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lb AgoM SWe will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Lieteiut fa we will Perish amidst the Ruins.-! 0 - * 'LUME XI.. 2-* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SW i. F. DURISOE, EDI OR & P R O P'R I E T OR, NEW TERMS. woDorLLAusand FIFTYCE'rs,perannum :' fpaid in advance-$3 ifnot paid within sia S months from the date of subscription, and 4 if not paid before the expiration of the year. All subscriptions will be continned, unless otherwise ordered before the expira- ion of the year; but no paper will be dis. continued- until all arrearages are paid, un eiss at the option of the Publisher., S=Any person procuring five responsible Sub - scribers, shall receive the paper for one year, gratis. AovRsaTIssETS conspicuonslyinsertedat75 cents per square, (12 lines, or less,) for the fitratinsertion. and 37.3 for each continuance. Those published monthly or quarterly, will be chargel $1 per square. Advertisements not having the number of insertions marked on them, will be continued uutilordered out and charged accordingly. Communications, post paid, will be prompt- ly and strictly attended to. .. (iThe friends of Major A BRAIIAM ,ONES, announce him as a candidate for the Legislature, to fill the vacancy occa- '' sioned by the death of James S. Pope 07The fnenids'of JAMES SPANN. Esqr. respectfully-announce him as a candidate for, the office of Tax Collector, at the ensuing elec. vton. april14 rf 12 7 The friends of WESLEY BO DIE, an- . ounce him as a candidate for the office of -Sheriff, at the ensuing election. february 24 tf 5 l-T The following gentlemen are announced -by their friends as candidates for the Office of Tax Collector, at the ensuing election : Col. JOHN QUATTLEBUM, GEOIGE J. SHEPPARD, - EDMUND MORRIS, SAMPSON B, MAYS, Lieut.JAMES B. HARRIS, Maj. S. C. SCOTT, LEV[ R. WILSON. Mr The following gentlemen are announced by their friends as candidates for the office of Ordinary, at the ensuing election. Col. JOHN HILL JULIUS BANKS,. Capt. W. L. COLEMAN. From the Jalapa Amrican Sder, Apri 25. Cerro-God..-Thebattitthis plae; taidssecond 1u our,'humble opinion, to 4otzre havetakez~place in tis contry. eni -se a.b~p~ :tisoc by t e-eemy t iTr0 nmer- teal fores, and the 'nature of te",trYt around, reilered it more difidi t f beIng reried-than thd Gibraltar of-Mde(isey. The opposition made by the enemy was one.of the most obstinate nature.M ab'dnort until steel crossed steel did thedy ve way: The second -division of regulars- ;under Gen. Twiggs, and the volunteers under General ShieJds. have won iinperishable glory in the fight. The regulirs; from their position, performed mos fo the-work, and in a gallant style, too, didhey accom- plish it. The Brigade immediately -under the command of the undaunted "Harney, regardless of everything but victory,inarch- ed up the ascent to Cerro-Gordo amid the death-dealing volleys of the enemy: nor stopped or faltered until the enemy were driven in dismay from their works, and the Stripes and Stars of otr'glorious land waved in triumph from the enemy's bat- tlements. Col. Riley, with the second brigade of regulars, rendered great service in the fight. and added to the reputation he already en- joyed-that where work was to be done, he was to be found. Gen. Pillow with his brigade, made a gallant charge upon a fortification of the eqemy, but from its strength-being as- ststed" by a fort on the left and right, he was foreed to give way, after suistaininig a heavy loss, and before he could renew the attack, the enemy had surrentiered. When we contemplate victories lhke this -achieved under-the disadvantages which attended our troops-we wonder that the ensemy will still, persist in .wit hholding the settlenrient of that vexed question which keeps the. twvo tepublies at swvords points~ --They have met us ini six fights-Pao Al- to, Resacca de Ia Palma,.Monteruy, Bue- na Vestn. Vera Cruz, and Cerro-Gordo- *£in all of which they have: not only been advantageously po'sred, but hatve doubtled, Irebled, ay, quadrupledlus in numbers, ind'still the result is the same. WVe'hould think that battles such as these, won un- der the circumstances, ought to be a suffi- cient indication that the Amnericans do not mean to be whipped, nor will they whilst thore is a handful left to carry on the fight. On every occasion, when there is a fight, the defeat of the Mexicans, Mich is invar- iable, is accounted for andI attempted to be explained away by some~unaccountable -accident, or the sale of'the fight by the T eaders of the lNiexicans'. Even here, at Cerro Gordo we hear the contemptible plea adduced that Santa Anna was not quite ready for us-that-the attack was made a. little sooner than he-expected, arnd hence his discomfiture. 'Reader, he never r ill. he ready whilst cotending with our .-. ~-ruops, and he will, unless put dowvn, sa- Serice thousands of lives,- in..-a cause in b~.wich he knows nought-btot defeat awaits an lrm Santa Aorta claired she victory, at *1MJ~iena Vista-nor should we.he surprised torsee him blazon fornh-his:operationsat - e'Vrro-Gordo in the same- key. -may be - egolium- in' us,- but'w'ei'feel cer tains that whereverl-and whenever:wve meet- the sne- - :my, ha will'e the Giretato depar. fromw the field. -The- Mexicani soldier fights well, bu- those -o whom ho is opposed reof a stock that knows no superior, and thi consider it sufficient glory to be allowed die- for their country's cause. Then, wi such men as these for enemies, .possessit intermineable resources, and capable bringing a million of men into the field, it not suicidal to hold out longer ? If it w our lot to be a Mexican, we would oppo every obstacle to the advance of an enerr into our country, but after urging evet practicable means to check theirapproac we would not ' bite off our nose to spi our face." - The Mexicans have oppost us with credit to themselves. but sufferir defeat in every fight, and being complet ly crippled in resources, honor ceases to 1 a virtue when by futile attempts to mail tain it, the dearest interest of home and kii dred suffer. The world knows and ai knowledge's our superiority in strengtl and, therefore, it would detract nougl from the credit of Mexico to acknowlcde the corn, and place her people again i quiet and ease. REMONSTRANCE OF THE-AMEfi LCAN PRISONERS IN .MEXICO. CASTLE ST. JAGO, (City of Mexico) M'arch 24th, 1547. To his Excellency Gen. Santa Anna : Sir-The undersigned officers in the At my of the U. States of America, respect fully state to your Excellency,. that the; together with their respective command consisting of seventy one persons in al became prisoners of war to the Mexica Republic at tte'Hacienda Enearnation o the24th January last. On that mprnin before day light, we found ourselves sut rounded by a large force-say three thou sand men, and about sun rise a white fib approached us on one side and a consider able force on another; we required the that the troops should retire, precedent t receiving our flag, whichbeing complie with the flag approached and a surrende demanded. We took one hour to deter mine whether we would entertain a posi tion of the kind or not; at the expiratil of the hour the flag returned, and we an swered that we would hear a proposition and were told that Gen. Minon would sen a: major-to our camp, while one of ou number of equal rank should repair.to hi head quarters and hear his offer. This be ing done, Major Gaines rode out to th General, had a conference of about on houi with him, returned to the Haciend and in the presence.df an inierpreter o each side, stated'the terms offered, whicr were accepted, 'and between .eleven an twelve 'oc ion erpo s stbe igena