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V OL. XIII.
EVANSVILLE, IND., FRIDAY JANUARY 14, 1848.
NO. 47.
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it' EVANSVILLE JOURNAL.
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JTO-S PRESIDENT:
SACIIAE.Y SA'ZT.OIL.
CITY. OF EVANSVILLE:
SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1S48.
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' :. Davis Appointed. A gentleman who
I with Dr. Davis in Louisville, informs- us
the Doctor has re ceived the appointment
- inister of China. Dr. Davis was on his
' home to prepaie fot hi3 departure ' to the
: of the celestials. " ' ' ' ; .. ,
e can t learn whether Mr, Owen has
f d his reward vet or not. :. .
re
s' We see it stated that Mr. Lowe, the
ber of the Legislature Who visited Mr.
;edy while sick and through whose persua
the Legislature adjourned, has been taken
i with the Small pox. This report is con
ned by the BloomingtonTribune, publish
tae place of Mr. Lowe's residence. The
says he is not only M el!, but has had
rap tons of that disease. "
T.:: L-ANVASS. LATERALLY HITENS THE
s." The New Orleans Picayune of the
ult. says: . "Some idea of the magnitude
s commerce of New Orleans may be form
mi the fact we are. about to announce. -e
were yesterday -fifty arrivals in our port,
13 ships, 9 barks, C brigs, 5 schooners, 10
i tow-boats and 7 up-river steamers. The
re rigged vessels were mostly from foreign
. The large number of 2020 passengers
loa the levee from these vessels. Much
lrger portion of these immigrants are from
.pe, who design settling in "the laud of the
,ad the asylum for the oppressed of all na-
- . V e learn that there are fifteen ships
d number of other vessels in the river com-
-P - ' . ; - :
s. Pillow and His Despatches. The
.pondent of the St. Louis Republican,
i ig from the City of Mexico, under date
, says that at that time General Scott
at prepared his official despatches, hav
c ipressed gr;at embarrassment in doing
; rn the "wild, extravagant and untrue
. lents made by Gen. Pillow in his re-
The letter says the reports made by
. Pillow- upen the battles "cf Contrerasl
hapultepec, were both returned io him
i n. Scott, with instructions to correct
: and. the letter writer adds, "if I am not
iormcd, with a severity of language that
i have made the cheeks of any other man
7 army bum with sham.?." - '
"A Fourierite Society was .dissolved at
a du Chien, on account of the difficulty
holdiug the plough in the field. All
;d to hold the plough, and not one would
the oxen; so that the association was dis-
d. : ' '
ity Harmony. The New York Herald,
' ng to the President s last dinner party,
k .1 was composed of Whig and Democrats,
-, :t was a very harmonious affair; and then
why cannot party men. be as harmonious
ir discussions of the affairs of the nation,
j. obbler? " --:
f-The amount of work now done by ma-
ry, moved by steam, in England has been
sedto be equivalent to that of between
and four hundred millions of men bv di-
abor. -
t eoraphing in England. The Queen's
jeech was telegraphed ftora London to dif-
u . parts of the kingdom over 1300 miles at
me moment. .
ator Cameron.- ihe Washington cor-
ldentof the Baltimore Argus (. -charges
Jr. Cameron is desirous of a place,- on
al Taylor's ticket, for Vice President.
""One hundred barrels of apples were re
1 shipped from Boston to China. The
-hipment of apples to the' Celestial Em-
. . . jii is rumorea uiai a cnaiienge Das pas
- T i T 1 . t . , 1 .
: itween Capt. Turner, 1st dragoons, and
Gillespie, growing out of letters intro
: as testimony before the iremont court
-..jliere is a young lady ia Louisiana
as won a medal for her modesty. She
.seJ her loverTor. remarking in her pre-
that there was a
prospectof the wind
. icate Costplim kt. The ladiesof Cha rks-
ve presented to Gen. Shields, for the sup
bis wounded arm, a sling made of deep
itin, on which .is embroidered in gold
Palmetto tree, surrounded with a golden
i of Shamrock, with the motto, "Jasper
.; . 3d the Palmetto thi Palmetto will sus-
Shields." ... . " .
icas Calculations. The Bazonaior,
-an print, estimates our loss during the
7ii which "embraced the different affairs
.-eras, San Geranimo, Churubusco, Mo
il ILey, Chapultepec and the Garitas,
e casualties in the capital, at 2699, kill-
mded and missing. - .". . , V ..
e in New York. It is estimated ;that
;very twenty-two of the population flf
ork city is arrested in the course of a
: the perpetration of soma kind of crime!
The War Question for Consideration.
The National Intelligencer has reviewed at
great length and with great ability, the last
message of Mr. Polk, and concludesby propoun
ding the following pertinent questions for the
consideration of the public, who after all will
have to decide the matter :
First, Do you believe that, in December,
1843, the boundary of the United States had
been extended to the Rio Grande?
- Secondly. Do you believe that the Mexican
province of Tamauiipas, east of theRio Grande
was, on the 11th day of May, 1846, American
soil? : . .
Thirdly. Do you believe that the existing
war Was begun by the act of Mexico?
Fourthly. Do you believe that, failing in our
purpose of compelling Mexico to propose to
surrender to us tier province ot lamaulioas,
New Mexico, and Upper and Lower California,
that, in a word, as things now stand," "we
must," in the language of the Message before
us, "continue to occupy her country with our
troops, taking the full measure of indemnity
into our hands, and must enforce the terms
which a ur honor demands?'".
