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THE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL,
ilant ingdon, Jan. 4. 1843.
'One country, one constitution, one destiny.'
V. 13. PALNI En, Esq. (No. 104 S. 3rd St,
a authorized to act as Agent
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Wood will be taken at this office in
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Also Hay and Oats, at market price.
(r. - We are under obligations to Gen.
JAMES Invtx, for valuable Congressional
documents
The Old and the New Year,
Another year, with all its joys !ad sor
rows, its cares, pains and pleasures, is
added to those already gone down the
rapid tide of time, to be remembered but
with the things that once were. And we
have entered upon another New Year.—
It is natural for the mind, at this season
of mingled feelings, to take a retrospec;
live view, and call to remembrance the
varied scenes through which we have pas
sed. If, %hen we contemplate our actions
--the performance of our duties-towards
our Ood, our neighbors, and ourselves—
not one wrong rises up, like a spirit of
darkness, to haunt us, happy indeed are
we. But alas? who of •us can feel this
happiness ?
The past year, doubtless, has been to
many a season of pain and disappoint..
meet, of tears find sorrows. Friends,
near and dear, have left them. Loved
voices, whose tones were music to their,
ears ; hands that grasped theirs with all.
the warmth of true affection; eyes that
sparkled with delight at their approach ;
smiles that spread a radiance around like
sunlwains - ; and bosoms that swelled with
fond anticipations when the past year
was ushered in upon them, are now luck- I
up in the silence, cold, and gloom of
the grave. How saddening the thoughts! .
Others can look back, far down - through
the vista of the past, and recollect happy
hours which illumined their vathway•—
the sunshine, the. flowers and the con,
ilia! spirits that cheered them ;—happy
hours they were, but can never again re•
turn.
To many of the writer's acqa aintances
and friends the past year brsught bles
si.igs which they most ever hold in grate•
GI remembrance. Sane rose from deep
degradation, and shook off the fetters and
the tatters of inebriation, and now stand
tort!' in all the dig , ,ity and pride of • their
nature, useful to themselve3 and to socie
ty. Habitatiolis trf tliA!ord and wretch
rdness became palaces of peace and hap
piness; and where sorrow and want pre
vailed, joy and plenty now abound. Such
are the benefits which marked the open
ing :111 , 1 the progress of the past year•.;
while the close • was distinguished by the
coining of "good tidings unto the meek,"
liberty to the captives," the " binding
up of the broken-hearted," " and the open
ing of the prison to them that were bound:"
Those nho knew' no God have erected al
ta es in the family circle, and now offer
up the fervent prayers of renewed hearts.
They have cause for rejoicing. But, deal
readers, we all have cause for rejoicing.'
Our lives have been preserved through.
another year ; and we have been guarded
'atom many ol the ills which human na-
ture is heir to. Divine Provide,nce has
,rewarded the labors of the husbandman
with abundant harvests, and our favored
country continues to be a land of plenty.
And though our public and paivate affairs
are in great embarrassmenttand we almist
sink into ruin tinder its effects, we are
but reaping the bitter fruits of our wan
sowing. Thus much of• the past.
NE ARE ALL ONE*YEAR NEARER THE
LAND OF annual
The future is dark. There are none,
who can draw aside the veil that hides
from " mortal ken" the mysteries of time
to come. Yet " Hope tells a flattering
tale!" Man always anticipates:, forget
ting the past, he continues forming
schemes and plans to be followed through
the future: he builds " castles in the air,"
and chases the " iguis futuus," ignited l
vapour, until he finds himself with one
toot in the grave, when he is startled to
know that his earthly course is so nearly
run. Alas, how few of the day-dreams,
r the last year have been realized: And
yet we still dream on and dream on of
'years of unclouded sunshine.
To you, retitle's, we wish . a happy New
Year. May all your innocent anticipa•
,tions be realized. If you are rich we wish
you a spirit of forbearance, liberality and
charily ; if poor, we wish you the truest
mppiness— contentment—which is better
bun wealth. And to all we wish warm
ind generous hearts, and the consolation
)1 duties faithfully performed.
(r7 - The religious reformation in this
place, noticed last week, is still progres
,,ing. We are informed that about eighty
members have attached themselves to the
Presbyterian church, and as great a num
ber to the Methodist.
o::7 — The Legislature of this State met
yesterday. NV e will endeavor to keep
lour readers advised of the doings of the
Solons at Harrisburg and Washington
during the winter.
