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TWE.VI VM.NTiI CONGRESS.
OM) SESSION.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30, 131 G.
SHNATR.
A Her nn rppropriate prayer by the
Rev. Mr. Slicer. i
On motion of Mr. Huntington, i!ic read
jnur ot the journal was dispensed with. j
Mr, Johnson, of La., then rose and :
btieflv,attd feelingly announced ti e death
of his colleague, the Hon. Alexander Bar- ;
row, and spoke o! his elevated character j
and noble bearing in just te*ms.
Mr. Benton then rose, and in a very
feeling and impressive manner, spoke of
the deceased as one who was endeared j
to jiim bv ties of the strongest friendship,
mid also bore his testimony to the justice I
of the encomium which had been passed |
upon him bv his colleague.
Mr. Breese, also, claimed the privilege j
of friendship to add his feeble mite to the :
j!raise which had already been bestowed i
upon the lamented deceased.
Mr. Hunnegan followed in a strain oi
fervid but solemn eloquence which touch- j
cd the hearts of all who listened to him,
and caused a tear to glisten in many an
rye. llis allusion to the bereaved wi
dow’ was clothed in language at once
touching and beautiful.
Mr, Crittenden then rose to add histes
timohy to what had already been said,
but alter uttering half a dozen vtords, lie |
was compelled to resume his seat, utter
ly overpowered by his emotions.
Mr. Mangurn then moved the customa
ry resolutions, which were adopted in so- i
lernn silence, and the senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Starkweather had leave to make a j
personal explanation, in reference to the
remarks made by him yesterday relating
to Mr. Baker, as published in the Union
eflast evening. He denied that ho hud |
said that Mr. Baker was not responsible.
The probability was, that he was respon- j
slide. lie had received mileage as a
member of Congress, $1261, for station
cry <Ac., S4B, and travelling fees as
Colonel of volunteers, to and from Mexi- ■
ro—altogether, as he was understood to
say, some $2,700 1 lie was desirous,
therefore, if he had been rnisunde>stood,
to make the amende honorable. He >ud
consider him responsible, for the reasons
stated.
Mr. Haralson, from the military com
mittee, reported back the resolution of
Mr. Baker, providing for clothing to vo]. |
unteers in Mexico, amended so that the
clothing shall he delivered to 'quarter
lu. ;v...!uii, instead ot the
colonels of the regiment. Passed, unani
mously, as amended.
Mr. Baker had leave also to make a
personal explanation. He was not well
versed in the institutional law’ relating to
the rights of members of thi> House, but
believed the*ro were precedents for the
course which he had pursued. He had
come here at the urgent request of his I
regiment, by which he had unanimous
leave of absence. He had not heard the i
remarks nf the gentleman ft out Ohio, ( M r.
{Starkweather) but if thev had been of a
{ersonal characier, this was not the time ;
and place for a reply.
The resolution which he had off-red
was drawn up bv the Secretary of War
and it seemed to he supposed ihaf officers
rs the seveial regiments were m take
upon them new res-posibilitles. ft had
1 eeii usual, however, for Cap’a ins of
companies to distribute clothing without
giving security. There was nothing
very new, theieCre, in the course pro
posed hv the resolution. But lie rnav be
indifferent as to w hat agent was to be em
p’oyed, so that tin* volunteers received
t le clothing of which they w ere so much
in need.
Mr. Schenck here rose to offer a reso
lution instructing the committee on r!ec
i:ons to inquire and report to the House,
whether Mr. Baker is entitled to a seat
rn this floor, he having accepted a com
mission of colonel of volunteers from the
Government, anti having been actually
engaged in the so-vice of the country in
Mexico. Mr. Schenck read from the
Constitution of'.he I nitrd States, toshow
that no person can hold a seat in the Na
tional Legislature during his continuance
in office under the Government of the U.
States. lie desired, as an important prin
ciple was involved, that the question
might now Ire settled.
.Mr, Baker had no objection to the re
solution, but he did not wish his name
dragged before the country, j ,st as he
was about to return to bis command in
Mexico. He intended to (alee hisdepar
turn to-morrow, and would now, also take
bis leave of the House and of his friend
irom Ohio, in particular.
Mr. Schenck, though lie considered it
important that the question should be set
tled, consented to withhold the resolution
which he had designed to offer.
A message was received from the Sen- j
ale. announcing that they had adopted j
the usual resolutions of respect to the
memory of Senator Barrow, and an elo
quent anti impressive address was deliv
ered by Mr, Morse, of Louisiana. The
resolutions were concurred in. and then
the House adjourned, to attend the funer
al to-morrow.
The House will not moot again for i
business until Saturday.
Itakt i''* S|»eecl» on 4hc War.
The to 1 Hvmg report of the speech delivered
on the 28th nil., in the House, by Mr. Baker,
of Illinois, is copied from the Union.
