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[From the A r . O Pica [tune j
The liatlle of Cerr*> Gordo.
Ti'o American Srar, a new paper cs
tablished at Jalapa, in the fust number o'
A wil 2-Ath, contains an account of the
battle of Cerro Gordo, which the ediloi
Elates was derived from officers engaged
in the action. We republish it, as being
the most connected bLtory of the event'
of the I7ili and 18th April, and the trans
actions immediately preceding them, \w
have ’ret seen :
The second division of regulars undei
command of Brig. (i°n. I). L. I wig g <
firi ivpil at Plan del Rio on the lllh—thf
2 1 Dragoons having driven from the
place a bmlv of lancers, the division thei
encamped for the night* On the 12lh,ih<
enemv positions wore reconoitered will
h view of making an attack upon all In?
works, it found praclicahle. Deeming it
impracticable to advance beyond the po
silion taken on the 1*2:!), being three and
a half miles Do n water, the genera! with
drew Ins rn iin force to the encamnmr m
at Plan del Rio, but kept tip an Glicien:
m pii quel to retain the ground ho had pass
ed over, as he intended the next morning
to make the attack. On the 12th, the
two brigades under Gens. Shields and
Pillow arrived. Gen. Patterson beng
too unwell to assume tho command, the
whole devolved on Get). Twiggy. 'Pbe
volunteers wishing so participate in the*
coming H gh t, and being much fatigued
from the effects of the march from Vera
Cruz, Gen. Twiggs yielded to the solici
tations of Gens. Pillow and Shields, and
deferred the attack f>r one day. Having
matured ids plans of attack and assigned
to each brigade its duty, prepaiatory t >
the attack ut 12 o’clock at night, Gen.
Twiggs received an order from Got). Pat
terson, some lime as rr night set in, In
suspend offensive operations until after
the arrival of the comm tndcr.in chief, or
until further orders from himself.
On the evening of the loth. Gen. Scott
and staff arrived at Plan del Rio, and on
Iflth, at night, the commander.in chief is-
Kiled to Gen. Tw iggs verbal orders to pro
c< ed to his line of operations on tiu? >ic»u
of the national road. He got in position
o’clock, A. M., on the 17th, In
ttie trail previously \ A
Adj. Gen. Brooke, without being discover
ed, preparatory to the main attack on tlx
18th. The general arrived at the ex
treme point iu his position covered by a
commanding height between him and tin
enemy’s main works, distant about sever
hundred yards, and detached Brevet Is
Li ut. Gardner, of the 7ib, to occupy tin
bill with his company, and to observe tlx
movement of the enemy’s troops rn tlx
main works. Having gotte nin position
he discovered a strong reconoitering part\
making towards 11; e place occupied by the
division. In about an hour it arrived
within feeling distance, and opened upon
Lieut. Gardner with musketry. He re
turned it with spirit, and held his ground
under a heavy fiie.
Col. Ha rney was ordered to drive in all
reconnoitering and skirmishing parties
beyond a hill intended as a site for the
2 4 pounder and the two 2 4 pound howit
zers, which were placed in position that
night wiih immense labor. This move
merit of Col. Harney’s command brought
on a more general engagement. During
the evening (the 17lh) Gen. Shields join
ed (Jen. Twiggs with his brigade, corn
posed of the two Illinois and one New
York regiment.
While in the execution of the order to
move lot fie crest of the hill, on* the left,
Lieut. Gardner became engaged with
the enemy, hut he gallantly maintained
hi* position against fearful odds, until suc
cored by the riflemen under Maj Sumner
and the artillery under Cal. Childs, who :
drove die enemy, after a severe conflict,
from their position, and continued the
pursuit until they made a second stand
on a bill near the C’erro Gordo, within
the range of their grape and cannister, |
and from widen our troops suffered a
severe loss; but the full was stormed and
carried and afterwards maintained, - al l
though the enemy made three successive
charges to legain it. The rifles and Till
Infantry slept on the hill, and to that point
was brought in the night a 24 pounder
and two 24 pound howitzers, w hich at 7
o clock A. M. on the IS:h commenced a
cannonade on the enemy’s fornication on
tile Cerro Gordo. Lariy in the morning,
the Ist Brigade, under Col. Harnev, was
ro nforced by four companies of the Ist
Artillery and six companies of the 3d
In famry, and lie immediately gave orders
to t '6 different commanders to prepare
their troops for storming the Cerro Gordo.
