INTERESTING LEXTKKS-t ROM
T11H GEORGIA RWJIMENT;
By Adjutant Forsyth. .
" Watamoras, Aug. 1, 18.46.
I have met here a bundled. ufr noted per
pouai;e connected with the army. . Captain
J)Terniig.Tx! Rangers is in the same
hiiuse with us-. He is a middle-sized, taci
Turn.maii. with1.! ied beard. Hi admirers in
fhe Stntes will be sorry to learn that he in
- 'tfeiiTJtr- IIjk IndfsposHi'oii keeps him
very fnuch.rel.rt-d, mid I have not had an p
poft'uuity of seViifg much of him. Gen.
Uaiher, of 'Ohio, and lit-fi. Lane, of Indiana,
were. here yesterday. 'J hey ate li.ritfadier
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of Volunteers appointed by ih President.
V' H " ailJ " '''In
warn mtsdu. wi hout a nartit : o i'i"'1MIS ' ' : ::
a- ' . ... -.-.-- , . I lo
I
'rtoOrd judewhose h ir.j sene "d energy ,
inakos -'him equal t-. anvsoM of vwf,i ,ual ma-v L
be jMd unotThirtr. Iftlw - the conimaiid of ,
the Ohio IfcipfKje, rompo.srd ot tntce re
nients fio.n rli;.t St..lc. lu tn. l.aue,
saw u'utijiti pfrfii '? 1! -noted.- One of
the n.oVtaieerf!le and geiitlemartly 'men
ftave met, i- Cn. 31anbcld it dMUignK-he'd
ffi. er rf Kn'uiccrs.
Geti. Alfiiiucau ljuut if Te.V;is, a slcfn
iii.J swadhy looking man (bearded' of course)
was pointed ut to me ycsteiday. (tu. l-a
mar ofTesnsia clso' lei e.- but J hae i"f met
hi-n. J-Fe; i-s eipecf-dl -fo rrVifnttnd the tvso
'J'exa-' regirnents, tine of bore ned ope ol
,w . i- ,.,r ;V ; ...i.rr,rl
rc.fcKily form a part of Gen. Taj lot's army, j '" "' u ,h "w h
bovoiid Cntnarrr'o. ' I h ,d u ""'Y " hy bmthens l proyl-
Theltlcxicas have a hulv horror of the j .""-. ca,np-ep..pages. ammunition, the sick,
Tins." A Mexican cfiicer. p, isouer ! m ih-'h the ,l,mc, ankle rleep at wet 7
after the battle of the Oth, tuid Gen. Twis - 'V Alle. hard d.ys work It was" nccorV
. 1 iL t : . 1. i-IumI. iiinJ now we art; on nleaant uruUiuI
hn rimri ii 1 iiin iiu iittJi!i'iiiiMvtii 1111 1
i,mn o. if nnv these I cxans to vi .-x 1. t
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f these
Co, wi h them." "Oh, no," was Twiyg,c - -
ioi.li' ' .hIl :.h,mf fi ODD oi' lhr.11. "
Texan
rifles aud Texan ferocity exc.ted by a Ion- ,he Qr' DepatlineliU I have
series of uhicd.e8htd ciueltics at the bands somh thing c.muecled with It objertiona-
of Mexico, are the tciroj of the people thU !.;. and some disreputable. Rut the Efoparl
side Ihe river. 'mentis blame-worthy when befWee 6000,
The day we left camp, a tew hro out ;""d Sou r,,t,, a,c caiieo ir (his pot,
hetwepii the Mnrvh.d- h.,i;dm. n,,d Co!o,,.d as I have descilbed it, aud not a wagon
31 itchellV Ohio Regiment, which was neai
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beiii very seiloui. It commenced Hbout
the ridiculous trifle of a cat-fih.
Our Georgia boys have h id one or two
"wrrhniwuges " with parties of other icgi
monts iuee their airival, and upou one occa
fcibu whipped aud routed a very respectable
cquad of Keatuckians. One of our Kennies
who crossed his post when otdered t halt. ,''P"U ,ue Dcpailineut, for that duly.- ido
The last was properly don. An officer who jjol belie e that Regular troops would bo treat
heads a sentinel, whether fiom ignoiance 01 jH - I do not like to- complain. A fault -impudence,
deserves to" have a thump ot!- the i'oding spirit can find matciial for carpiug in
soft part of his head. As for the ier.r, om ' t-vcry i-tep of 'the huudted daily discomfort-',-loeu
fought - on the defensive, and in ruch a ! 'ucideut t a soldier's life. I take these a a
manner a to .cause ;t tb be grncjilly under- ! alt'r of course, and- as a part of the b;dl in
Mood, that they mc to be let alone. j hich I am engaged' to dance, but when rso
The olunteer regiments h-iie been li i a- i'cat an inconvenience can be. so easily
ded at Washington. e f jll i-i w ith the j 'ied, aud hen !' see our poor fellows
fences from Alabama and Mississippi but as juggling thiough this vile !Ush, a hlight
this is the only biigade to which a 13igidiei ; U'umblo i f'o ced Irowme.
Gctictal has uot been assigned, we u je foi j
nnotner artancmrut. We wish lobe with August Gj 1S6.
the Regulars, iind have auplisd to be attached ' Col. Jackson received mders yesterday to
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to t;
it'Ui
cummtimt.
Camp Rui-kna-, Ncm liitritn.
August 5th, ls-iH' i
On 3J iiist. we went 011 boaid l w. in k ;
tl v by steamer Aid, bound down the live-.
