Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, November 10, 1847, Image 2
From die . 0. Dela, Extra, Opt. 28.
LATER FROM THF CITY OF MEXICO,
Arrival of the Steanship Alabama.
The steamship Alabama, Capt. Windle
arrived at an early hour this morning. The
news is but one day later than that brought
by the James L. Day.
The Alabama left Vera Cruz on the
.0th inst., Tampico on the 22d, and Bra
zos Santiago on the 24th inst., where she
lay in a gale of '24 hours, without having
any communication with the shore, Be
ing short of coal, the Alabama run into
Galveston on the morning of the 25th
inst.
The news from the city of Mexico,
brought by the Alabamian is up to the 7th
iost,
Dr. Galven, a native of Havanna, arriv
ed in Vera Cruz on the evening of the
18th instant, from the city of Mexico, hav
ing left the capital on the 7th instant, and
on the 1 Ith, at 5 o'clock, P, M., he enter
ed Guatamala. Dr. Galven furnished the
following intelligence of the movements of
Satita Anna, and of affairs in the interior
to the Genius of Liberty, from an extra of
-Which of the 19th, we quote:
Dr. Galven left the city of Mexico on
the 7th of this month, and on the jIth at 5
o'clock, P. I,, he entered Guanantla.
There he learned that the force of Gen.
Laue had entered shortly before, and so
sudden and unexpected was his arrival
*that Santa Anna had barely time to get
awaj.y another quarter of the town. The
Ainericaos caplured two pieces of artillery
belonging to the force of Gen. Santa Anna,
which the latter in his hurry had not time
to remove; and also, took two prisoners,
Vega and the son of Iturbide.
Santa Anna after leaving Guamantla,
which~ he did at the head of 1000 horse,
was reinforced by 1500 men of the com
mand of Gen. Reyes, and both remained
in the neighborhood of Guamantla, till
6ien, Lane's departure. after which this
town was again taken possession of by
SGens. Santa Aana and Reyes, who fol
lawing up the rear guard of the Americans
killed 70 men, principally inebriated stag
*glers,.ind took 20 prisoners. The Mexi
cans had two pieces of artillery with them,
one brass 12-pounder, and the 16, of the
same metal.
-Gen, Rea sallied out of Puebla at the
head of a pretty considerable force, and
was awaiting. at the Pinal the approach of
Gen. Lane, whose flanks and rear the
Mexicians are reported to have been in
cessantly harrassing. But we know and
we ire confident that though the Mexicans
shoid muster a four-fold the amount of
that which it is reported that they have,
yet Gen. Lane, the Bueua Vista hero, will
extricate himself with honor and with
glory-from their midst, and will form a
junction with 'his General, unscratched by
the ordeal of passing through the soldiers
of.Snta Anna and Rea.
T-he.degree by which it was ordained
iat'Mr. Peina yPena should take charge
tf~hesiseme power, in conjunction with
-twoassociates, has been repealed, and
SatirtAnna -has again -been called upon
to assume'the-reins-of goverr hnt-if it
Ac a naiecallid one-and the command of
oGe.aPaedes is in Tblsting,- endeav
ring, ai divith some success-it appears,.
so establislihis. m onarchial system, ie
has of lat 4eeivert some very import ant
converts 'to his political principles.
- Gen:'Valencia is at his hacienda, pas
-sio4 away his time as agreeably as he can
- taking no part in the national affairs.
WVe suppose he is only abiding his time.
Gen. Bravo is in Mexico, quiet, and on
parol.
The semblance of the Mexican Govern
* ment met according to appointment at
Q Oueretaro, on 'lie 5th, hut there not being
any thing like a quorum present, nothing
was ilone.
-Peace is as far off as ever, the feelings
of the people are said to. be most strenu
ously opposed to any compromise with the
North Americans in fact the hostility
which exists against us in the interior
towns, cities and villages is reported to be
of th~e most bitter kitnd.
Trhe other leading men and generals
-have gone for the most part to Guernavaca
in the terra calienie.
IWhy Gen. Taylor did not Advance.
