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GENERAL ORDERS, J WAR DEPARTMENT,
> Adjutant General’s Offick,
No. 4- i VV’ashiiigTon, Feb. IC, le4<.
I. The following act of Congress re
lating lo the military establishment of the
United Slates is published officially to the
army'.
“ AN ACT to raise, fora limited lime, an
additional military force, and for oilier
jmirposes.
Be it enacted hi/ the Senate and House
of Representatives of ike United Slates of
America in Congress assembled , That in
addition to the present military establish
ment of the United States, there shall be
raised and organized, under the direction
of the Presideht, for and during the war
with Mexico, one regiment of dragoons
and nine regiments of infantry, each to be
composed of the same number and rank
of commissioned and non commissioned
officers, buglers, musicians, and privates,
&c., as are provided for a regiment of
dragoons and infantry respectively, tin
der existing laws, and who shall receive |
the same pay, rations, and allowances,
according to their respective grades, and
be subject to the same regulations, and to
the rules and articles of war: Provided, j
That it shall be lawful for the President
of the United States alone lo appoint such
of the commissioned officers authorized
by this act below the grade of field offi
cers, as may not be appointed during the
present session : Provided, That one or
more of the regiments of infantry autho
rized to be raised by this section may, at
the discretion of the President, he organ
ized and equipped as voltigeurs, and as
foot riflemen, and be provided with a
rocket and mountain howitzer battery.
“Sec. 2. And he it further enacted ,
That, during the continuance of the war
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with Mexico, the term of enlistment of the
men to be recruited fertile regiments au
thorized by tins act, shall be during the
war, unless sooner discharged.
“Sec. 3 * And he it further enacted,
That the President of the United States
be, and he is hereby authorized, by and
with the advice and consent of tiie Senate,
to appoint one additional major to each of
the regiments ot dragoons, artillery, in
fantry, and riflemen, in the army of the
United Stales, who shall be taken from
the captains of the army.
“Sec. 4. And he it further enacted,
That to each of the regiments of dragoons,
artillery, infantry, and riflemen, there
shall be allowed a regimental quarter
master, to be taken from the subalterns
of the line, who shall be allowed ten dol- ,
lars additional pay per month, and forage .
fj r two horses.
“Sec. 5. And he it further enacted,
That the said officers, musicians, and pri- j
vales, authorized by ibis act, shall imme
diately be discharged from the service of
Ihe United Stales at the close of the war
with Mexico.
“Sec. 6. And he it further enacted,
That it shall and may be lawful for the
President of the United Slates, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate,
lo appoint one surgeon and two assistant
surgeons to each regiment raised under j
this act. |
“Sec. 7. And he it further enacted, j
That during the war with Mexico it shall
be lawful for the officers composing the
councils ot administration of the several
regiments constituting a brigade, cither j
regular or volunteer, in the service of the ,
United States, to employ some proper per- i
son to officiate as chaplain to such bri- !
gade, and the person so employed shall, j
upon the certificate of the commander of j
the brigade, receive for his services seven
hundred and fifty dollars, one ration, and
forage for one horse, per annum, provided I
that the chaplains now attached to the 1
regular army, and stationed at different
military posts may, at of
the Secretary of \Var, be required to re- ;
pair to the army in Mexico, whenever a
majority of the men at the post where
they arc respectively stationed shall have j
left them for service in the field; and
should any of said chaplains refuse or de- '
dine to do this, when ordered so to do by
the adjutant general, the office of such 1
chaplain shall be deemed vacant, and the i
pay and emoluments thereof be stopped, j
“Sec. 8. And he it further enacted,
That the President be, and he is hereby ;
authorized, by and with the advice and !
consent of the Senate, lo appoint two ad- I
dilional surgeons and twelve additional
assistant surgeons in the regular army of ,
the United States, subject to the provisions j
of an act entitled, “An act to increase and ;
regulate the pay of the surgeons and ss- I
sistant surgeons of the army,*’ approved ;
June 30, 1843; and that the officers whose
appointment is authorized by ibis section,
shall receive the pay and allowances of
officers of the same grades respectively;
and that the rank of the officers of the
medical department of the army shall be
arranged upon the same basis which at
present determines the amount of their
pay and emoluments: Provided, That
the medical officers shall not in virtue of j
such rank be entitled to command in the ;
line or other staff departments of the army. 1
Sec. 9. And he it further enacted, t
That each non commissioned officer, mu- j
sician, or private enlisted or lo be enlist- I
cd in the regular army, or regularly :
mustered in any volunteer company, for
a period of not less than twelve months, !
