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[From the New Orleans Picayune,%Uh inst.]
Arrival of*he Cralvsstou.
*TfcVEN DAYS LATER FROM PUEBLA.
Arrival of the Picayune's Express from i
Gen. Scott's Movements —Escape of Maj. Gains
and Passed Midshipman‘Rogers—Encounter of
a Train icith the Guerrillas —Peril of the Train
—Deaths of Adjutant Guiot, Lieut. Hill and
Dr. Hamner — Gen. Pierce's Arrival at Puebla;
<5fC.
The steamship Galveston, Capt. ILvviland,
arrived yesterday from Vera Cruz, having
touched at Tampico, Brazos and Galveston.
She left Vera Cruz on the 12th inst.
By this arrival we are in possession of advices
from Puebla to the frth of August—fust one
week later than we had before received. , Our
letters were brought through from Puebla to
Vera Cruz by a courier despatched exclusively
for this office. The news is important.
Goci. Scott was still at Puebla on the 6th
inst., but the army was to take up the line of
march the next day for the city of Mexico
Oen. Twiggs’s division leaving on the 7th, Gen. !
Quitman’s on the Bth, Gen. Worth’s on the 9th,
And Gen. Pillow’s on the 10th. Col. Childs
remains in command at Puebla.
Gen. Pierce arrived at Puebla on the Gth
inst.—not oh the 2d inst., as some of our con
temporaries st ated. He lost not a single man
on his march, notwithstanding “another severe
battle with the guerrillas.”
The most agreeable news by this arrival is
the escape cf Major Gaines and Passed Mid
shipman Rogers from the city of Mexico, and
their safe arrival at Gon. Scott’s headquarters.
They were of course not under parole at the
time they left Mexico. The particulars will be
found in the letter below from Mr. Ken fall.
Ills letters mention an affair between Capt.
Ruff, of the rifles, with his command, and a
Mexican guerrilla partv. in which the latter
was entirely routed. Mr. K., also writes us
of the death of Lieut. Hill, of the 2d Dragoons,
and Dr. Hamner, of the South Carolina Regi
ment. We need not refer more particularly to
iiis letters which abound in interest.
From Vera Cruz, too, the news is important.
The train which left Vera Cruz the evening of
the 6th inst., has been attacks about 24 miles
from Vera Cruz; indee I, attacked commenced
shortly after leaving that city. The escort to
the train was under command of Maj. Lally, of
the 9th Infantry. Col. Wilson being down with 1
yellow fever. We have confidence that the
following is a more correet report of the princi
pal affair than that of the Sun of Anahuac. It
is from an officer of intelligence, and is to the
latest dates.
“Camp at Bridge, 24cniles from Vera Cruz- > 1
August 11, 1847. 5
Gmt'im .n —The common I unier Mij. Lilly
was met by the guerrillas yesterday in force at
Paso Oneja, one mile ir the rear of this camp,
about 3P. M. Attacks were made in front, in
rear, and upon the centre of the train, and they
were repulsed at all points, and we advanced
to this encampment. Our force was well dis
tributed for the defence of the train, the force
ia the rear being nearly as long as in front, and
a guard of two companies in the centre of the
wagons, and flankers along side of the train
fhoughout.
But our loss is severe, two officers being
severely wounded. Capt. Jam's 11. Caldwell, of
the Voltigeurs, and Capt. Arthur C. Cummins,
of the 11th Infantry, the former a native of
Maryland, the latter of Virginia. Ten men,
non-commissioned officers and privates, are
wounded. None were killed outright. One
has died since, and some perhaps dangerously
wounded. Hopes are yet entertained for the
recovery of the two captains, if we can send
them to Vera Cruz. I believe that the com
manding officer has sent tc Vera Cruz for a
detachment of horse to escort ambulances to
take back the wounded which may accumulate
by the time we reach the National Bridge. We
are 1001 strong, with a train of seventy wag
ons, and the troops all raw and comparatively
un nstructed. But I think we will make our
way through securely; perhaps fighting our
way for many days. We are about twelve
miles from the National Bridge, and we move
on a few miles to day.”
The Sun says eight men were killed on our
«ide, and that Capt. Lovell’s Georgia mounted
men killed twenty-five of the enemy in a charge.
Governor Wilson immediately ordered up re
inforcements. Capt. Fairchild's company start
ed at once to go up, and Capt. Seefeldt’s, of the
Louisiana battalion, were also ordered up. A
gentleman who came over on the Galveston,
saw the latter leaving the city. Capt. Besan
con’s company was absent on a scout when the
news reached Vera Cruz of the d inger to the
train. When he returned, he would be order
ed up, and other forces were to be sent forward.
