, Brinkerhoff, Sims, Tredwell,
Newton, Schenck, and Cocke, and then pro
ceeded to vote on the amendments.
The amendment in relation to the Gene
ral-in-chief, was further amended so as to
provide that his duties shall terminate on the
ratification of a treaty of peace with Mexico,
which was adopted. The bill was reported
to tlie House, and the amendments concur
red in,that last ab >ve mentioned by a vote of
112 to 87, and the bill was then read a third
time pas-ed, by yeas and nays, 121 to 7»
Adjourned.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun/]
Washington, Feb. 25, 1847.
The new military bill,supplementary to the
military bill tor raising ten additional regi
ments, is one of the most important bills,
though it has made but very little noise in
the course of its passage. It enables the
President not only to appoint two additional
Major Generals, but also gives him the power i
to appoint any of them he pleases to the su
preme command of the army.
It is, in fact, thd Lieutenant General bill
for all its useful purposes, and without it*
popular, if not constitutional objections; and
it is in general calculated to give the greatest
efficiency to our army and military operation*.
The question now is, who are to be the
two additional Major Generals? If General
Scott should fail, in proper lime, to give a
good account of himself, then I should not
be astonished if a Major General were to be
appointed over his head, that is, a Major
General who would be able to command in
spite of General Scott’s seniority.
Gen'l Scott thus far has made singular :
requisitions on the quartermaster, General
Jessup. He commands scarcely 15,000 troops,
and has already made demands for eighteen
thousands pack mules, three thousand wagons ,
fifty additional transport, and fifty mil
lions of pounds of hay'. What next, as the
frog said when his tail dropped off.
[From the N. O. Picayune, 21 /hull]
The Condition of ITlcxico.
Through a circuitous channel w r e were
yesterday placed in possession of our cor
respondence from Anton Lizardo and papers
from Vera Cruz to the Ist of February. The
following letter from one whose favors our
readers have learned to vu'ue aright, pre
sents in a succinct form the best pictures of
the internal condition of Mexico we have
yet seen. Though no later than onr former
accounts, the wnfer’s intimate acquaintance
with Mexican affairs, and his excellent judg
ment impart permanent interest to all his
communications. The following will not be
found an exception to this rule, and will
amply repay perusal. It is satisfactory to us
to learn from it that in our own inadequate
attempts to show the disorganization, the
distress and the impending convulsions of
Mexico, we have not exaggerated her woes.
[Correspondence of the Picayune].
U. S. SaUADRON, OFF ANTON LIZARno,?
February 2, 1847. $
Gentlemen —The news from the various
parts of Mexico for the last fifteen days has
been of much interest, as showing the proba
ble subversion of the present Government of
Mexico, the extrem#distressess of the army,
the total paralysis of Mexican credit, and
the entire inability of the General or the
State Governments to raise money by any of
the extraordinary expedients recently adopt
ed. Last and not of least importance, are
the auguries of Santa Anna’s dictatorship.
The promulgation of the ordinance for the
confiscation of the ecclesiastical property
has in some places been resisted by actual
outbreaks,|and everywhere received with de
monstrations of hostility which have created
the greatest alarm. The Vice President ap
pears to have displayed great energy and ac
tivity, not only in repressing the disorders in
the capitol, but in conferring extraordinary
powers on the various military Governors
for the same purpose. The clergy have
closed the cathedrals, issued their solemn
protest, and finally refused to deliver up the
property of the church. The States of Mexi
co, Puebla and Queretaro have prayed that
the law might be repealed. The church par
ty press in various places openly counsels
rebellion against Gomez Farias and the Con
gress. If anything was wanting to complete
the failure of the Jraeasure, it has bees
found in the decided refusal of capitalists to
advance money on the scrip. It is now per
fectly plain that the scheme will afford no
immediate relief, and that the treasury will
probably never realize a dollar from the ec
clesisaclical property for the purposes of the
I war.