j who had served or may serve during the
1 present war wiih Mexico, and who shall
receive an honorable discharge, or wl*o
shall have been killed or died of wounds
received or sickness incurred in the course
of such service, or who shall have been
discharged before the expiration of his
term of service in consequence of wounds
received or sickness incurred in the ;
course ofsuch service, shad bo entitled
to receive a certificate or warrant from i
the War Department for the quantity of
one hundred and sixty acres, and which
may be located by the warrantee, or his
heirs at law, at any land office of the
United States, in one body, and in confor
mity to the legal subdivisions of the pub
lic lands, upon any of the public lands in
such district then subject to private j
entry; and upon the return of such cer
tificate or warrant, with evidence of the 1
location thereof having been legally I
made, to the General Land Office a pal- 1
ent shall he issued therefor. That in the J
event of the death ofany such non comrnis. ’
sioned officer, musician, or private dur* i
ing service, or after his discharge, and be
fore the issuing of a certificate or war
rant as aforesaid, the said certificate or
warrant shall he issued in flavor, and
I inure to the benefit, of bis family or re
latives, according to the following rules:
first, to the widow and lo his children;
second, his father; third, his mother.—
And in the event of his children being
minors, then the legally constituted guar
dian of such minor children shall, in con
junction with such of the childeru, if
| any, as may be of full age, upon being
duly authorized by the orphans’ or other
court having probate jurisdiction have
power lo sell, and dispose of such cerli
| ficate or warrant for the benefit of those
interested. And all sales, mortgages,
power, or other instruments of writing,
going to affect the title or claim to any
O O .
i such bounty right, made or executed
prior to the issue of such warrant or cer
tificate, shall be null and void to all in
tents and purposes whatsover, nor shall
such claim to bounty right be in anywise
affected by, or charged with or subject
to, the payment of any debt 'or claim in
curred by the soldier piior to the
issuing of such certificate or warrant:
Provided, That no land war rant issued
under the. provisions of this act shall be j
1 laid upon any lands of the United Stales j
to which there shall be a preemption
j right or upon which there shall be an ac- i
i tual settlement and cultivation: Provided \
i further: That every such non-commis
! sioned officer, musician, and private who
may be entitled, under the provisions of j
this act, to receive a certificate or war- i
rant for one hundred and sixty acres of |
land shall be allow ed the option to receive |
such certificate, or warrant, or a treasury j
scrip for one hundred dollars; and such !
scrip whenever it is preferred, shall be 1
1 issued by the Secretary of the Treasury |
; to such person or persons as would lie au--<
thorized to receive such certificates or j
warrants for lauds; said scrip lo bear an \
interest of six per cent, per annum, pay
; able semi-annually, redeemable at the
pleasure of the government. And that each j
! private, non-commissioned officer,and mu- j
! sician who shall have been received into !
i the service of the United .Stales, since the !
| commencement of the war with Mexico, |
for less than twelve months, and shall
i have served for such term or until liono
! rably discharged, shall he entitled to re
ceive a warrant for forty acres of land,
which may bo subject lo private entry,
or twenty five dollars in scrip if preferred;
i and in the e\ent of the death of such vo
| lunteer during his term of service, or af
i ter an honorable discharge, but before the
. passage of ibis act, then the warrant for
■ such land, or scrip, shall issue lo the
wife, child, or children, if there be any,
! and if none, then to the father, and if there
he no father, then to the mother of such I
j deceased volunteer: Provided, That noth- i
| ing contained in this section shall be con- ;
I strued to give bounty lands to such vo- |
i lunleers as w’ere accepted into service, !
. and discharged wkhout being marched
l to tiic seat of war.
