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HFAOftUARTKIiS AT
Armv of Uccupui n. Mxdco, March 1, M-IT. S
i\jy Dt'dr (jenerul —A •• ur very acceptable
and interesting letter *d tbe 15iu N'»v«»inhcr
last reached me on the 2Th of December.
\viii eon tlie March {nun Monterey to I am*
pier ; but Hip nature ol my dudes since tnen
(hei ng most of itie 1 1 me in t lie sadd >e.) in ad
ditioit to other mat ter-, I'as prevented in** |
from replying to it until the present inomeut. i
Be a-sured, "my dear sir, I have riot since
then lost sight of it or yoursell; and I feel
highly gratified for the flattering manner in
which you have noticed the conduct of the
officers and soldiers who marched with me
from the Rio Grande to Monterey Mild com
pelled that p'ace to .nrrender alter much |
ban! fighting. as they tolly merited the hand- i
some enroll) u us you have thought proper to .
be.-tovv on them. For this you have tny
sincere thanks.
[Tin* general tlicn alludes to the misrepre
sentations winch !l id been made in reward to
Major (Jen. Both ral .Monterey. The-e
fnisreprpsenfalions had hern the subject of j
coversHtiotis between them, and lelt no teel- ,
intr | kwdislrU't or iiiikindiiess towards each
other in ihtir breasts, l ire letter then g*.>e« j
on:]
I was aware of the report as well as state
ments mi a lew of the pi I) ic journals, that it
wa> in’eiided by cnam individuals joining |
Gen. Butler forward a.- the successor to Mr. !
Folk, which nave me no concern, and would |
Hot even had it been the case, which I did {
not credit anti winch had been forgotten. I
doubt if the subject would have again cross
ed my mind, had it not been brought to mv
notice bv \on or some one el.-e I have j
never heard linn or any of hi- friends al i.de i
to tins matter, lie (the general.) mi conse
quence of his wound not healing, which
jraw him so much pain as to render him un
til for dutv. left a short time since by advice
of his medical attendant for New Orleans. I
where I hope he will very soon recover so as ,
to able to mke the field once more.
] may ohseive that I have been al~o named i
as a cand date for that hturl l office by a lew
newspaper editors and others, vhich has
been done without my knowledge, wishes or
Consent.
This I have ass nr red all who have written
me oil the subject; assurin': them I had no as- I
pi rat ions for that or any other civil office; :
that my whole energies, menial and physical,
were and lead been ah-orhed in such away
as I though be-1 calculated to bring: this war
to a speedy ami honorable clo-e, b-lteving it
was (or the interest <>t both countries the
sooner t wa- done the better—at any rate
solar as our.- vv.is concerned; and the I’resi
deut-mak ug slioulJ be lu t sight of utild
this WHS accomplished.
I I lle'e foil, ws a brief statement of even’s l
from the lime <<t Gen. S. oil s arrival at the
Braz is lift Gm. ’fa\ lor- reiurned from Vic
toria to Monit r-v. The leltr-i Ilian proceeds: j j
1 retracid my steps to Mon'er* v, where I j
B.reived towards the latter (art of the month
[January.j and where I expected to reni'in
some time to recruit inv-ell ami horse-; lujt a
tew da vs after mv arrival 1 received informa- l
tion from the cornmaad m my front at Saltillo
(5.i miles in the d.n ct on of S.tu Luis I’oto-i .
fro ii Monfere v.) f hat Ihe command—-between •
|| 4UOJ and 50U0 strong —under Gen. Woll had |
b.*oim * very much alarmed in consequence
of about lUO picked men ami hor-es, belong
ing to the Kent nek v ami A' k .n-as regimens
of mounted men. who were sent out towards
San Luis to gain intelligence respecting the
enemv and to watch li eir movements, ha»’iug
been taken, after being surrounded in the ;
night and all made prisoner- by aJarge force
of cav ilrv, ah ml 50 miles in of |
Silti 10. So-aid one of the p.ariy who sue- |
cceded in making Ins e.-cape the next night
ami getting hack to Saitille; also that the
Mexican armv was adv me ng in great num
bers tovvaid- Sth illo. These re; or sit d ice 1 j
me to join mv a Iva-ice im m d a’ely. L-aving
Al note rev on me 31-t J itimn, I reached Sal
tillo on the morning of the 2 1 February witli
a small rein orce.nerii. which increased my
force to 5000. when I losi no lime in moving
forward and e-iabli-hing a camp at lids place, (
about 20 mile- in advan. e ol Saltillo on the j
San Lui- r «ad, for I he purpose of carrying on
a svstein of in-i met ion, as well as to watch
the movements of the enemy, and where 1
expected to tight lorn should he attempt to
move on Saltillo, Here I remained until ttie
21-t. examining the several passes through
the mountains—at which 'line I ascerairnd
thal (Jen. Santa Anna was advancing and
near at hand with an overwhelming force. ;
Not exactly likng my positmr, having a.-cer- I
ta tiled tfiat he cm d gam my rear by two roads
on my right and me on my lelt, and not
deeming it prudent tod vide mv forces, and
having apprehensions ah tit mv supplies
which were in Saltillo, I d- lermmed at once
to fall back towards tnat place abut twelve
mile.-, and occupy a strong po-itmii between
two spurs of a mountain with a narrow valley I
between them, where at one point the road i
so narrow" a> to permit the (a.-sage ol'oniv
one wagon at a time, with deep guide- run
ning up to Ihe mountains, washed bv the
rains ,-o as to prevent horses or carriage?.
from pass ng them without great d fficulfy.
