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TrERDAVi EEBRCART*, 1848.
r> O’ituarie* *nl Prcrcntimntsof the Grand
Juror* of Muscogee county, will ■ppcar in our
writ.
To Aminii-nur advertising friend*
or* porlirolorly requested to hand in their favors,
wkrw it con he done, on Saturday.
Phuoimt - See Mr. Anton’* advertiae
mt o! lecture for thi* evening.
jj* A raivct roa tue Ixbi*tbii'.—
8k adverturroent of Mr. Brook*, A Cos. of the
” Variety Work*. ’ i
r*aii!t Accoint*. — See Commercial head
fur Cotton new* by the Acadia.
Mar*.—Wetake great pleasure in calling at-
I niton to Mr. Bank*’* advertisement of Maps
lor sale.
We bare examined them, aid can recommend i
them aa very valuable lor the student, and for
reference.
The “ Historical Chart, or Stream of Time/ t
ita com|n<li am of the worlds history, by which,
•t a :.lancr, the principal event*, epochs, rise, pro
gress ai.d duration of nations, is presented.
Time doe* not permit us to speak, as we wish,!
of this wotk. Every school and every family
raoLitniag children, should have a copy of it.
Nkw-Voxk Tains.—The attention of Mer
chante about to make their annual Spring pur
chases at the North, is invited to the New-York
advertisement in our columns. Asa general
rale, merchants who take the pains to let the
world know their business and whereabouts,
•re well prepared to transact that business to the
aaUafectiou of their customers.
We are requested to say that tin: Female Or
phans Asylum of Columbus, having declined to
receive the proceeds of the late Ball given for the
benefit of that Institution, the managers have
bestowed tbe*saneon several indigent females
known to be object* of charily. This statement is
aide for the information of subscriber* to that
halt.
Ji kat Cot.rj.riTT.—The newspaper rumor*
and remarks in reference to this gentleman have
done him injustice. Judge Colquitt resigned his
•rat in the Senate about the middle of last
month, before his late trip to Florida. It is prob
able that the absence of Gov. Towns, on a visit
to the sick bed of tisdistinguished father-in-law,
Mr. Jones, of Virginia, is the satisfactory reason
why the public lias not hern apprized of this
tMtgnaiK'n, and why a successor has net been
appointed.
Since writing the above, we see it stated in
the Federal Union, that Judge C.’s resignation
has been received at Milledgeville. The Gov.
ernor was c*peeled to return from Virginia in a
lew day*
St v a tor rnnM Georgia.—We are advised
that Cob IIKRsrHKL V. Jon v sox, has been ap
pointed by Gov. Towns to the scat in the U. 8.
Senate, vacated by the resignation of Judge
Cot CC ITT.
KKW DRESS—DOMESTIC INDUS
TRY-PAPER MANUFACTORIES.
We received by the steamer “Champion,”
last week, our splendid new press, and fonts of
new type, and but for the unexpected delay in
the receipt of paper of the proper size, we should
he able to promise to put the “Times” in its new
gvwr next week. Our regular paper dealers in
CatskiU, New York, having advised us that the
foe oa the Hudson would prevent their filling
•nr order until spring, we took the precaution to
•rder • temporary supply from the City of New
York. The latter ha* probably miscarried, as
we have heard nothing from it.
While on this subject, wc would ask, why is
k ■eeeasary that Southern newspaper establish
ments should have to send a thousand miles to
the North for their supplies of paper? While
manufacturing in all its departments is getting
to be in vogue in this State, why has not some
ewe turned hi* attention to this simple, and it
repert speak* truly, very profitable business ?
A masse factory of this article established in
Ibis city, could supply Georgia, Alabama, and
Florida, all lying contiguously, and perhaps find
A market ia the South Western States, through
5m Orleans. We understand that the invest
ment erqwrad ia capital and labor, is compara
tively smatL At the North, we learn, paper
mills are commonly attached to cotton factories,
aa which the sweepings or waste of the lactones
a** worked up iato paper. The waste of one
the Columbus Cotton Factories is actually
•hTipped to Springfield, Mass., to be made into
Columbus is rapidly making itself independ
ent af Northern industry in many particulars.—
We no longer import, but export yarns and os
saburgs of better quality than the Northern. On
•sir river, heckles the cotton factories in opera
tion, we have power machinery making the fol
lowing articles: plank, planed, tongued and
grooved. Hind#, doors, window sash and mould
sags. Besides these, machine* are being pre
pared to moke tube, pails, and wooden bowls,
bobbins for cotton factories, and other wooden
maass, spokes and hobs for wagons, and many
other *• aoftons’ made in Yankee land, by power
machines, and ao!d to ua tardy Southerners for j
hard dollars. All these things and many others
can le better and cheaper made here. House
hold furniture, forming an important item of
consumption of trade, another article that
aught net to be imported from the North, while
R* base here the lumber, the power, the indus
toy, and the matket all united.
Wc are happy to observe among other branch
mi (and industrial pursuits in thi* city, that the
l*"** Fouadery business is growing and thriving.
A year or two ago, we had but one Foundry.—
There are now two in successful operation, and
aemecly enough to do the business. Woo!.
K with pleasure, a Urge three story brick
build mg going up, in the lower part of the city,
fee a Cotton Gin Factory. The Utter is the
prapufty af the enterprising firm of E. T. Tat-
The Mammoth Cotton Factory on
the near, has reached iu sixth story, and in a few
months, will be in full operation. Columbus
ii singularly faiimiJ in natural position. A ,
Sail-Road connection with the rest of the world,!
•ddad to our fine climate, exhaustless water pow-!
or, andoommerml and agricultural position, is*
•I that ia wanted to make thi* one of the most 1
prosperous, a* it is now, beautiful inland cilia* in
The steamer Champion, Copt. Cadwallader,
■truck on Hartridge’i Shoals, on Saturday, and
sunk to her guards. Most of her cargo (Cot
ton) damage!.
RAIL ROAD ENTERPRISES.
We invite the attention of our city readers,
and especially invoke that of oar city father*,
to the communication copied into this paper,
from th • New York Journal of Commerce, un
der the signature of a “New York Merchant.”
