Daily constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 1846-1851, January 01, 1847, Image 2

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THE O'hVSTITIJTIONALIST. JAMES GARDNER, JR. TER M S . |»uly. per Annum, § s tM) Tn-VVeekly, per annum, h 0(1 If paid in advance, 3 OO Weekly, per annum, d <J o If paid in advance, ;> • j All nev\ must be paid in advance. . gj- Postage must be paid uii all Cuxaiaumoan a» a.ad Letters of business. [From the Columbus Enquirer.] J ILUM .MOXTEItEi. The letters from uur c*Oi respondent at Monterey, will furnish our readers with the laiesi intelligence in our possession I front liiat portion of the army. The death of Lieut. Disrrmkes, of the Craw ford Guards, will he deeply regretted by iiis friends in this city; it will, however, he some consolation to main that in his ; last illness he received, at the hands of bis estimable Captain and brother soldiers all the kindness and attention that cir cumstances permitted them to bestow. It will be perceived that the Georgia Regimen! were under marching orders and were to leave on the 9th inst. for Victoria, u town situated about half way from Monterey to Tampico, and where there is a large force of Mexicans who are e.\pt cled to give the boys a warm re ception. If the yellow tans concluded to wail long enough to see the show, it is probably, ere this, that the fate ol Victoria lias been decided. As to the probable duration of the war | we can of course venture no opinion. It is reported from Washington that ten re giments in addition to the seven recently called out, will be soon required, and that hostilities will lie vigorously pushed ahead until Mexico sues for peace. If j thtsislfiie, and w'e have no particular reason to doubt it; we are apprehensive that our boys will scarcely be discharged before the expiration of their leim of ser vice. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE E.\Qf IIIEK. Camp near Monte rev. ( November 24,1846. i \ General Taylor returned from Saltillo ; on yesterday. The city was Surrendered To him without a struggle; During his absence, he captured about five hundred mules, each carrying packages of flour, . weighing on an average 300 pounds, de signed for Santa A nna's at my. It is Hit tlerstOv/J here, that Santa Anna is making every possible pllbrt to increase his arinv with what success, there are various - rumors. The lust rumor reports him to have Sixty Thousand soldier, well equip, ped. We put this down a Munchausen. The report, that Tampico L in our possession, is credited—and we are in . ‘ formed that Gen. Patterson is moving forward upon Linares, a very important city, about mid-way between ibis and - Tampico. We are expecting orders io match, but know not in what direction. 1 arn inclined to the opinion, we shall he ordered to occupy a pass 28 miles be yond Saltillo. Every thing is ripe for a move, and our suspense will be ended soon. Outrages, iu the neighborhood, are fre quenily perpetrated. Men are slabbed, robbed, and occasionally killed—be!' Mexicans and Americans; yet the natives appear remarkably friendly, hut charge f . exorbitantly fur all that they sell us. Ev ery Sunday night, a “Fandango” is given to which many of us are invited. They are said to be, by those who have alien ded, very pleasant affairs. Rumor hath it, that Santa Anna ha> very graciously notified Gen. Taylor that he will give him sixty days to re cross the Rio Grande, and it he fails to improve the opportunity so generously tendered, he will be severely chastised: audit is further reported, that Santa Anna wd! dine in Montery on the 25th cf tlie ensuing month. Gen. 'Taylor is a very fiienclly and a very polite man, and, as in duty bound, will deport himself. If you hear no more from us than we do from yon, then, indeed, it 'f% precious 'you hear. 1 write regularly, once v * xespecifully, J. S. C. vV* December 1, 19 46. -* *oxey, who leaves for home on , . jrning, I have determined to O’ . u a record of the Jottings of’the vC ick list exhibits a gradual in ■ - ocasioned, as we suppose, by the •n of dust, cold nights, and hot pMuiflucnz *>, chills and fevers, and l natisrn, are the complaints which V ;il. lam pained to add, liiat Capt. a gallant and an accomplished ['g ■'■Vy- ; '\een severely ill for a few ■ nappy to add, today he is * Lieut. Dismukes, of the I | " Guards, has been quite sick. I h n the city, and I liave not seen him ■ « • but had the satisfaction of hearing ■ i ning that a decided improvement I i. t nifest. I prevailing opinion this afternoon, I portion ot the army here will, H I * ays, march to Victoria and there ■ hed under the eye and direction I ay lor. This being accomplish ■ 11 return to Saltillo, where his ■ arters will be established. ■ "\elson, lias obtained a furlough ■ uavs, in consequence ot severe M afflictions. 