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was imnaoiliately dedanrd.and the war p-oclaim
ed. A frw day < afterward*. an officer tr*u Oom- !
modoralSiaa: brought mteiiigeitcetiiat t!te Amcri- !
can Bag fou.?<d at M mifivy —an exam; f<s
which was im uediaJoiy ‘followed waerevvr the
news flew. The pursuit and defeat of Castro
was then the only remaining enterprise. * He i.ad
fled smith toward* the numerous Mexican towns
and settlements beyond Monterey, with his four
or five hundred nipn ; and. Capt. Fremont, leav
ing some fifty men in garri ons, set out with one
hundred and sixty mounted riflemen in the pur
suit, when he received instructio s from Com
m-xforo Si oat to mareh upon Monterey. He
did so. and found Cos n rood ore Stoektou in com
mand, approvi sg he pursuit of Castro ai.d aid
ing it by all the means in his power. Toe .-loop
of-war C) ane was put a? his s-rvi e. Capt.
Fremont, with 160 Ameiiran riflemen and 70
mariner,embarked on that vessel, “andsailed
down the coast on the 26tii of Ju!v, to&i n De
go, 406 miles eooth ot Montcr y, and tUO south
of Pu'fuiu tie to* A'tgtles, where Castro was . n
derwtned to •e. w.th ati increasing force of 500
men. The descent of the coast as far as ixn
Diego njas with the view to get ahead of Castro,
and be in a position either to intercept him if he
fled south to Mexico or to Lower California, or
to turn hack upon him ifhc remained in Puebla
at lus A'lgfUs, or any of the numerous towns in
it* neighh trhood. In either event, the enterprise
will probably have hail its conclusion eaidy tn
August, and official details may now he looked
for hy the first arrivals bom the North Pacific
Ocean. In the mean time I hope the inlonnati* n
I am able to give, though ail of a private charac
ter, written solely for the information of friends
anil never expected to go before the public, may
inncißawttiii ..... _u-i-,
prove the accusations of Gov. Castro, and to
justify- the operations of Capt. Fremont. I make
this communication to you, -ir, upon the re
sponsibilities of an American Senator, addressing
the President of the United Stales, and wi h the
•ole view of vindicating the American govern
ment and its officer, from the find imputation of
exciting insurrection in the provinces of a neigh
boring power, with whom w- - were then at peace.
I could add much more to prove that Capt. Fre
mont’s private views and feelings were in unison
with his ostensible missio —that the paesiorf •><
his sou! was the pursuit of science—and that he
looked with dread and aversion upon every pos
sible collision either with Indians, Mexicans, or
British, that could turn him aside fr m that cher
ished pursuit. A more formal occasion for the
exhibition of these further and other pro fs ma\
soon occur; but the exigency of the circumstan
ces seemed to me to require that no time should
be lost in communicating the truth to the public
mind, bob at home and abroad, in a cause so se
riously a fleeting the national character, and in
which uncorrected error, for even a short time,
would do great mischief.
Very respectfully, sir,
Your friend and fellow-citizen.
THOMAS H. BENTON.
Washington, Nov. 9, 1846.
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COLUMBUS, GA.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 34, 1846.
REMOVAL.
The P.l| Office and the printing
the “Ct’lunwis Times” have been to
Winter’s Exchange cast 6ide oUoflmd greet
above Randolph
OUB POTATION DAY.
For the conveapKce of our country subscri
bers, and to thArcsent mail arrangements,
our day be Tuesday in
stead dmK ednesday inoWng
city advertising cuSbners will please note
JwF change and hand in thenfovors on Saturday
or early Monday morning.
RAID ROAD TO COLU3IBUS.
The following proceedings were omitted last
week by accident. They refer to a matter of
such vital interest to the prosperity of Columbus,
that an apology is due far their omission.
MCSCOOEF, RATE ROAD COMPANY.
At an election for Directors of this Company,
on Saturday last, the following gentlemen were
elected :
JOHN G. WINTER. President.
Samuel Boykin, I Puilip T. Schley,
John Banks, | Jacoh I. Moses,
H. S. Smitit, j Van Leonard,
We congratulate our citizens that a pract'cal
form is now given to the public efforts in behalf
of this imp riant enterprise; and that they have
in the cha r aetei afhe b.tard of direction-selected,
and in the well-known business energy of its
PresiJeut, a guaranty, that what has hern so
much talk and of in theory, is now in a fair way
to be realized in e flee tv The prospects are, we
happy to state, most flattering. We regard it as
a settled thing, that Culuuihus, having rubbed
her sleepy eyes, is now fairly awake, and will no
her part in the wart. It has been believed to
sometime, that an ordinanci of the City, founded
upo.. the prayer of the mem rial of the city Real
Estate owners, was all that w*s necessary to
render certain the construction ot the road and
the immediate inception of the work. We Icaru
than more than two thuds of the Property Hold
en of the city have signed the memorial. The
paper is still w.tt.heid from Council, and is stii.
in circulation, tor the purpose ot obtaining e.ore
names (some of persons absent) with a view to ap
proaching as near to unanimity on the subject, as
possible. Unanimity, it men could ever be ot
one mind upon any proposition h never plain,
is, in the present instance, greatly to be desired.
It would remove cveiy shadew of objection to
the projeci, and would get over the awkward
difficulty of the exercise of a taxing power by the
city, which would seem to reside only n the
Legislature—the supreme power of the State.
Should this ordinance pass, and it is believed
that it will; Columbus, with her private subscrip
tions of $150,000 will be ready to give to the
work S4OO 000, besides large sums in the labor
of Individuals bestowed in grading- and building
superstructure, to be paid for in stock, and which
will be equivalent to so much capital. Colum
bus will thus furnish, say $450,000, be ng one
half the estimated cost of the work.
