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t. :tu<] proceeded
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lusion to it.
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i story that
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neredulity.
s to have
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t at Vera
: landed at
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W% hreienda nun Jus^i.i,
Fsppiisc of tlx© govenurtent. It is rumored that
iKVoposals have been despatched to Santa An-
L Judging from the tone of the newspapers,
Muid suppose that they would lie rejected with
One print declares that it is the great-
Hisult which has yet been offered to Mexico:
Bther asks how long will Mexico permit her
eto be set at naught. The odium in which
) Atoclia is held, has apparently prejudiced
Viposals, whatever they may be.”
iis same writer, under date of the 17th ull.,
committee of foreign relations, to whom
was r&fctfnpJ Mr. Buchanan’s pence proposition,!
■ru to report unfavorably to negotiation |
ik a few is presumed that they will at j
’ iLe same time iHitue, in the form of a solemn j
manifesto, a reply cu Mr. Polk’s message on
Mexican affairs.” \
* The writer gives an account of the extraordi
|ary means devised by government l<>r raising
tnoney to carry on the war. All sorts of plans
are being resorted to, and with not much success.
It seems, too, that there were no signs that
Vera Cruz was to bo evacuated. Tlio people
there had turned out in a body to clear away the
•and embanked against its walls on the northern
and western sides, and to dig a ditch. Even the
women and children were engaged in carrying
away the sand. It is also stated that Santa An
na half remitted $75,000 of his own funds to the
city to aid its garrison.
The correspondent of the Picayune says :
“At Vera Cruz the state of things is very
much at it was when I last wrote. The author
ities are busy in issuing proclamations annonn
cingthe threatened attack and issuing some pro- j
venture orders, among the most unpalatable of
which is one forbidding the masquerade at. the
carnivaL There are many, however, who re
gard tbo threatened invasion with incredulity.
There are five thousand men in the city of Vera
Lruz and oue thousand in the castle —three
of these belong to the National Guard
mrnßjmMMlriMtfCi'eH disciplined and supplied
wF\ is, on the contrary not organized and is destitute ‘
r of arms.
Probably mom Are National Guard will be
called in sup# *ho city, but 1 do not
many more will no crowded within ;
the/Mnls, as they cannot be fed. The defences
M\£} place appear to combine great strength
and Jreat weakness; of course, the facility with
whieti the city may be carried will depend upon
the points attacked.
We are to-day told that there arc two shoo sand
men at Alvarado—half of them regulars. Guns j
hv( been drawn from every quarter to strength
en the defences, which now equal eight ‘
wida total of sixty guns of various calibre. The
outfituee to the river is also defended by a chain
of it'lls or torpedoes, which can be exploded
fiwJtbe land. /
Sovcrnor of Vera Cruz has gone to su
it* person the fortiticatious of the pass
1 Nacional, and a company of artillery
ield pieces have already been oidajrod
s,
rve of six thousand men is to he con
at Jalapa under Gen. CauaJizo, Gan.
being in command.
(Jen- L* Vega is to march to Vera Cm/,.”
Saata Anna bus negotiated with certain com.
•ereM bouses ol San Luis, tor drafts and a loan
in the amount of $l6O ,olio drawn on Mexico and
Vtra Cruz, and pledging all his property us e.
airity. He has paid this sum within a mouth
to the Commissary General, by whom it has
drh disbursed tor the absolute subsistence and
troops. In till* way lie has born
jgf.l a month's pay
upon the country and j
c,,r, y. now that they will
TroicV, ! w ’T y SU,,,,lipS ’ This resolution is
The a !' V! *ys c°nfe r on us honor.”
patriotism of this worthy prelate is duly applaud! ,
‘lcdar(,fa C f”, Hr .fl' ~C S,Bt f of Vara C has
i ofVera'rru’; 1 Tie dty
the i;,! 1 CC,,tr, ' n,t,onß to to subsistence of
and Alva evad “ d tho blockade
n-portT’ ““f a " ,,t1,0r ’ a> Spanish brig,'^'id!' as
at or ,mwd, ' r a,id
to p i,,,, # an K & en had ,)een ordered
that gloomy d,mgeo„!’ a “ nowco,, ‘ incd “ ithi
Lair and Important from Mexico!
