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i J i 1' r 1 i r 1H 9 4 1 ,.m ; iinV"4h-J.theJaIlto pafchase-.tatliorixmjf the Secretary of the Navy to place: the IJrfie werst h hbWt iVrefib4 tpfartJiadlspoMlfrtf - Ihe Slates that hate furnished supplied and jrane Irtaiion to o1upteffrbefowinuiered into the t j. . l . AMArMmAnt mm4 1a hill -a nM. service fHhe Government ; t4 the biJl io - tide for th trinportatift of Ibe mail to Oregon te re takeu up and passed. . - U The tftfl orjfiaixio ten regiments was then ta. kcD 0P-' ." " '"i' " '. i - VA raeau'ment "tjlowlng paymaster clerks sjren hundred dollars per annum, was rejected, ;An amendment, allowing dwjoone .the same ;1fc6o'Atj m the other regiments, wu ajreei tov v"- Ait Amendment reouirinff pa? masters of volun- teert to pe hereafter suoamieu wine ocnw aw confirmation, was agreed to. : . Thsbill was then ordered to be engrossed for vv third reading. -,vt rc:y: "i;"", ' Tbe ihree. million hill Wa taken, op. Mr. B- vane rtiade a" strong speech Vgainat the war. i:., Mt Breeae followed, and defended the war and th' timioUtratioa. ?l' : - ' : MrBentoo will speak to-morrow,, and will be ' "'foPowed hj Mr. DaTi.. " It seems to be understood, by general consent, that the vote on the bill shall fee taken by Satur- 'Aa Th Senate then went into execotive session. - -. In the Uobee, a resolotioo for the appointment of a cofBmfttee to Intes'igato the charges made r by Mr. -Mdrr? agonal the comoiittee on publio lands, ffis Xkii i first business. ' " ' , " Hnnf, of Michigan," and not Mr. Callomer, cow understood who the member meant. , . Mr. Hont made a suteroent, from which it ap pea red that be holds nine, shares of mineral land, being worth "$15 and denied, as had all ihe oJh er members of tbe eomwiuee, any 'interested or improper action whateter. i 1 A warm diacnsa ton took place between Messrs. Kenned; -of Indiana, McClelland,, Morris and Hunt. kMr, - Morris dischimed having charged any member of the committee with improper mo tives, but had said, and now believed, that the in. fluence of gentlemen determined to get posses. iron of the mineral lands, had reached the com mittees The resolution was laid on tbe table. ?The resolution of Mr. Thompson calling on the 5ecreiary of Wair.for information of reason why the Mississippi regiment of volunteers were V excluded from the tL S. Barracks during iheir v necessary delay at New Orleans, with an amend ment by Mr. Ashmun, was considered and on mo. T tion of Mr. James Thompiton, was laid on the ta ble the table by a vote of .85 to 65. t - The House then went into committee of the 'whole. , . - ' ' iThe debate on the army appropriation bill was continued br Messrs. Morris, of N. Hampshire, 1 CarroJI. sod'DromgooIe. ":. tJeveral amendments were adopted, and the ; xommiue rose, j ; ; .The a mendmenta of Mr. Winthrop, which were Adopted in committee of . the whole, were dia- greed la by the Houseyeas 76, nys 128. 3t.s .Other amendnvnts by the committee were a- greed to 121 to 54, and the bill passed 152 to la the Senate, on the 24th, Mr. Crittenden ' gave notice that be shoo Id. introduce a bill ma king axonUib-Jtion for the relief of Ireland lb. d o.tow. x ; - Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Webster severallf gave i notice that they should call up their resolutions ; to-morrow. ' " j - The army appropriation bill was referred to the committee on finance. The three million bill was then taken up,' and Mf. Benton addressed the Stfhate at considerable -length He commenced at once by charging that Mr. Calhoun was responsible for ihe war and . its consequences. It was the solemn duty of that Senator if be believed that the march ot the army to tbe Rio Grande would produce hosiil.tes knowing that such march had been ordered, to hive Ud his views before the President, and at tempted to have arrested it. How such a course should have been kseeniog the Senator's influ ence with the President on the Oregon question, was beypnd his comprehension. He charged that when Mr. Calhoun signed tbe treaty of aoneza tion, he signed an acceptance of the war wilb Mexico, for she had previously declared that 'she .would consider such annexation as a declaration of war on our part. Mr. B. entered into a very elaborate review of all the circumstances attending the annexation, and the conspicuous part taken in it by Mr. Cal houn, to prove that he then advocated the very powers which he now -condemns the President for having used that be then maintained pria- - ciples which he now denounces as uncoustitu tional ! The Senator from South Carolina made the war. History would so write it in her books it would be written with a pen of iron upon ta blets of brass -and the children of all generations . to come would leant it in (heir lessons. Mr. Calhoun replied, and said that there was one thing of importance to be inferred from the speech pf the Senator from Missouri, which was that the war was unpopular, and being unpopular, : it would soon be brought to a termination. The j Senator fr.ra Missouri bad said that he (Mr. C ) was the sole author of annexation. He took it, and claimed it hut it was not long since that tbe organ of the administration claimed the hon. or for Mrv Polk himself. Mr. Calhoun had expected the attack of the Senator from Missouri. He bad been warned to beware of annihilation, and really supposed there would have been some force in the assault. But of all the