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l.Bi" TH03 J, LEVUY, Eito a as Paorarro. ears CABauaa: rewiarct is mobai, iktillkctcai ash rat iicai aiiocacts-'-VBt labs or oca siais in tbs bomb f ova AvrBtTioxs-' ' JTHREE DOLLARS A VEAB i aTici. TOL. ST. RALEIGH, N. C , 1EDNESDA T JULY t tSle Rw. ST ita. i tit HHuNiRo im mimmti-mmmMUJii STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Perquimans Superior Court of Law Spfing Term, 1846. iWrd r.h s Petiwa r v. ?partlio of Jmo Goodwin end StmaA Nestby flaad. aud waTe Martha el all. It appearing to the ooori that Sasaael tkmbj aad wife Martha are eat resident of tail StaU, it il or dered that noliee tra giYea for tix veeaa, r drr titemeel at the ertJioase door, at three er pub lic plaeee ia aU aaadly of PerqaimaiM, tad in tbe Bute l.aMtte, that Ike said Samuel Nearby aad bii t-ife Martha appear at the Mil tna of ihn eourt, sad plead, aiuweror dtmar, or judgment pre ee feln HI be Catered ftp agaiaat Iheaa, tad order for whrii, Hainan Dagiej, iior t Hertford, the third Monday aher theaih Mon day ia March, A. D. JIM, aad ia Ibc 70th year of our ladepeadaaeo. NATHAN BACLBY, CIV Price adv. $3 64 14.' l STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Hertford Covntv. Court of Pleas and Quarter Session- February Term, li M. JegfU S Orlgiia. AmehmenC Joteph R. Akew. J - It appearing to the Coart, that the deL-ndant in (hit case, it aot a resident af aSia Statei it it order fit I hit publication be made It the Raleigh Star, for ii wfckt, mitiljins him to be and appear before iIm mH of ibejpoimv Court of Weal k Quar- Iit Senion at the llurt to be beW ir me Cwh i llurtlrd, al lltrtourt ftftOteK. Wmton, n lh t-nortb Ma.lar May ae4, 4hee mere m.li.yi ili. nrnnn-ir aitaehrd. and olead otheratiae iuJKHtent final oili beeatercd agaiatt him, d the i.roprrtr eeadeianed aihjt ta the plainllfrt ra- cefcry. ( Priee adv. ( 64 - REMOVAL, SM. WHITAKEW barlna rcnwea to the . mm KaveHevilUttrtat reeaulh- ocaupkd I Ky UAL.KB MAMi.NF, to door aoutb ol Wil- llama, Hararnoa at i, a. lru j otoce, ui m iicar cd la bae hit ohl Irirana and cuitwowra, ana mr tiiiient tjeoerall to ell ud eiaraiae hit itcckof GOODS, whirb bo oonfinuei to tell at priert lo tuit the timet. Thankful for the vert libcraf (bare of patronage heretofore eattraded to liiia, ha will endeavor to merit a eoaUartanee, by atriet attenlioD to butinett. He it alto prepared to receive and toward, or it ll Vjmietfcftfaitt- ilnee that mar be ennairned to bit an re. lUIejh, June 1S. ........ Ww MUHT AND SHALL BE SOLD! If T want GUEAT IIAKQAIAiS, ' call at me (?! door above 11. Kmitli'i, Raleigh, where will be sold, at wlioletala or retail, without rtgard to eott, Che entire tftotk of DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES aaar on hand at that ettimiahroent aa if ta In tended to wind orf the buaiaeea at early as prac ticable. ; . ; CALL AND g EE! fk oooda will poaitivfr be solif vert coram I and if any should fail to bW, it Will be' because tliay are determined le nfns b'ar((ain. ThoM who are indebted to the eatablish- stent will please call and nUh their aeeounts Withoat delay. . ?EO. T. COOKE, A?ent Hilelgli, June 84, IBftT. 36. . MRS. W. CKISIt tV9 Walant St. bet wee a 4Ui dk 5th. fn i t a te l p h t a i Havina connected with bei ofil Mtahliihmeri Ilnflavf and eontkntxHoue houae aJj4ning, ia now preparoif to accouim'odaie'Ai additional number of IieataeJ Boardera. bba ha several large and airy apartmeata tir fumiUet, traitlUrt and tikert. WAIIffl 9i COLD RATII9 re attached to the houai, abd eVeff alterftion' pld ij heraelf and waiteva. - The situation a central. Term moderate. 