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insulted, by a very direct exclusion of tbo mem
bers from the proposed public funeral of the iate
Mr. O’Connell —a small section of that body are
about to form a third section of Repealers, and /
among these dissensions it is considered very
probable that the entire agitation will spend its
decaying energies.
If rom (hi* iNfW-Orleuuf 1 Delta, July B.]
LATEST FROM MEXICO —TAKING OF TABASCO, j
The 1). S. steamship Alabama, Capt. Windle,
arrived this morning. She left Vera Cruz on
the 2d and the Brazos on the 4th inst.
From the Vera Cruz Eagle of the 30th lilt, we
learn that Lieut. Merryfield, belonging to Capt.
Ford’s company, 3d Dragoon*,’ deliberately blew ;
his brains out, in Capt. Duperu’s markee, on the ■
morning of the 20th.
Major Harrington, formerly of Cincinnati, died
at Vera Cruz of vomito, on the 21th ult.
The following from our regular correspondent,
though not very recent, throws some light on the
movements of the Mexican Generals in defence
of the Capital.
Puebla, June 17, 1847.
Eds. Delta: I did not send my express'last
night, as I intended, on account of expecting
seme important news from the Capital.
By a foreigner, who arrived lust night, we
learn that Santa Anna has left the city of Mexi
co with his force, except a small portion of the
National Guard. This person left at the very
moment Santa Anna was marching out—there
fore he did not know where he was moving, or
what was his object; but, from another source, I
learn he. is coming to the Pimm and Ayotla,
where the fortifications are erected, and await
our approach. The movement of Alvarez and
Juvera has also somewhat developed itself. As
soon as we move upon the great General and
liis breastworks, Alvarez and Juvera (the former
of whom is now within 20 miles, with 3500 men,
and the latter within 40 miles, w ith 4000, to
gether with 3000 men to be raised in this val
ley) are to concentrate upon our rear; but when
our army gets to work, you may depend then
will be a road opened somewhere. All the
Americans have left the City of Mexico, by order
of the Government; also, all the “ principal
families,” with their valuable effects.
A ours, truly, mustang.
Expedition of Com. Derry to Tabasco.
Tabasco, June 21, 1847.
Eds. Delta —You have long been aware that
it was absolutely necessary that we should take
and hold possession of this city of San Juan Bau
tista de I abasco, that the inhabitants might be
undeceived as to the motives which induced Com.
Perry to spare their city last autumn ; and with
that view, the U. S. naval forces in the Gulf of
Mexico, received orders to rendezvous at the an
chorage off the mouth of the Tabasco river
On Monday, 14th day of June inst., the final ar
rangements being completed, all the officers, sea
men and marines of the flag-ship Mississippi,
except a few ship-keepers, were transferred pro
tern, on board the steamer Scorpion. In like
manner, the other steamers of the squadron were
crowded with officers and crews of the frigate
H.ai itan, corvettes John Adams, Germantown,
Albany, and Decatur, and severally stood in over
the bar, and came to off the town of Fmntcra,
tire miles up the river, where were anchored,
having been previously towed in, the boinh-ves- j
sols Etna, Vesuvius and Ntrombol), the brig ;
Washington and the schooners Bonita and Spit-1
tire—the latter belonging to Capt. Taylor, Corn- 1
mandnnt of the Sub-marine forces and Camel
escort, who had volunteered his valuable services
in the event of the river being so low in places
as to require the aid of the camels to steady the
vessels over the shoals.
Hero the lino was formed, preparatory to as
cending the river. The steamer Scorpion, as
ilag-ship, led the van, having in tow the Vesuvi
us and Washington, with a long train oflaime.hes
and cutter*. Next came the steamer Spit lire,
towing the Stromholl, Bonita, launches and cut
tori ; then followed the steamer Vixen, with the
Etna, launches and cutters, and bringing up llie
rear was the steamer Scourge, sculling oil’ with
the schooner Spitfire. It was late in the even
ing when we again got under way, and the wind
ing intricacies of the river rendering navigation
difficult in the night season, ran only about ‘2O
miles, and then lay to for daylight. Some little
delay was experienced on the morning of Tues
day, in bringing up the rearmost vessels, hut as
soon as they were rearranged into line, we
moved on steadily towards the goal ofdestina
tion.
The city of San Juan Bautista, the capital of
the department of Tabasco, is located on the
bank of the river, seventy-fivo miles from its
mouth, and has many strong points of defence.