“Sec. 10. And he it further enacted,
That it shall, and maybe lawful for the j
President, by and with the advice and con- !
j sent of the Senate, to appoint from the of- |
licersof the army four quartermasters of I
the rank of major, and ten assistant quar- '
) termasters with the rank of captain.
“Approved, February 11, 1817.”
11. 11 y the 6tli section of the act, each
non commissioned officer, musician, or
private now in service or who may here
j after be enlisted during the present war
with Mexico, and who shall receive an i
j honorable discharge either by expiration j
of liis term of enlistment, or for disability 1
I incurred in the course of his service, will |
be entitled to a warrant for one hundred
j and sixty acres of land, which lie will
i be a t liberty to locate in one body, upon
| any of the public lands that may he sub
jeet to private entry; or, he may, at his
I option, when honorably discharged, re
; ceive treasury scrip to the amount of o ne
! hundred dollars, bearing six per cent.
• interest, pavable semi-annually, and re
j deemabie at the pleasure of the govern
ment.
Officers will insert the provisions of this
paragraph in their recruiting advertise
ments.
111. Under the decision of the Attorney
General the three months extra pay provid
ed for cases of re-enlistment by the 29th
section of the act of July 5, 1833, is only
allowed to the roldier who “may re-enlist
j into his company or regiment,” &c., for
j the period of five years/ and if he re-enter
j the army for the term of “duringthe war
j with Mexico, he will be entitled only to
; the twelve dollars bounty, under the 2d
; section of the act approved January 12,
1847.
IV. Each colonel, or other permanent
| commander of a regiment will appoint the
Regimental Quartermaster, (subject to
lire approval of the Secretary of War,)
and report the same to the Adjutant Gen
eral. The appointments will he announ- j
ced in regimental orders, and will not be
vacated except by sentence of a General
Court Martial, or by the authority of the
-permanent commander of the regiment.
! These appointments will only be confer
| red upon subalterns, who, to experience
I in service, unite high qualifications and I
, sound practical discretion necesary for .
tiie efficient performance of the nesponsi- |
hie and varied military duties of the sta
lion.
The Regiment Quarlermaster will per- |
i form lho functions of Assistant Commis
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sary of Subsistence, in addition to his
duties as Quartermaster of the regiment
or post, if the command be less than a
regiment, By order:
R. JONGS, Adjutant General.
[Correspondi nee o< the Journal of Commerce.]
A fall oil "lis. C*o!U.
On a recent visit to Washington, I took
. . 1
) the liberty of walking to the Presidential 1
J House, unattended and unrecommended,
| and in plain, republican stylo rang the j
! entrance be-11 so/us. Quickly there ap- ■
1 peared at the door a good looking, fresh '
j complexioned servant, w ho politely await- j
!ed my demand, lie was not an Ameri- j
can, hut an Irishman, resembling an j
Fnglishman, except in the well known ■
brogue. IPs manner was easy and un
assuming. indicating familiarity with the
duties of his office, and a readiness to re- i
present the good will of an American
President. A different character from
old J hump, the steadfast porter of the j
palace during the reign of Andrew Jack- 1
son. Jimmy seemed to have a kind heart, :
for he too is an Irishman, hut he was
awkward and unpolished, not very par
ticular in bis dress, nor overstocked with
urbanity of speech, especially when a
visiter made an unnecessary exhibition
of a self consciousness that ho was one
of the sovereign people, of right demand
| ing to see his principal servant —the Pre- i
sident—or to look at the stately rooms of
the White House. But when treated
with respectful words, none, like hi.s fa- j
; nnus master, was nure acc'mnmodal’ng.
j' o j
He always, however, seemed to begrudge :
! the time of the Piesident, and was habi- ,
; lually positive, when lie could say to the
caller; “The President is engaged with
the Cabinet.” “Can I see Mrs. Polk,”
5 was the simple question I pul on this oc
casion to the purler. “This is not the re
gular day w hen she receives company,” .
