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roand of the onny in the war ngaiMl Myj*
IT lie wool/probably
the object you had in vie* ° if
gggsy^
makin? arrangements and preparations lor
'he ca^y^and vigorous proscc.uon of bos-
‘“itS'lSol*. very respectfully
vour obedient tcrvant»
W. L. MARCY.
Major General Wisrir.i.n Scott,
Commanding General, etc.
California—-Captain Fremont.
Letter* have been received " * u - *•-•—
at the Navy We cannot yftdch for nil the r 3einils
Department from Monlerey, bcaring aalate which ore pul forth ip the following artt-
a date or 4 April 18ih; : . cle from the Picayune. But bnbboy and
led n c—“•-“-*—* ■-
The unwqrrnntcjd'nttempt to'drive Cnpl.
Fremont from the country baa already been,
alluded to in'the newspapers. After hav
ing been ordered away by Don Jose Castro,
commandant general, (Japt. F. expecting
an attack fortified himself about twelve
leagues distant • from Monterey. Castro
assembled about 100 men in front of the
entrenchment. After remaining there 3
days, he concluded to treat, when it was
discovered that ihe party had quietly gone
ing some old'saddles and trash
off, leaving
' which the Californians magnified into mu
nitions of war.
Three hundred riflemen offered their ser
vices to Cnpi. F. hut they were declined.
The movement against Capt. Fremont
seems to have keen directed by the central
actioh will mark the campaign. The
volunteers are approaching from difiedetU
directions, prepared' to second with all
their enthusiasm the movements of the
commanding general. , His nuweb is
icards to Montery—-(not/ of* course, the
Monterey of the l’ucific, but the Moulerey
of the province of New Leon, marked off
in the valuable table of distances, which
we publish to-day, from the pen of an ex
penenced guide. We advise the reader
to preserve it for future reference.)
General Taylor is abont to ascend the
Rio Grande for Camargo—but lie-wants,
for this purpose, flat-bottomed steamboats-
rendered unsafe by the worms—another
has bilged. He has sent an nctive agent
up the Mississippi to obtain the necessa
ry transportation. '‘Rough and Ready”
will lose as little time ns possible. \v<
The .nilimry Spirit.
The military spirit of the country is fully
aroused oil the subject of the Mexican war.
The few croakers who dare to litter Iheir , w - —•»»
treasonable semimenta are severely rebutted j government of Mexico; but it is not bc-
wtiiUl their onli-Amcrican doctrines serve ] Heved that the people of California 'enter-
onlv to increase llic enthusiasm of the truly i mined any ill will towards him, or would
nalriotic. Volunteers nrc tendering their! willingly linvc done him harm. His own
services in every direction—in the Eastern • conduct in the whole matter seems to have
cities the enthusiasm is sweeping every , been mnrkcd nlike by courage nnd discre-
tliinsr before it. Tlie cry universally is:ij 0 n. We subjoin a copy of a Idler written . _ .
that the war should be prosecuted vigor- |,y him to the American consul nl Monte-s hope to hoar of his reaching Monterey in
onsiv and tlial the enemy should be sig- rev, when in expectation of an ntlnrk, anil' all the month of July. Then be is at the
nally'punishcd. The abstractions started —k» it.- .-■■■■I t», ■ >.- -v»i>n.<r ..r n i—1_ r „—-— rtr. •:—»r
ia Congress, and reitcmlcd by a few lead
ing journals, os lo the difference between
•• hostilities” nnd “ war," and the question
whether there can he a constitutional war
without a declaration by Congress, nrc tren-
ted with the ridicule which they deserve.
Such hair-spliting discussions may suit the
taste of some, but with the people they are
mere moonshine. Their count ry is invol
ved in war—iheir territory is invaded—the
blood of Americans has been spilt—these
are the stubborn facta which arc firing up
their souls and impelling them lo the tent
ed field, nnd when they get there the gen
eral sentiment is, that all the old scores
should he settled—not onlv should the
debts due onr citizens be collected, but c-
nougli land should be embraced in the levy
lo pay all the expenses of the war—Cali
fornia at least should be allowed to annex
herself lo the United States!—.Yiuh. Un,
^ate from »
y tlie sebr. Aft.
i at this port yesterday,
of Havana and- Malum
Joth inst. From the Hnv
de la Marina of the 9th insist
the following letier, which is filer than
advices Imm Vera Crus brought by the
steamer Mississippi, at Pensacola, pub
lished in another columnS
Corrfponiemx of ike firing de la Marina.
|U VERA CRUZ, JUNE 1,1840.
