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1. -4 1 1 '.' 1 !va vik awake J aRj,!fljh Lfii call all bauds and put her about SECOND DESPATCHES FROM ? f . MAJOR DOWNING. . ! THE UMTEU STATES, Uct. D, W W Gales & Seaton :--My dear old friends jjmefs GifVertl tfcott d I - fid a pood deal ol bother '.morel allt'getling our despatch, through to era j,n d,fr i.r.....M Irnm me oftener. 1 do f. 4f liut when the officer i i . .- i j - - in rrwra in inn rrpw. m a e ui h hem would mind or pay any attention. The i whole crew was in a mutiny ; and the ship was I so lape nnd the crew was such a mixed up f different sort of fo ks that there was ?:r"K r M I,- .; lr.,m me ofiener. 1 do g 1 Well," savs C '. V 1 1111 l-A Bit t A , "iTr' . t... u ..... -.! 'ilinni rtp;.r. 4 hands of ihU mischief- it the crew wool turn i . l a iiinni . i ni l 1 1 i i a n n l vi . - . . - - thanMwenty different mutinies all at once I mt ;ereni parts ot ine veseu ? Well," savs Captain Folk, I wash my "reports of departments. The several jDepartraentsof the Gen eral Government, have made their respec tive reports, to Congress, but were we to attempt the publication of them entire, we j should have room for nothing else, this 4. All we can hope to do, is to give a bird's-eye view of their contents. And, first, of that emanating from the TREASURY DEPARTMENT. The receipts foxthe year ending 39th : . . ... . . I i . . J L .1 I I. -. I .: I nriA I M 1 J ti Po fV need of here, lie and Mr. Uitchle pretends ijiiow ; the ship was aasneu, anu iiium ue mumeu ..v, ..... . Whale constitutional tuples about it, ana on the rocks; ncr saiisana spa s was gone r.uu. "" don t allow ot iniernai im ;s i ntf umoers pjiiuu, auu iuc uum uruj uau r iuhi x umiv aiiua think ne r , f, . j i , , . . ... u t n ashore. in1- out this roan roni nt-iu r - , , V :. I I. r. Ji.,.in.r the imnrove, ;i Then an old sailor fpuke u. and said : " Ail l ' , . 'Ui,rti that we stand so much jihel crews in the world couldn't do any Rood ter and genius, aud in tLe ond mukl uo xuLtt r sire of all our freq and popular institutions. - Resolved. That no line of jmlicy in the fur. ther prosecution of the war should be adopted, which may tend tocensequences so disastrous." savt llie cwsniuuoii nhiternentvand Mr. Kichie ny rhe rC,U. j ilon if -09 Is dead agin it too; and, besides, Mr. Uichi says these! iniernai improvements Is' a Federal doctrine, and he'd always jo am em for llmt if noihin else. But 'ts strange to tne the President hasn't never found out yet that where there's a will there's a way, constitution or no Constitution. , Al) he's pot to do is to call all these roads round bro in Mexico 44 military riads," anithen he'd have the constitution on is side, for every body knows the constitution allows him to make military roads. I know --the President it very delicate about fringing on the constitution, so 1 don't blame him so much fo'f holding back about the internal improve. 823.747,864 60 2,493.355 20 full of water. In a few rnnutes she struck, From miscellaneous sources and i he roclv3 gored a hide 'through her side, prom avails of Treasury. 100,570 51 and the water poured j in, and! down she sunk lower and lower, till aCTast she gave one mighty guggle, and plunged all Under the. water, ex cept a piece of the bowsprit that still stuck out The storm and the waves swept over hrt wtinlo rt-pvv anrl rrv; hnHv ahoartl was lost, except a few of us who scrabbled up and ; clung to the bowsprit notes and loans Total receipts uck ou. Ad( halanc(. in Treasury her, and T . . . ,Q . rf , July 1, 184G, Total means 25,679,199 45 52,025,939 82 .5,126,439 08 61,162,428 90 ffhe hard spring 1 had to make to get on to j The expenditures during Tue execugn of the orders under whicn the Squadron in the Gulf acted in the at tack ooon Vera Cruz, is highly approved ; and the warmest admiration expressed of i the conduct of officers of every grade, and the courage of the men. The proceed ings of Com. Perry in the capture of Ta- 1 friend of ours has handed us the fol- basco, Alvarado, Tnspan, Laguna, &c, j jowjng : nrp rpfprred fn in the same, terms of liber- ! 