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AMERICAN FLAG.
BY FLEESON & PALMER.
JTEDJCESDAY MORNING, NOV. 24, 1847.
"Necessity is the mother ot' invention"— neces-
sity has taught ua how to make a large sheet out of
two small ones. 0»r paper this morning explains
the principle. We shan't patent ttio invention.
Departure of Gew. Tailor.—The stay of Gen.
Tailor with us was brief. His applicalion for leave
of absence, to visit bis family, has been responded
to—Thursday's mail brought him the desired permis-
sion, and yesterday he took passage, with his Stall,
on board the steamer McKie for the Brasos, where
they will embark for N. Orleans by first opportunity.
During ihe Gteneral's sojourn with us, he was
greeted with a hearty welcome, and our citizens were
disappointed in his Btay being so short. We feel
well assured a most joyful welcome awaits him in
the United States. The oldj General has become
public property, and each individual citizen will un-
doubtedly claim of him a hearty shake of the hand,
aa & dividend on their share of the joint stock. May
Jgalth and happiness attend him and the gallant offi*
cers of his staff!
We had tlie pleasure a few days past of seeing in
town, our friend Colonel Kinney of Corpus Christi,
looking in fine health and spirits. The Colonel is
the Senator in the Texas Legislature from the coun-
ties of Nueces and San Patricio, and is taking a
round among his constituents on the ^ither side of
the river, preparatory to the approaching session ot
the Legislature, on the second Monday ot Decem-
ber. We are also told, he wishes to run down to
Vera Cruz and parts thereabouts, if an opportunity
should offer, but we expect he will not neglect bis
legislative duties to do so.
The doctrines set up by certain military gentle-
men, that the country west of the Nueces does not
belong to Texas, will, if carried out, leave the wor-
thy seaator without a district or constituency, il he
' does not keep a sharp look out. The people along
the Rio Grande anxiously hope thtfr Senator and
fiepresentative will be in their seats at ar. early day
ot the session. They have important interests re-
quiring their earnest attention.
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Private letters from New Orleans, received by last
mail, state that the money market is becoming daiiy
tighter, fhe character of each successive European
mail is easily discovered in the elonga'.ed faces ol
those having foreign connections. Good paper lms
been sold in the streets at 5 per cent per mo., altho
the New Orleans papers have stated that the mer-
chants of that city would not foel, to any extent,
the effect of the failures in Europe. We have feared
that the result would be otherwise ; it seems to us
impossible that the great monetary centre should
be so severely affected, without the circle extending
to the most remote points ; as impossible as it would
be for a steamboat to pass on the Rio Grande with-
out disturbing the wnier on each fide to the bajik.
Again we ask—will not our Government give pro-
tection to the commercial interests and thus greatly
increase its revenue?
This question certainly has never received the at-
tention that its importance demands. Bui one route
to the interioi, via Camargo to Monterrey, is in a
measure, open to the trader. This reu'e alone has
! been the source of no inconsiderable revenue to the
Government—and we ask what would be ihe t fleet
if our troops had possession of San Feru- iJo and
Victoria? Would it not open an extensive hi"1"'
for importation and trade that a large majority of the
Mexicans themselves are anxious to see established?
—when, as things now exist, a few robber chiefs
completely obstruct the trade of the country. The
Mexican feeling against these robbers is strongly "r
pressed in the paper published at Victoria -;i de
nounces the military authorities in the most bitter
terms—accuses them of many arbitrary and atro
cious acts—prefers 35 distinct charges against Gen.
Urrea, and denies that either ho, Canales. Carvajat,
and other "self-styled" Generals and Colonete, have
ever had any other object in keeping together their
forces than to plunder and rob the people—says that
an instance cannot be shown where any of them
have ever been engaged in battle with the Americans,
unless in an attack upon unarmed teamsters—when
they showed their valor by inhumanly murdering and
barbarously mutilating the bodies of their unarmed
and defenceless victims. Patriotism or love ot coun-
try are not the motives which prompt them to action
they make use of their forc es solely to rob, plunder,
and promote their own individual ends. This same
IJrrea, who maintains a force at Tula, and guards
every avenue of approach to Tampico, we are told
is connected with an English commercial house in
that city, who are sending large amounts ot goods
into the interior, under convoys supplied by him—
and no other goods are allowed to pass into the in-
terior out of Tampico, without permission ot this
same individual, or some one of his adherents, which
can only be obtained by the payment of large contri-
butions. This system, which places the whole trade
with Tampico in the hands of English merchants, is
carried on in the same manner in this section of coun-
try, by other similar chiefs—the whole being np
doubt a connected plan.