"The following extracts (<ays the Louis
ville Democrat) from a letter of Col. Jef
ferson Davis, in reply to atn intvitation to
attend a barbacue in the parish of Concor
- dia, L a., in honor of Gen. Taylor, shows
why the advance on San Lois Potosi was
not made, and places in a proper light the
recommetndat ion of Gent. Taylor, that a
*part of his force should be despatched to
reinforce Geni Scott :"
"Before closing, I will recur to a recent
andl characteristic exhibition of his disinte
rested partim He was called on by
*the administration for his optinioni as to the
best mode of prosecuting the war with
Mexico. In view of the embarrassments
whieh surrouaided Gen. Scott. and the im
portance of the operations in which he
wits engaged, Gaen. Taylor recommended
that a portion of his own command hte sent
* * to reiriforce the southern column. For the
good of his country, he sacrificed his long
deferred hope of an advance at the moment
of his fulfilment, and doomed himself to
* he worst punishmnent of a soldier-inac
tivity in a line of( defence. For the good
of his coiuibtry, all personal ambition, all
rivalry, were forgotton-he gave his vest
also to the man who had taken his coat
and left him exposed to the storms of Bu
ena Vista.
* "Permit me to offer you for the occa
"General Taylor-The soldier who
-never surrenders ;' the citizen nhose love
is 'for'the Coutntry, the whole country;t' the
man wnose sacrifices are all of himself.
"Very respectfully, yours.
JEFFERSON DAV[S."
We publish this morning an interesting
letter from "Mustang," the graphic cor
respondent of the New Orleans Delta.
descriptive of the battles of Molino del
Rev'and Chapultepec, anid the capture of
rthe'city of-Mexico. It wvill be perceived
tha t- the Palmetto Regimen't was in the
"hottest ofihe-comabat," at the capture of
. Chapultepec ; that itn the atdvance upon
the city it was made the storming party
of the works that defetndedl the- gate
-loadi:. even the "Rifles:" which has
acquirred the appellation or obe "Fighting r
Regiment." These are proud distinctions. a
but they have been earned at a sacrifice of ,
life which can scarcely be paralleled in the r
annals of modern warfare. Of the gal- 9
lant regimeut which left the United States P
nine m=nths ago, numbering nearly eleven I
hundred men, but between eighty and d
ninety wore left to enter the city of Nex- a
ico.
It will also be perceived that Lieut. t
James Stuart, of the Rifles, son of the c
former Editor of the Mercuey, "was th.e
first man to enter the city." in such a i
contest. and with such a glorious result, t
it is indeed a proud and enviable distinc- i
tion for our young townsman of being c
"Foremost among the Brave."-Char- f
lesion Mercury. November 2.
We have been politely favored with the a
perusal of a letter front a gallant Caro- f
linian, an officer in the Second Dragoons,
now in the city of Mexico, and have been e
permit ted to make the following interesting i
extract. Most of the officers named were i
stationed at Fort Moultrie previous to the 4
war. t
"The South Carolina Regiment behaved t
with distinguished gallantry at Churubus- I
co. and agaiu at the storming of Cha- i
puliepec. In the rormer they suffered i
terribly, losing one-third of their number. t
and very severly also in the latter, so that g
now, out of the nitne hundred men, who t
composed the Rcgitnen when it left Char- s
leston, it can muster but about eighty or f
ninety. I should say, though, that sick- a
ness at Puebla bad reduced them more i
than half before we left that city. S. 9
Sumter vas wounded at Churubusco, but t
is rapidly regaining his health. I take t
great pleasure in rolating an account of an (
exploit of' our friend Longstreet. who j
highly distinguished himself at the fete du I
pont at Churubusco. This work was very
strong, and its guns were served by the t
deserters from our army, who fought with f
the energy of despair, whilst a hail-storm
of musket balls poured upon our columns
from all parts of the parapet, from the
fortified church near by. and from the i
battks of the canal. This terrific fire
drove back a regiment in confueion upon
the 8th Infantry. (Longstreet's) anti it also
began to n aver, when L. seized the re
giaental colors, and accompanied by
another officer, (Capt. Bomford) rushed
forward, calling upon all brave men to fol
low their standard. The men, cheered by
this courageous act, rushed with a shout
upon the tete dupont. Lnngstreet, still
bearing the col.;'s, ran in advance of all
to the very diclb of the work; it was full
of water, but 1r plunged in, crossed it,
and climbing the embankment, planted
his standard on the fort, which his bold
act had caused all to fly from, save the
deserters, who fearing, if they ran, they
would be shot by the Mexican, stood their
grouind to the last, and all of them (about
eighty) we make prisoners. L. was badly
wounded 'in approaching the city on the I
13th. but he is recovering rapidly. Hill
was in the storming party at Chapultipec.
but came off unhurt. Thomas, Brown,
Judd, and Anstine are safe and well. I
vas completely worn down before we
enered:the city. For the last month. in
fact'ever since. we left-Puebla., it.woulk i
not he an exagerating to say. that we have I
been constantly in the saddle."-Charles
ton MercuTy.