Z l "' jU,r ; lnJ Sanla ‘toa hate met in Battle -
M e are indebted to Mr. E. D. Coleman of
the Mobile ‘Hemal & Tribune,” for a copy of
,” EUnl , tho l4, L> from that office, giving the
follow mg news from the N. O. “Delta,” of Sat.
unlay last.
•i \ t J^ hI 'TA Office, Saturday morning 1 1 o'clock
At an early hour this morning wo received
our correspondence from the seat of war bv ffie
• < u. Cinderella, which arrived last night.
• ‘ l T a Rra,l P t 0 ll| c last*hour of the express start
Wr,V l r™y’ a,ld confl rm the P probablitv
hee„ fopght between Gem I
(.fiamjt 1 as swarming;
with Mexican soldiers and rancheros.
A hard battle was commenced near Saltillo,
| between Gen. Taylor with 5,000 men, and Santa
I Anna, with a force of upwards of 20,000. •The
Mexicans had no artillery ; Taylor had 18 pieces
{ light artillery. Gen. Taylor lost, it is said, about
, 2 000 men, and tho Mexicans about 1,000. Tay
| lor h;ul taken position at a mill-pond, about three
! miles from Saltillo. Gen. Marshall had left Mon*
i tery with provisions and two 18-pounders, guard
|cdby a strong escort, to join lien. Taylor. The
i Mexicans about Comargo think Santa Anna has
! been badly whipped. Col. Morgan of tho Ohio
j volunteers, stationed at Cerralvo with a strong
j force, has been attacked and bis force cut up ail
j along the line of observation as far as Mier. An
j other report is that Morgan was slightly wound,
cd and lias retreated. Several of our trains and
many mules with sutler’s goods, have been cap
tured by the Mexicans.
Gon. Urroa is on his way to Matamoras with
4,000 cavalry.
From die Maliunuran Fbig—March 3.
Our town has been thrown into the most in
tense excitement by the reports constantly reach
ing here relative to the perilous situation ofGen.
Taylor’s division of the army. They are so vague
and confused, that we hardly know how to com
monce an abstract. That a battle has been
fought, no one can doubt fora moment, but how
it has resulted, or what dangers are impending
on the line of the Itio Grande, is enveloped in
the most peaplexing uncertainty. M e give, how
ever, what seems to be the best authenticated
statement received from the seat of hostilities :
Gen. Taylor, while at Agua Neuva, 22 miles
front Saltillo, with 5,000 men, was attacked, on
the -2d ult. by a Mexican force of 15,000. Find
ing lie could not maintain his position, he made
good his retreat to Saltillo, covering his wagon
train. Here a severe engagement took place in
i the streets, in which the Mexicans suffered a
heavy loss. After destroying what of the public
stores he could not transport, he continued his re
reachcd the Riuconda Pass, where he was again
attacked, but successfully defended himself.—
Here all thft rumors, reports and letters leave j
him. Onfce in Monterey, and lie would be safe,
but his ability to accomplish this much, was alto,
gether problematical, as the Mexicans were
swarming in every direction. A merchant in Co
marge, under date of 25th ult. writes to his friend
in this place:—“Three expresses to-day from
Monterey; lighting in Saltillo; Marin in Mexi
can possession ; large train of wagons, 126, and
and 160 private mules taken; McCulloch’s com.,
pany taken ; 6000 cavalry this side of the moun
tains, and tilings in general turned upside down.”
From another source wo learn that Col. Morgan
had abandoned Corralvo, destroyed all works he
could not take with him ; and that a courier from
Monterey had reported at Catmtrgo that 1500
Mexicans between the two places,
more were iu the neighborhood of A icturia.
This much we cull from the mass of reports j
before us, without vouching for its correctness.
The. destination of several boats has been chang.!
ed within the lust few days, on reaching this
place, and the “Troy ” held in reserve at Ca
margo to convey despatches. All the xvagon
trains for other places have been slopped here,
uud every one is on the tjui lire.
We have strong confidence in old Zacli, and
believe it impossible to whip him; but should
harm betitll his division ot the army, the conse
quences to those who have left him with such re
sources will lie terrible.
