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MISCELLAIVEOUS. LATER FROM THE ARC] Y. Repotted capture of a portion of uol. May's comnand. bay .t body of Mericaris. Mrxican force in the fielf! now r'stimated at 50.000 Men-apprehended atack on Salti. The brig Georgian, Capt. Crisman. ar= 'rived 3esterd-ry morning, having left Tam pico on the 14th inst. The verbal news she brought was alarming, it being to the effect that Santa Anna had placed himself between Gen. Taylor and Gen. Worth with25.000 inen,and that a general action waslttmedtately expected. All this is an eniggeraIion. W- believe the authentic facts to he as follows: Col. Kinney arrived at Tampico on the 12th inst direct f(om Victoria. He entered that town with Gen. Q Litman on the evening of the 9th inst., and not on the7th as we said in an extra sent off yesterday. Gen. Quitman idrove the enemy before him for the last thirty or forty miles before getting to Victoria. The Mexicans were reluctant to give up the place. As (en. Quitman: entered the town the Mexicans wero goiig out on the other side. Gen. Quitnan had no cavalry & could not par 'sue them. Col. K.tsoeaks in the warmest terms of the prompt and soldiery conduct of this officer. - Col. Kinney parted from Gen.. Taylor ot Mo ant Morales and puibed on with Gen. Quitman toVietoria. From thence he mane his way, almost alone, to Tam pico, taking Sota In Marina in his route. accomplishing a distance of nearly 250 miles in three days, an narrowly - scapsing frort the advanced parties of the M :xtcaus on several occasions. He spent a p irt of a ntgatt at the old rancbo of Croix, where Sanchez was stationed with twenty dra goons; yet in the morning he contrived to give him the slip. He also succeeded ii evading Romano Falcon, the man whn is reputed to have killed Colonel Cross. At Sota I:s Marina he found a company of sixty rancheros. He'rode at once to the aicade. boldly 1,11 him that Gen. Taylor had sent hirri on r! few hours in advance to prepare supplies, and by this ruse made out to come ollsafely-the rancheros at once dispersing. The services this offi cer has rendered since the Mexican war' broke dut have been invaluable. He has ridden thb'sands and thousands of miles through the country almost alone, his favorite servant .Catalino has been killed, 2 ie has been himself beset and attacked time and tagain; yet by his superior riding by his koowled;e of the Spanish lang uage, by his promptness and courage. he t has so far succeeded in escaping. Such services as be hip rendered the country surely will not be allowedeto go unrewar- i ded-but to the news brought by this ar rival. We have no reason to suppose the Gens' Butler and Worth have moved from Sal tillo, as was reported in town jesterday morning. We believe them. together with den. Wool, to -have been still there or in the vicinity as late as the 1st inst. with ate leit 6000 troops, ais -e farther beliee that a division of the.Mexican armv. was not far off, watching our movements ac'd ready to take advantage of any favorable opportunity which circumstances may af ford. It may be,. and this opinion is en tertained by the officers in the army high i rank, that.the Mexican soldiers seen in the neighborhood of Saltillo are advanced pfarties of a force of some 1500 or 2000 I rnen, kept in positin on this side of the desert, bet ween Saltitlo and San Luis, toI destroy the water tarnks in case the Amer- " ican army should niove in force in direc ~ion of the latter crty. This view of the !' case precludes the idea of a serious attack " fipon Gen. Wool or Worth, the object of 'q the Mexicans only being to keep a watch d upon the American forces, to retreat be- n fore any advance, and cut off the supplies si of water as far southb as the opera'ions of our army mtry make is advisable to do so. That the troops spoken' of as tirreatening b Saltillo,- are scouiting parties of this corps of observation is confidently believed by officers of experience and discretiont- Ii though others, whose opinions si~e per-~ a haps-equally entitled to renpect, regard the g movenient of the enelny in a more serious d light. The report brought by Col. Kin- ~ ney to Tampico, to the effect that 15,0)00 ' Mexicans were to attack Saltillo otn the A 27th oit., is but the rumor which has 0 reached here by the way of Matamoros; and which our correspostdent "Alto" spoke e of in a letter we published last Tuesdlay, n Col. 1t. heard the rumor at Monte Mo. ri rales,. probably,, and had-no op~portt-nit y to e leard the edgJel of the anticipated attack.v There is