'The void thus creat- Ej i not be filled during bis absence, ■ ‘he carries with him our sympathies ■ best wishes. ■ SANTA ANNA. . Since the going down of the sun, we heard :rentendons news, threatening .‘eaih and uttei annihilation to the army •f invasion. The aforesaid Saint, it is Xi<»', lias kindly winged a messenger to 'Taylor, advising as to his purposes, and urging him to rectos* the Rio Grande —to do so fur humanity’s sake. Gen Tay lor is informed that 8,000 mounted men, cavalry, la iceis, &c., with a larger number of infantry and artillerists than was ever before ordered into the Mexican service, was under his immediate com rnand, and that he intended to be in pos- I session of .Monterey on or l>efore the 26th l of December ensuing. He, parent like, advises all Americans to leave the country at once, a- he is mi \\ ill ing to stain his soil with the blood of citizens of the Foiled | States. He informs our adopted citizens that a Lisbon commands one ol the "rand divisions of his exterminating army —He is indignant at the temerity of General ! 'Taylor, and seems to think they have been entirely too indn 7 genl to him, and that forbearance cannot longer be regard ed as a viitue. Well, whatshall we hear : next * I may add, that he announces a i contribution of fifteen millions from the true Church, for the purpose of paying the expenses to be incurred in chastising the blood-thirsty North Americans. 'The Head and Front of the magnanimous Mexican people; talks to u 5 for (Bun combe) our own good—for the sake of the Church, and us a Christian most humbly obedient to the dictates of christ ianiiy—and pledges himself, as he loves God and Liberty, to exterminate Or drive us off the soil of Mexico before Christinas, lor resign Ids command. J. .9. C. , December, 3,1846. The unexpected detention of'Dr. Hoxey | on yesterday, gives me an opportunity of I saying to you, our Regiment —indeed, Gen. Quitman's Brigade, will march for Victoria, on Wednesday the 9th inst., with Gen. Twiggs’s Division, and per | haps others. Gen. Taylor, it is under | stood, accompanies n>. It is said, there j are Six Thousand Mexican tnvps at : Victoria; so, you see, the Georgians will, in a!i probability, have a chance to show lUeic game. In consequence of this new movement,Capt. Nelson declines avail ing himself of the furlough granted to him, notwithstanding the urgent necessity which seemed to call him home. It is said by some prisoners from Sun Luis Potosi, who arrived at Gen. Taylor’s 1 camp last night, that Santa Anna remains i in the city will) an army of about thirty : thousand. Great contusion prevailed ; throughout his camp, and desertions by hundreds were daily occurring—to pre vent which, many were chained. It is this moment announced, that Bi Ig. General Hamer, who was in command of the Ohio and Kentucky Volunteers, is j dead. He died last night about 9 o’clock, | in his camp, one mile from the camp of the Georgia Regiment. Col. Jackson, Capt. Dill, and the writer, called at his | lent on Monday morning, and found hint exceedingly feeble Torn the effect ol a 1 violent attack ot bilious cholic the pre ceding day and night. He was the Senior Brigadier General ot our D.vision, and had been in command of it for some lime. In consequence of the wound received by Major General Butler at the battle ot Monterey, upon Geneial Quitman the command is devolved. As heretofore, Your obedient servant, J. S. C. J December 4, 1846. It is mv painful duty to announce the death of Lient. Dismukes, of the C awford Guards. He died on yesterday, iu the city of Monterey—to which place he had been removed for closer attention and better nursing than is practicable in a camp. Capt. Jones, and others cf bis Company, and many of bis associates and friends, left nothing undone that they sup posed might contribute