Tlie Consuls of the neuter nations have
protested -against the blockade -of-this
port, declared on the 20lh of tust month
by; the commandant of the U. 8. fleet,
Which allows only 16 days for foreign
vessels to leave the port. Tlie priitcipal
portion of the American fleet is now at
In this respect some of his arrangements j / s / a Veide, and the American men-of-war
have been delayed. One steamboat, is! Si. Alary'e and Falmouth, and a small
received by the consul in the evening of
March 111. The captain remained in ex
cellent health, nnd had gone north:
“Mr Dean sir: 1 this moment received
your Ictlcts, and without waiting to read
them, acknowledged the receipt which the
courier requires instantly. 1 tun making
myself ns strong as possible, in the inten
tion that if we are unjustly attacked, wc
will fight to extremity anti refuse quarter,
trusting to our country to avenge our death.
No one has reached my camp; and from
the heights wc arc able to sec troops (witli
the glass) mustering at St. John’s, nnd
preparing cannon. I thank you fot your
kindness nnd good wishes, nnd would write
more nt length ns lo my intentions, did I
not fear that my letter w’ill ho intercepted.
tVc have in. nowise done wrong to the peo
ple or the authorities of tlie country ; and
if wc nrc hemmed in nnd assaulted, we
will die, every man of us, under the flag of
our country.
“Very truly, yours,
“J. C. FREMONT.
“P. S.—I am encamped on the top of
the Sierra, nt the headwaters of a stream
llttnl.
It is said at the Urooklyn Navy Yard
that Capt. Isaac McKccvcr has been ap
pointed commandant of that station in „„
place of Capt. Silas H. Striugham, and - strikes the road lo Monterey, nl the
that lie will assume the charge in about | 10usc n f j). Joaquin Gomez. J. C. F.
two weeks. Capt. McK. lias been attach
ed lo the service about lliirty-six years, and
his present commission dates from 1838.
lie wns in command of tlie frigate Inde
pendence during a three year’s cruise ; and
liis whole sea service amounts to about
twenty-one years. For the last two years
lie hn9 been wailing orders; and wc be
lieve resides in Philadelphia
The three schooners built by Ilrown &
Bell for tlie Mexicans, nnd which they did
not pay for, arc now nt the Krookltn Navy
table lands of Mexico.—Washington U-
nion.
From Ike X. O. Picayune rf June 5.
We understandjhat tlie next demonstra
tion ol Gen. Taylor will be upon the city
of Monterey. This place is about ninety
leagues (join Mntamoras, and is approach
ed by u'difficull road, running through nn
arid and ill-watered coantry. It is the
principal city of llie province of New Le
on, mid commands the entrance to the
table lands, of the interior of Mexico,
through the passes of the Sierra Madrc.
To make the operations of the army
ujnm Monterey more secure, if not abso
lutely certain, General Taylor designs
occupying the town of Gnmargn, about
25d miles by water above Matnnmrus.
To do this securely it is necessary for him
to have transports of a draught suitable to
the navigation of the Rio Grande. Cn-
mnrgo will lie the basis of his operations
upon Monterey, and this point must lie
first iiinilc tlie depot of supplies, ami en
trenched in a stylo capable of sustuining
a siege.
Ii was llic dcsigri of General Taylor
us we learn, lo be nt Moulery by the first
brig, arc cruising before Tampico.
Alter much delay the Congress of the
nation had tlie first meeting on the 27tb,
Sennr Bustamenle (the ex-president) be
ing appointed President of the same, and
it is generally believed that Paredes will
be elected legal President of the Republic.
It is said that Paredes will, march over
to Matamoros at the bead of a strong ar
my, tlie largest portion composed from
the body of troops called Jietcrre. The
day for the departure of the army is fixed
already, but nobody knows it. General
Bravo will occupy the Presidency ad in
terim.
