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—Be—W—r- -!» V. ■..' - ■-■-*-« THE CON ST ITUTIONA LIST. *JAM ES GARDNER, J fi. TEK M S . Daily, per annum, $8 00 Tri-Weekly, per ahnuin, o Oi> . If paid in advance, 5 UO Weekly, per annum, 3 00 1 If paid in advance, 2 jO 50" All new subscriptions must be paid in advance. 50" Postage, must be paid on ail Couuauuicaiu u> ami Letters of business. [From the N. O. Delta, Dec. 22 ] LATEST FItOJITIfB FJLJSET. Loss of the L T . S. Brig Somers —Over 20 Men Drowned —Capture of Americans by the Mexicans —Situ- | atiou of the U. S. Squadron. We learn from Purser Warrington, that the LT. S. brig of. war Somers was capsized, and sunk in a few moments, in a heavy squall from the North, on the Sih | inslv, at 9 o’clock, P. M., off Green Island, j There were 80 persons onboard, of whom, it was supposed at the time, 139 had per ished, and among them were Passed Mid shipmen 11. A. Clemsen and John Rin gold f lynson. Since then 10 out of the | 39 have drifted ashore, one oj whom died : from exposure. Eight men went ashore •on hen-coops, near \ era Cruz, after hav ing been in the water 30 hours, and were taken prisoners of war by the Mexicans. Great credit is due the officers and crews of the English and French vessels of war at anchor near the Somers at the? thru : every assistance possible bn their part was rendered. On the sth inst. Midshipman R. Clay Rogers and Doctor J. M. Wright,, with a boat’s crew from the Someis, went for the purpose of recomioitering below Vera Cruz. When Rogers, Dr. Wright, and a seaman hud gone some distance from i the boat they were surrounded by seven Mexican soldiers. Mr, Rogers and the seaman were made prisoners and sent to the Castle of Perote. Com. Conner arrived at Anton Lizar do on the 13th inst., on board the Prince ton, and went ou board the frigate llari- \ tan* as his ff g ship. The sloop John Adams was blockading Vera Cruz. Fri gate Potomac arrived at Green Island 13lh inst. Frigate Cumberland sailed for Norfolk on the 6lh. j Left at the anchorage at Anton Linar- ; <lo the following vessels viz:—Frigate Raritan, steamers Mississippi, Vixen, and Petriia, and storeship Relief, and schrs. Boneta and Petrel. Also, brigs Oneco, | Chinchilla, and Garnet, loaded with coal; , and Abrasia, from Pensacola, with pro- ! visions and stores fur the squadron. Extract of a letter from a well inform ed source at Vera Cruz: “'Pile iccent intelligence from Tabasco is that this Stale is much disgusted with the neglect of the Supreme Government of Mexico, in not aiding them. It was thought a quorum of the Mexican Congress could not be tint together. - ’ Extract of a letter from an officer ia the Navy, dated w Anton Lizardo, Dec. 10th, 1816”: “A few moments after writing the •above I received intelligence of the entire loss of the brig Somers, \v,th two of her officers, Acting Sailing Master Clemsen and Passed Midshipman Ilynson, and 39 of the crew. See capsized and sunk off Vera Cruz. The remainder of the offi cers and crew were saved, amidst a se vere gale, by the exertions of the Engli.di, French and Spanish vessels of war lying * - O off Vera Cruz. Nothing was known of { this anchorage until the remainder of those ou the wreck were brought down by one of the steamers. “The Somers has been performing the most arduous blockading duties for sever al months, under every vicissitude of weather. She was to have been relieved ’ to-day by the John Adams—but her race : is run. She lies a wreck, in 17 fathoms water, almost within gunshor of the Cas tle.” We are indebted to otu polite and ac commodating friends of the Ttopic for the following interesting letter from their intelligent correspondent: Off Vera Cruz, Dec. 9, 1916. Messrs. Editors —One of the most af flicting calamities of the war occurred yesjerday in the loss of the brig Somers, | which foundered near Green Island, with the loss of Passed Midshipmen llenery A. Clemsen and John Ringold Ilynson, and more than thirty of her grew. That any ! escaped is due to the humane exertions ■end intrepidity of the British, French and Spanish officers of the squadrons lying at Sacrificios, who witnessed the sinking of the brio; and, notwithstanding the fear ful height of the sea, and the rage of the ” C* J sent several boats each from the j principal ships to the rescue. Twenty boats are said to have been out. It was honora* le to human nature to attempt such an undertaking, and their success must be regarded as a reward for their intrepidity, directly