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MISCELLANVEOUS. LATER FROM THE AR M Y. Repouted capture of a portion of ciol. May's command. b y .t body of e4lricans. Mexican force tn the jicld now estimated at 50.000 Men-apprehended. attack on Saltillo. The brig Georgian, Capt. Crisam. ar rived iesterd ty morning, having left Tam I pico on the 14th inst. The verbal news she brought was alarming, it being to the elect that Santa Anna had placed himself between Gen. Taylor and Gen. Worth * with 5.000 men,and that a general action wasithmedtately expected. All this is an en3ggeratioU. W- believe the authentic thets to be as follows: Col. Kinney arrived at Tampico on the 12th inst direct fhom Victoria. He entered that town with Gen. Q 'itman on the evening of the 9th inst., and not on the 7th as we said in an extra sent off yesterday. ten. Quitman .drove the enemy before him for the last thirty or forty miles before getting to Victoria. The Mexicans were reluctant to give tip the place. As (en. Quitman entered the town the Mexicans wero goi'ng out on the other side. Gen. Quitman had no cavalry & could not pur sue them. -Col. K.soeaks in the warmest terms of the prompt and soldiery conduct of this officer. - Col. Kinney parted from Gen.. Taylor ot Mo ant Norales and pushed on with Gen. Quitman to Victoria. Froma thence he made his way, almost alone, to Tam pico, taking Sota la Martma in his route, accomplishing a distance of nearly 250 miles in three days, ana narrowly .scaphing frog. the advanced parties of the M -xicans on several occasions. He spent a p irt of a night at the old rancho of Croix, where Sanchez was stationed with twenty dra goons; yet in the morning he contrived to give him the slip,. He also sacceeded in evading Romano Falcon, the man who is reputed to have killed Colonel Cross. At Sota I;, Marina he found a company of sixty rancheros. He'rode at once to the alcade. boldly t,. Hl him that Gen. Taylor had sent hint on a few hours in advance to prepare supplies, and by this ruse made out to come offsafely-the rancheros at once dispersing. The services this ofi cer has rendered since the Mexican war broke dot have been invaluable. He has ridden thousands and thousands of miles through the country almost alone, his favorite servant.Catalino has been killed, be has been himself beset and attacked time and tagain; yet by his superior riding by his knowledge of the Spanish lang uage, by his promptness and courage, he has so far-succeeded in escaping. Such services as be htp rendered the country' surely will not be allowed to go unrewar ded-but to the news brought by this ar rival. -4 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 Glen. Wool, to-have been still there.or in the vicinity sas.late as the 1st inst. with- at, liet 6000 troops, anit' farther beli~e' that a division of the Mexican armv. was not far of, watching our movements arid 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 id rank, that.the Mexican soldiers seen in the neighborhood of Saltillo are advanced parties of a force of some 1500 or 2000 umen, kept in position on this side of the desert, between Saltitlo and San Luis, to destroy the water struks in case the Atmer lcan army should infove in force in direc non of the latter city. This view of the case precludes the idea of a serious attack' upon Gen. Wool or Worth, the object of the Mexicans only being to keep a watchC upon the Amnericatn forces, to retreat be fore any advance, and cut off the suppfies of water as far sout b as the opera' ions of our army miry make it ad'visable to- do so. r That the troops spoken' of as thrreateni~g Saltillo,. are scouting parties- of this corps of observation is confidently believed by officers of experience and discretion though others, whose opinions er~e per haps-equally entitled to reupect, regard the i moVenient of the eneay in a more serious d light. The report brought by Cot. Kin. ney to Tampico, to the efi'ect that 15.000 Mexicans were to attack Saltillo on the 27th uit., is but the rumor which has * reached here by the way of Matamoros; * and which our correspondent "AIta" spoke E of in a letter wye published last Tuesday, ? Cot. K. heard the rumor at Monte Mo- r rates,- probably,.and had-no opportu-nity to E leard the sequel of the anticipated attack. ' There is little d'oubt, as we learn from C private letters; t hat'there Was a large M'texi.