weak, trashy, stab; arguments he had ever listened to, this was the weakest. . He was realty surprised that a man of the talents of tbe Senator from Missouri, should not have made out a stronger case. He felt infinitely obliged to him for the attack, for it could do him no harm, and might benefit him by placing him in a right position before the people. ' Mr. C. then gave a history or his course in re Terence to the annexation of Texas, and after a brief rejoinder by Mr. Benton, the Senate went iuto Executive Session. " Mr. Davis has the floor for to-morrow. Jo the House, on motion of Mr. Charles J. In gersoll, the business in progress was suspended for one hour, to receive reports from rommilteeF. A great number of reports were accordingly made f rom committees, many of them Senate bills and chiefly of a private or unimportant character, which were twice read and referred. Mr. Uilliard reported a bill to regulate the dip lomatic intercourse of the United Slates, which wss twice-read, -nd referred to the committee on foreign relations. -r - Mr. Seaman rf ported a bill to satisfy elaims fir houpty lands for military services duriwr the iate war with Great Britain. Read the second time. - : - Mr. C. J. Tnsersoll offered a resolution, orovi ding for the fitting out of the ship Pennsylvania, to carry provisions to the starvini? Irish oooula. hut the House refused to suspend the rales to The joint resolutloos relative fo maWand charts .offorveys ofbouOdarylir. between the United ,ouwi ana loreign suirs, was passed. -ir -m v- u ,k I nmvtxtn of the whole. .Mr. Hopkin. in tha chair,took0p the hill making .appropriauoat for lhf Poal office Department for the year ending-SbtK June, 1849, nd after speal rfioooe tfnin the considratitn thereof with oijtcomtajr to. any conclusion, the commiuse rose r 'Sr-. gersoll made a report on that nart " f T. -""ui reaomg it was IjW.hn i la the Senile, on the 25:h. Mr.r&lrfithl from VLlha navalxommittee; reported join I resolution ship Macedonia, for the purpose of carrying eon Iributions pf pr o visions, etc, tb re)aod ; ali P pro-J'propr'tw2$8.0Q( fbr fitting the vessel for aea It wacread twicel and then poatpoued until to morrow;' ? .;".--'': "4 r 1 "Tne resolutions of Mr: Calhoun' and those of Mr.: Webster, were all passed pver.liHo norrtw, The thred million bill was taken up, when Mr. Davis gae bi views at great; lengthy inopposi tin to the poller of the addunistraiioa with e- Mr. Hannegan has the floor for to-morow. . ' '.The bill to purchase the Madison papers, was taken op and passed. The remainder of the day was devoted to Ex- I In the House, Bills in addition to an amend. CVUWTO UUtlllCM. ' atory of the several acta to promote the progress br the piefulfails,:'thkj Patent! Office; bill,) to Increase the marine orns of the. United Sutes Wavy--for the"ere"ctioo" of light houses, 'and for other purposes and the Senate's amendments to the military academy and the Indian appropri bills were also severally considered in commit, tee of the whole, and all, including the Pot Of See appropriation bill, then reported to the House, with amendments. I The' House adjourned at half past 4 o'clock, having passed more important bills to day, than on any other day during the. present ' eastoo. ' . LATER FRO 41; TAM PICO. , ,v v- - i New Orleaks, Jan. 1. 1 There were two arrivals yesterday from Tarn pico tbe brig Perfect, Capt- Gardiner, and the schooner Charron, CapLGolding. "l Quite the most important intelligence received is the loss of the ship Ondiaka. This fine ship got away from tbe Balize about tbe 21 h ult. with four companies of the Louisiana .regiment of volunteers, viz : Company E, Capt Preg ; Company F, Capt. Hunt; Company G, Capt. Pope; and Company "K, Capt. Lewis. They were under the immediate command of Col. De Russey, and exceeded three hundred in number. The Ondiaka touched at the Brazs, and sailed thence on the 25; h ulL She was ofT the bar of Taoipico on the 23ih, and the next we hear of her is her total loss. All the troops on board, and the crew, got safely ashore. The first ru mor we had was, that the troops were all taken prisoners as soon as they landed, glad to escape from the water with their, lives. Subsequently, a passenger., to whom we are indebted for much intelligence, assured us that they got safely ashore- with their arms and a week's provisions, and at once erected a slight temporary defence. Capt. Guiding confirms the report of the safety of all on board the ship, both from the waves and the Mexicans, and he adds that Ihe first and second mates and tbe crew of the ship and all the volunteer, bad arrived at Tatnpico before the Charron left. He speaks of the condition of the volunteers as being deplorable, wanting shoes, bats and other necessary clothing. The steamer Undine was dispatched from Tarn pico, upon hearing of the loss of the Oodi-, aka, with company H of the 3d Artillery on board, to render any assistance that might be re quired. The boat had not. returned when the Charron sailed, but a pilot boat is said to have arrived at Tampico with a rumor that this com pany of artillery bad in some way been surprised and cut off by a body of 800 Mexican cavalry. We plaee very little confidence in this story, but are compelled to give it, because it reaches us by two or three distinct channels. We had another rumor, too, which we came near omit ting, that the Mexicans had attacked the volun. teers after they had