The verbal reports are that the Americans had
thirty men wounded in the skirmish and as
many horses killed. It is not to be concealed
that serious fears are felt for the safety of this
train. The Mexicans have made extensive
preparations to barrass it and cut it off if pos
sible. We are informed that the number of
Maj. Lally’s command falls short of one thous
and men rather than exceeds that number. The
Mexicans are under the impression that the
train takes up a million of dollars in specie—so
eays the Boletin of Jalana of the Bth inst., which
has been received at Vera Cruz. The Boletin
prays God that the guerrillas and national
guard together may succeed in cutting off the
train. The National Bridge is the point where
the decisive action is expected. There was a
report in Vera Cruz, that the guemllas had
destroyed a part of the bridge and erected de
fensive works there. The latest number of
the Sun of Anahuac sets down the number of
the guerrillas at 4000. Led on by the hope of a
rich booty, they must not be expected to desist
from their attacks so long as a chance remains
for them.
Two men belonging to the train lagged be*
hind on the second day’s march from Vera Cruz,
and were cut off by the Mexicans. One of
them was horribly mutilated, both legs being
cut off below the knee. He died immediately.
The other was so severely wounded that he
died shortly after he was found by Capt. Bes
ancon’s men. The wounded man just had time
to give a description of the murderer*, three in
number, and the course they had taken. They
were pursued and caught and at once an ex
ample was made of them.
Capt. Fairchild returned from a scout on
the 9th inst., after having made a circuit of a
bout thirty miles. At a small town called
Paso de Toro, ho found secreted in a 1 oft some
fifteen or twenty c scop etas and as many sabres,
which were destroyed. Suspicions induced
him to examine some trunks ill a house, in
which he found several hundreds of cartridges
wrapped up in women’s clothes. There were
but few men about the ranchos, but at al
most every place they learned that the guer
rilleros had gone up towards the National
Bridge.
A detachment from Capt. Besancon’s com
pany, thirty-five in number, left on a scout on
the 9th inst. under Lieut. Waters. The Sun
of the 11th inst. announces that a private of
I Besancon’s company was killed the evening
previous by the Mexicans. His name was
Francis Loring, a Canadian by birth.
We regret to read in the Sun, of the death
of Lieut. Guiot, Adjutant of the Louisiana j
Battalion. He died on the 9th inst., after an
illness of only three days, and was buried
with military honors the evening of the same
day.
Col. Wilson, who was to have commanded
the troops that accompanied the last train from
Vera Cruz, is convalescent, and considered
entirely out of danger.
The reports as to the health of Vera Cruz, are
more favorable. In private practice there was
little fever, but a great deal of sickness in the
hos ntals-
The Spanish Minister resident in Mexico is
expected at Vera Cruz about the 25th inst.. on
his way to Spain. Le ters from Vera Cruz
sky he will be escorted by a body of Mexi- I
can lancers. The Sun assigns a reason for
his departure, in which we can place no con
fidence. The whole story is rather apocry
phal.
We arc sorry to see in the Sim of Anahuac j
that another courier in the employ of the A
mcricans has been shot at Antigua.
The following passengers came over on the I
Galveston.
Dr. Everett, Lieut. Hart, Mr. Blanton, U. S. j
N., Mr. S. B. Elliott, U. S. N., Messrs. Las- |
togue, Rush, Rice, Seely, Wager, G. Resket, J.
j W. deal, J. Wallace, Capt. Ticknor, and 2 on
deck.
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[Editorial Correspondence of the Picayune .j
Puebla, Mexico, Aug. 3, 1847.
Intelligence has just been received that
Capt. Ruff, with a squadron of cavalry, lias
given the guerrillas a severe drubbing at San
Juan de los Llanos. Gen. P. F. Smith learn
ing on his arrival at Ojo de Aqua that a party
of these gentlemen of the road had a rendez
vous at the former place, despatched Capt. R,
with orders to surprise them if possible. The
expedition was successful in every way—the
guerrillas were surprised before they had time
to reach their horses, and at once took refuge
in a church and in two or three stone houses
adjoining. Into these our men at once charg
ed, the Mexicans recoiled in dismay, and after
a short struggle were entirely defeated, with a
loss of between 30 and 40 killed and some 50
wounded. A priest and cure, said to have
been in some way connected with the guerril
las, were taken prisoners. Such is the re
port of the affair at present current—l shall
probably learn more oi it before I close this
letter.
Midshipman R,ogers, about whose imprison
ment so much has been said, has taken the lib
erty of releasing himself—in plain English, he
has escaped from the city of Mexico, and has
arrived here in safety. lie was not on parole
at the time, but at lai*ge in the capital under
abend with a money penalty not to break his
bonds. Learning that the American officers
were to be removed to Toluca, and that there
was no probability of his being exchanged, he
started off in the night towards Chaleo lake
in a boat. Arriving there, he started on horse
back through the mountains with a guide,
! and, as above stated, got through in safety.
