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if i WiAtc -w—»!• '» i- THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. JAMES GARDNER, JR. T E Ms. Daily, per annum, $8 r Tn-vVecLly, per auuum, (> 0< If paid in advance, ■’ [J Weekly, per annum, ; uu If paid in advance, ~ new subscriptions must lie paid in advance. JR7"Fustage must be paid on all Coimuaun alu ... and Lepers of business. I From ike N. (J. I’tcuyuuc, zClh ult. j From Vuiu!an. The editors of the Havana papers have received advices from Merida to the Bth in.-t. and Campeaciiy to the 4th, and from Car men to the 12Tlii ut November, ihe papers from all points announce the terniinalion of the revolt of Camp’cacliy. The Governor of the Feninsula h id accordingly issued a de cree of amnesty for all who took oart in the jn'onuiici'inienio ot the town Cl Campeaciiy of the 25th of October last, and confirming ail engaged in it in their offices and honors, From the manner in which it was received we infer that the whole peninsular is again united under the auspices of the Mexican Republic, 'i’he papers before us furnish no further details of events winch have occurred in Yucatan. . STILL LITER. ißeTolnt'oii ia C’nuipeavhy—Revolution iu Taoasm. Since the above was in type we hive re ceived, through a respectable commercial house of this city, accounts from Cainpeachy t > the Utli inst.,and from Taba.-co to the lUtii of November. From Campeaciiy the peace able tenor of the news given above is com pletely reversed. The documents before us are not complete, but we infer from them there was another proniaiclamcnto made at Campeaciiy on the Bih of December. The official paper has been received m this city, we learn, but we have not seen it. We have an address dated the Sti>, by Domingo Darrel, Ui which he alludes to the formal j ronancta vietUu and yields a reluctant acquiescence to the wishes of his fellow citizens, and presents himself as the chief of the glorious revolu tion which was that day commenced, and Ewearslo discharge his duty with lo.aity and purity. We would give the whole of this address, but that these convulsions in Yuca tan are of very little moment of themselves, and that the address of Senor JJarret does not very clearly point out the wrongs which by the revolution are sought to be redressed. He says, however, that the dearest interests of Yucatan are upon the point of being lost through cabals and intrigues. 11? is deter mined that she shall no longer he the sport of factious which succeed each other iu the Government of Mexico, and which are be yond the hope of remedy. From this and other passages which we need not particularize, we infer that thi- is a new outbreak of the same spirit which has before been manifested iu the town of Cam peachy, to sunder entirely all political con ■ flection with the Government of Mexico, As *•, the revolution broke out on the Sin and our *'■ advices are only to the 9th ilist, we are un able to say how far fSenor Carrel has suc ceeded. We come now to the ponuucinre ulo of the garrison of Tabasco. This is dated the 19 h of November, in the city of San J .mn Bau tista de Tabasco, so recently blockaded by Com. Perry, i lie officers assmebled at the quarters of the commandant general, Ju.ni Jjaulista 1 raconis, allege that lull represen tations had been made to the Supreme Gov ernment of the defenceless sue- of their de partment, and of tiie recent invasion of it by the Americans, and that the Government had in substance denied all their prayers for aid. They allege that the Central Government only uses Tabasco for its convenience— ilrawing a revenue from it, and appointing to office therein; but taking do heed to its inter nal welfare or protection from foreign ene mies. They complain that Gen. tSalas and Jiis ministers are exclusively occnpie 1 in do mestic quarrels, and iu securing their own places; that the independence and security of the country are of secondary importance with them. In proof oi this the abandonment of Tampico is tiled, and the indifference manifested towards the protection of Tabas co, threatened by the American squadion. i>y all these considerations, and others— 3hey are induced to dec ire as follows: Firs,'. The Stale of Tabasco disavows the Got em inent of tiie Republic, wlit Ist no oil u'L is made to preserve tiie integrity of the nation al territory. Secondly. The same Stile be ing compelled by the conduct of the said Government to provide lor her own s curfv und defence, will regulate her internal ad ministration upon b isis more liberal and ade tpiale to the circumstances of the existing