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THE CON ST IT UTION ALI ST. JAMES GARDNER, JR. T E K 31 S . Ihtily, annum, S’’ Trt-Werkiy, per annum, “ 011 If pan! in advance, n !(t Weekly, per annum | If paid in advance, '4 50 j JSTAII n«w subscriptions must be paid in advance. Primage must be paid on all Coinmunii ati us and T,e.t*ers nf business I From the New York Gl he.] The 31 <xiran Was—ls our (.ovcruturnl justiArtl in prosecu iu£ It? A n examination oft he official documents on file in the Sta'e Department at Wash ington, shows nimtlyfive instances cf wanton murder, robbery, aggression and | outrage, perpetrated hv the Mexican au thorities upon the persons and property of American citizens! An abstract of these cases is about to he published in the ISew Hampshire Patriot, and also issued from the office of that paper in pamphlet from. There will be a sufficient number of copies issued to supply all wbo desire ! to become acquainted witn a history or j the wrongs and injuries our people have ! sustained from the government of Mexico | It will be an important and interesting document, ami we hope it will be ciicu la’ed throughout the Union. When the people of the United States become fully acquainted with the causes that led to the war in which we are now’ , engaged, the manifold wrongs and griev ances we have borne fiovn Mexico eve' since she became an independent govern ment, all opposition to the war w ill cease. If war can ever be justified by an appeal j Jo the reason and intelligence of men. j then the one in w hich we are now engag vd is a just and righteous war. Had i Mexico been a powerful monarchy, and , had her conduct tow ards our government | and people been the same that it has, war would have been declared against her j long ago. It is her weakness that has j prolonged the period of chastisement due ; to her crimes. That period has, however, arrived, and every just principle of hu- ; inanity requires that her chastisement should be in proportion to the magnitude ■of the crimes she has committed. It is surprising that a narrative of tire wrongs we have suffered from Mexico has potheen long ago transcribed from the official documents in tire State De- ! j artment and spread before the people. | The President, in his recent message. | alludes to these wrongs, and the great j desire on the part of our government to ] < b ain redress w ithout an appeal to aims. The President truly says: ‘’That com pnlsorv measures of redress, under sim Par provocations committed by any of the powerful nations of Curope, would ! have breen promptly resorted to by tire j United S’a’cs, cannot be doubted. The ; national honor, and tlie preservation of | the national character throughout the j world, as well as our own self-respect, 1 and the protection due to our ow n citizens, : would have rendered such a resort in dispensable. The history of no civilized , u nion in modern limes lias presented, j within wo brief a period, so manv wanton | attacks upon the honor ot its flag, and j upon the property and persons of its cit- | irens, as have been borne by the United States from the Mexican authorities and people.” But Mexico was a sister repub lie, on the same continent, occupying a territory contiguous to our own, and was in a feeble condition; and these consider ations induced our government and peo ple to forliear until longer forbearance would have made us equally criminal with Mexico. [From the Baltimore Sun, 2d m*t. ] C»M of llic War A good deal of disreputable complaint and ominous foreboding is ‘ kept before the people” by a portion of the p*oss. re lative to the. expenses of the war, as one of the instrumentalities by which to excite a pooular aversion to ft. even in the midst of hostilities. And this comes in many cases from the very pa net s w hich are in tearful apprehension lest Gen. Taylor and bis present force should be cut to pieces for the want of prompt reinforce ments. So. if the government call nut an armv of reinforcement, it must suffer abuse for increasing the expenses; if it fail thus to increase the expenses, male d'c'ions are already in pickle for it, and even displayed, in some instances, for a prospective sacrifice of the army. We trust that the confidence of the govern ment in the sincere patriotism of the peo- I pie will not be impaired by any such an- i ti national demonstrations as these, come i from what quarter they may. We have lio fear whatever that they can be of suf ficieut extent and influence to accomplish the effect which we might otherwise nu- j turallv suppose them calculated to pro- j cluce; and we feel confident that the gov- ■ ernmenf will he sustained by men and