to bis comfort and happiness during his protracted illness, but, ala.s! lie wasted away to a mere skeleton—his spirit is gone —and all that remains of on r late and beloved friend, will to day be deposited in the cold grave. We ate without a rumor this morning. Very respectfully, J. S. C. Trom the Albany Rrenting Journal. DEBCKIPI ION OF CRACOW. The follow mg striking description, taken from the recent work ot M. Xavier Marrnier, will be interesting to many just now; when the affairs of Cracow command more than ordinary public attention: “Cracow is a city the aspect of which is at once majestic and piinful to contemplate. It is the cradle of a monarch, and the tomb of a nation; the town in which kings were crowned, and where they are now buried; the capital of a powerful empire, and the powerless head ot a narrow district; the first page of a heroic epoch, and the last line of a disastrous history. It is a monument of splendour and of nothingness. Nature adds to these contrasts by her freshness an 1 brightness. Approaching Cracow from War saw, nothing meets the eye but a large green ; valley, fertile as the Touraine in France, and strewed with trees as in Normandy. (TheVislule waters it, meandering among j gulden crons; and at the horizon are seen me varied lines ut those great chains of mountains which spread from the Black Bea to ihe Danube. In tire middle of this vast valley rise the Gothic peaks of the churches of Cracow, the blackened walls of its ramparts, and the creviced lowers of its castle, the decrepit works of man side by side with the eternal youth of nature. In the interior ol the town, as well as the country which sur rounds it, there is nut one monument which is not illustrated by some noble reminisence; not a brook, not a lull, which does not recall lo mind a historical tradition or a fabulous legend. On the sleep summit of the Wa ive), Cracus, the founder of the Polish mon archy, constructed a fortress, and gave his name to the city which spread itself before him. Near the v illage of Mogila are buried the remains ol the heroic anna, me lirsl Queen of Poland, daughter of Cracus, beau 1, tdl as an angel, according to the old chron icles, and proud and courageous as a \ a k i yory. Cracow, founded by Cracus at the i end* of the seventh century, was the residence c l kings till the commencement of the 16th. ut which epoch Figismund 11!. established him-elf at Warsaw, and until ]7tl4, preserv ed the privilege of crowning r.ie sovereign ot Poland. Aii in tne town bears an impo sing character ot age. A ram part surrounds it yet, as it did in tue time vvnen it was the buckler of Poland, '{'he streets are mostly tortuous ond dark, like those ot the noddle ages, and the houses have festooned gabies, like Augsburg or Nuremberg. | Here one sees gale- adorned with small columns and covered by vines, as they are in the pleasant villages along the Rhine; there are statues of saints, and fur?her the palais of the bishops, whose favors were lung since courted by Kings, and the o d university— the lirst of the old Slavonic universities alter Prague. On all sides peaked towers and uilded crosses meet the eye. There are no leirs than 3S churches in Cracow,all remark : able; some by their architecture, others by their traditions. That of Notre Darne dates from the 13th century; it contains 39 marble altar:-; that of St. Peter and St. Paul was j re-constructed by Sigismund ill, on the model ol St. Peters at Rome; that ol the Domini i cans, luuuded in 1230 possesses a double | row of stalls sculptured oak, wrought admi rably. The long political vicissitudes which i have desolated and oppressed the people ot Cracow, have not yet extinguished their re ! ligious feelings. One Sunday. I saw the ar lizans of the city, the peasants from the country, with their wide blue dresses adorned with red borders, and the women with pieces j of white linen, which t/iey throw in shawl fashion over their shoulders, running from • chbirch to church, prostrating themselves in • the squares before them, and kissing the marble floor of die naves. One day i crossed the market place at the moment when a piiesl was about to take the last sacrament toadying man; he walked under a canopy held over him by attendants four soldiers with Shouldered mu.