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COLUMBUS, OA.
OCTOBER 24, IS4
REMOVAL.
The Part Office and the printing materials of
Che “Columbus Times” har been removed to
Winter’s new building east side of Brood s:re*t
•Love ILuuielplL
ADJI'TAXT FORSYTH.
In addition to the letter of Mr. Forsyth pob-
Sshed to day, we have advices from him to the
10th imrt. He was then at Mobile, having. eb
•lined furlough and leave to join his family un
til his health shall have been re-established.
We are enabled to state to his many friends here
•hat hr may he expected in Columbus as soon as
he is aids to travel. -
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
CixißD*, Sept. 14, 1040.
An unusually Tong hiatus has taken place in
■nr correspondence, and this* at a time when
material in abundance has offered itself. This
has been caused by a return of a disorder with
which I was attacked a month since at Camp
Belknap. I arrived at Camargo sick, and added
a hasty and confused note to the journal w’hich I
kept on the passage up the /fiver. lam on the.
•ve of starting down tlis Rio Grande, with a
party at our sick men whom I am detached to
take to Matamoras. lam selected for this duty
through the kindness of Maj. Gen. Patterson on
account of my own health, and am “ the blind,
leading- the blind.” My complaint is not serious,
hot of such a nature that our Surgeon has ad
vised a removal from the Camp, and a change of
air. While I regret to be obliged to leave the
Regiment, it could not happen, probably, at a bet
ter time. The Regiment is permanently en
camped at Camargo—at least lor several weeks,
and according to my belief) their next movement
will be homewards. Gen. Taylor will shortly
bring matters to s conclusion with the enemy in
front of us, and I do not consider it within the
range of possibilities that he will require the ser
vices of any of the Volunteer force here. It is
true, that rumors are rife of a severe encounter.
IT they should prove well-founded, the General
has an army with him able to watch and beat any
thing the Mexicans can bring into the field.
Tbs harder they fight, the worse they will be
flogged. The force which the General heads
and leads is entitled to the praise of “ admirable”
in its material, discipline and equipment. I will
endeavor to give you some idea of it. It is com
posed of three Brigades. The first under com
mand of Gen Worth, the“ Bayard” of the Army,
is composed of two Regiments of Regular Infan
try and one of Artillery serving as Infantry, and
Duncan’s battery of light field Artillery—in all
•bout 1800 men. This Brigade has already
been at Serslvo, (a depot 70 miles on the Road
to Monterey) two or three weeks.
The Sd Brigade under Gen. Twiggs is com
posed of two Regiments of Regular Infantry,
three companies of flying Artillery—Rkigely’s,
Bragg’s and Webster—and a squadron of Cav-
alry.
The third Brigade is of Volunteers command
ed by Brig. Gen. Quittman and Hamer, and com
posed of one Ohio, one Kentucky, and one Mis
sissippi Regiment and the Baltimore Batalion.
Maj. Gen. Butler accompanies this force, which
constitutes the Ist. Division of the “Army of oc
cupation” or “Invasion” as it has now become.
I forgot to add two regiments of Texas Rangers.
1 believe a'better army never entered the field,
and maugre the jeers of the Presidents’ enemies,
a better appointed army never marched under
banners. Nothing is wanting to its equipment.
Pack mules and wagon teams in abundance,
with rations and forage of the very best quality,
ammunition enough to fight three of the “biggest
kind” of battles, is what they have with them.
Each battery is furnished with 250 rounds of
hall cartridges to the gun, besides which the
general train carries 70 additional rounds for
each gun. They have besides 2 siege homitzers
and 3 mortars. If the army is well provisioned,
and well supplied with munitions of war, it is
better armed in a roster of the most brave and
accomplished officers in any service, and in a
body of men, many of whom have stood fire, and
all tuR of confidence in themselves and each oth
er. Unless, Providence takes part with our ene
mies, I bold it impossible for this Army to be j
beaten. If the enemy make a stand at Monterey
and..are defeated, he will be rife for the Olive
Branch which our country has nobly, and iu its
pride of conscious power ottered him.
The 3rd Division of the grand array is com
posed of all the troops at this place ami between
this and Point Isabel inclusive. This force is as
follows: oar-own Brigade under command of
Geu. Pillow—consists of the Georgia Regiment,
one Tennessee and one Alabama Regiment, and
2 companies ot the Baltimore Batallion.
Gen. Marshal of Kentucky has in his Brigade
1 Kentucky, and 1 Ohio Regiment.
A son of the Hon. H. Clay, r- tall, fiire look
ing young man, bearing a resemblance to his
fiithor,is Lb Col. of the Kentucky Regiment.
At Rcynosa are one Artillery company of
Regulars and one Volunteer company. M:.ta
moras is garrisoned by an Ohio Regimen! and 2
companies of Regulars. Below, near Burite,
•re two Brigades of Volunteers—that of Gen.
Lane, roniprismg 3 Regimcntsof Indiana troops
and Geu. Shield's Illinois Brigade ot three Regi
ments. These with the divisions advancing,
the one under Geir. Wool via. San Antonia,
Texas, and the ether other under Gen. Kearney
through New Mexico, will comprise the entire
tarps eTarntet of the Republic in Mexico.
But. I ka-vc wrkt n beyond my strength and
must lav down my pen, befo- a speaking of other
matters of interest to the Georgia Regiment.
Kio Grasse, Sept. 18th.
