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From tie Columbus Tit«*•
Mobile, July 101b, 1S46.
My lost informed you ol our arrival at
Montgomery. We arc tin* mucl. nearerl^
the seatof activity. awuitmg impatiently
first for a paymaster, who t* w advance
to the men commutation in mon ^ r “ r “*
year* allowance of clothing, (about S4-
l each man) and secondly lor transport,
to bear the troop* to Point Isabel. The
men arc comfortably quartered in the
lower part of the city, in an immense cot
ton press Warehouse, fronting the water
and within reach of the sea breeze. ,
Our Colonel keeps us husv with daily
drills, guard-mountings and parades.-—
He drills the nfliccrs and makes the or-
ficersdrilllhemen. The whole Regiment
is now uniformed, the three companies,
who left Columbus in citizens appaicl,
having doffed their checks anJ stripes |
and donned a neat dress of round jackets
and black belt*. I am ghul to say that
the deportment oi our troops has been
very good—highly creditable to the dis
cipline of the Regiment, and as the Mo-
bilcans say, in striking contrast to the
turbulence of the Alabama troops who pre
ceded them. The mem arc under ad
mirable control. Punishment instantly
follows offending in every case and the
effect upon the whole body is marked and
excellent.
Onr sojourn in Montgomery was not
vi y agreeable, or marked ^by any cir-
r nstances worthy of note. Tlie citizens
d not annoy us with the least civility,
•r demonstration of welcome. We ar
rived and departed on our own hooks,
acd sum ceremony. \\ e reached Sc.ma
about 2 o’clock on the 4th of July-. As
wc neared the tall bluff we perceived its
verge lined with gay uniforms and a large
concourse of citizens. The boat stopping
for wood, and a committee ot officers and
citizens came down and invited all hands
to stop and partake of a 4th ol July din
ner with them. The Colonel declined
in a very handsome way, and as we turn
ed head down stream wc received three
thundering cheers from the citizens; and
a feu de joie, from a company of cavalry
and infantry on shore. We sent back
the rale from our Ixwt with all the lungs
on> board. We all felt gratified at the
compliment from the good people of Sel
ma. The Colonel and Staff with three
companies were on the river on the 4th,
it was proposed to celebrate it. All hands
were accordingly mustered in the cabin
and preparation made for the “Declara
tion” aud an “Independence” speech.—
The first was given to us by our friend
Kelloggs, and the latter done to “a turn”
by Lieut. Phinzy of the Ilichmond Blues.
It was just the tiling for the occasion, and
gotten up in a way that no one but the
eccentric Lieutenant could have done.—
“Hail Columbiu” and the “Star Spangled
Banner” from the drum and fife anti rounds
of applause filled up the outline of a right
sharp extempore celebration. We miss
ed the “brass band” as we have done of
ten since. They should have come at
least as far as Mobile with us.
The steamer Jama L. Day is irerc wai
ting fur us. Should (he paymancr arrive
from New Orleans this evening. The
first detachment will be the Richmond
Blues, the Columbus Guards, and the
Macon Guards, The "Day" is a fine
staunch and new scaboai. A few days
will see us alt off, wo hope. Nothing of
importance from the army oi General
Taylor. Yours, Ac. F.
Fros* the 8l Louis RcpuMiceai/'July 3.
Late from Santa Fc.
We had ilie pleasure yesterday, quite
auexpectedly, of greeting Messrs. Charles
Beni, St. Vinin, and Folgcr, traders to
New Mexico, and gentlemen about whokn
and their friend* much solicitude has
been fell, iu . consequence of the hostile
relations existing between the United
The Savannah Georgian says: We
glean from the correspondence ol ibe New
Orleans papers some matters of interest.
