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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST, JAM ES GARDN ER, JR. T JL K JVI S . Dally, per annum, S 9 00 Tri- Weekly, per annum, 6 UU If paid in advance,.. 5 00 - Weekly, per annum 300 | If paid in advance 2 50 rrAH new subscriptions must be paid in advance, j iCT Postage /nust be paid on all CummunicaiK us and Letters of business. ■■■■ of the New Orleans Picayune.] SALTILLO, Mexico, Nov. lb, 1346. • Gentlemen. —We arrived here and took possession of this place this evening, without any resistance on the part of the enemy, nor have we heard of them this side of San Luis Uotosi. It was about 3 o’clock P. M. when we entered the public square, aad from thence to the outskirts of the town the side-walks, •II the windows, balconies and house tops were covered with men,women and children, not less than 15,000, if lam any judge. Some apparently rejoiced, while many of the women (and some most beautiful there are too) shed tears and appeared almost to shudder at the •igilt of what they have been taught to call the bad Americans, 1 have understood from pretty good authority that tfie Governor of the province was quite stubborn against sur rendering the town, objecting in tne strong est manner to it, and representing the war as ■ u unjust and unholy one on the part of the Uaited Stales, declaring that if he had a force here he would light us. I have not yet had an opportunity to look about the town, but the cathedral is a much liner building, al though vet unfinished, that the one at Mon terey. T.ie public plaza and the yard in front Os tne cathedral is planted wiiii beautiful trees, each tree being enclosed with a wall cemented and as while as aiaLa ter. In the centre ofihe plaza is a fountain and reservoir. The buildings, with the exception of those around the public avunre, and a very lew others, if re ordinary, built of sun-baked’brick. Our force consisted of the Art. battalion, tho sth and Bth Infantry, Duncan’s battery, two squadrons of dragoons and the Phcemx company, winch had been attached to the 6th. i have written these few lines because 4 am afraid that you have no one to give you news from this place* and as 1 am now down With fatigue from a long day’s march, I do not feel like writing more. I will, if any ' news arrives, write, to you again. -1 forgot to say that Gen Tayl6r and Gen. Worth are both along. In haste your friend, ——. SALTILLO, Mexico* Nov. £3,1346 Gentlemen— Perhaps a tew additional lines from me at this late dale from tins interes ing part of the country will be acceptable, and enable you to select from them some items that would interest the readers of the Pic. We have now been in this place one week, And every:hing moves on so sirtooth and quiet that but for the odd appearance of the natives, and their lmgo, 1 should feel as much at home as if I were in a country town in the United States; and were it not for an oc casional tap of the drum, I should almost forget that lam a soldier. When we arrived here we had hopes that Bama Anna Would screw up his courage to a sufficient dogree to come and try his hand at whipping u«, and fulfil his promise to the people of Mexico of j driving us across theßabine or perish in the attempt; but, alas! the war on his part is more a war of words, than deeds, and the only chance for another sel-lo is to push forward xs we have done before. I will give you a lew lines descriptive of this place, which is pleasantly situated on an inclined plane at the loot of a very steep hill, of sufficient height to command a fine view of the town. Some portions ol it are beautiful, • the I souses constructed with a good deal of taste, particularly those around the main plaza, while those in the suburbs, though well constructed for comfort, have a desolate ap pearance, being built of sun-baked brick* The ca liedral, by lar the largest and most magni ficent one in this part of Mexico, is yet un finished. It is too rich for any description of mine to do justice to. Ii is divided into two apartments, in each of which is an altar hiade entirely of silver. Gilt, brass and bronze work, interspersed with images and ail sorts of ornaments, covers, the entire wail in the rear of the allats. Beautiful oil paint ings, s'alues. and rch ctrved ornaments of every description decorate the builduigs. There are two cupolas, with nine bells in each, and the yard in front is decorated with fine cedar trees, The plaza in front is also handsomely arranged with fine trees around It. In the centre is a fountain and reservoir where those living in the vicinity of the plaza get their water. There are two smaller churciies in town, but I have not yet visited them. Our army is very well provided for in \ as comfortable quarters as the city affords. On Saturday last, iNov. Hist, a Mexican ! escort came in from Ban Luis Pofosi with ! seven American prisoners, liberated by Santa Anna, in consideration of Gen. Taylor’s hav ing liberated the Mexican prisoners. As come of them have been reported dead I will give you their names: Henry Pa>k Lyon, Chas. \V. T ufts and John B. Harmon, taken I *t China, where they had been left on duty, who belonged to Capt. McGowan’s company, Ist regiment Texas Rangers;Eiisha Puitt and Jas. L. Reed belonging to the Camanche Rangers under Col. Harney, captured at Preside de Rio Grande; the other two are pedlers, one named Finley and the other Gal «!