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From the. N. O. Picayune, Ettra.of the 31sf ult.
LATER FROM VERA CRLZ.
General'Scott’s Advance to Ayotla.--Safe
ty of .Major Lally's Train. —Repulse of
Americans nt National Bridge.
The schooner Mississippi arrived from \ e
ra Cruz on Sunday, having sailed thence on
the evening of the 21st inst. At that time the
Fashion had not arrived there, though con
stantly expected. She left here the evening of
the 17th.
The most important news by this arrival con
cerns the movements of Gen. Scott. There
had been various rumors on the subject in Ve
ra Cruz, many of which our correspondent
knows to be unfounded, blithe writes uson the
afternoon of Saturday, the 21st inst., on what
he considers “ the best authority,’’ that the van
guard of Gen. Scott’s arpiy was at Ayotla on
Friday, the 13th inst. ami up to that date had not
fired a gun. This news reached Vera Cruz
by a gentleman who left Ayotla on the 13th,
coining down byway of Orizaba. Ayotla is but
twenty-one miles from the city of Mexico, being
twenty miles beyond the pass of Rio Frio.—
Tiie expedition which left Vera Cruz about
the 13th inst. to reinforce Maj. Lally’s com-
mand was composed of Capt. Well’s company
of the 12th Infantry, ami Capt. Fairchild’s com
pany of Louisiana Rangers, all under com
mand of Capt. Well’s. They returned to Ve
ra Cruz on the 18th, after haring proceeded as
far as the National Bridge, when; they expected
to overtake Maj. Lally’s command. Major Lal
ly, however, had gone on. ami by subsequent
advices at \ era Cruz it is known that he had
carried up his train in safety beyond Jalapa.
Account of the Expedition of Captains
Wells, Haile and Fairchild.
Major Lally, who was on his way to Gen.
Scott, with some eighty wagons and a force
amounting to about 1000 men, soon after leav
ing Vera Cruz sent back after some pieces of
artillery, which were sent him. Soon after
sending back he was attacked by a considera
ble force of guerrillas, about eight miles this
side of the National Bridge, and sent an ex
press to Col. Wilson for ammunition and rein
forcements. At the moment, the only availa
ble troops near Vera Cruz were a company
of raw recruits tinder Capt. J. M. Wells, of the
12th Infantry, and Capt. Fairchild’s volunteer
rangers. These were ordered to prepare im
mediately to depart with ammunition. Ac., to
join Maj. Lally. <hi the following day (the 12th
of August) Capt. Haile, of the 14th Infantry,
reached Vera Cruz on the Fanny after a pas
sage of twelve days from New Orleans, with
73 men. These men had been exposed to the
broiling sun on the deck of the vessel (horses
having occupied the space forward) and were
many of them sick and worn out. The vessel
had not lost her headway in the harbor before
this company was ordered to prepare for im
mediate departure with the above named
troops, and was landed in the citv, where
arms were issued to the men and preparations
made for a march. The men were, in conse
quence of some extraordinary omission of the
proper department, obliged to fast twenty-four
hours, at the end of which time they joined
the detachment intended for the relief of Major
Lally. The command devolved upon Capt.
Wells, an experienced and excellent officer.—
Capt. W.’s company numbered about 70 men,
Capt. Haile’s G 3 and Capt. Fairchild’s about
/0 the latter well m tinted. Luder the pro
tection of Uiis command was a train of wagons,
ilraw'n by wild, broken-down, but unbroken
mules.
Capt. Wells received orders from Col. Wil
son to join Major Lally on t'te. Jalapa road with
out delay. It was believed that the reinforce
ment would come up with the train four miles
this side of tiie Nacional Bridge ; indeed it was
to help it across the bridge that it was particu
larly sent —hut the order w«as imperative to
join Major Lally on the Jalapa road.
1 hus prepared, or rather unprepared, with
two hundred raw recruits and a train of mise
rable, vicious, diminutive mules, the detach
ment set out on the 13th, and encamped that
night at Santa he, about seven miles from the
st irling point. This day was very hot, and was
spent mostly in waiting for the teamsters to
whip, curse and reharness the mules, which
were constantly rearing and breaking from the
path.
On thr morning of the 14th, at 9 o’clock, the
train again started, and when about midway
across the prairie a body of Mexican cavalry
was discovered to be hovering about it They
numbered some fifty, and were pursued, tired
upon - ml driven off by the mounted men.
No further interruption from the enemy oc
curred during the day. The mules continued
to embarrass the movement of the trinity th..
to viui>.irr<i>s me looxeirieni oi me troops, the
command being obliged to halt every five or
ten minutes, until 9 o’clock at night, when they
reached a place called Pmuite del Rio. There
•was no guide with the train—no one who knew
any thing of the road. As soon as the train
stopped a lire was discovered on a high hill
near by, no doubt a signal to apprise the ene
my in advance of the approach of the com
mand.
Early the next morning Capt. Wells de
spatched Lieut. Henderson, of the Lotii«iniia
Rangers, with ten men. who were accompanied
by three mounted Georgians ami Dr. Cooper,
of the army, to Major Lally’s camp, directing
thorn to proceed cautiously and apprise the
major of his approach, but not to go further
than ok miles. This detachment has not since
been heard of* and was undoubtedly cut oil'.
The next moi mug the train was moved for
ward as soon ns the teamsters could break in
(the mules required to be “broken’’ every
morning) their unruly teams, and the march
was continued without fuiiher interruption from
the enemy until 12 o’clock, when the command
reached a bridge called Paso la Bajia, the rear
however being constantly annoyed by the ap
pearance of n few lancers who dodfed ihem.
W hilst men and animals were refreshiii" them
selves at this place, a tire was opened on them
by a party of guerrillas, on a hill that com
mands thr bridge. A large parly of the en my
had been discovered before on a high lull be
yond the bridge. Capt. Wells, afer seeing
that all was in readiness to move on, ordered
(’apt. Haiir, with a part of Ins company. Io
move round under cover, ascend the first hill
and clear it of the enemy. This was promptly
accomplished, the Mexicans retiring before the
party could reach thr crest of die hill. On
reaching the superior height, however, the
party under Capt. 11. surprised tin* advance of
a body of Mexicans who were preparing to lire
down thr sleep hill at thr troops, ami drove
them ftoiu their position. Had not Capt. W.
taken the precaution to have the heights cleared
of the enemy the detachment must have suffer
ed severely, and perhaps serious damage been
done to tin* train.
About four or five miles beyond this height
the command came to a valley, at the bottom of
which was a bridge, (the last this side of Puente
Nacional,”) and inst as the advance troops
(Fairchild's and Hail’s companies) had advan
ced halt way up thr lull beyond, ami the wa
gons had begun to pass the bridge, a heavy tire
was opened t om the height on the right of the
road, both on the cavalry and iiiiantrv. and up
on the train. This vv as about dusk. ' The fire,
which came from a thick chaparral, was
promptly returned by our troops, who then
covered themselves from thr concealed enemv
ami coolly dispose I themselves fur a night’s
rest, as had been she previous intention of the
commanding officer. The enemy after firing
some two hundred cartridges, cea-ed their fruit
less operations. \fter an hour or two of quiet
Lieut. Wyche, commanding Capt. Wells’s
company, took some e ght mounted men up
through a chaparral to a height opposite, when
the enemy opened their tire and tired a vollev
to inform them that our people ••were tArrc.”
No disturbance during the night. No one vva.-
hurl, but a horse was shot thiough tiie jaws.
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All hour before llv day next morning Lum
Wyche vva* sent to Like possesion of the lull
that contained the enemy the night before,
winch lie accomplished without opposition. A
little before sunrise the enemy appeared in
numbers on the road at the crown of the height
and co mine tired tiring down into the ramp, at
the same time shouting and using language
not very complimentary io the •• Americanos.’
It W.W discovered now that they had infantry
with them. ('apt. Haile was ordered with his
company to a-c md the lull on the left through*
the chaparral and endeavor toouulank the ene
my IL* proceeded with great caution through
the dense and thorny thickets, and placed ins
men. without being discovered by the enemy,
along the road, about twenty yards from it and
about stx feet apart, the left or upper Hank
reaching within twenty-five yards of the hill
top. where the head of the enemy 's column
could be »veu standing. Lieut. \\ vche had
taken a similar position on the other side of the
road, lower dow u. Thus prepared, they aw ail
ed the advance of the enemy, who threatened
to charge down upon the camp ('apt. Hade
now crept up alone to the top of the bill, and
rinding that the main hotly of the enemy were
prepaimg to move oil', he returned and ordered
lus men io march forward. Just as Haile's par
ty were about to tire, one of the Mexicans in
adv an«v shook lr» ti>t al the men :u tamp and I
c r u-d out-furru/o n< <;•<;> llardiv had’
the wonts died upon hr- lips before a volley of i
inusketiv blazed forth from the chaparral, and
some h.’ly stalwartfellows rushed out and up the
hill with a ’* hurra*’ that sent terror into the
hearts of the sellers rurra/e*. who had but a
moment before been beaunz drums, smok
ing j»« r va and cursing the Americano-. The
siirpri-e was perfect and the enemy scattered
in every direction without evru returning the
fire A portion of ('apt Fairchild's company
were engaged during the morning clearing
the heights iu the rear, of su- h scattering Mt >i
caus as might hang about in that d rectiou.
AU bring clear. an advance guard, com* e*ed
of thirty men. sc ectvd equally from the two in
fantrv companies, was placed under the com
mand oi Lieut- Cheney of Cap! 11 ante - com
panv and ordered to march fifty paces ahead
us the cavalry and clear thr heights of the ene
my who might hr in ainbuidi. The command
was now wuh.n three miles of the National
Bridge No intelligence had been received
from Maj. Lally s command and nothing heard
of Lieut. Henderson and his party ('apt
Weil* ordered some of the baggage to be de
stroved. and another <the w agon to be left
lhe mules being useless and only mterrupt
ng the march- Nothing was seen of u*e cne-
f. my, and the little party proceeded quietly along
until they came in sight of the fort on the left
that commands the Bridge as well as the road
for half a mile or more on each side; every
’ thing quiet, not a Mexican to be seen in the
vicinity. Capt. \\ ells ordered Lietit. Cheney’
to advance with his guard, followed by a por
tion of mounted volunteers, to the Bridge, at the
' same time extending the column sufficiently to
prevent the men from being unnecessarily sa
crificed in evse of a surprise. Every eye was
upon the frowning height containing the fort,
and Capt. W., with Lieut. Cheney ami the ad
vance guard of infantry, had reached the Bridge
and remained some moments, (the rear have
ing advanced within musket range ofthe circu
lar fort) when suddenly the height, or rather
lhe fort, swarmed with Mexicans, who opened
upon the detachment a destructive fire of es
copetas, musketry, and with two small pieces of
cannon, adding frequently congr«*ve rockets.
