Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1846-05-27

              WEE KM 0 10 STATE JO U RNAL. VOLUME XXXVI. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1846. NUMBER 40. I'UBI.ISHKl) KVF.KY WUDNKSDAY MOKN1NO, BY CUA.KLKS SCOTT & CO. Office in the Journal Building, sonth-eaat corner of High street and Su((ar alley. TERMS; Tim Ms noi.r.ABK rr.a. ahhvh, which may be discharged by the payment of Two Dou.akb in advance, and tree ol postiiin. 'r of per coinage to Agents or Collectors. The Journal ii also published daily duriiifc the session ot tlie legislature, and thrice a week the remainder of the year for $ and thrne times a week, yearly, for 4. tiiuhnday evening, may ai into. fort and mortar battery ; a brink tiro of allot and shells was kept up, but without damage to the fort orgarrison. A de liberate fire was now kept up by our eighteen noundcrs unon the enemy's iruns and tlie city of Mat amnras, tho consulate flags being respected. The lire of the enemy was kept up witnoui cessa- tion until half.nast seven. At ten it waa tenipnranly suspended, but recommenced and continued at inter- vals until twelve at night. A ltluun it la oeiievca that some 12H) or I BOO allot were fired during tins pe riod but one caaually took effect a sergeant of II. Company 2d Infantry being killed. Wot one of our guns wua dismounted, though the enemy's fire waa concentrated for some time on the 1H pounder battery and tlie shot frequently siruc uie embrasures. At 6 o'clock on the morninff of tho 4th, the fire was resumed by the enemy, continued for twelve or fifteen allots, and kept up at long intervals during the day, but without effect. The amount of damafrc dono to the enemy, beyond silencing their batteries cannot yet be correctly known. Our informant assures us that it was unuerstoou to bo (len Taylor's intention to remain at Point Isabel until that post should be perfectly fortified, and a large accession of troops should arrive ; but he further gives us every reason to encourage those enrolling or who umy desire to enroll themselves, to believe lint Gen. Taylor will lead them at once into active service that it is Ins firm intention to carry tlie war into Airica. The Volunteers The " Cadets," a volunteer company of young men of this city, that has been disbanded for some time, have opened their list and buckled on their armor again. The full complement of eighty men lias been secured, and they propose to tender their services to tho Governor. Tho "Montgomery Guards" an infantry company, recently founded, has enrolled sonic sixty men, and will probably fill up in a day or two. They camp out in tho State House yard, and are now subsisted by the Quarter Master General. Tho German battalion arc nearly ready for action, and will volunteer their services if necessary. Tho government has not called for artillerymen, but wilt undoubtedly accept their services. These are efficient corps and aro composed of men who will do honor to the Capital of Ohio if they are brought into action. They have taken the lead iu the work, and deserve honor for their promptitude. Congress Nothing of interest is transpiring in Congress. The bill to raise a regiment of mounted riflemen has passed both Houses of Congress, leaving to the 'resident discretionary power as to the sources from whence tho officers should be drawn. The Senate was not in ses. sion on Saturday. Tho National Intelligencer takes it for granted that the war will induce Congress to abandon action in re-fereuce to the Sub-Treasury and the Tariff, and that an issue of Treasury notes and an increase of the Na-tional Debt will be necessary, in nil probability. The IHirereiiee. Tho President declared our title to the whole of Oregon " cU-ar and unquestionable," and said, in his message, that it was the design of his friends to go forward and take possession and thus perfect that title. What was his course f Did ho march an army forthwith and take possession of Oregon uptn M, 40, with out even saying to Congress, tho war-declaring power, l.o un. 1,..Vn i Nut 1... flnr uniiumliimilMe title WMI nol . .or . ...o,u . . .. - ... cmMmA K que.,ion.bl a. to be fit . ul.jrct i... ... ; ;t. MumrxM at aiirh a time. Con- 1 1 ..... Ileaponse of Ohio, Tho Governor, as wc learn, just before our paper goes to press, is momentarily expected. He issued his Proclamation at Mansfield. General Order, So. 1, has been issued, and is in substance as follows : It calls on the Major Generals of the State to muster their several Brigades forthwith, and to determine the number of volunteers that may be had in each Urigade. The order calls for volunteers in the terms of the law : "Infantry or riflemen to servo twelve months, or to the end of tho war, unless sooner discharged." The Brigade Inspectors are required to report, immediately after the enrollment of the names of volunteers, to tho Adjutant General at this place. From these volunteers the requisite number is to be detailed, and they are therefore required to hold themselves in readiness to march at a moment's warning. The order calls on all military officers and the cit-Izensof the Slate to co-operate with the Govornor in raising the requisite number to respond to tho call of the President in the shortest possible tunc. Appointment! by the Governor. Col. Samuel 11. Cuirns,of Wooster, has been ap pointed Adjutant General, in place of Gen. Mosti.v, who is absent from the State on imperative business This is an excellent appointment. Dr. Robkut Tiiompsom has been appointed Surgeon General ; also an excellent appointment Tho Adjutant General may be found at tho office of the Quartermaster General, in Ambos s building. Requisition on Ohio. Ilv slins issued from this office, on Tuesday evening, our readers and the public generally were informed of tho fact thai a requisition had been made on uino uy the Secretary of War, for twenty-four hundred volunteers. This requisition was not entirely unexpected. and there is every reason to suppose that each of the Western States has already been called upon for it quota of man to fill up the ranks of the army. A diversity of opinion prevails as to the success of the call for volunteers in this Stale. Sure we are that the feelings and inclinations of the people of tho West have been gro'sly misrepresented and strangely misunderstood. The administration and its presses speak as if they were confident of making political capital out of tho war, and as if it was really a desirable thing, for which Mr. Polk could not receive too much '(.' Infatuation and folly ! Truly, " those whom the gods would destroy they first make mad." It would bo s subject of the deepest regret, if the Government should fail to secure the means of prosecuting this contest vigorously to a successful termination It were a libel on the patriotism of the American peo ple, to suppose that such a result is to be feared. We gress, howower unwisely, have assumed tho war. i They have said that a war exists. The intelligence from the frontier advises us that the war has begun. Eve-1 ry man whose feelings are right must hope that this conflict, as it cannot be avoided, may be speedily and honorably terminated. What force is necessary to bring about this result, is a question wc may not attempt to decide. Congress has authorised the President, in his discretion, to employ an army of fifty thousand men. lie has called on Ohio for a portion of the-authorised force. Wc hive all confidence that every proper effort will be made to comply with that call. A conviction that their services are needed, will certainly induce the men of Ohio to tender their services. They may feel, and we doubt not many of those who have volunteered already, do feel that tho whole ichemc of Annexation was a wicked and improper one, and that the weakness, imprudence, and unhal-lowd ambition of M r. Polk have brought us into a conflict which it was m his power to avert. Ohio has de-r tared airain and again, through the ballot box and through her Legislature, that alio has no sympathy with the perpetrators of this great wrong and that she washes her h llldi of its consequences. Heyertlteiess, true to themselves, true to the honored name of their Stale, magnanimously great, tho men of Ohio will -.n .r.......l i W unfurled flnr of the country, and do what