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FANCY DRY-GOODS.
BBOKAW ■% GLEDSMS,
Are bow receiving a desirable assortment of J
LADIES DRESS GOODS,;
coaaixliag of BflW.!, Jacouet, Or . audita, ami j
tteotch MxHa<,\reaa4io and Tin* my •'ilk.
Plain fiia* a Koniaru.. Fancy c .}
Barege. limhra'dert and Mu dins. Sup.- French |
and locotcb tl.njha ns t.ineu and -iIU do;
beet (Irena lines, Ac.
Top ether with a lot of MOURNING Silk am] |
worsted Biroges, Tissue Siiks. phiu and figured
French Lawns and Mu’!as, Dress lldkfs., Greua
diaeß, and Crape Shawls, fcc.
BROKaW A CLEMONS.
May 8. VMS 20— Ht
P.Wttlt’ t\l) I.EGIfOKV II IT?.
A Large lot, jiM rer< ired. by
BRORA W & CLEMONS.
May 9. 1343. 23—8 t
FUST BF,f EIVEII.
MNRENCH Ciiths and Uass’.ino.rs. Silk and
IT Satin; V**liiig': plain an! Ri *M Linen Dril
lisft; Silk Work: Italian .Cloth*: Cashinarctta,
Ax. Ac. BROKAW & CLEMONS.
May 9. ISIS 211 —fit
CHEAP DRY GOOD&
TIE SMrtl:*’rs nrs offrrin* tb'lr stofk of
3jE>ui\y jo aDLoa3 8
at VRRV LOW PRICES FOR C.VSIi —Consisting
ia part, of the usual assortment—Printed Muslins,
Silk Tisanes and Grenadines ; Jackonot's ; Gloves
aad llosirry—Bleacicd and Shirtings and Sheet
tag's from 3-4 to 12-4 widA t
Also,
A large stock of Fine and Extra Fine BROAD
CtOTH**, cam-im ;kt S, iUt.VPte KTi:,
LINEN DRILL*. Ac. Ac.
3.000 Yards of Light and Dark Prints, at Siew-
Tork Cost at’d 1.. ‘ ,* —from 6 to 11 cts. per yard j
far CASH. MYGATT &. HODGES.
M.t 9. 18t3 SO—ts
Furniture Dimity, purni
tare Calico, Mosquitoc Nct
tlar, 12-1,11-4, sn.l a 4 Sheotinis, Furniture Fringe,
Table Dmuxass, Cotton Diaper, Doilin, Table Covers,
Raackabnck Diaper, Bleached anil Brown Homes
pans, “Tort Sti/rt,” Ticking, Checks, Cottonaiies,
Striped Homespuns, Curtain Muslins; a full assojt
meat of Housekeeping Goods at
TERRY & GOULDINO’S.
May 2. 1343. • 19—ts
LADIL.S SISCIiS—AS.L EiIKDS,
At TERRY & GOULDINGS.
May 2, 1345. _____ 19—tf_
Vs f,t *e a- , r b• “>a f-. r-f
A l J-a A? V-£ YV. el- and
GEORGE A. NORIMS,
HiS aiisi rrciivi’ii ins tniiN* ftHrrlthsc cf
Spring anti summer goods, making a very
lars?o Stock, every variety of Fancy
•id Stip.e Dry (t.utla, please call ami see v our
prices and then decide w here the cheap goods are.
April 2a, 4e4S.
“ NlTtaV son
Jr<T rrreirel.a laige assort incut, for rli*bv
April 25 OBOROIi A KORRiS.
S< .w.nt uti i : .
JT'ST receiaed a largo Stu k of Fonnnea I.rg
hom IVdnland P. Leaf Hat* lor sale bv
April 25 GEORGE A NORRIS.
!"R. Vo!ins. O::-. ;!iams. Parregcc, I.atvns Ac.
are worthv of ail consideration.
April 25 GEORGE \. NORRIS.
CWMilfOlilL”
J. H. MERRY,
Ho. S, Warren's Arcade.
A fete doors abort the I\*! Qgice.
IS XOW RECEIVING \ FILL SUPPLY OF
HBADY-MASE OLOTIiII^S,
of erery tari, :y of style and sliiou—and made in
the lost manner.
A box—Cravats. Searie, Socks, Gloves. Suspenders
Hxxwery, Shirts ofeserv ceacnptio# ; HATS, CAi S,
Silk anil Cotton Umbrellas, Ac. Ac.
• The. Goods will ji.>sii'vely be sold at a very
SMtl.l I >:t : rr, for Cash.
Coiambus, May 2, 1813 19—3 m.
W. ,5c REBMRSBiBi,
trnrmnh ,-f V.- . / . A/e.)
HIS takru ILr Store Jv. a doors btitnv iS;i!l \
Moff, where he ivii] keep at ail times, a
well selected *U*ck of
SI APLFI I>liY iaOODiS,
AND
, GROCERIES.
BOOTS. SHOEHITS. ERV, 4r. Jcr.
Also, a .arce and weil telecud stock of
Negro Goods, B ankets, <N:c.
AH ofv liicb, I: -1 tv > .t t!;.’ bv <! possible prices.
He will also give ‘ !-■ -.1 ;.:.,e,!or COTT( N and
COI’XTRY PRO MCE.
II • hope* thutlne ol.: tr.e- and tVe public gen
ertFy, will cvl and examine tu* stock before pur
cnamag elsewhere.
Coierubxtx. November 23. I<l7. 4 s —tf
WOSIRUiT & WEITTEISEY,
I_| .HE jul rffiivul un adiliiioaai supply of
SFfilfiS AND SUAiMiiR cOOIS,
among u'.ncb can be. found Shawls, bonnets and
Bonnet 11 I i.os.. C i.gbams. M o-’inr. C all. oes, Sr.
W*. a iwl a..... i .nem of PA ra.xdl.x ano
II.IUN It . • of r. !■ h they will P'dl very
low for rash or approved credit.
W. & \Y. I.a\. f,--.-. pauerns of very fine llareg
oo, which they v. i! s.", Pi ice, ratii
r than keep t aover. I 11.;:..’ call ur.d see.
April 25. IS4S, Id—ts
K£W SPhiltu SBfilSltH
DltY“iiuOjii Aiiij tirtJiLIHS.
r PI!E kutifrfbm fc.iTin? jrs! r trrird from
A New-ko.k, aucld poiiu.% rail the aueution ol
the laoies t.. thru new xieck of French. F.ngliriiaad
AmrifJii I’r.nts. frcncl. Lvxvnx, Ginghaxx, Jl'eo
aett Moa is. (aiut.rxs, S.ss, Mull am! Book
Morn.! ns. b■ ‘fop !.y.’ n. Suaiv;s, Scars, Neck Ties,
Liaeat araf-:c H mi -ere s, j,, kinks of Hasten,
a spicadio as,minicrl o! fa.- ...unable bonnets and
Ribbons, and r.nncrout ctuor articles, wldch for
cheapness o.’ prxc, nod richness of sty le, caunot be
*arp-.s<eJ x thecilr. P.rase call, v.o vwH be glad
to • ou - Goods, xnd lltcn judge ‘or yourself.
