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enaracier, and go promise as an naval officer. The commander of the Somers. Lieut. Commandant Sem mes. andhis survivingj 2EddeTriand nariiwere taken ino'the dif ferent ships at 'be Sacrificios afiehoruge, and treated with much kindness until this tiorning. when ""ey were sent down to us - ,th-tbo. first-intimation of-the-dreadful accidedi. The John Adams. without a pildt, ran through the reefs in the heaviest of the gale which carried the Solvers down, and succeeded, at the most irdatinent hazard of -destruction, in reaching tii anchdrage at San Atton Lizardo. A merchant brig G1~ascagfeIin t'te same manrier. The Adatis takes the Somers' place to morrow inorning-fillingup the breach ! The Cumberland frigate,~under the command of Capt. Gregory, and unoffi Ceed and inanned with the crew of the Raritan, sailed for. Norfolk via Hatada 1o'the 6th iit. The Mississippi, bearing the red ag of cormodore Perry; the -Raritan. Capt. Vorest, the John Adams; the Relief; the Vize. the PerritaQ-ate 'Champion.) two orthreegun boats, and four or five mer chant vessels, lie:at San Anton. Co-nrodoreConnor is expected' every hour with the Princeton, Spitfire, and their seuiahl vessels from Tampico; and the Al bjtnyatad Boston from the North; and we confidently expect, upo- their arrival to iake ar timMediate commencement upon Alvarado.'"Some of the patriotic citizens ofilat place have thrown out polite in timations of their readiness to recommence the exchange of their copper for our iron, fnd Com. Connor is-.'dot the man to de cline a traffic furnishing such returns. I presume you h'aeoi.yer heard of the'attempt'of Mr. Rogers one of"there cent cutting' out party. to set fire to a buil ding-used as a-magazine noor the towan. His life was probably saved by not sue ceeding. Himself and one of his bout's -crew were made' prisoners, and it is said to have been sent to Perote-reason not statEd. That is all I knrsw of it. * My'news frot the intbrior is all sEond handed. and you can gather such from the newspapers which deal in that article. As a faithful chronieer I record only well cet tifled facts. The rumot that the Cdngress till not convene, for the want of ioney dmongst tbe members ta defray their trav dling expe'se, is rot worth much, I take jt,.ondf only, notice it here, because so tkucli harped upon. ''regret 'to see some of the New Orleans pters so anxious to do justice to Com. C'onnor, as to overrate the credit of Com. Perry. -1 presume the latter officer will correct, or lias corrected, some of the mis statements to.. hich. I allude. He is a gallant, just and warm hearted officer, and will not suffer no man to force upon him the credit due another, and no real friend of his will ever attempt an ope.aiion of that kind. Very respectfully, yourn, INDICATOR. List of the Officers and Men Lost. HIenryA. Cletn*o, Acting Mister ;'Joba R. Hynson. Passed Midshipm . Wim. G. Brazier. -Ebeneze 'Terrell, harles H. " Havea, JamR an. Jamesu.Thompson, . C Arms^* r(m YT'g W~m. -- g, s et~itlrvel,'MajortCain,.s'=Deus nis IKelly, Alexander Anker. Charles Me Farland, James Fennel, Charles True, John D;,Wni. Pu'dy.'Edw ard a cCor. mick, .Wm. Einaley, 'Win.. Quest, John' Hargrave, W.. McCi ;rily.'Jta i Ctristo pther Myers, Clemnnt C Willen, Thom'as McGowan. JOs,-p2 Antohiq, Ada h ee -monte. ManuelHo r'; m. .P - era, Henry WV. Sptear. James Chapman, Lewis Jacks~on. 'igouttus Le opold, Thos. .Jefferso, Wmn. H-. Rosee, Peter Herman 'dez, ~ ier Lis ofO~iersand M4en Saved.-R. Se'mmes, Liegt.''omjfnanding, M. Gi. t. Clainorne, Jno. L. Parker, Lieuts; John -F. steele, Purter;-lJo H:;.Wright, Passed Aseistant Sergeon; PFrancis *G.. Clark, -Midshipman ;'Elmund.T. Stevens. Pur ser's Steward; Jacob iazalid, iman. Amos Colsin, William Jconson, Mathew IEuck,Jtohn McCergo, John G. Va'no Nor. den, Charles Seymour., Joljn Wilhamson, 'onPollen. John Smith, Henry Strom tnlljlomfaItllholten, Geto. Wakefield, /'~evefFrancis H-aire.. Wti. Toland, Wm.Vt ".'hotnpson. Christopher Law. rence Jes Todd, Sfephetn Maynard, S. .* Bnnet-t,. Tilo.. D.JMuens, War. Power, J. -itisey iot-eph Jones, Charles Nutlee, Wishington-ettoper, Wmn. Dix,. Francis A. Waldeun. James Chamabers. Capture of Midehipfanl Rogers.