Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-01-06

ireshmen,s and clothing. Tor is.comiort.
II ascertain that The gallant youngsmidsa
shipman, who has: thus losl his liberty
while performing hazardous and impof-sI
tant service, was moi al first started of for.
Peroie. whatever may have since befallen
him.-We shall look for accounts Of him
with INTEREST,", >as 'alsr Of the unfortunate
prisoners whom the elements have thrown
into the power Of the Mexicans. -, !,
WASHINGTON Dec. %.
From the Correspondence cfthc Bait. American
In the House, MIR. Haralson of Ga,
asked leave to offer The following Resnlu
ton:
Resolved. That The Secretary Of War
lie required TO refund to the severnl States
the expense incurred by them in suhsi,ting
volunteers after the Proclamation of May
last, calling for Volunteers, and previous
TO the time in which the Volunteers were
mustered into service.
The Resolution was jonr one, and as
such was REFERRED 10 the Committee on
Military affairs, ,.,, g..-E
Mr. E., d Baker Of Illinois, the Colo
mel Of the Ill. Volunteers. next addressed
the Committee, thanking the House at
the first for the floor and the Chairman Of
Tho Committee for awarding it TO him.
He did not design to take any part in the
controversy, which bad been been going
on between members of different political
parties .aisE
Coming then TO the important. suhJecl,
he said that the Army in Mexico needed
more men and more money, and they
both now, immedia,ely-at once. The
army was deficient in the necessary nu-
merical force. The country they had
captured covered an immense tract aud it
would require large forces Of men TO gar
ri,on Monterey, SaltiIlo, Camarso and
and Malamoras and oiher points of country
which had been secured.
According to Mr.. Baker. there we're but
ll,W0 men belonging to our force. in
Mexico-availahe men. after the place,
taken had been garrisoned. Mexico was
better prepared to make war uow than
she was when the war commenced. The
Me exicans did not yel believe that we
could conquer their country, and during
the e1istenLe Of The war ihey had become
more nationalized ,han they had been, and
many Of the Mexicans had made heroic
sacrifices to save themselves and their
country.
We had really done liltle or nothing 10
conquer peace. The Presden had re
ceutly called out nine rien new regiments
but they we're very far from being upoo
the ground. Al ;.,ost hev were hut about
seven thousand men. Mexico had 25.O00
men and some ofthem her brsvest men.
Six months ago We sent inio the 6pId
&c regiments, They wen, auto the ser
vice with high hopes and eager esIee
talions, but alas, how ;nany nf hem slept
upon .lhe talihs of the Ria Crane. About
1900 men, Of the best blood Of The naiion,
who had never seen The enemy, found
grave upon the Rio Grande. The country
had proved most sickly. and .lTe army had
suffered most severely.
Even the young men Of the service,had
beeus.amnng the greatest sufferers In
some regiments one seventh and ,one
eighth had died ffom the expnsureto the
climate, the want of water. aud he change
Of food !-Wha, those men had done lhey
they had done for fame glory love of
country Itwa, cpld hlonhed cruelty to
desire tina, these men, should he called 10
endure another campaign, when by
prompt aud energetic war W. could pro
cure peace before another campaign.
Mr.. Baker continued Whar was 10 be
done ought 10 be done at once. lf the
volunteers were TO be paid mare than 81
month. they ought TO receive il now,
and it was better TO pay them in money
thsn in lands. He had seen volunteers
poor, emacialed and suffering severely
for the comforts Of life.
He had known ten cents pound to be
paid for bread, twenty cents for poor sugar
and fifty cents pound for cheese. Il was
long lime. too. be(nre the Volunteers
had received their pay,-six months he
fore The Illinois Volunteers received theirs
He cared not whether Ihe war cost $50,
600. 900 or 9IO0. 100000 Let the mem
hers of This House hen he inpIured to do
sometniDg ana tO act promptly.
Correspondence Of the Charleston Courier.
WASHINGTON, Dec. %.
Col. Baker, Of Illinois, is the lion oftie
city. lie is followed by curious crowds
of friends. who ~an, to know whaI he
thinks of The war and iIs pro-peels-how
he gol over his wound that he received
iu the row among The voIunteers--whal is
10 be done neyl. &c. Col. Baker came
here from the seat of war on miIilasy
mission, not for political purposes. He
has been lahoring 10 obtain some assis
lance for the volunteers, who; as he rep
resen,s. are suffering from many priva-
tions. They are in want Of colhing. and
they were much embarrassed by bcing
obliged to pay very high prices for every
thing they bonghl on The Rio Graude.-
There are large stores Of clothing in the
oflhe government, hut Tho vol