We understand that the Central Rail Read in
terest is willing to aid the work to the amount of
$500,000, or more, on condition that its termin- j
out be at Macon. It this information be correct,
and we have no reason to doubt it, the building
of the road to that point is provided for. W heth-
M it would better suit the interests of this city and
of the stockholders to unite it with the Macon
and Western Railway at or near Barnesville. is a
matter yet to be considered and determined upon.
It is gratifying to know, however, tha’ ft is now
no longer a speculation, that we can have road
by Macon, connecting us with the Atlantic.
GEORGIA REGIMENT.
We have received from Col. H. ft- Jackson,
commanding this Regionnt, a card addressed to
the public, for the purpose of correcting the ma
ny erroneous and exaggerated accounts of the
fracas which took place among some of its mem
bers on the 31st of August. We regret, that it
cam” to hand too late for publication this week.
FEDERAL SENSIBILITIES—MR.
POi K AND SANTA ANNA.
The ILcliniondo:- big is nervously apprehen
sive lest the supposed (for nothing is known on
the subject) negotiations with -Santa Anna,
growing out of his return to Mexico will “ in*
“ volve a serious reflection upon the character
“ of our country.”
Tipis .8 pretty well for an exponent of the
“ peace party ill time of war.” If our country
can ever live down the stigma which the con
duct of the most ot the Whig Pro-scs in refer
ence to the Mexican war, has cast upon itschar
acter, before the whole Civilized world, Jthe
“ Whig” may quiet its fears about the Presi
dents’ doings with Santa Anna. And, by the
way, in,reference to this wonderful plot, perhaps
i : would be as well for the Federal Editors to
wait to know something on the subject, before
they comment so freely upon it. It is as yet a
Government secret. The Feds conjecture a cer
tain state oflactsand thereupon fire away. Per
haps the truth, when in good and proper time, it
is divulged to-the country, may put all their fan
cies to flight, and overwhelm thfm in the tum
bling ruins of their own baseless fabrics. -
LATER PilOM EUROPE.
The steam ship Great Western arrived at N.
York on the 17th inst. with dates from Liver
pool to the 3iat inst. The Great Western took*
out the news of the capture of Monterey by the
rtmencaos, It produced great, excitement in
England. The political news by this arrival is
coniparitively unimportant. Another insurrec
tion had broken out in Portugal, which however
had been promptly suppressed by the Govern
ment. An early meeting of the British Parlia
ment is contemplated, in order to a reduction oi
the import. duty of 4 shillings upon Corn, for
which a great demand is caused, by the want of
food lor the starving population of Ireland. The
s.tuation if the poor in that country is horrible
in the extreme, being in the midst of a famine
in their country, and without the means of ; ro
oming sub istehce from abroad- A number of
riots have already occurred ; the W are Houses
containing grain have been broken open by mobs
of famished men, women and children, and their
contents distributed. These disturbances the
Government is attempting to suppress by the
bayonet, and additional troops are being poured
info Ireland. The commercial news will be
found under the appropriate head.
Cotton has advanced gth per lb. The prices
of grain and bread stuffs was increasing.
MEXICAN AFFAIRS THE WHIGS
AT FAULT.
The capture of the despatches from the Se
cretary of War to General Taylor, and their
publication in the Mexican papers, explodes
one of the favorite dogmas of the Whigs—
.hat Gen. Taylor had peremptory orders to push
further into the interior of Mexico, and to be
doomed with his small force by the “ wicked ad
ministration,” to certain destruction. It appears,
on the contrary, that the Department not only
allows a very wide discretion to Gen. Taylor, but
consults his own opinions in the most respectful
flnanner.
The Union, referring to some remarks in Tex
as papers on this ulject confirms this idea,
“ The Galveston News undertakes to show to
what points Gen. Taylor is about to march, and
what hoops he will have with him. Is the
•News’ sure that his orders are so peremptory ?
and that Gen. Taylor—being upon the spot, up
on the immediate theatre of action, with the lull
knowledge of his locations and his resources,
and the objects within his reach—is not permit
ted, in some degree, to consult his own discre
tion ?”
i he Federal papers are dreadfully concerned
about the future course of military operations in
Mexico. They are evidently bewildered and in
the dark. Every Editor has an infallible plan of
his own for bringing the war to a close; and the
administration is to be editorially damned, by
each in turn, if the plan of each is not adopted.
Without stopping to remark upon the singulari
ty ot this deep interest of the Federal editors in
a war so atrociously unjust and aggressive in
its nature ; we may observe that it is a matter of
eongratula’ion, that the lynx-eyed newsmongers
at V asbington have not been able to pry into
the Cabinet secret, of what is next to be done,
and hurry it into the newspapers for tne benefit
ot the enemy.
All we know, at present is, that Gen. Taylor’s
army is resting from war, in the houses and sur
rounding groves i.f Monterey, eating Oranges,
and dunking nectar draughts rom the only clear
Springs they have found in Mexico. Meantime,
an American Circus Company which had been
some years travelling in Mexico had reached
Monterey and had opened the “ ring” for the
amusement of the army. Theatricals too, we e
getting up, and the Mctamoras corps of actors
and actresses was daily expected.
If the Washington correspondent of the
Charleston Courier is to be believed, they will
have a pretty long sea on of it before the army
moves. We give his speculations for what they
worth. They are generally far above the par
of Washington letter writers, for sagacity and
accurac,. The letter is of the 12th inst.
“It is geneially believes that the Mexican
war is drawing to a close. No operations are
contemplated on our pari this fall or winter..
Gen. Taylor will not march to ban Luis Potosi.
The orders given lor that march have been mo
dified so as to leave it discretionary with him
whether to proceed or not. Gen. Taylor it is
believed, has remonstrated strongly against the
policy of the movement, an : all” his officers, it is
said, concur with him in opinion.
The Mexican Congress, which is soon to as
semble, will, it is hoped, give a favorable consid
eration to the proposition of our Government tor
peace. If not, the government will no doubt
commence some important operations in the
Gulf of Mexico, and perhaps march a force from
Very Cruz or Tampico to the city of Mexico.