Do you, or a majority" of you, answer No to
each of these question, then we presentto vou
the true and only remaining question which
you have to consider in reference to the further
prosecution of this war to the extent and in
the manner proposed in the message:
Are you willing to prosecute, indeffinitely,
this war against Mexico, at the cost of a hund
red millions of dollars and at least ten thou
sand lives a year, for the purpose of vindicating
the consistency ot the President I lhat is the
question.
CCfThe Military Committee in the Senate
have report! a bill for -the raising of 20,000
additional volunteers. : The bill is in substance
as follows: ' " ' ' -
I. That the President be and hereby is au
thorized, should the exigencies of the war re
quire a further increase of force, to call and
accept the services , of additional volunteers,
not exceeding twenty-thousand men, who may
offer their services eitheras cavalry, infantry,
or riflemen, to serve three years after they shall
have arrived at the place ot rendezvous, unless
sooner discharged, to be raised and organized
in the same manner as are povidred for volun
teers under, existing laws, and to have the
same pay, rations, and allowances, including
land and scrip, according to grade3, and to be
subject to the same regulations and to the rules
and articles of war.
2. That where companies of volunteer!?,
wnicti are now or wnicn Tnav nereatter be in
service shall become reduced in rank and fil
the President is authorized to discharge a part
of the commissioned officers, leaving not more
than three for sixty rank and file in the com
pany, and not more than two for forty; and
where not more than twenty all may be dis
charged, and new companies formed of , eighty
men each; provided; that the companies .may
not be reduced, if it be deemed necessary to in
crease them by recruits. ' "'' ' ;
o. w nen regiments ot volunteers, now or
hereafter in service, shall become reduced, the
President is authorized to receive additional
companies for such regiments. -.. : -
4. ihe volunteers called out under this act
may be discharged six months after the ratifi
cation of- a .treaty of peace.
Increase of the Army. The National In-
ligpncer of the 30th ult.' says: '
The military committee of the Senate re
portea a Din a lew nays ago, lor adding ten re
giments to the present twenty-five regiments
ot the regular army; and yesterday! the same
committee reported a bill authorizing twenty
new regiments of volunteers. When all these
regiments shall be raised, the army of the U.
Mates, regular and volunteer, wilt amount to
some sixty ot seventy tnousand men, at a cost
ofnnllionspt money, which is at present im
possible to estimate, and all to vindicate the
personal consistency of President Polk. The
ruinous consequences ot tne ill-starred Mexi
can war, are now rapidly approaching a point
which the most blinded follower of party will
be unable to extenuate or uphold. .
General Taylor inMarylaxd. We find
the following paragraph in the late message of
Governor Pratt to the Legislature of Maryland.
The name of General Taylor, but for this
war, would have been unknown to many of
his countrymen; it now commands the respect
and admiration, of other nations, and fills., the
hearts of the American people with a devotion
unexampled since the days of Washington.
His intimate acquaintance with the existing
relations of this country with Mexico, and the
purity of pu rpose and sterling good sense' man
tested by ail that he has said or done, will, I
am persuaded, fully justify the wisdom of the
determination plainly evinced by his lellow
citizens to confer on him the highest office in
the gift of the Republic. " 1 do not indulge a
hope that the peace of the country will be res
tored until these indications of the times
have been realized, and" the Executive func
tions of the Federal Government have passed
into other bands. - - -
" General Taylor in Georgia. We jind
the following letter in the Savannah Repub
lican: 1 '-: '' - v "
' ; MiLLEDGEvn-ife, Dec. 23, 1847.
, The "Whigs met last night in the Senate
chamber for the purpose of taking some prelim
inary action in reference to the next Presidency.
Hon. Seaton Grantland was called to the chair.
On motion of Col. Grieve, the chair appointed
a committee of thirteen to report suitable res
olutions for the consideration ot the meeting.
The committee retired for a few minutes, after
which the following resolutions were offered
through the chairman: !.
"Hesbleed, That this meeting held without
distinction of parties, only gives expression to
the public sentiment of Georgia, in nominating,
as it now does, Gen. Zachary .Taylor as a candi
date for President of the United States." - , ,
. "Resolved, That in order to carry out said
nomination, the people of the respective coun
ties of this State, be requested to appoint dele
gates to meet in convention at Milledgeville on
the first Monday in Junenext for the purpose of
nominating an Hectonal ticket, and that eacn
county have the same number of delegates tha,
it had members of the General Assembly before
the reducuon in IS42. ' ,'
After the resolutions had been reported, Mr.
Crawford, of Sumpter, was loudly called for.
He 'responded in a short but eloquent speech,
in which he declared that the time had come
to put the "ball in motion,"' and that the hero
of the Rio Grande was the man for the crisis
that to him. the people .looked to meet the
storm that was gathering in our political hori
zon. The vote was then taken, and the resolu
tions caraea witn out one dissenting voice.
The greatest harmony and good feeling pre
vailed , " . . . .. . .: , "
Whiat. The Millers at Madison "are4
pay-
jng 1,00 per bushel for Wheat.
THE DIFFICULTY IN THE ARMY. :
The difficulty among prominent officers of
ourarmv appears to have been quite as serious
as was represented. We publish here the or
ders of Gen. Scott, reflecting upon the officers
who were said to be under arrest. They be
tray no little temper perhaps we would say,
acerbity of temper:
t :. AlENERAL URDERS 10. J.
