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Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

CONGRESS. the House on the Dad
ult., the debate on the Presidents mes
sage was resumed in Committee of the
Whole. The temper in which this was
done may be inferred from the following
extract from the report of the day:
Mr.. Bayly OF Va, continued the debate
in an elaborote argument, iustifying the
President, and declaring that the Presi-
dent justified himself by his message
Mr.. b. also took up the wing arguments
Tor the purpose of response.
Mr.. Davis of KY, asked leave to ex-
plain, and correct the statements of his
argument.
Mr. Bayly, in very peremptory man.
ner, said he would not give way, and
would no. consent 10 any Interruptions.
Mr.. Davls-The gentleman mlsrepre-
sents my argument when he asserts that
favored Mexico.
Mr.. Bayly with great vehemence)-I
demand the floor. will not give way.
Inc Chair-TAe gentleman from Ken
lucky cannot have the floor.
Mr.. Davis with earnestness)-The
gentleman falsely represents nv argu-
Inent.
Mr.. Bayly-If the gentleman saws |
falsely represent him it is lie.
Mr. Davis was not permitted to respond
and Mr.. Bayly went on with his yindica.
ton of the President.
MIR. Davis challenged Mr.. Bayey, but
duel was prevented by the arres, of the
latter.]
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

1000 men under him, and that the large
supply of goods at Malamoras, and the
exposed condition of that city, might
quicken his courage.
Gen. Scott arrived al the Brasos on the
goth uIt. The following day he proceed
ed to the mouth of the Rio Grande and
was yet at that point when the Edith lett,
waiting the arrival of the horses belong
ing to the regiment Of mounted r'flemen,
when it was understood he woul Id proceed
Immediately up the river to Camargo.
Capt. Wayne has been transferred from
the staff Of Maj Gen. Jessup to that OF
Gen. Scott, and was to accompany him
on his tour of observation.
The steamship Alabama was off the
Brasos when the Edith sailed, and will
probably bring US more definite inteIi-
gence in few days-the Eudora was also
there, so that we may count upon an ar
rival very soon.
The Edith brought over a large mail
but owing TO the lateness Of the hour oil
her arrival, il was not sent to the post Of
fee. She encountered great gales from
the south and east, and yet made the pas
sage in fifty-two hours. Amongst her
passengers were Maj E. S. Hawkins, 9TH
Infantry; Capt. J. &. Todd, of Texas
Lieut.. J. Nj. Cowan, ID Kentucky Regi.
meni, and Capt. TwitcheIl, of the same
regiment.
The news leaves a painful anxiety 10
learn the progress of events. The i'm
preston amongst the passengers that a
battle had been fought was SO strong that
we have almost imbided the belief.
1t was believed that an express had
been sent to Gen. Patterson, counterman.
! ding his march in the direction of Victoria
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

nA+Mr. A. G. Rowe, 1t. Kyle, and Mr..
Albert Young, of the Carroll Volunteers,
have reached their homes since our last.
They left Monterey 10th December. The
Regiment was to have left in few days for
Victoria. The health ofthe Regiment was,
generally, good-men and officers in fine
spirits, eager to follow Old Rough and Rea-
DIV wherever he might choose to lead.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13
MEXICAN RECRUITS The Mexican

MEXICAN RECRUITS The Mexicans
are making great exertions to raise troops
in all the small Mexican towns on the Rio
Grande, and with some success. About
the 18th, Capt. Stone, with detachment
of 70 men, proceeded to a rancho up the
Rio San Juan, distance of 81 miles,
where he found about geo Mexieans col
lected, and among them Captain Cantooa,
who was the particular object Of search
Capt c, was captured, and the muster roll
of his company, and letters of instructions
from Gems Ampudia and Paroles, with a
quantity of blankets, fifty stands of arms.
ammunition, &c. were secured. Captain
G. was carried to Camargo, and placed in
prison.
On the evening of the 10th, Mexican
was taken by the guards at Camargo, hav.
ing made an entry into the powder maya
zine with design, it is supposed, of blow
ling it up.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

