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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-04-09

Mexican Political NeUs.-The Philadelphia
U. S. Gazette publishes extracts from a letter,
said to be from Southern gentleman of high
character and intelligence, now at Matamoras,
which are very interesting in their details.
The writer states that it is the desire of ten
or eleven States of North Mexico to declare
themselves an independent Federal Republic.
This he SAYS can easily be done by the assis-
lance of the United States troops, and they are
willing, if successful, to give us the Rio Grande
as our boundary, and as much OF California as
we wish
The plan proposed he SAYS, is as follows
owe have possession of Tampico-there-
fore take the line Of the 22d latitude, San
Luis Potosi, Agnas, Caheutes, Tipic, &c, to
San Bias on the Pacifc-fortify those points
strongly and garrison them with plenty of
troops, and let the Mexicans come and take
them if they can You then separate Mexico
from the States of San Luis Potosi, Durango,
New Leon, Zacatecas, Tamaulipas, Coahuila,
Chihuahua, Sinalva, Sonora, New Mexico,
and the CALIFORNIA;, and perhaps Jalisco. Up
on our establishing this line, the states before
named will Immediately declare themselves
independent, and separate forever from the Re-
public of Mexico. By this meaEs while
you keep up strict and vigorous blockade
on the Atlantic and Pacific you can cut off
Mexico from nearly all her supplies of wheat,
corn, beef cattle, horses, sheep and goats, and
cotton for her manufactures"
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OG-We give the following short article from
the London Times for the purpose of shelving
our readers what John Bull thinks of the
Mexican war -
The Mexican Wdr-The accounts period-
cally received in this country of the Mexican
war are so strange and perplexing as utterly
to confuse the judgments of those who have
only studied such matters in the prosaic histo-
ry of the older world. We are informed in
reiterated dispatches that Mexican numbers
have offered no mentionable obstacle to Anne
rican valor, and we certainly hear of anthem
ticated exploits which are astounding enough
to warrant the most sweeping differences of
Saxon ascendancy. A Is gun sloop impounds
province; a regiment of volunteers annexes
quarter of a continent; and towns are taken
by fifty men and garrIsoned by five and TWEEN
ty, in the midst Of numerous and exaspera-
ted population. The armies of the west and
of the centre, of conquest and of occupation,
are all represented by detachments which
would hardly, if concentrated, make up one
effective division. Congress has decreed
gold medal to the enterprlsing general who
has covered his country's arms with such i'm
perishable glory, and the first magistrate of
the republic appeals triumphantly TO the war
of his creation, as the noblest action of the
State, and the grand distinction OF his reign
Side by side with this striking intelligence.
we find it announced that the most energetic
efforts of the victors are directed, hitherto un-
successfully, to procure peace.
The point most perplexing to ordinary Eu-
ropean minds is the bject for which this much
desired peace is sought. II the provinces and
ports, the people and property, the taxes and
customs of nation can be seized and distri-
buted ad Hbitum already, it is hard to conceive
what further advantages are 10 be gained by
the most amicable negotiations. What does
President Polk want to buy with 100000 Of
dollars, when he can get SO much for nothing !:
Philip Of Macedon's reception taking fort
was sensible enough, who ever drove an ass
Iadened with silver into an unprotected town.
The Mexicans have clearly the vantage ground
o. their foes. Defeat and invasion may easily
be put up with when they leave the conquer
ors beggars and the vanquished choosers.-
Santa Anna is fattered with compliments and
beset with solicitations, and has the daily re-
fusal of half dozen overtures of the eternal
amity of his enemies. He can hardly do bet
ter than strengthen himself by additional de-
feats and fresh repulses, and leave his adver-
saries to complete their humiliation and en-
barrassments by protected career OF glory.
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DIR CIRCULATION.

