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BY G. W. PATTEN, U. S. A.
A nong went up at close of day,
j-'rom the shining land where tlie gold m.nes lay;
Strangely the while, ’mid citrons ripe,
Clistened llie flag cf the stars and stripes.
There were foreign hands in I hat sunset light,
Lying at ease by their falchions bright,
Ami they lified Ihe i r heads the vines among,
At the thrilling sound of their native longue.
*Tis glorious—Oh ! ’tU glorious,
(Glad voices swell the Jay,)
They lag amid the citron trees !
And the trumps that wake the day !
The lances bathed in liquid light—
Ami the steeds that sweep the plain—
*Tts g'orious—O! his glorious!
On! to the charge again.
Eat his lonely—Oh ! his lonely !
(A voice desponding sighed,)
That we should leave the peaceful hearth
For the battle’s storming tide ;
That we should change for language strange,
Fond words we understand—
*Tis lonely—Oh ! his lonely—
This march through foreigh land.
Nay! glorious—Oh ! his glorious!
(kang that exulting cry,)
To ra irk the fl rating of the stripes
Aid the battle sky;
Ee-'ide the eagle's glittering crest,
To watch its proud career,
Ami with an arm above the rest
To strike hnid shout and cheer,
'Tis lonely, oh! his lonely—
(Still sighed that yearning heart.)
All day we hear the roll which tells
How human hopes tLp.»rt;
Lo! cross itis hands upon the breast,
Which heat like yours for fame.
And bears him lo his place of rtit,
A grave without a name!
And the song was hushed on the evening breeze.
And the day grew dim thro’ the plantain trees.
And the brows that were lit by the sunset West,
On their palm leaf pillows droop’d down in rest;
Some to recall their native sky—
Some to dream of—victory.
( From the Washington Union.]
A Brilliant Affair of our Gallant Aary.
“ tlnthusiasm is the word! '
. An article appeared recently in the news
papers of the United Slates, giving the Mexi
can account of the operations of lite sloop
Cyane, at Guaytnas, and representing that
Hie attack was repelled, and the assilants
jnglorionslv driven off. We have been fur
nished by a friend in New York, so whom it
was addressed, with the following account of
the visit of tlie Cyane to that port, which,
though not official, is believed to be correct.
The affair resulted in the successful ac
complishment of Commander Du Pout’s ob
ject, and the details exhibit renewed proof
that the spirit which has, in times past, cov
ered the navy with honor, still exists, and
will display itself whenever an opportunity
presents itself.
The official despatches may be daily ex
pected.
An account of the bombardment of Guaymas, ;
and the cutting nut of the Mexican brig
Condor, from under the artillery and mas- I
ketry of the enemy , by the United Slates sloop- j
nf-war Cyane , Commander S. F. Du Pont. \
07. 7 1846, by an officer on board.
“We hid been cruising in the Gulf of
California about three weeks, and had visited
La Faz, Dorelto, and Mulage, on the Pen
insula side of the gulf, to establish and give
notice of oar blockade, and we wore also in
pursuit of two Mexican gun-boats. We went
into the harbor of Guaymas, situated in the
province of Sonora, on the east side of the
gulf, in latitude 28 degrees north, on Monday
October 6, 1846, and came to anchor in the ;
same harbor at 3 o’clock, p. m. distant from ;
the town about one mile. We soon discovered j
the two gun-boats, both dismantled, their
guns landed, and one boat already hauled up
in front of the town, the other they were I
actively engaged in hauling up near the first. I
“They were also dismantling and discharg- ;
jug the brig Condor, which was hauled close \
in. No attention was paid by us to these '
doings. A large concourse of the citizens, |
and a strong array of soldiery were assem
bled upon a hill, situated in the front and
central part of the town, near the flag-staff,
to witness our arrival, and the fight likely lo
come off. bv their intended resistance to our
landing. Just before sundown, we sent an
unarmed boat on board the neutral vessels
in the harbor, so give the notice of blockade.