--The suecessfil exploit of burnintg the Creole, a fast sailing vessel supposed to be fitting out as a privateer aud- moored alongside thevery walls of the castle of San Juan do Ulaa, embtondened' the officers of the Somers to undertake fresh euterprises. - One oft hese was a reconnaissanlce t Vera Cruz itself, with the intentti)on of ascertamn ing the locality of the magazine and the rensibility of an attempt to blow it up, and'ou' this hazardous undertaking a little p'artyi which- Midshipime R. gers and Surgeou- W righ-t volunteered to conduct, was made-up. '.For tw:o nights. favored by the darlineas, the party pursued its reconnoissance; on the third,: after having obtained a most complete land sattsfactor, kuowledge of the localities about Vera Cruz and ascer taining that their hject- could be acenom piished, the listtlebrnd 'vas'surrotnded by a-stabll body of Monican' lancer's while re t urning to the boat. 'Rdgerstiand- the only sailor along'witthirn were at once taken piisoners--Mr. Wr~ight. by 'presenting 8' pistol at the hotrsedian, succeeded iin keep ing them off until he reachedismern at the shore, when they at once shoved off, andc succeeded in gaining thte vessel'fn" safety. Mr. W. did not dare fire, thinking *it might bring a large force upon him-: as -.-irt'as, lie had the satisfaction of knowing that he had .saved the boat and her crew. Of the-disposition made by yourng Ro gSrs we have no definite' inf rmann. One nieounit has it that he wast chained and' :aTixrd'siffy- elie Mexicans to the cold' angloomly deslc f'Peroe but-this ued& confirmatio.MAnset 60 the BtitishCon s-ul at Vera Cruz is'mentioned in one of ottr letters' whtcliuddes him great credit. Jittesih1 that on leirnin~gt that tMi. Ro~ gers -we about to march to Perote;.he at ont-artied off himselfliu'questtof bror,-or el1e sent him the sum of $100, besides re fieshments and clothing. -for 1 ' comfort. It is'ertain thit the-gal lant ing id shiirin~wppdit~use hi'lille.'ry while perfoniiazuss4inai ad imlp tans service;-'as not; at fist started off fur' Perte, whatever may have since befallen him.-We shall look for accounts of him -with interestr-as-alsv of the -unfortunate prisoners whom the elements have thrown. into the power of the Mexicans. 'WAs9IGTON. let. 28 From the Correspondence ofthe Bait. Amerkaa In the House,-Mr. Hlaralson of Ga, asked leave to offer the follon iog Resrlu tioni Resolved. That the Secretary of 'WaF be required to refund to the several States the expeiss incurred'hy them in subsisting volunteers after the Proclamation of May last, calling for Volunteers; and previons to the time in which the Volunteers were mustered into service. The Resolution was a joint one, and as such was referred, to the Committee on Military affairs, M r. .D Baker of Illinois, the Colo nel of the ill. Volunteers, next addressed the Committee, theokine the Hioise at the first for the floor and the Chairman of the' Committee s or awarding it to him. ie did not design to take any part in the controversy, which had been been going on between members of different political parties. Coming then to the imponant subject, he said that the Army in Mexico needed more men and more money, and they hoth now, immediately-at once. The army was deficient in the necessary nu merical force. The country they had captured covered an imtnense tract and it would require large forces of men to gar rison Monterey, S'atltillo, tamargo and and Matamoras and other points of country. *hich bad been secured. According to Mr. Raker. there wrere but 11,000 men belonging to our forces in Mesico--avlailable men. after the places taken had blen garrisoned. Mexico was better prepared to make a war now thai she was when the war commenced. The Mexicans did not jet Believe that we could conquer their country, and during the existence of the war whey bad' become more nationalized than they had been. and many of the Mexicans had made 'heroic sacrifices to save themselves and their country. We bed really done little or nothing to conguer a peace.- The President had re ceutly called out nine or ten new regiments but they were very far from being upon the ground. At i..ost they were buat.ont seven thousand men. Mi.xio had 25.000 men and some of thermt her bravest 'nen. Six months ago we sent into the firld 26 regiments; They went iUto the s,r vice -with, high hopes and 'eager ethe rations,.but alas, he.w.mr y'of them slept upon.lte banks of the Ri:a Gran.;e. About '2000 men, of the best blood of the nation, who had never seet the enemy, found a grave, upon'the'Rio Grande. The country had paoved niosi sickly. and the army had suffered most severely. - Even the young'meo of the servicehad bee- amnmg the greatest suffererir Id somgr.giments one-seventh *adone' eighth heddiad frot the exposure to the climate, the want of water. and the change of food !