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Mr. Vinton, of Ohio asked the gentleman to
allow him to explain. He denied that the North
had violated the Missouri Compromise. There
had been no free territory made South of 36
30, since the Missouri Compromise, and much
of the territory beyond was not now in the
Union. Moreover, the Missouri Compromise
applied to the country then in the Union, and
not to the country which had been acquired
from foreign countries.
Mr. Dargin went on and said the country did
not understand the Compromise, and he re
peated that the Northern men were ready to
abandon it. F.ven more than this. They would
violate this compromise which had now been
preserved for twenty-seven years, and never
violated by the South. And thera was not one
Southern man who would violate it or suffer it
to he violated.
Mr. Douglass. lam not willing to be misun
derstood by my silence. lam willing to abide
by the Missouri Compromise. I recognized it
in the Texas Resolutions. I recognize it now.
and shall always recognize it.
Several voices of Southern members.—
“ Good. That’s good.”
Mr. Douglas thought also that there were
many others who would agree with him. and
Mr. Dargin hoped there were.
Mr. Dargin, coming to the war question,
said that he regretted that the Army had ever
crossed the Rio Grande after the battles of the
Hih and 9th. If his hand could have controlled
the action of other men, they should never
have crossed. And having crossed, he did not
think it necessary that the Army should go to
the Halls of the Montezuma**. He would rather
mark out a line and defend it, and thus show
to the world that we had gone to war for the
sake of securing peace.
HI |II jlt lILI -
By this remark he did not mean to censure
the Administration, but only to express his own
opiniou. And now he would ask, shall we
take any territory from Mexico if the north will
not divide it with us? Shall our sons from
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and elsewhere
fight battles to make free States.
I desire, said Mr. D., to see this question
settled here, and that we may now know for
what we fight, and whether for the North and
South or for the North alone. Give us the
territory south of 36—30 for a Slave country.
This, he said, to Northern men. If they refuse
to do this, this Union at once must sink. There
could be uo doubt of this whatever. The
Union was instituted for our good and our
common good. If the Missouri compromise
was to he violated, from tfie day it was done we
might date the downfall of the American I fnion.
Take this as the admonition of a man who
may not address you again or represent his
constituents hereafter upon this tloor. His
honest conviction was that the Union could not
last one day after the Compromise was violated.
He, therefore, beseeched all men to act up to
this compromise, and to preserve the Union.—
But there were real dangers hanging over the
country at this time, and it was time for men.
without regard to party, to rally as one man to
remove the difficulties.
Mr. Seddon, of Va., continued the debate,
and thanked the -member for the cool, temperate
and timely remarks he had made. He con
curred in all that had been said. For himself,
he was a Southern man in birth, in feeling and
in education, mid when he heard some of the
remarks which had been made upon this door,
he found it difficult to restrain himself.
His first impulse upon a previous occasion
had been to rise and demand n hearing. Imt
when he saw older and abler men remaining
silent, lie could not venture to speak. Mr. S.
then went on to speak of the Slave question as
a momentous one, ami as one which the North
had uo right to interfere with.
Mr. Grover of N. V. continued the debate in
a speech in reply to the two which had gone be
fore. He thought there was no danger of dis
solving the Union, and he believed the Union
would last—that even these Southern men
would rally under it and enjoy it for ages t«*
come. Mr. G. argued this question with such
earnestness and independence as to call up
Mr. Boyd of Ky., Mr. Chapman of Ala. ami
Mr. Sedden of Va. all of whom were disposed
to put most pointed questions to him, hut all o!
which he answered bv declaring that he was in
favor of the war—in favor of the acquisition of
territory, hut that he would demand as he be
lieved the wholo Democracy of the North
would, that all territory hereafter annexed
should be free territory.
He would Vote to put Slavery upon no soil
where it did not now exist. The Compromise
did not require that foreign Country, now free,
should he converted into Slave territory and u
was selfish to ask it. lie had voted for the ad
mission of Texas with Slavery, because the In
stitution already existed there; hut there was
no Slavery in Mexico, barbarous as that nation
was.
Mr. Boyd now moved that the Committee
rise, which motion was agreed to. The Com
mittee rose, and upon the Speaker resuming
the Chair,
Mr. Boyd moved that the House take up the
Senate Bill for the encouraging of those en
listing in the Army. This was agreed to ami
the Bill was passed at once with an amendment,
that the troops should be retained in service
for tha tun > perified unless sooner diseharg-
Several misbellaneous matters, mostly of a
local character, were brought before the House
ami among them
Resolutions calling upon the Secretary ol the
Treasury to inform the House why lie had
omitted his monthly statement of the condition
ofthe Treasury, and calling upon him to report
the atate and amount of the public hinds in the
several depositories.
Mr. Campbell of N. V. presented a memo
rial setting forth the amount of property de
stroyed at and near Key \V est. and asking for
an Admiralty Court at that place.
The President was called upon to communi
cate to the House the amount of expenses in
curred for postages by the executive Depart
ments since the enactment of the cheap postage
law', ami. with the consideration of many local
questions, the House adjourned.
Wv-iu\.;rov, Jan. S.
Sksate not in session.
norsE.
The morning business was unimportant, a
motion having been made that the Committee
should sit until tell o’clock this evening. w »th a
view ofcoutinuing the debate, and then adjourn
over to Monday, in order to enable the Clerk
and Speaker to open the contracts made for
public printing, which will he done to-morrow
The 11 ouse then went into Committee of
the Whole on the State of the Cnion. upon the
bill to increase the Army by tin* tun kkuimunts
of rcovlar troops proposed by the Secretary
of War. the Military Committee and the Presi
dent.
Mr. Toombs of lia. addressed the Commit
tee ill au eloquent and earnest speech upon tin*
war. the proposed increase of the Army, and
the important topics growing out of it. Mr.
T. was ui favor of the citizen soldiers over the
proposed regular troops, and believ ed a volun
teer corps was more to be relied upon than
any other class of troops.
As for the war. he and those acting with him
were in favor of all patriotic measures for the
prosecution of this w \r : but In* and his friends
were anxious that in earn mg on the war nei
ther the Constitution nor any constitutional
principle should be trampled under foot by the
Executive. As for the %r«r. he believed it
commenced wrong, but having commenced we
were bound to bring «t to a successful termina
tion.
non.
This would never he done by the manner in
which it was now prosecuted. There -not
4 effort enough, and least ot all. there was not
coueentrulioii of edort enough. There hail
not means sufficient been placed in the hands
ofthe Central* in command to give the proper
direction to the war There was .1 want ol
vigor, hut it was with the General Government
here
In regard to the Institution of slavery, he
was ready to meet the question in the spirit of
compromise which framed tins Government.
If this spirit had departed from us let it be j
known.
If the Cnion could not stand upon this com
promise. let men speak on:. \ tew years ago
vve had a class ot men here who were proud of
being Northern men with Southern princi
ples ' ll«* mistrusted such uieu—or any man
or men indeed w ho w ould m ike a b iso oon*es
•ion of principle for power. I hero wq no
truth in such men They w ould abandon you
when thev secured your favors.
!U told his people low these Northern men
would turn out in the end. and they hid clone
just as he had said —broken a faith which they j
could not and w ould not keep.
In regard to Mexico. Mr. T said he vvouM
endeavor to persuade h r to do right, and if
•he did not he would make her. but he would
not'take any of her soil, and vet lie would
exact the pavincut of every dollar due us hi
indemnity But let there Im* no robbery. nor
plunder am where.
Tell Mexico what you will do now . and at
once proceed to keep your won!. Take her
forts, haul duw n her tlags. overrun the country.
•end 50.000 men there, seize upon the capital.
If JIMMO are not enough, scud lOtMhkX and it
these are not enough, send 500,000. But take
with you a treatv * l.et übe a fair one Deal
as fiurlv with Mcxieo as you would with F. tig
land. or if any thing, be a hale more just in
your cornproims, •« ,iha weak pow er than you
would with a strong one Trev Mexico at
least as w ell as y *•«» ould treat Tngian.i
His fhend from Oh > v Mr Yuiton' had said
that the Missouri t *u»uroim-e applied only to
the f ountry acquired from Louisiana. He
hehev ed his firiead w ■»- ' it the So ith
reded too much when :J con-.-oded the Miv«oun
Compromise It gave up much n> poaee. moon,
eoucession. harmony and more than eight to
have been asked or granted.
But it did not do this through tV.u « . *«x
craven spirit, bu: from a love of the Iti o.i
We de it »t c!a u Slav* -mi Mr. Yuu r
the Constitution, hut by ' rtac of tin* -overeign
ues under which we live. Alt the rights we
got under the Constitution were that fugitives
from justice should be - irrendered. and even
this right has been frittered away under con
trtuptihle factions. Men here could not with
•taud ihe external pressure, an I they therefore
gave up the Constitutional principle. It was
going or gone from u- It now became North
eriimett to avow themselves clearly upon this
point.
He desired no territory from Mexico as the
fruits of this war—none certainly which should
be the reward of an aggressive war with Mexi
co.
Mr. Toombs also vindicated his vote in fa
vor of a tax upon tea and coffee, and said that
it became necessary to impose a tax like this to
carry on the war, ami he was for putting the
tax where the revenue would be improved. He
was not afraid to do this.
Mr. Winthrop of Mass, continued the debate
in a speech that commanded the undivided at
tention of the House. The bill before the Com
mittee did not meet his approbation, ami he
>houid not vote for it as it was, or in any form
which it was likely to assume; yet he was for
the defence of the country, whatever were its
rightful boundaries.
Whenever there was a foreign army on its
borders or a foreign fleet ill its bays he would
put forth the strong arm of the nation to defend
the country. Nor would he refuse to vote
sureties because the war might not have a just
ori«oii or be prosecuted in a manner altogether
j Ust*. We were bound to defend our country,
even though we could not always approve of
events over which we had no control. We
were bound to look to the defence of our coun
try first, and while doing this we were equally
hound to hold to the most rigid scrutiny the
conduct of the Executive.
He knew of no more unhappy event in
the history of this government indeed than
the attempt of the Executive to stifle all
inquiry and discussion. A Court of Inquiry
was ever demanded whenever a ship was
wrecked or stranded. The officer demanded it.