-. can force-probably tmostly cavalry-at Tula at .as dates, all under cormmand of a Gen. Valencia. Gens. Ulrrea, Romecro, Fernandez- and others are also reported to he in the vicinity. It may be0 recolleeted that our last accounts from- tho city of Mexico represented Valencia as oun his march to Tuta. a From a correspondent at Tampico we lbarn that on the 1st of January Gent. Tay- c. for ent forward Cot. May. of the Dra gnons, to examine the mountain pass be- ir tween- Monte Morales and Labradjnres. t 'Jo his return from Labradores he took . *ther pass leading, to Linares and was -... dt by a large body of the enemy - 'i rear guard-cut ofi. This was ef.. -v olling stones into the pass, ra .a scarcely wide enough for ao -. - .mamn:. iy managed' to get , - main body and reached a e -a is enale~d to dismount th - e .-,tecmr of the rear iuard, gt too ime as) tie enetmy lhad re w * r tot their prize. At one0 time p .....gtot. passage of the gorge the dra - ,ons wulud have been at the tmercy of of ne enemy had the tatter dtischarged their de oteces with any accuracy ; for the position ib they occupied was directly over the heads h~f of our troops. We cannot ascertain Cot. ;da May's loss, or whether he had any men ye killed or not. -At the present time, there can be no doubt, Gens. Taylor, T wiggs, Pattersoni, to and'Pillow, are at Victoria, and with a tur large force. H-ad Gen Taylor but a party '.1 of fiire hondred.Texan R angers with him. ova their services, with the enemy's cavalry con banging about him-in atmost everydirec' tak tion. wanld be invaliunhia. TAMPICO; Jan. 101847. Centlemen.-An expedition, .consisting of five companies of the regulars and five of the Alabama regiment, is ordered to report for a march of 3..P. M., to-day it I has been in preparation for several days and is destined for a descent upon Tuspan General Shields will command in person. We have it reported that therea thousand at Tuspan, but - 1 presume it will be a -'vini. vidi. vici," affair. Our General is a n-n of great energy, and since he has been here has instituted many projects and reforn that will be advantageous. You know Judd-Lieut. Judd; be has just returned from a scout to Altamara, where he went with fifteen men for the purpose of obtaining a number of mules that were needed for transportation of the stores of the Tuspan expedition. He called on the alcade, apilogizing 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 tileman 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 socces 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' rai with despatches from Gen. Taylor-h- left Victoria on the evening of the. 9th inst., having ridden over 200 miles in taree days. Hie was attended a portion o' tbe way by four dragoons. and cane through with only two attendants. Gen. Shield receiv.-s orders from Gen. Taylor to suspend operations for 'the present. The capture of Tampico, accor.ding to Col. K has created the greatest excite meat thro.hout the country. Gen. But. ler, wits Gons. 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 attack them and our men hai taken position outside in anticipation, a9 the town was incapable of fortification, The engagement should have taken place on the 27th ult., and Col. Kinney (speaks confid-ntly of our success. The war seems to be commen cing in earnest. You niay rely .upon the accuracy of Cul. K's opinion of the strength of the enemy.. lie is perfectly informed, . by-Mexicans throughout the country in bis pay, and I believe is better acquainted with them than any person In the country. His account of his ride from Victoria is rich in hair broatlth escapes and masterly stratagems. ie says that he knows the Mexicans beiterihan they know them ,elves,.and I think has given proof of it. ens. Taylor and Patterson are at 0: toria with 0000 men awaiting orders rom Gen. Scott. It is not supposed that toy movement will be'made against Sun Luii Potosi. It is pronounced the wrong tst fortified post in all Mexico. and Stanta I inna has said thatthe man takes it iI welcome to the capital. I believe- that a8 thange.