Said pordtion had been clo-ely examined bv
tiie topographical engineer- under the eve ol
(Jen Wool before my arr v <l, who deemed it
admirablv adapted to re-j-t a large with a
•mall force, as well as adap ed to the de.-enp
tion of force w hich rompo-ed our armv. We
therefore (ell hack and occupied it on the
evening of the 21 <t , and at once made the ne
cessary preparations for giving battle.
The nxef day the enemy made his appear
ance early in the div, and, after reronnoiter
».‘g o« r position for some nine, at 2 o’clock.
I*. AL J received.bv a s’aff* officer with a flic,
a rommunic.'.tion from Gen Fama Anna. ie
quiriiig me to surrender at discretion, stating
Hist in the event of mv doing so wr slumld
be well treated; that he had surrounded me
with more lira ii 20,000 men; that resi lance
was out of the question —and. if I attempted
it, my command would be put to rout and
inutU be destroyed, lu reply, i a’aled I could
j not comply with hi- demand, and he was at
! liberty to commence operations whenever lie
was inclined to do ?o iSoon ullrr this, (h
--siction was commenced with bis skirmisher
on our est, w hich hh- promptly met by ours,
tied continued without intermission on the
) side of the mountain until dark.
Li the morning at sunrise he renewed the
contest with an overwhelming force—with
arf i lery, infant ry aud dragoon- u Inch lasted
with very slight inlermi-.-ioiis until dark. A
portion ol the lime the cmife-i wa- much trie
i severest 1 have ever witnessed, particularly
towards the iatier jar of the day. when lie
(S.itiiu Ann.t) brought tip Ins re-Ci ve. and in
spite of every cflort on • U' part, after the
gr. a‘r--t exertions I have ever witnessed on
both sides, drove us bv an immense superiori
ty of numbers for some distance, lie had at
h-a-t five to one at t: at point again-t ns
Fortunately, al the most critical moment,two
pieces of artillery which 1 had ordered up to
supuort that part ol our line met. our exhau-t
--ed men retreating, when they were brought
into hittery and opened o:i the enemy, then
within fifty yard- in hot pursuit, with Canis
ter and grape, which brought him to a hah
and soon compelled him to fall back. In tins
tremendous conie.-t we 10-l three pieces of
artillery, nearly all the men an i horses hiv
; irig been killed or crippled, which put it out
of our power to bring them • tl; tn»r (i d 1
deem it avisable to attempt to regain them.
The ein-rm in de hi - principal eff.irls again si
our flacks. lie wa- handsomely repulsed in
every a'tetnpt on our ngiit, but succe*-d<-‘d
early in ihe dav in gaming our left mi conse
quence ol the giving way ol one of the vol
unteer regiments winch could not be rallied
| wall b it few exception-, the greater p >r ion
| retiring about a mile to a large rancho or
farm hon-e, where ottr wagons and a portion
ol our -tores were lelt. These were soon
after attacked by the ( iirnu cavu’ry, who
were repuls- d w i h some 10--.
For several hours tue late of the d v wa
extremely doub lul, -o much so that 1 wa
| urged bv some of the m si experienced offi
; cers to fnii back and take up a new position,
i This I knew it would never do to attempt
with volunteers, and at once declined if. The
i scene had now become one of the deepest iu
terest. Between tne several deep ravines
; there were purlieus of level land from one to
; four hundred yards mi extent, which became
i alternately points of attack and defence, as-
I teroiir left was turned, b both -ides. These
j ex’ended along and near the ba-e of Die
mountain f-• r about two mi'e-, and the strug
gle for them mav i»e very apjiropnately com
! pared to a game ofebe-s. Night put a stop
I to tlie puntesf, and -Irange to -a v. both armies
! occupied the same positions they did in the
■ morning before the battle cominetfed. Our
artillery did more than wonder-. We lav on
j our arms all night, as vve had done the two
previous ones, without fires, there le* ng r no
i wood to he iiad, and the mercury below the
j freezing point, ready and expecting to renew
> the con est the next mom tig; bin vve toun.l
: at daylight the enemv had retreafid during
the night, le i ving his killed ml unity of hi
vvoitnded tor us to liurv and take care of—
carrv ing off'every thing else, at d taking up
a no-itmu al this place. e did not think it
1 advisable to pursue, not knowing whether he
: would renew the attack. Continue his retreat.
