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v . V .4'. , . . . IMMESSs 1 1 Whole A"o 1 1 0 Tarborou z'h Edgecombe County , j e. Saturday, Wag i, 1847. - ' - - . - j. ..... .UUJ. TWj W WW Wl. - II. """"a . --- .. ... xi i. i. - - ' j The Tarborongrh Press,? Br Geoboe Howard. Jk Is published weekly Tmb &.lar Pr Jar if paid in advance or, w vJf Ortfc at the expiration of the subscription year. Subscribers are at liberty to discontinue at any time on gmr? notice thereof and paying arrears. Advertisements not exceeding a squarewill he inserted at One Dollar the rtrst insertion and 25 centstfor ererjr continuance. Longer advertise ments at that rate per square. Court Orders and Judicial Advertisements 25 per cent, higher. Ad vertisements must bemarked the numberof inser- ions reqa'red or lhev be contnaed unliI otherwise directed, and charged accordingly. Letters addressed to the Kditor must be post paid, "or they may not be attended to. Si ' From the Warrenton Reporter. TO THE PEOPLE Of the Sixth Congressional District, In the "Tarboro' Press" of the 27th of March, i an article over the Signature of "a Democratic voter,' addressed to "Mes srs. M TV Hawkins, A. If Arrington, and Dr. Pritchard," the object of which is ex pressed in the following words, vi: "It is possible, nay it is probable, that the elec tion of the next President of the United States will devolve on the next House of Representatives. Now, I enquire of each of you, for whom you will vole, if a mem ber? for example will you vote for the nomirieeofthe Democratic National Con vention?" I snail endeavor to be as explicit in my answer as the character of the enquiry will admit! Should the people of the District do meithe honor of choosing me to serve them in the next Congress I must feel my self inj honor bound to represent them, and shall to the best of my ability Carry out tJieir wishes and promote their inter ests; blit I cannot promist to vote for the nominee of any "convention" wheth , er it hold its sittings in Baltimore or else where, until I know who that "nominee" is., it upon all great and important ques tions qe is true to what I believe to be the best interests of the country -if he is "hon est, capable, and faithful to the constitu tion;" if he advocates the fair arid equal participation , of all sections of the Union in all its burdens and benefits: then-op-posed as I am to caucus nominations, arid to me naoit wnicn is growing upon our people of making all thingsthe tOelfdre", honorand happiness of the Count subservient to the selfish VleWS of party Politicians I should Hdt hesitate to cast my vote for hfrrt. If, on thecontrary, the nomiripe of the Baltimore Convention should be a mere politician . ready Dal ghettyjlike, to adopt any opinions that may be suited to the section fdf which they ae designed: "a northern man" in all his ac tions a Southern man" in words only; yielding to the one section eatery thing that ipterest or fanaticism may clatmA whilst! from the other he withholds that equality of ights which the constitution guarantees, I should feel that to east my vote for him Would be a gross dereliction of duty, for which I would deserve the re probation of every patriotic and virtuous citizen. . I will avail myself of this opportunity, as I shall of every other that may present itself, tp urge upon my fellow citizens the vast importance of looking well to the ac tion of mere party politicians whatever their professions of investigating for themselves the great questions of the day, and avoiding by all means any premature pledges to sustain the nominee of any cdu ens. .It is a system of party management unknown to the constitution and unrecog nised b the fathers of our political faith It is the most efficient means whereby the interested and often unprincipled leaders of a party succeed in directing public opin ion to the accomplishment of their , own selfish purposes. It proscribes the great and the good to make way for the availa ble. It ostracises the Statesman to ele vate the Partisans and he who will be most liberal in promises of; rewards, or is most likely to be the naete- instrument of faction the mere toot of party, will in most instances be chosen to carry out its purposes. MC Macon once said that "he would as . U r-i 1 1 H- 1 " ' . back as participating in a Political Cau f-.l:ii :-. J. . i . iiinoi go-as. tar as he did, but I will ex prelss the belief that if the glorious institu tiojis which our fathers bequeathed us are ev,jr to be overthrown; if this confedera tion of Sovereign States is ever to be rent asunder and the fair fabric of our Temple of Liberty reduced rubbish and ashes, the! line of policy which produces the evil will have its origin in and receive the san 3tion of a "Party caucus;'" and the man wh j shall be the most efficient architect of all his run will be a "caucus nominee." Ev ;n now we can look forward to a "na-1 tioi al convention" ' as likely to produce' notiirig but evil. The whole political weight of the north is against us upon a question of deeper interest to us than all others combined. The leaders of both par ies, Democratic and Whig are engaged desperate struggle to win the support in a oft tie abolition fanatics, and as the north can out vote us there is almost a certainty, the same influence which carried the mot Proviso twice through the House that Wi of Representatives will be brought to bear aga nst us in the Baltimore Convention, and a candidate, for the Presidency be for ced upon us who is willing to break down all he compromises of tire constitution to secure the votes of that band of wretched madmen who have vowed that abolition shall be accomplished by the physical force of the enslaved, if it cannot be effected by lhe Lorjl power of the free." Thajt many of the northern party lead ers look to a convention as the means of du ping the South and accomplishing their own selfish purposes, is as clear as the sun at noonday. How else-shall We account for their bitteryUndy'ing hatred to the "un wavering chambitoaof his country Vcause?" How else explain the systematic effort of all their drilled forces, with the "Lieuten ant General" at their head, to forestall public opinion, and by bne Universal tor rent of malignant calutriny land falsehood, Induce the people of the South tb strike dOv ri their owh most able and efficient lea der ere the great battle begins? All this is part arid parcel of that system of party tact icSj which having its origin in corrup tion, seaks to pefpetUate itSfelf by fraud, and is ready to disfranchise a whole sec tion of our great confederacy and dissolve the Onion itseli td pronidte. its own Unhal lowed ens- Look to it in timej men of the South! It will be tdb late wheri the fetters are riveted updrt your limbs! The least we can do with a proper re- iard for our own interests and honor is to rtfrHlUft in zAannt riiir firm and iindltera-' i w wa mmm - ---- i ble determinatidn to SUppdrt ho man as a the officers and soldiers who marched with Cane idite for th &o Grande, to Monterey offic?, who will ndt fedrlessiy sind4 freely and compelled that place td surrender af pledlgeihimself to sustain the South in her ter much hard fighting, as they fully mer just land rightful claim to a fair and equal Jited the handSdme encomiUms you have partiClpatidn in all trie bcrlejiis, as -she thought proper td bestow on them. For beat4 mofC thkn hef proportion of the ! this you have my sincere thanks. proportion burdens, of our common government. For carft m Awn Mrt. mv tnteiiha nctef Me m r I for any riiart whofavorsdr even earcw-'gard He Odious &uniust proposition known seSt AS Ine WlimOt JjOVlSU, WIIICII gUCO IU suujvv ui ,viri.iwi j wiiii,uuU degrade and disfranrihise the wridle Sdutrr, j left rid feeling like distrust or unkindness denying to tttlr Citizens art-eqtial right , towards each other in their breasts. The witi the people of the North to the terri- letter then goes on tory which may fiefeaftef be accjuired by I was aware of the report as well as state our government. Sanction this by vo- ments in a few of the public journals, fhat ting foi: its advocates or in any other way it was intended by certain individuals to and with ouifown hands We set the seal bring Gen. Sutler forward as the success- 10 o ir own degradation and become, as we or to Mr. Polk, which gave me no cdn ,fn. 4rt fo U,t tli "hwrft nf cern. and would not even had it heen the Blldlli UCOCi lb .v uva wuv w . . w . - Wooll and drawers of water" for the politi-1 cians of the north. Sanction this and the bJood'of the lira ve Southrons which now enriches the soil of Mexico will cry aloud from the earth and call down corses on us as recreant sons of noWe