%ltwarfarewiIl ake plooontoG . cott's absuming the .command.-The nouutaius will b: retained and Vera Cruz I iubjecte.l by a land -at'ack-then ho! for Mlexico ! . But you are doubtless better I ufurmedl of the plans of our government t ban ourselves. At all events there yet t emairs every thing to be done. I have g.vua you Col. Kinne 's ideas of ' be state of war and force of the enemy; l your readers know the man aid I have lie informa:ioui from him direct, 50,000 I nen looks like a large number, but i' isi tot asserted that they are all regular < roopsR. An army of such a natture as theirs I Squickly raised upon its own soil, and as< unickly falls to pieces, but it is very cvi ent that the utmost energy of which the ation is capable is arotusedl to the ncces ity of checkinig our advance.t I believe 1 have not growled about the sail for 24 hours, the fact is that we arec ecoming resigned to our late. int ha~st.- yours, B. A. WVe have received letters from Tam pico a the I3th inst., one day later than ithe bove, hut they contain no later intelli ence of import'ance. One of the let ters escribes, in glowing terms, the improve sent which has taken place at Tampico, rithin the last two months-sle the tmericans have had possession. InsteadI f the harsh blasts of the trumpet, the Itrill notes of the fire, and the deep rools f the drum annbounacing some newv pro unciamenlo, and instead of the groups of ogged leper-os hanging about, and the gen ral smagtnation and inactivity whlich per ailed, no'v all is tiustle and life.-Pufli f steam are hoard instead of the trumpet ie thrill whistle of thie hardy teamsterr istead-of the fife, and every thing denotes new and better order of things. Important front M1e~ico.-Tlhe -New 'ork Sun. of the 23d, has received the t trest date4 from Mexico by the wvay of ii lavana-They co.nfirmt the statement v~ mat the Mexican Congress had rejected ti || the mnantyovertures of ontr govern ment ti r peace. An express hud arrived at the e tv of Mexico. from Santa Annia, de- tI anding 8,000,000 of dollaru; andt declar- e g that if he did not receive it, the coun y wvould be inevitably lost; rt In consequetnce of this demand', the 0l ungress went into secret session; and a r neral confiscationtgof church properly it as contetmplated, for the purpose of d ising the necessaty funds. The clergy, 1o course, were violently opposed to any ch measure; land were threatening to 1rc e the spiritual arms of the church in ~m air defence, andto excommuinicate the C vernment, the congress and t he' army, iih Santa Anna at the head.-Eenintg w Dealki of Judge Davis.--T o the names fit Pickerimg and Story, in the list of the c ad and inimortl,miy nov le added a it of fohrn Davis, L. L. D., who departed nc very suddenly this morning at his res- tht nec in M ilton Place. He w as for many ,thi ars Judge of the U s. District Court. tio Boston Trane. .Thutrsday. be New.-A reverend gentleman reading mJit his congregation the passage of scrip. tiO e, "I am that I am," after pronouncing she am." in a fit of a bsence of mind, turned the r, and went on, "an ass a coalt' the cam of an ass"-when discovering his misu wo e, he-rather hastily' turned ' baek, and 3t14 haimned, "that I n,." From Correspondcuceof the Charl19 on1if7: WAS HIN.G T oN, .lan 19,IN7 y Mr. Sevier, from the Com'tee ior Foreign Relations, reported a bil. (simi lar to that of last session) appropriating .$2.000,000 to enable the President tc bring the war to a conclusion. :Mr.,S ga-e notice thathe should ask the.consid eration of the bill at an early day. Mr. Benton, from the Commi ee or Mili:ary'Affairs, reported the Ar ...Bill with an amendment providing. for'a ranI of 760 acres of land'to all who s o .ol unteer for 19 months, or during bi r, and who shall serve 12 nionth ilest killed or disabled in service, and alscfren dering the lands inallienable previotus to the issuing of the patent, and potponing the issue of the patent until bevenears after the land is located. . ,, Mr. Berrien called attention to ihe fact, that the instructions directed Officers or Volunteers to be included, while he hill made no provision for them. He there: fore moved an amendment so as to include the Officers of Volunteers. Hereupon