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(Hit st* ttW’ |*''(i"sitt ’ Vir list our craf, roaJy <•-* aiiAfk uh tht*e
wfiee ffcc atrk x* waAft *{>* i *k‘ city, 1 nkiniU r.<\ t ke *oar
to k*-r u tli< ti- cokniol lt*i o tatutfal Ofi’iX.
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<ooci-aoffi <t*e and *vUaTgr urf u*Miy tawfiftf, 1 * <n n
- \t* u ±\i , t:*4 Hp'd io r of th* j!v
Uie l<iir ibis n *1*4114; tnit I wo Iml< a<i
and tii<n wUb * avenge of ui.*tut otf* fUdl t a - .iaut *
Thev fi e •( our met *ll iy lor.g, u :ih 'i*43n t*d fotmJ
*fi, o 1 Uiotriy <u- y Uv<* dioc u o harm yU
Nuht 4*rs
to lenta iu C 4, UaakeJft .*f snA, oh ic
ing veiy di*o to o< oue <d ibe m n and cutting
Juwn n lent jol- The uuJivuJad IhCM s#lu’c\S t-|riitig up
•huU i* t lT am oftlh uckJ aa > not wry c inj*Uimn u'V
to uu l\te unwvkome tit**#.cngcr.
lu* Pi.cc.til coaupftny arc v*t woik D.iv b< f.rr
Vciteidiy they were etjtoned at the cemelry, nltnut 800 yard*
irum ilia ci y wU. vco .<h< ila Ittl witltiu liiu yards ol
ihem, ve y clue, but ii and them n harm.
Cant. Vinton, wi h Ins company am! a company *T the \ !i
Infantry, ta stationed jnelty close 10 the city, in kind id
timukilo, near the hcacti. He tia* tn-en there four o< five
ta ti and hik received m ie ehcll, i.rurid altoi and tickets
than wju'd freight a email size (.leambwal. I.ieuts. Van
Vliot and Kodfiers, ivlui re-ide in that d*t gh’lal chateau,
have given me a pressing imitation 10 lake up my abode
there during the bwintu dmeut. Tnrce nr i.*ur ot ou mor
tar* will probably be planted theie,
llie ‘•Chateau dc l.unvilu’ will probably he quad uplcd,
and I shall have an opportunity to study the various sounds
of shell, solid shot and rockets of different mz*‘s. i’lie truth
is, nine and ry*’ espeuence has given evoy body here a tolera
bly good idea ol these things.
I suppose you have ti t*i all s rt* of j ibilees over the glorj.
ous ol Cen. Tsylur over Sanu Anna Well, it you
had been luce ycalerd y yuU would have thought bv the
noise that a Ur lie patriomm bad been nnporud into M x co
first, lion. IScoit mdered a congraul Uory address to be read
to our troops, intoumug them ut old Zich.try’s gUvious rele
hrstum of the buth da of **;be Father of his C. uu cy.” lim.
Worth then niunagtd to have coneil intelligence ol the bat
tle conveyed into the city, with the intimation that we should
fire salutes of joy. Yesterday, about noon, our ships of war
begin to thunder into the cars ol the besieged enemy what
our troops had done with Anna s army, and to comcv
to tilt no an idea ol the fate ih *t a w aits them here. ‘‘Huong!”
Hold on an instant—let’s see which way that big dinm r pot
comes! “Wlni 22!' —there it co.i.e* ending oer huh
ing directly fr my devoted bead! —there it comes, closer,
closer ! iij.v i tills do an, down ! which way cun a fellow
dodge!—down it coinos into the mid with a h< iy, dead
sound, about hail a mile oil, and now it explodes with a noise
equal to the report of a 6 pounder, ami the air is filled with
Band, bullets and fragments ol the liugu shell. Ii is difficult
to tell wheie a shell w ill strike when it cornre in a line to
wards you ; ami as they have tliiown a number of their din
ner put* (13-mch shell-) Lr beyond us, as well as in'o the
line*, n behoov.sone to pay si Irtle attention to the repmu
ol heavy mortar*., und hrow b;m-tlf down when the shells
fall near him.
You can form no idea of any description I ran give you of
the ludicrous sceuea that have been wmus td on shore life
duting the last few da)a. The nonher cangt.l two or thiee
hund'cd acaoien on aho e. They had nothing to do ai.d no
place in particular to go to. They had been working in the
water, and a 1 icll their sht>ca on boa-d tin- stop, s • that all
weie baicfootcd. You ha c seen childien let out of school
after being shut up all i.iy in the old-f lehioned country day
prisons; their antics woo and bear no comparison to the shines
cutup by our s.nlors. The counliy around heie is covered
with diminutive do k*ys —the ugliest, fuunict looking crca
tuies ini tginahle. iln se docile, innocent looking anumls
struck JuckT fancy, or.d . ffuded Inin i. finite amusement.—
You cou!d nt walk tin r d> on ihe beach without inciting
h tad .r, with a big quid in his cheek ami a quiet grin on III*
wraihern bcuten fce, pulling with all Ins might at the hem!
(fa donkey which in Ms turn had planted itself firmly upon
its oul.-lietched forelegs. Finding that neither pulling nor
coaxing nor heating would ill it a movnuen , Jack would
very philosophically tla p the stubborn creature in Ins arms
and convey him onward. Hay bes re yeste'day I saw four
sailors, each clasping the h g of a donkey, which was nosed
above their heads, and upon the back if wh cti was quietly
sealed an o/J halt with fdd and arms, liul 1 must cut abort
my description as the “mail’’ is IF. H.
i*. . The steamer New Oileaus arrived fiom Tampico
Hal evening, with some SOU horses, which will in some de
gree make up for the lu*s of dragoons and bit e y horse*.—
Cion. Je sup 1$ ou boa.d the New Oileans,
From Hit Mobiic Herald 5c Tribune.
Mobii r., A chi 1. 3, 12 p m
The ateamer Mobile,from New Orlcnun, w hit h arrived unout
nil hour ogo, reports mat the mail bout Creole is aground •
We, therelore, |>utditdi the loilowiug lor our eaeti in exchang
es. We are imhbted tolhe ulficers ol the Mobile lor the Del
ta from which we extract it:
from Vora ITir/.
COMMKNCEMF.NT OF THE BOMBARDMENT!
By the arrival of the U. S. trnnspnrt achr. Louiainna. Copt.
Sow a ids, from Vera Cruz, luet evening, we are in poftaesaiun
of the luteal news from the fleet. The Louisiana led .Sacri
fices on the 2Ulhj during the passage she enc ountered a se
vere norther, w hich lasted five clu vs, nut ow ing to her excellent
qualities a a hi a bout, and lh>- hkill of her commander, ah*
wasb tabled to weathei it. keeping on her course. Captain S
brought despan lies to Col. Hunt. The day before lie leit, the
air win filled wiili bomb shelf* mid 10l ot every riosciiption,
il.scharged from ihe guns ol tin* canile ui the fleet. Many of
them passed over Ids vessel ash* lav at anchor, though moat
ol tneoi !• 11 short of any of the vessels, doing no damage
One Hliell exploded in the air, a short distance Iroui w In re ihe
Louisiana lay, acalteiing its contents ill every direction—some
portions of w’hicli, he believes, fell on auothei vessel in n dira.rt
line w iiii him. but doiug her 110 injury. The shell at the time
it exploded, appeared to be übutit ms high as the mast head.
Ciipt. Hownrda siystlint our army opened its batteries on
the city early on the morning ol die stOih: tlie firing was re
turned’ Iro ml he. town, and that from the castle quickened, and
he could hear it without intermission till out thirty miles at
sea. The culminating smoke from the guns—the trequent
flashes of light that preceded each discharge—and the loud
and booming reveiberalions of the cannon, as it traversed over
the surging waters of die Gull, he represents as a scene at
once sublime and awe-inspiring.
