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Jrom fttmco.
Fma dwK«« OtImm Dili*.
Lalerfraa Vera Crux.
By the steamship New Orleans, Capt.
Aul<I, we have late Vera Croz paper*
and letter#. The New Orleans left Vera
Cruz on the. 14tb insf., ni 3 p. u. Our
.correspondence, which follows, contains
all the interesting items of news. The
' p»prr. etmuh bm I'mfe nrv,,. The fob j ^JSdgro
- lowing, in relation to the 1 rial negotia-
lion, we lobe from the Free American of
'Tib® 6th inst.s
The Arco Iris of yesterday contains
the fallowing curious article, in which
we po^no faith :
»*• Tub Treatt ob Pbacb Signed.—
In a letter received by us, yesterday,
r^froin oorcorrespondent at Jnlnpn, he in
forms us that an individual holding a
high position in the American Army, and
days after Col. Withers* command left
that place.
A train will probably arrive here in
tbc course of next week from the City of
Mexico.
Dales from Queretaro to the 2Sth of
December. A quorum of the Mexican
Congress was hoped for, and the proba
bilities ofa revolution in the government
less. Arbitration was preferred by'all
parties to sending Commissioners . to
whose assertions deserve cut
said
serve,
lapa from Puebla, on the l»i iusl., it
An armistice of three months was spo
ken of as on the /apis.
We gather the following from the spe- rn
cial correspondence of the Picayune:
Orizaba and Cordova were soon to be
Congressional.
Washington, Jan. 17.
IN SENATE.
Tbc Senate met at noon, and was
called to order by the Vice President.
A report was laid before the Senate
from the Commissioners of Public Build
ings.
Mr. Bradbury presented the creden
tials of Mr. Moor, elected tolill the va
cancy occasioned by the decease of t he
late Mr. Fairfield. Mr. Moor was then
and took his seat.
Mr. Mangum*s resolution, allowing the
official reporters to occupy seats upon
ioniova were soon to oe. , a *. . «
• j i - «.i: .t. .1.11.„ the floor of the Senate, was adopted.
occupied bv our troops, winch would he .. ~ * . 1 , .
great!j'prolectivc of commercial liter-* - Mr. Cameron presente,I „ rcanlu ton
^These are headquarter. for the { g cnnstJeratton. appointing a Select
.„ j „r Committee to investigate the recent de
officer attached to the
guerrillas and others to dispose of their * (
-5ft at. .. .Jgagaw
te .Meriinn. deserve entire credit, Crazirnm , he cilv Mexico, with .late, j _ " r -» * "“l 1 ?"" “" ,n S for
publicly, and without the least te ; , n lhe ltt i„, u The mail came down *■‘ P'“' 5 fnr 1 J c ' U r P
:, that, from letters received at Ju- • • Orizaba cut ion ol the war, was taken up forcon-
Orizaba.
t Three million of dollars had been or-j
positively known that a treaty of peace j ( j t . r ,.d hy Gen. Scott to be assented upon j
had been signed in Mexico. On he.ng ; ||,e Stales occupied and to be occupied :
told that it was strange that this should j ^ ouf lf>||0 '
be the case, ns Mr. Trial had not the. ' T||e M llneitig i* • part <tf the order
power lostgn such trcaly. he answered cjji , ha ”, up I m lbo Mexican
that Gen. Scott had taken it upon his | g lalCi .
own rcsponsiiiiiiiy to sign the treaty ; in ; IIkadquastexs of the Armv, >
coosequence i>t which, lire treaty had j Mexico, December 31,1S47. J
Iwen writ to Querelaro, for the jpproba- ] (1ESEUAL OllDEll S, SO. 395.
'"'tion of the Mexican Govern mem.’
It is very strange, indeed, if this l*c
true. Gen. Scott, iflie is direeled by hi-
Government not to sign any iieniy,
would certainly not sign one. He is to*,
well known for his obedience to sujk
orders, to put himself in a position whit li
his countrymen might not approve. He
lias too much at heart the friendly feel-
fugs of.those whom lie serves. i CbjmpM
The last annual message of the Pres- n.tr»njr»
itlent assures us, that Mr. Trist’s powers i Ciuwabuato
bail been revoked, und that lie wa
called, ll is true that Mr. Trist lia., , redenU U|
yet left the City of Mexico; but this he ! Michracun
! 1. To support, 1n part, the military
occupation of the Republic of Mexico by
the Army of the United Stales, the sev-
| eral Stales of the Republic, already oc-
! copied, and others as they shall become
’ occupied, are, or will be assessed, by the
year, in dollars, ns follows:
Chihuahua $19,188 O-txaca
Conhuila 5,659 Queretaro
San Lilia
85,556
255.876
Jalixco 236,338
Mexico State &
Federal Dial. 668,332
287,712
laloa
Sonora
Taliasco
Taroanlipas
Zacatccaa &. Ag-
a Calient**,
united 219,076
84.100
859'rt
m,2i;o
33,5:4
5.000
59.000
71,332
271,548
Mr. Webster, on leave, introduced a! restore to Jesse E. Dow, once expelled,
bill to make attachments which ate made j his scat among the other reporters,
under process issuing from the Courts Mr. Douglass introduced a bill grant-
of the United States conform to the laws I ing io the Stale of Illinois the right of
regulating such attachments to the I way through public lands for the pur-
Courtsofthe States, which, after a brief (*pose of constructing a Rail Road to the
explanation from Mr. Webster, was read
three times and passed.