srres. Sanction this, and deep will be our degradation so secu relthe fetters that bind us at the. feet of oi r northern lords that nothi ng less than siich , a convulsion as will rend the pilla -s of this magnificent Union and scat- ter to the winds ol Heaven us aijuitcu fragments, will ever restore us j to our rightful position in the eyes of the world, inetioa this. and. the children of the sunny South wrFribecWme in our land in little mAtA Wn Ktf A Mntnrv from the birtH of our government, the same tram pled Waves,- the same vile, degraded sub jects lot northern tyranny tw yc4u"" ed thoosand years .of vioTeriee andT blood shed to make the people of Rome : Sanc tion this, and $a Despotism is upon us tbaa that ofthe sword a Despotism n worse w uiiu uuiiir iiuit . wnn n w main iin own defence, I do entertain a hope that the wise, the virtuous and the patriots ic will sustain the principles I advocate if they will not sustain me. My appeal is to that portion of my fellow citizens who are more of patrjots than partisans o the people rather than to their self constituted leadersand if I can but awaken those who have no purposes to subserve but the public good to the immensity of the inter ests, to this and all future generations, which are staked upon the issue of the con test shortly to commence, I shall be con tent whatever their decision as it respects myself Going intd the Canvass under the motto "A union of the South for the sake of the South," I feel myself equal to either for tune.and whether triumph or defeat await me, I shall bow with entire submission to the People's will. Respectfully yoUr feliow-citizert. fc. C. PRITCHAltD. Prom the N. Orleans Picayune. LETTErVFROM GEN. TAYLOR W e have been placed in possession of a private letter, addressed to Gen. E. G, W. jButler of the parish of Iberville, by ; uen. i ayior, wnicn win De read witn tne . T 1 tI 'Ill i '. greatest avidity. Whatever relates to ,the battle of Buena Vista, of an authenticehar- acter, must possess an absorbing interest. Headquarters at j9ugd Nuevd. j Army of Occupation, Mexico March 4, 1847. My l)ear General Your very accept able and interesting letter of the 15th No vember last reached medn the 24th of De cember, while on the march frdrri Monte rey td Tampico; but the nature of my du ties since then (being most of the time In the saddle,) in addition td tither matters, has prevented me from replying to it Until the present moment. Be assured my dear sir, t haVe not since then ldst Sight of it or ydUrself; and I feel highly gratified for the flattering mdririer in which vou have noticed the conduct df t. , The general then alludes to the rrilsr'e- ' 1 Irl . W - ' Dieseniauons wnicn naa oeen maae m re- to Major Gen. Sutler at Monterey. j Those misrepresentations had been the ' case, which 1 did ndt credit and which had j been forgotten. I doubt if the subject j would haVd again crossed my mind had it not been brought to my notice by you or some one else. I have never heard hfm or any of his friends allude to this matter. He (the general,) in consequence of his wound not healing, which" gave him so much pain as to render him Unfit for duty, left a short time since by advice of bis medical attendant for New Orleans, where I hopejie has arrived in safety and where I truly hope he will very soon recover so as to be able to take the field once more. I may observe that I have been also named as a candidate for that high office by a few newspaper editors and others, which has been done without my knowl edge, wishes or consent. ) , This I have assured all who have writ ten me on the subject; assorfng them I had no aspirations for that or any other civil office; that my whole energies, men- ftai and physical, were and had been jab- ,, ri - men, wwii act shall become its slaves! No man of ordinary capacity will sup - pose that I express these views with the hope of advancing my own interests or popularity: all know that it is much easier to swim with,than to breast, the current but, believing as I Jo that the time hasar- rived for-the people of the whole South without regard to party, to unite for the preservation of the constitution and their mi iai u. .k. 1 vufoicu iu uimg mis war 10 a speeay ann j honorable close, believing It was. for the : interest of both countries the sooner It was done the better at any fate so far as ours was concerned; and that President ma j king should be lost sight of until this was accomplished. - Here follows a brief statement of events j from the time of Gen. ScotiV arrival at ! the Brazos till Gen. Taylor returned from Victoria to Monterev. 