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“the constitutionalist. JAMES GARDNER, JR. T K t! J1 b . Daily, per annum, ■*- i Tri-Weekly, per auuma, ° l "' 1 | If paid in advance,.... | Weekly, per annum ° j If paid in advance ••’• •• ‘ j sjr All new <mhsprrp:ions roast l*e paid in advance. iiiii.si l>c p.uu o*i ci»i l>utti:AUiUc«i’.iLiiß anJ Leferf of busines*. r mmm i* I ■ ~~ = mjm mm ■ bj iwi ■ t-i [From the A*. O. ricayuut. 1 <:}, ins' , I. \ !•£•:» FBOM IMMI K O. Critical Situation <J tut Vo! uniters f. nvi the ; Ondiaka — Reported Conflict vrVh tie Mex- , t an* under G. n. Cue—M arch of (C n. Pil low In (he rescue of the \ idv.it tecs — Sick ress in the 2d Mississipi i lien men? —-.1//-•?*- v.er of art American a 7 atnpica — Deals: >J Ideal, (idnon, t\~ :. dor. ; The scl.r. id. I’hul, • aj!'. I aunt, :.n •w , ‘- yesterday aftenmon from 1 uiupdc**. n>i nip i-ailed on the Bdi u.fet.—!uo ti’iis l.ijenlinn the ChanmV advice. The Si. Paul brought ovpt §f»soo in plate tn li ( . ( aminack oz (’!»,. ami (>2300 in eyerie lo L Dobbin. I \Ve prieve to-js*y that the noivs in regard I jo tii' 3 volunteers on the Omiiaka is less fa vorable than we had rea.-on to expect. Toe mail) body of them had uol arrived at Tam pico. On the contrary, at onr latest-accounts j front them thev were eivyaged in a conflict with a body of Mexicans far superior to them in numbers and equipment. From two let ters of Mr. Lnuisiien, "Inch we have before j us, we extract those portions which relate to i the wreck and present po u.cn ot voiun'errs. ]., writing his first letter lie was evidently un- , der no apprchcns.un as to their la.c. i‘ nears : date To*'Piro, Feb. H, 1817.- * * * * I arn sorrv to inform you of ||.p Joss of li.-e fine s’ ip Ourhuka, of wj.U’h you have no doubt already beard, having on board some of the Louisiana volunteers, un der Col. De Hussy. She went ashore about, a week ago some thirty miles to ttu? south ward of I his place, and is a to’al wreck.*— I have not heard whether any lives were inst or not, but presume there were none, as she lies close up on the beach. I.Cut. Miller,ot the 4th Artillery, with about forty men, start- ! ed Imm hero a lew days ago to the assis tance cf the wrecked party, arid a Fchooner was also despatched to the ship, bat on ac count of bead-wind returned without commu nicating with her. The schooner is to sail ngain when the wind is fair. ('apt. Thro iinre Lewis, commanding one of the compa nies from vour city, was on the Ondiaka.— lie is now here, having waked aii liie wav from the wreck. Three days ago myself, and all hands on board the schooner w hich | brought ns here from Brazos Santiago, fkw | the sit nation of the Ondiak i—mir vessel hav ing drifted in a calm so far south of nnr des- \ tination —but it was impossible to reach Iter or render her any assistance. At a distance of several miles wc could see, by the aid of h spy glass, the people on the beach, their . ten's, &r., but could make nut nothing more. We were in sight a whole day. Yesterday an unpleasant rumor reached here relative to Urn unfortunate party who were wrecked. It is but a rumor, and one that 1 do not credit, and there are many oth- ; rrs who also uwubl it. f i he rumor was brought bv the captain of the schooner who I started to the relief of the volunteers, but re turned as 1 have stated. Ihe captain says that he fell in w ith, a boat, said to be from the wreck, with several of the crew, v iio in formed him that a very large number of arm ed Mexicans had atta< ked and made prison ers of aM the volunteers, as weli as the party under Lieut. Miller, who left here for their j isistance. The men in the boat slated that they were trying to reach Tampico; hut as vet they have not arrived, and 1 think their itory altogether improbable. I don't know where a “vrrv large number of armed Mex icans” could be raised so near this place, and particularly on the sea-cnas? in Hiat di rection. But bo Itiis us it may, iam jm.t in formed that another expedition —IOO strong under Capt. Magrudcr, is to start to-mor row for the scene of the wreck, so that in a few days we shall know all about it. ’ F. A. L. * A letter fn m Alfred S. Smith, one of the. mates e>f the ship, us that she w e wrecked on Cape Itoxo, forty live miles South of Tampico.— Ed. The following letter 15 the latest which lias been received, &o far as we cun leaf 11. Il is dated Tampico, February S, 1817. The plot thickens. Humor is followed by rumor in quick succession. 