conziniqing a soliari act of hostility or int-
propriety." tiffs nOit letter is dated the
- .
- 14th day of.Ma ' y, mad ii‘form4 'me that, in
bib progress to !oiegon, be II Foundhim- 1
self and his part unexpectedly 4 attacked 1 1
hy . the Tiamathlndians--the woret ofthat
quarter—had lost fte men iii killed and,
wounded---and stiqpeets to b in the Uni
ted
States in monthipf Septernhers
This was the lase letter received from
Captain Fremont uatil the one ofJuly 26th;
from Monterey, ef Ote. Pacific ocean, and
brought in by Gitineotlore Sloat. ; The
_events which brought him back you have
learned fronithat Cninmodore ; but the caus
es which led to tlie4 events a.-is necessary
to . be known for the justificatien of Captain
Fremont: for, thieigh actuallf justified by
the existence of the. war with; Mexico, yet
he . knew nothin g pe the war when these
events took place;
,tind, though knowing of
.j
v
it when he wrote, et• he wonld not avail
himself of his 'sutiseqiient 'knowledge • to
justify previous eel and therefore chose to
rest everything uponthe-state or facts, - as he
saw them, when ht resolved and acted.—
These causes arid events to which they led,
are rapidly sketche4' by him in i this, his last
letter, and while the whole letter is herewith
submitted to you, ytit for your ebilvenience,
I collect its substance into the Smallest com
passs;
pass and lay it before•
you. The guidance is
this :At the middle May,Capt. Fremont,
• ,
in pursuance of his design to reach Oregon,
and return by the Folumhia end Missouri
through the norther Pass in the Rocky
Mountains, had rayed atthe great Tlainatla
Lake, in the edg df the Oregon territory,
when he found hi ftirther progress complete
ly barred by the, amble obstacle of. hostile
Indians, which Cairo' had excited bganast
'him, and the. lofty trt" ountains,, covered with
deep and falling sun,3vs, which made the mid
dle of Say in that Olevatecl region the same
as the middle of * T inter. These were the
difficulties and clinkers in front. Behind,
and on the northl.4k of the Still Francisco
bly, at the lanai* post of Sonoma, was
General Castro, as;!senahline troops with the
avowed intention Of attacking both Fre
mont's party, and' all the American settlers,
against whom the liidians had been already
excited. Thus, his passage barred in front
by impassable sno4 and mouii(tains—hem
med in by savage fbdians, who were thin
ning the ranks of his little party—menaced
by a general of tengdd forces, dell arms--
the American settle!s in California nierked
out for destruction on the false ?accusation of
meditating esevelt :under hisinstigation—
, his men and horses pulfering from fatigue,
• cold, and famine-4nd after the most anx
ious deliberation upon all the dangers of his
position, Captain Fremont determined to
turn upon his pursifers, and fight them in
stantly, without regard to numbers, and seek
safety for his party acid the American settlers,
by overturnine b the 111exican gevernment in
California. It wnsn,, , the .6th day of June
-that he came to
_tins determination ; and,
the resolution beitielance taken, all half-way
measures were disrded, and a rapid exe
cution of . the pled: was commenced. On
the 11th of June 4upply of - two hundred
horses for Casa 's Hoops, on the way to his
camp, conducte hem officer and fourteen
men, were surpr ed at daylight, and the
t l / 4)
whole captured-440_ meia and officer being
released, and the lickses retained for Ameri
can use. On the I,sth, the military post of
Sonoma (the point of rendezvous, and intend
ed head-quarters), W'as gurprised and taken,
- with; nine pieces of awass cannon, two hun
dred and fifty staturof muskets, other arms
and munition, withseveral superior officers,
General Vallejo, (W-ya-lio,) his brother,.
Captain Vallejo, Gfolonel Greuxdon, and
others; all of whomAwere detained and con
fined as prisoners. 'Xapt. Fremont then re
paired to the Amefican settlements on the
Rio de los Avieritaoos to 'obtain assistance ;
and receiving an express from his little gar
rison of fourteen. i 4 Sonoma that General
Castro was prepare* to citass the bay of San
Francisco and attek them with a large
force, he set out in the afternoon of the 23d
. of Jane with ninetymounted riflemen, and
.
travelling 'day and i night, arrived at two
"o'clock in the morning of the 2 1 5th al. Sono
ma—eighty miles distance. The vanguard
of Castro's force tifid crossed the bay—a
squadron of seventy l dragoons, ;commanded'
by de la Torre—wllich was attacked and
defeated by twenty Americans, ii‘-ith the log's
of two killed and soilie wounded on the part
of the Mexicans, Etna no injury to themselves
—de la Ttrre bare* escaping with the loss
of his transport boat, and spiking six pieces
of artillery. In the kneantime, two of Capt.