means for the vigorous prosecution of the , war. Os this we may he certain—he tlie cost ; of the war what it may, .as American' citizens, we must he prepared to meet it: j end whether it is directed by this or that administration—w hether it lasts one vear j or ten, >he money must he had for the preseention of if. To be found prone to I inurmus and childishly to wimper over | the expense, at the expiration of the first six month’s hostilities, is neither the best policy to practice in sight of the armv, nor the most creditable demeanor in our own eyes. And perhaps it is not too much to affirm, that had the press and people of the United States presented to the enemy an unbroken front, a spirit of unanimity in the affair, corresponding with that which prevails in Mexico, the war would have been terminated, at half the cost, and in perhaps half the lime that has already expired. It is a humi liating fact, that ttie Mexican press is ad ministering hope amid the dhconsola troos of the army, and furnishing en couragement to the retreating troops, and animating the people to resistance, upon presumptions derivable from the abuse of the government in reference to the war on the part of a portion of the press of our own country. The inference is a natural, though, we believe, an er roneous one; for we are satisfied that the popular feeling is in ibe main unaffected oven bv the most virulent and ceaseless aspersions of the government; and that Mexico has nothing whatever to hope, fjom the apathy or opposition of any con- I siderahie portion ofthe people of the Uni- I ted Suites- The government will he ex pected by every good citizen to carry on j ttie war, in view of all the facts which it mav possess, and according to the plans : and system it may have devised, with all possible vigor and without reference to any necessary expense. f From the N. O. Picayune, 2d inxt.] FROM THE SEAT OF WAR. I,aicr from Tampico—liaperlant Iron* Clcn, Worih—.('oumitiMiiuu of Troops tit Threalcued by | Anna. The steamer Virginia, Captain Smith, ar rived last evening from Tampico. via Braz s Santiago, having left the Brazos on the 271 h nit. The brig Empresario, Captain Coil ins, which sailed from Tampico o« the 26th, also arrived last night. By these vessels we | have received letiers from Mr. Unm-den. at Tampico, s ane of which we give below. — They contain ail the intelligence brought from Tampico,and clear up some points in the accounts previously received which ap pea red obsr n re. j We have conversed with a gentleman who I came passenger in the Virginia from Brazos, and who is direct from Monterey, lie has ; kindly furnished us with the following in formation. which is highly imports nt, if there I he no error in the accounts. They were i fullv credited at the Brazos, and are confirmed I hv Captain Brower, of the schooner Robert I Mills, who arrived last evening from that 1 port. An express from Gen. Worth, at Saltillo, arrived at Monterey on Wednesday, the 16th lof December. It brought Ihe news that Gen. i Worth had learned through his spies that Santa Anna was within three days’ march of Saltillo, at the tread of an army of twenty or thirty thousand men. The express bore a call upon Gen. Taylor for reinforcements.— Gen. Tavlorand his staff had left Monterey i on the 15th uit.—the day before the express j arrived—for Victoria, to join his command, ; which was two days’ march in advance of | him. i Gen. Butler, in command at Monterey, | immcdia'elv sent off despatches to General I Marshall, at Camargo, and to Gen. Patter son, at Mafamoros, to send forward, without delay, all (he troops they could spare from their commands. Gen. Patterson had left Mafamoros only the day before the news reached that place. ! It was at once forwarded to him, and upon j learning its purport our informant states that ' he immediately started on his return with the | view to proceed to Monterey. It was reported at Tampico on the 25th, j as will be seen from the postscript to Mr. i Lumsden’s last letter, that a portion of Gen. I Patterson’s command had entered Victoria, I hut it is nor, mentioned that the (Ten. himself j had arrived, so that we cannot judge how far j the news from the two sources may conflict. Tire express reported at Mafamoros that I (he road from Monterey to Camargo was j lined wit it troops—regulars and volunteers i —on their march to Monterey, having been previously ordered un. Our informant says there were four regiments upon the road.