Qno of the strongest is a very acute bend, over
five miles below the city, forming three-fourths :
of a circle, quite narrow, and therefore the more
troublesome in the passage of a vessel of any
length through it. This liict is so evident, even
to these henighted creatures, that they have de
signated it as “El Turno del Demonio,” or the I
Devil’s Turn—and with a breastwork construe- !
ted midway the bend, and guns judiciously dis
posed and well served, they might so derange
the plans ot any fleet ot vessels ascending that
their position could not bo otherwise than ex
tremely critical. But here let us return to the
steamers, the rapid progress oi which was much
retarded by their heavy tows against a strong j
current, but still they puffed and sweated from ]
every pore as they dragged the heavy lengths 1
along astern of them, until within a mile of the |
Devil’s Turn, and there were brought up all |
standing in eight feet water only. It was near ‘
•unset, and boats were sent ahead to sound, but’
no greater depth could there he found, within a
hundred yards around, and the Commodore de- ;
cided to anchor for ihe night. All hands were ‘
prepared for an attack, as we had reason to sup
pose that there would be scouting parties around
us. Nor were we deceived ; for just before the
sun had disappeared, the enemy opened upon us
from the shore with volleys of musketry, the in
sidious varmints being hidden in the chaparral
and brushwood—yet, although the balls flew
over our heads and whizzed past us, not a man 1
was wounded. Wc returned the tire with such
interest that the river’s bank's were soon cleared
of Mexicans, and silence profound again reign
•d around. Ihe bomb vessels were anchored
in a hight a short distance below us, and in the
fore part of the night flashes for an instant bright,
L° u \ chaparul - Ixmnd s ' lor °i showed us that
the bomb people were catching it—then than- i
daring forth was heard the roar of one of their
almighty guns—and such a tremendous echo
rebounded as never was heard since the artillc
rJ^L J ° V u e xT' gh the heavens resounded.
Ibis bad the desired effect of stopping all fur.
ther annoyance, tor some hours at least; but to
wards morning the accidental discharge of a ;
musket brought another tire upon us, from a place
called the Palm-tree Landing. <) n board the!
Vesuvius some of the crew were wounded, hut
not mortally—and when morning brake, all’
hands, I may say, were in a perfect state of salu
brity. Than it was that the Commodore gave" :
the order that about 600 seamen and marines, j
with their respective commanders, should land 1
and march down upon the city, to cooperate with :
the vessels if they should cross the flats. And
now the scene was grand and edifying to behold :
surf-boats, with brass field-pieces barges,
crowded with officers—-cutlers, jammed and
crammed with seamen and marines—all lying
off on their oars, just after daylight, and eagerly
awaiting the signal to dash upon the shore.
In the meantime Limits. Aldcn and May had
been ordered abend to sound, covered by the
guns of the Bonita ; but the lurking foe, sneaking
among the tall grass and brushwood along the
shore, fired upon the boats and seriously wound
ed Lieut. May in the right arm—two of the
boat’s crew were likewise hit, but not badly
hurt. And now the Commodore had debarked
in his barge, accompanied by bis stall’, to lead j
the shureward-bonnd forces to the landing-place i
at the Palm-trees, situated a mile below the i
Devil’s Turn. Then the steamers Scorpion, I
; Spitfire, Vixen, and Scourge, opened simuttane- I
I ously with their heavy guns upon those devoted ■
; trees, and kept up an incessant blazing for about
j five minutes, which made a lane through the
forest. The order was passed to cease firing
1 and forward to the shore; the barge, with the
; Coinmander-in-Chief, landed first, when a shout
; arose that rent the air, and through the country,
j far and fWar, rung (tabic-like upon the car of the
’ flying foernen.
! Boat after boat surged through the swell, and
the nervous arms of the excited oarsmen made
! them spring almost out of water high up on the
beach,while seamen and marines struggled hard
! t$ be foremost up the steep bank, and no one
I thought of the foe other than to pray that he
might be worthy of his steel.
The brass field pieces were landed, and hun
dreds of seamen stood by for the main strength
; work of dragging them up the river bank, al
most perpendicular.
At length, tho line of march was formed, un
i der the direction of Capt. Mayo, who acted ns
Adjutant General, and the Ordnance officer,
I com’r. Mackenzie—and here, let me observe,
J that the most admirably organized company of
seamen was that of tho “John Adams,” under
|I ho auspices of Com’r. McCluncy. Its military
! appearance and general equipment could not
I have been surpassed by any infantry company
“1 the army. The artillery field-piece, com
manded by Lieut. Gansevaort, Ist of the J. A.
j “as likewise superbly arranged for trunsporta
| tion and efficient service, at a moment’s warn
ing. The other field.pieces, commanded by
Lieuts. Blunt Rogers, and others, were simi
: lurly provided for, and without a moment’s de-
I lay, the movement commenced towards the city,
where, we had been assured, the enemy were
waiting our approach with a well organized
force of fifteen hundred men.