Kendall, of the Picayune, who accom
panied Cnpt. McCollogh, of the Texan
Rangers, ordered to scour the country in
the direction of Linares, reached Rcyno-
sa 31st ulu They travelled over 200
Mnze of tfee CoUfornla Expedition. Tm the editor ol the Fnlou.
lu the present interesting state of of- Sinus the Intelligencer'does not ap^
fairs, when it is more than probably in pear again until Monday next, and the
* n of the American fleet, in the' “Union” is published this i
States and Mexico. They reached this miles, aflera hurried eight days rccontmoU-
port in the Radnor, and from a_ con versa- ance on horseback. .
lion with them, we have anived at the Kendall writes—'‘While at F.IEbonil-
following facts of vciy considerable in- lo Captnin McCollogh learned that Can-
tcrest to the public at the present time, ales, with sixty men only nnd near six
Mr. Bent left Santa Fe on the 27lh of, hundred fresh horses, was but one day’s
May, Taos on the 3d of June, and Fort j march ahead of him, .and travelling to-
Bent on the 13th. The party number-, wards La Coinaor El Coronet, and with
ing some twenty persous, had an expedi-jihe hope of overtaking him a forced march
lious trip, and enjoyed fine weather.; was made, but on striking the road near
The grass wus higli and luxuriant, and , the former place. Capt, McC. was told
water in abundance was to he found on that the noted ranebero chief had four
■he -mule. '■ hundred men with him close by, and had
When Mr. Bent was nt Santa Fe noth-• taken good care to send his extra horses
ing was then known of the warlike move- 1 to n place of safety, To proceed farther
moms on tlic part of Mexico and the Uni-! into the iuterior with thirty five men only,
ted Slates—nothing of the battles on the' cncuniliered with eight pack mules, was
Rio Grande; and of course nohnstilc de- -deemed not only inexpedient but impru-
monsi rations were making in New Mexi- 1 dent; so our horses heads were tamed
co against our traders or citizens. In a ' towards this place, where we have nrriv-
conversation with Armijo, the command- 'ed all safe.
ant of New Mexico, lie did learn that Gen. j “The result of the information picked
Urren was on his route to Santa Fe, with , U p |,y [|jis reconnoisance, in a few words,
a force of from lliree to five thousand amounts to this, that two days before we
men gathered in Sonora, Zacctecas, nnd reached El Mesepatc there was a body of i
Durango. The object of this expedition j 1000 Mexican infantry at Linares, and
was not stated, ifknown, by Gov. Armijo; j ( | ln( „ force of cavalry, ihe precise number
hut there can lie little doubt that the 1 0 f which could not lie ascertained, at dif-
presence of Gen. Urctn there, at such njferent i audios iu the vicinity; that Aw-
time, was the result ofliis orders from the ,, had recently sent down commissioners
Mexican Government, and with an intent: i„ ihe neighborhood of El Ebonillo, who
Jn,resist any invasion from this quarter. |,.,J purchased five hundred fresh horses
to remount some of his cnvalry nt Monte
rey ; ilint many of his troops, especially
such rnneheros as lind been pressed, were
daily deserting him; that the men of Ca
nales, too, or many c/thcm, were leaving
his fortunes in disgust, those sticking by
There were only one hundred and eighty
troops in Santa Fe at the lime of Mr.
Bent's departure.
Mr. Bent did not sec the advance par
ty of the traders, composed of the Armi
jo’s Speyers, Culcburn, and others; hut
he learned from n company of about 100
Mexicans, who were out hunting Buffalo,
that they met llroiii at Sand, near the Si-
marone and sixty miles from the Arkan
sas. They were pushing on with great
rapidity, travel ling at the rate of thirty or
forty miles per day. An express from In
dependence had informed him of the in
tention to send a detachment of dragoons! reaching this place, the men neither took
Pacific-, anything connected with Ihe fu-'
ture prospects of that country must be of
peculiar interest and importance to tho
citizens of this great and growing repub
lic.'
All travellers who have spent any
lenjglb of time in California concur in the
statement that it is one of the finest coun
tries the sun ever 'shone upon. With a
climate ofOrieitial mildness, a soil remark
able for its productiveness,anil a location
on the face of the globe scarcely surpass
ed in point of commercial advantages, it
must necessarily be a desirable country
It is partially in the hands of a half civil
ized race, and only requires a portion of
of the indomitable spirit of Yankee enter
prise to be expended upon it, to make it
all that it can Ins made by man.