We have a .u a g xu :*>orti?K'iity>t ltcadv IVladc .
.Clcthiac. mch as Coats, Vt. Pants, and anew
Htosuciai Liuru Uo -oni chins, Draaers,
all ot wf.ch we ob>r at very low prices, but to sat-
F.. & B. MF.NDHF.rM'S
hew-Yas. Pfy i,„n,j F:„ii pg Store, lour
doors i M.v,-: Te>rs. W .-.do s. M.ddlebrook’s Saddie
ry Seoru.
Apr.l 2>. I?C. l g —2m
GROCERY AND M’Allli
J. 11. BKOOKS
]S iw Fprsics lit hfs mr Storr on Wrst tidr
. bruad .ireet, thisfc dours Lelow Hiil, Dawson
A Cos., a
H ell St‘l<*<*trl A'foi-k ol Gooils,
to which be mv it s the attention of his friends, and
former rasiomers,
lie wwi aso ; vc liberal a.icea for CGXrOJVaod J
covxfkt PRODUCE.
fca’ X,i. —Those indebted to the late firm of J.
A J. BkhAs, are re;uesied to caiT and liquidate
*i*irccxaoii, which are in the hood* of the nader-
L J. B. JBBOOKS.
tVei'Ulbcr I*l7. I-If I
VOLUME VIII. |
MAY DAY CELEBRATION.
Pastoral, written for tlie May Day ceie
ticn ofnhe Muscogee Female Academy, by
Mrs. Caroline Lee Hkntz.
Is/. Maiden —Miss Jane Ware.
Herald maidens —’tis our duty,
To proclaim, the Queen of May,
Who, in youthful bloom and beauty
lleigns o’er this triumphant day.
2 d. Maiden —Miss A. Hoxey.
I.wtherc one, with voice dissenting
Mingle* not their vows with onrst
One, whose power our rites preventing,
Rules the genii of these bowers I
Flore —Mias Mary Wright.
Who are ye, presumptuous maidens,
That approach my hallowed bound ?
With my gems, your hands are laden,
My sweet flowers your brows surround.
By this wand of vernal splendor,
By this floral crown I wear,
Ye to me, your vows must render —
M.ne this bower-tii -se regions fair.
]*/. Maiden .
Gracious Goddess, ihy dominions
received a lovelier band.
Not of power, servile lmriioiw
But free of the land.
We, through ihy green realms are straying,
Wi£h our chosen, Queen of May.
2 d. Midden.
Let 113 here, our footsteps staying
Celebrate tldr joyous day.
Flora.
\ Toll me, whose the maid ye honor,
With this lofty rite divine ?
Born beneath our starry banner
Cau she be of royal line ?
2 d. Maiden.
No--within her veins is flowing,
Patriot blood as pure as thine
No imperial honors knowing,
Round her no vain pageants shine.
Claiming no ancestral glory,
She from aoblcr lineage springs,
Than is traced in British story —
Daughter of the Jvuig of Kings.
Flora. ‘
Say, sweet maiden is she gentle,
As the gale that fins us now ?
Modesty, with rosy mantle
Does it veil her beaming brow ?
If with pride her heart is swelling,
Rather let my flowers decay
Than adorn the regal dwelling,
Os your boasted Queen of May.
1 si. Maiden.
Then fair Flora, lut each blossom,
Loved by thee perennial bloom,
In (hat mild and modest bosom,
Gentle viitues find their homo.
Love, alone nn unbought treasure,
Uni sell her to this throne of flowers,
Love with sweet harmonious measure
Leads along the rosy hours —
2r/. Maklcn.
fee, this band of Sisters coming,
Wave towards them thy magic wand.
Flowers of youth more brightly blooming,
Than the gems of they fair band.
Let thy aewents,joyous blending,
With our own, our Queen approve—
Then, her flowery throne ascending-
Sire shall reign, in joy and love.
Flora.
Breathe her name, let zephyrs speeding
Bear it on their wings afar.
2t/. Maiden.
Charlotte—thus thy mandates heeding
I proclaim May’s reigning star.
Flora.
Charlotte, here with grace presiding
Wear this day thy vernal crown
Joy and peace attend thy bidding,
Till thy regal sun goes down.
Maidens ! let thy coronation
Hallow now this beauteous t ow er,
Peace be every hearts oblation
Offered this auspicious hour.
Ilolh Muidenn.
Thanks, moittsweei and gracious Flora.
Sister maidens guide your Queen
Rend your flgwery arc lies o’er her,
Lead her to yon arbor green.
Address of Ike Ist. Maid of honor.
To the Queen —Miss Ji lia Shot well.
Sweet is my task, Oh: May day Queen,
To crown that gentle brow of thine.
For feeling, consecrates ttic rite
And Friendship prompts the votive line.
Together, ir the joyous path
Os youth and hope our steps have trod
We’ve drank the same inspiring springs.
Together worshipped Nature’s God.
Mid wintry gloom with studious care,
The page ofc as. c love we’ve conned—
Our thoughts coulined in guardian walis
Scarce dimming of the world bey ond.
But now the voice of Nature speaks
Willi living music in our souls
And sings in union with the strain
Which in uuc chorus rounu us rolls.
While warbling birds and glowing flower
To heaven their song ad incense pay,
The heart chords of our being thrill
In concert with the grateful lay.
Oh! tlieic is devotion is the scene—
We celebrate the moon of flowers —
Those undiiunic I slars of Paradise,
Left in tins clouded world of ours.
We hai! them as our Maker’s smile
sweet tokens of a fairer world—
Pledges of love, such love as cist
llie rainbow dig of peace unfurled.
He, who the lily’s robe lias made
The glory ofa kiug transcend,
Will uotd.sdmn the bosom vows,
That here al Nature’s shrine ascend.
Then let no coiti and cynic eye,
Frown on our simple Alay clay rites—
I/sach there be, the fiowcrlc&d cave
Cold ii 6 themselves, iheirstcp invites.
But ve, whose smiling faces turn
Kind and approving on our ov, n. —
\Ye had vour presence, as a ray
Os sm.Hhaie, on tins vernai ti ronc.
Receive, dear Maid, thy virgin crown—
The grateful coronal of Spring l —
thorn its golden circlet lodes
lis leaves conceal no deadly sting.
Hail t our Queen ! our own loved Queen,
Queen of this happy, joyous da*. •
Quuert of the rosy montu of flowers
Queen of rejoicing, glorious M iy.
The Queen's rejdi, to the is! Mind of honor.
Miss Charlotte Pond.
Oh I vain arc words to breathe the tlioug..l‘s
To at my o'erflow ug heart oppress
So deep the debt ol gratitude,
1 fata W'ouiu iituile the uuru u less.