1 or wished to d'invil u- from «>nr strong po-i
--lion; but contented ottrse ves vvilii watching
his movements closely. Finding, on the 2ffi It.
he had renewed his retreat, eatlv in the
morning of the 27;h the armv was put in mo
tion f r tins place, where we arrivi d about 3
o’clock. IV M —'heir rear guard, consisting
of cava'rv. leaving as our advance got in
sight. lat once determined on l; irra--ing
In- rear; but on ex *in• ni t g'l e la e • ftl e tr en
a lll l lmr-ps, I found that five day- and tnghl
mar lung, inces-ant watching, tni.l sixteen
b< urs* ha rd fighting, had -o exhausted the
(ir-I and (Token down the latter, it was n<*.\t
lo iui|.o-.-ihle to accouii hsh any tiling vvitli
oir ie-f. W e remained quiet here until the
1 2 1 in.-?., wl en I j ti-hed a command on the
I San L I S road to a large p ntatioii called I i
camac on. where vve (oiju.j tielween t wo and
three hundred wound- d mi the mo-r wretched
condition, besides I lio-e tl ry carried vv.th
j them and lelt liere ami on me field. Here
1 we took about ten pri-otiers, tlieu.a n part of
I their army having i roe uled on in the d rec
! Don of Sail Luts m a very disorganized roa
dit on.
On tiie 22d, the enemv threw in our rear,
through the na--es of the mountain-, 2UUO
I cava rv, and early in the morning es the next i
dav, I lie 231, made demon-t rat ion against
i Saltillo and throughout the dav. i’liey stir.-
{ ceeded at one time mi cutting ofl’the rmniiiii
nicalion between the city and bat le groun I,
and making several pri-nners, but were dr.v
pii avvav bv tiie officers commanding in the
c iv. willi two pieces of artillery covered bv
about - I xiv men. They, however, while in
p is-e-s on of i he mac, prevented a good many
Irmii running ofl* to the m y, to winch place
about 200 of our men had succeed-d in grd
ling previously to the cavalrv occupying tne
ro ,g— 1 1 . the nina wa vs, report ing that our
army wa.- beaten and in lull retreat.
'{'lie loss on both sides was vtv great, ns
you may -uppo-e — enough so o loins t>» cov
e-tiie vvlio.e country with mourning, lor
among the noble-I ami uiiresl ot ihe land l.a ■ e
la leu. W’e have 2(0 killed and 500 wound
ed. The enemv has -i tl'.-recl mi sd(l giea't r
numbers, but a- the dead and wounded are
; scattered all over the country, it is difficult
; to ascertain their number. Tiie pri-oner.-
i who have laden into our hands, (between 200
au L 300— ‘Mimigh to exchange tor ad vvl.o
hne been taken from us.) a- well as some
medical officers left behind to ta-kecareot
the wont d •<), sav their ki h*d at.d wounded ts
ilot less than 1500, and they my tin re
I hope D e greater portion ot ihe goon peo
p'e of the country w ll ue satisfied wi h vvtiai
we have done on tins occasion. I flatter my- !
-e!f that our compelling a Mexican army «d*j
mote than 20.000 men. comple elv organized !
and led hv Ilicir « inef Magistrate, to rctieat j
with less than 500 regulars and alout 4000 j
volunteers will meet their approval. J had '
not a single company regular inlantrv; the |
w hole was taken from me.
j was truly gratified lo observe that the
('(net Magistrate of ymr State had conferred
on you the rank of Brigadier General in the
militia, and had hoped the President of the
Loti ted States won id ha v e cal ed \ on i uto -er
vue a-Midi With the new regiments, and
ho> e he mav u’t do so, as I need hardly re
peat the pleasure it would me to be as*
sociaU’d witli you in cany ng on tins war. —
The road to the city of .Mexico from tu-re t
novv open, and we only want a few thon.-an I
good regulars, in add'iion to the voiunf» er.-.
to enable us to reach that What el
fect our la'e battle will have on Santa Anna
and the Mexican (’ongre-s, tune inti'l deter
mine; lull 1 sincerely hope it will lead to
peace. One tlnng is ceitain : their pr ncipa!
armv has become demolished, and it will be
vei v diiiituii k»r liieiu to raise and equip an
other.
I regretted to hear vonr crop of su<far was 1
a -'tori one. but - ncTfiv hope.as the laffure
<»: Hie • fop was general. that the iji u?» prices
obtained will fully make np for quantity.
1 much fear I have spun onr this long, and
to you nnimereslmg ep's I*. bevond your pi
tlence even to wade it.rough i'; hut I have
Hie consolation to know yon are not compell
ed to read the whole or any pail of it. I
will conclude hv desiring von to present me
most respectfully to vmr excellent lady, as
well as to my triend Col. Nicholas and except
my sincere wishes for the continued health
and prosperity of you and yours, through a
tong life,
U illi respect and esteem, vonr friend,
Z PAY LOR.
Gen. E. G. W. Butler, Louisiana.
[From our Correspondent 1
DAILY Pis AiL'iS E-KXTRA. ) *
‘hircti 14—12 nVlo. k.
LATE FUO3I YLKA Clil’Z.
U. S. stfamshiu Gdilli, Capt (Joiiillard.
from Vera Cruz, evening of the K (i m-t , ar
rived at the Ba ize on the morning of the
1 1 1 h—reports that Alvarado was taken hy
the navv, without a* bittle on the 4'h inst.—
On the s’h inst. Col. Harney, n» command ot
Hie lid Dragoons and a detachment from (ien.
|\v iggs’s division, took possession ofAmi
gu t capturing one officer and eight Mexican
la ttcers.
