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Augusta, ®a.:
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1847.
Gen. Taylor and Mr. Clay*
To an article with the above head, which ap
peared in our paper of yesterday, was append
ed a letter to the Richmond Whig, from an
anonymous writer signed “ A Whig of Hali
fax," which contained expressions reflecting
in some degree upon Gen. Taylor and those
who support him for the Presidency. We do
not know that the writer had such intention,
but out of extreme caution, and to do our
selves justice, we remark that, with that portion
of the letter, we feel uo sympathy, and could
not therefore endorse it.
Tbe Next Presidency.
Wk admire the position taken by the Phila
delphia North American, in reference to the
next Presidency, which is declared in the ex
tracts below, copied from that paper. It is im
possible that every aspirant can be gratified by
being nominated and elected. Some must give
■ way to others. In due lime, let the great Whig
party act upon the selection, and when it is
made, whether it be the man to whom we have
long looked with confidence, gratitude, and af
fection, or to some new star which has arisen
in the political heavens, we trust the Whigs
will be ready to achieve a triumph by an undi
vided and invincible effort. This action of the
whole party will command the deference of all,
and though the political affections of some
might even seem to he wounded and nipped
by the general choice, they would, nevertheless,
feeling that fair play had beeu practiced, look to
the cause and feel their hearts covered o’er with
sunshine in the hope and prospect of its suc
cess. Let the Whigs remember this—let them
be liberal aud magnanimous to each other. If
any effort is made to detract from the chances
of Mr. Clay, it will be seen at once that those
who make them will run foul of an attachment
too strong, too deep, too sacred to be trifled
with. As die North American says: “The
Whigi. of the Republic have, as yet, selected no
candidate for the Presidency.” The people
have not spoken their wishes, except in a few
county meetings. No press is authorized to say
that the people have made their choice, for they
have not manifested it in their primary assem
blies, or in any other unmistakeable and au
thoritative manner.
There are feelings and preferences on this
subject, of the most intensely delicate charac
ter. They must all be respected accordingly;
they must not be outraged by violence on the
one hand, or cherished beyond a wholesome
deference for tbe general good on the other.
Going on in a spirit of forbearance aud har
mony like this, every iron ncrye of the party
will bo exerted fur the common cause, and the
disappointed hopes of route will be relieved of
their bitterness in die general gratulations of
victory. The American says:
“ We would not control, and we will not anticipate,
the unbiassed and patriotic action of the great Whig
party upon that important subject. The Whig* of
the Republic have, as yet, selected no candidate for
the Presidency. There are many distinguished men
cherished in the heart of hearts of the party, and
worthy all admiration, all granule. The claims of
all will be considered in that enlarged ami lofty spirit
which becomes the Whig party; and the result will
be one that will secure the hearty approval of every
true friend of his country,
“The Whig party will do justice to all its great
champions, whether of the field or the forum, and
without consultation with tbgir avowed enemies.
“The Whigs are intent, not upon the elevation of
men, but the establishment of principles : not upon
the mere gratification of personal partial it ice, but the
rescue of the country from the power of those who
threaten to divide anil deetroy it. By these principles
and purposes they are united and Imund together, be
yond the power of any inmor question to distract them;
and while individual preferences are expressed, and
each section in a proper spirit urges its own favorite,
all unite in looking to the National Convention tor the
candidate of the party. Meanwhile, no intermediate
issue will be regarded as connected with tlie Presiden
cy. The largest liberty of choice and full justice to
all candidates • but meanwhile, union, activity anti
derotion tor the contest immediately before us !
General Taylor a Democrat:
A* effort is making by some of the democra
tic papers, and others not connected with the
press, to make out General Tailor a Demo
crat. because he voted for General JaCKsns for
the Presidency. When General Jacksox was
first elected President, how many voters in Geor
gia cast their suffrages for any body else!
Was he not run by both parties I Did not the
greater portion of the present Whig party of
Georgia vote for him ! Are they Democrats T
This is a vain effort of our opponents.
Donbtless they wonld make General Tayi.oh
a Democrat if they could. They would like to
bask in the rays of bis popularity if they could,
but we incline to the opinion, that Whigism is
two deeply engraven upon his character to be
effaced by democratic flattery and claims.
How much love did Democracy show him at
the last session of Congress! How much af
fection and confidence did the Administration
extend to him in i s efforts to cut him off" by the
supremacy of a Lieutenant-Generalship!
They were not quite so alarmed at General
?Tayi.oh’s reputation ties. The battle of Bue
na Vista has been fought since, and now our
opponents can see no little democracy in the
B’fci.jr GeaeraZ tews thought unfit to command
against tU Mextcaaa '
This is a wonderful discovery ? The politi
cal vision, as the natural, is sometimes terribly
distorted by excessive fright!
Waste of Public Money and Property at
Vera Crus.
Thk correspondent of the Delta, furnishes
the following evidence of the manner in which
Uncle Sam’s purse and property arc protected
at Vera Crux. We commend it to the reader’s
attention:
»• I feel that I can do my country no better service
in my idle moments of gam son duty, than by calling
the attention of the gw eminent and the country to the
WojUo/i and ex Un ordinary waste ol public money and
property. It is a matter ot comment wherever 1 go —
every aae talking about it—Act uo one lifts up his
mice to direct public aitculiou to it. Since the sur
render of Vera Crus them has been anchored at this
plaee. at Sacnhcio*, and Anton Li tarda,
varying in number from 50 to SO. in the government
empty—at! chartered by the day, at prices varying
from >4O io >IOO per day. Souse of them have been
here three months, with stores —the original cost of
which one month’s demurrage would pay far it. You
wdl are anchored within ptstol shot of each other, five
and aix veaaek. with coal for the arm? —the quanta \
conuinrd Ia Uw slt not being sufficient to fill I
the bald df any one of them. The demurrage of not
one at there vessels is less than >6O per day. Is n not
the duty oftUw who have charwe of such matters I
here, to attend to these things ! Could not the coal
in the five venrek Ve transferred to the one, and let
the four be discharged ’ This. Messrs. Ed ’..vs. is net
an overdrawn pcturv. h would lake more time than
I can spare at this pxKwular moment, to give a taint
iden of the immense «a»te, and I m gbt add. hare
heed pi-ndeew £ot the govenwnem property as car- I
ried cm here. The case ot the coal vessel* ** civen
iteve, » but the h»Mory of all Mure «twl* empLved
fa government. The eapUms rvpw. on thetr .meal,
aat are er sered to wiil order* —the owners are
vynmcnrr per diem for their vessel*—ibev are M! .
iafi< ta remain for ever, and take g<a\i carv not u»
rem«<i the quarter-master of their uzaAence. having
<mee ktoxned. The eurt-boata, winch cwt us at learn
are scattered ahmg the bench for mibs
m cxt*w< Si itv-three sort-boats are bilged and
sttwwed . th* bench in every direction. On*
day’s quarter-matter. or hrs assistant,
and <m « ib« t >X<r T .,; <n wl. or «r*o>«» ia th. par
of Um Caned Sutwx.-ald hare aa»e>l ererv one ts
the.a- TW (Ax.,,, kao« U»e vuer »aMe
as public prjpenv. a» m tb, sprratwaa at
Uua place, wad the raaw. » .*rtao., for most even
man hare is the reerpen: of this fonder—if
an honest man raises his voice against such doings, the
sharks, whose very existence hangs on this state of
things, raise their voices in most admirable harmony,
and cry him down—an humble volunteer officer would
be utterly demolished.'’
Cobb Volunteers. The Marietta Advo
cate of the 9th inst. says:
“ Nine members of the above company have
arrived in Marietta, viz: Messrs. McDonald,
Dnnwody, Manahan, Burroughs, Mahaffey.
Winters, Reed, Appling and Phillips. The re
mainder of the company are looked for in eve
ry train.”
The citizens of Cobb county are making ar
rangements to give the volunteer company
from that county a cordial welcome on their re
turn.
Return of Volunteers.
The Columbus Enquirer, of the Bth inst.,
says: During the past week, we bad the plea
sure of seeing and shaking hands with Major
Williams, Capt. Davis, Adj. Hervey, and oth
er officers and soldiers of the Georgia Regi
ment. On Sunday morning, Lieut. Col. Redd,
Capt. Calhoun, Capt. Jones, Lieut. Anderson,
and some fifteen or twenty others of tbeir re
spective commands, arrived from Montgomery,
and were greeted by their fellow-citizens in a
manner that spoke to the hearts of the return
ing soldiers. The Regimenthnving been mus
tered out of service at New Orleans, and final
ly discharged, the officers and men have made
their way home in small parties aud in single
file, so that we are unable to know when they
arrive, or who comes. Gladly would we men
tion the names of all that gallant Regiment who
have stood and survived the arduous service to
which they have been subjected, and returned
again to their frieuds and homes. They are all,
however, welcome, thrice welcome, back.