The suspension of payments continue,
and business remained in the worst con
dition. The Government had called a
meeting for tlie purpose of procuring re
sources, which I believe can hardly be
obtained, because tlie clergy is notable to
|Miy tlie amount nf890,000 monthly, ask
ed by the government; and on the other
hand the actual condition of the several
States is not such as to expect from them
any resources.—Charleston Cornier.
nr. Crittenden's Masterly Policy,
If some of mir caricaturists do not inmior- ....
talizc the novel idea of Mr. Crittenden, !‘ ,r Ju .*.Vi but the want ol transports to con-
wInch he avowed lo he his wav to carry on
the war against Mexico, it will not lie be
cause there are wanting some of the high
est essentials of comedy. - Such n sugges
tion would have beenu fortune for Ciuik-
sliunk. It far surpasses Mr. Calhoun's
“masterly inactivity,” and the grave dis
tinctions, ns drawn’ by reverend seignors,
Yard, being fined out for sea. 1 hey arc ] Ih-iwccii a slate of hostility nnd war 'itself
very diminutive m s.zc, and intended to I T | 1C inicrvnlsbci ween llte’blows, according
carry one gun at.icco-n long twenty-four t lo „, e Senator’s suggestion, if wo 1
pounder situated .amidships, rhc.r coin-l staud it>
are to he occupied in vnri
under,
anoiis pi-
mandersare appointed, (Licuts. Purvlnnce lOI|t 0ll( j amiable efforts at peace: such ns
Pr ^ bly j shaking hands, expostulating, extending
Z cnn ,,anDC ,hc blue-branch, nnd probably enjoying
^ rnfm Abilin nf war 'iViLino i 1,10 hospitalities of tlie rival commanders—
JP# even to mint-julips nnd sherry-cobblers—
£ n, . nr . ^'i d ;Y,,r ^ ", ? B,d 10 This is pronounced the ngc' of improve-
‘ * evcr mem, nn'd the world is raid to be adverse
C °Tn»«u?/nf J t» m-i • 1 .tower. Nothing was ever truer. Sena-
dnli U , u 8 l0Wcd ,or Crittenden has sur|«isscd the Fnixlmn
SES&KSSfis
pant.re for the Pacific. The cause of her l' 1 ', “ "7
detention is staled lo have been conic fenrs „r ,i
that one of her masts would prove inert- 1 " f " c
cient. This, however, proved groundless.
The following nrc 11 list of her officers.
Commander: W. XV. McKean. Licuts:
E. M. Yard, T. A. M. Craven, W. T.
Smith, and T. Suinly. Acting Master:
Passed Midshipman Si. C. Bryant. Sur-
geon: D. S. Green. Assistant Surgeon :i
J. Rudenstein. Purser: McKean Buchan
an. Lieut. Marines: R. Tnnsill. Passed
Midshipmen: John Downs, Jr., J. C. Fe-
biger, J. B. Creighton. Midshipmen: Bv-
lens, Hayes, Hamilton, Adams, Houston.
Captain’s Clerk : A. B. Ashton.
Volunteer Expedition to Santa Fc.
This expedition, under the command of
Col. Kearney, to which ibis country looks
with so much interest, is ai present pushed
forward with the utmost vigor. All the
supplies required—ordnance, stores, sub-
sistenc- 1 ■—— - ■-
ed to I
vi-y stores lo Cumurgo has compelled him
to delay furl her progress in ihe enemy’s
country till this deficiency is removed.
Cnniurgo is situated upon the ltio Grande,
and picseiusun admirable foundation for
a display U[ion the interior; nnd from
Cumurgii to Monterey is about forty
leagues, or 120 miles. The country ly
ing between that town nnd Monterey is
more lerlile than that between Matnmoras
and Monterey—consequently it is alto
gether better liir the army to proceed from
Cuumrgo upon Monterey than from Mai-
a moms.
