THE NOM'
consumed in voting on and discussing vari
ous amendments offered to the engrossed bill
lo provide for the election of Field Officers
for the N C regiment. They were severally
voted down, and the House a, a late hour,
took the vote on passage of the bill on its se
cond reading. The vote was as follows :
Fes T3. Nays 24. A motion was then made
to put it on its third reading, but it did not
prevail.
SENATE Thu rsday, Dec. 31.
The Senate proceeded to the consid
eration of the bill in favor of Janoluskee.
the Cherokee Chief. The bill had passed
second reading, and the rules were suspend
ed, wlien it was read a third time, passed
and ordered to be enrolled.
Leave of absence was granted to Mr Wil
lon , Senator from the County of Edgecomb.
Mr Francis, from the select committee to
whom was referred a resolution on the sub
iect of Mr Wilson's volunteering in the
North Carolina regiment for Mexico, repor
ted the following Preamble and resolution :
Whereas, The Seuate has been informed
that one of its members is about to leave the
Hails of legislation in North Carolina, to
assume the more arduous and perilous duties
of the Camp and the Battle Field, a3 the
commander of the company from the county
of Edgecomb; and Whereas, no difference
of opinion a 3 to the commencement of the
existing War between the United States and
the republic of Mexico, should induce mem
bers of this body to withhold an expression
of the opinion they entertain of the self-sacrificing
andpatriotic conduct of the Senator
referred to ; be it therefore
Resolved, unanimouslv, by the Senate of
North Carolina now in Session. That in
separating from their fellow member, the
Honorable Louis D Wilson, Senator from the
county et n.dgecomD, with whom manv
members of this body have been associated
foryears in the Senate Chamber, they cannot
withhold the exp ression of their hirh Kense
ot ins able, dignified and patriotic services
as a member of the Senate, and further to
express the conviction thatin the more ardu
ous and hazardous duties of the tented field,
he may be no lesa distinguished for patriot
ism, courage and nrrver-failinfj devotion, to
the cause of the country.
Be it further Resolved, That the Speaker
of the Senate communicate a cony of the
foregoing resolution to the Senator of Edge
comb.
The .Yeas and Nays being called for, the
Preamble and resolutions, were unanimous
Jy adopted 44 Senators voting.
The resolution in relation to the borrow
ing oi money by the i'ublic J reasurer, pas--
seu second and third readings, and was or
dered to be engrossed.
On motion of Mr Howard, the vote on
the rejection of the bill to provide for laying
out and establishing a Turnpike Road from
Raleigh to the line of the State of Georgia,
was reconsidered, when said bill, being on
its second reading, wns ordered to lie on the
table.
The bill for the belter regulation of the
Militia of this Stale, was taken up, read the
second time, laid on the table and ordered to
be printed, together with the report of the
committee on Militirv" Affairs on said bill.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
On mo'.ion of Mr G A. Miller, the Cher
okee Chief. Junoluskee. was permitted to
return his thinks to the House of Commons,
for their generosity in passing a bill in hi
favor; which he did in a brief, but pathetic
speech Mr Hayes, of Cherokee, acting
as interpreter. This Biil give to him a
Rmuil tract of land in Cherokee County,
valued !t about fifteen hundred dollars, and
also authorises the Public Treasurer to pay
hint, out of any monies not otherwise appro
priated, the sunt of one hundred dollars, in
consideration of the services he rendered to
the United Stales during the last war.
A mess jre wns received front the Senate
stating that they had passed the engrossed
resolution in relation to the borrowing of
money by the Public Treasurer, ami asking
. . j
that the War be prosecuted with energy aim
brought to a close as spetauy v. ,
and whereas, the President of the, U. State,,
has made a requisition on the .State of North
Carolina for one Regiment of Volunteer, to
serve du. ing ih "ar with Mexico." The
Yeas aud Nay being called for, it was reject
ed by the following vote Yeas 20, Nays 23.
Mr Speight moved a division of the ques
tion, and mat lne sa,ne ne rst Put ou ,ne
Preamble ; which was decided in the nega
tive Yeas 20, Nays 25. The said Pream
ble and resolution weto Iheu read the third.
timQ and passed.