landed, and succeeded in seizing their week's supply of provisions, and that this led to the dispersal and forced march of the volunteers to Tampico. v A more probable version of these stories is this, that after toe volunteers and crew had left the vicinity of the wreck, some Mexican irregu lar troops took possession of it, and upon the ar rival of the Undine, .the artillery company found themselves anticipated. We are glad to hear by these arrivals, that the health of our troops is generally excellent; that there was very little sickness at Tampico, and none of a dangerous character. This wc are assured of by a passenger who came on the Per. feci. Picayune. Correspondence of the Daily Delta. REPORTED BATTLE CAPTURE OF CHI HUAHUA. Tamfico, Feb. 4, 1S47 10 P. M. Eds. Delta; We have some very important news from Chihuahua, which is generally credit, ed by the officers of the army, .and which, if true, reflects another victory upon our arms. A commercial bouse in this city, which has a branch in Uuhuahua, received a letter from their agent there,, under a very late date, slating that an American force from Santa Fe, a part of Gen. Kearney's command, had showed themselves ear Chihuahua, and were immediately attacked by a superior Mexican force. A long and san guinary battle was fooght, in which the slaughter J - t ou pom sioes is .saia uj cave seen very great, surpassing, according to numbers, any that has yet been fooght. Ultimately the Americans were victorious, and they entered the town, and placing our flag in place of the Mexican, in tbe principal square, proclaimed the town to be taken in the name of the United Sutes of America ! The letter particularly stated that tbe men were principally Missborians, and I immediately set them down as Col. Price's men. I mustsav that this news receives more credit here than any Mexican news that has been in circulation since I have been in this country. So hostile are the people around Tampico at this time, that they will not bring in their cattle, or sell Ihem to our butchers for beef. From Victoria down here, they have paid great atten tion to tbe orders of the "big men" of their country, not to furnish us with anything to eat. There is one thing certain, that if they will riot bring in their cattle and receive pay, the army will go after it, and lake it for nothing. A very malignant fever prevails at this time in the hospital at Tampico, and many of our soldiers are suffering from it. The physicians have been much troubled with it, and have now pronounced it a mild type of the yellow fever. Here, as at Monterey, there is, and has been, a great abun dance of fruit, and it has been so -cheap that every one could obtain it; and I believe that the disease may be more accurately attributable to frail JLhan ibe climate. CHAPARRAL. Tampico, Feb. 6th, 1847. The account J sent you yesterday of the oc cupation of Chihuahua by our troopt, i more genealjy believed than I anticipated, bnt Oen. Patterson is of opinion that the only fight of con sequence was in the. pass leading to the city, and the loss we sustained was very light. I should be happy to state this to you as a matter ofxr. .latntr.-iv, . r W -... Toe volunteer from the Ondiaka have not yet reached town, bat I feel quite certain titer will be p thia rooraregv ' - ' .. The-Quarter-master was very bnsy yesterday in inspectihg-lhe wagons' at this poet, arid I be lieve he' reckoned. up 450 fit for. immediate ue. enough to transport the luggage and provisions tor tne enure lorce now here. Th lere was an r. rival duricg the dav from the fjraziv, and orders .The. foUowfcg.lcttfc Is the laktib;M'''btr receivedV su far aj art can learn. It Is dated f i -Thoseln anthority here, have seen proper, pwmg to reports that have reached the City In the last 24 hoars, 4o order a srfcole brigade in addition to Mnierjaind McGruder'a forces mentioned -in my letter of the feth-to go at once to. the ' relief of CoL DeRussy..'r- ,r :- ., !-. -f"- " J-.;, , A Mexican, said to be worthy of Ulief, has ar--rived here, ami reports that Gen. Cos "had fftiyed on Thursday last, the 1 4 th - fast, i from TuapaiV n the wreckr of the ship Ondiaka, with 4S0 troops, coh K5ting.of 2S0 if tha battallionof 3span, the rest National Guards and Cavalry that ou bis way Gen. Cos waa joined by 120 meu fronv Tamiapia, ,180 from Papantla, and 230 fnmiOmdinahls jrhole force amounting toSd men, with four pieces of ar tfllery ; that after summoning Col. DeRassy tosar render his force as prisoners of war; which sunmions was promptly 'rejected, n engagement took place which Tasted till ten o'clock; P. AC, after the Mexi can left and the result is not known. - Gen, Cm had stationed an advance of SO cavalry t and 50 infantry at a pass to prevent reinforcements arriving -from., this place. ' ' - - j." ' 2 A letter was also received by Oea. Worth, at Point Isabel, from Capt. Chapman, at Monterey, stating tv.t m.i RnJanA -with so. and Cassias M. Clay. with 30 men, were surprisel at Encarnacion, .and taken prisoners, .45 miks below or South of SalUllo. There is said to be no doubt of this. LATER FROM THE BRAZOS. . The Picayune of ihe 18ih, by the arrival of the schooner Sea, received dates from Brazos Santi ago to the 6th. from Matamoras to the 5lb, and from Camargo to the 1st of the present month. A letter from the Camp on the Rio Grand-, near Palo Afro, says that every thing betokens a sndden movement, and it was expected that