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■ v [From the O. Picayune, Wth inst.\
Arrival of the Stcanship New Orleans.
Later from Vera Cruz and Tampico.
The steajnship New Orleans, Capt. Auld, ar
rival yesterday afternoon, having sailed from
Vera Cruz the evening of the 7th inst., - and
fronj -Tampico the evening of the 10th. Capt.
Auld* reports the steamship Mary Kingsland
haying left Tampico via the Brazos, for this
port on the 6th inst. . •
The steamship Galveston left Tampico 9th
inst., for Vera Cruz,
'-Steamship Fanny arrived at Tampico on the
7th, and was to have left for Vera Cruz on the
Iflffh inst.
Dr. Hawkins, of Baltimore, died of yellow
fever at Tampico on the 7th inst.
The New Orleans brings mails from Vera
Cruz and Tampico. We regret to learn that
the Tampico mail was stolen at an early hour
yesterday morning and rifled of a portion of its
contents. Some of the letters were subse
quently recovered, though the rogue supposed
he had disposed of them by casting them
into a water closet. In the mail was a let
ter addressed to Win. Swft, Esq., from
the contents of which, it would app> ar that
three U. S. Treasury notes, numbered 321, 322,
for SSUO each, have been abstracted. —
They were dated Oct. 31, 1348. It is supposed
that other valuable letters ha\ e been stolen.
Capt. White’s company of the 3d Louisiana
battalion received orders at Vera Cruz to em
bark on board the New Orleans and proceed to
Tampico, They did so at once, and reached
their destination on the 4th inst. The Tam
pico Sentinel says they mustered one hundred
men. rank-and Hie.
Capt. Fairchild’s company paraded in Vera
Cruz on the 6th inst., fully armed and equipped.
They made a tine appearance. The following
morning they started out on a scout.
Xieut. Waters, with a detachment of Capt,
Besancon’s company, returned from a scout ou
the 6ch inst. About Id miles from the city,
w-hile riding along the banks of the Medellin
river, they were tired into by some Mexicans
concealed in the bushes on the opposite side of
the river, but no harm was done. The Sun
says that one of the party, Mr. Wilkinson, be
ing in advance, entered a house which had
from all appearance, been abandoned with pre
cipitation, and found in it some papers, among
Which was the following pass :
2d Company of the East.
The chiefs of the guerrillas will please let
the bearer, Crespin Marin, pass unmolested, ;
with ten mules, as he goes to Vera Cruz to get
provisions for the guerrillas.
God and Liberty ! Estero, August 5, 1847. j
JUAN ABUHTO.
- To the Commanders of guerrillas.
A train left the evening of the 6th inst. far
the army above, under the command of Col.
Wilson, of the 12th Infantry. The train w-as j
escorted by al out 1000 men. The following
officers are enumerated by the Sun as com
manding them: Cants. Clark,*, Morris, Alvord,
Hok ' Hornsbv and Wimas, of the infantry;
inII/.mts. Jon*s, Cantwell, Waddell, Whee
den, Wilkins, Doyle, Scars and Creanor, of the
artillery. .Some accounts set down the num
ber of troops in this train at from 1500 to 2000;
our own correspondent says one thousand.—
Verbal re >orts say that Col. Wilson was taken
suddenly ill and could not proceed, and that
the command devolved upon another officer
whose name is not recollected. Our letters
say nothing of this.
The Sun relates that on the 3d inst., a man.
nun id Tiros. Clark, belonging to the Ist in
fantry, a prisoner in the guard-house of the
palace, tried to pass the soldier then on guard,
and to accomplish his purpose seized one end
of the soldier’s musket and made some efforts
to take it out of his hands. The latter fired
at Clark, the ball passing in through his side
and coming out at the back. The ball after
wards wounded another man named George
E vans, one of the company of mounted men
under Capt. Besancon, and finally grazed the
hip of the sentry at the other end of the por
tal lis, also belonging to the Ist infantry.
The name of the man who fired is James
Robinson. Our correspondent writes that his
conduct was fully justified.
The wounded men were immediately sent
to the hospital, and it is said Clark and Evans
are dangerously wounded.
On the 4th inst,, two cut- throats, by some
supposed to be guerrillas, attacked a sergeant
of the 14th infantry, while on his way from the
city to the camp, at Vergara. Both Mexicans
were well armed, -while the sergeant had only
his sword. He used it to good purpose, dri
ving olf the Mexicans, but receiving several
slight wounds himself. A detachment of the
Georgia cavalry was seat out under Capt. Loy
ell, to endeavor to overhaul the two Mexi
cans, but the pursuit was vain.