'The resolution for referring portions of the
President's message to the several committees
being under consideration,
Mr. Baker rose and addressed the commit
tee. — He said;
Mr. Chairman: —1 beg leave to return ny |
profound acknowledgments po very manv
gentlemen on hoin sides fit tins H mse who j
have kitidiy offered to forego their intentions
to attempt addressing the House,in order that 1
I might he permitted to sav a tew words this
morning, before 1 take my departure tin my
return to tlie army in Mexico. While I return
mv thanks for the kindness, I beg leave to .
add, that I am sure it. is intended bv them—as i
it is received by me—only as a tribute to the
gallant ry of those with whom it has been my
good fortune to be associated. Sir. I leol
humbled ami abashed when I reflect, upon j
how little it has been mv fortune to do to
deserve such kindness, whether bestowed i
upon me personally, or as the representative
ot my brethren in arms. Sir, I wish that
instead of myself it w ere the gallant Basis i
who. re-ignino’ins seat on tins lloor, lias so
brave!v fought the battles of his country, that
now addressed you. If it had been his fortune :
to stand here and receive the congratulations i
and praise which he has so nobly earned, yon I
would have a more titling object on whom to .
bestow your kindness; for as for myself I can
pretend to no merit. If has been my evil for- j
tune to he left lar in the rear of the war; and
if now 1 venture to say a few words tor those i
wiili whom I am associated—whether those I
who gallantly sustained the fortunes of their I
country in the bloody streets of Monterey, or
those who, encountering a still sterner fate
have been forced to die on the hanks of the
Rio Grande—l beg this House to believe that :
while it is indeed a pleasant, task to endea- i
vor to aid them in this House, it is, on the j
oilier, painful to stand here, as 1 dn, after ;
six months service, deserving no credit, and ;
1 as desiring vet to receive no reward, I con- j
i jess, i\i r. Chairman, that it is with iroJit'lle :
astonishment that I have listened b»*a per in*
oi this debate. 1 am sure that at this moment
it is not imagined by your gallant volunteer
armv that in this, the tniid week of theses
: sion, the Congress of the United States is 1
i engaged in a grave an 1 important discussion \
; as t» mobs in Ohio, arid the nature of the vote I
| by which representatives in the next Con- I
■ gre-s have been elected! The men who |
lon< T ht at Monterey; the men who are enti- ,
; tied to all honor and the highest reward, do |
not suppose tnat such a state ot things can
I exist here. The men who have survived the
fierce assuUsof disease on the Rio Grande i
the men who have endured every privation |
i that (he want of pay, clothing, and every
i comfort—hv whose tank, or wnether by the
fault of any one they did not sav—the men
who amid ail these sufferings were eagerly
looking to the front for the foe, and anxiouMjf
awaiting succor from their friends at borne—
j these men certainly did not anticipate such
I a state of things as that ot which I must in
lorm them as existing here. I have been
sometimes led to believe, since mv arrival in
Washington, that the Congress of the United
States is not perfectly informed a« to the
I true condition of things in Mexico! Whether
. that he so or not, 1 shall do myself the honor
to make a few statements of facts. ] do not
design to engage for a moment in any par
tisan controversy on this floor. Where my
sympathies are now, and where they have
j been, is well known. Where they have been,
t_.:ii , 1 . • .a ><> rk 11
! fortune, the}* will remain forevei! But at the
i present moment I cannot understand that
‘•whig" or “democrat” has anything to do
I with the question which now is, or ought to
be, before the House; and I design, if it be
possible, without any thing of a partisan
feeling, to urge upon (he members of this
House to act immedb t ly—< ff*-clualv T —at
i once—now —for this gallant armv, laboring’
toiling, bleeding, suffering in a foreign land.
In the first place, then, I take tins oppor
tunity to say that flte army in Mexico needs
more men and more money; and they need
it now. i have been informed that the forces
| now operating in Mexico, including Wool’s
column, Tavlor’s column, and Butler’s a rid
I Patterson’s divi-ions, did not exceed 11.500
effective fighting men; excluding possibly,
and yet not artillery battal
ion. and two new regiments called the Oregon
regiments, recruiting,and some of the compa
n es of winch have perhaps already arrived at
Tampico. With that army there is an area
to be covered which i can ImrJly now attempt
to describe. 1 The gallant rfntl honorable
speaker here briefly sketched the vast area
at present occupied by the United States
1 forces in Mexico, and also described the nu
merous pGees. that were to lie garrisoned,
i and the heavy demands which must be met
in consequence of the great extent of lines of
communication to be kept op J All this, (lie
proceeded) cannot be cl me with an armv of
11,000—12,000—14.000 men. 1 doubt—
yet 1 express this opinion with great diffi- '
deuce—l doubt whether it he possible with
the-hest troops America ever sent, forth, to •
accornp ish all that; and I am sure America I
never did send forth an army more skilful,
gallant; unflinching, than that in Mexico to
day. But recollect that this army of 15,000
men is to be scatter over an area extending
from east to west five hundred miles, and
four hundred miles from north to south,
where the modes of communication are doubt- ■
fnl, and the population hostile. When all
this is remembered, I aT how is if to be !