He reports that Santa Anna has not so m uiy
men as has be m stated—that he has not more
than 15,099, who are well armed and well ©r-i(
gauized. Perhaps he did not know that Va
lencia had arrived with reinforcements from
San Luis- Both Rogers and Lieut. Se.nines,
■ who was sent on by Com. Perry to attend to
his case, will go on to the capital whenever the
army moves, and take apart in an}' game that
may there be played. In fact, the same may
be said of ail who are with the army and not
immediately connected with it—there will be
work for all of them, and the : r greatest safety
will be in the neighborhood of balls, shells and
kindred projectiles. In relation to young Rog
ers, it is said he came off with the knowledge
and by permission of his surety.
We have a rumor this morning, and a start
ling one, to the effect that Santa Anna is mov
ing upon this city with his entire army and fifty
pieces of cannon. The news is too good to be
I true, and no one credits it.
1 believe I have already mentioned the death
of Lieut. Hill, of the 2d Dragoons, and that
he was buried with military honors. Dr- W.
H. Hamner, of the South Carolina volunteers,
died this morning. Just before his death he
embraced the Catholic religion and received
the absolution of the church. I learn that a
portion of his family in the United States are
of the same faith- The health of the army is
generally improving.
We have information to-day that General
Pierce is at Perote, and that he is awaiting
there the arrival of 500 marines and 1000 of
: the new levies. This will be another deten
tion —will probably cause another delay in the
march of the army-
I wish you could see the Jota Arragonesc , as
danced here at the Spanish theatre by the Se
ndritas Ruperta and Monoz and two mascu
lines whose names are not given in the bills.
It is full of life, action, and castanets, and was
loudly and warmly encored hist night. The
women folks who take a part in the dance la
bor under no particular restraint that can be
discovered, but throw themselves into atti
tudes that would be deemed unseemly by a
committee of prudes in our own country.—
Here, however, the audience was composed al
most entirely of officers, and the more voluptu
ous the postures of the figurantes the more
rapturous the applause. We never see the
Bolero and other Spanish dances given with
proper effect in the United States.
Yours, &c. g. w. k,
Puebla, Mexico, Aug- 5, 1847-
Gen. Smith has returned with his brigade,
and the report is that Gen. Pierce is to sleep
to-night at Amosoque and will arrive here to
morrow. No less than 43 of the enemy were
killed, a great number were wounded, all their
arms were destroyed, and their flag brought
off. The two padres who were taken prisoners
in the church, and who were supposed to have
some connection with the guerrillas, have since
been released by Gen. Smith.
The letter mail brought up by Gen. Pierce,
with dates from New Orleans to about the Bth
July, has come up—the main newspaper mail
will arrive to-morrow. Many of the officers
have told me that their anxious mothers, wives
and sisters have done little but reprimand
them for not writing to them oftener—they
would not blame them so much if they knew
the extreme difliculty of getting letters down
to the coast.
I have already mentioned the successful es
cape of young Rogers from Mexico. Last
night about 10 o’clock, Maj. Gaines came in,
passing safely through the entire Mexican lines,
it seems that on Monday last ail the Ameri
can officers were ordered to the head quarters
j Qt Den. Lombard ini, and were there told that
they must prepare, in twelve hours, to move to
i oiuca, AH ot them, save Majors Gaines and
Boreland, and Capt. Danley, gave their paroles
that they would proceed to that place; but
Maj. G. distinctly told Lomburdini that his pa
i role was at an end—that he did not ask lor its
renewal, nor should he accept it. On Tues
dav morning the,officers, with three excep
tions above named, started in the stage for
Toluca, and <*h the same night Maj. Gaines,
accompanied-by , a trusty Mexican guide, set
out for this place, and after being once in the
hands of the guerrillas, and, tunning, many
narrow risks, besides, succeeded in coming
through in safety. lie informed Lornbardini
distinctly, through the interpreter, a brother
of Almonte, that he should not give his parole
for Toluca, and anticipated being arrested and
I put under guard at once; but not thinking
1 probably he would attempt to escape, he was
allowed to depart. The sequel is known.
Map Gaines thinks that Santa Anna has a
bout 1-5,000 tolerably well uniformed and
ed men, to which number must be added a
rabble of undisciplined recruits, caught and
picked up every way, and giving little strength
to the army. The main defence of the Mexi
cans —that upon which they most rely —is at
the Penon, and at this point they have planted
some of their best cannon, Santa Anna him
self is described as being in a greater dilemma ;
than ever. The jealousy and obstinacy of his |
enemies prevent his openly avowing himself
in favor of peace, and he is shrewd enough to
know that the next battle must result against
him. Thus his own downfall is staring him
in the face turn which way he will, and he is
now awaiting some revolution of Fortune’s
wheel to Cktricate himself. His utter down
fall would seem inevitable did not his past his
tory afford abundant evidences that he has
risen above every species of reverse, and so
fruitless is he in expedients that he may still
rise triumphantly from the whirlpool of diffi
culties by which he is surrounded.