(k7-For nearly a week past we have had
a little snow and a good deal of sleighing
in these 'Wiggins."
Show the. "Great Seal.”
If Nlessrs. Woods and hid, brand, who
are indicted fur a Conspiracy to conceal'
the Assessor of Henderson township, be
fore the general election in 1841, have a
PREVIOUS PARDON in their possession, as
is supposed, we hope they will plead it in
nar of ti►e prosecution at the Quarter Ses.
shoos next week, and not increase costs
unnecessarily by another continuance.
Don't read it, Girls.
Some time ago a young lady in town
had her back up at us must awfil
ly, and we feared she would stick it
out forever; but since Miss Lucy A.
M'lBrir.tier lost her BINTLE we notice quite
a ha ppy change in the young lady's appear-
SOLE .
G eneral Jackson's Fine.
4.01 i ;er Oldschool," in his letter of the
26i h u I t., discourses on this subject as fol-
lov ..s
The debate of the bill to refund Gen.
Jac ks , m's fine, will again come up in the
Sen 'Ai" this week. The object the Locos
hay e in view in bringing this matter be•
tor..!Cotiv,ress and the public, is as plain
as a pike staff;—to make a little more
pol itical capital out of the old man to help
the it party along. They want the Whigs
sin odd refuse to refund the fine, so that
the y can appeal to the people, and preach
a fi !w doleful sermons to them on the in
justice dune to an old hero and patriot
tot tering over the gtave. They would
1%111 er the bill should not pass, than it
slno ald. But why did they not refund the
fine while they had majorities in both
brat .ches of Congress, and Mr. Van Buren
in ale P, , •esidential chair 1 Why let it
..lee,o qui 'thy and undisturbed for twelve
year: , ? '('heir course is the most palpable
tieing path tisin, the most hollow hypocrisy
imag .nable..
e or two facts in regard to the im•
posit' oft his fine, should be remembered.
It is a fact that Gen. Jackson declared
inarti.al la w, he having not the shadow or
pretet Ice of right to 110 so, but in doing it
violatud Pile constitution. It is a fact that
he im prisoned Judge Hall for issuing a
writ 411 . Kansas CORFU% that sheet-an
chor o I lib erty, not during a time of war,
but so me (lays alter he himself had issued
proclam Alton that a treaty of peace had
been -entored into between the United
States .and England! Of course all dan
ger had c eased. Has a military chief
tain a r igl it to silence the laws, and im
prison judges for issuing a writ whirl,
even Cron press itself can only suspend in
time of w ar? if a commander can declare
martial I. tw any where, he can every
where, over the whole nation including
Congress, and thus make himself at once
the sole ,Immarch of the land ; all he wants
is a devoted army at his heels such as
Caesar and Cromwell had. For thus im
prisoning, him Judge Hall fined him *lOOO,
It being at c ootempt of the constitution.—
The subject has slept for nearly thirty
years ; but now that a Whig congress
exists, his pretended friends( come tor
ward arid tlemand of them what they
themselves neglected to do, to refund
this fine wills interest. This they have
said by their votes, they are willing to
do, not as a right, but as a gratuity. In
doing it they declare they do not intend
to censure Judge hull, or to be under
' stood as acknowledging the right of any
Military Commander to declare martial
law. Coupled with this proviso. the
whigs passed the bill at the last session
and the Locos opposed it. The whig,s
will go just as far this session and no far-'
ther. Let the people fully under - tend
the subject, and the ground taken by the
two parties, and I have no fear of the cap
ital the Locos will make out of it.
END OF THE WORLD.—The Editor of
the New York Express has favored his
readers with deductions from a calculation
by which it appears evident that the world
will not come to an end before 1950. We
breathe more freely. We shall look out
anxiously for that time.
Somers' Court Wllartial.
We learn from the New York Union,
that the Court Martial for the tovestiga •
tion of the mutiny proceedings aboard the
Somers, assembled on Wednesday at 1 I
o'clock A. M., on board the North Caro
lina.
Corn. CHAS. STEWART, Pres%
Com. JACOB JONES, Associate,
Coin. ALEX. J. DALLAS,
OGDEN HOFFMAN,
Special Judge Adv.
After administering the oath — to the
Judge Advocate, the Court proceeded to
business by the Judge Advocate's reading
the instructions convening the Court, and
under which they were to proceed—ta
king all the evidence and making up a
final opinion and reporting the whole to
the Secretary of the Navy, &c. &c. &c.
