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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
’ JAMES GARDNER, JR.
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[From ihe N. O. . icayune Extra , Nov. 7.J
LATE FROM THE SQUADRON.
Second Abortive Attack on Alvarado I
EXPEDITION AGAINST TABASCO.
By the arrival of a pilot boat at the
Balize we are in the possession of late
advices from the squadron. VVe have
only lime to give the annexed letters and
save the mail. It the Commodore has
failed in his attempt upon Alvarado, it is
owing to no want of gallantry or skill on
his part or that of his officers. The dif
ficulties lie has had to surmount have
been insuperable so far; but ho will vet
prevail. lie will in a few weeks renew
bio attempt at all hazards:
[Correspondence of the Picayune .]
Off Anton Lizardo, >
Oct. 13, 1846. $
Gentlemen —We aie on the eve of an
other attack on Alvarado. At 5 o’clock
this afternoon Com. Conner issued orders
for the sailing of the squadron (frigates
Cumberland and Raritan excepted) for
the month of the Alvarado river. The
Commodore takes command of the expe
dition in person, making use of the
steamer Vixen as Ids flag ship for the oc
casion. One o’clock 10-mo row morning
is the hour fixed for gelling under weigh,
and already the steamers Mississippi, Vix
en and McLane are firing up. Besides
these vessels the force consists of the re
venue cutler Forward, schooners Reefer,
Felrel, and Bonilo, and prize schooner
Nona'a. Tins latter vessel was recent
ly captured from the Mexicans, and was
formerly the American schooner Btdle,
out of your port. Site now mounts four
42-pound carronades. For die past month
we have been drilling oar men as infan
try upon a small island here, and Jack
is so anxious for a fight that he marks
lime with a good grace, and every one
appears pleased that at last we aic to
have a chance at the enemy.
At the month of the river the Mexicans
have a ten gun battery, and we know of
a brig of war and two gunboats being
anchored inside. A number of their
small merchantmen have taken refuge in
the harbor, and theie must be a smart
sprinkling of prize-money in store for us.
October 16.—Our sailing orders for the
morning of tfie 14lh were countermanded
in consequence of its blowing too fresh for
operations—occasioning a delay of the
expedition for twenty-four hours. We
sailed, however, at 1 o’clock, A. M., yes
terday, but 1 regret to say that we are all
at anchor again to-day and Alvarado is
yet in possession of the Mexicans.
You were pleased to call the former
attack on Alvarado an abortion, and I
suppose you will not be sparing of bard
names for the present failure; but I trust
that when you examine the facts of the
case, you will understand that it is owing
tb the inefficiency of the means at the
disposal of Com. Conner, and to the natu
ral defences of the place itself, that we
have not been successful, rather than to
any want of skill or courage on his part,
or lack of spirit and support by the of
ficers and men under his command.
We were within ten miles ofthe mouth
of the river at daylight and stood slowly
into shore, it being dead calm—the Vixen
and McLane towing the schooners—the
Mississippi anchored at long-shot distance
and commenced her fire. Up to this time
everything appeared highly favorable for
the success of the expedition. Their
being a hsavy swell on the bar the pilots
declined taking the vessels over. The
Commodore leading in the Vixen, with
the rest of the force following, passed by
the fort, each vessel firing her broadside
as she ranged ahead, with but little effect,
however, owing to the distance. A long
eighteen in the F'ot ward sent a shot dir
ectly into the fort—this movement was
repeated with better success, the distance
being lessened and again the Forward
made a most beautiful shot. In the mean
while the Mississippi had closed up and
was exploding her Paixhans about the
heads of the Mexicans in away that must
have made some of them see more stars
than the Lord ever made. One shot from
her dismounted a heavy gun of theirs
from a stockade, this they soon remedied,
but thus far all their shot had fallen short.
