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VOLUME IX -.,( GREENSBOROUGH, NORTH-C AROLiN A; JANUAR Y 8, 1 848. NUMBR 39j BY, S TV AIM & SHERWOOD.1 , . i - . : , , ' ..,. PRICE, TUttEB DOLLARS A TEAS ' a$J.iO,i ri with ok it'okta Ami ths at t t mitrtimti. M .A1". --' X failure on th part of any customer to order dicontin jpaacq withia the Subscription year, will be considered in r.tctiefkie wish to continue the paper. " THE PATRIOT. From the papers Which bare accumulated on bur table, since our last issue, we compile the ar rearagcs of intelligence from. Washington, from Mexico, &C. , , , COXGRCSSIOlf Al In- tfenae.DeceuVber 20th, a resolution from the State of Connecticut was submitted by Mr. Baldwin, in favor of constructing a Rail Road 1 from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean. Mr. Underwood, presented one from tha Slate of Ken tucky, urging the . importance of passing soch laws as will enable the citizens of the slavebold. in j States to recover their slaves when escaping to non-slaveholding States. Proceedings from N. Hampshire and Connecticut adverse to the insti tution of alavery in territories hereafter to be ac .quled, - A number of petitions anoTmTmblrrals .'were presented and appropriately referred. .,;,' t Mr. Calhouns's Resolutions were, called, up and made the special order for the ' second Tues day in January. V ';.'.. i:,." - la the House, on the 20th, a number of pet iV J ftpni were presented, pWjrig that peace may be tnaue wun 'Mexico. -if esoi utioo -j row unode is- land, in faror of a Rail Road . fiom. iganjo" . the Pacific, v . -Several Reports of Committees were made of private nature. , ( A resolution was offered by 'Mr. Grmnell, re lative to the power of the President to survey the . Dead Sea also ' inquiring if Congress hag the "k P018?. to; explore, Jturvey,aAdimruOTeriYer8 and ' fcarbors' ia .ctfelXTnlledStatefc ; A Resolntioh mm offered com pliment ing ih Tope, and recoramendingr Diplomatic relations . 'Mr. Petitt introduced Resolutions, asserting the power of lyongret s to improve the navigation or' rivers, harbors, &., for the purpose of benefitting the public service. These Resolutions, were laid over for debate. Mr. Richardson offered the 'following resolu tions: ' "' - . JoteeZThat4.ha existing wat wilhMexk ' , I co was just and necessary on our part, and has been prosecuted with the sole purpose of vindica ting our national rights and honor, and of secur ing ao honorable peace. - ZfSf'Jietolved, That therejection of our repeated overtures leaves Hh iGovernment no alternative but the most vigorous prosecution of the war, in ! each manner, consistent with the law of nations, wmlt wakeMhe Jenemy-rfeel-artits-scalamaties and burdens, and until Mexico shnll agree to a just and honorable peace, providing satisfactory indemnity in money or territory for past injuries, including the expenses of the war. "Itttolved, That the amount of indemnity I oust necessarily depend "upon the obstinacy of the enemy and the duration of the war." In the Senate, on tho 2.1st instant several me morials and petitions wera presented, of an unim portant character. Also, some bills were introdu ced, and Reports of Committees made, none of which were of general interest. ' In the House, on the 21st, a number of private petitions from the States' were presented. . - ... .. Several Resolutions and amendments were in- produced on the subject of the Mexican VVaTTand , among them one from Mr. Botts, censuring UhT President for bringing on the War without author ity, repudaing the doctrine of annexation by con. ': -quest, &c. - ' '. ? . ' ' ' 9, The following Resolution, offered by Mr. Went worth, waa passed by a1 vote of 138 to . f Resolved, That the General Government has the power to construct such harbors and improve euch rivers as are "necessary and proper" for the protection of our navy and our commerce, " and also for the defences of our country," x Tho House, on the 22d, went into Committee of the Whole on the Sill appropriating one mil lion of dollars to supply in parV the deficiency in the appropriation for the subsistence of the army end volunteers for the fiscal year ending in 1848. This bill was at once passed through all its sti- Mr. Clingman, of N. C, mado a Speech, con tending that Congress had