With a view to expediting tlie march
of the nrniy, Captain Sunders, who bus
distinguished himself in the admirable
defences he has constructed about Point
Isubcl, has been despatched to this city to
procure the necessary transports. He is
J now in the city of New Orleans, but will
■mile kissing and killing, n c |, rocl . e( | tho river immediately to sup-
are not sure winch is most entitled lo tlie , ^ dc |i cicncy in trHII ,. Klrlg which his
>fthepeacfr^qcictj—Pensyhenlad..[, y rchascs herfe •
inny leave. From the
.Mottnled Volunteers for Sfetv Mexico. I mouth of the Jltio Grande to Matamoros
Col. Griinslcy lias been very successful I vessels drawing lour feel walcr can run
in filling up his regiment of ItHHI Hummed j without obstruction ; above that point, up
men for New Mexico, if die U. S. Govern- to Cumargn, tlieie urc not more than three
mem will order them in that direction.—
We. learned yesterday evening that in six
companies, one ofwliicli was formed in St.
(eel water in many places. Steamers of
1 lie pnqier draught can scarcely lie got in
suilicicnt numbers here to answer the
Charles Co., mid one in Hannibal, Marion ~ ..... , ,
: are 595 men. Including those | P» r pwM«ft“■) mynUmg nrutv,,m.d ll.erc-
aistence, baggage trains, Ac.,' WenVxpeet-
ed to be ail on Leavenworth early diring
the present week. When it is rcnicu.bcrcd,
nya the 81. Louis Republican of June 3d,
that tins expedition will require near a
tliousand mules for draught, several hun
dred (torses for 1 lie ordnance, and for mount
ing the dragoons, at least two hundred
wagons, a large stock of entile on fool, nnd
other store, m proportion, nnd that the re
quisition only reached here Inst Sunday,
some idea may be formed of ihe dcsnnich
with which the United State, govc'nCenl
officers have performed lltcir duties
Tho tatue journal adds: “N 0 dc j ay wc
«e assured will occur, if d,c voluntce?. are
u promptly m the point of rendezvou. a«
•be aupplica, or arc ready for U lc mare ” a ,
won ns nil oilier tilings arc prepared—
Several of the companies,a,se.{ in counties
on ihe Missouri river will set out to-day
for Fort Leavenworth, and ii j, Iwiieved
that nearly the whole number will be mus-
tered into service at the fori, by the lasTof
Jh**, or the first of next week. ’ If anv de
lay is caused by tlie non-arrival of the vol-
unteers, it will probably occur from the
companies raised in this county— ( | 1CV
mg farthest off, and having greater diffi-
ciai.es to contend with, than ibmc in the
mtMtor eoonlics. We presume that at
soon as the companies are ready to leave
they will be furnished wiili the necessary
transportation; and it occurs to us that
they should be despatched as fast „ ,|, e y
»d C;, ‘! C VC ?I propcrl >’ '"oontcS
XUtWp* Ai all events, we hope
towe wilt be no delay on accoom of ilic
Uoope from inw quarter.**
he T ^^ ,n ^' 8 of J_ ol > , ati7»mdered to
Lc < t,on volu “*
ThomaslF^MarvIrall,- wbo foe, ured St
Co., there
recruited at tlie Colonel’s Head ({miners,
und the company of Lancers, the whole
number of recrui s enrolled is 883. Uf the
number of recruits enrolled, nl Head <{unr-
ters, there arc nearly one liundicii men
who have been in tlie Indian or Spauish
country from three to twenty years, tire
perfectly familiar with tlie life and the du
ty required, nnd will be the most effective
men if called into the service.
It may not be improper, in this connec
tion, lo mention the fuel that Col. tiiims-
Isv nnd Mr. Clias. Beni, well known ns
ibe founder of Bent’s Fort-—who hns for
many years carried on an extensive irndc
t\ it'll Ilie Indians, and with tlie Mexicans
of Santa Fe, Taos and Chihuahua, ami
who is as familiar with the mountains nnd
plains, anil with the character nnd locatiou
of the inhabitants of New Mexico, thejr
military 'forces and disposition, as any resi
dent citizen of this city is with its streets—
some months ago Jointly made an applica
tion for Ibis service ; and if lltcir applica
tion is responded to ns it ought to be, Mr.