Mr. Bnghy submitted a resolution de
claratory of the powers within the scope
of Congress, on alS'ihe contested points,
hlch was ordered to be printed
Mr. Yulee submitted a resolution call
ing for information from the Treasury
Department of the revenue in general,
the expenditures, mid the receipts from
the several sources, from the earliest pe
riod to the 30th June, 1S47.
Mr. Bnghy submitted resolutions de
claratory of the constitutional powers of
Congress ns to Internal Improvements.
Mr. Baldwin submitted a resolution
asking for information whether Mexico
has any and what public domain, and if
her government has power to cede any
of it to a foreign government.
The Ten Regiment hill was taken up,
and Mr. Badger addressed the Senate.
He laid down, as his first proposition,
inay do to await further orders firm
his Government, relative t<^|A proposi
tions of peace lately made b^be Mc-xi-’ The Governors, members of the Leg-
con Commissioners, to which ho could islaiuresof the different States and’col-
certainly not have reccvied anv answer b*ct ing officers in commission and charg-
from Washington In-fore the 1st of the ^ with collection of public dues under
present month. The Mexicans could ! t,,c Mexican laws, are held responsible
not have been in such u hurry to make ,n Person and property for the payment
peace, ns they have always rclnsed the! «»•’these taxes. Imprisonment of these
propositions made hy our Envoy ; and j functionaries is declared to he the pen-
\vo arc cert inn that Gen. Scott is not so a,, y failure and seizure of their prop-
nnxious for it as to grasp at the first sha- > er, y* If ibat fail# >hen it will be col-
dow of an opportunity. * lected in money or in kind from the
We wish to receive the news of peace ! wealthier inhabitants. The following is
from abetter source before we give credit a P jrl of l,,e General Order:
to it . j 13. The American troops in spreading
The Rainbow lias the following: j themselves over this republic will take
Santa Anna.—The wherealmuts „f, care to observe the strictest discipline
ibis personage were unknown tons till J nn«I morals in respect to the persons and
wo met with the following paragraph in ; prnpcrtyofilie country—purchasing and
the Monitor of Sunday. Probably Santa puying for all necessaries and comforts
Anna thinks his shortest and safest route i ,ht *y «»»y require, and treating the un-
ior Jalisco is hy the way of San Bias, un j offimding inhabitants with forbearance
the Pacific const. We should like joi and kindness. Tne higher honor of our
hear that our troops in that vicinity had I country, as wellthe particular honor
made him a prisoner. The Monitor says: i °* ll,,s ar,n . v » niusl and shall be main-
•• We nre assured tlmt, some days la5ne d amongst the few miscreants in
since Santa Anna embarked at Acapulco ° ,,r eftiks.. The few cannot he permit-
for the port of San Bias. Jf this should *cd to dishonor the whole mass of
siderat
Mr. Cass opposed its passage, as it
*- 11 was now indecorous todisclose any plans
I* i that may. be entertained by the com-
mander-ip-chief.
Mr. .Mangum spoke in support of the
resolution, indignantly repelling the idea
that th«- plans ought not to be disclosed
to the American people, when in fact
they were already made known to the
Mexicans by the published orders.
Mr. Allen zealously opposed the re
solution, and thought it ought not to be
adopted. He moved that it be laid on
the table. On motion of Mr. Mangum
this was rejected, and the resolution
passed over informally.
Mr. Berrien submitted a resolut
structirig the Post office Committee to
report what measures are necessary to
expedite the transmission of the Great
Southern mail.
On motion, the morning business was
laid aside and the order ol the day, the
ten Regiment bill was taken up.
Mr. Butler spoke in opposition to the
bill, anil pointed out what he considered
to be its defects.
ailed the increase proposed to he
unnecessary, and that the Executive pat-
igc already so large, would he aug
mented to a dangerous degree hy its pas
sage. He denounced such servile com
pliance to executive demands, and feared
that the members would give 200,0001
men if the President desired it. Mexico, Mr. Jones ofGeop
he thought had a right to complain of * ’ 1
the terms demanded of her as the price
of peace.
Mr. Badger has the floor on this ques
tion to-morrow.
Mr. Dayton presented a resolution
calling upon the Secretary of the Treas
ury for a copy of the proceedings and the
award of the referee in the Pea Patch
case, which was adopted.