The Government exacted it ; and yet this Ad
ministration expected and even desired to es
cape all censure whatever. It expected to make
war in its own way. and yet to escape com
ment upon its own acts.
Mr. \V, would not say that Mexico was all
right and we were all wrong. She had done
many acts that called for redress. She had not
dealt fairly by our country in the settlement of
the old standiug grievances. She had not re
cognized or paid the claimants as she ought.—
She had not shown a spirit of peace as became
her. She had not received a Minister of Peace
when one was sent her. She would not, he
feared, favorably receive from us the proposi
tion-of peace now before her Congress.
If he could speak to that intelligent gentle
man, Gen. Almonte, now at the head of .Mexi
can Affairs, and soon likely to be made Presi
dent of the Republic, he would say to him,
■* Do not sacrifice so much to pride—so much
to lose all rather than gain anything. Why
rush on to your ruin and in so certain a man
ner to your destruction?” In regard to the
indemnities due to our citizens, how could this
Government expect that Mexico could pay
what was due us ! She was an Insolvent debt
or, and unless we meant to treat her as the old
Roman debtors were treated, who had their bo
dies cut up and divided among their creditors,
then we could get nothing from her.
We were by this war every day more ami
more depriving her of the means of paying us
and we were then called upon to pay ourselves
with foreign territory—snd the question was
submitted here whether this territory should he
free or Slave territory ? 1 speak the sentiment
ofMassaclui'.etts and of all New England, I
think, when I say, “we are resolved, so far an
we have power, as far as we have Constitu
tional power, that there shall be no extension
of country in which the Institution of Slavery
shall exist. I do not, said Mr. W. intend to
contemplate disunion as a cure forauyofthe ills
that are in the Union. I take it as it is, and will
for otic abide by it as it is.
We do not desire to gain one foot of terri
tory as the result of this war with Mexico. He
did not believe that even the Abolitionists,
though in* had no right to speak for them, de
sired any accession of territory from .Mexico,
even though it should In* ail free territory.—
The Bill before the Committee he could not
\o:p for. He did not think it would contribute
any tiling towards a peace. Ifhe did In* should
vote for it, or almost any thing that was right
and proper in itself to secure a peace.
Mr. Winthrop spoke most eloquently of the
horrors of war and of the blessings of Peace,
and his speech commanded the undivided at
tention of tin* House, and of a largo and brilliant
audience.
The debate was continued by Mr. Tihbutts of
Kv . in defence of the Missouri Compromise
and the prosecution of the war, which beheld
toheajust war,
Mr. Ligou of Mil., then read a long speech
in defence of the war, ami argued iu it that the
provocations to the existence of the war were
most abundant and such as justified the demand
for satisfaction which had been made by our
( ••• v<*rmu<*lit.
Tpou the subject of Slavery. Mr. I.igmi
also argued, and to the effect that it was an in
stitution which belonged to the people, and
should he left to themselves. r I he subject j
should not enter into the question of new ter- j
ritorv in Mexico, but left t otake its course here- ;
after.
Mr. Long of Mtl. also continued the debate,
and commenced au animated speech oil tin*
duty of all men to stand by their country in
time of w ar.
lie bail not proceeded far when lie gave w ay
to a motion to rise, and the House adjourned to
meet again at 10 o’clock to-morrow.
i 7>r I'tvy xmdtnceof the Halt. l*at.~By 'l'elarraph. j
Wasiiino tox, Jan. 0.
The Senate w as not in session to-dav.
HOLST..
’The House met at 10 o’clock. and after some
unimportant business, went into Committee ot j
t!n* \\ bole.
Mr. Long resumed the speech he commenced
yesterday on the bill for increasing the army. — j
lie was decidedly eloquent—eared not who .
was in the executive chair—w hen war existed !
we ought to present an undivided front in its 1
support —the people would do if- Mr. L
w anted the Tantfot *4*J restored.
Mr. Ficklin followed and was opposed to the
bill. Its object, lie said, could not be carried
out. Before the enlistment could he made the
war would or ought to be ended. He preferred
raising more volunteers.
Mr. Haralson next spoke, and in tin* course
of his argument reflected upon the tardiness o|
.Massachusettsand North Carolina iu raising
volunteers. This brought up the representa
tives from those States and from Virginia, by
wav ofexplanation. when a highly entertaining
and amusing couiedy w as enacted.
Mr. Thompson of Miss., followed ami made
a strong argument in lav or of raising \ olunteers.
He eoutineil himself to the bill anil spoke his
hour.
At o’clock the committee commeuced de
ciding on the amendments. Those submitted
by tlie Committee on Military Adairs were
agreed to.
I Mr. Thnruian offered one. allowing the sol
diers their discharge at the close ofthe war:
w hich was adopted.
Mr. Thompson offered an amendment pro
v iding three months* extra pay and a land boun
ty for those who serve out the war and are hon
orably discharged.
The amendment of Mr. Thompson, of Mis
sissippi. authorizing tin* President to appoint
a Lieutenant-General of all the force* of the
Tinted States, was agreed to by a vote, taken
bv tellers, of >1 to 07.
Mr. Rathbun’s substitute in favor of making
the force to be raised a volunteer one. was now
considered. A motion was made to amend it
by adding the clause for a Lieutenant-General.
The vote on this was taken by tellers, and de
cided in the negative : yeas <»•». nays ih"».
71 r. Rathbttn’s substitute, being somewhat
amended, was adopted, the vote by tellers stand
ing. yeas 00. nay s S*v
On motion the Committee then rose and re
ported the bill as amended.
Mr Thompson, of Mississippi, offered the
j amendment which authorises the appointment
i of a Lieutenant-General.
V motion was now made to adjourn. On
! this the yeas and nays w ere demanded an»l tak
en Yeas 09. nays lilt. Refused to adjourn.
The vote on the Lieutenant-General amend*
men: was now taken and stood as follow.-:
veas 00, nays I*JO. Rejected.
The vote was next taken on the amendment
reported to the House by the committee, ami
stood as follows: yeas 103. nays 104 ; so Mr.
Kathhnu's substitute w as rejected.
; The question now came up on the passage ° l *
! the bill as reported by tin* committee, but before
| it was put. a motion to adjourn was made and
: earned.
\nd the House ndourned.
A Good and Gentle Wifj—The young
! anti pretty Mine, de \ .to whom her own
! calm and sweet physiognomy. and the joyful
; countenance of her husband. had giv en the
reputation of being an angel of conjual goodness
w U lately seated at the piano, engrossed m an ef
fort to decypher a new Cavatina of \ erdi. W hile
I thus employed, some persons of her acquain
j ttnee came to the door. who. in order not to
! interrupt the charming cani.it rice. prohibited
* the servant from announcing them. For some
moments, they listened w ith profound silence.
: then upon a hint ofthe ladies, a young cousin
; of 'lme. \ .stealthily advances to the sea:
i of hi- fair cousin, and suddenly claps h> hands
• over her ey es.
•MonDieu' What a bens. you a.e. always
to come and annoy me when l am alone;”
cried impetuously the gentle Mine .ex
hibiting the m extravagant sytutotns of rage.
Stupified. the co i-.n Withdraws his impudent
hands \ genera! burst of laughter :nthe sa
loon follow s The young wife turn-, arid, w ith
one of her sweetes: smiles, says
• IhiUon.sny dear Charles." -aid she. giving
her cousin her most vv amiti; look—*•# thought
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WEDNESDAY JIORN’G, .TAN. 13, 1847.
Popularity of the Administration.
The Democratic press have, time after time,
endeavored to prop up the tottering concern
called the Administration. Mr. Poi.k has been
called a second Madisox, and Mr. Walker a
greater financier than Nf.ckar. Their stars
have been shining with brilliant lustre in the
ascendant. If the late elections obscured them
for a while, it was only to leave them brighter
than ever, after the storms had passed over and
cleared the political skies.
Os course, then, if this administration has
been and is so vastly popular, it ought to be
deeply set in the hearts of its oicn political friends.
Certainly they would support it in the hour of
need, when honor, necessity, every thing call
ed upon them to come to its aid.
Oh! what a stunning kindness it was
in a strong Democratic House to vote down
Mr. Polk’s call for a tax upon Tea and Coffee,
and that, too, after the Secretary had informed
his friends that the loan to carry on the war
could not be obtained without it. A more than
two to one vote against this favorite measure
to raise money to carry on the war, was a most
triumphant triumph for this triumphantly popu
lar administrator* 1
Perhaps, as Mr. Polk had rendered signal
“aid and comfort” to the Mexicans, by restor
ing to them their favorite hero to lead them
against the Americans, his friends in Congress
concluded to ape him and render them some
more “ aid and comfort,” by withholding the
means to keep up the fight!
We cannot give his friends in Congress cre
dit for the greatest amount of patriotism, al
though, like Mr. Polk in letting in Santa Anna,
they may have had “ good intentions."
< >ur readers have seen how kindly and jlatter
iugly the recommendations to appoint a Lieu
tenant-General to supersede the veterans Scott
j and Taylor, was laid upon the table to repose
| in quiet and gentle neglect.
It is true that on the next day it was recon
sidered and referred to the committee of the
whole House. This was arranged the night
before, no doubt, and the party urged to do
something to save /he President from being
thrown into erst a cits for vvliat had been done the
day before!
tin tin* motion to reconsider, it being plainly
seen that it would be lost without a change, of
one or two votes, two Democrats, overcome by
party feelings and kindness (not charity) for Mr.
Polk, changed their votes and the reconsidera
tion passed by a vote of 86 yeas to 84 nays.
This was such a triumph for tin* President,
that we have hut little doubt that he would
have been almost willing to have resigned the
Presidency upon the full blown sufficiency
of its completeness and glory.
What will come of the measure we cannot
tell, but we incline to the opinion that the De
mocrats in Congress have killed it and Mr.
Polk too (almost) with their tender exhibition
of kindness and lore.
If Mr. Poi.k, when he found himself, contrary
to every rule of fortune-telling, elected Pre
sident, was inclined to say—
“ thanks iny countrymen, my loving frifiuls,"
with what eagerness must he have desired, after
the action on the stomach tar. and the British
ticneralship , to dive into the very hearts of his
Democratic friends iti Congress, to express his
gratitude, for their derated and affectionate, sup
port .' Some people think that he and Wai.k
fr ought to resign upon the glory which they
have received !