n-WE mean to keep the following paragraph s'"ii'
ding for the benefit OF all whom it may concern:
ADVERTISING. would commend the loilo"ihg
facts 10 the attention Of the advertising community
The Wilmington Journal" circula'es upwards oil ELE-
VEN HUNDRED COPIES weekly Its circulation IN the to"h
of Wilmington as large as that OF any otherpaper pun
lished in the place. We would f"Fther state 'la' S
circulation in the counties which trade TO this place is
THREE TIMES as large that of any other paper publish
ed in North Carolina and that Its list is daily increasing
We saw therefore, without the fear of contradiction,
ba, it is tie best vehicle for advertising which the peo
HE Of Wilmington can select One other observation
I'VE think that although large majority of the readers
Of the Journa are Democrats, still THEY occasionally
do little trading, well as the readers ofthe wing pa
bers We have written the above merely for the lnfor
nation of those who most deeply interested-busi-
ness men Of all professions and all political creeds
WHO WANT CUSTOMERS
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BY AUTHORITY.
Laws Of the United States, Passed at the
second Session of the 2sth Congress.

PUBLIC-No. 22l
AN ACT making appropriations for the sup
port of the Military Academy for the year
ending on the thirtieth of June, one thou
sand eight hundred and forty eight
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives Of the United States of Amer
ica an Congress assembled, That the follow
ing sums be, and the same are hereby appropria-
ted, out of any money in the treasury not 9TH
erwise appropriated, for the support of the
Military Academy for the year ending on the
thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred
and forty eight:
For pay of officers, instructors, cadets, and
musicians, seventy mine thousand seven hun
dred and sixty-four dollars
For communication OF subsistence, five thou
sand four hundred and two dollars.
For forage for officers horses, four thou
sand three hundred and twenty dollars
For clothing of officers servants, four hun
dred and twenty dollars.
For repairs and Improvements; fuel and ap-
paratus forage for public horses and oxen
stationery, printing, and other incidental and
contingent expenses, twenty thousand dollars
For barracks for cadets, fifteen thousand
dollars.
JOHN w. DAVIS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
G. NJ. DALLAS.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
APPROVED March 2, 1917.
JAMES K. POLK.
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VALUABLE LAND AT
AUCTION

VEVHE undersigned being empowered by 2. NJ.
ID Williams of Marion county, Georgia, to set
tie his business in North Carolina, will sell to the
highest bidder, on credit of one and two years,
valuable tract of Pine land in Duplin county, sit
uated on either side of the Wilmington and Raj
eigh Rail Road and near the 43a mile mark
Purchasers will be required to give notes and ap-
proved security before the title is conveyed.-The
sale will be made in the Town of KenansvilIe, at
the Courthouse, between the hours of one and
two o'clock, on Tuesday, the Goth dav of April
next. All persons wishing to see said lands, can
be shown the same by visiting J. K. Williams,
in said county. The land is very heavy timber
ed, and we'll adapted to the 'rurpentne and Tim
Der business. The tract contains 567 acres.
j. X. WILLIAMS,
w. B. WELLS.
StrickIands, N. C. March, IL, ls47 26-6w.
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A CHANCE,

VE<HE subscriber finding that his duties as In
- spector of Naval Stores occupy so large a
portion of his time that he cannot pay that atten-
ton to the Hanover House which necessarily de.
wolves upon the keeper of hotel; he therefore
takes this method of making known to those who
may be disposed to go into that line of business,
that he is determined to sell out the furniture of
said establishment. He would prefer doing so at
private sale, but if not sold before the 29th day of
April next, he will then expose for sale at public
auction all the furniture of said hotel-at which
time the house will be rented until the LIST of Oc-
tober next. and the servants of the establishment
will be hired until the LIST of January, ls4s.
JOHN s. JAMES.
March IS, ls47-[ss-2w
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APPROVED March 2, 1847.
IPUBLIc-No. al

AN ACT further to extend the charter of the
Union Bank OF Georgetown, in the District
of Colubmia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States Of Amer'
lea in Congress assembled, That the act emit
tied &c AN act to extend the charter OF the I'm
ion Bank of Georgetown, in the District OF
Columbia" approved the twenty-hfth day OF
Nav, in the year eighteen hundred and thir-
weight, be, and the same is hereby. further
extended to the first day of July, in the year
eighteen hundred and forty nine, until which
time said act shall be in full force, for the sole
purpose of enabling the president and direc.
tors of the said bank, for the time being, to
close its affairs: Provided, That said bank
shall not exercise any banking privileges, Oh
any other powers, except to collect and pay
its debts, and close up its business.
APPROVED March 2, 1917.
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AN ALABAMA LEGISLATOR.