conferred by' an approving Providence. I hear the names of Lt. Tarleton, of FT. B. M. frigate Endymion, and Lieut, Wood, mentioned in terms of the highest praise. But all acted bravely and nobly, with but little distinction individually. ilynson was an ornament to the Navy of the brightest character. He had no superiors, except accidentally of rank, in his profession. His equals and inferiors all loved him. A specimen of his gal lantry has been shown in his participation in the recent cutting out or burning of the vessel under the castle, and I am told he could now’ have saved his life, but for bis generosity in giving up his spar to a sailor whom he considered weaker than himself. In seeking another support lie went down. I knew him intimately, and can tmlv pronounce his the noblest mind and tho warmest heart that I have ever yet tpund in the human breast. Mr. Hynson’sonly I—;■ T- f"!—Kili—HßßKy *WW>IIMPnI! brother is a resident of your city In 1 deploring bis sad bereavement, lie can enjoy all the consolation that is to be ! derived from the reflection that half the officers of trie Navy join hi his grief, and v also mourn a brother. , j Os Mr Clemson I know nothing, but am . told that he was a young man of fine ciiaracter and good promise as an officer. The commander of the Somers, Lieut. ; Commandant Semmes, and his surviving ! officers and men, were taken to the dif lerenl ships at the Sacrificios anchorage, ; and treated with much kindness until this morning, when they were sent down to I us with the first intimation of the dreadful i accident. The John Adi ms, without a pilot, ran through the reefs in the heaviest of the IO gale which carried the Somers down, and succeeded, at the most imminent hazard of destruction, in reaching the anchorage at San Anton Lizardo. A merchant brig j also escaped in the same manner. '1 lie Adams takesilieSomets, place to morrow morning—filling up the breach! Tiie Cumberland frigate, under the command of Capt. Gregory, and officered and manned with the crew ofthe Raritan, sailed for Norfolk via Havana on the 9th i inst. 'The Mississippi, bearing the red flag of Commodore Perry; the Raritan, Capt. I Forrest; the John Adams, the Relief, the Vixen, the Petrita, (late Champion.) two or three gun boats, and four or five mer o 7 chant vessels, lie at San Anton. Commodore Conner is expected every hour, with the Princeton, Spitfire, and their small vessels from Tampico; and the Albany and Boston from the North and we confidently expect, upon their ar rival to make an immediate commence merit upon Alvarado. Some of ilie patri | otic citizens of that place have throw n out polite intimations of their readiness recommence the exchange of their copper fur our iron, and Com. Conner is not the man to decline a traffic furnishing such returns. { presume you have not yet heard ol the attempt of Mr, Rogers, one of the i recent culling-out party, to set fire to a building used as a magazine near the town. —His life was probably saved by not succeeding. Himself and one of his boat’s crew were made prisoners, and it , is said have been sent to Perote—reason j not stated. That is all 1 know of it. My news from the interior is all second handed, ami you can gather such from ; the newspapers which deal in that article. As a faithful chronicler, I record only : well certified facts. The rumor that the i Congress will not convene, for want of money amongst the members to defray their travelling expenses, is not worth much, 1 take it, and I only notice it here, because so much harped upon. I regret to see some of the New Orleans • papers so anxious to do injustice to Com. Conner, as to overrate the credit of*Corn. Perry. 1 presume the latter officer will correct, or lias corrected, some of the misstatements t > which 1 allude. He is a gallant, just and warm hearted officer, and will suffer no man to force upon him the credit due another, and no real friend of his will ever attempt an open*lion of that kind. Very respectfully, vouns, INDICATOR. List of Officers and mem Lost. —Henry A Clemsen, Acting Master; John R. Ilynson, Passed Midshipman. Wm. G. Brazier, Ehenozer Terrell, Charles H. Haven, James Rvder, James Thompson, Charles Lowe, Thomas Young, Wni, ; Gillan, Mathias Gravel, Ma jor Cain, Den nis Kelly, Alexander Anker, Chas, Mc- Farland, James Fennel,,Charles True, John Day, Wm. Purdy Edward Mc- Cormick, Wm. Elmsley, Wm. Quest, John Hargrave, Wm. McCardy, John Christopher Myers, Clement C. Willen, I Ihomas McGowan, Joseph