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FRIDAY MORNING. St-I’l. II 1846
“Democr cy is Progressive.”
Several numbers of a new Democratic pa
per, called 11 Young America,” have been is
sued in New York. The following, are some
of the principles laid down in a summary of
the doctrines which the “Young America”
will advocate:
Ist. A limitation of the amount of land here
after to be acquired by any individual.
2.1. AU debts to be debts ol honor—lha tis
there shah be no process for debt.
3d. An entire prohibition of paper money.
4th Some arrangements for the equitable ad
justment of existing debts, as the contract has
already been violated.
s'h. Prohibition of Stale debls.
6th Prohibition of all chattered privileges.
7th. A reform ol the law system, in which is
lobe included the abolition of all laws tor the
collection ofdebts.
9th. Election of all, officers bv the people.
10th. A district system of elections so as to
have only one tnan voted for on one ticket.
11th. A direct taxation of property.
IVe might, were it necessary to do so, show
what strides havebeen made by Democracy to
wards licentiousness, even in its considerate,
acknowledged and practiced principles, such as
have been sanctioned by its leaders, and, at
least, not rejected, or disavowed by the great
mass ot its followers.
We would not pretend to say. that the Demo
crats as a body do, or will, maintain such dis
organizing principles as are contained in the
above. But, it should be considered, by the re
flecting, that they are supported by many ot the
Democratic parly, or an organ tor their pro
pagation could not be sustained.
It is a boast, a proud, exultant boast, of the
leaders ot the great Democratic party, that
“Democracy is Progressive I” Its ultimate
glory, and meridian splendor, have yet to be
opened upon the happy hearts and the enrap
tured visions of men.
We have seen, as yet, only a lew gleams of
its brilliancy and beauty, as they have occa
sionally peered upon us, through the opening
clouds of ignorance, prejudice and tyranny,
with which the present and former customs ol
society have veiled them from ottr sight. Ameri
cashall be old America no more. The cus
toms, and habits and views of such men a*
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and their old
fashioned com eers, must be abolished and given
up, for those rd the “new lights,” the illustrious
“Progressives” the “Old Hunkers” “Bain Burn
ners,” “Anti-Renters,” “R- pudiators,” “Level
lers,” “Agrarians,” and “Y’oung Au ericans.”
Individuals shall be restricted to so many
acres ol land, deb's shall not be collected, the
property of the rich-shell, niter a white, be du
tributed equally among their poorer nei. hbors,
and in course of time, overseers will have to be
appointed tsuperintend every man’s business,
and aid the h >sis of tax-gatherers in repottit g
fairly, the horses and cattle, tables, bedsteads
and other furniture ard effects, which the sub
jects of Democracy may happen to have, in or
der to be taxed for the support of their rulers.—
“Democracy is progressive.” it wiil “pro
gress” this Republic to destruction, unless the
people will be considerate, vigilant, patriotic
and honest.
What is the Tariff in England?--Willmer
Ud Smith’s limessavst
*’ The passingot the tariff in the United States
of America, ot which advices have just come
to hand, may be regarded as the most important
measure as affecting the interchange ot the
production and manufactures of the two cottn
tries, which has occured since the period ol their
separation. It is almost impossiole to over
rate the effect it will have upon the manufactur
ing industry of this country, when we take in
to consideration that in spite ot the previously
almost prohibitory tariff, the United States has
been the most important outlet forotrr manufac
tures for many years past. The reduction ot
duties on cotton and woollen manufactures will
give a great impulse to these branches, which,
.for a considerable time past have been suffering
no some extent for want of a remuneratin.
foreign market tor their surplus production.
But the interest which will be most materially
benfitted, is the iron manutacture ot this country,
which will be apparent from a glance at the
comparative rate of duties under the old tariff
and the present, ft is expected that the price
of pig iron will rise 10s per ton, and bar 20-
per ton,”
But how can we pav you tor more goods
then we now consume? You must trust usas
in 1836. and take vur pay tn a General Bank
rupt Act.—A’ Y. Express
A letter trom Washington, published in the
Philadelphia Sun, asserts ihat a new Treasury
circular lias been issued, which it thus speaks
of:
The Secretary ol the Treasury has issued
•another circular. It is addressed to the deposit
Banks, and requires ot them to receive Treasu
ry notes on deposit, to the amount of the public
money in their hands. How will the banks
relish these instructions? bgpj; which holds
a public deposit of halt's million, lor which it
.has placed in the hands of the Government
ample securities, has a right to make loans and
discounts onto! these funds. I'heGovernment
is secure and free Irom inconvenience while
its drafts are duly honored. These new in
structions abridge or destroy that advantage, by
substituting lor specie funds an untransferable,
unnegotiable paper, because it has twelve
months to run; and before its maturity inav fall
below par The banks cannot give these Trea
sury notes to the Government in payment ol its
draftsorehecks; they are to be paid in gold
and silver, and the specie funds on deposit may
be all gradual y withdrawn, and Treasury
notes substituted for them. It is not denied that
government lias a right to do this, but the exer
cise of a right is by no means a conclusive evi
dence of wisdom. The banks have a right to
pay the Government checks in foreign coin, and
were they, in a spirit ot retaliation, to exercise
this right, the whole Treasury Department
would be thrown into great perplexity, to ascer
tain it the value had been received lor their
drafts.
A Meteor in Dav Light.—A correspondent
of the Lynchburg Virginian, writing from
Liberty, Bedford county, relates the following
story of the appearance it a meteor in daylight
On Thursday, the (ith Aug., and about 2o’
clock in the afternoon, lids singular phenome
non occurred. The writer was about three miles
above Liberty, on the turnpike, when he heard
a lond report in the air, net unlike the report
made by blasting rock Several gentlemen
who were about five miles distance from mv
position, ami n little West ot North, heard it
very distinctly, and thought the report was in
Houth-nst G.hers. who were about a mile and
a halt E r t ol me, thought the report was near
ly over their hea ls. It was distinctly heard bv
several persons in Bo’elonrt county, behind the
Peaks of OtT; some ot whom were much
alarmed at the unusual sound in the elements
and began to tear that it was a premonition ot
lhe destruct ion <>l the world. A eendeinan in
Franklin county, coming into B rlford, and at
least sixteen miff s east ot mv position, heard it
distinctly But the m >st remarkable tails ol
the phenomenon are yet t<> be told. The report
was nor only heard, 1 in the Me’cor was ae ual
ly s err in th- I ', '.gl.'. i'he skv was per
fectly clear v i h the t xc'. p'mn ot a few small
clouds in the WrM an t Nir hwest, and the
therm >mc!er in the shade, from morning to
night, ranged trom 93 to 96 Several persons
who we • u "i the Eastern side rt the Peak,
called “ Ue.idtoremost,”at a distance ot at least
12 miles from me, trad their attention arrested
v l.t'uiii• si gUt.tJ lain no, fn■utiu -u ..
iir, anti, on looking up, liny beheld a luminon*
uotiv pafcsin;'along hi die rate <4 lightning arm
i avirig i ehind a lung bright tail <4 tne color ui
iionai unite hrai. I;* course sec med to them
nbe South. They heaid the rumbling sound
ha accompanied it, but. no! f\t- or cxplo
mon. Other per>t»U-x occupying a po.-JUon be
■a :on these last l’d! invsrll heard both th*
iiin.bling sound and the report From these
'Udenierds, it may be interred that the course
ufthis .-re., er was Southeast.
( m the l ) icoi K,ir i !■'..< tro. of &p! b !UJ/.
loss or the t s brig or war
TRIWTOX.
Oliicers and • rew, with the exception of
two 1 lieutenants, and Si etecn Men.
Like L'lisoneis By the Mexicans and
Marched to Tampico,
We received this morning, byway of the
Baiize, the tolluwmg note, intorming us ot the
wreck of the IT. 8. brig-ot-war Tru xton, with
the capture ot nearly the v. hole of her officers
and crew, including the captain. The Truxton
was a brig ot ten guns :
U. S. Revenue Steamer Legare, (
8 VV. Pass, Sept .3d, 1846 \
Editors of the Picayune: 1 have just arrived
from Vera Cruz, which place I left on the 29m
uit. bringing with me despatches from the Com
modore tor the Government.
Toe yellow fever had made its appearance
on board the British vessels of war al Sarriticios.
The scurvy prevailed to a great extent on
board the Potomac frigate. The balance of the
squadron were in good health.
Santa Anna had landed at Vera Cruz He
was received with great demonstrations of joy—
the city and castle both saluting him He was
perm titled to land by Commodore Conner. It
is presumed that he had a passport.
Yours, respcctidlly, in haste, N. L. C.
Extract of a letter from an officer attached to the
“ Home now at "Anton Lizardof 1
near Vera Cruz, dated
August 29, 1846.
I regret to imform youol the loss ot the beau
.tiful U. S. brig Truxton, by all accounts the
best vessel ol her class ir, service, Capt. E. VV.
Carpender. The Truxton sailed from here in
the early part of this month for Tampico. Ou
the I4ih, while standing into the haibor of Tus
pan, 120 miles north of Vera Cruz, a small
Mexican coasting vessel was discovered, and
soon after made a prize of. Capt. Carpender
engaged the captain ot this vessel to pilot him
into a sale anchorage, but in doing so ran (he
Truxton on a reel where she was soon in a very
perilous situation. Capt. Carpender then des
patched Lieut. Berryman to the squadron for
the assistance of a steamer. The boat in which
this officer le t was after lour da’, s hard pulling,
picked up by the St Mary’sofl Vera Cruz As
soon as our Commodore was iniormed of the
fact he sent the Princeton to Tuspan.