So far as I am able to discover, all other
expedients which have been adopted by the
General and State Governments for raising
smaller loans or contributions for the more
pressing exigencies of the troops, will have
the same issue with the more magnificent
project of plundering the church. The in
j genuity of the Mexican legislators seems to
j have been taxed to the utmost; among other
' novel plans I notice a forced lottery for rais
! sing money for the race.
The more moderate and hopeful journal
ists appear to have given up all hope that
order can be preserved, and predict another
revolution. The Vice President, Gomes
Farias, is surrounded with difficulties which
are insuperable, and is the object of attack by
all parties: by the clergy, the monarchists,
and a fragment of the centralists; and it needs
no prophet to say that he must soon be driven
from the helm. Guevara, the newly appoint
ed Minister of Justice—the successor of
Nava, who was appointed only a week be
fore—is now the only one of the Cabinet
who anally discharges the duties of his of
fice. [Senor Guevara has since resigned,
according to a late Mexican paper before
us.] Senor Zubieta, the Minister of Finance,
has tendered his resignation and left his post
in spite of the wishes of the Vice President.
Senor Ramirez, the Minsiterof Foreign Re
lations, has thrown up his portfolio for a pe
riod of several months, and Canalizo, of the
War Department, has also expressed his wish
to retire. Various causes have been alleged
for this abandonment of the Adminstration
by all the Ministers, but the true solution of
the defection is to be found in the extreme
and unconquerable difficulties of their situa
tion.
In the meantime there are reports from
time to time from San Luis Potosi that Santa
Anna is taking wary steps to proclaim him- ,
self dictator. These reports have within a
few days assumed a more specific character;
one rumor says Santa Anna has moved on
Tula, and that the garrison of San Luis has
proclaimed him dictator. Some persons ap
pear to believe that Santa Anna lias left Po
tosi to march on the capital. It is, I believe,
officially confirmed that Gen. Ventura Mora
has proclaimed for the dictatorship of Santa
Anna at Mazallan. It was predicted some
days ago that Gen. Rangel, with others
would soon raise the standard of dictatorship
in Mexico, and yesterday morning if was cur
rently announced that the event had hap
pened. These reports are some of them with
out doubt premature, but they show the set
of popular expectation and will work their
own fulfilment. They are stale expedients
for unsettling confidence, creating vacillation
in the public mind and making any ciiange
acceptable.
A touching picture of the distresses of the
army may be found in every paragraph and
every official account from that quarter. It
is now conceded that the army at San Luis
must soon dissolve—that even the genius of
Santa Anna cannot long keep them together.
While the miserable soldiers are suffering ail
the extreme evils which can visit humanity
—hungry, naked, perishing from cold or dis
ease, or driven In suicide—we see it is an
nounced that Ampudia has been unfortunate
in bis bets and lost $14,000, while Santa An
na, with belter luck, has won 4000 ounces
of gold. The Congress of S*£ Luis have
authorized a forced loan of $400,000, se
cured by a pledge of the entire revenue and
property of the State not already mortgaged.
An attack upon Vera Cruz is now expect
ed to occur shortly. The Congress of the
State has issued a patriotic proclamation, and
various preparations are making for the on
set. A body of the national guard, estimated
at a thousand men, has been recently intro
duced into Vera Cruz. The Locomotor sug
gests, with some show of reason, that the Go
vernment have already provided the means
for paying and supporting these additional
troops, as more men would soon render in
tolerable the privations of the present garri
son, which are already extreme. Nothing
has yet been done towards fortifying fh*
passes on the road to Mexico. The garrison
of Jalapa have refused to march to Ver«
Cruz—they were stationed there once before.
Gen. La Vega has been appointed chief in
command of the troops of the State of Vera
Cruz. A great sensation has been caused
by the report that the Americans were on the
move from Tampico, with the intention of
marching inland to Vera Cruz, threatening
Jalapa or Puebla. Such a movement is like
ly to cause the enemy much distraction.