Aud jet as graceful is it laid
Upon this honored lirow of mine
1 would not lose the simplest flowers,
That round nn diadem cntwilie.
What Ia Queen ! a simple maid—
One of tins dear and youth.::: t;.;iii,
Exalted thus, enthroned and crow :.r , ?
Ah ! r l:s tome vision bright auu nn.
And yet, I see on every side
The same lamiliar lovely sm j.s.
That daily greet my morning glance,
And gild my studious even ng tons.
1 hear the rustling robes of Spring
Float on the gale —her baimy breath
Perfumes my regai bower, and fills
With sweetness each encircling wreath
!t is no dream—with grateful pride
1 own the blooming honor paid,
Whose memory shaii in fragrance live
’ Till low in dust this form is iaid.
Address cf the 2d Maid of honor to the
Queen on presenting the sceptre.
Miss Lovisa Ashcrst.
Hail once more, imperial maiden
Crowned, but yet ur.se.cptered Queen!
Well thy diadem becomes thee—
Giiltenngga.d and wreathing green.
But J bear another emblem
Ot the rovai right divine ;
In thy hand may it resembla
Peace and mercy’s oiiTe sign.
Far from thee, be cold dominion, —
Gertie maiden rule with love
Thunder clouds enfold the eagle)
In tiiei uo sky soars the dove.
Thrones are not all bed* of rosea,
N May thy own be tree from thorns—
Many a sad and aching bosom,
That the ermine robe adorns—
Thou has read of her, the martyr
Ofa kinsman's lawless pride—
Whq, in beauty's raorumg blossom
Oa the bloody scaffold died.
And of Iter, the beauteous Mary
Victim of a’ rival’s power.
Doomed in gloomy cell to Innanirti
t haiqs and death her royal dower.
(§|§fe (§jiw££®
But awav each dark remembrance —
No proud kinsman seals thy doom—
And no jealous Queen condemns thee,
Thus to waste thy life’s young bloom.
Flowers and garlands twine around the,
Smiles and sunbeams gild thy way —
Lova! lips w ith joy proclaim thee,
Our beloved Queen of May.
Lowly, now before thee bending,
I present this iairywaml—
May it prove, by thee accepted—
Friendships purest, holiest bond —
Oh ! loved Queen —thy crown and sceptre
Like a dream will pass away —
While the love, that gave the emblem
Blooms in an unwithering May.
(To be continued.)
MISCELLANY.
MA r. Y M A LONY,
THU IRINII CSIAMBKUMA2D ;
or;
WHAT DIB MRS. MONTAGUE'S MANTILLA COST?
BY HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT.
“ Well, it is a 0 vc of a mantilla, in
deed/’
“Yes, ma’am, it’s what I call truly de
cant ; there aint nothing like it in town. —
! But Mrs. Ans n has the best taste, we
’ think, of r.nv lady in the city,” replied the
i milliner’s piil, flippantly.
‘Well, I’m n t so sure about the jste.
The conception is very good, but that, I
fancy, is vnr Itladame Papillion’s. I
and: n’t alt; gather like the colors. This blue
velvet and• silver, and the chinchilla fur
| has but a poor effect. New, if I were going
■ to order one, I should say dark green vel
| vet, with real gr id bullion cords and real
sables.’
‘Oh, my!’ exclaimed the girl, clasping
her hands with a well-timed affectation of
surprise, ‘ that would be superb. This
is elegant, but that would be queenly! Do,
Mrs. Montagu, let me say one for you? —
You’ll quite eclipse Mrs. Ans< n then, and
it aint no pleasure working for Mrs. An
! s;n, anyhow, for she aint got no figure to
set anything < she aint. Do let me say
one for y; u, Mrs. Montagu.’
‘ Weft, I don’t know. I suppose they
erst a ■fortune. When could veu have it
done ?’
‘Tuesday to day is. Why, seeing it’s
y<>u, Mrs. Mcntagu, I think I could prom
ise it for Thursday. Iw< uld’nt undertake
it fi r an other lady in New York afore
Friday night or Saturday. Yes, to you I
could say Thursday afternoon. A for
tune! oh, la ! no, Mrs. Montagu? for the
elegance cf them, they’ll he the lowest
thing that l.as come out this season. And
we j uts them a lcotle lower, too, on ac
ccunt of our charging cash fir them al
ways, even to c ur Lost custtmers.’
‘Cash!’ exclaimed Mrs. Montagu, cast
ing up her beautiful black eyes. ‘Cash!
I never heard of such a tiling.’
‘On account of our having to purchase
the fur and lace and cords, you know,
ma’am. They are cash articles with us.’
* Y es, 1 see. Well, Emeline, what
would the price be, if I should conclude
to take one V .'*■
‘Why, Mrs. Montagu, the price of this
is a hundred; but if we was to make one,
as you mention, with real gold bullion
cords f.nd tassels, and .real sables, could’t
put it less than one hundred fifty any way.
But then it would be really iplendi;}.’
j ‘Do you really think so, or are you only
| wheedling, Emmy ? Are they indeed so
| becoming!’ and, as she spoke, she rose up
i from the softly cushioned divan on which
| she Lad been lounging, and casting the
rich fabric over her beautifully falling
shoulders, walked slowly lip to a large pier
glass which occupied the space between
the windows,shaded with curtains of rrse
colorerL gauze, and threw her really fine
figure into every voluptm us attitude that
can be imagined, to test the attractive qual
ities ofthe new mantilla.
‘ Oh, Mrs. Montagu, if you could only
see yourself, ma’am, -as I see you. I nev
er know half the elegance of that article
till this minute. But then you have got
such a figure ? Why, it was only the day
poor Mrs. Anson was orderin’ this, that
there was a young gentleman in our place,
with a lady, quite a handsome young gen
tleman, with a beautiful black moustache,
and they was a laughingat poor Mrs. An
s< n setting herself up like for a beauty,
and says the young gentleman, when she
was gone,‘lf she’d got Mrs. Montagu’s
form now, ther’d be some sense in it.’—
And then the lady as was with him she
did’nt look best pleased, I tell yon, ma’am,
and says she, ‘you’re always a ravin’
about that Mrs. Mcntagu. I don't see so
much mb; ut. her,’ says she. ‘Ladies
doesn’rmi stly,’ says he, kind of dry like ;
‘but she’s the mrst voluptuous lockin’dev
il in town. Sis, fi r all that.’ I ask your
pardon, ma’am, but just so he said it, upon
my honor. A Veil, ma’am, shall I say
Thursday afternoon V
fit, i suppi sc yi u in util, Ji.mii.ne,
said Mrs. Mt ntagu, for the anecdote had
due its work. ‘ Real bullion, remember,
and real sables!’
‘Ceitainly, ma’am, dark green velvet—
b. ttle-rreen, we call it—real sables and
real bulii n cords and tassels. By fur
< ’cl ck <n Thursday aftemwn you shall
Lave it. in time 1 1 walk out, if it should be
a line day, before dinner. But you’ll
picase remember it’s a cash article, Mrs.
