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THB CONSTITUTIONALIST. ] JAMES GARDNER, JR t i: u ->i s. 00 Daily, P‘*r annum I , 6 uo Tri- v\ eekly, per annum, _ If paid in advance,.. *" W c«?klv. per annum * , , . 2 DO it paid in advance x O cliUli s . Ke call pedicular attention to 'he following terms ( f our paper: To Huh*, remiuinar S 0 in advance. FIVE rO/MES a e sent. This will put our weekly |>a p-r in ilie reach «<f new juib-rnber* al TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. JCT A’l n«w subscriptions must he paid in advance. postage uu-t ne paid on ail (Joiuiiiuuicaiit ns a »<i Lefersof ni.-iness y— mmrtMmmm.'mwmam i iiiim [Fran 'he .V O. Piomnue, ILA inst.j 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-