1849: S-3ra. t JACUSOW CLASSICAL INSTITUTE ISUBTHAMPTON CoVNTY. rpHE DUTIES of this ins.itu.ioh will 1. commence the 3rd Wednesday ia Jwy fthe lth) and close the 2nd Wednes day in Decemoer, The tertni per session are as follows: Litia, Oroek and Sofveylr, . $17 30 NsruHd Pbitoaopby. Moral Science Political Ecomsny and tbe higher 15 00 -branehes Math....: J i Gag. Gravnnrit, Oaofraphy & Arithmetic, $1 Half the tuition ices will b required In advance, tad the remainder at tha close of the teweidn. Mo deddttioe srM be nds lo efadenU, who tit tr after the beginning of the eeeeioa.' Boar if can be obtained lo pritat familiea, from ffl lo 7 per aeaatoo. lirbt. waihlng arid fuel' incioded. f ackoaa fltalUfy attd beadtiful viU Reference is made to the followimz tren-' tlemen, who arc Tttaite of the ihstiui- isottr'T """" "FhbSi Bragj, Esqr. Mj R B Gsry, John Odora. Col H Faison: flVaroea Jordar Henry Gay, Esq -M: Rogert, u--:-.E i Peebles, Esq rrheaa gentlemen (tare had their sons or wards taught by the teacher of this In atittKjon; ' ' W. SHEI.TON. principal. Jaca-soo; N. C. June 10, 1813. 26-3t N.liiTiCGifii 0orntnissi6n Merchant, and. General A gent, fhr the sale 'of all kinds of Gods, Country ProdticeTnnd Real Estate,- Uoainaa. luhhfull, attended I. v gseitb May. IBttf , 19 AVn TAKEN UP, O entered on the Ranger's Book of Moore i .. Cniy,by Maleotn Turner, living'iwelv we. of nrtU,ge, , BeBi Kgrt; ,battt tight nine year aid; near fire feat bigb. white face, , vrmt wnite under Iba laws, a white W on the left wile, three white lege, ahod with v wiw, and ar-praised la forty-Cta Dollars. a t .. .I.IAM UOVYD, Ranger. P'Mlih, tats.- lg,3tk WM. a LEE HAS removed his Shop to the North western corner of the City, on the lot where he resides. Orders left at his shop, n M.-aa . . Mil or at lae star umce tor mm, wni oe promptly and faithfully executed. June 10, 1840 EVENTS IN A SINGLE LIFE. Dr. Here ey, a Baptist Clergyman, one' hundred and eleven years old, preachedjon Thursdsy evening in the I aoernacle. As he sat on the platform', he did not appear so old: but when he rose, his short and stunted figure, diminished, not enfeebled ty age, and the tones of "his voice his hesitancy, broken syllables, and snow white hair all testified his extreme old aire; He breached on Temperance said he was an uneducated msn and finally. when- sm nested to rive some aceoont of hie awn life, be observed that he could re collect die events f a hundred years ego-r-tha he-vtrat a poor iky,- wotking abour, and had joined the Minute Men during the Revolution, and served under several com manders; was employed in various servi cesy and had hunted Indians in this State, and Tories also. When he spoke of the eonntry and the war, his voice strengthen edhe was more erect and vigorous, and lb fi res of you lb Vegan lo rekindled 'I Ie said the Lord had bequeathed us a glorious country, and he who would not defend that country in war, ' as well as in peace was unworthy the ntrme of citizen; our country first our families and firesides! These sentiments, uttered with the feebleness of of one hundred and eleven years, by a venerable patriot of the"" Revolution,;"" pro duced a thrill among the audience. His drift instances sre straitened, and the relig ious portion of our wealthy city should visit and aid him. He haa no flocks" and herds and wealth, as our father Abraham had at his years. VVhat strange events have crowded liis ttwyiti the lotrgiifeoHMrve He was born three years only after Wash ington. George 1 1. was then on the Eng lish throne; Iouis XV. on that of France; Ferdinand VI., son of Philip V., ruled in fcpain; auu r redenck the Ureal had just commenced pis reign. 1 he impress Uath ariue held swsy irt Russ? utrftt Poland; was a mighty add indepeudent kingdom under Augustus of Saronyi" The popuTatron of; tne tuirteen voionies was a1 little rising two millions; and from the banks of .the Hud son, stretching west to the Mississippi, was an unbtokeu fofest, filled with a savuge foe,' where the while man dared not ven ture. France on the north, and Spain on the south, owned llie largest portion of our Continent, and the existence of Oregon was unknown. NeW Holland, the isUnds in the South Sea and of the Iodiaa Archipel ago, were as yet untrodden by jbiviliffed man The National debt of England was less than jCC(T,000,000, and the Stuart dy- naaty had not given up their pretettions to the throne. 