\L ntniru.’
“ Y e'-.l’ll remember. Buthugh! I’m
afraid Mr. Montagu ’ll be dancing, if I go
on. at such a rate, hey, Emeline ?’
‘ 11—he—he!’ giggled the girl; ‘ you’ve
such sweet spirits, ?>irs. Montagu, it dees
ne good ta hear you go on. . But 1 must
lie a going, ma’am. Good day to you, and
thank you kindly, ma’am.’
A moment t r two after the pert milliner’s
.irl nod taken her departure, there came a
genteel knock at the door, and at Mrs.
M ntagu’s bidding there entered a girl as
different as can be ■conceived from her who
had just gong i ut.
•This was a fine specimen cfpure Celtic
flesh and blood as ever trod the mossy sod
of Green Erin. Tall and finely propor
tioned, not after the mould of the becorset
ted and belaced Ringletimas of the day,
but after the model of ihe Medician Venus,
with every rounded limb, and every out
line cf the ample and voluptuous torso,
swelling into the symmetrical and sweep
ing curves of the finest female beauty.
Her hair, black as the raven’s wing,
and glossy with a rich purple half metallic
gloss, was smoothed away from her low,
white, polished forehead, and collected in
to a heavy knot, low down at the back of
the head. Her eyes were of the deepest
blue, although hex strongly depicted brows
and long eyelashes were black as night.
. Her lips glowed like coral, and her
cheeks were flushed with the warm hues
of youth’and health; but the glimpse of
her neck and cheat wfech was afforded
by her high-sitting frock, was as white
statuary marble, aud so were her round
shapely arms, which were almost to the
shoulder.
It was a beautiful, calm, modest face, as
ever met the eye of man, and though it
could not fajl to be discovered to be of the
“THK UNION OF THE STATES AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.’*
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1848.
Milesian type of beauty, there \\*is not a
belle in the city, neither matron or maid,
who might not have envied the face and
form of the Irish chambermaid.
And in truth, oftentimes when Mrs.
Mcntagu, the belle des belles cf Manilat-.
tan, sat beffre her toilet table, she gazed
at the reflection of Mary’s soft, round,
plump arms in the mirror, as they moved
to and fro training her hair to flow in care
less ringlets, and compared them with her
own meagre wrist and angular elbows,
which needed all the aid of blende sedui
suntes and furbelowed kid gloves to render
them in the slightest degree presentable,
wjth a transient pang cf jealously and envy.
‘Ay you please, Mrs. Montagu, av 1
wouldn’t be a troubling you, I’d like to
say a word, av you please, ma’am,’ said
the girl, blushing with ingenuous embar
rassment, and twisting the corner of her
white frilled apron between her fingers.
‘Oh, no ! praj% you’re not troubling me
at all; say away what you’ve got to say,’
answered Mrs. Montagu, kindly, for Mary
was a favorite, and well she fnight be-so.
‘ What is it, Mary ?’
‘Av you plase, ma’am, you know, as
you’ll be so good as to remember, when 1
come to you goin for two years ago, ma’am,
I said av it wouldn’t be troubling the mas
ter, ma’am, I wouldnt be taking the wages,
month by month, at all, but I’d let them
stand till they’d got to be enough that I
could get my people out here, to be wid
cne’t more m this happy country.’
‘To be sure I remember,Mary. You’ve
not had a cent, i believe, since you’ve been
with us.’
‘ Carrin the prisint yourself made me at
Christmas last, your ladyship, and five dol
lars the master giv’ me when 1 found thim
pajiers he’d 1 st.’
‘ Oh! that’s nothin’ to do with it; but
about your wages?’
‘Weil, thin, I’ve been wid you now these
twenty months at nine dollars the month,
and that’s a hundred and eighty dollars it’s
got to be, ma’am. And the times is cruel
bad in the ould country, and the ould peo
ple that’s my father and my brothers, Mrs.
Montagu, they,re sadly poor, and sufferin’,
and the pratee crops has all failed agin,
they say, and the folks is dying everyday
by thousands and tins of thousands.’
‘ ‘ Yes, indeed, Mary. They are terrible
times, by what we lmar. The lust steamer
brought worse times than ever.’
‘Y is, ma’am. And the letter I’d be
getting, from Maurice Darby, lie’s my
mother’s sister’s husband’s son, Mrs. Mon
tagu, and he’s lived with the ould people
ever since ins own folks died, audit tould
me av ever 1 was a going to send out for
them, I’d better be doing it now, for if I
let it be till another saysen, they’d all be
starved and dead, and not able to profit by
my good intentions. And so, seeing
| there’s a steamer sails on Friday next for
| England, i thought, av it wouldn’t be giv
j in the master too much trouble, av he’d
| get me thirty pounds English money by
1 next Thursday, that’s a hundred and fifty
dollars, they tells me, ma’am, I’d be wri
ting them a letter and sending the money,
so they’d ail come out here right away, be
fore the winter dot s be setting in.’
‘ Surely, Mary, surely. 1 will speak to
Mr. Montagu when he comes to dinner,
and lie’ll be sure and let you have it, and
i’ll write the letter for yi u, Mary, if you
like,’ added the lady ; for though vain and
somewhat frivolous, and hall spoiled by
the absurd affectation of pseudo-aristocracy
which is invading some of our people like
*. pestilence, she was a kind-heartec and
j well meaning women in the main.
‘But how many of them are you going
Ito import, Mary ? You Irish are strange
people; we think here that it is the duty
of parents to support their children, but
you seern to change the thing and to sup
port your parents.’
‘Sure, and didn’t they support me,
when 1 was a weeny little lielpiess thing,
and wasn’t they good to me, when no one
else wouldn’t have put up with the trouble
of a little, fretched, maundhering baby,
and wouldn’t Ibe bad and cruel to them
if I didn’t take care of them, now they’re
old and wake and can’t help themselves,
and I in a good place, by the grace of God,
and aiming more nor 1 can spend any
way.’
‘ Well, you’re a good girl, Mary, and
I think all the more of you for it. But
how many are you going to get over ? you
did not answer me that yet.’
‘Three, mam, av v., u please—that’s
ray father, main, and ray mother, and the
boy, Maurice Derby.’
‘I should have thought the boy might
have,helped himself Mary.’
