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THE ai\STiTI : TiON.A!JST. JAMES GARDNER, JR. TERMS. Daily, per Tri-Weekly, per annum, *’ if paid in advance, J ° :i Weekly. per annum, ° 0u If paid u advance, * * * ~ 50 fry All new subscriptions must be paid in ad\ ance. p.u Stage must be paid on all Communications »nJ Defers of business. “ jJu, tOI.QIITT’Si Si'liliUl, (concluded.) I will now make some remarks upon tlie war itself, tfic fruitful theme fur abuse to the administration. It has been said, and has been reiterated again and again, that the President made this war. The question is, bow did lie make it? How do you establish the charge? It should be remembered, that if this charge fails—if tlie proof dues not es tablish it, our whig friends will have no ex cuse for their caurse noon the subject of tlie **r, and must expect the stern rebuke of au insulted and indignant people? How did the President mike tl is war? It is po.-ltively ce tiin that he sought very earnestly to make a treaty with Mexico! After the .Mexican minister had left the country, breathing hos tility against the United States; after onr minister had been dismissed from his official station by the authorities of Mexico, the Pre- Bident still sought negotiation. This did not exhibit any anxiety for war with that repub lic. After the threatening tone and attitude of Mexico made it necessary for our ves »el—of-war to hang upon her coast, and he ready for the exigency that was threatened, they were withdrawn by the suggestion of Mexico that their contiguity was a barrier to any overture of peace. This, su-ely, in dicated no hostile wish upon the part of the President to have a war with Mexico. If he ■ought only a pretext for hostility, he had enough to justify him in tlie eyes of the civ ilized world. lie still sued for peace, and by means which would have been humiliat ing, if we had been in contest with a migh tier power; he flattered himself that success W u d attend the effort. According to agree ment he sent a minister, with full powers to make a permanent treaty. This certainly b ars no mark of a desire upon the part of the President to rush into a war, Herera, the then President of Mexico, soon heard tlie munnurings of discontent, and saw the un doubted signs of a revolution in consequence of his consent to make a treaty of boundary. Ile endeavored to prolong the existence of his ricketty government,by refusing our min ister, and excusing himself for the refusal by denying the agreement. lie agreed to receive a commissioner only, and not a minister,lie said. Ido not propose to examine this quibble, although politicians here agreed with Mexico, and blamed the President. The revolution in Mexico was not consummated because Herrera agreed to receive a minister, but because he .was friendly to a treaty of boundary. If the quib ble to which he resorted had been the cause of complaint, tlie revolution would have been arrested when he rejected our mim.-ter.— Having shown a disposition to treat upon the •übject of boundary, tlie army would not-lruat him in power. They placed at the head of tlie government the master-spirit of the revo lution, Paredes, who put the army in motion by his hostility to the United States, and his opposition to any treaty with us upon the • übject of boundary. 1 suppose that the most letter enemy of tlie President will not deny but he did ail that could be done to make a treaty of peace. Ho failed. All this lam told is true; but that the war was made by the President, by ordering tlie army from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande! If he had Buffered the army to remain at Corpus Christi, ray they, we should have had no war. This is a supposition, unsupported by a solitary (act; it is a mere conjecture, c mtradicted by every art and every declaration upon the part of M *.xico. Why do you say that we should have had no war, if the army had remained nt Corpus Christi? Your only reply must le, that such is your opinion—you think so! You may have high character for wisdom and sagacity, bnt 1 prefer to have some data upon which I may examine the correctness o( that- opinion. That such is your opinion, and that so you think, may be answer suf ficient for yourself; but 1 very much doubt whether your naked assertion, unsupported by a single well-founded reason, and contra dicted by repeated acts and declarations upon the part of Mexico, will be considered con clusive by the thanking public. At any rate, I must be excused for my incredulity and un belief. When the resolutions favorable to the admission of Texas info the Union pass ed the Congress of the United States, the exican minister demanded his passports, j and declared that act a cause of war. Du ring the campaign of IS 14, alrno-t every whig press and whig orator in the Union opposed the annexation of Texas, assigning, as a pro minent reason, the injustice of the act, and that it necessarily involved us in a war with Mexico. I stop but a moment to inquire upon the other side of the chamber how they hope