no power to exclude slavery from a nqr territory or to establish it therein. - In the Senate, on the 23d, no important matter jcame up. Mr. Crittenden presented a bill ari " propriatiag $25,000 for the purchase of the Madi-' on papers. ' : ";. " , I A message was received from the House, an nouncing the death of Mr. Hamer when," after ; the usualResolutions, the 1 Senate adjourned to r Monday (yesterday.) , . ' - In the House, on the 23d, no important Fusi oess was transacted. Mr. AI orris, of Ohio, nn- B0Bnc?d;thdcartn H4MEi;whentheHoSso ' t TT" T .k ev,. .u. n-v.L t-fr- iiJmhSetiatei Maine, roses and feelingly anhpuntiedllhe-Death . bf his colleague, the Hon. John Fairfieid. The journed to Wednesday, so as to attend the funer al on Tuesday. In theTowse, on the 27tb, after some unimpor- tanf matters were discussed, the Death of Sena tor Fairfield was announced, the usual Resolu tions adopted, and the (louse adjourned to Wed nesday. ; House of Representatives, ' Tuesday, Dec. 21. . fWe insert a portion of to-day's proceedings in full, in order to show the temper of members on the subject of the Mexican JVarr The reader's attention will be specially arrested by the resolu tions offered by Mr. Bolts. ' The Speaker then announced that at the ad journmcnt of the IIouso yesterday the pending question was the motion of Mr. Bolt's to lay the resolution moved byiVIr liichardion on the ta ble. ; : ff" . ,. ". . V,.:- .... Mr. Botts withdrew the motion to lay the .revolution on the table, in order, he said, that the House might take a direct vote on the resolution, Mr. Stephens sent up to the Clerk's table proposition which he said ha intended to offer as an amendment in cage the previous question were not sustained. ; :y!y-:-It was read, as follows: y Whereas it is no less desirable that the inter ests and honor of our country should be cordiallv sustained and defended so long ns the pre.-ent war with Mexico Continues to exist, than that the con flict should not be unnecessarily prolonged, but thould be terminated as toon 'as an honorable peace can be obtained ; arid whereas it is believed that a diversity of opinion prevails to a considera ble extent as to the ultimate aims and objects for which the war should be prosecuted ; and it be- the clear exprppsioo orth legislative will, solemn ly proclaimed, to the world i He it therefore resolved bu the Senate and House of Representatives ofiheJJailed Slatesjri Congress assemojeiii I hat the present wajfWnh Mexico should not he waged or prosecuted with view to conquest," either by subjugation or dis memberment of that Republic. lie it further resolved bv the author it u afore- said. Thai it is the desire of the United Slates ibatJosiljiiiit'StsliQuldbe terminated upon terms uoiiorame io ooin-ancino.rac-m?::a'..inwuat wttlemeTiiS'oPlfce " proper' aBCrTgTitfuI ""boundary" falf reconMon nd proper ; p ro vision to tfmace rorail tie-liow ourxiuzena against that country the whole to be adjusted by negotiation, to be instituted tnd effected accor ding to the constitutional forms of each Govern ment respectively. Mr. Botts' rose and said he had a substitute for the resolutions of the gentleman from Illinois, which he should propose when in order, and be now asked that it be read.- The proposition of Mr. Botts was read as fol--lows;,1 , j ' r Resolved, That ..among the highest duties that can devolve upon the Representatives of the People is the preservation of the national integri ty, a strict observance of the limitations of the con stilution, and a firm resistance to Executive en croachment. . ' ,2. Jf?espfve7,"That "any war Which aotforirr object the Bcquisitioo of territory by conquest, brings into question the national character, is in violation of the constitution of the United. States, in conflict with the genius and spirit of our insti stitutions, and dangerous to the perpetuity of the Union. ' J . ' " 3. Resolved, That the war in which we are now engaged was not brought on by the act of Mexico. ' . ' ' ' - "4. f?coThar the War with Mexico wag brought on bv the unauthorized act of the Presi dent of the United States, in ordering the army under the command of General Tay lor into terri tory then in possession of the Mexican Repub lie. , 5. Resolved, That we have no right to claim nucmnuyCTioc,inB.xxpej8ii byAoJlitgdvjsgd and unprovoked act of our own public functionaries. 