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MISCELLANY. “
THt! DfSATH ('l’ lH ROOi
di x. J nuuii
Napoleon’* greatest nt*fortune, that which wound
cJ hi.n deepest, was the death of h's fiie.. A>Ui ?. A
he made a l**l cfl rt lo break the enemy’a rank*, and
rJe ogam lo the advanced post* to dint! the ’>'ove
non Is of hjj a r my, one of hi# escort* was struck dead
ly hr* nde. Turning to Duroc, la- aaid, • Duroc fate I
i* determined lo have one o! u*. to-day.” B a ntter, •
a* ha was ruling with bis suite in h rapid trot s’or g
the road, a einnon hall *tn>te n free bi**:de him. and |
gMncing struck Gen. Kirgeuer deal, am* tore uu! the;
engrail* of Duroc. Napob'n wba Muad *t the time,’
and tu* suite, four abtes*i, be, ml him. The cloud of
dost their rapid movements raised abound them, pre
*n!ed him from know n. at fir .r who was struck
Hat wh*n vt* tdd him tbs’ ivir t : t ne ws# killed and
l)uroc wounded, he dismounted unJ gat'd l og and
sternly on the battery from which the shot had been j
tired; then tnrned toward* the cottage into * tilth the
wounded marshal had been carried. ,
Duroc wii giand iitaishal of the palace and a boiom
f Mod of the Ktnperor. Ufa noble and generous char
acter, of unshaken integrity and patiiotLm and firm
* steel in the hour of danger, he wa* beloved by all
o knew him. There wo a genlleuea* about him
and purity of feeling tin* {if# of .1 camp could nev'-r de
•roy. Napoleon loved him —for ttir uzh all the chan
ges of hi* lumuliuous life he had e*c found hi*
t’on and truth the same—and it wu with on anxious
lit .rt an i *->d cur fenan-'a lie entec and the lowly cot
tage wheie he lay. Ills eye# were filled with tears a#
he asked if there sir hope. When told that there
was none, lie advanced to the bed aide without saying
a word. Tne Jying loarahtl seiz’J b m bv the hand
and said, -My whole fife hie lcen consecrated to your
service and now my only regret i#. that I can no lon
ger b u-ful to Vi-n.” • Duroc replied Napoleon
with a voice ch *ked with grief, “there is another l*ft
— there you will await me, and we shrill meet again.*
••Yt. s.:r” replied the fontinj sufl rer . -but thirty
yr in eh aII fist p.* away, when you will have ri
umphed over your enemies, sud realized ail the hopes
of our country. 1 u *ve endeavored to !• an honest
m*n; I have nothing with which to reproach mvaelf.”
He then addt-d with faftering vot *, • J hope a dough*
i-r—your Majesty will he 11 father to her* 1 N*po
boo grasfHd h■* right hand, ami vtuw down by the
bed-si le. •'vj leantr.g his head on bis left band, re
man-d with thue 1 eyes a qunrtei of an hour in pro
found silence. Duroc first spoke. Seeing h*w deeply
B*t*pi''.e wa# in *vcd. he exclaim,d, ••Ah J sire, leave
e ; this sptetods ainsym** The atricken Empe
for rose, and it . ,ng tin the arm* of his equery and
Ms'shal Souli, left the apartment, MV*nj. in heart*
b k<> g tuocs, a* he wen*, - FarcwtU , then, my
f r if. , t j
I > ht pursuit he had directed a moment before
4§ M r g .t-*n v., t.f. trophies, prisum-rs an I alb
* 1110 liner A.Hihlensn i*. and ** at th* bailie r*l
%.M-rn. wh*r 1. tones wm b to him mo tab’
run led, he f.eg.* even hi* armv, sod the an bit* •
6j's at *kc Me ordered his lent to b* p t *b*
.*€ C-r.r jje i wheh hia I’.irii | w>sJsirt > *■. *%
tag it, psa-> and >li’ mglit all a'una in m a *ois \ t
lae Imperial f u J finned then protre/iog -qua s,
a- UV4II, m Hind t;i n. au I the fc-rce tumuii of bii?*le
gave ri 7 • one of the mu-t touching ace new in lii-t • |
ry. T vibiht wu deepening over the fi* and. nd he j
h**•y tread ut the rvuks g ing to theti bivousca, the |
Ijw (uuiMiug of irtilhoy wsgooa m t ic ii -t-mre, rd
uh Mo M-jUlii’ J yet contused suunti** of 4 micUty host :
u.iO’Jt stnkinr o repose, ro*--e on the evening air, im
pir<ing #i I grei’e.-solemii’y so the hour. Nipileon,’
with h r >r y g it-c>it ivripp j ai*o it bm, h a elbows .
on ins km— . und his foreliedJ resting on h-a hands.
et apart t hi a !, buried in he melan
eb* y. Mis most in'imito f-icnds dar *d not opprojeh
l.i i. sod his f vorie ofTicers atoud in groups at a dii
tance, gazing an v musty and sadly on that Client tent.
Idu>’ imni.nse conscq ienc s were bunging ou the
• n n*s f the next mcTiing—a powatful i*nomy j
i.eir, with th- a ir array yet unhioken —and ihey at .
length ventu *I to approach and ask for n lers Hut i
.he broken•h-H'-trd ‘ hieftain only ebook bis head, ex- J
cbuming -Eeryth'itg 10-monaw /’* and etill Uc*pt I
b mournful a; i ude. Oh, how overwhelming was
th g itfihi? roiild so master th it stern heart 1 The
cuznifice’il epectacle of the day that had pnaard, the
p.o ious victory ha !nd won, were remembered no more,
end he . * only h'fl dying frknd before him. No sobs
rra|M*il him. but silent and motionless he sat, his pol
! J f-ce buried in his hands, and hi* noble heart wrung
with vgouy. Uarkn*s drew hf*r curtain over the scene,
and the stirs came out one slier another upon the sky,
find, at length, the moon rose above the hills bathing
m tier soft beams the tented host, while the flames
f om burning village* in the distance shed a lurid light
through tha gloom—and ali an ha!, mournful, yt
aublinie. Th *re wa- a dark c6ttage, with the senti- i
ip-Is at the floor, tn which Duroc lav dying, and there. !
t )i, was (he gob i'y tent of .Napoleon, and within, the
U>wr l form of the Emperor. Around it. at a distance,
stood t!* siju r s the Old (*uard, and nearer by, a
• *nt “'oop of ch eftains, nnd ovir all liy the m*on
f it. Chose hrave soldiers, filletl with grief to see
t :sir beloved c lief borne down witii an *b sorrow, stood
fir h long lira* silent and tearful. A length, to break
the mournful sii nee, and to express the sy rnpathy they
1 light not spe ik. the bands struck up a requiem for
tic dying marshal. The melancholy strains arose and
f II in prolonged echoes over the field. Htid swept in
sifteueil c uietittH on the ear of the fainting v.artlor—
but still Napoleon moved not. They rhen changed
the measaro to a triumphant strain, and the fitting
ti .impel a breathed firth ther mo>t j >yt’ul notes ti’! the
heavens rung with the melody. .ivi'*h mi of music
had welcomed Napoleon as he reti vted fin-hed with
victory, till hi* eye!- kindled in exultation; but now
they llloh .1 dull and lis*Vs car. it ceased, and a
gain the mournful requi- m fnu . u the air Dot no
thing could a ous.* him fom bis agon;?, ng rrfJe* nuns
—hi* friend hy dying, and the h art hr* loved mare
than hi* life was thmhbine i’a Unt pnl*ni *na.