Whilst noticing the return of our gallant
volunteers, we beg leave to mention, we trust
with becoming, pride, that our fellow-citizen,
Capt. J. 8. Calhoun, and Capt. Allison Nel
son, of Atlanta, Ga., have made a tender of
their services to the President of the United
States during the war, and have pledged them
selves, within sixty days, to raise a Regiment of
1000 mounted men, for the Mexican service.
Both of these men volunteered at the first call
of the government, and served at the head of
their respective companies through the 12
months’ campaign, from which they have been
but a few days discharged. Again they tender
their services, and, from their experience, pa
triotism, and former honorable positions in the
army, are entitled to the confidence of the Ex
ecutive. We sincerely hope that an oppor
tunity will be granted them further to merit the
confidence of the country.
“Georgia Greys.”—The Columbus En
quirer, of the Bth inst., says: This company of
volunteers, under command of Capt. Wm. N.
Nelson, was mustered into the service of the
United Stales on Saturday last. It is the only
company that has, as yet, been mustered in of
the Battalion lately called for by the War De
partment from this State. Where are the rest
of them ?
We understand also that Messrs. Barbour
and M artin have nearly a sufficiency of names
to complete another company We should
like to hear from other parts of Georgia. It is
surely not intended that the •* frontier settle
ments” shall furnish all the soldiers. Don’t all
speak at once
Later from Santa Fe.
The St. Louis Republican, of the 28th alt.,
contains later intelligence from Santa Fe. Tbe
Republican says:
“About a dozen of volunteers, discharged
from service in Col. Price’s regiment Santa
Fe, on account of ill-health, arrived in the city
yesterday on the John J. Hardin. They left
Santa Fe in detached parlies—the latest on the
21st of April, and reached Independence on
Sunday last They brought a mail with them,
but as it was deposited in the Post-Office at In
dependence, our letters have not yet reached
us.
We learn, generally, from these volunteers
that everything was in a tranquil slate when
they left Santa Fe. The natives of the country
were deprived of the means of doing mischief,
even if they were so disposed, having no arms
upon which they could rely, and no ammuni
tion. The courts for the trial of the rebels had
closed both at Taos and Santa Fe. and the san
guinary executions which had taken place un
der their adjudication were at an end. The old
manat Santa I'e, under the sentence of death
for the part which he had played in the drama
of rebellion, was awaiting the decision of the
President of the United States tn his case—on
a representation of all the tacts, as contained in
papers which passed through this place some
weeks since.
Colonel Price was in cpuiinand al Santa Fe,
which has proved the grave yard for many
young and gallant men- Our informant states
that nearly four hundred persons were buried
there; and in the company commanded by
Capt. Horine, of St. Genevieve, eleven deaths
had taken place. Thirteen others were dis
charged from die same company, on account of
ill-health. One hundred had been discharged
from Col. Price’s regiment on the same ac
count.
No intelligence of a late date had been re
ceived from Chihuahua —nothing so late as we
have by the Mexican papers. The extra bat
talion, under the command of Major Wallock.
and two companies commanded by Captain
Murphy and Aiigney. were all stationed at
Taos.
In coming in, these parties met great num
bers of Indians, whose principal object seemed
to be the stealing of mules and horses. On the
12th instant they \v*re attacked at Pawnee
Fork, by about one hundred Camanche and
Arrapahoe Indians, and in the fight, one Indian,
the leader of the band, was killed, and several
wounded —one or two of the Americans were
slightly wounded. The Indians succeeded in
driving off one hundred and five head of horses
and mules, principally the property of a party
of Mexican traders, travelling in company.
The party, on their arrival al Independence,
numbering sixty-five men. with eighteen wag
ons. and $63,0(H) in specie, belonging to Mexi
can traders.
The winter at Santa Fe had been excessive
ly severe, ami of great duration. A man by
the Baine of Hicks was killed at a fandango in
Santa Fe. shortly before the last of the com
pany left.
Os the number of volunteers at‘Banta Fe.
very few will enroll themselves for a new term
of service.
A party of Mexican traders arrived this
morning from Santa Fe. bringing with them
$65,000 in specie. They contemplate going
East to purchase goods. Another party are on
their way in. and bring with them also a large
amount of mouev.
Another Fire in Columbus.
The Columbus Enquirer of Tuesday the ?4h
iust says:
On Sunday last, about 4 P. M. our city was
again aroused by the cry of fire. When first
discovered, the smoke and tiames were burst
ing from a wooden shed immediately in the rear
of the large wooden building occupied by Mr.
Goetclies as a carpenter shop, on St. Clair-st.
The fiames immediately communicated to the
mam building, thence to the adjoining build
ings on the corner of St. Clair and Oglethorpe
streets, owned by Mr J. M. Johnson, and oc
cupied by Sammis A Rooney as a cabinet
shop. Jeremiah Tern as a provision store, and
Smith and Robinson as a carriage shop. An
adjoining blacksmith's shop on Oglethorpe-st.,
with the out-house, belonging to Mr. F. Toby,
on the lot near the opposite corner, were also
consumed. The dwelling of Capt P. T- Schley
nas in imminent danger, but was saved- The
progress of the flames was arrested at the resi
dence of Mr. William Salisbury, on Ogle
thorpe-street.
\\ e have no means of ascertaining the loss
with any kind of accuracy, but suppose it must
amount to some ten or fifteen thousand dollars
—mostly without insurance. It falls, too. pe
culiarly hard on the sufferers, from the fact that
they were mostly mechanic*, and lost in addi
tion to largequaniif.esof lumber, the whole or
greater part of their tools. Mr. Goetches was
a heavy loser. Others suffered severely, but
not to so great an extent
So far. we have not been informed as to the
origin of the tire. There was none known to
be ib the neighborhood of where it was disco
vered. aud the general belief seems to be that
it was the work of an incendiary.
The silken Ue that bind* two willing hearts’*
seems to be a afip-knot .n Cincinnati: the Court
of Common Pleas, lately in aeeaion there, hav-
I mg granted no less than twenty divorces in one
I week
Front the N. O. Delta oj the 4th tn st.
LATEST FROM VERA CRUZ.
TheU. S. steamer Fashion. Capt Ivy, ar
rived yesterday from Vera Gruz. She left
on the morning of the 30th ult. There came
passengers in the Fashion, Lieut. Gregg, 11th
Reg. U. S. A.; Lieut. Murray,2d Penn. Vol.;
Lieut. L. H. Kane. Ist Penn. Vol. ; Lieut.
Fellnagle, Ist Penn. Vol.; Mr. James Johnson.
Qr. M. Bergt.,2d Reg ; Mr. Woods, and 40
discharged voluhteers.
TheU. 8. steamship New Orleans, Capt.
Wright, was to leave Vera Cruz on the Ist
ult. for this port with the U. States Mail on
board.
One of the rumors floating about -qt Vera
Cruz before the Fashion sailed was, that Santa
Anna, with a force of some three thousand
men, was at Rio Frio, a pass some eight or ten
leagues from the city of Mexico, which he was
fortifying, aud which of course he would de
fend to the death.
We are informed, says the Vera Cruz Eagle
of the 29th ult., that six Mexicans, coming in
from Santa Fd yesterday morning, were attack
ed on the road by some of their own country
men, and robbed ofall that could be spared from
their persons.
The ship Zenobia arrived at Vera Cruz on
the 28th nit. having on board 193 troops, prin
cipally of the 4lh and sth Infantry, under com
mand of Capt. J. 11. Whipple, of the sth; Ist
Lieut. H. Prince, of the 4th Infantry; 2d Lieut.
J. W. Lend rum, of the 3d Infantry, Fourteen
of the men are recruits for several regi
ments.
We have received a letter from our corres
pondent at Jalapa, which we proceed to pub-
JJjih ■ • aw.
Correspondence of the Delta.
Jalapa. Mexico. May 26, 1847.
Eds. Delta— A train leaves this morning for
Vera Cruz, with a large number of discharged
soldiers, both regulars and volunteers. I seize
the opportunity to drop you a few lines, which
may perhaps possess some little inierest.
Gen. Twiggs’ division of regulars left Jalapa
on Saturday and Sunday for Puebla, a large
train accompanying. The troops which re
main to garrison this place, are the Ist Artillery,
2d Pennsylvania, and three companies ofthe Ist
Pennsylvania regiment —the balance of the
latter being ordered back from Perote. The
military government of the city, under Col.
Childs, is perhaps the most rigid ever enforced.
During the day and night sentinels are posted
at the corner of every street, with instructions
to permit no soldier to pass certain bounds. At
night, all who arefound outafterri o’clock, are
thrust into the guard-house. With the present
weak strength ofthe garrison, it is unquestion
ably necessary to be cautious ; but there are
limits to all things, and Col. Childs should en
tertain some little respect for the rights of those
who have left their families and homes to sus
tain their country in her present position with
Mexico.
The hospital is now tilled to overflowing,
nearly 800 souls being enclosed within its
walls’
I have nothing of interest from Puebla or
Mexico—rumors are plenty, but all need con
firmation.