I left Cjtmrgcr this morning with 33 sick,
whom lam ordered to drposrte st the General
Hospital in Mat amor as. Wc have on hoard be
sides, a party of sick from the Tennessee Regi
ment, and another from the Eastern Texas Regi
ment of Rangers. The diseases of this country,
with ow people, for I know not bow it is with
the natives, all seem to tend to tlie bowels ; eith
er beginnMg and ending their assaults upon these
argans. Measl s, levers, colds, all take the same
course, producing either aqueous discharges with
a dry sk n. or obstinate constipation with exces-
t.rc sweats, by day and night. Great relaxation
accompanies both forms of attack ; of the latter,
1 can speak experimentally. The cold perspira
tion i* distdled Iron* lire pores of the diin like
vain, avd with it ones wl ole animal and mental
cmrgy avanetalc?. The former is tire more dan
gcrous and has carried off many Volunteers in !
the army. One of the Tennessee Regiments has
suffered terribly. lam informed thgt that corps
had lost 150 men, and two days ago 270 were
sent down to the Hospital at Matamoras. This
reminds me that a friend of mine, a Captain in
the Georgia Regiment told me the o’her day that
Itis wife had written him that the peru-al of my i
letters always increased her gloom when thinking !
of him and his exposure. I was surprised at!
this, for I have endeavored to write as cheerfullv ;
as possible on account of the friends of the Regi- |
ment at home as well as my own. It has been i
unfortunate that I have seldom written without i
haviYig to report some ~ death, which I deemed it
■my duty to the friends of deceased soldiers to do,
and this naturally has led me to speak of the
sickness. Possibly too, my letters may have
been colored by the scene* in which I wrote, ard
by my own feelings. It is certain, that I have
not wittingly or willingly proved a croaker. But
let me sav for the benefit of the lady in question,
that the said captain b an example of a complete
triumph, over the climate. The air, indeed,
seems to be eongenial to him and instead of look
ing wan and worn, he looks as plump and rosy
as if he had been living among the clover hills of
New England-
Last evening an express arrived from Gen.
Taylor to Gen. Patterson bringing intelligence
of an exciting character. Gen. Taylor reached
Seralvo with his army on the 12th inst. On the
13th he was to march with his whole force
against Monterey, leaving a small garrison to
guard the depot. He had intelligence of a cer
tain character that the Mexicans were in con
siderable force at Monterey, and had thrown up
field works 10 miles this side the city at a Pass,
at which a battle would take place. He would
reach Monterey in 4 days, which would take him
there on the 17th inst. In a week or ten days
therefore you may look out for accounts of anoth
er battle. God send victory to the American
arms 1 I look u[>on this as a pious aspiration, for
it will be the triumph of civilization and free
Laws over sa mi-barbarism and despotic govern
ment.
Sept. IGth.
I left our sick at Matamoras yesterday. It
makes ones heart bleed to witness the suf
ferings of these poor fellows. In camp, you must
know, few of the conveniences considered ne
cessary to the ill at home, can be had. A man
gets sick and he is carried to the Hospital with
his blanket and his knapsack. Bed and bedding
there are none, and as the country is entirely
destitute of lumber, bedsteads are not to be had.
A blanket and’ the ground is therefore the couch
upon which the Volunteer lies sick, and dies, if
he does not recover. If he dies the same blanket
forms his winding sheet and coffin—plank is not
to be had. The Quarter Master at Camargo told
me in answer to an application for a coffin that
every foot of plank, and every old gun box that
was to be found had been worked up for the pur
pose, and that all the money in his department
would not command a coffin. The application
was for a man by the name of Dye, one of the
“ Columbus Guards” and the first who has died
in that company. Since then two others of that
company have died, Turner from Columbus and
Huff from Harris county. At the funeral of
Dye, Capt. Davis read such parts of the Episco
p :1 burial service as he deemed appropriate—the
effect is good, and while it adds solemnity to the
scene it makes one feel as if the poor soldier
wa receiving something like a Christian burial.
This letter must needs be a gloomy one, for
I have gloomy facts to state and a gl .omv list
to publish. On the passage down, I lost one of
our sick men. He was a member of the “Craw
fo.d Guards” and his name was Edwards. When
he was brought on board, I thought he looked as
if he could not survive the trip. I gave him my
particular attention, and performed for him, some
little acts of kindness for which he seemed very
grateful. Some cologne with which I bathed his
forehead, and gave him to smell, seemed to afford
him particular gratification, and the poor fellow
thanked me with his eyes. He took his last cup
of water from my hands and expired a few hours
before we reached Matamoras. He was then tak
en to the dead house of the Hospital for iterment.
Another sick youth on board excited my sym
pathies. He seemed to take a great fancy to me
—he would hold me near him, feel my flesh with
•his burning hands, (he has consumption) speak
of his condition and his parents, and tell me he
could get well if he had such a man as myself to
nurse him. Dr. Wright, the principal Physi
cian at Matamoras promised me to take the best
care-of our sick, that the circumstances of the
case would permit. There were 700 patients in
the general hospital under his charge, but he
would have furnished with beds, all, who were
very ill.
Yon will remember that in ascending the
.River, we left 70 of our sick at Matamoras. I
was shocked to learn on my return that 27 of
the number had died in the short space of two
weeks. Dr. W. told me the mortality was in
proportion to numbers, double that in any other
Regiment. I perform the melancholy duty to
the friends of these poor fellows, of giving you a
list of their names.
F. Dickens, Green, B. F‘ Jones, H. F.
Carpenter, J. J. Belcher-—Capt. Sargeants com
pany.
S. Hawkins, J. W Robertson, N. Hunt, A.
M. Boyd, McArthur, W. Green, A. J. Le
foy—Capt. Nelson’s company.