The Senate went into Executive ses
sion, and subsequently adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Late Military Dinner at Wash- The Press. ,
The Late CMy# ( The nrl ls perhaps the mightiest in-
This purports 10 have been an oSering I strumenlality ever contrived by man,
of honor and gratitude from cilixens in (or the exertion of tnotal influence. The
civil life to Military heroes for great ser- Rev. Dr. Adams, in his late address at
vices to the country f hut see how the Yale College, remarked:
military overrides everything. General “ Iu the c.ly ol btrasburg. on the easf-
Jessnp and Com. Warrington, both Vice cm frontier of France, there stands, in
Presidents, military men. Nothing here- j the principal square, a large bronze
after will ever go down, in this boasted statue of Guttenberg, the inventor of
Republic, whose best security isjealou-! the art of printing with moveable types,
sv of the military power, but Officer! of \ It is n full length figuremf that forum-
? ' — • :~i:..wt..oi with a prnting press at
open scroll in nis hand,
Northern Lakes
Mr. Atherton introduced a bill to
modify the Sub-Tresury system.
Mr. Jefferson Davis from the Military
Committee, introduced a bill to increase
^ “ rCtirCd 1 tAt'^drMy'ortd Nary^ brill'iant epaulettes j ate individual, with i prating pres, at
M V-I . I n roe r I anti Iona sword. ' The Armv nnd the : his side, and an open scroll tn his hand,
tniuee ^Hroda ”d a bfl" relatTve toX Naw fi?st, the People and the Country with this inscription : Md there wo,
inittec, intro,luted a bill relame in Hit „ Mf Calhoun,” says the Gov- s light. Upon the several sides of the
of the mail to foreign
trnnsp«
countries. ~ (eminentorga. -- - - • •. .
The Senate then proceeded to the j ^ 1 pla.ns oF ll>« ^ r f sU ,^ n , 1 a ”, «
consideration of the resolutions intro- t*cret«ry of War, and which, sajs he,
duced yesterday hy Mr. Mangum, call- “™« 0K 1 KAT “ ,JUV THE OIF,CEas
Ihr llii* inal rnrliiinc nnrissr ivliirli , the I t'oplc appCOT tO flpprO'C. I
great body of the Officers and the People .
Thus, already, are. we referred by the
for the instructions under which
Gen. Scott’s order No. 376 was issued,
n’ud general operation as to efficiency
of menus.
These resolutions led to a sharp de
bate between Messrs. Mangum, Cass,
Crittenden, Allen and Foote. When
the latter concluded, Mr.' Crittenden
se and referred to an allusion bv Mr.
be so, tis we hope not, may Coil protect
the pence of Jalisco.”
Wo suppose bis visit has some refer
ence to the contemplated revolutionary
movement.
The steamer Marin Burt arrived yes-
terduy Irom New Orleans. The papers
brought by this arrival are not of a date
so recent as those received yesterday by
the New Orleans.
An escort left this morning for San
Juan, with provisions for the troops at
that post.
More Arrivals at the City of Mex
ico.—Yesterday morning, says the Star.
Col. Johnson arrived in the city, in com
mand of the troops who went down
with Col. Hafney on the 1st nit. A very
large number of recruits lor the different
regiments came in also, under the com
mand, we believe, of Mnj. Gray. The
9th nnd 12th, and several other regi
ments, receive large accessions by this
arrival. A large train of wago'ns no
companicd the troops. Brig. Gen. Lane
with bis staff, reached the city on Sat
urday, ‘and we have heard that Querc-
taro is bis destination.
Iu consequence o! these arrivals, for
the last few days, the city presents quite \ Jo «J ,,a ‘ :
an animated appearance. Many ol the* “ ln 1 u
streets are blocked up with wagons nnd
citizens and soldiersnt home and abroad.
The miscreants must therefore be watch
ed and for every offence denounced and
sent before the proper truhunals for ex-
plary punishment. This is required
every good officer and soldier. Men,
free at home, must maintain the honor
of freemen when abroad. If they forget
that, they will degrade themselves to the
level of felons and slaves, and'may be
rightfully condemned and treated as
h ; for felons, according to the laws
of God nnd man, are slaves.
14. The laws of war will also he strict
ly observed towards all Mexicans it
arms, who respect those laws. For^he
that the war with Mexico has been the' Foote to Mr. Clay, as a magnetizer
immediate icsult of the unlawful and un- j thinking to obtain the Presidency by
constitutional act of the President. (curious acts—expressed his regret that
His second proposition was, that this ; the expression had been used, now
war, thus resulting from the unlawful' when Mr. Clay at ail advanced age, had
and unconstitutional act of the Presi-‘ retired to private lile, thinking of no
dent, had been prosecuted by him with j further public favors. What lie now
a view to conquest—the permanent con-' said was an act ot duty to a private
quest oi at least Upper California and : friend, and an illustrious citizen.
New Mexico. j Mr. Finite disclaimed any idea of
' Ilis third point was that the present giving offence. The Senate then ad-
plan ofthe war, as announced by the Sec- 'journed.
retary of War, is, in effect, inevitably, if " "
carried out ncrrmlinq to the plan, the con
quest of the whole ol Mexico. He
political.
luded with expressing his intention to
vote against the bill—and the Senate
then adjourned.
