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'FROM THE RIO' GRANbE..
ew fr uahuao the1 Prtho ec e of Aohe
Engaemcnt- CptrC' of a, Party -of Ad
~Viua and Sallillo.
Byrthe last arrival from thene Brazos
ave' receie everal private letters, frel
which we glean anumber of.. items! of,-ii
Sterest r that have reached us, from no oth
iource and which we have nota' seen els
whre. Information had been received "acrof
the country at Saltillo, which indicate aof
little work ahead for the. American'X , ti*o
sent' from, Santa Fe to take possession4
Chihuahua. On the 15th of December the
were encamped at El Paso, from whence
was underistood they, would march about tU
latter p art of January. The Mexicans in. thi
part of. the country, are making every effo
to oppoee their march with a*'strong foqrce
'At first they.did not intend making any resis
ance whatever; bt,. emboldened by the lor
delay of'our troops at El Paso, they set
work ' in good- earnest, and have now a coi
siderable numerical force and twelve pieci
fficanuons Should our trooprcontiriue <
their march, they will probably iave a secor
. edition of the battle of Sacramento."
'Our ieaders, will doubtless recolle'ct t
'some inonths since, our correspondent, J. ]
D., with.Gen. Wool's column,anientiened th
Mr.- James Collins, commonly known a
"Squire Collins," who was interpretei to Cc
Doniphan's command, and behaved with ti
greatest gallantry.at Sacramento and Brazit
had started across the ceuntry' in compar
with Col. Ward and a small party of lea
than a dozen, for Santa Fe. Ther expi
dition' was regarded as extremely hai
ardous, both on account of the Indiar
and Mexicans ; hut the old squire eax
his veteran comnpanien, who is eight
four years of age, were undaunted and dete;
rmined. The 'party were heard from apho
time since;.and we regret "to .sa.stheqy~wyei
. taken prisoners at Presidio-deL'Norte'.by'tla
'tre'acherous ,conduct of a 'Jexicai pir
When near ~a .place, called'Saii Ca k2rc
the Rio-del-Norne thbey enconnterd four Mes
idans, out on an expeditiob "after Camanet
horses, and inquired of them the distande 1
San Caries, where they wished to purchai
previsions. The Mexicans ropresented ti
distance as short, and off'ered to. guide thel
thither. On arriving at San Carlos, they wei
unable to satisfy their wants, and were advii
ed to proceed to the' Presidio del-Norte-thl
Mexticans' telling them that therQ was no ga
risen there, and that they had nething to fea
The siquire and party determined to follo
their advice, and set out;' but in the mneantim
as afterwards appeared, the Mexicans ha
sent off'a courier to Presidio, witha the info
motion that a pat of Americans were.
their way to that plce. . Tgnorant'of this ci
cumstance they due in time, arrived at tU
Prebido-were kindly received 6y the o
padre, and considered themselves perfect
siafe. 'Dinner was prepared for them, and
table spread at one end of a large "sala
their arms being deposited at the othe
While quietly appeauing their hunger, a pari
of Mexicans rushaed in, seized their arms, at
took the whole p arty prisoners. The o:
priest apeared to'be.quito delighted with tI:
-success ef his ruse, but received anything hi
bles'sings fram'the parrt.y, who regarded hii
as a second .Judas Iscariot. " The squire at
companions were 'all' conveyed to Clhihuahu
and incarcerated in prison, where 'they sti
remained at last accounts. Old Col. Wai
was very ill, and some of the' foreignersi
the-place ofibred to becomie his secwrity; hi
the Mexican authorities inhumanly refuse
to release him. '
'Morse's Telegraph and the English Tel
.aph -Mr. French, the President of t1
'Magnetic Telegrph cornp any, taking a stati
ment of 'the6,pnse of telegraphing or
hua "~, words t~ iverpo~ol fromn London,
delieo miles, has made a comparise
of thee h~res ithtlioso, on Morse's lin
"The distance fromu Washingtona to Ne
Yotk istwve hundred and tiwenty-five mile
and'aa' niessagevof one 'hundred words
transmitted ordinarily in five imiiutes, bi
sometimes in three and a half minutes,' at
-o~harg of five dollars for the first hundre
~o e~, but only three 4pllars and thirty-thre
* , cents for the second and for opch followini
hundred words. The comparative efigeienc
of the American and Englisi) pystemu
electric tlgaphs, is, there fore, easily state
and comnprehended:-Engliah telegraph, 10
,words,'220 mile.,' 10min. *22,20; America
.telegrap10 ords, 225 miles, 5 min., S1
,~ ~ ~ila tipu Leger, Feb. 12.
