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JOUBNAI and messenger.
8, T. CflAP’.vlAN &.S ROSE, Enrrc.Rs.
MAC O A !
WEONESDAY, MAY 10, 1847.
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Whig state Convention.
-Several esteemed correspondents have written
requesting us to propose that the Whig State Convention
to nominate a candidate for Governor, shall be held on
Thursday, the Ist day of July. They urge many and
plausible reasons, shewing that the third Wednesday i
quite too late for the convenience of the planters. W hat
say our brethren of the press to this proposition! Wi
think ourselves there is reason in the enggsrtion.
Mail Robber Committed.
Ezekiel Hewett, the Mail carrier betwrn this city and
Tulbotton, waslast week arrested, on a charge of having
robbed the Mail. He was examined before Mj. Smith
U S Commissioner, and committed for trial at tie
next term of the U. S. Circuit Court, in Milledgeville.
in November next. Too much credit cannot he give,
to Mr. Alexander, the special Agent of the Post Offici
Department for hts vigilence in detecting offenders o.
this kind.
The Superior Court.
The Superior Court for Bibb County, after a session
of two weeks, adjourned over on Friday evening last,
until Monday next. During the fortnight much import
ant civil and criminal business was disposed ot. The
following persons were convicted and sentenced by
Judge Floyd to the Penitentiary, viz: James Dolan , lor
three years, Thomas Roberts, four years, Branch D
folks two years We had not the plensure of being
present during any of these trials, hut understood tltat the
Solicitor General conducted the several caste with skill
and ability.
The Special Train.
We understand that the President and Directors of
the Central Railroad Company, have generously ren
dered,free of charge, to the citixcns of Macon,a special
Train of Cars to convey M r Webster and the several
Committees from Savannah to this place. ‘1 he compli
ment is a deserved one. Macon Iwh done much, suiler
ed much, for the Central Railroad, ami next to Savan
nah, is entitled to the honor of the enterprise. It is
pleasant, therefore, on such occasions, to find lltnt the
Company are mindful of the relations whielt exist be
tween the parties respectively.
Senator Blkrien'The Savannah Republican of
Friday morning last says:—The Hon. John M. Ber
rien, we are pleased to state, anived here last evening,
from Washington
The Baptist Convention.
There were two large Conventions held in Savannah
last week,viz: Tire Baptist Convention of Georgia, and
the Southern Baptist Publication Convention In the
latter body Delegates were present from the States o!
Virginia, Nonlt Carolina, Soutlt Carolina, Georgia and
Alabama The Rev. S. Furman was chosen President,
and Committees appointed who reported in favor ot the
propriety of establishing a Southern Publication Office,
the works issuing from which might be free from the
itoes ol Northern works generally. We will probably
be able to give the result of their proceedings in our next
paper
The Cotton Markets.
Our readers are referred to the Commercial head for
a full and complete statement of the Cotton Markets in
the several Atlantic and Gulf ports, and also a table con
taining a correct statement of lite receipts of Cotton to
the latest dates, as well as the stock on hand and on
ship-board. It is our purpose, for the convenience oi ,
our country readers, to continue to publish a correct
statement not only of the Cotton but of the Provision and
Groeeiy markets of Macon. As this is the point at
which they nearly ail dispo-s* of their produce, it wilt oi
course be a matter of interest to them to keep the run of
our market,particularly during the business season.
The Indian Springs.
We take great pleasure in calling the attention of the
public to the advertisement of Mr. Bryan W. Collier,
in another eolumn. We are informed that the improve
ments made by him are really very material, and aueh
as must add greatly to the comfort of those who may
visit the Springs. Asa landlord Mr. C. is proverbial
ly polite and accommodating. Hie house is elevated and
airy, and at the same time not at an inconvenient dis
tance from the Springs and the baths.
Violent Hailstorm.
A most violent and destructive hail storm occurred
in the lower part of Bibb and Twiggs counties, on
Thursday last The cloud was about one mile wide,and
passed in a south-east direction. Tire storm commen
ced about 12 o'clock, and continued tor nearly half an
hour with great violence Some of the hail stones were
as large as a hen egg, and the quantity which fell was
go great that in some places it did not all melt in six *
hours. We are informed by a planter residing in the j
region of the storm, and who witnessed it, that the de- i
stmetion of the grow ing crops of coin and cotton was ,
very great.
Tornndo in Griflin.
The American Whig states, that a most violent tor
nado passed over the South Western |>nrt of that town
on last Saturday week, which demolished several houses
of both wood and brick. The lady of Mr. Bullard, and
three small cliildren.were considerably, but not danger
ously, injured by the foiling timbers of the ionise in which
they were nt the time. No other persons were injured
A carpenter's work bench was taken up, dashed to pie
ces, and parts ol it carried a distance of front eighty to
three hundred yards.
History of'Gcorgiti.
We leam front the Savannah papers, “that the first
volume of Dr. Stevens’ History of Georgia is comple
ted, and tliat it will be issued from the press during the
coming autumn. The work will consist of two rather
large octavo volumes, divided into five books—as- fol
lows:
1. The Ante-Colonial Period.
I Georgia under the Trustees.
3. Georgia under the Royal Governors
4 Georgiu ill the Revolution
5. Georgia ail Independent State
Extra Session of Congress.
It was rumored in Wushingum a few duys since that
Mr Polk and his Cabinet had resolved to call an extra
aession of Congress. It is not stated whether the Twen
ty-eight Millions granted by die Inst Congress have been
expended or whedsr Santa Anna has again risen on
the price of peace It will lie recollected tliat after
Taylor whipped their army at Monterey, tlir Mexicans
who had previously demanded only Two Millions of
dollar*, advanced to three millions. Now dun they
have been used up at Buena Vista, Vera Cnu and Si
ena Gordo, it is fair to presume ‘lhat Mr Polk's parti
ticular friend will, like Be Bust of the New York Her
ald, count the stripes and demand an additional mil
lion for each whipping and probably a lew iliuusunds
extra for the loss of his wooden leg
Trade of Ihc State Road.
The Cherokee Adeoeate coma ins the following state
ment of the amount of produce forwarded from the va
rious depots on the Western and Atlantic Railroad
from the Ist of October last to the Ist of April:
From Marietta—l9,3Bs bushels Com, 351 bushels
Peas, 039 bushels Oats, 414 bbis. Flour
From Canetsville—37j6ll bushels Corn, 1,782 bbis
Flour
From Kingston—3l,3sß bushels C0m,475 bbis. Hour,
SCO head gs Cattle. 328 Hogs
From Oodiealego— 2s,Bl4 bushels Com, 1358 bbis
Flour, 281,801 lbs Bacon, 2,503 Hogs
Total—Corn 114,1(16 bushels—Bacon, 281,801 lbs
Fleur 4jo*9 bbis—Hogs 2831 head—Cattle 360 head —
Oats 639 brahels—Ecus 351 do
It will bt recollected that this it but tire beginning of
• new and important branch of trade in Gcorgfo. The
day la not distant whan there will pass over the Georgia
Reads two millions bushels of com, two hundred thou
mud barrels of Aour, and other produce in like proper
ben We have recently seen a calculation which prov
at that the expeni*-* upon Bacon from Cincinnatii, via
New Orleans by water, arc greater than they wouWi be
by Railroad, over the contemplated Pennsylvania track
to Philadelphia and New York. The distance from
Philadelphia in a direct line, is about ns great as from
Savannah or Charleston to the mouth of the Ohio Riv
er, and as the Southern line would have innumerable
advantages, it follows that we can safely compete with
River Navigation, for the trade not only of Tennessee
and Kentucky, but of the vast country stretching north
ward to the Lakes.
