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Francises with 8000 mm. who could not find places to be lodged At JSUn Luis. Also anoth er division, which Will number nearly 8000 men, was, organizing at Tula. These troops, they say are destined to attack the Americans j at Tampigo. The aforesaid Correspondence also states' that Gon. Taylor’s total forces are from 5000 i to 0000 rrgukm and about 15.000 volunteers., with 1000 wagons, each of which is drawn by five mtdes Or horses. That according to reports, Gen. Taylor was preparing to leave ' Monterey tor S«r. Tatis about’the 21st, and it i would take him one full month to reach there. An officer, writing from San Luis Potosi on the 1 4th November, says that everv thing is in good order there, and on all sides may be heard the sound of war-manufacturers of 1 arms, and mher warlike preparations on the 1 part’of every citizen, lie represents public < enthusiasm and determination to fight the A- < meriems, as at the highest pitch. { KI Diario de la Mariana, of the 7th inst., publishes an extract of a letter dated Vera 4 Cruz, Ist December, in which it is said that { the mail sent by the British Minister for the t Clyde, brought the nows that an o.vtraonlina- |, ry express hid arrived at Mexico on the mor- t ning of the 29th, from San Luis de Potosi, stating that a brigade of nearly 1000 A inert- f can soldiers had arrived 'here, with their arms Ii and munitions, having deserted from the A- b meriean army at Saltillo to join Santa Anna, q By the aforesaid express the rumor of the tv- , pus fever, having attacked the American army 1 was confirmed. O;i tins account, it is said. " Gen. Taylor had retired from Saltilia to Mon terev. The official despatches from the authoritie at Saltillo had beeu received, giving full par t.eularsof the taking possession of that piac< by Gen. Taylor's army. At a store in San Luis, supplied from Mat amoros, six thousand Bowie knives had beet purchased for the citizens of San Luis. It is stated by the Mexican papers, tha Gen. Taylor bad retired from Saltillo to .Mon terey, leaving at the former place, a Colonel authorized to enter into arrangements witi Santa Anna, and that the latter had agreed t< meet the said Colonel to hear his proposal.— I bat Gen. Taylor, before retiring, had pro posod to Santa Anna a suspension of hostili ties,.but that the answer of the latter Genera was, that he could not enter into any such ar rangements whilst the American troops were so near to his station. A letter from Mazatl.tn, of the llth Novem vember, says that the blockading of that port. i> nothing hut “child’s play”—that the sloop of war charged witi: the blockade, could nol prevent a Mexican schooner from entering there nn the 2d ult, and since that, she ha not been seen —consequently, a foreign vessel cstered on the 9th. loaded with provisions, and had discharged her cargo, unmolested. FROM YUCATAN’. The latest dates received at Vera Crux front Yucatan, were of the 12th November, — No positive information had been received front Merida, but it was expected that the late yronunciamcn <>, of that city caused some dis turbance, an 1 that among those killed in these difficulties wore Senores Barbachano (the Governor) and Montero. We cannot find anj particulars about this pronunciamento in the papers now before us. We may hear fuithei accounts of it in a day or two. THE MESSAGE. 1 he last Courier des Etats Unis, (which t< p*ea-e M. Guizot and his master, never per mils any opportunity of twitting the adminis tration on account of the Mexican War.) i forced thus to speak of the President’s Mes .' age : 1 uken together, this state, paper is a re markable production. It cannot be denied that he side ot America—to defend wiiic was its great object—has been stated and sm tained in it with a rare ability. The rights < the. United States against Mexico are take tip in it r/6 oro, an 1 pleaded, point by potn with a method and logic, and might rnak the reputation ot a statesman, and most cei taint}, reviews minutely ail the tacts appei Joining to the quarrel, from the seperation r Texas to the date of