litle d'oubt, as we learn frotm 0 private letters; t hat there was a large M'exi- t. can. force-probably tmostly cavalry-at t Tula at .ast dates, all under comma'nd of a Gen. Valencia. Gens. Ur-rea, Rotmero, Fernandez-aod others are also reported to , he itn the vicinity. It may be recollected that our last accounts from- the city of I Mexico represented Valencia as on' his march to Tula. a From a correspotndent at Tampico we fo Ibarn that on the 1st ofJanuary Gest. Tay- ci Ior sent forward Col. May. of the Dra goons, to examine the mountain pass be- -in tween- Monte Morales and Labradores. t ~)this return from Labradsores he took t -ther pass leading. to Linares and was - .ted lby a large body of the enemy rear guard-cut off. This was ef. -*v rolling stones into the pass, ra - searcely wide enough for a of - -. -:san' ilby musnnged- to get sn ' mqiu bndy and reached a us c as enabled to dismount t - A sscc'fr of the rear guard,gs -- u Ioo 6w. as tne etnemiy haud re .u ta their prize. As onse time N a inr passage of the gorge the dtra ens woauld have been at she snercy of of nue enemy had the latter discharged their de eteces with any accuracy ; for the position thb tbey occupied was directly over the heads lift of our troops. We cannot ascertain Col. islc May's loss, or whether lie had any men ye killed or not. At the present time, there can be no doubt, Gens. Taylor, Twiggs, Patterson, to anid'Pillow, are at Victoria, and with a hur large force. H ad Gen Taylor but a pansy "I of fi'e hundred'Texan Ringers with him, on their services; with the enemy's cavalry foal banging about him -in 'almost everydirees takt fin. wowid be invalnnble. t TAMPTCO; Jan. 101847. Gentlemen.-An eipedition, .consisti orfivee companies of the regulars and flv of the Alabama regiment, is ordered it report for a march of 3. P. M., to-day i has been in preparation for several day and is destined for a descent upon Tuspat General Shields will command in person We have it reported that'therea thousant at Tuspan, but I presume it will be a -'vini. vtdi. vici," affair. Our General i: a netn of great energy, and since he hat been here has instituted many projects and reform' that will-be advantageous. You know Judd-Lieut. Judd; he has just returned from a scout to Altamara where he % ent with fifteen men for th< purpose of obtaining a number of mules that were needed for transportation of the stores of the Tuspan expedition. He called on the alcade, ap-ilogizing for the interruption of his slumbers, but said he must have some mules. The alcade made a long face and a long paper. Judd told him that he did't want the paper-he wanted the muies, and hinted to the gen tleman to vamos around and let them he Forth-coming. He succeeded in getting some seventy of them and left the town with flying colors. Rather better succes than the former party had who went to Altamara after the Mexican officer. Yours, truly, B. A. TAMPICO, Jan 12. Gentlemen-Orders and counterorders, Col. Kinney, of Corpus Christi, arrived this m rrai .t with dtspatches from Gen. Taylor--h- left Victoria on the evening of the 9th inst., havint ridden over 200 miles in taree days. ie was attended a portion o' th. way by four dragoons. and cane through with only two attendants. Gen. Shaitildi rteeiv.-s orders from Gen. Taylor to suspend operations for 'the present. The capture of Tampico, according to Col. K has created the greatest excite ment tltroutghut the country. Gen. But ler, wittt Geus. Wor'h any Wool and 8000 men-considered the flower of the army were at Saltillo. A Mexican force of 15, 000 was reported on its way to att ack them and our men hal taken position outside in anticipation, as the town was incapable of fortification, The engagement should bave taken place on the 27th ult., and Col. Kinney !speaks confidently of our success. The war seems to be commen :ing in earnest. You may rely upon the accuracy of Col. K's opinion ofthe strength sf the enemy. Ile is perfectly tuformed, by.Mexicans throughout the country in iis pay, and I believe is better acquainted with them than any person In the country. His account of his ride from Victoria is ich in hair breadth escapes and- masterly tratagems. Ileiays that he knows the 1lexicans better than they know them elves,.and I thmnk has given proof of it. Aens. Taylor and Patterson are at :toria with 6000 men awaiting orders rom Gen. Scott. It is not supposed that any movement will be made against Sun juii Potosi. It is pronontnced the s'rong st fortified post in all Mexico. and Santa Loon has said that~the man takes it is welcome to the capital. I believe that a hange-fwarfarewgiltake- piso o-G f icot's assuming the -conmand.