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,Tlr. Itukcr'B S|»ecdi on »l«c War.
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Mr. < Chairman, the Mexican national feel
ing is kindling up. 1 confess, sir, lam very
doubtful as to the result, if that country he
defended as it ‘oti-gltlto be, and as it may be
defended, unless that now an adequate force,
and full supplies, be sent into the tit 11. lint
1 am sure of one tiling, that the sentiment of
the American peop'e, and the American army,
is for tdwrt, sudden, brilliant war—for ad
vance—constant, triumphant, unceasing ad
vance. I speak for the regiment Willi übicb
lam associated—l speak for'the whole vi 1-
iinleer army, when I say that the brave men
who have perilled strength, and health, and \
life itself, in the valley of the Rio Grande
without having seen an enemy, desire war.
They pant for battle, and they feel it to be
but just that you should so reinforce them
that they shall be able wisely and prudently
to resume the advance before their twelve
months shall expire. They desire to strike
at least one hard blow before they return to
their homes. Permit me to observe, Mr.
Chairman, that independent entirely of ibis
question of raising troops at home, your
regular and volunteer army not only desire,
but deserve —ah! far more deserve than de
sire!—but both desire and deserve more sup
port, aid, and comfort than they have yet
received at your hands. ( believe that it is
true that at the oilier end of the Capitol a
proposition lias been made to give the army
three months extra pay in advance. Sir, 1
hope it will be done, ll 1 had any choice upon
that subject, 1 should certainly act on the
CoiWiction that it would be far more perfora
te xo them—far more useful to them—nay,
far more necessary to receive that now than
prospectively in any shape whatever. Many
l)f the volunteer icgiirienis have not been paid
in six months. It was nearly six months j
before the 111 nois regiments were paid. When
they were paid, a private received at the rate
of seven dollars per month, ami yet was
compelled often of purchase such articles as
could be procured only at the most exorbitant
prices. I have seen the gallant young man,
who had come forth from his own home in the
full strength of vigorous manhood, now
worn and wasted by diaease, either by bor- ■
rowing or some other means, purchasing, at
fifty cents a pound, a little morsel of cheese
with which to moisten his lips, having no
other sustenance provided for him hut tho
hard bread afforded by the army rations,
which he had hardly strength to masticate.
I have seen them pay twenty-five cents per
pound for bacon, twenty cents for sugar, and
ten cents for what was called baker’s bread—
expenditures which the state of their health
not only justified, hut required. 1 am not to
be told, sir, upon this floor, that the soldier
Is to be confined to bis rations. In an emer
gency a volunteer soldier is perfectly willing ,
to be so confined, and not one of them will be
found to grumble. But 1 say for them, if you
will increase their pay, if you will tell them
that they have behaved gallantly, and at once
give them three months pay tor what they
have done, and as a pledge of future reward,
they will think of you with gratitude, and
you will have only done them justice, only
announced the consciousness that the Am
erican volunteer army has done more than
could be expected of any citizen soldiery. 1
do not care a cent whether the war cost thirty I
tn ill ions or one hundred millions, while it lasts
I would give them money, justified by one
principle; and it is this—frequent doubts were i
expressed, not as to the valor of volunteers,
but great doubts as to their capacity to ac
quire a high state of discipline. These
doubts have been dissipated—they have dis
appeared forever. The volunteer regiments
that stormed Monterey can do anything, 'flic
volunteer regiments that have endured the
perils of the Rio Grande can suffer anything.
And is it not in doing and suffering, in acting
and enduring, that everything subsists which
Constitutes the soldier? Whether the war
costs thirty rriilliortsj or a hundred millions,
have proved to Ourselves and to the whole
world that have, incase of need, thirty
thousand—yes, six hundred thousand—yes,
a million and a half of men capable ofmaking
the best infantry, the best artillery, the best
cavalry, the best everything m the world.
r The solution of this problem is, in my esti
mation, a sufficient compensation for all the
money that this war may cost. I beseech
you, then —I implore you as one who lias
seen a little and but a little of this war—
nothing, alas! of battle—nothing of conflict,
only a little of trial and privation—l implore
you as a representative of the people, as a
constituent part of the government of tin's
great country —I implore you,l beg you, aid
£our armies—succor them—pass the advance;
do not stop now to deliberate on minof and
comparatively unimportant matters. Not upon
any party do I press these remarks. Not upon
the whigs—l know them too well to believe
all that is said of their want of patriotism.