W hen. wa aw that he had lost out wheel
and neutlv the whole of her guards ctr tme !
side and a .large part of them on the' orhr-!'.
we began to have a foretaste of tiotih'e on l'.:e
do nwaid tiip. The Captain (Ilydr) pio
lested that the boat was unable to " navigate"
without repairs, but the Quaitcr Ma-tei said
he mul go, or be discharged. We put off
iut before sunset nnd run two milns to a
wood pile where we tied up for the night.
I'ext morning we started again, and at the
first bend iu the liver away we wont into the
bank, with a tremendous bump. The cut 1 cut
is 90 rapid and eccentric in its course, now
rushing down like a mill-race, now sweeping
with resistless force across nnd. eddying back,
that it iViu vajtj for a boat with tvo wheels to
keep ofTthe shore with all the apnliauces of tueut, commanded by Uol. Ujvis, wnicti lie
helm and backing water. But a poor cripple giment is stiil at the Rms, and arrived' aflti
craft like ours, with one fin gone, we wee ! ,tle Tenne-see, Alabama aud Georgia corp ;
the very spoil of the savage sticain. And so i "- has been put in advance td'all three.
we went, first into one bank, then another,
birieti!jies she would drive her nose a "feet"'
into the mud sometimes -striking her side-
her plank would fly by the cart load and float
away. Agaiu the current would stiike her;
to lhe q raiter and drive her slem-furcmost, i
aud we would float that way dow n iireaor, '
outil another friendly curtcut' wouhi'put Ifer
J.ovs rihi-sjde up. . Finally wc ere brought j
Up ati iiuu'diu-j; ou a. mud bar, atul there were
we stuck and Continued to sticli for 24 homs, i
c hewing lhe ' cud of 9veet aud bitter fan
cies," and execrating w ith all our souls the
; Brave River of the JS'otth," as Ihe Mexicans
call this most inhospitable river. Meanwhile,
wherever we struck or stuck, the baulrs would
be liued. wiih t-uft Mexican, smoking their
cigirs, looking at our troubles' and pickiug-j
.up everyTiltle piece of plank that was smash-'
ed from our sides. The crew after incessant i
labor for a whole" day, got her 'off. and we'j
reached here iu 3t- hours fioai iVlatamurasj
when we onghi to have
been hero six
UOIlrS. I o hulAMDi. II-io lutoiucr ..I iV.i 'Hr.
v. llblgUIU iiiu 1 11 ii. 1 v-o itj. it f '
th? childish Captain of the boat touted all his
suleeu against the Quartermaster, upon the
officers ou board. It was only by begging
and 'hreateuiug ingeniously mingled, that
we coulu get uu) thing to eat, and he did
want 10 k. ep u out the ber hs. Tbe UH
was a hide too ,u,bt a bff ,r rb-ar.
tered at SloO per dHy for use oHhe 0ov.
crnmeat. Je accordingly Went inlo our
state room, fully prepared ,0- Inake fi jf
necessary, for a bed. Ue Werw ,5'
except by lhe inusquitoe. Ve ere
get ashore. 0 '
We were met with unpleasant inteUigence
We bad lust three soldiers during our abaeuec
J. W. Beasley, one of the best men iu Cnpt'
Holmes' company, was uulortunatcly killed
by the accidental discharge of a mo-ket from
the hands of a friend. 'i'he circumstances
ere of a peculiarly melancholy character and
threw a gloom over the ca-mp.
Marion Dennis, a member of Cjpt. Cal
houu's-company, and e ifcsident ot y,0,u,,,
bus, died of bill ioiw fever, and-Thomas t a.ter
of Capt. Jones' comparry, a residenl na
Fott, Ala., died of cuKurtve eW
'L i .u list, out OUiy
huve a good many on the clt 7
n 'few serious cases. . , .
, I he measles ha e r e
.. :. :. .....r.,d H dl take Ita Course
ih Vi, 1 li ,.,Un f.om the ALbacua
elUnH-t to u,, and which
1 h i. si fTeed a good deal from the disease.
; ''though 1 ' d ihi u healthy climato
ematkabfy fr the latitude mi erne who
could b:te fern our camp lo the last three or
four days would be surprised at the sickness.
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We were encamped n the liver bank, .nun-
praiti, tunning indefinitely
the liver, and tnore that, half
a mile hack
:lU u s
a liltle "round covered with chanWnrr.
oil know uli.it mnnit' mint 1 - a oreasv.
C
ee
dinner-. !lirnv soil, rendered lerilblei
ry fitiiij diin in -t weatjjt-r.
Ou'
cnuip was mi y rtvad fat rt if jtronud, j
and rt fcii? hscn ranium clai?y tir si week.
Tl: timd was ankle deep iu eveiy pait of the
camp, and very !ew of the tents weo ftce
fiom rt. Ten pound of the everlasting mud
would, stick to the foot at every step, aud
iri-h.Sig but scraping with a knife would re
fp.nw it. Wo stimd it for two days, for- the
aku of our proximity to the River water, aud
because- we h id no wagons to move wi'h.