Fremont's men, goitig as expreSs, were cap
tured by de la Torre'i men, and,lbeing bound
to trees, were cut to pieces alive ; with knives!
in return for whieh,jhree of de la Torre's
men being takens ) whie instantly shot. The
north side of the bayt,i of San Francisco was
,lIOW cleared of the enemy, and on the fourth
slay of July, Captain Tremont called the
Americans tegether;:at Sonora a, addressed
them on the danger : of their solution, and
recommended a deplaration of' independ
emus and war upon Castro and his troops,
as the only means pf*afety. The independ
ence was imipediately declared, and the war
proclaimed. A ftways afteriards, pa of
ficer from Commodore Sloat In ught irtelli
gence that the AtneOcan flag w- hoisted at
xamp
Monterey—an ele which as immedi
atelyfollowed whereter the news flew. The
pursuit and defeat of Castro was then. the,
only remaining ' entOrEtris . e. I e had fled
south towards the 4+C/OUB M 'can towns
and settlements hifyqnd Monte y, with his
four or five hundredinen; and Capt. Fre
mont, leaving somefifirrnen, in garrisons,
set out with one leinired and sixty mounted
riflemen in the pu"t, when lie received
instructions, from ommodore 'Bloat, to
lu
march upon Monterey. Ile did so, and
found Commodore; stockton inl command,
approviug the pursaif of Castro, and` aiding'
it by all the means in is power. The sipop
of war Cayene was ppt at his se -ice. Capt.
Fremont, with one kindred and ixty Amer
icant
riflemen and sevfmy niarin rs, embark
ed on that vessel, an sailed do . n the coast
on the 26th of July, t San Diego, four hun
dred miles south o A onterey, and one hun
dred south of Pusib a; e Fos An dos, where
t t
Castro was unde.roqd to be; 'di an in
creasing force of. fi e hundred en. The
descent of the coast-. as far as San Diego
was -with the view ~get ahead of Castro,
and to be in a posi iqh either t intercept
him if he fled south tA Mexico rto Lower
California, or turn Ea upon ji - if ha re.i
main ed - in Puebla de os Angelo ,or any of
the numerous towniti 48 neigh (*hood.—
liveither event, the ifterprise wi iirnbably
have had its conclus 4 early in . ugust, ad
ti.,
the Official details ay now be looked for by
the first arrivals f in the 'North Paci fi c
ocean. In them ntime I hope the infor,
motion I am able to give, though all of a
private character, ritten solely for the in
formation of 'friend , and never expected to
go before the publi ' may be sufficient to re
lieve present anxiet ,to disprove the accu
sations of Gov. ro, and !to justify the
operations -of Ca ain Frethont. I make
this communicatio to you, sir, upoii the re
sponsibilities of an American Sen ator, ad
dressing the Presid nt of the Unitf.al States,
and with the sole 'ew of vindication , the
AmericanAovernm nt, and ilk o ffi cer, i 'from
the foul it(utation of exciting insurrection
in the provinces of a neighboring power with
whom, we were then at peuca. I could add
muclitnote to prove that Captain Premont's
private views and feelings were in unison
with his ostensible mitsion—that the passion
of his soil was the pursuit of science—and
that he looked with: dread and aversion upon
every possihletllision eithei with Indians,
Mexicans, or iitish, that pould turn him
aside from that nherishea pursuit. A more
formal occasionlfor4 the exhibition of these
further and other !proofs may soon occur;
but the exigency of the circumstances seem
ed to require that no time should he lost in
communicating thetruth to the public mind,
both at borne and abroad, in, a case so seri
ously affecting the national ;character, and
in which' uncorrected error, fbr even a short
time, would do great mischief.
Very respectfully, sir, your friend and fel
low-citizen, THOMAS H.; BENTON.
Wasliington, Nov. 9, 1846;
I , •
NC1135 of tlic cck.
From the Buffalo Comtnercird Extra of Saturday.
The. Gale on the Lakes.
The steamship Indian Queen, Capt. Star
ing went ashore last night about 10 o'clock,
just above' the lower point in Dunkirk
Harbor. She was fully laden with goods
for that port—several hundred dollars'Avorth
ofwhich were thrown overheard after she
struch, to enable her to near , the shore. She
now lies hard upon a rock bottom, with a
deal of orate r in her and the rest of the car
go must be more orlless damaged.
' I understand she, was insured for $4,000
the policy for which expires in two or three
days. The cause of this distister is attribu
tedto the culpable Ueglect of the light-house
keeper, in not lightincr tip the beacon light,
which prevented the i l r joat making port, and
in turning about she unshipped her rudder,
loit both anchors, ned finally ;drifted ashore
stern foremost. She is probably a total
wreck.