A short lime after the return ofoiir boat, we
had a visit from a captain of one oft he neutral
ves?els. who informed Captain Dn Pont, that
the authorities on shore were anxious lo
communicate; that they had a strong military
force on shore—the Sinoloa battalion dis
tinguished for good discipline and bravery
had arrived only the day before—and that
they had 500 men under arms, breathing
defiance; that they had compelled our consul
to leave the place some days previous ; (a |
role was received from the consul through
one of tlie neutral vessels, dated at. the time
he left, saying that he had left an agent and
requesting that note betaken of his signa
ture;) and that after we hove in sight they
determined to haul up and dismantle the gun
boats; and that I hey had that morning re
ceived letters and newspapers from the city
of Mexico, and gave us as items of news that
Gen. Taylor’s army was increased to 18,000, i
and that Col. Kearney’s force, numbering
3,500, was marching south from Santa Fe.
On the morning of the 6th, about 9 ’clock.
Captain Du Pont sent a communication, by
flag of truce, to the commanding officer on
shore, informing him of the forbearance that
had been extended toward the persons and
properly of the places we had visited in the
gulf—that they had all readily yielded to his
moderate demands, and concluded by request
ing the delivery lo him of lire two gun-boats
armed and equipped, and the registers of the
vessels in the port. The Mexican com
mandant desired (and was given) three hours
to answer this communication. Within that
time a Mexican boat, bearing a flag of truce, !
came off with two officers, with the reply,
which was a refusal to comply with the
demand, as not comporting with their military
or national honor. in the course oT the
afternoon Captain Du Pont sent his ultima
tum, by flag of truce, that unless his demands
were complied with by 10 o’clock the next
day, he would take the Mexican vessels by
force, and that tlie military must evacuate
the town, or he would be obligad to fire upon
it. The officer that delivered this letter was
to have an interview with our agent,
which the military commander refused him.
The neutral vessels were directed to haul
out of the range of shot. We hoisted out
oar launch, and warped in nearer the town. {
i
“On the morning of the 7ih we hauled in
ptill nearer to the town, and as close as the
water would allow at high tide—low water
leaving us aground; our distance then being
to tf.e nearest point of the town 1.100 yards.
We sprung our starboard broadside upon the
town. At 8 o’clock a Mexican boat, with a
flag of truce, came off. bearing a Mexican of
ficer with a reply to Captain Du Pout’s last
communication; the reply was a peremptory j
refusal to comply with his terms, somewhat |
defying, with a sprinkling of gasconade. Ac- I
companying tlie officer who brought the re
ply were four persons, representing them
selves as neutral merchants residing in Guay- j
mas; they brought a letter from the Spanish i
consul introducing them to that effect; they j
desired that hostilities might not commence j
for three days to allow them time to remove 1
their effects. They stated that not a woman
or child remained in the place, and that 500
men were underarms. They admitted they j
had known of the war two months, and had j
been apprised of our visit four days. Captain I
Dn Pont shrewdly suspected that live object j
of these merchants was not simply personal,
as they were unaccompanied by our agent,
and did not bring a line from him. Subse
quent events strongly confirmed tlie suspi
cion; for they gave their assurance, when it
was urged that granting their requests would
give time to the enemy lo throw up batte
ries and receive reinforcements, that it was |
impossible for the forces on shore to receive ;
any increase during the time; yet, on the |
evening of the next day, three hundred armed I
Indians, mounted, rode into the place, they
being tlie advance of a body of seven hun
dred, that were to join them the next day.—
These Indians were armed by the Mexicans
and are subsidiary to them. Captain Du
Pont finally told them that he had been re
fused the courtesy of an interview Vvi'h the J
American ?.g°nt —that he had received a. de- !
Tying letter from the military commander—
tiiat all he could Jo under the circumstances
would be to extend his terms one hour, which
was tlie time they had lost on board. 1 hey
shoved off a few minutes after 9 o’clock; their
boat had been on shore only a few minutes,
i and before 10 o’clock both the gun-boats were
! discovered with the Mexican flag living and
on fire, which was seen with regret,although
we all anticipated hot work in l i ving hold of
them. We at once fired two Paixhans at |
them, which dispersed those that were firing ;
them. It was soon evident that they were
thoroughly fired, and we considered so much
of our work as done—work, too, which we
thought hazardous; as the gnn-boals were
hauled well up, and the shore was lined with
buildings and walls that gave protection to
their men, and within fifty yards of them; be
sides we could see that they had prepared en
trenchments to cover them, and had also the
two guns taken from the gun-boats, and sev
eral pieces of field ordnance. We elt they
had yielded to our ability to take them, which
was actually striking to seventy-five men—
the most that we could have landed; and with
these they could have come to a hand-and
hand conflict in two feet water. Our ship’s
company was very much reduced in number,
all our marine guard, with the lieutenant of
marines, having been left to garrison the
town of Los Angeles, Upper California. We
had officered ami manned the prize schooner
Julia with one lieutenant, one midshipman,
and twelve men, which, together with our
sick list, left our effective force greatly re
j duced.