Six companies of the Virginia regiment have
passed through Matnniom* on their route to Cn
innrpiv.
j letters corroborate
“‘T-° V ’ “"*'2* Xml
i n person, but do not give (h o number. Ge„
‘-\‘f
■fff.-f.O of the new volei.leeb
3er A? T rey ’ t,W ,aU<;r *° relieve the I
• All vigilance is rcoiiirod of ii
“fI I, V ; g, . la T is of command:
and \va g ”M “ !" C m,l ' ch tlorri Camargo,
tlm e ,emv I- ‘ nigl,f ,oguaid a g a^‘
pretty bZ 7r } '° U ’ ,h, " gS bpgi ” look
pi city blue. Ihe wagon trains between (•,
niurgo and Monterey have been stopped. |
Vours, R. s.
Feb. 25. 1847.
or/A Q M~// n ° r flo ' l * Ga P‘- Montgom
ceix’el Q ' M l Monterey, has just been re-
Gen T g 7 ,,g K th M tio„ : Tbit
iimeiurh!?!Si's Wa 4 SlilJ , g ° ing ° n ’ WbcM j
1
lake me.” ‘‘ ‘ “ c "® and
On the 24th inst. orders were received here
° 8 ' 0,) a,,d lurn lj ack all their teams leavin,
rZSSVSt teams to ,ht ’
l-oen armed to-day. A Z”
ons ioff here on file I7il, i .
,?■ y ‘ Jho communications be.
‘ ecu h,s place and Monterey are entirely clt
„ ..I ‘ ,lr !" a 18 opined by a large force of the
I enemy v m V a large force of the
:. nu ’ s,ud lo advancing rapid!v
j P Camargo, supposed to be Gen. (Jrroa’l
1 lose th sT T c ,,d ar,ill< ' r - V - We ,lave to op.
I pcse this force (of nearly 5000 men) about 1000
, including QuaitenqghKmn. •
/ ,rm V. Fell. 22,
■'ll! I 111, I-Hill,
lion here. The . oul s f ! ,a ‘
from Saltillo. T.Vylor lias fallen ‘(jkHJ!’ l jVAVIr
Agna Neuva ; GeiL Marshall, who started from
here yesterday for Saltillo, received orders to
stop halfway, at the Rinconada pass, and for
| tify. 8000 of the enemy had been seen within
i seven miles of Gen. Taylor's camp. This is
our situation on the Saltillo side, by the other
| road wo have more news. Yesterday 800
i Mexican cavalry entered Catdareta—how many ,
i more arc behind wc don’t know ; the wretches !
’ hnd tho audacity to take our store for a cartel, ,
the person attending to tho store narrowly es
caped—he came in this morning, having ridden
all night. We are prepared for a desperate
fight, but have at most only 1000 men. j
Another letter of tho same date says, 1 have/
only time to say that a battle is daily expectr
between Gen. Taylor and Santa Anna. Th
latter ii in great force a short distance beyon
Saltillo. Gen. Taylor has left his position j
Agua Nuova, and fallen back to the strong paJ
Col. May was sent on a scout, and a lew of n,
men were captured. Tnis is the latest net;
from above. M’e are nil in the Biack Fort, a
the only way for Santa Anna to tako us will/
by starvation There are provisions ciuingi,
it to keep us going for six months.
*• Montf.rev, (Mexico,) Feb. 21,18#
Eds. Delta —Since my last to you, we f
had all sorts of reports as to the advanc/t
Santa Anna and his army upon Saltillo ; bit’
intelligence was not sufficient to warrunp
belief that such was the case until ycstii,
when an express arrived at this place Irony.
Taylor’s camp at Agua Nucva. 20 miles bfd
Saltillo,stating that Santa Anna and liislv
were in force about 30 miles in his (Gent
lor’s) front. The purport of the expresses
that Capt. Prentiss’ Company of li. S. Ary
should marchup from iliis place, to join jit
to tho credit of that officer, lie was
in a very short time. Two IS-nodndcrs a,w ,
guns ol a smaller calibre, were taken up. Lei.