he replied, “hut, but —and be surveyed
j me with a hesitating look, not knowing
! exactly wiiat to say next, when I ob
i served, “perhaps Mrs. Polk will see me
j in her private pailour a little while.”—
i Your name, Sir,” ! e asked. “Mr. ,
|of ,” I replied. Ho bid me walk
j into the vestibule, and soon disappeared
j through a side dour, then quickly return
-1 ed,and ushered me into a parlor—one of
' the series of elliptical rooms, devoted to
: different purposes. 1 took my seat on
| one of the richly cushioned crimson sofas,
constituting a part of the elegant fun itu re
j of the room, and awaited the entree of
I her Ladyship. Glancing my eye upward,
I bfhel 1 the great Washington looking
i down upon me. The re stood his protrait
! at full length, and almost involuntarily I
rose suddenly, and gazed in admiration
on the splendid painting, which by the
force of association seemed invested with i
an extraordinary interest. The colors j
indicate the touch of lime, and to my
view therefore more beautiful. Jeffer
son, IMadison, Monroe, perhaps John I
Adams, must have looked many times on
that portrait, and felt the inspiration of
the argust image. I had seen Washing
ton in the Senate Chamber—the sole por
trait there—Washington in the House—
to whose company there none but La
i Fayette is admitted. Washington in
; marble in the eastern park of the Capitol
—hut here was the peerless statesmen
i and warrior as President of the North :
| American Republic. The mind can be j
j placed hut in one other position of deep- j
! cr emotion, to bo awaked by the idea of |
■ that illustrious man. I felt it w hen mu
! sing at Mount Vernon by the mule sarco- i
! phagus that enshrines his dust. There
| indeed is the pilgrim brought in the nea
| rest earthly association with him whom
millions delight to honor.
These rnusings were soon interrupted
by the entrance of Mrs. Polk, who with
an easy smile and a graceful simplicity
; of manner bid me welcome as an Ameri- j
can citizen, and partaker of a common
faith. Mrs. Polk bears her honors meekly, !
and surely it is no mean elevWtiou (o be
j the wife of an American President; an
elevation to which many fond and ambiti- j
,ous aspirations are doubtless secrelely j
cherished in the bosoms of high-minded i
American females, but which only one
now and then can enjoy.
And this one probably was among the !
last to covet or expect it. till * the strange j
news came from Baltimore to disturb the i
quietude of her happy domestic life in j
Tennessee. M rs. Polk ina} 7 be considered
a felicitous specimen of the genteel j
American lady, who without artificial j
airs, without any assumed stateliness of j
manners, without any ambitious orna- j
ments of dress, exchanges the courtesies
of social life, and demeans herself in pub- j
lie, with a sincerity somewhat rare in the j
current circles of fashion. 1 cannot but
think that the basis of her style of char- |
acter is laid in a true and unaffected
piety. She is regular in her attendance
on divine worship, and on the Communion
of the Lord’s Supper. In this converation
she expressed her great delight, among
similarthings, in having recently witness
ed and welcomed the admission of three
or four interesting youths to the Com
munion of the Church (Presbyterian) of
which she is a member. Unlike some of
her predecessors, Mrs. Polk has r.o taste
for the gay amusements of the lovers of
pleasure. Hence she escaped the mor
tification of that almost ludicrous scene
I exhibited the other night at Jackson Hall,
when the building look fire, and the ;
irruption of the angry element so unccre- 1
mouiouslv ejected the merry dancers from
the scene of their mirth.
On looking at my watch, I found that
more than half an hour hud glided away,
and apologising, I hade our Lady of llie
: White House goodbye, and departed.
a visitor at Washington.
[From, the New Orleans Courier, Sf/t ins I.]
Awful I* ii in.
i The Bulletin has at length clearly demon
strafed that tiie country is entirely and irre
trievably rained. This morning it contains a
condensed statement of produce received
in this port up to February 5, compiled from
i the Price Current, as follows :
This Last
season. season. 1
Bacon, bhds. and tierces, 1 t.3t7 5,734
! _ in bulk, lbs. 239.951 11,000 I
j Beans, bh!s. 13,7-12 9,077 j
! Beef, hhil*.. tierces and bbls., 20,630 14.881 ;
j Corn, sacks, 645.('83 282,140
in ears, bbls. 146,709 68.442
i Flour, bbls. G3O ()57 332.830
, Lard, kegs, 117.440 138,042
tierces and bbls. 48.360 30,416
■ Pork, bbls. 113,011 71,911
From the preceding table, says the Bul
| lelin, it will be seen that in the articles of
; provisions and breadstuff-, the quantity of
i every kind lias greatly increased, in some in
! stances doubled, compared to what was re- !
reived up to the same period last season.— j
This is particularly the case with corn and
flour.
j 'fhe receipt of cotton is 90,000 bales less
than last season, but the stock on hand is
I much larger.
vessei.s is roar.