War D'partment, Adgt. Gen's. Office
-Washinglon.Jan. 28, 1817.
The followinsi regulation has been received
from the War Department:
. War Department, ?
-Washington", Jan. 2S, 1847.' J
The President of the United States directs
that paragraph 650 of the General Regulation,
lor trie Army, established on the 1st ot March,
1825, and not included among those published
January 25, 1841, be now published, and that
its observance as a part ot tne general regula
tions be strictly enjoined upon the army. By
order of the President:
(Signed) W. L. M ARCY, Sect'y of War.
The following is a paragraph of the General
Regulations for the Army, established on the
1st of March 182a, referred to above:
650. Private letters or reports, relative to
military marches and operations, are frequent
ly mischievous in design, and always disgrace
ful to the army. They are, therefore, strictly
forbidden, and an officer found guilty of mak
ing such report for publication, without spe
cial permission, or of placing the writing ber
yond his.control so that it rinds its way to the
press, within one month after the termination
of the campaign to which it relates,shall be dis
missed lrom the service.
Bv command ofMaj. Gen. Scott
"(Signed) ' ' .WM. G. FREEMAN,
- Ass't adj. General.
GENERAL ORDERS No. 349.
Headquarters ok the Army,
Mexico, Nov. 12, 1847.
The attention of certain officers of this army
is recalled to the foregoing regulation, which
tne general-in-chiet is resolved" to enlorce so
far as it may be in his power.'
As yet but two echoes from home of the bril
liant operations of our arms in the basin have
reached us: the first in a New Orleans and the
second through a Tampico newspaper.
It requires not a little charity to believe that
the principal heroes of the scandalous letters
alluded to did not write them, or specially pro
cure them to be written, and the intelligent
can be at no loss in conjecturing the author;
chiefs, partisans, and pet familiars. - To the
honor of the service; the disease pruriency of
fame, not e.arned-r-caunot have seized upon half
a dozen officers (present,) all ot whom, it is be
lie ved, belongs to the same two coteries.
False credit, may, no doubt, be obtained at
home, by such despicable sell-puffings and ma
lignant exclusion ot others; but at we expense
ot the just esteem and consideration ot all hon
orable officers who love their country, their
profession, and the trufh of history. The iilr
dignation of the great number of the latter
class cannot fail, in the end, to bring down the
conceited . and the envious to their proper
level. ' - '
By command of Maj. Gen. Scott. :
H. L.SCOTT, A. A. A. G
; The letters alluded toby Gen. Scott, as "the
echoes from home," are evidently the L?.Qii-.,
das" letter, and the other a letter which appear
ed first in the Pittsburg Post, was then trans
ferred to the Union, whence we copied it on the
8th October, with some introductory remarks.
and the whole then appeared in a Tampico pa
per. - When Gen. Scott's orders, were publish
ed, Lieut. Col. Duncan came out promptly in
the North American with the following frank
avowal of his connection with -the: "Tampico
letter," so called. According to the North A
merican the "Tampico letter" was "compiled
from two letters written by officers of the army
in Mexico to a brother officer in Pittsburg; for
his eye alone." , But read what Col. Duncan
has to say to it: '
? :'" Mexico, Nov. 13, 1847.
' To. the editor of the North American Sir
I herewith present a copy of the "Tampico
letter," characterised as "scandalous," "des
picable, "malignant, &c, in general orders
No. 349, published in the American Star of
this morning. -' ' - '
To the end that the true character of this let
ter may be known, I desire that you republish
it in your paper, and that none of my brother
officers may innocently suffer for a publication
so obnoxious, I hereby publicly acknowledge
myself to be its author. The substance of it 1
communicated from Tacubaya, soon after the
battles, in a private letter to a friend in Pitts
burgh. ' . ...
The statements in the letter are known by
very many officers of this army to be true, and
I can but think that the publication of truth is
less likely to do violence to individuals of
the service, than the suppression or perversion
Of it. .;- - ,.;
: Justice to Gen. Worth, (who is evidently
one of the "heroes" pointed at in order No.
349) requires me to state that he knew nothing
whatever of my purpose to write the letter in
question, nor that it had been written till well
on its way to its destination; he never saw,
nor did he know, directly or indirectly, even
the purport of one line, word or syllable of it
till he saw itin print, and he is equally igno
rant of my design to make this declaration,
which I do, as I wrote the letter, unprompted
and on my own responsibility. . ..
' . Very respectfully your obedieut serv't, ,
i '." : ; .James Duncan, 1 .
, " ' ' ; " J Brevet Lieut. Col: U. S. A.'
After the publication of this letter, Colonel
Duncan was placed " under ' arrest, and subse
quently Gen. Pillow was arrested, and next
Gen. Worth. The North American is of opin
ion that Gen. Pillow was not arrested on ac
count of the "Leonidas" letter, but on the fol-!
lowing grounds. . . .
There lias been another arrest, that of Gen.
Pillow one of the chiefs aforenamed, but not
as appears, on account of the letters which he
is the hero. We hear, generally, that the
cause was these: Gen. Pillow having taken ex
ceptions to the linding" of a court of inquiry,
which finding has been approved by -General
Scott, addressed a paper relating to the'matter
to the Secretary of War, through the com-mandar-in-chief,
preserving a copy which he
avowed in a letter accompanying, he had "sent,
or would .send, directly to the Secretary at
Washington. !- This transaction is judged to be
a Contempt, and for the so judged contempt
fcren. r mow . is arresieu. - ioi unaersiuuumg
the technicalities of the case, we are not ad vised
whether part or the whole transaction is regard
ed as the contempt but that is immaterial.
