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VOL. II.
ALBANY, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1846.
NO. 21.
THE ALBANY PATRIOT,
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POETRY.
THU LIFE CLOCK.
non the ozssax.
* There U a little myatic clock.
No human eye hath Men ;
That beateth on—and bratetb on.
From morning until e’en.
And when the soul is wrapped in sleep,
Ami liesrctli not s sound.
It tick, and ticks the livelong night,
And never runneth down.
O wondrous i« that work of sit
Which knells the passing hour.
But art ne’er formed, nor mind conceived.
The liSe-clock’, magic power.
Nor set in gold, nor decked with grins.
By wealth and pride possessed,
Bnt rich or poor, or high or low,
Each bean it in bis breast. ^
When life’s deep stream, ’mid beds of flowers,
And still and softly glides.
Like tho wavelet’s step, with a gentle beat,
- It warns of passing tide,.
When tlireat’nlng darkne,, gather, o’er,
And Hope's bright vision, flee,
lake tho sullen stroke of the mufllcd oar,
It beatctli heavily.
When passion nerve, tho warrior’, snn
For deed* of lisle end wrong.
Though heeded not the fearful.sound,
Tho knell 1, deep und strong.
When eye, to eves nre guxing soft, ^
And tender word, nre spoken,
Then fast nnd wild it rattles on,
As if with love ’twcrc broken.
Such Is the clock that measures life,
Of flesh and spirit blended;
And thus ’twill run within the breast,
Till that strange lifo is ended.
COMMUNICATIONS.
MU. STEPHENS* SOEECH.
Messrs. Editor*:—After a hasty perusal
tif this moil precious production, 1 cannot
refrain from n short comment upon its
character, and broad unbacked, unauthor
ized assertions. I will first direct the at
tention of your readers to the subject
mailer under consideration by the com
mittee of the whole, at theAiine Mr. Ste
phens made his celebrated spcceh. The
pamphlet so extensively circulated in this h ,,,
portion or the Stale that . c,m ' a \™l J"! gm.ituitous assertion
speech commence* with the following
heading: “The House being in commit
tee of the whole on the state of the Union,
/Mr. Cobb in the chair) and having under
consideration the bill mating appropria
tions for the Indian Department, for
the fiscal year ending 30th June 1817.”
Mr. Stephens stnrls out with the avow
al that ho should follow tho example of
a war—and yel the country is still wait
ing to know hqw this thing bns been
brought about, and yet the gentleman
sat in hit seat and voted anpplies and
men to prosecute this war, and either did
not know'for what be was voting or knew
and was silent. He says be intends to
shtaw tbsit the Mexican war “is properly
chargeable* to the imprudence, indiscre
tion and mismanagement of our own Exe
cutive’—lhal the war was provoked by
us, and that there was nb need* of it either
to sustain our rights or honor as a nation.
If this last assertion be true, why was not
the .Voice of the*gentleman liaised in faith
ful exposition of this weak and imbecile
management of the administration, when
the subject was properly before the Haute
and country 9 I car. answer for him, the
war up to that time, (and to the presen'.)
had been prosecuted with lability. Its
origin had foundation in the clearest right
upon our putt possible to lie established,
by n series of outrages upon our citizens
and our government—and to oppose the
tear directly would have been political
damnation to him, and well he Knew it.
Bui he waits until he thinks all chance of
charging him with opposition to the war
has subsided, ami as long at his political
advancement will allow, and .according
to his own words, when the question is
not belbie the House, nor the subject un-
ler tlobttlo, to molts* o fusW upon itwsarlmiru
istinlinn. When was a more proper time
to discuss the grave questions, anil tn
analizn the charges contained in his speech
than when the whole question was proper
ly before the House ? The good under
standing of any man will at once respond
—let alTdiscussions come up at their pro
per time. But to the speech. “ I assert
in my place that the immediate cause of
all these things and the present unloosed
for state of affairs is properly chargeable
upon the administration.”
