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"the constitutionalist. ’ JAMES GARDNER, JR. T E K 31 s . Daily, per annum (>() Tri-Weekly, per annum, If paid in advance, * Weekly, per annum, If paid in advance,. *' ’ * To Clubs, remilllner $lO tv advance. FIVE rOPlßs* are sent. This will put onr weekly pa- ! per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. 5£T Subscribers who will pay Tip arrearages, j and send four new subscribers, with the money can I get the paper at $2,00. ifSTAiI new subscriptions must be paid in advance, j vCr Postage m nut be paid on all Communications < and Let'ers of business. • J ■■ . UL I [From the Chronicle <Sf Sentinel, Extra, 24 th iiist .] { HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. BY J. C. RIDDLE’S PRIVATE ENPREsS. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS In Advance of the Mail. Arrival of the Steamship Galveston. A SERIES OF FIGHTS WITH THE GUERRILLAS. 100 Mexicans Killed and Wounded nnd 40 or 50 Americans. GEN. CimVAL f,AMi:ri ATTACKED BIT A lAUKE PARTV. Battle at the National Bridge. Communications re-opened nrith Gen. Srntt Jaiapa to he abandoned nnd the Depot trans ferred to Derate—So defences at Rin Frio— 'Abortive attempt at a Revolution in Mexico. {From the New Orleans Delta and Picayune Extras, of Sunday, 20 ih instant , 12 o'clock M.) The following highly important intelli gence was communicated to us by Lieuts. Floyd and McWilliams, of the 2d Penn, svlvania Volunteers, who came over on the steamship Galveston, this morning at 6 o’clock. On thaSih, a small recruiting party, together wjih some citizens and disbanded soldiers, in number about 150, with 75 armed men, and thirty mounted, lefi Puebla for Vera Cruz. This party was under command of Captain Cain bridge, of 3d Artillery. On leaving Ja lapa and getting near Cerro Gordo, this party was informed that it would not be prudent to go through the pass, as there were about 4000 Mexicans in the chap arral dlong the pass. Previous to this twp officers who had gone to the rear of the train tvere fired at from the chaparral. At the mouth of the pass the party was organized and march through without meeting an enemy. Arrived at the Bridge that evening Whilst they were bivouacked on the other side of thqjbridge, ■ being so fatigued that they were unable to furnish a guard, they ware informed that some persons were barricading the bridge. A guard was then stationed be tween the bridge and the encampment to prevent the party being surprised. At this time, signal lights on the ridges and cliffs were distinctly seen. Before daylight the sick and wounded of this little party were removed to Santa Anna’shhaciendaa —a quarter of a mile from the bridge. A scouting party was then sent out, and also a party to clear the bridge; w’hich was done without any opposition. The main body of the party then passed over the bridge. Every thing appearing then to he safe, and all danger being passed Lieut. McWilliams and Mr. Frazer were sent back to bring on the train on the other side of the bridge. Just as they were entering the bridge, a party of about twenty five Mexicans appeared on the ridge, and fired several vollies on them. The wagon master and four others who were passing the bridge, were fired on and the whole five were killed, and a wagon was captured, of no great value. After the fire had ceased, a party of lancers appeared on the bridge and seem ed K) be preparing to charge, but seeing that Capt. Bainbridge’s party were prepar ing to teceive them, they wheeled their horses and galloped off. Captain Bainbridge resumed his march in good order, followed by 400 or 500 of the Lancers, who hung upon his rear and | flanks for four or five miles, but at a re- j .spectacle distance. Thus hemmed in, this little party pursued its way until it arrived at the Pass of La Voilta, where Col. Mclntosh had encamped with his large train. The Mexicans who had at tacked Bainbridge’s party were the same v*ho bad compelled Col. Mclntosh to halt and wail for reinforcements. The party remained that night in Mclntosh’s camp, and during the whole time the Mexican* kept a continual fire on the camp, ap • preaching with the greatest boldness, very near to our sentinels. On the next day, Capt. Bainbridge’s party resumed its march to Vera Cruz, being joined by Capt. Duperu’s Dra goons, who were sent back to get their horses. This company, with its gallant Captain, had behaved very handsomely in the attack on Mclntosh’s camp. Its gallantry was the theme of universal praise and admiration in the army. In deed it was generally admitted that Col. Mclntosh’s command was saved by the gall aptry of Dnperu’s party. BainbriHge’s j party continued their march to Vera Cruz, where they arrived in safety. In the meantime, Duperu’s