Antonio, Adolph Belmenle, Manuel Howard, Win. j W. Powers, Henry W. Spear, James Chapman, Lewis Johns on, Jonatius Leo. pold, Thomas Jefferson, Wm. FI. Ruse, Peter Hernandez. List of Officers and Men Saved. —R. Semmes, Lieut. Commanding, M. G. L. Claiborne, .I no. L. Parker, Lieuls.; John F. Sieele, Purser; John H. vV right, Pas sed Assistant Surgeon; Francis G. Clark, Midshipman; Edmund T. Stevens, Pur set’s Steward; Jacob Hazard, Yeoman. Amos Colson, W illiam Johnson, Mat thew Buck, John McCargo, John G. Van Norden, Charles Seymour, John W’il liamson, John Pollen, John Smith, Henry Strommell, Thomas Mnihollen, Geo. Wakefield. Wm. Keys, Francis Haire, IF in. Poland IFm F. Thompson, Chris topher Lawrence, Jos. Todd, Stephen | Maynard, Sami. Bennett, Thomas I). Burns, W m Power, Joseph Skipsey, i Joseph Jones, Charles ’Nutl.es, Washing ; ton Cooper, Wm, Dix, Francis A, Wal : deon, James Chambers. LATE FRO "I TIIE All RY OF OCCUPATION. Mata .mop. os, Dec. 7, 1846. JMessrs. Editors —i address you on board the steamship J3:g Flatclffe. We reached here last night, and are detained partly by a severe gale blowing, and partly by some of tiie volunteers aboard killing some Mexican beet last evening. We have four companies ! of Indiana Volunteers on board, in charge of ; Eeut. Col. Madden. You will see by the 1 Matamoros Flag of Saturday, that a change in the movements of the army lias taken place, by order of Gen. Taylor. lamon my way to Camargo, with §57,000, lor tne use of the Quarter-Piaster’s Departmental that i point, to furnish transportation to the army. A volunteer, belonging to Capt. Kinder’s Company, died aboard iast night. A man named Crawford, is now under arrest tor shooting at cattle: one Johnson, who is an Ohio \ oiunteer, stationed at Fort Brown, in formed on him. ISeverai beeves were shot, cooked and ate by the volunteers. I dined at the Ohio House yesterday, with Col. Cur tis, Capts. Moure and Chapman, and several other officers.of the 3d Regiment ot Onio 1 Volunteers. 1 had the pleasure of an inter view with Gen. McLaughlin, who bears {he i privations ol the camp with all the vigor of the most youth/ul voiuhteer. I met General Pillow and Col. .Baker at the mouth of the ! river, on their way to Brazos St. .Jago. Lieut, Col. Earl, of the Ist Regiment Alabama Vol j nnfeers, had tiie camp equipage of five of his j companies on board the steamboat Virginia, bound for Tampico. The order mentioned above, changed tiie arrangement, and the 1 regiment will probably be transported by i steamboats to Camargo, and marched from f thence to Tampico. . .As soon as I deliver the funds in charge at ; Camargo, I will again write to you, I visited j tiie gardens of Alatamoros yesterday—the peach-trees are in bloom; the citron, the i orange and lemon, and other tropical fruits, arc ripe and mostly gathered. The soil here is rich, and produces luxuriantly ; the cotton plant grows ten feet high, it is idle to say this country is poor—the climate and soil is equally advantageous to produce ail the lux uries of life, and by industry, could be made j rich, and of great importance as a part of the United Slates. Col. Curtis' Regiment quar ters in the city after to-day. Tue officers quarters are on the Plaza,in the public build ings formerly occupied by tiie Alcalde, a very peasant and agreeable place, 1 saw Col. Mitchell and Ajt. Armstrong at tiie mouth of the river. Yours, O. Matamoros, Mexico, Dec. 10, 1840. Gentle men — Another sad tale has readied ns from Monterey—Brig. Gen. Thomas L Hamer is no more—lie died on or about the 3d inst. The Gen, had been quite ill for two or three weeks, hut had so far recovered as ! to he able to attend to his public duties; he suffered a relapse, which proved fatal. Geu, Hamer has long been favorably known to the i country as a public man. Though bis sphere j has hitherto been in civil affairs, he has al ready given the mo?l conclusive evidence that, had life been spared, he would have 1 boon not less distinguished as a soldier. Accounts from Saltillo represent every thing quiet. The troops stiller considerably from tue cold, and wood was £i9 per cord. |^ t OBSERVER. MOXTER ET, Nov. 30, 1346. I walked round to the Commissary’s store this morning, to look up some papers, ami ju t as 1 entered the door found a gentleman making preparations to leave for the Brazos : j he kindly consented to remain a few minutes, j and by him 1 send you this. Nothing of importance has transpired since 1 my last to write about; but as 1 am well aware