The Memphis Branch Rail Road.
Mr. Brown the Chtin Engineer on this work has ad
vertised for proposals for grading the last mile of the
work leading through the town of Rome to the junction
of the rivers The Coosa River Journal says:
The whole of the grading and superstructure is now
under contract, with the exception of the one and a third
mile named in the proposals—and one third or more of
the whole Road is now graded, and a considerable por
tion of the timbers upon the ground for the superstrurt
ture. The Journal says, the work thus far has been ad
mirably done, and that the rood is not surpassed by any
in the State either in the location or level of the gradings.
The work will be speedily pushed forward to completion,
under its present efficient officers.
Carolina HaiUoads mid Savannah.
The total receipts on the South Carolina Railroad for
the four months ending the Ist inst., was $“60,791,61.
The total number of barrels of flour transported in the
same time was 3,329, bushels of grain 149,599, bales of
Cotton 71,396. If our neighbors of Savannah would put
their shoulders earnestly to the wheel and push forward,
the branch from Augusta to the 80 mile station, they
‘ might take from Charleston just one half of the trade
which she now obtains from Augusta and the Georgia
Railroad. The apathy manifested by her citizens, and
particularly her real estate holders on this important
subject is truly astonishing. It is useless for them to at
tempt to disguise the fact, that Charleston is getting
much the larger half of the new trade developed by our
improvements, and that unless they make some special
effort, the evil will continue to increase in a ten fold ra
tio. All the Steam Boat Lines they can organize in
the next fifty years will not mend the matter. If owe*
fourth of the money which hnslieen wasted in the vari
ous attempts to profit by the miserable navigation of the
Savannah River had been expended in the construction
ofa Railroad, Savannah would now have contained
double her present population.
We believe that the company recently organized is
one ot the best which could have been formed, and yet
its prosperity will be only temporary ; while the great
interests of the State and of their city will continue to
languish until the connection with Augusta is comple
ted. The advantages to Savannah would more than
pay for the Road in ten years, and yet, strange to say.
no one, or no association, will take hold of the enter
prise and press it through. The people ot Burke county
proclaim themselves ready and willing to help them, and
yet the original corporators residing in Savannah, have
never, so for as the public know, made a serious effort to
organize the Company. The Georgia Railroad inter
est urc opposed to the enterprize, because they know
and feel that it would take from them the whole of their
1 Western travel and yet no effort is made in Savannah
Ito build the Road and reap the golden harvest! These
are strange things, hut not less strange than true.
Tlic Georgia Regiment.
It is rumored that the determination of Gen. Scott
not to advance aa was at first announced in his Generla
Order of the 30th of April has been induced by the con
elu.flon of the twelvemonths volunteers not to re-enlist,
or remain after the expiration of their term of service
The two Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama Regiments
will therefore be mustered out at Jalapa early in June.
I we know not the motives w hich have prompted these
regiments to arrive at the foregoing conclusion. Some
i of their enemies at home will doubtless carp and cavil at
| it. Men are apt to talk boldly and censure severely in
i versely in proportion to their proximity to the enemy.
Some of the carpet knights in Georgia will therefore
doubtless be very indignant that men who have breathed
the jiestilent air of the Rio Grande, who have travers
ed one half of Mexico in search of a fight and been more
l han decimated by the diseases incident to the country
and a camp life, who are destitute of clothing and who
have been rather shabbily treated both by the govern
ment and by the supreme military pow*r in Mexico,
should turn back when almost in sight of the Halls of
*he Montezuma* We confess that we have no such
feeling. We know that if their services are deemed es
sential and they can stay they will; but they have toiled
and suffered enough and os they arc now quite destitute
of clothing and those articles nece.ssarily to make even
camp life comfortable we are willing to allow them to
Judge for themselves in the premises believing—that they
will do the beet that circumstances will permit.
The Georgia Hattallion.
We understand that GovemorCrawtord has accepted
the services of three Companies tor the new Battallion,
to be raised under the call of the War Department, viz:
The Newton Independent Horse, Copt. Loyall; the
South western Volunteers, Capt Walker, from Albany,
Baker county, and a company from Cassville, under
Capt Grant These Companies will, of course, under
the order of the Adjutant General, rendezvous at Co
lumbus, where they will be mustered into service. We
question very much, however, whether they will be en- j
ablcd to reach either Scott or Taylor before the mid
dle of July or the Ist of August, which will bo about
three months too late ! So much for the inefficiency
and incapacity of Mr. Polk and his Cabinet
Never was an army so badly treated as the one which j
during this Mexican war has gained unfading laurels
At Corpus ('hristi they had no tents, and when endnn- ;
gered by an overwhelming force on the Rio Grande, it !
was found they had no tools, w ith which to construct
fortifications. For months they were confined to the
swamps, and the poisonous atmosphere of the Rio
Grande, without the comforts even of a camp life, be
cause the Government did not furnish the means of
transportation. When ordered to Monterey hey were
still deficient, both in transportation and in the means of
carrying forward heavy artillery; yet there they per
formed the almost miraculous feat of taking with mus
kets,n walled town and fortifications, supposed to be
impregnable! So too at Buena Vista, where the regu
lars were* withdrawn, and a handful of comparatively
undisciplined troops, compelled to stand against four
times tlifir number, constituting the flower ol the Mex
ican army. Nor did the column that marched against
Vera Cruz have belter luck, for even there Gen. Bcorr
md only one-third of the armament ordered for the ooca
ion.nnd yet, forsooth, when lie routes the enemy, cap
uresfive hundred pieces of their cannon, takes ten .
thousand prisoners, and creates a panic which would j
•unify him at once in pushing forward to the capital, he 1
i coiii|f‘lied to go into garrison because the War De- j
■artment hns failed to furnish the men necessary to sup- j
>ly the places of those whose term of service is about to I
lpire Thus have these brave fellows been “making ‘
rick without straw” from the very outset of the war. !
ml y*t Mr Polk mid his minions have been striving to 1
tpercede those of them who have valuable conunis
oils, urn! to plunder the laurels won by the sufferings,
le toils and heroic deetjp of one of the best and bravest ;
miies the world has ever seen * Like the fly upon the
hariot wheel, Mr. Ritchie vainly imagines himself and
ft polk the moving power that is driving to victory
tid distinction the anna of the Republic. We ure treat
d to dissertations upon the “vicarious military glory”
f the President, and given to understand that to his
lartial genius and strategetical skill, are we indebted
>r the brilliant achievements of Taylor and Scott.
•Ve have no doubt tluit the distinguished gram)-sire of
u* President, however strong his Toryism during die
{evolution, would gladly have had posterity believe
hat he was mo inly instrumental in overthrowing the
ower of tlie British crown on the American Continent,
itrangr that children will fail ini*; the ways of their an
*‘otry.
The Twelve Month'* Volunteers.
The latest intelligence from tlie seat of War, is that
le operations of both Gens. Taylor and Bcott are
kely to he suspended, in consequence of tlie detrnni
alion of the twelve mouths’ volunteers, as a body, not
0 re-eulist.
