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THE TIMES.
PAYETTE J
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1846.
RELIGIOUS NOTICE.
The services of the Episcopal Church
will be held regularly, until further notice,
by Rcv'd E. Keep, in the Grand Jury
room at the Court House, every Sabbath,
atjhalf-past 10 o'clock, in the morning, and
3 o'clock in the afternoon, or at the ringing
of the bell of the Baptist Church.
FROM SANTA FE.
The latest information from Santa Fe,
represents matters as peaceablo there be
I ween our troops and the Mexicans though
some of the letter writers intimate that they
would not be surprised at on outbreak, and
an attempt on the part of the Mexicans
to retake the place. There is said to be
much disorder since Gen. Kearney left
There is a large number of troops there,
and, idle, as they are, we are not surprised
to hear of disorder. Col. Doniphan, it is
stated, after settling some Indian difficulties,
will proceed South, to Chihuahua, provided
he can get the necessary means of trans,
portation of which there are doubts ex
pressed. The Mormons have not left for
California. News had been received at
Santa Fe from Gen. Kearney; ho was
about 200 miles from that place, and had
abandoned his wagons, and would proceed
with pack mules. It was known at Santa
Fe, that Magoffin, Connolly, and oilier lead
crs, who had set out for Chihuahua, had
been robbed by the Indians. The other
leaders were awaiting definc news from
Gen. Wool, before procecding-.JFetr were
entertained that the troops at SantMFe
would suffer during the winter forjwarit of
provisions. 1 here is abundance pi storej
at lieni s 1' ort, but it is with greatvdiwcultj
they can be earned forward to Santa Fe-
the"'mules and wagons being in a wretched
condition, and the season far advanced
Conquests in California or New Mexico,
says a correspondent cf the Republican
are a mere matter of parade resistance
being out of the question. The poor devils
neither, know nor care any thing ahou
Government of either the United States or
Mexico. The only question with them is
"Who will pay most for a sheep or a wo.
man's smile?" The former article is be
coming quite dear, as our provision trains
come up slowly. The latter is something
of a drug in the market, for two reasons
, In the first placc,ourmen have no money
iiovernmeni uran ucing uncurrent, am
the disbursing officer! having nothing else
to offer. The second reason shall be name
less. They have sent to St. Louis to have
8100,000 in specie brought out, but it wil'
be towards spring before it arrives, if it
arrives at all.
Col. Benton's remarks about the issue of
this War office currency, were perfectly
correct; and they are now hawked about
Santa Fe at 10 per cent, discount, and no
buyers at that. In the meantime, the first
of November the time when the Volun
. ! l it . .
leers arc to ue paw, according to law is
rapidly approaohing. One hundred dollar
drafts which is the lowest denomination
are not a convenient kind of funds for sol
dicrs, even if they were at par. I hap
pened to be at the office of the Quarter
Master to day, and found his Sergeant try
ing to buy six mules for the Mormon Bat
talion, for which the Mexican asked $75
each. He finally (after consulting with a
trader) agreed to take $100 each, in Gov
ernment checks! Whether or not they were
purchased, I am not able to say. I mention
these things merely to show tho short
sighted policy of this hard money adminis
tration. We look forward with gloomy anticipa
tions to tho future. There are not provis
ions enough in the country, including al!
that ore now here or expected, to lust be
yond the first of February. The country
cannot furnish the deficiency, even were
there funds to buy it. Three thousand
armed men in a stato of starvation, is a
mass not easily kept in subordination!
particularly when a largo portion of thrm
come out as armed emigrants to Califor
niaa region which none of them (save
the Mormons) will ice, in the service of the
United States. If they go in the spring,
they will go on their own hook mark this
prediction!
Mas. Connor vs. Estate of Gev Van
Nrs. There is a trial going on at Wash
ington City, in which a Mrs. Connor, whose
name has appeared in tho newspapers fre
ijuently of late, figures as plaintiff. Slit
sues for the recovery of an interest in the
estate of Gen. Van Ness, Fate of Washing
ton City, alledging that she is his widow.