And now in reality, wc encountered the tug
of war—the road before us was no road at all,
but merely a mule path through tall grass,
brushwood, swamps and quagmires innumera
ble. A vertical sun poured its burning rays up
| on us, and the men harnessed to the guns per
i formed the arduous task of steadily dragging
them forward, when opposed by almost insur.
j mountable obstacles along the route. In some
j parts of the road, the carriages would sink in
(ho mud fftrtrly to the hubs oft/ic wheels—and
across one swamp the pioneers had constructed
| a temporary bridge of limbs of trees, but there
j was no bottom to support it, consequently it
j sunk with the weight of the cannon; and had
it not been that an unwearied spirit, indomitable
! courage and determination actuated both men
and officers, they must have fallen by the way.
| side with unmitigated fatigue. Com’r. Bucha.
nan and others were complimented by the com
mander-in-chief for untiring efforts and great
. exertions in forwarding the Artillery. Several
: times w'e came within sight of tho enemy, but
he delivered his lire and then retreated, ere we
I arrived within musket range. Once they made
a stand, and opened a fire upon us front the
mouth of a defile ; the position was so well cho
: sen that I thought we should certainly have a
chance to engage them ; halls from muskets and
escopetas whistled over our heads for some nii
; nutes while halting for tho artillery to come into
I line, but when the order was given to ‘forward,’
they stood their ground but a short time, and
I soon after were seen rapidly retreating.
At this place we came within sight of the riv
er, front which we bad been diverging, and then
ascertained, for the first time, that the steamers i
had succeeded in crossing ovor the flats, and !
; were running around the Devil’s Turn. This I
j brought forth one universal cheer all along the |
j line, which startled from their entrenchments j
; some 300 Mexicans, who were lying in ambush !
! awaiting the approach of the vessels. Wc did {
j not get a sight on them, but were told by our
i friends afloat that they ran as if a legion of dev
ils were at their heels. But a short time elaps
ed ere we heard the booming sound of the great
guns, which gave us to understand that the
steamer had engaged the forts. This was a |
stimulator that awoke our latent energies, and
we pressed forward with renewed vigor. Near
ly eight miles of the march was accomplished,
and now the city hove In sight, and the first fort
was within :v mile ; but the firing had ceased
| trom the ship and tho shore, and the stars and
the stripes were descried floating o’er the enc- !
i my’s works, on the forts and the town, and the j
j Mexican ensigns had all been hauled down.— ;
Onward we marched, sorely disgusted, reflect- i
; ing that our toil and trouble must all go for no- j
thing. Front the vaunting boasts of the brag, j
garts of Tabasco, wc had reason to expect a
: good old-fashioned stand tip light ; and by mv i
faith, no people could have been better prepared
than they were.
A quarter of a mile from tho Fort, fronting I
the road by which we were advancing, they !
bad constructed a semi-circular breastwork, i
which must have been carried by the bayonet : I
ami the main fort was a scientifically erected
barrier, surrounded by a deep ditch well calcu
lated to protect them from any fire we could have
brought to bear tor a time sufficiently long to
have made a gallant fight—and yet some him- i
dredsof thc brave troops of Tabasco had fled
i like sheep ere the action had fairly commenced, j
and we inarched up to a desert!*! Fort, and
; there we halted until the commander-in-chief, i
Com. Perry and staff, passed in and took pos
session, pro forma.
Here we ascertained why it is that the Mex
-1 ican soldiery cannot succeed in drawing a bead i
upon us more effectually than they generally do.
! 1 picked up .several escopeta cartridges, the
ounce and a half copper ball of which was rag. j
ged, and there was powder enough in It to charge
a howitzer—consequently the balls fly wide of)
the mark. They can have bo idea of graduat.
Mg ©©lni DitMtgMTTo
ing a charge, but seem to think that much pow
der is all poderoso on the battle-field. After re
maining at the fort a short time we formed anew
and marched into the city, took possession of
the public square, and quartered our troops in
the Governor’s palace. The city was deserted
by the natives, and only a few Spanish, French
and German residents remained. After hold
ing quiet and undisputed sway over the city and
its dependencies—dismounting and bursting the
guns, blowing up the forts and burning the bar
racks, for a week, the commander-in-chief has
decided on leaving commander Brunt, as Gov
ernor. The bomb-vessel ‘jEtna,’ and steamer
‘Sconrge,’ with a sufficient force of seamen and
marines, .ire to be placed under his command,
and Gen. Bruno or any other Mexican hero
should attempt to dislodge him, he will have to
rise early for a hard day’s work, arid fight as
Mexican chiefs never fought before,
As to the number of killed and wounded in
taking this place 1 have not kept tfio run of it.
The steamers, however, had a pretty hot en
gagement with the fort. mariM's.
