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The “Bunion’’ from tile Kio Grande
The despatches received from Major
General Taylor, by last night’s mail, are
from iMonterey of the 14th December, at i
which date there were no tidings of the |
movements ol Santa Anna, upon the ad-
Vance port at Sallillo. The general was
to have left on the 15th for A ictoria;
but if the accounts be true that, we see
published in the newspapers, he must
have returned to Monterey before he had
proceeded a halfday on his march. 1 lie
force at Saltillo, under General Worth, |
is about ITOO, which was to have been :
reinforced, according to previous advices
from Gen. Taylor, by two regiments of
volunteers, which would make an aggre
gate of about 2600 men The force at
Monterey under Major General Butler,
including the division which marched on
the 10th and 14th December, under
General’s Twiggs and Quitman, which
no doubt was recalled, and rapidly
marched in the direction of Saltillo,
should the news of the advance of Santa
Anna turn out to be true, would amount
to about 3,400, which, with Gen. Worth’s |
Command, would make a force of about |
<IOOO. We have seen a letter from an i
officer at Brazos Santiago, of the 23th j
December, which expresses the opinion, !
that “a sufficient force was, doubtless, 1
collected at Saltillo to meet the emergen- j
cy; and if Santa Anna’s movements was
anything more than a feint, he has un
questionably been repulsed.”
A letter from Major General Scott,
now commanding all the land forces in
Mexico, dated December 28, from Bra
zos Santago, states that he should leave j
the next day via Matamoros and Comar. j
go, in serch of official news, by which he |
should he governed accordingly. Re- J
forring to the reports of the movements of !
the enemy, he states that, in the mean- j
tint©, events may take him to Monterey; j
•and that “if Santa Anna be on the oflen- ;
sive, he must be repulsed,” &c.
One of the letters we have seen from
the Rio Grande, of so recent date as De
cember 28, (the latest,) expressly states:
“We are here without accurate in forma- :
lion; and the general-in chief, now com
■ r
manding all the forces in Mexico, has
determined to move rapidly forward,
with the view of ascertaining facts upon
which he can rely. We should have i
been ofT to-day, hut for the difficulty of i
lauding our saddle horses from the '
steamer yesterday.”
The force under Gen. Wool at Parras ;
is about 2,400, which is in excellent or- |
der. Capt. Washington’s company of fly- |
jng artillery, more than 100 strong, has :
n battery of 8 pieces, and is represented |
to he one of the most efficient and well 1
appointed companies which belong to the j
army. It probably is the best, as it is I
the strongest. Whatever" may be the
truth of the rumors afloat, it will he seen
that, with lire junction of Wool’s division,
which should be counted upon, Gen.
Taylor, upon this emergency, will pro
liahly bo at the head of an army of more
than seven thousand, and we have no
fears of the result.
In connexion with these statements, we
lay before our readers an interesting let
ter from Gen. Taylor, of a prior date,
speculating on these probable events, and j
calculated to remove any apprehensions j
that might hejentertained of Santan Anna’s
advance at the head of all his legions.—
We ought not, perhaps, even to allude to
the pass of Rinconnado; which would en
able Gen. Worth to keep the Mexicans
at hay until he could receive his advanc
ing reinforcements.
O
Headqu.vktfus Army ofOccufation, )
Camp near Monterey, Dee, 8, 18ir>. >
Sir: As I expect to march in a tew |
days for Victoria, I consider the present
a proper occasion to explain some what ,
in detail the dispositions which have been
made, and which are contemplated, for
the occupation and defence of this frontier.
With this view I enclose a sketch exhibit
ing the line from Parras to Tampico, and
showing how a portion of that line is
naturally marked by the chain of the
“Sierra Madre.”
