~i
• r -71: C
1)7.1, 7 , t ; ' • •
V' ' IFioni di
Late front the,Aikuify I
i Biqa zos.
- W Immerros, - , Jar
t_ : tampicO es to the 15t
the ISth-hli been received
'hi the arrivti , cif the steam
.setts. ..A comp erable exci
occasioned ak atnpico by'
olausidorzlile yo( Mexi,
ii
been seen, - in 4t oeighborli
•.,„"The p.. 4 blob atFa
3ra - mis on thelStli,ithGe
I s
rilloW"left • NhtamcF on: - t$
ty proceed ‘24tilcs nd, iv
tersodatfd:gl ,-- est Of his - di
GOO,,
' TOyjor •fts to leave
geP;.'ifiv%gs''' , ivision and
r[1 . 4,117s bl'i'a4 ' •
1 „ At ,:was, rep,, d that G
'cle . tOria t with: - 49 cavalry.
mauled at Pm ' s. Gen. W
4110wheraf it :, as reported
i4eVed ',that 4anta.Anna ha
i ll, l .pl k ,
A.cto.4, An rtaiwas purging
tkr..,igkors apinst whom th
wariestStis,pici+ of cowardic
saF l ll os he hadithe iliost imp
in,their bravert i and7Okill.
'cor..,Caraco wig several other
•ar i e, .not ' stated' : hilt been
charges withleawardice.
1
lieen issticifhy Saota Anna, ,
statit detith d y officer who
his flag by cox hrdice or. um
duct in battle. . , ' ,
There is a l 4 eral desire e
goxioan solffil i• to-he led - rn
Ae - rs., ; A.bout • hundred sii
ceived at the h '.4pital at Mae
it, - few, ,a*., ,Ile regiments
iip,tycl r enca pments and
commence thei tarch for Ta
ogre less fretiu, itt in the hosp
.the , fall and sin
, • iner montlis.
: 40ge..1.,a) t ke pv i coin the,*
occurred bet*- ii Camargo
About the leak 'Mr. Downie
Ile was a'nativ Icif Baltimore
d_ eel for .a timid) r of years at
'The combing strength of t 4
had left Matam Iras for Tarn
sing in :ill abo l,i. 1809 men
deaths having r diect:l'll)cm tl
,•4..
- tnerr orimnal str -ngth. i
The steamsli 4 Alabama lell
• um the 24th for ilsruzos, and ii
w T i ampico: Ge IScott and snit
the passengers. , I 'nu*, werel
troops, destined I or Tarnpie:o,j
der the command 'of•Moj. Sum.
Late and impolant from the Squadron
-Loss of the 14 S. Brig So era--•-
' Thirty
six of her Crop ri
perished— Tames of the
- " t'ostandthe S.Oved--:•Prite s eamshiy To
-1 basirnina not lteard frail, an all on board
',- .svpposed to haw perished—Newsfrom the
' Army--Cayti'i,r, eof 100 Mides laden mith
i 'stores for the 31eriean Arnty-H-Aecident to
Col. May. IP ' t •
• t• .
WASII - E4FON, Dec. 2lli----7 P. M.
t
The barque 11Mrgan Dix, art at New
Orleans, brings dates from the Squadron off
Anton Lizard°, lithe 13th inst.- Full par
-oculars haie b ' received of the total
wreck of the U. S. Brjg Somers, and the.
great loss of lifei Which aecopanied it.---
'The:Soarers ls-amaintaining e blockade
-off
it co
•o the harbor ul'lVera Cruz. n the eve
ping of the 7th she had' taken s letter under
Green Island, thire being eveindication
of an approaching Northerly g a le. On the
morning of the rib, a Sail bets g reported
drom - aloft, she vas got underl way, and
-stood:out \for s,evral miles, when the ap
'preaching vessel was ascertainto be the
-34ohn Adams, on iljer return fro Tampico.
-Per appearance saused•great s - sfaction to
.the'otracers of thiti Somers, ds om. Perry,
- had informed them that she w to relieve
i
-them from inaintqining the blockade as soon
-4M she Caine in. 1 , -.
444 As the Somerit was approach ng her an
rebtirage on her r4t.urri4nother Sail was dis
4:covered standingtfor Vera Cruz,japparently
41with-the intention'', of running the blockade.
--She I immediately; made all sail to intercept
,her, and in the eqttrt.to avoid -fallinr , on the
-reefs to leeward, itlie was struckb the north
, : or and-,thrown ulion her beam ads. The
~,atrange vessel came rapidly down,but showed
po u colors, and taed when near Pajordas
~reef.„.Lieut. Parker had repod the ap
pearance of squalls, and,the pa'culars are
„folly, detailed idlifie. The New Oile ns papers.
i f
~E°rtiers continued careenin over with
g-tea l t, rapidity, arid in about h an hour
( -afterwards sank. f i ,
.• --' The following i# a hit of the officers,and
men, carried down , with her :--11enry A.
--Clemson,- Aetinf.rilitaster ; John Ringgold
IsHy.nstm,•Pas,sed Midshipman; Wm. G. Bra
qzier,-Ebenezer Tirrell ) . Chas. 11. Bowen,
ahnies4Ryder, Jadies 4 Thompsot Charles
•,Lliwo,' ,almaras li:oung, •Willia Gellan,
t-Matthiato f iGeavel, 41,hjor Cain, Den nis liel
44yi,Alexasialer -Anßer, Cliakles M Farland,
„Jotnetifzeurd,, o*r/es 4-Tarie, 1 Ito Day,
vffli r illtirt?l:4Pardy4iVlVrard•McGo ick, Wm.
lEt‘usle,v,4BVin."_ , Q6:44,4 - no. liar, ve, Wm.