-What those men had done they. they had done for fame. glory love of country It was cold blenined cruelty to desire that these men, should he called to endure another campaign, when by a prompt and energetic war w-e could pro cure a peace before another campaign. ' Mr. Baker continued :What was to be Jone ought to be done at otce. If the volutnteers were to be paid imore than 37 a month, they ought to receive ii now, and it was better to pay them in -money than in lands. l-e btrid seen voluoteers, poor, emaciated andi suffe'ring sev'erely for the comforts of life. He had known ten cents a pound to be paid for bread, twenty cents fur poor sugar and fiftig cents a p~ounmd for choeeie. I' was a long time. too. before the Volunteers had received their pay,-six mtonths he fore the Illintois Volunterr- rereived theirs He cared not whether tht5 war cost $20, 000.000 or $100.000.000 Let the mem bets of this House then tie implored t) (10 sometbing and to act promptly. Correspondrucc of the Charleston Cordrier. I -' WASDUNTsO,,~ Dec. 28. -Col. Baker, of Illinois, is the lion of the city. lHe is followcd lby cutrious crowds of riends, whit *ant to kunw what--he thinks of the' war uni its prospects-how he got over his wound that he received in the ro~w among the voltuteers--what is to be done next. &c. Cot. Baker came here from the seat of war on a militasy mission, not for political, purposes. He has been lboring to obtain some assis tance for: the volunteers, who; as he ret). resents, are suffering from' madny priva tions. They are in w ant of cliii hing. anid they were much embarrassed by heitig obliged to pay very highi prices for -every thing they bouight on the Rio Grande. There are larce stosres of clothing in the p~ossessioni of-the governiment, but the vol. nteers have no wuy-to obtain any. T'hey have slept and Iougtmt in the same clothes ever since they entered the service. They want aid from the government. They want encouragemnent. They want rein forcemetnts. They are. paating for distine tioni, and ready to sthed their blouod likte water to conquer atn honori ble peace. Mr. Baker resumed his seaitio the flouse this tmornintg, but previously tendered his resignation to take efict ott thu 15th Jan usry. It was generally under-stood that th'e Chairti of the Co~nmmittee of the Whole would give him the fitor to day. A crowd-was accordiugly collected in thte gillerieu. Cot. Biker's speec: enchained 'the attention of the Hlouse He did nlot fdil to i'mi art mtiueti of his own enthbusiasm to the whole House, His bpinioit thuttsa blow for peatce must lhe struck at once-this wointer. It will be easier, he thinks, t1 taku the-city of Mex ico. arid ,thzere dietlitfterms of peace before the 1st of next April, tian it. witl.ever be aufterwards. All that 'we .have done has been tp gain gfory;. but wA have .done little to cripplethe foe ur diminishs his.re - sources. We havn- rather enabled. Jaim to coinmeiltrate his reaouresnos harmo;:a facions, to uni;. .the a imleeopeimp~-; f,:nce of 'tihe enont ry. Na nennpler. . a f gentemnan from S. C., (1A3r. lb es,) had jAit sai~d t the late seg utl i~ e li'eve a41 laBses, prtli nd iterests, in Mlinco ifere uitted in d nceoftheir -bourifii. Ww--mils' strili' ii deisive blow, ef'ect some brilliant achievement, to force them to conclude peace. What we -did-we-mtier do inimediatel'j=this winter. A summer campaign would e destructive to our troops. and it wuuldabe-crnel to ex i plse them to it. Mr Raker proposed a joint resolution which had :lready received the sanction of the Secretary of War, to authorize the issue of clothing to the volunteers.. This Was itnmediately passel: igaclaIatidri. Cot. Baker is a staunch whig, and was at thelate .sossion an ultra Oegoan man. He has recovered entirely from his severe wound. From Me Cormspondence" of'Ethemn. Netws. WASsINGTOut-Dgc.28; 2846. In the Senate this nornig 4a very inte resting memorial was presented by Mr. Davis. from certain medical gentlemen of Boston, relative to the nei~ly discovered gas, the inhaling of which renders a patient insensible to pain during th pr rma:tce of surgical operations. It aft ' that the gasproduces no bad effeetfu hesvstem and in a few minutes aftbr inhaling renders the individual ne unconseiouias-if he w"ere annihilated. What a boonr will this lie to criuinals sentenced to execuion.. if. our criminal code will allow it. yTh memo rial was referred a SelecaGcomamittee. who will undouliialy report nt avprief instructing the Sireons of-t0e Army and Navy to use the gas; .lr.