While the brig wason the reef, alter the dc
pariure of Lt. Berryman, two Mexican coasting
vessels appeared in the offing; these were cap
tured by a boat’s crew in charge ol Lt Bushrod
Hunter, but this gentleman was unable, from
the violence of the gale blowing at the lime,
reach the wreck with his prizes, and was there
fore compelled to make for this place, where he
arrived several days ago. On th**arrival of the
Princeton at the wreck of the Truxton, she was
found abandoned, and that she had been stripped
of all light articles by the Mexicans. A “flag
ol truce was sent on shore from the Princeton,
by whom it was ascertained that Capt. Carpen
der, his officers and crew who were with him
landed at Tuspan on the 17th and were very
hospitably received and treated by the inhabi
tants
On the I9ih they started on fool lor Tampico,
intending to idler themselves as prisoners of
war, since then we have no further accounts <4
'hem. On the return ot the flag of truce to th-
Princeton, the commander of that vessel finding
there was n » possibility of saving the Truxton,
set her on fire, and she had burnt to the water’s
edge when the Princeton took her departure.
The following is a list of the officers attach
ed to the Truxton, who have gone to Tampico
Commander E W. Carpender ; Acting master
Isaac N. Briceland; Passed Midshipmen John P.
Bankhead, George B. Bissell; Purser George F
'’utter; Assistant Surgeon John S. Mcssersmith;
Midshipmen Simeon S. Bassett; Capt’s Clerk, H.
Wilkinson; together with about fifty petty offi
cers and seamen,
Lieuts Hunter and Bcrrymau arc on board the
St Ma-y’s.
The U. S. steam cutter Legare arrived here a
Q w days since* with (b-sparches for Com. Conner
Th*- ’ frllntvi 'fl: a ll r,r coi.t lu»o
Vera Ciuz from the Cumberland.
From the St. Louis Il'pMica-i, Sept. 2.
Very Lffte From Santa Fe.
A letter Iro n Mr. N Colburn, our corrcspon
.lent al Santa Fe, announces bis arrival at In
dependence, in this Stale, mi Thursday last, in
tweniy-tonr and a halt days trom Sama Fe
Phis journey eclipses in speed any oilier eve:
pertormed between the two points, and shows
mat very soon it will be stripped ot even me
character ot novelty. From ihe letter of Mr.
Colburn we gather many tacts ot interest to out
readers, winch are here arranged.
Mr. Colburn left Sama Feon the 3.1 ofAug
There were then only 450 Mexican soldiers sta
tioned in-Santa I’-, but the authorities stated
that they had 7.000 men ready to march at a
moment’s warning to meet Gen. Kearney, and
•2000 were expected trom the iower country.
How tar this expectation may be realized, may
be judgedot from the tact that Mr. Kennedy,
who had just arrived from Sonora, reported that
they hadthereonly 300 soldiers, 200at Chihua
hua, and 40 at El Basso.
When Mr. C. left Santa Fe, nothing had
been heard of Gen. Kearney's movements tor
fifteen days previous. It was not then known
that Gen. Wool was moving against Chihuahua.
About 200 miles on his route home, he met with
eight Mexican Dragoons who bad been watch
ing the movements ot the American forces un
der Gen. Kearney. They said they had not
seen the troops, although they had been in sight
<d Beni’s Fort, and to the Simarone. Mr. Col
burn reached the crossing o! rhe Arkansas in
en days, being Ihe quickest trip ever made to
that point in wagons.
fie found grass and water scarce. He
there met Captain Worcester, ot the U. S.
Aitillery, T Caldwell and Chas. Ben-', only
ten days Irom Independence, and sent by them
to Gen. Kearney,all the newsof which he wasin
posse-sion. From this party he heard of the
murder, on the evening before, ot Mr. W. Z.
Swan, ot Northampton, Mass. He was return
ing it is stated, from Fort Bent, in company
with Major G. Clark, and was shot fix m his
horse, when within seventy-five yards of their
camp, by Indians.
Mr. C. says that the Indians were in Santa
Fe, offering their services to Gen. Armijo, on
condition that he should let them have the spoils
which they might take from the Americans,
but that he had refused to accept the proposition.
Il he ha I acceded to it, the army might, possi
ble, have been deieated, or their supplies cut
off, which would have caused great distress.
Mr. C. met in his route various companies ol
wagons with army supplies, &c , several of
which had been attacked on successive nights
by the Indians.
English Women and Men.
English women exceed all ttiat I had conceived
of their comeliness ; they are the finest sized and
most distingue race Ie- er laid my eyes upon. I
at'ended one of the fashionable concerts, a few
evenings since, and was overwhelmed with the
array of beauty present. Such persons, such faces,
such eyes, and such complexions .' There was no
faded beauty bv the side of the giri just springing
into womanhood, but all seemed ripe, matured,
blooming. 1 have not had such a treat since many
a day —it was a feast from which I could scarcely
tear myself away. The music was called line,
entrancing —but I beard no music that evening,
save rhe music of some soft voir e—and I saw no
light but the light of eyes that beamed with intel
lect and love. The very air seemed pervaded by
the spirit of beauty and purity, and I went away
j from the place sighing for the return of another
| evening, when I might come and gaze for other
j long hours upon such faces and into such ey es.
j The men, too,are large, well formed and comely
—hut there is a soft, watery appearance about
■ them, that strikes the eye of an American at once.
Many of them are big pauncher! fellows, who will
hide a beef steak ami a pint and a half of * balfanrl
halt”(porter and ale) under their vests and feel all
the ffettcr for it. I nave no term that so correctly
dc-cribes the appearance of a majority of the y oring
men yon m-et in London, as the word watery—a
thawy, .--hidry, srpta-hy sort of appearance Yon
seldom -ei- a la-.c ttiat strikes yon a.:d it..lures you
to look at it a- croir l time.— London Correspon
dence.
Snorn- Waists-In 1861 short waists became
fashionable; ant that portion ot the body which
fi'teen years previously had been preposterously
long, reaching nearly to the hips, ->as now car
ried up tithe armpits.—This absurdity occa
sii.ned a waggish par iv on the popular song
“The Banks r t Anna,” which : egins with
"eheplrl r-ls. 1 have lost mv love ;
Have yon seen my Anna >
The pato.lv began with—
•-Sn.-pher.ls. I hare lost my warsr;
Hire yon seen my body? '
Tile gown was worn still open in Iront, but
without hoop-, and tell in straight h'“«" folds to
the leet, which were decorated with shoes ot
scarlet leather. I mmense ear rings were worn;
rhe hair was frequently tinpowdered, and from
1791 to 1797 large ostrich or other leathers were
worn, singly, or two an I three together, of va
t us bright colors, blue, green,pink,&c . standi
ng half a yard high
Robbers Deli CtCii.
The following letb r details some interesting
.i<4s in refeii’iici- o! a I and of villains who hav<
icon recently ditected in tee vicinity of Ch« raw:
(Heraw S< nt 1,1 >l6
To the Editors of the (Jiarleslon Courier :
Gr.NTi.r.M puDiic ciin<»sity may be some-
what av, ak< ned by wii-t your Mai ion correspondent
of the 26 h uit. says, relative to the * gang of ne
gro stc? ors,” arrested in Cb.er.iW and m Marino
i’oiigh bistrrt, I have thought that a brief statement
m i xcts m'gat prove acceptable to the many read
trsofyourjou mil. Several weeks ago. three or
fimr s v uoe*, t.o’.on ;ng to < itizens of Marlborough
District, and a fine j om: f negro belonging toagen
• le.'.f.n of this place, i’.ddeaiy left their several
owners. About ths* time, a voting man named
J.imes Carlisle, who was known as a poor young
m m, was -ecu in Ch’-raw riding a remarkably fine
looking horse. While in Cher»w, Carlisle put up
his horse at the Planters’ Hotel; < ut out of four
d;i)S, and ns many nights, during wh ch the horse
was there, he stayed only one night in the Hotel.
He was al o seen in conversation with one or two
negroes about tov. r. These ciicumstauces created
the nispicion lh:it *• Murre.ll mtn’’ were at wurk
in the neighborhood, and that Carlisle was one of
them Inquiries were n ade as to his movements,
and it was fjiin«Hhat he had been trying to get
several of the negroes ab ut town to go off with
him, and that he had called himself Dorsay. A few’
da) s elapsed, an«i information war received that
he was about Rockingham, Richmond county, (I\.
C.,) where he had traded off his fine horse. On
Monday.3d uit.,he passed through one of the back
streets of < heraw, having with him a “ female
friend” in a gig, and an extra horse following.
1 liese appendages lie left at the bridge toil-house,
while he walked up town to replenish his “ Tick
ler.” Our citizens beii gon the quivive, had bi n
immediately arrested and lodged in the guard
house. Tirat eveni g he confessed that he had
been engaged in stealing negroes for Isaac Weath
erly —that he had been employed by Isaac Weath
erly to carry off a negro named Eph:aim, belong
ing to Mr. P. W. Pledger, of Marlborough District,
whom he sold in Darlington—that he received in
payment lor him Hie tine horse, already alluded to,
one hundred dollars in money, a gold watch and
some ouier articles Carlisle also stated that Isaac
Weatherly had four negroes in a camp near his
house, and that the intention was that ArZ/iur, a
slave belonging to Weatherly was to carry them
off to North Carolina, where he (Cailisle,) was to
meet them and dispose of them. Upon receiving
this information, several gentlemen carried Carlisle
with them to Weatherly’s, (in Marlborough Dis
trict,) in order to entrap Weatherly if possible.—
Two or three gentlemen procured negro clothing,
blacked themselves, and with Carlisle, (who had a
chain about his neck and body well concealed, but
secure enough to prevent his escape,) went up to
Weatherly’s house. On Carlisle’s giving a certain
signal, Weatherly carne out to where the negroes
and Carlisle were. Cai lisle told him be had
biought him two likely fellows, upon which W
got into a passion, and blamed Carlisle for acting
so fooh>hly at Cheraw, &c. It afterwards appear
ed that Weatherly had been put on his guard by
'Oineone. Wcmherly refused to have any thing
to uo with the two fellows, but advised C. to carry
them off to Florida. I-i the meanwhile, some of
the party went to the camp of which Carlisle had
spoken ; but instead of finding four negroes, thev
foui d two fellows belonging to Isaac Weatherly , or
i hos. C.Weatherly. They seized upon them, and
from them learned that Arthur had started the
night before for North Carolina, with a negro wo
man belonging to Charles Irbj , Esq , a negro man
belonging to Mr. Joseph Dickson, and a uegio man
named 77/us,said to belong to Mr. O. B. Hillard,
f Cnarleston. Next morning, Isaac Weatherly
was apprehended and committed to Marlborough
jail, and the two negroes lodged there also, as
witnesses against Arthur. Carlisle was commited
to Chesterfield jail. /\ftcr this, a party started m
pursuit of ArlAur and his companions, and or. reach
ing Raudoipi C. H (N C.,)they found that 4rZ/i?tr
and the other three negroes had been taken up and
lodged, as runaways, in Randolph jail. They
were brought back to M u l'oro’ District, and on
Tuesday last (Ist inst ) Arthur wa; arraigned and
iried bcfoie a highly intelligent Court of Magis
trates and Freeholders, for negro stealing, on a
charge founded on the Acts of Assembly of i 740
aiid 1754. The prosecution was conducted by A.