We hear of other disasters!in the vicinity
of Barcelona. L
Two Steamboats ost,anditwo Lake Ves
sels.—T4e steambo t Helen Strong, which
left Buffalo yesteni y noon, jsome time in
the evening lost he rudder, and soon after
wards a steam-pipe burst, rendering her en
gine useless, and le viag thehoat wholly .at
i
the mercy of the wi d and Waves.
Capt Edwards t the anchor, and the
boat rode with perf ct ease while her anchor
held, but in half an hour it gave way and
let her drift. A ut 10 o'clock she struck
broadside against t rock coast, about four
miles above Bared a, the rocks towering
nearly Thirty feet ave therm
The engineer sei tii a rope, and finding
t l i
some overhanging *gs in reach, climbed
up the precipice an secured; the rope, so
that the others were saved, except two pas
sengers, a man and a woman, names not
known. The boat i a complete wreck, ev
ery thing washed o from above, and the
hull nearly broken ikwo, when the Captain
! r
left her this mornin to procure assistance.
The Collector, II . Pratt, has gone up
with him to the boa • Capt. Edwards says
he has been on the lake for ! LI years, and
never knew so seve a blow except that
two years ago, and hat was not as bad, for
it was light enough see then, but last night
it was pitch dark.
Besides the H. Si
ison ran ashore aboi
State line, or some i
Strong: but we can
damage or situatian
a beach. ;
•- The brig Oscolaent ashore about four
1
miles above the Hele Strong,; oppsite Quin
cy, and fOur Of her ands were lost. The
captain 41 mate w re just alive when the
last accounts left. he struelt about ten in
in the evening and i was eight in the morn
ing before assistan was obtained.' The
vessel is Probably a reek. 1
A. few h ods above er, the schooner Cleve
land was also driven ashore, land now lies
high and dry, no water touching her. No
lives lost, and the vessel not much damaged.
Both the Cleveland and Oneida were with
out cargoes. The Held] Strong had an
unusual cargo of drl , goods d4c.—Westfield
Messenger Eztra. j
By a gentlemanrf
noon, we learn that
ashore between thi
Dayton, J. H. Lyon
zer, Chas. Howard
From Capt. Itilnd
ington, just in, w I
Madison, New Orlea
at Erip.. The Medi
it, and lost one of lie
The Albany Kni c
has the following:
BUFFA
News reaOhed ber
ful and melancholy a
visited the lake on
amount of property
not at this time •for
immense. ~
The wind blew fr
a fury never before e
our oldest seamen.
The sehoOner S .
same pincei pada sell
which are ready dal
a sloop, eaptiized,lyb
The brig John Ha
is ashore on' the rocro
is prohably ii total loi
The brig Europe
ashore at Fair Port, 1
off withit much
United . tates,_ Cbr
are ashill a at' Erie, an
trifling datnag.e:
The brig p. R. S .
an
roe, at Ene,aare total
The - s*mship Ind
rocks at IVltinkirk and
There , are fourtet
steambetits ashore thi
I ,
ng, thesteamer Mad
t a mile ibis side of the
ix miles 2 above the H.
eartino particulars as to
; but she ; is probably on
m the llyest this after
be following vessels are
and Erie: schooners
U. States, H. H. Si
nd Huron.
11, of thti steamer Lex
, rn thut .he steamboat
s and Niagara are safe
on had a p.evere time of
I
pipes.
• . erbocker of yesterday
Mondny morning.
yesterday, giving fear-
L counts of a gale that
ursday night. Of the
nd loss of life we can
any "'mate. it is
the aris.thwest with
7 -
perienettl by some of
t was awful.
!n lies asbore above she
ooner, mime unknown
gaged. Ther e is also
ler and 1- boozier Hu.
syreek4, •
'on is on the
is a pe, t t wreck. ,
sesse : and three
side Oflleveland. .
• •
g there:
' C
pt. De Grott,
rie, and, is
above
Capt. :
d may
g e *
a and
will ,fie
Roseman, is
probably get
e Aiesworth,
P. Haywood
off with but
Pa SOurday raorninwsizteen deatibodics
floated aihore at Barecrolia.
The shore for miles alang the lake is
strewed *ith fragments of ivessels.
Dead bodies.were being:picked . up along
shore. The storm - has been a most disas
trous ond• and we fear to hear further' ac
counts.
The s4 , amer Illinois we a thered the gale
and arrived safe at Detroit.
The schooner Convoy %VAS driven back,
and escaped without any grcat.damage.
From the Roch. American of Monday.
Disasters on lake Ontario.—ln the eagle
on Thursday night, the 10th inst., the schoon
er Mineri,a, with 6200 bushels of wheat
from Tolddo to Oswego, !went ashore at
Braddock's Point. , She lies forty rods from
the land end is a total lossi
The schooner Cleveland also went ashore
at Irond4wit Bay, with 260 barrels salt.
Total loss. •
On'the;same night, the !schooner W. 4.