During the morning several of our boats
sounded within half a mile of the fort,
receiving the fire of the enemy with as
much impunity as indifference. The
swell on the bar having somewhat sub
sided at 1 P. M., the line was formed as
follows: steamer Vixen, flag ship, towing
gun-boats Reefer and Bonita, steamer
McLane, lowing the Nonata; cutter For
ward and gunboat Petrel; then two launch
es, three cullers and a barge, containing
a force destined for boarding the vessels
of war, brought up the rear. The Vixen,
with her low passed the bar and took
position within point blank range, but the
McLane stuck fast, and the Commodore
finding himself deprived of the support of
two-thirds of his force, and being unable
to sustain the fire of atwelve-gun battery
with but four light pieces of his own, was
obliged to retreat. The force in the boats
was now exposed to a heavy fire, the shot
flying thich and fast around us, and had
the Mexicans fired grape it would have
knocked some of us into fits. We escaped
however, with a good ducking from the
spray of the balls.
ft being now too late in the day for any
further operations,signal was made lor
I return to anchorage, and thus ended this
bloodless combat, bloodless not because
each and every man of us would not have
shed our heart’s best to have gained the
day, not because our plan of attack was
| not good, or that we were not properly
i led, but because Providence has provided
i itie enemy with such natural defences as
i cannot be overcome by a naval attack
I with such means as Com. Conner has at
his disposal. The McLane is an abornina
! bio abortion, (to make use of your own
word,) drawing too much water to be
| serviceable, and with not sufficient power
I to drive her over three and a half knots
an hour—but it is due to Gap*. Howard
| to say that as soon as he got his Vessel
j afloat again he proffered to make another
attempt to pass the bar, but the Com
j mod ore declined, as it was now 100 late
in the afternoon.
There remains one way to take this
Alvarado, and mark mv words, it will be
done before many weeks; meanwhile we
inust expect to be severely handled bv
the newspapers at home, and hy people
who expect us to accomplish impossibili
ties and gain glory on a field where none
is to be won—although no man, with tw’o
ideas in his head, who witnessed our
recent defeat can attribute blame to any
j one.
October 25.—0 n the night of the 16th
inst. the three steamers, cutter Forward,
j schooners Bonilo, Reefer and Nonala,
under command of Com. Perry, left An
ton Lizardo lor an attack on Tabasco.
On the morning of ihe I7ih, the Missis
sippi made a prize ofthe American bark
Coosa, Capt. Mick ling, off Alvarado river,
and sent her in to this place upon suspi
cion of her being about to land her cargo
on the. Mexico coast. This vessel was
cleared from New Orleans on the 3d inst.
for Havana, by Messrs. Wylie & Egana,
with 1600 bales of colion, pul up in 200
| pound bales, and there appears good
; reason to suppose that it was intended for
i .Mexico. She will sail for your port on
j ihe 27th, in charge of Passed Midshipman
Barrett, son of one of your former col
; lectors.
To-day another prize, the Yucatan
i schooner *‘EI Telegralb,” arrived from
the Tabasco expedition on the 23d, and
reports the fleet standing off the land
wailing for weather to go into the river.
The following vessels are here dis
charging coal for the steamers: barks
Everon and Morgan Dix; brigs Abrasia
and Juan Cartagena; schooners Regina
Hill and Sarah. The latter vessel having
lost her rudder on her passage from New
Orleans to Brazos Santiago, was blown
down here, and her coal has been made
| use of by Com. Conner. Also, schooners
! Portia from New Orleans and 'Pitus from
New Haven, with supples for the squad
ron. Yours, R. A.
•
\
Sugar in Rapides. —Sugar making
commenced in the parish of Rapides, on
the plantation of Mr. E. H. Flint, the 24th
• ult. We understand, says the Alexandria
Keauplican, that several other planters
j ofthe parish are nearly fixed for sugar
making, if they have not already com
menced operations. Captain Branch
Tanner, and Messrs. J. T. Flint, M.Cal
houn, R. C. Hynson and the Archinards
will make sugar this year, and next year
many more will follow suit, as it is now
a set:led question that the cane doe£
equally as well here as on the coast. We
do not doubt that Rapides, from being tjie
; largest cotton growing, wik in a fejv years
j become one of the largest making
parishes, and feel confident that the change
vviil greatly increase her wealth and
prosperity. — N. O. Bee.