Gin. Bcott, ere this, may have been compelled to
*op suddenly in his victorious advance upon the Capi
4, thus giving the enemy tune to recover from tin* pan
s created by the battle of Cerro Gordo, to rally ami
•rtify both the City of Mexico and the |miss*-s which
uard its approach***
It is well known thut a portion of Gen. Taylor’s men
t /ho fought ao gallantly ut Buena Vista, have a 1 read)
mbarked for home, and dial the whole of them wii
•turn as soon os their time expires. Thus is he com
died to renuun inactive, at the very time w hen, if h<
ad a properly organized and appointed force, he niigli
weep over the whole of the Departments of Ban Lm
fueretarro and Zacatecas, aeur every town and tort re?
nd unite his victorious column w ith thut of Gen. Boot
efore the walls ol the Capitol.
Tke question then recurs, who is to blame— tlie vol
nteera or ths Government f We have no doubt th>
le mere partisans— tlie ultra-Democratic Polk met
•will shower • n dicer curias upon the poor volunteers, and
loTtfuSi
to them to place the matter in a proper light before the
public.
The New Orleans Picayune, a neutral paper, the Ed
itors of which have been the eye witnesses of the toils*
the sufferings, the exposure, and tlie heroic deeds ot the
volunteers, remarks as follows:
“The reason for this universal desire to quit the ser
vice, has been explained to ua. The men ol Monterey
and Buena Vista assert, and with good reason, that the
laurels that have been won by them have been garnered
by the. Government to decorate other brows. They say,
and with truth, that no valor, no sacrifice, no victories
of theirs can insure the promotion or protect them
against being overslaughed by inexperienced officers
and subjected to tlie command of ]K)litical appointees
They point to the miserable remnants of regiments
which they led to the army with well filled ranks and
swelling aspirations, in tok'*n of the hardships they
have suffered and the perils they have encountered, and
hen refer to tie* army register to see how such serv ices
arc reward’ and. They feel that tlie qualities which they
have exhibited in front of biasing batteries are not the
ones which insure rank, and they retire to give place to
those who possess them.” .*
Is it any wonder that such men ns Jefferson Davis
and McLuno, and Jackson, should Lave the service in,
disgust, when they are overslaughed by men who are
utterly destitute of experience or military character—
inert* soldiers in buckram—who are in search more of ti
tles and pay than of actual service? By what princi
ples of reason, patriotism and justice, is it that Caleb
(Yshi.no has been elevated over Col. Davis? The one
is a soldier by education, tried and proved, not by eat
ing bird-nest dinners in China, but, at Monterey and
Buena Vista ; the other until withm the last sixty days,
had neve” ser t a squadron” in the field, or performed
any more remarkable act than that ol deserting his po
litical friends for sake of office.
Under these circumstances it is not wonderful that
the brave volunteers—who have enacted such prodigies
of valor—who hove been unnoticed and uncared for by
their Government —who have suffered more by disease
than the sword, and who are now destitute of even de
cent clothing—should give place to the political favorites
who have managed to supersede them in the affections
of the President.
Who then is to blame for leaving Gen. Taylor at this
important crisis in the war, with only about 500 regulars
and five or six Regiments of raw recruits? None other
than the men in power at Washington. They must
have anticipated just such a result, and their object must
have been to place the Hero of the Rio Grande in a po
sition where he could gain no more laurels. It is in
vain for them to say that their own Congress did not
nisli through the Ten Regiment Bill and give them a
lieutenant General. The regular army lists were not
filled by several thousand, and yet they made no strenu
ous efforts to fill them. Besides, the force could have
been raised under the act of 1846, recently resorted to—
and which empowers the President to call for fifty thou
sand men! But Mr. Polk and his followers were after
the money and not men —they were in search of fat offi
ces ami not careful of the honor of the Republic—they
might to destroy Gen. Taylor rather than to obtain an
early and honorable peace. IIE, was to be their first
victim, and Gen. Scott the next. They sent the latter
to Vera Cruz to deprive Taylor of the regular troops
which he had trained, and to expose him to be cut to
pieces by an overwhelming force under Santa Anna,
and then hoped to supersede Scott by Lieut. Gen. Ben
ton—thus robbing the Whig Generals of all the laurels
they had won in the war.
Thanks to a wise, overruling Providence, as well as
to the virtues and patriotism of some of their own men
who united with the Whigs and defeated the whole
scheme That part of it which was intended to lay
Gen. Taylor upon the shelf will be a most signal fail
ure, because if Mr. Polk has no use for him in the field,
the people are resolved to transfer him to the White
House, and none will more cordially aid in the work
than the brave volunteers who have served under him
during the last twelve months.
Out on Him ut Last.
It is truly amusing to notice the contortions of the
various Democratic presses, in regard to the popular
movement in favor of Gen. Taylor for the Presidency-
They know that it is useless to attempt a resistance of
the mighty tide which is bearing the old hero forward to
the White House, and are therefore in the midst of many
tribulations. Father Ritchie, for instance,grows horri
bly indignant, and indicts the Whigs for grand larceny
in stealing Mr. Polk s thunder, manufactured as it was
for his “own benefit and behoof.” The self complacent
head of the Federal Union, with his accustomed edi
torial flatulency, makes the profound discovery, that
Gen. Taylor is not a Whig, and that he will answer the
purposes of the Democracy most admirably—lie even
hints “darkly, as in a glass,” that it might not be im
proper to nominate “Rough and Ready” at the ap
proaching Democratic convention, and wonderful to
tell! volunteers his valuable services to protect the old
patriot’s good name and reputation! Other members
of the Democratic corp 9 editorial, have in like manner
indulged their whims—their passions, and their eccen
tricities. They have all looked with wonder and
amazement upon the advancing car of public opinion,
which has been approaching them with fearful velocity
None of them, thus lar, have been hold enough to throw
themselves upon the truck, or to attempt to check its on
ward progress. The prevailing sentiment seems to be,
that the pay is not equal to the peril, and that it is a
poor business to full a victim of Democracy, with the
hope of being cannonized by Mr Polk. The venerable
Editor of the Athens Banner, being ripe in experience’
tand one of he new-light, hard tempered, Troup and
Treaty Democrats, hns resolved upon a different, a
bolder, and perhaps more honest course. Turning to
Mr. Polk and brother Campbell, he exclaims:
“Fie upon ye, Scribes and Phariseees,” why will ye
deceive and lead astray the people ! Why allow “ old
Zack”to lead you captive to the car of Whiggery!—
“ WE (the Fiditor of the Banner) believe him to be a
Whig—he is claimed and supported as such Ly that
party, and if elected will carry their doctrines into
the administration of the government The glory o I
Buena Vista cannot dazzle us into the belief that they
are right. It is altogether a new argument in favor of j
their policy. We deny its force. Military exploits !
cannot be the standard of political truth. We plead 1
to the jurisdiction of the tribunal It haj no more to do
with trying a political issue between the two great par
ties of the country, than a court martial has with an ac- j
lion of debt or cjectm ut for trial of title to an estate.”