A correspondent OF Inc montgomery JournA
al tells the following good anecdote of "Fa'
George the member from Henry" connectc
with his visit to Mobile Col. D. had pc;
suaded George to go with him to Mobile
where 'the member from Henry" for t!,o
first time, saw sights calculated to excite emo.
tons of wonder in the unsophisticated mind.
They stopped at the "Waverly )" and or
the day after their arrival, the colonel inquir-
ed as to the state of Georges health-and c.
pecially as to how he had rested the previou:;
night.
EIolloble, Bob, leaving out chunk OF
scare got last night"
Gas how :" asked Bob.
"Why, you'll take notice." said George.
'the room the bar-keeper allotted for me L
have, took particular notice of-brown door
with light streak here and thar, and bras
lock handle-and | wouldn't look at no other.
for fear might get'em mixed up in my head
Now, about twelve O'Clock come home with
about half grown hummin in my head, and
the very first thing found, at the top of them
twlstin' steps, was my own Identical door with
the brown paint and light streaks and brass
lock handle, all right Good ? says l, and
in busted-walks to the bed, does, and thar
| finds one of your long legged, black whsk.
cred, town fellers-fast asleep. Takes him
by the whiskers with both hands, and rears
him up in the bed, in sittin' position, and gives
him small eXhortation-told him to leave,
or I'd kick him down stairs, and didn't want
to do that, for was patent double revolvin'
steam Mule, and once set in motion never stops
till the machinery wears out"
''The feller," continued George, SCOT up,
very humble like, and travelled to the cheer
whar his dry goods was, and sauntered round
the room, lookn at the pictures, and studyin
over the chance of g,ttin' another cock tail be-
fore turned in. After a while l begins To-
hurry the feller-says |, draw on them moe
asinskins of yourn, and leafe' and with that
turned round to give him final grin-bul
Bob"
"What George
"Guess what he was doin' %
"Don't know"
"Why, just as true as preachin', he was
maxim right at me with the most onsatisfacto-
ry lookin' Browie knife in his hand you ever
saw. I'll go to grass if he wasn't!-let's go
| liquor"
"Well, but what did you do, George, when
he made at your"
"Why, nothin particular--only worked
the thing till got him from between me and
| the door, and then -
"What;'
7 II
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-04-09
THE FORCE UNDER THE COMMANDS
OF GEN. TAYLOR

We have been perm tied to examine state.
ment prepared at the Office of the Adiutant
General of the army, showing as nearly rs
can be ascertained, the amount Of force lcft
under the orders of General Taylor after the
withdrawal of part of the army of occura
ton for service under Gen. Scott. The state
ment embraces the regular troops left undcf
the command of Gen. Taylor, together wit.
regiments of volunteers called out in Novcms
Der, 1876, three OF which are known to hav3
already arrived ON the Rio Grande. ThelG
can be little if any doubt, indeed that they ali
reached Matamoros before the 2ad inst
According to this statement, the aggregate
of force, both regular and volunteer, under
the orders of Gen. Taylor, as shown upon The
muster rolls, is 1870. OF these 1922 arc
regular troops; $3.50 are volunteers of the lc-
vies of May and June last making total al
9 ,374 men, exclusive of the ne,o volunteer re
giments But it is supposed that of these o.
374, not more than about 5000 certainly
should be counted as efectiue. Itis probable,
indeed, that of these troops in the field, the
effective force may not exceed 500. To tbs
number however, must be added the new re
giments OF volunteers called out in Novembcr,
1916, amounting to 1896. Ofthese, not mort
than 1000 can probably be reckoned as effec
tive. The whole effective force, therefor,
under the command OF Gen. Taylor, is nc:
far from $4,000.
The same statement exhibits also, so far Z.
is known, the distribution of these troops Tex
elusive of the new regiments) along the Inc
of the Rio Grande from the Brazos to Camar-
go, and thence along the line of operations ("
Monterey and Aqua Nueva, From this pat
of the statement, it appears that there are III
the posts on the Rio Grande, including BraZos
island, Point Isabel, Fort Brown, Matamoro-
Camargo, and Mier, a total of ,434 troops
Of these, 543 are at Camargo; 59S are at Ma
tamoros and Fort Brown on the other side OF
the river. But the new regiments must hay
already reinforced some if not all of thest
posts and the number of troops now. at Ca
MARCO is probably not less than 500. The
garrison in Monterey numbers 1927 troops
with forty pieces OF artillery. Between thu
posts on the Rio Grande and Monterey, az
Toredo, Punta Aguada, Ceralvo, and Marin
there are about 700 troops; and the remain
ded OF the force, as above stated, is suppose !
to be at Aqua Nueva, Che headquarters O:
Gen. Taylor, when last heard from officially s
at Saltillo, and at the Pass of the Rinconnade
Washington Union
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MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.
Post Office, Wilmington.