expected—how is it possible that the advance
can continue to be, as it lias been, marked
with giory and honor? ] have heard it said
sir, not often, but yet decidedly, that there is
no use in reinforcing to anv greaijexfcnl an
army in Mexico; because, even if you ad- j
[ vancce to the city of Mexico itself, you will !
be nn nearer peace than you are now. If 1
that be true, they should have thought of it
before they declared the war, and certainly
before they adopted the plan of invasion. I
am one of those, who, without attempting to j
discuss at this moment whether we were |
right or wrong in the manner in which the i
w ar was brought on, acted in the belief that
Mexico had commenced the attack upon i
what was claimed as American soil—or ter
i ritory to which the gallant American armv
had been sent —and I was not willing to
yield the claim: 1 was not willing then, and I
1 am not willing now. But even if the war \
were just, as admitted on all hands, it does
not fellow necessarily that it was to be a
war of invasion. As a war of defence, it
has been beyond all description glorious so
the American arms—a war- the remainder
of the sentence was lost.] 'The war of in- ,
vasinn last spring was not necessarily in
j cmnbent upon ns; but with the almost un
animous consent, so far as this House could
| act, with dissenting voice, as 1 |
understood, amongst tlmse who expressed
that opinion on the subject. AH parties and 1
classes said if we must have war, lei il be ,
brief and sudden. _ :
Well, we obtained three great battles. In
doing so we have advanced, it is true, -ome ;
three hundred miles into the Mexican terri
tory; yet we have scarcely, to any perceipti- |
hie extent, crippled their resources, or weak- ,
ened their power.. On the contrary, i f has
been verv much doubted —and 1 am one who
doubts —whether Mexico is not. stronger ;
than ever—more nationalized, more concen- ;
trated in public opinion, looking with more
undivided glance towards a si no e head—
and, 1 was about to say, more heroic —yes, I ,
will sav, more heroic than ever—for they are
alw iv- heroic who rush lo defend their conn- 1
try— more capable of sustaining the despe- ;
rate and prolonged conflict. I apprehend that j
from this state of facts—in which I am sure j
even* 'Tcntleman will agree with me—that
we ought to derive new consciousness of the
dufv devolving upon us towards she war.—-
And it is on that point only that 1 desire es
pecially to be heard, and for that purpose on y
do I open mv lips at all. 1 will not under- j
take the task of predicting at this moment i
whether it is in our power to compel a peace,
even if we were lout tempt to dictate its terms ,
in the city of Mexico Itself. But of one tiling '
1 am very certain —that nothing which we ,
have yet done in this war insufficient to con
vince the Mexicans that we are a lee to con
quer them. They feel, as they have ever fell,
t hat the territory which we have overrun, the
towns which we have conquered, the cities
which we have stormed, for no important
part of their territory, and were in no wise
the scat of their power. W ith the exception
of the blockade —more earnestly talked about
as I understand, than faithfully kept—we :
have as yet done emphatically nothing—in
speaking' of the war upon a large scale—
which can be said to have crippled the re
sources of .Mexico. By a capitulation, which
was regarded as just and wise, the Mexicans
retired from Monterey with almost all their
armsand munitions of war. The munitions of
I war which remained in that, place, being those
; of which Mexico had least need, and which
: she is able to furnish must readily. I repeat
this for the purpose of urging ooonllieJion.se
the fad that, as yet, we have done com pa m
■ tivelv nothing to conquer peace. All yet re
| mains to he done; and 1 now advance to the
! question, how. I understand, that the Presi-*
1 dent of the Unfed States has called out nine
I or ton additional regiments. Am 1 corred?
; [A voice; “Ves”.] i understand that a re
j iriment has been ordered from Louisiana, aim
; Bier from North Carolina, another from Vir
j trinia, another from Massachusetts, and that
j Biev are not vet formed. North Carolina is
! scarcely yet awake. Massachusetts and
i Louisiana and the other Slates are not yet
1 ready; but suppose they all fill nparidall go;
j and, supposing, again, on their rolls there
! are no men of straw, as I undertake to say
' there are often in volunteer regiments, it
■ will be about seven thousand additional men.
I When will thev gel there? And when they
get there, how many men will thev be able
toconcentra e and advance towards the city
of Mexico? I designate it so, whether you
go bv Vera Cruz to the south, or by San
Intis Potosi follie north. 1 understand, from
reliable advices, that Santa Anna has now
npar !y twenty-five thousand men in a state
of high discipline and military preparation.