“We now set manfully at onr remaining
! work, which was to cut out. the only Mexi-
I ran vessel lying in the harbor, (the neutrals
had hauled out, as they were directed ) This
was tlie brig ‘Condor,’ anchored within pis
tol-shot of the town, and within slioit musket
range of their troops concentrated behind the
bill I have before mentioned. iSiie evidently
was not burned when tlie gun-boats were, on
account of her being more completely cover
ed hv their combined force, lying in a cove so
far behind the hill that they could fire upon
her from their protected position without ex
| pn>ing themselves to the ship’s guns. Our
j launch, with her gun—a I*2 poundcarronade
j —mounted in her bows, and the third cutter,
were called away, with their crews armed
and equipped. Lieut. G. W. Harrison in
; command of the expedition in the launch,
; with Midshipman 11. N. Crahb and Acting
' Boatswain James Collins. The third cutter,
I with Lieut. Edward Higgins and Midship
i man R. F. R. Lewis, with some extra small
arm men, shoved off at half-past eleven. —
Lving on their oars a few minutes, along
side, they were addressed by Capl. Du Font
in a few pertinent remarks, setting forth the
necessity of liis sending them upon so ha
zardous an expedition, wishing them to show
the enemy, by the manner of bringing out. the
brig, from her more exposed position, how
they would have handled the gun-boats. The
officers and men in the boats—envied by all
on board, for such was the enthusiasm, that
every man was disappointed that was not se
lected for the expedition—gave way, and
pulled directly for the brig. We at once
opened the fire from the ship upon the town
with round and shell shot, concent rating the
fire upon the government buildings, which,
fortunately, formed a space between this hi!!,
behind which the military lay, and where the
I Condor was lying. Our fire had the effect
to make the troops withdraw a little to find
greater security behind the highest part of
the hill; we soon saw that our shot and shells
were doing tearful execution by the holes in
the walls of the houses. As the enemy did
not onen upon our boats immediately, our fire
was slackened for fear that our shells might
I burst before reaching the shore, and do in-
I jury to our own people.
i “When onr boats boarded the Condor, the
i enemy, with three cheers, opened upon them
with volleys of musketry and an 18-poumler
charged with grape and round shot, and a
culverine situated within musket range of
them. Our fire from the ship was at once
fiercely resumed and so well directed, that it
prevented the enemy from approaching the
Condor, confining them behind the hill, as the
whole space was swept by our shot and
shells. Their fire was also warmly returned
by ouf launch’s gun and the small-armed men
drawn up on the deck of tlie brig. Her cable,
| though of iron, was soon cut with an axe,
and our men were cheerily upon the hawser,
1 runningPo tlie kedge anchor, which they had
dropped as they approached the brig, with
‘off she goes and off she must go.’ In the
mean lime, the enemy’s fire became so hot,
that Lietenant Harrison ordered the brig to be
fired, fearing the boats might be disabled.—
This work was done under showers of balls,
as they were receiving the fire of at least five
hundred muskets. When she was warped
; up to tlie kedge, she was taken in tow by the
boafs; it was at this moment that the enemy
j iiad some exultation, seeing the boats pull
ing away from tlie brig; and not observing
the liaw'ser which was slack, they thought
the boats were beaten off, but they soon saw
the hawser lighten, and the brig follow the
j boats; the lit cutter was sent to assist in
towing, in charge of Acting Muster J. F.
i Stenson. The brig was soon out of range of
itie enemy’s musketry, the fPe was far igni
ted, she was towed to leeward of us, and the
boats cast < fi"; we ceased firing, our officers
and men were joyously received—not a man
was injured, which ‘•cemod miraculous — .
the brig’s sides, and masts were full of shot,
and one of our launch’s oars was broken by a
; grape si of, the only injury done us. If seems
! quite as strained and fabulous to me, an eye
witness, when written, as it must to yon, i
s that two boats, with about fifty men, should i
be exposed to so great a fire for from twenty
I to thirty minutes, without sustaining injury;
hut sucli is the whole truth. I believe you
j may search naval records in vain for a better
i planned or more completely executed expedi
tion. Its entire success without loss is the
highest evidence of its just conception and
its gallant execution. The spirit that light
rd the fires at Tripoli is still alive in our navy.