W. W. Huff—Capt. Davis’ company.
W. H. Treadway, W. Watkins, Sago,
Capt. Gram!in’s company.
Tho3. McCary, W. Wright—Capt. Holmes’
company.
J. Burges, W. Thomson, J. Tompkins, W .
Woodson, W. Hocebuek, S. Taylor, J. Walker,
Capt. Turner’s company.
This makes out aggregate loss by disease
and accidents 63, a greater amount of mortality
than would have been suffered by a sharp action
with the enemy.
Fxxsacola, Florida, Oct. 8, 1816.
Another long gap in my sickly journal sand
you vriil hardly be more surprised than I am to
see it resumed in Florida. Nineteen days ago,
I sailed from the Rio Grande, bound for New
Orleans, on board the schooner ‘‘.Gen. Worth,”
in company with half a dozen “sick officers and
60 discharged privates. Our passage was most
unfortunate. For 18 days we were bulfettcd
about the gulf, a prey to head winds, and storms.
Tire Captain, after being 6 days cut, lost hie
time and could not discover his longitude:
i Meantime water and previsions were getting
! short, the sick men were suffering more and more,
four died aad were buried in the deep blue water
of the boisterous gulf—and still wr could not
find our w hereabouts—our water and provisions
were examined, *ml it was found we had four
days supply, short allowance—next d..*y, and the
next, and the next, reduced them to one day's
supply, when a slant of wind, providentially
| sent, enabled us to steer North and make the
land. We made it abo& noon and it was pro-
Apungcd the “ Chandeliers Islands” a run, oi
about 60 miles to the Belize—and until 9 o’clock
at night, we strained our ejres in looking out for
Light at the N. E. Pass. No light apj>eatvd-
I felf that’ we were still lost and doomed at least
jto severe suffering, if not starvation. At 9 o’-
| clock, the vessel was “hove to” till morning, so
I confident was the Captain that ho was oil the
j Mississippi. Day broke, and found us with a
| high wind and sea-, deep blue water and no land
jin sight. Again we bore away to the North and
! soon made the same land we had left the day
previous. I urged the Captain to run in close
and examine it, and try to make a landing to get
some water at least. He did so, and we discov
ered Cape St. Bias, the entrance to Apalachico
la, and a’ point 300 miks to the Eastward of the
port fqr which we were bound. The wind would
not admit of our going into the Harbor, and we
had nothing to do but to run lor Pensacola—a
place 100 miles down the coast, but which we
could reach with a fair wind, before being en
tirely out of water. We started with a goad* ’
breeze—sailing 20 miles, the wind died, and the
calm which followed was full of anxious sus
pense. If the wind sprung up from the right
quarter, we were saved—if not—or if it came
on to blow hard, Heaven knowns what would
be our fate. After about 3 hours of suspense,
we felt the air slightly move from the South
East, then a ripple upon the water, and soon a
fresh breeze, which to our inexpressible relief,
bore us rapidly towards Pensacola Light. We
got in next morning, aid actually passed over
the bar, without a pint of water or a pound of
bread or meat On board. I arrived here worn
down, and pretty well emaciated, as you may
suppose, when I tell you that a pairof scales this
morning shows my weight to be just 114 lbs.
I send you some hastily written notes penned
on my way from Camargo, which I hardly know
if they are worth a place in print. I fear they
will prove as flat and feeble as the state of mind
and body in which they were written.
But, although great events have taken place
since they were commenced, some details person
al to the Georgia Regiment, will be found in
them. Gen. Taylor’s army has answered all my
expectations. How nobly the brave fellows
fought for and won the town, inch by inch. I
feel proud of the bearing, too, of the Volunteer
troops. They behaved gallantly and suffered se
verely.
I am going to Mobile, to join my family, and
seek the rest I so much need.
I have engaged a correspondent from the army
to keep jou advised of passing events during
my absence. p,
Correspondence of the’ Times.
THE GEORGIA REGIMENT.
Camargo, 21st Sept., 1846.
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Camargo, September 23d.
The writer was taken sick when writing the
pbove, but this morning was able to leave his
bed; and has but a few moments to announce
the glad tidings to our friends in Georgia, that
we are, at last, likely to cheat General Taylor
out of a real fight. We are ordered, six com
panies of us, beginning at the right and ending
with the “Jasper Greens,” to accompany an es
cort for Col. Taylor, as far a* on the
road to Monterey. It is now after dinner, and
we leave at 3 o’clock—a very short time to make
preparations for a week’s march.
Canales is about 20 miles from here with 700
men, and certein to give us a fight. This news
comes from Col. Taylor, whom I said above, we
were to accompany; but who, I am told now,
has been near two days on the road with only
one company of regulars to protect 100,000 dol
lars. This was by order of Gen. Taylor, who
might have expected ihat so much money could
not have gone through a country like this with
so small an escort.
I am writing in the midst of bustle and confu
sion, aud cannot be answerable for inaccuracies.
Capt. Calhoun, though still feeble, goes with us.
Lieut. Goulding has been sick two or three days
aid though recovering, will not be able to march.
I may not retain strength enough to make a
forced march, but shall make a desperate effort to
hold out. We take but one tent along, and one
wagon; and every man takes his “saddle bags” on
his back. We shall probably have to march all
night. We are almost certain to have a skir
mish, and equally certain to come out of it hon
orably. The boys are in high spirits, and many
a drooping soldier swears he is in perfect health.
Col. Redd remain here in command. J. K.
AWFUL CALAMITY—ANOTHER DE
STRUCTIVE FIRE IN OUR CITY.