••What a theme f*r 1* painter, *1 ’ bat a eulogy on
Napoli on wa * that ecetie. ‘i'hai noble heart, which
the enmity of the world could not bike nor the ter
rors ol a bat tie-field move from its culm repose —nor
even the hatred ami inenhs of lus. a’ last, victorious
enemies humble —here nmk in the moment of victory
l five the tide of affection. What military chieftain
ever mourned ihu* on the field of victory, and what
sjldrer* ever luvcii a trader so V* .
Military Punishment in Austria.—Th* military
7 inishm -nts are —Ntlv, blows with the stock upon
the hack ; 2dfr, beating on the bare back ; and Bdly,
death. 7’he Lteotennnl has a light to administer u>
the soldier Mnd-knectit for the slightest insubordina
tion, and without any sentence, twenty-five Mow* of
the stock or enve, gi\*n by u single corporal. ’lhe
Captain has a right to administer thirty blows of the
stock by two corpora!#, and in presence of the com
pany. The punishment take# place in ibe middle of
a public pMce duung market or fair time, and with a
prescii and ceremony. Firstly, the culprit carries the
bench hirnsr If, places himself before the company, and
In/s hiriself on the bench ut the command of the of
ficer. Secondly, two corporals aie ordered out of the
ranks, and place tbemffeclvM one to the right and one
to te loft of the extended landsknecht. They exam
ine wtieihei hi* thighs are covered w i*h any thing more
th in drawers, and proceed to execution, At the word,
of command the corporal on the left of the criminal
strikes the fir#t Mow. and in two minute* after the cor
poral on the right, alternate If ; after each blow they
wait at least a minute or two, in order that the culprit
may have time to feel and suffer, ami that the thighs
uay swell and bleed ; the officers of the company *u
•rinUnd ihe execution, and say Strike well! (Hau
• ) Ihe execution Mms about three quarter* of an
h >ur. Alter the 2l)lh blow, the strip #of the drawers
and thighs are often seen to fall. Formerly they struck
on iiit’ 110 h trowssrs (hat the soldiers wear, but ihe
!l*,ser Francis, called by the Germans thi father of
On country, (Landosvster.) ordered ilomd m strike n
’ drawers, by way of “econom.Mne the trounr and j
<bt the blows should be better felt.” Publi .<-. * ncy |
dl not allow them to strike on the nek tl back, ihe
’Mortunat* generally put a piece of I non in their
‘n-iuths, nth tv ise the convulsive mot in of the j iws
und the grinding of the teeth make them Into their
Jiigues *nd break their t*th. The punishment once
1 onouricei is never rescinded Toe Germans are
•’ ! end inexorable. If sometimes the criminal ex
Mres before the last blow, they continue to strike the
until the number of Mow* prescribed are g,v* n
“he Austrian system exacts this seventy. After the
the punished individual rises, drags hintaelf
f to the commanding officer, bows himself lo the ground, j
ibankiog him in the** word*—Keceive thanks ! (Hahe I
dank)—be thso takes the bench on his shoulder and
cariies it hack. Date it ion and oth**r serious off nee*
ar* pumsbed by tunning the gauntlet, The soldier j
condemned by a court martial tu this puniihment is ;
stripped to ihe hips, and compelled to pass and re pass,
fiftmi or iweuty times, through one or several battal-1
lions of irilintry, langed 10 two lines, face to fsre ; the
space between 1 lie two lines is two or three paces broad.
Ejcti aulJier I'ufmftir.l with J willow itick, strikes Ihe j
j ,-ulprn lie with bis whol, might on the hire
! back. Ass precautionary nirssure, the solJtcrs are
i furnished with seveisl slicks in case of Iheii breaking.
If the unfortunate fsinU. and cannot any longer pro
-1 cerd, he is then Mid on a bench, and the oldicra pass
| ii.g and repaaaiug st the ordinary step, strike him as
he lie*, ii be die* under ihe blows, which often hip i
ptn*. (a? 1 personally witnessed it in and 1809.)
| they sti.ke the bojy until the number of blows are
1 completed. After passing a lew lime* the length of
. i.it oeitanon, composed oi horn 800 to 1000 men, the
j flviti of the bask t IH • ff in pieces, and very often the
I colt. M pioiruds through ‘he lacerated aides.
Kjwbuckieiuick's lint hit ions cf Austria.
EARLY MARRIAGES.
Cautious head* may preach prudence on thli subject,
and foreboding one* depict poverty and care, with ma
ny other objections, but atiil do vve advocate the pro
; pnety uleaily marriage*. All know, or should know.
, i.'jt opinion of the good and wise hrankliu upon thi*
subject, who war a warm advoca ein na favor, V\ ere
! tssly mlinage#generally encouraged among us. much
; of the vice and wickednes* would be prevented, which
is now aiuioet unavn and iblc.
The attachment oi man to ihe gentler *ex is poj
f.-eUv natu p sl, and when virtuous and honorable, how
prupei s ill indulgence ; it ennoble* our nature, lifts
n above ilsorduiaty level, imparting to it a loftier and
better character. Experieme lestifio* to the improve
mem it podm.es in us; true love ever improve# our
(•‘cliiigs and principles by iai#:ng them above a
sphere of action.
Let early t* achmcnt, then, be encouraged. Ihe
ytiung man who ha* chosen a virtuous feirate f>*t his
future f>ar(ner in life, f*a* tveiy incitement to an hon
est and upright course; he ha* an object in view other
then the mere enjoyment of the jni.iit tune, He
finds in her one wbo will psilicip tc in each hope for
future happiness, who will aid by her gen Ile and per*
*oj-uve arts, to lead him in the path. An bon
oral le attachment between the sexes is a source not
only of much true ami rational enjoyment, but it is al
so p'odu l t.ve of much practical good.
It is ofieri ot'served, that eucb a young :nan is fool
ish to get rnsrried at lus age, a# he cannot aflord it.