I The old spirit is not buried, but raised up.
‘•lt must be recollected this cutting out
i was made at mid-day, and previous notice
given. The truth is, the enemy did not
| open their fire upon our boats until they board •
ed the brig, when, with three cheers , they
opened upon them, believing that they
every man bagged that was in reach of
their shot. There can be no doubt they
felt that they had them trapped, from their
1 exultation. Never did a set of men behave
| better than ours did.
| ‘-The Spanish consul’s letters, received in
I the morning', being unanswered, Cupt. Du ,
Pont now replied to him, saying that he
would not open his fire again, un'ess some
offensive act was committed, that the inha
bitants might return to the town and resume
(heir avocations, that he had accomplished
all that lie had come for, and would leave
soon; and showed, moreover, to the Mexican
commander, by the cutting out of the Condor
I within pistol shot of his barrack, that his pre
vious forbearance had arisen from motives of
humanity and a desire to protect the proper
tv of neutrals. '1 his letter was sent on shore !
by a boat from a neutral vessel.
‘We have not been able to learn, with any !
reliability, what damage or lossihe enemy
sustained.
‘ “A captain of a neutral vessel informed ns
i that the enemy had expressed themselves
I contiifenly that they cou'd beat off any force
' that might attempt to cut out the Condor,
and that our lire had been most destructive
to the buildings; that it was most fortunate
ly directed to cover our boats; that one ofotir
Paixhan shells had exploded in the inside of
a house and turned it inside out, and that so
| great was the force of our 32-pound shut,that j
| one find gone through five house walls, and j
! buried itself in thesi.xth; and that six persons
i were wounded. As far as he could ascertain,
j none were kiilied. This per.-on was on
! shore during the bombardment, as all inter-
I course between the shore and all vessels'
I was interdicted, we could learn nothing satis.
fu*l<Tily. It was repor ed by neutral sailors
! that a number of the enemy were killed.
‘•On the Bth, we hauled out, hoisted in our
! boats, and prepared for sea; towards evening ;
we saw a large body of mounted men enter
the town —they were received with the beat
ing of drums* and blowing of trumpets. —
i These were the three hundred mounted lu
| dians; the assurances of the neutral rncr-
I chants that the enemy had no further resources
| nor could he receive any reinforcement lor
S three davs, to the contrary notwithstanding.
‘■On the morning of the 9th. wc lc!t the
| harbor without any demonstration upon the
purl of the enemy.”
\ Correspondence of th? Baltimore Patriot.]
tor Magnetic I clejrapii.
W a-iiington, Feb. 8, 1847. j
IN SENATE.
Petitions and memorials were presented,
j The bills from the House relative to the
| Military Academy, and providing for the pay*
ment of the interest on the public debt, were
! passed.
The ten regiment bill still remains with the
Mili ary Committee, to whom it was recom
mitted.
The three million bill was taken up, after
the otiier morning proceedings were through,
and Mr. Morehead delivered an able and
eloquent speech against the scheme.
Mr. Calhoun next took the floor, and the
j bill was hud aside until 10-mormw.
Mr. Dix from the conference committee on
| the disagreement of the two houses, in re
gard to the amendments to the ten regiment
bill, reported that the committee had come to
an agreement, which he announced.
It yielded the power to the President (onp
point officers during the recess ot Congress,
find therefore the Senate non-roncurred with
the report, and ordered the subject to be sent
to the House.
On motion, the Senate adjourned.
110 USE OP pnBsKNTATIVES.
The proceedings of the House this morning
opened with a very exciting scene in which
Mr. Douglass, of Illinois, and Mr. Kennedy,
of Indiana were the principal actors,
Mr. Douglass first rose and called attention
to the report in the Union of the proceedings
in the House, on Saturday, whilst Mr. Went
worth was endeavoring In make an explana
tion, <Lc. Mr. D. said the report was
untrue, and he offered a resolution to expel
the reporter of the Union.
Mr. Kennedy defended the report;—said
his account was true, and if there was blame
to be attached any where it was to the House,
not to the reporter.