On motion of Mr Francis, the Rules were
susoeuded, and said Preamble and resolution
were ordered, to be forthwith Engrossed and
sent to the House of Commons.
A message was received from the House
of Commotio, stat in r that the hour of 12 hav
ing arrived, at which lime, by a joint resolu
lion ofthe two Houses, the inauguration of
II in Excellency, Governor Graham, is to
take place they weie ready to receive the
Senate in their flail for that purpose. 1 he
members of the Seuate, thereupon, passed in
to the Hall of the Commotio, and when the
Inauguration of Governor
Graham were over, they returned to the Sen
ate Hall, when they took a reces until three
o'clock, P. M.
The Engrossed Bill to amend an Act pass
ed iu 1812 3, entitled an Act to incorporate
a Mutual Insurance Company in the Stale
of North Carolina, wns ordered to he enrolled.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr Wilder, from the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported, without amendment, the
resolution in lavor of Georgo D. IJoggan,
Sheriff of Anson County; when the same
passed second reading.
Mr D. A. Barnc, from ihe same Com
mittee, reported, without amendment, the bill
to restore Jury Trial at two of the Sessions
of Montgomery Comity Courts ; when the
name passed second reading.
Mr Jackson, of Lenoir, presented a peti
tion from sundry citizens of Leuior County,
against the granting of exclusive privileges
ta navigate iho waters of Neuse river b)
steamboats ; which was leferred to the com
mittee on Internal Improvements.
Mr W ilder, of Wake, offered the following
resolution, which was adopted :
Resolved, That His excellency, the Gov
ernor, be requested to furnish this House w ith
any correspondence he may have had with the
war Department ofthe General 'Government
iu relation to the raising of a regiment in this
State, to serve during the war with Mexico.
The bill to regulate the appointment of
I4 if Id Officers of Regiments of Volunteers
called into the service of. the United States,
was read the third time; when
Mr Wellborn, of V ilkes, offered tho follow
ing amendment : " The several Companies
composing the said Regiment shall vote at the
different places of rendezvous, and transmit
a statement of ihe Polls to the Adjutant Geu-
eial, and it shall be ihe duty ofthe Governor,
to commission the perilous having the largest
number ol votos.'' This Amendment was
rejected.
Mr Flemming, of Yar.cy, moved that the
siid bill be recommitted lo the committee on
lYlililay Affairs. The question on this nm
lion was decided iu Ihe negative Yeas 41,
Nays 63. The question then being shall the
I. ill pass its third reading, after some little de-
hate, it whs determined in the affirmative, by
ring on the passage ofthe said bill on its se
cond reading, be moved to amend the said
bill, by strikiug out all after the enacting
clause, aud inserting as an nmendmeut, a
nubstitute which be offeied. The amendment
was adopted, and ihebill passed second read
ing. A message was received from the Senate,
informing lhat they had passed the engrossed
resolution providuig lor Equipping ana pay
ing the expenses of the Volunteers to Wil
mington aud Charlotte, and asking the con
currence of the House. The said resolution
passed first reading.
Mr Ellis, of Rowan, moved to reconsider
the vote by which was pasned on the third read
ing, the bill to legulate Ihe uppoiutmeut of
vZld Officers of regiments of Volunteers,
.dld ifto the service of the
THE WAR.
The news-from the seat or war is very
vague and seem in great part to 'be made up
of rumors. . Oue thing however seems to be
settled, that nor forcer have possession of
Victoria, and that without fighting. This
place is situated about midway between Mon
terey and Tampico, and was said not long
since to be strongly garrisoned. This turns
out to havo beeu unfounded. The N. O.