irnse tu1ild ectjive'tie sword ofourcomman or:*, and .priyate pr.operty. should be. res pectedi ,and that the best treatment in ev ery .particular,. known amongst civilize nations to.pgisoners of war should be ouri The general when asked to reduce thes terms to writing,gaveus the most positiv assurances that, his word of honor wa worth more than three or four signatures and. that unless his agreement was full carried out, he would abandon the servic of his country. On our journey to thi .place, we had the gratification to met your Excellency. and after stating to yo the terms of ourcapitualation, received at surance that they should be corplied Witi The object of this note is to complai to the Head of thq Mexican Republic, the so far from the terms of our capitulatio being complied with, we have been fre quently subjected to the most grevious de privations, and athat we have refraine from making our protest hitherto in conse quence of the unhappy diseussion said 1 exist in the capital-which being now foi tunately adjusted, as we are informed, w most respectfully call your attention our condition.. We forbear at this timefrom entering ir to the particulars of otr complaints, an beg leave to refer your E xcellency Gen. Vega, who has lately been a prisor er of' war in the United States, (but wh has not honored us with any notice wha ever,) for the manner- in which prisuol of war are treated in our country. There is however one corrplaint whic we owe to ourselves to call your immediat attention to. We are informed that Ger Minon, in reporting our capture to his gc vernment, alleges that we surrendered discretion, and that we oweour lives totli magnanimity of the Mexican Republie- Against such a statement we enter our sc lemnn protest: and declare that the ternm of our surrender being accturately statedi the foregoing part of this note, anythiu inconsistgnt thereto is unfounded in fact. Hoping that a pence between the twv Republics shall spedily be made, upo terms equally honorable to both, wve sut scribe outrselvos. Your most obedient servants, [Signed.} Jyo. P. GAiIEs, Maj. Ky. Reg. Cavalry, U. S. A. SOLAnr BOiLANID, Majn. Ark. Reg. Cavalry, U. S. A. CASSIUS M. CLAY, Capt. Ky. Reg. Cavalry, LU. S. A. C. p. DANLET, Capt. Ark. Beg. Cavalry. U. S. A. 0. R. DAvtDsoN, 2d Lt. Ky. Reg. Cavalry, U. S-. A. Volunteers from Switzerland.-The we itn Mexico have not only aroused the mii tary enthusiasm of otur own'citizens, but seems that a tnumber of Europens are oi fering their services to the United State Government., The Gertman Schtnellpost' corespondenlt in Basie, Switzerland, snyl eigt.hundred young andi hardy men, a tmong wvhom. arc sotno of the most distir y offered their-setwices to the Utnited States to Government. through the American C'oq Ii sul at Basle. They will engage to serve' g during the war, or for five or tetr years, nf and afterwards form themselves into a mi- is litary colony in California, upon the plan as of colonies which England and Russia te have in several of their dominion . Seve- y ral of these volunteers have families, and y are most respectably connected. e From the N. 0. Picayune,May 2(7 d LATER FROM GEN. SCOTT'S AhMY, ig It was not until yesterday that we were I- placed in possession of the following let- e ters received here on Tuesday by the Ma- I- ry Kingsland. [t will be seen that .Mr. t. Kendall's letter is later than anythiig heretofore received from Jalapa. while the a, letter from Vera Cruz gives a more defin- it ito accotint of the occurrences near that e city reported in our last .upon verbal an- u thority. The most interesting passage in Mr. Kendall's letter is that announcing that Majors Borland and Gaines. Capt. Clay and the other officers taken in the North, together with Passed Midshipman Rogers, are at liberty in the city of Mexico. The next step is to insist upon th6 immediate - release of the men who were takediwith - Major Gaines. Mr. Kendall's remarks upon a peace s party in Mexico will attract attention. He , has facilities for forming an opinion on the subject which the newspapers affprd us. t i Were we to rely upon the latter alone we- ; should form a judgment very different from I - our associate, but we do not doubt at all t - that he has access to sources of information t far better than our own. VaRA CauZ. May 13. 1847. I Gentlemen-A band of about 200 Mexi- cans has been prowling about the mount- I ed riflemen's camp. four miles from this j r place, two nights in succession. and last night the men were aroused twice by the approach of Mexicans. I Early ibis morning our gallant Captain I Walker started out to give them battle and i had a nice little skirmish, killing four of I the enemy by the time my informant, an I r officer of the Rifles, left, and he represents j i Walker a long.way ahead of the scene of C the first brush, following them up.. I guess s the enemy will find that they have got hold I a of the wrong chap before Capt. W. has I t done with them. This morning early' e dragoon'came'in from Santa Fe," where lehad beenleft' I; with seven others-to guard, saoe stores be- okir : v'me I'has t fti h s las night killiin;dallhis compaioni and ' nking.pdesessionof tde stores, and he only saved-himself lay running."- Thereas 1 another company sf riflemen followingap" 1 I Capt. 'W., but I regret ibat I d-n6t know- 1 by'whom'it is commanded. I sa ured' B by an eye-witness that'he sawifdir dead 'i e Mexicans on' the ground wl:en Ca'pt:'W' i s met the enemy. -It is generally supposed' that this party of the enemy are near here' more for the purpose of plundering small i e parties and stealing horsesithan any-thing s else. - JALAFA,. May 11, 1S47. - Since the diligencia went otrt at noon to- pay for Vera Crui, another diligencia has i t come in from the city of Mexico full of t passengers, and bringing news of nota lit- i i tie importance. Among the passens.ers - was Mr. Kennedy, who, after being badly - treated here about the istof April, was :I driven to the city of Mexico. I All the passengers confirm what I wrote I o you this morning. They say that at the ' capitol there was no Government,, no or- -i a der, no responsibility-all was anarchy. I a Anaya was still President pro' lerp., but1 had neither influence nor authiority. 'A - new Presilent is to be elected on tIre 15th d of the present month-the tentir Chief a Mngistrate this distracted couttiu'y has had - within the last eighteen months.' 'I cannot o stop to count them all up, but such is fact. - Tihe ladrones-guerrillas I sup pose they a should be called now-are busy at 'work"r upon the roads, especially betwveen "Tab- h bla and the city of Mexico. The same o passengers were robbed the other day no .less than seven times in one stage, and the inference is that the last reobbers-must have t had rather poor picking if the first wei-e e v*ry searching in their operatioris.' "''he - diligencia in which Mr. Kennedy 'cam. down was robbed twice on the road. s It is stated that the propuisitions made a by England some months 'sineef to off'er g her intervention in settling~the'dirulties' between Mexico and the' United .States, a have recently been taken 'up by the Mcx- n ican Congress, and after 'a warm discus-1 - sion, in which one of the' memberi 'said- 'fat the whbole affair was but another at-i tempt of the monnvchies'upon the macred' liberties of the Mexican' Repdiblic' the 'aro- 'I lion eveni to consider them wvas 'lo'st by a'' vote of 44 to 33. From ths it would seem" that the present Congress is determined'-to1 shut every door against all' proposals for ano honorable peace.1 Santa Anna has sent ,a letter to Con- gress from. Orizaba. He gives his' own account of tha battle of Cerro Gordo, and claims-a grent victory ont the first day of the fight. On the second day'Providence, according to his story, gave the'advantage r to the Yanketes. 