Mr. Douglass rejoined, and said if the re
port was corret, then those members who
had made the interruption and ejaculations
noted in the Union, bad disgraced them
selves!
Mr. Kennedy took fire at this, for be bad
made the ejaculations denounced. He said
if Mr. Douglass wanted to change the object
of bis attack from the reporter tobim (Mr. K)
let him do it; bo (Mr. K ) “was ready.”
Mr. Wilmot here got ibe floor, and made
a pretty strong speech. ’ He said be would
j neither condemn nor applaud the course of
Mr. Wentworth, but went on to severely
condemn and denounce the reporter, whom
lie was understood to charge with having
made gratiilions declarations against Mr.
Wentworth, in the report in qnesUon.
Mr. Broadhead, for the purpose of stop
ping debate, moved the previous question.
Mr. Drnmg Oole moved to lay on the table
the resolution to expel I lie reporter of the
Union. Lost —ayes 84, noes 99.
Mr. Douglas moved to refer the whole
subject to a select committee, with instruc
tions to inquire into the conduct of the Union
and other reporters. Carried—yeas 128, nays
64.
Mr. Bayly moved to add an additional
instruction, which was laid on the table—
yeas 104, nays 74.
The special order of the day, the three
mi lion bill was then taken up (Mr. Norris
in the chair.)
Mr. C. J. Ingersoll spoke at length in
favor of the b 1 and against the Proviso ,
which, he said, it was understood his collea- I
gnc(\!r. Wilmot) intended to offer. He 1
contended that it was mischievous and wick
ed to advocate this Proviso and agitate the
slavery question!
Mr. Wilmot followed and submitted and
advocated with great zeal and warmth of j
manner hi.s celebrated proviso to restrict j
slavery in all territory that may be acquired !
of Mexico.
Mr. Strong and Mr. C.hiprnan each spoke
against the Wilmot proviso.
Mr. Cobb next took the floor, when tlic
committee rose, and the House adjourned.
AUGUSTA. GEO..
FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12,1847.
Relief for frclaud.
We trust that the appeal made, in this day’s pa
per, by our correspondent, “A Native Georgian,”
in behalf of our sufferin'* fellow creatures in Ire
land , will not be in vain. We would not do our
community the injusiice to doubt its warm and
generous response. Such a heart-rending appeal
to the charities and sympathy of llie world as the
condition of Ireland now presents, is wholly mi- }
paralleled in the history of modern limes.
In ibis our happy country, we revel amidst the
bounties of a hind Providence. Death from star
vation is wholly unknown "and impossible in this
land of plenty. Let not prosperity nuke us cal- ;
lons. Let ns bear in mind, in the midst of our j
abundance, that millions of our fellow beings are
literally w rithing under the pangs offamine. Many
have already died from that horrible cause.— :
Thousands and hundreds of thousands are de- j
pendent for their rescue from the same fate upon I
the aid they must receive from other countries.
Poor Ireland is wholly inadequate for her own
salvation. Her resources are well nigh exhausted.
All that every civilized land can do for her will
not be more than sufficient fur the exigency. Let
tts not in Georgia lie backward in the generous .
competition of charity. The Irish are a people
challenging our warmest sympathy and admira
tion. They are as brave and have been as aspir
ing, though less fortunate than us. They have
often struck for liberty, and have longed to enjoy
the same noble boon of self government w hich our ;
forefathers won forus. Their liberties have been ;
cloven down beneath the sword of the conqueror, I
on many a disastrous field. But it is a land of
brave and warm hearts and generous natures.
Let us come forward in a kindred spirit to contri
bute our mite in her extremity.
We are pleased that the move is made by “A {
Native Georgian.” We hear of several persons !
ready to come forward and contribute handsomely
as soon as a Committee is organized to receive the
donations. We hear of one ready to contribute
SSOO. Another 500 bushels corn.
The natives of Ireland, who have found a hap- |
py home among us, w ill not be behind the Native j
Georgians in this work of mercy.
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Whig Sympathy lor CJcu. Taylor.
