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i ; i. It jSTERESTiNGFRosf Mexico; fnstnnrndynntago of all passing, events, '; military or political, to close l ho war.; . ! : Furniahed with these nowfrs. I am wil ling to makth sacrifices, and to incur ! lilio resnruisibilitiesof thi high command ; luit 1 leave it to you. sir. Cor your free na iinai decision1; considering it as a nation Ul question. and a ncwonr,on which there i no commitment, on either side,: in any tblriz that has passed. . Whatever may be the decision my tliAnks and gratitude will not bit the less to you for your unsolicited nomination 01 me to ih'V'Mgh appointment, nor to the Senate fur its instant and unanimous con firmation of it. nor to the House of Kep. resentatives for its three times virtual e- lection of me to be the commander-in- chief of the army in Mexico. i IlMncclfulh-. sir; vour friend and follow- y.:,1 l'NO!AS H. 13 EN TON. iilU.GUt - iTo the. P Wvr. i TJIB PRESIDENT TO MR. BENTON. Vashixgto5, March 9, 1847, Sin : I have, given to your letter of the Ctli instant the consideration which Its im- jrkjrtnnce demands. ; In rendering to you the appointment of Major General, in the primy, 1 earnestly desired that the country fchould have the advantage of j our conce ited ability and military knowledge, your intimate acquaintance with the Mexican 'character, and your familiarity with their language and political condition. ! If Immediately after, your nomination as MajorGeneral had been unanimously con .firmed by the Senate, I carefully examin ed the question whether 1 possessed the 'pojverjto designate youa junior Major jitmraUto the chief command of the ar my, in the tield. The result of this exam 1 nation is, 1 am constrained to say, a set tltd conviction on m mind that such pow jf: lias not been conferred upon me by the eiistiris laws. I jl am fully sensible of the exalted pa trjotism which could alone have induced jog lo niaku ihe personal sacrifices to which you would be subjected ill ns.su m - ing even the commanu oi me army in MfXico; and J duly appreciate the rea sons you have assigned, and which may, lear, prevent you from accepting the ap. poihtment as Major General. If on fur- I he" reflection, such should bcyourdecision, I shall learn it iwirh deep regret. 1 am, sir, wijh high consideration, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ill' !' JAMES K.POLK. To Major General Tiiomar H. Benton, Washington. 1 lit ; : Mlt! BENTON TO, THE PRESIDENT. "Washington, Tuesday Evening, I - -I! The New Orleans papers inform us of the arrival at that place on the Qih instant of the United States revenue cutter for ward, which sailed from Anton lizardo on the 2d. ; ! By the intelligence jbrought by this ar rival the realder will (earn something of the nature of the las "proposition made by our Government to that of Mexico, as conveyed thither by Mr. Atocha, who has returned in the Forward, said tu be charg ed with important despatches for this Go vernment, the character of which is not known. The New Orleans Bulletin says iff- them, speaking from report only, that (here is a prospect of a favorable termi nation of the negatiations, while the Pic ayune expresses the opinion that nothing whatever has been accomplished by this mission. So far from Vera: Cruz having been a bandoned by the Mexican troops, their number had been increased, and was nu merous. The squadron oflf that port con sisted of the Potomac, Rdritan, John Ad ams, Albany, Princeton, and a eet small craft. Gen. Scott had been expec ted daily for some time. The ships and troops would rendezvous, it was said, at Anton Lizardo, but the place of debarka tion would not be finally settled until the The Guveraor of Vera Crux ha! gone; to su perintend in person thef .rtification of tb pass of Puente National, anil a company ofrtillery and two field pieces have already; been' ordered there.? ! A reserve of six thousand