A company of Americans going there
should lie under the patronage of the
Government, as it might be necessary for
their protection, under some circum
stances. They should also have a suf
ficient knowledge of military afiairs to be
competent to protect themselves, if occa
sion required. With this view, the new
regiment to be pluced under the command
of Col. Jonathan D. Stevenson, is licing
formed. It is to consist of about one
thousand men, divided into companies of
between GO and 70, together with the
suitable number of officers, who enlist fur
so long a time as the war lusts. When
the war is over, each soldier will receive
a certain amount of luntl, and with his
pay will be able In stock it, and thus find
himself an interested settler of the coun
try. An advertisement will be found in
another column for volunteers for this ex
pedition.
The regiment is to leave here about
the first of August, proceed to some suitn-
, . „ i qvening, yotf
will do me the kindness to insert in
it the enclosed copy of a note.to the edit- fnrati
ors of the Intelligencer.
I have the honor to be, very respectful
ly, your obedient servant,
JOHN W. TIBBATTS.
Washsington, 4th July, 1846.
WaM* igton city 4th July, 1846
Gentlemen: In your editorial of this
speediest way of obtaining peace, and be.
sides, the movement has something of hu
manity^ arid statesmanship in it. \f e
would be glad to see the wholo region of
country, named above, erected into a sep.
S'ernment, having the quiet, peace
and simplicity of republicanism guaran
teed to it by the United States. It; on the
contrary, Mexico desires tho restoration
of peace and good neighborship, if she
prefer to have these valuable possessions
restored, and will give the necessary guar.
. . , , ... antee in the treaty of peace, not only r or
morning, tn relation-to the tariff bill; these departments, but for all the denari
which passed the House of Representa-1 ments in the Republic, let every foot of
lives on yesterday, you state that “to se- of the conquered territory be returned —
cure the votes of the democracy of the, Ii is folly to speak of war without con-
Empire Slate, (indispensible to the pas- quest, or of fighting without inflicting in-
sage of the bill,)u duty of twenty per cat. jury, and we are sorry to see in cenain
upon the value has been laid upon the or- Northern papers, both Whig and Demo-
ttdeoj salt, the most indispensible of; tra tic, a disposition to condemn tbenro-
all the necessaries of life, without the dai- jected conquest of the Northern Denart
ly use of which the poorest man in the ments of Mexico. The idea that the war
country would be unable to keen body jean be brought to an immediate close U
and soul together,” and “that this duty groundless. There is infinitely mure pro-
probably would not have passed the bubility m thc opinion that it will traire the
him only doing it from a hope of plunder ^lf , * 1< : P ur P° 4e °l drilling, and
frnm hnvintf nn tier mpnn, nf'imminn Sail tor California
or from having no other means of gaining
food. That he was aware of Cupt. McC.
licing in his neighborhood, there is little
doubt; but whether lie was unable to
as soon after that time
as possible. They are to be taken out
by two or three merchant ships in the
serv ice of the government, and are to lie
catch np with the hurried and complicnttM i convoyed by the razee ^ Independence,
movements of the Texans; why, frira “ ""
i Ire lime of onr leaving Mata-norns to our
Mobile, July Hits, 1S4G.
The companies of Capts. Dill, Holmes
and Davis, left this port last evening in
the steamer James L. Day, lor Brasos
Santiago. The steamer Fashion nnd the
barque Chapin have just arrived and will
takooffthe rest of the Regiment, four com
panies, (Capts. Calhoun, Turner, Nelson
and Sergeant) will leave in tlic Chapin
to-morrow, and the other three with the
Colonel and myself will go in the Fashion
on Monday. The detachment which left
in the Day, under Lt. Colonel Redd, was
paid yesterday by Major Van Ness of the
army. Each man received S42 in gold,
it being commutation for one years al
lowance for clothing. The three compa
nies received a little upwards of $11,000.
