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TH*E CONSTITUTIONALIST. *jAMES JR. TE K AI S . S3 00 Daily, per annum, fi 0(J Th-Weekly, per annum, fiQ If paid in advance, Weekly, per annum, If paid in advance 0 To Clubs of five, remitting $W tn advance 2OU VU new subscriptions must be paid in advance. XT Postage must be paid on all Communications mn A LersrM>f business. f From our Correspondent.] HERALD & TRIBUNE-EXTRA, ) .Mobile, March 14, 1817. ) FROM THE ARMY I .Cate and very Imjiartant! >4 great bailie at Saltillo —Santa Anna com - ‘ manding in person —4500 of the enemy, and 2000 Americans reported to have fallen Gtn. Taylor falling hack on Monterey- Advance if Gen. Marshall to his rtluf— impression al Comargo of Sam a . nna 5 defeat-capture by the Mexicans oj large escorts of provisions, inanitions of mar, ty*c. approach of Gen. Urrea ivith 40U0 men to Malatnoros , ts-c., cf-c. The New Orleans mail this morning brought ... t i, e following important information, which we copy from an extra of the Delta: DELTA OFFICE, ) Saturday morning, 11 o’clock. \ At an early hour tins morning we received onr correspondence from the seat of war, by the bclk Cinderella, G. Scull, which arrived I,‘pre last night. Our letters, which are up to the last hour of the express starling from Monterey, confirm the probability of a battle bavin o’ been fought between Gen. Taylor and We shall give the correspon dence in full in to-morrow’s paper. Our correspondence from the Brazos rep resents the valley of the Rio Grande as Bwarming with Mexican soldiers and ram he rns. A hard bailie was commenced near j Saltillo, between Gen. Taylor, with 3000 men. and Santa Anna, with a force of up wards of 20.000 men. The Mexicans bad no artillery. Taylor had eighteen pieces of light artillery. Gen. Taylor lost, it is said, about 2000 men, and the Mexicans about 4000. Taylor had taken position at a mill pond. about three miles from Saltillo. Gen. Marshall had left Monterey with provisions and two 18 pounders, guarded hy a strong escort, to join Gen. Taylor. The Mexicans about Comargo think Santa Anna has been badly whipped. Col. Morgan of the Ohio Volunteers, stationed at Cerralvo with a strong force, has been attacked and his force cut up all along the line of observation as far ns Mier. Another report is, that Morgan was slightly wounded and has retreated. Several trains and many mules with sutler’s goods, have been captured by the Mexicans. Urrea is on his way to Mataraoros, with 4000 cavalry. [From the Mato morns Flag of March 3.] Our town has been thrown into the most intense excitement by the reports costanlly reaching here relative to the perilous situa tion of Gen. Taylor’s division of the armv.— They are so vague and confused that we j hardly know how to commence an abstract even. That a battle has been fought, no one can doubt for a moment, but how it has re sulted, or what dangers impend on the line of the Rio Grande, is enveloped in the most perplexing uncertainty. We give, however, what seems to be the best authenticated statement received from the scat of hostili ties. Gen. Taylor, while at Agna Nenva, 22 miles from Saltillo, with 5000 men, was at tacked, on the 22J n't., by a Mexican force of 15,000. Finding that lie could not main tain his position, he made good his retreat to Saltillo, covering his wagon train. Here a ■ severe engagement took place in the streets, } in which Ihe Mexicans suffered a heavy loss, j After destroying what of the public stores he could not transport, he continued his retro gade movement on Monterey until he readi ed the Rinconada Pass, where he was again attacked, but successfully defended himself. Here all the rumors, reports and letters leave him. Once in Monterey, and he would be safe,but his ability to accomplish this much was altogether prob’emafiral, as the Mexi cans were swarming in every direction. A merchant in Comargo. under date of 25th nit. writes to his friend in this place : “Three ex presses to-day from Monterey—fighting in Saltillo—Marin in Mexican possession largetrain of wagons, 126, and 180 private mules taken—McCulloch’s company taken 8000 cavalry this side of the mountains, and things in general turned upside down.” From ■ nether source we learn that Col. Morgan had abandoned Cerralvo, destroyed all pro perty he could not take with him; that a courier from Monterey reported at Comargo. 