The counsel for the heirs the General bu
ying died without a will treat tho whole
matter as an attempted fraud.
MORE TROOrS CALLED FOR!
Requisitions have been sent out from the
War Department, culling into the service
of the United States nine additional regi
ments of volunteers to serve during the
war with Mexico, unless sooner discharged.
They are asked for from tho following
States:
One regiment of infantry fiom Ma-s.;
One of infantry from the Slate of N. Y.;
Ono of infantry from Pennsylvania;
One of infantry from Virginia;
One of infantry from North Carolina;
Ono of infantry from South Carolina;
Oncof infantry from Louisiana;
One of infantry from Mississippi; and
One of mounted men from Texas.
This call camo upon the country very
unexpectedly, and has created no little ex
citetnent. The givings-out of the Wash
ington Union, wero such as led to the belief
that no more troops would be called for
and this led to the belief on the part of the
people that the war would soon be termi
nated. The Secretary of War, only a few
days before the call above was made,
wroic the following letter:
War Department, )
October 15, 1816. J
Sir: In reply to your Icilrr of the 12ih in
stnnt, 1 have the honor to inform you that it is
not contemplated to make m y further call on the
Executive of your State for any voluntc-er or
militia force, with a view to the existing war
with Mexico. A sufficient amount of force for
the prosecution of thai war has, it u believed,
been already called into service.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
""""o. ' Your ohedient servant,
WT'TJ'b.MARCY, Secretaiy of War.
Mr. Willard Savlsbcry,
Georgetown, Susoex county, Delaware.
Upon this subject the Republican re
marks, "the public will, very naturally, in
quire, what had occurred between the 11th
of November, when this letter was pub.
lished in the Union, and the ICth, when the
call for nine additional regiments of vol
u nice r s is announced? The tone of the
official paper, instead of being of a very
belligerent cast, had taken an opposite di-
rection. Indeed, it ridiculed the idea of
more troops being wan'.ed, and rapped
some of the writers over the knuckles for
suggestions that Gen. Taylor might be in
need of more men to carry on the war
vigorously. But, whatever the cause for
this sudden departure from the coy reserve
of the Administration in calling for troops
before the late five million loan was ob
tained, the movement furnishes cvidencp
in itself, that Mr. Pci k has ceased to hope
for any immediate peace with Mexico. This
we llMnk,irf 'pitied point, and the sooner-
therefore, tbesc men are embodied, and as
maiWiirrofe, if necessary, the sooner are
wo likely to bring Mexico to terms. There
will be, of course, no want of alacrity in
lag-JUf-tr,aitt,sr4rQ this additional
rf force -wHTsWin bernttlTfe way to Tampion,
or anyjothcr point to which it may bo or
foVed
In i'3 connexion, we cannot forbear the
remark, that it was at least unfortunate for
the country that the regiment of Missouri,
Volunteers, assembled at Ft. Leavenworth,
two or three months ago, were so summa
rily disbanded. They would have been,
by this time, if kept in garrison there, effi
cient soldier, ready to march to any point
at which their services might bo wanted,
and the Government would have saved the
hundred thousand dollars which was paid
to them fordoing nothing.
IN D FAN DEPREDATIONS.
We understand that Maj. Scmxfji and
Lieut. AnvsTiioNo, U. S. A., have arrived
at Fort Leavenworth from Santa Fe. They
confirm, we learn, the information, pre
viously received, of the robbery of a train
of United Slates wagons, by the Indians.
near the pass of the Arkansas. There
were thirty wagons and one hundred and
sixty mule") in the train, and they were
accompanied by forty men. The wagons
were filled with clothing and hospital stoi cs,
commissary s stores, sugar, coffee, &c.
They took possession of every thing, ex
cept tho wagons, and made ofT with the
property. This outrage was committed by
a party of two hundred Pawnee Indians;
and little opposition was made by the mcn
as they were without ammunition.