The rest will be paid as thev are ready
to embark, the Colonel rightly judging
that $30,000 suddenly poured into the
men’s pockets in this city would prove
an element of disorganization for too po
tent for $ood discipline to restrain. Be
sides which, tho money which they would
frolic away here, will be substantially
useful to them in Mexico. The liberality
of the Government in advancing the whole
years commutation for clothing is very
much commended. It is a good, as well
as a liberal policy, lt inspires the troops
with good spit ru. and adds to their rc-
•poct and regard for the Government,
whose battles they arc appointed to fight.
The weather is exceedingly hot—-but
the health of the city rscxceilcnt.
Yours, Ac. p.
Gen. Taylar. ’
The Republic of the Rio Grande, of
J7th ulu says—When the news reached
here on Wednesday, that Gen. Scott
would not supercede “Old Rough and
Ready’ in the commando!'the forces op-
Mexico, every face was
Cuited with joy, ind load and numerous
were the expression ofdelight that follow
ed tho announcement.
We understand that when this news
WM given publicity to in the Brigade of
Y®|unta«ia,ad great was the joy of the
ggBMawr*" 1 iheir J c ° ioneu
immediately called them oat, and march-
without to the bank of the river opnosite
tho old Hero's quarters, amt garebim
three cheers, tlic 1 icarti ness of which pUire
Hr indicated that they were from -tbs
‘Vem
lo stop the progress of Speyers, ns was
then understood, but, ns we know, of all
the trailers ; nnd hence the rnpidity, of
their travelling. So intent were they in
getting along that a hundred extra mules
were purchased, and when n wagon broke
down it was abandoned in the road, af
ter transfering the goods to another. Capt.
Moores command of dragoons were met
on the I7tli lictvvcen the Pawnee Fork
and tlic Caches of the Arkansas. lie
was six or eight days’ travel behind Spey
er’s party, and it was supposed that he
could not overtake them.
Mr. Howard, the gentleman dispatch
ed by Government on a special mission
to New Mexico, was met on the 16th, nt
the crossing of the Arkansas; with his
pack mules broke down. lie had howev
er, dispatched two men ns an express In
Santa Fe on fresh mules, and they were
expected to reach there in nine days.
From tliencn they were lo return lo the
fool of the Taos mountains, where Mr. 11.
was to nwnil their coming.
Mr. Bent saw on the route one hun
dred and fifty wagons belonging to the
traders. He met two long trains of pro
vision wagons—the first within twenty
miles of Council Grove and the other at
Dragon Creek. They were ordered lo
slop at Fort Bent, where it is understood
the whole expedition will rendezvous.
The party arrived ot Westport on the
27th, thirty days from Santa Fc. Mr. F.
P. Blair and George Bent were left at Ta-
Mr. Bent estimates the population of
New Mexico nt between thirty und forty
thousand ; of whom twenty-five thousand
off*coals, Iwots nor spurs, not un extra or
second shirt was curried by one of them ;
and although the weather wns rainy much
of the lime, and two heavy northers visi
ted us while encamped, there was not a
minute at any time when nnv man’s pis
tol or rille would have missed fire, or he
would not have been up aud ready for un
attack. 1 have seen a goodly number of
volunteers in my time, but Capt. Ben.
McCnllogh’s men are choice specimens
“The 1st U. S. Infantry, under com
mand of Lt. Col. Wilson, are stationed
here, and both officers Hnd men nre gen
erally in good health. The entrances to
the i’luza Principal, where the soldiers
nre quartered, nre filled with loose stone
in such a way as to resist nn attack from
cavalry, and no foats of the Mexicans en
deavoring tn retake the place, nt least
with success nre entertained.”
House, conld the bill
been passed without.”
have j whole of Central Mexico, at least for the
time being, and result in a serious and
The proceedings of the House upon the protracted struggle. Why then indulge i u
bill published in the same paper show, half-way measures, which can only &rve
that tlic reconsideration of the vote, placing | to embolden and strengthen the enemy >
the article of salt in tho free list, which j Let the New York and New England R e l
effect operated to range it in those arli- gimenu be sent out, and whether the
cles bearing a duty of 20 per cent, wns country is restored to Mexico or not, the
upon my motion,^though I had previously .influence upon the human family of the
throughout the proceedings on the bill, establishment of such a population in that
advocated and insisted on its being made region, will Ire absolutely incalculable.