to reconcile the people of this country to their own glaring inconsistency? They made an issue before the people in the presidential canvass, and received the support of no small number of voters, by proclaiming the act of annexation as a just and certain cause of war. You now throw yourselves before the •atne people, and lei 1 them, Ob, no; that was no cause of war. Annexation did not pro duce it; but the war has been made by the President! Will not the people ask an ex planation of this inconsistency? Will you not have to acknowledge that your predict it ns were insincere in 1844, or that your decla rations now are unfounded? This clamor about a war with Mexico, and the injustice of annexing Texas to the Union, did not cease with the election. I will can your at tention to an extract or two from the New York Tribune, which will more definitely exhibit the position of the whig party, even after the election of President. [The honorable gentleman here read sev eral extracts from the New \ork “Tribune, containing denunciations of the democratic party on account of annexation ] With such declarations as these, jpade prior to the election of President from one end of the Union to the other, how can you row change your position, and enarge the war upon the President, because he ordered the armv to the Rio Grande. But, sir, not only did the Mexican minister return home, our minister there dismissed, and a revolution favorable to Paredes, ail showing that Mexi co intended war, but I desire to submit two or three circulars, which issued from the War Department in Mexico, that there may be no mistake, no doubt about bow and by whom the war was commenced. [Here the honorable senator submitted the wtll-koown official declaration of the Mexican government, denouncing annexation as an act of war, and directing tlie generals in com mand of the army to collect troops.] 1 (ere is the declaration of war! Here are the circulars calling for soldiers to prosecute the war! 'This was ad done s< me twelve months before our armv !,- lt t orpus Chris'). 1 Will gentlemen -til! ii'si t thtthe removal of the army was the cause of the war? In obedience to these orders (ruin the Department 1 of War in Mexico, troops were collected, • and an invading army, with orders to retake 5 Texas, of which she insisted she had been per fidiously despoiled. This army had its head ! quarters at Matamoros, wailing more troops and additional preparations. Thus, with war declared, an army collected, all chance tor negotiation closed, we are still gray !y assur -1 ed that nothing but the removal of the army caused the war! I am willing that this as sertion —no matter by whom made, wholly unsupported by facts, and contradicted by so i many circumstances—shall go before the world for what it is worth. Again: it is urged that the President ought nut to have ordered the army on disputed ground. The President might have -been very delicately situated, in deciding what was disputed ground. The Mexicans claimed ail Texas, and by her the whole ground was dis puted, until our army crossed t lie Sabine, I suppose gentlemen do not mean to insist that it was the duty of the President to abandon 'Texas, in order to place the army on undis puted territory. At what point do you say the ground was undisputed? Congress has fixed no boundary. 'The best informed slate men here may complain, but they cannot define what they themselves call undisputed ground. How was the President to ascertain this boundary? Texas claimed to the Rio ; Grande. She had never claimed any other boundary. No Other was esfablislied by either Mexico or 'Texas. No other boundary was known to the United States or to the world! i What was the President to do? By his official oath, he was bound to protect I exas. He had i no power to define limits, unless Mexico had 1 entered into treaty, which she refused. I ‘ ! leave this question for those wise statesmen ’ to solve, who could not be satisfied with any a~t which the President could do. It the 1 ground between the Nueces and the Rio ’ Grande is what gentlemen call disputed 1 ground, and if that were truly the case, I would say that, after every effort to settle the dispute, and every overture of peace had been rejected by Mexico, it was the duty of the President to take possession of the disputed ground; and if it had to he settled by war, let | that bo the place of settlement. Much has j been said as to the manner in which the war j lias been conducted and what should be the { course of future operations. 'The complaints j made against the President, I could take up, I and I think successfully defend. He has | from the first shown great anxiety to prosc i cute with vigor the war. I doubt not that | he has used all the means placed at his dis | pfsil as judiciously as the lime and chcim- stances would permit. Many of us are ( wiser after the happening of events than before they transpired, and not a few' de j light in showing our wisdom by criticising i actions after their performance, which we ! could not very well have directed before.