Gen Worth's arrest ; is thus noticed in the
North American of the 26th ult.
The last arrest occurred vesterdav that of
Brevet Major General Worth,: and the charge
is, we believe, contempt towards the commander-in-chief.
Without a full : knowledge
of the facts, we do not purpose to lengthen
this article by any remarks upon this proceed-
(O-ft costs $18,000 to carry the returns of
votes for President to Washingtoar- tSo rmich
for a useless to vision of law, when It could
'li-i.. bv th? mails for half, a ii?z:! i1 ! irs.
FROM GENERAL PATTERSON'S TRAIN
. , ' Jalapa, Nov. 24, 1847.
I sent off an unfinished letter to you last
night, and when interrupted by the information
that a courier was on the point of starting, I
was going on to speak of the intense feeling
manuested by the most influential people in
town in favor of Lieut. Alcalde, who. with Ad
jutant Garcia, is to be shot to-dav, at noon,
lar a violation of their parole of honnr. Sn
deeply were my feelings wrought upon by the
o-ciico ui lasi evening tue crowds oi suppli
cating women the solemn but animated coun
tenances of Mexican generals, priests and dig
nified citizens, as they plead for the lives of
those who had so basely forfeited them, that
I dreamed of nothing else last night but exe
cutions, priests, and crying women.
The degrading confession, on the part of the
most respectable Mexican citizens that it is
considered nojdisgrace, no crime for a Mexican
officer to violate his parole of honor while an
enlarged prisoner of war, or even for him to join
a baud of cut-throats while yet a prisoner, and
lie in wait to kill those to whom he owes his
life and freedom to whom, in fact, his life be
longs, is enough to excuse us from putting any
faith in future in the promises of Mexican offi
cers. It is time, too, to give these individuals
a few salutary lessons in the school of honor,
and to cause them to hold inviolate the almost
only barrier against wars of extermination, viz:
the soldier's parole. ; -.
The two crimnals spent the whole , of last
night in the church with priests, a strongguard
being placed over them. Their coffins have al
ready been conveyed to tire place of - execution
and in less than an hour the lyvo wretched men
will die, as they hardly deserve to die, a sol
dier's death, and they will appear before aihigh
er judge, who will decide whether it be wrong
to take the life of a professional soldier for a
violation of the most sacied and humaniziut-
leature in civilized warfare.,' Yesterday the
hej-a
rfj
citizens of Jalapa witnessed an act of .A me
can justice, to-day thev will see another.
Half-past 12 o'clock. The execution is over.
The prisoners marched blindfolded to the pla
za; a priest attending them. They were in
full uniform, and behaved with as much firm
ness as could be expected . of men under such
circumstances. Each was supported by a friend
at either arm, and were led to the side of the
plaza and seated upon their coffins, near the'
wall of the barracks. They continued their de
votions aloud,' after embracing a fevv friends
until the word "fire!" when both fell back dead
scarcely moving a muscle. The troops under
Gen. Patterson were all, paraded again, and
nofonly looked very well, but behaved as they
did yesterday, with perfect propriety. . The
bodies of the executed officers were given over
to their friends, and soon conveyed away in
neat coffins. t Thousands . of Mexicans flocked
towards the scene, but were prudently kept
out of the plaza. The excitement which pre
vailed yesterday among the inhabitants seems
in a mensure to have subsided to-day but
whether it yielded to a sense of justice or to
awe, remains to be seen,
' The colonel and captain (guerrilla officers)
were sent-up this morning to Perote, in charge
of the first Pennsylvania and Georgia regi
ments there to await' their trial. It is more
than probable that thev, too, have broken their
parole, but i really hope .tor human, decency s
sake, that tueyTiave not been guilty ot so in
excusable and disgusting an offence.
We are oil again to-morrow
morning
B.
farewell, or rather, au revoir,
' , - . Jalapa, Mexico, Nov. 21, 1847,,
It is now dark, and since I concluded mv
last communication and handed it in to b2 for
warded, such singular and ' outrageous scenes
have passed before me that I must again write,
though in the midst of preparations for a long
march. This morning the Alcade of Jalapa
called on Governor Hughes and asked him if
the bodies of the condemned Mexicans could
be given up to their friends after the execution
"Yes. "Wilt you allow the condemned to
walk to "the place of execution?" "Yes, if
they and their friends desire it." "Will you
direct that they may not march in the midst of
soldiers, but a space be allowed for them and
their friends?" "They will be strictly guard
ed to the place of execution, . and every pre
caution taken to pre vent, confusion by an at
tempt to escape. Although they have forfeit
ed every right to such consideration, still they
are condemned to die, and every reasonable in
dulgence shall be allowed, and all ' proper de
licacyshall bi observed towards them." "May
the usual funeral ceremonies be performed."