Up to the time the Louisiana left, the fleet had not opentd
its fires ou the caslle ; and although the firing en our linea w as
kept up without cessation, from die time ol die investment ot
tbecity,yel it did but little injury, owing to the natural bul
warks winch our men find in the sand hills, and the artificial
defences winch they have thrown up. 6ome slight skirmishes
continued to take place, ami u stray Mexican would he now
and again in id prisoner. We have but little doubt that, be
fore now, the star-spangled banner lYmt* from the battlement*
of the tar famed t aatle of San Jusude l lua.^
There were, when the Louisiana left, two French sloops-of
war, tw o Spanish eloops-of-w nr, and au Euglish sloop-of War
and schooner, lying inside of Bacrificios island. The Spanish
Hoops-wf-war had a large number of passengers on board, ihe
greater part of them females, who were anximialv awailiug the
result of the fight. It wax suspected, however, that these pas
senders were citizens of Vera Cruz, who shrewdly suspected
that the castle ami town would not he able to hold out agsiust
tha Americans, ami very wisely got out of harm’s way.
CorretvondfHCf oj the and ii/y Delta.
Army of Invksi mzst, Viiu Chuz.)
March 19—-Sundown. )
EJ$. D/ki-Our fatigue parties, making the entrenchment*,
have been discovered ly tire Mexican* from town, uiid I hey
have o |>*iied a heavy and rapid fire on them. A report came
into camp,a short time since, that 15 men had been killed by
the explosion of a shell. I inquired ut heud-quurter*, but ao
leport lias Lein made there of it, nor can I trace it tunny
authentic source, and Consequently place no reliance upon ft.
There are 1300 men from Gen. Woith’s brigade oil fatigue,
ami il w ill indeed be miraculous if they should nil escape the
fire of ihe enemy, which, whil* I am writing, is reverberating
through the air in quick succession- ‘
To-morrow, or the day, ihe mortar batlniea will bs
(dallied. and the fire will ho ret urned upon the town arid cattle,
t *stn to be altogether probable that eventually the garri
ton will betaken bv storm, but not until breaches are made
with tl** l heavy trtdlery. There is an opinion pfevl*nt among
the officers in camp, tfiat n storm of the citadel would save
lift,but I presume lien. £cott is the feat j ide of that,and no
oas pieteoda to know w hat hi# view's are. Yours,
* MUSTANG.
l.ATrn raott thy. Bnifoa —The l T S. itcnmt-hlr* Tele
pe<|\ at N. Orleans hrtnga a 1 vies* from the Ur-7 ‘ to ih2fth.
Gen Taylor had removed his camp from Buna Vi*M to
Agua Nuava, and canaa iiU*ll*g‘ uca t>sd been received that,
( Li.- Wdi; .I.*. >i *’wh2 I ‘ r? *1 - :--J
AeJ fjm.j u. A hUtt ,! le i| t**i C*:rr
---i gK.', Mawidi l*f, says ;
*H 4a•i* i 9 just nnc with e per*l"main flirect
! frovr. ytv Kr.r”- v—-^Ida sif*?rvtt!ian t i asi ku- ■pekied -osi ‘Me
.•,-‘ .. tier.. TayWr ; **•* ivutnwni e:o i.*> i-st *tki lo
U-. ..'!*• v ♦ Id: i. fMunion cwraly, aeq fewr piece* f
artJJorv, und >h Aknuerc-y with wfboist ;rfc bj 4itak iQt
Qe i. S k.rx.wktt ■- ahi* Ride af tOw moiiAtnin , ►*<! enid >o
h-i-y f,tUK ‘•roms—oavafiryeml mfnrtTiy- Gej. i Hjlwawnh*
r*J i i .1 - itramtHsf M-j like Ms rides, ik; f* sit 1?0 miles
1 st;r n.• i i*. a- i j TqporC siu s, ou laM ’/ eww’ xntffl cna,Tay-
I >• c ui. !#is Lnfc. band w* . w iihin - tv five or filteeti iinaw of ito*
>?(■*<• >.i T*ayU->r rwcifftltee .Ifw* *ne io their
n4>-. IHc Whqtped S.mwa Annum, t*;-ttrher Ride of tire
m m KiH' - , cud irw he bus come te cloar Out this bottom
IhciW
Tr'. tCe4eMg , a ecgsmmn of n4otrorfl hal
lrf. sn eeswaka x MutazaeruK, aod alltlte tl*r*c •rieu
- btdhitvm oavWml so Agwa JVitrva. wlteiuie Gwucsft!
T* l#i - Srr.-iw ♦ pnooecMl ta Saa Ijooxh I'otuei.
A H f trad rrwed along tiie flis Gnwle, and ell
wns*k i*vy in five wten*h*teFsdepartment to fcvrsvaeil nop
pV:-‘c csuh e. tranefnax the a.hliiioauJ force jutetKk’d lor
Gw. Tailor. —Satatumk Ittjmblxcax
si>n AY.v*'* VVar.HKx 1 nr.-Ir wcr-nie* to L>* n difficult
r \tn te \u ai'.efiatsi <le |ir**wet icfcr *v>slot//s of lie* Mc-xicxm
(flCftcral, win brntti M Raving conquend obi *• Hougfi end
CVne rejjwel at tWe lUaroe rcjisee/nts Siioi ee Imving
Tcfacwedta Matdtaala, vk'W he wm
gcjliiT agin* his rcatirted tiv.op*; while tlie i 'amargo corres
jivniditA << tiv Ttewyune. w liiinc usi llve 1 9jli tilt., enys:
•* \ lAie< was rccffvcd im Moattcrcy from a commercial
Ixiiire re 55* Loie- < have < mivtawM \vitil a gentleman who
snw Mtdrc*d the letter, tiwd state* that Gen. Santa Arum was
in Sen fain-, that Arista and Pare.iea* fiiettds find declared
HgwiMit Slants Aims and procliumed Henera Prenblent. If
this tie tiai*. ‘m the poet hcaiitifulU cx|uvas<-* it/ Mexico in
•cwnfm-r wi wwrec* coni* undc/J.”
Ow >V* contrary, Mr. Kendall, of die snrne paper, w riung
frmn he <Vi*ip near Vera <*rtir, says : “i Inve h repot t, direct
from \ er* Our. by one of tla foreign veeneG which I believe.