A small lot of pack mules arrived at Vera
Cruz on the 6th inst., from the.interior. The
owners w-ould not disclose how they passed i
the guerrillas, but it is shrewdly suspected
that they paki four dollars a head for leave to
cqmc in." The following day one hundred and :
fifty- pack mules arrived from Cordova, leaden
with sugar and Mexican brandy; No doubt
is entertained that Jarauta or some of the guer
rilla chiefs have adopted the plan of granting
permits iq order to raise the wind.;- Hopes are
entertained that. in' this way. some trade will
be carried on between • era Cruz and the in
terior, * ' I
Nothing later has been received by this ar- |
rival from the army at Puebla. Various ru- j
mors had reached Vera Cruz, purporting to
be frqjn Mexico. One of these is to the effect
that commissioners had actually been appoint
ed by Santa Anna to meet Mr. Trist. Our
correspondence at Vera Cruz, written on the
7tH"-inst., attaches importance to this rumor. — !
We may recur to it. :■ I
Oa.the 2d inst. a mail arrived in Vera Cruz
from Jalapa., The Boldin de las Naticias was
received :by it as.la.te as the SOtb of-July. This
is'a little paper throughly. Mexican, published
in, Jalapa. From it we learn more particulars of
Gen:’Pierce’s march through the town than
had* before been received.- The ' Buletm says
that the train which the general escorted pass
ed by without halting, but. lie- with "30.0 drq
goems entered 'the 'city* artd‘ addessed the fol
lowing note to the corporation—(wc give the
Suu r s translation) ;
Jalapa, July 20, 1817.
To the Corporation of Jalapa . A brigade of
the American army, now encamped • near Ja
lapa, are in want of provisions. I therefore i
ask this corporation, of Jalapa to fiumsh, at a
reasonable price, all this brigade is in need of.
I will take the necessary step to protect those
who will furnish those provisions. If at twO
o’clock this evening, precisely, the provisions
demanded are not forwarded, all the members
of the corporation will be sent to Perote as i
prisoners. F. Pierce.
AV T . K. Vax Bowlin, Brigade Q. M.
The reply of the corporation is given on the
Spanish side ; of the Sun. The members are
very indignant at what they consider the harsh
language of the general. They make no diffi
culty about the provisions; these, could have
been had at reasonable rates without any threat.
They deplore tlu ir unfortunate position,-being,
defenceless. This they sat - should have pro
tected them from insult. Gen. . Pierce is Jhe
first American officer, they say, who has thus
had occasion to find fault with them. The reply ;
is pretty “sharp” upon the General, but if is
hardty worth translating.
We give from the.Suii of Anahuac the fol
lowing summary of news made from the Boldin:
The same jiaper says that a Mexican, (“trai
tor,” it says,) 1 was' encountered. by a party of
guerrillas, and being suspicious, he was requir
ed to undergo an examination, but having of
fered resistance, he was killed. Three large
packages, containing letters from the officers of
the army,-to their friends in the United States,
were found in his possession.. -. *
t ThfjhJdin adds: ‘/In said correspondence j
it is stated that great discord exists between the 1
volunteers and regulars of the American army,
and that this may cause them to fight among
themselvesv” ‘ • ■ '
That paper is delighted at this, and takes'
that opportunity to call the Americans “high
way robbers,” “Yankees,” &c. It also says
that it appears from intercepted letters, that i
Gen. Pillow and other American, chiefs are of
opinion that the atttack upon the capital will
not lie successful--that the commanding officers i
consider the capital to be in a very strong state
of defence, as much for its fortifications as for
the number of men who will be brought in ac
tion— and finally that the;guerrillas had com
pletely interrupted the correspondence between ;
Puebla and Vera Cruz.
The letters after having been read were sent
to the government of Mexico.
Four American deserters arrived at Jalapa, ■
on the,3oth ult., three of whom were from Pue*-
bla and one from Gen. Pierce’s train; They
were to leave Jalapa for Coat epee. The Boldin
says that those from Puebla report that the
desertion was very great from the ranks of the
American army, and that seventy-three d eser
ters were advertised in one day, at Puebla. The
one from Gen. Pierce’s train, is said'to report
that wagons full of sick follow him. We don’t
believe one word of.this.
The Boldin f irther s'ays that the inducements
held out to Americans to desert are not enough
that if government would promise them
money or any other rewards, Bcoft’s army;
would be destroyed. It counsels the Governor’s
of States to take measures to foment and en
courage desertion.
The same paper says assassinations are fre
quent in Jalapa, as well of Americans as Mexi
cans. A small garrison is required there for
the protection ofthe inhabitants.
The Boletin ofthe 30thu.lt. says its paper of
the 27th was so far from giving offence to the
Americans that it was bought by many officers
and soldiers. The Boletin expresses its surprise
| that the American had not rebuked its freedom
with them, as Santa Anna would have done
j with the press of the capital.