Ships and barks, 128
Brigs and schooners, 152
LAST SEASON.
Fhips and barks, 109
Brigs and si hooners, 95
The cause of the decrease of larger ves
sels is the fact that at least 20,000 tons of :
ships, of the first size, have been taken up by
government as transports and store ships, for
the Mexican war.
'Phis is a very favorable state of things for
i ship owners. Tiie Bulletin says the stock
of cotton on hand is, of itself, sufficient, or
nearly so, to load all three-masted vessels in
port —leaving out of view the immense quan- |
1 tiiies of tobacco, sugar, molasses, flour, In
dian corn, salted provisions, lead, and a lliou
■ sand other articles, which must be carried !
away through the mouth of the liver. This I
is the RUIN that was to overwhelm the
country, in consequence of tiie passage of ;
the tariff act of 18 46, Here we have the |
ruin before our eyes, which, according to
the fond prediction of our whig brethren,
that tariff was to create! Here we have the i
1 verification of H. Clay’s prediction, that the
reduction of the British duties on American
i produce would cause no considerable expor
tation of provisions from the Western States.
Whv, man, Indian corn is at this moment
selling at one dollar a bushel in this city. It
cannot be sent to Europe fast enough, be
cause there are no vessels to receive it, or in
! quantities in any way proportional to the
wants not onlv of England, Scotland and
Ireland, but of France, Belgium, Holland and
I the greater portion of Germany.
The increased consumption of American j
produce is not entirely owing, in England at
least, to the failure of the crops, but to the j
increased ability of the people to purchase j
the necessaries of life. This increased abil- j
ify is justly ascribed to the liberal and wise |
policy of Fir Robert Peel, in reducing the :
duties on foreign goods, and to the diminish- i
ed duties on English manufactures imported ’
into the United Fiates. The joint etfect of
these two measures, is to extend the coin
sumption of English manufactures, and ena
■ blethe Englisii poor to possess themselves j
; of provisions at cheaper rates Ilian they
i could have done under different circum- i
; stances.
I'rom Tampico.
The bark Mopang, Capt. Boobar, arrived
vesterday from Tampico having sailed on the
31st nil. We have a rumor, brought by a
passenger, that the yellow fever had broken
out among the troops at Tampico. Jt is al
most too early for the prevalence of this
disease, and we sincerely hope the report
may prove unfounded.
On the 28th nit., the ship Ondiaka was off
the bar of Tampico with a portion of tiie 2d
. Pennsylvania Regiment on board. She pro
ceeded on her course, which the Captain of
! the Mopang supposed to he Vera Cruz.
On the 31st the U. F. srlnop of war Albany,
j Capt. Breese, arrived off Tampico, direct
from Vera Cruz. The same day a merchant 1
; ship was seen oft' the bar, but her name 1
could not be tirade out.
'Flic Mopang left at Tampico the brigs I
John Potter, Capt. Dowd; Mount Vernon,
Capt. Clurry, and Perfect, Capt. Gardner, i
and the schrs. Louisa, Argus, Orator, Wm. j
Thompson, Catharine, Cordelia, Watchman, !
Sharon, St. Paul, Eleanor, Monefon and the
Louisa, Capt. Post.—A*. O. Picayune, 14 Lh ;
j inst. J
Salt.
This article has recently sold in Savan- j
nah at IT cents per bushel, and 85 cents ,
per sack; cheaper than it has ever sold in
that market before. We wonder if the ed
itor of the American Whig has brought
i his immense volume of brain to bear upon :
, this subject yet. We should he pleased to !