The article i* another rap at our doors to break
the spell of our inaction and lethargy. It is an
apfieul from the right source lo the right quar
ter, for the aid of New York capital to give en
ergy to the South Western Bail-Road project.—
If Columbus had commenced her Road a year
ago, a* should have been done, we should have
heard of nine of these projects hostile to her
interests. The certainty of a Raii-Koad connec
tion betwern Columbus and Bamesville, making
the chain continuous from Charleston to Mont
gomery, ALbama, with the small gap of thirty
two miles from this point to Auburn, in Alaba
ma, would have foreclosed all rival projects.—
One railway Route, from North to South, is
all that is now needed, and the first in success
ful operation, will be without a rival for years
to come. W’e have had the power to have won
the prize. The question might now have been
a settled one, and settled in our favor, but for
ti e dilatoriness which has marked this enter
prise in its every step. We have still the game
| in our own hands.
Meantime, Columbus cannot safely sleep over
her interests. We are surrounded by enterpri
sing, active, go-ahead rivals, and we shall have
to struggle for the prize of prosperity and ad
vancement, if not of existence, if we hope to
win it from the Athletoe who are our competitors.
Build the Road without delay to Barnesville,cn
the middle and compromise ground, between the
South Western route on the one side, and the
West Point and Atlanta on the other', and these
projects will not be commenced for years, if ever*
And if they are, wc may then run a bee-line
Road to Mobile Bay, and defy the competition
of the world. And the latter can be accomplish
ed by the means now put in operation by Hhe
communication signed a “New York Merchant.”
Let this be done and no New York Capitalists
will be found silly enough to invest their money
in the South Western Road. They will not for
the following sufficient reasons. The basis of
the appeal by “a New York Merchant,” for
New York aid is the great and unquestioned ad
vantage toN.Y.coinmerce of completing thechain
of steam communication between the North and
the South—New York and New Oilcan*. If
this can he dono via Barnesville, Columbus and
Montgomery, as well as by Pondtown, Fort
Gaines and Pensacola, the ends proposed by “a
New York Merchant,” are just as well accom
plished by one way as the other. And if it can
be a great deal better and more easily accom
plish* and by the first than the second route, the
first will be preferred. Let ua-see on which side
the probabilities are. The South Western project
contemplates a Road in its whole axtent, which
(we cannot he accurate to a mile,) must be
somewhere near 300 miles, and will require an
expenditure of beetween §3 and $4,000,000.
Every foot of this is to be built by one company.
The connection of the Atlantic with the Gulf
of Mexico, via Barnesville, Columbus and Mont
gomery, will require a road of about 240 miles.
Os this, 00 miles is already in operation, from
Montgomery to Auburn; 75 miles from Coiurr
hus to Barnesville, will he in operation in eigh
teen months, and that being done, the gap of 32
miles to Aul urn is certain to be filled. Here
then we have 167 miles of Road on the Colum
bus route, ready to the hands of all those liberal
and public spirited capitalists, who are invoked to
lend their money to the great object of Northern
and Southern connection, making necessary to
reach the Gulf, 175 miles of Rail-Road via Co
lumbus, against 300 via Fort Gaines. If we take,
into account, then, the character of the country
through Which the Columbus route will run, its
dense population, its commercial points of inter
section, its cotton growth, it will he seen that
not only will commerce be more largely benefit
ed, but that New York gentlemen who put their
cash in the enterprize will make a more profita
ble investment.
These two views are conclusive as to the choice
of capitalists, when the question comes to be
made. It is for us of Columbus to put the ques
tion in shape for a favorable decision, by a vig
orous prosecution of the Road to Barnesville.
Backing and Filllno.— We learn from
the “ Georgian” that the “ Savannah Republi
can,” heretofore a “Rough and Ready” advocate
on the “combustion” plan, has hauled down the
Taylor Flag and put forth an article favoring a
Whig Convention to nominate. The shoe be
gins to pinch, and the influence of Mr. Clay, the
great “Magnetiser,” is felt at Washington.—
“ Spontaneous Combustion” is worked now here,
except in States where Loco-focoism is too
strong to be overcome by a regular Whig set-too.
There it has been found highly convenient to
preach up “no-party,” “Southern man,” Great
General,” et id o/nne genus of catchpenny argu
ments. Wherever Whiggery is strong, as in
Massachusetts, it is content to rely on Whig is
sues. Wherever it is weuk. as in Alabama, it
takes to blowing the Taylor horn.
The “Georgian” places in humorous contrast
with the “Republican’s” convention and “union
of the Whig parly” article, some of its late
“spontaneous combustion” sparks. They re
mind us of “ John Donkey’s” political bramble
bmh, and such a “scratching of eyes out ,” and
then, presto, “t'n again,” has never been before
exhibited in the political arena.
An “N. B.” in the Georgian informs usthst
the Republican has re-hoisted the Taylor Flag.
Mississippi. —The Legislature of Mississippi
has appropriated $15,000 for the benefit of the
Mississippi volunteers now in Mexico. A pre
amble to the bill declares that the war • was
brought on by the act of Mexico,” and was pass
ed after warm debate, 3to 1. Two Whigs vo
ted with the Democratic party.
The “ National Intelligencer” expresses the
opinion that the Ten Regiment Bill will not be
paused by Congress. And the Editors are doing
their best to make their opinion prove good. Ii
it turns out 60, and more troops are hereafter
wanted, not the President but the Whig House
must bear the responsibility.
DiED.-Tfte Hon. John W. Jones of Va. the fath
er in law of Gov. Towms died at his residence
in Chesterfield on the 29 ult. He was (says the
Richmond Enqr) a distinguished and able states
! man, a true patriot, a.faithful friend, a devoted
(husband and father, and a pure man. This favo
rite son of Virginia was beloved and admired by
j every one. We shall not attempt a tribute
,t® hi* many virtues and noble qualities. We
leave that to some better peu. Peace to his
I ashes!
JAMES SL POLK.