*pie. 1 had a conversation with Lyon this evening and have gathered a few items. He and his three companions were captured by a party of rancheros a tew hours aiier their regiment left and were bound and taken into Monterey. There they remained until the cannon* ling commenced on the 13. h Septem ber, when they were sent on foot under guard to San Luis Potosf, suffering severely for want of water on the road and the long distance they were forced to march, bound together each day. They represent a great scarcity of water on the route. At San Luis lliey were placed in the barracks with the I Ith Mexican Infantry, and very kindly treated, the Government allowing them 25 cents a day to purchase their provisions, but ; the cohmed of tlie regiment gave them ra tions and told them to use the money as they pleased. A Mexican soldier attended to their wants, with orders that lie should b r ing or purchase anything they desired. The day before they left, they were permitted to go through the city wherever they pleased, with a guard to conduct them. Santa Anna ar rived there on the Bth of October, and was received with a great display of military parade—the bells were rung long, loud and eo hard that a great many of them were 1 broken. The enemy were digging an en- j Hrenchment all around the city. An out ■ bteak had taken place at or near the city of j • * Mexico, and seven regiments bad been des patched hy Santa Anna to quell it, The si tuation of the Mexican finance, and their vvant of means to carry on this war, is shown by the fact that the soldiers, who had up to tvithin a very short time received 12£ cents every morning, when these prisoners left were receiving but cents per day They also heard that Gen. Arnpudia was in irons in the city of Mexico, and that Arista had been released but lias refused to take part in the present conte.st. They learned that the lad i Hill, who was taken with the Mier prisoners ; is iivingjnear San Luis, the protege of Count ! Jaral, the richest man in Mexico. This court ; lately made a present of 1500 head of horses to the Mexican army. These are all the items of interest I could obtain. Gen. Worth goes out in the morning with a squadron cf rs igoons on a scouting and exploring expedition. We are daily expect ing reinforcements. Capt. Blanchard and his Louisiana boyS are here in fine health ’ and spirits, eager to meet the enemy once more. 'Hie division at present occupying this place is composed of the sth and 8:h In fantry* Artillery battalion, Duncan’s battery, Blanchard’s company, and one squadron of dragoons. r> ’ , Tho alcalde has given notice to Gen. Worth that he will not be re-ponsible for any American who goes more than 300 yards from the main plaza, as there are a set of villains and murderers whom the authorities never could control living on the outskirts of the town. An express arrived here yesterday from Gen. Wool at Monclova. 1 cannot hear that they have brought any news, ex cepting that the sick list was pretty large.— Your old friend Capt. Arnold is here and looks better and happier thau I ever saw him look before. The express leaves early, so I have not time to write any more. Very res pectfully, your friend. ' [ From ike N. O. Picayune , Dec. 24th.] BURNING OF THE CREOLE. We have already given the particulars of the burning of the Creole, tiie Mexican schooner moored close to the walls of San Juan de Uluajbnt a correspondent lias sent us some additional incidents which are inter esting, and which may throw additional lus tre on the daring enterprise. When the Jilile party left the Somers at Sacnticios they conn ted upon the settingof the moon before the moment of attack; but as the boat’s crew approached a point where the proximity to the enemy made it as hazard ous to pause as proceed,the queen of the night was still beaming just above a cloud less horizon. When within three or four boat-lengths of the Creole, however she sank behind the distant highlands, but her disap pearance only served to disclose another danger in the large revolving beacon light of the cast e, which, at the distance of Jess than one hundred yards, threw jis intense glare directly upon the boat. One of the of ficers, in describing its appearance as he gazed upon the apparently innumerable daz zling panes as they turned one after another remarked that they ‘Looked 'o him like ten , thousand illutn naied wheelbarrows, going