JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, May 2 8, I 46.
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tisements for the Republican.
Democratic Whig Candidate.
POR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
JAMbiS M. POWER,
OF MERCER COUNTY.
TIic War.
We devote a considerable portion of our pa
per to-day, in recording the warlike movements
and actions on our Southern border, l will
be seen that our brave little army has had sev
eral engagements with the enemy, in all of
which it has como off with signal honour ; kil
ling many Mexicans, with but small loss on our
part. We regret, however, the loss of those
few ; men and officers. They all fought brave
ly for their country, and a nation will lament
their death. The untimely end of the gallant.
Major Ringgold, his brother officers, and the
men under their command, will, however, make
their survirors more determined, if possible, to
do their duty, and to put a glorious termination
to the War so auspiciously began.
Pennsylvania.
The Secretary of War has made a requisi
tion upon Governor Shunk for SIX REGI
MENTS of Volunteers, as the quota of Penn
sylvania under the recent act of Congress.
The Regiments are to be composed of ten com
panies, each, of 7? men including officers, mu
sicians and privates. The companies are to be
shortly enrolled, but not mustered into active
service until further notice from Washington.
In conformity with this requisition, Governor
Shunk has given notice that he will fill up the
ix Regiments with Volunteers, if so many of
fer their services, and if not, that the balance
must be made up by draft. All companies dis
posed to volunteer their services, are requested
to report themselves to the Governor before the
20ih of June-
fflatamoras.
The latest news from the seat of War is,
rhat S000 Mexican troops had arrived at Mata-
moras, and that Gen. Paredcs, the President of
the Republic,- was on his march to the same
point with a still larger force- We hope this
account may prove incorrect.
Fall JBlecfloit,
The election, in this State, next fall, will be
one of importance. Besides the County Offi
cers and' members of the Legislature, a Canal
Commissioner and members of Congress are to
bo elected.
Taxes are staring the people in the face on
every side. Their increase has been necessa
ry, and- unless something should occur more
fortunate for poor Pennsylvania, a further increase-may
be necessary. It is proper to use
fivery precaution. The Public works may have
been well managed, but certain it is they have
been expensive. The wheels work hard;
Whether they cau be managed any better, and
with a savings can only be tested by trying.
The Board of Commissioners are all in one
party. However economical they are, it might
be well to have a member of different political
sentiments. It will cost nothing, extra to try
the experiment, and peradventure, a change
might prove beneficial. It is agreed in both
parties that Mr. Powers, the Whig candidate,
is a good man, a careful thorough business
man. Wilkes- ti arte Advocate.
Chances. A young lady, a widow, who de
scribes herself as rich, young and handsome,
Has been advertising In the French newspa
pers her desire to be married. A few weeks
go, another young widbw described herself as
beautiful, and moreover declared she had jC2,
000 a year, with the prospect of having 2,000
more before long,, was compelled to certify her
desire m 3 public advertisement, to take upon
Herself a husbandl
There are upwards of 300 licensed taverns
in Lancaster city, and county about one to er
ry forty-five voters.
The Official Account of Hie Attack
on the U. S. Cartap.
From the Washington Union
On the 1st instant, the defences on the river
being made strong, nearly completed,) General
Taylor left a garrison of some 500 men, under
Maj. Brown, of the 7th infantry, and marched
with the remainder of his army (27 miles) to
Point Isabel. Not an enemy was seen in the
whole distance. All apprehensions for the safe
ty of that depot of supplies were thus dissipated.
Dut on the morning (5 o'clock) of the 3d, the
enemy, from the side of Matamoras, opened a
heavy cannonado upon our fort, which lasted
with but littlo intermission till midnight. In
the meantime the enemy's guns (all but one
mortar) were silenced by our fort. Maj. Brown
lost one sergeant killed, andnot another man
wounded. Our gallant little band expected an
assault from this side of the river at the same
time, and was fully prepared to repel it. None
was made.
Matamoras was necossarily fired upon in the
act of silencing the enemy's batteries, and also
to kill or disperse the troops therein quartered.
The buildings were probably but little damaged.
The inhabitants, no doubt, had mostly fled before
the commencement of the cannonade. What
number of Mexican troops was only known by
conjecture; no doubt a considerable number.