1 rnmmpmUtinn. i VVhile pa The co-operation of the Squadron in the place, (Salisbury) on Sunday evening the 19th levying of duties upon Mexican imports, j inst., ten o'clock, my attention was arrested by is satisfactorily referred to. The policy a strong, ruddy UiJht in the Northern portion of 1 wr--- I has been liberal, and juslly appreciated lbe Heavens. The first impression was, that by neutral nations. The moneys collec ted have been applied to the uses of the squadron. The trips of the Macedonian and James town, with stores for the relief of the Irish sufferers, are! referred to, and the heart felt acknowledgements of high function aries of the British government suitably noticed. The Observatory is in successful ope ration, and ah appropriation of 86,000 ask- ed for 4s support, especially with refer Messrs. Editors : i While the ' per;',' impatiently await n -of the next L-lu ) at which a rlirter r lotte Kailraad can n i casting about to rre irt'tniJ here in Mexico, tho' I dont think there's 1 way as fast as we can : tw kr hurl nf iho Coiled Statea where thev'i ihe President to Iia n little more stirring, and ma is l ui uvi ! " J ; w -" ------ w- the bowsprit waked me up : and, although I airit one. that thinks much; of dreams, I can't help thinking a good deal of Cape Horn, and i it s 1 I ft naterally leel anxious to get along gohu mai so I hope you ll urge iv other I !L. ' I J arf nrrucu uwici Dutthero's no need of split, j let us have men and money a little faster. ,'tn)g-ljairs about the mads; military roads isn't j internal improvements and he's a right to make military roads as much as be pleases. And as ttem'i jest the kind of roads we want here,,! received some letters T . i ii ; . c ?iv . kc - . ! . i . i.: 1 -shall have to bre.-ik off here fur to-day, be cause I've got to President to sen the same period Were 59,451,177.65 Leaving balance in Trea sury July 1, 1847, 81,701.251 25 The receipts to 30th June, 1848, are estimated at 842.886,545 80, viz : 831, 000,000 from Customs ; 835.000,000 from Lands ; 8400.000 from miscellaneous sour- ces ; 45 Irom l reasurv INotes using along the Main street of this ! I1- hiX. je; ; . nare so much at interested lo learn t'. .t Fayetterille editor !. discovery, that this' with evils of the mUi i t i i some house might be on fire, but a closer scru. ! pacuiariy to u,o.f , i . ... r , to the State at lar- ; tiny convinced me that it was one of those i jjjj citizens of ih.' C Electric strangers from the far North, 0at at ; cur in deprecating j . . i . i . ... v.. i.;,t.4. .r i i i uisiam iniervais aancc uuwu iu um wuiuuc vi , an ornauizea ( 35 30'. I mean the Aurora Borealis, or North ern Light. A little West of the North Star, and to an altitude of 35 degrees above the Horizon, there shot up a beautiful, diffused, rose-coloured lighf. After remaining a few minutes, it gradually j faded away into a rich yilrer glow, that remain ... to whom we more ; i. of ihe Raleigh Star ter. The former h that jf this rowd th of North Carolina. " ' anceof a strong tn v. ' arms! arxl sug"e-s very objecurrrrab!.; 5; ence tdthe compilation of a nautical Al- i eJ nfrAtter the deeper colour was discernable. constructlon cf 1 mnnc. Ihe relunuing of duties upon ins'trujments for the observatory, amoun ting to 82.279, is suggested. The Naval School. is spoken of as progressing with favorable indications. The plan of ap. pointing Midshipmen from the States, ac. a r. 1 iju iimiii was utiiu ituu i:iriir. nuu tuc uivnjii, i t .u r 11 .l . r .. " ... I...J.J 1 ume nero .1 w. yai uie ninr, ium,; snone loriu who unciouucu j.or .e ganfl i.j.: opinion, that this l.i. etlect Ihe cure it U i: write a little despatch to the ; and Loans . and the balance in Treasury, :d by the same post. I have j Ju,Y u ai 704251 25. ettes from Uncle Joshua and . rf,, . .1 4- The expenditures to the same, time are ' I . iT . r t-. . r . .i i . i.: 1 1.. ,U ,.1.1 IT. ' vauui and snau want tor nny years, uor our armies, otner reiauous . u. ,,,r.. ... ... u.u , cstimatpd 858,6i5,GG0 07,beingan ex .I'll 1... a . 1 . . L.'. 