The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-11-30
BY this Evenings Southern Mail.
From the N. O Commercial Yil

From the ". O Commercial Piass
GOV. JoHNsoN-CoM. PERRY-TAMF1Co
His excellency, the governor, on learning the ext
gency Of the case placed at the diposal Of General
Brooke, commanding the southern division of the
| army, large portion Of the guns and other NUM-
tons of war belonging to the State for the purpose
Of being conveyed to Tampico, to assist in putting
| that seaport in a condition Of defence. They were
handed overto Com. Perry, who left town on Satur-
| day with them and detachment Of fifty men, LIST
| infantry, under the command Of Lieut.. Crittenden
They doubtless on their way on that
noble vessel, the Mississippi, to Tampico. Gen
! Brooke and Gen. Jesup, the Quartermaster Gene
raj, are displaying all possible alacrity in procuring
the necessary troops and supplies for the adequate
garrisoning of that place. Four companies of the
Rifles are hourly expected here who, with Captain
Gordons one hundred and ten recruits, will be inn
| mediatey sent forward.
Tampco is certainly most important point to
u.s. in the present position of affairs with Mexi-
CO. BY bold and powerful demonstration on the
capital, made by an adequate force, the might
be brought to an end in less than three months.
Want of funds and the absence Of all homogeneous
ness of character amongst the Mexicans will prevent
them from ever assembling a very formidable army:
and General Taylor, by uniting all the American
troops in the interior of Mexico and the valley Of the
Rio Grande would ex perience little serious opposi-
ton in marching to the gates of the capital One
battle would be fought, perhaps, but it would be
of the victor. All experience goes to prove that,
where the plan is practicable, successful demon
stratlon against the capital of enemy's country
brings the war to close Immediately The capture
Of Vienna and Berlin, by the French led to peace,
when the terms were dictated by the conqueror.
the burning of Moscow was a circumstance COM
pletely hors de igne, our Gallo friends say,
and therefore not an example likely to be follow
edit was a phenomenon in modern warfare.
The advance of the Allies, on Paris, in 1914,
and after Waterloo, in 1915, were events equally
| conclusive. Besides obvating that continued drain
on the treasury, which little predatory war, or
rather war of excursions, produces a rapid and
successful march the chief city of our foe would
produce result of still greater moment; il would
| subserve the cause Of humanity by putting a stop
to that continued effuson of blood in the field in
small encounters that decisive by the as
sassins knife; by the nroads Of those merciess saw
ages, the Cumanche Indians, which we have all so
| much occasion to deplore Some important avenues
Of commerce would also be again opened, which the
present contest has for the time almost Theoretically
| scaled up. Action, Acknowledgements and on an ex-
tended scale-is what the people now have right TO
expect from the government; and in very short
time we shall have the agreeable mission to chroni-
Gle the signal triumph Of our arms and the restora-
ton Of that tranquility which is the chief element of
| the prosperity of this great republic.
HAvANA.-By the arrival of the brig Til, Capt.
Brown, we have files of Havana papers to the 18th
| instant.
BANK AT HAvANA.--A meeting of the sharehold-
Of the projected bank, to be established at Hava-
ma, took place the evening of the 18th instant.
More than three-fourths of the proprietors we're
present The statutes and regulations which are to
govern this important establishment were submitted
to the meeting, and were approved by large major.
ity. A committee was then appointed to solicit the
appreciation of the government, without which il
could not be organized and its patronage. There is
little doubt, it appears, that from the responsibility
and wealth of the shareholders, and the advantage,
under certain necessary restrictions, regarding its
issue of paper, with which the projected bank is
pregnant to all ranks Of commercial people, the APP
probation and support Of the government will he
conceded to it.
Captain General O'Donne seems a special ia
vorite with the Habaneros, il we may Judge from
the tone of the eulogies made him by the Diario de
Ia Habsna. They compliment him to the Every
top Of his bent"