Its** rand that he revolution against Gomez Fniias iu the in
nf Mexico i* making head-wn \, and it in lliought be w ill he put
dawn. Tne con hi ion now in, *• .Santa Anna and the clergi,”
and it t* reported that the priests have nlrea.lv sent him
ofo as an curucst of their de terminal ion to ?upj>c it Imn.*’
Dihcfcl V>.?rsßAvck. —A* fsr iiack asthpl9ih Inst., we
puhlibhed Santa Anna’s relation of the assassination of twen
ty* ii Mexicans—peaceable citizens of A'uaN T oev.i—f*y A
merica n troops nt ihe Oji de A gua dr <’at sit a. S inf a Anna
made the statement on the authority of Gn Andrade, who
■ meriti ned tlint besides the twenty-six asms* uatid, aiftoen
were taken prisoners W e did not doubt that there was ex
aggeration in Andralc’s report and we so stated W e grieve
to y tfiat we fear our doubts were unf lUttded, and that
Gen. Andrade's statement was minutely true. VVe copy fioin
! the la-st St. Louis Republican the following extract from the
lettei of their correspondent, written on the 13th of February
f oni Apua Nueva. ‘l'hc details are horrible. It is impossi
ble to eiruso the conduct nf ur volunteers or any plea of
re’slia ion. and it in wrong to roiuni the fait* of the case
If it be true, as bar been alleged, that any portion of the Ar
kansas volunteers faltered iu the action of the 23d ult., it
must have been those eng geil in thi* ma-s.cre :
(’imp or riiK Aumt at Aoua Nckvi, Ms tiro, }
February 13, 1817. 3
Borne most unfortunate event* have transpired in our col
umn lately, which will arouse the vengeance of the ‘pisanos*
in this country against our tioop*, and will furnish the disaf
fed (I at home with new food for vituperation against the
war. Occasional murders of our men have been perpetrated
ever since we have been in the country —all killed by the las
so. The Arkansas r gimenl of horse, from their having been
employed as scouts and occupy ing the outposts, have been
pirtii ularly exposed to this gorilla warfare, and have lost
lour or five of then men. The day before yesterday it whs
reported tint one of their number ld been killed by the
Mexicans, os he had been missing from the camp since the
day before, when he went out to look for bis horse. Bearch
was made for the body, and it vv.n found about a thousand
yards from <>ur camp, with a laxso around the neck, and tied
to a ptickly pear, having lucn dragged some three hundred
yards upon the fsco through the clnppirral It presented a
fumble aiuht; the name of the young man was Colquitt, n
nephew of the Senator. The Aiknnsas men vowed vengeance
deep and sure. Yesterday morning a number of them, some
thirty perhaps, went out to the foot of the mountain, two
unles off to an army t which is washed in tho sido of the
mountain, to which the **pisanna” of A gua Nueva had fled
upon our approach, and soon commenced an indiscriminate
ind bloody masaicre of the poor creatures who had just fled
to the mountains and fas'nesses for security. A number of
our regiment being out of camp, I proposed to Col. Bisse! to
mount our horses auii ‘iile to ths scene of carnage, where I
knew, from the dnk insinuations of the night before, that
blood was running frctly. We hatened out a* rapidly as
possible, but owing lo the thick chapparrals the work of death
was over before we reached the horrible scene, and its perpe.
ti slurs were returning to camp, glutted with revenge.
The tyrannous and ldoody act is done ,
I he most arch deed of piteous massacre,
That e’er yet our land was guilty of,
has hern consummated almost within sight of five thousand
-oldiers. professing to ho Christians, and belonging to one of
the most cniightened and civilized nations of the globe. Let
us no longer complain of Mexican barbarity poor, degraded
‘ priest-ridden” a* she is. No act of inhuman cruelty, per
petrated by her most desperate robbers, can excel ihe work
of yesterday, committed by our soldiery. God knows how
many of the unarmed peasantry have been sacrificed to atone
(he blood of poor Colquitt. The Arkansas regiment say not
lew than thirty hue been killed. I think, however, that at
feast twenty of them have been sent to their eternal iet-1.
No earthly power now exists to punish the perpetrators of
ibis horrid outrage. Congees*, in its wisdom, ha* refused to
sanction executions in the field for murdt rs committed here,
and all that can be done is to send the perpetrators bat k with
disgrace. I’hc army condemns (he bloody deed, and hut
through the agency of (’apt. Cofly, of our regiment, who tal
lied hi* men sr.d stepped between the victims and their exe
cutioners, seventeen others would certainly have been kilb and.
who were brought by him into camp. Had the Arkansas
m*n. in the first flow of their excited feelings, shot down 0
Mexican or two in retaliation for their murdered comrade, 1
could pardon though not justify it : the wholesale slaughter
1 fear, will bring reproach upon the whole volunteer force.
It was hut the act of ti few reckless desperadoes, who care
neither for God, man or themselves.
CEN. TAVEOR’S ARMY.
The M nahirrgton Union has ihe following article teepect
mg tlie force, which make up Gen. Taylor's nrmv :
In our ar’icle in Thursday night'a * Union,” under the
head of ‘ The forces under tlie command of (Sen. Taylor,”
the number of troops, and their distribution, a. derived Irom
the War Office, were accurately stated; but lcl it might he
supposed by any one that the General hurl under I is imme
diate command a greater force than wan actually the case, it
may l>e proper to rlite in more vprciHc terms the number of
troops, which it IS supposed, were with General Tnvlor, at
and mar Maltdlo, We understand, at ll.e War office, that
the force at and in ihe position near Saltillo, was about five
thousand nine bundled, of which a little upwards us five
thousand may Ire counted aa rfictire and this is llte w hole
am -unt of which could have been hr night into the field to
oppose Gen. Santa Anna at any point between Monterey
■nd A.nia Nueva, unices a cord! et took place very near
Motile.ev ;in wh-ch case, part nf Ihe (rnopa there stationed
(aonte twelve or thirteen hundred) would, no doubt, be roade
available*
We may add, of the force at SallHlo, thc-e are four com
panic, of Uniierl S ati-a artillery, well equipped, with eigh
teen guna, anj four companies of dr igooua—making, in ail,
shout en hundred and fifty regular., who, for prowess ami
.kill in battle, we believe would be unsurpassed lit any ser
vice in tlie world.
Slinubl Col, Morgan have succeeded in making his way
f/oin Cetralvo to Monterey, which we eincerelv trut may be
the case.) he would carry into Gen. Taylor's camp a rem
torceinent of from 400 to fjl)0 volunteers.
We understand that five regiments, via : from South Car
olina, North Carolina, Virginia, Mas.iehuaetts and Miaaia
a ppi—railed oat by the orders of November for nine regi
menu, were to be placed it the command of Gvn. Taylor.
We repeat, these would nominally amount to 4,536 troopsi
but, making cvciy allowance for death#, sickness, and other
deductions, they may In- estimated at i 000 cKcclives. With
the exception of the Mrs echuaetta regiment, which vailed a
- fortnight ago, thee regiments must have arrived at the Brag
us, and on their destination up the river, nr to their poets.
The other f .ur ifgnnenta ate with Gen. Bcolt.
Os Ihe ten regiments lo he raised under the last trn regi
ment law of February, and which are sent olfhy suites and
seventies as fast as they are recruited, it ta eipeeled that at
leaet 3 0641 would he at the Bragoa, or ner that destination,
by Ihe end of March, and 3 000 by the miJdle of April.—
I heae will be av-nt on from llte RioUronde to Monterey, un
der the ihoeretionny direction of Gen. Csdwallader, in small
numbers an J >n Mteh munner aa he may consider vale and
egpedient. The lust tgcruMi will b - placed at poata on the
f ver, to take the place of thoas who have been longer in the
a rvt'e, aud who are now al those poata, but will first be dc
pan bed to Gen. Taylor,
In $ wo*d, no elertioni arc spared by the War Department
to send rtp.fuiecmenli to Gen. Taylor. Oitbrs have gone
on to Gan. Brooke at New Orleans, to urgan gv. according to
the laws, aa many ga 4 (MX) troops from Eouir-tana. Aud if
Grit. 8,-ott can vpgre any of hta troopa, after taking tha castle,
he will probably tend 1 and tarhmentlo tUe r. ilf end etreng'li
ming of Gen. Taylor,
Tr Cu*)*ii Uin piTioM.—T;pi. Tomer, who sr
riied in New York with deepatebes from C'ol, glcventon*
i reg.rr-ert n C*‘f.<r<*is seme lima ego,"*)• r<vei*s .< du r* from
’ j the War LVpa tm"irt to rerr u it t sufficient conq meot of
! me* to rtuko that regiment kikhmi w -aive •ehftu-ouid. As
so da t* :he recruits use Tsiaofi he will fftacesrl wrib ifcctt lo
j Caiifnrtsia.
! befucni Hie War B*
pat fim ui find Gfn. Taylor*
lluDltinTim. OccdSatizx,
C'ujtip Star iJ'jutx.i'ty, Nov. 8 1846. 3
Kir:—lo reply to oa much of the cotwtimca*ion of tire
Ho end ary Wa\flsted Octsfirr 13, as xelstea the reasoos
which imbieerj the convtiatree, resut ic.g id (he csfaiMatatinn
i Mrmve e-v, I have ik* kon-ic to aobostt tl fdbiwing fewaarks:
J Ihe c<vr*vix<osx tw® dvitinct fsiitr. F*rf, (lw
1 (ermir *um gTavihd tt*e Metsein adny l retire with these arms
I Ac. Secomltj/, th* twnpnrary ceaaation of hoMilities for the
term of eight week a. I shx'l remark on these in order.