round and round.” Tims they could hardly hope to escape detection, suoposing it was feasible to board at any point. The little party ran upon the larboard beam of. he Creole, and pressed within about seventy-five yards of the British mail steam er Clyde, from which vessel they were re peatedly hailed. The Clyde, was fortunate ly to windward, however, and was not at all incommoded or tire operations about to be undertaken. There were three men leaning on the rail ing of the Creole as they came alongside, to whom Lieut. Barker, who spoke their lan guage like a native, represented himself as sent upon business by a friendly mercantile \e-sel lying at Saerifictos. This quieted the Mexicans for a moment, but a ciashingot the arms of the party, as they clambered up the vessel's sides, alarmed them again, and they at once hailed their brother sentinels on the castle walls. The alarm bell was rung, there was a rapid passing to and fro on the battlements* and a display of lights in differ ent parts of the town; yet the liille party per severed in their efforts, secured every soul on burrd prisoners, and a* our readers well know set the vessel on fire. A« they cast off from the burning vessel, and when sull without pistol shot ot the castle and with U e muzzles ol the huge guns plainly visible, the party gave three hearty cheers. These failing to provoke a single gun, the impatience of the gallant tars vented itself in curses. It would appear that the Mexicans, from the incessant ringing of hells, must have apprehended a general attack, and were f too intensely engaged in musteringattd flying about to discover the little boat’s crew. The whole affair appears afterwards to have an noyed them immeasurably, while at the same lime it would go far to show that the guns of San Juan de Clua offered little protection unless the garrison have vigilance enouglc-lo d sro.er an enemy, and presence of mind to tire upon him alter he is seen. The suspicions of the Mexican?, as might be expected, were aroused, and under the first impulse of exasperation, and reckless of reason or truth, they are said to have gratuit ously charged the English with aiding the Americans by hoisting a light—a falsehood hardly deserving of contradiction. A light was hoisted by the Somers, which the alarm of the enemy must have magnified into two. The Mexicans have however become very vigilant since the occurrence, and a few nights afterwards fired upon what must have been some prominent rocks of the reef close, by, mistaking them for boats! rjT An order has been received at Richmond from VV ashington, that as soon as three of the volunteer companies there get ready, for which they are allowed not more than ten days, they are to depart for the seat of war. The Wife. —If you wish to be happy and have peace in the family, never reprove your husband in company—even if that reproof be ever so slight. If he be irritated, speak not an angry word. Indifference sometimes produce s unhappy consequences. Always feel an interest in what your husband under takes, and if he is perplexed or discouraged, assist him by your smiles and pleasant w ords. If the wife is careful how she conducts, and speaks, and looks, a thousand happy hearths would cheer and brighten our existence wiiere now there is nothing but clouds of gloom, sorrow and discontent. The wife, above all others, should study to please her husband and make home aliraclive- O" A curious fact is thus told in one of our exchange papers: Take a string that will reach twice round the neck of a lady—let her hold the end between her teeth—and then if the noose will slip over her head to ; the back of the neck, it is a certain indica- j J lion that she is married, or ought to be.”— Now don’t strangle yourselves, young ladies, i in testing this truth* [From the Charleston Mercury.] THE MEXICAN CONQUESTS. The House of Representatives having adopted a Resolution, requesting the Presi dent “to communicate -any and all orders rTr instructions to General Taylor, Gen. Wool, Gen. Kearney, Captain iSloat, Captain Stock ton, or any other officer of the government, in relation to the establishment or organization of civil government in any portion of the ter ritory of Mexico which has or may be taken possession of by the army or navy of the Uni j ted Stales; also, what forms ot government j such officers, or either of them, may have es tablished and organized; and whet tier tiie President has approved and recognized said governments,” the President on Tuesday communicated the following Message. To ike House of Representatives of the United Slates : In compliance with the request contained in the resolution of the House of Represen tatives of the 15th inst., I communicate heie vvith reports lioin I lie fcecrtlary of War and Secretary of the Navy, with Lae documents which accompany them. These documents contain ail the “orders or instructions” to any