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! ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, i;;7,. I- s : 7 I h f j . .'! j iV- eom'-p :..! -t:c2 uh'ch to .r!cj between Mr. Wh 1 rv. ; ni th"? r. ; - ice cf thi h:g caurjj fjr l!.u SpcaUerYu-p, and l!.3 three C!V.V:rs f t!ia vb'ti nrutr. ' a lr. i' J , i. t .clhr.a t! o 'cj'j;'1!. ujtt en f jd iv, t. cay lowir- U.j t: )ni:i,a:-.on, i..Lf aJresse J a t: . i j i 'Vr. Wi..i! - .ni j from l.trn, as jl r: con l.tion rn which they would vole fjr t : o, thii a should jU c tl era the con trol riiher uf tha Committee on8 the District .of Co'umhii, or ihe Committee o.i Territo- rlcs. Mr. Winthrop refused to give the ' n)ccer ar PirlJ voted against . him.::. . , .. .. . ... V' Tiitre is sti'.l ar.T.hcr remarkable fad lo connexion with this matter. .Every Southern wr,:j vote riven in the caucus was pven in favor of Mr. Wjnthrop.- Mr.- Winthrop received but 59 votes out of the 07 cat, and it follows th.it ho was the choice .of tfye Southern whigs The Southern whigsarc anti-proviso men, and It Is evident that they preferred Mr. Win throp to any other.whig,, being willing to trust lohU high character as a gentlemaG, for a proper , administration of the duties of tho chair, in reference to alt the very delicate questions which" rnajr divide the whig party. ' - w .Tha Commiitee'on Territories is to be a rery important Committee. ; The proposj lion ot the President to establish a perma nent territorial government over a, large part of Mexico, will go to that Committee The aniUslavcry proviso will come from that Committee, it from any Committee. The CommHieo on territories, .at th . last Session,- though it was democratic, re . rvorted the Oregon hill, with a proviso ex chiding slaver), That bill was, on account ot the proviso, lost in me Donate. Alter being bandied about for n while by tfiffvr enl Committees, it finally fell into the hands of tha JuJiciary Uouirniltcc. which was onti-prdviso, and there it .slumbers still. - Besides the new Stales to ba caitved out of Mexico, the Committee will, doubtless propose fouf new .territorial t governments . lav our present limits, viz: Nebraska West of Missouri; Iuska, ' Norlli of- W.is consio; Minerata, West ofthe same, and another Territory ruoniii up to the ex treme North. Western, boundary. There are four States with eight Senators ready in a few-years, to come into the union as non.slaveiojding States. ' ! There are even more coming than Mr Calhoun dreamed. of last winter. It is highly probable that' the . Northerntpart of Texasimay also bo ultimately funned into anun-slaveholdipg State. : The cast of the Committee on Territories in . both Houses will ba regarded with interest I ho' brcmont trial draws now to its close. A It is vet impossible to say what is !ikelv4obe tha decision of tfie Court Vltisa question of some nicety, whether in the quarrel between . land !anq navI Commanders, Lt. Col. Fremont had nol aright to obey one, or ,the other, athu - discretion. . 1 , , WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 1847 The annunciation of the . Corntnittecs of the House - is the important event iof th iay. ' . '' .i- Thern is a complete change from th cast lf last year. I Kivo nfewofthe more imporlant of - thft f!ommifters: y i t ' Forthn A (fairs Messrs, : Smith, of Conn.; Wllwrd, Atahama; C. J.'lngersoll i'a.i Mdsh; Vt ; UhetT, S. C Pendleton ' -Va; Dutrt V.; M'Clellan, Michigan; Djic tn O. . . ' ' . , Those irt italics are w bigs, but' are nvt all in favor'of withJrawing the troops, and 'putting a stop to. tha war.; , '"',: Way and Aft,anr-r-Mes,u,sl Vinlont Ohio;-Tfombsti&,t M Kay, N C; Hudson Mass.; Jlouston .kh.xoneddt Ky; Pollock' Pa.; Huhbardi Conji.; Nicull, N. Y. six whig. The dominant party uu "ally take six members of this Comrp.ittc.e- -Naval l4fj--M'ssrs. This. Cutrer 'Ivlnff, Ga ; T. F. Holmes, S, C.; Schenck, Oiio; Whue. N. V.f Hyt Va Lovtn, .Va.; Stan.on, Tean ; Cabill, Florida; Tuck, N- H. " , Territ ries- Messrs, Caleb fl.i Smith, ' TndiAna; Cranten't II. I.; ' Gol,' Oa.,- Rockwell, -Mass"; Thompson-, ?ana. Goll , N. YV Mifej Li. Eva!s Ohio; Fills Cury, Texas. , ' 1 CbffiMfrcf Washington Hunt.'S. Y.f Grinnell, Mass., S-.mpson, S. C ; HiBiplon, Pa ft Thtbodezx',, La.; Wennvorth, Ills j. f7rrry,rN Y ; Atkinson, Va.j Uingham ' Michirt. - . ' " . ' Mildly' A fairs John M. Ur , Va .;' Durt,i)fS.'C; Wilson, bf N, H; Hral st)n,of; Dieted F B)d, ofKv.; Zsarcih, N. V.; 'JZwicZ.Teno; Fuher, ' Ohi.. ; ' 1 y : . ' J M'k IwIi-Mi-ssrs. Co?!am'rXti Stephens, Ga ; MtMernind, Hl.;I)jOAn, 'Ky.; Brolhead, Fa Ptti&v.i, N. Y.