It will be seen that a strong stand is to be
r: sde against the Mexican war by the northern
Whigs. Even those who voted lor the supplies
are censured.
Mr. Webster asserts, in his speech the Mother
day, that the President made the war in viola
tion of the Constitution, and ought to be im
peached for it.
The truth, is that Congress made the war.
The President rccommt nded the recognition of
the existence of war, and provision for carrying
it on, and a b.ll was accordingly passed through
both Houses in one or two days—fourteen mem
bers and two Senators only voting against it.
There is no sophistry by which Congress can be
exonerated from its due share of the responsibili
ty in this matter.
We have the satisfaction (says the “ Union”)
of congratulating the friends ol Gol. William R.
King, our late minister to France, upon his safe
arrival in this city last night. His niece and his
nephew return with him. We rejoice to hear,
from various quatlers, that Gol. King has dis
charged his important duties in a- manner the
most honorable to his own country, as well as the
most agreeable to the court at which he has been
accredited. Ho has left many friends behind
him, and among them some of the most distin
guished men in France. It is scarcely necessary
to say tie will find many and sincere friends at
home.
IMPORTANT. j
Call for Troops.—We understand that re* j
: quisitions have been sent out from the War De ;
payment, calling into the service of the United
states l ine additional regimpntsof volunteers to
serve during the war with Mexico, unless sooner
discharged. They are asked from the following
States:
One regiment of infantry from Massachusetts.
One regiment of infantry from the state of N.
York.
One regiment of infantry from Pennsylvania.
One regiment of infantry from Virginia.
One regiment of infantry from North Carolina.
infantry from South Carolina.
of infantry from Louisiana*
remment of infantry MississhAi.
One of mounted men ij®i Texas.
This Limwißm movement willljßovv the feder
al {ttpytvhethmßjrere is on the
part of the admimßtortibn, v they have been
recent!) most We ha'eno
time, at the late hour inßftich we receive the
above interesting dwell upon this
subject. It shows hJT littleNforce there is in
such suggestions awe thrown in a Balti
more paper, hat wR is believed thatwothing de
cisive will be either by or
navy, before gfh next meeting of CongreßL”
[ Wash. Union of 16/A inst.
RAIL RQADS.
The annexed paragraph contains praof of the
power of rapid and easy communications to the
best markets to draw trade—the wagon trade—
lrom distant points. We here see cotton seek*
ing the Georgia Rail Road, and the Charleston
market, from within sixty milts of Wetumpka,
Ala. The fact needs no comment.
“We noticed, the last week, (says the Rome,
Ga., Journal, wagons loaded with cotton, passing
through Romi- to Kingston, for the Augusta and
Charleston markets, from the extreme end of Tal
ladega county, (Ala.), near one hundred miles
below this and within 60 miles of Wetumpka.
Phis shows at once the advantages the Georgia
aid tSouth-Carolina Rail Roads are extending to
this end of Georgia; the northern part of Ala
bama, and East and Middle Tennessee. The
planters will seek (he best markets and cheapest
routes of transportation, and they have acquired
both of those in sending their cotton over the
Georgia and Sfouth Carolina Rail Road to Charles
ton.”—[ Ch, Courier.
GOVERNMENT LOAN,
The correspondent of the Charleston Courier,
writing from Washington, 14th inst. says:
The proposals for the five million loan at six
per cent, were yesterday opened at the Treasu
ry* and it was found that” the whole loan was
bid for, and a considerable amount beyond it.
.Proposals were accepted for the full sum of
five millions, at par, or slightly above—say a
quarter of one per cent. There was one bid for
a small sum as high as five per cent, above par
by a New York broker.
The bids were from capitalists,* and
chiefly from Boston, New Plymouth, Mass.
Montpelier, Vt., Philadelpljg, Charleston, Balti
more and Washington. Mr
It is a subject of con Jtluation that the loan
is taken so readily,-omdering that the banks
so much a
doubt that the can procure in the
same way, and amhe same rate, two hundred
millions.
The far, present the political
complexion of tne next Congress as follows:
Senate —Deni* crats 35-; Whigs 21. Doubt
ful 2.
House —Elected so far Whigs 75; Democrats
59 ; should the remaining states Vote - as at the
last Congressional elections, the Democratic ma
jority in the House will be 20.
BONNER’S MAP OF GEORGIA.
We call attention to the prospectus of Mr.
Wm. G. Bonner, for a Map cf this State, which
he is about to issue. It has received the highest
encomiums of the press, and we have the state*
inent of intelligent gentlemen, who have exam
ined his plan, that it will be a highly valuable
publication.
PIANO FORTES.
We ask attention to the Card of Mr. Charles
Reps, who is receiving an assortment of fine in
struments from the factories of Gilbert & Cos.
Boston, and Gale & Cos. New York.
The New Orleans Delta says, that the ownets
of the bark Coosa, seized for forcing’ the block
ade, offered no defence to the action, condemn
ing her a prize.
CAPTAIN RANDOLPH RXDGELEY.
The rumor of the death of thisgailant young
officer is confirmed. He died at Monterey on
the 27th ult., and was buried with military hon
ors appropriate to his rank.
COLONEL FREMONT.
The reader will find on our first page an in
teresting letter from Col. Benton, giving an in
ter sting and detailed account of the daring ope
rations of this brave young office. - in Upper Cali
fornia. Col. Fremont is the son-in-law of Sena
tor Benton.
LETTERS OF MARQUE.
Information has been received in N. Orleans,
to the effect that the Mexican Government has
sent to Havanna a large number of letter of
marque commissions, together with blank patents
for citizerrehip. It is said the Spanish authori
ties will do all in their power to prevent them
from being put into effect, but it is not unlikely
that some of the desperate characters about Ha
vana, will contrive to elude their precautions.