men is to be concentrated at J a la pa under Gen Canalizo, Gen. Frlisola being the; second iivcmrnand, Gen. La Vega is to march to VeraCruzJ r j- The Forward arrived on the 9th -instant, and landed Senor Atocha unider flag of tn&e, with despatches from the Government o the? United States. He proceeded lo Mexico immediately1. The mob raised some scruples about allowing him to proceed, but he was finally dismissed on his way wilhout opposition. ! ; I had frgoheu o mention jthal Gen. Valen cia has left the army in idisgust, and, under pre tence of tfickness, lingers at his hacienda. He is, however, suspected of designs to subvert the Government. j U. S. Squadkon, Feb. 20, 1847. Seven days' later news from San Luis Po tosi has been received -as late as the 7th in- 1 i i stant. i i ! Gen. Santa Anna had advanced as far as Matehuala, on his wayttoj Saltillo. Nothing nem bad occurred; bur, as the Government had failed to furnish him with resources under States waving all cUlins on Mexico, a:.d as.u ming iho indemnities due her citizens ! : v Personally, Senor Atocha appears to have been the most unacceptable person; we could have sent lb Mexico. His" reception at Vera Cruz, was any thing but flattering, Ho landed Ht Vera Cruz on the 9th, 1 believe, and reached Mexico according to the papers on the 13th. The next day he was ordered to4eave the capi tal (or a hacienda near Jalapa, libera to await the response of the Government. It is rumor ed that his proposals have been despatched to Santa Anna. Judging front ' the tone of the newspapers I should suppose that they would be rejected with disdain. One print declares that it is the greatest insult which has yeTTeen ofr I tered to Mexico; another asks how long 31 ex ico will permit herself to be set it nought. The odium in which Senor Atocha is held has ap parently prejudiced the proposals whatever they may be. j . Santa Anna was, by the last accounts, (com ing down to the 14ih instant (rom Guadalaxara,) still advancing towards Saltillo, aud bad reach ed Cedral. On the 12th an extraordinary snow storm occurred at San Luis. We; may expect melancholy accounts from t!ie denuded Mexican arm)-. ; j The opposition to the law confiscating the church estates is unabated, and is beginning to circumstances ao urgent,' he is, represented as ' assume a more systematic character. The surrounded with mi$er." ; The following ac count of bis march is from the pen of an ofli. cer, and is quoted in the Indicador as reliable authority : In the critical position of our army, with regard to its implacable enemies, no honorable resource remains except to;. advance without supplies, to capture them from the immense storehouses of the enemy itii&altillo and Dion lion WOUIU not oc imanv ocuicu unlit iue , .. r r . ri. 1 ,.,:, uoii woum . j j terey, and to live upon Ihe country, , Hie way j reside arrival of Gen. fccolt. It would either be ,0 glory anj honor is to preferred to turning I him tl: at Anton Lizardo, nine miles from Vera ou backs upon the enemy.' People' will ! not j which Ci-uz, or opposite Sacrificios; either of which places would be protected by the guns of the ships. Santa Anna left San 'Luis on the 2d of February. His destination is said tt be Monterey, towards which point the main body of his army had already moved. At the latest accounts from him (Feb. 7th) hej was at Matehuafa, a town nearly nbt th of! San Luis, and about one-third ot the way thence to Saltillo. Ilis army v;is in the utmost distress. The following is giv en as the number of troops under bis com mand, with the dates of ftheir departure from the city of San Luis : j January 26. The Sappers and Artil lerists, with nineteen guns of heavy caliber, j i C50 January 29. 1st, 3d, 4th, 5th, 10th, and 11th regiments of the Line, I and 1st and ad Light Troops, 0,240 January 31. 4ih Light Troops, mixed of Santa Anna. 1st Active of Ce- laya, do. of Guadalajara, do. of La. March 0, 1817. Cut Win luVtn. .. k: ... : . .