pul 4ant is now exhibitinghme
t.uo hose height-issovon-feet ton inch
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~- o6 ComrilReviewv is on our'. ta.
t" o " ; .
on Aoebet spare the time re
- -for the peruial The article on Su.
kar in the present number is of great in.
rterst. The publi erLAnforms us that
th work ca n ined mplet
rom the beginning in four handsome
bound volumes4
ERNJST CLEMENCEAU:
Or, :ritish Philanthropy Ilustrated, A
.4we of Gaudelobuipe i:1838, translated 'from
the -Frenchof Fredexick Soulie, by a lady of.
a Charleston,
The translatress has been pleased to hand
us . rcopy of this work. We have .read it
with attention and are.highly pleased with it.
r The plqt is sufficient and the language easily
- flowing. Thibvolume is of convenient size,
' .and the., execution neat. It is a southern
work and printed in Charleston by .Burges
f & James.' But the chief merit of the work
is that it .unfolds in the attrictiveArm-Iof a
it talo tho true policy and ailin:f 'the English in
i regard. to slavery and their total want of prin,
it ciplviuthiaatterawhicih have been ably
eXosed by-some southern statesman. On
this-accountWi Iia'ly.o recommond the
book to all who are able o procure a copy.
. They will find the views-therein. worthy of
ts their attention as southerners. The, book
is -for sale in Sumterville at the store of
Messrs. A. WITrE. & Co.
LITERARY MESSENGER.
it . The February No. of this southern pe,
riodical has reached, tis during the - past
e week. Its readers always find itof inter.
is est. For many years it has been sustain.
y ed and is now in its fourteenth volume.
, hile thd Commercial Review at one ex
tremity of the south extends -our useful
aknowledge, thoe Messenger at the other
adorns our literature-and adds to our in
-formation. 'Both are'ready ehamipions of
0anij incsc ofthteir former success.
iMAI O TNPE ADEN BR ANCH.
The Cagaden- Banh rail road is nowv
oover the Watereo river and passage for
business is said to' be- certain. It' Is ex
pccted that the road will lbe completed to
e the Manchester depot by the first of March
or vory soon after that time.- .This state
-of things both. actual and expected calls
-. publie attention to the consideration that
~ t is time that ther~ should be fbrthwvith
destablished 'a daily" mall communication
by means no'singo running
.between. Sumtervillegankdthe Camden
0Branch road.s The state of' our business
relationiith~ Chiiirlestoni is 9f suilicient
aimportance to require the iise anid enjoy.
ment of every available faciility fbr their
yconduct; and, wore this not so, the conve
dnience of the travelling puiblic should be
dconsulted and immedilately forwarded 0o)
tevery occasion and by every opportunity,
T 'ho least that can now be dong is to have
Sa daily bseigor stage ,ynzning to the
Camdiixen-Bdedh as soon as possible, that
w~e miayr have a daily' mail from Charles,
ton and Colimibia,. Very shortly wagons
dwill, convey freight to, and from the
Branoh-road, and no impediment to mal
,staging will then exist. The gme ad.
ovantages should then be anjoyed by pas.
sengers and the mail as will be by goods
and wagons. We thus-endeavor to draw
"public attention to the matter, that proper
stepsfor the accomplishinent of these oh,
,jecth may be taken; and that they may be
taken in time. .The public mind occas,
aionally needs spurring. We hardly dare,
however, to call ourselves the riders.
We only endeavor to remind the public
of what is evidently for their interest.
TEMPEREANCE INFORMATION.