ATTACK UPON TAMPICO.
We learn from a late arrival at New Orleans,
that Commodore Conner had sailed with a large
part of his squadron to take Tampico. It is un
derstood that the garrison of the Town has been
removed to San Louis Potosi, by order ot Santa
Anna. What does Santa Anna mean 1 He is
just as likely to march on the capitol of Mexico,
as against Gen. Taylor.-
REPORTED SURRENDER OF CHI
HUAHUA.
The Lexington Missouri, Express, of the 3d
inst. says:
j “A gentleman of this dty informs us that he
perused a ieltter, a day or two since, which had
been received in Camden, giving the particulars
of the surrender of Chihuahua to the forces un
der Gen. “Wool. The army, it seems, entered
the city without resistance; the American Flag
was saluted by the citizens, and aftera few hours
hati elapsed, the American officers were Invited
to partake of a splendid dinner, which had been
prepared by the Chihuahuaus. That, we should
say, was rather anew mode of capturing an en
emy’s town.”
(Ts Grand Jury presentments handed in too
kite for this week.
The Palroetto'Regiment has received orders
‘for Mexico. Rendezvous at Charleston.
FROM MEXICO. |
We have been favored with a long and very
: graphic and poetical description of Monterey
written by our corresp.ndent in the aYmy, for the
perusal of a fair lady of this city. We subjoin
an extract, in relation to the news of the army,
reserving fill next week, the really beautiful and
enthusiastic description of the grand scenery, in
the bosom of which our troops are encamped.
Camp Allen, near Monterey ;
700 miles foin the “Halls of the Montezumas,”
20th Oct. 1846.
I should be glad to give you a general descrip
tion of Monterey, and some interesting particu
lars of the late bloody battle. But I have oniy
time to say, that if it had been fought with Eu
ropeans it would have been one of the most re
markable victories hat was ever recorded upon
the pages of history. It is a mailer of tvonder
and astonishment toevery man who enters Mon
terey, that such a place, defended by over 15,000
Mexicans, could have been taken by our small
army—indeed that it could have been taken at
all, except by treachery or surprise.
Nobody here has the slightest idea that the
war will close before the expiration of our term
of enlistment. We count, almost with certainty,
upon having some more bloody battles to fight
before our return. We shall be likely, in a few
weeks, to inarch upon Tampico—-about 350
miles from this place, by the way of Linarez and
Victoria—in order to co-operate with our fleet in
the Gulf. Gen. Worth says that the man who
should assert that we. can mareh to San Louis
Potosi without an effective force of 15.000 men
in the field, (at least twice the number we can
muster here) would write him down an ass. A
war of invasion is not the holiday sport many of j
us thought it, when we were at old Ware-
House singing gaily, “ I’m bound for the Rio
Grande.” We have-experienced many and ex
pect to experience many more of its rigors. The
men are now beginning to sutler severely at night
from cold. The $42 commutation for clothing,
allowed them by Government and so unwisely
paid in advan.e at Mobile, was all spent in li
quor and luxuries, and now they have nothing
to answer pressing necessities. We hope shortly
to be mustered for pay ; and arrangements are on
foot to provide them with the uniform of regulars.
But my paper and your patience are exhausted.
The Hon. Mr. Pakenhani, British minister at
Washington, has arrived at Savannah.
The famous Capt. Walker of the Texas Ran
gers, has gone to Washington city.
The New-York Courier <y Enquirer has been
formally read out of the Whig party, by a reso
lution adopted by the Whig Young Men’s com
mittee, which states that that paper has no longer
the confidence of the Whig party. This course
has been adopted in consequence of the action
taken by the Courier in relation to the State
nominations.
LATER FROM MEXICO, ATTACK
UPON TABASCO.
By the Schooner Portia, at New OYleans,
from Point we have the important in
telligence of the bombardment of Tabasco by a
portion of the Gulf Squadron, under Commo
dore Perry, and the capture of a number of ves
sels in that port. Tabasco is an important place,
situated 70 miles from its mouth, up a river of
that name, and is one of the ports from which it
has been proposed to cut a ship canal from the
Atlantic to the Pacific across the Isthmus of
Tehuantepec. The N. O. Delta regards the
conquest of Ta basco as the most important e
vent of the war, on account of the “interest with
which its occupation is regarded by all the world,
and the commercial supremacy, it would give to
the Nation by which it is permanently occu
pied.”
Lt. Renshaw, U. S. N., passenger in the Por
tia furnishes the Delta with the following ac
count of the attack.
“The squadron under Com: Perry, of whose
force and departure from Antonio Lizardo, we
have already informed our readers, arrived at
Frontera, on Hie 23d ult., where they captured
the steamers Petrita and Tasyeno, and several
other vessels. The squadron then towed bv the
Petrita and Vixen, advanced up the river off
Tabasco, on the evening of the 25th ult. Com.
Perry summoned the c ty to surrender; the Gov
ernor refused, and the Commodore ordered the
Vixen to open its fire on the place. She did so,
and the first shot cut down the flag-staff from
the fort. Two hundred seamen and marines
were landed to attack the fort, but as tt;e hour
was deemed too late for the enterprise, they were
ordered on beard the vessels. On the morning
of the 26th tfere was a fire of musketry from
the shore, which was returned by 4he guns ol
the squadron. After some time a memorial was
received, with a white flag, from the citizens of
the town, asking the Commodore to spare it, to
which he acceded. While preparing to leave
with his prizes, his white flag still flying, be
lieving t ie*e was to a be cessation of hostilities,
Lieut. Parker, who had got ashore, was attacked
by a body of some eighty soldiers, whom, >vith
eighteen men, he repulsed, losing one man and
having two wounded. Lieut. Morris, in carry
ing orders to him, received a musket-shot wound
in the neck, from the effect of which he did on
the Ist inst. Com. Perry, having seen that
longer forbearance would be criminal, opened.his
whole batteries on the city, and well-nigh de
molished it, sparing the residences of the foreign |
consuls, and such as seemed to be occupied by \
peaceful citizens. Many women and children, j
it is believed have been killed, and but from mo- j
tives of humanity, the Commodore, it is believed,!
would not desist till he razed the city or took j
possession of it. He carried away his piizes,
making in all: two steamers, one brig, five
schooners, one sloop, and some lighters—except
one, which he ordered to be burned—and arrived
at Antonio Lizardo without further mishap.