The Diligence which left here on Friday
noon last for Vera Cruz, containing nine pas
sengers, (Americans,) besides the driver and
postilion was found by the one which follow
ed on Monday. 27 miles distant, broken to
pieces, and all hands murdered and plundered,
The last Diligence immediately returned to Ja
lapa vvi.h its passengers when the painful intelli
gence spread rapidly throughout! lie city, causing
much conversation and excitement. I under
stand the unfortunate men, who have thus met
so untimely an end, were possessed ofennsider
able money, some of which was entrusted them
to carry home by soldiers who had been paid
off.
< >n Sunday evening two men attached to Co.
“H.” Ist Artillery, were attacked by several
Mexicans upon the outskirts of the town, and
one of them, Bradly. nearly killed. He receiv
ed three frightful gashes upon the head, penetra
ting the skull, and one upon the left arm, laving
bare the bone. He was picked up by one ofthe
sentinels and taken to the hospital where his
wounds were dressed by Dr. Newton. They
were inflicted by a sword, which Bradly suc
ceeded in capturing. His situation is beyond
the hope of recovery.
A new company of Tennessee Mounted Ri
flemen arrived on Monday afternoon from Ve
ra Cruz. They were over JOO strong, and a
finer looking body of men I have seldom seen.
They are the buys “to tell.”
Many of the Illinois boys, wounded nt the
battle of Cerro Gordo return home with the
train. They deserve a cordial reception at the
hands of die people of Orleans.
P. S. There are so many stories about the
Diligence affair, that it is difficult to arrive at
the correct one. 1 believe 1 have given the
most credible statement current. It comes from
the right quarter. CERRO GORDO.
The Vera Cruz Eagle of the 29th uh. con
tains the following account of the probable mas
sacre of Col. Sowersandhis escort. From
the account, however, given above by the Cor.
respondent of the Delta, it seems quite proba
ble that the dead bodies near the ruins of the
Diligence were of a different party :
Horrid.— lt is with pain, mingled with a de
sire for vengeance, that we undertake to re
late another massacre of our countrymen in
the most cruel and brutal manner, hi our pa
per of last Saturday, (only one week ago.) we
announced the Col. Sowers was in this city
as bearer of despatches from Gen. Scott, ami
to-dav we are called upon to inform the public
of his horrid death, not with his enemy in front
to oppose him. but cowardly shot by those who
dare not show themselves.
It appears that he left this city on Saturday
last, with an escort of five men and Lieut. Mc-
Donald. of Capt. Wheat’s company, expect
ing to find the Captain at Santa Fe. or at most
a very short distance the other sioe. They ar
rived at Santa Fe. and lodged there during the
night, finding that Capt. Wheat had left in the
morning. Anxious to push forward, although
it was ascertained that Capt. W. was some thirty
miles ahead, with an addition of two more to
the escort. Col. Sowersset out for Jalapa. The
next we hear of thia little party is by the ar
rival of the men who returned and reported its
surprise and destruction. In consequence of
the falsity of the greater number of similar sto
ries, Col- Wilson, our Governor, had the man
arrested as a deserter. Thus matters stood until
yesterday, when developments were made by
an arrival from Jalapa, (the first that has reach
ed us for a week.) tending to confirm our
fears.
We conversed yesterday with a gentleman
who arrived in the morning, and he informs
us. that at a point pbout two miles on the other
sideofPuenteANacional.be saw’ the ruins of
the diligence underneath w hich was a human
body stripped, with the exception of ar pair of
drawers, and mutilated in a most beastly man
ner. This is supposed to be the body of Colo
nel Sowers: near him fin another, perfectly
naked and likewise dreadfully mangled. Onr
informant was assured that five other bodies lay
in some thick chapparel. a short distance from
the road- Now, the number of killed with the
man who escaped, corresponds with that of the
partv which accompanied the unfortunate Col.
Sowers, and leaves no doubt in our mind of its
destruction.
This is dreadfully heart-rending, that our
countrymen are to be butchered in cold blood,
bv a people to whom we are extending every
kindness in the poxver of a civilized nation
We must rouse ourselves and get rid of a feel
ing, the exhibition of which is laughed at and
despised. Let us not resort to cruelty, but
let us give no quarter to any who continue to
bear arms, notwithstanding an order to the con
trarv
Secreting Arm#, frc.-—Ten of the Mexicans
whom we announced in our paper of the 22d
inst. were captured, charged with robbing and
secreting fire-arms and ammunition, were yes
terday pat upon trial; five of them were ac
quitted. and five of them convicted and sen
tenced to four and a half months’ work upon
the public streets and thoroughfares, in chains-
The other two will probably be tried on Mon
day next, and we are informed that circum
stances are rather unfavorable to their inno
cence.
Saxra Axxx. —The N. O Times say»: We
were informed bv a passenger on the t ashiou.
that it was reported at Vera Cruz, that Santa
Anna was at a military post called Rjo Frio,
about eight miles from the city of Mexico, with
about 3000 men Herrera, it was confidently
staled, was elected President, aud the peace
party was decidedly in Gen.
Scott, it was added, would wbt reach Puebla
until the 4th instant.
Deceased —-The Cincinnati papers record
the death of Mrs. Whiteman, the niece and
adopted daughter of Gen James Findlay, one
of the earliest pioneers of that city. Ihe Cin
cinnati Gazette says:
Her first Husband, Win. H. Harrison. Jr.,
was a son of the lamented Gen. Harrison.—
She accompanied the General fa widower at the
time) to Washington city, and presided at the
White House while he occupied it: in which
position she was remarkable for her suavity
and courtesy of manner, together with her un
usually elegant and ladj-uke appearance and
deportment- After hut death she returned and
married one of our most enterprising mer
chants. Lewis Whiteman Esq., of the firm of
Springer A Whiteman
AUGUSTA, GA , WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1847.
Augusta, <®co.:
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1847.
New Reasons for waging the War.
It would seem from the weight of testimony
adduced, that Gen. Scott’s proclamation to
the Mexicans, which we laid before our readers
not long since, was not his individual act, but
was that of the Administration through the me
dium of that General. We were struck, at the
time, with the new reas ns presented to the
Mexicans and the world for beginning the war.
The Administration has contended all along,
that the war was the act of Mexico, that she in
vaded our soil,, find shed the blood of our peo
ple. Other reasons have been given, such as
the necessity of defending the national honor,
chastising the Mexicans for the many wrongs
committed against our country and citizens. &c.
Gen. SpoTT in his proclamation tells the
Mexicans, that “ the country (the United States)
saw itself forced to undertake the war, by irre
mediable circumstances," and that “ reasons of
high policy, and of continental American in
ter ,precipitated events in spite of the cir
cumspection of the Cabinet at Washing
ton, jvhicli, ardently desiring to terminate the
digercnees, with Mexico, spared no resource, com
patible with honor auddigyity, to arriqe at so de-.
This would seem to have been intended, also,
for a kind of apology to Mexico for making war
upon her. “We have fought you, stormed your
towns, seized upon your ports, killed large
numbers of your people, and done you a great
variety of harm, but we have been forced to do
so, by irremediable circumstances. We have
been compelled, as the ruling nation in this
quarter of the world, to play the same game in
continental politics and movements, that the En
glish government has in continental Europe.
You were threatened with monarchy, and we
have been forced to prevent its establishment
over you, by the sword.” This is about the
meaning of the above. But pray where did
Mr. Polk get the power to precipitate a war?
How, in what way was he authorized to wage
a war of conquest upon Mexico, to put down
one party and build up another in a foreign land i
Congress was in session, why did he not ac
quaint that body with these grave and potent
reasons for preserving Mexican freedom at the
point of the bayonet, and a dreadful expense
of the blood of the people of both countries ?
This is the most ridiculous shift, to which
any Administration ever resorted, to make an
apology for a seemingly admitted wrong, or to
justify itself before the country and the world
for its acts.
There was no danger of the establishment of
a monarchy in Mexico—and if there had been,
was that sufficient to make this country un
sheath the sword and plunge it into the bosoms
of Mexicans ? Is it right, is it compatible
with our Declaration of Independence, with
all our notions of the right of a people to
choose for themselves their own form of gov
ernment, for us to take the ground, and main
tain it, that no government shall be established
on this continent but such as we may approve ?
“We hold these truths self-evident,’’(says
our Declaration of Independence,) that to Se
cure human rights “governments are institu
ted among men, deriving their just powers from
the consent of the goer med that a people have
the right to establish such government **as to
them shall seem most likely to effect their safety
and happiness."
But the doctrine is set up. in contravention
of this, that a distinct people shall not choose
for themselves; but that we shall claim the right
and power to fur them such govern
mental in our opinion— not theirs— shall seem
most likely to effect their safety and happiness.”
If we had the right to interfere it would have
been time enough to have done so when the
danger of monarchy became imminent. It
would have been more proper for us to inter
pose our advice and counsel when asked for it
by the Mexicans, or the Republican party
among them. U’e were not called upon for
either, much less for the bloody exercise of the
implements of war and destruction.
The immense national debt of England, un
der which she staggers with decrepitude, was
pieced upon her by her wars, and in a great
measure by her wars of interference to regulate
continental balances of power.* Mr. Polk, by
a usurpation of the war power, has commenced
here the same game, and. at all the
people are called upon to approve the exercise
of a more than kingly power, the which
would have cost almost any sovereign in Eu
rope his life.