A Good HU at Dumas. —An English
■ journal says Alexandre Dumas main
tains bis claims to eminence in spinning
out a book thus: ‘‘How are you?” so in
general runs his commencement of con
versations—“ How are you? 5 ' “ Quite
well.” “Quite?” “Quite.” “You are
serious?” “lam.” “ Ton your honor?”
; “Pon my honor.” “Ah ! you are quite
well?” “1 am.” “Perfectly well?”
“Perfectly.” “Haven’t been ill?” “No.”
! “Haven’t had the doctor?” “No.” “The
toothache? “No.”
The hit is not only good but true; and
it belongs to most of the Fiench novelists
and romancers of the day. The works of
Dumas, Sue, Soullie. Scribe and the rest
| might be abridged fifty per cent, with
positive advantage. The evil arises,
doubtless, from the practice of the French
publishers, of paying by the volume.
Thus we are now told that Scribe’s Pi
quillo Alliaga, originally designed to be
completed in three volumes, is already
j extended to seven, with no appearance
| of an approaching close—the publisher
having agreed to pay eight thousand
francs per volume. — Com. Ado. /
Gun Cotton. —Professor Schonbein has
made some experiments with his gun-cotton,
before Sir James Weir Hogg, Chairman of
the East India Company, and a number of
scientific gentlemen of London. “The ex
periments to exhibit the applicability of this
explosive material to firearms were eminent
ly successful,” says the Times,“and excited
tiie admiration of all who were present.”
M. Morel, a French engineer, claims to be
the discoverer of this invention, a mafias taken
out a patent for it in France, bidrDr. Otto,
of Germany, having also discovered this new
fulnfinating matter, has explained the pro
cess by which it is prepared.
Mr. Bancroft, Minister to England, accom
panied by Mrs. Bancroft, arrived in London
on the 15lh ult. *
The Stearner Great Britain. —All the at
tempts to get this steamer off the sands at
Dundrum Bay have failed. She is now much
higher up on the beach, and all chance of
getting her offis nearly at an end. Site is
insured in London for about .£20,000, and in
Glasgow and other places; but it is said that
the whole insurances fall far short ol her cost :
—tiiat ia, above £> 120,000. It is further |
stated that the underwriters refuse to pay j
these insurances on the ground that the ves
sel was lost through gross negligence.
On the 11th ult., a strong south wind
shifted the vessel’s bows from northeast to
direct west, and she was as that date hard
and fast in about ten feet of sand, with a
basement of hard rock. If she moved fur
ther to the north west, she would shift on a
ridge of rocks that would destroy her bottom.
Holes have been scuttled in her bottom, and
the tide rises inside to the height of the out
side. The ship’s stores remain on board, and
the customs have sealed up all the excisable
articles.
AUGUSTA, GEO.,
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 33, 1846.
O’ A fire broke out last evening, at about
half past 8 o’clock, on Ellis-street, opposite
the Stables known as Wilson’s lower stable,
(formerly Guedron’s.) in a small out house
occupied by Augustin Frederick, as a wood
and coal house. That building and a stable
and carriage house adjoining, belonging to
Dr. Dugas were destroyed.
The large wooden building next above and
separated only by a few feet, owned by 13. F.
Chew, and occupied by the Misses Holliday,
was in great danger. It was preserved how
ever, by the energy and skill of the Fire
Companies. They displayed a zeal and effi
ciency highly honorable to that well ar
ranged department.
Fortunately the night Was calm, or the de
struction might have been very serious, as a
large number of wooden buildings are ad
jacent to the two which were consumed.
“The ridiculous attack on Mr. C. by the Chroni
cle, is worthy of the worshipper of Webster and
| Clay—and we meet it thus: Air. Calhoun never
I did declare, - t hat a tariff fur protection was consti
tutional. ’ The distinction between a tariff fur a
| revenue and a tariff for protection, was nut taken
j in 181 G. The proposition was nut asserted by him
or any body else at that time, and it is as ‘false as
dicer’s oaths,’ that lie never asserted or laid down
such a principle.”— Conslilul ionalist.
“We say Air. Calhoun did declare a tariff for
protection to he Constitutional, in 181 G .—Chronicle
: 4' Sentinel, Nov. 9.