-kets es corted him, and a voting chorister went in | front ringing a bell. At the sound ot the bell all the passers by stopped, took oti their hats, and the greater part threw themselves on their knees. 1 followed the pious cortege as lar as the house widen they entered. The lour soldiers es lablished themselves as sentinels at the door, and upwards of 100 persons were there, kneeling with their hands crossed on their breasts, and praying in a low voice, until the priest came out. “In the centre of the city, upon a high rock which looks down the distant plain, rises the oid castle of tueir kings, rebuilt bv Casimir the Great enriched by ins successors, and devastated by the Austrians. Jo ascend ing the staircases and traversing tne galle ries of this castle, we find no traces left of the ornaments described in such glowing terms oi admiration hy the travellers of the seventeenth century; but its thick walls, its old lowers, which ?uil give .-o imp ising an appearance, and the recollection of its form er heroic dweller-, have slmXuvd on it a char | ac.ter of sublimii v. The castle lias seen six powerful dynasties I pass beneath its vaulted roofs. It has : ; een j one of our princes seated on the throne of ; the Jagellons, and two French women, Ma ne de Gonzague, and Marie d’Arquien, wear I the sceptre and the crown of Roland, The descendant of the great Gustavus Vasa re ceived liiere lire ensigns of royally; then the descendants of the Electors of JSaxony; then liie noble Stanislaus Eesazyiiski, whose me mory is Stlli in (HIP fG our orucino©. 5 and, finally, tlie lover of the Empress Cathe rine. Now all is over with those days of s detldor, with those national festivities which attracted the attention of the whole of Eu rope. The castle has been despoiled of its wealth ami robbed of the crowns of the kings, preserving on y their tombs. There repose all those whose hearts once beat high beneath Lue robes of royalty; under that sepulchral stone lies the entire history ot live centuries, sometimes fatal in its aspect, often sublime. Tnere are the monuments of Boleslas, of Ca-imir the Great,of Stephen Bitori, of the valiant John the Fecund ; and there lue ci-apel of the Sigismunds e still shining wit 1 a lustre due to the piety of their successor-, | and to the hands ot a skilful sculptor. In the vaults beneath are the remains of the heroes, to whom Roland vowed an eternal sentiment of love and veneration. Led by a sacristan into the crypt, by the light of a Irembl ng lamp, J read on a black sarcopha gus the name of Sofieski, on another that of Kosciusko, on a third, that of Roniatowski, j glorious assemblage of three imperishable names, separated by lime, and reunited in the tomb; the la.-t treasures of a people from whom every thing else lias heee taken away. '{'he royal castles of the Jagellons and of the Riasls is now only an Austrian barrack. The University, but a short time since one of tlie richest in Europe, on y contains about seventy students. The town of Cracow, which formerly contained 100,000 inhabitants is now reduced to 30,000. From the height of the terrace of VVawel are to be seen, at three points of the horizon, three gigantic tumuli, similar to those near Upsal, which bear Lite names of the three Scandinavian gods. The first of these contains the re mains of Cracus; the second that of Wanda, his heroic daughter, and the third, raised by the pious love of a whole people is consecrat ed to the memory of Kosciusko. I] T“ The re’s cheat in all trades but hours,” said the clock dial. ‘•Yon are a very hand- some punster,” re joined the bell. “Strike away, it deserves wringing— sung out two weighty little fellows below. “Yon be hanged! ’ interposed the pendu lum, “while I have a swing in tins affair;” and thus they tick-led each other for a full hour, when the key look hold and wound them ail up at once. The above conversation, reported minutely in short hand, for one of our exchanges, is a j timely hint to disputants never to run down each other. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 30. Accident on the Hail Hoad. —We leai n that a lireman named Ansley met with an acci dent on Sunday last which has deprived him ol a leg. He was on the engine, and in look ing back to see whether the train was all following he !u-t his balance, and the cars passed over one of his legs shattering it dreadfully. o*The Long island So and steamers be longing to the Norwich and W orcester line; have been furnished each with two masts and > heavy anchors, to guard against the dangers 1 which wrecked the Atlantic. ' The Howitzer Corps. —The company fur Rocket and Howitzer service in Mexico, being now complete, was to have taken its j departure from Philadelphia on t riday, by 1 the train tor Baltimore, under the command of Colonel Tuleolt, U. S. Engineers, and iiieut. Dearborn* 3 . The company musters ninety-two picked men. able-bodied, young, and aiiiKtic in a more than ordinary degree. Charleston C' wrier, Dec. 31 s(. [Reported for the Baltimore Suu.] TV. i:.\ i 1 ■MM'il CONGRESS. s 1: t o n 11 s 1: s s i o n . Washington, Dec. 23, IS4G. SENATE. A number of petitions were presented, and among them some from Columbia College, New York, and Bow Join Col lege, Maine, asking that books and phi losophical instruments lor the use of colleges and oilier scientific and literacy I institutions, mav be imported liee of duty. Also, 1 lie ineinnial of W. 'l'. G. .Mor ton praying Congress to purchase, for the use of the Army aid Navy, tds pro cess lor preventing pain in sutgical op erations; which was 1 eferred to a select committee, to be appointed by the Vice President. Also, the memorial of Uriah Drown, of Illinois, relative to the put chase of his invention for coast and harbor defence, hy means of fireships. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, presented the peliiioii of upwards of *2OJ citizens of the parish of St. Mary, Louisiana, en gaged in the cultivation and manufac- J lure of sugar, praying the lepeal of 1 lie tariff of 164 G. Mr. Johnson stated that this petition was signed by men of both political par ties, and among them were some ol the staunchest democrats in the State. Mr, Westcott pre-ented resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, asking for the speedy removal of the Seminole Indians, j now remaining in that State. The bill for the admission of lowa into the Union, having been previou-.lv signed I hy the Speaker of Ihe House, received the signature of the Vice President. A message was received from the Pre sident of the United States, supposed to relate to a [imposed increase of the army and tlie creation of the office of Lieut. General. Mr. Jarnagirt submitted a resolution calling upon the Secretary of War for copies of all instructions to all or anv of ; the commissioners, from lime to time ap pointed to adjudicate claims under the treaty of 1833—0, with the Cherokee na tion. The committee on post offices and post roads, reported a bill to pay Jones A: Raker, of Philadelphia, and others, tine ; amount of certain treasury notes lost or stolen from the mail. The bill to purchase the papers of the . late Alexander Hamilton was then taken up, and finally pulsed, bv a vole of 1G 10 12. After a short executive session, the Senate aoptirned. 110 USE ’OF R E PRESEN TA T!VES. Prayer by Rev. .Mr Sprole. Mr. Haralson offered a joint resolu tion providing that the expenses for the subsistence of the volunteers previous lo their being mustered into service, shall ho refunded to the several Stales jh which they are raised. Read twice, and refei red to the military committee. Mr. C. J. IngorsolFs resolution, provid mg tor the tennination in committee of the whole of ihedehate on the President's message, was taken up, and amen led hy Mr. Houston, o( Alabama, so as to read 0 o click to dav, was adopted by yeas and nays —92 .0 77. 1 he committee on enrolled hills report ed as conecl the hill for the admission of lo.va into the Union, and 11 received 1 lie signature of the Speaker. Ihe house then, in committee of the whole, Mr. Hamlin, of Maine, in the chair, resumed the discussion on the Pi t s - dent s message. Mr. Sawyer, of Ohio, addressed the committee in defence of the message and of the w ar. Mr. E. D. Raker, colonel of a regiment of 1 llinois volunteers, recently returned from Mexico, and who has resigned his seat in the present Congress, to take effect on the loth proximo, followed. He re turned thanks to the II iu.se, and to those gentlemen, who had yielded the floor to him, for the indulgence extended. He considered it a compliment, not to himself, personally, hullo the gallant men engag ed in the war with Mexico. II is speech was