Was ever arrogance more open or un
disguised than “ 1 assert in mu placcV'—
That is ns much ns to say, 1 say it and
that is enough for the freemen of this
country to know. I, Mr. Stephens, of
Georgia, say so, and it is not to be dis
puted. But our* is yet a free country.
Mr. Stephens, nnd freemen wilt think and
act for themselves. Unlooked for ttatc of
a{fairt. No orator during the canvass of
'’44, was more vehement in his opposition
lo the annexation of Texns than Mr. Ste
phens, and one ground of his objections
wns the great cause of teir, that would
ensue to Mexico by the act ol annexation,^
that in lacl it would lie n declaration ol
war, nnd under the laws />f nations war
must inevitably ensue. I say in “ my
place,” ns one of the people, that war was
predicted anil urged by the stump orators
of ilic Whig party, in '44, as a strong
reason why Texns should not be annexed,
nnd now when the very predictions of
the Whigs arc fulfilled, why the \;ery
thing is un looked for, strange and unex
pected. Such Inneungc as Mr. Stephens
used is nil “stuff”—his position stands
ennirmlicted by his own position in *44.
Thai the advance oftbe army from Corpus
Clnisti lo Matamoras, on tlie Rio Grande
was a cause of war, is unfounded in pre
cedent. principle, or fact, nnd is also a
emiituilous assertion on the part ol ihe
little man monntnin," in his big speech
PLAN OF EDUCATION CONTINUED.
Messrs Edilom:—The system of edu
cation being general, or the expense devol
ving on all chases equally, iu convenien
ces may be pronionately multiplied, or the
number of school houses increased,, so as to
reduce the average distance traveled over
to, and ihe number of ecbolara taught in
each school, to the most approved rate.—
In Baker county, we will assume ten school
houses as sufficient, for the present de
mand of the population, and the ability of
WM “ * IN
the tax rati. In the construction of
houses no great expense need bo incurred;
one hundred duller* each should be amply
sufficient; all that is required is a commo
dious interior, and a thorough, and umbra-
upon “n question not before the House/
When the question of tho disputed terri*
lory of the North was agitated, and Great
Britniu sent n large force to not only the
frontier, but to tho Inst foot ol ground that 1
that nation claimed. No cry was then
raised by the nnli-Tyler men that.this
, 0 ox ' l , m P ^."occupation upon the part of Great Britain
others, and my not one word upon the sulycct wM £ ||et . lllr £ |ion O f' wor , B „,| should be
properly before the committee; but proceed I ^ 0 ~f rente< | j,y u ». No man, not even Mr.
to present some views upon another | g|p . M ’; ( | lllig „„ outrage upon our
..... Tl.n nnvi gAninncp eninniPncca . * . . ■ ... u..
topic. The next sentence commences; an ' t| t j loll |,i food to preparation by
words: “ I allude to the Mext-. * fj„ vrrnm ,. n , r or war. But when we
with these words: “ I ammo to me o.e*.-1 Governmont r or war.
can war. Now, before I proceed to^ re
view
ly meant nothing. It was a mere past-
time, Now I ask the gentleman what
was the evident situation of Mexico?—
Texas was annexed—the Government of
Mexico bad issued its proclamation, call
ing upon all good citizens to assist in re
claiming Texas. In a seasonable time
after that proclamation an army was as
sembled upon our frontier, with every
apparent intention of service. The as
semblage of the Mexican army at Mnta-
rooras was' So considered by the world,
and’the gentleman only labored to rebut
the presumption because he hoped to
throw the blame upon the administration.
“ 1 require you in all form, and at latest,
in the peremptory time of twenty-four
hours to break up your 'camp and retire
to the Neuces."