the first collision; an all these historical events are so interlink cd and so clearly arranged, as to caii-e the I luted Btates to emerge from that imbroglio,"A white and pure as snow.” Again, aTludin to the dis mission of the question of the bourn, aiy ot the Rio Grande, the editor says—“A this portion ot the Message as handled wit the hand of a master; it will jeverse tli jo Igement ot the tribunals of Europe, and re: lore the cause of America before it, as tw ot the principal Federal journals of Ne York have frankly admitted; we mean tl Courier and Enquirer, and the Commerci: Advertiser; and this admission, and the sii ccrty with which it is made, do honor to the conductors. It is to us a source of pleasur Jo behold th-"* cause of the conntrv put bi yond the scope of political passions and into Cits.’’ Ihe Message is spread as length in a mo excellent l-retich version, before the patrol of this journal ; and no doubt will be copi< from it into the column? of most of the jou n ils published in tie: same language in E /’ope ; as it will be no little thing for forei*. publishers io hyye the document ready tran luted to their hands. Pennsylvanian. COURT OF INQUIRY YVe are enabled to state from a rcliah source, says the i’ortsmoijlh (Va; New Ei that a court ot Inquiry is ordered to asseml on board the U. S. siiip Pennsylvania, on t Bih-iqst to inquire into (he loss of the U. brig Truxton. The. court will be compos ofthe fbllowiug*»’ffieers, Captain David Ge liger President; Capl. Chat ies S. McCati C.ipi. Andrew Fitshtigh., .Members; Lie George. I'. I psher, Judge Advocate, THE WATCHMAN DAHXiOJNFjEIGA, GA. DECEMBER 31.1816. THE CLOSING YEAR. ‘‘Yes! the year h growing old, And his eve is pale and bleared—= Death, with frosty hand and cold, Plucks the old man by the beard Sorely,—Sorely!” boserKr.i.ow. J iine still rolls on, on—continually onward ! Revolutions sweep over the earth ; cities rise and sink like bursting bubbles in a pool; mountains bow their tall and heavy heads, their blackened cliffs,upon the untrodden plain; our own proud bird ot Freedom’s land, who can soar through the unfathomable depths ot the boundless heavens, piercing the brooding cloud, in whose dusky folds of’ the tempest sleeps—even he. at last sinks exhausted down to rest upon the mountain crag. But Time knows no weariness, no c.xhaustation. The tall pine, which has long braved the fury of the Inyricane, or dared the bolts of the red lightning, at the touch of this great “tomb builder,’ bows his head to the earth ; but to 1 iine there is no decay—dark, stern, pitiiessi le pauses not to consider upon the ruin he has vrought. The proud, the rich, the great; the a- dweller in the marble palace, and the inmate ot the hovel, escape not the reach of his ( . “widc-speading sickle. 1 ' The mailed warri ,c or, as he stumbles over the crushed skeletons upon the. glory battle-field, looks onward in t- the visions of glory swelling upon his soul 11 but a sterner conquerer speaks, and he is’ lt mute and powerless—he lies with the uncount ; ed dead ot a thousano generation.s I, I -A f'-' A more worcis in conclusion, conccrn h ing our paper and ourself. Aiw is the time j ’’' to send in your subscriptions. Every fitmily snould take at least one newspaper, and why i [. I not give your support to ours ? Os late, it ; tl has passed into a system to decry our periodi- j cals in the South. “I can get a belter and ■ cheaper paper at the North,’ is the constant asservation and excuse. True ; but if you | retuse your assistance and influence in estab- 1 p lishing presses in your own section of coun -1 try, can you ever expect them to thrive ? Un-' = der such circumstances, will not those at the ' ,i .North ahcays be superior to those of the I r ] bouth ? Reverse the picture, however much ' it may to contra to your feelings. Increase, ' our subscription list. Write lor our columns. Take a pride in the improvement of Southern ’ Newspapers, and then see how quickly tho fa- i j bles wiil be turned. As for ourself, lend us’ ( > your aid and support, and we will use our ut- • most endeavors to make the “Watchman” a-, L