( 1 Jameson. Mo'; C ibb, Alabama ' " ' Tha Chairmen of the SiDe"Crtn- lected ' in caucus by the f democratic members, and they wcrer.to ; save trouble, c!eted on raotiorf- of Mr. - Mangum as follow:- ' " ' ' Messrs. Sjvier, Foreign Ars;'Aher ton, Finance; D:x, Co-nmcrce; D.cki sia, Manuf .tores; S:urgeon, Agriculture; . 'Cass Military AlTur?; IXuk, MKItii; Fair Tieli, Nval AlTiirs; Breesej Public LnJs; . Yulce, Pn'vv.e Lnnd CJaiins;; Alchiitfn, lnLin A'Ttirs; M tsn,- Claims; Bright, Revolutionary Claims Ashlev,f Judiciary; s, Pom Clheani IW "Foidi; Ihu f rc-an, Uoads and Canals; Jofinsan, Li , '. PlV-sI r.3; Cameron, D.-i'.rict; Columbia; ' V.'c'Cwtt,. Patents anl Patent O.Tice; '.Turr.ey, vxlcUcnchmcn'; Douglass, Ter- ''ritoncc; liua'.cr, I'uu'.ic lUHJir.gs rnelps; HxprJilore Senate; ' lradj.iry, Prin Djw'nes,12ngross3tl IT. Us Pttce, Commiuee on the Library; R-ik , Hi liradj-'arv. Prinlin": Jviint cdBdls. - . r The Sccittf v r?oint 1113 r mem- "i"i;o::vAui:.(Jiu;;. :.c:i la-:' 1 1.2 all ..( ir c'i 6 ".:;:s :t-it-Ar.. ?, Djr-irrc.- t. : - J Cor - ; cretr.-v an J L a Western "s cf the Sj;- ::r. p ? the prcacr.t coaccrccd are ut,I r.:; u.i t:.ii -ctiy ujnr: The cass in which hi is oot rcidy for trial' I lie weather, bore cor.tir :sto ti r..:5- erally wet ar.d gloomy, cj. J th Tchgra h is rroi working. v- S.ime in iw.rciA fje to tj in lis ir:i- mediately io the House, in opposition to o Fost-Mas'.er-GcRjral's laie derar 'e- rrent of the Southern Mail. " ; - W-asmxQTON, Dzc.H, 147. The most prominent evtm of the dv is ihe demonstration made in the Senate by Mr, Dickinson, of New York, on khe'stfb- pct of new territory and of the 'toleration n the same of slavery; t Mr. Dickinson is. of the old bunlc$r par- ty, which, at their, Syracuse Cenvcntioo, ri i'cttd the ilmol nroviao. I lie old bunkers, one of whom is Gov. Marcvsup port the ftdntintstraiion m their war and annexation ptlicv. , ,y . .'. The resolutions pf Mr. Dick iosot) lake three distinct positions. ' . rirstrf Fhat true policy requires that the United btates should annex contiguous ter ritory.' - , , ' Second. That ip organizing a territoriil government over terntorv that may be ac quired, all questions 'relative to : domestic policy (tneanin slavery, be left to ,the legislature clio3en by- the people - thereof; ana; , , , , 'ThirdwThat no condition can be con stitutionalty imposed on a territory nyhich wilJ bj binding upon it when i shall , be come a free an J sovereign btate . TBe nassaire of these resolutions will settle ncarlj all .the questions that now vex the public mind,' But 'floods -of words must flow before they will even iyass the Senate. Mr. DTckinson, it -will, bo seen;' takes .llie ground assumed by Mr. Dallas in "regard io t no slavery; queiion-vz: mat- ine reu era! government has nothing tor do Vwith ir, euner as concerns a territory or a State.i ' Thai, was. the ground .taken! by Mr. JclTersoil in regard to the .Missouri question, f . . . ! .That pur true interests require the an nexaium uf contiguous territory; if it can be justly obtffined, .is a postulate that iwil be -much disputed, but which tha people of this country will, r think, maintain, i I hone that , in a -few days other Sena tors ill show their hands on this subject as freely as M. Dickinson has done. The Senata Committees were appointed io uay. i lie louowiug.iwo uro very im portantiquestiOna in refe recce to the form ing of biHs far the establishrr.cnfo! Jbrrito 1'iafgovefnments, viz: v ; : - Tcrrion.--Messrsr. Douglas, Drigrlt Clavton, Butler, Davis, of Mass.. .'? Judiciary. Messrs. Ashley, v Duller Berrien, WVstcott Dayton. 1 ' Sliould the bilV for tswbUshiog, territo rial jjovernments in Qiejion mr in Mexico go to the Committee cn. Territories, lihey 'maybe reported w(ith a proviso in favor of ,t,he application of the principle of the Mis souri Compromise! b'ut: not with the Wil snot proviso. The majority is opposed to Mha,t proviso. , Mr. Doughs, long ago,'de ciareu nimseu :in iavor.01 annexing-, .pew territory acquired from Menico, anc ora plving the Compromise; thereto.