party having a Jong return train to guard, and being thiealened by a large body of lancers, halted at Santa Fe, where they were charged by a greatly superior force, .which they gallantly repulsed, killing many of the enemy, and suffering no loss themselves. It was said, however, that some of our wagons were cut off an J the drivers taken prisoners* Capt. Duperu arrived safely in Vera Cruz, having lost three killed and three wounded, • s nan iiiMwn —mwii >i> «r ■—«vs. On the day Capt. Bainbridge’s party loft Mclntosh’s camp, Gen. Cadwallader had arrived, with a force of 800 men and two howitzers. The two commands were then joined, making in alb about 1000 men, with two howitzers, under command I of Gen. Cadwallader, and pushed on to- , wards the National bridge. On approaching the bridge, Gen. Cad- j waliader occupied the heights command- • | j n(T ihe bridge, from w hich the enemy had ! I fired on Capt. Bainbridge’s party, where | j he was a'tacked by a large force of the i i Mexicans, posted in the ridges and cha- | ! parral, and some hard fighting was car- j ; ried on for several hours, ihe Mexicans I ( losing more than 100 men, and Gen. Gad- j ; waliader losing some 15 killed and some i I thirty or forty wounded. The Mexicans | were repulsed; the bridge wan success fully passed bv Gen. Cadwallader, who was on his way to Jaiapa. The estimated Loss of Col. Mclntosh’s party is about SIO,OOO. For miles the road is strewed wiih empty boxes and ha em sides, which had been captured by the enemy. There is a great deal of dissat isfaction in the army, respecting the con duct of the command which had charge of this train. There will he a court of inquiry into the subject. The garrison at Jaiapa has been bro ken np, by order of Gen. Scott, and all the sick and Government stores have been sent to Perote Castle, so that the lie of communication is entirely closed. Gen. Scott has had a road opened from Perote to Tuxpan, from which, in future all our j stores and men w ill be sent, in preference to the old road. The Engineer corps have completed a fine road from I nxnan to Pe rofe, the distance being less than one half that from Vera Cruz to Perote, and Tux pan being a healthier place. The success of the attack on Mclntosh s command has given great confi fence to the guerrillas, w ho are swarming in great* numbers through the country, and at tacking all parlies, large and small. It was chief! v owing to the gallantry of Maj. Bennett, the Paymaster, that the specie j waufons in Mclntosh's party were saved, lie was in one of them himself when the wagon was attacked, and fought like a tiger. We a - e pained to hear that'he fine charger sent out by the citizens of New Orleans to Col. Harney was captured by the Mexicans. Their daring was so great that they even la riated a woman who was in the wagon, but she was rescued by our men after some hard fighting. There are about 1000 men in camp at Ve ra Cruz. Gen Shields was at Jaiapa, and was about to leave for the United S ates, when he re ceived an order from Gen. Scull to join him at Puebla. * There are no preparations to defend any so nt between Puebla and the Capital. Ail the odds and ends of the army are collected in the city, about 20,000 in number, but poorly armed, and of inferable ma’erial. was a small pronunciamcnfo, at the City of Mexi co, which was easily put down by Gen. Bus tamante. it was got up by factions of the peace party and of Gomez Farias’ party.— Their erv was “down with Sania Anna! but the President ad interim still maintains his power and influence. Congress has refused to accept his resignation. We have about 6000 men at Puebla, un der command of Worth and Quitman. (Jen. Scott will remain at Puebla until he is reinforced. Gen. Bravo is in command of the army at the Capital. Santa Anna has published quite a flaming account of the affair between him and Gene ral Worth, at Amoszoque. The truth is that he had a large force of cavalry, which was attacked by Col. Duncan’s battery and Major Bonneville of the 6lh Infantry. He did not wait to receive more than one volley, from which, however, he sustained a heavy loss, and then fLd in the wildest disorder towards the Capital. Since the above was written we have learn ed that, in the affair between Gen. Cadwal lader and the Mexicans, at the National Bridge, the company of Lieut. Blakey, of the newly raised voitigeors, with two howitzers, charged the barricades and swept them with a few discharges from the howitzers, in passing through, however, Lieut. Blakey re ceived a heavy tire from the enemy on the ridges which commands the bridges, by which lie loss of one killed and four wounded, the Lieut, himself being wounded in the leg. They also lost several horses.