Picayune makes the following recapitulation
of Ihe substance of this news :
' The report received by this arrival gives
the position of our troops uearly as follows :
Gen. Taylor left Monterey on the 15th inst
for Victoria de Tamaulipas ; Gen. Twiggs
nnA tf!..l P E I In U.A nlmoili) tn.hait tho I
nited States, .... . ' M rnj
Itlll, UUU. JL unci SOU UUU llt'l lUll IJiailluiu-j
ed into the hospital since Sunday. Ouejiiin
dred nud thirty arrived fromCamargo, and the
remainder yere left by :he 3d and4lh Illinois
Regiments in breaking up their encampments
to commence the march for Tampico , Dr
Wright lias had his hauds (ull for the last four
months the number in- hospital averaging
from ihree lo six hundred during this period
aud it shows him possessed of more than com
mon energy and industry to have managed so
successfully ihe complicated duties of depart
ment. Deaths are much less frequent in
hospital now than during the fall nud sum
mer month, aud patients are all duiug well.
sider ?
64, Nays
44.
. . ti':n .1 1 1 ....
and the question- i. u . iu .euou- sWil . q d go T ico Gou.
wh4 UeClUeu III nuiiuiouyw xvna I o -i i - a .f .. m
Cl uv iviv - 1 I C i if I . r ro mo i r Art t -tv-i m n1 n t (VI nnforoV
v a . iiiuiuvu iu . i iiiiki uu o -- miv .j f
Gen. Worth was at Saltillo; and Gen. Wool
at Parras, about 120 miles further west and
somewhat to the north of Saltillo. There
were continual tumors in circulation of de-
sians ol the Mcxicaus' lo attack dinerent
poiutsou this immense line, but nothing seri
ous had yet been done. Something like a
demonstration with cavalry had beeu made in
the vicinity of rnmoico, which was tmme-
dtately repulsed. Nothing is more likely
than lhat Santa Anna should keep his cavalry
in motion npori different puis ol our line, but
Mr Chunn, of Buncombe, introduced a re
solution relating to the appointment ofthe Of
ficers ofthe volunteer Regiment, called for by
the Pesident ; which passed its first reading.
Thi resolution provides that the two Hous
es shall proceed ou Mondav afternoon next.
at 4 o'clock, bv ioint ballot, to Jhe electiou of
said Officers, and those persons receiving the
highest number . of votes, shall be commis
sioned bv the Governor according.!
A niessaye was receited from liis excel-
lency, the Governor, transmitting a copy ol the
correspondence between the war department,
called lor by the resolution ol yesterday. 1 he
Correspondence was read, and theu sent to
ihn SfM.atp. wiih a orooojitioii to print the
j i
same.
Mr D ivenpoit, of Tvrrell, offered the fol
lowing resolution, the consideration of which,
on motion was nnstootted to, and made the
i i '
order ofthe day for the 11th instant :
Unsolved. ' the' Senate concurrniff, J hat
the two Houses of this General Assembly ad-
: . . a ' .... IV 1 t thu v 1 1 fh 1 1 l
jouru sine oie u uiuuuu;, mv..
aud lhat the Clerks make up their estimites
to that lime.
the concurrrnce of the lionise. This reso
lution authorises the public Treasurer to
burrow from the Banks of this Siaie, ihe
Literary Funl, or the Internal Improve
ment Fund, the sum of 100,000, which
money, or a pari, i requisiie lo meet the
IJonds given by the State which fall due on
Monday next. The resolution passed first
reading, ami was read a second iimey when
Mr Ellis, of Rowan, moved to amend the re
solution by striking out in the 4ih section the
words "the Literary Fund," and on that
question called for the Yeas and Nays.
Several gentlemen participated in the dis.
cusior;of lh amendment proposed by Mr
Ellis, but i! was rejected Yeas 40, Ny 68.
The quetion theu recurred on the passage
of the Resolution on its second reading, when
it wa decided in the affirmative Yeas 89,
JV ays 20.
On motion, two-thirds of ihe Houe con
curring, the aid Resolution was again read
the third time, passed and ordered to be En
rolled. SEN ATE. Friday, Jan. 1 .
Mr Boyd presented the following Preamble
and resolution, which were adopted.
Whrea Applicants for Law License are
subjected n many inconveniences and hard
ship, in having to come to Raleigh to be ex
amined by ihe Judges ofthe Supreme Court :
Therefore.