B+r, the whigs of the country have proved
their patristism everywhere and on every oc
casion. It seems to me monstrous that any
diversity of opinion as lo whether Clav or
Polk is the better man—that any contest about
bank or ho bank—distribution or no distribu
tion—“forty-nine or ah! [laughter.]
“Oh! bteathe hot hs name, let it ideep in the shade!'’
1 think it monstrous that any question of
the kind should affect the heart of an Ame
rican citizen in such a crisis as this, In the
army we are all whigs and all democrats.—
Why, sir, I understand that Mr. Webster
threw doubts on the justice of this war; his
san has already mustered a company for the
field, and I don’t believe the younger Web
ster to be any belter patriot than the elder.
I understand that Mr. Calhoun did not vote
on one important question connected with
the war; his gallant son, at the head of the
New York regiment, is panting for the field,
From my own tStatc, two whigs and two
democrats command the regiments which Il
linois has already sent, and in the storming
of Monterey, the contest between whigs and
democrats was not who should stav away,
but who should be foremost in the fight. I
understand, sir, that Mr. Crittenden—than
whom no more gallant or valiant soldier is in
the field—has sent two sons, the one in com
mand of a company, and the other seeking
glory on his own hook, as his lather found it
in the war of 1812. How, sir, can it be possi
ble that we, who have been born upon the
broad bosom of liii< country, can be other
wise than lovers of that country? On one
thing 1 am sure there can be no honest dif
ference of opinion—about t lie-causes oi this '
war. Many may believe that our relations
with Mexico were not properly managed be
fore the war began. Many may doubt wheth
er it was advisable to march lo the brink of
the Rio Grande and point our cannon towards
* the town of Matamoros. Many, from excess
of chivalry, may believe that a nation so
powerfi 1 as ours should not bully such a
republic as Mexico. But should doubts and
such opinions interfere with the course of
patriotism when the war commences?
1 Many in the army entertain similar opinions.
It was more than could be expected of hu
man nature to hope for perfect agreement on
every subject. Ibe very difference of opin
ion relative to the conduct ut the \\ bigs and
democrats in Ohio, with respect to abolition,
‘ is an illustration of this great fact. But I
Leg that, mi (bis subject of the war, all crim
: ination and recrimination be avoided. It
persisted in, we can never give the army a;’e
i quafe aid, comfort, succor, support. No, no.
Let tiio word, be as the great orator said of ,
eloquence, action! action! action! 1 do not j
think it worth while. Mr. Chairman, lo reply
to those insinuations that the whigs must ho
J supposed to be hostile to the interest of tne
country, because they do not believe the
cause of the war a sufficient justification. —
On flie contrary, I believe that be who fear
ed that the war was just, and the God of
i b titles might not smile upon their arms, but
Who yet stood up for bis country right or
wrong, is entitled to more credit than lie
who believed the country to be altogether in
the right. Witli the one it might be entliu
| siasm; with the other none could doubt that it
j was patriotism. I understand the great cham
pion of Troy, Hector himself, doubted much
whether it was—just gave advice against
it—had no sympathy with Paris, and proba
bly less with Helen; but when the war came
—wl en the Grecian force's were marshaled
in the field, Hector’s “beaming helmet’’ was
seen glittering in the thickest of the fight. In |
, the American army there wer‘e men who, j
; like Hector, doubted the causes of the war, |
j but with the best they were ready to moisten |
with their blood the soil of that foreign land, j
or their own soil here, in defence of their I
country and in the prosecution of every j
| measure declared by the Executive on the
part of the people—at all times and every
where. lam sure, from what 1 know of the
people, that such insinuations will pass un
heeded as the idle wind. We all love our
: country, and it is useless, and worse than
useless, to attempt upon this floor to charge |
one party nr the other with any want of pat- !
Holism. lam proud to say that in the field j
whigs have deported themselves as well as
1 anv men, and so it will he until the end.