61 Resolved, That tho honor of this nation does not consist in exacting territory from Mexico, to which we have no claim, and vieldinsr to Great Britain territory the title to which was asserted to be " clear and unquestionable ;" and that to evade J the strong and pursue the weak does not present the honor, courage, or greatness of our people in their true light. 7. Resolved, That to' exact indemnity from Mexico would devolve upon us the necessity of making a similar demand in . all future tvars, which would involve us in interminable conflict, or of surrendering a principle now insisted on as indispensable to tae preservation of our national honor. ; ( ' i'-.. ; ' . - -: 8. Resolved, That no new bjrritorycan bean nexed to the United Slates by virtue of lhe'"waT without involving the agitation of domestic diffi culties, begetting sectional animosities, and weak ening the ties that connect ug together. , 0. fcsoi-e(t That if the conquest of" territory be-not the object of the war, we can perceive no good reason for continuing our troops in the heart of theenemy's country, by which their lives "are unnecessarijyexposed and our resources useless ly expended. . M"'T -; 10. Resolved, That a conquering nation has nothing to apprehend from an cxhibitioWof mag nanimuy anA.generosity to a,, d efeated -foi- and that a victorious army may retire from the pursuit of carnage and slaughter without incurring the imputation of retreating from the scattered and discomfited forces of the enemy. v II. Resolved, That the most efficient if nnt fin. iLf0"' ?5 T f 8peCdy an,.d ""bleled to be ceded fo the United Statesfshall peace would be, under proper 'irctiminaryar. rangments, to withdraw our -troops, already cov ered with glory and surfeited with success, to the tfoendlagittrnaie boundary f Texas at theme of its annexation to the United Slates. . : - . 1 2. Resolved, .That -our Jnatitutidns, founded nlin uiiu tuc iiruio s taw , una to long as we oiler art asylum to .the. oppressedaod recosnise life. lib. ertyaad the pursuit of, -appiae inalienable rights ot man, we cannot insist upon the dismemberment of an empire as the price of peace.' ;' , ., i-?;-:; , 13. Resolved, That if, u pbn the restoration of peace, the necessities of our commerce shall re quire a harbor in any part of the Mexican territo ry in California, we are able, and should be wi ling to pay therefor, as Would become a great and an nonest people, v, - : r 14. Resolved, That' if it shall be determined by the People, through their Representatives, that this war shall be further prosecuted in Mexico, it then becomes the duty of all parties to protect ou national flag and brave army by furnishing all needful supplies of men and money to carry it on -wun vigor and eHect. Mr. Rhett rose and inquired of the Chair iflhe previous question had been moved on the pend ing proposition of the gentleman from Illinois, (Mr. Richardson?) The Speaker replied in the affirmative. Mr. Rhett. " Then no observations are in or der. " 7 ' ' The Speaker. No observations are in order. Mr. Rhett. I will only say I hope the pre vi ous question will be voted down, id' order that we may. hare a fair vote upon these various propose tions. v - ''-" : ; ' The Speaker announced the pending question to be on seconding the demand for the previous question Mr. Botts said he hoped it would bn the sure of 'the House WTOtedowrr the; pf evious question, and then to refer all these -propositions to the Committee of the Whole en the state of the Union, and make them tho special order for some day. hot far distant, x .,. , .,.,: ---. Mr. THOMP80N6f Indiana, gave notice of a proposition which ho should submit when in order, and asKeopWTeaamg. SpEAKEWr 4f -tbM"ino objection, the proposition of the genllemairfrom Indiana. will be read. No ohjection being made The CIerk commenced the reading of Mr. hompson's resolutions ; and before he had con cluded' ' . ..v. ,.