1 begin to think there is something in Ihe report about the Mexicans having attacked C >!. De Hussy; but I claim that 1 may be excused for my j want of faith in the story as it first readied , us. Mexican rumors, in the main, are worrit j just what importance people may be whimsi cal enough to attach to them. ‘*\Voh, wolf! is the common cry; bu» it may be that the wolf has come. At all events, those in au thority here have seen proper, owing to re ports that have reached the city in the last 1 Iwenty-four hours, to order a whole brigade in addition to Lieut. Miller’s and Capt. Ma gruder’s forces, mentioned in my letter of the 6tb—to go at once to the relief ot Col. De Riifsy. This is what ought to have been done at first, if it were deemed necessary to do any thing at all. It Col. De Hussy need ed aid, it was aid beyond the power of a mere handful of men to render, and a sufficient force should at once have been despatched to his assistance. But to the last ‘'bulletin”—which may or may not be true. A Mexican, said to be | worthy of belief, has arrived here, and re ports that Con. Cos had arrived on Thursday | l ist, the 4th inst., from Tuspan, otfthe wreck 1 as the ship Ondiaka, with 480 troops, consist ing of 280 of the battahon of Tuspan, the rest National Guards and cavalry; that on his | way Gen. Cos was joined by 120 men from ! Tamlagua, ISO from Fapantla, and 230 from Omelma—his whole force amounting to 980 | men, with four pieces of artillery; that after summoning Cul. De Hussy Jo surrender his j force as prisoners of war, which summons was promptly rejected, an engagement took ! place which lasted till 10 o’clock P. M.,after the Mexican left, and the result was not known. Gen. Cos had stationed an advance | of 80 cavalrv and 00 infantry at a pass to prevent reinforcements arriving from this • place. The brigade which lias been ordered to go to the relief of Col. De Hussy is under the command of Brig. Gen. Pillow, consisting of three regiments Tennessee volunteers, two of foot and one mounted, and four companies of art l'ery. This force Carted last night.— Success to them. In great haste. F. a. L. In addition to the foregoing, vve learn from Mr. John C. Howard, who came passenger cn (be St. Paul, that as the vessel was com : ng over tiie bar on the morning of the S n inst., the propeller J Cage was seen returning from Ihe wreck of the Ondiaka. The Cage had no other persons on hoard ihan her regu lar crew, and as she took down Capt. Mu grader and his command, it is certain that | be bad effected a landing. We must remain in suspense in regard Jo the fa'e of the vol ! unteers until another arrival, li they have 1 two hundred guns and a tolerable supply of ammursi;ion. we have great faith i.iat, tney will beat of!’ 1 he Mexicans, or at least hold i ibein in check till Gen. I'illou arrives. 'i'n« v-iiips S ate.-man, prentice and Ca ha -1 riue were off the bar of Tampico on the 9th inst., all fi! >'d with Iro >ps. 'Lite 2d Regiment M \b luntf-ers on board the fcjlates ( man were sidl'iing t err illy i»y f-hkne-s — i!«• v were dvittg in great numbers daily. On ibeodi r si. ins the l . ahfi of the troops was excel. * nt. 'fin- New Yorkers, on the Cathi -1 m e, a re part icuhtriv spoken of as a fine-10. k : in</ .-' , tof tolei'.vs. Wo I:mvc* the firs? number of the Tampico Sordine! before ns, a well printed and well tided si. l el. We titul in the Sentinel die same 1 umor in regard to tali ing of Chihuahua which we mentioned yesterday. We incline 1 to think it, grew out of some skirmish be tween the A met lean and Mexic in forces near /Jl Paso del Mori:, mentioned in our news j from Mexico. K-ATr-tit E'KO.ti TESSA ( Kl *. Santa Arum rot Assassinated —///.? (iamhl j ;tg O feral ions —A, n.rnher and Condition of his Artnv—Proposed Movement to Tula— lit sources of ti c Garrison Futility of Seiz ure oj~C lurch Proo 'rhj —Dissolution of the Ministry , tC 1 . | By the. arrival of the h.n k St. Mary, i fiom IJ.ivaua. we ate placi d in posses sion c.f theroivices by the IFiii-h steamer front Mexico. Our letters and a portion ofour papers have also oorne to hand.— 'l'he Medway arrived at Havana the ! morning of the Gift inst. from Vera Cruz, with dales from that city to 1 lie evening of lie Ist ins!., and from the city of Mexico to the 20ili of January.— The M ' !wav brought over B'ilK),oiK) in specie and silty-two \ assengors. 