Thev are the clergy, the fund holders, the
men of the old revolution. Lven the .Mexi
can women are kindling into zea’, and burn
1 with a desire to repel the lawless invaders of
their territory. Sir. tlmr ■is another thing to
jhe ronsulprpi) VV benever ib
to be made this winter; and for reasons
; which must bo obvious to every member of
this (louse. Less than six months ago you
sent into tiie field some twenty-six regiments
filled with high hope, ready to peril wealth
and reputation, and life, not in a defensive,
but in an invasive war, not for their own
homes and their own hearths, but for the
honor of the American name, and the glory
of the American arms. Alas, how many
of those who never saw a battle—who
never cast a stern glance upon any foeinan
in the field—how many of these are sleeping
tbeirfiast sleep on the banks ofthe Bio Grande
! —their bosoms heaved with high hope—light
was their measured footsteps when they went
to seek the foe. But
“They did not fall in eager strife,
Upon a well-fought field;
Not from the red wound poured their life,
Whtre cow ering foernen yield;
Th’ archangel's shade was slowly cast
I pon each pallid brow.
But calm and fearless to t lie last,
They sleep securely now !”
There are the bones of nearly two tliou
j sand men. with the best blood of this country,
now resting nn she banks of the Rio Grande,
who never saw an enemy—never had an op
portunity to strike that blow which they de
| sired, for their country and their race. For
this I am inclined, at this moment at Las’, to
blame nobody'. It is almost, impossible to
appreciate properly the difficulties of any
campaign; at least it is almost impossible tor
: tlm.-e who sit as ease in their own homes to
do so; but most of all is it impossible to ap
preciate the difficulties of a campaign in an
: unknown country, with a sick y climate, and
in an unprepared condition. 'The regiment,
with which I have been associated went to
the field with eight hundred and thirty men,
voung, heart' - , gallant, adventurous young
men. Five hundred of them, at least, were
voting men who either lived in their own
homes, acquired by their own labor, nr resid
i ed in the domestic circle of their fathers, in
the same condition of life. Seven hundred
| of them could have earned at home more
than three times as much a< the government
could promise them. Sir, of these eight hun
dred, nearly one hundred sleep upon the
| banks of that doleful river; whilst more than
two hundred have returned shadows and
skeletons to find, if Providence so wills p,
! in the embrace of their friends and the kinti
-1 ness of the dome-tic circle, the renovation
which shattered frames and broken spirits so
much require. What is true of that regi
ment is true us others. It is true ofthe nfh
jer Illinois regiments—it is trim of the Ten
j ne>>op regiment—it is true of the Kentucky
: regiment—it is true of the Alabama regi
: rnent —il is true of the Indiana regiment,
i Sir. it is true of every regiment that has
i spread its tents on the banks of the Rio
i Grande. They fell victims to the diseases
incident to the climate, the waters, the
change of food, and a hundred ofher things
which oppress and depress the brave men
who have sought glory in that field. I men
tion these things not byway of reproach—
not byway of complaint. Sir, I should he
I unworthy lo be the representative of the
brave men who requested me for once to
raise mv voice here, it I would condescend to
complain. What they have done-they have
' done fur love of country, for.glory—for such
immortality as Worth, Davis, Campbell, Me
-1 Clung, and a hundred others have acquired
They have done it that they might be honor- <
ed whil-t they lived, lamented when they <
died, and remembered after. But, as a rep- !
resentative of the people, I may be permitted 1 i
to say—and I speak not now as a volunteer
officer —that it is cold blooded cruelty, it |
means can prevent it. to expose your gallant
soldiers to such perks as those which I have
described, when immediate and united action
could evade I hem. lam not now called up
on to discuss the question how these addition
al troops shall be raised. t i
1 am not called upon now to discuss the
riip-tion how the money can be supplied. If
the question were asked, on all sides of this
lj til would he heard the exclamation, “ i He
United Stales can raise all the men and all
the monev that are needed. ’ 1 understand
that Pennsylvania is ready with more men.
Illinois has a Ready sent three thousand
young ire l but she can send three thousand
more; and if any gentlemen hesitates, 1 ask
what is to be gained by delay? Is the war j
to endat all? Is there ever to be a peace?— i
How is pr ice to be made? Is it to be made
bv advancing, or receding? Are we to go j
forward, or are we to retire? In God » name,
if we are to retire. let us retire now. But it
we are to conquer peace, wbv not next Apii .