Now then, it would require but a small force of
troops to destroy this whole system. It being op-
posed to their interests, the aimost entire Mexican
population would aid in its destruction. It is alone
by their being1 kept in awe, that they have submitted
thus long; but iet some American troops take this
matter in hand, and we are satisfied they would be
willingly assisted by the Mexicans. The conse-
quence would be that a healthy trade would imme-
diately commence—and, as before remarked by us, by
identifying the interests of these people with us—
by extending our commerce with them—we would
in thia way, tend to bring about £ more enduring
peace and kindlier feelings, than any other method.
HJ—"IOU. i .•...i.i i:a-i-JLJiauasf '
Elections —We gather from our exchanges, the
following items relating to the State elections that
have recently tuken place:—
Texas.—Galveston papery of the 11th had baen
received in New Orleans, but it was bard to deter
mine who had been chosen Governor. The highest
competitors appear to be Messrs. W ood and Miller.
They run well in Eastern Texas.
Louisiana.—The legislate • of this State is elos*
a rid doubtful. In the Senate, the Whigs bav^ !•
iu.miKib, thf demoCfdts 16—a tie--with i wo
districts to hear from, ' hi wfiigs hav< probv-bly
elected 50 nu mbers, and the democrats 4b, to th«
ilv use, with three parishes to hear from, each enU
tied to one represent live. The majority on joint
uauoi ior eitlier partv will haHly exceed two. Vhe
popular vote estimated by the Bee as follows. 1st
Congressu .al istrict, 4jt» democratic majority; Se-
cond uisuict, 798 whig majority ; Third district, 600
democratic majority, Fourth district, 3'JO detn. muj.;
which exhibits a majority of 552, in the whole State,
m favor of the democrats.
Tennessee.—At the last accounts the Legislature
of Tennessee was still balloting for a U. S. Senator,
without the slightest appearance of effecting any
choice.
Pennsylvania.—The official returns of the election
show thut in the Slate senate y»e whigs have 19
members and the demociut3 14; in the house the
whigs have 33 and the democrats 65. Democratic
majority on joint ballot 25. The democratic plu-
rality for Governor is about 19,500,and thedemocra*
tic majority over all 7,200.
New York--For the first time since 1S41, the
State government of New York is whig in every
department, save tlie judicial*. A whig governor,
lieut. governor, all of the heads ;sf department, ca-
nal board, prison inspectors, and a largo ma-
jority in each house of legislature. Never before
has the State been so thoroughly whig.
In New York city the whig majority on the lieu*
tenant governor's ticket is 4,546 ; on the comptroll-
er's 4,5-12. Eleven whigs and five democrats, one of
whom is Miku Walsh, are elected to the assembly.
Last year only one whig. Whig Senators in each of
the four districts in the city. The majority of the
State will be immense. The Journal of Commerce
says, thousands of Democrats, who were dissatisfied
with the Syracuse nominations, did not vote Ht all,
and others went so far in their hatred as to vote thc^
whig ticket.
New Jersey.— The majority for Haines, the demo-
cratic-carididate for Governor, is ascertained to be
2609. The Legislature is decidedly whig.
Connecticut.—The Whig Stale Convention met
GLEANINGS FROM THE MAIL.
The Lexington .(Va.) Gazette comes out in sup.
port of Dr. Ruffnei's views in regard to the gradual
abolition of slavery, and states that he, and the gen-
t'emen who have been instrumental in placing his
address before the public, are slaveholders, "to as
great an extent as our western gentlemen generally
uie" '
Ev >iy man, says the Rochester Gazette, who de-
sires 'he completion of the war, every one who loves
th. hoaoi of his country, every matt who deprecates
ilv .. shedding of blood, must unite in demand-
.» ur anr-ty be swollen to tens of thousands
cinii effective blows be struck until Mexico learn
"Hi in peace aione is safety. . *
Gen. Scott was born in June, 1786, ar.d is theres
tort- 61 years ul age.