Merrit went ashore at Braddock's
Pbiat—
She wnOvithout loading, and bound'for St.
Catharines. Not much &Imaged.
From the Ilublic Ledger
From Wash'ligton.
The T4ing 'of Tobasc,General Scott
on his iWay south—Cominodore Stewart.
WASHINGTON; Nov. 24, 1846.
As I predicted, Tobascois taken by Corn
moire ierry ; but this is! only the -com
meauniebt of-our victories in the. Gulf, and
the MexiCans must prepar for harder blows.
Tobasco as I observed in!a previous,letter,
commands the logwood country, and is ii
source 4: revenue to Mexico; its loss,"there
fore,thouith the wn itself is not of much con
sequences canno ut be felt by the enemy.
We haveireceived fficial despatches:which
will no dcijibt app in this evening's Union.
No news!;yet from Alvarado ; but I expect
this time 'Alvarado will fall, in spite of the
bar. _
There ras a long Cabinet Council to-day
and I believe the war, and and the manner
of prosecuting it, were the ionly subjects dis
cussed and decided uponi during that ses
sion.
•
From 'ithis day, I believe the attack of
every important place in the Gulf may be
looked upon as determined. ; The war against
Mexico Will be the prinCipal measure of
the admiiiistrution ; the Tariff will stand on
its own nierits, leaving reasonable amend
ments to pon g ressexperience. On the war
the President may unite the whole energies
of our country on its vig,orOus proscutiem.
General Scotx is now oh his way south—
west andisouth, and in the end, corn
=and than new expedition.' Such, I believe
is the rumor, and there is probably some
reason fdr. it. I told you .in my last, that
between the General and the President and
Governor, Marcy, exchanges of civ
ilities had taken place; which had brought
them nearer together, and obliterated the
recollectiOn of the "hasty plate of soup."—
Among all the great Generals that ever lived
there were but two--Juliui Cmsarand Fred
erick the ,Great—who were St to writ their
own commentaries. But a man may be a
very great General and a very poor letter
writer, and vice versa.
A hasty expression ought not to deprive
the country of the service of an able.,
brave and elhdlent officer it a time like this
when his (services are so inuch needed.—
We mustinvade Mexico on several points
at once, divide her armies And her councils,
harrAhnr by land and sea and bring her
to seek for that peace which she herself,
and only She has foolishly abandoned, on a
Don Quiiotic expedition for restoration of
power.
If General Scott isto march down toMex
ico, it is ittiPossible to believe that Commc ,
dore Stegmt will be left at home. This
would n( . 4 be distributing honor equally
throught the country.
The politics of the Commanders have as
suredly nothing to do with I the fulfilment of
their military duties; but Considering how
many opposition men are already appointed
to the hi4hest commands in the army, it is
but fair find reasonable to eluppwe that, ce
teris paribus, a leading democrat would be
preferred in the navy.
But there is another more imPortarnt rea
son for COmmodore Stewart's appointment.
If he were ordered down the gulf, he would
supersede no one but rank Commodore Con
ner as his senior officer ;ving the latte r
not a- shadow of ground Toi taking offence.
If Vera Ciliz and 'the Castle of San Juan
i
de Ulua ere to be attacked, the command
of the expedition is due to "Old Ironsides,"
and the trd2ininistmtion will be held responsible 1
for not entrusting the work to him whom 1
the natioal points out as thd man for the en
terprise.
!`
,
- The pqatge attaching to 44 01 d Ironsides",
is sufficieut to - strike terror to the enemy, as
it would naturally elate' our tars whom be
was wont to lead
,to victory. Commdore
Stewart *mild take the Castle and the town
or leave his bones there '•; but I ' trust we
would seeNin come back with additional
laurels onghis brow and the honor of the
navy exalted to a still'higher degree. ,
The President cannot ant more justly to
the wholq nation than_bi appointing the
heads ofthe army and navy:to the command
of the national forces. 1
His position in so doing; is the safest in
which he Can place himself before the people
while appointments differnt from these
would nedessarily throw th whole responsi
bility on him, if by rnisadienture or acci
dent theA were to prove !unsuccessful.—
'there is uo excuse for going to a quack
When you have a doctor—wo use in - making
eXperimeas with new habds, when you
have old ohes which have bben tried.
1 Let the )iavy have the sane chance which
the army has. Scott and'Stewart, and scil
filers and ¢nilors would be equally satisfied.
Where is tie coward that -Would not follow
where Scotia leads Where the ttir that
would not !due "the stripes and stars"to the
mast-head bf Stewart's flag Ail)?
Let the president prosecute this war with
vigor and energy, and his aflministratian, in
spite of thi petty disaffectiOns procu red by
some minor measure, will be: one of the most
popUlar, aid successful ones yet witnessed
by the coutry. ' OBSERVER.