rather than next September? Will it require |
more money to send out thirty thousand men i
now than to send out twice fifteen thousand
men to wither beneath that burning sun? 1
ask, then, with all the earnestness of my na
ture. whatever else you do—upon whatever
other subject you may differ —whether you
b’ame the whigs for not supporting the war,or
the democrats for rushing into war unneces
str yand unseasonably—however you may
d'ffkr on these points,! ask you,in the name of
those who have suffered—those who are wil
-1 ling to fight—those now fighting your battles
in a foreign land—in their name 1 ask you
i to send them aid—comfort —subsistence —
support —muniii ms of war —supplies. Let
them be enabled to make the advance and lo
keep it till they spread your banner on the
citadel of Mexico. And if I were to venture j
a predit t at all, 1 would say that the war is
to 1)0 ended gloriously to the American arms
and to the American name by she end of
j April next, or ii is to be interminable. For
myself I confess that 1 am not one of those
who suppose that a nation is very easily con
quered. 1 think it was Madame de Stael who
saidl—’ edistinguished gentleman from S. Ca
rolina, 1 Mr. Illicit,] who knows every thing
on such subjects, can set me right if 1 am
mistaken —1 think it was she who said, “a
nation true to itself never was conquered.”
Mexico claims a population of eight millions,
scattered over a country more difficult to ad
vance in. and more easily defended titan any
country 1 know of in the world. They have
a climate that fights for them. Even the
very scantiness of the products of the soil is
in their favor. A Mexican soldier gets fat
upon I hat on which an American soldier
1 would starve. Their horses want no food.
Every bushel of oats that our horses consume
I must be sent at least two thousand miles. I
beg orenflemen not to understand me to speak
literally when 1 sav that Mexican horses do
not need food. [A laugh.J If necessary I
will make a personal explanation on that sub
ject. | Laughter.] Hut they are so used to
the scanty foraging of that country,that thev
can live upon a “range”—as we call it in
the western country —where American hor
ses would die,
[To he concluded in our nrxl.]
[From the New Orleans JJec. '2S/h ult •]
l.n'c from «sie Army.
pfiij. J. G. Lnngdon, of New < »r!ran«, came
passenger in the U. S. steamer Fashion, last
evening, ooi. i, reports that Gen. Wool’s co
lumn was encamped within two miles of the city
of Prnras, his force amounting bv the field re
ports to 2 000 men. ilcis ordered there to es
tablish o depot and to lew upon all supplies be
longing to the Mexican Government, tie has
already taken large quantities of flour, wheat
and corn.
The Ist aril 2d regimentsofladixna volunteers
were on their march from Camargo lo join Gen.
1 Wool.
Oen. Worth was at Saltillo in command of
jfiOO men, and the command of Mont rev has
been assigned to Gen. Fuller, with 2 OdU men
to garrison it.
General Twiggs and Gen. B. H. Smith, with
their respective commands, were at A ictoria; and
Gen. Ciuitman with bis brigade loft Monterey lor
Victoria, on 14th inst. General i ay.or, with a
squadron of dragoons, also left tor \ ictoria on
the 15th inst,
Gen. Patterson was to have U-fl on the 22d in
s‘an’, accompanied bv the S ennessee regiment
ofenvaliv, for Tampico, via \ ictoria.
I he Alabama regiment of volunteers, and the
2d regiment of U. B, Aililiery, bad arrived there
already. The citv was in command of General
Shields.
The U. S. Steamer Margaret Brown, Captain,
Sterling, was at Laredo, the stage of the ri v « r
being such that he could not navigate it. Lieut.
Tilden is adout to remove the obstructions in the
: river, which if successful, will enable the iVlar
• garet Brown lo go up to Camargo.
L ent. Col. I -leery Clav, with six companies of
the 2.1 regiment of Kentucky volunteers was at
Cera!vo, Capt. Willis was at Miervvith two com
panies of the same regiment and Capt. (General
AJ. B Lamar] with a company, is stationed at
I Laredo.
Greal exertions are being made to raise Coops in
all the small Mexican towns on the Rio Grande
and with success. About the 1 h inst. Capt.
Stone, with a detachment of 70 men, proceeded to
, a Rancho up the Rio San Juan about 32 miles,
w here he found about 200 Mexicans collected,
and among them Capt. Cantoon, who was the
particular object of bis search. Capt. C. was
captured tml the muster roll ofthe eompanv and
letters of instruction fromGenls. Ampmtia and
Paredes, with a quantity of blankets, stand of
arms, ammunition, &.c. were secured. Capt.
Cantoon was carried to Camargo and put in pris
on.
On the evening of the Kith inst a Mexican
was taken bv the guards, at Camargo, having
made an entry into the powder magazine with a
de-i/n if is supposed of blowing it up.
j Col. Marshall is confined in consequence of
j injuries received in falling from his, horse, but
1 was fast recovering.
An express had reached Gen. Patterson, to she
: effect that Santa Anna was advancing from San
Louis Potosi ami Saltillo, for the purpose of cut
ting ofTGcn. Worth.