House of Representatives.—Read ing jon r-
nal occupied half an hour. Galleries
well filled.
On motion of Mr. Vinton, the House 1 pensive—and further that it would tend
went into committee of the whole on the ] to prolong the war indefinitely,
state of the Union, and resumed the con- j Now if it would require, to maintain a
sideration of the resolutions providing' defensive line, a force of fifty
for the reference of the President’s an- ' thousand men, even that numbe
nual mes
A Defensive Line.
j It is an objection frequently urged
against the policy ofa defensive line, to
j he held against Mexico, that the main-
jtenance of such a line would be very ex-
say he des
The great
DiUy'of K:
nisfo
mu tees.
Mr. Jamieson
the committee, i
and the general
..w.iewed the instructions to General
The speaker called upon the Commit- Tavlor , nn ,] declared the instructions4o
lees for Reports as the first business in Mr ;Slidell had nothing to.lo with the or-
or< l7* J . igin ol the war, as he had never been re-
Mr. Boyd presented a resolution to! ceivC(J b the Mexican government,
close the debate on the President s Mcs-i He threw upou General Taylor the
sage at 3 o clock. ... | resiionsibility of the march to the Rio
Mr. Stephens moved to lay it on the , Grande, and declared that had Gen. T.
the nega- been President, he would have ordered
that
hat number is no} . V.. ' ..
the appropriate com-' greater than the force which the Admin- t ie
j istration proposes to send into Mexico, lo e,, ‘ or s 11
of Missouri, addressed | to prosecute the war there. Certainly
i support of the war, • it would not cost more to keep troops in
neasures und policy of garrisons, along a line, than to maintain
>n. j the same number in the field where they
, followed. He ; would continually require the means of
sidcred the war brought on hy the ! transportation for baggage and stores,
march of Taylor to the Rio Grande, and ; and be compelled to incur other heavy
the instructions’!© him and Mr. Slidell; j expenses incident to active operations,
though he believed the injuries sustained ; Every one rnnst know that the cost in
hy our citizens from Mexico, a sufficient j the latter case would be far greater than
justification of the war thus unnecessa- j in the former.
rily preeipitatcif*by the President. It is not, however, to be estimated
Mr. Robinson, of Indiana, replied to' that the thirty' or forty thousand troops
Mr. Jones. He said that Whigs repre- j now in Mexico and the thirty thousand
senting war districts were compelled to [ to he raised by the bills now reported
make speeches on false premises, to jus-j to Congress - would be needed to hold
tify them in withholding supplies. He j a defensive'line.
is decidedly opposed . high pedestal on which the effigystands,
' • ' ’ are four tableaux in bas-relief, designed
to represent the effect of the art of print
ing on the general progress of the world.
In one, stand the names of the most
distinguished scholars, philophers, and
poets of all times;in another, the Damps
of those who have been most etmnenl—-
for their achievements in the cause of
human freedom; conspicuous among'
which is an allusion to our Declaration
of Independence, with the names oi
Washington, Franklin, Hancock, and
Adams. On the third side, is a repre
sentation of philanthropy knocking off*
the fetters of the slave, nnd instructing
the tawny children of oppression in use
ful knowledge; and on the fourth, is-
Christiat^ty, surrounded by the repre-*
sentatives of nil nations, and tribes, an|d
people receiving from her hand, in their'
own longue, the word of eternal truth.-
Christirinity! Heaven-born Christianir'
ly! Divine philosophy! look down-
with indifference ordisdain on that beard- -
ed man, at work with tools in his smut-
tv shop awav on the Rhine. Affect to*
overlook a ml* undervalue him as a tne-'
? A mechahic! why, out of those
bars of wood, and pounds of metal, and
ounces of ink, he is constructing a ma
chine to make the nations think. He is
constructing wings for Christianity her
self, which shall bear her, with the mu
sic of her silver trumpet, to all the
tli his head, j abodes of men.”
not in any • -■ ■ —
of the enor- j sccwbatthc Girls of tbc Bay State do.-
n, hut
Court Gazette,JtrsLlo the Army to know
how long and to what extent the People
are tp he taxed to carry on the War!
And, as if that were not enough, those
of the Officers who approve the plans of
the President are to lie drawn, ns occa
sion may need, to the Scat of Govern
ment, while Congress is in session, to
instruct Members of Congress iu their
duty. “Let these distinguished Offi
cers,” says Mr. Ritchie, “ bensked how
we are to fight out the War.”
Other Republics have lost their liber
ties only after a long course of luxury,
corruption, and Executive usurpation.
Who could have believed that iu ours,
the worst forebodings of Patrick Henry
and other patriots of his day, as lo Ex
ecutive supremacy would have been so
soon realized ? That while the sod is
yet fresh upon his grave, even Whig
Senators would he found to repudiate j cha
their own responsibility, and surrender K ~*
at discretion the sword and the purse,
for a more “ vigorous prosecution of the
War,” to a President who plunged us
into it by an act of usurpation for which,
if Patrick Henry were alive, he
table, which was decided
live. Yeas 92, nays 94.