I he government tobacco seized in the capital
says the Mexican Moniteur, has been divided anion
the army and corporation, and the latter is permute
t.i s<-H it at the price established by the old govern*,
ment. The corporation must give an account week-
ly of* its expenditures and revenues.
Queen Victoria.—The rumor gains credence, savg
the correspondence of the oourier des Etats Unis/m
circles of the higheBi authority, of ihe symptoms of
insanity having been manifested by heMiiajesty. The
well known liability of her iamily to this cruel mala-
dy strengthens the probability of this report.
From the month of May to the month of Septem-
ber, this year, there arrived at the port of New York,
101.546 immigrants. Of these, were natives ofGer-
many 43,208—Ireland 40,820—England and Wales
G 5C0—Holland 2,y66-Frdnce 2663.
The American loss in killed and wounded in the
Mexican war is a litlle more than one»half the Ame-
rican loss in the levolutionary, or fir6t war of the
republic The whole number in killed and wounded
then was6G97; in the Mexican war so far it is 4491.
From Oregon. — Letters have been received in New
York to April 14. The legislative assembly of
Oregon have approved of Wilke's project tor con.
struclmg a railroad to connect the eastern and west-
ern shores of our huge country, and send a petition
to the United States on the subject.
Yucatan —A letter in the Patria dated from Cam-
peachy,the 26th ultimo, states that the revolt headed
by Zattnu had been suppressed, and that Mendtz
had been recognized every where as President. Ze-
tina had offered to qmt Merida and Ihe country.
Another insurrection of the Indians had-broken out.
Steamboat Accident —A collision took place on the
Mississippi, below New Orleans, on the 13th inst,
between the steamship Fanny, bound for the Brasos
with troops, and ihe steamer E. A. Ogden, coming
up from Iberia, which caused the Fanny to sink m
ten feet water—the Ogden being butsligntly injured,
The Fanny has since been raised and towed back to
New Orleans for repairs.
The result'of the elections in New York and ^rew
Jersey is curious. \\ bile the whigs wrest the great
Slate of New York from the democrats by an over-
whelming majority, the democrats have taken New
Jersey from the whig column, having elected their
governor by over two thousand majority.
Of the regiment of Volunteers from Mississippi,
„ , , . , I the Vicksburg Whin savs, only two companies have
at New Haven, on the 3d instant, and nominated | y<jl 8mvfid ^^ pa(lMs,»Cap.. Gee,
and the "Star Company" from Amite and Copiah
Clerk Bissell for Governor; Charles J McCurdy for
Lieut. Governor. The following are the delegates
to the National Convention : C. W. Rock well, Free-
man Smith, J. El. Brockway, J. F. Babcock, J. T.
Trumbull, N. L^ White.
Wisconsin.—The Legislature of Wisconsin has
met, under the call of the Governor, to take the. ne-
cessary steps for forming a State Government. The
Governor, in his message, estimates the population
at 200,000.
Michigan.—A telegraphic "despalch to the New
York Herald says that Michigan has gone for th«
democrats by a heavy majority.
Com. Stockton's Return—We find by the N. O.
Picayune ot the 16th that Com. Stockton and suite
reached St. Louis on the 4th' inst. The St. Louis
Republican says he was upwards of one hundred
days in performing the journey, having been detain-
ed by the sickness of his men from the measles.—
WJien the commodore left California the country
was quiet in every direction, and during his travel
he received only occasional molestation from the _ ^ .
Indians. On one of these occasions he received n J EXAS- ^ie steamship Palmetto, rom a ves
slight wound from a poisoned arrow, which struck i lon> which place she left >n ihe lltl* inst., arrive . u.
him while lying in his camp. But as the injury was/^ Orleans on the nth. Bv this arrival the Com-
sustained from the edge and not from the point of \mercial Times gives the following item .
