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The Mule Regiment.
As many ol the citizens of Western Georgia
and Eastern Alabama, probably feel some so
licitude for this branch of Mr. Folk's Army of
Invasion, (having been w Mag familiar with
the character and habits ol many of them,) the
toUowing fhrragrapJis from the N. O. Bulletin
ot the 12tlt and 13th insts. may not be uninter
esting:
Moles. —There are 1500 mules that have
been purchased bv the United Stales, for the
army in Mexico, that are now at Bouligny
about two miles above the city. Whetherthey
are to be embarked or whether the Government
have countermanded the orders to send them
forward, fre are unable to say.
A Stamtroe The 1500 mules belonging to
the United States, that have been forsometime
about two miles above this city, have made a
regular stampede, and breaking through their
enclosure, have scattered in every dir’etion up
and down the roast and into the swamp. A
gentleman, who is our informant, and saw the
rush, says irwas the most magnificent sight he
ever witnessed, as they dashed ell in full speed.
He was unable to say what was the cause that
occasioned their fright and consequent move
ment, and we omitted to inquire whether it was
before or alter he mail arrived yesterday, for if
they had become acquainted with the election
returns from New York and New Jersey, they
being Government mules, they might well be
come alarmed.
Any one who may undertake the att mpt ot
collecting them’all again, we think will proba
bly “stfe the Elephant .”
Statiops ot Preachers.
Thg following are the stations tor the ensuing
conference year of Ministers and Preachers of
the Methodist Protestant Church, Georgia
District; as appointed by the stationing com
mittee ot Ministers and Laymen of the last an
nual,. Conference:
Mr, Tucker elected President ol the Confer
ence.
Columbia Circuit.— Isaac G. Mitchell, Super
intendent, J.Shields, L. Batesandß. A. Blount,
Assistants.
Newton Circuit.—George Harlan, Supt., W.
M. Biggers and Harley Baker, Assistants.
Hall Circuit.— W. W. McCutchen, Supt.
Henry Circuit. —John Thnrman, Supt., Wm.
Griffin, S. Robinson, Isaac Rosser, T. Thweatt
and S. Moore, Assistants.
Cherokee Circuit. — B. R. Bray, Supt., (a tra
velling assistant to be supplied.) Wm. Mitchel
Assistant.
Meriwether Ctreu<7.—lsaiah C. Wallace
Superintendent P. Ogletree, Assistant.
Randolph Circuit.— P. Lingo, Sup., W. My
ers, J. R. Swain, E. Smith, and W. Haisten,
Assistants.
J. W. Davis and J. O’Kelly left in the hands
ot the President.
G. Wilson and J. Stokes, Superannuated.
Middle and East Florida, together with a
portion of Georgia, set oil into a new Confer
ence District.
NextContercnceat Mt. Zion Church, Ooth
caloga 'Valley, Cass county, to commence on
the Friday before the fourth Sabbath in Octo
ber next.
From the New Orleans Picayune of Nov. 20.
Later from Havana.
The brig Tili, Captain Brown, arrived yes
terday from Havana, having sailed on the 15th
inw. and bringing us papers to the 13th.
She reports that nothing has been done as yet
under the letters of marque and naturalization
which Mexico has sent there for sale. From a
very interesting commercial circular ot the 12th
inst. we extract a paragraph touching these let
ters:
We understand letters of marque have been
received herefrom Mexico, and letters ot natu
ralization likewise tor sale. In the printed in
structions attached to the letters of marque, it
is stated that captures are to be taken to Mexi
can ports, but it that is not practicable, they
are to be carried to neutral ports, and will there
be condemned by the Mexican Consul. We
believe, however, that by the treaties between
the-United States and Spain, the latter power
can neither allow privateers to be fitted out, in
any of her ports, nor permit American vessels
captured and brought in, to be condemned; and
we have good grounds lor the conviction that
our Government will faithfully adhere to those
treaties. We suppose other governments at
peace with the United States will act on the
same ptinciples, and it so, privateering enter,
prises will be rendered difficult; besides which,
the fearot being treated as pirates by American
vessels ot war is likely to deter persons from en
tering into them.
jin the newspapers ot Havana we do not see
a word in regard to this subject, and they are
altogether barren of intelligence.
Late from Santa Fe.
The Si. Louis Republican of the IGih inst.
ar,bounces the arrival in that city of Major
Fitzpatrick, United States Indian Agent for the
Oregon Territory. He was just from Santa
Fe, having left that town on the 14th October:
"Ii was intended that Major Fitzpatrick
shouk: .iccompany Gen. Kearney on hisexpe
ittram r.r „ u
knowledge of that country making it very de
sirable that he should accompany the General.
He accordingly did so; but, when about 175
miles from Santa Fe, down the Rio Grande,
' the command was met by an express from Col.
Fremont, with information as to the situation
ot affairs in Upper California. This party
consisted of sixteen men. They left Puebla de
los Angelos with fifty mules, each carrying
about one bushel of dried corn, and when they
met Gen. Kearney, such was the expedition
with which they had travelled, and the dangers
ot the route, that only eighteen mules survived.
They were thirty-one days on the route. From
the express Gen. Kearney learned that Upper
California was completely in possession of the
American forces; the Mexicans having been
driven out of the territory; that Col. Fremont
was acting as provisional Governor of that de
partment, and the whole country was quiet.
On the reception of this news,Gen. Kearney
determined to dispense with the services of a
portion of his force, taking only so many men
as were deemed necessary lor an escort. He
therefore selected one hundred men for this
purpose, and ordered the remainder back to
Santa Fe. He was accompanied by Captains
Johnson, Turner, and Moore, Lieuls.Hamrnond
and Love, and Lieut. Emory, of Topographical
■ Engineers With this command he recom
menced his expedition, taking with him three
et the persons who had formed a part of the ex
press company as guides, and thus relieving
Major Fitzpatrick ot this duty. He returned
with the remainder of the company to Santa Fe,
and started thence on the 14th ultimo for St.
Louis. He will proceed immediately to
Washington, having in his charge despatches
from Com. Stockton, commander of the Ame
rican fleet on the Pacific, for Government.
“ We learn, further, that the permission given
to Capt. Hudson, ot the Laclede Rangers, to
organize a company of mounted volunteers to
go with the Mormons on their expedition to
California, was countermanded. The Mor
mons were therefore to go without a mounted
essort.
"There wasnotjiing new at Santa Fe Much
apprehension was felt as to the supply ot forage
lor the horses and cattle, and it was ieared that
many ot them would be lost daring lhe winter.
In returning home many wagons containing
provisions were met, broken down, and the
teams had given out.
"The change in Gen. Kearney’s disposition
othis forces will leaven large number of men
unemployed at Santa Fe. The regiment under
lhe command ol Col. Doniphan had not march
ed for Chihuahua, but that was their destination.
Even then a very considerable military force
would be left at Santa Fe—probably not less
than fifteen hundred men ; and, unless the sur
rounding Indians should aftord them something
lodo, their career promises to be a very quiet
and uninteresting one."
From tke N. O. Picayune, Extra, of Nov. 3-2.
Hteamboat Collision--Twenty or Thirty
Lives Lost, and Twenty or Thirty Scald
ed.
The Sultana, Captain Tufts, which arrived
this morning from Vicksburg, brings the par
ticulars ol a terrible steamboat accident which
occurred on the 21st inst., aboutseven miles be
low Natchez, in the bend of the river,by which
some twenty or thirty lives were lost and a great
number of persons were severely scalded. ~
The Sultana, bound down the river, came in
contact with the steamboat Maria, Capt. T. W.
Dunnica, bound up, about 2 o'clock in the after
noon, striking her just forward of the wheel
house, and by the violence of the shock broke
the connection pipe ot the Maria, by which the
chisf clerk, the second engineer and between
twenty-five and thirty deckhands and deck pas
sengers were scalded, many of them so severe
ly that there was no prospect ot their recovery.
The Maria sunk to within about two feet ot
her cabin floor within five minutes afterthe col
lision, drowning between twenty-five and thirty
persons who were on the lower deck, it is
thought that Captain punnica was drowned,
but it is not certainly known, The cabin passen
ger* were all saved.
The steamboat Talma, Captain Hite, came
down the river soon after the accident, and took
on board the wounded aud conveyed them back
to Natchez to be placed in the hospital. The
Sultana remained by the side ot the wreck till
snntise the next morning, rendering every as
sistance in their power. We are unable to fur
nish a list of the names of Hilled and scalded.
The Maria will be a total loss, it is thought.
The bows of the S. were much injured.
It’s Just . Fashion.—The pious Mr. ,
who, by the way, is suspected of being no better
than he should be, notwithstanding all his pro
‘ ©?i° nR ’ ' r *kuk e d a known merchant ot
Philadelphia for using profane language.—
Your language is ungeotlemaniy and impious,’
•lid Mr. - - , ‘you should break yourself of
■uch an abominable practice? ’I know it,’ return
ed the merchant, ‘but most of men fall into some
error or another unknown to themselves, yet they
are entirely innocent oi all intention to do wrong,
notwithstanding theirinaccuracies; now, [ sweat
a great deal, and you pray a great deal, yet
neither of us, I am confident, means anv thine
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MONDAY MORNING, NOV. 30, 1816.
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New lurk Election—Anti-Rcntisin.
The Democratic papers, in this section, con
tinue to insist that the election of Mr. Young,
as Governor of New York, was owing to the
support received by him from the Anti-Renters.
Without being an Anti-Renter himself, he was
nominated by them and perhaps received many
of their votes.
Did not the Anti-Renters nominate and vole
for Mr. Gardiner, the Democratic candidate for
Lieutenant-Governor? This fact is kept in
the back ground. The result of the election in
Neu York, showed that the nomination of Mr.
Young by the Anti-Renters—though no pledge
was made by him to them —was a great injury
to, and threw him immensely behind the Whig
party vote. The Congressional vote was the
fair test upon the gieat questions al issue. The
Whig Congressional tickets succeeded by a
major hy of more that) twenty thousand. It is
clear, therefore, that some other Whig, whose
name had not been used in connection with
anti-rentism al all, would have been elected
Governor by that large vote, and would not
have fallen ten thousand votes behind the party
vote, as did Mr. Young. Su much for the aid
given by anti-rent inn to the Whig candidate.