They cut open and scattered about three
hundred sacks of flour to the four winds
of heaven. The prairie, for miles around
the spot where the robbery was committed,
is said to have been as while as if covered
with snow. The villainous rascals, imme
diately upon getting possession of the wag
ons, set to work powdering themselves, and
the coler of their yellow skins was soon
changed to ono of snowy whiteness. The
sport of snow-balling each other with hands
full of fl mr they enjoyed to a great dc
irop; and after making the most of ihe
frolic, they bedecked themselves out in the
n icks, and in tiiin garb several were seen
ly the men who returned to Fort Leaven
worth, on tho plains, two or throe days
after the robbery. One fellow had mod
eled his sackioto a turban, and the brand,
Lf. S., wus immediately in front. The let-
tors were quit,) uiiiute'iiiililu to thorn, but
nevertheless they seem t i prize them quite
M.it ... .1' I 1 I -I . .'It
"'h'" i i" un uieein cionis maeie, oi
thm tho '.S. vviig contrived to be wu
.-.itiv.-u in ii inn, i no i niihei y was
doubt tho effect of gross negligence.
no
TOBACCO CONVENTION.
The Tobacco Planters of several coun
ties in Kentucky held a Convention on the
16th inst., at which they recommend the
retention of tobacco in the Kentucky mar
kets,, fur sale there, at least until the 15th of
May, of each year. This course is advised
as a remedy against existing evils in the
New Orleans Market. The object is to
establish tobacco marts in Kentucky, which
will be under the control of its laws.
A committee appointed for that purpose,
reported the following resolutions
Resolved, That the tremendous frauds prnfttisd
Dgainsl the tobacco interests of Kentucky in the
city of New Orleans have justly Rlarmed not
only the planter, hut tho purchaser of tobacco,
and imperiously demand of the farmer that he
seek, not only new giinrantces of his rights, but
that he maintain them in his own hands.
Resolved, That all experience has proven that
a home market is the best market whenever it in
attainable; that this grneral and universal truth is
particularly applicable to those forrign markets
hampered by a Legislature over which we have
no control.
Resolved, That tha tobacco planters of Kon
lucky have been long enough the "hewers of
wood and the drawers or water for the fallings
of New Orleans; and that the clearest dictates of
policy and interest, both Stato and individual,
demand (hat they build up for themselves a mar.
ket for their great staple at home.
Resolved, Thnt a committee of five ha appoin
ted to draft an ad drrss to the tobacco planters of
Kentucky, exposing the frauds olid inconvernen
ccs of the New Orleans market, and selling forth
the advantages of a home market for that staple.
After much discunsion on tho part of
several members of the convention, touch
ing the questions connected with the pro
tection of tho tobacco trade, W. L. Under
wood tendered the following resolutions to
the convention, which were unanimously
adopted:
Rtsolved, That while the legitimate range of
this convention is necessarily confined to the few
counties here represented, nevertheless it recom
mends not only to the planters in the counties
represented, but to those of the State at large, to
accumulate their tobacco at the most convenient
and accessible point or points within the S'nte,
promising and affording facilities for the sale of it,
and retain it Ihfre subject to salo at least until ihe
12;h of May of each year, until some permanent
remedy is made for the evil now complained of,
and if not sold by that time, subject to such
other disposition as (he owner may direct.
Resolved, That the Legislature of Kentucky
be, and it is hereby respectfully requested, at its
next session, seriously to consider ihe best means
of fostering and protecting the general tobacco
interests of the State; and how far this great sta.
pie, by the estiihlishment of public warehouses,
at appropriate points within our own limits, may
be msdo to contribute, without imposing im
proper burthens on the planter, to the revenue of
Kentucky, rather than to the revenue of a sister
Slate.
Resolved, further, That the tobacco growing
states in the great .Mississippi valley be invited
to co operole with Kentucky in the central fester-
ing and protecting of thn tobacco interest, by
urging on the authorities of tho General Govern
ment tho consummation of such treaties and com
mercial regulations as are calculated to place
the great staple of tobacco upon its legitimate
looting in lorcign mantels ol the world.