— I It is. howe"er, soothing to our vanity to wind 1 up our criticisms hv insisting that it was all plain to our sagacious intellects before. The army has not advanced so rapidly as the President bad wished, and a controversy lias sprung upas to who is to blame. I think if the American peo ple wore polled, and they would all answer truly, that four-fifths of them would say that thev be lieved there would have been no more fighting after the battles of tlie Bth and 9li of May. Ta king into the calcu’alion the impoverished and distracted condition of Mexico, tlie supposition was reasonable. Gen. Taylor thought so, or he would not have complained at the mi uher of sol diers s»nt to his assistance. The army moved slowly, and I doubt not that the commander con fidently expected propositions for peace. He did not desire to shed anv more blood than was ab solutely necessary to secure an honorable peace. This same expectation prevailed when the armv was marched to Monterey. No battle was ex pected; and the best excuse offered for the capitu lation was the be.ief that even then the govern ments might be making terms of peace. lam in favor of adopting the most effectual course for ob taining peace, an 1 securing the rights of the country. The plan suggested by the senator from South Carolina, [ Mr. Calhoun ] it seems to me is the most certain and practicable; and I shall not repeat it. His arguments are strong, if not conclusive. We prosecute the war to procure a pence. It seems to me that & common interest will un tc tlie people of Mexico, as your army ad vances. If you pause on some safe and conve nient line, her dissentions will be more likely to operate in favor of a treaty, than continual inva sion. If no treaty shall be made for five venrs, the additional expense over the ordinary expenses of the government would not exceced fi -’e mil lions annually in maintaining a sufficient force to maintain our position. At the end of that time there would not be a Mexican on this side of the designated line; but such as preferred to be a citizen of our government. Within the country there would be, by that lime, citizens enough to protect themselves without an armv. I have full confidence that wo can. with our arms, pass through every part of Mexico; but I doubt wheth er the country would be subdued and a perma nent peace secure;!. \\ hatever course may be supposed most efficient, that course will have my hearty co-operation. I shall vote forthe bill plac ing the throe millions of dollars at the disposal of the President. If he can use it for the benefit of the country, very well; if not, it will not be lost to the treasury. I regret the amendment pro posed by my colleague, and shall vote against if. It appears to me to be nothing but a little display of party tactics, which will defeat (be end it is proposed to serve. M e are in a wir; and ran any one point out flic propriety of informing Mexico and the world, that when the war is end ed we intend to surrender aL the advantages which have resulted irom the conflict? \\ ill it alarm Mexico and make her sue for peace? Will she bo less disposed to continue thestrugglc when we inform her in advance that she shall lose noth* ing by it-- 1 continuance? I cannot think the amendment will serve a valuable purpose for the people ot this country. — We sought to avoid a war with Mexico, and hence this is not a war of conquest; but I am in favor of reaping all its legitimate results, as we must suffer the evils inflicted by its progress. If tlie country now in possession ot our arms, had still been hold by Mexico, without a conflict, I should have been satisfied, and yet we would have waged war. at any time, to have rescued its possession from mightier powers. Having it now in our possession, 1 shall abide a treaty and insist on its retention. I must confess I stid more deep ly regret the position assumed by my colleague in opposing the acquisition of territory for fear oi the agitating question of slavery. I regret it as coming from a southern man, and stlil more deep ly rc it, coming from Georgia. Sir, I cannot believe it reflects either the spirit or feelings ofthe people ofthe State we represent. The fear of no question will reduce them to retard the inarch o' our country in fulfilling its hig.i destiny. Ours will in time bean ocean-bound republic. Upon every hill will float the banner of freedom, and in everv vallev will be reared an altar to agru mture and to peace. Not bv war and conquest, but by the liberal spirit of our free institutions, will this work be accomplished. . . . . it should be the part ofwise and practical states men to guide with discretion this onward move ment toils final completion. But he who hesi tate* aud falters too long will bo crushed by it* progress. 1 have yet an abiding confidence in the patriotism of the people, 'i he question of slavery bears now a threatening aspect, but I -hall, with a patriot's faith discharge rnv doty to the country, and ti ust tha* the tempest-cloud will pass oif without harm to the republic. 