No; the conduct of the Administration and the
popularity of Whig principles were the causes
of the Whig triumph, as they will be in the
important contests of the future.
Ronner’s Map of Georgia.
Among the many interesting objects which
we saw in Sparta, during the days of the Agri
cultural proceedings and exhibitions to which
we referred on Saturday last, was the Map ot
Georgia,by Mr. Bonner.
We had seen it highly spoken of in the Mil
ledgeville and other papers, and had heard from
other sources (hat it was a work of great merit.
VVe felt satisfied upon inspection, that all the
encomiums which have been passed upon Mr.
Bonner, fur the manner in which he has accom
plished if, were fully merited. This map is a
great desideratum. It will not only give a
complete delineation of the territory of the
whole State, but a valuable designation of
many things desirable to be known in its entire
topography. In some respects it is more mi
nute, and full in its details than is usual, and
will be much more useful and interesting from
that consideration.
The aid which Mr. B. received from his
brother engineers, and from other sources, has
enabled him to offer a map to the public, which
can be relied upon for its accuracy in every
particular. The courses ot Rivers, Railroads,
Cam Is and Mountains, are all laid down, and,
besides the larger towns and villages, every
place ol notoriety is plainly shown. A traveller
could take the map and appoint his places of
slopping in town or country without the neces
sity ot troublesome inquiry. The views ot
the State House and Executive Mansion will
greatly add to its beamy and value. Persons
who may wish to obtain this excellent map, will
have an opportunity of subscribing for it, by
calling upon the clerks of the several Courts,
to whom we learn Mr. B. has sent, or will send
copies of his prospectus. We have also a
prospectus in our Reading Room where any
one can have an opportunity of subscribing
his name. The map will be completed and en
graved if a sufficient number ot subscribers
are obtained to authorize it. Price ten dollars.
It will be delivered to subscribers at their resi
dences. The work will do credit to the author
and the State, and we doubt not will receive as
it deserves, ample patronage from the public.
The majority in favor of the new constitution
of New-York in all the counties but one; Or
leans, is 131.094. The majority against Ne
gro suffrage, in the same counties, is 137,-
891.
New York Volunteers.—The first regiment
of Volunteers, under Col. Ward B. Burnet,
have been ordered to be mustered into the ser
vice of the United States, tinder Hie recent re
quisition from Washington upon the Governor
of the State of New York. This regiment be
longs to the city ot New York.
The powder mill of James Beatty, Esq., situa
ted on the Falls’ Road, about six miles from
Baltimore, blew up on Ihe 231 inst. There
were five persons in the works of the mill at
the lime, all of whom were killed. The mill
contained about two tons of powder, and as
every person in the establishment at the time
of the explosion, was killed, it is impossible to
know what was the cause of the accident. The
concussion ot the air, produced by the explo
sion, was so great that several buildings in the
vicinity were considerably injured, amt one, a
mile and a half from the disaster, had several
glasses broken in the windows.
The Boston Courier of Monday says that
money continues abundant in that city at six
per cent, for all business purposes.
The Slave Cask.—Our readers will remem
ber the fact that Linda, a slave belonging to
Wm. B. Hodgson,"Esq., of this city, having
been carried before one ot the Massachusetts
Courts on a writ ad habeas corpus, commenced
an action for damages against one of the par
ties named Hudson. The case has been before
the Courts of Massachusetts for several terms.
The Boston Dally Advertiser ot the 6th inst,
has the following:
“In the Supreme Judical Court, on Satur
day, in the case of Catherine Linda vs. Eras
mus D. Hudson, the question of damages was
left to the jury, and they returned a verdict
tor the plant HF in the sum 0i'530,67. The ques
tion whet! er Dr. Hudson had sufficient ground
to believe that lhe plantin' was restrained
against her will, and wishes to regain her free
dom, was reserved for the full Court, upon lhe
facts agreed.”
Though the amount of damages is small, the
verdict carries with it the costs of suit, which
already amount to over S2OO. The result ot
this case proves two things—first, that the rights
of Southern men are not wholly disregarded
even in Whig Massachusetts; and second, that
if parties carrying slaves with them to the
North will consult the proper remedies: they
need not apprehend unnecessary interference
with their property. The pocket nerve ot these
Abolitionists is extremely tender, and should,
on occasions, be touched. Too much praise
cannot be bestowed upon Mr. Hodgson for the
course he has pursued in this affair. Regard
less ol trouble or expense, lie has pressed lhe
matter to an issue, in order that the question
might be settled and the rights of parties pro
tected.— Savannah Republican.
John C. Calhoun.—lt seen* that a newspa
per, to advocate this gentleman’s qualifica
tions, tec., for the Presidency, is to be publish
ed in New York, to be edited by a hitherto warm
friend ot Mr. Van Buren. So says the Phila
delphia Enquirer.
Leigh, o! the Hickman (Ky.) Standard says
“When a paper is handed to you, don’t ask is
there anything in it.” Os course there is, ex
amine and find out without inquiry.”
The stream ot bullion which has begun to
flow to our shores from France and England
promises to reach a very large amount. It is
calculated that al least two millions of specie
will be received in New Yotk and Boston before
the Ist of January next.
We learn from the Boston Whig of Monday
that the Hon. John Q. Adams is gradually re
covering from his recent attack of paralysis.
His medical adviser spoke more favorably of
his recovery on Sunday evening than he hail
done at any time since his illness.
lowa.—The Burlington Gazette (Democrat)
of the 14th instant says—
We have not yet been able to procure the offi
cial vote ol the State, but the final result will
not vary much from the statement contained in
our paper of last week. The democracy have
a decided majority on joint ballot of some three
or lour—a suthcent number to secure the elec
tion ot our U. S. Senators—and for all practi
cable purposes. We have also carried our en
tire Slate ticket by an average majority of some
500 or 600.
Lieut. John T. McLaughlin, U. S. Navy,
left Washington on Saturday morning2lst inst.
to take command of tbe iron steamer Hunter,
at New-Orleans, destined to aid in the opera
tions oi the Gulf squadron.
For the Chronicle <[• Sentinel.
Messrs. Editors Permit me to observe
through the agency of your columns, that
the cotton which obtained the premiums
at the Agricultural Fair, recently held in
Sparta, was ginned by machinery of Mr.
G. T. Oglesby.
His gins have met with great favor from the
public, and lor the best of reasons, they do the
best kind ot work.
Specimens of cotton may be seen at this of
fice. Eds.
The Government has purchased the steamer
Virginia, now in New Orleans, tor the sum
of $18,500. She will be employed in running
between that port and the Rio Grande.
The Slb Treasury.— We are kid by the
Washington Correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun, (an advocate olthe Sub-Treasury,) That
the necessity us repealing the law fur its estab
lishment is already admitted there. He says,
“ ii is a thousand pities that it has been urged
on the. country dining the war.” Had the ad
vocates ot the scheme possessed ordinary saga
city, they might have foreseen ihe difficulties in
which they would be involved by this “great
measure ot deliverance and liberty,” and avoid
ed them by delaying its enactment. Mr. Cal
houn, indeed, </n/foresee them, and expressed
the opinion that a measure proposing such tho
rough and tadical changes in our financial sys
tem, ought to be deterred. But his advice was
unheeded ; and even he, servilely yielding his
individual opinion to his party obligation,
voted for the measure, the embarrassing con
sequences of which he proclaimed in advance!
We may expect, therefore, that this, one ot the
leading measures of the Administration, will
be abandoned even before its ‘ vital feature,”
the specie clause, goes into effect. What a
striking comment will this era w-fish course be
upon the wisdom of the party in power.—Rich
mond H’A/'g-
Extraordinary Despatch.—We noticed on
Saturday a business operation between this ci
ty and Philadelphia, shewing the facilities oi
communication and transportation at present
enjoyed by the two cities in their intercourse
with each other. Another transaction has
since come to our notice, which is still better
calculated to exhibit the relations in which we
stand to our Philadelphia neighbors :—A few
days since an order for a quantity of Colton
was sent to Philadelphia, by a house in this
city, at 2, P. M.. which notwistanding it had
to be purchased, taken from on board a vessel,
and re-shipped, was received in Baltimore and
carried to the factory by 8 o’clock the next morn
ing. A part or the whole was worked up the
same day, and on the day following it was sent
back to Philadelphia, to the party who took the
Colton from on shipboard.— Balt. Amer.
For the Army.—The ship Genera! Wash
ington sailed on Thursday lor Brazos Santiago,
with a cargo ot upwards of 30,000 bushels of
oats, 380 bales hay, and 1,000 barrels of bread,
together with other “entertainment for man and
horse,” destined for the army in Mexico. The
Washington has also on board a number of
kegs and jars of preserves, pickles, &c., lor the
invalid soldiers on the Rio Grande, which have
been contributed by several of the kind-hearted
ladies of our town, who are ever foremost in
such benevolent actions.— Alexan I ria ( Va.) Gaz.
The tact mentioned in the last sentence ot
the above paragraph, says the N. O. Tropic, is
an exhibition of genuine goodness. The re
ceipt of these little presents by the sick and
wounded soldiers of the army in the Hospitals
ol Mexico, will serve to relieve their pains,
light up with smiles their countenances, and
gladden their hearts. Richard Brinsley Sheri
dan makes Sir Peter Teazle say—“this is a bad
world, and the fewer we praise in it the better."
Many have to contend with trials so dishearten
ing, that at times every thing around them
wears a gloomy and unlovely aspect, and mis
anthropy reigns in theirbosom. But evidences
of disinterested benevolence, such as the ladies
of Alexandria have displayed, will have the ef
fect to convince all who are thus exercised, that
there are “green spots upon the mortal deserts”
—that there are “choice spirits still in the
world.” Our fair countrywomen in remember
ing the poor soldier on the Rio Bravo del Norte,
have shown that they have drunk deep of the
spirit, of the Scottish bard who thus writes :
‘•The brave poor soldier ne’er despise,
Nor count him as a stranger,
Remember, tie’s his country’s pride,
in day and hour of danger.”