It will be seen at once that San Luis
Poloai is a position almost equally distant j
from the points of this line. This would 1
give a force at Sau Luis a very great
advantage over us, were it not for the
nature ofthe country and the commun
ications: the regions between San Luis
and the mountains being scantly supplied
with water and subsistence, and the road
by Saltillo and Monteiey being the only
practicable route for artillery across the
mountains. Without artillery, the Mexi
can troops are not at all formidable, and I
think, have but little confidence in them
selves. I therefore consider the position
of Saltillo and Parras as of prime import
ance. With an intermediate postal Patos,
and the means, by a good road, of rapidly
uniting, if necessary, I deem the columns
of Brigadier Generals Wool and Worth
quite equal to hold that flank of the line.
1 shall, however, reinforce the letter gen
era!, particularly in cavalry, and shall
establish a reserve at this place to support
the advanced positions, should the move
ments ofihe enemy require it.
Brigadier General Wool is understood
to be now at Parras with his column—
say 2,400 strong, with six guns. Brigadier
General Worth has his headquarters at
Saltillo —his command consisting of some
1200 regular troops, with eight guns. 1
propose to reinforce him by two regi
ments volunteer foot, and a portion of the
Kentucky cavalry. Lieutenant Kearney’s
company is all the regular cavalry force
1 can assign to him at present.
At Monterey will be the headquarters
of Major General Butler, commanding
the reserve. Two coitipaniesof artillery
and one of the weak infantry battalions
(4th) will compose the garrison of the
place. The troops of Gen. Butler’s proper
division (Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky)
will be at this point, and m echelon on
the route hence to Comargo and the mouth
ofthe Rio Grande, except those which
may be ordered to reinforce Gen. Worth
as above indicated.
Tampico is now garrisoned by eight
strong companies of artillery, and the
Alabama regiment of volunteers, say
1000 effectives. I consider this force
quite sufficient to hold the place, controll
ing, as we do, the harbor. * * * *
These considerations attracted my atten
tion to Victoria before the surrender of |
Tampico; hut I now deem it more than
ever important, for I have reason to believe
that a corps of observation is in that
quarter under the orders of General Urrea
—having its headquarters perhaps at
Tula, and sending forward advanced
parties as far as \ ictoria.
* * * * Major Gen. Patterson has
accordingly been instructed to march
from Matarnoras on Victoria, with three
regiments of volunteers from his division,
D _
one being the Tennessee horse. 1 pro
pose to move from this point, say by the
12lh instant, with the regular troops now
here, under Brigadier General Twiggs,
(except those to lie left in garrison, as
above.) and the regiments of Gen. Pat
terson’s division under Brigadier General
Quitman. At Montemorelos, OS miles
from this, I shall effect a junction with
Riley,* who is now there, and incorporate
with the Column, the 2d Tennessee regi
ment, under orders for that place. With
this augmented force, 1 expect to effect a
junction with Major General Patterson
before Victoria. * * * *
You will perceive that one effect ofthe
arrangements above indicated will he to
throw Major General Patterson, with the
troops of his appropriate division, (Ten.
nessee, Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama, and
Georgia,) on the left, and near the coast,
while Major General Butler, with his
division, occupies the line of communica
tion from the Rio Grande to Saltillo:
Intelligence received this moment from
Saltillo, represents all quiet in front. We
have reports of a revolution in Mexico,
embracing two or three States, and direct
ed against General Santa Anna, but the
information does not come in an authentic
form.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obe
dient servant,
Z. TAYLOR,
Major General U. S. A. Commading.
The Adjutant General of the Army,
Washington, D. C.
r ßeported for the Baltimore Sun.l
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
SECOND S E S SION .
Washington, Jan. 14,1847.
SENATE.
The Vice President appeared this morning.
After the reception of some unimportant
executive communications, and the disposal
of some private bills,
Mr. Fairfield, from the naval committee,
reported a hill authorising the appointment
of additional Surgeons in the navy.
Also a hill limiting the operation of the bill
making appropriation for the naval service
for 1842, hv which the number of officers and
men in the service was limited.