The armv was to move on Hie 7Hi in-'t. in
die direction ot Jalcpa by divi-ion-. (Jen.
Pwoggs leading the advance, followed by
Gen. Patlerson witti volunteers, and Geo.
Worth, with the first division ot regulars,
b inging up the rear. The lieallli oftlte army
si) far was good.
The U M. sfeamsli'p Virginia. Mclv m,
and F. ulor i , left at anchor near ih° castle
.Stn Juan de Ulna—the Gndori soon lo leave
(or the United Stales.
The lun poris reooried to have been tak> n
!iv mir forces are F-acofalpan and Ca-amo
loapan, above Alvarado. They have fallen
without resistance. Tiny are important
points, sitnated upon the tine inland waters
I which have their outlet to Ihe Gull at Alva
-1 rado. Mr. Kendall informs ns in a po-tcrinf
1 to one ofh s letlers that Coin. Ferry i< aliotil
! starting with all It s vessels witl l intention
1 of capturing every ci v, town and port, on the
I enure Mexican coast.
The very latest report at Vera Cruz was
that Santa Anna won d dispute ti e pa-sage
of onr troops* to Mexico With an army ot 20-
000 inen.hui it was an indefinite minor to
; which Mr. Kendal attached little importance.
[Editorial Correspondence of the. Picayune j
Veka ( uuz. April 5. 1847.
A'varado, as every one anticipated, was
1 taken without filing a gun, aml ! lie-qua iron
has iof u rued to this (dace. ( apt ,Mavo ha
! been left as Governor of the town witti a
| soul! force, while Gait*. PatnaM, in tin* Spil
lire, inis gone farther up the river to look in
at the d fterent towns. 1 learn that Gen.
Quiitnan’s brigade returns to morrow, and i
further hear that Lent. Hunter, of the
: Scourge—the lir-f vessel in at Alvarado—
■ has I eeu arre-Jed hy Com. Ferry for going
j ahead of his instructions, or on some charge
I of the kind. B -tier be accused of going too
i fast, than too slow, and I hope that in the
i 1 present instance Limit. 11. can explain everv.
j thing satisfactory. A great num er of can
i non and of tier military stores were rniilurnl
I at more were no 'e-s than -ev m
I forts and ha furies on the water safe. |i js
| said that Com. IVrrv has brought off everv
thing of value, and 1 iru-i the report may he
| true. To my thinking all the more valuable
spoils taken from the Mexicans should he
earned to W o*h ngmn City, or some oih r
pkee in I In* Un'ted S a'es where every h dv
ean see liiem The e they can always remain
as tro dries of the American arms, and one of
the nio.-f pleasant hmir- 1 have ever -pent
was in reading tint inscriptions on the old
Spanish <j nns we ii i ve ca .1 ured h»r .Mexicans,
•mil w I net i the la I ler ha ve t ream red as a lining
Ihe most briHant resuhs of tier war- wth
the mother conii'rv. T. ev are covered with
Hglues and cl-vues of most finished and
el t borate woi kma esh'(». a It I nun h now ol them
are more than ivvo hundred vears old
We are const.)nilv in receipt of rum irs
ft out the city ot Meixco—every men who ar
rived lias some new tale to relate. ihe
iren-’r 1 1 impression is, that Santa Anna lias
succeeded m puttin' down Gomez Farias,
after a great deal id fighting but hnle h'ood
shed WI. at los next movement is to he one
cannot tell, vet there are miuv who think
t ial he is di-po-ed to carry on the war vvhh
Hie Uu ted States to the la-f. That Santa
Anna and the leading minds of the country,
pspecta IvGtmo'ig flu' higher classes of Hie
clergy, know lull well the utter folly of the
contest, is certain; hot that they can rnak'*
headway against the swarms of hungry
officer- and mal-confenfs. who only live hy
war and convulsions, is problematical.
It is now I bought that the armv will move
r orvvard in the c<>nr-e < fa week at fart best.
although without a sutlii incy oftr msporialion
ti> take along many of w hat may almost he
deemed the indCpensables of a march. The
grpa* g ;t |e- of the vv inter, the immense number
of wreck-, and the 10-?0- < f mules and wagons
t'eudaut. have cnpjih'd the require es of the
Quarter. Ma.-ler’s Department io a most an
im\ inextent. Yours,&c. g. w. k.
Vera Cruz, Mexico, J
April fi, 13fV—In o’clock, A. M. )
f have jusi seen a man vvlio left tue city
of Mexico ten days since, coming hv the way
of Orizaba. He gives a most ludicrous de
scription of the fight ing at the capital. The
Folk) or Friest party have been in posses
-ion of Hie Alatneida and other portions of
ihe outskirts of the city, while the adherents
of the Government have been quarlered at tJiP
I’a I are. At 10 o’clock each mooting the
firing would commence, ei Ikt party going
| up in their sand-hag barricades and hanging
I and Ida z ng a wav; promiscuously and on
cel aneonsly, at any tiling, everv thing, and
no-h ug—more especially nothing. Ihe re
sult of one mom Ii - hard fighting litis been
that one poi r (i'Tiiimii watch-maker and a
few innocent women and children have been
kill*'d or cr ppled—the belligerents have
deemed it either imprudent or inexpedient to
come in sight of each other. Ain ire periect
farce has never been enacted.
