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i From the New Orleans Delhi.]
Tnylor’m Address to l!ic American Troop*
at the Sionuiug of Mouirrfy.
1Y CAPTAIN G. W. PATTEN, U. S. AUMY.
Come along, come! with your eagles forever?
Loose them and lift them aloft in the sky;
Dur sweethearts and wives though wo meet again
never;
'Tis tweet, oh. Vis sweet for one's country to die!
The column advances,
The war-charger prances,
Soe how he chafes at t;ie roll of the drum!
The foe is before us.
The star tlag streams o’er us, [come.
Ho! onward, boys, forward, boys—come u.ong,
Com- along, come! once again to the battle!
Though fierce is the strife, yet unwon is tits day;
Our bravest and best, mid the war-tempe.st’s rattle,
Lie pale in the pass of the rough Monterey;
With bosoms all bleeding,
The trumpet unheeding, [dumb;
They slumber—they hear not —their voices are
By the stiff form unshroundeil,
By the hrighteye now clouded, [come!
Cry, onward, buys, forward, boys—curae along,
Come along, come! yet once more to the rally!
Dazzle the Don with the eagle and shield;
He may gather Ids thousands from mountain anil
valley;
But wc’li ilie to a man ere we. ever will yield.
By the tongues that approve us.
By the bosoms that love ns, [lets’ hum.
By the heart’s that ne’er quail mid the death but-
By onr cause ever-glorious,
Our (lag twice victorious— [i^ine!
On! onward, boys, forward, boys —come aiong.
Camp, near Tampico, February, IS 17.
Eds. Delta—The author of the above piece k ind
ly consented to allow me to copy it, after reading
it, and I expressing a desire to do so. I know no
better medium through which to send its spirit
abroad than through thft columns of your paper.
Chaparral.
[From the A’. O. Picayune, V2lh inst. J
rtlrxicans Affairs.
We recur to day to the subject of Mexi
can affairs with no hopes of interesting our
readers; but there are obvious considera
tions which impart consequence to what
ever is now going on in Mexico, when at
any other lime and tinder different rela
tions in the United Slates the same pro
ceedings would be passed over by us as
dull and unimportant.
In all the papers we have examined
we see no mention of any public action of
Congress upon our propositions for peace
other than referring them. On the con
trary, it appears from their proceedings
of the 21st ull. that the committee to
whom our overtures were long since re
ferred had not then reported. The subject
came upon the suggestion ofSenor Gam
boa that the Minister ol Foreign Affairs
should rejdy to “the imputations, false
hoods and injuries done to the Mexicans,”
contained in the message of the President
of the United States. Senor Pacheco
thought it the duty of the Administration
rather than Congress to manage this mat
ter; that it was beneath the dignity of
Congress to enter into a newspaper dis
cussion of their wrongs; that their injuries
were to be redressed ra:hor by arms and
victories than the pen, and that there was
jio other escape for their Republic from
the depths of disgrace. Besides, he thought
enough had already been written of the
justice of their cause.
Senor Rejon spoke, next and suggested
that if it was proper to reply at all to the
message of President Polk, the present
was not the moment. A more favorable
opportunity would be presented wVen the
committee to whom the American over
tures were refered should make their
report. In repelling these overtures the
committee might show to the world that
the United States, not Mexico, had been
the aggressors.
Senor Pacheco rejoined in a hostile
strain, intimating that whatever might he
(he opinion of the committee as to replying
to Mr. Polk, they could not report in favor
of accepting overtures for peace, because
the last degree of ignominy would he to
enter into such a treaty' as could now he
made—the terms would necessarily he
most degrading and shameful for Mexi
cans.
Rejon rejoined, expressing himself much
of the opinion of the former speaker to a
peace. It could not he made until the
whole nation should call for it. We would
respect such an opinion, hut would always
reprobate such conduct. Ilis design was
to suggest, not that the committee should
report agreeably to this or that opinion or
instruction, but that in making their report
the committee should give to it the form
of a manifesto, justifying the conduct of
Mexico in the war which was forced upon
her by United States aggression. Senor
a member of the committee, closed
the discussion by remarkingihat there
were various documents before the com
imiMee besides the overtures of the U. S.