NORTHERN MAIL, by Rail Road due daily at 10 A. NJ
aud close at 10 every night
SOUTHERN NAH, by Steamer from Charleston is due
daily at A. NJ, and closes at IL A. NJ every day.
FAYETTEVILLE MAIL, by Rail Road, is due Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays at P. NJ, and closes on same
days at 10 at night.
FAYETTEVILLE MAIL by Prospect Hail. Elizabethtown,
Wcsbrooks and Robesons, is due on Tuesdays Thurs
days and Saturdays at A NJ and closes On same days
al 10 p. NJ.
sMrnvrLLE MAIL, by Steamer is due daily at A. NJ,
and closes at 12t P. NJ. every day.
TAYLoR's BRIDGE, LONG GREER MooRE's CREEK, BLACK
RIVER CHAPEL and HARRELLs STORE MAIL is due every
Thursday at P. NJ and closes same night at TO-
ONsLow CoURr House. STUMP SOUND, aud ToPsAI
MAIL is due every Monday at P. NJ, and closes every
Thursday night at Top. NJ.
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e5-An exchange paper says" Almost
every name given TO town or locality in
Mexico, is in honor of SOME saint or hero, or
denotes some peculiarity Of the place. thus
Brazos Santiago or St. Jago-Arms OF ST.
James: Vera Cruz-trie cross; Saltillo-a
leap; Monterey--mountain king; Aqua Nue.
va-new water; Corpus Christi (Latin)--bo-
DIV of Christ La Vacca-the COW Neuces
nuts; Lobos-wof; scales are called sea-
wolves by the Spaniards, and hence the name
of the island signifies more properly seal island.
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APPROVED March 9, 1S47.
[PUBL1c-No. 26.1
AN ACT for the increase of the marine corps
of tho limited StotoS

lPUBL1C-NO. 26.
AN ACT for the increase of the marine corps
OF the United States.
Be it enacted By the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States Of Amer-
1ca IN Congress assembled, That from and af-
ter the passage of this act, the United States
marine corps as now organized shall consist
of four additional captains, four first leuten-
ants, four second lieutenants, twenty-five ser
geants, twenty-five corporals, twenty five
drummers, twenty-five ffers, and one tho.-
sand additional privates.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted. That the
officers thus provided for shall be appointed
first by promotion according to rank in the
marine corps, and then by selection and that
their nominations shall be submitted to the
Senate for their advice and consent.
Sec. g. And be 1t further enacted, That the
provisions of an act passed the thirtieth Of
June, eighteen hundred and thirtyfour, emit
tied &C An act for the better organization of
the United States marine corps,'' be, and the
same are hereby, made applicable in all re-
spects to the provisions of this act: Provided,
howeuer, That, notwithstanding anything in
said act to the contrary, the staff of the marine
corps be, and the same is hereby, separated
from the line of said corps; the officers of the
former to receive the same pay and emolu-
ments they now receive by law, and to hold
the same assimilated rank, to wit quartermas-
ters, paymasters and adjutants and inspectors,
the rank of ma jor, and assistant quartermasters
the rank of captain.
Sec. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That the
President, at the termination of the Mexican
war, shall reduce the marine corps to num-
Der, both in men and officers, not exceeding
the number now in service.
APPROVED March 2, 1917
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SPRING STOCK!
BOOIS 81 SHOES.