-'-.. ; i The bill establishing a territorial ov e-rnme tit over Ofegon, pa-sseb! the' House last year with a proviso excluding sluverv pfnd ft -.was, therefore; referred to th Com milteeotl the .Judiciary m tr.e donate where itvslumbered till Congress expired Tlie jnew Commtttec will jier revive in its -original form', for it cons:s:s'of four imitprnviso to one' protis man - 1 Mr;. Calhoun, os usual, declines ' service on any of the i Standing Comrniitees . . WisntxGTOK, December 15, .; Mucli sensation- .was' produced via - ihe Capital and in the city to day, by the move ment of Mr. CfilhounJ on the subject'; of the conquest of Mexico. Mr.'Cakh'jua t'snlution ate a follows : . '- 1 I, Ursolvi. That tocotin::r Mexu. and :'o hold il cither -es a province, or to in corporate it in our Union, would be incon. sistent with the avowed oljc-ct- fur which pop u 1 a ,' R'solvcdi That in line of policy in the further prosecution of - the war t. be adopted,, which may lead to cors!?q'-iencc8 so disisfrous. , ' " ; v Mr, Calhoun will have an opportunity,' ere long, 'to explain and support his rcso lotions. . It is supposed that Mr. Webster and Mr. Benton, when thly lake their seats will offer their views in the form c4";reso-lu'.iins.- Th whj'e subject w i'i cone'up for debateat an early day. 1 ills not as; ct Known w;:;:er .wr Calhoun intends io condemn the policy of cynquering, holding, or morpratipg ir.to the Uoion ahy pirt of Mvx.ci the prov- inces of New Mexico and the 'Cahf Kjrii's f.r instance or whether he aims his rcsor lotions agairfst any line of p !i "y .that con templates the conquest cf all Jlexico flis own p'an is and hi v.-.-vcr uss phra. ses without meaning, , "to cpsquer-.Mex-U co1 ': The line rf j .'.jy I lid donly ihe Pres' in hi i M.sigc, fir t' firthor pro- tO V.A refc: th.-c c-qasnce3 which Mr." Cilliann lit: t of i a n I, if j i VaV.j'd in, t j 1 M.-xio. an J 1 1 the hoi- f. csa pr.-ir.'t, or i'3-incorpora-) i'.'Ui.'j.i. It i3'pres,jT. .J, thife- tl . fort -t 'if. C. ji3 willcppisj l;ne t by t!)3 PresiJtTl, afri ;-r sub-;i:j'j fjf it. y i)f exis'ing Uwa-.for : T; ar. 1 pr"'',"" riy . fur .of p ' cy f The ic ih-; prti c what are c i ace ats,' rcsu;tug Irom tho carc!e:Jr::;? Ll s'.ear.i, un attracted. r scr Ihe warhasb.enproiecuted--a d. lUre , iiboraleiy .ad; ,hey.lme become from the scaled policy of ttra Government, , -j. cf h remark . inconfllCt uh its character acJnin,;; T"wcr cffercdUhim.il Is . ttid, And,in the end, subversive of our free and . u ? ' - .n;iIif1f;n-?i,t1' ,nT f f.r- r :ht to.'. ' itvjn rn t!i i t lore theSni: ; today. rcftrrcd tJ Z Ct:.rv.licc r;i Cornrr.crCw. The t r K" rr-. v.ics 1 - -' II day enigi-J unjan ii..crtj-;;. , tioa, thi exptJ.trcv tt ci'.L: ..r,; u Standing Cimn:h.ee'ti have". the ihryctioq I a. I matters- r; --.rc tj I jrt 'i , oiii- rnercc. ibo t .ctu to coiaia a Lorn- ir.iuce'i!at -wi'.t ihrect thiir favorajle re rarJ eMircty t?.ej'" ct i.f traJ-- Is tween tha! 'States, -'Ccatwi-3 ocd by internal channel and i . iu i.'aj; to las (.Urg bounty JcsirpR9, whl.'e the Commit tee on Ijietgn commerce havocar" solely of -those qjtions lhat relate io the protection ani'promouon v dommerco be-- tween the United States and foreign na. lions. ' ' The interpsts of interna! trado hare cow become .deeply important to tho whole country; so much so as to affect matciially the prospects' of political parties. Mr. folk has, it i sau cy some auenaieu ps many democrats by his veto of the river and harbor bill, as b his codrso tn regard to Mexico. The Chicago Convention was intended looxert such an influence on this subject over Congress oTid the country,. as to put down all opposition Jo the proj icts for the promotion of internil tradi. WThile the debate was going pnt a mes sage was received from the PreJjnt jiv ing lu'8 reasons for withholding his appro bation from the bill of last St-ssion, making appropriations for the improvement ofecr- tain rivrts and harbors: Ina message js long, and occupied an hour in reading. A