Since t commenced this letter, Gen. Scott’s
orders for the march of the army have been
issued. The division of Gen. Twiggs is to
move on. Saturday, the 7th instant, that of
Gen. Quitman’s on the Bth, Gen. Worth’s on
the 9th, and Gen. Pillow’s on the 10th. In
the meantime Col. Childs remains in Puebla as
military and civil governor, and Capt. DeHart
as lieutenant governor, while an efficient gar
rison, in addition to the sick and those who
arc convalescing, wilt be left behind. Gen. :
Scott himself will .probably accompany Gen.
Quitman’s division, and the entire army will
concentrate at some point this side of the capi-J
tah . t .
The order for a move has been received with I
rejoicing by all —by the heads of the commas- j
i feary’s and quart irmaster's d epartments in par
ticular, for at the capital it is almost certain
that an abundance of money can be obtained.
No man in the Lnited States could believe for
one moment the straits to which our army has
been driven for want of cash, especially after
reading the statements made in some of our
papers. Here in Puebla it is given as a fact
past all gainsaying, that since April last the
commissary’s department alone has sent to
Washington for near SBOO,OOO, with which to
meet current expenses, and of this amount not
a cent has been received. The exertions of
Capts. Irwin and Grayson, combined with
those of Mr. Ilargous, have effected much,
however, and through them a large depot of
provisions has been got together here, suffi
cient for the array for months.
Yours, &c., o. w. k.
Puebla, Mexico, August 6, 1817.
Gen. Pierce arrived this morning—his men,
though much jaded and travel-worn, making
a most soldierly appearance. The 9th regi
ment in particular —the .New England regi
ment commanded by Col. Ransom—attracted
much attention from the crowds assembled to
see the new levies eater.
Notwithstanding all the stories told in the
Mexican papers, it seems that Gen. Pierce has
| brought his command through without losing
• a man, and with but three or four wou. dcd.— |
1 He was attacked several times by guerrilla |
parties, yet by prompt measures succeeded in i
routing them on every occasion. A good story
is told of Capt. Bodfiffi, who commands one I
of the New England companies—a regular
lumberman and bridge-builder from “way!
down in the State of Maine.” Arrived at Plan ;
del -brio, what cud the. rind but that the bridge j
bad bet a destroyed; yet Capt. ii. had his Van- :
lose ingenuity about him, and in a few hours j
time the entire command was taken safely j
over by means of a new road which he him- 1
self cut. A Yankee will be a Yankee, traus- I
plant him as you will.
The officers with Capt. TlnfT, ac the time he I
routed the guerrillas at Sun Juan de los Lla- )
nos, were Lieut. Walker, of his own company, I
and Lieut. Hawes, Avith a company of the 2d
Dragoons. The defeat was complete.
We have a hundred conflicting rumors from
the city of Mexico. One is to the effect that
Valencia is coming out with 12,000 men to at
tack us in front while Alvarez, with 5000 Pin
tos, makes a demonstration in the rear; anoth
er report has it that Santa Anna has disarmed
3000 of the Guardia Nacional, having disov
eredtnat they were hatching some plot against
| him; while still another report Avould have it
that a regular re\'olution had broken out a
; gainst the benemerito of his country, and that
1 all was “confusion Averse confounded” at
Mexico at last dates. Then, again, we have it
that Puebla is to be attacked immediately af
| ter the army has left, the garrison put to the
j sword, and the citizens severely mulcted and
robbed for the good treatment they have given
the Yankees. For any one of these rumors
th u-e is probably not the least shadow of foun
dation; yet as the Mexicans feed themselves
upon the hopes of what they should do, they
have given them circulation as facts, and very
likely one-half of the community believe them.
There can be little doubt of one thing—that
Santa Anna is compassed about with difficul
ties, and that although at present he “rides
upon the whirlwind and directs the storm,”
the obstinacy of Congress and the jealousy and
stubbornness of such men as Valencia hedge
him in with a perfect wall of opposition. A
long way the shrewdest and most far-seeing
man among them, he may still be enabled to
keep the upper hand and sustain himself in
such power as a broken down and fallen Gov
ernment may afford any one. There is no such
thing as foreseeing Avhat such a man as Santa
Anna can do —look at what he has done since
his terrible defeat at Cerro Gordo for example.
No one but he would have dared show his face
at the capital after such a reverse; but with a
miserable remnant of an army, he boldly en
tered the city, and since, with an empty trea
sury and with o!>stacles that seemed insur
mountable, he has collected and appointed a
numerous force, inspired the hopes of a people
he has a taousaud times deceived, and for the
time being at least rides rough shod over
everything. What the next fortnight may
turn up it i* impossible to foresee, and in such
a state of affairs it is idle to speculate.
Contrary to all expectations, the train which
came up to-day did not bring any money, and
hence the poor providers for the absolute wants
of the army are worse off than ever. As high
a a fifteen per eent. has been paid to-day for mo
ney to defray the expenses of the short march
from this to Mexico, and some of the holders
here are even chaffering for eighteen! buffi
{ are the straits to which our quartermasters and
commissaries, abandoned as they have been by
the Government at home, are driven. Nor is
clothing brought, nor arc any of the necessa
ries for the well-being of the army, to say
nothing of the comfort, and hence all has to
be purchased at rates which amount to ruinous
extortion. I give you facts which every man
here knows—comments may suggest them
selves.