— The heights were then charged on the right and left of the road snd gallantly carried, the enemy flying from before them in great con fusion. When Gen. Cadwallader had passed i the ridge, he was attacked by a large party of i guerrillas, who kept up a continual fire on his men for a long distance. At Cerro Gor ■ do it was thought, from the reports of heavy firing that the enemy had made a stand in great numbers, though no apprehension was entertained for the safety of Gen. Cadwalla der’s command, who was moving in a bold and steady manner, the only wav to deal with the Mexicans. Capt. Gates’ company of 3d Dragoons being sent by Gen. Cadwallader to the rear, to reinforce the guards ot the train, u;prp fttlarlfpfl Ku 9 IU for&o nt Lunoorfl. whom they attacked and repulsed with con siderable loss. There is much sickness at Vera Cruz, but very little in the Castle. Col. Wilson pub lishes a card in the Eagle prnnounc ng the statement of Col. Mata, that La Vega had been confined in the guard-house of the Cas tle, to 1« false. The little part}’, who cut their way from Jaiapa to Vera Cruz, and so narrowly es caped the many perils that surrounded them, express themselves under the greatest obli gations to Capt. Bainbridge, Mr. Karns, and Adj. Dutton, for their coolness, prudence and judgment in conducting them in salety through their many dangers. Gen. Cadwallader is much praised for the energy and promptness of his movements to the rescue of Mclntosh, and for Ihe bravery and skill wito which he scattered tlie swarms of guerrillas, grown confident by the success of their previous enterprises. Gen. Bcott was at Puebla at the last ac counts. The editors of El A red Iris had received dates Irom tfie Capital up to the 2d of June, j Santa Anna had a second lime seat in his re signation of the Presidency. Congress had not, however, up to that lime time,accepted it. He had also made a formal renunciation of his office as Commander-in-Chief of the army; which, like his resignation of the Presidency, remained in abeyance—-Congress not having acted »pon either. Rejon, am] five other genera's, whose names are n-*t {riven, hat! been arrested and sent to tiie d.ffeient JS’Hles for confinement. The gallant Capt. Walker has commenced Ills work of retaliation on the guerrillas. On the morning of ilie B'h inst.* he started with his command from Per'ote on an expedition ! some distance into the interior. During the i expedition he succeeded in capturing nine- I teen guerrillas and an Alcalde—he lias etn -1 ploved them in cleaning the s'reets and sinks. | A letter had been received in Vera Cruz 1 on the lo h inst., previous to the sailing ot i the Galveston, direct from the head quarters ! ofGen. Scott, stating that Gen. Fcolt had is | sued orders for the removal of the govern j menl from Vera Cruz to Tnxpan. This | change was said to be, in part, owing to the | sickness in Vera Cruz, and because cornmu ! ideations could be more easily kept up be tween Tnxpan and Puebla than between the latter and Vera Cruz. AH the public stores in Vera Cruz would, in that case, he removed t<» Tuxpan, and troops, only suifici ent to garrison the p'ace, left ai Vera < rnz. i Tiie activitv di-maved among the different vessels in the harbor at V era Cruz in shif'- i;»g the cargoes from vessels having but #maH portions of Government property on board, i ito others nearly full, with the evident in tention of a move, would go far to confirm the rumor of a change in the base o( opera tions. • There is still a great deal of sickness in Vera Cruz, but there istery little in the Cas te oj San Juan. There has not been a case of vello'-v fever there, and only two since Capt. Blanchard’s company lett. In the town there is much fever, and the deaths average nine or ten every day. ft is confin ed mostly to laborers and foreigners (not. Americans.) We make this statement on undoubted anHiorif v. Usl of Passengers by the Galveston —Capts. S. H. Karnes, li. R. Scott, Kennedy, and Btinbridge; Lieuis. B. F. Dutton, F. 11. Mc- Williams, W. Williams, Craft, Gaines, Vv ar shaw, Caraher, Young, Brown, Flint. Lock ett, Ankrnm, Read, Tory, and J. Fiasher; Messrs. VV. Brown, VV. 11. Atkinson, F. W. 9 Ripley,G. Painter, J. Chapman, 11. Pctlipan, Uurbass and Croft. [<S pedal Correspondence of the Vicayune.