At lat it became intolciable, ao. yesterday
morniu" orders were issued to remove to the
( Chnperal. This was no joke -for bo It re
uiembcred, that this awful mud exteudcd.over
1
I itur Ak'orv .rtri ui k 1 iriiur ii iiny 111
U"'''a
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le ',sr'l'u "ere meiucu r iimuuuitru;
r a hoof of liansportation provided it. Two
or three wagims would supply ull the troops
jjieie with water, and save an immense waste
of stiength and health-by the soldier.- Thrts
icotild be easily done now,, foi thu wuou
rain and- teamboal whiclrhavt been con-
ilaudy running foi weeks past, hnve nbcady
i hi OA 11 two or three hundred thousand5 rations
fiu'io Camargo. and thus relieved the pressure
pi nceeil to L-uiiitiun, I no utslauce is 1-lfJ
i ui:.!is by tand nnd "AOO by water. The Hoop
i move in the f.How"ui" order :
I Louisville Iegion, Col. Orm.by.
IJ.iltimote and Vn?hington Batalliou,
!-t. Col. Watson.
3. Ohio brigade, Riig. Gvu. Ilamer.
4 JieuUtcky Reg-iinen', Col. Campbell.
" b: Mississippi ReiLimeut, Col. Davis.
6; lt I ennessee Reg'i, Cu!! Campbell.
7: Alabama Uegimeul, Col. Coffee.
S. tferH'tia- I'gimeut, Col. Jacksou.
0. 2nd'. Teunesse Rvimenl,-1;
The first lour corp. move by land. Kntu
Uiftcly for os, we go by water, and are thus
saved a distiessiiig mareh'tbrough Ihe mud.
The above order of march, presented' bj
ihe Gen. iu Chief, has cic.ited quite a hubbub
in some of the. Regiments. Ileietofore the
rule has beeu prescribed and'foUowed, to move
ihe troops fojud in the order of their imival
at the Rrasop. This tuTe has lieen here strt
aside, in the case of the M ississippi Regi-
peculation was imiiiediuttly at woiK to Itud
o'tt tlie cause of this prelou-uce. ere the
M issi-gippiau belter t oops? No; They
I b--ii inspected. What then ! The
superceded corps
rcedt-d coriM iii iugtit tney nad lound ihe
clue, certainly, when they ascertained that
Col. Davis, was the sou -in-law of the General
in Chief. I gie oti this as the tossip of
ihe
camp, without cxptessing an opinion.
We had our fust war alarm last night. Du
liug yestcday afierimoti, many persons in
camp had heard what was supposed to be
the lepoit of a distant cannonade. It was
heard at int. ivais from 2 o'clock, J. M until
five. Sometimes in single gnus tometimes
cvetal in rapid sucees-iou. The lisIensM
difl'errd as to the direction. Sime though; it
came fiom seawrwd, atid other from the"
diieeiiou of Mat.irnoros. Our curiosity was,
3 'good deal aouscd as you may stijipose.
u wcnt to bed, wondering whether it was
- f fwvateer engagement on the coa-t, or a
brush above. W e had hardly turned in, bo-
fore half a dozen musket reooits weie heard
on the Mexican sid of lhe river, directly
ojiposile to u. We had a giaid on the
i ivei over some stores, which had not beeu
moved up, aud we immediately sent down a
party to-learn the cause. Before their retoru,
we wore sStrtled hy the loll of the drunr 'fooi
the Ohio- brigade, :fveo cearfCTs"o?H' itle
r.tfovti us, and a it was then near miduight,
and as no calls, exc pt the 44 long roll'' to arms
is ever beat after tatoo, we felt sore' for a vhile,
that the Ohio Biigade had. beeu alarmed -and
was turning 'out under arms; . As this was
the first time, we hal hJd fodf ears pncketJ up
since we have been in the enemy coeiwry,'
the excitement was very cb'i.sidera hie'. J'be
tll in the Ohio camp, is not yet accounted
r , but (he fir iug over the. river proceeded
fiom seven men, who were seeu by our sen
iim l ic .,,. w the 0pp09j,e bnnk, after be-
.k1- . A SOo, i13 challenged, they put
,,shln fH into the bottom of ihe
'U- ,l ,s B h whhey were-proba-
bly some stray volunteers. The lain
been serviceable, ft remitnfci ihe men where
tfy are, and increase the - tigilauce. ol lae
cmp- We ars still cuiioira know.wbat hc
big guns ineaut. t 1'
MONTEREY.
Dttcription of it and the rood
As ths Army of Occupation hus counnciic
ed its udvnuco upon the interior of Mexico
by pursuing the Rio Grande up -as high
Camargo, both by laud and water, and a ,hi,i
uill be the place where a permanent Iff"'
will lie etabli-hed, nnd from which ' ih atl
van iug :?rin - ifc Hii Or'atide
when it Ulteswp its getKiral rrr.rrclf upon M""
terey, it will. naturally hold a coiispH"'""
place in lhe e-.limaliou of the Arneiicaa ''n
pN;. Can:irga i situated itinnediaiel ,n
the banks of ifru Sin Jiin river, three mi'1
fiom i:s juti-ti(n' v ith the Kin Grande. ,l ,s
a small, rudely constructed village, with ?'no
fcw toue buildings, ii:anv built of mud tnick
dried in the sun, somo constructed by din'"-
stakes into the ground and then plastefiug
them with mud, "and other formed of cane
and plasteed in like manlier. Ttre uimh,;r
of inhabitant wiH uof exceed ftf A-t-.thound,
but as the . Mexicau government, hss n'r .
thought her population woithy of euumerntiou,
no positive stateinent Can be made of the
population of any of their, town. . The hle
extraordinary lise of the.. Rio G-rtnde has
caused the Sail Juan to back up and literally
inundate Camargo to the'r greet disnmfo 'f
hou-se and other poverty f nfeurftrfttie sacri
fit'n if several lives, , .. ...