listened to with marked attention. He described the sufferings ! which the volnteers had been compelled to endure, their privations, their gallant acts, and urged upon the House the necessity of prompt and immediate action for their relief. The present force in Mexico he considered entirely insufficient for the vigorous prosecution of the war to an early and honorable termination. With the regiments recently called into service, the number of men in Mexico w’ould not exceed 20,000, and these scat tered over a great extent of territory. The importance of an increase of the army was forcibly illustrated. Mexico, in his opinion, was stronger and more 1 united—her forces more concentrated, ; now than ever. Her power had not been weakened, nor her resources crip pled by her reverses. Her people were more united, and their operations more I centralized, than at the commencement ; of the war. Nothing that we had done, ; was sufficient to convince the Mexicans that we are able to conquer them. We had as yet, speaking of liie war on ’ a large scale, done comparnlively uoih | ing, toward conquering an honorable peace. iSanta Anna lias now in the field j 25,000 well disciplined troops, burning with a desire to drive from their soil their northern invaders. Whatever was to he done it was important should be done ’ j the present winter. Os the gallant re- I | gimenis sent into the field since the com -1 j inencenient of the war, burning with high hopes and anticipation, how many were 1 now sleeping their la-t sleep on the hanks of the Rio Grande! The ho nos of at . least two thousand of ihe best blood of liie land whitened the sou on the banks of the Del None. It was impossible duly to appreciate the difficulties of such a campaign the sacrifices and sufferings oft hose who hud fallen victims to disease and privation in such a climate. Asa representative of the people, and not as a volunteer, lie would declare it to be cold-blooded crulty toward the gallant men to sacrifice them tor the w ant ol succor, com fori, clothing, the reinforcements necessary to bring tne • C 5 warto a speedy termination. The sen timents of liie American people, as wcl; as of the American army, he believed was for short war—our soldiers panted for battle—but they require more sup ( port and comfort than they have received. ■ The volunteers can do anything and suf fer anything. We have a million and a half in this country capable of making the best soldiers in the world. He would address every man in this hull, w hether whig or democrat, 49 or 54 40 men. In the contest at Monteiey, it was not a con test whether whigs or democrats should stay away from the conflict, hut who should lie first in the fight. If he were to n tain his seat in this house, he should deem it unimportant to reply to the charges against thew higs, of opposition to the war. Hector, the great champion of Troy, had doubted very much whether the causes of that war were just, hut w hen commenced was found in the front of the battle. Let men of all parlies do their duty and their whole duty. He had come to Washington, charged rather • with a civil 'ban a military service. If anything he had now said, was calculat ed to produce conviction, let it be mani fested in action, action, action. Mr. Baker, in conclusion, effTed a re solution. drawn up by the Secretary of W ar, at his earnest request, authorising the Secretary to cause to he delivered to : the officers of each regiment clothing for • the use of each volunteer,.the price to be deducted at cost from their pay. and do- < tiling not used, to be returned to the gov- , eminent. Tne committee rose, and the resolution was unanimously passed. The various topics of the President's message were then referred, and the House adjourned. ——— l— GUST A, 1 To.. 1 RID \ V MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1H47. ■ ; THE PALMETTO REGIMENT. This regiment was reviewed yesterdey by i Governor Johnson, at Camp Johnson, four miles from Hamburg. It consists of ten j companies, each with a foil complement of men, and all appearing in fine health, “and ; eager for the field.” We were somewhat ‘ disappointed in tiie drill and discipline of this j much talked of regiment, and from which so much is expected. Form the comp'ete or ganization of the Carolina M ililia, and the frequent drilling