An honest confession is good for the soul, and wc
have not a doubt that our cotemporary “breathed freer
ami deeper” after uttering the above, and felt better
pleased with oil the world—and jmrticularly himeli.—
Be it known, therefore, that a system of proscription is
at once to Ik* instituted—that Gen. Taylor is to be op
posed strictly on party grounds, and that the very men
who have been Uniting up war meetings, and relying
upon the drum and fife to make Democratic capital, will
be the most bitter in their denunciations of the hero of
that war, and of the mail who has won unlading lau
rels for himself and the nation. “ Military exploits can
not be the stundurd of political truth!” This, we pre
sume,is one of Mr. Cushing’s fixed facts-ons of the prin
ciples upon which Gen. Jackson whs carried into ihc
Presidentm l Chair! We commend this text especially to
our friend of the Chronicle Af Sentinel, who has recently
manifested a disposition to measure pen-points with the
Editor of the Banner. We will merely take occasion
to my, that the striking similarity of their views upon
this particulnr point, is not any evidence that Washing
ton was an indifferent President, even though hr was
somewhat renowned for “military exploits.” As every
fiddler is not a Nero, it may be well to remind them
both, that every general renowned in anus is not, per
necessitate,a Jackson.
The CeiiMiror* of Gen. Taylor.
It appears that the votes of certain members of Con*
grem indirectly censuring Gen. Taylor, have proved
generally fetal to the men uho gave them. Our last
number contained the proceedings of a IVinnc ratio
meeting in Mississippi, which gave the “cold riiouldi r”
10 the Hon Jacob Thompson. We now learn from
die Tuscaloosa Monitor, that the Dmiocmtic Conven
ion of the Third District of Alabama, has also cuiii|k*l
-d the Hon Winter W. Payne to “walk the plank,”
laving nominated over him the Hon. S. W. Inok
f Sumter, an their candidate for Congrej*. ‘Plus is s
isni sentence j for Mr. Payne was a very devoted par
ixsn, and hesitated at nothing which he mpiM'sed wouii
ive “aid ami comfort 1 * to Mr Polk Ifo cordially sue
lined Meters I’uki.in and Thompson in their a Menu!
:pn the old Hem ot’ Buena Vista, and stood ride In
•le with a portion of the Georgia Democrats in then
tiaae attempt to cast censure nnd obloquy upon a mat
lit Me pruwe*s, and whose wiml'HH they were unable t
•mprehend A g in Mississippi and Alabama, so 1
*oigia, ad t> ot reckoning will cone* “h* n if” p
.e unswayed by party and prompted only by patnotteii
A'iU sek ofthese tnen why they ©ensured Gen Taylor,
>nTelTtno
jent in regard to such conduct? The men M Chero
kee who have always been prompt to rush intp the pub- j
lie service, and who have proved their nppp'eiation ufo
patriotism, by being alw*ay w ready to act the part of pat
riots, will not be content until they imdeptand the rea
sons for the conduct of Mesws. Conn nmf Lumpkin for
doing the very act for which the Aboiijjjfbi lists of Mas
sachusetts are now cenpured. The people cf Western
Georgia will probably enquire why Messrs. Towns and
Haralson were absent when that vote was taken—
and when the whole matter is fairly understood, it will
likely be mode to appear hat unless the Democracy
of Georgia have lan patriotism than their brethren of
Alabama und Mississippi, tome of their present dele
gation in Congress will, lifo,Mr. Payne, lie informed
that the people have no furher use for their services.
The Recorder ami Federal Union.
When our good friend ol the Milledgeville Recorder
boasted last week f his wonderful enterprise in getting
the Foreign news by the Caledonia before his readers
as soon ns it reached them in the Journal fy Messenger,
he evidently had not compared the two papers for the
last three weeks. Had he done so he certainly would
have been more cautious. We beg to call the attention
of our readers to the following:
The official despatches of Gen. Taylor in regard to
the battle of Bufeia Vista, appeared in the Journal
Messenger of the29th ult., and yet were not published
in the Recorder until the 11th in*t! Here is a difference
of nearly two veers! Our good friend boasts that the
people of Eatontonenjoyed the Recorder {ox breakfast
on the morning of its publication. If so, they had rather
a stale, insipid dish of news—a miserable hash on tlu
11th inst. For the Recorder of that date not only con
tained the official lespnehes which they had enjoyed
fresh in the Journal ft Messenger two weeks before,
hut hail also the account of the battle of Cerro Gordo
which wc had published and circulated in Milledgeville
nnd Putnam, and throughout the whole State the previ
ous week ! !
But this is not all, nor half. Last week the Journal
Af Messenger contained the following important news
1 The capture of Tuspan and Tlacotnlpnn, by Com
Perry.
2. The wounding of Capt. Tattnall and Lieut. Hart
stein, both well known m Georgia.
3. The occupation of Jab pa and Perote, by the vic
torious column under Gen Scott.
4. The effort of Santa Aina to rally another army at
Orizaba.
5. The important act ion of the Mexican Congress on
the receipt of the news of die defeat of their army at
Cerro Gordo.
6. Late and interesting intelligence from Gen. Tay
lor and the heroes of Buena Vista.
Not one syllable of this news was contained in the
Recorder, though it rendu many of the Post Offices
simultaneously with the Journal b Messenger; and
yet, notwithstanding hispn.ier was filled up with old,
stale news, which had oppeired from one to two weeks
before in the Journal b Messenger —our good natured
cotempornry, as if suddenly aroused from a Rip
Van Winkle nap in his con fortahle ami chair, boasts of
his enterprise. Verily, his article reminds us of Santa
Anna’s despatches a.*ter the battle of Buena Vista.
Tha Editor of the Federal Union, after having bor
rowed a pair of brother Grieve’s spectacles, and exam
ined disinterestedly the comparative facilities afforded
by Macon and Milledgeville for publishing a newspaper,
thus concludes:
“ The truth is, then, that Macon affords no facilities
that are not enjoyed here, and that Milledgeville has
many that Macon cannot offer.”
Now we think that a simple reference to the
fnct3 will convince any one that Milledgeville must
either he a poor place for getting fresh news, or that
both the editors of the Recorder and U l hion are vnstly
deficient in enterpi.se ; for in the very paper from which
we copy the above, we find “any quantity” of army
news —all of which appeared in our paper LAST
WEEK. The Editor of the Union seems thankful
that in all of Southern and South-Western Georgia,
his paper reaches his readere at the same time ns the
Journal Af Messenger. Granted—but the Journal Ay
Messenger contains all the news which comes to hand
on Tuesday, while the Milledgeville papers go to press
on Monday, and therefore only contain the news re
ceived there by Sunday’s mail. This gives the Macon
papers two days later intelligence. When we add to
these considcrations the fact that Macon is the great
market for central Georgia, that we receive every year
from 100,000 to 130,000 bales of cotton, and that it is
here he people come to sell their produce and buy their
goods, can there be any doubt ns to the place to which
the people should look for news ? We admit, that
<luring the session of the Legislature, they may have
some advantage—but that is only for about six weeks
in every two years , and eveiwthen we intend to show
our patrons that we can iiive the news as early as it can
be had from the Milledgeville papers.
lion. Daniel Webster**!
This gentleman passed last night, in the vi- :
cinity of Waynesboro Burke County. Today,
he goes to Savannah, by a special Train from j
the ninety mile station, arriving at six P. M.
To-morrow.(Wednesday) lie will bead
dressed at ten A. M. in Monument Square,
by Judge Wayne, and will respond. At five,
P. M. he will partake of a public dinner, at the
Pulaski House, when a variety of speeches will
doubtldss be made, by Messrs. Webster-
Berrien, Wayne, T. B. King and others. We
have not heard when Mr. Webster intends to
leave Savannah for Macon, but presume that
he will come up with a special train on Friday’,
at least, under that impression, preparations
are being made, for his entertainment, that
evening.