war. These two articles were approved by ac clamation, and a third was then adopted, ap pointing fSenor Traconis, named above, as the head of the revolution, in consideration Os his heroic defence of the State from the in vasion of the American squadron in the month of October. There are a great num ber of names attached to this jtrununeiarnen io, but we have little other news it: regard to it. Private letters would lead us to suppose Dial a design is entertained of uniting with Yucatan in throwing offthe Central Govern ment; but the ‘‘lights before ns' ere quite too faint to authorize us to assort this posi tively. We note that iu the documents be fore us there is little of that bitterness evin ced towards the United States, when they are mentioned, which wo are accustomed to lint! in all public papers from other parts of Die Republic. At the same time, there is nothing iu the least conclialory in tiie lan guage employed. fS'rom II .\iro. [From ths Afar Urltuns I-rtla, ult..] Wo\T£KF,V. Dec. Oii). The forces at San LuU on the 9lh nil. are Mated by Mr. Loyns (one of the prisoners sent iu by Santa Anna) to have been 23,UU0 In fantry and 8000 Cavalry. Jn addition to the hx gun battery taken from this place, they have received two 18’s from Perote, and six teen pieces* such as 2’s 4’s and 0 s, from oilier places. Provisions were getting very scarce in the valley, and they were sending to Chi huahua and Durango lor corn and flour. r i he j.itltir place is now cut off from them. Santa Anna had addressed the soldiers on three occasions; and every time on (he same sub ject. The first time he told them tin* force was so large, and money so scarce, that he was compelled to reduce their fay from 125 cents to ]Bs cents. Shortly after it was re duced to ]2i, then l<) ON He pledged them ins private name fur the remainder at some future day. On the night of the 9fh nit. a courier ar rived from the Capitol with lire news that u l—iii"MW >~i irT'TT-a-a TV».v_ryTyrra* mfK -■.-i pronuncidf/ient.o hud taken place, and that Ilenera had driven Almonte Iru.n the city, la consequence of this intelligence, Santa Anna ordered Gen. Valencia to lake seven Regiments of Infantry and inarch to Mexico as quick as possible. He would have sent a . larger force but for his advices from this quar ter, representing that Gen. Taylor would leave for Gan Luis on or about the loth ult. at the head of 7000 men, so that seven Regi ments were all that he could spare out of 31,000, and such a formidable force approach ing him. Mr. Lyons says that, notwith ■ standing the scarcity of water on the road— one sirelca of 52 miles without a drop—tiiey look for our forces there and are ditching | and throw ing up embankments of earth all around the c.ty. .So terrible has the name | of Gen. Taylor become, that the Mexican | people believe lie can travel 109 miles wit.'i ! out water. With Worth beyond Rinconada—Woo! in command of the Pass to Durago, and a force , which will shortly beat the lower pass near \ ictoria, all the Northern Provinces will, be ! cut off from the enemy. Whilst Gen. Wool was e.n route to Paris ! : he captured at least 100 U mules, loaded with j | ilour. They were from Duraugu, and cles ! lined to San Luis Potosi. 1 think 1 will be abio in my next to state the precise number of men who will go to \ ic toria, and whether head quarters will be re ! moved in that direction. CHAPARRAL. Monterev, Dec. 8. 1846. j EJs. Delta —There is a train in from Sal tillo, by which letters have been received a 1 day or two later. Information is thus re | ceived from San Luis Potosi up to the IGih u l The anticipated approach of our forces : had induced Santa Ann* to send out between ' 4 or 5000 cavalry, for the double purpose of rccomioilering the country and driving iu the ' j herds ot cattle on the road. Other than this, I there is nothing worth mentioning from the enemy’s camp. Gen. Worth has been coming the Harney over the good people ot Coatiuila. Iwo na tives, for offences committed against tiie na- I lives about Saltillo, were sentenced, under the statues of the State, to suffer death. Ac- j cording to the laws of ihe country, they had lli* right to appeal, and have a new trial in another State. Durango was named by i them, and they were on the point of being re moved thither, when Gen. Worth, being ad vised of the affair, and learning tiie enormity of their offence, insisted, as the Governor of the place, that they should be executed in ; Saltillo. The authorities said it was impos- i Mb!e lor them to execute toe sentence, for | lljey had a right to appeal- The Genera! re- i