“It has been several years since we read the
speech of Mr. Calhoun, until a day or two since,
and we were under the impression, when we has
tily penned tile declaration which is denied; that
the constitutional question was raised in 181 G. and
that Mr- Calhoun maintained that a protective ta
| riff was constitutional.
“We find, however, by reference to the facts,
that it was not, but we find also, that all men of
all parties in Congress, seemed to regard protec
tion as constitutional.”— Ch, onicle Sentinel , No
vember 12.
kSofijr then, the question at issue between
the Chronicle and Constitutionalist, is set
tled by the Chronicle itself. Mr. Calhoun
never did declare a tariff for protection to he
i constitutional—never did lay down that law
of relation between protection and the con
stitution. And the Chronicle has clearly
though tardily done justice to the cause of
truth.
That Mr. Calhoun supported and voted for
the tariff of T 6, is true. But it is not true that
that tariff was a protective tariff, as distin
guished from the tariff'for revenue. Indeed, it
was not so protective as the tariff of ‘3 or the
tariff of ’46, both of which he voted for and sup
ported. The average of duties on articles
now known technically as protected articles
under the tariff of ’l6, was about 17 per cent.,
j the average on unprotected articles was about
! 23 per cent. That of ’46, was about 30 to
35 per cent, on the protected articles and
; about 20 or 25 on the unprotected. The
tariff of ’33 recognised for 9 years a much
higher rate of protection for the benefit of the
, manufacturers, to be reduced to 20 per cent.
; at the end of that time. Mr. Calhoun has
; always professed and to tin’s moment pro
| fesses himself the true —the truest friend to
the manufacturers. He demonstrated in one
of his speeches that their true and stable
interest lay upon the side, not of high
protection, but on the side of steady prices,
which are best secured by free trade.
We cannot do better than to publish from
the life of John C. Calhoun, which we un
derstand was compiled by Mr, Hunter of
Virginia, from notes of Mr. Calhoun—an
extract upon the subject of the tariff of 1816,
which bears internal evidence of having been
written by the trenchant pen of Mr. Calhoun
himself.
“Few measures have been less understood or
more misrepresented. It has been the. general im
press! wn that the duties were adjusted by the bill
mainly in reference to the protection of manufac
tures. Such is far from being the fact. With the
exception of a few items, such as the minimum
duty on coarse cottons, the duties on rolled iron,
and, perhaps, one or two more, the duties would
have been arranged substantially as they were if
there had not been a manufacturing establishment
in the whole country. Jt was in other respects a
revenue bill, proposed and reported by the com
mittee to whom the subject of revenue propeily
belonged, and regulated in its details, with the
few exceptions referred to, by revenue considera
tions.
*“The first great question in the adjusting of the
duties was, what amount of revenue would the
future policy of the country require? And, in de
ciding that, the leading question was, whether the
public debt should be rapidly or slowly paid? In
this decision were involved, not only the question
of the policy of freeing the government as soon
as possible from debt, but also the collateral effects
of such a process on the country under the particu
lar circumstances of the case. In that view, the
effects which raising the duties, w ith a view to the
speedy discharge of the debt, would have in sus
taining the manufacturing establishments which
had grown up under the war, and the restrictive
system preceding it, served to create a strong mo
tive for adopting that policy, and for fixing the du
ties as high as they stand in the act. In confor
mity with this policy, an efficient sinking fund of
Jji 10,000,000 annually was provided for the pay
ment of the principal and interest of the debt, w ith
the proviso that all moneys remaining in the trea
sury at the end of eacli year exceeding $2,000,000
should be carried to its aid. It was in reference
to these views, and the necessity of providing for
the military and naval establishments on a scale
sufficiently extended for the public service, that
the details of the bill and the rates of the duties
were mainly adjusted, and not solely or principal
ly for the protection of manufactures, as lias been
erroneously supposed. If proof is required, con
clusive evidence will be found in the bill itself,
which imposes a much lower average rate of duties
on what are now called theTirotecied articles, that
is, articles similar to those made at home, or w hich
may come, into competition with them, than upon
the other descriptions.