The President very promptly respond.
ed 10 the call of Congress, ION Mr. Davis
resolution,I by communicating the instruc-
tons given to Gems. Wool and Kearnev.
and Com. Stockton. 1t will prove a sore
disappointment in some quarters, TINT
these instructions don't seem to be quite
of the stamp that the orators in Congress
and out, expected to find them. What
string IS now TO be pulled remains TO be
seen.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

The Legislature of South Carolina ad.
journed on the 10Th inst. The PROPOSE.
ton made some time since of transferring
The choice of presidential electors from
the Legislature TO the people, failed to re.
ceive the favorable attention of that BODY.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

fr.r Mr.. White, the Yazoo Volunteers,
writing home from Monterey, says that he
visited the graves of Capt. Gillespie, and
Of Mr.. Brown, and that they had been de-
spoiled by the fendish Mexicans--the cor
ses stripped and robbed. One of Browns
fingers was picked up, having been cut off
to get at ring he wore!
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

BRIGADIER GENERAL.-Col. ]. Gads-
den, President of the South Carolina
Railroad Company, has been appointed
Brigadier General by the President of the
United States. Gen. Gadsden is to take
command of the Regiments of Volunteers
from the States of Virginia, North Carroll
ma and South Carolina.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

rs said that an Italian has discovered
process by which flesh can be lmmedi-
ately turned into stone. He exhibits a
womans's head with the hair as natural as
lite, perfectly converted into stone, and,
what is more wonderful, a petrified wo-
mans tongue.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

Er The new Regiment from this State
is to be armed with Rifles, and each man is
expected to supply himself with Bowie
knife, in case the conflict comes to close
quarters. All companies were at Vicks-
burg on the evening of the 5th, but we
have not yet heard of the election of Off
GERS. The Regiment will be sent forward
with the utmost despatch.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

~ The Lexington Advertiser, of Satur-
day, announces the death, at Monterey, OF
Mr.. F. E. BEALL, Of the Carroll Volunteers.
The editor "a relative OF Mr.. BeaH,) does
not mention from what source he derives
the information, and we trust it may prove
to be without foundation.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

co.eREss.-We have Washington pa
- the 2sth. On that day, the de-
Pels N the reference Of the Presidents
Dase 90 was brought to close We no.
mess ne,bing of general interest in the pro-
ceedings, SO iaf'
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

The Pennsylvania Volunteers may vote
for Governor next fall while they are
in Mexico, and the returns be forwarded
home by the commanding officer. The
polls of the regiment may be opened in
the national place of the Mexican capital,
Such is the law of Pennsylvania.
". O. Courier.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

ortis probable that the regiment call
" ~, Massachusetts will not be fur
- Only two companies had been
raised at last dates. +" There she stands
M NJ Webster said-look at her
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13
OF 1t is conjectured by some that the
Government will shortly call out ten more
Regiments Of Volunteers for the war.

PoLITICAL SPEcULATIoNs.--We attach
no importance to The gossip of Washing
ton letter writers--indeed, w believe no
class of mankind draw so much on fancy
for facts--but somehow, everybody likes
to read such things. Here is something
about the Presidency, piquant and racy,
from the correspondence of The Charleston
Mercury:
"What do you think of old Harry Clay
again appearing in the Senate Of the Uni,
ted States? If he does, do not be surpris-
ed. His friends in the South, beyond all
question, will urge him as the candidate OF
the Wing party for the next Presidency.
The North and West will press John M
Lane. 1t is supposed that his abolition
wife will unite all the Abolitionists in the
Union with the Wing party in the cleo
tion--and then the Methodsts. supporting
him on account of his being of that per-
suasion, will secure him the election. 1t
will be fine times, when negroes and mu-
Iattoes will adorn the saloons Of the White
House, and feast costly with members of
Congress, True Wing Democracy will
then appear Ia all It's glory. The Sou.
thern Wings seem already snuffing the
gale as it comes from said White House,
and talk loudly OF sending the said Presi-
dental election to very bad place, where
certain gruff old gentleman, with equi-
vocal foot and unequivocal tail, is said TO
abide. The Democrats don't say much
on the subject of the Presidency; bat it is
clear Cass has the West, and Silas Wright
the North.'
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