Another courier from Jalapa arrived at Vera
Cruz on the 7th inst, and by this we have receiv
ed the Boldin of the Ist and 3d of Au gust; The
I letters received by this mail give no later news
from Mexico or Puebla, but some further de-
I tails.
j We announced a week ago the death of a
: messenger from Mr. Kendall, named Francisco
Espina. We now learn to our surprise that he
was not killed outright when taken. He was
tried and condemned to be shoh The sentence
j was executed the morning ofthe 3d Aug,
We find in the Boletin little news worth
copying, but some long articles which we have
not room for to-day, even if they are worth
translating. We turn to other Mexican pa
pers, in which we perceive a series of decrees
of Santa Anna promulgated through Gen.
Lombardine. They refer to the organization
of troops, forced loans, &0., and are not gen
erally interesting. A decree ofthe Pith July, !
orders a strict compliance with a previous one i
directing Americans to leave the city. It
commands them to leave within forty-eight
hours for San Juan del Rio, a town in the j
State of Queretaro, forty-three leagues from
Mexico. Those thus ordered from the capital
include not only xVmnicans by birth, but na
turalized citizens of the United States and all ,
who under any pretext have previously ob
tained leave to remain. They are commanded
to confine themselves to San Juan strictly, and
especially not to move a step towards the
capital.
A stringent decree was issued on the 13th
of July, the preamble of which assigns the
“movement of the enemy upon the capital” as
an excuse for its harshness. Every soldier
found outside the line of sentinels of the city,
no matter unc(er what pretext, unless he have
a written pass from a chief of the line, is de
clared a deserter and is to be shot as such.—
Those who may assist or encourage soldiers to
desert are also to be dealt with summarily.— '
The last clause of the decree, however, allows 1
those who may already have deserted to give
themselves up within four days, and so escape 1
all penalties.
Another decree, dated the Ist of July, pro
vides for the organization of two companies of
infantry to be formed out of the “Foreign Le
gion,” which are to be known as the vFirst
and Second Companies of Active Infantry of
St. Patrick.” Each company is to consist of a
captain, a lieutenant, two sub-lieutenants, a
first sergeant, four second sergeants, nine cor
porals, four cornets and eighty soldiers.
There are various other decrees in the papers
which, if not otherwise interesting, prove how
absolute is the authority of Santa Anna. Un
der the powers conferred upon him to resist ;
the invasion he is in fact, though not in name, ,
! a supreme Dictator.
We have received by this arrival a copy of
' the Tampico Sentihel p;f the Bth inst.. That
paper suras up the* state of affairs in that city
thus ; - - • -■
I We havo -not been attacked.,, we are not all
prisoners, nor is. the yellow -fever carrying
death and destruction 1 into- the dwelling places
of bur inhabitants: but on the we age |
in the enjoyment of a reasonable share of that
j precious boon, health, there being no epidemic
[ amongst us, and what few cases of sickness
that really do exist, are of a mild character, :
j and readily give way to medical treatment.- —
As to our being attacked, •we hope we may
he, but the prospect looks dull at the present
writing. I .
| \ The Sentinel takes exceptions to the stric
-1 tures of the press upon the expedition to Hue-
Jutla. * Wo have'neither time nor room to dis
-1 cuss the subject to-di4y.. . :
I :We have received no letters from Tampico
by this arrival. Can the’ ‘ following order of
Gob- Gates have anything - to do with this? We
hope, at all events, .that Mexican papers will
bs alloWed to conle through. AVe underscore
one-paragraph -in -the orders. - - • -
: ; ’ ’ Orders No. G7.
: Headquarters, Department. of. Tampico, )
I ’r*. ~ •: - '.August.7, 1847. . )
1. The Toll6wing extract from the “Ai’iny
Regulations” is published for the information
of all concerned :
I “Private letters or reports relative to mili
tary marches auß are frequently
mischievous in design and always disgraceful
]td the army. They are therefore strictly for
bidden; ahd any officer found guilty of mak
ing Such report for publication, without special
permission, or of placing the writing beyond
his control, so that it finds its way to the press
within one month after the termination of the
campaign to which it relates, shall be dismiss- i
ed the service.”
2. Any citizen of Tampico found guilty of znak- j
ing similar reports for publication, without the '
sanction of the commanding officer, will be dealt
\ with according to the\ nature of the case.
By order of Col. Gates:
WM. li. GRAY, A. A. A. G.
From the /irmy of Gen. Taylor.
The U. S.; transport schooner Belle, Capt.
Morgan, arrived yesterday from Brazos San- 1 -
tiago, having sailed thence on the 6th inst.
i The papers from Matamoras are no later than
; have boom before received, but we have a mail
through from the army of Gen- Taylor. Be
low we give two letters from our correspondent j
| at Buena Vista, first marking out several pas-
I sages of Mexican-rumors which our late ad
| vices from the.city of Mexico, enable us to]
stamp with falsehood in the outset. ...