The rifles were directed to move to the
left in the ><iine, ami to engage the enemy
and Maj. Loring was insisted that as
soon as Col, Harney discovered that he
had commenced the attack that be
would meve forward the storming force
which he was about to organize. The
Till Infantry was formed on ihe right, I lie
3d Infantry on the left, and the artillery
was formed in the rear of the infantry,
wiili orders to support it. Observing <
that a large force was moving from the i
left on the main road towards the Cerro (
Gordo, it was deemed prudent to advance i
al once, and immediately the charge was
o.doted to he sounded, without waiting j
(or Die firo of ihe riflemen. The enemy j '
[inured upon Col. Harney’s line a most j
galling fn e of grape, cennister anil mus
ketry, from different positions around toe
hill, but ilie troops advanced intrepidly,
and as steadily as on a parade day. j
Around the hill, about sixty yards from
the foot, there was a breastwork of stone,
which was filled with Mexican troops, j
who < ffered an obstinate con- j
tinning to fire until our troops reached the ■
brea>twoik, and where, for a few mo- :
merits, bayonets were crossed. Beyond ;
this, and immediately around the fort, |
there was another woik, from which our
advance was again obstinately opposed, ;
but our troops immediately surrounded it; j
curried the foil, pulled down the Mexi
can flag, and planted our colors amid the |
proud n juicing ol our troops. Agreeably
to instructions, the rifles moved to the left,
where they became engaged with a sue- 1
J n r*> |
coting force, hut which they lx Id in check, |
notwithstanding a most galling fi r e from
the enemy’s entrenchments and from the 1
musketry in front.
The brigade under Col. Riley (2d) ad
vanced under a heavy firo to gain a po ,
sitiou on the Jalapa toad in the rear of
the enemy, wiih a view of cutting off his
retreat. After crossing the valley at ihe
foot of the Cerro G mlo, the fire of the ene
my became so annoying that two compa
nies of the *2d Infantry were oideied out
as .skirmishers to < ccupy them; the re
mainder of the 2d, commanded by Capl.
Morris, and conducted by Capt. Lee, en
gineer, proceeded on their course to the
Jalapa roa !. Perceiving that the enemy |
were extending to their left, Gen. Twiggs j
ord ired Gen. Shields to cross the ravine
on the right, and to keep nptheleit hank, !
previously recounoitered by Capt. L°e.—
in the further progress of this portion of.
Col. Riley’s brigade, he was obliged to
turn his whole column to the left to op- j
: pose the enemy’s direct movement down
the spur. Capt. Lee continued his course,
supported by a company of tlie 4th anil
lory. On coming in the plain next the
Cerro Gordo, and in full view of the Ja
| lapa road, a battery of five guns, sup
ported hv a body of lancers, was di-cov. I
I erxd. Gen. Shields was discovered by i
this part of tlie enemv, and the battery
opened upon him and on Lieut. Benja
min’s company w ith grape. The gallant
i general, with a shout iVfirn his men. push
ied boldly for I lie road on th<A*pnemy’s left.
I The enemy’s poshioi being completely
j turned, as well as being driven from the
hill, they abandoned themselves to flight,
and were followed by (Jen. Twiggs with
the*lllinois and New ioik volunteers us
far as Liicerro.