The ~ 0. JefIersonian says that Pa
trick Henry Calhoun, son of the honora-
Bile John G. Calhoun, and late aid to Gen.
Gaines, has been elected Colonel to the
I'd regiment of New York Volunteers
The nomination was rendered to him with
out solicitation. Colonel Calhoun has
earned for himself a high reputation in the
army.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

The following shows receipts on LIST day
of January for four years past;
I847 1916 1845 1914
Bales 304, 1909 39l ,374 394 ,405 $50, 1881
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

Thirty companies were offered from the
city of Philadelphia alone, for the new Re-
giment required from Pennsylvania. Well
done for the Quaker city.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

SHAKsPEARE.-A portrait has.been dis
covered in England, which is believed to
be likeness of Shakspear. 1t is in pos
session of the Bishop Of Ely.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13
&" TAMPICo, Dec. II.

uAdvices via Vera Cruz were received
last evening of the action OF the Mexican
Congress. They decreed that they VIII not
think of or treat OF peace unli every nos
tile foot has cleared Mexican soil; a1d eve ~ e
ry vessel that lines her coast ia re
7 consider the war now commences III re.
81 earnest, and proPhesy that lamplco
oil become an American town.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13
ImnOrEant from Mexico.

The N. o. Mercury, OF the 3ist. gives
the following extract from letter received
from Tampico. If true, this puts to fight
all hopes of speedy close of the war
The language employed is SO similar to that
used by Santa Anna in his letter to GENT
TAYLOR, that we are almost led to believe it
some report growing out OF that cores
pondence:
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13
Cotton Market.
New ORLEANS, Jan

New ORLEANS, Jan'y Q.
The advices per Cambria were received
on 26th ult., and our market has since been
very active at an advance of &C., in some
cases &c. per pound.
liverpool Ga Observation-Disclosures and Mis-
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

Gen. La Vega has received command
of brigade and has been ordered on i'm
mediatly to JOIN the army at San Louis.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

o. In our last, we remarked that the
duel between Capt. Starke and Mr.. Blew
EFT had no connexion with politics. -
We Were probably mistaken. The Ponto-
toe Tribune says that the affair grew out of
some remarks Of Mr.. B. characterizing Mr..
5. as ga bad paymaster." The common re-
port is that Blewett remarked, on the day
of the election, that although wing, he
would not vote for man who had paid his
debts with bankrupt certificates, who lived
extravagantly, had rich wife, and plenty
of money. This drew a challenge from
Capt. Starke. AS we have noticed the at-
fair, we deem it proper to give what we
hear to be a correct version.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

STAGE LINE TO THE YAZoo RIvER.-Our
friend and neighbor, ]. w. S. Merrill, will
commence running, this week, new and
comfortable hack between this place and
Greenwood--making tri-weekiy trips
Passengers from this section of the State
for New Orleans, Vicksburg, Jackson, or
any where below, and vice versa, will find
this the cheapest, quickest, and most COM
Portable route. Passengers from below
should take boats to Greenwood, then by
Mr.. Merrill's line, connecting with the
stage line at this place.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13
THE DEMOCRAT.
CARROLLTON:

Wednesday Morning, +: January Is, lSl7.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-02-19

the Liberator, and priest Ike, throws himself
upon his dignity-that being the best de-
tense he can make. Read the following con.
temptible paragraph from the Emancipator.
OF The columns Of the Libprator last
week fairly groaned with the burden Of the
awful deeds done in the " conventions of
the preceding week-ihat of the Liberty rar.
ty at Fdneuil Hall, and the meeting Of min
listers and church members which WIS bro.
ken up by the emissaries Of the grand Whir
Far. We are quite busy, Just now, and *.
pect TO be for some lime to come, in lryinr
to get The slaves free. After that is done. If
we should then happen 10 have nothing bet.
ter 10 do, we will perhaps rcad those long
columns; but at present we really have lot
time. And as for any ISLANDERS that may APP
pear through that channel, we have no tho't
OF spending a m in coufuting them
Those who believe such things, would rot
be unPersuaded by any thing We could say.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-02-19
Not Inconsistent.