The New York Express, referring to the in
vestigations of the Grand Jury ol that city in
relation to frauds at the recent election, re
marks—
We understand that, in addition to the large
numbers ol illegal votes procured from the
Alms House to vole for Mr. Jackson, in the
18th Ward, at the late election, the disclosures
before the Grand Jury furnish sufficient evi
dence to invalidate his election. The illegal
votes from the Penitentiary, now lite subject of
legal investigation, will enable Mr. Monroe,
the Whig candidate, to contest his seat in Con
gress successfully.
Gen. Kearney.—We learn that orders have
Kearney, in which he is permitted, with his
staff, to return to the United States next spring,
provided all things remained quiet in Califor
nia. ft he leaves at the time permitted by the
department he will probably reach hereby the
month of August next. His return to the
United States, however, will entirely depend
upon the state of affairs in California.—
Louis Republican.
Commodore Perry left New Orleans on Sa
turday evening, in lhe steamboat Patrick Henry,
to join his ship, the Mississippi, oft' the Balize,
with a view of proceeding direct to Tampico.
The Delta says that he took with him eight
splendid brass pieces ot artillery, six 6-pound
ers and two howitzers, the guns used by the ar
tillery battalion of that city, with about 200
rounds of ammunition to each piece. The
guns and munitions were promptly placed at
the disposition of the Commodore by Governor
Johnson. About 50 United States recruits, un
der the command of Captain Crittenden, em
barked on the same boat for Tampico, and arc
to be followed in a lew days by 400 mounted
riflemen, expected hourly to arrive byway of
lhe river.
The Picayune says that General Brooke is
prepared to take the responsibility of sending to
Tampico any amount of troops that may be
deemed necessary lor its defence, and General
Jesup is co-operating heartily.— Mobile Register,
Nov. 23.
Steam Flour Mill.—The Bostonians have
added, to lhe other improvements ot their town,
an elegent steam flourmill with eight run Jot
stones, that can grind 5 to 600 barrels of
flour per day. It runs night and day, the motive
power being two engines of sixty horsesjpower,
which will consume 2,000 tons of anthracite
coal per annum. The number ot hands em
ployed is fifty, exclusive ol the female labor re
quired to make bags, in which it is intended to
pack flour lor domestic use. The millisun
der the superintendence of millersfrom Roches
ter.
The New York Tribune of Saturday has the
following:
New Treaty al H'ushingbm.—h has lor some
days been reported from the Federal Metropolis
that Col. Benton has given in his unqualified
adhesion to the ruling dynasty, and will bethe
Administration leader in the Senate in the
coming session.
We have just learned what is the quid, pro quo
of this adhesion. Col. Benton's son-in-law,
J. C. Fremont, who was recently jumped over
three or lour grades of his seniors in the Army,
and from a Lieutenant made a Lieutenant Col
onel, has been appointed Governor ot Califor
nia. So Stockton, Stevenson, Mason and all are
adrift. Fremont is to be the autocrat ot lhe
new empire, as the price of ‘Old Bullion’s’ sup
port ol lhe tottering Executive. Such is the
advantage ol having a powerful friend at Court.
Such is the game which great men (in station)
play, using for dice the bones ot the undistin
guished multitude. We have this information
privately, of course, but from such a source
that we teel very sure ot its authenticity.
A Haul' or Comfort.—Ata lime when the
election returns from various Stales in the U
nion are conveying a signal rebuke lo the ad
ministration, we find in lhe official journal at
Washington a drop of Comfort for the powers
that be. Speaking of the new iron revenue steam
er Polk, recently launched at Richmond, the U
nionsays: “This vessel is likely to realize
the most sang nine anticipations of the projectors,
and lo reflect great credit upon the administration
under which she was built.” We are heartily
glad to hear it, for it is about lhe only thing
“ likely to reflect great credit upon the admin
istration” since it has been in power.—AZeat.
Gax.
The Federalists of 1812 called the War then
waging with Great Britain, the war of Presi
dent Monroe.— Federal Union, 2l!h tnst.
When partizan Editors suffer their partizan
zeal to get the bettered their judgment so tar as
to cause them to forget who was President in
1812, we need not be surprised al any inconsis
tency they may run into, or any erroneous
statements they may make ; tor they are then
near about a gone case.—American (Griffin)
Whig.
Longevity of Seed.—Mr. Gliddon exhibited
at his lecture several earthen jars taken from
the tombs of Egypt, proved to be 4000 years
old. These were tilled with seeds ol various
grains and fruits, which experiments prove to
be uninjured. Thousands ot bushels of wheat
are now growing from seed es this kind, planted
by numerous persons and found to produce
healthy and prolific crops.
The Washington correspondent otibe Journal
of Commerce, writes, in confirmation of what
the N. Y. Express has already said:
“ Some have suggested that the first determina
tion to call more troops was suspended until
(he five million loan should be taken. This is
probable enough. The decision was made by
the Cabinet late last evening, (16 h) and after
the loan had all been taken by bona Jide bidders.
The Union states that the intelligence came to
ii at a late hour last night.”
The Official Paper has dropped the term
“ H’Mg” and substituted “Federal,” .This is
worthy ol notice inasmuch as it indicates a dis
trust oi principles. Finding no tenable ground
on the platform ol Locotocoism, since every
fool hold, one by one, is ( tumbling beneath
them, the opponents of the Whigs resort to call
ing names—even at the lisk ot wounding the
feelings ol some of the most prominent men in
their own ranks.
A Federalist is one who sustains the Federal
Constitution. Such was (hr original meaning
oi the term. The leader of the Federalists,
jvhen that teim first designated a Party, was
George Washington—a respectable man. The
Federalist was charged with upholding the
power ot the Federal Government to the preju
dice of the rights ot the Stale authorities; this
arrayed against them the Stale Rights men and
gave birth to the School ol strict construction
ists who swore by the Resolutionsol ’9B. The
Federalists, also, preserved the country in peace
during the excitements of the French Revolu
tion. This displeased the advocates of the
largest liberty, the democrats, par excellency who
desired to make common cause with France
and to declare war against England because En
land was waging war against France. The
ambassador of the French Republic, the noto
rious Genet, was so encouraged by this party in
the U. Slates that he not only appealed to them
against the President, but went so lar as to is
sue commissions for privateers from Charleston
to go on cruises of depredation on British com
merce. Washington packed him off’home in a
very summary manner. We were very near
a war with France before the administration ol
John Adams was over.
The two grounds of hostility against the
Federalists have now been named. The Stale
Rights men on the one hand; the Democrats on
the other, who made common cause against the
administration ol Washington. They found a
leader who combined the principles ot both
classes of the opposition; and at the close ol the
first term ot John Adam’s administration,
Thomas Jefferson was put at the head ot the
government, as a democrat. And well he merited
the designation. For he left the principles of the
States Rights to take care ot themselves, and be
came the representative ot the popular branch
oi hisparty. Nevertheless the two sections have
continued, with now and then a divergence, to
move on together with some show of external
harmony ; interior agreement they never had.—
The Southern wing, which includes the stick
lers tor State Rights, make it their business to
furnish the party \v\lh principles. Hence comes
hostility to the protective policy; hence came
Mr. Polk's vetootthe River and Harbor bill—
The democratic section of the party do not care
much about principles—being satisfied with
merely having their own way, which includes a
' large participation in the spoils of victory;
lienee comes parlizan proscription, with rota
tion in office.
Much odium has been thrown upon the Fed
eral party tor their opposition to the last war.—
In so far as this opposition went before the war
was declared, it was a matter of opinion con
cerning which parlies and individuals might
have taken sides freely. It doesnot belong to
usto defend any whoa/ter the declaration took
any side but one—it there were any such. The
Hartford Conventionists are much condemned ;
and at this day the effort is often made to con
found the whole Federal party with that faction.
The Federalists ot that time who now answer to
the roll call of democracy, may vindicate them
selves and their ancient part}' from that imputa
tion—which we believe is a very unjust one.
iMr. Jefferson, in his inaugural, said, —“We
are all Federalists, all Democrats.” The
true patriot indeed is both. He is a Federalist
in standing bv the Constitution and in uphold
ing the rightful powers oi the Federal Govern
ment; he is a democrat in maintaining the in
dividual rights of the citizens. He maybe a
States Rights man into the bargain; for in the
varied relations which our political system in
volves, one has duties towards his Common
wealth—towards the Union—and towards him
self. These various relations harmonize in
themselves; yet out ot their distortion, out of
the tendency, so common, ot carrying a favorite
notion to excess, the differences ot our political
parlies arise. Thus the champion ot State
Rights challenges absolute sovereignty lor his
Commonwealth, and renders her pretentions to
independence incompatible with the duties de
volving upon her as a member ot the Union;
he becomes a Nullijicr. The ft fend of a strong
central Government may seek to exalt the au
thority of the Union into such overpowering
predominance as to reduce the States into mere
ly provincial relations; he grows into a Consali
dationist. The Democrat may carry his ideas
of personal freedom to such an extent as to re
fuse to recognize any authority except his own
will; a sharer in sovereignly, he may claim
the right of using his own portion of it as he
nleases, and becoming a law unto himself, he is
lawless in all other aspects. He thus becomes
unfit for any Government except that of the
strong hand.
Such are the excesses of things excellent in
their places. But politically the Federal party,
as such, ceased to exist during Monroe’s ad
ministration. The candidates tor the Presiden
cy in 1824 were all ofthe Democratic patty ; so,
also, in 1828, when Gen. Jackson was elected.
Practically every President when he comes to
administer the Government, grows to be a Fed
eralist as hemlist us necessity be—if he \yoqjij
a weak incumbent may attempt to carry out the
impracticable notions of States Rights abstrac
tionists, while his adherence to democracy is
signalized by a prompt observance of the doc
trine ot the spoils. As the machine ofGovern
ment works on it loses something of its equable
and steady motion; it now jostles to and fro and
seems to be racked by the forces which impel it.