Whether the war end in April or not, un
! til again and again regiments have been
j thrice decimated—whether in battle nr in the
1 camp—whether in action or in suffering—•
whether in (he interior of Mexico, or linger
j ing on rhe banks of the pestilential river, |
they will do their duty and their whole duty j
to their country while they live. Mr. Chair
man, I came to the city of Washington
charged rather with military than with civil
duty; and now, if I have said anything which,
from my position— fresh from a foreign coun
try—to which the House lias listened wills
aitention, it has been with the desire that
they would do one thing for the army in Mexi
co, and that, is to give their support to a rc
i solution which 1 propose to offer, or have ol
j sered by a friend, at the fir.-t opportunity.—
It was drawn up by the {Secretary of War at
my earnest solicitation, and with your kind
permission (Loud cries of ‘read, read,’] —-
The resolution was then read. It. authorizes 1
the Secretary of War to deliver to the com- ■
manding officers of any regiment of volun
-1 leers, such clothing as may he needed for j
1 said volunteers, the same to be furnished to
j the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and
j privates at the cost sum to the government,
the amount to bo deducted from the pay of
i said volunteers —the commanding officers to
whom the clothing is delivered to he respon
j sible for its delivery to the volunteers, or re
turn to live United Stales. Os the twenty-six
regiments ordered to Mexico, there arc but
two or three now provided with clothing for
the campaign. I have now to discuss wheth
er that is their fault, or that of anybody cLc
! stale a simple fact; the government furnish,
ed its forty-two dollars commutation for doll.-
ing—in other words advanced that sum; but
in the first place, many of the volunteer troops
had to buy their own clothing upon the credit
of the government, at a lime when it was
very doubtful how far the government would
comply with the terms of the contract.—
Many of them had to get two suits of uni
form, instead of one, in order to be uniform
| with their regiments. Then the necessary
expenses of travelling, government did not
! pay—in other words, besides expenses for
equipments, suclt as Lite government did not
furnish.
| These expenditures absorbed all hut a lit
tle which, I fear, they may have wasted.—
They have worn that for six months—they
have slept in their clothing; consequently it
j is worn; and now, in the inclement season of
; the year, when they are subjected to those
! bitter blasts which pierce the very marrow,
they are miserably provided. If they had the
money—if they had seven dollars now to buy
their clothing, it would be purchased at, ex
travagant prices. The government has been
! in the habit of supplying the regular troops
according to the army estimates in advance
j of their necessities prudently and
There is now at Camargo and'other places, a
large quantity of army clothing—fatigue suits,
which could bo distributed to the volunteer
regiments and be received as portions oftheir
pay. Gen. Taylor desires that the clothing
shall be furnished. The volunteers do not
wish to go like Falstaff’s soldiers to the field;
S when they hurl defiance in the face of the
• foe thev with to look like decent men while
they do if. It is a mere advance in clothing
; instead of money. If the House will, accord
i ing to parliamentary usage, by some special
rule, pass that unanimously to-day, so that
: it may be sent to the Senate to-morrow, it
will be a groat favor. Permit me, under the
’ direction of ihe Secretary of War, to take as
1 much clothing as may be at Tampico, and I
, #m sure the army will be under great obliga
tions to tiie country for this act of mingled
| justice and kindness. And now, after mak
ing these desultory remarks, I have to thank
the House for the patient and rather unusual
I aitention with which they have heard mo.—
1 ! attribute it to nothing I have seen, or done,
1 or suffered, hut because 1 come from the
i midst of the army, to whom alone tins respect
, has been paid. In return, I can only say lor
the army that it will do hereafter, as it has
done heretofore, its whole duty to the coun
try. It is burning for advance; longing for
another conflict; desiring lo rind it under the
walls of Mexico; desiring peace—an honora
file peace—a peace conquered by ibe valor of
American volunteers, i believe that peace
can he made—il yon do justice to the army—
■ within the city of Mexico, and within the
next four months, by such exertions as I have
pointed out. The time is far distant when
that peace shall be made; and the question is
very doubtful indeed, whether it will ever be
made on terms which we now' call honorable
! to this country.
(he New Orleans Picayune, 3 Oth till.]
Itlexifiiii Items.
We yesterday saw and conversed with
Mr. Philip Houck, brother of the well-known
Marita Fe trader, who. left, the ciiv of Orizava i
late in November. From Mr. H. we have
learned many particulars in relalion to the i
state of feeling of the Mexicans, in different
parts of the country, which may hot be unin- j
terosting to our readers.