A committee of the Indiana legislature re-
Gently reported in condemnation Of The Alexi-
can War. and recommended the adoption Of
the following:
"Be ii Resolvsdby Tie General .9ssem,biy Of
HE STATE Of Indiana, That while we deem
war "A g eat national calamity, we hereby in
struct our Senators and request our Repre-
Seh'allVes 10 vote all necessary and proper
supplies for lis vigorous prosecution; while,
al The same time, 1t is the anxious desire Of
all the members composing this General AS
sem0ly, and OF the people represented by it,
that 1t should be brought to as speedy a ter
inInallon as possible, consistent with the ma
tional honor and the national glory"
lhl', II viii be seen, is the exact position
taken by a m Itlty Of the Wings.
ne same comtnittee, reporting to the same
body, on the New Hampshire resolutions,
made use OF the following language:
Let this war 20 on-let victory crown our
arms I'LL Mexico shall yield up a large por-
ton OF her territory, and your committee fear
that success would be more dangerous than
defeat, They see nothing but disaster to
follow from this war; no laurels to be won /;
no benefits to be gained bat certain and in
evitdbIe division in our councils, and possi-
bly,, nay pr0JaJly, a dissolution IF Our IN
ion"
Now, there are some persons who profess
TO be unable TO see that these positions are
contradictory, and that to hold them both is
absurd. They say that it is 4 patriotic duty,
TO furnish all necessary supplies for the Wig
orons prosecution of a war, to an issue, sue
cessinl TO our armies, in which success is more
dangerous than defeat which can result, it
prosecuted, in n0ihing but disaster, in which
no Iaurels are to be won, no benLf's TO he
gained, and which will probably eventuate
IN The dissolution 9C the ChiOni That is, that
1t is the part Of patriotism, or enlightened
lore y couHtry, at IA vast expense of treasure,
OF health, OF life and Of morals, to overrun the
territories and slaughter the citizens of an
unotiendlng %neighbor, with the probable re-
suit Of destroying our own country A Wig
orous prosecution of the war viii probably
produce a dissolution of the Union, is tn,
opinion of the Indiana Wings. Yet hey nd
wise the granting of men and money to eifec
it! Their reason is, we presume, because t
withhold them, might dissolve their parry. Tn
possibility Of a dissolution of their party,
seems is 10 be more carefully Stunned, tina
The probability Of dissolving the Union. Thi
is what modern Wings call patriOtism.-Ci0
Herald.
The editor of the Herald makes a Sigh
mistake in his comments. The Commute
speak Of ''DissoIution of the Union" tn
editor of ''desrroying our own country
two very different and opposite things. Tn
Dissolution of the Union would be the saliva
ton OF our country, the preservation Of tn
Union our country's destruction. The Com
mittee, it is true, are glaringIy Inconsistent
but not more so than all must necessarily be
who in principle are opposed to the war, bu
in position are members Of the government
which prosecutes it.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-02-19
NIL. BROOKE.

CHARAcTERIsTIc.-The readers of last
weeks Bugle will remember the account we
gave of the shameful manner in which s.. S.
Foster was treated at the Liberty party and
Religious conventions held in Boston. The
statements which our friend Foster made, are
fully substantiated by the testimony of 9TH
ers' whose communications appeared in a re-
cent No. of the Liberator, and it is useless
to deny the facts. Joshua Leavitt, the hero
OF the gag wal, appears to feel that such is
the case, and coWard like, shrinks even from
reading the charges preferred against him in
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-02-19

do not behold in Imagination "the hostile
armies of the divided nation;" but they know
that the entire power of this people is array
ed against a defenceless portion Of their own
citizens 10 degrade and to imbru,e them
They see not in fancy the "bristling cam
%non;" but the whip, the branding iron, the
gag, the thuinbscrew and the handcufT are
ever before them in vivid reality, for these are
the weapons which Shareholders WELD when
they fight for oppression under the flag Of the
American Union. Instead Of anticipating
"the march Of armed men," treading down
the green blade and the yellow ear, they know
full well that the iron heel Of the oppressor
is even now trampling into the mire of slave
ry the hopes, the happiness, the life, and the
liberty Of three millions OF their fellow coun-
trymen and that the blood Of the innocent Is
crying for vengeance from the ground. They
know full well that cusn n0,C, a war Is raging
in the South land, a war which in It's mean
ness of character and atrocity stands unpar-
alleled upon the records Of history, a war be-
tween the lyTdnl anu Iio NaPb'C NN -
because the American Union sanctions and
s~ustains the oppressor in the perpe,ralion Of
all his enormitics, all his cruelties, all his
diabolism, that they ask that it be immedi-
atsly and forever dissolved.
The Senate may invoke the aid CT the dead,
it may appeal for support to the sentiments
of a STAKEHOLDER of other days, but its iLvo-
cations and appeals will be in vain. 1t may
scatter Washington's farewell address broad
cast throughout the land, but even that can
not save the Union. And in tho adoption of
this measure we behold a sign of the approach
of a better day, an evidence Of the impression
Disunion doctrine is making on the public
mind, a proof Of the fear and terror which has
taken hold Of politicians and could the voice
of Washington now be heard, coming from
the spirit-land, speaking as it would the
language of truth and sobcrness, it would
most emphatically condemn the American
Union as "a covenant with death, and an
arreem ent with hell"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-02-19