they can to save it from those consequences. This they will do, aa we aro assured. They will re-1 cognise no parly hues, or distinctions, but al the signal will march Against who oppose us in this conflict. While, however, they gird on their armor and sunder for a lime ( for a time only, as we trust) the ties that bind them to their homes, to peace and prosperity, they will vow in their inmost souls, to bring to a strict account Ihosowho have called for Ihese sacrifices al their hinds i those who have thus perilled all that is dear, desirable, lovely, and estimable in the sight of a Christian people ! Ohio trill then, ire say, do her duty! but let not the administration hope to cscipo the consequences of its guilt! Burn a hope is vain. The Newa from the Hent of War Which we have issued fioin time to time, in slips, since our last, has infused a new spirit throughout community. Previous to the opening of the batteries, and tho result thereby brought about, serious fears were entertained for the safety of the gallant army of (ien. Taylor, which seemed to lie completely surrounded by a vastly superior force. The fact that Gen. Taylor inarched to Point Isabel with but a portion of Ins forre, without meeting the slightest opposition or seeing any thing of an enemy, seems lo justify tho opinion he has entertained and expressed, that the Mexican force has been very grealty exaggerated. It seems hardly probable that he would have been allowed to pass unmoles ted, if tho Mexican force was great enough to prevent it. The intelligence below, which ape ins more rename than that in another column, and for which we are in debted to tho Cincinnati Union, justifies the opinion that the first accounts- were very greatly exaggerated. The number of Mexicans killed is entirely problema tical, nrobablv not exceeding one hundred and may not be the half of that, Matamoraa was injured, but not destroyed. Two only, out of four or five Mexican batteries, opened a fire upon our camp and lln-y were oulv narlially disabled. One account stales tnai ucn Taylor did not intend to Irave Point Isabel until he received a sufficient force to make an aggressive movement. The fact llial Ihis point was not attacked before he reached it, aerms also lo justify the opinion that the Mexicans had not a large force. Several com panies had arrived to his relief, while he waaal Point Isabel. He expected a conflict, n ne aiiempieu io return, lie ia a gillaul officer and can undoubtedly maintain himself airainsl a vastly superior force. On Uio arrival of the mail singe on Tuesday night, about eleven o'clock, with tho encouraging intelli genre from tho seat of war, the State House Im II was rung and bnnfirei kindled, occasioning great conster nation lo our eitisens, most of whom hnd just retired, until the cause was ascertained, when alarm waa turned to joy. A field piece waa brought out about one o'clock, and a round fired, Kt ill I-Hlrr. The New Orleans Picayune ol the litth, brought by the Memphis, gives tne following account oi tne ai Urk on General Tavlor's Camp: On the 1st of May the main body of the Army of Occupation m arc lied iroiu uie vauip on toe iiu Grande, leaving as a garrison in in neiu woras op-nnaiifl Malauiuras. the ?th Reirimenl of Infantry, anil turn Anniiifinies of Artillery, commanded by ('apt Lowd and Lieut. Rrngg the whole commanded by Maj. Brown, 7th Infantry. On the 3nd the Army encamped at Point Isabel Early in the iimrningnf tlie third day, a heavy cannon ading was heard in the direction ot Matamoraa, wlnel was continued durinff the day, and at interval durui: the night, and during the day of the 4 ill. Owing to the difficulty of communication with the Fort, no in telligence was received at Head (Quarters, r-apecling the result of thenannonnde, until the morning of the 6th, when a parly sent forward to couimunirate brought a dispatch mmi Major Uiown, announcing me particulars, a brief statement of which follows : At & o'clock on the mormnir of the 'id, t fire was opened upon the fort from one of the Mexican batteries, and waa continued with seven Buns. The fin was immediately returned and Ihe battery silenced by our guns in thirty minutes iwu ot ine enemy a gui aumtoaed to br dismounted. The euemy then ouiumenced firing from the lower of negotiation. Tho administration thunder is si lenced about Oregon. Mertrotukta it. How is it in tho case ol Mexico There is an un- ' settled boundary between this country and that, even admitting that wc have a right to I cxas and have come fairly by it. The President admitted thnt fact by sending Mr. Slidell to open negotiations for a settle ment of the boundary and other diiliculties. w hen Texas was annexed, instead of recognizing the boundary she claimed, we expressly reserved in the articles of annexation the right to settle her boundary with Mexico. Does Mr. Polk wait for the settlement of this boundary? No brfure he had rrceived intelligence that Mexico is unwilling lo recognise our niin iter,he ordered our army lo march from C orpus Christ! to the Rio Grande, the utmost verge of the boundary claimed by Texas, and plant its batteries in front of those of Mexico, and drive beyond that river the forces of the Mexicans, if any should be found ! Another case The steamer Caroline is assailed by inarmed British force on our northern frontier. American blood is shed, the vessel scuttled, set fire lo and sent over the fulls. Did Mr. Van Huron declare war commenced and burn and destroy all before him in Canada ? Not he. Tlie British Government assumed the responsibility of the deed, still Mr. Van Bureii suf fered year alter year to elapse without even seeking redress : Contrast this and the case first mentioned, with the course pursued towards poor, imbecile, helpless Mexico, hose territory we had taken, and say whether the administration has not placed us in a position unworthy of a great and magnanimous people. But, wo are told, war has commenced, and it is our duty to aland by our country. So we will; but wo will not fail to show up in their proper light our craven and wicked rulers, even while wc drive Mexico before us and punish her temerity. Generous Offer One of the " rascally banks " of this city which 1.0-cofocoismso much loves to villify, ( the Clinton Bank) offered, as we leant, to advaucu one thousand dollars to fit out and place in New Orleans, the Montgomery Guards of this city. Wo learn, indirectly, that the Bank has sinco offered to advance to the Governor len thousand dollars, if he wishes it, in order to aid liiin in fitting out, uniforming and transporting troops from tins point. The Government Ins not, as yet, advanced the means to equip and sustain the volunteers. Judge Swam, yesterday, made a liberal donation to the company above alluded to. If we were not afraid conloundiiig all the ideas of propriety that animate (he Destructives, we would mention the fact that this another of thoie rascally bank Whigs the Presi- nl ol the Monnter thmrd of Control, He offered lo iibscribc a hundred dollars towards equipping a coin- Gov. Lucnsiii lnvor ol n State Ilnnkt In order to show Ihe rute at which Locofoeowui " pro gresses, a contemporary bis recalled to mum ana view, the deliberately recorded opinion of that old Democratic Governor of Ohio, Robert Luais, in favor of the establishment of a State Hank and Hranchcs. Who in reading that opinion can say that the present State Bank and Branches of Oiiio, in any respect fails to fill up tho measure of usefulness thus anticipated as the result of the establishment of such an institution, save that it yet lacks the capital and means to meet the demands of business? Our contemporary, however, need not go back as far as Robert Lucas. Wilson Shannon's exhortations in favor of sustiining a home currency are fresh in the recollections of all : from tho Stcuhcnvillo Herald. How the "Democracy" Progress, In the year IH'X. Roimir Lucas, the then demo cratic Governor of Ohio, made a genuine democratic mess-ige, which was delivered in the Ohio Legislature in Ueceintier ot that year, lie was in great luvor Willi the democracy, and was emphatically Ihe personification of their principles at tint time, and recommended (which the following extract will show) a STATE BANK and BRANCHES, and all the democracy cried out amen! "Alter