At Orizava, which is a city of considera- j
hie size to the southward of Jalapa, there !
were 1000 volunteers^al ready recruited lor i
the Mexican army—miserable wretches col- j
levied by promises, force and threats —and to j
arm this force they have only three hundred j
parts ofold worn out muskets. They all task j
right valiantly, however, of their exceeding
great bravery and prowess, and of the per
fect ease with which tliev are to drive /os
Americanos from the sacred soil of Mexico.
Our informant further assures us that there ;
is really a feeling of deep vengeance aroused
in the interior of tiie country against the
United States, and that the farther we ad
vance the gerater will be the hostility against
ns. The few Americans in the country en
tertain fears that, the Mexicans, from their |
superior knowledge of (he mountain passes,
will lay ambuscades and cut off the advanc
ed detachments ofourarmy in the operations
that are to ensue. From hi- position, Santa
Anna can at any time throw a heavy force
upon almost any point of our extended line
of operations, and by taking advantages of j
ground annoy Hens. Taylor or Scott exces- j
sively.
As late as the 27ih of November there I
were no regular troops stationed at the city
of Mexico, a few ciricos —untrained militia
being the entire force to defend it. Arista
was there, living in retirement. It is said
that Santa Anna was anxious that he should
acccompany him to San Luis, and offered ;
j him an important command; hut Arista said j
he had been arrested for his conduct at Palo j
Alto ahd Resaca de la Palma, and until he !
had a full trial would not return to the army. |
All kinds of business were dull in Mexico, :
while a general stagnation of trade pervaded 1
j every portion of the country. The only ar
j tizans or mechanics who had any work were
i the gun-smith—they were busv, night and
1 day, in every town and city. Old machetes
—short, straight. Swords with which the In
dians under Hidalgo fought the Spaniards ■
during lire revolution—were being sharpen
ed and every old musket was undergoing re- I
pairs.
i American deserters are scattered through
! the country, ami are represented as in most
i deplorable condition. No less than twenty
j five had reached the city of Mexico in most ;
wretched plight, were begging from door to i
door, and were received and treated with j
contempt by all. Light had reached as far j
south as Orizava, and a little work had been
given them at a factory to keep litem from j
actual starvation. $
Os the Mexican Congress we can learn
! nothing. Another arrival will give us the :
particulars of its organization, and fur this we |
are looking with anxiety.
[From the N. O. Jtee, 2‘Jth nit.]
itlcx : co.
There is a stirring interest attached to the
i news from the army, received on Monday
I night by the steamer Fashion, il the state
ments communicated to the press may he
: deemed entirely worthy of credence, little
doubt remains that another and perhaps im
portant conflict between our army and the
Mexicans, is at hand. An express, it is con
fiJenlly asserted had reached Gen. Patterson, I
to the effect that Santa Anna was advancing I
from San Louis Potosi to Saltillo, for the pur- j
pose of cutting off Gen. Worth. To us this j
intelligence appears extremely probable, and 1
altogether in character with Santa Anna’s
policy ami practice. The crafty commander
of the Mexicans is fully avVure, by means of
his scouts and spies, that (Jen. Worth is sta
tioned at Saltillo with a force not one-twen
tieth as strung as that which rumor repre
sents as garrisoned at San Louis Potosi. To
attack and overwhelm an inferior, by a vast-
Iv superior army, is in keeping with Mexi
-1 can ideas of chivalry. Santa Anna is doubt*
I less anxious to strike a blow somewhere,
and with as little danger of defeat as can
well he incurred, when he is certain of out
numbering the foe in the proportion above
mentioned. It will not do to idle away the
hoars at San Louis, and lose tiie confidence
of the people bv inaction, neither would it be
altogether prudent to assail the main body of
I the American army. A middle course pre
: seuis itself, in which success seems certain,
and which may be used with infinite effect in
augmenting the popularity of the Mexican
chieftain, and increasing (lie enthusiasm of
the people in his behalf. A victory over
Worth, how great soever the disproportion
between the assailants and the assailed,
would he a triumph of which Santa Anna
would not fail to make the most. The ne
cessity of some movement, and the apparent
safety of the attempt, justify the belief that it
: will be made.