Our city wasjust beginning to recover from the
fire of December last,and we are again called on to
give art account of a fire, far more destructive,
than the one in December. Not only has a much
larger amount of property been destroyed, but
what is worse, it has in most instances fallen on
those who are least able to bear it. Most of our
small dealers have suffered severely, and we fear
many families are totally ruined; we sincerely
hope, that those who have an abundance wil*
be liberal toward the sufferers. After the fire
was over, weary as we were, we strolled through
the burnt district to see the extent of the fire,
and often as we passed some poor family with
out house or home, did we think of those whom
providence had favored with the means to re
lieve all their wants, at the same time thinking
Ik>w little would probably be given, by those who
. were able to give most.
We extract from an Extra of the “"Democrat,”
the followinglist of sufferers by the fire. We hope,
that in the hurry of taking down the losses, that
in many instances, they have been over-estimated,
but admitting they have been put down at one
third too much, still, tae amount of individual
loss is far beyond that ever before sustained by
olir citizens. We again repeat the hope, that
those who bare an abundance, Will abundantly
give.
LIST OF SUFFERERS.
Sutton & Love, SI,OOO ; Mrs. Neufler, $700;
Reuben Shorter, $1,300 ; Mr. Ligon, ($4.00 in-’
sored) $1,400; R< bipson & Cos. SSO; James
Danfort**, $500; Charles Ken dal r, 700; Doct.
T. Hoxcy, 1,260; I. B. Iloxie, $800;
McLean, (SSOO insured)’ SBOO ; J. & J. Strup
, per, ($2,300 ins.) $6,000 ; S.B. Hamilton, SB,-
000 i James Kivlin, $5,000 ins.) $21,800 ; Til-’
Iy & Ligons, $200; F. Shasffer, $600; James S.
Norman, $3,000; Dr. Yonge, SIOO ; Charles
Fuchs, 4 to SSOO ; A. K. Ayer, §l5O ; D. W.
flw, toss considerable, (insured $3,000;) JF. &
J. Smith, (SIO,OOO ins.) 14,000 ; Brothers Pea
body, ($5,000 ins.) SB,OOO ; A. M. Cox, $2,000;
Luke Heed, 10 to $12,000; L. W. WelTs, $3,-
500; J.N. Harris, $5 500; Harvey Hall, $3,000;
S. &F. W. SartweU, $7,000; E. &, B. Wells &
Cos. $15,000 ; James Sullivan, ($4 800 ins.)
$12,000; John Quin, $900; Mrs. Patillo,s2oo;
Tin*. 11. Smith, $6,000; Johnson & Frost 84,-
500; L. J. Davies, $20,000; Wm. Rankin, ($5,-
000 irts.) $20.000; Gen. D. McDougald Bto
§10,000; G. T Lt! fen back, $ 1,500; J. W. Camp
bell, $800,; S. Heilman. (S7OO ins.) 1.000 : J.
Boulfer, Si,800; Mrs. Knight, <300; H. T.
Smith, $1,400-; ‘Forsyth &, Edmonds. S3OO ;J
Col. A. Iverson, £2,000 ; Rev. Dr- Cairns $3,000; j
Mr*. Tfcknor, $2,500;’ John Bjard, $1,200;
Bartlett Weeks, S7OO-; Thomas jjostwiok, sl,-
700; T. C. Curry, $1,500; Richard* Hooper,
SLOOOI Wm. YV. Girard, $1,000; J. Fountain,
FKH. Dawson & Cos. $G,000; Mrs. A. B. Da
v:s, $10,000; David Gunn. $100; Columbian
Lodge, $300; William Tarbutton, $700;
J. W. Bethune, McDougald & C<x, $2,000 ; N.
L. Howard, Esq., $1,000; J. &J. Code, SI,OOO
H. Mathews, $500; A. Gaston, $100; estates
Lewis, $100; S. R. Andrews, S7OO ; Mrs. Eve
rett, $350 ; Mrs. Harrison, $200; Moody & Durr,
(goods instore,) S4CO; John.Ward,s3oo; Wi
ley Adams, (S3OO insurance,) $1,300; Mrs*
Webster, $800; Dr. Thornton, S6OO ;J. Afflick.
$2,000; James G. Smith, $100; Wm. Alley*
$350; Wm. Owen, $3,500; Mrs. J. H. Shorter,
($16,000 insured,) $20,008; George Har
graves, jr., $3,000;. T. &. E. Reed, $1,000; James
A. Bradford, $1,000; M. D. J* nes, $1,500;
Thornes McCarty, $1,500; A. Calhoun, $3,500;
G. B. Terry, $4,000 ; Walbram,- $2,000 ;
Hugh Dolan, $2,000 ;Theobold Howard, S2OO ;
Mrs. Sullivan, $200; P. Ray nail, $150; Riley &
Rowe, $200; Market House. £500; Samuel
Lewis,
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION.
’ THE RESULT.
The delegation to the House of Eepresentk
tives in the next Congress from this State, will/be
composed of four Democratic members and four
Whigs, our side having lost a member in the
defeat of Mr. Towns. CoL T. had to contend a
gainst an opponent, who we understand is a
Dqctor, and having felt the pulse of the people
erf his district was too shrewd to prescribe the
tariff of ’42 or protection per se. Col. Towns
could have beaten the whiggery of the Doctor,
but for the admixture with it of many grains of
democracy. By our next issue we hope to have
received the full returns from all the districts
when we will give an Election Table. It is
sufficient at present for the democracy of the
2nd District, that they repose upon th laurels
they have gathered in Che triumphant election
of Judge Iverson —despite of strenuous whig op
position, he has been returned by a majority
near double that obtained by the candidate in
1844. It is a triumph of Democratic principles
and of the man 1
The majority of Gen. Haralson over Mosely
in the 4th district is 152. The success of Gen.
