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le Te- A waff- is From tb N. O. Pica june, Jan. 13. LATER FROM VERA CRUZ. The ship Tamaron, Capt. 'Sinclair, arrived yeSl U Vera Cruz. She sailed ojA. 8th int.. four days subsequent to our previ o,,i dates.- The Tamaron arirveJ w C u from this port on the 6th instant with four companies of the 5th Tennessee Volnn eers. The same day the ship Republic rri v, rnm CharWon with 316 men, Under Captain Hill, Ui ArtiIer"-. ;nt. ftf "A By this arrival we have accounts of A . i hv the guerrillas. A ' neN aS"VrVr attacked, and the belief tha a arge amount of property has been seiz- Vh Particulars of the affair are given in the Vera Cruz American of the 5th inst. Train attacked bu the Guerrilleros. Januan, 4, 1 o'clock P. Jf-We have jus learned that the last of the tram which left yesterday morning for the capita,, vyasattack Id by a large guerrilla force at Santa Fe We glean from the various rumors the following statement: From some cause, not understood here, a portion of the train was unable to leave their encampment near this city until this morning ; in ilrsuvinff through the heavy sand the train and pak mules, of which there was a large number, became much scattered, so much so that the rear euard, which consisted of Capt. Ruff's company of Mounted Riflemen, under the command of 1st Lieut. Walker, was thrown nearly seven miles in the rear of the .main body of the wagon train ; about nine o' clock word was sent back that a guerrilla party at Santa Fe had captured some of the packs scattered along the road. Lieut. Wal- i ker, leaving ten riflemen, with some wagons which had bsen able to keep up, immediately moved up to Santa Fe where lie found the guerrillas drawn up. One statement makes them 40TJ strong, another 250. They were immediately charged by the Ri flemen, anwithont attempting to stand and resist they scattered, keeping up a random an destructive fire upon Lieut. V alker's lit tle party ot thirty men, who finding it impos sible to send forward to the advance, sent a messenger to this city stating nearly as above. Subsequent messengers, two or three of whom are men of the company, and who were in the fight, state that Ruff's company had been sur rounded and nearly every man cut off; that Lieut. Walker had been killed, and that some sixty mules had been driven off by the guerrillas. Another, who left still later, contradicts the death of Lt. Walker, but slates clearly and Dositivelv that he was ordered in by Lt. W. to report to Gen. Twiggs that the lieutenant had posttd the company, or what remained of them, in a ravine, from which they continued to keep up a most destructive fire upon the Mexican lancers. A company of 1st Dra irnnns. T.t. Hardiner?. has been sent out. and also a mounted company of Louisiana volun teers. We await in Damful suspense lurther in formation, but are inclined to think that, tho attacked by ten times their numbers, no seri iiM loss has occui red. either ot property or lives. We discredit entirely the death of Lt Walker, and give the whole statement merely as rumor, it is a singular tact, that Kult company of Riflemen, though actively enga ged in all the battles of the valley, and al kinds of duty, have not j et, in any one in stance, made a march of over ten miles with out eettine under the fire of the enemy Seven o'clock, P. M. A few soldiers just arrived from Santa (e with despatches to Gen Twiggs. Some of them report that an engage ment had taken place between the guerrillas and Lt. VV alker, in winch the former lost som 25 men, and the latter 5 men killed and woun ded. The guerrillas have been defeated ; but it i thought by our informant that a few pack mules have been carried off. Lt. Walker is now on his way to the Na tional Bridge, together with the reinforcements sent to him by the Governor. We hope that they may overtake the robbers and chastise them. Great credit is due to Gen. Twiggs for his promptness in sending the reinforcement. The report of the danger in which Lt. Walker was in, had hardly been received here when he sent two companies of mounted men to his assistance. One of the men who came with the escort says that there was only one American killed. We have learned that a letter has been re ceived by Gen. Twiggs by the same express, which estimates our loss to he six killed, and that of the Mexicans to be twenty killed. The report that Lt. Walker had been killed is unfounded. The number of guerrillas amounted to about 400 men. The Small band under Lieut. Wal ker made a noble defence, and the enemy retreated. Further from Lt. Walker's Command. By Express. Just as we were going to press we received the following distressing letter from a friend. The letter was written after the en gagement ot L.I. waiter s men ana the guer rillas: Santa Fk, Jan. 4 9 o'clock. Here we are we have lost about 300 pack mules one hundred thousand dollars' worth of property. The guerrillas attacked us at 1 o'clock ; we have lost about tan men out of thirty under Lt Walker, of the Rifles. He was obliged to dismount his men in an open prairie, foratthe first fire seventeen horses broke from under their riders. Thirty men were not enough to protect a million worth of property. Yours, &c. G. N. lion of the train cut off had incautiously lag ged behind. v There has been an arri val at Vera Cruz from the city of Mexico, with dates to the 1st inst. The mail came down via Orizaba. flen'i Snt v-ji ;ccHAd an order assessing upon the States of Mexico occupied or to he r t i . an annual tax amount uucupieu oy our uwf . . ing to about three millions.? There is nothing in it looking Uke peace. A rumor was afloat on the 31st ult., that Col. Withers's command, which left the city of Mexico, on the evening of the 26th, for Heal del Monte, had been cut to pieces when about twenty miles distant. The Star does not believe a word of it and saVs that it would require four or five thousand Mexicans at least to route The 9th Infantry, the Dragoons and the Artillery under Col. W.'s command, and that it is fortunate for Fadre Jarauta and his followers