Camargo -may be considered the beau' of
uirviHiioii, as above heie the bed of the river
is o- r?M-i op1 with lock that it navigation
higher u has never" been attempted. The
road - upon leaving Camargo aud crossing
the San Juan, becomes higher, and less ob
stiucted by swampy grounds, and it then be
come an imporlaut inquiry with other obsta
cles may pieseul lhftrrtwl'ver itr tto distance
bclweeu this place and Of ontvtey whn h is
two tiuudrcd and leu mile. The road parses
throegh a level comiiry, thickly set with a
small under woody the laigest tiridier being
ebony and- rtVe musquite, n-eiHier of which
grow V the height of more than twelve or fif
teen feel, and twelve to fourtceu inches in
diameter. JSo dense is this undergrowth,
armies cd' 10,000 men eaclV might m.uch for
hall a day withiti a mile of each other, with
out the vicinity of oue tu the other being
known.
The literal1 meaning1 of JS'fonUrey is the
King's IVood, but lo thnse who have beeu
raised in a heavily limbered'eountry, it would
seem mofo appropriate tb cafr it a grove of
briish. !H is a commote sayitAj with Texau
Vho have travelled thiough' mis forest, that
it's so d d thick you can't hove a bowie
knife ihrtjvji-. in Aiid; what may appear
somewhat siugulfct, c'Veiy busli and shrub is
armed vilh1 ihorns,- curved it thu shape of
fish-hooks, aud the hold they fhke jpou the
clothe aud ekin of traveller is 11 t casily
shakeu off", as the jackets of the soldiery will
testify to before they leach Monterey.
The whole distance? ivr well' tf-aterid. from'
August until March, plenty of wood, 'casona
ble pasture many heids of cat le, maierou
a....aj-r ..a ....w j,- - J - - -
small village wnii-h H - h;ve ihe 4earancd
of de ay. Scalteitd along the roadiiserable
huts, singularly picturesque from th:ir origi
nal eoustiuction, Hot quite equal to rail-pen
stables bjilt in Ihe buckwood of Arkansas
and Texu for scrub ponies. Yet uulure
iu her mighty formations, has form el some
position ou this road, which if taken advan
tage ol by a sKil.nl aud dating eueni) would
prave a second Thermopylae to lhse who
might have the temeiity to Iread thest formi
Jable passes. The Ameiicau army ill no
JtHibt look aheatMrefrc cuteriog thoe dan
.eious fhady pa.viliohs. The maz of the
iabyrluih are. beautifully pictured out'' by
laeaudeiing piths and conflicting cios roads,
hading lo some farmer's hut, so i-u Catering
pace, or the wily lure of some Mexicai bandit.
When in fifteen league of Montrey the
village-of Caidertte presents itseltj mjoying
tse ntosl ..lovely situation, standing! upou a
perfectly levei4 pluiu, surrounded" wi geeu
groves, presenting everlasting sumter ; ihe
m id blessed Avith natural feitility. The be
holder iuvotuutarily exclaims: whyohould a
Mexican toil or labor ? , . i- f
It is'uot iiidtsueH'sable that the aniy should'
pass ihioiigVi Caiderete, as there tie other
roads by which Monterey can be apfoached,
but we mention this route u supplier ca it be
obtained iu Caideiele, aud thu difctian is
nearest a straight line. Immedialiy upon
leaving- this p.a:e you enter agan those
shady, winding pavilion-,- ivud- cuitinue in
them until within sight of Monterey. Many
little abeams aud livulels iiHerscct te load,
and some muddy lanesj w hfch at I ties be
come impassible,- so' ihnt ther afntywill be
fottuuate if able lo proceed' in frit of Mix
deep; but, as ihe uear vicinity to' Anmerey
is somewhat ojteued, wiu lo th many
field., a small digression mightJ b'ede to
tre light, aud i .tersec t Ihe road tha' cdrti'es
from thu mouth of el Cambhrd. Salt mi; it be
ing the most open roSd'of the li.': The
creek lh.it washes the sou' b-easl sidiot"-Monterey
runs between those road, fie1 fields
forming border on cither side, (-he' road
J (feat leads Irom Caiderete, "when wittp.R'mile
of Monterey, hits the apt$earanee of : tiuiall
village, the bouses being so no me row. I'as
9titg through- this seeming , village, a d an iv
iiig upou ihe bauk of Ue cieek, iu have
Moiitercy in view ou-tlle opposite siy, pre
sent iug a very iftudsottke pperQ;e. The
ei?yis"regulaily laid out, lhe st'eet avenues
.and squaies are shaded with uumeu fruit
and crther trees, and the houses gurally exhibiting-
much' tfrste aud" rrgtsrariljiu their
Cbot'iou. The city is well wat-red, t:ud
evey living-Uh. it strikes the belolder as
grand aud beautiful.' A passidg vie of the
city would convey Iho idea of a largj popula
tion, bui a close inspect ion will .how its
lagS ci:stie-!-ike edifices, wometimes occupy
ing a whole squire, -sheltering but tbj mem
bers and seivants of a single family, there
fore from observations, we should not give
the city a population of more lhau 60C0 souls,
aud it is doubtful whether it i even no reat.