debate ot much interest lo.Iowcd, and continued till a laie' liaur, on a motion of reference to a Select Committee, in Avhich the whole ques'ion of the constitutionality of internal improvements by the aid of the General Ooveromcnl was discussed., bir. Rhetf made an able argument against the system" cf internal improvement and the establishment of a Committee on internal traoV. Mr. Holmes, ;ofS.. C, at the close of the Session-to day, submitted resolutions with 'a nreambte. against the orosccution orthe war with- Mexico so far as to destroy her nationality, and in favor of receding to her all territory byond the Iljo Grande; on condition that -it give" us frpe, ingress nd tgrcss to and from the Californias; and the right of way for" a Rail Iload to San Diego, or other poict on1 the Pacific; and also certain commercial privileges in her ports, ozc. . '- : Washington, Dec ICj.1847. The debate on Internal . Improvements by aid. of the General , Government still continues and ij'very interesting. RhetU in his. speech on the subject of the proposed division of the 'committee- on Commerce into a home and foreign .-department, 'sug gested that ihd Stales have ttie power to levy tohnajre duties.-with ihe assent of Congress, and that by rcsoning to this ex pedient, "hey could.raise funds for lheim. provemenl ot, their harbors. 1 lie s.-vme suggestion is made'io. lh rresidt.fit s mcs. sage, -which ..came. In subsequently io this speech. r The- States have, - heretofore, availed themselves of this mode' of raising' - money for harbor improvements, and pa uo reason to doubt j ; tint or the -purposes of improving the L'ike'j Harbors, the North ern and .Western Stales could: avail themv selves successfully ofr the meaps-fhu of; fered. V ! ; But the VVeslefh men, bip W'higs and aemocrats, are.mucirenraged against the President,-on account erf his resistance to their favorite policy, and: they are not 'dis posed to ) ield to his opinions. They say they -will soon haveif not at this Session, the two thirds, herevith to encounter the veto. At all events, 'another ' caucus-will giv'e them, as I hey ;s ay. all that' they-want in influence and power, x ; -Uhett justly remarked tjjiat the excite ment n the Hoysein favor of on Internal Improvement Committee, is -an efferves cence of the Chicago Convention. ' . The infi-jence of that Convention is to be deeply felt at this Session, and indeed hereafter. - Holmes" resolutions relative tothd Mex ican war were indistinctly heard, as read from the Clerk's tablelast evening, at the moment of adjournment. But, since they have appeared in tho '.papers- and have orc on tho subject. Wasiiigt.-n, Dec. 17,.. The . day has passed' over without any new propositions id relation to, the mode of putting an end to the JUexican difficulty j though several4werc expecfted. ' The Senate did'n-t sit, and ihe House, was but an hour, in SyssionU - 3eade, the sucesiior of Dr'orrigoole, announced the decease of that lnl!iant and worthy man. ,1 am happy t state that Bjlts'jiint res olution, directing the Postmaster General to renew the engagement with the. Wash inglun, l.:chmona ana retersbarg bteam Boat .and. Rail' Road Company on the terms clE-rcd by the Company,' was refer red to the committee on the Post Oifvce rind Post RoadsV Giggin, of Va., is at tha head of this committee, and 1 am very sure that the committee will, without de lay, report the resolution with a recom frt'jndaii jd that it d piss. It will, as members generally say, pass the H)ue very-read:!y, an i ( I cannot be lieve that it will be delayed in the Senate. Th'S Cabinet Were 'opposed to .Cive J ihn son's decision in-this casej and so is everv one, so far as I can taarni i - ', : An a'rn'clQ appeared in hh Union of last n:ght, umuncing in very outer terms, those members Who-hive, in the late d bte on, Ic'.ernal Improveinsnts, advoca ted appropriations for those objects. Th? editor in h:i entVyasiastic devotion to th proseculian ofthe war, d'.ncj.unces all jvho advocate appropriations fjr other objects Tl o rjr$'.?M cf csr" IV.. s t r cs facti 3 UT. pc'.':r tj t " -lion. " ' 'Th: v:r lV:tit,cM ' : i i- r Ft ttii unt in lii $ cecli, m hg thin i.rj ,the honor 1 f h Pf c&i J-:t.:;al Ct. abot,t all tl.3 u-t, c i a 1 0 1 the 5n;U ru 7- which the GoTcrnnVc:;t had r tcJ. A ccw line cf scparaiioa in t'.3 J:rr.j. cratic party i;l take place cn imi s ct. It is very iruj, r.