This I#. in gen* ral, a mistake, ai the money that young
in n would probably expend in worse than ut< lees a
musvmcrita —pcuhapsat the gaming table or ovir the
drinking cup —would now be Jevoled tu a holy and
just purpose—to the support of a vbtuou# wife and
family. And furtlvcr than this, he would be kept from
ttie Mciou# and unholy as>ocialions incident lo s lift* of
dissipation, by the charms of a happy home.
POLITICAL.
AN EX I KAL I FKO.Vi Mu. JOHN 3JN S (of Mi
rylani.)
We talk **f w- ir, and talk truly of the havoc it makes
of human Ilf.* and the desolation and m **ery which it
brings into t e boAom of finnlie-; but I say, wiih all
-inreritr, t *%i die uoubite growing out of >ur prevent
war sre an no’.bing, when comp.red with the individu- ;
a! t.x.d uatninal I •hscs and dH.rtss whuh rnu#t inevita
bly f jihnv the pa-sige of this bill, ll is an easy thing ‘
tor eentlemcn holding se.it# in t!ir lIIIIM if Congress, 1
am! who are in posacFsiuii of nil the comforts and lux
uries of life, who arc going from this city, the farmer to
his farm, the merchant to his business, the lawyer to .
hi* occupation—it 1* <*a-y f n such 11 tal. with great
ca.'innpss about theories of p licy and doctrine# of p*- j
litical economy. We have en ugh. N > nquilnl pov
erty invtths our homes; no cry of want i* head in
our tl weliing-*; they are full of happiness. Hot let us
reflect, 1 implore you let u< reflect o*l the condition of
the laboring population, who a c lobe a fleeted by what
we do. Let us a k ourselves wlut is to become of the
eight hundred thousind citizen, immediatelv engaged
in the va<iou* bunches of ir.anu fact urea, and those four
or five million* of others who are dependant up >n their
labor. They come here to th 1 doors of the Senate,
and entreat you ti save them from the destructive if
t ct* of a measure whose eifocts they well understand;
a measure retting on theory alone, uncalled lor and un
necessary, und fraught only with mischief. Remem
ber that these laborers, many of whom aie now your
petitioners, with their families, equal in number the
! whole population of this country at the tune our inde-
Ip n ieme was declared, Why shall we, without neces
sity, aud against necessity, perpetrate an act which
; must annihilate that national iodustiy to which they
I owe ail their conduits, their happinei-e, their very exis*
1 icnce itself 1
And w hat is all lhi rain to be caused for 1 It i# be
cause, a* is alledged. the tax which encourage* our
own labor obliges some o( our citizen* to give more for
commodities w hich they do not make, th? tax being al
ways added to ihe p ice of the commodity, and falling
upon the commoner.
N*jch 1# the pies. Tu the fi'! place it i* not true. —
Thu tux neithoi Mil* wholly <>n (he consumer, nor
wholly on the producer. The cotton planter tells you
that the tax you levy on fabiics mide out of his cotton,
when worked up, is equal to n tax on his cotton—i#
• quivalent to an export tax. Wall, if it is an export
lax, then certainly it doe* not fall on the consumer.—
It can’t fill 011 ihs consumer and the producer both.—
Let in* illustrate : England imposes a tax on tobacco
of fnir or five hundred per cent. Who piv* that tax?
Docs the grower of the tobacco pay it, or does the con
sumer pay it 1 They ennh both p;y the tax. If every
mao who use* tabac;o in England is faced to pay four
or fivi- bundled per cent, on the price of the article, be
cause of the impost, then clearly the tax does not fill
upon the grower; and if. on the other hand, the giow
i>r*gois bis tobacco inm England at a price less than
the amount of lb* impost, it i* equally clear tMat the
consumer does not pay it. But the truth is that nei
ther of (hem, exclutively, pay# it. Its amount is at
first shared betwrenthe p.oducer and the consumer,
and, in llio end, na far us the price is concerned,
competition bring* it down to what it would have been
without the tux.
And now let me call the a lent ion of the Senate lo
, “ hat i!js Secretary of the Treasury says that we do
with the cotton we send abroad, and what with the
cotton wr sell at home, and then let u* see why he pre
fers etndmg it abroad to having it manufactured at
h nne. I quote from hts report.
1 “At pr-eut prices our cotton crop will yield an an
nuel product of $72,000,000, and ihe manufactured
fabric $504,000,000, ruHMsuiso raopirs abroad
TO TUOUSAMiS of CAPITALISTS, AND WASta TO HI E
UR t. DM or THOUSANDS OF TH K WORKING CLAiSI.I ; sll
of whom would be deeply injured by nny disturbance
growing out of a rtate of war, to ihe direct and ade
quate supply of the raw material.”
Who get* the benefit? We send abroad the raw
rn.itaiial worth 72,000.000, and. In the process of man
ufuctnnns, it* value 1* enhanced, avys the Secretary, to
504,000,000. If tint <s done in England somebody in
England gels the benefit of the operati n ; but, if it
j were done here, then somebody here would get the hen
j ‘‘fit. Now wbo is it that the Secretary want* to go’
j diflerenee in value ? Hear what he says; I give
you h.s own words :
‘* At present prices our cotton crop will yield an an
j nnol product of $72,000,000, and the manufactured
j fabric $504,000,000. furnishing profits abroad to
thousands of capitalists, and tenges to hundreds of
th usands of the working ctusset.”
Now you have, the countiy will see, what the Sec
retary wunt* to do. He want* these profi'a shall be
shared by the thousand* abroad. That is the new the
ory, that 10 the revenue standard, that is democratic in
fiit view of the matter. Could there be a raoie clear,
obvious, anti-American policy? W** in the United 1
Suite* rai#* a crop of cotton worth 72 000 000, capable
!of being made worth 504.000.000. How i* it to he
made 504.000.000 ? By the process of being manu
factured And how is tint tube dme ? The first
1 thing im to vest capital in the requi ite buildings and
machinery : the next to empty laborers. Httt, then,
1* the empioymeni of foreign cup.tal and foreign labor
♦ r#, und the fruit is to increase 72,000 000 to 501,0041,-
000 ; an cicesa , f 432,000,000 Who gets it? The ‘
American labor** ? the American capituli*l ? No, n>;
according 10 Mr. Walker’s own statement, that profit
is furnished, and should be fumuhed, to “ thuuiands j
abroad.”
Is that democratic ? Ye*, that M democratic ; khatj
is the essence of democratic wieiiem ; that ;* the quint-1
essence of political economy that is the benefit we are j
to derive from progressive democracy—that progressive
democracy which goes bevonJ the United States, not !
confining itself to the limits of rur owu count y. [A
faugh]
Mr. President, I do not see how it i possible there t
can be two opinions a* to the anti-national spirit and
influence of such a system a- ‘hi*. We are Americans:
we have capital here; we have laborers here. Thi*
American capital and American laborcoM jutt a- well
convert those seventy.two million* into five hundred
and foui million* 3* English capital *n.l English labor.