how eagerly every thing is read com • ing from this quarter. I embrace the chance of sending you what there is. There is much excitement in the city this morning, arising from a murder committed last night at Armstrong’s Hotel. A party of Tennesseeans from the camp came into town to lake supper at the hotel, and whilst eating and drinking, a (able was turned over, break i ing a number of plates and glasses. Arm strong came into the room much excited, and commenced a tirade of abuse, at the end of vvnich pay was offered him doi file for ail that was destroyed: but not content with that, he i called in tiie Guard, and after pointing out a very estimable young man, by the name of i Forrest* said, ‘‘There’s the d—d rascal who broke my dishes”—but before ibe Sergeant of the Guard could reach him, Armstrong i pulled out a pistol and shot him dead, and f escaped before his companions or the Guard 1 couid put their hands upon him. This is the only Version of the affair 1 have heard. No arrival from Saltillo since my last. A ‘ company of Artillery left for that place this morning. The ludianians I spoke of as Le j ing ordered there, have Wot reached here yet. Two Frenchmen, in addition to the ‘;big bno*’ Mexicans, have been arrested on a charge of tampering with our soldiers, and offering them inducements to desert. There will be a pretty hangiffg ra^teb^ere. some of these days, A volunteer Lh-’Wenant Colonel dressed himself in a private’s clothes, and was readily accepted as a volunlarin, and 1 given an order on a man about 10 leagues distant, for tiie money and horse promised j him. The one who gave the order was im mediately arrested, and the Colonel started ! for Lis reward, hut not alone—he took 20 good men With him, and will doubtless re turn in the course of the day with several of | those wiio preferred the Mexicans to tiie American service, and also with the indivi duals who pay out the Mexican dollars^ A musical amateur gave a concert last night at Armstrong’s, which was very well attended. The gentleman sung several songs very well, and the one who accompanied him on the piano was no ordinary musician. The tables have been turned on the Mexi cans, and for these who have been assassi nated of the volunteers, a double number of the enemy have suffered within a day or two. I It is reported this morning, that Gen. 'Bay lor has ordered the Ist Kentuckians to Cer ralvo, to prevent this killing, CHAPARRAL. Monterey, Dec. 1, 1346. Messrs. Editors—The war between the Kentuckians and Mexicans, as it is familiar ly termed, has created no little excitement both in town and the camp. It is thought i that not less Ilian forty Mexicans have been killed within the last ftve days, fifteen of whom, it is said, were killed in one day, and within the scope of one mile. From this, you will see that the boys are determined to i have and to take revenge for the assassina ! tion of their comrades. When it is known I that no Mexican, since the commencement of the war, has been punished for outrages committed on the persons and property of American soldiers, and they have been nu ! merons, many persons will look at the course | pursued by the Louisville Legion in a light far from condemnation, and whilst regreting the circumstances winch have led to it, they will ask you the question—“iSliail we rest quietly m our tents whilst the enemy is lying in ambush and murdering our comrades as they pass the roads?” Ever since tiie occu pation of Matamoros by our troops, the Mexi cans have been cutting off our men, when ever they couid bo found in convenient places for the job, and the compliment has been in variably returned, generally two for one, and this, too, in many cases, without regard to the Scriptures giving out, that it is --better to let ninety-nine guilty go, than punish one innocent man.” The first of these difficul ties, in different places, find their origin in | the Mexican disposition to rob, to accom plish which they will murder an American, if it he only to get possession of the clothes upon his body. Retaliation is sure to follow, and in many cases the innocent is to suffer for the crimes committed bv their guilty coun trymen. This is a stale of society deeply to be regretted, and no man in and out of Mexi co would feel more pleasure in recording a termination of such proceedings; but I can i didly believe that they will continue to exist, as long as the difficulties between the two ; countries remain in the present unsettled I state. Yesterday, Mr. Armstrong