musing and instructive. I e 3' GO”We are requested to state that the coin e ing press in the Mint is repaired, and that the r usual accommodations can now be afforded to Depositors. . By refetence to the first page of our pipe r. 0 it will be found that the fine original tale, “A r . Page from the Past,” by our esteemed young townsman, D. IL Mason Jr., is concluded in j s the Ire ent number. ’Those who’have not read ■ it, we wouid advise to obtain the back num bers at once, and give it an early perusab for we can assure them that they will not be I. disappointed in so doing. By request, wc ■h copy the fidlowing encomium from the Phila delphialDoilar Newspaper of the 4th ofNovcm ,r) ber for the present year. it. “American Patriotism,” a graphic sketch te of the Revolution, by I). Hasting Mason, Jr, r. is accepted, and placer! on file for early’publi )•. cation. 'This young author gives promise of of a fine and popular writer, evidencing, as he id does, a lively imagination, and eloquent style, k- Ccrret>poii<lence oX atchniKn. i Washington City, Dec. 22, 1846. )(r The war question still continues to be the j. engrossing “bone of Contention.” I send you :Mr. Kennady’s speech in support of the war •|] and the Administration, for publication ; and ; ie hope your readers will read it with care, and ■s- P r 'dit by *t. lie is a bold, fearless speaker, vo and never fails to command attention. He . w possesses the right kind ot feeling,and a nerve li., to sustain him. With such spirits, our coms. j a | try need not fear the attacks made upon her n . national honor by these office.seeking, office q,. loving opponents of the war. i- ( . t i ’The business of both Houses of Congress in. drags so heavily that it is difficult to make up .p, interesting matter for your paper as often as I j would desire. You will find al! the details el these proceedings in the Washington papers iin a more condensed form than [ can give cd them. I will, however, continue lo write, jr- ul ' el > ever any thing occurs that may strike my ; u . fancy, or deserve special notice. G. 'y* | A Rise —'The publication of the whig ■ joiirn-ils of Philadelphia was delayed to an hour j nmisually late on the morning succeeding the I delivery of Mr. Webster’s speech. This a rose from the time which it required to set it Ide up. 'The Pennsylvanian improved the occa :a; 1 sion, and at an early hour its carriers were t< hie i he heard crying out “Mr. Webster’s greal the I speech!” It was bought up with avidity.— S. | But lo ! the purchasers found that instead o: sed j having Mr. Webster’s great tarifl’speech o .-is- j 1846, th y had hi.- great free trade speech o i’:y. t 1820. Many of thrnn. we fi>;d—among other: iu>. Ihe editor vs ihe New York Tribune—-fed i chagrined at the at lull device. r I For the Watchman. ’ I 'pQ jinss F****** J*** *****, 'There is a form I love full well, An Angel form of perfect grace, A form where noblest virtues dwell, - And beauty leaves its brightest trace. There is a face whose features seem No deeply graven on my heart, ’’T is like the imago of a dream, 'That lingers where my dreams depart. j I 'There is an eye, whose glances bl ight, Have in this City met my own, e j But like, the sun, their brilliant light, > j On other eyes as bright, have shone, h I . | There is a voice, xthosc music falls, 3 I Like love’s first whisper on my ear, ! Its tone my foolish heart enthralls ;■ j And yet, that voice I love to hear. t , But oh I ihat form can ne’er be mine, j I That face, a fairer face will meet, 4 i That eye, on brighter eyes will shine, 'Thai voice will seek a voice as sweet. J. J. A. f| L [Froza the Now York IlcraZr/.] , iTHE FANATICS AND THE WAR-ROL >' LY AND FOURIERISM. , I It appears by our telegraphic,.report of the proceedings in Congress,in yesterday’s paper ; that before the ink withwhich Mr. Polk's Mes ; sage was written, was dry, some ofthe whigs j leaders coui.iienced opposing the admmistra tion, and the conduct of the executive in the i Alexican war. I We expected some outbursts of fanaticism | during the present session, but we must con fess iliat we did