Captain Wells ordered those around him
to return the site, and then directed them
to retire. Capt. Haile had been ordered to
remain and protect the train. In less than ten
minutes after lhe fire opened, nearly three
fourths of the mules were killed. Mr. Bady,
lhe wagon master, succeeded in getting off
one ambulance unhaimed, seven wagonsand
K one ambulance being abandoned. Mr. Bady’s
■ great perseverance, good judgement andzeal-
■ mis exertions during the whole trip an; spoken
• of in high terms by tiie officers ofthe command.
* The men, the raw recruits under the captains
I before named, behaved with as much cool
ness as veterans —indeed, with much more
steadiness than any one had a right to expect.
Lieut Cheney is highly commended by the com
manding officer for his coolness and good
conduct in the trying situation in which he Was
placed. In truth, all performed their duty
faithfully and gallantly, but they were entirely
at the mercy of lhe triple force overhead, (the
fort could not be reached,) and all they could
do was Io retire or die. The far end ofthe
Bridge was barricaded. It may be proper to
uoticehere, that the officer commanding the de
tachment (cavalry, infantry and wagons) was
notallowed a horse by the proper department,
and was consequently obliged to command on
foot until he dismounted a dragoon to enable
him to perform his duly faithfully.
The command now (the loth) found itself
without food or clothing. The knapsacks of
the men had been for the occasiin packed in
the wagons. No om; brought from the scene
, more than he carried upon his person. The
officers who were clad in their old clothes for
. marching lost every thing—clothing, papers,
! and all—and returned to Vera Cruz like the
, men iinderthem, some without coats and be
, rest ofevery comfort.
The commanding officer behaved from the
I commencement to the end with great coolness.
■ and displayed throughout the characteristics of
a true soldier ami accomplished officer.
I In the attack at tin; Nacional Bridge, Capt.
Wells lost one man killed and one wounded.
; Capt. Haile lost two killed, (Begnar of St. Lou
. is and Sojourner of Shreveport, La.) One
» teamster was killed. Those who have died in
r consequence ofthe heat and fatigue, and ein
| bracing the detachment of mounted men lost,
r wili swell lhe loss of this badly planned expe
dition to some forty men—forty men out of two
hundred.
LAT ES T FR () M E(JRO PE.
AKRIVAI. OF THE
STEAMSHIP CALEDONIA.
Five Days Later.
The steamer Caledonia arrived at Boston at
I o’clock this morning, having left Liver
pool on the 19th nil. She arrived at Halifax
on the 31st nit., at 30 minutes past 7. and left
again at II A. M.on lhe same day. She brings
137 passengers.
The Cambria, hence on Wednesday for Li
verpool. anchored in the Roads on account of
the dense fog, at I on Thursday morning, hav
ing been detained 12 hours.
The Caledonia passed on the 2<hh. off Kin
sale, steamer Sarah Sands, from New York.
Commercial and Financial.
Tiie money market, owing to a variety of
causes has become seriously depressed since
our last advices per Cambria. The pressure
continues to a (feet all branches of trade with
unrelaxed severity, forcing prices downward
and necessarily limiting operations to the small
est possible scale. The primary causes of this
stale of things are the advanced rates of dis
count req iire.lby the Bank,of I’.ngland. whose
example is followed by all t'n* private ami joint
stock banks of the empire, and a succession of
disastrous failures in lhe W est India and Ame
rican trade.
I p to last night the nrtual bankruptcy stop
pages were little short of two million pounds,
General Intelligence.
Liverpool, August 19—H J. M—A rumor
was in general circulation yesterday, that Louis
Phiiiippe had been assassinated. The London
papers of this morning bring no comfirmation
”1 it- The elections are nearly at ati end, and
show an increase in favor of Liberal min
isters.
The Qtiern has arrived in Scotland. Iler
tour w ill bo completed in about three weeks.
Lieut. Monroe, late of the Regiment of life
guards, was yesterday found gudtv ofthe mur
• leroft’ol. Fawcett, whom he slew in a duel
about four years ago. The verdict ofthe jury
has caused considerable excitement and sur-
’l’he political aspect of France is threatening
enough. A fierce contest is waging between
lhe government and opposition press. The
latter charges the ministry w ith corruption and
a failure ofthe financial administration.
The French funds have largely participated
in the embarrassments caused by lhe raising of
th«’ rate of discount in England.
Portugal is quiet, ami lhe Spanish forces have
hern w ithdrawn from Oporto.
For Switz* rland tin* Federal diet has re
quired the dissolution ofthe ('alholic Sondera
boiulas, being hostile to the griieial welfare.
The accounts from Italy are various. ’The
progress of liberal opinions, particularlv m the
papal States, is v iewrd with great alarm by belli
France ami Austria.
In Ireland the elections have been somewhat
more stormy than in this conntrv. and the re
turns will stand very much ns they did in the
last Parliament.
< >'(’oniieH’> funeral was celebrated with great
pump. The event has left no excitement of
any consequence.
Gen. Armstrong goes out by the Caledonia
w ith despatches.
The Caledonia takes 30,000 pounds in specie.
Liverpool Markets.
Extracts from Letters received in this city, dated
LIVERPOOL, August IS, 1847.—We have little
of interest to add to the Circular sent out by the
< taudalquiver. The dt iuand thr < *<>uon continues to
a fair extent, with a dull quiet mat kel, at prices rather
in favor of buyers. An advance was l«x>kc<i for bv
many on the arrival of the last steaim-r, bringing un
favorable accounts ofthe growing crop, but any iiu
ptovetuenl th it might have arisen from this cause has
been effectually counteracted by the high vaitn* of
m. u y and the continued dullness vt trade in Mau
cluster.
she sales *4 Cotton since the L»th mst. are 16,500
bales, of which speculators have taken 3000, and vx
jwlrrs 1500 bales. The market closes heavily.
With the continuaiv'e of tine harvest weather the
corn markets arc much depressed. Western Canal
Flour is worth 265. per bld.; Baltimore and Philadel
p’tu 245.; sour 20s. a 215.; American Wheat 7s. 6d
a Bs. 6d- per 70 lbs. Indian Coni 25 a 28s. per quar
ter, " •! In ! tu Corn Me •' 12'. a 12a. 6d : • rbl I.
Brown, Shipley A: Co.
LIVERPOOL. August 17. 1817.
( otton. 1846 1847.
I • J «. li. Aug 1 des- 9006 H 716,958
Oi which American 755.548 595,(»i>6
I 11, *«.. > ■ . ii. I t ... ...1 ' I I* 'l
i »ns.Hupu.' i and export I . bO.’.lHi
Os which American £32.000 557,100
Stuck, Aug. 13 75L500 396.100
Os which American 5-iS.OOO 309.000
The Cotton market has been very quiet since the
date of our last, the 2d and 3d instant, and priceshave
d-vliued Id. per lb. At this decline then* has been
great steadiness tor some days j»ast, in spite of the ex
tra 'idinary dearness of money. Fhe market has
been left nearly entire!/to the mule and exporters,
speculators dotn£ little er is'thir.j.
Ihe Lot icco.mts from the I'nited St «tes brin-* no
iuer-favorable report of the growing crop; <>n the
contrary, considerable further injury is said to have
been caused by continued and in some parts very
heavy Fair Orleans, 7-d; uvddliiig 6-'d";
tail N! «*. 7;d.; u.. ’ 6., ‘ ; feir Uplands
middling 6|d.
Fie s (• i-vty.—-The wcither m.i< rather un-
| settle ’ tor a tew days after the sailing of the Cambria,
but not >•' much s.’ as to di* anv real imiirv to the
I i Grain while it benefit ted the green crops. Os late it
’ has been all that could be desired securing the
harvest.
’ The st'ison throughout has L ' of • oa
‘ rec. rd. and it cauitot, w t - think, be doubted that the
crv|k- are u * d. ou the xvh -le.
i W< ha.i 3 reaction in <m . Corn mark
* tent of ?s. to 3s. per barrel *n lbw s- a an. r the
i sailing of the Cambria, but this advanc could no: t»v
i. . in the t.!.-e of the n unease an «ds it ,
[ \-o - a.a U dt . .. . .
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Ico mtrv h-i u :c we now quote it ]< to Is. b<‘. p ;
J I Wheat h
| I- 3' pvr 70 L»s. h i).. . t'■ i’ r.i M< i
tkw at a’.suit the .pouti-His f the S»i msi.
Moy ky Maa* I ’’ k E ... -
. s :• .:«• of discount on the V;Ji mstant to s-
|-’t cent , and the value of tn '-nev his ri?»’n thr' i jh
.•>it the country to ape n at which perhaps it ha
k i ' • ' '
haw hardly t*‘en attar.a'le u v.kr p r cent , and
im*enuageuftvwn thath S percent.
Five F re cn Fxchanees rue with the stringency of
the monov :u.»rkv:. but the w !v»le of the advance >
tasned has mx been sepp-rted. ' Fill we see the Ex
changes i'cctane steady we camsct expect much ea.e 1
in the ni-xH-v -..ii’k:-..
X | xt .
;- i Cvuittn it-s extrcmelv uusatis&c'.orv Prices of
Y ms, instead
anti s; ;rs arv compelled to limit their produc
*.-.4i54.il further. The present dearness <4 m.»t»ex
«
k s \ IU FOl N4k CO
p " .' . \ n
day i r t'l'b-. sales a;. b-i\s without
i cba ugr J’i pr.< c .
T r;t . .;k - W- . mC* .. F .’
id t 027«.; - and puvei* are carve. In
• ' • ' . :
feeding purpmea. G.w! qaabiies and C«n meal are
uec’ected.
Trad-, at Manchester was yestcnUv vert fuU.
A V X CO.
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The Whig Convextionyesterday nominated
the Hon. Chas. J. Jenkins and Alexander C.
W alker, as the Whig candidates for the Legis
lature.
The War—The Administration.
[concluded.j
The President said in his annual Message,
of last December, that it would have been diffi
cult to justify the Executive if he had assumed
the responsibility of yielding up the territory
west ofthe Nueces to Mexico, or of refusing to
protect this territory and its inhabitants, inclu
ding Corpus Christi, as well as the remainder of
Terns, against the threatened Mexican inva
sion.”