had a hearing before Uol. Smith. This man, as I staled in my letter of yesterday, is accused of the mur der of a young Tennesseean, in bis hotel, if he is guilty, as ail his comrades allege, he should suffer the severest punishment,for a mure unprovoked murder I never heard of; but, as he is not attached to the army, it can not be indicted here, and I suppose he will suffer that worse than death that Juliet speaks ol — -banishment. Not to New South Wales, but to New Orleans, the Botany Bay of the American commanders in Mexico, at which place, I presume, he will he released. The civil authorities of Mexico refuse to take cognizance of any offence committed by our men. The military law here seems to think it has no jurisdiction over Americans out of the army;and I suppose Louisiana will not feel disposed to trouble herself with offences 1 committed out of the State. The trial of the Alcalde’s son, and others, engaged in tampering witii our men, is set for to-morrow. 1 should not exactly say tria 1 ; for it will he more in the shape of a court of inquiry at first. I saw tins young Aicade this morning in prison. He is a young and very interesting man, and was weighed down to the ground with irons, not that they leaf liis escape, but to deter others from following In his footsteps. At first it : was thought that but few men were engaged in the business; but it is now clearly ascer t lined that many of the principal men in the place have had a finger in tiie pie, and since the first ar est many of the JirSl families of Monterey have left, and the population of the place has decreased in that time nearly 100(3. The 7th regiment has lost many men by desertion, and 1 have since ascertained tiiat the number I spoke of before—Forty—as 1 having deserted, may be safely trebled, and all since the 26tii Sept. The regulars have invariably gone to the enemy, but what few of the volunteers that have left us sans cere inonie, have made tracks for a Christmas din j ner in the while settlements. The friends of those arrested—particularly of the Alcalde— fear the worst, and if they were hung in the 1 Plaza, as Taylor threatened, they vvouid not be much surprised. A train of wagons loaded with provisions started yesterday for ►Saltillo, escorted by a company of infantry. Our dates from Gen. Worth are as late as the 27ili. Every thing is reported quiet,and the command well satis fied with their location. Nothing from Gen. Wool sjnee my last, and I am unable to say I whether he has yet left Monclova for Paris. It he has not lie will certainly do it when lie gets short of provisions and forage. It was generally believed yesterday that a movement would be made in less than ten days, originating no doubt from an order for all the infantry to sell their horses, and tiie small number of men who were permitted to leave camp. You may not understand what the infantry have to do with horses. On tfie inarch from Camargo here, of those who have I come up since Gen. Taylor did, many of the volunteers not caring to bring their feet in j contact with the rocky road, supplied them selves with horses, varying in prices from | three to fifteen dollars, and they have retain ed them ever since, to ride to town and to hire to others for a like purpose. They'have ! been offering them for sale at every door in Monterey since yesterday morning, alleging t at a movement of the army demanded it, j as they could not be taken along. But it is known generally at tins hour, that when Capt. Rhine offered the service.-? of his com pany of Rangers to Gen. Taylor, they were ; declined on the ground that no movement would be n.a le until ordered from Washing : ton, which the General said might not reach : him till after the sitting of Congress, so you ; can judge what chance there is of an early move. i The weather is lovely at this time, and | forcibly reminds one of the spring-time of year. It is a great climate, and blossoms, ; halt grown, and ripe fruit can be found on i the same tree. 