- (' I Win A VIUI ICUl l Wl 11113 Urt 9 UtllC IS ; j justireceivrd ; and seeing no reason for further reflectiofi, and wishing to avoid all i delay in officering the army, 1 have writ ten a note to the Ajutant General, to be cleliyiired at bisi office in the morning, cle : . clinihg to accept the appointment of Ma- j jor.(eneral in the army, so kindly ofler- I eiHo-mc by you, and so honorably con I ! firmed by l he Senate. ' j I havo lh honor to be. sif, with great rcspt-ct, your Inrnd and fellow-citizen. I THOMAS II. BENTON. To ihe President. .! ! ' ' i NOTE: OF MU. UENTON TO THE AD ! JUTANTGEMEItAL. VAsutNOTOx, Tuesday Evening, ! ' March !). 1847. Sm : I had the honor to receive vour uuiwi i uk uui mswni, wun tna commis .:8ion!of Major General in the army, and delayed the answer of acceptance or non- ;nccptance until I should receive an an twiif from the President to a note which I ddjrssed to him in the morning of that day.i ;1 hat answer is now received, and enables me to answer your note, and to : say that the commission is not accepted. ! Please accept, sir, my thanks tor the: kina terms ot your note, and lor the thou- sanq pouvtrstes which you have;extended lo "r! ,n :ne course ol our long ana friend- .uanuance, it est truly and respectfully yours, 1 THOMAS VI. BENTON, To Adjutant General Jones. goo, do. of Qucretaro, do. ipo, of Mex. Total departed from San Luis, s which General Parrodi con- ducts from the town of Tula, with three pieces of heavy caliber, with their munitions, Cavalry on the march, Artillery do Division under Gen. Mejia. 3,200 10.000 1,000 G.000 250 4,000 now say thai we are traitors; : To-day the bri i;adcs have begun their marchj and on Satur day there departed 10,000 infantry, 500 horse, State of Jalisco had su?pendfd the execution of the law until Congress can consider the peti tions of the several States for its repeal. Dis trusting capitalists consider the investments as too insecure f r speculation, even at enormous discounts. The amount of property held in mortmain is estimated at 50,000000, and the Government cannot, at the proposed rates, raise 10,000,000 by the sacrifice of the whole of this properly. Mr. Waddy Thompson say that bis residence in Mexico has thoroughly convinced iai no political movemrnt can succeec to ihe priesthood is opposed. The issue of this favorite financial scheme of young Farias is likely to illustrate the truth of the remark, as there is much reason to suppose that the law and 400 artillery, which, united to the forces I will eventually be repealed. already advanced, will swell the whole body of j The people of Vera Cruz have turned outra the army of 12,000 infantry, 5,000 cavalry, and i masse to clear away the sand embanked against i iic ma ui ihc unj, me iioriuern anu wes tern side, and to dig a ditch. The women and children were actively ena2cd in carrying a way the sand. It has been reported that Santa Anna has re mitted 875,000 of his own funds to Vera Cruz, to aid the garrison of that place. Total, 21,340 The artillery was supplied with GOO rounds of ammunition. The Picayune remarks that the latest ad- vices from Chihuahua are to the 16th of Jan uary, a fortnight later than our former accounts. The city had not then been taken by our troops, nor do ice sec any thing said of their advance upon iV." 400 artillery, with 20 pieces of heavy! caliber, viz. three 24's, three 18's, twelve 12's, and two mortars of nine inches ; there were also seven hundred mules and twenty-one wagons of mu nitions alone, without counting the equipages, camp-chests, or '.absolutely more than is set down. We go to try our frtune,: since any thing would be a less evil than to dtp of hunger and complete inaction, besides being called traitors by those who really are such. If we do march without more than twelve dayo' pro. visions for the troops and half a month's pay for the