‘Sure, and hasn’t he helped himself,
Mrs. Montagu, and helped them too, and
wouldn’t they have starved av it hadn’t
been for his four quarters. He’s the best
boy in all Ireland, and the bravest is Mau
rice Derbv,’
‘Oil! i. see, I sec,’ said Mrs. Montagu,
laughing. ‘A love affair, hey ! I shall
be losing my good little chambermaid* cue
of these days. Well, run away, Mary,
and get my things ready for dinner, and
you shall have the money in good time,
never fear.,-
‘Thank you, mam,’ and away skipped
poor Mary, with a light heart and a face
radiant with quiet happiness,
Time passed, and the lord of the house,
a fat, got d-humered, well-to-do, kindly
locking merchant, returned home to dinner
with his handsome’wife, and all went mer
ry as a marriage hell, until the cloth was
withdrawn and the servants had retired,
and then—
! Montagu,’ said tlpe lady,‘Mary,
you knew, our good little Irish chamber
maid, has never a shilling of her wages
•in the two years —twenty months, at least
—that she lias lived with us. She has
saved it in urder to get her poor old par
ents cut here; is it not good of her?’
‘ Very good, very creditable to the Irish
it is, 1 must say. It’s a very common
thing with them,’
‘ Well, dear, ycu owe her a hundred
and eighty dollars; and she wants you to
let her have it on Thursday morning for
the steamer that sails on Friday next,’
‘Thursday, ah ? that’s unlucky, for I
have a monstrous large bill to meet that
day, thirty thousand and odd dollars for
duties. But I suppose she must have it.’
‘lndeed, indeed, she must,’ said Mrs.
Montagu, eagerly. ♦ Why, her people are
almost starving. Indeed, she must have
it. Why, she’s the best girl we ever had.
I would rather go without my dinner
every day for a week than disappoint her,’
‘I am glad you are so just, Ann,’ re
plied her husband; I hope you are so just
in all things. She shall have the money
cn Thursday, never fear.’
No more was said at the time, and the
days speedily passed over. Thursday ar
rived, and in the morning old Montagu
handed to his fair wife, before he left the
breakfast room, the hundred and fifty dol
lars for Mary, with a card, directing her
where to apply for a passage for her
friends.
‘1 will not trouble you for any more
money’ this morning,” said Mi?- Montagu,
“as you have so much to pay. But I
must have as much more to-morrow morn
ing for a mantilla ,for my milliner is a cash
no man, you knew.”
‘Y T ery well, Annie; I cannot give it to
you now, but I will bring it home this
evening.”
‘That will do just as well, thank you.
When does the steamer sail ?’
‘At twelve to-morrow.’
‘\ T ery well; and you’ll be sure to bring
me the money to-night ?”
‘ Certainly, Ann. You know I never
disappoint you.”
And without farther words he departed
for bis place of buisiness.
Mrs Montagu, bent upon her mantilla,
and knowing well that Madame Papillon
would put no trust even in princes—no,
not though they were merchant princes—
summoned Mary, and unburthened her
bosom to her, suggesting that the evening
would be abundant time to secure the pas
sage of l*er friends on the morrow.
The kind hearted girl agreed readily,
the letter was written in anticipation of the
money, the mantilla arrived and was duly
paid for, and put on, and Mrs. Montagu
swept down the sunny side of Broad
way, resplendent to the admiration of all
beholders, aqd the confusion of that poor,
vain Mrs. Anson.
But alas ! for the vanity of human ex
pectation. Heavy failures had occurred
during the day, Mr. Montagu was a hea
vy loser, and the payment of the one hun
dred and fifty dollars to his wife was nec
essarily delayed until Saturday,
Not daring to tell her husband what
she had done, Mrs. Montagu was in agony
till she could see Mary and make a clean
breast of it. .
She did so, and the good girl, though
disappointed, put a cheerful face on it.
‘ Sure, it was a bitter disappointment,’
she said,’ but we couldn’t have all we
wish here below. Three weeks vvould’t
make any. difference, any how; and, may
it please God, they’ll be here yet afore
winter.”
Mrs. M ntagu was touched—aye ! mov
ed deeply, by the girl’s good feeling, and
made good resolutions for the future, and
thus fur see kept them, that, on Saturday,
when her husband handed the money, it
was instantly given to Mary and was duly
remitted to Ireland.
And poor Mary, Malony was all hopes,
all happiness. And Mrs. Montagu was
well pleased too, for she had retrieved her
fault, and was resolute not to commit the
like again.
Days passed, and weeks and months—
and tidings came from Ireland by every
steamer, worse and worse, more fatal and
still the nacre Mary rejoiced that by her
foresight, ere this her friends were libera-’
ted from the great charnel house into
which famine and pestilence had convert
ed the once beautiful green island.
At length, one morning, Mrs. Montagu
was aroused from her s und slumber by a
succession of wild and piercing shrieks
from Mary’s chamber, and before she had
time to think what Could have occurred,
the coc k rushed into her room, crying Ma
ry Malony had got a letter and gone cra
zy*
In-an instaiff the truth burst nn Mrs.
Moutagu’s mind. She sprang cut of bed;
rushed to Mary’s bed room. It was too
true —the beautiful, gotd Irish girl was
a raving maniac, and on the floor lay a let
ter, signed by the priest of the parish.
Her holy gift had Come too late—her years
of toil were wasted—Mother, father, lover,
were festering in their recent graves, all
dead of actual starvation, when the too
tardy aid arrived. Three days before, and
it had been in time!
Three human lives, and one human
mind destroyed, were the cheap price of
Mrs. Montagu’s Mantilla!
noble: example.
We cannot forbear from laying before
our readers the patriotic remarks of Mr.
Harmegan of Indiana in the United States
Senate, on the subject of the infamous Hale’s
fanatical proposition, connected with the
subject of slavery. Mr. Hamiegan is a
Democrat from a non-slaveholding State,
but he boldly and eloquently stands by the
compromises oftheConstitution. The Uni
on says of his speech, that “it is character
ized bv*lofty principles of action, expressed
in the most striking language. It was ad
mirably delivered. The whole speech thril
led through the Senate and the large crowd
collected in the chamber. One of the most
distinguished speakers in the Senate pro
nounced it the most magnificent burst of el
oquence he had ever heard:”
Mr. Hannegan. No man in this Sen
ate can more sincerely regret than I do the
obtrusion of this most pernicious question
into this body to-day. It has fallen upon
us like a dark and withering simoon, as it
always does when it enters the halls of le
gislation. My views and principles upon
the subject have been expressed at differ
ent periods in both houses of Congress du
ring the last fifteen years. They are en
tirely unchanged, and will, I presume, be
carried by me unchanged to the grave.
I cannot fully coincide, in this instance,
with my friend from Illinois, with whom
on most occasions I am so happy to agree.