1500 Mexicans between the two places, a”nd that 8000 more were in the neighborhood of Victoria. This much we cull from the mass of re ports before ns. without vouching for its cor rectness. The destination of several boats has been changed within the last few days, on reaching this place, and (the Troy) held in reserve at Cnmargo to convey despatches. All the wagon trains for other "places have been stopped here, and every one is on the qui vice. We have strong confidence in Old Zach, and betieve it almost impossible to whip him; but should harm befall his division ot the army, the consequences to those who have left him with such slender resources will be terrible. We will suffer all the tortures of doubtful suspense until we hear something from our little army that can be relied upon. Six companies of the \ irginia regiment have passed through Matamuros on their route to Comargo. Capt. Henrie, who lately effected bis es cape from the Mexicans, has reached Matamo ros. Murders.—The Flag states, that on the 3-d ult., George Curry, a discharged soldier, m o °* l ' e vvas shot a ranche near Mattamon s, by a man named Knowlton, who escaped. Col. Drake the commandant, has offered a reward tor the apprehension of the murderer. Curry was a worthy man. He was wounded in the Florida Cimpaign, fought in the battle of the Bth and 9lh of May, and at Monterey, he was again wounded.— He was followed to the grave by a large con course. ihe body nfa man, name unknown, apparantly an American, was laieiy found a • nort distance below Fort Brown. A portion of a lasso was around his neck, and he had nine km.e wounds in his body. On the 28ih ult., Charles Pickens, a teamster in the quar termaster s service, was stabbed in the public market place. His murderer was arrested. Murders and outrages continue frequent in the vicinity of Matamoroa. Supposed Spy Shot.—-A Mexican youth, supposed to have been a spv, was arrested i yesterday a short distance from* town by the piquet guard and, attempting to make his es cape from his captors, lie was fired upon and killed. It is (eared that he was unjustly sus pected. Imporfnnt from Tain*»ic». Be (he Pioneer, Capt. S. Brown, which ar rived at this port last evening in seven days from Lobos Island via Tampico, we have in | teresting and important news as to the em barkation of our troops for the demonstration that is to be made on the city and castle of Vera Cruz. On the 29:h ult. between fifty and sixty sail of vessels left Tampico and Lobos Island with troops and munitions ot war of every description for the bombardment of Vera Cruz. Every vessel in the harbor— ships, barks, brigs, schooners and steamboats in fact every vessel that could possibly car ry men or arms, was enlisted into the service, i and departed as soon as they could possibly j be loaded. It was with great difficulty that the Pioneer g"t away, so anxious were the military authorities to impress her into the same service. Gen. Scott him-elf is reported to have said that the demonstration would be commenced on the 10th inst. and this report was so generally believed at Tampico, when the Pioneer left, that it was not regarded as a mere rumor, but as a “fixed fact.” We may therefore expect every day to hear news of the bombardment of that farfamed Mexican tower of strength, the Castle of San Juandc Ulna. Mouth of Rio Grande, March 2. Eds. Delia —Enclosed you will find the copy of a letter received last evening from Comargo. per steamboat J. F. Roberts, Capt. Reed. Our tellers corrob mate the report o' Gen. Taylor being pressed hard by the enemy, under Santa Anna in person, but do not giv» the number. Gen. Taylor has called for all ihe troops that can be spared from below The 2d and 3J Ohio and Ist Indiana regi ments, are to proceed, immediately upon the arrival of the new volunteer regiments, to .Monterev, the latter to relieve the former ; All vigilance is required of commanders ol | regiments in the march from Comargo, and wagons to be parked at night to guard again-1 the enemy. I assure you, things begin to look pretty blue. 'The wagon trains between Comargo and Monterey have been stopped. Tours, 11. S. Comargo, Feb 25,1847. Eds D-dta —A letter from Capt. Montgom ery, A. Q. M. at Monterey, has just been re ceived, giving the following information: That Gen. Taylor has been attacked in his p- sition at “Agna Nueva” bv a force of 25,- 000 men, and the engagement was still going on. When the courier left, Santa Anna’s ul timatum was “surrender”—Gen. Taylor’s re ply, “come-and take me.” On the 24th inst. orders were received itete to stop and turn back al! the teams leav ing Comargo, which was done accordingly, to the number of 100 teams. The teamsters have been armed to day, A large train of 120 wagons left here on the 17th, and ap prehensions are entertained that they have been cut off before reaching Monterey. The