'Bhe mail leaves here for Camargo once a week, Tuesday, and (hat is the great d ty for i mailing letters for different parts of the U. I States. CHAPARRAL. [llepor/ai for tue Baltimore Stun.] TWENtMISTU CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION. Washington, Deo. 23d, 1843. SENATE. Mr. Dickinson, on leave, introduced a bill in relation to the District Court of the U. S. for ihe State of New York. Mr. Brcese, on leave, introduced a bill to reorganize a terriiorial govermneut, in the territory of Oregon, aud for other pur poses. .Mr, Semple, from the committee on roads and canals, reported a bill to relin quish the National road to the states of | Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Missouri, upon 1 certain restrictions. Mr. Breese, from the committee on public lauds, reported back the bill giv -1 in rr the assent of Congress to certain slates i O cj to impose a tax upon the public lands within their borders, as soon as sold with out amendment. Also, the bill to establish the office of surveyor general of the public lands in the territory of Oregon, and grant dona tion rights to settlers, was reported with certain amendments which wereordeiered tu be printed. Mr. Dix, from the committee on Com merce, reported a bill to repeal the act of 2d March, 1837, concerning pilots. The committee on printing, to which had been referred the resolution submit ted by Mr. Yu lee, to direct the engraving of a map of Florida, reported in favor of the adoption of the resolution. After a tedious and uninteresting debate, the report was, on motion of Mr. Philips, laid upon the table. The committee on printing, to wbch had been referred a memorial from the yearly meeting of (he Society of Friends in New England praying Congress to adopt measures (or bringing the war with Mexico to a speedy close, reported a re solution that said memorial be not print ed. Mr. Davis expressed his surprise at this report. The memorial was upon a very important subject, was couched in respectful language, and could give of fence to none. 'Bhe memorialists simply asked that their petition should be printed K*ar J1 " r— and it was but right that they should be gratified. Mr. Atherton explained that the com mittee had come to the conclusion to re commend the .printing of no memorial, ( unlessJf contained historical information or statistics—and not then when it was referred to a committee who would em body it in their report. No disrespect ; was intended to the memorialists by the recommendation not to print. A long debate ensued, without any particular interest, in which Messrs. Davis Simmons, Chalmers, Westcolt, ; Crittenden, J. M. Clayton, Sevier, and Niles took part. Mr. Davi s moved to amend the resolu j (ion reported by the commute by striking out the word “not.” Upon this question the yeas and nays were ordered, and it was decided in the negative; yeas 21, navs 21—the vice President giving the casting vote against O O O I the amendment. The resolution was then, on motion of j 1 Mr. Maifgum, laid upon tho table. After a short Executive session, the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Several unsuccessful attempts were made to introduce hills and resolutions, of which previous notice had not been given. Among others, those of the distinguished Western member. (Mr. Tihbais ) referred to in my letter in Monday’s Sun- Mr. Douglass, from the committee on territories, reported the Oregon Territori al bill, similar in its provisions to that reported by the same gentleman, which , passed the House at the last session. Read twice, and made the special order for the first Tuesday in January. Mr* McClellan, from the committee of commerce, reported a hill making appro priations for rivers and harbors—the bill of last session, in a modified form. Read tw ice, arid referred. One or two other bills, not of general interest, were reported, and the [louse then resumed, in committee of the whole, the debate on the question of referring the President’s message. Mr. Washington , f' Cr Hunt, of New York, and Messrs. Bailey, of Virginia, and Staunton, of Tennessee, , addressed the committee. Some warm words passed between Mr. 1 Garret Davis and Mr,Bailey,in the course of the latter gentleman’s speech. Mr. Davis wished to make an explanation, hut Mr. Bailey declined yielding the floor, j expressing his surprise that Mr. D. should ask such a favor after having himself j yesterday refused it under similar cir j cumstances. .Mr. Davis then said that he would not allow the gentleman front ; Virginia falsely to represent him as hav- I ing favored the interests of Mexico, Mr, i Bailey rejoined, that if the gentleman 1 intended to declare that he had misrepres ented bin, it was untrue. [‘‘H //c,” j several understood Mr. B. to say, but I j prefer the softer word, j At the conclusion of Mr. Stanton’s speech, the committee rose, when Mr. C. J. fngersoll otTeied a resolution terminat ing the debate to-morrow at 2 o’clock,— Before the question was taken on this re solution the Honse adjourned. Washington, Dec. 24. 