“Nor has the course of Mr. Calhoun in reference
toil been less misunderstood or misrepresented than
the measure itself. He has frequently been called
the author of the protective system. Nothing is
more untrue. He was not on the committee, and
took no part in the discussion, except to make a short
off-hand speech at the request of a friend, at a parti- i
culaNstage of the debate. He was engrossed with j
the duties of his own committee, and had bestowed
but little attention to the details of the hill. He
concurred in the general views and policy in which
it originated, and the more readily because it would
sustain the manufacturing establishments that had
grown up under the war measures of the govern
ment. JShurtly after he came into Congress, he
had anticipated, as has been stated, the difficulty
that would be occasioned by the new direction
which so considerable a portion of the capital and
labor of the country had taken; and. while he pro
fessed a disposition at the lime to do what could
be legitimately done to support them on the return
of peace, yet he used his best efforts to diminish
the necessity, as far as practicable, by remov ng
every remnant of the restrictive system during the
war. He did not then, nor do we believe that he
has since doubted that, in deciding whether the
debt should he more speedily or more tardily dis
charged, the favorable effects which the former
mode would have in sustaining the manufacturing
establishments was, under the circumstances of the
case, a legitimate and proper consideration. But
truth and candor require us to say, that, as far as
: the details of the bill went beyond, and raised the
duties above the revenue point, with the view to
I protection, as on our coarse cottons and roiled iron,
i he has long believed it to be unconstitutional, un
just, and unwise. The subject was new , and his
I attention v:as drawn to other subjects, and he did not
take the proper distinction between dah.es for revenue
; and for protection, nor was it, as it is believed, taken
| at the lime by any one. He who will examine Mr.
| Calhoun’s remarks on the occasion will not fail to
, perceive that the support lie gave the bill looked,
j not to what has since been called the protective
! policy, but almost wholly to considerations of a
' public character connected with the foreign rela
tions of the country, and the danger resulting from
j war to a country, as ours was then, in a great mea
sure, dependant on agriculture and commerce w ith
foreign nations, without the requisite naval power
1 to keep open in war the channels of trade with the
; rest of the world. In fact, it is difficult at this time,
in the changed condition of the country and the
j world, to realize the circumstances under which
| the public men of that day acted, and the motives
which guided them.”
* lii connection with the subject of this
speech we must in no caviling or unkind
spirit set the Chronicle right in the gloss
which he has put upon a part of the speech
which he published—lie quotes:
“It will greatly increase our mutual depend
ance ami intercourse; and will; as a necessary
' consequence, excite an increased attention to In
ternal Improvements, a subject every way so intimate
ly connected with the ultimate attainment of natural
strength and the perfection of our political
I INSTITUTIONS. He regarded the fact that it would
make the parts adhere more closely, that it would
| form a new and most powerful cement, and far
! outweighing any political objections that might he
; urgtdaguiast THE JSVSTEAI,”
And argues that the SYSTEM referred to
is the tariff system of protection. Nothing
can be mure erroneous. The speaker refers to
| the system of internal improvements, that
would “make the parts more closely adhere”
and “form a powerful cement.” He refers to
a system, a general plan of works—distin
guished from isolated projects without com
bination or plan. These we r e the grounds
upon which he put the expediency of inter
na! improvements—but he does not declare
or lay down the law of the relation of the
system to the constitution. We do not look
upon Mr. Calhoun as infallible. He would
be beyond the pale of human sympathy if he
were. He has erred often—he says so him
self. Indeed, at Mr. Van Buren's called ses
i sion, ho stood up before the Senate, in the
{ presence of Clay, who had buffooned him—of
i Webster who had jeered, and laughed at
him—to give the most touching warning
that could fail from the lips of man to men
who had some principle, and a most burning
rebuke to his antagonists who had none—to
tell them lie had erred—erred it is true, in
| common with the whole republican party, not
in laying down principles upon the constitu
tion to be changed at will—hut in not ferret
ing out the principles in some cases, or in de
parting in act under the stress of circumstan
ces, from those which they acknowledged.