FROM THE ARMY.
By the U. S. Steamship Massachusetts, at N.
Orleans, from the Brazos Island, we have some
later accounts from the army. The steamer
brought over a number of officers and 60 dis
charged soldiers:
The Matamoras Flag of the 7th inst. says:
That Robert M. McLane, Esq., reached Mata
moras on the 4th, and in the evening pro
ceeded to Gamargo by the Col. Cross. He
left Washinton on the 23d ult., and from his
rapid journey and certain unmist tkeable signs,
iit is concluded that Mr. McL. bears despatches
to Gen. Taylor. He would reach headquarters
I probably on the Hth inst. The Flag believes
that the-despatches of Mr. McLane will modify,
to some ex-tent, the orders sent forward by Maj.
Graham. The editor further says:
“We believe that in view of the answer ot
the Mexican Government, to our < pacific pro
position, the President has concluded to es
tablish and garrison posts along cur Southern
boundary, from Tampico, to a point on the Pa
cific, several degrees south of latitude 42; that
! he will appoint territorial Governors, Judges and
j olhef ministerial officers; that tho U. States re
venue laws will be extended over the new coun
try ; that people of all classes will be taught tr>
read, and furnished with cheap goods; and that
large supplies of human happiness* and virtue
will be speedily introduced.”
The Regular troo; s have ail been removed
from Matamoios—-the last company proceedet
up the river on the 4th inst. The 3d Regimem
Ohio, and 3d Indiana Volunteers, are now the
’ sole guardians of the city. One company of In
! dianians, (Capt. Carter’s) is stationed on the
iPlaza, taking the place el Lieut. Haskins com
panv of regular One company ot Ohioans,
under Capt. Allen, occupy Fort Parades, taking
the place of Capt. Norman’s company of regu- .
lars. Fort Brown is likewise garrisoned by the
Ohio troops. The remainder of the two regi
ments, with the exception of two companies of
Indianians, stationed at Reynosa, are encamped
on the bank of the river, just below the town.
From the Mobile Register;
LATER FROM THE ARMY.
By yesterday’s New Orleans mail, we. ha’ e
! some later accounts from the army of occupa
tion. We copy from the Della the heads ot the
information.
It is stated in the correspondence of the same
paper that iSanta Anna arrived at San Luis Po*
tosi on on the 6th with only ah ut 3000 troops.
Previous to his leaving the city of Mexico, he
attempted to borrow money for prosecuting
the war. The Church at first acceded to the
proposition to pledge their property for a loan of
’ afterwards refused and the loan
was not negotiated. Santa Anna then with his
friends succeeded in raising about SBO,OOO. —
About the time o’ his arrival at San Luis Poto
si, the conducta left for the sea coast with a large
’ amount of money, which he stopped; but it was
uqt known whether he intended to Use the
whole of the money or merely demand the ex
|
portation per cetitage, which would amount to
about $60,000.
It is not probable that Santa Anna would
* seize violently upon the property of foreigriers^—
’ especially that of British mercbefits, as he un
i doubtediy must preserve friendly reia
, turns'with government, who do not
dally long in demanding redress for such injuries
‘ to Englishmen.
San Anna's orders to Ampudia to abandon
■ Saltillo reached there on the 10th, and the last
> of his army’ quitted there on the 15th.
The Delta refers feelingly to the melancholy
fate of Capt- Randolph Ridgely. who has distin
* guishad himself by such gallant conduct in the
t command of the flying artillery. We see it
stated that he has been mortally- hurt by being
, thrown from his horse—a vicious Mexican ani
mal, which he was riding with his usual fear
lessness-! In plunging over a spot of tom stones
1 at full speed, his horse fell and threw him with
vi lenre, his head striking against a wall, or
( cUrb stone The skull was not fractured, but
the concussion was fatal—the blood gushing
’ fearfully from his eyes and mouth. His recove
is despaired of; and bv this accident, one of the
most rising, gallant and accomplished officers of
our army is lost to his country and his friends.—
Peace to his ashes—bis memory will live in the
grateful hearts of his countrymen.
MR. WEBSTER.
Mr. Webster, in his late speech in Boston
suffered the following pretty compliment to his
countrymen to escape him.
“ The naturaljustice of a war, it is perhaps,
“ not an American habit to consider. But, it
“ is an American habit to count the cost.”
If the orator had confined his remark to his
own Federal party, its truth would have to he
confessed, mortifying as it is, to every citizen of
the Republic. But we so rn the charge as to the
American people. The Federalists do refuse to
consider the natural justice of oar war, and they
do count the cost. They do weigh National hon
or and character, violated rights and accumulated
wrongs against the dolla sand cents, which it
costs to vindicate and redress them. They do
what no other party in any country, on the face
of the earth eVer does—they side in time of war
with the enemies of their country v and against
their own Government'. It is a bitter and hu
miliating truth w hich must mantle the fheek of
every American Democrat, Neutral and patriotic
Whig, with the blush of shame, that in enligh
tened America alone of all nations, has this trait
orous practice taken root and flourishes its brazen
branches in the open light of day. Not only has
the Democratic press denounced it, but it has
received merited aid indignant rebuke from the
patriotic neutral papers of the country ; and With
deep shame, be it said, foreign journals sneer at
it as “practice exclusively American .”
We invite the attention of the true patriot? of
the country, of all who have not fosely forfeited
the title of “ American citizens” to the following
striking article from the Philadelphia Ledger, one
of the ablest i eutral papers of the Union.