marked that it was a bad taw, and he intend ed to annul if, informing the high function- ; aries at the same time, that, if they had any conscientious scruples in putting the sen - tence of the court into execution, to hand the i culprits over to him and lie would see justice dune them. There was some difficulty about obtaining corn, one day last week—tiie Mexicans not I king the idea of furnishing it at the rate of $2.50, when for the same quantify, $5 is i paid at this place. Gen. Worth ordered out a part of his command, and hud a large num : her of mule loads brought in, for which he refused payment altogether. He then issued an order, that all com brought in voluntari ly would he paid for on delivery, but if he had to send lor it, the owners might whistle j for their money. The most perfect order prevails at Saltillo. • i Gen. Worth had all Ids command—but two ‘ or three companies—occupying one square, ; | where his Artillery is stationed. 1n an adja cent square, he has all the wagons and store ' rooms. In case of an alarm, his fighting ground is picked out, where all tiie compa nies are to repair to. A detachment from and for Gen. Wool’s Division, left here yesterday. When they left Monclova, Gen. Wool was on the point of moving to Paris, and having learned that he is there now, they have gone byway of j Saltillo, to that place. The lieutenant in I command of the detachment informed me that the division numbered about 2600 when \ they reached Monclova, viz: —1 company of Light Artillery, 3 do. ot 6th Infantry, 2 do. ot Ist Dragoons, 2 do. of 2d Dragoons, 1 regi ment Arkansas Cavalry, 1 do. Kentucky In i fantry,ana2 do. Illinois infantry. They have G pieces ol artillery. Capt. Holmes, of the Georgia volunteers. | died at camp on the Gth, and a lieutenant of i the same regiment is not expected to live. Unless the sickness abates in a short time, j manv a noble lellow will lull a victim to its 1 ravages. Men who were proof against the j j enemy’s bails, are, in many instances, forced . to submit to the diseases of tiie country. It j may be thought strange, that in tiie month of I i December, in a country like Monterey, that j fevers should prevail; but it is no matter of : wonder to those who are familiar with the climate, and are aware that there is no time iu which vegetation is not springing up. The .Mexicans about Matarnoros were wont to sa\% that there was little or no sickness after the fruit season; but here, there is no “after,” for fmit is ripening and the trees blossoming at the same time. Ido not think the country I about Monterey is unhealthy, for the purity ofthe atmosphere argues a against it, but i still, there is something in the (bud or in the mode of life that often places the soldier on a bed of si kness. 1 do not hear of any citizens j or adventurers being sick here, and such was the case on the Rio Grande, when tuerewas so much sickness in the army. ►Several robberies and murders have rccent ly occurred on the road to Lamargo. Iwo white men, calling themselves Americans, a short lime since, went into a house near CeralvOj and robbed a Mexican family of their money and jewels. They were arrested and | inmed by the soldiers stationed a Ceralvo, ! but subsequently effected their escape and ' have not been heard of since. Win. J. Downing, a clerk in a {Sutler’s store iu this ! I place, left for Carnargo,on Thursday last, and I was found on the road beyond Ramos. Several : men were riding ahead of him. and he was I pushing on to overtake them, with a Mexican servant. It is supposed the -Mexican, in riding i bv his side, plunged a poignard in his breast, I and after hilling him, robbed him of what he I had and put off. Mr. Armstrong, who was accused of the I : murder of young Forrest, has been put in close confinement. A committee of officers ( were appointed to take testimony, and alter ' it was referred to Gen. Taylor, lie ordered the immediate arrest of Armstrong. Nothing lias been made public in the affair of tiie Alcalde’s son and others, accused of tamper ing with our soldiers. They tire still iu prison. 