Mv informant says that there are some
twenty American deserters at the city ot
.Mexico, They remh zvous at the ten pin al
ley of a man named II «w kins and are in most
pitiful condition 1 here are also near one
hundred Amer.can prisoners in and about Hie
city—perhaps Major Borland s par.y. It
would seem as though there might have been
s.une provision made for the-e men after the
ha'tles of Bnem* Vista and Vera Cruz; but 1
do not learn that they have been thought of.
[Mr. Kendall could m*t have known at the
time he wrote, that Gen. 1 aylor did think of
them after the battle of Buena Vista or that
he made engagement* for ilieir exchange and
release. It was expected that they would
✓
I have been delivered up at Vera Cruz before
tuts time. E i.j
A body of lUOO men, horse and foot, left
Puebla a week ago to-day, in the direct ion of
JHapc. They ail talked right valiantly of !
driving the perfidious Yankees from their soil, j
but will think better of it when they meet '
with a few samples.
My informant met with many of the dis- I
firmed garrison of this p ace between here
and Onziba, H ey vveie telling wonderful
stories of the sz* of our li< rs >s and the ler
rible eff-ct of our sheds. Lille confidence
will they inspire wherever they go.
It is thought the Mexicans intend making
one of their b >!d stands ibis side of J ilapa.—
A few days will led the story. In Uas>e.
G. W K.
F. S—l send you a copy of Hi-* Ante lean
I Eagle of inis morning. ]i contains a list of
"the killed <m I wounded during the seige, a
also many otiier documents of interest. I
have jusi learned that Santa Anna iia> reach
ed J tiapa, but know nut what credit la place
in the report.
Vera Ckuz, April fi. 1847.
Cols. K’nney and Banks, vvnli (’a,it. Mer
rill’s company ol 2d Dragoons, r- turned last
evening - Irom a scout in Hie neighborhood ol
.Mango de Cl a vo. The country is full of cat
tle; but they are de-cr bed as ex'remely wild,
and difficult either to each or drive. Some
plan will be contrived to bring them over.
1 nave another report in relation o Santa
Anna. 1 heard it staled conticJ- ntly this
morning that tie had advanced a- tar as Fne
| hia tins way; fliat he was posit .veiy com.ng
| ( ii to Jalan-i; and that he would raise a
' mam voluoieer- as he pleased. What is iu
i tended io do a' J ilapa whether to fight or
to attempt to nego - iate a j eace—is not stated,
j | give this as the la-f rumor up to this mo
| met.i—8 o’clock. A. M.—before I close this
j left* r anoHier may reach. I saw Setter Ar
ea ngo z. Ihe former Mexican con-ul at New
j Orleans, a night or two since. 11* had ju-t
! arrived from fit van t an I had rece ved a per
mit to nr«*ced towards Mexico. 11* (rankly
i told me lie d d not Hunk his conn rymrtfi in
Hie iea-t Inclined to make peace with the
United Stales.
[ Editorial Correspondent e <f (he Picayune.]
Vera Ckuz, April 4. ioi7
'Plte evpul tutu to Antigua, under Co 1 .
Harney, returned 'psterd iy. completely suc
cessful in every wav. I'm.-side of llie dace,
which is nearly eig i !, 'en miles disiam by the
route they were nudged f t lake, they lound
heavy trees Idled across the road, and o h r
obstructions thrown in the way, h it the dra
goon- found a wav though a I. dashed in'o
An igua. and succeeded in capturing all the
lancers then at the urr-o k<. Theni nii body
■ of them were out reconiioitenng, a lienlen
■ aut and sum ■ eight or ton men being a I that
were left. These were brought in hy Col.
11 .together with a quantity of lances, es
: Copetas. ammunition, horses, &, •. 'Those ol
I l lie rncin v wI to were out at the lime evident
ly got wind ot tin* approach ot tin* dragoons,
j and succeeded in m >kiug tneir escape low ards
J il r pa .
'Tw o of Col. Kinney’s men came in this
morniii.* from Saufa Anua’x estate. Mango
det’lavo, they had gone in sercli of
c title, vVc. The found the hacienda, w hich
tsde-c.rihed as a rich and must heautifu! place,
] entirely deserted—Hie doors all open, proba
bly to prevent Ilieir being broken in, and the
furniture and everv va'nahle removed. Tue
olmini-trador ot Hie hacienda they found
concealed at a house two or three mile- dis
tant. and to tui- place tie hud taken many of
Hie valuables of his master, to prevent their
i falling into Hie h *mh of Hie Mexican as well
as American .s • d ers. F o n Hie inf r:n » i »n
given hv tins man tit ue <sn be i o douh' t ia*
, Santa Anna has llmn-ands ami thousands o
I cattle between tins (dace and J Hapi, all ol
; which can he d/iven »t» and s<d 1 to onr armv
fora fair price. S range state tF« i rs. this
—Santa A ma making money out of the Uni
ted States hv providing its armv with provw
| -uu-; vet so if is. The "Napo’ean of the
Sous i.s ever ready to m*ke mi hone-t (!;
1 ri'Minv. and I nave little daibt (its all along
eon-idered that Gm. Scott’s camp would
m ke a most excellent market for his cattle*
and, what is mure, has connived at their
-ale.