the most deliberate investigation of this im portant subject,' I am unquestionably of opinion, that this desirable object can be effected but by the estab lishment of a STATE BANK of sufficient capital to meet nil the reasonable demands of banking within the StaU', with a provision to increase the capital as the business and prosperity of the State might from time, to time require it, with BRANCHES eslahlixh- d in every part ol the State where lianks uiiglit lie wanted, with a capital in proportion to the demand. A bunk thus unitinir in common, nil the banking capi tal used in the Slate, and in which the people would have immediate interest, could not fail to inspire public confidence givu uniformity to our currency be a safe deposito for our public funds, in which might be safely inrrsted the school funds and the sinking fund selapart for the redemption of the canal debt it would secure to us the control of alt our resources enable us to compete with foreign banks and relieve us from the influence of foreign capitalists." In lJd, the leaders of tliu same party, styling them selves " democrats,' advocate hard money go for the entire annihilation of all banking institutions, and pronounce all supporters ot such, "monopolists, aristocrats, and "Jracral robbers, and the party cry out amen! '. ! Truly, democracy t$ not nuio what a was thirteen years afro! A Proper Retort I A Mr. Thurman, a Loco toco member of Congress from this State, made a silly and vindictive etTitt to identify Mr. Delano and others who voted against Ihe precipitate action of the House on tho War Bill, with the enemies of their country. Mr. D's. sin consisted in refining to recognize an aggressive war, a war for conquest as just and proer as one in defence of life, liberty and our own soil, rlie remarks of Mr. Thurman, were replied to by Mr. Davis, of Ky., after this manner : Mr. Davis, of Ky., said that he recognized the existence of a constitutional war since the pansage of Ihe war act. But an illegal war had previously been made in violation of the Constitution by the President. This was done m sending an army into a disputed territory He had marched a hostile army into a peaceful coun try, and this disturbed the peaceful relations of the country. Mr. D. quoted Humbodt and others, (remarking that he had examined all the maps which he could find, and that all defined the Neuces as tlie boundary of Texas ) Tho country between the Neuces and the Rio Grande had never been subiuguted, and Texas therefore had acquired no right to this soil. The Pres ident bad declared war ot himself and by huusell, and, said Mr. D. 1 scorn, 1 utterly scorn the base attempts made in this Hall to bring obloquy upon those who have had the independence to arraign the usurpations of the President. I h'lld all who would thus assail others for their de. nces of the constitution in utter contempt. In de- fenre of the country, 1 doubt not those who arc assailed would go as far as those who make the assaults. I have but one son in the world, and I would freely ot- r him up a sacrifice in defence ol mv country, and In ten told more freedom would 1 uiu-r up my own Hi ink Tax Greater thnn thnt on Other Property! Wo have frequently asserted and demonstrated the fact that the Batiks now pay more than an equal share of the Taxes of State. Figures and facts, accessible to alt, and that none have attempted to gainsay, show that the G percent imposed on the profits of the Banks, has yielded and will continue to yield, in anything like in ordinary state of affairs, a greater aggregate to the State Treasury, than a tax at tlie ordinary rate imposed on the Capital of those Banks. There is no getting round this fact. Tho Rinks know it and a majority of them, when tho Tax Law was adopted, expressed a desire to have their Capital phced on tho Tax List, at the same rate as other pFpcrty, and to be relieved from their present tax ! If their profits were as great as is pretended by tho L wofoco press, who effect to believo that they absorb .11 the wealth of tho country, their tax would qundruf !e that of other property. But placing their profits within the scopo of sober reality, wo find that they pay largely mure tax than tho real and personal property of tho State and capital otherwise employed. Here is a fact bearing right on the point, so plain that he who runs may read. It is from the Steuben-ville Herald : TAX UPON BANK P1.0F1T3. While Locofoco editors, and thei; backers, tire false ly asserting that Ranks nre li"l taxed, it may be well lo expose tlio falsity ot the assertion, for mis purpose, we have procured a statement of the lax upon the profits of tho Jefferson County Branch of the State Hank of Ohio, at hteuhenviiic, lor tlie fast b montfis, ending on tin; first day of May, IH-Hi. Cupital stock on Ihe 1st of Nov., lHl.' Dec., 2d 1st Jan., 18-iG, Feb., March, " April, 4:),7till 44,:tin 511,000 Divided by 6) WlijlrtQ life. A Hope. If il should turn out that the Mexicans have but mall force and are speedily muted by our army, tin re ill be no necessity for continuing the war; and wo are not entirely without hope that the English and French will unite in offering mediation lo secure see, instead of aiding Mexico to prolong the war. uch a consummation is devoutly to be wished for. The DisciMstoi. There was a very spirited dis cussion at Ihe First Prcsbytensn Church, on Turf- ay, on the subject of soliciting Legislative aid in alf of the Temperance cause. Messrs Gai.I.ov Doomtti.k and WniSTrn participated in it. Mr, Buttlki was out of the city, but expects to be pre sent next Tuesday, at whirh time tho discussion will tw resumed. Considerable interest waa manifested and the attendance waa good. Shows the average cap'l for last 6 mo's to be $14,360 Out of the profits upon this capital for the last six months, the flank passed to the credit ol the slate the sum of (JtlH.'Of), which is the tax of six per cent upon the profits of the Bunk for six months, which upim the same average for 'l months, would amount lo $.!7!),I0, or upon $100,1)110 capital, to $Kl:(,:i:f, whii-h amounts to upwards of H mills upon the dollar capital and if the same rule was applied to bank capital that is to money, credits, personal property and merchants capital, ot assessing the tax upon tlie one half of the valuation, the same ratio would mnke the tax dividends arising from banks, amount to liij milts upon the dollar, of that half upon which the profits to the State was graduated. It must lie admitted by all wtio have any knowledge f the value of lands throughout the State, that for taxable purposes, they are estimated at less than one third of the cash value; and upon that valuation, the highest range of taxes for all purposes, has been K mills on the dollar, but under the oera1ion of the new tax law, of valuing real estate at its cash value the real estate being brought up three fold, will reduce tho number of mills to the dollar of taxation to rivr., while bank capital, will be paying upon the above baxis upwards of KiniiT mim.s on the dollar capital. Taking then the profits of the State, upon the business of the Jefferson county Branch Bank for tho last 0 months, as a basis to argue from, it is clear that the tax, that will he paid by banks upon their profits, will be greater than the tar upon real estate. Again, tlie tax paid by banks is paid into tho State Treasury without being subject to any deductions for expense ot Assessors, or for t reasurer a tees, nnd be ing paid semi-annually, on the first day ot may, and the 1st of November, are always paid in advance of tha taxes collected from the grand levy. It ill becomes men to rise up litre, and impute dis loyalty to others. My life upon it thnt the meinlter from Ohio. (Mr. Delano.) who was assailed by the member from Illinois, (Mr. Douglaas,) would meet the neiuy wuu ns niueii uriiinens, wmi m imu n v ith as prompt and dauntless a spirit, ami wuu aa true bravery as the member who had assailed hint, or any niemiHT of this Mouse. It ill became Ihe member from Ohio, in the spirit of low demagogue, to resort to the appeals of a low vul- ar parlixan to arraign men lor their want ot loyally. Another iMiehitrnn Hunk Ilrokel Another of lhoe institutions of the neighboring States, in the hands of heartless shavers and brokers, whose better currency " Locofocoisiu helped to bring nto circulation in Ihis Slate, has exploded. Tlie Bank of the River Raisin had a considerable amount of pa per in circulation here until our. new banks set their countenances against it, drove it out, and thus saved community. From the ( level.im! Herald. F.ut.L'nt: or TUB H!K ok Rivkk Rasi.h, Mine. We learn thai this Rank closed its diors and made an assignment on rriday, ami uiai ine uuia oi me. e um were selling in Detroit on Saturday at 1 cents. 