Bent will doubtless bring to the force a
large accession of hardy and experienced
men, drawn from tlie traders, trappers and
hunters of the mountains and plains, (many
of whom have been in the service of Messrs.
Bent nnd St. Vain,) all of whom arc famil
iar wjth that portion of New Mexico lying
on our fronlier, mid perfectly acquainted
with llie duties which such service will re
quire, and prepared for the hardships and
privations of such a campaign. Such men
would be pre-eminently useful in n cam
paign in that direction.—St. Lords Jfexe
Era.
f.jc** ant i
Vfirusx—' ^
It appears by n letter receired from Gov.
Yell, who represents the Stale of Arkansas
in Congress, that the regimcfal of mounted
gun-men line been called frshi Arkansas.
They nrc lo rendezvous at Washington, on
Red River. The Tennessee brigade are
lo rendezvou* at the same point, forming n
brigade with tba Arkansas troops. Ken
tucky nnd lllinoia are to form another bri
gade—and these two* constituting a divis
ion of 4A00 slrong.are to march, weal about
the lUtb of June—Mobile Register.
O. S. ■ Senator Jot Mexico.—The New
Hampshire I’m riot any s llmt the people
of that “State arc responding to the'call
for Volunteers with gratifying alacrity.”
lore Captain Zanders will go West to find
them.
Beliire reaching Cumargo the army
will have to lake the town of Reviioru,
which is hciwren Mninmorusaml Camar-
go. It is not expected, however, that any
defence will lie made of such villages.
General Taylor designs now lo lie at
Moulerey as soon in July as possible. At
llmt place, it is believed, to Mexicans will
will make a stubborn stund, if nt nil during
the war. If the troops under General
Taylor occupy Monterey, the whole of
Mexico this side the Sierra Mndre will be
in llie po^fessionoflbe United Stairs, in-
lading the mining districts nf New Leon,
New Mexico, Santa Fe, Chihuahua, &c.
This calculation is based somewhat upon
tlie idea that (lie United Slates will order
an expedition Irom the Missouri river upon
the northern provinces. If this be done,
the whole of North Mexico wifi be in our
|>oMcssiun. Such a disposition ol the
forces of the United States would cud ihe
war al once. But, if it did not, our nrroy
would hold llie key to the whole of South
Mexico, and the gates ofthc capital would
speaking in a military sense, be in the
possession of Gen, Taylor.
Tlie National Intelligencer says:—
The several companies of Baltimore
Volunteers, under Lieutenant Colonel
Watson, were removed from their quar
ters in this city yesterday to Fort Wash
ington, preparatory to their''embarkation
for the Southern Army. The steamship
Massachusetts now lying at Alexandria,
has been chartered by the Government lo
take the whole battalion tq Ihe RioGrande.
It will be aren front onr columns to
day, tba( we are at length putting on the
Mexican Booty.
The American troops appear to have
on their hands some 601) wounded Mexi
cans to lake cure of. They were left lie-
hind at Mntamoras when Arista retreated.
One of our correspondents thinks that
this leaving their dead to be buried and
their wounded to lie succored by the Ame
rican army, may lie deemed quite a “Yon-,
kee trick” 011 the part uf our “magnani
mous” neighbors.
Extensive researches have been made
in and about Mataiiioras for concealed
arms and ammunition belonging to tlie
Mexicans, nor have they beeo made in
vain. Several pieces of artillery and an
immense quantity of ammunition have
been found—tho laticr principally in n
cave. Sonic artillery has been taken.out
of the river, and some out of tlio wells;
some has been found concealed in the
yards of the houses of the priests or in the
houses themselves. Among these nre
several mortars. Several thousand stands
nf nnns, thousands ofhushcls of corn, and
a very large quantity of tobacco and ci
gars have been recovered. Tlie whole city
of Malamoras was undergoing a thorough
search.
The news of the Hattie of the Silt and
9th of May was well known in the city of
Mexico, ami the occupation ofMaiamo-
ras by the American troops was anticipa
ted as u mutter of course among nil tlie in-
Icliigenl part ofthc population. The two
battles are represented to have I men hut
trifling affairs, and each undecisive »t
llmt, amounting to.no more than n drawn
game.