1 .1 .... I S w ft ... Cl - s . . n 1 m m f tr a a ( k v n O T i W f t II vr,u nave .o Keep marcmng . i-wumr owe , 6 J , -of 015 729.114 27.above the receints ivhirh wui rnn. vnn iniiiK npsf. mirn fin in mv w T 7 - 1 HMI J v " ' ' 7 J " - ""J ' for fifty years before they'll be abje to tame i, thesej Mexicans and turn 'cm into Americans,) it Is Confounded strange to me that the Presi dent is so behind hand about this business. . -Whai's the use of out going on and annexin i away down south here, if he dont back us up; aind Hold on to the slack T And there s no way to hold on to it but to keep these military roads dpen ;so our armies can go back and forth and bring us in victuals nijid powder and shot and thoney ' ! j Here We've been, ijveeks and weeks since vve annexed lha city of Mexico, wailing and holding on for the President to send us more' rrrerhnd more money! and taell us what to dol ; next.; i nis oacKwaruuessoi ine rresmenr since: ve got into the city ofj Mexico seems the more; .; grange to me, considering. For, when he was; ; fixiii me off to come out here and see if I couldj r fiake' a settlement with Santa Anna, I tried to persuade htm to let the armies hold still whilej I was making the liargain. I told htm he nev. If lr could bring a man toeason or to trade when jV he wrs knocking of him down all the lime. j ; ; But couldn't make him seepi to understand it He stood to it his way! was tie bestthe sword; in oijo hand and peace in lather, all the way illongj a word and a! blow, and the blow al-j ways' first. j - - "Vhy, Major Downin" ty he, " if you want! to reason a man! i'o a peace, thal's an-.! f- fjthrthing; but if you ;ivaut to conquer a peace,: l iitiy; w.iy is the only way. Thai's the way I be-j 1 gun this war, and . that's the way I mean to' , 1 . carry! it oof." i ' H I ii,,w V ays I ;.M bow did you begin thej i S war ! that way T j ) Why' a)s lN ' Slidell was the word, and Taylor was the blow ; and not only my friends, lut etcn my enemies, admit that the blow come: lusi.n I The President said that was the'rule he had gone ;by all the way along, aud he meant toi ijick Jo tt ; and not hearing any thing from him sj long, J'm afraid he' got a notion that peace i4 conquered. But that would be a bad mis. take, if ho has got such a notion ; for it isn't conquered ; it's only scattered. It's a good deal ss 'twas with Ilill Johnson, when he aiid 1 'was boy , and he undertook to conquer a hor net's licst, eipectin to get lotj of honey. He tjtok nj ctub and marched bravely up fo it and lut it an awful dig and knocked it into a thou tahd flinders, j ' ; ' .;' '' -:-t-1 1 ff There, blast ye," says Bill, " I guess you. rn done tu now," as he begun to look round for tap honey, nut lie soon found 'twas n t con despatches, jest as Gineral Scott takes the let ters of his under officers aud hitches on to his despatches. So 1 remain your old friend, MAJOR JACK DOWNING. On the 1st July, 1849, the estimated ex penditures exceed the estimated means 830,274,1055 99. i , splendor. This coincidence alone prevented the present appearance fiom being by far the i -..t.. u. i i i : j- i orimesiji oai uas nappcucvi ueir, in our uaj , jjje State " The The common name, 44 Merry Dancers, given i :.i.t. t v- cording to the representation in Congress m this Phenomenon, arises from the circum. i tieficjenl jn jju.. j operates well. stance that in those regions where it is a gen- ! . . -VArfi8;r, ' 1 rr.L- j . ; t .i . r : ! . . . i . .l .i ; IO ue severed in IH c l ne iiuues oi ine oaiiauou oi marines, ; erai aitenqani oi winter uiguis, uie colours under Lieut. Col. Watson, appointed to ! themselves are not only rich and various, but aid the column of Gen Scott, were per- I 'hey change places so rapidly, it bears the ap- pearance ol gaudy batin seen at diuerent angles. Poor Tarn O'Shanter's pleasure was compar ed to the No. 2 To James K. Polk, President of the United States, and all annexed countries. HeadqUartebs, ! Annexed United ebs, Citv of Mexico, j Slates, Oct. 25, IS 47. $ ! WAR DEPARTMENT. The Report of the Secretary of War oc cupies eight closely printed columns of the 44 Union." A brief synopsis furnishes the principal items of interest: Dear Colonel Things is getting along here . The force employed in the prosecution as well as could bo: expected, consider-in-the j Qp ,jie war js set Vfovvn at 42,536 of help'we have, but we are altogether too weak- , whjch 21,509 are regulars. This force is handed to work to profit, If you want us to , disf ri)UteT as follows! : nqrry aiong clown somn, we neeci a goou r... , Whh Mhj Gcn gcbt and heIo j ffJ nibre help aivd more money, h wo,, be ; hjs nc,uding lhe tr0ops en route, iivi usn j jjic liiui iiiiic iiiiii.