'J’ne rumor of the assussinttfion of Santa Anna turns out to he unfounded; , so also of his active opposition to he seiz ure of church property. At last accounts { he was still at San Luis Pctosi. Vera Cruz papers of the 2*bh ult. announce : that letters from Sin speak of Ids , : immediate departure for Tula. Letters from the city of Mexico are to the same effect, and represent that he would move | nt the head of the main body of his force. Letters on wide!) we it ly conn ientiy say, j that his who strength does not exceed I 2*1,000 men o! all arm-?, Tlicy are rep i resented to be in a deplorable situation j for want of means. They are destitute 1 of clothing and f revisions and one regi i meet had actually left for the city of j Mexico, Santa Anna employs Ids time in mun’diim and cock fighting and writing i ... . . j menacing ami energetic representations to : Congress for money. V* 0 even have as ; suranees that he quite recently, won | f 534,000 at monte from his own officers, very runny of whom are very young.— The 1 ilest accounts we have seen from j San Luis savs tiiat ho would move upon i Tula the morning of the 27th nil. i his is stated in a letter dated the 2Gth. Gen. La Vega has been appointedccm i man da nt general of Vera Cruz. Letters | of the 2h;h ult. from Mexico mention this fact, and there can he no doubt of if. He will be fortunate if he has not an early opportunity of revisiting the United Slates in ids former capacity. Our private accounts, from most res • pousible sources, set down the number of ! troops in the city of Vera Cruz at 3doo— say 0000. The garrison of San Juan do Ulna does uol exceed 1100 troops. Some accounts represent that I there aic two months’ provisions in the i castle, but we have a letter from a gen tleman who has access to the most res- I pedable sourpes of iuffirmalion, hut I whom wc need not name, in which he i assures us that there is no! a barred of I salted provisions in the castle, and that the troops both of the castle and city, are dependent upon the hack country for their daily supplies of food. So far as the troops in the city are concerned, this ! has long been the case, and we have all 1 confidence in our correspondent’s infer, mation as to the castle. They have been for some lime in continual opprcdiensiou of an attack at Vera Cruz, and the inha | Infants appear to have as little doubt as to the issue as we have. For some reason or S oilier they were expecting an attack on | the Qlh of this month. Preparatory to it, orders had been issued for the removal i into the interior of the cargoes of three or . four vessels which had evaded the block ade of Vera Cruz and got into port. The Oongress o f tne ot at o of \ela b 1 nz bad I issued a manifesto calling on the people at all hazards to resist the invasion of ■ the Americans. During the month of Jan uary- the approaches to \ eta Cruz on the ! road to the interior were strengthened by i a bat try of heavy guns. Through! the I sam e well informed gentleman from 1 whom we learn lit is fact, we are confirm- I ed in our belief expressed above as to the I destitution of the troops in the city and : castle. He writes: £, I do not see how it is possible so introduce any more troops I wi:h any prospect of feeding them.” In regard to the condition of tiie milita ry throughout Mexico we have theevi i donee of an rye witness. He testifies that every where it is deplorable from the j state of destitution in which the troops now j arP> They are miserably clothed and 1 fed. The Congress of the Slate of Sat) I Luis recently passed a decree authoriz ing the Governor of their State to nego tiate, within forty-eight hours, a loan— either voluntary or forced —to he applied to the supply of the commissariat ot the Armv of Operations! '] lus is announced in a Vera Cruz paper of the 80lh ult. Xor does there appear to be any pros pect of relief for the wanlof means which prevails in Mtx’co. Ihe law nuthonz ing the seizure of fifteen millions of pro perty belonging to too church promises to l.e a dead letter. The property consists ; almost w holly of real estate in different 1 cities of the Republic. Even if the law j of Congress ho enforced, it is said that | no one will advance money upon the pro- : port}* so seized, much less purchase it. — The whole body ofthe clergy had protes ted against the seizure as sacrilegious, and they were supported by a large por tion of the lower classes ofthe people.