I be enlightened. Heretofore his profound
argument was, that high duties, while they
I shut out all competition from abroad, cre
-1 ated a most tremendous rattling of spindles
and spades at borne, and this rivalry at
i home reduced prices to the very lowest
1 notch. All this was the effect of high du
j ties, as he contended. Well, four fifths of
! the duty has been taken from salt, and
now it sells cheaper than ever! O for the
head of a Murray to unmystify this won
i derful effect upon the lawsoftrade—this
i turning the sun of baiter and trade back,
in the valley of salt. —Griffin Jefferso
! nian.
Tanltcc Curiosity.
The New Haven Register mentions a
remarkable instance of curiosity mani
fested by a well dressed person in that |
city a few nights ago. Having lost some
thing on the sidewalk, he knocked at a j
door and obtained a light to look afier
his missing property. Several passen
gers, one after another, as they came
along, offered to assist him in his search,
and asked him what ho was looking lor.
He evaded a reply, and conjecturing that
it was something valuable, the people i
loitered round to see it found. After an
hour’s search, the man exclaimed that he
! had got it. “What is it?” cried several
in abreath. “It’s a ce«/,”said the man, a
I little ashamed; “I didn’t care any thing
1 about it, hut I wanted to see where the
darned thing went to! '
AUGUSTA, (SEO„
SATURDAY 31 OR NINE, FEB. 20,1847.
No Mail received last evenin'? from olllces
a
north of Charleston.
Supmuc Coeil.
We learn from tbcFuuthern Recorder that
the foHowing gentlemen were admitted mem
bers of the bar of the Supreme Court of Geor
i gia, at its late session in Macon: Thomas
B. Gordon, Robt. S. Burch, /. E. Harman,
A. F. Wingfield, Geo. R. Hunter, J.. N.
White, W. M. Slaughter, Gibson Clark, R.
M. McCnne, G. J. Greene, J- 11. Starke,
Wm. B. Pryor, K. L. Haralson, W. C. Cook,
Geo. W. Fish, and Robt. P. Trippe.
Faiuinc is» Scotland.
Mr. William Mure, her Britannic .Majes
ty’s Consul lor the port of New Orleans, has
published a brief and very forcible address,in
I which lie calls the attention of his country-
I men and the citizens of the United Flutes,
to the lamentable destitution and privation j
which at present exist among the people in ,
the Highlands and Islands ot Scotland.
Mr. Mure has received by the last steamer
authentic intelligence, by which it appears 1
that out of a population of 530,000, in eight i
counties of the Highlands, including the is
lands of Mull, Skye, &c. &c., there are
200.000 people mainly dependant upon pota
toes for their support,and 100,000 to 125,000,
1 entirely relying upon potatoes for their daily
i food. In some districts, numbering 10,000
souls, not 100 barrels of sound potatoes have
j been saved; and the suffering which now ex
ists in those unhappy sections of Scotland, is
appalling in the extreme. Starvation, with
all its attendant horrors, is in their midst.
I Exertions are making in Edinburgh, Glas- :
guw, &c., for their relief, and the sum of
10.000 pounds sterling was raised in a few
days.
Mr. Mure has been written to from Edin
| burgh urging him to procure aid from this
section ol the country, and he feels assured
1 that in such a cause he will not appeal to his ,
countrymen and fellow citizens in vain.
It is of the utmost importance that us large
a remittance as can he made should be sent
by the steamer of Ist March, and it is hoped
the Latin maxim will not be forgotten :
J>is dat, qui cilo dnt.
£Srj>orl«*«l of SauUi Asiuit.
The New Orleans Picayune of the I4tb
inst. says —“Our readers cannot have forgot
ten that the most prominent feature in the
j news from Mexico, which we received here
i nearly two weeks since by the Mitis, was the
I rumored assassination of Santa Anna by his
i own soldiers. Our correspondent, writing ,
| on the 20t!i January from Anton Lizardo,
says the rumor was current in Vera Cruz,
; and assigns Fanta Anna’s opposition to the
recent decree of Congress touching church
property as the cause of the outrage upon
; him.
I “In the Mobile Herald and Tribune, which
came yesterday, we find a letter d ited from
• the U. F. steamer Spitfire, January 21st.
This letter mentions the same rumor, and
| there can be no doubt that it was generally
entertained in the squadron.