I can never admit as a fact here, that the
Senator from the New Hampshire, in agi
tating this question at this inopportune and
most inauspicious moment, whatever may
have been the course of cithers, has increas
ed the number of his supporters among the
enlightened people of this, country. Ido
not think that the course which he has pur
sued this day, has bec-n,in the slightest de
gree, calculated to advance his views—if he
have any, and I do not say that he has—
in relation to the Presidency. Neither do
I impeach the motives of the Hon. Senator
in bringing forward this bill thus inoppor
tunely. It is to be presumed that the bill
has had its origin in that highwrought state
of feeling with which he has embarked in
this cause, as in all others which he embra
ces. I will not for an instant suffer myself
to suppose that anything improper lurks
beneath or behind this movement. Nor,
on the ether hand, do I find fault with the
manner in which this movement has been
met on the part cf gentleman representing
in this body the rights and interests of the
people oftlie South. If they had failed to
meet it and denounce it, they would have
been recreant to their high trust—.recreant
to their most sacred obligations—recreant to
the constitution of their country. Has there
not been just cans! of excitement in the
the breasts of those gentlemen? If the
scene enacted in the last week furnish
es no justification for that excitement, I
should like to know what could! Let us
pause, Mr. President, for a moment, and
look at this case. A piratical vessel
steals into your river, bearing the false col
ors of honorable commerce, anchors at your
wharf, and teceiviog cn board nearly one
hundred of the domestics of this District,
makes all sail to carry off its cargo of plun
der ! Was the South to sit in silence, and
without alarm behold this audacious out
,v *
rage ? As well expect a man to fold his
arms and remain unmoved, when the ser
pent which has crawled into his abode un
coils itself upon his hearthstone, and its
deadly hisses ring in the ears cfhis children!
As well ask him to sit still and exhibit no
excitement, as to call upon one-half of this
Union to be unmoved in the circumstances
which now surround us! Sir, had these
gentlemen not manifested these feelings,
they would, indeed, have been what the Sen
ator from N. Hampshire denominates those
of the North who conscientiously sustain
the solemn obligations imposed by that oath
which you administered to support the
Constitution of the United States and all its
guarantees —they would, pideed, have been
in that case, “craved, craven!” They
would have been unworthy the companion
ship of men!
I have taken my stand on this question,
and I shall maintain it at all hazards. I
may see all my own political prospects with
ered before my eyes, in consequence of the
course which I pursue on this question; but
that consideration deters me not from the
discharge ofduty. If my constituents think
proper to desert me on this occasion, still I
sh ill not shrink. Let it be remebered, I
look the storm in the eye, and I defy the
thunderbolt! If I fall, I shall fall with the
approval. of my own conscience, and the
preservation of my own self respect. I seek
no higher earthly reward. Not insensible
to the approbation of the people or the press,
when my “course deserves it, yet I have
no fear of their clamor or invective so long
as I am sustained by conscientious sense of
duty. In the spirit of the memorable sen
timent of the great Mansfield, uttered in one
of bis famous charges, I say, “It is true I
love popularity; hut it is that popularity
which follows, not that which is run after.”
I desire that alone which springs from strict
and steady adherence to the dictates of my
own conscience.
In this case, Air. President, we have
commenced at the wrongend. In the clos
ing remarks of my friend from Illinois I
entirely concur. I should desire to see
this subject brought before the Senate in
the form of a general resolution directed to
the Judiciary Committee, whose first care
it should be devise some law for the pre
vention and punishment of kidnaping in
this District—this piratical robbery of
slaves. That being done, I would go as
far as the Senator from New Hampshire,
or any man, in the suppresion of mobs.
From the bottom of my heart, I despise
mobs. I never knew of a mob, I never
heard or read of a mob, whatever the spirit
in which it originated, that did not result
in the commission of atrocities at which
humanity shuddered. The laws of the
land should be competent for the punish
of all offences. But I do not know that
there has been any riot in this District.
There has been no violation of the rights
of property by a nu b; and I have no fears
that the citizens of this District will not
be able to preserve their high and enviable
reputation as a community of law and or
der, by abstaining from every thing like a
resort to violence and force. They will,
I am confident, abide in the protection of
the law against any violation of their
rights.
From the Albany Patriot.
A NEW TEST OF DEMOCRACY.
Following the example set by a corres
pondent of the Columbus Times , a writer
in the Macon Telegraph of the 25tn inst.,
who signs himself “A Democrat of the 24
District” has proposed his favorite for the
consideration of the party. His perfect
right to do so I do not for a moment con
test, however questionable may be the poli
cy under some circumstances. It is not
to that suggestion upon matter of principle
or policy, so far as the name of the wor
thy gentleman is concerned, nor to offer
any objections to hit nomination, but to de
mur both as to principle and policy to a
reason which this correspondent has giv
en, why his favorite should be adopted.
That reason is the identity or connection
of the gentleman named with the South
western Bail Boad. And before proceed
ing I wish to be understood further as of
feringno argument either for or against this
Rail Road—that being a question solely
for those who see proper to invest their
funds in this sort of way. My only object
being to warn the Democracy as a party
against permitting a question of purely a
local character so far as we are concerned,
of a matter of dollars and cents to the par
ties interested, to interfere in the slightest
degree with cur party principles and par
ty organization. The suggestion of “A
Democrat” in this behalf is likely to lead
to this result, which all Democrats will
certainly deprecate and avoid. It has
been intimated that politicans in certain
portions of the District desired to make
this Rail Road matter a sine qua non, and
that our adversaries ivould se#ze it for the
purpose of creating dissensions, in our
camp, and thereby achieve at victory over
us. From that source reasonably
expected that the matter would be sprung,
but it seems “ A Democrat” has been the
first through the columns of one of our
party journals to stir the matter. I feel as
sured that the writer did not know the pro
bable consequence of the suggestion, or he
would have foreborne. Let us “nip” this
scheme “in the bud,” and show to every
Democrat its object and its effect. If
there ever was a time in the history’ of our
party’ when Unity and concert of action
were more necessary’ than at any now
is that time. If there ever w4e a -lime
when every Democrat was called on to lay
aside questions of a local character, to dis
miss from their bosoms all personal griev
ances, to smother all matters of secondary
importance, and to make cne general and
universal rally for the support of our prin
ciples, now is that time.
The present administration has been
peculiarly’ successful in all of its measures,
and for this reason it has been made the
target for unjust assault, and unmeaning
abuse from our discomfited, and desperate
opponents. Acting in the constitutional
discharge of its duty in the furtherance of
the expressed wishes of the American peo
ple ; and for the protection from invasion
■ of a portion of our ufiicn it has been unjusly
involved “by the act of Mexico” in a war.
For this our opponents have labored with a
zeal becoming a better cause to convince
the world that we are wrong arid that Mex
ico is rig ht. They* have lost no opportunity
to assault our party and the admimstratiun
with the foulest weapons, and nicst untruth
ful accusations, and now when the time
is about to approach to strip the garb from
the persons and party of these detractors
who will-be found wanting or wavering?
What Democrat will not be at his post?
What Democrat will not surrender all
questions of minor consideration that we
may triumph iu the goed cause ?
What Democrat will introduce into our
ranks to distract our friends, and assist in
the election of our opponents some ques
tion about the utility or profit of aAtail-
Road ? And more than all what Democrat,
will attempt to make it a test of the Demo
cracy of cur candidate, that he have
| NUMBER 21.