The inconsistencies of the Administration
areas apparent as its gross infractions of th**
Constitution. Deep wounds may be healed,
but they leave their scars behind them: the
Constitution may be gashed and broken, but.
though healed, it will be disfigured and weak
ened- Its force and beauty will not be left un
sullied to siutain and gladden its votaries.
Darker far becomes this picture when its vio
lation plunges us into new moral elements and
complicated political labyrinths, when we are
set afloat upon the sea of ad
venture and conquest.
The giant shadows of the mighty and up
rising masses of our people are already seen
before them. They can give a reflux to th,is
tide of mischief, and we trnst and believe the
dav of triumph is at hand to cast its redeeming
glories over ns.
• Washington and his Generals."
The second and last volume of this very en
tertaining work, from the pen of that popular au
thor,’J. T. Headley, has been laid on our ta
ble by Mr. Grenville. Mr. Headley has thus
accomplished a very important labor in giving
to the world brief and highly interesting bio
graphical sketches of the heroes and patriots
of the Revolution, accompanying many of
them with highly finished engraved portraits of
the original.
Georgia Railroad.
Business of the Georgia Railroad during the
month of May in 1846 and 1847:
1846. 1847. Increase.
Passengers $8,402 11 $9,706 54 *1.304 43
Freight and mail. 15.305 21 17.605 91 2,300 70
>23,707 32 >27,312 45 >3.605 13
Gen. Taylor.—The New Orleans Bulletin
has been authorized to state—we presume by
Gen. Taylor himself—that the General never
used the expression, which has obtained such
general currency through the public press,
that, ••if there had been only regulars in the
battle of Buena Vista, he would probably have
lost the day. as the Mississippi volunteers were
whipped three times without knowing it. This
Gen. Taylor considers as doing great injustice
to the regular army.
The letter under which we make the above
statement (adds the Bulletin) continues: •• So
far from entertaining such a sentiment, the
Genera) lamented nothing more strongly than
his entire want of regular infantry, as a brigade
would have enabled him to carry the enemy’s
artillery, and to have entirely destroyed his
army.”
The Bulletin is farther authorized to deny
the report, that the officers next in rank to
Gen. Taylor were opposed to giving battle,
which is entirely untrue, and is calculated to
injure those officers if allowed to circulate
uncoQtradicted.
Lieut Hunter respectfully declines to receive
the sword and epaulettes which some friends in
New York were about to present to him. He
does not feel that be should receive them while
I under the censure of a court-martial
Whig Meeting
Agreeable to previous a number of
the Whig party of Jeffersofc r County, assembled
at Lourivillt'. on for the
purpose of appointingdew|htos to the Guber
natorial Convention, to be jkfd in Milledgeville,
on the Ist day of July, ais lor the purpose of
nominating delegates to tlfilst Senatorial dis-
on volition, to be hrid at Hardwick’s in
Washington, on the 2nd VWdnesday in July, to
meet a similar committe&ppointed by the
1 Whig party of Washiugteg
On motion of Dr. PhilijM- Lenile. the meet
ing was called to order by filing George Sta
pleton to the Chair, and Bothwell re
quested to act as Secretmg r The object of the
meeting being explained the Chair, it was
on motion
Resolved, That a three be appointed
to suggest the names of thre<=?«|ttble persons as dele
gates to represent this counFMr the Gubernatorial
Convention to be held in on the Ist day of
July. The committee Dr. P. S. Lemle,
T. Hannah, and H.. Raiford, *lk> reported the
names of George Connelly, and T.
H. Polhill, Esqrs., which adopted.
On motiou T. H. it was
Resolved, That a ninc be appointed
to report tbe names of thirty us delegates to
the Convention to be held atEjSSilwick’s on the 2nd
Wednesday in July, for of meeting the
delegates from Washington for the purpose of
nominating a candidate for th;Senatorial district.
' The couumttee aoptnaUai Lemle, Thomas
Anclrew J. Tarver, W. -twfn,
James L. Daniels, who reported he names of the fol
lowing persons: James Cain, Pleasant Walden,
Bryant Wasden, and John C. H.rmon, from Fenn’s
Bridge district; Thomas Hannat, Jarncs W’illiams,
and William D. Stone, from Lote’s district; James
Stapleton, James W. Carswell, Noses Brinson, and
John Wren, from Pope Hill; WH. Baldy, E. R.
Carswell, Rhesa J. Farmer, and Ebenezer Brown,
from Smith’s district; James P. Gaert, Samuel Den
ny, and N. K. Whigham, from Heming’s district;
Eli McCroan, Wm. S. Alexander, tnd William Cle
ments, from Boyd’s district; JamesL. Daniel, B. A.
Moye, and H. Raiford, from Moye’^district; Andrew
J. Tarver, B. B. Smith, and Jamu G. Spear, from
Smith’s district; T. H. Polhill, Dr. ”, W. Baltey, and
J. T. Bothwell, from the Louisvilh district; which
report was unanimously adopted.
On motion of P. B. Connell;, it was
Resolved, That if any of the afoesaid districts are
dissatisfied with the delegates selectd by this meet
ing, and hold a district meeting, am nominate others
that they supersede those appointed by this meeting,
and if there be any absent delegatesfrom either of the
aforesaid districts, that those in attentance supply their
places in said convention.
Resolved, That we tender to tie delegates and
Whigs of the 21st Senatorial districts bar'. acue to be
given on the 2nd Wednesday of Julrat Hardwick’s,
and that the delegates from JefTersn county, be ap
pointed a finance committee to rais funds to defray
the expense of the same.
Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to
tender said dinner, and to make suiuble preparations
for furnishing the same. Committeenamed : Capt. P.
B. Connelly, Dr. P. S. Lemle, Andew J. Tarver, B.
B. Smith, and Bryant J. Wasden.
Resolved, That the editors of tie Chronicle and
Sentinel of Augusta, and of the Cmtral Georgian of
Sandersville, be requested to publisl these proceedings
in their papers. The meeting thenadjourned.
GEORGE STAPLETON, Chairman.
J. T. Bothwell, Secretary.
Whig Meeting in G«*innett.
In pursuance of previous noice, a large num
ber of the Whigs of G iv in nett net at the Court-
House at Lawrenceville, Ist June, to appoint
Delegates to the Gubernatorial Convention,
and foi other purposes. Maj. R.. D. Wynn was
called to the Chair, and Z. Noiton, Esq., cho
sen Secretary. The Chairmar briefly explain
ed the object of the meeting, vhen the follow
ing resolution was offered by Z. Norton, Esq.,
and adopted by the meeting :
Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a committee
of three to report to the meeting tie names of three
Delegates to represent the Whig party of this county
in the approaching Gubernatorial Convention, and
•that the delegation when appointed have the right to
till any vacancy that may occur therein.
The Chairman appointed R- Alexander,
Few Gordon und M. C. Miklutic, Heqs., as a
committee for that purpose, who, after retiring
a short time, returned and made the following
report:
We propose the names of Col. Z Norton, K. T.
Terrell and M. R. Mitchell, Esqs., and move that
they be appointed Delegates.
Which report was adopted.
r-— OauiQtipaaCPr.Jumes M. Gordon, Ute fol
lowing resolution was uoa&imousiy adopted:
Resolved, That if it meet %e approbation of the
Whigs of DeKalb county, we .recognize Col. James
M. Calhoun, of Decatur, asour candidate for Sena
tor in the 39th Senatorial District, and that he shall
receive our hearty and cordial support.
On motion, a committee consisting of J. R.
Alexander, J. F. Martin and Samuel Martin,
Esqs.,were appointed to correspond with the
Whigs of DeKalb on the subject of the fore
going resolution. It was further
Resolved, That the Whigs of this county meet at
Lawrenceville on the first Tuesday in July next, to
select their candidates for the House of Representa
tives.
The business part of the meeting being over,
J. R. Alexander, Esq., submitted the following
i resolutions:
Resolved, That war is at least a great national ca
lamity, and ought not to be waged until all proper
means to secure an honorable and just peace have
been made and failed.
Resolved, That Mr Polk having neither consult
ed the nation, nor waited the action of Congress, the
proper war-making power, according to the Constitu
tion, transcended the duties of his station in involving
j the United States in the present war with Mexico.
Resolved, That the conduct of Mr. Polk in permit
-1 ting Gen Santa Anna to pass the blockading sqoad
i ion and enter Mexico, thereby permitting himself to
I become the dupe of the Mexican chief, and “giving
aid and comfort to the enemy,” and entrusting to
Senor Atocha, a renegade Mexican, the office of bear
ing important despatches to the enemy, evinces either
too great a fondness for Mexican associates to be con
sistent with American patriotism, or imbecility and
; weakness of judgment, which demonstrates his inca
pacity for the station lie holds.
i Resolved, That the conduct of the respeflteve armies
in Mexico, under the command of Gens. Taylor and
I Scott, including officers and private soldiers, by their
brilliant achievements and good conduct, deserve the
| thanks of the nation.