that they did not reach Guadalupe until two days after Col. Withers's command left that tilar.fi. A frntn 'ill rlo Kl t om-ivp hfife ill 111C courss of next week from the city of .Mexico By this arrival the dates from Querelaro are to the 28th of December. Hopes were then entertained that the approaching Congress and there was much less talk of pronunciamentos and revolutions A letter of the 26th says that all parties are a rw,t nftt to send commissioners to Washing ton, arbitration being preferable to that stage nf flpirrpdation. .a We find little said about a treaty of peace, but there were whispers at Queretaro of an armistice t)f three months being on the tapis. After further: debate, lhe resolution was a- dopted. The ten regiment bill was then taken up. Mr. Foote concluded his speech, cohlmen- ced yesterday, in favor of the bill. He defen ded the President against imputations from other Senators? ; If gentlemen were sincere in tne opinions expressed, why not urge u im peachment ? He did not fear such " issue. Mr. F. spoke at length in repuiung mr. Calhoun's positions. He declared that, since he death of Gen'l Jackson, mere was uuj uc man living to wham he would more wiiiingiy entrust the interest of the South, in times of peril, than Mr. Calhoun ; ana expressed nis rpoTPt at differing with him upon so interesting a subiect as the Mexican war. Air t. naving cuiiciuueu, ivir. Vnueiweu THIRTIETH CONGRESS, 1st SESSION. WILMINGTON JOURNAL. Friday, January 2, 1848. TO THE DEMOCRATS OF NE W HANOVER. r- During the present (Court) week, we have conversed with a number of the Democrats of the County, and they all seem to agree that the Democracy should hold a County meeting during the March Term of the County Court, for the purpose of appointing delegates to the The present Position of the Whio Par- badger s speech. we have read Tt.We do not know that the position which carefully through the two hour's speech of he Whig party in this country now occupies our Senator, Mr. adger, delivered m the Sen i il. r: ,vi.4: -r .u.. I ata tn ilia i otti inst.. in onrirJsttion to the fpn witn reiraru m iuc juicik.ii icianuus ui iiik i - -" - --- - country, has"any parallel in the history. of regiment bill now pending before that body ihnt nartv certainly it has none since the The impression which tha perusal of this r - ' i . . i i. n.i it t von Anrtn,, 1r Marfisnn'R adminiR. sniprh ittadfi unon US. was, inai us aumor is war ui 1011 - 1 1 x t ration I one of the most ingenious special pleaders in 1 particularly call the attention of those Look TTrt. i xt- i the aftention of the people of jC Carolina; who.take an interest in the L ment of their section of the State, to ft i lowing extract which we mat r.L fl- of Mr. Calmer, President of the Charlotu rt .i fi -r. . "'wlie tint would Columbia Rail Road Company. y( State Convention, and also for the purpose of called his attention to a remark made by him expressing their views freely upon the great and Wending him against exercising any po- t0P'cs whic now engross the minds of the litical influence. . , people of the Union. We, therefore, thus Mr. Foote said he had only used the word f . . , ; . . , . m its sense as a charm: and he considered " ' ognwu v ' Mr. Clay a charming man. He intended no as in accordance with our own views, an rr i a j:T : ...:V. I Mr. Clay, on all great questions, and should . mtouoj e use all honorable means to deieat nis aspira- Marcn next, being Tuesday ot uourt week, tions. I u -n i. tv The Senate adjourned. "iC,c " 111 w necuuS ui cc uc.auc House of Representatives. Nothing was ty at the Court-House in Wilmington We done in the House save the announcement, by . 0 nwfriimAm ; rrtntv ;n uan Mr. Brodhead.of the death of his late col- " j league, the Hon. J. W. Hornbeck, who died I this and the meeting, prepare themselves to at his residence in Allentown, Pa., on the lbtu i . nj.ritan1- Tt h tnrro inst. Aimougn mr. uroaneaa was onuoseu in politics to Mr. Hornbeck, he spoke of him enthusiastic meeting. as a mah of " pure motives and patriotic im- rmlsps He submitted a series of resolutions expressive of regret for the loss the House has be Held ? We are glad to perceive that our uvi.. i I. 1tn.: m4ia I th TTnn . an.l ih'a -vca rnnceive is the Onlv I ested in tlia rontrn.i;nn f .i. n'ct What, wewouiu use iutu " i - - i -wv.... uVUWi ui mg xnanch . V mliot oro I distinpniiInrr oV-Mforitir. of the effort. Mr. I Road, td tbfi slarflintr nnnniin. . e6t mav cnoose lo answer me uconu, w -0 o ' n "'"-'uent mn,i- .. . t. i. .1 wkiz.fi mth.f as n i Ucixif.i iniinrs m anaw in ihr 11101 uiai.c. iuw i u c&uaci. nn nna mar xra hn , tne principles wmcu iub . " ' - - , . "w Deen aa. oc JnliViials. now hold ? vvnat are unconsmuuonaiiy j Seuuinen oi miormation nr,,i . . the great measures which they propose for warily begun by Mr. Polk ; and in the second gence, that it is correct. Will the p,0Th . .t r i,;a .mm. tilace. that the obiect nf Mr Pnlk and his ad- Wilminston arouse thtmspko. ' ine consideration oi mc pwjjic "... - - v - , ana act witi. . ...... -i i j v minisiraiion. irom tni fnmmmcpitipni. nas uromcmess ana cnerev ? .Vn- " try? win any wnig De Kinu enuugu iu an- - -, . . - OJ . inimauh,, swer this question ? Really, and in sober been, and is, the conquest of the whole or a late to act at all. " ..-.IT, ot fontt o tn ?ts answer part of Mexico, lhey are not new charges ; Mr. .faJmer, in speaking of tU . uu.u,clcCm.1W;a..u - , ... ... . , V.:V. .V . . . """"Mlto, . p j l i nnr nn wo coo innr t i r nmitror nna hiAnrrriT in i wiiii.ii iiir iipnii f nr inar nn4 r .. n"- ourselves. Kead the wmg papers, irom iuc o- - & - " ui uie Stato xt.- t.