From the Charleston Mercury.
44 The debate in the Senate, however, lias been far
transcended in interest by that in the House. The
first serious discussion ofthe slavery question which
has taken place since tli** Missouri question, has been
fairly commenced. Where or h*»w it will end, God
only knows. The si jus ofthe times are indeed omi
nous. Mr. Darrin plainly intimated to the House to
day. that the South is as united upon this questi on as
n has ever been, and <i;»ve th«»se who are recklessly
agitating it to understand, that they had better count
the ro*t—whether to gratify their abolitionist tenden
cies, they are willing to sacrifice the Cnion. Mr.
SeMon, of Virginia, also soke ably on the same side.
On tli- other side Mr. 'I *rtin Grover, of N w-' »rk
—a so-called Democrat, to use the expressive words
of a Whig tnemlier, boldly stole and used Mr. Gid
ilings’s thunder—in fact, math* an out and out aboli
tionist speech.
" In reference to thisquestion I may state, that there
are indications abr«vul, that the Southern members
will, if the North jvr-ist in forcing their anti-slavery
provisos u|*»n necessary measures, retire from the
House imiii**diatelv upm its a«!option. 1 would hop**
that they Will decide deliberately, anti that whatever
they decide, they will have the courage l*oldlv t >
carry out.”
The above is a part of a letter of the Wash
ington correspondent ofthe Charleston Mercu
ry. dated the 7th of January.
We do hope that no exigency may arise for
such action on the part of Southern members.
But we see the danger to the Cnion staring tis
in the face from this new project of annexing
New Mexico and California to the C . Slates. \\ *•
expressed some views upon the subject the day
before yesterday, and w e have no desire to en
large upon it now.
The question is no»\ up before the country,
and we see no means of keeping it down—ls
the Ailministration seeking to conquer for the
purpose of keeping possession of those portions
of Mexican territory ?
It matters not how we may get possession ol
them, everv State in this Cnion will have a
voice upon the subject of their annexation to
the Culled States.
There are three parties on this question in
the Cnion. We do not refer at all to the Abo
litionists. but to those who have not been in
fected w ith that fanaticism on the subject of
slav cry—
-Ist. There are those in the whole Cnion
who are opposed altogether to the acquisition
ofthe new territory iti question.
*Jd. ’There are those in the free States vv ho are
in favor of acquiring it upon coalition of the
erclnsion of si art ry.
3d. There are those in the slave States who
are in favor of acquiring it only upon condition
of the admission oj glares in thin its hint s
We have no question that the first class con
stitutes the majority ofthe whole people. It
their wishes are thwarted, the question will
then he uorrovved down to the respective views
ofthe two last.
That is. the free States will be arrayed in fa
vor of annexing i: w ithout slavery a«ainst the
slave States, also in favor of the annexation,
but with slavery.
Do patriots, lovers of the country and the
Cnion. desire to see that state ot things ar
rive * Do any desire it to come, but those who
are at heart the enemies of the Cnion ’
We are rushing upon times full of danger,
and it behooves the lovers ofthe country, its
liberty and institution*, to frown upon every
effort calculated to plunge us into them.
V Superior Ham.
We acknowledge with great pleasure the
receipt, from our friend J. Norcross, of Atlan
ta. of a verv -itpenor Hiv. equaling in beauty,
svmnietrv and delicacy of flavor any \\ esteni
ham wo have ever tasted. I: was handsomely
encased in canvass, and altogether was worthy
the tooth of r«n epicure. If our enterprising,
and we must add in this instance mtmst
rate friend, has a supply of such, we commend
-
Gad’- excellency, his w :sdout. hi- purity xn<i
‘ love. «eetu to appear u everything, in trie
l stars l Is an
<k'- . in me gras.-, dowers, trees, in the water,
and in all nature, which n>ed greatly to fix my
■ mind 1 often used to sat and view the moon
j for a long nine, and inday spent much time in
i ig ids and s the sweet
giorv of G se things - ■
-uigins for*h. with a low voice. n»y contempla
tion- ofthe Creator and Redeemer —Js l d-
From the N. O. Picayune of the 3d inst.
I2AVS PROM THE ARJIY,
The Virginia came nj> to town last evening,
but the further intelligence which we derive
from the letters and papers brought bv her, is
not of much importance. The latest paper
from Matamoros we have seen is the Flag of
tin.* 23d ult.
The Flag informs its that Maj. Gen. Patter
son. with his staff, left Matamoros on the 22d of
December for Moquete, about six leagues on
the route to Victoria. A large train of wagons,
escorted by the Tennessee cavalry, preceded
him; and the Flag supposes his whole com
mand, consisting of the two regiments of Illi
nois volunteers and the Tennessee mounted
men, was encamped at Moquete by the evening
of the 23d. The troops which had arrived at
Victoria, as announced in a letter from Tam
pico of the 25th, which we gave yesterday, were
probably the advance of the command of Gen.
Twiggs or Gen. Qnitman. Gen. Jessup, Q.
M. G., arrived at the Brazos, on the 18th lilt.,
and reached Matamoros on the 20th. On his
way down from New Orleans he visited the
miltary depot at Port Lavacca, which he caused
to be broken up. There are now, says the
Flag, no military depots on the coast between
New Orleans and Brazos Island. The infor
mant of the Evening Mercury says that (ten.
Jessup left Matamoros for the mouth of the
river on the 24th—immediately upon learning
the alarming news from Saltillo.
From the whole tenor of tiie articles in the
Flag, we judge that the people in the valley of
the Rio Grande are in a feverish state. The
Mexicans improve every opportunity to com
mit outrages, and it will be seen by the follow
ing orders that the commandant at Matamoros
is preparingfor any emergency that may occur.
Headquarters, Matamoros, Dec. 1", 1346.
The American citizens of Matamoros capable
of bearing arms are requested to enroll their
names at the following named places, to enable
the Ordnance Department to furnish the neces
sary arms, ammunition, Arc., for their use in the
case of an emergency, viz: Exchange Hotel,
Stephen Foote’s coffee-house, Asher’s store, R.
W. Taylor’s store, and at the office of the Ame
rican Flag. 8. G. SIMMONS,
Lieut. 7th Infantry, Old. Officer.
There has recently been au election of muni
cipal officers in Matamoros. They were ail
Mexicans who were chosen, butthe Flag augers
very well from their proceedings.
A h*rge number of sick arrived at Matamoros
from Camargo on the 22d, to go into hospital.
Between thirty and forty sick were sent back
from the two Illinois regiments forming a por
tion of Gen. Patterson’s command, encamped
at Moquete.
Assistant Surgeon L. C. McPhail is in charge
of the general hospital in Matamoros, taking
the place of Surgeon J. J. B. W right, who has
been attached to Gen. Patterson’s staff
From the Flag of the 1:1th December we cull
the following items of news. We are happy
to make our acknowledgments for the use we
have made of this very excellent paper.
Mexican Prisoners —Col. Clarke, we un
derstand. has been instructed by Gen. Taylor to
forward the Mexican prisoners, sixteen in num
ber. now at Fort Brown, to the officer in com
mand of the fleet off Vera Cruz, by him to he
delivered to the authorities of that city. There
are also sixteen prisoners in Fort Polk, who
will probably he sent with them. Santa Anna
is said to have released several American prison
ers, and we suppose that these are sent as an
exchange.
Cap!. Moore, who is stationed in the Plaza,
was out on a hunting excursion, on Thursday
evening [the J7th ult.J accompanied by a cor
poral, and was surprised and tired upon by a
small party of Mexicans; a lasso was thrown
over the head of the corporal, dragging him
some distance and bruising bin severely. Capt.
M. immediately lired upon them, and succeeded
in rescuing the corporal and bringing him
near the town, obtained a guard and returned
in search of the scoundrels, captured two cf
them, with several stolen horses, and returned
to town last night, having brought with him his
wounded companion. Parly yesterday morn
ing another party went out on search, and dis
covered a number of lirearms in a jackal out
side of town, hut the occupant pretends to be
a gunsmith; he was brought in. however, and
the matter will he investigated.
Murder. —A cold-blooded murder was per
petrated on Tuesday night last by some un
known persons (believed to be Mexicans) upon
a Mr. Geo. Babcock, Ist Sergeant Company K.
4tb I . S. Infantry, recently arrived from Mon
terey. The body of Mr. Babeock was found
on Wednesday morning, completely stripped
of clothing, but a short distune** from the main
plaza, with some fifteen or twenty dirk wounds
on his person, any one of which would have
caused death. From what we can learn of the
deceased, he was a quiet, inoffensive mail, and
when last seen the previous evening was per
fectly sober. <>n Tuesday he had been exhi
biting two watches, which hi* was desirous of
selling, and it was supposed he was murdered
by Mexicans, in order to possess themselves of
the watches, which they tailed to do, he having
left them at home previous to going out in the
evening. Mr. B. has a wife and several chil
dren here, and was on furiough to visit them.
STILL LATER.
By the arrival at a late hour last night of the
1. S. steamer Lilith, Capt. Couiilurd, we have
three days' later dates from Brazos Santiago.
She left Brazos on the 30th ult. and brings con
tinuation of the reported advance of San a
Anna with a large force upon Saltillo It was
reported that the Mexican army was nearly 30,-
0t»o strong.
When Gen. Worth's express reached Mon
terey, Gen. Taylor had only gone >ix or eight
miles on his march to Victoria, and the troops
under Gens. Twiggs and (Auitman were hut
twelve miles in advance. Orders were imme
diately issued to this division to retrace its steps
au*l proceed at once to Saltillo.
Gen. Butler, who was left in command of
Monterey, hail already marched with all the
troops he could collect to join Gen. \\ ortli at
Saltillo.
Before tiie express reached Camargo, Gen.
Lane had started for Saltillo with his command
—this was on the 20th. Gen. Marshall set out
next morning, taking with him the remainder
of the forces, with the exception of Capts.
Hunter ami Swartwout’s comm.m Is. which
were left to protect that point. The troops
from Camargo were on a forced march, to
reach Saltillo in time for a battle, reports having
prevailed for several days before positive ad
vices were received of the movements of Santa
Anna.
Gen. Wool was ninety miles from Saltillo at
the last advices from him. and it was supposed
he would jo in Gen. Worth in season to assist
in repelling the enemy.