1-ic says Inothing about the exertions of tho latter. Santa Anna t states that he tnow has seved tihousand -men, and that his force is rapidly increas-' a ing ; and moreover that all are burning-to a encounter the Americans again. He wants- , monoy to carry on his operations, but Con- .gress nas not seetn fr to vote him- n-coptr' - -one reason. probably being that it has- e not a copper to aivo. ~Santa Atina. so fal' A high up. Reynosa is about asfar as boa e can ascend with any success, and th J Flag says there isi design of establishit a de ot there. The Fliag fenvta from the Tamaulips Defensor that one hundred arnd filfy of ota infantry with one field piece, were fyini ; off the town of Soto la Marina on the 241 t ult.. and that one hundred''vdlry, with i 12.pounder, reerhed the town of Magis t catzin on the 7ih ulit., hut had receives orders to counternrarch to Tampico. The Registro oficial, published is? Do rango, repels the charge that the intabi, tants of that State ate friendly disposec towards the Yankees, but speaks in nr respectful terms of the Sovereign Con gress. which, it says, withholds their arms and leaves them exposed to the ravages of the Indians. 'The Savereign Co9. gress' further adde the same paper, 'taxes without number the Duranguenos to pam per the corruption and vices of the Cy barites who calumniate them.' The editor of the Defencor de Tamau- lipas thinks the analogy botween the two States so'very strikir.g that he publishes the- article above alluded to. A Mexican woman who was washing at the lake ir Matamoros was lately acci- dentally killed by a Mfasseehusetts volan- teer, who was at the time shooting fowl. The woman was fully four hundred-yards distant from him when he discharged his musket. The ball skipped upon the water and hit the wamatr. The report has reached Matamoros that the troops encamped at Palo Alto are to be sent to Vera Cruz. The Flag cannot credit it. New Brigrade fruim Marytand-The Washington Union copies the remarks of the Baltimore Sun, a few days since, relative to the tender of a new brigade of volunteers from Maryland, made by Gen, Smith, and its rumored acceptance, ac- companying it with the following state- ment: We are satisfied that the administration are deeply impressed with the noble and patriotic offer which has been made of a whole brigade from->Maryland. It is worthy of Gen. John Spear Smith him- self-worthy of the sou'of the brave and illustrious father, Gen. Samuel Smith, whose revolutionary. achievements are inscribed on our revolutionary aanls- worthy of the.hrave . metr,. who'.. have. co- operated ith Ge - J. S Smith-and wor. or -e,Stated " i1t :he tirrangemients 1hi' r' Ofli e Whilst so. many poitions' f e' been submitted to the Depar:ment of volunteers from all parts of the country-whilst some of the States are actually complaining of the supposed partiality whicl has been shown to other States in this regard- whilst it is important to consult the ap- propriations of C'ongress, and a sufficient force may have been called out, under existing circumstancee, to carry on the the war with all the vigor of which it is susceptible, it may not be expedient to accept, at this time, an offer of tr whole brigade from Maryland, highly as it is appreciated by the President and Secreta- ry of War. We understand Gen. Scott will, in all probability, have under his command, in the month of June at least twenty tmtrsand men or more-consisting too, of regulars or during-the-war men. But what patriotic American cn help rejoicing at the noble spectacle which our country now exhibits. It was asked re- peatedly, during the last session of Cont gressr where' is the money F-Where are the men to come from? As to the firat, we have seee nearly sixty millions of'ered for loan-thtree times more thtan whati the government may regiuire for fifteen months to come. We also see tofunteers contin sirily pronring itr their offers. Thoug~ Mississippi has two splendid regiments already in the field, she complaine that the government will not recei-ve moru of her gallant suns into the service. The Wat offree is crowdedl with appfications, A&nd here is a whole brigade from Maryland,. to l e led by one of her most accomplished genras to- be composed of some of thes best citizens in :her borders. The anti- war party has astrempted Ia vain to damp the spirit of our people. * *- * The patriotic sentimente of our courntry- men rise superior to' avery other conside- ration. Men press anxiousry upon the War ofile for employment. A -sph-ited citizen of Meryland, whose name we are at liberty to-specifyr, is willig to appros priate $IO,000 from hrisown purse Co equip a company. Volunteer companies pour in front all quarters.-lere ,is a whore brigade from Marylond, who will. turn -away their reructant and disappointed steps from the door of the War office. Such is the triumphant manner in' whicht the "amorbI treason'of factious editor, is sileneed by theogetnerous ardor of men who ore devoted to the rights, the honor, the glory of their couiatrys-Uion. A Noble Act.--Col. Yell, of Arkansas, and the President, (says the Baltimore Sun,) were old friends. Trhe last letter which the brave. soldier is supposed to have writtear was to- Col. Folk, direeting ste advance of Col. Yell's pay to his-fam- ily. He was poor, and his family were dependent upon him. He bad a young lad at.Georgetown- College, aud' we learn, so-states a Washington letter in the New York H'erald, that she President has adopt. ed this boy, and will educate him and regard-hit a his- own son; and that jae wi.sm... he.o...rt. ofrthe raaminY ase Ca ns the only man. who ha been s f iu Mexico as a candidat ro tb~ p cy; and he is in. very ba odor wh: earasse. Th.' t iorth of Mexico-Guadala pita, ato. Queretaro, Zecatecas Durango is, and othiers-talk open ly of sepa agfrom Mexico, and letuin her take sof herself.. Not a dollar it the aiyo plies are they sending of for thK o the General Governmen iiatseie y Thy -T doing a little in the way oftfdrily city of Mexico, but a Spa niar ;in e that all the obstructions hat a erected so far, could be kijefo the foot.'The city had bi p ecmartial law, and the direstie ere anticipated. The ci' tizens h een called upoir to' take up armioft ~mon defence, but nnfortu- iatel ya hs of'them bad no arms to ake p. ere there any cannon at hesapito r'than a few small and in- itffereat 9. ThiWre. ainly a party, .atd an in- Iuestial'on fMexico, which begins to :alk of' M and where four weeks inctliey, ot dare breathe their senti- nents,the .crne out openly and a- row themi Still the measure is far rot pipt Th peace.party is corn- msed ofth out honest and intelligent ,roporty6i t itbe merchants, and per. arps tie' 2t6.hese are oiposed the nilitaryr av l- disgraced them- elves, ait agognes among the awyers. iests could be made cer- aii that d ontinne to hold their ich bena t they would probably e all.in a ease. On thoi ehof the Americans it is aid that. ' with all the archives f'~i-i I move to the :ity of Moreliti rae all my news is verbal, iota pa ngcomb through. I have espatch anto the capitol for full les of tfio cjgurnals, and if he gets iack safet all-be immediately for- ardelo; Major mand.Gaines, Capt, C. !. Clayi -to officers taken in the ortb we rty in the city of Mexi- n,as as. idsbipman Rodgers.- ley ar j well and respectful y izeaes utfthe latter was in amous his way. up to Mexico rom.P t - .eni tsSan Andres, a daba, at last accounts. Phrbf niouied but is resentfor is iteir ; "Firritedliikgreat baste,-'nd have no i'eiforiedentnee4 thiang must sat, inirthat-ia that there undoubtedly -would i very:large:peace party in Mexico ere 'it-notfor 'theoverweening pride of beinajdritvof theeinhabitants.