VI. M’lvgr, Esq , Solicitor, and the prisoner was
zealously defended by C. V.. Dudley, J. M’Qut en,
.nd Chas Thornweil, i'.-qs. The Court found Ar-
Z//-J7- “ guilty,” and sentenced him to be hanged on
the 2d ol October next.
'The coi fessi ns of Carlisle, and the circumstan
ces attending Artiun •’.<? movtments, have produced
a great deal ot excitement in this part of the coun
try. That more persons are concerned than those
whore names nave Loen mentioned, there can be
little doubt. Carlisle is apparently a novice at the
business, and has but little practical experience in
rnanajing such matters as hr finds laid down in
Virgil A. Stuart’s book on Murrell and his gang
This book was found in his possession when he
was arrested in c’heraw. (How much good has
this book done ?) The probability is that n «ang
„r me vw vxivuu- to Mime point m nenry
county, (V.«.) and perhaps farther. The ensuing
Court in Marlboro’, at wkich Wea herly i to be
tried, will be well attend d, if we may judge by the
large crowd of people which was at he trial of Ar
thur Many were there from Chesterfield and
Dai lington Districts; and, notwithstanding tho hot
weatocr,thc Court House was crowned all day.
F A. VV. S.
Sunrise in South Mexico —Seatsftell, in his
travels through this interest mg counit y, gives the
following glowing descripti. n of tire dawn ol
the early morning as it burst in all its golden
splendor on the hills and dales, mountains and
morasses around him Those who arc accus
tomed, as the most ol us arc, says the Columbus
rimes, to lliedullll-rt scenery of the sandy piney
woods, cannot imagine in ihe wildest moods ol
lancv the emotions ot pleasure with which such
a sight swells the heart. To realize such a
seette it is necessary io look' upon it. The next
thing to the realization is the almost visible
description ot the author.
“Wrapped in our mantles, we watched the
last stars that yet lingered palely in the hen
vens. Suddenly the eastern sky grew light,
and a bright point appeared, tike a lulling star
floating between heaven and earth- but yet no
star, its line was too ruddy. We still gazed in
silence, when a second fiery spot showed itself
in the neighborhood ol the first, which now
grew and increased, t nd became like a flaming
tongue, lictting round the silver summiis of the
snow crowned hills, and then descending, asthe
flames in a burning village creep trom roof to
walls. And as we looked, five, ten, twenty
mountain peaks became bathed in the same ro
se (ire, which spread with lightning swiftness,
i ke a banner of Hames, Irom hill-ton to hill-top
Scarce five minutes had elapsed since 'he high
mountains, wrapped in their dull pale shroud
of snow, had shown dim and trust y in ihe dis
tance, and no v both they and their smaller
brethren flamed forth like mighty beacons or
lava-streaming volcanoes, bringing to our
minds, in all its living truth, the word ot Him
who said, ‘Let there be light, and there was
light.’ Above, all was a bright and glorious
day; below, gloomy sullen night. Here and
there floods of radience were poured in through
the clefts ot the mountains, and where they
penetrated, a strange contest ensued. The
shades ot darkness seemed to live, and move,
and engage in desperate struggles with the in
trusive sunbeams that broke and dispersed
them, chasing them up the wooded heights, and
rending them asunder like cobwebs, so that sud
denly and as by enchantment were disclosed the
deep indigo blueoflhe tamarinds and chicazopo
tes, lower down, the bright green ol the sugar
fields, lower still, the darker tints of the nopal
gardens, then the ultra-marine anti gold, and
green, and white, and bright yellow ofthe or
anee and citron groves, and finally the lofty fan
and date palms, and the splendid banana, all
covered with millions ol dew drops, that glitter
ed and sparkled like countless diamonds and
rubies.”
A Siamese Scholar. —A missionary of the
American Board, in Siam, gives the following
account ot a learned prince, who is Chief Priest
i t Buddhism and brother to the King :
“ The prince has made such proficiency in
his study of the English language, as to be pret
ty well'qualified to translate small English
works into Siamese. Indeed, he has actually
begun to translate one of the American Tract
Society’s publications, ft may be that this
Cniel Priest of Buddh, this prince, equal to the
King ol Siam in royal blood, will yet render the
cause ol Christ important service. Mr. Chand
ler, ot the Baptist mission, wished to get the
Lord's Prayer translated into the Baii, a short
time since. Dur teachers were reluctant to do
it, tearing that fault would be found with them
tor transferring the word’ol our God to their]
sacred language. But this royal priest under
took the work without the least hesitancy, and
nerto med it in a tnorottgh manner. lleis pro
bably-one of the best scholars in Siam. .Mr.
I Caswell has found him usually in an inquiring
I state of mind on religious subjects, an 1 trank
an.: gentlemanly in all bis <tis.: , t—ions. Ito
appears to despise much, it not all, of his own
religion ; and he would have ns think that be is
skeptical tn respe tto all religions. Should it
please the great head of the church to bow the
heart ot this man to his own blessed will, it is
impossible to predict the influence he might ex
ert.”
Devotion or a Great Mind to its Duties.
Milton, the poet of “Paradise Lost,” who, (lur
ing an active lite in the most troublesome times,
was unerasing in the cultivation of his under
standing, thusdeset ibes bisown habits: “ Those
morning haunts are where they should be, at
home; n-t sleeping or concocting the surfeits
ol an irregular feast, but up and stirring; in
winter, otten ere the sound ot any bell awaken
t men to labor or devotion; in summer, as oft
i .< i'll the bird that first rouses, or not much tar
s dier, to read good authors, or cause them to be
; read, till the attention be wearv, or memory
have its full height; then with useful ati-1 gene
> rotis labors preserving the body's health and
hatdiness, to render lightsome, clear, and not
. I lumpish obedience to the mind, to the cause ot
religion and ourcountry’s liberty.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16. 1846.
SATURDAY MORNING. SEP I. I.', 1846
I he United states Bank—Mr. IFh.urntiy*
Opposition to a United States Bank i • ano
ther nne of the great principles of th” Dcmu
crntic party’, which the Committee of the De.
cratic Convention lor this District, took occ-.
sion to dwell upon with special emphasi .
preamble to the resolutions, which were ’■.*!••
bv the Democratic Convention which h-.mi. u
ted Mr. Flournoy, concluded as fellows:
“And whereas it is fitting .and piept-r, ha
we should, upon an occasion like this, i . • i?.
our principles and views touching th ■
leading questions of public policy, to ih e
that the people may determine between ; j
and those acted upon, though not always or
ho our political opponents. Therefore, &
Was R. W. Flournoy, Esq., alwa .s (•.•. 1
to a United Stales Bank? Was he n> i i
many years in favor of such an inslituti n ?
When did he change his principles in reitre
to it ?
Mr. Flournoy was a member of the L os’:. ,
lure from Jeflerson county, in 1834. Ou th- ■
II th ot December, “the House took up the j
cial order of the day, which was the rcsolutioi s j
approbatory of the course pursued by th. F'ic<:
dent of the United States relative to the rec ar- >
terof ike United Slates Bank.”
Then follow the preamble and resoHiG •
ferred to, which will be found in the Juuimdol
the House of Representatives for 1834, cn page .
282, ’B3, ’Bl, and ’BS.
They denounce a Bank ol the United States j
as unconstitutional and inexpedient and di.!
ous—avow that it should no longer exist,
propose to instruct the Sena’ors and req .«•$: ti,.
Representatives from Georgia in the N .tional {
Legislature to “vote against the re-chane: of
said Bank, in any form or shape in which it
may appeal”—they eulogise Gen. Juckson for
his efforts to break it down—instruct our Sena
tors to vole lor a resolution to expunge frum the
Journals of the United Stales Sena ”, :hereso- ;
lutions of that body declaring that r e B-.e-.i- .
dent (Gen. Jackson,) had “assumed upon him i
self authority and power not conferred by the
Constitution and Laws, but in derogation o'j
both,” by removing from the Uniied Statci !
Bank the Government Deposites.
To these resolutions Mr. Cary offered others
as a substitute, declaring the unconstitutional; y
and inexpediency of the Bank, but which con
tained the following condemnation ot Gcnerr’
Jackson’s removal of the deposites:
“4. But while they view with jnalrnsy and ,
distrust the power of the Bank, they view with j
equal jealousy and disapprobation the arbitrary
and unauthorized act of the executive in remo
ving the public moneys from that custody to
which it was committed by law. They do not
admit, but expressly deny the right of the Ex
ecutive to control, at his will, the money of the
people, contrary to the expressed will of the
representatives ol the people.”
Mr. Flournoy moved to lay the original res-. •
lutions and substitute upon the table for the j
balance of the session. This was lost an.; then .
he voted for the substitute ot Mr. Cary, which *
contained the condemnation of Gen. Jackson ,
He voted for the entire substitute, as it could not (
be divided, for he was understood to be opposed ;
to that part which declared the Bank to he .
constitutional and inexpedient.