Gen. Worth's Division would be on shipboard in a few A letter from the mouth of the Rio Grande, dated Feb. 3. says: , . " On the llth January. I met Lieut- Ritchie, of ihe 4th Infantry, but then acting with tbe2ddra goons, on his way to Saltillo, with ten dragoons, to Victoria, bearing important despatches to Gen. Taylor, Scotland iHhers. It is said these des patches contained the whole plan of the operations, in which tee are about to engage. While on the road between Monterey and Victoria, but at what place I cannot learn, the party was attacked, young Ritchie was lassoed and. dragged aerons a corn-field, and the despatches carried off! The ten dragoons were either killed or taken prison. arm T.iant Ri.lii nnm of thft moat d.stin. gui&bed and excellent young officers in the army. - i . f i . a . i r . l ti is conauci at raio Alio auu ivet wuu iuc admiration of the army, and he was much es teemed for his talents and the excellence of his heart. There is little or n doubt of his death still, whilst there is a shadow of doubt, there is hope. A few days ago, an officer of the 2d Ohio Re. gitnent, Lt. Miller is believed to be his name, was murdered, at Chichironi, and awfully motila. ted. His heart was cot out and hung upon a shrub, to show us, I suppose, bow deeply seated was their hatred towards us. The following letter reached Gen. Worth on the evening of the 2J instant. SaLTiLLO, Janvary 25. 1847. T have only time to write a word. Mj. Bor land, of the Arkansas Cavalry, with 50 men, and M.j. Gaines and Caseius M. Clay with 30 men were surprised and captured at Encarnacion, (a bout 4o miles beyond Saltillo) on the morning of the 23d, by Gen. Minion. He heard that Borland was there, and marched from Matehuela with 500 cavalry and took them without firing a gun. This is no stampede. Yours truly,. ? r W. W. CHAPMAN. It will be thus seen that between 80 and 90 of our men have been taken prisoners, and were undoubtedly carried to San Luis Potosi, unless the Mexicans destroyed them on their way, of which fears are entertained. LATER FROM VERA CRUZ. By the arrival of the barque St. Mary from Havana, news troin vera uruz io tne u.u uisiam, has been received at New Orleans. The rumor of the assassination of Santa Anna turns out to be unfounded, so also of his active opposition to ihe seizure of Church property. was at San Luis Potosi, at last accounts, with a force not exceding 23,000 men. Gen. Scott was daily expected at Tampico. We find no montion made of the capture of Chiahuabua, but there has been an action in the immediate vicinity of El Paso del Norte in which our troops were entirely successful. On the 25 tb of December Senor Cuylti wss at El Paso at the bead of 490 regulars, who, ad ded to the Paseuos, or troops near El Paso, ex ceeded 1000 in number. The Americans were at Dona Ana 400 strong. They advanced upon El Paso. Cuylti prepared to fight them, but the evening he was to set forth on his march he was seized with a violent brain fever, which rendered him helpless. The command devolved upoaVi dal, who possessed little military skill, and ex pected to surround and destroy the Americans like so many rabbits. He pushed forward 500 cavalry under Capt. Antonio Ponce, of which one lulf were Pasenos. The Americans demauded a parley, which was denied, and the fight imme diately commenced. Ponce charged aithe head of his cavalry, but in vain, as be was wouuded in the first onset. Just then the Pasenos ran, and threw such d.sorder into the whole that all took to flight, leaving a howitzer in the hands of the Americans, but carrying off three other pieces. Vidal returned with' speed to Carrizal, forty leagues from El Paso. The loss on each side was oot known or it is not suted. Ou the 27th the Americans took possession of El Paso with 600 cavalry and 400 infantry. Tbe cavalry immediately started in pursuit or the runaways, and although it was not knowu at Chihuahua on the 2d of January that they. had overtaken them, it was thought likejy they would get possession of two wagons which were In the rear with the park, as well as of thirty men who escorted them. This seems probable to us, too, though we much doubt if the Americans got up to the runaways. A letter from Mazatlan, dated the llth of Jan. uary, is published. Gov. Castro was then in that city. Ex-Gov. D. Pio Pico was in Guaymas. Both were asking men and money to recover the Californias. Babbakity or the Mexicans One of our letters yesterday stated that Lieut- Miller, an of. ficer of the Ohio volunteers who was killed at Chichironi, had -his heart cut nut and hung upon a bush 1 We have since seen another letter, staling that the body of, the brave but unfortunate Lieut. Ritchie was horribly mutilated after his death, . His heart, too, was torn from him, and afterwards stock upon a pole by the road-side I The bloods boils upon reading such worse than ludian barbarities. Picayune, Feb. 19. . From the Picayuna of February 2U . LATEST FROM TAMPICO. The brig Cayaga has arrived In the river, having left Tampfco on the morning of Saturday, the 13th tost Mr. Wheeler, who was a passenger in the bri& came irp to town yesterday afternoon on a Ba hie boat, and very kindly furnished us I with inter esting information from Tamrico and a copy of the Sentinel of the 10th insk - - . ... ? Our readers will rejoice to learn that the four companies of Louisiana volanteers, wrecked on' the Ondiake, are all safe wkh the exception of six whom