Il had been intimated to Governor Hughes
that subscriptions had been made to get upa
grand pageantry. "Certainly yes, but no os
tentatious display will be, allowed. Should
anythingof the kind be attempted I shall put
it down and hold yoa responsible for it. The
ifcKmediate relatives and friends can bury the
unfortunate men according to usage, but noth
ing further.' Do you think one hundred per
sons would beasmany as would congregate
on the occaasion?". ; "Oh! yes, not so - large a
number will desire to attend." -;
A short time after this interview the Alcade
went to Gen. Patterson's quarters, and, through
an officer of the staff, asked if the general had
any objection to the deceased being buried with
the usual religious, ceremonies. The officer,
after consulting with the general,-replied that
no objection would be made.' Judge then; of
the surprise of the general and the governor,
when they heard the sounds of martial music
passing their quarters, and on looking out, saw
a procession oi some 2,500 people, a military
band of tweufy-five" musicians, the- military
caps of the degraded scoundrels carried along
side of the gaudy coffins, a formidable array of
priests, silver candlesticks, &c, &c, and two
hundred of the first citizens of the place, scru
pulously dressed in the finest broadcloth, in
tasty and complete mourning suits, following
the remains of the very men whom our officers
had condemned for the basest of all crimes
men, who, in Europe in any civilized or de
cent community, would have been denied "ev
ery thing but "the benefit of the clergy!" Gen.
Landero was in the procession. Never M ere
the most sacred and tender feelings of humanity
more grossly outraged,' never was -Impudence
or insult more strongly marked; never did the
inhabitants of a conquered town deserve sever
er chastisement. The alcade; it seems, after
visiting headquarters, went and told- Governor
Hughes that he had seen General Patterson
and communicated to him all that the Govern
or hud said to him, and that the general had
given sis free consent for the remains of the
criminals to be buried with any ceremonies
their friends might- see proper to observe!
It would seem that our enemies are bent up
on their own destruction. No kindness i ex
tended to them that, they do not abuse; no
courtesy shown them that they do not mock
at; no faith placed in them after thev are fair
ly conquered tliat they do not' take di
advantage ot. -, A; major genera
No.petition was gotten up by
in lavor ot the two Americans
ecuted yesterday, and very little - was safik. ip
c c r : t: i 11 u .l V.
mvui ui viarcia, xaeui.. xvicame was me jnuiii
object of their sympathie. Great pity that a1
young man of good family, (nephew of Herrera
&c., &c.,)'and with so" many "powerful friends
should value -Ms hon r o lphtl w '- .
crra refill
Lc)f our arm
o
thee people
who were ex-
has been in this place two weeks, and Gener
al Landero, a prisoner of war on parole, who,
it is pretended, has been here all the while,
never reported himself to him until the guerri
la officers had been captured, and then he made
his appearance to beg that they might be par
doned. I now believe that Landero has been
at Orizaba operating against us, for people
here, not Mexicans, who have lived here for
years, declare that they had no idea he was in
Jalapa. . That Col. Hughes will have trouble
with these people, I have little doubt; but that
he will prove to them that he is an "out and
out" governor at the place, I am certain.
Orizaba will, I trust, ;soon be occupied by at
least a thousand of our troops, and Gov. De
Soto thus be deprived of his power toannov us.
B.
. From the New Orleans Delta. " ,
.....
Scenes in the Quartermaster's Depart
mentof New Orleans. Those who wish to
see the effects of war, should visit the Quar
termaster's Office, which is now so ably con
ducted under the superintendence of Major
Tompkins. . Early in the morning soldiers will
be seen around the porch of the New Commer
cial Exchange, eagerly waiting for the arrival
of the officials connected with the djvment.
When the doors are opened they alPiuSiup, to
have their accounts adjudicated.
Here you will see a colonel, who has just
returned from Mexico. - His epaulets are faded
and his countenance is bronzed with exposure.
He has mounted the heights of Monterey
served at Churubusco, Chapultapec, and, like a
lion, sprung through the gates of the city of
Mexico. With his martial cloak tin own care
lessly around him, he does not seem to think
that he has done anything, but only comes to
get the accounts of his regiment settled. . He
thinks of his home, where his loved" ones are.
It may be that for months he has not , received
single lett
meet "hem.
tter from his friends, and he longs to
After havingsought the "bubble
reputation e'en in the cannon's mouth," he re-i
turns to his homestead and who can tell , the
greeting that he will receive? . His friends will
cling around lain, and look upon him as the oak
that has scarred, though not blasted, by the
lightnings of war. Who would not envy his
fadings when he finds himself in the bosom of
his family? ' . ,
; Again: here enters a stalwart caplain, with
an air that shows that he is bravery itself. He
too' has been to thv wars, and bears the marks of
honorable wounds. His. company io lain, have
been like a family, and he is as careful of their
wants as though they were his own children.
When he gets their accounts settled, and fur
nishes'tfiem wilh transportation totheir homes,
scenes will take place that none but those who
can dive into the depths of human nature can
imagine. "Captain!" one soldier will say, "I
bid you good bye! I'm going horns' to the West;
for I've got enough of the war. When 1 deser
ved it, sir, you treated me purty hard, as I
thought then, but I don't think so now, sir,
God bless you, sir!" Another soldier will come
up may be with too much brandy iu his brain
"Captain," says he, how are you,, old boss?
Welt, we got through it all; didn't we? ' You
wouldn't let me have my licker down tharr at
Vera Cruz; but now I'm discharged, and I'm go
iijL on a reglar bender!" Then, again, a staid,
8i)er young man, with an almost healed wound
iipo'Ii his"cheek,'and hisarhi in a sling, approach
es his Captain. .His officer, turning around anil
seeing his face, grasps his hand. "William,
my dear fellow, you saved , my life at Molino
del Rey.. I shall never forget when a swarthy
Mexican brought his escopeta to bear upon my
breast, you rushed in between its, and received
the ball in yoor ami. And then, William,
when I was wounded by a lance; and you were
sabred, you crept up to me, whilst the blood
was gushing from your cheek, and endeavored
to take me. off the field.' William, we are both
going to our homes perhaps never to meet
again what can I do for you?"