j communications between this place aed Mon terey are entirely cut off. Marin is occup ed by a large force of the enemy, who are said to be advancing ranidly upon Comargo, sup posed to be Gen. Urrea’s force of cavalry and artillery. We have to oppose this force (of nearly 5000 men) about 1000, including Quartermaster's men. Monterey, Feb. 22. Eds. Della. —The mail is just about to leave and I have only time to inform you of our situation here. The express arived this rnorningfrnm Saltillo. Taylor has fallen back from Agua Neuva; Gen. Marshall,who started from here yesterday for Saltillo, received or ders to stop half way, at the Rincouada pass, and fortify. Yesterday 800 ofthe enemy had been seen within seven miles of Gen. TaylorV j camp. This is our situation on the Saifiho j side, by the other road we have more news. I Yesterday 800 Mexican cavalry entered Car | darefa—how many more were behind we donl know; the wretches had ihe audacity to take onr store for a cartel, the person attend tng the store narrowly escaped—he came in this morning, having ridden all night. We are prepared tor a desperate figut, but have at most only 1000 men. Another letter of the same date pays, 1 have only time to say that a battle i-<iatl\ expected between Gen. Tayior and Santa Anna. The latter is in great force a Hiort distance beyond Saitilio. Gen. Taylor has left his position at Agua Nueva. and fal len back to the strong pass. Col. Way was sent out on a scour, and a few of his men were captured. This is the latest news from above. We are all in the Black Fort, and the only way for Santa Anna to fake ns will he by starvation. There are provisions enough in it to keep us going for six months. Monterey. (Mexico.) Feb. 21, 1547, Eds. Delta —Since my last to you, we have had all sorts of reports as to the advance of San'a Anna and his army upon Saltillo; for the intelligence was not sufficient to warrant the belief that such was the case until yes terday, when an express arrived at this place from Gen. Taylor’s camp at Agua Nue va,? 20 miles beyond Saltillo, staling that Santa Anna and* his army were in force about 30 miles in his (Gen. Taylor’s) front. The purport of the express was, that Capt. Prentiss’ Company of U. S. Artillery should march up from this place, to join him at once, and to take up heavy ordinance—and much to the credit ofthat officer, he was on the road in a very short time. Two 18-pourul ers and 4 guns of a smaller calibre, were taken up. Gen. Marshall left litis morning £pr Saltillo, The speculations here are, that Gen. Tay lor will be fully able, with the small force now with him, to maintain his position against any attack from the enemy. Should Santa Anna be in such force as is represented,Gen. 1 Taylor can fall back on Saltillo; and if dirv en hack from there he can retreat to Mon terey, where he will be secure. From what 1 can hear, old Rough and Ready says—“lf Santa Ann has the temedity to attack mel will rrive him battle.’ 5000 cavarly are reported To be 50 miles distant from the city, on the road towards Victoria, coming this way We have here the Ist Regiment Ohio Volunteers and Ist Regiment Kentucky, and about one company Kentucky Cavalry—no Regulars. In the event of Gen. Taylor being driven back on Monterey, it is understood that all the force will retire into Ihe Black Fort, from which position we will have command by the time. Provisions, ammuntion, wood. are being sent to the fort in great a I und ance—in fact, all Government property has been removed there. If the enemy come to Monterey in force, the city must fall into thier hands, for the present forcecannot hold it. From the Black Fort, with our heavy pieces of artillery, we can batter down the city or at least make the enemies, quarters so hot for them as to compc them to soon evacuate. xpycrxmismxic-rsr r * The Mexican population cf Monterey are very much alarmed, and are moving from this place; the merchants, too, are moving off, I suppose into the interior. Thev fear 'Santa Anna's appearance. The intelligence ol a hard-fought battle in the neighborhood of Saltillo is hourly expected here. Yours.i T. STILL LATER. Monterey, Feb. 22. 1847. I open my letter to say that another ex press has arrived from Gen. Taylor’s camp, Gen. Taylor has fallen back from his posi tion at Agna Nneva to the Pass, nine miles beyond Saltillo. One or two of Col. May’s men are reported as having been captured. There can be no doubt but the crisis is ap proaching. We look for a bailie every hour. T. P. S.—Santa Anna Ims 17,000 men and 19 pieces of artillery. Gen. 