officers, will live upon ihe country and the plunder of the enemy, now that they will not furnish us with any supplies. This reso' lution is heroic, and will always confer on us honor." " Dates from Tula of the 31t January state that Gen. Urrea left the night previous for San ta Barbara and Romero, with all the Cavalry from Cuidad Victoria. Urrea is ordered to watch the movements of the enemy as far as Tampico and Monterey, fur wjhich. service the cavalry will remain under his orders. He takes only live days' supplies (socorros) and five I days' rations. An officer writing, says : "Last night an order was received: to expedite the march, but how can the order be carried into e fleet while there are no mules of burden, es pecially for the park of rannon." Santa Anna has negotiated with certain com mercial houses of San Luis, for drafts and a loan to the amount of 81,80.000, drawing on .Mexico and Vera Cruz, and pledging all his property as security. He has paid! "this sum within a month to the Commissary General, by I ti'Kskr it h Itoun A i Kit t-c.4l Ckf ftia eti 1 it rj t r ' and clothing of the troops.: In this way he has been enabled to make the movement on Monte- IMPORTANT FROM NEW MEXICO. rey. The Democratic Party and the lrUh. About election lime, and generally in the cities, the ! Democrats' profess the greatest love for the Irith Th. ',tre u all Irish, and nothing else." When ; tjierlre, we aw a proposition made by Mr. Criaenden, (a Whig.) in the Senate of the Uni ted plates, to contribute the sum of 8500,000 to ba purchase of food for the suffering aud tatving people ol Ireland and Scotland, we ex. peebjd it would be carried almost unanimously. Bui We were mutaken. In the Senate it was oppicd principally by the Democrats, only two voting against it but it was adopted and Extracts from the Correspondence of the New Orleans Picayune. United States Sqvadrox, Anton Lizardo, February 17, 1847. At the date of my lasUletter Gomez Farias was wilhout a Cabinet. During the early part of this month his hands hav been strengthen ed by entrusting Rejon with the portfolio of Foreign Relations, and Francisco S. Iriarte with the affairs of the Treasury. No change. nas, however, yet occurred tn foreign relations, and the embarrassments of the Treasury are as formidable as ever. The' Committee 'of Foreign Relation, to whom was referred Mr., Buchanan's peace pro. position, are expected to report unfavorably to nrgouauon in a lew nays, it is presumed that they will at the same time issue, in the form of a solemn manifesto, a reply to Mr. Polk's mes sage on Mexican affairs. There is also a report that the old intriguers aire at work, and that Spain is about to join r ranee nnu cngiana in an interterence in Mex Ventura Mora, who declared fr a dictator, ship at Mazallan, having plead the instigation of Santa Anna, the latter addressed a commu nication to the Secretary of War, formally re peiling the charge, and accusing Gen. Ventura Mora of a calumnious falsehood. : It is very plain that Santa Anna is suspected and narrow, ly watched. His delay at San Luis has been impatiently denounced in Mexico, and every one who reads the long and elaborate defences which have from time to lime been put forth at San Luis, must come to the conclusion 1 bat the breach is widening between, the Government and Santa Anna. . The movement at'Mazatlan was doubtless intended to feel the pulse of the country. It has been supported in no quarter ; it has not even been received; in silence, but openly denounced; by several qf the States, and Santa Anna, prudently conforming to the pres ent state of opinion, sinl manages so as to throw additional opprobium on the Go vernment. ; A proposition has been made in Congress to transfer the government from Mexico to Celaya by the 19th of March, which, after some discus, sion, was referred to the committee on consti tutional points. ! I The military commandant at