"Captain," answers the young soldier, as he
wipes his eyes with his unwounded hand, "as
you say, 1 did do all I could tor you. vv hen 1
enlisted 1 swore in- my heart that I would nev
er desert you. Vv hen the balls were coming
on in showers, I didn't care or myself, but I
tnougnt oi yoa. ueatn was notning, men, sir,
but 1 thought of one who was far away. I
promised her when I left my home in Dayton,
Ohio, that I would never desert the banner of
the Stripes and Stars. Captain, give me a line
to my old, dear mother, and in it please say I
have done mv dutv." -
Although the utmost ouler prevails, such
scenes daily occur in tha Quartermaster's De
partmeut. What a series, of novels might be
founded on the conversations that occur be
tween soldiers and their captains " when the
f'fray of battle is over!" '
FroW Caifornia! The New York Courier
and Enquirer, has files of California papers to
the middle of September. We copy the follow
ing iteins:; .,- r. I '.. ,
Lieut. Charles P. Anderson, of the 7th regiT
ment New York Volunteers, died at San
Francisco on the 13th of September, of
fever; - - - - - -. .
Major J. II. Cloud,. Paymaster in the U.
S. Armw was killed, from a fall, from his
horsfi, near Capt. Suiter's establishment, in Au
gust last. ' ,," '
A new citv, to be called 'Hallo Cha mo,"
is to be laid out and built up as rapidly as
possible, on the Sacramento : River, , near its
mouth. ' .
U.S. store-ship Southampton, from Norfolk,
Va., 18th February, has arrived at Monterey,
California. - -.- - '
-The prize brig Maleck, Adhal, was sold at
Auction, on the 4th of September, for S4,
525. The Schooner Santa Cruz was also sold
on the 5th, at private sale, for 84,730. . ,
The Indians about St. Louis were getting
worse every day, the efforts by government to
conciliate them only tending to augment., their
disorders. - -' . .. . ;
' The Portsmouth, Congress and Dole had left
Monterey for Mazatian. ... ;, ;- f . v
. See what the Girls of the Bat State eq.
We have received the statistics of the va
rious branches of industry in Massachusetts,
for 1845, taken with t.he.State census -that year.
To show our young ladies that it is no dis
grace to work in 'the Pilgrim land, we give
them the particulars of the'straw bonnets and
hats, and straw braids and palm leaf hats, made
there in one year:
Number. ' Value.
1,04(5,'J51 $1,057,892
... . - ' 1M2.367
1 -196,337
Straw Bonnets and Hats,
Value of Straw Braid,
Palm Leaf Hats,-.-
' : V : $1,640,596
AH this by females;' mostly Farmer's daugh
ters. Worcester,. Hampshire and ' Franklin
counties do the most. Are not such industri
ous girls worth going after? Instead ofstreet
yarns, they are for the dollars and cents. They
don't constantly bother their parents and hus
bands with teasing for a new silk dress, or
840 shawl. They have the money in their
purse, from their own industry.' There are
lots of rosy cheeks who have their hundreds
deposited in ! banks, from the straw braid em
ployment. We once knew two sisters who
bo'iight a farm for $4000 for their parents, from
the savings of braid. Springfield Hep, . .
saving
By Telegraph for the Louisville Morning Courier.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP
CALEDONIA.
15 DAYS LATER FROM EUROP.
Advance in Flour and Grain Decline in Cot
ton Resumption of the Sliding Scale duties
Decline in Provisions Accidents to the
French Steamers British Parliament -Tremendous
Gales.
' Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 6 p.m.
The Royal mail steamer Caledonia arrived
here yesterday, bringing London and Liverpool
dates to the 18th of December, which is 15days
later than heretofore received.
The quotations for Western Canal Flour
were 29s a 30s, and for New OrleansandOhio
27s., which is an advance of about one shil
ling over the rates current at the sailing of the
Hibernia, on the 4th of December. White
Wheat was quoted at 7s. 6d. per quar.
Breadstuff's will be materially affected by the
resumption of the sliding scale duties in March
next, notice of which has been given by the
English Government; '
Cotton has declined to J of a penny per
pound. The market is languid. We quote
ordinary to fair at 3 to 5g I.; for Louisiana, and
ordinary to fair upland at d o Xi.
-SECOND DESPATCH. '. '
The Liverpool Provision Market is much de
pressed. ' Pork has declined, with large sales
ot Mess at oos to bus. l.ard is much better;
duty free is quoted at 52s. to 56s, in barrels and
kegs. '
The sliding scale duties are to go into ef
fect on the first of March next. The duty will
oscillate upon Wheat from four to ten shillings
per nuar.; upon Hour 52s bd to'bs per barrel,
adjusting itself to the rise and fall of the mark
et; Indian Corn, now free, will be subjected
to a duty of le per quar., and Cornmeal to 6d
per barrel. " " : " '
The steamer Washington was to sail from
Southampton on the. 19th. .
The trench steamer New l ork put into
Ha vre on the. 12th of December with b" ft. wa
ter iu the hold.
The French steamer Union put into Cher
bourg, on the first ultimo in a leaky condi
tion. ' . ' ' '
The steamer New World was to sail on the
21st. ult.