Mr. Boyd then amended his motion
so ns lo allow the whole three hours for
debate.
Mr. Stephens called for the yeas and
nays on a motion made by him to post
pone until Monday next, when the vote
stood yeas 99, nays 98, and the postpone
ment was negatived.
A large number of resolutions were
then offered ; among them were the fol
lowing :
One by Mr. Bolts calling upon the
treatment of those atrocious bands of President for information in regard to
guerrilleros, and armed rancheros see | the preseut condition of the three million
General Orders No. 372, dated the 12th fund.
iusl.
Bv command of Mnj. Gen. Scott:
H. L. SCOTT, A. A. A. G.
The other portions are merely the de
tails of duties upon various articles tax
ed and the method of carrying out the
levy.
An OI4 Vessel.
We find the following in the Boston
In the United States Senate, last
i*k, Mr. Dix, from the Committee on
soldiers on their way to their qunrter7.! Commerce, reported a bill providing
In most cases, entire new barracks have S. ,r l,MJ ,MU * of a re g' s,er fur barque
to be taken. t Canton, which was passed. This ves-
The American Star of the 31.1, nn' !*V"* ''“J " f ‘“'‘xvhhI; in the East
that it ha. bee,, known that o large fi.reo L',"''"’ °?. e •'nntlre.l years s.nce.
<»rgoerillerns was... the vicinitytl Mex- S J. IC 'T owned by .Ire Dutch
icoT That the United Slntes Drag,*,,,. Company, but after vnrm.ts
1...F* .1. 5 /k n.o at ions ol fortune, recently came un-
nl* goerillerns w
ico. That the I
l.ud failed to enure up with .hem.° On O " »»on» o.mrtane, recently came un-
the 37th tilt*. Padre durum., slept... S.,n " K Ha "' . E ". r y :,a »*«-
Juan Eeothiuucun, flccrunpauieti hy eight | *® r s * ,c JP’t aslmre in. the Muscle ledge,
hundred men. On the Sd.h he wns ut * »' ,h *i mo 1 u,h °f‘ h ? »■<«« *<«>
Guadalupe, with un escort ..ffll.ee,. men. rclnn, 1 1,e ' 1 F ,, i rab ‘" , "S »“•' ,he «°nM *1-
nnd proceeded us fur us the Gnri.u.- V"*! ' " f - . Cut,he s.rength ofher
From thence he proceeded to Ilunepu- ,,mb T ""‘wjhM.n.lt.g her great age.
nntla, sodc bine mites Irom tire C.tv of P ro . v nlore,h " n » raa,rl1 for tire w.nds
Mexico, on tire Queretaro road. Hiscry °. nd , ,h l “ na off ' n , ll “
“ upe, wa. : •• Long live the III ^ n * ond . ,ake " ® a,h - wbere s , h ' '>?<'
VVe hope adds the Star, ,L l'. ur ? ha * u ‘ l : »>■« wa.fouod tube
At the conclusion of his speech, the
Committee rose, and, nn motion of Mr.
Stephens, the House adjourned.
From the Petersburg Intelligencer,
Washington, Jan. 19.
Senate.—Sundry petitions and me
morials were presented and referred.
On motion, the Senate laid aside lh%
morning business nnd proceeded to the
consideration of the order of the day
viz ; the Ten Regiment Bill.
Mr. Foote being entitled to the floor,
defended the bill earnestly and contend
ed that it ought to pass. He replied to
the objections which had been urged
against it, and made quite a rambling
speech.
House.—Mr. Vinton, Chairman of the
One hy Mr. McKay, instructing the
Post Office committee to inquire what it
would cost to release the Department
from the contract with the Bay lino,
ant ! w hat the Railroad company would ! Committee of Ways and Means, report-
fi y *1'® mail between Richmond (| e j a Hill providing for a loan of eight
and Washington-for.
One by MrTXJhase, declaring it in
expedient to withdraw the army to a
defensive line. Laid upon the table.
The vote was then taken upon Mr.
Stephens* motion to terminate the dis
cussion of the President’s message, and
it was carried, yeas 96, nays S9.
Mr. Giddings offered a resolution,
citing the purchase of a negro at a Con
gressional boarding house in this city,
and asking for the appointment of a
percept to
rpat
n/a/ins. The order
houId have been at
denounced as an act of treason
against the Constitution, and upon the
friends of the usurper should have been
n the responsibility and the guilt
of shielding him from impeachment.
ntered upon can only ho
ended at the pleasure of the President.
The People have lost all control over it,
except by withholding supplies for its
continuance : they have no other reme
dy. If, then, lie alone with whom it
rests to say »chat shall be the “indem
nity”—it hat would be an “honorable
ice”—Is allowed and protected by
partisans, iu bringing on a war, by
unconstitutional abuse of his com- \
mand over the Army, and if, being at
some of our Dragoons, or others,
shortly ger this precious rascal iu their
hands. lie is bold in venturing so near
tlic-city, and cannot expect
little injured, was repaired, and
now again navigating the ocean. After
passing through such an ordeal, who
se-!--spw ■" «w ' wonb,, ° bear
SSSSS? * P u,,ul,n,cul * h,l h I Such un •• old sail” i. indeed worthy
1.0_dC.cn ci. of naturalization.