--- formed with the highest honor to the corps throughout the brilliant operations in the vallev of Mexico. i m Santa Anna now. for the -people have got so out with him that heW'nt make peace if he hid six millions. He' fkulkng about the country, and ft-"1 a much as he can do to take care of himself. So 1 think; you had better give up the notion about peace altogether, it'll be tiich a hard thing to get, and send us on the three millions here to help us along in our an. nexin. It's dangerous standin still in this an nexin business. It's like the old woman's soap ; it j it dont go ahead, it goes back. It would be a great help to us in the way of holdin on to what we get, if you would carry out that plan of giving the Mexican land to settlers from the United States as fast as we annex it. I've been very impatient to see your proclamation offerin the land to settlers to comeout here You've no idea how much help it would be to us if we only had a plenty of our folks out here, so that, as fast as we killed a Mexican or drove him off frprn his farm, we couldvPtit an American right on to it. If we could only plant as we go, in thh way, we should soiil have a crop of settlers here that could hold otv to the slack themselves, jand leave the army free to go ahead and keep on annexin. I thought, when I left Washing. Ion, you was a going ;.to put out such a procla mation right away. And ! think you are put ting it off a good deal too long," for we've got I ?. I.I : I i ' c . I lauu auu larms enouzn nere now ior two nun at Tampico, at and about Vera Cruz, and on the line thence to his headquarters, the aggregate force is estimated at 32,156. With Maj. Gen. Taylor, at lhe several posts under his immediate command, it is about 6.727. In Santa Fe, and on the Or egon and Santa Fe routes, and in the In dian country, there are about 3,634. The force in the Californias is about 1019.Jincluding 200 now on the way to that country. There are no means in the department of calculating the deductions which ought to be made for sickpessj disability and oth er casualties; but the; effective force is considerably below the foregoing esti mates. The Secretary then gives a defail of the operations of the Army in Mexico pro per, after capitulation of Monterey, up to the capture of the City! of Mexico, inclu ding the several skirmishes which have taken place subsequently. In the ac count of the battle of fjuena Vista, Mr1. Marcy says : 44 To Maj. Gen. Taylor, and to the gal lant officers and brave men under his command, is justly due the eminent glory POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. The4 Union 44 gives the following ac-1 count of this document : 4,The exposition given of the working of the new law is, eminently gratifying to the friends and advocates of cheap post age. It appears that during the last fis cal year, ending on the 30th of June last, the public mails were transported over an aggregate distance of 38,887 899 miles at an expense of 82,408.848. The aggre gate extent of the routes on that day was 153,818 miles and since that day 8,239 miles ot new routes have been put in op eration. The revenues of the department during the last fiscal year, (including the amount appropriated to pay the govern ment nostag:e.)i having increased more " Borralis Race " That flits, ere you can point the place. mond in Virginia t!.r Carolina, without ru ; terart its baleful inf. Now, to a tr;t:.i: merely in its mct j .' unaware of ih. p;tv sies with which t colour from rose-red to silver bright. ! above quoted sei.ii:: Mine was not quite so evanescent. Tis true, i present the very there was some flickering, but no variation of wssible prejudice t!. affected; from ulit medium, the s.il.:.;ct r hare called fi.nl, f; public journals, t: j:linale, or sij i," seusical ns thot-j a, this question is t i think wp could cij ' . position of thee w, confess that thi; n, : son : Revolutionary Claims, Mr. Bright ; Judiciary, Mr tlTan thirteen percent Upon the revenues Ashley j Post-Ofnce, Mr. Niles ; Roads and Canals, Mr - tt t : Ti .t I . It:. ot the last nrecedinir vear. amounted to "an-e"" i rensio, .ur. , J I a nmh a Mr l a mcrnn Hntnil Mr WMfAnlt K r V I'lU IIIUIU . VU IIIVIUII i .