Cast the eye ; beyond Mouleiey, and thb
subli ne presents itself in I fty, upr&ired pyra-
inid of ntfatmautiue . stone, 'ringed whh' a
crimson reJfJ where the creeping viue can Cot
he found, add where the cedar and piue,
children of the Alpine height,- Irate lievcr
dared to rear tbeii heads - the sides nd sum
mit of these vast mouutaius.PTesentiog noth
ing to view hut the bare aud glisterfirrg stone;
but in ho?o bosom lie conce.rbd shining
beds of purest silver, aud eparkffrig ierns"of
viigin gld.
In the midway distance r&s numerous
table mounds, commanding the low n and all
the entrances from iho northeast. Upou one
of thee comm indin positious the devoted
Ihe devoted
peiprt eudervrn to raise a temple 01 dwell- j
iug for thteir bfsf3ol but their z!eal wa jreal
er inau the?.' means, and the strovra'ro remains
unfinished. If the Mexican could withstand
the de-ilh-dealiug havoc of uu American
charge, heie might they plant the coW s of
thvrr onfoitunafi: country, aud reap" some o1
iTTe laurels awarded to Leouidas, or perhaps
faintly portray in miuixture the dazzling
chivaliy d' those o"e voted heroes who fell bal
tliug upon the lamp irts tjf Ute c'ver-to' he-remembered
Alamo.
Tt.e maitr rrad passe 'through' thfe -principal
street of the city from north to south',- and
as you Jeiive the last houses, the road bngius
t- arscek'tr,. u'ii& passes along aT the ..fool of
m'aiiy of those tabrd mound. The river iti'us
upon the east side of the town, the houses ex
tending dowc to its very 'margin. Upon the
w'st side, rise perpeiidiculaV inomitains, one
mile ia highi. Altniai-a Flag.
Frotti t'iie Niw Qrte'ms Troj-ie.
Crrr or Matamoros, its Cathedral..
Cleverly in Ma'amoros, tt.e firl impression'
you iccelve is the desolate one cie.rted by
s the desolate one cie.rted by fhi... State and Sooth Carolina, in theproprie
ok of sill the houses: They ha-ftf Jf ;,tsd ueces-?y of cmvnnrcting said Road,
h nppearinccand you cannof ii(flal we will ieii'd whatever of ii.fl jence
thu prison lo
a semi -moor i
divest yourself of ihe idea that a city thus built,
must be inhabited by people of jealous disposi
tion'; subject l civil war, and ;of rllS(5T.if
habits. As you progress along you1 see peep"
iug through grated windows, pairs of dark
eyes that (lash strangely with lVr aud curiosi
ty, -little children 'clreat before you with that
gait jieculiaily lo the young nf timid animals,
thai lice from instinct, before they du H from
reason. The double door opened at amvugle
to admit lhe ai', gives glimpses of dep
biuuettcs, throwing lemarkably luxiHiif and
datktiesses over their heads, pre'viiHs to ai
ranging them for ihe evening listlessuess
Meu sit sullenly about in Iheir fantastic dres-
Jses, half of them looking as if. hey bad st.ilen
out of a stock company of a theatre, while
eugaged in plaviug a 44 Brigand piece."
There is a flaunting, stilletto you iu lhe
dark look about the whole of them. As
you wander on you fmd' the city remarkably
well laid out, aud although giving evidences
of having seeu belter day, still if i far from
beii!- destitute of attractive building. OVce
fti-Irl in the piaza UidilgO) the principal
s-qhaie of iliw cdy5,' yoii'can lest yMN-self under
lhe shade of some stunted cbinri Uees, and
then commence ex uniuiug at your leisure.
You will at once be attracted ? by Ihe un
libishcd Cathedial'tHal is so managed thai lhe
houses on its w'iii, appear lo be pari of the
Cathedral itself, g4Vii. to the mastC s' er y
iiijosiog appearaube ; it bounds one ei.$ re
side of the laza. I'he architect commei'ced
with mo! excellent iuteoiious, aud hut for a
want of fund-, would h ive made u splendid
building. Two 'flue- but unfinished towers
command the sides of the Cathedral, noon
olre Of' whi-h is rudely laid a piectr of ttinhei
Irbfii wlilch'are sipendd a couple of.. litdU -The
large gofhic ,d or iu the ctufre. would
h ivc exj:sedlhe interior, wi.tft great effect,
buf ala's, some misfortune overwhelmed it
progress, and left ihu bare walls, to provoke
the imagination into eoutempljtiug the reas
ons, whv a work so well begun, was not com
plied. -
Iu front, seated iu the angles formed by the
biie of the pillar, or upou the bases them
selves, are fifty or nvire poor miserable crea
tures, who seem in their poverty J have
nothing iu abundance but sun-miiie, tind that
they a e determined to enjoy. Many ate
disgustingly disfigured by slow cankerous
diseases, that appear to lender their victims
hideous, and yet will not kill. Some are
slightly wounded soldiers who have crawled
out of the hospitals for fresh ett Few well
dressed persons liugrff'str their vicinity, but
pass decorouly on and disappear iu a nar
row alley way on the light of the Cathedral,
where we will enter. llaving done so you
soon come lo a small room no doubt intend"
ed originally for Ihu sacrist y, but now used
a a chapel. The walls are plain, there is
no wealth about the :)!t to'tempt sacreligous
baiia. The udor nmenrs'on the contrary are
of little value, and of a kind iu no way h i -mouiou
with the objects Tor which they ate
appropriated. The priest is at lhe altar irV
the act of celebrating mass, the worshipping
congregation is impressing, and tempts the
heart tojoiu in the solemn service.