Mr. Flourno}' was favorable to a Bank ol the
United States, not only in 1834, but tor some
years afterwards, unless we have been misin
formed.
He can change his sentiments at pleasure,
but ‘he “Conscript Fathers” of the old State
rights party, as he calls some of its leaders, can
not! The people ol the Eighth Congressional
ntetrirt ijrill - • ■ - *
“consistency,” which, in his letter of accept
ance ol bis nomination, Mr. Flournoy has placed
so prominently before them.
Fourth Congressional District —Io this i
district it seems, says the ColumbusEnqivn r, j
our friends are coming down to their wn>k •
a style that promises success. The “HI. I’l
man” is running in trows of tl edepth and width
that look’s for all the world like making a crop
this fall, and men at first incredulous on the sub ■
ject begin now to consider his election ns alm . > j t
certain. Wherever he goes, his venerable . 1 ‘
pearance, sound]ndgment, and comprehensi? > ;
views, are winning to himself golden opinion . -
The Chairman of the Military Commilte fir- >,
it an up hill business to meet that vo ca < -t j
giving the poor soldier seven dollars a wont!i. j
whilst he was receiving eight dollars a day j ,
The common people teeard it as drawing a dis- j '
tinction rather too wide between the sw ’’-hr d I
and the barefoot. They can’t stand it, and -y j '
ought not. Mr. Mosley is a man ot the pe.
and the people know it. \ >
Steam Ship Southerner.
The Charleston Courier of yesterday s.;; - - • '
This new and splendid steamship, intended ■
regular racket between this port and N Y k
has just been completed. She will leave Ne -.-
Yotk on the 12th inst., with a full freight and !
passengers, under the command of Cap:. Ber- ■ ,
ry, who is well known to this community as a ■
gentleman and seaman well qualified forth" j
situation. We have been told by those wh,.
haveseen this beautiful craft, that her ace.. ■
modations arc spacious and admirably sprang- i
ed with every convenience for comfoit. -She is ’
to leave Charleston on the 19th inst.
Rumored Capture of Santa Fit.—We find I
the following in the New York Express of Mon
day afternoon:
Fort Osage, Jackson co., Mis-cu i, |
August 28 it )
1 have just received a letter from Fort I
Leavenwotth, stating that they had just receiv- i
ed news by express Irom Gen. Kearney, stating [
that he had taken Santa Fe, tciMouf the firioi;
of a gun.
There has been a tremendous speculation in I
stocks in this quarter for the Santa Fe expedi- I
lion.
Our last advices from Fort Leavenworth, I
says the Baltimore American, received through '
the St. Louis papers, are to the 27th of Augu-t. ■
It appears a little strange, if the above is cor
rect, of which we have doubts, that the inlbr
niation has not reached us through the Western j
papers. Our dates from St. Louis are to the '
3d instant.
Erom the N. Y. T'ribune, 7th inst.
Peace with Mexico—Ferms settled with i
Santa Anna at Havana.
Special Correspondence of the Tribune.
Havana, August 16th, 1546.
You arc probably aware that Santa Anna acd I
Almonte embarked on board the English steamer
Arab for Vera Cruz, in consequence of their av- ‘
ing obtained information ot a pronunci'intt a/o >u
j their favor. Some other diplomatists and Ge-
of the same stamp departed the same day m the
packet for the same place; but perhaps you may ’
not have heard of the reported agreement between
Santa Anna ami certain agents of the Butt ‘ : ::d
American governments. The arrangement is -»i t
to be as fallows: The Mexican l-’ederal Gave-.-
meat of 1524 is tu be re-established under the
guarantee of the United States; so that, in case of i
future pronunciamcntos, the 1 . S. Government I
shall have a right to interfere in support of the I
Constitutional government. The Bio Grande tu ;
be the boundary line and the Californios to > .r- ■
ganized as a distinct territory, under theprotect an
of the United States, but not goremed by Ameri
cans until the inhabitants shall think Jit to annex
themselves, to favor which purpose tne country
will be allowed to carry on a free trade wit i both
, Republics, and admit colonists from all couutrics,
! and of all religions and creeds. All this seems
I indeed very incredible—too ranch for Mexicans
to cede, and too little to satisfy the crav:; g tasw
I of your extenders of the Area of Free-dunt.—
t ‘Veremos I’ I can only say that I have the intel'i
gentc from very respectable authority. There >s
t m news from the Camp. Tbe two Mex -r
i war steamers have been purchased by the Spai:i-b
| Government.
i The Paris correspondent ofthe Nationai in
telligencer says Oscar Lafayette, the -c.i e
George, was elected to the Chamber of De;-u
ties, by virtue of his glorious name. Six toe::,
bers of the Lafayette connection have now
seats in the Chamber.
(ion. Taylor’s Reply to his Proposed Nomi
nation for
The following letter has been received from
dr.j. General Taylor, by the Chairman of the
meeting therein referred to, hehl in New York,
in which that gallant officer responds in hand
□me terms to the resolution passed on that oc
casion :
“ Head Quarters, Army of Occupation, I
Camargo, Mex., Aug. I4iti, 1846. }
“ ) lon. Geo. Folsom : Dear Sir—The mail
of yesterday conveyed to me your letter ot the
16 h of July, accompanying a copy of the reso
lutions recently adopted in New York city, and
xpressive ot the approbation of a large number
• 4 citizens, for the iccent services of the Army
! Occupation. For these expressions our
tannest gratitude is tiue, and they will he long
e. .embered as renewed incentives to exertion
in the cause ol the countty.
For your own very ron>plime»iary note, my
I'tjis/hal thanks are also due. Permit me to
. i; is a source of gratulation tome, that the
t uning refrained from the meditated nomina
i u; lor the high office in question I have no
ci The Government lias assigned to
- an arduous and responsible duty, in the pro
a lion of the existing war; in conducting it
.• i-h honor to the country, lie all my real aspi
r.i ions.
h is with great pleasure, sir, that 1 thus ac
k iwledge the gratitude of the Army for the
c iud opinion and cheering approval ot the citi
zens of New-York city. With assurances ot
our warm appreciation and iny own personal
wshes for your prosperity in liP*/
I remain, dear sir; most ?.nce _!y yours",
7.. TAYLOR, Major Gen. U.S. Army.
Appropriations or Congress.—The official
statement of the appropriations made at the late
i <sion of Congress, prepared by the Clerk of
th • House of Representatives, shows the aggre
gate to be $51,476 191,18. The various headsof
appropriation arc as follows:
Civil and Diplomatic expenses, $1,053,612 63
I- han Department, do 1,106,698 50
Naval service, 7,449 703 35
Umy, 6,873.082 67
Volunteers and other troops, 11,957 359 00
Prosecution of existing war, 10,000,000 00
Regiment of mounted rifllemen, 81.500 00
sapper, miners, and pontoniers. 25 000 00
Military Academy, 123 976 00
Furtdications, 1,440 000 00
D?i< nsive works,” 170,000 00
Pos* Office Department, 4,078 540 75
Pensions 1,744 535 40
Deficiencies of 1846, 1,700,914 99
♦Smithsonian Institution, viz:
Interest on fund ot ($515,169 00)
which may have accrued on
Ist day of July next, 242,129 00
Miscellaneous, 429 138 89
$51,476,191 18
* The amount ol appropriation lor Smith
soninn Institute, lobe replaced in the treasury
b v interest accruing on State Bondsheld by the
Ui ited States for original Smithsonian fund.
M
The Hon. Orlando B. Ficklin, member of
Congress from Illinois, was lately married in
La Grange, Troup county, to Miss Elizabeth,
eldest daughter of the Hon. Waller T. Colquitt,
Senator from this State to the Congress of the
United States. Accompanying the annuncia
tion <4 this event, sajs the Columbus Enquirer,
there is decidedly the worst piece ot poetry we
nu .v remember ever to have seen, in which (he
consummation alluded to is chronicled as a
democratic measure If, indeed, there is any
thing of party in a matter so purely domestic,
we should regard it as smacking smartly of the
whig policy, and looking most anxiously to the
encouragement of domestic manufactures. On
this subject, however, we make no quarrel with
the poet. To the parlies we wish every ima
ginable happiness.
Religious Revival.—One of the greatest, or
perhaps //ie greatest revival of religion ever
witnessed in this place, says the Athens Whig
ol the 10th inst., has been in progress for sever
al days past, at the Methodist church. The ex
ercises commenced on Saturday last, since
vst until the excitement has become quite gener
al. Numbers havebeen added to (he church,
while scores have from day to day crowded the
altar, when “mourners” were called up. The
meeting is still in progress, and we understand
that it probably will be protracted several days
from the. A' Y. Com. Advertiser of Sept. 5.
Late from the Rio de la Plata.
By the arrival of the brig Black Hawk, Capt.
tiohinson, sailed from Buenos Ayres on the 19th
of July, wc have a tile of the Packet to the 11th
o July.
11. B. M. steam frigate Devastation, arrived at
Buenos Ayres on the 3d of July, having on board
.Mr. Hood, whose departure from England, charged
with some mission tn reference to the war we
l ave heretofore announced. His arrival caused
- eat satisfaction at Buenos Ayres.
