The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-09-05
TEXAS AND MEXICO.
fnpOrtaHt Increment Of 7roops-Reguisition tor
Men on our GouerROr-7He call responded to.

| fmpOrtdnt Increment Of 1roOps-Reguisition for
Men on CUR GoreTn0r-7He call responded to.
/ About IL o'clock yesterday forenoon
business took us out Of our office and as
we went down Camp, and on to the Post
Office, we saw citizens grouped together
at every corner, talking lu,en,y about
We then knew mol what. They seemed
e'hled and IN high spirits aud as they
consisted promscuously Of both wings and
democrats, we knew that the cause Of their
rejoicing must be something more than a
mere political party triumph. When two
men, we could hear one tell the other. with
significant smile, TO sharpen " Uncle
Alexander (the big sword, aud the hitter
would remind his friend how necessary i,
now was for him to buruish up his old ri.
lie, rugged muzzle Bess." We soon
learned
What had caused this great commotion
Tie city through"
II was, at the time We speak Of, publicly
and very generally known that The yele.
ran, Gen. Games, commanding the South.
err military division Of the United States,
had made demand on Gov Mouton for
one thousand men or moro for the national
service, and that the Governor promptly
made requIstlon on Gen. Lewis, CON.
handing the first division of the Louls.
ana militia, for the required force, VIZ
two regiments of volunteers, of ten com.
panies each-one Of them TO consist of
muskcieers aud Que of rlflcmen, and two
companies Of artillery, with eight field
pieces The rcqnslIon was of course i'm.
medlalely responded TO, aud will be put
forthwith into execution.
1t was the knowledge Of this fact that
caused the excitement amongst our cti.
zcns which we have attempted to describe;
1T was this that made them seem as if
Their souls ,ssrs in arms
And eager for the fray
We understand that the whole Of the mr..
iIlery force Of the c;;y-a most effective
well armed corps-have volunteered their
services, and that they have been accepted.
Oar gallant uniformed infantry conpa.
MES are not, IN the meantime, Iistessly
resting on their arms calls for meetings
Of the officers Of the Washington Reg
uncut aud Louisiana Volunteers NAV be
seen IN our paper to-day. In fact, the
question wllI not be Who viii be suf.
fcred TO remain nj home p but " Who
viii be lcrmtncd TO enrol themselves a.
mongst them, the defenders of their coun.
uymen beyond the Sabine p Before To-
tnnrrOw's sun ascends the meridian, the
draft, IN mercantile phrase, will be honor.
cd, and were II numerically ten tunes the
amount which It =, 1t would be met with
the same aIacrity and good will.
This movement IS SAID 10 be consequent
upon authentic information which has
reached Gen. Games, OF the advance Of
10000 Mexican troops 10 a point within
eight days march Of General Taylor
quarters. We arc not aware of the pre-
else disposition which is to be made Of the
volunteer force; the great body of them,
we believe, 20 10 reinforce Gen. Taylor ;
command.
We, hike the rest Of our citizens, have
no apprehension for the result. II Il con.
ltSA NN'tlEN' RHN Nd'll dih' pbSl''Hlltth''bS Hu-
ton which eycites 1t will inevitably be the
sufferers. Should their temerly carry
them TO such lengths, we trust they will be
met at the outset hy force that Will teach
them the proves OF our people, and how
rldlculouslv ttoplan is the idea that leads
them 10 believe that they can cope with
Us IN arms any more than in arts. This
humanity. as well as yalor, demands III
for. by a decisive slroke-onc that Will in.
splre them with a due degree of terror
thousands Of poor wretches who may be
dragged IN chains from their homes, will,
seeing the utter hopeIessness Of their cause,
save their lives by once making in double
quick time, an d9vdncc bdck,rdrdS..-
Whatever the strategy or manGuyrlng OF
our enemies, let them but provoke hostli.
ties. and victory will certainly be found
folded III The dag of our Union Picnyune'
--..ee.--
To tho Editors Of Newspapers. Magazines, and
I otter Periodicals ia tho United States, from
/ the Amsrican Society OF Dental Surgeons, al
It's sixth annual meeting, held IN the hall of the
I Medical Department of the New y ork UNI
! vorsiy
+ GENrI EMrS-The objects of this society arc
tic mutual improvement of its members aud the
protection of themselves and the public against
qnackcry and cmpireism which are the disgrace
of the profession,
The society does not presume, in this commn