[ilap. Republican.
ALBANY PATRIOT.
WEDNESDAY, JIXT 29, Idle.
07 The number of communication* received at a
late hour, baa crowded out some of our editorial
matter this week. The latest accounts from our
which is, wc understand, to be command'
ed by Cnpt. Lavullelle, recently of the
Memphis Navy Yard.
We learn that Cnpt. Fisbee, of the Al
bany Van Ilcnscluer Guards,- has off-red’
Lis services, and those of his company, to
Col. Stevenson, und that they have licen
accepted. They will lie immediately en
rolled, and ordered into service.
Not the most uninteresting fact in the
history of this expedition is, that a print-
ting press, type, and sufficient paper Ibr
one year’s service, will be taken out with
the expedition. A gentleman also goes
to conduct the paper, anil a number of
printers have enlisted, who will perform
the mechanical portion of the labor.—
They will lead llio mutter of the papers
and the Mexicans loo if necessary. The
press is tn lie independent, although, of
course, devoted to the interests of the A-
merican Government. A portion of it is
to be printed in the English nnd a portion
in the Spanish language. What
cannot
After nlluding to the dogs at Revnosa, - Press.'properly conducted, accomplish?
:,l,i j That “the pen is mightier than the sword,”
with the rain, storms, Ac. preventing sleep, i.
Kendall tells the following anecdote : ' *
is a truth fust gaining ground; aud wc
can only hope that men of the right stamp
I t » ■ i « i • ; isisi y iiiMJi; t inn un u ut ittw iip»u sruuru
could not help laughing nt a young wj „ 1)e ' , jn „, is , merp risc. who
Hanger, whose blanket was wilhm good';,, • « , ho mnvP ^ 0 nt tlmt
lenring distance or mine. “Well, (said vvj „ f( .,, throoghout ,hc whole of the
he) if I’d been told when I toll Missisipm „„,i
lie) if I’d been told when I left Missisippi
a year ago last spring, by. any one of my
particular friends, that I could ever sleep
in this way—that I could ever catch a
Auk with all my clothes nn, lielted round
with two pistols and a botvie, I roots nn,
and spurs to boot, out doors on the ground
in a single blanket, and raining at that,
I'd a told him that ns lied sure.’ It’s
pretty much so.”
Capt. Pape.
This gallant officer, (says the New Or-
reside cast and north of of tho Rio del , “T «T 5 ’ T
Norte. He has kindly furnished ns with; ol ,lle '. «“> "«» W!18 r
n table of the numbor oflndians residing Z K mVT? " T°" ° f
in whole or in part in New Mexico, (few* ? f
which the Republican concludes that Baf-
wariors.)
Fbosi the same
Gov. Urrea, who it is said, is ad
vancing with a force of from llireo to
five thousand men, upon Santa Fe, with
a view of defending that section of the
Republic of Mexico from invasion, is said
tn be a man of approved courage nnd
militaiy capacity. Should he make his
appearance (here in time (o repel inva
sion, as he, doubtless, Iras done, he may
give the force nnder tho command of
Col. Kearney something to do, before pos
sesion of New Mexico is, obtained. In
bjs absccnce, however, and with the ac
knowledged disposition of Armijo to show
the Americnns all possible favor, very
little, if any, opposition will tie made to
the entrance of Col. Kenrney into that de
partment of the Republic. It will be, wc
suppose, the middle or latter end of Au
gust before Col. Kearney can cross the
Rio del Norte, and Gen. Urrea has, un
questionably full time to prepare for his
reception. The prospect or resistance,
only gives to the expedition a little more
interest, and all eyes will be henceforth
on the watch for news from that quarter.
torrinm Mall »t—irrs for Enrobe.