Haralso is another glorious triumph. For the
second time he is elected to represent a district
in which there is a majority of whigs, laboring
too, in the last election under some of the dis
advantages with which Judge Iverson had to
contend. The truth is personally so
popular and has been so-aWe and faithful a rep
resentative—has rendered the country so much
valuable service as chairman -of the committee j
on Military affairs, that many whigs while vo- j
ting against him, were net anxious to have him
beaten. Mr. Lumpkin is again elected by his
usual majority, and Mr. Cobb finely leads both
the Whig and the “ Independent Democrat,”
who opposed him.
The following is the result in the 2d district.
But one county (Irwin,) remains to be heard
from. It usua’ly gives a democratic majority of
over 200. We understand that there are about
20 whigs in the county I
SECOND DISTRICT.
1844. 1846.-
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Houston, 78 52
Baker, 232 162
Stewart. . 87 142
Muscogee, 156 95
Irwin, 201
Decatur, 36 3
Lee, 168 50
Sumpter, 175 104
Marion, 160 64
Pulaski, 194 103
Early, 197 315
Randolph, 75 65
Dooly, r 177 r 178
Macon, 84 65
CAPTURE OP MONTEREY.
In another column will be found an aecoftnt
of the storming and capture of Montery by our
gallant troops, led on by Gen. Taylor. As at
Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, it will be
seen that every one, officers and soldiers nobly
performed their parts. Amidst the rejoicing, some
little dissatisfaction has been expressed on ac
count of the too lenient terms, given to the
Mexicans. For ours-Ives we express no opin
ion on the subject, but take it for granted, Gen.
Taylor did whatever was best—we arc the more
confirmed in this opinion from the fact, that we
learn, that he acted with the advice ar.d appro
bation of his principal officers. One thing is cer
tain; we have thought the Mexicans, that we are
as good at taking forts as defending them. A
few more such drubbing, and they will come
to their senses. We hope in a day or two to
receive more detailed accounts.
CAPTURE OP SANTA PE.
Gen. Kearney, who was sent with an army of
Regular troops and volunteers to Santa Ffi, has
captured that place without the firing of a gun,
or the shedding of a drop of blood. The Mex
ican General Armijo, who had entrenched him
self within the town with four thousand troops,
fled as the advancing columns of the American
army came in view.
> The “stars and stripes” wore hoisted upon
the palace of the late Mexican governor and re
ceived with shouts of ioy by the Mexican peo
ple.
Gen. Kearney administered the oath of alle
giance to the Alcades of small towns and officers
of Santa Fe. He also proclaimed himself go
vernor of New Mexico, arid took quarters at the
palace. Gen. Kearney was preparing to march
to Chihuahua, where it was understood Gen. Ar
mijo had retreatecTto.
THE FLORIDA ELECTION.
The returns have been received from a few of
the counties, comprised in Mr. Brockcnborough’s
district in Florida. They are sufficient to lead
us to fear the defeat of Mr Kain, the democratic
candidate. The Legislature of the State will be
largely democratic.
STOLEN GOODS.
The whereabouts of some goods stolen from
the fire having been suspected, on Sunday last,
a number of tenements occupied by negroes and
others, were examined by a posse of the “ City-
Light Guard,” and a committee of citizens, and
a number of articles recovered.
The tire occurring at mid-day, but little op
portunity was offered for extensive theft, and
the goods remaining in the streets at night were
safely guarded by a detachment of the Militia
under Lieutenant Mitchell, the “City. Light
Guard,” Capt. Cfoaper, and by the “ Taylor
j Guards,” (’apt. Yonge, the whole being, under
the commend of Col. Wilkins.
THE FIRKc
’ It is poor consolatien>to a man who has lost
every thing by the fire to be told it was the ef
fect of carelessness, though that carelessness
be the act of another as it believed,
was the case, in the late fire. We have-known
Cclumbosever'since it was settled by whites,
and we can safely say, we never knew a place
of the same size and wealth, that trusted as much
to luck. We doubt if one house in three has a
ladder, and where ladders are kept, you very
seldom find a supply of water* It would cost
but little to keep a ladder and a hogshead of wa
ter on every lot, which in many instances would
be the means of saving large amounts of proper
ty. We are well aware that anything we now
say, cannot restore the property destroyed by the
late fire, but we shall be very well satisfied if we
should say any thing that will prevent sirnila
losses. We have paid taxes enough to be the best
protected people living, but unfortunately, they
have not always been wisely applied. We have
always believed the amount paid ior a city guard,
ytauld be much better expended in giving the
((•ity a good supply of water, and wo sincerely
hope, th it some arrangement may yet be made
to furnish the city with so indispensible an article*
Engines are worthless without water. We
were among the ! rst at the late fire, and we
have no hesitation in saying that two en
gines, (if not one,) well supplied with water,
could have arrested the fire where it first broke out.
Watchfulness and temporary expedients may
do much towards our protection, but like a child
that has been slightly burned, we keep out of
the way a short time, but soon relax and become
as careless es ever. We can never be safe un
til substantial and permanent arrangements are
made to furnish the city with a supply of water,
and the means of throwing it over the tallest
buildings—this we are told can be done for $lO,-
000. Three tiinps this- sum has been spent bv
city on two sewers; one of them, and that the
most costly, carrying the water the wrong way,
and the other to dni in a pond that could have
been filled up for a much smaller sum. We
are not so unjust as to hold the present city au
thorities responsible for the waste and misman
agement of their predecessors; vve are making sug
gestions for the future.