-.., Mr. C. Brown rose and inquired if thb was a ..PVcjeuionjese proposHionst . . - 1to"Spsaue said.' tiie tVidiag Bd-riTilf teetf eotnmenced ' by general i C0n3ant, the. objeclici came' too-lalei--- Cries of Read, read !" The Clerk accordingly continued and conclu ded the reading of the resolutions, which are as fottows 5 lie it resolved bv the Senate and House of Ren- resent qtives of the United States of America tn Congress assembled,-1 hot, tn the opinion of Con- ress, the President ot the United States should forthwith cause to be communicated to the Gov ernment of Mexico that peace may he immediate- established between the two countries upon the following terms, to wit : lirst. That the boundary line between the U hited Slates ooit Mexico shall be as follows, to wit: begining at the GuIf.oOIexico, near the mouth of the Rio Nueces, and running thence northwest, 'Wfch::thrcOTrefa elude all the Texan settlements south and tvest of said river, made prior to tho annexation of Tex as to tho United States; thence, up the said Rio Nueces, until it reaches tho lino which separated the province of Texas, before her independence, from the provinces of New Mexico, Coah'uilo, and Tamau1ifas; and thence, along said line, to the Rio Roxo or Red river. Second. That the Government of the United States, disavowing 4he intention of acquiring, or holding tho same by conquest, .will purchase from Mexico,' with tho consent, of the Govern ment, of Mexico, the territory embraced within the - following boundary, to wit: beginning at a point on the Gulf of Mexico as near as may be to the centre of the irreat desert or prairie which between the waters ot the K10 Grande and the Rb Nueces ; thenco followinjr the course of tneceWeftft to the range of mountains which deviJo the wa ters ot the llio Grande from those that run east ward to the Gulf of Mexico, and pursuing said range of mountains until it strikes the line of north latitudo 30 30' ; thence by that parallel of laiitudei west, to the Pacific ocean, so as to in 'elude within the United States the. bay and city of Monterey,in Upper California. ; Third, That in consideration of the cession of tho' territory embraced within the foregoing boun dary, the Government of the United S.'ales shall pay to the Government of Mexico such sum of money as may be agreed upon by and between commissioners to be appointed upon the part' of each Government i Provided, That there shall bo' deducted out of the sum so agreed on what ever amount may have been due by Mexico to the United States before the commencement of tho war, if the sum so agreed on shall exceed the amount so found to be due to the United States. ' Fourth. That the Government of. the, United States shall ask from the Government of Mexico no indemnity whatsoever for the expenses of the war. :' , 'V; ., -.'.- :':...',' Fifths That, soTsOoji as a treaty of peace shall have been made and ratified by and between the two Governments; the army of the United States shall be . withdrawn from every portion of tho ter ritory of Mexico noy or at tbatjiroe in .its pos session..' . . .71TT7"i""' : 1 SixlhThm tho' Government of the United States wi!! jufiranty to the Government of Mex ico that all persons, now Citizens of Mexico, who possess property within the territory thus propoS' contin ue to bold and e ov tne same under the la ws and institutions 01 Hie nited States. ' '7"::" ..iMr.TooMBS,askedthe indulgence of -the .House to Permit him to have read 'a resolution .f . : - . . on this same subject,' which he had prepared. the House as.it was very short. zThe 1 Clerk rtfad'it, as follows:' -x Jv-JL ' Resolved, That neither the honor nor interest of this Republic demands the dismemberment o Mexico or the annexation of any portion of her territory to the United otates as an indispensable conumon to me restoration ot peace. 1 Mr. Vaxdtke said he too had some resolutions which he desired to have read.-7 -r-r- r The-Clerk rg ad them, as follows'; Resolvtd, That, in the opinion of this House, the order 01 this uovernment that General l ay lor with his army should take position on the bank of the Rio Grande, which resulted in the blockade of that 'river and the' pemting of the. guns 01 me uoiteu otates upon a aiexican town ou the other side, was unnecessary and unwise was an act 01 aggression in itseii, and 1119 im mediate cause of conflict between the two na tions. ' - Resolved, That the invasion of the territories of Mexico south and west of the Rio Grande; eith er by sea or by land, and the storming and captur ing of her towns and tho slaying of her people wkhin such territories, were