In the moon time the hi igafle of volun
teers under (don. Pillow, consisting of
the two I ennessee font and two regiments
of Pennsylvanians, bad made a charge
llie oiiitiCUllC Ilf the llilcc fi >il -S si 111 .
ated near to the encampment at Pian del
Rio, The advance regiment (*2d Ten
nessee) emerged from the chaparral into
m open space about two hundred yards
from the object of attack, under a cross
fire from the forts to the right and left.—
Not withstanding the fiie was a most de
structive one, they continued to advance,
the centre breastwork reserving its fire.
In a few moments the major part of the
brigade had shown themselves on the
clearing, ihe 2d Tennesseeans continuing
to advance, and occasionally firing their
pieces, until they got within forty or fifty
vards from the breastwork, and turn the
enemy discharged bis cannon with such
eff >cl that thirty or forty of the advance
were mowed down. Before this time.
Gen. Pillow had been wounded, and had
given the command so another, who was
wounded at the first discharge from the
guns of the fort, w lien if was deemed pru
dent to retreat; and before a secon I at
tempt could he made on the works, the
Mexican colors had been taken down.
For Americans to give hack, even for
a moment, is io rare an occurrence that
the withdrawal of the volunteers from the j
charge above noticed is the subject ofj
pretty general remark at this time, and j
wo have even heard some of our own ofil
ccrs so uncharitable as to censure the
movement. This, we take it, is entirely
uncalled for; nor is there the smallest
sjark of justice to found such condemna
fion upon. That tlie boys got into a fight
1 place, from which they were receiving a j
galling fire without being able to Gleet !
the enemy, protected as he was by the
stone breastworks, and prudently wiih-!
drew to a more advantageous position, we I
i are willing to admit, but will not allow
| the movement warrants the slightest spaik
of condemnation. Unfortunate! v for us,
in this country we have little or no means
of obtaining information as to the position
of ihe enemy, and hence the possibility of
ueitimr info places that are too hot to hold
us, and from w hich every principle of hu- j
inanity should urge upon ti e leader to,
w ithdraw immediately after convincing j
himselfthat nogood to the cause was to*
he effected by continuing the operations, J
and that the lives lost were urmeecssari
lv thrown away. Sue!) we conceive to
have been the case w iih the volunteer bri
gade, and our only wonder is that they
were exposed so long.
We were at the scene of Gen. Pillow ’s
operations a very few minutes after the
enemy capitulated, and the strength of
their position astonished us. Even had
the vo! nnteers ca rrietl the fi rst breast work,
which they could not have done without
far greater slaughter, a second one not
sixty yards in the rear would have opened
upon them w ith light pieces, loaded to thf I
muzzle with grape and canni-ter, and
made it a perfect slaughter-pen. Be i
sides, this place was defended by no ordi I
nary man, but by one who had coolness i
enough to feel our troop < he fore discharg
ing his pieces.
A prudent withlrawal from such a '
place, in our poor opinion, in far better j
than to reckless!v tinow awav the lives of |
hundreds in endeavoring to maintain a
position when the strength of the object i
attacked becomes palpably insurrnounta- j
hie. Nor was the place of such infinite
importance as to demand such a sacrifice, ;
for (lie earning of Cerro Gordo, ns was
expected, unlocked the key load else.
The Tennesseeans did too much good
service in storming forts at Monterey even
to have a word whispered derogatory t>
them :h men and soldi, rs, aj?d the n&nncr
in which they stood nj> to the late charge 1
wid.l't their comrades were being shot |
down around them shows that theie was
no lack of courage amongst them.
There was not a regiment engaged
against the force a! Cerro Gordo that lias j
not won imperishable glory. The mount- !
ed liflemen, or malditos rijlcros , as the I
enemy has termed them, sustained the \
heaviest loss of all, owi ig to i!ie exposed i
’ positions they occupied in the charge; )
and although a great majority of the men
composing the regiment were new at H e |
business, their conduct was worthy ofimi
lalion hv the oldest veteran Troops.