'l'ciylor has fal len hack upon Saltillo. The ball will soon open and no one doubts that “Old Rough and Ready” will be again victorious. In haste, T. j Extract of a letter from Monterey, dated ! 26ih Feb. 1847, to a gentleman of this city. “I am here and afraid to start home. (Jen. Scott has drawn most of the troops from this section, and all the Mexicans are now leaving town. Reports are, (which every body be lieves.) tiiat Santa Anna is close lo Saltillo with 20,000 troops, and has sent some few | thousand cavwrly down below to cut off our supplies, which is believed to be true, and we then shall have a hard fight, unless Scott sends back a .reinforcement, and that imme diately. We did not expect our Government to bo so simple as not to leave troops suffi cient to guard its provisions. Gen. Taylor has only 4000 men with him, and we have on'y 800 here. 1 wish they would lasso Scott for crippling us so much here.” [ From the Nov Orleans Times.] I!razos Santiago, ) Morning March slh, 1847. ( Gentlemen —ln transmitting you the en closed article for your valuable paper, I only design to lay before von such intelli gence as we Irtve here at present,and which I have tried to reduce to such a shape as will enable ns to judge of the truth of the various reports that are now circulating in this re gion, and which will doubtless reach your city. The substance of the enclosed is more generally believed than I could wish. 1 ] - 1 wrote it out Iroin a desire to detect Madam . Humor in the prevarication of her thousand j tongues. I only ln>U myself responsible for ! its veracity, so far as it is a faithful record ! of what is circulated here, and what many believe. I am your obedient servant, Jxo. G. Todd. Ag’t. Qua’r Mas’r. Genl’s. Dep’t., Texas. Brazos Santiago, ) Night of 4'h March, 1847. <J Great anxiety has prevailed at this piare for these two days past, to receive intelli- I gence from the Army. Nothing official lias i come to hand, but various rumors have arriv- j ed, leaving a greater mystery as to the true ! condition of Gen. Taylor and his torces, than has occurred at any period since the war. j The country above is doubtless swarming ■ with Mexican troops, cutting off all commu- j nicafion with our lower depots. Tne ran cberos and others are flocking lo the Mexi can standard. The following intelligence has just arrived here, and I make a memorandum of the con versation of the individual, for if Is verbal, and brought from a source that I believe will prove true, when it is properly analyzed by information which we must doubtless shortly receive. j The battle commenced on the night of the ; 23d, near Saltillo. It continued for two J davs. The Mexicans had no artillery, their | force being composed alone of cavalry and in- j fantry, numbering twenty thousand men, | wiili a division of six thousand men in their I rear, Santa Anna commanding in person. Gen. Taylor’s force numbered, when the battle commenced, near live thousand men, j composed of Infantry, Dragoons, and 18 , pieces of Light Artillery, and was making | I,is retreat to Monterey. He has lost about | two thousand men. 'Hie Mexican loss is j about four thousand five hundred. Gen. Tay lor was in hopes that lie would be able to re tain h s position, which i? about three miles from Saltillo, at a Mill Pond, where he pos sesses some natural defences. Gen. Marshall had set nut from Monterey with a large escort, carrying forty wagons of ammunition and two 1 S-poun lers. It is gen erally believed that he will be able lo join Gen. Taylor in time to aff»rd relief. The general opinion among the Mexi cans at Comargo and Matamoros, as express ed. indicates that bdiili Anna has oeen badly whipped. Col. Morgan was mortally* wounded, amt Jiis command entirely r.nt up at Cental vo, and other points along the line of observation, ex tending from the latter place to Mier. A train of one hundred and twenty wa gons had been captured by the Mexicans. They murdered all the teamsters and the es cort'of twenty-five men. They have also captured a train of sixty wagons, though nothinf definite as tothe disposal of teamsters and escort. They have likewise captured a hundred pack mules loaded with Sutlers’ g °Gen. Urrera is marching on to attack Mat- j amoros, with about four thousand men. TT7 m j n hopr* that it will he found be was only slightly wounded and his command dispersed. \From the'Pirnynvp, Extra, 13 th insl. j From Lobo* and Tampico. The schr. Pioneer, Gapt. Brown, arrived in the river on Friday, and ibe captain and sev eral of his passengers came up to town during the might. The Pioneer left the Ist inst. and Tampico on the 3d. Ail the troops which were at Lnbos had