— The route from .Monterey is infested bv pre datory bands of rancherox, by which ibe travelling is rendered insecure. One train had been attacked a few days before our in formant passed over the road, as had also several -mail parties, and some few men bad been killed and wounded. We need not say that ibis news possesses the highest interest. As we write, we have only verbal reports in regard to it, buT hope to receive this morning our correspondence from the army. There is no intrinsic im probability in the news of Santa Anna’s movements, and if he possesses the energy and skill claimed for him, nothing appears more likely than that he should fall, like a thunderbolt, upon some point in our extended line and hope to crush us. But we have every confidence in the vigilance of General Worth, and bis ability to bold the enrtjfiy in check until Gen. Wool and Gen. Taylor ar rive to his support. We await further in telligence with the utmost interest. [Crrsfpondence of the X. O Picayune.] * Tampico, Dec. 25, Jd46. I wish you all a merry Christmas. There is every appearance of there being a merrv one here —such as Tampico never saw be fore. Eggs are very plenty and very cheap, and lotsof egg-nog are to be drunk. The “boys” are bound to do it. I understand that a vessel sails to-morrow for New Orleans, and I cannot let theopportunity pass without say ing something to you—although, were I to ■ reciprocate vonr promptness, 1 should not | send vou the first scratch of a pen. Since I i have been here some four or five vessels have arrived direct from your city, but neither let ter or paper have I received. Dates as late as the I6ih inst. are here—the Picayune of j that date and the President’s mesaage have i arrived—but you were kind enough to ne glect me entirely. \ The vessels of the squadron mentioned in mv last are still here. The prize schooner “Belle,” under command of Acting Master I Perrv, (of the Cumberland.) will sail to-mor row for Anton Lizardo. The steamer Spit i fire, schooners Reefer and Nonata (prize) . will remain here until the forces are rein- I forced—then look out (or something in the shape ofa fight at Tuspan. 1 have a little in j formation—authentic —about Tuspan, which ' I will give you. Gen. Cos, commander of j the place, has refused to obey the order of j Santa Anna In evacuate the town. lie has a force under him of from four to five hun dred troops of the line, and a large body of Indian-, whom he has called in from the mountains of Mazantla and Papantla—two or three thousand in number—but indiffer ently armed. At Tuspan there are three conical bills, the town lying in the valley. These heights are all fortified with six pieces of artillery each, besides having a strong picketing formed of heavy chjal posts.— There is no defence at the mouth of the river, but about half way from the bar to the town —six miles—there is a battery of two 24 pounders. The water on the bar is now about five feet only. Some of these guns are the Truxton’s, captured by the unfortu nate less of that vessel under Capt. Carpeu der. It is thought here by tb.e most intelligent persons, that the onK’ wav to successfully attack Tuspan would be by troops, as the town is so situated that a vessel in the river I ; can only bring her guns to bear on two dis- | ferent points, while the guns bn she heights | i not only command the town entirely* but the ! river also. The most feasible way to attack I ■ the place would be to send a force to be land- ( | ed at the south of the bar, (Tuspan being on I j north) abreast oft( etmvfi, and distant about 1 I twelve miles, and proceed to bombard the | place at once, when no doubt the iliird or | fourth shell falling in their midst would cause : j the Mexicans to display a white flag in a very j I short time. Now a little about Tula, of Tamaulipas. The garrison of this place (Tampico), when I it evacuated the city, went to Tula. This Garrison consis'ed ot the battalion of I am -1 pico, 12lh Regiment of Infantry, Perma- j : nentes de Tampico, Veleranus de Tampico, a ! i small company of artillery, the remnant of j | Hie 6fh Regiment, left from the memorable j i actions of Palo Abo and Resaca, and a ! small force of cavalry. At t«esent there j I are in Tula, distant about 180 miles from | : this place, on the rouse to Shu Luis Potosi, 1 ; some three or four thousand men of various | I arms, under Gens. Valencia, Carvajal, and a half a dozen others, who are fortifying Hie | place again-t an apprehended attack from ! | the American forces at this place j Private letters from the city of .Mexico are ' i in this city, statin? that it is expected there ; ; will soon he a revolution there against, the 1 I ministers, who the people say have proved i j themselves incompetent to manage the at ! fairs of the nation in a proper manner. In | fact it is said that everyibing is in confusion j —no