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THE CONSTITUTIONAL I S3*. ~ JAMES GARDNER, JR. T i: U M s. Daily, per annum, S 8 ~u Tn- Weekly, per annum 6 1,0 if paid in advance,. n w Weekly, per annum, i! Ou If paid in advance, ~ M All new subscriptions must be paid in ad\anee. ruust be paid on all Communicate ns and [.ethers«>f business. ,Tlr. Itukcr'B S|»ecdi on »l«c War. [COJiCLUI>ED. ] 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 { Little Georgina %