The Court then received from Coin.
outrider McKenzie, who was then present,
a request to have a legal friend present,
Mr. Jno. Hone, as his adviser, which was
granted. A t this period of the proceed•
ing the President or the Court stated that
some important official papers had not
reached him, which were required for the
proceedings, sail upon his suggestion the
Court adjourned till to-morrow .at 11
o'clock.
Mr. NlcKerzie looked pale and care
worn, but seemed very calm and collec•
ted. F. om the cppearance of this Court,
we doubt not that justice will. be dune
alike to the memory of the dead, and to
the reputation of the living.
Report of the Secretary of the
Treasury.
The annual report of the Secretary of
the Treasury wai received in Congress
yesterday, from which we have with great
haste skimmed thu following particulars :
The receits into the Treitsitry, during
the first three quarters of the pre,ent year,
with the estimated receipts for the fourth
quarter, from every source, (including
loans and Treasury notes) amount to thir
ty-four millions, five hundred and two
thousand dollars, besides the balance of
two hundred and thirty thousand dollars
in the Teeasury on the first of January
last.
The Expenditures for the first three
quarters of the year, with the estimated
expenditure for the remainimt quarter, a•
mount (including $7,856,400 for the re
demption of Treasury notes) to thirty-four
millions, five hundred and thirty thousand
dollars.
The receipts for the half year ending
Ist July next, are estimated (including
Treasury notes and loans to amount of
85, 538,000)at $14,588,113 ; and the ex
penditures for the same period (including
interest on debt end Treasury notes to a
mount of $505,000) at $10,581,186. The
estimates of Receipts and Expenditures
for the fiscal year ending the 80th June,
1844, (under the new arrangement effect
ed by the act of last session) are estima
ted, the Receipts front cusrotns and pub
lic (lands and $150,000 from miscellane
ous sources) at $18,850,000 and the Ex
penditures (;ncluiling interest and Treas
ury notes) at $20,945,498.
'The balance remaining in the Treasury
on the 30th June, 1843, it is estimated
will amount to $3,731,363, and on the
30th June, 1844, to $1,635,871.
Since the estimates were prepared at
the several Departments, it has been as
certained that the expenditures for the
fourth quarter of the present year
will fall considerably short of the amount
estimated ; so that the balance in the
Treasury on the Ist January next will be
considerably larger than estimated ; but,
as the dillerence will become a charge on
the Treasury in the next year, it has not
been deemed necessary to alter the a
mount as first estimated.
The recommendations of the report are
confined to that of a furthrr provision for
revenue and the support or public credit
by taxation on untaxed or lightly taxed
articles of import ; to produce an addition
to the present revenue of three millions
of dollars a year ; an authority to allot\
intereet on all outstanding Treasury notes,
as under the last issue thereof; and the
establishment of a warehousing system.
Report of the Secretary of
liar.
This is a very long document, and we
have room but to give a synopsis :
A close inspection or the various posts
has been made with satisfactory results.
In the expenditures of the army a very
:;real reduction has been affected, princi
Pally by the cessation of the Florida war,
and an economical expenditure. It is con
fidently believed that the present military
establishment of the country, including
all the expenses of the military academy
of a permanent or contingent character
may be maintained at a cost not exceed
ing $3,100,000, and the estimates are at
that amount.
The number of troops in Flo; ida has
been gradually diminished to a sufficiency ,
for protection against the miserable rem
nant of the Indians, with whom, except a
few, arrangements for removal have been
made. A strong corps of ob , .ervation has
been kept up about Red River, under
General Taylor, in 'consequence of the
Mexican invasion of Texas, and appre
hensions relative to the wilu tribes of the
South-west, and to prevent any attempts
to engage in the then coining conflicts.
The whole number of the troops at
present is 9897. An act of Con ,, ' ress at
last session reduced the rank and file of
the army to 3920 men, he reduction is
gradually proceeding, anti by the begin
ning of 1844 the prescribed minimum will
be reached. It is proposed to allow men
to be reel uited are citizen., or who
have taken the initiatory steps to natural
ization, as an unprecedented number (388,
in little more than a year) have been tlis
charged by the Judges and Courts, prin•
cipally on the ground that they were a
liens.