ZMHE subscribers have just received large addi-
- tons to their stock, which makes it complete
They will also continue to receive weekly, such
supplies as are needed for the season and market
Also on hand, good supply of
SOLE LEATHER, CALF SKINS, &c.,
all of which will be sold on as reasonable terms
as at any other establishment.
Particular attention will be paid to manufactu'
ring and repairing, as usual.
G. &c C. BRADLEY.
March &c, ls47-[ 2s-3m
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STATE OF NoRTH-cARoxrNA.
NEW HANOVER COUNTY.

Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions,
March Term, l847.
Thomas Marshall,2 Original attachment-I.e-
VS.. Svied upon a negro woman
Charles ]. ReIya. named Daphne.
! TT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court
- that Charles ]. Reya, the defendant in this
case, so absconds or conceaIs himself that the
binary process of the law cannot be served upon
him; on motion, it is ordered that publication be
made for six weeks in the Wilmington Journal,
notifying said defendant that unless he appears at
the next term of this Court, to be held at the
Courthouse, in the town of Wilmington, on the
second Monday in June next, and plead to issue
or replevy, the property levied on will be con-
demned and sold to satisfy plaintiff demand.
Teste. L. H. MARSTELLER, CPk.
March 20, ls47 [Pr. fee, SIS 624.1 2e-6t
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STATE OF NoRTH-cARoL1NA.

STATE Ok GNOR& "SAE$OAAANA
New HANOVER COUNTY.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions,
March Term, ls47.
\ Original Attachment
Levied upon two Turpen-
WY nh tine Stills, Still Worms and
w " "uS'e''' Tubs, one Steam Engine,
~ T1 l.
Henry H. Tappan & sa;d Stills are e;tnated At
: aineS W 0'ni''' the old negro head ferry,
on the east side of the
Northeast river.
TIT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court
- that Henry H. Tappan and James Q. Smith,
the defendants in this case, absconds conceas
themselves that the ordinary process of the law
cannot be served upon them; OH notion It is Or
dered that publication be made for six weeks in
the Wilmington Journal, notifying said defendants
that unless they appear at the next term of this
Court, to be held at the Courthouse, in the town
of Wilmington, on the second Monday in June
next and plead to issue or replevy, the proper
ty levied on will lie condemned and sold to satisfy
plaintiff 5 demand. Teste,
L. H. MARSTELLER, CHk.
March 26, ls47 Pr. fee, So 624.l 29-6t
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WHOLE NO. 1874.
[PuBLIc-No 251

=
AN ACT to amend an act entitled &C An act TO
provide for the payment of horses or other
property lost and DESTROYED in the military
service of the United States,'' approved the
eighteenth day of January, eighteen hun
dred and thirty-seven.
Be 1T ena cted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States Of Amer
iea an Congress assembled, That the above re-
cited act be so amended as to embrace the
claims of all owners of wagons or teams, who
sustained, or shall sustain damage or injury
from the loss of any horse, mule, or wagon,
cart, boat, sleigh, or harness. while such pro-
perty was in the military service of the United
States either by impressment or contract, and
the same has been destroyed or abandoned by
the order of the commanding general, the COM
handing officer, or wagon master, or other
wise lost or destroyed by unavoidable accident,
without any fault or negligence of the owner,
and when he was in the line of his duty; such
owner shall be allowed and paid the value
thereof at the time he entered the service.
Sec. ?. And be 1t further enacted, That the
accounting officers Of the treasury, in auditing
and settling the CLAIMS under this act, and the
one to which this is amendatory, shall make
no other deductions from the claim, on account
of former payments, than for the use and risk
and forage advanced for the horse actually
lost by the claimant and before he was again
remounted, or for clothing to which he was
not entitled by law.
Sec. g. Ind be at further enacted That an
act entitled can act to provide for the pay
ment of horses and other property lost in the
military service of the United States,' appro-
we'd the eighteenth of January, eighteen hun
dred and thirty-seven, and all other acts or
parts of acts relating to the same subject, be,
and the same are hereby, continued in force
for the period of two years from and after the
third day of March, eighteen hundred and
forty-seyen, and nothing contained in any for
mer act shall be so construed by the account
ing officers of the treasury as to prevent the
presentation and adjustment of all the claims
the payment of which is provided for by any
of these several acts, within the time above
specified
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