’ Vic torce with which I marched on Mooter y was limited
bv cause* beyond my control Coahoii’ C 000 men. %V itfi this
force, as every military man nitut admit who h seen the
ground, it was entirely impossible to invent Monterey a chas
e-1 ly as to prevent the cscajja of the garrison. Although the
main communication wiih ihe interior wo in our possession,
yet one rou'e waaOften to the Mextrans throughout the ope
ration*. and coul 1 not he closed, as were also oilier minor
I tracks and passe* through tin mountains. Had we, therefore,
i insisted on more rigorous terms than those granted, the re
-ult w .uld have been the escape of the body of the Mexican
| force, with the destruction of its artifleiy and magazines, our
only advantage being the capture of a few prisoners ol w ar at
the expense of valuable lives and much damage to the city.—
The consideration of humidity was present to my mind du
ring ihe conference which led to the convention, ami out
weighed in my ju Igerneut ihe and rubtful ad 'unlades to be gain
ed by a resumption of the attack upon the town. This con
clusion has been fully confirmed by an inspection of the ene
my’s position and mein* since the surrender. It was di-cov
ored that hi* principal mag.iz ne, containing an immense a
mount rs powder, was in tfie Cathedral, completely exposed
to our shells from two direction*. The explosion of this mast
of powder, which must have ultimately resulted from a con
tinuance of the bombardment, would have been infinitely dis
astrous involving the destruction not only of Mexican troops,
but of non-combaUuts and even our own people hud we pres
sed (he attack.
in regard to the temporary cessation of hostilities, the fact
that we arc not at th s moment, within eleven day* of the ter
mination of the period fixed by ihe convention, prepared h
move forward in force, is a sulfh'ient explanation of the mill
ta'y reasons whirh dictated this suspension of arms. Ii par
alyz'd the enemy during a period, when from the want of
necc6nary means, we could not possibly move. I desire dis
tinctly to Mate, and calf the attention of the authorities to the
fact, that with all diligence in breaking mules and se t ng up
w igons, tin fi st wagons in addition to our original t am f urn
j Coipu* Ghriitti, (and but 125 in number ) reached my head
pi liter* on the same day wiili the 8-cietary*s communica
tion us October 13, xiz : the 2d inatnnt. At the date of the
suriend r of Monterey, our force had not more than ten days
1 ration*, and even ihtu, with all our endesvo r s, we h ve not
more than twnty-fi e. The taek ot fighting and beating th<
enemy ih among the leat thffiruti that we encounter : the
! great question ot supplies m rcHaaiily ronttol* all the opera
tion* hi a country like tin*. At the date of the conven
tion I could not, of course, have foreseen that the department
would direct an iinpoiti-nt detachment from my command
without consulting me. or without Waiting the remit fit the
main operation under my orders.
I have touched the prominent military point* involved iu
j the considerations which weighed with the commissioners in
framing, and with myself in approving, the ft-rticle* of the con
( vent ion. In the conference with Gen. Ampudia, l whs ds
, tmcily told by him that he hail invited it to spare Hie further
effusion of blood, and Irecauae Gen. Santa Amu hail declared
tumself favorable to peace. I knew that our government hod
made propositions lo ihnt of Mexico to negotiate, ami I deem
ed that the change of government in that country since my
la*t instructions, fu'ly warranted me in entertaining consider
ution* of policy. My grand motive in moving forward with
very limited supplies, had been to increase the inducement*
•f the Mexican government to negotiate lor peace. W hatev
er may he the actual views or disposition of the Mexican ru
lers or of fieri. Kant* Anna, it is nut unknown to ihe govern
ment that i had the very best reasons for believing the sla'e
ment of Gen. Ampudia lo be true. It whs my opin on at the
time of the convention, and it has not been ilung'd, that the
liberal treatment of ihe Mexican army, and the suspension ol
arms, would exact no .e but a favorable influence in our be
half.
The result of the entire operation has been to throw the
Mexican army back more than three hundud miles to the city
dKm l.uis Potosi, au ‘ to open the cou-ntry to us as far as
we choose to penetrate It, up tu the *ume point.
It has bean my purpose in ihia com imi men nun not so much
to defend the convention bom the censure which I deeply re
gret to find implied in the Secretary's letter, as to show that
it was not adopted without cogent moons, mol of which oc
cui of themselves to the mind* of all w ho are acquainted with
the condition of things here. To that end I beg that it may
be laid b> fore the General-in-chief and 8 crettry of War.
1 am, sii, very respectfully, your ob’t ser’t,
Z. TAYLOR,
Major General U. 8. Army, Comd’g.
The Adjutant Uem.ral of the Army, Washington,
D. C.
GEN. TAYI.OR'S UE.-PATGIiES.—Tb ailminMe
I style and character of G. ii ITtlou's letters to the War D
- give evid- nee of a sterling worth and wi.-d on which
cannot fail to impress profoundly Ihe general nmd of the (
country. A correspondent, wl ose just appreciation of things i
impart• value to his obsrtvutions, points out the striking re
semblance In tween the characteristics of TaiLon's letters to
the Department and those of Wamu.xitox, on military af
fuirs, during the Revolutionary war. “There is,” he lemarks
“the same wisdom and clearness of views, convey and in lan
guage that leaves no doubt. Look at the contrast in these
respects in the Secretary’s part of the correspondence ; every
thing is hypothetical and undecided, while the manly straight
forward, W usbinton simplicity and perspicuity of the noble
old General reflect discredit and ihame on the iuuec.sne re
plies of Mr. Ma.cy.”
How just ihe discrimination ! The soldierly dignity of tho
old hero is al o a notable trait quite in keep ng with the fr nk
simplicity ol hi* nature. The Secretary has been made to
i appreciate thin by the rebuke, severe in its propriety, wit!)
which Gen. Taylor reprehended the interference of the De
partment in the matter us giving direct orders to Gen Fitter
son.
The fust despatch from G. n. Taylor announcing the event*
of May last on the Rio Grande were regaidtd, both at home
mdabroul, as m-dils of brevity, clearness and modesty.—
l 11, letters recently published ah *w the military genius of a
great commander, in the breadth and perspecuily of lit* view*. \
the cahn solidity of his judgment, ami ll>e concentrated force
of his language, wheie Ihe vary words, and no others, best
1 adapted to give Ins m amng in the most clear and impressive
manner, tftfu) to fall of their own accord into then proper
puce*.
The publication of the correspondence in the I’oixm ha*
some oni sion* which it is very important to have supplied.
For example, it is very desirable to see Gen Taylor** answer
to the requisition which look freon him the main body of bis ,
regulars; it is further desirable to know precisely what assu
rance* were given him of reinforcements when he was so j
sorely weakened ; and it is especially and suable to know
whether or not Ihe plan of campaign, as tixcd by the Govern
ment, required Gen Taylor to advance upon Kan Luis while
Gan. Scon was to move upon the city ol Mexico horn Vaia
Cruz.— Halt. American.
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DOMESTIC.
from ihe N. O. Picayune.
r.KEAT PUBLIC MEETING.
Victory ol Uurn)i V,~ia aii<l(.rn. Taylor.
A rjr l.rgr mil rnlhu.ia.tic mi-C.ing w.i hrid .1 die Cum
mi-ici.l Eicli.nge Iu cuminemur.lr ibe victory of Burn, Vie
la. We .bait nut attempt adrtadeil report of the proceed trig,
other than the oll'n nl a-count bet iw. Tha demand, upon
apace ate ton urgent lo allow it, an I it would tie unpoa.iMe
lo embody the apini which animated the meeting in . bare
i record of lie trau.aeliooe.