The N. Y. Journal of Commerce, of
9tb inst. says—“The Ocean Steam Nav
igation Company have enlorcd into a con
tract with Wcstcrvel
Rage, who arrived on tins, Alabama on
Monday. Although Capt.. l’uge is very
feeble and extremely reduced, wc are
happy to say that the Surgeons who have
been in attendance upon him here enter
tain strong hopes of his uilimato recovery.
Notwithstanding the severity ofliis wound,
they even hold out some encouragement
that in time, as he recovers strength, the
dept ivation which his jaw and mouth have
suffered may be repaired by artificial
means, lt is not to be disguised, how
ever, that ilia present situation nf Capt.
Fugc is critical. In his affliction he.hita
the strong sympathies of the service and
of his countrymen generally who wilt bail
with unfeigned delight his restoration to
health. ,
The Two Monterey*.
It would be well for readers to remem-
the distinction between these two places,
as they are likely to form prominent
points in the progress of the present ope
rations against Mexico—the one soon to
be occupied by our army under Gen.
Taylor; and the other by the Pacific.—
The one is situated 'on the Pacific, near
the Bay of Monterey, which is the first
harbor south of Francisco Bay, (and north
of “the Bay San Francisco,”) and it will
he recollected was taken possession, pf,
rather prematurely, by Commodore Jones
csiervelt & Mackey, for a <> f our navy,« few years ago. and was
steamship of 1760 tons, to depart ao £• * ccn *L°f “ morc ««« d.nurbai-e
No less than SCI female ojremtivesi have
been married in LowefiMuring the past year.
We think tile number ef Lowell grnwff l <a-
oeses when the newsgeta into the county, lithbia'iumeoer quarters.
ibe. Rio deQ Tigre, where it'd*
from the high lands, being the first river
tooth of the llio del Norte—and thin it the
Monterey where Gen.-Taylor is to esiab-
licit lire criinm.'r nitorlers * - W J *
new country and our own
The U. S. store-ship Lexington, tho pi
oneer of the expedition, will leave this
port early next week for the Columbia
River. Wc understand that she will cur
ry out Capt. Tompkins and a company of
the flying artillery, consisting of ninety
men, with six guns. She will also carry
out twenty guns of a large calibre, big
Paixhains or Bomfords, four mortars or
howitzers, a large quautity of arms nnd
ammunition and materinafsot every kind,
necessary for the erection of a fortification,
probably at the mouth of the Columbia
River. In addition to |his. a lieutenant
of engineers also accompanies the expe
dition to superintednd the work.
Thus wc go.
A Democratic Meeting iu Wayne
Comity.
According tn previous notice a large
aud respectable number of the Democrat
ic party met at the store ol Caleb Penrlar-
vis on the fourth day of July, for the pur
pose of nominating Delegates to the Reids
ville Convention, to choose some fit and
proper candidate, to represent the 1st
Congressional District of Georgia. The
Meeting was called to order. Mr. Will
iam Drawdy, was called to the Chair,
aod Joseph O’Neil appointed Secretary,
the object of the meeting was to send del
egates tn the convention, hut it begin
uncertain, that there be a Convention, the
meeting then went into committee of the
whole, whereupon it was Dnamimously
agreed, that Solomon Cohen, of Savannah
was their first choice lo represent them
in the next Congress, Believing as we do
hr bis patriotism, we and each nf us do
pledge ourselves to use all honorable
means in our power to secure bis elec
tion.
Iteebbed, The the -procetcfin^rs of this
meeting be bublisbed in the Savannah
Georgian.
Retailed, That a copy be transmitted
10 Solomon Cohen, Esq.
The meeting' was then adjourned.
WM. DRAWDY, Chairman.
11 foaEPH J. Q'Neil, Secretary.
Vorght • Him.—He that regrets the
course be has pursued,—forgive him.—
JHrt say," I wilt forgive, but not forget.”
it implies a had stale of the heart. It i«
not: Christian.. If your friend, is really
Opriyr for the course be bas pursued, upd
entirely tree of duly-.