.We say it was a most touching warning.
w o to
For if a mind like his—so penetrating, so
profound, so sagacious and far-reaching—
could be deceived by the apparent necessity
and pressing interests which required a de-
I parlure from an acknowledged principle.—
How much more should all men without
these extraordinary endowments be care
, ful in the slightest aberration from their ac
knowledged creed. Would the peddling po
liticians of which we spoke, have done it?—
; Never! They would have declared that they
j were right, the principle was wrong—and as
I often as their interests changed, they would
| have declared their principles changed. Men
i may be sometimes forced by necessity to tell
I an untruth—but it by no means follows that
j they are all liars. And he who habitually tells
1 untruths, proves (whatever he may say to
I the contrary,) that lie thinks lying no crime
: —and is to be put in the same class with him
; who says to-day, lying is a crime—to-morrow,
that it is a grace—they arc both unworthy
of belief.
In conclusion we have a word-to say upon
what the Chronicle calls our “vulgar ribald
ry.” We are unconscious of a feeling of per
sonal unkindness towards the editors of that
paper. We do not believe that either of them
as men or gentlemen are capable of telling a
deliberate falsehood, and they have on more
than one occasion, shown themselves willing
to do all that honest men can in repairing,
by retraction, the consequences of rash and
unadvised assertions. When we write of
that paper, we only think of it as the organ
and representative of a party with which we
are honestly contending—and of the editors
as mere impersonations—until they choose
to make it otherwise. But the editors of that
paper ought to remember that there is an
adage of great pith and application : “Those
who live in glass houses, should never throw
stones.” If either ol them will talk of a jour
nal as being lost to all “decency,” “candor,”
“decorum,” &c., he must look out for repri
sals. If he will write personal, patronizing
advice and lectures, crying “shame upon
you”—“abandon your position for the sake of
your own quiet,” he may expect to be told he
is “pitied for his blunders.” If he will flatly
contradict without taking the trouble to know
the facts, —he must expect to be put to the
proof.
NEW BOOKS.
We acknowledge the receipt from Mr.
Thomas Richards, of the following books:
“The suffering of Christ, by a Layman.”
This is a duodecimo, of beautiful typography
and written in a clear style. Much of it is
doctrinal, but it contains some chapters that
will commend it to the general reader.
“Something for every body, gleaned in
the Old Purchase,” a series of letters, by
Robert Carlton.
Brown’s Whaling Cruise, and history of
the Whale Fishery. This is a splendid Oc
tavo with numerous beautiful engravings on
steel and wood. The whole affair is got up
in very superior style, and contains a most
interesting narrative of a Whaling Cruise,
and in addition much valuable information
on the subject of the Whale Fishery.
We have also received the following
School Book:
A Course of Reading, for Common Schools,
by H. Mandeville, Professor of Belles Lettres
and Moral Science in Hamilton College,
New York.
O’We are indebted to the brother of the
writer, to whom it is addressed, for the privi
lege of laying before our readers tfie follow
ing letter, from a member of the Richmond
Blues:
MONTEREY, Oct 10, 1846.
Dear Robert: —We left Camargo on the
23d of September, and arrived here on the
3d of October, escorting Col. Taylor with a
I lot of specie to this place. But six compa
nies of our Regiment came along—the ba
lance,four companies,remaining in Camargo,
but are now on their way to join us, and will
probably arrive hereon Monday or Tuesday.