There is one other matter, connected with the
above to which we would respectfully invite the
attention of the city authorities. We believe
that every community, with or without charters,
have a’ right to protect themselves, by abating
notorious nuisances—such we consider black
smith shops in the heart of a city. Give the
owners lots on the comtaon, where they can
work without endangering the whole city, and
eompel them (provided it is lawful) to remove
from their present locations.
THE FOREIGN NEWS.
The New York Journal of Commerce of the
Ist inst. says—“ Commercially speaking, the
news by the Great Western is important. It an
nounces an advance in almost every article of
American produce, except cotton, which re
mained firm at former prices. The exports from
the United States to Europe during the next
eight months will be immense. Not only cot
ton, rice, tobacco and all sorts of bread stuffs, in
clu ing large quanties of Indian corn, (hereto
fore but little exported to Europe,) will go for
ward, but beef, pork, lard, cheese, apples, ,&c.—
Even the English whale fishery has in a great
measure failed this season, and they will have
to depend Upon the Yankees ift part for supplies
of oil.
“These abundant exports will give a tuple em
ployment to. our shipping—wiil increase our im
ports, and consequently in a healthy state—per.
haps will cause ah impoi tati'on of coin—and by
increasing the price of agricultural produce, will
promote the interest of the farmers, and thr ugh
them of the merchants and the vthole commu
nity/’
SJIHDER IK MARION COUNTY.
Mr. Dennis Jenkins was found murdered near
Tazwell, Motion county, on Monday evening,
the sth inst. A man by the name ofMcMiilion,
charged with the murder, has been arrested and
committed to prison.
MIL.iT ARY.
We understand, sa\ s the Charleston Courier,
that two companies ol U. S. troops, are to leave
Fort Moultrie, as soon as transportation can be
provided, for Point Isabel. Col. Gates will
proceed tvith them to that j lace, leaving Maj.
Wads, in command at Fort Moultrie, with one
company. The whole detachment. fi7lfl!6ifrg
the Regimental Staff, and Rand, will number a
bout 250.
On reaching Point Isabel, Col. Gates, will
there organize a full Regiment, composed of ten
companies, to be made from the four Regiments
now in service, and to act as Field Artillery.
The Field Officers will be Col. Wm. Gates, Lt.
Col. F. S. Belto.v, Maj. Wade.
DANIEL TUCKER’S
Second and last confidential Letter to his friend
William 11. Crawford.
Dear friend you know 1 did predict,
That very likely you’d be licked,
But little did I think to find
You running out of sight behind;
Some where to rest, you must have tarried—
Or too much weight, perhaps you carried.
You may have over-strained some bones,
In running after Seaborn Jones;
At any rate, ’tis very plain
You’ll not be fit to run again,
Unless you get a lighter rider,
Than Bank, or Tariff, or Hard Cider.-
In this hot climate, ’twill not do
To let these riders straddle you ;
Particularly when you run,
Against such nags as Iverson,
Get one, light as that good old Chorus,
“ That all the world is going for us.” .
That good old Chorus, oh ! how well,
For Clay its notes I used to swell;
He used to say that to his ear,
Nothing was ever half so dear,
He always struck in at the Chorus,
“ That all the world is going for us.”
Those Jays were happy days so me.
For then each Y\ hig could plainly see
An office of emolument
For him—and Clay the President.
Enchantingly we sung the Chorus,
“ That ail the world is going for us.’ r
What evil consequence can flow-,
From making a mistake or so ;
Some how we could not understand',
The people always want more land ;
Had we hut sung a Texas Chorus,
“ Poik never could have so run o’er us.”
The Tariff act of ’42,
Around cur neck, a chain it threw ;
We could have carried that, but oh I
The milh-stone it was fastened to! !
A heavy drag we’ve always found it,
Excepting when, we walked around it.
My running and my oat-run friend,
My letter now, is near it3 end,
Much neater than the poles to you,
When Iverson had long been through ;
Farewell; in- sadness we are parting;
And in myoye tear is starting.
NEW REQUISITION FOR
We learn by letter received fromN. G. that
anew requisition has been made upon the State
of Louisiana for two Regiments. They are to
be dispatched with others to Tampico*
Correspondence oft lie Times*
Wnmxffrox Citt, Get. 6) 1846.
Nov 9.-
Although the past week has given birth to no
event ofparticular importance at the scat of gov
ernment we have not been without matters of
interest from abroad to afford food for specula
tion. The stirring news from Kearney's com
mand has not produced as much excitement,
however, ?s the anxiety to hear from Taylor’s
army which the Washington world fancied to be
on the eve of a fight at latest dates from the
camp. The news from across the Atlantic
brought by the two steamships which have reach
ed our shores since the date of my last letter has
had its due weight in political and commercial
circles. ‘ >
The advices by the Great Western gave us
the first intimation that the grain crops of Franee
and other parts of the Continent had failed, and
the subsequent news by the Hibernia confirmed
these accounts. Os course our produce of all
kinds has “ gone up.” In the Northern
cities flour ranges from $5 25 to $5 50, apd In
dian corn from 75 to 82 cents per bushel. Cot
ton has also moved up a quarter or half cent. At
present there is no telling at what points tke
rise in prices will cease. The deficiency in the
cotton crop on this side of the Atlantic, and in
the grain crops of continental Europe will of
course do much to stimulate prices, and increase
the livelier demand which began to be experi
enced immediately after England altered her
tariff’so as to afford us an opportunity to feed her’
millions, and our government changed it tariff
so as to afford England an opportunity to pay in
her cheap wares for American provisions. This
new trade—for it is positively anew trade—is
working admirably for other American interests
besides those of the farmers and shipping mer
chants. Ship owners are reaping their share of
profit from the better demand for the means of
transportation, and I perceive that the prices of
freight, coast wise, on the great lakes, and over
the various canals,, by debouching produce on
the atlantic coast have risen also. On the latter,
(oils paid” to the incorporated companies are not
higher, but transportation (which is paid for
boating expenses, &c.) is. Your readers can
not fail to see how fully experience with low
duties on either side of “the herring pond” has
borne oat the prediction of the friends of a reve
nue in Congress. I think I may
venture to write you that the wbigs. as though
with a common understanding, have given up all
idea of ever again contending for a higher tariff.