That the committee, agreeing in regard
to Texas and the war, had already labored
upon the subject, but had not yet been
able to come to a determination unon ail
the points submitted to them. That in
order to make their report they thought
it necessary to obtain some further data,
(or which they had applied to the proper
department; and that as soon as they had
received them they would prepare their
report, by which Congress would see that
the committee had not looked with indif.
fercnceat this delicate and interesting
business. The suggestion of Senor
Gamboa was not, therefore, adopted, nor
do we find any further mention of the
subject in our papers.
Among the passengers who came over
from Vera Cruz on the Medway to Ha
vana was D. Ignacio Curnplido, at one
time the editor of the former celebrated
Mexican journal, El Siglo xix. The
high character of that paper for political
•bility,’enlightened views and liberality'
of sentiment, and its thorough nationali
ty, will be a passport for Senor Cumpli
do " herever he may go. We learn that
lie proposes visiting the United States.
From advices received by La Patria
j from Tampico, it would appear, as we
learn from the Delta, that an action oc- ,
currpcl at Chihuahua on the 31st of De- j
comber. This is doubtless an error.— |
The account alluded to is more probably
1 that near F.l Paso, mentioned by us yes
terday, the news of which came bv Chi
huahua. Letters from the la!ter city !
I dated the 2d of January, are published in !
! the Mexican papers. Up to that time
! there had been no fight in the immediate
| vicinity of that city, which still remained
in i lie possession of the Mexicans. Our.
i troops entered Li Paso on the 27th of
December, and there had not been time
i for them to reach Chihuahua up to the
latest advices thence.
ft! some Mexican papers of an earlier i
date than those which report the [ighr
near El Paso, \ve see mentioned the ad
i vance of several bodies of American
j troops from Santa Fe—no one exceeding (
I 400 in number—and all directing their
■ march by different routes to El Paso and
1 thence to Chihuahua. That this city
; will fall, and probably without any fur
i ther resistance, we think altogether pro
j hable. We fully anticipate that the next
arrival will bring us information to this
effect. If so, it would ex Dibit in a more
glaring I'ght the folly of the original ex
pedition under Gen. Wool.
In our last wo spoke of the destitution
of the troops at San Luis Polos i. We re
cur to the subject to show upon what ur
gent representations Santa Anna succeed
ed in obtaining forty or fifty thousand
dollars from the Slate San Luis. The
Governor of that State sets forth the whole
case. 'Phe Americans were at Victor ia
I in force, and threatening, he says, by
j their superior numbers, the Mexican !
troops at Tula. Gen Santa Anna know
ing this, and at the same time seeing the
abandonment of his army by the Supremo
Government—the soldiers being reduced
I to perish miserably, and the officers no
i longer able to maintain their positions,
I having exhausted their personal means j
■ and credit, and being wrought to a pitch j
I of excitement so vehement that the preser- j
| vation ol the public tranquillity was only :
! to be attributed to the extraordinary pow-
I ers of endurance of the Mexican soldiers,
| and tothe genius oftheir chief,which ruled
! at once men and events. Santa Anna, in
i view of all this and various other things
| which we need not repeat, addressed
himself to the authorities of San Luis
and solicited forty or fifty thousand dol
lars that he might send reinforcements In
Tula, whither he could neither send aid nor
move with the army, because he had vol
absolutely the means of subsisting the
troops upon the. march. Santa Anna him
self suggested the decree which was hoped*, j
as we mentioned yesterday, authorizing
| the raising of the money at all events
j by a voluntary or forced loan. If this
| picture of Santa Anna’s need is hardly
! consistent with our former representations
i of Ids gambling operations on the largest
scale, the reader will please recall to
! mind that during the same man’s exile in
Havana, when in the enjoyment of his
princely income, he was a continual sup
pliant to the Mexican Government for
aid to supply his urgent necessities.—
Annv Dardin’s horse never was a grcal
ter bore to our Congress than were Santa
Anna’s wants Io the Congress of Mexico.
Although letters of the 2Gth ult. from
San Luis declared confidently that the
army with Santa Anna at its head, would
move next morning in some direction,
: there were fhn.se in Vera Cruz who sus.
j peeled that the capital was their de«tina
j lion, rather that Tula or Saltillo. Snre
j ly the forty or fifty thousand dollars they
have obtained cannot last them long.