-ii- j-- 41,. ir-.iio , their suuDort a smsle areument or a sinele ionn and bouth Carolina will iia:. . iauonai imeingencer ucmii.iu 0- " , 4, , T1 - I , . Uora the a i r r4r innr mur iimi iib iiiii iiii 111 iih n iud ni u w i rr .111 1111 ih ii'ii tu-.i iro weekly- read the speeches made by emineni " Whigs in Congress, and we defy any man to papers of the country for the past year, Mr. f But important as this Road will be f0T a lay his finger upon a single paper or a single 7,7 vicinity of itlline, ye tf1? sneech. that proposes to the American people the war, and says that he believes m refusing othe asec. f "We ften i, an. rr A,f,n,t r lino nf imliAv. to do so, he is carrying out the wishes of his holders, in which it mav h ?tock. an w uicuuvi v cu vaMvmcv w w J l i j n cu. n ia - either in foreign or domestic afiairs. Without consmuems, me peopic oi m uun- coniempiaieu lo connect K.cnmond and IW iM a.m -i ! B(nreeBnt We call upon our Wh g friends to answer ville by a line of railway. AndlWv3 any principles themselves, at least at present, "c ?v & . . . gnJ1,n,.A oui.:.. UF. beer the whole burden of their song, from Henry The State Convention When shall it The same paper of the 8th inst. has the fol lowing paragraph on the same subject: We understand that some of the merchants who suffered from the loss of the mules taken by the robbers left this city for Orizaba, or Cordova, (we suppose) to enter into an ar rangement with them. We wish them suc cess. The Free American says the Steamer South erner has been seized by the custom house au thorities of Tlacotalpam for having a quantity of powder concealed on board. The Arco Iris of the 7th inst., as we see by the Free American, has the following curious aiticle : The Treaty of Peace signed. In a letter Teceived by us yesterday from our correspon dent at Jalapa, he informs us that an individ ual holding a high position in the Ar.erican Army, and whose assertions deserve entire credit, said publicly, and without the least re serve, that from letters received at Jalapa from Puebla.on the 1st inst. ,it was positively known that a treaty of peace had been signed in Mex ico. On being told that it was strange that this should be the case, as Mr. Trist had not the power to sign such treaty he answered that Gen'l Scolt had taken it upon his own re sponsibility to sign the treaty, in consequence of which the treaty had been sent to Quretaro lor the approbation of the Mexican Government. LATER FROM MEXICO. The steam ship New-Orleans arrived at N. Urlcans on Tuesday last, from Vera Cruz, wnence she sailed on the 1 4th inst. We take the items of news which follow, Irom the Picayune of Wednesday: The news we published yesterday of an at tack upon the train under Col. Miles is con firmed in some respects. The loss may have uecii eAdgciaiuu, ana it will, moreover, fall principally upon foreign merchants, to whom ine pacK muies sioien neionged. One house is said to nave lost property worth $54 000 ii was an nngnsii urm. ine trench nnH Spanish merchants robbed were able to obtain me restoration oi their goods by paying smart ly, but no compromise could be made by Eng lish and American merchants. Their reliance now is upon Gen. Twiggs, who is expected to assess upon the district of Orizaba, whence the brigands came, tne amount lost. In the skir mish it is supposed that three or four men o the Mounted Riflemen were killed, and eigh r .1 t . l . or ten oi tne xuexican muieieers. I ne por The perplexing irregularity of the mails has materially interfered with our design giving every week a synopsis of the proceed ings of Congress. In our last paper we gave the latest which had arrived at our office which was only up to the 17th. We wil endeavor to bring up the thread of the pro ceedings in a very condensed form. lucsday, Jan. lo. Senate. In the Senate the resolution of Mr. Mannim, calling upon the President for the plans of Gen'l Scott for bringing the war to a close, was, upon motion of Mr. Sevier, laid upon the table, by a vote of yeas 22, nays 20. The Senate proceeded to consider the bill for the increase of the army, when Mr. I Badger, of N. C, took the floor, and spoke a bout two hours in opposition to the bill. He grounded his opposition on the illegality and unconstitutionality of the act by which the President commenced the war; and in the be lief that it is prosecuted for the purpose of an nexing the whole of Mexico to the United States, he would not vote troops for such pur pose. Mr. Foote moved the adjournment. Hocse of Representatives The House, as soon as the journal was read, went into committee of the whole on the state of the Union, and resumed the consideration of the resolution for the distribution of the Presi dent's message. Mr. Jamieson addressed the committee at length in support of the President's views in regard to the war. Mr. J. W. Jones followed on the other side. Mr. Robinson spoke in commendation of the President's policy, and particularly in vin dication of his course in withholding the in formation called for by the House in regard to Mr. Slidell's mission. Mr. Tuck obtained the floor, and the com mittee rose, and the House adjourned. Wednesday, Jan'y 19. Senate. Mr. Bradbury was excused from acting on the printing committee. A number of petitions were presented. Mr. Cameron was excused from serving on the committee of commerce, and Mr. Downs was appointed. Mr. Ashley submitted a resolution direct ing inquiry as to the manner in which the printing for Congress is executed, &c. Adop ted. The ten regiment bill was taken up. Mr. Foote, in favoring the bill, combatted arguments against the course of the President in the early stages of the war, &c, and of the object oi prosecuting the war. He compli mented Mr. Johnson, of JYid., for his views in defence of the war, and declared them unan swerable. The next Presidential election would make this matter most prominent, and his aid, thus given, would have its influence. Mr. b. read Irom Jelterson's messages as evidence of a similarity of the Louisiana diffi culty, to that of the present. Without concluding, Mr. F. gave way to a motion to adjourn. House of Representatives. Committees were called for reports. A large number were made. Among them a bill, from the military committee, to provide clothing for. the volun teers, at the price furnished to the "regulars, instead of money ; which was passed. Mr. Burt, from the same committee, report ed a bill making provision for disabled officers, and a bill to found a