Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-12-30

! ilyibs given, to The President q appoi,,
lone5out Of 4 or g. midshipmen at large. j.
respective of the place ,ofresidsnce of q,
person. appointed. Provision Gmigh; tau
sbemade for cases of peculiar merit whic
aretaow excluded. Nothing is seid 10 tn
report on the sysiefa of -pronIotionI ,Th
Secsetary confines himself to a faithful
narration Of The doinss oflbe Navy, with
few practical suggestions such as we hav
,mepsloned. His report is ably written, j
clsatsand interesting. ;.aj .ifl.aa o4 to-.
i Report Of tie Secretary Of Var.
The Secretary gives a full history o
The commencement and progress of ou
Msxican war operations. :nbe balles Palt
AllosResaca de; la sPaIma and Monterey
are narraled; then we have The lermina,
ton of the ar!nislice; The conquest of San
ia Fsand the CaIifarnus. anil accounts
OF :H1a aaarious movements of Iothe armies
Satisacory, though no, official iinforma-
,ion has been received OF. The taking Of
Mopcipya. but Chihuahua Gen.
Kearney's. detachment was. expected 10
reacRthe Pacific about! November. last.
Tbes9peraIions OF, Col. Fremont aud Com.
StoekIpaswesl Of the Rocky, MOUNTAINS,
are efcIerred 10 with commentator. .Au-
tlientiss information, bu, no official report
has36ean!received Of heir operations. a'he
military force of the Urired States has
been angmenIed from T,640 men to 81, 900
men.SIihe duties oil the wa! department.
hayeshoen arluous en- embarrassing. Tho
deparlhent of Tamaulipas, and the right
bankserthe Rio Rraude for several hun
dred tplies Iom its mouth, New Leon,
C6ah1lia aud chihuahua have all in effect
beensssfesled from The enemy and the
Mexican authority, civil and military.
displacetl in New Mexico and the Cali.
furnias--all in The short space of seven
The&esulnr army. under The law orlast
sessiQafwhen filled up, would amount to
l6, ,99SSotiice[s and men. but does moi now
cxceed-l0, 300. Our success in The field
is allrieiilaliIe probably 10 tie large num-
bcr asynlunIeers called out since the
passasFof The bill increasing the army.
1t isidtp6ssiblelo 10 tell The number troops
whirbsfhe exigencies of the war may
reluifs The vnlunlsers called oul who
havseilcounlered the enemy, have more
than MsDfied lhe expectations formed of
this iplian -nf 4rt,e hull is no dis
parasenenl 10 them TO say that regular
lorces would be, preferred in a warto be
prosecuted in u tJrei IL country. Consid-
erations of economy are also decidedlyin
favor of troops engaged TO serve during
tho Sar. The Secretary is most soliciuus
that this subject should receive Ihe alIeh.
lion Of Conyess, aud that body Of troops
should be raised 10 take the place of those
volunteers who will claim discharge at
The end Of their term of service.
The plan suggested by General Mac
omb in his report in 1886, is recommended
now in reference to regimcnlal field olli-
GERS. Provision should be made for Of.
fences committed by our troops, aud by
persons connected with The army. An
increase of the. regular army isrecommen-
ded. The estimated appropriation for
fortifcaions Tor next year amount To ADS,
600 dollars. The report then goes on TO
speak ofour national defences; OF sappers
miners and Typographical engineers, and
their present organization; Of The. ordance
bureau being inadequate;. deficiency Of the
medical staff Of the army; history of ope-
rarions in mineral lands in the past year;
1umber of pension agencies. a, exclusive
af Navy pensions, and number Of pen
sionersI about 10000. The independent
treasury act cuntemplaIeslhe employment
Of officers therein named, as pension agents
and renders il doubtful whether those
hitherto employed arc uot suspended. tie
recommends that authority be given "a
continue The present agentsat reasonable
compensation. Three thousand four hund.
red aud lfiirly-lolr Indians have beer
removed, West Of The Mississippi, River
since last annual report. New treaties
with the Indians are referred TO, and lnt
sulici,ude of Government: 10: promote The
welfare of, the Indian tribes is fceiusly
expressed. st5;a !.aEs:s
HONOR TO THE BRAVE.
:, The mournfuL occasion has occurred
when the citizens Of Charleston have at
opportunity of paying AN honor 10. lh'
.romains of au officer than whom upn'
Stood, higher, and whose loss the whole
,cpunlry deeply regret. iiou.rs ,s... ~.
. The ,bpdy of the la,o lamen,ed Majo
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