-. - m - - CONGRESS. On the 13th inst., Asbury Dickens, vvas re. elected Clerk, receiving 40 out of 48 votes, and Rev. Mr. Slicer, Chaplain. On motion of Mr. Mangum, the following gentlemen were appointed Chairmen of the Standing Committees of the Senate, viz : ; ii . , Foreign Relations, Mr. Sevirr ; Finance. Mr. Ather- j "e " inepn,:. uie puerile conc-; .ti A year ago, North Carolina pn: struction of llmt p..,:. the State, of u r.ii't lumbia, S. Ci A! District of tyrannical tone ui 1 1 ton; Commerce . Mr. Utx ; .Manutactarea, Mr. UicMn son ; Agriculture, Mr. Siurceon ; Military Affaire, Mr. Cass ; Militia, Mr. Rusk ; Naval Affair, Mr. Fnirfield ; Public Lands, Mr. Hreese ; Private Land Claims, Mr. Yulee ; Indian Affairs, Mr. Atchinson ; Claims, Mr. Ma dred thousand at least ; and, if they would only I ims victory, oonstaering tne disparity come on fast enough I think we" could make numbers in favor of the enemy, the room for ttventy thousand a week for a year to I steady valor and firmness with which our come. f . 1 I I 1 T w ! qiiered; 'twas only scattered. And presently they begun to fly at him and sting him on all sides.! Una hit htm a dab on his arm, and an. ' other on his leg, and another in' his face. At IsM 11(11 found he should soon be done tu him Hf if ho staid there, so he cut and run. I4 IIullo " says 1, 44 Bill, ware's your honey ?" 1 1 Darn it all," saysi he; 44 if I baint got no ' honey I knocked their house to pieces ; I've .'jjjot th jit to comfort ine.' twjsh you would tiy to convince the Presi dpnt' t'hat 'tis only scattered here tis n't con. ouered, and he must give 1,9 the means to keep rnoving, or we shall get badly stung hime.by. IfhtJ jmly backs us up well, I'll pledge myself lhat vve'll carry out the, campaign marked out Ih jmjnast despatches; which would bring us clear down to Cape iiorn in four or five years; and ijn very anxious to get there, it strikes me tpat Wjoulcl be such a good horn to hold on to , ln all dilemmas, even if all the rest of the coun. try; wtjnt by the board. I drelamt Mother night TM nftd fi01 through annexin all North and SouthlAmerica ; and then 1 thought our whole count rjy was turned into a monstrous great ship of wary and Cane Horn was the bowsprit and Mr. Plk the captain. And the captain was Ayalkihg the deck with his mouth shet, and ev- ry . bmJy was looking at him and wondering xyhat jn was goin to do next. 'fAt last he sung ' out, 4iPut her alout ; we'll sail across now and take Europe and Asha and Africa in tow dont atop fyr bird'f.egging round umong the West I Jalslnnds ; we csn pick them up as IMlck .nloOL' .ernud all anil nmv nm , have it." !:A,J.7 But I'm afraid you're too delicate about doing your dutv in this business: you ate such a stickler for the constitution. I'm afraid you're Availing for Congress to meet so as to let them Mve a finger in the pie. But I would'nt do it : iffyou do, Pm afraid you'll wish your cake was drugh again. From all I Can hear from home things is looking rather .squally there. Our party seems to be falling off;, in New York State they are all faded away into Barnburners ;and Hunkers, and it looks ail over the country has; if the Whigs was coming into power; and if jthey should it would-be at e rr 1 ble ca I a m i t y, ffoj- they are too narrow-minded and too much ; behind the age to understand the rights of this annexin business, and! it's-ten chances to one troops, often in small detachments, with stood and repelled ithe Repeated assaults of. superior forces, and the many deeds of noble daring displayed amid the changing scenes of this perilous Conflict, the battle of Buena Vista will wejl sustain a com parison with any ot the! brilliant achieve ments of this war, which have given such wide-spread renown to pur arms. In speaking of the battle of Ccrro Gor do, the report says: j 44 The Commanding General merits high i commendation for the rhasterly arrange ! ments of the attack on Cerro Gordo ; and $3,945,693. The expenditures for the same 'time were S3.997.570 being only 35,677 more than the revenues. The estimate of revenues and expenditures of the department for the present fiscal year shows the considerable exesss of means over expenditures of $213,951. 