Mr. Cameron, from the same committee,
reported a bill for the relief of the heirs, of
J. Paul Jones. Also a bill for the construc
tion of floating dry docks at Philadelphia and
Portsmouth, N. H.
Mr. Benton, from the military committee,
reported hack to the house "‘the regiment
bill,” with an amendment, providing that one
or more of the regiments of infantry may be
equipped as volligenrs and fort riflemen, with
rocket and mountain howitzers. It was
agreed to.
Mr. Cameron offered an amendment, pro
viding for an allowance of a quarter section
of land to each soldier who shall serve during
the war, or who may be discharged before its
termination.
Mr. Benton thought the amendment ex
trinsic, and hoped it would be withdrawn.
Mr. Cameron declined; and a long discus
sion arose, in which Mr. Cameron defended
his amendment with great ability,—the re
sult of which was the postponement of the
whole matter till to-morrow.
The resolutions submitted on Mondao by
Mr. Allen, coming up in their order, were
postponed, and mode the special order ofthe
dav for Monday next.
Mr. Breese then moved to take up the
Graduation bill.
Mr. Dix hoped the Senator would permit
the bill to appoint a Lieutenant General to be
first taken up. It was important that it should
be acted upon speedily- '
Mr. Jarnagin said it was late, and he
moved to go into executive session.
Mr. Breese knew of nothing to require an
executive session.
Mr. Jarnagin said he could not of course
say what the business was, but if the Senator
from Illinois would consent to an executive
session, he would be able to convince him, as
soon as they were in executive session, that
there was some business to be acted on.
The motion to go into Executive session
was negatived, and Mr. Dix then renewed
his motion to take up the bill to appoint a
Lieutenant General, which was agreed to.
The bill having been read, Mr. Dix gave
in detail the consioerations which induced
him to give it his support. There was no al
terative but to march forward with all the
force we could bring into the field, until
Mexico asks for peace. He believed the ap
pointment of a Lieutenant General would
add to the efficiency of the army, by concen
trating the direction of all its movements,
into his hands.
Mr. Badger said he wished to state as
briefly as possible, but still in minute detail,
the cinsideralions which induced him and
hi? colleague on the military committee
(Mr. Crittenden) to oppose the proposed
measure: As it was late, however, he would
prefer deferring what he had to say until to
morrovV. 11c therefore moved an adjourn
ment, which was earned and the Senate ad
journed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Communications were laid on the table of
the Speaker.
From the Treasury Department, in reply
to the resolution of the House, calling for
the monthly statement of money in the pub
lic depositories.
From the Post Office Department, in re
ply to a resolution of inquiry as to the number
of Clerks employed in that Department,
From the War Department, in answer to
the resolution of inquiry as to the amount
expended in the improvement of rivers and
harbors; and another, with the annual state
ments, in relation to the Indian Department
required by the act of 1794.
From the Secretary of State, in reply to a
resolution of inquiry, relative to clerks em
ployed in his department.
From the late Commissioners of Public
Buildings, with a statement of the expend!•
tures for public buildings, from January Ist
1846, up to November of the same year, be
-1 ing the time of his dismissal from office.
Mr, Hamlin of Maine, made a personal
explanation, in reference to a report of his
remarks of the other day, in one of the Vv ash
ington papers.
Mr. Seaman introduced his bill to prohibit
the importation of forcing paupers and crim
inals into the United States. It was read
twice and referred to the judiciary commit
tee.
The hill to reorganise the District Courts
of the United States, in Alabama, was then
reported from the select committee to whom
it had been referred, with sundry amend
ments. The amendments, after a spirited
debate, were adopted, and the bill finally pass
ed, 114 to 50.
On motion of Mr. Boyd, it was resolved to j
close the debate, in committee of the whole, i
on the Oregon Territorial Bill, at 3 o’clock i
to-day. The bill was then taken up in com- i
mittee, Mr. Hopkins in the chair—the amend- j
ment in reference to the Missouri corhpro
mise having been under consideration when
the House adjourned on Wendesday—and
Mr. Burt, of S. Carolina, addressed the com
mittee, at length, in defence of the rights of
the South in regard to slavery.