Did not the President in using this language
treat the people as if they were but litile re-
moved from idiotcy, ifhe expected them to be
lieve him? One would infer from this, if they
believed Mr Polk sincere, that he thought the
Mexicans, who had always been beat off by a
handful ofTexans, were formidable enough to
overrun all Texas, when backed \>y the United
States ! Were not the *• inhabitants, including
Corpus Christi as well as the remainder ofTexas,”
protected and defended by lhe army at Cor
pus Christi ? Cannot any one see in this ri
diculous expression, its childish ami imberede
phraseology, that the President silt that he was
above his ears in a political quick-sand ! The
inhabitants were protected then. Corpus Chris
ti was protected. What lhe President means by
the foolish expression the remainder of Texas,
we cannot conceive, unless he means the wide
wilderness, the hollow winds and lhe wild ani
mals between the Texas settlements on the Nue
ces and the Mexican settlements on the Rio
Grande ? There was not an inhabitant of Tex
as between them! But we ask, did the nation- 1
al honor, did Mr. Polk's duty require him to
send lhe army to the Rio Grande. W'e have 1
shown in a connected statement, extracted from
General T \ i lor’s correspondence, that no inva
sion was threatened, that there was no immi- (
neiicy requiring that forward movement. But
let us even suppose that there were, was not
. 1
I’exas, all the inhabitants of Texas and their
properly, as safely protected while our armv (
was at Corpus Christi, as when it pointed its (
cannons with hostile menace at Matamoros ?
Between the risk of war ami lhe danger of
invasion, could the forward movement be jusli- <
lied ? We are arguing now upon the assump
tion, too, that Texas had reasonable grounds to (
dispute with Mexico the ownership of the (
country on lhe Rio Grande. Would not pru
dence have dictated, to avoid all causes calcula- t
ted to wound the natffuial pride ofthe Mexi-
cans? Would not magnanimity have dictated
it ? But, when itis recollected, that the Texans
did not possess the valley of the Rio Grande,
never did, and that the Mexicans were in pos
session of it. and had never been even disturb
ed in that possession, we are compelled to
look beyond the pretext of a defence of Texas to
find a motive lor this Presidential insanity. It
was either to frighten or chastise the Mexicans
into terms. We will in connection with the
proofs to establish this, meet and refute the po
sition assumed by the Administration and its
friends, that Mexico had resolved on war.—
We will first show that Mr. Polk had resolved
on it, ifhe could not succeed in forcing Mex
ico to terms through her fears.
It will be remembered, that Mr. Polk had
sent Mr. Slidell as Ministorto Mexico, and it
was uncertain whether he would be received
or not. We will say more about this present
ly. We merely allude to the fact as introduc
tory to the testimony we are about to bring
forward. On die 20th of January, seven days
after the order for the m trch of the army. Mr.
BvcitiNiN, in laying the views of the Presi
dent before Mr. Slidell, said to him in case
of his rejection
'• Nothing will then r< lu iiu I >r the Government,
Ini! to take the rmlrt ss the u r>»ngs of its eii zeas
info its own hands. The desire <4 the President is
that you (Mr. Slidell) tihoukl conduct yourself with
such wis-l mu a i l liruwss in the crisis, that the voice
of the American people shall be unanimous in rc
</rcsjnrig t’ie wrongs of our much injured and
long suffering claimants."
A little warlike this. But again. Mr. Bi th
xn in said to Mr. Slidell:
•‘ln the nieintinie. the President, in antimpation
of the final re I usa lof th> Mexican G*»vernineiit to re
ceive you, has ordered (hearmy in Texas io advance
ami take position on she Rio Grande ; ami has direct
ed that a strong fleet shall be immediately assemble,!
in the gulf of Mexico. He w ; ll thus be prepired to
act with vi*_or ami promptitude, she moment that
Congress shall give him the authority.”
Then was no t war already determined on by
the President ? Was not that lhe object, and
is not the pretension that it was provoked, and
, forcedou by the Mexicans a mere subterfuge,
and a very shallow one at that! Mr. Polk in
his message, as we have shown, pretended that
i he ordered the army to the Rio Grande to
"protect and defend" Tows, "its inhabitants,
incluling Corpus Christi us well as the remain-
I dcr of T ras " H»*re he a v ows. through Mr.
Bi ch in; in to Mr. Si.iDELf.th.it he ha.l ordered
it there "in antieipation’' of lus rejection and
to Iw in readiness for war.
Again: the message says, the order was not
made till it was ascertained that our Minister to
' i Me\i»-o. Mr. Si.idfli . would be rejected Now
'i I the order was given on the l:» h of J muai v.
I*• . •
and Mr. Si mm.i was not rejected till the 12th
of March thereafter, and the c »rrespondence
shows th it even as I ite as the Ist of .March, he
expresses tiic nt/nost ctiajilfHti (ts bting re
cti red.
.Again: we have heretofore shown from the
correspondence, that as early- as Jitne.lMs.it
was made known to Genera! Txt lor that his
destination was the Rio Grande, and yet the
President tried in his message to impress upon
the country, that he w is ordered there because
ottr minister iras rejected.' W hat glaring in
con>istencies. and liow completely it illustrates
the good el I maxim, that honesty is the best
policy. This brings us to the consideration of
the question, whether the rejection of Mr. Si i-
DEt t was a just cause of war or not .’ \\ e might
multiply our proofs of Mr. I’olk‘s having re
solved on war. bur. as we have a number of to
piesto vine .Lite we cannot dwell longer upon
this. In connection w ith the rejection of Mr.
Slidkli we shall show that Mex
sue and had not resolved on war Our Govern-
ment instructed the A nerican Consul, at the
ty of Mexico to inquire of the Mex can Gov
ernment if it would receive an -t nr.»u ' from the ■
I uited States to settle the ditiiculties of the tw o i
(L»\ eruments. The Mexican Government re
plied th t it w odd receive a -comirtissient r "to j
treat upon the T t ras <r«csfioii. Thereupon;
I'- < K, n<
iilAgnani.nity. sent a Af,«..-/< rZV M.’/KiZt r *
and 1 y in the person of Mr.
S
This minister, the Mexican (»»veriimeiit re
jected. As most of our reader* know, as soon
a< Texas was annexed to the Union. Mr. Al
moxte. the Mexican minister at Washington,
protested against the act; demanded Ins pass
portsand returned to Mexico. Her consuls
ieft their station*, and d.plomatic intercourse
was completely interrupted This state of thing*
was the conse-quence ofthe annexition of Tex
as Mexic«v agreed to receive a • commission
er to settie the didiculty about that. and. we
I presume, it was nßt a violation of the asag? of
i*Kiv’if for her to insist upon the of
that, before opening her arms to receive a full
minister as if all was amity and love between
’ the two countries. Did our national honor, un
der the circu instances, require Mr. Polk to in
sist that a full minister should be received, or to
wage war ifhe was not?
We will prove that neither of these was de
manded by the national honor, by Mr. Polk
himself, or rnt\mr his Secretary speaking for him.
In March. 1847, about a year after the trans
action of which we have been speaking, and
after the President had got rather sick of the
war, .Mr. Buchanan wrote to the Chairman of
the Committee of Finance:
“Should the Mexican Government consent to open
negotiations before the meeting of Congress, they
might and probably would p- cfer to treat of peace
with one or more ‘"i ommissioners” on the part of
the United Slates, rather than with an Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. I would
therefore respectfully suggest to you the propriety of
making an appropriation to meet such a contin
gency.”
Again, the recent appointment of Air. Trist
as “ Commissioner,' 1 to treat with the Mexicans
is familiar to all of our readers. What be
comes ofthe National honor in these cases? and.
i is it not certain, that if Mr. Polk hud exercised
a little more common sense in the case of Mr.
Slidell, ami appointed a “Commissioner,” whom
the .Mexican Government was ready to receive,
lhe Texas difficulty w’ould have been amicably
settled, ami lhe dreadful loss of life, and vast
expenditure of money which has followed the
war would have never taken place. xMuch
more could be said upon this point, but we
must dismiss it to show, that the Mexican Gov.
ernment had not resolved on war.
It is true, her minister demanded his pass
ports, a id left the country ; it is true he had de
clared, that he considered the annexation as
equivalent to a declaration of war on our part
against Mexico, but Mexico did not declare
war, she took no step on land or ocean of a
warlike character, nor did our Government
consider war to be existing. When Mr. Sli-
dell reached Vera Cruz, he found President
Herrerx’s administration in a loitering condi
tion. Our Government was informed that
Herrera was favorably disposed to peace.
The Mexican Prime Minister informed our
Consul, Mr. Black, that in the critical state of
affairs it might even endanger Herrera’s ad
ministration to receive Mr. Slidell then as a
full minister, but that it hoped the stale of af
fairs would soon permit them to do so. All
this good feeling was extended, although a
“commissioner” had been agreed to be receiv
ed. and not a Minister Plenipotentiary. Ap
peals even were made to Mr. Slidell not to
present himself, but on the Sth of December he
sent in a diplomatic note requesting to be re
ceived in the capacity in which he had been
sent there by his Government.
The Government of Herrera fell on the
29th of December, and Paredes rose to pow
er upon its ruins. But Paredes, according to
the Message, issued orders to the .Mexican
General to “attack” our army “by every
means which war permits.” So he did, but it
was not until our army had been ordered to thr
Rio Grande, and was. in fact, encamped upon
its banks; and that was given by Paredes as
the reason for it. Much stress has been laid
by the .Administration and Democratic writers
upon the peculiar hostility of Paredes to this
country, and his determination to wage war.
On the 12th of March. 181(’>, Paredes’s Secre
tary of Foreign Affairs, addressed a communi
cation to Mr. Slidell, in which he said:
“A lover <»f peace, sh*’ (Mexico) would wish to ward '
off this sad contingency ; and without fearing war, I
she would desire to avoid so great a calamity for both
countries. For this she has ofl'ered herselfj aud will
continu** to offer herself open to all honorable means
of conciliation, and she anxiously desires that the pre
sent controversy may terminate in a reasonable and
decorous m inner. In the actual state of things tosay
that Mexico maim.tins a position of quasi-ho>tility
with respect to lhe United States, is to add a new of-
... i 11 . i.. • .. . r
fence to her previous injuries. Her attitude is one of
defence, because she sees herself unjustly attacked
because a portion of her territory is occupied by the
forcesofa nation, intent, wliithont anv right what
ever, to possess itself of it ; because her parts are
tbrcat-'iied by the squadrons of the same power. Un
der such c ire uni is she to remain inactive with
out taking measures suited to so vigorous an emer
gency ?”