acts of injustice, cru elty, and wrong; and that the requiring ofMex ico, at the peril of her national existence, to en ter into treaty stipulations with us. while her country is surrounded by our navy, her capital and chief towns in Our possession, her country suDjugoted and her people crushed and prostrate beneath ouc power, and with our resistless cannon irowmng upon her, and our conquering tword gleaming above her, is unreasonable and unfair towards Mexico, as one of the contracting parties, ana unmacntntmous and unchristian in -us. Resolved, That tho present war with Mexico should not be prosecuted anxfurthr.for any por vvso wuiiioi-r , iiiui inn wueie 01 our lorces in the Mexican country should be withdrawn as speedily as, possible, and placed on territory which Belongs to this country ; ,and that the Ad ministration oe lurnisned wun all the men and money necessary to protect our troops now in Mexico, and to accomplish such withdrawal in the most practuble way, without barm or dan- ger. twops-as-aforesaid -east-of the- llio Grande, the resident of the United States be requested to send a commissioner or commissioners to Mexico to set tle the Question of boututarv lwtnretn thia enunl. ry and Mc,xico,.togethe'w1ih such other Questions as may properly come before them. - . Mr, Stephens inquired if the notice hie had given to debate these propositions would not, as a matter of jpouc carry thempyer xtr::Kir bMothteodyTesolutd he I louse, the otbe ra havingbee ra4 far iniormaticn, and lbere fore were not in the possession of the House. COL. LOUI3 D. WILiSON. At the recent Annual Communication of the Grand Masonic Lodge of North Carolina, the fol Iswing Report and Resolutions on the death of Col. Louis D. Wilson were'unanimously aappt edi, 7 ' -''K "The Special Committee, to whom was refer red so muc h of thc M , W. Gra n d M aster's an n u al report as refers to the death of P, G. M. Louis D. Wilson, beg leave to report, that from the limited time allowed them from othere duties, it is almost impossible that they can do more than merely al lude to that melancholy event. 1 he Orand Lodge is already aware of the circumstances under wJbicAhjs heiy us. lie uiea in a loreign ianu, in ine city pi ve ra Cruz, at tho bead of an army of his country men. Fidelity to the cause of our country, eager ness to repel her invaders, has always characteri zed our Fraternity. In our revolutionary strug glo Masonry had herHVashingions and her War rens. The committee are informed on high au thority that every commanding General of the American army was a Mason of high standing, except one, whose sad fate is an historical fact of so much notoriety thai Wij may say nothing more of it than merley to allude to it by way of contrast. Nor is Masonry without her gifts upon her count ry's altar; in our present sanguinary contest with Mexico. Amongst the number of those who have learned their duty to magistrates andhe supreme (rovernmcnt at her altar, in their most solemn rowatnaFta. nfioMallie. na.mrHmjrjnort tHttfieus-IV-fl. Mnstf r. Whnt WMjiQpuis.fl: when the thunders of war came to our ears ! when we learned that our nation! Was engaged in bloody conflict with a daring enemy f Bro. Wil son left the legislative halls of his native State, re paired to his cpunty, made up a company of vol unteers over which he was chosen Captain, im mediately assisted in raising' another in the same county, and entered her service without delay. . Of Bro. Wilson' as a Mason it is probably more perjiiner.t that we should speak. - Particular ly in the active discharge of those cardinal virtues which the precepts of our Order inculcate in eve ry bosom, Charity was pre-eminent. .Many in cidents in his history illustrate the truth of this re mark. We will allude, to but two, which are sufficient to place his name high upon the roll of benefactors of his species. On one occasion, when provisions were exceed ingly-scarce m the county of Edgecomb, and want was stalfting'a- brbad in the land, Bro. Wilson generonsly threw his barns and distributed two hundred bar- open re Is of corn amongst the poor of Edgecomb ; do nations of smaller size were continually emanat ing' from his liberal hand. .' ' . "The second grand charity to which the com nfittce allude, was the closing and crowning