The Packet of July 4th says—
On Thursday last the Brazilian brigantine of
war Argoa arrived from Montevideo, bringing in
t-: ligeuce of the return to that port of the British
'imisport Apollo, with positive orders for the re
iti-irkaiion of the detachments of the 45th and
73d, which had been diveited from their original
• stination.
t he news received from England by the Apollo
i to the effect that the Argentine Minister, on the
>.•<■ of asking for his passports, had a conference
a ith Lord Aberdeen, which was of so satisfactory
a nature as to induce him to suspend the step. It
a as generally believed that the Government had
,<-solved to take immediate measures to put a stop
o intervention in La Plata, and that France cn
twely concurred in tbe necessity of such a change
policy. Indeed, letters from Rio, dated the 24th
td t , say that a steamer from Fiance bad arrived
i ere with despatches lor Baron Maroiul and
r.i oti Deffaudis, in consequence of which it. was
suppjscd that the format would come down to this
■Jr. Hood was the bearer of a letter from Lord
A rdc- u to Senor Arana, the Buenos Ayiean
iiui:t< r of Foreign Affairs, of which the follow
ing is a copy:
To H. E. Senor Arana, dj*c.— Sir—The Queen,
mv sovereign, being sincerely desirous of remov
ing every cause of misunderstanding between her
government and the government of the Argentine
Confederation, and of restoring the relations of
the two countries to their customary footing of
Iriendship and cordiality, has been pleased to direct
Tb->s. S. Hood, Esq., who for several years dis
charged the office of H. M’s. consul general at
Mo itevidco, to set out immediately for Buenos
Ayies, for the purpose of communicating with Y.
E and tbe Argentine Government.
Mr. Hood is charged to trau.-mit confidentially
to Y. E. certain propositions on tite part of Great
Britain and France, founded in a great measure on
t: ose communicated to the two powers on the 26th
of October. 1545, by the Government of Buenos
Ayres, with a view to the arrangement of the
difficulties existing in the Rio de la Plata. I trust
that the propositions which Mr. Hood will make
known to Y. E. and which are dictated by the
most anxious desire of putting an end to a state of
bines :ghly injurious to the interests of all par
ti-s wll appear acceptable to the Government of
Buenos Ayres.
Mr. Hood is likewise bearer of similar proposi
tions from the French Government, which he will
deliver to Y’. E.
From the thorough knowledge Mr. Hood pos-
i <esies of every thing relating to the interests of the
two countries, I trust that the choice that has been
! made of bim for this service will be agreeable to
■oe Government of Buenos Ayres. I request that
; Y l. will receive him in a favorable manner, and
i give entire credit to whatever he may communi
cate to you on the patt of the British Government.
I flatter myself, that the Government of the
! Argentine Confederation, will recognize in the step
I thus taken by the Governments of Great Britain
• and France, the strongest evidence of their anxiety
c cultivate a good and friendly understanding with
,;.c Confederation.
1 have the honor to be, with the highest consi-
> derations, sir, your excellency’s most obedient
l:':':it'le servant, ABERDEEN.
Mr. Brent had his audience of leave on the 7th
■of July,and immediately afterward his successor,
. Mr. H arris, presented Ids credentials as charge
; d’affaires from the Government of the United
! States.
I The Packet of July 11 th says—
i A few days previous to the news of Mr. Hood’s
I arrival having reached Montevideo, Rivera had
I oven summoned there, under the pretence of bis
presence being required at a festivity, and to con
cert measures to prosecute the war, and the Fire
brand steamer had been despatched to bring him
down. The truth is, however, that Messrs. Ouse
ley and Deflaudis have at last found out, from the
indiscriminate sacking of all the towns along tbe
coast, and the other atrocities committed by Rivera,
I '.’>at he is not an apt tool to keep up the delusion
' of amission of “civilization and humanity.”
I: was certainly high time that the “peaecma
: :crs” should conceive a doubt as to the propriety
! c-f their course, after 5,000 human lives have been
immolated, and such enormities as those related in
• liiiotbercolumn have been perpetrated with fright
! ■■ 1 frequency ever since the rekindling of a war
oat bad ceased was, in an evil hour, resolved upon.
After this follows a horrible list of atrocities al
l-red to have been committed by the troops of
j vera —men and children killed, women outraged
' and carried off, houses plundered, &c.
i The Packet of July 4 announces the departure
of Mr. Guhain, theU. S. consul, and young Mi.
Brent, for Pam/iny, am! says that they were
sent thither by .\h. Brent, to mediate between the
government of Paraguay and that of the Argentine
Ci nfederation. Ir add> that the proposed media
tion would have been in progress at an earlier day
but lor the unauthorized ..nd mischievous intru
sion of a Mr. Hopkins, of whom it gives the fol
lowing account:
This shatterbrained coxcomb, through the in
terest of his father, the Bishop of Vermont, wa
sent io a private capacity, but in the pay of the
United States Government, to Paraguay, for the
purpose of report ing upon the state of that coun
try. Dining his short stay at Assumption he con
trived to insinuate himself into the good graces of
President Lopez,and topass himself off as a diplo
matic agent. Assuming this charade rhe offered
Senor Lopez the mediation of the United State?
for the arrangement us the difficulties existing
with the Argentine erovemment, which the former
readily accepted.
Upon this he proceeded via. Rio Janeiro to Bue
nos Ayres, quite inflated with his own importance
As soon as no arrived here he attempted to com
mence negotiations; Lui the Argentine government
finding, on inquiry, thnt he was unprovided with
credentials, politely declined to transact any offi
cial business with him. though it was willing at
the sime time to receive any confidential commu
nication he might be desirous of making and to
give in the same confidential manner any explana
tions he might be anxious to obtain. This circum
spection gave mortal umbrage to the would-be di
plomati-t, who went oil in great haste, leaving a
letter, couched in >he most insulting language, ad
dressed to General R notwithstanding that the
latter as well as bis <1- lighter had shown him nu
merous and unmerited attentions. He gave a fur
ther vent to his resent nent on reaching Montevi
deo ; but we hear that after arriving at Rio and
being lectured, we presume, by Mr. Wise, he has
written back requesting to withdraw those letters,
and frankly owning that he had no authority for
what he had done.
Correspondence Commercial Advertiser.
Montevideo July 19.
The two British regiments 45 and 73, had left
Montevideo for the Cape of Good Hope, and their
places on the lines were filled by marines and sail
ors from the French and English ships of war.
Mr. Brent, the U 8. charge d’affairs at Buenos
Ayres having been supei ceded by Mr. Harris, had
arrived at .Montevideo with his family, and taken
passage for New York in the brig Mary A. Jones.
A son of Mr. Brent, and Mr. Graham, the U. S.
consul at Buenos Ajres, (it was reported) had left
Buenos Ayres for Corrientes and Paraguay, to ac
complish, if possible, a« agents for Governor Rosas,
a settlement of the difficulties between those na
tions.
The British steamer Devastation, which brought
out the new Minister, Mr. Hood, was still at Bue
nos Ayres. This gentleman has renewed the di
plomatic intcrcouise with Buenos Ayres which
was su pended by the severe measures adopted uy
the French and English Ministers at Montevideo.
Bu' it was not believed that any course would be
adopted by the new Minister, to change the for
mer proceedings, and that the present state of
things in the river La Plata will remain for some
time longer. Mr Hood has urged Gov. Rosas to
accept the terms which he has formerly refused,
viz: to acknowledge the independence of the
Band a Oriental and withdraw his army from that
Republic.
To the first he acquiesces, but to the second he
says: “My army has been placed under the con
trol of the legal President of the Banda Oriental,
Gen.' »nbc, and I cannot withdraw it unless by
his wishes.”
The English and French ministers at Mon
tevideo were doing all in their power to aid
that Governtuent incarryingon the war against
Gen. Otibe. Gen. Rivera with troops trom
Montevideo, was collecting an army on the
river Uruguay, and had taken several towns of
importance and made man}- prisoners, most of
whom joined his troops.
An English steamer had just left Montevideo,
with officers and munitions of war for Gen. Ri
vera, whose army, it was thought, would soon
be enabled to raise the siege of Montevideo.
I'he fleet trom the Parana had landed their
cargoes at Montevideo, which were held at prices
too high tor the United States, and were going
forward io Europe.
Up to this date Gen. Oribe, commanding the
besieging army, has experienced but little inconve
nience from the blockade by tne French and Eng
lish f rce?, as he has received his supplies from
Hi-) Grande through the lakes. The operation of
the blockade has been to give a great revenue to
the Brazilian Government, a- the trade of the Banda
Oriental lias passed through the Custom House of
Rio Grande The quantity of hides and cattle
which have passed into Brazil has been very great,
and to satisfy this revolutionary province, together
with tbe increased receipts of the revenue, this
Government has looked calmly on the contest.—
His interest has ha I it- effect in preventing the
it lia I thought into life am! action.
Declarations and piotests have been made by
the Governments of France and England to that of
Brazil, with notice that if it wasinidspensably ne
cessary to stop the supplies of Gen. Oribe and the
Buenos Ayrean troops in the Banda Oriental, to
blockade the port of Rio Grande, such a measure
would be resorted to. This it is thought has
brought tbe Government of Brazil to determine on
ant w line of action, rnd to unite with England
and F rance in putting an end to the war in the
Banda Oriental. Brazil has sufficient troops now
in arms in Rio Grande, to settle the question at
once, which troops were originally pledged to act
with Fiance and England.
Two patties to the triple alliance fulfilled their
part of the stipulations, but Brazil showed the
white feather, and issued orders to “ ground arms.”
In some haste orders were sent {from Rio Janeiro
to char ter vessels and transport a part of the army
from Rio Gramte to that city, and vessels were ac
cording! > chattered, a yarl of which were Ameri
cans, and berths prepared for tbe troops, when a
steamer trom Rio arrived countermanding this or
der and directing all the troops to march for the
Bands Oriental.
Tliis appears like fulfilling her original stipula
tions, and it is probable ttiat if Mr. Hood docs not
succeed at Bueno’ Ayres in arranging the pacifica
tion of th:-river La Plata, the triple alliance will
bi carried into effect.
I< was never th- intention of England or France
to send troops to the river La Plata. The two
regiments 45th and 734, w.iich have been at Monte
video, were destined foi the Cape of Good Hope,
and touched at Rio Janeiro, for water, when Mr.
Hamilton, the British Minister at that place,' took
the lespousibility tochange their destination. The
British Government immediately disapproved of
the measure atel ordered tbe two regiments to the
Cape of Good Hope.wlreie they probably cow are
Fiance and Eugiand cannot in honor change the
war measure adopted by their Ministers in Monte
video. who have not exceeded their instructions
except in forcing the river Parana. This measure,
it is said has received tbe condemnation ot both
Governments, who have however at the same time
promoted their officers who were in the hard fought
battle.