1 will not suiT. r my self to belie c that we shall ever want :aen or munev to prosecute successfully this "v.r. Without money and without clothes, the sens of : revolutionary fathers will march at the bidding of their country, to but tor !cr honor and tb end her rights. Nor will I shrink back at the fright- j fu» spectre of fanaticism, nor yield a rigid, to <s- \ cape its foulest machinations. No, tii, the God that guide*! and shielded the country, in i s fear ful struggle for independence, is still our God. — Many a paltry, time-serving politician, who esti mates his selfish purposes higher than the consti tution of bis country, wi 1 be dead, and many others will be driven from the councils of the na tion. shrouded with that black and bloody mantle with which they threatened to obscure the bright prospects of their country. 1 shall oppose every proposition by which the progress of the war may be checked, by unnecessary, or mischievous antici pations. But I must say to those gentlemen who flatter themselves that now or hereafter the south will sutler herself to be degraded to preserve friendly relations with the north, that they make a sad miscalculation. I know the south and the feelings of her generous people. They will lay no burdens upon other sections of the Union. — They will require no sacrifices—make no exac tions. They Jove the Union, and will labor to preserve it so long** it can be preserved consist ently with honor. But with all their devotion for the Uni >n, there in n it a man, woman, t child among them but would sooner see the bright,sun nv south riven by m earthquake from the conti nent, and floating like an upon the ocean, than see her sons submit to outrage and degrada tion. This fair land of ours should be the peaceful patrimony of a band of brothers. The south earnestly and honestly desires to preserve and strengthen the golden chain that binds us togeth er; and when its links shall be severed bv the ruthless folly of fanaticism, the blow will not be given bv asouthern arm. while she will receive its infliction with unflinching firmness and un feigned regret. [Reported for the Jialtirnore Sund TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION. Washington, Feb. 23, 1547. SENATE. The bill fixing tin? time for the act regulating the carrying of passengers in merchant vessels to take effect, was intro duced bv Mr. Davis and passed. The bill to purchase the Madison papers; also, the bill to refund to the j Slates that have furnished supplies and I transportations to volunteers before mus- I tered into the service of the Government; and the hi!! to provide for the transporta- j tion of the mail to Oregon, were taken up and passed. The bill organizing ten regiments was then taken up. An amendment allowing paymaster's clerks seven hundred dollars per annum, was rejected. An amendment allowing dragoons the same bounty as the other regiments, was agreed to. o , . An amendment requiring paymasters of volunteers to be hereafter submitted to the Senate for confirmation, was agreed to. The bill was then ordered to be engross ed (or a third reading. The question on the reception of John A. Barry's petition was laid on the table. ; The three million bill was taken up. 1 Mr. F'vans made a strong speech against the war; he believed the judgment of the : people was against it. Neither national j honor nor national interest demanded its i prosecution, lie should vote for sup- | plies with reluctance, and should not vo’e i for the three million hill, because he did | not think it suited to bring about peace. Mr. Brecse followed, and defended the j war and the administration. Mr. Benton will speak to-morrow, and : will be followed by Mr. Davis. It seems to be understood, by general consent, that the vote on ihe bill shall be ! taken by Saturday. The Senate then went into executive j session. house of REPRESENTATIVES. I A resolution for the appointment of a committee to investigate the charges- made : by Mr. Morris against the committee on ; public lands, was the first business. Mr. Hunt, of Michigan, and not Mr. Collamer, now understood who the mem- j ber meant. Mr. Hunt made a statement, from which it appeared that bn holds nine shares of mineral lands, being worth sls, and rle nied, as had all the other members of the committee, any interested or improper ac tion whatever. A warm discussion took place between Messrs. Kennedy, of Indiana, McClelland, Morris and Hunt. Mr. Morris disclaim ed having charged any member of the committee with improper motives, but bad said, and now believed, that the influence of gentlemen determined to get posses sion of the mineral lands, had reached the committee. Ti e resolution was laid on ; the table. The resolution of Mr. Thompson, call- j ing on the Secretary of War for infbr- j mationof reason why tne Mississippi re giment of volunteers were excluded from the U. S. Barracks during their neccssa rv delay at New Orleans, with an amend ment by Mr. Ashmun, was considered, and on motion of Mr. James