I>ocm this alivtt u dv:*.< huikUbui tv o » cv
to recover Texas. The idea is preposterous,
it is as clear as light, that the march to the Rio
Grande was the fatal blunder that precipitated
ns into the iiniialiiral conflict with our Southern
neighbors.
Though it might have been introduced with
more propriety in another part of the discus
sion. wo will now advance and refute some of
the other reasons given why Texas extended
to the Rio Grande. The President said that
the United States claimed to that river by the
purchase of Louisiana of the French, in 1803.
Well, admit it. Did that make it the boun
dary then ! But suppose it did—did not the
United States cede Texas to Spain in l>l9 ’
Did not Mexico obtain it by her independence
of Spain, after many years of bloody contest ?
Did not Mexico have a right to alter the boun
dary ? And we have heretofore conclusively
shown that it was not the Rio Grande on the
west when Texas revolted from Mexico, and
that the former never made it such by conquest.
.Again: it was contended that San ta Ann a,
by a Treaty with the Texan Government in
I*nlC>, made the Rio Grande the boundary be
tween that State and Mexico. This argument
is as foolish and futile as the above one. S vnt x
Anna was then a prisoner in the hands of the
Texans! The bowie-knives of a large party,
clamorous for his death, were gleaming in his
eyes, and it was thought for a time that he
would fall a victim to their demands. 1 uder
these circumstances he made the treaty. What
right had he to make it ’ The Mexican Gov
ernment had declared that it would not be
; bound by his acts, and yet a treaty thus made
! ; by him. under duress and to save his life, is made
] the foundation for a claim to the Rio Grande.
1 But-Vcricua spoliations are brought up to
justify the President. That will not do. for a
commission, composed of citizens of the I ni
led Slatesand Mexico, appointed by their re
spective Governments, had adjusted the claims
of the former against the latter for wrongs
committed against our citizens, and a por
-1 lion of them had been paid. Mexico, from be
ing absolutely penny less, stopped payment
: after several instalments, declaring a deterrni-
* i nation to tini'h when her means permitted, and
j shortly afv r. the Texas dispute interrupted all
* •• . ■.... ■, r _ . > t1... nnvi>rn.
j national intercour.-e between the tw o govern-
1 menis. Mexico ntrer refused to pay the debts,
and it is a new doctrine in morals or politics,
that individuals or people as a nation oujkt to be
but. ht red for not pa;.'ing debts w hich they were
unable to cancel for wan: of mems.
But we must bring our lengthy article to a
close. We believe we have clearly established
all of our propositions. We have shown by the
concurrent testimony of Mexicans, distinguish
ed American citizen*. (Democrats.) Texans,
Mr. Polk - Ministers, Mr. Polk’s own acts.
' map*, and history, that Texas did not rightfully
t xtend to the Rio Grande del Norte.
We have show n, that the National honor did
I not demand of Mr. Polk to provoke war be
cause Mr Siii’Eii was rejected as a minister,
and Mr. Pot k practically admitted it by subse
quently sending a r" to the Mexi
, can*. We have show n that Mexico did not re
i i
j fuse to treat for the settlement of the Texas
| quesuou, but vva- anxious to receive the ••com
unssioner" for lint purpose, whom site had
iigrtta i<< T‘.> -1 ct
We have shown tliat Mexico, however much ■
• she professed to be aggrieved, took no steps for ■
! war. nor intended war. till, a* she believed, our
Government had commenced a war of aggres- !
*ion upon her.
We have show n that none of the professed ob
| ?f<7s for which the army was sent to Texas, re
! qtured the movement to the Rio Grande, for
' there was no invasion, no threat ofan invasion,
and Texas, as far a* she extended, was fully de
’ fended by the army at Corpus Christi.
We have shown that Mr. Polk trampled the
decision of Congress under his feet, declared
that a boundary was fixed by that body, which
it had refused to recognize, that he ordered the
army into a Mexican province, and precipita
ted and provoked die w ar.
Admit that the rejection of Mr. Slidell was
a just cause of war: admit that the Mexican
spoliations demanded of this government a
resort to the arbitrament of arms : whose duty
was it to sustain the national honor by a de
claration of war ’ It was the duty of Congress,
1 not of Air. Polk! That body was in session
1 every day before his eyes, when he assumed,
- as a King or Emperor would do, to turn loose
. the demon of war. Thus he trampled at once
j upon the rights of Congress and the constitu
tion.
He, then, is responsible for this war, for the
blood that has been spilt, the treasures that have
been expended, the national debt which is
piling up mountain high, and the desolate
homes, so full of agonies and anguish, for wi
dowed mothers, for fatherless children, with
which the nation is mournfully chequered,
We would not have their sorrow, their silent
griefs, their heart-lorn wretchedness, the pall
of hope, which covers their spirits with gloom
• and darkness, resting upon our souls, for all
the tropic stars that shed their nightly lustre
upon the graves of the lamented and loved vic
tims of war. What will the people say?
What judgment will they pronounce upon
those, who come with adulation of James K.
Polk upon their lips, and ask to be clothed
with the robes of office, and the insignia of
public confidence ?
The Artful Dodger.
Col. Towns, true to his native instinct o
dodging responsibility, has been dodging be
fore the people. In Walker county, we are
informed, be was called upon for his opinions
as to the propriety of extending the State
Road from Cross Plains to Chattanooga, when
the artful dodger valiantly proclaimed, if there
were any person there who was authorized to
speak for Gen. Clinch, he, George Washing
ton Bonaparte Towns, would make known
his opinions upon this great question! ! How
dignified, bow manly, aye, aud howjudepen
dent must this response have appeared to an
intelligent constituency ? What mattered it
what Gen. Clinch’s opinions were, or may be,
upon any question involving the public inter
ests. is the fact, that he was not present to
t answer similar interrogatories, sufficient excuse
. for Col. To wns to skulk from the responsibility ?
t Vetily, the artful dodger must have an elevated
opinion of that constituency, whose suffrages
he is seeking, if he measures them by such a
P standard.
Again, we observe by the Rome Journal,
that he recently addressed the citizens of Floyd
county, and there again dodged, or rather
sneaked off to his room after he had made hi g
speech, and although called and sent for, could
not be induced to appear before the people to
answer the interrogatories of one of the people.
Such—such is the man who seeks the suffrages
of the honest, frank and independent voters of
Georgia for the office of Chief Magistrate! What
Georgian would not feel humbled at the bare
contemplation of the idea, that the Chair of
State was filled by one having so few of the
attributes of a frank, honest, intelligent and
independent citizen of the State, one who
feared or skulked from the expression of an i
I opinion upon any important question. Can it
.be possible that such a being can excite, even '
| within the bosoms of the Democracy, any feel
■ ing of admiration ? Has it come to this in
I Georgia, that the Chief Executive Office, is to
jbe sought by such arts of the demagogue as j
i those which Col. Towns has been playing be- i
i fore the people of Northwestern Georgia? <
. We imagine not, and we opine that the Ides of Z
I October will teach even him, that frankness, (
j independence and honesty, will go much far- 5
i ther to secure elevated position at the hands of 1
the people of Georgia, than skulking and dodg- |
| ing from important questions. t
_ (
Is Col. Towns a Central ihmk Defaulter I \
This is an important question just at this J|
period of time, and one which it will not be- J
come Col. Towns to dodge. This remarkable
faculty of the Colonel will not avail on this oc- j
casion ; the people want full and frank responses
to lhe question. They want to know, too, who
was this partner of Col. Towns—whether or
not he. too, is nut some favored Democrat,
upon whom the Democracy of Georgia have
again and again bestowed office ? These are
all ■••••» imnortrint inquiries
are suggested and rendered more forcible by
the subjoined communication, which we copy
from the last Macon Journal and Messenger.
Os the writer, we of course have no know,
ledge, but there is an air of confidence about
the communication which indicates a know
ledge of some facts not generally known to the
people:
(COMMUNICATED.)
Ue.ssrs. Editors:— As the friends of Mr. Towns
have ventured to assail the private character of Gen.
Clinch, with charges of maladministration as Presi
dent of the St. Marys’ Bank, from which he stands
triumphantly vindicated, the friends of the General
will be excused, if they should turn the tables on his
competitor, and show that in certain Bank transac
tions lie has nut exactly “toed the mark” himself. I
remember some years ago, seeing a black bst of de
faulting Attorneys to th» Central Bank, published by
order of the Legislature, in which, if I am not mis
taken, a legal firm, of which Mr. Towns was a part
ner, appeared to be included. I know nothing of the
circumstances, and cannot now state the amount they
owed the B uik ; as your neighbors of the Recorder,
from their proximity to the Bank, can have access to
the >ecords, allow me to ask of them to favor the
public with a knowledge of the facts, whether Mr.
Towns, as one of said firm, was a defaulter to the
Bank .’ and it so, the amount ? and finally, whether
said defi Icatii n has ev» r been paid
This is a matter affecting Mr. Towns as a public
agent, and as such, may aid in settling the question as
to his qualifications fop the high and responsible office
!»<• now seeks. It is therefore a legitimate subject for
this kind of investigation. .
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Grib Clinch.--Hi* ’I mincers.--The Re
cord*
“Truth fears nothing but concealment; it seeks
publicity.”
Messrs. Editors:—ln a previous number 1
presented an eloquent tribute from Gen. Scott
to the military capacity ami exalted character of
Gen. Clinch, and exhibited the reasons why
he resigned his commission. Permit inc now
I to notice the recent publications of Col. Joh-
1 son and the Editor of the Constitutionalist.
i If Col. Johnson has been correct!} reported,
j he substantially proclaimed, in a late oratorical
i effort, that ’ Gen. Clinch’s military career
I was nothing that he “ was forced into one
battle and killed fifteen Indians;” and that “ he
I fed hi« corn and sugar cane to the soldiers, and
i charged one dollar and fifty cents for his corn,
and right cents for his cane.” These are bold
1 assertions — the proofs of Col. J. do not appear.