Mr. Benton and Mr. Berricn had a debate all to themselves; each speaking about half it dozen times-Mr. Benton rough and little respectful in his replies, whilo Air. Berrieu was civil and caustic. Mr. Crittenden and Mr. Badger nade some remarks in explanation of their views, both being members of the Com mittee on Military Affairs, the former not being in favor of granting the la*Js to the Officers, and tl-e lattet in favor or it. Arter some further remarks from Mes srs. Berrien and Benton, Mr. Calhonn asked for the reading of the instructions to the committee. They were again read. Mr. Calhoun said he was not n favor of the amnetdment now proposed, and be doubted very much whether he should 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, booth 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 should be put in, so :that the bill should stand precisely where it would have stood if the members of thecommit tee had recollected that there hied been such .instructions. He was -disposed to throw no censure upon the committee ; there were a great many amendments rmoved, and it was not extraordinary th' his particolar matter should have et: overlooked. But, most undoubtedi v, -i' the committee had known there were much instructions, and omitted to put then n, it would be an act of die dye'pest dis -espect to the Senate. Under this fmnpres ,ion, trough tipposed to the pt'position, ie, for one, should give his deeided vote o' put the amend-xdnetnt where it woitdld iave been if the couniitittee bad reinem >ered the instructiolis; 'fir.'.Benson il .ort ttv ision wold bco-ne a prtuftfr.bill y:the act of tae Senate, and could not he again dissented from. The proper mode, to thought,.would be to send i. back to be cotnmnitte, and he now tide that notion. Mr. Calhoun said he was not in the habit of doing any thing without -reflection. -le might have been mistaken as to the tage in which this-bill .was now. - But ec had spoken undler the imtpression that t was before the Senate as in.comnmittee f the wvhole ; if so, at) amendmetnt could meinserted, atnd the Seniate wnnid have an pportunity to strike out the amendment ; r, at least, to record its vote upon it wvhen he bill was taken out of the commttee. twas a point, however, which-he never ould yield, that the bill should be made o conform to the instructions given to the onmmit tee. Mr. Bent on. The Senator from Sotuth Jarolina makes it a questiont of revolt-a ~uestionI of revolt, sir, of disobedience to he Senate ; o1 rebellion. for wvhich the ommt~ittee is to be reprimanded by the ienate. Are we children buildJing cob ouses ? is thtis Senate by a grave vote, putin an amendment, and immediately nock it out'?y And that for te purpose C showing the committee'that the Senate rilt make them obey ? For that is the roud upon which the Senator puts it f disobedience, revolt, of disrespect ; atnd is in this way that the Senate is to chide ao committee, like children putting chips pan one another's head and knocking 'em oll. The appropriate motton is to ainstruct the committee. I move to re ommit the instruction, and in the moan me, sir, I say again that the cozmmittee cted' like tien of business. Mr. Calhoun. I am not apt to be exci dor to be puerile. TIhere is no ptteril y ahout it ; there is no accusation of re- I oht. The majority of the comtmitteoo temselves sttaid1d him in the view heto mok. But it was the Senator from Mis-< turi him~self who set up .the authority of me committee, and justified his disobedi ce to the instructions of the Senate.- I be Senator himself siemed to take the spjonsibility. I only said that if the die. F ,edience was ibtentional, it was a dis- [ spect to the Senate. I only claim now ti at we shouldl do what would have been C moe if the committee had not made an i rersight. This is due to the Senate.t .31r. Benton denied that there was any u volt on the part of the committee, and' aintained that the Senator from South n arolina was not justified in chargidg the P mmittee with an act of disrespect to- ti irds the Sena:e. He took the wvhole i 'on himself; and he was- astonished to ti d, having for seven ant wenty years dis- it arged the duties appertaining to hima as et public rnani with diligence, that he was