not i®ok ibr any exhibition ’ of in so early, and cannot divine what the in- j tent ions of Messrs. Davis and Winthrop are ■ j except that they mean to throw all the obsta cles they can in the way of the President, in ’ j his endeavors to conduct the war lo an lion- ■ | orabie close, and conquer a peace as speedily j jas he can. Some of the whigs will certain* j jly never be smothered in their own partriot l I ism. The lucid explanation of the war, its causes [and its prsent condition, as set terfli by the - j Executive in his .Message, has given general > I satisfaction. We do not hesitate to say, iliat nine tenths of the American people, of all po- l •litical denominations, acquiesce in admiring; I the forbearance of our government—its unwiil-1 i iugess to commence hostilities, although in ! , the eyes ofthe civilized world, we would have ( been justified in forcibly obtaining redress ibr , ! the requested injuries and insults we have re- j j ceived from Mexico, years ago—its frequently I expressed desire to have ail our difficulties , settieJ by negotiation—the proffer of the band ‘of friendship when Mexico had forced the ■ war on us—the admirable manner in which j the war has been prosecuted—the renewal of I the oiler of peace after we had acquired de i cisive advantage ; in all these things we arc ’convinced that nine-tenths ofthe American i people acquiesced in supporting the Executive and are willing to furnish him with means to (continue to prosecute the war with vigor, so | that he can obtain an early peace. But suppose they did not —suppose that the ! majority of the people concurred, with the I New Y’orkand New England fanatics, witli a i Kentucky tail, that the President-involved the , country in a war unnecessarily—is it nut the , duty ot' the people’s representatives to stand ;by their country, right or wrong, and enable I the President to obtain a peace as soon as pos i siblc ? Is it nol enough that we are engaged j in war, to warrant all parties in sustaining 1' the country in its prosecution,and, when peace ; is obtained, to allow the people to pass their j verdiet on the Executive and the administra- ■ tion party, whom the fanaites accuse of having iiton I if the President and his cabinet have i brougt committed an error, or a blunder, or a ■ crime, they will be punished for it in due ie.t- Json; after the war is over. ; By the late State elections the whig party ■ acquired a great am >unt of strength and ma- [ ny important advantages, that would if judic- ' lously exercised, be of infinite service to them •' hereafter. VV ith the advantages they acquired i in this State they might obtain further ground next year, and enter the pesidential contest , with strong hopes of success. But it is with ‘ the whigs as we have always stated. They ' are no tacticians—they cannot maintain th»<r ground. They become possessed of advan tages, and then fritter them away, without re. lercnce to the cost at whi h theyhaxe beenob* tained. It is clear that the country will not sustain any party in opposing the war. it may be op posed by a clique of lanaties in New England and in New York,as well as by their ore gains, but witness the alacrity with which volunteers • .have rushed to the theatre of operations the ■ i moment their services were required by the 'government; the universal enthusiasm that : | prevails ; and a man with half an eye can ) 1 see,that the war and the course ofthe adminis- I I tratior are popular and meet the approbation I! of the masses of the people, from one ex s I tremity of the country to the other. Are we iI to follow tlie fanatics and continue to be spit ,; upon by another nation, because the admims / nation who have the management ofthe war, ' and who are doing their duty, arc democrats I or locofocos or huge paws ! i 'The conduct ofthe fanatics and their Fourier ‘ | rite organ, cannot be too strongly deprecated, B i and those who talk of impeaching the Exe-cu ‘ 1 five, for doing what his oath of office required, ’ I and the laws of nations expressly provided for, 'in established governments over conquered ter ° riloi ies, will