When we started from Camargo, our orders
were only to go as an escort as far as Seral-
I vo, but. Col. Taylor, fearing an attack from
Canales, brought us on the whole way with
him. When about half way on the road, we
first heard of the laking of Monterey. Many
of our men spoke hard of Genl. Tay.’or for
not having ordered us up in time to be en
: gaged in the affray. For myself, I can sav
that 1 am not at all anxious to participate in
any such hard fighting as they had here.—
The army were engaged in fighting for three
days, belore they could make any impression
upon the town. They were compelled to
march to camp every evening, about five
miles distant, and return to the fight in the
morning. The volunteers who were at Mon
terey at the lime, were always in the front
when fighting was to be done. In taking
one of ihe forts, after the regulars had been
repulsed three times by the Mexicans, the
Mississippi Regiment clubbed tiieir rifles and
took the fort. As I was not present at the en
gagement, it is impossible for me to give you
any description of the fight. I suppose, ere
; this, you have seen a full account of it from
j official sources. The only thing which I
suppose you will find wrong in the report is,
i the small number of Mexicans, —the loss on
both sides being about equal—rather more
of our men killed than there was of the
Mexicans. From the best information I can
get, our loss was about six hundred killed
and wounded. Y r ou need not believe all the
1 tales you hear of the cowardice of the Mexi
can people. Those who were engaged in
the fight say, that there is no set of men in
the world who will stand fire better than
they do, but when it comes to the qharge they
cannot stand it. Gen. Twiggs has called
upon us three or four times since we arrived
here,and is doing all he can to push us for
ward. He invites us all, (that is our com
pany) to call upon him at his quarters, and
those who have done so, speak highly of his
kindness to them, I forgot to mention to
vou that the only one of your acquaintance
that was engaged in the fight, is Ned Wade,
he belongs to one of the Ohio Regiments,
and was wounded in the forehead by a ball
: that killed his file leader—at least he says
i that it was ihe same one, as it only made
him drunk for about an hour—rather drunk
er, he thinks, than he ever got with
i in Augusta.
Our march from Camargo was a very
fatiguing one. We left on the night of
the 23d September, two hours after Col.
Taylor’s leaving, and our orders were to
make forced inarches until such lime as we
overtook him. The first night we marched
nine miles, and had to start again at four
o’clock in the morning, and marched tha 1
day twenty-four miles and overlook Coi.
Taylor at Mier. where we laid by one day
until we could get some rest. The worst
part of the business was that we were not
allowed to bring on any of our cooking
utensils, tents, or anything of the sort, and
were compelled to get on the best way we
could, broiling our bacon on the coals and
drinking such water as we could get —no
distinction of persons,—officers and men
being on a perfect equality. Whether it
was from exposure, or not, 1 cannot say, but
when on our fifth clays march, I was taken
down with chills and fever, the first sickness
1 have had since leaving borne. As soon as
I could get it I poured down the calo
mel and quinine, which stopped the chilis
on tire third day—l am still weak, but feel
otherwise quite well, and from the healthy
appearance of the country, will likely remain
so. We are surrounded on all sides by
mountains and fine spring water —the first
we had since leaving Alabama. Our camp
is about five miles from Monterey, and has
about three of the prettiest springs you ever
saw. Only half of our company is here; the
balance is in Camargo and Matamoras, sick.
We left all our men behind who, we thought,
were the least unfit to stand the march.
The country, as you advance into it, im
proves in appearance, not only as regards
the general appearance, but in agricultural
improvement. Nearly every town and city
w hich I have yet seen, has the look of a fine
place falling into decay; the Mexicans
caring but little, it seems, to put their build
ings in any kind of repair. Another thing
that looks odd to us is, the want of windows
in the houses—none of the buildings show
ing anything like an opening in front, except
it may be, a door; their houses being built
more like forts than anything else—the walls,
generally, being two feet thick, and flat roofs.
How in the mischief, Genl. Taylor managed
to take Monterey, is more than I can see, if
it was not cowardice on Ampudia’s part, for
I never in my life saw a place better tonified
—every street being walled up six feet high
and eight feet thick—on the outside of which
a ditch, about ten feet wide and the same
depth. The fort on the outside of the town
is surrounded by a wall and ditch of the same
dimensions. Indeed that fort W'as so strong,
that the officers of the army despaired of
ever taking it in any other way than by
starving them out, before the surrender was
made.
Barney, William, and all the boys are
quite well, and intend enjoying themselves
for the six weeks we have to stop here doing
nothing. With my best wishes to all, I re*
main yours, .
O’We are happy to announce the safe re
turn to his home of Joseph L. Locke, Esq.
one of the editors of the Republican, with his
family, after an absence of two and a half
years, during which period he has visited
Europe, Asia, and Africa.— Sov. Georgian.
We are pleased to learn Iroin a passenger
who arrived last evening from New York,
that the manuscript records of the early his
tory of Georgia, which have been so long
anxiously expected by our Historical Society,
are in possession of VV. B Hodgson, Esq.,
who also arrived here last night.