wv, for the first time, arraigned before a world lor neglecting the business of li :Senate; and it " as brought to n ques- it a by yeas a td nays whether he should or chastised. He htad mtoved to recoin ri the itnstructions, and upon that ma- o, ra he asked the yeas and naye. f. pt mid also ask the yeas and nays upon th gentleman's pioposition ; and if it were ried, and the ametndment put in,'te uld ask the yeas antd riys on striking WIr. Calhonna id that a,..the Stinntor' ta had himself agreed to do the thing which be desired should be done, though by a more circuitous mode,,be should vote for his proposition. Mr. Mangum said be regretted to see any sensibility upon this subject on the part of any Senators. He could see no occasion for it. He could not see that any imputa;ion was designed to be cast upon the chairman of the committee, or upon the. committee itself. The matter had merely escaped their recollection. He supposed. if their attention had been drawn to it, they would have felt them selves bound to conform to the instruc tions. Every Senator knew how the bu siness had been pressed to get this ques tion disposed of,-to get a final vote upon it. le would vote against the recommit ment, and as at present advised, he should vote against the proposition out find out. Mr. Butler said he was nut familiar with the parliamentary practice He merely rose to inquire if it were necessary, iii or der to introduce the amendment proposed by the Senator from Georgia, that the bill should he recommitted I He thought the subject had undergone as full discussion as if the bili had contained the provision in the first instance. He thought that this amendment ought to have stood entirely upon its own merits, and that the piassage 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 hi' took. The great object of giving bounty lands to the soldiers was to enco.irage enlistments. le 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 conton soldier. They 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 ha should vote against it also; but he made the motion, for he felt bound 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 ro-com mitmnetnt as tending to delay, fur which reason, he also opposed the re commit ment with instructions, as he foresaw that whatever arnendmnut was proposed by the Committee, ot'ergentlenen would still have their own views, and propose still further to amend. The motirn to re-commit was list. Mir. B--rricu maodified his amend.nent so ro to read the " :f f Vohrnteer Com fanics,'' thus e:cluding ;h. F'i"!d 011 Mr. Wcb1;er cor1reied with Mr. Butler that these boun:y lands should not be given :o the Ollicers. Ile also opposed the provision uganiust the alienation of these lands. 'rite vote being taken, rssulto'd ayes 26. ntoes 26.. The Vice President voted iin the nega tive, and themnendmneot was lost. giving "land'sar'ants' lor 160 acres, in stead of the land, so as to get rid of the non "alienation clause. The amendment was discussed by M s srs. Corwirr, llintingtot, Rev. Johuson, Woodbridge and Benton. Mr. Corwin (such a course being sug gested by Mr. Ilatitnegan and others) ti ved the postpotetnent of the subject, a .d that tire amrendmenrts be printed. Mir. llarnegatn opJposed thte printinrg or adjournitng without action on the bill. The mnotion1 to prostpone wvas lost-ayes 22, no.es 28. Mr. llatntegani moved that the So-iate adjoturn. A yes 32, noes 18. -WAStrYGToN, Jati. 19, d817. 'fie t(tn regitments bill is not yet passed by thte Setnate. it was reported back by Mr. Beinton front the Military Committee, with ant amnendmetr, granrting bounty lands of 160 acrcs, wich you will fitd described in your repiort of the proceed ngs. Mr. Benton is acting out in the Senmate very extraordinary conceit. H e has as ruined the hearing ot a roaster, a hose ivord is law, and to cotntradlict whom, is a tort of anmnestic treason. Such a deport noettsis little favorable to the growth of uis influence-as the Senate has no great everence for dogmatism. and has never akenr the oath of allegiance to Mr. B~en on. In reor'ectom this bounty land system, re seems to have proceeded throughout on he idea, thtat if he cnold not appropriate il the credit of the movemernt an-Ji