Resolved, That the Judiciarv Committee
be instructed to inquire iuto the expediency
ol coniernng upon any one ofthe Judges of
Ihe Superior Court in vacation, or ibe Judges
of tbe Superior Courts of Law and Equity,
the power to make such examination and
grant License ; and that they report by bill
or otherwise.
Ou motion of Mr Cameron the Senate
took up for consideration tbe resolution pro
viding for equipping and paying expenses
or the Volunteers to VVilminglon. The reso
lution was arneudd, on motion of Mr Wad-
deli, by adding tbe words " and Charlotte,"
after the word Wilmington'
Mr Ashe moved to amend tbe Preamble,
by striking out all thereof after tbe word
44 Wherena," and inserting tbe following : A
- state of War exist between the United States
and
the following vote Yeas 80, Nays 24. The
said bill was then ordered to be enrolled.
A message was received from the Senate,
stating that they had passed the following en
grossed bills, and asking tbe concurrence of
the House.
A bill to regulate ihe removal ofthe hands
liable tr work on the public Roads, from one
road to another.
The bill to incorporate the New river and
Bear C etk Canal Company, in Onslow coun
ty i and
The hill to authorise the Sheriffs of lUde
and Carteret Counties, to execute process
on vessels lying iu waters between said coun
ties. The B;lls passe. t first reading.
SENATE- Saturday, Jan. 2.
Mr Russell presented the following resolu
tion : -
Resolved, (the House of commons concur
ring,) That the two Houses adjourn sine die
on Saturday, the 9th instant."
Mr Graves moved that the said resolution
be made the special older of in day lor the
9th inst.
The Yeas and Nays being railed for, it was
decided iu the affirmative Yeas 33, Nays 9.
Ou motiom of iMr Graves, the bill to au
thorize the Commissioners ofthe town of W il
iTiingloii to borrow two hundred Thousand
Dollars, and for other piupoes, was made tho
special order ofthe day for .Monday next.
Mi Gilmer introduced a Bill to revive and
ro-cataulish the Rah igh and Gaston Railroad,
and for other purposes ; which was read the
hist lime, aud ordered to be referred to the
Committee ou Internal Improvement.
The bill to incorporate the town of Frank
linsville, in the County of Randolph,- and
Tbe bill tt incorporate the Oxford Manu
facturing company, passed their third readings
and were ordered to be engrossed.
A bill to incorporate the hiiehouse Caval-
SUPREME COURT.
The following- gentlemen have been ad
mitted to the Practice ofthe Law, in the sev
eral County Courts of this State.
S Olin Talley, of Wilmington ;
Thomas Richardson ofNewbern;
James M McCorkle. of Wadesboro' ;
Qnincy F Neal, of Ca3well county ;
Joseph Batchelor, of Halifax ;
De Witt C. Stone, of Franklin County;
Jesse It. Stubbs, of Beaufort County ;
H. A. Badham, of Edenton;
J. Alexander Fox, of Charlotte ;
Thorns T. Slade, of Lincolntou ;
Alfr ed G. Foster, of Lexington ; .
Thomas B. Bailey, of Hillsborough;
N. N. Fleming, of Rowan County ;
Joseph T. Rhodes, Wilkesboro,'
Thomas Beckwith, Plymouth ;
William Hill, of Wilmington.
And the following sentlemen have been ad
mitted to Superior Court Practice, viz :
James Banks, Fayette ville ;
G. W. Baxter, Rutherford County;
J. L. Bridgers, Edgecomb County ;
Jostah H. Brooks, Tarborough ;
Hill Burgwyn, Elizabeth City ;
Thomas O. Brown. Bladen County ;
Newton Coleman, Buncombe County ;
A T Davidson, Murphy. Cherokee county;
V. Garland, Greeusborough ;
Lucius J. Johnson, Chowan County ;
William L. Mizell, Williamson, Martin;
John Rolen, Cherokee County ;
Peter K. Rounsaville, Lexington;
Clement G.Wright, Bladen County.
we can heat of nothing promising auy imme
diate engagement. Tampico is -now suffi
ciently defended to welcome twice the num
ber of troops reported to have threatened it."
