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THURSDAY MOItXING, JAVY.7. ISjr.,
The Cou-ititutlonnliffl-—-Prorerdin in
New Mexico.
We have no desire to provoke controversy
with the Constitutionalist, (or any other
but we cannot pass by an article which appeared
in that print on Wednesday last.
It is there charged that the Whig papers, since
the disavowal of some of the acts of Gen. Kkvk
nkv and Commodore Stockton by Mr. Polk.
have ceased their invectives against time acts
—that finding them to Ik* the acts of those com
manders and not the results from
the President, they are disposed to pass them
ill silence.
Such is not, however, the fact. Os course, the
same necessity for censure would not exist, if
they are disavowed by the President, were not
done by his instructions, and proper steps are
taken to rectify their errors.
We were surprised to find the following in
the article of the Constitutionalist of which we
are treating:
“ It is n»»t that we seek to defend thee«odiirfwf>H'w*»
officers, or to deprecate ren*-"’- »ba« they, and more
especially CormmsJme Stockton, have transcended
their instructions is undeniable. We do not think,
therefore, that their conduct should be pissed .«ver in
silence. For the sake of proper discipline, some no
tice should he taken— some reprimand bestowed upon
their acts. Hut we see no enormous wrong committed
£ by either.
Some weeks since we had a controversy
with that { ap r about these very acts and doings
Yuxi:t. Alluding to nil article of
chronicle &• Sentinel, the Constitutionalist
of the 10th of October said :
“Yesterday appeared one condemnatory of Gen.
Kearney, who, fhr.«>->th has committed the grave o!-
fonce of conquering all I'aliforuia, and nnn.-xing it t.<
the United States. It seems our arms have b«en to •
•uccessful to suit the taste — the conservative taste, of
ihe Chronicle.**
Again, the same paper said, October 25:
44 And in the whole history of war, we are vet to
learn w hen the right of the conqueror totlie soTereien
ty of the conquered State tnd in a word the right to
do alt that lien. Kaaru.*\ did, tras crcr disputed
until the memorable and blesse«l era of 1' 16, in the
good town of Augusta, by the “new lights” of in
ternational law— die Chronicle & Sentinel.”
We nr»* glad to find that our neighbor has
changed his sentiments in some respect* upon
these important matters. \\ e were not alto
gether wrong alter nil.
We shall not say, however, that these “ new
lights” of the Constitutionalist have been ob
tained since the inmate ol*the White House at
Washington has spoken. The Constitutional
ist say*: —
“We hojx* tint wliiu tin- provisional m ilitarv gov
ernment there shall cc.ve, his suggestions may not bo
altogether thrown away.”
He is alluding to the suggestions of Coinuio
dore Stotutos. Now, the Constitutionalist
knows that the governments which have been
established in New Mexico an«l California arc
•cm/ governments. Why. then, term them mili
tary? We know that many Democrats feel
satistie*! that the present forms of Government
•ho:ild not have been established. Indeed, the
President disavow* some of the acts which have
been done by our military commander* in those
•ectians.
But does not the Constitutionalist know that
they .wore instnteteui to establish cirii govern
meats ?
Why does no; the President, who seems to
be afraid of hi* own shadow, well he may
be,) tcllth''* country what herfoe.* approve and
what ho doc* *.* approve.
It}**?: stall won lei ml .that, when Mr Poi.u
ahifU and dodge* about so much, some of his
frieuds. who may try to follow hisgyral move
ment* are caught in the mazes of change and
contradiction.'
Ktoqurut Tribute.
Although our report of tlie proceedings of
the Senate contained a brief sketch of the re
mark* of Senator 1! vnn »»;x\ oil the melancholy
occasion of the death of Mr. Barrow —the en
tire speech is such an eloquent tribute to the
raanlT virtue# of the deceased, vve cannot fore
go the pleasure of la} mg it before our readers
I also desire, with a mournful heart, to add
niv feeble but sincere testimony to the exalted
worth, and noble, and manly, and generous spir
it which in life adorned, and now . as he lies cold
and shrouded, sanctity the memory of Alexan
der Borrow. Coma when it may. in our tuidst.
Mr. President, death never fails to make its im
prest upon those who survey it* work. riiere
are none so corole** —none so indifferent a> to
defy it* impression*, when even a casual ac
quaintance falls But the feeling of awe and
of gloom which pervade* this chamber to-day
is far bovoud the usual and ordinary feeling.
One qf ii s —one who bn* long occupied a high
place here, iu hs* country's highest place, has
keen midden!v and almost without warning
stricken dow n But a day or tw o since—to me
u ace ms but an hour —and he teas here, helov ed
and respected by all; m the pride of intellect
and n all ihr rovaltv of the most \ .gorous an i
athlct*< manhood Where, str. shall w e look to
lint! a more uiiqU . commanding, and symmetri
cal form * Where shaft we seek a nobler and
more majestic looking front * Where are vve
to seek and w oeve w tin ! a loftier nature, a >ou!
more elevated or a heart more kmd. more gene
rous ami mom' genii* * I know not one—not
one. Heaven hod b him w?h that li.gh
nature which knows no and scorn- all
unmanlyeoncealmen* He knew no art. d>-
jmuiulxwOU vvuil lb tek trx n of pm-ons, had ;;o
home m bis bosom. ln«H hi* ?•coring* here—
from the hour my eves first rrstr ♦ upon him—l
have known nothing of hi* but what U-eame.
proudiv became an \uier .'n Senator 1>:
gencrou*. uiaul' and high!* g’t.ed. d-■
charged h«- dune* here t- a proud
uve of a proud people And how beautifully
how happily were all th** elements of our na
ture commingled in hitn * H;* had “a heart
formed for prt%. and a hand open " day To uiel*-
tng chamv.” That heart— that heart is eoid.
and that hand iasO« and Barrow —Barrow, the
name so often uttered »n tin* chamber, an I
never but ui tunc* of kindness— Harrow. with
hi* cia»tK sup. with h»* joy oil* look, h.- noble
«. and it** wanning ' iHitcr—Bmon > t-»
with us here no more—-yon vacant chairtells the
stern feality —Harrow will be with us no more.
Strange and mysterious providence ! The most
robust of all our nulhber —he who. but a week
since stood here, fit model for an ancient hero
or demigod—he is tho first to be gathered to
dust. and .that too, before his noon of life was
reached, and long/ long, before die harvest to
our eyes seemed ready for the reaper. It was
my happy fortune to contract an acquaintance
with him shortly after I entered the Senate,
which gradually ripened into a most intimate
friendship, i knew him well—l knew him well
—I loved film dearly; and, Mr. President, I will
saj r that in private, as in his public life, I found
him ever distinguished by the same lofty char
acteristics, the same scrupulous regard fortiou
or and propriety, the same rare endowment of
common sense, the. same sound dis
criminating judgment, and a perception unusu
ally” singularly clear, quick and correct. The
deficit of the social circle-—Alexander Bar
row was master of all the social virtues. He
won all hearts that approached him as with a
spell. The last time that I saw him, Mr. Presi
dent, he came to vlsitTne in my sick room. It
was but a tew days since, not "ten ; we were
alone for some time; the conversation turned
upon home—upon our own homes—and we
spoke of distant and dearly loved friends; and
«ir, 1 shall never forget how his eyes lighted up
as he talked of hi slip preaching retirement from
public life, and dwelt upon his future career of
tranquil happiness, when, engaged only in do
mestic pursuits, he snbttTa be surrounded daily
and hourly by those endearments which he
fondly—hut alas! how vainly—fancied we/e
reserved for him through inauv, many long
ymt&s at hmne. He dwelt’-tiponliis
those who were there—of ini- flfnoy
his wile • lmas lltuve often li.-anl him
speak of her before; in those tender and re
- .gpeetful terms which tell that the love of the
heart borders on idolatry.
‘Hut al ts! nor wife nor children more shall he behold,
Nor friends, nor sacred home.”
I have come here to-day, Mr. President, all
unfit fur the duty, feeble and out of health—to
bear a passing slight, slight tribute to friendship
—to give a slight expres-ion of my feelings on
this mournful occasion. 1 come, prompted by
feelings of attachment and respect which 1
cherished for our deceased friend in life, and by
that melancholy regard with which l shall con
tinue to hold him in memory through life. I
could not forbear —f could not do less. 1 will
add the expression of the single hope that she
to whom I have alluded—the partner of his
bosom—when the lapse of time shall have re
lieved her overcharged heart of its heavy bur
den—that she may find a mournful consolation
in turning back to the proceedings which mark
ed his last hours; and after those hour* were
gone, the sombre scenes which filled up his little
abiding time above the ground. 1 trust, sir, that
when time, and years, and above all the sooth
ing voice of religion, shall have abated tin*
mighty burden of her grief, and she shall have
become calm ill her wo, she will find a relief, a
sad relief, in the thought that though it was de
nied her hand to smooth his dying pillow, to
bathe lib*'fevered brow, and to catch from his
pallid lips the last fond sigh, yet kind and devoted
friends, his best-loved associates and comrades
in this chamber, were there to watch, not with
her love—ah no! that could not he—but widi
the love and sorrow of brothers to watch over
the closing scene, and minister to his departing
struggles. And 1 trust, also, that she may find
something to break her grief in the thought that
at his obsequies, -trainers of whom sin* never
heard, were eager to pay just tribute to his ex
alted worth, and embalm with heartfelt homage
the memory of her husband.
From tin X. O. Picayune 31st ult.