General Taylor, at Point Isabel, expected,
on the 5th, to March the next day with a heavy
train of supplies for the fort on the river, and
thence to assume offensive operations against
the Mexicans ; but a private letter makes the
probable conjecture that General Arista had re
turned with his regulars to the other side of the
river leaving in the chapparah only the ran
cheros his irregular cavalry. It is not likely
that he will reinvade Texas, as General T. had
received, or expected to receive the 6ih inst.,
several detachments of troops (regulars and ir
regular.) from New Orleans.
The affair with Capt. Walker's Texan ran
gers, as was represented by rumor, was much
exaggerated. In the temporary absence of that
gallant and enterprising officer his company
lost, by a surprise, but a handful of men 8 or
10.
Three Thursdays in one Week. Let a
vessel sail east round the world, and arrive on
Thursday, according to their reckoning. On
the following day, let the crew land, they will
find it Thursday on shore. On the next day,
let them board a vessel which has just arrived
from a cruise round the world, sailing in a wes
terly direction, they will again find it Thursday
on board that ship. Thus they will find three
Thursdays in one week.
Mesmerism. Copper Mining, A New
York letter, says :
A copper company (I speak sober truth, on
the best authority,) is now sinking shafts in
search of ore in New Jersey, under the direc
tion of a clairvoyant subject, who is put to sleep
by a Professor of the art for that express pur
pose. I obtained my information from the pro
fessor himself.
There is a mountain at the head of the Gulf
of Bolhnia. where on the 21st of June the sun
does not go down at all. It only occurs one
night. The sun goes down to the horizon, you
can see the whole faco of it, and in five min
utes it begins to rise.
Mr. Mason, Attorney General, we understand,
is the member of the Cabinet who pronounced
the charges made against Mr. Webster by Mr.
Ingersoll, to be entirely destitute of foundation.
Mr.- M. stated that the proceedings were nei
ther influenced by any considerations of honor,
nor founded in truvh.
Explosion. The Powder Mill of Benjamin
Johnson, at Sumnytown, in this county, was
blown up on the evening of the 12ih inst.
Fortunately no person was in it at the time, the
individual last at the mill having Teft about ten
minutes previous to the explosion. There
were about 600 lbs. of powder in the mill.
The concussion was sensibly felt in this bor
ough, about 20 miles distant, and in the town
ship of Horsham, 14 miles to the cast of us,
and consequently still further from Sumnytown,
the concussion was violent, and generally ob
served, the windows and doors shaking so as
to cause apprehensions of an earthquake.
Norristown Herald.
Proportion of executions to population in
various countries. -In Spain 1 to 122,000,
Sweden 1 to 172,000, Ireland 1 to 200,000,
England 1 to 250,000, Baden 1 to 400,000,
Franco I to 470,000, Norway 1 to 750,000,
Austria 1 to 840,000, Prussia 1-to 1,700,000,
Bavaria 1 to 2,000,000, Belgium none since
1 830; Popular Record.
The President's Proclamation announcing
war with Mexico, is copied nearly word for
word from Mr. Madison's Proclamation of June
19, 1812, announcing the declaration of war
with Great Britain, according to the act of
Congress of the day previously. The docu
ment' may be found in Niles' Register for 1812.
Figs are now raised and prepared fur market
in Georgia agi South Carolina.
mKIWBK(-n-iVWWtJ?y
From the New Orleans Bulletin Extra, 15th inst.
LATER AND IMPORTANT NEWS
FKOM THE SEAT of WAR.
-March of General Taylor from Point
Isabel towards Ins Camp opposite
Matamoras Battle with the Mex
icans. The New Orleans papers of the IGth con
tain accounts brought by the arrival of the U.
S. schr. Flirt, which left Brazos Santiago on ihe
8th. Gen. Taylor set out from Point Isabel,
on his return to the entrenched camp, opposiie
Matamoras, on the 7th instant, at 4 o'clock, P.
M., with aboTn two thousand men, escorting a
large supply of provisions.
The Flirt left port at the same hour, and dur
ing the evening, a brisk canonade was heard,
seemingly at a distance of about eight or nine
miles from Point Isabel, which continued until
she was too far on her way to hear more. In
the course of the night, the Flirt fell in with ,
Commodore Conner's, squadron, consisting of;
the Cumberland, (flag-ship,) Raritan, Potomac,
John Adams and Somers.