i he affiir at Tampico is ol no further im
portance than us indicating that Santa Anna
has no intention of attempting the recapture
of that place. II is oppo luuity for so doing
has gone by. 'I here is another report of his
having marched on Saltillo, wiih the design
of attacking Gen. Worth but no credit is
due to this. He is lo be very soon attacked
from a new quarter and is no longer at liberty
to divide his force. liesides, fjen. ool,
with 3G00 men, is near at hand, and could be
tho aid of Gen. Worth before the
lat'er could - be seriously pressed. T he two
combined would make a force nearly equal to
that which ftormed Monterey. Nor do we
see any reason to give credit to the -tumor
mentiourd bv the correspondent of ihe N. O.
Bulletin. hat a detachment of Gen. lavlor's
i t "
army was in serious danger. mete soem
in fact, to have been no organized lorce in
the vicinity of Victoria. But for the explaua
lion of all thue doubts we most wait 'further
news. Charleston JWercury.
MEXICAN ITEMS.
Yr veslerdav saw and conversed wiih Mr
rhilip Huck, brother of the well known
Sauta Fo trader, who left the city of Oii.avst
lati in November. From Mr H. we have
learned many, particulars in relation to the
state of feelings of the Mexicans iu different
parts of the country, which' may not be un
interesting to our readers.
At Orizavn, which is a city of considerable
rize lo the southward of Jalappa, there veie
1000 volunteers already recruited for the Mex
ican army miserable wretches collected by
promises, forehand threats and to arm this
force they have only three- hundred parts of
old, worn out muskets. They all talk right
valiantly, however, of their exceeding great
bravery and prowess, and of the perfect ease
with which they arc to drive los Americanos
fiorn the sacred soil of .Mexico.
Our informant further assures us that
there is really a leeling- ol deep vengeance
aroused in the interior ofthe countv against
the U. S and that the farther we advance
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Correspondence of the N. O. Picayune.
Saltillo, Mexico, Nov. 16.
Gentlemen We arrived here and took
possession oi tins place this evening, witn- MARCH
our, any resistance on the part of the enemy,
nor have we heard ol them this side of San
Luis Potosi. It was about 3 o'clock, P. M.
when we entered the public square, and from
thence to the outkirts of the town the side
walks, all the windows, balconies and house
tops were covered with "men, women and
children, not leso than 15,000, ll 1 am any
Judge. Some apparently rejoiced, while
many ofthe women (and some most beauti
ful there are loo) shed tears and appeared
almost to shudder at the sight of what they
have been laug-ht to call the bad Americans
I have understood from pretty good authori
ty that the Governor of the province was
quitestubborn against surrendering the town,
objecting iu the strongest manner to it, and
representing the war as an unjust and unho
ly oue on the part ofthe United States, and
declaring that il he had a force here be
would fi;ht us.
1 will give you a few descriptive lines of
this place, which is pleasantly situated on an
inclined plane at the loot of a very steep hill
ot surhcient heiirht to command a lute view
of the town. Some portions of it are beauti
ful, the houses constructed with a good deal
of taste, particularly those around the main
plaza, while those in the suburbs, though
well constructed for comfort, have a deso
late appearance,, being hutll-of sun-baked
brick. The cathedrel, by far the largest
and most magnificent one in this part of
Mexico, is yet unfinished. It is divided in
to two apartments, iu each of which' is an
altar made entirely of silver. Gilt, brass
and bronze work interspersed with images
and all sorts of ornaments, covers the entire
wall in the rear ofthe altar. Beautiful oil
paintings, statues, ami rich carved orna
ments of every description decorate the
nuiWiing. . I here are two cupolas, with nine
bells in each, ami the. yard in front is deco
rated with fine cedar trees. The Plaza in
iront is also nanasomely arranged, witti line
trees around it. Iu the centre is a fountain
and reservoir where thoe living in the vi
entity of the plaza get. their wjter. There
are two sma Her churches in town, bull have
not yel visited them. Our Army is very well
provided for in as comfortable' quarters as
the citv affords.