From Tampico*
The I • tv revenue eutter l’wmg, ('apt.
Moore, arrived at the North East Pass on the
JHth iiist., in seven days from Tampico. The
I '.win# was detained at Tampico two da\ s in
anticipation of an attack upon the low n l»> the
Mcx-cans. Small parties of these had been seen
in the vicinity of the American lines on the Al
tamira road and excited apprehensions ofan at
tack, as has already been stated : hut the arrivals
from Brazos of one vessel after another with
troops dispelled all alarm, and when the Ewing
left, outlie 19th inst.. Col. Gates, the command
ant, considered his position comparatively se
cure.
We have no news of any general importance
from Tampico. On the 17th the steamer Vir
ginian arrived with 350 troops from Brazos
Santiago; and on the following day the I'. S.
steamer Cincinnati arrived with two or three
companies of volunteers. Brig. Gen. Shields
and his stall’were passengers on the Cincinnati,
as was also Mr. Lnmsden. one of the editors of
tlii* paper, lo coming out of the river the
Ewing met a brig with 200 troops on hoard,
also from Brazos for Tampico. She left at
Tauipieo the I’ S. steamer Spitfire. Coin’r.
Tattnall; the U. S. schooner Reefer and
Xonata, and some twenty merchant vessel-.
An English mail steamer was at anchor otTthe
bar. ami the British sloop of war Alarm.
The Ewing got around in a fog below the
head of the North East Pass, and Lieut. Chad
dock came up to town yesterday, procured a
towboat, aud went down again at once, to tow
otf the cutter and bring her up to town- The
object of her presen* voyage, w e uti Jcrstand lo
be, to take oubourdthe new battery ordered for
her. which consist of two 32-pounders and one
long IS-pounders.
Prom litc X O. Picayune of th‘ Ist inst.
Five Days Later*
The brigs Milluiidou. ("apt. Welsh, and C.
11. Rogers. Capt. Wilson, arrived yesterday
from Tampico, both having sailed on the 2-»th
December, five da\ s later than our previons ad
vices.
Everything was perfectly quiet at Tampico
on the 25th ult. No Mexican troops had been
seen in the vicinity for eight days, an ! ail felt
perfectly secure from an attack from the enemy.
The whole number of troops at Tampico on
like 25th December was ISO;), and we hear of
no sickness among them. The remainder of
ihe Mahauia regiment had arrived from Brazos
Santiago, on the brig Hallow ed.
It is reported that the f. S. steamer Virginia
had sailed for Brazos Sant.ago w tfti one com
pany of the f S. Vrtillery and the guns be
longing to it. If this be true we do not under
stand the movement.
The brig Empressarie. ('apt. Collins, was to
sail for this port on the 2»»th December.
We have been fivored by a commercial house
of this city with the follow,ng interesting ex
tract of a tetter received by the Ewing. It con
tains the first infiui ition w e h ive seen of the ac
tion of the Mexican Congress, which justifies
:he anticipation* of San a Ann i. expressed in
his late letter to Gen. Ta, lor :
Tvmpico. Dee. 17. 7 A M
l was interrupted at 3 A. M. yesterday, from
closing this letter, by a rail to arms. I obeyed
it immediately of course. After hi\ mg organi
zed my company v No. 1 or A.' Iw as ordered
ro tlie arsenal, where I remained till late in the
I*. M The reports which occasioned this
alarm proved exaggerations, and we were dis
charged. holding ourselves ready for any future
emergency. When more at leisure I will tell
vou how galiau.ly our Yankee captains and
thtar men manifested the spir.t of the Revolu
tion.
Advices ro: of Vera Cruz were received
last evening of the ueikon of the Mexican Con
gress. They declare that they wvl not think
or treat of peace until every hostile foot his
cleared Mexican oil. aud every vessel that
lilies our coast i>» w ithdrawn. 1 consider the
war now commenced in real earnest, and l pro
i phecy that Tampico will become an American
1 town.
V(ii »sr!v>v. —When the new Tariff bill
was under discussion in Congress, its leading
champions. Air Lewis, of Alabama, and Mr
McKay, of \ f . urged, as one of the most
! important reasons in favor of tike substitution
I of the • ! valorem for the specific principle, that
‘ it would enable the Government to dismiss die
i large arttiv of weigher.-, gauger*, measurers.
I rt cetera. and t'u re by economize the
| enormous expenditures at the sevt-r:.; cu-t.'.m
--| house- lie estimated the saving, at the pert of
New York
Tike people are desirous of know ing whether
* these offices have been abolished, and their iu
-1 cmnbetits distniss.ed ' Wi promised, at the
| time, that we should lock to the result, for the
; purpe-e of 'ce.ag \\ h- r this promise of ** re
* rrenchment and reform” w ould be earned ou?
5 We have done so—and. although the new tana
■ law has been hi operation tour weeks, we -ec
; no m-iuMtioßs > tmen: l..se *h ‘
Z results vita nda
\ thi- s r»o: to be realized: for. uo; oifi> ha\r
Jthe.se now useless office- not been aboLshed.
1 but, if we wre n m - nfoi •
j Walker has issued a circular direr uug the col
lectors to make no change m :hi> re>pee:. W e
i call the attention of Mr McKay an i Senator
* lew :s to this -tare of thing—no: doubt ng that
* rhe\ w vH. <o far as ti»e> can. .it: pt to- ncce--a
--! ry steps to enforce thU reduenou of expend.-
t wr? . w hied: rt>n<:iiu:e«l on** of their leading *r-
I \V t . inl'frbalH from Raleigh ycstetdty*
J (says the \\ , ngtoit Chnui.cie of the tVr:;
:.ie ■ uuorts ng tbc tn«n of H tlmmg
j ion to raise two Uuu irc«i thousand !-'ikirsfor
; i.d :kg in the construet.oa of K. Road hence
!to coi.a :v, .:ii the SS>UUI i'-r ha.v Kxfi K
! - s -*N «Yud readuix m the >* *e
Prom the N. O. Evening Mercury.
The Ileroiuc at Tampico.
All recollect that, previous to ihc taking of
Tampico, Mrs. Chase, the wife of our Consul
at that place, sent to Com. Conner an exact
plan ol the entire town, harbor and forts of
Tampico, with information of the exact strength
of the place ; and that, on receiving the docu
ments of Mr.-. the Commodore immedi
ately set sail for Tampico, and took the place
without opposition, owing his success entirely
to the information sent him by that accomplish
ed and patriotic lady. We give below a letter,
for which we are indebted to the kindness of our
friend, Mr. B. M. Norman, to whom it was ad
dressed, written by Mrs. Chase herself, giving,
somewhat in detail, the taking of Tampico, and
the part she had in it. Much less praise, we
think, has been bestowed v on the nolfie conduct
of this courageous and patriotic lady'than shede
serves, and we trust that Our Government, in
consideration of the very' distinguished services
which she has rendered at the.peril of her life,
will unhesitatingly reward Jjer with enduring
honors.
We doubt whether there is a letter on record,
written by a female hand, breathing a purer
patriotism, a nobler ardor, a more courageous
Heart, than fhatof Mrs. Chase, which wt» give
below. *She is a noble e.vanyfjc among djur
countrywomen, rftid her name will descend,'on
the pages of our history, w inning the admiration
of future agefo,. We give the tettes.e-tth e. It he-*’
ing ftie most authentic account that can be fur
nished. She writes what ftfie saw and did.
••Tamfico, 14, 1840.'
il ZIy Esteemed Friend ‘ 11 i 1 * *
conic * 1 dream at lea.-!
-Xflllnh t!ie last month—so that I almost doubt
the evidence of my own senses, we having
at this moment Rome twenty sail of vessels in
the river Panuco—steamers passing and re
passing. the sight of which pays me. in part,
i'or my six monthsksoliiude and suffering. I
am not a believer in Purgatory , but I think 1
have passed through that ordeal by residing in
an enemy’s country alone, not only hostile in
feeling, but subtle and unprincipled.
“My dear friend, 1 scarcely know how to ap
ply to your friendly solicitude toward me and
mine especially . In beginning my imperfect
narrative, one great misfortune seems to ac- '
company ine—my pen can never keep pace
with my feelings. You will have been aware
of Mr. Gbase's expulsion, agreeably to the de
cree of the 12th of May last; and in compliance
with that act, lie had only twenty-four hours to
embark, or eight days to retire twenty league
into the interior, lie prudently chose the for
mer, and embarked forthwith on hoard the
Saint Mary’s, the blockading vessel off the Bar
of Tampico, leavin g some eighty thousand dol
lars iti his store, with no other protection than
such as I could afford, and two clerk*, one oi
whom was a Mexican—and. in accordance with
the true spirit of Mexican chivalry, commenced
robbing me. In fact, my annoyances were so
numerous that I cannot give you them in detail,
but merely sketch an outline, knowing the
sympathy you feel for my perilous position til
this new drama. In the next place, Inez de
Primera Instancia. by order of the Command
ing General, passed me a notice that my privi
leges ceased as the wife of the American Con
sul. and my store must be closed, 1 replied to
him in the most decisive manner, that 1 was not
only his wife, hut his constituted agent—in ad
dition to this I was a British subject, and. a>
such, neither the Judge nor the General could
deprive me of my natural rights, as tin* English
law admitted of no alienation—stating that any
infraction on its prerogative would he hastily
chastised bv’hat Government—and, in confir
mation of my assertion, referred the learned
Inez to the Law of Nations.