A railroad meeting wa* to be held on ‘ —»■ ■
lhp| liU A committee, of which Col. I The Chicago Journal gives a list of
IleI)C(1 was chairman, was to make its die names of vessels lost on lake Michi-
report in regard to the feasibility of the 1 g a »n, their value and the value of their
mote* tud other matters appertaining cargoes, and the number or lives lost,
thereto.-.A report wns made some (if- from 1S34io 1847. The number of dis-
t^lt.yetrHgo, by authority of tbc Mex-1 asters was 65, without including nnin-
ican Government, thesulielance of which j tcrvsl of 7 years, from 1826 to 1833, for
presented to the meeting. } which no record has been found. To-
. ^ nn *hc 31st ult^ j tal of property lost in the above 65 ves-
t hat Col. Wit hers*, command, which left j gels:—$512,000 :—number of lost 272.
1 he City orMextco on the evening of j he \ 7—
2Cth, lor Real del Monte, had been! Am Aide Governor.—The Message of
cut to pieces when about twenty^ miles j Gov. Bebb, of Ohio, occupies but a lit- 1
<lWtant. Tlie Star does not* believe a; tie over two columns in (he Ohio State
rd of it; ami say* (lint it would re- Journal. In that brief space, the affairs
and a half millions of dollars.
After the morning’s business'had been
gone through with, the House resolved
itself into Committee of the Whole, and
resumed the consideration of the Annu
al Message of the President, Mr. Tuck,
of New Hampshire, being entitled to the
floor. He spoke against the war.
SECOND DESPATCH.
Washington, Jan. 19, 7 P. M.
Mr. Tuck, of New Hampshire, having
select Committee ol 6v - c, - to inquire into concluded his speech, Mr. McUnne ob-
the expediency of abolishing slavery in j la,ap d l b e a ‘J°. r ana defended Mr. Polk,
the District of Columbia, or removing! Mr. Tompkins followed, and spoke
the seat of government to a free State. 1 a 8 ainsl Mr. Polk s refusing to give in-
Mr. Gayle moved to lay the resolu-! formali, ’ n cal e . d f ? r lhe „ Mr *
lions on the table, nnd called for the j Mall followed in defence of Mr. Polk,
yeas and nays, which were taken, and i Mf. Barrow, of Tctift.. got the floor, and
ihn n.01 inn lost yeas 84, nnvs 86. | spoke near three hours w.thout conclutl-
Much confusion prevailed in the Hull, j ir S- w <»" lhe Committee rose, and the
and several members were speaking at | House adjourned,
the same time, and the Speaker endcav- I ___ _
oring to restore order. Mr. Giddings '' ashington, Jan. *.0.
wished lo modify his resolution. Mr.'. H° lise Representatives. •Auer the
Harralson moved to lay the subject j our,, al wa3 rea«l, Mr. Broadhead
The example which Texas affords on
this subject is fully in point here. Mr.
Calhoun alluded to it in his recent
speech. For more than seven years Tex
as remained in security from Mexican
invasion, when the resources of Mexico
for war were far greater than they
now. After the discomfiture of Santa
Anna, in 1836, at San Jacinto, there was
not a serious effort made by Mexico,
carry offensive operations beyond the
Nueces. The conflicts which afterwards
occurred were brought on by the incur
sions of the Texans into the Santa Fc
country and other regions inhabited by
the Mexicans
In view of this fact the two obji
t ions which have been urged against the'
policy of a defensive line seem to lose all
force. It will not require as many
troops to defend a line as to prosecute
the war; and the prospect of a virtual
peace, which the assumption of a line
holds out, is probably as fair for the se
curing of an actual peace, as that which
is presented by the continuance of inva
sion and hostile occupancy of Mexico.
We believe the former plan is, indeed,
far more favorable to the conclusion of
a satisfactory peace than the other.—
The continued enlargement of the de
mands of the Administration, which is
specifically intimated as a consequence
of the continuance of the war, must pre
clude the Mexican authorities from any
agreement which the Mexican people
would sustain. Every day’s prolonga
tion of the war must, indeed render the
chances of peace less probable by ma
king our demands more exacting. That
I is, if any other sort of peace is contem
plated than that which would be found
ed on the absorption of Mexico and the
extinguishment ofher nationality.—Balt.
Amer.
received the Statistics of tip-
various branches of industry in Massa--
chusetts, for 1S45, taken with the state'
census that year. To show our young la
dies that it is no disgrace to work in the
Pilgrim land we give the particulars of
the straw bonnets and hats, and straw
braids and palm leaf hats, made there in-
L Number. Value.-
ets an.l Hats, 1,046,954 $1,057,892
Value of Sraw Braid, * 102,367
Palm Leal Hats, 496,337
$1,640,595
All this by females, most farmers*
daughters, Worcester, Hampshire and
Franklin counties do the most. Are not
such industrious girls wotth going after?