An experienced British officer in Canada,
writing in the “Montreal Gazette upon the” sub
ject of the arts of pur Government and its inilitaty
operations, in Mexico, views them in a very dif
ferent light from some of our Whig Editors.
We make the following extracts:
“If the American press, which exults in the
privilege, rather American than dignified, of
making, if possible, its own government appear
contemptible, has succeeded in bewildering the
Mexicans, by its crude and ridiculous conjec
tures on the designs of the war authorities, as
completely as it has bewjidered its own country
men, the service done the “state” has been most
patriotic. - >
“Instead, however, of being involved in a dai-
Ijr changing vortex of puerile perplexities, as it
has pleased these papers to represent, the govern
ment, having a feeble foe to deal with, com
menced hostilities upon a well-digested plan of
operations, and has pursued them with undevi
ating regularity; nor was there but one possibility
that could cause a deviation. In the . catalouge
of contingencies, there was a possibility that some
party in Mexico might rtceive Gen. Taylor wi h
open arms, as an instrument of elevating it to
supreme power. The enthusiastic Mr. Ban
croft, of the Navy Department, may have given
it some consideration, while his sagaciotis col
league, Mr. Marcy, of the War Department,
wuuld give it a very little, and the result has
proved that it was worthy cf none at all;
“The original design has therefore gone stead
ily forward, which was simply a succession
of invasion on the ‘flank’ of Mexico, each ol
which cuts off her territory, at a certain parallel,
and paralyzes her authority to the north of it.—
For the west ‘flank’ or coast, the fleet stationed
in the Pacific, was quite sufficient; and Col. Ste
venson’s regiment, which has gone round to gar
rison the posts- to be maintained, is a stronger
force than the Mexicans ever had at their place
of destination.”
***■*#
“*I have set down distances in miles, on a rough
calculation, merely as a guide to your readers,
though they may be longer to-thoie who have
to mutch them, but they are sufficiently accu
rate to show that the whole eastern side of the
Mexican possessions, from the 42d degree of lat
itude, and Santa Fe to Vera Cruz, a line, say, ol
2,500 miles, is now covered with American
troops or ships-of-war, and though so immense
ly long, all perfectly safe in its rear, and resting
upon supplies. If the American government
has not-, to gratify their newspapers, brought the
war to maturity with the hasty expedition of a
ninety-day note, or a shipment of flour, it has;
in a short time, established a grander base ofop
erations, in extent than has ever been seen in
modern Warfare..
“These observations are not intended to cen
sure of approve anything going forward; but
sunpiy to explain what it appears originally was,
and What continues to be, the ‘programme’ cf
(he war.
[From the Philadelphia Ledger.]
OUR WAR WITH MEXICO.
The sagai ious soldier who, in tho Montreal
Gazette, criticises the tactics of the Federal ad
ministration, and of the philosophers of the parti
san press Who criticise them, say s that the exulta
tion exhibited by tho|p philosophers, iii trving to
make their own government ridiculous, is rather
American than dignified. This is a grave charge.
But with shame are we obliged to confess its
truth. Amcricanf alone, of all people in the
world, are entitled to the infamous distinction of,
taunting the successes of their own country, and ;
rejoicing in those of its enemies._ When any
European nation is involved in war, ail its citi
zens or subjects feel under a moral obligation to
sustain their own government in conducting it.
This is especially applicable to Britain and
France, each governed by popular Institutions,
and consequently by parties. Whenever either
ol these nations'has been involved in war, to
party, however opposed to the existing adminis
tration, has ever censured or reviled it, or attempt
ed to impede its oj>erations. All parties, forget
ting their local animosities, have then agreed to
regard their country as their highest object of
solicitude, and its public enemies as beyond th ir
sympathies. In the dispute between our own
and the French Governmeht in the last adminis
tration of General Jackson, no French party or
French journal became the advocate of our cause.
All Frenchmen were unanimous in opposition to
us, and in support of their own Government
against us. Spin our disputes with Britain upon
the Oregon question, no British press, Whig or
Tory, defended bar claims. All British journals;
all British politicians, however divided upon do
mestic questions, made a common cause against
us. And in the war of 1812. the British officers,
naval and military, invariably exhibited respect
towards all Americans who faithfully defended
their own country, and treated wiih unmitigated
contempt, and often with the most galling indig
ty. thqse Americans tvho -courted their alliance.
When they captured Canine in Maine, they re
viled, and even chastised the “wooden nutmeg”
traders who topk the oath of allegiance to the
British Government, for the purpose of procuring
a British license to trade with Britain or her col
onies.
Ho w does * his copt’y&k
Americanjou'iYiais and American politicians! In
the tfiir Si 1812, a State Senate declared that “it
was unbecoming a inoral and religious people to
rejoice in the successes of that wicked war.*’ In
our disputes with Franee, some of those politi
cians and journals who “played ?uch fantastic
tricks” in the war of 1812, defended the course
of the French government, and declared, in high
official places too, that, they would not aid the
measures of their own government for the public
defence, u though the eftemy were thundering at
the gates of the Capitol.” And in our recent
disputes with Britain hey government was de
fended by no small portion of the American states
men of ro slight influence. And in the present
war with Mexico, American presses and politi
cians are zealously striving to justify Mexico,
and exhibit their government to the world
as ridiculous'or criminal. Well may the chival
rous patriot Who speaks through the Montreal
Gazette, scornfully characterize the practice of
reviling and opposing their own country, through
its govemm. nt, so freely indulged in bj* Ameri
can journals arid politicians, as “more American
than dignified.” With shame are vre compelled
to confess that the ineffably base practice is ex
clusively American. In all Europe, traitors are
despised, scorned, execrated. In the United
States, they are applauded, courted, Cherished,
by a portion of those who arrogate superior res
pectability.
- Whig arithmetic.