'i’he movement from this place tnto Tainan- , lipas, has developed itself sufficiently to be | I spoken of. All the regulars at this place— j with the exception ot an artillery company, and one or two of Infantry, from the 7th— | • with the Mississippi. Tennessee and Georgia i volunteers, will shortly leave fur Victoria, accompanied by General Taylor and his Staff. From this, you may infer 11 tat the Headquarters will he at or near Tampico. It may still be 8 or 10 days before this move is made, although some of the regiments are ordered to march next Thursday! As there is nothing apprehended from the enemy at this time, the movement will be made by easy ' marches, stopping sometimes two and three days at a place. The division, will move down the valley, from the S. E end of the town, passing through Caydeute, Monte Morales, Linares,\ ilia Crande and Hidalgo, ; a distance of near 20(1 miles to \ ictoria. | j After reaching the latter place, a halt will be made for some time, when a garrison will j : be left of 10U0 or 1500 men. and the remain- ! I dor will accompany Gen. Taylor towards Tampico. For aught 1 know, a junction may ; | he formed at Victoria with the troops under Gen. Patterson, but I cannot speak with any i certainty on this head, not being advised of j the movements below. This move, leaving Worth and Wool above us, argues very i strongly, to my thinking, that offensive ope ra: inns, for the present have ceased. Gen. Fuller is to he left in command of Monterey, with ilie Ohio, Kentucky and the Indiana volunteers—-poken of before as being i ordered to reinforce Gen. Worth. In your paper of the 14th n 1 f., I saw a bio graphical sketch ot Gapt. Gillespie, and on 1 showing it to an acquaintance, be informed | me that about four weeks after the battle, be j ! went to the graves of Captain Gillespie and young Thomas, and found that the bodies had i ! been dug up by the Mexicans, and stripped j I of every vestige of clothing. The bones were ; ; reinterred, and the graves covered over with large flat rocks. When it is generally known | by these grovelling wretches, that nothing but the bones of the heroes are left in the grave, their pilfering propensities will be ' checked, and Gillespie and Thomas will be left to sleep in their quiet hut proud homes. On Sunday last, a soldier, belonging to the j Ist Infantry, was killed by I lie guard. He had been engaged in one of the hospitals, as steward, for some time, and most ot the pa tients being ‘‘tip and doiiiy,” lie concluded to take a‘‘.'piurge,” and having taken pretty ; freely of the “ardent,” brought, up all stand ing, at a Mexican’s door, which he afteiw <rds entered. The guard was called, but before they readied the house, he started oil as last | as his legs could carry him. lie uas ordered to stop, but paid no attention to it, when he was tired at —two balls taking effect, and he died in a few minutes. The guard belonged ; to the new Hi lie Regiment, and their aim is unerring. Foth officers and men are very much incensed at the act. They say I that, although it was the duty of the guard to ! fire;, it Was nut their duty to hil the man. The camp equipage ot the late Gen. Ha mer, is advertised for sale, by a committee of otlicers. Several line horses are to he sold. The Mb Infantry received marching or : tiers, and Were inspected yesterday, it is hot 1 known in what direction they march. Gen. Worth has intimated that he should like to have them again in bis division, and whether their destination is Saltillo or V ictoria. a few davs will tell. To-day is some good hoivday or feast-day here, and all the fashion of the city is out. — The Plaza is completely jammed. I endeav ored to liud out what least-day it was, but was unable to ascertain. CHAPARRAL. j AUGUSTE GEO! SATI’RDAY MOR.MNG. JAM ARV 3, 1847. : 10-'One battalion of the Palmetto Regi ment passed through our city yesterday, to the Georgia Rail Road, where they took the cars en route for Mobile. 'J hey were re ceived by a salute of cannon at the Bridge and escorted by the Augusta Artillery Guards, through our densely thronged streets, to the enlivening strains of music, amidst the huz zas of our population, who thus, essayed to cheer them on their way. Many a white 1 ’kerchief was waved by lair hands from win dow and balcony, and many a sweet voice bade God speed to the gallant volunteers. Often above the dip and the dust that shroud ed the advancing pijumn, rose bright and clear into the calm kfioonligh ted air, rocket after rocket which, rn bursting, shed halos of (Beaming light upon the banners ot the dif | ferent companies—gifts from the hands o' beauty to animate the brave in the hour of battle. That they Will .wave triumphant in every field, and return unsullied to the land ! of the Palmetto, is our confident hope. Old I'rlcuil* \xstla tVevr J’acrs. Wc congratulate our colemporary of the Chronicle & Sentinel upon the very hand some appearance of that paper in its new dress. It now looks as bright and fresh as a snake in spring time that has cast its old skin. We mean no disrespect by the com parison; on the contrary, we will draw a fur ther sentiment from it, and offer our sincere wishes, that it may glide on quite as smooth- Iv through life, and with rather mote friends. ■ \Ve should be sorry to see it, however, in- 1 j crease its proselytes. The Charleston Mercury also came out on New Years day in a new suit, and is now one ot the handsomest sheets in our country. Death ol C apt. Holmes. By the correspondence ot Ihe New Orleans Della, published in another column, we re gret to learn the death of this gallant officer, who was among the first in this Stale, when hie country called, to say “I am ready.”