••Wl.:Ctirdy, Joni. r "stopper My rs, Clem.
- enz,,C. •Wilton„ !Ph ,', .8 -*Goys , , Joseph
-rAtiionyvAdolphe -:lll:Altnenie, :Ai ' tie! lbw
*t.,ard,-AVni.4 W.4l,Pe*t#Tß, • 10firt• ..-SPear,
4,JstMe),C4rapniatk. • 'sewis Johnson , Ignutibs
414 rzl
- , -.llreopold,:ThOmis4. efferson,-Wm: IL Bose
.•fand Peter4liernani#*,4 • '-' • , ',.. -
Et! v List of hose sav I-.--R. serum
-Ciatinottudieg4; 341.1,r, D. Claiborni
°John L. Balker, Lie'it . count; John 1
cit
-igUrser,j, Jim. 1:1„•W' ' bt, passed.
Surgeon ; Francis . Clark, Mills!
Edmund I'. Steve .2,-, Purser's S
eJliotili 1 - I.azard,•-r . Man V Antos
e lor
, -air firi . Johrtson, MattlifßriOk,Jirith:
ofhlo i i , An G. Tantir , Charles ' . • , S
actridOVlllianiso&, .Iti. Pollen, 'join
, 4 1 1*11 ,k lt staroolivill," 1 1 1hOsi 'M i t:al:Alan
1 - 441frt efteid, l Winellyt,:lFranels'Fliti
3 oYPThotopiod4= ChrittOolter tawr4
• - *eplffitodd‘4tat•fient•Mayniutl,43.
Thos. D. Burns, W 441. Porver, Jos. ,
n jogetkitkete - ViiiitA'' atuin 'WiS
utbbik"iyuk-iiii!Dire; r as 4:Weld
„1,14
att as ,Ow il * B ;;,': tiA :s2 - '4,-•74 .-•
himlliWiOtifiet - -•coritift Ottiil : the 40
- fears-are entertained fili "ifith*VOsiel
frigat Joh? Atiants*:4'iliertfta*shi
-I .liiiii i 'ir,ix - e'liVisitri -" ' a-Piaui, w.
i 4u,
li pfillaiitr'fiiiiii thi l p lie- Prb
1114
,tillOpriiii4 Ilia *OW 1":10ifil
Veig. 'o.44:eit'Trpiii";. l ' . l§6a itti 4( . "1
i
Nia.thlsltir _. __._ _, ~, ~
=le
~/olzker' .
ing lik*ers-hat
. .
the. Mexicans on , the;•beaeti, qga rfAntnn I ii ,fsl
gado,'whither'thehad - liCett drOen by thy', sial
gle clinging t? held
at yeidCruz,ns . Pri 3 Oner*-4if ;
since died. - tfa
This makes forty-four s(tved: out of the ;
eighty souls on board. :Nile efforts of the pe
crews,of the French and.Hegli4,ll fesielsta ar
save the hilts of the creit , of the !Somers are tit
spoken of,with wThrtn ccimmendation, The vri
ace - aunts Of ;the wreck occupy ,three columns I th
in the Picaiutie. Among the passengers al
in-thekorgtm Dix, are-Purser -Hamilton_ th
and
.the -clerk of. the steamship ;Alississippi,' dt
loAn4;to,tho ; North. ; ; •
Ole Prize Atemeship, the Tobasrmina, be- ci
fore reporod as driven i out to sea„ had not, el
beeti,linaril of, And; all on board are doubt- m
less. lost,
hitch.
Public Ledgcr.
ampitco and
P. M;
i end Brazos to
Int „New Orleans
1- hip • Massaehu
nent had been
report that
an, cavalry had
s t i; _
naa '4lTriven at
. .re's.sap. Gem
14th, and was
for Gan. Pat
: sign and train
Menterey wit It
portion of Gen/
Thefatestintelligence from To sco states de
that the inhahitints are Much gusted. with 4(
thejneglect..of , the supreme vbrnmeilt.-,-- a
The intelligenOe from. the city of Mexico is
meagre and unsatisfactory. The opinion m
prcfailed in tit squndron that a quorum of tb
the members e ect to thenew Congress would is
not he got together by the time appointe4 qi
for the 'opening, the sth of December. in
. Cern. Conner arrived off Anton Lizard() pe
on the 13th, in the Princeton, end changed pe
his broad pennant to the aritan. The is,
frigate ; Potomac came in the slum evening. ar
The &hr. Morris had sailed for Tobasco Si
with provisions for the cutter McLean. ty
ThetAitlicers of the merchant vessels speak. at
in tlie!farmest - terms of the promptness and Cf
vigilance of Com. Perry, who protected
them 00111 nn,antieipated night attack by
the M4ican gunboats, by a guard 'rowing
around; ier in boats.
tririn was at
Gen. Wool re-'
.rtil was at Sat.'
• nd confidently
2,000 men at
is army of a ll
re was the re
-I,"f•etaitting only
licit- confidence
en.-Ampudia,
whose names
mprisoned on
Ad order. had
looming- - fin
_
shall disgrace
ni
preised by the
ainst the iiiya-
It had been r,.
t 'tiaras within
were breaking
were about to
l pico. Deaths
1 tal than during
Murders eon
; ior ; thiee had
fid Monterey.
ing was killed.
:MidShipman Rogers, of the Somers, was
taken — pisoner•while he orris in a most da
ring manner taking a reconnoisance in the
neighbairhood of the powder magazine at
Vera:Cruz c a few days. before the loss of
tline*essel. \ .
. * . 'e have alsb a few, items of ,news from
Monterey. Gimeral Taylor had arrived
from Sa!Ulla on; the :13d November, escorted
by a squadron lof Colonel May's dragoons.