the colonel was constrained to leave behind. Gen Scott had not arrived at Tampico,-bnt was still hourly, expected. t . - . Mf-Wheeler inform us that the report of sick- yhe&s ; amons? the troops of Tampico have been exag gerated. . Tfce heaJUi of . the . troops waa generauy .vary excellent.. ' L V : tJ. ' : 'yfm can' hear nothing; of the Mississippi r00! m bewrd the SUtesmanwho at our last accouiitswere" suffering deplorably from aickness, ' - V An American boin the serrice of Major Mprrfi !was shot at and wounded In the arm on the' night of the 8th inst- as we learn from the Sentinel, ty one of the guard' in front of CoL- Gates's headquarters. It Is said the soldier was drunk-when he fired. The .deatk of Lieut David OibsonTof the 2d! At tillerrras announced by the jarrifaL'The SentH nnl ftdL that tha demaM wan ti at i r nf V frtn n la. . . ..... . . : i . . and graduated, at Jha U, SJ iniHULr aiademy in. the nol adilx that tha 1mmai1 viti t nntir rf V innni,. year 1842. ' M:.t; zi, ".v-.-;. STILL' LATER FROM THE BRAZOS AND t ' FROM VERA' CRUZ. from Braxos, whence She' sailed on the lath instant. We lear Gen. Scott was still at the Braxoa, bat expected to leave on the Alabama, which arrived en the morning cf the 16th. . v:. Another account says that' he was to sail on the Massachusetts, which was certainly waiting" for him. The roads between Camargo and Monterey weie said to be almost impassible on account of robbers. The rancheros were gathering in all, quarters. Tha news of the capture of Majors .Borland and Gaines, and Capt Caasius.M. Clay is fully confirmed. LATER FROM., VERA CRUZ. By the arrival at half past 2. o'clock this morning of the schooner Wm. Bryan, Capt Ryan, from Tam pico, we have later accounts from Vera Cruzv . The Mexicans having become convinced that Ve ra Cruz is to he h object of alia, have set abmt fortifying the pais es on the road to Mexico. The merchants of Jab p i have been called upon fcr a loan of $4000 to fortif the Puente Nft :ional. " The Mexican papers are crowded with the move ments of our troop. At San Luis,Tula and Jalapa they are on the alert for the advance pf Gen. Scott CHARLES HQSKINSi-U. S. ARMV. . The names of nearly all the officers who fell at Monterey have gone the rounds of the conn, try, with brief memoirs illustrated with whatever gallant action they had performed, or noble qual ity they were endowed. So far as I have seen, one has been omitted. And to those who appre ciated him, this omission, like that of the bust at pageaut, directs their attention to him the more earnestly, and revives those lies of endearment, which, alas can in future only link to his memo ry. This .officer is Charles Hosxins, First Lieutenant and Adjutant of Fourth Infantry. Lieut Hoskins was a native of Edenton, North Carolina. He graduated at the Military Acade my in 1836, and immediately joined his company in the Cherokee Nation. In various capacities, but particularly as quartermaster, proceeding and during the Cherokee difficulties he won the ap probation and entire conSdeuce of his successive commanders. Generals Wool and Scott. And on the departure of the Indians and the troops, he disposed of tbe pubfic property and closed the affnirs of Government in that country a respon sible trust executed with judgment and ability. In 1839 he moved with the regiment to Fort Gibson, Arkansas, and discharged his multiplied staff duties in such a manner as to elicit tokens of admiration-from his commanding officers, and, harder task, to the satisfaction of all with whom he came in contact . He was commissary, and oc casionally quartermaster at this post, nearly three years, during the station of his regiment, and by his mildness of disposition and urbanity of man ner gained the. attachment of his inferiors, while his correct and efficient performance of duty se cured the respect of his superiors in command Nearly all his family had died of consumption, and his appearance at that time indicating that he would. prove a victim to the same disease, was a constant source of apprehension, and he resolved, with the hope of averting it, to shun se dentary occupation and lead an active life. Joined by several of his comrades, the lamented Porter among them, he employed all his leisure in the manly exercise of the chase an amusement as becoming to the daring and gallantry of the offi. cer as the grosser sensual excesses are demoral izing and destructive. He abandoned books and the bouse for the free air and high excitement of the prairies, and became a skilful, and fearless horseman, with scarce a superior in the army. The Sporting Msgazine records many of his feats, tht uh not blazoned with his name. His memory will long be cherished on the spot of his hardy sports and miniature victories. His regiment made a tour in Florida in the winter of 1841. He met no opportunity for dis tinction. Few had better fortune in Florida. It was a war and a country to lose rather than to gain reputation. In the following summer, he inarched to Jefferson barracks, Missouri, and ea gerly sought the same field of recreation to which he bad grown accustomed, and the ex citement of which-hs so keenly relished. Ere long he was transferred to a company stationed at Fort Scott, Missouri, where, surrounded by prairies and with ample leisure-from duty, his wish was indulged. While at the barracks, he became attached and betrothed to an accom plished and amiable lady, residing at