Resolved, That Gen. Taylor, by the evidences of
his patriotism and ability, manifested in the conduct
of the present war, and by that skill and judgment
which have marked his course in former life, has
proven himself well qualified to discharge the duties
of President of the United States ; and,'in the event
of his noinin»t on by the Whig- party and acceptance
of the same, that he merits and will receive our sup
port.
Mr Alexander was then called for, who re
sponded in a speech of considerable length and
ability. He plainly exposed the errors of the
Democratic party, and spoke with great force
and earnestness of the unjustifiable course
which Mr. Polk had pursued in relation to the
war with Mexico his efforts to disgrace and
supersede Gen. Taylor. &c. He made an esti
mate of the loss of blood and treasure which
had already resulted from the war. and contrast
ed it with the probable gains which we were to
receive, and showed that, according to the ex
pt ctations of themselves, if their most sanguine
expectations were realized, still we would be
greatly losers in the end. His views met the
approbation of the meeting, and the resolutions
were unanimously adopted.
On motion of Gol. Fits, it was
Resolved, That the proceeding* of this meeting be
published.
The meeting then adjourned till the Ist Tues
day in July. R D. W Y NN, Chairman.
Z. Norton. Secretary.
Whig Meeting in Campbell.
At a meeting of the Whig party of Campbell
county, convened by previous notice, at die !
Court House in said county, on Tuesday, the ,
first day of June, for the purpose of appointing j
Delegates to the Gubernatorial Convention, to |
be held at Milledgeville, on Thursday the first
day of July next —the meeting was organized
by calling William Davenport tn the Chair, and
appointing W. P. Mengfce. Secretary.
On motion of Jesse M- Butt— that a commit- •
tee of five be appointed by the Chair, to recom-1
mend to this meeting three suitable persons to
represent this county in the Convention,
resolved that Jesse M. Butt. D. J, Conaley. Jo
seph H. Coryell. John F. W ilson and Thomas
Loveless were appointed that committee, and
on motion, W. P. Menefee and John H. Coryell ,
were added to the committee. The committee, i
after having retired, returned and reported, IF.
F. .Menefee. Robert J John H. Cor
yell. as suitable delegates to the approaching
convention, which nomination was unanimous
ly confirmed. The subjoined preamble and
resolutions were then presented by the commit
tee :
We the Whigs of Campbell county, having
met this day for especial purposes, and having
performed that duty, deem it a proper time to
make known to the Whigs in this section of the
Btate. and to our opponents generally, oar in
flexible views, purposes, and determinations on
the all absorbing topics of the day—the Mexi
can war. and the succession both in regard to
our genera] and State administrations:
Resolzed. That after the Mexican war was forced
upon us by a bungling administration—although we
had our doubts in regard to its pohey—but when en
tered into, h was our country’s war; and to sustain it,
m this emergency, we sent sole represeutatires—Tay
lor. Scott. Worth. Wool Kearney, and Perry, with
the younger Clay, Cnttenden, Webster, and Er axis
—our aauoo's boast.
Resolved, That James K. Polk, and George M.
Dallas have our full permission to retire from their
high posts of honor on the 4th day of March, 1849,
and clear the way for that invincible hero, scholar, and
gentleman —Gen. Zachary Taylor, of Louisiana.
His able despatches, and victories achieved at the bat
tles of the Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey
and Buena Vista— entitle him to the gratitude of the
nation, and sorry aid and comfort to Santa Anna and
his army.
Resolved, That as Whigs, we are lovers of a sound
currency instead of mere promises to pay—Central
Bank issues—harmony instead of discord and confu
sion—strength of character to imbecility and wavering
confidence —and a firm and elevated position among
our sister States, and the world —instead of an en
tire loss and destruction of our sovereignty. For all
these happy changes we are indebted, and our thanks
are due, to George W. Crawford; and on his retiring
from the Executive Chair, which he has filled with
much honor to himself and credit to the State, it is our
desire to see him fill the office of Senator in the Senate
of the United States.
Resolved, That as to his successor in the Executivo
Chair of the State, our preference would be given to
Gen. Duncan L. Clinch—old Withlacooche —and
with two such able commanders at the helm of State,
the Republic would be safe. But we leave this to our
Delegates to exercise their own discretion, untrammel
led by our instructions.
Resolved, That as there appears to be some dissatis
faction betw’een the two great wings of the Democratic
Party in this Senatorial District, between the old and
new lights, in regard to the nomination made —the
great Ajax of the party—our advice to our friends in
this District, composing Caroll and Campbell, would
be not to commit themselves to either, but stand
aloof. At the same time, we are opposed to running
any candidate of our own. In union there is har
mony.
Resolved, That the Delegates shall have power to
fill any vacancy that may occur.
. TlitU die thanks of tfiis meeting be ten-
a&ire3* w
WILLIAM DAVENPORT, Chairman.
Willis P. Menefee, Secretary.
Revolution in Madeira.—We find in the
Liverpool Mail of the 18th ult. the important
intelligence, received by a private letter, that
tbe troops on the island of Madeira had deci
in favor of the Junta of Oporto. This
movement commenced at 2 A. M. on the 29th
of April, when the troops in Funchal, accompa
nied by four pieces of artillery, proceeded to
the Governor’s palace, who, after some hours
deliberation, tendered his resignation ; and a
pronunciamento in favor of the junta was rea I,
by the Secretary to the troops. Extensive
emigration was going on from Maderia, chiefly
to the West Indies; more than 15,000 persons
are reported to have left the island since Janu
ary last.
Tiie London Times reports the arrival at Ma
deira, on the Ist of April, of a schooner from
New York, loaded with bread-stuffs, which was
hailed with great joy, there being a great scar
city of food, jpour was retailing at slsa bar
rel, even after the arrival of the American
schooner and another grain vessel from Lisbon.
Prolific.—Mrs. Rosa Flournoy, consort of
Thomas G. Flournoy of Chambers comity, Ala
bama, says the little Georgian, we are credibly
informed, presented her husband with five chil
drenin the short space often months and six
teen days—3 at one birth on the 4th of June
1846, and two at another, the 20th of April,
1847. The three former have since died, the
two latter are still living.
The “ Democratic Review” for the month of
June, in a leading article from a source which
it says is entitled to confidence, asserts that the
Administration is willing to make to Mexico,
as the defeated party, every possible concession
in point of lavor, and that it has clothed Gen.
Scott with power to treat with the authorities
of Mexico, under the instructions of Mr. Trist;
and that, should the Mexicans desire it. Mr.
Buchanan will himself go down and negotiate
in the city of Mexico.
The same writer also gives the foil-owing as
tho conditions on which our Government is wil
ling to treat. — Nat. Ini.
“As to the cession of territory demanded of the
Mexicans, the Administration will not claim it as a
forfeit, but offer to pay for it, ho as to acquire it by pur
chase. We want a clear title to it; and the Admin
istration considers purchase the very best of all titles.
“The expenses of the war we will not claim from
the Mexicans; arid the indemnity which she owes our
citizens will be assumed by the Government of the
United States. We shall then claim no money of
Mexico in any shape, and are willing to accept land
in payment of our just demands.
ee<^ ” r sold to us by
more than Upper California and
that our Government will not insist, as a condition of
peace, on the right of way across the Isthmus of Tehu
antepec ; but rather make this a subject for subse
quent friendly negotiations between the two sister
Republics.”
The “ Review” in question has frequently
received the endorsement of the organ of the
Executive in Washington, and is as likely to be
well-informed of what it states as any other ex
ponent of the plans of the Executive.
“ Democracy puts forth principles which must, in
the end, free the slave.”— Democratic Review.
Here is another nut for the Register, from its
uld friend and ally, the “New York Evening
Post,” the ablest of the leading northern demo
cratic papers Hear his avowal, “ that the ex
tinction of slavery will be effected by the Demo
crats of the North."'—Ala. Journal.
“We observed the other day in the Boston
Chronotype, an anti-slavery paper, a charge
against the northern democrats who disapprov
ed of the institution of slavery, that they do
nothing but talk. To this we answer that, if
anything of moment shall be effected towards the
extinction of slavery, it will be effected by the de
mocrats of the north. To them it will be ow
ing, if all is done that can be done—namely, to
confine slavery to its present limits, and leave
it to those causes which, in the order of Provi
dence, are gradually working to bring it to an
end. It is the Abolitionists, who talk, and do
nothing but talk, and might talk to the end of
time, without coining a step nearer their ob
ject.
A Tribute of Respect.
Muscogee Superior Court, ?
May Term, June 1, 1847. $
The Superior Court being in session, Judge
Thomas, after consultation with the Court and
the members of the Bar, rose and offered the
following resolution :
Whereas, our aged and worthy fellow-citi
zen. Geo. W. Foster, has departed this life, full
of years and full of honor—few having lived so
blameless a life, and left so unblemished a re
putation—
Resolved, That as a token of respect to his
memory as a man. and as one of the last signers
of the State Constitution, the Court do now
adjourn till to-morrow morning at the usual
hour, and that the Court, the members of the
Bar, the Grand Jury, and others in attendance
on the Court, will attend his funeral this day at
the Methodist Church.