Here and there a stragiing whigling growls over
the repeal of the law of 1842. But this is mere
ly the result of habit, such feds are rather slow.
They dont keep up with the progress of their
party which from time immemorial has exhibited
a wonderful aptitude in seizing on or abandon
ing issues a3 they may temporarily promise
strergth or weakness to Federalism. The lead
ing whig journals in. every city on the coast ex
cept Philadelphia have abandoned the discussion
of the tariff, and in the latter city they wili adopt
the same policy after this day week, when the
Pennsylvania election takes place. They com
menced the canvass in that State on the tariff
issue, and to abandon it there ere the 13th inst.
would as they well knew, ensure an overwhelm
ing defeat to their candidates.
When I look around me and study the re
markable change which the events ofafew short
weeks have forced on the tariff policy of the
whig party, I realize the tremendous power of
the principle of unrestricted commerce. Nought
but the certainty of defeat would have induced
the protectionists to quail without a single effort
in behalf of the cause in which they have labor
ed since 1816. And yet, that they have aban
doned all hope, is demonstrated hey end dispute
by the tone of the newspapers which from old
John Adams’ day down, have given tone to
Federalism.- For the last three weeks, I hove
not heard a whig open his L'ps against the ta
riff of 1846 ! As strange as this may seem, per
haps, in your region of country where the “cue”
has not yet fully taken, it is neverth. less, true,
here.
The Proclamation of Kearney is destined to
afford them subject matter for opposition for at
least a month. You know he has formally taken
possession of New Mexico in the name of the
United States Government. This act is purely
a military move. What the whigs term annex
ing New Mexico, your readers should translate
taking military possession of New Mexico. You
will recollect that it has been found had policy in
Matamoras, (of which city we now hold military
possession) to continue the Mexican authoritic
in absolute civil command. The reports of con
cealed arms discovered, &c., were fruits of this
attempt to be extra liberal with a conquered ene
my. When Congress meet it will be the duty
of the two houses and the President—the gov
ernment—to say what shall be done with the
province, if in our possession. Up to this
morning, although the fact has been known here
for five days, not a word against the policy ol
taking and holding New Mexico and California
by way of indemnification for the expenses of the
war has been discovered in the columns of a fed
oral paper. But the last Western Mail brought
us a whig journal fix m St. Lonis in-veighing
against the “ annexation” of foreign territory
without a formal vote of Congress—and straight
way the Intelligencer gives tongue in the same
tone. In about a week every whig paper in the
country will be filled with this new idea by way
of embarrassing the administration in conducting!
the war. The Intelligencer affects to believe that!
we cannot take possession of any position of the
enemy’s country, except after a formal vote in
Congress iri favor of its annexation to the United
States ! Tim is about the gist of its argument,
and that of the extract from the St. Louis paper
on which the former is based. But three days
ago the whig journals were filled with complaints
that, so for, w-e had made nothing out of the
war. For instead of our army being quartered
on the enemy, the enemy are virtually quartered
on us. But, forsooth, as soon as it becomes ap
parent that the adnvnistration are beginning to
indemnify the United States for the .cost of this
war, they wheel short about and” deriounee the
only possibie means of indemnification as a mon
strous and unconstitutional usurpation of power
on the part of the executive. They do this, too,
in the face of the fact that almost every whig pa
per in the land have time and again approved of;
the policy of settling the damages by taking andj
holding Mexican territory- by force of arms. Up ;
to this morning no whig authority in the country
has suggested that a special vote of Congress was
necessary to legalize the taking possession ofter-,
ritoiy belonging to the enemy. This new and I j
must add, unexpected kindness in the tactics oft lie
opposition will bring no strength to the fldeial
party- The “annexation,.” if they please so to*
call it, of New Mexico and California to the
United States would have been endorsed by nine
tenths ol the American people in a time of peace
.at the expense of millions of purchase money.
The man who doubts the fact knows little of thtf
public mind. Their “annexation” by force of arms.
—the preliminaries :o be settled at the close of the
war, will bp quite as well received, it matters not
how loud Giddings, Hale, the National Intelli
gencer, Garrison’s Liberator and the N. Y. Tri
bune may groan and moan over the event.
California hf desirable, at present, principally
to the shipping interests, and more especially to*
our whale fishery. Its proximity to China and
the South Sea Island renders it almost invalua
ble to our enterprizing commercial men. New
Mexieo, of which Santa Fe is the capital, is the
depot for our over land Mexican trade from St.’
Louis. With the province uncler onr authority
this trade will shortly become one of the most
important branches of American business. It i*
now worth annually, and with our
laws and injluencefm Santa Fe, there is no
telling to what point the trade may be built up.