money, no credit, and plenty of dissatis | faction. j The people here in Tampico—except those who formerly held office—look upon us as their i deliverers, not as enemies. It is well known ‘ that the Governor of the State (Tamaulipas) j 1 is ready on the first approach of the United | Stales forces towards Victoria, its capital to j | surrender, in the name of its Congress, the ' whole territory to ns. [From the .V. O. Evening "Mercury, < id insb] lligiit} !iui><iilaat D»t«lli£encc trow the Army. By the arrival of the steamer Virginia, from Brazos Santiago, we have been Inform ed, by our correspondent, that on the 241 h an express arrived at Matamoros, bringing the following highly interesting intelligence i from the Army: “An express (Major Caldwell, Quarter- Master) reached Monterey at II o’clock at night,on the 17th, leaving again, at 3A. M. the following morning,—in which General ; Worth reports, as he hears from his spies, that Gen. Santa Anna is marching at the head of between twenty and thirty thousand men, and is within three days' march of 8»al tiilo. lie writes, also, that he lias sent ex- i presses to Gen. Wool, at Parras, and Gen. Butler had sent despatches to Gen Taylor, j They doubtless have marched to join Gen. ; Worth. “Gen. Taylor had left Monterey, with his suite, the dav previous, his command having ; set out fur Victoria two days before his de ! parture. “The express leaving Monterey for Gen. Marshall, was forwarded by the latter to Gen. Patterson, with despatches, at Matatnoros, j and on its arrival, finding Gen. Patterson had j marched f r Tampico, it itnrned .-.leiy started j ! in pursuit. Despatches am- 1 here with \ 1 ilii? intelligence to Gen. Jo- ... at II o’c lock, j A M . and he immediately IciL !■ r lire mouth j ! of the river, j “Great excitement prevails along the val ley of the TCo Grande. Most of our posts, | particularlv at Matamoros. Camargo and Monterey, where a number of American ci j tizens are remaining, and have but few troops j 1 at present, are arming and preparing for the ' worst. Several persons have been cut off, I on the roads above, and travelling is exceed- j ingly hazardous, unless with large parties. “On any reverse to our arms, every Mexi- j | can in ttie valley turns against us’ “The Alcalde at Matamoros, who pre- ! I dieted the day our battles have been fought i on, says that Gen. Santa Anna will attack I our forces on Christmas oay. 11 the battle j | should not f»e fought before our forces can be thrown into Saltillo, or until Gen. Tay- j j ]or forms a junction with fiie forces at that point, we may expect one ot the bloodiest ; conflicts that, our flag has ever witnessed. Tiic tlrxlcan War, i The New Orleans Mercury of Saturday ■ evening last, speaking of the position ol our army in Mexico, remarks: I The advices from the invading army, which i we publish in another column, and ihe posi- | ; tion and manner in which our forces are , ; known to be disposed, are well calculated to j create anxiety, if not apprehension. Santa ! Anna appears to be moving with a boldness and tact that were hardly expected, and if he have nearly the force that is reported, he is abundantly able to make a descent on one or tiie other of the detached posts held by our troops.and by superiority of numbers cutting j jr to pieces. Gen. Worth’s command at Sal j tillo, though not so far from succor as the di , vision under Gen. Wool, is the point directly I threatened, as the destruction of that would involve also the destruction of Gen. Wool, | cutting off his communications. The posi -1 tion of the advance posts, respectively, were . I Gen. Butler at Monterey with about 2000 j men . Gen. Worth at Saltillo with about : ]700; Gen. Wool at Parras with about 3000. I The two latter places are west of the moan i tains. That Santa Anna has made the movement i indicated there is no reason to doubt, but i many to believe. A gentleman in this city received a letter a few days since from an of ficer in Gem Wool’s army, mentioning that i rumor had reached that camp ofSanta Anna’s j j advance, and it is probable that fSauta Anna is well informed of the comparatively small I forces at the several posts in possession of j ■ the Americans, and ol their being widely I scattered. In possession of this information, ■ a rapid march to Saltillo, and taking posses- , i sion of that place would cut oft’ communica tion between Gen. Wool s column and the forces immediately under tiie command ot J Gen. Taylor, Gen. Wool’s camp at Parras | | j., W est and a few points north of Saltillo, 115 i miles distant; San Luis Potosi, is almost di rectly south of Saltillo, the great road from San Luis Potisi to Saltillo