\ Vera Cruz. June 13, 1847, Yesterday another train arrived here from Jalapa, after having run the gauntlet under the protection of about 150 sick, wounded and discharged soldiers. It was not until they arrived within seven miles of the National Bridge that they had any idea of being molested, nor had they any news of the attack of Col. Mclntosh's com mand, but learning that a large body of guer rillas would await them on the morrow at certain positions on the road, they concluded to push forward to the bridge, that night, and if possible passphese places before Hie guer iiias could concentrate their forces. Accord ingly they arrived- at the bridge about 11 o’clock at night, which they found barricaded and guarded by guerrilla sen’ inels who fled on then approach. Here they encamped lor the night, but unfortunately, just as tney were starting off the next morning they were tired into by about twenty Mexicans from a height, killing three of our men, but 1 cannot ascer tain their names. Tney saw a large num ber of men on the heights further off*and there is no doubt but that it they had not come on as far as they dM the night before, the whole partv would have been cut off About six miles this side of the bridge they me Gen. Cadwallader’s command. No en counter had taken place since Gen. C j dried Col. Mclntosh, hut active prepartioos were bring made to proceed on the journey imme diately, and if pose ibe play the guerrillas a Yankee trick. For his purpose Gen. G. had ; sent neatly all his d agoons by a circuitous j route of several miles to the rear of the sup posed position of the guerrillas, thereby if pos sible to cutoff’ their retreat, while he walks into their affections on this side with his infantry, and he has no doubt ere this given them something to remember him by. I Darn that he had expressed ft is intention of following them up so long as there is any hope of settling tiie old score with them, and we feel satisfied from ids well known ener gy that he will keep his word, Gen. C. sent down by the train the sick and wounded of his command, and all the , stiillersand merchants who had gone up with goods under the protection of the detach ment! An order reached Jalapa last Tuesday for the evacuation of that place within the space of six days after the receipt of the order, the sick, wounded and public property, all to be removed to Perole, which will be the princi pal depot on tiie route to Mexico. This move appears to be sincerely felt by the inhabitants of Jalapa, many of whom are making prepara tions to leave with their families for a safer part of the country, if such a place can be found. Those who remain will be entirely at the | mercy of the guerrillas, and those who have shown the least favor to the Americans, either from good will or necessity, will re ceive no mercy at the hands of these cut throats. lam almost ashamed to bother yon with rumors, but it has been reported here by i nearly all the officers and men who came dawn with the train, that this depot is to be immediately removed from this city to Tus pan; that a road is now being opened belw'een Puebla and that place, and that all communi cation will be cut off" between this city and f lio intormr vorv ermn, and I must a/lmit tKnt it looks a little plausible, although up to this time I cannot learn that any orders have reached the authorities here to that effect,— That such a mad can be opened, bringing the two points within a distance not exceed ing seventy-five miles of each other, there is no doubt. Vessels are dally arriving with troops, and there are now about 1000 at camp ready to proceed to the interior. Most of them are companies belonging to the different new re giments. Capt. Dupern and bis company have re turned to obtained their horses, there not be ing sufficient here to supply them previous to their departure with Col. Mclntosh. The British royal mail steamer Avon ar rived here yesterday with the European mail for Mexico, forty-five days from England, by way of nearly all the West India ports. Vera Cruz, June 14, 1847. Gentlemen —lt is imposibie to tell precise ly when a steamer will leave for your city, but in order to be in time for the Galveston, which may possibly get off this evening, I shall give, you a hasty sketch of what has taken place since 1 wrote you my last letter, and which lias been kindly furnished to me by Lieut. Riger ot Capt. Blain’s company of the Voltigeurs. Gen. Cadwallader marched with his com mand from the place wbe-ie he reached Col. Mclntosh, seven miles this side of the Puente Nacional, on the 10th inst., reached the bridge about sundown, which lie found occu pied by the guerrillas, as well as the heights around. Lieut. Biakov, of the Voltigeurs, was de tached with a section ofmountain howitzers, and twenty men, and suppor ed h,’ the* infant ry they were ordered to charge the bridge, which they did in gallant style, and carried i it, but I regret to sav, that of Limit. B ’s de- j tachment he lost one man killed ans four j wounded, Lieut. B. being included among the latter, having received a musket bill in the left leg They also lost five horses, but I cannot learn the loss sustained by the in fantry in this charge. The infantry immedi ately charged the heights, carrying them in fine