-Berrien reported ill to refund to ':,e State of .ieorgia-e i duties paid by her upon imported ati oad iron, ladi down on,the Western Atlangc. rail road. Mr. Sawyer having toe flotor;directed his remarks chiufly. to, lr. .Giddings, who a short time ago denounced &henui in such glowing terms -Alluding' to the. oppoi tion of the Whig party to ihte war, r. S. said that he should not be at irisurprised, if before the close of the seisin these same Whigs were to'- turn-round and charge that the President has'notijrosocu teed the war with vigor enough.,. H~ con tended that the provocations. o, Mexico. furutshei ample cause for tIe ,war, and eiildeavoed to shota that the conduct of the opposititon is of a piece with that of the old'felcrlist during the last gar. Fromt Le. Correspondence ofthe Char.'Evcc News WesueiToi.-iDvc. 29. In lice H.suse. ii .1rsatge:sars received frtnn the Presdent stating tmat he has signed Cite bill ir tie adiission of Iowa into the Union. Mr. Stark weather,. of Ohio, moved a reconsidera!otion .ite vote,'by which tibe House yesterday passed .th joint res' olution providing for the clotio of ih, volunteers, by forwarding it toitieofficers for distribution. lie accompanied his mtion by. some. remarks to tholeffect that all officers sit entrusted with c intg oug at to be 'required to give bood He also ,tated that ie holieved the-o ifr (iCl. B .1ker) who spoke ye rd4U received hi pay as i'"eflicer ofl ie .'-and his atd..miteI an* - .. - i rgress. After further remarks. evidently intended to apply to Colonel Baker, the liltion to reconsider prevailed by a vote of 91 io 51. The resolution was then referred to the Military Committee. A mong onmcrous resolutions adopted was one by Mr. 'Tibhats. instructing the Military Comintee tol cotnsider the expje. diency of reporting a hill pro'viding for the raising of troiops by draft; als'o of creating officers hy promotion from the ranks. "r. Haralsoin, from the Military Coin mittee, repoted the hdll to raise, for five years or the duratiom of' the war, at the opetiob of the Pre~ident, nine regimietits of' infantrry is to be comiposed of' the saunw nuember acid rank of commeiissione'd ecTicers. etc . as are proivided for a regimemi of drmtgoons antd infatttry tunder existia laws anti to receive theeatne pay, andu be under the samto regula.ttins. 5s to the rule's di artic les of watr. Proividled that it sehall bce lawful for the Presid.-m of the U. S., in the recess of the Senate, to apepoini' sutch office's as miay not be appitede du ring the prtesenit session, teo lbe subtject however to the action-ofthe Senate at the lleai stessioni. The Presidenit is authorized to apipbirnt an additional Majeor to each of cthe regi ments in the A rmty ofthbe U. S., who shall be taken cr',m the Captains of tho armny. Each eef the regimnents raised by this act; to be allons ed a regimtential quarter-master, to lie taken froct. t he subulterns of' the line, whlo shall lie allowedl ten dollarsa additiontal pay pter month ande forage fer two horses. Every ablehodied reernit agreeinig to serve for five years or durin~g the war, t) be allowed a hounity of twelve dollars, six dollars of which. is to be reserved .until said' recruit shalt have joitied his regeet. The bill was twice read and referred to a Cormmifittee oh' the Whole. There aplpeaere to he no doubt of its passage. Mr. Nurt frotm the satme Cuminee reported a hill, providinughat w hetn any oflicer of1 the Areny shall become dieuali fied from- wounds or otherwise, he shall retire on his monthly pay without rations, a ad lice next eclicetr in thce line of pteomo-t tiotn to fill his lplace. The Seceeary of Wsar is aut horizeed to refer aney such case to an-u A rmy Botardl, whto shall give their opitnici on' the merits of the case. It was also twice read and referred. .4 National Government Massacred.