Daily constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 1846-1851, January 01, 1847, Image 2
THE O'hVSTITIJTIONALIST.
JAMES GARDNER, JR.
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[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