Whoever doe# tins rnj >y the whole bt m-fu i*f the dif
ference. Let that seventy-tvo million* c-o abroad, and
hundreds of thousand* of laborer a are Support
ed by those seven y two nmlliun* of American cotton.
The Secretary’* philanthropic spoil 1- *0 enlarged and j
sublimated that it takes in the whole world and quite
forget* home.
[Here Mr. McDcmt said something, not heard by
| the Reporter, about Southern iodustiy not being in
. vo!veil in the value ot cotton ]
Mr Johnson. I presume, if you raise cotton at the
South, that s*mrb>djr u.n*t labor. The cotton, I take
it for granted, doe* not hoe itwlf, nor pick itself, nor
gj to market by itself.
I say again that the spirit of this romprehen-ive phi
lanthropy. which *cea# to rej ice ••> much in the profit
that H i i*h cspitalbt aud their army of British Mb *l
- are to make out of a crop of American coil >n is,
after alt, restricted in its energies to men beyond the
Atlantic, and seems to feel no reluctance or remorse a’
inflicting ruin on American capital and American tahoi
ers. Now I subrnrt, Mr. President, that an American
Secretary of the Treasury would set somewhat more
in character if he turned his benevolent gazes little
more on his own fellow citizens, and would bethink
him sum what how he in ght multiply the comforts ami
secure ih* prosperity of the hundreds and thousand* of
American laborers ftom whom this scheme will take
their diily bread.
But let u* follow the Secretary a step further. His
plm ts to give to foreign labor the undisputed posses
sion of the American market To thi* end, he lays a
1 duty on foreign commodities the lowest that he possib-
Ily c.ni coiiaiatent with revenue. What become* of
j that duty 1 Does it go into the Eugli*h Treasury !
: Dues it not contribute to support the British Govern
! merit; to add to it* revenue ; to increase its strength ;
! to support it* aristocracy; to give splendor to its throne,
and make England one of the foiennM nations of the
j world? The whole tendency of ihe yecietary’s scheme
J is to add tu the wreabh of English capitalist and to in-
I crease ilie prosperity of English indnstry. Now, sir,
! if the tax is to be paid either by the producer or the
j consumer, (I speak of the whole extent of the tax,) I
, think, if we are to buy British good*, increased in price
| by the whole amount of the lax, it would be better pol
j icy for us to save that tax for our own Government,
| and hive it uo into our own Treasury, rather than the
Treasury of Groat B itain In my poo? apprehension,
#ir, it would bo infinitely better to pursue 0 polity
which would enure to our own strength, our own hon
; or, our owu credit, our own prosperity, our own wealth,
arid our own industry, rather than one which makes
us tributary to those who have no common feeling with
’ ourselves, at all times our rival# 6nd competitors, and
who may, at any time, be thrown into open conflict
and hostility wi;h us. The Secretary say*: “If our
manufacturers consume four hundred thousand hales,
it would cost them twelvk mili.iosh dollars, whist
selling the manufactured fabric for eighty-four million
dollars ”
If we sell them twelve million* of cotton, and they
wo k it up into the value of eighty-four millions, as
h re alledged it i# in pnrt, ns is said, because we im
pose 0 duty which i- added to the price. Does not the
Hecielary see that, if I buy en English fabric, and fiis
own theory be right, I urn not only paying our own
tax. hut the tux u!s.i which the British Government may
have imposed on the fahnr. He says that the tax goes
into the price. Shall wp not, then, rather pay the lax
to our ow n Government than to a foreign Government,
whii b may b.; a- Mr ap ir; bom ou r s in •* doctrines is
the poles are wide asunder?
Thk Hour Markrt.— It i# smurng to hear so
many of our opponent p k snecringlv of the v due
of a Home Market, •• and diiion;> other*, men who hold
high station* and ought to know how ruiv.doua they
make themselves it th*-v do not. They talk and write
hs though eveiy factory *>ught to be closed, and the
operatives compelled to turn farmer* ; but singulaily
1 enough propose no plan to provide firm*. We are
, to and that we hue a k rut extent of territory that ought
to be culiiva'ed, and the produce exchanged for the
manuiactuies ot other countries. England, they f-oy,
bus thrown open her ports to the reception of our
tirain und flour, and this gives u* an unlimited market.
This beptiflcd liberality of Great Britain was to bene
fit the fanner*, we do not know how much. Well,
what his it done? Why now that it i* known that
ihe corn law* have been repealed. Ji,ur i* lower than
it has been for so.no years Why do not these locofo
cor who claimed so much benefit for the farmei on the
; repeal of the corn law#, buy up this cheap flour and
ship it to England ? The reason is,.that there ha* not
Iroen u Urge shipment of flour to England for son©
time past, although the pnee of fl >ur is nearly fifty
per cent, lower than in former year*, but ha* lesultvd
. >n a heavy loe#
The bluff about making farmers of our manufsc
. hirer* and sending our surplu* to England, is all hum*
I bug. Great Britain in her days of greatest scarcity
1 never imported thirty days’ provision* for her entire
population. The whole amount of ng-(cultural pro
ductions of this country exported during the veor, to
ill the n tion on the globe, with the t xeeption of our
Cotton and Tobacco, as shown by the annual report of
the Hscietary of the Teasury, was only sl6 000,000.
! The entire value of t'e agricultural productions of the
; U. B. (exclusive of cotton.) 1* annual y at h ast one
, thousand millions of dollars ; and the annual amount
’ exported (exclusive of cotion) does not exceed twenty
five millions, or about one-M, tieth pait, leaving nine
1 bundled millions for home consumption. If all en
gaged in manufactures in the U. B. should become
j producers instead of consumers, whit then would be
*bo value of agricultural products, and bow rou'd we
dispose of the surplus? New England, ir.stead ot
consuming more flour than vve send to England, 123,-
000.000 hu*hels of oats, 377.531.875 of Indian corn,
108, 278,000 of potatoes. 25,000.000 neat cattle, 19,-
000.000 sheep. 26 000.000 swine, and other articles in
proportion, would send almost that amount lo market.
hat nation Would purchase all this? C rtiinly not
England ; she raises nenly enough for herself. Cer
tainly not Trance ; for she requires still Mss than
England. Where then shall w© semi it? Will those
who sneer at a home market answer ?
And in view of all this we are very gravely told by
such a man as Senator ITeese, that he doea not care
for a home market—that eight counties in iiliuoia can
supply that /
From the Richmond Daily Whig.