The message of the President of the Uni
ted States is published in the papers of the
last of the month. It was proposed in Con
gress by Senor Gamboa to issue a formal re
ply to the false and injurious imputations
contained in the message against the Mexi
can Republic, but after the proposition w'as
discussed, it was not adopted. w.
[ From the N. O. Picayune Extra, Feb. 4.J
Later from Tampico.
By the arrival of the
wc have advices from Tampico to the 13th
inst. We have more full details of the cap
ture of seventy Americans by Gen. Minon.—
We have only room for the annexed letter
from Mr. Lumsden.
It is proper to say, that although the dates
from the city of Mexico by this arrival are the
latest received here, yet we have previously
had advices from San Luis to the 26th Janu
ary.
[Editorial Correspondence .]
Tampico, Feb. 13, 1847.
You will perceive by the “Sentinel” that
Col. Deßusay’a party has arrived here with
the exception of six persons, who were left
behind as sick. There is much said jro and
con about the course pursued by Col. De
Russy; but I am not disposed myself to say
anything either way, in relation to the mat
ter. You know there are two sides to all
such things, and a disinterested party gene
rally does well to let them alone. Meddlers
never gave much credit.
Yesterday morning news reached this
place of the capture by Gen. Minion, of sev
enty Americans, somewhere near Galeana,
in the State of Nueva Leon. This intelli
gence comes in a paper printed at the city of
Mexico, and is no doubt authentic. The
Tampico Sentinel furnishes the following
summary of the news. It is hardly to be sup
posed that the Mexicans have given all the
names of the prisoners with accuracy :
f From the Tampico Sentinel of the \2lh inst.]
We were yesterday placed in possession of
a newspaper, printed at Mexico, and dated
February 2d, by which we are informed of the
capture of acventy Americana, with their
horses, wagons, arms, &c. The letter refer
red to, is a despatch from S inta Anna, to the
Minister of War, announcing that he had just
learned this fact by letter from Gen. Minon,
who it seems is stationed at a small town
named Galeana. It appears from the letter
of M inon that he bad received information !
from the Government of Nueva Leon that the
Americans had been seen in that neighbor- I
hood, and that be supposed them to be in j
great force, meditating an attack upon Gale- j
ana. Minon writes that he sallied forth to 1
meet the Americans with a brigade of Cavalry
—that they immediately surrendered at dis- |
crelion—that all the horses, wagons, &c.,
with which they are found in possession, ;
with the exception of their ams, was distribul- j
ed among the soldiers as their booty.
Santa Anna in addressing the Minister of
War and Marine, recapitulates the most im
portant facts mentioned in the letter of Minon,
and recommends him to the consideration of
the Government, at the same time declaring
his intention toconlinue his operations when
ever a favorable opportunity offer*. The letter
of Minon is dated the 23d of January, and
that of Santa, Anna the 26th of Jan. at San
Louis Potosi. In neither despatch is the force
of the Mexicans mentioned, who obtained this
bloodless triumph over seventy foraging
soldiers. But a letter, dated San Luis Potosi
Jan. 27th. published in the same paper, an
nounces the arrival at that place of the pris
oners, and very justly rebukes the rejoicings,
exhibited on the occasion, stating the force of
the Mexicans to have been upwards of 2000.
This letter declares that our troops were
surprised at a watering place, Tanque de In
Vaca, at 9 o’clock in the morning; that the
major part of this force were Irishmen, and
that the commander-in chief (Santa Anna)
had permitted them to go unmolested into the
interior, on their expressing a willingness to
join the flag of their own country—we pre
sume England.
The number of officers named in these des
patches leads to the supposition that this
force was more than a detachment—that is
to say that it was composed ot officers or men
, belonging to several companies, and that they
were, as stated in the letter from San Louis,
dated the 28th January, engaged in foraging
and entirely unprepared for any hostile de
monstration on the part of the enemy when he
surprised them. This may be the more
readily inferred from the fact of their having
surrendered at discretion.