The accounts brought hv Co'. fvnnevV
men would goto show that Lt Vega had dp
-ertt'd Fuen e Nac.ionil entirely, and has
; taken np and is fortifying a strong position
! at Cerro Gorda, this -ide of J.tiapa. Here, j
notwithstanding the M *xic.ms are dispirited i
and de-erfing in consequence of me tail ot j
Vera Cruz, La Vega was expecting remfor- !
cemenits and aid from the c.ity of Vex co i
and oHier parts of the fieri". 'The party ;
who bring this informal io >, as they started j
last night from Maogode Ciavo, were pas-ed
hv some 300 lancers. 'The latter were |
riding vviliiall speed scattering lances, a-- ;
copetas and even 1 heir caps on the road
Tney Irol evulen'ly, but just ascertained
that AuHgna and some of their had
been taken, and rode on in the direc ion of ;
Jdapa as though they fancied Gen. Scull’s ,
entire force was after them. It is said that
a son of Santa Anna is an active cavalry of
fic r, and has been indefatigable from the fir.-t
in raising men and taking' measures to annoy
our armv.
Dates from the ci y of Mexico have been
received a hnle later, but as yet I have been
i unable to get hold of a pa, e . From private ac
-1 counts, nolvvithstan ling their du-eiisions
among themselves, all classes would appear
to mi ?e m d 'no m *ing every idea of a peace
with the Uni el Sia'es—the majmi'yof them
; will not even I s'en to overtures un r i' every
ho-tiie fool is removed from the -acted soil
of M' xn o. 'Ttie mi-sun ot Atocua t- scout
ed at. Santa Anna, not wiHisl. .tiding his dis
a-trous d»*;pa f at Buena Visti, speaks vviili
confidence of being able lo raise an army
every wav strong enough tc * re-’st the ad
vance of Gen. Scott upon the capital. Ih *y
; now talk boldly of bleeding, dying and being
i buried am d the imiris of tip* city of M xico
j ratlier than have its slrei*ts and g rgeous
! palaces pollnf)d bv *‘!os Vankeer.-; but as
' i iiev were going to do tue same thing at Ma
■ tamoros, again at Monterey .and more recent
ly here at Vera Cruz, and changed their
minds when it eamefoihe pincfi.it is hirely
pi s-ibv that some few of them may he left
a!i\eto tell of Hie surrender of the great city. I'
would be farbener (or the country if its of
ficers would talk less and die more.
I wish to mention one fact that rather as
tonished me. I was passing a l ouse in the
i ruined part of the cit v last evening, when a
! gootl-lnokmg but scantily dressed woman
j accosted me for Umovas or alms, all to cele-
I Inate a grand funccion n Hie cathedral.—
Beckoning me to enter her house, she hand
ed me a paper to read and pointed to a larg-e
plate of silver—half dollars, quarters, and
dimes for Hie most part American —winch
was ly ng on I lie table. Tl e to
shew thivl there was »o be a solem^Tuncc ion
or observe in the church, all to return thanks
that the city had been surrendered to fits
Americans before Hie entire population was
killed and fin* place entirely destroyed by
* the shells of the enemy—and to raise money
! for this purpose they were calling upon the
Americans! t helped to -w li Hie funds to
I the < x'ent of a dollar, and intend to have a ;
sight at Hie preformance as the worth of rny
imiMpv. 'The .Mexman officers borrow money
of the American-, the hungry Mexican popu
iaf on clamor about onr commissaries-’ depots
for bread, and now tliev ask ns to defray the
expenses of one of t heir observances or cele- i
brations—l hardly know what they will want
next.
I have said but little about Hie evacuation
«f this place bv the Mexicans, on the 29 h
lib., becau-p I have had little lime. It remind
ed me more of Hie ‘-Departure of the l-rael
ites” than aught, else I can compare it to—
the long procession of soldiers, nitional
indiiia and people nfall classes and sexes as
they poured out of the walls of a city set off
as this is with huge, antique-looking domes,
and other architectural ornaments. As at
Monterey, there was the same thorough of
ramp women, carrying every conceivable
implement of ornament and use, especially ot
the former, to say nothing of innumerable
parm*s. pood’e dogs, and other ab-urdtties of
a kindred nature. Ii is a singular fact that
the poorer the people in everv country. Hie
g'ea’er number of dug- they imut ha\e about
them; but in no nation does the ha ('-starved
population affect the animal to Hn* same ex
tent as in this. There was one follow in Ihe
procession that marched out of Vera Cruz
Hiat 1 particularly noticed. lie certainly
looked I k J a priest, beh in garb and mien;
but then as he had a riddle in one hand and a
fight mg chicken in tin* other, it in tv In* untiir
to class him among the holy brotherhood. I
b ill not soon forget the man and his baggage
at ail events.