* Col, Peyton introduced the several .peahen to the meet-’
ing in a iiio.t Irlintoua manner. Col. Caviling .0 fvrvt a
mong them and •< eagerly Imirned to. Ilia reinarka were
elegantly conceived and embodied. Alter a vary brief per- |
■rond introduction, he >puke ut the fitne.i of rninmrncing 1
hero in Nrw Orb ana upon ground con-eciatrd by one us
tha gieite.t achievement, in uur history—a movement to
commemorate this later achievement, worthy to Ire it. paral
lel. The alluvion to the hero us the plaina of Chalrnerte wav
rapturoiivljr received, and H 0 aa.ocialion of hta n.nua with
that of Zachary Taylor, who m like ctrcuimlancea had ahuwn
himai ls. ajii ally great drew down ihundoia of applauae,
ilv a poke of the magnitude of the preaunt war, ho vsat
•file upon which it had been carried on and I. no* prosecut
ed. he tllualiated these |romta from history, and having
Clearly unfolded Ilia idea of 111 va.tnma and grandeur, he
proceed'(l to draw from our vurceaa practical leaaorn of in-]
•tilßt unj and, Ural, the (juration wav now grilled that till.
Ur-public ta competent to wage an aiigree.ive foreign war with 1
rueecu ; secondly, wc wetv taught hjr ft to eitimtta rtghrlj
VSe soldier, tn.l 1> SespUa the cant cry of the
I dicker of •* standing army” in th>* Republic , sad, ieetijT.
we w tvught, ff wo oeeded •she lesson, the el <sur
brave. KvMkget* sad pttrietse citizen soldiery. ISacfc idea
wii Kkiltußy te<toc©d scm] JiajfJily ifluet-r.ivd Then folio w
•‘<l • dterriwin ibiitg eutngy of Gen. ley far, Vy pointing oai
the -distinctive traits of a great captain by 4iim.
Tto asoiciatas of Gen. Taylor i fcts recent eactecies were
w#rwly fpmemkwil, mod an eloquent uito\e ©esdered 10 the
rnemuiy of ihoac who fell
Cut we ate icmittded that we have not rpwe fit even a
sketch of tto.ceoorka wade by (tie different gentlemen who
♦•poke. We can ool) refer to the officii! proceeding*, pre
mtsins that the spirit which animated the rut* Hug was one of
enthusiastic admiration of Gen. Taylor, and the man <eite
nlWjui'KiJ t* hi* forecast, hi* vast fifinne©*, t*a■* cfcar courage
m i lofty paUio.issn was hiibd with answering shout* by
: thousands.
THE PROCEEDINGS,
A meeting of the citizens f New Orlean*. called in honor
of the victory gamed by Gen. Taylor arid his gallant army i
Hueua Vista, wa* held lust evening at the New Commercial
Exchange. The being called to order by Col.
Haile Peyton, the following gentlemen presided over its de
liberation a :
President— A. D. Cbobavay, Mayor,
r.ce Presidents.
Col. .Maunskl U'aiTf, (Jen John E. I.uvii,
Recorder (tiaoia, Col. J. G. Bkyck,
Recorder H.ildwiv, (Jen. Horatio Davis,
Recorder &uzksb4L’, Hon P. W. Faiibaii,
liicK.VAHn Maiiiont E*q., (Jen. Wit. Dbßctn,
HiTki Cos RET, If E-q.. Wm. FufcHkT, Esq..
Col. Haile Pktton.
Secretaries. —Cutiidebt Bullitt, J. H. Enters, and S. P.
Fa RUB.
The f -flowing gentlemen then appe ired and successive! v
addressed the meeting : Col. Cushing, of Massachusetts, the
lion. Mr. Johnson. Attorney General of Penn-ylv,nii, the
Hon. Wm. ('out Johnson, of Maryland, Col Anderson, ot
Tennessee, and Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania.
The chair appoint* and the following gentlemen a committee
to draftwesolutions expressive of (lie sense of the meeting :
Vlessrs. W. E Moise, A. C. Hollitt, P. K. Wagner, R. T.
Hunter, Col. Porter tmd C. C. Claiborne.
The committee, after having r tired a few n.omen?*, pre
sented the following resolutions, which were enthusias ically
adopted by the meeting :
1. Unsolved. ‘That the late brilliant achievement of our ar
my at the battle of Ruena \ ista, fighting as it did against
such fearful odds, a fiords to* the world another proof of what
American vah r, directed by American skill, can accomplish.
The deeds of noble daring performed there by officeis and
men will till a blight page in the nation’s history, and will be
turned to with pride and exultation as long as its records shall
endue.
2. Resolved , That Gen. Z. Taylor, the commander of our
forces at lluena Vista, by hie sagacity, his skill, bisenterprize
mid dauntless firmness in the conduct of the Mexican wa r ,
and especially bv his heroic valor an l strategy in his latern
gagemerit with Santa Anna,has won for himself a name that
entitles him to the greaiest captains of this or any other age.
3. Resolvedol' hat we tender to (Jen. Taylor, Its o dicers
and men, our thanks for their victories, and our assurances
that we shall be ever ready to accoid to each arid all of them
appropriate honors and leward* for their services to the Re
public.
4. Resolved , That while we mourn over the loss of our
gallant fellow-countrymen who fell on the 22d am) 23J of Feb
ruary, we look back upon their fate with mingled feelings of
sorrow ami pride—they have gone, but they are not dead—
they will live forever in the niemoty and affection of the na
tion, and wc sca cely know whether to offer Uu ir families and
friends our condolence or congratulations.
Tub Pennsylvania Volunteer*.— All the companies
enlisted under the Pen Regiment hill in this State, under the
command of Col. Ramsey, have received orders to concentrate
upon Pittsburg with all d< spateb. In a week from this, thirty
companies fionv the Keystone State, iriespective of the verv
numerous recruits who have joined other companies before
the last requisition, will be either actively engaged in, or mov
ing towards the s* at of war. The new companies will pro
ceed to PitUhurg in two detachments : the fust under the com
mand of Captain Butler, the second under Capt. Uiddio.
There are now nine companies in our State, and the tenth
is perhaps ready. They consist of Capt. Roller's Dragoons;
the Voitiguers of Captains Riddle und Bernard, and the In
fantry Companies of Copts. By berg and Waddell, of our city,
Capts. Irvin of Eewistowr., Moore of Chsmhershurg. and Carr
of Carlisle. Two other Companies from the western part of
the State are in readiness, we believe, but do not know their
localities.— Vhila. iV, American r
sgi
Prom the New York Herald.
THE CORN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES—
ITS PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE CONOION.
The greatest anxiety exists in this market relative to the 1
resumption of navigation on our lake®, rivers, and canals. 1
The season is very backward, and the cold weather holds on j
longer than usual. East year the Hudson river was open on
the 13lh March \ it is still closed (April Ist) in the vicinity
of Albany, und from the appearance of the weather, there is S
no immediate probability of its opening. Lfctt year naviga
tion on the canals of this State was resumed on the 15th A
pril, and on the upper lakes on the 4th April. We regret to
learn from the canal board that the canals this year will not
he opened until towards the dose of the month.
Und* r existing circumstances this is peculiarly unfortunate.
Our stock of breadstuff* in this market is exceedingly limited,
so much so that a day or two of unfavorable weather has a
material influence upon pr/ces, and there ia every prospect of
the supply becoming reduced to the smalle-t quantity before
the general avenue of teceipts is in operation. Had there
been vessels enough in this port to have taken away the bread
g:ufl’> offering for shipment, we should have been completely
cleaned out, but firtunately for the home consumption, ves
sel* have all through the season been scarce, and the slock
has been pretty well sustained.