I The Belle brought, over the follovring pas- 1
sengers : Capri. Wfrfford and Lieut. Prince, of
i the 13th.infantry, Capt. Nicholas, of the Mas
t sachusetfcs regiment; Dr. Rentes of the Texas
1 rangers-. Major Milam, of Kentucky, and nine
teen discharged volunteers and quartermas
ter’s men on deck. ,
Upon the .were .also brought over
the remaifts offfAeut. Charles Hoskins, 4th in
fantry-, who fell gallantly at Monterey, and of
1 the following members of th? two Kentucky
i regiments : Henry Edwards, John J. Thoreau,
I Abraham Goodpaster, Enoch Bruton, Serg’t.
Henry Wolf,Wm. Blackwell, Lemuel Bartlett, j
; James Seston, Jno. Sanders and Jno. Ellen
wood. These remains are in charge of Major
Milam and Mr. L. 0. Jeffries.
[ Special Correspondence of the Picayune.]
Camp Buena Vista, July 21, 1817.
The town has been full of rumors for the
i last week relative to the movements of the en
emy and the prospects of peace, and the camp
j has of course been fruitful and multiplied, ;
j bringing forth the most splendid improbabili
j ties. [We omit those rumors, as they were
; all unfounded.] The news supposed to have
been brought by express from San Luis, of
i which I spoke in my last, was of no impor
tance whatever. The dragoons who went on
a reconnoissahcg folder Capt. Arnold, from
Moilterey, on the 11th irist., returned a few
days since to that place, and without meeting !
any of Urrea’s band or hearing of them—fe. cry I
thing was perfectly quiet. A rumor was in
circulation here and in Saltillo on Wednesday
that a party of Americans going from Monte- j
rev to Caniargo were attacked near Rumos
and murdered. Amdag them was a Mr.- j
Train, a Government agent, and a very bfave,
daring man. We have had no confirmation of |
the rumor, arid I am inclined to believe it an i
old stampede in a new dress; The uninitiated
should be apprized that the word stampede is j
applied to false rumors and false alarms. The
relics of the Mexican army who were wounded ;
on the field of Buena Vista, about twerity
crippled soldiers, left Saltillo on Wednesday
I for San Luis, by permission of Gen. Wool,
i They were a melancholy sight, and told a
forcible tale’ of the horrors of war. For the
most part they have been attended by our
surgeons an 1 subsisted at our expense, the j
Mexicans reluctantly yielding, and even then
seldom, to the pleadings of destitution from j
the men who had perilled their lives and sac- ;
rifleed their limbs for their sake. A Mexican
no-haired dog is fondled in the bosom, caress- j
cd and stuffed to repletion, while a Mexican
soldier is spumed and suffered to starve, and :
j treated worse than a dog is anywhere else.
I Intelligence from Parras, received since my
last, lulls all apprehensions that were felt from
the reported advance of the Cam inches, and
imparts no further particulars of the outrages j
they committed. Satisfied with what they
did, they appear to have retired, not caring to
approach too closely to the company of Texan
rangers stationed at Parras.
It pains me to say that the health of the
, troops here, the infantry brigade, cortinues to
jbe very bad,and the sick list very hfrge. The
deaths are principally confined to the North
[ Carolina regiment, which has lost fourteen men (
i within a week. The Virginia regiment has
lost three only, old cases, and the Mississippians !
about the same number. There is very little j
i of interest in this column now, but the other
division furnishes enough to make up for it—
our turn may come after awhile —in the hope
of which, adios. j. e. d.
Camp Buena Vista, July 25, 1817.
| As this is the last opportunity I shall have of
! communicatfhg with you for some ten or twelve
| days probably, I will give you the only item 1
of news there is afloat. This morning four
Mexicans came to Encautada, about 12 miles
from here, and. stated that in the Zacatecas
! pass, so called, 25 or 27 miles from here, they
had been attacked by a Mexican guerrilla band
and robbed of everything about them of the
slightest value; that they had then been taken ,
to a place near by, blindfolded, and tied and
1 kept there for two days, when they were re
! leased. Tire band of robbers they say consisted
of fifteen armed men. The prisoners were en
j route from San Luis Potosi for this place, and
; one of them, an agent of an English firm in
Saltillo, had a letter from the city of Mexico
j postmarked 7th inst. written by a correspon
dent of the firm. The Mexicans arrived at En- ;
cantada this morning and reported their story
tb the commander of the Texan Rangers there,
who immediately despatched a party with one ;
of the Mexicans in search of the robbers. The
other three came into Gen. Wool’s camp in
charge of a ranger and handed over the letter
of which I have spoken. It was of a purely
commercial character, except the closing para
graph, which stated in substance that all was
doubt and uncertainty as to what was to be
done either by the Mexicans or “Yankees” and
; particularly whether it was intended that this
i division should,move on to San Luis or not; as
j to peace, the writer said it was not lookedfor. — .