7’he Mexicans’ account of Gen. Mi
not’s capture of Major Borland’s com
mand is quite unpretending. They say
that although it is unimportant in iNelf, it
is a prelude to the vicfoiies which are
! shortly to crown their arms.
| A paper says that the enlistment of
I troops to form the command of Gen. La
I Vega was going on rapidly in the upper
| country.
We find in the Lacomotoran energetic
j appeal to the Government to provide mn
I nev to buy provisions for the troops in
Vera Ctuz and the castle of San Juan.—
!t enforces its appeal by declaring that
during the month of December last, offi
cers of companies were compelled to go
without food a whole day, and first break
I their fast at night; others had been forced ;
j to seek their discharge because they could )
j not obtain the sustenance necessary fori
! them; and others again were actually ill i
from the pangs of hunger. M e have a |
letter, which reached us only yesterday, |
dated as far hack as the 17th ult.,confirm- |
ing what we said yesterday of the shoit'
I supply of provisions in t fie castle. And the
! want of arms at Vera Cruz was fell al- j
I most as much as want of food. For some |
j time they have been organizing a nation- ;
al guard in Vera Cruz, and up to the |
| middle of January they had nearly 14,000 i
men enrolled, hut had no means of arm- j
j ing them. In fine, the numbers who i
come forward for the defence ol the place
actually weaken its capacity to resist at
tack. A few thousand well appointed and
well supplied troops would he far more
efficient, were all the volunteers sent off
; to subsist in some other part of the coun
j tr - v *
I El Republican©, of the city of Mexico,
! attributes the resignation of the recent
ministry to the difficulty which they found
in procuring means to carry on the Gov.
i ernment by help of the law authorizing
; the seizure of church property. V ice
j President Farias at last found himself
a 1 andoned altogether bv his constitution
! al advisers, and on the 25th of January
he appeared before Congress by a clerk,
or higher official, named provisionally for
this express purpose, and avowed to them
that lie had not been able to procure a
cent by moans of the law, and onlv hoped
to do so when it should he modified in the
manner he then suggested. The modifi
cations suggested limit the application of
the funds which may be obtained to the
expenses ofthe war; regulate the ruode
of payment for church property —-how
much must be paid in cash and how much
may be received in Government slocks;
they direct the utmost economy in making
the negotiations, and finally declare that
in case of exceeding the powers entrusted
to him, the minister who manages the ne
gotiation shall be personally and exclu
sively responsible. The most objectiona
ble feature in the Government sugges
tion touches the rate at which it desires
power to sell church property. It asks to
he allowed to sell such property as low as
forty per cent, on its value, of which
twenty per cent, must be paid in cash
and the other twenty per cent, mav bo
paid in Government seenriiies. Inasrnuch
as Government securities can be bought
for five cents in the dollar and under, the
reader will see that should these modifi
cations become a law, the Administration
would in fact be authorized to raise mo
ney by selling church property at an
enormous sacrifice—a sacrifice which
would require the bulk of their wealth to |
raise fifteen millions. Yet ruinous as
this measure would he, it seems to he :
understood that llcjou and others ha 1
accepted office with a view to carry it
tlMough. The Opposition in and out of
Congiess are more clamorous against the
new proposition than the first law. In
stead of being less burdensome, it is, they |
say, vastly more so, inasmuch as the first
law could in no wav he executed, hut tlie
! cupidity of usurers would be tempted by
■ the adoption ofthe proposed amendments.
I Congress was occupied with tin's scheme
at our last advices. The favorite substi
tute ofthe opposition for it was a diiect
property fax of four dollars in a thousand |
upon private fortunes, and six dollars
' upon the property of corporations.
What the result may he, we arc unable
j to say, hut judging from the tone of the
: press, wc should think the enforcement of
: the plans o! Farias and Rojon would in
i' evilably lend to civil convulsions. Indeed, j
j upon the first publication of the law au
thorizing any meddling with church pro-
I perly, a move was made to upset the ex
! isling order of things on the part of some !
| of tire clergy, hut it failed for the want of
j a leader. We have seen a letter from
| Havana which says this party offered to
j put Gen. La Vega at the head of affairs,
; hut that officer was too prudent, and pre
' ferred to accept the command in Vera
| Cruz. Enough of Mexican affairs for to
|
i ; ~~
[From the .V. O. Delta, \'Jlh insl. j
SIXTA AAV« A’* MITTEK
On the Subject of Church IPropcrty.