Marshall left this morning for Saltillo. \ j
The speculations here are, that G n. Tnvllr
will bo tally able, with the small force now vvJli
him, to maintain his position against my attn/k
from the enemy. Should *anta Aina be (in
such three as is represented, Gen. ’aylor clui
fall back on Saltillo ; and if driven rack trim
there, he can retreat to Monterey,where lie
will be secure. From what 1 ca’ hear, bid
Rough and Ready says—“ if SnntaAnna has ;
the temedity to attack me, I will gis him Mat. I!
tie.” 5000 cavalry are reported hie 50 titles
distant from the city, on the road wards (f ic
loria, coming this way. M’e ha vie re the' Ist
Regiment Ohio Volunteers and ‘ Regiment
Kentucky, and about one coin pi Kentucky
Cavalry—no Regulars.
In the event ot Gen. Taylor bctdrivcn back
on Monterey, it is understood thill tbo forces
will retire into ti.e Black Fort, f which p O .
silion we will have comniuiid ho town
Provisions, ammunition, wood, ■■ arc boi„,r
sent to the fort in great abumla—in tact, u jj
Government property has beemoved there,
if the enemy conic to Monte in force, the
present three cannot hold it. mi the Black
Fort, w ith our heavy pieces (>Uery, w’e can
batter the city down, or nt lt'oke ,j 10 j
mies’ quarters so hot (or thoi° compel them I
to soon evacuate,
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Hrn. Taylor ft ox /alien
fiaii will toon open.
Old le-ugli and IlcaiK “
* |t. Bella of Similar
BZ^>S—STiLL LATER,
night i)l i!;-■ cln.oner Ari-
HuJL from the 111 •-m 1 1h of the Hi.,
■Butin pis;Ji-.-i.-ii of still infer
flahe iii-utjfl’ v. ar. Though im
■mk imSinai. ii had been re.
lyne li'Q
moros, whose means of obtaining correct infor ‘
! i nation are well known, asserted in the most ‘
I P ° S “ ,V * ,l ''m*. as will be see,, by refcrencTm
Imm correspondent’s letter of the 6‘h inst Zl :
battle had been fought, and that Gen. ’
was foiling back on JMonterev. *
We have conversed with I) r To: ,
who came
I ,H ’ and ! cft Gamargo on the 2d inst {{,.
’ readers *of a ,n ’ C | ,ligei,Ce alread / Laid before L
caders, of an order received at that place from
i■,?“ artennasto . r Ge,,cral at Monterey, to stop
: -1 the wagon trains leaving fb r the latter ,
l ui, css escorted by at leas, troops, J tho
Mexicans were said to be i„ gre at force be
tween those points. A tmin wfch left Carnal’
go for Monterey with a small escort, was mot
by the express near Mier and returned to Ca-
fVon) Of G t m brU T' V ’l A ' l oA,>rf ' r ' 3 * ,ad ‘her’, arrived
having h.fj th^^rr 1 r
an ei gagemcn. was looked for evert hour. |
acteirrVt ,e - ,n °f S ‘ nrt,i ' ,g Mnd char.!
actor wire in circulation throui/h il„. I
1,, t. , c,rcu l a,, °n through the city ves.
erday, such as the <>f Point i , “, :
h-. i
:l^"l”| h °' C a-l!'la ,I> * l ‘ ll “” ™ 1 board 1
mr ■
’ ‘ -*—__N lr /~±.. oil the
important from Tampico
i‘he Pioneer, Capt H R °’
nvedat this port last ev,.’„- ) Vn ’ M 'hch ar
fro it, Ulms Island via Tamnir® f VCn d; '7
estuy and importn,K news iVs ‘ UV ° i,ifer -1
ion t our troops Ibi the ,1. ‘ r mb a ,ka. j
jln tie 29t1, „lt. bet fee, , - cra C,lJZ
left Tampial a !,d /?” r sail a <’
doji and munitioiJ of war “t’" S s ' and “ t‘h
/ n.or the boinharc lent ofVn r\ L,y ande *crip. i
h-> ZZt'**
/choouers and stc.xr .oats—j, 4 Jark< *’ hrigs, j
‘®fliat could possibly < rrv ‘ * eve, T vessel
-’fsted into the sc,Vi, , 2 ld T„? P , a ™ “ns cn .