1 urkey was the terror of the civilized world, and the gold Spain annual, ly received f.-ora her South; merican CK onies exceeded the income of an other Nation; Steam,' electricity, and railroad, were inventions of the fulurV- And now. what haa this old iritfn .rreir in his single life? Five" sovereigns on the1 after squadron took it up, and the entire English throne, one of whom reigned sixty I right Wing of trie army was in (txli retread year's; the dynasty of France completely! Doth aecti'ona Were now brought to bear changed, after two revolutions,1 Napoleon upon the enemy's broken and flying col had risen, like a'brillarrt meteor, and passed umns, and a brisk and destructive fire kept 'ii ,.i i . 9 , I .-it .i j: a ' .. .1 .1 ' : away as quickly; Poland blotted out of the list of Nations, and Spain and Turkey inv beetle and weak to the extremest degree, France and Snaih nn lnM,r nirn an arr nf : ground otf our Continent, and England driven out of her thirteen Colonies, where now exist twenty-nine States and twenty millions of people.- Steam penetrates to tbe sources of the Mississippi, and elec-j trinity outstrips the wind in its tidings. 1 his good old clergyman might say, in the words or olmeon, as he gazes round on his native land, blessed in the greatest de gree: "Lord, ribw let 1 hy" s'ervsnt depart" in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy sal vation.'' .V. r. Aeengr. THE BATTLES OF PALO ALTO AND RESACA DE LA PALMA .. Report of Lieut- CqL Delknap to Den. layior, Head Quarters First Brigade, Camp near Matamoras, Ms 15, 184 OV ... Sir in aubmitting an official report of die operations of the first brigade in the action of the 8th and 0th of May,' at Palo Alto amrKeeaca de la- ralma, I feel a degree or. delicacy in the task,- from'irly bumble lank in comparison with the . importance and magnitude of my command, and lest I shall be uhable td'do full justice to'the admirable conduct of the olficeis and men who served under my orders. Oh first meeting the enemy I received your order lo form on the left, with instruc tions to move into the chaparral and allow the men to refresh themselves by getting water. Perceiving in a few momenta ftiat the enemy were advancing) snff not know ing precisely, keinr on the left of the line. where water'was to be obta'nrd, 1 directed the men to remain in the ranks. The en emy short'y after having halted, and ' your instructions for the refreshment of the men having been repeated, they' proceeded to get water, and imm lUately fell in prepared and eager for action. The brigade was then ordered to advance In column on the left of the anny, the battalion of aitillery unde; command of Lieut- Col. Child, on tlie right, the eigtith reg'meot of infantry, eomma'nded by Captain Montgomery; on the left, sad Captain Duncan4' battery in the centre. " t he armv tnen having been ordered to advance, the brigade moved in tins order until the enemy opened hia bat teries. When the brigsde was . halted, Capt. Duncan's bstteiy advanced' about two' hundred yard's and commenced a most destructive fire... upon the enemy. Ihis disposition was maintained for about two hours, when the enero'ys fire slackened, snd finally ceaed. Nothing could surpass the coolness' and steadiness of the com mand while thus exposed to a galling fire,' receiving ss they did the heavy discharges of the enemy's well-aimed artillery with out the power of defending themselves. In a abort time alter the tiring ceased the army wea ordered to advance and take position somewhat nearer to the enerfV; the batialio'n of artillery taking post in rear and to the right of the two eighteen pounders, Capt. Duncan's artillery on, their. left, aud the eighth infantrjoh the left and to" the rear of his battery. At this raomerA Cant. Duncan, with his usual quickness of per ception, discovered and communicated lo me the Tact that the enemy was moving the entire cavalry and irifantry force of bis" right wing n port our tiain in rear of the I.e'ft ofSur lihrof ittlern'unhbr 1i'i1;-bib'' tery could produce a more destructive ef. feet upon lite enemy by taking position Anther to the leff. I ordered him to pro ceed lo the threatened point with ell tksm. ble dispatch, and hold the enemy in check till the 8th infantry could eume up to his support. The battery dashed bick to the left flank in full ' view of the enemyrand engaged him within point blank range of his small guns. So sudden and unexpec ted was this movement to the enemy, who a moment before saw this battery disappear in the opposite direciiou behind the amoke of the burning prairie, that bis whole col-' unin of cavalry pulled up to a halt bcfoie a shot "hMeen fir-r.