He declared, in conclusion, that the South
had no wish to interfere with the North on
this question—that in regard to it, there
were many honorable exceptions among
Northren members—but that the South was
united, equal to her destiny, and prepared to
lake care of herself in any emergency.
Mr. Pettit, of Indiana, followed Mr. Burt,
in opposition to the extension of the area of
slavery. The sovereignty of the general
government, he contended, extends over ter
ritories as well as “oilier property,” belong
ing to the United States. When the right
01 soil exists, absolute sovereignty continues,
until surrendered. Congress has the same
right to prohibit slavery in territories belong
ing to the United States,as to make laws for
the management of our fleets and armies.
The Union, lie said, would not Ue dissolved
the South did not desire a dissolution of
the Union —and lt?t gentlemen beware how
they preached such a doctrine to their south
ern constituents^
Before the conclusion of Mr. Pettit’s re
marks, the hour for terminating the debate
in committee had arrived, and, on motion of
Mr. Ramsey, the committee rose and report
ed progress, and the House adjourned.
Mr."Leake, of Virginia, probably desires to
make some remarks in reply to Mr. Pettit,
and 1 should not therefore be surprised, if the
vote terminating the debate at three o’clock
to-day, should be re-considered to-morrow
morning. The question is one of great in
terest, and the South and the North have both
a right to be fully heard, before any declara
tion°on the subject like that embraced in th‘6
proposed amendment, receives the sanction
of Congress.
[From the Washington Union, 15th inst.]
Congressional-
In the Senate, this morning, after the
disposal of the morning business, the bill
for the increase of the army was taken
up, the question pending being upon the
adoption of the amendment of Mr. Cam
eron directing the Secretary of the Treas
uryto issue a warrant for a quarter
section of land to each non-commissioned
officer, musician, and private, who shall
have volunteered and served for twelve
months, or who shall serve in tire army
during the present war with Mexico.
Some debate arose, and several amend
ments upon this and other subjects con
nected with the hill having been offered,
they were ordered to he printed, and the
hill was postponed until to-morrow. The
hill to appoint a lieutenant general was
then taken up, and Mr. Badger addressed
the Senate in opposition to the measure,
and in reply to Mr. Di.x; after which, the
bill was laid upon the table, by a vote of
28 to 21. The graduation bill was next
taken up, but without acting upon it, the
Senate adjourned*
In the House, the consideration of the
Oregon Territorial bill was resumed in
Committee of the Whole. Mr. Burt’s
amendment was rejected. When the bill
was reported to the House, Mr. Burl again
offered his amendment, and it was again
rejected. After all the amendments had
| been disposed of, and the question being
j on the passage of the hill as amended, a
debate, in which Messrs. Leake, Doug
lass, McClernand, Rhett, and Thurman
took part, arose, and, pending which, the
House adjourned.
[C orrespondcnce of the Baltimore .Sun.]
Washington, Jan. 14, 1847.
The bill for creating a Lieutenant Gene
ral was to-day duly reported in the Senate,
by Gen. John A. Dix, of New York,of the
committee on Military affairs, who made a
very able, soldier-like speech on the subject,
in recommending its provisions. He alluded
to the customs of other countries, to the ne
cessity of having a military leader, whose
operations are commenced with so much
larger forces than were ever marshaled in
the^field by the United States, and remarked
that four Majors might just as well com
mand a Regiment by seniority, without a
Colonel, as four Major Generals an army of
30,000 men without a Lieutenant Comman
der.