A lieutenant in one of-the Texan companies
stationed at Encantada was accidentally shot
this morning while either mounting or dis
mounting, by one of his holster positols unex
pectedly discharging itself. His wound is se
rious but not a dangerous one. This .is all the
news I have for you until I return from an ex-
I pedition upon which I'Start to-morrow morn
ing in company with a party of dragoons.—
i Where I am going I will tell you when I come
back.as an Irishman would say, and what the
purpose of the expedition is, for of neither the
one or the other have I the remotest concep
tion. It is sufficient for me to know that I
shall.have a chance of-seeing something and
that it promises variety and adventure, so fare
well for the present. J. e. d.
-. The Columbus Enquirer, under the caption
of “Jibes and. Taunts-,” accuses us of being
• disposed “to make sport of the genex-ouS and
hoblq feelings which prompted Gen. Clinch to
feed the hungiy afid war-worn soldiers, on
their return from the ever memorable cam
paign in'Florida.” The Enquirer is entirely
mistaken. We never make sport of the “gen
erous liable ’.feelings” of humanity, al
though they maypaave been displayed under
such circumstances as would have drawn them
from any bosom of ordinary, emotion, and even
though they may. have been’exhibited as a
“quid pro quo." Neither did we place Gen.
Clinch’a humanity upon a footing with that of
the Mexican; although charity on the part of
an enemy seems to us quite as praiseworthy as f
when exhibited by a friend. We merely amused
ourselves with the Enquirer’s idea of eloquence,
and of the elements of the “true orator ”
Certainly that was laughable enough to excite
the risible muscles on a stoic’s face. When
Whig editors place their own. candidate in ri
diculous attitudes, by claiming for the most
common-place men, all that is splendid in chi
valry, or sublime in oratory, they must not be
surprisee if the Democrats should indulge
themselves in an innocent laugh.— Savannah
Georgian, 18 (h inst.
[ AVcrn the j\ew Orleans Della.]
Letter from General Tr.ylor.
• The Louisiana Floridian of the 7th Aug.
contains the following very’remarkable letter
fr om Gen. Taylor. It is addressed to Dr, De
lony, of Clinton in this State, who is one of
the most radical, determined out-and-out De
mocrats in Louisiana or in the South. The
General replies to the direct interrogatories of
the Doctor in regard to his opinions on the
leading topics involved in the contests of the
two great political parties, by declining, very
properly,to give an opinion upon the justice of
a war which he is himself conducting.
Wo have been permitted by Dr, Delony, to
whom it was addressed, to give publicity to
the following letter from Gen, Taylor. It may
be proper to say that it was not his intention
to have it published, but from the great inter
est which seems to engross the public mind,
and the variety of conflicting views as to Gen.
Taylor’s opinions and intentions in connection
with the question of the Presidency, and as
there is no impropriety in so doing, it was con
cluded to lay it b cforc the public.
Camp near Monterey, )
Mexico, June 9. )
Dear Sir —Your letter of the loth ult., from
Clinton, La., has reached mo, in which you
| are pleased to say, “the signs of the times in
relation to the next Presidency, and the pro
minent position of your name in connection
with it, is sufficient excuse for this letter.”
That “it is a happy feature in our government
that official functionaries under it, from the
lowest to the highest station, are not beyond
the reach and partial supervision of the hum
blest citizen, and that it is a right inherent in
every freeman to possess himself of the politi
cal principles and opinions of those into whose
h inds the adm n strn ion of the Government
may be placed,” &c., to all which I fully coin
cide with 3'ou in opinion. Asking my views
on several subjects-—“ First: As to the justice
and necessity of this war with, Mexico on our part.
; .Second : As to the necessity of a National
Bank, and the power of Congress for creating
i yuch an institution. Third ; As to the effects
of a high protective tariff, and the right of
j Congress under the constitution to create such
a system of revenue.”
As regards the first interrogatory, my duties and
the position I occupy, I do not consider it would
bo proper in me to give any opinion in regard to
the same; as a citizen, and particularly as a sol
\ dier, it is sufficient for me to know that our coun
try is at war with a foreign nation, to do all in my
power to bring it to d speedy and honorable ternii
! nation, by the most vigorous and energetic opera
tions, without inquiring about its justice, or any
thing else connected with it, believing, as I do, it
is our wisest policy to lie at peace with all the world,
/fs long a.S it can be done without endangering the
honor and interests of the country. As’ regards the
second and third inquiries, I dm not prepared
to answer them; I could only do so after duly
iuvestigatiugtho.se subjects, which, I cannot
! now do; my whole time being fully Occupied irt
attending to my proper official duties, which
: must not be neglected under any circumstances;
and I must say to you in substance what 1 have
said to others in regard to similar matters, that
| I am no politician.