military asylum for the support of enfeebled soldiers of the army which were referred to the committee of the whole on the stale of the Union. Mr. Vinton, Irom the committee of ways and means, reported a bill authorising a loan of $18,500,000 ; which was read twice and referred to the committee of the whole on the stale of the Union. Mr. McKay, from the same committee, gave notice that he would oner a substitute upon the part of the minority of said committee The House then went into committee, and resumed the consideration of the President's annual message the question being on its reference. Mr. Tuck made a speech on the abolition question, and in favor of withdrawing our troops. Mr. McLane delivered his views on the war question, and acquitted himself hand somely. Mr. Tompkins was very severe on the President for not furnishing information rela tive to Santa Anna's return Mr. Hall, of Missouri, defended the Presi dent ; and at a quarter past 4 the House ad journed. Th ursday, Jan'y 20. Senate. A number of petitions were pre sented and referred. Mr. Berrien offered a resolution calling up on the President for a communication, said to lave been received from Gen'l Taylor, some time back, in which it is supposed his views on the boundary line, &c, are contained. Mr. Cass opposed speedy action, and it was aid over. Mr. Atherton introduced a bill supplemen tary to an act for the better regulation of the treasury and the collection of revenue. Jefferson Davis reported a bill to increase the efficiency of the army, by the establish ment of an institution for the benefit of disa bled soldiers. A resolution offered some days previous, by Mr. Mansum, calling upon the President for information in reference to the order ot Uen'l Scott spreading troops over Mexico, was ta- fcen up. Mr. Cass opposed it as leading to an expo sure of matters (if any there were) that might 1 V, ,.ltie PuMic interest. lVir. -iMangum evnrpRspd cnm mirnnse at .t.-.. r ------ 1 ine ieuauiy wun which all efforts to get infor mauon were resisted. IT wnntH 1 o-tit fn guide his tuture action. Mr. cass Knew ot no reason tn couduct of the administration -, but objected to me resoiunuu, upuu y uutipies ot poacV jur. nuenueu euumeu iuc iaea ot kepnin State secrets; and referred, with some warmth, to air. uass's having been perramea to exam me an Qocuments in the cnarge oi tne gov ernment, to be dealt out to the Senate only as he pleased. vMn AIien tnouSnt it better that gentlemen tuuum uner resolutions, declaratory of the ob jects tor which the war shall be continued and not to ask Iht President what he designed sustained, and to wear crape on the left arm brethren in other Counties are moving in this for thir y days ; and, as a further mark ot re- matter . We think that it is very important, spect, the House adjourned. indeed Jn fi place thg Convention i (luuj, ,uy,. should be held, and in the second place, that senate. Alter ine reauing oi uie luuriiui .. , , . in the Senate, to-day, a motion was made that ,l sbould e composed of delegates from every when the Senate adjourn it adjourn to meet on county in the State. A great crisis is ap Monday next. ,, proaching, when the Democracy of the coun A message was received irom the House ot try w;n be caieu upon t0 mate a bold and Representatives, communicating the death of fl . . t u ui-i a tvJunn .T W. HnrnWV. anfth nrnrpP(1. vigorous fight for all they hold dear in pnnci mi of the House thereon. and policy. In this view, we regard the The usual resolutions were then read, and meeting of the good and tried men of the par agreed to, and the Senate adjourned. ty, from the various sections ST our State, as rr t . ... T l. TT J nutu.Auvr.,.-..., nuuM:, particularly desirable. For we hold that it qitot enma iYinrninrp nuc noea rT nn frnnorn in i - Clay down, is unscrupulous, unrelenting op- whether Mr. Badger is correc are concerned. Will the Whigs ct, so far as they assured upon good authority that the S vr m amount of stock has already been taV- gs of North Caro- iboi l?K.w.aD ert that there is no doubt entertain? t :7'? r , 0 4 c j T i .r tjr-.t Wil. position to the administration of Mr. Polk na enaorse lu,a vulc U1 "1C" oc,m " ' " c craP 'n- " 1,1 we termini of tWo 11 1 , rL- -1 : , J J T?nna V.lr- tt, rt,orlrtf .l oi . iL"1 I - - iii ooir tna tv nir nrpw ii it niisoii iik ,11111 ir.rr? i - ai.v vuu iiuiiviiL. oiiu Aitmrn f They tell you m their papers, and they tell ' " " , ' " and the Richmond and DanvlIU "10 you in their speeches made in Congress, that Mr. ranger m ,n course ue ue.ire w so nCar to each other as 120 or i30 Mr. Polk has violated the constitution of his know about this matter clearly, and without the intermediate country one fertile tra?!? couhtry-that this Mexican war is damnable equivocation. it tne vv nigs oi norm i.aro- cupied by an intelligent, population, and J I,. , .i i i 3 l T- j hnnnHinir in oil Via t.m.n(. .1 , . u and iniquitous on the part of the United States una anew tneir nana, openiy ai.u u vc uu.ru, . . , wea th, it is t tt,a r fc- so that we may know where to nnu them. : ,nk w,u remain that their own country is in the wrong, &c, "iai .... J long broken ; and this route at no dUt-.n I but do they tell you any way by which the e PP! 01 orin roima, ai me uSusi riod is dest;ned to become great . . Mn. 1 AiaiiTnn n-i 11 nivp 1. 1 111 iiii iimii v nt .ill r. I i vm i i r 1 w 1 n nr. ..-..i t r . . ... 