passing a short distance east of General Wool s camp. If Santa Anna took tin's road, Gen. Wool would be apprised of the advance of the enemy i in sufficient time to break up bis camp and j join Gen. Worth at tsaitiilo; but there is a road marked on the maps, from Zacatecas to { Saltillo direct, which is probably the road pre ferred by the Mexican chief, and should he I succeed in reaching Saltillo before General j Worth could be well reinforced, it is possible i the place may have to b* 3 evacuated, as no force of consequence could be spared from the garison at Monterey. The brigades ol Generals Quitman and Briggs left Monterey for \ ictoria on the 13th, and, therefore, find been four days on tiie march before the ex press arrived at Monterey, and no consider- ! able force was stationed at any of the points between Monterey and ilie Rio Grande. By the last advices, two regiments bad been ordered from Camkrgoto join Gen. Wool, but they could, at the time Santa Anna’s move ment became known, have scarcely reached Salt ilio. Notwithstanding this apparently inauspi cious posture of affiirs, we do not indulge i any lively apprehensions. The utmost con- | fidence is to be placed both in the watch- i fulness and skill of the accomplished officers u ho command, and we have no question they would be able to anticipate ttie movements of the enemy in time to prepare properly for his reception. As the reports of Santa j Anna’s advance reached Gen. Wool’s camp so early, it is not impossible the latter may have effected a junction with Gen. Worth, in which case we should count both to he | safe, whatever force the Mexicans might i number. Should the companies en route from Camargo have reached Saltillo, the force of I Gen. Worth would be increased to 2400; and at the worst we believe lie would be able lo hold out till lie could be furlherst.rengthened. W e shall look for the next accovuts, t herefore, will) great interest, but nut with fear of any serious disaster. [Reported Jur the Haiti more Sun.] TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. SECOX I) S ESS ION. Washington, Jmi. 4, 1847. SENATE. A message was received from the Presi dent of the United States, recommending that provision be made by law fur toe appoint ment of a General to take command ot the | forces, both regulars and volunteers, operat- j ing against Mexico. The menage was read and referred to the military committee. A message was also received from tb.e President, in answer to a resolution ot the t Senate, accompanied by a letter from the Postmaster General, in reference to means i taken lor ihe transportation of the mails lo and from ihe army, and recommending leg islation upon the subject. Mr. Weslcotl offered a resolution, calling for an otilciai account of the loss ot the hng Somers, with a view of adopting resolutions j of thanks lo the English, French and Span ish officers, who so gallamly assisted our brave men. It wasadopied. After a short Executive session, the Sen ate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Preston King, of New York, by pre vious notice, asked leave to introduce a bill, substantially that of tiie laoi session, appru- I priatmg $30,000 to enable tiie President to commence negotiations, and $2,000,000 to | enable him lo conclude a peace with Mexico. 1 The House refused, 88 to 89, to postpone the previous orders to onab.e him to iniroduce tiie bill. Messrs. Bayly and Davis made explana tions in relation to the recent difficulty be tween themselves, which has been am.caMy settled. The long expected message from the Pre- J i gjdent <*l tiie United States, in reference to I ! the creation of the office of Lieutenant Gene- 1 i ral of I tie a 1 my, was received to-day, and 1 read, as luiiowa: j To the S, tia'e and House of Represented' cs: j In order lo prosecute the war against Mexi co with vigor and success, it is necessary , that authority should be promptly given by Congress to increase the regular army and to reiaedy existing defects in its organization. With this view, vour favorable attention is I invited to ihe annexed report of the Secreta ry of War, which accompanied my message i of the eighth nit., in which lie recommends that ten additional regdnents of regular troops I shall he raised to serve during tiie vv.tr. Os Hie additional regiments of volunteers I which have been called for from several of ! the State.