There was much military rancor in the
remarks of Gen. Dix, and a good deal of
force in his admonition, that if the military
operations fail through the refusal of the
mmm in li wm >■ »■ -i *
Senate to grant what the President thinks
necessary lor their proper success, he must
ho held absolved, and the Senate accounts- j
b!e for the failure. Mr. Badger, of North
Carolina, then announced that he fell bound
for himself and his colleague from Ken- '
lucky, to stale to the Senate, the reasons
which had induced them to come to a differ
ent conclusion from what was evidently the
majority of the committee on military affairs;
but he preferred doing it to-morrow. !So
the Senate adjourned.
The Lieutenant Generalship, it is now
pretty well ascertained, will not pass the
Senate—Messrs. Calhoun and Bntler, Dixon
H. Lewis and Vulee, being opposed to it. —
I also question whether, in the shape the
question is now put, Gen. Houston, or his
colleague, General Rusk, will vote for it.—
Were it to pass in the Senate, its passage in
the House would be morally certain.
AUGUSTS GEO..
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1847.
(CTThe paper mail due last evening failed
from offices North of Washington City.
Enter from Euiope.
We understand that letters were received
in this city yesterday from Savannah, which
state that the Br. ship Aberdeen, from Liv
pool, whence she sailed on the Bth December,
had arrived at that port. All the commer
cial information we could gather was that
there was a good demand in the Liverpool
market for Cotton at |<J. advance on the pre
vious rates.
The Tariff of IN-IT.
A strong effort is being made by the Whig
party to take advantage of the present wants
of the Treasury, to impose upon the Ameri
| can people the tariff of 1842, as a means of j
| supplying money more freely for the exi
-1 gencies of a stale of war. The restoration j
! of that iniquitous act which was rejected
| with scorn and loathing by the people is the :
avowed wish and object of many leaders ,
Whig, and Whig journals. An increase of
duties on the basis of the present tariff with
a view to an increase of revenue will not, it
seems, answer their purpose. They have i
caught up the cry of their great leader Dan- j
iel Webster, of Restoration ! Restoration !! j
which when first uttered after the adjourn- !
ment of the last session was very faintly 1
echoed by any portion of the people, and was
soon suppressed by the manufacturers them
selves. It now begins so be revived. We
i cannot conceive why that identical bill should
I J
be so much desired. The object cannot be
a patriotic desire to relieve the wants of the
Treasury. For the working of the new bill
bids fair to demonstrate that it will yield as
i much or more revenue than the bill of 1842.
; Is it because the new bill is ruining- the i
I ®
j manufacturers? That cannot be. For never
was the panic cry of Ruin! more signally
refuted and rebuked by the result. The
manufacturing business is thriving, and new
mills are constantly goingjup.
If then it he neither to increase the rev
k enus nor to rescue the manufacturers from
ruin , why should this bill be pressed again
upon the people in preference to one better
| adapted to accomplish the object in view—
I increased revenue? It mirst be either to gain
1
J a factious triumph over political opponents,
or for the not less reprehensible object of
swelling the profits of the already prosperous
manufacturers.
The people of this country will never sub
mit again to a system of prohibitory duties
and minimums,and other frauds upon them
imposed under the sanction of law, for the
benefit Os the pampered beneficiaries of the
government. The times are past for that
sort of legislative jugglery. Henceforth any
changes rn our revenue laws must be for
the purpose of revenue, not protection.
The Aiignsta. MTaiiufaelnring Company.
The Commissioners appointed by the Le
gislature for that purpose, open books of
subscription for shares in the above company,
on Wednesday, the 27th inst. at the office of
the Canal Commissioners,- Cn Mclntosh-st.
We invite special attention to their adver
tisement.
The books will be open three days, from
10 to 2 o’clock. We hope our citizens
who intend uniting in this enferprize, will
step promptly forward on the first day and
subscribe for what they want. It is in
many respects desirable that they should
not delay till the last day. “To hasten
slowly” is not always the best policy, parti
cularly in the outset on an enterprize which
needs, as in this case, nothing but prompt
ness, energy and public spirit, to insure suc
cess. The subscribers will by this course,
not only prove themselves benefactors of the
city, but derive benefit to themselves by be
coming owners of stock that must in time
pay large dividends.