-vei trrytrna A, limbered. A strong body of the enemy's infantry, supported by two sonadrons of cavalry, debouched from the extreme rrj;ht itointofthe chaparal, and rnoved eteadily orward lo the attack; one section of the h'stiierf oV'e'ned ti'pon' them with round sho', shells, and spherical case, so well directed that the whole advance, horse and foot, fell back in tfisord-r to the bushes; - the other section played in the mean time upon the thasjes of cavalry that had .halted . .at tha sight of the guns as before mentioned Although these shot were well directed, and each made an opening through nn en tire squadron, this part of the enemy's line stood unshaken. The column of cavalry snd infantry driven back in. the chapsfral by the other section, reformed there and moved forward a sec ond time to the attack with great regu larity. After they advahced about one hundred yard's,- from the chapp'sfiaf, (he Section before ordered to drive then back again opened, and drove them with even erester success than before. The fell back pelt m'ell to' the bushes and eomineficed. . .... '.. - . . a their retreat; tneir aupporang cavalry aban doned them', ruilied back uidtit'the nrad of die column that had before withstood ourr shot, and a flight commenced. Squuadron up till they disappeared in (be', cliaparrcl, or darkness put an end lo the battle. When this battery first reached its posi- tion on the left, and before the infantry could arrive for its support, Cspt. IfierV,; of the 2 J dragoons, wh6 had been directed with his squadron to guard the bsggnge train, witL a promptness and eagerness worthy of all praiae, oflered to repel any attempt of the enemy to" astfalt the battery ion its left. During tbe absence of die 8th infantry on the left die commander of the artillery battalion vigorously and successfully, rev pelted a desperate effort on the part' of die enemy to carry the 18 pounders, by promp ly forming square and arresting the charge of cavalry. While in this position he' re ceived a fire from a line of the enemy's' infantry, which waa quickly returned. lie then e'rteamped rn his own ground; at tbii time-the brigade Twirsris-iihrTednncar the Impounder battery, and bivoucked in front of tbe army. .. .. . ..;..r. T On the morning of die Olh we were In structed to assume the ssnte order and advnnee upon tha e1ierr?V, he having in the night' and early in the morning retired. ! r,.- t.-: I A t - .i J4 io orijauo aumiigru ficrusv 1110 piaiu aim took position in the cbapparral, where we halted Tor several hours waiting- instruct tions, and Wtying'iri the mesh lime eleven of the enemy" dead that were there found terribly mangled. The army having been put in march in the afternoon, the bngatn was ordered to halt, aa a reserve, when within aboirt. tf rrtilc of trie enemy V,'poi lion. n a few minutes, the firing .. having commenced in front,-1 received otflers' to move up Duncan's battery ariif one baltal ion of infantry; the Battery and the 8Ui regiment weie immediately put in motion, tbe latter in double quick time.' t Oft arriving at tha scene of action, die 3h regiment charged the enemy on the ght of the road and drove him from his position. Atlhis moment Capt. May of tbe 2d dragoons, informed me that he had charged ami earned one of the enemy s C a . e, .)'