LIGHT BEHEADING*
In a late number of the “Southron,” an able paper
published at Jackson, Mississippi, we are gratified to
! observe an article in support of the Protective policy,
written by an extensive cotton planter. The writer
expresses the opinion that •* if there ho one portion of
•.he Union more interested than another in the encour
agement of home industry, it is the South”—an opin
ion which will bo much more generally entertained ten
j hence than it is now, as it is much more widely
| diffused now than it was twenty years ago, when scarcc
ly a voice on this side of the Potomac, and perhaps
J not one in the cotton-growing region, was heard in de
| fence of the Protective system. 7he permanent estab-
I lishment of cotton manufactories has given the cotton
I planter two markets where before he haJ but one, and
I has broken down the foreign monopoly which formerly
! existed. The manufacturers of Great Britain formerly
! regulated the price of the great stuple; but, although the |
I scale of price* in Uieat lliitain continue* to exert u 1
i vast influence upon the value of cotton throughout the !
world, yet it is evident, from the fact stated in the ar
ticle refeired to, that the price for the last four years
hn* been higher in the United Statca thin in any for
eign market, that the Liverpool market has ceased to
fumish the txclusivt standard of value. It is obvious,
too. that the repeal, a few year# since, of the duly pre
viously imposed upon American cotton exported to G.
Brjiain, was induced solely with a view to enable the
British manufacturer to reduce the price of hi* fabrics,
in order to enable him to compete successfully with hi
American rival in the markets of the world, in which
he had been to a great extent eiipersrdeJ—end it is not
an unfair or strained inference to suppose that, if the
American factories were destroyed, or the quantity of
tbeji iaVnc* u.u* m- h*J, lit U tLt July, im
portant ot it !• tc the British eichrqutr, would te o*
gain levied. We ait saticf*rd that the cotton planter*
havedenvej as great <tmi as direct aDamagr iroui the
protective policy, a* an> other tUas of persons in he
Union, althoug by them, more than by any other
da**, lias that policy been mo t strenuously opposed
As the Naiional Intelligencer well remaika on this atil*-
jeci, *• When, in ISI6, Mi, Calhoun was the advocate (
of a protecuve tariff, he urged the measure tocaJ*i it I
would build up a maiket and favor American interest,
instead of the interest of a foieign people. That, no j
doubt was the tendency of h.* measmes,and ol the pol* ,
icy which had his fostering care. He uimeJ, first, to .
open anew market foi the sale of cotton, lie would I
have Sure and certain h’ine trade for the article, and ■
not be dependent on iho caprice of a single set of cus
tomer*, who were three thousand mile* utf; but he
aimed al-o to withdraw from ogricutturc u portion of
the labor then beatowed on the product lone of the field,
un>J thus, while lie caused a portion of this cotton to
be manufactured in the country, to open in like man- j
; tier anew inaiket for tin* ;uperahuudant liarM-ut* of
wheat and corn which the farmer* of the country pro- ,
d' ed.”
The subjoined letter from a S >n’U Carolina planter,
which recently appeared in the Charleston Mercury, it j
tiot less significant ;
Bar* wrll District July 15. I
*• Every body in ltd* suction is engaged in subduing
the grurs winch ha* sprung up luxuriantly dunng the
late rains. Corn looks badly, and rollon worse. There
has b en a good deal of sufleiing this year on acenu
f scarcity in the provision ciop, and I fear there V’
be none next. A purely agricultural people, you •-.
will always H* id a miserable exi-tence. If the crops
ate good there is no one to purchase, and ail (hey cun
gel is a me'* living. On the other hand, if the crops
fail, they all sutfer together, because they have no mon
ey to purchase from abroad, liven the prospect for
fruit, bo tine ain >nih ag t.is l.kely to be cut olf. The
appli * are fill ng before they are ripe; peaches have
but little llivor. Melons ol all kinds are comparative
ly la*telrss ; and the grape* which premised so well,
are rotting by tlw bushel. Such H our fate, arul I pre*
j sumo we must uhmit to it. Had toe lea* opposition
! to n fair tariff in Carolina, aid a lit fir mart dturai-
It/ of labor, we might be tupplcd ivith Means, when
our crops arc short, to purchase from abroad.”
There is a volume of wisdom in the concluding re
rna kof this letter. No one doubts that a firmer who
diversifies the occupations of his labour*, and who
makes w ithin himself as many as possible of the artic
les which ho consume*, will al vay* be more prosper
, ons than one who confines himself exclusively to in
creasing ihe product! ns of the soil, and who purchases
every thing besides. Much more true is ihis of a com
munity of individuals or of a nation. Wbrn all are
producer*, where aie ihe consumers to be found ?
Sound policy dictates a diversity of pursuits; and the
more ixten-ively this variety of occupation can be dif
fused, so a* to bring the manufacturer to the door of
the farmer, between whom an interchange of what each
need* from the other cun 1m fleeted at least cost, the
mo e decisively will *ts beneficial influences be felt, and
the more perceptible will (l ey be to the m ist superficial
observer. Hence the great advantage ot the home over
the foreign market, independently ot all custom-house
I regulation*.
ft is (he fashion, we know, to sneer at the home
market, as altogether a matter too trivial, in compari
son w th the market* abroad, to be entitled to the sli lat
est consideration. Vet it needs only a slight examina
tion of fdctß to show that upon the home market the
• agriculturalist rnu-t mainly lely for remuneration for
his labor. The annual v.tlue of the agricultural pio
| duct ions of l!ie U. States is not less, for example, than
; one thousand millions of dollars. How math of this
is sent abroad, to ail the markets of the world ? Not
owe fortieth PART the remainder is consumed at
home ; and a large amount of the surplus of Southern
production* is sold annually to the New England State*
cottoii excepted, than to ail the bailance of the world.
Who is nil —ln June, 1844, the Harrisburg (Pa.)
Union, alter replying to the assertion of a W hig pa
per published iu that city, that Mr. Polk was in favor
of F.ee ‘Trade, as a * wil ful misrepresentation,” ad
ded the following emphatic remtik: “Now, we hap
pen to enow, and we state, upon the authority of a
Tennessean, with whom we conversed at Baltimore—
a near neighbor of Col, Polk that he holds the doc
trine of Free Trade in I’NaUALIFIKI) Alt HOB HF.SCK.
He has never advocated it, and never will. He is in
fivor of a judicious revenue Tariff 1 , affording the
MOST AMPLE INCIDENTAL PROTECTION
to American industry, lie is the especial friend and
advocate of the iron and coal interest, those two great
objects of solicitude with Pennsylvania; and, believing
permanence in our laws to be of incalculable value,
lie is oppoaai) to the disturbance of the phases r
Tariff. These facts wc state upon the vert best
authority ” Now, the ‘very beat authority’ must
have been Mr. Polk himself, or some ‘neighbor of Mr.
Polk,’ authorized to speak in hie name. And the
press is every where celling for the name of this
‘neighbor.’ We hope the Harrisburg paper will give
it to the country. — Richmond Whig.
>HOM TUK HICHMoRD WHIG.