These vessels were then on their way to
Brazos Santiago, to afford assistance to Gen.
Taylor, the Commodore having heard at Vera
Cruz that hostilities -had commenced. The i
Flirt was directed to return to Brazos Santia-
go with the squadron, for the purpose of taking j
important despatches to New Orleans, which i
Com. Conner was desirous of sending.
She remained at Brazos until 1 o'clock, A
i
M., the next day, when she set sail hither with J
the despatches. The noise of artillery contin-j
ued to be heard the whole of the morning of tho i
Sth, and as it gradually became less distinct, it j
was believed that the Mexicans were retreat-:
ing before the American army. During the
evening the noise was heard by the Flirt at j
onn orwl offrtr rl i r ? cirvne r f n nnnfl'i if ri linn '
were twice observed, in the direction of Mex
ico. General Taylor left Point Isabel fully confi
dent that he would be ablo to force his way to
the camp, in spite of any opposition the Mexi
cans could make. The officers and men under '
his command, were in the very best spirits and '
highly elated at the prospect of a battle with
the enemy. In a conversation with one of the
officers of the Flirt, General Taylor stated that
from all the information he could obtain, the
whole Mexican force, on both sides of the riv
er, did not exceed from 7,000 to 10,000.
Nothing further has been heard from the
camp since the departure of the New York.
General Taylor, however, expressed himself at
all times certain that Maj. Brown, with the five .
hundred men left under his command, would
be able to hold the .Mexicans at bay, if not re
pulse them, as the position of the camp was na
turally easy of defence, and no labor had been
spared to fortify its assailable points.
What were the causes of these fires is, of
course, matter of conjecture. Tho first smoke
seen, it is deemed possible, arose from the
burning of Barrita, a small town on the Mexi
can side of the Rio Grande, which it was said
Gen. Taylor designed firing on his march up
to the camp. The second is generally sup
posed by the officers of the Flirt, to have pro
ceeded from the conflagration of Matamoras.
Maj. Brown whom General Taylor had left in
command at the camp, had attempted on the
first day he was attacked, to fire Matamoras, .
but failed, as he could not heat his shot suffi-;
ciently. It was said that he contemplated
again attempting it, and it is this that gives pro
bability to the supposition.
Com. Conner, immediately on arriving at the
Brazos, communicated with Gen. Taylor, and ,
informed him of his readiness to land 1 600 to
2000 men, sailors and marines, should they be
required.
The St. Mary's was expected soon to join
the squadron at the Brazos.
A steamer was seen by the Flirt, going in
the Brazos with troops as sho left, which in all
probability was the Avgusta. The Flirt also
saw on the 12th the James L. Day and the
Telegraph, about 200 miles west of the Balize.
Creditable information had been received that
the American Consul, and all the American cit
izens at Matamoras, had been arrested arid sent
to Saltillo, a small town about 130 miles back
of Matamoras.
In one hour and a half after the arrival of the
gallant Walker, with the intelligence ihat the
.Mexicans had attacked our camp, he again
started for the camp with seventy-five men; for
what purpose was not precisely known.
The officers and the crew of the Flirt arc all
well The following is a list of the officers ;
'A. Sinclair, Lt. Commanding ; J. J. Guthrie,
Acting Quartermaster ; G. II. Cooper, Passed
Midshipman; Wm II. Fitzgerald, do ; Geo. II.
Hare, Midshipman ; John Hastings, Assistant'
Surgeon; John D. Chiselin, CaptaiuVCIerk.
' Execution. James McCaflerty" was hung
at HuniingdoR, Pa., on the 7'h itiM,
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lltMTlMTirTiiT'iT,'" - ,
GLORIOUS NEWS
FKOIfl THE SEAT OF WAR.
The Mexicans Twice Routed,
1200 Milled!
ami
The Enemy's Guns carried at
point of the Bayonet !
the
THE AMERICAN ARMS TRIUMPHANT!
T"jc IS rave and Ga33aiit
52 A xim
ltaNGC;03jD I5iet! in
his Country !
Iefe:aee off
(fight in-order to make good their rutruat to
General Vefa takes Prisoner ! wllsre lhe four thousand were in the chapparel.
7i j n ... 77 , ! I h first fight a general officer had his head
1-rom the Baltimore Sun, Extra. , . .