* Again, if the war is the wicked act of the
President, why have they nut impeached him be
fore the grand inquest of the Nation, for so high
a crime 1 Not a finger ha* been moved toward*
such an end, and the reason is, they know that
their pretended views on tbs subject arc not held
and will not be sustained by the country.”—Co
lumbus Times.
If the Times approves of the War and its au-;
thor, why does it not go for the re-election ofl
James K. Polk T Can any better reasan be givrn !
for the prompt repudiation of “Young Hickory” j
by his party, than the fact that he stands “ itn- {
peached before the grand inquest of the Nation
for the crime” of commencing “an unnecessary
ard unconstitutional war T” —Augusta Chronicle
<s■ Sentinel.
The question admits of a very ready answer,
ilt is, that there lives not within the broad area
of the American Union, a public man, for whom
we would more cheerfully and mere proudly
vote, than James K. Polk. No Administra
tion—we except none—has done more to ex
alt the honor and to exhibit the power of this
people and Government in the eyes of Foreign
Nations, or more to give impulsion and perma
nent triumph to the great principles of Ameri
can Democracy, than that of this same, Whig
reviled, J. K. Polk ! He has toed the mark of
Republican and public duty. He has proved an
unwavering tower of strength to the cause of the
country, and to the cause of his party. He ha*
gone on steadily in the path of djty, unjos(led
by the malignings of a bitter opposition, unawed
by their threats. He stands the indomitable
champion, the fearless exemplar and embodiment
of the principles declared by the majority party
of the American people, who made him Presi
dent. He has fulfilled every duty to which he
was appointed, met and taken every responsibil
j ity which he Has had to encounter, and victori-
I ously carried over the efforts and the groans of
! Federal Whiggery, every great measure of con
stitutional principle and Legislative reform, so
long battled for by the Democratic party, and
many of which had failed lo he accomplished by
the able Di mocratic Presidents who had prece
ded him. The tariff of 1846, the constitutional
treasury, the vetoes of profligate hills for wast
ing the people’s money, and two most brilliant
campaigns in our first foreign war, all stand as
proofs of his power and wisdom, and monuments
of the falsity of that detraction which makes
him a small man. The Washington correspon
dent of the New York Sun, expresses our belief
in a few words:
•* In spite of hero and anti-war candidates, I
believe James K. Polk more popular at this mo
ment among the masses,on account of his straight
forward defence of the interests of the country
than two-thirds of the would-be candidates pul
together. Next to him comes Mr. Walker, the
indefatigable and unmincing.”
But the Chronicle’s question is answered by
its Whig confrere, at its own door. We find
the following paragraph in the “ Republic,” al
most simultaneously with the “ Chronicle’s”
query:
Polk in the Field. —The Richmond Whig
says: “ The Petersburg Republican comes out,
in an elaborate and carefully prepared article,in
favor of the re-nomination of Mr. Polk, as the
n o!neeratic candidate for the Presidency. ’We
shall not be surprised, if “to this complexion ii
shall come at last.” The mutually destructive
rivalries of the great men of the party will prob
ably compel it, as in 1844, to compromise upon
Mr. Pclk.
This does not look like “repudiating Young
Hickory.”
But the Chronicle is informed that the Dem
ocratic party is going to have a Convention. —
Unlike the Whigs, we are not fighting over the
question of “spontaneous combustion” aid a
military candidate, or a Convention to determine
who shall be the candidate. The “mutually
destructive rivalries,” spoken of by the Rich
mond Whig, do not exist. The sentiment of
“ eveiy thing for the cause and nothing for
men,” prevails in our ranks; and the Democrat
ic pany is not going lo sacrifice the honor and
interests of the country, engaged in a foreign
war, to the deep disgrace of a Whig adminis
tration—a disgrace, sure to blot its fair name, if
the Whigs carry out their declared Mexican
policy. We intend to have one candidate. “We
intend lo rally the virtue, and honor, and intelli
gence, the honesty and patriotism of the country,
to that candidate, and achieve a victory overthe
countries enemies at home, assignal as those al
ready won by American arms abroad.
Whoever this candidate may be, Polk, or
Cass, or Dallas, or Buchanan for President,with
Twiggs or Quitman for Vice President, we shall
triumph, the country will triumph, and its honor
he sustained.
But let us retort a question. If the Chroni
cle and its party are opposed to the war, and ad
here to Whig principles, vvhy don’t it and they
go for the great “embodiment” Mr. Clay ?
“ Can any better reason be given for the prompt
repudiation of Mr. Clay by his party, than the
fact” that this “ imbecile ” Mr. Polk has com
pletely annihilated Whig principles, and in com
pelling that party to abandon the great exemplar
of its principles, has wrung from them the
confession that they are beaten on every issue
before the people. So hopelessly beaten, indeed,
that the f arty is forced to take up for their can
didate, a military creation of this “damnable
Polk war,” of this “unconstitutional and unnect *.
sary” contest—to take a man, who hut for this
imbecile Mr. Folk, would this day have been a
Colonel of Infantry, unknown to fame, and un
dreamed of by Whig war-haters as their candidate.
As poor a creature as the Whig press affect to
believe the President to be, he is the architect of
Gen. Taylor’s fame and fortunes. And now the
successful soldier of an unholy war, covered
with the blood and dust of battle, is the candi
date of the peace party, to be rewarded for his
inhumanities and butcheries, while the Presi
dent, who sent him to those fields of fight, is to
be consigned to disgraceful infamy. Was there
ever such a burlesque on the decencies of com
mon sense, reason end consistency ?
Washington*—Extract from a letter to the edi
tor from a gentleman in Washington. “One thing
I will here say, however, that the whigs will de
feat the len Regiment hill and probably adopt
every indirect measure to force the President into
an inglorious peace. Treason is becoming bold
and impudent. What the people will say is anoth
er thing. It is understood that the whig mem
bers had a caucus on Wednesday evening and de
termined to ho:d a National Convention at Phila
delphia early in June. Here the star of Clay is
in the ascendant, whether the whig delegates for
the South and West in favor of Taylor may not
prove too strong for Clay in the north is a ques
tion.
Northern Annexation. —ln an article on
the recent Canadian elections, the Tornto Col
onist, a ministerial paper, says.