Description of Ihe Valley of the Rio
Grand.-No part of Texas surpasses in I
fertility, or equalsin salubrity, the Valley
of the Rio G3rande. The river courses its I
way from the mnountainq through a variede
climate, which wvill produce any thing. t
from wheat to sugar atnd cotton. Nothing 2
can exceed the rich growth of vines. Thec
melon flourishes, and our camp is datily
supplied with fine water-melons. This
region of country is bound to be settled ye-r
ry rapidly ; if pothiing else points it out as
a desirable location, the fact of the Rio
Grande being really a navigable strearn is
sufficient. In point of health, few regions
can surpass it.-There are n)o causes fori
disease ; there are no swamps, which, in
the heat of sutmmer, throw out their poi
sonous miasma ; the banks are htigh, and 1
the country ptreserves that chtaracter to the I
Colorado.' Let this boundnry be settled, (
and thtere will be a tide of emigration to I
this favored region rarely equalled. If I
some of our Nor thern farmers would settle
here4btey could make one flower garden t
of the river banks. from its source to itsi
mouth. Cultivation can be carried on by'
white labor, 1 think beyond a doubt. No
summer clitmate can exceed it in loveli
ness; the everlasting breeze deprives the
stn of much of its beat. Suich evenings ! I
Such a tmorn ! Young people should come -<
here to make love ; the old should emigrate I
and rejuvenate themselves. To the for- I
mer I say, the moon shittes with such be- 1
witching sweetness, no matter howv deter-c
mned they tmay be to live and die maids,
they will find it impossible to resist "the<
little god :" to the latter, some of the ro
mance of their early days will be renewed,a
and their frames invigorated by the oceanti
breeze, which comes every evening laden
with cooltness and health.
From thke Correspondence of the Ckars. Courier.
CHAaLEsTON, Oct.830, -
Your late travelling correspondent hav
ing ascertained a few additional particu-i
lars, relating to the father of the late Chat)
cellor H arper.which may prove interesting
to your readers, asks your indulgence fur<
their insertion in your columns.
The Rev. John H arper. of the Methodist,
Episcopal Church, arrived, in CharlestonI
with his two sons, William Harper and
John Wesley Harper, from the island of St.:
Christopher, in the West Indies, some I
time in December, 1798. In the mintuteg I
of the Methodist Conference, wvhich met 1
on the 1st January, 1799, his name is 'I
united with that of the Rev. N. Stephen.
as preacher in Charleston, for that year.;
He was re-appointed for Charleston in -
1800 and again in 1801. A bout a year ,I
after he came to Charleston, Ito intermar
ried with a widow lady, named M'Call,a
the mother of J. B M'Call. an able lawyer 4
and estimable gentletman, now of Winns- c
'borough, in Fairfield District. A fter his I
marriage he opened a Book Stnre in t
Broad-street, opposite, or nearly opposite, I
the Bank of Charleston, which he kept for
some time, and then removed to Qtueen- I
street, and there openied atn Iron-mongery
andu Cutlnry, Stoare, which ho ktras .,at, ho'
emoved to Coluui'uia intU3 dr taier. He
Afterwards settled in Nevbe jy-. Iistrict,
dhere he died. In Januacy 1803, he
etired from the regular ministgy. ;n. con
equence of ill health. lie wAs scot as a
dissionary to the West Indies, by the
Iritish Wesleyan Methodists. 4fier resi
ling there several years, his balth failed
ud he came to Charleston. HAie was a
ery worthy gentleman.. alidighly e
eemed for his gentle rmane affable
haracter.