Gas. Sp: OTT arrived' at Nev!i York on
Wednesday night. lie hadlbeen on a visit
to his family in Elizabethtown, N. J., pre
vious to hilidepartare for . Dinxico, to take
command 4f the troops destined for Tampi
co, afterwards to,juin Gen. Taylor at San
Luis Potosi, where seniority of rank, will
give him tiio conimand.
Generals A.itapudia and. Taylor.
The interview between Generals Taylor
and Ainpudia, it relation to the capitulation
of Monterey, has been desFribed
.to us by a
g entleman who Was present ns a very rich
scene, in which the two chiefs were in fine
contrast.
Ampudia wasnll courtesy and fine words.,
big speeches, mat volubility, with an abun
dance of gesticulations, shrugs, nods, alter
nate smiles and•frowus, and that whole cat
alogue of silent language with which persons
of French origin • are wont to help the ex
pression of their ideas. Gen. Ampudia is
of a French family, and was born in the
Veit Indies.
General Taylor, on the other hand, was
as dry as a chip; as plain as a pipe stem, and
as short as pie-crust. Dressed in his best
coat, (which, by the by, looks as if it had
served through: some half a dozen -cam
paigns,) with his glazed oil-cloth cap, strap
less pants, and old-fashioned white vest, lie
seethed more like an old farmer, lately elect
militia ccilonel, who had put on his every
day suit, with tile slightest imaginable sign.
of military toggery, to distinguish him from
a crowd of civilians. In his reply to Ampu
pudia's long harangues, he used such direct,
blunt and emphatic language, that the valor
ous Mexican Was thrown all aback, and
"had nothing to say." 'Ampudia opened
the interview, by saying that his forces were
too large to be conquered by Gen. Taylor's
army—that he had an abundance of ammu
nition, 7000• infantry and.3ooo cavalry, with
40 cannon, and the best artillerists in the
world—that his loss was very small; and lie
felt confident that he could defend the city
against a much stronger force than that tin
der General Taylor's command ;I but that,
from motives of humanity, to spaie the effu
sion of blood, to save the lives of helpless
women acid children, lie was willing so far
to compromise the glory of the great Mexi
can nation as to surrender the city, provided
he wal alloWed4.o retire with his Whole force,
and carry the public property with him, and
all the arms and munitions of war.
When lie had finished his magnificent
oration, which, in the style of his icelebrated
proclamation, was garnished with numerous
allusions to the stupendous power; and .unfa
ding glory mid renown of magnanimous
Mexico, old Zack quietly stuck his hands
deep into his )creches pockets, docked his
head a little on : one side, and gently raising
his grizzly eye-brows, that the bold little
black eye lurking ,beneath might have full
play upc.in the:grandiloquent Mexican, re
plied in these few expressive words:
" General A mpuilia, we came here to take
Monterey, and , we are going to do it on such
terms as please us. I wish you good nuir
ning." And the old General hobbled off on
his two short little lets, leaving the Mexican
General and staff in the profoundest bewil
dcrment.=-N. 0. Delta. •
Rejection Of our Prussian Consul
A letter writer from Washington says:—
" It is true, that the King of Prussia has re=
fused to receive Mr. Graebc, a citizen of the
United States, as Consul of the United States
for the Rhenish provinces ; but it is equally
true that our government will not put up
with this unceremonious treatment on the
part of his majesty, the King 'of Prussia.---1
This is the second Consul bf the United
States to whom this besotted sovereign has
refused the exequatur ; but he hail never be
fore come out with the Strange. plea that he
cannot accept a Consul who is not a subject
of Prussia; dint is, a slarc to the dull, big
oted, school-master King of the Desert of
Brandenburgh. Consuls enjoy personal im
munities in foreign countries; they are not
liable to be arrested for political crimes, and
their official papers and correspondence are
in no circumstances liable to be searched.—
There's the rub. If a Consul is a native cit
izen or subject, of the country to which he is
accredited, their immunitiest cease; for it is
usual in such suclit cases to mention especially in
the exequatur -granted, that the Consul so
received shall not claim for himself freedom
j from arrest, exemption from the laws of his
country, &c. &c. But it is very evident
that such a CenSul is good for nothing, as
regards the protection of the lives, liberties
and property of our citizens in foreign coun
tries, he is liable to be imprisoned and fined
by his own sovereign, qbenever he goes too
far in plendinvhe cause of the country he
! nominally represents; and the indignities
offered his person do not entitle the govern
meat which appoints him to ask for satisfiic
tion.