The Milledgeville Recorder publishes the fol
lowing calculation of the expenses of the War.
In “ counting the cost ” of National honor as Mr.
Webster says it is an “ American (Whig!) hab
it to do,” the Recorder as the sequel Will show,
counted too fast.
“ The Wat the MfaxET Goes. —Mr. Walk
er has published in the Union an official report
of the receipts into and the expenditures from
the Treasury, during the month of October.
The gross receipts were $8,735,950, of which
#1,953,950 were on account of treasury notes.
The expenditures in the month were £14,088,-
661 27, or #5,352,711 27 beyond the receipts,
and deducting the Treasury notes, over six mil
lions and a quarter of dollars. Os the expendi
tures, £8,153,659, were on account of the army,
and $1,969,980 on account of the navy. This
is over ten miilions, and for a year would give
more than a hundred and twenty millions for the
war! It is certain we are going to pay prett\
well for all we get ol M: x.co.
It so happens, that We have a reply written to
our hands, by the accomplished editor of the Mo
bile Register, in answer to the same “ count”
published by the Federal paper in Mobile, The
Register says:
“ This is a very fair specimerio.f the tortuous
skill of the opponents of the administration in
manufacturing hostile paragraphs. They show
a most magnificent contempt-for the authority of
facts and arithmetic.
.The report which the Advertiser quotes and
mangles, is not a repo t for the month of October,
hut the quarterly rep n for the quarter ending
the 30tlr September.* The expenditures, there
fore, wotifd be neater fe; tv millions a yea than
the one hundred arid twenty, which the Adver
tiser makes out by tills game on- figures - ; and
this would i e for ‘military ami naval” expendi
tures altogether-net for the war !—tEvery man
who knows anything of public affairs, knows
that the army and navy cost large sums in time
ot peace. We turned for curiosity to the ex
penditures of the two yeats in which whiggery
had a majority in Congress, viz: 1841 and 1842,
arid we find that the peace establishment of the
army and navy cost then about fifteen mill ons
per annum. —Deducting this from the average of
the expenditures estimated for the year on those
of the last three months; and the proper expen
ditures of the war will he about twenty-five mil
lions instead of one hundred and twenty mil
lions—thus shewing that the Advertiser has
merely over run a iittle less than a hundred mil
lions in a simple calculation of the figures which
were before him, and which only required an
honest application of the rules rif addition, sub
straction and the rule of three!
3IRS. CAUDLES’ OF THE PRESS.
The following is a complete, and should be a
standing answer to the immensity of twaddle
that is written for the press, upon the War.—
What blockheads must these editors take the
people to be, th swallow all their monstrous con- -
tradictions*. Mr. Polk must be more variegated
than the chameleon if all that is said about his
motives, his plans and intentions are true, for
while the chameleon only takes the one hue of
the substance with which it comes in contact;
Mr. Polk is all colors at once—ringed, streaked,
striped. Really, Whig Editors should pay the
common compliment to the sense of their read
ers, for requiring them only to believe what is
plausible. The following is true to the letter.
The Whirs axd the War.— Poor Whig
gery we are afraid, it isyet to fret itself to death,
‘like Mr?. Caudle If our Government fights,
Whiggerv pronounces it an outrage, and says
the right is air the enemy’s side. If we try to
negotiate, whiggery takes the hysterics at a peace.
If Mr. Polk refuses the command of the army
to one whig, it is because he has a petty jeal
ousy. If he gives it to another, it is only to en
trap him; If the Generals and Commodores ad
vance and conquer the enemy’s country, and
reduce it - to-obedience, it is an outrage upon civ
ilization. If they stand still it is because the
government wont’furnish them with transports.
Is the Treasury rep rted empty ! whigeiy
grins in peifeet delight, and says: “I told °you
so.” Is the Treasury reported full! Whigge
iy wants to know why it is not emptied at once
in a Better prosecution of the war* Does the
Government want money Whiggery says
“borrow.” Does the Goverement try to borrow!
Whiggery tells the Banks and Money leaders
jiot to trust her—that she is broke and is no
triend of theirs anyhow.— Vicksburg Sentinel.
Horses —Let it be a matter of duty with you
to visit your stables daily, sec that they are kept
clean, that your horses’ stalls are daily cleansed,
that ample beds of straw are provided, and that
the horses, at each meal, actually receive their
allowance of food. In these matters, no good
master should confide in his slave. If he do,
he may rest assured they will be attended to hut
indifferently well, and that some neighboring
grog shop will be likely to get portions of the
oats and corn alkrted to- the horses. Vigilance
in the master makes a fellow who is pron? to
’ finding, abandon that propcrisity.
NEW YORK.
The official returns of the elections in this
State, show the Aasembly to stand: 72*
Democrats 55—giving the Whigs a majority on
joint ballot.
From the Detroit Free Press.
MICHIGAN)
“The result. —The democracy
gan to the democracy of the Union, semk greet
ing :
“A democratic Senate ! f ‘’
“A democratic House of Representatives ) .* •
“A democratic legislature that ijoitt elect a
democratic Senator ! ! ! !
“ Three democratic representatives in Con
gress ! ! L !!
“I hus after the 4th of March next, the Penin
sular State sends to the councils of the nation an
UNBROKEN DEMOCRATIC DELEGA
TION IN BOTH HOUSES OF CON
GRESS!!
“Brevity is the soul of wit.
Ffrim the Saint Louis Unions
IOWA—ALL RIGHT.
We learn from a friend direct from lowa City,
that the Wh.gs have been “whistling before
they were out of the woods;” The Democrats
have •- lected heir nominees for Governor, Con
gressmen. Auditor, and Secretary of State, by
majorities varying from 600 to 1000. The Dem
ocrats will have in the Senate a majority of five,
and the Whigs a majority of one iu the House
—giving the Democrats a majority of four on
joint bal l “of*’tv£
States Senators.