platn to iimself, he wotuld do his best to defeat the nd proposed. Thus far Ihe has failed in 11 his efforts, and has beenr repeatedly and mphatically told, so far as the action ot lie Senrate could tell him, that that biody could not allowv him to ride over that ody rough shrod. It is rumored that a recommendattion to nerease the rates of duty levied by. some f tire schedlules in tire tariff of 1846, will 000 be made. Thiscourse, it is said, will be adopted rith a twofoldl view. c First, it will affhrd an opportunity of ii ayinrg the price dlemandled, for the sup- F ort of the New Yorkecrs anid Pennsylva- t~ ians, whio require that the protective prin- f ple should beo restored for threir mnainr in- ii trests, and do not care if they get it under it re guise of an increase of duty for reven- ti a purposes, so long as they get it. t Secondly, it is stupposed that the Soutih it ust either' vote for these increased and p rotective d'uties, or eitber be placed in ti me position of refusing to vote supplies tr r the prosecution of tire war. Trhey ti ink that thus tihe South will be coerced in to support of this cunninigly devised heme to restore thre protective policy. et Will these schemes succeed ? And ii hrat course canl be pursuedh to prevent CI cir surcess ? Will the prosecution of "' e war to ever so glorious a termination I' to the acquisitian of over so much teri di ory, competnsate for' the ahandornent wv a policy which it has taken so imuch bc ins and labror-and-trouble to establish, as WI at of the Tariffof 18-1?S as ~'orrespondente of the Chars. Courier. th WAruto-roTO, January 20. The thrree niillion bill was to-day repor- vil I in the House hbe Mr. J. C. luermoil th, Itis similar in its object and provisions to the bill yesterday reported in the Sedate. I presume that the Senate will first act upon the bill. The antislavery proviso, if opposed, will not succeed in that body. But there is some question, as I learn, whether the bill will be passed by the Senate. The President has given- his opinion very strongly in favor of the pro ject, and it would deem to be proper to place in him the same confidence that, un der somewhat similar circumstances, was placed in Mlr. Jefferson. If the President should be able to make a peace, through the means proposed, all parties and the whole country will bail it as preferable to the most triumphant war. If he should not succeed, the money, as we are bound to believe, will not be raised. There is a great difficulty to be overcome in the House, if that body should insist upon the proviso called Wilmot's. The bill cannot pass the Senate with that proviso, and hardly without it. The House passed the Indian Appropri ation bill to-day and took up the Navy Appropriation bill in Committee of the Whole, which gave Mr. Culver, of N. Y., the abolitionist, an opportunity to make a speech full ofevery 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 .pf the war, without the restrictions propoicd by the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. lannegan moved an amendment pio. viding for the appointment of a Chaplain to each Regiment. The Senate adjourn ed without taking the question. The creditors of Texas are making ur gent applications to Congress for the as. sumption by the Government of the Teias 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 tary 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 menminbers of the Comnmi:tee of Mil itary A ffairs of the Senate had stated, as the result of the conference between the Military Committees of both Houses and the Secretary of War, that very strong measures would be immediately proposed in reference to the prosecution or- the Mexican war. Congress is undoubtedly disposed to second any measures that may eenmarcaded I Jlld?