Veka Cruz, July 2,1847
“ If I have understood the character ot Bruno
and the people of that province aright, Com.
I’crry has achieved a more difliculCamd irppbrt
ant undertaking than they seem to think. The
people of the province of Tabasco, since the
first landing of Cortes, have ever been Jstecm
ed the bravest and most obstinate of all the
Mexican race; and Gen. Bruno, who commands
there, is considered fine of the bravestand most
cunning partizan leaders of the day. liver since
the first expedition of Com. Perry against that
place, with a force inadequate to the attempt,
Bruno has been drilling all the citizens capable
of bearing arms, and fortifying the approaches
to the city. These facts reached us here thro’
the correspondence of an English house in Ta
basco. His force could not have hern less than
2500 men, when the expedition landed, though
my young correspondent estimates them at
2000. Now, when you think ofa thousand sai
lors landing and marching over such a country,
dragging through swamps and thickets 10 pieces
of artillery, the heat oppressive beyond concep
tion, and driving before them 2500 men, com
manded by a man like Bruno—the feat reflects
the highest credit on our navy, and proves vvliat
I have always said, that our navy is equal to
any undertaking ; they but waut the opportu
nity. Com. Perry should have commanded
dotvn here twelve months ago.” J. i>. i.
The Charleston Courier of Friday says;—
We are informed by a gentleman just Irom
Chattanooga, on the Tennessee river, that the
western railroads are now finished continuous
ly from this city to Dalton, (Cross Plains,) thir
ty-two miles this side of Cliattanoga, except
about five miles of iron to be spiked down which
was being laid at the rate of nearly a mile each
day. At Cliattanoga we saw the Captain ofa
steamboat, who had navigated the Elk river to
Elkton, sixty miles from tho upper end of the
Muscle Shoals, being the first experiment of the
kind on that river, which was performed with
little at tbo time when the waters
were comparatively low', being obliged V> Atut.
the limbs of a few trees only, to effect a free
passage. This point, (Elkton) brought them
within eighty miles of Nashville, to which
place there is a fine Macadamized road.
From this it will appear, that the trip from
Charleston to Nashville, Tenncsee may be
made all the way by steam, as soon as boats
arc regularly established on tho Eik river, ex
cept thirty two miles of staging front Dalton to
Chattanooga over rather a rough road, and
eighty miles from Elkton to Nashville over a
very fine graded road. Say four hundred and
eight by rail road, one hundred and eighty by
steamboat, and one hundred and twelve by
stage coaches—making in all about seven hun
dred miles. This route may bo performed in
about four days—forty hours only are consu
med in reaching the Tcnnesee river at Chatta
nooga.
White Indians.— ln tjic history published
j in the New Orleans papers of the progress and
events of Col. Doniphan’s expedition in New
Mexico, an account is given of the Sumai In
dians, which is interesting to the curious.—
These Sumai's live in a city containing proba
{ lily six thousand inhabitants, x\ ho support them
; selves entirely hy agriculture.
! This city is one of the most extraordinary in
the world. It is divided into four solid squares
having hut two streets crossing its centre at right
angles. All the buildings are two stories high
composed of sun-burnt brick. Tlio first story
presents a solid wall to the street, and is so
constructed that each house joins, untill ono
fourth of the city may be said to be one buil
ding. Tlio second stories rise from this vast
solid structure, so as to designate each house,
leaving room to walk upon the roof of the first
story between each building. ‘I he inhabitants
ofSuniai enter the second story of their buil
dings hy ladders, which they draw up at night
as a defence against any enemy that might be
prowling about.
In this city were seen some thirty Albino In
dians who have, no doubt given rise to the sto
ry that there is living in the Rocky Mountains
a tribe of white aborigencs. The discovery of
this city of the Sumai will afford the most curi
ous speculations among those who have so long
searched in vain for a city of Indians who pos.
sessed the manners and habits of the Aztecs.—
No doubt, we have here a race living as did the
people xvhen Cortez entered Mexico. It is a
remarkable fact, that the Suniais have, since
the Spaniards left the country, refused to have
intercourse with the modern Mexicans, looking
upon them as an inferior people.—They have
also driven from among them the priests and
other dignitaries, who formely had power over
them, and resumed habits and manners of their
own ; their Great Chief or Governor, being
the civil and religious head. The country
round the city of Sumai is cultivated xvith a
great deal of care, and affords food not only for
the inhabitants, but for large flocks of cattle and
sheep.
In a Marseilles paper, there is an account of
some wonderful effects produced by Dr. Charles
Lafountaine, with magnetism, xvho has succeed,
ed, in several instances, in restoring to deaf
mutes, their hearing. These experiments had
been made with wonderful success in Lyons,
and he had at the last accounts, recently arriv
ed at Marseilles, whene he announced his inten
tion of repeating his experiments, and attempting
the restoration of hearing to all deaf mutes who
might apply for aid.