Vera Cruz has issued a general order to issue provisions, or The Philadelphia North American of?Wed nesday has the following late intelligence from i Santa Fe. It came from St. Louis in six days by steamcoat lo Pittsburgh, and was despatch- j ed to Philadelphia by Telegraph : Pittsburgh, March 1C. i By river we have St. Louis papers four days j in advance of the mail, with dates from Santa j Fe covering important news. There has been an extensive Mexiban Insurrection at Taos. All the Spaniards who evinced any sympathy with the American cause had been compelled to escape. ' Gov. Bent, Stephen Lee, Acting Sheriff, Gen. Elliott Lee, Henry Seal and twenty Americans were killed and their families despoiled. The Chief Alcalde was also killed. This all occur red on the 17th January. The insurrection bad made formidable head and the disaffection was rapidly spreading. The insurrectionists were sending expresses out all over the country to raise assistance. The number ensured in the outbreak at Taos was about GOO. They were using every aigument to incite the Indians to hostilities and were making preparations to take possession of Santa Fe. The Americans at Santa Fe had only about 500 effective nen there ; the rest were on the sick list or had left to join Colonel Doniphan. Such being their situation they cannot send suc cor out, as they are hardly able to defend them selves. It is thought that Santa Fe must be captured, as neither the Fort nor Block Houses are completed. It is announced as the intention of the insur- rectionists who captured Taos, to take posses sion of the government wagon trains, which are carrying forward our supplies, and thus cut off all communication. nil CAROLINA "WATCHMAN. j-j , . 'ahsbury, If. C.- - f RID AY EVENING, MARCH 2G. 1847. ftyWY re authorised to announce Cl. JOHN BAX TER, as a candidate for Major General of the 5th Di Vision, North Carolina Militia, in place of A. F. Gaaton, resigned. i " '! i ! MR. CALHOUN. ! Ever since this gentleman took ground against the administration of Mr. Polk on the Mexican War, in his great speech in the Senate in reply to the attack made by Mr. Benton, he has been assailed and de nounced by nearly, if not quite all the Lo iofoco papers throughout the country. fhey seem to forget that he has any right, in common with all freemen, to express his disapproval of such acts of the party which his good sense tells him are xcrowr. and calculated to do infinite injury to the country. ; For this independence of spirit and a desire to restore peace, as well as show what caused the war with Mexico, hie has been denounced with the Whigs as a Mexican not because he did not vote supplies to carry on this unholy and un- fjghteouswar but because as n man know- ipff our rights, and valuing the institu tions of our country, he dared to express his disapprobation of the manner in vhich the country has bet:n plunged into this war, by Mr. Polk, against the will, undoubtedly, of a majority of the people. Has it come to this, that men, sent by the people to watch over their welfare in the National Councils ofthe Country to sound the alarm whenever an innovation is made upon that instrument (the Constitution) which cost so much ofthe blood and trea sure of our ancestors, shall be, while faith fully discharging the trust committed to them, stigmatised by a pensioned press, as epemies to the country which gave them birth ? If this is to be the manner and rnode of warfare of the party in power, intoxicated with success, secured by the rrjost disreputable means, we, as humble ttiembers of the Wnig part)', are ready for trie contest; and will by all fair means, expose to the scorn and contempt of an in jured and insulted people those who make the issue. i 5 1 As the conductors of a public press, we j la re no admirers of Mr. Calhoun's politi cal course, but when he or any other man Vidmes to thr rescue of bis country in the Hour of