Gen. Paredes was expected lo lie soon
on his rnurcli for the l(io Grande at the
head of 10.000 troops. Some, however,
believed that tlie troops lie was endeavor
ing to raise were intended only to save liis
erown, or rather to defend his own posi
tion ns President.
Qcn Bravo, in command nt Vera Crnz,
wns hourly expected to come out against
Paredes. The Vcm Cruzalios say they
will have Bravo os President.—AT. O
Picayune.
Toryism Revived!
According to the National Intelligencer
nnd such men ns Severance nf Maine, and
Delano of Ohio, this country is always in
the wrong. Most unfortunate country!
It was wrong when it acquired Louisiana;
wrong when it fought Great Britain in
1812; wrong when it annexed Texas;
wrong upon the Oregon question ; wrong
now in the war with Mexico; nnd ifeerluin
Federalists nrc to be the oracles, it stands
a fair chance lo be wrong “to the last
syllable of recorded time.” As soon as
Congress by overwhelming majorities,
declared war against Mexico, the Nation
al Intelligencer opened its' cry of npposi.
lion ; and that cry, we regret to say, was
re-echoed by ihe Raleigh Register.
The principles ofToryism are not only
fixed in certain Federal leaders, but they
have n motive nt this lime—a parti) ma
lice—for the course they nre pursuing.—
They hope by their opposition to the wnr,
and by their efforts to put their own coon-
try in the wrong, to check the nlanlecr
movement, and coerptl the' President to retort
to drafts to carry an the sear. That is the
S ame. They know drafts lo be nnpopo-
irv and will stickle at nothing 10 effect
their base party purpose*.' Lcttheyoong
men of both parties disappoint them, tel
them flock in crowd* to. the standard of
iRonte and Destination of the Western
Volunteer*.
. .1 GENERAL ORDERS
Hzadquartbos of THk Abut, .
’Adjutant Gcueral’s Office,
- Washington, May 29,184G. S
1. Instructions have already been giv
en to Brigadier General Wool, and through
him to several officers placed at his dis
position, for the early inspection and mus
ter into the service of tlie United States,
of the quotas of twelve-month volunteers
who have been called lor by the President
of the United States from Ohio, Indiana,
Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee, and Mis
sissippi, and who may present them
selves, for acceptance,.under that call, at
the rendezvous of those States respective-
2. Instructions have also been given to
Other officers of the army to inspect and
muster the quotas called for in like, man
ner, from Georgia, Alabama, and Arkan
sas.
3. As soon as inspected and master
ed as above, the several regiments and
ballallions of volunteer horse and foot
will, without delay, be put en route as
follows:
4. The regiments of cavalry or moun
ted'men called for' from Kentucky and
Tennessee, will, from their respective
State rendezvous, take up their lines of
march, hy the best routes, via Memphis,
Little Rock, on tbc Arkansas, Fulton, on
tho Red river, and ltobbin’s Ferry, on
the Trinity river, for San Antonio de Bex
ar, Texas. Tlie regiment of cavalry or
mounted men called for from Arkansas,
will, from its Slate rendezvous (say Wash
ington,) take the same route from Fulton
to San Antonio de Bexar,
6. Excepting one regiment of the Ken
tucky and one of the Illinois quota* of
fool—to which Brigadier General Wool
is charged with giving different routes,
and also excepting the Arkansas battal
ion, which will receive instructions through
Brevet Brigadier General Arbuckle, all
the other regiments and battalions of vol
unteer infantry or rifle, called fir, from
the said slates, will bo embarked at tho
nearest navigable points to their respec
tive State rendezvous, and thence pro
ceed fiy water, with or without tranship
ment at Mobile, or New Orleans, to Point
Isabel or Brazos Santiago, Texas, where,
like the troops ordered to San Antonio de
Bexar, the whole will come under the
orders of the general officer in the chief
command of the United States land forces
operating against Mexico.
6. The chief of the general staff of the
army, al this place, will each, in wliat
concerns liis department, charge himself,
through liis subordinates, with supplying
the said volunteers (horse nnd fool) tlie
necessary arms, accoutrements, ammuni
tion, knapsacks, haversacks, canteens,
(for water,) camp equipage, subsistence,
medicines, and hospitul stores, nnd menus
nf transportation, hy land and water, ac
cording to routes and destinations, and
according in law and regulations.