— Santa Anna gave in* his adhesion to the measure w itn great reluctance. A letter j from him is publish: d. address d to Re jnn—again apparently his friend—in winch he avows that ho has uniformly op po-ard such a measure, and is only in j : dueed to assent to it by the necessities of j the country. The papers before us arc filled with accounts of the action of the di fib rent States in regard to the moa* I sure. Puebla. Mexico and Queretaro, among others, were opposed toil; Oajaca : had declared in favor of it. Still the Gov- ' eminent appear dvermined to carry the ! plan through. It is a favorite one with I Gomez Farias and his friends, the Fed- j craiists, or radicals, a jwe may call them One of tlie clergy iu Ihe city of Mexico has been imnrimned for his factious op- j i . . ,* , , ' i I position to if»e measure. At our fast ac counts the Mexican Congress had before it a modification of the law, winch would render it lass burdensome, but without changing the principle. Our letters say that all the late Minis tors have resigned. The Ministers of ■ Foreign Affairs and of Finance have j ! certainly done so. Senorßejon, who so recently quarrelled with Santa Anna, has | gone hack to the State Department, fie is an ardent federalist, and is relied upon | to carry through Pm confiscation o! climcli * ! property. Neither our papers nor letters mention who now has charge of the War Department. Senor Fiancisco Suarez i Marie has taken < ha rge of the Finances, do was a member of the Chamber of Deputies, and received their assent to his accenting IPs present office. T«» add to I I the general disorganization, the Mexican j Congress is said to have determined to I dissolve about the first of this present ; month. ! A report was in circulation Hin avana, I derived from a letter of the very latest date from Vera Cruz, that Gen. Mi non had had an engagement with some Ameri- ! ; can troops near Victoria, and taken | H. 30 of them prisoners. This transpired through the Mexican Consul at Havana, and was totally discredited by our coun trymen there. We have no doubt the rumor was founded upon Minon s exploit near Saltillo, mentioned in the news from the Brazos in another column. We find il,e prize seized by Minon noticed in the Indicator. That paper sets down the : number of his prisoners at seventy, two ofwhorn.it says, arc field officers and four company officers. - Too M wigans appear t *» he particularly well informed eff the movements and po sitions of our troops. They give, fr«m S time to time, the forces at I ampico, Saltillo 1 and Victoria ajid other planes. Every | where they see oifr arms advancing. and I to the consternation of all patties, s'veep | jog all before t Item. This occasions muc h | speculation in Mexico, ns may well bo imagined, as to the final issue. Letters j from Havana express the belief, founded ! upon information from high quarters in 1 Mexico, that their G )vei*nmenf will very I soon enter into negotiations for peace, from total inability to subsist and protract the struggle. Still we read that one regi ment of the Auxiliaries of San Luis had made a foimal proclamati on that they wouallow notreaty to be negotiated witldd Americans, until the latter had positive ly thoe vacuatrp the country. We find no mention marie e>t the capture ofChihuahua, hut there has boon an action in the im nodiala vicinity of Fl Paso del ! Norte in winch our troops were entirely : successful. The report of it is altogether I Mexican, and was published in the capital lon the 28th ult. Oar limits compel us to condense it. On tho 2oih of Doer mberSenor Cuylti was at El Paso at the head of 480 regu | jars, who, added to the Paseno«, or troops raised near El Paso, exceeded 1000 in number. The Americans were at Dona Ana 400 strong. They advanced upon El Paso. Cuvl'i prepared to fight them, but the evening he was to set t nth on his march he was seized with a \ iolent brain fever, which rendered him helpless. The comm mil devolved upon Vidal, who pos sessed little military skill, and rxprc'ed to surround and destroy the Americans like so many rabbits, lie pushed*forward 500 cavalry under Capl. Antonio Ponce, of which one half were Pasenos. The Americans demanded a parley, which was denied, and the fight immediately corn rnence l. Ponce charged at the head of his cavalry, but in vain, as he was wounded in the first onset. Just then the Pasenos ran and threw such disorder into the whole that all look to flight, leaving a howitzer in the hands of the