style. It. the meantime, Gen. Cadwa’- j lader, fearing for the safety of Capt.. Blain and Capt. Gales's companies of Voltiguers, who were on the way to the command in charge of a train containing forage and pro visions to supply the place of those captured from the train vvh le under I lie command of Col. Mclntosh, sent hack Cap'. Gates’ com pany of dragoons, who fell in with a large party or guerrillas who attacked them, and whom they nobly charged,.leaving ten dead Mexicans on the field. I cannot Lear what number of onr men were wounded at the National Bridge of other detachments with the exception of Lieut. Rhodes, who was w mnd ed in the knee, and has re’timed to this p'are. On the morning ofllie 11th the advance had another sharp en muter about three miles be : yond tbe bridge, driving the guerrillas before i them. (’apt. Blain’s and Capt, Bernard’s ! companies, h aving turned over the supplies, I left the bridge on their return. At the same I lime Gen. Cadwallader left there to proceed I on his journey, and they report that on tiie | Uth they heard the report of fire arms in the i direction of Cerro Gordo, and from all ap : pea ranees theie is no doubt that this command had to fight every f< ot of its way to Jalapa. The loss of the Mexicans was no less than forty, while ours, as far as heard fruin, is one killed and eighteen wounded. If the ; Galveston does not leave to-day I shall fry and find time to visit camp four miles distant, I and may give further particulars. In haste. p. S.—Gen. Shields, I have been informed j by a physician from Jalapa, although yet | feeble, has given up the idea of going ho ne, and is going to enter again upon the dudes of his station. j [Editorial correspondence of the Picayune ] Fubbla. Mexico May 28, 1847 Gen. Scott arrived here this afternoon with an escort of some 200 dragoons, and 60 rifles i under Col, Harney. He left Acajete this morning at half past 7 o’clock, and from all the information received there it was almost certain that the small command would be attacked by a body ol 2«r 3000 Mexican ca j valry under Gen. Can ibz *, but not one was 1 see n Gen. S. came into the city at 3 o’clock and has taken up his quarters at the palace. At last accounts it is asserted that the Mexican army is at El Fenon, a few miles ; this side the capifol, and that it is under com mand of Generals Bravo, Valencia. Leon, Cortazar and \lvarez, •he latter having sev -1 oral thousand Indians from the South. Re ports are rife that they are fortifying the El Fenon, and al-o near the city. In the aff'iir at Amozoque, when General Worth was advancing upon Fuebla, Santa Anna commanded Ins cavalry—supposed to I be neaf 3000 in number—in person. Col. i Duncan gave them something like seventy , round shot, from his battery; and Major Bon : neville. with a detachment, was enabled to 1 reach a position from which he gave inem a j s were tire of musketry. Near 70 Mexicans | were killed or wounded, and the scampering of the rest is represented as amusing in the extreme. Santa Anna, it is thought, was i endeavoring to g< t between the commands j of Gens. Worth and Quitman, with the in tention of having a brush with the latter, but i if this was his intention, lie was most signal j ly foiled. The command here has been annoyed by I continued rumors of an attack by troops from | Mexico, aided by a rising of the inhabitants of the city; but the most active measures I have been taken to guard against surprise.— 1 enclose a proclamation issued by Gen. i Worth to-day. As regards the next movement of the army, I can give no information. Gen. Twiggs’ division will be up to-morrow or next day, and then a more definite plan of operations will be adopted. I semi this off hap-li tzard by the diligon *cia. to Jalapa, hut if. is doubtful whether it will reach New Orleans. G. W. k. Puebla, May 30, 1847. Intelligence was received yesterday from the citv of Mexico np to the dav before the 28 h. Santa Anna on that day submitted to the Congress a formal resignation of ins of fice as [’resident inter’uno, and the members of both houses went at once into session to deliberate upon the matter. The result of the election for President is not yet known, but the opinion gains ground that Herrera will be the success ful candidate. 