1,. l...A.M.f m n.lluj ) rJrt I tlOV I I-IVVHUII , III - ' I' K J --J -"O l: v . w m Kill ... ... . ., , j nt tbAballntbnv wbpther Mr. Badererhas been will oppose to tne Knne me pian proposeu uy . . s,TrT,ToD rnm.T, - 1 a 1 1 a- a 1 a i - . a. 1 j x An ivn w w a . ur rini 1 a. . p . correct in calculating mai ne was represeiiuiig uioiint terest, the iiouse went into Committee 01 the Whole, (Mr. Schenck in the chair,) and took up the private calendar. The bill for the re lief of Mary Brown, widow of Jacob Brown, a revolutionary soldier, was again taken up, and debated, as heretofore, with an extraordi nary degree of zeal, ability, and eloquence will not be the only business of the Conven tion to nominate a candidate for Governor. This, it is true, is the main object for which the Convention will meet, but there are others of no ordinary interest and importance. A candidate for the Presidency must be selected Some passages in the debate elicited boisterous within the cominsr six months. On his nroner 1 l a- - n nt XTTrrwii c a applause irom me noor air. J""- selection by the Democratic party, we feel as r ctfCAi I o r o m onn m onr tr tha hill n-rsMrilinrv thir I the widows of revolutionary soldiers above sured that the future harmony of the Union seventy years of age, and marrying prior to depends. The Democracy can and must se- 18th March, 1818, the date of the first pension lect, and elect too, a candidate who will main 1 3 rv I law euuu ue eiu.ueu 10 pensions. 1 ne com- fa;n invioate the rights of the sovereign States mittee rose without acting on the amendment, ... . 0 ... or coming to any conclusion on the bill. This of lhls confederacy, particularly with regard extraordinary debate will be continued next to the slavery question. In order that this i- 1 1 TT 11 a1 1 1 n rruiay. ana .nr. noweu vodo nas ine iroor. may be enected, every Southern State must The House adjourned over to Monday. lel her voice be heard auth0ritatively. We, Monday, Jan y 11. 1 of the Southf have lhe matter in our Qwn Senate. The credentials of Sam'l Houston, Senator from Texas, were presented by Mr. Rusk, when Mr. Houston took his seat. hands, and it will be our own fault if we do not manage it properly. We say then that it The ten regiment bill was taken up and fur- is extremely desirable that the leading men of ther discussed to-day in the Senate. our party, from all sections of the old North ivir uaiawms resoiuuon, caning upon me State, should meet together and interchange President for information with regard to the ... . 1, ,. extent and value of the nublic lands of Mexi- sentiments upon the all-engrossing subjects co. was taken up. when an interesting debate which will be introduced into the next Presi ensued between Messrs. Baldwin and Hanne- gan. House of Representatives. Mr. Cooke's resolution authorising the Commissioner of the Pension Office to employ more clerks, was taken up and debated with considerable warmth, when, on motion of Mr. McKay, it wa3 postponed 'till Monday next. J he debate upon the President's message will, by a resolution adopted this day, stop on Wednesday last at 3 o clock. The House went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Ingersoll in the Chair. Mr. Barrow made a speech denouncing the course of the administration in its conduct of the war. Mr. Featherston followed in defence. Mr. Bedinger has the floor for to-morrow. NORTH CAROLINA NEWSPAPERS. There are thirty-five newspapers published at this time in North Carolina, as follows : The Raleigh Register, Raleigh Star, Fayette ville Observer, Newbernian, Wilmington Chronicle, Wilmington Commeicial, North State Whig, Old North State, Edenton Senti nel, North Carolina Argus, Roanoke Repub lican, Weldon Herald, Hillsborough Recorder, Milton Chronicle, Greensborough Patriot, Randolph Herald, Carolina Watchman, Char lotte Journal, Rutherfordton Republican, High land Messenger, and North Carolina Times -Whig ; and the Wilmington Journal, Caroli na Gazette, Tarborough Press, Fayetteville Carolinian, Warrenton Reporter, Newbern Republican, Mecklenburg Jeffersonian, Lin coln Courier, Washington Democrat, and North Carolina Standard Democratic; and the Christian Sun, Biblical Recorder, Primi tive Baptist, and Pittsborough Communicator Religious and neutral. And to this list may be added the North Carolina Farmer, an excellent monthly Journal published in this City by Mr. Lemay of the Star. Twenty-one Whig to ten Democratic papers ! Our political friends in ail parts of the State ought to look to this, and exert themselves to build up new Democratic papers and strength en the old ones. The Press wields a power ful influence over the minds of the people, and of this fact our political opponents seem to be duly sensible. "A word to the wise is suffi cient." standard. tne lniei Magistrate OI me Repuuuc, wuuuui, - - . SnnPrlnr Tnnrt fnr thw fn : RnbstWntP fnr that lReir Wisnes m reiUSing te voie remiurceiiicius . J ,S3 "uvt n jfg, to our army now in Mexico. We have no "ia - my, presidio. doubt as to the result as a party, proposing any plan. Why, we ask the Whigs, do they not, now that they have the power, impeach Mr. Polk for his unconstitutional acts ? Dare they do this? No. Why does not the Whig House of Representatives order Mr. Polk, so far as it can, to withdraw our troops from Mexico ? They are afraid. The whig lead-1 ers know full well that they could not sustain an impeachment ; and they know, too, that it would forever damn them as a party were they to order the withdrawal of the troops. I Their whole principles may be summed up in these few words, opposition to the adminis tration. OO-The Whig meeting held in this town m I Tnpsiav Avpninc lnt tn nTinrtln Jl . Ctf-We are really at a loss to know what "T"' ' t." , saiesi0 our neighbor of the Chronicle is driving at in ,. 4. f " uunre- ,. , f 3 m. m 1 commending tne name of Dr. F. J. Hill nf his IpjMiprnf last Wp.finesnav Thp Chronicle . . " "" 0! KPPms to think that the Wrhia. rjartv should ' j . - -uuvenuonai - f j 1 . 1 a i r ii 1TT1 , , llV j - j u tne nrst cnoiceoi tne vvnigsoi iew llanovKr know what the administration is driving at be- 2 "auover. fore it grants to the President any more men CrThe Hon. J. R. Poinsett, of S. C, for. or any more money, for the prosecution of the merly Secretary of War, has written a letter war. Now, really, we had supposed that Mr. to Senator Butler, giving his views upon th Polk all along had very distinctly and clearly Mexican war. They are, in a great measure 1 -j 3 u: : :l .1, . 