-, some have been promptly raised; j hut this lias not been the case with all. | The existing law requiring that they should he organized by the independent action of j the Stale governments, lias, in some in-tan ce-, occasioned considerable delay—and it is j j yet uncertain when the troops required can ; be ready for service in the field. ]{ is our settled policy to maintain, in time | ofpeace.as small a regular army as the exi gencies of the pubbe. service will permit. In a state of war, notwithstanding the great ad- , vantage with which our volunteer citizen | soldiers can be brought into the field, this j j small regular annv must be increased in its j : number- in order lo render the whole force | more efficient. Additional officers as well as men then be came indispensable. Under the circiim-tan- | ces of our service, a peculiar propriety exists fur increasing tiie officer-. especially in the higher grades. The number of such officers, who from age and other causes, are render ed incapable oi active service in I be field, has seriously unpaired the efficiency of the army. From the report of the Secretary of War, it appears that about two-thirds of the whole number of regimental field officers, are either ! permanently disabled or are necessarily | detached from their commands, on other . duties. The long enjoyment of peace, has I prevented us from experiencing much embar rassment from this cause, but now in a state j of war, conducted in a foreign country, it lias j produced serious injury to the public service, j An efficient organization of the army, com posed of regulars and volunteers,whilst prose cuting the war in Mexico, it is believed would require the appointment of a General Officer to take the command of all our military forces in the field. Upon the conclusion of the war, the ser vices of such an officer would no longer be neces ary, and should be dispensed with upon tlie reduction of the army to a peace estab lishment. I recommend that provisions be made by law for the appointment of such a General Ufticer, to serve during the war. It is respectfully recommended, that early action should be had by Congress, upon Hie suggestions submitted for their consideration, as necessary to insure active and efficient ; service in prosecuting the war, before the present favorable season for military opera tions in the enemy’s country shall have passed avvav. I Jan. 4.1847. JAMES K. POLK. On motion of Mr. Haralson, the message I was referred lo the committee on military as- I fairs, and ordered to be printed. The house then resolved itself into com : mittee of the whole on the state of the union, I and look up the special order ol the day, be* | ing the bill lor the increase and bv*tter or gan iz it ion of the army—for raining ten ad ditional regiments, &c. Mr. Haralson moved sundry verbal amed ments. Mr. Tibbats gave notice, that at the pro per time be should move to strike out Hie olh section, and offer a substitute therefore, pro ! viding that volunteers who receive an hono rable discharge shall be entitled to ihree | months’additional pay and ]6O acres land; and also the addition of four other sections, ! ofr’eiinga bounty of fifteen dollars to those who enlist or volunteer after the passage of this act, and 320 acres to each soldier or vol | unteer who shall serve five years and re : ceive an honorable discharge; the same i quantity to the widow, children or other le | gal heirs ofany soldier or volunteer killed in j battle or dying in the service—and a bounty 1 of one year’s bail pay lo such volunteers who have served one year, and who shall i then enlist to serve during Hie war. I Mr. McGaughey, of Indiana, then address- J ed the committee in opposition to the war, I and was followed by Mr. Robert Date Owen and Mr. Hamlin. <»f Maine, in support ot the bill. Mr. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, rose to address the committee, but gave way i for a motion that the committee rise. '1 be 1 commiitee rose, and Hie House adjourned, Mr. Johnson, of course, having Hie flour fur 1 tomorrow. 1 _ AUGUSTA. GEO.. FRIDAY MORNING, JAN. 8, 1847. An Honest Confession —The editor of Hie Au gusta Constitutionalist, in his congratulatory arti cle for New Year’s day. has the following: “’Pile State of Georgia has enjoyed prosperity altruist unexampled. With abundant crops and high prices, tier people are again emerging from the embarrassments incident to short crops and short prices. Her financial condition, as exhibit ed in tlie fate report of the Committee on the Fi nances, is one of which every Georgian should fie proud. Georgia will now hold her head erect ami I proud, among ihe proudest of her suier States, j With her limited debt, and ample resources, her i credit should stand second to none in the t nion.'’ So much to the credit of Governor Grawford and a Whig Administration? —Savannah Republican. The Editor of the Savannah Republican must have curious ideas of honesty, and a peculiar kind of patriotism. \Ye envy him I neither tiie one or the other, or what may naturally be supposed would be his practice under either, judging from the construct itm i he puts upon the short paragraph above, which be has done us tiie honor to quote. We certainly see no reason why we are lo be complimented as doing an honest thing in ! asserting that our native State is enjoying ; prosperity almost unexampled. \Ve certain | Jv believe what we say, but we see no rc j markable stretch of honesty in saying it. \ But it is designated a confession. This would imply something reluctantly admitted, : and admitted with a feeling of regret that it : was so. This may he in arm dance with i the patriotism ot Hie Repubiu u». It may be j i in character with what under a given state I of things would be the sentiments of the Re . i public in. Il mit'lit rejoice over or be eba griped at the prosperity ol Hie IState of Geor * gia according to whether it might, or might not, promise political capita! for its party. | \Ye are enslaved by no such feeling. We j rejoice at the prosperity of our Elate, and as j •a Georgian, are proud to point to it—-to the | , improved condition of her finances—to the j | smallness of hrr debt, and her ample means | to pav it—and to its effect, lo elevate her I credit, high among the highest pf her sister I States. In our exultation, we would never j pfop to measure our rejoicing by tiie amount ' of partv strength lo accrue from il to anv i party. j As to the amount of credit lobe allotted j to “Governor Crawford, and a Whig Admin- | I / stratum the Republican and ourself might differ quite as widely. That Governor Craw ford is entitled to credit for bis financial j | skill and for the ability he has displayed in ; 1 Hie discharge of his Executive duties, we 1 ( are among the last to dispute. \i o cheer- I fully accord lo him sagacity, good judgment, ! strict economy and a conscientious regard to bis duty in bis management of the finances. But what these qualities have to do with his ! politics, we are at a loss to conjecture. We do «ot know that Whigery has bestowed any : of these qualities of bead or of heart upon i i,*itn. NVe know of no such sovereign vir j me.-in that creed. The creed itselfshifts and changes,like a weathercock It is to be hoped J ! t hat t lie characters of it s professors lor saguci- j ty and honesty do not change with it, or charge half as often. We presume that neither Governor Crawford or his friends date Hie possession by Him of these qualities from tiie time lie became a W log ot the s> bools of 1840, ’44 or : 46. We doubt whether he has acquired either since he changed his opinions on the subjects of a National Bank— a Protective Tariff, and other leading ques tions, upon which be is now every inch a | Whig. Had he been a Fonrierite. or a Mor : mon. or a Miilerite, or even a Locofoco, we i think it probable (bat be would have been I quite as fully up to cent per cent, and have I managed the State finances just as ably. His politics, or as the Republican chooses to express it, his “ Whig Administration” has had as little to do with the result, as it has j had in producing the late abundant cotton I crop in Georgia, or the line beautiful weather we have enjoyed this winter, i If the remark of the Republican be in* I tended to signify that these results have been produced by Whig legislation in Georgia, • we lake issue with that paper, and deny the fact. Governor Crawford came into office I after the Democratic legislature of 1842, and i was sworn in to execute the laws as they then stood. That legislature had instituted a financial policy which it was his duly lo carry out. It was Democratic legislation which gave the upward spring to our State j finances and State credit. A Whig Gov ernor or any other sort of Governor, could not have prevented that elastic rebound, or checked it, except by neglecting to carry out those laws and refusing to do his duty. That I judicious policy was followed up by subse 1 q’leut judicious legislation. Iho result ia 1 gratifying to every true Georgian, Whig or Democrat. For one, ’ve are not reiuctant to give ILe Governor due credit lor Ins official labours and Ins individual sagacity, good lodgment and fidelity to iie laws. But we j see in all this no magical influences peculiar |to Whigery—no exercise of attributes op* pugnant to democracy. These ■ csuils would have still enured to the benefit of the State, not the less had the same man been in the office whatever his pnlilics —-or had a man, though <i Dfnioon! , sagacious, clear headed and faithful to the laws, been in the Executive chair during the same period, i That such Democrats are to be found in onr State, even the Republican could scarcely doubt. That the Democrats placed such a j candidate before the people of Georgia in 1843. and also in 18 io. we have hitherto con- I tended, and still maintain that volition. We are gratified to learn from the Ham burg Journal of 1 nur.