The refusal ;of the King of Prussia, there
lore, hostile as he is known to be, to our
cot:ntry, and opposed to emigration, must be
lizok..3tl upon as a determination on his part
nht to do us justice, and ought to be resent
ed as such. The government ought to re
appoint Mr. Graebc as a matter of pride, and
it the king still persists in refusing him the
exequatur of till Prussian consuls in this
country ought instantly to be withdrawn by
the President. I believe this, or something
;
like it, will 1.. , e done, and in this he whole
German population of the United tales will
take great delight. The King - of Pritssia is
" a notorious drunkard," and a hypocritical
despot of the worst 3ort, although Mr. Ritchie
did publish, some time ago, in the "Union,"
a certificate of temperance, given to him by
the official minister of Prussia, Baron Ge
roldt—certainlY one of the most impartial
witnesses in the premises that could be se
lected. There is not a letterfrom the Unit
ed States that enters Prussia which is not
opened, and confiscated if it contains a liber
al sentiment, and I have no doubt.whatever
but that a mushl of the United States, if a
subject of Prusia, would be required by the
officers of his government •to communicate
to the proper
.authorities of his country the
contents of his Was - hitigton correspondence,
before the post-office would be willing to
take charge of it, or, the postmffice would
open and read Ithat correspondence without
giving him notice, PissmtvEn.
THE Loss !OP THE 111ExtrANs.—Gen.
Worth reports that 400 Mexicans' were killed
in his division of the army ; 130 of whom
were buried at I'ilount Gillespie, the part of
the city so called in. honor of the brave and
lamented officer whole name it bears, 'and
whit) was interred at that spot. Ampudia's
despatches made hiffkoss about 300 killed and
wounded. Frthn Geh. Worth's account the
Merrietin loss that have been much greater.
Two U. S. ..I.ENATC* ELECTED.—Nortir
Carolina has Owed' the Hon. George .E.
Badger to the V. S. enate, in place-oftfay
wood, resigned; and lon. W, P, Mnaguin
far six year,s'
Latecyld Imptytantfrons.the Gulf Sqadkoh
—s tart i ng 4 o f the •rtpedition- ogaiOse
Tampico—Ye4can Troops retired frozi
that place 4th the Artillery.
WAsopraToN, Nov. 27, 1846, • I.
- • '6 o'clock, P. M.
• An extra froin' the New Orleans Picayua4
received by die Southern mail of this eve*
ning, dated Thursday the 19th inst., gi
the following - LitCcoune of the expediti#o
against Tamp 6 huviira started•from An at)
Lizardo. 5
The . schr. klas, Captain Thompson„
rived thi's moiling from the squadron
Anton I4izard4, having made the voya - ge 1
the Pass in five' days.
The Comm4dore deOatched on Wedn
day, the 11th ihst., the frigate Raritan, Ca
Gregory, the liotoroac,l Capt. Wollack, a
The *loop St. Afarys, !Capt. Saunders,
Tampico. 04 the fotlowincr t' morning t
Commodore hoisted ed 114 bro ad pennant
Princton, Cal* Engle; and sailed for t
same destinatiln: Tli Princeton took
tow the steamship Spitfire, Capt. Tatns
and the gunbca(t Petrel; Lieut. Shaw. T
steamship Misiissippi,l COM. Perry, 5ai1... 71
the same day, having ih tow the steamshirti
Vixen, Capt. Sands, the Bonita, Lieut. Reti.;:
shave, the ReoTer, Licht. -Starrett, and tt
1 1. ,
Nonata, Lieut.illazard.
. V
- Ere this the have deubtlestcrenched th it
destination, 14 we presume that •Tampiqis already inn oaf hands. ' The Spitfire, Ca tl,l
~
Tntnall, had previou*ly arrived at Ant qf
Lizardo, hayink touched at Tampico, a d!
communicated r'.vitli thctl'orpoisc , which is ail
maintaining thh blockade off that port, mint
learned that ih Mexican troops had marcl4
ed out of Tad pico, retiring toward Salt
Luis Potosi, tatting with them the - artille4
l'
from Tampico:
. ..,.,
The remain 4, of the lamented Morris wdi
exhumed on belard thd Raritan, and woo l ]
be convey to gensacolri as soon as the figh t'
at Tampico is Over. -
?.._
Cekktral Railroad.
A Correspo6dfnt 'cif the Philadelphi4 ,
Ledger, - speakig of this enterprise says :
Your colutntjs having lately contained atl
article adverse jo this great work, I beg leav4
to offer a few filets in reply; and it is cer
taro an ominous one that our exports, whielll
exceeded $12;900,000 a year before did:
completion of die - Erie Canal,:have since fal!
len to $3,0000011! Boston has reeentiA,
checked the phut strides of New York bY,;
means of her 'Western ;Railroad, which city!:
has, in turn, Wien the , alarm. She is nov4,
pushing, most 'nerg - eti'cally, her Erie RaP
road, Whicli enters our northern counties an 4'
it is intended to make them tributary to heril
Meanwhile, B4ton, sunshitui,
of prosperous anterprie, is at the same time;
reaching out ()tie iron Urin to grasp the tradd i
of Canada atll - lontreal, another to securO;
the trade of the Lake* at Ogdensburg, and;
volunteering 000,0001 to feed the .latter
another across* Stt4e of Ohio, via Cincinii
nati ! As if' to staille us still more, the 41;1
bany Argus teas us thin, during Otte week 'of
the present moilth, 190,104 barrels of float!