Before you are kneel iug some twenty Mex
icah'Wtmieu, mauy of them 'quite handsome,
a!fcalculaled lo exciie cor io.ity. They kneel
gracefully a ad accidentally as possible expose
a flue fn, tastefully set off with a small slip
per. Theie are but two tflexicao oieo ki
the house, shame upou the sex, but there are
meu there besides, uot:6 aud true hearted
men, that forur r cu'iooi sight, all the cir
cu iii sRffecs considered. Some twenty Uni
ted States troops, iu their uuii'orui, trie on
iheir knees at prayer, among the most devo
tional in-the house.- Ir was " ar .4ghl lo see
tnose Itius eugage;d'who bVt a few days before
were sur'rouuded by the tenors of the battle
field busy, if ooietlv busy, iu lhe WW fir of
death. . Such is oue oft he Cathedrals of Ma
tamoras, aud the principal lddiug iu ihecitv.
An invention, by which its author proposes
to tk ivav with railroad accidents ia futuiJe,-l
i exhibitef:r rrevv rork. Its object i the
arresting of the speed of Locoinotives aud
Trains by a mtere lotlch olr the Engineer's
hand, whenever ihis is tendered expedient by
an obatruclton' o-' the track, apnrebeuded
collision, i emOvwf' of a rait wrong lui'h'ofa
switch, danger of ruuufng of?7 or arty thing
ofthe sort. The purpose : effected y clamp
ing the rail, not merely under the locomotive,
buf under all the cars iri'lhe train, so as to
bring the whole from the swiftest speed lo a
dead stand still iu the course of a few seconds. J
RAILROAD' MEETING AT STEW
ARTSYILLE, N. C.
In accordnttce with previous uotlce, a large
and respectable number of ffce citizens of
Robeson aud Hichtnond rfsombled at Slew
art ville, Richmond cotfuiy, on the 29th of
August, fur the pure of ascertaining jnib
hc entimeut in regard to the conduction of
a Rndrbad from R deigh, N. C, to Camden,
S. C., and also t appoint delegates to ntlend
a general Raili(ad Convention, to beheld at
Cheraw, S. C , oU the 2d Monday iu Sept.
xin motion,,! Mai. Daniel McNeill, Dun-
can Mcl.aurin, lUn ' was called tu the chiir.
rfnd J 11 McCallm appointed Secretary.
1 he object of the meeting, being briefly
explained by the Chairman, tue follow ing re
solution was offered and uuauii-iously adopted:
Resolved, That a committee of five be Hp'
poiRtcff t.i diar resolutions expressive of the
seiit'riuents of ihi meeting.
Whereupon, .ihe following gen'lemeu were
appointed, viz : Francis A. Terry, K-q., An
gus McJeau, Jehu.C. McLauiiu, John C.
Suf.reilaud, Ale. r McKiiinoii.
The C minittcc, after ictiiing a short time,
Reported through its Cfruifiriau,- Kr'irc?s A
I'erry, KsO;, (he filllo'wpng p'Tambie aui re
solutioi., which Vere received and unanim
ously adopted :
Whereas', we, a portion of the people of
It iehmond and Robeson counties, iu Conven
tion assembled,- b'efiev'ing in the practicability
and' p6l?y l" l ouslriicliug a .Railroad foin
Itafeigli, N- C, to Camden, S. C , by way of
Faycttevilte. hae met for the purpose of fur
thering this enter prise.
Be it therefore R,esoiVeJi, - TiiT w heartily
concur with the people of other c lion of
and means which e possess; in it favor.
Resolved, That we w ill not be peitiuacioiis
in advocating our p.iiliculat piefe ence in its
loe.iVhvn, but will yield a Cordial soppoit toils
usiabtfWftttieiit, -go "where it' rtaj,-" stinting
liotn, passing by, aiitf te iiviiyiiiaiW kV tVU
points above named'.
Res'ilved That rtie Ciihm'vtv aprinl t'hft
ty Delvjriites, Hfte3n fimv each of lite cotVn
lies of RithnllihiFniKT Rohi-son, V rrpVesent
us in the Convention lo be held in CIimiom,
S. C. oil the second Mouday in September
net. '' '- .;-" -"'
!'u trtfiA ia nee i ?h fhb tffl r"'resV,HTitiV th'
fdmwiug gen tlemen; were appointed fioni the
two Counties :
From Richmond .Aleji'r. C McKiuuou,
F A Terry, Ksq , Col. Jolitr C IrtcfiiiMb,
Maj..r D McNeill, Col. A S MVKay, Daniel
McKiuuou, AV-I Steele, II W Covington,
Kq t John W Cameron,- K-cp, Aiexr J" M'e
Queen, W F Leak, Ksql, C'. A Mlly
Dr Johu M alloy, John McLeau, D C Mc-
Jiilyre.
Robrsoh John Uilehrisf, E'., Writ Mc
Kay, D M M. Lean, Co. J..hn McNeill.
Alex. Mcli ie, Dr Neil! McNab, AichM M' -
Cachiu. John W M-Rae, John Drake, R L
1'ioy, Kq , Mordoi-k McRa, John C Suth
erland, Wm II Brown. Dr A D MVLfaW
Angus AlcLcau.
Oil motion of John C Sutliilarrd)' i!ir
Chairman and Secretary were added to iie
list of" Delegates.
On motion of D C" Mr In lyre, it was -d;iel
that the proceeding of this meeliiij t
for warded for poblieiitiou t the Fa y.-l4 ttle
Observer, North Cuiofiniiu, aud C'dereAv'
Cazotte.