The General had succeeded in capturing
one hundred; pia mules and their loads,
consisting ofj subsistence and stores intend
ed -for Santa flita's army at San Louis Po
tosi. Anoth r squadron had left iii pursuit
of 400 Mule loaded with army stores for
die same des Minion. Colonel May had a
severe fait at Salado
,by his horse tripping
(Indic pavem ut, but be was doing well and
would be rca y fir duty in a few days.—
Santa Anna is said to - have 30,000 volun
teers at San tiis, besides the regulars, but
the reports ar contlietiug. A volunteer by
the name•of 'orrest Was shot dead at Mon- -
I tcrey on the 29th tih., bk a hotel keeper,l
named Armstrong. Two Frenchmen had
been arrested( for tampering with our.sol•
diers and pireiing inducements for them to
desert.. _ .
The trial o the alcalde, his son, and oth
ers; for tamp ring tvith our meti,"was set
down for the - d December. It had been
elbarly - ascert• ined chat many of the prin
cipal metrat dotiterey had had a timer in
the pie, and any of the first families had
left. The 7thißegiment stationed there had
lost many by desertion. Dates front. (lea.
Worth!s divisimi at Sahillo had been re
ceived to the Pith ult., at which time all
was quiet.. !Nothing further, from 'Gen.
. Vir4aora,divisiot. , ; . -.
;: .,hirnes . .York i a native of Pennsylvania,
was- shot at N4w Orleans on the :21st.
but had resi
corpus
ree regiments
Oico, coin pri
--4,-siekness and
13, one third of
New Orleans
'ls believed . fur
tr were filllo/.lm
also several
ion board, un
ncr.
THE ARMY. of THE UNITED STATES.-7-A
report haS been presented to the Secretary
of Wor by tht Adjutant General, which
shoWs the.amonnt of land forces employed
in the war andithe distribution of the troops.
The; ageregateinumber of regulars is 5,.473,
of vOlunteers W 6,511. The regular force
on activeftehl"service consists of two regi
mes of drag ns, numbering 12SZ3 men;
,;::,
four regiment` of artillery, 2,706 men;
eig regiments
.of infantry, 3,89 S ; rifle,
regiinent, nine companiei, '665 ; company
of engineer sdiers, 71;, recruits en route,.
762 total, 1315.
The volumes employed is the tvar con
sist
Of tirenty-4ven regiments and two com
panies;-fir‘e,re ments are cavalry or mount
ed lien, and' tvt my-two infantry, except a
. part of one ba :thou, --of which two of the
t.. ...,
corn antes are : Weld artillery.
'On the. 21st "f September, it'appears by
the .tatetnent t n submitted to the Secreta
ry of *or; tha ;the volunteer force in the
field (12 mouth ' men) amounted to '23,161
t
officers! and me :exclusive of the get*ral
officers and staff providiid• for the irregular
troops. This-fdrce,it is 'seen, does not now
exceed 16,5004 f the data Opon which.the
strength of the 4rtriy is, based be tolerably .
, a .
correbt. : t
The army int campaign s distributed as
4 ,.
follows : Alrmy der cOmmand or orders of
Major General i nylor--.-regular troops, .1,-
663;; en route LP Mexicn, 081; recruits en
routed 762 -di :total regulars, 7,406 ; volunteer
troops,
10,9:2 6 ; fWega*, A5;33 , 74. Under
Siiii. , gen. ~'Wool, 41iarge# with the conduct
of JA ilepalVe di t nsion--rer.4ar troops, 621 ;
volunteer il f...),o3o ; toad, 2,666. Under
Brig. Gen: ,Lea ey, charged with the con-
Auct of a. : sup . `division in New- Mexico
und 7 Catifoixiiuo—; gular trnoPs, 446 ; volun
teers,-3/,46., ;1a.:P:4644 99 1 ,4ggreaute force
etaPirtY4ikthe 6,e1d,24,984.i Ofgh, is force
(24,9i48,471 min of the.receti l lar army, and
'
16,511.ToluIpteel. 1,
LL'' , .'"E 4, trix.indon TO . ik.Vir ORLEANS.
A. comp a ny
-,- h a been formal to construct I
a line af I.Magiletie Tlegrapb between 1
Washltsgtatiland N ew 0 eiiiS: We!lase 1
received a copy. 0 . the art' lealoragreernenti.
and association, and 'a prO, ' `` ins stowing'
le
the cot and . : I :tht tnnputed i r ientue' of 113 e I
sprtipOsedlin& `T The - retenue its - computed I
at #446Molforie year." the c.pe.nses'i
s l i
SfF3,636: 4 'The cress which bits attend
ed the line 'fro liiii - eitY i '4, New 'York,.
yielding Wrelitifew , 'fit lwelt*per cent in
terest na.the 60 !id ' nelt i bald by the pat
enteeii;`itinlibig pi r fi :font, ioer tent. on the
actualsnit;'l4 ' .the„ . del*Ys: and acci
&eta ineidenktOn e An4atiOn; must be
fully satisfaetdrft ash eapftalittrs,nftlie val
i
4
un of 'Ye r lekTilitt tit ' k. - T`! e' it
isliiiilrltti#iiiitti:Siiiril& iiikp(pflon of I
c lo
the talntal,n64fienti fOiilig, ' #olyelinn of 1
the NeSP!,4 o oriAtifs trii;O'Candition that s it be
coin men* 4tietliiteli t ,Talidliorapleted to,
New Orleans ;in 4i¢ 'brief space of four,'
taonths.,,44eprOlfiliility ; fs;4lis prpj,q. will
L.be 64oRted.:--t. 1 4t. aggr , - •,-, -.