- A hoerrible massacre occurred in tne' city of Katman-too, the capital olf the.kingdom of. Nepaul, in Neitihern India, last Septeep Iter~. The Qeteen had a. favorite. one Getneral Guggun Singh, whom the King caused to be tnurdered on the 14ih1 of Sep tember, at 10 o'clock at night. Her ma jesty 'was so ontrage I ate the loss of her paramour, that she at once instig~atedl the massacre of the pritune inisters the mem bers of' the Cabinet,, he nobhiity,.Council olf State, getnerals an'd chief mqj, to the ncumuber tef tmoo hundred! The King.alone escaped, hut . his wheraliours wasn' knowsrt A-single nobleman only was sav-* ed. and the Qrieeei appoiinted him cein mandler-in-chiel. The Queen is the King's secondi wife.' 'The' male -childrenhv lhe liist wife, who would- he'v~e.' precedell her rhildren in the g. vernmenttowhero-am'0g thns an 'orjn c-naafininlngemnu tL. paul is a povetful kingdom, having about three millionte of--inhabitants. The-nation'. af religion is Buddhism. .Most of the peo pie are T'artars, as may readily be infer red from the conduct of the-' Queeuz.. From the Patin-Ito Banner. THE WAR AND Ta KOPOSITION. Te S' ntimtets expres..rd by sne of the leaders of lie Whig party in Congress, in relation to our war with :Mexico, are any thing hut pairiate. How much so ever we may have daifered as to the ori gin, necessity, character. or justice of this war, it is unqiestionably the part of pairi Otistm, to sacrificeall differsice of -opinion uon theraltar of a common- country. and to sustain the country when she has spo kern through her coontituited iuthorities. The spirit of party. when restrained within due limits --the limits prescribed by, patri otism,-or'ihat supreme love we owe to our country, is by nit means to be depre cuted.. On the contrary. it works safely, and ensures fidelity and purity in the ad n:inistratioi of Goyernment ; but when party fyrgets, or. if not forgetting, actually disregards the only principles upon which it can be reconcile. to patriotism, from -that nomnent,-it loses its essential,' vital elment, forfeits our esteem, and DEoEar' RATES INTO NERK FACTtON. Far be it from us. t' attribute the'sen timents of GIDDrsos, DAvIs, and others. to the Whi,.party as. a whole. The fire I of pairiotisn burns no where more brightly than in the bosoms of multitudes who call themselves Whig. Although we claim . to degas fin and uncompromising in our Demoicrntc priaciples as an abiding con victionti iftheir truth can make us, we are are not tine ofthose who would' arrogate all the decency, all the respectability, and all the patriotism to our own party. This is a species of moral wrong and usurpation, of which, we hope liever 't be guilty. We woufd not find fault with the Whigs fir qutestfning either'the necessity or jus tice of this war; in a Government like ours, the utmost freedom of opinion, and latit ude of discussion are allowable. These sacred and inalienable rights of freemen, however. should always be exercised in strict subserviency to the demands of pat - rittism. The love anti allegiance we owe to our country are like those we owe to our parents. This very love and allegi once, if they be sincere, woulbt prompt us to desire that they be not placed itn a wrong position. We tmight advise. remonstrate, protest. We might even expostulate, tiul never, either directly or tidirec:ly, should we oppose.. As it is , with'.the motrat tie.: and allegiance which bind it,. su 'ur pa rentsso it is wit:rite"'idliticl'one which hind'iti to our country. They are elually dictated and enjoined by nature. We may he tratorious to our country, b. 'simply re fusing to lend that aid which it is in our power to render, when, from our position. she requires it at our hands. Treason canuor, perhapis, ins strict propriety of lan anage, be predicared of free Governments. Treaso, in a technical sense. is the high est and no-t aggravates) form of'soelition. It is an offence. committed against the se curity of. the king or kindo't:-as, f-r exttnple, to compass the death.of ..the 1et .rr~r w t uatusm m:r roi alb here to his enemies. or give them aid. In monarchies, such crimes are visited with the mns signal punishrrEnts, and we can perceive nn good reason; dthy, even in free governmets, they should be treated with less rigor. The word treason im plies not only ho-rile intentions, but fratd