National Improvement Convention.
A convention is to be held nt Chicago, Illinois, on the
3th of July, “for the great national purpose of consider
ing and promoting the convenience and security of the
navigation of our great lakes, of the rivers which are
their natural tributaries or outlets, and of the West gen- ■
entlly.’’
The call is signed by Mr. Wentworth, a Locofoco
member of Congress, and by a number of gentlemen of
both political parties. It is, however, intimated pretty ,
clearly, that unless Mr. Polk and bis political friends re
lax their notions somewhat in regard to Internal Im
provements, the whole West must desert the Democrat
ic fold.
Victims or Famine. —Two millions of human be
ings, according to the Dublin Nat ion, are destinedl to ‘
perish by this year's tiiiume iu Ireland; a population
sufficient for a powerful State —and two-thirds of our
own at the time of our Revolutionary struggle. The
mind shudders at the hare contemplation of the feet:
w hat then must be the feelings oi the spectators of the
horrible calamity !
What too, most the adopted Irishmen of this country
think of the Democratic party, which, by thcii assistance,
defeated Mr. Clay, and yet refused to vote one dollar from
the National Treasury for the relief of their starving fel
low-countrymen ? Huch conduct as that will admit of
no excuse—it needs no comment.
Sign of the Times.
At an overw helming meeting of the citizens of Ten
nessee, at Nashville, on the Bth iust , a strong preamble
and resolutions were unanimously passed recommend
ing (en. Taylor for the Presidency. The assembled
multitude were addressed by the lion. John Bell, An- j
drew Ewing, the Messrs Turners, Judge Cabal, and
others. The Editors of ti e Nashville Vanner propose
to issue a campaign pnjiei, to be styled the “Rough arid
Ready ” The issue has been made in the present can- 1
vnssin Tennessee, undOen Taylor's name will catte r
the Democratic host- in that Htate, as he scattered the
Mexicans at Resnca.
Lieutenant Hunter.
The fate of this young officer is calculated to excite
no little sympathy in the country. II • has been repri
manded and dismiss'd front the squadron fora violation
of order* in taking the toitnof Alvarado prematurely!
It ap|s‘ars that Com Perry and Hen Qi'lTman hud
planned an expedition against it on joint account, the
glory to be divided ns he lawyers say, “share and share
alike.” lli .vn u who wu blockading the port, could
not appreciate the necessity of so much preparation for
such small results,and accordingly moored his little arose
in front of the city, anJ despatched an officer und Jive
men to run up the American Flag and take the town;
The gallant turn, knowing no (ear, da.-lied ashore, and
though surrounded by hosts of “yellow skins,” and lia
ble to Ik* eaten up at any moment, prori*edsd to ex
ecute orders, and when Glut. Brigade ap
peared before the town, the “stars and stripes” wen
floating in no less than neeen places! Qmman, as the
story goes, (id 1 into a furious pinion, and demanded ol
Perry the instant arrest of Hi nter. Accordingly that
•iliror, who prrfontt ,, d Inffotfelv tl*e mo*t daring and
during the war, was arrested, tried, reprimanded in the
harshest terms, and dismissed Irom the service We
are greatly mistaken if lie does not get more credit,
more sympathy, and more glory than all his persecutors
combined. The citizens of his native town have already
offered him a sword, nnd the whole country will accord
to him the honor of having redeemed the character of
the Navy, at least in part, by shewing that where there
iso will to conquer, there is also a tray, provided tneu
are not too indolent to take it. If the risk teas great*
himself, iiis officers and men, being the only ones expos
ed to danger, wert certainly the best judges ol the pro
priety of the step taken.
A Nut lor Abolitionists to Crack.
The last Tallahassee Sentinel says:—“There is now,
as we are most credibly informed, a young negro man
living in Jefferson county, in this State, who, unable to
endure longer the condition of degraded isolation, pov
erty and destitution, in which the Northern free blacks
drag out a miserable and precarious life, actually effect
ed bis escii|ie from Pennsylvania, cattle to St. Murks by
sea, and is now living in contented servitude in the fam
ily of a respectable resident of that county .”
Meeting of the lira ml l.odge.
The meeting of the R. W. Grand Lodge of the I. O.
O. I', in Savannah, last week, we are pleased to leant,
was very fully attended. The business was despatched
promptly, and much harmony and good feeling prevail
ed There are now some eighteen Lodges in the Stale,
and the membership is rapidly increasing. The follow
ing are the officers chosen for the ensuing year:
R. II Griffin, No. 9, M W. Grand Master.
E. 11. Routns, “ 10, R. W. D. Grand Master.
G. Patton, “ 5, R. W. Grand Warden.
J. N. Lewis, “ 1, R. W. Grand Secretary.
.1 P Collins, “ 3, R. W. Grand Treasurer.
II A. Crane, “ 3, W. Grand Chaplain.
John Scott, Jr. “ I, W, Grand Marshal.
O. P. Felt, “ 9, W. Grand Conductor.
II S. Bell, “ 3, W. Grand Guardian.
A’ IK. Grand Representatives to the Grand Lodge of
the United States.
Past Grand Master John W. Anderson, No. 9, De-
Knib Lodge. Savannah.
Pnst Grand M. Woodruff, No 6, Muscogee Lodge,
Columbus.
correspondence of the journal and messenger.
MILLEDGEVILLE, May 17,1817.
Gentlemen: —Oil Thursday last a meeting of the
citizens of Milledguville was held at the Court House,
tor the purpose of preparing a reception for Mr. Web
ster, provided he ean make it convenient to visit the
Capitol m iiis tour South. It is understood that Mr. W.
arrived at Augusta on Saturday evening last, where the
Milledgevilie invitation had been forwarded by the
Mayor, M. J. Kenan. Under existing circumstances,
the lateness oi the season, the former delays of the dis
tinguished visitor, and the “off-the-road”-ness of the
Capitol, Mr. Webster cannot reasonably be expected
here during ins present tour.
Santa Anna’s retreat from Cerro Gordo, was made
more “hasty ’ than Scott’s plate of soup! Wliat is to
become of him—what late awaits him ! are questions
suggested rather by curiosity than concern. Too lear
tul of danger to accomplish great results—too tenacious
of life to inspire his followeis with confidence, he ean
neither bear hnnae.f like a scourge of God or a favorite
ol ibrtune.
Alter being taken prisoner at San Jacinto he wept
and plead lor liis hie— he who had consigned hundreds
of prisoners of icar to ait lull’s death! Whether ins
tears, or more current gems, obtained the boon he
craved, he was liberated but to prove himseif a villain
by temperament. It is doubtful if even in youth he was
truly brave. His inordinate thirst forpowerand wealth,
might have urged linn to desperate deeds ; these once
attained, the character of the mail altered with his cir
cumstances, and his active tears have since but impel
led him to keep up appearances. He can no longer
play the hero—he is too guiity to court the fate of a
martyr.
El Republicano —the first in character of Mexican
papers—says, “Atocha, the immoral pimp,” was banisli
ished Horn his country as a traitor, and as one who had
“pilfered a fortune from lus poor country under the
auspices of certain cabinets.” It is believed that the
“cabinets” reterred to were under the control of Santa
Anna.