“By a irentieinan wiio arrived here on Fri
!
day, a passenger on the brig P. Soule from :
Havana, we learn that the Mexican steamer
Neptune arrived in Havana tiie evening of
Sunday, the 31st uit. from Alvarado, whence
she sailed on the 24ih of the same month.
This steamer also reported in Havana that
Fmta Anna had been shot by his troops for
opposing the seizure of church property. —
This looks like a distinct confirmation of
the reports from Anton Lizardo, and from an
independent source. Furthermore, the re
| port received by the steamer at Havana adds |
that there was found among the papers of
Santa Anna a correspondence with the Pre
j sident of the United States. The Neptune i
! arrived at Havana the evening of the 31st
ult. We have seen no papers from that city
of a later date, and we believe none are now j
| published on Monday morning, when the P.
J Soule sailed. We must waif, therefore, for ■
another arrival before we are able to say !
i whether this be a mere idle rumor or be tru- j
ly a confirmation of the report we have be
: fore given.”
I D
Improvement of Carpus Christ!.
I According to all accounts, it would seem I
1 °
I that this place is rapidly improving again, j
I The Flag says that the late vacant houses I
are all once more inhabited, and the pros
pects of the town are spoken of in glowing i
terms. The country above Corpus Christi,
on the Nueces, is filled up with new settlers, |
and it is probable that in one or two years it i
will be much more populous than it was pre- |
vious to the revolution. The ranging com
pany of Capt. Gray is still in the service,
and has bad several skirmishes with small
parties of hostile Indians, who were found j
prowling about the Sal Colorado and other
streams west of the Nueces.
The Texan Advocate, published at Victo
ria, would also make us believe that Goliad
is improving. Town lots are selling fast, a j
new court-house is to be built, and the coun- I
l try around is filling up rapidly. One year
I ago the place was nothing but a heap of
| ruins.
From the Houston Telegraph we learn
that two new lines of stages have recently
been started in Texas, one running from
Austin,by way of New Braunfels and Seguin,
to oa.il muumu, anu me uuia irum jron Lj<\~
vaca, by Victoria, Cuero and Gonzales, to
Seguin, intersecting tiie former line at the
latter place. This new enterprise has been
started by Messrs. Brown Sc Tarbox, who
lirst opened the stage line between Houston
and Austin, and we trust they may succeed.
Formerly the man who desired to visit San
Antonio was compelled to hire or buy a horse,
and also arm himselfagainst the Indians who
were constantly prowling about on the trails
he was obliged to travel.
The Freeman’s Journal gives the follow
ing remarkable statement on the authority of
a correspondent—
“J understand that within the last few
months, and up to the prensent time, thero
have been about twelve hundred notices
lodged in the proper office at the Four Courts,
to foreclose mortgages on Irish estates. It
has been stated,that the mortgagees have re
j solved on this step, fearing that landlords
whose properties are involved, and paying
heavy interests on outstanding liabilities,
will not be able to meet the demands in con
sequence of the present state of the country.”
From Santa. B'V.
I The St. Louis Revielle of the 3th inst.
says—Mr. Merrit, one of a company of thirty
who started from Xew Mexico on the 2d of
last November, has recently arrived at Uoon
viHe in that State, lie says several of their
company were badly frost bitten, and three
1 perished. The names of the men frozen to
death were Bartlett, Long and Thomason,
j from Buchanan county.
1 The company came in on foot, and were
fifty-seven days on the route—about four
hundred miles of the journey through snow
eight inches deep.
The volunteers were selling their Govern
ment checks in Santa Fe at 23 per cent, dis
count.
Upwards of $200,000 in specia was receiv
ed at New-Orlcans 12th inst., by the ship
Elizabeth , from London.
[From the Charleston Mercury, 1 f Jth inst .]
TUB RUBS—SECOND DAY.
JOCKEY CLUB I’IMISK —§7s:».
O. P. Hare enters 1). h. Protection, 4 years old, by
Rolla, dam Rosalie Somers.
Col. Hampton ♦ liters gr. in., 5 years, by Conven
tion out of imported in ire by Velocipede,
j John If. Harrison enters ch. c. Juhu Alexander, by
Wagner out of flora.