. w I batteries, tx.i, being unsupported, wis un ble to maintain it. I'imirrediaUly ordere the 8th infc'ntry 16 form in the "road,' when J corporal, one private; wounded, one leiu! it was led to a charge upon (he battery, a tenant, two artificeis, one musician, and part of which had, as reported, been reta- ken by tne enemy. 1 his movement wss executed w.ih the greairsi celerity, afn'tl the battery secured. The regiment then char, red upon vle ravine and across' th Small prairii amiJst a slieet of fire from the front snu rignt, orove tne supporung coicmn be- lore it, aestoying tfie enemy in vast num. ben, luey having maintained a moat deter, mined and obstinate resistance until finally repulsed and urivetf from the field. Capt. Montgomeft with his regiment pursued vigorously It (to the chapparal on the oppo site sida of ti e ravine, until, from die rapid flight of the enemy, further pursuit was useless- The conflict was ahffft: tffe re sult shows the severity. At tha hr-'d f the ravine, I met with Capt McCat, 4Ui infantry, who, ia com mand of the advance, had yallanlfy Brought on the action, and poured a most destruc tive sad kept op an lnecssant. fire upon the enemy. After the commencement of the action, on advancing with fhe cfth Infantry and the battery of artillery, I ordered Lieut. Cof: Childs to remain with his battery aa a reserve."-Ills duetto i Col i'liflds to state that he wss desirous that his battalion Sfi'ould t'e i selected to iSdval.ee into IM" ac-' lion instead of the 8ih regiment. He soon after received, orders from the commanding (Jiieral to advance. -He obeyed and rap- Hiiy piirsut-d -the enemy to the Ktu Uraniwi where having thrown out picket, lie cap tared one Captain and about twelvejirivatca during the enemy'a Bight. A soon' as the'ehemyliiAfeilcflnivere catried and his uifah'uy began lo'jjive ground, Captain Duncan wss ordeied lo moss the ravipe and take up a new posi, tion, that previously occupied, rendered it impossible, for him to assail - the, enemy without galling city own troops. This was done, and rite enemy vigorously puisued, a few wertiimetr s'rTOts Irom o&r ban?r1e driving him from potrorr' to pOsitioii till he readied the rrVei.''"'"" Where all have acted nobly it may seem irrproper to speaks of individuals, but I feel compelled to name the commanders of corps in the brigade. The commander of the battalion of artillery, Lieut. Colonel Childs, needs no prase from me. His well earned fame won -'0a",''manyll"'fie1diw known to all; but his coolness and intre Eidity in ilie -battle of the. 8th, during iIkb eavy cannonade of the enemy, the prompt manner M which he' repulsed the charge upon the 18-pounder battery, and hia hot putsuit nf the enemy to the banks of the liio Grande on the evening of the' Dili, are new evidences of his seaf and sdldiership, which it gives me pleasure to record. , C-sptuin Montgomery, in command of fie. 8Ui infantry, afrafo Alio manifested the utmost coolness during the cannonade of that day, when his horse waa shot under him; the celerity with which he moved to the support of the battery of artilery when threatened by the enemy's cavalry aa well as his eagerness in getting into action on the Olh, in which he was wounded, and hia vigor in pursuing the enemy, merits high commendation. I cannot too much commend the akill and judgment of Captain Duncan on both fields. His quick eye detected at Palo Al to the threatening movement of the enemy on our left, whose advancing columns were eres1h"dDT,Ks prompt action, snd finally turned back by the. rapid and skilful dis charges from his fine bsttery. In the battle of the Dili, the 3th regiment lout iii'LieuienaRt Cft'tdbourne a promising young officer, who fell in the manful tliai charge of duly. ' Lieuta. Gates and Jordan were badly but not mortally flfdiinded.r The latter, : whetf personally charging the enemy, being overpowered by numbers waa relieved by Lieutenant Lincoln." who sle w with his own band two of the' fiercest I assailants. Lieuts. Seldon, Burbsck, Ma clarand Morris were wounded. LieuL Luther, of the artillery battali'ion was woun ded by a musket ball in the action of the 8th. On this day, Lieut. Daniels, acting A. D. C. hsd his horse shot under him bv a cannon hall. Capt Mf Kavett, of the 4th infantry, and acting field officer of his regiment, had hia horse shot under him by c musket bsTl on the wth; V cannot close this report' withdufaf-THna ing testimony to the teal and efficiency of tne origaoa suit, j he highest praise be- fonffs to Lieutenant Chase. 