find that they are committing po- L * | iitical suicide in their vain attempts to impede “. the President in his patriotie’endeavors toob -1 tain an honorable and speedy peace as well a indemnity for the expenses wc have uiqustij ,l oven pul lo in obtaining it. Oil, whigs, whigs! do get some sense,.Bor row, beg, ur steal some; ut any rate get some. I DIED, ; On the the 26th inst, nearthis place at the reci -1 deuce of Franklin Capps, Mrs. Jane Ander | son consort of Win. VV. Andefsonand datigh ; ter of 'Thomas Cupps of Charlotte, N. C.. a ged 24 y<‘His, leaving one little daughter to mourn her loss, and shall we mourn for her. Oh no ! but rather may wc seek to follow her to that happy shore where friends shall meet to part no more. Lumpkin Sheriff's Sales On the first Tuesday in February, 1847, be sold before the Court house door at Ws/ Dahlonega, within the legal hours ot sale, the folowing property, to wit. Lot No. 128 in the 4th district and Ist see’ tion : levied on to satisfy a fi fa issued from a justices court ot Franklin county, Solomon Taylor for the use of John D. Parker Co vs John Cheek Nr. and John V. Check security as the property of John Cheek Sr., levied and returned to me a constable. Lot No. 161 in the 13th district and Ist section south : levied on as the property of Amandy Starnes to satisfy afi fa issued from i a justices court of Lumpkin comity, Miiley I Morgan for the use of the officers of court vs i Amandy Starnes Tempey Starnes Sliter t Starnes, Miiley Starnes, Ruth Starnes and 1 Archibale Starnes, levied on and returned to 1 me by a constable. - < Lot No. 690 in the I2th district and Ist 1 section: levied on as the property of John p Kaj, to satisfy two fi fas issued from a justices court of Lumpkin county, Joseph M. Asiiurst * vs John Ray, levied and returned to me by J. c K. Dowdy L. C. and one J. M. Ashurst vs I Bingham Ray and John Ray security. j 1 Lot No. 981 in the 4th district and Ist sec- < lion: levied on as the property of Joseph Sax- k on to satisfy a fi la issued from Burk Superior ' court John G. Hatcher Ad’mr, be Bonis Non of John <i. Badaly dec’d vs Joseph Saxon principal and Bemiias Kilpatrick security. C. HIBBERTS, Sh’lK Dec. 31, 1846. Lumpkin Mortgage Sheriff’s Sale. On the first Tuesday in March, 1847. J. be f>°ld before the Court-house door Vt the town ot Dahlonega, within theusul hours ol sale, the tollo.ving property, to wit: Lots of land Nos. 731, 735, 666, the North half of 762, all in the sth dist. and Ist sec tion ; Levied on as the property of Nathaniel Harbin to satisfy a Mortgage fi fa issued from Lumpkin Superior court John Spraggs vs Na thaniel Harbin property pointed out in said fi fa* C* HIBBERTS, Sh’ff. Dec. 31, 1816. Gilmer Sheriff’s Sales. On the first Tuesday in February, 1817. ILL be sold before the Court-house door “ ’ in the town of Ellijay, within the legal hours ot sale, the following property, to-wit; One town lot in the town of Ellijay No. 25: levied on as the property of Thomas Read man, Sen., lo satisfy a fi la from a justices court ofGilmer county, in lave, of Akin Ar Wright vs Thomas Readman Sen., and B. Grilfelh security, and Thomas Readman Jun., securi ty on stay; property pointed out by defendant levy made and returned to me by Richard Cox, L. C. Also, lot of land No* 242, in the 10th dist. and 2nd section : levied on as the property of Sanford W. Moore, to satisfy sundry fi fas is sued from a justices court of DeKalb county, in favor of J. IM. & E. M. Pool, vs the said Moore. Levy made and returned tome by R. Cox, L. C. Also, one improvement on lot of land No. 146, in the 10th dist. and 2d section: Levied on as the property of William Rodgers, to sat isfy a ii fa issued from a justices court of Gil mer county, in favor of Abiam D. Perry vs the said William Rodger property pointed otu by plaintiff, Levy made and returned to me by Samuel J. Flemmons, L. C. JEHU THOMAS, Sh’ff. Dec. 31,1846. JUST RECKIVEI), large and extensile Supplj OF Fall sind Wiaiter BR Y G O ODS, AT GRADY’S. Consisting in part ofthe following articles Ft>r Ladies’ Wear, Cashmere Robes, Muslin de Lanes, Alapacca of the latest style, Fancy silks and calicoes of every style and pattern. Together with a large supply of hosiery, Bonnets, veils, cap, neck and bonnet rib bons, etc., etc For & cat Siemens Wear, Black, blue, and brown broad cloths, Black, blue and fancy striped French ettssi mcres Fancy silk, satin, velvet and valentia vest- l T Italian cravats, gloves, Acc* Together with a splendid assortment of fur Hats, 800 TS A NF) SIIOBS For Ladies and Gentlemen’s Wear. 