-The mountaius will b: retained and Vera Cruz ubjectel by a land -at'ack-then ho ! for lexico ! . But you are doubtless better afurmed of the plans of our government bau ourselves. At all events there yet emai,,s every thing to be done. I have g.ven you Col. Kinne5's ideas of he state of war and force of the enemy; our readers know the man a nd I have je informa~ioo fromn him direct, 50,000 ten looks like a largo number, butt i' is ot asserted thtat they are all regular -'ops. An army of sucht a natutre as theirs quickly raised upon its own soil, and as uickly fulls to pieces, but it is very evi ant that the utmost energy of which the ation is capable is arotised to the ncces ty of checking our advance. I believe I have not gr-owled about the tail for 241 hours, thte fact is that we are ecoming resigned to our late. iIhaste yours, B. A. WVe have receivedl letters from Tam pico the 12th inst., one day later than the bove, but they contaitn no later intelli ence of importance. One of the let ters seribes, in glowing terms, the improve lent which has taken place at Tamnpico, 'ithin thte last two mtonths-sluce the mericans have had possession. Instead the harsh blasts of the trumpet, the trill notes of the fife, and the deep rools the druma anitouncing some new pro. unciamaento, and instead of thte groups of ugged leperos hanging abotut, and the gen al stagnastion andl inactivity whlich per. ailed, nowv all is bustle and life.-Puffs steam are heard instead of the trumpet te thrill whistle of the hardy teamster stead of the fire, and every thing dentotes new and better order of things. Important front Mexico.-T he .New ork Sun, of the 23d, has received the test dates from Mexico by the way of avana-They confirmi the statement at tlte Mexican Congress had rejected I the manyfovertures of onr government rpeace. Ant exptess had arrived at the ty of Mexico, from Santa Anna, de anding 8,000,000 of dollars; antd declar- i g that if lie did not receive it, the coun- - would be inevitably losti r itnconsequentce of thtis demand', the ! ingress went into secret session; and a r ueral confiscation~of church property ,t~ is contemplated, for the porp~ose of' d Ising the necessaty funds. The clergy, I C course, were violenttly opposed to any| eh measure; iand were threatening tor the spiritual arms of the chturcht inn tir defence, and to excommnunicate thte JC vernment, the congress and the' army,e it Sauta Anna at the head.-Eaening " Death of Judge Davis.-T o the na mes'f Pielkering and. Story, in the list of the e~ id antd inimaortal,iy nowv he added a it of rohn D~avis, L. L. D., wvho de par ted n very suddenly this morning at his res- tli nec itn Miltont Place. He was for many tit irs Judge of the U s. District Court. tit .Bosto.n Trane. .Thursday. bt Vew.-A reverend gentleman reading m~ uts conagregationa the passage of scrip, tim i, "1 am that I am," after pronouncing shi am." in a fit of absence of mind, turned th r, and went on, "an ass a coalti the ca of an ass"-when discovering his mi~s-' :, he-rather hastily' turned ' backi and 't Li-nmd, "that I amv" From Correspondence of the Charlegon WASHINGTON, Jan 19, ,847$ Mr. Sevier, from the Cominite .on Foreign Relations, reported a bill .sirni t lar to that of last session) apprgpriating .$2.000,000- to enable the President to i bring the war to a conclusion. Mr.. S. ga"e notice that he should ask the.consid I eration of the bill at an early day. Mr. Benton, from the Commi ee on Mii:ary Affairs, reported the Arne Bill, with an amendment providing forasgrant of 760 acres of land to all who4 lIr6 ol unteer for 12 months, or duringtlie ar, and who shall serve 12 nianthbx iiless killed or disabled in service, and also ren dering the lands inallienable previos'l to the issuing of the patent, and post tiing the issue of the patent until eeve ,ears after the land is ldcated. " Mr. Berrien called attention to -he fact, that the instructions directed Officers of Volumeers to be included, while the bill made no provision for them. He there: fore moved an amendment so as to include the Officers of Volunteers. Hereupon Mr. Benton and Mr. Berrien had a debate all to themselves; each speaking about half a dozen times-Mr. Benton rough and little respectful in his replies, while Mr. Herrien was civil and caustic. Mr. Crittenden and Mr. Badger made some remarks in explanation of their views, both being members of the Com nittee on Military Affairs, the former not being