Wc 1 imnv not on what lair grounds Iho ;
Whig press can aspire to be the peculiar and
sole guardians of the military reputation cl |
General Taylor. The fame he has acquired :
certainly is not the peculiar property of the \
Whigs, nor is he indebted to them,as a party, I
for any portion of it. They have not assisu
ed him in any way to win the first
for these have all been won in a war bitter
ly denounced by the Whigs, and stigmatized
as unjust and rapacious. Had their policy j
been adopted, Gen. 'Taylor would have pro- i
bably remained with his gallant troops in in- i
glorious repose at Corpus Christi, subjected i
to the jeers and ridicule of the gasconading
Mexicans. Coifld the policy advocated byia
large portion of that party be now enforced, !
our armies would now be recalled from the
fields of their fame and he compelled, in bitter ;
humiliation, to turn their backs upon the foe, |
to occupy a safe position within the United
IH1t? S •
But the Wiiig papers have become very
indignant, or affect to be so, at efforts which
they allege are made by the Administration
to bring Gen. Taylor into disrepute. They
are constantly conjuring up some dire con
spiracy against the hero of the Rio Grande,
and when it is “ bodied forth ” with apt and
plausible words to give it the appearance ot
reality, sundry indignation editorials are ful
minated with a view to getting up a sympa
thetic excitement among the people. But
the trick is very transparent. “It is all
sound and fury, signifying nothing.” It is
a bold bare faced effort to make poliiical
j capital against the Democratic party, and as
such it will be viewed by the Democrats.
If the Whigs can be fooled by if, they are
welcome. But sensible people of either par
ly can see and understand it.
'The last conspiracy in the order of time
is the publication of an order contained in !
the army regulations,which forbids the writ- 1
ing,in lime of war,by officers of the army, of
letters which disclose the plans of a campaign
and the operations of the army. The rea
son of such an order is apparent to the slight
est reflection. The order is right in itself.
We have seen no evidence adduced to show
that its intrinsic propriety was ever ques
tioned. It certainly was not promulgated in
the first instance to mortify or crusli Gen.
Taylor. This was in 1825, long before
even these Whig President makers ever
dreamed of him as an available candidate.
But its republicalion at this juncture is
charged as a stab at the military reputation
! of General Taylor. And why? Because
Gen. Taylor has had the misfortune to have
a very indiscreet friend,to whom he wrote a
long letter giving details of army operations
and plans, which it is conceded by the most
intelligent minds should not have been made
public, and that indiscreet friend has pub
lished it. No candid man will deny such
an order should exist and be enforced in a
time of war. This very letter demonstrates
its propriety. The President has therefore
done no more than his sworn duty in insist
ing on its observance. When an Executive
does his duty, the motives of any man im
puting improper motives to him, will of
course be subject to suspicion. That Gen.
Taylor’s letter is obnoxious to this order, is
not the fault of the President or of those
who framed it in 1825. We have yet to
learn too, that any military man, however
glorious may be h i achievements, arid how
ever endeared lo the popular hear?, is to be
elevated above I lie laws, or the constituted
authorities of the land. lie is presumed to
be amenable to them as fully as the humblest
citizen. In the present case, the true object
of censure is the individual who published
the letter. We do not for a moment believe
it was written for publication.
But this affiir of the letter is not the only
in-lance in which a plot has seemed to be
betrayed against the fame and popularity of
General Taylor. From the time he look
command of the army on the Rio Grande to
the present, horrid phantoms of black in
l trigue, and diabolical injustice have been
conjured up, and pourtrayed with all due
coloring and flaming exaggeration, ilis be
ing placed in the separate and untrammelled
command in the first instance, was certainly
no evidence of ill will towards him. Then the
would-be makers of political capital assert
ed that lie was placed there to be cut oIT. But
it turns out that he was given unlimited dis
cretion to call on all the Southern and West
ern States for any amount of force lie might
desire and should find needful for his sup
port. That idea then, was exploded and
laughed at. Well, be fought out his diffi
culties, and won two glorious battles. So
far the President had done him no injury.
Then it was alleged that -a batch of Major
and Brigadier Generals was prepared by the
President, and created by tiie Democrats, to
oiej'slaugh General Taylor. Bui this phan
tom had hardly time to take a tangible form,
when lo! the President, at the first opporlu- j
nity, appoints General Taylor, full Major j
General. He is then given the entire com- |
mand of the whole army of regulars and
volunteers, and the conduct of the war, in
a great degree, loft to his discretion.