anI breach f trust, and gerrerally, treache ry, a word oif the sanie, or a similar origin. But there is snother, antd - still higher and more aggravatedl kind of treascon. wi-h'. because guailty of no direct, or overt act, is niot, therefore, tlie less criminal. Ott the ccntrary. by virtue oif its very imapurity. it is the meore ctcamonus. This is moral trea son, ancd of'tibi have stuchi ment as Gi beent gtuiltty. As we said before, part spirit atnd oppositio:c. w~hen rest ricted withtin due bounttds. are riot only alta .'a ble, beut right. They fcbst'r a spirit of vigtilance in the people, and are am'noii the miost useful guardinats of' liberty. Ahstract ly. concsidere'd. they imply merely a con trariety or ripinion, and so regordedl. they admit of nieither condemniaciin nur tpraise. It as not atpposition itself, hut the circutm stanices untder which it acts, that stamp it with a'plecuifutr and distinctive charascter. A llied with faction, it ceases to he lawful, to lie haarloss, to be pattriotic. ic then constitutes otne of the groatest of political evils. anid is the more dantgeras, innis m-tch as it alwa'.s acts amnd -r thre specious garb of patrilotism 'rhe opposition to our, war with Mlexico, so far .as it lias beeti developed, allordls mnelaticholy evidence tthac the:ties which bitnd somec, also too many. to a purtys. are strioger t hati those that bindi thtem to their count'y ! It is no long'tr oppositiont-ic is faction,'and dan gierous factiona. Nor as it necessary, as we intimated above, that it shoildi resort to treason sand rebellion. Unfortuntately, there are but too many ways in which it cain accomnplisth its fell purpose, without a resort to violece or commtoetion. A ractius oppositioni is ever potent foar evil. ft can counteract the best-directedl eljrtt. and render the opterarious of thte Gaveerrmee feteble' and ineffecttnal. There are tm..des in which we cati afford '-aid atnd c-omfort" a0 the enemies of oiur co~un - try wit hout comiiiti an1 overt act of' treason, -There is treason of thought. ol sjteech. ofcounisei. of alwsays puttitig our own couintry itn the wrong, deny ing the justice of' her cause, pe-rhaps detnoutncing, its sinfulness, and thus. hy. indisection, vindic'ating-thtat of her enemies. This is motral (reason, acid the most tufamous because it is 'irreponsible. Such is the tr-eason-of Giddings, Davis, and Gentry. and such may yet be-the'treason of others. Fario Campedthy'and'- Tabasco.--Tho N. 0. Picayune has been placed in pos session ofa advice's' from Campeachy, to the 9th uit.,- and f'rom Talhasco, to the 19th Novemer; by way of Havana. Revolu. rions appear-teo be the order of the day. Iin camnpteachiy. a revolutii~ in favor of independence anti separation from Mexicd hvid commenced, on the 8th December, brit the result wvas not knownva. Another b'ad taken !lace in Tabasco, at the head af whtch was Signnor Fraconis. It ta le lievyed that tbn object of' tbis momnt-tctei ,wae aern a'.=nma.atinn, fr.n Mexico. ] ,DG EFI ELD C. ii. WED.NESDAY, JANU1ART 6. 1F17 RE.MOVAIL:='he Of ice of the ADo' VER'rISEI. is removed to the no, building irr rnedinfely in rear ;'of the Court House. The Senate has confirmed the nomination of M'r.'B'ancroft as our .Minister to England. COL. P. AM. BOJTLElt, This gallant officer, now commanding the Palmetto Regiment from this State, has been, flatter-n gly named in various newspapers, as one eminently qnalified to receive the command of the Brigade of Volunteers, of which this re iment will form a part. We do most cordially concur in the recomnmendations of Col. Butler alluded to, and express our sincere benef, that no other gentleman would be more acceptable to the Volunn teers from South Carolina, and indeed to the whole South and the State. and we add that we know. to this district especially. Col.. Butler is a native of Edgefield, of the pure blood of the ,Revolution, and has led a life that has endeared him t. his' counnrymen, illus trated the patriotism inherited from a' noble and gallant ancestry, and shewn that he is in every way admirably'* qualified for the com mand' in question, and we earnestly trust thlat it may be bestowed upon him. The Wecather.