in favor of granting the laddi to the Oflicers, and ti-e latter in favor of it. After some further remarks from Mes ! srs. Berrien and Bemon, Mr:- Calhonn asked for the reading of the instructions to tbe committee. They were again read. Mr. Calhoun said he was not 'a favor of the amnendment now proposed, rand he doubted very much whether heshould be able to bring himself to vote for any such provision for granting bounty lands. They had bad a good deal of experience on this subject, and the result of, that ex perience was, that it was the very worst mode, both for the Treasury and for the soldiers and volunteers for whose benefit it was intended. But he rose to say that in his humble opinion, it was due to the mover of this proposition-it was due to the authority of the Senate itself that the amendment sh:uld be put in, so that'the bill should staud precisely where it would have stood if the members of the commit tee had recollected that there bid been such .instructions. He was disposed to throw no censure upon the coimittee ; there were a great many amendments moved, and it was not extraordinary the' this particelar matter should have !:.xu overlooked. But, most undoubtedir, if the committee had knowtn there were such instructions, and omitted to put thet in, it would be an act of the.deepest dis respect to the Senate. Under this imnpres. sion, though upposed .tb the prtposition, he, fot one, should give his decided vote to'put the amnad-neat where t wedld have been if the conimtittee bad reinem bered the instructions: 11r.Bno onon~e:ifil ofnO py'risiont wooid" esoc:-nd a ptr rtfiebill by-the act of the Senate, and could not he again dissented from. The proper mode, he thought,.vould be to send it. back to tbe coiittee, and he now m'dde that motion. Mr. Calhoun said he was not in the habit of doing any thing without reflection. HeI- might have been mistaken as to the stage in which this-bill .wass tnow. But be had spoketn under the impression that it ,was befojre the Senate as incomminee of the whole ; if so, an amendment could be inserted, and the Senate. would hasve an opportunity to strike out the amendment ; oir, at least, to record its vute upon it wherr he bill was taken Out of the commttee. Is was a point, however, which -h snover :ould yield, that the bill should be made to conform to the instructions given to the SMr. Benton. The Senator from Souath 1 Darolinta makes it a questin of revolt-a< pjestion of revolt, sir, of disobedience toi he Setite; ol rebellion, for which the :ommnittee is to be reprimanded by the Senate. Are we children building cob-a iouses ? is this Senate by a grave vote,i o putiti an atnendmetm, and immediately nock it out?' And that for thse purposer f showing the committee' that the Senate I vilt make themr obey ? For that is ther ;round upon wh~:ich the Senator p~uts it f disobedience., revolt, of disrespect ; atndt t is in this way that the Senate is to chide he commitee, like children putting chips I spon one another's bead and knocking t hem of. The appropriate motion ik to a einstruct thte committee. I move to re- lb ornmit the instruction, and in the mean- e ime, sir, Isny again that the comnminee a icted' like men of business. . Mr. Calhoun. I am not apt to be exci-l ed or to be puerile. There is .no ptueril- V ty about it ; there is no accusation of re- b rolt. The majority of the committee hemselves sistaitded him in the view he il ook. But it wa the Senator from Mis- 0 ouri himself who set up .the authority of s be committee, and justified his disobedi nee to the instructions of the Senate.- n he Senator hitnself siemed to take the esponsibility. I only said that if the die. p bedience was ibtentinnal, it was a dis- p tspect to the Sernate. I only claim nowv n) 1at we should do what would have been ci one if the committee had not made an te versight. This is due to the Sena te. tI .3lr. Benton denied that there was any ul volt on the part of the committee, and' aintained that the Senator from South m 'arolina was nnt justified in chorgidlg the pt )mmittee with an act of disrespect to. th ards the Sena:e. He took the whole fo pon himself; and he was- astonished to .ti id, having for seven aiwenty years die- in targed thse duties appertaining to him as se public ri with diligencee, that he was >w, for the first time, arraigned before wl e world for neglecting the business of thi e Senate; and it w"as brouight to a ques- the mn by yeas a d nays whether he should or cbastised. He had mnoved to recoin nit it the inastructiotns, and upon that mo- of~ n he