Outwirtttti'tSf J'U. MVCiilltim, the thanks
ol'tho Con veuliotf ' wVm- lutidereti Dr ?'..ho
Malloy, for the use or a'" ha II, &c.,- for' the de
liberations of the Coil v'eutioii.
After which the iHeetiug atlj .unied' ime
die.
DITNCA N Mc LA-T RI'NCh'n:
J. B. McCALLUM, Sec'y.
Gen: Saunders in Stain. On ih I2th
of August thu Hon. R. M". Sauuder
presented his ciedeiiiial-a Minister Pieoi
p.tcuti irv to the Court o' Md.id, and addres
sed the Qfst?en as tote . ,
44 Madam: the President of lhe U. S.
having nominated me Fnvoy" Extraordinary
and Minister Pieuipotentiav at Madrid, bws
charged ine toiemil It yow Mj?siy fff6 fetter
which accredits rue lo you. The President
has at the same time enjoined me Uf assure
your Majesty that he is animated' by livel
aud sincere deire" itof -onty' toJ uiaimaiirbuT
to thaw closer and close, the bonds 'of' fi ie un
ship which hind together the two countries.
I profit by this occasion to express to your
M tjesly the satisfaction that I personally feel
in presenting- myself' to iiffr' the u.i-sion
which his beeu ConiidedHo uie at the court of
a 'Sovereig'whost wnne and throne were
principally iSt,l4irated by lhe wise 'measures
which exercised a remarkable iuflueuce i.i
the discovery tlbA New' World, of which Ihe
country I have vfie honor to' represent form
so important a pari."
The Qoeen lenlied I have heard with
the greatest svTv-iaction Ihe expression of
veritable ft ieudsMfp that you have addressed
to me iu the nafe of tte Pre-ideut ofthe U.
S. iu remitting me tV trtter by which be
accredits y ou near tAjf pt-rsowi Vou may as
sure him, that my desire to (!rfvw closer and
closer Ihe bo:id which tiie" !?VA'tw sf.;rBs'"r
not less lively aud less siuceic'inan that which
he feels himself. The flatieiing suveiiir
that you recal to me oj' the illustrious Queen
whose name 1 bear, and' whoso ihrmie I oc
cupy, redoubles my affection' for thai part of
lhe Nw World which she discovered, and
of which the prosperity is, n Jbl account," so
dwar to tny heart. The rwppr choice lhat
your country has imdn of lhe worthy luterpre
ter of its seuiimen', will be a new guarante
for the cordiality which hapriffy exists Lsl ween
the United States and the Spanish nation."
Com. Sloat'-Pk:laa7k,! --" 9
tnodore Sf'Mt's arrival at Mnlerey he issued
a procfamaiio" t be inhiibMants of California,
calling on taem to rc'maib peaceful, asstrriug
them tha he did not come as the enemy of
California, but as ihdit' ffjeiid that they are
drstined'io form pdiTauj parcel of the great
federal Uuiou of the UnTl'ed Stales, enjoying
thcsarri'e rights and privileges as the citizens
t,f those Slates, and gnafaufeeiAg to them the
selection of iheir owb magistrates arid the on-
eratidD oflhe several UwrtflW V. States
THE NAVAL EXPEDITIONatTiv
i . - VAilADo AGAINST AL--T
ho failure of lhe attack oa Alversd
to have created general dissalUf.c,;,:, "eern
the U. 3. fleet in he Gnlf or Mexico a"?
verado i about foily miles to the 0,V .
of Vera Cruz, and within it, hurboi '0 d
lying the lemains of the smnll Mexict
Navy. The mouth of the river AUamd.ij
defended by a mud forf mounting not n dor
guns probably. There nre but ilj-ht fvi
water on the bar, hile about a mile outside
the water is at least thirty feel deep. Ono flf
the accounts, hot official, we have, is that or
be ih ult., the frigate Curiibeil.ind, flwg b.
of Commodore Conner, frigate Potunmr
steamships Mississippi atrtf Fiinreto'n, sl'noj
of war Fatuiouihj brig Somers, and schooners
I. refer .Petrel, and Bonita, anchored off the
Ivn.ado ort'tn'e ..fieiuoon of that day, hain
lotmed a Hue of baffle ?rf n Wf tfltU; tb
schooners . inside in three faihoma water.
'Ihe acemmts state that the Mississippi aurf
Piinceton fired a few shells but without cf-
it-ci, me -umoeiiaua and Potomac not a shut,
aiu one of the schooners from her single
gou some Haifa ili.zvu sht, which were ie
fUrned by h volley f musketry ,'Vom the Mc.W
ican. There was no boat expedition to the
shore, nnd iu about half an hour alter the
firing: commenced the order was given t,,
cease firing. The next morning, without
any further demotistrnt ion, the whole squadron
got underway u:.d returned to their foimcr
a u. hoi age. ...
, TDK LA TKST STOPPaGKS.
e 1 1 11 San ra n r-or f1, thv tollow in
awful 44 stoppages on account of lhe pn-ne
tf the Taiifl'of 1S46. If Ihe condition of dm
country is so terrible now, what wiM'it be ."V
the first of December, alter Ihe law goes tt.t'j
operation Read the stoppages:
44 A paii of blood hoises, attached to a car.
liage, were Mloniug for ioiisl) through ChcMmt
slieel, to . the imminent p iil of sundry mimII
children After all i-ffoil I i rrest them hsid
faded, they were brought up plump tigai.nt the
tat iff of '-1-6, vhe.ieupou they stopped incoiiti.
enr!yY
'It rained Viiiieutly in Cincinnati v'hen tl.cj
news oflhe pasige of'Mr-Kay's bill was re.
it-ied, aud in less tiitu an hour afterward
th- lain batl stopped iu o far that seer.d meu
eie seen ou Ihe sheets, sans umbrella.