The above quotation is treated by the
gentleman as an order of Ampudia to our
General to retire, for Mr. Stephens uses
the word, a* order, from a half civilized
scull to an army of freemen. What
American heart, save the gentleman’s,
does not beat in rapture at the prompt
response of old “ Rough nnd Ready”—
“ My Government sent me here and 1 am
prepared lo slay until . I think proper to
move.” Just such a response as any
American would have given, not under
the dominion of party, and having the
good of his countiy and glory of her hith-
i>nn nntnrnicliwt rppiitulinn nt KtalfP. In
speaking of the advance of our army, he
says there was no invasion, neither was
any threatened. After going on and ad
mitting that Mexico had assembled an
army at Matamoras with apparent confi
dence, asks if any man can offer a pretext
other than the marked design of provok
ing Mexico. God save the country from
the dominion of such men.
Mexico was in an irritable mnod, and
of course we must send Gen. Taylor there
with orders lo take off his hat when Am
pudia ordered it, and plant his standard
just where that General wished it planted.
Mr. Stephens says that friendly relations
between the two countries had been in
terrupted, and upon the same page and in
the same sentence, (7th page, bottom line)
says it was an outrage to send an army
upon tlie liorder of a countiy at pcate with
ui. Here is a plain contradiction in plain
words that stands unaccounted for. Up
on the 8th page, Mr. Stephens admits
when citing the Northeastern boundary
question that Great Britain did advance
her troops and occupy the disputed terri
tory by permission of our Government.
But says he to get nut of it, I do not admit
that was right. But tines he tell you that
it was a cause of war ? Oh no! It don’t
suit the purpose of the gentleman lo make
that admission, for if he did he would be
compelled to beg the question, as lie has
two nr three limes done already in this
speech. What our country suffered to
lie done l y Great Britain withoal con
sidering it a cause of war, Mr. Stephens
is not willing to admit nor right to do in
our difficulties with Mexico. All tlie or
ders of the Mexicans have treated the
llio Grande as the line—tlie proclamation
of Gen. Wall avowed the fact that all per-
eorwfound on this tide if the Rio Grande would
be treated at rebels, and .iu the face of this
he says that it was because our army
crossed tlie Neuscs that Mexico was pro
voked to war. Such whipper-snapping
us this, is contemptible and little. The
portion of tlie speech refering to the feed
legislator of Norther* capitalists, we shall
pass over, and take it lor granted that
nothing proper in this communication
coold be said that would reach the said
legislator, or fit any better than what the
gentleman has saitl in his speech. We
wiU simply remark that we cau well ima
gine how the “little man mountain" tip
toed when be thought how the great Dan
iel would take what he was then saying.
— np
GENERAL EDUCATION.
. „ igu,
geous covering. But for the prosecution
ed.
this the locations is made ions sod breadstuff*, (as iar as the cii.
cumstaoces of the country will permit,)
such by the operation of the system,' that
each youth returns at n’
of the parent, which wi .
T . . .. J lyexttnd
itself over the conduct of the day, and
thus the best possible discipline be secur
ed.
But what will be the economy of the
normnl schooi. If we assume Baker coun
ty as a criterion for the rest of the State,
and give ten sectional schools, there will
be necessarily twenty young men employed
tor the first year of the system; forty the
second, and sixty the third, and foreret af
ter will remain of this latter number.—
But of these sixty, thirty will be constant
ly employed in teaching, and thirty receiv
ing instruction at the normal school, save,
during the vacations in spring of the sec-
lional schools, when they will all be pursu
ing their studies under the Professor. Jf
will be asked if one individual can pos
sibly teach thirty youths in three distinct
courses arid lo tho extent prescribed, in
twelve hours. Here also will the system
of assistant* from the classes be also em
ployed, and the Professor in person will on
ly have charge of one class, hit greatest
jtroficientt in the two lower classes taking
charge of the classes below tliem. It ts
upon litis principle lhal the mind and ac
quirements of the one man are transmitted
throughout the county, and where the
course of instruction it'fixed by law, and
the discipline also, the great object of
equal education to every citizen of the
Stnte is secured.
exp* nso oT t (To "E annul "scTi oo'f-^tt s Vroless?
or. nnd hie assistants, and I shall have
submitted the entire of my plan, this I pro
pose for the following Essay.
