Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-03-27
o. The last session Of III. legislature wa, a

is proper for sound egsis,ionN The session Vs. |
ing too short for the usual business a large por. |
tion has been left unfinished Whether this in |
the end will prove economicalis rather profile. |
matical. The wings, who had determined on
an early adjournment, would have willingly q.
greed to extend the session for short time, il
the democrats would have gone with them for
that purpose; which, however, they refused to
do, making our whig friends take the RESPONSE.
bility In the House, ;he wings, as a body, oc.
cupied the left of the speakers chair and the de.
mocrats the right. In all questions affecting po.
litcal affairs, party lines were tightly drawn. 1t
is, however, but just To say, that our worthy re-
preventative, Mr.. Hunter, although a whig, made
himself useful member, and wa. highly respec.
ted by both parties for his lberality and ndepen.
dcnce. II was rather unusual TO see whis from
Northuuber lard county, but our friend, the Cap
tain did no discrrdh TO his constituency; yet, as
his politics are not Of the right stripe Tor old de-
mocratr Northumberland, be must necessarily
yield to democratic successor. .-s.s . .r.
~ The troops at the Island Of Lobos, under
Gen Scott, have embarked for Vera Cruz The
| two Pennsylvania regiments are in fine health
and condition The Mississippi and Louisiana
volunteers, on the other hand have suffered great.
ly from disease, and deaths among them are fre-
! quent. A correspondent of the Phiiadelph Led.
ger thus speaks: -.l fn ra.'- -aee1 ..' o' -F.
"The two Prnnsylvania Regiments are in
excelen; condition. The Second ia yet upon
| the Island, with the New York and South Caro-
lima volunteers, but they are all preparing to re-
embark As 10 our Regiment, the First Penn
sylvan,a. the u. 5. officers say tha, 1t exhibits
cleaner bill of health than any b,,dy OF troops
they ever saw. We have lost but three men
by death since leaving Pii,sburg there are not
more than two or three. out Of the 900. seri,us.
lv Ill. and bu, 30 OF 30 inconvenienily sick
There are no, n the whole ten companies more
men on the sick list than are usually found in o
single company Of regulars or volunteers. We
are in high spirita. and eager 10 measure our.
selves with four or FIVE times our heii Of the
enemy" --.r.. ..-... f
70 Gen TAYLOR, in a letter dated Head Quar-.
tiers at Ag,ia Neuva, IS miles South Of Salti!lo,
Feb. 2, isa7, says: .' H
SIR: changed my headquarters to this place
on the 9Th inst, bringing forward, in the first
instance, Lieut.. Col Mays quadron of Dragons,
| two batteries, (Sherman's and Bragg's) and the
regiment Of Mississippi riaemen Yesterday
the second Kentucky and second and third lndi-
ana regiments came uP, and will be joined in a
day or two hy the other troops in and near Sal
tillo. except the small garrison Of seven comra.
nies LEFT in that town.
Although advised hy Major Gen. Scott to eva.
cuate Sa.tilo, ! am confirmed in my purpose OF
holding not only that point. bu, this position in
its front. Not TO speak Of the pernicious moral
effect upon volunteer troops Of falling back from
points which We have gained. there power fnl
military reasons for occupying this extremity oi
the pass rather than the other The scarcity oI
water and supplies for a long distance in from,
compeis the enemy either TO risk an engagement.
IN the field OF to hold himself aloof from us
while il we fell back on Monterey, he conlt es
tablish himself strongly at Saltilo, and be in
position to annoy more effectively our hanks and
our commnnications. e#E .'n Ha.
ErPrs, the supposed murderer Of a young gen
teman in Virginia, hs. been arrested at New
Orleans, having jnst arrived from Texas, The
murder occurred about a year age, and the mo
tive assigned was 10 get possession Of an evi
drnce Of debt. Eppcs Immediately fled, and ha'
been fugitive from justice ever since The
:, occurrence caused great excitement at the time
on account Of the respectable position that both
, parties held in society.
Editorial Correspondence Of the Picayunsl
TAMrlco, Feb 2s, ls47-s o'clock p NJ.
Thu. morning the U. S. steamship Edith from
7 Biazos Santiago, with Gen Worth and staff an'
+, two companies Of troops on board, touched OF
! the bar al the mouth Of our river, coming TO an
ohor two miles outside, and sent dispatches al
e to Gen. Patterson went down with frien,
! and saw Gen Worth found him in good bealtl
and fine spirits. The Edith being bound 70
Lobos Island, sailed on her course al half pas
2P.M .rrs.ss I'll. rae4rs' .T-.r.... a.
The u. S. steamship Alabama now lying il
he stream opposite the city. is TO sail TO- morrow
with Gen Patterson, stsfand troops The steam
ship Virginia. with Gen. Pillow do. DO do.
' the transports on the way here from the Brazo
arrive, it is probable that by the last of hi
: week all the forces TO leave will have sailed
Whether or not there be a battle any whsr,
: else, however, it seems to be pretty certain ,ba
We shall have one at Vera Cruz and before W,
that the enemy are preparing to give usa warn
, reception on landing. In the rear Of Anton Ii
zardo they have built strong Notifications, to-
far for the guns of our squadron TO bear upo'
them, hut in reach OF the point of landing.
b On these fortiGcstians very heavy guns ar
. mounted. and other arrangements are made an
n being made. to make desperate stand sgains