1846. EE.NATE. j/r Mr. John M, Clayton presented a petition | from citizens of the Elate of Delaware, pray | ing Congress to adopt speedy and efficient ■ measures tor terminating the war with Mexi co in an honorable peace. Mr, Clayton said that this petition was nu merously signed by persons belonging to both political parties, who were not opposed to war upon religious principle. He would like to co-operate with them in bringing | about an honorable peace, but for himself be could see no way of bringing the war to an 1 end but by fighting it out., He was disposed to grant the government I any ti ems that might be asked lor, lor the j prosecution of the war. He had heard it said, and had seen it put forth in the public ! prints, that there was a party in this country i disposed to oppose their own government and | support that of the enemy. He did not be lieve in the existence of any such party. — j The supposition was a base calumny upon , the American character. There might pos ! si bly be individuals so situated, but he would undertake to say tor the great whig party, j which, though in a minority in the councils of the nation, was the majority at this time of the people of the country, that they were the firm supporters of their own government, and | were not to be driven into any other position by such base charges as had been made against them, probably with a view to pro duce such a result. The memorial was then, at Mr. Clayton’s request, laid upon the table. Mr. More head, on leave, introduced a bill to extend the time for selling lands granted to the Kentucky Deaf and Dumb Asylum. Mr. Ashley, on leave, inti educed a bill granting a quantity of land to the Etate of Arkansas fur the purposes of internal im provement. Bills were reported from the committee on finance for the establishment of branch mints at New York and Charleston, and notice given that they would be called up immedi ately alter the Christmas holydays. Mr. Ashley, from the cammittee on the Judiciary, reported back the House bill for the admission of lowa into the Union, with out amendment, and its immediate conside ration, as the .representatives from that Slate . are now in ihe city, awaiting the passage of the law r , to lake their seats in the House. Mr. Yulee said the Constitution adopted by lowa, devoted the 500,000 acres of laud, to which she would be entitled, upon coining into the Union, to purposes of education, whereas the grant was for internal improve ments. He moved, therefore, to amend the I bill so as to prevent the land from being di verted from the purpose for which it was granted. After some debate the motion to amend was negatived by a vote of 40 to 2, and the bill w’as passed. Eo lowa is now the 29ih {State in the Union. The amendment to the constitution sub mitted by Mr. {Semple on Tuesday, was re ferred to the Judiciary committee and order ed to be printed. On Mr. Semple's motion, the committee on Patents was instructed to inquire into the propriety of making all patents valid when !'—LJSgSßgggi granted, until vacated by due process of law. On motion of Mr. Woodbndge, the com mittee on Military Affairs was directed to in quire into the expediency of constructing ad ditional works at Fort Gratiot. The {Senate then adjourned over until Monday. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Barclay Martin made a personal ex planation in regard to some remarks attrl : bated to him in die report of his late speech | in the Naiional Intelligencer. He disclaim- I ed the conversation said to have taken place in the course of that speech, between him self and Mr. Pettit,and stated tiiat i\Jr. Pettit was not even in the House at the time,which statement. Mr. Pettit confirmed. The resolution of Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll, offered yesterday, for terminating the debate in committee of the whole,on the President’s message, at 2 o'clock to-day, was postponed until to-morrow. Mr. Robert {Smith moved to suspend tho rules, so that the Elates and Territories might be called in order, for resolutions, &.c., but the motion did not prevail. On motion of Mr. Rath bun, the I louse then, in committee of the whole, resumed the debate on tiie President’s message. Mr. Gardner, of New York, spoke his hour, in defence of the war; Mr. Root, of Ohio, fol lowed in opposition, and the debate of 10-duy was concluded by Mr. Bowling, of Missouri. The speech of Mr. Root is considered one of the best made, on the whig side