2d artillery-. Acting Assistant Adjutant' General, and Lieut Daniels. 2d arlillert. Brigade Com mistarv arid aclinr Aid-de-camn.vfor the rapidity with which they content! uiea ted my orders from point to point, snd the coo'fnessldeerfi if unrreeessary to'cop their's; it-could and courage they dlfpftyc.d under the hot teti nre in ooth these battles. My thanks are also due to Mr. John B Cozxens, of New Yrrfk' city, who rendered vaiuaoie assisunce by irsnsmlUing with intelligence such information as I had oc casion from time vy time l6' communicate. h1slir)6s1iBle lo enumerate all the in stances' of personal bravery conspicuous on these days. It may be confidently assert-1 ea inai irr tneir passive exposure to the deadly fire of the enemy's batteries on the plain of Palo Alto, the fortitude hiirh moral courage, hard valdr, and perfect discipline displayed by the ttoops, have few psrsl- ia iu tuo uiaiurr oi war, wuue me osuie, of Resales de la Palma will long be aaaoci ated with d-sds of heroism and intrepid daring which can never be surpassed. , In die action of die 8th. the artillery Lfcallaliott lost io killed one sergeant, one five rivau i aggregife twelve. .''The 8th iiifitiitry, loaUKilltd U oer "pri vates,' silleen privates -woundeu total, twenty, ('including niissirfg, two privates.) The artillery company had wounded one non-commissioned Ilicer, one ailificrf'. and two pfivatee lo'lal, four. ' , . . . On ffie 6th, die companies fn Capt. . Mc- Cail s commsnd belonging to the artillery battalion, lost in killed, one corporal, two privates; wounded," one sergeant and foul I'rivtuc toiai, ien. - , . ' The 8th regiment of infantry on die Olh lost, in killed, one subaltern, four nou.com. missioned ' officers,"-and' three privates total, eight wtrutfued, seven cfficeri, (one csptain and sil subalterns. clg'it non-com missioned oflloers, seventeen privates ag. gvogatjvthirty-twe, . , 1 have the horror fo be,' very respectfully,' y6ur aledient ecrvant. W.- G. HELKN AP, Lieut Colonel CoinrhandirTg First Brigades Capt. W. W. H. Illias, , . Avsis'tant A (If. General, Army of Occu patioa. The next report io order is from Capt. Geo. A. McCall, of die 4lh lufaptry, com manding the advance ' in the battle- of the Oih. lie mentions no particular incideol of peculiar interest. His account speaks of several attack made by hfj fnen in rav.-4irm'manncT."-On Teachmg the open ground at La uessca de La i'aima, his men received three round ofeanister .shot from a masked battery, Wbicli killed one private andwounded lw'oaerge4nfSand caused the men to tuH cover. . 'I hef ral lied handsomely within fotly or fifty pacea. Shordy after he encountefed - ilut right of the enemy'a iifanlry, aud although, in sd- dltiori id. their firehia'mca wero. exposed to heavy dischsrges or canister from the left of their lentre. they drove fn the ene ntyV 'rf"ht "and -' followed ;ifcf.wty cheers. Afterwards hia command became mixed with a paYt of the fith regirneui, with Lieut Pitcher, and . joined fti the charge ftheir last) upon the regtirunit of 1 ampico Guards, which waa successful. Ha loss waa 0 killed and 14 wounded, . He says: In that part of my command where I was in person every officer and man did hie duty most handsomely, "t received every asstsirrnee from the good conduct ol Ueui Dobbins, -McCown, Wain wrieht, nd Pitcher. Lieuta. D. W and f . used iheii own rifles and guns wi.thr.good efl'ect agaiusi the enemy, and every where tnipir- ed the men with confidence and eagerueaa to engage. . . t ( . , The official reports of the two Battles, close with a letter from' Captain C F. Smith of 2nd af'fillerr, who acted in eon cert with Captain McCall. He describes bis charge