It is said at Montevideo that England is unwil
ling to establish the precedent of forcing tbe passage
of the river Parana, when Buenos Ayres has terri
tories on both its banks at the entrance, as it would
at once establish the right of the United States to
the navigation of the St Lawrence.
From ’'razil.—The barque Odd Fellow, Capt.
Petiingell, arrived this morning from Rio Grande,
whence she sailed on the 19th of July. Wc are
indebted to Captain Pettingell for the following
memorandum, which corresponds, it will bo seen,
with the accounts given in our letter from Monte
video.
An unexpected change in political affairs was
just manifesting. Troops which bad served in
the late civil war and were on the eve of returning
to Rio Janeiro, were suddenly countermanded, and
additional forces had arrived at Rio.
These movements were doubtless caused by the
unsettled aspect of things at the river La Plata,
though possibly also by some distrust of the local
and politic d pacification of the province.
Btn-ness was influenced unfavorably, and sales
had become at once very considerably restricted.
The stiffs of these n lions were to act on the
Rio La Plata, and the Brazilian troops to the num
ber of ten thousand were to raise the siege of
Montevideo, and drive the Buenos Ayrean forces
I turn the republic.
The Oregon or Rocky Mountain Pea, is
said to be very prolific, affording a very nutri
tious lood tor stock ot all kinds, in the leaves
and stalks, as well as in the fruit, without the
deleterious qualities o! the common pea.
The plant is herbaceous and not climbing as
othet peas, resembling somewhat the Cotton
plant, and it is stated that if sown early in the
spring, it may be cut constantly during the sum
mer as food for cows, &e., and one peculiarity
which gives it a preference over the common
pea t ,r fodder, is, that when cut and cured, it
does not drop iis leaves. The pods should be
gathered as soon as they turn black, as they
burst and scatter their contents upon the ground
if suffered to remain too long. Milch cows fed
on this food yield rich milk in great abundance,
and i f Is fine for poultry.
What Next.—The Raleigh Standard, De
mocrat, in accounting for the Waterloo de
feat ol its parly, at tne reccntelcction in North
Carolina, among other causes assigns the fol
lowing:
“The war with Mexico, the apathy of Dem
ocrats, and the resignation ot Senator Hay
wood.”
Andisit so? that the war with Mexico is
unpopular with the Democrats of the Old North
State ? What will the Editor ot the Union say
to this? We advise him to lake the Standard
Editor aside, and talk to him.—N. O. Delta.
G. ’.d bullion to the value of halt a million of
dollars is imported monthly into London from
the Russia mines, by the steamer Rob R*y.—
The Regular London steamers are said to
bring equal or greater quantities on each trip
from St, Petersburg
T.'J, a.f.:
MONDAY MORNING. SEPT. 14, 1816.
Georgia Democracy and the Tariff.
The tariff ol 1816 was voted for by Messrs.
Alfred Cuthbert and Wilson Lumpkin. Gov.
McDonaldand the Hon. G. AV. B. Towns voted,
in the Georgia Legislature, against a motion
to amend a resolution, so as to declare the
tariff “act of 1828 unconstitutional!” The
immaculate democrats have been trying to turn
heaven and earth against the Whigs for passing
the tariff ol 1842. Ob, how the poor have been
ground to powder by duties on materials fol
their clothing, iron, sugar, molasses, salt, &c.
Al! homespuns, shirtings, sheetings, dimities,
cotton flannels, and every other undyed articleof
cotton, not exceeding 20 cents per yard, were
subjected, by the act of 1816, to 6{ cents per
square yard, by the act ot 1842 to 6 cents per
square yard.
Bar iron, manufactured in part by rolling, in
1816 was taxed S3O per ton, in 1842, $25 per ton.
It was absolutely worse than highway robbery
to tax salt 8 cents a bushel by the act ol ’42.
How much was it, by the act of 1816, for
which these democrats voted ? Onh) 20 cents a
bushel. They voted for 5 cents tax, a pound,
upon coffee, 12 to 50 cents a pound upon tea, 5
cents a gallon upon molasses, in 1816; tire
Whigs in 1842, made the first two free, and put
41 cents per gallon upon the last.
How long will the people be deceived by the
professions of the Democrats? But perhaps we
didn’t have the same constitution, in 1816, that
we have now! Yes, the very same. Oh! how
innocent the Democrats are t They can look
for ail the world, and talk too, as if they had
never touched the tariff even with a ten toot
pole!
Times Change.
In 1828, the year in which our high tariff law
was passed, a public meeting in Pennsylvania
passed the following resolution :
“Resolved, That Andrew Jackson, is entitled
to our support as 'he decided and open friend to
domestic manufactures and internal improvements,
having voted whilst lately a member of the Sen
ate, lor the tariff of 1824, which is now the only
law on the subject, and /inc limes in favor of
internal improvements in the same year, and in
no case against them, whilst John Q. Adams,
when a member of the same body, voted seven
times against internal improvements, and never
once for them, and has never, before or since he
became President, said one word to Congress in
favor of a tariff.”
This statement, so tar as General Jackson is
concerned, happens to be strictly true! We leave
Jacksonian Democrats to their own reflections.
The Washington Union says that there is no
truth in the stntement made by the Havana cor
respondent ofthe N. Y. Tribune that an agree
ment had been entered into between Santa Anna
and certain agents ot the British and American
governments, prior to the departure ot the (ormer
lor Vera Cruz.
Shocking Act The National Intelligencer
ot Friday, the 11th inst. says:—Mr. F. G. Mc-
Connell, a Representative in Congress from
Alabama, yesterday, in a filot delirium, at the
St. Charles Hotel, in this city, committed sui
cide by stabbing himself in the abdomen and
then cutting his throat.
The Clerk of the House of Representatives,
Mr. French, lias taken charge of the remains
of the deceased to give them proper interment.
Bold Counterfeit.—The N. Y. Journal of
Commerce of Wednesday says*
Considerable anxiety was caused in Wall
street this morning by the receipt from St. Louis
' 'i’fie 'bij’i is trbtn
a new plate, in excellent keeping with the is
sues ot the Chemical Bank, countersigned at
Albany according to the new law, and all done
with admirable skill. The Bank never has is
sued bills larger than a hundred dollars. Il is
feared that a great game of fraud has been play
ed at the West, especially as this development
comes in connexion with a very bold forgery
practised in St. Louis bv an unknown man, pre
tending to be from the East.
AVe learn trom the Wheeling Times that Ute
Silk factory of Mr. J. W. Gill, in that city, is
continuing to do a prosperous and increasing
business. Five looms and a large amount of
machinery are in operation, producing beauti
ful specimens of silks and satins.
The N. Orleans Delta has the following para
graph :
Movements of Gen. Taylm—Latest.— W c have
been permitted to peruse a letter from Gen. Tay
lor, dated Camargo, the 27th ult. In it the
General stales that he had senton three hundred
mules, two hundred wagons, and one hundred
and sixty thousand rations; that he would move
on the Ist to the sth inst., himself, to Monterey ;
that if the enemy did not give him fighttherehe
would push on to Saltillo, and there arrange bis
plans for a future and more forward movement.
Appointments by the President.—George
Bancroft, of Massahcusetts, to be Envoy Extraordi
nary and Minister Pli-nipotentiarj- of the United
States for the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, vice Louis McLane, recalled at bis
own request.
John Y. Mason, of Virginia, to be Secretary of
the Navy of the United States, vice Hon. George
Bancroft, resigned.
The revival of the Methodist E Church con
tinues with unabated interest. We learn from
those who know, that ap to yesterday morning
the whole number ot conversions were 270
230 ot whom had joined the M. E. Church.—
A'ashv’dle Whig.
From the N. O. Picayune of the Hlh.
Revolution in Tabasco.
The Yucatan schooner Fernando, Capt. Pin
son, arrived at this port yesterday from Cam
peachy, having sailed on the 30th August.—
She brought us no papers nor any verbal news
ot interest from Yucatan. A letter from La
guna, dated as tar back as tbe 3d ot August,
makes mention ot the arrival there of the U. S.
bug Somers, for water and provisions. She
immediately departed, het commander giving
an intimation that Tabasco would be itnmedi
atelv blockaded, unless peace were brought a
boutbetween the United Statesand Mexico.
From Tabasco the news by this arrival is of
some slight importance. On the 12th ot Au
gust the garrison stationed al San Juan Bautis
ta declared against the government ot Paredes
and in favor ot Santa Anna. We are indebted
to a commercial house tor a copy of the “Ac
ta.” signed by Gen. Juan Bautista Traconis and
other officers ot the garrison, ft is not worth
translating, but we maysay of it ihat it follows
very closely the blank forms furnished by Santa
Anna from Havana. Tiie evils ol the country
are attributed to the overthrow ot the constitu
tion 0f!824, and to the successive factions which
have since usurped the place of a free govern
ment. The monarchical designs ofParedes
are denounced as offen-ive to the nation and as
threatening the destruction pt the army. S.x
articles are 'hen adopted ot the following tenor:
The first repudiates the Congress summoned by
Paredes; the second calls tor a Congress, the
members ot which are lobe elected in pursu
ance ofthe law of 1821; lhepiir I provide-tot
the assembling oi Congress within lout taontns;
the fetirth guarantees ihe v:-’":- re of the army:
the filth denounces any opjwsiuon m die < >n
"■•ess to be called or untie constitution which it
may adopt; and Ihe sixth proclaims Gen. Santa
Anna to be the chietof the revolution, and can
him to taketne command immediately upon hi
arrival In this last art.cle there is no tmpltcj
censure upon tire termer conduct of Snnta An
na’ and in this it differs irom all the pronanern
■mr i'os we have seen made t > the other Depart
ments Is they knew well at Tabasco that tne
revolution in Mexico, Pnehl.a and Vera Cruz
would restore Santa Anna to power, we sup
nose thev made litis omission as their amend
t-jr declaring so late lor him.