Thompson, was laid on the table by a vole of 85 to 65. The House then went info committee of the whole, Mr. Tibbatts in the chair. The debate on the army appropriation bill was continued by Messrs. Morris, of N. Hampshire, Carroll, and Dromgnole. The committee then proceeded to vote on the amendments. The two first provisoes of Mr. Win throp were rejected, but the third was adopted, and the committee rose. The amendments of Mr. Winthrop, which were adopted in committee of the , ,vhole were disagreed to by the House — | veas 70, nays 120. Other amendments by the committee I were agreed to —121 to 5-1, and me bill j passed—l 62 to 28. Communications were received from j the State, Treasury and Navy Depart- j ments, w hich were read and ordered to be printed. Several bills from the Senate were re ceived, n ad twice and referred. A resolution was adopted to meet here, i after at 11 o'clock, A. M. House ad- i j jourre.i. [ Corretpon deuce of (he Il illimore Su i ] Washington, IVh. 22, 1*47. It is believe I that the resolutions of > I Mr. Calhoun will have sixteen voles in j llie Senate, and that this number v ill be j sufficient to form henceforth the nucleus j of a powerful third party, bull believe : ! that such a parly, though it might count 1 i in a slavery or anti-slavery movement, ' | would be utterly divided in a move for ! 1 the Presidency. Thus, Col. Benton has ! already given the world to understand that lie looks upon Mr. Calhoun’s resolutions as “a string of abstractions*''—rather ominous as regards the joint action of the southern Stales. The fate of the duty on tea and coffee i is somewhat doubtful today, as southern 1 members prefess to bo determined not to 1 assent to the additional duty of ten per cent, on coal andiron, with which the bill is coupled. The Wilmotf, proviso, in that respect, is already producing its mis chiefs, and they will undoubtedly in crease. The VVilmott proviso in this re spect, is nothing but a great stumbling block to arrest legislation; intrinsically, it is nothing deserving a name. The new supplementary army bill does not “progress'’ in tho Senate with much speed, and the languor which Sen ators manifest in regard to it is no very favorable omen a* to its pas-age. .\rcrsTA, GEO., SATURDAY MORNING. FEB. 27,1847. Thr Southern Ileriew. We are happy to greet with our warmest | welcome the appearance of the January num ber of this very able Review. It comes freighted as usual with the richest stores of learning and thought. \\ e believe from its varied fable of contents, might be selected two or three articles that would form capital enough to set up the character of a Review in Europe. I The first article, The Distribution of i Wealth, is a profound and searching criti | cisrn into the theory of values. As a philo i eophical theds upon that vexed and involved j • ibject,il has nothing superior in recent cri ticism, and only wants an application of its principles to apt examples to make it as po pular, and useful as it is philosophical. Gen eral and abstract truths, however clearly de monstrated, arc not apt intake hold on the ! understanding or to be fixed in the memory, i except with adepts in science. To choo:-e 1 examples free from technicalities, is the i surest way of making a principle useful and i of securing the interest of a popular audito -1 rv. The author has however intimated that I this article will be followed by a develop j ment of his views—upon the influence of the action of government upon the distribution ! of wealth. We look with anxiety for the j continuation of the labors of this gifted i writer. i The second article, Tns Will, is not a I whit behind it—in profound and original I views. We look upon it as an ingenious, 1 elegant and witty demonstration of the philo | sophicai doctrine of necessity. We were : sorry to see it marred by a very stupid and 1 common place note by the Editor, which I he calls a review and answer to the article, j This editor has based his arguments, as he | says, upon common sen-e, “the best sense in i the world and the basis of all sound philoso i phy,” and which he distinguishes from mefa i physics. The answer to this piece of ad 1 capilandnm common place, is that if common , sense is different from metaphysical sense; i in other words, if metaphysics is nonsense— | the obvious rule for common sense people is. to say nothing about it. They have indeed i the privilege to set up in a modest way as arbiters of the world—and say its all “bloody nonsense” and bo end it. Rut when these same fine fellows cometo turn metaphysicians themselves, liiev are quite out of their voca tion—an i usually wind themselves up into the most inconceivable and unloosable knots. It is asserted by the Reviewer that “man is a necessai y, not a free agent —it is tune says the editor of the note “that this notion should bo abandoned as obsolete and worthless.” Upon his basis of common sense we suppose. “ Faith ” though he says “is involuntary or ne cessary” in other words that we cannot help our faith or belief upon which