There are many rumors, and it is supposed,
with some little truth, that Santa Anna has
made a movement towards Monterev, and it is
possible Gen. Minon is in command of the ad
vance guard. This general is said to he a
Spaniard, and an excellent cavalry officer.
He accompanied Santa Anna on his return
from exile, and may rouse the drooping ener
gies of the Mexican soldiery into a proper
state for fighting, after all. If he succeeds,
he will receive all the encomiums he would
merit from our volunteers and regulars. The
following is a list of the names of those cap
tured at Galeana. It will be perceived that
Cassius M. Ciav is among them.
Majors J. P. Gaines, S. Borland; Captains
—C. M. dav, C. C. Danley, Daniel Ilenrv;
Lt. Geo. Dabielzon; Sergeants—S. Cason, C.
G. Sion, E. P. Martin; Privates—Robl.
Adams, J. Crooks, Wm. Edwards, J. Rich
mond, Geo. Ramev, Moses Nehon, W. Ing
g‘en, Geo. Undernova, J. E. Brunei, C. 11.
Baity, Charles Bonv, Wm Runel, Chas.
Whelten, L. P. Williams, Thos. Webb, R.
Huggens, Wm. Rahel, Geo.
Cnrlis, \v. R. Spugle, R. Sted, E. Testen, A.
Estenson, W. Montgomery,Thos. Smart, A.
Ma rshall, J. Finley, Wm. Holman, J. Maguey,
J. Johnson, John Magnon, John Rogers, N.
Ware, W. Funk, B. S. Dowell, Wm Reilly,
B. R. Under, John S. Tunday. John Seo’t. D,
Rany, D. Jons, B. A. Chefunan, C. Moony,
John Richardson, J. Walker, A. C. Braigan.
A. Argetruit, 11. Igo, W. Rallife, J. S. Bug
leman, J. Sebigntk, I Scott, A. Wilchinsey,
11. S. Wood. Wm. Whitehead. J. Dongbuntn,
S. Colbert, U. Voalman, R. Cackran, J. G,
Bales, U. L Paine—Total, 70.
The trial of the Mexican—Louis Paulina
Seran—for the murder ol young Bowlin,
came up before the “Court of J ustices’ yes
terday, and resulted in the conviction of the
accused. As the case is one of deep interest
and great importance—rendered so by very
peculiar circumstances—l send you a report
of the evidence and proceedings of the court
for publication.
The Itacni.
The second day’s Trotting Races came off
yesterday, notwithstanding the very incle- .
rnent state of the weather. We were not
present, but learn that the course was very
unfavorable for a full enjoyment of the sport
so the lovers of the turf. The following is the
result of the day’s Races:—
First Race—Mile Heals —3 in 5.
N. C. Trowbridge’s Tormentor, 2 1
W. H. Mongin’s Duchess, 1 dr’n. |
Time—2m. 51s.
Second Race — Mile Heats —2 in 3.
W. H. Mongin’s Mrs. Caudle, 11
C. A. L. Lamar's Harlem Boy, 2 2
Time—3tn. 2s.—3m. 12s. Track very
heavy and raining very hard.
Thhd Race—Single dash of a Mile.
Mr. Mongiii’s Oregon, 1
Mr. Soullard's Jessy Walton, dr’n.
Mr. Pridgeon’s Lightfoot, 2
Time—3m. 38s. — Savannah Republican ,
27. ii nil.
Valuable Cargoes*
The Br. ship Elizabeth, Geves, master, and
the Sesoslris, Dand master, cleared on Sat
urday last for Liverpool, by Jas. Robertson,
Esq. The cargo of the former consist of
178 bales Sea Island Colton, 2024 Upland
Cotton, 555 tierces Rice, and 5246 bushels
Corn, the total value of which is estimated
at $129,792. The cargo of the latter consists
of 293 bales Sea Island Colton, 1150 bales
Upland Cotton, 446 tierces Rice, and 6261
bushels Corn, valued at SB9, 105. Charles
ton Courier, Ist inst.