Dr.ate atiley, of Lancaster district, lately
* ttdattemnperance meeting in Char.
leston ,hbtinthatidistrict in 1830, there
wvere tbirtyaplaces ldenved for the sale of
ardent spirits but that in' 1840 not.a single
0.,
ucA oW
state,.
trd te egsj
pion 'f theti d
celmsrily dra~w iy ea~~tb
the trade of Sumter Didiot'fbit'ad1
1ets' witis ouif redbhiIt "
f the distridt as muchiofrIt
can and i particular that of~f~ ia
lyinginore insThidiatelysout n ~to
us. .Some. of our .plante9stdfj~'~
would bes willingio si
and produce in Sumterville ast ed it
to Charleston, If' -pNor ofnabl~ib
could' here be ObtaIfd~nigfg
the circufustanco tkia~ 9ii re e
seller doesilot bear the costoftranspota
4ion. How then can Sumterville emade
a depot of trade foe this dictrict befbrio the
building of the Wilmington and Kntqohes
ter road? sugst the fIl.owing
means, after the'recollection of one~Kktwo
preliminary rermarks. The Eni'd
soven hiundred .h6usand doins belsg
subscribed to the Manchester read and
the evident and strong disposition o the
roads to the north and south of us in Vir.
'ginla and Georgia to'assbat the: entdro s
to the amount of Iur liundrid thou'nd
more being considered, besi de the 'dtr
mination of the people of WirMington to
build the road to the South Carolina r.
n'nd the desireof our' people to cny
through the oonnectmng link, ^reniicrzi A
moral ertai', tt 6id will be uilt
and that before the -lapse of much-tinie.
Resting then-on this reasonable cer-din
the benefits of the proposed o id' mighlt'b
sociird'to this districta gby 60
struction from Sizmtervill~ tc 'th i
chester depot, alrthe-lineo of the. pro
posed roadf a tack of unrailda titne
properly graded idnad 'I ' he
cars carrying a varying number of bAls
of cation or quantity of proe iigr
run without mc difloustiydndbedinenj
by horse power. .All* freighsdisetih
ed for the greater part of the district'be
low'and east of us might' be broughgoi
such a road to this place as a deolt. The
mails also could lie thus carriedand even
passengerp.. During tlie;as fulfd'l rav.
eled at the nort on afe ijies of road
~of tia kind in oara drawn by .horsespow,
er.- Coulh use- be made 'of flat rail the
expensefvoald be veryo' reatg inovased,,
buttio facilities of p aen by - u se
wvould be muh mn'tro: increase#, T h1e
remrrore made on the supposition hat
the present subscribed 'funds oftoad
couldbe made use of, by .permissi of
the company, or if tiis is ineqipedient or
impossible, that funds might be subsoribefl
for the purposettd sthat the w~orks doner
might be sold to- the rail road "company
bhen they were able to commence'opea.
tioafs, Thus, or by similart means suited
t tho end, might Sumtervli be,. ade a~
place of much greater-trade than at 'pre.
sent, Weo are'bnable 'at present" o6 give
a statement 'f'thef pobable' costf suph
an enterprise; but it is -evident' tl at~ the
nlon-uso of iron rails would ymuc e ien,
It, 'and that the work thus clone would be'
a certain quantity executed and ircadfo
the proposed Wiki.ingoiaog "'ahee
suggestions are nmade with the intentips of
calling the 'attention of'oudreflecting men
to the consideration of:thiensbject end 'of
setting in motion whatevetafie dein.
ed advisable, should it ho thi'ei.
eat to take arny action thereon,~ Should
the Wilmington road be -built, of wvich
we have no doubt, tllis -meastfre would
only hasten an eitpected result; and should
it from the occurence of any unforesedn
and unfavorable circumstances not. 1i
built, the benefits of this'chcap'horsoe-er
road would' reamain, 'while the'cosi nd
conduot of such a" mean's ' ca ian'o
and transportation could be well' borne'
and 'would not be much felt. 'From the
execution of such a measiure, It appears
to us that, the'prosperity of Sdatterville
will be increased 'ard that' shei 'listrit
through her cannot fail to be benefitted..
A prospect is thus opened of forthwvith'
drawing here cotton trade and such 'trad'
of other kinds as usually attends tl e pale
and purchase of cotton.
THlE PAUL JONES, BJLT,.
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