-cuivelar-..he purpose of concluding the. war. There hoes not seem to have been, s,. far,- dny tattled plan in regard to operations for the next spring. Some say that a force is to be marched to San Ljuis and others say not. There is no doubt that Vera Cruz and the Castle are to be taken, if we can tend th~ih-r an efficient force by the nd lIe of April. Cotmtmodore-Perry's plan ifor conduct ing the mvnr is similar to that proposedl by Genieral Traylor in his famous private let ter of November 9tht. The views of these experienced atnd practical officers coincido also with the apinions or many members of Congress, sod of many of the public journals. To ako and furtify the line- from Saltillo to he Pacific, and frotm Saltillo and Monte ecy tom Tatmpico, by the Sierra M adre, and o take po'esession of thte Mexican ports md establish Custom Houses, and collect much duties on imports and exports as we nay rerinire, will give us all the benefit of treaty of peace and will enaible us to de ive from Mexico a revenue adequate to he cost of the naval, military and civil ?stablishmnent which shall be compelled to meep up on her account. The objection to this plan is that all long the line established by us, and in very town that we hold, there will be a >erpetual conflict bet ween the Mexicans od the Ameiricans, and that murder and apine will pres all in spite of all the ex-< rtiots of our authorities. Thte Mexicans vill lose no opport unity of robbing and1 ssassinatitng, and the Americans will noti rait for leisure to retaliate. Such a state< f things w~ill be hazardous and inhuman, ut it ma~y be preferable to marching large rmies into the interior of Mexico, which I vil certainly be attended with great ex ense and blood and treasure, and may ot after all secure a peace.1 Correspondence Charleston Couri er. \VASHINGTON, ,lanuary 25. The greatest agitation and uncertainty C list in regard to the management of the ~ ~ar and the state of the finances. The ~ enference between the Military Commit- I te and the Secretary may lead to somet roper conclusions and acts itn regard to li te war ; but there appears to be no cure . ir thme entire depletion and exhaustion of t to Treasury which it has created, andl tt likely to create, it is said by.some.that 0 a and coieo dluty will he again tried in r e House. Others insist that the Secre y of thme Treasury must still agree to St opose an i.creased rate of duty on all tt e articles now dutiable. But the Secre- a ry has fully committed htimself against a e latter proposition. by giving the opin. ci a that it would not increase the revenue. st Mr. Benton obtained leave to make ant pose npon the suliect of the - course of e President in regard to the Lieut. Gen alship. Mr. Benton's remarks were rittetn, and you will find themi in the pa- I vs. Mr. Benton's purpose was1 tv in- gi rate the President and himself. You la ill see that the President, last Septem- S r, offered him the Mission ton France, di mich lie telined. In Noveinber, .W. hi mon called upon the Presidetnt, who tb ked Mr. 13's. advice as t o the cotnduct of tht war. Hr. Benton, as Chairman of the 'th mmittee on Military Mlairs, gave his te tws in writing. He proposed, it seems, it theto shsotldbe a head orthe nrmv. in, 10 order that the- movcmens should te lar mouious. lie proposed that-a cominisiota should attend the. army to tender negoeia Lion. lie was for no lingering war, no "masterly inactivity." The plan was' founded on a knowledge; of 'lexico and tht Mexicans. The purpose was concili atin, or vigorous war. It is believed that the projet ,of crea. ting'the oflice o' Lieut. General will be again brought up. The Treasury note and. Loan bill wis taken up by the casting. vote of -the Vice President, against the views of'Mr. Cal houn, Mr. Cameron, Mr. Niles, and Ml Evans, who protested against the consid eration of so important a measure, Without having time to examfVie it. It was" urged that the total exhaustion of the Treasury rendered the immediate. passage of the bill a matter of stern necessity. .1t-was - asked how such a necessity had arisen why had not this measure been brought for ward at the very beginning of the sessioni? Mr Calhoun was sorry to-learn.thatthe Treasury was in so embarrassed a situa tion, and he wished to see measure adop ted to relieve it. Ele had not seen the bill till to day.