Which was unanimously adopted.
On motion of Col. Holt, it was resolved and
agreed to, that a copy of the above resolution
be handed by the Clerk of this Court to each of
the Editors of the newspapers published in this
city, for publication.
A true extract from the minutes of said Court.
Thad. Sturgis, Clerk.
General Taylor in the West —The St.
Louis Republican says :—A tremendous meet
ing—gnch an one as has never been known in
Lexington (Missouri)— —was held a few days
since. The largest church in town was insuffi
cient to hold the mass of people, although no
unusual pains were taken to assemble such a
‘ crowd. Extraordinary enthusiasm was mani
fested in favor of the Hero of Buena V ista. nor
was it confined to the Whig party, but Demo
crat* participated in it, and united in the resolu
s tions which nominated General Taylor for the
’ Presidency. One orator saw in the vista which
j that battle presented, the White House, and the
j brave old General marching into it, as President,
i at the command of the people, as some reward
j for his services, his patriotism, his generosity
j and his love of justice, shown by every act of
! the war. The meeting created a deep sensa
j tion, and the eloquence of the ablest men in all
! that section of the State was called into requisi
tion. We suppose we shall receive a full ac-
I count of the proceedings in a few days.
A Letter from General Taylor —A cor
i of the New York Spirit of die
Times says: I saw a letter of the old General’s
I a few days since, eleven pages long, devoted to
I humanity and the every day affairs of life ; it
. was a window to the old hero’s soul, into which
I von could look and read that his inmost
I thoughts were pure, and brave and disinteres-
■ ted. It was dated the 20lh of February, and
; was evidendv about concluded when the news
■ reached him that Santa Anna was approach
i inc- The letter had been placid quietly in the
portfolio —the battle of Buena Vista was fought
an d then, in a postscript, dated the 25th,
there was written—‘ Santa Anna with 20,000
men has given us battle, and we hate maintained
our position.' h there in history a more sublime
record of an unparalleled batde-a more modest
allusion to one of the greatest events that will
appear in future history.
The postscript of the old General was pen
ned about the same time as his famous letter
to Henrv Clay, condoling with the great
j statesman of Kentucky <br the lose of his brave
SOB.
From the N. O. Picayune of the 5tA inst.
Arrival of the Porpoise.
The letter which we subjoin furnishes much
interesting information in regard to the cruise
of the Porpoise and naval operations of the
coincnodore of the Gulf Squadron :
‘
U. S. Brig Porpoise, N. Orleans, June 4.J|
To the editors of the Picayune:
Gentlemen: — Herewith you have a list of the
officers of this vessel, just returned from a long
andarduous cruise in the Gulf. The officers
are: Wm. M. Hunt, lieutenant commanding;
James A. Doyle, first lieutenant; Geo. Maulsby,
passed assistant surgeon ; R. 11. Wyman,
acting master; Beverley Randolph, passed
midshipman; Watson Smith, midshipman;
Wm. A. Doyle, captain’s clerk ; A. F. Thomp
son boatswain.
I can give you but little news, Com. Perry
hoisted the American Flag at the town of Laguna,
on the Island of Carmen, Yucatan, on the 17th
of April, the Porpoise firing a national salute,
and the American residents with theofficers and
crews of the men of war then in port, giving
the stars and stripes a hearty cheer. The com
modore, on the same day, called a meeting of
the authorities, inviting the merchants to at
tend, and informed them that he had taken pos
session of the Island, and would hold it and its
dependencies until the close of the war, and
declared the port open to the commerce of all
nations- By thus holdiug Laguna and its de
pendencies, all communication between Yucatan
and Mexico, by water, can be prevented. The
bomb brig Vesuvius was left at Laguna and
Lieut. Case detached from this vessel and ap
pointed, temporarily, collector or superinten
dent of the customs.
f’nu rtv In Ver- 4’ru oil the
24th tilt., and his intention was as soon as ne
had arranged some business matters there, to
return to Laguna, and thence visit Campeachy,
where the sloop of war Albany and brig Wash
ington has already preceded him, for the pur
pose of making inquiry concerning certaincon
traband trade with the interior States of Mexi
co, which the commodore had advice of from
sources upon which he placed much reliance.
He also ascertained that in the position (or
rather positions) which the Yucatecoes have as
sumed during the war, our Government has
been treated with the most contemptible
duplicity, and his intention was. as declared to
the authorities at Laguna, in case they did not
absolve themselves from all connection and in
tercourse with the Mexican States, and adhere
to their absolution, to “ sack and destroy” the
city of Campeachy and such o|her places on the
seaboard as pursued the same course.
The Porpoise left Laguna on the 19th ult. for
Vera Cruz, carrying as passengers to that place,
the family of Mr. McFaul, our late consul at
Laguna, who disappeared some time since near
the Tabasco river: (supposed to be drowned;)
also. Mr. E. T. Harrison, passenger, and Capt.
White, master, of the English bark Mathew
Pierce, which was lost at the eastern end of
Carmen, in April last. We left Vera Cruz on
the 25th ult., bringing with us Capt. White
and Mr. Harrison to this place. There was no
news at Vera Cruz but such as you have, no
doubt, previously learned.
Lieut. James Lawrence Parker is on board
the flag ship, and is, 1 am happy to say, rapidly
recovering from the effects of his wound re
ceived atTuspan.and will again shortly be ready
and eager for the fray.
We are accompanied by a prize schooner,
captured by the gun boat Bonita, in charge of
Passeif Midshipman Thompson, which comes
here for adjudication.
The Porpoise is sent here for repairs, after
a cruise of nearly two and a half years in the
Gulf, during which time she has not, until with
in the last month and a half, been permitted to
lie in any port for a single week. The only rest
she has had was at Laguna, Yucatan, to which
place she was sent about the middle of April,
and remained there until Com. Perry arrived and
hoisted the American flag, on the 17th of May.
During the past winter, while blockading Vera
Cruz and Tampico, she has been in seventeen
northers, some of them of the “tallest kind
the last of which come very near sending her
down among her finny prototypes. At the time
it commenced wc were blockading to the.north
ward ofthe castle of San Juan de Ullua, while
the attack was being made on the city of Vera
Cruz by our army, and were blown off on the
evening of the 25th of March. The next day
about noon the brig was struck by two heavy
seas in quick succession, the first causing her
to stand still, and the second sweeping her
decks and throwing her on her beam ends, at
the same time staving in her weather hammock
netting and all the boats. &c. stowed amidships,
forcing them into the Waist, then under water.
situation about fifteen
or twenty nntintes, when, throifgfi great exer
tions on the part of her officers and men, the
boats, sails. &c., with nearly all the lee battery,
were thrown overboard, when she fully righted
with two feet water on her decks; no one,
however, felt secure until evening, when the
wind grew lighter and the seacommenced going
down. To me, never having been placed in
precisely the same situation, it was surprising
to see the coolness and energy (with a sudden
and horrible death staring them in the face)
exhibited by both officers and men, from the
commanding officer to the smallest boy on
board. Not a word was spoken of danger
until it was past, when all acknowledged it.
The Porpoise has been one of the most ef
fective and useful vessels in the squadron, and
hassailed a greater number of miles than any
other vessel attached to it. She has, however,
oeen much injued by such continued hard work
and hard weather, and now comes to this city to
be repaired and coppered. It is understood
that her officers, in consideration of their labori
ous and faithful service during the cruize, are
to have leave of absence to visit their homes,
and that the crew will be discharged and paid
off. Y r ours, <fcc., PORPOISE.
Arrival of Troops.—The steamer James
town, Capt. Whitten, from Cincinnati, which
arrived yesterday, brought down Capt. E. Bo
gardus, and Lieuts Smith, Murry and Martin,
with company E. 14th Regiment, numbering
85 men. The steamer Die Vernon, Capt.
Stailey, also arrived yesterday from Cincinnati,
with two companies of the 15th Regiment, un
der the command of Col. Howard, and one com
pany of the 2d Regiment, under the command
of Capt. Cosey—numbering in all 331 rank and
file. The steamer Star-Spangled Banner,
Capt. Pierce, from Cincinnati, brought down
Capt. Chase, and Lieuts. Goodlove and Wilie,
with 90 men of the 15th Regiment—and the
steamer Caroline from Cincinnati, with 250 re
cruits for the new regiments, arrived last night.
—X O. Pic. 30th ult.
Departure of Troops.—The ship Russia,
Capt. Rantiford, and the ship Southport, Capt.
Griffith, sa led last night for Vera Cruz. They
take down Col. Joshua Howard, and Capts.
Vandewenter. Jones, Hoagland. Quarles,
Chase and Towl, with 600 men. The steam
ship Mary Kingsland, Capt. Davis, with Lieut, j
Scull of the 7th Infantry ; VV. Hammond and
G. W. Armstrong, Paymaster’s clerks: Laman
Gill. Esq., who goes for the remains of Lieut.