The resumption of navigation upon the channels of com
munication with the section of the countiy bordering on our
great western lakes, is a matter of vast importance, not only
to the consumers in this country on the seaboard, hut to the
whole of Europe, as the quantity of produce of every de*crip
lion, which has for the past five months been accumulating
at the difisrcnl points, is immense, and mu*t, up >n its arrival
in the minkets, have a tendency to depress j rices.
The influx of breadstuff* from the interior must greatly ex
ceed the deflux, as the difficulty which has heretofore been
experienced in relation to vessels and freights cannot he ol
viated. There is not a sufieient number of vessels in exig
ence unemployed to carry forward supplies as rapidly as they
will be required on the other ►ide, oi to the extent they will
be pressing forward from this side. There is not the slightest
doubt but we shall have an abundance to meet every de
mand from abroad, no matter what may be the amount. The
last crop of has, as yet, hardly been touched, particular
ly that of corn. The aggregate exportation of this grain from
till* countiy to Europe since ihe Ist of January last, s period
of about three months, does not exceed live millions bushels,
which is hardly a tenth part of the surplus on hand previous
to the I**l harvest.
According to (he estimate made by the commissiorrei of
patents, the crop of Indian corn in ihe United Mate* in 1846.
was about 460,000 000 bushels; this, with the surplus of the
previous year, would swell the aggregate supply on hand in
the f .ll of 1946. to at least 500,000.000 bu*h< Is. It would
be safe lo calculate upon a consumption in this country of at
lea*i 350.000,000 bui-hels, which would leave a margin for
exportation of 150,000 000 bushels fur the year ending in the
fall of 1847. Os our supply erf wheat we can spare a fifth
part of the crop, which, in 1946, according to the above au
tho ity, was about 125,000,000 bushels. This would be e
qua! to 6,000.000 barrels of flour. Os this wc have exported,
Mines the Ist of September |st, full 1,000,000 barrels, leaving
a ballunce of about 4,000,000 )d to go forward, in Ihe event
of its being wanted.
It will be aeen by the above regulations, that we have •
surplueof breadstuff* is this country greater than the greatest
estimated deficiency hi the harvest of Great Britiun, The
best authorities in England calculate upon a deficiency equal
to sixteen millions of quarters ufgratn, equal to about 145,
000.000 American bushels. Suppose one half of this deficien
cy should tie required bom this country, we shall still have
30.000.000 bushel* of wheat and corn lo supply the demand
from other sources.
The quantity of breadstuff* chipped from this country lo
the United Kingdom, from September Ist, 1816, to March
27, 1847, according to the most official returns, was as an- i
tiesed
Shipments of Breadstuff* form the United States to Great ;
Britain and Ireland.
Flour • • • bds. 1,258.876 V\ heat • • • bus. 1,273,882
Horn Meal bids. 248 852 Corn -• • bus. 6,231 640
Rye ... . but. 2,686 Outs -- - bus. 111,000
Barley, bushels 130 071.
Os (he Corn exported, 2,939.416 busheles were shipped
from Ain* potU These shipments ire but a drop in the buck
et compand with what we have on band desutUal fur the
same marker,
\\ hi ii we look'it (he Urge number of ve*els, which have
talwn required to carry forward the quantity of breadstuff* ex
ported within the peat eis months, it will l* seen thft a tuf
ilcicnt number canndt'be obtained lo transport from this’
country ono qaefter part of the surplus we shall have. Ip
there Jure bi cuuu* s tuallfv for rrrwuf coniidr ru ion w hat we
’ are lu dj with the Hood of foot! which w?|i soon b- ptffirfr.j
in upon us from every section of the country, ids out opin
ion. in view of these circumstances, that prices, eat tin* hk3s
if the Xt( antic, mutt come down. Ail the combi nit tow tw r
speculators caw perfed,cnwoief susttiM turm. ( hetlMrqf
be ceve.aed u ihewttwi tdc, tie difficulties e}Wrefcod here
iu tending forward saj'pEe*. muet keep price* tap (•* lh high
est paint in Europe.
E ast 1 vui a Cotton.—A London coitesp.mileirt of the
National IntelligrTicer says;
••There ho* Germ su rnterrcstiwg discuasi n in the **Econo
mist'” loicly. respecting ‘he East !odi* cotton. Tin* qu“fit’rtn,
“Gin India *up,4y (he f notify of cotton w anted £*• Ecrghsh
manufactures V 1 is answered in the affirmative. That it can
le produced m sufficient quantity * *h*o confidently essert
ed ; but the question upon which the whole subject depends,
viz; ‘Can it be supplied s remunerative price h an
swered very decidedly in the negative. The reasons why u
cannot are stated to to: thvt il cannot be obtained suffcicnt-
Ilf clean at such price; the burden of a very heavy land tax,
and the waul of gitod roads from the intviior to the shipping
I ports.”
The question respecting supplies of Cotton from the E:st
Indies.it issaiJ, will lie discussed u Partiameui in a few days
when new light will bn thrown on the subject. Thu result
of the experiments made some years ago to test the pract c*-
hilitv of naturalising American cotton in India was repre ented
as being not very eatirfactory. The statements, however, on
that point were rather contradictory.
The consumption of cotton in Great Britain Gsaid to have
increased four hundred per cent since 1821. ‘This vast grow
th of demand naturally renders the R itish Government anx
ious as lo Ihe sources of supply.
COTTON IN INDIA.
At the last annual meeting of the Manchester Chamber of
Commerce, the subjpet of the cultivation of Colton in RmVb
India was taken under consideration. It wh* staled that the
sttpplv of Cotton in England derived from India in 1836 w as
219 000 hags, and in 1845 it was only 155 000 ; while the
supply from the United Stales in the same years was 764,
707 hags, and 1,550,000, showing a decrease in the supply
from India, and an increase in that from this country. Mr.
, Amitnge, the Mayor of Manchester, attributed the failure in
India to the abuse of patronage in that quarter, and the in
crease in the Uni ed States to the self-reliance of our planters.
[Chas. Eve. News.
We copy the following very beautiful and very just tribute
to the Sage of Ashland, from the Augusta Constitutionalist.—
We fear, however, the subject of it has been heretofore so
much villified by the j ress of the Constitutionalist's party,
; that so far ns its party friends are concerned, even the Consti
tutionalist would find it hard lo convince them of the justness
! of its compliments to the grent man of whom it speaks. It
I constitutes a portion of an editorial by the Constitutionalist,
in relation to those who fell at Buena V'ista.— So. Recorder.
, There was another, whose very name awakens a thrill of
; emotion and enthusiasm, from one end of the Union to the
other. Fhe name of Henry Clay is a spell that has charmed
into admiration millions oi’ A met it an hearts. It is identified
with nil the great events in our country’s history for the last
forty years—it has shone bright among the brightest in the gnl
laxy of greiit names—und it has shown on uuditiimed liv dis
honor—unsuspected of want of devotion to his roun
try. Men have differed from his opinions, but no generous
min i ever doubted that Ins ardent nature was imbued wiih the
soul of patriotism. Hi* voice has open rung like a clarion
through our land, in his country’s cause, when foreign aggres
sionculled for rebuke. It roused up the chivalry of her .sous,
und prepared the. heart* of the people for war, when insult and
outrage were perpetrated upon our flag. That voice, still rich
and musical as when it charmed n listening Senate and crowd
ed galleries, has been recently heard to regret, that nge had so
far enfeebled his arm ns to prevent its being raised in this war
against Mexico, “ to the rerongs of his country.
Many have been the offerings that lie has laid upon the altar
sf his country—Hie lost is that of his son. Parental influence
might!, possibly, had it been exerted, deterred him. Rut such
w-ere not the lessons taught beneath the rural shades ot Ash
land. Col. Clay inherited a spirit eager for his country’s ser
vice, and worthy hie illustrious sire. He was among the first
of the gallant band that went forth from the great valley, to
obev their country’s call, and was alas! among the first to
seal his patriotism with his life’s blood. Green he the turf
over the graves of the fallen heroes of that well Anight field,
and loug be their memories cherished by a grateful people.