- It is hard 6htbrashedlibto a-peace, that's certain. ' send'this-by'a Mexican to Vera Cruz, who promisese ride through at his fastest peedl. Ifhe reaches you, well and good Yours, &c. . G. W. K. F''Inrthe NO..Picayane, 21st inst. LATER FROMT HE BRAZOS. The schoocor Highlander, Capt. Baker, rrived yesterday evening from Brazos 3antiagr, whence she sailed on the 14th nt. :We have a copy of the Matamoros lag of the 12th, but no letters by thise ar- ival. Gen.COabsig is doing very well. It wae his right leg-ehat was broken, not his eft. The Flag thinks he will shortly be ible to attendito;his various duties. He rears his injury. as: very slight. 'be xneral was to have pronounced an ora- ion at Matamdtraon the ocesion of a telebration in-honor of the victories of th~e khid 9th Miay. His acetnt prevented he celebration; *Anelerk .in the .employment of Ca'p. Sinclair was dangerously stabbed on the ith inist. by a Massachusetts volunteer, 'o- refusing the latter a glass of rum. The 'lag says there has been some difficulty n the Massaclinsetts reghnent-, growing lut of the endeavors or the officers to put end to intemperance atwong the men, istall was qtiet on the 12th. *Reports are in circulation at Matarworoi :bat some influential Mexicans at Victoria ire engaged'in.a project to proclaim the StateofTamanips, indtependent of the yexican Confedteracy, A leading Meii an is said talhave arrived 'm Matanmoroa ith a view to leirrp what co-operation e could obtaitrod the commandant of hat port. He requires men, money amd rma. ':The Flag thinks his overtures will ot be listened to.: ~The Flag ssysethat considerable' parties irI!ndians-have been seen at different iewithine the last few days. only a few ies from Matamoros. The editors had ,eenlnformedithat-dhree Mexicans and me Americanf who had been collecting ogtber~somaO woles on the Texas side of ieriver'opposite Hatamoros, were found tilled-with'arrowa. A. party went out to >ry the bodies. yA gentleman who came lwnthe river onthe 1lth on the steamer Warren reported-that Mezicans were do- raigther-ratgehoa eothe river, and al ov~raplceswhere the boat stopped to uddethe:3ndians~had. bennr:.depredating ipan the horses and.catleothe rantheros, md in twolinutancer had commited'mur- ersi- The :road. betwreen: Point Isabel idFort: Bi-own is considered unsafe, and he editors'rof the Flag caution persona ravelling itstaibisoni their guard. J theaio-Gande is so low that boats o1 l-e lightest'draughtcannti get th' E'amar- .a Mo vesselu. have. lately. been above he ner'dondt.' and'. bt two or, three s0 ts From &t Wase n g niuMm e OFFICIAL. g Faout GEa. TAYLo.. Hyanerqtt gRtAnar nrOccuPawri s Cabdp near Monterey, April 21st, 1847 r Sra.: Since my despatch of Apiil 1hh - Major Chevallt'e hair reacehed' this place-.t with- a part of his comnrand',the- remainder b eing dbtached with a train now onusi way up. via China. Agreeably to my orders -'' Major Chevallie has erplored, the countryr between China and Montiaemrelhs, audt has ageertained satisfactbrify that Gen. Urrea. has left that region, and las proba-. bly re-crossed'the'mountains. The coma munications are' im onip infested by :bandsof'robbers, which'revery numerous' in the-country. Oir escorts can thus be reduced' much below the- stengtfr which' it has hitherto been necessary to employ. I learn that Col. Doniphahan is pmba- bly by this time- at Parras, on his way. from Chihualua to Saltillo, having anti- : r cipated to march-on the lacter place, You will perceive fromt my orders that we have receved authentic intelligence of '" the fall of Vera Cruz. O'ur latest date from the city of Mexico, is Mtarch 31st, on which- day Gen. Santa Anna- issued as adilress or appeal to the Mexican people. I do-not inclose it presuming that it will reach you mtcersooner by Vera Cruz or T'nmpico, It is' represented by a person who han just arrived from San Luis, that not more than- one half G'eneral.anta Anna's orig- inal force was saved in the retreat after the-batleof Buena Vista, and that his mares is indiented by the dead strewed along the road for 61Y leagues. Nearly all the troops hav'e beeor withdraw. fromsan Luis and- the adjacent positions. I am, sir, very respectfully. yon'obedi-- ent-eervant, Z.TAYLOR, Major General U. Si. A. Comd'g. The ADJ-TArT GEmERArr of the Army., Washiagtoi,'D. 0 'brac' of kr State Road.-The Chero- kee Advocate contains the following state- ment of the amounts of produce forwarded! from the various- dipots on the Western and Atlantic Railroad from the ist of tober lasttothe letof ApriL Fronr Marietta-I9,385bshelkofCorn? 351 bushels Peas, 6319 baehefr &s, 414 bble. Flour. _i" From Carters eille- ; beh aol. ro ; t 75tib. 'Totat orwe 4,6 sh b..acot 211,801 lbs. Flour 4,O2 a s- 2,831 head-aide 3f ad i 689 - bushels-Peas 351 dy..- ~ It will be recollected that- tMuis butuI beginning o0 tw sed .hwportant bracb ' r of trade in Georgia. The day is no distant when there Wil pass over the Georgia Roads Ot naltobusket of cory two- hundred thousand barrels of four and other produte hi lke proportion. We have recetrtly seet a cafeulatioe whieb proved that expenses upon &acon- from Cincinnati, via New Orleans by water, are greater than they would be by Rail- road, over the contenplated P'ennsylvaoiu track to- liiludelphiw and N'ew ifork. The distance from Phi:adetpbia in a direct line, ir about at great as ffom Savannah or Charesrotr to tt troutlh of the Ohio River and at the Southern line would have iant, tnerable' advantages, it follows that we - can safely compete with River Navigation, for the trade not otry of Tennessee and lIenttrcky, birtof the vast country stretch- ing northward to the Lakee.-'Mamr J. - . The Dsidef ftafiryefe-The pt-a- triotism of the illustrious friend of Wash' ' ingtou it descending undiluted to his sue' essors. iis son, (deorge Wauhingtov Lafuyet'eg hojinherite the aeof. owe and the virtues of' berit Mde namesake., has Iong held and stil holsf a seat among the Liberal memlber'tof'the Frrenetr Chamber - '~X~ of Deputies, at the last election hi. eldest son:, (scar, having scarcefy become eligi-- ble by arriving at the-age of 30', wvaseleet- edl a beputy fothe setna Chamber by the "f District of Meattr', the saare that hisgrand- father, the General, formerly representedb 'FT contest was an aetive one, his entag- '141 onist and predecessor being a Midisterlal can'didate, suatained by powerful faterests -bu-eneratiotr 16r the tnemory of the- grandfather, the gratitude of his olo cow- stitutents', the spinion of the peopfe, et we may presume the merit of -the candi" dare, have prevailedf over att oestmeley4 and now rhtrsnusitt by the side of hib father, onr the same opposite buncb, wher ~~ he eat so long by the uide of his father,- the old dleneral. In al thigehere tonftf se de' han f hotlrrepresentati'ves and constituota, ex- a'mples of uteadfastness antd fielfty not ahvays to-bo-found in the politdeal annals ofcountries reputed the most sepublica. and free.--R . Trbume.*- Astimd,-There my ibngfai~ 1 harrassing than &stinvr.- Th'e Newark- . Daily A'dvertisev, a' reliable paper,-pledges - hihnielf to cure thziq distressingdisease with the fotfowibig simple remedy; "Take or.sulphur. 1 on. creamwtartar, 1 on. sear na, & on.:annis seed, pulveriae,-andL ther-..- ~,~ oughly'mix the same, and take one- teas spoonful in about two table - spoemfal4 o- molasses on going to bed,.oti a suabtime.- . throiugh the day as ay -beet muitr the" patientn the dos may'aiwayshbe-inoreaue4 ordimiuishedaliatdeas meycbest-uit th.te s sateof the bowqes of the Individug{~ - ~ - - ;