Central Rail Road Statistics. —The fob
lowing, furnished to the Republican presents a
gratifying instance of the business on the Cen
tral Rail Road :
“Central Rail Road Statistics from Ist Octo
ber, to Middle of June :—B4O bales of domestic
1595 packages of merchandise, 134,992 pounds
of bacon, 1487 bushels of meal, 3389 pounds of
beeswax, 281 bushels wheat, 5780 pounds dried
fruit, 17 barrels apples, 1035 bushels of oats,
8100Jbs, of feathers, 280 bushels potatoes, 415
head of poultry, 1935 dozen eggs, 160 bushels
cotton seed, 16 steers and 61 sheep, 417 bush
els rice, 576 bushels of peas, 100,493 bushels
of corn, 3024 barrels of flour, and 277,389
pounds of flour in sacks.’
The New Orleans Bulletin describes a stri
king incident of feminine spirit, which was dis
played a few weeks ago in Louisiana- A
young man who was dissipated, succeeded in
gaining the affections of a lady and the promise
ofher hand, ifhe would reform. He promised
to do so, and behaved so well that the lady
married him. After the ceremony, his friends
made him drunk, when the bride refused to have
anything further to do with him, and retired to
single.blessedness again, and to this hour re
mains firm in her determination to neither see
or live with her husband.
Mokality of Medical Men.— A fact very
satisfactory to the members of the medical pro
fession has been recently established, as to
their morality, compared with other professions.
It appears from a return of prisoners, given in
the Parisian Moniteur, from 1828 to 1838 there
were in France 41,079 male prisoners, aged
above twenty-five, under criminal charges.—
Os these there were 33 priests, 33 barristes 9
attorneys, 75 notaries, and not one medical
man.
MUSCOGEE DEMOCRAT,
BV L. F. W. ANDREWS.
‘As little government as possible; that tittle emanating
from and controlled by the People, and uniform
in ils application to all.”
Columbus, Tliiirsrinv, July 15, 1547.
To CorkE.spondents.—“ Amicus ” has our thanks
for his appreciation of our medical skill, in certain
peculiarities of hereditary disaase, but we do not
think that the diagnosis of the malady, in its present
phase, will allow of the use of the calefacicnt cata
plasm which he recommends. There is some differ
ence too in the climate of Hancock and Muscogee , and
lhe treatment of nearly all ailments, ho is aware, va
ries according to latitude and peculiar local causes.
Wc will, however, lay aside his prescription for future
use, should a “ crisis ” arise which will seem to justi
fy its application. In the mean while, we would re
commend to our friend to ponder upon that excellent
precept— “ Dc mortuis nil, nisi bonum.”
A “Working Man,” wc presume, mistakes the
meaning of “ Columbus ”in tho last “ Times.” That
writer could hardly apply his censure to all mechan
ics, or to those whose means are too limited to take
stock in the Muscogee Railroad, but to those who arc
tin wilting to do so, though quite able. As to the other
annoyances which our mechanics are subject to, trom
the employment o£ slave-carpenters, &c. wc think it
useless to speak, unless something could be done to
reform the evil complained of. ft is, moreover, a sub
ject not embraced in the strictures of “ Columbus,”
and therefore unseasonable.
O’ No Western Mail beyond Wetumpka last night
and consequently no further news of (Jen. Scott’s
movements. The probability is that ho will not move
at all until reinforced, lie and Taylor ought each
j to have ten thousand more troops to enable them to
| go ahead safely and successfully.
Another Requisition.— We have seen a
letter from the Adjutant General’s office, Wash
ington, ot date July 7, addressed to a gentleman
in this city, in which it is stated that another re
quisition will soon be made on this State for a
battalion of Horse. This is understood to be in
response to the proffer of service on the part of
Capts. Calhoun and A. Nelson , to raise a regi
ment of mounted men for the war. It is not yet
known under what law the requisition will be
j made, but wo hope that Capt. Calhoun will have
such a showing in the matter as his services and
! patriotism entitle him to. The command of the
j battalion should l>e promptly tendered him, if the
Government selects the officers, and if it is left
to the companies, when formed, to choose their
Chief, wo doubt not that the honor will be con
ferred on Capt. C.—almost as a matter of course.
Lieut. E. It. Goulding, we also learn, will take
immediate steps to raise one of the companies,
: as soon as the Governor issues the official notice j
j of the requisition ; and a capable and efficient j
[ Captain he will make, too, judging from his past
j services as second officer in Company A, “Geor- i
gia Light Infantry,” lately returned from the
wars.