asked the. yeas and nays. He pa ould also ask the yeas and nays upoa th: C gentlematn's pfoposition ; and if it were rried, and the amendmeut pat imh,'he ? mId ask'the yeas and trays ou striking out.' Mr. Cnlhonnsi hatn as-.the Seator' to had himself agreed to do the thing whic he desired should he done, though by more circuitous mode, he should vote fn his proposition. Mr. Mangum said he regretted to se any sensibility upon this subject on th part of any Senators. He could see n occasion for it. He could not see tha any itputa;ion was designed to be cas upon the chairman of the committee, o upon the. committee itself. The matte had merely escaped their recollection. He supposed, if their attention had bee drawn to it, they would have felt them selves bound to conform to the instrue tious. Every Senator knew how the bu siness had been pressed to get this ques lion disposed of,-to get a final vote upor it. lie would vote against the recommit ment, and as at present advised, he shook vote against the proposition out hnd out. Mr. Butler said he was nut familiar with: the parliamentary practice. Ho merely rose to inquire if it were necessary, in or der to introduce the amendment proposed by the Senator from Georgia, that the bill should he recommitted I He thought the subject had tindrrgone as full discussion as if the bili had contained the provision it the first instance. He thought that this amendment ought to have stood entirely upon its own merits, and that the passage of the army bill ought not to be delayed by attaching to it this subject. As his views differed from those of the Senator from Georgia on this subject, he would give his reasons for the course he tool. The great object of giving bounty lands to the soldiers was to encourage enlistments. lie was wiling that it should be given to them, provided it was sufficiently guar ded ; but he was unwilling to offer to ma jor generals, brigadier generals, and com manders of the army, the same sort of bounty which was given to the common soldier. Tney would not thank them for any such bounty. He would vote against the motion to recommit the bill, or to in. sert the amendment. Mr. Benton said he should vote against it also; but he made the motion, for he felt hound to make it after wnat had taken place in the Senate. He hoped be should have an opportunity of showing himself both industrious and subordinate. Mr. Westcott also opposed the re-com mitment as tending to delay, fur which reason, he also opposed the re commit mont with instrucriouns, as ho foresaw that whatever amendmnt was proposed by the Committee, ot'ier,gentlemen would still have their own views, and propose still further to atneud. The motirn to re-commit was lost. N1r. j-rriers modified hit amendnenIt so a' it r.-td the "U:lier if Volunteer Com naiice," thus e. ciuding :iu Fa Ofli ers. Mr. Wcbs;er enineided with Mr. Butler hat these bounty lands should not be iven :o the Oflicers. lie also opposed he provisiun against the alienation of hes'e lauds. Tue vote beig taken, resulted ayes 26. ides 26.. The Vice Presid.'nt voted in the nega ive, and ties nendnient was lost. iving'!land'warrants" for 1if) acres, in stead of the laud, so as to get rid of the on alienation clatse. The amend ment was discussed by Mes re. Corwirr, llantingtot, Rev. Johuson, Woodbridtie and Benton. Mr. Corwin (such a course being sug ested by Mr. llatnegano and others) moi ed the postponmenet of the subject, a.d hat the amendmnonts he printed. ilr. Ilanegn oJposed the printing or djournitig without action on the hill. Th'Ie motion to piostpione was ltst-ayes 2, oes 28. Mr. Hainnegans moved that the Senate djourn. A yes 3%, uocs 18. -WASIIIYGoo, Jan. 19,.1847. rThe toni regiments bill is not yet passed my the Seniate. It was reported back by dr. Bienton from the Military Committee, vith atn amendmnent, gratiting botunty ands of 160 acres, which you will find lescrib'ed in your report of the proceed ngs. Mr. Benton is acting out in the Senaie very cxtraordintary ctonceir. He has as umed the hearing oh a master, s'hose rord is law, and to cotratdict whom, is a urt of aomestic treason. Such a deport. oettis little favorabile to the growth of is influence-as the Senate has no great averence for dogmatism, and has never skeni the oath of allegiance to Mr. Ben an. Ini respect to this bounty land system, e seems to have proceeded throughout on e idea, th-at if he co-uld not appropriate il the cretdit of the movemenit andJ plan to imself, he would do his best to defeat the nd proposed. Thus far he has failed in II his