Americans, but carrying off three other pieces. \ idal returned" with all speed so Garrizai, forty j leagues from El Paso. The loss on each side was not known or is not stated. On the 27th the Americans took possession of El Paso with 000 cavalry and 400 in | fan fry. The cavalry immediately started in pursuit of the runaways, and although it was not know at Chihuahua on the 2d of January that they had overtaken tj'.e m, ‘ it was thought likely they would get pos session of two wagons which were in the rear with the park, as well as of thirty i men who escorted them. Ibis seem'. I probable to us, too. though we much doubt if the Americans ever got up to the runa wavs. The account then goes offinto lamenia- that, through the cowardice of the i Pasenos, all their sacrifices and sufferings have been in vain. The situation of their i slate appears hopeless to themselves, t They say they want 2000 troops, and arms, and more than all, money. The i S ate Government is d dug all it can, but what can it do on Gr such ci rcurn stances, they very naturally ask. Ere this, if it has suite! the American commander, Chihuahua has n i doubt .surrendered. A letter from Mazatlan. dated the 11th of January, is published. Gov. Castro wa then in that city. Ex-Gov. I). Pio Pico j was in Gnaynias. Both wore asking ru°n , and money to recover the Califbrnias. They boast, indeed, that we have no foot- ! hold on the land; that with only ninety men an attempt by seven hundred Americans to retake Los Angeles had been successfully repulsed! We regret to stale that several vessels have succeeded in running the blockade of Vera Cruz; a Sardinian brig and Span ish scli; oner wore among the number, Officers write us that wiih their present 1 class of force it is impossible in prevent this. The Frinceise Marie, of B ndeaux, his bem seized by the squadron for i irregularity in her pipers, and it was | thought would lie sent to this port. The hark Felix, likewise of Bordeaux, lias ! also been seized and sent into Anton Lizard >. Wo believe the sloop of war Albany made these captures. Com. j Conner has returned from Laguna to I lie station of the squadron. The news from the peninsula is not later than we have j already published. A project has been started in Mazatlan of declaring Santa Anna dictator. i his | drew from him an immediate declaration that as lie did not aspire to the Presidency, he would use all ills force to put down any movement in Sonora or any other • State which should threaten to kindle i political commotiori. The latest dates from San Luis Potosi are to the 20th ult. The army had not then moved, but the Vera Cruz Indicador of the 31st ult. thinks that it had done so subsequently, j bring enabled to do so by the funds raised ! by the State of San Luis. Gen. Valencia is said, by the same paper, to meditate a descent upon Tampi co. The demands upon our columns are such to-day that we can do but imperfect I justice to the subject of Mexican affairs. AUGUSTA, GEO.. WEDNESDAY WOOING. FBI?. 21,1847. IVfff Isow!ts. We have from the prolific press of the Me-srs. Harper & Brothers, the following new works, which can be had sit the book store of Thomas Richards, in this city: The American Poulterers Companion; a 1 practical treatise on the breeding, rearing, fattening, and general management of the various species of domestic poultry, with il- Instra’ions and portraits of Fowls, taken from life, by C. N. Dement. There is much in struction in this work, and although it treats of a subject supposed to be familiar to all, j li.ere are few -but can gain valuable in- | formation from it. The Philosophy of Magic, Prodigies and apparent Miracdes, from the French of Eu- j i eebe Salverfe; with notes illustrative,explan- j a i ( vy and critical, by Antiion Todd Thom son, Ks- D.,F. L. S., &c. in 2 vols. Hislo.