And as we were not among the
1 “Th >usand, who in 'v-tary hung
I On the r-iama-hke sweetness that dropped from his
ton _ or,”
we cannot confidently say that his effort was
characterized by “ assertion without proof.”
but we rather suspect that it was one of the
Colonel's most beautiful specimens of “ vio
i lent declamation without argument.” And we
■ will proceed at once to lay before the reader
our reasons for this suspicion. It is really as-
■ tonishinglo perceive with what boldness and
pertinacity our opponents are attempting to
| pluck from the furrowed brow of General
1 Ci inch. his military laurels. Alter thirty years
of faithful and distinguished service; after sub
mitting to severe personal sacrifices, and gal
lantly perdiing his life. on numerous occasions,
to protect the lives and fortunes of the people
of Florida—it is insultingly proclaimed, in a
political canvass, that ’* military career
’ teas nothin"" — nay. more, that “A« was forced
• info one battle, and killed fifteen Indians!'"
Will the people of Georgia lend an attentive
ear to such statements as these ’ Or will they
• recur to the record oi History, and. learning
I the truth from its impartial pages, patriotically
‘ rebuke the spirit of this reckless declaimer ’
. XVe ask the candid men of both parties to read
the I liowing extract of a letter from the Se
cretary «sf War to Gen. Scott, and determine
■ which is the must reliable—the tWMrtioa of Col.
John son, or the opinion oi Gen. Jacksox :
War Department. May 16, 1935
Sib General < resignation. !
but the President is not willing to * c fept it. harin"
confidence i:i fits experience f'-.d miiit ary capacity.
You ar ertv 1--
c-.>aum:i«l vs vour department, whenever you think
v -i can do so with a i Ist regard tn public interest. I
\ - tj ~ -
Gene al Cinch, or, if he leaves the service,''to the
next officer a rank—furnishing such instructions as
you shall think proper.
Verv resp-ctfu’iv. voar obedient servant.
LEWIS CASS.
Mi G S St \ ■ 1-
But Gen. Clinch was “forced into one bat
tle and killed fifteen Indians In this state
ment. Col. J. doubtless alluded to the battle of
Withlacoochee. and although ample testimony
1 has been already adduced to prove the gallantry
t of the General and his brave officers and men.
m this spirited engagement, we will furnish our
opponents with additional, and perhaps more
• acceptable proof, from the contributions of dxs
, | unguished members of their own party. In a
1 letter to Gov. Eaton of Florida, dated Talla
hassee, January 8, 1836, Gen. Call thus refers
■ to the battle of Witblacoochee:
“On the morning of the 31st of December we
1 marched from our camp before day, and soon after
it was light we arrived on the bank of the river, where
we were”greatly surprised to find, instead of a ford
over which to pass, we had to encounter a deep and
rapid stream, with no other means of crossing than
that ofan Indian canoe found at the opposite side.
The regulars crossed; and when a very small portion
only ofthe volunteers had gained the opposite bank,
the Indians in a large body commenced a spirited
and unexpected attack, which continued fur some
time. During the fight the volunteers continued to
cross the river and support the troops engaged, until
the enemy was driven back. It was owing to their
appearance in the field, aud the gallant intrepidity
with which they fought, that the regular troops were
not entirely cut off. Il was to them, as well as my
self, a source of deep mortification and regret, that
so few of us should have been enabled to partici
pate in the danger and glory of the day. But from
the time of the attack, and the circumstances under
which it was made, it was unavoidable. I crossed
the river myself during the fight, and did not arrive
on the field till it was nearly ended. Colonel Park
hill and Colonel Read were in the staff of General
Clinch. They, with my Aid de-camp, Major \\ cl
ford were among the foremost in the field, and were
greatly distinguished for their bravery and usefulness
during the light. 77/e loss of the enemy is various
ly estimated at from forty to sixty kdlcd. Our
lass was four killed and fifty-nine wounded.
Again, in an Address delivered by the la
mented Robert Raymond Reid (familiarly
known to the people of Georgia as Judge Reid)
in the city of St. Augustine, on the 4th of July.
1838, the following eloquent tribute is paid to
Gen. Clinch and others:
“How this war has been conducted, it is not my
purpose to discuss ; a decision upon that question will
be pronounced with better grace and more justice
when the departing Seminole has breathed, like the
Moor of Grenada, “ his last sigh,” and peace and
good government shall again dispense their blessings.
It is quite certain, however, that the United States
Army has contented with great and serious difficul
ties in the character of their enemy and of the coun
try the wild men and the wild woods, against which
they have been operating. It is equally true that
there have been examples of valor and achievement,
characteristic of and creditable to the American arms.
History will remember the dauntless courage of
Clinch at the battle of the Witblacoochee; she will
connect the name of Leigh Read with the ruins of the
Block House, on the same stream ; she will inscribe
upon her pages, with a pencil light, the names of
Taylor, Hielman, Harney, Lee, Pierce, Foster and
Fanning.”
Gen. Scott, also, in a letter to Gen. Clinch,
dated February 12, 1836, thus referred to this
Battle :
“ With very limited, and, as experience h is shown,
inadequate means, you have maintained your posi
tions in the enemy’s country, and you have fought
a battle with honor to yourself and the handful of
brace men whopcere under you.”
The next reported assertion of Col. John
son was, that Gen. Clinch “ fed his corn and
sugar cane to the soldiers and charged one dol
lar and filly cents for his corn and eight cents
for his cane.” Admit that this is a’l true, and
what then ? Who did he charge, and under
what circumstances ? He charged the Govern
ment fur the consumption of his private property.
Is there any criminality in this ? Suppose any
one of the good people of Georgia possessed a
farm pretty well stocked with caltL, and stored
with corn and other necessary supplies; and
suppose the Government of the United Slates,
in the progress of a war, bad established the
Headquarters of its army on this farm and
freely consumed the supplies of the proprietor;
would not the proprietor have a just claim up
on the Government for the value of his proper
ty at the time it was used? Unquestionably.
And it would not only be unjust but in the
highest degree unpatriotic to refuse payment.
Well, this was precisely the situation of Gen.
Clinch, and we are prepared to prove it. The
Assistant Quartermaster, in writing to the
Quartermaster-General from Picolala. Florida,
on the first of .March, 183d,says: “ Fort Drane
is at Gen. Clinch’s plantation, twenty miles
nearly north of Fort King. It is the intention
of Gen. Scott to organize his principal army at
the former place.” Ves, fellow-citizens, the
principal army of the United States, operating
in Florida, under the command of Gen. Scott,
was organized at the plantation of General
Clinch, and everything which could contri
bute to sustain it was thereupon freely used.
Even the sugar lighters, which he had construct
ed for his private use and convenience, were
ordered into the service of the Government, as
will fully appear by the following extract from
a letter addressed to the Secretary of War by
Gen. Scott, dated I‘icolata. Florida. February
28, 1836:
“ Boating 011 the Orklawulia, to Payne’s landing,
is still relied upon with great confidence. General
l . . o .
1 Clinch has there from four to six sugar lighters, (his
private property I bel eve,) built expressly fur that
' river, and capable of trans|x>rting from for«y to sixty
tons. Their construction is peculiar; and the boats
at Picolata, or on the St. Johns, cannot be used on the
Ochlawaha. On the 25th, I heard of those boats,
ami immediately directed General Clinch to send
them down.”
r l’i..» Q ,t 1.,.npp t?fl r.j that the private
property of G< 11. Ci.>n« u ti.»,
public good; and because he rendered a claim
against the Government for i’s value, he is ve
hemently denounced by this bold Champion of
Democracy.
“The head and front of his oIU oding
Hath this extent —no more.”
Not content, however, with his sneering al
Itisions to the military career of Gen. Clinch,-
Col. Johnson, in the language of his reporter,
charged further that Gen. C “had no mind;”
that “he had no business capacity and there
fore was not qualified to discharge the duties of
Governor. Indeed! (,'an it Impossible that
<»eneral Clinch, after the long period of his
service in the field—after the merited tribute of
Gen. Jackson 10 his military experience and
capacity—after being honored bv the people of
Georgia, in times past, first with a seat in the
Elecloral College of 1810. and then with a seat
in Congress—after all this can it be possible
that he has no mind, no business capacity ' " Tell
it not in Gath —proclaim it not in the streets of
Askelon! The people will not, cannot be
lieve it. The finger of 'l’riHh has written in
characters too bold and vivid for a charge like
this to be credited. How can it be even/is/eii
ed to by the honest and reflecting of either po
litical parly without indignation ? Is it neces
sary to present further proof of its falsity ?
Then hear Gen. Scot r. in his addsess before
the Court of Inquiry :
“.-ir, no one cnicramis a more sincere ic-pect .ind
regard lor this most excellent cumm-itnler and citizen
than I <!■•, and I am sure the wlml.- armv r- jta-t.-; his
retirement to civil life. JZi\ opinion Is ahmys en
titled to '_ T rcat weight, and ht~n< <, mainly, theorcr
ir helming facts which I have just embodied, and
which otherwise, 1 might hare left scattered over
your voluminous documents and minutes, to be re
membered or hunted up by the Court."
Again :
l ' r Dhe sound mind of Gen. ('linch was too much
influenced, at the moment, by the narrative he had
so recently given of the ue fleets shown him by the
liar Department, prior to the time when I hud the
mifertune to be ordered to Hlorida. If his rop’ tt
ed calls for troops ami supplies, ami his wise admoni
tions on the temper early manifested by the Seminoles,
Ind received but half the attention due t > his position
—this still raging war might never have bursted upon
the country.”
But Col. Johnson is not “isolated” and tin
aided in his attacks upon the fair fame of our
gallant Clinch. He enjoys the delectable sym
pathy of the Editor ofthe Constitutionalist, and
is greatly assisted by his free and florid pen. —
The Editor commenced the campaign with truly
commendable spirit. Charity displayed her
captivating form before his exuberant fancy,
and. in obedience to her pure ami potent influ
ence, he rebuked his cotemporary of the Pio
neer for the coarsincssot' bis epithets. ' Swcllcd
head” was decidedly in bad t a-te. ••/>«//.” how
ever, would do. And now we have, from the
same charitable and critical source, the follow-
111 V LIIUIIKIVI’. ........ . ..... . .. - ■
ing beautiful trio—“ IVeakdu <ub4"~~-'l)upe" —
“Catspair." Verily, there is no disputing about
tastes: and. 111 a political campaign, x\\o. fair< st
promises w ill not ensure the observance of the
proprieties of life !
Hamilton.
Western and Southwestern Travel.
W e are informed that arrangements have been
made with the South Carolina and Georgia
Railroads and Stage and steamboat Lines for
Through Tickets at the following rates:
F < to Mempb I . ■■■■'> C•'
44 “ to Columbus, (Mi-<) • • •• 2? 00 :
44 •• to Holly Springs, (Miss.). •• • 2- 00'
44 “ to Nashville, (Tenn.) 25 00 |
Such facilities to travel, and such low rates j
must divert to our Georgia and Carolina
Route a heavy travel. — Charleston Mercury.