On Saturday last, Nov. 21st, a Mexican
escort came in from ban Luis Potost with
even American prisoners, liberated by Santa
Anna, iu consideration of Gen. Tavlor'a hav
ing liberated the Mexican prisoners. I had
conversation with Lvon this even'msr; and
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11 12 13 14 15 l6
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24 25 26 27 2S 29 30
31
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21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28
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Important Facts.
OUR RAIL ROADS.
We heard a gentleman remark, a few days
since, lhat the cost of conducting operations
on, or keeping up, the Raleigh & Gaston
Railroad, was much greater than that on the
Wilmington Road. It so happened, at the
lime, that we were printing a document for
the Legislature, . which enabled us to insti
lute comparative 'statements of labor of all
kinds, for both ordinary and extraordinary
repairs of Road and Bridges, as shown by
the Reports of both Roads, for the past year,
and we annex the result of our calculations :
Ihe Wilmington Uoad is 161 miles lomjr.
and employs 259 hinds being equal to 1
60-100 hands per mile or 62-100 of a mile
per hand.
The llaleigh lload is 85 miles long, and
employs only 50 hands being 53 100 of a
hind per mile, or 1 (J-1L0 of a rmle to the
hand.
Or, within a fraction of three times the
amouni of labour . per mile, on the former
Road, than there is on the latter.
The currejit expenses of all kinds, on the
Wilmington Road, are St, 190 per mile.
On the Raleigh and Gaston Road, $541
per mile.
Ibe amount of running per mile, on both
Roads, being about the same boih keeninrr
up a daily Mail line; though the freight
business on our Road, is about 40 per cent,
greater per mile, than ihe Wilmington Road.
the srreater will be the hostility against us.
I'he few Americans in the country entertain
fears that the Mexicans, from their superior
knovvhlee of the mountain passes, will lay
ambuscades and cut off .ie advanced de
tachments of our army in the operation?- that
are to ensue. From his position Santa Anna
can at auy time throw a heavy force upon
almost any point of our extended line of
operations, and takingadvantnges of ground
annoy Gens, rnvl or or Scott excessively
At.
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lh? cnunly of Rohetoti ; also
Raleisrh Register.
Mexico; aad Whereas, the National
hunnr nH ik ; . r .J V . ea ,nai ,nB vmo reconsiaeret
honor and the interest of tho People require tioQ pre.ailed, and th quction
1
The bill to protect the Public Bridges with
in this State, were read the second and thitd
limes, parsed aud ordered to be eurollt-d.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr Murphy presented a petition from cer
tain citizens if New Hanover County, pray
ing that a portion of said county may be at
lached to the cunty of Sampson; which was
referred to the committee ou propositions and
Grievances.
Mr Wadded, of Chatham, preseuted a reso
lution concerning the Cape Fear Navigation
Company ; aud
The bill granting a further extension of
credit on the B'uds endorsed by the State fur
the Wilmington & Raleigh Raihoad compa
ny, and also 00 ihe debts due the Stale and
ibe Literary Fund by Ibe said company, was
read the second time and after some timtt
spent iu deba'e the bill was rejected by the
following vote : Yeaa 13, Nays 87.
- Mr William, of New Hanover, then mov
ed lhat Ihe vote be reconsidered. The mo-
again rccur-
Gen. Louis D. Wilson. On Thursday
last trc n- W dson, the Senator from Ed-e-
comb, took leave of the Senate, for the pur
pose of repairing to Tarborough to assume
the command ofthe Edgecomb Company of
Volunteers. The scene was most affecting.
We saw mr, v of the Senators and specta
tors in tears, as this noble-hearted man walk-
1 . 1. I. . 1 TIii.
ru uiroiiii ine ri3ii 10 give the parting
hand to his friends and brother Senators,
preparatory to his departure for the seat of
ar. He has given the freshness of his
youth and manhood to the service of the
State in it Legislative Halls, and now, in
his noon of life he goes forward, at his coun-
iry scan, 10 ngnt its natiies in a distant
land. - 1 he bessins and best wishes of thou
sands of patriots attend him Raleigh Stan
dard.