The Secretary of the Treasury has gone to
the North, nominally for recreation, but really
on business. I take it, his time while at the
North will be spent in studying out improvements,
reforms, aid retrenchments in the method of
conducting the large custom house establish
ments of the Northern eitics, Ho is a queer
looking, dried up, little old fellow, and will create
a sensation in Wall street, if he visits that tem
ple to mammon. The stock jobbers perhaps
stand more in awe of him than of any previous
Secretary of the Treasury ; for since he took tho
portfolio of the Treasury department, he defeat
ed their every scheme to peculate on the people
by speculations on the various necessary finan
cial changes of the government.
The president as usual holds his levees on
Tuesday and Friday evenings. They are well
attended considering the few strangers now in
Washington. One cannot fail to be impressed
with the total absence of formality in all to be
seen about the White House. There is as little
ceremony to be met with in James K. Polk’s
present residence, as in times past on Duck Riv
er, where the whigs were wont to locate him ero
the people located hint on the Potomac.
The delegation of Winnebogo Indians now in
Washington have held three or four councils
with commissioners appointed By the president
to make a treaty for their lands in lowa, if pos
sible. The government wishes them to go west
of the Missouri, and they wish to be located south
of the St. Peters’ River, It seems that the par
ties can hardly come to terms. These “talks”
are held at present in a large public hall where
hundreds of ladies and gentlemen attend. The
Indians are decked out in the most approved
savage style. Their orator, “ Little Hill” is
eloquent and animated. His speeches, embrac
ing a history” of the wrongs and sufferings of hir
race from the rapacity of the whites, create
quite a sensation among the ladies, more espe
cially as they are translated by a handsome and
graceful young interpreter.
LOWNDES.
Correspondence of the Time*.
Loxnorr, Sept. 12,1846.
A few weeks ago I sent you a carelessly writ
ten and unfinished notice of some of the objects
of attention on her majesty, Queen Victoria’*
soil. \ou may or may not have received it.-
Let me complete it and with it all that is to be said
on ttiose topics.
The manners of tho British Parliament arc
un dually free—they walk, laugh, cheer and
niss, hats on, with the lfeedom ot a primary as
semblage. Yet, as you perceive, they do not
fight on the floor, compliment each other with
th- epithet? of liar or blackguard, nor thrust
themselves forcibly between the house and it*
proper vote ou a pending question, by “ speak
against time.” _ Dispassionate and looking well
to tacts, they fall in whatsoever concerns the
higher powers and arts'ef oratory sensibly below
the best American examples. The English ad
vocate knows the rule, and expects its adminis
tration. He is in the main an indifferent talker,
and rath* r helpless in a bad cause.
You have been led to suppose that the policy
which has brought forward the late legislative
measures of Britain is strong in Parliamentary
majorities. Yet it is vastly more so with the
great body of the people. Nothing could well
have exceeded the enthusiasm ol the great mass
es, excited hv the expression thus given to the
popular desire, and it may be added, popular
want. This is easily understood when the par
tial presence of the popular element in the con
stitution oi the British Parliament is connected
in thought with the fact, that the interest which
so signally failed in the laic opposition, lies pe
culiarly and extensively at the foundation of re
presentation. The subject would seem to be at
tracting attention in some ol the continents!
states. You may have perceived possibly through
the medium of the newspapers, that Mr. Cobdcn
has been invited to the entertainment of the
French King, and to the meetings of free trade
associations that have recently sprung up on
French soil.
A letter published in an English paper from
a portion of the people of Prussia, to Mr. Peel,
congratulatory of him on the success of his late
commercial move, is before me. Mr. Peel, in
the spirit of a true Englishman, claims for his
own country, in his reply, the honor cf what he
is pleased to call a bright example to other na
tions/
But what is t<>’ be the effect of the repeal of
the duties on the impoi tation here of corn, on
the American exportation of the article to British
ports ? It has been feared by- a portion of our
countrymen, that the eflect would be to throw
such a disproportionate advantage into the hands
of the continental states that the more distant
American articles would be but excluded to give
place to theirs. How- diff rently the case is
viewed by such persons as Brown, Shipley & Cos.,
Lord Montague, and others here, who have stri
ven so zealously to effect the repeal. Gn the
contrary, the British merchants not only expect
to import American corn for the consumption
of British subjects, butto extend their commerce
still further, lor the future, by selling it from
time to time, to the continental States. Ancf
how can it be otherwise, if it shall reach Britian,
but that it must sooner or inter for a similar rea
son, reach ports, which at most are only remov
ed a few hours additional run to the steamer ?
France, for example, is at this mcmeut threaten
ed witt. a most trying failure of agricultural sup
plies, as well as the British Isles. Can it be
possible that we shall sell to the one and not be
able to reach the other ? It is understood here,
that we shall scllto both. That the. people of this
country expect to buy largely of the cmtmrn’a
States in time to come, as they have in time
past, is not incompatible ccr'.mn'y with their buy
ing extensively of us also, ror decs the fact that
she wall buy much of them, preclude the idea
that she will find occasion to sell much to them.
In short, among the multiplicity of them, fail
ures are constantly occurring in the supplying
of which, it is believed, the American cojp, aye,
the Indian corn, is shortly- to participate. It
should be borne in mind, that these States as
wcli as the British Isles, are now- densely crowd
ed—their acres cannot increase—their cumbers
must. New that Indian corn is relied on here
extensively for the present use, and more for the
approaching season, it is certain—and how signi
ficant is not the fact that it is so Extensively
looked to is the midst of all the prejudices and
obstacles attendant on the iht oduefion of a whol
ly new article, and in the absence of the advan
tages and facilities that must associate with a re
gularly established trade ? It is estimated lure