A Busy Holyday.
The N. O. Daily Delta of the 23d ult. says:
“There was a large business done in our
market yesterday, notwithstanding it being a
holyday. The sales of flour went up to 35.-
000 barrels, principally at $6 50 for Ohio
brands, at which prices are firm. Corn con
tinues brisk—sales were over 40,000 bush
els, part to arrive, at $1 05 to $1,10; a further
advance o (three cents per bushel. The favor
able accounts from New York produced a
brisk demand for lard, and some 1,200 bar
rels and 1,500 kegs sold at 8 to cents per
pound, which is $ cent, belter than last week.
“Sugar and molasses improved also; the
former £ to£ cent, per pound, and the latter
1 £ to 2 cents per gallon, with considerable
sales. This is owing to a similar upward
movement in New York.
“No large transactions in cotton. Prices
arc very much as on Saturday.”
AUGUSTA, GEO,,
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1847.
The Prevent Administration.
Mr. Colquitt in his late speech pays a lofty
tribute to the President, accompanying it
with an assurance of his cordial and hearty
support. The following is his language:
“Tne present administration has sustained
with more ability, and carried out with more
fidelity, the great principles of (he republican
party, than any administration since I have
had any knowledge of the government. If,
[ therefore, I differed with the President upon
the Mexican war and upon every other col
lateral question involving none of the great
principles which divide the parties, I should
still give the administration a cordial and
hearty support.”
High as is this encomium, it is well de
served. Most warmly do we respond to it,
and we doubt not that it must meet a kindred
response from the great mass of the democra
cy throughout the length and breadth of the
Union.
The second session of the twenty-ninth
Congress will soon close. The history of
that session will hereafter be written, and
will long be remembered. It will be num
bered as a session of exciting debates—of
loud denunciations of the administration, and
of fierce recriminations against its federal
opponents —of formidable dissentions and di
visions among the democrats, and of discus
sions among them upon vital questions which
threaten the stability of our federal Union.
Much has been said, and many things have
transpired, that must long be regretted by
every true democrat. Many events have oc
curred to startle and to alarm the patriotic
mind, which will contemplate their effect as
bearing not alone upon party ascendency,
but as threatening serious results upon onr
national destiny. Bad passions have been
aroused and intemperate counsels have been
uttered. But amidst all the trying scenes of
the session, the President has sustained an
attitude of exalted patriotism, of noble firm
ness, of devoted adherance to principle and
to duty. With a vigilance that has never
slept, and an energy that has never drooped
amidst all the disheartening embarrassments,
which relentless and unprincipled opposition
has studied to crease, and which tiie bicker
ings and unworthy dissensions of his political
party have greatly aggravated, the President
has manfully persevered in the faithful dis
charge of his duties.
If the results have not been commensn- j
rate with his wishes and aims—if there
has been a woful want of energy in our
government, the deficiency has not been in
the Executive branch. If our arms have {
not been pressed in the Mexican war with j
a vigour commensura'e with our national
• power, and worthy the military prowess of |
our people, the blame cannot attach to the
President. He has, on all occasions, been
prompt to use, in the most efficient manner,
all the means entrus ed to him. He has been
unwearied in his exertions to carry out the
provisions of the laws enacted for this pur
pose. He his been indefatigable in ac
quainting himself with the exigencies which
called for further legislation, and urgent in
his recommendations to Congress of mea
sures such as he deemed necessary to ac- \
cornplish a triumphant result. Had he been
met by a responsive spirit of energy and pa
triotism, our country would not now exhibit
the humiliating spectacle of distracted coun
sels—-of petty jealousies—>of factious in
trigues, and Presidential aspirations on the
one hand, and of unpatriotic exultation at
the embarrassments of the administration on
the oilier. If our legislators could have for
gotten for a time party aspirations, and sel
fish schemes, and sectional prejudices, and
remembered only that their first duty was to
their country—if they had felt that it was
their duty to aid the President, and not to
thwart him, in the prosecution of the war,
they would better have promoted their own
honour, and subserved the will of the people.