The power now emanating from the Federal
Government has not the even flow and the fttll
volumed current which formerly gave regularity
and strength to its pulsations. It is character
ized by a spasmodic action; moves by fits and
starts —showing that it is stimulated by incohe
rent impulses. But the whole subject possesses
such interest, when the mind is once engaged in
it, and leads to such a variety ot inference and
remark, that Hie only way to come to a conclu
sion when once fairly started is to stop short at
once;—which we accordingly do.— Ball. Ameri
can.
Dreadful Gale on the Lakes.
Buffalo, Nov. 21, A. M.
News rcache here yesterday morning of a
fearful and melancholy gale which visited Lake
Erie on Thursday night. The steamboat Helen
Strong lies a complete wreck. Above Barce
lona the schooner Swan is ashore, as is also a
schooner, name unknown. Both are greatly
damaged.
There is also a sloop capsized. The brig
Osceola and schooner Cleveland are ashore
eight miles above Barcelona. The brig lost
lour hands in the gale. The brig John Han
cock is ashore on the rocks above Erie— proba
bly a total loss. The brig Europe is ashore at
Fairport, ard may probably get off without
much damage.
The Ainsworth, United Slates. Charles and
A. P. Haywood, are ashore at Erie, and will
get off with but trifling damage. The brig 11.
H. Sizes and schooner Huron, at Erie, are total
wrecks. The steamer Indian Queen is on lhe
rocks at Dunkirk, and is a perfect wreck.
There are fourteen vessels and three steamers
ashore this side ot Cleveland.
On Saturday morning, sixteen dead bodies
floated on shore at Barcelona. The shore for
miles along the Lake is strewed with fragments
ot vessels. The storm has been a most disas
trous one, and we fear to hear farther accounts.
On Lake Ontario, schooners Minerva and W.
fl. Merritt are ashore at Braddock’s Point.
The schooner Cleveland is ashore al Irondequoit
Bay.
Departure of Major General Scott for the
Seat of War.
Correspondence of the Gallimore American.
WASntNUTON, Nov. 21.
Gen. Scott and his stats are ordered to Mexi
co, to give additional spirit and direction to the
Army. This new movement is the result of
the recent communications and conferences of
which I made mention in my letter of this mor
ning, and have grown out of recent events in
Mexico, and advices from the head quarters of
the Army.
Gen. Scott was to leave in the mail boat this
morning, and has probably gone. His destina
tion is Tampico, but with large additional pow
ers to control his action when upon theground.
Steamship Soitherner.—We understand
an unsuccessful attempt has been made by lhe
Government for this fine ship. This ship is
the only really good steamship the Govern
ment has yet tried to purchase. The Massa
chusetts, though an excellent sailing ship, is a
failure as a steamer. The Southerner is mak
ing a good deal ol money on her Charleston
route, and the owners are in a position to make
a price that is above the real worth of the ship.
—N. Y. Express.
Fire at Wilmington.—A slip from the office
of the Wilmington Journal, informs us that a tire
broke out in that town about one o’clock Fridiy
morning. It commenced in a wooden building be
tween Market and Dock streets, occupied by P
Bazardiere as a Barber’s Shop, aud D. W. Wood &
Brother as a Grocery Store. The loss is estimated
as follows:
Tbe Loud n House, loss about $2000; covered
by insurance. D. W. Wood & Brother, loss S6OOO-,
insured for SISOO. J. A. Parker and P, W. Fan
ning, loss about $2300; insured for SBOO. Fergu
son & Haynes, loss SIOOO, insured S7OO. <>. G.
Parsley, loss small—wooden building-—heard no
estimate.
Method of Cultivation and Cure of Cuba 7’>-
bacco, as practiced in Cuba and other West India
Islands. Translated from the original Spanish
work by Julian Silveyra. Prepared for the
press by James S. Peacock, M. D., ol East
Feliciana. This is extremely useful publica
tion, and will be considered a valuable addi
tion to the slock of information on the subject.
Tobacco is beginning to be extensively cultiva
ted in Louisiana, and we have smoked segars
from the plant grown in East Feliciana, nearly
equal in flavor to those imported from Cuba.
By careful preparation the Tobacco may. we
doubt not, he brought to perfection in our State.
—NO. Bee.
Collectorship of Tampico.—Shakspeare’s
charge to Cromwell to “fling away ambition,”
seems to have been lost on same men. It is
understood that there are several aspirants for the
office of Collectoi of Tampico. Mexico,—
Tropic.
I ommcHccmcnt of Oglethorpe University.
The annual exercises of this institution was
opened on Sunday, the 15th inst., by the Com
mencement Sermon of the Reverend President. —
The effort was exceedingly appropriate, and fully
sustained the high reputation of its author, as a ripe
scholar and an able and eloquent divine.
The exhibition of the Junior Class took place on
Tuesday. The youthful orators acquitted them
selves to the gratification of the respectable audi
ence that had assembled to hear them.
The following is a programme of the exercises;
Prayer by the President.
•Joseph S. Yfirfill, Macon, Ala.—“ The Evangeli
cal Alliance.”
Joseph M. Quaraman, Liberty co , Geo.—“ Virtue
guides to the throne of Truth.”
I-rances P. Stubbs,Midway, Ga.— C * Western Emi
gration.”
R. Lee Warthen, Washington co., Ga. —“ Respon
sibility of the American Scholar.”
Thomas F. Wells, Jefferson co., Ga.—“ Youth in
Misfortune.”
On Wednesday, the old and the young, the grave
and the gay, repaired to the Chapel, and that spa
cious Hall was crowded.
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
Prayer by the iter. President Church.
Americus Lewis. Milledgeville, Ga. —“ Latin Sa
lutatory.
Hines H. Goode, Montgomery, Ala. —“ Influence
of the Bible on Poetry.”
William H. Hall, Midway, Ga.—“ John Knox.”
Americus Lewis, Milledgeville, Ga.—“ Theoreti
cal Philosophy.”
Renjamin L. Beall, Lincolnton, Ga , Ist Honor.—
Valedictory— “ The Restoration of the Jews to
Palestine.”
Oration in behalf cf the Candidates for the 2d De
gree by James T. Nisbet, A. B.
Oration before the Ttialian and Phi Della Socie
ties by the Rev. W. T. Hamilton, D. D.
The Degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred on
Bcnj. 1). Beall, Hines IL Goode, Wm. H. Hall,and
Americus Lewis. 'lJhe Degree of Master of Arts
was conferred on tjifjfollowiug alumni of the Uni
versity, Thomas N. King, Chai les E. Nisbet, James
T. Nisbet, and Jas. Robert Tucker. The honorary
degree of A. M. was also conferred on Rev. Thos.
R. English of Sumter District, S. Carolina.
The oration of Mr. Nisbet, was chastely written,
evinced much thought and was appropriately de
livered.
The subject of Dr. Hamilton’s addiess was,
Eloquence. The theme is trite, but such was the
originality' of its conceptions, the beauty and force
of itsT!sß> and of its illustrations, and the fervid
and eloquent manner of its delivery, that the audi
ence lor an hour and a half listened with unwaver
ing attention to the orator, and when he had closed,
with one acclaim conceded to him not only a
thorough acquaintance with bis subject, but that
he had practically illustrated it.
The whole exercises of the Commencement were
calculated to impart an additional impulse to this
young but growing Institution.—l*W. Union.
‘Excused. tßy lot.
A Remarkable Actor.—A young printer
ol Baltimore, named Rogers, recently made his
debut as an actor in the character of Shylock,
before an audience in the Museum. The pa
pers noticed his appearance in advance, and
his attempt was afterwards pronounced as high
ly successful. What makes his case remarka
ble, is, that he is said to have been a stammerer
from infancy, and is so still, to such a degree
as to be almost unable to converse with any per
son who is not intimately acquainted with him ;
yet upon the stage, his voice is mellifluous, his
enunciation clear and his reading judicious!
This seems to be almost incredible; but the
respectable press of Baltimore make ihe state
ment with an air of seriousness, which forbids
the idea that they do not believe it. He has ap
peared several times, and issaid to be very suc
cessful and rapidly improving.—Re
publican.
Political Revolution.—As Hon. J. M.
Clayton said, when addressing a Whig meet
ing, we are witnessing such a Revolution ol
public opinion (asshown by the late elections)
as has not been seen by the oldest t or as will not
be seen by the youngest. Il is revolution oi
mind--ofthought—of intelligence--ol science.—
It grows out of independent popular action. It
is the national fruit of our institutions, and pop
ular education. Rulers must conform to the
will and wants of the people, or they connot be
sustained.
Mr. Nettles ot this county has shown us a
beantiful sample ut Mastodon Colton grown on
his plantation, lor which 12 A cents has been of
fered and refused in this market.— Montgomery
Journal.
American Ingenuity still in the ascen
dant.—There seems lobe no endlo the tri
umphs ul Yankee ingenuity. An article ot
great economy and utility lor family use has
just been shown us, which is to be known by
the name ot Drummond's Candle Maker. It is
simply a candlestick which wicks and makes
the candle as it burns, and by turning the cylin
der or reservoir containing the fallow, (which
is poured in while in a melted state) a short or
a lung length may be produced as is desired.—
Oneofthe greatest features ol this new notion, is,
that it requires to be filled but once a week, and
we recommend all neat and economical house
keepers to look at them, inasmuch as any orall
waste grease that can be hardened may be used
in them. We know from experience that can
dles made in the patent Candle Maker, will
burn at feast one-third longer than those made
irithe ctas&tc.
A Sad Picture.