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.. (iThe friends of Major ABRAIIAM,ONES, announce him as a candidate forthe Legislature, to fill the vacancy occa-

'' sioned by the death of James S. Pope

07The fnenids'ofJAMES SPANN. Esqr.respectfully-announce him as a candidate for,the office of Tax Collector, at the ensuing elec.vton. april14 rf 127 The friends ofWESLEY BO DIE, an-

. ounce him as a candidate for the office of-Sheriff, at the ensuing election.

february 24 tf 5

l-T The followinggentlemen are announced-by their friends as candidates for the Office ofTax Collector, at the ensuing election :

Col. JOHN QUATTLEBUM,GEOIGE J. SHEPPARD, -

EDMUND MORRIS,SAMPSON B, MAYS,Lieut.JAMES B. HARRIS,Maj. S. C. SCOTT,LEV[ R. WILSON.

Mr The following gentlemen are announcedby their friends as candidates for the office ofOrdinary, at the ensuing election.

Col. JOHN HILLJULIUS BANKS,.Capt. W. L. COLEMAN.

From the Jalapa Amrican Sder,Apri 25.Cerro-God..-Thebattitthis plae;

taidssecond 1u our,'humble opinion, to4otzrehavetakez~place in tiscontry.

eni -sea.b~p~:tisoc by t e-eemy tiTr0nmer-teal fores, and the 'nature of te",trYtaround, reilered it more difidit f beIngreried-than thd Gibraltar of-Mde(isey.The opposition made by the enemy was

one.of the most obstinate nature.Mab'dnortuntil steel crossed steel did thedyve way:The second -division of regulars-;underGen. Twiggs, and the volunteers underGeneral ShieJds. have won iinperishableglory in the fight. The regulirs; fromtheir position, performed mos fo the-work,and in a gallant style, too, didhey accom-

plish it. The Brigade immediately -underthe command of the undaunted "Harney,regardless ofeverything but victory,inarch-ed up the ascent to Cerro-Gordo amid thedeath-dealing volleys of the enemy: nor

stopped or faltered until the enemy were

driven in dismay from their works, andthe Stripes and Stars of otr'glorious landwaved in triumph from the enemy's bat-tlements.

Col. Riley, with the second brigade ofregulars, rendered great service in thefight.and added to the reputation he already en-

joyed-that where work was to be done,he was to be found.

Gen. Pillow with his brigade, made a

gallant charge upon a fortification of theeqemy, but from its strength-being as-ststed" by a fort on the left and right, hewas foreed to give way, after suistaininig aheavy loss, and before he could renew theattack, the enemy had surrentiered.When we contemplate victories lhke this

-achieved under-the disadvantages whichattended our troops-we wonder that theensemy will still, persist in .withholding thesettlenrient of that vexed question whichkeeps the. twvo tepublies at swvords points~

--They have met us ini six fights-Pao Al-to, Resacca de Ia Palma,.Monteruy, Bue-na Vestn. Vera Cruz, and Cerro-Gordo-

*£in all of which they have: not only beenadvantageously po'sred, but hatve doubtled,Irebled, ay, quadrupledlus in numbers,ind'still the result is the same. WVe'houldthink that battles such as these, won un-der the circumstances, ought to be a suffi-cient indication that the Amnericans do notmean to be whipped, nor will they whilstthore isa handful left to carry on the fight.On every occasion, when there is a fight,

the defeat of the Mexicans, Mich is invar-iable, is accounted for andI attempted to be

explained away by some~unaccountable-accident, or the sale of'the fight by theTeaders of the lNiexicans'. Even here, atCerro Gordo we hear the contemptibleplea adduced that Santa Anna was notquite ready for us-that-the attack wasmade a. little sooner thanhe-expected, arndhence his discomfiture. 'Reader, he neverr ill. he ready whilst cotending with our

.-.~-ruops, and he will, unless put dowvn, sa-Serice thousands of lives,- in..-a cause inb~.wich he knows nought-btot defeat awaitsanlrm Santa Aorta claired she victory, at

*1MJ~iena Vista-nor should we.he surprisedtorsee him blazon fornh-his:operationsat

- e'Vrro-Gordo in the same- key. -may be- egolium- in' us,- but'w'ei'feel cer tains thatwhereverl-and whenever:wve meet- the sne-

- :my, ha will'e the Giretato depar. fromw thefield. -The- Mexicani soldier fights well,

bu-those -owhom ho is opposed reof a

stock that knows no superior, and thiconsider it sufficient glory to be alloweddie- for their country's cause. Then, wisuch men as these for enemies, .possessitintermineable resources, and capablebringing a million of men into the field,it not suicidal to hold out longer ? If it wour lot to be a Mexican, we would oppoevery obstacle to the advance ofan enerrinto our country, but after urging evetpracticable means to check theirapproacwe would not ' bite off our nose to spiour face." - The Mexicans have oppostus with credit to themselves. but sufferirdefeat in every fight, and being completly crippled in resources, honor ceases to 1a virtue when by futile attempts to mailtain it, the dearest interest ofhome and kiidred suffer. The world knows and ai

knowledge's our superiority in strengtland, therefore, it would detract nouglfrom the credit of Mexico to acknowlcdethe corn, and place her people again iquiet and ease.

REMONSTRANCE OF THE-AMEfiLCAN PRISONERS IN .MEXICO.CASTLE ST. JAGO, (City of Mexico)

M'arch 24th, 1547.To his Excellency Gen. Santa Anna :

Sir-The undersigned officers in the Atmy of the U. States of America, respectfully state to your Excellency,. that the;together with their respective commandconsisting of seventy one persons in albecame prisoners of war to the MexicaRepublic at tte'Hacienda Enearnation o

the24th January last. On that mprninbefore day light, we found ourselves sutrounded by a large force-say three thousand men, and about sun rise a white fibapproached us on one side and a considerable force on another; we required thethat the troops should retire, precedent t

receiving our flag, whichbeing compliewith the flag approached and a surrendedemanded. We took one hour to determine whether we would entertain a position of the kind or not; at the expiratilof the hour the flag returned, and we answered that we would hear a propositionand were told that Gen. Minon would sena: major-to our camp, while one of ou

number of equal rank should repair.to hihead quarters and hear his offer. This being done, Major Gaines rode out to thGeneral, had a conference of about on

houi with him, returned to the Haciendand in the presence.df an inierpreter oeach side, stated'the terms offered, whicrwere accepted, 'and between .eleven antwelve 'oc ion

erpo s stbeigena irnsetu1ild ectjive'tie sword ofourcomman

or:*, and .priyate pr.operty. should be. res

pectedi ,and that the best treatment in every .particular,. known amongst civilizenations to.pgisoners of war should be ouriThe general when asked to reduce thes

terms to writing,gaveus the most positivassurances that, his word of honor wa

worth more than three or four signaturesand. that unless his agreement was fullcarried out, he would abandon the servicof his country. On our journey to thi.place, we had the gratification to met

your Excellency. and after stating to yothe terms of ourcapitualation, received atsurance that they should be corplied WitiThe object of this note is to complai

to the Head of thq Mexican Republic, theso far from the terms of our capitulatiobeing complied with, we have been frequently subjected to the most grevious deprivations, and athat we have refrainefrom making our protest hitherto in consequence of the unhappy diseussion said 1exist in the capital-which being now foitunately adjusted, as we are informed, wmost respectfully call your attentionour condition..We forbear at this timefrom entering ir

to the particulars of otr complaints, anbeg leave to refer your ExcellencyGen. Vega, who has lately been a prisorer of' war in the United States, (but whhas not honored us with any notice whaever,) for the manner- in which prisuolof war are treated in our country.There is however one corrplaint whic

we owe to ourselves to call your immediatattention to. We are informed that GerMinon, in reporting our capture to his gcvernment, alleges that we surrendereddiscretion, and that weoweour lives totlimagnanimity of the Mexican Republie-Against such a statement we enter our sc

lemnn protest: and declare that the ternmof our surrender being accturately statedithe foregoing part of this note, anythiuinconsistgnt thereto is unfounded in fact.Hoping that a pence between the twv

Republics shall spedily be made, upoterms equally honorable to both, wve sutscribe outrselvos.