'There are troops between here and the city of Mexico, nor are there any fortifications in process of construction either at Rio Frio, or E! Fenon. What with the National Guard. Ihe Indians under Alvarez, the Guanajuato troops under Cortazar,and the odds and pnds under Valencia and other generals, there may be some 25,000 badly armed and equipped at the capital. All was doubt, hesitation and confusion among the officers, and no one knew what to do. This is the latest and re liable intelligence. In haste, g. w. k. Puebla, June 3, 1547. I sen J you a file of the Courier Francaise of the city of Mexico, as also a number of orders and other documents. The Courier contains nearly all the news of importance. Do read and publish an account of Santa Anna’s affair at Amozoque, as it is peculiary rich. It is said that Almonte has been sentenced to he shot at the capilol for holding treasonable correspondence with one ofa our Generals. He*is certainly in prison, but I hardly believe he will be shot. There was another revolution at the city of Mexi co two or three days since, at least such is toe report, but it was put down by Gen. Bustamente almost immediately. The originators of it are friends ofGen. Farias, and, as is supposed, of peace with the U. S. andt one of their cries was ‘‘death to Santa Anna.” By the way, the story now is that the Mexican Congress will not accept the resignation of Santa Anna. Ol course there was some trick in his resignation. Yours, &c., G. w. K. . Puebla, June 3, 1817. Kendall is too unwell to write to you, and as there is an extraordinary express about leaving for Jalapa, I concluded that a tew lines even from a stranger from this interesting quarter might not prove unacceptable. Gen. Scott and staff, with the dragoons, a'.rain of about forty wagons, Mr. Kendall,your humble servant, and no particular quantity of adventu rers, reached Fuebla on the 27th ult.. and on the 28lh Gen. Twiggs’- division, vvitu tiie big train; all of whom ami which combined with previous arrivals, give us a torce ot abo it 6000 men, 600 i wagons and near 5000 horses and mules. Maj. j G m, Quitman and vlaj. Gen. Worth had been in possession of H e townthirteen days when we j arrived. Two days ago it was thought General ! Scott would move immediately upon the capital, | i but I think tins morning he will remain here tbr« c ■ or four weeks, at the exp ration of which lime fie j will not only have shgully increased his army | but will have all his horses in g**>d condition. | Santa Anna has resigned the presidency, and the , act excites much astonishment here. W e have not been advised what act ion Congress has taken upon the subject. Many reasons are alleged tor j the resignation, but the most plausible i can de vise are his wish to test h s popularity with the Congress, or a desire to be behind toe scenes w hen I the curtain rises for the first act of negotiation. Enclosed you will find acopy of bis renunciation and vou can draw your own inlerence. [We j have already published this ] 1 was muc.i surprised to hnd the church party here so much opposed to Santa Anna. Amongst the San Augustine monks and friars I do not t»e lit-va he lias ,i friend. Herrera is the favorite ot the clergy. Yesterday a friend of mine who spi aks Spanish passing well was in conversation with two reverend genl.emcn, and when he to d them that we were in favor of Herrera, they seemed delighted and shook h'm by the hand with great goodwill. In this place there are no less than five hundred priests, and they being owners of one half the town, exercise, independent of their holv calling, a great influence over the people. They are treated with great respect, too, by our own people. Every olii e r , non-commissioned officer and so'dier is ordered to saint ■ them in the streets, and a day or two ago, vviu-n the bishop visited Gen. Scott, the entire guard was turned out and remained at piesent until his holiness had passed in and out ag in To conquer a peace the best method is evidently to conciliate the clergy. To the 29th, we have papers from the capital. Nothing is said whatever of defending the plaee. El Repuhlicano says that oui troops are dying | ; with diarrhoea and oilier diseases at Jalapa, and | when they were ordered to march on Puebla re- i ! fu -t d positively to obey the order. Before this j : time thev are probably advised to the contrary. | A Frenchman came in yesterday and r« ports!bat Bravo and Ganalizu have resigned from the army. It is possible that a train of wagons may leave j here for Jalapa in a dav or two, as 1 have heard that that post will he broken up. Plenty of every thing for an army in Puebla. Man in the White Hat. [Prom the .V (J. Picayune, Jiff i inst ] From Tampico. The brig Hamlet, Gapl. Robinson,arrived j yesterday forenoon from I arnpico, whence she sailed on the 1 Ith inst. We have files of piper-- by this arrival | from the city of Mexico, but we regret to say | none later than the 29 h of May, papers ol J which date we had already received, i We have also the Tampico Sentinel of the | 3‘h inst.