Instead of street yarns, they are for the
dollars and cents. They don’t constantly
n the friends ofthe People, some bother their parents and husbands with
so-called Whigs, say: “We must give 1 teasing for anew silk dress, or $40 shawl,
him all he asks—the blond and treas- They have the money in their purse,
of lhe country must he poured forth from their own industry. There are*
at his bidding—we must not discuss the lots of rosy checks who have their hun-
origin or the ends of the war”—in the dreds deposited in banks from the straw
natne of common sense, what guaranty 'braid employment. We once knew two*
is left for the liberties ot the People?— sisters who bought a farm for $4000 fi>f
What is lo prevent us from being con- their parents,from the savings.pf bntid>£"
verted into a land of slaves and paupers?
We must, forsooth, overrun their whole i
country, and kill every roan who dares.
lake up arms in defence of his native i
land, until they submit. But nobody
tells us to icluit they must submit.
Is it not the obvious duty of Congress
to make the author of the War say dis
tinctly what terms will satisfy his cu
pidity and revenge ? Suppose he stands
mute ? Are Whig Members of Congress
to vote him all the men and all the mon
ey he chooses to demand? ls it not
ardly and unfaithful to back out from
the responsibility which the Constitution
expressly devolves on them ? What
other barrier stands between the People
and the absolute will of the Executive?
ve him the command of as many men
he wants, and tax the People to pay
them, and what is left of Free Govern
ment ? Would our ancestors thus have
abandoned their station and duty? Was
the Senate created for nothing but to
register the edicts oft he despot?—N. Y.
Tribune.
■ express-
Sprinsjield Republicon.
four or five thousand Mexican* at
l*lo oiut the 9th Infantry, the Dra-
*b nml the Artillery under Col. WV
rcnnd, and that it is fortunate for
"Radie Jarauta hml bis followers, that
miseries of the FratcntftJT. j
The universal public regard an editor'-^
public property. He is obliged to
cep over private miseries ; to defend
is man from public or private assaults
to flatter the pride of the vain. We
brought lo philosophise upon this
subject, the other day hy an incident.
Snuglyensconscd in ourcditorialroonr
—enter, the “ devil,” breathless :
“ Please sir, a lady wants to see you,
right away, in the counting-room.” A
Lady !—Visions of Hehes and loveliness
swam in the air ! The clothes-brush
was passed rapidly, but with reverent
feeliitg over our last year’s coat,—the
heir-comb and the mirror each received
its tribute—and daguerroetyping the ed
itorial index into its blandest look, we
went down to the counting room to meet
the fair Innamorala. Arrived—opened
the door : an antiquated woman
speeta^y* saffron visage*!; aV§w~ruin$
stuck togerher, was the all o^the lady!
Immediately, the undej^jrrtrof the spec-*
tacle fell down, ope^fng a cavern urhictk
looked as if it jeftght have been a root-
house: And*^“ Plate sir, 1 want my pig
in the ^tper-rsbe’s a darling long tailed
i run away from her lawful home,
all the comfort and support for
the childcr and the lone widder through
the long winter. Me husband, the dar-
Thc Boston Daily Ada
es the opinion that “as soon as we '
settle upon some ground upon which
can make a peace, satisfactory to
consciences, we had bettor make such ^
a peace, whether the Mexicans will or
no. We do not want lbffyi whole cqu/7- is
try, it adds, “we do npLwantJ.heiFcapi
tal, where Gen. Scott' now hotels his w
headquarters. Let us, however, find ( l‘ n always voted the dimecrat ticket—and
out what we do want, and insist upon , coorseyetoont charge a poor woman, noth*
Presldeutial Logic. making peace upon those terms, ln a. * n Sf'. The argument was irresistible $
President Polk is a great logician.— | war which is all upon one side peace j we*had to “surrender” at discretion ! ^
In his annual message, he affirms that | can l )C made by one side. It is lrae • ■•••■- ■
the last Congress agreed with him in de- l h al 'lie President has refused to tell for | The Cholera.—In Moscow up to 4ner
manding from Mexico, indemnity for | what he has made the war. It is equal-, 22j November of persons attacked, was
the war. And he proves it by the fact | ly t*™. however, that Congress can de- 2360, of whom, 4097 died. In nearly
that Congress appropriated three million clare for what end it is m:ule, and when all the Russian districts where it had
upon the table, nnd the vote being taken,
the motion prevailed,-yeas 94, nays S8.
Other resolutions and bills were then
offered until the hour of adjournment.
Cwiwponifnct of the Baltimore Amercan.
Washington, Jan. IS, 184S.
Senate.—In the Senate, after the pre
sentation of two or three private peti
tions, Mr. Cameron, from the District
Committee, reported a Bill to amend the
charter of the Provident Association of
Clerks, which was read a first lime.