Respectfully your ob’t serv’t,
A. II. BRISBANE.
war.” Now, before I proceed to ro- . important for our interest nnd safely
...» the speech, I usk all candid, sober, w a(|v|||| £ 1{> , he , ine „f OBr ne wly nc-
unbmscd nnd teffecting mtotls how Mr I , etr ; tol y, it is deemed as an *
Stephens came to jump into this tirade of upm) , h * ri gt, u of Mexico.
abuse of the administration, and the veiy
exceedingly pretty, nice, floweryand poet
ical eulogy of the rion. Dumcl Webster?
I will assume tliat it is apparent that Mr.
Stephens was prepared with a speech—
that hi* election was at hand, and that his
oal-
Mr.
of the studies proposed, there will be re
quired, for the first year treatises on Alge
bra, Geometry, Und mechanics, wit): the
inrchanical aparatns necessary to Ihe ex
hibition of the mechnnichn! powers. As-
sumingnn average of twenty boys for each
school, andu dollar for each treatise, with
some forty dollars lor the uparalus, and we
have one hundred dollars more for the ex
pense of tiie first year for each school.—
The second aud third years would not be
less, when we lake into consideration the
Historical as welfas tlie classical works of
the second, and the chimica! apparatus
and forms for analysis of the third year.—
Two hundred dollars would be required
then by Baker county, to set a school
«*..» -r—«. ..
more at ihe expiration of the second year.
Of course, as these works are belonging to
the county, this would not be an annual
expense, and but a small portion would re
cur for years.
Let us now examine our position; we
have ten school bouses, well equipt,- and
some two hundred youths furnished with
text-books, ready for instruction; the next
question is, from whence arc the instruc
tors to come, and what will be their char
acter? lam not unaware of the impor
tance of this question, nor the difficulty of
its solution; unless an important concess
ion be made ine in the onset. Ills, that
the human mind craves knowledge, and you
have only to present it in its most favorable
point of view, and it will be accepted read
ily. If I be right in this, the course of in-
8t’ruciion constitutes an essentinl clement
iu any plan of Educatioo, or rather the
most essential. Let this be pei feet and
the teacher be thoroughly versed therein,
and the progress of the school will be
steady ami onward. Under this impress
ion 1 call, in addition to the above sectional
schools, for a normal school to be located
in the most eligible point in Ihe county,
disrricl, or parish, with a view to popula
tion or that moral control which springs
from population. At the head of this nor
mal school, should be placed a Professor of
undoubted character, both as lo ability and
high moral worth—the parent and the
church uniting, os I before remarked, lo
secure such ; and the Slate confcring upon
him a rank next in order lo that of the
Judges of our courts -of law, his election
being devolving upon the.legislature, with
the right invested in the Governor lo fill
un vacancies. Under this Professor or
packed there upon the spmt; ,
of course, will not be liable to the obtetj
liooof being stnte, rusty, nnd soqr which
so commonly happens to these arttqles,
when sent round Capo Horn. Thus, not
only furnishing to the army and navy
wholesome articles of food, but to the peo
ple ol Oregon a ready market for iMt
surplus products, there by giving thetn
the meant of purchasing the fabrics and
products of oor own and other countries.
“In this way Mr. Woodward concludes,
the seeds will be planted from whence
shall spring a great commercial, agricul
tural, and manufacturing people, who wiU,
in a short time, return in revenues to the
genetal government tenfold more than
what is now asked for to start this sys
tem. If my whole plan is adopted.^! pro
pose further Co employ the lurge’force, in
men and mules, (which I should of nec
essity, have to keep to do the trntuporeac
tion across the ittltmus;). in improving
the way from Chagrcs to Panama—esti
mated at ten thoujiand dollars per annum
—and thus iu time the United States
would be iu possession of this key' ialhe
commerce of the world.”