On one occasion he -narroli escaped
he violence of a mob. Whin-he Came
iere, Methodism was comparaively in its
nfancy, and subject to muci-undeserved
dium, or prejudice, audwiaiven identi
ed with abolitionism. Amo fihe books,
inported by Mr. Harper for his Book
3tore, there had crept (unknown to him)
everal pamphlets against .0lavery. A
unor of the fact getting abroad, and the
rejudice against his sect being strong. a
et of wild fellows, mostly young men, de.
ermined to pump him. They accordingly
vent to the old Meihodisig Meeting, in
3umberland-street, wheretl~ey expected
o find him preaching, buLt only found
he Rev. George Dougharty ciatiog in
iis stead, and being disappj ted of their
ntended victim, seized and bore away his
issociate (either by mistakijor .hecanue
hey were.determined to putki 3ome one)
mid pumped him at the piu i6. pump, at
he corner of Church a ' Cumberland
treet. An old lady; no'1 eceased, the
rst wife of the late Mr. Jla Kugley, is
aid to have stuffed the end~of her gown
nto the muzzle of the pusp ' in order to
top the pumping. It is needless to add
hat neither Mr. Harper norMr. lDoughar
y merited such treatment, both being men
if high character and worth, Mr. Dough
rty afterwards removed to Wilminton,
. C., and died there, Maich 23d, 1807.
John Wesley Harper, thb younger bro
her of Chancellor Harper,"Iwas a youth of
ine talents and high protnie. , gradu
ted, at the South Carolina.Co1age,
(807, the year before his 1der brother.
['he whole class of that year consisted of
iut four graduates. Walter Crenshaw. who
ok the first honor. John Wesley Harper,
vho took second honor, George W. Glenn
md John Caldwell, Esq.. once a leading
d now a ret'red lawyer in Newberry
)istrict. Wesley Harper, died, at New
rleans, in early manhood-about the year
611, soon after .he had joinmenced the
iractice of law,
REMARKS OF HON. GEORGE K. DALLAS,
lade at the DemocraticMeeting at Pitts
burg, on the 18th September, 1847.
Much is said, of late in: relation to
he manner of conducitg the present
var with Mexico.-The sjbet is one
which rightfully claimait a ttention of
ur whole country, We are.at war with
i Sister Republic, with aVhnsi'ian People
whose faith, from its antiquity alone, is
intitled to our deference and respect.
3owever we may differ in relation to the
luesion of the War itself, every good citi
en must desire that it shou1 be brought
o a close as speedily as.pOssible, coinpati
ile with the honor and. in rests (of our
ounry and the rights&.o .jer citizens.
3ut, while remarksare i!lcondemning
hemanner. in. wich tA&s .ar hutsaeo
irought about, ani thus far conducted. it
vould seem, that the wisole subject has
tot received that attention which its im
>Ortance dematded. It-would-be well, at
east to know and ponder well upon all
he causes which led to it, and all the re
ults whlich have thus far followved it, he
ore sentence of condemnation is prononne
d. And what were the-causes which led
o this war ? Some contetnd that the
innexation of Texas was the immediate
ause of the w~ar; while othereq think that
his was but remote a cause. The true cau
e are numerous, but the principal ones
nay be briefly enumerated. They were
in unjustifiable capture of property of
tnerican citizens, withholding from them
heir just dues, violating their rights with
mt even ani offer of redress; insults almost
onumerahile upon the flag of our country;
md a direct trespass upoun our soil, and
laughter of our countrymen. Texas had
teen annexed to our Union. She had
teen a sovereign and independent na'.ion.
) entering our conlederacy we were
mound to protect her-When, therefore,
ter soil was threatened withI invasion, our
~overnent sought to find the most effect
ml means by which to overcome the mned
tated evil. The brave, magnmanimous,
atriotic, and long-tried soldier, old Zach
try Taylor, was directed to take such a
Ositioni in the territory of Texas, as would
sest enable him to protect her citizens.
)ccupying a position uj~on the river Nuo
:es, lie soon ascertained thatanother posi
ion was tnore desirabile, in order to effect
lie objec':. Ile therefore at once suggested
nd recommended to the Executive the oc
upation of a post on the Rio Gjrande.
['his admirable and sagacious recommen
l,tion was at mitce complied with; and he
ok a position in accordance with his own
riews of the work entruSted to hitn; atid
apon hlom could the Admituistration have
nore implicitly relied in a similar emer
jency, thtan upon this old and tried patriot
nd soldier ? This was his first move
nent, And none have forgnttgn the ever
nemorable 8th and 9th M~ay, 1846, when
e was the hero of two battles. equalina,.
n their leading features the most brilliant
ichievements of the Revolutionary war.