- -.1 i nys.r.mi arpropriaiion? f' ' 1 I w rt th pre- seaSsicn, ' ' : rn.r : t' i likc Har bors, &.C., tl i i..-t I.j torro'Acd All cxprc:-.i:-. f ft trcr.iy cf peace has ceased to I; i . r. '.-! Th-ugh there rhay but l.tl'o -.orc fihtipg, ,.oc cupation by on i::;rt:. :i farc2 is rcccoa- ir i Washington,-Dec. is.. order, The Senate did not sit today. The House took v? the pccial which Wu3 tho report of the (Committee of Rules. Thc committee .reported in favor If clolishing the hour rule onI substituting an hour and a half as tho lircit of tho fno to be allowed for each speech. PoJIock moved to amend the report so as to restore the hour rule, Upon this a debate sprung up, which lasted far 'sonie limo, : and in which the question was warmly contested on both sides. r ; - The hour rulo has produced a .beneficial -refarm in the .business" and oratory of, the House. It is no new nof absurd rule. It was adopted by ihe Greeks in popular as. semblies. Tho orators spoke ad clepiy drum by 'the water glass. vThe, t-fltct of the rule in the House has j been to enable young members to be heard, instead of confining the debate' to the old and experienced members. " It has forced rnembrs to condense their arguments and views, whether premeditated or not. It induces them to study their topics 'and rise: well prepared fur the debiie.' IV does'not prevent them from enlarging their field of argument or illustration, in the yirilten-out speech, which is to be addressed to Bun combe. If 'a man has .any thing - to say with a view to convince the' House, -he cansayit in an hour, or never - ,r Tho Hjuso agreed to standby the Hour rule-, bol adopted an a'dditional rule,ro yiding that the member who reported, the bill trnder consideration: from iny Corn miltee,' may open and close the detrain, and; urtherany membgr. is allowed-. fiv,e. mirAilcs in Committee to explain tLe ob ject, nature and clTect of .any amenalmcnt he may oiler. . - . ' ' J A proposition so to change therules rfs to atttlc' tho right of each member to speak in succession, by lot, from; nmotig hose members who register their ) naras'as-intending to speak on the. subject.;. Deorc the House, was rejected. . . A nother amendment was agreed to al lowing- members to address ihe'llouse on Committee from the Clerk's .dck,or;a place near ihe "Speaker's chair." ' "This is a very important improvement, for it will . cnable'iho oratbr to toi heard distinctly in every part of the Ha'll.l' This is ihe custom in the Trench Cham bers, The members, speak from he Tri bune. Wq ' ?h:ill have herriiftei such fa miliar -phrases as are welI,;knowntn French parliamentary hwtory, to wits 'Mr'. Smith rushed to the Tribune." 5 r . .' . A- rule was adopted to prevent the con sumption of time in fiuhh-ssj at'lempfs to suspend the-rules.' ; I he names members vho obstruci business b) leaving ihe Com mittee of the -Whole withorul a'quorum, are to be reported and entered on the journals. The list of the new rules reported by the C'jmmiltce' on. Rules, provides ithc cs tablishmcnt of a new .Standing Cotnmittec to called the .Smtthsjnian Committee, whose duty: it shall be to superintend the affiirs of tho Smithsonian Institute. ,? ' . Mr. IlilliarJ, of 'Ala , the only member ofthe House who now holds the simUiort of Regent of the insUt.uiion, ; made a s'peech in opposition.lo (he measure, showing that it is inconsislant with the act .establishing and organizing the Institution; Mr. H. took occasion la deny the truth ofthe siory thatthc Institution had taught a certain old JUible at an exlravugant price. ' l hey have bought' no Bible at all. " .Ths sul)jcct pf this last rule vvaf post noned. - ' . ' Mr. .SecfRtaty- Walker has addressed,; a letter to the Uommittec . on ways and Means, urgently, asUn an immediate re port fron the Committee of a : bill aulhuri zing a loan of .seventeen million's.