-V of the Revolt of the Netherlands; trial and'ext'C’G'on of Counts Egmont and | Horn, and the L'eige of Antwerp, translated | from the German of Frederic SchilGr, by Rev. A. J. W. Morrison, M. A. Rambles about the Country, by Mrs. E. | F. Ellett. The Lives of Vasco Nunez de Biboa, \ Hernando Cortes, and Francisco Pizarro. The Lives of Christopher Columbus and A meric us 4 espucus. The Pleasures of Taste, and other stones, I selected from the writings of Miss Jane'Pay- * , lor, with a sketch of her life, by Mrs, Sarah : J. Hale. The Battle of Life, a Love Story, by Die , kens. Daniel Dennison and the Cumberland Statesman.by the late Mrs. Holland. ’ From Brazoi SaiCiago. The schooner Sea, Flanders, arrived at j ! New Orleans on the I7lb inst. from Brazos j ! Santiago, which place she left on the Gth ; i i ns i. She brings the painful intelligence I that Lieut. Ritchie, of the Fifth Infantry, i i bearer of despatches from General Scott to j i General Taylor, with an escort of ten dr a- j goons, were cut off by the enemy between i ; Monterey and Victoria, and all killed. The j ; despatches which have thus fallen into the j hands of the enemy are said to have been | | important, giving the plan of intended ope* i , rations. The Sea also brings accounts that Gene- j ral Worth had received a communication j from Capt. W. W. Chapman, dated at Sai- j tillo on the 25th ultimo, stating that Major j Borland, of the Arkansas cavalry, with 50 ; men,and Major Gaines and Cassius M. Clay, j 1 with 30 men were surprised and captured at j Encarnacion, about -15 miies beyond Saltido, j i on the morning of the 23d, by Gen. Minon. , I Minon had 500 cavalry. Generals Worth and Scott were still at Brazos Santiago. The latter, fl was under stood, would embark in a few days lor Tam pico. The Court Martial which tried Col. Har j ney on the charge of disobedience of orders, I sentenced him to he reprimanded. General Scott remitted the sentence, and ordered him I to the discharge of the duties fur the neglect I of which he had been tried. — liatcr from Meiico. I The bark St. Mary, from Havana, arrived jat New Orleans on the 17th inst.. bringing | the news by the British mail steamer from ! Vera Cruz. The advices from Vera Cruz are to the evening of the Ist inst., and from the citv of Mexico to the 2Dth u!t. 9 Santa Anna at last accounts was at San j Luis Polosi. His army is represented to be about 22,000 strong, but destitute of cloth ing and food; and \Vilb but little prospect of relief, as the bill authorizing the hypotheca tion of the church property in negotiating a loan o! $15,000,000, or if necessary, to sell a sufficiency of it to raise that sum, was ap parently o1 no avail, although it had receiv ed the sanction of Santa Anna. The whole body of the clergy had protested against if, and a largo portion of the lower classes sided with the clergy, and such was the general feeling in relation to the measure that it had been found impossible to borrow, and the im pression appeared to be that if seizure and sale of the property were resorted to. no por cini ers could he found. It is almost need loss to add that the rumor of Santa Anna’s assassination in consequence of opposition to this measure was entirely unfounded. It has been proposed in Congress, by several deputies to repeal the law empowering the Government to sell or hypothecate the pro perly not cultivated, called in Mexico dead property, hut these propositions were not countenanced. The Governor of San Luis Potosi issued a decree on the 30;h ulto., pro viding for the raising of a loan in that State of $50,000, to meet the immediate expenses of the army. This sum the Governor is au thorized either to borrow, or seize by force, by ibe Congress of the State. No mention is made in the papers of the , capture of Chihuahua, by nnr troops, hut the report of a battle in its vicinity is fully con firmed. Gen. La Vega has been appointed Cover- t nor of the State of Vera Cruz. Among those who know his aspirations, it is believed this appointment will not give him satisfaction. He expected to he appointed second in com mand in the army. Does he ambition mili tary renown, however, he will have an op porlunity of displaying Ins prowess should Vera Cruz be attacked. Santa Anna, we learn, has given much dissatisfaction to the older officers of the ar- ! my by his military appointments. Men have been appointed to high commands ut’erly ignorant of military affairs. Some have been r-» appointed who have notoriously malfc them- j selves wealthy by plundering the Treasury I when holding civil offices, and others who | were among the banditti of the country have been commissioned—all for their services in bringing about the restoration to power of j their rewarder. Santa Anna it is stated was preparing to leave San Luis, it was suppo-ed for Tula, on the direct road between San Luis and Tam pico. Hr is much censured by the press for his inactivity, but it is doub ful i! lie will seek an encounter with our army, Tuiiuhs lo €»ru. Taylor. A meeting of the citizens of New Orleans was held on tiie ITtii