-We never experienced war mner weather for the season, than we did during the past week' The present winter far mild ness hats been remarkable. The whole .nonth of December was uncomtmnly pleasant, and the first of January was a bright and beautiful day, but the temperature was .rather too warms for the season. W : feel it due to our Coluambiacorrespondlent to state, that in setting up some of his letters, our compositor maide several serious blgnders. In some cases. the sensee was murdered, and there were omissions, especially in.'the letter next to the last . It is;searcely necessary now to point them ont. We hope that the intelli gent render when he perceived them. made all due allowance for errors, and corrected them for himself. We will endeavar to be more careful in future'* A TRIP TO CAMP JOHNSON' On T'hursday lust, we made a visit 'oCamp Johnson. at which place the .Sonth Carolina Regiment of Volunteers for the Mexicarr War; was stationed. This cam was so called iiji hononnorithiin h-r"o 'Sitate; anisl is tant abont four or five muiles from H amburg, in Edg-Geld District. The spot selected, was di rectly on the road leading from Edgefield Court Hunse, to Beach Island, in thin District A portiomn of lane in the wo.ods was cleared fotr pitching the tents, and they were on the edge of ant old field, which, served for the parade gund h iuto a elh n plesat nean wswlldate fo) hepr pliW nonedN toDs, thSaRt6 weha etee RocatoLwew alke Otic tho the tetb andiepe at eve thin te ee balwdng imdo. Wel iwerear cooll teCtann Hoome The Sfnat phrk ahnd othe eiates whe werbnt aske ur weainiser y bugl n Thi galn enwcmandirpningi theneaiwe er Pleetto Reienpte o this reake, aen didtteran gt manyd tings vario- aneaes ra, ohe emieniy Regtimednto raceand t-e ommand oett Brigadnyo Voneers,om of hihthis lte aren will fbead part. Won mostha thrdat conc th tOhd rec oys. eos cofidenBtl er allue topandwiresnever sinfere etego, thnat otheroc ofntlenwdg o.re ebe pedto wi tne the foe Sutih rola- n ided the gime genealy and thei Satend wnune a the privation this discomeorteiay Ct.lend a iso a sldtie' ofEefInl the uerno boof the vthu.iogiment was eieed abyf this asideaed povmet litheirysipie, iand gerall~ the patromednheridfom evoble with prllmtanestr and oren. tAlte hen paryd wa en.theail'Covliedordresedcth Rmnt in isin usand eirousstye trus twat itemayned btowafeing-ondhimprsiv.a trerb weate Borokesea,o thnw dgeid durnn the Gpvsto wen~ Th presente canermory ofd fDeceberi wamsss omthel pffierst, and dayiutope therture as rther quoarni We fee itarge toseourg Cofpeincorsfomn mt. satnd thietrat isetn insoeeot is ters, o:redinsTe mostd serai erhbioblndhich lie sawm cae the asion washa ifrterd ad thrude ent omisomsespeofi the letera' necetwtretheering. thes scrsof necer vow tor w.,ith theirut Wmie. p ha h iae gent oreerinanons he p eivd tenv e gold dukin aln.aceep forurrselves, adresd tby Ome miliarsy ids.. Hweverde a soame :oansoaio. A hc plac cuteySnn aobsrina as statidal sober eomk, calld's sodcfeor." We werfte uiaif~iedies andno Is dis als miste Dititkeeso.slce, a i Housn each even, itherDigtricg Afth lleciigt ents, ii-theiry ere oeiico, andgen oSatrai old fiel wich-as srudfo therdes plearsntion,n we unerstd wfor ePaint tiuah pros o wihltws eete.A ., j.Excellency Goverunor.Johnson,ander the mecent Act of the Legislature "prescribing the mode of electing Tax Collector," has appoint ed theAlon. Henry L. Pinckney to hold the or gee o' Tax Collecto' of the Parishes of St. Philip and St. Michael, until the second Mon. day in October next. The Hon. John. . Calhoun has been pro posed as a candidatefor 'residgnt, in an able letter by the Hon. Elwood Fisher. late demo cratic Senator from Hamilton county, Ohio. South Carolina Volunteers.-The follow ing, we believe. are a complete return of the field and staff efficers of thePaltnetIto$g ment: Pierce M. Butler, Color el; J. P. Dickinson, Lieut. Col.; A. H. Gladdbn'Mjr;ifies Cantey, Adjutant; S. Sumter, Sergt. Major; W. C. Minragne. "Ass:"hasteM ter; tMx ander R. Montgomery, 'Qnr~te Masil Set geant; James D Blaiidiag Aesia't dCo -inn sary; and W. Hyllested, Commissary Sergt, Dr. William.L. iReyold f jarail,,Ja been appointed Chief .Surgeon. and Dr. Da. vis of Columbia, and E. Bland of.Edguield, - Assistant Surgeons of the Sot Cahirollseg. ament of Volunteers. The appoinatinentu 1ve been sent on to Washington. for con iiatn, of whoa there can be no doubt. Rocket and Howitzer Comspay.