and mustering, their regi m.oßal encampments, and all 1 lie “pride, p anp arid circumstance of glorious war. - ’ that, even in “the piping limes of peace,” they have kepi up, we anticipated a splendid | display of m Htary evolutions. The reality 1 fell v. r; far short. We noticed, however, j that the captains and snbait£ r ns, as well as 1 tiie field officers, were intelligent and nvdila ry looking men, an 1 we doubt not \vffl soon : make this regiment an honor to their {Stale. It is of tiie right material. The officers, and 1 many of (he privates, bear names famous in , revolutionary annals, and in their veins flows j the Mood of heroes, whose martial deeds are among the treasures of our national history. . Af:er the Governor, accompanied by his staff, and by Major Wade and Captain Wil liamson of the U. >S. Army, bad reviewed tiie regiment, it was formed into solid column } the Captains and subalterns called to the j front, and their commissions presented to each officer by tiie Governor. CapL. Boooks of j the O d "96 Boys, in behalf of hi* brother offi cers acknowledged in a few pertinent remarks, the honor thus conferred. Colonel Butler also male a short address and tendered on the part of his regiment, to their friends and fei jow-cilizens, “a respectful and affectionate, : and a long farewell- ’ . Banners were flyingand music swelled upon the breeze dining the review. Alto gether, it was a showy and inieresing sigl t. Manv citizens of South Carolina and Geor . j gia were present, among them not a few of the fair sex. Wives and sisters were there,and availing themselves of the intervals of the parades, to visit the tents, or prome nade along the lines with those so near and dear to them, who are now to take their de parture for a service of certain hardship and uncertain duration. These volunteers are enlisted for the war. Five companies of the regiment were ex pected at Augusta in the evening, to lake | iheir departure for Mexico by the Rail Road. The Artillery Guards, Capt. Adam, and a large concourse ufcitizens were at the Bridge I awaiting them. 4'hey did not arrive how ; ever. A delay of one day became necessary i from the late arrival of l eir accoutrements 1 at tiie camp. They may be expected on this ! evening. (UrOur readers will recollect a letter pub lished by us two weeks since irom a mem ber of the 01d’96 Boys, written from Charles ton, and complaining ol gross and inhospita ble disregard on tiie part of tlie citizens ol the “Queen City of the South,” to the comfort of the volunteers. The letter stated that the Old ’96 Boys were not prov ided \\ ith blankets or even straw, and bad to sleep on the cold, damp ground. This statement was denied—not by the Charleston papers. They ' were discreetly mien! —but by the Hamburg Republican. We are authorized to sav that the state ment whs strictly true. ami tbat the letter we published omitted oilier details which would exhibit a slid more culpable degree of inhospitably. The statements tit the letter we published will be vouched for by the offi cers ot Litecompar.y in question. THE .NEW YEAR. Throughout ttie world, this is a day for kind greetings, and congratulations among friends. The wish is circling from the lip* of friendship in every community, and re sponded to as warmly as it is uttered, “A hapjiv .New Year,” while the clasping hand and the beaming eye bespeak the fulness of rejoicing and of happiness, that the arrival of the New Year is ushered in by so many ac companying blessings. The Old 't ear has gone out in beauty, for nature threw around its expiring moments the halo of its brighter sunlight by day, and its starriest skies, and the moon's most silvery sheen by nig it. Jl was a year to our people, in many respects eventful, happy and glorious. It lias re dounded greatly to national glory and ad vancement, and has marked a course of much individual happiness and prosperity, hong vvtli it live on the page of history as recor ding our country's bright achievements, win ning fur her honor and renown, demonstra ting her power, and giving new pledges to the world of the perpetuity and extension of the free principles of iter government. Long will it be remembered, as marking the era to many myriads of her citizens, of a brighter career, and the promise of greater prosperi ty. Individual exceptions