Near forty years of my life have been passed
in the public service, in the army, most of
; which in the field, the camp, on our western
frontier, or in the Indian country; and for near
ly the two last, in this or Texas, during which
time, I have not passed one night under the
| roof of a house. As regards being a candidate
for the Presidency at the coming election, I
have no aspirations in that way, and regret
the subject has been agitated at this early day,
and fh.it it had not been deferred until the
. close* of this war, or until the end of the next
session of Congress, especially if I am to be
mixed up with it, as it is possible it may lead
to the injury of the public service in this
i quarter, by my operations being embarrassed,
as well as to produce much excitement in the
country growing out of the discussion of the
| merits/&c., of the different aspirants for that
hi -h office, which might have been very much
al ayed, if not pi-evented, had the subject been
d ferred, as suggested; besides very many
c tangos may take place between now and 1848,
so much so, as to make it desirable for the in
t rrest of the country that some other indivi
dual than myself, better qualified for the situ
ation, should be selected; and could he be
elected, I would not only acquiesce in such an
arrangement, but would x*ejoice that the re
public had one citizen, and no doubt there are
thousands, more deserving than I am, and bet
| ter qualified to discharge the duties of said
office. If I have been named by others and
considered a candidate for the Presidency, it
j has been by no agency of mine in the matter;
and if the good people think my services im
portant in that station and elect me; I will feel
bound to serve them, and all the pledges and
explanations I can enter ipto and make as re
gards this or that policy, is, that I do so
honestly and faithfully to the best of my abili
ties, strictly in compliance with the constitu
tion. Should I ever occupy the White House,
| it must be by the spontaneous move of the
people, and by no act of mine, so that I could
go into the office untrammelled, and be the
chief magistrate of the nation, and not of a
party.
But should they, the people, change their
views and opinions between this and the time
of holding the election, and cast their votes
for the Presidency for some one else, I will
not complain. With considerations of respect,
I remain your ob’t serv’t, Z. TAYLOR.
Mr. Edward Delony.
’ P. S. I write in great haste and under con
stant interruption.
[Front Piciiyuneff&JiTnsf.]
Crops and the Worm. —We cheerfuiy give
place to the following letter :
Bay.od Bieuff; (Parish of Avoyelles.) )
Near Rapides, La., August 3, 1846.- )
Gentleman —Seeing divers reports in different
papers of the appearance of the army worm, I
have determined to give you the history of them
on this bayou, I saw on Friday last, in a gen
tleman’s field on this bayou, numbers of green
striped worms in every particular answering
the description of the genuine army worm.—
Not however being entirely satisfied of the
fact, I took a half dozen, brought them home
with me and placed them on some cotton leaves
under a tumbler; these by the following Sun
day they had made into cocoons by drawing
the corners of the leaves together and securing
them with a webb. I have opened some of the
cocoons and can now say with certainty that
they 'are nothing else but the “planter’s hor
ror.” Yesterday evening I saw an old plan
ter from Bayou Chicot, some forty miles below
this, who states that almost every plantation
there is more or less strewn with them,and that
numbers of the fly have been seen. This is
the first crop ; the next is to do the injury.—
The crops here on a majority of the plantations
.are seriously injured by rust, caused by the
heavy rams in July. I never saw such a sight;
the stalks that are rusted at all pro entirely
dead, an I look as if th iy ha I passed through
a furnace. I think it half a crop is made he re
it will be doing well.
Yours, &c. * W. S. WEST.
Caterpillar.— We stated last week that one
caterpillar had heed found on a plantation in
this vicinity. His being a genuine cotton worm
was doubted by a few only who saw him, and
then only for a short time. But his like, was
soon discovered on other plantations, and then
it was given up that the dreaded worms were
in our fields. The fact of their existence, i
however, has not created as much alarm as the
first announcement of their appearance has
heretofore done. This is owing to the fact that j
the planters generally believe that it is the first
crop that we now have, which arc few in num
i her, and that it will not be until the third crop
; come that they will be numerous enough to do
any injury to the crop. However this maybe,
it is certain they have done no harm yet, al
! though more or less of them are found every
where. Hopes are entertained that they will not
commence their work of destruction for two or
three -weeks yet, and if they do not, they will
then do but little or no harm. —Red River Re
publican, Aug, 7.
The Weather. —During the past week we j
have not had much rain, and our river rose on |
AVeduesdaV last to nearly as high a point as it
had reached the week before. On Thursday {
it commenced falling and has continued to fall
I slowly up to this time.— Che-raw Gazette , 17th
inst.
31 u9ns ta, ocor gx a .
FIRDAY
FOR GOVERNOR
HON. 6. W. TOWNS.
OF TAEBO r.
Democratic Nominations for Senators.
• 4th Dist.—Camden and Wayne—Elias Fort.
| sth Dist.—Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T. Hilliard.
7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch— John A. Mattox
Bth “ Striven and Effingham— W. J. Lawton.
9th “ Burke and Emanuel—W. 8. C Morris.