We find in El Republicano, from the city
of Mexico, of trie 12t.1i January, the following
letter, of which mention has been made be
fore bv tbe Mexican papers. It manifests
Santa Anna’s opinion on the sale and hypo
thecation of the church property. Here is a
t ran'lat ion of it :
“Private Secretary of th a General-in-Chief
of the Liberating Republican Army. To
Don Manuel Crescendo Rejnn .
“San Luis I’orosr, Jan. 2d, 1347.
li My Dear Friend :—l have received your
favor of the 30th ultimo, and am informed*
with satisfaction of its contents, for tbe feel
ing of affection in it as well as for the deci
sion to c ’-operate in furnishing resonn.es to
the army, to whom the national defence is
confided.
‘I have examined, with attention, the
means which you propose to me, utul really
1 believe iher’ 3 is no other resource left to
furnish the Government with the money so
urgently necessary to sustain the indepen
dence so dangerously menaced by the ambi
tion of our neighboring Republic.
“A loan of $20,000,000, with the hypothe
cation of the church property, is the only
thing which, at the present moment, should
he discussed in Congress; any other subject
which should be taken up now must remain
undecided, for we have no time to lose. It is
not a new affair, that the clergy should con
tribute out of its property to the expense of
the nation. In Spain, which is quite a reli
gious country, in that terrible epoch in which
it was attacked by the gigantic power of Na
poleon, tlie Spanish clergy were seen,among
other numerous acts of true patriotism, to
present voluntarily even the sacred vases,
to assist the strength and the need of the
soldiers who sacrificed themselves for the
independence of their beloved country.
‘•I have also had my prejudices on this
subject. For ten years have 1 resisted, with
all my strength, the passage of any measure
1 against the property of the clergy, and I have
even intimated several limes to the Cabinet,
that I would sooner consent that my hand
should be cut off than sign a decree to dis
pose of such properly, but at that time cir
cumstances were entirely different from what j
they are now; the nation had then more nr j
less resources—more or less means of rais
j jng funds; it was not as it is now; the fonn
t tains of our treasury were not exhausted, j
i and our nation never found itself in the sad
situation which is now manifested, sustain- |
j jng an unequal contest with a Republic that j
j sacrifices all to carry on the war, which is
' provoked in order to humiliate us, and mb
i our country of two-thirds of its valuable
territory.
‘•Under these circumstances, and for such
considerations, I do not oppose any longer
the proposition to rai.-e a loan by the means 1
proposed l*ely, iI it.should agree with the will j
ofthe August Congress. I will sustain and
support it, as I believe it the most praclica- \
ble mode of realizing the sum required, and
that the clergy’s property will be belter in
sured, and have no further changes to fear
hereafter.
“I am in despair at this very moment, for
it is now the 2d day of the month, and the
different chiefs are almost mad, looking after
provisions for their men. And still there are
some writers who will inquire, why our army
does not move ?
“This express has no other object than to
make known our sad condition, and if the
government does not send quick supplies. I
cannot say how this will end.
“Try to get the information as to the man
ifestation I send to-day to Congress.
“I enclose to you a petition, which I ad
dress to the legislative body, lor permission
and lor the means of advancing the army, re
commending you to place it in the hands of
theminis ten?, in order that it may obtain suc
cess.
•‘Wishing you health,
“1 am your friend and ob’clt. srrv t,
“Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna/*
Another communication from Santa Anna,
dated 13:h, from Sail Lois Putosi, and re-I
ceived in Vera Cruz on the 13th, addressed 1
to the Minister of War, save that he ac-)
knowledges the receipt of an official despatch j
to the several commanding generals of the ’
States, setting forth that the Sovereign Na- 1
tional Congress, taking into consideration the i
exigency ol the moment, and the privations
under which the valiant soldiery were pre
paring to fight for their country, were taking
measures to issue a decree to empower the
Government to appropriate sls 000.000 on
mortgage of by sale of tlie eccle.-iaslical pro- 1
perry, for the support of the army.