Rafl Road, or to make this a matter for or
against him, when we come to judge him
as a proper person to bear our political
standard. All this remains to be seen, but in
the mean time I have the confidence to be
lieve that NO SUCH DEMOCRAT WILL BE
FOUND. SENTINEL.
correspondence!
Gen. Scott and the War Depart
ment.—-We begin in this paper, the cor
respondence between those gentlemen. It
will well repay perusal. We shall con
clude it, next week.
GENERAL SCOTT’S LETTER.
Mexico, February 5)4, 1848.’
Sir: On the Stir, I received your two
letters of the 13th’ultimo, and immediately
issued the general order No. 59 (a copy
enclosed) devolving the command of the
army, in Mexico, upon Major General But
ler.
As the officers detailed for the court of
inquiry, before which I am ordered to ap
pear as a criminal, are not known to have
arrived in the country, I avail myself of a
moment’s leisure to recall some of the neg
lects, disappointments, injuries, and rebukes
which have been inflicted upon me by the
War Department, since my departure from
Washington, November 23, 1840.
To me, the business of recrimination,
however provoked, has ever been painful.
In this summary I shall, therefore, indulge
in no wantonness of language, but confine
myself to naked historical facts—leaving
conclusions, to men of sense and candor.
In the hurry of preparation for Mexico,
(only four days were allowed meat Wash
ington, when twenty might have been most
advantegeously employed in the great bu
reaux—those of the chief engineers, chief
of ordnance, chief quartermaster, and chief
commissary of subsistence) I handed to you
a written request, that one of the three of
of our accomplished captains, therein nam
ed, might be appointed assistant adjutant
general, with the rank of major, for duty
with me in the field; and the was a vacan
cy at the time, for one. My request has
never been attended to, and thus I have
had no officer of the Adjutant General’s
Department with me in the campaign.—
Can another instance be cited of denying
to a general in chief, in the field, at the
head of a large army-—or even a small one
—the selection of his chief of his staff—
that is, the chief in the department of orders
and corresondence ?
Early in the following January, I asked
that a general court-martial might be ap
pointed on the part of the President, for
the trial of two officers, (named by me,)
for conduct each had committed that en
dangered in a high degree, the success of
the impending campaign; and I specially
referred to the anomalous and fatal act of
Congress, (May 29, 1830,) which prohibi
ted me, as the “accuser or prosecutor,” from
ordering the court for the trial of the cases.
My application has never been noticed.—
This neglect alone ought early to have ad
monished me that I had no hope of support
at Washington, in any attempt I might make
(against certain officers) to maintain neces
sary discipline in the army I was about to
lead into the field. I left Washington
highly flattered with the confidence and
kindness the President has just shown me,
in many long personal interviews on mili
tary matters. For more than two months
my expressions of gratitude were daily and
fervent, nor were they less emphatic to
wards the head of the War Department.—
Proceeding with zeal and confidence in my
most hazardous duties, I learned, January
27, at the Brazos San Jago,that an attempt
was on foot to create a lieutenant general
to take command in the field over me.—
Shocked and distressed, I allowed of no
relaxation in my efforts to serve my coun
try', resolved that for the short time I was
likely r to remain in commission to be—•
“True as the dial to the sun,
Although it be not shined upon.”
A yet greater outrage soon followed : fail
ing to obtain an act for the citizen lieuten
ant general, a bill was pressed upon Con
gress to authorize the placing a junior ma
jor general jyst appointed (the same indi
vidual) in command over all the old major
generals then in front of the enemy !
I will not here trust myself to add a sol
dier’s comment upon those attempts; but I
may thank God that He did not allow them,
or subsequerit injuries, to break down en
tirely’ the spirit and abilities (such as they
are) with which He had endowed me.
Foreseeing, at Washington, that, from
the great demands of commerce at the mo
ment, it would be difficult, if not impossible,
to take up, perhaps at any price, a suffi
cient number of vessels at New Orleans and
Mobile to transport the regiments of my’ ex
pedition from the Rio Grande frontier to
Vera Cruz, I endeavored to impress upon
the War department the necessity of send
ing out, from the northern and eastern ports
ft certain number of large ships in ballast,
in order that the expedition might not be
delay r ed, and in view of “the fixed fact”—
the return vomito at Cruz in
the spring of the year— a delay of a few
weeks was likely to prevc a total defeat.
In a paper transmitted to me, headed
“Memorandum for the Quartermaster Gen
eral,” marked “War Department, Decem
ber 15, 1846,” and signed by’ the Secreta
ry, which I received January 8, it is said:
“Independently of thu number of transports for
troops and ordnance stores, [from the north,] there
will be required, say, five ships far the transporta
tion of the [suri] boats now being prepared, besides
which ten vessels must be taken up and sent out in
ballast, [for troops,] unless stores can be put on
board, to make up the number (40) required by the
commanding general.”
The date of this memorandum is Decem
ber 15, more than Three weeks after my’
requisition and departure from Washing
ton. Os not one of the “ten vessels” in
ballast, or with stores, (leaving rocih for
troops,) have I heard, up to this day', lie
lying upon them,confidently, the ernbarca
tion was delayed, in whole or in part, at
the Brazos and Tampico, from the 15th of
January to the 9th of March; leaving, it
was feared, not half the time needed for the
reduction of Vera Cruz and its castle be
fore’the return of the yellow fever. But oh
lyh alf the surf-boats came at all; and of the
siege train and ordnance stores, pnly about
one-half ha&arrived when the Mexican flags
were replaced by those of the United States
on those formidable places. We succeed
ed, at last, in reaching the point of attack,
inthefoidst of frightful northers, by means,
irt great part, of trading craft, small and
hazardous, ‘‘picked up accidentally at the
Brazes and Tampico.; and when the army
got ashore, its science and valor hajl to
supply all deficiences in heavy’ guns, mor
tars, and ordnance stores. 1
The first letter that I received from the
department, after entering the captured city
contained an elaborate rebuke, (dated Feb
ruary 22,) for having ordered Col. Harney,
2d dragoons, to remain in the command of
the cavalry with Major General Taylgr, so
as to leave Major Summer, of the same reg
iment, tha scrucfepf that arm iri -f I
‘*■ * ft
dition. There was no great drfiertt!Bi
tho number of cavalry companies with the
two armies. This rebuke was writtap with
a complacency that argued the highest pro
fessional experience in such matters, and
could not have been mere confident in its
tone, if dictated to the greenest general of
the recent appointments. V at, without the
power of selecting commanders if particu
lar corps, no general-in-chief would ven
ture to take upon himself the conduct cf
critical campaign. Such selections wore
always made by the Fathered his country,
and the principal generals under him. So
inthccampatgn of 1814,1 myself sent away*
against their wishes, three senior field-offi
cers of as many regiments, who were in-,
firm, uninstructed, and inefficient, in favor
of three juniors, and with the subsequent
approbation of Major Gen. Brown, on his
joining me, and the head of the War ‘De
partment. Both were well acquainted with
the customs of war, in like cases, at home
and abroad; and without that energy on
my part, it is highly probable that no Arner-.
ican citizen would ever have cited the bat-’
ties of the Niagara without a sigh lor hi*
country. lam happy, however, that before
a word had been received from the depart
ment, and, indeed,before it could have had
any knowledge of the question. I had de
cided to take with me the frank and gal
lant colonel, and hojK- soon tolearruha*. he
and very many other officers haveueen re
warded with firevets for their highly dis
tinguished services in the campaign that
followed.