Health of New Orleans—The number |
of Interments in New Orleans for 24 hours end- ’
ing 9 o'clock A M.. Sept. 2. were 95, of which
77 were of Yellow Fever.
From th number should be deducted S interred I
S P k’s < ' eport
ed before—leaving. ofY'eilo’-v Fever. 6J; and
S7; for Ihe 24 hours ending the 2 Sept.,
V o'clock. A. M.
Lafaiette Cemetery. lute rim ntsfortlu 1
24 hour-ending at 12 o'clock. M.. Sep: 2
Y ellow Fever. 17 : other diseases, 2.
The Weather in New Orleans. —The
Delia of the 3d inst. says : The atmosphere
of our city yesterday was most pestilential
and baleful. During the whole day a cold bit
ter, killing wind blew over the city, and sent
the seeds of disease and death intn many an
unacclimated subject. A mournful day it was.
indeed The gloomy clouds which hung over
the city formed an appropriate canopy for such i
I scenes of funeral horror and death a-jnet us at '■
i every turn. We did not know there were so
• many hearses in the citv a- we met in a short
walk yesterday. In walking fr>-:n our office to
the Third Municipality, w e encountered n<» less
than nine funerals proceeding on their melan
choly march. The most mournful part of the-e
sorrow f'il scenes is the absence of or the few
ness of the mourners. Solitary. or with scarce
ly more than the compan.unship of some fairh
‘ ful and afflicted relativesand friends, these som
bre hearses slowly roll along to the various
cemeteries, scarcely regarded by the crowds,
who are too much engrossed 1:1 the care and
■ attendance of the sick t<» attend to the dead.
The amount of Treasury Notes outstanding
’ cn the Ist inst., it is officially stated, v - '
1 wt.43J.3L
[FROM OCR EXTRA OF YESTERDAY MORNING.]
LATE AND VERY IMPORTANT
FROM MEXICO!
BY J. C. RIDDLE’S PRIVATE - EXPRESS!
FORTY-EIGHT HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIL !
GEN. SCOTT’S ARRIVAL AT THE
CAPITAL.
Skirmishing between Valencia and Scotts
Advance—The Mexicans Defeated, Dis
persed and Driven into the City-- on
gress convo ed to consider Mr 'Crist's Proposi
tions--- General Scott Surrounds the City-
Anna and Valencia Reported to be taken
Prisoners.
From the N. O. Delta, '3d inst.
By the fast steamer Fashion, which arrived
hist we have the following important
which comes directly from an offi
cer in the service, whose opportunities for get
ting correct information are equal to those of
any person in Vera Cruz.
I, l a^ non Jel’t Vera Cruz on the 27th Au-
anZhe battle'which h'eTephte as havin®
taken place under the wa'ls of the citv occnr
red on the 2(lth of August. y ’ CCUr '
The following extract from the letter of the
officer who communicates the information of
Gen. Scott’s operations, together with the let
ter of our regular correspondent, is all that
we have relating to this important affair.
‘•Your correspondents have doubtless in
formed you that Gen. Scott reached the city of
Mexico on the (I have not the date at hand.)
Worth went around behind the citv, and cut
off the water. V’alencia, with a large force
sallied out of the city, met Gen. Scott, and
fought a little while, and then vamosed into the
city. Santa Anna then brought out a force
and fought some tiyie, but retreated into the
city in great disorder—convoked the Congress,
and sent out for a cessation of hostilities, ex
pressing himself willing to treat with Mr. Trist.
Hostilities ceased—Scott surrounding the city.
There is no doubt of the correctness of this infor-
• mation. Some think peace will soon be es
f tablished, but nobody thinks so in Vera Cruz.
* Maj. Lally was heard from beyond Perote, on
; his way to Puebla, not molested.”
f , .
I The following from our regular Vera Cruz
correspondent, was scribbled off very hastily,
just as the Fashion was about to leave:
August 27, 1847.
Editors Delta— Every conceivable variety of
rumor relative to the movements of the Great
> General and his generals, have been afloat for
’ several days past, but none having the color of
f - authenticity about them, I omit sending them
to you. This morning, however, a rumor
found its way from the interior, which leads to
[ the belief that Scott has had two most decisive
battles, in both of which the American arms
’ were successful. The first of these was with
I Valencia who had his share of the amusement
witii the advance guard ; and the other was be
tween the General himself and Santa Anna.
The best and most authentic information I have
received is, that the armies of both Valencia
and Santa Anna have been dispersed; that the
I city is in a state of confusion and panic, and
, Congress has been summoned together, to take
into consideration the propositions of our Go
' vernment for negotiation—the same proposi
tions of Mr. Trist. That these rumors are bet
ter founded than any that have been received
for some time, I have no doubt. But in a day
or two more, when the regular news conies
here from Mexico, we shall have either a confir
mation of it. or otherwise. * * * *
P. S.—l have just time to inform you that
the prisoners taken from Wells’ train, (Lieut.
Henderson and 13 men,) have been, according
to a Mexican who has arrived here this morn
ing. shot. He says he saw them shot.
Dr. llarnden. of the Louisiana Battalion,
died this morn ng, after a prot acted illness.
He will be buried this afternoon. Captain
White’s company is still at Tampico.
A gentleman who came by the Fashion states
that Valencia and Santa Anna had been taken
prisoners. We give this report for what it is
worth. It is not improbable, though scarcely
credible.
Matters and things in Vera Cruz- The
Guerrillas —Pat her Jarauta,
Vera Cruz, Mexico, Aug. 22, 1847.
Eds. Delta :— Since writing my last, infor
mation was recewed here from the National
Bridge, which states that the fortifications there
are quickly progressing, under, it is supposed,
the superintende ice of the renowned Guer
rilla Chief, Captain and Padre, Jaranta—be
tween whom and his first lieutenant, I before
i informed you, tl ere was a breach. This has
bee 1 made up, however, and this fellow now
has at var’ous places—Orizaba, Quatapec and
' Tehuantepec—upwards of 4000 guerrillas.—
The rumor further states that the attacks on
■ Lally’s train, and the reinforcements sent after
him, were headed by this same Jaranta, who,
if report does not belie him, has been beard
to say that, “lie would walk a thousand miles
ttt have the satisfarrion of sheathing
1 his knife in an American’s heart.” A score of
’ rumors in relation to Gen. Scott’s movements
are in circulation, but they can be traced to no
good source, and are not reliable. Von will
>ee by El Sol, of yesterday, that the editor
heard a report of the imprisonment of Santa
Anna and some of his generals, on account of
their counselling in favor of peace measures.
For the truth of these and all other rumors time
alone will vouch.
Tin’ Sun of Anahuac of August26th, has
the following in relation to the report of the
capture ofthe city :
..neo Taken.— The prevailing rumorof the
day is, that a letter received from Jalapa, by a
person in ihis city, states that a division of Gen.
Scott's forces have ai’.-.c’ced El Pinon, to which
point the Mexic.i is directed nearly their whole
force, thinking that it was a general attack—
that in the meantime Gen. Scott, with the re
mainder 01 his troops, made his appearance in
the rear of the enemy, having inarched thither,
passing through Gamlalupe and capturing the
City of Mexico!—that the Mexican troops, so
surprised, had laid down their arms, after a
short struggle.
We have not been able to find out who had
received the letter above mentioned, nor how
it came. We therefore give it as a rumor.
There is, however, no improbability of it be
ing true.
N. B. Since writing the above, we have
learned that a letter Zozs been received from
Jalapa, by a respectable person here, stating
that the news of the capture ofthe City of Mex
ico had been confirmed.
From the Sun of the 25th of August, we take
tho following account:
From the Interior.—We received through
’he politeness of a friend, the Jalapa Boletin de
t las Notirias of the 2l)lh. Its editorial column
is, as usual, filled with rumors—for instance:
( that the people of the capital had formed into
an army, and had sworn to die under the ruins
of the city, before abandoning it ! —that great
enthusiasm prevailed; that Gens. Valencia
1 Salas and Loinbardini were at the head of the
government, and that Bnstamentc was expect
ed to succeed them : that American soldiers
had gone over to the Mexicans; that disunion
r existed in the ranks of our troops.
The Boletin says that Sr. Aburto, the guer
| rill 1 chief who commanded the guerrillas that
- attacked the detachment which returned here a
few days ago. has reported his exploits to. he
■ Governor.
It further says that the train, after having
been attacked at Cerro Gordo, retired to the
Plan, at the same time the guerrillas also retired.
On the following day the train commenced
marching to Jal ipa. and on theevening (Tburs
i day) hail not yet entered that place. On the
. I 19th. it was reported in Jalapa, that the guer-
nilas would attack our troops near that place,
and all the evening the road, for near a mile,
was covered with men. women and children,
whom curiosity had attracted there. This gave
rise to firing us cannon and musketry from our
troops, and the citizens succeeded in reaching
their houses without receiving any injury.
The guerrillas are said to have numbered
350. The fire commenced at half past 5 o’clock,
and lasted a very short time. At night tranquil
lity prevailed in the city, and a party of mount
ed men from the train entered the city and
passed through the principal street; at the same
time guerrillas were seen near by. The Bob.-
, tin says that the loss on the side ofthe guerrillas
i was small.
At 11 o'clock on the 19th. M q Lally inquir-
1 ed of the alcalde whether the citizens of Jalapa
I would commit hostilities against the A ericans
lif they entered, or not. To which the alcalde
i answered that the population was unarmed;
’ but that a great number of the guerrillas being
: in the neighborhood, he could not take the re
-pon-ibility of their actions. On the morning
1 of the 20th. the train of wagon-and the troops
entered the citv. The B detin says that the
wagons are filled with sick and wounded.
Yesterday it was rumored u V era Cruz that
Father J.irauta had attacked the train a short
distance the other side of Jalapa : but that lie
had been driven back by our troops, with loss
on both sides.
The Picayune ofthe same date, has the follow
ing intelligence, which appears to be more au
thentic :
The news was received in Vera Cruz on rhe
evening ofthe 26th ult. by an express courier
• from Orizaba, who brought down the follo wing
letter to Mr. Dimond, the collector at Vera
Cruz, to whose courtc-y we are indebt d for
1 the use ofthe letter, which we proceed to give:
Orizaba. Ango-t 25, 1-47.