The editorial correspondent ol the Alabama
Journal writing from Lafayette, Chambers Co.,
where the Circuit Court was in session, pie
sents the following sad picture fur the contem
plation ot Temperance men:
“ There is one subject upon which I desire to
aJ.dress an earnest word to the public. The
most catelesu observer cannot but have remark
ed the increasing prevalence ol intemperance,
in this section oi the Stale. Ii is a fearful fact,
that, especially among the young professional
men, this vice is horribly on the increase. 1
cannot estimate the per centagc, but this 1 do
know, that you shall visit no public haunt—no
throng of men—without being surrounded by a
perfect parterre of budding noses. The blight
is upon the very flower of our youth!—and I
challenge contradiction when Tassert that a
large proportion ot what should be the rising
talent of East Alabama is rapidly submerging
itself in a sea ot liquor. The idle habits and
congregative instinct of the younger members
ot the thronged profession of Law, tend greatly
to increase the evil. A’oung men, on the cir
cuit, with little to do, possessing strong social
feelings, meet around the festive board. Al
some distance from home perhaps, and out of
the range of expostulation from* friends, they
venture to go a step or two farther than they
otherwise would; and thus commences the ca
reer of dissipation. The warm blood ot youth,
good company, “the voice of song”— and
Bacchus cbaunts ever, the most seductive melo
dies—tempt them on, on, on ! Oniy last night
1 beard a party of fine-spirited young men sing
ing a ßright and Sparkling ” over what seemed
but passably fair Cogniac brandy—they no
doubt imagined it nectar. The young lawyer
who fead them, is a univeisal favorite, and that
and his rich mellow voice will be his ruin
As the roaringt horns burst forth upon the sleep
ing town, how surely the “gleam” of the “gob
let” would prove, to some ot them at feast, the
lure-fireof Satan; and that perhaps thsir“rosy
beds” might contain more caloric than is agree
able.
“ 1 do not mean to convey the idea that there
is one whit more dissipation here, than else
where in the reach of my acquaintance, in the
Eastern counties. Chambers is no worse than
Talladega, or Tallapoosa, or Russell, or Ma
con, or—Montgomery ! And in these counties,
who shall enumerate the stricken parents and
wailing widows and orphans that shall have
buried their dishonored dead, within the next
ten years.”
A Sickly Season in Alamama.—Hooper, “ tbe
chicken man” in a recent editorial letter to tbe
Alabama Journal, relates the following admirable
rtory:
Among the novelties of tbe season, one of the
most striking is the “ Alpha and Omega Pills”
cf which I observe the advertiser says, the name
of these pills, though novel, is nevertheless com
petent in discharging all their duties. 1 ’ This being
the case, if 1 find a friend in need of a cathartic. I
will just n; ention them to hi nr—(hat being suffi
cient, according to the advertisement. It is a pity
but they had had so sovereign a remedy, on the
Alabama river, in the summer of 183 G, when, if
the following anecdote is founded in truth, it was
rather sickly :
Tom Judge, of Lowndes—l think it was Tom
—was coming up the river once, from Mobile
when a gentleman from some Northern State, go
ing to settle in Selma, walked up to him, and in
quired if there were any alligators in that stream.
Torn took the dimensions of the customer, with
bis eye ; looked him in the eye, and a certained
that he was soft; and then doloiously sighing,
answered—
Not Now .’
Spoony supposed that hr had awakened unpleas
ant emotion*, and commenced an apology.
“No matter,” replied Ton.; “no matter —1 was
only thinking of my poor friend John Smith who
was taken suddenly from us, in the summer of’36.
I was reminded of him, by the association of ideas
—the same season, all the alligator* disappeared
from the river.”
“Was jour friend drowned?” inquired the
green ’un.
“No: he died of that most horrible of Southern
diseases, the Congestive Fever.”
After a pause, Spoony essayed again—«\Vhat
caused the disappearance of the alligators - ’
*• They died of the same disease,” replied
Tom, looking the stianger steadily in the lace,
with a sepulchral expression.
The young adventurer didn’t get out of the boat,
at Selma, nor until he leached the head of naviga
tion, where, it is probable, he took vehicular con
veyance fur more sulubrious regions.
A New York letter to the Philadelphia In
quirer says:
Our merchants are receiving their teturns
for the large flour and provision shipments
made to Great Britain. The three last arrivals
brought three hundred thousand dollars in gold,
and it is expected that before the next harvest,
some five millions of dollars in specie will flow
into the United States. Exchange on England
is now six to seven percent, premium, which,
taking specie as a standard, is really two to
three per cent discount.
ST. I, .
TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 1, 1846.
Western and Atlantic Railroad.
In this morning’s paper will be found the re
port of C. F.M.Garnett,Chief Engineerof the
State Road, to which we feel especial pleasure
in referring the reader. We have omitted the
long array ui tables and account current ot the
Engineer with the Slate, believing them uninte
resting to the general reader, and inserted those
only which exhibit the income and profits of the
road. These must and should be highly
gratifying to every intelligent Georgian, lor it
could not be expected that in its present un
finished slate it should do more than delray its
expenses. This it has done, and thereby con
clusively demonstrates the utility and impor
tance ol completing it to its terminus al the
earliest possible day.
Korthcoiniiig President’s Message.
There lias been some speculation in the
newspapers, in reference to the character of the
President’s Message, which will be shortly laid
before the country. The Tariff and the Mexi
can war are the topics of most importance,
which, it is supposed, will take up no inconsid
erable portion ol that message.
While we look with much interest to the de
velopments of policy which it will contain,
alone from considerations of solicitude lor the
public good, we cannot feel the least anxiety to
learn them from any considerations ol a politi
cal character, referable to Mr. Polk himself.—
We think that all speculations which have ap
peared, bearing in the least degree upon the
future prospects of Mr. Polk, are so many
views thrown to the idle wind.
Itthere is a Slate in this Union, which can
be found to nominate him lor the Presidency,
we have yet to see the. first sign or irtdica
calion. As was the case before his nomina
tion for that oilice by the Baltimore Conven
tion, in 1811, so it is now. There is not a State,
or county, in this Union, that thinks of him lor
re-eleclion to the station which he has filled
with so much evil to the country, and such en
tire absence ol all credit an d respectability to
himself.
Mr. Polk, on the subjects of the tariff and the
Mexican war, as indeed upon all other mea
sures, may pursue what cotir.se he pleases, he
cando nothing for himself, nothing to afford
him the shadow Gt a prospect lor nomination,
by the Democratic party. We question if he
could get together a Convention of office hold
ers, (as did Mr. Tyler.) to propose his name to
the people.
Those men, influenced by the gains of office,
and hopeful of some fortunate turn in Mr. Ty
ler’s favor, met in solemn ceremony and with
farcical commendation, held him up to the
sorrowful and laughing gaze of the people ol all
parlies, as the man to lead them to triumph, and
the country to prosperity and renown. Even
such a convention of deluded office holders,
lured by hope, and instigated by the “spoils”
cannot be collected within the limits of the
Union, (including New Mexico and Califor
nia,) to present the name of James K. Polk to
the country as a “suitable candidate” for its
suffrages. His conduct has been so signally
condemned, he stands in public estimation so
diminutive, so very like a dwarf of the smallest
magnitude, that he is overlooked entirely for
the contest of forty-eight, or, if seen at all, it is
to be loathed or pitied, even by those who so
ignobly aided in placing him in power.
Mr. Polk himself must feel condemned to a
depth so deep that even the hungriest cravings
of his ambition cannot hold up the Presidency
before him with any hope for the means ol allay
ing their stings. Hence, the policy which he may
be expected, hereafter, to pursue, will be to fa
vor and sustain the democratic party, not for
himself, but for its own good, and from motives
of the commonest gratitude, for the injustice
done the country in his unworthy elevation to
the first office in the land.
if, as is surmised, he takes a firm stand in
favor ot the tariff of’46, we confidently believe
that it will be the means of sinking the demo
cratic party lower still, and of crumbling it
raster and more surely to pieces. If Demo
cracy should falter in its mad purposes, and
yield to the wishes ot the country in favotof
its repeal, it cannot avoid the condemnation so
righteously deserved for its exhibition of reck
lessness and folly—its infatuated experiments
and broken seals of pretended statesmanship
and wisdom.
Mr. I’olk contended for “all or none” of Ore
gon, and yielded halt the territory to the fero
cious growlings of the British Lion. In the
same way he may seek to soothe the passions
of the people by submitting the tariff' and Mex
ican war questions to the decision of Congress!
Under no circumstances, however, can he es
cape the retribution of the people, whose inter
ests he has outraged so much, by acts which
would reduce them to colonial vassalage, and
which are heaping upon them the oppressive
burthen ol an immense national debt. He will
sink into his original insignificance, and Dem
ocracy having made him its exponent and lead
er, must reap the consequences ol an over
whelming overthrow.
Death of Thomas J. Parmelee.
Cur community were quite shocked yester
day morning at lhe very sudden death of Tho
mas J. Parmelee, who, up lo a late hour, (If)
o’clock Sunday night,) was in the enjoyment ol
his usual health, about which hour he had an
attack of apoplexy so violent as to deprive him
of all consciousness, and to terminate his life
a little after 6 o’clock yesterday morning.
It is not our purpose to pronounce an culo
gium upon the deceased—that duly must de
volve upon others—but we should do injustice
lo our feelings not to pay a passing tribute lo
an intimate and uninterrupted intercourse of
years, during which the writer has been the re
cipient of his generous and liberal hospitalities.
Longa resident of this city, he had established
a reputation lor commercial integrity which
will render his demise a severe loss; but it was
not alone in that capacity that his loss will be
severely felt. In the social relations id lite he
filled a large space; ever ready todispense cha
rily or to extend the courtesies of a refined and
elegant hospitality, he was indeed much endear
ed io those who knew him best.
Explosive Cotton.
We had the pleasure of witnessing some experi
ments yesterday evening with this new projectile,
prepared by Messis. D’Antignac & Barry—which
were in tbe highest degree satisfactory, so far as
its properties as a propelling force is concerned.
Mr. Adams. —The Boston papers announce
that the Hon. John Quincy A lams is rapidly
recovering,so that there is a probability that he
may be enabled to resume his seat in Congress
before the New Year.
The Legislature ol Missouri assembled at
Jeflerson city on the I6ih instant. Lieut. Go
vernor Young entered upon his duties as Presi
dent ol the Senate, and C. F. Jackson, Esq.
was elected Speaker of the House.
Gen. La Vega. —The Picayune of (he 21ih
uh. says: —We learn that this distinguished
Mexican officer has taken passage for himself
and sude on ihc fine brig Mary Ann Jones,
which sails to-morrow for Havana. This brig
has recently been purchased to run as a regular
packet in the Havana trade.