There was a rumor that Santa Anna had
throw n a bodv of 17.000 men between Gen.
\\ orth and Gen. Taylor, to prevent a junction
of the American forces. This report was not
credited, nor does it seem probable that it is
true, as the main road to Monterey passes
through Saltillo. There is a circuitous moun
tain road which avoids Saltillo, but it is not
favorable to the inarch of an army. ;>tid i> im
practicable for ordnance.
It was the impression of gentlemen who came
passengers in the Edith, and with whom nn e huve
conversed, that a battle was fought about the
25th ult. It was thought, however, that Gen.
Ta\ lor had reached Saltiiio before that time, and
also Gen. Twiggs's. Gen. Quitman's. General
Butler’s and Gen. Wool’s commands. It was
likewise hoped that the troops from Camargo j
wo aid also arrive at .Saltillo in good season. It j
these expectations were realized. Gen. Taylor j
had about seven thousand men to oppose to j
Santa Anna. Our informant' think Santa An- )
na’s army was overrated: but no positive
knowledge was had of hisexur: numbers.
Tiie whole vallev of the K»o Grande wa> in a i
*ta!e of great ferment. Apprehensions ol an *
attack were entertained at Camargo, Malamo- !
rosand other poults, from the ranchcros under :
Canales. The withdrawal of m» many troops j
from the river left the valley exposed to danger i
At .Matamoros. Col. Clark hud called upon the \
citizens to enrol themsclve -for service, and a’
the Brazos Gen. Jesup had done the same thing. '
Both these points were sadiy deficient i:i both
men and antis. It was bought Canales bad
•jtXH) men under him. and th i: the large supply
of goods at Matamoros. and the exposed con
dition of that city, might quick*-u his courage.
lowing dav he proceeded to the mouth ol the
Rio Grande and was yet a*, that point when the
Edith lefLwaiting arrival ofthe hors -
to the regiment of mounted riflemen, when it
- •
up the river to Camargo.
Capt Wayne ha'been transferred from the
of M « J Gen. Jessup to that of G< n Scott,
an l was to kt-comp. uy him * n his tour of obser
vation.
The steamship Alabama waa off the Brazos
when the Edith sailed, and will probably brins
• - '■•
Endora was ais e. so th
upon an arrival very soon.
The Edith brought o\ era large mail: but o\\ -
ing to the lateness of the hour of her arrival, it
t sent to post offic*
•' - • *
trs \-
uiongst her passengers wore May F > U **v.
kins. 7th Infantry : Cap;. J G. Todd. ofTexas :
L't--;* J*. M. Cowan. 2d Kentm Regirat nt,
utd Capt. Twit . ' - : -
Messrs. CU'u»*uis. Harri'** A
The news feaNfS a painful anxiety to learn
• ress ol nts I ~~
gst t --
bibed the belief.
I; was believed thai an express had been sen:
to Gen. Patterson, countermanding his march
in the direction of Victoria.
8
V ort -
-
-o ' *M\ rh> indeed, lu* believed would be
! ti<*’ ridsuwm of Him »Uo<e judjm-ii: i;. ' .*r
> : t the Mumnri C - - Mr
t h - h i ;* as mo-: arr ;. and wosi.-i
. p ,j e bv • iVr would !:• Nor:h—vvou.d
\n: *
. re iiv:o a i bv :» s Compromise : no: vu; ol
Prom the A r . ffWinics, Ithiost.
Lute and Importag»#Ktt*c4li~e from
the Seat War !
Report of Santa Anna's grin nice cord ra dieted —
Return of General Taotr toward l d.toria —
Junction of forces under Generals Worth and
Wool, Sfc. Sfc.
By the arrival here ylsiei J. v of the IT. S.
Transport Steamer Alabama. Capt. Windle,
which left Brazos oil instant, we have
received intelligence froEpjpe several divisions
of the army up to a late cfe* >
It appears that the rep&Js which have been
in circulation regarding tfiif advance of Santa
Anna cti Saltillo have beenfntirely premature,
and the statement that was liiblished of his be
ing, at the date of our from that
place, within three days’ march of it, is entirely
without foundation. Then was, however,
some cause for the rumor, of which the follow
ing are the particulars:
General Worth on the loth ultimo received
information from two scouts that the Mexican
General-in-chief had left San Luis de Potosi, at
the head of a body of 1500& civ airy, with the
intention to fall on the American division at
Saltiiio, which he imagined he could easily crush.
After this, he proposed Wool,
and if similar success attend to repair
to Monterey and capture or utrtftty the maga
zines and public stores lay there. Gen.
Worth, without attaching m&e importance to
the report than it seemed forthwith
dispatched expresses to Generals Taylor, Wool
and Butler, acquainting thentrwith what he had
heard, leaving it entirely to the/ti to act in the
premises. The express overtack General Tay
lor a short distance from Mokterey, on the
route to Victoria. He immediately returned to
his old encamping ground, neariMonterey, with
the whole of his division, and iien waited fur
ther advices. After days, du
ring which he received information of the im
probability of the report of Salta Anna’s ad
vance on Saltillo, he again tookjup the line of
march, and proceeded onward/o Victoria.—
Meanwhile, General Wool, wMfihad been in- I
formed of the rumor current at Saltillo, called
in all his detached commands, aid at the head 1
of his division, 3000 strong, quitted Parras on 1
the 1 ■'tli ultimo, and by arrai&gJEl&jtts, previous- (
I v made, was to enter SaltjlJ at far- 1
tliest, pushing forward witnS"W } practicaTSTfPj *
speed. General Butler had previously reached 1
Saltillo from Monterey. During this time the !
intelligence of the reported ad ranee of Santa
Anna had reached other more Jistant points of
the line of occupation; and troops, already un- 1
der orders to march toward Monterey, hastened 1
their progress onward.
It appears that Generals Taylor and Worth,
on mature reflection, readily discovered the
improbability of the report of Santa Anna's ad
vance on. and near proximity to Saltillo, from
the following facts : Ist. The distance between
San Luis do Potosi and Saltillo was too great
to admit of the possibility of the inarch of so
largo a body as 15000 men, without timely notice
being afforded to the American General to pre
pare for his reception. 2dly. The ground be
tween the two cities is extremely hare of ver
dure, or other means of sustenance for man and
beast—9o nnles of which, as is well known,
being an arid desert, divest offountain. running
stream, or any other source of water, besides
atlording not the least chance of getting food or
fodder, being almost uninhabited, throughout its
wide extent. The report of the Mexican
scouts, however, is said to have been corrobora
ted, by information received at Saltiiio, in a
letter from an Lnglish merchant at San Luis de
Potosi, who stated that Santa Anna had posi
tively left that city, at the head ofa numerous bo
dy of cavalry. I'.veil now, in those parts of
Mexico, occupied by our troops, it is admitted
that Santa Anna is out with a considerable
mounted force, but with objects far different
from those attributed to him, by tin* scouts. It
was stated in the letter above alluded to. that
tin* Mexicans’intentions were to hurry forward,
and occupy the only practicable pass in the
mountains, lying between the divisions of Gen
erals Worth and Wool, thus intercepting their
communications. After realizing his anticipa
ted success against them, by cutting them up in
detail, he was then to advance on Monterev.
A c. Ac. These announcements .are now prov
ed to he premature, and tilings are proceeding j
in their former train, accelerated a little bv the j
alarm which liasjusr subsided.
For much of tin* above information we are
indebted to Maj. Butler, (a passenger bv tin*
Alabama,) Paymaster F. S. Army, attached to
the division ofGen. Wool, who visits thiscitv
on business, which will detain him here about a
week, when he returns to headquarters. Maj.
I». left Parras on the 17th ultimo, where Gen.
Wool’s division then lay. He states that the
troops were in excellent health and spirits, no
casualty of moment having occurred for some j
time. The inhabitants of the country which '
the troops had traversed from San Antonio, bad
manifested the greatest good feeling toward the
V mericans; not a symptom of that hostility \\ hich j
the population of the valley of the Rio Grande ;
had so frequently exhibited, had been observed, j
Brazos.—We are under many obligations to !
Gen. Jessup for his politeness i:i communica
ting some interesting particulars regarding the
feelings observable amongst the'Mexican popu
lation. at different points on the Rio Grande.
It seems that a species of moral barometer ex
ists there, if we take the trouble to study their
eharaetei. <hi the eve of any great event, (the
buttle of Momerey. for example.) a considera
ble falling oil’ in the number of Mexicans seek
ing employment takes place. At each new
success of tin* American arms, the applications
for service redouble. With tin* denunciations
of the Mexican government staring them in the
face, they are afraid to work for the invaders;
but as time rolls on. and our conquests seem to
be consolidated, their confidence returns, and
they are anxious to join us heart and hand.
Mo\ rkrev. —Major Butler was in Monterey
on the 23d ult., at the time Gen. Tavlor was en
camped there. Col. Harney was in that citv.
on his way to Saltillo. Lverv thing seemed sa
tisfactory. regarding the conduct of the inhabi
tants, as to peace and tranquilitv. One regi
ment. i: is presumed, will be sufficient to form
its garrison.
March of Troops. Ac.—On his way from
Monterey to Camargo. Major Butler met the
Kentucky mounted riflemen, with Gen. Mar
shall at the:r head, and one of the < >hio regi
ments —both corps on their way to the former
place.
Genera:. Scorr.—On the lstinst., on his
way down the Rio Grande, a days distance from
Camargo, General Scott was met proceeding
upward, on the steamboat Corvette.
\t Matamoros, Point Isabel and Brasos,
thing* were in statu //no.
The remains of tin* following officers were
brought over on the Alabama:
Col. Watson. Baltimore Regiment.
Capt. Isaac Holmes, Georgia Regiment.
Capt. Ridgely. Flying Artillery.
Capt. < iiilespie. Texas Regiment.
Lieut. Graham. Infantry.
Mr. Thoma . Texas Rangers.
Mr. Pierson. Texas Rangers.
Passengers —Gen. Jessup. Quarter Master
General and suite : Majors Butler. Boyd and
Comstock; Cap:*. Long. Hoyle; Lieut. Arm
strong; Messr>. H. McCiueen, Mills. Clark and
Robinson, and 249 sick and discharged soldiers.