Tlie Ctcavelsnd •• Plain-Dealer,” a spirited Locofo-
Ico paper, Bays : “ W, had I lie pleasure of seeing Hie
Hon Senators Cast, of Michigan, Bnd Dieppe, of fiili
non. also the Hon. Jotm Wentworth, representative
from the Cbicago district, as thee passed up the Lakes
on Saturday, returning from the late -essioii. They
do not hesitate to siy that Wusterk BtnHTS have
been trampled upon by the dumireerihc Polici or
thk South, and that Conceit of action among the rep
resentative! of the max Status is necessary to resist
BoUTur.ni* Aiibkkssioh. So siy ur, (adds the Plain-
Dealer.) and a member of Congress front Ibe West
who is found cudding to the Suave Powkr, for the
sake of Government favor, should be marked with the
\ curse of Cain.”
What says the Enquirer to these “natural allies” of
the South—these *• .Northern men with SdVtharn prin
, eiples 1”
HENRY CLAY AT HOME.
A correspondent of the National Intelligencer, who
recently s.cenrled tha M issiaeippi itnd Ohio from New
Orleans, thus speaks of a visit which he paid to the
grest Statesman of the West:
Ashland is shout two mile, from Lexington. and its
old fashioned manson, afier ca’ching a view of it at
•nine distance, ia suddenly Ind among Ihe lofty trees
that almost surround it. When our party reached
the gate, which stood wide open, no house could be
seen: we entered it. and, winding through the copse,
Ashland in all it, heaury dashed upon us. We had
scarcely entered his hall when Mr. Cut came to greet
us with bis Irlsnd smile and cordial grusp of Ihe hand,
.vlneh made ine, at least, feel as if 1 were at home.—
The grounds of Ashland are in a high state of culti
vation, and It would do a farmer good lo look upon
| them. He boasted not of it, hut some of kis neigh
burs told me dial Mr. Clat aland* “A No. 1” (1 . we
mechanic, suy.) especially in cul'ivaling and putting
| up hemp; and, from all I heard and witnessed. I dare
| ,oy he is aa well qualified lo impart useful informa-
J lion to the cultivators of the soil as he is to enlighten
ius on the great political questions of the age. There
lie aat at Ashland, in a plain farmer’a dress, discours
ing with his accustomed frankness on many subjects,
and sometimes giving utterance lo sentiments that
oilier men should write hooka upon; but not an un
kind expression towards any individual, whether pri
vate or public, escaped his lipa. Time has lad but a
; sparing band upon toe great Amencan Statesman, I
never saw him look heller or happier; bis step is elas
| tic, his faculties appear fresh and vigorous, and the .
chances are that he will live to witne.s the election of
several Presidents.
We learn from the Journal of Congress. that the
yeas and navs at the late session were called 500 times.
This is equftl to about 300 hours, or 60 working days
for Congress, and at $8 per day for 234 members of j
the House, the expense lo the nation was over one
hundred thousand dollars.
The Washington Union says, that there is no truth
in the statement made by ihe Hatsnna cm respondent
ot the New \ ork Tribune, that an agreement had been
entered into between Santa Anna and certain agents
of the Dutish and American Governments,prior Lo the
departure ol the former for Vera Cruz.
The correspondent of the New York Express says,
that the constitutionality of the retrocession of Alex
andria will be contested, and that Daniel Webster has
been engaged as court,') in the esse,
DOMESTIC.
IMPORTANT FROM SANT A FE.
Preparations io Meet Gen'l Kearney— 7,ollo Mexi
can Troops said to be in Reserve — Mexican Spies
Exposed conditon of American Supplies—- Indi
an* .1 docking Government Wagons und Trading
Partus—Volunteering against Americant,
\ letter from Mr. N. Coitnirn, our correapondHUt at
Garcia Fe, announces his arrival ai Independence, in .
this .State, on Thursday last, in twenty-four ami u halt |
d*y from ~anta IV. i nis journey eclipse* in speed j
any other e.ei peifdimcd between the lwu points, und j
shows that very soon it will be stripped of even the
character of novelty. From ihe ktier ol Mr. Colburn
we gather many Ihjlh of interest to our readina which j
are here arranged.
Mr. Colburn left tfanu Ft? on the 3d, of August.*— :
There wan then only 450 Mexican soldiers si jtioued |
: at Tallin Fe, but the author.bus stated that they had ,
7 Utf men ready to march at h moment’s warning to
meet lien. Kearney, and 2.000 were expected from the I
i lower country. How fir this expectation may be re i
; allied, mny be juJgvl of from the fact, that Mr, Ken
j nedv, who had just arrived f om Benora, reported that
! they bad there only 3JO soldien; 200 at Chihuahua,
| and 40 at HI Pstao.
W ben M . C. left Santa Fe. nothing had been beard
f (i-n. Kearney’s movements so tifieen dyir previous,
it w* not then known ihat ti n. Wool wai moving
X .nut Chihuahua. About 2 000 rnitea on bis route
, I f met with eight MuXicji) diagoons who had
wu t h;iu the m \e m vts of the American forces
tilth, i (irii. Kearney. They said they had not even
toe 1 r'*ops, mill ug i they had been in sight of Bent’s
i>r l an - i 1 > the JS i.mrone.
Mr t . burn un h and Ihe crossing of the Arkansas in
ten day 8, (King the quickest trip ever made to ‘hut
point in wrfg.-ii-. He found gra?** and water scarce.
He theie met (Japt. W orceater, of the U S. Artillery.
T. Caldwell and C'hurles Bent, only ten days fr. m ln
d pendence, and sent by thorn to Gen. Kaaroey all the
news of which he was in possession. From (his party
he h* aid ot ilie murder, on the evening before, of Mr.
V,Z. Swan, ol Northampton, Mass. He was return
mg, ii is stated, from Fx.it Bent, in company with Maj.
G. Ciiik, and was shot fiom his horse, when within
seventy-five yards of tbeii cam}, by Indiana.
().i the 18th, he met Mr. J urly a company of three
wagons, for Taos, and also forty-three government wag
ons, and 54 men. They were lying by for repair*.—
They had lost fifteen yoke of oxen: many of the men
were sick, and they had only two rounds of ammuni
tion. No guard could he placed at night, and they had
nothing with whivh to protect thernseivai when hunt
ing their oxen.
The Indians were attacking some of the companies
every night. This detachment of wagons wa sixteen
days behind the Army, which Mr. C. learned, was suh
ni-ting on hull a ration of bread and meal, with neither
sugar nor coffee ! He expressed the opinion, that one
| hundred Mexican soldier* could capture all the supplies
[ of (iovernment stores from the Uolion Wood to B ntV
Fort, if they only knew their exposed situation. Ii
wa* also staled that the Dragoons had only fifteen
rounds of ammunition with them.