Here the United States government has
an offer tendered to it to carry the mail,to
the Pacific for *160,000 per annum, and
ate' rate, for the‘use bribe arfriy OT live a-
with Mr. Woodward
in the conclusions he draws frrftn the jpre-
wip
up vacancies.
State officer twenty young men; two iroin
eacli school section, should be placed; and
The boundary of Texas as an imlepen-
and should be his duty lo instruct them in
the branches above prescribed. But the
sectional schools should equally, with the
normal school, he under the tuition of the
Professor. To effect this the twenty select
youths of the countv are divided into two
relieves, each to leach for three months the
classes of the sectional schools, and be re
placed by the other ten at the expiration of
ibis term, the ten replacing them,, having
remained during their term of tuition with
the Professor, acquiring from him that por
tion of the entire course of Education,
which is appropriated to the second course
of three months. Returning lo the Norm
al school they in their turn push forward
upon the third* course of three months, and
are prepared al the end Of it, to return to
the task of tuition in the sectional schools.
Thus is each lesson of three months duly
imparted by ihe Professor to these assist
ants, and they in like manner impress it
upon the youi h of the county. A table may
be furnished here of the plan of relieves,
dent State was nevet settled.” What, I
shewing the fact, that if the young teach-
Mk.'was the treaty with Santa Anna?— ere are inade to spend the vacation aHqwed
It ceded to'Texas'all the couotry North ‘be youthoflhe wctional^hooksUbe
Stephens say* if onr army had remained
at Corpus Christ!, there would have been
no war. Now this is wise council indeed
for a statesman to prnmulgate to bis coun
trymen. * After Mexico had declared that
the admission of Texns wns n declaration
of war, nnd bail in accordance assembled
— normal school in pursuit of the courses in
and East of the Rio Grande, and if that n< i valice> i|, a i |j, e y «il| be enabled to keep
speech mutt he delivered before the Con
vention in hi* district assembled, or he Z^’Ylie Rio Grande a large nimy, for
light not be rc-nommaled.^ I have liecn, ^ am|y nct as the defenders
voting “sorter hap-hazard l ,iw • e,!,,on ’;„f ^uniry—march at once to meet
and I must now pull up. and say soine-,^ lhrcalen cd invasion, was a cause of
thing smart against Polk, or I am n gone
at\nt it tlm ••litnr* man
coon at hmne”—soal it tho •• little man
-mountain” goes, coat off, sleeves up anti
suspender* tied around the waist. He
commences to say something against .tlie
ad ministration—a nd what is it? Why.
that* the country is .in a “strange and
singular condition.” Now, 1 usk what is
thcro strange or siligninr in the condition
of our country ? Does not the wheels ol
Government move on with regularity and
promptitude? - Are , not our prmip* us-
tissue of inconsistencies, inacuracies and inentof the sectional schools, and the se- nnt , p ansnI r
cond relief three months before. It may R re * 0,10 * u . nana '
blunder*—and upon the whole is unwor-
ibythehigblepuistionthatgemtemnnhas ,fie Bra ?T* aD<1
Woodward, is ready lo enter into a con-
lie relofore acquired as a speaker.
SCREW.
sectional schools which was Slone to them I this service in thirty-five (lays running I nesscc, Alabama and Georgia corps f. but
through the tuition of the professor of the time, carrying the mail to and from Oie- yet, ha* been pul In advance of all threi.
normal school; or thhllheir youth would gon every two months, for the sum of ooe Speculation was' itnfnediately al wmk to’
Curious Statistics. It is stated in La rea( j er impossible lhal discipline necessary mndrcd and fifty thousand dollars per find out the cause of this preference.—
f-.-ra, L! - * •' —— ‘ the Mississippians belter troops?