But, after the exploits of Monterey, and
its capitulation, another effort is made lo get |
np a charge of conspiracy against him, and
it is founded on the fact that the Administra.
tion did not approve of the terms of that
capitulation. Is it not notorious that public
opinion, without distinction «f party, was very
much divided on this question? It was a sub
ject of universal discussion whether the
term? were not 100 lenient.
Gen. T’s. letter quotes t ho remark? of the
Secretary of War. giving the views of that
department and of the President, that they
i were too lenient, but in a most courteous
manner. There was nothing offensive. They
were very complimentary, and the Secretary
said that there might have been circnm?tan- i
ces which justified the departure from the |
! term? first proposed.
The late vote in the lower branch of Con
j gross on the resolution of thanks, is also
; quoted as evidence of a design to break down
i General Taylor. We understand that vote
I in favor of the proviso, as nothing more than
that those voting for it declined passing
an opinion in favor of the terms of capitula
tion granted to Ampudia. This was a dis
i puted point. All the facts connected with it
| are not yet before the public. A difference
! of opinion did exist and does exist on the
subject, and the House thought that the oc
| casion should not he made use of to convert
: a vote of thanks into an expression of ap
i probation of those terms.
If the Whigs can make anything more
I out of it, they can see farther through a
millstone than common folks.
The Whigs are famous for hobbies. They
have mounted Gen. Taylor as an available
one. but if lie be no politician, and not a
Whig, except that being a man of conserva
tive views lie leans naturally in favor of
that party, which is the account The National
j Intelligencer gives of him, he must he a lit
| t le disgusted ;it the perversion to pitiful par
ity schemes, the Whig politicians are making
j of ins name and his affairs. Gen. Taylor
j is not more sincerely admired and honored by
! any of his fellow citizens than by the Demn-
I crats, in place, and out of place. lie ha?
! done the country gallant service and shed
lustre on her arm?, and they are as grateful
for it, and as proud of his fame as the noisiest
of the demagogues that arc trying to use
him for political effect.
We do not suppose that the democrats, as
I a party, would he so suicidal as to attempt a
! crusade aguin?t Gen. Taylor. It would sink
j any party hopelessly and irretrievably, for
I people are generous as well as
just, and an attempt to persecute the time
worn vetran of three wars who has devoted
the best years of his life to his country’s ser
vice. would raise a storm of indignation which
would only be appeased by his elevation lo the
Presidential chair. This result would cer
tainly follow, and the democrats know that as
well as the whig*. They will not oblige the
whigs so far as to fall into the trap thus set
j to catch them.
Tire proviso to the resolutions we regret,
because we have never doubted that the
terms of the capitulation were discreetly and
properly granted. And we regret that those
j in Congress who thought differently did not
I express that opinion by an independent reso
lution. This would have been in belter taste
J
and would have saved them from miscon
struction. If we thought that the proviso
designed a covert blow to humiliate and dis
grace Gen. Taylor, we should be sorrv to see
a single man who voted for it, under any such
influences, sent ba ck by the people lo repre
sent them at Washington.
He itjt Dam ages.
Simon Cunhlfhas obtained a verdict with
SSOOO damages against the Mayor, &c. of
Albany, for injuries sustained by him in
August, 1840, when the bridge across the
basin at the foot of State street fell, causing
the death of some thirty citizens, and in
juring a great many others. The plaintiff
was on the bridge at the time, and by the fa I]
had h>s h»p broken.
Supreme Court.
The Macon Telegraph of the 9th inat. saya
—“The Supreme Court of the State of Geor*
gia, present Judges Nisbet, Warner and
Lumpkin, commenced its regular semi-an
nual session in that city yesterday. There
are, we understand, several cases involving
important principles of law, lo be disposed
off during its present session.”
The Sub-Trensurjr.
The Secretary ol the Treasury has issued
a circlar directing that on or before the first
of April next, the balances remaining in any
of tiie banks should be transferred in specie
or Treasury note?, and deposited with the
Treasurer of the United State?, the nearest
assistant treasure'r, treasurer of the mint, or
branch mint, as the case may be.
A«ti oiioaiical bucorery,
Sir W in. Hamilton, member oftlie Irish Royal
AcadeniV; announce* in the Dublin Evening
Post, an astronomical discovery of great impor
tance. He professes lo have discovered, aided by
mathematical calculations, the true centre of our
solar system, tbnl is to say, the point round which
the sun himself turns, and the planets which are
only bis satellites, bir illaiui states a’so, like
an ol server in Liverpoo 1 , and like some astro
nomers in New York, that the new planet of Lo
Verricr is surrounded by a luminous ring like
that of Saturn.
fj* The Ilev. Air. Seys, of the Methodist
Church, whose recent trial in New York created
some excitement, has been acquitted of the charge
made against him.