1 finish this letter in haste, and late at night.
To-morrow morning Gen. Twiggs moves with
his division, as I have already stated. He- j
ports continue to come in that large bodies of
the enemy arc moving in the neighborhood,
and just now we hear that from 800 to 1000
gucrrill ros, who have been dogging Gen. ;
Fierce, were seen this afternoon at El Pinal.
The coming fortnight will come to us bur
thened Avith news, and whether it be of peace, [
or Avar to the knife, I shall give you the intel
ligence as early as possible. v
Yffmrs, &c. o. w, k.
Protn Texas.
The Galveston touched at the city of that
name on her passage from Vera Cruz, leaving
there on the 17th inst. Our papers are to the
A6th. . ( - ... x M
■ The Austin Democrat informs tis that Mr.
Cotton, Avho recently in company with Capt.
G. K. Lewis, encountered and killed several
Indians near Laredo, has returned to Hays's
camp Avith instructions from Gen, Taylor to
proceed to Mier, report to Gen. Hopping, and
aAvait for further orders at that place. It is
i also said that the Central Government ofMex
i ico have opened negotiations Avith Gen. Scott's
I headquarters. In that event, it is not proba
ble a forAvard movement Avili be made until the
result of these negotiations shall be knoAvn.—
Large parties of Indians are roaming over the
country betAvecn San Antonio and the Ilio
Grande.
Mr. Cotton left Monterey on the 25th July,
he represents Avatcr as scarce on the Laredo
road.
Small robbing parties infest the country be
tweeu the Kio Grande and Mexico.
Capt. Baylor had been sent out against them;
he captured several and hung them.
The Democrat gives the following account
of the tight between Capt. LeAvis and Mr. Cot
ton on the one side, and some Lipan Indians :
The Indians attacked Capt. Lewis and Mr. |
Cotton at a Avater hole tAvclvc miles the other
side of the Frio. They were secreted in a chap
paral Avhen the two Texans came near the spot, j
the Indians hied at them, perhaps a couple of
times, wounded Lewis and charged. Cotton
discharged one barrel of his shot gun and killed
I an Indian—LeAvis killed another Avith his rifle,
Cotton shot a third one badly, while he Avas in
: the act of shooting at him —he thinks he
I wounded him mortally. He then dreAv his
1 holster, advanced, and Avould have fired again,
| but LiAvis advised him not to do so, unless he
could make sure of his man, telling him at the
some time that he Avas wounded. The Indians
; AvereLipans, tAA'elveor fifteen in number. They
| retreated precipitately, setting up a most
: mournful howl Avhen they saAV tneir comrades
fall. Tiie Indian Avho fired at Lewis Avas so
near him that the wadding set his clothes on
fire. His .wound is in the hip. Cotton had
to assist him in mounting and dismounting
from his horse about eA'ery ten miles from there
to Laredo, when he left him,proceeding through
a country SAvarming Avith thieves and robbers, j
He hardly rested a moment till he reached
Gc-ii. Taylor’s headquarters and delivered the
express. Lewis is in Laredo, his wound is
doing well.
The Democrat states that the company cf
rangers, commanded by Capt. Johnson, from i
JSheiby county, has left Austin from their neAv j
station, at the old Waco A'illage of the Brozos
river, thirty miles above the falls, and seven
Avest of Toney’s Traping House. The L*em
ocrat says: . , .. ~ , j
That point has-also been designated by Col. j
I Hays, as the subse [iient station of Col Boss’s |
I company, which left its old camping place on i
the Gabriel, seA-eral days since, and ere ;
; this, is at the village in the performance of its i
| appointed duty. The city is now entirely j
Avithout protection, further than that afforded j
by its own citizens, and those residing in tne
immediate neighborhood. .
jfcwwm i*k * n •»* »«« —i timiww’tc- • ” tr-T;*!!' iruwnwt ■■
3. ngus t a , (3 cor(j i a .
THURSDAY MOANING. AUG. 25.
FOR GOVERNOR
i H3N. 0. W. TOWNS.
OF TALBOT.
Democratic rjomiaations for Senators,
4ih Dist.—Camdt ii and VVavnc—Elias Fjrt.
sth Hist.—Lawn.ie* and Wars—Gen. T. Hilliard.
j 7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch—John A. Mattox
Bth u Pcriven and Effingham—W. J. Lawtos.
| 9th “ Burke and Emanuel—W. 8. C Morris.
12th “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. H. Reynold*.
13th “ Baker a»d Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson.
!4th “ Randolph and Stewart—William Nelson.
17th “ Macon and Houston—John A. Hunter.
29th “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins.
25th “ Jones and Putnam—James M. Gray.