The Batavia, N. Y , Times ot Tuesday last
has the following:
Royal Flour anil a Royal Price.— Last fall
Mr. Henry Smith, an enterprising miller of Le
Roy, in this county, sent six barrels of the
choicest Genesee flour, manufactured at his
mill in Wheatland, Monroe co., to Queen Vic
t »ria, and for which, in due lime, he received
from her Majesty the comfortable little sum ol
three thousand dollars. The flour was put up in
highly finished barrels, neatly varnished, in
closed in sacks, and forwarded direct to the
Queen at London.
This fortunate experiment upon the appetite
of royalty seems to have suited her majesty’s
palate so nicely, that ia addition to the ample
remuneration fur his first adventure, he has re
cently received an order direct from London for
three thousand barrels more “ot the same sort,”
which he has promptly forwarded.
The illustrious ’Thomas W. Dorr has been
nominated as the Democratic candidate for i
Congress in the Western district of Rhode
Island.
Western and Atlantic Kail-Road.
Engineer’s Uffk e, Ati.anta, /
Nov. 9di, lH|ti. $
J/is KcccZ/tHcy,Geo. W. Crawford: -Sir: -
I have the honor to submit the following report
ot my transactions as Chief Engineer ot the
Western and Atlantic Railload, with an ac
count of receipts and cxpcndituies up to 30th
September last.
Your Excellency is already aware, that the
means appropriated were not suflu lent to cover
all the expenditures v hich weie deemed expe
dient on the SO miles of finished road; and that
there remained an indebtedness chaigeable to
that head, consisting chiefly of interest paid on
loan for the purchase ol iron, surplus materials
for superstructure, and improvements in the
Bridges and Depots. Fora mere detailed ex
planation, you are referred to my communica
tion of the 23 lof February last. This indebt
edness will be gradually absorbed by the profits
of the road.
In inv last report, a claim of against
Loyd’s Insurance Office, London, was mention-
ed. This claim has t»ecn successfully resisted,
though it is still believed to be just. One in
every respect similar to it was admitted and
settled in one ot the Offices in New York, in
thecaseof the cargo ol the “Oberlin” in April,
1811. This was a lit sequel to the contract tor
iron made by Messrs. Fieldon, Brothers & Co.,
of Liverpool.
You are also aware, that tnr claim on the
United States Government lor duties on iron, to
iheainountol about $51,000, has not been al
lowed. That this is an equitable claim, may
be clearly inferred from the fact that it ha* pass
ed the Senate al two successive sessions, tiiuugh
it was defeated in the House of Representative*
at its last session. It is believed that this sum
will yet be obtained from the justice of Con
gress.
At the period of my last report, the road had
been opened only to Mariella. Since then, the
work has been pressed with as much vigor as
the means at command would permit. The
road was completed to Cartersville on the 27 h
of October; to Kingston on 23d oi December;
and to Oothcaloga on the 15th ot February last.
On the sth oi February, five miles ot super
structure, together with the bridge over the
Oostenaula, were pul under contract; and on
the 20th August, the remainder of the work tu
Cross Plains (consisting of 16 miles of super
structure,) was let. AH this work is far ad
vanced, and will be in readiness for the iron
which was ordered in August. Should the iren
arrive soon, the road may be completed to Cross
Plains in all the month of January. Any delay
Ki tA* arrival of the irun will produce a like
delay in the period cf completion.
It is believed that this last 21 miles will have
a very decided effect on the profits of the whole
work. When Cross Plains is reached, it is
certain that the Nashville travel, and probably
a large portion of its trade, will turn this way.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad mus
then become the great channel of communi
cation between Washington City and a great
part of the Western country. It will surprise
many to be told that, between Washington City
and St. Louis, through this line of roads, there
will only be 35 miles of stage travel. This
35 mihs (between Cross Plains and Chattanoo
ga,) will, it is confidently believed, be replaced
by railroad at no distant day. This must inev
itably be the route for the mail and passengers
from a large portion of the Atlantic coast to the
greater part of Tennessee, North Alabama, a
portion of Mississippi, and all the country ly
ing between the Western border of Tennessee
and St. Louis.
All that is necessary to secure this, is to ob
tain a mail schedule between Washington City
and this region, through the Western and At
lantic Railroad, as exjeditious as it can be
made; thus enabling usto compete with the
Ohio river and the routes through Wheeling
and Pittsburg.
It will not be deemed irrelevant to mention
the efforts that are now making to construct
roads which will add to the prospeiity of this
work. A survey is now in progress fora rail
way between Chattanooga and Nashville.
Enough has been ascertained to know that it is
practicable at a reasonable coast; and this
makes it positively certain that the road will
one day he made. It may not be done imme
diately, but nothing can prevent its final accom
plishment. It is scarcely possible to estimate
the value of this work to the State of Georgia.
It must pour into her lap a commerce which
will stimulate and develope every interest in the
State.
Some of the farmers in the Cherokee coun
i trv have entertained an unfounded apprehension,
lest the large amount of grain and other pro
visions expected from Tennessee may impair
the value of their own. What better way is
there to judge ot lhe effect of any given cause
than to see what effect the same cause has pro
duced elsewhere 1 'l’he onlv parallel to this
case is to be found in New York'. What eflect
■ has the enormous trade brought from the West
by the Eric canal and the railroads between Al
bany and Buffalo had on the agricultural inter
ests of lhe country bordering on these works? —
The effect has been to raise those lands to the
value of from SIOO to S2OO per acre.
The total receipts ot flour and grain at Al
bany and Troy, from the openingot navigation
in the present year to the 21st October were:
flour 2,178,200 barrels; wheat 1.978,400 bush
els; barley -886,100 bushels; corn 1,392,400
, bushels. If this large trade has had such a
happy effect on lhe value ol lands in New York,
I why should it have a different eflect in Georgia?
> It will not; the laws of trade are the same every
where; and like causes will produce like effects.
In this case, the large and productive back
’ country, thus secured, will build up markets al
i lhe South, and secure to the farmer the very
best prices.
The Hiwassee Railroad, another feeder to
this work, is in the same condition as it was at
- the dale ot my last report; but plans are on fool
■ lo resuscitate it.
. The Branch from Kingston to Rome is now
under contract, and may be expected, within
■ another year, to open the rich trade of the Coosa
! valley to us. This alone is an important ob
. ject; but it is ot still more importance, viewed
as pan of a line of improvements extending in
that direction. There is now much interest felt
in Alabama and Mississippi in the construction
ot a railroad from Tuskaloosa to Gadsden near
the mouth ot Wills Creek on the Coosa river.
From this point to Rome, the navigation of the
Coosa is good for a large portion of the year,
and would supply the means ot transportation
until future enterprise shall fill the link by a
railroad. From Gadsden to Tuskaloosa, the
country, which is full of mineral and agricultu
ral resources, is highly favorable to the con
struction ol a railroad. Thereare many in fa
vor of extending ths Vicksburg and Jackson
road lo Tuskaloosa; thus forming a continuous
line tram the Atlantic to the Mississippi.
Should this whole scheme be carried out, it
must add vastly to the value ot the Western
and Atlantic Railroad.
Indeed, this work is peculiarly and happily
situated. There has been no railroad proposed
nthisorthe adjoining .States which will not
add to its revenue—and it is scarcely possible
that there will ever beany road in the Southern
States that can injure it. Our only rivals are
the lines from Pittsburg and Wheeling to Phil
adelphia and Baltimore, and as a line of trans
portation it will compare most favorably with
these. It has the advantage in climate, is the |
rate of graduation, in the whole elevation over
come, and in almost every particular. This
comparison was carried out in full detail in a
former report.
The State work possesses one very peculiar
advantage, in having two distinct lines < frail
road connecting it with the seaboard. The ri
valry between these lilies, however liberal and
honorable it may be, secures to the State work
every facility which can be rendered by rail
roads; and to the people, whose commerce
it promotes, every conceivable benefit. This
position ol lhe railroads ot Georgia deprives
them entirely of the character of monopolies;
and must secure to them lhe lasting favor ot the
whole people whose interest they are self-im
pelled to tester and cherish.
The completion ol lhe Macon and Western
Rail Road, which went into operation on the
19th of August, finishes the system asfaras
private enterprise was relied on. It only re
mains for the State to push her work to in or
iginal destination, to secure to Georgia an en
viable rank in the Union. This she mnsldo
in fulfilment of her implied pledge to the whole
people, whose capital, to the extent ofabnut
$3,300,000, is slaked in the work, and depend-
am, lor its value, on its completion. No ade
quate return can be ex pec’rd from the work un
til it reaches the Tennessee river. Can Georgia,
after doing so much, hesitate to do the little mat
remains to be done to perfect her great undertak
ing. Every dollar now expended brings ten time*
its value into active use.
Let the whole scheme of Georgia’s Improve
ments, as they were originally planned with
singular judgment and forecast, be once com
pleted, and every interest in the Stale will be
benefitted. Georgia possesses within her own
bosom all the elements of a gieal prosperity,
and nothing was wanting but these wotks to
developeall her mighty iesom. es and biing into
co-operation the varied pursuits of her people.
But no pan of the S ate should be more sensi
ble of-this than the Cherokee region, with its
great mineral wealth aud its vast powers of
production, heretofore valueless fur warn of a
market.
The statement marked (A) accompanying
this report shows a condensed view of all the
pecuniary transactions of the Chief Engineer,
from the 25th of October, 1843, to the 30th«»l
September; 1846. This seemed desirable as
showing all the disbursements in a more clear
and intelligible form than that heretofore adopt
ed. This account, taken in connexion with
the extra Message of the Executive dated No
vember 22 1, 1843, gives a clear exhibit of all
the disbursements on account of the Western
N Atlantic Rai! Road from the commencement
oi the work to the 30; h of September last.
The document marked (B) givesthecosl ol
the road, which includes all sums actually’ paid
out by the Chief Engineer since ibe date of
the message above referred to, added to the
cost as therein stated. This sum is $3 19”-
694 09.