act of his life the capstone of his moral and masonic edifice the magnificent bequest contained in his wiiLZBv th's wilt -he., bo's given to the poor of his county an estate now estimated at from forty J to sixty thousand dollars, s ; v. "As Bro. Wilson deserved, he was held high in the esteem of his county-men, and any promo tion at their dispesn I was freely and often bestow ed ; in proof of which, should any" be needed, we would refer to ,hftequejnt.el Inture from the county of Edgecomb' the fact that his mortal remains are to be brought home f and a monunentxrected .byi;onUibuligolQb memory, over-the. spot where they, may ;find their long resting place. ) -J;, v ' , - 7 We need hatdly-say that ; ;.many of our bre;tif ihren; will hayo on oppo his grave to give venno feelings that with sonoo j have found, an.outlet through more natural aven- j Uc-5. io majny-tliis high privilege will be denied by uncontrollable , circumstances j But, in order that all may share in some general expression of our grief, the committee recommend the adoption of the resolutions at the-end of this report. Tn committeo have not, as might appear to some, mentioned the acts of our deceased brother to blazon them forth in A way of vain glorious boas ung ; but Alasonry sets no limits to the expres ions 01 fraternal regard to the memory 01 a de parted brother Who has earned the affection of the Craft. Whenever the conduct, of a brother throush life so conspicuously illustrates those m sonic virtues which are the pride and boast of our oraer, the Lrat( is honored, and we can with pro priety gather around our own family altar, and in a spirit' of emulation speak freely of those vir tues. ' 1 v .''w::-'-, " Resolved, Thut this Grand Lodge will wear the usual badge of mourning (crape on the left arm) for the space of thirty days, as a token of res Dec t and esteem fnf tha mimnrv of our Hirin- ,ea orotner. , - : 7 hesolved, That this Grand Lodffe recommend to the subordinate Lodges a similar course as soon as thev obtain a knoweldire of the course of the 'Grand Lodge, "Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to furnish a copy of these resolutions, and request our orderto publish them." ; ' FR03I MEXICO. I be Steamer. Maria Burt arrived at New. Or leans on the 7thinst. from Vera Cruz, whence she sailed on the Sib. Something like T revolt has takeh""place' at Chiapas, for the purpose, it is said' of, annexing that State to Central America. . ' - ; The greater part of the Governors of the dif ferent States were present at the seat pf govern ment, and, with one exception, "the Governor of sSSiSlSIJggAfayor of peace. 5i2ffwinrOTde Smith, addressed to the Alcado of Mt-icy Ofpice of the Cmt and Military Gpvernor, ? XNational i'alace, Mexico, Nov 10, lS-17,5 5ir-I am directed by the civil and military governor of this capital; to make to you, for the information and guidance of the Mexican civil authorities, the following communication iv cett the American army entered the city of Mexico, the principles upon which the occupation -.M.i!t-t. M-i-'i.-V.'Iwi U' ' .. J I y tne general-nfcchiei m bis -orderi No. 287iSXT meflt of the U S. to throvv on Alexico the bur den of the further continuance of tha wr. - tn consequence 0. which it is how necessary to ad vise the authorities ot the city as follows : 1st. That ail the revenue collected; or to be collected from whatever source, or for whatever. purpose, must ber considcred as collected -for the United Slates, and only to be expended under their authority and with their consent ; all pay- menfa not mi in anfArmilv mvilh iho rnla wri)! accordingly be disproved, and the amount there of required to be - refunded-by- those who- hare made them. 2d- All the troops of lho:Unitcd States are to be quartered without expense to them, and if it bo necessary to occupy private property, in order to insure this, it will belone. . " Nevertheless, not to came more inconvenience than is necessary to obtain the end, viz : the com fort and health of the troops, public build:ng3 pointed out by, tfe3. CUY authorities will be prefer red, where they are suitable, but no rent will be paid in any case. - :. It is therefore desired that such buildings as can, with the least inconvenience be occupied with troops, bo designated by .the first