Kentucky Senatorial I£lection.
The 21-t and 22d ballot on I lie Ist inst.,
| resulted the same as those of the preceding
j Saturday, the same candidates being in
| nomination. After two unsuccessful ballots
they adjourned to Tuesday.
The New York Herald states that the dis
agreements which recently took place be
tween the American Minister at Rio de Ja
neiro and iheJßraziiian Government has been
satisfactorily adjusted, and in a manner high
ly honorable to both Governments.
John W. Yarborough, E?q., fonnely Ed -
for and Proprietor of the Hamburg Journal
died in Green comity, (Ala.) on the 19th up.
The cotton commission merchants of Mo
bile are at. issue with Judge Bragg. The
Judge has decided that warehou?e-keepers»
storing cotton consigned to commission-mer
chant?, have the right, whenever the name
maybe found damaged, to send it to a picke
ry and have the same pul in order, without
I the knowledge or consent oflhe commission,
house to whom the cotton is consigned, and
I * •
j for whom it is stored, and then make said
commission-house pay the expenses of the
same, whatever said expenses may be. The
commission-merchants contend that they
have always had and still shall retain, the
exclusive right of making their own arrange
ments and contracts about the repairing of
i their own cotton,
A Georgia Cotton diu for i£ii?sia.
The Madison Miscellany says —“We un
derstand ihal Messrs. Worship &, King, of
this country, have received an order from
the Russian Consul at Savannah, for one of
their superior Cotton Gins, which is to be
sent direct to the* Emperor of Russia.”
The New Orleans Bulletin is now printed
on paper, which the Editor states was manu
factured at the paper factory in that city,
owned by himselfand Mr. George May. The
factory was erected several years since at an
expense of SIOO,OOO, but has not been in
i operation for seven or eight years. The pa
per upon which the Bulletin is printed is a
very fair specimen for a first attempt, and an
improvement, which will make it equal lo
the paner imported from tiie North, is pro
mised, and no doubt will be made before long.
[COM MU N 1 CAT KD. j
To Jerries Gardner, Jr. Tsq :
Sir—l observe that public meeting? are
being held in many of the principal cities of
the United S’ates to alleviate, as far as pos
sible, the distress of the Irish people, which
is truly lamentable at this time; and feeling
confident that the citizens of Augusta, who
are always prompt to respond to the calls of
suffering humanity, would willingly assist in
such a work, I would suggest that a meet*
inguf the citizens be held at the City Hall
j at an carlv day, to adopt such measures as
they may deem best for the immediate relief
oflhal greatly distressed people.
A Native Georgia*.
Look out for C ounterfeit*.
i We have lately seen several counterfeit
> bills of the denominination of Twenty Dol
lars, purporting to be of the Bank of Charles
ton; some of these bills are good imitations of
* the genuine notes, and easily passed upon
‘ tiie unweary. Indeed we understand that in
L one or two instances they have been put
uporWhe Tellers of some of the Banks of
this Slate. The bills that we have seen are
’ nearly new. Though the vignette is indis
met the signatures are not very skilfully imi
-1 tated, and ihe paper inferior. We under
. stand that a great many ol these bills are in
, circulation in lire counties South West of
Macon.
From what we can learn, we think it pro
, bable that there is quite a number of itiner
. ant gentry engaged at this time in the very
, lucrative business of exchanging these spu
rious notes lor the bills of the Georgia Banks
—which they accomplish by sending a runner
ahead, representing some one or all of the
Georgia Banks as unsound, and these follow
ing in his wake, taking such advantage of
the public credulity as may be presented.—
The public would do well lobe upon their
guard against swindlers. —Macon Trle
i graph, 9//t inst.
George Washington.
1 The Montreal Courier, discussing a point
; of military etiquette, pays a passing compli
r men: to our country’s Father, which we ap
prec ate mure particularly from this source;
P “On that subject, I could cite the case of
Washington. He was a Lieutenant Colonel
I and Adjutant General of the State of Virginia.
His loyalty was not of the fanatfcmi kind