’The weather continues hot—insupportably
hot in the middle of the day—but ail my
in piir os won d mince in * to believe that as
vei there is little sickness among the troops.
Ti e report that tin* dreaded vomilo had bro
ken out was certain v premature. Ail think,
however, tint the sickness must appear in
Hie course of a week or two, but probably
iot until Gen. Scott lias moved onward w ith
the mam pot lion of Hie army. It all Santa
Anna’s cattle are brought in, or oniv a por
| lion of bis iin herd, it will accelerate
movements g'eatly.
It is said >hat He* Edith, or pome other
steamer, will leave !o r Hie U> i ed States to
morrow. Von st all have another letter by
her. Yours, &,c., &c. G \v. K.
F. S I have just conversed with a very
intelligent man—one who should know Mex
ico well. li* says that Hie inhabitants m
the interior, with the exception of a few ot
the clergy and propnetois of houses and
lands, are farther from wishing a peace wi ll
tin* United States than ever Quien sabt 1
hut I more than half believe him.
A Hill ST A. til-0..
TUESDAY UOILMNG, ATKIL 20, 1847.
JJ”'Tlie following was furnished as a me
morandum of the facts in reference to the
action of the City Council upon the question
of appropriations for the troops, with a view
to placing the Council correctly before Hie
public. Not desiring to misrepresent if, or
do if injustice, this was furnished at our re-
I qu*’.-r. As ir is succinct and clear, we pub
lish it as given ns.
'The necessity of the case is assigned as
the reason of the appmpriat ion in the ftrst in
stance. But wlieie was the imperative ob
ligation on a corporation to comply with
• tb s necessity to fit Caps. Dili's company for
1 the fiehl? F arose irom no legal claim, but
from ihe feelings of our citizens.
Ailm t that the appropriation asked fur and
refused, was for Hie purpose assigned, which
is doubtle.-s correct: Was not (his boaiding of
| recruits, a necessary prelim nary to get this
i company organ zed and in the field? Ii is for
| nice casuistry to decide bet ween paying this
j preliminary expen-e in the first in.-tame, or
refim lu git afterwards to those whod.cl pay it.
i T e fact that (here was a greater propor
i tion of our citizens in Hie first than Hie se- i
| cond company, we are not prepared to dis
pute. Suffice il many of the men and all the
| officers, were of onr city.
'Tiiis company is as much identified with
i our city as the ol her. If it wins distinction
j and honor, onr city will get the credit of it, :
equally as from the other, although one is a ;
volunteer company—the other a company of 1
\ regulars.
We had no reference to ihe politics o' the
i two sets of officers in noticing the p*r y j
character of the vote in Council. The me
i morandnm may state correctly that the
que.-lion of appropnation was not a party
question at all. \Vc will not assert that it
was. But we have m» doubt that had the
democrats been in the m ijority in Council,
Hie appropriation a-ked for would have been
made, and that every democrat would have
voted in its favor.
'The question of making appropriations,
by tlm Cilv Council, for the troops intended
for Mexico, was never a parly qneston, as all.
'Tne Council was Whig, by a large majority.
| 'The appropriation to Ccpl. I) l.’s company,
I all the officers being Democrats , was made
\ unanimously . 1 hut asked for Capt. Cainj
bell’s, he a nl his Ist Lieutenant being Whigs ,
was refused
The first appropr a’icm "’a s justified only
by ihe immediate nece>sity of Hie case; for
ihe expenses of war aie certainly to be I orne
bv the Government —not by a muuici, al cor
poral ion. Tin* rendezvous was at Colum
bus. Until this company reached there, and
were mustered into service, not a dollar could
j be got from the United Slates. They could
t not begin, therefore, without this outfi; and
a large portion, if not all the men, were our
own citizens.
'The Council felt hound (o act, in this case
but d d so with the expressed dete r mination
not to pay anything, to any other corps.
\ Capt. Campbell’s company,a large majori
ty not our citizens, were enlisted as regulars
' rnus’ered info service on the spot, and all
1 their expenses p:iid by Government from the
beginning. The appropriation asked for was
to pav ilie expense of boarding in town a
number of recruits from the country, before
the officers were commisssioned, and of
conr-e before they could be enrolled. What
; cl tim these gentlemen had on the City Coun
| cil remains to be shown.
o*\Ve pnnhsU a letter from Gen. Taylor
j to his friend Gen. Butler, which appeared in
the Picayune.
The passage which Isas reference to hia
suggested nomination for the Presidency ia
worthy of special notice. It is marked by
his n-ual good sense and modesty. It puts
an extinguisher upon the hopes of the whiga
to make out of In's military fame and brilliant
exploits, political capital for party purposes.
It is apparent that he has not the most dis
tant intention of allowing himself to be
made u-e of by that party f> r the promotion
; ot the se fi.-h schemes of politicians, or to
resuscitate the expiring energies of whig
measures, which have been so distinctly re
pudiated by our country, as unworthy the
: enlightened age in which we live.
IhTTlie following editorial of the Boston
Courier, ale tding wing paper, and the es
pecial advocate of liie election of Mr. Web
; ster to ihe Presidency, exhibits the temper
in which the nomination of a slave-holder, no
matter wiiat his merit, would he received Ly
the anti-Slavery whig* o! the North.