were delivered there; from her Canal-4i
quantity equal; to half our entire receipto.:
here for I4s!'i Agaiii : her very excess thi4j
year beyond laSt, is eOO,OOO barrels; whic!lr-f;
if carried on gur railroad at
. 50 cents pet,
barrel—=half leer chniige=-Ivould pay 5 PF
cent: on eight . milli+ of dollars:--a sant
sufficient to eomplete our road to Pitts.
burgh !
EXTENSION ( . 1F THE VELEGRAPII.—A Teh
egraphie comMunicattion between Bu gala!
and Detroit, vi Dunlfirk,' Erie, Clerelaniq
Huron, Sindu4hy andloledo, is to be madet
Messrs. LivinOton and Wells, - of New Yorkii
are about forming a company for the pm!:
pose. By the iierrns aragreeinent with Mit
Morse, the lin4 most be completed on the'
first 'days of Felinary i 1;848, and the wires htl
be used M a :must model of iron, of not lei
weight than 330 pounds to the mile, Ot,
s,tifficiently.timied or epated to prevent 0.\ , i41
dation. • i
•,.111
I .4,
TRELAND.— r iIhe g rit distreis which ex.?,
ists in Ireland 4t the present time, and tlid:. ;
prospectof an Increase of suffering and deg
titration, are exciting ajlarge number of chit
zens of Philadelphia t o active measures of
relief. They I . OC of opinion that much goin4;
may be done by raising money sufficient
purchase a quantity of grain, flour or IndiUtil
meal, tube entfusted to men of charactes,
and respectability' in. Ireland, (selected by ,a;
committee,) folidistrihution, in some of tiidi
most destitute distric end among those irk.
need of immedinte rel hr
ief. To. accompliglA
this object they have caused subscriptik
lists to be open4d throughout the city and',
distriets, ! and appointed committees to rei
ceive the cpritrihutioneof the humane. P hil.s
adelphia is never backward in rendering 104
sistance to the tinforhinate, and liberal con?`
tributions tt Ide.
THEQI htiectiElt
the' United
;on Pleining t l
died in Alleghepy county, on Sundity last,„!
Ile was of the fiat Methodist minister*
who preached tile gosOel Vest of the Allei
r_rhany foollntaitvs.
Silo . i . ALL*ANC.—Gen. Taylor sayi
he can keep hi Meal fifteen &kir§ ,on th,
smell of an oil nig ! 4t Monterey they were!
I
kept thr& daysion gr/ti corn.
.„. . •
.. 1
GUN COTTON-- , Dl'.. Ellet,. , of the Sout
•
Carolina Celledt. liaSiliseovered that liy a
m., ,
ding another art(' chetiper acid to the nitrie,! , ,
the explOsive Itialityl of.gunpowder is in` ,
~"
creasd. .? 1 :,..
Srncrn.—lt i tale
, lated that two mil
inns of specie frOm Fr nee and England wi
be received inliew York andßostoh beta
the Ist 41am:icily ne st. .
CoivotiEss.--.S.leini*rs of Congr, i ess n I ,
linstenini to Wigliingion•to be ready for thl
. I 41 4
session, which cpnitnences on PrlOndity wee
next. It is said a nutnber suffipieni to fo
a quoruiti has - afreadY arrived 1
-1!
,
is,- - ,
Radon.—lt las reported yesterday afte ,
noon, on the faqir °fritters from Washing;
ton, received bye tho Southern m4il, tha,
'Gen. Scott had tieen; cirdered to proceed a
ono to the seat #f wan. l ' . 1
• II -
,4 .6 1 I
, 1. , 1
11 ..sivE etAwp wr;-. 7 -IKr. Ttirnflr, . A
Lee' i rls, Etiglandi has iseovered iii,et saw
d dus , or any filnpus vilgetahle waiter,. cat
he rendered explosive like.• cotton; i weigh 1
for Weight, he t4inks, t sirwAyst '4l pros'
the bette-c. Ptßiggiikei
1
1
2,h4ratt.
e Press, the'Peordv' s ri;
ulinjice, and nubribed
EN
" here slmji
Unawed by
ItION
ROSE. DEC. 3. 1516.
E xpl
Jsion and loss of Life.