Tho chair then appointed the following gon'le
men to prepare the address to the nconla of Ken
tnchy, contemplated in the fourth resolution, viz:
Thomas S'rangJ, W. L. Umlfiwood, J. Virden,
G:-o. I). Blakey. Hubert r. Pulliam, J. W. Go
rin and S. A. Atchison.
BOMBTUi7MENT OF TOBASCO.
ina expedition or comir.otioic retry
against Tobasco was successful. We copy
the following particulars of the affair, given
oy one who was in the attack:
On the 17th, Corn. Perry left with tho small
vessels for Tobasco, surprising in that river a
number of prizes. The city was summoned to
an unconditional surrender, and upon an em
phatic ' 7iUica," the Commodore opened on it
bom his own vessel, the Vixen, the fire being
returned with musketry from the houses and bar
ricades acioi3 the streets, The following day,
tho foreign Consuls and some of the principal
inhabitants sent olf, under a flag of truce, to
Loin. Terry, praying that ho would order the
firing to cease, statin? that the military command
ant had neither propeny nor interest theio, and
that the avenues fiom the city were guarded by
the soldiers, preventing the escape of women
and children, some of whom had been killed b"
the bursting of the shells. The Commodore,
like a brave man, at ct.cc gave up the idea of
the empty honor of reduuii.e tho nlace. and
promised to liave the next duy, if not .nolcsud.
The next morning, however, Lieut. Parker, of
the Mississippi, drifted wiihin a few yards of
the shore in a small sloop, with Midshipman
Wheclock and some twenty men with him,
where ho was fired on by n large body of soldiers.
Ha defended himself gallantly and successfully,
with the loss of but ono man, nnd hauled off
into the stream. Lieut. Charles W. Mori is
(aci g as Coin. Perry's aid) was despatched
with orders to abandon her, who, in the execu
tion of lies duty, full mortally wounded. He
was shot in the neck, the bull glancing down,
wards, and survived till the third day. His fall,
the first officer (and a brave and accomplished
one he was) lost to the navy in this war, allowed
little mercy to bo shown in tho fire which was
immediately n sound by our squadron; and a
coris'duiable part of the town had been battered
down when Com. Perry concluded that they had
been sufficiently punished, and left for Anion
Lizardu wilh his prizes.
When ihe Armadi left Vera Cruz, the srtna
dron were preparing for an expedition, the des'i.
nation of which has not been made public, but
was presumed to be Tumpico or a point not far
from Tobasco.
Hamnibai. Joukmal. YVe havo received the
second number of a paper bearing the above ti-
tie, issued bom Hannibal, Missouri, by 11. D.
La Cossiit. It is a hard locofoco paper, of res
pectable size.
We copy the above from the Fayette (Mo.)
Times. V'e can essure tha Ediior of the Times
that, so far from being a ILird, wa never have
been, ate not, and never will be a democrat, hard
ii oi lenai an Ming as mo picstni, orgnmza.
lion ol the two parties sliali continue. We pro-;
less to te whig, wi.;g to trie core, and such we
expect to remain. Ihe Junes mistook the name
ti btiouiu liavo stilled do
i . . . ,
Hannilidl Gazelle."
Hannibal Journal.
thnt, " Ruck I" Only
Wo know all
mistake in the name
I wits.
from Urn Libcity Tribuno. 1
Notwithstanding Wheat, Corn, Flour, &c. &c.
are in demand on the Seaboard, end in our Wes
tern cities, at fair prices, it is all the same to the
people living on the Missouri river as If they
bore no price at all. They ere excluded from
Ihe market by tho high prices of freights, conso-
quent, somewhat, upon ihe low stage of tho river.