The manifesto used among the electors of tha
Lower Canadian constituencies, but re|xidiated
by its godfathers in Upper Canada, proves clear
ly enough, and makes it sufficiently palpable to
the dullest mental vision, that tb9 battle is no
longer between British Connexion and Democ
racy—possioly Annexation.
Well, we of the South, unlike our Northern
brethren when the territory to be annexed is
Southern, shall not sav nay. We go in for ex
tending the area of freedom Noith and South,
East and West,
Correspondence o t the Times,
No. 74.
Washington Citt, Jan. 30, 1848.
On Monday last we had speeches from Messrs.
Barrow, Featherston, aad Dixon, of the House,
nominally, on the reference of the Veto Ales
| sage, and in the Senate, Mr. Baldwin, of Conn.,
| preached to a “ beggarly account of empty
! benches,” upon the snbject of ihe National Fi
j nances—the Ten Regiment Bill being under con
sideration. The day’s legislation afforded a cap
ital illustration of the want of unison in Whig
councils. While Baldwin was maintaining that
we could not and should not obtain an inch of
i
Mexican territory, because neither that Govern
ment nor any other under the suu had a right to
alienate a square foot of its public lands by trea
ty, Barrow, in the other House, was contending,
vehemently, that though we should not dream of
despoiling Mexico by way of indemnity, it was
the duty of this Government to obtain from her
by purchase, such portions of her public lands
as wc might want. This discrepancy in the
views of these gentlemen, was decidedly the fea
ture of the day’s legislation.
On Monday night our friends cf Congress de
cided to recommend the assembling of the Dem
ocratic National Convention at Baltimore, on the
fourth Monday in Alay next—the usual time and
place. This action settles the question. In or
der to afford more time to harmonize the trouble
in New York, it was proposed to delay the time
until July. This was voted down, it being the
impression that we can easily spare New York.
On Tuesday the Senate suspended their rules
and passed, through all its stages, a bill appro
priating one hundred thousand dollars for provi
ding an army hospital and additional barracks at
New Orleans. This should be a matter of con
gratulation with ail who have friends in the ser
vice with Mexico. The seeds of death have
been taken in by many of our brave countrymen
on their way to the army at that point, where the
troops are at times delayed for want of transpor
tation for weeks.
In the courseoftheday’s proceedings on Tues
day, in reply to questions put by Air. Crittenden,
Gen. Cass as Chairman of the Senate’s committee
ou Alilitary Affairs, stated that Gen. Scott had
been relieved from the command,while the Court
of Inquiry, in which he is a party, may be sit
ting. He brought charges against Pillow and
Duncan, and demanded a Court upon them, and
Worth brings charges against him. His charges
against Pillow and Duncan, and Worth’s against
him are to be investigated. On'examination, it
was probably concluded that his arrest of Worth
without bringing charges against him, will hardly
“hold water.” So W. was released from arrest.
Gen. Butler will be temporarily in command.—
The opposition are already making a great hub
bub against this relief of Scott from the com
mand for the time being. They hope to make
lots of political capital for Federalism out of it.
Tn thus essaying to use it, tney forget that the or
der is but in accordance with the request of Scott
himself, for the Court, before which he could not
officiate, as the prosecuting witness, without de
voting to it all his time while in session. It is
hoped by some to make capital for Taylor out of
it, and by others for. Clay. That is, to arouse
general sympathy to operate for the benefit of
one or the other of these aspirants for the Presi
dency. In the end, these parties will find they
merely mar their own plans, for their efforts will
be likely to concentrate on Gen. Scott, the favor
of the large body of Wbigs in Congress, who
take advantage of the war or military
fever in the approaching canvass, while they will
not touch Gen. Taylor with a twenty foot pole,
lest they may Tyicrize themselves.
* * * *
On Wednesday in the Senate, we had a pow
erful war speech from Gen. Dix, in which he ad
vocated the propriety of taking territorial indem
nity*-not only as our right, but on enlarged and
statesman-like grounds. The no longer to be
doubted desire of Kngland and France to obtain
a foothold in Mexico and Central America, form
ed in his estimation, a strong reason why wc
should not relax our efforts to thus obtain what
is now our right, from the enemy.
In the House, Mr. Palfrey of Alass., delivered
the first speech, the Veto Message being still un
der debate. You will recollect that he, for a
long time, sat on the tripod of the North Amer
ican Review. He is therefore a scholar of no
mean pretensions. His effort was in fact an es
say written in exceedingly smooth and well
rounded and carefully poised periods, in reply
to the positions of Clingmau’s speech, the first
set speech of the session. He at least demon
strated the foily of C.’s attempt to stop half way
after having, in effect, admitted most of the ax
ioms of Federalism—as to the rights ofthe Gen
eral Government to take action upon Domestic
Institutions in States, or United States Territo
ries. In theory, he is with Giddings, though his
aspersions on the South were poured forth in the
language and with the manner of a modest and
polished gentleman. Henley, of Indiana, “the
koon skinner,” as he is called here and at home,
followed P. His every sentence, I may write,
embraced a decided point against the Federal
ists. He, too, paid his respects, particularly to
Tompkins, from whom he peeled his skin polit
ical—Bedinger, on theday before having divested
that gentleman of ihe lion’s skin, in which he
had disguised his true, intellectual, oratorical,
and political proportions. It was fun, indeed,
to listen to Henley’s comparison between the
evident delight with which Tompkins, in com
mon with all the rest of the Southern Federal
members, had listened to the Abolition essay of
Palfrey, full of stabs at and slanders on their
constituents, because, forsooth, it embraced an
attack on the National Administration, with ex
tracts lrom T.’s stump efforts urging his election,
rather than that of his opponent, on the ground
that his ta’ents would the bel ter enable him to
defend the South from just such Abolition as
saults !!