Gill, of Tennessee, who fell at Cerro Gordo,
and 150 teamsters and a like number of horses
on board also sailed last night for Vera Cruz.
The bark Jubilee. Capt. Harman, sailed for
the Brazos, having on board Capt. C. P. Smith,
with 200 men of the 16th Infantry, and a de
tachment of the 3d Dragoons.—.V. O. Pic. 30tA
ult.
Sixty-four Lives Lost— Appalling Ship
wreck.—The ship Miracle, Elliott, master, from
Liverpool, bound to Quebec, 34 days out. with
408 passengers, was wrecked at the Magdalen
Islands on the 19th May. Sixty-four were
drowned and thirty others died of fever. Two
schooners bad arrived at Picton, Nova Scotia,
with part of the passengers.
The Washington Union of Saturday night
says—
The President a ter a brief but highly grati
fying visit to his native State, and to the Uni
versity at which he graduated, returned with
ibis family to Washington this evenug, having
been absent from the city about a w eek.
It is estimated that the receipts of Flour,
Wheat, and Corn, at Troy and Albany, (faring
the month of May, were as follows: Flour,
650.000 barrels. Wheat 240,000 bushels, Corn,
930.000 bushels.
Stockton’s u big gun,” made in England, is
now receiving a polish at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. It will take three months constant labor
to give its exterior the requisite finish.—A". Y.
Jour. Com.
Good Dividend. —The Planters’ Bank yes
terday declared a dividend of five per cent, from
the profits of the Institution for the last six
months, w hich is payable to the Stockholders
on and after the 10th instant.— Sntannah Re
publican. -th inst.
According to that strict constructionist,
George M. Dalias, Democratic Vice-President
of the U. States, our Government has no con
stitutional power to improve our harbors or ri
vers, but it has ample power to dig the hugest sort
of a canal across the entire domain of a foreign
country. — Ala. Jour.
The ’‘Union*’ is continually harping upon
the fortunate selection of Generals Taylor and
Scott for conducting the campaign in Mexico,
the credit of such selection being claimed by it
for the Administration, Will tbe Union be
good enough to inform us why the Administra
tion was so anxious :o withdraw these distin
guished officers from the field by placing Mr
Benton over their heads?— Alex. Gaz
VOL. LXI.- NEW SERIES, VOL. XL NO. 24.
Augusta,
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 1847.
Whig Generosity.
“The Savannah Republican, in an article on Gen.
Taylor’s nomination by the Whigs, recommends Santa
Anna to the Democrats as a good General for them.
“It appears, then, that one year’s adhesion to the
‘ lion in the path’ has over-taxed the constancy of these
fickle followers, and they desert him as he grows more
unlucky. Just so they served Mr. Clay. Now they
deciare for Gen. Taylor, which makes tbe third lead
er in the year. The last choice of the Wings, at
least, gives us some evidence of ‘ an odor of national
ity’ in what they mean to do for the future ; profiting,
no doubt, by the fate of their old allies, the blue-light
burners, and having an eye to the spoils that ‘ belong
alone to the victors,’ think it safest to be led by a man
who is at war for and not against his country. This,
it is true, is breaking somewhat into Whig ‘consis
tency,’ but it is no doubt time for ‘change, change.’
But our friends of the Republican must excuse us if
we decline this Whig cast-off—for if we took him, the
Chronicle & Sentinel would eschew politics, and our
friend of the Constitutionalist have no more sport in
showing it what the difference is between rhyme and
reason.
The Georgia Telegraph would be witty, in
the above, at our expense ; but we think he
fails, for it takes truth, as well as brevity, to
compose that article, and make it hit. Santa
ANNAisthe “ Whig cast-off •” The editor aims
in this to draw bis bow upon the Whigs, and he
only hits his friend, Mr. Polk, and bis adher
ents. It may with pretty keen truth be said
that Santa Anna is Mr. Polk’s “ cast-off," for
it js pr has deceived him, that
Mr. Polk can no longer look to him a< ?n ally
in any form whatever. It is now universally
conceded that he was permitted to return to
Mexico in consequence of some understand
ing, express or implied, between him and our
“ Young Hickory."
But let Santa Anna speak for himself. In a
letter written to the Mexican Minister of War,
dated Puebla. May 13th, 1847, in which he is
alluding to Gen. Scott’s proclamation, he says:
“But in the midst of the malevolence (encotw)
which Gen. Scott shows he has against me, he does
me too much honor when he says, that they had been
deceived as to my real intentions, and that, on ac
count of this mistake, his Government permitted me
to pass to my country. Indeed, most Excellent Sir,
the United States was deceived when they dreamed
that I was capable of betraying my country. Before
this should happen, I would prefer tube consumed by
fire, and my ashes should be scattered, that not a sin
gle atom be left.”
Whose work was this—his return? That
certainly was no Whig work. He returned un
der Democratic and not auspices, aud, ac
cording to all fair reasoning, if he was then a
Democratic or Whig General, he was the for
mer. Is he still so ? If not, he is the Demo
cratic cast-off. Perhaps Whig Generals in
Mexico have precipitated his repudiation by
Mr. Polk.
But. according to the Telegraph, the Whigs,
in going for Gen. Taylor for the Presidency,
“think it safest to be led by a man who is for
and not against his country.” We understand
our cotemporary still to allude to Gen. Santa
Anna. The Whig soldiers in Mexico have
shown how they could be led against Santa
Anna in fighting for their country.
This Mexican General has been doing his
best against our country, and he owes the hon
or of his distinguished position to Mr. Polk.
To him he is indebted for the opportunities af
forded him of wielding his sword aud influence
against this country, and of appealing to and
arousing the Mexicans by such appeals as this:
“ Would to God the Mexicans would open their
eyea to discover the poison in the golden chalice that
the perfidious Scott proffers to them, and that the reply
to his proclamation may be one shout of universal in
dignation against the invaders of our soil. Let a war
be made against these without period, that when we
may no longer be able, because Providence may have
decreed the subjugation of this unfortunate country,
there may remain to our children or grandchildren,
when the wrath of the Omnipotent shall have passed,'
the noble work of revenging tbe outrages committed
by the Republic of the United States on Mexico.”
Our cotemporary speaks of “one year’s ad
hesion” to the “lion in the path” (Santa A n a).
is unfortunate. It is now about onewyear
since Mr. ,PBlk puT“the liohTnltfft path,” 4 <tffd
he has depended upon him, and looked to him
as a Democratic lion almost up to the present
moment. We believe he is getting pretty well
undeceived about his “Mexican ally,” and now,
when he is really Mr. Polk’s cast-off, because
Santa Anna first made jhim a cast-off, the Tele
graph, by an effort as cunning as that of the
ostrich, which plunges and hides its head iu the
sand, to elude its pursuers.says that he is a cast
off of the Whigs. The best course for Demo
cracy to pursue on this Santa Anna caae, is, to
make the best of a bad bargain, and pocket the
folly in silence.
It appears from a report recently made by a
committee of the Horticultural Society of Cin
cinnati, that upwards of four thousand bushels
of straw beries were sold in the public markets
ofthatcity in twenty-two days last season—
nearly two hundred bushels per day. The
large quantities left at hotels, boarding-houses,
dwellings, &c. are not included in the commit,
tee’s report.
Will Answer ?—lt will puzzle Presi
dent Polk, or his defenders, to evade an answer,
while such questions as the following are con
tinually propounded. An exchange paper says:
“The country would be glad to have the
Union answer one thing. Did the President
commit a blunder in letting Santa Anna into
Mexico, or did he really mean to produce all
the death and suffering among our forces which
have resulted from sending him back ? One
ofthe two certainly must be true. Will some
one ofthe President’s advocates tell us ?”
The “ Northern AlCies.’’ —The demo
crats of St. Lawrence county, New York, (the
residence of the Hon. Silas Wright,) at their
late convention at Canton endorsed the Wil
mot Proviso and undoubtedly expressed the
opinions of Mr. Wright in the following :
*• Resolved, That in this war, the Ameri
cans will be just to their principles, to their in
stitutions, and to themselves, and while they wii
protect the institution of slavery where the
Constitution of their country protects it, with
the same scrupulous regard with which they
will observe all the requirements of that sacred
instrument, they will not by their voices, their
money, or votes, plant it upon a/rcesoil.”
Custom House Receipts.—The amount of
money received by the Custom House at New
Orleans, last year during the month of May,
was $169,957.28.' The amount received dur
ing the same month of the present year was
$245,126.41. This shows an excess of $76,-
169.13 over the sum received during the same
period last year.
New York Election.—The election, by the
people, of the judicial officers, took place
throughout the State on Monday, the 7th in st.
In the city of New York, the entire Democrat
ic ticket was elected. The election seems to
have been a spiritless affair, as but little over
half the votes of the city were polled.
Not all quiet at Nauvoo Yet.—lt is
rumored that there are some fresh disturbances
in Nauvoo* which led to a public meeting of
the citizens, at which resolutions were passed
requiringthe Mormon leadersleft there last fall
to leave the place within a given period. The
ajleged cause of complaint is said to be fraudu
lent sales of city property.