About -150 regulars were to have left Camargo
on the 20th for Monterey, among them Capts
Kerr and Hunter's commands ofthe 2d regiment
1 of d ragoons.
Capt. Yeaiman, aid de-camp to Gen. Wool,
is a passenger in the Fashien, and it is understood
is hearer despatches to Washington.
Bv a passenger from the schooner 11. AT.
Johnson, from Tairtpico, who came up in the
steamer Fashion from the S. W. Pass, we learn
I that an attempt had hern made on Tam; ico on
the lOlhinst., by 1.000 Mexican cavalrv, when
j the American force opened a park of artillery on
I them, and they retired.
Br.Tr.iried Human Body Found.—We
gather the following facts from a gentle
man of intelligence and undoubted veracity,
who was an eye witness; limy may therefore
be relied upon as substantially correct.
A few weeks since, while engaged in dig
ging a well in the lower part of Lowndes
county, Ca., within about a mile ofthe Fieri
»± ~T- 1 ■ 1 P‘** lMjilWß,?ill<ifa * U ,aa
ch I be Hse workmen found a human body, |
complete?v turned to chalk. They had mu
tjlnter! the hndv considerably before they uer j ti
aware what it was. After thev discovered it u
was* human bodv. they succeeded in 1 1 my
nearly or quite all the parts. Our .n orm- ~
an’ with e-veral other pentlemen oMlie v
cinifv, visited the spot, and examined it cate- £
fiillv. Thev say there is not the least doubt j
of its being a human body. There were (
several teeth still remaining in the jaw, ami ,
the appearance of three having hoen ex ra* t .
ed while the subject was living. be body .
when found was imbedded m a stiff cJa\, ,
about thirty feet from the surface. It" 1 ,
surrounding country is a flat pine tort >t, j
heavily limbered, no stream of water of any
maon,tude witi.in ten miles. Our inform- ,
a„t~ was strongly of (be opinion that tins
body had belonged to one of the antediluvian
race.— Mhany (G’u.) P't'rinf. 1 Hfh vU. j
AUGUSTA GEtL
SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1847.
j rTheSd Uaf fa lion, consisting of five com
panies, being the remainder of the Palmetto
Regiment, followed their comrades who had j
preceded them one day, by taking the cars ;
last evening for the West. Though the
weather was gloomy, and lor a portion of the
time it rained, there was a large concourse
of citizens at the Depot. The Artillery ;
Guardsjwere out on the occasion, and extend
ed all the usual military courtesies.
We recognized in the ranks a number of
Georgians. Thev will, we trust, do nodis
| credit to the cause in which they are enlist- ;
ed, or to the Regimental flag under which
they serve.
E’otilicnl I'iiult Fimlcr*.
This tribe of politicians, who never pass j
an opinion on a transaction with reference to
its intrinsic merits, but look solely to the
political capital to be derived from i ? , an 1
very much put out at the denouement of the
, Kearney and Stockton proclamations. These 1
were to he the fruitful theme of vituperation
of the President. Already the strongest lan
guage of abuse —the most unsparing male- j
dictions for usurpation, and violation of his ;
constitutional powers have been showered ,
upon him. Now, however,that his orders to j
General Kearney and Commodore Stockton
(the President’s Pro-Consuls as they were
called) have come to light, and it is found '
that they in no respect transcend the laws of
| nations, or the recognized usages of civilized
nations in a time of war, the chagrin of the
fault-finders is too marked for concealment,
i Thev are evidently disappointed that the
President is not to be convicted of having ex
ercised too much power —of having taken
upon himself 100 much responsibility in re
ference to these newly conquered territories.
Cut now that these charges have fallen to
the ground, the magnanimous fault finders,
instead of making the amende honorable by
acknowledging their injustice, and revoking
! their too precipitate censures, or by at least
■ pursuing a decorous silence, are as loud
mouthed as ever in their fault-finding—but
takr cl difTorent lack. The charge was
that the President took too much responsi
bility’. The charge note is that be lias declin
ed ir kng responsibility. Various splene’i*.
. squibs have been pul forth about the facility of
l the President in avoiding responsibility—
dodging behind his cabinet secretaries and
his army and navy officers, and leaving them
to bear (lie brunt of popular blame. It would
seem that the President has disappointed them
i in not having committed an error, and then
“taking the responsibility ’ in old Hickory
j I style. Because lie has not d ne so—because
r ! he has acted strictly within the pale of his
1 duty as a straightforward, conscientious re
; publican President should do. the fault-find
ers would attribute to him want of spirit—
, want of nerve.