General Taylor. —Several of our cotempo
raries have placed the name of this military
commander at the head of their respective
pa tiers as a candidate for election so tho
ollire of Pre-i§enl of ihe Liuted Stales in
184 S. ami we have received from Washington
the first number of a journal which seems in
■ have been commenced expre-sly for the pur
-1 poseol aiding iha t elect ion. P is painful to us,
to witness such exhibitions of inconsiderate
folly. For this declaration of opinion—per-
haps an unpopular one—we shad doublles*
r•< eve severe reprehension; hut to (hat we
we are in t aliogi flier unaccustomed, and
have reconciled o ir feelings so the endurance
; o it with as much of fortitude and resigna
| torn as we can muster wen the occasion
| shall have come. We do not deny to Gen.
Tavb r any particle of credit, which the pop
. iPar voice assigns to him for his military
talents, and we slo 1 be among the last so
withdraw Irom him any fraction of the honor
that may le* due to him for the services he
has rendered f« the country in sin unjust and
dishoporah e war. JJe rnav, lor aught wo
i know, possess all the statesman-like quali
i ties vvloch are required in order to the prop* r
I fulfilment of the duties of 'he chief mags
i irate; but we have lint seen them slated.
Before alf the Whig presses become pledged
to this premature measure, we la p* that
• some one will condescend to show some rea
j 'ons for if. We have heard none, yet, uii-
I less it he that he is said to he the inn.>t ex
i tensive slaveholder in (lie country—a state
ment that seems entitled to credit, since so
| irnanv editors are decorating their necks wi'.h
j his collar.— Boston Courier , 14/A inst.
(four Day* l.atrr ft-tnu Europe,
Tlie ship (> ceola, arrived New York, f roin
| Greeno k. having left on the 25t.fi tilt; but
• unfortunate'y, ('apt. Ciitld' brought no papers,
j lie reports H uir and provisions of all kinds on
j the decline; and filestore houses well filled.
A \'vv Vnk letter in tlie Philadelphia
American, dated TlmrsJiV, 4, I*. M., says—-
1 A vessel is reported s o tip be'ow from En
g!and, which sailed 26th March, .-Le will
ring later news if it he true. The Louis
Puillippe brio *s Lt>r dates from litvre.
A fire occurred at Washington, N. C. on
th *1 i h in-fant. which consume I, before the
(Lines con'd he su'ul ted, tlie warehouse of
Capt. Tyler, and most of his stock; the were*
house of J. E. Hoyt, the worehouse of John
Long; the store of Messrs. Win. &. C ,
KenPey; the dwelling and store of Mr. Ork
ney; and the saddlery establishment of Mr.
I Wm. 11. Taylor. Loss heavy; partially cov
i ered by insurance.
| COMMITTEES OF CITY COUNCIL.
The followiug arc the Standing Committees o
ihe City Council, appointed hy hfs Honor ihe
Mayor, according to a resolution passed i n the 13th
day of April.
j Accounts —Dugas^llarper, Bishop, Garvin.
Streets and Drains—[Jm, Bishop, Hopkins,Kit k
' patrick.
Bridge—Harper, Conley, Hopkins, Garvin.
Pumps and Wells—Parish, Hadley, Huff, Kiuh
en.
Engines—Kitchen, Hopkins. Huff. Parish.
II ospiiat—Garvin, Hadley, Dugas. Harper,
j City Hal!—Conley, Hitt, Hadley, Garvin,
j South Commons—llulf, Hitt, Hopkins, Parish-
River Bank and W harves—Kirkpatrick, liar
i per. Ducas, Bi.'liop.
Jail llopk ns. Kirkpatrick. llufT, Kitchen.
Market—Parish, Hadley, Conley, Hitt.
Health— Bishop, Huff, Harper, Parish.
Police—Coni* y, Kitclo-n, Bishop, Kirkpatrick.
Water Works—Bishop, Kitchen, Hopkins, Par*
j ish.
1 Magazine —Garvin, HufT, Kitchen.
RECAPITULATION.
Parish—Pumps and Wells, Engines, South Com*
! mon, Market, Health, Water Works.
Garvin—Hospital, Accounts, Bridge, City Hall
j Magazine.'
Kirkpatrick—River Bank and Wharves, Streets
| and Drains, Jail, Porice.
Dugas—Accounts, Hospital, River Bank and
W liarveu.
Hadley—Pumps and Wells, Hospital, City Hall,
Market.
Hopkins—Jail, Streets and Drains, Bridge, En
gines, South Commons, Water Works.
Conley—Police, Bridge, City Hall, Market,
Water Works.
HufT—South Commons, Pumps and Wells, En.
gines. Jail, Health, Magazine.
Bishop—Water Works, Accounts, Streets and
Draiues, River Banks and Wharves, Health, Po
lice.
Harper —Bridge, Accounts, Hospital, River Bank
and Wharves, Health.
Kitchen—Engines, Pumps and Wells, Jail, Po
lice, Magazine.
Hit!—Streets and Drains, City Hall, South
raoas, Market.
wharf directors.
Bishop, Kitchen, Hopkins, Kirkpatrick-