19th “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. H. Rey nolds.
13th “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson.
14th “ Randolph and Stewart—William Nelson.
! 17th “ Macon and Houston— John A. Hunter.
20th “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins.
25th “ Jones and Putnam—James M. Gray.
2oth “ Munroe and Pike—Col. Allen Cochran.
2Sth “ Merriwether and Coweta—Ore. Warner.
31st “ Fayette and Henry— Luther J. Glenn.
32d “ Jasper and Butts —Col. J. C. Waters.
38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailey.
39ih “ Gwinnett and DeKalb—Jas. P. Simmons.
40th “ Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin.
41st “. Cobb and Cherokee—Wm. 11. Hunt.
43d “ Habersham and Rabun—Edw’d Cokfik.
44th “ Lumpkin ana Union—Euho S. Barclay.
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j ;The Mails. —All the Northern Mails clue last
1 evening came to hand, but we find but little of
interest in them.
The Junction Rail Way—Wilkes.
We have been reqnested by several of our j
subscribers in the interior to give the action of
the Georgia Rail Road Company in relation to |
I the application of Mr. Toomb- in behalf of the
citizens of Wilkes county, as to the establish
ing a Branch from Washington, to connect
hath the Georgia Rail Road. The proceedings j
will be found below, which we give without
Comment; leaving it to the judgment of the
reader, whether the Georgia Rail Road Com- j
pany were liberal or illiberal in their offers :
Extract from the minutes of the 13 th Annual
j Convention of the Stockholders of the Georgia :
Railroad and Bahking Company, held in Au- 1
gu»ta,the llthand 12 th Os May, 1847 ;
I The following resolution was? adopted on Mr.
Miller’s motion. It being represented to the
Convention that the citizens ot Wilkes county
contemplate a connection,by Railroad, between ,
Washington and the road of this Company, at
or near Double Wells:
Resolved, That the Board of Directors be re- i
quested to afford all xhe facilities in their pow
er for the accomplishment of that object—
without detriment to the interest of this Cora
pany.
! Copy of the minutes of a meeting of the Board of |
Directors of the Georgia Railroad and Bank- j
ing Company, held in Augusta on the 26 th of
May, 1847:
An extra meeting of the Board was held on I
Wednesday, the 26th of May, 1847, composed j
of the following members, viz: Mr. Kind,
President, and Messrs. Warren, D’Antignac,
Bones, Bowdre, Fargo, Miller and Davies, Di
rectors.
The President stated that the object of con
vening the Board, was to receive a committee
of citizens from Washington, Geo., then in
waiting, who were charged with the duty of j
conferring with this Company on the subject j
of constructing a Branch Railroad from Wash
ington to some convenient point on the Geor
gia Railroad; and the committee were accord
ingly invited, and appeared before the Board, j
Messrs. Lewis S. Brown, Charles L. Bolton, I
Thomas Semmes and Lucius J. Gartrell, the
. members present of the AV ashington commit-
I tee, being seated at the Board, were request
ed to submit their views end desires. In com
pliance with this invitation, Messrs. Gartrell
and Semmes addressed the Directors the
other members of the committee contributing,
by occasional remarks, to the development of
I J
the subject.
The object of the committee was to ascer- I
tain whether we -would furnish their contem-
I plated Company with such of our fiat-bar iron
| as we should replace with a heavier rail; and
to know, from us, upon what terms the freight j
of the Washington Branch would be trans
ported over the Georgia Railroad; suggesting
the necessity of some encouragement, to their
enterprise, and the hope of our ability to allow
them, as a bonus, a thir d or fourth of the freight
or gross income derived from the business of
their Branch; or put the transportation of such
business on the footing of the most favored of
our Branch connections.
After a free conversation with the Board on
the matters in hand, the committee retired and
the following resolution was passed:
Resolved , That this Company will furnish
the cars for the transportation of freight on the
proposed Railroad from Washington—charg
ing therefor, one-eighth of the freight earned
onsaid Road; being the same terms that exist
between this Company and.the State Road and
Rome Branch.
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■ The President was requested to communi
cate this resolution to the Washington com
! mittee, and to say to them that if we should
determine to take up our flat-bar iron, it would
be sold to them for their Road on reasonable
, terms.
The Board then adjourned.
J. W. WILDE, Cashier.
Extract from the minutes of a regular meeting
of the Board of the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company, held at Augusta, on Tues
day, the Sin June', 1847 :
At which the following members attended,
viz: Mr. Kixo, President, Messrs. Warren,
J Poullain, Jones,Satfold, D’Antignac, Dougher
ty, Fargo, Hamilton, Davies, Stovall, Conyers,
Miller and Cunningham, Directors.