the arrow, no very serious inconvenience followed. | Affray ---A row occurred late.y in the German
... c .. ,, , . . , • I colony which has led to the loss ol life. A disagree
1 he editors of t.ie Lepubbcun had un In ,,r' 'rv' j merit had taken place between Mr Speiss, the di-
with the commodore, arid the following extract is a reci0r 0j tt,*. company, and Dr. Shubert, which led
portion of the impressions they derived from him on to the expulsion of the former. Irritated, he, aided
The New Orleans "Bee," 9th inst. says that a some disputed Rointk ; j by fr.eods, •ought to retaliate by force, on Dr. S., at
' J r n j the farm, when two individuals, named Capt. >um»
Baltimore letter writer, supposed to be connected ! Corn. Stockton, in the conquest of California, act- j merS) 0nd a Inndscape painter,, called Rhodrdorff,
with the Treasury Department, and to have access 1 ed upon his own responsibility. He claims that this l were'killed in the skirmish that ensued. Mr. Spicsa
f , c r, i- „„ | wjs accomplished before the arrival ofGer,. Keur-
to many of the secrets of the Cabinet, announces m I r .
counties, Capt. Cow6on.
The Victoria (Texas) Advocate of the 4th irat.
soys that the steamer Beaufort District, bonnd for
Vera Cruz, with Gporgia mounted men and siorts,
was lost while attempting to run into Buss Cavailo
for fuel. At the last accounts she had bilged on the
beach at St. Joseph's Island. Forty horses were
drowned.
Maj. Gen. Win. O. Butler, left New Orleans for
Vera Cruz, on the steamship Galveston, on the l2th.
Capt. Shover, who distinguished himself at Palo
Alto, Resaca, Monterrey nod fcialiillo, intends opi n-
ing a recruiting office in Cincinnati, with the view
of forming a company of Flying Artil ery.
j had dtsaopeared.
10 .unuj v, ...» , an(J (hm b(j(ng th(} caae) |hat |ho contlilioIKl| ! - ' t ,
his last communication that—the President will lake I p0Wer. vested in Gen. Kearney were inoperative,! .. ,, n T \\r u..„ disturbs
.... . r c .i K i , l. l. i . . . i I Death of Senator Huntington. —Hon. J. v\. Hun- u'siuiueu
ground in his message to Congress in favor ot the and that he had no authoi.y to act as com.nas.de; fj p tVo* < Connecticut, died a. his »lk was
continued conquest and subjugation of Mexico. The ; «n-ch.ef" in California. He assumes that General at Norwlch> (mm „ Mldden a„,ck „f infla, | they f< ug
, , Kearney,on his arrival at San D.eg<., did ackriowl-
Bee closea its comments thus : j e(j^e (j|in ug commander-in-chief, and uff rfd his ser-
We are to continue to fight in order to compel , vices as aid. Thai, after the arrival of Ge.i, K »i
Mexico to pay us for fighting. Every drubbing she ney atSa i Diego, Coin. Stockton repeatedly offered
receives is to count so much in the score. By and him the command of the'expedition gainst Los An-
by the amount carried to her debit will be so no- j geles. Gen. Keorney continued to recognize the
menae aa infallibly to bankrupt her. so that per fas commodore aa com. irander-in chief. Il is even sra
nefas, she will needs be compelled to surrender j ted thai Gen. Kearney by letter, requested pe.mu
her entire domain. It is as if the books were kept! 8i0n of Com. Stockton, as commandcr-in-chief, to
somewhat in this wise: Item—for the battle of employ a portion of the troops on a particular
Churubusco, the State of Tamauhpas; tor that of! duty. Some days following this. Gen. Kearne.
Chapultepec, Coah>iila; for the fights in the Capital, 8,.t up the claim of being himself th" c.yil and
N«w Leon. At this rate it is not difacult to pre- j military commander of the Californias. I.n the cor-
dict that three or tour more battles will leave Mexico | respondence that followed the commodore denied i
1 1 '' " " * ' ~ " He
■nation of the bowels-, on (he 1st inst.
i.n ahl whig—no bigoted politician.