“ *
Henley’s description of the Federal or oppo
sition party as now constituted, was one of the
richest things of the session. He displayed them
marshaled, the .first division under Gen. Duff
Green, Tylerites, of course—next, the any-bo
dy’s-men-that-paid-best, under Major General
James Gordon Bennett—then came the war and
pro-territory Whigs, under Col. James Watson
Webb, whose band was playing Hail Columbia,
the rear guard being composed of the unjust,
unrighteous, unnecessary, unconstitutional, and
damnabJe-men, under Gens. Winthropand Web
ster, whose band he pictured playing “ Hark
from the tombs.” All under the supreme com
mand of Lt. Gen. Calhoun.
* * * * *
Mr. Davis, of La., on Thursday brought for
ward a measure of much public importance
This was a bill (Or resolution upon which to base
a bill,) to revive the pre-emption clause of the
Distribution Act. the fifth section of which pro
vides for the suspension of its operation during
the existence of hostilities on our part. The
United States Court for Louisiana, has recently
decided that the pre-emption clause is now sus
pended with the balance of the law, which has
created great confusion among the settlers on
our public lands ; invalidating, as it does, every
pre-emption patent issued since the commence
ment of the war. The resolution of Senator
Downs includes the legalization of all such in
validated titles. The Senate suspended its rules
and promptly referred the subject to the Commit
tee on Public Lands, which will, it is to be pre
sumed, as promptly report the bill for the pro
tection of the settlers, Bf contemplated.
Col. Beaton’* late experience with Court-Mar-1
tials induced him, on Friday, to bring foiward
in the Senate a project of a Jaw to compel such
Courts to present to the revising power rejected
evidence in the form of an appendix. This
movement is also of importance, as out oi the
occurrences of this war there must spring many
military trials.
On Thursday, in the House, we had first an
anti-war speech from Thompson, of la., one of
the ablest debaters on the Federal side. He
was followed by perhaps out strongest debater—
Rhett. You will perceive from the speech of
Mr. Rhett, that (as I wrote you some time since)
lie stands upon the war question with the Democ- !
racy—not with his former leader. He is, indeed,
by long odds, the abicst debater in the House
since the death of poor Dromgoole, who, in his
| day, had no equal. A more complete exposure
of the subterfuge of the opposition, that they re
frain from impeaching the President only because
the Senate is Democratic, could not have been
denied by our friends. It will be long before
they recover from the effect of his effort.
There appears to be no telling what the Fed
eral members concluded upon on Thursday night
in caucus. They certainly met to determine
whether or not to hold a Convention, and if to
hold it, then to select the time and place. There
are any quantity of rumors bearing on this action
then and there, in none of which do I place con
fidence, save in that declaring that they did just
nothing; too many of the friends of Gen. Tay
lor having purposely absented themselves to
justify the “ unjust, unconstitutional, unneces
sary, unrighteous and damnable ” men, in taking
definite action. There is no telling how long
the former will thus play off. Circumstances,
however, are rapidly conspiring to open their
eyes to the fact that the stories of Gen. Taylor’s
strength are mere matters of moon-shine. Gen.
Duff Green and Mr. Calhoun being about all the
nominal Democrats even, he is likely to carry
off, if running. When they realize that not one
Democrat in a thousand is to be gammoned out
of the maintainance of his principles and self
respect in the approaching canvass, they will
conclude with Greeley and the Massachusetts
and Ohio Whigs, that it will never do to surren
der their principles, one and all, for the hope
of once again Tylerizing themselves and the
country.
The gallant Harry is to address the Supreme
Court on Monday next, and 1 do not anticipate a
very remarkable speech from him, because his
soul is absorbed by the very different trial for
which he is preparing. His case is emphatically
that before the National Federal Convention, to
be held so soon as he manages to thoroughly bang
Taylorism out of the Kingdom of Koondom.
I do not believe that there is a tremendous row
between Mr. Trist and the State Department, as
stated by many writers for the press from this ci
ty. As the Un ; on remarks, he has been out of
the Dipiomrtic employment of the Government
for some time. 1 see no reason to doubt, how
ever, that he has lately made unofficial commu
nications to the Government upon the subject of
the disposition of Mexico or prominent Mexicans
for peace. Though such informatian may not
afford sufficient ground to justify the Adminis
tration iu relaxing its efforts “to conquer a
peace,” it is doubtless carefully scanning all that
Mr. Trist and a hundred others may be writing
on the subject.
Sensible people here have entertained no fears
that Senator Reverdy Johnson and Robert J.
Brent, Ksq., of Baltimore, were about to make
“judies” of themselves by fighting a duel over
their late quarrel about a law case, in which they
were opposing advocates. They are both men
of too much mvnd and character to carry matters
to such an extreme. The subject has been com
mented on in the newspapers for some days past,
and 1 have therefore no hesitation in writing of it.
According to the Tavlorites, the Federal cau
cus of Thursday night last ballotted for a Presi
dential candidate, and i avlor received a majority
jon tne first pop ; the balance being divided be*
I tween Ciay, McLane, Webster and Scott. This’
t
I take it, is all gammon, for they were in caucus
again last night, which would have been unne
cessary after such a result. LOWNDES.
Washington City,)
Jan. 28, 1848. 5
Dear Sir Asa matter of interest to many
of my constituents, I beg you to publish the en
closed letter from the head ol the Engineer De
partment. Respectfully, &c,
ALFRED IVERSON.
Ediior of the Times.
Engineer Department,)
Jail. 27, 1848. 5
Sir: Your letter of the 24th inst., to the Sec
retary of War, has been this .lay referred to
this Department, and in reply, I have the honor
to inform you that the 2d Congressional District
of Georgia will not be entitled to another Cadet
appointment before 1851, unless Cadet Ko icho
gey of that district shall leave West Point be
fore graduating. Very respectfully, your obedi
ent servant, JOSEPH G. TOTTEN,
Col. and Chief Engineer.
Hon. Alfred Iverson,
. House of Representatives.
FOR THE TIMES.
Cnthliert, February 2d, 1848.
Mr. Editor: I have just time to wri'e you
by this mail that a most bloody and at ocious
inuider was perpetrated in this county on last
Saturday night,upon the bod'es of a Mr. Edmond
Bolton, and Thomas P. Trotter, negro specula
tors from North Carolina. These unfortunate
men were murdered by their negroes, recently on
a visit to this State, and in this county. They
have sold all of their negroes but three, two men
and a boy. about thirteen years old. On Sat
urday night, alter Messrs. Bolton and Trotter
had retired to their tents, the two negro men pre
pared themselves each with a sharp razor and
an axe, went to where they were sleeping and
cut their throats first with their razors and then
almost severed with their axes their heads from
their bodies.