1 he circulation is stated at between $0 fJHHI and $0,HH To day Messrs. P. Dow Hi Co. have taken up the bills of the Rank in small sums at their office in this citv. but this afternoon there is some complaint of lack nf the II ink s funds to redeem longer. He nope uie " tightness of chest will be easier lo-morrow, though the symptoms are not fiattenng. Lire Imiusrr.. Horatio N. Barstow, lately a citizen of Cleveland, who was engaged as Agent of the Government in assisting lo remove the Choctaw Indians, was accidentally drowned a week or two since, while on this service. Before starting he had insured his life at Boston, for (i'i.OOO, for the benefit of his fa mily, if any accident should happen to hun. We learn from the Cleveland Herald that the Boalon Company has promptly informed the lamily of the decerned, of their readiness to pay Ihe insurance policy, and by it will Ihe family be rendered comfortable. Such a fact aathii speaks volumes in favor of life insurance. The Boston Company has issued seventeen hundred and one policies during Ihe past year. It should not be forgotten that we have a Life Assurance Company in this city. It has issued a large number of policies du ring the short period of its existence. NKWsturvR NrnovimrsT. The Stenhenrille lter aid, which recently pissed into the hands of our friend W. R. Almhok, has been by him enlarged nnd ap pears in an entire new dress, of beautiful texture. It is a paper worthy of tho support of the gallant Wings of Jefferson. The Tusrarawas Ad rotate has also been enlarged and improved much in its appearance. Our old friend and co-laborer Judge Pathick, its present editor, in forms his friends that this change ia preparatory to another, that Adukw pATnira, (his son, we suppose) will shortly take charge of tlie paper. If there must bo a change, we are glad that it -is still to be in the family that the mantle of tho father descends to the son. ERVsipr.rAS. We understand tint this disease is now prevalent in Shalersville. Several deaths havo occurred and there are many coses of sickness. Ha-vrnna Star. This disease has prevailed in the north-eastern section of this State alarmingly. In Morgan county it has been extremely fatal, bidding defiance to medical skill. Some of the best citizens of that section have been stricken down. We reirret thnt tlf Aiihj"p " not brought liefurc the Medical Convention. A New Pnpcr at Wnftliiniiton. Reports have been prevalent for some tune, that a new paper will shortly be commenced at Washington, by Ei.woon Fisiii.it, Esq , of Cincinnati, which will advocate the claims of Mr. Calhoun for the Presidency. Fisher is a bold and fearless politician. The material of the U. S. Journal have, it is said, been pur- based for the new enterprise. "Trrnaonl Trensonll" The AVw lor Morning ,Vrtr, Hie leading LofofS paper of New York, edited by Ihe editor of tho f)fo- cratie Krrietc, thus speaks of the action of its friends in Congress and the proceedings ot tlie administration i " We confess, meanwhile, thai we tec no particular reason for such extremely hot haste on the part of 1 Congress in voting appropriations on so granu scale a a that of the proposed army of &O.IHHI volunteers. It ay be vrry proper, out wnai me necessity oi sum rushing preripitation on the occasion f Are we going to swallow Mexico al one gulp, and is it feared alio will escape our hungry eagerness t An army ol bO,- (HH1 men means inntsmn and marrh to .Veitro, or else it means nothing ; and worse than nothing that is to say, a mere bullying demonstration to frighten our mi truble tittle ndrersuru. " It certainly merits some little eonsiaerntton wheth er we should engage at once in a war of that character or not. For our humble part we are disposed moat ear- ncnily to drprteats it, at least In the present state of n flairs. An invading inarch lo the city of Mexico- Nonsense 1 " This would be u treason" rank treason, if uttered by a Whig ; in the estimation of the sapientdough-faces who do the bidding of Mr. Polk. What is it coming from such a source. Tho New York Journal of Commerce, another Lo- eofoco paper, talks In the same vein I KxNTtimv Gov. Owsley, of Ky.,has accepted the services of the Louisville Legion and ordered them to procrea forthwith to New Orleans. He has Issued his proclamation inviting the cititeni to form themselves into volunteer Companies. Gen. Cooi-iha hai issued his orders for assembling the regiments of Ins Division. Siaavrn School Books. The American Sunday School I'nion has just issued several new and very pretty books designed to swell their invaluable Sabbath Hrhnol collection, which already numbers between five and six hundred volumes. Complete sets of these books, uniform in style and miking a beautiful library, may be had for ninety or ninety .five dollars. 1 hey have a collection for smaller schools of 100 volumes, from W lo pages each, with muslin backs, that may be had for flfl only. The four little volumes which they have just issued and which, perhaps, have not found their way lo the West, are as follows t Lifo in Earnest ; or C hristian Activity and Ar dor illustrated and commended." Napokon Bonaparte ; Sketehea from his History. Adapted for the young." " Reuben Kent at School ; or Influence as it should be." "The Midshipman in China; or Recollections of the Chinese." The moral lessons inculcated in these little volumes are greatly to he prised. The first named volume is intended for Teachers and Adults, and is peculiarly happy in its reflections and suggestions. These works all, or part, mny be had of the Sun day School Union. There is an Agency in this city, in which a Urge portion of them are kept. Rev. Ciias. Tohhky died in the Maryland Penitentiary, on Saturday, lite Dili inst. His remains were immediately taken to Massachusetts for interment tX7 We were indebted to Mr. Amros, of this city, for the slip containing the news brought on Tuesday night. Eari.it Fruit. Dr. Josks, of this cily, exhibited to us about two weeks since, a variety of the cherry, nearly ripe, called the German may-duke. It is not, he thinks, properly named. The tree wo believe, was imported. It is the earliest variety in the country. Mr. Hutu, of this city, an accomplished horticultu rist, has a variety of the strawberry now ripening, ve-rv large and luscious. They are Burr's seedling, and double tho size of the largest early varieties. pT Gen. II tMii.Tnt, a gallant Whig of Portsmouth, tendered his services and those of Ins brigade, to tho Governor, last week, if they should bo required. ItT" We were in error in saying that a bill passed both bram-hea of Congress to raise a regiment of sappers and miners, Ac. The bill proposes to raise a company of 1(H) men for that purpose. From the Cincinnati Gazette, F.itra. We cony the following gratifying news from the New Orleans Commercial Times, of the I lth inst: Latest from (lie Army! Arrival of the Steamship iVio York, Victory ! ictortf f ! (jforum iVic j Point Isnbel Relieved .11 nl n morns in Ahes The American Army TriiimplmntSeven Hundred MeviemiN Killed A Geiieml Itlock ndu ot Ihe Mexican Porta Ordered I 1 1 It is with feelings of heartfelt gratitude and the deepest satisfaction that we take up our pen to record the brilliant result of Uio first great blow struck by General Taylor and Ins glorious little army. Tho fame of the American arms has been signally vindicated. With an inferiority of forces so disproportion-ato as to have caused the deepest anxiety for General Taylor and his gallant hand, they have gained a great, a glorious, a noble, a most trnuiiuhant victory. Sev en hundred Mexicans were left dead on the field of hattle Malniimras is reduced to ashes Point Isabel is relieved. Such are the immediate results of this magnificent exploit. The reception of this gratifying news will