Your most obedient servants,[Signed.}Jyo. P. GAiIEs,Maj. Ky. Reg. Cavalry, U. S. A.

SOLAnr BOiLANID,Majn. Ark. Reg. Cavalry, U. S. A.

CASSIUS M. CLAY,Capt. Ky. Reg. Cavalry, LU. S. A.

C. p. DANLET,Capt. Ark. Beg. Cavalry. U. S. A.

0. R. DAvtDsoN,2d Lt. Ky. Reg. Cavalry, U. S-. A.

Volunteers from Switzerland.-The weitn Mexico have not only aroused the miitary enthusiasm of otur own'citizens, butseems that a tnumber of Europens are oi

fering their services to the United StateGovernment., The Gertman Schtnellpost'corespondenlt in Basie, Switzerland, snyleigt.hundred young andi hardy men, atmong wvhom. arc sotno of the most distir

y offered their-setwices to the Utnited Statesto Government. through the American C'oqIi sul at Basle. They will engage to serve'g during the war, or for five or tetr years,nf and afterwards form themselves into a mi-is litary colony in California, upon the planas of colonies which England and Russiate have in several of their dominion . Seve-y ral of these volunteers have families, andy are most respectably connected.

e From the N. 0. Picayune,May 2(7d LATER FROM GEN. SCOTT'S AhMY,ig It was not until yesterday that we wereI- placed in possession of the following let-e ters received here on Tuesday by the Ma-I- ry Kingsland. [t will be seen that .Mr.t. Kendall's letter is later than anythiig

heretofore received from Jalapa. while thea, letter from Vera Cruz gives a more defin-it ito accotint of the occurrences near thate city reported in our last .upon verbal an-u thority.

The most interesting passage in Mr.Kendall's letter is that announcing thatMajors Borland and Gaines. Capt. Clayand the other officers taken in the North,together with Passed Midshipman Rogers,are at liberty in the city of Mexico. Thenext step is to insist upon th6 immediate

- release of the men who were takediwith- Major Gaines.

Mr. Kendall's remarks upon a peaces party in Mexico will attract attention. He, has facilities for forming an opinion on the

subject which the newspapers affprd us. tiWere we to rely upon the latter alone we-;should form ajudgment very different from I

- our associate, but we do not doubt at all t-that he has access to sources of information tfar better than our own.

VaRA CauZ. May 13. 1847.I Gentlemen-A band of about 200 Mexi-

cans has been prowling about the mount-I ed riflemen's camp. four miles from this jr place, two nights in succession. and last

night the men were aroused twice by theapproach of Mexicans.I Early ibis morning our gallant Captain IWalker started out to give them battle and

ihad a nice little skirmish, killing four ofIthe enemy by the time my informant, an I

r officer of the Rifles, left, and he represents ji Walker a long.way ahead of the scene of C

the first brush, following them up.. I guesss the enemy will find that they have got hold Ia of the wrong chap before Capt. W. has I

t done with them.This morning early' e dragoon'came'in

from Santa Fe," where lehad beenleft'I;with seven others-to guard,saoe stores be-okir : v'me I'has t

ftih slas night killiin;dallhis compaioniand ' nking.pdesessionof tde stores, and heonly saved-himself lay running."- Thereas 1another company sf riflemen followingap" 1

I Capt.'W., but I regret ibat I d-n6t know- 1by'whom'it is commanded. I sa ured'

B by an eye-witness that'he sawifdir dead 'ie Mexicans on' the ground wl:en Ca'pt:'W' is met the enemy. -It is generally supposed'

that this party of the enemy are near here'more for the purpose of plundering small i

e parties and stealing horsesithan any-things else.

-JALAFA,. May 11, 1S47.- Since the diligencia went otrt at noon to-

pay for Vera Crui, another diligencia has it come in from the city of Mexico full oft passengers, and bringing news of nota lit- ii tie importance. Among the passens.ers- was Mr. Kennedy, who, after being badly- treated here about the istof April, was:I driven to the city of Mexico. I

All the passengers confirm what I wrote Io you this morning. They say that at the '

capitol there was no Government,, no or- -ia der, no responsibility-all was anarchy. Ia Anaya was still President pro' lerp., but1

had neither influence nor authiority. 'A- new Presilent isto be elected on tIre 15thd of the present month-the tentir Chiefa Mngistrate this distracted couttiu'y has had- within the last eighteen months.' 'I cannoto stop to count them all up, but such is fact.- Tihe ladrones-guerrillas I suppose theya should be called now-are busy at 'work"r

upon the roads, especially betwveen "Tab-h bla and the city of Mexico. The same

o passengers were robbed the other day no.less than seven times in one stage, and theinference is that the last reobbers-must have

t had rather poor picking if the first wei-ee v*ry searching in their operatioris.' "''he- diligencia in which Mr. Kennedy 'cam.

down was robbed twice on the road.s It is stated that the propuisitions madea by England some months 'sineef to off'erg her intervention in settling~the'dirulties'between Mexico and the' United .States,a have recently been taken 'up by the Mcx-n ican Congress, and after 'a warm discus-1- sion, in which one of the' memberi 'said-'fat the whbole affair was but another at-itempt of the monnvchies'upon the macred'liberties of the Mexican' Repdiblic' the 'aro- 'Ilion eveni to consider them wvas 'lo'st by a''vote of 44 to 33. From ths it would seem"that the present Congress is determined'-to1shut every door against all' proposals for anohonorable peace.1Santa Anna has sent ,a letter to Con-

gress from. Orizaba. He gives his' ownaccount of tha battle of Cerro Gordo, andclaims-a grent victory ont the first day ofthe fight. On the second day'Providence,according to his story, gave the'advantage

r to the Yanketes. 1-ic says Inothing aboutthe exertions of tho latter. Santa Anna

t states that he tnow has seved tihousand-men, and that his force is rapidly increas-'

a ing ; and moreover that all are burning-toa encounter the Americans again. He wants-, monoy to carry on his operations, but Con-.gress nas not seetn fr to vote him- n-coptr'

- -one reason. probably being that it has-e not a copper to aivo. ~Santa Atina. so fal'

A high up. Reynosa is about asfar as boae can ascend with any success, and thJ Flag says there isi design of establishit

a de ot there.The Fliag fenvta from the Tamaulips

Defensor that one hundred arnd filfy of otainfantry with one field piece, were fyini;off the town of Soto la Marina on the 241t ult.. and that one hundred''vdlry, withi12.pounder, reerhed the town of Magist catzin on the 7ih ulit., hut had receivesorders to counternrarch to Tampico.The Registro oficial, published is? Do

rango, repels the charge that the intabi,tants of that State ate friendly disposectowards the Yankees, but speaks in nr

respectful terms of the Sovereign Congress. which, it says, withholds their armsand leaves them exposed to the ravagesof the Indians. 'The Savereign Co9.gress' further adde the same paper, 'taxeswithout number the Duranguenos to pamper the corruption and vices of the Cybarites who calumniate them.'The editor of the Defencor de Tamau-

lipas thinks the analogy botween the twoStates so'very strikir.g that he publishesthe- article above alluded to.A Mexican woman who was washing

at the lake ir Matamoros was lately acci-dentally killed by a Mfasseehusetts volan-teer, who was at the time shooting fowl.The woman was fully four hundred-yardsdistant from him when he discharged hismusket. The ball skipped upon the waterand hit the wamatr.The report has reached Matamoros that

the troops encamped at Palo Alto are tobe sent to Vera Cruz. The Flag cannotcredit it.