OTn our publication of the Report of the
Finance Committee in our last paper, an
error occurred by an extra figure (8) find
ing a place where it, did not belong. It made
a difference in the amount in the State
Treasury applicable to the debt due Reid,
Irving &. Co. only of $530,000.
The sentence in which it occurs, as cor
rected, will read thus;
“The means in the Treasury still applicable
to the reduction of the debt of Reid, Irving &
Co. amount to at least $50,000 —so that it
will shortly be reduced to $72,084,27.”
The Revenue.
The receipts at the New York Custom House
during the month of December, 1846, amounted
to $1,152,403
Os which there were in Treasury
notes, $149,078
In December, 1845, the receipts were $1,070,466
The Supreme Court.
This Court, which we noticed as being in
session at Savannah, adjourned on the 15th
inst. We find in the Republican several de
cisions, which we will publish in our next.
The Theatre.
The inclemency of the weather di 1 not
prevent the attendance of a good house to
greet Mr. Forbes’dramatic corps on their
debut last evening. This is an earnest ol
full houses for the remainder of their short
stay with us. The public will recognize on
the bills some old favorites, and in addition
some names that are new and attractive.
Among them is the distinguished Mr. H.
Placide, better known to fame as Harry Fla
cide, who makes his bow, for the first time,
to an Augusta audience this evening. His
favorite character of Grandfather \V hitehead,
has won for him the applause of the most
discriminating audiences of this country. In
it he has no equal.
Last evening Mr. Oxley performed Duke
Aranza in the Honey Moon, in place of Mr. j
Forbes who after arriving here, was com
pelled unexpectedly to hasten to Charleston,
He will make his bow to his old friends and
admirers in Augusta, this evening in the
character of Bob Lincoln.
We were not present at the performances .
last evening, but were fold that the audience :
were well pleased, gave the performers a
warm greeting, and that every thing went
off satisfactorily to all concerned.
Now Booki.
We have from .Mr. Thomas Richards,
Letters on Astronomy, with numerous en
gravings, by Professor Olmsted, ot \ ale
College.
These letters are addressed to a lady, ami
in them the elements of Astronomical science
are familiarly explained, in connection who 1
its literary history. We have found time to
read the descriptions this work contains of !
some of the remarkable phenomena of the
heavens, and have derived from them both j
entertainment and instruction. They are
given with great simplicity and clearness.
We have received also from the same,
Hutton’s Book of Nature. Its delineations
of nature, are in a style familiar and compre
hensive, and set forth happily to the youth
ful mind, the wisdom, power and bounty of
the Creator, in the structure, uses and rela- ’
tions of the various objects of the animate j
and inanimate world,
j Also, Pictures of Early Life, by Mrs. Em
bury.
Also. Leila, or the Seige of Granada, by
Sir E. Bulwer Lytton. A cheap pocket edi
tion.
From Jlrxico.
The New Orleans Picayune, of the 11th
inst., confirms the rumor noticed in our last, j
of Santa Anna having been elected Presi- |
dent of Mexico. The information was com- ;
municated to that paper by a correspondent
in the United States squadron, and we gath
er the following items from it:
Santa Anna has been elected President,
and Gomez Farias Vice-President of-Mexico,
by the Congress now in session. These two
leading men in Mexico have been dissevered
in their personal and political relations for i
many years. J arias has been regarded as j
an intelligent and thorough-paced republican)
while Santa Anna has been playing the des
pot or any game which he thought would
win him the supremacy of Mexico.