inst. for the purpose of returning thanks to Gen. Taylor and the gal- C 5 *■ lint officers and men under his command.at i i at which Mayor Crossman presided. The ' meeting was addressed by Col. Peyton, S S. Prentiss, and others, and the following reso i iulions adopted; Resolved, That in the opinion of ties mrpt ing Major Gen. Zachary Taylor, and the of- | i Hcer>i and men under his command, are en titled to the thanks of the people ol tin* Uni- j j ten States for their eminent service in the j Hold during the present campaign in Mexico. j | 'J hat we have witnessed, with nmnixed. I approbation and pride, their fortitude under ■ privations a ndvalor in action against a superior force, and the succession of brilliant victories j which have attended their operations; we have beheld them overcoming all obstacles | and disadvantages by the r enterprise, their | discipline, and their gallant bearing in the , common cau-e of our country. Thai (he Insire of their achievements can only be equalled by their generous and nob’e j forbearance in victory towards a vanquished ; and submissive foe, and their disposition nni fnr.mily evinced to spare an unnecessary effu sion o/ blood and mitigate t lie horrors of war. lt- J soh c d,'\'o at the Secretary of this meet ing he requested to forward to Gen. Taylor a cony of these proceedings. '.Hove Volunlcer*. The Dahlonega Watchman of the 17:1 1 inst. pays:—-“We are happy to be informed that the company of volunteers raising in I this county for the Mexican war by Mr. E. \V. Cole, is nearly made up, and will parade I in this place on next Saturday. All those who wislii (n join tin’s company should b> here at that lime that they may be reported to the President and their service tendered for the Mexican war. Mr. Co'e will, \vc have no doubt, make an officer well worthy the command of a company of Lumpkin’s most patriotic sons.’’ - [Correspondence us the Baltimore Patriot ] \ twenty-ninth congress, S u c O ND SESSIO N . Washington. Feb. 20, 1847. IN SENATE. After the presentation of petitions by Mr. j Dix and others, the Senate took up and for ! some time considered the bill authorising an ■ increase of Generals in the army, i Before any definite action was had on the ! bill, it was, on motion, laid over, and the Sen i ate proceeded to a further consideration of the l three million bill. Mr. Simmons resumed the speech which he commenced some days ago, and spoke at ! length, in part on the merits of Ihe hill and in , part in* replv to the speech of Mr. Calhoun on | presenting his resolutions yesterday. Mr. Calhoun replied with spirit and re asserted his doctrines. Mr. Simmons rejoined with equal spirit, ! and the scene became highly interesting. I Finally Mr. Soule obtained the floor, when, j On motion, the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House devoted considerable lime to the consideration of private bills, several of which were passed. Several bills from the Senate were taken up and passed—among which was the one j for disposing of the mineral lands on th^ shores and islands of Lake Superior. The House added an amendment. The House then went into Committee of 1 lie Whole (Mr. Cobh in the Chair) and took up the River and Harbor bill reduced from the bill of last session to about $500,000 in amount. After considering the some for some time, the committee rose and reported the bill, and the House passed it by a vote of 86 to 72. 'Phe hill contain-' and item of SIO,OOO for the improvement of Baltimore harbor, and one of $15,000 Cora survey and examination of the Ports of Hivre de Grace. On motion, the house -adjourned. Corn lias advanced in this section du ring ihqplust few days, from 11) to 25 cents per bushel, and is now selling at Kings ton for 50 cents. Two weeks since, it was with difficulty that our farmers could obtain 25 and 30 cents per bushel.— Rome, ( (j <7.) Journal, 20 Ih inst. From fifty to sixty wagons could find employment for a month or two to haul cotton, grain, &c., from this place and the surrounding neighborhood to Kings ton, at fair prices. The trade over this route iias greatly increased inis season, and the Steamer Coo s -a is doing a good business; she left our wharf on Tuesday freighted with goods lor the interor of Alabama. The river is in fine boating order.