The number of pensioners on the roll is It is stated that the Postmaster Gener
-25,035, less by 1496 than at the date of al has issued a perementory order forbid•
the last report, 358 claims on account of ing the carriage of the City Penny Papers
'evolutionary services, nave been pre- out of the Mail on the various Mail routes
sented within the year, and that 22 war• through the Union. Although we have
rants have been issued for 5,250 acres of had no practical obedience to this order in
land, that 916 claims for services in the this quarter of the world, (says the York
last war with Great Britain have been Republican,) we hope that it may have
presented within the same time, and that been issued, and .that it will be strictly
65 warrants have been issued, liar 10,720 enforced without partiality or preference.
acres of land. in the way in which these things are now
It appears that 88,124 Indians have managed, the Post Office Department is a
been removed to the regions west of the burden on the Country Press, while its
Mississippi, and the once numerous tribes existence furnishes unwarrantable and
east of that river less than 25,000 souls!unjust advantages to the Penny Papers.—
remain. The greater portion of these are No:Country/Journal can be transmitted to
under treaty obligations to remove within a subscriber without the payment of post
& few years. The time has arrived when age, but these City ephemera are scatter
we should turn our attention to devising ed broad-cast through the interior without
some form of government which may se- paying any tax to the Government, and
cure peace and order among these sons of to the palpable injury of the former class.
the forest, and protection against others. By this both a public and a private injury
is sustained. The .circulation of the
Country Papers is restricted, and the re-
venues of the Department are diminished,
while the industrious printer of the inte
rior is compelled to sit helpless and see
the Government assisting a swarm of flies
from the Commercial Cities to devour his
very means of subsistence.
The Republican, after indulging in some
pretty pointed remarks in reference to
the injustice of the grievance complained
iii, says—
“lt, however, from any cause, these ar•
guments are overlooked, and the order of
the Postmaster General to which we have
referred be either withdrawn or prove a
nullity in practice, as it has hitherto in
this section, we hope that the present
Congress will extend some counterbalanc
ing advantages to the Country Press. 111
the Penny Peppers are to be carried free
on the great public thoroughfares, and
bruitht into direct competition with us at
our own homes, we ask that the postage
be taken off those papers which circulate
in the Counties in which they are putlish
led, and that thts be carried to the Post
Offices to which they rosy be directed
without charge. This would be nothing
more titan what is right and just, and we
ask our fellow printers of the interior to
back us up in our views, and to briog their
influence to bear in favor of our sugges
tions.”
Although we are not conscious of suf
fering much from the circulation of Penny
Papers within our bailiwick, w e still 1,1
disposed to back up our friend of York
with our views on the subject, which are
in entire concurrence with those he has
expressed. We can't see that the City
Penny Press has any foundation whatev
er for the
. privilege claimed fur it of circu
lating their papers through the Country
by means which the Country Press may
not employ for circulatinmt heir issues.—
There's no equality in it, besides being iu
violation of the spirit of the Post Office
laws.
Report of the Secretary of the
• Navy.
The report of the Secretary of the Na
vy occupies rather inure than seven col
umns in the Matlisonian, when the sub
stance of what is said could have been as
readily embraced within a third of that li- '
mit, and we intend to give it in a still
smaller compass.
The report states that the “Home aqua- i
drop" under Commodore Stewart has
been put in commission, mentions the
number of vessels composing it, and the
cruizing ground where they will be em
ployed. The steam-ships Missouri and
Mississippi are pronounced to be unsuited
to cruizimr in time of peace, in conse
(pence oflheir great consumption of fuel;
but would be useful in time of war. he
Brazil squadron is under command of
Commodore Morris, nod in the discharge
of its duty. There is no squadron on the
African coast, where some of our vessels' .
have been taken,and the crews murdered,:
for which Commodore Ramsey is ordered
to demand reparation.
The Secretary recommends a suitable
navy, upon some fixed and permanent
plan—and that, in order to have officers
properly diciplined, the vessels kept as
touch as possible at sea. He also recoms
mends the establishment of naval schools
on shore, for the education of toidghipmen
and those who are candidates for appoint
ments in the navy—and proposes a sys
tem of compulsory furlough, which will
compel nesligent or unqualifiod officers to
retire from the navy on half pay. This is,
a doubtful policy, as it would fasten upon
the public treasury a set of pensioners,
who had proven themselves unworthy to,
be engaged in the pub'ic service. if an
officer be negligent of, or competent to
perform his duty, we cannot see the propri
ety of granting him a pension and setting
him ashore todo nothing. Pensions should
be the reward of services and wounds,
and not of idleness or incapacity. We
hope that this proposition may fail.
As an encouragement to naval officers
it is recommended to establish the ranks
of admiral, vice-admiral and rear-admiral.
This may be a desirable change.