After having killed their owners.they attempted
to kill the boy,who dodged their blow; they spared
the boy, however, who cried out not to kill him.
After this thev took the dead bodies from where
the deed was committed, (which was near the
Court Ground in the Bth District,) and carried
them to thePa'aula Creek, and threw them into
the water from the bridge, and fled with the wag
on and horses. The neighbors discovered the
signs of the murder early on Sunday,made search
and found the bodies in the creek. The negroes
were then pursued and overtaken near Pineville,
in Marion county.
The two m n fully confessed, acquitting the
bov, and deny ing the participation of any one el e
in their crine.
These men were from Purson county, North
Carolina, and regarded as clever men. The ne
groes will be lodged in jail to await their trials,
conviction and execution, all of which must
and will follow in close succession.
Very respectfully,
W. T.
*
A Gentle Hist. —A profound observer of
men and things, makesthe following remark in
the Louisville Courier, to the truth of which we
give our unreserved assent : — “For one country
dealer who consults the sign over the doors of
places of business, one hundred obtain directions
to trading houses from newspaper advertise
ments.”
Whilst Congress 6eem* to be disposed either •
refuse the supplies*or delay the appropriations to
the remotest possible period, the different branch
es of the Government are vieing with each other
in the discharge of their respective duties.—
Washington Letter Writer ,
LATE FROM MEXICO.
By the steamship Edith Coutiilard, which left
Yera Cruz on the 20th inst., we have papers and
letters to the day of her sailing from Vera Cruz,
and letters from Mustang, from the City o! Mex
ico, to the 13th inst. We are unable to give a
third of the It-iters brought us by the Edith.
A train arrived on the 18th inst. at Vera Cruz,
! from the CiU ot Mexico, under command of Capt.
! Chase and Lieut. Whitcomb. They left the City
on the 3d Hist. The Government train was to
: leave the-Ciiy in the 6th inst., but it was thought
; that it could not do so until the 9th. They met
i Col. Dominguez's Spy Company at Amazuca,
j near Puebla. This company had had an engnge
: meut, in which he lost some fourteen;killed about
! one hundred of the enemy, and took Gen. Torre
-1 joti and two Colonels prisoners.
Gen. Marshall was met at Pcrote, which place
he left on the 11th inst. Col. M lesand his train
were going in Perote on the 12th.
When Capt. Chase was three days from Mex
ico one of his men, who had been left behind,
ioinrd him, and teported that a great quantity of
I wagons were in the Plaza, and that they were to
accompany an expedition which was to be sent
against Queretaro.
The train which arrived at Yera Cruz on the
ISth was a private train, and Lient. Whitcomb
furnished the foregoing information.
There was a rumor at Tampico, on the 19th
that Gaudalajara had pronounced in favor of San
ta Anna and the Dictatorship. find this in
a private letter which we are indebted to an obli
ging friend.
Col. Hughes. Governor of Jaiapa, bad prohib
ited eeitain “Mexican gentlemen” from assemb
ling in from of the hotel calied “Posada de Dih
gencias,” where they have been in the habit of
insulting ladies passing by.
The D<l th experienced strong north easterly
winds during her whole passage, and was detain
ed by the fog two days.
The Edith brought the bodies of the following
deceased officers—also, forty sick and discharged
soldit s two of whom died on the passage.
Bvt. Col. J. S. Mclntoch, Capt. Whipple,
l. W. S. Burnt 11 and Smith, sth Inf.; Capt.
S. B. Thornton, 2d Drags.; Capt. G. Ilanson,
7th Inf.; Capt. Capron; Capt Burke; Capt. Me
Kenzic, 2d Art.; M. E. Merrill, 3d Inf.; Capt.
E. K. Smith, Ist Inf.; Capt. J. W. A. ls-t I.icuts.
C. B. Danir s, Win. Armstrong. 2d Art.; Lieut.
Johnson ; Lieut. J. F. Irons; Lieut. Hoffman :
Lieut. J. D. Bacon, 6th Inf.; Lieut. J. J. Bur
hank, Bth Inf.; Lieut. Sidney Smith, 4th Inf.;
Lieut. E. B. Strong ; J. F. Fairy, G. W. Ayeres,
3d Art.; T. Cosley.
The following persons came as passengers:
Lieuts. A.S. Way and Iverson, Ga. Bat.; Jos.
Johns, R. Smith, Capt. J. Loyall.
Letters from “Mustang.”
City of Mexico, January 12, 1848.
Eds. Delta —The train which was to have left
there for Vera Cruz to morrow, will not star un
til the next day or the day alter. It was inten
ded to have been escorted by the 2d Dragoons,
ut I understand that an addition of four compa
nies and a light battery will be added to it. By
the following order you will see a list of the offi
cers accompanying it returning it returning to
the United States. Nearly all ofthem have done
their country good service, and have highly dis
tinguished themselvei in the battles of the valley
of Mexico. May they meet a warm leception
b ona their friends in the United States.
Headquarters of the Army,7
Mexico, January 11, 1848. >
General Orders —Nc>. 14.—The following named
officers, sick, wounded, or reported supernumer
ary in compliance with General O.dcis Nr, 382,
of the last year, will proceed to their respective
hemes, aid on arriving at New Orleans, report,
by letter, to the Adjutant General’s Office, Wash
ington, for (if able) the recruiting service:
1. —Major E. V. Summer, 2d Dragoons.
2. —Major C. A. Waite, 8:h Infantry.
3. —C-plain W. J. Hardee, 2d Dragoons.
4.
5.
o. Ist Lieut C. J. Emery, Mass. Regiment.
7. Ist Lieut. J. Ward Henry, N. Y. Voun
teers.
—2d I.ienf. H. F. Clarke, 2d Artillery.
9.—2d Lieut. W. C. Waglcy, 3d Dragoons
10. —2d Lieut. P. A. Farrelly, sth Infantry.