Although the day was clear, and the at
mosphere balmy as spring, there was a very
i slender attendance upon the turf. The“Grnnd
, Stand’ 5 had a small bevy of beauties, but the
| rest us the Course looked bare and lonely like
a deserted hearth. We niits the many hand
some equipages rolling along, filled with
bright glancing eyes and merry laugh, mak
ing mischief among the gallant beaux who
pranced gaily betide them. One of the de
lights of the season to us, who were then
young and gay as the native lark, was to se
lecl some one from the fair of our acquaint
ance, and drive around, saying and looking
sweet ideas unutterable; but alas! “lemporu
rnulaniur el nus cum illis. The present ar
rangement, while it favours the select few,
lias, we believe, been the means of banish
ing the many from the enjoyment of the Ra
; ces, and will be the cause of each year mak
ing this gala week less of a festivity. But
J these reflections must give place to the hor
ses, who are saddling for the day’s work.
, The high mettled animals are as impatient
as the crowd, and must not be delayed by
moralizing.
I To-day’s race, like yesterday’s, was sad to
the “knowing ones.” The Virginia stable
: had again to yeiid purse and fume to Caro
i lina. Protection, like her antipodal name
sake, Revenue, in yesterday’s race, was the
favorite against the field, before starling, and
at the word “go,” look the lead, followed by
the grey mare and the chesnut filly, with
about a length intervening between each:—
' This stale of things continued during the
three miles; in the last quarter stretch a beau
i tiful dash was made by the grey mare at
j Protection, but without success; and the heat
was won by the Virginian in 3. 30L
2ti* Heat.
After the usual rubbing and other mys
teries belonging to race horses had been per
formed by their attendant grooms, they all
appeared under the string and were again off
in the same order. As they swung into the
last quarter of the 2d mile, a struggle com
menced between the grey and Protection,
which threw the chesnut out of the race.—
The two thoroughbreds at a killing pace
passed the judges stand neck and neck to
| aether, and in an instant a thrilling shout
told the grey had passed. From this point to
the distance stand they went with a perfect
rush, by which time Protection saw further
I struggle useless, and quietly drew up as soon
as she cleared the red flag, which imfortu
nately for the Chesnut Filly flaunted in her
i very eyes as she came grey mare
| went through in a canter.—Time 6 35£. —
Protection was then drawn, which concluded
the race.
I A sweepstake for $l5O, two miles heats,
i then came off.
John Singleton enters h. f. hy Gano.
| John R. Jiarrison enters h. m. Victoria, 5 years by
Row ton, out of Bacchus’ mare.
This was a mere open and shut affair, as
even the amaieurt were betting long odds on
the Gano Filly, who took the race in two
straight heats, and nobody disappointed in
their expectations, unless per chance the
owner of the losing horse. This race created
i so little ‘-fuse” that we did not trouble our
self at the end of the race, further than to find
it wa.—Time, for dinner.
The following are the entries for to day:
Jockey Club Parse §500 —2 mile heats.
J. C. Singleton enters c. f. 4 years, by Gano.
O. P. Hare enters ch. f. Marietta, 4 years, by
Priam, dam, Canary, by Sir Charles.
Mr. J. K. Harrison enters ch. f. Rosalie, 4 years,
hy Boston, dam imported Emily.
W. Lowndes enters gr. f. Delta, 4 years old, by
Pacific, dam hy Sir Richard.
John M. Bryan enters gr. f. 4 years old, by Hard-
Inck, out of Vashtie, by Leviathan.
SECOND RACE.
Jockey Club Purse §ls0 —Two Mile Heats.
R. Singleton enters b. f. 3 years, by Monarch, out
of Blind Lottery.
J. R. Harrison enters rh. f. Aurora, 1 years, by Ar
gyle, out of Lady Deerpond.
From Mnito nud Vucatan.
Looking over our file of Havana papers to
the Grh inst., received yesterday, we find in
the Diario de la Marina a communication
from General Santa Anna, to the Secretary
of War, dated at San Luis Polosi, January
BMi, announcing that several skirmishes had
taken place with the Americans, which