In ltiilo tite-,,whok ' prottucti;oftlie - Nita
' - "lifitif . itilih'ilitili'''Cila -," i"" 4 ' •Wi'ff '6'
sY a , • , ..,... JR P.s
tam It is iii*,,A,,,, , I Atilythv s . ,••
~. • - _ .
~
S, Lient
Lieut.;
.Steele,
-manta
;
iteward ;
IColson,
KO
•ymour,
Smith
Gen
te,
no tat,
dagton
I n and
11.;:and
s3fis
-re off
• • fit.
r.:TA
I r - istn - 13
Ibeen
•
Moat A,l,lF6n.4—.Cletter in the Jour,'
tiE Cetitmetie . they:Rev. Walter .CAli
otalloitterey; dated Sept - 49,
v.S'the following hew)* of affairs in Cat
ia: -
here is no disposition here among . the
• o le to offer any
„ resistance. The masses i
c horonghly with ns ' and right glad to get
d if Mexican Me. Had it been other
is• they neverwould have elected me to
le Wel magistrady of Monterey. We are
II riled more in the light of benefactors
to .-.vietOrs. Their • friendship and con fi
en must never be. betrayed. California
UV` never be surrendered to Mexico. If that
au try has still good ; claims to her, let those
!al s be liquidated ;by au equivalent in •
io y. Rut it woult4 be treason to the lives
ad ornwes of the best inhabitants tosurren
er he provinceitsclf. Let Congress annex
er o the Union us a territory, and establish
ci • it government. •
r. Semple,. an emigrant printer, and
ays If, have establishcd a small paper here,
to rst ever-published in California.; It is
said every Saturday,—its appearance made
uit I a little sensation. We found the type
in old forsaken cell of a monk, and the pa
such as it used
. here for cigar wrap-
ers l and was imported for that purpose. It
l inted in English and Spanish. We
re
. 'oing to send at once to the United
tat 's for larger paper and a = fresh foat
'pe With this new-engine 'of power we
, I. .ing to sustain the genious of Attieri ,
in tnstiwtioias here.
T iree thousand emigrants fromfthe
'tates, it is understood, have j dst arrived
c. ii Francisco, in two companies, one
sanded by Captain hustings,' and the
by Capt. Prusia, and tell t ( thousand
are on their nay.
GEM
othe
111301',
T E IxJunv or UN/ rST Susrtetdx.- 77 -The
world is very apt to pat the most unfavora-
ble construction upon the acts of individu'
els, and frequently to - hast 4 subject persons
to stispicion of crime iieliOlie characters have
before stood fair and unblemished. The in
justice of this course is' mademanifest in a
case which has' happened at Dayton, Ohio.
Some. time last spring, Messrs. - Chambers &
Harri ,of that city, by mistake mailed for
Cinci coati the sum of $2OO, which they in
tended to-mail for Springfield.. The money
not libing received by' their correspondent
in Splingfield, suspicion of , phrloining it
fell upon one of the clerks in the Dayton
Post Office, Mr. V. B. Howard, (who, the
Triniscript say. 4, was "a very worthy young
man.") Young Howard was of a very--sen
sitive nature, and on being informed of size)
Suspiciim, instantly resigned his post, say
ing that the Post Office was thereafter no
place for him. - lie forthwith volunteered
Tor Meivico—left for the Rio Grande with
the Ohio troops---and being of a feeble eon-
Stitution, took sick on the march from M at
amoraS to Catnargo, and died., The finale
to this !sad history is told in a late number
of- the Dayton Transcript.
" Wsterdav the letter, with the money it
contained, was returned to the Post Office
here Om the'dead letter office at Washing
ton:"
A R)vat Eorroa.The King of Bavaria
it i
is abo'to start a newspaper, which, rumor
?says, '.is to edit hiniself. We cats imag
ine theiKing sitting on the thrOne,•with an
Monett c pair of scissors in. one hand; and
the pas c brush in the other, writing his
Zeituit. ~while the printer's devil is knock
ing at the door of the palace calling for "co
py." His Royal Majesty scarcely knows'
the pails and pentilties of an editor_ yet, or
else he would not be so ambitions Of rushina
into be,rspapei- authorship. How will lit
like opdping three hundredletters a day—
every o#e of them finding fault with sonic
part of iis paper 1 How will he like being I
kuocke up at three o'clock in the morning •
to corn down to the office and open .an ex
press ? k How wilt ,he like collecting his
quarter! , subscriptions, OrAanswering his
corresp . udents' inquiries—whether his .7)faj
esty wil he graciously pleased to take out
his sub , ription in coals, candles, German
sausage', sour trout, seltzer water, or. Ba
varian er How wilt he like being pros:
ecuted Jr libel 3 or is he prepared to put
in the o f plea," the Eing-cui do no wrong 1"
because the same yarn, of,course, wouldnp
ply to r , ammatical errors, false . syllogysm,
erroneo p quotations, and all sorts of nun
nigh it is very doubtful whether his
'mild take the excuse, and might
to his Majesty to stop sending in
.—Punch.
sense, t
renders
not is -11
the pa
.Prin . lED HUMAN Bony FOC:CA—WC
gathere , the following facts from a gentle-'
man of i telligence and undoubted veracity ,
who wa an eye witness. They may there. !
fore be ' lied upon as tibistantiall&correct :
A fe . • weeks since, whilst engaged in 1
digging ' well in the -lower parlof Lownds 1
county, i-eorgia, within about half a mile
of -the lorida line, the workmen found ti 1
human ody, completely 'turned' to chalk.