— As a sun of Georgia, the citizens of this State will mourn his loss, lor he was one of her jewels—and posterity will point with piide to his name,as the foremost ot the gallant band, who left their quiet and peaceable homes, at \ the bidding of their country. We hope his J remains will not be suffered to remain in Mexico, but that they will be brought home j and placed in the beautiful cemetery near i Macon, and a suitable monument erected over Ihe in. TI arylnml. The Legislature ot tins state is now in ses- j i sion at Annapolis. In the Senate, all the old j * officers were re-elected. In the House, Hon. John P. Kennedy, was unanimously elected j ; speaker, and George G. Brewer cniel cierk. j 1 The Governor tent in Ins message Tuesday, 1 ’JTIse I’ho Wars—E'orcigu ami Domestic. We have no news ot any very decisive | events having yet taken place at the seat of war iu Mexico. Bui at the seat of war at Washington City, ibis contest is waxing hotter and hotter. Our army and our navy ( have been pressing the war gloriously to 1 our arms on foreign soil, and on foreign teas. But the government and its supporters are also kept busy at home defending the fair fame and honor of the country against the | : ruthless assaults and aspersions ofidumes -1 tic foes. 'Bhe deep mouthed thunders ofonr i cannon which boomed across the lurid fields ; ! of Palo Alto and Resaca, and reverberated among the hills of Monterey, are answered : , in feeble defiance by the thunders of Whig | oratory in the halls of Congress, re-echoed by ! the Paixhan artillery and pop gun squibery of Whin- editorials against "the President's tear .” O c" | We hope these patriotic orators and editors i will have a merrv lime of it. It will be as short us it is merry. The flashy, fussy and blaz ing fire-works with which the bovs have illu- 1 ; ,rs , i minated the Christmas nights, are not more ■ ephemeral and are far more harmless than i these factious efforts to place tts in the wrong, as this war question will prove. The I harm will bo, not to the honour of our country —not to blacken her historic page, 1 but in the disgrace that will cover the hufler ; of the impotent missiles. The war is pro nounced nefarious, unprovoked and disgrace . ful. if this be true, every step beyond the j Nueces taken by an American soldier, is a ' step which tramples,upon Mexican rights— every life destroyed is foul murder—every i town taken is shameless rapine. The igno- i miny and the blood are not upon the soldier, ! because he is the mere instrument, but upon ! the head and upon the skirts of the Execn- j live, through whom the people act. It will not be very difficult fur the Executive and his supporters to defend himself from the>e ■ assaults. Ful it would seem that the gallant spirits of our army and navy must feel that they are encountering a lire in the rear. Did they beliete halt of these vile assertions, they would feel but little zest for the ser- 1 vice of their country —they could place but 1 little value upon laurels which would be j trophies of cruel wrong and bloody vengeance ' wreaked upon an innocent people. That 1 such is the character the opponents of this war would give it—those who carry on this domestic warfare to annoy and to thwart the constitutional executive officers in prosecut ing hostilities against Mexico, cannot he doubled. Could such men control public opinion, and dispense rewards tor public ser vice, with what energy or spirit could our army act? Must not every gallant soldier now toiling on the soil of Mexico lor our country's cause, feel that such men are the worst toes to his fame, and to Ills hopes ol an honorable place in history? If the war is characterized by names winch makes it not more noble limn the foray of licensed bandits—that makes it a war of rapine—of land piracy and lust for territory, conceived in vile sordidness nr un worthy ambition, what honorable mind will feel that it opens a field for noble deeds and permanent honor. Who but must feel that in such a