-A r.pd. ny for Rocket and Howitierseee'ieU Maico arrived at Baltimore from Phi!adelpJ unia h 25th ult. It is fully organized, -aoncopsist.ao 92 picked. able t.odied, young men undr'the -command of. Capt. Talcott of the- U St ea s Engineer Department. Reward to the Brave.-Patrick-Kelly,-the teamster of the lamented Ringold vsho iad his arm shot off at the battle of aloAili8ter the term of his enlisument had expiredbas, by a bill passed by the House of Representatves, been placed upon the pension list. .. " War Afairs.-A correspondent of the.1.Y. . Journal of Commerce writes.from Waslington on the 25th December, that "the Administra tion have just determined to call outbo-more volunteers, but to propose the enlistment-ofteti regiments of regulars to serve during the wahr; and to be commanded by officers appointedby the Exeentive, and to be st bjectto the uiticl& of war. Three Brigadier Geierals'anNi a jor General will also be provided for i suie bill." For immediate use new regi ents could not be available.-they could not be organized.be. fore the Spring. Such a measure last'-May would have been an immense saving. The Post Master General has issued a,circu lar to Deputy Post afasters, directing thematd remove the wrappers from all transient aes papers, printed circulars, prices current, pam phlets, and, magazines received t theia re spective offices, and if found to codlain any. manuscript or memorandum . anykind, eith. er written or stamped., or any marl gns except the, name and addraqas whouiitris'directed, shall refuse 'to '& fyind postage. the Post MI aster is tosend it to the fice from whence it ctme: and hav ieoen der prosecuted for the pealty of $5.,, The name of the se '^r written or stamped on the wrapper or a newspnper, subjects-him to the saite penaly. . Robbing the Dyail.-W illiamn H. Wiener, af clerk in the post office at Point Jarvis, New York has been larrested on the- charge -of ab etructing large aumi9 of money from the mail. Telegraph to Newo Orleans.-A cotmpanyhas bteetn formed forthe purpose of constructing a Telegraphic'.conmmiication between Wash ington and New Orleans, via Rich'non'd; Chsi leston and Stobile, and a gentlenien di Ne.. Orleans is now in Philadelphia, for the purpose of obtaining subscription to the stock. anad hay ing the wvork cointnenced at once. Fromt the Charleston Evening'. Newos. GOV. JOHNSON'S' A DRiESS. drtess was ~delivered by Governor Johnson te th:' Palmetto Regient of South: Cnro linn' Volumn.eers, on~ Friday the 22d ult., when they wecre reviewee4 by him : Brother QIlcers ankt fellowo Citizens Sol diers: Duty ro our' country is ranked amongst the first of mot al obligation. To triumph, or to suffer and bleed in defence of her rights is equally a crown of glory to the soldier. A proper sense of this has brought you htere, at the call of our common coup try. You go volhintarily to fight her batIles in a foreign land, and the prayers and lels. sings of the State attend you. Rememflr thai South Carolina looks to you io.sn'snin her honor in the field,-.and the promptness wvith which you have volunte'ered for th'is service gives assurance that ahe will not be disappointed. Allow me' a word of parting advice. Irn the field toelichyjou go. you will be associate'd'ailibrethie in arms from every seeii: of tiese united States, engaged in the same comm~on cause,-remember that the strength of ti army consists mainly in concei-t of action and mutual confidence betwen officers and men, and soldier and soldier. Stulier therefore no jealousies to enteriti'o your intercoturse with them. Rival them only in the protmpt discharge of the duties yon owe to our country. Obey implicitly (ie orders of your superiors, and eulisate among yourselves not merely'a totang1 but sincere brotherly regard,-and let yotr hand he ever ready to sustain a fellow sof- . dhier whetn he is in peril in a just chne Respect personal and' private righti,;'and you cantnot be otherwise than ho-fored. To you, gentlemen officers, is c'nidccd he command of these gallant..men.. I know you will discharge that difili fidelity andl ability,-an'if'thestrife'm~ust come,1. see now in the prospective (l.io Patlmetto B-anner floating triumphantuly nver the storm of' War. Go,-beid" the God of B'attles be with yobu. Brigadier General of' the.Sothern,,i vision. -Names have been brought before the public (or this distinguished post. which we believe, hagve been eaouttced withont authority. Thea public mind is