1 c i t , laiu uow 11 in ma messages 11 is views wiui ie- uie Luuiueipaiiui ivir. aiuuun s views, as nut gard to our relations with Mexico. Was Mr. Polk's last message not full and explanatory, almost to a fault, in relation to Mexican af fairs What would lhe f!hrnnir.le ripaire ? The Difference. We hold that it is to the Democracy of the non-slaveholding States forth in his recent speech in the Senate. that the South must look for the final destruc- That Mr. Polk would lay before the world the hin an(1 ..( uon 01 mat ieu spirit 01 Anoiiuonism wnicn jaw iu. ie iumci F.uBCuuuu.. ui me wa. , d . Harrigbunr the caD:tal of lhe ca o ' t Gen'l Scott. A large meeting, composed of a number of the Whig members of the Perm sylvania Legislature, and the citizens of Dau. Counties, was recently 4 loininz The Wilmot Proviso Our Union. Deeply as we regret the agitation of this question, and immeasurably as we loathe and execrate those deluded fanatics and miserable abolitionist de magogues, who, under the spacious pretence of freedom and equality, would seek tti inter fere with the most sacred rights and cherished feelings of the South, still we cannot consent to regard it as the bug-bear which some of our presses would seem to make it. We can not suppose, even for a moment, that its effects can ever extend to the dissolution of the con federacy. We believe that there will always be found sense and virtue enough in the great body of the people to adhere to the compact of their lathers and preserve this Union. Like one of those wonderotts rocking stones reared by the old Druids, which the finger of a child might cause to vibrate to its centre, yet the might of an army could not move from its place, our Constitution is so nicely poised and balanced that it seems to sway with eve ry breath of opinion, yet so firmly rooted in the hearts and affections of the people that the wildest storms of treason and fanaticism break over it in vain. To the trciI Democracy of the North more especially must we look in this crisis. Letit at once be plainly understood by them, that the people oi the bouth will never consent to any further compromise, regarding such not only as a palpable infringement of the rights of the South, but a direct violation of the con stitution, and let the presses throughout the South insist upon the recognition of this prin ciple as a sine qua non in holding a Baltimore Convention and our word for it, David Wil mot and his proviso will soon cease lo be known, or if remembered at all, only to be placed by the side of him, who, in his insane desire for notoriety, destroyed the proudest monument of Grecian art, as one who, to serve his own party ends, would cast a fire brand into the Union, careless, if the confla gration, in its progress, should prove fatal to the noblest fabric ever reared by human intel lect, and cemented by the best blood ever shed in the cause of freedom and humanity. Mecklenburg Jeffcr soman. dential election. But when and where will the Convention meet ? With regard to the time we are not particular so that there be a reasonable .inter val before the meeting of the National Con vention. Nor are we particular as to the place, farther than that its selection may in sure the fullest representation of all sections of the State. As an Eastern man, we say that we are perfectly willing to meet our Western friends at any point not too far west of Ral eigh. Salisbury has been suggested. To this point we have not the slightest objection; & far ther, we give our vote, as an humble member of the press, for this place. What say our brethren of the press to holding the Conven tion in Salisbury ? With regard to the time, we think it should not be later than the mid dle of April. We see the 12th of April sug gested by some of the County meetings which have already been held. We think that this would be a very suitable period late enough, we think, to meet the views of those wrho wish delay and early enough for all practi cable purposes. As there is no regular mode, that we are aware of, for fixing the time and place, could not the Democratic papers, repre senting as they do the sentiments of the sec tions of the State in which they are published, hit upon both, so as to meet the views of all? We believe they can. Let us hear from you then, brethren, on this subject. Let us get the day and place fixed, and then let meetings be held in each County for the purpose of ap. pointing delegates who will be sure to attend Several names have been spoken of amongst the members of the party with whom we have conversed upon the subject, as suitable candi dates. For our own part we have no personal preferences, and will go for that man, provi ded lie is a good and true man, who, in our judgment, will best concentrate the warm and efficient support of the whole party throughout the whole State. We feel assured that the coming August will offer the best opportunity of electing a Governor, which has presented itself to the Democratic party in North Caro lina for a Jong while, provided We will im prove it by harmony, concert, and energy. Let us then, brother Democrats, open the ball with a full and enthusiastic Convention. for years past has sought, and is now seeking, n invmlp thp intporitir nf mlr o-tnriniis TTninn. .v- ... ....v.n. --j tv We say that, in all truth and sincerity, do we believe that to the Democrats of the Northern and Eastern States must all parties in the South look in the hour of need. Our Federal opponents, however, deny that there is any difference, so far as the slavery question goes, between the two great parties North. Now we know, and assert that there is a vast, a ma terial, difference. Men there are in the non slaveholding States who claim to be Demo crats, yet are leagued With the Abolitionists. Their number, however, is small ; whereas the whole mass of the Northern Federalists, whether of the rank and file or the leaders, are openly and avowedly Wilmot proviso men. For instance, our opponents alledge that there are three distinguished members of the Northern Democracy who are aspirants for the Presidency George M. Dallas, the now Vice President, James Buchanan, Secre tary of State, and General Cass, Senator from Michigan men who the Federalists charge would pursue almost any means to attain the goal at which