cause the National pulse to vibrate, from one extremity of the Union lo Ihe other. The thunder of thn aildleiy which was fired last evening in honor of this gallunt achievement, will roll, responsive ly, I mm &iaiu lo State from city tocity from villaire to village from hamlet to hamlei until it revcrlcratca from the rock-girt cliffs of Maine, and tl,e mountains of Vermont, echoiuir a nations gramuue. "The battle is not to the strong, nor the race to tho swift." An overruling I rovidenee has mercifully pro served our little army, apparently devoted to d. slruc lion, and scattered the Mexican host like chaff before the wind. It is proper that some suitable demons! ra. tion of rejoicing should be evinced to commemorate this auspicious commencement m me war. new ur-leans ninrlit to take the lead, as beinir most directly in terested in the success of tho American arms. What say our cititens to an illumination, or a public thanks-giving t The news reached this city last evening, at 10 niin' utea before U o'clock, and it would bo impossible lo describe the enthusiasm with winch it waa received The population apteared to be suddenly quadrupled : The streets nre sen led one living maaa ol human be inirs ioy was depicted on every countenance, and ono universal prayer of thanks ascended on high. We promptly issued an extra, anu now Hasten lo suumin all the particulars wc have received, before our reau ers. Rv the arrival of the steamship New York, Capt, Phillips, which came up Inte last evening, we havo re ceived the following gratifying intelligence from the Gnlveaum iiews. We have been kindly furnished by Capt. Phillips of the steamship New York which has just arrived with the following highly interesting and important news. Wo publish literally from Capt. Phillips' report. The following report is from Capt. Walker, of the Texas Rangers, who had arrived on the oth inst, at 4 P. M. from the entrenchment opposite Mala moras. We learn that an engagement had taken place lie-twee n the U. S. and Ale mean forces. The particu lars, as tar as we can learn, are as follows : Gen. Taylor, on the evening of the ;td inst. left the entrenchment with a detachment of U. S. troops for the purpose nl openitigaconimunicatinn between t'oint Isabel and the cnlrenehnicnt. t)n the morning of tlie 4th, the Mexicans, tnking advantage of his absence, nl day break opened a heavy cannonade on the entrenchment, which waa gallantly returned hy the U. S. troops and in tinny minutes silenced the enemies butteries and reduced the pity of Matamnras to ashes. Morning of the tiA. A gentleman who has just arrived from tho field nf battle, informs us that the slaughter among the Meiirans was tremendous; that upwards of seven hundred lay dead on the field of bat tle, and that the number of houses left in Mntainoras was not sufficient to accommodate the wounded. According to the accounts received at Point Isabel, the number of Mexicans in and about Matamnras, were estimated at ten thousand men, and reinforce ments were daily expected. General Taylor was to leave romt Isabel on tlie otn instant, with a detachment of troopa, determined to open communications between rotni jsaoei ana tne army opposite Matamoras, which has for some days past been cut oft, and only enecled in one instance oy the valiant and undaunted Walker, of the Texas Rang ers, whose horse was shot from under him in the at tempt, and the loss of six men. Santiago and tsatiei are now unucr martial law, ana very citizen compelled to do military duty. On the mommy of the (ith, previous to tho de parture of the New York, heavy cannonades were heard and supposed to be another attack from the Mexicans on Ihe U, S. Troops opposite Atatnmorns. Great excitement prevailed at Point Isabel and Santiago up to one o'clock P. M., when the New York took her departure. Arrived at Santiago on the Gth inst, schooner Decatur from New Orleans. H States schooner Flirt will leave in a day or two for New Orleans. Steamer Monmouth led on the 5th, bound to Aransas for the purpose of bringing every man capable of doing duly, to the camp at Snnlingo. McChester and Rndcliff are the names of two among the six men who were killed by forcing their way through the Mexicans to the U. States cJTnp. The subjuined account is fmmtli GaWcBtuu Oitil-ian.Gen. Taylor proceeded with tho main body of the army, in order to secure Point Isabel, which was menaced, and open the communication, leaving only 7iH) or (jtlO men in the camp opposite Matamoraa. The nrmv nroeeeded without interruption, but the Mexi cans thought tho diminished force in camp offered a favorable opportunity for iu capture attacked it, and were repulsed With severe Iobs, some sny several Hundred. The loss on our side nut stated, but very insig nificant. Our batteries were opened on Matamoras, and reduced the n ace to ruins, or nearly sc. This was on the H and the fighting continued until night. Walker, the well known Texan soldier and spy, then took forty men to carry the news to Gen. Taylor at Point IsaM, during the night. He lost six men on the way. and had his horse, shot under him, but got in. Our troops ore in fine spirits. Gen. Taylor was to leave with a large force on Thursday morning, for the camp opposite Matamoraa. The New-York hnd this news from the Cincinnati, which came out over the bar to take off the troops carried down. Firing was heard when the New-York left. The main force of the Mexicans is probably on this side of tho river. Tho Texan schooner Santa Anna has been dispatch- I from Rrnzos Santiago, with communications from Gen. Tavlor for the American squadron oti vera rux. J lie only written information we nave uau irom uie nt nf war. mines from Cant. Svmnton. late of the Itevenue service ot lexati -now in uie empjoy oi Gen. Taylor. It is dated May 4. Capt S. says: 1 ho news was brought. to mini lsauei y our menu Walker, of Major Hay's command. The Mexicans made tho attack on our works after Gen. Taylor came down here. The United States batteries knocked down Matamoras, killing two or three hundred Mexicans they killing only one of our men, by the explosion of a shell. The works were so well completed the Mexican shot could not injure them. 1 The fight continued the whole day. Captain Sympton has written us that he will furnish us a detailed account of the action, and such other information as they can collect, by the next .vessel. Gk. Tavi.or. We learn that when Gen. Taylor left Point Isabel to return to the nntrenrhed camp opposite Matamoras, there was not t bo shtrtitent doubt entertained that lie would have to rut his way to his intrenchmenU tlirtpuli vastly superior numbers of the enemy, who were known to be poxteil in largo forces anions the utmost impassable thicken of chappcral on the mad. with a dctanni nation to cut bun otr, if possible, in his attempt to regain his other forces. Tl.n in i n.l i r ol tlm Mi-xiraiii is entire v viwie and uncer tain, though all tlio 'statements agree in estimating the in at not leas tlKin ten thousand, while many accounts put their nmntmr at titleeii or twenty thousand. All accomus airrce that tho Mexican lorcesare rapidly iioeKinginironi sn quarters. I low in in v li:irt crossed the river could not ho told, tuab it seems hut reasonable to presume that a lame part their forces will be brought into requisition to dispute tlie inarch of lien. Tavlor. They could not hut see the importance of cutting linn off, and would doubtless employ nil their advantaaea of local knowledil", skill i ',iseinD- tp. atlll all llieir ielmnwlr..liii.f1 reMilirrn in innW.. i-KoiiqihHh their ohjecu l.en. l avior aiuicipaieo a lonm-ahle anddpsiK-rate opposition to his march hut determined to arromplish it or permh. It aeems, therefore, every way reasonable to suppose that a decisive and bloody battle was lou a) it on tho Mil inst., anu we wait wuu annual paiumi annety to hear the result by the neit arrival. n steams no flew lorn ell nere annul iudcioc last Monday morning, after stopping about two hours. She reached Braxos Santiairo Tuesday evening an- i-liornl outside the bar in a heavv sea sent the troops, one hundred and eighty two in number, to Point Isa bel, where they arrived just in tunc to join uen. iay-or in his return lo his encampment opposite Matamo ras. t he new xorK left urazos aantiagnon