The Secretary asks for an increase of
marines, and states, that a large amount
of public property is now exposed to loss
and depredation from insufficiency of ma
rines to guard it. The laws to protect
ship timbers from destruction lie deems
inefficient, and rightly considers its pres
ervation of great importance to the coun
try. Ile recommends the establishment.
of a navy yard on the largest scale on the
waters of the lower Mississippi.
He thinks that the expenses of the navy
are much greater than they ought to be,
and that mechanical labor is paid for at
too high a price. The iron and copper
heretofore used have been of interior qual
ity, but have been greatly improved un
der the superintendence of professor John
' son, by whom they are tested previous to
being used. Great frauds have been
practiced in copper, which hereafter will
be prevented.
He will in a few days lay before Con
gress, a code of rules and regulations for
the navy drawn up in obedience to a reso
lution of Congress—and invites atttention
to the law, on the subject of navy pen
,ions, which he thinks require changes
and modifications.
The above are all the points in the re
port which we deem it necessary to no
tice. On some of them the Secretary has
entered into elaborate arguments, which
we think it unnecessary to present to the
reader---and, indeed, we are doubtful
whether they w..uld be read if given in
extenso. It is a great mistake to spin out
such documents to a length that induces
nineteen out of every twenty persons to
lay them aside for a more convenient
season."
Kr The Freeport (Armstrong County)
Columbian of the 28th ult. says :
There have been a succession of meet
ings in the Methodist E. Church, in this
borough during the past iwo weeks,
where many zealous efforts were made by
the Watchmen on the walls of Zion to
storm the battlements of the adversary,_
they ceased not neither day nor night in
striving to persuade men to flee the wrath
to come, nor have they plead in vain, for
!Iwenfy•nine persons have already been ad
ded to the church, and still the work pro
gresses. When, or where it will atop, we
know not.
din act of Justice.
The Chambersburg Repository and
Whig, and the York Republican, of late
dates, have the following remarks, which
coincide with our own views of the sub
Iject :
We are, however, in favor of such an
alteration of the laws and regulations on
tl is subject as would be more fair and e
quitable rn their operation upon different
classes of the people, arid at the same lino•
not materially diminish the revenue of
the department. This might be effected,
we think, by, in the first place, greatly
restricting, if not entirely abolishing 111,-
franking privilege, and allowing public
efficers, whose salaries will not justify
their paying all the postage accming upon
their necessary official correspondence, to
have properly attested bills of the same
paid out or the public treasury —and, sec
ondly, allow country newpapers to be
conveyed, free of postage, to any office
within the county in which they are pub
lished, to counterbalance the advantage
enjoyed by the city dailies under the pres
ent system and practice, This, it strikes
us, would operate as a bounty for the
spread of intelligence and information a
mong the people.
But we have no expectation of seeing
any thing very beneficial accomplished on
this subject speedily. Members of Con•
gross, &c. find the franking privilege too
convenient and advantageous tothem
selves and friends, to readily assent to its
abrogation. They may talk of reform as
much as they please, and here and there
apply the pruning knife to some petty su •
perflaity, but they are rarely found to fa
vor any reform that would take money out
of their own pockets, or restrict them in
the enjoyment of the "largest liberty" 111
using the 'nails to transport their freight
to every poirit of the compass.
A FACT.— The (Washington, C.,)
True V% hig truly remarks, that " during
more than forty years, while a N at i o Q
Bank acted as the fiscal agent of the Gov
ernment. over 5400,000,000 of the pub
lic moneys were collected and disbursed
by it ; without one penny loss to the na
tion. Since that agent has been dispensed
with, and the Sate bank deposit system,
and Sub-Treasury principle have been
substituted, millions ?TOTS millions of the
public money have been Iradulently lost
to the nation."
The MORMON 'l • eaute, at Nauvoo, the
most spacious building in Illinois, has
been completed. Its cost was rising $200.-
000. Joe Smith is now erecting another
building on a like scale of cost and splen.
dor, as a public hotel, to be called the
Nauvoo House." The scathing expos'
tions of his knavish impostures seem to
'have very little effect upon his success,
The Connnonwealth and the
Widow.
What Should the Stale do?
AVe seine time since suggested the po
licy on the part of the indebted States,
which could not pay the full amount of
interest due to their creditors, t o pay
mmething, say two, three or four per cent.