4 Two of the principal points to which the report invokes the attention of Con gress are, the law fixing the rates of pay ment for the various grades of transpor tation, and the existing position and pow ers of the department in respect to foreign and international postal arrangements. The necessity of further legislation upon both these subjects, in view ol existing trenchnient, Mr. Turney ; Territories, Mr. Douglass; Public Buildings, Mr. Hunter ; Contincent Eipensea, Mr. helch: Prmtin. Mr. Bradley; Lncrosjed liiUs, ot irgiuia grun. J Richmond to Datu ; roads were t! a in ference to the tr:U- Mr. Downs ; Library, Mr. Pearce ; Enrolled Bills, Mr. j the portions U( ! would pass, in t!i . the ether to Colin.' kets. For tbes'-; j believed by tJ.o-j' ! opinion upon the u! roads would be pr?' ' er ibis were o uV 1, regions of country v would be benefttnl ' definite extent, jv n which before the ' ! market, now beiu; ; Rusk. In the Hou3e of Representatives, the fallowing Chair men were announced by ihe Speaker, viz : On Ways and Means, Mr. Vinton, of Ohio ; Foreign Affairs, Mr. Truman Smith, of Conn. ; Military Affairs, Mr. Bolts, of Va.; Manufactures, Mr. Stewart, of Penn. ; Post Office, &.C., Mr. Gopgin. of Va. ; Judiciary, Mr. Inger soll, of Penw. ; Public Expenditures, Mr. Clinsrman.of N. C. ; Naval Affiirs. Mr. T. BuiW King, of Geo. ; Expenditures of State Department, Mr. Barnnger, of N. Carolina. The above are the most important Committees. We observe that of the members from this State, besides ter of Rleniona. and the Committee on Expenditures off facts, is demonstrated in the. report with the Navy Department ; Mr. McKay, on Ways and SO much force and ability, that Congress Mean?; Mr. Daniel, on Claims; Mr. Barnnger, on In dian Affairs; Mr. Outlaw, on Revolutionary Claims; will doubtless give their favorable atten tion to '.U suggestions. ' THE CAROLINA WATCHMAN. Mr. Donnell, on Revolutiouary Pensions and Expendi tures of the Treasury Department ; anJ, Mr. Shepherd, on Agriculture. not less credit is due tb the officers and if they dont contrive some day to put a stop men by whom they were carried intocom- tofit. -. : , ; plete effect. ' j i ve got a gorKi deal more than I want to say, And in the account 'of tho battles of and some aovice I should liko to give you, but j Contreras and Churubusco, he says : 1 ha be obligedto leave it till my next de. A summary and more than a sum spatch. I need nf stop to tell you about Gin. ! n . n. 1 . ; Li o . 1 ; t l i, - . ""j cuuiu nut 11 u a itiace in ims com , frhl SJr.nl I in thi. pallid I crmn hnMt . r..- J. I E:; u.:ir " n :T:n:T:K:: munication-would utterly fail to exhibit 1 we come crowd all sail now and let her we 1 Went ; I never see 11 ahin nil f!if- r. J he wind beSun to blow hirder and hard. r, and. then it Come on an awful tnrm. nnrt at , itoioweu a periect harrycane. The sails legurj to go to Hitlers, and she rolled as if she was hing to upset. Some of the oldest and best iailors among the crew told the captain we shoul! P lo destnictioti if he did n't take in sail, aind furl and clew up, and get things tiht and Ijrjng her head round to the wind. Mr lliehie was standing by his side, and says he :f Certain Polk, them i all nothing but Federal wes, as I re shown hundreds ot times, not only .i t ir 1 . . . J ! vi me union, ihii years and years' ago in the Enqujrer. Them fellers only want to give aid hftnself. But I must tell v day to see Gineral Cusbing, and found him aw. fully tickled about being nominated for Gover nor of the Old Bay State. At first he wasK good deal amazed, at ; he f was as much sur prised as you was Colonel when you first heard you was nominated for President. What a mazed him so much was that he'd always been thinking all along that he was a Whig till the nomination come, and then? ho jumped up and snapped his fingers, and said he believed, after all, lhe Democrats was the right party. He's ill great spy-its, and says hes 110 doubt he shall be elected. He goes for annexin now the hot. test of any of us, and says he takes the great Alexander Tor his model, and iroes for annexin as long as there is any country left to annex. His ankle is quite well, and Gineral Pillow's foot is a good deal better. j I have the honor to be your private embas sador and faithful friend, from filty.four forty on oiie side d6wn to Cape Horn on "toiher j ; -MA JO It JACK DOWNING. Following Official example, we defer