But the short aimings of this Congress
will not be visited upon the President. He
deserves well of bis country, and will be
remembered with honour. No President has
adhered with more manly and steadfast per
severance to the principles of republican faith
which he has ever professed, and in view of ;
which lie was elected. He is entitled to the j
lasting gratitude of his countrymen for his ;
adherance to the principles of strict construc
tion, by which he has prevented some un
•eemly rents in the constitution. He will
long be remembered as the President under
whose auspices tree trade doctrines have re
ceived, in their practical workings, a tri
umphant vindication, He will be remember
ed as the President whose administration
was signalized by a successful divorce of the
government from all monied corporations,
and by the successful management of the
finances of the country without their aid,
during a time of war, when both domestic
opposition and a foreign foe had to be con
tended with.
It will be the calm unbiased judgment
of his countrymen, at a day not distant, that
during an eventful period of unusual trial,
difficulty and embarrassment, he discharged
his duty with distinguished sagacity, fidelity
and patriotism.
O' We are requested to call attention to
the extensive sale of valuable Real Estate
and Bank Stocks at the lower market, this
day, at 12 o’clock. A plat of the Real Estate
may be seen at the store of Mr. C. J. Cook,
at the market, or at the auction store of
Messrs. W, E. Jackson & Co.
Acquittal.
Johnson, the father of the lad, whose ar
rest we noticed in Sunday’s paper as being
concerned in the recent mail robbery, had a
bearing yesterday before Justice Allen, and
was discharged from custody. Young John-
son has been remanded to prison to await his
trial, at the next session of the United States
district Court.
Dntrnctire Fire at Hew lorh.-Oae hun
dred thou Hand dollars worth of Property
Destroyed.
On Wednesday, between 1 and 3 o’clock,
A. M., a fire broke out in the large doubls
building Nos. 296 and 293 Water street, oc
cupied as a storage warehouse by William
Moore. They were entirely destroyed, with
most of their contents, consisting of a large
quantity of cotton and sugar, and crates of
crockery. A small portion of the cotton was
saved in a damaged state. The building be
longed to James McCullough. The New
York Commercial gives the following ac
count of the damage:
The total amount of loss we cannot name
with certainly, but it cannot be much if any
less than SIOO,OOO. Fortunately it is mostly
covered by insurance, and that in sums so
well distributed among the offices that it will
not seriously impair the means of any of
them. The cotton destroyed amounted to
about two thousand bales, but we have not
been able to ascertain the amount of the
other property in the building.
The following is the reported amount of
the insurance:—City Insurance Company,
$15,000 to $19,000; New York Fire Insur
ance, $15,000; Firemans’ Insurance Compa
ny, on building, $8,000; do. on merchandize,
$5,000; Howard Insurance Company ,$1,500;
Knickerbocker Insurance Company, $8,000;
Mutual Safety Insurance Company, $5,000;
Columbus Insurance Company,Ohio,sll,ooo;
Franklin Insurance Company, Philadelphia,
$9,000; ."Etna Insurance Company, Hartford,
on building, $5,000; total, $86,500.
In addition In which there is some insur
ance which has been effected in the Brook
lyn offices, and perhaps in some others.
No. 294, an old two story brick house, oc
cupied by Hannah & Launay, and two small
frame buildings, occupied by James Burke
as a sailor’s boarding house, were destroyed
by the falling walls.
The New York Sun says from 2 to 3000
bales of Cotton were in the warehouses, most
of which was destroyed or rendered unfit
for use.
DAGUERREOTYPE MINIATUREsT
Mr. C. E. JOHNSON returns his sincere
thanks to the citizens of Augusta, for their very
liberal patronage, and would inform those who
have not already availed.themselvesjof his services
—that lie leaves for New York on the Ist of April.