The resolution submitted by Mr. Man
gum asking the President to communi
cate any. information in his possession of
the opinion of General Scott, relative to
the war, was taken up, and modified by
the mover so as to make it discretionary
with the President texcommunicato {he
information confidentially or otherwise,
ami striking oht the ordinary proviso
that it shall not be inconsistent with the
public interest.
Mr. Sevier moved to lay the resolution
liey did not reach Guadalupe until 4 wo (brief.—Rich. Rep.
of the great and powerful State of Ohio
are discussed iu a clear, comprehensive
and handsome manner. All bopor to
Gny. Bebb, the only Governor in the on the table, and the yeas and nays be-
United States who knows hopr to be ing called, it was decided in tbc affirm-
, alive. Yeas 22, nays 20.
dollars to be used by the President
making peace. Common minds wuuld
i-| infer from the fact *h at this money was
nounccd the death at Allertown, on the 1 to be paid lo Mexico, or Mexican officers,
19th iusl., of consumption, of his col-. that Congress intended by that act, to
league ami friend, John W. Horubcck, give an indemnity to Mexico, for some-
representative from Lehigh and Bucks thing, and not to exact an indemnity from
counties, Pennsylvania, who had re-, her. But President Polk is not a corn-
turned about ten days since to receive j mon man. He understands things in a
in the onward progress of his disease strange wise way ol his own. To offer
and the closing scenes of his life, the, three millions, is to demand indemnity,
consolations of his friends and family.} To send home Santa Anna, the ablest
The customary resolutions were adopt- i general and most powerful leader of the
et j, j Mexicans, is to weaken the enemy. To
In Senate.—The Vice President com-, tax American citizens upon the goods
raunicated the report of the commission-! they import into Vera Cruz, is to levy
er of Pensions, of Pensioners who'have military contributions upon the vanquish-
applied for benefit from Naval Hospital ed. The way to establish civil liberty
ftioj. and to ensure the blessings of our Re-
Mr. Berrien submitted resolutions' publican institutions, *13 to procure some
calling on the President for the report land colonel or sea captain to create a
or other communications from Gen. Tay- i government by General Orders, and en-
lor as to the line proper to be occupied | force it with the bayonet. And the only
by our troops, referred to in the letter of j way to be at peace, is to fight on, with
the Secretary of War. I or without a cause of war.
Mr. Calbonn offered an amendment.
d when
that is done, they can speedily bring it been prevailing it was diminishing in
to a close.” j intensity, but was advancing from Mos-
The present condition of this tvar with cow toward St. Petersburg and extend-
Mexico presents rather a curious anora- i„ g toward the West. It had reached
"ly* I 1 ' s difficult to tell exactly what; Warsaw. Owing to the dread of the
the object ol it is ; and the effort on all disease, all vessels not provided with
sides seems to be to throw the respon- ' clearance.bills of health are interdicted
sibihty of its prosecution as far as pos- access to the coasts of Sweden. This
sible upon circumstances and to exalt no ; ; 3 represented to have much embarrass-
ccssify into a cardinal virtue. ed commercial relations with tbatcoun-
V v MrU u -4^,0.- cLta^pir 3 ° CCUrr< -' d ^
ntgomery, Ala., (where
Gen.!
A letter
the Legislature of that Sta
session,) dated 6th insL, says:
“ The whole body of the Whigs of
Alabama and many influential Demo
crats are uniting on Taylor. On Satur
day, amidst an illuminated State House,
we had the most deeply exciting Tay
lor meeting ever held. It was an- ex
traordinary affair. In the Senate Cham
ber, the Hall of the House, the Lobbies,
Galleries, Rotunda, outside the building,
the crowds gathered with an enthusiasm
non 11 uucrcu stu wiKuuuisuM W vwv. «.us|-s-r- i—~—r-
which was accepted by Mr. Berrien, to Hliat they do not understand President
embrace the reports of any other offi-| Polk. They will get over their difficul-
cers on the same subject. The resolu- ty as soon as they learn to climb down
turns lie over. . wards and advance backwards.—St.
Mr. Dickinson offered a resolution to'Xoiiis Republican.
Some simple hearted people complain “« vi r known befi.rc. They culled for
• ‘ ihe speakers lo be divided, and two
thousand persons fold to go away,
blctoget within hearing of the speakers.”
Pius IX.—His per si
is extremely benignant
to unite with a perfcc^flf-epmoaa*o
indomitable resolq
ance. He is
authority ; but
bis Cardinals !
ballot by baiforpla
found that the bla& balls, which nega
tived his proposiujjn, very much exceed
ed the white. J®wears a small White
cap'5. and i'-^H^Ttliat' haying put all
the blue* l»;dls together, he took bis cap
and pl/ ' d .t oyer them, saying at the
yUPfvftr” 8 ^typrised cardinals,
wjftalls wire all white ; and
HJVGen. Cmi lias been nominated for President-, 1jh/>^ n o ^tn for their advice, dtSttHSf
by the Democratic State Convention of Ohio. ©fiHV n *
m