Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1845-08-30

Artillery--nine,y.o odd strong--,o the bss
racks yesterday morning, from which
place they will embark this, evening or
the stea mship Alabama. rH.l
Major GaIly's men, too, were busy yes
terday in preparing to move, and will be
all really today. with shot, cartridges
and field pieces for Texas.
We hear that Col. Dakin is getting on
finely in filling up his companies Of Ri
femen. IL needed, they will prove most
effective, and give good account Of them
selves.
"BE YE READY!"-With many persons
in this city il is the opinion that there will
be no war with Mexico, while others
think there will be; and there are those
again, who seem to have no opinion abou
the matter, one way or the other. Now
without ex pressing any positive belief on
the subject, we confess we are Of those
who think tits al-important to be prepa
red for an emergency--to be ready fol
The worst; and hence we certainly ap
prove of the military movements Of the
troops in this section Of the country, and
are pleased TO see the spirit which ami
mates our militia, and especially the vol.
unteers o. this city.
There may, or may not, be collision
between Gen. Taylor's command and the
Mexican army, OF whose rumored move
men;s we have for so many days had &C
counts. This last named body Of men,
said to number some eight or ten thou
sand men, mag be advancing towards our
troops-t those who doubt it do no: know
that it is not so; and it is evident that
they have had time at Vera Cruz, Mata-
moros, and other towns on the coast Of
Mexico, to hear of the concentration Of
our small body Of forces at Corpus Chris
ii. Besides, the course Of Mexico in no,
coming out at once, and promptly, with
declaration of war, while it was expect
ed, and her gasconade and bravado about
the United States may all have been in
tended to mislead Us as TO her move
ments while she was marching her troops
TO the Rio Grande. The Mexicans
are far more noted for their craitiness
and trickery than for open and plain faced
action, and in this instance, we say, she
may have tried TO "cOme it" over US d la
Elliott
We have heard it said that the captain
o: the ship Queen Victoria, just returned
from Arkansas Bay, gives it as his opin,
ion, from what he saw while there, that
there is need-and urgent need too-of
relnforcements to Gen. Taylor's com
mand. 1t is said that the people, or many
Of them at least, about Corpus Christi
(many Of whom are Mexicans) are in the
confidence, if not in the pay, OF the Mex
lean nation, and that they have sent in |
telligence OF Gen. Taylor's arrival, posi-.
lion, &c, to Ma:amoros. All this, we re.
peat, may be true or untrue; bu, we must
maintain that it is all right and proper to
be ready for whatever may turn up.
How humiliating would it be to learn that,
for want Of confidence in the rumors we
hear of the approach Of ten thousand
Mexican soldiers, our brave little army a,
Corpus Christi had been either surprised,
routed, or cut to pieces!
On the the s2d instant, the volunteer
Of Artillerisis, under the COM
mand of Major Gally and Capt. Forno-
the former consisting Of 1873 and the lat
ter Of 100 men, and FIVE companies of the
7th regiment Of United States infantry,
embarked on board the steamship, Ala
bama for Texas.