'The lettei thn proceeds: - I retraced my steps to Monterey, where I arrived towards the latter part of the month January, and where t expected to remain some time to recruit myself and horsesj but a few days after my arrival I received information from the command in my front at Saltillo (65 miles in the di rection of San Luis Polosi iVdm Monte rey), that the Commandbetween 4000 and 000 strdng -under GenM Wool had become very much alarmed in conse quence of about 100 picked men and hor ses belonging to the Kentucky and Ark ansas regiments of mounted men, who were Sent out towards San Liiis to ' gain intelligence respecting the enemy and to watch their movements, having been ta ken, after being surrounded In the night and all made prisoners by a lafge force of Cavalry about 50 miles in advance of Sal tilld. So said dne of the party who suc ceeded in making his escape the net night and getting back to Saltillo; also that the MekiCaii army wis advancing in greit numbers towards Baltilld. fhese reports induced me to join my advance immediately; Leaving Mdriterey On the 31st January, I reached Saltillo on the morfning of the 2d ehrUAr.y with a Small reiriforcemeiitj Which increased my force to 000, when t lost no time irt mdVing forward and establishing a camp at this place, about 20 miles in advance df Saltillo on the San Luis road, for the pUrpoSe of of attack and defence afte dUtle;a as . carrying on a system Of IrtStfUCtiOn, as j turned, by: both sides. These extended 1 well as to Watch th i rHdVemept df the en-falon and near; the base Of , the mountain emj, and Where ekpeCfed td right him for about two miles, and the struggle tot should he attempt td move dti Saltillo. them may be very apprdpriately : cdmpaK Here I remained Until the 2 tat examining ed to a game of chess, f Night put a ,Stojv the several pasSeS thrdUgh the mountains td the cdntest, and, strange td7sdyi jddth at which time I ascertained that Gert. armies. dCCUpied the same pdslUqrtS they Santa Anna Was Advancing arid near at did ill the morriirig before the battle com-. hari'ij With an dverWhelmirrg force. "Not menced. Our; artillery didrore than, exactly liking rttjr position, having ascef- Wonders. We lay dn dUr; aritts all -pightf talried that he cduld gain my rear by two as we had-done the tivri i previous onei, roads dri my right arid one on my lefu and without fires, there being rid wood to be not deeming it prUdent to divide my for had, and the merCUry beldw the free2ing ceS, and having apprehensions abdUt my pdint, ready and expecting to renew lh: Supplies Which were in Saltillo, Meer- Contest the next morning; but we found att riiined at once to fall back towards that dayljght the enemy had retreated . during place about twelve miles, and occupy a the night, leaving, his killed; drtdmany oi! strong position between two spars of a his. wounded for us to bury: and ake care mountain with a narrdw valley Between of scarifying off every thing else, and taj them, whereat One" pdint the road is sd king Up a position at this place. We. .did narrow as U permit the passage of only not think it advisable to pursueVnOt tiioW one Vagdn at a time, With deep gullies ing whether he would renew" the attack running up to the mountains, Washed by Continue his retreat, or wished to draw us the rlins sd aS trj prevent horses or Carria- Cfdni our strong position; but contented ges from passing them without great dlffi- dursel vEs with Watching his moVemeftt cUltyL' Said position had been closely ex- Cldselyf Finding, on the 26th, he jadjre- amined by the toDdgradh the toDdsraphiCal engineers tin- der theeye of den. Wool before myrrl- val, who deemed it admirably adapted Id resist a large With a small torce, a well as ' adapted td the description of force which domnosed dUr afmV. We therefore fell back and occupied 'it on the everting of the ot. i rfH.I Ht inia mi) tUm. n0.r w lOli ; dllU CI I Uliu i.jau ' tliv vWa T trfeparations forgiving battle. The next day the enemy made his ap perance early in the day, after' fecorinoiter- ing our positron for some time, 2 o'clock, P. M., 1 received, by