You arc, in my opinion, correct in sup
posing that this duty on salt Would protiu-
bly not have passed the House, could the
bill have been passed without. I was
convinced at the time I made the motion
that the bill could not puss without, and
therefore made the motion for reconsider
ation. I still believe that I was correct
in that opinion, and tlmt by consenting to,
this duty of 20 per cent upon suit, the pas-: Anny 10 Mc *‘co, reprewnt the coontiy as nearly
sage of the bill was secured. floodcd " ith ' v * ler i ™ in >**<1 Wien sknoet iueemat-
Your editorial is ill my opinion ealeu- . | y for »everal days. The roluolcers continued *,
lated greatly lo mislead public opinion; healthy u conld be expected; several bran fur
nn this subject; and for that reason, frnm | navigating tho Rio Grande had arrived, and it wu
your usual very candid course, I have no. expected the Army would, in a few day*, move on
doubt .unintentionally, and through fol- j toward Monterey, where it is said tlic Mexicans a-
wait them in considerable force. We may expect
to hear something interesting from that quarter in a
few days. -
Democratic Convention for tbc 2d
Cougrcwional District.
Next Monday is tlic day on which this body wDI
meet at Americas, for tlic purpose of nominating a
candidate to represent this District in Congress.—
Wc hope that every county in the District will be
represented there. The delegates so far a, we are
informed, arc untrammelled by instructions from
their respective counties, as to the person whom
they would prefer as a representative—loving tho
delegates free to act in such manner as in their
judgment shall seqm best calculated to secure tho
objects of the Convention. These objects will be the
selection of a good candidate, and the promotion of
harmony and unity of action, aa tho lies! incans of
maintaining the triumph of Democratic principles
in the administration of tho Government.
In pursuance of onr former policy, wc shall ex
press no preference for any individual. There are
many men in tbc District who would do honor to
the station—men combining firm Democratic princi
ples with intellectual ability and good moral char
acter. Such an one tve are confident will he the
nominee of the Convention, and if an, the opponents
of equal rights and privileges and the advocates of
monopolies arc.dcsliucd to a move disastrous defeat
than that which they experienced two yean ago.
Let na remember that no man has any claims upoo
the Democratic party beyond hia ability to advance
its principles, and tliat no man has a right to demand
or expect that the success of those principles si mold
be endangered for tho personal gratification of him
self or his friends. The raco In the Convention
will be free to all; but when a candidate shall hare
been selected by the stipulated majority, let those
who may have joined in the race or aspired to a
nomination, show themselves worthy of the station
*“ cn**vbrs to repair the jnjurv heji^doqo
you, wbat more cap you ask2j
-. a. taesr-jfr. :B t-Mit oUw
getlulnoss of this very important fuel,
that by the exittipg tariff of IS42, the tax or
duty on tall, which you justly say “is the
most indispcnsihle of all the necessaries
of life,” and which in my opinion ought
lo bo free ofduty, is eight cents per bush
el,ot over one hundred anil twenty per cent
upon its value. So that the passage ot the
bill, instead oj lurJutiug tall witha taxoj turn-
typer cat., which your readers who may
be unacquainted with the subject would
infer from your editorial, actually rcliera
that neerttary of life from a burdensome taxa
tion of more than one hugdud pet cent, vjmn its
value; reducing the lax from about 120 to
20 per cent., or frnm 8 cents to about 1
cent nnd 0 mills per bushel.