need.asbebasdonein this instance, we will net be , backward in sustaining and defending him from the foul and un just aspersions of those who are in the pay of the 1 powers that be." In this case, Mr. Calhoun has shown himself worthy of the place he fills in the Senate of the Country ; and as long as our government endures, will he be remembered for the manner in which he has held up Mr Polk to the gaze of an injured and insulted peo ple, as the originator of this war. A War by which we can add nothing to the honor and glory of the Country, because. those with whom we are at war arc not I t ' i : t : . ; i. - i . By iLcCU.-:; Ave taVC Tl'C. . from Genera! 1 tics ifouht I : retreating z I . and trains T.. rey-i-Mattan r ailTahcinrr Mei cant alon:? i: . dacger his rrf Afier perusing t! counts, tic tvz I knowing bow n there is an o!J i . lief: j where : certainly some I : doubt but there ! Taylor and Sir. from Saltillo, L . uncertain ; ar. J detachments at C haVeftheyLrwe r to io Santa Ar favorable pro-p-ct the Rio CranJe, ; ! ed weak by tie attack on Vera Ci We copy tie f tho readers z'' Corrcsj i N. ().;: To ihe Editors c f. Thi hr. Ci-: the:Braasns, L u ! stant. 5 She ha 1 r. '. bower r, couH i. ? Ingi fTbe new? mendous exciter;; at the 'reception ( : de fa JPalma. '11 if that a !?.-per telwefn Santa Ar : Taylor near S i!; the former, with t! the 'Americans ,- subsequently li", ' the j Mexicans haJ t mercliandize, an I : 5000 men was on ' moras which cot.' '. his hands. This i aggerated, but I h ".' have Occurred ther Everyf one now c crrrir of Gen. Scot:, lor in o unproipct ! eynjtohis own j;rr . . Santa.nna has i!. taking; advantage knows' bow this n. e'en in these sec:;, ces.jCkn. Tajlor v i chaple!.' I give t!- it, butinust rejnar!. itedj iafsfull vu'.i i '. it. I jrnclose an eis r trac from the 7 ri; , of tbe?. intellienc'1. percrife by a poste r disciedit upon the v Then Courier a i- Voriby of our steel ; and because it was The representations m; to Col. Doniphan, ! Uun for selfish and ambitious designs. inai viiiuuainia uuiu uo an easy conquest, rri 1 11 1 ,,,.,,,,, , . , . . ',- Tins is the reason why all good men ought, were e 1ntlv mtpiirin ns .1 lurp lo itrnti him t? jo o , ....., -1 . . . ... ... beget a spirit of security, and lead him far off1 nu do denounce the authorsot ir.aitnotign into the interior, where he might be easily cut ' tljey are willing and desirous that it should columns tl 11s rnorii;: regard to the onera Taybirl off. rnlinna in l.-inH tn nil ttif nffii'ra wVlrt fip'l r It. ican! affairs. The rumor, it mav be nroner to i .1 ; ... i.,,j..i'. ;.r rr... r.,- " . 1 tl 3 inn c 13 nil ai?uiuic aui yi uimir j w mi h nrncppnt rA witVi triR utmost VlZOr nOW ft is the universal opinion in Santa Fe that 1 U ' . - . 1. uaan t, iw my mes. 1 T 1 1 1 j- . ., , i inai we arc in ior 11. iia- ut Ar ! General Wool had gone direct to Chihuahua . 1 his detence 1 . . . . 0 , , . . .. r wi,; ob nartv sinrf mere wniuu nave ueen no trouoie in ,ew Alex- scmiiiinii ui ( j ico. Col Doniphan had possession of El Pas- ; the commencement ofthe war ; but let it so del Norte on the 23:h December. Letters be distinctly understood, that thisdeterml- had been received from thi Governor of Chihu- . . c t-i : . 1 mn . ... ,, . n yyt 1 ... . i nation of the V lugs to vote men and mo- ahua stating that Gen. ool was within three I ' ? days inarch of the capital. This, too, was ney to bring it to an honorable termina doubiless another ruse to lure Col. Doniphan ; thn nroceeds from no belief on their Dart. on in confidence, and cut him off from a chau- .1 . .1 , . ,u, k ,i r rrn- 1 1 o 1 that the war is tust, or that we can be aa- ces or escape, or onuiling back upon Santa Fe, j ; 111 to relieve it in its emergency. Vantaged by it in the most remote degree. Fhe Mexicans are hold in their tone and con- ! biit on the contrary, will be the cause of as wc co'i! 1 ; be supposed