M-'s-rs. Mills and Robinson are the committee
from Baltimore to conduct thither list* remains
of Col. Watson. Capt. Ridgely and Lieut. Gra
ham.
Lieut. Boyle, of the Baltimore Battalion, died
jon hoard the Muhamu during the trip. He was
i well when he went to bed night before last, and
; was found dead yesterday morning in his berth,
j Robberies were as frequent as ever in the
j neighborhood of Matamoros. butthe perpetra
• tors were - ■ loin •
M January Ist. 1347.
' id H
! ago, an« I ho! hardly on* o ask a qtu»!!on before he
j \f.ts i>;F fi>r Can.arand M-.ntcrey. Since licit time
! we have hid i,»nny reports of battle?, a^ffuiuircke^.
.ud count* r-.:i’.‘.'he-'—Gto. Woofs cciuißO cut off.
: < Worth d.: upon Monterey from Sal
i >. an Ihe and Gen. Tavlor surrounded and shut
Mon i ■ .Scott i staff left jh
- :0.. in I*. ,-v f-r t' ‘hi ir_ . by the river. They*
iii.’t :*;• •• U Rib and Kendv' teimer with the mail.
j v, hi h brings that some part of a eorp- of
j -erv au.m :■*'!«.nju-.j to > ;nM Anna*.- army, has been
■ - n r.> r Parras, where *: rvral Wool*s army was.
led G neral W rth at SaHifla. General
1 f General Tillggs.
- M nterev, amt General OorHineii had
_■■■» •. V - r:.i. ; I w;v at Linares when last
! h"..r t from. Gen*r:-.I Patterson’s division crossed
San Fern
; reach his de tin asi-n. Y company of Tennessee
cavalry came •:> *..-’< t w ■> da vs to escort a train of
I wao .ns v. ;th su--istenre f-r the command of Gen.
rral Patter-on. who will - doubt soon jean with the
- u.manu of G nerd ti . um. General Scott will
j • i ’ ;-_m, ,-»n i■: ■> tit ..-h: will sood return here.
I jive verv bale <<•.,•* that General Taylor will
-
When Gen«»r !i * Victoria all the passes
I i *» . 1 ... p shut up; and it" t’rr* a, with
? 5000 Ot' -- * w* dear out icr es th
i ‘uir.c.ns. ••ur .rivalry v, iH --aise them about like rabr
.> ;. .r- if i • -.* a : e*k h < aids. 1 wish that Ji *k
Ha vs, VI k< • ' : ■ : f oar Id
[\ s VV f»r- here n :* ” males andSe juin want
5 »:.k:nc after b.idh I have learned that the farmer
I • - \ new Mexican Congress, but i >
•*. r *i..%»-t. Hi? <>'d men are prowling
CAMPANERO
Tampico.
\V. r-r* v e ,-v m• - in-b*' to the gentleman whe
..... kin . >pMal Ujefcßo* M ems
•i. efe r---.it- •* In a letardated Tam
- . _ • - i* a r--j--rt w.-.*
- - \ tnip
- de
- .rtmer.t. h: • i th*. wh-.le of the inhabitants o,
: f im | j . r . pr, . ’ ■ throw off the yoke of th*
. . n - r • ma-.-rr. or'Wide-d the Vnited States veil
t prod A
-I P •
\ - - rated S • at tha
* ] ; • .. T.i.xV* ;neu—this was from i
.! t F - :rre. :t the date of the letter is ra
! . . • CJ Bifev. and Gens. Quiman am
1 pX ' r-H; ; i- »o Vinww. Th
-,lq . ! i-i t \ are no doabl pan of th
. . k V O 7'i 7
II s j Vi A; w- ' ••rresppndept of ;
l \evs T . : i!i \ : .nor ms:ojinces that Mr. J.
.
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f he v* :i *o«*!*. !■* ’*!e to resume his seat it*Con
s res?
From the N. O. Picayune of the fit/i inst.
. Further Mexican Items.
Since our last wc have received files of pa
- pers from Vera Cruz from the latter part of
November up to the 17th of December. We
l have reviewed the reports in the papers of the
proceedings of the Mexican Congress and do
not find a word to add to the statement which
we gave yesterday. No direct action appears
to have been had*upon the subject of the war
with the United States. We cannot find the
overtures for peace, so frequently made by our
Government, adverted to in the proceedings of
the Mexican Congress at all; nor do we find
any thing touching directly upon their plans of
campaign. Their own papers would convey
the impression that San Luis Potosi is to bo the
great battle ground of the war.
We have at last the official Mexican accounts
of the events which have occurred at Los An
geles, which have been magnified into a massa
cre of 150 Americans. The facts are in sub
stance thus stated in a despatch signed by Col.
J. M. Segura, addressed to the Governor ol
Sonora.
On the 23d September the citizens of Los
Angeles and the vicinity determined to throw
off the rule of the Americans. They met ac
cordingly, proclaimed their liberty, and placed
Capt. Flores at their head. After some days of
impending strife, an action is said to have oc
curred on the 26th and 27th of September in
the rancho of Chino, in the immediate vicinity
of Los Angeles, where the Americans are said
to have been routed entirely, twenty-seven of
them made prisoners and three wounded. One
Mexican was killed hut no American. The
conquerors then laid siege to the city of Los
Angeles, and on the 30th September the town
capitulated. The terms of the surrender were
drawn up with as much deliberation as those
of Monterey. Commissioners were appointed
on both sidfis, the American commander, Don
Archibald Gillespee, being represented by Se
nor Don Edward Gil Chitre—Surgeon with
the rank of Maj or—and Lieut. D. Miguel Prior.
[The Doctor in this case we presume to be
Surgeon Edward Gilchrist, of the U. S. sloop
of war Portsmouth. ] The object of the confer
ence is declared to be an honorable accommo
dation which should prevent a useless effusion
of blood. Capt. Gillespee hound himself to
{ ret*** with all h»s4oree to the fort of San Pedro,
thence to embark for Monterev (California,)
remaining in San Pedro no longer than might
he necessary to make all needful preparations
for departure. The second article stipulates
for their retiring with the honors of war, with
their arms and private property. The third
article gives them the mounted artillery then in
Los Angeles to accompany them to San Pedro,
hut there to be restored to the Mexicans. We
have not time to give all the articles of this
capitulation, hut tin* most important we have
named. Others provided for an exchange of
prisoners, the restoration of captured property,
respect for the property of foreigners, Ac., Ac.
All the terms of the capitulation would seem to
have been religiously observed till the time for
embarkation arrived. Then the complaints of
the Mexicans begin. Col. Segura says that the
guns which should have been restored were all
spiked; the arms and munitions were carried
olfwliich should have been surrendered; that
tin* American vessel oil’the port sent her boats
ashore with a force of three hundred men, be
sides the force which had capitulated. and main
tained a permanent occupation of the town.—
Notwithstanding all this. Col. Segura goes on
to say that the troops of Sonora continue to he
animated with the same enthusiasm for the lib
erty of the country as heretofore, and other
tilings of the kind. We give the Mexicans the
benefit oftheir own version of these affairs.—
W e have not a line from an American officer
explanatory of the facts.
The Locomotor gives a vivid account of the
los of tiie Somers, and of the exertions of the
boats of the different nations to save the drown
ing sailors. it does not, however, add much to
tin* information which we had previously re
ceived. The seven sailors who drifted ashore
and were saved, were treated, it says, with great
kindness and humanity in Vera Cruz. As they
floated ashore, they were so near to the Castle
of San Juan that they could distinctly hear the
heating of the drums within the walls. A cor
respondent, whose attentions we cannot here
adequately acknowledge, has furnished us with
the names of the men saved, who are now held
as prisoners of war iu V era Cruz. They are as
follows: Wm. W. Cardy, Wm. W. Powers,
John Boyce, Lewis Johnson. Janies Fennel
Matthias Gravel and Dennis Kelly.
We have already mentioned that the commo
dore has supplied them with clothes and money.
Our correspondent tells us they are treated with
kindness, hut yet as close prisoners.
The .Mexicans are kept iu a continual state
of alarm about another descent upon Alvarado,
and reports are found in the papers from day
to day upon the subject. But nothing further
had been attempted up to our last accounts —
Deheinber23.
In tins ronneetion we may state, that many
of the officers of our squadron, and especially
the younger portion, are chafed beyond mea
sure by their inactivity, and we may cite an in
cident which is said recently to have occurred
in proof of this state of feeling. Two of the
midshipmen of the John Adams, either in quest
of adventure or out of mere bravado, lately
rowed round the Castle of S:m Juan in a small
boat, and so closely that they could touch the
castle walls. They found nothing hut paltry
fishing boats surrounding it. They left tin*
ship under the pretence of visitingone of the
F.nglish vessels of war, and immediately
upon their return to their ship they were
placed under suspense. The burning of the
Creole was executed on the private responsi
bility of the gallant officers whose names we
have already given. Their countrymen should
hear these tilings in mind, and always recollect
that it is tin* want of opportunity alone which
prevents tin* navy from signalizing its prowess.
The despatch of Gen. Taylor dated the 16th
November from Saltillo, announcing his pacific
occupation of that place, is published in the
Mexican papers. Santa Anna writes from San
Luis on the 2 -‘h November, that Marcos
Aguilar, the Mexicali express rider to whom it
was entrusted by Genera! Taylor, thought bet
ter of it after he had started for Camargo, and
changed his route for San Luis. Santa Anna
lauds tin* patriotism of the scoundrel, and re
commend- him to tin* favorable consideration
of the Government. He says he paid him fifty
dollars for his travelling expenses. The de
spatch of Genera! Taylor is very brief and con
tained no information of the least use to Santa
Anna. Santa Anna adds that Aguilar had told
him that the American Army had become great
ly demoralized and were deserting daily in con
siderable numbers. The same fact he says he
has learned from other sources. In confirma
tion of it In* mentions that deserters from the
Americans were coming in daily : that only on
the dav previous— Non . 27th—twelve Irishmen
and German-? had come in and solicited employ
ment. Their services were accepted and they
were attached, with other deserters, to a com
pany of Mexican artillery.
We hear from Santa Anna iu another com
munication. Oil the 4th of December he ad
dressed . letter to the Secretary of State which
wa< published to allay the apprehension excited
bv rumors iu circulation that the general had
quarrelled with the acting government and was
about to return to the city of Mexico and fil
ter into negotiations for penee with the United
States. He attribute* the reports in circulation,
injurious to his character, to certain papers in
t!u- f nit** 1 State- He appeals To Gen. Salas
and Gen. Almonte as witnesses in his behalf.