The late of these valuable records has
been singular and eventful. They were ship
ped from Liverpool more than six months
ago, and on their passage to Savannah, the
vessel was wrecked on the coast of North
Carolina. They were re-shipped, and again
the vessel was wrecked. Eventually, they
were sent in their wet and sobby condition
to New York, where Mr. Hodgson took pos
session of them fur the Society. We are
happy to learn, that aitough the papers are
thoroughly soaked with sa't water, yet the
ink has icsisted its action,and the writing is
entirely legible.— Savannah Republican.
AitniVALß AT THE U. 110T£L
NOVEMBER li, 1840.
Names. It siden.ce.
A D. Boorie, C hurley to .
Frederick Frost, New O;leans.
A. tl, RmgoKl, “
li. Parker, Mobile.
J. ii. Robert, Boutli Carolina.
\V . F. Robert, “
W. H. Murray, Columbia, Ga.
Watson Holmes, Louisville.
John Stephens, “
VV.Jackson, Oglethorpe.
P. Rob msoii and son, Burke
N.R. Fleming, Lmco u.
N. Bullaud, Burke.
L.Powel,
Win. H. Wylea, New York.
John Ca .lev, Camden, B.C.
Richard Clarke, A ahama.
J. H. Murrell, Covington, Ga.
Mrs. Lightburn <t servant,
Capt.Tubin, New Orleans.
J. H. Davis, ••
Win. Stanley, England.
T. P. Bancolt,
B.G. Philips, M icon cr u ;ty. Ala.
J. Foren an, Barnwell, 8. C.
J. Foreman Jr., “
Judge Bailey, Columbia.
W. B. Wiley, Charleston.
J White, Clarke, Ga.
J. Recase, New York.
J D. Buglie, Florida.
F. icobs, JHitlodgcvil.'o.
Mis.-. Atwood, Sparta.
J. B. Belt, I harleston.
Mrs. Bronson, Macon,G«.
Cha». E. Clarke, Richmond.
ARKIV.ILS AT TIIEGLOBK MOTEL
NOVEMBER 12. 1846.
Names . Residence.
B. F. Roberts. Warren.
L. E. Matthews, “
John B. Griffin, Wilkes.
O. F- Knox, Culumuia, Ga.
Martin Woodall, Taliaferro,
Johnson Woodall, ••
JesseS. Woods, Columbia,Ga.
Jus. R. Winsr, Lincoln.
Thomas McKio, Edgcfitld, 8. C.
J. Meriwether, •*
H. Attervvay, Burke.
James F. Leonard, Union Point.
G. Hood, Edgefield 8. C.
W. Allen, New York.
R. R.Shockly, Franklm,Ga.
A. M. Berry, * Bparia.
Joel Latimer, , Hancock.
G. 8 Reives, " ••
Isaac Culver, “
O. Stevens, Oglethorpe.
W. M a ruble, OHirke.
W. v.Noell, Oglethorpe.
J. VV.Jackson, “
Charles M. Irvin & lady, Powelton, Ga.
John Michael, Uglethoipe.
William Machael, “
Oscar V. Brown, Milledgeville.
AKRIV’IaS AT THE .TIANSION SIOISB
NOVEMBER 12, 1846.
A antes. Residence.
Col, P.B. Brookes, lady &, I . r ,, .. „
servant, ] Edgefield, 8. C.
Mrs. Brook s, daughter &. ( „
servant, 5
John Graham,
John H.Gatewood, Putnam,Ga.
John Z. Butler,
A.Ried, “
F. VV. Cherry, Greene.
Gou.C. Alford, ••
J. W. Champion, “
James VV.Jackson, “
Thus. Harris, Morgan.
T. Malone, Greeue.
John Branch, “
Harman Hi ke. Newton.
Rev. R. Chamberlin, Georgia.
C. G. Mapier, Macon, Ga.
John Estcl,
Daniel Par.lue, Greene.
VV illiain Jackson, Greensboro’, Ga.
< . VV . Smith, Henry, Ga.
Mrs. Harris, Greensboro’,Ga.
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of the United States, Globe, and Mansion House
Hotels, have mutually agreed and established the
following rates, commencing on the first day of
November nest:
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able monthly, (per month) J
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for the above.
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