“Thus defeated and exasperated, I was not
allowed to send nn open noto to my husband,
then oIV the Bar. But, thank God, who •tem
pers the wind to the shorn lamb,* He directed
me, and I concerted a plan which again defeated
their hostile, purpose, and sent by stratagem
nine letters in eight weeks, anil through the
same means received replies. But those things
were daily making inroads upon my health and
inV spirits, which 1 most carefully concealed
from mv kind husband, knowing the intensity
of hi - feelings for his government, and particu
larly for my welfare.
“1 in flu* meantime drew a plan of the city
and river, and had it sent to Com. Conner aud
Capt McClanev, of the John Adam:, with a
correct description of all the forts, the number
of guns, a list of the troops and how they were
posted, and every political movement, so that
through Mr. Chase and his agent, they knew
every important movement in this section of
the country.
“They abused and insulted the American
name and nation to such an extent that it often
caused uie to retire and pray God for the day
of retribution. With the exception of my faith
ful Amelia, I had but little human sympathy, as
ill tin* English influence wits against our na
tional cause.
“1 am. perhaps, a little prosy, but I well knew
the sensitive heart to whom these lines are ad
dressed, and so continue. I daily watched, not
very christiau-hke. for the moment of retalia
tion. hoping to bejib’.e though alone in the com
bat, to ‘square accounts* with my fierce debt
ors. and. if possible, place myself and party on
the credit side of the entangled account.
••Santa Anna recommended to the Govcrn
mentof Mexico the confiscation of all American
property in order to carry on the war. and that
all Americans residing in this country should be
made prisoners of war. as a fatal stroke to those
usurping pirates—the gentle name generally ap
plied to them —and that thi-garrison should be
reinforced with some 3000 more troops. W hen
I read tins article in one of the flaming periodi
cals. it was rather grating to me in my isolated
condition. 1 determined, however, upon the
old Roman motto —
• Who would be tree, himself urns: strike the blow,'
or. in other words, my case was at best help
less, and now even desperate, and required a
desperate remedy
• Two spies came daily to my house, alway -
under the guise of friendship : and on one occa
sion. one of the wretches believing that 1 was
possessed of items concerning the American
movements. 1 represented to him that 30.000
troops were to jom G« n. T at Matatnoros,
50.000 more had been despatched to capture San
j Jil in, etc. an 1 closed " itii remarkingthfit 1 would
j be compelled to close my house within a day or
two. as a force 0i'25.000 to 30.000 troops was
| coming against this place—which bit of romance
1 frightened mv Amelia that she thought the
! General here wo lilt! cull me to account for it.
Next day l had a call from the captain of the
port, who wished to know the truth, and in
quired if .Mr. t'lM-e had written to me to that
effect; and soon after sonic other of the same
functionaries dt-covered in** to be an important
eh tractor in their daily rounds. In a conversa
-1 lion with the father-in-law of the General. I re
commended to him an early retreat, as the
! vvise-t course to be taken : and that same night.
a private post was despatched to San Luis IV
j upon the strength of the information so ro-
I eeive i. through me ; the town of Tampico was
! ordered to be vac ited on the appearance of this
| large force off the bar: scouts were sen! in
! every direction, to procure mules, etc., for the
! conveyance of property to the interior: and two
schooner loads w ere shipped to the city of
Ban ico : six hundred stand, ot'ai. w ere sunk,
| the cannon w ere removed from the I'ort. and
! the troops evacuated the place I then de
’ spatehod to Commodore Conner nn account of
I the -t ite of things, and ui triplicate to Havana.
| under different colors to my husband, urging
his return forthwith. These w ere sent by an
1 a cut. who supposi'tl them mere letter* roil*
I veyinga wish to my husband to meet me at
v\ ra Cruz, to accompany me to Havana. I
-pen! a restless night and morning, but ;t has
j ceruUily brought t- reward M v letter to the
j Commodore was dated October 23d: he re
; eeived it October 27th. and immediately called
; a meeting of his senior officers and laid my de
-1 snatch before them. It had due weight Pro
: visions were brought from Point Isabel and dis
tributed amongst the squadron, and on the 12th
November they left 14a Verde, and on the
morning of the 11th hove in sight, twelve sad.
off the bay of Tampico. I was so confident of
; the coming of the squadron, that in -anticipation
of their coining. I had a Hag-staff made one
’ week previous, and had. it erected upon the
> housetop, in order to raise the first American
! flag hoisted as a right over Tampico. On my
, first sight of the fleet my nont-ap feeling gave
j way. and 1 wept as a child for . seeing that
God brought
and iu u:r •dp.itu-n of >ooxx seeing the object of
uiv affection, and also in gratitude to Him who
t is tuightv to save, and that my feeble effort? had
w rought >o strangely iu our national welfare.—
II i l n ist - nd say 1
describe my feelings at that time. Eor/nde
: seemed to give wav : and in the midst ofth:*
emotion. 1 again saw the squadron nearing ro
- • •
• caic passage.* and m«* bread pennant flying st
tw o most he ads—ft .* blue and red. My faithful
V and . >h* run To Mr Chase’s office.
mi,: In ide offered a nrarex. then pulled the
• - _ ri • • -■ I
carried : up and tied ' on the line with mv ow u
|>*n {< m:n, Arne i. myself and 'l r l kr—
ho -ed it. mv If giving tiie first pull. Thus
vte d, g» i the whole of Tanifu.o l s,*r:!
for son A- •* • -
•In th :nv minutes uie Av uutemente called
I :1 mI i ordered me !.-• ha:f. :: f.o-vn I
! replied tn .: was ra s-ni a r.gh: of protect., n
* Tht' -a d l had uo such rqjbt l nMoincd that
AUGUSTA, (i A.. VVRDy ES B ? I j JANUARY 1847...
I -- - - mi min him ■! ■
it was a matter of opinion in wiiich we could
not agree. They said it was n burlesque upon
their nation —a lady taking the city—and what
would the Supreme Government of Mexico
say/ I replied very laconically, 4 Quein salt?'
and offered them wine under the hew banner.
They threatened the house. I ran to its top, and
asked Mr. Udel if he would stand by me. He
replied/ Yes.’ ‘Then,’ said 1, “the flag must re
main, oral! of us be sent over the housetop,as
I shall never pull it down nor suffer anv Mexi
can to sully it by his touch/ 1 had been robbed,
my store entered and pillaged of more than two
thousand dollars in the dead of night; and when
the regiment from Puebla entered this city, they
entered my store and carried off goods, and I
had no redress, and still less sympathy; and
though alone the God of the Just was my cap
tain general, and I had nothing to fear from ail*
Mexico. And now the hour of my redemption
was at hand. I expected they would eitherfire
upon or storm the house. I rested* with inv
right arm round the flag-staff, the banner waving
in majestical beauty, and the squndrdhftnefiriug,
the city, where they-saw the flag. It wfs liip*
lightning to pilgrims to kpou from whence it
came, but sdtm the officers saw two female
* oEjp» standingly it, and gave three eheers in
city,’ and then came so irty house,
wmclfnrul been now nearly six’montlw as if
proscribed for some crime or plague, and my
fault was that of being the wife of an American.
..,C4?crry;and the naupietpai authorities came
to mvnou*»e oii arr!vuftSnd also Com. Cornier.-
.Vlv despatches have be£n-*^ totate lie
p.fvi j— of tnalißs from the
-frnlTers commanding, who have changed the
name of Fort Libertad to Fort Ann. in compli
ment to ine. They arrived on the 10th. Forty
eight hours after came Mr. Chase, crowning all
unhappiness.
*' Yon uo doubt have heard pa.t of mv story
previous to this reaching you. knowing the fn
erest you feel; and this unlimited friendship
evinced by you. I thus have taken the liberty to
give as far as practicable in detail, and have ex
tended mv account far beyond my intention,
and attlie same time trusting that you give at
least a reading to this imperfect scroll, and may
ncAcr feel the pangs pf pn*f!tal hffliction, as frit
by me.
“You very kindly inquire if the existing war
li;y injured us in a pecuniary point? It has
very materially, but that has not in the least al
lowed uiy spirits trt flag. My trust is in Him
who can withhold and bestow. We have suf
fered in mind, in person, and pocket, but with
eclings of interest toward our beloved coun
try and duty to the caiwe, and like the widow 1
was willing to contribute "my mite for the honor
of the country he had so long represented, and
as a dutifulwife to follow him in weal or woe.
according tuthe pressure of misfortune, and in
impending danger, even the break wastes nfad
versity should not chill my ardor in follow- •
iug his advice and his cause, and trust to
God.
“ We w ill lose nearly one half of our stock of
goods. No doubt the United States Govern-!
nient will indemnify Mr. Chase at a future !
day.
“Our house will be turned into a garrison, !
and thr.*e gold pieces will be placed upon it.— :
1 am willing to stand by my husband at a gun
until we both die or are victorious.’’
* Mrs. C.hs a daughter of the Emerald Isl»\
Prom Pic I ’urt Gaines (Ga:) Volunteer, 2d inst.
Georgia Itegiment.
The following list, for which wo are indebted to the j
courtesy of our esteemed friend, Albert L. Ross, of i
Company G, comprises the commissioned officers of!
the Georgia Regiment of Volunteers ; also, the dis- ;
charged, dead, and deserters, up to December Ist. Its j
correctness may be relied on :
OFFICERS.—<’ APTAINS.