all our conduct in life must turn—and this lie calls common sense, j The truth is this appeal to common sense ! has been always made by stupid and dogmat ical people the world over. It proves any thing—it proves the existence of witches : and the universal virtues of tar water and Swaira’s Panacea. It is a direct appeal to ; Ito stupidity—to every man who has no soli tary idea beyond dinner unless it be supper | —it is sure therefore to have a majority in | its favor. We recollect an instance. Per- • haps it is in our own experience. A young squire recent from his books of philosophy, happening at a justice court ground by ■ chance, it seems was discarding with rnuen unction upon some branch o* the Copcrnican system, and especially asserted that the world turned round on its axis. Among the crowd there was a stout old boy with a bull j neck (as common sense people always are) i who at this point “put in” and said “not cut- | i ting your discourse squire—but if the world ; j turns over squire, why don’t all the water | j run out of mv well. Os course the squire j was rather dumb foundered and tried to ex i plain and was laughed at for his pains, and | in theend had “to lake a drink and cirap it, { it must be confessed that be looked ratner j sheepish and chop fallen, at this over whelming decision of common sense which was given against him. We had intended to have said not half what he deserved, but much of what we felt in sincere gralulations Ito our old bmlher chip—tho ex-editor of the j Mercury—who has now become the editor of the Southern Review. The length of this na co bids us forbear. Under the auspices i of this able, practiced and distinguished wn j ter, we feel assured of the success and in j creasing popularity ot this truly Southern ' review. j We give below the table of contents —all • the articles of which are worthy of a perusal. | That on American Literature is a very learn ed and able article. Art. 1. Distribution of Wealth. 2. The ! Will. 3. Labor. 4. Thimines’ Cook. 5. | Festus. 6. American Literature. 7. Mrs. ; Dana’s Letters. 8. Madawaska Settlement. 9. Mestner and Smedenbourg. 10. Prover bial Philosophy. 11. Critical Notices. ICTThe Charleston papers of yesterday, announce the deatli of Col, John S. Cngdcll, late President of the Bank of South Carolina. GLOIEIOI N NKWS. Tl»e I.ouiNiaim Volunteer* Muse! TLeir Arrival at Tampico. The schrs. \Vm. Bryan and Heroine, arrived at New Orleans on the 2ist inst., the former from Tampico, whence she sailed on the 12th, and the | latter from Brazos St. .bum, sailed on ilie )sih inst. The U. 8 Steamship Massachusetts was to leave i Brazos on the evening of the 15th inst. with Gen. i Scotland suite, and four Companies of U. States j troops. The steamers Edith and Virginia were to follow the Massachusetts in a few days w ith troops and supplies. The steamship Alabama had arriv ed at Brazos from New Orleans. Lieut. David Gibson, of the 2d Keg’t U. S. Art. died at Tampico, on the 6th inst. The deceased was a native of Virginia, and graduated at the U, ! S. Military Academy in the year 1813. His brave and manly heart endeared him to his friends, and ' will cause his loss to be severely felt by the army. The N. O. Delta, of Sunday last, the only paper received from that city, speaking of the safe arri val of the Louisiana Volunteers at Tampico, says: “We need not remind our readers of the gloom which overspread the city, when the news of the ; wreck of the Ondiaka.and of the perilous position of the Louisiana Volunteers, which had been on hoard, reached here. And this was considerably increased rather tiian dispelled, by the conflicting accounts or rumors brought here by the schooner St. Paul, on the 17th inst.. of their capture. In those rumors we put no faith: we felt assured the gallant Dellnssv and his brave Louisianians, would j not suffer themselves to be captured without ma kinc a determined resistance. Believing so, we ; bid the friends of the volunteers lobe of good cheer, \ and we have not been disappointed. The brig i Cayuga, from Tampico, is now in the river. She ! left there on the 11th inst. 31 r. Wheeler, who was I a passenger, came up to the city last night, in the ; steamboat Sultan. From information derived from ' a friend who conversed with him. we are enabled to lay the gratifying intelligence before unr read ers, that the Louisiana Volunteers are safe—every man of them. They arrived at Tampico before the Cayuga sailed, in good health and in good sjurit* a little fatigued,of course, from the hard ships they had suffered. “The .Mexicans approached them where they were encamped after the wreck, hut they did not dare to attack them. They called on them to sur render. To do this Col. De Hussy wa* in no par ; ticular hurry. He told them be should lake twen j ty-four hours to consider on it, and that in the 1 meantime, if any attack was made on his men, he i vvould carry the war into Africa, giving no quar j ters. I!i» bold and determined tone rather deter i red the Mexicans. So, availing himself of the point i t i( . had ihns gained, he ordered that the wreck he i fired, and then marched off* in order from his en- I camnment, the Mexicans not attempting to inter- I rept or attack him. When their approach was announced at Tampico, the glad news spread with rapidity through the garrison, and the Louisiana boys were hailed with shouts of joy by their com rade soldiers. “Our letter-, which we shall receive by the brig to-day, will furnish us with the particulars. We j v, ill g.