..111 . ■ - jj . .tiiiniir.r i. —*— i wi -
both of whom h= • says made the campaign of
l with him in Texas, in the endeavor to pre
vent the dismemberment of that portion of the*
national territory. He touches upon other
events, in the lives of Salas and himself, in
which tliev were associates in misfortune : he
ex >rc-s**shis rcl.j • an •a tints to appear before
the country in his own justification. He would
rather have trusted to his past services and his
wounds for his defeuce, and concludes with a
•flourish which we may faintly render thus:
-But I had another reply in*reserve wh«sh my
camion and musketry should make upon the
iavadin? hosts in the day? of national ven
: geance.”
We do not recognise in the tone of this letter
hiiv marks of earnest sincerity, nor do we find
anything in the papers to throw light upon the
military design of Santa Anna. A letter written
bv him as for back as the 21 -t of November, to
justify nis abandonment of Tampico, contains
one paragraph, saying that he had anticipated
| anv operations, which Gen. Taylor might me
ditate bv the way of Saltiiio. and taken the pro
per measures to repel an invasion from tnat
quarter.
The papers of the city of Mexico have been
j much occupied with reports touching
Anna’s designs upon the Government. The
official journal denounces every whisper of an
ambitious purpose a« siandarousand traitorous.
Ii is evidently deemed most important to keep
the public free from all expectations on this
score. . |
In the Monitor of the 23d December it i?
mentioned tint Gen. Garcia Conde has been or
dered to • Irarj lato within twenty four hoars
1 mid proceed a: once to Chihuahua. The Mon-
J iior regards this as a violent proceeding, and
half insinuates tha: it i? to be attributed to some
j vile personal motive, injurious to Conde. He
was formerly Governor of Chihuahua, and his
bearing during the late seige of Monterey was
not calculated to confer lustre upon him.
The latest Mexican accounts from Tampicp
which we hine seen are to the eitd of Novem
■ her. They mention tiie extraordinary activity
: of our force- in fortify mg Tampico, and speaks
' ofGen. Patterson’s advance upon Victoria at
the head ol five thousand men.
A free pardon was granted in Augustlast to
j all Mexican deserters who -hould rejoin their
I colors within a certain specified time A later
i decree extends this time three months,
j \Y have repeated publications of army rtgu
* lations bv Gen-Almonte, showing the utmost
application on the par: of that officer. None
* of these regulations are of such consequence
a* to demand republication.
Av Ibo*. \ —An ir*>u steamer called
. the Passj ort was launch*: dat K • on.jC an art a.
ofa sub-tan iil and elegant make, the iron of
• • was in tbe «ir ! »» *»*«
: bowel- of the eariii iu S >:iand in March ia-t.
and now she proud); floats on the hr
sum of Ontario
From the N- O. Picayune, 6th inst.
Latest f/uu Tampico.
Bv the arrival this morning at 3 o’clock, of
• the scooner Arispe, Capt. Gates, from Tam
pico, in five days, we have news as late as the
30th ult., which will he found detailed below.
The Arispe sailed from Tampico on Wednes
day last. There was but little news of public
interest. The U. S. steamer Spitfire, Cotu’r
Tatnall; schooner Reefer, Lieut. Coin’g Ster
rett, and Nonata, Lieut. Coin’g Rowan, sailed
on the 23th ult, for Anton Lizardo, but returned
to the bar on the following day, owing to con
trary winds and a prospect of bad weather.—
The two former got underway again on the
30th. and when the Arispe left, at 3 P. M. were,
three or four miles to the eastward—the
schooner in tow' of the steamer. The Nonata
was inside the bar, and probably did not sail
for a day or two.
The sloop of war St. Mary’s arrived off Tam
pico bar on the evening of the 23th ult., but
sailed again the following day. Her destination
w r as not known.
On the 29th ult. the bark Ivanona, Captain
Shinn, from New' York, whence she sailed on
the 2d December, arrived with a company of
the Ist Artillery, 119 strong, under Capt. John
Magruder. Lieut. B. H. Hill and Dr. Newton
also accompanied these troops. They were at
once inarched into camp.
A brig was also in the offing when the Arispe
left, having recruits for the 6th Infantry on
board—officers not ascertained.
A grand flag-staff, ninety-five feet high, was
raised on the morning of the 30th ult. in the
principal plaza, directly in the centre of an ex
tensive marble pedestal originally designed for
the base ofa monument to Santa Anna. This
work of the blind followers of the modern ty
rant, it is said, cost some $60,000; but instead of
a monument, as was intended, to one whose
name is written on the page of history with
blood, there now floats in triumph the beautiful
folds of America’s ensign ! What a difference !
Instead ofa pyramidal pile to vanity and ambi
tion, rapine and treachery, the “broad stripes
and bright stars” of our nation’s flag greet the
eye of the beholder, and stream out in pride
upon the free breeze ! There may they ever
stream!
The office of auctioneer, left vacant by the
Removal of Mr. Labruere, had been filled by
the appointment of Mr. Taylor, late of this
city.
Mr. Chase, our former Consul, is appointed
collector ofthe customs at Tampico—a post he
eminently deserves.
Occasional rumors reach the city of au inten
ded attack upon it by the Mexicans ; but they
are only viewed as Mexican tales. A man may
eat every Mexican that will attack Tampico
while our troops are then* for supper, and still
follow Dr. Franklin’s recipe for a good appetite
for breakfast.
The city remains perfectly quiet and orderly,
being under the best possible police regulations.
There is no lighting, dissipation, rowdyism or
disturbance of any kind, and it is not probable
that the people of Tampico—the former inhabi
tants—ever saw so still and peaceable a place
before.
There are two associations of pilots at Tam
pico, one of Americans, the other of Mexicans
—five of each, and the competition between
them is very spirited. The rates of pilotage
are $5 a foot in, and $4 a foot out; these rates
are invariably observed.
Relief to Irelaml*
It appears from an article in the New York Courier
and Enquirer, that there were transmitted in 1346 to
Ireland,tin small amounts, from New York, the sum of
8303,000, of which 8175,000 were sent in November
and December. This sum is so large, that it seems
incredible, hut it has been ascertained to be correct
by the books ofthe houses that drew the drafts. The
fact is, indeed, a noble proof of the self-sacrificing,
self-denying and warm-hearted character ofthe labor
ing Irish men and women of New York, who, from
their savings, have remitted in one large a
sum as 8803,000, to their suffering and needy friends
in Ireland. Such evidence of overflowing charity, is
fitted, indeed, a* the Courier says, to exalt our human
nature. Mr. John Harney, who ascertained the facts
and communicated them to the Courier, says :
These remittances are sent to all parts of Ireland,
and by every packet; and you may judge of the relief
afforded to a very large number of poor families, in a
year, when they are cut short oftheir usual food, the
p >tntoe. It has required no public meetings, no spe
cial addresses, *o bring fortli these remittances from
the |MX>r, nor do they l<x)k for any praise for what they !
have done. It is the natural instinct, (if I may use
the expression,) of the Irish peasant, to share his mite
—be it money or potatoes—with those still poorer
than himself, and he thinks he has but done a Chris
tian duty, deserving of no special applause.
To those benevolent Americans who have subscribed
for the relief of the Irish poor it will he a satisfaction
to know that the Irish emigrants, have been doing
their part nobly.— -Halt. Patriot.
Saltillo.
Major Butler passed through Saltillo on his way
hither. Here he found General Butler, whose severe
wound in the leg was slowly healing. It will be
a satisfaction to his numerous friends lo learn that he
is again able to mount his horse, and in a very short
time, will be, in all respects, “ himself again.” The
two Generals, Butler and Worth, were of opinion
that Santa Anna was too astute to risk himself in a
field fight; he would patiently await the unfolding
the chapter of accidents, behind the fortificat ions of
San Luis de Potosi, confessedly, even by our own
topographical engineer officers, the strongest place in
Mexico, after San Juan de Ulloa.— X. (). Times , 7th
inst.
Coi r’s Patent Revolving Pistols. —Cap-
tain Walker left this city yesterday for Wash
ington. having, while in New York, among
other things, made a contract for 1000 Revol
ving Pistols for the new mounted Rifle Regi
ment, which is to serve in Mexico. This Reg
iment is to he armed with a pair of these wea
pons. besides rifles. It was found impossible
to obtain any number of these pistols in this
city, such has. of late, been the demand for
them for soldiers and others going to Mexico.
It is a fact worth noting that the German, who
has been the principal mechanic or manufac
turer of these revolvers, has recently left us,
and suddenly: for Mexico, with his chest of
tools and inaehanery. It is pretty well ascer
tained that he has had most liberal and rich re
wards from the government of Mexico, which
have tempted him to leave New York, in order
to begin the manufacture of that deadly wea
pon iu a foreign country. Capt. Walker is
very anxious that the War Department should
order for the mounted Riflemen Wesson’s im
proved Rifle, which will carry the ball with un
erring precision 400 yards and over. The Ui
fle i' Imlit. and well adapted for such service
as it will find necessary — X. V. Express.
Os Mrs. Chase, the heroine of Tampico, in
honor of whom a battery has been named Fort
Ann. tin* Philadelphia Spirit of the Times has
the following notice:
“Our readers will be pleased to learn that
this patriotic woman once resided in this city.
She is ol Irish origin: her maiden name was
Ann Met 'amen, and she kept a dry goods store
in Second, below Pine-street. She was a wo
man of grea; business habits and energy of
ciiaracter. and made considerable money.—
Doubtless many of her old neighbors will re
cognize her name and rejoice with us, that she
has proved herself eminently worthy of this
brief notice. About twenty years ago, she
moved to New Orleans, and subsequently to
Tampico, where she engaged in mercantile
business, and married Mr. Chase, the then
American Consul. We are indebted to an old
and valued friend for the above information, and
our readers may rely upon the statement as en
tirelv correct.
A portion of tho Whig and federal pres* is
far more atrocious and treasonable in its remarks
about the Mexican war, than the same press was
during our last war with Great Britain. These
paper- 1 were very generally preserved, and their
outrageous tone consigned the party, of which
they were the organs, to political infamy from
that day to this.— Boston Post.