Our express reached Washington in advance sho1 iT'' 11 13 n01 ascerlaiJ h he was,
of every thing, and was communicated by .he?"8 h,s bod' was recognized by his drew aS he
energetic correspondent of the Baltimore Sun ' a- uPun '',e e
through Morse's Magnetic Telepranh.
O 0 - - C I
I ne news is taiceu irom tne iNew Urleans
Picayune of ihe 17ih inst , and an extra
from
the office of the Mobile Advertiser, of the IRsh. !
mm it. i
J here have been two engagements between ,
r t m i i m ,h - i r .
General Taylor and Mexican 1 mops, the first'
I m i , r, tni
occurring on the 7th inst., when Gen. I avlur
was reluming from Point Isabel to his camp
opposite Malnrnoras. In this the Mexican,
numbering from 5000 to 7000, were repulsed
Our army was sleeping on the field of battle,
on which next day 200 Mexicans were found
dead, and several pieces of artillery, stores, &c,
were captured by the American army. Mfjor'
Ringgold died from a wound received in this
action. Of the two days' battle wc can only
give the following particulars from the Picayune.
The U. S. steamer Col. Harney arrived this
morning, just as our paper was going to pros,
from Brazos Santiago. She left on the 13th
inst. The news is glorious to our arms. She
brings official accounts of a second bailie be
tween the. Mexican and the American forces,
which took place on tho 9ih of May, commen
cing at half-past 3 p. m., within 3 miles of Camp
Taylor.
Tho action was on the edge of a ravine, and
one mile from the chapparel, which was near
12 miles in width. The Mexicans commenced
the action with their artillery, which was post
ed so as to sweep a narrow passage through
which Gen. Taylor was advancing, there being
a swamp on the other hand.
Gen. Taylor immediately ordered a charge
in the teeth of the enemy's destructive fire, and
the troops promptly responding, carried the en
emy's guns at the point of the bayonet. So
sudden and impetuous was the attack, that
General Arista had no time to save his papers,
which, with all his correspondence, fell into
the hands of Gen. Taylor.
Tho action lasted one hour and a half, in
which fr'm'e" six hundred Mexicans were killed
or wounded and ihe Americans look three hun
dred prisoners, and eight pieces of artillery.
Tho Americans lost in the actiorr about sixty-two
killed and wounded. Among the killed
were Col. Mcintosh, Lieut. Cochran by the
bursting of a shell, Lieut. Inge, and one or two
others, whose names are not given.
Col. Kane, Lieuts. Gates, Verbank, Hooc,
Luther and others, were among the wounded.
We regret to say that Major Ringgold, who
was wounded on the 7ih inst., died on the 10th,
and was buried with military honors.
The total loss of the Mexicans in both ac-
lions wasr at least twelve hundred.
The Mexican forces amounted to at lea3l
G000 men, while that of the Americans did not
exceed 1G00 men.
An exchange of prisoners took place s"ubse-
quent to the battle, by which Captain Thornton
and Lieutenants Hardee and Kane were re -
leased. Lieut. Deas was not demanded.
Among the prisoners taken by Gen. Taylor
was Gen. Veja. For him two American offi
cers were offered in exchange, but it was de
clined to givo him up, save in exchange for an
officer of equal rank, whenever one should be
taken.
Gen. Veja was allowed to bo accompanied
by one of his Aids, a' Lieut. Colonel as a friond.
The Mexican army was so confident of vic
tory that every preparation had been made to
celebrate it, but all their preparations fell into
the hands of the Americans.
In their flight many of the Mexicans took to
the river, and were drowned in their attempts
to swim it.
Gen. Taylor reached his camp the afternoon
after tho action leaving there his whole force.
He started tho next morning for Point Isabel,
and arrived there on the evening of the 10th,
without molestation.
On the morning of the 11th ho started back
to his camp opposite Matamoras. Wo need
not say that ho and his army are all in fine
spirits.
Further information has heen received that
the American Consul and!all the American res
idents at Matamoras had been arrested and sent
to Saltillo, a small town about, 30 miles from
Ma'amorai
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Correspondence of the N. O. Tropic.
Brazos Saniugo, May 13.