It will always be so until something is done to la
cilitate the means of getting to market. We
have a rich fertile country; yet, for all practical
purposes, it might as well not be bo- I wish,
therefore, to tail ihn attention of the Editors of
the newspapers in Plalte City, Weston, St. Jo
seph, S.ivanneh, Fayette, Glasgow, Columbia,
Fulton, Paris, Bowling green, St. Charles, Pal
myra and Hannibal, to the propriety of urging a
Convention of the people at some suiluble point,
say Fayette, to take into consideration the subject
of a Rail Road fiom Hannibal to St. Joseph." 1
believe that such information would be elicited,
in such a Convention, as to induce Eastern cap.
italists to embai k in the undertaking. There is
not a road in North America, save those between
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia nnd New
V'oik, that will be moro profitable. A Conven
tion, composed of men of practical good sense,
will be able to set foilh the advantages of the en
terprise in such a manner as absolutely to de
nionsiruie its necessity over any other in the
Western country. CLAY COUNTY.
A Convention on this subject can cer
tainly do no harm, and mavdo much good;
tbi'iefoip, wc go in for it. The great dif
ficulty which has attended the navigation
of the Missouri river, for tho last two or
three seasons, is a strong'argumetit in fa
vor of the establishment of such a road.
The merchants of this place, Glasgow,
Rrunswick, Keytesville, and Hunlsville, for
the last two years, have shipped most of
their goods to Hannibal, and wagoned
them from there home, because it was n
cheaper and more certain mode of getting
them in season, than by shipping them up
the Missouri. The farmer, loo, is prevent
ed from selling the products of his farm,
because ho cannot get them to a market,
and his Wheat, Hemp, Pork, &c, brings
him scarcely enough to pay for raising,
while those in other sections, who have the
proper facilities for carrying their products
to market, are getting good prices for them.
These facts, which are plain which every
one sees and feels', arc strong arguments in
favor of the establishment of such a road,
from such points on the rivers, as a full in
vestigation of the subject shall show to be
the proper ones. All classes are interested,
inasmuch ns all would feel the benefits of
such a road. The sooner and the more the
subject is agitated, the better; a full inves
ligation is all that is necessary to convince
every one of tho utility and necessity of
such a road. We commend it to the con
sideration of our readers, and brethren cf
the press.
WAR MONEY SANTA ANNA'S
PASS
We invito the particular attention of the
reader to the following letter from the
Washington correspondent of the Palti
moro Patriot. Mr. Polk, at the commence
ment of the session of Congress, will find
upon his shoulders a weight of rcsponsibil
ity and guilt that would crush all the lo
cofocos in Christendom:
Washington, Oct. 23, 1816
Very soon after Congress assembles, pronosi
ions, it is understood, will be made in that body
lor the appointment ol select committees of in
vesligation to enquiro into the causes, objects,
and expenses ol the war with Mexico, and the
real liuth of the case in regard to the alleged
intrigue ol the Executive with feanta Anna.
As the matter now stands in relation to the
intrigue, a mountain ofcensure is piled up against
Mr. 1'olK. it is time lor thesiiniect lo be explo
red lo ihe bottom thnt the people may know why
and for what object Capl. Slidell Mackenzie was
sent lo Havana, wiiera lie had un interview with
Santa Annu: why and for what object the Presi
dent called upon Congress for two millions of
dollars, to be used in Mexican mailers; whether
any portion of the desired two millions has been
drawn from (ho Treasury and paid away, and if
so, how much and lo whom paid; how Santa
Anna and Almonte, and the Mexican Generals
accompanying lliem, came to obtuiu a free pass
thiiiugh our tilockaoe into Vera Litaz: and who
fiirn'slied the pa.-sporl, or gave the order for those
hifh fiiiirtionH'-ies. who are now at the head of the
Republic and the army of Mexico, to pass unino
lested through our squadron!
If Mr. Polk conies out of the investigation
unscathed, let the censures that have been casit
upon him in the matter be forthwith taken back
and let the country do him justice. If, on the
contrary, li.s conduct shows that the censures
have been just, let the country fiown upon him
with more indignation than ever! It is due to
the country and due lo him that a full and search"
ing investigation of the mailer should bo instilu
ted by Congress, This can only be done by a
committee of investigation, with power to send
lor papers and persons, ihe passage of resolu
tions, culling upon the President or the heads of
departments for tho information, will avail noth
ing. Replies will be delayed, or not rendered
at all.