gone on board ship, with the exception men tioned below. There was nearly eighty sail of vessels of all descriptions lying there, but they were to sail for Anton Lizardo on the 2( i jpst They fully believed they were to at tack Vera Cruz on the 10th. They were ail alacrity and eager for the fray. The only troop left at Lobos were the com panies on board the ship on which the small box had appeared— our correspondent thinks the ship Gen. Veazie. Gen. Worth arrived at Lobos on the bdiih on the Ist inst. from Brazos. Gen. Twiggs arrived there two or three days previous. Gen. Patterson was still at Tampico on the 3d inst. The steamship New Orleans rived there the morning of that day with Gen. Jesup on board. The Louisiana volunteers who were at Lobos have arrived at Tampico on the ship Archelaus. With their companions wrecked on the Ondiaka they are to garrison Tampico. There were two transport brigs at Tampico on the 3d The brig Ann Still sailed the same day for ibis port with discharged vol- ) unteers. The Mississippi volunteers who were at Lobos (part of 2d Regiment) have sailed for Brazos. They ate ordered to .Monterey.— Our informant thinks itiev sailed on the ship Ocean. They have suffered terribly from sickness, and are said to look miserably. The Louisiana Regiment, too. is said to have suf fered much from sickness. On the other hand, the Pennsylvania and New York Regi ments are said to be as tine looking a body of men as ever were seen. The Sfeamship Alabama sailed from Tam pico on 2d inst. for Anton Lizardo, via Lo bos. The U. S. sloop-of-war JSt. Mary’s was still at Lobos on the Ist. 'Lhe general depot established at Lobos is broken up. Nothing is lobe left there but i the few companies before alluded to. We have derived the above intelligence i from a passenger on (be Pioneer, a very in telligent man. Our own correspondence | was placed in charge of Capt. Brown, who j hr night over a large mail. He came up to town from bis vessel bringing the mail, but he unfortunately left our letters on board the Pioneer, which is laying at Fort Jackson. ==== AU cT If STA~.'TiEtL" 1 ~ FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 19. 1817. To New isuliscribem. As our edition of the weekly paper of ; Wednesday last is exhausted, we send a dai- | iy of this morning to each new subscriber, j whose name lias been received since then. The interesting news from the army in our paper is an additional reason for adopting this course. In future the weekly will be regularly mailed to our new subscribers. We are thankful for the continued and rapid increase of our list from various parts • of the Slate. To DeKalb county, we make especial acknowledgements for recent and numerous accessions. (gj”We regret a typographical error in our paper of Wednesday which substituted the word ‘'some" fur “none,” and thereby chang ed the whole meaning of the sentence. Also in the sentence immediately follow ing an error occurred in the phraseo ! ogy - which rendered the meaning obscure. Be- I ing absent ourself, we left the proof to be : attended to by our regular proof reader, who was puzzled by our handwriting. We quote llie paragraph as corrected, with several preceding sentences, so as to show the connection and make us clearly under stood. “Mr. Calhoun is as orthodox a democrat, on fundamental principles, as any that can he i.arned. We think he is especially with ! tie South on all questions, and ihat the South ! would be acting suicidally to denounce him. i He is not infallible. He may do wrong. He I has done wrong in onr opinion, on more than ■ one question. On more than one measure ■ of policy be has separated himself from the ; Southern democracy (bis winter. None rt ! grot it more profoundly than we do. But i we do not see in what has happened—but especially we do not see in this Ritchie af fair, though it is much to be regretted, sufli- i cieiit ground to create a wide and permanent j schism in the democratic ranks.” O’ Dr. Webster offers an extraordinary | exhibition of mesmeric power to the curious ; I and the investigative mind, in bis entertain- j | ment advertised for this evening. His re- j markable feats in Mesmerism —in Clair my- \ \ ance and oilier departments of this mysterious science, have astounded the most cautious sceptics, and made converts of some of the most intelligent minds of our country who ; were loth lo believe that powers seemingly I supernatural, could be possessed by a human being. Ail who love to be aston-ished should go by all means. We venture to say that their bump of marvellousness will be powerfully acted on. Two Clairvoyant patients will be