-day, that all the \ ol i nnteers belonging to the Palmetto Regiment, j left at that [dace, are convalescent, 1 and rap ' idly recovering. P«rk. The stock of Pork rein titling on band at I New Orleans, the or. I ■ inst., was 8,06t> j b!>!s ; on the Ist December, the stock was i 12,606 bbls. The ralmctto Brgiiufut. i Tiie Savannah Republican ol liie sth inst. I says—“We learn that both Battalions of this Regiment passed through Atlanta on Satur day and Sunday last. One Battalion march ! ed direct from Atlanta to West Point, and the other came down the Macon and West | ern Road as far as Griffin, and took its depar ture thence for the Montgomery Rail Road* The men were generally in good health and j spirits. One, however, died at Atlanta, and another lost his life on the Rail Road before reaching the point. The Battalions were di vided as above on account of the greater con venience in obtaining subsistence and trans portation. ” !rr R. R. Cuvier, Esq , has been unani musly re-elected President of tne Central Kail Road and Banking Company. a:r The Cambria left 80.-lon on Friday will) 8(J passengers for.JL.iverpool, and 2 fur i Halifax. The mail comprises upwards of 1 36,000 letters, and a large number of news papers. 'Hie Hibernia was to have left Liverpool i on the s'h of January, and may be looked fur ! about the 24'h. ('uUiiubiM Ciiiir rr The following is the result of the Charter election held in Columbus on the 2d inst.: i Mavor—Williams, 200; Flournoy, 249. Aldermen — Ward No I, ilolstead, 445; McKendrce, 434; Wi-snr, 63. 2d Ward, Winter, 257; UN. .druff. 254; W; • is, 253; | Lee, 255. 3>l Ward, Cidr.vell, 472; Fitts. ( 475; W ynn, 22. 4 h Ward,Smith, 343: Pea i body, 243; Quin, 259; Inslee, 50, L. F, W- I Andrews, 119. s;h Ward, Morton, 275; Kivlin, 40l; S. R. Andrews. 2]B; ILcks, 70. j 6th Ward, Coleman, 399; Green, 294; Stuck ; ton, 259; Clark. 19. A;;rictsl aral. At a meeting of the Agricultural Society of Chatham conn* v, on t lie lor h ulr, the Cor i responding Secretary informed the Society : that ho bad received from the Hon. William j 11. Stiles, U. S. Charge a' . leiinr, a , tiler, and also several packages of valuable seed, pamphlets, &c. Mr. .Stiles , letter v. is then read—from which it appeared that the cli j mate whence the seeds came, nearly resem | bled that of North Carolina and the upper part of Georgia. 'The thermometer at Vien na during the coldest day of last winter, was only as low as 18~ (above ?,eru) of Fahren heit; and the moan or average temperature during the year si° of Fahrenheit. Mr. Stiles also informed the Society that lie was indebted to Mr. John Holloing, Secretary of the “Imperial and Royal Agricultural Socie ty of Vienna,” for the pamphlets, dr;, wings, and many of the rare seeds; a fact tie desir l cd to be communicated to the Society, as we!has Mr. II ilbling’s off*r toVeciprocate, at i any time, with Inn Society in the exchange ! of the seeds of tne different continents. i _ i * From Texat. The steamer Galveston, arrived at New Orleans on the 2d inst., brings advices from Galveston to the 291 h n’t.. ;-i. ; correspond i ing dates from the interior. Indians. —According! me i a test accounts ; at Austin, it appears that soma of theilndians I are sullen and dissatisfied, and rather dis posed to quarrel. A large number of the I tribes have, however, entente i to come in I and hold a talk. On Christmas day the Pub ic School in | Galveston was dedicated. The procession on the occasion was very large; the Grand Lodge of the order of oi. Fethv.vs, the civic authorities, the foreign c*>;e-e, and citizens generally participating ’ - ceremonies.— The papers are sanguine of the success of the system, the names of upwards of four hundred children being already entered. An ! address was delivered by Gen. 11. McLoud, and an ode by Mr. Wna. 11. Rhodes. Upwards of twelve hundred emigrants, nearly all from Bremen, had arrived during i the week ending on the 39th ult. Goliad.—Sales of town property were made at Goliad on the 10th anti llth ultimo, to the amount of The Advocate says the lots sold high—a good evidence of | improvement and prosperity. | The Austin Democrat says that Captain I Smith’s company, concerning which so much apprehension was felt, has at last returned i in safety. The company went towards the j Red River settlements fur provisions, which ■ caused the delay.