alcalde to Capt. Jrwin, tho chief quartermaster, that they may be examined. :r,i '.;"' I am, sir, very respectfully. , , - 1 ; - yourob'dt serv'l i. R. P. HAMMOND, Sec'y. To Senbr M. R. Vre am exdi, Alcalde". El Moreliano of the ISth publishes an extract of a letter from New Mexico, which states that the .Americans had received a reinforcement of 000 men, making their entire force 1700. They had a large amount ol rations and munitions of arrao4;redrilUQg march to occupy Chihuahua. On the 19th ult. a corvette and frigate of tho United States navy entered the port of Guaymas, demanding a surrender of the place. The cora mander of the forces writes to the Governor of ISonpra that in order to prevent the horrible con sequences of a bombardment be had concluded to remove his forces to Bocachibampo, out of reach of the guns, and there make a stand, al though he does not seem to think it would be a successful one. Doubtless, long ere this the " stars and stripes" are waving over Guaymas. THE DIFFICULTY IN THE ARMY. The difficulty among prominent officers of our army appears to bo quite as "serious as was rep resented; We publish here the (orders of Gen eral Scott, reflecting upon the officers who were said to ha undpr arrost. Thev hctrav nn linl,. Temper perhaps we should say, ascerbity of temper:- . GENERAL ORDERS No. 3. War Department, Ada. Genl's. Office. .Washington, Jan. .28. IS 17 The folio wmj regulation ha3 oecn - received from the War Department. ' AVar Department, - I . Washington, Jan. 29, 1817, . i no i'reswent ot the united Wales iiirects that paragraph GuOof the General Rcgulatinnsfor the Army,eublished on the 1st Marchi'lS2o, and not included among these published Jan. 23, IS II, be now published, and that its observance as a partoflhe General .Regulations, be strictly en joined' upon the army. . "i(v '.-':. By -order-'oftho" Pxesidenu:Z .. (Signed) t : W. L. M ARC Y, Secretaryof War. The XoUowinir latne.; :pagMpKrihe.i5eneral Regulations fori he Army, established on tha 1st March, 1925,ircferred to above 1 military marches and .operations, are .frequently, muchievoud in dcigi), and ajwys disgraceful iq 4e rmy I hey ';are, theielore, smctly lafbiuden; and any officer found guilty of making such f port for publication, without special 1 permission, or of placing the writing, bejind his control, o that it finds its way to the pre&s, within o:ib month'7 after the termination of the campaign to which liv relates, shall be dismissed from service.',; T- ";By command of Major General Scb'ttJ i "i"" (Sipned) ' V':'V'tv.t( v'fiHr .', WM. 6; FREEMANi Assi. Ad), benir i ; , GENERAL ORDERS Na. 349. . ' Head Quarters or the Armt, 1 Mexico, Nov. 12, 18-17,;' $ The attention of certain oflicers of this army iau recalled io the foregoing regulations; ' which the' General-in-chief is resolved to enforce so far as ir may be in his poweK ; ' " -'- - As yet but two echoes from home of tha brilJ liant operations of our arms in this basin have reached us; the first in a New Orleans, and the second through a Tampico newspaper. . . . It requires not a little charity to .believe thai the principal heroes of the scandalous , letters, al luded to did not write them, or SDecial nrocura them to be written, and the intelligent can bs at no loss in conjecturing the authorSchitft, partisans, and pet familiar. To the honef of the service, the disease pi uriency of fame not ear ned cannot nave seized upon half dozen offi- cers (present) all of whom, it is believed, ' belong r to the same wo coteries. . t also credit may, no doubt, be obtained t home, by. such despicable self puffioirs and maliir-' nant exclusion of others; but at the expense af the just esteem ' and .consideration pC. all honora-: ble officers Who love, their country, their profes sion and the truth of history.1 The indignation -of the great number of the latter-class cannot fail in the end, to bring down the conceited and envious 1 to their proper level. .,, " lif command of Maj. Gen. Scott. ' , : TJ'J; u-l.Ptt,; a. A. a: O: The letters alluded to by Gen. Scott as the" echoes from home," are evidently the 'Leonida" e.ter, ana mo ptner a letter wnicn appeared first tejheiitsbuTjr Ppstrwarrthenrietfansferred to the Union, whenc we copied A on the &a -Oc- 11 tooerr witfr some-inuodactory remarks, and