The Boston Post is mistaken, rio far from
being consigned to political infamy, many of the
leaders of the old federal party are now high
in office*—Taney as Chief Justice, Buchanan as
Secretary of State. Bancroft a* Minister to Kiig
land. Hubbard as Sub-Treasurer at Boston. I
j.veu Hartford Convention Federalism —its
most maglignant type —i< no bar to promotion,
under this *• Democratic*' Administration —the
organ- of which nevertheless seem to regard the
appellation of • federalist" as the most reproach
ful epithet to be found in the political vocabula
ry. ‘ «•( lire -".rpri-ed that Mr- Buchanan does
lint r -i-nt these imputation* ' Rirhmond Whig.
— |
Petrified Human Body Pound.
We gathered the following fact* from a gen
tleman of intelligence and undoubted veracity
who was an eve witness, and they may therefore
be relied upon as substantially correct,
A fen since, whilst eng ige i in dig
ging a well, in the lower part o! Lownds coun
tv. lia.. within about a mile of the Florida line,
the workmen found a human bony completely
I turned to chalk. They had mutilated the body
! considerably het'ore they were aware what it
; was. After they discovered it was a human
; |,„d v. i.l.ev succeeded in getting nearly or quite
t aii the parts. Our informant with several other
i gentlemen of the vicinity visited toe spot, and
I examined it carefully. They say there is not
the least doubt of its" being a human body.—
j There were several teeth still remaining ill the
i jaw. and the appearance of three having been
! extracted whil-t the subject was living. The
I when found was imbedded in a stiff
i olav about thirty feet from the surface. The
i surrounding country i- aflat pine forest, heavi
! !v timbered, no stream of water of any inagni
rude within ten miles. Our informant was
j stronglv ofthe opinion that this body had be
longed to oneof the antediluvian race. —Albany
| f (ieo.) Patriot.
Railroads is tat Usited States—The
total len-th of railway liovv actually construct
ed and ill operation iti the United States,
amounts to a little over 5000 miles, of which
Vs) consist in short lines connected with coal
companies and private establishments ; leaving
4500 miles of swift steam conveyance- It) the
ron-lriicUon of rail roads, and the electric tele
| graph, the l nited states are far in advance of
j Europe, in proportion to population.
The Kilt* i»f Havana »» about to start a news
i paper, of which he is to he tile editor. His Ma
jesty, then, will have some right to speak of
* himself as trt —ft-. - s ’- Gazttte.
<£l)c Southern Culttufltor.
Tlic Southern Cultivator#
Is announcing the issue of the first number
of the fifth volume, the Publishers feel especial
pleasure in communicating to its friends the
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from every section of the Southern States, of
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AUGUSTA MARKET.
Tuesday, P. M.
Cotton. —For the week ending to-day, we have had
a rather quiet market, with transactions to a mode
rate extent. We quote general sales, in round bales,
9} a9§ cents, and 9j a 9j cents for square bales.
Fair, in square hales, 10 cents, and |a ] less for
round hales, at which rates the market closes firm
with a moderate demand.
EXC II » NGE TABLE.
(SPECIE BASIfI.)
AUGUSTA NOTBS.
Mechanic*’Bank par.
Brunswick Bank.... “
Bank of Augusta
Augusta Insurance Ac. Banking Company.... * 4
Georgia Rail Road 44
Branch .State of Georgia 4 *
SAVANNAH NOTES.
'late Bank par.
Marine and Fire Insurance Bank **
Planter*' Bank 44
central Rail Road Bank.. 44
COUNTRY NOTBS.
State Bank Branches, par.
Mi'ledgeville Bank 4>
Central Bank 44
City Council of Augu5ta..................... 44
Unckersville Bank 44
Branch Marine arid Fire Insurance Bank.... 44
St. Mary’s Bank. 44
Merchant* Haul, Macon uncertain.
Commercial Bank, Macon 6U di*.
Insurance Bank of Columbus...... ...No sale.
m Rai 1 Road Bank Broke.
Bank of DarU~ Branches 44
Chattahoochee R. Koao n, C 0.... 44
Western Bank ol Georgia
Bank of Columbus 44
Plantersand Mechanics' Bank Columbus.... “*
B ink of Ocrnulgee..... 44
Exchange Bank of Brunswick. 44
Pli eiux Bank, Columbus 41
BONDS.
Georgia 6 If* cent Bonds 98 (3 100
Georgia 8 cent Bonds. ICC (3—•
SOUTH CAROLINA NOTES.
Charleston Banks ...... par-
Bank ol Hamburg 44
Commercial Dank, Columbia... 44
Bank of Cheraw I fa) 2 die.
Bank of Camden I ft) 2 dis.
Bank of Georgetown I (0 2 dis.
\ i.ao ama Notes 2(3 3 die.
CHECKS.
New Yeik sight. par.
Boston 44
Philadelphia. “
Charleston
Savannah.. ........
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 6. — Cotton. —Arrived
since the 2d instant of Louisiana and Mississippi 9901
bales, Tennessee and North Alabama 5316, Arkansas
1664, Mobile 175, Florida 763; together 17,819 bales.
Cleared in the same time for Liverpool 9334 hales,
Havre, 2978* Bordeaux 52, Antwerp 1682, Boston
1430; together 15,476 bales —making an addition to
Stock of 2343 bales, and leaving on hand, inclusive of
all on ship-board not cleared on the sth inst., a stock
of 157,214 bales. _
Our last rejiort was closed on New Year’s Hay,
which being very generally observed as a holiday,
there was scarcely any business done. Indeed there
appeared to he little or no disposition on the part of
buyers to enter the market at the asking rates, while
the amount of Cotton offering was larger than for
come days previous. Since then the market has con
tinued in an extremely dull and unsettled state, and
the upward movement which took place on the re
ceipt of the Cambria’s advices has already been check
ed, and prices have suffered a reaction. The total
sales of the three days barely reach 3800 bales, viz:
1200 un Saturday, 2000 on Monday, and 600 yester
day, and so unsettled and »rrrtrib*r bna the market
heroine that we find it impossible to quote with strict
accuracy. The tendency of prices has been daily in
favor of buyers, and sales have been effected fully #
• fa cent lower than the highest rates of last week,
but even at this decline the principal operators seem
: > stand aloof, and our quotations, though altered to
conform to the reduction a hove noticed, must still be
considered as little more than nominal at the moment.
This sudden reaction in the market seems to be main
lv attributable to unfavorable accounts from the North,
and to a material increase in the stock on sale, which,
beside:* large receipts, has been augmented by the
bringing forward, for resale, of many parrels which
bid l>een taken on speculation. The total receipts at
ibis port t-ince Ist September are 321,213 bales,
against 409,574 Bales at same date last year; show
ing a decrease of 87.361 bales.
L|VERF»GL CLASSIFICATION
Inferior ...</) fat IX) | Middling fair... 101(3 10$
Ord. good oid 9 (cd 9$ \ Fair !O|/0 II
Middling 91 (a) 9| j Good fair 11$
Geod middling.. ID 1010$ 1 Good and fine... 12 0 00
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
Stock on hand I*t fjept., 1846, bates.... • • .... .6332
Arrived do'ir.g the past three days 17*19
Arrived prevma-lj 39J394-3H213
327543
Exported daring the past thiee day* 1.54/6
Exported previously 154955 L03;1
Stock on hand and on *hipbeard, bales.•• .157214
Freights. —The foreign freight market has been
rather dull during h<- past few days, and with a large
; increase of tonnage, from numerous arrivals, the rates
have given way somewhat.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 7, P. M. —Cotton— There
is a fair inquiry, but as yet no sales have transpired.
COTTON (TATEMBNT.
?tcck on hand Ist Sept. 1846.. lixie* 6,332
Irnved since uptodste 321.345
Arrived yes erdsy
331*85'
Exported to
Exported yfilr day «• 4.297 —171.P56
Stock on hand ai;u on shipboard not cleared.. .156,3^
.Srsg-ar.—Sales 306 hhds, price* steady.
Slolasses —Prices as yesterday ; sab - 500 /bis.
Flour —Sale? early in the morning 1200 Ohio at
4 50, 800 St. Louis by one party, in three or four lots,
at 35. and 100 Fine at * 1 25, holders to sell
anv more at that rate. Sales v ester day 17.655, chief-
I ly at $ 4 50. ' _
Corn —Sales 72QG sack* Mixed at 64c; 330 and
300 While, in second hand uags, at 65c ; and 200 at
66c. and 190 Mixed at 55c.
Whiskey —Sales 200 bbls at l?Jc and 200 at 19;
an advance of ie—looking up.
//lit/—Animated inquiry, but the only sale trans
pired 33 tea at 6c.
R-jron—2o casks S:de* at sse ;
- 3{. 20 at 3c; prices belter.
f Exchunge—Thr market is very inactive, acd sales
are ri'K effected without difficulty. " e quote Ster
ling at 4 a 44—Franca 550 a 5 55. New York 60
days 2 a 2s, Sight $a 4 dis. Philadelphia 60 days
2$ a 2s, Sight sas dis. Bouton 60 days 2 a 2s
4 a $.
U. S. Treasury Notes are becoming scarce, and
sales are readily effected at $c dis.
MOBILE, Jan. 6.— Cotton —For the last four days
the market has been quite steady in prices, and our
figures below give a fair indication of the current rates;
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
Ordinary 9} a—
Middlings 10$ a 10|
Middling fair 10| a—
Fair 10$ all
Good fair- 11$ a—
Good and fine nominal.
The receipts of the week are 12,834 bales —exports
9335 bales, and stock on hand last evening, inclusive
of all on shipboard not cleared, 73,414 bales.
The deficiency of cotton at this port, as compared
with the receipts of last year at this time, is 46,239
bales.