It was in reference to tho same rebuke,
that in acknowledging y r cur communication,
I said, from Vera Cruz, April sth :
“I might very well controvert (ho military prin
ciples so confidently laid down !>y the department
[in the letter of the 22d of Februtflry] hut be
lieving that the practice ot the 11. States army in
the two wars with Great Britain would hate no,
weight in th particular case, I waive further re
ply—having,|t the moment, no leisure and no io*
clination for colfthßwcrsy.”
Alluding to the heavy disappointments
in respect to trsnsports, siege trains, and
ordnance store?, then already experienced,
I wrote to the department, from Lobos, Feb,
28—
“Perhaps no expedition was ever so unaconnta
bly delayed—hy no want of foresight, arrangement
or energy on my part, as I dare affirm—and under
circumstances the most critical to this entire army ;
for everybody relied upon knew, from the first, ae
wei.l as I knew, it would he fatal to us to attempt
military opperations, on this coast, after, probably,
the first week in April; and here we are at the end
of February ! Nevertheless this array is in heart/.
and crippled as I am th the means required and
promised, I shall go forward, and expect to take
Vera Crux and its castle in time to escape, by pur.
suing the enemy, the pestilence of the coast.”
■The city and castle were captured
.March 29th, and with about one-fourth of
the necessary means for a read-train, (no
fault of mine,) the retreat, in pursuit of the
enemy, was vigorously commenced April
Bth. The battle of Cerro'Gordo soon fol
lowed, and we occupied Jalapa and Perot*,
where we were obliged to wait for supplies
from Vera Cruz. In those positions, I
was made to writhe under another disap
pointment.
In my four memorials to the department,
on the further prosecution of thß war a
gainst Mexico, written at Washington—
and dated, respectively, Octocber VI, No
vember 12, 16 and 21—(it was only inti
mated to me in the night of November 18,
that I might prepare myself for the field)
—papers in which Iplemonst rated that Ve
ra Cruz was the true base of operations,
and that the enemy’s capital could not pro
bably be reached from the Rip Grande; I
estimated that, after taking that great sea
port, “about 20,000 men,” or “an army of
more than 20,000 men may be needed: 1.
“To beat, in the field and passed, any ac
“ cumulated force in the way ; 2. To garri
son many important points in the rear, to
“secure a free communication with Vera
“Cruz;3. To make distant detachments,
“in order to gather jn, without long halts,
necessary subsistence.”
And that force, I supposed, including
volunteers, and aided ‘by land and money
bounties, might be raised in time, by add
ing ten ortwelve new regiments of regu
lars, and filling up the ranks oftlje old.
A bill was introduced for raising ten ad
ditional regular regiments; and I certainly
do not mean to charge the department with
the whole deiay, in passing the bill through
Congress. But it teas passed Februry 11,
1847; and under it,by early, in April, some
few thousand men had beenalready raised
and organized. My distress may be con
ceived, by any soldier, on learning, at Jala
pa, April 27, that the .whole of that force
had been sent, under Brigader General
Cadwalder, to the Rio Grande frontier!
In a letter to the department, written th*
day after, I said I had expected that—
‘ Detachments of the new regiments would, as
you had promised me, begin to arrive in (his month,
and > on(inue to follow perhaps into June.” “How
many [volunteers] will rt-enguge, under the act ap
proved March 3, (only recieved two daya ago,) £
know not; probably but few. Hence the greater
my disappointment caused by sending tha new
troop* to the Rio Grande,;’ for, besides their keeping
the road in our present rear, open for many weeks
by marches in successive deturhments, I jiad inten
ded, as I advanced, to leave strong garrisons in thia
place, (Jalapa,) in Perote, and Puebla, and to keep
at the head of the movement a force equal to any
probable opposition. It m.y now depend n the
number of the old volunteer* who may ro-engage,
and the number of new troop* that may arrive from
the Drazos in time, as also in some degree upon the
advance of Major General Taylor, whether I *baU
find thia army in strength to leave the garrisons,
and to occupy the capital.”
I may add, that only about fifty indivi
duals of the old volunteers re-engaged: un
der the previsions to the act of March 2;
that the remainder were discharged May 3;
that Major Gen. Taylor made jiu move
ment in advance of Saltillo; and that tha
new regulars, including Cadwalder'* bri
gade, only began to ccme up with ino at
Puebla ill July, but not in sufficient num
bers till August 0. The next day the army
commenced its udvance upon the capital,
with a little more than 10,900 effective
men.
It is not extravagant to *ay that, if Bri
gadier General Cadwalder’s forces had not
been diverted from me to the Rio Grande,
where he was made to lose, without any
benefit to Major General Taylor, much
precious time, I might easily have taken
this city in the month of June, and at one
fifth of the less sustained in August and
September. The enemy availed hirr.seif
of my forced deiay at Puebla, to collect, to
treble* tc organize cud discipline his forces,
as also to erect nuii ei us and powerful de
fences with batterie . Nearly all those
extraordinary prej an tions for cur recep
tion were made afttr the middle cf June.
And it is known that the news of the vic
tory of Buena Vista reached Washington
in time to countermand Cad walder’s order*
for the Rio Grande, before his departure
from New Orleans, Two rifle companies,
with him, received the countermand there,
and joined me early.
I know that I had the misfortune to give
offence to the department, by expressing!
myself to the same effect from Jalapa, May,
6. In a report of that date, I said
“The subject of that order (A o. 135, old v*D
unteers has given me long and deep solicitude.
To part with so largo and so respectable a portion
of tbh; army, in the middle of a CPUntry which,
though broken in its powrir. i* not yel disposed I*
sue &k peace;—to provide forcin’ return Lome of sev
en rogim-nt* from thia interior position, at a time
when I find it quitedifficult to provid# • transporta
tion and supplies for tho operating force* which re
main and ail this without any prospect at sueeor or
reinforcement* in, perhaps, the next seven month*
—beyond fme 300 army recruits—present novel
ties utterly unknown to an invading army
With the addition of 100 or twefcfe thousand Otvr
levies in April c* May—asked for, and *nti| very,
recently expected--©* even with the addition o$ tw[
or three thousand new troqps, destined for this ar.
mv, but ?*y tho orders of the War Peprf.
ment, diverted to the Rio Grande frontier, might,
notwithstanding fbe unavoidable dbfbftfge of th*
old volunteers- seven regiments nd t*< indefen.
dent cornpani**—advance ith confidence
enemy’s capital. * I