effrts, and has beetn repeatedly and mphatically told, so far as the action at te Senate could tell him, that that body 'ould not allowv him to ride over that ody rough shod. it is rumored that a recommendation to icrease the rates of duty levied by some r the schedules in the tariff of 1846, will >Onl be made. Thiscourse, it is said, will be adopted ith a two-fold view. First, it will affrdl an opportunity of tying the price de'mant.ted. for the sup )rt of the New Yorkers anid Penosylva-| ans, who require shat the protective prin-. pie should be restored for their main in rests, and do not care if they get it underi e guise of an increase of duty for reven purposes, so long as they get it. I Secoindly, it is suipposed that the Sotuth I uist either' vote for these increased and otective duties, or either be placed in e position of refusing to vote suppliest the prosecution of the war. Theyt ink ibat thus the South will be coerced i to support of this cunnitigly devised beme to restore the protective policy. e Will these schemes succeed? And' iat course can be pursued to prevent air success ? Will the prosecution of war to ever so glorious a termination l to the acqisition if ever so muchi ten ory, comptensate for the abandoinent a policy which it has taken so mtuch h ins and laboraid-troubile to establish, as " tt of the Tariffof 18461? 'orrespondenie of the Chars. Courier. ji Wassitio-rord, January 20. f. I'ho three miillion bill was to-day repor- v inithe Houme bhe Mlr..( Igrsorl.nit It is similar in its object and provisions i a the bill yesterday reported in the Sedate r I presume that the Senate will first ac upon the bill. The anti-slavery proviso a if opposed, will not succeed in that body But there is some question, as I learn whether the bill will be passed by the t Senate. The Pre.ident has given. hi t opinion very strongly in favor of the pro r ject, and it would deem to be proper ti r place in him the same confidence that, un - der somewhat similar circumstances, was i placed in Mr. Jefferson. If the Presiden should be able to make a peace, through - the means proposed, all parties and the whole country will hail it as preferable to the most triumphant war. If he shoul< t not succeed, the money, as we are bount to believe, will not be raised. There is a I great difficulty to be overcome in the House, if that body should insist upon the proviso called Wilmot's. The bill canno pass the Senate with that proviso, anc hardly without it. The House passed the Indian Appropri ation bill to-day and took up the Navy Approprintion bill in Committee of the Whole, which gave Mr. Culver, of N. Y., the abolitionist, an opportunity to make a speed ' .I1 otevery thing not relating to the subject. Ultra views of public affairs are now tolerated in the House to any ex tent. When they become very extrava gant, they meet with ridicule or contenip. tuous indifference. The great labor of the Senate, for some days, has been to frame a system- of land bounties for the soldiers, both regular and volunteer. After a long debate today, Mr. Corwin's project was adopted. It gives the land bounty to the non-commis sioned officers and privates at the end 9or the war, without the restrictions prdpccid by the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. lannegan moved an amendment pmo. viding for the appointment of a Chaplain to each Regiment. The Senate adjourn ed without taking the question. The credimors of Texas are making ur gent applications to Congress for the as sumption by the Government of the Texas dubt. The Texan Legislature will, it is sup posed, soon make some proposition to Congress on this subject. The Committee on Ways and Means reported in the House to-day the Appro priation Bill for the Navy and the Mili ary Academy. The Treasury Note and Loan Bill has been made the order in the House for to morrow, and every succeeding day till it be disposed of. The bill will pass on Sat. urday. The Government cannot get along another month without the use of the Treasury notes proposed by this bill. January 24. It was mentioned this morning, that one of the members of the Commi:tee of Mil itary Affiirs of the Senate had stated, as the result of the conference hetween the Military Cunmi'tees of both Ho uses and the Secretary of War, that very strong measures would be i;nmnediately proposed in reference to the prosecution of'the M1exican war. Congress is undoubtedly disposed tosecond any measures that may benaum ended by 1Ja.oour iva rathe purpose of :oncrudingAthe. war. There does not seem to have beet), s-.