upon the stage, and will exhibit phenomena while un der mesmeric influence that will overwhelm the spectators with astonishment. ITIr. Janies W. Wal’ack. This name, wherever it occurs, cannot fail to attract the attention, and excite the wann est interest of the patrons of-Ihe Drama. Os great eminence in his profession, of high character, and accomplished manners, Mr. Wallack has won personal friends wherever ho has become known. His professional ca reer in this country has b (i en brilliant and successful, though his fortunes at times have been marked by reverses. As proprietor and manager of the National Theatre, New York, j until it was burnt down be did ranch to pa tronize the highest order of histrionic talent, and furnish rare intellectual treats to the American public, by attracting to those boards most of (lie leading performers of the English and American stage. He aLo in troduced into this country Amilie, and many other admired Operas,which hive since been often the source not only in the theatre but in our parlours,of so much refined pleasure to the lovers of music. This community will remember Mr. Wal lack as Martin Haywood in the Rent Day, as Rolla— as Dick Dashall , when many years ago he played a successful engagement in our city. We have no doubt bis varied en tertainment of Saturday evening at the Ma sonic Hall, stripped as it will be of the ad ventitious aids of scenic illusion, will give a triumphant proof of his powers as a delinea tor of character, and of his taste in dramatic readings, and select recitations. \ve hope that conscientious scruples against dramatic entertainments, will not deter the most scru pulous from bemg at the Masonic Hail on an occasion so purely intellectual. The Next Steamer. The Hibernia lias now been out sixteen days, having sailed from Liverpool on the 4th. She has heretofore made the voyage in about that time—so that we may expect to hear of her arrival in a day or loor Ibe packets due &t New York are still momentarily look ed for, but none have yet arrived- .nr w Important from the Armr. We give in another column all the infor- i mat ion vve have from the seat of war. It | will be seen, however, that at best it is but rumors, and great allowance should be made, j The New Orleans Delta, of the 13th inst. in ! noticing tiit? arrival ut the Cinderella at that port, remarks: “The Cinderella left the Brazos on the sth i inst., and amongst her passengers brought j Dr. Wood, the son-in-law of Gen. Taylor. Dr. Wood is well and most favorably known as the chief military physician at Point Isa bel. lie informs us that no authentic report had been received from Gen. Taylor since the 22d of February. There were many , Mexican rumors in circulation regarding the threatened attacks of the enemy on Mata moros, the Brazos, and indeed ail the points now in our possession on the Rio Grande and San Juan rivers. Matamoros had been tur tifieu by our troops, and was being strength ened every day. When the schooner left, every person was busily engaged in throw ing up fortifications a la Fort Brown, filling barrels, casks and boxes with sand, —thus | making as solid a wall of defence as the rna- j ° } terials afforded, to repel any attack that j ; might be made on the depot at the Brazos. ! This would intimate that those who arc on i i the spot do not regard the rumors of attack I as being entirely without foundation. | “The very latest intelligence received from | Monterey is contained in a letter from Capt. | Montgomery, of the 7th Infantry. At the | time he writes, the 201 hor the 22J. he says, | “At the time I write this. I expect Gen. Tay- ■ lor is giving the Mexicans battle.” This | ’ letter, we are informed, was received at the | | Brazos on the 4Mi inst., and we think it can j be relied on as the latest intelligence of the movements of our army. “There was a report brought by the same vessel through which we received the above, j which, taken in connection with Capt. Mont- ! gomery’s letter, makes it strongly probable j i that a battle was actually fought—although i j the details are probably much exaggerated— between our forces and Santa Anna, about | die time already indicated. This report : states that Taylor gave Santa Anna battle ; on the 21st nit. In this engagement, which is represented as being the fiercest and mnn important that we have vet had, it is renort ed that the Americans lost about 2000 men, | and the Mexicans 5000, among them Santa | Anna. After the battle.