each Of which had been removed by tho
rats, while the remainder lay fostering in its
rolienness. There they remained, perhaps,
for week. or it might be for a fortnight, uu-
known aud unheeded, the wretched relics of
poor mortality, on which these loathsome
creatures had nightly held their disgusting
banquet. Such a fact, and such a state OF
sccltty, communicated to me by a RESPONSE
bic official OF the present Government, re-
quirts IN this place neither remark nor coID-
mcut; indeed / must do the gentleman the
justice 10 ,ay that lie evinceda generous syU-
patty ia tie distress of which this incident
Is but one OF lhe results. From The same UNI
questionable source, / learned that the deaths
Ia The town Oi Sklbbereen alone, for the 3
weeks previous to my second arrival, amoun-
ted 10 l59, aud these, in almost every in-
stance, 1t In>uticiency or total abstinence
from lOod, -iOrf ErIa.iner,
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-02-19
TO Correspondents.

p. M. M. and +. D. w. We respectfully
decline publishing their ar'icles-the sent'-
menis are good, but not the poetry.
w. II. of Y. The greater part OF his com
munica,ijn is not suited to our columns and
besides, we do not wish to encourage person
al controversy from which our readers cal
derive no good. 49,,
r. ]. II. Will try TO find room for his let
ter before long.
M. #. J.. Shall be heard.
]. p. D.. On file for insertion.
w. II. His paper is changed as directed
We do not know what he means by the Other
papers he speaks Of. lie neglected to pay
the postage on his letter.
w. H., Jr. We shall not complain if he
chooses his own time. Part Of his letter will
probably be published. How can we forward
him some books for sale, and for gratuitous
distribution?
G. w. l.. Will write him soor.
NJ. A. r. AID a. D. Their articles shall
appear next week.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-02-19
PiO-Slavery Piety.

Mr.. Simms Of South Carolina, resumed
and concluded the speech which he coIn-
menced on Thursday IN support OF the war.
Taylor authorized the letter, recently printed
Ia ire newspapers, 10 be made public, II was
Indiscrce,, Tor II would find its way into Mex
leo, and c~ertalniy result detrimentally to this
county. He thought that a Lieutenant &C.
n,mi SHOULD be appointed. AS ~ the terri
tory which may come into our possession on
d ucaty being concluded with Mexico, slave
~ would exist there. No man who loved
ms Bible, should say that slavery was i'm
moral. The cry OF abolition was gotten up,
Originally, by iuide!s, who sought 10 dis
credit the scriptures.
Mr. Burl inquired whether his colleague
spoke trIm the opinions Of the Northern or
lie middle States, or from IA knowledge Of
the firm determination OF the South.
Mr.. Simms replied, from the firm delermi-
nation OF the South that slavery shall exist
there. He spoke for God.
Nj. Wood Of New York, asked the gem
rrman whether, for God, lie spoke for the
North,
Mr.. Simms raipincd, thathe spoke for God.
because God speaks Tor himself, and that is
the climax OF authotity.-E ash. Fountain.
No MlsTAKE.-A boy called on a doctor
to visit his father, who had the delirium tro-
mems; not rightly recollociing The name Of
the bad disease, he called it the devils iren-
te'. making bad Latin, bnt very good Eng
llsh.-BaDsor Gazette.