Capt. Huberts’ company [A] went in- ■
to action with fmly-one officers and men. 1
liis position was most exposed, being with- j
in the range o! grape, canister and round i
slrot of all the works and the musketry of j
the principal height: of the forty one, ,
twenty-four were left d 'ad and wounded j
on tee field. Every officer except him- ■
self was struck, and Fiisl Lieut. Ewell
was killed. Not an instance 1 , however,
of scatteiing or hesitation was known
I amongst ids men, and through seowers of i
I every kind of shot they moved on and
1 kept position with the coolness and preci- j
i sion of men on drill. Probably in the !
i history of American arms r,ol one instance I
is recorded where men were kept in order ;
! under destruction and carnage so terrible, j
Those left unhurt were unable to Carry :
i offthe wounded.
Oilier companies in the regiment would
he noticed did our space allow it, for all
have dme nobly. The whole regiment
did its duly—more, much more than could
have been expected, and ‘-Cerro Gordo”
should bo emblazoned upon the*colors it
i has mo.-R gallantly won.
Lieut. Ewell, of the rid s, who was
killed, was the first man in the enemy’s
enclosure, and with his sabre killed two
of their men. tie was a brave man, and
| a nation’s tears are due to hismomorv; !
'The 7th, the lietoes of Fort Brown, ,
added brilliancy tothe laurels they ge.in
! ed on the Rio Grande, and the li>l of hill
ed and wounded in that regiment will
show the hot wo k they had to do. To see
them mount that hill, their ranks being
! constantly thinned by the showers of
! grape and caonistcr, ere would really
think they were on an ordinary march, so
cool ami orderly did they a<ct-nd.
Sergeant Henry, of the 7ih, of w hom
Gen. Twlu»s .-«poke in tughl trim-, in Ids
I report at Monterey, and who since that
j time has won -‘golden opinions from all
j sorts of people. ’ mounted the ‘*ca-t!e,’
hauled down the standard of the enemy,
j and in a trice displayed E ~o his flagstaff
1 the “Star spangled Bar mu.” The day
j 1 ~
I before, the sergeant who, by the. way, is
a powerful man—seized one of Santa An
na’s body guar I, and dragged him a pri
; soner to our lines.
'fiie old 3J got to the breastwork sim
ultaneously with the rifles, and many is
the f>e they laid low in tlie strife.
The Ist Artillery, 2d Infantry, 4th Ar
tillery, and in fact every man engaged
against the enemy, achieved wonders, and
we regiet that it is not in our power to
day to award to them the praise they
1 merit.
\From the N. O. Picayune, 1 '3th insl.]
Am . ricau Prisoneis .u Mexico.
Letter From Major Gatnrs—The Encar
nacion Prisoners—Mexican Gratitude ,
Route from Saltillo to Mexico fyc.
When Gen. La \ eg a left New Orleans
; where lie had been treated rather as the
| guest of the city than the captive ofoui
| arms, he expressed the hope tiiat at some
future time he might he able to requite
I the hospitality so liberally lavished upon
him. lie brought with him from the field
of battle a letter of credit from Gen. 'Pay
lor, whose sympathies fora (alien foo im
pelled him to arm him against the addi
i tionai calamity of want in a strange land.
Vhilst here he was feasted with a prodi-
I gulity that has not been shown any of our
j own officers returning from these wars.