A communication in these words was read
to the Board : Mr. Toombs, one of the Com
mittee appointed by a meeting of the citizens
of Wilkes county, to confer with the Georgia
Rail Road & Banking Company, and settle
I with it all matters connected with the junc
tion of a Railroad from Washington to the most
suitable point on the Georgia Railroad, submits
the following propositions to the Georgia Rail
road Company, and asks the action of the Di
rectors thereon:
; Ist. That the Georgia R. R. Company shall
' transport such freight and passengers as may
! be delivered it by the Washington Railro'ad at
I the junction of the two roads, to their desti
■ nation on the Georgia Railroad, at the lowest
term per mile that said Georgia Railroad
transports any other similar freight or passen
gers on any part of their road, and for any dis
tance.
2d. That in all things the Georgia Ra lro d
shall grant the Washington Railroad all the
advantage, in the transaction of their busi
ness, which said company do now or may here
after grant to any other road which now is or
’ may hereafter be connected with said Georgia
Railroad.
3d. That the Georgia Railroad Company
state the best terms upon which it will trans
! port the freight cars of the Washington Rail
i road from the junction of the two roads to
1 Augusta, or any intermediate point, should the
; Washington Company deem it to their interest
| to furnish freight cars for their own freight the
! whole distance to Augusta.
After deliberating on the foregoing proposi
tions, the Board passed these resolutions:
Pesolved, That this Company will allow the
Washington Road to connect with the Georgia
Railroad at Camming, or at such contiguous
point as may be hereafter agreed upon; and
will agree to transport the freight of this road
at the same charge made on other local busi
ness from Camak.
Resolved, That it is deemed inexpedient to
bind this C unpany to any farther future or
! prospective arrangement with other companies,
| or to make any agreement to allow the cars of
! the Washington Road to pass over the Geor
| gia Railroad. '.
Geo. B. Road Si Bk'g Co., Aug. 18, 1817.
I certify the accuracy of the foregoing ex
tracts, that they embrace all that appears up-
I on the subject, on the minutes of the Conven
j tion and the Board.
J. W. WILDE, Cashier.
The State Elections.
The Baltimore Sun of the 17th inst. says—
We have but little to -add to the returns to
day.
In Kentucky and Indiana the result, for Con
i gross, seems to be as indicated yesterday, 6
! whigs to 4 democrats in the former, (a whig
loss of one,) and G democrats to 4 whigs in the
latter, (a democratic loss of two.)
loica. —The election of two democrats to
j Congress seems to be confirmed. There whs
no election for the members of the Legislature,
!-. . ° *
except in two districts, where vacancies had
j occurred.
Charleston Courier, of the 19 th inst.,
says—“ The failure of the mail on Tuesday
last, was oSviug to tire locomotive running oif
the track between* Wilmington and Gold?-
borough, X. C., by which accident the engineer
i and fireman were considerably, but not dan
gerously hurt.”
Steamer Washington.
The New York Herald “The srtoamer
j Washington will not leave for Southampton
and Bremen until the 24th of September.—
This delay is owing to a number of alterations,
! which the company deem in a rddddrdxo ne
| cessary. Her day of sailing in fiztu're’ bfe
! on the 24th of the month instead of the Ist,
as heretofore.”
New Cotton.
The Macon Telegraph, of the 17th instant,
says—“ The first bale of the new crop was re
ceived yesterday at the Warehouse of Messrs.
Field & Adams, from the plantation of Mr.
Isaac West, of Houston county, and sold to
I Mr. Samuel Dawson, for 14 cents. Mr. West
has for several years brought in the first bale
of new cotton. Last year, we believe, he sold
a bale of the new crop on the 22d of July.”
The above bale has since reached Savannah.
V Scat of War.
The Tallahassee Floridian, of the 14th inst.,
says—“ The Volunteers raised by Capt. Liv
ingston were mustered into the service of the
1 United States on yesterday, by Lieut. Whit-
I ing, of the Army. They now number 80 men
rank and file, which, we learn, will be in
creased before the company embarks for the
seat of war. They arc a fine looking body of
men, and we predict that the State may rely
with confidence upon their good conduct on
the battle field.
This is the fourth company Florida has fur
| nished the service since the commencement of
the war.
I Special Notices.
I. O. O. P.
AUGUSTA ENCAMPMENT NO. 5.
A regular meeting of the Cunp, will be held
This ( Friday) Evening, at 8 o’clock, precisely.
By order of the C. P.
WM. HAINES, Scribe.
Aug. 20 49
STEAMBOAT COMPANY OF GEOR
GIA. . .
| O’ This Company having been re-orgaorzed
and placed in an efficient state tor service, are pre
pared to send forwarded without delaj all ! * c l b
that may offer. .
I Goods consigned to WM. P. M ILLIAi ~ £ cn
at Savannah, will be forwarded free of Commis-
S1 The connection of R. M. Goodwin with this
Company has terminated. B gU j£U ,
June 6 I—>’ Agent at Augm-a.