Magnanimity —The Editor of ihe Charleston Mercury,
with most becoming magnanimity, thus speaks of Gen. Tay
lor’* despatches, announcing the fact of the victory of Buena
Vista :
t would'hardly be supposed, from their brevity and sim
plicity, that they are ihe chronicles of an achievement as bril
liant ns any that grace* the annul* of modern warfare, and in
which the desperate bravery of the troops was not more con
spicuous than the skill and generalship of llirtir commander.
Rut Taylor reservee his heroics for action ‘and his deed* praise
him.* ,r
“And at the very moment that he and hi* brave compatriots
were thus iwimortaliziny ‘hem* elves, and ennobling their conn-
I try, plans were on foot to supersede him, by the appointment !
|ot an ambitious politician, as Lieutenant General! From what •
an ocean of obloquy and indignation have the Administration
; been pesxcrved by ihe fruHtentirm of that attempt, and how
i much do they owe to those who preserved them from it!”
From the Home Journal.
R-knton is a earicatu’e likenea* of Louis Phißppe—-the
| same rotundity, the sjrne pear-shaped head, and about the
same stature. ‘The physical expression nf hi* f.ice predomi
nate*. His lower feature* ate drilled into imperturbable au
avi y, while the eye, that nndnljablc talc-tclh r, iwinklvs of
inward klvnes* as a burning hvmp-'wult dues oi oil. He i* a
laborious builder up of himself—acting by §y ;hgisfic forecast,
never by impulses. He is pompously polite and never abroad
without “Executive” manners. He has made up hi* niind
that oratory, il not a national weakness, is an un-Presidential
accomplishment, and lie ileiiveis himself in the Benute with
a subdued voice, like a deciding upon a cause which j
the other Senators had only argued. He wears art amp!,
blue cloak, and a broad brimmed hit w th a ctown, and live*,
moves, tnd has hi* being, m a faith in himself which will 1
remove mountain* of iredulitv. Though r. presenting a
Btate two (iioucand miles off, he resides regularly at Wa*h
ing!un, drawing a haiid*ome income from his allowance of j
mileage, and | a ing rate and brief visits to bis constituency, I
whose votes he has retained for in ue than twenty years—sii
unaccountable exception to the aiiu-coiiscrvuive rotation of
the country’s gifts of office.
Mr. Calhoun lives in his mind and puts a son of bathing
dfess value on his body. There is at. nipu.ary looking tuck
away of Ins beard und hair, as if they would prese*entlv be
better combed in another place—mouth and eyes kept clear
only for a brief life-swim in the ocean < f politics. He is tali,
hollowchcsted, and emaciated, and both fa. e and figure are 1
concave, with the student's bend forward. He smiles easily
when spok. n to —indeed with rather a simple facility—though,
tn lunger Conversation, he givvs Ins eye lo the speak r, barely
in recognition of an idea —with a most “Vs tnim sop ‘ with
drawal fiom talkativeness. Y\ hen speaking m ttic Benate
he is a veiy startling looking man. His ekin lies sallow and
looe on tho hold fiame of hi* fare
ofl fiom rather a low forehead with the semicircular radiation |
of (lie smoke from a wheel of iirewu’ k* yuat come to a stand 1
still—the profu*e in i se* of white beaid in his throat cat. h
the eye like the smoulder of a tire under hta chin—and hi*
eyes, bright as coal*, move with jumps, us if he ihooght in
electric leaps from one idea to another. He dresses careles*-
ly, walks the street absent-mindedly, und ia treated with the
mod marked personal leaped and mvoiunlaiy and. iTeience, by
tns brother Senators and the diplomatist* of Washington.
He is a great man—probably an ambitious one—but in the
Senate, a few d*ys since, he indignantly d.*ni. and the cbuge
ot “making tracks'’ lor the Fres.dency, Thai high horse
has been so “promiscuously” ruldcn of late, that.* would
doubtless look twice at the stirrups before taking the saddle
with its associations.
Mr. Wcstcott, one of (Ee Senators from Plot ids, expressed
a desire in his recent *jeech that the Pie>ide<il and hi* Cain- ;
net might be tumbled into the Potomac. The Benator ha*
s nee explained himself. He doesn’t wu*h that Ihe Adminis
tration should be drowned but mmely that it shall be well i
washed. We fear, however, that after this washing opera
tion the Potomac might lie in as bad a condition as Coiendgr
represents the River Rhine lo he below the city of Cologne,
“The River Rhine, it is well known,
Doth wash the city of Cologne ;
But say, ye nympha, what power divine
Shall henceforth wash the River Rhine!”
Habits or Louis I’m Lire*. —The Gazette Medicals ,
published in Paris, speaking of Louis Phi.jppe, King of
France, asys:
••He rises at 5 in the morning, at sll seasons ; work# in
his csbinet. while fresh and clear, and therefore with eaae—
breakfasts simply-—then take* a long walk, which promote?
a mild and salutary reaction toward the akin ; at dinner, has
constantly half a fowl dressed with rite, and for his drink
takes only pure water, about which his Majesty ie very par
ticular. At the end nf his uveal he lake* hwtf a glass of old
Bordeaux wine. Htr sleeps on a single matresa, laid on •
camp bedstead, but never f.#r more ih*n six hours. Huch is
the sober and austere hie of our io a e cign, and wi*h such •
regimen men may live long. It is known that Louia Phil
ippe has tome medical opinions of his own. His remedies,
however, are most innocent, arnTflave (he sanction of on; tf 0 f j
the greatest practitioners by whom our art ia honoff'i. Like
Bj.lenhtin, in fact, the King may carry the ,| # c f hj g
raupeutica! apparatus in the head of huic'mj. The Uncut and
opium are his great temedies.” *
A mm Daninl Aikrn In Weifnril,CnnmUW*#.
u f.-r wr.-k -I.K-r. -nr,l rut) vrarn. Hr lul l during hi* life can.’
Irirtrd Rovcn mm r1„r..,, nml ImilSTO frnnd-ctiildrrn undgml- !
gfund-children—376 hoy# and 200 girls.
*
6i:Oft6lA MUSSENttEIt.
£a.si<fl®go
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1847.
COTTOX MAUI&KT.
The mnfket ducing the peat week has been quirk. Ihe
ccipte larger thaw during no nio of the previous weeks, b ul
i sales stall light, idantcr* preferring to store rather tba sell
We fiud au occasion * alter our last we.*k’ fig ?.**, Bi aluiriH
stock or-cur it>n-, *
Ihe fullauißg the uinitUilj SMUcsuciit oi ihe receipt*, kliiptuebM
und Slock oi l ouou, at Mucoii,<la.
VV..<vku.t receipts f Colt oil, Mac, h, IM7, 1,131
Muiou he Western K. K, •* ** 6*7—2,811
WurrHouae rrcHpts, previously, 7V,-40
AJ.iCou i*. WtSl.rw Itr. 44 95,40!
98,2*7
Stork on hand Ist September, IB4A, 3,059—101^14
Skipprtt in M irk, 1847, “,D'o
l>o. previously, 84,012—91.042
Stock on hand lit April, 1847, 0
The time and labor rousutned in effecting a removal of th*
Journal Office from Midedgeville, which required our person
al supervision, must be our apology for nil defu ieccies in our
present niimbei. For the earn* reason, amt the trouble re
| quired in revising and consolidating our subscription lima,
our distant subscribers must be indulgent, should they receive
their papers a little behind time. Unavoidable engugriu* nil
have detained the Editor, S. T. Chatman, Esq., in Savannah,
but lie expects to be at lus post next weak, when wc ehnll hope
lo merit nn.f retain the good opinion of the patrons of tiio
Journ it and Aletsenger.