By command of Major General Scott:
It. JONES, Adjutant General.
Martin has assumed the' direction of 1 he
volunteers, and bar. detailed Brigadier
General. W. Smith to the command of
the Regiments raised and .to be raised in
this Slate under existing requisition*, for
die Mexicaq war. ftfri take it for grant
ed the Governor, i* 3 T ™‘
this matter, and jt
add that .in Ihe ,
4ier.be coold not
selection.—.
•hit rnd
Latest From the Army.
A Correspondent of the N. O. Delta,
writes Irom Point Isabel, under date of
7th June, from whose letter we make tiie
following brief extracts:
“Three hundred mounted Texans ar
rived last night.
The delegation of tlie Legislature of
Louisiana arrived 011 die Galveston, and
the ten gentlemen will uccouqiany me to
Geil. Tuyloi’s camp—a long prnric ri.k
of 27 Mexican miles. The. news of the
brevet-rank of Major General being con
ferred on Gen. Taylor, meets,with univer
sal satisfaction from the officers of.the
whole Atmy.
Yesterday afternoon, Lt. Col. Wilson,
with five companies of llie 1st Infantry,
Capt. Desha's Mobile Volunteers, and
Capt. Price’s Texas Rangers, look up
llieir march for Rcinoso, about 60 miles
from Mntamoras. Gen. Canales, with his
1800 Mexican cavulry, has fallen back
and is entrenched at Rcinoso. A brush
may therefore be looked for between him
und Lieut. Col. Wilson.
Sickucs* prevails to some extent
throughout the volunteers—•confined,
however, to bnwfl complaints, chiefly—
Init no sign of fever. Tlie water and
green corn arc tlie. principal causes.
(E7* Letters sent from the States to Vol
iinlcers should be addressed to the regi
ment to which they belong, adding the
Colonel’s mime.
We have been furnished by Gen. Smith
with llie following extract of a letter from
the War Department, addressed to His
Excellency the Governor tinder date of
2nd inst.
Sir: General Taylor has been instruct
ed to organize out of the 3 and 6 month’s
volunteer* which may have been sent to
him from your State, such na may be
willing tin engage under the act of the 13th
lilt., to serve Tor twelve months unless
sooner discharged ; and lo dispense with
and send liomo such as are unwilling to
change their terms of service.—Mobile
Register.
habiliments uf warm good earnest. Go*, tbeivcouriliy; and letlhat Toryism which
Rlnrlin hna nminrwwi lira; 'rl 1 rranlsnii• nl 11 .1 •. • - •
declares this war to be “ctnbiohteod* and
DAMNABLEi”;be scourged and.whip-
•ped into everlasting silence and disgrace.
AT. C Standardi
lulled Marts Scuntoi
j The (Concord) Daily Patriot, announc
es the election qf John P. Hale, as Unt
ied State* senator, from New Hampshire,
for six year* from the. fourth of March
next. : This result was expected, the
pHtriotliM some strong remarks upon the
proceedings which produced it. The
pofitical defection of the Granite State
will, we doubt not, to short-BveJ. ^B.pt
Sense ofthc dafiSnr^if dividedP«wn§eU.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FRoss
EUROPE.
By Telegraphic Despatch from Baltimore, fa a.
Washington w Union,* 1
Arrival of the Great Western—Decline in
Cotton—Passage of the Corn-law BiU-
Accouchement of the Queen—Escape of
Louis Bonaparte—his arrital in Lon.
don—Excitement on the eubject of the war
with Mexico—Parliamentary—ihcMoncu
Market, tyt. 1
New Yobk, June 16—12 M.
The steamer Great Western has srrir-
cd, with eleven days later news from En.
rope. Intelligence relative to the war be
tween the United States and Mexico ar
rived in England by the Cambria on tbe
28th ultimo, which produced a great sen
sation, and considerable public sympathy
was manifested in behalf of Mexico as
the weaker party. The corn bill passed
the House of Lbrds by a majority of 47.