nrunra- av. at half past a P. M , and reached McKmney & Williams' wharf about li o'clock yesterday evening, emir but about tweiity-eiirht hours on her return. Captain Phillips estimates the distance about two hun- red and seventy miles, or atiotit tinrty mnea teas man to tho Balize. We learn from irood authority that Gon. 1 aylor had ordered the schooner Alert to repair to Vera Crux with spitches, as is supposed, to tlie Uull squadron, to blockade the Mexican ports. There IS. indeed, but tile doubt that all tho Mexican ports in tho Gulf are now under strict blockade, and tlie American fleet m the Pacific is amply sulhcient to shut up every port f Mexico on that shore, as soon aa orders can do sent out lo that effect. Ualreston .ews, ctk tnst. SPKKCII OF HON. I). R. T1XDKN, OF OHIO. On the SMth of March last, the gentleman above named, one of the Whig members of Congress from Ohio, delivered a speech on the bill to raise two Regiments of Mounted Riflemen, and for other purposes, a copy of which has just been placed in our possession through the politeness of that gentleman. We have been deeply interested in its perusal. It waa an able effort ; worthy of ono who is justly classed among the soundest men of the State. Our space will not permit us lo copy the whole of it, but we with pleasure make room for a few quotations. It will be recollected that tho bill was introduced anffsustained on the plea that such an increase of our military force was necessary to the protection of emigrants to Oregon, Ac. Mr. Tilden saw and felt that this was all a mero blind. The additional force was wanted for tho defence of Texas whose annexation was urged by Gen. Cass and even Gen. Jackson and Gen. folk, as necessary to the defence and Bafcty of our South-Western frontier ! He ao declared and de nounced the iniquity of Annexation in every shape, as a scheme calculated to impose new and onerous burthens upon the country, instead of bestowing blessings and benefits. He predicted war with Mexico and war with the Csmanches, as the first fruito of a scheme that had been consummated against the convictions and wisheB of nine-tenths of the people of tho free Slates. Already his prediction has become histo-ry, as aro a thousand other predictions made by the Whigs in reference to the Annexation scheme. Rut Mr. T. could not believe that this was the object of the bill. He had no faith that it was got up to protect emigrants. He doubled much if it had ever been Ihe design ot the President to raise troops to protect Oregon emigration ; and he was quite sure from recent events, that whatever may have been his feelings heretofore, ho note had no such design Tins view of the subject might bo wrong, but it was quito easy to show it so, if that was the case. If this proceeding was all fair, and the objects of the bill such as its friends had represented, they could make itop-peor. Mr. T. looked upon it sjs an attempt on the part of tho President to ruise troops for Texas under the pretext of protecting emigrants, and to raise them noie, and ao enlarge his patronage as to conciliate, by military commissions, certain Western Democrats who had grown cool toward hi in on account of their views not having been carried out in regard to tho northwest boundary. There were certain facts surrounding this subject, and to which he should direct the attention of tho com- mittee, which had convinced him, and he trusted would convince them, that something was going on hero behind tho scenes something which was influencing the minds of the Military Committee and frie ru's of the bill, but which they had not thought it prudent to communicate to tho House. There hail a public sentiment got anrond, how, he would not lake up the time of the committee if(f to explain, that this bill had twoobjects: The first waa to create the neces sity for appointing ninety military officers, to be taken, not from tlie Army, but from the West, and of course from tho Western democracy. The second object was to raise troops not needed now, but which would soon ue needed in J exas. J o avow the reaf ohjecta ol the bill, it was believed, would make it unpopular with the people, and of course would endanger its passage. It had, therefore, been brought forward and advocated as a nieasure for the benefit of Oregon settlers ; this, it was supposed, would give it a popularity mat would ensure its success. Rut Mr. T., however, hnd no doubt that the Presi dent was in earnest in raising these troops. He be lieved the f re aide tit, and those who sympathized and were in closed connexion with him, intended to raise them for tho Ttiiansercice. The honorable gentleman from Arkansas, with that candor for which he was so justly distinguished, had intimated that these troops were needed to defend the two thousand miles of additional frontier which we had acquired by the annexation of Texas. (Mr. Yell arose and said he had stated this, among other service in which these troops when raised might be employed.) Thus ends that imposition practiced upon the people, that Texas was indispensable to the defence of the Southwestern frontier that it was com i tiff in to supply the place of armed legions. The Secretary of War had informed them that it was necessary to increase, permanently, the military force of the country, in order to protect this newly acquired territory and to guard its inhabitants against certain Indian tribes. That this annexation of Texas, instead of giving us additional security, had brought us into proximity with the Camanches a wild, fierce and warlike tribe of Indians, (the Arabs of America, as they have been justly termed. ) ' I hese Indians, snvs the Secretary, in their habits and character, are unlike those who dwell on our borders, or within our territories; they are fierce and warlike, and have no fixed abodes, are generally mounted on horseback and habituated to plunder; they annually roain over a large extent of country, making fearful incursions into the settlements within their range. This, then, is the defence we have acquired by acquiring Texas ; and this is the security which il has given to our frontier! Instead of safety, it has brought upon ua, as every one must conclude who knows any thing of Uie disposition, habitudes, and former practices of the population of Texas, an interminable Indian war, to support which the productive industry of the country must be taxed to the amount of millions of dollars annually. Dlockade of the Porta of Mexico on the Pacific by an U. S. Huundron 1 The New York Herald has the Havanna Diario of the 3d inst., received by Capt. Wingate, of the bark Home, just arrived. " Extracts are iriven in this journal, containing un porlant news from the western or Pacific coasts of Mexico, this account states, that trie American uo eminent was on the point of declaring a blockade of the whole Pacific coast, and that an American squadron had arrived for that purpose, and waa anchored in the harbor of Maxatian. The Vera Crux journal, under date of April llUh, states that Uie national vessel Palomo arrived at San bias from Alaxallan, which place it left at U o'clock at night, on the V.lh, irintrinir the above alarming accounts. All Uio Mex ican vessels in the porta of the Pacific had received orders to make their escape before the blockade waa ntorced, as well as they could. Ihe 1'alomo is rep resented as having escaped out of, port at night, with great difficulty. The custom houses on the coast were engaged in packing up their archives lo be removed to Rossario. 