No one ther, doubted that the position
>f Gen. Taylor was within the limits of
'exas; and while upon the Nueces, no 0ne
iccuse the government of the United
States with the design of making war mupon
texico. But subsequent developements
roved that the advance of General Taylor
pon the Rio Grande, was not only proper
ut actually called for by every honorable
td politic consideration. After these twvo
treat battles, when some property of the
Mexican general Arista wvas examined, it
was found that hel. e i jhe possession of
>ositive order~s overnmeot, to
nake war upo ( the United
States; and hi ut m time pre
rious to theses .es,pr t~hat he was
gaged in ctirzagj into- fbt the orders
if his governmeot. This single fact, affords
suitcient ansiwer to all those who charge
ipon the present administration the act of
>egmmng this war. And how has the
var been conducted ? .Tust as all our wars
tave been conducted heretofore-andl as
hey alwaysshiould he-relying upon the
that their interests are at slake for the de
fence of the country,
So long as our fellow-citizens shall
sanction our present policy, all our wars
must be conducted in u sibiltir manner.
We never can be, we never ought to be
prepared for war. Our people want neih
er large armies nor fleets, except when
their rights as a people are assailed-their
soil invaded-or their countrymen slatigh
tered by a foreign foe-and in all cases of
sudden invasion, the constitution has wise.
ly vested in the Chief Magistrate the
power to prevent aggression, and even to
asser* our right. Let us see, then, how
this war has been conducted. With all
the difficulties incident to campaigns in .an
unsettled and hostile country, with but a
handfulof regular soldiers and the prepar
ations to lie made for equipping and sup
porting, and qualifying for service a large
volunteer force, we have in' less than
eighteen months advanced to the capital of
Mexico-we have taken several of her
most important cities-we have conquered
nearly two thirds of her territory.
The manner in which the war has been
conducted is only fairly to lie judged by
the results which have taken place since
its commencement and which may yet
take place; and therefore whatever may
be said respecting mistakes that have been
made, let us look at the results, and we
will find that all those who have been
most immediately connected with it are
entitled to the highest applau3e; and justice
cannot be fairly meted out until it shall be
brought to a close, and all the circu-nstan
ces surrounding the principal actors shall
be made known; and that it shonld be
brought to a termination, is my ardent de
sire. What more can we desire? We
have repelled invasion-we have achieved
victory-the laurels have all been gathered
-they have all been gathered by our brave
count rymen-but the gleanings of the crop
now remain-all else is outs aud our coun
try's forever! I would, therefore, again
say, let us have peace. The majesty of
justice-our national honor-the right of
our citizens, have been vindicated-let us
then have peace. But hov shall this
peace be secured ? Is there a man in the
country who is willing to inflict upon the
people of Mexico more of suffering than
they have already endured? I do not think
there is one. Our only wish is to obtain
from them a guarantee that we will not be
itsulted hereafter, and that our rights be
respected. But we must have security ?
We .look to the government of Mexico
alone. We ask only their solemn pledge
that ivo shall not hereafter be wronged
with impunity,
I-low, thenhas this war been conducted!
At every step of its progress, we have in
formed the governinent of Mexico that
we were willing and anxious for peace
for the acknowledgmenti of wrong on her
part, and a promise to wrotng us no more.
Even at the gates of her capital, our gene
ral in command yields to the impulse of
peace. When he might have entered as
a conqueror, with banners waviug and
drums beating, amid the loud howls of the
"dogs of war," he halts, and in the spirit
of a negotiator, tells the foe, "We wish for
Peace !-will you egase to inflict injury
upon us? ' We merely wish you to. deal
s Sm towards us,- nl then we. can be
ten d, then yI'u"iIl-4ind-uamsetea4
to dlelend your altars and firesides than we
have ever been to inflict -punishment and
suffering upon you." It is to hoped that
there will now he peace; and that the result
will prove beneficial to the interest, and
accord with the highebt sense of hotter, oh
the Mexican nation. There are surely none
who wish evens for peace, at the sacrifice
of the highest initerests arid the honor of
the United States. This is my belief, and
I hope that such will not be the end of the
Mexican W~ar.