military, naval, or other officer of the government, “in relation to the establishment or organization of civil government in any portion of tlie territory of Mexico, winch has or might be taken posses sion oi by the army or navy of the United S.ates.” These orders and instructions were given to regulate the exercise of the rights of a belligerent engaged in acluai war, over such portions of the territory of our enemy as, by military conquest, might be “taken posses sion of,*” anti be occupied by our armed forces —rights necessarily resulting from a slate of war, and dearly recognized by the laws of nations. This was ail the authority which could be delegated to our military and naval commanders, and its Exercise was indispen sable to the secure occupation and posses ion of territory of the enemy which mignibe con quered. Tne n gulalions author zed were 1 temporary, and uepenuent on ihe f.ghts ac quired by conquest. They were authorized as belligerent rights, and v~ere to be carried into effect by rn litany or navai officers.— Tney wore but the amelioration o : martial law, which modern civilization requires, and were due as well to the security of the con quest, as to the inhabitants oi the conquered territory. The documents communicated also con tain the reports of several highly meritorious officers of our army and navy, who havecon } qtiered and taken possession of portions of Lae enemy’s territory. Among the documents accompanying the report of the Secretary of War, w ill be found a -form of government” “established and or j ganized” by the military commander who j conquered and occupied with h s forces the I territory of New Mexico. This document i w’as received at the War Department in the j 1 liter part of last month, and (as will he per j ceived by the report of the Secretary of War) | was not, for the reason stated by that officer, brought to my notice until after my annual message of the Bth inst., was communicated to Congress, Ji is declared on its face to Ire a “tempora ry government of said territory,” but there are port ions of it which purport to “establish and organize a permanent territorial govern ment of the United Stales over the territory, and to iropart to the inhabitants political I rights which, under the constitution of the United States, can be enjoyed permanently only by ciiizeus of the United States. These ln\e not been “approved and recognized” by me. Such organized regulations as have been established in any of the conquered ter ritories fur the security of our conquest, for the preservation ol orcer, for the protection of the rights of the inhabitants and for de priving tne enemy of Lite ad vantages of these territories while the military jxissession ot them by the forces of the United Stales con tinue, will be recognized and approved. it will be apparent, from the reports of the officers who have been required by th.e suc cess whiah has crowned their arms to exer cise Ihe powers of temporary government over the conquered territories, that if any ex cess of power lias been exercised, the depar ture has been the offspring of a patriotic de sire to give to tiie inhabitants the privileges anJ immunities so cherished by tiie people of our o* ii country, and which they believed calculated to improve their condition and promote their prosperity. Any such excess iias resulted in no practical injury, but can and Will be early corrected in a manner to alienate as little as possible the good feelings of the inhabitants ot the conquered territory. ‘ JAMES K. POLK. W ashing Toss, Dec. 22. 1846. The documents, consisting of despatches from the War and Navy Departments, are somewhat voluminous, and relate in but a small portion of them to the subject of inqui ry. We select such passages as are directly to the point, in his first letter of instruc tions to Gen. Kearney, under date of June 3, 1846, tiie Secretary of War writes : “Should you conquer and lake possession of New Mexico and Upper California, or con siderable places in either, you will establish temporary civil governments therein—abol ishing ail arbitrary restrictions that may ex ist, so far as it may be done with safety. In performing this duty, it would be w ise and prudent to continue in their employment all such of the exiting officers as are known to be friendly to the United States, and will lake the oath of allegiance to them. The duties at the custom houses ought at once to be re duced to such a rate as may be barely suffi cient to maintain the necessary officers with out yielding any revenue to the government. You may assure the people of those provinces that it is the wish and design of the United States to provide for them a free government with the least possible delay, similar to that which exists in our territories. They then will be called on to exercise the rights of freemen in electing their own representatives to the territorial legislature, it is foreseen