—-the old Sentinel revived by John J Gibson, E-q , our whilom city contemporary. { Tiie latest dates from the rapitol mentioned in the Sentinel are the 29th of May. Noth* i in** 1 nvre recent appears to be known in j Tampico of affairs m the interior, j Tiie Sentinel speaks of the | health of the Louisiana volunteers at Tampt l co. Their ranks have been thinned by dy -1 sentry and intermittent lever. J The Sentinel speaks confidently of the | means ofdelence nl Tampico against revolt j or external attack. Eight hundred bayonets | I can be mustered, exclusive o, lunfrsemen and i ! field ar illery. i The Sentinel calls upon the citizens to j m ide preparations tor the celebration of the | 4in ot July,‘a hint not inopportune here. We conclude our extracts from the Senti nel by copying the following paragraph: The Louisiana Regiment —No < o ps un der the careful supervision ot Col. L G. De- Russy lias improved in so short a time than this body of m tn. Tuey are in every respect equal to the regulars who have been a longer tune in the service. Major F. Gir ault deserves the greatest credit tor his un relaxing efforts in d sciplmmg and drilling his portion of this regiment. But what has Louisiana done for them?— Has she compensated the officers and men shipwrecked on board the Ondiaka? Where is the fS7OOJ talked about; why cannot this State uniform the whole regiment? Those who enjoy themselves comfortably at home appear to have forgotten that a regiment from Louisiana exists at all. Co’. Hamer, Capt. Henry, of the 3d Infantry, a gallant officer who has fought in every battle since the Mexican campaign opened, except those of Buena Vista and Cerro Gordo, in a letter to Hie N. Y. Spirit of the Times, gives a des cription of the personal appearance and qualities of the dashing and intrepid Harney which we are satisfied our readers will be gratified to see, familiar as most of them may be with the gallant colonel ol dragoons. He says: Sandy hair, very light complexion, a frank, generous expression of countenance, form perfect in symmetry, without one particle of superfluous flesh, fit “to run tor a man’s I tie,” in the prime of manhood, with a mild but de ter mined blue eye, and you have him stand ing before you. Mount him on his nube charger, excite that blue eye until it almost scintillates, and give animation to that form until it appears to expand, and you have one ot the most gallant, dashing cavalry officers in any sen ice. He is a man of iron will, and if necessary, of desperate courage. As a partisan officer he is conspicuous, I deem him the be.it in the service. Lake all men ot sin li a temperament, he is a warm, devoted friend, and a bitter enemy. Think of his towering form carrying his brigade to Hie storming of that terrible height. What a picture tor an artist! Harney with arm out- j stretched and sword drawn, pointing to the | ! height, with his gallant brigade, regardle.-s of all obstacles, rushing into the enemy’s breastworks! Ail accounts represent him as conspicuous, and that the clear, shrill tones of his voice, calm almost to frigidity, could be distinctly heard all the way up the moun tain side. Facts vs Fiction. The Bulletin, in an article answering some remarks from the Washington Union, reite rates a statement which it made some three weeks since, and which the editor at tbe time, as well as now, knows is not the truth. He says: “No one here fully doubts that it was the great flood of government bills, that were thrown upon the market, which drove ex change upon New York down to 2£ a 3 per cent discount, -at a season of the year when northern funds are invariably at a premium ,” &c. Now, let us refer to the Prices Cur rent of Cooke, Young &, Co., for Hie same periods last year, and contrast them with the present. May 16, 1846, GO day hills on N. York, 31 a4l dis. June 10, “ “ “ “ 24 a24 do. .May 16, 1817, 60 day bills on “ 24 a 3 do. June 9, “ “ “ “ 2| a24 do. t-V. O. Courier. AUGUSTA. GEO.. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1817. [CTThe Savannah Republican of the 21st* contains two diatribes against the democrat-, charging them with many naughtincs-c.« j which seem to shock the sensitive nerves of j our cotemporary. One of these articles ia ' entitled “The Parly of ‘Progress.’ ” Among the heinous errors of this party, in the eyes ; of the Republican , was the elevation to llua I Presidency of General Andrew Jackson. Hear how that political censor discourse!h: “This party owes its origin to the acts of a. great but self-willed partisan, of whom we would speak with tfie respect due to the tie -1 parted, but whose ac s have survived him, and I are now bearing bitter fruit for us and our descendants, lie was a soldier—a o ! gen i era), and an ambitious one.—and carried into | the Presidential (.’hair the same ti ry ii«- j pulses which had made him the vie or on i hard fought fields. 