DELAWARE.
Tharp, the Democratic candidate for Govern
or, eleoted. Houston, Federalist, re-elected to
Congress, and a Federal majority cT one in each
branch of the Legislature.
NEW YORK ELECTION— SILAS
WRIGHT.
The Pennsylvanian of Philadelphia, takes the
following strong and just views of the personal
position of the illustrious New Yorker, whom a
coalition of rancorous and lawless factions has
dch a ted—but neither cast down nor humbled:
“Something worthy of congratulation.—
There is no man who has examined the process
by which the federal victory in New York has
been gained, who Will fail to observe and to com*
ment upon the dishonorable practices and com
binations which have brought it about. Had
Silas Wright paltered with anti-rentism—had
he courted nativism—had he shyed negro suf
frage—his bark would haVe rode out the storm,
and come safely into port. Bu‘ he preferred tho
nobler and the better part, and planted himself
firmly upon his principles, scorning all coalitions,
and refusing all bargains. Defeat under such
circumstances is much more honorable than vic
tory,
“ Far more true joy Marcellas exiled feels.
Than C®sar with a Senate at his heels.” ”
The Pennsylvanian Concedes in a high toned
appeal to the firmness and honesty of the democ
racy, with the following well timed suggestions r
“ The emergency is one that calls for tho
speedy ac’ion of the democralic party. We
must organize at once for the future, and that
too in the most efficient manner. We must
heal all dissensions, and rally the whole party for
the Coming fight. The opposition have yet to
learn that they have a hieved their victory just
one year too soon. They hate yet to be con
vinced that the democracy will recover the lost
citadel, in time to man it lor the great contest of
’4B, and to contribute to another national defeat
of federalism and its abolition, nativist and anti
rent associations.”
The New York Express, which opposed the
whig coalition with’ the anti-renters, but stoutly
supported its party after the coalition was made
admits at once that there was no whig opposition
to Young, and that he lost no whig votes even in
New York, on account of his artti-entism. He
says:
“No whig opposition to Mr. Young was al
lowed to exist in this quarter of the State. Even
the Courier, that refused him its support, did if
in such a way as rather to induce its readers to’
vote for him. If, as allcdgctl, opposition had
existed, the 20,009 majority in this citv against
the progressive amended constitution would have
been the majority here alone against Mr. Young. -
The coalition with the anti-renters in the 3d
district, to effect which coalition, Mr. Young was
nominated and Mi. - Fish sacrificed—has gained
10,830 votes.”
After recapitulating tho whig gains by the an
ti-rent coalition, the Express thus speaks ol’ its
own course in sacrificing every thing—even hon
esty ami prixteiple,—to get the anti-rent vote for
the whigs:
“As for ourselves, we sacrificed pride of opinion,
nay, every thing but principle, in not denounc
ing the unnatural coalition with anti-rent:tm,
got up at Albany ; started and intended from tho
first so sacrifice Fish, and We hav’e Worked hard
er, out of doors and in, at this election, than ever
before for the whig cause—but we expect to bo
misrepresented and traduced, for in order to build
up one set of men, in this great State, it seems to
be thought necessary by some to trample on an
other.”
The “uiTnatcral Coai.ti.iox with the anti
renfers” is herein confessed by one who worked
haul for the sake of whiggery to give it success !
The N. Y. Journal of Commerce, in the fol
lowing article, shadows out some of the difficul
ties which the whigs have purchased by the suc
cess of anti-rentism. Gov. Wright refused to
pardon the murderers of the Delaware county
sheriff. The whigs have promised a genera! goal
delivery, and they thus gaihed near three thou
sand votes in Delaware alone !
“ A gentlemah from Delaware county, says
that the persons pardoned by Gov. Wright were
boye, convicted of wearing disguises only, and
convicted long before Stetle's death; and that
net one of those convicted since, has” been par
doned. He is an old subscriber of ours, a demo
cratic me.ehant, and is much alarmed by the
success of Young, for the personal safety of tho
law ami order men. He says the ant’-renters
have all voted for the new constitution, and that
they expect thv prisoners all to be pardoned,
and say that after that they WILL PAY NO
MORE RENT.”
The pardon” of all the murderers and rioters,
and the robbery of ail the landlords, are looked
upon by these whig convicts as the first fruits of
the whig victory !-— Mobile Register.
Elkctric Telrohapii.—Arrangements are
made to continue the line of Telegraph to Pe
tersburg, Va. It will, Mr. Kexdall thinks, bo
extended by private enterprise, to New Orleans
before the election in 1847. With Government
aid it can be accomplished in 1847. The ex
pense he estimates at two hundred thousand dol
lars. The Government he says, would hate
savpd a million of dollars during the Mexican
war, so far, if this means of communication with
.New Orleans had existed.
•.* * • •
It appears that the whigs have lost every
thing In lowa and Michigan instead of carry
every thing.— Charleston Courier.
All accounts from the north render it proba/
that the new tariff which is about to go into “
cration. will produce none of the ruin that? 18
anticipated from it, navigation and manufa/ 83
are both flourishing to an extent scarcely * er
paralleled.— lbid.
Americas Flocr ih EirgxAlvf’
English merchant, who is hei*e feuyin;^
stuffs, says that American flour barrel^ rc e ‘
fecting a great revolution iu the trade^ erc,_-
The practice from time immemorial, ij®
to sell flour in very large and
and the trade has been confined to the rhiilefy
and the meal men. But the great Beauty and
convenience of the American barrels, has brought
grocers to take up the business; and he says that
now he has orders for fifty barrels a week, from
dealers who never before sold flour ait all. Tho
English cannot counteract this, fdt they
have no free splitting ash, or other timber frrm
which to make these beautiful barrels. 80 we
think the repeal of the English chnvlaws wilj bo
something to us—yes, everything to us; a home
market for the supply of eighteen million* a*’
mouth3.— N. Contmcrce.