Mr. (J. says that the Indians were in Santa Fe, offer*
! ing their services to Gen. on condition that he
should lt them have the spoils which they might take
from the Americans, but that he had refined to accept
the proposition. It he bad acceded to it, the army
| might possibly have been defeated, or their supplies cut
j off, which would have caused great distress. Major
| Clark and himself gave the men all the powder which
! they could spare and left them.
On the 16ih, he met twenty-two Government wag
on*, in charge of Mr. Campbtll and .Mr. Coons of St.
Louis, lie learned from them that their camp had
been attacked on the night previous, and that they had
killed one Indian and wounded another. ‘That night
his camp was attacked at Coon Creek, and an attempt
made to run off his stock.
From the lfl-h t > the 27ih he met pirties every day
all of whom hat] offered more or less by the Indians,
who get rivd bent on stealing their stock, end succeed
ed in carrying rtf some.
Mr. Colburn represents trade * being extremely dull
at Manta Fe. Theie was a heavy storm of snow in the
: mountains on the 16:h of June, and on the 10th of Ju
ly he saw large banks of snow. On the 24th June,
there was a tremendous hail storm on the Si. Charles,
s >ine of the atones measured nine inches, and he saw
one house which h id holes cut through the roof by it
‘The corn crop was very poor, ,Mr. C. expressca the
opinion, that the horses of the mounted men mu H auf
fer severely during the winter, as there waa lut little
surplus grass in the country, probably not exceeding
eight thousand bushels wheat, and no corn
The Navajo Indians were committing depredations
on the Mexican*. They killed one man and wound
ed another, on the 2d ult. within twelve miles of Santa
Fe, and were almost daily running ofl ‘.heir stock.
M;. Alvaros, American Consul at Santa Fe, was in
feeble health — St. Louis Republican.
from Ihe New York Sun of August 28.
THE CALIFORNIA EXPEDITION.
From inquiries which we bear on ull sides, there
I appears lo he no little unxiely among tiie people lo un
derstand Ihe meaning of lilies expedition, and the views
■of the Government in refeienre to it. All that can he
: learned about it is that Secretary Mahct wrote a queer
end ivntrs hat mysterious letter to Col. tSteven-on ;
lhat a regiment of men lias been raised, fed, and cloth
ed at lire expen-e of the Government; that this regi
menl is quarteie-l on Governor's Island ; and that surnl
t'V fat j >bs and good speculations have been made bv
ons c-r two fsvorii tailors and shopkeepers in equipirrg
I the same. Perhaps this is well enough as things go,
I inasmuch as the money is to come out of Ihe public
chest, Dut li e impoi lant question, ami the one which
! ought to be answered, is, whet is the Government go
i ing to do with this regiment? For what purpose ha*
it been raised and rlothed ! The general understand- j
: ing is lhat at some future day it is lo be shipped slid
sent by wster around Cape Horn lo California. The
next question is, what is it going there for ? Bmely
j not to lake any part in the war with Mexico, for we
are told that w e are on the point of having a peure with
! that country. And, if (hit were not ao, if the war i*
to tie fought out, this regiment might be got into action
much quicker than hy taking a six month’s voyage a-
I round hhuilh America. They cannot expect to reach
! California before next spring by which time the war
will ho finished beyond all question, if tire Government
dto-s its duly. Would Ihe powers at Washington like
to admit that they have any expectation of not bring
ing the war lo a rinse before that lime, and that there
i> a p-ospect of it, dragging thiuugh another summer ?
We do not believe that such an admission would be
very pt ienlly ret eived hy the people of this country, or
that lire Administration would be willing lo make it.
What, then, do they propose to do with this regiment?
Are they going lo send a cofony of settlers lo Califor
nia, under pay. and clothe, bought by the Government,
and in ship, hired hy the Government? la other
words, is this a grand speculation got up at the public
exprnae for privaie benefit? If such i, the object it
would seem lo be very little in accordance with the
rigid principles of economy and constitutional law laid
down in the veto of the river and harbor bill, in refer
ence to appropriations of the public money*. We
make not the slighteat imputation against any of the
worthy men enlisted in till* enterprise, but we deem it
due to the people who are to pay for it lo give them
some light aa to what it all means If the Government
: i, about to engage in hiring men and ships for Ihe
purpose of establishing colonies in distant countries,
we should like lo know in what arlirlo and section of
the Constitution the authoiity for enfeting into this
new branch of business is found.
From the Savannah Republican,
SaiVTi Av.vi amt the Wab. —The subjoined ex
tract us a letter from an intelligent correspondent on
boa and a United State* vrsael-nf-w.tr, dated ofT Vera
Cruz, tnc 28th August, cannot fail to attract much at
tention. It fully confirms the suspicions for some lime .
entertained in regard to the existence of an
ing'nr bargain between Mr. Polk and tire “exiled-chief':
•• The ex President (Santa Anna.) arrived off here j
on the lfitli int„ and enlcted Vera Cruz on the same
day ; he wa* accompanied hy lira la-Jv and daughter,
and Gen. Almonte; the steamer that brought him
was boatded by an officer from Ihe St. Mary's, and his
Excellency, a little disturbed hy the visit, apprehend
mg he might possibly he detained, hill the Commander
ot the St. Mary's previously instructed by the Com
modore. permitted him to pass ! Judging from the re
ports that have reached us, and the royal aalute given
him, his arrive! wa, hailed with great joy.”
Its HiLa It,s qar.ion in rrg,at J t.i i| if I
of ’ bargain S.t*,, r , lha hr K h contract),,. *'■
wluch is lurth.r cmuimrJ l>y xlte „ fW A ■
tha let In, frum the Gulf Squadron, of
mislice further monlht ! ‘ “■
The next inquiry i. ,|l Santa Anns fulfil n II
of the contract, or will he not, rather a, j„ ,| lf
Texs.. break his farth, and true! hr. f u ,i UIIM
of W,r 1 The lit er is certainty the most pr , ,’ ■
In the hrst place, he t. now the leader „f, ‘■
pie, and if it Ire true that he l.a, obi,i„ e j ‘ ■
montlis’ armistice, the chances ure five i 0 „ n , .! ‘■
wdl protract th. war for years. If , hrH U
allowed lo elapse, the operatiune at Vera Oii;i W
long the Gulf, are over for another twelve irorn',] J
that lime the Vomito will have disappeared t , ■
j northers will have rnmmenciil in all their f u ,y W
j our vessel, will share ihe I,ie of the Tiuxi,,.''?.l
j venture t r make anv dernnnttraliona along ii,.■
| Three months having rlapwd, Santa Anna will?*
perfected hi* council,, orginitrd hi, goternmn
l ranged Ins guerilla Kegimeuta, and ftaiheicd toJejifl
‘the sinews of War.” J,, the meantime. inart..fl
. v*‘ll have bred discontenr .iinor.f the American ljr "B
jthe dose of their term of ,ere;ce will h anp f „..t'■
and a little generalship on the part of thr’ Me I
I Will enable Ilienr to ave.d an engagement until
hatch of raw recruits is cillr-d Into the service ■
j shell is the purpose of rtte Mexicans, ihere remain,l
a doubt. It is fully developed in liie 1u11.h*,,,.