that'll. ey fullest jjextcnf, hot lhat'a severe rii; orUear to'Saliilln.'' The communic:.!! Camargo appears . off, and nothing si wilCbej able to open !. The Democratic r duced by the sol!! ! aspirant, or the mif ; abandon their piir.t it UIALQ l A CUCIulUt t. Thi i a bit ni . houn, Ilannrgan; the Lrfcofocos nr(- : pleased. There ;i truly believe, lb. -it. their principles, f r form! Vir n n n.nriv K . . . V . fc ..... - i t ; ; . practice Loufca as opportunity r.:I fall when and .r know the Whigs v it. ! It may go into its seisms may ttir;. svii. is purely oi Mexican origin, t rom all I j nsh them even for the supply of tlieir tables, ,1UC" Ul hdent ot capturing Col. Uomphan and his com- ; incalculable difficulties, requiring vcars canjlearn the most amicable feeling appears to ltl 8,ating lhe troops in iowtfaid castle at 6,000, ! mran.d' w ,ich co"sfls wf 7ut 6 9 me"' o0? j 6 remedy them, if ever, especially should ex toward, us on the part of all the rcpresen- exceedJd the ninber by lnoVe than -akhous- j .lh.em,bcin? "fih'' OWn L- t.rlrv h, nomine,! T.et this be. meni 01 mounieu iiissouri voiumeers, anu a j 1- tallies of foreisn Governments, and the onlv soUchude entertained is to see what must be lhe inevitable result consummated as soon as possible. I he publication of the decree authorizing the hypoth-caiion and sale of church property was every where received with clamor and riots. wrneh were easily .oppressed by the interfrr and. The number of regulars was, however, slated correctly at 2,800, th town having 1,800. The rest are of the National Guard, u Probably more of the National Guard will be called in and located near the city ; " hut I do not believe that many more will be crowded within th$ wallsj as ihey cannot be fed. The; defences of this Ml re are addition. entertainin the be. ttlfff t I ha mi .1.... V m - 1 sent to he Iloui TK-' ir u T T : 7 it does not appear that Tj ...who Mjg, reiuiru 10 pass sir. uouar irom mis source, and the Cjr(lenden bill. 1 They referred it to the Com- al Reasons every day for enter! riT"" "ym aiso largely Uemo- nei inai lime or nolhmg or the church nmnertv efilic, and that co.nm.ttee reu,ed to report it will ever find it, way into the general treaty W fa House, .he Wh.g minority, through Mr. The newborn the army afC LuU U n yinthrop, of Massachusetts, protesting ; against te resting, so far as we are assured that sni Wc,,noucni . Anna has left that city with the m.in ki' V, is troops in lhe direction of Monterey, nlthouoh bis ultimate destination is much speculated up on. His resources appear to have been of ihe most meagre kind. At Vera Cruzthe state of ihins is very much as 11 was when I last wrote. The authorities I'll. MIMViii " V Jill WH4V ! lllVllk ail Vll.111 IJ A T 1 arpnt xvenlcne,, of cnnri ih n.ciiiiv w:,tf sacre every American in N cw Mexico and con which iho ciiv mv i.i ,;.1 ;ti HnAnrl fiscate all their goods. on the points attacked. We are 'to-day told . jTUe.r rom V'.cut" )erl' Topograph that there are 2,000 men at Alvarado-haU of cal S'r", of later date, confirms a 1 the a them regulars. Guns have been drawn from detachment of 100 men from Santa Fe, under thought 'of as it should, we are -confident, command of Lieut. Colonel Mitchell, of the 24 ; te position taken by Mr. Calhoun and regiment-consisting of 30 men from Clark' . JjJ Wj . - d this wi be hattalmn ot light artillery, under command of 0 0 Capt. Hudson and Lieut. Kribhen. and 70 from fcjuntl e end to be correct, and its au Col. Price's regiment and Col. Willock's hat- ibjors consigned to that retirement, which talion. They then assert that they will mas- iU.,.. ;V.l. morir U 1 ?a .i s . r .t L .... mi.i cinucrur ioto ior ine Irish! MuledgetUle Recorder. SMOKE, fThe. duel between A. C. Lindsay and w.,. , uwuum wt viuiiimiUi t tUlM.u ill I uut IU la SU I II IT Droc 1 A ma 1 1 1 in nnimiinpin.. - 1 m C7 I wuaa. ! imoUe .without fire. Cause why ? i The f!e tened attack, ahd issuing some prevent nirtiet were , overtaken, surprised; anrj rngnwbnpalatable of which UnA ,J ii - ,r 11 fneIVrb,dd,ng masquerade at thecarni- O w KCCP fuo pcaociuutoi vai. j be re are many howerer. who regard the Chronicle. i threatened invasion with incr,,!; TU :arn R - a t k .. . J . 