Potosi, Mis souri. To consummate this union, he obtained the only leave of absence excepting for a short Buffalo excursion in 1841 that he asked for during an active service of 'more than ten years. He was indeed all the soldier. The home of his youth made desolate by the fell destroyer which sweeps off families in a season, bis regiment was his only home its officers his kindred. His wife returned with him to Fort Scott, and was happily enjoying the choicest blessings which life could afford, when the Mexican diffi culty carried his regiment to Corpus Christi in 1345, and separated him from bis family forever. He was here made adjutant, and held this im portant post in the memorable actions of tbe 8tb and 9th of Alay. Major Allen, commanding the regiment, complimented his coolness, efficiency, and gallant bearing. He rendered valuable ser vices, but his position, or adverse fate, prevented his achieving any brilliant distinction. If fortune ever exerts infloence in the affairs of mortals, it is on the field of battle. The bravest may not always perform heroic deeds, nor profound skill guard agamsl ever-changing circumstances' im possible to foresee, nor the loftiest genius inva riably detect the crisis and improve it. Even the combination of these, which Constitutes the great captain, cannot ensure success., ; Chance has her dominion, and wields a capricious sceptre, in spite sometimes of human reason and super humsn effort . -: -,. Lieut Hoskins was still tha adjutant at Mon terey. His regiment was posted on tha night of tbe 20th September, to cover a mortar battery established in a hollow, within range of the fire from tha Mexican citadel, and was more or less exposed all night'- On the following nierning, it i waa directed to storm a fort on the left and atthe outskirts of the town. Three companies,' no m bering only a hundred men forlorn hope ad vanced to the charge, directly in! front of ihe work. Three batteries, the' fire from tha cital and tha small arms of two thousand meni opened upon this slender column. At its head marched its brave and modest commander. Major Allan, (now of tha 2d infantry.) who had led tha regi ment in the battles in May ; Lieut Hoskins and Lieut. Graham ainca'dead. When within a hun dred yards, tbe fire became horribly destructive Lieut Hoekins was shot through tha heart bya ball from an o coper, and died without ottering a word. His arm stiffened, with a "finger pointing to his, wound. I He had a presentiment of his death. .'Lieois. Grahkoi and .Woods, and thirty five men, more than one-third tha entire number, fell at the eama moment ' The' wonder '1s, that a single man survived to approach so near yet X.'-lZ?.'-'----'--.: llaior JVlkn and ji few of, 4ha. remainder, passed to withlnlhirty feet of the wall before Withdraw Ing-fbr rroforcent' V-Tbe' record of HoakmaVfata has oeen brief an insertion of Jits nanQ in'the listof th killed, often misspelu occasfopalljl; attached to another regim?nt tnatilita own,' -. Eveamthe only hisory of the affairs of the 8th and.th of May, he is deaignateeTIJeuU AHaakinsr " ' v; Tbuis silently perish lhe professional ability and pride of thVpffiOTr end the social virtues Tot the friend. Tbhv ia uuttarti eiory nuxy r m n j " 1 ' J i aiminn s mcrinre. innj;.ri- ; .w t 'Lieot. Hoefcins waa one ot tnoee rare men whom to know is ta lova : Dot by easy temper: and ready disposition to unite with any party and adopt any. opinion Jto secure . favorv hut by the possessioufof ih.einpsVaterUng: positive qaal-. ities. His courage was as T." true as vateeVas occasion toad amply tested. "His generosity had no limit ( it was as lavisftas tha an n of his. rays; and proceeded "from heartoverffowin5 wkh kiodnes.Hhrv;frahkrieia- fuges of deceit, and prompted to the bold'vowal of his' convictions ' of ptpriety;rbrv'righti-; " His nature, was. truly chivafric, fcoroprehending'the instinctive sense of honor -and" punctilious' ob fiervahca of air its precepts,'whichv mark the hero. ; His intellect was quick, penetrating, grasping; he read character at a glance, and bis judgment was almost unerring. , As an officer, he was faithful, judicidus, energetic,' and eu. lightened as a friend, affectionate , and true lb any sacrifice. He had no enemies. In all, no man ever possessed greater perfection some of the highest traits of, human character; and, blended as these were with modest demeanor, unassuming manners ehrjnking from notoriety, and utterly devoid of vanity and selfishness they were the more conspicuous and the more prized. His associates paid him the spontaneous homage of their admiration and affection. If not the master spirit,4 ha contributed "materially in giving tone to the circle in.whicb he moved. Its influence was not confined to his regiment In figure, he was tall and slender; a face re markable for beauty and intelligence; an eye, black, sparkliug and piercing, was expressive of bis character, and can- never be . forgotten by those who have seen it under the various phases of his feelings. He was in his thirty-third yean He has left a widow and an orphan son whom be never saw not like the relies of many deceased officers, subject to the fruitless sympathy of the world, or dependent on the charity of Govern ment, but in affluent circumstances. " Peace to his ashes t The tomb never closed upon a nobler spirit M. C. M. H. - THE N. C. REGIMENT. . John A. Lane, a private in. the Cumberland and Bladen company, died