- s The Committee will probably report the bill ncil week. , - . - " rromthe iV. 6. Delia', Dectrkberli, " Cute and Important from Vera , . : Cruar. By the arrival of the U. S. ' 6chr.;Yhig, Capt. James, at; a l:Ue hoar last -nightwe hive been put in. possession of dates from Vera Cruz to the 30ih ulu The Whig landed at the barracks; and to Col. Brew er andLt. J.WallerV of the 31 Kentucky Infantry, passengers, who came up to th city jast night, we are indeb'.ed for the 'following important items of iufe'Irgence: Dates from the capital; to. the 24th No vember, had been rteive(f ar Vera Cruz. Santa1 Anna,' itvas aid, had -issued ano ther pronunriaikcnlo agamst the proyisional g jvemmcnt, and called on the countr to organ?Z3 a force bf 53,000 men to renew the war. . He was at the h?ad of a strong force by some reports' 16,000 mn,of oil arms, and was threatening the Congress, in session at Q ieretaro,the majority of which .was, it was said, strongly inclined o peace. So great' were alio fears entertained at the capital, of San;a "Anna's nreakinup. the Congress a la Cromwell, that- Gen. Scott had a.-dcrci Gen.; Worthy with -a1 strong. Us t s a 1 : '.;!' i of :rJur.H J a I icLi! met. . 4tf "i s!io.ii'g i'b rr. 133. Oa r.i2 2C ?, four; of the' ,v f). h it camp - to procure 'I '..Ctr !: 1 absence ahrtn- c l t'nie in camp, and Ltcut. Hunter, -oi t. . cun;-.t:ry, takt;:g. a tynd it . nirn,-proceeded'- on the morning of tha in search cf thi missing tarn. As ,y oppro'clinj the rancho of Cit. Z''nobl, 13 tnihrs from Vera Cruz, he was tttjcked b a strung guerrilla force, and w as compelled io retreat to camp.-Capt. Geo. Kt-rr, commanding company C, with f 0 ir.cn and 3 subalterns; was ordered out i'.i'l ursu'ifaf the guerrillas' ;klng Lieut. H-:.:rr c.s a jruido. On tho night "ok the 21th, Cfi'pti Kerr reached the rahcho of Col. Zenubii, where a strong guerrilla force was polled, and after a short but de cisive conflict, succeeded io idling five of the enemy and taking five- pdsuners. ' As it was evident that the fuur men who left camp on tho 23 J were murdered by a por tion pf Z?,nobia's men, (one of the pf jsoncrs taken at the ranCho having on the clothing rone of ihe missing men,) C'j'pl Kerr pro-' ccedc.d to lake ample vengeance on tho cneiny., The rancho was burned to the ground, and the five gilerrillas sholl ; This successful expedition ofthe intie- pidCapt. Kerr, dnd. hii summary mode of treating the guerrillas, has had a saiatary r fleet upon them their audacity for some time previously knew no bounds. The 1st Brigade of Gen. ButlcrV Divis ion, consisting Lf the 1st - Tennessee and .Oth Indiana Rg'ts under the command of &ol. CheSlham moved frorri5Vera Cruz on thcSG.thulL On the 23th ' Gjn. Butler, with the 2d Kehtucky lleg't, and an.cs cort of Dfn goons under. Ihe command of apt. AVIveat, took Op his Ij no of march for the interior. fOn the 29ih the large train, of 700 wagons ;and 27 pieces of artillery starteu lor i tie capital.- There were' varjdus rumars afloat at Vtra Cruz when tho Whig left , in relation. to a conterrlphitrd attack by the Mexican on some of ihe posts on the line of the Ilio Grande, the most tangible of. which was, tint GenMinon was secretly organizing a force .to attack, the post at' .Salii'io, now that Gen -Taylor has left. We place but little crtxlil'' in' these rum )rs purtieiihrly that in regard to the valiant Minonc)n tcrnpl itrd'attnck osl G-'ii- WooPh position at -S ihjllo.' 7 Minon w'a. tlvt're once before, an'd w ill V not o like1vto!. try it a second time. . - ' J-Viiwi Ac';N.'C7. Picayune; lixtrp, 1 3th irtt. fatc ;iul Itsiporlaiil fiom ?Jt'X- The scbr. Tortia Ciptain Walkman arrived' hero on Sunday afternoon, Inv- lng sailed from' vera Giuz on the ljiinit .We are in.Jt.hu d to the courtesy ofTc gfti tfeman' who came paisenjjerjor letters and papers. -.The steamer Maria Burt was to have left. Vera Cruz the same d iy , and the bulk of the' mail was, placed on board of her; but our faithful correspondent of, Vera Cruz tck the' precaution of duplicalhril some of our letters by thn Portia. ' 1 he news by lliis crnval n vrvdmnnr tanti and first; of all tffe story ob ut S.mta Anna's t if g at the head tf I8,(H)U men, an J thrcatniqg and overawing Congress', and the urpuch of Gen. Worth to Qutr ctaro to; protect Congress all 'turhs out to Iwr mct'O mtwnshine; no more authentic thin, Gen. Scum's famou entry into Mexf- co mine mrwitiO ot juiy lat. A CfMit Io nian -thoroughly conversant wth Mexican aTiirs, who came p.isstdger or! .he Purfia, assures us thaVfrpm. the best inforinatipn h could obfxin l.e it f.atisfa d that in plact 'ofbttpg. in .'command "of. eighteen thousand mcn,i5jnta Ano; his not tightr'Ttifiu-n drtd,- nor rveu a huhdruJ andci'glity fol lowers i- With this .run -or lulls a good de; pf very judxiruiVi'i-pj-tjiiOn. upon ihe rc ncvval'of theghi'rieS of Napoleon, the re turn fr dm Kla;&ci '. . " Gen. Anavft vms fleeted Prcsiut nt ol Mexico on the 1 Ilh ult He has once Ik fore 'been" Provisional '. Pitside'nt.