by columns through ehapparral, sustaining occasionally heavy dischsrges of musketry, but dislodging the enemy from several points. Firrdm that a heavy croas fire, which he .received from the left, esme from hia friends such being, the nature of the ground, and the thick chopparel, as to lead to the mistake he retired, reported lor orders and was directed to sustain Dun. can's bsttery about to pursue the enemy, which he did. lie had killed, bur and wounded: ninerThe conduct bf his "officers and men, was all that rould be dee-ired, and he feels under especial obligation to Capt J. B. Scott of 4th Artillery, for the assis tance rendered him." These letiers conclude tne accounts of the wo battles. ' Tbe remaining reports relatd to the bombardmerrt ol r ort tirown, and arc given in letiers from Captains E- S Hawkins, commanding Fort Brown. and Capt. Joa. K. F, Manafieldv.tif the Engineeri. . Gen. Taylor in communica ting these letters to tne Depsrtaent, lays: In rendering these reports", I deem (t unnecessary lo pay any further tribute to the services or memoiy or Ms. Blown. His death is a voucher for his patriotism end: deyotitm to. dnty., fwouW c'all' the a'tentibrf of the Department to the services of Cspt. Hawkins, who succeeded to die command; to those of Captain Jxwd and Lifut Braggt' who takillfuHy drrected'the operations of their respective bslteries; and parttculary ta thoae of the engineer officer, ,'.',--'ft.T-.k.lf-i.i''-dhVwA'w-'Mk.,;VUl-,"'-:tl Cahl MahaGeld-'whoBe ntalhiria Visilanea k'eatln perfecting the defences which he bad ao amy planned cannot oe too higu lv rtraJa- dl" .,.....,,,..y.,;.,,,.... - The letiers of Caput Iftwkjnani Mans field, are simply a detail of the long con tindedT bombardment of the (ort which has been so fully and accurately described io rettera already published by us that e only be deemed proper in justice to those able officers: but that justice , has been so fully awarded, that it is unneee esar evert'' in that view, w e give oeiow tne answer of Capt Hawkme to the summona ta sur- - .. ..a a 'a , render tor "humanity a sake" addressed him by Arista. During this long bombard ment there were twdkiltedr Major Brown and Sergeant Weigart, and fourteen woun ded. An incident il mentioned of a shell striking in a leni and destrbyifig musical instruments of the Bin inlanlry band, to the value of 1300. The accuracy of firing from Matamoras upon the fort very much in- eressed towards the conclusion of the bom bsrdment, aid but for die fine ' protection afforded the men by the bomb proof which had been constructed; they' must, have suf fered severely: ' Jlruwer la Summon. (B' Headquarters United' States Forces, Near Matamoras; May 6, 1846 M( Sin Yonr"' humane communication has' .! just been rerefd, an.d, after the cvasider-. suon out io its importance, i must respect', fiilty decline to surrender . tny forces W : yon,-. :x x: . ' , , . , f j : Tbe'exact purport of your deipstrh I cannot feel connden that I understand, as my interpreter Hoot skilled in .you Ian gusgrj but iff hsve nnderstooa jy$& cor .1, rectly, you have my reply ebovtf. - i am, sir, respectfully; your ' v. -- . i ' . obedient eerv'L E. S. HAWKINS, Commanding U. 8, forces opposite Mrta ' moraavL ..?iL,'j,;fr;-f at..v.iii-t:JP : flaiumit If mlmtd . Coii.mandiug division of the North. , landing division or the rTorth. , ; 6ause OF WAR WITH MEirtj; - c i il-...r .1.- ii: . - TU Ne lowing article corunlolery corners die oiiiJ The.UnKn tus responded, thrjui b -Isigeit part of a coruinnr to our quewit ny "why the Government did not fall ,in wiili the humor ef the Mexican President, snd give Mr. Slidoll credential as a simple, CQinmissioner.". 'ihs response does not I commend itself fo but judgment aemliient-; I ly convincing, but iucli'aa it ia we place if J hefore bur readersrtiof verbatim, but ta MTTrTT'i form otsriytoojpaifc f 'llie Union says, ffr'st. ifiat ."to . have, a. I eommisaionci) oui Minister lo Jiave settled'' to -wrde-'fhe 1 Texan question only . ". would ftc been a proceeding whpTiy , n gatofy,", because there would i till1 have been other comfovereies , lertiaiiifng, involving just jTausV-orwar Under, favor: we con-' siapr mis io oa no goou reason, oecsuse me, other eoatrovcrsios might have. been ...after"- wards anjostad. 