— lh. CCrThe Constitutionalist Letter Sheet Price* Current, will he ready for delivery this Morn ing, at y o’clock. Statement of the business on the Georgia Kail Koud during the week ending February2o ,IS 17, Passengers, $2,868 57 Freights, 5,165 87 Mali, "69 -<6 Amount, $9,103 90 Gf.o. R. K. Bk’g Co . \ Trau- p. Off. Feb. 20, 1817. V Feb. 24 —I U 3 NEAI*O L!T A N IS ON N LTS. PATTISON, NOE JL CO., Patentees and Manufacturers, 23 Delaney Street, New York. Feb. 23 3m— . 121 SCr We are authorized to announce VVM. H GOODMAN as a candidate for Member of Councd for Ward No. I. [Feh.2l • £5“ Mr. Editor —Please announce the follow ing named gentlemen as candidates for Members j of Council for Ward No. 1, at the coming election I in April next:—JAß. GODBV, A. P. SCHULTZ, i Feb. 18 *— We are authorized to announce Dr. J. G. McWHOUTEII as a candidate for Mayor of the the City nf Augusta, at the election on I lie second Monday in April next. Feb. 16 We aro authorised to announce Col. G. F. PARISH as a candidate so re-election as Member of tiie City Council from Ward No, 1.,al the en suing election in April next, [Feb. 17 * — 80“ Mr. Editor —P ease announce the name of CHARLES E. GRENVILLE, Esq., as a candi date fur Council in Ward No. 1, And oblige r«b. 17 *- MANY VOTERS. Mr. Editor —Please announce Dr. 1. P. GARV IN as a candidate for Member of Council fur Ward No. 1, and oblige Ma.nv Voters. Feh. 20 ♦ Ilf {We are requested to announce IT. I). BELL, as a suitablS candidate for Aldermen in Ward No. 2. *— Feb. 17 RELIEF FOR IRELAND. Mayor’s C*<sick, ) February 13, 1'047. $ ! At the suggestion of the Committee of ap pointed under resolution of Council, for receiving suits riptions for I lie sufferers in Ireland, that their number is inadequate, I hereby add lo that t'om ' mittee tiie f Mowing citizens, with the request that they w ill serve: John Kerr, Daniel IT.iml, John C. Carmichael, John Foster, William Walton. Feb. 14 L. D. FORD, Mayor. I [£/* R. S. Jackson , Teacher on the Piano Forte, Flute and Violin, respectfully j tenders his services to the citizens of Augusta. References—Henry Parsons, Thus. Richards i and T. 8. Metcalf, Esq’rs. N. B—Far terms, Ac., inquire at H. Parson’s ; Music store. Cm Dec. 1 ANOTHER IMPORTANT LETTER FRO3I GEORGIA—READ IT. j We are daily receiving testimony like the. fol , lowing from the North, South, East and West. Messrs. Reese <y Ware —Gentlemen—I was af* j dieted with asthma for fourteen years, arid had tried every remedy in ihe country; 1 had also been ■ to several | hv-icians, ami found no relief whatev -1 er. I was afflicted at times so severely, that the i blood would gush from my nose, and my breath ing was difficult. Indeed the disease, had gained so much on me that I despaired of ever getting well, when 1 chanced to get a*botlle of “W istar's Balsam of \V dtl Cherry,” which effected a perfect cure, and I now consider myself perfectly.sound. ’Phis can he proved by numbers of men in Frank lin county and its vicinity, and I think it my duty to Jet it be known. THOMAS A. PATRICK. Franklin Co., Ga., November 13, 1816. For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by IIAVILAND. HiBLEY & CO., and also by THOMAS 11ARKLTT & CO., and Dealers in I Medicines generally in Georgia. 1 Feb. 19 13— 118 rupww—a t mwmnnsirßani musi— imil. DEATHS. ■ Died, on the 20ih inst., in this city Rkreccv I Camfield, daughter of Joseph and F.lizabeth J. ; Milligan, aged 3 years. Died, in Warrenton, (Ga.) on the 1 lih inst., ; Maria 8., wife of John 11. Roberts, Sen’r., aged | 52 vears. latest dates from uvKtiPOOi.,::::::;:::;jAft. 19 1 latest dates from HAVRE, I3 Augusta Jlarkcl, February 24. j COTTON —Our last review left the market in I a very unsettled state, caused by the advice* per i Sarah Sands, the difference in the views of buyers and sellers being so wide, that there was no like lihood of an approach. It has continued much in the same state during the past week, the difference in the views of both parlies being still further in creased by the unfavorable advices from the sea port markets, and the sudden and rapid rise in the rates of freight. Buyers have shown not the least disposition to operate, and the highest offers mad* by them was 91 for round and 10 cents for fair in square bales. These prices arc about 1 cent under what holders would he willing to Lake, and as a consequence there has been only a few lots sold | this week, most of tho factors having withdrawn their offering stocks from the market. 1 tie receipts 1 at this point during the past week hat'c liecn very light, and we n\ay look for them to continue to sot