THE “ALRANV COURIER” BTILE SURVIVES.
After several weeks ..f doubt and uncertainty, os to the (,\\*
°* *i ,e *’ Albany Courier,” we are happy to have ii iu our pow
er to say, that its existence will be prolonged. Afler tiling
as we thought in \uTi, to find someone who would come'for*
ward, and tuke the responsibility from nnr .-boulders, we vi.vd
ed M icon for the purpose of forming some alliance w Inch might
be profitable lo all parlies interested. A *ori of condihunnl
arrangement w as effected with ’he “ Messenger,” w hich would
have taken place, bud nothing intervened to the contrary. Up.
on our return, ive succeeded iu disposing of our office, upon
reasonable terms, and ns ihe arrangement proponed w iih the
“ Messenger” was of the nature of a donation on our part, w
felt at liberty to do letter if we could, and if w e mistake not, so
expressed ourself at th© ti:nc of mukitig the arrangement pro
posed. We regret very much that hii apparent misunder
standing has taken plate, and that the announce n ent hns been
made by ihe Editors of the “ Messenger” so prematurely.
lo taking leave of the patrons of the “ Courier,” w* tender
; them our warmest thanks for the many favors tendered us, <lu
ring our eonnection with I in; Editorial department, and usk a
continuance of like favors to those into whose hands we have
placed it. To our brethren of the quill, we also most cordial
ly tender a parting hand, and with i*. our tost wishes for iln ir
success, happiness and prosperity. The time has paused when
ihe path of an Editor is strewn with flowers of ease; on th©
contrary, toil, unceasing toil, is his daily lot, and not unfre
quently,-abuse In* only reward.
We are authorised to say, that the “ Courier ’ will appear
next week in its usual dross, and he conducted with increased
energy, tire “ Messenger to tho contrary notwithstanding.
The above article from the Albany Courier , is published in
justice to myself and all concerned. Mr. Wheaton, the Edi
tor of the Of/rter, called on me in Macon, nml afler several
conversations, in which he stated that he hod resolved to dis
continue that paper, he proposed that some plan be devised,
by which th© subscription list and adveitisir.g putroirjg© le
transferred to the Messeuccr , or the “ Journal Messenger
which was about to go into operation. 1 informed him that it
was entirely unnecessary for me to pur- hose the mateiialaof
his ofliee, us we had a large supply already, but wou4d iik to
obtain the patronage on some reasonable terms, and asked him
to make a proposition, and I would than inform him if 1 could
accept it. He did make a proposition, whicli I did not ask
1 him to vary in any manner, hut accepted it. 1 did not under
tftnud him to n.ake any reservation or contingency in the runt
ter—and thought the agreement was positive ami unequivocal,
f felt myself bound to carry it out by all the obligations that
exist between man and man. both legal und moral, and have
carried out my pmt ot the eon treat, with no more haste, or more
“ prematurely than I agreed to, or than w* necessary to prs
tect him from it s obligations to his patrons. W hile he was
present, it was proposed that a number of his paper he procur
ed, and the advertisements marked for insertion iu the Ales sen
ger,as published-Inst week, but we couid not find one. I!a
agreed to send a marked copy, together with his subscription
list, immediately on Uisreturn to Albany. Understanding from
him that the last number of bis paper would be iosned on Satur
day, the 27th, and knowing that unless his legal advertisainems
j appeared iu the Messenger of the following week, the rales
under them would be invalid, i obtained u copy of the *•Couri
er” and transferred them, presuming that the marked paper
and subscription list might have been mis-sent in the mails.—
For the same reason-, # was announced, on my authority, in
the Card published bv Mr. Chapman and myself, that the trans
fer had been made. I never remember having a more dirtied
and positive understanding whh any one in my lit*. 1 did not
reduce it to- writing, because i had the utmost confidence in
Mr. Wheaton’s stability of purpose, and bis reliability,and
considered it as binding on me , as if it bad been attested with
the formalities of law.
As lo the consideration in tto bargain, which he announces
**"was of the nature of a donation,” I would say—-it is true,
there was no direct pecuniary consideration to he paid from
myself to- lihii ; but 4 was to release him from those he had in
curred to others (hi* patrons.)
It seernu, that on finding out that he could do better thoug
hts mind, but failed to apprise me of it. 1- am worry fur it; not
that I regarded the arrangement from the outset us of much
importance, but because it has placed both of us, and particu
larly Mr. Wheaton, in an awkward predicament before llm
public. I am happy that he has done better with hi* properly,
and trust th .t the new proprietors may find it a more profita
ble investment than their predecessor represented it to he.
8. ROSE-
Another Appeal lo South-Wrsicrn
Georgia.
We must again f-rshen the memories of our South-Wst
ern friends, so as to keep them owake lo a subject which ia
of tbs most listing consequence to their interest. It wonUl
be a work of presuiiqrti<m. at this late day. to retort fr> any
argument to convince them of tto expediency, nay, we will
say, of th© absolute nccessi'y of having nu egress for their
products by a speedy and cheap communication wi b the
Atlsntic porta. The world at large, and pa itcularly
Great R uiain, which is the Urgent consumer of our B*uih
ern staple, ore devising every posuble nu-eus to increase tho
cnlture of Cotton in their own extended colonies, and thus
lessen their dependence upon us. Then again, the cultiva
tion of the article every year is increasing in a disproportion
ate ratio wnli the consumption. There are mill ons of acres
in the South- Western States, which is as yet virgin sut I. and
admirably adapted to the cultivation of Cotton; to aay noth
ing of the teeming Und* of Texas, which produce the
weed mo.l luxuitou-ly. and with but little labor. These
consideration* should influence the planters of our own But©
in all then future operations, for tbe fact is incontrovertible,
and every year it will be more sensibly realized, that to en
sure a successful compeiiliun with the cotton g>owmg Stale*
Bouih and West of us, the Georgia planter, must reduce
niiterislly the chargrs which are incident to his emp, before
it is placed on shtp-boatd. We have no hesitation in s ly
ing, end it is susceptible of demonstration, tint the arcumu
tated profits xon si quent upon ail munnon of ihe cost of
transpoiution of the cotton crops ofßouih Wueisru Georgia
to the Atlantic, would, rn a few years pay for the building
the road. Tto aqs of improvement is progressive. In ev
ery Btate in the Union, there is a generous ervultt or* pre
vailing in all the interior cities and towns looblsni e-sy sc
ce*s to th© coast. The trtnepoitaliou by rivers and csnuJ*
is too lardy, to satisfy the impulsive and go s head disposi
tion of ihe age ; and although Georgia sustains hersc 1 * p foU j.
ly in the toce of improvements.—(here i* © tection of
State,—the Cotton region, emphatically sprakins
been entirely neglecteJ. This ought not
so to ue, tAur
eiouth-We.tetn Ciieiul. mud Im uu ,r ‘ .
. . .... . . r • O Jing. Ttiwe r. *•
nougn di.iia.riJ lo Irnd ■ hrli-- _
.... .-"I h.ndi *nt| ■ ba.rtr
coouriation of all mieir ... ,
..ted, (lie nidda urt>i*>(aSii>n can b#
cam ) an apai iii } cflVtltd, In oidar lu ntaki- a (lari, lo re
bnd inform,lion, nd lo ,i(ie ,t full and eor-
of ilia artaol, mailer, tha •U(,a.tmn bn
bean m,do, (bat , convention to be compuaisi oi data^.tea,
(jUe Itr,or tho number th batirr) fom all ilia countia.,
tijiousli which the road ia to be run. .houltl lie held et Amm
idue. oil (ho-llh ‘Wi-dncadly of the jjre.i-nt month.
Siviimali and Macon will be fully i mil we truat
ihi-y will Iki mrl by full deh-galiona from lliv the cnunii.a iff
Hie inlt-rior. Wc aalt of the Albany jMjirr., thfjf v!uaf’!(i