There is another question before the peo
ple of great motment, and wvhich excites
a great de-il of attention, that is intimately
connected with this war. If, upon the
contclusion of a treaty with Mexico, wc
should come into possession of her territory
-what are we to do with it ? This is
question of dilficult solution. Of one
thing we are quite certain-the Yankees
will in time overrun that portion of their
tcrritory; though there is much, Mexican
blood upon it, we may look to the period
as not more remnote than a single life
time, when a number of large Suates,
siretc-hing from the Gulf of Mexico to the
Pacific ocean, will be distingtished in the
constellation of our Union. The qunestion
to which I refer, anticipates the acquisition
of this territory. It is known as the
Wilmot proviso. And what is the mean
ing of this qttestion ? A portion of the
p~eople of the United States have their
hearts set against the extension of slavery;
and there are scarcely any means which
some do not deem justifiable, in order to
accomplish their purpose. With a large
number-, this subject is no doubt a matter
of cotnscience and of pritnciple ; and they
assumedl that a cert ain portion of territory
is to be derived from Mexico. as an in
demnity for the wrongs done to us, and
our expenses in the war. There people
say, that if we take this territory, it will
come through the totl and blood of the
country in common-that of the North
and the Seu th ; and we are not disposed
to say that this territory shall be appropri
ated exclusively to the people in the
North.
This is one of those dliflictibies which have
surroutnded us from the organization of
government ; and it can only be properly
settled in accordance with the Constitution
of our country.-Shall we be deprived
of the opportunity of gaitning this territory ?
F'or me I hold maysell in readiness for the
crisis, whenever it shall lie presented
even should I be comtmpelled, from my
position, to give ansother terrible casting
sote ! I shall carefully examine the sub
ject, weigh well- the able ar-guments on
both sides of thme question, which may be
presented by the giatnt intellects of out
country, andI reservedl to myself the right
to do as I think right, wvhen the time may
come for action.
But wve hear, in some qttarters, much
talk of what is called compromise. I am
of that oldI school of Demnocrats? who wili
never compr-omise the Constitution of rry
country. Trhis is one of the words not to
be found in that instrument. It was itself
at result of cotmpromise ; butt, once havitng
hecome a thing of shape, of lile, of spirit,
then all comprotnise was at an endl. It
was a et,,eul ,-itiile a positive rule
a thing which might be broken ; but Lavmg
no materials in it which were capable of
being beit. Ic it are to be found all the
provisions, you cannot put ihem there
all the legislation of Congress cannot put
them there-unless in accordance with its
provisions. At the time of the admission
of Missouri into the Union, I found the
same sentiment very generally prevailing
in some sections. Ilhad the same opinions
then on this subject that I have now : and
in the midstof the ngitation then manifest,
there were many who could not see where
the agitation would end. Then men got
together and talked of cotmpromnises, and
coinprnminses, and mnade compromises, and]
ote-half insisted on what they had no right
io ask, and the other half-submitted to that
which they never should have submitted
to. Any such system as this is calculated
gradually to undermine the Constitution.
Far better would be an instantaneous
change in its provisions, by Convention,
than any compromise whatever inconsis
tence with that instrument itself.
The ollicers of the general government
are awake to the importance of this sub
ject; and there is no doubt that there will
be much agitation in both houses of Con
gress upon it. In the Senate I have
no doubt it will be examined in all its
bearings; and I sincerely hope that some
thing will be found to arise from it, calcu
lated to place our institutions upon a still
more firm and enduring basis than they
even now are. The very best thing.which
can he done, whetn all is said upon the
subject that may be said, will be to let.it
alone.entirely -leaving it to the people of
the territory to be acquired, the business
of settling the matter for themselves; for
where slavery has no existence; all the
legislation of Congress would be powerless
to give it existence; and where we find it
to exist, the people of the country have
themselves adopted the institution; they
have the right, alone, to determine their
own institutions; and as the matter so ex
isis elsewhere, they are not to be con
demned for its existence.
There is but one political course which
a mai can take, in safety to his conscience
-that couse is a strict adherence to the
Constitution. That is the charter by which
to determine our powers.-That is the
compass by which alone we can safely
steer our political 5arqae. If -you can
accomplish the abolition of slavery in the
Southern States through its instrumentali
ty, whj do so. But I hope there are none
who would do so at the hazzard of our
Union, liberty and independence. The
only true test, however, to which we can
submit this question, or anyother that may
arise, is the Constitution. But it is unfor
tunately the case, with many of those who
seem most interested in the question of
abolishing slavery, that they are not much
governed by such a principle as this.