>read them before our readers on Tuesday I morning, ih the meantime, we congratulate Col. Deßussy, and his immediate command, for the ad dress and cool, soldierly qualities which t’ ey dis played on the occasion.” We gather the following particulars from the. Tampico Sentinel, a copy of which was received by the Delta, by the above arrival. From information derived from the officers of the Louisiana Volunteers, we are rejoiced to an nounce that many of our fears for their safety w-r" groundless, and that the various rumors which : floated about the city were m >st!y falsehoods, no I doubt invented bv Mexican tongues, either for the purpose of deception or from a natural disposition | Jo exaggerate cverv thing they see. or hear. It ap j pears that the truth of the matter is, that earlv in I the day on which the volunteers had taken refuge from a watery grave, upon the sand nearlyoppo site the wreck.they received visits from several, i who came in the character of peasants, fishermen. A-c.. and w ere led to expect assistance, in the way iof transportation, from ihe various proposi ions vol untarily made hy the scoundrels, who were, dooht less. busily employed at that time,, in informing the .Mexican commander at Tnspan, of the exact con dition of the volunteer, their number. Arc. In the afternoon « flag of truce pesented itself, with a demand fn>m Gen. Cos for an immediate and un conditional surrender, and it was represented to them that the country was swarming with armed men cutting off*all retreat unless by sea. w hich, of course, was impossible. Cos represented tlie fur cca under his command to amount to 1800 regular troops, whereas, in reality, h- ran only muster about 9 = o, all told, of which, at least three-fourths i are said to be raw recruits, who had entered into i the scheme, with the hope of gain hy plundering I the wrecked ship and passengers. Col. Deßussy I answered through Lieut. Ozier. under cover of the i enemy’s flag of truce. He was met outside the j enemy’s lines by Gen. Cos, who refused him ad- I mission inside, hut, after some little reflection upon the request of Col. Deßussv, granted him until | nine the next morning, at which time the Ameri cans were to surrender, or an action must be haz : anled. i At night-fall camp-fires were lighted, and orders ! immediately given to march, leaving knapsacks | and all hurthensome materials which could in the ' least impede, and which were not wanted for the | purpose of sustenance. The first 21 hours they ! are said to have made thirty-five miles, and instead of hard fighting or continued skirmishing, we are. assured that not an armed Mexican was seen on the way hither. We are indebted to a gentleman, who appears to he intimate with the facts, upon whom we can place implicit confidence, for the following items: 1 that Gen. Cos left Tn-par, in the night, in com : maud, but little in the rear, of 480 men; that he j was soon joined by others at various points, until I hi* command now numbers about 930. as stated above. He had stationed 80 cavalry and 250 in j fantry in such manner as he supposed would pre i vent the wrecked troops from receiving supplies or j j reinforcements. Most of the infantry under Cos ■ came in canoes from Tnspan, ami landed in front { of the wrecked volunteers. He had four pieces of ■ light artillery, and w hen he received Lietit. Ozier j about 150 troops were drawn up in column. ' j Itis probable that Cos was very much gratified \ 1 when ho discovered that the Americans had rs i treated, as he, doubtless, anticipated an attack upon Tuspan before he was fully aware of the pre i rise cattle of their presence in the neighborhood. He wool 1 certainly have resorted to precautionary measures, in view of a retreat, if he li ed hern wry anxious for a fi >at, and tiie fact of his not altcmat ing a pursuit seems to favor the same view of this matter. CiiMtoui ttloitic. The New York Journal of Commerce of tSie 23J inst. says—-The business of the Cus tom House the 13*.ii to the 20th of Febru ary, inclusive, presents the following results, as compared with the same period last year: 18-16. 1847. Increase. Decrease. Free, 153,145 89,489 63.657 Specie. 30.776 10,972 19,304 Dutiable, 1,044,30*2 1,053,360 014.153 Cash rec’J, 311,529 425,753 111,224 Jl>uty ou lea. The imports of tea during the year 1845, *r* estimated at 50,360,532; a dutv of twenty per cent, on this value would yield $1,076. 