26th “ Monroe and Pike—Col. Allen Cochran.
28th “ Merriwether and Coweta—Ore. Warner.
i 31st “ Fayette and Henry—Luther J, Glenn.
32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J, C. Waters.
38th “ Clark and Jackson—. Samuel Bailey.
39th 4< Gwinnett and DeKalh—Jas, P, Simmons.
40th “ Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin,
41st “ Cobb and Cherokee—Wm. H. Hunt.
43d “ Habersham and Rabun—Edw’d CorrEE.
44th “ Lumpkin and Uuion—Elihu 8. Ba 'avtou
Howland Springs.
On our return from Dalton, we stopped at
Cartersville and took a seat in a hack to Row
land Springs six miles distant. VV e passed ,
over a good road, of a firm soil, easily suscep
tible of the highest improvement, through a
pretty country, slightly undulating and well
wooded. On our avay we passed Oakland
Classical Institute, about a mile from the
Springs. This Institution has been recently
established by Mr. Simpson Fouche* who had
a high reputation, at PoAvelton as a teach
i er, and is generally known in the State as a
man of superior talents and a fine scholar.
His buildings are handsomely located, in a
spot that must be healthy and near a spring
of the purest Avater. The Institution has com
menced under promising auspices. HoAvland
Springs had been previously described to us
in favorable terms. Its romantic situation,
nestled among hills—fanned by mountain
; breezes, and supplied with numerous springs
whose limped and sparkling Avaters give vigour
to the frame and elasticity to the spirits, Avere
attractions which nature had bestowed upon
the spot. We were not disappointed in the
appearance of the place. Nature has done
much for it. Art as yet but little- Yet taste
and enterprize, aided by a few thousand dol
lars can it into a most chaiming resort,
where pretty cottages, enshrined in flowers
and shrubbery and clambering vines Avould
1 please the eye and breathe of quiet—where
sloping terraces and grassy lawns might tempt
the eA’euing stroll, and ample piazzas Avithin
the eooling influences of sparkling and ever
playing fountains, might entice to flirtation,
or betray into sentiment. A fine band of mu
sic should complete the picture, Avhose “vo
luptuous swell,” Avouldanon invite to the joy
ous dance—anon would soothe into dreamy
abstractions. It would require no great cost
| of money and no severe struggle with nature
j to convert this wild spot into all avg ha\’e pic
-1 tured; for she wears here neither a rugged
or unsmiling aspect. The proprietor has al- J
ready brought by an aqueduct from a bounti
ful spring a mile distant, a stream of ■water
which plays in a beautiful and unceasing jet
from a Classical Statue in front of the main
building. This is thrown up in a graceful
form, and falls broken into ten thousand glit
tering fragments into a circular basin where a
collection of pretty fish enjoy their gambols in
the transparent element.
The proprietor has done much in a little
time to meet the demands of the public for
accommodation. He would have done more
had he known that his Springs would have
been so popular—that crowds would wish to
quaff their pure waters and breathe the ex
hilarating air. The patronage has exceeded
his calculations, and consequently his guests,
though treated with a good table, abun
dantly supplied and -well served, have been
crowded ill a manner wholly incompatible
with comfort: 111 another year the accommo
dations will be far more extensive. We be
lieve that the house room may be Safely trebled;
For a slight inspection of the maps will show
that this place is accessible by Rail Rail to a
larger extent of country than any other
Springs in the Southern States; Not only
from every station along the lines from Charles
ton and Savannah to Dalton, but from States to
west, will there be contributions of visitors.
During our short visit, we found representa
tives from every part of Georgia. Savannah,
i Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Milledgeville,
Madison, and many other places had their
delegations. We though some of them very
j fairly represented. Beauty, fashion, refine
ment and intelligence all united and furnished
the materials for pleasant coteries, and for gay
parties. There is however, a doleful lack of
such moans for whiling away time as Bowling
alleys and billiard rooms supply. There were
no piazzas to lounge in the morning and to
smoke cigars after dinner—or to take a plea
sant promenade after tea with a lady on your
arm- At the Spring there was no convenient
rotundo, or bower, whete the ladies might as
semble while their lovers brought them a cup
of chalybeate f.om the bubbling spring; or per
haps made engagements for the evening dance
or the morrow’s excursion—or, quien sabe! for
pleasant plans of future connubialities. But
all this will be provided in time, and wc hope
we shall be occasionally there hereafter to
enjoy the reality of our fancy sketch.
Grand Junction Railway—Wilkes,
In onr paper of last week, we gave the pro
ceedings of the Directors of the Georgia Rail
Road, in relation to the application for a Branch
from Wilkes. The Chronicle and Sentinel of
the 19th inst., after publishing these proceed
ings, makes the following appropriate com- :
ments in answer to a writer under the signa
ture of “Wilkes.”
|'Prom the Chronicle. Jj- Sentinel, 19ih inst.]