* We think, however, that if ever the Mexi
can General gets within gun shot of Worth’s
| delaclnnent, he will bejanght that numerical
superiority avails but little against discipline,
' coolness and undaunted courage. The com
| iimtqji at Saltillo is confided to the very man
I of all others best litted for the responsible
trust. Fearless in his intrepidity, yet pru
dent and discreet; with a heroic courage, di
! reeled and controlled by a sagacious judg
ment, he is just the commander for a crisis
such as is apprehended. He will fight the
j Mexicans to the last gasp, and will yet strive
: his utmost to fight them to advantage. It is
not probable that Santa Anna will advance
‘ upon Saltillo with more than a part of the
troops stationed at San Louis, for he would
not he so foolhardy as to leave the latter city
; unprotected. Should the disproportion be
tween the .Mexicans and Americans not ex
t ceed four or five to one, we shall look for a
victory as a natural and necessary conse
■ quence to a battle.
Another piece of intelligence that arrests
the attention, is the fact that the Mexicans
are laboring to recruit their army from the
small towns along the Rio Grande, and that
1 they succeed in gathering together conside
rable numbers. This exhibits at once the
| energy and excitement of the people, ami the
intense hatred which they hear the Ameri
cans. The latter sentiment must be power
ful indeed when it prompts them to organize
companies in the face of the enemy, a-nd in
the very territory occupied by our troops.
I From (he N. Y. Journal of Commerce nit. j
From llnvrr.
The packet fillip lowa, Caps. Loomis, ar
rived here yesterday from Havre, having
sailed Dec. 3d. We have papers of the
j evening of the ‘id..
A grand review of 25,000 men was about 1
| to take place in the Champ de Mars, in honor {
i of the Bey of Tunis.
j Letters from Canton of Sept. 27!h, says
1 “Le Commerce.” state that in spite of the
Treaty concluded last year, Christians in j
China are worse treated than ever. The
European missionaries ate persecuted on ,
everv side.
HAVRE, Dec. 2—Sales I'D hales \. O. and I
! Mobile cotton at yor.aSyf. The demand tor colUm 1
j lias becunic calm; —OO bids I . 8. Hour at [
I>y i»i* Byoilier.
| Raford Regan, about twenty-two years old,
i was shot in the abdomen by his brother
! Willian, about sixteen years old,on Tuesday,
the Mill insf, and expired oh the evening of ;
the same day. They resided in Decatur
1 countv, two miles from] the Florida line.— |
The survivor was tried at Buinbrldge on the [
17th insl. and acquitted; The circumstances,
I as we heard them, were that the elder broth
er was abusing and maltreating his sister—
the father being absent. The younger broth
er interfered, when the elder pursued him
with a club to a room from which he could
not retreat, threatening to kill him. The
younger look a shot gun from the, rack and as t
the elder advanced upon him, he tired, lodg
ing the charge in the abdomen. We learn
that this is a badly governed, disorderly fami- i
ly. and we look upon this lamentable oc
i cure nee as one of its legitimate fruits.
[Albany ((ra.) Patriot, 30/h vll.
AUGUSTA, GEO..
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1817.
Coioiiy Olfirn - '*.
j The following is the result of the election
j held in this city yesterday—the country pre
cincts are to be heard from, which will not
change the result.
For Tux Collector.
R. Watkins,... 521
Middleton Seago, 110
For Tax Receiver.
Thnm Thompson, 'fj'
William Skinner, L I
W illiam Johnston, 7 ( J
O’lt gives us pleasure to invite the atten
tion. of the travelling public, to the advertise- \
i moot of the Howard Hotel. It is one of
the most extensive and commodious Hotels i
in New York, and conveniently situated for
; the business men of the South, visiting the
| city with a view to their annual purchases,
; Having spent several weeks of last summer
i at that Hotel, we bear cheerful testimony to
the uniform courtesy of the proprietors to j
their guests —the promptness and efficiency j
: of the servants —the cleanliness of the bed
1 rooms —and last, not least, the satisfactoiy
| style of the cuisine which distinguished tiie
I table.