that, what relates to the civil government, will be a difficult and unpleasant part of your duly, and much must necessarily be left to your own discretion. In your whole couductyon will act in such a manner as best to conciliate the inhabi tants, and render them friendly to tiie United Slates.” On the 3rd of November, Geu. Scott writes to Gen. Kearney thus: Your march upon, and conquest of New Mexico, together with the military disposi tions made for holding that province, have won for you, lam authorized to say, the em phatic approbation of the Executive, by whom it is nut doubted, your movement upon and occupation of Upper California, will be exe cuted with like energy, judgement, and suc cess. After giving various instruction* to Gen. Kearney touching his movements, co-opera mwmbwmkl unmarMaj——m——m———a— lion with the navy, appointment of civil offi cers, &c., in California, Gen. Scott adds : “As a guide to the civil governor of Upper : California, in our hands, see the letter of June the 3d (last) addressed to you by the Secretary of War. You will not, however, formally declare the province to be annexed. Permanent incorporation of the territory must depend on the government of the Uni ted States.” These instructions to Gen. Kearny were very libera!, and he seems to have followed them carefully, except in his ‘•annexation” of New Mexico jo the United Slates. That was an idea of his own. The instructions trom the Navy Depart ment were more cauliou-ly winded. In a despatch dated June 24, 1845, the Secretary ot the Navy instructs Corn. Sloaf, in the event of war with Mexico, to lake possession of San FrahdsCo, and as far as his force would allow, to blockade the other Pacific ports, lie is cautioned so to act as to en courage friendly feelings among the people of Californ a towards the United Slates, and if possible to secure their neutrality during the war. Under date of May 15, 1846. the Secretary writes, communicating the fact of the exist ence of war, and giving Coin. Stoat various instructions, the most important of which are as follows: You wilt henceforth exorcise all the rights ! that belong to you as commander in chief of I a belligerent squadron. j Vou will consider tiie most important pub lic object to be, to take and to hold possession of San Francisco; and tins you will do with out fa 1. You will also take possession of Mazatlan and of Monterey, one or both, as your force will permit. If*information received here is correct,you j can c-tablisli friendly relations between your I squadron and the inhabitants of each of these three places. Gavin is is also a good harbor, and is be lieved to be defenceless. Vou will judge about attempting it. When you cannot take and hold possession i of a town you may establish a blockade, if j you have the means to do it effectually, and tiie public interest shall require it. With the expression ol ilie-e views, much | is left to your discretion as to the selection of the points of attack, the ports you will sdze, tiie ports which you will blockade, as to the o derofyour successive movements. . A connexion between California, and even I Sonora, and the present government of Mexi co, is supposed scarcely to exist. You will, i as opportunity offers, conciliate tiie confi- I dhnee of the people in California, and also in | {Sonora, towards the government of the Unit ed {Stales; and you will endeavor to render their relations with tiie United {States as inti mate and as friendly as possible. It is important that you should hold pos session, alleast, of {San Francisco, even while you encourge the people to neutrality, seif government, and friendship. You can readily conduct yours If in such a manner as will render your occupation of j San Francisco and other ports a benefit to the j inhabitants. These instructions are repeated on the Bth ; of June, and on the 12ih the Secretary writes I still more explicitly. The object of the United States is, under it- rights as a belligerent nation, to possess ; itself entirely of Upper California. 1 WhniSan Francisco and Monterey are ; secured, you will, if possible, send a small | vessel of war to take and hold possession of tie port of San Diego; and it would be wtl I to ascertain the views of the mbahiian s of ; Pueblo de los Angeles, who, according to in ; formation received here, may be counted upon as desirous of coming under the juris | diction of the United Slates. If you can lake | possession of it, you should do so. The object of' the United States has r*Ter ; ence to ultimate peace with Mexico; and if, 1 at that peace, the basis of uii possidetis shall 1 be established, the government expects, through your forces, to be found in actual possession of Upper California. Tills will bring with it. the necessity of a | civil administration. Such a government should be established under your protection; and sn selecting persons to hold office, due respect should