As tale as toe 27U1 t iNovftnV'er, tncirr
were n Tejiulrnr lnn-ns stationed at the ci'y f
Mexico, afew civicos uimainedmililia be
ing the entire. force to defend it. Arista va:
there, living in retiremei t. It is sa:dthal Sar
ta Anna was anxious lhat he should acco-ti
pany him t Sau Luis, and offered hint sin
important command ; 'but Arista said he ha
been arrested lor hiss conduct at I'
and Resaca 'de la - Palma, uutil he had
tiial, would not return lo the arrnv.
All hinds of business were dull in Mexico,
while a general t ignati.xi of Pad pervide
every portion f iho country. 1 1 he. only a-li-
z-rtis or hum 11 1 ules v Do h.io any work were
Ihe gonsmijh-s they were birsy, ' nighland
day, in every lowu and city. Old machetes
short straight swords With which the Indi
ans under Hidalgo fought tho Spaniards dtfr
ing the revolution were being sharpened,
aud every old tnukct was undergoing repair.
Amer iean deserter are sroMered thro'ijih
ihe country, and are representd as in most
deplorable condition. No les than twenty
five had reached the city of Mexico i 11 most
wretched plight, were begging from door to
door, and were received and treated wiih con
tempt bv all. Eight had reached as fir sou h
as Orizava, and a little work bad beeu given
them at a factory to keep them foni actual
starvation.
Of Iho Mexican congress we can- learn
nothing. Another arrival will give us ihe
particulars of its organization, and for this we
are looking with anxiety. Picayune.
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ty- Judge Douglass, a democratic repre
seotalive from the State of Illinois, has been
elected U. S. Senator from that Stale, in place
oi Mr SempJe, deceased.
iave gathered a lew items. He and liw
three companions w "re captured by a party
of rancheros a few. hours after, their rejriment
eft, and were bound and taken into Monte
rey, i here remained until the cannonading
-ommenceu on ine imn . aeptetnner, when
they were sent on foot under -guard to San
Ijii is l'otosi, suffering severely for want ol'
water on the road and the lontr distance thev
were forced to march, bound together each
day. They , represent a great s-carcity, of
water on the route. At San Luis they were
placed in the barracks with the II1I1 Mexi
can Infantry, andkindly treated, the Govern
ment allowing them 25 cents a dav to pur
chase their provisions, but the colonel of ihe
reitiment jrave them rations and fold them to
use the money as they pleased. A Mexican
soldier attended to their wants, wiih orders
lhat be'' should bring or purcha.se unytbing
they desired. The day before they left, they
were permitted to go through the city where-
evcr thev pleased, with a guard to conduct
them- Santa Anna arrived there on iheSth
of October, snd was received with a great
display of military parade the bells were
rung lung, loud and so hard that a great
many of, them were broken. The enemy
were digging an entrenchment all around the
city. An outbreak occurred at or near the
city of Mexico, and seven regiments had. been
despatched by S.int i Anna to quell it. The
situation ol" the Mexican finance, and iheir
want of means to carry on this war, is .shown
by the fact that the soldiers, who bad up to
within a very short time received 1 Stents
every morning when these' prisoners left
were receiving but 61 cents per day. They
also heard tnai uen. . Ampudia w.is in irons
in the city of Mexico, and that Arista has
been released but has refused to lake part in
the present contest. They learned that the
lad Hill, who was taken'-with the Mier pris
oners, is living near Sau Luis, the protege
of Count Jural, the richest man in Mexico.
This count lately made a present of 1500
head of hors.es to the Mexican army.
These are all the items ol interest. I could
obtain.
Thf !xc",t tioa mvfn noiiee to vren
i3
Worth that be will not be res
BAN K OF J II E STA I K.
The general annual meeting of the stnefc
hdder of the Bank of tho State of North
Ca olina, was held tit their baukttig house, in
this city, on the 4th inst.
Thumbs M Mr Ghee, Eq, of Person co.,
was unanimously chosen Chairman, and V
R Gales appoiutrd Secrela-y.
A majority of the slock being found, on
examination, to Ire represented, the Presirlei.t
(Judge Cameron) submitted a most sattsfar
!y exposition rd' the condition of the Bank ;
which may be inferred frflm the facl, that alter
pa ing Ihe dividend of four per cent due yes
leid.iy, the bank had 011 hand, of undivided
profit, a surplus of gj 1S9.000.