- far, dny settled plan in regard to operntion for the next spring. Some sary that a fo'rce is to be marched to San L-uis- and others say not. There is no' doubt that Vera Cruz and the Castle are to be taker., if we can scud thith,-r an elflicient force by the teid dIe of A pril. Commnodore Perry's plan ,for conduct ing the war is similar to that proposed by Genecral Taylor in his famous private let ter of November 9th. The views of these experiencell and practical ollicers coincide also wvith the opinions of many members of Congress, and of many of the public journals. Tu take and fortify the line- from Saltillo to the Pacific, and fr-om Saltillo and Mon te rey to) Tampico, by the Sierra M adre, and to take po-ssession of the Mexican ports and establish Custom Houses, and collect such duties on imports and ex-ports- as we may regnire, will give us all the benefit of a treaty of peace and will enable us to de rive from Mexico a revenue adequate to the cost oif the naval, military and civil establishment which shall be compelled to keep up on her account. The obijection to this plan is that all along the line established by us, and in every town that we hold, there will be a, perpetual confliet bet ween the MexicansI abd the Americans, and that murder and rapline will prev ail in spite of all the ex ertions of our anthorities. Trhe Mexicans will lose no opportunity of robbing and assassinating, and the Americatis will not wait for leisure to retaliate. Such a state of things will be hazardous and inhuman, but it mnsy be prefera ble to marchiuig large armies into the interior of Mexico, which will certainly be attended with great ex pense and blood and treasure, and may not after all secure a peace. Correspondence Charleston Courier. \VA5HINGTON, January 25. The greatest agitation and uncertainty exist in regard to the management of the war and the state of the finances. The I eenference between the Military Commit ee and the Secretary may lead to some proper conclusions and acts in regard to I lie war ; but there appears to be no cure . or the entire depletion and exhaustion of ho Treasury which it has created, andI s likely to create. It is said bty some.t bat ea atnd colTeo dutty will he again tried in lie House. Others insist that the Secre ary of the Treasury tmust still agree to, s tropose an i.acreased rate of duty on all he articles now dutiable. Bat the Secre. " ary has fully committed himself ag-ainst a hie latter proposition, by giving the opin. c ,n that it would not increase the revenue. * Mr. Benton obtained leave to tmake ait xpose upon the subject of the course of ~ he President in regard to the Lieut. Gen ralship. Mr. IBenton's remarks were eritten, and you will fitid them in ihe pa- 1 ers. Mr. Benton's purpose was to vin g icate the President and himself. You I rill see that the President, last Septem- E er, oft'ered him the Mission to France, d 'hih lie ineclined. In Noveinber, Mr. b emton called upon- the Presidenit, who tl sked Mr. B's. advice as to the conduct of tl te war. Br. Bentnn, as Chairman of tho 'Il ommittee on Military Affairs, gave his ha ews in writing. He proposed, it seems, at thmte should'be ta head of-the urmv. in k I order that the movements shouldiie. har mouious. ie proposed that a cominIssiou should attend the army to tender negociti ,ion. lie was for no lingering war, no "masterly inactivity." The plan war' founded on a k'nowledge- of 1exico and tht lexicans. The purpose was. concili r atinn, or vigorous war. It is believed that the projebt of crea., iting'the ofiice of Lieut. General will be again brought up. The Treasury note and Loan bill wis taken up by the casting vote of 1he- Vice President, against the views of'Mr. Cal houn, Mr. Cameron, Air. Niles, and M Evans, who protested against the consid eration of so importapt a measure, Without - having time to exam ne it. It was orged that the total exhaustion of the Treasary rendered the immediate. passage of the bill a matter of stern necessity. It.was asked how such a necessity had arisen why had not this measuro been brought ford ward at the very beginning of the session?. Mr Calhoun was sorry to learn .thatthe Treasury was in so embarrassed a silua.. tion, and he wished to see measure adop ted to relieve it. Ile had not seen the biill till to day. He made it a rule not to con sider the House bills, till they came before the Senate. He wished one day to con sider it. The hill being taken up, very earnest and able speeches were made against it, as a financial bill, by Mr. Evans, Mr. Cameron, and Mr. Niles