on Thursday last, of he morrhage of The lungs. There is nothing like the sickness among the troops that there was a week or two ago. The Orange Volunteers, being a detachment only, have been divided and apportioned off to other deficient companies, chiefly to the Yaocy, so that by this and other changes, jrine complete companies have been made up, leaving one to be -gathered yet. Towards this, some twelve or fifteen men from one of the Western counties came down on tbe Rail Road on Monday, and Lt Col. Fa?g has gone to Buncombe for more recruits. By the apportionment of the Orange Volunteers among? tbe other companies Capt Cameron is left without a command. '- The nine companies range alphabetically thus : A, Edgecombe, Capt. Wilson; B, Wayne, Capt Roberts ; C, CabarrusCapt. Shive; D, Yancy, Capt. Blalock ; E, Edgecombe, Capt Duggan; F, Caswell, Capt. Williamson ; GK Rockingham, Capt Henry; II, New r Hanover Capt Price ; I, Cumberland, Capt Kirkpatrick. 'Companies A, and E. left for Brazos Santiago on the 15th inst, in the Schr. E- S. Powell. Companies B, Cand D, will, it is expeetcdleave to-morrow, in the Brig Samuel N. Gott Major Stokes will go with them. , " ' ' ; . The Schr. Harrison Price has been contracted for by Lieut. Fremont, the Government agent, and will probably get away in four or five-days, laking companies II and I. Wilmington Chroru OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.' We were reading Rev. Orville Dewey's Ad dress to thepublic, from a meeting in Washing ton, for the relief of Ireland, in the presence of some children on Friday evening. In it this sentence occurs- " Mother, said a child dying of starvaiicn, as one of the letters reports Mo ther, give me three grains' "of, corn !" That is what famishing Ireland says to us. The little ones were attentive, and absorbed, and the con versation for some time was directed toward the misery of that unhappy country. The next mor ning after breakfast, as we stood jit the back window, we saw a little girlabout four years old feeding her pet chickens with crumbs of bread. We opened the window aqd reminded her. that there was other food in a kitchen closet for them. " Oh, yes,' said 6he, I know it, and hippies koow it too, but no matter, this will do.' . i Some lima after, as we were reading, the little one came to our side with a paper roll and hand ed it to us, saying:. " Can't you send this to the poor little Irish girl that is starving 1' -. " What ia it V we asked. Kippies breakfast," was the reply. We opened it it was one of tbe paper cornu copias which Santa Claus bad filled with the bon bona for the stocking at Christmas, but In place of the confections, it. was now filled with corn. The votive offering of a child ! But this was not all. Pouring the corn out on the table, at the bottom of the paper bag, we found a cent, taken from the treasured store; which had been garner ed for future uses. We placed the money and tha seed as we found them, and will take care that they are delivered according to the childish request Philadelphia North American. : rD"HeT. Ezekiel Cooper, of the Methodist E. piscopal Church, died on Sunday at Philadelphia. He was eighty-four years of age within a day, and had labored sixty years in tbe ministry of the Gospel. His end was peace be was as a "ripe sliock, ready for tha garner." : Mr. Cooper was one of the first Book Agents, appointed by the Conference to superintend their Book Concern. DKEiDrrn.vArrAiR-EarIy'on Sunday morn ing, Martin's Hotel, adjoining the county jail, at Carlisle, PennV took fire, and shortly both boild ings were completely wrapt in flames.. In , the excitement, the prisoners in the tail wereentire- . - - - - . . , . - Jy forgotten, and, unfortunate to relate, three of. I these miserable beings were consumed, amid tha falling timbers. v Mr. MarUn wilK lose, about 83200 : he was insured, however, foe, 82500. The loss to the county ia about 86000 no insu rance. -. - , . . r'r- . -J - Extract from a letter, dated - . : - . BosT05i, FebC 2 1847, 44 Capt Jndkins says that six iniUiona dollari. of specie wer, ready to come in. the Caubriaconld in surance have been obtained upon it, and had the di rectors of the line permitted hex to take it. - It is alao aaid that the. Cambria-brings as offer from' Jleths. 1 cuuua ior u memj million ja. uasxu years. ? X 5 " READFUISHipWB&Slj : U is stated in New York, that the Brlg; jtsahelU; from Iayerpool, bbuntoew ?Yorkwaa':-eke4 at Barfigaf, aid 75"pssVngcr and 18 eajhTf Listr Vultitizm College of Ihe Prottxtaat Etti J i nezt jerm opens on Alenday, M Fop farther iafbrmatiea, Ofi for admili.71 W Grammar School or i"Mlo. ann ., 'wliiJ K: r VBar. JOHN RJCEBFOOT. Rector Feb: ,51847; - . " uailD H tUDE SOLD; .Mfe emraohvlile, on thel Mj. " r1 , 4tb Monday -irr Sl.rth trel the follow in tb Z . t - - - -. - - ua art-. . Tax due. thereon far ihn r9, iri. . .'"J " .... ... .wj.yj, Alius Hirer .i My era Heir, 100 Acres, on Clear Creek' ..t at 148 38, Tat 80 95. t Mien H;r R'J Ani An nt-. r... . I - - j . v.reeic .i i at W. Taa $r5v' : r " eK John Wilkins, 300 A eras, on G re n I?;... jat 1.000.Taa7 33. - . v VVilliam Hendersoa, 65 Acres, on fir.. water. vIaationl3n T n a( , JOSEPH LIVINGSTOV Shr Febroarytl.lSn. . . . (Pr. 4) ' ,J FAXE of - If rtW Carolina w Xonty In Equity. ? - Henry Hart, w?f"?iapWre " ? h "i1"1""' J41 T. w;n;um. A-ILU -".