be had to the wishes of the i people of California, as well as to the actual ! p< gfsessors of authority in that province. It may be proper to require an naiii of allegi ance to the United Slates trom those who are eilfn/eted with authority. You will also ; assure tiie people of California of the protec ; lion of the United States, i The extracts we have made embrace the i substance of ihe instructions emanating from j Washington, and it seems to us tney leave ! nothing more to he said on the si up d charge | of usurpation, brought against the President, j He has directed our forces to take possession ‘ of certain territories atid to retain them in a i way least oppressive to the population, while | tiie war lasts. Funeral Obsequies of Major Ringgold. — | The solemn ceremonies connected with the i interment, in their final resting place in Green Mount Ceinetry, of the mortal rc ! mains of the gallant Major Ringgold, look place yesterday in conformity with tiie ar rangements which have been heretofore an nounced. The general aspect of the military array was truly imposing. The silence in which the long procession moved, interrupted only by occasional bursts of funeral from some of the bands, and by the slow toling of the church bells, enhanced tiie solemnity of the scene. * Along the whole extent of the route tra versed by the procession the windows on both sides of the streets were filled with specta tors. The pavements to tiie curbstones were thronged also by a gazing crowd wfio watch ed the pageant with deep interest, preserving for the most part a profound silence. It requires only an occasion of this sort, if any occasion is needed, to show how strong a hold upon the public mind and heart is pos sessed by brave men who devote their lives to theii country —Baltimore American. An invention ot a very remarkable charac ter, nothing less than a steam type-setter, has been brought into successful operation in New-York—tiie proof of which fact is before us in an article in the “Sun” of that city, composed by the machine. The editors of the “Sun” say that it can., with the aid of two men and three boys, put up as much matter as ten compositors can by the present system. The operator sits before two sets of keys situated like the keys 9f a piano; his fount of type is before him, arranged in rows,each letter or figure is in its own row. piled up separately; each type lias its own key, and attached to the key is a lever which when the key is touched, pushes out one type into what may be called a railway track, where there is an endless chain in operation for conveying the types into a little box, where they are received and piled up in a line. By an index before him, the composi tor sees at once when his line is owmpleted. He then stops the machine, gives the full line signal to his assistant, who opens the box and slides the line into its column of printed matter. The assistant then adjusts the line, and, if leaded composition, he adds a lead, and abont as soon as he has this done, the compositor has another line ready for him In fact the types jump into ihe composing “.-tick” nr “box,” as the new term is, as fast as the compositor can touch the keys. Every lime he touches a key he sets a type. Tins woundeKul machine is called “Clay and Rosenberg’s Steam Type Setter. —Baltimore ; American. For the Sent of War — Departure of Gen. Scott. —The U. S. steamship Ala bama, Capt. Windie, left last night lor Brazos Santiago, and i f is believed she will immediately proceed from thence to Tampico. Gen. Scott and staff were passengers on board. Company A., U. S. Mounted Riflemen, Capt. Loring and Lieuts. Morris and Paltrier; Company B. ! Capt. Sand and Lt. Gordon; Com I pany D, Capt. Pope and Lieuts. Ciai ; borne and Hawkins; Company H, Capt. • Crittenden and Lieut. May; and Com pa , ny G, Capt. Simonson and Lieuts. Rus sell and Gibbs, also left in the Alabama; also destined for Tampico - the whole under the command of M.ijor Sumner, Major Burbridge being Compelled to re main here in consequence of illness.— Lieuts. Newton, Tipton, Taylor, Lind say and Ewell, wflh a detachment of men, will remain here in order to super intend the shipment of the horses belong ing to tfie companies, which will be ties patched at the earliest possible moment. — N. O. Pic. 24 ih inst. [From the Xew Orleans Counter, 2 2d inst.] The people ot me tinned Suites on | never to forget that the same Daniel Web ster, who declared in his Philadelphia speech that General Taylor invaded the territory of Mexico when lie crossed the Nueces, assert ed in an official despatch to the American Minister in the city of Mexico that the terri tory et ween the Sabine and the Rio Grande, was part of tiie old {Spanish province ot Texas and as such was receded and confirmed to {Spain by the United {Slates, under Lite treaty of 1819. Santa Anna recognised the Rio Grande ; as the boundary of Texas, in