As I advance I find ihe speech of MrJ
Stephen* still more inconsistent. He
says the President sent a message to
Congress asking that hotly to recognize a
state of war with Mexico, and concludes
witii the acknowledged force ol the plain
lettei or the Constitution, that Congress
alone had the right to declare war/—
Where was tlie gentleman’s voice then ?
when to use ltis own language, the Presi
dent had got u* ihto a War. Where were
his powers of exposition? bis deep pene
tration, his unbounded tenacity about tlie
Constitution? They were silent. Party
will had
course all
wes. The nest
to convince the public that not-
wuuuu.uv.ing the concentration of forces
at Matamoras by the Mexicans, they reai-
Rtfurme, a French publication,-that of io~echoolt. r Were thw not practiced exten- jjnnutn, payable quarterly, and will be- Were
Uarty-th^ millionsor^pleinF^ce: ^ely^^ne^ou^cjdlegre and ^
on the mate Ministers
tweuly seven millions do nmdrink wine; with perfect sncceati bc*h m to pfoffipoterrt'isry,Chargesd’Affi»ire*,beaers
. mtllinna novnr Inafw inmr • fof lQStnidlOn &DQ OISCipllDCj 1 WOUIQ M — ■ * ■ ** ——ft-!.—I
loth to ’* r
ty-one millions never eat meat; eighteen *Y*l en !
thirty-tine millions never taste sngar
twenly millions never wear shoes; tbir-
you this as the gossip ol the c
expressing an opiniori.
millions never eat wlieoten bread, and —^yjiiy 0 f ( |, e normal as well a* the for*
four millions are clothed in rags. Sectional schools devolve* upon the Profcs-
— ' . sor or Stale officer. Heorganizcs both, powder, and such other munitions of war,
A new pooling press : has been inven- ond his assistant*. He receives foj. |he ate of the army and navy a* can During yesterday afternoon, n
ted in Englatid,_wuh which one stout boy weekly reports from these of .ihe' P'W***. i* got across the isthmus, at such reason- sons in camp had hot " “
of the classes, atsd * tha coodoet Of lhe ab £ ( |, ar gr as may be agreed upon. pnted lobe the report .
I will also hind myself to transport ade. It was heard at
can work uff 1600 sheets per hour.
, youth.* All infraction of role is transmit-
. • * as 1 F . it.. ..utLaal ,1aab “ * ** k * * “■* ■“
ag»iina?irugjjiy{ih- m u
s eSAs £vh» ir S?i!5s3£S5SJStfSS|
s&gss. sari ,liu
Siecle, and the Journal dps Debats.— students.
These four papers haVe a circulation of •
over SC,000 each.
The i
is not settling tho question then I am mis- three months in advance of thesese section- rying tlie United Slates moil, by steam, followed, to move the troops found in.the
taken in plain terms. Take the produc- a l school.--, the first relief entering the nor- Prom Charleston, South Carolina, to Co- order of their arrival at the Brazos. Tms‘
lion from one end to the other, and it is a ipal school six months before the commcc- j um hia river, Oregon Territoty, via Char- rule has been here, set aside, in (lie case
“ Tbo proposer, J. M. of tlie Mississippi Regiment, command^
* Ivll 1 h 1ak,,X L! I_ n ? a - - -.If? Sk.
From the New York BmUifJuly 26/1.
THE PROGRESS OF STEAM NAVIGATION
AMERICA ON THE LEAD.
It must be conceded by all men of en
lightened minds—by ull men who compre
hend and can interpret the signs of the
times in the old world and in the new—
that if the United States progress in. the
same ratio that they have progressed lor
the last twenty years, thui they will, ere
long, present to the world the grandest
spectacle of national greatness ever wit
nessed. Every element of progress, and
every useful invention of modern-times,
would seem to have been brought forth
and applied for tho particular benefit 6f
this countiy, and that, too, as tho instru
ments ol propelling it towards the grand
destiny which undoubtedly is in store for
it.
Wc need not go far hack to prove this.