f hoy could poaaibi t | JC | “ as *°on as
ygicat difficulty tlnJthe P.v,„,” “ as w, th
/anxious were the nlltary authlrhjf*, so
I her into the same sf-fee". Civ 7 f ° ,m P re *s
! 18 ro ported to have lid that f k„ j 1 h| mse!f
i “ ou * d be commonJl „„ t | lo i„ * .‘ ~non* tration
j 7° rt “ a8 s believed a t V" d ! his i
“hen the Pioneer ft, that it * lm P'co,;
| as a nioro rumor,la a s •, ur * j° l . rt ’S arf / f *d 1
la .v therefore e,,J evp ' ry (h la - We j
<he bombardment If that V.f “ l,l ‘ ar news 01 l
‘nwer of strong,lie ü ßt .
Ulua. e f Lastlc 01 n Juan de i
| I
! W - ™o„ rs .
Eds. Delia —GeiJcott ,* ~ s ’ ,8 ‘ 7 ’
arrived hero on SmTl last, on af, ‘ , suite
Massachusetts. (jJJ ( , sl „. | , , ‘he stcamsf,,,,
H- *>nd immedial ordLed S rin S'*he alter'-
bonisiana Regunenl) make at,d
mg. According |y. Itfonffav Pa^t,t>ns ft,r hv
'oard ship, and sail#, the cvj L f- e "'harked on
Brazos, On Tucsdlnd Wednll/ [ J > ,M P'> or i
ucs ott/.s t„M Artil j-’ ■“ Kfrenl com-
Mo u a led Riflp.
t lTvi W increasing 3,6 fefee
consideralACAx “ymnd. In the evcniiur
M Pdnediiy\(AJrgiven the First Penusvi
vania and Soiußj Regiments to refimbark'on
j shipboard to-da ie .v have accordiigiy j olle
and will fprobam EPa to-night. 7beir linal
uoslination ip M but I have no oubt it is
Vera Cruz, \v' lu to think a blow is soon to
he struck. j
The heat and tlmolunteers !
have a hard tiw K “ n . oul on regime al parade !
But little siJ^ Vi among the en.
P. S.—FkjM*'—Eleven sail otessels sr -
nved yesterda® thcin the steam ip Endor.i
I p c . Worth #- I ‘pected. We slil all h e (‘,j
in a fpw daysß[ esuin e that in a rtnight , r
the (art I ms-; J|e conffirt will ta place ’bet I
tween the twlrlhieh f trust, niavtsiilt i n on |
gaining possAf ’ < f ra Fruz. Is, o God of, l
Battles vve uMf™**-
From tli Extra, March l
FURTfROM THE BPiOB.
The nmiV 1 ‘>’ ‘he Ciudcrel,, Friday
I evening •> wfe-,. pJ a ,. od
hi possessPW o Following los, which 1
throw a lit|Mjlpmii the nlarminfmors vv c I
havo rocoiMil hi our colunmfi'| u , f lrst I
hitter \vlii(M’ l is ll '" ui ill > ofl >fthe ar. 1
my, posse* t) inducement tp„ ro 0) .
, curate inlJoi* 1 facilitate the \Kj ons gt
l his own ctjktidkhicli uro of tlifet active
■ character :7 ,
/ [Corftndence of thaj, „ oe , I
SleaJnt Hir mki*’ (•* *• /<•, > !
63 miieftMTi
foin/feiu—Tho S. rtenmer , I|M j/j^
j Capt. Breath, left Camargo the Ist. inst., and !
1 furnishes the following news, founded principally I
1 upon reports of Mexicans ;
! Gen. Taylor commenced fghting at Saltillo
j the night of the 22d February. The Mexicans
j report that he repulsed Santa’Anna, and that the
1 latter sustained a loss of about 2000 men.
f train of about 120 wagons has been cap.
1 tured between Cerralvo ar.d Marin by Busta
i inente’s cavalry. A number of pack mules have
j been taken, loaded with goods, &e. belonging to
| citizens and sutlers.