his treaty with i the Texan Government, made in the year : 1836. The Texan Congress, after this trea i tv with Santa Anna,defined the boundary ac | cordingly, and extended their judicial dis tricts up to it. The country up to the river was represented in the Texan Congress, and is now represented in Ihe Congress of the United States. Tiie Texan Government had a custom house, post offices, post roads, and a land office in the same territory. It is really shameful for any American citizen to pretend that Mexico has any claim to Ihe lands on this side ot the Rio Grande. Web ster exhibits so much zeal for the .Mexican | side of the question that one would almost : suppose that he was retained as their law i yer by a fee. The Mexican army under Arista, came upon this territory, and request i e l Gene al Taylor to remove from it. Web | sler says he ought to have complied with tl e | request; but wnat would Web-ter, and our j VV big brethren in general, have said, had General Taylor, in obedience to orders from tne War Department, done as Arista and Ampudia wanted him to do ? Nothing would be bc-.d enough for such recreancy. Our Whig brethren would have irol the hydro phobia by excess of anger. t New York Volunteers. —lt was announced | on 'Tuesday evening at the meeting in Me ; chanics’ Hall, that the New York Volunteers i now at Fort Hamilton, had received orders I to hold themselves in readiness to sail in ten I days.—JV. Y. Cour. 4* Enq. r 2-ith inst. | Important to the Ladies. —'The London Ga zette contains some important information for the ladies, with regard to Ihe manner of placing their lips when they desire to look amiable, dignified, &.c. It suggests that when a lady would compose her mouth to a bland and serene character, si c should, just : before entering the room, say Besom, and keep the expression into which the mouth subsides until the desired effect upon the company is evident. If, on the other hand, she wishes to assume a distinguished and somewhat noble bearing, not suggestive of sweetness, she should say, Brush, the result of which is infallible. If she would make her mouth look small and pretty, she must say Flip, but if tiie mouth be already too small and need enlarging, she must say, Cab bage.. Ladies, when having their daguerreo types taken, may observe these rules with some advantage. A BOOT WI TH A FOOT IN IT. Mr. Spirit. —Reading the ‘Knickerbock er’s’ article on ‘Boot-Jacks’ and big feet, re minded me of a little occurrence which took I place at one of the North River landings, some little time since. The Albany boat had just arrived, and the landing was, as usual, crowded with cabmen, porters, loafers, &c. When the passengers commenced land ing, a porter stepped up to a country look ing chap, saying— ‘Carry your baggage, sir.’ ‘No! I rather guess not,’ was the reply. * Shan't I carry your baggage?.” ‘No ! darn ye !—I han‘t got any baggage.’ The porter looked al him a minute, then very coolly stooped down and taking hold of one of his feet, said with an air of astonish ment— ‘Why, masga, that’s one as your feet—ain’t j it? D n me, if I did’nt think it was a | leather trunkV — N. Y. Spirit of the Times. Fire. —About one o'clock this morning, fire was discovered in a small wooden building occupied as a grocery and dwelling, by a Mr Martin, on the corner of York and President streets, in front of Oglethorpe-square. It soon communicated to the adjoining building occu pied by Mr. H. Knapp. The two houses were entirely consumed, but the conflagration was here happily arrested by Lite exertions of the ! firemen, who tore down an adjoining stable, i and one or two other small buildings. The properly was owned by Mrs, Marshall, and was not of very considerable value. Mr. Martin succeeded in saving a portion of his effects, and the furniture of Mr. Knapp, was I all removed from the lower part of the house, j but that in the second story was mostly burn- I ed or destroyed. Mr. K. is particularly un- I fortunate, having been burned out several j tiqaes beforehand we hope, as be is not in a -■ - -'BSli-J- . . i ■ gfttegf eitnation to meet such repeated disasters, that his loss In tilinstance will be fnlljr made up to him. —Savannah Republican Dec. 28llr (I IT A pile of Cotton,containing about eioht v bales, m front of the Warehouse of Hamif toit, Hardeman &. Co., nn Abercorn-sireet, was set on lire on Saturday morning last, be -1 tween four and five o’clock, either by acci | den! or design. Jf was fortunately discover ed in season to prevent its total destruction; only about nine or ten bales being burnt, or otherwise destroyed before the fire vvas ex tinguished. We understand the Colton was turned out of the Warehouse the previous day, and had not been taken away by Ilia purchasers,— ibid. AUGUSTA. GKO.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. DEC K. 30. 