American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper., 1846-05-14
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BY LAST NIGHTS SOUTHERN MAIL.

BY LAST NIGHTS SOUTHERN MAIL.
The Southern mail of last evening brings
nothing later from the Army.
We gather the following paragraphs from
the New Orleans papers of the 9th inst:
Excitement ofMe Public Mind The report
yesterday, raised by some mischevous person,
OF news from Gen. Taylors army, from the
anxiety ofthe public mind, created most ex-
traordinary sensation. Upon the news reach
ing the Legislative Hall its members cdiourn-
cd, and a great number came to our office for
the particulars of the report; crowds of our
citizens thronged it throughout the day.
Tropic.
Progress Of enlistment-trOopS mustered in.-
We are gratifed to hear that the requistion of
Gen. Taylor for troops from Louisiana, will, in
all probability, be complete in the course this
week. There are, it is supposed, between
twelve and fifteen hundred volunteers already
raised in this city, and the additions to the num-
Der expected from the country, will make up
the two thousand. Acknowledgement Rowley,
on yesterday, inspected, and mustered into the
United States service, four companies. There
were volunteers under captains Stockton and
Breedlove, of the Washington regiment-capt.
Smith, of the Louisiana volunteers-and capt.
Hunt. Each of these companies had more
than the required quota of men. Several other
companies have been raised, and will be mus
tered into service to-day.-Reform,er.
Troops from Mobile We understand that 5
volunteers were to leave Mobile on Monday on
board the steamer James l.. Day, direct for
Point Isabel. The steamer Fashion, which ar
rived at the Lake End yesterday morning,
brought over from Mobile At Artllerymen of
the U. S. Army and SO volunteers who await
an opportunity to sail for the same point of
destination.-Bee
Printers Bound for Teras. The printers of
the city are apparently all volunteering. More
than halfthe force in the Bulletin office have
joined the army. Among the company of
Louisiana Volunteer Rfemen, raised by Capt.
Marks, the names of the following printers,
says the Picayune, appear:
Hiram Fairchild, lst Lieutenant; J. A. Kel-
ly, Cd Lieutenant; David Jobson, George F.
Weir, Baul de Launay, J. A. Langar, l.. Gra-
ham, T. N. Jeffreys, J. II. Peoples, John
Wade, Chas. Donoho, w. j. Moffatt, Chas
Callahan, Geo. Kerr, G. l.. Franer, S. J.
Jones, Samuel Albright, VIM Ii. Dumas, w.
f Ekins, Thos F. Hedges, David Frazer, T.
Wallace, o. I. Sheppard, E. Davis, J. San
dern, F. A. Devlliers and John T. Stewart.
! Mexican Steamers yMontezuma and Guada-
loupe,-Inportant We noticed some two
weeks since that we believed the announce
ment of the sale of the two Mexican war
steamers sham, and that they would appear,
in case of hostilities with Mexico as privateers.
We are still of this opinion, and we have a
fear, that the harbor Of Havana will contain
our worst enemies. A United States ID should
be stationed off the mouth of the harbor, to
watch with great care, what comes out Of it.
| 1t will be recollected that in 1886, the MexI-
can armed brig Montezuma lay off the Sabine
and captured the American schooner julius
Cesar, and others, filled with emigrants bound
to Texas, and carried them into Matamoras.-
The vessels conveying soldiers from our ctNto
the seat of war, should be provided with two
or three pieces of heavy artillery. They
might be intercepted by the way.-TrOpic.
U. S. Troops from Fort Pike A detach-
ment ofreguar troops numbering about eighty
arrived yesterday from Fort Pike, and march,
ed to their quarters at the Barracks. Several
companies of volunteers raised in this city, we
learn, also marched down last evening. The
| " ~ SuottoL NudSItT ueSpdtCueu all neCGS-
sary arms and equipments to the Barracks, so
that there need be no delay in equipping the
volunteers, and. we hope no delay in getting
them of.-Pic.
Destructive Confagra,ion. A fire broke out
last evening says the Bulletin, in the store of
Messrs. Wills, Wingfeld s. Co., in "Poydras
street block" corner of Poydras and Tchou-
pitoulas street. 1t spread very rapidly, con-
sumed the stores the above named house and
that OF Mr.. H. Parish, dealer in tobacco, and
the wholesale grocery and provision store of
Messrs Braz & Smetzer. Loss from Sl50,000
to 100000.
| Santa .4nna. Rather the most singular news
which we received from Havana by the T.
Street relates to great sporting affair, which
perhaps has come off ere this. 1t appears that
two or three weeks ago some of "the boys" at
Matanzas challenged Gen. Santa Anna TO fight
main of cocks at that place for $50, 900 side.
The general gladly accepted the offer, and was
to leave his residence near Havana about the