He was scarce allowed to feel the durance
I of military parole; but was fee to go
w here he lifted throughout the land.—
When about to return to Mexico, he gave
public thunks for the consideration that
was shown him, and all of us believed
that he would remember their kind offices !
for the good of such Americans as might \
i fall into the hands of the enemy.
fiiese expectations have not been ful- j
Ifi ted. He has forgotten what it behooved
a soldier to remember, and has been un
mindful of his obligation when occasion
offered tor its redemption. We have he.
fore us a letter from Major Gaines, dated
the 3J of April, in the donjon keep of the j
castle of Santiago, where he and his com
rades had been immured since the 27th
of February, without being allowed to
breathe the fee air of heaven. During
a portion of this time, Gen, La Vega was
military commandant of the city of Mexi
co; and he not only did not extend them
the f-rivileges of a parole, which is seldom
denied a prisoner of war, but ho took no
heed to t'heir distresses nor gave a thought 1
to their comfort. This is Mexican grain
tude. Our generals have permitted ar
mies, office is and men, to go their ways
upon parole, w hilst such of our soldiers as ,
have fallen into their hands are kept in j
iron cages. Midshipman Rodgers has
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Savannah■ Cliarlcm—. Mobile. IV. o*-lriiH. ,\nv Vork. Other Ports. Total.
V.-hither exported. 1847. |g IG. 1847. 1848. 1847. j 184G. jj 1847^84Q18 477j184(1 18477184 G. 1847* 1840.
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■ Cork and a Market ,! ■ 5945 4020 I*l3 5962 2095 557 loo||
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Bordeaux, ! 229, 8-'l 5>
! Marseilles | 420 1665| * 326; i 1714! 297 i j 295 4 3062 5027 ;
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Rotterdam i| j i i 5J5j 1905 | 1007: 6101
Antwerp 7 : i 2333 1161, 636; 1577 1832; 4370 743 d! 32021
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| Providence 'j 320, 1031; 3595! 3976. 81781 5324 ! 44*6 j 5052 6227;
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j Other Ports ■ 18U7 17433 599 IU4 8858 1072 30*7 3258 16449 1377
j Total Coastwise 9130 7277 133306 7 823 67448 86317 1»487U 184690 45170 to iSl7y4
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WLrxxju gwet -sgaweMn-tf gt :•
been hurrietJ from prison to f >ri-sou in ad
vanue of our army —this is w hat is report
ed of him; but we shall he glad to know
that he lias not born hurried to a prison
house from which there is no release
wdiilst time lasts. When Gen. La Vega
was last heard fiom, though again a pris
oner, he was dispnu tmg himself in Vera
Cruz like any oilier man. Geo. Taylor
arranged for |lie excltaogs of Gaines,
Holland, Clay and others. Why are
they not given up? And whv are not
hostages t tken for their safe delivery.
We have b *en betrayed into these :emarks
from reflections which ihe date of the letter ol
Major Games sngges ed. It is addressed to
his iiroilier in tins place and is much occupied
with private matters. We make such ex
tracts as may ho ol public interest;
Castle of Bai\tiago, City of .Mexico, April 3.
Dear Brother. I have written you fre
quently since 1 became a prisoner of war.
.vl v former letters related to business almost
exclusively. * * * *
From fSaliillo to Agua \neva is eight
leagues, and here there is tine water. Thence
to San Juan de Venago, one hundred and
fitly mi ; es, there is no water, except in tanks j
and wells. The tanks are built of earth and |
cement and filled in the wet season; but may
tie easily emptied by opening the bottoms,
I’iie wells can be readily ruined by throwing
in dead animals. Hence the almost impos
sibility of an invading army marching through
the country. This pari ol the country is al-o
very unproductive on account of the scarcity
us water,it being imuossible to irrigate to any
extent from tanks and wells, and agriculture
cannot be pro.-ecuted without copious ir
rigation in consequence ot the length of the
droughts.
From San Juan de Vcnagas to Matehuala
is twenty-four mi'es. Thi.-, town is situated
in a mining district and contains sixteen
thousand inhabitants. From this place to
San Luis Fotosi there is a tolerably good
supply of water. The country presents a
beautiful level plain, bounded by nigged bar
ren mountains. The people are poor, mis
erable, stupid. The country is going to decay,
evidences of which are scon at every step.