There is something above ourConstitution,
above our laws, above our world itself,
that is invoked. These persons should
remember, that there is a means by which
to accomplish their ends, if they be right,
much more safe and sure, than that of
destroyitng the only Cafeguard, which they
have for their own liberty. If they be
indeed sincere in the-e designs, let them
toil on until they shall be Role to affect
such.a change in the Constitution itself as
e desire- but that instrument positively
proit tts anj' inerfin'ei'bne 3(ai& with
the institntions of another, Icould bbpe
that the State pride alone, if there %vere
no more liberal and general principle
would forbid the people of Pennsylvania
to interfere with the peculiar afTairs of her
sister States, as readily as she would resent
even the appearance of metddlitng by anoth
er State, with amaits especially har own.
E DGEFIELD C. 11.
WED.NEsDA Y, NovEat SER 10, 18 17.
iT Thme followving inmed gentlemen are
Candidates for the Oflices to be filled at the
Electioni to be held on the first Monday in Jan
nary next
FOR CLrttat-TIIOS. G. BA CON,
FOR SHs~muFF-SIM EON CH RISTIE,
WVESLEY BODIE.
FOR Onnnvt.-JOHlN HI ILL,.
W. G. COLEMAN.
Recmarks ofthke Hion. George M. Dallas.-We
publish this week, some extracts from a Speech
recently made by Vice President Dallas, at a
Democratic meeting, held at Pittsburg, on the
18th of September. Our readers generally
ktnowv that Mr. Dallaq has boldly taken ground
against the "WVihnot Proviso,'' and in favor of
the cnnstitmional rights of the South. We call
particular attention to his re:narkst on this sub
ject. He has certainly sustained himsel f and the
views of the South, in this mutter, ad mirably.
We believe that in the present critical condi
tion of onr conn'y,such men as air.Dallas and
Mlr. Buchantan, living as they do at the North,
and wielding a very commanding influence,
will prove as towers of strength to otir cause.
We would have putblishied seine extracts before
the presetit time from the Speech of Mr. Dal
as, butt the cro wded condition of our columns
would not permit us.
A muse ments in Charlcsion.-T he distinguisht
ed Genieral Teim Trhitmb, who weighs 15Ibs.,
is 28 inches high, and is 16 years of age, is
now on a visit to Charleston, li e s visited
severat countries in Europe. has received the
highest mtarks of favor from several crowned
heada, boasts of having beeni kissed by se
hundreds or thousands of pretty women, and
has performed before fiye millions of people ini
the last few years. lie gives notice that he
will perform in a variety of characters and will
exhibit a ntumtber of rare and costly articles
which wvere preseilte-l to hint, all for the sum
of25 cents. Il~ippy manikin !le has grown
rich and great ott account of his very intsigni
The Toigga Fsramiy.--It is known to our
readers, that (eneral Twiggs. an ollicer of the
United States Army, ha fought most heroical,
y in several sangui nary b-ittles in Mexico. We <
In not know that this veteran soldier, who has
been so long in the service of his country,Jas
any suipetior in gallantry, and few,.if .any, in
military skill, in that band ofbraveand well
Iried officer.4, under the great Captain Winfield
Scott. Other mnembers of the Twiggs family
lave exhibited their gallantry and devotion.to
their counitry, in the present Mexican 'Wr.
Lieut. Geoage Decatur Twiggs, aijephew of
the General, and also we believe of Com. Deca
tur, was killed on the 12th of-Augnut, at thin
late battle of the "National Bridge." He-wasa
young man of fine military address, of-chival,
ric qualities, the pride of his faunily, and'the
only son of his parents, who were residefs or
Philadelphia. He was.a volunteei, ail left
the pursuits of private life to embarkiin.the
war. At the time of his death he was serving
in the staff of Major Lally. A few veekaafler
his death, his father, the gallant MiMjor Levi
Twiggs, of the Marines, fell before thewall of
the city of Mexico, in one of the sangdinary. but
glorious actions there fought by 'our
Thus las this family of citizens been mi Ms ad.'
ly afflicted. A grateful country wil dIy
recompense them, and give all.the nseaon
possible for their bereavement.
Commeresof New Yrk.-The total comaeree
ofNew York'for ten months, ending wiihbep.
tember, amounts :o one hundred anid tr.four
millions and upwards. There has JAeon-aon.
siderable increase under the new:law..
1!T We have been permitted to make, the
following eatracts from a letter writtenabytap.
tain P. S. Brooks of the "96 Boys,"htois ra.
ther, at this place.