, The Presidcht has incurred the lasting dis
-1 pleasure of the fault-finders for having con
quered so large a portion of Mexico by the
army of General Taylor, and at so great a cost
of life. 'Die blood poured out upon the soil
I ; of that country by onr gallant troops in their
country’s cause, provokes the fault-finders to
denunciation of the President for having
. won conquest so dear!v. Commodore Stock
ton and General Kearny acquire possession
| of vast territories by bloodless conquest, and
(he President is denounced for making
through them, such enormous acquisitions,
thus cheaply purchased. It is alleged by
, the fault-finders that sue!, summary and un
resisted movements do not create a title to
I territory—that it is an outrage on the poor
peaceable Mexicans thus by wholesale to
conquer them, because they will not resist.
It was equally so, in instances where they
did resist.
But after all, it will be found that the fault
finders are like flies on the chariot wheel.
They can neither retard the progress of our
arms, or weaken the energies of the govern
ment. They can neither drive the President
into imprudence by their taunts, or deter
him from an energetic discharge of duty
by their imprecations. Even their absurd
threats of impeachment will not have a very
disturbing effect upon his nerves.
Honor to Ihr II rare,
A number of the citizens of Charleston
being desirous of presenting a Sword, or
other suitable testimonial to Lieut. Col . Fre
mont, as an evidence of the high estimation
in which his distinguished services and gal
lant conduct in Oregon and California are
held, by bis fellow-townsmen, a subscription
list is now circulating among the citizens.—
Subscriptions to be limited to one dollar.
l>'aval.
The U.S. ship Saratoga, Capt. Irvine Shu
brick, arrived at Norfolk on the 20th ult.
from Rio Janeiro. She experienced very
boisterous weather on the passage, and lost
most of her sails.
Tlic Van Xcm l'a»c.
The Washington correspondent of theßal*
imore American, writing under date of 30th
ult. says:
“The jury brought in their verdict, thU
morning, in favor of the defence. There
was one juror, ((’apt. Early,) who did not
concur in the verdict, but the counsel on
both sides consented to receive the opinion*
of the eleven remaining jurors as a verdict.
«The issue will imw go back to the Or
phans’ Court, thence to the Circuit Court
ayam. from which an appeal will be taken to
the Supreme Court ot the L. S, It is fivn
weeks to-day since the counsel made the
first presentation of this case. ’
lowa.
We find in the lowa City Reporter of the
9,1, full returns from all the counties In
that Slate, from which it appears that all the
officers elected are Democrats, by the fn|.
lowing majorities: Governor, Ansel Briggs,
2, o ■ Secretary of State, Elisha Cutler, Jr.,
7(15; State Auditor, 874; State Treasurer,
Morgan Reno, 871; Congress, Shepherd
Lcfiler, 822, and G. S. Hastings. 809. Tins
looks very much like “The New Whig State
of lowa,” which our opponents were chrmi
c’ing some few weeks ago.
(TirThe remains of Lieut. Cochran, reach
ed Baltimore on the 3Uth nit. and were to he
escorted to the Susquehanna Rail Road the
next day by several of the volunteer corp*
of that city.
The British Minister has withdrawn
Ids offer of mediation which he recently
made to Mexico in the name of his gov.
eminent. 7’he cause of this withdrawal
| is. probably, the little success which the
! proposition met with at Washington.
[From the Macon Telegraph Kr'rn, Dec. 31. j
Animal Conference.
i This ecclesiastical body, Bishop NN ii.i.iam Ca
runs presiding, commenced its session in thi* city
onthe 22d. and adjourned on Wednesday evening,
1 3Utli December, 1846.
The attendance of Ministers was unusually
large, and at no former session of the kind has
there been a more Christian spirit prevalent among
i them.
i qq,p amount collected within the hounds of the
Georgia Conference, for Missionary purposes, du
! ring die past year, was upwards of S9OOO. being
ttie largest amount, with a single exception, ever
obtained before during tbe same time, for that ob
' The aggregate increase in the Church Member
i ship within "the Conference during the past year,
was upwards of twelve hundr> d.
STATIONS OF THE PRKACIIF.RS.
AUGUSTA D1 ST.—Gko. F. Pierce, I*. E.
Savannah —Wesley Chappel, Allred T. Maun.
Andrew Chappel, Charles R. Jewell,
j Augusta —James F- Keans.
Springfield —Freeman F. Reynolds,
Jacksonbnrn’ — W lll dsorGral l ai u.
Scriven Mission —Charles A. Fill wood.
Waynesboro' — John P. Duncan.
Cufuwhia —Wesley P- Arnold.
Jjl nrol ntun —Jose pi i H. Fchols.
Wash hip ton —Josiali Lewis, 'Hi. F. Fierce.
; \\ a' renton —John W . Knight.
Sparta —W. Key, W. J. Sassnett, sup.
J.onisvilb —Tilmaii I) Purifoy.
Jiurke Mission— David Blalock.
J, tfrrsnu Mission —James 14. Smith.
Hancock Mission —James Jones.
1 SA.NDFRSVII.LK DIST.—F. D. Lowry. P. K.
Sundcrsrdle —Jaeob R. Danforth, John T. dan
der--.