While on this subject, we would respectfully
inquire why cannot the. battalion of Infantry be
made up from the middle and eastern counties ?
The late Democratic Convention “ resolved ” in
favor of the war, and why not resolve to till up
the battalion, forthwith, and send it on its way
to the “aid and comfort” of Gens. Scott and
Taylor ? We don’t understand the reason of
the culpable apathy on this subject among the
friends of the Administration, but believing that
it is incurable, we invoke the aid of the “ Mexi
can Whigs ” to come to the rescue for the
honor of the good old Commonwealth !
Gen. C. 11. Nelson. —This gentleman, so
well known throughout the State, has arrived in
the neighborhood with a company from Cass
county. lie is yet undecided, we learn, whether
to attach himself to the Infantry service or to the
Dragoons. If to the latter, which he seems to
prefer, there will still bo three companies of In
fantry to raise to make up the battalion.
The Mails. —The Western mail now arrives
here an hour or two earlier than heretofore, but
is not so punctual in the delivery of our Western
exchanges, which arc sometimes a day behind
their time. The change in the schedule of the
Eastern Muil is not so convenient as heretofore,
tho Milledgevillo papers heing detained until
Thursday morning instead of arriving on Wed.
nesday, as formerly. Wo hope that no more
changes, for the worse, will be inflicted upon us.
Pretty Much op a Fog. —Gcn’l Taylors
letter, published in our last, seems to have been
like a bomb thrown into the camp of the politi
cians, scattering all before it. Many of the
northern Whig presses, heretofore friendly to the
old Hero, are now disposed to claw off from him,
since he has declared he will not be the candi
date of a party, or be the means of promoting
party schemes. The following toast, given by
Joseph R. Chandler, Esq., late Editor of the U.
S. Gazette, at the 4th of July dinner in Philadel
phia, is significant enough:
“ The Whig Party and Whig Principles. —
The man who thinks lightly of the former, can
not give the country the benefit of the latter.”
And other leading Whig Editors are taking
the same ‘ tack,’ and begin to talk about “ princi
ples not men.” In short, we think the indica
tions are strong that the aforesaid letter of Gen.
Taylor will kill him stone dead as a candidate
for President, unless the whole South, Whigs
and Democrats, will rally upon him. The north
ern leaders of the Whig party are evidently pre
paring to throw him off and take up some other
man who is more of a partitan, and the southern
wing of the same party will probably follow suit,
after a short time. Unless, then, the people, en
masse —the independent and honest portion of
the citizens, who do not care a fig for party poli
tics, will rise in the majesty of their strength and
espouse Taylor’s cause, in our judgment the
chances are now much against his being a can
didate, at all, for the Presidency. This we re
gret, for we had begun to look upon him as the
only man in the nation capable of breaking up
the bondage of party organization and conven
tional discipline, and becoming the President of
a whole people. We had also half made up our
inind that “.Old Zach ” was the only man living
who could make head-way against the abolition
fanaticism of the North, and bring safety and re
pose to the South on that vitally interesting and
excitable subject. At present, however, we are
decidedly’ in the fog, which, indeed, may be dissi
patej in a few days or months, but which, while
it continues, so sadly obfuscates the prospect from
our “ look-out,” that we cannot discern the usual
land-marks and head-lands on our course, or
guard those who voyage with us from any sudden
danger or misadventure. We therefore deem it
best to throw out our anchor to windward, and
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wait, where we are, for the clearing up of the
political horizon, when we shall be better pre
pared to meet the emergency of the case, be it
what it may. Under all circumstances will we :
be found true, as the needle to the pole, to the
great and cardinal principles of republicanism,
and to the welfare and happiness of the South.
Party Patronage. —ln the Griffin “Jeffer
sonian,” of the 14th inst. we notice with regret,
that said journal is on the ere of suspension for
want of party patronage ! The Major feelingly
portrays his situation, and frankly avows his de
termination not to be longer soft-soaped with
empty resolutions of support, which do not bring
in the dimes. And he is right. The Jefferso
nian is tlr;ci<l©<Uy on© of tl,o best party papers in
the State, and should be liberally supported by
I those who are benefitted by its labors. But it
is not so, and the Major is likely to find himself
in the situation of the famous Cardinal Woolsey
and can well say with that individual:
m O, how wretched
I>t that poor man that hangs on I'liiices’ favors.
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Had I hut served rnv God, with half the zeal
I served my King, He would not in mine age
Have left in* nak< and to mine enemies.”