It is time for the farmers and mechanics and
all others to look at the cost of this war with
Mexico; at its cost in hard cash, to say nothinr
of the thousand lives lost by sickness, and the
thousand lost in br.ttle, in consequence of it.
Congress, at its late session, appropriated fifty
ono millions op dollars. Thn money is ell
expended, and the expenses of the war are not
half paid. Clo the war now, and it looks as
if it had only just begun, and the sum of one
IJUNDItED AND riFTV MILLION'S OF DOLLARS WOllId
not mors than cover all its expenses, according
to thoso who are best in calculating these mat
ters.
Just think of it one hundred and fifty mil.
lions of dollars, under Mr, Pulk's administra-
uon, wnen, in on. or rnnila, peace and tialilornia
might have been obtained, us all believe, for a
h is sum limn ten miliums!
One hundred and fifty miillions or silver
dollaiis! Why Ihe sum uould loaione thousand
and four hundred tlx hor;t wigm, end the
tiainof teams drawing this ainojnt of csh, ez
pended ly an "economical Democratic Adminis
tration," In its war with Meiioo, woulJ b more
than twenty one miles longl
Here s a turn of money and an amount oi in.
ver for the farmers, mechanics, and all others lo
contemplate! Actually this vast sum is required
of tho people, by this immaculate Administration,
lo carry on a war wilh Mexico; a war that, on ac
count of Ihe manner, in which it was begun, and
the progress which has been made in it, must and
ought to bo carried vigorously on to a triumphant
and an honorable termination, let ' the cost be
what it may!
But it was commenced Improperly, and its
whole conduct, so far as this verdant Administra.
tion of ours is concerned, has been wrong. Tho
army was started on the wrong roule to the inte
rior of Mexico. Supplies and ponton trains
were not speedily enough furnished. When the
rivers had all been crossed, then the means of
crossing them arrived! The orders sent to Gen.
Taylor hud been too contradictory. The op
pointment of generals for the volunteers was for
the most part a very verdant selection of very
green men. The uselessness of most or the
generals left at Cainargo and Matamoras by Gen.
Taylor, when he proceeded lo Monterey, ought to
teach the American people the folly of confer
ring tho power upon a President who it no sort
of a military man, or a judge of military charac
ter, lo appoint such a batch of generals as those
alluded to. POTOMAC.
From theN. O. Tropioof the 17lh.
FROM THE ARMY !
TheU. S. Btcam-propeller Massachusetts,
Copt. Wood, left Urnzos Santiago on
Thursday afternoon, 12th instant, and
reached the Balize Sunday evening. She
ran aground in a fog about twelve miles
below this city but will undoubtedly be up
this morning.
We learn from tt passenger that all was
quiet at Monterey. iTencral lavlor was
making preparations to advance. General
Wool, finding tho roule to Chihuahua im
practicable, had abandoned it, and he was
on bis march to join Gen. Taylor. Santa
Anna was at San Luis Potosi. Ampudia
was also reported to be there. We have
the following items respecting the troops
at dillercnt points on the Kio U ran tie.
Col. M'Kce's 2d regiment of Kentucky
Infantry were under marching orders for
Monterey, three Companies having already
left Camargo. The Gesrgia regiment had
probably reached Gem Taylor's camp.
Gen. Marshall's regiment"1-of Kentucky
mounted men were encamped four or five
miles below Camargo. Some Companies
of Colonel Orinby's regiment of Kentucky
Infantry were at Camargo. The 1st regi
ment of Ohio Volunteers were garrisoned
at Matamoras. The Tennessee regiment
of mounted men wero encamped a short
distance below Matamoras. The 1st regi
ment of Indiana Volunteers were encamped
at the mouth of the river.
The recruits for tho regular army are
sent forward to Monterey as fast as they
arrive.
The troops on the river were in expecta
tion of taking up their line of march for
Tampico, but nothing had been received
from General Taylor since ho obtained the
dispatch from Government to break the
armistice.
Captain Ridgely lingerro for three days
in a state of insensibility before he died.
FROM MEXICO VIA HAVANA.