- which must have j taken place in or near the neighborhood of j Saltillo, Gen. Taylor is reported to have fal- • len back, with the remainder of Ids force, to ! a pa-s noted fur its great natural defences, in the vicinity of Saltillo. “We crive the above rumor as we heard it | last evening, with the remark that such are- j port was extensive'3’ circulated at the Bra zos, and by many believed to be true. Os course, nothing definite was known as to (he | actual result of the battle, but from the letter | I of Capt. Montgomery, dated at. Monterey, I | ami the well known contemplated attack of j I Santa Anna on Saltillo, it is highly probable j ! that a hard battle has been fought.’* The linwiuess* The Baltimore Sun says—“ Commerce is in a most flourishing condition. Many vessels are now earning their own cost in one voyage out. A Portland shipmaster, as an instance, ' recently bought ti vessel fi r §B.OOO, and his | first freight list was $14,000, which,less ex ' pense $3,000, netted the cost and $3,000 for I his voyage. The same is measurably true i j of the shipping interest generally.' The flailing of Newspapers. It will be seen by reference to the Poss : master General’s orders with regard to the I new post-office law, that hereafter no news ' paper can be sent'by mail without the prepay: ' merit of three cents postage, unless it is sent from the office in which it is printed; that the privilege of sending papers thirty miles free j of postage is rescinded, but that papers may I he seat outside the mails; that is, sent as I I bundles and packages. Orest Fresh in the Watercc. | A letter dated Cam len, Marcti 13, says;— j “I shall mail this, but do not think it will teach you in regular course, as our river is extremely high and still rising. Our bridge j is in great danger of being carried away by ! the flood.” We understand the Wateree I River was within 18 inches of the highest point of the great fresh of 1840. The river lands not having yet been planted, the dam age is comparatively trifling. J The President of the United Slates has j recognized Thomas J. Roger, Esq., ofCiiar j leston, as Vice Consul of the Pontifical | Slates, for the State of South-Carolina. ■ [From the New Hampshire Patriot ] | NEW HAMPSHIRE REDEEMED II! Victory—The Stale is redeemed—Democra cy triumphant—Federalism and Faction prostrate —Knaves and imbeciles hurled from office , and hones/, men restored to pow er—A Democratic (inrernnr — A Democra tic Council —A Democratic Senate—A Democratic House. Such, iu few words, is the glorious result of the election iu this State on Tuesday last. We neither time nor room for any com ments upon it i hisweek;nor a re any nec< asary. 'Tlie whole story will be found in the returns. But considering all the circumstances—the character, means, efforts and appliances of the motley host opposed to the Democracy, we think this victory unparalleled in the an nals of political triumphs. The vote is very large—the largest ever thrown in this Stale. It will probably exceed 00,000. What the majority for Williams is, vve are now unable to say. But it cannot he short of 1000, and may go as high 1200. At any rate it is enough; he is triumphantly elected, and tiiat will satisfy the Democracy of the,United States, who have so nobly vin dicated themselves and so triumphant, by re deemed the State from the control of the most incompetent, knavish, corrupt and imbecile administration that ever disgraced any en lightened nation. RECAPITULATION. The above list contains, according to our reckoning Democratic 130. Federal allies 129. There is a NETT GAIN of FORTY ONE to the Democrats. The towns to be heard from gave, last year, Democrat 20, Federal, allies 5. If the Representatives from these towns should be the same as last year, and no others shall have been elected, vve reckon the House to stand as follows: Democrats, 150 Federal allies, 134 134 :i6 Democratic tnajorifv. Senate. —The Democratic candidates for Senates appear to be elected in Districts No. 1, 3. 4,6, 7,8, 10 and 12. The allied 'J.dates are probably chosen in No, 2,5, :uui 9. In District Ho. 11 vve think there is no choice. Council. —It is probable that the Demo cratic candidates for Councillors are elected in all except the Cheshire District, though we cannot now tell with certainty. It is pos sible that our candidates in both the Rock ingham and Strafford Districts are defeated bv the scattering votes. Congress.