Feb. 23 -lm 126
Dll. J. A. CLEVELAND, has returned
to this city, and may be consulted at the office of
Cleveland & Spear, over the store of Messrs. Al
drich &. Green. Feb. 23
{£?- Mr. Editor —Please announce Dr. 1. P.
GARVIN as a candidate for Member of Council
for Ward No. 1, and oblige Many Voters.
Feb. 20 —* 119
OCT Mr. Editor —Please announce the name of
CHARLES E. GRENVILLE, Esq., as a candi
date for Council in Ward No. 1, And oblige
Feb. 17 *— MANY VOTERS.
$3“ We are requested to announce H. D,
BELL, as a suitable candidate for Council in
Ward No. 2. *— Feb. 17
Mr. Edilor —Please announce the follow
ing named gentlemen as candidates fur Members
of Council forWard No. I. at the coming election
in April next:—JAS. GODBY, A. P. SCHULTZ.
Feb. 18 *—
It 7~ We are authorized to announce Dr. J. G.
McWIIORTEU as a candidate for Mayor of the
the City of Augusta, at the election on the second
Monday in April next. Feb. 16
OCT We are authorised to announce Col. G. F.
PARISH as a candidate so re-election as Member
of the City Council from Ward No. l.,at the en
suing election in April next. [Feb. 17 * —
NEAPOLITAN BONNETS .
PATTISON, NOE &. CO.,
Patentees and Manufacturers, 23 Delaney Street,
New York.
Feb. 23 3ro— 121
COMMERCIAL.
LATEST DATES FRO M LI VC R POO L,:::M A RCH 3.
LATEST DATES FROM it av R Ejan. 31
STOCK OF COTTON
In Augusta and Hamburg on the Ist instant.
1847. 1840.
In Augusta 31,213 34,423
Hamburg, 6,631 11,551
Total Stock 37,862 45,979
SHIPMENT OF COTTON
From Augusta and Hamburg , to Savannah and
Charleston, 6fC.
1846-7. 1845-6.
From Ist to 28lh Feb. -w-—n
To Savannah, 7,259 5,664
CharlesitoH, by rail-road,.. .10.563 4,352
“ by boats, 1,375 00
19,202 10,016
Ship’d from Sep. 1 to Feb. 1, 125,792 45,057
141,994 55,073
RECEIPT OF COTTON
At Augusta «$• Hamburg .from Sept 1,'46, tolstinst.
Stock on hand Ist inst., 37,362 45,979
Shipped from Ist Sept 1816 to
Ist inst 144,994 55,073
132,856 101,052
Deduct stock on hand Ist Sept.
1846, 9,906 5,919
Total Receipts 172,950 95,033
Deduct Receipts to 1 an. 31,..153,176 82,745
Receipts of February ~.. 19,774 12,283
MONTGOMERY, Feb. 23.— Cotton, —Our mar
ket gets if possible, duller and duller. The re
ceipts are dwindling down, and the stock on hand
is diminishing rapidly. We quote sales at 81 a
9lc. Slock on hand 6116 bales.
WETUMPKA, Feb. 26.—Colton is dull in this
market, but few sales are made in consequence of
llie dullness prevailing in the Mobile and New Or
leans markets. Wagons continue to arrive, but
the largest amounts are now arriving by flatboats.
We quote extremes at 8 a 9C
By Telegraph.
[Correspondent e of the Baltimore Patriot .]
NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 8 P. M —The Stock
market is again dull to-day, with only small trans
actions.
The Flour market is firm and prices rather look
ing up. Sales to-day of about 4000 bbJs. Genesee
brands at |;7, less than which sellers are not dis
posed to take for immediate sales. There are selL
ers of Southern brands at $6,75 to $6,81i; Cofp
Meal $5 to i|SJ2L
The enquiry for Corn it quite so active and p ri-