I (Ur Among the recent deaths in the Geor
| gia Regiment, wc were truly sorry to he
; called on to announce that of John F. Mar
i key, of the Richmond Blues, who died at Ca- ,
j margo. He was a young man who was well
known in this community—a Coachmaker ;
by trade, and industrious in his habits. Ho (
became known to us by his occasional con
tributions to the columns of this paper, which ;
showed good taste and no small degree of
poetic talent. Some of our readers may re
call them to mind. They were written over
the signature of “Marcus.” Alter lie left
j fur the seat of war, he wrote ns several in- ,
i terestino- letters signed “The Four Soldier. 1 i
I They were read with avidity by our citizens, j
j and were much commended by competent j
judges for their style.
Young Markey showed a strong taste for |
literary pursuits, and had devoted a portion |
of the lime which lie could spare from the j
labours of his vocation, to the study of the j
Classics.
Justice*’ Court Occasions.
We have received from the Reporter, a
pamphlet purporting to be “Reports of Deci
sions in Justices’ Courts in the State of ;
Georgia, by John Gault, Esq., Marietta.”
How far they arc really reports of Justices’ 1
Courts decisions we are unable to say.
Our limited practice before those august tri
j bunals, enables us to delect a remarkable
j vraisemhlance in some of the reported cases i
that wc have looked over. Others make up
! in humour and broad farce what they lack
in probability.
As they will not be quoted as authority in
our Courts, we do not know that this adden
j dum to our present supply of Georgia deci-
I sions will bo very valuable to the legal pro- •
, session, but we think it probable that this
little volume will be to them and also to the
general reader, a source of amusement.
O'The last Western mail brought ns two
letters from the Army. The one signed “one
of the Blues,” which we publish, is from a
! former compositor in our office, who dropped
1 his composing slick at the first roil of the 1
drum, which called upon our citizens to vol
unteer their services to their country. He
, has our best wishes. The other letter is
| from Monterey also, and is written by an
officer of the Ist Regiment of U. S. Infantry.
It contained no information later than what
we find condensed in the New Orleans pa
j pers, and which we have copied.
I We have another, written by an officer of
| the 7th Infantry, and handed us by a friend,
j who has kindly permitted us to publish such
i portions as we may think interesting. We
| will present il to our readers to-mortow.
i j
1 I MONTEREY, Dec. 7, 1846.
Mr. Editor —As you would probably like
to bear something relative to the Georgia
; Regiment, I have availed myself of the pre
* sent favorable moment to address you a few
lines.
We are as yet encamped in the no'gbbour
! hood of Monterey—a most beautiful and de
l iighlful place. Hero dame nature is clothed
in her richest attire —imparting joy ai d glad
ness to the weary and fatigued volunteer.
To give you a full description ol its loveli
ness is more than my feeble pen can accom
plish. Suffice to say, that il ever a Paradise
existed upon earth this place is one.
There has been a good deal of sickness n
the Regiment, since our sojourn here, bill
few deaths have occurred however. 'Tiie
general complaint is fever and ague. Among
those who have departed this earthly exist
ence, are (’apt. Holmes of the Macon Guards,
and Lieut. Dismukesof the Crawford Guards.
In the loss of Capt. Holmes, the Guards as
well as tiie Regiment, have sustained a se.
i
\cre and irreparable loss. He was a gentle
man and a soldier in the true acceptation of |
the term—beloved and respected by all who i
knew him. Ho was buried to-day with mili
tary honors. Reqaiescal in pace.
Orders have just been received requiring
the Regiment to hold itself in readiness to
march at a moment’s warning. It is pre- j
surned that this march will bo towards San I
Luis Potosi, where the final and decisive
blow will no doubt be struck. That we will
have a showing here is beyond the possibili- t
tv of a doubt; and this is just what we want. 1
We have marched many a weary mile for it, 1
and ought by all means to have at least cue
trial. An old soldier in the ranks of the
Blues remarked the other day, that ho only
wanted to hear our Colonel give the com- j
mand, ‘‘charge bayonets.” and il we didn't I
walk up to it like sailors to their grog, then j
Uncle Sam I (the his hut.
As regards the Blues, (with some few ex- !
ceptions,) they are enjoying good health— i
ready either to march, or let t?y the leaden 1
messengers of death. Yours respectfully, 1
ONE OF THE BLUES. i
(Cr Wc publish with pleasure the commu
nication of- A Citizen.” He displays a mil
itary spirit which we cannot but commend,
and regret with him that it does not more
generally pervade our commnnity. It is to
every city a valuable element, and no long
series of years can intervene without prov- !
ing it to be so.