the letters from Major Jack's relations, which he speaks of, to some time when we have more room for them than we can spare to-day Ed itors Nat. Ixt.1 in their true light these brilliant onera tions and the unsurpassed merit of those who directed and excepted them ; but, fortunately for the membry of those who fell, and lor the fame of those who sur vive, this is most ably done in the desj patches which accompany this report. The capture, of the City of Mexico is declared to be a memorable action -and the subsequent defence of the garrison at Puebla by Col. Childs, and the battle -of Huamantla are spoken of in terms of high and deserved praise. ind cpmfortto the enemy ; dont pay any atten ion i W" Here's the chart, (he held up in t jtsn - lh re,,,,u,ions f '!.) ail by this, nd HI ruk heron any tack and in all weathers." . wenf- lic"ily the harrycane lowed harder, the timber, begun to creak, the 4 ails ipUl to tihUns, som of ihe spars beun lo snap and igo by the Uard. and lhen .if.i 4nc tbtre Was a terrible cry, - breakers a- 1 hd !! TV Captain then jumped as if he I NAVY DEPARTMENT. This Report, owing toi tho limited op portunity for active service for this arm of our National delence.tpresents but lit tle of interest, j An unsuccessfol attempt to open friend ly intercourse with the JfPnese by the visits of the Columbus aiid Vincennes, in July, 1810, is reported ; to the most friend ly overtures that were maide.the unchange able reply was-4" Go away, and do not come back any more." j The proceedings of th0 Squadron, and i the changes that have been made there i in on the Pacitiic coast, re noticed ; and the measures adopted and carried intn Salisbury, IV. C. THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 23, 1847. ACQUISITION OF TERRITORY. The following resolutions have been in troduced in the United States Senate on the subject of acquiring Territory, by Messrs. Dickinson and Calhoun. They are diametrically opposed to each other ; and are likely to become the absorbing questions of debate during the present session of Congress. The country will look on with the greatest possible interest. It will be seen that Mr. Dickinson propo ses to .annex Territory free of any condi tions respecting the slavery question, leav ing that to be adjused by the people of said Territory when it is formed into Spates. While Mr. Calhoun goes altoge ther against the acquisition of any foreign Territorv.- This, in our humble judgment, I is the surest way to prevent a repetition of the scenes which were enactedjn the Halls of Congress in the year 1820, when Missouri applied for admission into the Union. All know that bur glorious fabric 1 . - . 1 1 ... . . . . came very near, at that lime, being sha-1 The Whigs of Philadelphia met in im- ken to pieces. Let QS, by the past, take ! mense numbers, on the Glh, and adopted warning for tho future. ! a nearly anu lull response to the "sound patriotic and considerative principles Fayetteville, says the Carolinian, is be- j coming a manufacturing town. A new Cotton Mill has just been put into opera tion under the superintendence ofx JMr. Baldwin, which has cost 830,000, and an other; is to be erected in the course of the spring, and also an iron foundery. This will make ten manufacturing establish ments, on a large scale, in and near the town. . The firmer? or 1! entered upon j he 1 . riry varying In li they felt for its sl-cr proximity to it lor;.! i particularly if j i history we are tiuhr ftcts in relation i i( ilar. As soon as had been obtai 1111 of either wasj dt . had not failed to rtc the intermediate c l . from-Danville to I ! called for, thai it wj? than any enterpri!- erto been attempts ! It presented th rail. road pursuing I'm almost the exact lit , of tho country had : a - r ' 1 . ,1TL. r f a market, fn.rn; 1 Received. 1 he American Whig He-1 wardj Rjcurnohd.i ., view for the month of December, with a south of it, toward, (.' beautiful portrait of the Hon. John M. county :he product n I would be divided, i Uotts' . i heads to Ricl.m m 1 , . 