cause, the dishonor in list attach nut to the despoiler alone, but to those volun teers who have been his willing instruments and myrmidons. The President tints dis graced, the dishonor must attach to every soldier who volunteers to’ aid the President in affecting these unholy designs upon an unoffending nation. he W bigs have sought thus to puurtray\jhe President, and thus to ex cite sympathy Ibrfhe Mexicans. They have concealed or they \ave denied, and distort ■ td, by misrepresentations, and by unblush ing palliations ofMexiclin perfidy, the wrongs done our nation. \ | This being so, it is vau\ for them to say, they will vindicate their patriotism by voting ample supplies of men and means for the war. They stigmatize the war as unjust, i and thus attempt to deprive the government i of the services of her gallant, citizens, by prejudicing their minds against its prosecu tion. Thus while they vote men and means, they make war upon that great element of power to carry on hostilities against the foe ; —the ambition of the soldier to serve, and to win honor by gallant deeds. For what chivalric soul could prize laurels, or would fight for them, in a war which he is taught to believe is prosecuted to the disgrace of his own government, and in gros* violation i of IhS rights of another? 1 It would have been more honorable and consistent, had the Whigs who believed this war unjust and unnecessary, and might have been avoided, refused to vote supplies to prosecute it in the enemy’s country. This would have placed them on an equality with the Federalists of 1812, who spoke against the war, wrote against it, and voted against it. As it is they sink below them. They have all the blame of tha same want of sympathy fur their country's quarrel, and I the same conviction that she is iu the wrong, without any of the manliness which would , act up to such opinions. j Death of Senator Barrow. The Baltimore papers of Wednesday last, announce the death of Senator Barrow, o: | Louisiana. He died on Tuesday morning, , after a short illness, and his remains were ! j taken to Washington City in the afternoon, to be interred in the congressional burying ■ ground. A large number of the citizens of j , Baltimore, joined in the funeral procession ! to the Rail Road depot. j O’ The telegraphic wires between Phila delphia and New \ork, are out ot order, and , ; in consequence no telegraphic despatches j from that city were received in Baltimore on i Wednesday last. From Mexico. We give in oilier columns, some addition al intelligence from Mexico, brought by the Massachusells at New Orleans. A private , letter from Tampico,received by the editors of the Picayune, says—“ I can hear ol nuili- i ing of interest from the interior. The gen eral impression is. that Herrera will be elect- , ed President of Mexico upon the opening ol Congress, and that overtures of peace will be immediately made to our Government. This I conceive very probable, as the citizens are ! : disposed for peace; but as soon as Santa i ! Anna hears of such an occurrence his steps : will be turned towards the capital, and who- 1 ' ever is elected President will enjoy his func tions but a short time.” We have heard of this Herrera movement i from several quarters, but never before di rectly from Mexico. We have no faith what ever iu the good disposition of the Mexicans, never having met a trace of such a feeling . ° in any of their papers. j We have further correspondence between , j Gen, Taylor and Santa Anna, which we find El Eco de Tampico of the 12th hist. We i have not room for it this morning, nor is any | more than one passage of it important. Gen. Taylor writes, from Saltillo on the 20th of November, acknowledging the courte-y of Santa Anna in releasing the seven prison ! ers. He then quotes from the terms of the armistice of Monterey to justify the action of our Government in putting an end to it— | thus meeting a reflection of (Santa Anna t upon our Government in his former letter.