The British Parliament, since the opening of
its session, has been chiefly occupied with the
affairs of Ireland.
Within the last fortnight the British Islands
have been visited by a succession of tremen
dous gales, causing the most appalling loss" of
tile and property on the coast.
Spain is tolerably tranquil although the Car
lists, as usual, are unsettled inCortez. A fierce
attack has been made upon the administration.
There is no intelligence of importance from
France. ' . ' -
t The health of Louis Phillippe still temains
vervleeble. - - ' . . . -
- The aggrarian disturbances in Ireland have
somewhat subsided. ' -
Father Matthew is to proceed to America
early in'5 April next, in the steamer New
World. , ' :
Liston, the eminent surgeon is dead. - 1
The' commercial' news 'from Indiali "highly
gratifying ; the. trade there has suffered nothing
from the embarrassments in England; business
is represented as being in an exceedingly flour
ishing condition.
The turmoil and excitement in Switzerland
has been brought to a final close, happily for
the cause ot humanity.
The Diet has decreed that the seven revolted
cantons of the league, are held accountable for
expenses of the insurrection, and to be occu
pied by the federal troops, until the amount
shall have been paid.
THIRTIETH CONGRESS.
; " Washington, D. C, Jan. 5, 10J p. ju
SENATE.
The. Senate, after some unimportant business,
proceeded to the consideration of the ten regi
ment bill. . .
Mr. Crittenden, of Ky., moved as a substi
tute that 30,000 volunteers be placed at the
disposal of the President. Ha thought that
the army that could conquer like Gen Scott,
could hold possession of the country against
any odds, and there was no reason now for in
creasing the troops one-half now in Mexico.
Lewis Cass defended the bill.
Mr. Calhoun opposed both the bill and the
substitute of Mr. Crittenden. ' - ." '
Jefferson Davis advocated the passage of the
measure. He, however, would prefer regulars
to volunteers.
The substitute of Mr. Crittenden was lost by
yeas 19, nays 26. ' ' . ; '.
The Senate then, on motion, adjourned.
''. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A message was received from the President,
transmitting copies of correspondence of Gen.
Tavlor. . . - . .' 1
The Southern 'mail was the. order of discus
sion until the hour of adjournment
Maj. Gaines, of Kentucky, appeared to-day
and was sworn m. .
The House then, on motion, adjourned. '
V CC5The following toast was lately drank : ,
"Uncle Sam A respectable branch of the
Bull family. He broke the bonds of parenta
authority, and went into business on his own
account, in 1775. He is now well to do in
the World, clothing himself, and feeding his
7...-.. .,.
Murder in the Palace of the Queen of
Spain. A servant maid of the chaplain was
murdered in the palace of Queen Christina.
Her head yvas nearly severed from her neck.
The unknown assassin washed his hand in the
hand basin, dried them with the cambric apron
of his victim, and then perfumed them with
her eau de colone. -
Mb. Clat in a letter to a gentle man in Vir
ginia, expresses bis satisfaction that Mr. -Gallatin
should take the ground which he took res
pecting the Mexican war, and asks whether
Mr. Gallatin, like himself, will be charged
with a design upon the Presidency, for writing
this letter? He says, "that there is as much
ground in the one case-as the other." ' t
- Affray, On the 20th ultimo, John Hudg
jngs a member of a company of volunteers en
camped near the city of Mobile, was 'shot by
Adorce Eoberson, whose, family he had instil t-.
ed, arid upon whose" property he had 'commit
ted various outrages. " ; ;- .
rr"T James Sheridan Knowles, the dramatic
author, we are sorry to observe, is in -the list
of Scottish bankrupts. .
fX2Iustacne3 are now defined to be, 'the
upper lip in mourning for the loss of the
brains!" . V : , . J"
(OThe Prince de Joinville has resigned
the command of the Mediterranean squadron
The cause assigned is indisposition - :
-?-" From the N.Y Express. .
Opinioss is Mxxico.--Extract of a letter
from an American Officer late from the City of
Mexico tohia friend in this City, dated --
- - Vera Cruz. Nov. 27, 1847.
We have met the enemy in force five to one-,
of us, with the advantage of fortiied position"
and artillery as twenty to one, have flogged ,
bim most soundly and "revelled in the Halls '
of the Montezumas" rwhich, by the by, is the ;
most splendid humbug of the age. Our victo- :
ries hare, however, cost, us many of our most
brave and valuable men, yet have brought U9
no prospect of Peace. I consider. Peace as fat .
off as when we commenced hostilities. In
fact, I cannot see with whom Peace is to be
made. All government appears to be at an ;
end. The country must be thoroughly subju
gated, and its Nationality, if it ever possessed
any, be extinguished." , . . .'
Extract of a letter from an American5 fo lii :
friend in this Citydated . ;' : .: : .