My Dear Friend. — The Mt xican
iusX come in, brings the following iutell ir**n e, wh h
I c -pv from the Diiria Official del G ‘jleru ). Be
ing of so great importance, I semi ;dr - erpr- -?• cou
rier, who w ill be with you tom'irrow about twelve
o’ck»ck.
Ou the 20th two brigades commanded by Gen. V a
leneia and Santa Anna went out t» attaek the A nen
■ -.ns near *San Angel. alen.’ia s divi-ion has been
1 A-
- : Mitre, fell back also in disorder to the city.
They immedjately after this asked t-x a suspen
si .-n of hostilities, and offered to Lear the propositions
of fr tn Mr. Tr
The next day the Minister of Foreign Relations in-
• rited the < s t h the n< iper tomeel
1 r that puq-jse.
These are the great facts which no doubt will bring
, after them peace. Yours, truly.
F. M. Dimond, Esq.
♦Another letter says Los Llanos de San Angel.
» Another express arrived in Vera Cruz on
the 26th. with letters containing the same news
, in substance, and the following translation of
1 the announcement of it in the Diario Oficial
del Golder no:
' Translated from the Diario Oficial del Gobierno.
On the 20th August Scott’s troops, who intended
inarching on Penon, turned it and arrived near Tacu
baya. As soon as the news was known at Mexico
Valencia’s division went out to attack the Americans
at Los Llanos de San Angel, and was completely
routed. Next came Santa Anna, with another divi
sion, which shared the same fate after some fighting.
The Mexicans retreated to the capital in great disor
der, and such was the panic created by their defeat
that the Minister of Foreign Relations immediately
convoked the Congress to take into consideration Mr.
Trist’s proposition. A suspension of arms was de
manded by the Mexicans and granted. The Amer
icans are around Mexico, but had not entered the city
on the 21st.
®l)e Soutljern Cultivator.
THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR.
50,000 SUBSCRIBERS!
The September number of this work con
tains the following proposition from the Hon.
Chari.es Dougherty, for introducing which to
our readers we shall offer no apology. The
proposition is worthy ofthe author and the oc
casion, and addresses itself to all classes of so
ciety in every Southern State. Wherever in
all the South and Southwest there lives a friend
to the Agricultural interest, he is appealed to, to
unite in an effort to sustain a work exclusively
devoted to that great and noble cause, the im
provement of Southern Agriculture.
To the Proprietors of the Southern Cultivator.
Athens, 30M August, 1847.
Gentlemen : —I have noticed with great solici
tude your efforts to make the Southern Cultiva
tor worthy of the pride and patronage of Southern
Farmers. Permit me to say that you have done your
part. It now remains to be seen whether the Farmers
will do theirs.
The indifference, manifested by Southern Farmers
towards your publication, has always surprised me.
Our Northern brethren understand this thing better.
They know the power of periodical journals and
newspaper publications, in promoting anv cause and
they encourage and sustain them. They know the
influence of Agricultural Societies, and they form and
keep them up.
Other trades, professions and vocations, seize with
avidity, all legitimate means for promoting and secur
ing their interests and prosperity They call on the
arts and sciences, and demand that their power and
principles shall be appropriated to advance the cause
of each. The arts and sciences have obeyed the
summons, and have wrought wonders in behalf of
each.
Food and raiment constitute the two great wants of
man. For the latter, the arts and sciences have done
all that should be required. For the Farmer they
have done comparatively nothing. Chemistry has
decked the articles of clothing in all the hues of the
rainbow; and the mechanic, calling to his aid the
science of mathematics, has increased their production
from ten to one hundred fold.
The Agriculturist seems to be awakening from his
long sleep, and is now disposed to avail himself of the
aids of art and science. He can do so in no way
more effectually than by supporting good Journals
devoted to his cause.
The late improvements made by you must bring
with them increased expense. As a Southern man, I
feel under high obligations to aid in sustaining your
laudable enterprize. To do this, I now propose to be
one of five hundred or one thousand, or any number
who will guarantee from twenty-five to fifty
subscribers each.
If this subject is brought before the Farmers of the
South in the right way, they will sustain your paper.
A lew individuals in each Southern State can secure
their attention to this subject.
With my best wishes for your success, I am yours
most respectfully, C. Dougherty.
Special Notices.
£j*Camp Ground.-~P»»blic Tent.--The
Subscriber will open a PUBLIC TENT and HORSE
LOT for the accommodation of visitors and their
Horses, at the BAPTIST CAMP MEETING in Co
lumbia county, at the Union Meeting House, two
miles and a half from Berzelia; to commence on
FRIDAY, the inst.
conveyance will be at Berzelia to transport pas
sengers to the Camp Ground.
sB-d&w2 JAS. GREEN.
(llouuccrcial.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Tuesday, P. M.
Cotton.— The transactions’during the week closed
to day have been on a limited scale, as parties in the
early part ofthe week were awaiting later accounts.
Since the receipt of which, prices have declined | a
?; cent from the rates previously current. To-day
sales of 585 bales, 400 of which were square and the
remainder round, were made in two lots at an average
of Hi cents, the rate for Middling Fair.
Dry Goods and Groceries.— Our Merchants are
now daily receiving their Autumn supplies of goods,
and our country friends may 'calculate with confi
dence on finding abundant stocks, and we trust satis
factory prices.
Corn, Flour and Bacon are in limited demand at
our quotations. •
The /ft’rer continues in fine navigable order.
SAVANNAH, September I.—With this number
closes the commercial year. We have taken nn ac
count of slock, ami adjusted o.i r tables accordingly.
The market during the month has been quiet. In
the early part of the month we noticed an advance of
|to |c. During the past week it has receded again
from |to |c. We quote as follows for square bales:
Ord. to good ord- •• lOjall I Middling fair-lOjallj
Mid. to good mid- • llfalli j Fairtog’d f’r 11 al2f
STATEMENT OF COTT N.
1846-47 1845-46.
Stock on hand, Sept. 1 5,456 2,611
Received since July 31-•• • 1,589 7,154
u previously226,Bs3 171,300
Total receipts233,B9B 181,065
Exported since July 31 ••• 2,822 9.110
“ previously- • • - 224.134 166,496
T0ta1226,956 175,609
Remaining on hand, Aug.3l 6,942 5,456
CHARLESTON, Sept. 4.— Cotton.— There has
been some little inquiry for Cotton since our report of
the Ist inst. but the transactions have been confined
mostly to the qualities below middling fair, which
have receded fully £c. in value from the highest point;
there are those, however, who have refused to realise
at this heavy reduction, preferr.ng to take the chances
of the next accounts from Europe. Near 200 bales of
choice Cotton have also been sold, without any mate
rial falling off in prices. The market was very heavy
yesterday wh< n we closed our inquiries, even at the
decline non-< <i and prices unsettled. We
quote nominally middling to good middling 11$ a 1 If;
ami mi-Mlinj fair J 2-. The sales in the three days
reach 1200 bales, against the receipt iu the same time
_r’>£O I ..I. 'PI... ,i*. I f r-'iriLurlmn.' <•«■i I ini oo <• i
of 362 bales. The return transactions embrace 3b ’
bales at 10A; 281 at 11; 343 at 11}; 65 at 11$; 138
at 11’; 136 at 12; 62 at 12}; and 150 bales at 13c. 1
Comparative statement of Cotton, embracing Stock i
on hand. Receipts and Exports.
1847. 1846-7.
Stock on hand, Sept. 1. 1347 ••25462 7106
Received since Aug. 31 362
“ previously
Total receipts 25824 7924
Exported since Aug. 31 1587
“ previously
Total exports 1587 1470
On shipboard, not cleared 1860 1293
Deduct from total receipts* •• • 3447 2753
Remaining on band, Sept. 3*-22377 5171
77t- • oUoic ne is a statement of the receipts and slot* if
cotton oil hand arulon. shipboard not cleared, at the re.
tpectict places aamca : 1346-7. 1845-6.
Rec’ts. Stock. Ilec’i*. Stock.
New Orleans. Aug 28..7i76'.H 21' 0 1040012 B<l-
Mr.-.'l- A»- 324:21 fr-OGO 42 09 6.-j«i9
FH-.da. Aug H 127*52 2500 3715
kx,.June 31 *963 ;rm intflO ....
Ge-rg.a Aug X» -.''4C 6912 7'451 uM>
|)o. Sea Island 7567 'ls IV6/2 4bC
S. Carolina. Aug. 31...33666J 25162 231 -'..6 ,466
Do Se* Island 1353* 4193 195.9 1-flB
> N Carolina. Aug 21.... 6073 400 961 Kjl
Virginia. Aug. 3l 155 U 448 !57uU KO
T0ta117765T-9 9737 G 2077791 33025
Macon, Ga. Aug. 13742
Augusta A; Hamburg.Sep 1 *- 1 17233 ‘ 6
Philadelphia. Aug 28.3301 43’ ’
New York. Aug 21..102/14
-* T0ta1126992 67841
Rin. — The transactions in this article have been
edtosotn 55 tierces at $5 5- 16ths per hundred.
1 Com.—We have n transactions to report beyond
r th sale of a sow small; We quote country 65 a
’• 70 rents.
Tii- i - have been no arrivals since our last,
s The last arrival was North River, and sold at S(k.
I nd has been 1 mited to mail
. lota old »!..J O-’V B.lmnore at 87 a 87} l" r . M '' s -'"* r
!v at the former price; anil country at s6} ape
'"'“Ha-on and Lard.-V/e have no transactions to
. report in either article. ,
. G ocerfce.—Doriog the last three day, the mwfat
0.l the tra-. -action, bate been
„ ,-io-l tSO I.M.- . ■ C iba Mobtaea at 21c. per
-,s to reportio Sagan.
T - >• <k ; Huerty *•: Muscovado description,
i 3 which is held at ; r c--' ranging from 6to 7}c. Some- I
thin* extra commands a price above our outside figure.
< • *’ e ft;., ia final! !ot< commands 7$ a 8c ; Lagui-
■ t ra 8 a B}c. Since the foregoing was written we have
been informed that 200 bbd= Muscovado Sugar have
? been sold to the trld7lt^7i c es ranging from 6to 6}c.
Some 8 bales Gunny Bagging brought
20 cts. and small sales Kentucky at 17} and 18c.
Exchanges. XV e quote Bank purchasing rates for
, sterling bills 6$ ; do France, 5.40. A material change
, has taken place in Domestic Exchanges since our last
f We quote sight checks on New York par to j pretn.
bills on do 15 days j dis., do. 30 days g dis do 60
' days} discount.