The brig Hayne, Williams, arrived here
yesteiday from Havana. By this arrival
we have Havana papers to the 6th instant
inclusive. The British mail steamer Tay
had arrived, bringing news from Vera Cruz
to the 1st instant, and from tho city of
Mexico to the 27th. We give a few items
gleanetl from our papers.
The people of Vera Cruz were under the
impression that our Gulf Squadron, off
that port, were destitute of fuel and suffer
ing greatly from scurvy, and that the war
had already cost us 800,000,000. They,
judging trom the lone ot their papers, think
that, it hostilities are prolonged, their lie
public must triumph, particularly if they
can cut up our troops by skirmishe Pos
itive orders, say private leitrs, have been
given uy oanta Anna ior an me Troops at
baltillo to tail back on ban Luis rotosi.
aan Luis Potosi had declared ajjamst
Gen. Salas, Acting President of-Mexico,
in favor of Santa Anna. Gen. S. fled the
capitol but afterwards returned, and the
Ministers of Foreign Affairs and of Jus
tice, Pacheco and Kejon, had resigned, Jose
Maria Lafraqua and Eazuin Ladron being
: .i i a , , S
upiuuueu in inuir pmces. Ampunia reoxsneM
San Luis Potosi on the 21st ult. It was
said that Santa Anna would soon have an
army of 20,000 men. They were concen
trating al San Luis. Rivera had left, it
was surmised, to raise a loan of $20,000,000
abroad.
Santa Anna would make no defence of
Tampico, hoping to draw our army into
the interior anu thus cut them up.
Vera Cruz was being strongly fortified.
nnd a ditch around tho city had been com
menced.
Ihe utmost enthusiasm seemed to pre
vail among the citizens ot Mexico for a
vigorous prosecution of the war.
Congress is to meet on the 0th December.
It wus stated in the papers, as news re
ceived in the city of Mexico, that tho for
ces ol Gen. Komcro, who bad not signed
the capitulution of Montet y, had met with
a party of Americans, and that 100 of the
latter had been made prisoners, that four
pieces of artillery were taken, and that 80
Americans were killed. This is certainly
news tins way, and ot course not to be
credited.
Counterfeit American half dollars, made
in a very superior manner, are in circula
tion in New York. There are a great ma
ny of them afloat, of lite beautiful Federal
devices, ami lettered on the edge. The
metal stands aquafortis well, but is duller
in tho sound than silver, though nearly as
hard to cut. It is particularly to bo do
tected by a feel and look of grensiness,
Odd Fellowship. Tho Gratitude
Lodge of Baltimore pay 81200 lo the heirs
of Col. Watson, Mr. Mecks, and Mr. G. A.
Herring, r.f the Baltimore Volunteers,
killed in Mexico, being $100 to their res
pective heirs.
Of the Joint Committee appointed to tellh wall
the Auditor and Treasurer, madt Novem
ber 25V, 1846. " ."..j,
To Die General Atumbly of the Stateif Miuourii '
Titf. Committer, consisting of one mem
ber of the Senate and two members of the
House of Representatives, appointed by the
Governor to make settlement with the Ail-,
ditor of Piiblin Accounts and the State
Treasurer, beg leave to make the following
REPORT t
Tho books of the Auditor' Office show
that the Treasurer is r.hatgeablo al fol
'owe, to wit!
Amount receipts into the treasury in the
two fiscal yean ending 30th September,
184G $477,728 70
Amount balance in the treasury 1st Octo
ber, 1844 . 48,694 48
Amount outstanding warrants, tst October,
1844 1,811 93
The necessary vouchers in the Treasurer'
Office show that of the amount of war
rants issued, 3329,481 G6, the Treasurer
has redeemed the sum of 322,737 12, lea
ving to be charged to the Treasurer, out
standing warrants, amounting lo the sum
of 6,744 54
$534,979 58
The Treasurer is to be credited with the
amount of warrants issued during the fis
cal years, endinq 1st October, 1846, ei
appears from the books of the Auditor,
with $329,481 66
Amount wolf-scalp certificates burnt by1
the committee in 1844 11.565 00
Amount deficit of M'Clellan, late Treasu
rer 3,118 78
Amount required by the General Assembly
to be placed to the credit of the Treasu
" rcr 438 38
8344,600 82
Balance in the treasury, 1st
October, 1846,
$190,378 76
The balance in the treasury consists of
the following items, to wit:
Interest on outstanding bonds
as evidenced by' coupons in
the treasury $60,395 18
Wollscalp certificates in the
treasury 7,364 00
Certificates of Deposit in
Bank to the credit of the
Treasurer 63,235 97
Cash, or its equivalent, in the .