This is the evidence; together with frequent
“conversations with those most closely con
nected with the Georgia Road,” upon which
wc predicated the opinion, that the people of
Wilkes were laboring under a misapprehen
sion, in supposing “the Georgia Road averse to
any silch connection, and in that spirit pro
posed to them illiberal terras.” The action of the
Stockholders in convention, and the Board of
Directors prove satisfactorily to our mind, that
they were not averse to the proposed coifntfc
tiog with Washington. .The matter then i
resolves itself into the single and simple ques- ■
tion, were the terms "liberal t” To this in- i
quiry we propose to devote a few remarks by !
way of elucidation, and we must ask the indui- !
gsnee of the citizens of Wilkes, while we in
voke their calm and dispassionate con Lie- |
ration of our views. We have no feeling in ,
this matter, for wc arc not to be affected by the
result, be it what it may, otir only object be
ing to elicit truth, now that we have been
drawn into the discussion. Wc come, then,
to the consideration of the first proposition of
Mr. Toombs, as reported In the extract above.
This proposition, which seems exceedingly
plausible and fair to the casual reader, as it did
at first to the writer, we propose to show the \
Georgia Railroad could not have accepted ;
without manifest injury to the interests of the
company. Let us illustrate ; the distance from
Augusta to Atlanta is 171 miles—from Au
gusta to Camak, (the point to which the Geor
gia Road agreed to charge for freight,) is 47
miles, or about three-tenths of the whole
distance to Atlanta. Now the Georgia Road
charges the following ffieght to Atlanta: —
For boxes of hats, bonnets and furniture, 10
cents per foot; boxes of dry goods, shoes, sad
dlery, &c., 60 cts. per 100 lbs.; groceries and
I heavy goods 35 cts., per 100 lbs. ; Hour, ba
i con, &e., 25 cts. per 100 lbs.; cotton, 30 cts
per 100 lbs. ; salt 10 cts. per bushel; and for I
corn, wheat, peas, &c>, 10 cts. per bushel. If
Mr. Toombs' proposition had been accepted, !
the Georgia Road would have received about
three tenths of these rates for transporting
freights between Camak and Augusta, that is
—three cents per loot for boxes of hats, bon
nets and furniture, 18 cents per 100 lbs. for
boxes of dry goods, &c.; for groceries and heavy
goods, loi cts. per 100 lbs.: for Hour bacon,
&c., 7£ cts. per 100 lbs. ; for cotton 9 cts. per
100 lbs.; for salt, 3 cents per bushel; and for j
corn, wheat, peas, &c., three cents per bushel.
Certainly this is sufficient to show any rea- ;
sonable man in Wilkes, or any other county, I
that the Georgia Railroad Company would
have been guilty of the most suicidal policy
to have accepted a proposition, imposing such
a rate of freights as that. It would not pay
for turning the goods in or out of the cars—
and making the necessary entries on their
books.
Again, if such a proposition had been ac
cepted, no one who knows anything of the
geography of the country would hesitate to de
clare, that, they might as well abandon every
depot on their road from Camak to Athens, so
far as any hope might ever be indulged of re
ceiving freights at them or transporting it to
them at remunerating prices.
The reasons for the very low rate of freights j
between Atlanta and Augusta are obivous. At
Atlanta a rival company enters into a vigor
ous and active competition for the business. —
This competition has already reduced the
freights very low, and if it become much more
desperate may still farther reduce the rate of
freights to that point. Hence in our opinion
the Railroad directors acted discreetly in de
clining to enter into any pros x ective arrange
ment, such as proposed by Mr. Toombs. Be
sides, all experience, and the common sense of
every man, teach that freights can be trans
ported at a lower rate, pro rata per mile for a
long distance than a short one.
The Georgia Road agreed to permit the con
nection at any point between Camak and Craw
fordville, and only charge their regular rate
for freight to Camak. Suppose then the Wash
ington road had connected at Double Wells,
ten miles above Camak, they could have re
ceived pay for the transportation of all freight
above Camak to Washington, thereby increas
i
ing the length of their branch one-third, and in
creasing in like ratio the gross amount of their
receipts. This much upon the subject of the
rates of freight, which in our opinion is amply
sufficient to convince the most prejudiced
mind of the unfairness and illiberality of Mr.
Toombs’ proposition, and the absence of all
“illiberality ” on the part of the Georgia Rail
road company, in declining to acccjst those
propositions. Indeed we have too much confi
dence in the intelligence .and sense of justice
of the people of Wilkes, to think that they,
after a calm and dispassionate consideration of
these facts, can arrive at any other conclusion
in the premises than we have.
The third and last proposition of Mr, Toombs
although declined by the resolution of the
board of directors, we are informed bv the
President, that he said to Mr. Toombs, rather
than fail to make the connection he would ex
tend to the Washington company the same
terms the Georgia road proposed. That is
the Georgia road would pay one-eight, or re
ceive one-eight; and the Washington com
pany should decide which party should fur
nish the cars.