11. —2d Lieut. H. B. Clitz, 8d Infantry.
12. — 2d Lieut. Geo. Wainvvright, Bth Infantry.
13. 2d Lieut. J. G. Fitzgerald, 14th Infantry
14. —2d Lieut. L. W. Templeton, 15th Infant
ry.
15. 2d Lieut. J. E. Slaughter, Voltiguers.
16. —Capt. J. R. Smith, 2d Infantry.
By command ol Major General Scott:
H. L. SCOTT, A. A. A. G.
To day the funeral of Capt. Irwin took plack.
He was followed to the grave by a long line of
mourning friends. The Rifle Regiment paid the
military honors to his remains, but it w as no one
corps that grieved at his death when he died, the
army wept.
By the following order Maj. J. L. Gardner has
been appointed “Superintenden ol the direct arid
indirect taxes to be levied lor trie support of the
army, on that porton of Mexico called the Fed
eral District
HeiDariiiTEiis of tiif. Army, )
Mexico,Jan. 11, 1848. 5
General Orders —No. 15.—Maj. J. L. Gard
ner, of the U. S. 4>h Art, is appointed Superin
tendent of ilirect an indirect assessments to be
levied for the support of this army f r the part oi
the Republic of Mexico calied the Federal Dis
trict. He will accordingly open an office in the
Natioonal Palace and enter upon the duties as
signed him.
He will ascertain the amount of assessments
as they may, from time to time, tall due; make
demands for their regular payment, and when
ready, report the same to General Headquarters
in order that disbursing officers may be named t<>
receive and give acquittance for the same. Ac
quittance will be attested and registered by the
Superintendent, who will also transmit to the
proper accountant at Washington, documents
charging the disbursing officers with the amounts
received by them respectively.
By command of Major General Scctt:
H. L. SCOTT, A. A. A. G.
A Mexican officer has been detected iu endeav
oring to induce the soldie sto desert. A milita
ry commission of which Gen. Smith is President
and R. P. Hammond, Judge Advocate, is now
in session trying him for the offo|)cc. If he is
found guilty, as I expect he will, be he will either
be shot or hung.
By the or Jer of Gen. Scott, Capt. A. C. My
ers has been assigned to the Chief of the Quar
termaster’s Department. From what we know
of his capacity, we have no doubt bu that he
will discharge the duties to the interest of the
Government and with credit to himself.
The improper conduct ot some of the officers
of the late Mexican army, has rendered the fol
lowing order from Gen. Smith necessary. H
these gentlemen do not walk up to the “ chalk
mark' ’ very suddenly, we will soon have some
thing to interest the attention of newsj>aper cor
respondents. Quien sabe.
Office Civil and Military Governor,)
National Palace, Mexico, January 11, 1848. 5
It is ordered that all officers of the Mexican
Army, all retired officers, asalso those of the corps
of National Guards, including certain regiments
known as those of Independence, Bravo, Victo
ria, Hidalgo, Galeana, Mina, and the corps of
Zapadore-, who nmy now be in the city of Mex
ico, noton parole, shall present themselves at the
oflic. of the Inspector General of the American
Army, between the hours of 10 a. m. and 3 p.
m. on the 12ih, 13th, or 14th inst.
It is also ordered that all officers of the Mexi
can Army and ot the above named corps, who
may hereafter arrive in the city, shall report them
selves of the aforesaid office within twenty four
hours after reaching the city.
This order is rendered necessary by the highly
improper conduct of certain officers of the Mexi
can Army, known to be in the city—and any
failure to comply with it will subject the offender
to the most rigorous punishment known to the
laws of war.
R. P. HAMMOND, Scc’y.
Since the organization of the new military pol
ice, an important and creditable change is visible
in the order and the peace ot the city.
• Gen. Cadwaiader has arrived at Toluca, The
following letter from a friend wiil give you an
account of the march, and their arrival at their
arrival at their place of destination :
Toluca, January, 1848.
My Dear Mustang — l j.rom'scJ to tell you
what kind of conntry We traversed in reaching
this place. Hearing that the diligence is robbed
every day, I have waited some other opportunity
of writing, and now hear that the Dragoons leave
tor Mexico in a tew moments, which gives mo
little timp.
After quitting Tacubaya, our road began to a*,
cend, the country continuing sterile and volcan
ic, like that around Contreras. Towards sunset
we reached a hacienda, or inn, and encamped •
the night closing upon us bitterly cold. The In
fantry encamped mostly mound the brow of.
biff edjacent, and fi-w pleasrnt dreams, I ween
did the cold wind permit to them. Early on the
7th, we started again, the earth white with frost
and icicles hanging from the rocks; the road it
possible, harder and more finished than yester
day. and ascending always. Arriving at th.
highest point of the mountain ridge, wc saw .
number ofcrosser together, and were told that
they commemorated ad. s P er a ?e conflict that
came off here some thirty years ago between the
Spaniards and Mexicans. The first were attac
ked in position by the latter, and gained the day.
One cross fastened into the solid rock maiks the
grave of the Maxican General.
At this point opened upon us one of the fines*
views I ever saw—the valley of Toluca, Stretch
ed out in front and on cither side it lay, stud
ded with villages and hreiendas, and just enough
vvateroe to g.ve variety, while far away rose the
snowy summit of Nevado be Toluca, with its
wide crater. I thought to myself, had Tom
Moore seen this, lie had ce jtainlv w fit ted the
‘ Sweet Va|c of” Toluca, instead of that other.
I he roail now descended regularly, and we
enme upon Lerma, a small dirty village, every
house filled with childrcd, gaping women, and
surmounted by a white flag—the only <lean thing
about the premises, and that prepaid, no doubt
just for this occasion only.
Before getting to Lerma, however, wc passed
a small bridged steam, the passage of which was
defendedlby a sandbag tort, and the hills adja
cent were also crowned by works—all made
wIMe we lay at Pueqla and abandoned on the
tall of the cap.ta,. It is said that the fort at the
the bridge was carried by u Dutch Man, ;’ cer
tainly she was first there. *
Capt. Thon so i took his squadron on to Tolu
ca this afternoon, in company with the alcalde,
who had cotne out to meet the General.