Col. Morgan ■oflhe Ohio regiment, with three \
i companies of the same, is supposed to 1 ave been
■ taken 011 his march from Cerralvo to Monterey.>
; Capt. Irwin, supposed to be Col. Irwin of the j
Ohio regiment ) has also been taken, with a
. small command of volunteers. 4 ft lias been !
I suggested t.i us that this gentleman may be Capt. 1
i Irwin, ot the Qua;ter Master’s Department, on :
; ids aa\ to ?,I\jnterey, whitlier he was rpcentlv I
i ordered.] “ i
| Gen. llrea is reported to be on bis for 1
I Matninoics, with *,ot)o men and lot) Raiicdicros
between Micr and Cerralvo. The Ranchcros i
wore rising in every direction.
The last report or rumor reached Camargo i
on the 25th nltrand stated that Santa Anna with :
10,00'J men was in front of Gen. Taylor, and
that there were GOOD men in his rear, and that
Gen. Taylor had fallen back to Monterey. ]
Jtfipe this last me v prove true, for if he has” suc-
At l * ban bold r 1 ’
till
communication wdthMuutemv ;< ...
sent cut offi v , dt Prp
* onr friend, w .
The following letter is Rom a „ officer of the 1
than any thing Metre yet‘seen: ’ C °
\r i Camaroo, Mex., Feb. 25,
M, J thar Stn—l have only time to sav t Lt
we are again in motion. Yesterday 1,
came from Gen. Taylor fwhoTs nt 4 an v °’ Je >-
3(> milf 's beyond Saltillo,) to stop
anTdir 111 r£r going <rom hers to Monterey
id also an order to send up immediately f'nM
iST?
is that Gm. ? P °f “ccompanying this order
|o’ . • &an * a An,la is within 36 miles of
23000 men’ “if- G< ' n ’ Santa Anna has
P a - ln haste, F. BRITTON. <
- Have
Have sailed the evening of tlm st
■he 4th,„ Ii„
l™l„co tve know ,| ia , h c nrri ’ ,„ ] “
| on the m "rmng of the 3d insf. P
nr , Bbazos , I*lakd, March 1, 1847
re “° IJrthcr information from the di-
Gen./ftyWhafoX^alTffie'traT^ ,0 ce‘ ha ‘
force or f he?n 3 " nS -° thero “as a large
™ k C g £■ H'^-MofoSs^hT”
three addi'ionaf'colnpaffie? Tile'*l°
t and
ZZ , ' r ' , ’ ,u ! ,l . v hcautitul Sound.
, I wo have
I fiti GemTayK 1 ? 1 } r ° Ceiv ° ,a,c * >'"*
aie sanguine in the belief thafTh “ ,,iu * AII
‘"fe'Sy" l
Off Anton L,W? ! p S ? CA ® HOSf /
~.S ,ncc my last letter, (
! S tra,l ? ired . although
sternly on ti, e “ .. Bn"e have been con-
I the war, viz : .he'tormit'’l- groa ‘
I o<l . Jhe squadron u.. ‘ fean Juan d’UJ.
’ anchorage on the 2l‘h o f° t h° ri ' ,,d i'zvous at this !
’ f °r co-operation with'the 7 ,r> be ready
command of (Jen. S-, ■tt w 7, wh,ch under the
t 0 i0 -ot>o men, whe,, ‘7 to amount I
centrated here SV w “ bave con
• on the OH,, with 7 PS ‘ bc Forward
ve ssel s loaded • , 1,11 ‘■ifornritfoii that Bto In
’ bimsolf had ha , d i " lt *er Orleans
! ° OO nie ” each, ti-on, whom* sh, P s carrying i
transports were to rend learned that the !