—Gen. Peaslee is elected in Dis trict No. 2 bv over two thousand majori ty! Last year our majority in the District was less than 800; anc Fogg and hff allies have all the time assured their readers that Peaslee would be defeated by more than five hundred! Mr. Johnson is elected in the Tit by a. large majority—vve cannot tel! how much. No choice in tiie o'her Districts. Iu Dis trict No. 3. Moulton (Dem.) lacks some 800 of an election; but he has about 700 more votes than Lt. Col. Wilson, the awful vol unteer. In No. 1, Jenness (Dem.) has a large plurality, and lacks about 1200 of an election. He has about 700 more than Goodwin. C L AIR VO VAN CE, AC. Two Subjects [u Lady and Gentleman) will be Mesmerized. Dll. WEBSTER will experiment again This (Friday) Night, the 10th inst.. at the Masonic Hall, on which occasion two patients will be put into ihe Mesmeric Trance and experimented with at the same time. £>“Tlie whole evening will be devoted toex | psrimersta. Doors open at 7 o'clock—Lecture to commence i at 7i o’clock. Admission 50 rents. —Children half price. Tic | ets to t»r obtained at the door. j March 19 1— H 2 tjCT We are authorized to announce I'rlOM AS HOPKINS, as a candidate for Council, from Ward No. 2. March 12 i DCtBENJ. CONLEY will he supported for n»- 1 election, as a Member of Council in the Third | Ward, at the ensuing election. March 11 j D£T" We are authorized to announce Ur. L. L). I FORD, as a candidate for re-election to the May ' orally of this city. [March 6 131 DC?" We arc authorized to announce Dr. L. A. DC GAS, ns a candidate for re-election to Council * from the second Ward, at the election to he held i in April next. March 5 {TJ~ We are authorized to announce Dr. J. G. McWIIORTER as a candidate for Mayor of the I the City of Augusta, at the election on the second Monday in April next. Feb. !6 j tpj- Mr. Editor —Please announce, the follow -1 inc named gentlemen as candidates for Members i ofCouncii forWard No. t. at the coming election ! in April next: —JAS. GODBi , A. P. SCHULTZ. | _Fei>. 18 _ *— I Mr. Editor —Please announce Dr. I. P. GARVIN as a candidate for Member of Council for Ward No. 1, and oblige Many Voters. Feb. 20 —•* H 9 D£r Mr. Editor —Please announce the name of CHARLES E. GRENVILLE, Esq., as a candi date for Council iu Ward No. I, And oblige Feb. 17 * MANY VOTERS. DCr DR. J. A. CLEVELAND, has returned ■ to this city, and may be consulted at the. office of ; Cleveland & Spear, over the store of Messrs. Al - drich Green. Fob. 23 DfT* We are requested to announce 11. ]>. BELL, as a suitable candidate for Council in Ward No. 2. *— Feb. 17 j 1 ipy~ We are authorised to announce Col. G. F. PARISH as a candidate so re-election as Member i of the City Council from Ward No. I..at theen | suing election in April next. [Feb. 17 * — NEAPO LIT A N BONN ET S . PATTISON, NOE <t CO., Patentees and Manufacturers, 23 Delaney Street, New York. Fob. 23 3m— 121 DAGUERREOTYPE MINIATURES. DCf Mr. C. E. JOHNSON returns his sincere I thanks to the citizens of Augusta, for their very ; liberal patronage, and would inform those who | have not already availed themselves.of his services —that he leaves for New York on the Ist of April. Feb. 28 -lm 126 DCr 3 S. Jackson, Teacher on the Piano Forte, Flute and Violin, respectfully i tend- rs his services to the citizens of Augusta. In rcn. '->—Henry Parsons, Thus. Richard* | and T. S. Metcalf, Esq’rs. N. i>.—For terms, &c.. inquire at 11. Parson’s ■ Music store. 6m Dec. 1 D E3IOC R ATIC R EVIEW. i This splendid and popular Monthly Periodical i is now published at $3 per annum—ev«*ry number containing a likeness of some prominent man. March 14 * A. G. W ILLIS, Agent. mbbmws Iran.-.. .tfIJT ; TITCXST- -.Trrr-VHi.-jrt TO! wA*a»3»--r-nrorn I latest dates rxox LIVERPOOL,:::::;::::?:#**. 3. : latest dates FROM itavre.::::::::::::::;::peb. I. CHARLESTON IMPORTS, MARGIL IV Liverpool- Br. bark Caledonia—3oo tuns Salt, 1 to J Batlersby. Havre—Brig Carthage Mdzc.. to Edgerton & i Richards; T. Ingham & Co. and order. CHARLESTON. March 18.— Cotton. —The Up i land market yesterday remained without any per- I ceptible. change. The enquiry was good, hut j owineto the stiffness of holders, the sales reached j only 1,300 bales, at full prices, ranging from 10 a ; Hi cents—principally lUi a 11 cents. NEW ORLEANS, March 13.—Cot/on.—Ar rived since, the 9th instant, 50GI hales. Cleared in the same time 6310 hales—making a reduction in stock of 1219 bales, and leaving a stock on hand, inclusive of all on shipboard not cleared on the 12th inst. a stoca of 228,645 bales. Our last report It ft the cotton market with a j good demand, at advanced prices, a decline in the 1 rates of freight having enabled buyers to come forward and lake several considerable lists which • for some days had been held above their views, i On Wednesday there was again a good enquiry, . but the business of the previous day having dis . posed of the principal lots offering, there was a