Treasury 59,382 61
$190,378 76
Upon a careful examination of the booki
of the present Auditor, the committee taka.
pleasure in stating, that they are kept 'tl
the greatest care and accuracy. The bojoLs?
of tho Auditor and Treasurer correspond!
every particular; and the manner in which
they have been kept, reflects credit upon
those officers. Since the last biennial ex
amination made of the accounts of those
officers, there have been two examination!
made of the books in the Auditor's nlK.
one by a committee appointed by the Gen
eral Assembly, in the year 1844, to settle
he accounts of Hirom H. Babcr, and the
other by a committee appointed by the Gov
ertior to settle the accounts of William Mon
roe, late AuJitor. Your committee have
not thought i: necessary or proper to exam
ine into the correctness of those settle
ments, but, in their examination, have ta
ken it for granted, that the action of those
committees was correct.
It will be perceived that the committee
have given the Treasury credit for the defi
cit of A. M'Clellan, former Treasurer, inas
much as he yet stands charged with that
amount; and also for the sum of $48 38, for
which the Treasurer was authorized to be
credited by a joint resolution of the Gener
al Assembly, passed at the session of 1849
and 1843.
JOHN W. HANCOCK, of the Senate.
N. B HOLDEN, ) ...
JAS. O. BKOADHEAD.t JtheHou"'
MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION.
The friends of sound principles through
out the country will rejoice al the signal
triumph of the Wh if? a of Masgcliiisp.tf o nnri
especially in tho great triumph of thoso
principles ana oi nign personal merit which
has attended the election in Boston. There,
that Sterling Whirr fentlemnn i C VV:.
O o B " --. w. T , ill-
throp, has been chosen by an unprccedent-
cu niujui ujr uici mo viuieni i pposilion er
both 1 .oco Focos and Abolitionists.- . This
latter party, indeed, seems to have been
utterly prostrated in rhe Slate notwithstand
ing the insidious assertions nf iKa n..
' J - vm tiauuVT-
ernment organ here of a coalition between
the Whigs and Abolitionists; for out of the
eighty-eight members of tho Legj-jjiture
vtiiusc umcwuii ima ueen neaja or, only lioo
Abolitionists have been chosen, and sin
Locofocos to keep them in countenance;
the remaining eighty are all constitutional
Whigs. What will "Mrs. Grundy" of the
Union say now?
We are hannv to nt.nte nlon ibni l
1 I J iiiaimguillUl
district of Massachusetts. wlnVh r.n..
sented in the last Congress by Williami,
Locofoco, and has remained vacant during
the present Congress, after two or three
ineffectual trials, has now hnnn filler! k.,
election of Artemas Hale, Whig; so that
the entire representation of the State is
now Whig. National Intel.
Oub next Governor. The MetrnnoK.
tan, in an article on the subject of our next
Governor, mentions Ihe names of the fol.
lowing gentlemen, who are lookinr. for
ward to the Gubernatorial chair Col. A.
Hunter, Dr. J. II. Relfe. Judoo Hb-n....
man, Major C. F. Jackson. Lt. Gov v..-
Judge King, Hon. J. M.IIughes, Col. Mar.
maduke nnd Judge McBiido. We should
think the locos might make a ...
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of all this "rough material."
rjCTWe are indebted to Sennm. n
line, of this county, for Legislative doca"
menls.
DCpWe receive the Tri Weeklu U.
rer very irregularly.