This lias been the case from the time of the
revolution —some, indeed, say, from as far |
back as the invasion of Cortez.
tsan Luis Fotosi is a beautiful town with
some sixty thousand people. We arrived
there on the 6ih of February and left the
15th. We passed a number of small towns I
containing from ihre* 3 to eight thousand peo- !
pie, and arrived at Quarelaro on the 21sl.
i This i ity I had never heard of before. It is
J the handsomest 1 have seen, and its reported
population varied from thirty to seventy
thousand souls. The buildings are truly
> superb and the aqueduct, which supplies the
ci'y with water, is indeed magnificent.
We reached the vicinity of this place
(Mexico) on the 27ih, when our conductors,
learning that the civil war had broken out,
detained ns at a point three leagues off, for j
a day and a half—to preserve us from the!
mob, as they said, but as we found out, to
save themselves, as no! knowing which party
was nppeirnost, they did not know to which
they belonged. We reached the cattle after
midnight and were smuggled into it with
great privacy. A few moments alter we en
tered, an alarm was raised by the discharge
of four guns in rapid succession. We heard
some one say four men were killed and ten
bad escaped. We now ascertained that we
were lodged in a prison containing two hun
dred convicted felons. The escape made it
necessary to change their cells and they were
brought out and passed through the yard
where we were, chained two and two, and
placed in safer dungeons. The fight was
yet raging in the city and I shall never for
get my entree into the city of the Aztecs.
The civil war lasted till about the 20th wit..
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OlLS—Sperm, \V. strained lo> a
Fail strained ti I~ J a
Summer do." i ... 100 a L 2
Li.iseeii bbl. 8* 1 i
Tanners • • • u
Lard 100 a
i POTATOES bbl.l a
PORTER do/.. 225 a 250
j PEPPER—BIack ib 10 al2
I PIMENTO 14ia
RAISINS —Malaga, bunch box. 225 a 250
.Muscatel 2 a
j RlCE—Ordinary UK). 425 a 150
Fair * 475 a 5
Good and Prime. 525 a 550 ■
f French Brandies ....'gal. la) u 2
j Leger Frenis .; 275 a 3
i 7) j Holland Gin 125 a 150
2 . American Gin u 10
7Z J.l.nail a Rum 150 a 2
A-i NE. Rum,lids, an 1 bids . ....... 37 a33
' Whiskey, Phil, ct Balt 33 a 35
: jr Di. New Orleans 30 a 33
f Peach Brandy 75 a 1 i 0
iSUGAK. —Cuba Muscovado.... . Ib B<z 10 j
Pit. <fe St. Croix ball |
Havana, white j 10 a II
New Orleans ;....{ 8 a 0
Loaf. 13 a II
Lump 11 a 12
SALT—Liverpool sack 130 a IGi
L.o >se bus. j 40 a 45
i SOAP—American, yellow 15 ; 5 a 0
i sit) I’— Vi 1 sizes )....' 162 a I? 5
i SEGARS—Spanish Vl .20 a3O
American j.... I 8 alO
1 T VLLOW American J ... Sk a a
i TOBACCO—Georgia I ib | 4 a
| Cavendish 15 a 15
j TWlNE—Bagging 2.) a v7
Seine j. ... 30 a j;)
when the arrival of Saioa Ann i put. no end
to it. \V aether there were many killed dur
ing the twenty day.-’ fight I do not know; but
it is said that a great many old Women, cai.~
; and dogs were stain. The insurrection \v*>
I a god tend to Santa Anna, as it furnished
j him a small job alter his dreadful defeat at
Buena \.sia. He left here ve.-te-day with
the shattered fragments of Jus army, preiend
ing Iliat f.e would immolate himself, if need
be, between this and Vera Cruz stimjlJ Gen
j iScott attempt lo march upon the capital.
i fits nation, so far as Government is con
cerned, may he said to be annihilated. They
are wnhunt an army, money, or men cana
ille of ruling. fcMiita Anna nimseif is said to
be superior to his countrymen only in know l
edge of me Mexican character and me abili
ty in humbugging them. Whether a peace
would follow (he capture of this oily is ex
tremely uncertain;-amongst our friends here
the opinion i.- il will not.