We have no further details ol this revolu
tion. __
We are told by the Lynchburg Virginian,
that John, the well known and faithful servant
of'he late John Randolph, who, with the other
emancipated slaves ol bis masters, went to Ohio,
and were there treatedby the citizens in a man
ner oi which our readers have been apprized,
lias returned to Charlotte with the intention ot
petitioning the Legislature to allow him to re
main in '.he Commonwealth. He says they
have no feeling tor colored people in Ohio, and
it the Legislature refuse to granthis petition, he
will submit to the penalty of remaining and be
sold as a slave—preferring this to enjoying free
dom in a free Sta'e.
l“rom onr Extra of Saturday.
LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM
THE ARMY.
Latest from the Rio Grande—News from
Col. Hay's Regiuieut—K>ot mid Blood
shed amongst the Volunteers—Pnrtlcu
lars of the blowing up of the Enterprise,
<kc>, &c.
From the N. O. Ricayune, of Sunday, the (M inst.
The steamship McKim, Capt. Page, aulved
yesterday evening from Brazosflantiago, which
place she left on Wednesday morning last. She
made an excellent run, and gave ample proof
of her qualities as a Lair sailer. The McKim
brought to this city several sick volunteers and
some discharged sildiers.
The senior editor ot this paper came passen
ger on trie ship. He overtook, at Point Isabel,
several letters which he bad written tor our
columns, and not liking to be—as the Irishman
was—the bearer o! his own communications,
the following intelligence Iras be»n gatlierd from
his letters, and is given in a different form. Let
ters from our regular correspondent, in another
part of the paper, will furnish the latest news
from the army.
Our last accounts from Col. Hays were con
tained in a letter from San Fernando, dated the
15th uit., as our readers may remembet. His
regiment, which has remained some three ilay«
at San Fernando, lelt that place on Sunday,
the 16th of August. Just before starting it was
discoveied that a Mexican servant, who had
beeu attending to Lieut. Col. Walker’s lut-t,
was missing, and with him also twelve fine
horses. Walker’s fine charger, however, was
notoue ot them. Thisaffair. of course detained
the marchingofthe regiment sometime. Gov!
shots and good riders, mounted on the best
horses, were soon on a scout after the thief, di
viding and taking different routes, in the
courseof some three bouts he wasfouud, and
parted the horses were recovered. The theft
was proved upon the Mexican, and a court mar
tial sentenced him to receive ooakundred lashes.
The stripes were duly administered and the
prisoner set at liberty; but it is.almost certain
that further punishment followed. No doubt
the unfortunate man was shot by men who lost
their horses, and who waylaid Lis retreat. Be
sides this, nothing of iinportaime cccured while
the regiment remained at dan Fernando.
From San Fernando Col. Hays moved to
wards China, which place bad previously been
entered by Capt. McCulloch, an account ot
which our readers have seen. Hays reached
China on the 23d ot August. The route from
San Fernando to China is, lor most ofthe wa;’,
very difficult ol passage, being a sort of cattle
path, rather thana highway, winding around
enormous hills, through ravines and upon the
margins of yawning precipices, hedged in al
most continuously by prickly pear and chaprii
ral, and overhung with thorns and bramble.
In their march, the Rangers were constantly on
the look-out for the enemy. They passed in
numerable ranches and villages, but at none
could they find the people in arms. Al one or
two points they found lhe«rat7w»iso( Mexican
soldiers, but there was nobody in them. The
wearers, we suppose, had vamosed! In this
way the march was continued day alter day—
Hays hearing of a body of troopsatone point
and another, but on his approach there was
nobody to be seen but women and children, with
two or three ragged, dirty, cowardly-looking
men.
China was entered by the Rangers without
any opposition. On the arrival ot the regiment
every door was found closed, only a tew of the
inhabitants were to be seen, and these upon the
house-topsand balconies. At night the Mexi-
CAnponchanl lor horee-flesh was indulged in,
and three horses were relieved or their halters
and carried off. Next day, by vigilant pursuit,
the rogue was overhauled, his case soon de
cided upon, and he was shot. He implicated
his master, a man ot wealth, in the theft, and
we may hear further of the a flair soon. The
“boys” intended to sift the matter thorough
ly-
On the 26:1i uit. the Rangers were to move
from China some eighteen miles on tire waj’ to
Camargo, and encamp on the Rio Sanjuan for
further orders. Col. Hays, with about twruty
five men from his regiment, went into Camar
go on the 26th, and communicated with Gen.
Taylor. It was understood at Camargo on the
27th that all the Texan volunteers, except Col.
Hays regiment, were, disbanded or were to be
disbanded, their term <>t enlfstment being out
or about expiring. Hays, it was ih.i jglit, would
come in lor three months' more service.
The main army is at Camargo, but there ate
troops at proo>i.nen.t..po|t;tsj^j.ftJ i >,qg„l.l)»,U l (o
ness prevails and deaths are dally oc-urring
amongst them.
Riot bi lhe Georgia Regiment.
On the night ot the lit st tilt, a riot broke our
among some volunteers, cm n steamboat lying
at an encampment opposite Burita, in which
several persons arc said tohave been killed,and
others mortally wounded. The particulars of
this shameful affair, as we have theru, are
these: On board the boat were some three or
tour companies ot Georgia volunteers; ol these
there was one Irish company, between which
and some other company a fem! find existed lot
several days. The quarrel reached its climax
on the evening mentioned, and n terrible fight
ensued. Shots were fired, and swords and
bayonets were used indiscriminately. In the
affray some fifteen or twenty persons are report
ed to have been killed or mortally wonuded, and
probably as many others were injured, more or
less. Besides the dead and wonnded seen on
board andon shore, it is eaid that eight often
were forced overboard, who either drowned or
died of their wounds.
While the fight was going on, tbe Colonel of
the Georgia Regiment endeavored mosi gallant
ly to quell it, interfering personally end attack
ing the rioters with sword’ and pistol. He shot
down one titan and wounded several others.
Finding that he could not succeed In puttingaa
end to the disturbance, he called upon C-d.
Baker, of the 4th Regiment of Illinois volun
teers, tor ussista nee. Col. 11. ordered compa
nies A and G ot his regiment to assist in quell
ing the fight, and went in person, aceumtiantcd
by about twenty men, to the boat. He imme
diately stejiped on Iward, ordered peace, and at
tempted to p.scend the stairs. Here he was at
tacked by the rioters and ha.la desperate conflict,
in which he defended himself bravely lor some
time against swords, bayonets and shot, tut
was finally shot in the neck, the ball entering
behind and passing out through his check or
mouth. The twenty men who accompanied
Col. Baker to the boat belonged to company C
Os these eight men were wounded, six «f>h
bayonets and two with balls. On theanlvat <>f
companies A and G, Capt. Roberts, ot the Rr
tner, ordered bis men to charge on board, and
led them as far as the steps, where he received
a severe wound from a bayonet, which entered
near the shoulder blade and passed through bls
back. The boat was so well defended that tbe
Illinoisans were forced to retreat, they hnvittg
no cartridges with them. Ammunition was
very soon, however, furnished them, and on ap
proaching the boat again everything became
quiet. None of the Illinois troops were killed,
and it was thought on the next morning that
Col. Baker and Capt. Roberts would recover
from their wounds; in fact, there was but little
apprehension teltfor their safety. Two of the
privates of company C, it was feared, were
mortally wounded. The Commissary ot the
Illinois troops was also wounded, but slightly
so. At the lime Col. Baker was shot he was
engaged in a personal conflict with the Captain
of the Irish comjiany, who is also Ktnong the
wounded.
The rioters were finally stib ined. forced to
surrender their arms, and placed under a strong
guard. , ,
There were thirty lying wounded on the shore
and on the boat, on the morning ot the Ist inst.
Those who were killed outright, some eight
or ten, wi re said to have been thrown over
board.' An inquiry was to have been imme
diately instituted, to ascertain Ute cau*e ot this
sad affair. Next arrival will give us more de
tails.
Alexander J- Seahorn, c f I'tiiion county, 111.,
belonging 'o Companv A, Ltinvis Regiment,
tied on board tbe McKim on Tnur-mv night,
and wa« Lmiedat sea Several o'her po,.r le.-
lows, apjia'cntlv ne.’riheir igtier end, ■wte on
board Tire sight of these suffering and eina-
I’iated'men, wte> bad gone to their country’s
a, tub f hope and health and en'husia'm,
is one which touches the . ensibili’ies most
keenly. , ~ ,
Thefirst regiment of la Hara volunteers,Col.
Drake, lias been stationed at the mouth ot the
Rio Grande.
Kxptoslon of the Steamer Enterprise.
By inis arrival we have accounts oi the blow
ing up of the eteainloat Eateipcise, by which
five persons were instan'ly kilted and several
wounded. This casualty occurred n little alter
.taylight on the 21st uli., aboot lort>-five miles
above Revnwa, when the engine hail jn-. made
the third revolution, the boat teviug been tied
up to the bank during the Light. '4 here does
not seem to have been much'lanrage done to
herhuil bv the explosion; but tier upperlorword
works anil patt of the cabin were terribly de
molishel. Tite first four thus <>f t*ie boilers
were blown literally intolragments.snd how »o
many persons;escaped instant dea:U :» ttuly a
wonder. There were over 15!) rretsyos or.
boar !, and many in the iuimediate vicinity o.
and directly over the boilers, who were scarcely
injured. We obtained these particulars, with
the accompany .istol kilietandwounued, trom
Mr.Emmons,one ot the; il'-t-il ihel-.nteijHise,
who. with seven other peisor-s. was lying upon
the boiler deck directly by the whed. Os these
eight persons only four were baffly injured.
VOL.X.-NO. 38.