they aim. Well, is it not sihgu lar that all of these men have planted them selves on the Southern side of the slavery question ? Would they have done so were they such popularity seekers as the Federal presses charge them to be, if they did not feel sure that theNori'iern Democracy would sus tain them in the stand which they have taken Most assuredly not. Where will you find leading Northern Whig politicians thus boldly standing up for the rights of the South on this great question ? Just glance for a moment at some of the ablest, the boasted champions of Northern Whiggery. There is Tom Corwin, the wheel-horse of Federalism in the great non-slaveholding State of Ohio, Webster, the " God-like Daniel," of New England Whig gery, who are as rank anti-slavery men as can be found in the Union. Where, indeed, can you lay your finger upon a leading Northern Whig who is sound upon this question. Even Mr. Clay, a citizen of the slaveholding State of Kentucky, in his resolutions at Lexington was compelled to pafider to this spirit, so pre dominant in thd Northern wing of the party, whose countenance and support he was court ing when he framed his somewhat celebrated manifesto. Look, toot to the course which the Northern Democracy has always pursued towards the South, and it will sustain the same view. How can it be otherwise when it is considered that State's Rights is the lead ing feature of the Democracy of the Unioii. The developments of the coming twelve months will, if we are not indeed egregiously mista ken prove all we have said on this subject. Mark that. ti 1.1 u uv 1 .1 ' " ' which anonted a. resolution rprnmrnpnn,. nsilttirf Wlion in ViitffTT rt nqlinna nna I . 3 " General Winfield Scolt to the National Wh u ueen iiKii me puwer m me ouue cnargeu Convention as the first choice of the with the foreign relations of the country, has for the Presi(lency. What wiU lhe Hero o given to the world-has given to the enemies Buena vis,a gay tQ that ? of the country the secret plans devised for the conduct of those relations? Whv. we Tennessee.- The Democratic State Con- ask, does the Senate of the United States, mention held in this State on he 8th inst , ap. whenever it goes into Executive session, close pointed delegates to the National Convention, its doors ? Because it desires to keep from the public eye those State matters submitted to its consideration, and which, if made known, might be injurious to the public weal. But perhaps the Chronicle would like to have the plans of its own government made known so that the poor unfortunate, oppressed Mexicans could make preparations to frustrate them. " Draw the purse strings tight !" Ah ! in deed ! will the Whig party dare to do this ? Let them try the experiment. Do the Whiars of North Carolina advise a refusal, upon the part of the House of Representatives, to vote men and money for the prosecution of the war ? A portion of the most rabid may ; but this feeling we hope and trust, for the honor ot the old North State, is confined to a few of the rabid partizan leaders. fjO-Mr. J. D. Poisson was, on Tuesday last re-elected by the Board of Commissioners Town Constable for the town of Wilmington for the present year. Thanks. We return thanks to Gen'l Mc Kay for a copy of the President's message, and accompanying documents. By the way, whilst we are on this subject, we think that members of Congress would be serving the in terests of the public, were they to be particu lar in furnishing Editors of newspapers with the various public documents which are con stantly emanating from the departments at Washington. By doing so, they would ena ble the said Editors to spread much useful and interesting information before their thousands of readers. fJcj-The " North Carolina Argus" very pro perly corrects an error into which the Journal fell week before last, with regard to its Edi tor, Mr. Cameron, having been engaged in raising Volunteers in Orange. We were not in our sanctum the week that the notice of the Argus appeared, and our partner, who wrote the paragraph, very naturally fell into the er ror of supposing that Mr. Cameron, who was whilom the Captain of the Orange Compa ny, was the same Mr. Cameron whose name was at the head of the Argus, particularly as the former was once connected with the N. Carolina Press. . ' The war exists by the act of Mexico, and, so help me God, but for that conviction, as I reverence truth and detest falsehood, I would never have voted for the act of May 15, 1846 Keverdy Johnson. I must say that no earthly consideration would have ever tempted or provoked me to vote tor a bill with a palpable falsehood stamp ed on its face. Almost idolizing truth, as '. do, I never, never could have voted for that bill. Henry Clay, Lexington Speech. Thus the Whig doctors differ. Here is Hen ry Clay, the Magnus Apollo of Whiggery, declaring in the most solemn manner that the American Congress, by an almost unanimous vote, put forth to the world a declaration stamped with falsehood upon its face. An American statesman, on American soil, the leader of a great party, speaking too as the or gan of that party, tells the world that the rep resentatives of the people of America, jointly with the representatives of the sovereign States of this great confederacy, has enacted a palpable falsehood ! This surely must sound strangely in the ears of the people of foreign nations. On the other hand, we have the dis tinguished Whig Senator from Maryland, who voted for the war bill, declaring with equal solemnity that he would never, if he had not believed that the war existed by the act of Mexico, have voted for that bill ! Which of these great Whig doctors is right ? We leave this delicate question for the consideration of our friends of the Whig' press. ' Singular Error. We find in the Union a communication from Mr. Young, communica ting the astonishing fact that the Clerk, Mr. Barclay, who made up the tables for the Sec retary of the Treasury, made a clerical error of seven millions of dollars ! Quite a pretty little sum. No blame whatever is attached to Mr. Barclay, who has made up the tables for years past, and never before committed a blun der of any kind. He was the first to discover the omission, and to bring it forthwith to the notice of the department. The error would have been discovered by Congress in time at any rate. The error, however, is of the most pleasant kind, inasmuch as it shews that the finances of the country are seven millions of dollars better off than was supposed, and of course the loan required will be diminished that amount from eighteen and one half to twelve millions. and also Presidential Electors. No preference was expressed for any candidate for the Pres idency. CfThe Supreme Court of the United States now in session in Washington, has decided in favor of Mrs. General Gaines' claim to a 1 . r j HT r , large amount oi propeny in i. uneans, said to be about Eight to Ten Millions worth.