Gen. fscoll having taken n7arr-r prisoners
at Vera Cruz we are in daily expectation oi
being exchanged, in which ease we will re
join the army and probably return to the Uni
it*d Slates as soon as we would had we never
been captured. [Santa Anna appears to be
..s forget In I as lus Inend La Vega, as it
j -seems to have escaped his memory that lie
i had engaged with Gen. Taylor tor the release
of these prisoners. —Lids J
i have written you several letters since
my caplivi.y; * * * * * Although in
the city ot Alex.co 1 have seen but little of a
and that Utile through (lie iron grating of the
castle of Santiago. Whether we shat* be in
dulged with a view of it after our retea.-e J
know not. J trust we shall,
Vour allecUonate brother,
J NO. IT GAINES.
* AUGUSTA. GEO..
WEDNESDAY .HORNING, MAY 19, 1847.
ilou. Daniei Webster.
According to arrangements, a targe number of
onr citizens us both sexes, assembled yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock at the City Hall, for the
purpose ofgivinga warm welcome to tins distin
guished ,tlrang-“r. He was introduced by Chan. J.
Jenkins, E>q., who on this occasion delivered a
neat and appropriate address in his usual style, to
w hich Air. Webster made a handsome reply.
It was obvious to all present that he was labor
ing under indisposition, caused no doubt by ihe
fatigues of his journey, and shortly alter he con
cluded his address, he retired to the Washington
Hall, where, in consequence, he was prevented
from receiving the visits of numbers who called
on him.
The dinner came off in the evening, at the ap
pointed hour, at the .Masonic Hall, and a large nuin
berof citizens were present; the indisposition of
Air. Web.-ter, however, we regret to learn, was
such that he was prevented from attending.
As we have been promised the address of Air.
Jenkins, and an outline of Air. Webster’s, we will
give them to our readers hereafter, as also the doing*
at the supper.
Very I upopular War.
The Union says it understands Gen. Scott will
h ive under his command some 20,000 men or more,
chiefly regulars or men enlisted for the war, by the
first of June next. So great is the number of ap
plications at the War Department, from voluntee r
corps from all quarters, that the Secretary- has been
compelled to decline accepting the services of the
Maryland Brigade, offered hy Gen. Smith.
The New York Legislature adjourned on
Thursday last, after a session of 129 davs.
Among ihe acts passed we notice one fur fix
ing the compensation of Judges of ihe Ap
peal and Supreme Court at $2,500 per an- |
nutn, and allows five cents per mile for tra- j
veiling expenses.
h XL UA.\
Angnsia Insurance ami Hanking Company,.. par
Bank ul Augusta,...
Branch State ul Ceorgia, Augusta. ‘‘
Bank ul Brunswick ((
Ceurgia tia.il iioad, ((
.'dceUaiiu.'s' bank, (|
bank ui st. Vlary s, • • • •
Bank ul Milledgevrlle,
Bank ul the State ul deorgia, at S» vannali,. ..
Hi anches of ditto,
.Marine ind l ire Insurance Hank, Savannah,.
Branch ul Jiltu, at .Marun
Planters' Hank, Savannah,
Central Hank ol Georgia, "
Central ii. ii. A. B’k’g. Co., Savannah, “
Charleston Hanks,... “
bank ul Camden,
Hank ul ieuraeliiwn ....
C om ne rural .Columbia *
Hi-reliant-', at C lie raw, “
Hank >1 llammir , *
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Vierchanls’ Bank of Macon, & (S W
Commercial Bank, at Macon, failed
NO SAI.K oil UNCKRTAI.N.
Bank ul 1 1 irien and Branches.
Ha k ol (\dnnilnis.
‘iiatlaiiouciiee Bail lluad and Banking Company
Monrue Hat iiuad and Hanking Company.