The table marked (C) shows the various
heads under which the expenditures have been
classed. The column headed Repairs, contains
certain sums paid lor that purpose before the
road went into operation, and is therefore ad
ded to the cost of the Road. The item* in col-
utiin beaded Tranrpuliation Expenses aie all
liabilities incurred in 1815. This class us ex
penditures, since the Ist day < | January, has
been fell in the hands of the Treasurer. In the
column headed Salaries, theic i. n<< entry sub
sequent tuthe Ist of January, 1846, except a
small amount in the first quarter, which was 1
prop-, rly chargeable to the general superinten
dence oi construction. Since that period, all
the salaries arc contained in the I reasurer’s ac
count, except that oi the Chief Engineer’s as
sistant, which is entered under the general head
ol Extension.
The paper marked (D) is the account cur
rent of the Treasurer.
'I he table marked (E) shows the receipts of
the road and the various source* from which
they are derived. And that marked (F)gives
the total receipts and* expenditures on account
ol Transportation, and the profits of the year.
The net profits of th” operations of Ihe road,
it will be seen, are 55.812 58, It should be
I'Oinc in mind that though a port ion of the work
had been in use one year anil 15 days, the
whole of it had been opened only 7j months.—
The very fad of having lour distinct points for
the terminus of the road within one year, has in
creased the expense of transacting the busi
ness.
The rales of freight adopted are very low—-so
low as to be scarcely ab ve the point oi remu
neration with the present limited business of
the load. But it was deemed advisable to fix
the charges thus few, to stimulate trade and de
velopc rapidly the resources of the country. In
this way all the business that legitimately be
longs to the work will the sooner be directed in
its proper channel, an I a sufficient amount may
be expected to rnake the present rales prclitable.
This is a new line of transportation and its
trade had to be created, and must necessarily, in
the commencement, be irregular in its nature,
as well as small in amount-on both accounts
less profitable than it will be hereafter. The
receipts of the road are gradually, but ateadily
increasing, and will exhibit a much tnuiegrati
fying result by Ihe close of our present fiscal
year. All of which is respectfully submitted.
C. F. M. GARNET,
Chief Engineer.
I’.
Profits of Road.
Total receipts to Sept. 30, Hlu S-J5,127 32
Arnoont ditbuoed by Ch’t Eri»iii’r.<3J It) ?(l
Amount disbursed by Treasurer... .!9.'>76 3'J
Amount paid for ihe uuc of cars..., 2,797 61
Debts due, unpaid. G,'>OG 00
Profits t 3,512 SS-S3SJ27 32
Atlanta, Sept. 30, 1816.
E.
Ikcomb of Roar.
Months. \Freighl. Moils T.tnt
—1 1 ;
Fi.in Sept 15, Hs,|
to Dec. 31, 1815. 4,08’391 2,0 s li(tfn I G,IM4i
■lahu.ry, 1515.... I,M»1 i.'l’> POU no! 2.715211
F.bm.rr, “...J 1,707 45 1,011500 2.772 45
M.reli, “ .... 3832 82 1,377 87 5,210*9
April, “ ....i 3.442311 I,ll7<ni , 4,24
May, “ ....I 1,478581 ms 15 1 | 2,41573
■lniw, “ ...,| 663 211 1,002 7Si : 1,671 59
J.y, •• .... 1,20183; 57143 2,611961
An„uil. ....: •.«;_■ 01 l,9S!7r>: 57143 3,SIG 64
fiepl.inb.r,- .... 1.759 W 1.791 V7l 671421 4,12335
Tsuy Freight on
W. A A Knil-|
read, front Jan.l
I toSept. 30....! 1,81391' I.SIS 91
Through tickets by i
Alabama triage
Line, from Mar
Ito Sepl.3o, 1846! 453 (loj | 45S (W
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ATt.AN l A, Sept. 3li. IS4<C **
Christ Healing the >Sirk.
A lew moments of leisure was devoted to
looking upon this splendid specimen of art,
which is now on exhibition at the Unitarian
Church. Preferring not to rely upon our owa
judgment, «e avail ourselves ot the following
notice taken from the Boston Times of 1843 :
“The assemblage ot people to witness this
most interesting of all works ot art, still re
mains large and as admiring as ever. The cold
est heart is awakened into animation bv gazing
upon tiie well individualized and lite-like char
acters. The silent feelings of awe and aston
ishment which is manifested by those who ap
proach the scene, isconclusive proof of the great
talent ot West. No effort ot the pencil has
ever yet set forth so great a variety ot leeling
and thought upon one canvass as is depicted
upon tliis one. The characters are also won
derfully relieved, and look as it they projected
from lite, canvass ready to address the visitors
as they approach them. Either one among the
sixty expresses the peculiar characteristics ot
the situation they occupy. Upon Ihe whole,
nothing of this kind lias ever met with such
general favor from among all classes of our
citizens as this splendid painting, and the sub
ject deserves all the high encomiums that have
been bestowed upon it, by both the press and
the public. A number ol the Sabbath Schools
of our city have been present, ami two or three
more will atteml this afternoon. It is a lesson
that, by many ot them, we believe, will never
be forgotten. The poet’s eulogy, which closes
thus, sneaks but the Hue sentiment ot every
lover ol art:
“All were hut part, ol one stupendous whole,
Whose bodies look lik« nature with a •out.”
“Thedisplay of life and magnificence over
this large canvass reminds us readily ol the
truth ot such language. The characters seem
tn be no mock reality—they are true to nature.
II the lame, blind, crazy, sick, palsied, or ricke
ty, were in living reality before us, they could
present no stronger impression upon themindsof
visitors.”
Highly Important—Negotiations forl’eacc.
We copy the following from the Journal ol
Commerce, ot Wednesday, which seems to in
c.icate a reasonable prospect of speedy peace:
United States and Mexico.—We have
seen parts of a correspondence which has re
cently taken place between an Agent of the
Mexican government in this country and Mr.
Buchanan, Secretary of State, and also between
the same Agent and the Mexican government.
The object ot the Agent, it seems, is in his own
language, “to cause one Republic to give way
to the other, and to establish a friendly under
standing in both on mutual concession.” The
following is an extract from one of his commu
nications to Mr. Buchanan:
* * * * “The question is now intricate;
it is, however, to be met —and settled. The
sooner the better.”
* * » “The Mexican Junta: it is not im
probable, indeed, but that you may receive a
proposition. ♦ • “In August and September
I had the honor to urge in strong language, the
entertaining your overture fbr negotiating a
peace on terms on which Hie two governments
may reasonably agree to, witli honor to both.
An honorable peace [tor Mexico] you are pledg
ed to assent to, by the tenor of your late de
spatch to the Mexican Minister of Foreign Re
lations.”
* * * “My letters urging the entertaining
your overture, must have arrived at the Mexi
can capital subsequently lo the reception ol it
by lhe Mexican government: 1 think you have
failed to view, in a Hue light, lhe reply sent.
That which you regard as a ‘rebuff’ from the
rulers of Mexico, appears to me lo have been the
surest, best and only method to give their senti
ments the only cllicicm value. It might liave
I seemed presumption lor rulers to attempt ac
tion if unsupported by, or not based upon the
suffrages of a free people. The heads ot the
Mexican nation, desirous to regenerate the Re
public, commenced by acknowledging thu peo
pie lhe rulers ot Mexico. The Peace, when
established, will thus be based upon the wishes
and will ol the people, and will be more satis
factory to you, and to them, on that account.
“National honor is believed to be the war
force ot Mexico. If the war force of your gov
ernment is not inimical to that, aud you will
frankly declare it, your government need fear
no‘rebuff' from the government and people
whose cause 1 have the peculiar honor and
ambition to continue to advocate.
"I send to yo r reason to believe pacific senti
ments of an honorable naiureexist in the minds
of the Rulers of Mexico. ♦ * * *
“Your kind and conciliatory communication,
I send to the Mexican Government, with a copy
of my letter to which it is a reply, and copy of let
ler I now finish, with assurances of your hav
ing my most respectful consideration.”
The foregoing tetter was answered by the
Secretary of State, in language nationally dig
nified, and highly creditable to his individual
feelings as a man, patriot and gentleman. 'l'he
Agent ol Mexico, we are toll, expects it will
fiavea beneficial influence upon the councils ol
the Junta and Government in lhe Mexican cap
ital, and expedite the transmission ot peaceful
sentiments to the Cabinet at Washington. Mr.
Buchat an’s reply runs thus:
“My letter ot the 2‘Jlh instant does no more
than truly express the sentiments ot ibis Go
vernment.
“ You mention articles lor a treaty, some of
which the two republics might reasonably agree
io with honor to both. Entirely ignorant of
what those articles contain, 1 can oi course ex
press no opinion on the subject.
“ I am pleased that you consider my commu
nication to you kind and conciliatory. It was
ceitairdy so intended. Personally, 1 have al
ways sincerely regretted the existence of the
war; and now do still more, because I cherish
the hope, that, under the Federal System, should
it be honestly maintained, Mexico may recover
from al! her misfortune*, and her people may
become prosperous and happy, it is one ol
the most unnatural events in history, that the
two Republics which might do each other so
much good in peace, should l»e engaged in war.
Still, in opposition to your opinion, 1 must con
tinue tn believe that this war was forced upon
the United States,and I know that we engaged
in it most reluctantly.
“For the character of Mexico throushout the
world, this war has had one good effect.—
No person ran hereafter doubt the valor of her
troops. In every engagement they have proved
themselves to be men.”
ACuußAtiEm s WoM\N. — Mr*. Harriet Hoyt,
wife of private Jame* Hoyt, ol Capt. Washing
ton's Company, left Carlisle about the middle
<.f Almost last, (taking with her a child about
two years of age,) wi'h the intention ofjoining
her husband, who had inarched to'J>xas with
his company. She arrived in safety allien.
Wool’s ••amp, on the 231 September, though
pa it <'l her route wa-. infested by hordes of hos
tile savages.
OITICIAL DESPATCHES.-Cuntinueo.
General Twigg’s Report.
llKAmxi'AKTKits Ist Division, i
Ahmy of Occupation, Ca>np hear Montcrey t >
Mexico, Sept. 29, 1846. )
Sirs Frrthe inf rmaiionot the Major Gen
eral Commanding Hie Army oi Occupation I
have the honor to make the following teport
olthe operations ot the division of the army
under my command against the enemy in posi
tion al Monterey. On the morning olthe 21st
instant my division advanced towards the city.