10G. Du* ring 1846 there was an increase of the amount imported sufficient probably to yield a revenue, at twenty per cent, of one and a half million dollar!. The Graiu ami i'otlou H.trkel. The N. O. Delta of lhe2lst. inst. ear* —“The transactions in Flour and Corn have again been to a large extent during the past w eek, and at gradtiallylimproving prices. Tho sales of Flour have been fully 100,000 b«r-, rels, about two-thirds for export, the closing rates yesterday- being, $G 50 for Ohio brand* which is a further advance of fifty rents pe** barrel since the beginning of the week. Ex porters and speculators have been busy with Corn, also, and about 200,000 bushels have been taken here and to arrive, at §1 lo $1 03, i early in she week, though the prevailing rate* since the late accounts from Liverpool have been $1 05 to 1 08 per bushel. “Cotton is greatly depressed, and only about 6000 bales have changed'hand*. Price* are one-half to thee-lounh cent lower *inco the news by the steamer.” Savannah Harbor. The River and llirbor Bill, which past ed the House of Representatives on Saturday last, contains an item of $25,000 for the improvement of the harbor of Savannah. : The Bill, as originally reported, granted tho | sum of $50,000, but in consequence of tho I excessive demands on the Treasury for war I purposes, all the appropriations were scaled 1 down and the aggregate appropriated, is but 1 little over one-third of the amount recommend i ed by the Department last pear. | * _ Oglethorpe Course——Trolling Match**. The Savannah Republican 25th inst., say* — “The Trotting Matches over the Oglethorpe Course, commence this day, at 12 o’clock precise jv. We understand the course is in fine order, ami that every arrangement has been made to en sure pleasure to the lovers of the turf. A good turn out may therefore be expected. The following are the entries for the race.— Two Mile Heals Purse S2OO. W. li. M origin enters his bay mare, Mrs Cau dle. Luther Sergeant (N. C. Trowbridge.’*) eater* his brown horse, Tormentor. Second t'iace Mile Ilcatt. C. A. L. Lunar enters his grey mare, Polly Bodtne. H. Warner enters his sorrel mare. Lady Burke. BlurriT to be .tiiolhlin! la Oclmrare. On Hildav last, the liou.se of the Del aware Legislature passed an act for trie gradual abolition of slavery in that Stale, by a vote of 12 veas to 8 nays. The Senate, ills said, will agree with the House. The following, which we think wants confumati n, is reported by telegraph to the Philadelphia Inquirer, under dare of NEW YORK, Fob. 22. 9J p. m. It L reported here that tho bri" Isabella, from Liverpool bound to New York, was wrecked this morning at Barnegat, and f 75 passengers and 18 sailors losi? It is also rumored that there are some dark deeds connected w ith the death of Capt. Rathbone, which, when developed, will put a different character on the ac counts received. CTJ" NOTICE.—There will he Divine Ser vice in the Presbyterian Church To-Morrow, a» usual. Feb. 27 Mr. Editor:—The Second Division. Augusta , Independent Fire Company, beg leave through tho columns of your paper, to return their sincere thanks to Messrs. William Nelson and Isham Thompson, for the refreshments furnished by them, at the fire on the night of the 25th inst. Feb. 27 126 TO DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE. !£j~ dr. w I STAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY, the celebrated and infallible remedy for the cure of Consumption, Asthma, and Liver- Complaint was discovered some six or seven years ago, in the city of Philadelphia, the residence of one of the most distinguished Physicians that ever lived. Since that lime it has, by its own merits, been rapidly, surely and safely working its way through the opposition of quacks and counterfeit ers, until, by its true value and intrinsic *x cellence, it has gained for itself a most enviable popularity, and established itself in the confidence of an intelligent and enlighled public from one end of th-- continent to the other. The testimony of thousands who have been relieved and cured by this valuable article, will s how that it stand* unrivalled —at the head of all other medicines fur the cure of diseases for which it is recommended. The genuine Dr. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cher ry is now for sale by duly appointed agents, and all respectable dealers in medicines, in all largo cities and all important towns throughout tho United Stales, Canadas and British provinces. Beware of the Syrups and other preparation* of Wild Cherry, which are only imitations. Be careful and g--t the genuine and original Dr. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry, signed I. Bull*, on the w rapper. For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, hT IIWTLAND, RISLEY & CO., and also by THOMAS BARRETT & CO., and Dealers in Medicines generally in Georgia. Feb. 27 13— 126 Mr. Editor —l’lease announce Dr. 1. P-. GARVIN as a candidate for Member of Council i for Ward No. 1, and oblige Many \ oters. ! Feb. 20 —* H9_ {O" Mr. Editor —Pl ease announce the name of I CHARLES E. GRENVILLE, Esq., as a candi- I date for Council in Ward No. 1, And oblig* ! Feb. 17 *— MANY VOTERS.