a ff officer, with a flag, a communication frmri Gen. Santa Anna) redtuirinc ,'mtf to stlrfendet at diS1- -j 1 j cretionf stating that in the event of mf doing: So we should be well treated; that he had Surrounded me with more than 20,000 men; that resistance Was out of the question and, if 1 attempted it, my cow mand. would be put to rout and most be destroyed. In reply, I stated I crotild ftot comply with his demand, and he "Was at liberty to commence operations whenever he was inclined to do so. Soon after this, the action was commenced with his skir mishers on oof left, which was promptly met by oars, and continued without Inter mission on the side of the moimtafo until dark. " : - ! In' the morning at sonnse he renewed ' the contest with an overwhelm intf force with artillery, infantry andf i dragoon; whichjlasted with very slight mtermisl sionsntii dark A portion ol ffov timc the contest was much' the. severest I h avd evef witnessed particularly towards , thdr the latter part of the dav, When he. (Santa ? Anna) brought up his reserve, and in spits, of every effort Oh our part, after the great i est exerjtidns I have ever witnessed on both sides, drove Us by an immense superiority of numbers for some distance. He had at . least five to one against Us. , Fortu nately, at the most critical moment, two ; pieces of artillery which I had ordered up, to support that part df our line met our ei-H hausted men retreating, , when they wero brought into battery and opened on the en , emy, then within fifty yards in hot pur suit, . With Canister, and grape, which brought him to a halt and soon Compelled, him to fall back. In this tremendous. eon test we lost three pieces of artillery nearly, all the men and hdrseS having been killed or. Crippled, Which put it out of our power; to bring them off; nor did I deem it advisahb to attempt. to regain thein . : The enemy made his: principal ' efforts against our naUkS. He ' was repulsed in every attempt on our right, but suCcee ded early in the day In gaining our left irt ; consequence of the giving way of the r VoU., Unteer regiments yvhich could not be rallied with but few exceptions, the greateif, por ' tion Retiring about a mile to a large ranchd : or fahm house, where our Wagons It a por-j tion of our stores were left TbeSej Were , soon after attacked by the enemy 's caval- ,. ry, whd were repulsed with some joss. t For several hours the fate . of the day . Was extremely doubtful, so much sd that Was Urged by some of the most ejeperjen . ced officers to fall back and take up a neV. position. This I knewjt would neef dq j to attempt With vdlUnUers, and(.at OnCO declined it. - The. scene now became fono of the deepest IntereSL Between the sey eral deep raVines there Were portions of level land from one to .fdUr hundred yards in etentj which became alternately points , newed his retreat, early in the morning oi the SSfth the armf was put jn motion for this plaCe, where j he arrived about 3 Of clock, P M. their rear guard Corisisting y of Cavalry, leaving as our advance got irt sight. I at once determined ori harrassing his rear; but On examining the State of the mfiri ajud horses. I found thdi five davs arid ' " . nights mafchinrf, Incessant Watching arid sixteen hours' hard fighlf rig, ; had so en h dusted the first arid broken-down the fat ter, it was next to impossible to accomp lish any thing withodt rest, v We remain ed quiet here. Until the flfd inst, yvhep .1 pushed at cont martd oil the Sn Xuis; "road to a lafge plantation. called Incarnacroi?, where we found between two , and three hundred "wotindedj fri the fostrivch condition, besides triosethey CaVVle wif ft them and left here and on jhe field. ' Here we took about ten prfisoners, the. main1 part oi the army, naving pToeeeoeq on. in inu direction of $ao Lais in a very disown zedcorfdftioTT ' r - Oo the 3Sd the ' ermy threw in our rear, through the passes of the mountains, 2000 cavalry, and early in the mbrnirifj of the nnf fjrtr. fhf5 23d. made demonstra tion agamst Saltillo i apd roughdti th& day. They succeeded at cme trroe Jn cti- ting off the comroowrcatiop , between city and battle gromwT and!inakf og ifsrc'r-, al :pnsdffers, fcot were drrven yfbyrt$p officer commanding in. the city s?ith trro. pieces of ajtiUcycpercd:by abcvt7 -I
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