the whole then appeared in a Tampico paper, int which Gen. Scott saw first the letters - Upon the' publication of Gen. Scott's orders, given above, ' Lieut. Col. Duncan came out promptly in iiij North American with the following frank avowal : his connection with the " Tampico letter so ca'led. According to the North American the Tnmpico letter" was "compiled from' two let- ters written by officers of the army, in Mexico to rbmheM'-m BjrmaoV-wJtojC - . ;. Sir I herewith present a copy of the M Tam- " pico letter," characterized as " scandalous," fdis picable." Malignant," &c, in general orders No. 319, published in the American Sutf thismorn- ing. " .,-''v--::L'.:l?.-; L: To the end that the true character of this fetter may be known,! desire that you republish it in your pajjci ; auu tuat uwue Ul 111V OnAuci; wuivis mayjonocenllyjuffetiatApublicatifiaiapbnox- ious, I hereby publicly acknowledge myself -to' be its author. Ihe substance of it I Commuica-1 ted from Tacubaya 'soon after the battles in si " private letter to a friend in Piltsburgi TT:- . The llaleltieots in the letter are known by very manyfDcer:of this army jo be jrue,' and I can but think that the publication of truth is much less likely to do violence to individuals or the seri yiee than the suppression or perversion ot it. Justice to Gen. Worth, (who . is eviJently ona' -, of the " heroes" pointed at in order No. 5H9,) re- 1 quires me to state that he knew nothing what ever of my purpose to write the letter in question, . nor that it had been written, till well on its way '. to its destination; he never saw, nor did he know directly or indirectly, even the purport of one line, word or sylable of it till be saw it in print; and he If equally ignorant of my design to make ' this declaration, Which I do, as I wrote the letter unprompted and on my own responsibility. . Very respectfully your obedient serveo1"" -. "I" ; ; . t JAMES DUNCAN . f"; BreirerLieuU Col U 8.; A. After the puofication of this letter, Col pdncan was placed under arrest, and subsequently Geo. , Pillow was arrested, and next Gen.. Worth i The NorinAra was not-a rrested n-accouBt-of -tfre ? Leonidaa' p letter, but on the following grounds i . 'j-l " V There has been another arrest: that of Gen. Pillow, cne of the chiefs- aforenamed, but not, as appears, en account of the - letters of which he is the hero. -We hear,' generally, that the cause' was this; Gen. Pillow, having4aking exceptions to the . finding of a court of inquiry, which finding has been approved by Gen. Scott, addressed a paper relating to the matter to the Secretary of War. thiough the commander-in-chief, preserving a copy which he avowed in the letter accompany ing, he had sent ax would send) directli) to the Secretary at Washington. -This transaction is 1 judged to be a. contempt, and for the so judged contempt Gen Pillow is arrested. Not under standfng the technicalities of the case we are nof advised whether part or the whole transaction ia -regarded as the contempt but that is immateri- al ', ' ' , ' ' ' --LJ.j. ;t;; Gen. Worth's arrest is thus noticed in the North American of the 20th ult : ; "- The Inst arrest occurred, yesterday that pf Brevet Major Gen.VVortb and the charge is, Two" i belie ve.cphteropt towards the cornmandei-in-chief. v. Ibuvu, u tut, .iiunjcujj4j ytu 1(19 IvlS WC Uy7 not purpose to lea&ZZ this ZZlzls , by any re marks upon this proceeding. ; "Albert ;'Gallatu. Mr. Gallatin was tof S IIT Gene va in January, I7C1, arrived in ther Untied Slates in 1780, was a volunteer in the war of In dependence, and in 1783, a Professor at Harvard. He aided, in 1780, in revising the eonstitmiort of Pennsylvania, sat in her Legislature in I7D0, was elected by her to the United States , Seoato7 in 1791, and satin the other House, of. Congress from 1795, until he was selected by Thomas Jef " fersoD.the moment he was elected President, asi ' Secretaryrof:tboleaury.--He sat fo his' Cabi-rJ net eightyearft and also four m Mr. Madison's.; . ; He was sent with Messrs: Clav and Arfam. .-i concludo a pace r rniice, us ,mrnier, seven years, Uy Monroe ; and ; lately byJlr. Adams, to England, bai oiir Am oassauot mere. ; 4'5':S,..:!t.,if-;
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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