- H present term of cfliee-cjiitj'Mfc only to the th of January next, lie isknwntobf in. favor of peace. In f)tnnn2 his cabinet he continued Mera y Villa mil in tho War D-partmcnt, and made Pcn'a y Pena,. lat the frestJent his Secretary of State.' - Th wufj;e aurmriisi rait-on 13 in : lavor ol an honoroble, peace, and one of its firit acts vas o dispatch a commission Jo the city TiM. i Mexico to ri'-oncn negotiations with Mr. The commissioners were S'-nors Conto, AristainanJ Cu'cva. ,and General Bincun, the first Iwjj having been on the UI lill V UUIUHlOl'Jll Mr.,- Trist'fj. powers hvfbccn revoked prior : to the arnval the" commission, andos vti. Scot; poi scssed n6 p wers to treat' with" thm, it'.is presumed lhey were 'referred to our Gjv- trnment at hashing t.in. The next niot Important ir.tc-lTigcnccby Ih'iZ arrival is; the reputed 'arrest of Gej. Worth, Gcwitzl P;!bw ar.d Lieut. uh Duncan by G'.'p.- coit; --The vc ibij report i's that k Iters .vr1tren, .by lii'jse-gcrillerr.cn reflecting upon the ccnmindcr-in-chjf-f h.-tf f 1!i-n- ijltM ii r.-c-;rii vrT ii'ihn V:t tie ai once, arrested tticm. e nuve nu et received any letters' from -the city ol Mexico later than life 24th, of November. They made no mention ; of these arrests, but'we have letters on the Maria Burl from the cuV of Mexico ,w Iwcli wc presume will eLu'ciJate tJiehle nat?cr- 4 The following letter contains political news of iniercsi and imparlance; , though one sCnlence is confused . and, we' fear something ; ii omitteJ. It uppers altoge ther probable that the - Mexican Cougrfss, has bjen dissolved , by ihe- withdrawal of the Puros, so that no quorum . can bo . ob tained. , . . ' Mexicj, Nov. 24, .1847. . A' lienor Zaliata, -who some lime since brought fofward a rcs'jJu,:io:i lo erect the city of Mexico into on independent Slate iluring; : the occupation by ths.' American arsny; which ( propshiJn was rejij'ed by th; Congress with' scorn, . has again mad.: hinnclf ? the laughing stock uf the nation by anjttir 'nropositfoo, 'less than ifat u I it , ct fthouldho "broken trojtJ and tho cry Uvm B?" .1 was ss riceiud .with' indignation 'ari rtj'-cteir at or,c- ' . i ' Tho Goerrurs of.lhq Stai'pj irn s' f i.n ni Qucrt laru, t n.d h ivo pro. j iwo questions jo tbe Gcvcrome nt,ioi. th-y t'cn.nr.i c ?r r,rj jercn,,y rr, ' 1st; -In wh-ik character lhey hard b. Gjvtrftfn, submit to their1; dfcisiun- - 4 . 2J. Will th'( Government "make knc-B with clearness and fra.o!uics the . p gramme of lis jpolTcy with regard to pcsc or war. . . .,i ' ' ! A corrcsporideni of that it was understood lil Munitor sa' tho Governm. naa answcreJ itirse, q-icsuon ny stattftt;,-( , Uicy had ' been, called together solcjy fjr tha purposo of,; throwing hghl np3a subject; thai Jho Generffh Governmcat would bo able 1 in some manner to tir render its powers, and , that h was'niorj inclined to opnoor continue, "nrgosiatiooi of peace than toJ prosecute lb war. The British jChargo -d'Aflairs hidtl r'ncd at Queret4ro and aken up his lem porary residend in that' city. . r There is no jiicws a3 yet as to the dis, solution of -i Congress in cdnscrjaenca cf tho puros, but .iijappcarsto bj utiicfs3 believed! here that ihero is not a quorure left, and it is njJ that President Anaji has written tu bm. Itnipon and sevrrrt . ... i . other influential person,1 reques'ing 'them to repair to viueretaro and Confer-' wiih lh6m as to wbaj atrps he should take in me preseni crisis. - : n ... ri -f .. . . r .. ' - nere is an e-iraci irom another letier " which gives us ai nccountf a slnrp aflir with guerrillas, , which is very crediiab, lo our arms;1 ' -v. . ; - Meiio, Nov. 19, 1947. On the 8th ink thiny.six wjrorr -W lon'miz to rherdhants in ihu niv..j. 