New Brigrade fruim Marytand-TheWashington Union copies the remarks ofthe Baltimore Sun, a few days since,relative to the tender of a new brigade ofvolunteers from Maryland, made by Gen,Smith, and its rumored acceptance, ac-

companying it with the following state-ment:We are satisfied that the administration

are deeply impressed with the noble andpatriotic offer which has been made of a

whole brigade from->Maryland. It isworthy of Gen. John Spear Smith him-self-worthy of the sou'of the brave andillustrious father, Gen. Samuel Smith,whose revolutionary. achievements areinscribed on our revolutionary aanls-worthy of the.hrave. metr,. who'.. have. co-operated ith Ge -J. S Smith-andwor. or-e,Stated " i1t

:he tirrangemients 1hi' r' Ofli eWhilst so. many poitions' f e' beensubmitted to the Depar:ment of volunteersfrom all parts of the country-whilst someof the States are actually complaining ofthe supposed partiality whicl has beenshown to other States in this regard-whilst it is important to consult the ap-propriations of C'ongress, and a sufficientforce may have been called out, underexisting circumstancee, to carry on thethe war with all the vigor of which it issusceptible, it may not be expedient to

accept, at this time, an offer of tr wholebrigade from Maryland, highly as it isappreciated by the President and Secreta-ry of War. We understand Gen. Scottwill, in all probability, have under hiscommand, in the month of June at leasttwenty tmtrsand men or more-consistingtoo, of regulars or during-the-war men.But what patriotic American cn help

rejoicing at the noble spectacle which our

country now exhibits. It was asked re-

peatedly, during the last session of Contgressr where' is the money F-Where arethe men to come from? As to the firat,we have seee nearly sixty millions of'eredfor loan-thtree times more thtan whati thegovernment may regiuire for fifteen monthsto come. We also see tofunteers continsirily pronring itr their offers. Thoug~Mississippi has two splendid regimentsalready in the field, she complaine that thegovernment will not recei-ve moru of hergallant suns into the service. The Watoffree is crowdedl with appfications, A&ndhere is a whole brigade from Maryland,. to

l e led by one of her most accomplishedgenras to- be composed of some of thesbest citizens in :her borders. The anti-war party has astrempted Ia vain to dampthe spirit of our people. * *- *

The patriotic sentimente of our courntry-men rise superior to' avery other conside-ration. Men press anxiousry upon theWar ofile for employment. A -sph-itedcitizen of Meryland, whose name we areat liberty to-specifyr, is willig to approspriate $IO,000 from hrisown purse Co equipa company. Volunteer companies pourin front all quarters.-lere ,is a whorebrigade from Marylond, who will. turn-away their reructant and disappointedsteps from the door of the War office.Such is the triumphant manner in' whichtthe "amorbI treason'of factious editor, issileneed by theogetnerous ardor of men whoore devoted to the rights, the honor, theglory of their couiatrys-Uion.

A Noble Act.--Col. Yell, of Arkansas,and the President, (says the BaltimoreSun,) were old friends. Trhe last letterwhich the brave. soldier is supposed tohave writtear was to- Col. Folk, direetingste advance of Col. Yell's pay to his-fam-ily. He was poor, and his family weredependent upon him. He bad a younglad at.Georgetown- College, aud' we learn,so-states a Washington letter in the NewYork H'erald, that she President has adopt.ed this boy, and will educate him andregard-hit a his- own son; and that jaewi.sm... he.o...rt. ofrthe raaminY

ase Ca ns the only man. who habeen s f iu Mexico as a candidatro tb~ p cy; and he is in. very baodor wh: earasse.

Th.' t iorth of Mexico-Guadalapita, ato. Queretaro, ZecatecasDurango is, and othiers-talk openly of sepa agfrom Mexico, and letuinher take sof herself.. Not a dollar itthe aiyo plies are they sending of

for thK o the General Governmeniiatseie yThy -T doing a little in the way

oftfdrily city of Mexico, but a Spaniar ;in e that all the obstructionshat a erected so far, could bekijefo the foot.'The city hadbi p ecmartial law, and thedirestie ere anticipated. The ci'tizens h een called upoir to' take uparmioft ~mon defence, but nnfortu-iatelya hs of'them bad no arms toake p. ere there any cannon at

hesapito r'than a few small and in-itffereat 9.ThiWre. ainly a party, .atd an in-

Iuestial'on fMexico, which begins to:alk of' M and where four weeksinctliey, ot dare breathe their senti-nents,the .crne out openly and a-row themi Still the measure is farrot pipt Th peace.party is corn-msed ofth out honest and intelligent,roporty6it itbe merchants, and per.

arpstie' 2t6.hese are oiposed thenilitaryr av l- disgraced them-elves, ait agognes among theawyers. iests could be made cer-aii that d ontinne to hold theirich bena t they would probablyeall.in a ease.Onthoi ehof the Americans it is

aid that. ' with all the archivesf'~i-i I move to the :ity of

Morelitiraeall my news is verbal,iota pa ngcomb through. I haveespatch anto the capitol for fullles of tfio cjgurnals, and if he getsiack safet all-be immediately for-ardelo;Major mand.Gaines, Capt, C.

!. Clayi -to officers taken in theortb we rty in the city of Mexi-n,as as. idsbipman Rodgers.-ley ar j well and respectful

y izeaes utfthe latter was inamous his way. up to Mexicorom.P t -

.eni tsSan Andres, adaba, at last accounts.

Phrbf niouied but is

resentfor is iteir ;

"Firritedliikgreat baste,-'nd have noi'eiforiedentnee4 thiang must sat,inirthat-ia that there undoubtedly -wouldi very:large:peace party in Mexicoere 'it-notfor 'theoverweening pride ofbeinajdritvof theeinhabitants.- It is hard

6htbrashedlibto a-peace, that's certain.' send'this-by'a Mexican to Vera Cruz,who promisese ride through at his fastest

peedl. Ifhe reaches you, well and goodYours, &c. . G. W. K.