The accouchment of the Queen bad taken
place, and she became the mother or a
daughter! both were doing well
Tbe cotton market was quiet, and bat
little doing, with no inclination to sell at
lower rales. The prevailing opinion was,
that the news leceived in England wonld
be favorable to holders. 3,000 bales have
been taken on speculation. The sales of
the week amounted to 26.C6G bales—
Tlie corn market was rather depressed,
with slow sales to retail buyers. Sales
of grain limited.
Latest quotation for consols for money
1615 no sales on account. Exchequer
bills 16 to 19 premium—a fall ol 26 per
cent.
Escape of Lotus Bonaparte from
Ham.—On Monday last the Prince suc
ceeded in efiecting his escape from the
fortress of Hum, after a close imprison
ment of some yeurs. Having assumed
the disguise of a workman lie contrived
to elude the vigilance of tlie sentries to
regain liis freedom, without nny molesta
tion from the batulion of iniantry that
formed the garrison of the castle, ar.d he
arrived safety in London, where wc be
lieve he is at present.
Tbe Morning Herald says that the
prince escaped at 7 o'clock on the mottl
ing ofthc 26lli; und ns the event was not
discovered for 10 hours ufterwards, he
could easily have reached the Belgian
frontiers, only twenty leagues distance,
long before tlie telegraph itself could have
been set to work. Tlie papers say he
embarked at St. Valery.
Parliamentary Sfmmary.—In the
House of Commons, Mr. O’Connell mov
ed that the order of tlie 27th April, for
the committal of Mr, W. 8. O’Brien, lie
discharged, nn the ground ihnt the com
mittee of selection, which hud dircclnl
his ultendancc on a private bill commit
tee, was not itself properly constituted.
In the House of Lords, on Monday, the
Duke of Wellington moved an address to>
the Queen, congratulating her on the in
crease of her domestic liuppincss in the
birth ol another princess, which was
unanimously agreed to. The discussion
on the corn bill wns then commenced, and
was so important that wc have reported
it more fully limn wc are accustomed lo
do under this head.
London, May 29tli, 10 o’clock.
The English securities have been aflec'-
led in n considerable degree by the news
from America of a declaration of war by
llmt country against Mexico. It is feared
that it will huve tlie effect of involving us
in fresh difficulties with the United States,
nnd that the Oregon dispute will now be-
eoioe a question of secomfnry interest
compared with others .that will, m all
probability, arise from the hostilities of
our trans-Atlantic neighbors.
The favorable effect which it was an
ticipated would follow tho large majority
in the House of Lords on tbe second
reading of the corn-law bill, was quite
stultified by ibis intelligence; and not
withstanding the good (Klsilion of the ac
count, prices are about one-half per cent,
lower limn they closed Inst night.
Consols were ns follows: Money 96J
fell to 92, and closod nt 93}; for the ac
count 96} to 96|; 3 per cent’s reduced
from 96} to 96}; 3} per cent’s 97} to-
97 IrC.
Exchequer bills 16s. lo 19 premium;-
nnd bank slocks 206} and 206}. For
eign market is also dull; a fall of 22 per
cent.
Tbe Anu;,
The Baltimore American publishes an*
extract from a private letter written prob
ably by some one in the Army on the Rio
Grande, to his friends in that city. From
the following paragraph, our readers may
learn what sort of staff some of tbe Mexi
cans at least, are made of. The com
pliment to our little army is truly deserv
ed. The writer says: “1 am struck With
admiration when I view onr little army
and contemplate what they have done ia
the last thirty days. They have fought
two pitched bottles, against overwhelm
ing adds, imd in the last annihilated the
Mexican Army. Iexamined both field*
yesterday. 1 saw where their best troops,
the Garda Costa, were drawn op, ana I
shall never forget tlie scone. These brave
men were literally slain i» their tracks
by the awful fire of oar artillery and the-
chnrge nf the infantry regiments. The-
Fifth Infantry actually run them down*
three times, backwards and forwards, till
but 26 were* left out of 400 men. The
stench from so Many dead, bodies of merx
and horse* wns intolerable,-and I left ft*
ImrrHilo scene almost sick at heart. Num
bers of wounded horse* ara yeti
oh the ground,
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