A sift'. liber to the Wa-hrfiVm Union
has siappjf ills" j'apei ! Aud what is worse
than ait, the whigs are cruelly exulting oer i'.
We leant, nl so, (h it numerous tow n-clock
in d'ifleieut sections of counn, itustojpeil
since they beard the distrcsiug intelligence,
and it is greatly feared that several l' pine
jai ud levels will soon follow the e.xnmple. i l.e
piopri.Tors s"y lit it unless the tick oysletn he
proutptly restored, these ?sm ;k$ will one an.;
all h:ie lo be wound sip! How distressing ! '
The Union, it seems, has lo-t a siibscr iher ;'
and may add that a distinguished ami
"onisi ieutious" siib-K-i iber of our s '-ti pi d '
also ou .icVod'nt' of that er s";inrj'Tai ill" ,'
'lSW Standard.
A Fine. VitJJrt' oi 1 iu-.vt. Ab..ui thi
first of last October numiid .'orn one acre
ot' ground iii (aeo in II Heat, d lid' j!Jii y i Id
has Ireen lwuly-sceh bus hid. 'J lie ground
wa well manured. n.l only with con moo
stable manure, but with a cr-i sirh li.ble qnan
tit of asjifaj : iM,d cnly ,,ne bu.-hi I ol rcrd
was put iu. Twenty. if vcu bo-hels t t'.'s
-a;fie will do eiy wVU, we thiulf. fi'r tills i. -'
gion f r-ouidry ; and if our farmer., generally
would cnllivare but half the laud they do, .in.!'
make that half five limes i icin r than it i-, wo
have no doubt but th'v w.udd realise mmhii
more r lcar profit tr.au they , n"A. llalnk
Standard.
Amothkh'M UKDiiit Casi:. John M.diin.
Etni!'to of hi sous. wre ruresttd o;:"
W 'vdic?V.tK? of'at we. k, in Union Count,.'
charged w ith the mmd.-r ol a neg boy, im
properly of John Medliu. A writ of habeas
t oipus was surd tut and retur tied brfore
Judge Dick at lhi place on Saturday last;'
but lhe heating was put otPby the lictur for'
he State for the want of certain evidence ho
cowld tf then obtain. UV understand the
prisoners left here iu t hargo of tmr Sherifl'
n Thursday last for Liitcolutou. to have n
hearing on the habeas corpus on to tlav.
The case we understand, i lather an ugly
oue. Cfihrlotte Jeffcrsoniau.
Mori; " Rci.s;' Th"6 IttHi.re P.ibiot
(wliig'J says !
"Tut TitADr, ok Bai-ti.moi:i:. The fall
business of the city ha commenced under
veryfavorhle auspice, and is already rprito
active.' Indeed within a few day-, there h-nw
been so many arrivals of western ami southeto.
merchants, that they surprised some !" Mirr
prinr tpal houses, whose clerks, not expecting
their customers so early, had not yet retur'ued.
from Iheir excursions lo die country.
"There will be a large bu-iuess d-me this.'
fall, according Jo ?very present indication,
and tin terms satisfactory to buyers and tel
lers." . " ;: -
AViiS at tin
Hotel
since
Fr id ay
ine 4 in inst. :
1 MrWifl, Roleon,
A A T Sniitb, tlo
Mj. Gilmorc. Vy.
J W P.rbbs, Mis,,;
G Godard, Macon, G. .
J M Williams, Gold llHl,
A Kel'y, Moore,
A Wads worth, do
D Rcrd, Wilmrnstoo,
i Keith d0
t oampne-i.tvU no Un.t, ( y Doozier. Knlri-h
Col McNeill,
L McK-llar,
Col Mnrcluaon,
J L. Atkiiu,
J C . AViliimm,
Maj'Cameron,
J L Bet hra,
Jno -McNeill -Dr
J McKav,
Tfr n M Turner'.
J C Blocker.
J S Williams.
J M Walker
FLMtari
T fi Jones
" --".. IIV J rtKiVTW 'M-iSi4.F-
do - J J I' roister da
do M McKay, Tennessee,'
do A MeKellar da
do . II E Lytle, El iza brilx,
lo I McDafRe,
do, A J Drike, Rob csorr,'
do "A" Smith do
do Saml Houston, Dujdfrt, '
do Q Hall, Sampsen
d BCulbrelh do
do C H Stevens tio
do Jno Roach, Davidson,
do T F Wilcox, Witin'ton,
lif' ypF-Btacliwod, N. C
do" C Q Carbe'. , . J '
do S Broil s. Chathairr.'
H McLean
D J McDonald, . ' H J Denis do
I S Milling- do ;G :V Conoly, AJmpiis-,
DS Harllee
do IV F Lyle. ivnson,
do and family," do' .
. do'-' A S Homey, Randolph, '
do ' Mrs Airtrean.Wadesbore
do WL Half, N; C
Jno Wilcox.
S M Stevens'
E Tveon
SC Dunlap
J J Jackson, Chatham,
J irtlsy,. do'
G Berry, Chatham,
Capt Bvyair '" .do"
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