must exist in the midst of the most universal prosperity; but probably never before or since, on a similar occasion, has the Old V-*ar passed away,to bo confounded with the wreck of ages, bearing upon the surface of society in our own coun try so few marks of disaster, or which have made more enduring impressions of improve ment, and ul national progress. Our country’s greatness is no longer the theme of prophecy and speculation. The stability of her insti- Utt ions is no longer the hope of the patriot, Janil the philanthropist,or the test to be applied in the future result to philosophical theories of Government. Already is she a monument of enlightened political science, and of enduring power. The cohesive principles of our institutions more than counterbalance the adverse influences of wide extension of ( territory. Or rather, experience has fully | disproved the croaking predictions of faho , or faint hearted advocates of our free princi j files. That they are not weakened,nor is our country made lets efficient in proportion to the spread of her principles and her power . over new Slates and Teiritores is now dc i monsi rated. W herever her flag of stars and ! stripes is unfurled,lf is hailed with enthusiasm * a tiu grei ted wit h bl.*sgiiios,us not only the ein-. j blem ot power, hat as the pledge of freedom. It is no less dear to li.e patriotic heart of the dis’ant se tier on the plains of California, or in the valley of the Columbia, than it is lo the citizens of the sunny South, or of the storm beat coasts of New England, While rejoicing in the glory and power of our country, we should not be ui grateful for the elements of individual prosperity and j happiness which a kind Providence has lav | ished upon our people with a bounteous Imnth j True it is that our country lias been railed* 1 even in the first exultation of victory to i mourn the loss of some other nobles? spirit-. in the midst ot victory the choicest flowers j of her chivalry have been cut down. Tn<* , cypress wreath has been entwined with ! the laurel, to deck the tomb of the gal iant dead. Cilory is not often won but at the price ot valuable lives—the greatest wealth of a nation. Prosperity, however universal, is not enjoyed by communities without some shadows resting on the fair surface, to mark the vicissitudes from which I none are w holly exempt. The Stale of Georgia has enjoyed prosper \ ity almost unexampled. With abundant crops and high prices, her people are again emerg ing from the embarrassments incident to short crops and short prices. Her financial condi tion as exhibited in the late report of the Com mittee on the Finances is one ot which every ; Georgian should be proud. Georgia will now i hold her head erect and proud, among the proudest ot her sister States, With her limited debt, and ample resources, her credit should stand second to none in the Union. In our own fair city of Augusta, the evi i deuces of an increased prosperity are mark | ed and decisive. 'The New Year dawnsau ■ spiciously and smilingly upon her. The j year that has past signalizes the construc tion,and progress almost to completion, ot her canal—at once the monument of her dauru iess enierpnze,—and we earnestly hope the source of a prosperity, that will flow in upon her in a stream as unfailing as the waters of her own Savannah. All classes of our citi zens are doing at this time a prosperous busi ness, and looking forward to a continuance | of their brightening prosperity. The past year lias not been without its incidents of misfortune, to cast their gloom upon I .Some of our most valued citizens have be< - j stricken down by the untimely band‘of death. 1 Their loss will be long deplored. Their places ! cannot soon be filled. But in the general | result, tiiere is cause for gratitude that :UQ city lias enjoyed ita wonted share of heafiV. Its bills of mortality exhibit it in this se sped, as it has been admitted lo be in many others, a desirable residence. To the dwell ers therein, as lo all our readers, we wish with all our heart ‘-A happy New Year .” ‘‘The future is o'er us; —lhe present is Toshraudit in sadness, or gil«i it v\ iih i Tm sink on lile’s ocean, or tinci on ii, v\ A haivj that wakes e’en ilio gloom of the Bright and happy may be the careetßHM i each u'.u all our friends anj paltuus duJBSH