It is not now improbable that Santa Anna would feel
much more thankful to Mr. Folk tor egress from his
country, than he did for his pass through the American
blockade. Now if Mr. Polk would generously furnish
his ugent, Atoeha, with authority to deliver poor Santa
Anna out of the hands of the “Philistines,” he might
claim to be the most affectionate and humane, as well
as the most warlike of Presidents. And then what a
theme fur the enthusiastic old minstrel at Washington!
Like Doualdbane, with eyes upturned and white locks
streaming in the wind, he might tune his pipes—or his
organ—ior n last effort; and whilst eliminating his own
sublime creations, iiis soul might wing its fitful flight on
tile “viewless spirit of a sound,” to regions of greater
refinement and less subject to disappointments ; leaving
some future organ grinder to deny that the race of min
strels was extinct before the middle of the nineteenth
century, and celebrate the old man’s euthanasy as “the
lay of the last minstrel.
Yours, &c. A.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
DOOLY COUNTY, May Bth, 1847.
Messrs. Editors — I have only time to say that our
Court House, together with all the Records of the Su
perior and Interior Courts and Court of Ordinary, was de- i
stroyed yesterday by tire. Only two books, 1 think, were
saved, and they not of much value. It is also alleged
that some SII,OOO deposited in the Clerk’s office a day
or two before was likewise consumed—in a horn. There
is much mystery about the whole matter. The general
beliet here is that it was the work of an incendiary, and
suspicions are rife. Only a few however, are suspected,
and the citizens seem resolved to lerret out the rascals.
1 am truly sorry tor the occurrence, as it will in the eyes
of many, be a stain upon the county. Dooly is improv
ing—we are getting a wealthy, industrious, and respect
able population in some parts of the county, in place of
the men who are fast taking refuge in the durk corners
lof Dale, Henry and other counties of Alabama. VVe
j are pleased with your paper, and us it gives us much the
latent news, its circulation must greatly increase in this
county. Youns, D.
The Mar—The results—The Cost.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Herald, writing on the anniversary of the battles of the
Bth and 9th ol May last, has the following commentary
j ujion the events of the last twelve month:
I The anniversary ol Palo Alto—that splendid opening
of the war by Oiu Rough and Ready! What a busy
scene of operations the war lias presented! Palo Alto,
Resacu de la 1 a.ma, Monterey and Buena Vista, are
Old Zack's proportion. A series of guerilla victories
are tire share reap. Ctivly ol Col. Price in New Mexico,
Col. Fremont ui California; and later, of Com. Stock
ton and Gen. Kearney in the same region. The moun
tain gates ol Del None and of Del ftucramento, are the
fields of 0)1. Doniphan ; Marin and Kio Frio, are the
trophies of Col. Mo.gun; Tampico, of Gen. Patterson
and the Navy Vera Crux and the great Cusile are the
prizes ol Gen. Scott and C an. Conner; Alvarado be
longs to Capt. Hunter; ami lust, though not least, the
i mountain light ol the oIJ soldier ol Lundy's Lane, at
j Cerro Gordo, winch, to this writing, closes the uiunter
! rupted chapter ol the c mtmued aim unbroken successes
ol the American aims, is the crowning wreath of the
geuerul-m-chref.
The American Ibi ces occupy territories of the enemy
comprehending an area ol mm,(KM) square miles, equal
to tiiteen such divisions of territory as the State ol New
York.
‘l’he active American force in the field, over all this
vast expanse ol territory, hua not exceeded at any tune,
n sum total ol 3U.0U0 men By a rough estimate, the
losses of the Americans in the numerous fights and skir
mishes have been, perhajH not less than the following:
In the operations amusd Matamoras, in killed and
! wounded, 500 men ; At .Vlont *rey, 500 men ; as Buena
Vwin,Boo men; iti incidental skirmwhmg within the I
Inn- oi Tavlops operations, SOO men .in the operations
m New Mexico, killed and wounded, sollinen ; in Cal- j
itomia, SSO inen j at Vera Crux and ncighborli'tod, 50
men ; at A.vurudo m the attack ol Coin. Conner, any *
10 men ; in the nttuck ol’Capt Hunter, none ; at Cerro i
Gordo, including the inarch there, SJO men.
Total killed and wounded, 3,010 men; died of the
climate, $,500 men ,—Total, s,slo—comprehending tie
killed and wounded, and the dcud Itoiu discusc on the
I side of the Amn mans
I On the other hand, we think we mny safely s* t down the
Mex.cnn losses at three to one in killed and wounded,
ns the average, in all the battles and skirmishes with our
troops in every quarter , so that then aggregate loss may
Is* reasonably set down at 10,000 men, as an nffirtt to
the S.OIO ol the Americans in the (on-going table.
In the Gull, the United States have lost two vessels
1 -I u >t. and, perhaps not !<m than fitty transport vtm ■
of all kinds, from (lie northers and the roral reels,equiv
alent to the loss of S‘2,OO(I,UK)
The ag regate expenses of the war np to this date,
regular and irregular, ordinary and extraordinary, with j
a valuation upon every* thing expended or lust, except
ii|Niu the brave men who have died in the enemy’s rnuii*
try, or Iroin wounds or disabilities incurred in the ser
vice, will cover mi item ol s ssiM>on .<**>--of w hich w* :
a ‘ down $5,000,000 to gxpend tin - in tin t
my> country, find for purchases of mules, provisions,
Ac .and hire of laborers and mule drivers of the Mcxi
cans, equal, let us assume, to the citizenso| Mexico dm
posing of tbeta anicltsH, to a ckur profit of three millions.
the lawcu contributions.
These data will indicate, in part, theloesesof the wni
—the gains liave yet to be d.-signaled, estimated, and
acquired. Mexico, of the two, we suspect, though sin
may lone half iier territory, will, in the end.be tile great
er gainer ol the two.
General Taylor in Kentucky.
It appears that the immediate friends and
supporters ol’ Mr. Clay—the men who are
presumed to understand his personal views and
wishes —the men who have known him lon#
and intimately, who have loved him ardently’
and sustained him devotedly, finding that the !
union of the Whig party might lie endangered i
by the indiscreet conduct of his friends abroad
have assembled in muss meeting in Louisville I
and proclaimed their preferences for Gunlral 1
Taylor for the Presidency in 1848. At the
meeting the Hon. William J. Graves an inti
mate personal friend of Mr. Clay presided nnd
the following among, other resolutions, were
unanimously adopted:
1. Resolved, That Gen. Taylor, in all the
difficulties with which helms been surrounded
during the whole of hi- Mexican campaign, lias
exhibited wisdom nnd prudence in bis plans,
equalled only by bis gallantry and boldness in
their execution; that while, he lias shed un
fading lustre upon the standards of our army,
he lias constantly evinced sentiments of hum m
ity and moderation, which have crowned bis
fame with more unfading laurels than even
those unparalleled victories which he has seem
ed to wrest in the midst of difficulties from the
grasp of destiny.
2. Resolved, That we recognize in him
sound judgment, unsurpassed prudence, a
more than Roman firmness ol purpose; and
that in the great trust which has been confided
to him. from the patient execution of its minu
test details up to the dispersion of the whole
armed power of Mexico, he lias shown not
only the highest military skill, but a capacity
and consistency, and strength of character,
that can be relied on under all circumstances,
in any station which he may heraefter be call
ed to till.