Company Company
\. Janie? S. Calhoun, G. Jos. A. S. Turner,
B. Bailie W. Dill, 11. Allison Nelson,
C. * Isaac Holmes, I. J Sargeant Harrison,
D. John 17. Davis, K. Kennedy Gramlin, re-
E. John Jones, signed, ami Birdsnb-
F. John McMahon, stunted.
FIRST LIEFTEN A NTS.
Company Company
\. Edwin R. Colliding, F. George Corletts,
B. Jihn Phinizy, <*. Owen C. Home,
C. Elisha L. Shelton, 11. 11. James Dobbs,
D. John Forsyth, I. Geo. B. Alexander,
E. Robert G. Mitchell, K. Allen Keith.
SECO N D LI El TF X A N TS.
I Company
A. H. *'■. Anderson, F. David O'Connor,
B. A H. Me Laws, G. John E. F. Cottle,
C. Edimmd S. Rogers, H. Win. J. Manahan,
D. Charles l*. IL-rvev, I. Ilenrv B. Holliday,
E. Jos. S. Di inukee’ K. Wm.’ F. Mullins.’
BIU'VET SECOND LIEUTENANTS.
Com]>an( omp.in v
V. James Kellogg, F. John Dev any,
B. William fthdbps, G. John A. Hunter,
C. Wm. D. Gritlin, H. Jos. II Winter*!,
I>. Roswell Ellis, K. Zun La whom.
E. Absalom Sauls,
RESIGNED.
Roht. G. Mitchell, Ist 1,:. • Kenneds* Gramlin, Cap*.
DISCHARGED.
Michael Cary, Th<»mar. Burke,
Jas. M. Stonaker, San lord Mooi*.
Wm. Wockls, Chri.-topher Salvo,
Junes Fleeting, Charles Farelly,
N. li. Peahtnlv, E. W. Irwin,
L. T. Be Ik, * Beuj. Rodebuck,
t.'iirmiehael, E. L. Smith,
S C. McDonald, Michael Downy,
J. T. Crawford, David Linch. '
A. Hainmerslv, Daniel Toals,
B. Ross, , orp. Wm. D. Ne d,
Wm. Oat.-, John M :Guffv,
Thonns.lWlon, Joseph Crepi^.
<; r. Lemon, D. 11. Nix.
\V J G iew, 1.. Prr .l-,
.1 II Folds, S. n. Sp r, T .
W . M. James, Fslwin llsrrts.
T. E. Brook ine, David A. lii! ; n,
J.C, Cole, A. T Franklin.
\ F. Boraes. I'. D. Wo.kl,
Beni Hnffard, 11. D. McUchee,
Kvnn, W. IV MeUeh-e,
Fa’.rick i'odv, Hnph Peese,
Dennis Deiumnd, Beni. Cirnves,
\V, V) Gray, '' . P. Martin,
J. B Wells, James i.'amaek,
J H. Flam. John Campliell,
Sam ie! \\ il .a, 1 M ont« n,
V ,en Pi I lv, Michael Ralst m,
Jain MeDmiaM. Ayers B! ike,
s \v . Freeman. Jessie U. Berk,
K Latimer. John llall,
Bern Sh.:n, llarvevß.ee,
Is an Jordan. John Wa-.-ner,
D. A. Winn, Flnerl Pn -I .
'•1 M. C. Parnell, John D. Rv.au,
s ; anon S. Rice, ' »a tail ■ ise,
A J Goes-. W. Hardin.
J J. Bennett. Sam.iel Smith.
M F. N -land, J. W. Ho.mh ,k.
G. \V Hushes, John 11 Wil ls,
BA 11 i.vov. Will,am Wynn,
J W 11 rrv, B irrell 1
A. B. Seals, G. W. Keith.
J 1 Cuaninsha.n, Alfred Cook,
Wm. 1 . Saxtuer. John O. H esnn,
John Law, Sam'l L. White.
J. \\ P rk. H J Gall,
J C Hitch . Joah'.i-i Hughes,
J>mo« 1. n:h, Giron B Brooks,
\\ i. Hallo Rughß. G
Wm. Johnson, W 11. Pope.
DEAD. '
J.vnrs R. Hanson, Thomas J. McCrary,
I*. F. Farror. Efhridrcd A Dye,
J i o. M N Jam** A. Green.
W |». Cii.ir. :'er, W. J. Ilarri??.
N - l l N S V ;m. r,
Wm E HAM, IL F. C.trpcu’er.
W. B F 1' ke
I h Jacks N s Hun
W .1 « Alfred Gudin?,
w F. p Wm. Elkins,
\ M B■» i. J J B-l;her,
- R W JOS W.vk
K I'*.-:
« etvL. Brown T Jenugnn.
David R Roso, Henry White,
Ilenrv J Pi i ; V r- B
JVtn Tamer. - J Co k.
O- s>m Brewer. J in \ Burges.
B. K J, ties. James Za. harv,
.1 c Pn r, W G,,.,150, u
\ \\ H.-ris Henderson -
Ren D n Wdharn V Porter,
- \\ R.ee. J nn R. 'I re.
Jess. M darn, Thaaaan R. W.:*?n,
SMflvd Loren, James L ’
John B Ltw*«a, William Hoff.
Whalen, J-'«fse Divui.
\X Xf Wright. H msen Pnhtt.ir.
J,„ i W k 1. rh-jiuis J. Bov 1.
IwvSca-i. A W. Bovd.
Prror, A. J l. ,
J J. Fhoropkin* W H. M.Cutrhlm,
"anael llswkmf. l em'l P. M Ar:hv.
\\ H.T W Ro a .
Jsim Tav’or.
DESERTED
M A-
Frii..•> ti r.- i . J him k^jrm.
Js-h:» H Psv,?. Mi.-iuei Ho*r,
J C Povts, I K - •
- . i ~ • George P«
p 1 H George M. W
J%hn K es. Cairi* H::rw
! James Watson. Jamea f ir-.,
| Jam-'s Wel.r . Jam - P«u
\vrci*oF otf Gr.oßc.r rnr —The
! Lord Mayor es Loudon had be*n very een ice- ■
nt. i
* •• W’tiil should vou i-ke in have • *xid th*
minister :o h- I, rd-iirto
A red Eton and a stir would make a rrv a
j r*mre in the city.” replied iie M tyor “ l want
■ ■
T - - -
■ red i sure t I woi
1 . Kc -ht <-»f Ui-. Bath; ui w h*n the King teas
1 * r”o : . ' the request. ‘ No. -yv* b»* nrrr?-
i - V :
I tr.:? a but if he w*U accept of an Irish
* Put rage v' • w L. aiakc hun a Lord
FRIDAY MOKr.
• tmimats of .
S.tmi: of the De&ffc
nt;. to r
it min i. that the W. S»'Hy yf
..vtcnouiiv,! tlio'Dian
,--r in which the w.t’r ™
almnt. What wot, /
do' Hot,, not the Df
ov.-rv means in their-ro-f^
.. ~ u/ —that H was
that tin* wir wak. pnf„ fTiffiL *
foreeil upon this cowr V:» ' -°f
■unmon o, the nsAV ? Poi.k did
not usurp the
ilonehis dtity aOirao'h^
'riotic i’fesident—tha'' .• y
tion, and even the -ra, dU • * yr
the lx,id, lirillian^ain^
In,' played in the RjSto
have they no|. iacCw ' , f 'fff
these absurdities ■
0(1 and refmedUieial And vet for this, they
are call Jf'fft-ttiors, and denoanned a* Federalist.s.
The popularity of the Aliuinistration is pro
claimed in the face of the pile disastrous defeat
of its friends; and tin? war*iu its origin and pro
gress, is declared to be snsfuned by an enthusi
asm almost unparalleled U the history of hu
man events. VvTc* do inoi heartily desire to
see the country sustained! now that it is in
volved in a disa-troJis anj unnecessary war
Where, 'when,-and in whit respect, have the
Whigs failed to render all Necessary assistance ?
They have swollen the ranle of the Army upon
the soil or the enemy, aud hey have voted all
the supplies W hich have hem called for of non
or money, to give to the »vrar the most vigorous
prosecution.’
One would have supposed tliat after all the
clamour Avhich has been go-ten up agaiist tlie
Whigs, that tlic Democrats in Congres> would
have sustained a measure proposed aui recom
mended by their own Fresilent and Secretary
of State, for raising funds to keep tJu army in
the field. Tho recommendation to t»x Tea and
Coffee was made .'U the coninencenent of the
session more than a month a to, and Mr. \\ ai.k
i:r. becoming wearied with wuifing for a re
sponse, at last addressed a stutng and admonito
ry letter on the subject to the Chairman oi’ the
Committee of Wavs and Minns, in that brief
letter, as our readers recolect, lie informed
Congress, that unless the dtries upon Tea and
Coffee were laid, it would “ »robably be triiolly
impracticable to negotiate the Uan on such
terms as would he penmtud by Congress.’*
line was a fearful, coaxing, and in one. sense
threatening appeal to the Democrats to do their
duty in the premises. Action was had upon
the subject, and lo !by a vote of lib to that
body refused to agree to Mr. Folk’s and Mr.
Wal kkr-s recommendation, This shows, as ,
clear as mud. that the administration is very
deep in the affections of its party, witl its over
whelming majority in Congress!
We, as Whigs, have a righ’to claim that du
ties shall be placed upon ofticr artiiies, that, in
deed, such aTa rill’as that of 1842 shall he re
enacted : hut for Democrats to vot? in opposi
tion to the tea and coffee tax, looks like gi* ing
“ aid and comfort” to the Mexicans, or at least
it shows more fear of thj p VrjMc -ft <*»’■
tho enemy, and no kind of respect for the admin
istration whatever.