“And with ibis motive, [the letter pro- 1
reeds,) your excellency will please, with I lie I
consent of the most excellent, tbp Vice Presi- I
dent, to prepare the •minds of the subordinate ;
functionaries of tbe mini-try against the cun
ning of I he enemies of our national integrity,
who as on other occasions, endeavor to dis- j
gemmate malignant reports, in order to throw 1
discredit upon the superior authorities.
“Your excellency will be pleased to as
i sure the most, excellent, the \ ice President,
that in the army under my command there i
i not one man who dares, with the depraved
f wish of lessening its strength or ardor, to in*
: terpret in a sinister manner the act of the su
preme power of the State. Rut if any crime j
of this nature should present itself, I will j
lake opportunely the necessary steps to op- j
pose and overwhelm it. (Jo no account what- 1
ever shall the public tranquillity be disturb
ed.’
|
[From the Washington Unions 1 Sth Inst.]
Tiic last Special itlcMNjgf,
'Fins important and able document,calling
the atieni on of Congress to llie measures both
I military and financial, which are needed for 1
! the vigorous prosecution of the war, will
j again remind the country of the faithful and
energetic manner in which the Executive
| has performed its duty in I lie present crisis,
i and will show upon what department of the
! government restslhe full responsibility ofthe
delay which has occurred in the important le
gislative business of the session. The Presi-
I dent refers to his previous recommendations
| of proper legislative provisions to meet the
demands of the war, avoWs his unalterable
j purpose to prosecute it with all the resources
• at iiis command in a view “to its speedy and
successful termination by an honorable
I peace,” and suggests such additions to the
existing legislation upon the subject, as are
now urgently needed. Among these, are
legal provision for the appointment of such
major generals and brigadier generals, as the
efficiency of the service demands; for the re
enlis me.il of such of the volunteers now in
Mexico, as may choose to serve during the
war; for she grant of a bounty to those who may
thus extend their term of service, and for
filling the vacancies which may have occur
red in the volunteer corps either by death or
discharges from the service. While urging
measures for the vigorous prosecution
of the war, the President reiterates bis con
stant readiness to enter upon negotiations
i with Mexico, looking to the conclusion of a
just and honorable peace.
These important military recommendations
i of the President have not yet been acted upon
i bv Congress. In the 11 use of Uepresenta
' lives the premature and agitating d scussion
ofthe Wilrnot proviso, and in the Senate, a
most ill-judged and futile attempt to put down
the freedom of the press, have stood in the
way of the business ofthe country. If any
thing were wanting to complete the odium
of this recent movement m the Senate, it
would be found in the fact that it lias been
brought forward precisely at the moment
when every hour spent in such discussion
must be paid for by the sacrifice both of blood
and of treasure in Mexico. It lias delayed
legislation for that which is worse than
nothing, when delay was incalculably per
nicious. 'Fite people will take note of this
matter, and vis.it it severely upon the beads
of those who are justly responsible for it.
The special message does not overlook the
financial demands of the time. ibe Presi
dent has recommended a moderate war fax
upon some articles ofthe free list, especially
1 tea and coffee, together with such other rev-
I enne measures as may be necessary to main
tain the honor of the country and uphold the
public cred.t; including, of course, among
the-e measures, a graduation of the public
lands. It is estimated that from these sources,
an additional revenue of not less than three
millions of dollars can be raised. If the im
i porlance of this step is not duly fell in Con
gress, certain it is tiiat it is duly appreciated
everywhere else in the country. We are
1 happy to perceive, however, by the report of
yesterday’s proceedings in the House of Re
: preservatives, that the Committee of Wavs
1 and Means have reported a bill substantially
in accordance with the recommendations of
rhe Treasury Department. It is to take ef
fect from the dare of its passage, and it
levies a duty of 20 per cent, on lea and coffee;
an additional duty of ]0 per cent, on refined .
sugar, coal, bat, ami pig iron, and various j
f inns of iron manufactures, together withan
additional duty of 5 per cent, on certain
manufactures of cotton. There is no design j
j to change the pr nci.de of ihe act of 184 G. j
The revenue standard is the one to which the i
republican pariv mean to adhere as the per- J
manent regulation of the land. They abjure
1 the protection principle; the minimum and
specific duties. Nor can there be a doubt
that the tar ff of 1840 will realize the cal
culations of tbe Secretary of the Treasury, j
■ and will bring in even thirty millions ol rev- j
j rune. But war exists. Money is wanting. |
The bid provide-’, in addition to a duty j
j upon tea and coffee, a slight addition to a i
j tew other articles—not to boa permanent 1
! regulation. All these duties are to cease
j in two years after the conclusion of peace
; with Mexico. The last section of the bill
j also graduates the price of public lands which
| have”been for more than ten years in the
market, and subject to entry. This section
is to take effect after the Ist of May, 1847.