4 . .. i . '"isanu men in me city ol Vera Cruz Mt Nn ik.. J .1 i . every rioarter to strengthen the defences, which now equal eight forts, with a total of sixty guns of various caliber. 1 he entrance to the river is also defended by a chain of shells or torpe- does, which can he exploded from the land. I was pained lb hear from he was ordered to Perote on and I have authentic information that he started on the; 16th. ! ! i M' United States Sqtjadrox, , Febi2G, 1847. hove intelligence. The details ofthe batth; of Bracilo are also confirmed. The massacre he. yond doubt has been a horrible, one, of which ! DGr" The Dt-mocracy of the Wilming ton District seem to be threatened with an awful splint. It appears that Mr. Jas. Ji Bryan. Loco, is determined to be a can Mr. Rowers that the 14th instant. we have as yet heard but the beginning ; and i tiiJ1te for Congress, notwithstanding Gen. the insurrection has been so quiet until all was ' f - . Ti ,i ready for the outbreak, that our handful of troop, cKa 8 c,aims or pretens.ons The ed Ihere must he demolished, bef.re any effort can Mor of the ilmington Journal, (Loco.) is r be made to relieve them from the most advanc- opposed to Mr. B., and is trying to put him ed of our Western military posts. down I Let Mr. B. remember that this Lieut. Aberts men suffered severely coming ; ; 1 1 1 . i 2 tu n ,cu sc f" , i editor is fond ol the oaves, and resolve to Missouri. I he rslU nnnn irnvcrnment For v. 1 ( prompt assistance and jarce reinforcements are Tprk Express, 913,750 34 arn?. :. i .1. . j . f ii . sirenuous , anu me situation 01 our gauani men. The, subject of Mr. Atocha's despatches is j far away from succor, iii the heart of an enemy', discussed in the recent papefs, hut 1 have not I country, shows the rashness which has eharac seen or heard of any favoj-ale allusion to it. terized the whole advance into New Mexico. The Vera Ctuz havers sfafe thai our Govern- Eight of the leading men engaged in the ment hate proposed to Mexico an indemnity cf conspiracy have arrived, (our despatch does not twenty mill ions, for the line of the 2G.'a parallel isa-y where) who have made a full confei-ion of Jrom the mouth of the Rip Del Ttortc to the Pa- the whole plot. cific. It U understood that! Mr. Atocha's re-1 loiters received also state that Col. Cook marks have confirmed this statement so far as and ihe Mormon battalion were 330 mile, be. tbis s Uhatj fifieesv million are offt'red f r the above mentioned boundary! line,! ihc United never to submit to his dictation I What right has such a man to horn-off natural Born Americans ! fond Santa Fe. Thej were generally a good n 9 1 ne V cst H health aud progressing slowly, j- ! f he South by as far Something Xew. Silbee,thc Comedian iri one of his farces, says that the United $tatcs are bounded on the North bythe aurora borealis, on the East by the rising $un, on the West by the horizon, and on c .. . t t e t - -.. I as wc cuooic iw b EPVS, the .V .. der tbe! above err tiser of the llth; ' irom ine t.j. ,u,... notorious person ; v. on ..Mqnday last; 1 Secondj Municipal, there ri the sit; Texasj ; M Wcothcr.--Sv j ' -i . .: e. .1.. uays oi ucauiiiui . a fine Spring day, them) n bright c- were tpping alo; : rate as o delight row may find the: for the weather is Corrox. AtNt ing upwardf." At Fiivettei!!e, I At Wilmington, At irleston, At Columbia, VI, i A Mrs. Boots, her bujband ar.J unknown. 4 The rights and hft ; Boots sright--Mrs. Boots Las ., how. ; 1. i XL i ; J'
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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