I The civil dissensiohs in Yucatan have
been accommodated. Campeachy and Meri
da have compromised their difficulties, and
both arc now united in the support of the Go
vernment of Mexico, and tiie prosecution of |
f !
the war. Nothing but interest has operated i
to neutralize for a moment tlie position of j
Campeachy towards the United States. The !
blockading squadron having cut off the com
merce of Campeachy with this country, upon
which she depended for all her moneyed re
sources, induced the proposition to suspend
hostilities Against Campeachy, and the des
patch of a military force to compel the ac
quiescence of Merida in the proposition to es
tablish an indepent government.
According to the views expressed by this
correspondent, “there no indication, that
the peace propositions of the United States
will receive any favorable consideration.
Some of the Mexican papers ascribe the |
war now in progress, to the intrigues of Mr.
Poinsett. The feelings engendered in the
bosoms of a certain party in Mexico against
this distinguished statesman have not been as
suaged by time, nor forgotten amidst all their ;
civil dissentions.
Important Naval Preparation* !
The New Orleans Picayune of the I3th
inst. says—“We are enabled to state, from
sure authority, that orders were issued from
the Navy Department, on the 4th inst., for
the purchase of four brigs or schooners , to be
converted into bomb vessels, to carry each a
gun ten feet in length and ten inch calibre.
They are to be from 250 to 300 tons burthen.
The purchase is to be made without delay
and the necessary alterations and arrange
ments to be effected with the utmost des
patch. The destination of those vessels is
evident enough. A ship of 500 tons is to be
procured, right away, to carry stores and
munitions for the use of these bomb vessels.
Two steamers, the Bangor and Aurora, have
been purchased, and will sail for the Gulf,
under the names of the Scourge and Scor
pion, as soon as some alterations are made
in them. Events of great moment are brew
ing.”
Arkansas Election.
The New Orleans Picayune of the I3th
inst, says—“We learned verbally yesterday,
that Mr. Paschall, Democrat, has been re
turned to Congress from Arkansas.” We
see it slated in other papers, that Mr. New
ton, (Whig) has been elected.
ttjTMr. H. Cox has been appointed inter
preter to Gen. Scott, and left for Brazos on
the 9th inst. He is represented as a capable
translator.
Arrival of the
We learn from the Norfolk Herald of the
I3th inst. that the U. S. gleam frigate Missis
sippi, Commander 11. A. Adams, bearing the
broad pennant of Com. M. C. Perry, arrived
at Norfolk that day, and proceeded immediate
ly to the Navy yard.
She left Anton Lizardo on the 23th of De
cember, and touched at Havana for coal and
water.
The Raritan, Princeton and store-ship
Relief, were ut Anton Lizardo when the Mis
sissippi sailed. The John Adams was block
ading Vera Cruz.
On the 20th December, commodore Perry,
with the Mississippi, Vixen, Bonita and
Petrel, took possession of Laguna and des
troyed the guns and munitions of war found
iu the forts and town. Com. Sands, with
the Vixen and Petrel, was left in charge of
the place, and the Bonita to assist in holding
Fronton and the mouth of the Tobasco river-
Off Alvarado, the Mississippi captured
the Mexican schooner Amahs, and sent her
to New Orleans for adjudication. At the same
time she detained the Spanish schooner Isa
bel, which was released after examination by
commodore Connor.
The Mississippi will return to the Gulf of
Mexico as soon as some necessary repairs are
done to her machinery.
The Mississippi brings information that
Santa Anna was declared by Congress to be
duly elected President of the Mexican Re
public.
HITMr. Webster, it is said, will make a
tour through the Southern States, immedi
ate!, 7 after the adjournment of Congress. Ho
I has had this visit in contemplation for several
ycarSj but though urged hy his friends in
various parts, hasmever before been able to
gratify their wishes.
O’The meeting at Mobile, on the 11th
iasf., to take into consideration the construc
tion of a Railroad !o unite the Ohio River
with the Gulf of Mexico, is represented to
have been very large and respectable. Gen.
i R. Desha was appointed President, Jonathan
| Emanuel, A, W. Gordon, Jeremiah Anstill,
M. D. J. Baldwyn and Sidney Smith, Vice
Presidents, and W. McCoy, Percy Walker
and Henry Myers, Secretaries, Messrs, P.