Freights.— We continue to quote to Liverpool,
Cotton i a jd. Nothing up for Havre. We quote to
I Boston, Cotton in square bags 30c.; to New York
25c., very little however is offering.
5 NEW ORLEANS, August2B. Cotton.— Arrived
, since the 20th instant, of Louisiana and Mississippi
534 bales, Tennessee 20, Texas 45; together 599
bales. Cleared in the same time for Liverpool 9698
hales, Havre 1874, New York 1371, Boston 170; to
gether 13,113 bales. Stock in Presses and on ship
board—as per corrected statement —24,120 bales.
At the time of making up our last weekly report
the Cotton market was in a very quiet state, the num
ber of buyers being limited, though the reduced stock
on sale caused holders to claim very full rates. For
some days subsequently there were scarcely any sales;
( but within the past few days some two or three buy
ers have come forward, and the sales of the week sum
up about. 2500 bales, at about previous rates, which are
well sustained in consequence of the limited stock on
sale. Nearly the whole of this quantity was taken
for the North. Among the sales were 116 bales of
i the new crop, in several lots, which brought 11} a
12J cents for Middling Fair to Good Fair.
NEW ORLEANS CLASSIFICATION,
r (Assimilating to that of Liverpool.)
Inferior 9} a 9| | Middlingfitir-Ilf a Ilf
Ord. to good ord* 9j a lOf | Fairl If a 12
MiddlinglOf a 10| I Good fair- ••• nominal.
Good middling-iOf a 11 | Good and fine nominal.
Statement of Cotton.
Stock on hand Ist September, 1846* • •• bales 6332
Arrive.! this week 599
Arrived previously 739,437
740,036
Additional bales made from waste }
and damaged cotton, taken from > 1,000 —741,036
bales partially darn’d—estimated }
747 369
Exported this weekl3,ll3 ’
Exported previously7o7,63s
e . 720,748
Shipped up the river—estimated- 2,500 —723,248
Actual Stock in Presses and on shipboard 1
not cleared on the 27th instant, as per > 24,120
Statement above\
MOBILE, Sept. I. Cotton.— The transactions of
the past week show an advance off a fc. in all
grades of cotton. In the early part of the week the
market was very quiet, and during the first three days
the aggregate sales were not over 500 bales, at the
figures given in our last weekly review.
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
Good and fine-.nominal. I Good middling Ilsa
Good fairnominal. Middlingsll a—
Fairll l al2 I OrdinaryloA a—
Middling fair-. -Ilia— |
Mobile cotton statement for 1846-7.
Exported to Great Britainl3l,ls6
“ to France 39,293
“ to other Foreign Ports- .. - 19,784 —190,233
“ to United States P0rt5116,674
Add stock in port 31st Aug., 1847 24,172
331,079
Deduct stock on hand Sept. Ist, 1846 7,813
Gross receipts of season 1846-47323,266
Less receipts from Florida and N. Orleans-- 750
Leaving net receipts of the 5ea50n322,516
Net receipts for season 0f1845-46421,669
Deficit 99,153
It wilt be seen that the crop of this year falls short
of that of 1845 6 nearly a hundred thousand bales.
The precise figures are 99,153 bales. The large
stock on hand will uttiact attention. It is unprece
dented, being more than three times as large us that
at the close of last year, and that was larger than ever
before known. The cause of th«s large stock re
maining on hand is doubtless attributable, principally,
to the impression, now universally prevalent, that we
are to have another short crop, which has induced
planters to order their crops to be withdrawn from the
market, in full confidence of improved prices when
the result shall have been made manifest. Ofthe 24,-
172 bales now on hand it is estimated that not more
than 1500 or 2000 are on sale at present prices
NEWS T O R E AND GOODS.
Alexander & wright respectfully
invite the attention of the public to their large
and very complete slock of ENTIRELY NEW and
FRESH DRY GOODS, suited to the Fall Trade.
Their stock consists in part of CLOTHS, CASSI
MERES and VESTINGS; Rich SILKS, of the latest
styles; Rich CASH MERES and D’LAINES, a great
variety; PRINTS, GINGHAMS, GLOVES, HO
SIERY, EMBROIDERIES, LACE GOODS,
SHAWLS, Bleached and Brown SHEETINGS and
SHIRTINGS, BLANKETS, KERSEYS, &e.,
which they are disposed to sell on accommodating
terms, and they will take pleasure in showing their
J i . ;
Goods to all who may favor them with a call, at their
S fc ore, under the Globe Hotel, Broad-Street.
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NEW DRY GOODS.
VMTM. 11. CRANE is now receiving his FALL
v v AND WINTER GOODS,among which may
be found the following :
Rich Embroidered CASHMERES,
Plain, col’d and tig'd “
“ “ “ MUSLIN DE LAINES.
Rich Embroidered SILKS,
Plaid Chameleon SILKS,
Figured and Watered Black SILKS,
Bl’k and Col’d Scotch GINGHAMS (great variety,)
English and American CALICOES
Twisted SILK MI ITS,
10-4 and 12-4 BED BLANKETS,
10-4 and 12-4 MARSEILLES QUILTS,
5-4, 10-4 and 12-4 Linen SHEETINGS,
5-4, 10-4 and 12-4 Cotton “
8-4 and 10-4 TABLE DAMASK,
FURNITURE CALICOES, (s< me White Ground,)
BROADC LO T HS, C ASS IM ERES &S A TIN ETTS,
White and Red FLANNELS,
White and Scarlet WINDOW CURTAINS,
IRISH LINENS, DIAPERS, &c., &c. To which he
invites the attention of the public, as he will sell very
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WAYNESBORO 1 ACADEMY,
BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA.
RICHARDS. SCRUGGS, Rector.
rpilE EXERCISES of this Institution will
1 be resumed on the FIRST MONDAY IN OC
TOBER NEXT, under the supervision of the Rector,
R. S. Scruggs.
TERMS OF TUITION :
The Rudimentsofthe English Language, per
quarter 4 00
The above, with Grammar, Geography, His
tory, Rhetoric, Logic and English Compo
sition, per quarter 6 00
The above, with the Classics and Mathematics,
or either, per quarter 10 00
Board may be obtained in the village at the usual
rates at either of the public hotels.
CHARLES W. WEST, Sec’y Trustees.
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NOTICE
BROUGHT to Crawfordville Jail, in
Taliaferro county, Ga., a negro man by the
name of JIM, who says he belongs to one Wil
ham Pope, of Grifiiu, Ga. The boy is about
twenty-one years old, dark mnlatto, large eyes, the
whites of the eyes show plain. Ho is about 5 feet
Bor , 0 inches high. The owner is requested to come
forward, prove property, pay expenses and take him
out of Jail. WM. ALEXANDER, Jailor.
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Administrators’ sa»e.—Will be sold,
on the first Tuesday in December next, before
the Court-House door in Lincoln county, between the
lawful hours of sale, agreeable to an order of the
honorable the Court of Ordinary of said county, the
tract of land in said county, where Dr. George XV .
Lewis, deceased, resided, containing four hundred
acres, more or less, adjoining lands of James Jennings,
sr , Mark Shipp, and others. Sold tor the benefit ot
the heirs and creditors of said deceased. Terms on
the day of sale.
JAMES FLEMING, ) . .
MARSHALL H. WELLBORN, $
September 8, 1847.
"T*DMINISTKATORS’ Sale. —Will be sold,
7%. at tbe late residence of George W. Lewis, de
ceased, in Lincoln c-ninty, on Wednesday, the Bth of
December next, all of the perishable property of said
deceased, consisting of Horses, Cattie, Hogs, Corn,
Fodder, Plantation Tools, a new and fine Pleasure
l tni’l'l, a u ............ .....
Carriage, Buggy Wagon, Cart, Household and
Kitchen Furniture, and other articles too tedious to
mention. Sale to continue from day to day until all
is sold. Terms on the day.
JAMES FLEMING, ) . . .
MARSHALL H. WELLBORN, $ Atlm "*
September 8, 1647.
"jTYxECUTOR S SALE—- Will be sod, on
JLj Thursday, the twenty-first day of October next,
at the late residence of Leonard Rice, deceased, in
Elbert county, all the perishable property belonging
to the estate of said Leonard Rice, deceased, consist
ing of one horse, one one-horse wagon, household
and kitchen furniture, plantation tools, and many oth
er articles not here mentioned. Terms will be made
known on the day of sale.
Sept. 8, 1847.-1 JOHN MERIT, Ex’r.
XECUTOR’S SALE — -Will be sold, on the
first Tuesday in December ne,t, before the
Court-House door in Elbert county, agreeably to the
will of Leonard Rice, deceased, tour negroes, con
sisting of one woman, one girl and two boys. Sold
for the benefit of the legatees of said Leonard Rice,
deceased. Terms made known on the day of sale.
Sept 9, 1847.-lam2m JOHN MERIT, Ex r.
YAMITKiTNTmrnt yToeor jjia - W hereas,
v ▼ Joseph P. Jarret, Administrator, de bonis non,
with the w ill annexed, on the estate of John Akin,
deceased, applies for letters of dismission on said es
tate : . n i
These are therefore to cite and admonish, nil ana
singular, the kindred and creditors of said decease j
to be and appear at my office, w ithin the timt pre
scribed by law, to show cause, if any they nave, y
f aid letters should not be granted.
G.ven under ...y hand
September 8, 1841.
tIHRRBS County. Georgia «— Whereas,
VT Thus J All< n, Ex-cun.r on the estate ol Benja
min Alb n, late of county, deceased, applies for
I.mo tsdi'tn:»>ory on said estate:
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all and
mii miar the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear at my office, within the time pre
scribed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why
-aid letters should not lie granted.
Given under my liand at office in Warrenton.
Sept. 9. 1847 °. N. MADDUX Ch-rk
I” yOUR-MbNTfljTafier date, application will be
made to the honorable the Inferior Court o
Warren county, when sitting lor ordin «ry purpoiies,
for leave to sell a negro man and a negro woman, oe
longio* tn the estate of Joseph Roberts, deceased.
JESSE M. ROBERTS, Ex r.
September 8, 1847. • *
I 'NOUR MONTHS after date, application « ill be
made to the honorable the Inferior Court of Rich
mond county, when sitting for ordinary purpose for
leave to sell the real estate of Edward Hawes, de
ceased. SAMUEL HAWES, Adm’r.
September 3, 1847.
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