At the receipt of the first baiile, I wroiu you
a short account ; the result of the second is now
on hand, and it is niost decisive, li now ap
pears that the Mexicans had only live thousand
men in the field at the first battle, and four
thousand stowed away in the chapparel near
the battle ground. It was their intention to
w oi.gu. auam me jusi uay, out
I being &o closely pressed they were obliged to
I 1 aUI '"""iir.g oi uie
hrsi battle into tho chapparel, then sent 800
I""'" ""-" ...nw.u.-cui vojii. mcvau,
to reconnoitre ; he advanced unmolested until
near 3, p. m , (the army following at a distance
' v J
when Capt. McCall sent word to Gen. Tavlor
, J"ur
that he had received a charge of grape shot
fa 1
froui the enemy, and lost two men.
The army was then deployed, and Captain
May, 2d dragoons, ordered to charge the bat
tery that had thrown the grape, and to lake it
if he lost every man ; he obeyed orders, took
the battery of four guns, and lost but one man.
The battery was commanded by General de la
Vega, who was taken prisoner.
Our little army then rent the air with their
buzz-is, and rushing shouting upon the enemy,
committed the most dreadful havoc amon them,
taking eight pieces of artillery, 155,000 rounds
of cartridge, and 500 packed mules. General
Arista's camp bedalead contained all his private
and public baggage papers, which larlier will be
of great value, as we now have the key of the
whole campaign , which will enabli' Gen. Tay
lor to form his plana so as to entirely defeat
their designs.
We look all and every thing they had, four
hundred prisoners and the army J&ggage. The
enemy had between 8,000 and 9,000 troops in
the two battles but wo with 1.SO0 troops com
pletely routed thenr.
We exchanged prisoners, gVt Capt's Thorn
ton, Hardee, and his little' band. Our officer
while prisoners were well treated, having lived
with Ampudta ever since they were taken.
Gen. Taylor would not exchange for L. D.M5
as a prisoner of war,-as it would be sanctioning
his crossing ihe rivet1, which he did not, having
reprobated his conduct in the severest manner.
In this second' an'd! glorious' baiile, we lost abour
the same numbei of men' as in the first battle,
but had more officers wounded. Cap. Walker
with his heroic band of ranges, was the lass
that fired a the Mexicans. The army lefi him'
and his comrades on the bank of the river shobt
ing them as they attempted to cross.
To-morrow General Taylor leaves luffs' to
make an attack on Matamoras, in connaction
with Com. Conner, who has sent a boat' expe
dition up the river.
1 forgot to' menliori that Gen. Ta) lor arrived
here yesterday, with' all our wounded1 beiwoen
50 and 60, with General Romulus dc ttr Vega,
one AVexican captain, and 2 lieufeilanls, who
go with this letter in ihe Col. H'ariey.
Tho Augusta, from New Orleans, arrived las:
evening. The mules from Tatamoras, some
500, were sent in to-day, as well as the Mexi
can wounded.
I should riot forget to mention that all the
shell, ball, and grape shot of the Mexicans are
made of brass or copper. This letter I must
close, with details of glory enough for one day
The 'late' Mr: Ingersoll.
Poor Charley seems doomed to kicks and
cufis from all quarters. The reiteration of his
! charge3 against Mr. Webster in the House of
1 t?
castigation inflicted by the latter", in connection
with an unauthorized use of Mr. Adams's name,
brought tho old man to his feet. After keep
ing the would-be tory Representative upon tho
rack for some time, the' debate' wound up wtih
the following decidedly rich' conclusion :
Mr. Ingersolt:' Will the gentleman allow me
lo ask him a question?
Mr. Adams: I will allow1 the gentleman to
ask me a question if he will allow me to si:
down and not answer him.
Whereupon Mr. Adams resumed' his seat.
The Elephant and tuc locomotive
A few days ago there was a 'monster1 meet
ing' at Morpeth, Wombwell's elephant, and a
North British locomotive engine Having arrtv J
in the course of the afternoon. The cngi
was drawn by fifteen horses. Mr. King,
manager of the menagerie, made an offer ofthe
services of the elephant to surmount the hill in
leaving the town. His kindness was at once
accepted; and the elephant, apparently proud
of an opportunity of displaying his streng'h.
-I r..u.. V 1. 1.U ,va task.
uuauuuiijr uuu itjsuiuiciy uiiueuuun i
When yoked to tho load he seemed to say 10
the horses, as they tugged along with him, 'e8
me do it!' and he never once paused until he
had reached tho summit of the hill:
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