It is earnestly to be hoped that no collateral
issue, or profitless and distracting debates
may delay or defeat the passage of some re
venue measure, so necessary to support the
credit of the country, and to furnish means
for the prosecution of the war. It is set down
in the House for Monday next.
This message is but another proof of the
zeal and fidelity with which the Executive
department of the government has labored j
to perform, promtly and vigorously, its who e J
duty to the country. The sympathies of the
people are witlMhe President. They desire
a peace with Mexico upon just and honora
ble terms. They see the President exerting
all his energies to secure it. They know
the imperious demands for prompt and pre
sent action. They have looked with growing
impatience upon the procrastination ol Con
gress. They demand that our arms should
be strengthened in Mexico before the season
arrives when ol#" troops can not longer act.
They demand, especially, that Congress
shall take all due measures to uphold the
I credit and supply the treasury ofthe country.
! —They look, we sincerely believe, with in*
i creasing disgust upon the introduction into
| nnr councils, of the distracting and agitating
: subject of slavery at a moment when the
1 north and the south should rally together and
| stand shoulder to shoulder against the com
mon foe. They regard, we well know, with
deep indignation, the recent frivolous and
impotent action in which the Senate has con
sumed the time that belongs not to the per
sonal vindictiveness of the Senate, but to the
j great wants of the country. R is ominous
I —it is little less than disgraceful to our le
j gislation, that while our foreign war lan
j guishes, it is exciting a war against each
! other in reference to our own instilmions, and
I at the same time against the freedom ofthe
press. We have been censured for saving
that so to act was to act iti a Mexican rather
| than in an American spirit. But we conli
| deully appeal to tbe whole country to answer,
whether such be not indeed the lamentable
result ? One tiling, at least, is certain. If the
vomilo shall paralyze the operations of our
campaign in Mexico, tiie Executive, at least,
lias done all that if. could do to avert the evil.
Had Congress followed out the Executive
recommendations, with due .diligence, the
i evil would surely have been averted.
|, AtJGUSTA. GEO..
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 25.1817.
Kflicf for Mcotlaiul.
We are gratified to learn that exertions are now
making in this city for the relief of the suffering
! Scotch, and we are requested to say that any do
j nations left at this office, iu money or provisions,
cr with Robert A. Reid, will be thankfully receiv
ed, and forwarded.
Itlore IVcxv Books.
We li ave received another supply of new books
from the Messrs. Harpers, through Mr. Richards
of this city, at whose store they can be purchased.
Among them are:
Hi-tory of the Thirty Years War, translated
from the German of Frederick Schiller,by Rev. A.
J. W. Morrison, M. A., being No. XIX of Harper’s
new miscellany.
Also, The Use of the Body, in relation to the
Mind, t>y George Moure, M. D., being No. XX of
the same series.
Parental Instructions, or Guide to Wisdom and
Virtue, designed for young persons of eiiher sex,
selected mainly from the writings of an eminent |
Physician.
The Juvenile Companion and Fire Side Reader, i
consisting of Historical and Biographical Artec- |
dotes and selections in Poetry, by J. L. Bluke, !
'J he Emigrant, by Sir Francis Head, Bart.
Myrtis, with other Etchings and Sketchings, by :
Mrs. L. 11. Sigourney. This work is got up in
beautiful style, is accompanied with a beautiful
plate engraving, and is very suitable for a pre
sent.
Fortescue, a novel, by Sheridan Knowles, Esq ,
being No. 92 Harpers’ Library Select Novels.
CfcCrlt is reported and believed, (says the New
York Journal of Commerce) that Col. James Wat
son Webb has been appointed Brigadier General i
of the Volunteers, and will immediately take his
departure for Mexico.
Ship IVew York.