To show how completely AwpotSc the demo
cratic press would be in muzzling the Whig
press, and gagging the people, because they
dare to censure the admiuistrttion for its usur
pations and utter disregard of the constitution
and facts, we will quote an extract or two
from the speeches of distinguished members of
the Parliament of England.
The first is from a speech of the celebrated
C'IiARLLs Fox, delivered in Parliament, April
24th. 1770:
‘‘Tothe resolutions he should give a fiat negative,
and that not because of any particular objection to the
taxes proposed, (although it might be a sufficient
ground for urging many) but because he could not
on.-cientiously nijrce to grant any money Ibr so de
structive, so ignoble a purpose, as the carrying on a
war commenced unjustly, and supported with no other
vi--.v th in the exiirpation of freedom and die violation of
•very rot.-ia! comfort. This he conceived to be the
s'rict liue of conduct to be observed by a member of
I’.trliameni.”
The great orator and stalesman. Edmcxd
Burke, took tiie same ground, and among
oilier things said:
*■! am, ami ever will l»e ready to support a just
war. whether against subjects or alien enemies; but
where justice or a color of justice, was wanting he
sho ild ever !>.* the first to oppose it.“
The great Earl of Chatham said :
• If I were an American as I am an Englishman,
whib a foreign troop was landed in my country, 1
never would lay down mv arms—never, never, never.’
The Duke of Richmond said :
“ Can we tojsoon put a stop to such a scene of car
nage ? I know that what 1 am going to say is not
fiiidiiont ue language, but a time will come when
every one of us must account to God for his actions,
arid how can v.e justify causing so many innocent
Wo might multiply our extracts from the
speeches of the -ame, a> well as from those of
Col. Barkk. Mr. Hakti.y. Mr. Wilkks. the
Duke of Grafton and other distinguished mem
bers ofthe Lords and Common* of Great Britain,
hut it is unnecessary. These will show how Eng
lishmen dared to speak tinder the throne, in the
a ery face of Royalty itself. That was a war of
King George 111. He was calling for supplies,
and these were the answers of some of his
subjects.
They were distinguished as the most eloquent
and among the most patriotic subjects of the
Realm. They lived in possession of the high
est honors, and mausoleums and statues exist
to commemorate their glorious deeds and pub
lic services. They live, be ides, embalmed in
the memories of all true-hearted Englishmen.
Such was the language used Hv subjects to a
monarch, and yet American freenu* must stoop
to the meanness of silence, while a vain, im
becile. and reckless ruler plunges their country
into an unnecessary war by trampling their Con
-t.tnrioii under hi- unhallowed feet.
Such Democracy as this would gag tiie
months of the people 'till Despotism would
rivet their bodies with chains.
Steam Tvpe Settfr. —An invention of a
very remarkable character, a steam type-setter,
has been brought into successful operation in
Ne w York The Sun has a specimen of com
position m its columns set up by this machine.
The editor- .»f that paper say that itcau. with
the aid of two men and tiiree boys, put up as
much matter as ten compositors can by the
present svstem. The operator sits before two
sefNofkeys situated like the keys of a piano:
hi* finin', oftvpe i- before him. arranged in rows;
• ich letter or figure t- in its own row, piled up
seperatelv : each tvpe ha- its own key. and at
tached. to the key 1.- a lever which, when the key
is touched, pushes out one type into what may
he called a rail-wav track, where there is an
endless chain in operation for conveying the
type- into a little box. where they are received
and piled ut> in a line. By an index before
him. the compositor set sat once when hi* line
is complete, lie then stops the machine, gives
the full line signal to his assistant, who opens
the 1 x and -’ides me iinc into its column of
printed matter. The assistant then adjust- the
fine. and. if leaded composition, he adds a lead,
and about us >oou as he* has this done, the com
• -!• rl - anomerline ready for him In fact
• j>e- ;uto the composing “ stick” or
• new term is»M feat a* thy
ich the keys Every fin* he
• . >- v kev be sets a type. This wonderful
machine is called •“ Clay and Ros#enb«rg’«
s*:*ain Tvue-S#tter
From the X. O. Picayune , 2d last.
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
Later (icon Tampico—lmportant from
•, General Woriht—-Concentration of the
Troop-: at Monterey—Saltillo TLreaten
ed fiy Santa Anna. #
The steam or Virginia. Capt. Smith arrived
last ovctiiirg-fi:oin Tampico, via. Brazos Santia
go. fraying left the Brazos on the 28th ult. The
brig Empire sari o. Caul:. Collins, which sailed on
ed last night. By these ves
we have received tetters from Mr. Lums
■ den at Tampico, zb the of avhich we give Ifeloxv.
The . contain ull the intelligence brought'from
Tampico 1 and £lear some points in the accounts
previously--neceived which appeared obscure.
' \V * hare. Conversed witha gentle man who
eiujie passenger in the Brazos,
iuni"’w on came direct.from Monterey. He has
kindly furnished us \yith.the following infonna-
Jion, which is inglvlyimportaiit, if there Ire no
caroriii Jim* • They were fully cxedit
ed at Uui Brazos, fire confirmed by Capt.
Brow eg, of the schooner Robert Mills, who
arrived last evening from that port.
An WD|nw* fromaGen. Worth, at Saltillo, ar-
on, Wednesday, the Doth of
It broilgh. the news that Gen.
his spies that Santa
Anna oays’ march of Saltillo,
M tlte v of'tw n!y. jor tlxir^
a ba i! 'fafk
QHtrfjtrß&vUsr' freffr-iavlor ..ncF
his staff had left .Monterey on the 15th _ ult.—the"
day before the express arrived—for Victoria, to
join his command, which was two day s march
in advance of him.
Gen. Butler, in command at. Monterey, im
mediately sent oft’despatches to Gen. Marshall,
at Camargo, and to Gen. Patterson, at Mata
moros, to send forward all the troops they could
spare from their commands.
Gen- Patterson had left Matamoros only the
day before the new s readied that place. It was
at once forwarded to him, and upon learning
it; purport, our informant state- that he imme
diately started oil his return with the view to
proceed to Monterey. k
The Brazos correspondent of the N. (1.
M ercury, furnishes the following account:
An express (Major Caldwell, Quarter-master)
readied .Uonterev at 11 o'clock at night, on the
17th. leaving again at 3 A M., the following
morning—in which Gen. Worth reports, as he
hears front his spies, that Gen. Santa Anna is
marching at the head of between twenty and
thirtv thousand men. and is within three days’
march of Saltillo, lie writes, also, that he has
sent expresses to Gen. Wool, at Parras, aud
Gen. Uutier had sent despatches to Gen. Tay
lor. They doubtless have marched to join Gen.
Worth.
Gen. Taylor had left Monterey, with his suite,
the dav previous, his eommand having set out
for Victoria two days be fort l his departure.
The express leaving Monterey, for (Jen.
Marshall, was forwarded by the latter to Gen.
Patterson, with despatches’, at Matamoros, and
on its arrival, finding Gen. Patterson had march
ed jbr Tampico, it immediately .started in pur
suit. Despatches arrived here with this inttdli
gunce to Gen. Jesup, at 1J o'clock, A. M.. and
he immediately led forthe mouth ofthe river.
Great excitement prevails along the valley ol
the Rio Grande. Most of onr posts, particu
larly ;d Matamoros, Gainargo and Monterey,
where a number of American citizens are
remaining, and have hut few troops at
present, are arming and preparing forthe
worsl. Several persons have been cut otf on
the roads above, and traveling is exceedingly
hazard,ons, unless with large parties.
On anv reverse to our arms, every Mexican
in the valley turns against us I
The Alcalde at Matamoros, who predicted
the davo ur battles have lieen fought on, says
that Geu. Santa Anna will attack our forces on
Christmas day. If the battle should not be
fought before our forces can be thrown into
Saltillo, or until Gen Taylor forms a junction
with the forces at that point, we may expect one
ofthe bloodiest conflicts that our flag ever wit
iietMefl.
It was reported at Tampico on the 25th, as
w ill be seen from the postscripts Mr. I.umsden’s
last letter, says the Picayune, that a portion of
Geu. Patterson's catmmuud U*d entered Vieto
ria, Tint it is not mentioned that the Genera]
himself had arrived, so that we cannot judge
how far the news from the two sources may
conflict.
The express reported at Matamoros that tin
road from Monterey to Camargo was lined with
troops—regulars and volnnteers-on their march
to Monterey,hav ing been previously ordered up.
Our informant says there were four regiments
upon the road. The route from Monterey is
infested bv predatory bands of rancheros, by
which the travelling is insecure. < >nc train had
been attacked a few days before our informant
passed over the road, as had also several parties,
and some men had been killed and wounded.
\\ *. need not say that this news possesses the
highest interest. As wo write we have only
verbal reports in regard to it. but hope to re
ceive this morning our correspondence from
the Army. There is no intrinsic improbability
in the news of.Santa Anna’s movements, aud if
he possesses the energy anti skill claimed for
him, nothingappears more likely than that lie
should fall like a thunderbolt upon some point
in our extended line and hope to crush us.—
But we have every confidence in the vigilance
of Gen. Worth, and his ability to hold tho ene
my in check until Gen. Wool and Gen. Taylor
arrive to his support. We await further intel
ligence with the utmost interest.
KiW >ria, Correspondence of Ihc Picayune.
Tamtico, December lit. IS-|:!.