184 C. [L/’The Northern Mail faded again lu-t evening from beyond Charleston. ; Melancholy We regret to learn, says the Savannah Republican, that one of the negro | houses of Mr. Win. I. Way, in Bryan coun ty, was destroyed by lire on the evening of tiie 2%1 inst.; and that four young negro children perished in the flames. The moth er hid leit the house but a short time pre vious, and it is not known how the fire Was cummunicutod to the building. Extract oi a. idler rece.veu uy a gentle man of this city, from an officer of the Rich mond Blues, dated at Camp Alien (3 mile* from Monterey) Dec. 2d, 18-16. Capt. Nelson, who is the bearer of this, has a furlough for two months, and Lee W. I h as command. Anna has written a letter to Gen. Baylor, with his compliments, &c.., “that he has fifteen millions of dollars, 1 turnished by the Priests, that a Bishop com mands a division of liis army, consistin'? of I • 8000 cavalry,sooo infantry, and some 10,000 • ; artillery, and that he intends to prosecute . | the war with vigor; warns all Americans to i leave the country, as lie will show no quar ter, and that he will eat Christmas dinner in | Monterey.” Genl. Tayh r laughed heartily, , and said “suppose we meet him half way.” We have just been notified that the Brig i ade, of which we form a part, will leave in 1 a few days for Victoria; where vve will then . f go, is uncertain. Gen. Twiggs’ division, will form the detachment. We will not Le ; so straightened this trip, for we will have every convenience, which vve can expect—a week’s notice, and one wagon for each com* piny. The men are well supj lied with warm clothing, shoes, &c. &c. t The Georgia Regan.m. —i ne Chronicle ! &, Sentinel of yesierday morning, savs:—. I “We have been permitted to read an extract I from a priv .le letter from a member of the | Georgia Regiment, dated at. Monterey on the I 4ih inst., in which the writer savs ‘the Reg iment had been ordered to march upon Vic toria, a town about 170 miles southeast of Monterey, where it is said, there are 6,f.0() Mexicans engaged in fortifying the town.* j They anticipated a warm reception.” j : I 'The New Regiment. — \ve learn from the i New Orleans Courier that, the Regiment of | Louisiana Volunteers required by the gene ral government, was complete, and the elec j tion for field officers was to have taken piac© ■ on the 23d inst. O’ At the anniversary dinner of the New England-Society of Louisiana, in New Or leans, on the 22d inst., flie health of the Hon. Henry Clay having been proposed by Mr. Winthrop, Mr. Clay said : “Mr. President—Very little in the habit of addressing assemblies of any kind—[a burst of laughter, in which the gentleman joined]—l don’t mean to say that I never was, but that I am not now in the habit of i.ddressing assemblies. 1 have been sent to the retirement of private life, in which J ac quiese with pleasure, as it gives me an op portunity of recruilingrny health, and for my o.vn personal improvement. But although leading a life of retirement, 1 am not alto gether unobservant of the proceedings rela ting to the condition, welfare and prospects of our country; and when I saw around mo to-night Gen. Brooke and other old friends, I felt half inclined to ask for some little nook or corner in the army, in which I might serve in avenging the wrongs to my country —[applause.] I have thought that I might yet be able to capture or to slay a Mexican— fapplause.] I shall not be able to do so, however, this year, but. hope that success will still crown our gallant arms, and the war terminate in an honorable peace. [ Picayune , 23 d inst. O’We learn that Prof. iMorse has invent ed a new system of marking or printing by electro-magnetism, more simple than his pre sent instrument, which it was supposed im possible to simplify, and has filed a caveat in the Patent Office. By this process he can make the characters now used or the letters ofthe alphabet with an expedition hitherto unaftained by himself or anv other inventor, and in a manner which will fill the beholder with new astonishment. All the companies who have purchased the rights secured by the former patents of Prof. M. in connection with the Electro-Magnetic Telegraph will of course be entitled to the use of this improvement gratis. — Y ew York Telegraph. ««_2.. _ Larg e Cargoes. — *v e last week mentioned the deary nee at this port, of two large and val uable cargoes, for Liverpool, we now record a third, which cleared yesterday: the ship Lou isian, Capt. Cole, by Messrs. John Eraser & Co., with 66 bales ISea Island and 3,097 bales Upland Cotton, valued .$95,411. — Charleston Courier , Dec. 29. LITERARV DEPO T, CHARLESTON. S. C., No. Meeting-Street. 7 he subscriber having purchased the late estab lishment ol Mr. S. A. Holmes, proposes to continue the business in all its various branches, and de sires a continuation of that patronage heretofore extended. Country orders solicited and promptly attended 10 „ EUGENE B. BELL. Nov 1 Gm 28