The Charleston Courier of the 21th inst. says—
“By an arrival from Beaufort, N. C., we learn
that this vessel was nearly ready to proceed to
New York. Most of ilie necessary caulking had
been done, and the ballast, consisting of tar, taken
in. We understand that the New York will re
quire but comparatively few repairs/’
A long Train.
A correspondent of the Rochester Democrat
writes from Albany, thus:
“On our east, we passed the longest train of
I cars on the Albany and Boston road, that lias ever
crossed the track. It was composed of 122 cars,
an average length of 30 feet each, making a train
of over 3,700 feet—or near three qn triers of a
mile long, and all drawn hy one powerful engine,”
Court Alartial.
The Naval Court Martial now sitting at Nor
folk, have made a decision in the case of Acting
I °
Master Rolando, but it will not be known until an
nounced by the department.
Drawback oa Sugar.
The Treasury Department have decided that
2 1-G cents per pound shall be paid on the exporta
tions of foreign Sugar refined in the United States.
Water illclloiis.
A correspondent of the Tallahassee Sentinel,
under date of Columbia, E. F., Feb. 12th, writes i
“Air. Alexander, a resident of Columbia county, :
Florida, and a gentleman highly reputable for his j
veracity states that, on the 4th of this mont h,w bile j
tramping over his enclosure which was cultivated
. last year, he casually came in contact with three
| of Nature’s most delicious luxuries, water rnel
: lons, entirely uncovered and exposed to the past
i severity of the. winter, yet as purely delightful to
i the taste as if plucked from the vine on a July
j morning.”
The Lost Crocs of Ireland.— The money
| value ofthe crops lost, potatoes and oats, in Ire
land, was estimated at X 15,000,030, or nearly sev
enty five millions of dollars.
Important Dixixiou,
Henderson, a Kentucky Justice of the
Peace, who was tried at Columbus, Oh o, for
I kidnapping Jerry Phinney, a fugitive slave
j from Kentucky, has been discharged by the
Supreme Court of Ohio. The court has so
lemnly rc-affirmed all the positions laid down
bv the Supreme Court of the United States
in the celebrated Priorr case, as to a master’s
right to re-capture his fugitive slave, unim
peded by the State laws.
Death of Judge Maflold.
We learn with much regret (says the Ala
bama Journal of Wednesday) that the Hon.
Reuben Saffbld died of apoplexy on Monday
morning last, at his residence in Dallas coun
ty. The deceased was for a long time on the
Supreme bench of Alabama, and in this and
(other prominent positions, occupied a large
place in the rt?gard of his fellow citizens.
Bf Magnetic TeSejjrnph.
[Reftorted for the Baltimore i'un.]
. Arrival of the Steamer Cambria.
15 DAYS LATE It FROM EUROPE.
The lorn and Navigation Laws Suspended.
A Rapid Decline in Flour, Corn, Grain,
wild Cotton.
Suspension of Sugar Duties Considered —
Contribution from the Pope for ihs Relief of
Ireland—Continued Suffering in Ireland —
More Disturbances France Threatened
with Famine —Advance in the Rates of hr
teresl —Scheme for Relief ami Improvement
in Ireland—The Seed Crops—Government
Advances for Temporary Relief — Reduc
tion of the Rales of Duties in France—Tu o
Millions of Sjiecie by the Cumbria , t[r.'
The Steamer Cambria arrived at Boston on
Saturday afternoon, after a passage of sixteen
da\ s. bringing dates from Liverpool fifteen day*
later than those brought by the Sarah Sands.—
We have received the following despatches from
our New York correspondents, which are highly
important in a commercial point of ' iew. The
rapid decline in flour and grain was caused, main
ly bv the effect of the suspension of the corn and
navigation laws. What will be its effect on our
markets cannot at present be ascertained, but *
day or two will suffice to decide.
[Correspondence of the Ball /more Sun.]
Nkw York, Saturday night, 11 o'clock.
The Grain* Market.— The report received
at the time of the departure of the Sarah Sands,
on the 20th ult., left the two chief markets in
England, those of Liverpool and London, with a
downward tendency in the price of grain.
Since that day imports have been very exten
sive. and although large sales have been made,
the stock of flour in Liverpool alone, on the de
parture of the Cambria, was estimated at 300,000
barrels, with a corresponding stock of grain.