P.nUorh —Henrv IT. 3b Queen.
Jii nest'dle and Damn — Fdvvin VV hile.
j Jteidsr'itle —Gideon \ . Thoinasson.
Telfair —David • rrnshaw.
; Jrirfntoii —John M. Marshall.
effersvnvillt —< »e»rg - Bright.
I it non —Anthony C. Bruner.
Fmannel Mission Alexander (Jordon.
J)uUin Mission —To be supplied.
ATHF.VS DfS —Sami'kj, Anthony, P. F.
Athens —(J. Jefferson Pierce, J. M. Honnell.
Covington and Ox ford—Joint C. Simmons, John
S. Dunn.
Monroe —To he supplied.
Wnlkinsri/le —John W. Glenn. W, W. Allen.
Klherton —J. F. C<«»k, J. B. C. Qlliiltan.
Madison —M. 11. llehhard.
C irvenshoro' —William J. Parks, William 11.
Crawford, sup.
Lnwrencerille —Jesse W. Carroll, James An
thony.
( 'a nieseille —Andrew Neise. \. Wright.
('htrkesrllfe —W illtam 11. Fvans.
i F.mory College —V 14. Lot gstreet. Ales. Mean*,
j Gpo VV. Lane. Osborn L. Smith,
Kingston Mission —’To be supplied.
>1 At ON DIST —lsaac Boki.nr, P. E.
Macon- —W illiam M. Crumley.
People of Color —John fl Caldwell.
Vinevdle —Walter R. Branham.
M i fled gevi lie —Richard Lane.
Clinton —Joshua Knowles.
Fa ton ton —William Arnold. A. J. Orr.
• Mont hello —Jackson P. Turner.
For si; ifi —Sidney M. Smith.
CnUoden —V. Pennington.
J'errv —Francis W. Baggerly.
Fort Valley —Daniel Kelsey.
Wesleyan Female. College —W’. 11. Ellison, E. 11.
31 vers.
Fort I 'alley Mission —Thomas C. Coleman.
Or mil lyee Mission —James Dunwooily.
COLI MRUS DlST.—James A. Wigcjin*. P. E.
Agent for the American Bible Society —Lovick
Pierce.
( 'nlundots —To he supplied.
I Mission to Colored Persons —R. R. Rushing-
Fvmpkin —l,. G. R. Wigs ins.
L nmpkin Circuit —VV. Brooks, and one to be
| supplied.
Cuthbert and Fort Gai tes —3l. 11. White, J. S.
Sappingtoo.
Starksrille —W*m. \. Simmons.
Tazewell and Americas —R. K. 0.-ding, C. I*.
Haves.
j Muscogee —William 3loreland.
Talhotlon —J. B. Jackson.
Talbot —Benj. W. Clark.
Hamilton —W. D. Matthews, R. VV*. Bigham.
Thomashm —.Morgan Bellah.
Chattahoochee \fisswn — Joseph 'l’. Turner.
I. \GR \xNGF DlST.—James B. Payne, P. Ik
Jingrange —Jotm W r . Talley.
Troup —J. J’. Dickinson, Thomas Samford.
Greenville. —VV. VV. Robinson, N. N. Allen.
Caroll/on —William B. Moss.
Newnan —TrnsseM, W. A. Smith.
Griffin —VV. D. Martin.
Zehulon and Fayetteville —Noah Smith, S. S.
Bellah.
McDonough —J. B. VVardlaw, J. F Smith.
Decatur — Anderson Ray, A. Speer.
Franklin —Alfred Iforinan.
Powder Spring Mission —T. 11. Whitby.
Meriwether Mission Robert Stripling,
Marietta ihvp._Rcssel Rkneac, p. e.
Marietta —Jotm VV 7 . Farmer.
Marietta Circuit —l). Williamson, J. 11. Ewing,
Cats idle —\V .11. Hickey, one to be supplied.
Somerville —Win. J. Colter.
Fnfnyellc —VV . (J. Parks,
i Spring I'lare —James Qnillian.
Oothealoga —A. J Reynolds.
Dahlonegn —A. J’. Pitchford. J. D. Adam*.
Clayton Mission— To he supplied.
Murray Mission —Henry Cranford.
JHwassee Mission —Stephen Shell.
JlhtirsviUe Mission —S. L. Hamilton.
EH yah Mission —To he supplied.
J)ade. dissmn —To he supplied.
Van Wert Mission —Thos. Fowler.
Th“ next Annual Conference "ill he held at
Madison, .Morgan county, ha., commencing
the 22d Day »>f December, 1847.
DIED, near Dahlonega, Ga., on the 26fh nit.,
j 31 r>. Jane Anderson, consort of VV. VV. Andet-
I ton, aged 21 years.—O' corpm x