-w:ir l .'M' Mat3da.i5;---1Ky v-' v i of Complaint and Injunction. Tt nru.riiii In I U li.r.M;.. -f 1 i . . iu vmv ro uui rmupini n ; in in oiate : it i. ,. fors ordered by him, that puUicaUoo be mnde for weeka in th Raleigh JRegwter. for all laid non.rJ dent drieodanta personally tq be and appear t warinoine nwriMiHop, on the second Moj 1 iu. iuuuii luiinua j-ju trjarcn urxi, then inj there, upon their oathrf," full and tru aogweni ."ti.iKMu auu cnargefl made in iy Bill of Complaint . '.Vitnem, Fr. Fries, Clerk and Matter of onr i Court, at Office, thia 8th February, A. D. 1847 Pr. Adv. 85 15-g, STATE OF WORTIICAROILmTJ &wKwwMB.vrwwaT, wuu vi boutiy, r ail itn WAR- ' 1 .Bennett H.Bell and Wife Elizabeth, et a! VVhitmell K. BoUock, al. : Original Bill to ehbititute Trvttte. filed his petition to rehear and reverte certain decrJ ana oraers raaae in me snove caoge, and it appev ing to the satiafaction of tbe Conrt that WhitnjellK. Ttiiltru.t R.nn.ti M Tll ...1 w.r. xi:.i ., non residents j it ' ii ordered that 'publication U made in the Italeigh Register for six weeka. that mi Don residents appear at the next term of thu Coan, to be held fur the County of Edgrcomb at tbe Com Hobse io Tarboro, on the second Monday of Marcl next, then and there to plead to or answer s.iid pti. tion; otherwise, the same will be heard ex parte vi taken pro eon fetid. - " v ' ; -1 "' ; ' '" Witness K, Hi Lewis, Clerk' sndfsster ofm said Court of Equitv, at office9, the 2nd Monday !! Sent 1846-? --v ; Sept 1846. KE.NELM H. LEWIS, C Pr. adv. $5 62J s J - t.t : Ml -9 6w ETATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Osrui ComrtT, IuvEquity, Fall Term, A D. 1846, ' Syudoaa Lipsey, . Isaac 17. Lipeey, et aJ. ' J- - Petition for Divorce. - In this case it beinp made appear to the satkfaclioi of the Court, that a subpoena and alias subpeena bW regularly issued as directed bylaw, io the defeodiot, Isaac D. Linsev. commanduir his aboearance in tha J- Court, to plead or answer to the peUocers petitiu, and lhat a copy of the "aloresaid subpeena bad beti left atthe last place of abode. of' the-said defendinl, Isaac j. Lipsey, to i this State Tiiqre than fifteen diji before the day of the retorn of each of said subpoenal, proclamation was therefore made by the Sheriff, it uib aoor pi laexsoan nouse,oc-ina- saia aeienaaot, Isaac P Lipeey, to appear and answer as commas ded by tbe said subpoenas j aodjthe said defendant, Isaac D. Lipsey being so Called, made default 'Its therefore ordered that the clerk, causa notice of tht pendency Jof this petition to be published in the New beruian and Raleigb Register for three months, an j that at lha'next term an issue be submitted to a Jury to ascertain the worth of the material facts chared in the petitreoer's petition. Witness; Joseph M French, Clerk and Master fa Equity, or th County of Onf low. . JOSEPH M. FRENCH, C. M E. Dee. 22.1846. PrAdv 88 IMZm FEMALE ACADEMY. nTHE Subscriber wilttake charge of the Temali II Academy in the Town of Warrenton, N.C, tht ensuing year t and, will endeavor to render it an Institution in every respect acceptable lo the Publir. The best Teachers". wilt: be setected as assist anU ia the School, and every exertion used to give a thorough and accomplished education to those entrusted to bis care.. At the' same' time; that due subordination will be observed, pains will be taken to make it a pleasant and agreeable home II shall be tenderly cared for, and their morals' carefully hatched over. All tha branches of an English Education, from tbe low' to me highest ; will be .taught' together with iL r rencn Language, Music, fra wing, die ' The eatafiliabed reputation of Warren ton for health, its facility of access to the lower Country, renders it in every respect a desirable locality;' This, together with moderate charges, wilt, it Is hoped, secure a dm proportion of- patronage. The buildings will bs greatly enlarged, and the 8choc4 will be ready for tbs reception pf Scholars, the middle of January, ensoinf . Terms per Session t five months, payable in ad vance, as follows: ' " " ,For Board f v, - ' . $50 00 4 Enghsh1 Tuition" ' " ': ' 12 5u French Xaoguags , : T 5 Otf Drawing . - -' " 5 00 :-. Muaie on ths Piano ' ". ; ' : ; ,20 00 Use of Instrument ".' :'- ' ' '" 3 00 - Books, Stationsry, At wHl fnrnisbed at ihs lowest retail prices, and nrf extra charges mads. I would besr kave to rafeiW my friends, and ns merous acquaintances in " North Carolina! and Vif ginia, among whom are lbs following HonJohnT. Mason,; Washington ; v Hon. Arcb'tT Atkihsonl ' T T Wm.U BaslerviU. Esci4;J Lr6,B1r Hon John H Bryanir ? T; O. WC MrdecaiE;1 ,w; Cot. David 0tUw.S ;.v? :vr"." DrrJoo. Arriogtoni C North Carolina. " James 8. BaUle, Esq. 3 - ; I woold beglad Io bear from "these, who may if sire to place their Daughters uadef; onr cars, bf ter, directed to Warreuton, N, C. ' 4 Mf D. TURNER. - Warrsnton, Oct, 1 4., ' B .. : 84 wif (OirPTOAUIf f ag ain, A full supply AsL of all. the nsnai numbers, joat to band. rtaila aWr-a go4 -assortment, by the Kerr or lees qoaatitT.? WU , vRaleigh; -Fea22teB , lg-3t , TXTEW nOVJEf Fortes ne, Umt iM Sheridau JCfcowies, this day received by- Jar.0; lg47. ;--v- y et N Cf Booscorew .4.: .. .... -i I ' " "a X a: i von , uttiuvu.uvvvi A- LARGE supply of FRESH GARDEN SEEP, A eompfising all of th e meet popular varieties, re ceived and for sale at the Drug tSlore of --l.st- WILLIAMS HA Y WOOD &. CO. ;Ra!eigh, Fob. 18r184T.' . ' 15 t ...
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