1 he very point raised by. the Mexican Government "was that their nation ofetiatiette reouired the adristment. - of the Texan Qurs'tion first; lot they eoula, not receive, a Minister I'leninotenliary i chargetJwirh thratlrtwg . sa . . M,t u. . if, piainta against niexico, until tne jeompiaimr, . ...j- ,r .f.M'tiieo,wai"4lnji . peconu, uie uqion aiieiira, uie consent lo treat with Mexico on the Teiau ' auea-r tion alone would have been an sdruisnior on the part of the Administration that the annexation of t exas was a wrongful aet " . kThere is something m ifi'is, but our idea is that the United Slates, being the most pow erful, could have atforded.lo indtrlge Mei m vn ion pointipxnr fofemmeut might on the Texas question alone, wiili a prtitt$.'s c . i.. : . A... ai-s I tiau any jnai tuuqc ui ytimpiaini., .(v - Third, the Union says, there, is no aufli-', eient reason to believe that our Miniater. would have been received even if specially, commissioned: That may be; - stilt ,ws . think that it would have been well enough' to try the experiment. No bairn could have resulted in either event. If the com- missioner had ben received, the sufferine- : and expense of the - war would have X " been prevented; if still refected, the Mexi- ." can fJovemmcnt would, have put itself.-, ao clearly in the wrong that riot a .woid eould, , beeo.said against the forbearance, even Uie magnanimity oi ins uuiuhi otates. -t. fourth, the Union says, to send a Minis-. ister at al was, under the circpmstartcei of the case, to push a pacific policT. to. ita .... extreme, limit - Not, so, by the. Union's, .; ewn'ehpw'ingforto.scn .a.apecial fonv' ; missioner would hive been a farther teaclf of a pacific picy. . , . . . ruin, tne. union aiurms in at to negotiate . on tli .Texan question alone fjrpubj btjftv . uceii gruaa snu paipaoie iigusiico U OUT . own cilixens hsving claims upon Mexico , Doubted; because those claims are not more' likely to be made" Cjm(J speedily by a wsr tjian by a renewed altemptat negotiation lit . the manner desired by Mexico , , i Sixths the Union maintaina that nn r-' Tangesenlt negotiated withMcxico wouhjf-'--be faithfully observed by her until the neV ! cesaiiy of observing it bad been pain(fauy T7" drubbed Into her. . That may be ao too.but tU it would be as euy lo giva her the drub hing" after making the airangement , as be f fore. If the argument ia good for any' thing Tt tells as much against, sending Minister Plenipotentiary as a .simple eoai. missioner, and affords noground ,for send-.. irig orie rsdief than ihi other. r '"7,7 ! Finally, the Union says, Mexico ha3 no' I'ust clsim to a separate' negotiation at all. , laving no 1 iglitful .autheritr over, TefM-v. since the , dissolution of tbe Mexican con federation. That msy be again; but w':, uio not put trie .matter, on the qaostion 01 "JUSt ci aim; 1 Olify OH that of forh-aiin iDdufgence to jk feable antagonist 80 lh'; , Union' iait reason goes for nothing. : - r . r- ' SINGULAR UNION," . A martiace extraonlinarr was eelehr' - ted iq the church of St Martin, (Attakapas,)' " on the 23d nit The groom was 91 Tesrs of age, and the bride, in white robe and while" I . an. . I , . f veil, war lui-yearo oiu. uotn, without - 3 serious infirmities, kneeled down.and made ' their firat emm6nionv , A marriage prom' ' isehsd existed between them for sixty-five ' year.' ' wi ' , ' 'So much Jcr that Letter : : ! The President' has. remembered , Mr. , John Kknes,' of Pensylvania, to whom be' ; wrote his famntiaelectionuring letter during' the Pressidential enmpnign, by appointing him Judge of the District Conrt nf, the U-' . nited Slates for the District of Pennsylva nia. ,- ' . . " 5 & Nai -
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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