"VERA CaUZ, Oct 19 ;1847
"My Dear -:-I have onlytimeto
tell you, that to-day I struck'i'vein of
good luck. The Col. in co'mmeand-of the
131h Regiment. called on me and tendered
a command of 70 men, which of course I
gladly accepted. We go an to the great
city o-morrow. Col. Hays ofr Texas,
(the gallant Jack Hays,) also called and
complimented me with one of his Texas -
Revolvers. My connexion with -the Geor
gia Infantry now terminates, as a full
command is preferable to an Adjutancy.
which Capt. Nelson, (the officer in com
mand of ihe Georgians,) offered me. Capt.
N. is fine looking .and' a mdstthowuagh
gentleman.
The common impression here asth'at
the war will not teiminite in Gie years.
The detachment with which'I go up, will
consist of the 13th,-of Col. Hs'' Regi
ment, and a CavalRy forceof 'ibiut 250
Dragoons. Colonel Witheri w 1ifrever
claim my warnest gratituda(di athi ip
pointnent lie has tendered I p Hays
says we will have (in.his ligtus a Tex
as fight between' Jalap'a"apdProite. JIs
it not charming, that-i should hve s op
portunity of acting in concert 4ith"the
Texas Rangers..and .the'glots Coloel
ack. Hays I Hasys. weighi I ery
handsome,.modest as a.g: rl,"Wijbrave
As a Carolinian. When he
Piaol, he biied kiid so 1
ing such a complainant fro J
(f..ssn u t .
I to.e.....
Palnimtto B0 .1 s Ied
jslernedhat tbot
daylight. kt as now 10 '"lc~adlamn
wrting inithe Quartemusters Office, who
is now making out. desputches.' The an
formnationa I gave' in my last about my
Recgiment is of course hut rumor, yet. the
common implression *is that there are but
70 effective men. There are hfre about
forty-five hundred men. 'e'will'leave
to morrow, and if there is any fightingthe
Texans will find it, and I wall have my.
share. All they want for a week, is a bag
of parched corn. The Texans killed somie
3 guerrillas yesterday, and H aystold me
he had a trap fo'r abouat 100 to-morrow. I
I am messing wvith Cal. Withers, Colone[
Clemnent, and Mlaj. Polk, the President's
brother. My Regiment is th e praise of
every tongue, anad our beloved' Butler em
balmted ini thte hearts of even strangers. Oh!
how any heart grieves, whoa'I think of the
brave 96 Boys, but every blow I strike
shall be for them and poor Butler. Of
course, when I get to my Regiment, I go
to my own company, but I hiope to com
pare hcars with them wvhen *6e do meet.
Can't hear one wvord from my poor wound
ed brother. Vera Cruz is almost as far
out of thie way of news from' the army as'
E***** God bless you all."
Meeting of the Georgia Legislatlure
TIhe meting of the Legislature took place
on the lst inst. The Hon. Andrew J.
Miller was elected President, and William
HI. Crawford, Esq., Clerk of the Senate. j
The Hlon'. Charles 3. Jenkins was chosenf
Speaker, and 1K. A. Owven, Esq. Clerk, of
the House of Representatives. Gavernor(
Towns' inaugural was delifered onu'the
iane day. "He reconimends, geiseially"
the improvement of the means of ihter
communication, and that the question of
the extention of the West era and Atlantic
Rilroad should be permanently settled.
In relation to the Mexican war and. the
Wilmot Proviso ho thus expresses himself-:
" This war (the Mexican'war) was not
of our seeking, nor is our Government re,..
pon-ible for its coasequences. Forced
upon us by ihe act ofthle Republic of Mex
ico, I have never entertained a doubt that
justice to our own citizens and the honor
af the nation imperiousiy demanid it. pro
secuion with all the poweraneeryo
the Nation. adeeg'o
"Intimately connected with the war, is
a question of vital concern to the slave.
holding States of the Union; should the
pernicious principles of the Wilmot Provi
so receive the sanction of' Congress, and
hecome the fixed policy' of the Federal.
Government irn referene to itisterritory
hereafier to ho acquired,- 'it would constir
lute a case of Federal bstirpation'too intol
rable for endurance. An act repugnan4 -
to the Constitution, destructiveoofour rights,
and dishonorable to Georgia as one of thp.j
parties to the Fedleral Compact, should.
receive as I doubt not it woauhil th-e usited.
resisance of every true' liearted:'triend.to.'
the State." -
Newo-York Election.-T he WVhigs, is
seems, have carried avery tiling befose
them itn tha late electiona in' Mew Ynork.