We doubt the propriety of the last tug- ■
gestion of “A citizen”—that relative toap- 1
propriations. It is not that we would op- I
pose them on all occasion-, for some extra ■
occasions have existed (and might again oc
cur) which rendered appropriations proper.
But if the public Treasury of ibe City were
to be looked to as a matter of course, to
provide the money for the extra expense, ex
tra occasions would be got up very frequent
ly. Military pageants would become too
popular with the sun-shine heroes of an
hour.
One appropriation made by Council, which
ought to have been acquiesced in with the
greatest cheerfulness, that of five hundred
dred dollars for the Richmond Blues, we are
sorry to say, was complained of by some lew
of our citizens —and those few the very last
from whom it should have been expected.
(LTWe regret to learn that one of the
South Carolina Volunteers, by the name ol
Echols, from Lancaster, died in Hamburgon
Saturday last. His remains were followed
to the grave by a large number of the citizens
of that town.
Another Volunteer, (wo could not learn i
bis name) was killed on the Georgia Rail
Road on Saturday last. In passing a water
ing station, about thirty miles from Atlanta,
he thrust his head out, which was so badly ;
crushed between the water tank and cars, i
that be survived only a few hours,
A Snoost i>i> idcu-.1.
The Directors of the Iron Steam Boat Com
i pany, have declared a dividend ol )<>ur per
cent , payable on and after the 15th inst.
IV«• >v {Hooks.
We are indebted to Mr. Thomas Richards
1 for the following Books:
Graham's English Synonyrnes—a very
j valuable work—duodecimo,
j Hopper's Physician s \ auo Mccuin—an En
glish work, of great practical utility, and very
i popular, as is tested by the many editions it
1 has gone through. It embodies much scien
i lilic information in medicine.
Primary lessons in Physiology for children,
by Mrs. Jane Taylor,
i Beauties of French History.
Beauties of English History.
Amy Herbert. A Tale, by the author of
Gertrude, Laneton Parsonage, &c.
Beauchamp, or the Error, by G. P. R.
James.
North CaTollna.
j Old Rip seems to be waking up, and should
the Mexican war last another year, will no
doubt, by that time, have a regiment in the
field. We see by the Raleigh Standard that
two companies, one from Rowan,and the other
from Edgecomb, have tendered their services
! to the Governor, and that several others are
organizing in the Western part of the State.
Two regiments were assembled in Raleigh,
recently, and the troops addressed by sev
eral officers and members of the Legisla
ture, but it was no go, and only a few
volunteered. We are glad to learn, how
ever, from the Standard, that it is the opinion
lof the editor of that paper, that the Regiment
will be formed in a few days.
1
X*o*t Office RcgnlMiiou*.
By a section of the Sub Treasury, law it is
required that all postages at the different
i Po?l Offices throughout the United Stales,
be paid in Gold and Silver Coin or in Treasu
ry Notes. Coins of light weight will be taken
; only at their actual value.
Jonathan Thompson, lor many years Col
lector of the Port of New York, and lately
I President of the Manhattan Bank, died in
New York on the 31th ult., at an advanced
age. He was a man of great probity, and
universally respected.
t'oii^rcsn.
7’liero was nothing done in either House
of Congress on the 3!st ult., but the funeral
ceremonies usual on the death of a member
! of Congress.
i The coAm containing the body of the la*
I mented Senator Barrow, was brought into
j the Senate chamber.
Mr. Slicer,Chaplain of the House, preach
‘ ed an appropriate sermon.
The President and the Cabinet, the Judges
of the Supreme Court, the Foreign Minister?,
and the members of the House, were present
in the Senate.
Neither House of Congress was in ses
sion on Friday last, having adjourned over to
; Monday.
Nf a v<i:u liii«irlls S-: I cel ion.
; The election for members of Congress in
Massachusetts has resulted in the re-election
<>f D. P. King, in the second Congress dis-
I trict, and t lie elect ion of J. G. Palfrey in the
i 4th—both whigs. This completes the dele
gation elected to the next Congress. They
j are all whigs.