Imtnediat-ly in (rontof the wheel, and almost
between the chimneys, sixteen other men were
lying dswn, most of them asleep, when the ex
plosion tooir place. This part of the boat «as
all demolished. Persons were blown Up into
the air, some of them falling overboard and oth
ers upon the forecastle. Two or three who
were in n forward state-rooui, which was de
tached from the boat by the explosion fell froru
there into the hold right through the hatchway I
Haw the accident occurred, or rather what
was the immediate cause of it, is a mystery. It
is said that the boilers bad been cleaned outda
ring the night, and no positive cause lor the ex
plosion is given. It was suggested that what
is known as the mud valve may have become
obstructed and caused the boilers to leak , this,
however, i» bnt conjecture
The number of killed are 6; badly wounded,
16; slightly wounded, 13.
[We omit the Ust ui names as they are of no
interest here.]
The wounded, wub the exception of lour who
went to Camargo, were taken to Reycoea. Qa
the 28th uit. it whs said that Lieut. Dearing
was out of danger and doing well: another
man. was out of bis senses and would probably
die. One other man, name not known, was ba
ried at Reynosa the day before. The body el
one us those who were blown overboard was
picked tip on 'he 27:h and buried by «»<■ Mex
icar.« at a ranche some raiies below Reyuosu.
Toe Rio Grande was still high—io many
places up to and over its banks on the 31« t nit.,
Mt! rising.
Among cite rumors in circulation ut 'Sue
utoros was one that Monterey had el r eaily fmlau
into tbe lianda of the Americans. To Colonel
Harney rumor gave the performance ofthis ex
ploit. The “ American Flag" of Che iSih puls
no faith io it, but rather inclines to adopt tbe
version of the story given by the Mexicans
They say that let.ers from Monte.-ey assert that,
a body ot Americans, who came down by the
way of New Mexico, were join'd near tbe Pre
sidio by a number ot Texan «s’t'en*«rex»x, and
the combined force, had entered the town with
out any opposition, it was believed to bo true
by the natives, says the Fing, and that paper is
evirfetillv prepared to hear a coafirtnalion of the
intelligence. Oureorrespjndent mentions C»L
Harney's urovementniutwoof hi* letters, and hi
terms olsome seventy. I'be army waseridtn
ly surprised by them, bat they may not kn»w
what authority the Cetnaei hail for his pro* ee<
ings.
The news of the revolution hi the city .0
Mexico was received very promptly by the
army, and accompanied by many rumors wbicfc
it is hardly worth while to give. Tanpiea C
said to have followed tbe example of the capi
tal and declared tor Same Anna tbe day snci
the receipt of the news ot the revolution. &i
the moment if broke out in Mexico, Parede
was sixty miles distant on his jeomev tn
Monterev.
Mr. Kendall writes on the22d u!t„ from Cu
nrnrgo, that tbe most authentic intelltgrsre from
Monterej’ repieseuted that Mejia had 2000 reg
ulars and 3000 taw recroils, nil without money
or shoes, and ill provided in every re«pevt. At
Caidereyie, thirty miles this side a! Monterey,
there was a force of between 700 and I<W
cavalry about the 15tb of Aognst, better situe.
ted than the Hoops at Monterey, bat still ill pro
vided. Canales and other officers were said «•>
be recruiting men by every means In ihrir pow
er—coaxing some and forcing others. They
“made a haul” at Guerrero ®f over eighty ol
these in voluntary volunteer s, and started with
them for Monterey; thirty left the firs’ (right
and made good their escape
In the same letter Mr. K. ausonacee tha-t
news bad been received that Gen. Worth had
reached a point one-third of the way to Seralvo
tbe morning ct the 21st—all well.
The first so the series of letters which wr ap
pend from our correspondent shonld have reach
ed us by n form*arrival. It is important, giv
ing as it dees the organization of the e.rmy la
Mexico. To that letter an t those which tnilow
it werelerour readerforthederails ot evrarstc-.
they have transpired al Camargo.
Special Correspondence of the ißenmiue.
Camargo, >4hxico, Angost 17, 1846.
Editors rs the Picayune: I have o I ready ob
served that the present will hereafter be regard
ed as an important epoeh In the history ot this
war. The army is hern brought together, and
is, at this moment, on the eve ot making the
first movement, and, tor tbe first time in our his
tory. to the interior of an enemy’s country.
There is every reason to believe that a battle
will soon be fought, sud a bloody one nt that.
fr.dCWfr’lN me snd expectation el the
bett intormeil officers hero—in fact, of nearly
all.
This evening Gen. Taylor reviewed the reg
ular troops. This wrs the largest boey el reg
ulnr troops that has over been brought tegetber
since the last war, there being about, three thou
sand on the held. The scene was beautiful he
yoad description—beautiful, not because at any
display of gaudy uniforms, tor every offltcr and
man was in “undrew,” or every day [workingJ
attire—Lot beautiful in consequence of the pre
cision and promptitude with which every order
was executed. There were six regiments st
infamty, one artillery hattallon acting as i»>
faniry, nn l two belteriesof light artillery, The
Genera), of course, received a salute trout the
latter. These two batteries are commsniled by
Dnncan and Bragg, two as fine officers us the
service contains. The 7ih infantry, under
Capt. Miles, which is encamped In the ploaa,
macctred down and joined in the review. This
Is a splendid regiment, end is in the most perfect
«’.ete of discipline. It will be remembered tha<
the 7th wks i t the battle ed Ntv Orleans, nn«i
dietieguished itself there. Its prevent officers,
though not many of them personally acquaint
ed with him, frequently M>e»k with great respect
of Major Piere, ot New Orleans, who < n.st
manded tire regltfieut al ihe battles belote nett
on the H’li of January.
Gen. Tuvlor looked better 'o-day than I ever
oir film lock before. Ke wa- on his war
botse, which ho rode with more grace ttmn
usual, and his coat and forsg? cap wets in up
pie-pic order; it: ehort, n stranger would B«t
hnvo teen surprised, aseoirre arc, when told thru
they saw tielbrv them tbe hero ol the glori.iti?
Bth’and 9th. The more I -"er of Gen. Tayler
tite more am I impreeseti with the eonvUlfeb
that he is a mail of extraordinary nhilitv, tdrl
the very tnnn to occupy the plaee he does.
The regulars who nre >u wpcrate egaltisr
Monterey, er lather that panion ofthearmy oo
the Rio Grande, have been r»org».otecd, ivt
lows:
BJ brigade, cmupoM-d of 3d and 4:h infHntty,
coinniamirM by Col. Garland; 4th brigade,
composed <>! the IstandSJ infatitrv, tinder Co).
Riley, regular cavalry, worf Cap!. RldjeleyS
batieiy of Hgbl artillery
Geu. HbrtA's C^mv’wl. —Own!. thvini<>u.
Ist brigade, composed es the artillery batallfei*,
oetiug'as iutautrv, and tie Bth infunlry; &
brigade, composed of th" Sth and 7ih iniantty;
Duucan’w battery, and Capi. Ulauebard’s estu
pany of Louisiana vdonteora orc attached l»
this division. This is a high honor te Cajtt.
Blanc hard and to his company.
I should have remarked that Col. F. b\ Btnrib,
of the newly made mounted riflemen (regulars!
appeared is lite review to-day, in esmuiand «
the 24 brigade. This command be will reiatg
timing ihc war. Major Ban Hord, in anticipa
tion of promotion, lias been assigned ta the
command of the 8:h Infantry, his place in the
sth being filled byCapt. Martin Heolt.
The first brigade will tnarebflay afterto-ujor
row, IShb, in the direction -f .Monterey. They
will establish a depot on the Mier rente, w
Heralvo, about sixty miles distant from Cnmcr
go. Two companies es Cr»!. HWa regimen:
o! Texan hope will accompany the brigade, to
escort th" train ot paelr-mulee on their rriurn
to Ibis place. The who!" of Gen. Werth’* 41-
-,-fslon will be in motion in the ei tbe
WCCh. « ■
Camihoo, Mexico, Austin 21.1H.W.
of tim Pwicuno- — Allhough the sun
has yet hardly rises, tber<- is as mueh oolw,
tbuiigh h~s coafusion in the sireeHand saboihs
of Cnmargo, n.* i:,<-ie is io New Orleans.
Overhead, ibe bells are iuvltit.g tbe wick-si
world to prayer ana repeu'i.uc,-; the bauds »i
mr.sic having already u’cut the reveille, ore out
practising in every direction ; mules are bray
ing; chickens crowing; teamsters end male*
teers rue cursing in half a dozen longue-; wa
gons are rnnihling along the hard rocky s'reetsj
the steamboat bells ring; taulcs are swimming
across the San Juan; soldiers are pocking no
their duds p-eparatory to a long march, and the
eireeu are filled with mules and asses, loaded
with green grass and wood for sale, ana with
women with primitive looking jars on their
beads,crying "LecA-J L'cMlF meaning milk.
Bv the V3V whilst i think ot it, the wurldinigui
rufwcll h/iclmtned of the tact that the Mexi
cans milk their cows only tioce a day, ana that
is in the morning.
Nigkt belore ia.-tGeu. Worth crossed the Siaa •
Jn*ar; v ith one brigade ci his division, to wi<:
the artillery ba'talion acting as infantry, "red
;» e g«i i -lantry,”and theßtb regiment <>! intiin
trv There arc some filteen huadred puck moles
<.-> the other side ready to carry up provisions to
Seralvc. Abont five, hundred > f ti.ece were
making a start with the artillery battalion,
i which wcntabcad, when the camp kettles,
I were nut properlv packed, began to rattle, nod
tee n.u'es commenced (ticking np. Tbcsowleix
laughed: moles do not like
tht-v kicked the harder ati.itrteu to run “'*'*>•
The 'cere wr» «' lod crous that the soldiers
coMrSi restrain ihctr mirth,
forth it;;.. - ■■ Detb,D? 2%\’ b * u ' L .? “L C u
nicre than th? mule* wom*u bear, ucy cw
atxl run and kfc*-d tn a reguiw •“?*,