They ha I mutilated the body considerably'
before di v' ere aware what it was. After '
-they disc vexed it was a human body, they
sueceede in getting - nearly or quite all the
parts. , ay inlet-mant, with several other
gentleme of the vicinity visited the spot,
I
and extir 'ined it ca'refully. They-say there
isnot tit ' least doubt of- its being a human
body. i ,, here were several teeth still re
, maining n the jaw, and the appearance Of
three hay ng been extracted whilst the sub
ject was' ving. The body when found was
inibedde in a stiff clay about 30 feet from
the surfs .- The surrounding country - is a
flat pine 'rest, heavily timbered ;•' no stream
of water' f any magnitude within ten Miles.
i Our infor ant lyas strongly of the opinion
that this ody had 'belonged to °tin: of the
1 .- antediluvian races.—Albany (Gu.) Patriot,
Dec. .1:). ' •
,Novel, •.nnwEN-r.---We noticed yesterday
the arrtvl ortivo flat boats direct from
their cargoes consisting of 4600 pigs of
leafl;c4st . . ned to two merchantsOf our city.
These lip, ts . ilarted from Lake St. Croix,
over SOQ , iles above St. Louis, took their
loads - at
.and made, the trip ihiwn
in severity" ree'clayS.." - this ii:the first flat
boat ship i int of lead, ‘Ve believe, ever
made to tl s port.—A. 0. Delta.
E . OTIONATE WIFE.—" Pb ilaura,
aliiringhusband to his /awful
•was several years the junior,
ou-say, to moving to the West ?"
.elighied , . with , the idea. You
ens Air:Morgan moved out there,
4"as - we 'ate, and he died in
pp vords/a..hundred thouiand dol-
Ak 4
dear," aai
spoude;'w
"what do
ietolleet
wf* , as
fare •
• .7- "..- •
._-- .•
4iii - 1i4ri.5410 . 11_A1.-. ,--,
'..,...-,: . ~.., . - ..... ,:.
'ConforsionatLlProceedhigis.
- WASANGTON, Jan. 2, , 1847.
The Senate was not in session to-day,hav
ing on Thursday adjourned over toMorlay.
In the Douse, ‘ the first business lin order
was the resolutioii to prevent members from
making excuses for not voting., The reso
lution was adopted--85 to 73.
The States were then called in order for
resolutions, and agreat number weraoffered,
chiefly unimportant. : i
Among those offered, were resolt4ions—
ITo inquire into the expediency ol setting
•
mart a tract of land in Oregon fun the In 7;
i i
dians 'West of the Rocky Mountai 's, to be
held by them in perpetuity, and sec ring to
them 'rights independent of the gov innieut
of the United States.
- To inquire into the expediency of estab
lishing the duties on the articles in the pres
ent lariff at the revenue standard.
To inquire into the expediency of min.
cing the pay of members of Congress, and
others, twenty-five per cent., during the con
tinuance of the war.
Of inquiry, whether the money beqUerithed
by James Smithson was in the treasury on
the Ist January, 1847.
To inquire into the expediency of impo
sing an ad valorem tax on gold and silver
&c. &c.
Calling on the Secretary of the Treasury_
for information as to whether secret; travel
ling agents are or have been employed by
the. department, and paid from the treasury.
Of inquiry, relative to the trial and exe
cution of seamen,on hoard ship Cumtierland.
Calling on the Secretary of Wan to re
port bow many regiments have been em
ployed near the_mouth Of the Rio 9rande
since the commencement of the war, the
number of Heaths, number discharged, &c.
For printing 10,000 .copies of the Report
of the Secretary of the Treasury or( Com
merce and Navigation.
Relative to the better organization of the
militia of the United States.
IjA Series, in regard to the war, its causes
and objects.,
The bill to increase the pay of thti army
of the United States was made the Special
order for Tuesday next_
The bill for the better organization 'of the
army—raising ten additional regimCnts—
was made the special order fur Mcioday.
Mr. Wentworth offered a tesolutiob, de
Glaring that it is inexpedient to levy 4 - duty
on tea and coffee. Mr. 'Payne moved to
lay the resolution on the table. Negatived,
-19 to 160. The resolution, by yea and
nayS, - was then adopted—yeas 115, nalvs
31r. Sims, of Missouri, offered a rpsolu
tion. declaring that the people,. of - the Uni
ted States are- too patriotic to refusA! any
necessary tax in time of war. Mr. , ll.nllibun
moved to lay the resolution on 'the table ;
motion lost, :22 to 107. The resolutiOu, by
yeas and nays, was then adopted—yc4 126,
na vs noac!
Notices were given of several, billy rela
tini to matters of lowa, and also,,of a hill
to amend the several acts relating to United
States District Courts. Adjourned.
"tunmarn.
The Dayton (Ohio) papers slate that at
Xenia, on the 11th inst. a young lad.•affed
about 15 rears, in the house of his &Tanga
ther, a Mr. I3inkley, was awakened by an
alarm tinder his window. .1 ladder Was •
plat!ed against the window, and in a few
minutes a man appeared opposite the4in
dow, upon the ladder. When he had climb
NI up breast the yonn7 lad,
'wniting;, prepared Tor him, tired at his breast.
The ball took effect as the man fell at dude
The contract for the second ship of the
-team Navigation Company was made on
Monday 'of last week at New York. The
tiret h hip will be launched about the kith
Jost We are very glad to learn that the
zulicription to the stock of this CoMpany is
going on favorably, and that it only falls
shut; €476,000 of the amount. needed :1:500,-
000. This will probably.be taken within a
week or two.