F''Inrthe NO..Picayane, 21st inst.LATER FROMTHE BRAZOS.The schoocor Highlander, Capt. Baker,rrived yesterday evening from Brazos3antiagr, whence she sailed on the 14th

nt. :We have a copy of the Matamoroslag of the 12th, but no letters by thisear-

ival.Gen.COabsig is doing very well. It

wae his right leg-ehat was broken, not hiseft. The Flag thinks he will shortly beible to attendito;his various duties. He

rears his injury. as: very slight. 'bexneral was to have pronounced an ora-ion at Matamdtraon the ocesion of atelebration in-honor of the victories of th~ekhid 9th Miay. His acetnt preventedhe celebration;*Anelerk .in the .employment of Ca'p.Sinclair was dangerously stabbed on theith inist. by a Massachusetts volunteer,'o-refusing the latter a glass of rum. The'lag says there has been some difficulty

n the Massaclinsetts reghnent-, growinglut of the endeavors or the officers to putend to intemperance atwong the men,

istall was qtiet on the 12th.*Reports are in circulation atMatarworoi:bat some influential Mexicans at Victoriaireengaged'in.a project to proclaim theStateofTamanips, indtependent of theyexican Confedteracy, A leading Meiian is said talhave arrived 'm Matanmoroaith a view to leirrp what co-operation

e could obtaitrod the commandant ofhat port. He requires men, money amdrma. ':The Flag thinks his overtures willot be listened to.:~The Flag ssysethat considerable' partiesirI!ndians-have been seen at differentiewithine the last few days. only a fewies from Matamoros. The editors had,eenlnformedithat-dhree Mexicans andme Americanfwho had been collectingogtber~somaO woles on the Texas side ofieriver'opposite Hatamoros, were foundtilled-with'arrowa. A. party went out to>rythe bodies. yA gentleman who camelwnthe river onthe 1lth on the steamerWarren reported-that Mezicans were do-raigther-ratgehoa eothe river, and alov~raplceswhere the boat stopped touddethe:3ndians~had. bennr:.depredatingipanthe horses and.catleothe rantheros,md in twolinutancer had commited'mur-ersi- The :road. betwreen: Point IsabelidFort: Bi-own is considered unsafe, and

he editors'rof the Flag caution personaravelling itstaibisoni their guard.Jtheaio-Gande is so low that boats o1

l-e lightest'draughtcannti get th' E'amar-.a Mo vesselu. have. lately. been above

he ner'dondt.' and'. bt two or, three s0

ts From&tWase ng niuMme OFFICIAL.g Faout GEa. TAYLo..

Hyanerqtt gRtAnar nrOccuPawris Cabdp near Monterey, April 21st, 1847r Sra.: Since my despatch of Apiil 1hh -

Major Chevallt'e hair reacehed' this place-.twith- a part of his comnrand',the- remainderbeing dbtached with a train now onusi wayup. via China. Agreeably to my orders -''Major Chevallie has erplored, the countryrbetween China and Montiaemrelhs, audthas ageertained satisfactbrify that Gen.Urrea. has left that region, and las proba-.bly re-crossed'the'mountains. The comamunications are' im onip infested by:bandsof'robbers, which'revery numerous'in the-country. Oir escorts can thus bereduced' much below the- stengtfr which'it has hitherto been necessary to employ.I learn that Col. Doniphahan is pmba-bly by this time- at Parras, on his way.from Chihualua to Saltillo, having anti- : rcipated to march-on the lacter place,You will perceive fromt my orders thatwe have receved authentic intelligence of '"the fall of Vera Cruz. O'ur latest datefrom the city of Mexico, is Mtarch 31st, onwhich- day Gen. Santa Anna- issued asadilress or appeal to the Mexican people.I do-not inclose it presuming that it willreach you mtcersooner by Vera Cruz orT'nmpico,

It is' represented by a person who hanjust arrived from San Luis, that not morethan- one half G'eneral.anta Anna's orig-inal force was saved in the retreat afterthe-batleof Buena Vista, and that hismares is indiented by the dead strewedalong the road for 61Y leagues. Nearly allthe troops hav'e beeor withdraw. fromsanLuis and- the adjacent positions.

I am, sir, very respectfully. yon'obedi--ent-eervant, Z.TAYLOR,

Major General U. Si. A. Comd'g.The ADJ-TArT GEmERArr of the Army.,Washiagtoi,'D. 0'brac' of kr State Road.-The Chero-

kee Advocate contains the following state-ment of the amounts of produce forwarded!from the various- dipots on the Westernand Atlantic Railroad from the istoftober lasttothe letof ApriLFronr Marietta-I9,385bshelkofCorn?351 bushels Peas, 6319 baehefr &s, 414

bble. Flour. _i"From Carters eille- ; beh aol.

ro ; t75tib.

'Totat orwe 4,6 sh b..acot211,801 lbs. Flour 4,O2 a s-2,831 head-aide 3f ad i 689 -

bushels-Peas 351 dy..- ~

It will be recollected that- tMuis butuIbeginning o0 tw sed .hwportant bracb ' rof trade in Georgia. The day is nodistant when there Wil pass over theGeorgia Roads Ot naltobusket of corytwo- hundred thousand barrels of four andother produte hi lke proportion. Wehave recetrtly seet a cafeulatioe whiebproved that expenses upon &acon- fromCincinnati, via New Orleans by water,are greater than they would be by Rail-road, over the contenplated P'ennsylvaoiutrack to- liiludelphiw and N'ew ifork. Thedistance from Phi:adetpbia in a direct line,ir about at great as ffom Savannah orCharesrotr to tt troutlh of the Ohio Riverand at the Southern line would have iant,tnerable' advantages, it follows that we -

can safely compete with River Navigation,for the trade not otry of Tennessee andlIenttrcky, birtof the vast country stretch-ing northward to the Lakee.-'Mamr J. -.

TheDsidef ftafiryefe-Thept-a-triotism of the illustrious friend of Wash' '

ingtou it descending undiluted to his sue'essors. iis son, (deorge WauhingtovLafuyet'eg hojinherite the aeof. oweand the virtues of' berit Mde namesake., hasIong held and stil holsf a seat among theLiberal memlber'tof'the Frrenetr Chamber - '~X~of Deputies, at the last election hi. eldestson:, (scar, having scarcefy become eligi--ble by arriving at the-age of 30', wvaseleet-edl a beputy fothe setna Chamber by the "fDistrict of Meattr', the saare that hisgrand-father, the General, formerly representedb'FT contest was an aetive one, his entag- '141onist and predecessor being a Midisterlalcan'didate, suatained by powerful faterests-bu-eneratiotr 16r the tnemory of the-grandfather, the gratitude of his olo cow-stitutents', the spinion of the peopfe, etwe may presume the merit of-the candi"dare, have prevailedf over att oestmeley4and now rhtrsnusitt by the side of hibfather, onr the same opposite buncb, wher ~~he eat so long by the uide of his father,- theold dleneral.

In al thigehere tonftf se de' hanfhotlrrepresentati'ves and constituota, ex-a'mples of uteadfastness antd fielfty notahvays to-bo-found in the politdeal annalsofcountries reputed the most sepublica.and free.--R . Trbume.*-

Astimd,-There myibngfai~ 1harrassing than &stinvr.- Th'e Newark- .

Daily A'dvertisev, a' reliable paper,-pledges -

hihnielf to cure thziq distressingdisease withthe fotfowibig simple remedy; "Takeor.sulphur. 1 on. creamwtartar, 1 on. searna, & on.:annis seed, pulveriae,-andL ther-..- ~,~

oughly'mix the same, and take one- teasspoonful in about two table - spoemfal4o-molasses on going to bed,.oti a suabtime.- .

throiugh the day as ay -beet muitr the"patientn the dos may'aiwayshbe-inoreaue4ordimiuishedaliatdeasmeycbest-uit th.te s

sateof the bowqes of the Individug{~ - ~

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