It "was upon this data that wc formed our
opinion, and if the people of Wilkes have not
had the same light, “Wilkes” is very correct
in supposing there is "blame somewhere.”
We concur fully with “Wilkes.” that the
citizens of Wilkes county have a right to in
vest their money in any enterprise they please,
and “Whether it pay large profits or small
profits, or no profits,” it is of importance only
to them; We have not sought to direct the
citizens of Wilkes (we have too much respect
fdr their intelligence,) in what manner they
shall make their investments, and shall not
venture upon such a thankless office. We do
desire, however, that they may not labor un
der any misapprehension in reference to the
course of any portion of their citizens toward
them, and upon that question, and that alone,
we ask an impartial hearing;
“Wilkes” in his zeal seems to have forgot
ten himself, and by quoting some of the re
marks of our correspondent “Warukn,” has
ccnfounded our article with his* We made
no allusion to “ single or 1 double tracks, or "tear
ing up the Georgia Railroad” These allusions
were made by “Wilkes,” who is abundantly
able to take care of his own positions.
Another remark and we have done, ft has
been repeatedly stated here,that itwas reported;
and generally believed in Wilkes county, that
Mr. Toombs was refused admission to, or a
hearing by the directors during their sitting.
Tliis surprised us, nor could we believe that
s uch a report was in circulation, if so, it cer
tainly never reached the ear of our friend
Toombs without receiving if flat contradiction,
for he was invited by an officer of the bank
into the room, in the presence of the writer,
who urged him to go and see if their difference
could not be reconciled, which he declined.
Mounted Troops for Mexico.
The Columbus Enquirer,of 24th inst. says—
“ Lieut. Harely, from Cassville, arrived on
Sunday evening; and Capt. Hamilton, with
his Company, on last afternoon. They are a
stout, hardy looking set of boys—made of the
i right matcrals —and will be apt to maintain the
j character of their State, should the chances ot
war afford them an opportunity.
“We also learn that Capt. Wofford,from Cass,
left Cassville on the 19th inst, and may be ex
pected during the week.
“Capt. 4 Fulton with hia company from Dado
and Chattooga, were to leave Summerville, fo r
this plate, on the 21st inst., after the presen'
tation of a Flag by the ladies of the place. —
The ladies always know what to do, and are
always in the right place —and their sons must
Ibe patriotic. God bless therri !”
tHE INFANTRY.
“Capt. Grant has returned and his Company
i is now full.
I “Capt. Hervey is getting on admirably, and
i will have his Company complete in a few days.”
~ , The Hor*e Battalion
Trie Columbus Tunes, says—“ Capt. Gould -
1 trig's company has made a primary move for
the 'shat of Wo:r, Efrrcl encamped about seven
• > - a . »
miles front Girard iri Alabama.' It was sup-,
pbsed that the separation of this company of
the Battalion would give' r Jot. Crawford the
appointment of the Field Officer, but it seems
j now to be well understood, that if no event
| can the exercise of that authority be justified
; in the Executive, and whether iri Mexico of
Georgia the law, both of the State arid the
United States, makes the office elective.”
The Ball Worm.
The Columbus Enquirer, of 2 4th inst. says—-
—“We learn from different reliable sources
that the 801 l Worm is destroying the cotton
to an alarming extent. Wc have conversed
with several persons Irom the adjoining coun
ties in Alabama,and from the adjoining counties
above and below tliis place, and they represent
1 the ravages of the worm equal to what they
j were last year. The cotton being backward
| this year, it is almost impossible to tell the
extent of injury that will accrue to the crop
in this section of the country.”
Now Cotton.
The New Orleans Delta, of the 10th inst.,
says—“ The receipts of new cotton thus far,
amount to forty-seven bales, of which forty
six are the growth of Louisiana, and one of
j Mississippi. We understand that one bale of
Louisiana cotton which classed as “good and
fine,” sold yesterday at the fancy price of 15
cents per pound. The total receipts of ‘new
crop’ last season during the month of Au
gust were 137 bales.
We are rejoiced to hear, says the Columbia
South Carolinian, by a letter received from
Glenn Springs, since our last paper was issued,
that Chancellor Harper has rallied in health,
and is now better than he has been for a long
time past. This intelligence is really gratify
ing, as his numerous friends have had reason
lately to dread a speedy and fatal termination
of his disease.
Street Fight.
A Fight took place in Wall-st., New York,
on Friday last, between Col. Webb, the editor
of the Courier and Enquirer, and Mr. Lccorate,
the former agent of the French steamers. Mr,
Locomte spit in Col. Webb’s face. The Coio
nel returned the compliment with his fist, and
then both clcnchod. Blows were freely ex
changed, and the parties were finally separated
by the bystanders,
Special Notices.
O’ Doctors EVE and CAMPBELLS will at
j send to my Professional Business during hit tx jse
for the summer irom the State.
i Ja!yl7 PACT, r, ME.