: Matamoiios, Novii 25" 1847
I see no prospect of a speedy termination of i'
the Mexican War. However much to be de- -plored,
it has now become a matter of necessi
ty to use more stringent measures with Hhe : -Mexican
people. Hitherto the-War has been 4
a blessing rather than a curse in Mexico pour- i
ing, as it has poured, the treasure cf our coun
try into the laps of her people, and adding to .
their comforts instead of increasing their bur
dens. To conclude a Peace, the U. States must '
recede greatly from her demands; Mexico will
never make Peace by greatly dismembering her . ,
territory; and she can carry on a predatory War -for
any length of time the character of her .
country and the nature of net people enabling :.
her to do so with ease and at a trifiing expense. "
The idea of subjugating her is Utopian. .The ,
most we can rio is to hold her- sea-ports, 7
and guard the Texas frontier. This, however,. -
can only be done at a vast expense of blood and
treasure, without a prospect of indemnity, as
the internal wealth of Mexico belongs not to ,
her citizens, but if is in the hands of foreign-;,
ers. and consequently hot available to the UnU"
ted States for any purposes of-,' Re venue! "i
And beside, the amount which nrfy -bev raLstHl
by aTariffupon imports is mqch.exjiggera ted, ,
The long continued Prohibiting tystem has .
either dimiuished the wants of -the ' people as
to articles of'Foreigngrowth.andManufacture,
or their places -have been supplied by ' products - .
of home industry.; To attempt to iaise money
by Internal Taxes, or forced contribli lions lyxtdtd '
be fruitless, as their own-Government las al- -
ready drained the Mexican -People of, almost V
their last dollar, and it wonld take- years of r
National repose and active industry on the part
of the People to put Mexico in a. condition s to
support even a home Government,' economi- v
cally administered,' Political mountebanks a
Washington may prate' 3 much as they I .
please about making Mexico herself bear the .
burden of the War; the'.thing -cannot be-;done -it
is of all impossibilities the most impossible
I see no other course to pursue, in, the prea- :" .
ent state of affairs, than to organize a well-ap-pointed
force of 10,000 men, 2..0(KV:of them " "
cavalry, to occupy point3 of the llio Grande. -stretching
from its mouthy to its sources and -across
to the Pacific a like, command tpoccu
ptheGulf border and a fleet pfsn.allcraftio. .
be constantly on the cruise along tLe coasts
withdrawing alt troop drom the interior of
Mexico, except from California, which may le '
held by the aid of our Pacific fleet, and. 1,000 -Infantry
for garrison purposes, and another-1,-- -
000 Cavalry for occasional service..' . A sufiUj'
cient force as immigrants would soon 'place
the country in our .hands beyond the hope of re- "
covery on the part of Mexico, f - .ri:;
; I deprecate the Waras unjustand unnatural,
and at the risk of being accused of 'Moral Trea-'
son,' I do not hesitate to deplore its occurreacv
By Telegraph from the Louisville Journal,'"' ' "
o Wasrington, January 4
In the Senate shortly after the opening of :
the chamber this morning, the galleries were, '
densely crowded by an "attentive 'auditory to -hear
the. discussion that' was -likely to take
place upon the special order of the day Sir.
Calhoun's resolutions relative' to the:: Mexican
war.:.; !; v-i-, "I-r. ia .'
Mr. Calhoun took, the floor, and in a speech
of considerable length maintained hisi position 1" -advanced
in his resolutions." -He decleied the'
further prosecution . of ihe war: unnecessary "
that in its inception it was wrong, and produc-
ed solely by the act of the President and' not
by any act of Mexico. . He denieel that there
had been adeouate cause for the commence
ment of hostilities, and that the existing state
of things had been brought about without, juat
or sufficient reason. ' ' " .
He strenuously urged the withdrawal of the
troops now in Mexico to a defensive line, to'
be held till a satisfactory treaty of p:ace shall'
have been ratified between Mexico and the. Up
states. He stated that he. had originally . op- -
posed the war for reasons other than now of-4
fered; but its speedy termination is now: coun-'
selled by impending dangers menaeing the pros
perity and happiness of the United Scales. : "la
its continuation we are threatened by an im-; .
mense and heavy national, debt,, and will of
necessity be compelled to employ and sustain" -a
large standing army with all its concomitant '
evils, alike demoralizing in its influences upon
a large portion of our citizens, as well as en-,
dangering the permanence pf our civil and re
ligious institutions. i,
He denounced the proposition for a further"
prosecution of the war in the hope of securing "
greater . chances of obtaining indemnities by
its longer continuance, and finally endanger
ing our free institutions by the annexation of
such portion of foreign territory as may be thus
acquired by force of arms. ; ";'. . -,. '
He opposed the President's recommenda- "
tions, made in his last annual message to Con
gress, in relation to the Mexican war, &c.,
throughout, nud concluded by an earnest ap
peal to the Senate to investigate well the ob-:
jects to be gained by a further" prosecution of
the war, and to carefully consider tbs results -that
are likely to be produced by such a course.
. The resolutions were finally postsoned to a
farther day. . "- - v
The proceedings of the House on fhi.i day
were unimportant. - ;"-',.;
Washington Jan. 74 8J P. M.
The Senate was not in session to dav. ,
The House was engaged all day in 'the dis-;
cussion of the Southern mail bill. : -. u. ;
Sundry amendments weTe adopted, and va- .
rious others proposed and lost. ... '
During the discussion several points of of-"
der were raised, and much confusion prevailed'
up to the hour of adjournment.
Naval Court Martial. It is understood that
a Naval Court Martial will be held at the '
Charlestown '(Mass.) Navy Yard, on the 10th
January; for the. trial of Commander R. S. '
Pmkney, late of the U. S. ship Decatur, re-
cently arrived at Boston from the Gulf of Mex- :
ico, on charges of misconduct, &c. preferred.
against him
Texas U, S. Senatoh. As WB9 cnf?c?rno.4 "
Gen. Sam. Houston has been re-elects! IT. S
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