In London, on Monday, the Ist inst., wheat
declined from Is. to 3s. per quarter. At Liverpool,
on the following day, prices were four shilling*
per quarter lower on Indian Corn; four shilling*
on flour, and two shillings per load of wheat.
The Cotton - Market. — Since file public*,
t ion of the weekly circular, of the 291 h ult., the
cotton market has been in a very quiet position,
and prices were on the decline. On 30th ult.
<5,000 bales were sold. On the Ist inst., 5 001
hales had changed hands. The business of tin
2d was estimated at "2,000 bales.
On the 3d inst., there was a dull heavy mar
ket, with prices fur American, generally, Jn.
per pound lower. Other descriptions remain un
changed. Tile sales amounted to about 3,500
bales American at G}d. to7JJ.; 200 bales Egvp
tian at 7d. to 7jd.; and 200 bales Surat at 4iL to
4M.
'l ife market for provisions is steady. The Iron
market is not so brisk.
Havre Cotton Mirkel. Upon the receipt of
intelligence of the oth ult. from New York a sud
■ den advance took place in Cotton. The sabs
are reported at 7,300 bales.but prices have receded
j Sugar had advanced.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.]
New York, Sunday, 9, P. M.
I send you some additional details of the new#
1 received by the Cambria, both political and mer
| cant le. The reduction in flour and corn has
caused great surprise among dealers in this city,
as prices were looking up on Saturday.
tluecn Victoria lias given her royal absent to
Bills passed by Parliament for the suspension ot
the Corn and Navigation laws, which will of
course have an effect to lighten the effect oftho
reduction in prices on the markets of lhi» coun
try.
A Bill for the suspension of Sugar duties wa#
under consideration by Parliament.
The Cambria brings £2,000,000 in specie.
The Pope of Rome has contributed oae thou
sand Roman crowns from his private purse for
the reliefof Ireland.
There was no mitigation ofthe suffering in Ire
land from the effects of the famine.
There wore more disturbance and a threaten
ed famine seemed to be impending.
The Bank of England has again advanced ila
rates of interc si.
Lord John Russell had introduced in Parlia
ment his scheme for the relief and improvement
ot Ireland, which consisted of a recommendation
that money he advanced for seed crops; ami tha t
loans be made to landlords fur the improvement
of water lands, or that they be bought by govern
ments at fixed rates. If they w ill neither sell
nor improve, government is empowered to take
at a fair valuation.
He also recommends an appropriation of 1,000,-
000/. sterling for the reclamation of waste land-;
that drainage he extensively carried out; and that
the land purchased he resold in small lots, crea
ting yeommry proprietors, for temporary relief.
The new poor law committees, bv lbs plan,
arc to distribute the money and food; out-door re
lief ts also recommended to aged and infirm pau
pers, making in all a proposed out lay of at lea*t
7,000.000/. s'erling.
'Phe French Chambers have adopted a bill
; providing for the lowest possible rale of duty to
| be levied on food until September next.
Liverpool Feh. 3.—There were small sale* of
• American flour at 40s. fid., and sales on a larger
scale at 40s. per barrel. For wheat there was &
limited demand, and prices receded fron 4d. to
fid. per 70 lbs. below the rates, of the previous
week. The declining tendency was produced
by the enactments of Parliament.
Unpreccdeu led ECeporiin z.
The Baltimore Sun of the 231 inst, pays;
We omitted to mention in our last that wo
received art “extra Union,” on Friday evening,
containing the great speech of the lion. John
C. Calhoun, on his resolutions in opposition
to the “Wiimot proviso,*’ which had been
delivered in the Senate but little more than
two hours previous to the departure of the
cars. It was comprised in an extra of four
columns, which had been reported in steno
graphic, characters, by Dr. Houston, the un
surpassed reporter of the Union, written out,
printed and mailed in such an unprecedented
short lime. Such a feat of enterprise has
never, within our recollection, been perform
ed by the Washington press before.
(LTThe Cherokee Advocate of the 23d inst.
says—“A war meeting was held in Cass
on the 12th inst. without distinction of party,
and some very warm resolutions were pass
ed, approving of the course of the adminis
tration, and condemning the effort made in
Congress to embarrass the Executive in the
prosecution cf the war, and in securing in-