of the House, during tne present session, ile kept the House in a roar of laughter throughout, and with bad arguments in a bad cause, no man certainly could have made a more suc cessful effort. But it seems to be evident, from a remark made by Mr. Joseph R. In gersoll, in the course of Mr. Gardner’s speech to-day, and from the speech at the other end of the capitol of Mr. J. M. Clayton, that tho more influential and sensible wings in both Houses doubt the policy of this war nf words which has been commenced by a portion of their party, and are disposed to disclaim all connexion with it. 1 should not be surprised to see these in both Houses, out Herod Herod in their sup port of the war, before the close of the pre sent session. The remark of Mr. Ingersoll, to which f refer, was, that as a member of the Whig party, he must he permitted to de ; dare, speaking for himself and for his con | slitueuts, that ihey are not opposed to the i prosecution of the war. This was in reply j to a remark of Mr. Gordon, the Whigs, not only of this House, but of the United States, are opposed to the war and to its nefarious prosecution. At the conclusion of Mr. Bowlin’s speech, the committee rose. On motion of Mr. J. R. Ingersoll, a bill for the more easy discovery of the ow’ners of ves-els, was referred to the judiciary com mittee. Mr. Harralson hail leave to withdraw sun dry papers from the files, and then the House adjourned to Monday. AUGUSTA GEO TUESDAY MORNING, DEC’R. 20, 18R». No mail norih of Charleston last evening. m ft-i” It will he seen by reference to the Vv ashington correspondence, which appears in our columns this morning, that lowa has been received, as a Stale, into the Union; and that both Houses of Congress had ad journed until Monday, the 28th inst. Gen. Scott. —Ulus distinguished officer, says the N. (). Picayune of the 20th instant, accompanied by Major Smith, Caps. Monroe, ami Lieuis. Ecott and Williams, arrived in ! our city yesterday and took lodgings at Ihe Et. Charles Hotel. The General appears to ' be in excellent health and spirits, and wo | learn leaves for the seat of wir in the early } part of the week. | Departure oj ike \ oLunteers. —On Thurs day morning last, says the Charleston Cou rier of yesterday, a detachment of ten i vases, one non commissioned and one com. I missioned officer, from each Company, lett “Camp Washington,*’ at the Race Course, on I the Rail Road, to locate a Camp near Horso Creek, some five miles this side of Hamburg, | On Friday morning, the right wing of the Regiment, consisting of five Companies, { started for the new Camp, under the com j tnand of Major Gladden, and we understand tiiat the remaining troops are to leave this morning, for the same destination. Lt. Col. Dickinson has proceeded to Cam den, and will shortly join the Regiment at its new rendezvous. . ■' Colonel Butler will probably remain in tho city, but for what period, or when the Regi ment will move, we are not advised. Wo perceice it stated that the Volunteers from j one or two other Stales have been ordered to be in readiness to march in ten days. This j leads us to believe that similar orders have, or will be, extended to the Palmetto Regi ment, who claim and are entitled to the credit of being Ihe first organized under the new requisition. O’ It will be seen by reference to the ; Washington correspondence which appears ; in our columns this morning.that both Houses j of Congress bad adjourned until Monday the 28lh instant. ! Marble Sugar. —The Salem (Mass.) Ga zette says that the pulverized white sugar, now used in families, contain in every pound of sugar two ounces of pulverized marble. \\ hen used dissolved, It deposits a sediment of clay or mortar. On a post mortem exam ination of the body of a man who lately died of it, his bowels were found to be com" pletely McAdamized and pipe-c|ayed ! O’ I he splendid packet ship Thos. P. Cope, bound trom Philadelphia to Liverpool, having been struck by lightning on the 291 b ult. was partially consumed by fire. The passengers and .crew, nearly 100 in number, were for tunately rescued by the British ship Emigrant which tell in with the wreck on the oih lust, i hey had remained on board in a precari ous condition from the time of the accident. On opening the hatches of the packet, as lit© last of the crew left, a dense body of smoke arose, and the remnant of the ship soon af ter disappeared. The ship was partially i nsurecl. The cargo, which was valuable, was also insured.— Charleston Mercuri/.