1 his news, which is sworn to before the captain ol the port of San Bias, has created a great excitement in Mexico. Another extract from the Hrnublirano of Vera Crux, of luth of April, states on tho authority of private correspondence, that the Americans in New Mexico at a pn nt called Venado Colorado, aided by many Cu mane lies were erecting fortifications and entrench men la, and making othvi miliUrj iit-pailiuii. From tho Washington I nion of Saturday evening. MILITARY ARRANGKMKNTS. During the week the most active preparations havi been made lo give effect to the measures of Congress tor a vigorous prosecution of tlie war with Mexico. We do not doubt that the larire discretion iriven to the President, will lie found to lie in oatb hands. While the public may rest assured that the utmost care will bo used to. consult economy, and Insecure a force com petent to the protection of the national honor, and to a iH'edv termination ot itio war, we do not apiireuena that half the authorised number of troops will bo im mediately mustered into service. I rue economy and a due re card to the Inirhest na tional interests, However, make it indispensable mat i force shall be at once put into active service, extraor dinary for us in point of numbers, and so large that officers nf the highest rank will of necessity be iu com mand, r rom the mixed character of the corps partly of regular troops, and more largely of volunteers it socina natural that the general-in -chief of the army should take the held and we presume mat uenerat Scott will, as a matter of course, assume the command. We understand that Ihe volunteer troops lo be immediately called into service will bo taken from the Stales nearest to the scene of operations, and for thein tlm niTpusrv order bavn been issued. Measures have also been taken to have the residue of the authorixed force oriranixed. to be called into the service of their country at tho shortest notice, if the public exigencies renin re. We understand ttiat portions win uu cancu for from each State and Territory, so that an oppnrlu nity will be stlorded to all her galland sous to participate in tho defence of their country. Chappohai.. The word Ckapporal oceurs in the ws from Texas which wo publish this morning. As that is rather a new word with our renders, nnd aait may occur again, and ia important as illustrating the seal ol war, we iiima it proper iu my mm v iiap- poral is a term applied to a species ol evergreen thick- I, coillKscn 01 Uie IllUsquiI ousn ninuru wuu vines. li ..iwrnllw rmwi atvntit six or seven feet hiirh. 1 he whole country between the Nueces River and the Rio 1 donein years gone by wranue, is more or o-iw m u j j.in(.r.mi, War with Mexico for the purposes of conquest, and war with the various tribes of Camanches for other objects, were to be among the first fruits of annexation. And what a sad fulfilment of the flattering promises made us last year, and by which he knew many an honest man had been deceived and betrayed. The promises were, that this country was to come into our Union lo supply the place of standing armies, and to open a new market for our farmers. A viler imposition was never practised upon a confiding people. The Camanches, it was true, had nothing to tempt the cupidity of these invaders ; they ban no posse is ions ot winch tney couia oe aespoiiea; out they had souls, and could sympathise with the slave. Tina would bring on war with them, as it had done with the Indians in Florida. The truth was, slavery could not abide contiguous free territory ; and ao long as it existed, so long should we have wars with our neighbors on account of it. Until the laws of our be ing should change, until men should cease to love liberty and hate oppression, slaves would escape from their bondage. They would prefer to leave Utis blessed patriarchal institution as il was sometimes called, this accursed civilixntion of ours, for a home even among savages. And these Indians, though they in i il lit be fierce, warlike and barbarous, as the Secre tary of War had represented them, they had not to sunk tneir numanny, out mat tney wouiu sympainiso with theae oppressed fugitives. Whenever slave owners attempted a recapture of these alaves, the Indians would repel them. This would be war: and it would continue until these Indians should be taught hv this Government, al an expense of millions with Uie people, as other Indians had been, to turn a deaf cir to these claims of humanity. When this Chris tiait nation should convince them, by the exercise of its omnipotent power, of the exceeding wickedness of leeiinjr I or um wron" n mcir it-now iitt'ii, turn, aim not be tore, should we be at peaco with tlie t amanchea, We must sustain a war with them at an expense of fifty or a hundred millions of dollars, to convince the in of the sinfulness of opening their cabin doors to Ihe down trodden slaves. Slnvery had before made war for such objects, and it would do il again. .It had hardly been restrained from making war upon Ihe free Stales. Aclsof offence had been committed against them by the alaveholding Slates, time and again, which would have resulted in a war but tor the restranla imposed by tlio Constitution. He believed the present to be a crisis in the history of slavery in this country. The time had arrived, in his opinion when it could not much longer harmonise with our free institution. Slavery or liberty waa about to irivo character to the future policy of this country. The spirit and principles of the one or of the other were about lo impress themselves permanently upon our institutions. Which should prevail f Should slavery stren allien itself ? Should this relic of barba rism find a home in una proiesseuiy tree ana i uns-ban Republic, when it was being driven from its lurk- curse, r rom a private enterprise it had now become a general sy stein of national marauding. Our Army was now occupying territory wlucn waa represented in the Mexican Congress territory where our citizens were now paying duties on their merchandise to uio Government of Mexico and territory to which we had no more title, accurdintr to the hiirlicst democratic authority at the other end of the Capitol, than we had to uie isianu oi v.ireai uniain. Before he would consent to augment this army of occupation or observation, ( whichever it might he called, ) tor the purpose ot carrying on this marauaiug enterprise against our weak and unoffending neigh I mr, . nc wouiii see thul Uapitol razed to its foundation. ( Mr. Holmes, of S. C. Aro you nol for marauding in Oregon ?) Mr. T. It is my present purpose to say, that I am not for marauding in Tuxas. My vote will determine my intentions in relation to Oregon. Ohio had not been yet heard upon thil subject. She had been betrayed on this question. Her Senators hud violated her instructions, and a majority of her Representatives upon that floor had setatdetiauca tho clearlv expressed intentions of her legislature. The whole transaction had been a fraud upon her peo ple, and upon those of the other free States. 1 hero had been no deliberation upon it, no freedom of thought or action. The auestion had been suddenly sprung by a knot of politicians, personally and pecu niarily interested in it, upon a party jttiownwi'"io .1 1 Alum rur a party triumph than fur the permanent well-being of the country. Xhesc politicians iooh ao-vantage of this ardent party feeling, and so managed as to make the support of this infamous measure the condition of party success. Under such restraints oe these, and upon such considerations, did Northern i. en first give to Ihis measure their reluctant support. It was sustained by party necessity alone. Northern politicians had never given it a sincere aupport. 'I hey nad evidently acted under a consciousness mat n was an outrage upon tho rights of the North. The overwhelming public sentiment of the free Elates had always been against it, and whenever it hnd exprensed itself, un bribed and unbought, it had always been in strong condemnation of it. For a while the people of the free Btatea had heen deluded by the pretence that annexation was a part of a system of acquisitions which it was the destiny of Uie democratic parly to carry out, and which wi to operate to tho equal benefit of every section of tho Union. We were to have an ocean-bound Republic." These acquisitions, it was said, were to preserve the equation between the slaveholding and non-slave- holding States of this Union. The trAWe of Oregon and Canada were to come m on ine ptorui,io counter balance Texas and other acquisitions at the Siuf, This was tho gilding that was given to this measure in order to make it acceptable to tlie people of the free Stales. But now, alas! wo were told by Northern gentlemen, that their Southern friends had betr-.ytd them; that bavin p acquired Texas, they now refused to carry out the Northern part of the bargain. 