A young man was. instantly killed ni the
Wayne scythe fiictory, in Maine, last week,
by the bursting of • 0 grindstone. He was
engaged in grinding some tools on the large
stone used for grinding scythes,- and was
mangled in the most shocking matinee;
parts of his body being carried up through
the flooring into the room above. •
Rev. John Forsythe, D. D. of Newht,
. Y. has been appointed Professor of L
In and lecturer: on 'history ; and the Rev.;
Lyman Coleman, of Princeton, Professor of ;
German in the College of New Jersey. •
! GeneralTrastus Root, the venerable and
well known politician, died recently in
. the
city . of New York, in the 74th year of his
age. Gen. Root lia..oecupied many offices
-of trust. lie has hell-,a member of the As
sembly and Senate, and Lieut.. Governor of
I the State, and a tnetither g• the State Can
vention of 1S;21. alit represented' his
district in CongreAs.
Ars. Alexander 4arailton, the wenerable
relict of the first Secretary of the Treusitry
of the United States; and the favorite 4id
de-camp of George Washington, is again
waitino• the pleasure ! of Congress, for the
sale to the governntent o' her husband's
works., They must, contain state papers
that have no other Vr4rietor than the,coun
try. ;
Mr. Wise, it is said, wishes to come boine
from Britill, on account of the ill-health of
his wife, and the appointment era Minister, is
his place will full, it his thOught, upon i t he
Hon. John J. Hoge, Of Illinois, whose term
in Congress expires the 4th of March newt.
On the 12th inst. stephen A. PouglaSs,
Dem. now a member 'of the House of /Li*.
reseutatives, was eleet`ed. Senator of the Utli
rte,d States for .six Tits (rota. the 4th of
31arehtlext,,inplaceo JamesSemple,.Detn.
whose term of service ' t will thea,expire.. T to
vote stood—Douglass,' 1004 ,Edwards, whpg
45.,',, _ . • 1.
. .
,
A case is now on4r ial ; In Mississippi,
Which, if 1t takes a pr4Petc*eeiiini, will go
far to abate the rage foi.. - dtielling, A. l am ,
of the State of Missiasikii . r,e4ulres that la
iiian - shall pay' - thii'dehti4 of 'each itidividO l
*li o n' ,he kills in '.ti dOelotthl if' an .hiiite t -
li
jary will sustain : the la*, and , the -defenda t
is•able' tory, KY.:Will 4 . careful lii' t /w lie e -
.. glitgeiilif a - dttel. . ! , ~ • , ,I. , ,
--- -
111111
:the Galatia aiett,:writin
gays tlia , io of„iooo..pers
km thi ult4i. to atten ti
tilcOnve - ite at lowa, i y
se were aptiticants for offi u
Government. The only n
re tiro ininititers,. the . clerk t
, the Vostiaaster,. a • few ml
; doctor, one; grocer, one . A.
't the womennd children. ‘;
DEM! •t,
ponde*
Dubutlun
that p)ae:•
Lepslatu
Most oft '
der the ne 'l
itanth left
Land Offi'
chants, o •
master, a
irEl4:SES..—Tte,_ 0T091A11,1 . of t
'it of the U. S. Treasury, I, t
ie 'w'ar witliXexicti; from t • 5
k
ofDeceratie).,llast,)ii ($2 t 5
Million, thraebutidred and t i 4
ad dollar's. 1' '' . "t ;
I'
BALLS.—AI :the'. 4isenal, n\e'
they have a;:• r machine:: by iii,
;one hundred and eighty ; is
:ithin two hundred
it is Ili
qlions or ball s wereshiP ti-
Ped r ;
o the seat oil war,
~ ' - •
th of ;Nov. 1.843 i -the state
;ania was 011627,786 3* '
). a lapse of •43;yetti:s,;.$40,
revenue of !the 'past yea 1
e expendituros; an 'event 1 iii
are oeeurrea for A lout peril. ',I.
reasonable - ilatibt that the t dl
st will be promptly paid,
The ne% iron stearafi l frigate 'Allogl a
now comp ting in PittSburg, will.;' ;
.. r
dy for lau ping in Februaty anti= , 1
same time ' new iron reVenne stein e t
will be en 'pleted of 350 - tonS,• 120 'fel
deck and ' feet beam, to. be ealle& tl,
J. 'Whlke ; She will liliave side ‘',l). t
iV i Ajt
count of
to die 15t1
000) tivo
five-thous
St. Louis,
they muk
minute.
that two
that point
Ou the
of Penny
lino* ' Mi . !
577. Till:
equalled t
has not be
There is n
ruary lute
wheels, an an armament of on. pivot
and four s all shifters, sOhooner rigged
three mast. Sh , 3 is to hei a sharp and
tifully mod fled vessel. j , -
The lar e. store of Messrs. G. B.
bridge & .in Buffalo{ No. 28 Midi A
and" the twi? , stores adjoiOing, were test
ed by tire-o i .Wednes.daY of last wee ..-
Walbrisl . ge Co's loss -iis said to he i
teen thpusa il dollars, arSo partially ins e
Mr. 'Wary ishop, a hood-lieeperto Me
Walbrid! , e -- Co, is misting, and it is
&ally feare that he lids perished ;in 1
flames. 1 -.
•
A new evedition to Oiegon is fitting
Newburyport, Mass.
: iA, company hi
l
purchased t i . e brig Evelite, at a cost of
N
O, fur the oya-ge. Tla,! is to be place
charge of kr. Goodwin, who is well
(painted 41C1 the COaSt
ammimparommem
i)C —ll
topic's 'Mum-de
Pref:S, reaple's Si , Zbts maim
,thictice, mtd nulkribed by Laid."