11 is views of the Tonsil i tu’iou were necessarily imperfect, his own strong will was paramount to all Constitu tional scruples—he interpreted that instru ment, ‘as he understood ii’—and inspired our people with an admiration fur military glory adverse to their true policy,—which should be one of peace.” We will stick a pin here, and inquire which party the Republican —ils editors, and qoitn dam supporters, and even present supporters belonged to then. Dd they no' form a part of this very same party? Or were they amonnrthe five or six hundred voters in Geor gia who supported John Quincy Adams for the Presidency. In fact when did that paper cease its support of Geu. Jackson? a d why did it cease? The answer would afford a rich commentary on the text. “And inspired our people with an admira tion for military glory adverse to (heir I u• policy —winch should he one of peace.” This is from the pen which proposes to t! a people of O org:a, two military heroes as suitable candidates for civil officers, '1 ho he o of Buena Vista for Presal- n of the Uni ted .Stales, and the hero of Wilhlacoochee for Governor of Georgia, i Again the R pull can pursues ts strain of invective in this wise: “Per a time, the so called Democrats, w ho have of real Democracy nothing but toe name, contented t iern-elves with making war upon our mo-l valuable institutions. Ihe downfall of the National Bank, and conse quent prostration ot pub ic credo—ihe unreal mockery of she Sub-Treasury system—Dorr ism at the North, Repudiation at the South and West—-threatened war.- with France and i England—were i lie first fruits of their de structive and reckless policy. “From these evils, the calmer counsels of the Whig party saved the country.” Among the sins here charged against the “so called democrats,” and the Republican might have exclaimed Quorum pars fui , so I far at least as som* of those recounted sins are concerned, following: The down fall of the National Bmk. How much in what way did the Republican aid to arrest this downfall. Its downfall may be dated from the refusal to renew its charter. his was in 1832. Did the Republican advocate its re-charter? D;d it not oppose that re charter—(J d it not contend that such an in stitution was unconstitutional, unwise and inexpedient, etc. etc. As to “the real mockery of the sub-freasn ry system,” it is a system that is now a real existence, and not a mockery; unless its signal refutation of the whig predictions of ruin, bankruptcy and disaster which if would j produce, may be called a mockery. Ii is a i mockery o! these croaking prophecies. But it may not be amiss here to observe that when it was first suggested in 1831 in Congress as a substitute for the exj iring National Bank, and of the Pet Rand system, a dis tinguished member from Georgia of the R publican's party, advocated and vo ed for it. The whigs of Georgia, then as l H a party opposed a National B.nk, and many of its most prominent members of Cong r ess, with whose names the editors of the Repub lican are sufficiently familiar made speeches against it. As to Dorrism at the North, we have only to say that the great democratic party of the country is not responsible for all the isms of isolated portions of the party. By that rule the poor whigs would be overwhelmed by its absurd isms — Fourierism, An'i Rent ism. Abolitionism — Anti-tcar-ism, Federalism , in the old blue light, sense of the term, are among the isms with which that party is sore ly afflicted. But we have one gentle hint to drop to the Republican. A press and a party that advo cated o"Ths Bankrupt by which hundreds of millions of honest debts were re pudiated, and creditors remorselessly de frauded of their just and legal claims, should be tlie last to talk about repudiation. In the history of the civilized world the whig parly has the signal honor of standing conspicuous I and alone, as the unblushing advocates of Re j pudiation. And so may they ever stand. It j is a gross slander to charge the democratic ! party as a party with advocating repudiation, i either of individual or State liabilities. The other article to which we refer as one in which the Republican pours forth a phili pic against “the so called democrats,” is en titled “National Observatory.” It refers to the fact that we have a National Observa tory at W aehingfon,and that the Union refers in terms of complacency to the recent impor tation of a splendid Refracting Circle fur a Telescope of the institution. It speaks of these gross deceptions upon the people by ihe supporters of Gen. Jackson to prejudice them against Mr. Adams’ ad ministration. One was in reference to the National Observatory proposed by Mr. Adams, ridiculed by his opponents as a light house in the skies —another was the alleged magnifi cence of the East Room, although it says “every one except the deceived people know