It is unnecessary to remind our readers
of the powerful influence that steam has
exercised on our fortunes os a nation, nor
refer them to tho wonders that have been
accomplished by the late discoveries in
electricity. These have not been fit pres
ent fully developed—tbeir greatest resiitts
have yel to.be produced; hut it is to those
two influences that wc must luok for toe
great result thul wc have within out tall
to make us the greatest and most power
ful nation in existence. With the first of
these we will soon have established n di
rect cotumuaicalinn with tbe Pacific ; for,
in spite of tbe report of the Congressional
Committee, we will have b national rail
road to the Pacific; and with the second
the furthermost boundaries or our vast
country will be brought into inslaneous
communication with each other. Every
improvement that is made, or any advau-
uice ihRt is gained through the instrumen
tality of either of these wonderful agents,
is worthy of beinggrecortled in the history
oftbe countiy, ns a progressive step to tlie
{ grand eminence which we shall ultimate-
y reach. , .. .
It is with thoughts like these, that we
chronicle every step i* <»Len in our
ocenn steam navigation, anti in the mag
netic telegraph business, nnd it is with
pleasure that we can refer ofir readers to
the following article, which we take from
the National Intelligencer :—
A proposition has been addressed to
tbe Chairman oftbe Senate Committee on
noises,.and hope the administration
think well of bis offer, nnd enter into a
contract with bint- . , 7 *.*■,>',
As we have said before, octamsteam
navigation and the Magnetic T,elegraph
are the instruments by which we will be
come a great nation. We bavo already
laid the commencement of a qystero ;>t
steam navigation, and it is our duty, as it
is our interest, to expand it ns much as
possible.
From the Columbus Timet—Extra August ri:
LATE FROM MEXICO AND THE
ARMY. "
The Mexican news below come to o*
in an extra of the N. O. Delta. It is hard
ly in a creditable form, and our readers
must draw theit own concltismn from It.
the Post Office and Post Roads for car-
By tliO “Washington Union” received to
day, wc IraYe intelligence by a ‘vessel
which left Havana on the filh instant, Vio
mention IS made oftbe departure ol Santa
Anna. It was reported as being very
sickly nt Vcrg Croz? 300 on the’sick list
of ilie British anti American Squndmtfs;
Commodnre Cohher hud run the Princh-
lon under tho guns of the town, Awl' al
though the^ i'oufd hlainly see the Batte
ries fully manned, they were not fired iip-
ort. It Wds afterwards ascertained that
the Garrison tare l* Is.Nats f mutiny, aid
would not obey orders. . This strongly favors
tbe repbri ol (heir declaring for Santa An
na; .
Thfe letter from Mr. Forsyth will ho
found as usual, interesting. It is t^c la
test datfc from the camp.
Aro. C, 1S4C.
Col Jackson received orjiers yesterday
to proceed to Caniurgo. The distance is
iiOhiiles by land nnd 300 by water. The
troi'j>; move in the following brder:
1. Louisville Legion, Col. Ormsby. •
3. Ruhimbffe abtl Washington Ratafibri
Lt. fcol. Watson;
3: Ohio Brigade; Brig. Gen. Hamer:
4. Kentucky Regiment; CM. McKee.
4. Mississippi Regiment, Col. Davis.
C. 1 si Tennessee Regiment; Col. Camp:
?. Alabama ilegiinent, Col. Coffee:
8. Georgia Regiment, Col. Jackson:
ft. 3nd; Tennessee Regiment, Col.—■ ■■
The first four corps move‘by land.—
Fortunately for us, We go by w'aier, find
Ate tbiis sored a distressing inarch through
tbe mud.
The abort! order of march, presented
by the Getli in Chief; has created quite, u
hubbub in some of the Regiments. Here
tofore the rule has been prescribed ouif
by Col. Davis, which Regimeot is siiif At*
radical, in the first place, Ihe prime res- be inciudes also tbo • following porticu- son-in-law oft ho General in
ponsibilily of tbe noSrrnal as wells, the
sectional schools devolves upon the Profcs-
-t.-ftwr !g!gagia!.!|
arrangement a plan for
- squadron and the -army
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