With u knowledge that this would he
the actual result, in the belief that by con
senting to the duty of 20 per cent, the
passage nf the hill would lx: sreurcd-n
a hill, which in my opinion, in cflcct, by
diminishing the duties to a very great ex
tent upon tho necessaries ami throwing
a larger and more just proportion upon
the luxuries of life, removed the the bur
dens of taxation from the shoulders of the
laboring classes, nnd placed them upon
those more able to bear them ; which re
lieved the laboring and particularly the
agricultural classes from tho oppressive
burdens and unjust discriminations pro
duced by the operation of the minimnm,
and a misapplication nf the specific dutia
of (he act of 1812; which not only reliev
ed the West nnd South frdht an oppres
sive system pf taxation for sectional ad
vantages, but placed their agricultural
productions (particularly the great staple
of wool upon which the duty has been in
creased trom 6 to 30 per cent.) upon n
more equal footing ol competition with
the rival foreign at lieles, which in every
way, in my opinion, would operate more ..... ... ... ... ,
fairly and justly open all the various in- they.ought,by racnficng thcrperaonalpre-
tcrests of the whole country than the a, t djlro *' on * anddoln « for u * ,r P n “ c, l >le ‘ # “ ! ' r
of 1842—lwlievinglh.it so great u mens
urc, which I think will hp productive of so
much good; should not luil for so small a
matter, not being willing lo loose all be
cause I could not get nil that I wanted,
I carried out the prinsiples of concession
and compromise which I had avowed m
debate, and moved the reconsideration.
Wishing to be distinctly understood by
the public on this subject, and believing
it wit! afford pleasure to you incorrect any
misapprehension to ivhich the public
mind might be led by the at tide alluded
to, I would request of you the kindness
to give this note a place in your valuable
** Fhave the honor to be, very respectful
ly your obedient servant,
JOHN. W. TIBBATTS
Messrs. Gales A Seaton.
moral of Mexico-
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore American writing on the 9th
inst., say*.: , .1
“The dismemberment of Mexico is. the
design of tho Administration, and that not
only by tho invasion of Calalomia, but by
seixure and possession of ibe entire coun
try beyond the line of Tampico on the
Gulf pi Mexico, und the same parallel on
ibe Pacific. This seizure embraces tho
richest and roost. valuable provinces of
Mexico. It includes all of California from
the Iwod to the cope, add not alone /ibe
provinces bordering ott: the Rion Grande,
parts of Jalisco, Gaudalaxara and Zaca
tecas, aud aU of Souqm, Darnngo, Sen
Lais Potest..New Leon, Chihuahua, Co-
ahuila pud Tumaulipas are Ut be the fruits
ofthisgonquesL”: : , : 8( in . Mr Q 0 ?
If war is lo be continued, Me ere glad
that the Government have resolved
tfactaUove or aoratxsiniilai plan. Tc
.sb.'.tnQ 0:
ihe standard of snoliter. The; s ill thus show the
sincerity >,f their professions, do honor to themselves
sod service to oar esaso. The Whig party vrilt
make s derperste subtrranean cflort to csrry this dis
trict—they will try to avoid discussion before the
people and hope to triumph by secret machinations.
How otherwise can a party expect to succeed. Who
denounce the cause of their own country in a time
of war and advocate that of her enemies—< par
ty who advocates a continuance, of tho bill of a-
bominations—the tariff of 1843—a party aver advo
cating the pririliged monopolies sf wealth at the ex-
pense of labour? ' No, silence, or Secrecy tad mis
representation are their only tMtas nt ennceee, and
theta most be counteracted by free sad open ditcae-
siooa of principles, sod the exjmfttan of truth sad
error before the people ; for though error may have
able advocates, "truth it mighty and will prevaiL''
Vbe hat Beinycd Ibe fienlbt
When it was fint asserted by the letter sitter*
at Washington, that' Mr. Brinksrhoff and a ft*
more of the Ohio delegation woohTvote against the
bin for the reduction of the Turin; some of dm
Whig papers of Gaotgia' in a momaat of patriotic
indignation, dtnnmcetl them as traitors* tad declare
ed that tho South had again bse*>£ay«L Bat
since tbe bill passed. It is asesftained, that Mr.
Brinkerboff and |ho Democratic delegation from
Ohio had vwedJfre.Ahp Htt-bat
Mr. Tooatbn^fjfeorgia voted against tho bill, and
Mr. Ekjj/*: asurgU M not tom at aff. We
trebld how ask who huahetnjEthWflbiith*
krhytasfoit portion of.lfco WlugpRSS thatwmon
iadigmmt toward. Mr. Briukerboff baan.a^A't
towards Mr. Stereo* and Mr. Toomhof
felegit* ftom Ohio <