Ly kit the boiler attached to ;the
he Oreff b on Factory, in the 7th
e city of Pittsburg, at'ploded,
he Daily' Chronicle, ' not only
, ents the part of the b ildingia
s ui s l i d t i u ng,
ated,wbblettrepaassc4rnbtlewor of
through
b
,1:1
;
lere at work, and teariing a hole
front of the house, pasSed across
ad a considerable di.Stance up
1g kill, into — whic.ll it shot like a
ii,in the depth of for or five
b i
u rolled end over end ;some dis.
ler. We judged the I distance
iigins house to the' place where
as found, to be between three
ndred feet. In its Passage it
lbead of Mr. 'William; nolland,
he establishment and One of the
even. ivith his shoulders, and
lon the bill about th're4 hundred
On Fridt
engine of
Ward of ti
and, says
tore in film
which it w
the main
moulders nil
through tlai
the.street
the adjoiniti,
cannon bat:
feet, and th
tined fartlit
from the ei
the boiler %
and four h
took off the
foreman of
proprietors,
carried it u
feet from tl
body. Mr. James McClory, a
CT, Who it seems was lin charge
eat ! thr of . thr ide
,st his ei
pattern-ma
of the cngi
so had alup l
thing but
was left attl
William W
also scaldes
not thought
ing. He
named .on
was picked
head was c
—but not d
William Li
j ured, gut
,he lily
ZEI!
Oson, a.
Effir
he cou
'as very badly injtired. A lad
son of a widoul near by,
up senseless in the sheet. His
t, and he was otherwik injured .
ngerously. Another 14 gamed
on wasbadly serided
c)t dangerously."
.E7' Ant
has recent! I
Botta, at
gris. His
have settle',
but bate bra
ings, sulptui
gentleman,.l4l4 Laytrd,
pursued the track laid open by
imrOd, near "Maze!, cin the Ti
xcaiattons are said nht only to
e . precise position ofl Nineveh
at to light some oil s build
,u
es and inscriptions.•
New York Mirror says that a
on 'in Railroad Machinery has
effected in England, lby which
ge becomes a locom4kive, and
I
rain is -- thus enabled o ascend
r may occur above . tl e level of
, which the engine,l if alone,
ble -to ascend. The i nvention.
akiug the advance i 4 a whole:
adependent of the lodomotive's'
e rail on which it robves, and
g the propeling pouler of the'
e axles of all the carriages--
their advance depend on their
n. A break has also been in
eaus'of which a train may be
Fyn hill with perfectety,and
at an equal rate;of speed.
r - -/' Thel
new invents
lately been
each earn
the whole
any rise th.
the' railroa
would be
consists in
train quite
wheels to tl
h 5 convcvit
'
engines to ti
thus makin
own adhesi
IMISEEI
conveyed d
Harrisburg Argus sales, ," The
f this State are respOnding to
e‘ President with a prOniptitude
n The,
volunteers
the call oft
Worthy of
the emotion
praise. No doubt exists that
'es , 41iielo compose thel,regimen't
fe:On , days be ready to march
of rendezvous. Companie4, in
the State are filling lup their
from the number that have al-
ed gieir services, it certaiie
~u stibe disappointed , kr the non
11' their offer in' conser nence of
umber called for by the requi-
will in a ye
to the place
all parts of
ranks; and
ready tende
that many
acceptance
the limited.
sition.
regiment is complcteg,wc wilt
tunes of the compdnicis comp-
When th
publish the
gibe' it..
A—,
Hun;
had a sever,
side, while
John Quincy Adams
attack of paralysis of
•alliing along the st
e of his son, in Bosun
•I r, to be slowlyrecov
whether he ever w
- I
. &health.
=ME
said,
it is doubtfu
his wonted
UP Col.
York regi,
service of th
military ed
good service '
der Gen. A .
ida, under r
urpett, corraander
eut ree.ently ordered
U. S. is nn officer of
entinn, and lie tins
in the Indian war of
inson, and afterwar
'en. Taylor. •
account of the
I sm otin. Taylor, has
shingion,. This desp.
omo paints, - the lotto
10 7 ' The
Monterey, f
lisbed at WI
.tradicts, -on
extensively _ publish
have been a l
: the seat of
, ar V especially the statements
Geni , Butler, are proved tp
aliciously false. Gen t Taylor
highst terms of pruiie of dint
eesi`and Of the efficient aid ho
he 'official account of the bat. -
that 411 parties did tis it duty,
nd'discretion mere no monop.
y.• particular icutivi4Uals, but
the , best that circumstances
6orrespondents, dti Vat inju.
cos 'Mud the cause , ' they would
'cr4o ll of-facts.. T.h.ci if* ii
cow to ligla. _ . ;
made ngains
have been
speak's in th
officer's sera
rrndered
battles proye
that bravery
olized • by
,ft
that all did
Would allow.
•ry
. to themse
se rye, 'by. per
always sure 1
recently
'the right
t from
He is
dog, tho'
.1 regain
f the N..
inn: the,
thorn*
zonated
ua-
Q.v.;
I, in Floek
siege sit
Cell putt-
tch con , -
whick
~ frckni,