Freights —There have been a ship and a bark laid
on since our last for Liverpool, and are filling up at f
a 11-16x1. A bark has also been taken for Havre at
15-16 c.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 9. Cotton--' The transac
tions towards the close of the previous week were not
only limited, but we left the market on Thursday last,
for it must be recollected that our former publication
was anticipated a day, as New Year’s day was ob
served by us as a holiday, in a very languid condi
tion ; and on Friday and Saturday the market was
even more depressed, and the sales, which on the for
mer day did not exceed 850 bales, and on the latter
were confined to 570 bales, were frequently made on
terms favorable to the purchaser; on Monday, how
ever, there was a decided change in the general
features of the market. Buyers on that day were
early in attendance, and an active demand sprung
up almost immediately for the article, which re
sulted in the sale of fully 4000 bales, and at the close
of business the market had not only recovered from
the languor, which previously prevailed, but prices
were in fact decidedly’ better, as all classifications
were an $c higher; and although there was less in
quiry on Tuesday, this advance was well sustained.
On Wednesday, the transactions were comparatively
light, as was also the case on Thursday, but priceH
continued unchanged ; and throughout yesterday there
was even less done than on the two previous days,
but the opinion was very generally entertained that
the rates current at the opening of the market on Tues
day morning were fully sustained. We quote ordi
nary to good ordinary 9$ a 9* ; Middling to good mid
dling 10 a 10$; Middling fair 10$ a 10|; fair and
fully fair 10$ a 10$c; and choice 11c a .
Comparative statement of Cotton , embracing Stock
on hand , Receipts and Exports.
1846. 1845.
Stock on hand, Sept. 1, 1846• - *7406 10269
Received since Dec. 31 13004
“ previously 162503
Total receipts 182913 106463
Exported since Dec. 31 •••••• • 14625
44 previously 118475
Total exports 133100 82775
On shipboard, net cleared 10280 3454
Deduct from total receipts* •• • 143380 86229
Remaining on hand, Jan. 8* • *39533 20234
The following is a statement of the receipts and stock of
cotton on hand and on ship’/oard not cleared, at the re
spective places named: 1846-7. J 845-6
Rec’ts. Stock. Rec's. Stock.
New Orleans, Jan. 2...295461 1549/1 387250 1U0164
Mobile, Jan 2 88916 67214 1336(M 80879
Florida, Dec. ‘-*6 20708 J 4532 28334 18867
Texas Nov 21 2189 11)00
Georgia, J.n. 7 1156.'4 52510 57047 12690
Do. Sea Island 1202 910 2583 1094
rs Carolina, Jan. 8 168626 49813 91303 23683
Do. Sea Island 2327 3073 4343 6816
N. Carolina, Dec. 26 1081 GOO 2806 850
Virginia, Jan 1 4760 4'o 6200 600
Total 703932 345123 713970 244698
Macon, Ga. Jan 1 23941 22003
Augusta & Hamburg, Jan. 1....32218 30960
Philadelphia. Jam 2 3118 2192
New York, Dec. 29 33967 2IBUU
Total 91211 76955
Rice —The operations reach 2500 tierces, and the
prices current at the close of the previous week have
been fully sustained. The operations have been at
extremes ranging from 2$ toß3s ; but the much larger
portion was sold at prices ranging from 3f to 3$ per
r.wt.
drain — About 3500 bushels Maryland corn has
been sold at 65c. per bushel. A cargo of 2900 busli
clri North Carolina received this week, was taken for
export at 78c. per bushel. We have no transactions
to report iu Hay.
Flour —The transactions of the week have been
confined to small parcels for city consumption.
Salt —The heavy receipts during the week has
materially reduced prices. The arrivals comprise
9900 sacks Liverpool, a portion of which was sold at
90 and 95c. per sack. We quote nominally 90 a 95c.
per sack. Some 90 tons Cadiz in bulk were also re
ceived, which however have not been sold.
Dacon —The operations of the week have been
confined solely to sides, of which 200 hhds. have
changed hands at prices ranging from 5$ to ssc per.
lb.
Sugars— There was a sale of 42 hhds. Muscova
do from the wharf at 7|c. round; and 100 hhds.
Louisiana at from 7$ to Bsc. per lb. as in quality;
and 27 hhds. do. at auction from 7$ to 7sc. per lb.
Coffee— A few small lots Rio sold at 8$ and Bsc.
JVtolasses— A cargo of 87 hhds., 37 ten. and 29 bbls.
Cuba were sold at auction, ns follows, viz; the hhds.
brought 21c.; the tierces 22c.; and the bbls. at 27c.;
the balance was sold to arrive, a portion of which has
since changed hands from 22 to 24 a 25c. About 170
bbls. New-Orieans were received, a portion of which
brought 33c. per gallon.
Rope-— There was asaleof 300 coils Kentucky Rope
at 5$ a ssc.
Domestic Liquors— There was a sale of 100 bbls
N. E. Rum at 29 and 30c., and small lots of N. O.
Whiskey at prices ranging from 22 to 24c. per gall.
Freights— -The increase of tonnage has reduced
the rates to Liverpool. We quote in Br. bottoms, |d.
for Cotton in square bags. An Am. vessel was en
gaged full for the same port at 9-16ths d. We quote
to Havre lsc. Coastwise rates have undergone no
change, and we quote as formerly, to New-York sc.,
and SI £ jier tierce for Rice. To Boston, Cotton §c.
and 1$ per tierce for Rice.
SAVANNAH, Jan. B.— Cotton. —Arrived since
the Ist inst., 9044 bales Upland, (4,897 per Railroad,
4,045 from Augusta and landings on the river, 52 via
Darien, 50 per wagons,) and 412 Sea Islands. The
exports for same period have been 3342 bales Upland,
and 165 do. Sea Island to Liverpool, 1272 bales Upland
to Havre, 559 do to Providence, 35 do. to Baltimore
1005 do. to Boston, and 304 do. and 1 Sea Islands to
Charleston—leaving a stock on hand and on shipboard
not cleared, of 51,325 bales Upland, and 1148 Sea Is
lands, against 11,977 bales Upland and 996 Sea Is
lands at same time last year.
The market was very dull in the early part of the
week, TiTtj-rm* bark for lower rates. On Tues
day and Wednesday stNY**— more disposition
to meet their views, the sales wen;** » j r ex tent at
a decline in some instances of $a jc perlb. —’ „
day the market was more firm, and the decline almost
entirely recovered. The market closes steady at very
little reduction from the quotations oflast week. We
quote;
CL dinary.......... .9$ 0 9$
Middling 9f
Middling fair..... (a> 10$
Fair and fully fair 10$ R)J
Round bales of a similar quality are about $c per
lb. cheaper. The sales of the week amount to 4784
bales.
STATEMENT OP COTTON.
1546-47. 1845—46.
Stnckon hand,Sept 1........5.456, ......‘4611
.deceived since Jau. 1 9,041.2,765
*• previously 107.677 t‘44£M
Total receipt 5.......... ... 122,177. • •••••••••• 67 778
Exported this week.......... 6,517 2,448
• 4 previously ...61,335 ...43,36t
Total .~m85» 45,801
Reni’g ou b*nd Jan. 1........51.326 11,977
Rice.— There has been more demand for this arti
cle during the week, and prices are rather better.
The sales amount to 959 casks as follows; 100 at s2|;
300 at 2|; 410 at 3; and 149 casks at s3s per hun
dred lbs.
droceries. —There has not been much doing this
week in Groceries, except in a small way, and we
have no change to note in any of the leading articles.
ISacon. —No change in this article, and but little
doing. The only sale reported is 10 hhds Sides at 6$
cents per pound.
Domestic lAquors.— 2o bbls New Orleans Whis
key wild from store at 24 rents |**r gallon, and 25 do
Northern at 26 cent* per gallon. 25 bbls Qin was dis
posed of at 39 cents per gallon.
C0m.—4,000 bushels Beach Islam! wild at 67 ct*
per bushel. Retails from store at 75 cents per bushel.
Freights. —We have no change to notice in Foreign
since our last report. The rates for Liverpool still con
tinue at fd. per Ih. for square and 1 l-16d. per lb for
round hales Cotton. For Havre there is one vessel
loading at 1 sc. per lb. for square bales. Coastwise—
The New York packets are loading at sc. per lb. for
square and sc. per lb. for round bales Cotton, and
$1.50 per cask for Rice. For Providence the last en
gagement was at sc. and fc. per lb. for square and
round bales Cotton. For Boston the rate is se. for
round and square bales, and $1.75 per cask for Rice.
For Baltimore an/1 Philadelphia, the last engagements
were at f and sc. perlb. for square and round bales,
and $1,50 per cask for Rice.
AUGUSTA SEED STORE.
TIIE SUBSCRIBER has r.-oQ (;
*r|«*turiied to take charge of his storain A |l -*S3Bg
gusta, and has received a full supply of
GENUINE GARDES SEEDS,
which are of the crop of 1846. His customers may
depend upon having none but Genuine and Fresu
Seeds.
ALLOWANCE MADE TO COUNTRY DEAL
ERS.—Bird Seed, Clover Seed, Flower Seed, Lu
cerne, Asparagus Roots, Onion Setts, dtc.
j»4-W&P2m J. H, SERVICE.
\TOTICE. — All persons having claims against
the estate of Thomas J. Parmelee, late of Rich
mond County, deceased, are notified to present them
duly attested, within the time prescribed by law ; and
i all persons indebted will make payment to the sut-
Krit * re ' WM.- T.'oOtU, | E ‘'”
1 January 13, 1947. v6w
XECUTOR'S SALE.—(ViIi br ko!<1 on tin.
twenty-seventh day of February next, at tho
? residence of Gillau* Hill, late of Burke County de
ceased, all the personal perishable property of Faiv de
. ceased, consisting of Com. h-rtlder, Horses, Cattle, occ.
BENJAMIN D. HILL, Executor.
5 January 13, 194/ •
rwi ALIAFEKIIO County, Geo. *—Where-
L a* Murtha Griffin, administrator on the estate of
Barnard Murray, decease/!, applies for letters dis
mi /eory from said estate;
1 These are therefore to cite and admonish, all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
u> be and appear at my office, within the time prescri
bed by law', to show cause, if any they have, why
■ said letters sb/mld not »>e granted.
Given under rnv hand at office in Crawfordviile.
1 QUINE A O’NEAL, Clerk.
January 7, 1947. •
TNOUR MONTHS afi**r date, application * ill b*
I* made to the Inferior Court Oglethorpe county,
when silting as a Court U Ordinary, for leave to sell
x the negroes l*ek*\gUvr to the estate of Ellen Owen,
de \or th*f purpore of a division among the.
Legatees! JOHN WYNNE. Executor,
January 12, 1947.
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