1 . rp, . j factured foim, fin f -i : Snow fell m Wilmington, on Thursday Liin, :,.,;.. of last week to the depth of two inches. We suppose even the oldest inhabitant was surprised. South Carolina Electoral College. The Bill which has been before the Legisla ture of South Carolina for some days, giv- Mr Dickinson submitted the following reso- I 44 Ready Wisdom: Beinrr .1 Collect! , of the Moral, Intelligent and Refined Sav ings of Wise Men in all Ages, in Prose nnd Poetry. Collected and arranged by I execution lor the suppression of the insur Tv h L. Perkins." Such is the title of; rection of Rio San Gabriel, with deservec r"iosea worK ol pages, to be pub lished in Raliegh, on subscription, at 81 per copy. We have hastily examined the manuscript, and have no hesitation in re commending the work to all who are fond of ihe sententious or, derive advantage f;om aphoristic wisdom. It is collection of - gems of thought." We are requested to say that Mr, C.- PetersihV commendation of the gallantry and per- j be best promoted, the true spirit and men severance of th sailors ennged in the of the constitution be observed, and theco atlair. They have says i he report, ser ved in the most crecjitabje manner as in fa ntry, art i 1 1 e ry a nd d ra goons." Tranquility is reported in Upper, and Lower California ;and the confident be lief entertained that Commodore Shubrick has before this time j capjurcd Mazatlan, can Bias anu AcMpuico. ! lutions : . Resolved, That true policy requires lhe Government of the United States to strengthen its political and commercial relations upon this continent, by the annexation of such contiguous territory as may conduce to that end, and can be justly o'taitied and that neither in such ac quisition, nor iu the territorial organization thereof, can any conditions be constitution ally imposed.-or institutions provided for, or es- rapidly, tablished, inconsistent with lhe rights of the ; people thereof to form a free, sovereign State; with the powers and privileges of the criginal "7 members of the Confederacy. Resolved, That in organizing a territorial government, for territory belonging to the Uni ted States, the principles of self-government. upon which our federatjve system rest, will ining the con fed. acy strengthened, by leaving all questions con cerning the domestic policy therein, to the Leg islatures chosen by the people thereof. Mr. Calhoun offered the following resolutions: ; Resohcd, That to conquer and hokl Mixi. co, either as a province or by incorj-oraimg it into the Union,, is inconsistent with the avowed i objects of the war; in conflict with its charac- spirits, the grain at ! market was south. I while thesej rc.xU reference lo jlic ac count ry, they bappt 1 the most coiirrnirr.t of Northern and h ,' 1 V f t 1 1 nik r arirr-ir-v-Ys - tl'rhllf1 a T (a V I I T ing to the people of that State the clec- (he wa . bi;t,M i;! tion of Presidential Electors, has been straight line he draw 1 defeated. , j er Georgia or' Souib' ( ' from this vouM l e ', ' 1 ..... practicable rout. . ftraight, level fi.Igs i bury lo nearDa.'n s famous natural ro ir!. i lay down the rai.V j r . wonder that rur r expounded and recommended by lhe C U T?l r f- PI,,. ; . opecuu oiivi wC3UIUUUU- ui iUi say n k nitir n nn I ' . Lexington. as by; magic, ayake u t ' ' I industry of thi?, the ' Alamance. The new novel of this I hose stock would 1 ; !. . . I the lust day it ihou, j f Dy a iorth Uarolinian, is out, anu j (hi . ,hou!i, jti L name we learn from the Register and Greens boro' Patriot that the book is selling very OUR RAIL ROAD. Thomas Miller, Esq. of Granville, has been appointed by the Commissioners. President of the Raleigh and Gaston Road rice Wesley Hoilister, Esq. resigned lo j pens 10 occupy 'ihe take effect from January 1, 1849. Ral. j merchants find iic possible delay ? . But now for ll ? f There is Raleigh, 0 sterile and secln'I-1 ; broad surface of tl.v ibat she shall be to ? what Pari is to Fr t good citizens thercff. and energies lo ,! - ' rA n event a: Register. Virginia. The Legislature of this State j assembled on Monday, the Cth instant. Edward P. Scott, (Loco Foco.) was re elected Speaker of the Senate, whilst Jarnes F. Strotber (Whig). received every vote bat two, for Speaker or tne noose. sent, (forlbat flats ar . . . . . f t 1 C.r l'' IVI IVIIIE I H ""I ' Tiue, wnu in iw " ing frnm time ioti'" small change, for dr. n enabled lo gather Irt : fortable subsistence t Athnrise affird, a:. lo receive tacs-r
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