Herr tli
Citztwol
OSE. 4.40. 7. 1847.
iIIONT
ne Our snbseribers ow
?: the Silver L
•
Post Route t 4 ill hear in timid that-where
topped at their doors, by
ill charge cts. per,years
papers are
Carrier, he
:.0 doing
iarrigbug Asrglig."
, a spirited Democrati :
c' pa
ie Capital of our stint*.
The A rgt
ptibliAtod at
3. C. C ANTI. ; •, k ill he - published Daily ;
Weekly durr the SessiOn of this Le,2i
tare, on the glowing terms:
Daily, during ; the SessidO
Weekly, it isdo
Six copies f the Weelq to
one pos 'office.
WEP p
Weekly-, (
r annum,
ail y during s e ssion) • . 3 0
have thiS- 'Week no news
1
'ents of recent occurrence w I
,o edify or atinise our reader.
1 occasion has . :passe d. off n i lt.
he record of •any very extrai
dinary disast&s. Their observance see. 1!
to have bee t t) marked withl the hilarity' a't
good' feeling ihich ever and' anon Nilo) 11
the soul and warm the heart of every hap i'
!
'citizen. ' Salle devoted it , entirely, to pt
-1
re We
remarkable e
which either
The Loll-da)
out leaving t
poses of ple+tire—some to religious es
cises—others divided their time between
144(1 - • i ;
1 region of serous reflection , pleasura. e;
anticipation; ; t -tide very many were, , buS . i
: and gaily cm toyed in receiving and ex
itnl-!
. ini' the greedi g,s of friendship. , From e e!;
appearance oti our Hymenial departnten ,
' we infer that thorr than one' at dune.; sei. [I
upon it as Iti befitting opportunity for d,b
transaction of,i) usiness at th. delightfully ei ; ,
!-tliraling • alt aA of Cupid, ilitfe were -!ve i
p
closely confin4d to our" Stitcturri," b;. 'pre
f of job work ti addition to our ! ordinary:l lO
bons ; tbougur Carrier was much gra ~
ified with the ti elcome and fiuicl' pr0,q40,,#,t
return, which attended the • delivery,of ht
"Address." 'This was to us atiaple•tewa ,
for the rnidnigtt-labor which', it: east- us;l`
"get it Out" fol. hint. If ourpationslOO
! • ' .
ally will Contiiiii, eto favor us future, Os I
die past, and Wt . : are-permitted to seallie dayl
I
will endeavor; !wain, on the opeuing4it
ether New-Yeitr,'.to 'greet 'yon Witiret( e '
pression of itei r ied 'gratitude for; :You.
,
patronage, *idesire to merit : uch portititit ,
and Itindtiess!4 your hands;, will iinpel.! ! tut/
nerve us on tO ihicreasid exertion inTdieltt f,
borious enter+ w hsrein we have ticiie4iiti
ly but as We trujt auspicigitsQimi ; bai•iioil:
~,
Mal
1.47.11 E - WAR: . - '`'.?:''
The latest intelligenee front the arraii !will
be found ha iitirer Column's. ‘ - 'iYe have ii.ct
1 ..-
~ , -• •
. , _
advice off rerptly fought hOlep, ,t 491 1 0)
there is eviileilif much of planning tind ptttp ,
,aration,, kir haid:fighting....i,4-',Willynotl-14
long, we appre end, ere we Shall hear dui
- battle either erViennia, viii:Ohi oriini
1
Luis, lE'otsbii' the,eaptingnteas,i,h, we hell
lies° to.he-itti , ntetnphation,t- Santa Anna
will iiiobUlllyif i .Imdare,give fight in perionl
at the latter ee. 'AVith",lGenellels-'s'66tv
end Tailei• - ini 6 - inland eiel„; !w eve troops;,
we have little `F9 , .tpiii t .inief*e,:loss qcf;.iPgi..
prciOsilivici..i t . . linnet the litesden,ool4
i r
out obstinately,- that, treichervius slave to
power,' Sinus A4ua,, - will soon .l Poll4.'
to yield to the!piyireiefour's 'sfiris; • -' •
I===M3=2!lM
E===
.'es .1 ~.1.,: .;', : - 3 , !3-.%.,,. For the Peopli ,
can. "Clew'. IliOrnsidle criliel
left Incidents iti'litation to tin
the' Schools andleadeinies 'in tii4
7 * " mients of Pa. now anti - then*c
lb. quite .interesting. A I have htani /
be histotfocattAcadenty;not 4th
er- .distant,: which;; was a little to
Sc - which front ' recoll e ction I. wil
ir . repeat.. , When -: the cmintiva
4- sparcely seftk
lea bountiful Le
le - `propriated ene thousand dollars
'a to be securely invested ler. l
the
''.: '
s','-
Academy, in a Small yillage in
Y"
tier of couuties. ) ,: The money :
, . over—an entlyisettler and ext
Lrir
c b bolder received it, ;tad_ annum(l
a for the it6o of-interest as-it ncell
' h t the addition of stock-subscriptiot
HI ) priatp building 'Fres erected. T 1
.. elected. and,. a .school plit in o•eratiam.— .
bt Teachers wereemployed, one a -r another
It in rapid suceesSion f .until their ~ .e *as k-
~.
as gion. Trusteed were elected ore time to •
,i, time, but were:found, for a seri.. of yesirs, to,
.--• consist of the some men. Few or no 'alter
•- ations were made in the Boar. fortiienty
,successives years. As the po ulatinn inn.
F, CreaSed, ~and men who justly . ade some ,
1 " pretensions.tirlicerature e.ame lin , the Place,
te n disposition was manifested, fo , .thelienefit :
pn
1 Of the Institution,to make some chan*in
1. the board , S4ll. were told- th 1 t they had
le ) 10 part or lot' in the,- niatter, tit t none but
in stockholders 'eetiltl be. allowed t l vote', and
id
that it was a ..liusiness which longed
pe
culiarly tc;cthe.pioneers.of the pl ce. Well,
sometimes they kept ;Up the A demy and
I : .
sometimes resolied- their Acad My into a
..