—■ ’ He concludes by expressing the hope that j the Mexican Congress will accept the offers • of the United Slates, and enter into negotia j lions for the termination of hostilities and the i establishment of a permanent peace. Santa Anna replies, on the 24th of No vember, from San Luis Potosi. Afteracour i Icons introduction, he recalls to Gen. Tay lor (he case of Gen. La Veg.!,and desires re presentations to he made to our Government which may effect his immediate release— Santa Anna supposing him at the lime to be j still in New Orleans. He concludes the lot i ter as follows—we find the italics in the Mexican copy ; ‘■l will conclude this note by assuring von | that 1 entertain the hope that the sovereign j National Congress, which is immediately to be installed, will act as shall be most coudu i cive to the interests of the Republic; but I believe that Ido not deceive myself in assur i ing von, that neither the Congress, nor any Mexican , if ill ever be aide to listen to overt arcs of peace unless the national territory be first evacuated by the forces of the Called Stales, I and the hostile attitude of their vessels of tear be uilhdrawn. This must be without doubt the preliminary of whatever negotiation may be opened; and it may be premilled to me to declare to you, that the nation, moved by rl sentiment of patriotism, and determined lo defend at every hazard and inch by inch its territory, will never cease to qualify, as it de i serves, and as the world lias already quali fied it. the conduct of the United States; and 1 it will do whatever it can and ougih honora : bly, to deserxe the 1 ill!e which it hears of in dependent and free.” No oilier pari of this correspondence is im portant. but here we have expressed the de termination ofthe Mexican people in the en ergetic words of their ablest leader. i'rbm (,'iihrtto i. The steamship Palmetto, Capt. Smith, ar rived at New Orleans on the 35th ult., from Galveston, whence she sailed on Tuesday, the 22d. Helmeyer lias been tried for the murder of Mr. Clair, found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to one year’s imprisonment. The Palmetto encountered a heavy gale on her last passage to Galveston. In the ; midst of it site took fire, and there was for some time the utmost possible alarm among the passengers. The fire was ultimately j subdued and found to have proceeded from I some spirits of turpentine which was upset i in the steward’s pantry, and set on tire by a lamp placed there. During the alarm the captain is said to have been cool and col lected. There is a story in the Galveston News, 1 told by a teamster recently from Mexico, to | the effect that Col. Riley was recently sur rounded, at Morelos, by 5000 Mexicans un der Gen. UTrea, and that there was no hope of Col. R.’s escape. We do not believe a word of it. There was some talk that the Indians on the frontiers were making hostile demonstra tions, but no actual depredation had been committed. Texas Voeexteers. —A company of vol unteers has been organized at Galveston, Texas, and C. C. Hornsby chosen to com mand it. Capt. 11. was a lieutenant in the Santa Fe expedition, and is an excellent officer. [O'A bill has been reported in the Legisla ture of North Carolina, to appoint a Superin tendent of Common Schools, with $1250 sal- I ary. Also, a bill to provide fora Geological j Survey ofthe State. Professor Olmsted,of : Vale College, iu a letter to Gov. Graham, says, “there is no Stale in (he Union whose : Geology would better reward flie labor and I expense of and accurate and thorough Sur i vev.” He alludes to the partial Survey ! made by him in 1819, as the first attempt of the kind by authority of a State. Nearly j every State has since taken the hint, and ) thorough Surveys. Counterfeit*. Counterfeit ten dollar bills on the Plan ters Bank of Savannah, are in circulation, the figure one being extracted by some clie i mica! process and ten substituted. A bill : of this description has been shown the editor , of the Georgian. ; Coii^rru*. The Senate on the 29th ult. adjourned im mediately on be it nr informed ul the death of the lion. Alexander Barrow. In the House of Representatives, little or nothing was done during lhe day, except Ilia reconsideration of the joint resolution which was adopted on Monday, authorizing tl.a War Department to furnish the volunteers with clothing. It was then referred to lha committee on military affairs. .Mr. Haralson, from the commliteo on will i tary affairs, reported a bill for the raising of ten additional regiments of the regular army, ’ to serve during the war. vnum Voliiuic«r«. 