Great Destitution at the Magdalen
Islands.—The Halifax Sun says that a letter
received from the Magdalen Islands (Gulf of
St. Lawrence) represents the people of the
settlement there in a state of great destitution. i
Flour is said to be S2O per barrel. A vessel
bound to the Labrador, with provisions, touch
ed there, and would have disposed of a part of
her cargo to the famishing people, but the col
lector of the customs refused to allow the cap
tain to enter his vessel, and pay duties on part,
and the vessel proceeded on her voyage, with
out being able to afford even temporary relief
to the inhabitants-
The fare from Troy, N. Y., to St. Johns,
Canada, is now only 37 i cents. The travel is
literally immense.
Naval. —The Norfolk Beacon of Monday
says:
The U. S. sloop of war St. Mary’s, Corn’d.
Saunders, proceeded up to the Navy Yard yes
terday morning, under sail.
We understand that Com. Wilkinson has de
clined the command of the Brazilian squadron.
The U. S. Commissioners at New York,
have decided by a vote of 4 to 1 in favor of the
Balance and against the Sectional Dry Dock-
The Navy Yards at Philadelphia. Pensacola
and Kittery are to be supplied with it.
On the 7th of April last Commodore Reads
was directed to detach a sioop-of-war from the
forces under his command on the coast of Africa,
and send her to cruise in the Mediterranean,
for the purpose of affording protection to our
commerce in that vicinity.
The following is a list of the officers of the
U. S. ship Southampton, which vessel sailed
from Rio de Janeiro on the 20th of April for the
West Coast of Mexico:
Robt. Thornburn, Lieut. Commanding; E.
D. Reynolds. Purser; J. McClelland, Passed
Asst. Surgeon; J. L. Worden. Lieutenant; M.
B. Worlsey, Acting Master ; H. K. Stephens,
Pd. Midshipman; C. M. Morris do. do.; S. S.
S. Hourson, Capt’s. Clerk.
From, the National Intelligencer,
Tile “Second Conquest’’ of* Mexico.
We had occasion, the other day, to refer to
the apparentlypredominant sentiment in the
city of New'Orleans in favor of War, Con
quest, and Annexation, as signs of Glory to us,
and harbingers of Prosperity and Happiness to
per of that city, which has since reached us,
further evidence of the fact, in the publication,
without any expression of dissent, of a letter
from Brazos, under date of May 3, from which
we extract the following:
“ Does it occur to you that this is the anniversary of
the glorious 3d, when our batteries firet opened on the
Mexicans? Os course you have (3 P. M.) your de
canter at your side. Your good health, Messrs. Edi
tors ! and here’s to die memory of ‘the days of Mav,
1846,’ &c. &c.
“Let me till your glass again, Messrs. Editors.
Here’s to the destiny of our country; it must be
accomplished. Is not the of our arms but
forming, as it were, a broad high-road on which shall
travel civilization and liberty ? — a broad high-road,
which, streepiner across the mighty continent of the
western hemisphere, shall continue to enlarge until,
binding nation with nation, language icith lan
guage, hemisphere with hemisphere, iy shall have
PERFORMED THE MIGHTY CIRCUIT OF THE WORLD.”
Will our readers wake up now ? Will the
people rouse themselves, shake off their lethar
gy, and uphold and protect their institutions,
their rights, and their liberties, whilst it is yet in
time? Or will they continue to slumber in sloth
and apathy, until, under the influence of this
mad Ambition and this rage lor Conquest, every
thing in this Government that is worth preser
ving will be swept away by the Tornado which
already glooms and growls in the horizon.
Senator Benton —Mr. Polk.—The Rich
mo nd B’Aigsays:
“Col. Benton has made another speech in Si.
Louis ata dinner given to Charles D. Drake,
Esq. by the St. Louis Law Association, at which
the Colonel was an invited guest. In reply to
a toast complimentary to the United States Se
nate, Col. Benton eulogized that body in very
high terms, for the influence it was calculated,
as it was intended, by its long tenure of
office to exert, in resisting Executive power on
the one hand, and “the stormy wave of excited
popmar feeling on the other.” He said, the
Senate had, on three recent occasions, nobly
performed this high mission—first, in rejecting
the Tyler treaty of annexation, and thereby
postponing for two years the Mexican war ;
secondly, in adopting an alternative proposition
to the Joint Resolution of annexation, as it pass
ed the House ®f Representatives, which, pro
posing negotiations with Mexico as a prelimina
ry to the annexation of Texas, would if it had
been selected by the Executive as the basis of
action, have averted war altogether ; and third
ly, in resisting the unjust claim of the Presi
dent, sustained though it was by a misinformed
and excited public opinion, to 54° 40', and in
bringing both the President and the people hack
to 49°, “the line of right,” in the Oregon nego
tiation.
“How Mr. Polk will relish these severe and
repeated hits at his wisdom and discretion, on
the part of his Ex-Lieutenant General, it is im
possible for this deponent to say.”
The St. Louis Republican states that the re
cent orders of the War Department, calling on
Mweoan and Illinois. for volunteers to go to
Santa Fe. and along the route t<> L'n .
regarded there us exceedingly singular—and
the officers of the regular army partake largely
of this feeling—for the reason, that there has
been no call made for artillery. Past experience
has shown that this is one of the most effective
arms of the service, even in the hands of volun
teers. In the battles of Sacramento, Canada
and Taos, the artillery, although commanded
and managed by volunteer officers and men,
was of essential service. Without it, the result
might have been very different. The Republi
can concludes by saying that one or two battal
ions of mounted artillery, such as went from that
city about a year ago, could be promptly raised
in that city and vicinity.
The Mexican Pirates.— The Princeton to
be sent to the Mediterranean.— The President
has issued orders directing the steamship of war
“ Princeton” to be got ready for sea, to proceed
to the Mediterranean, in quest of the Mexican
privateer “ L'nico,” and any other vessels that
may be insulting our flag there. The matter
was formally laid before the President on Mon
day morning, by Mr. Buchanan, and his action
thereon wns prompt and decisive. The Prince
ton is to be made ready to sail on or about the
15tb of the present month.— Balt. Sun.
The Boston Times of Thursday last says—
The sloop-of-war Jamestown will be ready
for sea at the end of this week. Her battery
consists of four sixty-eight pound Paixhan guns,
and eighteen medium thirty-two's, heavy and
efficient.
The Milwaukie Gazette iu noticing the attacks
that have been made on Gen. Taylor, says:-“As
to Taylor’* " Generalship,” we take it that the
man who has won every hattie he ever fought,
against civilized or savage foes, in the War of
1812, in the Florida Campaigns, and now iu
Mexico, who has crowned a long list of triumphs
by the hardest light and most brilliant victory
known in American history, has earned a
“ certificate of character” which is proof against
any and every attempt at criticism, censure, or
defamation.”
Ship Fever is not the terrible thing which
some particular cases would make us think.
Some hundred and fifty patients have been
brought to the city hospital, of whom ten to
twelve per cent, have died. Twenty-five went
out cured on Thursday. Only three persons
have contracted the diseaseat the hospital. But
the rooms are well ventilated, the beds clean,
and every thing favorable to health Among
the out door patients we are told that the deaths
are under favorable circumstances twelve per
cent., and in the Golgotha of Bellevue forty
four per cent. The wonder is, that with the
bad ventilation of that place any one recov
ers.—ff. Y Jour, of Com.
The St. Louis Republican says that the War
Department has called upon the Governor of
Illinois for an additional regiment of volunteer
Infantry, and one company of mounted men.
This is in addition to the regiment of Infantry,
and the mounted company recently called for
from that State.
Mr. Webster left New York on Saturday
evening for Marshfield. The few days he pass
ed there seems to have had a beneficial effect
upon his health.
At an amateur theatrical performance at St.
James Theatre, London, for the benefit of the
Irish, a Prologue, written by Lord .Morpeth,
was spoken. It contained the following allu
sion to the American contributions for the re
lief of the Irish:
From every rank the generous aid has flown,
And caught it.-, earliest impulse from the throne,
Nor pauses here, but lands and oceans o er.
Waftsthe blest freight from far Columbia’s shore. ’’
The aggregate amount received for toil, on
the New York Canals, from the commencement
of navigation to the Ist of Juue, (31 days) is
$709,097 54
During the same period in 1846,
(46 days) is 598,759 91
Increase $110,937 63
A« t«BK cosuita, —The 2,590th anniversa
ry of the foundation of the Eternal City was
j celebrated there on the 21st of April, with nn
i usual solemnity. A grand banquet took place
’ in the Baths of Titus, at which patriotic speech
es were delivered, amidst the deafening a[F
plause of eight hundred guests, and the twenty
or thirty thousand spectators at the fete.
It is stated that Mr. Stki>hzsso.v, the English
rail-road engineer, hfe invented a three cylinder
engine, whose power is so great that it starts
off like an arrow from a bow.
A mine of rock salt, which has just been dis
covered in the environs of Lemberg, in Aus
trian Gallicia, is said to be richer than that of
Wieliczka, in the same province, hitherto con
sidered the richest in Europe