Common School; but managed t keep some
- kind of a. Schoofmost of the tim . A - fterthe
lapse oflnany years, however, s much &E.:
L ficulty attended 'their endeavor drain up
F:
the old-fashiOn4 Board, that nly ttto kir
,
i- i
, e three met to elect Trustees; wl en it was
conchnled that it was not wortheir while
Board, as re-elect the same old : Boai , as some
were absent and . , others disabled
dance. Well; what must be' do
their places must'be supplied. , N
nits classical men, for they may
i l
about Academy 'LI - dry,:ing than i
take* all the shineoh' us:l We cal
of tha l / 4 f. . We- will elect some
who on hearing Latin or Greek.
' . can only hold their ooks up beton
without understithling a word;
do that,.surely, ieour most gracio
Manner. Agreed-: you are the b
i
out. So, title to the suggestion, e
. men were selected 'wlioknew no s
r the dead :languages than a male
construction of a steamboat, wi'
F 4 . 2
1 Al
5
0
source of ambition to serve in,
, than the chance of having chili
their own in fotaire..time that. n
i education, who are formally notil
election. Well. w ith a new administration,
, new measures miistl.eadoined. Th6old Acad.
emy must be razed to the ground, or Tin:lor
' et! from its moorings,! and
,a ne one con
structed in its . plaee, 4e: • The c
-..:
\ called upon to aid, .4c.: They re
was told," Cleaw:tl!einside of y
first—let there lie first satutary
your mode of Direction, Such. as t
entity satisfactory; and inspire c
!' l l and When you' have thus caught u
1 limes, you may call on jus for assist
1 a better grace,- and with a better
( success V' It • oeCtilidd : to me
Much force in thereplY; 2 SPEcinvinit:
PUBLIC
In pursuance Of a call of arttun ,• r. of our
citizens, u respectable. ;number co, veued at
the Court house on Ate erening.': 'the: sth
day of January, 1847. •
On motion; '.B."..MITLFOR was
pointed Chairman; ud i hi. S. Wz ov, Sec-
rctary
After hearing remarl(s from Jude ,
B. S. Bentley, Esq . .," and others,
mice to the propriety and necessity
int buildings, in Montrose, suitall
Academical Sphool, itlvas on mot
Resolved, That it inexpedient
joint stork company' 'Of foOr thorn
lais, to he divided iniO' F shars of t*l
dollars each, , !tit" : J PurPose of p
ground,•and erecting buildings then
Resolved, That a Committee be
ed to dries , up'a . Cfroeitnitittion of sal
patty, arid' ;prdOire:l.uhscriplionsl
istoilt-shit - Cotiaiiiitte, consist(
wiz -13- B
Post.
' •
On mOtion; - = adjourned to meet
'Court-ho n ee* on-
_Friday evening tl
hist.—and That Air :Committee the!
progress, ace. f; ,
S. Sz\-MULFORD;-
• 1 .111:tS.
, -.,. i ,7;:orstilitierni.i.:i .‘ -,,
• Is the one ternif,piincipat, , dertio
is it expedient .E:,,Theie two questi
orally arise under''_ - our !- caption. A
hrst ione; ihereia:as little.doubtata
ttatit° adiwer ,as iti., - ihaA pewit& '
he Iletl , Neci: , Oriendis , nate id
jt
Office; of ,! resident ‘'of i this Urn ap..
withAhle iinderstaddide, - and n' d
ttou.thavitishotild. - bet , but for a sing!
Theie are Arariations4o nll rules. c , T
pie, When:monfitlettee'-'4,ati linbcaided
ntart,..overj.peititialled' him,:vand - to---
theni,t.lie. 100 . kii . lie office : a Neon& ii
-But hif , codiielitin Of one terns - did net
hit hied ad dieshriditheni.: Whelk i ,
'nitro•Cotivirttion 7gareithe nomination "
Polk be tißceititt otit with the exPreir
sanding:thitiii-should l ith hut lot iinii
I , 4'rliiii l'ils*ktbe: , i`opiiii* iturtianS3l
IP 47 . 61101. -- Ahthe - nnUi sirm -is dais
1 1 44'147t6t10113 - ,:: corrilet - -Allist:iiiiAri
' l , mi'iniiioritromagiiitotGoiind ,- Jo
1 'io mrilviiiicriemio.. , wets Altai*
ME
Pliitter. 9o
conduct of
baeksettle
oF are
Inarratetithe
ulsandnsiles
lueing, and
endeavor to"
La new and!,
island* op.'
which was
lenefit of an
lie Northern'
as duly paid,
fisive,laiadj
aecouotedi
led. ;With
an'tippro
-1,9t**).4 vrere
ram atten.
e 2 Why,
ith whcitn,
now - more
e, do;.and.
take—care
ounttnon.
reeitift ions
tlieirtUces
uti we' caw.
I s and wise
st Trustee
me young
Tore about
about the
no. other '
ustrioasly
en to call
y require
:ed of their
zens are
died, as ,I
ur platter
anges in
11. be gen
,nfidence ;
with the
nce with
ounce td
ere Was
=I
Jessup,
b refei
of erect-
e for an
firm a
'rid 6;1-
.itty-five
cisuriog
iPant
d Com
-Isf said
• •
thee,
1"
at tha.
e loth
report
4 . F. 1
ME
En
ntoihe
-affir-
Wfien
torte
'vas
den
term.