Istion of certain exliaus ot asp i-ch made in *> ‘■
| can Cnuncil of Wat, held rvhen the government J
in astute of irresolution in regard to a cuntmu i I
| host,lilies and tile manner ot coiuluctin, ih tni X
find it in the Waebiag'nn corrrapondenca ol th, \ I
’ C.immcreiul Advertiser, where it is pronotiticefi n, I
sutheinic, though not official. l
• The Officer contended that it wa the bu,in, (f I
the American generat to hr ng ihe war In a ciinelusj
•To and aw the war ini • Icngrh, he said, „ th, ■
for Mexico.’ W
• i’ne collected force, of the United Stutea, h, , I
ire in Mexico. There ano olace from tvlii. h the,
hope lo he auppltej txt’ iit n, except from than’
country ; und he who *ni.t, |.'ii.i lon, W||| soon vil
an army. 1
•The men from N rtlicn latitude, constim:, I
strength and bulwark .-I t lie American army;
the war, and will ibev . o able lo go through „ ■
csotpaign ? The change ol soil ami thr limt ui;l
rlinnte rvi|| relax their vigor. ■
• The war. that by Birenuoua cfTirta msv hr i..j, .1
to s prosperous issue, lungt,id when drain 13
lengtn, and in a ta'e ot tedious aoapenw, wholen ,1
have mouldered , ay. 1
1 Idu ihe other ha 01, wc are in no want of suppiol
all our people are firm, and greit resources i, ~1
reserve. 9
•The Cantral and Northern provinces are a!,
send numerous arm ato the field. The capital (I, J
empire, and lh great st.oughuld on the Lu.f, .... ■
cure. X
•Thera i, still in reserve a store of wealth, bjikp I
lie and private, and riches ur at all niues the e.uvwfl
i of war. I
•Our soldier, are in good condition sud enure,i ,1
all our climates. Wehiv fortified edi ,spangly jJ
Il'oncd, and all delenniucd to huld out to tin-lie, J
| For this reason,’ conciu ltd the orator, • a slow amliirJ
■ war is Ihe best cxpeoien'.’ 1
j These, or similar views, , ave been given In the MnJ
I ican press, and a I Ue. p< lined at V era Crux | : r ,jl
agu as the diet of July, remarking upon the effect J
! ‘fie re,urn of Sauls Amia to power, s, ems to iegjiJ,l
! prut.action of the war as the telthd, well undcislorfl
j policy of Mexico. After speaking t f the unsoimovl
] resolu ion of the Naliumal Junta lo iexuu /cffrrsifl
rnaryuc and reprisal, and to throw tip a hneot circuil
vdia toil of many mil s in extent, sruuud the cilv >|
Mexico, the wrrtei Bays; I
•-There i- a detaruiination on tlie part of Ihe rite. I
people lo resist whatever hirers rnay appear annuel
toeui in an nlfenstve altitude;” and adds, -that it I
Ihe (iovernnirtil if the United 8 ales will soon cordial
it is not so easy a matter a* they imagine to overiul
and subdue eight millions of united heads, shur g 1 1
madness,” Scc. i
This letter further states that— j
“ A decree b.is been unanimously adopted by t| le I
uonnl Jinna, for the promotion of all tvho sigria:xe|
themselves in future engagements with the l'ntrj|
Slates farces ; and which santtions a change ia that
formation of battalions ; that is intended to en rhle i1,,l
f>rce ( to altai k those under tfen. ‘l’st lor, gur ,//g foah l
tun, o’ small harrsssnig sec ions ; as the force, ul the I
United Sia'es are coiupnsrj principally of new Jeviw,|
attacks by small sections will mater tally impede t.’.e.r
success.”
The writer further states that the return of PanU
Anna will unite all factions, and that PateJe,wiile>en
lie continued in command of Ihe army oftkeNaith.
v\ ho can d-mbi, alter a knowledge of all lliew facts,
in regard to lbs probable ter.ddiey ol affursin Mexico?
Who will doubt, that we a e not I k- ly to have anoth
er Florida War? Ihe only suggestion which we liave
seen leading to the contrary conclusion, is lhat Bai ia
Anns will be controlled by his cupidity and hn desn*
to protect his properly in Mexico—in other words.tbit
he has been, or he bought up. H s own de,tui
tion, amount to littlcr. and It they were more emsprr
i hensive, wouhl he gt>od tor nothing. He seldom k|
j Ins frith, ami will lie governed by the wia.es of the pee
i file of Mexico, and th-y will be conlrolhd grearly h
I their hatred of Americans. They will doubilesi cm
dude lhat Mr, Polk is ready to buy a peart til/HU
| time, and therefore they rnay a* well compel bitals
i spend as much of his money in Northern Mmcn M
1 possible. It is not likely, therrf-re. even should then
i ire no armistice, tbet lien- Taylor will find the enemy
l at Monterey, or any where else, short of the plains if
! Gainajuato, and even there, aa i* suggested by the cor
j reap indent of the Commercial Advert ser, iheilLrl
| will lie “ to emlmra* his retreat and rut off his sup
plies, rather than to resist hit progress.” They thought
’ they had him in the trap hr fore, hut missed it; they
will he more cautious and more certain of llirir game
in future.
PUBLIC EXPEND!rUKES.
‘J'lie Union publishes an official statement of ihr ip
pmpnalions mad* liy the last Corig *, ae follows:
Civil and diplomatic expenses #4,953.61! 63
Indian Department do. 1, l()6 699 50
Naval service 7446.703 35
Army 0,873.06! 67
Volunteara anj other troops 1 1,957,350 00
Prosecution of the existing war 10,000,000 00
Regiment of inounled i fteinrn 61,500 00
Sappers, miners, and puntoniers !5,000 00
Military Academy 124,976 00
Fortifications 1,440.000 00
•* Defensive works” 170.000 00
Post Office Department 4 070540 75
Pension. 1,744 635 40
Deficiencies ol 18IG 1,700,914 99
‘Smithsonian institution si i. :
Interest on fund of (f615 169 00)
which may have accrued on tho Ist
dav of July ueit 242,123 59
Miscellaneous 429 138 8
>51.476.191 II
•The amount of ipprnpration fur Smiihaonno Lisin
lute to be placed in the treasury by interest accrai®!
on the Slate bonds held by the United Stairs for “Ol
inal Smithsonian fund.”
Initie as llita amount is, we have no doubt iLd, 1
the next evasion, Congress will be called on fn f 4> f
approoriaiions lo meet outstanding claims. —■
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