and others, who declared i!iat it was utterly inadequate to the fnancial wants of the Treasury fore the war. They cniended that it would lay the foundation of a government bank; that the notes would be soon -below par, that the loan could not be procured, that the issue of Treasury notes at a discoant would be the immediate result, that an inflation of the currency would follow, i Gue, that the goveruntent must increase the revenue by increasing the rate of du ^ tied. If the war continued, as it n new loani must be authorized at- 16 ginning of the next session, and the pros pect of them would 'prevernt capitalists from investing their funds in this. No decision was made on the subject'hy the Senate. The discussion will be contin ued to morrow. The bill will pass almost ' unanimously. - The Texas Capt. Walker, a very fop. ular and worthy.man by the w ay,.sUcceeps well in recruiting -here. He will leave with his new recruits of mounted riflemen un-the first of Febuary, to join his regi ment. I think Congress will grant him what the Secretary has no power to do, the improved rifles and saddles for that regiment. ii has already obtained the supply ofCult's revolvers that hegs sdhor.. Correspondence of the Evening A;' -%W.VsirrSoToN, Januua~ The P ut told fertaiu e Congress -Ssterday, that he will, un r no circumstances, call an extra sessions and if Congress chose to adjourn without furnishin the neans for cavryiirgson The war, upuorithem nrusrrest tire responsibil t i is saidl rat tie Military Committee has been la~ed,.:int possession of evidence Ofom the Wei Department to shgthat the complaints of Gen. Taylor aresiti out foundation. From the Correspondence of the Courtier SyAsaS voGTON, Jan. 26. The Treasury Note and Loan Bill was, after some debate, amended' in one i' portant particular, and was ordered to be etigrossed for a third- reading. .1''he amendmient-is.a proviso, added to the fourth section, that the notes shall na be hypothecated or pledged, or exchange I, for a less sum tihan the amount of the th~e principal, and the interest due on them. The atmendment though agreed to while the Senate acted 'las in Commit tee," was about to he rejected in the Sen ate, upo: Ne suggestion thait it was not worth while (bdelay the bill by sending it to the lionuse m1'. y for concurrence iii that amendment. . Mr. Calhoun; in two or three words, influeCd the Senate very properly to agree to it- tie said, let me tell the Senate that if thisph5 , not agreed' to, the notes may be byp cated at much lessthan th'eir vslue npoo their face, as was the case with millioin. in the late war with Gi-eat Britain. This amendment was then'agreed'to. nei-e.co& Mr. Cass made some rad~arks, 'in"?he course of the debate that. were of inte-*-1 rest. Ho referred to the propositions made and talked of for arresting the war at a certain point-taking a line of demar eationi, and blockaditng the coast. He said it would be an abandonment of the wvar on our side, and he dgubted 'whether twould be coustitutional for Congressto lictate the plan of the war to the Execo ive. There was no way, lie- said; to ivoid the prosecution of the-war, Mexico"' dad nailed her motto to the mast. Her policy was fixed. Any propositions'other bhan that of war, that we mtight talk of, ~vere aol remedies for, but provocatives of rar. They wol bring us into contempt vith Mexico, and the wvh.lte world. - H onsidered the measure of appointing a Lieutenant General as undoubtedly neces- . ary. But he was opposed to that part of d'r. LBenton's plan ivhich contemplated a ravelling com mission for negotiatingea ueace. - The Land Bounty Bill was considered' a the Hlouse. An amendment was adop'. ed in Committee, adding three dollars.'a nonth to the pay of. the volunteers anti egular soldiers. - - Otu motion of Mr. Holmes, of S.' ., a' - ubstitute for the land bounty: was agreed giving each .non-commiissioined officer' nd private govertnment stoeI~ to theo mount of one hundred dollars,. at the lose of war, redeemable in ten years, with x per cent interest. The bill is still in Committee of' the Vhole. Great India" Mlassacre,-Butcheryj of V'omen and- Children.--A letter from a eaileman at Council Blnf's, dated on the 7th of December, to his correspondent in r. Louis. states that, on the previous sy, a band of the Omabas were met by a rnd of the Sioux, in the neighborhood of te Blutfs, that a battle ensued 'hetwseo eta; and that the Siotix killed sixty of te Omahas before -the conflict terminai. The following particulars we hlad ise~ tier to tbfe St-, Louis Rennale~tit.