I wrote vou a very hasty scrawl yesterday,
and I will now add a few lines. It has been my
good fortune to meet here several officers ol the
Navy with whom I had the honor ofan old ac
rpiaintanoe, and from intelligence received
through them, l can give you for the informa
tion of their numerous friends at home some
thing ofthe immediate movements of the squad
ron now-here, consisting of the following ves
sels: steamer Spitfire. Com. Pattnali: gun
boats Reefer, Lieut. Sterret; Petrel, Midship
man, Perry; Nonata, Lieut. Hazard; and re
venue schr. F.yving. Capt. Meore. The first
four named are to sail soon for Anton Lizardo;
the latter for Brazos Santiago. The best health
pr-'vnil-on board all these vessels. [The Kwing
bas since arrived at Mcw-Orleans.]
Gen. Shields t akes formal command here to
day. He is energetic, thoughtful and intelligent,
and is in every-respect fitted for his station.—
One ofthe last acts of Col. Gates, previously iu
command of this nos:, was to remove a fellow
named LahrnereVrom his office as auctioneer,
for refusing to take up arms and turn out with
iho Citizens the other day when they had the
.i of which ! informed you yesterday.—
•• Served him right.”
I. ,-it. li. !’. Hammond. 3d Artillery, aid-dc
eamp to Gen. Shields, is appointed Acting As
sistant Adjutant General of the command at
Tampico.
in obedience to in traction from Mij Gen.
P.vterson, Caps. Hunt, 4tii Artillery, with his
company now here, is ordered to Catnargo to
relieve the garrison there.
We have various rumors of tiie movements
of the Mexicans in the interior, blit nothing of
apparent correctness enough to tel! you of.
Yours. Ac. r- s- 1
Tampico.. December 23. i-4b:
Although 1 have tto: much of interest to add
to mv letter ofthe 13th. I cannot let an opportu
nity "pass without sending you something, le
dav there are seven vessels leaving for New
Orleans, as Imu informed, namely: the bark
Mop ting, by which I send yon this; the brigs
A returns. Marv Ann and Mtiiandon: schooners
invincible and’Oregon and steamer Virginia,
which latter touches at Brazos Santiaro.
Tint Brt.i-h mail steamer Dee. Cap’. Griffith,
which has been .-orne days off the entrance to
this lace, sailed yestef ivy morning n>r Vera
Cruz. I leant she carried a considerable a
inount of specie. The officers of the Dee.
with one or two of whom 1 became acquainted
here, are verv polite anti pleasing, free, frank
and gentlemanly in their bearing.
The brig llaiiovreil arrived here three nights
ago from Brazos .-an’tago. with ail there
msining Alabama troops but one company,—
These ar t riiy volunteer troops here.—
Thev are. for the most part, a hardy set of
men", order:, and quiet in their deportment,
and w:!!. no doubt, if an opportunity occurs,
sbe.-.v that thw are made of good metal.
Except the Ewing, the ve«*!s belonging to
1‘ S Squadron, mentioned in my last a«
: g here,have no* yet sailed, but they- will
soon lie off. What is to be their point of desti
nation I do not certainly know: but I have
gathert d enough to show me that Tusp- 111 *’ *°
to looked . pon. The steamer rip. Hire.
C-.-tu'r Tanned. Li certainly to run in byway of
a recounoissaace, nothing more- Ejte offi
cer- are cl! most anxious for something to turn
tin. giving them a fair chance to do something,
and 1 sincerely wUlLtaey may have a chance.
Tampico is"a fine little place iam becota-
B g Dior, ph x- uvx £ it t- being
A- ricinuzcd ' ,-rv rapidly. At present there
at," but few ofthe hett, r classes of the former
--iuzetis here; but those few arc becoming, ap
satisfied .....
The notice regn!atii :> are exes tent, nd every
-I b-mggoes on quiet. But of tlti- more anon.
I -. tst’ed. a dav or two since, the hue ot works
building bv our und«?r the siipennteu*
dence of f'apt. Barnard, ofthe l t- Engineers,
and I must it it most beautiful, so far as it has
progressed. More substantial defensive works
1 have seldom seen. They are superlatively
grand, in comparison with those constructed
by the Mexicans heretofore, and most indubi
tably must they command all the approaches to
the city by land, however large the number of
troops advancing. The greatest scientific skill
appears to hare been displayed in the strength
and construction, as well as proper locations of
these works. In a word, they will, when Com
pleted, be impregnable—at least to Santa An
na’s whole array!
Hart has taken a very nice house here, which
he is fixing up as a theatre. In the mean time
he gives a series of concerts, Mrs. H., Miss
Christian and others appearing inprangs, aud
Wells executing dances, &c. The idea of ail
American theatre in Tampico is rather novel,
but nevertheless we are to have one, and I al
most venture to prophecy its success.
I eould write you pages about Mrs. Chase,
the excellent tady »f our worthy Consul-h-evc,
but you have been famished with details of
her n'nshriukuig, noble and daring conduct, as
well in defending herself and home while her
husband was in exile, as in furnishing the most
important information to our squadron in the
Golf—information which saved Tampico and
made it an American possession! I need,
therefore, say no more than this—Which I must
. say—lhaf Ann Chase is a great yvopian I I have
had tbs beift-of : • tg presented go timitidy,
and proles- tlvtvjijlal y wiwd* tp expiess.uty aih
Wwlinoß o? J.V-' 1 atmoitte.'. in fier which mak*
'Women'great, and render her the heroine of a
glorious incident in the history of America I
I have nothing to add, but shall keep you in
formed by every opportunity of what may be
interesting Yours, <S:c. r. a. l.
Tamfico, Dec. 25, 1846.
I wish you all a merry Christmas. There is
every appearance of there being a merry one
here—such as Tampico never saw before.—
Eggs are very plenty, and very cheap, ami lots
ofegg-nog are to be drunk. The ’’boys” are
bound to do it. I understand that a vessel sails
to-morrow for New Orleans, and I cannot let
the opportunity pass without saying something
to you—although, were I to reciprocate your
promptness I should not send you the first
scratch of a pen. Since I have been here, some
four or five vessels have arrived direct from
yourcity, but neither letter or paper have I re
ceived. Dates as late as the 10th inst. are here
—the Picayune of that date and the President’s
message have arrived—but you were kind
enough to neglect me entirely.
The vessels ofthe sqnadron mentioned in my
last are still here. The prize schooner “Belle,”
under command of Acting Master Perry, (of
the Cumberland,) will sail for Anton Lizardo.
The steamer Spitfire, schooner Reefer and
Nonita (prize) will remain here until the forces
are reinforced —then look out for something in
the shape of a fight at Tuspan. I have a little
information —authentic—about Tuspan, which
I will give you. Gen. Cos, commander of the
place, has refused to obey the orders of Santa
Anna to evacuate the town. He lias a force
under him of from four to five hundred troops
of the line, and a large body of Indians whom
lie has called in from the mountains of Mazantla
and Papantla—two or three thousand in num
ber—but indifferently armed. At Tuspan there
are three conical hills—the tow n lying in the
valley. These heights are all fortified with six
pieces of artillery each, besides having a strong
picketing formed of heavy rhijui posts. There
is no defence at the month ofthe river, but a
bout half way from the bar to the town —six
miles—there is a battery of 24-pouuders, The
water on the bar is now about five feet only.—
Some of these guns are the Truxtou’s, cap
tured by the unfortunate loss ofthat vessel under
Capt. Carpouder.
It is thought here by the most intelligent per
sons, that the only way to successfully attack
Tuspan would he by troops, as the town is so
situated tliatii vessel in the river can only bring
tier guns to bear on two different points, while
the guns on the heights not only command the
town entirely, but the river also. The most
feasible way to attack the town would be to send
a force to be landed at the south ofthe bar, (Tus
pan being on the north,) abreast of the town,
and distant about twelve miles, and proceed to
bombard the place at once, when no doubt the
third or fourth shell falling in their midst would
essue.; Bio Mexican*lo display a white flag in a
very short time.
Now a little about Tula, or Tanianlipas.—
The garrison of this place, (Tampico,) when it
evacuated the city, went to Tula. This garrison
consisted of the battalion of Tampico, 12th
Regiment of Infantry, Permancntes de Tampi
co, It teranos de, Tampico, a small company of
artillery, the remnant of the Gtli Regiment, left
from tiie memorable actions of Palo Alto and
Resaca, and a small force of cavalry. At pre
sent there are in Tula, distant about 180 miles
from this place, on the route to San Luis Poto
si, some three or four thousand men of various
arms, under Gens. Valencia, Carvajal and a
Haifa dozen of others, who are fortifying the
place against an apprehended attack from the
American forces at this place.
Private letters from the city of Mexico are in
this eitv, stating that it is expected there will
soon be a revolution there against the ministers,
xvho the people say have proved themselves
incompetent to manage the aflaira of the nation
in a proper manner. In fact it is said that every
thing is in confusion—no money, no credit, and
plenty »f dissatisfaction
The people here in Tampico—except those
who formerly held office—look upon us as their
deliverers, not as enemies. It is well known
that the Governor of this State (Tamaulipas) is
readv, on the first approach ofthe United States
force's towards Victoria, its capital, to surrender
in the name of its Congress, the whole territory
to U“■
The police regulations here are most excel
lent. Bv the following orders you will see that
certain classes of people needn't .eomehere?
Orders No. 3.
Hr Anqc-ARTERs Tampico Troops,
Tampico, Mexico, Dec. 22. j
I. All persons occupying heuses in Tampico
or Its vicinity are hereby strictly prohibited from
allowing any species of public gambling within
the same.