Gov. Graham -offered the follow iug ris-do-tiou
which was adopted :
, Resolved, unanimously, That the course
pursued by Ibe President and Directors of tho
Bank, iu conducting ihe h flairs of ihe Institu
tion during Ihe pasl year, mee wiih tho
hearty concurrence of ihe Stockholders.
The stockholder then proceeded to ibe
li.'i lion of seven Di-ectos 4" the Piincipnl
Bank as follows :
Duncan Cameron, Williitru Royl.io, G YY
Mordecai, Charles M auly, Alfred J one?,
John .11. Bryan, William Peuce. Raleigh
Register.
Volunteers from the Legislatc-ite.
In addition to the Volunteers from t he .Legis
lature for , the Mexican War mentioned in
our last, to wit: Gen. Wilson of the Sen ile,
and Messrs Wilder and Ellis of the Com
mon, we learn that Gustavus A Miller, Esty
the Representative from Davie, has attach
ed himself u the Rowan Comoa nyK com
manded by Charles F. Fisher, Esq. Rol-Standard.
JVetr Orleans, Dec. 30.
By the arrival here yesterday ofihe schr.
Henry M Johnson, Capt. Hardy, from Tam
pico, which port she left on ' tbe 18th inst.,
we learn that Col. Gates, commanding at
that place, declared martial law on the 15th
inst., when all the American citizens in the
city and on shipboard, were put underarms.
On the 16th a search was made in the city,
when about 600 stands of arms, and a quanti
ty of: ammunition were discovered; about
S00 of the guns were found to be loaded.
The whole force of troops at Tampico on the
16th amounted to nearly 600 men.
The following paragraph, is Jrom the
Matamoras Flag.
About two hundred sick have been receir-
anv American who ffoes more than 300 yards
from the main nlaza. as there are a set ,of
CLEMENCY DECLINED. A few week
since, Robert Bowland was convicted of ihe
murder of his brother in-law, Franklin Bar
ker, Esq., in Mansfield, Ohios and sentenced
to be hung on the 14th of March next. A
mong the last official acts of Gov. Bartley
was the granting of a commutation of his
punishment 10 confinement in the penitentia
ry for life. The Mount Vernon Times says
that the convict refuses to accept the com
mutation, declaring that he will be hung.
fe. is said that the convict and his victim
were respectable persons, and maintained
nonsible for ar nfluetial position in society, prior to the
sad catastrophe.
The Camden (N. J.) Phrjenix says that
villains and .murderers whom the authorities Isac Mickle, Esq., of that city, has sue
never could control living on the" outskirts ceeded in applying gun cotton, (newly "n
of town. An express arrived here yesterday vented gurfpowder) to the propulsion of
from Gen- Wool at Monclova. I cannot machinery, in a manner which promises to be
hear that they have orougni any news, ex. I oi great use to the mechanical world.
-ontin(T that the nick Irsi was pretty larrrc.
S, - w w 1 . .1
Col Mitchell, who was shot in the leg
CALIFORNIA. Rev. or Dn' Walter Monterey, and is Mill suflei ing- much from bis
Colton, Chaplain of the frigate Congress, wound. Adjutant Armstrong, who bad onebis
and Alcalde of Monterey, in 'California, legs shot off iu the same battle, and severs
writes thence to the Journal of 'Commerce, wounded officers and men of the Ohio regi
under date of Sept. 19, that the people are ment, have arrived at Cincinnati. W
pleased with the change of rulers there, were direct from Monterey. These ga l""
and that "California - must never be surren- officers were received by their friends and M
dered to Mexico.,. (So that point is sett 1- citizens with enthusiasm and respect. C'
ed.) He continues: Mitchell has taken rooms at theHenrieHouse'
"Three thousand from the U. S. itjs nn- where crowds have tendered him their con
derstood, have inst arrived at San Francisco, gratnlationr?. Adjt. Armstrong is at bis "
' and ten thousand more are on the way. T tbei's icsidence.