Why should not Pennsylvania set the ex , 4l
ample in a work of this kind? It is con
tended by some of her intelligent citizens,
that she can and will ultimately pay every
teething that she owes. Most sincerely
do we trust that all this may be speedily
verified. Meanwhile, let her do some.
thing. Let her mani fest a proper dispo.
sition by paying what she can. M a n y o f
the creditors have been without a dollar,
of interest for nearly a year, and theii 4
whole dependence has been upon the faith
dale State. Two per cent. therefore to
such, would be far better than nothing,— -1
A strong case may be mentioned. A
German lady some years ago came to this
country with a fortune 0'520,000 or 530,-
000 ; and having examined into our 'nodes
of life, she determined to pass the re
mainder of her days here with her family,
which at the time consisted of two sons
and three daughters, all young and requii
log an education. At. that time, Pennsyl
vania character and credit stood desei v
edly high. The reputation of our State
was without a tarnish. Iler Innils were
eagerly sought and at a premium, while
the possibility of her faltering at any lu
ture period, was ridiculed as the concep
tion of a inadtuan, as a thing which could
never take place. Under these circum
stances, the lady in question invested her
fortune in the State lives of this Common•
wealth, sent her children to school, and
looked forward with confidence to her
ability to live with ease and in comfort, hv4
the exercise of a proper spirit of economy,
it least till her sons should be able to do
something for themselves. Thus affairs
progressed for several years, the daugh.
ters advancing from childhood to girlhood,
and mingling in circles of intelligence and
respectability.
When the State first faltered, the
shock was of course alarming, the widow
consulted numerous friends, who assured
Ler that the difficulty would only tie mo
mentary, and that it was impossible for a
State like Pennsylvania, with such a char
acter and such resources, to violate its
NW), except for a brief period. She was
then induced to hope for a better condi
tion of things, and prevented from with
drawing, her funds, even
. when she might
have obtained a large proportinn of the
principal. But her whole property be
ing invested in the Commonwealth, HIM
was utterly dependant upon the fidelity
of the State, and could only fulfil her ens
memento, as Pennsylvania redeemed her
obligations to her creditors. Thus being
unable to obtlin funds a yeas ago, her
friends came forward and loaned her
small amounts for a tine. But 'The diffi
culty increased every hour, she hand
Iner
self getting more and more in debt, until
crushed in mind and broken in spirit, her
health gave way, and the whole family
were affected and distressed by the cir
cumstances we have described. She has
now not received a dollar from the State
for nearly a year; and but for generous
assistance from those who know her well,
and who sympathize with her condition,
she would have been compelled to sacri
fice her little fortune for about one.third
of the original sum invested, and invested
too, on the faith and in the funds of the
Sovereign State of Pennsylvania: Is not
'his too Lad? Is it not utterly disgrace
ful ? And yet the case we have cited, is
doubtless one of hundreds greatly similar.
—Pa. Enq.
TEXAS NlArrEiti.--Information was
received in this city, says the N. O. Tro
pi?. or the 19th ult., yesterday, from Tex
as, that the divisions in the army of the
West had at last ended in an open rup
ture. About 725 men had withdrawn
from the army under the command of Gen.
Somervell, had elected William G, Cooke,
Colonel, G. I. Howard, Lieut. Colonel,
and had taken up their line et march, un
der the new organization, for Mexico.
Gen. Somervell, it will be remembered,
was Gen. Houston's man, and the army,
finall3 disgusted with his delays, left his
command. His whole force before the
division, according to the latest accounts.
could not have consisted of more than
1000 men: Col. Cooke, and Lieut. Col.
Howard were both attached to the Santa
Fe expedition.
We likewise heard yesterday that by
the arrival of the British steamer Dee, at
Havana, a few daysago, news was brought
that on the 24'h of November, the new
war steamer Muntezutua, with 190 melt,
vas at the island of St Thomas, on its
way hi Mexico, via Havana.
The Montezuma is probably with the
Mexican fleet by this time, and will prove
a very formidable accession. It will be
remembered that she carries two sixty
eight, and eight thirty-two pounders—all
Paixhan guns.
The Reading Journal, speaking of the
silence of our Whig cotempararies on
Gov. Porter's previous pardons and other
monstrosities, has the followii,g. They
are able to defend themselves, therefore,
need no aid from us.-
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Why is it that the greater portion of the
Whig papers of Philadelphia have always
pursued so truckling a course in regard to
Gov. Porter and his acts? What potent
influence closes their columns or makes
them Waffle so very gently? To the Fo
rum welinust, however. do the justice to
say, that it has always spoken out proper.
Iv and boldly.