Mr rt wns at their victory, and that we ought not to be
With the N. 'it; that they are onr own flesh and blood;
V. Cormut rial we agree in saying " ' his Iofs from | Gen. Scott draws his lineage . n#
toe Senate is a real loss, because he was me of the j that Maj. i.eilly oh ! where is the gn(j
most sulisiaoiixih valuable m u oi tha' body — j archeolog.at to name the home ol his » ^ of
** Not brilliant ami estieciall eli>quent in debate, bu Gen. V\»rtb mutt,^ of course, ^ nnP ggi
sen^di'". j id ^fous, arid pains 'akiiijj, botii i< a Oi--
bao-rand in the less s ■ -.vy dutt-s >f legislation;
whi-.t I10 kn'-w he knew w-lt, anil ht labored tn'h»
fully to make himself th jroughiy Hcqoamtcd with
tlie subject that came under examination " ( he i consiaereu, mere m n.iuimj; .w lhf« «ri
Norwich Courier says iliat, " u^ t' ".hf v-ry mo- | presence of Yankees in ci*ili**'
The English < .J the Mexican War.—With the ex-
ception, says the Baltimore Sun, of that amiable an-
ti-American press, the London limes, Englishmen
and the English piess now generally giv e all due cre-
dit to our valiant army and its :>chiev.-irients. Bri-
tish journalists who but recently abused and vilified
the American people, now claim relationship with us,
trace the desccnt i>f our victorious generals, and ad-
mire the ability with which ihe republican volunteer*
emulate the greatest achievements ef British vete-
rans. ,
A writer in ihe Liverpool Albion, in speaking "
our armies having arrive'd under tliR walls <1 Mexie°i
seems to express the popular feeling in England, 'u
saying: ■■
1'he accounts of the battles in Mexico happ )
^ the sad monotony of the week, and
_ thai tlie Yankees are full of pluck;
ught well : that they have a right to be p'"
„Ughtnottobeangrv
flesh and blood;
from the land o'cakM.
! whei
archeologist to namt
—ot course, nemo -
ler; ■ mat inc fight vvas a fair ?"c' ia
:suit will be peace; thai our PrMu,, ?e|.
this matter—for we are blessed with an amia
fisnness—may mislead us; lhat all thing3 ^
consiQ. red, there is nothing to excite r' Sr^(
a " Britisher; " that tin
lhat the remit
the
higher ci*
ment of his death, his intellect remained as clear Hid curry witn th^m, and retain there, a |a(^nt re-1
unclouded as in the days of his pcit ct ! niih, and tion ; that they will open up the vas . .eM,t re-
• , i 4* i _ . i it .t . i. u. , i tUn iioiion nnri rr^alfi in luvi'
h ; sunk into the sleep of death with all
ihe calm- , s- uicco ol the nation, and create.^8nuf»c-1
scarcely a tithe part of her soil, and if she should the authority, and suspended Gen. Kearney
cost us a few thousands more of men, and a few asserts that the Government at Washing!
millions more of money, our claim will.so much ex-; gustained bis view ol his powers, inasmuch as tie i " . V . . tu i . » i cm.
ceed her abilitypay, that nothing short of her vast had been recognized as commodore with tho rank of . e(J man ami the true Ctiristian Ihe las lh-Times on tho other hand, consider"1
possessions will content us. ; major general, an 1 that Genera I Kearney was only 1 y**ra Vj.1"- Il,e h"„ve »""Ost wholly n I he I imes, on ho oJher „ thf„ pj
We have our doubts whether the Administration a br.2ad.er general * ,he P,,bl,c srrv,ce-' , h1* was eletc,cd l" the ble1na,e Jc°tla, P?'8! 'and almosl h j
can rally a majority of its own political supporters ' • >n 1-45, consequently his term ot service would not diets deieat and disaster to him, fX |gion fr"»
in favor of this wholesale scheme of territorial ac-i The commotUre has written a letter t» the editors xpir until iSal G>v B.sseli, whig, will appoint, that the next mail may| ""no""..,. (,t" late
- • 1 thu meeting of the: Mexico. It is evident that the l im«..n
most prominent can- is far behind 'ta London contempora ^ ^ thM
trong, of Norwich, | ment ol American matters. It.nigni»B^f*|
quisition, and we feel very certain ihai the whigs of the Uepudlic?.) rciteraimg, in subsl .nce, wnav be j his successor to h jld ..ffici uutil
will give it no countenance but the session is So had told then, verbally, with the exception that it j '"Vi" "'l**' J
near that speculation can aflorcl to pause tor facts, i , . . . .k n didates for the station are \lr. Strong, m whwh.h, i »< ■.> v. 0artiMn,8m
They will come soon to satmfy the people of the c®nU,n9 man.v '"Jinuations derogatory to the Gene- | and the Hon. Truum:. Smith, member ol Congress j is universallycharactenzfd by pat'
riewB ol both parties. 1 «al. I for the Litchfield district.
1 judice.—N. O. Bee.
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