Lieut. Col. Gatland’s brigade,composed of the
bland 4th regiments ot tegular infantry and
Captain B. Bragg’s horse artillery, Lieut. Col.
11. Wilson’s brigade composed of the Ist regi
ment ot regular infantry and the Washington
and Baltimore balallieltot volunteers, were or
dered to the east and lower end of the city to
make a diversion in favorot Brevet Brig. Gen.
W.J. Worth’s division, which was operating
against lite nest and upper part ot the city,
it being deemed practicable, an assult was or
dered against two ot the enemy’s advanced
works. The regular force ot my division was
thrown to the right of the two works, with orders
to lake possession ot some houses in the city
on the right and tear ot the enemy's advanced
position, with a view of annoying him in flank
and rear. The "Washington and Baltimore
Baualijn” was ordered on the road leadingdi
rectly to the works. Under a most galling amt
destrm live tire from three batteries in from and
one on the right, as well as from that of small
arms from all the adjacent houses and stone
walls, my division advanced as rapidly as the
ground and the stern opposition ol the enemy
would admit ..of. The Ist, 3d, and 4th
regiments ol infantry gained the position to
which they were ordered, and annoyed the ene
my in flank and rear, until he was obliged to
evacuate his two advanced works, which were
hotly pressed by Gen. Butler’sdivision ot vol
unteers, and the Washington and Baltimore
battalion, under command ot Lieut. Col. Wat
son.
The 31 and 4th advanced still further into
the city, but, finding the streets strongly barricad
ed by heavy masses of masonry, behind which
batteries were placed, and the houses filled with
light troops, were obliged to retire to the works
first taken by the volunteers. The position ot
the enemy’s batteries, and the arrangements
iris defences, in every street and corner, ren
dered it necessary lor the regular troops who
advanced into the city to be separated, each
company being led by its captain or immediate
commander,and for the time acting indepen
dently. Altera mast manly struggle of some
six hours my men succeeded, after various re
pulses, in driving the enemy Horn each and
every of his positions in the suburbs. The 3d
infantry, commanded by Major W. W. Lear,
and part ot the 4th, all under the command oi
Lieutenant Colonel J. Garland, led oft towards
the righ', and in the direction of one of the ene
my’s strongest works io Irontota bridge in the
city. Captain fl. Bragg’s battery accompanied
the commard, under a destructive fire, which
killed and disabled several ot his men and
horses, until directed to retire beyond the range
ot small arms, tn this desperate struggle the
3d infantry had Captain L. N. Morris and G.
P. Field, Brevet Major I’. N. Barbour, First
Lieutenant and Adjutant D. S. Irvin, and Se
cond Lieutenant It. Hazlitt, killed, together
with several non-commissioned officers and
men, and its commanding officer, Major W.
W. Lear,and Captain 14. Bainridge, wounded,
the lormerdangerously, and the latter slightly;
and the 4lh lost its adju’ant, Lieut. C. Hoskins,
and Brevet First Lieutenant Woods, of the
2d infantry, serving with the 4th. The number
killed and wounded amongst the officers shows
witli what praiseworthy heroism each regiment
and company was led against the entrenched
enemy. The Ist infantry, commanded by
Brevet Major J. J. Abelcrombie, passing tuo
of the enemy’s advanced works, succeeded in
gaining possession of some houses on the left
of the position ot the 3d and 4th. Captains E.
Backus and J. M. Scott, ol the Ist, with their
companies, took an advantageous position in
the rear of the works referred to, and, by firing
into gorges, assisted ihe volunteer force very
materially in driving the enemy from them.—
Captain J. 11. Lnmntte, ol the Ist, with his com
pany, was doing valuable service al this time,
when he received two wounds, and was obliged
to retire. The killed and wounded in these
three companies in this operation numbers thir
ty-six. Lieut. It. Dilworth, ol Capt. J. H.
Lamotte’s company, was mortally wounded by
a twelve-pounder beloreentering the town. The
remainder olCiplain J. 11. Lamotte’scompany
being now without an officer, was incorporated
with others ot the regiment. Captain A.S.
Miller’s company Ist infantry was actively em
ployed in driving the enemy from his hedges
and stone fences near the advanced work, and
having succeeded,with considerable loss, took
command of what remained ol companies C,
E, G, and K, Ist infantry accompanied by
Lieut. S. Hamilton, acting adjutant, Brevet Ma
jor.l. J. Abercrombie, commanding the tegi
ment, having been wounded, and Lieut. J. C.
Terrelt, his adjutant, and moved to repel a
threatened attack on Capt. B. Bragg’s battery
by a body ol lancers; alter which his command
joined Gen. Hamer’s brigade, operating in Ihe
suburbs, and ihereTemained till the close cf Ihe
day. The Baltimore and Washington battal
ion, commanded by the gallant Lieut. Col. Wjxu-
IL Watson, who was killed whilst advancing
under a heavy fire into thecity, served in co-ope
ration with the regular infantry. After theircom
mander fell the companies were detached, and
did good service till the close of the day.
The number of killed and wounded in this
assault shows with what obstinacy each posi
tion was defended by the enemy, as well as the
gallantry and good conduct displayed by cur
officers and men.
Capt. B. Bragg’s company having suffered
severely, after advancing some distance into
the city, was obliged to withdraw to a point
out of range ol the enemy’s small arms. Capt.
R. Ridgely, with one section of his battery,ani
noyed the enemys advanced works fbrsome time
in the commencement of the assault, but was
obliged to tetire out of range of I heir batteries
that were playing on him. Having used a
twelve-pounder taken from the first work against
the enemy till the ammunition gaveout, he was
sent with one section of his own battery still
further in advance; but, being unable to ac
complish.'inuch age:”st thejenemys heavy breast
works, returned to . 1 -i occupied with his bat
tery the first work taken from the enemy. Cap
tains R. Ridgely and B. Btagg, and their sub-
alterms. W. H. Shover, G. H. Thomas, J. F.
Reynolds, C. L. Kilburn, and S. G. French,
deserve the highest praise lor their skill and
good conduct under the heaviest lire of the ene
my, which, when an opportunity offered, was
concentrated on them. In the advanced works
relerred to were taken four officers and sixteen
men, prisoners of war, together with five pieces
<d ordnance, sonic ammunition, and small arms.
Having thrown up some slight breastworks, the
Ist, 3d, and 4th infantry, and Capt. R. Ridgely’s
battery, occupied this position until the morn
ing ol the 22 t.
Owing lo the position ol the enemy and
the nature of the ground, the two squadrons ol
3d dragoons, commanded by Lieut. Co). C. A.
May, were not brought into action. They
were, however, actively and usefully employed
in collecting and conveying lhe wounded to our
camp. On the 23d the advance into the city
was resuißed, lhe infantry, working their way
from house to house, supported by Captains It.
Ridgely’s and B. Bragg’s batteries, driving the
enemy before them. When night closed our
operations on the 23d, our men had advanced
lo within two squaresol the centre of the city.
A cessation of hostilities on the morning ot
the 24th stopped our further progress, and gave
us time to collect the wounded and bury the
dead. The operating strength ol my command
on the morning of the 21st was sixty-three offi
cers ami ten hundred and twenty-two men, and
out of that number were killed and wounded
fifteen officersand one hundred and sixty four
men. I enclose herewith a tabular statement ot
lhe killed, wounded and missing. Ol lhe field
officers, I take pleasure in noticing the conduct
ofthe late and lamented Col. W. 11. Watson,
ol lire Washington and Baltimore battalion ol
volunteers, who tell at the head ol his com
mand, whilst gallantly leading it against lhe
enemy’s works, as also that ot Major W. W.
Lear, who was dangerously wounded in the
same assault, for which good service 1 present
his name for praise and promotion. Lieute
nants G. W. F. Wood, Ist infantry, and W. T.
H. Brooks, 3d infantry, were actively and use
ully employed as acting assistant adjutant
generals, lhe former to Lieut. Col. H. Wilson,
4th Brigade, and the latter lo Lieut. Col. J.
Garland ot the 3d Brigade. They were both dis
mounted by lhe enemy’s artillery.
My staff officers, Lieut. D. C. Buell, 3d in
fantry, acting Assistant Adjutant General, and
Lieut. I’. W. McDonald, 2d dragoons, Aid-de-
Canrp, rendered me valuable and meritorious
services, in exposed positions, during the lime
my division was engaged with the enemy.
1 am, sir, very respectfully, vour obedient
servant, D. E. TWIGGS,
Brig. Gen. U. S A , com. Ist Division.
Major W W. S. Bliss,
Asst. Adj’t. Gen. Army of Occupation.
Note.—Alter Major W. W. Lear and Capt.
11. Bainbridge left the 3J infantry wounded,
that regiment was led and commanded by Capt.
W. S. Henry, 3d Infantry, until the close oi ih«
day.
(Jen. Wortirs Report.
IfKADuVARTBKS ?• I»IVI>ION ARM Y OF OCCUPATION,
Monteiiy, Alc.rico, pt ember
Sir : J have the honor t ) report that, in obe
dience to the verbal ordersol the General-in-
Chief, the division under my command, com
posed of Lieutenant Colonel Duncan’s battery
of horse artillery, artillery battalion, (Lieuten
ant Colonel Childs,) and eighth regiment,
(Captain Sciiven,)ccnsliiuiing ihcfirst brigade,
under Lieutenant Colonel Staniford; Lieuten
ant Mackall’-, battery horse artillery, fifth infan
try, (Major Scott,) seventh, (Captain Miles,)
ami one company Louisiana volunteers, (Cap
tain Blanchard, second brigade, tinder Brigadier
Genet al Persilor F. Smith, (colonel ol rifles,)
and Colonel Hay’s regiment ot Texan mounted
riflemen, moved from the main camp at Fl
Bosque de SI. Domingo at 2 I*. M. on the 20th.
My instructions were, bya</f/cwr to the right,
to endeavor to find and reach the Saltillo road,
eflect a thorough reconnoisanceof the approach
es to the city from that direction, to cut oft ‘Up
pliesand reinlorcements, and, if practicable, car
ry the heights.