At sunrise on the next day. (Bth,) we started
for J oluca, some ten miles distant, marching
for some short distance on the edge of a marsh,
where we perceived abun h n e of w; turfowl'.n I
promised ourselves some good sport anon. The
country on either side became more and more
fertile ; a superior cultivation to any we had seen
to Mexico, obtained ; fine haciendas, with Amer
ican-looking farm-yards and granaries; abun
ance ot cattle, &c., &c.—all proclaiming a de
cidedly improved estate of society.
VVe reached 1 oluca afterafiw hours’march,
and, as usual, were surrounded by a dense mass
of wondering lieings, and took our quarters—
the soldiers iu convents, &e., and many of the
officers by billet. I have never seen a more pa
cific looking people in all our progress, notwith
standing the preaching of Father Jaruuta, who
was lately here. Some thousand troops, it is
said, lelt here on our approach, w ith the Govern
ment, for Morelia.
r J his town is capable of holding from 10,000
? ° 12,00 people, but at present has not so many.
It is prettily built, is very clean, and is supplied
with good water by an aquedurt. Nor have wo
felt the degree ol cold for which it has a reputa
tion.
Yesterday the 11th Infantry were ordered to
retrace their steps as far Lerma, and otcuy that
place. Rumor says that the convent in which
they were quartered suffered a few in the way
of gold vessels, and the General thought it pru
dent to quarter the regiment wbire gold and sil
ver are apparently unknown.
There are no pretty women here !! ! Whe
ther the good friars are looking after their mor
als, I cannot toil.
Farewell. I have not time to write more at
present.
Col. Dominguez, of the Native Spy Company,
or Contra-Guerriilaf, arrived yes o.day, with a
letter mail trom Veia Cruz. On his way up,
he made haul among the Guerrii a., infesting tho
road. The foiiowii g account ut it, from the
Star of this uis ruing, is tiie correct ieport. Dr.
Kenney also comes up with the escort, as hearer
ol despatches from Washington to General
Scott.
A little towards the left of Santa Fa, Col.
Dominguez ascertained that there were tome fil
ly or sixty Guerrillas, under Col. Ze iobia, hov
ering in the vicinity, lie charged upon them,
and they dispersed without firing a gun. On
the 6th, on the plains of Salao, between Ojo do
Agua and Nopalucan, the proprietors of the ha
ciendas of St. Gertrude, SantaCiara, dec. reques
ted aid oi Col. Dominguez in their efforts to lib
erate themselves from the robberies of Torrrjon
and his party, composed of 150 cavalry and two
American deserters. The Colonel, with his es
cort of 70 men, charged upon them, and, after a
slight brush, put them completely to rout, t k
iogGen. Torrejon, Gcr. Minon, Gen. Gauna
and live other officers, prisoners, 50 Mexican
cavalry, and the two American re citers. Theso
were all placed at the disposal of Col. Childs at
Puebla. It appears that Torrejon, when captu
red, was about proceeding to San Andres, to join
the forces in that place, and march thence to
Grizaoa. Pursuing his course towards the city,
the Colonel, upon entering the Pinal, perceived
a party ol Guerrillas on both sides of the road,
but was not attacked; the 10th—that is tho
day before yesterday—near the V'enta de Chal
eo, Padre Jarauta was seen with some 200 Guer
rillas.
A few days since, Gen. Lane went out some
six or eight miles trom the city, when a Guerril
la party endeavored to pay their respects to him,
butthey “could’nt come it, quite.” Several o
tiier parties hive l>een seen >n this vicinity late
ly, and Padre Jarauta is known to be about.
Cos!. Jack Hays and his command have been out
two days, and have not yet retuincd. His at
t ntion is especially directed to the veneiahl prit l.
Wo te to him it Jack strolls across him.
A conspiracy has been set on foot, in Pue
bla, to assassinate the Mexican Governor of the
State of Puebla, Don Raphael Izunsa, by Gen.
Rea and some of his worthy associates. Their
letters were intercepted by Col. Childs, from
which it appears that their first object was to
get Gov. Izunsa out of the way, by assassination,
and then murder some of the peaceably disposed
inhabitants of Puebla, seize the reins of govern
nrnent, and proclaim Rea dictator. Gov. Izun
sa is known to be a strong advocate of p>cace.
The project, nipped in the bud, has caused the
following proclamation to be issued by Col.
Childs, the American Civil Governor and Mili
tary Commandant of that Department:
Headquarters Dep’t of Puebla,)
Puebla, Jan. 5, 1848. $
Proclamation. —Whereas, a diabolical and
bloody correspondence has been detected be
tween Don Manuel Perez, and other (as yel un
known) citizens of Puebla, with a person called
Gen. Rea, a guerrilla chief, in which the said
Perez and his confederates recommend the assas
sination of the person who styles himself the Gov
ernor of the State of Puebla, as well as many of
the peaceably disposed citizens, in order to “strike
terror into the whole community,” and then
for the said Rea to pronounce against the State
and General Gevernmcnt, and declare himself
Dictator': this is to give notice to the inhabitant*
ot the city ot Puebla, that so long as the troo| a
of the United States of North America shall hold
military possession of the city, any Mexican, Jr
other person not owing allegiance to the United
States, corresponding witL known guerrilleros,
or with any organized military body, in arms n
gainst the forces of the United States, will ba
considered iu the light of spies, and any attempt
to furnish such armed bodies with supplies of
any kind, will be deemed as a violation of good
faith, and persons thus detected, will be regar
ded t|6 in open hostility against the forces of the
United States, and treated accordingly. Citizen*
remaining in the city of Puebla during its mili
tary occupation by Ibe United States troops, en
joying protection of person and property, tacitly
acknowledge such militarv authority, and any
aid of theirs compromising their neutrality, is,
by the laws of war, severely punished.
THOMAS CHILDS, Col. IT. S. A..
Civil and Military Governor,
Citt of Mexico, Jan. 13. 1 8 4?*
Eds. Delia —- The city of Mexico is rife with