Phillips, S. G. Fisher and G. N. Fisher ad
dressed the meeting, arguing the feasibility
of the project. A committee of fifty, in ad
dition to the President and \ ice Presidents,
is to he appointed by the chair, to report to a
! subsequent meeting such matter as may bo
i deemed proper for action.
uJ“The damage occasioned by the recent
freshets in the Scioto, Miami and Mad rivers
(Ohio) is set down at about two millions of
dollars. Over one million of bushels of com
i have been swept from the Scioto Valley alone.
| The whole country was inundated.
IVraltii of ilo.-aon.
The following is the Assessors valuation
of real and personal estate in Boston, for the
years 1845 and 184 G. It shows a large in
| crease in both items:
1815. 1810. Increase.
Real Estate $31,991,400 90,1 19,G00 8,128,200
Personal du. ' 53,957,3 0 58,720,1)00 4.702.700
$135,918,700 148,839,600 12,890,900'
BTThe remains of Capt. Holmes reached
Montgomery on the 12f,h inst. and left by tho
cars next morning, A national salute was
j fired when the cars were starting.
(LTCoI. Whig, has boon elected
j Speaker of tho House of l?cpresenfat ives of
! Louisiana. The Picayune of the 12ih inst.
I remarks—“'Flic election was not strictly a
| party one, as several democrats voted for tho
Colonel. He is a gentleman of much parlia
mentary experience, of great suavity ot man
ners, ami will, without doubt, make an able
| ami efficient Speaker.”
'[From the N. O. Evening Mercury, \^Lh
L:ilr front Ihe
The schooner Louisiana, Capt. Eddy which
! arrived this morning from Havana, reports
I t,j ie arrival there of the U. S. steamer Mis
; sissippi, with Commodore Perry on board, on.
j the 4lh inst. By this arrival, we learn some
i particulars in relation to the movement in
| Southern Mexico and \ ucatan, in addition,
to the news brought by tire prize schooner
I Amalio.
The Campeachians were marching for
Merida with an army of 3000 men, and there
was no doubt, that Merida would he compell
ed to submit to the declaration of Campeachy
in favor of the independence of Yucatan,
j 'i’be government of Guatamala was claim
! ing territory as far North as 1 abasco, which,
would include the btate of Chiapas, South as
far as the Isthmus of Darien, and had sent
4000 troops under Gcu. Carerro to occupy
the Mexican territory claimed.
We are indebted to Captain Eddy for tho
above information, vvno obtained it from the
j officers of the M ississippi.
I Senur Arago, who was sent to 1 lavana with
| letters of marque, and blank commissions, ha
well as naturalization papers, was unable to
dispose of them. He offered to furnish the
British steamer Arab with them, but the cap
, tain declined the offer.
[From the .V. O. Picayune , 13/Zi ircs'.j
From Galveston.
The steamship Palmetto. Capt. Smith ar
rived yesterday from Ga'veston, and by her
we have received papers from that city to tho
9)h inst., but no papers from the interior.
The brig Gerhard Hermann, Capt. Entholt,
from Bremen, was wrecked near the west end
of Galveston Island, on the 3Uth u!t. She had
on board 109 German emigrants, of whom lUU
only were saved. Some of those lost perished
from exposure and some were drowned. 1 be
i captain was drowned in his own cabin. The
vessel drifted to the westward ofbia reckon
ing, and he went ashore in a heavy night,
totally ignorant ot his true position. 'J bo
scene of distress which ensued among the
emigrants is described as having been ap
palling. Various men, pilots and masters of
vessels, distinguished themselves in saving
the sufferers. Most of them were miserably
poor, and the corporation and citizens of Gal
veston were earnestly called upon to extend
succor, and were responding with great liu->
inanity. The brig was a total loss.