Read the following appeal of the Major to the
Democracy and to the candidates of the Democ
racy, and say whether lie docs not speak the lan
guage of “truth and soberness-” :
“ Who now is looked to, to set this nominee fairly
; before the people, and protect his character and con
i duct before the public. O, the editor of the Jeflcrso-
I nian, of course. Well who supports and pays him,
| even his expenses, for what is thus demanded of him 1
[ We ask the Democrats of Monroe, and particularly
Col. Cochran and his friends to answer us this ques
j tion. We ask Col. Towns and his friends the same
\ question as applied to Talbot, and Gen. Harralson
j and his friends in Troup. We tell them and tell the
Democracy generally, that this paper is on the very
eve of suspension, and unless they come forward to
its support it will as certainly be suspended as it is
i nnw printed. We want no idle resolutions passed in
i our behalf, but a hearty support with the dollars and j
cents. We are determined to conduct the paper no
; longer without it. It is as mortifying to us as it can
be to any one else to be obliged to use this language
‘ to induce the democrats to come forward with the
! poor pittance of two dollars to the support of a paper
which they profess to admire. But if they were as
well aware how near suspension this paper is as we
are, and if it is admired as much as is professed, they
would rush to its support in masses. In a word, we
are determined not to print the paper at our own ex
pense. If the Democracy want the paper, they must i
come forward and pay for it.”
Puff ! Puff !—The partizan Press of this 1
State is now in full blast in favor of their respec
tive candidates lor Governor. Taking for grant
ed all that we read, to be ‘ arilrue as preaching,’ <
such a civilian and profound legal expounder as i
Col. T owns, has never before blessed the world j
with his wisdom—and such another warrior and
skilful farmer as old “Withlacoochee ” never
killed an Indian or raised a “crap” since the
days of Cincinnatus ! They are both very clever,
amiable gentlemen, doubtless, but what’s the use
of trying to inflate their corporosities to such
alarming proportions, that common folks dare not
gaze upon them without having their eye-balls
seared with the dazzling brightness ?
Tabasco Taken. —ln another column will
be found the particulars of the taking of this t
place by Com. Perry and his gallant tars. Ta- :
basco is the Capital of the State of that name,
which lies on the Mexican Coast south of Vera !
Cruz, and is situated some 60 miles up Tabasco j
river. It is a very important position, and one,!
the possession of which, it was thought would be
stoutly resisted on the part of the famous Gen’l 1
Bruno, who commands the Mexicans of that
District.
~Steamboat Building. —A new steamer, the
“ Amory Sibley,” was launched at Savannah on
the Bth inst. The boat was built at Savannah,
by Savannah Mechanics. Her frame is of Cedar
from Warsaw Island—her boilers and machine,
ry from tho works of the Iron Steamboat Compa
ny of that city. She is 128 feet long, 7 ft. deep
and 24 ft. wide, exclusive of the guards—measur
ing 222 tons, and will draw 18 to 10 inches wa
ter. She is to bo used—-says the Republican,
from which paper these facts arc gathered—as a
tow-boat on the Savannah river. Success to
southern enterprise 1 1
Georgia Regiment.— ln the comments of
the Editor of the Savannah “ Georgian,” upon
the report in circulation at Puebla, respecting the
conduct of the Georgia Regiment in passing San
ta Anna’s hacienda, on its return from Jalapa,
and which report was mentioned in the corres
pondence of the Muscogee Democrat of week
before last, we ihinkthat gross injustice has been
done, not only to our correspondent but also to
ourselves. The Editor of the Georgian, with
indignant flippancy, talks of a “ slander against
the Georgia Regiment contained in a letter
published in the Muscogee Democrat,” which
slander Col. Jackson has nailed, as “ base coin to
the counter,” and that “to attempt to brand such
men as house-breakers, as plunderers, even in
an enemy’s country, naturally excites feelings of
indignation in the bosom of all who admire vir
tue and valor.” All this is very well, if the au
thor of the slander can himself be made to meet
this torrent of indignation, and not others, who
are innocent either of making the charge or of
believing the same, for one moment, to be true.!
According to the version o( the “ Georgian,” the
“Muscogee Democrat” and its correspondent
are guilty of the slander—or rather, this infer
ence is fairly deducible from the .withholding, bv
that print, of the fact that our correspondent is
himself a Georgian, and was a member of the
Georgia Regiment, and that he gave the rumor
to his friend, as a rumor, which he, however,
did not believe ! He, in tact, distinctly stated
that he “looked upon this rumor as a slander on
the Georgia Regiment,” and “ if true,” he won
dered “ how Col. Jackson bore this departure
from his former rigid discipline for which he was
so much distinguished.” This language is highly
complimentary to Col. J. instead of the contrary,
and we arc satisfied that the writer has a high
opinion of that officer’s gallantry and militnry
discipline. Instead, therefore, of laying the
slander cither at his door or at our's, we think
he is entitled to the thanks of the Georgia Regi
ment for mentioning the report in circulation,
in order that Col. Jackson and others may have
the opportunity of correcting the rumor, before it
travels, by other channels, throughout the length
and breadth of the Union. This, we are happy
to say has been handsomely and promptly chute
by Col. Jackson, in a communication published
by him in the Savannah papers.