- Pretty fair. Wm. R. King and Dixon H. Lewis We find in the Montgomery (Ala.) Flag, a corres pondence which took place during the contest in the Legislature of Alabama between the two gentlemen whose names head this para graph, for the office of United States Senator, in which each of them distinctly and unequiv ocally avow their support of Mr. Polk's ad ministration on all questions. They also de clare that they will support the nominee nf the Democratic party for President, provided he is sound on the Wilmot Proviso. The cor respondence dissipates entirely the foolish as sertions of some Federal papers that the elec tion of Mr. Lewis over Mr. King was a de feat of the administration in Alabama. Mississippi. The Governor, in his mes sage, states that the receipts of the Treasury for the last two years were $579,685 88, the expenditures $565,726 18. The revenue for the coming year is estima ted at $230,000, and the expenditures at $210-, 000. The debts of the State are declared to amount to $3,050,000. The means of the Treasury suffices to pay only the interest on this debt. The Governor is opposed to the sale of the Public Lands for the payment of the debt, and considers that the obligations of the State must be met by increased taxation He is in favor of paying the Planter's Bank bonds, and expresses his decided opinion that the State is bound, by the strongest of obli gations, to redeem them in full, principal and interest, at the earliest period. The message protests against the Wilmot proviso, and re commends a response to the Virginia resolu tions on this subject. New York and Gen. Taylor. Inaiecent number of the New York Courier, the leading paper of the more staunch Whiggery of the City and State of New York, we find a call for a tremendous Taylor meeting to be held in that city on the 22d of next month. The call is signed by some five hundred names, and a mongst them a number of the most prominent Whigs of the City Whigs who were former ly Mr. Clay's ardent admirers and supporters. Is the Empire City about to rule Harry of the West off at any rate I We wonder if this great meeting -will make any enquiries into Gen'l Taylor's politics. We venture that it will not. OcKThe Virginia Senate has laid upon the table the proposition of the House of Dele gates to receive her share of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands. Jefferson Dayis has been elected by accla mation in the Mississippi Legislature to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Speight. The Telegraph at Fatetteville Our neighbors of Fayetteville have completely got the whip hand of us. They have now a tel egraphic line leading to Charleston, South and in the coarse of a few days will be in communication, via Raleigh, with all the great Northern Cities. We don't feel envious, but still,' somehow, we would like to have a little streak of the fluid down this way. Charlotte and Columbia Rail Road At a general meeting of the Stockholders oi this Company, held in Chesterville, S. C, on the 13th inst., the Mecklenburg Jeffersonian savs that the linenf the Ttoai i located as fol j lows : " From Columbia (by the Ridee)to Winns borough, thence to Chesterville, and thence directly to Charlotte", which report was unani- monslv ndnntpH hv lh Pntivpntion. The Convention also passed a resolution ordering the Directors to let out the contracts for the coriRtriirtlnn nf thp pnfirp line, as soon as theT may think practicable. In obedience to which order, the Board has passed a resolution icl by the first of March the Road as far Winnsborough, and to Chesterville by the 1b of August, and that the engineers shall pro ceed to locate the entire line without delay." Funeral Honors. The'remains of the gal lant Butler and Dickinson, of the South Caro lina Regiment were, on last week, honored b.r a public funeral in Columbia. fjrj-We notice that the Raleigh Register an nounces, by authority, that the Whig Su Convention will be held in Raleigh on the 22 February. fjn-The following resolutions were ado?:'4 by the Democrats of the 8th District Conn- tion of Massachusetts. When did you ever of Whigs in Massachusetis talking like tb: " Resolved, That while we cherish the tru est respect for the institutions of the r States, and would, on all occasions, encoura, the spirit of liberty, and would honor free bor as one of its most generous and ennoo j manifestations, still we would ever bear mm that the domestic institutions of our tow V are by right regulated and controlled State in its separate sovereign tpsij!h that however faithfully, as citizens oi a State, we may demonstrate the super io ) t our own institutions, and create an ,niei';0 pub::c opinion in their support, wk RIGHT, UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, W j upon thtir adoption within the boundary any other State in the Union. 10 " Resolved, That the delegates appoin & attend the National Convention, to s candidate for President and Vice Pf" 0 the United States, be instructed to vote person for lhat high .and responsible be who shall not pledge himself to adhere Principle of the foregoing resolutions.
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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