3. Resolved That we. tha people of Louis
ville and Jefferson county, where Gen. Zacha
ry Taylor has passed the greater portion ot his
life, and where he has been so well known from
his earliest childhood —admiring his great pri
vate wmrtli his urmustentatious simplicity,
and stem integrity, most heartily and cordial
ly concur and unite in that loud swelling many
toned voice of popular affection, gratitude and
enthusiasm which is bearing linn on to the
chief magistracy oftlie Republic.
4. Resolved That, in the opinion of this
meeting the life and character ol’ General
Taylor furnishes a guarantee that us l’reti
dent he will administer the governrn nt with
an eye single to the common good that he will
not abuse his station by proscribing freedom of
opinion, that in appointments he will look to
the qualifications of honesty and ea; aci.y con
signing to the sleep of death the odious party
maxim, “to the victors belong the spouse’
5. Resolved, That while we hope that an
honorable peart- may speedily conclude our
war with Mexico, yet if it shall continue until
the period of the next Presidential election,
General Taylor can render even more import
ant services to his country at the capitol at
Washington, than in the halls of the Vlonte
zumas.
The Louisville Journal, alluding to the mee
ting, says:
General Taylor’s father settled within a lew
miles of this city, when the whole country was
an almost unbroken wilderness, and it is here
that Zachary Taylor, for more than half a cen
tury, has been more familiarly known than in
any other place in the Union—known as a child,
as a man, as a citizen, as a neighbor. It is
here that, before he was known to fame, he |
was appreciated and loved lor bis Cato-like in
tegrity. Ibr those private and social virtues
that mantle over his character, and Ibr liis un
erring practical sense, qualities which, after
aIL, are better tests of a man’s fitness for high
office than any mere splendor of success or
brilliancy of result. In private life such
known character that no possible combination
of misfortunes could Ibr an instant have shaken
the confidence of any, who knew him, in his
sound judgment and unbending uprightness;
and so it has been in the recent campaign. Wtio
does not remember, when a report came that
liis army had been routed & cut to pieces near
Saltillo, that, amid the agony, and distress
which distracted the public mind, there was
notone word of disapproval of Zachary Tay
lor? Every body seemed to take it for grant
ed. that, if the supposed disaster to our arms
could have been averted by human agency,
Zachary Taylor would have succeeded.
We hesitate not to say, that, so far from his
popularity depending on his success, it the
people of the United States had known him as
he is known here, defeat might have followed
defeat, and the possibility oi liis having tailed
to do all that the most consummate military
skill, prudence and gallantry could have ac
complished. would not have been thought of.
It required opportunity and success to attract
public attention and to let his great qualities
be seen by the country; but once known so
massive and stern are the proportions of liis
character, he could no more be doubted than
the unvarying course oftlie seasons.
This movement is very important, com
ing as it docs from Mr. Clay’s own State,
and originating with some of the warmest and
most devoted friends of that greatest of A mer
can statesmen. Will not those presses which
have been obtruding the name of Mr. Clay
upon the public now desist and enter cordially
into the support oftlie -Old Hero’’ —the man
who is most cordially esteemed by the men
who know him best ? The tiin*’ has come
when mere man worship is no virtue and when
presses should go for their country rather than
lor political favorites.
The Advance of General Scott.
The Commercial Times , alluding to the important
news published in another column, says. “We have had
an opportunity of seeing a letter from the ciiy of Mexi
co, dated the 30th of April, in the evening, in wh-.ch
the writer makes no allusion to th * intelligence said io
have been received at Jalupa, of the nomination of at
deputation to proceed to General Scott's head-quarters,
requesting bun to take quiet |H)Ki-ssion Ol the Capitol ;
guaranteeing the inhabitants all du .* protection. Tut*
writer states that the Mexicans have no idea that the
American army will advance beyond Puebla, before it
is considerably reinforced; from the known caution oi
our Generals, who will not hazard the interruption ol
their communications, by extending their line of occu
pation beyond wh it they can solely cover.”
The New Orleans Bulletin, on uu s-uiia subj -ct re
marks :
“The whole force that landed at Vera Crux did not ex
ceed 13,000 men—of these the garrison and the ai. k left
ut Vera Cruz, are about I,soo—die lossut Sierra Gordo,
500; the sick and garrison ol Julapu, loot); a garrison
at Perote, 500. and the volunteer regimenumow dis
charged, say $.500, makes an sggi’ gate of flUOO; leav
ing an effective lore** cl only 7000 nu n lor the march on
Puebla. We luiv placed the garrisons at Jalnpa and
Perote at a very low, and in the disturbed stab* of the
c ountry, we think, ut a very unsnic number. L m than
SOOO would also Is* u very* unwil - girrisoti to leave a 1
Puebla, winch isaciiy ol 80.000 iuliabitants, who could
even overpower a much larger son Tim would still |
further reduce Gen. ,Son's force, and leave iitn only!
SKX) Ill’ 11, With winch to proceed to lu capital, Witiiotq ’
counting any fuither deduction tor the cnsualtUMand j
losses on the ninreli. Under mch ciic.tiuslatict a, wv
flunk there can be little doubt, that tor the pnm-nt lie
will not attempt going beyo.i I Pu •bln.”
The troops at the Brnsos and Uhjsc attached to tin*
Oth, llih, lsili, Mill and 15ik regiment* and the Valti
geurs have it is said been ordered to join C-**i. Hcoit in
stead of Taylor, ns w as at first intended.
Canalize t* reported to liave i*ntcd a prorlatiuition
calling upon the officers and soldiers released by G. uerni
Heart! at V ra Cruz and Hierra Goidu to dw* until lh i
parol of honor and rally aga n tor th dck i r ui tie
country! Hltould tins call be obeyed, General Hcot
will probably retaliate by s|u wing less quarter to the coti
quo red Mexicans, thru Iterctolorc. Bw- are to ws.