- He made it a rule not to cen sider the House bills, till they came before the Senate. He wished one day to con. - stder 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 iliat it iias utterly inadequaie to the financial wants of the Treasury'- for the war. They contended 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 discount would be the immediate result, tbit aii inflation of the currency would folloiv, ii hue, that the goverutbent must increase the revenue by increasing the rate of du=v'.; ties. If the war continued, as it ntu new loans must be authorized at thee:-t ginning of the next session, and the pros pect of them would prevent capitalias from investing their funds in this. No decision was made on the subjectly the Senate. The discussion will be contin-' ued to morrow. The bill will pass almost' unanimously. The Texas Capt. Walker, a verj.'p ular and worthytman by the way,.succeeps well in recruiting bore. He will leave.'; " with his new recruits of mounted riflemen Ut the first of Febuary, to join his regi ment. I think Congress will'grant him what the Secretary has no power to do, the inproved rifles and saddles for that, regiment. - Hi has alread, obtained the supply ofColt's revolvers tirat hes or. ;' Correspondence of the Evening WasAtrflNGTO, Jauudj26 The P+bldeut toldia ertaiu m Congress 'esterday,. iht be wilt, unapr no circumstances, call an extra sessiona and if Congress chose to adjourn withu: furnishing the mreans fur carryigfothe war,uphtr them trust;rest tire respousibil. eltis said drat fire MilitarX Committee has been' ftatedit possession of eaidene.:'," tsom the Wer Iyepartsetniouns th :~.t the cumplamtts of Gen. Taylor ars - out foundation. ' Fromthe Correspondence of the Courrier." AsIN G TOr, Jan.26. The Treasury Note and Loan Bill was, after some 'debate, amended' in one iti portant particular, and was ordered to be entgtossed for a third- reading. Tihe arrindmatent-is a proviso, added to the fourth section, that the notes shall n04 be hypo~hecnted or pledged, or exchange I, fur a less sum thtan the amount of uhe the principlal, and the. interest due on them. The amiendment though agreed to wvhile the Senate acted "as in Cotatmit tea," wa bu to ho rejected in the Sen ate, upont te suggestion thatt it was not worth while tbdelay the bill by sending it to the House mlh.zoy for concurrence iti thiat amendment. .A Mr. Calihoun; iu two or three words, iniueCd the Senate very properly to agree to it' Me said, let me tell the Senate that if this p't.,40b not agreed' to, the notes-mnay be byp eated at much less'than their value norn heir race, as was the caae with milli" n the late war with Gi-eat Britain. 'Tlie amendtment was then'agreed'to, neni.cos. M1r. Cass made some renlarks, ii he :ourse of the debate,'that were -of' inte- j est. Ho referred to the propositionsf nude and talked of for arresting the wart it a certain point-t aking a line of demar ation, and hlockaditng thte coast. -He aid it would be au abandonment of the var on our side, and he dqubted 'whether t would be0 coustitutio~nal fur Congress to lictate the plan of the war to the Execu ve. There was no way, he said; to void the prosecution of the-war, Mexico'4 iad nailed her motto to-the mast. Her inlicy wvas 'fixed. Any propositions'other han thtat of war, that we naight talk of, vere not remedies for, but provocativea of tar. They sol bring us into comtempt rith Alexico, and the wvh..lIe world. ' He' onsidered the measure of appointing a .ieutenant General as undoubtedly neces iry. But he was opposod to that part of Ir. Benton's plan ivhich contemplated a ave ling commiasiotn for negotiating.av The Lantd Bounty Bill was considered the flouse. An amendment was adopa d in Committee, adding three -dollars:a tonth to the pay of. the volunteers and wgular soldters. On motion of Mr. Holmes, of S- C., a bstitute for the land bounty: was agreed giving each non-commtissioned olcor i id private government stocli to tho. nount of one hundred dollars,. at the oso of war, redeemable in ten years, with rc per cent interest. The bill is still in Committee of the rhule. Great India" Massacre,-Buchery of romen and- C'tildren.-A letter from a ntleman at Coutncil' Bluff's, dated on the 'th or December, to his correspondent-in .Louis. states that, on the previous Ly, a band of the Omnabas were 'met by a td of the Sioux, ini the neighb'orhood of e Blu(fs, that a battle ensued 'between em; and that the Siouix killed sixty ot e Otmahas before .the conflict termina. The following particulars we fladii Ltir to tire St. Loi Ren nmt