(Trout Tumoiro
i ho N. O. Picayune of the 30th nil. says
—‘‘By the arrival yesterday at this port of the
schooner Henry J[. Johnson, Capt. Hirdy,
from Tampico, which she left on the IBlh
inst., we learn that Colonel C ites, command
ing at that place, declared martial law on the
! 15th inst., when all the American citizens in
the town and on shipboard were put under
arms. On the IGth the city was thoroughly
! searched, and about 600 stands of arms and
i ammunition were found. Os the guns about
I 300 were found loaded.
‘•The entire force at Tampico on tho IGth
inst., amounted to nearly 900 men.
“The steam propeller Virginia, arrival at
Tampico on tho 17th from Brazos Santiago’,
with 320 men belonging to tho Alabama re
giment.—The steam propellers Tennessee*
and Jus. Gage, with troops and horses Iroin
j Brazos, were going up the river when tho
; schooner 11. M. Johnson was coming out.”
3l»rc Volunteer*.
[ 7he Charleston Courier of Monday says:
; —“We understand that orders have been re
| ccived for ll?e muster mg into service of two
more companies of volunteers from this State,
and that Co). Andrews, of the U. S. army has
gone to Hamburg for the purpose of receiv
ing them. We have ih> jx-sitive information
1 as to the selection of I lie companies, hut sup
pose that the patriotic volunteers from New
berry, who made a forced march to Columbia
to be hi time to take advantage of the call, will
be one, and the “Butler Guards,” from the
i Saluda Regiment, Edgefield, will probably be
j the other.”
:»c»•<>*.* tl»e Allr^lmitie*. 1
7’lie Pittsburg papers ot Wednesday morn
ing contain reports of proceedings in Con
| gross of Tue-day, the previous day, and also
i advices from Baltimore, Washington and
Philadelphia of the same date. 7’Jie Magnet*
I ic Telegraph line is completed from Phila
delphia to Pittsburg, ami works admirably.
Duly on Tea and Coffee. — The Secretary
of the Treasury has addressed a letter to tho
Chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means, recommending that, a duty should bo
imposed on Tea and Coflee, remarking, that
unless this course should lie adopted, “it will
* probably be wholly impraticahle to negotiate*
a loan on such terms as would bo permitted
I by Congress.”
A shock of an Earthquake, which lasted
j 45 seconds, was felt at Mayagucz, P. R,, or>
. the 28lh Nov., and though it gave the cartik
a good shaking, done very little damage,
j The Sugar crop of that Island promises to ho
| a heavy one. Coffee was plenty and in limited
j demand at 1 2 cents. American produccsuf
j ficienlly plenty for the demand, with the cx,
1 ccption of flour, meal and lard.
[communication.]
Mb. Editor :—lt is with no ordinary de
gree of pleasure that I have witnessed the
patriotic, prompt and soldier like spirit man-
I ifested by the Augusta Artillery Guards, in
1 parading to receive and escort the Palmetto
Regiment, through this city, on their way
to the scene which will try men’s souls.—
7’he Guards being the only volunteer corps
now in this city, since the disastrous call
first made on volunteers for the Mexican
war, which, by some unforeseen event,
caused the disbanding of the only two corps
then in prosperity here, too much praise can
not be bestowed upon them, for the private
interests they have sacrificed, in showing to
our citizens and their brothers in arms they
were not unmindful of the important duties
devoicing upon them. Where is the once
flourishing Clinch} I regret to see, that
the martial spirit which once pervaded our
1 community, now extinct. Can it be possi
ble. and yet it is manifest, that in this popu
lous city but one small corps can exist ?
7’he fault, which is one of some magnitude,
1 is crouched behind the door of those who
may, at. no distant period, feel tho want of
them most. Arouse from your lethargy, and
I do not he surprised on your post asleep.—
Create another corps, and let every citizen
lend his aid, which may eventually prove to
be for his, as well as the rt'ELic gooj>. I
; would now suggest to the Honorable City
Council, that on the extra occasions of pa
rade they would make an appropriation to
defray their expenses for the same. I trust
these few remarks, emanating from the best „
feeling for the general good, may awaken
from their supineuess those interested.
A Citizen.
I ORS\ m, (Ga.) Jan. I.— Colton. —Since oi^r
1 | last issue the ail vices brought by the thuahria front
[ i Europe have been receive*!, ami have exercised a
, very beneficial influence on the col ton market.—-
1 The article now t ommaad* from *4 to gents
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