I h hammock at . L 7** Island!*
11®.™, 0 ™* and TSJfco allo {i !r if " aj bt “ t " t ' c
squadron is activelv !>„ ’ ,*/he meantime the i
P*ote order for a land %)„ P^”‘ g “ sel ’ hi com-1
r it, knowing it j s V e arc all anxious j
have at the enemy i ‘ o PP°rtmftj.- we shall
P'aceon the who!’ ,he only!
near enough to batter. ‘ * °" r sh, P s can get i J
boats and the stores ~p’ ’ ** reter - ‘hreegun
on the JGth-beinffSl,, ‘ ed ; nia %, ‘ieh arrived
trigate Potomac and ft ,' riJ,r ’ Bost °n. The
, al Gree Island, the 4 S£ 0h ? Ada,ns ar c Iving f
o t ,h e ,HoSeS er ’ °T, r s ” ,e men sta .
effected in J ,° n * almedina Island
deserting to the Mexicans ° T s " cci '* ded in
got adrift at the same time “° ol,u ‘>- men who
the I riiieetoii. She J ’ ero P'cked up by i
tas^sfcsrs^;
* k „S?WS|JK
I “'h'cl, (it all hands Vlihe * e !° VC lingers
‘rue aflbction 7, m e a a “ d 1 ,10, * c doselv: l, u ,
which tits one hand onlv and Th ?* ■
one. an,J >its close to that j
| Elopjbm s.vr i.\ ,s r j ■'T*
. case of elopement occurred in ! eresti ng
j “ays ago, which was \ a few
, and battery on the pari u s t h an assa ult
/he St. Louis Hevcilie ,n { ure d husband. !
husband was absent fawn Jp'-Sfe. whfle
hmg all her oflects, left ,i. . ‘ ■ rlns wife, ta.
hy her husband, and took Pie,nisos P'ovided ,
(paramour somewhere i„ T <J " !, ? ers “ith her
; the Mound. On his ret ln i ~e! g hb° -hood of
1 arrangement, the |, U s|J ,7 be “ r,,, 8 oftbc new
visit, caught his rival luvurlooT ,‘ he fmr * ip a
sotu, enjoy intra , 7 J °unging „„ ;
, 8* vp him n„
“ l *” • com biding ’ |, O (" llc f| t.
ir'-
1 “•“ £i*iib.„ ?
looking for promotion fV 1.,.
fn beauffUil hn r .e. lng,n g to the i u ij /
I Correspondence of the Muscogee Dcmocrntt
Washiivoton, March 8. ’47.
Mr. Editor :—As all things in this sublunary
j world, must have an end, so you will not be as>
; tonished that the 29th Congress expired by force
of the statute of limitation. At its dissolution,
the members, in more respects resem
bled a troop of ghost-like spirits retreating homc
| ward at the approach of the god of day. That
portion of them doomed to hear, perhaps for the
: last time, the soothing sound offame’s loud trump,
I” were, of course, sullen and gloomy, and for tern
-1 porary relief, resorted to artificial stimulants.—
Those flushed w ith success in obtaining a dip into
■ the JL?sk.pots of Egypt, were entitled to rejoice.’
; These two divisions may be said to include all of
i the dominant political party, and not a few of the
1 minority. It is a difficult task to select the pure
and able statesman in this bod)-, from the huge
mass of false and superficial ones.
The Senate, as a whole, is composed mainly
of men in their second childhood, whose intel
-1 focts are as much obscured as their natural vis
ion, and the latter is so to such an extent, as to
render them unable to read ordinary print, even
1 with the aid of glasses only at a snail’s pace.
Another great evil in this body is, that a mem
ber, upon his iirst entrance it, is violently seized
with an them able monomania in relation to jpg
own dignity alias self-importance ! The
ability, the more aggravated the diseagM^^"’*.
‘aiii'x of the /
“"* ’’ imd iMLjggfif ’ ■■ ”
; , ■ <■ I ■ ti ll *
t j. .Hanmtil lliu
the pn
and common
i 1 1 “V sis omit,
;<*f their ciatilness in the art’of
igc.deinain m a caucus! Men of such iutellrc”
nSfi*:h*T- rf
j , l; - v <!pvo,e themselves to the cratificatio*
then- sensual appetites, and it is f
I curious observation to discover where .