'Together with a large stock of negro shoes, Kerseys, coarse and fine dcmiemestic drills, sheetings aiid shirtings. Groceries Os all descriptions and qualities. All of which he offers to bis friends and the .community generally, at reduced fkicss. JOHN W. GRADY. ' Dahlonega, Nov. 12, 1816. [ Bfi’andrcth’s Pills. • un P re .i u< 6 ce 6*"—Let no foolish persons • be so prejudiced against this now truly • celebrated medicine as to despise this advice; ■ let it be used immediately cm pain being felt! > no matter where it may bo, whether it be in the head or feet, whether it be in the back or • abdomen, whether arising from external or internal cause, use the Brandreth’s Pills, and rely upon it, that the pain will go, the body will be restored to health as soon as nature has received sufficient assistance from their eticcL The quantity of impure humours discharg ed from the body by the action ofthe Bran dreth’s pills, is replaced in the course of few hours with new and pure blood, by the digestion of a moderate meal. By purging the body with this medicine the whole mass of blood becomes entirely purified and regen erated. That the blood is the life, ofthe body, I pre. sumo is undisputed, therefore I shall say it being the Seat of Life, it must also be tho seat of disease. If the disease be in tho blood, we should abstract the disease only, not the blood. It is the impurities which must be removed by purgation to secure our health, m ail states of the weather, in ail sit uations. and in all climates. The blood, like a good spirit, is always trying to benefit tho liody by its struggles to expel impurities. But it is not capable to effect its own purifi cation at ail times: to do this it must often have assistance. When the blood is loaded with impui ities, especially in this climate, tho consequences may be fatal, provided the bloo I is not purified at once, and this is sure to ba effected if Brandreth’s Pills are used. F'or sale by IL A. Frasek, Dahlonega— A* k- MATrHEWs, Auraria—R. Oskukn As Co., Hightower, Forsyth county—J. Galt box’s, Canton—Campbell As Brown, Gains ville—VV .As J. Nichols, Orange I*. O Dec. 31, 1816.—47—2 m ° VA.A KEE DLE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. 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Jl T $P Printed, and for sale at ’this Office, showing the interest on any sum frorjj five cents to one hundred Dollars,for any length of dine front one-fourth of a month to fouryears. 1 rice 20 cents. Dec. 10, 1846. _ iloii.SE CLAIAIANI’S~ 'J’HE following arc requested to call sill get their money, & J. \V. Davis, Fields Chapman, Frihnell IVs. W ilson, Eiiab Barnes, James M. Upton, John Kelly, John Al. Chapman, John Pruett, S. Hampton. JOHN HILLS. Dahlonega, Dec. 24, 1846. GUOLIGIA-—* Union County. 4 LL Persons indebted to the estate of Phillip Welch late of said county deceas ed are hereby notified to make immediate pay ment and all persons having demands against said estate are notified to present their claims duly proven for payment within the time pre scribed by law. GEORGE McLURE, Adm’r. Dec. 10, 1846—44—wGw. s Sale, \Ktue of an order of the Honorable! Inferior court of Talbot cotmtv, whert sitting for ordinary purposes,will be sold at the Court [louse door in the County of Cherokee on the first Tuesday in February next within (he usuai hours of sale the folio wing land : lot No. 794 in the 11th district and Ist section, at so lot No. 303 in the 15th dist. .Wd Ist section in Cherokee county. Sold ns the property of the late Alfott Pierce deceaserL4or the beu. l iictit of lire heirs and creditors of sard decea sed. S. H. KENYON, .Adnfr, Dec.- 10i.li 18-S6. 44.