II Ail houses or other places kept for the
purpose of public gambling wfll be closed, the
persons found gambling in them arrested, those
attached to the Army punished, and those who
are not, banished.
[ll. All personal property found in any house
oi place kept for gambling, and all money or
property employed in gambling will be confis
cated, and the "proceeds thereof appropriated
as a hospital and forthe relief of the poor and in
diaent in Tampico.
IV. Major N. Williams, 4th Artillery, is speci
ally assigned to the superintendence ofthe police
and good order of the town. He will charge
himself particularly with carrying the provi
sions of this order into immediate execution,
and withtbe prevention and suppression of any
species of riot, disturbance and disorder what
soever. And the better to effect this, he is au
thorized to call upon the commander of the
troops in town for any assistance which may be
necessary. Bv order of Brig. Gen. Shiei.ds:
it. p. Hammond, a. a. Adft Gen.
This is about all 1 have for you at the present
writing. Yours, &r., 1 ■ A. L.
P. S. 1 have just heard that a portion of tiie
troops under Gen. Patterson have reached Y‘ie
torin. and there was no fighting. F. A. L
Prom the .V. * Mercury, 2d insl.
From Texas.
Bv the arrival ofthe steamer Galrcston. Capt.
Havciand, we have Galveston papers to tiie 23th
ult.. and corresponding dates from the interior.
Uni ixs.—According to the latest accounts at
j A isfin i: appears that some of the Indians are
j sullen and dissatisfied, and ra’her disposed to
i quarrel. A larim number of the tribes have,
i however, consented to come in and hold a
j talk.
On Christinas day the publi j School in Gal
ve-ton wan dedicated The procession on tiie
! occasion wa> verv larze t the Grand Lodge of
[ the order of Odd'Fellows, the civic authorities
i ihe foreign consuls and the citizens generally
! participating in the ceremonies. The papers
I are sanguine of the success oi the system, the
: names of upwards of feur hundred children be
img already entered. An address was deliver
ed bv Gen H. McLoud. and an ode bv Mr.
Wni. II- Rhodes.
Upward of twelve hundred emigrants, nearly
all from Bremen, had arrived during the week
ending on the 23th ult.
Goliad. —Sales of town property were
made at Goliad on the 10th and 11th ultimo to
ihe amount of $4,500. The Advocate says, the
iot-soid high—a good evidence of improvement
an<i prosperity.
T . Ail-Tin Democrat ray* that Capt. Smith’s
corn " concerning which so much appre
hension" was fr!t. ha/at la-t returned in safely.
The company went towards the Red River set-
for provisions, which caused the delay.
n Wool i-raiding another volunteer coui
pany for M e*::co. At a public dinner given to
Folk county, a call wm made for volun
teers. and thirty enrolled their names.
Extract from a letter to the editorsof the Vic
torin Advocate, dated Seguin. November 21,
]>4o: “Onr country is rapidly filling up with
good citizens. The health of the country is
entirely good, and has been much better t:.an
wa- represented during the summer. Leav
, inx oat Germans, we nave had but about ten
} death- in the country, and nearly all were chiid
; ren. and persons laboring under long s—ted i s
! eases. We have now about two hundred vo
ter- Landis graduaHy rising in pnee. We
have aquiet. peaceabie and food neighborhood
areund
VOL. tXL—NEW SERIES; VOL. XI. NO. 2.
Augusta, <&CO.:
SATURDAY' MORNING, JAS’Y 9,1 846.
Remuneration for tbe Expense, of War.
It seems to be a leading object xvith the* -Yd-.
ministration, to get possession of MexicauTcr-’
ritory to indemnify the United States for the ex
pense incurred in prosecuting the war. There
are two t>r three very delicate questions in
volved in this right to seize upon the Territory
of another nation for such an object. Tiie
laws of nations, and the common sense of man
kind, unite in abhorring every war waged with
out necessity.
The sacrifice of life, the private wretched
ness, the conflagrations aud murders, the deso
lation of whole tracts of country, the-iimnorat
ities, rapine aud licentiousness, and many other
d’ -acfful evils attendant upon war, constitute it
r> event to be looked to with dread and horror,
1 .to be avoided till all the arte of negotiation
S exhausted, and forbearance has ceased to be
A irti.c. ~.V
■ Vwrre.L,
Book 111, page 301, usea the (olio age:
“Whoever entertains a true idea of war, —whoever
considers its terrible effects, its destructive and unhap
py consequences, v -1 readily agree that it should
never be undertaken without the most cogent reasons.
Humanity revolts against a sovereign, who, without
necessity or without very powerful reasons, lavishes
the blood of hid most faithful subjects, and exp»ses his
people to the calamities of war, when he has it in his
power to maintain them in the enjoyment of an hon
orable and salutary peace. And if to this imprudence,
this want of love for his people, he moreover adds in
justice towards those he attacks, —of how great a
crime, or rather, of what a frightful series of crimes,
does lie not become guilty ! Responsible for all tho
misfortunes which he draws down on his own subjects,
he is moreover loaded with the guilt ot all those which
he inflicts on an innocent nation. The slaughter of
men, the pillage of cities, the devastation of provinces,
—such is the black catalogue of his enormities. He
is responsible to God, and accountable to human na
ture, for every individual that is killed, for every hut
that’is burned down. The violences, the crimes, the
disorders of every kind, attendant on the tumult and
licentiousness of war, pollute his conscience, and are
set down to his account, as he is the original author
of them all. Unquestionable truths! alarming ideas!
which ought to affect the rulers of nations, and, in all
their military enterprises, inspire them with a degree
of circumspection proportionate to the importance of
the subject!”
Throughout his entirejremarks upon the sub
ject of war, he founds every right of a bellige
rent to seize upon the property of an enemy
upon the justice of his cause. If there be not a
just right to make war, if the highest and most
cogent reasons do not exist to authorize it, the
nation waging it without them, would itself be
come bound to make reparation for wrongs and
injuries done.
See Vattel’s Law of Nations, chap. XI,
page 378:
“He who does an injury is bound to repair the
damage, or to make adequate satisfactiou if the evil
be irreparable, and even to submit *o punishment, if
th** punishment be necessary, either s an example, or
for the safety of the party offended, and for that of
human society. In this predicament stands a prince
who is the author of an unjust war. He is under an
obligation to restore whatever he has taken, —to send
back the prisoners at his own expense,—to make com
pensation to the enemy for the calamities and losses he
has brought on him, —to reinstate ruined families, —to
repair, if it were possible, the loss of a father, a son, a
husband.”
In view, then, of these principles of interna
tional law, it becomes every nation (our own as
well as others) to examine with the most criti
cal morality, its acts and policy in producing,
commencing, or entering into the bloody strifes
of war.
The preamble to the war bill declared in sub
stance (it is not now before us) th.at war was
commenced by the act of Merico. Attnost tne
entire body of the Whig party though voting
for the bill w ith the preamble, believed the lat
ter to be false.
Entertaining that belief, Mr. Cai.houn said he
could sooner plunge a dagger |into his heart
than vote for it.
If, after a full and fair investigation, after
peace is concluded, it should appear that Mr.
Benton was right in 6aying that the east
bank of the Rio Grande belonged to the Mexi
cans—if it should turn out that it did not be
long to Texas, and consequently was not apart
of the United States—upon what foundation
would this government then demand Mexican
territory as an indemnification for the expenses
of the war ?
It would then appear that Mexico had been
invaded by the American Army, and not the
United States by the Mexican. It would then
appear that, as Mr. Benton saffl, thm ««un|ry
had committed .an aggression upon Mexican
soil. If that should be the fact, no man will he
found so low in mind, morals, principles and
patriotism as to say that Mexico had not the
right to turn upon her invaders and drive them,
if she could, beyond the true boundary lino.
If that was productive of war, lasting and ex
pensive war, the moral and international ques
tion would arise, have those invaders the right
to exact of Mexico payment for the expenses of
the war upon any other principle than that
might makes right; and that the stronger pow
er. having the ability to do so, can help itself to
as much as it sees proper to take from tiie cof
fers or the domain of the weaker one.
There are questions of great importance in
volved in this idea of seizing upon the territory
of Mexico which cannot be overlooked:
Ist.—Will the United States, having over
powered Mexico, have the right, according to
the laws of nations, to seize and permanently
hold such territory ?
2d.—lf not, would she not be bound by
the same laws to make amends for wrongs
committed against that nation 1
3d-—Will the territory be valuable and ought
it to be acquired now ?
A Chance for Gallantry.—Tho South
Carolinian of 6th inst. says that Col. Andrews
of U. S. Army, has proceeded to Hamburg
under orders, authorizing him to muster two
more companies of Volunteers from this State
into the U. S. service. We understand that
onr gallant Newberry friends, commanded by
Capt. Williams, who have so nobly earned
their right to the first chance by the exhibition
of soldierly pluck at home, will be one com
panv, and in all probability the Butler Guards
of Edgefield, will be the other selected.
Thf. Weather.—The soft, spring-like wea
ther which we have been enjoying for some
ten or twelve days, was suddenly changed on
Thursday, to th~t of severe cold. In the morn
ing it was temperate : at 9 o clock. P. M. the
thermometer stood at 22 degs., and yester
day morning at 6, it was down to 13 degrees.