Planters and Mechanics’ Hank, Columbus.
vVcsicrn Hank ul Georgia, at iiurue.
r.xciiauce Hank, Brunswick.
Ins. Bank us C do in I ui. .at >1 aeon .. no circulation.
PUumiv bank ol Columbus.
Cll I.CKS.
On N’eiv Vurk... i pr**ni.
Philadelphia....
Boston ..
Cuarlesrr.n and 'savannah, P ar
He\i igimi, venttickV
Nashville, Tennessee,
STOCKS.
1 Georgia, 8 per cents 100 a 101
‘ Georzia.fi percents 07 « 08
T-W* 'T- 'C~^ZJ^S V J. ”* : ■■.■ra'-T-y «r^ia»iifi«iwfWiw» |
'J lie comer stone of Hie U. IS. Dry Dock
at Brooklyn, whs laid by Com. Smith, Chief
o! the Bureau of \ ards and Docks, on Wed
nesday last.
I tie packet ship Constitution, at New
\ork. f rt rn Liverpool, brought ££125.000 in
specie. She brings besides only 518 steer
age passengers.-
I he packet sliip Anglo Saxon, xvhich sailed
from iiosion on iheSth inst., laden with provision*
for the suffering Irish, was ashore at the iSabi«
Island, on the 14lh inst. r l he passengers ami
crew and part of the cargo saved—the vessel will
probably be a total loss.
William O. Goode, E-q , late Speaker of
ihe House of Delegates, and formerly repre
sentative of the Mecklenburg dist., Virginia,
is announced as a candidate for the vacancy
in Congress occasioned by the dear!) of Gen.
Drorrgnole, Richard !I. Baptist, E-q., is also
; announced us a Candidate for the same
vacancy.
Troops Encamped.
i lie New Orleans Delta of the 13 f h inst.
says—“Toere are now encamped at the Car
rollton Race Course, a detachment of the 16th
Infantry, aggregating 46‘0 men, under Lieut.
Col. Webb. Also two companies of the lot It
Infantry—one company of the Till Infantry,
numbering in all 256 men, under command
of Maj. Lee, of the 7:h Infantry; Caps. Gai
ther s company, 3J Dragoons, 108 men; Capt,
King’s company, Ist Infantry, 90 men; Capt.
Blair‘s Voltigenrs, 126 men; Capt. iMofiord’s
company, 1 3r h Infantry, 100 men, and CajU
Me Reynold’s company of Dragoons, numbe.*
ing 104 men. These troops will start the
i moment that transportation can beobtaiaei^. r,
A le’tcr in the New Orleans La Palrin
states that Santa Anna has issued, from Ori
! zaba, over one hundred commissions to as
I many guerrilla officers, authorising them to
command small itinerant parties of fifty to
j two hundred men each. Some of these, it
| is added, have already commenced what wo
should call tiie ; r “cut-throat operations,” on
the Jalapa road. The same letter says, that
it was at the instance of the clergy the pro
ject to fortify tne capital was abandoned.
Believing that any defences which could be
thrown up would be unavailing,and knowing
that their properly, in which is comprised the
principal buildings in the city, would suffer
severely if an attack were to be provoked,
they advised that the fortifications be not
proceeded w lh. Ibis would in some mea
sure go to confirm, or at least to render pro
bable, that a tender of the peaceable surren
der of the city has been made to Gen. Scott.
Court House Burnt.
The Albany (Ga.) Courier, ot the Isth inst.
says.— ihe Court House in Dooly county,
together with all the records of the Superior,
Inferior and Ordinary Courts, and §II,OOO,
collected Irom Defendants, were destroyed
by fire on Friday n ghl the 7th inst. Various
suspicious are entertained touching the causa
: of the lire. The general impression is, how
j ever, that it was the work of an incendiary.
| The regular term of the Court stands adjoura-
I ed till the tetoni Monday in July uc.it.