1 hey were not only for letting Canada alone, but ev n in fact for giving up Oregon lo tho British. There was, to his mind, nothing very extraordinary and unexpected in all this. It had resulted as any one, would have expected who was acquainted with Uie manner in which Northern Democrats hnd been humbuggt d by their Southern associates. Whatever acquisitions were to bo made to our territory would be mode 8' nth. Those who controlled tho country did not intend lo make them elsewhere. Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot. Wasiukotok, May 6, IS4 '. Mr. Secretary Bancroft has sent to the House of Representatives a communication, recommend ng a very large reduction of the present number of oti iters f the INnvy, as a measure both moral and economical. In making the recommendation, the Secretary paya. indirectly, a high compliment to the economy of the lUUIHllSirauuil oi joun (uun:jr miuma winm uww to be so severely denounced for profligacy and extrav aganceas well as a pointed rebuke to Uie two succeeding Administrations for their luck of economy, in Uiis branch of the service. Ho says that in IH'1, there were in the Navv, 33 Captains, '.Yi Commanders, and Lieutenants. there was no limit to the number established, nor reduction required by law; yet, still for the next seven years, at ill end of Mr. Adams' Administration, in 10,110 says the aggregate ot Captains and Com manders was but f)'2! He then proceeds to show that in the number of f'spums bad increased to US, of Commanders to 17, and ot Lieutenants to SJ7 1 And this, too, under the "democratic" and economical Administrations of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren ! When trill the PKOJ'LE earn and feel who humbug and deceive Uiem Mr. Bancroft says that Commodore Stewart, in 1 H-f3, estimated that for all tho vessels then afloat, the fol lowing number of olhccrs would be sufficient : Captains, . . . . 17 Commanders, - 18 Lieutenants, 163 This, he says, left on excess of: Captains, 50 Com maud ers, - 7(1 Lieutenants, - - - 140 Were all the ships now in ordinary to be fitted for service and sent to sea, he says, the number of officers they would require, with those already afloat, would tic not more than from "M lo ttU Captains, about 30 Commanders, and about '-Ho Lieutenants. He therefore recommends a reduction of the num ber of Captains from firt to 4H, of commanders, from u in ,ti, and of Lieutenants, from ,vi, to vA). He also recommends Ihe abolition of the office of Secretary to Commodores, the salary and rations of which amount lo about $1070. The office of CaptaVa Clerk at a salary of $-'tM), he proposes should be abol-ished, except in cases where the Captain commands a squadron or a vessel carrying more than 36 gun. He seggesta two modes of reduction. First, a discharge of Uie excess of officers. Secondly, to put of ficers, nol on duty, on lurtougn tnose nsving neen over twenty years in service, to receive half sea pny ; those who have seen nitecn years' aervice, nan siiere pay ; and those who have been leas than fifteen yean iu service to be entitled to the benefit of the pension laws, when married or disabled. Midshipmen who are incompetent or unfit, he re. commends should be dismissed, and new ones commissioned in the rate of two for every five vacancies that occur. He recommends that increase of pay shall bo regulated not, aa now, by the age of Uie officer, but by the age of his service. He still advocates promotion on account oi tiry and efficitnry rather than seniority, though he qualifi es the doctrine somewhat, by declaring that he detests favoritism, and that Uie opinions ot the best informed Captains should be asked on the subject for Uie information of the President and Senate. He recommends that Purse ra in the Navy, and Quartermasters and Paymasters in the Msrine Corps, be appointed for a term of five years, mibject to removal at all times by the President. The commissions of tho present Pursers, he proposes, should be made to expire thus : one-fifth in one year from the passage of the act on Uie subject, andone-hltli at the endot each subsequent year, until all have expired. Paymasters' and Quartermasters" commissions all to expiie in one year. Mr Bancroft estimate! the sum tltat would be saved, were his recommendations to be carried out, as follows : Twenty captains, at waiting-orders py,ii00 per annum, 50,000 Forty-seven commanders, at waiting-ordera pay, flHtltl per annum, .... 81,600 Sixty seven lieutenants, at waiting-ordera pay IHUtOpcr annum, Eight surgeons, at waiting-ordera pay, $1900 per annum, - - 14,400 Ninety-one midshipmen, at waiting-ordera pay $:Hii) per annum, 37,300 Professors and teachers, ft''jOO ' hut this sum is asked to be appropriated to repairs, improvements, and mstruction, at the naval school at Fort Severn, and is not included in the reduction. Thirty maslrrs, at waiting-ordera, pay, $760 per annum, ...... Eleven master's mates, at waiting-ordera pay, f :H per annum,-Seven secretaries at $1000 per annum, Tweiiiy-nx clerks, at $300 pur annum, imr nlsrits in everv other nuarter of the slobe t Would the free Stales those Statea which had ad-hered to Ihe principles nf the Revolution those States which had abided by those self-evident truths contained in our Declaration of Independence, prove re-creant lo these great principles, dishonor their patriotic forefathers, and make a cowardly aurrender of this Government lo tho keeping of domestic ind foreign slaveholders f Would they do this t No! Never never I He knew something of the tone and temper of public sentiment at the North upon this sub ject. He knew the change that public sentiment uau undergone wiinin tne insi tew years. try n m-rn conceding for the last fifty years to the arrogant demands of slavery ; and he was much mistaken in tho signs of the limes if they had nol made their Insl eon. cession. From present indications Ihey were to take a firm stand in defence of free institutions, and do that which they had neglected to un, but ought to nave lersiiersed with salt lakes. There is very little fresh water or grass to be had in any portion ol the whole intermediate distance, averaging one hundred and lif-! ty milea wide. I'hiln. V. S. Gazette. Gm. Pfttuiroti F. Smith. Gov. Johnson imme dialely complied with the request of Gen. Taylor, and bus appointed Gen. Persifor F. Smith to the command of the troops to be raised for reinforcing our army on the luo Grande. 34,500 3,300 7,000 . 13,000 ' $303,500 Dtrrr.RKnn or Ormoii. During the late Session of the Court, several citiiena got disputing about Uie effects and principles of the lax law. Some were in favor and some airainsl it : the loco of course, gen erally in opposition, when one of them more honest ana llltlcpciniem uiu uin ir.i, junipvn mi ui irr, a,iu exclaimed, " Gentlemen, you may talk as you please but after reading the law, and hearing it explained, I have come to the conclusion, that it is the best law that has ever been past by the legislature because it makes every man pay in proportion to the property he owns. " What say you to mat, nam r amiressing a brother Loeo. You're right Jim after all the fuse, the Wing legislature have done up the thing about right Insearmtcas ddrocnte. I m font nt LiTrnAttr Intohm axiom. The author of the Vestige nf Creation," to the great astonishment and discomfiture of tho big wigs of science, turns out to he Robert Chambers, the great bookseller and publisher of Edinburgh. The Rev. George Croly confesses at lsst to the ati-ii im, nf iiT..ii TlimnAnil A Year " Mr. Croly.it There waa un feature of this Texas annexation that will be recollected, wrote a few vonm since, high lory ould commend itself to hie favor. It had its com- hfe ot lieorge ihe rounn ; anu ine nnw vr t r..v nienceuient in private speculation, instituted from Ihe basest of motives; and hv certain secret influence whmh had nol yet been fully explained, Uns Govern- ment had been made a party io tne oisgraoeim wans, action. All the benefits which would be likely to result from it, would result to individuals. Upon many, princely fortunes would lie conferred; but u pen his constituents' it would operate aa on unmitigated tiea runs through his gn at work ot 1 en 1 housand A Vear," so long credited to Dr. Warren. The companies which are nearly complete but not yet mustered, vix ! Capt. Crevon Capt. Deseomine a Capt. Honiat's, Capt. White'sand Senator Marks, will probably reach, iu Uie aggregate, 400 more; makigu iu til 'J00 men.