with savages we must treat them ns savage*
Proffered Surrender of tevic 0< I
Advance of the American Ar , I
ebla —Removal of the Seat of f %
from Mexico to Celeya — Owerrilla „• ‘ l
proposed — Canalizo probably mode h 1
tor—Santa Anna in trouble cvnd anj-i I
leave llte country. I
We have the pleasure to lay befoj-e our rrn ,i
following important intcllig. noe from Scott anfrl
lot’s nnni'-s, copied from tile Journal q 1/, l! lj
Extra, of Friday last. It wus received by i] - *1
J. I. Day, which left V.-ra Cruz on t|, , *•,,*
nt the Brasoson the 7th, and renched New o)’ 1
the 11th in st*. was forwarded to us bv J(•
‘Private Express, and reached us tiee nl y^ 0k
advance of the United States mail [ t ‘ w,r, i|
printed nnd distributed over the city, an! sent ** “H
Post offices where th - Journal Sj 1
for the benefit of our subscribers. “ W ‘ a bl
Immediately before the James L Dar t I
Vera Cm*. Maj. Leonard, who is stationed
an officer on board to inform Gen. Pillow tl * “w
press had jit-t arrived from Gen. Scott, with aT “* g
in which it was stated that n dep ut ’„ lioll “ f *N|
citizens front the Capital had arrived at th*. < “'’l
liendqitnrtcis, inviting him to advance,
that it would surrender to him without onpZ" >? k l
asking his protection of their persons and n
To such fu\ oi able terms Gen. Scott as*,. nt !7 ny %
therefore, on his way to, if nw already in th.. -u M
the Montezumaa.” H l J
Pueblo had al-o sent in n deputation to so I
and Gea. Scott bad left Jtilap.a nt the h„ t
8.000 nt n When las, heard from, d-n Wo T'A
posts were thrown forward 18 miles twJ'al
the direction of Puebla. He was
strong seige train. Patterson „ n d Twigg, w . -I
low ns soon ns possible. No doubt seems to y
mined in regard to tile fall nf the City, nnds/j
ing advantage of the general puttie, seems real""*
leave liis base line of operations to be , “*■
by the Department anti push like
cient Capital of the Asters It is certain). “j
movement, ami will terminate either in the . * ■
struction of his army, or an early peace, I
The Mexicans are report -d to have abandon.) 1
efforts to fortify their Capital, probably feeling tl 1
such attempt would be futile. I
Santa Anna is said to remain near the bn I
Orizaba, with a few hundred badly armed Jn*
followers. On.- account stated that he
ing distance of V.-ra Cruz, nnd contemplated an
recover the Castle. After the defeat of Cem f J
went to the country sent of n wealthy MexkoTj
Garcia, nnd after n long interview, left with him
IHIO. and it is said, expressed n wsh to quit th. jJj
Notwithstanding the panic, tin- Mexicans... .Tl
]y hostile ns ever, anil Gen. Sains had Stud t J
tarnation, ndvising them to change tht-ir
warfare, and organize themselves into guerrilla J
He proclaims “mar without pity and to the iertpM
the whole line of approach from V.-ra Canto pj
swarmed wth murderous Mex carts, nnd ont J
which came down counted no less thnn ......
d.a.l An erica ns who had fallen under the venmJJ
the enemy. “tFMB*
Gen. Pillow came passenger in the Day HssJ
is more severe than was at ti.st supposed. HeZB
plates a shoit visit to his family, and will r- tuauqß
head of the new Brigade. It appears from tivfolloaj
statement from Maj Charles J Williams of
that the gallant General was not the man tr(, pj J
the parapet on the wrong side of the diteh, at Canmß
Maj. Gen. Patterson,itseems, has the honor of)S
the inventor of this new system of fortifies dot*
Tamfico, Mexico, Feb 15.1847 H
Sometime in September, 1846,1 received ordenj
Gen Pillow, (to whose brigade the Georgia fi. 511 l J
was then temporarily attached,) to superintend th. J
employed in the construction of certain defences taj
about the town of Camnrgo, on the Snn Juan.ibr3
: better protection of that post against the attack of pj
atoiy bands of the enemy. I
Maj. Gen. Patterson was nt the time in cotnmmJ
■ Camnrgo. He, together with Gen. Pillow,
present dining the hours in which the dctnchinentifij
the different regiments were engaged on the wotkfl
| do not know who suggested the plan of defence, J
supposed then, as now, that, i, was under the order, J
■by the direction of Gen Pattereon Gen. Pattetal
wits present when tile works were commenced,.
| ing and in command. All the participation Gen M
low appeared to have, was in the matter of furaaJ
the details from the regiments of his brigade. 1
CHAS J WILLIAMS, Ist Reg’t Geo V™ I
LATER FROM GEN. TAYLOR.
Gen Taylor remained on the 6th met nearly itujfl
same position occupied at our last accounts. H- .JB
evidently awaiting the arrival of reinforcements gB
supplies before attempting to cross the desert. \ ■
wus known ol liis intentions. He ‘tad ordered Col
panics C and G,of the Arkansas Cavalry intotlzn
• >f th.-ir Regiment, on account of their oiuiductat
na Vista, but at the request of Gen. Wool, mmai
them.
Some Americans, incensed at the murder of th
teamsters near Ceralro, had made a descent upon I
neighboring rancho and hung about forty Murid
Gen Taylor was earnestly engaged ill ferreting oqhm
perpetrators of the act. The Mexicans had signal dot,
burning on the mountains every night, probably wtk
purpose oi indicating the various movements of Tty
lor's different detachments, nnd the Mexicans in Mm
terey assured the Americans that they would havenr
other fight before long; but this was regarded only*!
trick to prevent Taylor from advancing on Biu LaS
The rainy season was about to commence,or bar r®
menced.cn the 12th nt Buena Vista. There were**
ly 9000 troops at the Brasos, under Gen. Cadwalirie,
intended for Taylor, but it is thought they may be sot
to Gen. Scott.
The Mexican killed and wounded atCerroGtrit
is reported by their own officers nt nine snout
which is much greater than was supposed. Th. in**
mg interesting letteis, copied from llte New Orns
Delta, Extra, will give our res lets an idea of thefts
gtess oi affairs connected w- th Scott's division.
Rumor of Santa Anna being made Prime-
Mexicans bringing in supplies — Co** l
nival ions with J era Cruz not to be it *
open.
Jalappa. April 291 h. 184”
I-ids. Delta — You will find all the
that is to be picked up here in it paper, afifl
of which 1 send you. Some idle rumor ;*
vails this ntor -i .# thiil Stt ita Anna hath*
mad. a | risoai-r tint so little uttentio.i ikl
pay to it at the moment timt 1 lorgot to ■
whether to Americans or Mexicans-
Gen. Scott will probably leave thil placed
12 or 14 uays when he will make no haii®>
of Puebla. As you will sec from the new*
send you in the Star, the enemy talk ol mu
ing but resistance.
The Mexicans are bringing in their ctffl
pretty freely.
1 believe from what I can hear about htf*
quarters, that when we march from thisp
there will be little or no communication wl
Vera Crus. Our means of transportation*
not enable us to look for supplies from
and the enemy will be looked to to fumsn*
to a great extent. Our trains are beguuunf
alreudy to be annoyed in the short hduitw
tween this and Vera Cruz, and to keep ®
road open all the way to Mexico will
more men than would be necessary to take u*
n!\, iHU-I'aHAL.
7Vie Volunteers at Cerro (rortloc-New f 1 '*
tfi> ('Ui/ ojW/r.rico— at of
viored to Cetaya — .l Visit to Santo
Orizaba His Jhptmublr Sitnatien
rity in Ct ra (Taz —.l Xarat hkrixdi
Southward—A filontly TJttte Midship* o *
Vlra Cm z, Miy
Kds, Fh'ta —l send yon the lii kT miinbcf
the ■ Aimrc.tii Star.” published in Jiilnf**’
I n it you will find a detailed account ol “J
btillit* of Cerro Gordo, and a listol the w
and woutide I. You will see that the VI,,)UI ’
teers played it conspicuous part in that K f h‘ ’
they led tlic attack, bore the brunt of tli* ‘
I I * mid behaved most nobly, proving h |,,w
selves worthy of the regard of their kind
pious of the Delta. .
In tlio KugUi” of the Ist which l nrt
you. you will h arh(fhiit Don Pedro
been declared Dictator The Hwedisii *
■<ul f who arrived yesterday from h’J
ne that it is {fuc that Anaya hus btciM"***.
Dictator; Cmcilizo spoken of ns (\uui 1 ‘ ,, ‘ *
ill Clin-f ot’the mniv, and flint ivcpnß’^®
are beiiii? made for rfie removal ol the “