'uebli, kltlhO filter place with a "hitt tobacco, dry gmils and;;; bran y, tfir)ef for ihiscity. Qfce reaching 'SantiMm jens. Ilea and 'ji;rri-joni in Command J ihe gu?rrilJu forcls there,, nn'de a descent v upon tin; w'i)g(is, capturt-J than and started oil fur," (Juwefa to via Tlasealaw tiforin:tnn-was I convened td Gini, liV M Ptfbla, -wjo -jtarted after them tthh fdico, of inlaotry and the cavalry comiii.'ujd : of Cfint. Ilubert&t Whi'ri Ihev nuclrA riascaln ihev foufed the enemy 'iliere titd dpt. II. who ball bun stnl to tf,e rtar of the town, seeiftj a ihovement to lunoff the train, charii'fi upon lh puf-rrilljjt cmnph icly routing them , kiiiing eteo:rfn and inking tliirtecjn ofliccrs ' prisuucrs. la tho.'mcau Iiiko a purtiuu ol : tho wao - which "had been ta ken a mile frorn ttm town by a party of tHe enemy, were set vq fire and fcix,' ih'iti1cd, bef-jru lljoinfin try came up wh'4 rescued ihe remainder. think this will be a h-ssnn lallic pmpt rillas, and teach tjiein that the American! are determined (ujjproteet the. mercatitiU interests: or tins rountry,'no rnat'cx t what nation thc'rijiv reprints may. U lung. : Santa Anna hah assumed the command K ofthu ftrmy in Oljtca, Uo S'i)sthath tvas deprived ot iu command by Ti'iia y - Pena, in order til fit the Inter nt-'A find no obstacle in injkjng peco withihe Am erican1, IJeavohlB his dtterminaiiouto oppose any. .negotiation lor peace -with, tin American .: forces iccupying "any fioriion. of the Mexican tcrfilory.. Secretarv of VarL 1 tTornel left QaVretart on -the -,14th for quarters there as iMurelja j tJie up his fltm ral. . '. i--K w paper caljed ihc,Yar- lestcrday a no kce Doodle, m-ruq jits appearance .- . ' ' i oursj tvc. , tL ' Percy M. DoyWi 12-qJ, ih? m-W Urilu'l N Mmisu r or Clwrrd'i lirriY d !t Vera Cruz i.i ihe srcan.er Vilfln or) ;tlj.'i JJOth uli. The Arco Iris.M'iks that Gfn..PafIcaon d.vibumlelt J x'"pk ion I'm a u.t.- lit-'- tore hi 5 departure 1 e l.uni: on li e i- i,i? American teani!fir J ir hj Vlli Mexican boy tsLlve jearsoiJ- llcious- ed flho lo.be rec utLd, the in xt daj, irrc two Mexican idhceriS, GaScia, nnd Acnue,v (belonging to the 3th aird ilth n-ginitT.:, who wire .taken rWiso'nt-rs. i c.Jinnr(idiB3 guerrelias, without having been rxchaned., Phc people buried! them rieujincnt; in :aai yum upon which GYncral Pal, thif alca'de, vt cald that and ceremony, terson M?nt fur the funeral had If en sponiajuus" ifr that hu ha'd not ponff. the pcop le, - and to prevent be.tiLS htp remarked wt notwithstanding tha'grcat nun)b;r who M atttri.dt-i the ctrdrrtony,' order hid hi en ditiurbcd in1ttlc slightest man nrr. ; We have oern int irmed lhat radfe j it. rtin (Jhc second Jarauia jias DeeooiaJ5 of r ViJ,li0 . ! ' - Sonor 0:cro bjrdugbjj forward his position fn the .Mexican Pwngrtt; for de priving ihe Ivxecu'.ive pf the porr P alienate any oartjof the terr'iiory- of.t ti.f-iJ.r:rf ti frr-iL r.F f The DfO. pty position was ' rejetttd ty j a hirgc myt which is ehemi -J aj fJ.ivoiabIe-tnrn. - ;li will be jcHTbV' the fo'.l-jwiirg gcncrS' orders which wc firdin the Krce AmcO can that a train was to leave, the t'lty ; i Mexico on ih 2Sj;li lilt, for . Vera Crwr r " .Mr, Tisi will; come down 'wjth that tra-8 GENERAL . tiRDEllS-XO, 357. .; Heaio.uakt)e.ks cf theAkky, t. . MexicoL yov:44fi 1947. ) , Notice is herefcj givtn that-sroj- train will lea ve ' t- Vera Cruz about IW 2S-.li inst. Omcetsiand -soldiers d$s,rcUf of forwarding letters- by the conveyance will leave them at I the Army Post --051, upstairs, in the same b-iilding H,lI,f"L city Post. OOjcc, on Ithc sJcct leading ihe Palace" to the Alrneda.;. The general principle s iVhir-h illgrtr . the gendral-in-chiefj jn'permiuing ofa-' . and enlisted merj to leavihis cuDg are laid down in General Orders, P-5 and 322, as follows: - . : , No cflic;rcai) be pe'jmlttej to vf. any part of the ain) except on fP'je tiou - to tencral jr.cdquarlers,- lhr ' ' usual' ehar.rwlvi oflicers's ' ccrlifictic-r-seMing Tlu- . IV! .n t Stat r , i '
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Dec. 30, 1847, edition 1
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