The Charleston Courier of yesterday says:
The genial atmosphere of spring-time was yes
terday suddenly changed to wintry weather, that
would do credit to a Canadian latitude. Those
who left home in the morning in their accus
oined clothing experienced the want of an
return to their dinner, and the ne
cessity of a good fire before sun down. With
in fifteen minutes after twelve o'clock, the ther
mometer fell 8 degrees. After 12 o’closk it
stood at 64 degrees, and at 4 o’clock it fell to 44.
At ten o'clock in the evening, it was down to
32, the wind blowing strongly from the West
The Savannah Republican ofThursday says:
The list of deserter- from the Georgia Regi
ment. which we yesterday copied from tiie Fort
Gaines Volunteer, it seem*, must have been sad-
Iv defective. We learn from Capt. McMahon
that five of the number were members «f the
Jasper Greens, aud that only one, a man by the
name of WuinKart, was a deserter. Three o.
the others mentioned in the list, were those who
were unfortunately left at Mobile, but who fol
lowed the Regiment to the Km Grande, and
were promptly allowed to resume their posi
tion in the ranks.
The largest packet ship ever built in Xew-
York was launched from one of the yards in
t.hat city on Saturday. She is to be called the
• Constitution,’ and is about 1500 tons bur
then
The Clay Statce.— The Richmond Whig
of the sth inst. says: Tile friends of the “Great
Commoner,” and particularly the Ladies of
Virginia, who have contributed as a mark of
their gratitude for his public services and their
admiration of his character, to the erection of
• his Statue, in “ enduring marble,” in the me
tropolis of his native State, will be glad to learn
that Mr. Hart, the artist selected for that pur
pose, has completed Mr. Clay’s bust, and is a
bout to embark for Italy, to complete the
work. Mr. Olay will be represented in the
appropriate eostaqie of a Senator, and in the
act of addressing a deliberative assembly.
Ovn Rail Road. —The Charleston Courier
says: The bogks of this Company having just
been brought up for the si* men tbs ending 31»t
Dec. 75-ffii Aim' r 1 " to aiut Doe.,
'• annex a statement of receipts; to g&-
tlier with the receipts for the corresponding
months in 1845, showing the gratifying result of
a steady and large increase of business on the
.Road.
1845. | 1846.
Julv $26,153 64 1 July 824,373 33
sat.. as?
October 56,123 •. 78*.818 S 3
,
*226,060 wl . ijio.uTj 63
In. for 6 mos. 89,992 66 | -
8316,053 63
Vote for U. S. Senator in lowa. —lt ap
pears by the following, from the St. Louis Re
publican, that the Democrats of the lowa Le
gislature, finding themselves not strong enough
to elect their candidate to the I T . S. Senate,
have postponed the election indefinitely, or, in
other words, determined that the election shall
not take place, unless indeed some day during
the season, they shall, by some accident, find
themselves in the majority for the time being—
We had a conversation with a gentleman
yesterday, who left lowa City after the day ap
pointed to elect Senators in Congress from the
new State of lowa. The election was appoint
ed for Friday week last; that of judges of the
Supreme Court on Saturday following. At
the appointed time, the Senate and House as
sembled in joint session, and one ballotting
took place. On this ballot, Judge Wilson re
ceived the entire Locofoco vote—29; Jonathan
M’Carty, of Lee county, a “Possum Demo
crat,” received all the votes of the opposition,
except one—that of Mr. Browning, of Des
Moines, a Whig, which was given to Mr.
Mitchell, of Davenport, also a Whig, and the
late candidate for the U. S. House of Represen
tatives onthe W'fig ticket. Mr. M’Carty re
ceived 29 votes, but for the want of the remain
ing vote failed of an election. Thereupon, the
Senate, being composed of a majority of Loco
focos, determined to terminate the joint session
and adjourn to their own chamber. No other
balloting was had.
Judge Wilson and Gen. Dodge were the
caucus nominees on the part of the Locofocos.
Mr. M’Carty, we have already stated, was a
"Possum," and will be recognized as a former
Representative in Congress from Indiana. Ho
is a tariff and internal improvement Democrat,
and the Whigs with one exception, gave him
their votes.
There was, of course, very great exaspera
tion on the part of members towards each other,
and it was the general opinion that no further
attempt would be made to elect Senators at the
present session. Nor was any attempt made on
the following day, to elect judges of the su
preme court. That, also, it was supposed,
would go by default. The Legislature had,
indeed, adjourned over to the sth or 6th of
January. The probability is, that lowa will be,
for this session at least, without a representative
in the Senate of the United States.
Application of Gun Cotton to Machinery.
—The Trenton (N. J.) News gives the follow
ing particulars of a diethoa which has been in
vented to apply Gun-Cotton to machinery:—
Our ingenious and able friend, Isaac Mickle,
Esq., of Camden, has, we learn, from the Dem
ocrat, succeeded in applying the new gun cotton
to the propulsion of machinery, in a manner
which promises to he of great use to mechanics.
The engine is constructed somewhat upon the
plan of the ordinary horizontal steam engines,
only there are two cylinders, one working in
the other so as to afford the necessary connec
tion with the open air, ns soon as the explosion
has driven the piston home, and the machine re
quires the re verse action. The gun cotton
—or common gun-powder, as the case may be,
for either will answer equally well; is ignited by
electricity engendered and applied in a novel
manner; so that two of the most powerful
agents known to man, are employed together in
thejproduction of the desired result.
The advantages of this engine over the ordi
nary str-tni engine, are, we think, obvious, for
firstlj any degree of power required may be
attained; secondly; one man alone may run
such an engine without assistance ; and thirdly,
it is more exempt from explosion and danger,
than steam applied in any way yet known.
An t T N-»i*»4iiEAjiLE Portrait. —Mr. Chan
dler of the U. S. certainly must have
bceii born for a Painter. We gienswquestion
whether ihe Daguerrean process, in all its per
fection, could produce a more remarkable like
ness of “Harry of the West,” than the one
below. It is the closing paragraph of the New
Year’s article in the Gazette, is the last and
loftiest wish of the gifted editor, and »"•:!! meet
a hearty response from miSkftis of the Ameri
can people;
“And mingling with our aspirations, crowd
ing outward for utterance, because ever upper
most in the heart, is the fervent, soul-felt, and
soul-warming wish that the man, whom the na
tion honors for the patriotic use of lofty talents;
whom millions of his feilow-citizeiis hail as the
political idol of their affections, and the con
stant object of their desire; whose retreat is
the mecca of their hearts; whose movements
they watch with filial fondness ; whose fame is
a part of the riches of their political hoardings;
to that man, whether the Senate hangs with rap
ture upon his accents; whether a people hail
him as their political head; whether the shade*
of elegant retirement be his lot, and the philoso
phy of wisdom and age bo his companion;
whether he stands forward the defender of bis
fellow man at the bar of justice, or seek the de
light of enlarged social intercourse abroad, wo
wish health, peace, and all those blessings that
should reward the patriot, and the daily con
sciousness of the enthusiastic, yet reverential,
love of his fellow-citizens. These, with the pos
session and immortal influences of the light of
effective piety on the heart, are a part of our
wishes for a happy New Year to the Statesman
and the Patriot.
Official. —Treasury Notes outstanding Ist
January, 1847
Amount of the several issues out-
Hsanding prior to act of 22d July,
1846, as per records of the office, $377,630 97
Amount outstanding of the isaue
of the 22d July, 1840 3,933,250 00
4,310,730 97
Deduct cancelled notes in the hands
of the accounting officers 526,700 00
A case is now pending in Mississippi, in whicU
an attempt is made to enforce the law of that
State, which requires that a man shall pay the
debts of each individual whom he kills in a du
el.
The Providence, (R. F.) an
nounces the death, on Friday, of Joshua May
ran, of the firm of C. &J- slauran. Ho died
suddenly, having been during the day in appa
rent good health.
Quick Traveling. —The Spanish officer in
charge of the mail from Gibraltar to Singapore,
and back to England, left Gibraltar for Alexan
dria in the Oriental steamer, on tho 26th of Au
gust a distance of 1828 miles ; proceeded from
Alexandria to Suez, 272-miles; from Suez to
Ceylon, per Precursor, 3459 miles; from Ceylon
to Singapore, per Lady Mary Hood,
miles ; and arrived at Singapore at 4 c clv-okon,
October 6th, having travelled 7559 m&*. He.
then returned from Singapore Gaile per
Braganza, 2000 miles; from Gaiie, M Suez, per
Hindostan, 3459 miles ; from Suez to Alexan
dria, 272 miles ; from Alexandria to Gibraltar,
per Orienta| r 1323 miles; from Gibraltar to
Southampton, per Oriental, 1,143 «*ies; a f*.
rived at Southampton 2d of December, *ftor
having traveled io,2t>l xniiee in 93 days; from
which must be deducted 20 day* for stopping
to enjoy hiinpeFf, ioaving 7€ day*. Tki*
an a. erage of miles per day—* London
Daily Xcics.
There arrived ar B onion last year 8,796 v«B*ele^*
5,663 coastw t »e and 2,113 foreign. The oi
clearances during the same period seas 4,^0—2,7£C -»
coastwise and 1,9/0 foreign.
The British Koval Mail Steamers, composing th#
“Ounard Line/’ have made forty passage-.; not in
cluded in the foregoing rep>rt, hrmging 1,441 passen
gers srorn Liverpool, arii 263 iro«n naii.ax to boston;
and carrying 1,247 to Liverpool and 231 to Holnax
from, Boston. Their average passages :rom Liver
pool to Boston have bs*o perfuruasd to 14 days, 15
h*urasnd 42 suavita*