We notice;also, in the last Enquirer, that Ad
jutant Hervey has contradicted the rumor, from
his own personal knowledge of the case. This
was altogether sufficient, without the additional
remarks of our neighbor of the Enquirer, that the
“rumor was vamped tip by a Mexican letter
writer,” which though “ softened down by the
writer’s assertion that it was a report , had all the
force of a direct charge,” and was the “business
of a low bred libeller,” &c. We cannot help
thinking that our neighbor has been unusually
censorious in the use of such language towards a
worthy member of Capt. Calhoun’s company—
the lotter-writer in question—and if he meant
to apply the phrase “ low-bred libeller” to that
gentleman, he is ‘barking up the wrong sapling,’
decidedly. We would therefore advise those
sensitive spirits who are striving to raise a “tem
pest in a tea-pot” about this matter, not to “fret
their gizzards,” unnecessarily, or go off into spas.
I modical duck-fits at the bare idea of I lie Georgia
Regiment being charged with robbing Santa
Anna’s hacienda. Nobody in Georgia would
Credit such a charge, but as tbv deed was done
by somebody, as Col. Jackson and Adj. Ilervey
both admit, and they believe also that it was done
by some other American troops, a simple denial
that it was done by Georgians may not be en
tirely satisfactory abroad. Those known to be
guilty, should be pointed out, in justice to the in
nocent, and Col. Jackson owes it to his Regi
ment to tell “ by whom and for what cause ”
he had heard the thing was done, and not with
hold that information, because he might give cur
rency to a slander against some other Regiment!
1 hat, it seems to us, would be far more dignified
and manly, than the imputation of base motives
to our correspondent for simply mentioning a ru
mor current in Gen. Scott’s camp ngaint his “ be
loved Georgia Regiment,” and that too, in a way
which showed he was extremely dubious of it's
truth ! He will doubtless be much amazed when
he hears of the “ torrent of indignation ” which
has been poured out upon his devoted head, for
being such a “thoughtless letter-writer.”
P. S.—Since the above was written, we have un
derstood from an officer of the late Georgia Regiment,
that it was Col. Baker's Illinois Regiment that was
supposed to be guilty of the outrage complained of—
ami that the reason was retenge for injuries infiicic'd
by Mexicans npop an American Surgeon who was
found at the Hacienda, with his hands and feet slit up
from between the toes and fingers, and otherwise mu
tilated, though still living. If these be facts, thev
should be made to appear, not only in exhoncration c,f
the Georgia Regiment, but also in justification, to
some extent.ot the lllinoians for their alledged parti
cipation in the pillage of the Hacienda.
Misrepresentation. —The ‘ Federal Union ’
I speaking ot the rumor against the Georgia Re.
| giuient, thus indulges in misrepresentation of the
| tacts of the case : “ A charge injurious to the.
1 character ot this Regiment, first made by a letter
writer in the Muscogee Democrat, is going the
j rounds of the press.”
GCrvN’o such charge was ever made, first or last,
Iby a letter-writer for this paper. It is a sheer
j perversion of the matter, which so respectable
a paper as the “Federal Union” should he
ashamed.’ of committing. We notice, also, that tho
“Georgia Jeffersonian” has copied entire the
article of the “ Savannah Georgian,” on the
same subject, and we therefore ask the Major to
do us the justice to copy our reply thereto.
Regimental Flag. —We are requested to
enquire of the gallant Colonel of the late Geor
gia Regiment, what has become of that “ star
i spangled banner” which he received from the
hands of a patriotic lady, something over a year
, ago, and which he pledged himself should wave
| over the Regiment, unsullied by any dishonor,
anthnever be surrendered but with life 7
A Fighting Family! Out of 19 brothers,
in Kentucky, named McLelland, 15 joined the
Kentucky Regiment and were present at the
battle of Palo Alto. Three of them held the
offices of Ist, 2d and 3d Lieutenants. Three of
them were killed and three wounded, one of the
latter losing a leg and receiving six gun-shot and
one sabre wound ! The father of these boys
should have a pension voted him by the next
Congress for furnishing so many patriots for the
service of his country.
Great Rain. —A tremendous rnin fell nl Sa
vannah on YVednesdny of lust week, which filled
many cellars and lower stories, in some parts of
the city, and did considerable damage to property.
The new Sunday School Library of the Ist Bop.
tist Church was destroyed by the water flowing
into the Library Room. The rain seems to havo
been limited to an area of four or five miles in
extent.