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XHS CONSTITUTIONALIST. JAMES GARDNER, JR. T E iC M S . Daily, per annum l!!! Tn-WVekly. per annum, *>• If paid in advance, :i ’ Weekly, per annum, ;i ' w If paid in advance ~ All n«w subscriptions must he paid inadvaime. jFJ“P<»stcffe must be paid on all Communicati n> and refers of business. [Uejtorled fur the liallinwre Sun ] 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