'J'he requisition fora second regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers has been tilled up, ’ and the troops are to march. The key stoun State has been no laggard in acts of patriot ism, forty companies or four regiments hav ing tendered their services to Gov. Sbunk, to serve dor mg the war with Mexico. .4m it be. A Subscription List was opened at th* i French office of the Jeffersonian, St. Louis Exchange, and at the office of .Mr. Ruffier, who keeps the St. Louis Ball-Room, New Orleans, for a sum to purchase two swords —- one for the Midshipman of the French brig Mercnre —the other for Lieut. Tarleton, of. I lie British ship Kndymion —as a testimony of gratitude for their exertions in saving tho lives of the sailors from the wreck of the U, S. hng Somers. T« l( !;nilili to X<-w Oricawi. A company lias been formed lor the pur pose of constructing a Telegraphic cmnmmil i cation between Washington and New Or- I leans, via Richmond. Charleston and Mobile, and a gentleman of New Orleans is now m j Philadelphia for the purpose of obtaining i subscription to the stock, and having the j work commenced at once. i- " ' ‘ Tbr vt»mtula*i .’Vewj and l!ic .tlarkff. | The N. O. Delta of the :27th nil sav*.— “The effect of the Cambria’s new* upon one market, whether it be correctly reported or i no', was very’ great Fully TOGO hales of Cot | ton were sold at an advance of j. to j*c. per lb i and insome instances even more. 1 “Corn Wan also in great request. About 69, i 000 bushels were taken for export, at 53 t»> 55c. for the best yellow and while. “The Flour market, too, was much excited. The sales ran up to 14.000 bbls., beginning j early in the day at, §4 25 to 30, Ohio 1 brands, and ending at $4 50 per bhl. Fr»u» | 6000 to 8000 bbls. were sold in the evening, 1 on ‘Change, at the highest rule. This is an advance of 25c. per bhl.” Fire.—A kitchen belonging to (he estates of the late .Mrs. Newton, of Athens, was con sumed by tire on Sunday evening last. 1 rrx rcr NOTICE.—The Rev. \VM. T. BRANTLA , will preaeh in the Presbyterian C hurch, 7 '<j- Morrow Morning . j The Rev. Dr. JOHNSON is expected to preach j in tlie Baptist < 'htirch. Jan. 8 DGf* The Pew Owners of the first Presbyterian Church vuil hold their annual meet ing as the ( 'hurch on Monday Afternoon, 4tb inst., at 3 o'clock. Jnn. ia ECr 3 A report being in circulation* that W ILLIAM JOHNSON has declined being a candidate for'Fax Receiver, we are authorised to state that he will not withdraw his name unlit 1 ! the election is over and the voles counted out—at w inch time he confidently (rusts that the sutfragew of his friends will have elected him Receiver of ’Pax Returns for Richmond county. Jan I 75 10LLOTION NOTRE. CCt 3 On Saturday, the Bill Janua ry, 1847, ati Flection will he held for a Member of the City Council of Augusta, for W ard No. 1, in fill the vacanc y occasioned by the resignation of | Foster Blodget, Esq. Said election will he held at the Fodder and Hay Scale House, under the superintendence of G. F. Parish, Jesse Kent aud 11. B. Frazer, Esqrs., or a majority of them, Dec. 30 L. 1). FORD, Mayor. DU. V/LST Virs BALSAM OF AMU) GHKRRV. & DCr 3 i'lie extraordinary success attending the use of lids medicine in diseases of ihe lungs, and the many singular cures it has ef fected , having naturally attracted the attention of many physicians, as well as the whole fraternity of quacks, various conjectures and surmises have arisen respecting ils composition; sonic physicians ! have supposed it to contain iodine, other Ignorant pretenders say it must contain mercury, and to some such substance they each attribute its singa j lar efficacy. As such opinions are altogether er roneous, and calculated to prejudice many person'’ against it, we PLEDGE (H R HONOR that it I contains nothing of this kind, or anything the least , injurious; on the contrary, it is composed of th* most simple substances, the principal of which ar» the extracts of lar and wild cherry bark, and the w hole secret of its efficacy consists in the mode tu which they are prepared. None genuine without the written signilure K I Rctts. For sale by H WILAND, RISLEV Ac CO., and THOMAS BARRETT At CO., Augusta. i Dec 30 3 74 MECHAN ICS’ BANK, ? Ano car a, Dec. 28, JB<6. y ECr 3 NOTK’E.—An Election will be held at the Banking House, on Monday, the 4 h January, 1817, within the hours of ID o'clork, A. M. and 2P. M., for Nine Directors to maimga the affairs of this Institution dtiring the ensuing i year. M. HATCH, Cashier. I Dec. 29 id 73 French and Spanish Languages F. Lk BAIiBIER, who lias been engaged fop many years as a Teacher in several schools of tlie I uited States, and of the Island of Cuba, givee ; lessons of French Chis native language)and Span i Lb, either at his residence or in private families. His inode of teaching is simple, and will enable a , scholar to acquire either language in a short lime His prices are moderate. Apply to him, at the 1 idled States Hotel, every morning before tea o'clock, and in the afternoon between two and four. References —. Messrs. 11. 11. Camming, J. Adams, J. Gardner, J. W, Jones, G. T. Dome, Dr. Du* • gas, N. De'.aigle. — G ardelle A: Rumd. j dee 31 T 5 C*