j io ”p will be any dS3£t £
pointed Turk. I„ their proceeding to a
I candid observer, dullness of apprchensi?f^
!~ “S',: T
S * lfc ™ m rlSd”
Tbt. • • h c transpired on the day precedine
v-rtv ‘ P - S a , Bpecieß 0< excitement that is
xa.,tl) amusing to the beholder—and with vour
oTveTou V' a> ’’ 0f CpiSodr ’ 1 wiJI endeavor
10 6 ,vc y°u * dim picture of it;
11 *V? c ’ * n ( K V ’ imagine fifty-six men
a 1 past tire meridian of life, many vc&fitoE
i.se-S K” “ ith - laSSiti
** •- it mat be the previous
and each >.> h! ’ 1 . ous ‘"S' ll s debauch—
nna each m his own estimation a “Solomon”
Komt’ i’ “1 “ 4,11 of motion, in ,|| o
most, ot course reans the ”
, v.„u, o v naps me brightest aurels and
18 f. onsc, *' 8 f ‘m stern facts that the exS ifS
mttion are fixed upon him for a future President”
‘gg ir. Ta,Vi,t tfficc. i
opposed by such means vain > wl*u
matter of feeling and sentiV n PP/ J cfi©ii is a
has but to recur to his dnS^r; 0 " 1 ,bo g r °ntor
certain who first l.c spa „7Lf and as.
he appointment is nJufeS tV“ £lilJs . and
J? nf y about the Sonar a „rf , °,' S .
Simtes ofthe densest pepue/') ‘ k,S : . tbr ‘ f ho
ht Senators. l! ut t ,J s l * v c the weak,
to seme of Canness dees not >!..
j ,“ ,e °t the north-easter., ‘V 101 Pply
laud, constitutionally made J‘ h , b ’ P ° la<} 1 a<} of.
people there are mefe bccause ‘J
laftei;I aftei ; ‘lc tort dollar i The • ’ n 'o de (o sc mch
a ®°htary member In o f"’ has but
j P re tci)sions to ability . a 7r! T’ “ h ° ~as any
I about two. J” JWe State
some giants in intcltect l’ s ’ Se,latc contains
Vh °. h a v c been the shLiV..?! ,le ™e. tho 8 ©
posses Ithf,™* .‘he p„,,g
j cst degree. The two h g m the high
i/or/v do'/ ( -r.v, have be can °° S - ° J ,f ll4 l
j and ‘or,y nights T cd & *ty dav,
; opposition to each other TANARUS, ’ ‘'7'“ P la d in
‘ be ,lo P 0 that each might*krithe taUse *■
apparent friends , other, and their
If- hi ii ve through”/ he S
South Carolina Senator w h f,", ° f 7 8 - The
jor imaginary, is emphatic !y ! hIS fi,u!ts > real
be R esident, would add :, grt ' a ’ In an. To
ills incapacity to bargain l ° b,s ,am c-
Jfeat him. The MS“ : l i ,n,r, g ut '> wiU ever
‘be cof the Jasl. upon J L wn !att ' r Lell ' CVCS in i
cess lor the las, “ “‘s own party. IIIS stir *_ /
; confidence in it but lIT b ** &** /
\ ‘ VUh ‘ he resolution to apS n f% lio,ired him /
I Pmter of the debates oi! cu ston rc-/
! let me say that rl 7 Se ” a,e ’ And,
I j lor ‘o lUyxEc J’i, Si% a ,V eW n,e feopjfl
drawback on him as Übilc - Th cgr C
l t h0 "-*v. Hi s IVenceTs “nr’/' 8 l “
to a /jie personil o, K&turaJ, and hq’
sistible. It would lJ >pCa,ance ’ . ll becomes/.
psslagil
:‘mrmation, and conscious* / s ,es °urces, M
i^^ss’s.A
■, mens© ViT nit< ‘ ,Psts ieaJf e “ ‘ re *
n*,tr 4 °* A P ers °iis ‘i® 8 ,. ,n g on th4| m
• patronage of the beJ,eu ‘ ‘hat tb c Jl ■
j cinporal salvation denesff P ®' l “* Tl >o
I ‘s, not to agitate the },JII °!’! lntl I after a sjffi A- ®
cieiil number „(• the vJR . Co,,Ve Mo aij£ M f
b“u“'a be 10 "/ “' e 1 ‘ ,ko torci'M i
Ritchie’s h .“* ~ear ly mh si(l
, i 5.-1*
<ic,r si™ it
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